The Waterloo Press from Waterloo, Indiana • Page 1

i THE ATERLOO WATERLOO UBIlABy PRESS STABLISHED 1859 WATERLOO, DeKALB COUNTY INDIANA, Thursday, September 10, 1964 7c A COPY $3.00 A YEAR DeKalb Co. Democrais To Host Branigan al Waterloo Park Mrs. Monica Dunn, vice chairman "of thtt noTTalh pnnntv Cpntral Com nuttee, has announced that Roger This includes all department: cxid Branigan, candidate for Governor room, "Nursery, Kindergarten, Pri of the State of Indiana, will be the mary and Junior. The childen's main speaker at a Democratic Bar BQ to be held Saturday, Sept. 19 at 6:30 pjn.

in the Waterloo Far Shelter House. Other candidates who will be attending are Max Hobbs, candidate for Representative from the 4th district; Phil Bir, candidate for i Joint State Senator from LaGrange, DeKalb and Steuben counties; Mark L. France, candidate for State Auditor; and G. Remy Bierly, candid ate for re election as Judge of the Appellate Court, 2nd district, C. E.

Miller of Garrett, Lloyd K. Mason of Auburn and James Dun Cdn of Waterloo are in charge of arrangements for the event. Roy. Williams of Garrett, Ruth Welch and Alta Garrigus of Au Jburn are in charge of publicity. I The Bar BQ is free and the public is invited.

1 Fivo Man Board Picked For Now High School Members of the DeKalb county Central United School district board announced Wednesday appointment of the five members to the districts building corporation. The members if the DeKalb Co. Central Secondary School Building Corporation include, Dale Rake straw 4" farmer residing north of Waterloo, president; James Habig, a farmer and DeKalb Co. council man living on Rt. 2, Auburn, vice resident: John Sherburn.

a ser vice station operator of Waterloo, vice president; Richard A. Fink, I oresident of Auburn Foundry, of Auburn, secretary and Michael Haggarty, vice president of the Au burn State Bank, of Auburn, treas tirer. The big task facing the building irvwnnratinn officers is the raising of the money for the proposed new DeKalb county Central United high school facility. The building is scheduled to be constructed south of Waterloo. The corporation officers." working with the school board, will approve the bond issue and sign contracts the architect and building con tractors.

Both agencies will approve plans and specifications for the new school. In order to Qualify for member shiD on the building corporation 'board, each member is required to purchase $200 in building corpora tion stock. The stock will return no Interest. The $200 will be returned to each member when the debt on the construction is retired. FOR SALE 1956 Chevy 8, 4 door, automatic.

Abov average. $295. Phone terlo 5341. (40t2p) if RAILROAD CAREER MEN AND WOMEN Vt Jobs at telegraph operators and station agents arc opening in mosr areas dut to the heavy retirement, promotions and deaths. If qualified you may prepare at low cost for placement in one of ine openings, starting at $400 month and up, other benefits.

Providing you are between the age of 17 and 34, high kchooi oraduate or equivalent, phy alcally fit and not color blind. vlf tlnerlv interested In a personal Write stating age, phone, number! address, marital status to RAILROAD TRAINING P.O. Box 427 Chattanooga, Tennessee S0EURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL The Fall program of the Waterloo First EUB church will begin Sunday, Sept. 13. This will initiate the two hour extended session in thp.

Church School for children. churcn scttool will Degin at a m. and close at ain. The adult departments including the Junior High and High School. wil meet for Sunday School from 9:30 a.ny to 10:30 ajn.

The Morning Worship Service is at 10:30 a.m. under the leadership of the pastor, Rev. Samuel Overmyer. The Sunday Evening program will begin at 7:30 p.m. There will be a Boys and Girls Fellowship for Juniors, a Junior High and Senior Fellowship will meet in the Youth High Youth Fellowship.

The Youth department The adults will meet for the eve ning Worship Service in the sanctuary. Waterloo Harriers Opened Season Sept. 0 Cross country is one sport that draws few spectators. A fall sport that takes place during the football season is all most people know a bout it. There are few cheers and few rounds of applause for cross country runners, it could be called the "lonely" sport.

The boys that participate in this sport must be dedicated and strong on endurance. For the past two weeksthe mem bers of the Waterloo cross country team have been working arduously eacn day to get mentally and pnys ically in condition for their season which opened Tuesday, Sept. 8 at Churubusco. Waterloo hopes were placed on Seniors: Grover Stevens, Bob Piatt, Don Sebert, Den Sutton; Juniors Ken Dunn, Steve Friend, (Harold Keller, Steve Beatty; Sophomores Dan Pepple; Freshmen Bob Dy gert, Ed Krill and Marc Fisher. Waterloo defeated Busco in the dual cross country meet at the Bus co course.

The meet was won by Grover Stevens, who toured the course in 10:4.1. Crabill from Churubusco was 2nd with Waterloo's freshman Bob Dygert 3rd. Final score was Waterloo 27 and tnuru busco 28. Summary: 1. Stevens (W), 2.

Crabill (C), 3. Dygert (W), 4. Zigler (C) 5. Giger (C), 6. Piatt (W), 7.

Patton (C), '8. Sebert (W), 9. Dunn (W), 10. Flatcher (C). WHS 1964 Cross Country Schedule Sept 8 at Churubusco.

Sept. 15 Huntertown here Sept. "18 at Ashley with Eastside Sept 23 at Eastside Sept. 25 Albion here Sept. 29 at Hamilton Oct 5 Ashley here Oct.

12 Oct 16 Sectional HARRIET SUE ALLEN TO WED SEPTEMBER 12 The engagement of Harriet Sue Allen to Laurence Lee Armstrong has been announced by her mother, Mrs. Wendell Allen of Ashley. Mr. Armstrong is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur Lee Armstrong of Lake of the Woods, Hudson. The couple plan to wed Saturday, Sept 12, at 3 in the Methodist church: in Hudson. Miss Allen graduated from Ashley high school and Elkhart U. She is currently employed at Woodlawn hospital in Rochester. Mr.

Armstrong graduated from Salem Center and attended Indiana U. He is now with the U. S. Navy at Charleston, S. aboard the USS Charles F.

Adams. A Elinor. Thomas Files For County Recorder The DeKalb county Democrat Central committee late last Tues day certified Mrs. Elinor J. Thomas of Auburn as candidate for county recorder.

She enters the fall campaign in opposition to the incumbent Republican candidate, Mrs. Miriam Hun ter of Auburn. The certification by Democrat chairman Cleve Grube and secre tary Ruth Welch was made with county clerk Walter C. Manon before the midnight Tuesday deadline for filling of vacancies. The Democrats failed to come up with a candidate for county surveyor, asuring incumbent Republican Arnold R.

Milks of another four year's as county surveyor. Mrs. Thomas, wife of Gene Thom as, a marine engineer with the Mer chant Marines and employed by Eastern Associates of New York City, is the mother of two high school students. A former secretary employed at Auburn Clutch and at Lincoln Na tional bank in Fort Wayne, she is currently employed as a dental as sistant. She is a native of Auburn and a graduate of the Auburn high school.

Her great grandfather, the late Dan iel Gonser, and her grandfather, the late Hiram Slabaugh, both served as treasurer of DeKalb county. She is the daughter of the late Edwin C. Trovinger and Mrs. Mae Trovinger of West 7th street Auburn. Ribbon Culling on 1 69 To Bo JIcH Sept.

10 Gov. Matthew E. Welsh will cut the ribbon at dedication ceremon ies at 3 p.m. Friday, 18, in stead of previously reported Oct. 1, date, for the opening of two sections of 1 69 in DeKalb county.

The two sections, to be opened for traffic on the new interstate highway system are from County road 11, south of Auburn, to U.S. 6, west of Waterloo. The opening of the two additional sections will add 10 miles to the completed highway, which eventually will run from Indianapolis to the Michigan state line. The announcement of the opening of the two additional sections was made today by Calvin Weber, district engineer in charge of the Fort Wayne district of the Indiana State Highway Commission; Richard Richard B. Parr of Hudson, pauses before a mural of a 58 Hustler during his Air Force" Re serve Officer Training Corps (AF ROTC) summer encampment at Bunker Hill AFB, Ind.

Cadet Parr, a member of the AFROTC unit at Purdue recenty completed our weeks of indoctrination in various Jit I'm I V. 'I iilf lit ELMER C. POTTS, 56 BUS DRIVER DIES OF SUDDEN SEIZURE A Fairfield township school bus driver, Elmer G. Potts, 56, died suddenly after making his first trip to the Fairfield Center school this term with a load of school children Tuesday afternoon. Mr.

Potts reached the school about 1:30 p.m. He set the brakes of his school bus, opened the door, umbled out of the vehicle and died immediately. A sudden heat attack caused his death. He was a retired farmer and had moved to Ashley four years ago. He had been a bus driver for 18 years.

Surviving are his wife, Juanita Shaw Potts; two daughters, Fairy and Dorothy Potts, both at home; two sons, Eugene of Richland, Mich. and Paul, at home, and a sister, Mrs. Ralph Kanaga of near Ashley. Mr. Potts was a member of the Pleasant Chapel church, located southwest of Ashley in Fairfield township.

Funeral services will be conduct ed at the Pleasant Chapel Church of the Brethern at 2 pan. Friday with the pastor, Rev. Lester Fike, officiating. Burial will be in the Fairfield Center cemetery. The body was removed to the Swank funeral home in Ashley, where friends may calL DEBRA LUCILLE FENDER, 3 DIES OF CANCER Debra Lucille Fender, 3 year old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Harry Fender died last Thursday, Sept. 3 as her parents were taking her to the hospital. The little girl has suffered with the disease for the past nine mon ths and took a turn for the worse late Thursday evening. She dieda 11:10 p.m.

She' was born in Auburn 13, 1961, to Harry and Agnes Marie Fender. She was a member of the St. Michael's Catholic church, north of Waterloo. The. late home is at 220 Elm street Waterloo.

Also surviving are a brother, Larry, three sisters, Karen, 7, Linda, 4 and Sarah 18 months; maternal grandmother Cornelia Gfeller of Chicago and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Fender of Tampa, Fla. Funeral services were held at the St. Michael's church at 9 ajn.

Monday with the Bey. Paul Miller, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. The Graffis funeral home of Waterloo were in charge of the arrangements. wftliiiiiillli VI 1 i B.

Parr phases of operations, at this Strategic Air Command base. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood L. Parr of Rt 1, Hudson.

The 20 year old cadet will be eligible for a commission as an Air Force 2nd Lieut, upon completion of AFROTC training, and graduation from college. Dig Student Increase In Central District Granville Deaton, superintendent of the DeKalb County Central Un ited School District, today announc ed an increase of 147 students enrolled in the 10 schools in the dis trict on opening day this year as compared to enrollment last school term. Mr. Deaton stated 'that there is total of 3,869 students enrolled this year. There was an enrollment of 3,722 students in the district for the 1963 64 school year.

Increase of 50 at Waterloo. Each of the schools in the dis trict have reported increases. They ranged from 50 at the Waterloo school to only one at the Harrison school in Auburn. The other increases were: 11 at Ashley, 32 at Auburn high, 13 at Auburn Junior high, 20 at East Au burn Elementary, 15 at Fairfield and 5 at the Corunna, East and West Richland schools. Enrollment figures for each of the schools in the district, with the 964 65 school year first and the 963 64 enrollment listed second are listed as follows.

Waterloo 740 and 690. Ashley 548 and 537. Fairfield 202 and 187. Corunna 89. West Fairfield 52.

East 49. Auburn high school 651 and 619. East Auburn Elementary 570 and 550. McKenney Junior high 488 and 475. (The total of 190 for Corunna, East and West Richland this term with a combined total of the three schools last year, of fJ.F.0.

Sf2rc5 UolUns Action at Auburn Stores Upwards of 300 members of De Kalb county's National Farmers' Organization carried the farm gro ups "holding action" fight to two big Auburn supermarkets Satur day. The farmers and their wives con verged on White's Westwood Supermarket on U. S. 27 at the west edge of Auburn at 10 ajn. At 11 a.

the group moved to the A Sc Supermarket in downtown Auburn. Donald B. Myers of Rt. 1, Water loo, area' organizer for the N.F.O., and his brother, Floyd F. Myers, also of Rt.

1 Waterloo, and president of the DeKalb county NJP.O., said the farmers and their wives purchased more than two tons of pork and beef. Donald Myers said the organiza tion has a two fold purpose in the action. He said the purchases by the fanners will help take care of a reported' surplus In meats which packers blame for tHe.Iow price farmers get for livestock. The other purpose, according to Mr. Myers, is to educate the housewives on the "high prices they pay for food in relation to the low pri ces farmers receive in the sale of livestock." The area organizer and his broth er emphasized that the demonstrations are peaceful.

BACK TO SCHOOL HOP Waterloo school tennis court. When Friday, Sept. 11 from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. Sponsors WHS Class of 1967. Admission 50c.

LICENSED TO WED Franklin D. Jorden. 31. a farmer of Rt. 3.

Auburn and Beverly Jean Roemke, 32, a secretary of Ashley. Paul M. Lemasters, 40, a machine operator of Waterloo and Julia P. Johnson, 38, a bookkeeper of Cleve land,.