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DAYTON DAILY NE SECOND SECTION MONDAY, MAY 22, 1961 TAGE 25 nNEW IIOMK PUNNED Catholics to Raze Landmark Darke Crash Claims Fourth Life; Weekend Highway Death Toll at 6 Bcavcrcrcek Man, Hace By JUST18 GILBEKG, Dully News Correspondent CELINA, May 22 The home of the Sisters of the Precious Blood, a portion of which was built 100 years ago by one of Mercer county's pioneers, is scheduled to be razed next month to make way for a new structure. The Rev. Marcellus Fortman, pastor of the Immaculate Conception church here, said demolition work is scheduled to start about June He said a $120,000, 20-room home for the sisters is expected to be completed within a year. The southeast section of the home was built by Chris Schunck, who moved to Celina in Schunck operated a grain business and a stave factory and served as county commissioner," county treasurer and president of the Citizens' bank. The building was built for his four daughters, all members of the Sisters of the Precious Blood, who taught in the Immaculate Conception school.

Still later, he added more rooms to the building. At Schunck's death, the home passed to his daughters. When they died it became the property of the Sisters. In 1950, the parish purchased the property from the Sisters for $20,000. Driver Among Victims A three-car collision on U.S.

Route 36 near Gettysburg in Darke county claimed its fourth viuim early today. Pelores Burchard, 12, of 518; mother. Mrs. Norma Burchard. i Kiversiae ur nqua, aied at 4i, ana two other persons were a.m.

today at Wayne Memorial i killed outright in the crash about hospital of a fractured skull. Her 5 p.m. yesterday. 7 Also killed in the erash were Charles Wellbaum, 42, of 120 W. Canal Troy, one of the drivers, and Lucille Reynolds, 46, Muncie, lnd.

They were among six pei-sons to die in auto accidents in the Dayton area yesterday. IIOMKR TUOV OSMAN, 21, of 5835 Crab Orchard Beaver-creek, died in a two-car crash Darke Man Faces Charge In Homicide Officials Review Case of Shotgun Struggle With Wife (kprrll In lb nlon Dully GREENVILLE, May 22-Charges were expected to be filed today against Bobbie Cochran, v.wc H'' '-7i near West Alexandria in Preble county. Floyd (Buddy) Jones, 21, of 333 W. Main Greenville, was killed while driving in a stock car race at Kl Dora speed-1 rk iMV.v 7 ,.7" 7" 'A 1,.. .7: JI-ifr -J way near Rossburg, in Darke county.

Slate Highway patrolmen said; 7-v r-- the multiple fatality crash oc-j curred about two miles cast of! Gettysburg on U.S. Route 36. MRS. JAMES TURNER (L) ACCEPTS GIFT Former Neighbor, Mrs. Helen Moore, Makes Presentation 36, for the shotgun death of his.

According to officers, Charles; Wellbaum was driving west on! the highway, when his car SILVER LIKING wife. Marjorie, 27, In their home at 423 W. Fourth St. here, Thurs-day. Darke county Prosecutor Phillip D.

Brumbaugh said early today that he had not yet decided what the charge would be. He said he would have to familiarize himself more with the case. swerved left of center and side-swiped an auto driven east by Charles Burchard, 44, 218 W. Ash Piqua. THE WKI.LBAIM car skidded off the road, then back into the path of eastbound traffic.

It was struck broadside by a car driven east by William J. Brown, 44, Muncie, lnd. The Burchard car Tornado Victims Like This Shower A verdict of homicide was re turned Saturday by Dr. James H. Dickey, acting Darke county coroner.

COCHRAN, In a surprise move ran off the left side of the road and overturned. Sihm'IrI to The Dajlun llnily Nut EATON. May 22 The James Turner family, whose Reynolds, Mrs. Burchard, farm home was destroyed in the tornado which swept Mrs. Friday, changed his original story and her daughter, all were pas-'through Eaton last month, found the silver lining in the sengers in the Brown car.

stm.m ca(lir(iv njo-ht. that his wife had shot herself. He signed a statement repudiat Brown and Mrs. Revnolds'i Some 125 neighbors and former r-n i i mi rrtiif "rt.i i iiL.i?,,.. iifT T'" 'ifrwrfT ing his earlier statement and reportedly told Police Chief Thomas Suicide Try daughter, Harriett, 13, are in critical condition at Greenville's Wayne hospital.

Brown has a fractured skull, a broken leg, Kelley and Atty. Floyd D. Smith, STATE HIGHWAY PATROLMAN DIRECTS REMOVAL OF CAR FROM DARKE DEATH SCENE One of Three Autos in Crash Near Gettysburg Which Claimed Four Lives. Photo by Joanna Hill neighbors of the Turners turned out for a household shower at the Eaton Grange hall here. Money, dishes, linens, kitchen utensils and furniture were pie- acting prosecutor, that the shotgun was discharged as he strug head and facial lacerations and! gled with his wife for possession chest injuries.

Miss Reynolds has it nossihlp skull frarturp a of the gun, J.I a broken ankle and head and facial scntcd the Turners following a lacerations. I farm-lype covered dish supper Smith said that Cochran denied that he had been arguing with his wife and the shooting had been accidental. The shot struck Blamed In 7 Home Blast i Sperlnl lo The Das Ion Dally Kwf WEST MANCHESTER, May 22 'A one-story frame house was wrecked by a gas explosion here Mrs. Cochran "in the right breast. Village Ordered To Close Dump Waynesville Gets Word From Warren Health Department After Complaints Another passenger of the Brown 8 1 Grange hall, car, Susan Byers.

12, of Muncie, I The idpa oj. wns is in fair condition at the hospital. She is suffering from shock and spawnod ln of Mrs' facial lacerations. 1 Helen Moore of Wesl Alexandria, a formej neighbor of the tornado THE PRLBI.E county accident 1 i victims. She enlisted the aid of AUTHORITIES reportedly to doubt Cochran's story that PICKLED PACHYDERM IN DOUBLE TROUBLE FORT WORTH, May 22-(UPI)-Queen Tut, a three and one-half ton elephant, may have seen pink people.

Caretakers at Forest Park zoo found a man giving the beast a bucket of beer yesterday. He was taken to jail and charged with malicious mischief. Lawrence Curtis, director of the zoo, said he didn't know If the beer would have any effect on Queen Tut, but he had handlers give her several gallons of black coffee just to be safe. "It's pretty hard to determine if it made her drunk," Curtis said; "Did you ever try to make an elephant walk a straight line?" his wife shot herself after an autopsy had been performed here by Dr. Ernesto Sabado of Dayton at Wayne hospital.

had been released by police after initial question area on U.S. Route 35, a mile east Mrs. Hazel Shafer of West Alex- yesterday apparently the result of West Alexandria, about andl.ia and Mrs. Ruth Bell of a suicide attempt, a.m. yesterday.

Faton i Pieble Snpriff John Sheriff's deputies said Osman! 'Stover said the blast occurred was travelling east, on the high-l AFTF.R OTHER friends and about 8:13 a.m. yesterday at the wav when his car sideswincd an-! neighbors learned of the plans, Clarence (Red) Brown home, at Dally Srvn Warrrn rnunly Rumu. 10', W. Mullwrry Uhuion WAYNESVILLE, May 22 The Warren county ing, was picked up again ThurS' day night and is still bcinc department has ordered this village to close its IomsJ fill 1iitv 4- i rtm the project snowballed. other auto driven by Winnel In Darke county jail.

the corner of Jefferson and High in the southeastern part of D. Harvey, county neatth com Davis, 30, of 210 Quitman The order came from Dr. Arch Dayton. The couple had been married In February. the use of the hall and lo furnish the vlllaKe-coffee.

Oilier friends picked out According to Stover, Brown, 33, items which the Turners could was home alone at the time. His use to furnish a new home which wife and three children were at Osman was pronounced dead at the scene. Davis and a passenger in his car, Mary Lou Howard, the home of Mrs. Brown's 30, of 313 S. Finley Dayton, they plan to build.

Richmond Boy Drowns While Fishing in River Accident Occurs Near City Dam; Young Fisherman Recovers Body were treated at iiooa Samaritan hospital and released. Highway patrolmen said Jones was killed when a wheel flew off his car as it crossed the finish Area Youth Held In Bicycle Theft HILLSBORO, May 22-A Hills-boro youth is being held in the county jail, here in connection with bicycle, thefts, burglaries, parole violation and contribution to the delinquency of a minor, missioner, who told Mayor Andrew Churko that the health office had received numerous complaints residents in tine dump area on smoke, odor and vermin. The dump is located at the Armitate Sand and Gravel Co. site along U.S. Route 42 here.

CHURKO indicated that a special session of village council will be called to decide the next step to be taken by the village. At the same time, it was an Oxford Youth Feeds Meiers; He's Arrested OXFORD, May 22-Donald A. Simon, 20, Rochester, N.Y., a Miami university sophomore, learned that feeding expired parking meters while a patrolman is writing tickets is obstruction of the law. line at the speedway behind the Little was sahnged by tne. 7 family after last month's storm, l0S1n The twister scattered the hvo- curred- the shenff Said' story house and largo barn ovcrj THE OFFICER said Brown ap-a 10-acre field, leaving nothing 1 parently disconnected a gas stove but ruin.

jn the living room of the five- Mrs. Turner and a son, room house, then struck a match 19. narrowly escaped the wrath while the gas escaped, of the storm when Jack con-1 Brown was taken to Good vinced his mother that they Samaritan hospital, Dayton, should leave the house. The base-; where he is reported in satis-ment, where Mrs. Turner had factory condition.

wanted to go to escape the i HnhviJ Stover said a suicide note was Wis er, was filled with debus I found on Brown when he was when the storm had passed. removed from the wrecked May 22 Jerry Ernest Lipscomb, 16, of 18 Ft. Wayne drowned yesterday in the Whitewater river beneath the 20th Century bridge. Under arrest is Chester umciais saia upscomb ap-, winner in one of the heats. He was wearing a safety belt and was thrown only partly from his car as it rolled over.

The victim, a Greenville paint contractor and father of two, suffered head injuries and a crushed chest. He was dead on arrival at Our Lady of Mercy hospital at Coldwater. rauna mis year. Shinkle, 20, Belfast Pk. Shinkle, who was released from parently lost his footing, while Mansfield state reformatory six nounced that the state had denied the village's request for a five- Lipsc6mb was in the ninth grade at Dennis junior high school.

His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Lipscomb. Simon preceded him down months ago, is being held in con High Patrolman Al Mahatha tiection with the theft of bicycles fishing on the east side of the river near the bottom of the concrete spillway and fell into the water.

Although at least six persons were fishing within 50 feet of the spot on the opposite side of the river, none saw the accident. home. I said, and put pennies in meters before he could check them. He was cited for disorderly conduct and released without bond. year extension on construction of a sewage disposal plant.

Village officials had requested the delay in order to build a sinking fund to finance construction of the plant. Earlier it was esti- here on Apr. 30, a burglary at a pool room on May 12 and another break-in at Hillsboro Farmers Exchange on Apr. 23. A juvenile implicated him in the cases, police said.

-iBV I 7W! 7m, 'i Si J-. 7 .7 Jack Ward, 30, of 1012714 N. Simon is scheduled to appear in Municipal court tomorrow morning. mated that the plant would cost V- I shout then saw Lipscomb sinking $90,000. Village officials said only in the water about 12 feet from Guilty Plea Set in Forgery HILLSBORO.

May 22-Arthuf C. Adams, 38, of Wilmington, entered a plea of guilty to a forgery charge at a hearing in Hillsboro Municipal court. He was held for grand jury action under bond of $2,000. Rural Carrier Named by Denis shore. Ward said he swam across College Corner School To Graduate 37 Democratic chairman Robert A.

Horstman today said U.S. Sen. i 1l ft. 7 Stephen Young has advised him James W. Erisman has been about $20,000 is available for the project now.

WITH RESIDENTS paying into the sinking fund each month, officials had hoped for the five-year extension to build up the reserve fund to a point where a bond issue would not be necessary. A public meeting is expected to be called soon to discuss the plant proposal, it was said. the river, but could not find the boy under the water. TOM REESE, 18, of 254 SW Third swam across the river to help Ward in the search. Reese found the body in about seven feet of water about half an hour later.

Firemen and police were summoned at 3:42 p.m. They carried Lipscmob's body to the west bank named to fill the rural mail COLLEGE CORNER, May 22-Thirty-seven seniors will receive their diplomas from Union high school here tomorrow night. Dr. Darrell F. Linder, lecturer, carrier vacancy at Farmersville.

Erisman, who resides at 501 VV. He was arrested by Hillsboro police after he tried to cash a check with a local merchant. He was charged with foi-ging the check. Another man picked up with Center Farmersville, finished first in a recent civil service exam and had the backing of will give the principal address Horstman, the chairman said. Ion "South to Alaska." Adams was released.

of the river where the life squad worked on him with a resuscita- tor more than half an hour. Lipscomb was pronounced dead Weekend Burglars Get $700 by acting Coroner Olin Wiland It was the first drowning in Rich- mm i Iii7 From Middletown Residents Tinp Chamber Names Officers TIPS' CITY, May 22-Jim Barton was elected new president of the Tipp City Junior Chamber of Commerce at a recent reorganization meeting. Other new officers are Ken Eihn and Russ Burck, vice presi Cincinnati Man Held In Crash at Oxford OXFORD. May 22-Reed day on four charges of larceny in connection' with the alleged Thieves broke into Dillman's market Friday night and made off with a $119 postage stamp machine and change and stamps worth $23. An automatic laundry owned dents; Jim Jenney, secretary, and Tom Waymire, treasurer.

An installation dinner will be held MIAMI COVNTY PICKS CISV DELEGATES Spfd to lha Dayton Daily Newi MIDDLETOWN, May 22-More than $700 was taken in a series of weekend burglaries, police here reported today. Ova Hadix, 316 Harlan said someone apparently used a pass key to gain entry to his home and removed two watches and a ring valued at $257. Marge Wilson, 813 Maple said entry through an unlocked door was made by someone and Thursday. looting of automobiles. Deputy Sheriff Winton Smith said David Sill, 18, was stopped at Lennox Ave.

carrying several flashlights, four shotgun shells, screw driver, wrenches, fish hooks, and other items. The larceny charges are in Combs, 33, Cincinnati, was arrested on a reckless driving charge early yesterday when his automobile collided with one driven by William L. Hahn, 3 E. Walnut Oxford, at High St. and Patterson Ave.

Police said Combs failed to stop for a sign at the intersection and plowed into the right rear side of the Hahn car, whieh was proceeding east on High. Combs was going noryi. by Stanton Sorrell was robbed Friday night of $200 from change machines. A key was apparently used for entry, officers said. Hamilton Youth Held in Lootings HAMILTON An 18 -year -old was arrested here Satur ser, Tipp City; Christopher McAtee, Troy; Jennifer Godsey.

Piqua. and Jo Ann Charavay, RR 1, Piqua. The group will leave Dayton July 26 and return Aug. 25. A meeting to map a financial campaign to pay expenses of the four is scheduled tonight.

Photo by Joanna Hill. PIQUA, May 22 These four youngsters, shown with Marilyn Bowman, RR 3, Troy, adult advisor, were chosen yesterday as delegttes to the 1961 Children's International Summer Village which will be held at Alnwick castle in England. The Miami county representatives are, left to right, JohiJStras- Road Aide Appointed GREENVILLE. May 22-Robert Klipstine, Gettysburg, ha been appointed State Highway maintenance director in Darkt county. Plez M.

Gastineau, dis trict 'deputy, announced connection with the robbery of similar items looted from auto mobiles. transistor radio, three boxes of candy and costume jewelry Sill will be arraigned in Mu Both cars sustained extensive daige. Hahn posted $50 bond. nicipal court tomorrow. valued at $103 was missing.

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