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i yrrr. 0 MbaM f' I 5 1. A 1960 ESTABLISHED 1859 WATERLOO. DeKALD COUNTY INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1960 80 A COPT 92.00 A TEAR CLARK KELLEY, 61, DIES OF CflllCER Well known Waterloo Area Resident and School But Driver for 35 Years, Dies at Hospital Herschel Clark Kelley, age 51, widely known resident, of the Waterloo community and 1 fire chief of the Waterloo and Grant township, fire departments, died at 5:05 p.m. Monday at Joseph hospital Fort Wayne.

Mr. Kelley, a bus driver for the Waterloo Grant tpwnshipi schools for the past 35 years' died following an illness of five He has been seriously ill the pst two and one half months and hospital 7 HERSCHEL CLARfcl? i7eT for one week before his death His illness had been diagnosed as cancer of the OancreaS." An autopsy was. performed, Tuesday 'morning at the hospital in Fort Wayne to determine the cause of death. The body was removed to the Ettinger funeral home for burial nreDarations. Following a bne prayer service at the funeral home, final rites were conducted in the Evangelical United Brethren church in Waterloo at 2 p.m Thursday.

The pastor, the Rev. Norman Detroy. officiated with burial following in the Waterloo cemetery. Mnx Kelley was bom east of Waterloo February 21, 1909, son of the late Clyde Herschel Kelley and Dora SeerJKelleyii i ft In a ceremony performed Oct; 25, 1933; in the home of the Rev. Joseph Ftirguson of east of, Au burn, he married JUis Dangler.

The widow, who been btod for several years, survives kwith two daughters, Mrs. Aaron Trjb bett of east of Waterloo and Gloria Kelley at home; two brothers, Wal 1 do Kelley of near Auburn 'and Charles Kelley fQuindyi Mich three sisters, Mrs. Lelia Nodine of north tor Mrs. Daisy Piersdri of east of Waterloo and Mrs.v Helen Walker of Fort Wayne and one grandchildi 1 Mr. Kelley and his wife had reared for the past several years, a niece, Miss Penny Good.

Prominent In Polities Mr.J Kelley has been prominent in DeKalb county Democratic poU itics for several years and had un1 successfully sought electioh as sheriff of DeKalb county in the general election in 1958.v, He was a member of he Evarr gelical United Brethren church In Waterloo, the Masonic lodge of Waterloo, the Waterloo Lions club, the Waterloo and Grant township fire departments and the DeKalb county Firemen's association, i For the past 24 years, he had been employed as a mechanic at Tatham's' Garage in Waterloo. He had served as a member of the Waterloo and Grant township fire departments and had served the oast few veara ar fire chief. Mr. Kelley had replaced Grant Kelley of Waterloo asAire chief. For many vars, Mr.

Kelley had been active in Waterloo com munity an1 civic affairs. He was a lifelonrf resident of the com munity fist of Waterloo. The late address was on Rt. 1, Waterloo. ddress; im llhobl Nixon Carries Vatcrloo Welsh Wins Stale Vote After the votes were counted when the election was over Wed.

it was found that vice msiaent Richard Nixon had won a sweep ine victory tne h. mocx election. The students of the up per five grades theoretically put Nixon into office by a total of 127 votes to 7 for Kennedy. This vie tory was the result ot a hard fnueht. fairlv won.

battle, waged bv the Republicans from the. start of the campaign; i While the national leader of his nartr was going down to defeat. Matthew Welsh. Democratic nomi nee won an expected victory lor the Statehouse, Welsh swamped Crawford Parker bV a 38 vole mar otn "The 'victorv serves to taxe some Ol.uie sung (ruin uie ucieav ij 01 jtne ui national election. i In; the County election for con greismant Adair Whizzed by Mc Cammori 1 141 to 'M Votes.

Two nomvrotg Virrfil ttftrff fl "ma. inritv of 31 VOtfiS Deal, Man on for BfficB 6f clerk of the circuit court and K.D. Smith office pl surveyor ))y lour votes' ovct' Arnold Miiks; LAWRENCE DIES FROM A SUDDEN ATTACK Lawrence Wj Votrie. a life Ions resident of DeKalb county, until of 48 from a coronary occhisi6ri at his home. The body was removed to the Dilgard "A1 Cline funeral in Auburn where inends may can ait Funeral rites will; be conducted at the Zion Lutheran Sixteen church at 2 pjn.

Saturday with the Rev. Theodore Hertenstein pffic He and Evelyn Whitacre were married at the St Mark Luther an church in Auburn on Sept 1934. Surviving in to the mother, and wife are.two daughters Mrs Jannette Rimmel of Rt. 3, Auburn, and Judy, Ann Votrie, at homeland two granddaughters. Calendar OP EVENTS.

(MM Waterloo SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 School Board, 7:30 p.m. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 i of 8:00 p.m. TO 8:00 D.mf fy Town Board, 7:30 pjn! Brownie 179 TUESDAY NOVEMBER 8 ELECTION DAY 7 i.m. 7 p.m. Evtryont Co Vott PoJIs at town hall Prec.

1 $yf1) Library Prec. 2 Olive Temple 169, 7:30 p.m. NOVEMBER 9 BoyScoutOO p.m: 'THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Tops Slimmers, 7:30 p.m. CARD Of THANKS We wish to express our appreciation and many thanks to all our friends, and relatives for the many acts of kindness, sympathy, flowers and help during the illness and loss of our loved one, Otis Kempf and Family Waterloo School Hows The November meeting of the Waterloo Grant Township School Board will be held on Saturday, November 5 instead of the regular time. Srhnnl officials were highly pleased with the behavior of all school students and youth of the community during the Halloween season.

Many people have reported that Waterloo was the best looking own in the entire area on the morning afer Halloween. An inspection of the business district arid the school brought no evidence of soaping, windows or any other type of mischief. Very few automobiles were observed with soap on windows. Town police reported almost no activity of a destructive or harmful nature. The students and youth of this community are highly congratulated and com mended for.

this fine record. The Lions Club may well feel pleased that their efforts have been highly successful. School officials think that the students well deserved the hnliriav that theV received as a re ward for excellent conduct. On Monday. October 31.

a special meeting was held in the gymnasi um for Soohomores and Freshmen. The meeting was for the ouroose bf counselling students on making the most of their high school years and preparing themselves lor coi leffft. Dr. Paul Bowman. Director of Admissions of Manchester Col lege, and FJf.

McCutcheon, Princi oal of A Angola High i School, ad dressedL the students and answered auestions on college, preparation. finahcingartdladjusting Irpm'high schoo! to colleger It has become in creasingly important for students to start their planning early since colleges are bepoming over, crowded and many are stiffening their entrance requirements. The speakers stressed the importance of good preparation and maintaining a high scholastic. standing in high school. The importance, of taking as much as possible of such courses as English, mathematics, foreign language, science, and i a 1 studies was emphasized.

A special assembly program for grades onev through six will be held in the gymnasium on Friday, Novembers at 2:30 p.m; The program will be a performance by the Marionette Comedy Theatre, of Chicago, Illinois. This company will present the puppet show, PUNCH and JUDY. Parents and the general public are invited to attend this program. Miss Janeann Thomas, art teach er in the local school, has the distinction of having two of her draw ings on exhibit now at the Fort Wayne Art Museum. This recognition came about by having her drawings chosen for the twenty sixh annual Local Artists Exhibition sponsored by Gamma and Beta Associates of Kappa Kappa Kappa and the Fort Wayne Art Museum.

The exhibit lasts from' Ocober 16 hrough November 6. Annroxlmatelv 80 Students of the school have formed a cheering block to be used to spearhead yells and the cheering section lor basketball games. These 80 sta dents include eighth graders wno will act in the alternates tnr, hfh scho'ol students. Only high school students are eli gible for permanent memoersnip. sit in special reserved seats in the cheering section.

Leaders of the Cheering Block are the varsity yell leaders, 1 Carol Till. Linda Muzzillo, and Marsha Hodges. team yell leaders are Dave Hill, Alice Lockwood, and Mavis Sutton aT fi The Waterloo High School Cheer in? Block meets each Friday noon in the' gym for practice under the sponsorship of Mrs.Ford who is rpt' nf fi npTiff also the faculty advisor for the yell eaders. A directive from the superinten dent's office advises that all students are to leave home in the morning of school days so that they will not arrive at school before 8 a.m. BYRON McCfl.lf.:0:i TO TOUR DeKALB COUNTY A "McCammon For Congress" caravan will tour DeKalb County on Saturday November 5th.

Towns to be covered by this caravan will be Waterloo, Butler, Auburn and Garrett, Mr. McCammon will give a short speech in each town. DeKalb County Democrat chair men, Democrat County candidates, The Young Democrats Organiza tion and McCammon for Congress committees will rt him throughout the county. He will ar rive in Waterloo at 4:00 p.m., and give a short speech at the Demo crat headquarters there, then he will travel to Butler and arrive there at 4:30 p.m. and speak on the lot across from the bank.

From there the caravan will proceed to the Democrat Headquarters xon North Main Street in Auburn. Ar rival time to be at 5:15 p.m. Coffee and doughnuts will be served After a short talk the caravan wul thenxgo to Garrett for a brief stop somewhere in the downtown area. BOOK WEEK AT WATERLOO LIBRARY t' As you pick, up a book and read jrimti bi' yon; wilL (irid the book attractive in appearance, and filled, with information wnicn wui be; helpful in schoolwork and in life outside the school.1. When you come to your Public Library you have the priviiedge oi handling and reading dooks oi au ferent kinds school books, li brary books, dictionaries, and story books over 6,000 volumes to choose from and enjoy.

The most important value of books lies in their contents, in the treasuries of knowledge and en tertainment which they place at our disposal. Books bring within mir reach all the wisdom of the ages. Because they are valuable friends, we should treat them witn the respect and affection they de serve. "Xr ''V Pome and visit us and help US celebrate Book Week, November 13 19. As you visit us and enjoy the hooks vou prefer, be thankful that you live in a country where we have the priviiedge of choosing a book we can enjoy or one where we can obtain all sorts of information we are looking for.

ThankGod we live in America where we have the use of a Public Library. HURRAY, FOR BOOKSI You can look at a book And better still, read it. A book is a friend 5 When you happen to need it. And when you are through You can still think about it So, "Hurray for Books!" Don't say it but shout it! ELIZABETH COATSWORTH Written for Book Week 1960 ASHLEY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL NAMED CHAIRMAN OF NORTHEASTERN DIV.J.S.T.A. Fred Frederick, principal of Ashley high school, was named chairman of the Northeast Division, Indiana State Teachers Association at the meeting held Thursday, at Indianapolis.

Qther officials named included Harry T. Yoder, principal of River side school at Fort Wayne, chairman, and Lawrence E. Foote, director of school1 bus transpor tation for Fort Wayne community schools, was re elected secretary. IEARLY $760,030 PAI0 BY TAXPAYERS The deadline for payment of the fall installment of county taxes is p.m. Monday.

Nov. 7. A big share of the taxes still due are expected to arrive by mail yet this week. Tabulations completed Wednes day at the DeKalb Co. treasure's office showed between 6065 of the taxes paid.

Treasurer John Brown said his office will remain open until 5 p.m. November 5 to accommodate the expected rush of taxpayers. The office will be closed from Tuesday until Thursday. Tabulations showed nearly $750, 000 paid to date. The expected receipts for the fall taxpaying period exceed $1,000,000.

The treasurer said extra; help during the taxpaying period, in addition to the regular deputies, Miss Myers and Mrs. Grace include Mrs. Mildred Close oi Auburn, Mrs. Agnes Hoxie of Water loo and Mrs. Vivian Harpster of Auburn.

The treasurer urged taxpayers to get their taxes paid before the deadline and avoid assessment of delinquent BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT NOVEMBER 8 AT WATERLOO GRANT TOWNSHIP SCHOOL Back to School Night will be held on Tuesday, November 8 by the Waterloo Grant Township Par ent Teacher Association. The meeting will begin; at 7:30 p.m., in the school This annual: event the nationwide dd servance of. American Education Week. Rev. Stolte of the i Waterloo Methodist vChurch will present devotions.

Sally Nodine will be featured in two vocal solos. A short business session will be conducted by president Robert. DygerL Following the business session, parents, will be free to inspect the building and to meet and discuss problems with teachers in the classrooms. It is hoped that a record number of parents will take advantage of this opportunity to become better acquainted with school problems and to observe, the progress of the electrical remodeling program in the school building. Refreshments will be served by members of the home economics classes under the direction of Mrs.

Ruth Butler, home economics Members of the, program committee are: Mr. and Mrs. Grant Critney, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ulm, Mr.

and Mrs. Lamoile Ford. Mr. and Mrs. Max Rufner and Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas Hassett OF EVENTS 1 Ashley FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Mothers of World War II will meet at the home of Mrs. Dessie Gaetz. Pollyanna Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Mildred Hawes, Mrs.

Dottie Monroe co hostess. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Ashley firemen on dutv are Charles McGrew and Everett WiW helm. "Vvvv Varsity Quartet of Taylor U. at Ashley Methodist Church. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Ashlev Hudson American Auxiliary will meet at the home of Mrs, wary Black.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Ladies Guild of St. Johh'a vat Church at Mrs Ruby Dixon. Postponed from Nov. 3. Ashley Granse at 8:00 poned from Nov.

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