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Company, Inc. The Weather Partly cloudy and a little cool er tonight, with low 51. Tuesday partly cloudy and not much change in temperature. Wednesday outlook: Partly cloudy with little temperature change. Times-Mail Telephone Number 3355 MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1957 BEDFORD, INDIANA PRICE SIX CENTS VOL.

LXHL NO. 227 The Telfer R. h. ROAD-E-O WINNERS RECEIVE PLAQUES MBoly Is Found Young Father Drowned April 20 Senator Not Guilty, Of Striking Trooper Boyle Fined 0 csr Eight Persons Are Charged In 3 Local Courts Thomas Pelfree Sentenced In Assault And Battery Case Fifty-six year old Thomas Pelfree was this morning sentenced to the Penal Farm for six months when he appeared in Mayor Ivan H. Brinegars City Court and pleaded guilty to charges of assault and battery and disorderly conduct He was one of eight charged in three local courts on a variety of affidavits signed by city and Btate police.

He was also nursing a head wound inflicted by Mrs. Marshall Howell, who told police she hit him with an axe as he beat up on my husband." Officers were dispatched to the Howell home Sunday afternoon on 711 Columbus avenue. They' off r. tf- For Leaving The Scene Mayor Ivan H. Brinegar is shown yesterday at the north parking lot at the Fabricast plant presenting a plaque to Charles Hartman, top winner in the first annual Jaycee-sponsored Teen-Age Road-E-O.

At the right is Robert Bowman, second place winner, who also received a plaque from the mayor. Both youths are eligible to compete in the State Finals to held in Indianapolis next Saturday. (Times-Mail Photo by Robert Kruchten) 25 Compete In Road-E-O; Hartman, Bowman Win At Williams Dain The east fork of White River yesterday gave up the body of James R. Young, 23-year-old Cro-thersville man who drowned Saturday evening, April 20, in a boat accident at the base of Williams dam. The body was found in a drift, about a mile and a half downstream from Chase riffle, by James Scaggiari and Ed Fitzpatrick, both of Mitchell, while the men were fishing.

Scaggiari drove his boat to Williams to report the discovery and, according to Dr. R. E. Wynne, Lawrence county coroner, state police. Conservation Officer Arthur Maxwell, Deputy Sheriff Claude Elkins and representative of the Day Carter Mortuary were dispatched to the scene.

Floating In Brush The discovery was made about 1:30 p.m. The body was floating in brush along the river bank. Sheriff Zelbert Hawkins said today that dragging operations have been under way since Young drowned in search of his body. There has not been a day, he said, that at least two boats have not been in operation seeking to recover the body. Young and a companion, Alex Boss, of ScoWsburg, were thrown into the murky waters of the east fork of White River when a boat owned and operated by Boss attempted to maneuver Into the wheel pits of the Public Service Company's power dam at Williams.

At the time water was flowing 3.2 feet deep over the dam, creating severe turbulence at the base of the dam. The boat was sucked into the turbulence and against the dam, swamping it and tossing the men into the water, Boss was carried downstream by the swift water, but Young disappeared In the turbulence and could not be saved Youngs body was taken to the Day It Carter Mortuary and today was moved to the Kovener Funeral Home at Crothersville. Surviving are the widow and two children. YOUTH DROWNS SCOTTSBURG. Ind.

W) LeRoy DeSpain, 19, Scottsburg, drowned Saturday In a farm pond south west ef Vienna. Three companions swam to safety after their boat overturned. EMBROIDERY EXPERT The lour top winners and twa consolation winners in Saturdays second annual Club Scout Pinewood Derby held at the American Legion auditorium are pictured above with their prizes following the race. Jerry Lee Cummings, 9, winner of the race, is seated In the back row. Other winners are (front row, to Mike Wood, 9, consolation.

In the back row are (I. to John Hoffner, 9, third; Cummings; and Phillip Robert 8, second. (Times-Mail Photo by Claude Parsons) Jerry Cummings Racer Wins 2nd Annual Cub Scout Pinewood Derby The miniature racer built by nine-year-old Jerry Lee Cummings streaked across the finish line Saturday morning about 10:30 to win the second annual Cub Scout Pinewood Derby held at the American Legion auditorium before more than 200 spectators. Jerry was one of 102 boys entering the race, during which homemade, gravity" powered miniature racers constructed by the bovs from pinewood derby kits raced down a 20-foot wooden -ramp, with two racers competing in each heat until a final winner was determined. The entire race was run in 1M hours, and all entrants were from Bedford.

Last years derby attracted 86 entries. Jerry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cummings of 2108 Twelfth street, received scout flashlight and pocket knife for placing first. He is a member of Pack 35 sponsored by the First Christian Church.

OKLAHOMA BOUND charges ranging from public intoxication to speeding. Unable To Pay Fines Nacie Carraway Tincher, 56, Route 2, Paoli, was committed to the county jail to stay her fines of $1 and costs on an intoxication charge and $5 and costs on a bad conduct charge. She pleaded guilty to the affidavits, but was unable to immediately pay her fines. James Faubion, 28, 1114 Summit Lane, received similar fines on the same type charges, but was also handed a six months Penal Farm sentence whlcn the mayor suspended pending Faubions future good behavior. Cecil William Cannon, 26-year-old Reading, Ohio, motorists, was penalized $5 and costs today when he also pleaded guilty before Mq-yor Brinegar, but on a speeding charge.

He was stopped by city police on April 19. Two other motorists, both teenagers, have been cited to appear in Jessie B. Stapps Justice of the Peace Court, one cn a charge of speeding. State and county police arrested Ronald Chase, 18, Route 6, and Larry Kimbley, 18, Route 5, early this morning on the East Sixteenth street hill just outside the city limits. They charged Kimbley with speeding and Chase with reckless driving by operating a vehicle with reckless disregard for the safety of others.

Probe Drag Racer Reports Sheriff Zelbert Hawkins said he and troopers received reports of drag racers on U.S. Highway 50 east of Bedford about midnight last night and during the investigation In plain cars, failed to find any draggers, but did report cars parked with headlights on and motors running in virtually every side-road and driveway between the Maple Leaf Motel and the East 50 Drive-In, Returning to town, officers said they spotted Kimbley and Chase at Sixteenth and as they "tore through the Intersection burning rubber for a half-block. The teenagers were stopped at the city limits. Chase admitted dragging earlier last night, the arresting trooper revealed, but Kimbley denied it. To Appear Sunday The two are to appear before Magistrate Stapp by Sunday.

Two other motorists arrested a week end ago by state police, pleaded guilty to separata violation To Page CoL I) Jerry Marshall Saves Mayor Ira In River Mayor Roy F. Ira at Mitchell Is probably alive today thanks to 16-year-old boy with an incurable disease who loves to go boating on White River. Jerry Marshall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Marshall, 123 Forest Park Drive, has been responsible for saving five lives within the past two and a half years, according to his father.

Wayne reported today that Jerry and his girl friend were boating on White River yesterday, and just ahead of them was Mayor Ira and a friend in another- boat. Boat Begins To Rock Jerrys father said Mayor Ira got up to work on his motor, and the boat began to rock and he fell out His friend in the boat tried to save him, but was unable to. Jerry, then, pulled his boat up alongside Mayor Ira, and the mayor, who was starting to strangle, grabbed hold, said Mr. Marshall. The elder Marshall said Mayor Ira later said he thought he could swim, but found out he couldnt.

Last year, Jerry saved two other persons in the river, and the year before that rushed to the aid of two others. Unable to attend school because of his illness, the youth is tutored at home and is a straight-A pupil, said his father. BHS Will Be Represented At State Finals Charles Hartman, 18-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. J. R.

Hartman, 1409 street, was the top winner in a Teen-Age Road-E-O sponsored yesterday at the north lot of Fabricast by the Bedford Junior amber of Commerce. Kunnerup in the event, which was witnessed by approximately 200 spectators during the afternoon, whs Robert Bowman, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bowman, 629 street' Both youths will be eligible to compete in the Indiana Road-E-O to be held next Saturday at Indianapolis. Hartman is a senior, and Bowman is a junior in Bedford High School.

First One Held Here A total of 25 young people entered the Road-E-O, which was the first ever to be sponsored here. Twenty-one prizes were distributed to the top 15 winners. The'win-er of the State Finals will receive an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D. August 12 to 15, and there will compete in the national ontest Three national winners selected, and $4,500 in holarships will be awarded them, addition to Hartman and Bowman, others among the top 15 in the local Road-E-O are as follows in the order of their placement: Nelson Hunter, third; La-vonne Gratzer, fourth; Dick Wil-, Hams, fifth; Jared Perkins, sixth; Charles Hert, Phyllis Gilstrap and Edward Cummings all tied on their 1, score and were placed seventh, eight and ninth place in which Identical prizes were awarded; jag55vid Peck, tenth place; Gary Richey, eleventh, Byron Sutton, twelfth: Marynell Dickinson, thirteenth; Wayne Turpen, fourteenth; and Becky Cannedy, fifteenth. Co-Chairmen Bryce Harris and Cloyce Jack-son were general cochairmen for the event.

School Superintendent Dan Schafer was chairman of the judges committee, and Judges for the competition were Lowell Simmons, police chief; Officers Farrell Robbins and James Barlow; and BHS Teacher Vernon Crane. Chief steward for the affair was Sgt. O. E. Bishop of the Seymour State Police Post.

Sgt. Bishop is traffic safety director for this area. The Jaycees today wished to publicly thank all those who heloed in anyway in making the Road-E-O a success, and included in that group Is Gerald Carrier, who furnished materials for the road test. Others Thanked Also thanked were the following (Tara Ta Page t. Col.

I) TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (INS) State Senator Paul Boyle, Sullivan Democrat, who was charged with drimk driving and striking a state policeman with his automobile, today was fined $250 for leaving the scene of property damage. He was found not guilty of drunk driving and not guilty of leaving the scene of a personal injury. The case was decided by special udge John Beasley in Terre Haute City Court. State Trooper Jay Dennis was injured last December 22 on U.S.

41, south of Terre Haute, when struck while questioning another motorist at the side of the road. Boyle admitted hitting a car but denied striking the trooper. Gets Scared Boyle said that he stopped, and started back to the scene, but got scared when he heard a woman say a trooper had been hit. Boyle said he knew he would be blamed for hitting the trooper. The state and defense had rested their cases last Friday, following a surprise move by Judge Beasley.

Judge Beasley allowed a statement by Boyle to a state trooper when he was arrested shortly after Trooper Dennis was injured to be admitted as evidence. In the opening of the trial. Judge Beasley had ruled out all evidence in the case from the time Boyle was arrested in Sullivan shortly after the accident until a (Turn Te Page 8, Col. I) Dr. Vayhinger To Speak Here On Wednesday Dr.

John Vayhinger, psychologist and director of the mental health clinic in St. Joseph County, will speak next Wednesday qight at 7:30 at the regular meeting of the Bedford Council for Youth in the Bedford High School Auditor ium. Tbe meeting is open-to the public. It will be a busy day for Dr. Vayhinger.

Wednesday morning at 9:45, he is scheduled to speak at a high school student convocation following a program at 9 by the Rensselaer High School Glee Club. At noon, Dr. Vayhinger will have lunch with members of the executive committee of the Bedford Council for Youth at Maxwell (Turn To Page 8, Col. 6) PORCHLIGHT DRIVE About 40 grandmothers from Bedford and Avoca will knock on doors tonight and seek contributions to the 1957 Cancer Fund. All persons who Irish to give are nrged to turn on their porchlight after dark.

Tbe drive will be conducted between 7 and 10, bnt while its still light in tbe early part of the evening, the women will contact resident in the suburbs of Bedford, knocking on every door. After dark, however, they will only call at those homes where a porchlight is burning. The Avoca Vale Grandmothers Club will also solicit funds in Avoca, Needmore and Oolitic, while the Hoosier Hills Grandmothers Club will seek funds to Bedford and be suburbs. quota, averaging about 130 pint per visit, Mrs. Shotts said.

She explained that from now through the summer months is a dangerous time of the year with lots of outdoor activities and vacation traveL Use 25 Pint Meanwhile, Mrs. Shotts aald that 25 pints of blood were used by Lawrence county and vicinity people during the month of March. They are as follows: Dunn Memorial Hospital Barbara Boyd, Josephine Brana-man, Theodore Judah and Winifred Guthrie, all of Bedford and vicinity; Della Dean, Milton Say-tor and Flonia Strange, all of Mitchell and vicinity; Bonnie Bridges of Oolitic, Virginia Jones, Norma Key and Stella Stalker all of Orleans and vicinity. General Hospital to Indianapolis Mrs. Lowell Patrick.

Norton Infirmary, Louisville Mrs. Ruth Brooks cf Mitchell R. R. St Ar.thony Hospital, Terre Haute Rickev Lovelace, Dugger R. R.

1. (The boy is an employee of the Crane Depot which participates in the Lawrence county blood pr- from.) found Pelfree and took him to Dunn Memorial Hospital where doctors treated the head wound and released him. He was subsequently jailed until his arraignment today. Three other defendants also appeared before the mayor this morning and received fines on (Tun Te Page 8, CeL 2) Wins Second In second place was Phillip Roberts, 8, son of Mr. and Mra Homer Don Roberts, 1210 Fourth street who also received a scout flashlight and pocket knife.

Placing third was John Hoffner, 9, son of John B. Hoffner, Bedford Heights. John, who received pocket knife and scrapbook as his prize, was the winner of the first Pinewood Derby held last year. Both boy are members of Pack 31, sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church. Fourth place winner in the race was Bruce Wohlfeld, 9, son of Dr.

and Mrs. J. B. Wohlfeld, 1224 Fifteenth street and a member of Pack 35, who received a pocket knife and scrapbook. Consolation winners were Mike Wood, 9, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Elvet Wood, 2435 I street. Pack 40 sponsored by Grace Methodist Church, and (Tnra Te Page 8, Col. 8) 254 Pints Of Blood Needed To Fill Quota Shown above working on some embroidery and lettering on the special sewing machine at her home is Mrs. Anna Fischer, 417 street Mrs.

Fischer, the only commercial letter m-. broidery expert in this area, has had her foot on and off the 1 sewing machine treadle for 27 years. (Times-Mail Fbote by Claude Parsons) Mrs. Fischer Embroiders Names Seen On Many Local Shirts Jackets By CLAUDE PARSONS Whenever any athletic team, local factory or business place needs its name on any shirts, jackets or overalls, chances are Mrs. Ann Fischer does the designing and embroiders the lettering.

Mrs. Fischer, who resides at 417 street, has had her foot on the sewing machine treadle for more fhan 27 years and has no doubt sewn more stitches than a flock of tailors put together. She specializes in commercial letter embroidery. At her home youll find a large box filled with more than 1,000 embroidery designs. A few were made by others and sent to her but most of them are original.

Her designs have included everything from flowers, parrots, dogs to winged skates (for roller skating enthusiasts), and winged horses (an. order from the Mobiloil people). Anything I can do a picture of, I can embroider," she ex plained. All I need is a sample." Mrs. Fischer went to work for the old Reliance Manufacturing Company (now M.

Fine and Sons) in Bedford, makers of shirts, uniforms and other types of clothing about 23 years ago. She was soon placed in charge of a commercial-type embroidery sewer and she did all the lettering on special orders. She recalls that sh worked on scrap material for about a week until she learned how to operate the machine and that mv first job on the machine didn't turn out very welL" Works At Home She does all her work at home now on a regular embroidery machine of her own purchased in 1946. She did all the Reliance lettering until M. Fine and Sons took over, but she still keeps busy most of the time doing work for retail stores in Bedford.

Bloomington and Mitchell, plus many extra jobs. She always has a large number of bowling shirts to put names on each fall for Bedford and Mitchell teams, and adds lettering to a lot of baseball uniforms. Her biggest project recently bas been an order for lettering on 100 shirts for BB I Motor Freight. Mrs. Fischer represented Reliance at the Chicago Worlds Fair back in 1934.

where she had th job of sewing names on all pieces of clothing sold there. She revealed that while in Chicago she also had a chance to and there was a limit to one per family. A total of 101 families was thus enrolled in the program yesterday, and the church still has $390 on hand to distribute at services prior to May 15. Farm members of the church may ifse the money to buy a pig and raise it for later sale, or housewives may elect to sew or raise potted plants for sale as a part of the project The plan is, Pictured above are the nine band atodenta at Needmore High School and their Instructor, Mrs. Lolita Keefer, who left this morning for Enid, Oklahoma, to participate In the 3-day Tri-State Music Festival.

Needmore Is believed to be the only Indiana school taking part In tbe event. In the picture are (front row, to Larry May and Harrel Turney; (second row, 1. to Mrs. Keefer, Beverly Burton, Carolyn Turney, and Linda Crule; (back row, to Jerry Adams, Jay Blackwell, Larry MrPike and Jimmy DiehL (Times-Mail Photo by Claude Parsons) Nine Members Of Needmore Band To Participate In Oklahoma Music Festiral Nine members cf the Needmore High School band are headin west to Oklahoma where thev will attend and participate in the Tri-State Music Festival Wednesday through Saturday, which is held annually in Enid, Oklahoma. They will be among approximately 10,000 Junior high and high school students from lz states attending the event, and Needmore is believed to be the only Indiana school to be represented there.

This year is the festival's 25th anniversary. Mrs. Lolita Keefer, band and music teacher at Needmore High School and a native of Enid, Oklahoma, was Instrumental In arranging the trip for her students. She participated in the festival herself while in Junior high and high schorl there, and received her bachelor of music degree from Phillips University in Enid. She described the event ss the largest music festival of its kind in the United States." The nine band members making the trip are Larry McPike, senior; Jay Blackwell.

Harrell Turney and Jerry Adams. Jun- $1600 Todd Auto It was earlier reported as a safe cracking, but investigators disclosed that a filing cabinet to the parts department of the auto firm was the safe from which $94.35 in cash and 1.500 to checks was First Christian Church At Of C10 Talents Into Practice A The Mitchell Bureau '-Most cf the 285 persons a fen din 'worship services yesterday at Mitchells First Christian Church were amazed when 10 of the churrh deacons and ushers followed the normal collection of offerings by passing out white envelopes to each family group envelopes that were later found to contain crisp new $10 bills. The surprise ceremony was Instigated by Church Trustees Joe Mundy Sr, Emery Smith and Ambrose Hostettler, who had signed notes to borrow $1,400 for a seven-month period in order to finance what Rev. Paul E. Kerr calls the A total of 254 pints of blood in two more visits are necessary for Lawrence county to meet its blood quota for the fiscal year 1957, which ends June 30, according to Mr.

Maxine Shotts, executive-secretary of the Lawrence County Red Cross Chapter, who said that the Louisville Regional Centers bloodmobile will be at the American Legion home Friday, May 3, from 11:00 a m. to 5:00 p.m. Mrs. Shotts said that the local chapter's quota this year is 1.262 pints by June 30, and to date pint have been collected Li nine visits. The last visit of the fiscal year is scheduled for June 28.

In May and June we must get at least 254 pints to make the Deaths Mrs. Vira Kress Mack Whaiin Page 8 Page 8 Page 8 Page 8 Page 8 Page 8 Page 8 Charles D. Sorrells Hattie Stephenson John P. Black Janies O. Duke Clarence C.

Scoggan Temperatures rc gh Yesterday Low Lest Night 86 57 75 oon 1Vy 1 Rainfall Sunday morning 42 of an loch taken. (Tam To Psge 8, Col. 4) Police Probe Robbery At A robbery la which $1,600 was taken, a burglary, the recovery of two stolen trucks and a womans purse found in an alley constituted what turned out to be a relatively busy week end lor local city and county police. The $1,600 robbery occurred at tbe Todd Auto officers, said. (Turn To Page 8, CoL 2) talents project" of the church.

A scripture lesson about 10 talents was read to the congregation aj members opened their envelopes and looked at each other with amazement The ob-lject Rev. Kerr explained, is to I i-yest the $10 as a talent in money making project which will increase the $1,400 to the benefit of the church's ilding fund. Only members of the church were eligible to receive $10 bills. tors; Linda Cruio and Bevereiy (Tarn Te Page 8, CeL I) i JL tV 4.