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1 Ml i.HI ft I 1 1 THE COLUMBUS HERALD, COLUMBUS. INDIANA, FRIDAY. JUNE 1, 1962. i i i i Cooperation Gets1 the Job Done pal Woman's C. Bliell, i Answer to Costlv Floods? (M Hope, 1 HI' Ip vX twv rcaQ 1 I p.Tp f'tU PK-? 1 I NEW WEHMEIER LEVEE Kathy MarNn climbs on the sloping new' earth levee beside her home on Clifty drive state highway jobs.

Federal agencies figured flood protection for the area east of the city off Road 7 would Costimuch more. in Tne vyenmeier addition, cost of about $25 through flood Water back. i Protet ton of the area has been ble Shireman and the problem dis-discussed twice with federal of- i cussed with other residents, ficers including Ninth District: "We just told them what we Earl; Wilson who came to the could try to do," Mr. Michael area fur a tour. State Rep.

Ray said, 1 think now this will serve Marr. jr.L aided in- setting up a the purpose." 'That's a guess, of course," he said. "But it's che4per ind better than spending more than that to aid flodded out families." The work along Clifty drive isn't finished yet. however. Mr Michael said a second low spot south! of the present levee is to Ibe filled in later trus summer, and about one more Itruckload of learth is needed dn the first levee.

I Mr. Jeffries said he jvas tiold that I future plans i call for rribre 1 i -i Bonnetl, Stricken meeting last January in whicn state otticiais and Army tngineers recommended formation of a con- servanqy district which would: raise njoney for flood protection. At He January meeting, how i ever, sjtate officials pointed out I filling behiid the levee tq the jciastjw iter in the western 'section of to build up the property forj a home i i i Hubert Martin, resident of! a (that th problem must be met byion Nigger Hill road, and in Bethel "helping yourselves." south of the city west of The advice was taken by the Walesboro: Believes Cause Ex-Prisoner Says Viet Nam believe without the soldier-husband of I breaking out the United woman said during 'a visit es an they told us how they I hflH srrvrpd prfal virtones ovpr had scored great victories over No Extra Pay There is no extra pay in Sjpe- FIVE 82 Stricken daughter, Mrs Embry of Hope route five grandchildren; and 8 great-grandchildren. He was; in death son. Her-! schel.

1 Mr Buell was born in Rush county Dec 24, 1879, the son of Ephram and Ann Douthet He moved tpi Hope lrii 1917 from Milroy, where lie had farmed and operated! agarage. Hell was graduated frqpl Milroy high school and from Marion Normal college. He married the former Miss Lelah Thorpe Feb. 1903 iia of the Westport and Hope Ma sonic; lodges for more than 50 years, jj I7r Dies Mrs. Thelma McCain, 1 Hope; son, Estel Stewart of Indianapolis; I four brothers, 'Grover! Stewart of: Louisville, Ky.j Pleas Stewart of: East Bernstadt, frank7 Stew-i art and Walter Stewa-t, both of: Hamilton, two sis ters, Mrs.) Amanda Poxton of Greenfield, and Mrs.

Lily Mvers of Townsend.i foiir grandchildren and one ereat-erandcmld. I bv two nieces. Ruth and Svbol Brown, Columbus, I and a1 crand-l niece, Mrs. Bjilly Alderson of -C64 lumbus. She was 'born in Columbus Aprpl 29,.

1871J the daughter jof William F. and Sarah House In 1905 he I was married to Jef-( ferson Bonnell who died in 1914.1 i i i 1 Resident Mrs. Minnie E. McGinlev. died Wednesday Tiight a tbeSharp nursins home.1 She was th8 wid-i ow of Thopias E.

Mckinley and: had lived at 94.6 Sixteenth street, She had been in failing health for two years and seriously ill two jweeks. I i i i v.i -I Mrs. McGinley was born at South Bethany March 31 1879, tl)e daughter of John W. aid Eunice Monroe" jilbert. She was married, Sept.) 6, 1899, ito Mr.

iMcGinleyj who died June' 13, 1949. They were residents of the ortonburg community jor 35 yeirs. Mrs McGinley was a memler of the: First Christian church, the Flai Rock Home Demonstr ition and J.E. blubs. I 1 Funeral services wil be con ducted 4t 30, o'clock Saturday afternoon a the Barkes and Inf low funeral home by Dr.

T.Ki Smith. Burial Will bp at Garland Brook cemetery. i Mrs. Mctjinley is. survived by a son, Allen G.

McGinley of Ini-dianapolis; a' daughter, Mrs. George of Indiai apolis; a foster daughter, Mrs. rold Crid-er of Columbus; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A son, Thdma C. preced ed her in death.

I i ien Mrs. Ida Belle Thickstun, 78, tive of died Wed nesday afternoon at her home on Bloomingtonj rural rout in the New Unionville cbmmujruty. She suffered; a heart i Mrs. fl hiqkstyn was porn an. 17, 1884, irk Brown county, the daughter of James and filiza Jape Robertson Arwine.

She Was married to F'red Thickstun in Brown county March 8,. 1902. Thjey moved to the New Unionville neighborhood several years ago. She was a member Elkinsville Meth odist church She is survived by her hiishflnrli' Millard Thiikstun jof two sons. Nashville alndf Garnet IThickstun of Bloomington; a daughter, Mr.i Bonnie Fleetwood, proprietor, of the Leader sister; Mrs.

ington. ren. store at Nashville; a Mary.Fulks bf Bloom-and six grandchild- i Oncnona Chafing Lafayette, Dies I IM I 1 Mrsi Oneiiona Chafin, 2, formeri Columbus trident, died Sunday night at Lafayette after! a year's illness. V- She is survived by her; husband, Raymond Qiafin, and six children of her father. Jesse Davis! of Columbus; four brothers Woodrow Davis of Columbus, Aw bert Davis of Route V.

Henrjq Davis of Tampa, and Norton Davis of I PAGE Local Stricken Brdivn Resident stricj cial Forces except thes amount United states May lb and met his normally alloted to paratroopers. I.wife at, his mother's home in "You just have to like lit," said Stewartsville, After some Sgt. Groom who has been in the time put frog hunting they drove Army since March, except east stopping to visit two of his tor a 2-year break. Hiai broijier sisters in Illinois on the way is' career soldier also! i here, The lean, 'muscular i The strgeam is to report back skimmed over most' of the iie-1 to duty; June 15 and leave again-tails of his imprisonment, but for his i base at Okinawa. This said that the Communists.

Jid time, Mrs. Groom is going along, try to "convert" both the Amer-', She said no government iquar- icans. Ill tejrs are available there for her i uisnaiKi uies RaymondSteWaW Armstrong, 53. of 1258 Lawrence avenue in Indianapolis, died suddenly Wednesday; night at 7:30 o'clock of a heart attack. He was the husband of Mrs.

Dorothy Robertson Armstrong, formerly of St. Louis Crossing. He was the son of the fete Grant and Dora Armstrong. Surviving with the widow are the children, Mrs. Joanne Kenney of Carmel, William S.

Armstrong, of Indianapolis and Jack Armstrong of Indianapolis; i grandchildren; Jour sisters, Mrs. Mae Cobbler of Marietta, Mrs. Dorowiy Crisler of Madeira Beach, AMrsS Alta Abbott of Indi- anapolVs and Mrs. Leota Sanders of Franklin and two brothers, Ted a ii i i i dy Armstrong of Shelbyville and Verl 'Armstrong of Indianapolis. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the N.F.

Chance funeral home, 504 National avenue, University Heights Indianapolis. Burial will be at Garland Brook cemetery. Thomas J. Larrison, 62, Arvin Industries employe, died at 5:10 Tuesday morning at his home, 71 Cleveland street. He had been in failing health since last October.

I Mf Larrison is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edra Larrison; two sons Omer R. Lanrison of and Roy K. Larrison -of Cincinnati; a daughter, Mrs. Robert Petersen of Harvey, five brothers, Brazier K.

Larrison of Hope, the Rev. C.C. Larrison of I Texas, Edward R. Larrison of Co lumbus. Perry Larrison of P6n- tiac, I and Joseph Larrison of Batesville; a sister, Mrs.

EUa Ruble of New Point; and ii grandchildren. 1 Mr. Larrison was born Feb. 27, in Decatur county, the son of Thomas and Ruth Hill Larrison. He married the former Miss Edrai Black March 12, 1929, and had been associated with Arvin Industries for 20 years.

He was; a njiember of the Methodist church. Paul 76, Dies Paul Bernard MacCoy, 76, native, of Columbus, died Monday morning at the Orange Memorial hospital at Orange, N. J. He and his wife, the former Mss Edna Gaston, lived at 47 Burnett Terrace, Maplewood, N. J.

Mr. MacCoy, a 1918 Purdue graduate, retired several years ago after being associated with Allied Chemical company as an engineer for many years. j' He was born in Columbus Dec. 9, 1885, the son of Dr. George I T.

and; Carrie Henry MacCoy. His lather was a veteran of the Liyil War jand was a leader in Indiana in the fight against tuberculosis. Ife Was one of the foremost residents of Columbus and was active in civic and medical affairs. His mother was the daughter of the former, Indiana State Senator David Henry of Switzerland County and a member of the constitutional convention of Indiana Which met in 1851. Mr.

MacCoy is survived by several cousins in Bartholomew county. itt Green Stricken Merritt C. Green, 75. 1607 Law- ton avenue, died Friday after noon after suffering a heart attack at the Standard grocery; in Eastbrook Plaza. Operation Life ambulance was called buf Mr.

Green was pronounced dead i on arrival at the hospital at 5: IS" o'clock. He had been in failing hearth since October. Mr. Green had made his home here for seven years with a sister, Mrs. Merree Pottebaum.

In addition to Mrs. Pottebaum he; is survived by two brothers, Charles B. Green of Route 3 and Otto Green of Evansville. (Mr. Green was born Aug.j 3, 1886, at Franklin, the son of Isaac and Adelia Swain Green.

had lived near Greenwood for 40 years and was a member of the Rock-lane Christian church Greenwood Masonic lodge and Scottish He jmarried the for- 3ier Miss Jessie Lawless, who ied in 1952. He had been a farmer previous to retirement. I STEALS BATTERY Don Chandler, 1102 Morningside drive, told police 630 clock Thursday night that a battery was stolen from his 1957 Plymouth station wagon oaring the past three days. The car was parked at his Home when the theft occurred, he Thomas Larrison Stricken MacCoy, Merr $25 A jio earth levee may have solved Wehmeier ad ditioni flooding problems on which federal agencies expected to spend much friore. Community action and ai-opera-tion of the" Columbus subdistrict of the Indiana state Highway jdepart-nient resulted in the 100-fobt long embankment which now protects the three streets of homes and trailers on thejiorthj side qf Road 7 east of Columbus-j i Clifty creek! streamed tver a low spot along Clifty drive flood most of the: area in -January, 1959, and only sandbags prevented! a similar flood in May, .1961.

"WeVe been on this a long time," said Earl Jeffries, Columbus high school custodian whose home at 524 Clifty drive is opposite the JWe hac meetings on this before but they didn't get the job 5 The local- level action began with; a meeting of community representatives with sub-district highway officials and Ben Wehmeier, developer of the area, two nonths as- Ml- Working without since April, trucks of the subh'strict have been dumping unwanted earth from jobs on the levee site The earth is excess from road jobs through the sub-district and has included work in Brown county and on Road 9as well as on the parking lot at the sub-dis trict garage here. Joseph Boas, superintendent for Meshberger Stonej company at Elizabethtown, brought in bull-ddzer for brief work shaping the levee as a donation, i Milton highway subdistrict superintendent and forr mear county commissioner, estimated that any extra cost: to the taxpayers for the): levee has not run more than 524 I Just. Comrnunist; guerrillas in doubt in: what they're; doing, former St. Louis Crossing i' nere iais weeK ena. "They have to believe in it to live the way they do.f said Sgt.

George Grooin who got a close-up look at (the Red Viet Cong (during three weeks imprisonment after capture while bri a "training exercist" with South Viet Nam troops. I Sgt. Groom and his the former Miss Mary Irene Petro, wre here on a 3lay visit with Mr. and Mrs. Npland Ojiphant, north of the Crossing.

Mrs. Groom lived with the Ob'phants after she was IS years old While attending Clifford high school. The sergeant member of Uncle jSam's elite jS fecial jForces group is peirr itted tb wear a green beret as pak of the uniform, was captured ivith Sergeant First I Class Franc Quinn of Niagara Falls, N. after a bloody dawn battle; April 8j They were forced to leave two founded companions behind taken to a rat-infested, jhatch shack on a mountain top near Ah Dinh. "They treated us as well as they; knew the sergeant from Missouri said, I 'Rotten fish' He said he had to laugh at newspaper references to the "rotten fish" he and Quinh were given to eat.

I "The Vietnamese don't! have any salt and can't preserve anything, so they leave water in it to be sure it he saidl "We were eating the same food they were; you got rice and fish and you took a pinch of fish with the rice." Mlj He said the! is mountainous, "almost straight tip and down," and thick: secpid-growth jungle is everywhere except 'for the-, rice paddies which never are on the sides of the mountains but always in the valleys jj Women do much" of thej work, including plowing! with wooden blades with a tiller rather than the double type mere familiar to Americans. Water buffalo and Mongolian ponies are the major animals. He said the men largely the family work while the vomen labor: i Bamboo Houses House are largely of bamboo irr the area and the rainy season lasts six months, he said. Rains come once or twice a week in the "dry season," iie added. Special Forces troops jof the U.

S. are training Viet! Nam troops and Sgt. Groom said he is not permitted to discuss details of his numbers of men involved or. specific loca- tionsJ AH Special Forces soldiers are training in five Army specialties and all are instructors. The specialties are in medical care, weapons; operations and intelligence and radio, the field in which he, said! he) specializes.

Each is first trained as an Airborne paratrooper; then chosen for Special Forces. Language is another field of training, and Sgt. Groom has some fluency in both' German and French although not the language of Viet Nam. pi The! green beret often leads to Americans thinking he is an Aus-' tralian or 1 from some, other British Commonwealth nation, Viet Levee Cong 1 i D.C. -Buell, 82, Hope resident for 45 years, died at; 5:15 o'clock Saturday rmorning at the counfy hospitaL He was admitted to the hospital Friday night after suffering a coronary attack.

He had suffered a previous attack a year as-: I Mr. Buell. was a member of the Hartsville Christian church, had served as superintendent of the Sunday school and school (teacher for Before retiring he was a Sundiy many years. had been eijx- ptoyed as a mechanic at former Spaugh garage at Hope. Buell is survived by hjis Tife Mrs; Lei Buen.

1 a son, Donovan Buelli, of Miami, Fla; a Flpyd Stewart, 71, retired Hope barber, died Sunday night at the Shariklin nursing home here after having been critically ill sine February. Mr Stewart was born July 16, 1960, in Laurel county, the son jof John and Christine Bowlin Stewart, He was a member of ike Baptist church. Hfis survived by a daughter, Mary! Bonnell, lifelong resident of Columbus, did Saturday night at the Shady Nook Nursing home." She had been in failing health for nine years." She had lived at 1804 Tenth street 48 ji Mrs. Bonnell was the last member of her family, ind is survived Former Resident Dies in Ohio Mrs. Ruth Turner, 57, of Hamilton, Ohio, and former Coluin-bus i resident, died Friday at Mercy hospital in Hamilton.

Mrs. Tur ner was the wife of William Turner. She had been ill several yeaj-s and in serious condition for the past few weeks. I She was bofn March 11 ,1905, in Bartholomew county the dauth-ter bf Mr. and MrsJ William Cja-sada.

She was a Columbus high school graduate. Following her marriage; to William Turner she and: her. husband moved to Surviving with the husband ate three sisters, Mildred Mitchell I of Clifford, Mrs. Ida McDer- mott i of Louisville and Mrs.i Eva Spurgin of Terre Haute, and three children, all of Hamilton. ii Scip 16 les if! i i SCIPIO Mrs.

Leonard Scrogh ins, 64, Route 1, died at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning at Bartholomew i county hospital where she had been a patient three weeks, She was formerly Miss Mary Trotter and was born 14, 1898, at Hope, daughter of Elmer and Mattie D. Brannen Trotter. She had been resident of Jennings county for many years, Funeral services will bei conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Diekhoff and yanbe funeral home at North Vernon (ay the I Rev. E. L.

Chandler, pastor of Scipio Baptist church. Burial will be at Scipio cemetery. She is survived by her husband, Leonard Scroghins; six daughters, Mrs. Dennis Ramey of Scipio route 1, Mrs. Warren Snyder of Anderson, Mrs, Robert Chapplow of Shelbyville, Mrs.i David Griffin of Seymour, Mrs.

Charles Short Lexington, and Mrs. Claude Golds-by bf Statesborough, three Jack and Glenn Scroghiins of Scipio and George Scroghjns Jacksonville. a Mrs. Ernistinei Harrell of Brooklyn; brother. Max Trotter of Cheyenne and 23 grandchildren, son, Raymond, was killed service in 1943.

Mr. Pickering bf Mil il j. i Anderson Dies FLj M. Pickering, 64, retired Anderson businessman, died Fri day 1 at St. John's hospital Anderson.

He was the stepfather of Jack Grim! of Anderson, husband of the former Miss Roseahn Suverkrup of Columbus. He and Pickering had visited jin Columbus and were known! hefe. iMif. Pickering had been 11 for five months. He was the retired owner of the Pickering and Spn Coal: company and the Economy Governor company of Anderson, and had been active in civic and youth work at Anderson.

I Mr. Pickering is survived by his the stepson; two Mrs. Carolyn Lautnef and Miss; Judith Pickering, both jof Indianapolis; two grandchildren and ,1, A I 71 Barber. 1 i Mary M. 91.

Is oman if w. ine levee was put up at a use excess earth- from i new Wehmeier addition home only a few- weeks, lives', at the north lend of the levee i wall; but does not believe it will increase the wa- 1 ter level enough to enter his home. "They asked me about; it before i they did the work." he said. "I think it ought to be all right Mr. Jetfnes said the water trom Cjifty crept over the roadway at low; spot not more than six inches deep even in the 1959 flood which resulted in three feet of the addition.

He felt the 6-foot thick' wall, about two feet above level of tha road, should hold the i impress us; with stories of; civil tanks with nothing but rifles, but we knew they were lying." i Uroom arrived back the yet but she is going to live "on the economy" until i they. are. from Viet Nam where he Road 46 five miles west of Columbus. There were no objectors present. Ray Deitz was granted renewal of a variance to park a house-j trailer for residental use on pro-I perty owned by Elmer Lehmkrueg-I er off Road 46 seven miles west of Columbus.

There Were no ob-; jectors. (: j. 1 Lawrence A. and Norma J. Fowler I were' denied permission to park: a tious6trailer.

for re- sidential! purposes and to con struct a 24-foot by 16-foot garage between Road 33 and Road 400W about a i half jmile south of Road 625N in German township about ta mile southeast of Taylorsville. A half dozen nearby residents objected to the proposed location. i Wehmeier group headed by Sho- He pointed out that the county commissioners in recent years took similar action in providing means; for residents to drain such new housing development areas las the Northgate addition, north On Road 31; Jewell Village, east i 76, Dies i EDl.N'BL'RG Fred Hubbell, "6, trucker, died suddenly Wed-; nesday noon at the home of a i nephew! Harvey Wiegand, at Oca-, la. FlaM where he had been vis-i He went to Florida six weeks ago. Mr.

Hubbell was born in India-I napolis July 31,: 1885, but had lived Ihere for many years and formerly carried mail from the depot itp the post office. He had also been employed as a truck driver; Funeral services will be conducted aj 10 o'clock Monday morning at the Mutz funeral home by the Rev. Ray Bozell. The cas-; ket wiC be open at the funeral home sifter 2 o'clock Sunday aft-j Burial will: be Rest Havenj cemetery. Mr.

Hubbell is survived by a son, Ernest Hubbell of Tampa, four brothers, Clem iJohn and Joseph Hubbell, all of Indianapolis, and Victor Hubbell, I address unknown. Grover 76, Dies NASHVILLE Grover C. David. 76, former Brown county sheriff, died Sunday morning at the Bartholomew county hospital. He had been in failing health fora year and a half.

Mr. David was born in Brown couVity Aug. 23. 1885, the son of Samson and Lucille Williamson David. On Oct.

8. 1924, he married the former Miss Laura Lowe, who survives. He operated the Ford automobile agency here from 1914-1934, and' served as Brown County Sheriff from 1941-1944. He was a rnember of the Christian church ajnd Masonic lodge 135. I In addition to the Wife, he is survived! by a son, Grover C.

David. i of Nashville; two i s-ters. Mrs. Mary E. King of and Mrs.

Dolly Wed-dle of Nashville; and five grandchildren 70, Dies Mrs: Alice Bray. 70. of 201 North Gladstone avenue, died Tuesday night at ithe county hospital, where i she had i been a patient since i April' 24. 1 Mrs. Bray was born in Illinois April ii 1, 1891, and was married July 1936, to Raymond A.

Bray, who died in 1953. Mr. Bray had operated the Bray lumber yafd in East Columbus before his Mrsri Bray was a member of St. Bartholomew's church and the Daughters of Isabella. She is survived i by several nieces and nephews.

Fred Hubbell Dkvid Bray, I I Jyft0 HC't i VJM4 -MWI i vi 'lit iV- il, 'They told us: all of silly junk," he said.i "They-J tried to GLAD TO BE BACK Mil i 1 1 i. ii i' 41 1 I fT P- I I 1 Feed Shi rs to Change Machine A thange machine in the Edinburg Laundromat was "cheated" out of between $25 and $50 Wednesday by slugs in the shape of quarters and half-dollars, it was reported to authorities. I The change machine is de- signed to give change in dimes for qbarters and half-dollars. Area authorities were notified jit: 5: 35 o'clock Wednesday Afternoon to be on the lookout for two men who drove away jfrorp the laundromat in a black car and were said to have ben seen getting a large iaitipunt of change from the machine. Alice L.

King, 58, Dies Mrs. Alice L. King. 58. Nashville' rjoute 4.

died Monday at the county hospital where she was admitted: Sunday night. She had been in ill health for four years. King was born in Columbus 7, 1904, the daughter of Cash and Maggie McGaw Coff-man. She spent her early life; in Bartholomew county and she had lived jn Brown county for ten years. pi I Mrs.

King is survived by her husband, i Theodore King; two sons, Paul E. King of Route 7, and OrviHe Eugene King of Santa a daughter, Mrs. Betty Large of North Vernon route ten grandchildren and a step-grandson: a brother, Roy Coffman of Muncie; and two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Spaugh of Hartsville and MrsJ a i a Krebbg of Columbus. Mrs.i King was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ.

Latter Day Saints. Car Hits Tree; 3 NORTH VERNON Three Jennings county youths were injured when their car crashed into a tree about two miles; north of North Vernon on the Stl Ann road at 2:30 Saturday morning: Driver of the car, Larry Horn-back, of 56 Long street, North Vernon, was charged with reckless driving. The car, a 1962 Lancer station wagon, property of the driver's father, Charles Horn-back, a total loss. Horjiback suffered cuts on the chin and head and a possible arm fracture. James Melton, 19, of North Vernon route 1, a suffered a cut on the head and Robert Darkes, of North Vernon route 4, another passenger, was cut on i the knee.

All were treated Schneck Memorial hospital at Seymour and released. Sheriff Clyde Perkins, who investigated the accident, said that Hornback, who was driving south, lost control of the car on a curve, It then crossed the highway and hit a tree. i' I Injured was held by Communist guerrillas, Sgt. George Groom of the U. S.

Army's Specfal Forces relaxes with his wife, the former Miss Mary; Irene Petro on the front steps of the Noland Olipharrf I home near St. Louis Crossing. Se Rved with them While going to; high school at Clif- ford. Mrsi Oliphant smiles behind them. i A dove Zoning I I i- 'I County board of zoning appeals approved two requests for vari ances from the zoning ordinance and rejected! a third following public hearings' Monday Ben Sproat, manager of High Acres orchard, I was given per- mission to construct a fruit standi with i attached sigh along Old I i App Appeals I.