Jackson County Banner from Brownstown, Indiana • Page 1

TOWN BR in SECTION TWO SKYING THE PEOPIE OF JACKSON COUNTY FOR THE EIGHTY-SIXTH YEA! 'CL LXXXY1I ElOWNSTOWN, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY. MAY 9, 1956 NO. 6 BANN Zctla "At Hex? At tesliette Of Allan Neman's Fifty Years Ago in Jackson County Cuys Grocery Marvin L. Doerr, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Marvin Doerr, of nmnrn Of Interest Taken The Brownotown Banner File Bangs Testing Ptosram Assured For Jackson Co. Petition Approved By County Commissioners Monday After 75 Percent Of Cottle Owners Sign In Favor Of Eradication. Hob son Hill Little Raymond Gorbett fell and broke his arm Cville Senkrs To Present Drama Festival Thursday Evening Crothersville High School Seniors were holding last rehearsals today of the four plays to be presented at their Drama Festival to be given tomorrow evening in the new high school aud.torium. The plavs to be presented include "Nobody "Fog On The "Thank You. Doctor" and "How To one day last week.

Dr. Joe Cummings set the bone. Francis Kinworthy went to Carlisle to work this summer. Francis is an up-to-date plasterer. Frank Ramp's mule ran away with him last week, throwing him out of the wagon.

However, he escaped with only a few bruises. A severe wind and rain struck this section Tuesday night. No serious damage was reported, only some fencing was blown down. Freetown Mrs. Anna Manuel returned from Upland the fore part of last week, after spending several days there with A.

H. Manuel and family. Asbury Goble moved here from Kellar last week to take charge of the section crew on the railroad. The well drilling' is progressing nicely so far, with only a few mishaps to delay the "work. After passing through soap-stone and red shale, the drill entered a black slate, after which the lime-stone was struck.

Today the well is a little over 500 feet In depth. Our fellow townsman, B. F. Henderson, was elected for his second year as truant officer by the trustees at Browns town Monday. Rockford.

Rev. Peck filled his regular appointment here Sunday. Henry Wilkins and sons, 'George and Elmer, of Indianapolis, spent Sunday here. The Reddington boys beat the Rockford boys playing ball here Sunday. D.

W. Rapp went to Newberry Wednesday to finish building his gravel road. K. B. Shields spent Sunday with friends In Louisville.

Bethany Brief a L. D. Wright has moved from here to near Crothersville. Mr. Huchins has moved on the farm he brought of L.

D. Wright. Bill Ritx is moving his saw mill to Washing--ton county to do contract sawing for the band mill company of Crothersville. The supervisors are busy now working the Fifty Year Ago, Wednesday, May 1KM Local Matter The Jackson County Board of Education met at Superintendent Payne's office Monday to transact business pertaining' to educational matter. It also waa the resfular time to elect a truant off icer and Ben F.

Henderson, of Freetown, was re-elected without opposition. The farm house of Mrx Louisa Frische, In Driftwood township, near the White Church, was destroyed by fire about 11 o'clock Tuesday morn jig-, it was thought the fire originated from a defect In the kitchen flue. Only a portion of the household goods waa saved. The new Democratic Central Committee of Jackson county met at the court house last Friday afternoon and re-organised. Twenty-two precincts were represented.

Ernest Long, of Browns-town, was re-elected chairman; Fred Whitcomb, Seymour, secretary, and Price Matlock, Seymour, treasurer. According1 to reports there was a slight earthquake shock in Indiana Tuesday morning. It was felt at Columbus, Shelbyville and Seymour and was strong enough to rattle windows and doors and cause clocks to strike. Dr. Joe Cummin has greatly improved his residence on Spring street with a new veranda and other Improvements.

The Carr township annual commencement will be held at the K. of P. Hall at Medora, May 11. Professor Louis J. Reitger.

of the State Normal School, will make the address. The commencement exercises of the Seymour public schools will be held on May 24. Jerome H. Raymond, of Chicago, will deliver the address on "Twentieth. Century Albert Leudtke, of Ft Ritner, had a force of hands at work last week building- a fine stone veranda to Frank Branaman's residence, which adds much to the appearance of the place.

The Pentecoat people had a baptizing at White River near Stilwell's ferry last week. Six persons were baptized. Fred Dillar left for his home in Douglas, last Saturday after, about four months visit with Jackson county relatives and friends. Capt. D.

B. Vance and O. S. Brooke have received an acknowledgement from the California Branch of the American Red Cross for money raised here by Leigh Kochenour for the San Francisco sufferers. Rev.

L. B. Arvin will leave this afternoon for Chattanooga, to attend the Southern Baptist Convention. Medora Dan Lockman is building an addition to his house. Mrs.

S. E. Goss and granddau ghter, of Browns-town, were guests of Mrs. Walter Goss last Wednesday. The children of Mrs.

L. L. James gathered at her home Sunday and prepared a sumptuous dinner in honor of her 52nd birthday anniversary. The children all were present except Mrs. Nellie Asher.

of Grand view. Jack Frost was present and nipped vegetation Monday morning. George M. Lucas and James" StilwelU of Freetown, are building a cottage for TUford Owens in Zollmanls addition. Will Hughes and family, of Mitchell, came up Saturday 'to attend the wedding of his sister.

Cynthia, to Horace McCoun, on Sunday. The wedding: was at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Charles Weddle. Leesvitte Thomas Wilson Is the first to finish planting corn in this vicinity. Morgan Baker, of near Browns town, has been here the last few daya repairing fences on his farm.

Heltonville Miss Dessie Fleetwood and Miss Browning, of Yellowstone, were th guests of A. B. Lutes and wife, Saturday. Homer Ragsdale and wife, who have been in Arizona the past six months for the tatter's health, returned home Monday. William Williams, of Bedford, and William Thompson are putting up a house for Dr.

Woolery. Spraytown Nellie Daab returned home last week from Columbus, where she spent a month visiting. Mamie Long is visiting in Rev. Vancleve's family at Tunnelton. roads, which are Guy McFall of Seymour, was Wegan has in need of it.

a very sick horse. Dr. Lett, down to see it- Friday. Four County Men Sent Tuesday For Induction To fill Jackson county's drat quota for Mav four men from this area reported Tuesday morning for formal induction into the armed forces. The induction ceremony was held at the Joint Induction ami Examination Center in Indianapolis and each was assigned a basic training base.

Reporting were Phil Thomas Collins, Pobert- Earl Murphy, Kenneth Dale Sneed and Jackie Dean Fields. Driftwood Fire Department To Have Open House May 13 An open house at the Driftwood Township fire department is being planned for Sunday afternoon. May 13. Residents have been invited to see the new equipment which has been purchased for fire protection in the township. Any fires which do occur in the township are to be reported to one of the following places: daytime Vallonia Sales and Service, Morgan's Store or Peter's IGA Market; night Cleo Hartley.

Edgar Rorig or Ran dal Hartley. Fire chief for the township Is Cleo Hartley, assistant chief is Edgar R.orig, and the secre tary-treasurer is Empson Peters. Members of the department include James Zollman, "Harold Wolka. Edgar Schneider, Leslie Morgan, Frederick Peters, Bill Foster, Malcolm Singer, Martin Rueter, Charles Mony. Fred Peters.

Charles Blackwood. Randal Hartley, John Turmail, Donald Stuck wish. Robert J. Brewer, Ancil Ratcliff and Hubert Bastin. SEYMOUR FISHERMAN ARRESTED AT BEDFORD A Seymour fisherman, Charles N.

was arraigned in the Justice of the Peace Court of Mrs. J. V. Stapp, in Bedford. Monday and on his plea of guilty to fishing without a' license, was fined $10 and costs.

Russell was arrested by Lawrence County Conservation Officer Art Maxwell. Jason Waskom moved a building for John Daneka last week. William Redicker and family spent Sunday witn mends in unit wood. It is feared the frost last week end did dam age to the wheat. Vallonia Rev.

Jas. Trowbridge, of New Washington, spending a few days with his father-in-law, George Reinbold. Quarterly meeting was held at the M. Church Saturday and Sunday. Mrs.

Marguerite Hern don returned to her home at Columbus Monday after a week's visit with her parents. Her sister, Jessie, accompanied ner nome. i Clarence Turmail and Ira Boas visited in Sey mour Sunday. 'csnWUhJrcd for cnr.il Perched quite "properly" be- side her nest, this Robin, which is raising her brood of three by the door of the Allan Nierman residence, waited until the picture had been taken before she proceeded to feed her young. Although the bird does not seem to mind it when persons go by or even look in her nest, she would not feed her young as long as the camera was pointed in her direction.

Instead, she would just remain perched beside the nest and look at the camera, which was only about three feet away. As soon as the camera was taken away she would proceed to drop tidbits of bugs and worms into their open bills. The Robin built Us nest early In April in vines right outside the kitchen deor of the Nierman home. Four eggs were laid sometime before April 14, and three of them hfgan hatching about April 23. The Nierman children, Jeffrey, Funeral Rites Held Sunday For ReY.

Pedlcord Funeral rites were held Sunday afternoon in Brownstown Christian Church for the Rev. Earl -E. Pedicord. who served as its pastor from 1928 until 1932 and who had been a resident of Brownstown since coming here to minister to the Christian congregation. Ill for the past two years and seriously iU since early in March, the Rev.

Mr. Pedicord died at 5:50 olclock Friday morning at his home here. Gene Dulin, Christian pastor, was in charge of the funeral rites and interment waa in Fairview Cemetery. The Rev. Mr.

Pedicord. who had devoted almost a half-century to the ministry, was a native of Ohio, having been born in Glous-ter on September 10 1886, a son of the late David P. and Louise E. Price Pedicord. On September 20, 1908, he was married in Glouster to Lola Florence Alderman, who died in March of 1954.

Before accepting the pastorate of the Christian Church here the Rev. Mr. served Christian Church here, the Rev. Mr. Rev.

Mr. Pedicord served Christian congregations at Mitchell. Princ-" ton. Spencer, Scottsburg, Danville, Griffin and Ogleville. During the twenty-seven years he lived in Brownstown he had preached at churches throughout all of Jackson county and was known and liked by peoples of all faiths and in all walks of Four daughters survive.

They are Mrs. Roscoe (Gladys) Ratliff and Mrs. Jack (Beatrice) Shields, of Brownstown: Mrs. Wilbur (Thelma) Knox, of San Antonio, Texas, and Mrs. Fred (Dolores) Perry, of Freetown.

Thirteen grandchildren also survive. A son, John, died in infancy. Local Y. F. W.

Post Receives Plaque For Membership Brownstown V. F. W. Post 77.55 was presented with a bronze plaque at the quarterly meeting of the 9th DistricL held at Paoli. Sunday.

April 29, for going over the top in its membership drive. The only post so honored, the local organization reached the lOO mark-Present to accept the honor was Post Commander Bernard Tiemeter, senior vice-commander. William Londot Junior vice-commander, Clifford Ault; quarter-master, Ralph Bloom; chaplain, Floyd Allen. Others attending were Mrs. Tiemeier, Mrs.

Bloom. Mrs. Ault, Mrs. Lucian Dinner Pcrtmit 13 years old, and Douglas, nine years old, have fed the mother bird. Jeffrey began feeding it by offering it bits of bread which had been placed on the end of a stick.

However, by approaching the Robin slowly, he has been able to feed it from his hand. The turd does not give the young any of the bread, but takes it out on the lawn and eats it herself. Feeding the three young birds is quite a job for the mother. Nearly the entire day she goes out and looks jor bugs and worms and brings them -tack to the brood. As soon, as she alights On the vines, the three young ones get their bills up as high as they can waiting for the mother to drop something in.

A light near the door, which is frequently on in the evening, does not seem to bother them as the mother comas in about the same time to roost each evening. JOHN F. KASTING CRITICALLY ILL IN COLUMBUS HOSPITAL. John F. Kasting, well-known Jackson township retired farmer and father of Wilbur Kasting.

of Brownstown, is critically ill in the Bartholomew County Hos pital, Columbus, where he was rushed for treatment last Friday afternoon. Mr. Kasting will be 69 years old in July. SON STILLBORN TO MRS. KROEGER A son was stillborn Sunday morning to Mr.

and Mrs. Harlan L. of Arlington. Virginia. Mr.

Kroeger is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Kroeger, of Seymour. Funeral and burial rites were in Arlington.

Hospital Framework Up Construction on the new wing of the Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital Is Hearing the top as workmen are beginning work on the fourth floor this week, according to Ralph Keyes, hospital administrator. The steel and concrete framework is pictured as it appears looking north-west with, the hospital in. the background. It is hoped that the new wing will be under roof by mi-September. Brick, which will match that in the orginial building, will be used to face the new wing.

Work also was started this week on the new emergency room which is to be enclosed so that patients will not be exposed Jas. Griffin returned home last week for a short visit after an absence of almost nine years. S. T. Lockhart is improving his" property with an addition of a new room.

Honeytown Dempsey Manion raised his barn Monday. The carpenters began work on William Hodapp'a barn Monday. John Schneider is doing the carpenter work and Bruce Roberts the champion barn builder-is the foreman. William Ward Isaacs and family moved back to their farm in this township last week and Browns town, has purchased the Hall Grocery Store on Main street, from Mr. and Mrs.

Rob ert L. HalL assuming possession of his new business Tuesday. Young Doerr has been in Albion. Michigan, for almost a year as merchandiser and buyer with Felspausch Food i Centers. Prior to that time he was as sistant manager of the Seymour Store of the Atlantic Sc.

Pacific Tea Company and also an assistant manager of the company's Broadripple Store in Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Doerr and young son, Jaye Douglas, have moved to Brownstown for residence and are at home on Spring street in the house vacated last week by Mr. and Mrs.

Wilbur Kasting. It's Sign-Up Time For County 100-Bu- Com Club Soys County Agtnt Edward W. Ragsdale Divisions Open To Both Junior And Adult Corn Raisers. i It's signup time again for the Tackson County 100-Bushel Corn Club, according to Edward A. Ragsdale, County Agricultural Agent.

Soil testing, both by individual and through the A. S.i C. office, haa Increased the number of ferti-'Uer recommendations returned to the County Agent's office this spring. K. E.

Beeson. agronomist of Purdue University, warns farmers that to reduce the amount of fertilizer they have been using in the past, may be false economy. Some soils may test high in available phosphate 'and low in potash and the uniform reduction of both the phosphate and potash may reduce the potash supply to such a point that it seriously handicaps the crop. Not only would the yield be reduced, but quality and finish of the corn would suffer and it would dry slowly. Another sod may be well supplied with potash and low in phosphate.

Phosphate is the breakfast to any seedling', especially corn. Used by the plant throughout the growing season, phosphate must be readily available in the early stages of growth to get the tender seedlir away to a good start. Mr. Ragsdale says the use of too much potash, nitrogen, or both in a starter fertilizer may slow emergence or even injure seedlings. On most soils, a row application of 200 pounds of 5-20-20 or Its equivalent should not be damaging.

If larger amounts of potash and nitrogen are used. they should be plowed down, and a small amount used in the row. A little nitrogen in the starter fertilizer helps the seedlings on cold, wet soils. The nitrogen also stimulates the uptake of phosphate. The starter fertilizer should be high in available phosphate along with five to ten pounds of nitrogen per acre.

For soils high in potash, I the fertili zer need contain little or no po tash. A drastic cut in starter fer tilizer, however, could easily slow down early growth for lack of adequate phosphate. Vv here deficiencies of either phosphate or potash are especial ly pronounced, it is good judgment and economically sound to plow down larger amounts than can safely be applied in the row with planting equipment. Mr. Ragsdale said.

Side dressing is a common way of applying nitrogen where need ed. The Jackson County 100 Bushel Corn Club is open to 4-H Corn Club members 12 years of age and over, planting at least five acres of corn. The' adult division is open to any farmer in Jackson county. Eoth Junior and Senior divisions are- eligible for the State 5-Acre Corn Contest when they Join the "100 Bushel Corn Deadline for signup will be June 1. DAUGHTER BORN I TO MR, MRS.

R. O. WEDDELL Word has been rsceived that Mr. and Mrs. Robert D.

Weddell, formerly of. Medora Rl, are the parents of a daughter, Sharon Aileen, born April 23. They are now living at South port. North Carolina, where Mr. WeddeU is serving in the Coast Guard.

Mrs. Weddell was the former Julietta Peachee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Peachee, and Mr. WeddeU is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Raymond Weddell. FREETOWN WOMAN SUFFERS HIP FRACTURE IN FALL Mrs. Alice Hercamp. of Freetown, suffered a fractured left hip in a fall at her home Sunday.

She was admitted to the Jackson county hospital for treat en Assurance of a Brucellosis eradication program in! Jackson county was given Monday, when the county commissioner approved the testing petition after 75 percent of the county cattle owners s.gned in of the project. I The movement to make Jackson county Brucellosis free through county-wide blood-testing program was started in February and petitions have been circulated among cattle men in each township. The petition, which carries the names of at least 75 percent of the herd owners in -the county, was presented to the commissioners by Dr. Mayne and Dr. Eckel-man, of the Indiana Sanitary With the board's approval the blood testing of cattle will start immediately, according to County Agricultural Agent; Edward A.

Ragsdale. The work will be done by the county veterinarians. Dr. Leon Shaver. Dr.

W. Brown and Dr. Kenneth B. Brown, with one veterinarian assigned to township until the work in that area is completed. With the program i getting underway at this time it is hoped to have a large number 'of beef cattle tested before weather starts and before cattle are put out on pasture.

Each cattle owner will be notified by the veterinarian working in his area as" to. the approximate date his cattle will be. tested. The program is without charge to the farmer and is paid for by federal, state and county funds. I The cost to Jackson county, which represents approximately one-fourth of the over-all expense involved, will be $4,200 and according to the: commis sioners this money win oe available on January! 1, 1957.

The federal government assumes one-half of the expense involved and the state the remaining oner fourth percent. Both federal and state funds are available at: this time which will make it possible to get the program underway before the county council appropriates Jackson county's share of the money. NORMAN YOUTH FINED IN MAYOR'S COURT AT BEDFORD Pleading guilty to a charge of reckless driving. Robert H. Young.

20, of Norman was fined $10 I and costs by Mayor Ivan IL Brinegar, of Bedford, in muncipal court there Wednesday. Young was ticketed by officers following a two-car collision Tuesday near the .4 intersection oi iiireiim j. streets in Bedford. William Wolter and George Bow of Seymour. The equipment committee is to meet Thursday afternoon with the architect, Don Compton.

of the McQuire and Shook" Firm, i of Indianapolis. Officers of the Hospital Foundation, which raised the money for and -are in charge of the new wing construction include Arthur S. Kaufman. president; James L. Rogers, vice-president; Harry Fox, treasurer, and Miss Helen Robertson, The annual Hospital Foundation Board meeting has been set I or Aiay ai o.ia p.

nt. that time the financial and progress report will be made, directors and officers elected. we welcome tnem back. They have everything at home to their friends. Wm.

they enjoyed their stay at exceedingly well the confirming class was not account of the absence of our the time was in Gordonville, son took sick. The class will be confirmed next Sunday. moved into the house with his Flick, last week, where he will bought a new windmill. To Fourth Floor As Construction Surges Ahead In order and are Man Who Elsdes Seymour Police Sentenced Here Harold Terry, of Seymour, a several times loser where the law is concerned. aeain came up short Monday when he appeared before Judge John M.

Lewis In Jackson Circuit Court on a public intoxication charge, filed as a transcript from Seymour city court. On parole from the State Reformatory on a grand larceny charge, Terry weighed the consequences carefully when arraigned and finally decided to plead not guilty to the current charge but in a short time changed his" mind and plead guilty and was fined J25 and cost. He was arrested by Seymour City Police Officers Jackie Now-ling and Calvin Thoele about 1 o'clock Saturday morning when they found him "staggering around in an alley back of the Ashcraft Furniture Store In that city. According to their report they got him in the patrol1 car and as thev started down the alley he made several 1 unsuccessful -attempts to get out of the car." each attempt and family say Brown st own Dudleytown On Palm Sunday confirmed on minister, who at where his examined and Wm. Flick father, Rudolph make his home.

Ed Snyder has Rre Destroys North Of Freetown Tuesday Afternoon A fire, believed to have started in a stove in the front room, completely rased a three-room frame house belonging to William' R. Forgey, of Freetown, and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cole, of Freetown Rl." Tuesday afternoon The house was located about four miles north of Freetown Just off the Freetown-Houston road. Mr.

and Mrs. Cole had gone to Mrs. Cole's mother's home nearby, and Mr. Cole returned to the dwelling about 1 p. m.

and discovered the blaze. He was able to get a television set. a few chaira and some clothing out of the house before it had burned. However, heat and sparks from the fire set the clothing afire after it had been removed and destroyed it. Heat also ruined the furniture, leaving only the television set un The house had been remodeled last summer and Mr.

and Mrs. Cole had recently refurnished their residence. It was estimated that the house and its contents were only-about one-fourth covered by insurance. County Tire warden, Allen Hubbard Albert Reinbold and Roger MeElfresh were called to the scene of the fire when It was feared that sparks and flames mieht set afire the nearby woods which is in the Hoosier National Forest Area. Nearly one-half acre around he house also was burned and a amall area within woodi was set afire, but soon Youths Sentenced On Delinquency Charges Charges of contributing to the delinquency of minors brought suspended Farm sentences to two young men in' Jackson Circuit Court Tuesday morning.

The pair, Raymond Smith. 21, of Cortland, and Russell Clark. 19. of Columbus rural route, when arraigned before Judge John M. Lewis, Monday, each plead guilty to charges of causing the girls involved to "deport themselves in such a manner as to injure both their health and Both of the girls involved were from Seymour, one was 17, the other 14 years of age.

After hearing the guilty pleas of the two youths Monday morn ing Judge Lewis withheld sentencing until Tuesday pending a hearing Tuesday morning during which the rather or one or tne rirls and the mother of the other testified. i In addition to the suspended Farm sentences each youth was fined (25 and costs. MEDORA TO HAVE CAR SAFETY CHECK A safety check on passenger automobiles will be conducted at Medora May 18 and 25. according to the town marshal, Her man U. McMahon.

The cnecK will be from 4 p. until 6 m. to 2-5 years at the Reformatory on a second degree burglary charee and in 1949 was given a 1-10 year sentence on grand larceny. Terry still is in custody at the County Jail, pending payment of his fine and also awaiting action to the weather when removed from ambulances to the hospital. A new therapy room waa finished early in February.

Since that time more than one-hundred patients have been treated there for cancer and allied diseases, according to Mr. Keyes. With construction at its present stage, sustantial payments are being made against the contract. In charge of the building committee are Dr. Cart J.

Klemme, of Seymour and Clarence Ball, of Brownstown. The equipment committee, which analyzes the needs, of the hospital and is in charge of purchasing, includes M. K. Summers, of Brownstown, chairman, thwarted by iron posts on the north side of the alley against which the door of the car hit, repeatedly knocking it shut and forcing Terry back in the vehicle. When Nowling stopped the car, Terry Jumped out and fled on foot east through the alley tq Ewing street, across the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yards to Broadway and then south of Circle street.

According to the report he was "clobbered by the posts as he attempted to get out. of the moving car and fell across the railroad tracks "scooting up the Ia 1946 Terry was sentenced estimate Hall and Mrs. Carrie Blevlns. was extinguished. no of the loss has been sL of the parole officials..