Pages 1. to 8 Pages Today SEYMOUR DAILY TRIBUNE VOLUME EXXIE NO: 35 SEYMOUR, INDIANA, WEDNESDA Y. DEBRUAR 10, 1954 BROWNSTOWN VOTES FOR SEWERS Ballots Are Five To One In Favor 711 For Bond Issue, While 153 Oppose It Demonstration Staged By Move's Supporters -Springlike Weather Turns Out Big Vote Brownstown residents voted almost five to one Tuesday to construct the first central sewer system in the town's history. Final tabulations showed that 711 -cast. ballots -in favor of the approximately $380,000 revenue bond issue needed for putting in the system, while 153 opposed the move.
State Accepts Plans The Indiana state stream pollution control board accepted plans in Indianapolis Tuesday for a sewage system and treatment works at Brownstown. The plans, specifications and contract documents were prepared by Lennox, Matthews and Associates, architect-engineers, of Indianapolis. The turnout of voters exceeded all expectations. No registration of voters. was required for the special election, but officials had estimated that only 700 were eligible to vote.
A total of 864 persons actually cast ballots. Cloudless, springlike weather was credited with bringing out large number of voters. A publie "Sewer Information" program last Turn to page 8, column 3 Hospital Drive Opens in B'town Residential Area The Brownstown Residential Division of the Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital Enlargement Campaign held a kickoff meeting Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. G. R.
Gillespie in Brownstown. Mrs. Gillespie, chairman of the group which will do house-tohouse soliciting, introduced Bruce Markel, who told about the need for enlarging the hospital. Team members then chose the prospects they will contact. Approximately 40 people, attended the meeting.
Brownstown has been divided into five sections for the hospital solicitation, and Mrs. Gillespie has appointed leaders who, in turn, appointed team members. The section leaders are: Section Mrs. Harold Schneider and Mrs. Andy Horstman; Section 11, Mrs.
R. P. Clark; Section Ill, Mrs. Bob Martin and Mrs. Ray Drager; Section IV, Mrs.
Fletcher Tabor Turn to page 5, column 3 Five Acres Of Grass, Stubble Burned Here The city fire department extinguished a fire which burned over about five acres of grass and stubble on South Park Drive Tuesday afternoon. No other damage resulted from the blaze. The alarm was received by the local firemen at about 2:15 o'clock. The fire' department made. another run this morning shortly before 7 o'clock to the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Scales, 832 West Brown street, to put out an automobile fire, believed to have resulted from defective wiring. Meat Lecture To Feature Meeting Demonstration Set At Producers Marketing Gathering Saturday A meat lecture-demonstration conducted by a nationally known authority in the meats field will be a feature of the sixth annual meeting program of the Seymour Producer's Marketing Association to 'be held at the Trinity Methodist Church, Saturday, February 13, beginning at 10 o'clock in the morning. Scott Doup, branch manager of the association, states that for this part of the program the services of, Augie R.
Ring of the A. R. RING ment of Meat Merchandising of the National Live Stock and Meat Board have been secured. Mr. Ring will present a lecturedemonstration during the forenoon session, featuring beef and pork cuts.
He will demonstrate the breakdown of a beef, rib, smoked ham, pork loin and Boston butt into various retail cuts and show how these cuts can be put to good use by food locker operators, retail meat dealers and farm families with home freezers. Mr. Ring's activities with the board take him before various types of audiences from coast to coast. He has been devoting much time of late in presenting meat lecture-demonstrations on television stations in cities across the country. On Thursday and Friday afternoons of this week, for example, from 1 to 1:30 o'clock, he Turn to page 5, column 3 Scouts "Run" City For Hour As Feature of Week- -Program Set Boy Scouts.
selected by their troops ran" the city government for bite Hour YEN OF the local observance of National Boy Scout Week. "Taking over" the city offices at Troop 2, mayor; Paul Taskey, Troop 26, clerk-treasurer; Gene Goble, Troop 26, police chief; Wilbur Smallwood, Troop 26, fire chief and the following councilmen: Tom Parker, Troop Bill Ruddick, Troop 26; Eddie Spray, Nick Kestner, and Billy Hirtzel, Mull of Troop 28. Other Scouts served as police and firemen and many local residents were taken to court at the city building for "violations" noted by the youthful enforcement off- Thursday, Partly THE cloudy Colder. WEATHER: tonight Thursday: and PRICE FIVE CENTS City To Sign Sewer Survey Contract Friday Board Of Works Is Expected To Enter Into Agreement With Consulting Engineers The Seymour city board of public works and safety is expected to sign a contract with Henry B. Steeg and Associates, consulting engineers of Indianapolis, for a preliminary survey of the city's existing sewer system and a study of its sewage treatment needs, when, it meets Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the office of Mayor Donald L.
Heiwig. The city council moved to accept the contract during a regular semi-monthly meeting Monday night, after Mr. Steeg read the contract in its entirety to the City officials doubt the Indiana state board of health and stream pollution control board would allow Seymour to make any additions to its sewer system without also constructing a sewage disposal plant. Any increase in the amount of waste material added to White River--already near the pollution stage--would be dangerous, they believe. Revenue Bonds The proposed sewer system construction would be financed through the sale of revenue bonds--not by taxation.
The principal and interest on the bonds would be paid out of receipts- derived from rates charged to: all sewer system users in Seymour. The service fees would be based on actual or estimated water consumption. Brownstown residents voted in special election Tuesday to construct the first sewer system in the town's history -to be financed by an almost identical method. If. the state stream pollution control board, after studying the Steeg survey, does not issue a final order against the city to page 5, column Dairy School Set Here February 17 The Jackson County Dairy School will be held at the Farmers Club in Seymour from 1 until 3 o'clock on Wednesday, February 17, according to announcement made today by Edward A.
county agricultural agent. S. M. Gregory, dairy extension specialist, and G. P.
Walker, extension agronomist of Purdue University, will be in charge ofthe meeting. Mr. Gregory, who works throughout southwestern Indiana, will cover "10 Steps to Efficiency in Management of Dairy Such topics as: 1- Why Cows Leave home; 2- -Sanitation; 3. The five most important dates in a cow's life; 4- Feeding (winter and summer) will be few of the problems Mr. Gregory will include in his program.
G. P. Walker will be here to extend money-making ideas on how to establish temporary and permanent pastures, also methods of seeding and handling roughage feed to help farmers cut operating costs in dairy production, County Agent Ragsdale said. Parents of 4-H Dairy Club members will be interested in Mr. Gregory's discussion on growing replacement heifers.
Weather Records Here OUT IDEAS IS records ALWAYS THE tor Seymour for LOUDEST IN the temperature The EXPRESSING reading is from THEM down town there mometer, and unofficial. All othreadings are from of Mrs. Ruth Everhart, government weather observe and Official maximum Tuesday 53 Official minimum 22 Reading at 2 p. m. today 66 River at 1.7 feet Molotov Proposes European Pact-Would Exclude U.S.
ROK Leader Warns He Is Not Bluffing Says His Nation Will Act Without U. S. Aid If Necessary To Win Unification Of Korea Editor's Relman Morin, Associated Press special correspondent, interviewed President Syngman Rhee of South Korea today at the President's home in Seoul. Morin, who won the Finite zer Prize for Korean War reportin 1950, has been in' the Far three weeks visiting leaders in Japan and Korea. Before World War II, he was Associated Press chief of bureau in Tokyo.
Since the war he headed Associated Press staffs in Paris and Washington before being appointed, to his roving assignment. By Morin Seoul -President Syngman Rhee said today he is determined to reopen the, war against the Chinese Reds occupying North Ko- rea, and he warned that if necessary he will go ahead without American support. "I am not bluffing," he said. The President of the Republic of Korea made the statement in an interview with this correspondent. Except in general terms, he did not specify when he will order his armies.
to attack, but he. said: "Time is rapidly running out. We shall have to act soon or perish." He criticized American policy as "mistaken" in discussing peace with the Chinese and said: "Unification through a political conference is Reasons Given -The -President gave these sons for the position he is taking: He to convinced the Chinese themselves will reopen" the war whenever they are ready. "They have not given up their ambition for the whole of Korea. They will attack again." 2.
He believes that the present armistice, like the talks in 1951, is merely to gain time for the milltary buildup, 3. The buildup is in progress, he said. "This Communist army has Turn to page 8, column 6 LSAS Holds Its Annual Election Annual election of officers for 1954-55 featured a business meetting of the Lutheran Social Aid Society held Tuesday night at the Lutheran Club. Alf Snyder was elected president of the organization to sue'ceed Louis H. Kroeger, who has been president pro tem since Carl J.
Rennekamp, president, moved from the city, Wilbert Otte was elected vicepresident to succeed Paul Otting and Charles Rebber was chosen recording secretary to succeed Ralph Holtman, Eldor Bobb was reelected financial secretary and Oscar. Pollert was named treasurer to succeed Don Blevins: Clarence Brethauer and Harvard Nolting were reelected to the hoard Henry, Snyder was elected to the board? Holdover members of the board of directors are Oscar Pollert, Paul Schepman and Robert Pardieck. The meeting opened with the pledge to the flag led by Mr. Kroger, who presided at the meeting. Albert A.
Steinwedel, chairman for the annual banquet, the outstanding highlight of the society's yearly program, announced the event will be held Tuesday, February 23. It was announced the committee for the card and recreation room will be composed of Clarence Brethauer, Elmer Arnholt, Ralph Bohnenkamp, Herbert Trimpe and Marvin Stahl. Quash Motions Delay Gambrel Arraignment Arraignment of Vernon Gambrel, Wadesville, scheduled for Monday in Lawrence Circuit Court, Bedford, has been postponed until March 1, following the filing of motions to quash four charges of reckless homicide pending, against him. The motions were filed Monday by Robert L. Mellen, defense attorney.
In statutory form, the motions state that the facts listed in the affidavits do not constitute public offense and that the amdavits do not state with sufficient certainty the offense charged. No date has been set for arguments on the motions. Gambrel is charged with the deaths of four members of a dennings county family, which resulted from a truck crash on U.S. Road 50, just west of the Jackson-Lawrence county line, the night of January 9. Ike Favors Road (Building Step-Up Wants Big Increase In Aid To States For Highway Work Washington (P)-President Eisenhower his personal backing today to a proposal for stepped up federal spending on highway construction.
He announced to a news conterence that the administration wants federal aid to the states for road building increased from 575 million dollars to 800 million. Since this money, must be matched by local and state contributions, it would be a sizeable boost to construction. A bill along this line was introduced in Congress Tuesday by Rep. McGregor (R-Ohio), chairrea-man of the House Com mittee. His.
measure. would -also authorize million a year for solely road construction. Recommendation Made The Increased highway spending, Eisenhower said, will be possible if Congress approves his recommendation that a scheduled one-half cent a gallon cut in the federal gasoline tax is postponed. The present two cent tax is scheduled to be reduced to cents April 1. At another point, Eisenhower said he doubts that the country could be scared into a major depression but expressed the view that the people could be misled to such an extent that some sort of recession would occur.
In other remarks, the President: 1. Declared that every this government makes with respect to aid to Indochina is carefully calculated to keep the United States from becoming involved in a hot war there. Involvement anywhere in an allout war would be the greatest possible tragedy for America, Eisenhower added. Turn to page 8, column Plan Would Annul North Atlantic Pact All European Nations Would Be Included In Non-Aggression Treaty Agreement Outlined BULLETIN Berlin (P) Russia proposed today that the Big Four powers sponsor a general European curity pact excluding the United States but Britain and France turned proposition down flat, (NEA Telephotos Dots Right, He's Dashing Operator--President Eisenhower gives out with a big smile as he taps out 1 the White alphabet House, in code Veteran on a telegraphing. key in the Radio- TV room at the telegraphers listened in awe as the chief executive rattled off the alphabet which he had learned some 40 years ago at West Point.
Later, the President used the silver key to turn on lights at the International Trade Fair in Seattle, Wash. Nazarene Church Conventions Are Drawing Overflow Crowds Nominees Listed By C. of C. Here Directors Will Be Elected March 30 At Annual Meeting Nominees for the board of directors of the Seymour Chamber of Commerce for the next term were announced today by officials of the organization. The election will take place at an annual meeting and dinner of the membership.
of the Seymour Chamber of Commerce which will be held March 30 at the Elks' Club. An outstanding speaker be secured for the annual meet-ing and other program features arranged in addition to the business meeting for the election of directors, Four nominees from each of the three divisions of organization have accepted the nominations. The membership will elect two from each division to serve on the board. The nominees, by divisions, are: Retail- Eldor Bobb, George Beard, Eugene George Boas. Mr.
Boas is now a member of the board and will be up for reelection. -Dr. C. A. Wiethoff, Harry B.
Fox, I. L. Frost, Mrs. Kenneth L. Fosbrink.
Industrial -Edwin Hill, Claude Hart, Ralph Hamilton, Thomas W. Conner. The nominees were selected last week at a meeting the nominating committee, composed of Roy Barnett, Miss Martha Kamman, Charles Scull, Dr. W. A.
Brown, Harvey Eckelman and Lloyd Howard. Granger H. Smith is president of the Chamber of Commerce: Otte Child Expires At Hospital- -Rites Friday David Lee Otte, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Marlyn Lee Otte, Seymour R1, died early this morning at Schneck Memorial Hospital, where the child had Tuesday aborning a He hag peep since last Thursday.
The boy was born October 1951, the son of Marlyn Lee and Bonnie Faye Hawn Otte, who survive. Also surviving are two sisters: Barbara Elaine and Janet Sue Otte, both at home. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon from the Zabel Funeral Hothe, Brownstown, and -at 2 o'clock from the Wegan Lutheran Church with the Rev. A. A.
Mueller, pastor of the Sauers Lutheran Church, in charge. Burial in the Wegan Cemetery, Friends may call at the Zabel Funeral Home after 7 o'clock to'night. Overflow crowds have been attending all sessions of both a preachers' meeting and a Sunday School convention of the 'Southwest Indiana District of the Church of the Nazarene this week at the First Church of the Nazarene, Seymour, The preachers' meeting began Tuesday night, is continuing throughout today and will close Thursday noon. The Sunday School convention was held Monday night, Tuesday morning and Tuesday afternoon. Principal speaker at all five sessions of the preachers' meeting is Dr.
G. B. Williamson, a general superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene. Dr. Williamson's address Tuesday night.
was titled This Day Is. This. Scrip: ture About 25 visitors from outside the Southwest Indiana District were' present at this morning's session. Quartette To Appear The Rev. J.
W. Swearengen and the quartette of Olivet Nazarene College, will open tonight's program at 7 o'clock. Pastors of new churches will make their reports at 7:45 o'clock. Dr. Williamson will speak at 8 o'clock.
Devotions at 8:30 o'clock Thursday morning will begin the final day's program. They will be led by the Rev. William R. Fields. The Rev.
Mark Hamilton will speak on "Echoes from the Conference on the Rev. David Krick on "Money Talk" and S. C. Benham on "A Layman Speaks" from 9 to 10:30 o'clock. The Rev.
Leo C. Davis, superintendent of the district and Turn to page 5, column 5 Thomas R. Haley Will Practice With Gossman Thomas R. Haley, an attorney who was born and reared in Seymour, has returned to this city and has become associated in the general 1 practice of law with George H. Gossman, attorney and counsellor at law, with offices in the Vehslage building, Third and Chestnut streets: Mr.
Haley was born in Seymour April 3, 1923 and was graduated fine class pt. 194k sexxed in the U.S. Army from January, 1942, until March; 1946, and in 1946 entered Indiana University, from which he received the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1949. He received the Doctor of Jurisprudence degree in February, 1951, from the Indiana University School of Law and was admitted to the Indiana Bar June 6.1951. "Mr.
Haley served as attorney with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D. from April, 1951 until July, 1952, and served as an attorney, Office of the General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D.C., from July, 1952 to January, 1954, Berlin (A) -Soviet Russia proposed today a non-aggression pact among all the nations of Europe including both Communist East Germany and the Bonn Republic. It would annul the North Atlantic Alliance.
The United States would be excluded from active participation in the treaty organization, Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov laid the plan for "European security" before the Big Four conference, It was his most detailed effort to torpedo the European Defense Community, 50-Year Plan The proposed 50-year General Security Treaty would bind all the nations of Europe to "peace." East and West Germany were specifically listed as eligible as individual powers until the nation eventually is unifled. Molotov spelled out a treaty. that would be open to all states of Europe regardless of "their social systems." He stated the non-aggression terms would be carried out according to these Turn to page 8, column State Bar Meet To Open Friday Several Seymour and Jackson county attorneys are expected to be in Indianapolis Friday and Saturday to attend the Mid- Winter meeting of the Indiana State Bar Association.
Headquarters will be at the Claypool Hotel. William T. Fitzgerald, of Evansville, formerly of North Vernon, president of the state association, will call the opening session to order Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock at the World War Memorial. Joseph J. Daniels, Indianapolis, chairman of the arrangemovements and program, has announced that the Institute will be on "Aspects of Estate with Herbert E.
Wilson of Indianapolis, chairman and the following Indianapolis men on the panel: Kenneth Foster, Charles Whistler, Robert Ashby, Paul De Vault. Friday night there will be a reTurn to page 8, column 3 Communist-Led Troops Draw Near Royal Capital Of Laos I cers during the period. Today's "program was reported to have been his wet organized and the city as well. "operated" during. the period as at any previous annual Scout Week event.
Program for a pitch-in supper for Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, parents, Scouters and friends from Seymour, Reddington, Brownstown, Crothersville and North Vernon, all in the Shawnee Coun cil, was announced today. The supper, one of the features of the week's observance, will be held at 6:30 o'clock Thursday night In the girls' gymnasium of Shields High School. After the invocation and the meal, group Turn to page 7, column 2 Saigon, Indochina (P) -Fifteen, hundred. six to Vietminh 12 miles rebels from were Luang reA they were only lining up supplies, for the bulk of the Communistled forces threatening the royal capital- of The French maintained most of the 12,000 rebels who invaded the Indochinese kingdom of Laos last week still were 50 miles north of Luang Prabang, resting up in the valley around Nam- Bac. Military observers believed the invaders, after covering 120 miles through mountainous jungle, had stopped to recuperate and replenFish their supplies.
There was speculation any assault on Luang Prabang might not come before early next week. Both in Saigon and Hanoi, the two major French command centhe that Carole the hometown of Laos' aged King Sisavang Vong. The rebels last spring marched up almost to the without trying an assault. Elsewhere in Indochina: The French for the first time announced that 105 American Air Force technicians and mechanics had arrived a week ago at. the north Indochina port of- Haiphong to help maintain U.
planes "for civilian cargoes." These presumably were in addition to 125 Air Force previously reported in Indochina to aid the French. In all, 200 more Americans were expected for this work..
