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(THE PANGRESS LEXANDRIA THROM TIMES CONT SERVI YEAR I TRIBUNE 76TH YEAR ALEXANDRIA, INDIANA, 1 THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1961 25c Per Week Bethel Home Place to hold annual meeting, dedication The annual meeting of contributors and friends of Bethel Home Place will be held Sunday, April 9, at 2 p.m. in the Bethel Congregational Church. The church is located halfway between Alexandria and Muncie on Bethel Pike, just mile from the home for boys. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Ivan Gwaltney of the Gwaltney Brothers Building Contractors in Indianapolis.

He also is president of the Bethel Home Place board of directors. Rev. Gwaltney will speak on "Abundant Special music for the program will be furnished by the Quaker Bells Trio of Fairmount. At 4 p.m. that day a dedication -service will be held for the new unit at Bethel Home Place.

Between 3:30 and 4:30 the Bethel Home Place family will welcome and entertain visitors to the open house. CHURCH TO SHOW MISSIONARY FILM "A Cry In the an hourlong missionary film and award winning film of World Vision, will be shown at the Innisdale United Brethren Church Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The film is sponsored by the Young People's Missionary Band and proceeds will go toward their pledge to missions. The public is invited. Local woman's daughter dies Mrs.

Mary C. Newman, daughter of Mrs. Ella Auler of this city, died at 11. a.m. yesterday Orlando Memorial Hospital, Orlando, Fla: She was 45.

She was born June 9, 1915, a daughter of Willard and Ella Collett. A native of Frankton, she was graduated from the Frankton High School and was a member of the Frankton Christian Church. She and her husband, C. Newman, moved to Marritt Island, ten years ago. She worked at one time at the Delco-Remy plant in Anderson.

Surviving are the husband; her mother; a brother, John C. Collett, Anderson; a sister, Mrs. Norman Johnson, Anderson; and several nieces and nephews. The body will be brought to the Brown and Butz Funeral Home, Anderson, where friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday.

Services will be conducted at the funeral home at 1:30 p.m. Monday by the Rev. Robert E. Boyette of Arrow Heights Church of God. Burial will be in the K.

of P. Cemetery in Frankton. BROWN RITES HELD TODAY Funeral services for Daniel W. Brown were held at 2 p.m. today at the Karl M.

Kyle Funeral Home by the Rev. James pastor of the Grace Baptist Church, Anderson. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Organ, music was provided by Mrs. Ruby Burden.

Pallbearers were Harry Smith, Don Smith, Wayne Smith, Walter Lennis, Lee Maupin, and Forrest McMahan. Dr. Clyde K. Hunter is ecutive director of the boys' home. REV.

GWALTNEY Girl Scout events listed Mrs. Betty Plackard today announced the following activities scheduled for Girl Scout leaders: A Kraft workshop will be held at the Girl Scout cabin in Beulah Park at 10 a.m. Monday, April, 10. Leaders are requested to bring two wash cloths, a piece of clothes line for rope-tying, and an oil cloth large enough to make a "sit-upon." The next neighborhood meeting will be held at 10 a.m. April 24 at the First Baptist Church.

All leaders should be present, as day camp folders will be distributed for: each troop. The deadline for day camp registration will be May 17. A council meeting will 1 be held April 11 at 6:30 p.m. at Camp Munsee, Muncie. It will be a carry-in supper, and each person attending is asked to bring a covered dish and table service.

Meat and drink will be provided for 25 cents. All registered adults, which includes leaders, assistant leaders, and delegates, are invited to attend. Camp Munsee is the registered camp for this area. CUBS ENJOY EGG HUNT Cub Scout Den I of Pack 3081 opened its regular weekly meeting Tuesday with the pledge to the flag. An Easter egg hunt was enjoyed with prizes going to Dale Sheedy and Sammy Lower.

The Cub Scout theme for April is Air Adventure. Paper gliders were made and Jerry Beeman won the contest for the best performing glider. Dale Sheedy was selected denner for the month. Outdoor games were played, and the group dismissed. Boys in Den I are Jerry Beeman, Eddie Bowers, Frankie Clark, Tony Ervin, David Lewis, Joe Lewis, Sammy Lower, Dale Sheedy and Mike Sweeney; den mothers Mrs.

William Lewis and Mrs. James Bowers. The April meetings will be at the Bowers' home. Revival services continue at Church of the Nazarene Revival, services now in progress at the Church of the Nazarene well attended and much interest shown. Curtis R.

Brown, Kankakee, is the song evangelist. Mr. Brown is one of the outstanding song evangelists in the denomination, and has considerable experience in radio work, singing both secular and sacred music. He sang with a classical quartet prior to entering religious work. The Rev.

James Crabtree, of Springfield, is the evangelist. Rev. Crabtree's messages are very timely. He is an earnest and effective speaker, stressing in his sermons the authority of the scriptures. Services are held each evening at 7:30.

Sunday services will begin with the Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., the morning worship service at 10:30 a.m., and the closing service of this campaign' at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Brown will be singing in all these services and Rev. Crabtree will be: speaking in both the PUBLIC LIBRARY ALEXANDRIA. Convicted lovers to fight life sentences By RICK du BROW United Press International LOS ANGELES (UPI)-Dr.

R. Bernard Finch and Carole Treoff, spared by a jury from death in the gas chamber and "still very much in love," vowed today to fight their life imprisonment sentences. The penalty fixed Wednesday by the jury of 10 men and 2 women meant the lovers, who were found guilty of killing the surgeon's wife, will be eligible for parole after serving seven years. Attorneys for the convicted murderers said they will appeal the case if motions for a new trial are turned down at formal sentencing April 17. Finch, 43, and Carole, 24, were convicted 10 days ago at their third trial in the shot-in-the-back murder of the surgeon's wife, Barbara Jean, 33, on July 18, 1959.

Can Refuse Parole The state board that rules on parole can withhold it for an indefinite length of time or refuse it completely, depending on the nature of the crime and a convict's behavior in prison. Of those male prisoners sentenced to life and later paroled, the average length of sentence in California is 11 years, 4 months. But some are never released. The same jury that returned the guilty verdicts pronounced its sentence at 4:35 p.m., PST, Wednesday after receiving orders from Judge David Coleman that there were only chamber two alternatives--the gas or The lovers reacted with tearful relief and at the same time the shock that came from knowing they might spend the rest of their lives in jail. "No, no, no," Carole said.

"I'll be an old woman when I get out." She started to sob. Finch, separated from her at the counsel table by her lawyer, Don Bringgold, reached his left hand to touch her right arm and said: "We'll fight it, darling. We're still Finch Sheds Tears Carole recovered her composure quickly and walked firmly from the courtroom. But Finch, denly overcome, put his hand palm down on the table, hung his head and wept for nearly three minutes. There were pools of tears on the table when he left.

Finch was sentenced to life on both his convictions: for firstdegree murder and conspiracy to murder. Carole, his mistress, was sentenced for conspiracy, which, like first degree murder, carries a punishment of the gas chamber or life. She also was convicted of second-degree murder, but the judge told the jury to ignore its automatic penalty of five years to life since the conspiracy sentence made it meaningless. "We'll go as high as the Supreme Court if necessary," said Bringgold. He said he "thanked God" the jury had spared Carole but added: "We will free this girl and prove her innocence to the world.

If she is granted a new trial, it will be the beginning of a long, hard fight." Bringgold said Carole was placed in the care of the county jail physician after the sentencing and that she was "obviously shaken" and "highly disturbed." Finch's lawyer, Maxwell Keith, said the surgeon felt "vastly relieved" by the life term. He said he thought the sentence was "wonderful" and that "justice has been served." Co prosecutor Clifford Crail, who had demanded the death penalty, said "I'd be the last person to quarrel with a duly-appointed jury. We certainly will accept the verdict." The jury said later in a statement: "We feel we came to a fair and just decision." Said Bringgold of Carole and Finch: "They're still very much in love." And Keith added: "They sure appear to be." REHEARSAL SET A rehearsal has been scheduled April 9, for all members of the cast in the adult talent show sponsored by the Elementary PTA. Rehearsal will be held at 2 p-m, in the multi-purpose room of' the school. Youngsters spend day at the circus group of pupils from the Elementary School enjoyed a happy day yesterday when they attended the Shrine Circus in Indianapolis as guests of the Shrine Club.

The trip was made possible for the local children by Robert Hunt and Ed Spreen, members of the Murat Shrine. The Anderson Shrine Club provided transortation and box lunches for the youngsters. The bus left the local school shortly after noon and joined a caravan of buses from Anderson and Summitville at Anderson. From there they proceeded to the coliseum with police escort. Pupils who attended, selected on a scholarship basis by Principal Marie Thurston and the room teachers, were as follows: Room 1 Nancy Kirkpatrick; Room 2 Luanne Sigler; Room 3 Barry Ellis; Room 5 Brent Green; Room 6 Andy Absher; Room 7 Marcia Jackley; Room 8.

Thomas Morgan and Stanley Thompson; Room 9 Cindy Vetor and Marianne Tobin; Room 10 Mary Tobin and. Jeffrey Summers: Room 11 Linsey Braun and Ardy Absher; Room 12 Jeff Jaqua and James Bow. ers; Room 13 Betsy Johnson and Deborah Owens; Room 14 Dennis Bassett and Jimmy Frushour; Room 15 Susan Kirkpatrick and Peggy Marie Crouch; and Room 16 Patricia Gaunt and Brenda Hollies. Other guests were Steve Mor ris, Kenny Grose, David Shelton. Patty McCarty, and Connie Cummins.

The group was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Hunt and their chil dren, n. Linda, Gary, Larry, and Jim; Mr. and Mrs.

Spreen and son, Tom; and Mrs. Fred Noble and daughters, Diana and Debbie. IN GRAVE CONDITION Dying U.S. citizen returns to freedom By ARTHUR DOMMEN United Press International HONG KONG (UPI) Robert E. McCann, his body wasted by cancer and wracked with pain, emerged tearfully into the free world today from 10 years imprisonment in Communist China.

Doctors sped the American to a hospital to try to save his 'life. A doctor said the 60-year-old McCann was in "extremely grave" condition. A. U.S.. Air Force transport.

stood ready to fly him back to he United States with his wife, Flora, when and if doctors felt he could risk the trip. His three children and six grandchildren were waiting to see him in California. It was obvious McCann had suffered on the trip by plane, train and ambulance from Tientsin to Hong Kong. His wife was by his side all the way. Lies On Stretcher Tears flowed down the frail man's hollow cheeks as three male and two female Chinese Red Cross attendants carried him on a stretcher up to within five feet of the border at Lowu Station.

He was shifted there to a British Red Cross stretcher and carried across to an ambulance waiting on the Hong Kong side. McCann grimaced in pain during the transfer and as he crossed the border Mrs. McCann burst into tears with him. Neither of the McCanns would speak to newsmen. The ambulance had to keep its speed down to 15 miles an hour to prevent jostling McCann on its trip over winding mountain roads to St.

Theresa's Hospital. As he was carried through the hospital lobby he kept his gaze fixed on the ceiling, looking neither to right nor left. His face was ashen gray. Dr. John Guerine, an American flight surgeon, described Mc- A CONFERENCE ON COORDINATION President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan get together for their first meeting at Washington during which they agreed that there must be closer cooperation among NATO allies.

Official sources said they were greatly concerned that disunity among free world nations. and imperfect consultation might work against the 15 members of the Anna M. Cox dies Wednesday at hospital PM TRONG TO ADDS NEW LINE Armstrong Hardware and Electric Roads 9 and 28, has added the Westinghouse line of major appliances and will introduce the line to the general public in an open house this weekend. Sale prices and registration in celebration of the new line will continue through April 15. A dryer, combination aluminum storm door, door mirror, saber saw, threepiece Corningware, and yard lantern will be given away during the event.

Fire Chief issues report for March In the month of March the, Alexandria Fire Department answered five alarm fires. Four of these alarms were smoke scares due to overheated stoves. Very small damage resultsd from these calls. One call was a grass fire with no damage resulting. This grass fire started when a person was burning trash and the sparks ignited it.

We would like caution the people when burning trash to use extreme caution as if damage resulted to other property owners caused from trash fires they could bee held responsible. Burn trash only when the wind isn't blowing. The department sent the first aid truck on nine calls, seven of these being first aid calls and two of them resuscitator calls. In Monroe Township the department answered four calls. Two of these were on the wreck and fire of a semi tractor and trailer north of town when the driver lost his life by being trapped i in the cab and burned to death.

ne call was a dump fire and one call was a fire in a stubble field. In three of the fires booster hose was used, and paddles were used on the stubble field fire. The only fire loss resulted in the truck fire. Besides losing a life there was a loss of $28,000. The first aid truck made no calls to the township in the month of March.

Recent donors on the tanker that we are trying to get in service are as follows: Rite Way Plumbing and Supply, Fred Wright, Hall Insurance Agency, Doctor Shafer, May's Hardware, Cann's condition as extremely grave and said he was "certainly in no condition to travel Falls Into Coma A nurse reported that McCann lapsed into a two-hour period of unconsciousness shortly after his admission but ate some custard when he came around again. There was no immediate indication when the British doctors would issue a report on him but a U. S. spokesman said plans to fly McCann out at 9 a.m. Friday (7 p.m., EAST, today) had been postponed.

The Chinese Communists released McCann earlier this week for "humanitarian" reasons after he had served 10 years of a 15- year prison sentence for alleged espionage. McCann had been in the export business in Tientsin where he was born of American missionary parents and until today had not been out of China in 13 years. WORRIED BURGLAR-Former film child actor Bobby Driscoll waits in West Los Angeles police station for booking after he and his French girl friend, Susan Stansbury, were arrested on suspicion of burglarizing a Hollywood animal clinic. Driscoll's main concern was that his sweetheart would be deported since "she's an alien from France." LOCAL INSURANCE MAN TO ATTEND FLORIDA PARLEY Edward H. Maley, 204 E.

John an agent with the Prudential Insurance Company's Anderson district office, will attend the company's regional training conference on life insurance planning, April 12 to 19, according to Robert M. Jones, manager. The meeting, to be held at the Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach, is an annual event for the selected district agency Mid-America territory, covering Illinois and Indiana. Invitation to the training' conference is based on outstanding performance in life insurance underwriting and policyholder service during the previous year, Fisher Gravel top and fill dirt. Ph.

Pd. Adv. ANNA M. COX Mrs. Anna M.

Cox, 58, died last night at St. John's Hospital, where she had been a patient for the past several weeks. She had been ill for three years. She was born April 8, 1902, in Elwood, but had spent most of her lifetime in this community. She made her home at 804 Lincoln Ave.

She was the daughter of Casper and Mary Horning Dutchateau, and was married in 1920 to Clarence Cox, who died in 1957. She was a member of Mary's Catholic Church, the Royal Neighbors Lodge, and the, Eagles Auxiliary. Surviving are the mother, Mrs. Mary Dutchateau; one Gene, of Alexandria; three sisters, Mrs. Emma Gootee of Elwood, Mrs.

Agnes Crist of Alexandria, and Mrs. Mary Clark of Ft. Wayne; three brothers, Frank Dutchateau of Kokomo, Casper Dutchateau of Alexandria, and Joe Dutchateau of South Bend; and one granddaughter, Miss Pamela Cox of Alexandria. The body was taken to the Karl 1 M. Kyle Funeral Home; where friends may call after p.m.

today. Funeral service arrangements are still incomplete. Harold Larance, Rhodes Jewelry Store, Nolan Timmons, Cox Super Market, Christian Congregation Laidies Aid, and Mrs. Nellie, Mull Carver. Any person who feels like he could spare a small donation would sure be appreciated as we are still short of our goal in order to.

put the truck in service. We hope to have it in service in the next few days. Mr. Sprague of the Sprague body and paint shop is going to donate his time in painting the truck and soon as this is completed the truck will be ready to show the people. This piece of equipment is going to be a big asset to the community and the department would like to thank the people who have already made it possible to add this piece of equipment to the department.

Anyone wanting to donate to this tanker please send or bring donations to the local department, or call 724-2195. -JIMMIE JOHNSON, Chief OBSERVES 90TH BIRTHDAY SUNDAY Mrs. E.E. Reavis, mother of Mrs. Rudolph Wells, is celebrating her 90th birthday today.

She lives at the home of her daughter at 402 Edgeway Drive. A family dinner in honor of the event is planned Sunday. LEAVES HOSPITAL Jesse McGill was returned from Mercy Hospital to his home on the Madison Avenue Road yesterday by the Karl M. Kyle ambulance. Two movies on communism to be shown Two films on communism, "My Latvia" and "Crimson will be shown at 7:30 p.m.

Monday, April 10, in' the Junior High School gymnasium. The showing is for all adults and school students 16 years of age or older. There is no admission charge. The films offer an opportunity for Alexandrians to see first-hand the results of communist infiltration in the world today. Arrangements for showing of the films were made by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the American Legion.

Lions to hold broom sale The Alexandria Lions Club will condudt is annual broom sale Tuesday, April 11, it was announced today by Chairman Paul Oliver. Each year the Lions sell brooms from house-to-house to raise funds for its help-the-blind project. The money is used in the Leader Dog Program, eye bank, and glasses for needy persons in this community. In addition to the door-to-door canvass, the brooms will be on, sale at Lewis and Guilkey Shoe Store. TRAP SHOOT SET SUNDAY morning and evening services.

The three youth groups meet at 6:30 p.m. The Rev. Dee Henderson is pastor of the church. The public is invited to attend these services. CURTIS R.

BROWN The Alexandria Conservation and Gun Club will hold a -trap shoot Sunday, April 9, starting at 12:30 p.m. Merchandise prizes will be awarded. Anyone interested in learning to shoot trap is invited to attend. There are guns available and shells for sale at the club house..