European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Then there was one. Front. From Pajic is ing masked faces painted on paper on  Walls the ceiling girders draped in Bright Bunting and under the West Basket the throne awaiting the Coronation of the student King and  tables ringed the shiny gym floor four students to a table $1 admission portable. Each table had a bowl of mints and a Little papier mache Centrepiece a carnival hat. There were also tables for teachers school Board members the principal the superintendent the sheriff and their  consisted of _ punch and cookies baked by the girls. All told the prom Cost $500. Part of the Cost was met by the $1 table charge. The rest came out of the class fund and the class fund came from the earnings of students who we tout the previous autumn to help Farmers pick up the Corn missed by the mechanical pickers at the ends of the Long rows. At intermission the dancers retired to their tables to watch a Sophomore on the hawaiian guitar a girl play the piano an other girl  dancing resumed. Before it became a cliche someone i higher authority should have pulled the word Radiant out of the English Lan Guage and reserved it for High school girls at a prom. The girls that night were Radiant the boys handsome. Mrs. Keen in the Balcony noticed it. Particularly she noticed it in Judy keen. She could see Judy but Judy could t see her Mother in the shadowed Balcony. Prom s Clima at 11 05, in the gym in Shelbyville the prom reached its. Traditional  Little girl walked Down the floor carrying a Crown. She dropped it recovered proceeded to the throne. Then came the Royal attendants four student couples. Then came the King and Queen to be crowned while the orchestra played a pretty girl is like a m,elody." the band did t have a tune for the King then the King danced with the Queen and the Royal attendants danced and soon they were followed onto the floor by 200others. Foremost kids this was the end of the prom and this was. The last dance. The song was moments to  it was now 11 15.like the vast majority of others Judy keen and her friends were leaving. Fro the shadowed Balcony her Mother could see her  time then or before Lyle Pfeiffer and his group decided to merge with Ivan Moon and his group. Why one can Only guess. Judy keen and Dorothy Thomas were Best friends. They could have been the catalytic agents who brought the two groups together. Besides the Pfeiffer car had a bearing shot. Ivan Moon s car Wasin Good shape As always. And they left together and crowded into Ivan s car. Then there were eight. They drove the 27 Miles to Mattoo Nin about 30 minutes. The Speed was not unusual. The Road was straight Flat uncrowded. The Speed limit was 65 by Day 60 by  was now 11 45. In Mattoon Ivan Moon pulled his spar Kling Chevy up to Gill s drive in serv ing selected foods with. A Devotion to Quality. From their formals the attendants could see the kids had been to a prom. From their Gay Busy chatter they could seethed were having fun but were not drinking. They ordered hamburgers and giant Root Beers. They were served within five  left soon after eight in the car four in the front seat four in the  girl sat on a Lap in the front seat to Ivan. Moon s right. They May have taken the food with them. Ii is known that some of the kids took the Root Beer  them. In any Case they ordered ate and left in a hurry. They  hurry. They had Only a few minutes left. Home and Shelbyville Lay due West. Ivan Moon drove North. Why we Don it yet know. Ivan Moon and his chattering passengers drove North on a dark Black top Road. Furlough facts beside a pair of his shoes Mitzie Waits for her  or Jerry Hill. In less than a mile the Road began to parallel the Illinois Central tracks. In less than two Miles it turned abruptly to the  less than 100 feet it Rose Over an unguarded Railroad  12 05, the Louisiane express roared Down at 75 Miles an hour and smashed into Ivan Moon and his friends. In one second of sickening motion an furious sound seven kids became part of a National statistic. Irene Moon and Jerry Hill and Judy keen and Lyle Pfeiffer and Lorraine Pfeif Fer and Jerry Hayes and Dorothy Thomas were dead r an obscure fraction of the 37,000 killed every year in Auto  train hit Ivan Moon s car toward the right rear. It threw the car Forward and to the right like a sliced Golf shot. It sheered off the roof and Cut the Chassis almost in two and stopped the clock on the dashboard and scattered Metal an Glass and upholstery and corsages and Root Beer containers and clothes and eight human beings in the soot stained weeds along the tracks. How did this Accident happen was tithe crowded car and the blocked Visico the noise the misted ii windows the distracting lights of a Busy Highway paralleling the Railroad on the far Side in Shelbyville they will be asking these questions through an eternity of  Shelbyville sunday Jerry Hill s dog was still , Irene a horse met the school bus As , the Clay she was to be installed in the National Honor society Irene Moon was buried. Monday nine Days before graduation Judy Keeti was buried in he r graduation dress next to her Best Friend Dorothy Thomas. Lyle Pfeiffer and his sister Lorraine were buried outside . Lyle s col lege Roommate Jerry Hayes was buried in Woodlawn. The delegation from their fraternity had to split into two groups to attend the funerals. Jerry Hill was buried  his new Blu suit. T and then there was one Ivan Moon. Ivan Moon the Driver lived. Ivan Moon Lay in the Hospital with Skull fracture and other injuries. For a week he  asking his Mother Momma what happened she Sais you were Hurt Ivan. Don t you remember he did t Remer Nebr. After a week his minister and doctor told him what had happened. For a moment his eyes. Widened then quickly clouded Over again in a Dull Glaze. The doctor called it conversion  the doctor said he had developed an am Nesia for the Accident. The doctor said maybe a psychiatrist could help him re member. And if the doctors can help him re member the night his girl his sister and his friends were killed in his car How will Ivan Moon then forget and when and where Switzerland s first National Flower show and horticultural exhibit which began in april and will not close until oct. 11, Isa monumental achievement devoted to Man s imagination and what he does with the help of nature s wonders. The shores of the Lake of Zurich setting for the colourful extravaganza Are devoted to the display of specialized architecture in Flowers. You la find the poet s Garden the philosopher s Garden and the Garden of love. There s arose path a Nymph s Refuge a sunbathing Garden fountains fruit Orchards family gardens an International Orchid show a display of bridal bouquets through the Ages technical shows on the use of machinery in horticulture an industries fair and in fact All you want to know or see that pertains to Flowers and  Good time to see the Flower show would be the weekend of july 31-aug. 2, at which time Switzerland will also celebrate a National Holiday with costume parades and much Joyful  special tour will depart american installations in Wiesbaden Rhine main Heidelberg and Karlsruhe by deluxe motor coach Friday evening july 31, and return sunday evening aug. 2. The fee is$19, which includes transportation hotel two breakfasts one dinner and guide services. More details from Jimmy Brugger s Helvetia Tours 166 Hirsch str., Karlsruhe phone 32884. Also historical children s festival and costumed Parade in Dinkels Bueno. Commemorating the successful pleas of the town s kiddies to the invading swedish army in 1632 and the resultant reprieve from pillage and destruction. Tour Price is $15, from same Points As  Are july 25-26. The fee includes transportation by bus hotel three meals and guide services. Details from Helvetia. Swiss hotel plan travel service in Frankfurt has come up witha Baker s dozen of conducted Tours for Midsummer and Early  space for full details but herewith is a list of destinations dates and prices. Vagabond tour to Scandinavia in 14 Days $179, with optional excursion to Helsinki $79. Departs july 22, 24 aug. 12, 14 sept. 2, 4, 18. Copenhagen Cor five Days $67. Departs july 17, 31 aug. 21 sept. 4, 18 oct. 9 nov. 6."england and Scotland in 10 Days $159, with optional trip to Dublin $34.50. Departs aug. 6. London for five Days $72. Departs july 23 aug. 6, 27 sept. 10 oct. 1 nov. 26.holland-Brussels-Paris in eight Days $94.50. Departs aug. 15 from Frankfurt Wiesbaden Mannheim Heidelberg and Kaiserslautern gala Paris tour in three Days $39. Departs thursday evening s. Paris Thrift express tour in three Days $26. Departs thursday  and the chateau country in five Days $65. Departs aug. 13 sept. 3, 24. Five countries tour to France Spain Monaco Italy and Switzerland in 15 Days $162. Departs july 18 aug. 8 sept. 5 oct. 10 dec. 20.spain-Portugal-Nortii Africa in 19 Days $198. Departs aug. 18 sept. 8, 22 oct. 13.grand sunny Italy tour in 14 Days $142. Departs july 18 aug. 8 sept. 12 oct. 17 nov. 21.Italy sunny circuit in 11 Days $112. Departs july 11 aug. 1  5, 19 oct. 3 and nov. 7.Switzerland in three Days $38. Departs aug. 13 and sept. 4. For details on the above Tours consult Swiss hotel plan offices,14 kor Markt Frankfurt phone 23154. Goren on Bridge neither vulnerable. North deals. North 4 j 10 7 3 v k 8 4 j 7 3 j43west East 6 2 8 4 y 7 v a a 2 k 8 6 4 2 q 9 5 10 8752 a k 9 6.south 4 a k q 9 5 a j 10 -9 3. 4 a 10 q the bidding North East southpaws 1 a pass pass pass pass 2 3 4 � pass 3 v 46 West pass pass pass pass pass opening Lead four of the bidding in today s hand does not have the sponsorship of this department it All started from North s response of two Spades. With this evenly balanced hand and barely enough to Keethe bidding open a one no Trump response should be preferred the single raise should be based on hand containing at least seven Points in support. But North despite his Choice might have applied the Breaks later by monotonously returning to Spades rather than showing the hear fit West opened the four of Dia the stars and stripes monds and it was evident the Success of t h e contract would hinge on the heart finesse. If the entire suit were picked up two losing diamonds could be Dis carded out of the  were extracted. Since there was no Clew available either from the bidding or the play Declarer reached the conclusion that the location of the Queen was an out and out guess with a 50 per cent Chance of Success. South decided that West held the missing Honor but to guard against single ton Queen in the East hand he first played the Ace. When West showed out on the second round of hearts Declarer was forced to surrender. South had overlooked one tin Factor which should have influenced him to take the finesse in the other direction. If the hearts were three two one finesse was just As Apt to work As theother but if the Queen of hearts were in the hand containing four of the suit it would be easier to finesse against East. It is True that if West held four hearts to the Queen the suit could be picked up but that would in a solve a first round finesse of the Jack and it is better tactics to avoid first round finesse where possible. Playing against East the King could be cashed first and if that does t drop the Queen the finesse can now retried and. Repeated 1869. Raw Ohto Wro thursday july 9,