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K3j j Spreads I hreat Os ike Into Canada; ion Moves Carefully ford Plans. recognition By I’nited Press L Lewis' committee for al organ izalitm spread its lirt-at into Canada today by out 3.7«*’ General Motors in Oshawa. Ont.. with dear union recognition and a week. i Automobile workers moviomly against the Ford ompany in face of the anintention of Henry Ford I recognise the union, conferred in Pittsburgh dtwe of his steel workers tg committee presumably ss plans for "mopping up" drive by securing further s with independent mill ■ was expected in Washing orrow to take personal if the battle between his >e and the American Fedjf Labor. First step ex<as the wholesale granting inion charters to locals exom the federation. >. Frey, president of the federation metal trades •nt met with 16 craft esidents to plan unioniiapaigns in oil, steel and i ■shey. Pa., the Hershey » corporation resumed tg milk from farmers who 100 sit down CIO strikers factory 1 imbus, 0.. 35 members of 'MT! ■-\ PAGE SEVEN) * Sorge morris ■KEN BY DEATH ■minenl Bluffton Chain ■tore Head Dies Last Night S Munis. 61. prominent * well known •!:• || Wednesday night ■' 1n.i:,.;.;,s hospital where Patient for the past M' Morris suffered a nercollapse recently. Morris was born in LebanMH. moving to Bluffton in ■when ho ami his father, John opened a retail store. were added from time to and at the time of his death. Morris was head of the A Morris company, chain operating 64 stores in Indiana Illinois and Michigan. Decatur store, opened in was the seventh in the chain. |H r Morris was married to liar Patterson. native of Decaare the widow, two Mrs Elizabeth Carr of of Bluffton; one son. 1 retieh I' Morris. Monticello, m one brother. William I). MorBluffton, also a member of ami two sisters, Mrs. W M< Farren and Mrs. Eliza Larrimer, both of Bluffton. U’beral services will be held at M. Saturday at the First Bapc “ ur ch in Bluffton, with the Morris t’oers, pastor .official ■ rhe bo<l - v will be placed in the ’ "loiwoleum at the Elm Grove stores in the Morris chain will K'bsed all day Saturday. ■Quiry Proposed ! Into Sit-Downers ■ a «hington. Apr. B.—(U.R)—The aunched into acrimonious Heine ° f tlle I,ies resolution proKu. inquiry into sit-down Kort ° day after defeating an Hn in ° authorize an investlgaKJ o alien P ,o l'aganda In the States. Bi liv n l ’ duwn rosolution, sponsorBs Ln , Mar,ln Dieß ' D • Texas, Belv ar , e llp for actibn immed- ■ to t'm the hOUBe voted 184 t 0 ■muein; ! a Proposal by Rep. Eirv . kßtein ’ D " N " Y - '<”• a» I. "no foreign propaganda | Ra . „ weather ltd ’ llßhtly c °lder south west Sid/ H e /° Uth Prions tonight, ,

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JUNIOR C.C. FOR PROJECTS Junior Chamber Os Commerce To Sponsor Two Projects Two projects were accepted at the meeting of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night in the Rice Hotel. One was the sponsorship of the Northeastern Indiana Firemen’s convention and Boy Scout Camporee, here June 11, 12, and 13. The other was the sponsorship of a city Improvement campaign from April 21 to May IS. The tiremens convention is to be held June 11 and 12. The Boy Scout Cainporee at the HannaNuttman city park ♦'ill take place June 12 and 13. The club is planning a special program for Saturday, June 12. when both organisations will be here and the city will play host to a crowd of at least ! 1,000 persons. Dick Macklin was named by President Bud Townsend as chairman of the Boy Scout committee. Other members of this general committee are: Harry Dailey. Bob Treer. Kathryn Hower, and Roger Meshberger. Don Waite is chairman of the committee for the entertainment of the firemen. Other members are Harry Dailey, Fern Bierly. Eileen Burk and Frank Wallace. Chairman of the city improve- < ment campaign will be Edwin Kauffman. Other members are" Dorothy Young. Deane Dot-win, Louise Hauboid. Donald Waite and Mrs. Rosemary Grant. Tentative plans for the city improwineut week will nw-imle the removal of waste paper and rubI bish from the homes and business houses, re-painting and remodeling ' of homes and stores, installation of new appliances and equipment, purchase of new furniture and sup-1 1 plies, landscaping and improving of the lawns and out buildings, and anything else which might make Decatur a better appearing city. The schools and all civic organizations will be contacted and requested to co-operate in the campaign. As an immediate goal, improvement of the town before the firemen's convention and the Boy Scout camporee, has been set. ■>— o Adams County Man Fined At Bluffton Amos Frauhlger. of npar Monroe was fined 325 and costs when arraigned in Wells circuit court when he plead guilty to a charge of petit, larceny. He also received a sentence of six months in the penal farm, which was uuspended Frauhiger had previously pleadguilty to a charge ol second degree uurglary. but the charge was lessen ed to petit larceny. Frauhiger told the court that this was his first of- { tense. ELKS INSTALL i NEW OFFICERS Bert Gage Is Installed As Exalted Ruler Os Local Lodge New officers of the Decatur B. P. O. Elks lodge were installed at the regular meeting of the lodge. Wednesday night at the home on 1 North Second street. Bert Gage was installed as ex- 1 alted ruler, succeeding J. L. Ehler, who has served as head of the fraternal organisation for the past two years■Other officers installed last night were: John L. DeVoss, esteemed ■eading Knight; Walter Brunnegraff, esteemed loyal knight; Herman Keller, esteemed lecturing knight; L. E. Beal, secretary; E. Bockman, trustee; Ben Knapke, tiler. Other officers, named by appointment by the exalted ruler, were . August Heiman, esquire; Dick Miller, inner guard; George Laurent, j chaplin. Fred Schurger, a past exalted rul- < er of the local lodge, acted as in- < stalling officer. Following the meeting, luncheon 1 and refreshments were served. 11

OPPONENTS TO COURT REFORM . PLAN STRATEGY . Committee To Vote Next Week On Ending Public Hearings I Washington. Apr. 8 (U.R) -The senate judiciary committee today decided to vote in secret session next week on a motion by Sen James H Hughes, D., Del., to coni dude public hearings on President Roosevelt's court bill about ' April 16. Hughes p'uced his motion before I the committee today prior to testimoney by former judge J. S. Manning of North Carolina, in opposi- ' tion to enlargement of the supreme ' | court. Upon the suggestion of Sett. Warren R. Austin. R.. Vt„ it was decided that all members of the committee, whether present or not. ■ would be permitted to vote on the j motion. Sen. M. M. Logan, D, Ky., then proposed that the matter of closing hearings be considered in executive session and Chairman Henry F. Ashurst. D„ Ariz. announced that the motion would be considered In a closed session early next week —probably Monday or Tuesday. “I had not any intention to shut off any witnesses already scheduled to appear," Hughes explained "I thought that the opponents of the bill might conclude testimony early next week and the propon- , ents a few days thereafter. 1 would propose to end the hearings by the end of next week." Opponents of the president's reorganization bill today launched a new strategy program designed to block administration efforts to increase its senate strength. A group of leading Democratic foes of the measure revealed their (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O FIVE PERSONS HURT IN WRECK Suffer Only Slight Injuries In Collision Last Night Five pereons were slightly injur-1 ed when a truck and an automobile! t crashed at the intersection of U. S. highway 224 and the Winchester road we«st of Decatur, Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. Letter Heyerly, 18, of Craigville was driver of the truck owned by lan Ossian bakery. He was accom- ’ panied by his two sisters. Gladys, 15. and Jeanette, 20, Julius Brite, 47, of Decatur was accompanied by hie eon and was driving the automobile. Both the truck and the automobile were traveling east. Mr. ißrite; | stated he was driving at a slow rate of speed preparatory to turning left to the Winchester road. He I glanced into his car mirror, but did not see the truck because it was be-' side him, ready to pass. He turned directly in front of the truck. Lester Heyerly stated he was driving approximately 55 miles an I hour at the time. I Both the truck and the automobile' were badly damaged. The Heyerlys were taken to the Adams county I memorial hospital, where it was found that their injuries were not serious- They were treated for ■ slight lacerations, bruises and shock and dismissed immediately. The accident was investigated by ! Sheriff Dallas Brown. Deputy Sher-1 iff Leo Gilllg and Stale Policeman Burl Johnson. o Public Intoxication Charge Is Filed Here Harold Blazer, 22, of Fort Wayne 1 i was being held in the Adams county. jail today on a charge of public in-1 toxication. He was arrested at 10 o'clock last night by Policeman ( Floyd Hunter and Adrian Coffee on South Second street. He will be ar-! raigned this evening in mayor’s court. — o— Bartonia Garage Owner Is Killed Winchester, Ind., Apr. 8.-—(U.R>~ Kenneth Karn, 23, Bartonia gar-|, age proprietor, was killed and , Henry Meeks, of near Union City, j injured seriously late yesterday when their automobile overtrurned j on state road 227, four miles south , of Union City. < The accident occurred when ( Karn, driver of the car, attempted 1 to avoid striking a chicken. ]

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 8, 1937.

GOTTSCHALK HOST * Indianapolis, Apr. 8. (Spec || a).)- Thurman A. Gottschalk. | who resigned his position as , state senator and 13-year mem- ; I ber of the state budget commit- j i j tee to become state welfare administrator and supervisor of : | public institutions, found him- | ; sell in a reversed role, the other day. He, who has been guest at many a dinner and luncheon given by state department heads seeking favor of the budget | committee, was forced Io carry favor with the budget controllers by buying them ail an«exi | pensive luncheon at the Clay- | ' [ pool Hotel. Imagine his ani | guish and etnbarassment when j | | he attempted to talk about wel | 11 fare and institutional appropriations to those old watchdogs 11 of the state treasury. Thurman | | was forced to admit that not only the luncheon, but most of | the entertainment during the I ; hour was on him. BOYS BAND IS ORGANIZED HERE Decatur Boys’ Band Presents First Concert Wednesday The Decatur boys' band, under the direction of Albert Sellemeyer, made its initial appearance at the Decatur high school Wednesday ternoon before a capacity crowd of high school students. The band, only recently organized, and having held hut few practice sessions, was well received and received numerous hearty commendations. In answer to a growing request for a boys' band in the city, made by numerous enthusiasts, the band was organized with an eye toward a consolidation of the Decatur girls' band and the new organization, Mr. Sellemeyer stated. In recent years the local girls' band has established an enviable reputation in northeastern Indiana, playing for fairs, conventions and various meetings. The new band is composed of 28 pieces. To Buy Uniforms Interested persons are planning to present a play, tentatively set for May 14. All proceeds from the i presentation will be used to puri chase uniforms for the band. The organization is composed of ; both high school and grade students from the public and parochial schools of the city. Louis Dunton Speaks Louis A. Dunton. Fort Wayne attorney and conservation leader, leader, spoke at the high school yesterday in the special session. Students of the Decatur Catholic high school were also in attendance. Predicting that “privation, starvation, desolation and death would follow if the teachings of conservation were not followed." Mr. Dunton warned the students against the waste of natural re(OONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o ROBERT LEE IS SEVERELY HURT — . ' Decatur Man Is Injured In Fall At Local Factory Robert E. Lee, 28, Decatur young I man, was severely injured in a fall at the McMillen Fertilizer company last night at 7 o’clock. The young ma nsustained a fraci tured left clavicle and a severe head injury when he fell eight feet to the bottom of a concrete i bin. It is thought that he landed on his head and shoulders. Although there were no eyewit- ! nesses to the accident, it is believed that he either slipped and ’ fell, or failed to make a jump from a freight car to the platform at the top of the bin. The Zwick & Son ambulance was called and he was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital. At the time of his admittance he was bleeding profusely from the ear, leading the attending physician to believe that he had sustained a skull fracture. The physician stated today, however, that his condition is improving anJ that there is little evidence of the skull fracture. Some concern was expressed over his heart action. Mr. Lee, whose former home is . in Muncie, came to this city sev-1 eral years ago. to work for the I Central Sugar company. At present he has been making his home at the Ahr residence, Fourth and Madison streets.

LIST PROGRAM OF CONVENTION District Holy Name Society Here Sunday And Monday The complete program for the two-day district convention of the Holy Name society, to 'be held in this city, Sunday and Monday, was ; announced today by Charles Miller 11 president of the Decatur society. Plane for the joint communion of the society and the Knighte of Col- •. umbue on Sunday morning, were I also announced. More than 14X10 j members of the two organizations are expected to be in the city Sunday morning at 6:45 o’clock, when i they will meet at the Knlghte of i Columbus hall and march to the church in a body to attend cornmunI ion service. ’ The procession to the church will be led by the flag-bearer and a guard of honor, followed by the members of both societies. The pro- ■ cession will arrive at the church at i: 7 o’clock where a solemn high mass i will take place, with the Rev. i Father Joseph J. Seimetz, pastor of the St. Mary's church, as celebrant; Rev. Father Tracy, O. M. I-, deacon ■ and Rev. Father Bede, O M. C., sub deacon. The maes will be sung by the men and 'boy'e choir. Business Meet Monday The business meeting of the Holy J Name society will be held Monday night at 8 o'clock in the Knights of , Columbus hall. More than a score of societies from northeastern Indiana will send delegations to this meeting- * I Martin Johneon- former president of the United Holy Hame societies of Fort Wayne, will be the . chief speaker, with an interesting , message to a'l members promised. II Individual invitations have been I sent to Rev. P. A. Anderson, of . Bluffton; Rev. Joseph A. Hessian, Besancon and the Rev. Theo. Fettig of Monroeville. Delegations (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) BERNE HOLDUP II MAN IS SOUGHT Man Who Robbed Berne Filling Station Sought Near Richmond Hagerstown, April B—(Special)B—(Special) — Police here stated this afternoon that two Berne youths, accompanied by Adams county authorities, failed - to identify a local man suspected of I robbing a Berne filling station last Monday night. The authorities continued the search to Richmond to locate the owner of a Wayne county license, reported in Berne on the night of the stick-up. Sheriff Dallas Brown and State Patrolman Burl Johnson, with Wayne county authorities, were reported to be closing the net around Hagerstown, near Richmond, this afternoon in their search for the shabbily-dressed gunman who robbed the Berne filling station Monday night. i The sheriff and patrolman left for Hagerstown this morning after I acting on a “hot tip" that a car, ' bearing a Wayne county -lincense : and owned by a man with an alleg1 ed “shady" reputation, had been seen on the streets of Berne the night of the stickup. Rex Riesen and Benwell Jones, attendant and visitor at the gasoline station the night of the robbery, were reported by authorities to have immediately identified a picture of the Wayne county man as the one who held them at the point of a gun. while he rifled the cash drawer of about 329. The two Berne men accompanied Sheriff Brown and Patrolman Johnson to Haggerstown to confirm the identification, it is said. Since the time of the stickup, Monday evening at 8 o’clock, authorities have been conducting an intensive search for the reportedly 45-year old bandit, described as be-' ing shabbily dressed. Answering a call from Celina. ( Ohio Wednesday afternoon, Adams county authorities left immediately with the two Berne men to question another suspect. The station attendants failed to identify the suspect, however, and he was released. o Reach Agreement On Farm Program) — Washington, April B—(UP)—The' ; house agriculture committee today j reached tentative agreement on a tation and sub marginal land purtation an dsub marginal land purchase program.

LATEST PLANE I TRAGEDY LAID TO SNOWSTORM Reach Wreckage Os Airliner Carrying Eight • To Death McNary, Ariz., Apr. B.—‘(U.R.’— Feasibility that one or two additional persons may have been aboard the Douglas luxury transport when it crashed 1 and burned Saturday with • eight known occupants was expressed today by undertakers 1 trying to identify the dead. However, Lee Taylor of the • Douglass Aircraft Co., said it "I was known definitely only eight were aboard. I i McNary, Ariz., April B—(UP8 —(UP) — ' The six passengers who perished ■ Saturday when a Douglas Transport t plane crashed in the White Mouni tins probably knew of their peril • during the several hours that the F two pilots groped for bearings, lost in a blinding snowstorm, it was t' said today > A band of men camped today -beside the wreckage, waiting for to- • boggans on which to carry the eight bodies down the rugged slope of - Mount Baldy to civilization. r From the report of the natives ' who had seen the doomed plane Satt urday afternoon flying dangerously ‘ low around the mountain tops, air- - men visualized the plight of those i aboard. The plane had no radio transmitter. Pilots Glen Moser and - Joe Wolfilk had encountered the - snowstorm soon after they left Los II Angeles, bound for Albuquerque. : They veered south, beyond reach •| of the Radio beacons that guide i planes on the route. f The pilots had hoped to skirt the . storm 'but found it worse as they - proceeded south. They searched ’ blindly and hopelessly for a place ’ I to land. Five times they were seen ' circling Escudilla Peak. They turn'ed back north to find the regular i route and dove headlong into Mt. 1 Baldy which arose through the storm clouds in their -path. Mean- ' while, two TWA airliners, equipped with two-way radios, were flying the route without incident. If there was panic in the cabin, > all traces of it were annihilated ,in the wreckage. It was charred I by fire. The six bodies inside were burned beyond recognition. The two pilots were thrown clear. Moser • struck with such force that his body 1 ' was impaled on a three-inch tree. I It required four days of searching I by air and land to locate and reach f the wreckage. A party of 50 men : arrived at the scene late Wednes- • | day. after a wearisome expedition 1 i up the desolate, snow-banked ■ mountain. 1 Major Victor Bertrandias, official of the Douglas company which I built the plane for a Dutch airline. 1 accompanied the ground party up 1 the mountain and returned to McNary late last night. He said it pro- ■ bably would take three days to clear ~ — , ' ((CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o LOCAL CHURCH HOST TO GROUP First Baptist Church To Entertain Men Monday Night The jjien's brotherhood of the First Baptist church of Decatur will be host to the men of the churches of the Salamonie association at the local church next Monday evening, April 12. More than 100 men are expected to attend this meeting, which will be the second of the organization formed at Montpelier a few months ago. The Decatur church won the attendance banner at the meeting held in Montpelier and all men of jthe local church are urged to attend Monday's meeting to retain this banner. Dr. A. A. Cohn, Seymour, chairman of the department of evangelism for Baptist churciZs of Indiana, will be the principal speaker at the meeting. The meeting of the association will open with a banquet, to be served promptly at 7 o'clock. During the evening, the nominating committee will report and officers of the association will be elected. Rev. W. J. Browder, pastor of I the Montpelier Baptist church, will preside. | Among the churches to be represenated Monday will be Bluffton, Montpelier, Warren, Liberty CentI er, Dunkirk, and probably several {others in this section.

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DELINQUENT TAX SALES MONDAY Properties To Be Sold By County Treasurer, Auditor County Treasurer Jeff Liechty and County Auditor John W. Tyndall are now preparing the lists of properties to be sold for delinquent taxes Monday. Auditor Tyndall stated today that approximately 70 of the properties • advertised for sale have been ref moved from the list by the pay- ' ment of the delinquent taxes or by 1 the owners coming under the ’ moratorium law. t 'preasurer Liechty said of the 1 25 properties removed from the list by moratorium law. 16 were ■' owned by one person. Treasurer Liechty eaid of the t sell the majority of the properties 1 to the first persons meeting the amount of the delinquent taxes, i which must be paid in cash. Those properties which have • been offered for sale at least two - previous sales, will be sold to the ■ { highest bidder, whether or not the > I amount of delinquent taxe's is of- | sered. , Persons purchasing the proper- ( ties must pay the spring installment of the current taxes in addi- , tion to the amount which is delin- , quent. The sale was first scheduled to , have been held ill February but , was postponed because of the enI aetmeut of the 1937 moratorium > law by the state general assembly. MONROE CHURCH PLANNING DRIVE , Monroe M. E. Church To , Raise Funds For Rei modelling ’ - i For two years the Monroe Metho- • diet Episcopal church has been ■ planning and looking forward to . I remodelling and enlarging the - church building which is situated i 1 adjoining the Monroe township , high school building at the south edge of Monroe. No concerted L I effort has been put forth to raise I the funds for this enterprise, although various organizations withI in the church have donated various amounts at different times. About 1 one-fourth of a sufficient fund has ' been raised in this indirect way. ' The official board of the church has concluded that the time has come when a more definite effort must be made. The church building itself is in a bad state of repair and it is very inadequate to meet the needs of the present congregation. i In keeping with this decision there will be a special effort made, I beginning next Sunday and continuing until every member and friend of the church has been contacted for the purpose of enlisting i personal loyalty toward the project. The church will hold special services next Sunday afternoon with the McClellan Bible class, of High., ■ Street M. E. church, Muncie, turn- | ■ ishing special music and a speak- ■ er. The regular morning worship ■ and study period will begin at ■ 9:30 o'clock. A basket dinner will ! be served at noon, and the afternoon service will begin at 2 o'clock. , . Between the morning and after- ■ noon services opportunity will be given for the members and friends of the church to enlist their personal pledges to the building pro- ; gram. Opportunity will be given for persons to make pledges to be paid 1 weekly, monthly, quarterly or semi(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 1 0 , Knights Os Pythias Will Meet Tonight i All members are urged to attend the meeting of the Knights of Py- i thias tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the ( lodge home on Third street. Delegations from Ossian, Fort Wayne i and Willshire, Ohio will he in at- ( tendance. i A few tickets for the fish fry s luncheon may also be secured at the door. The luncheon will be served i at '6:30 o'clock. Several K. of P. I notables are expected to attend. 1 | Third rank work will be conferred, t

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Tension Grows Markedly Over Situation; Great Britain Forces Apology For Bombing. BATTLES CONTINUE By Louis F. Keemle (United Press Cable Editor) Tension among the European powers over the Spanish civil war increased markedly today. Italy again refused even to discuss withdrawal of her "volunteers” from Spain. With the rebels having difficulties in Spain, Britain and France feared that Mussolini might feel impelled to throw in fresh troops to insure an insurgent victory. Under the guns of a cruiser and a destroyer in the Balearic Islands, Britain forced an insurgent apology for the bombing of a British destroyer in the Mediterranean by rebel airplanes which some unofficial London sources suspected might have been Italian. In Rome, Virginio Gayda. unofficial spokesman for Mussolini, continued in his newspaper his denunciation of France and Russia, accusing them of aiding the loyalists openly and on a large scale. Today he devoted himself to Soviet Russia, detailing alleged shipments of man. munitions, artillery. machine guns, bombs, airplanes, tanks and trucks. The Italian feeling against Britain and France was such that the government considered cancelling an Italian-French football game scheduled in Paris, fearing the players might be attacked. In Spain, the rebels were dominant in the north but almost completely routed in the southern Cordoba sector. Gen. Emilio Mola, however, was driving hard for Bilbao in Hie north. His troops occupied strategic mountain peaks five I miles from Durango and only 16 from Bilbao, on the coast. | Mola’s forces were operating | principally with German-made artillery, planes and tanks. Renewed action was predicted at Madrid, where the defenders pounded the rebel lines in the outskirts with artillery, in expectation of a fresh assault on the capital. At the same time, Europe heard reports that the rebels had abandoned hope of capturing Madrid for the time being and would concentrate on sweeping the loyalists clear of the entire north. Exact Apology London, Apr. 8 — (U.R) — Great Britain has exacted from Spanish nationalist authorities an apology for an airplane attack on a British destroyer and a promise to examine marks of all craft along the Spanish east coast before attacking in future, it was announced today. The apology and the promise were made under the guns of the cruiser Shropshire and the destroyer Garland, dispatched at full speed to Majorca Island in the Balearic's yesterday. From the military governor of the island, the chief nationalist authority in the Balearic’s, the Shropshire's captain obtained the apology. From the port admiral and commander of the island air force, the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) GENEVA SCHOOL IS DEDICATED New Geneva School Is I’ormally Dedicated Wednesday Night A good-eized crowd attended the formal dedication of the new’ Geneva school in that town last night. The principal addresses of the dedication were given by Forest M. Logan, state director of the public works administration; J. William Bosse, of the department of public instruction; C. E. Striker, county school superintendent and Kenneth Shoemaker, Geneva banker. The Rev. W. B. Fallis opened the program with prayer. The school orchestra furnished the music. The building constructed with the aid of a federal grant, was first occupied by the students last fall. It is one of the most modern in this section. Following the program, visitors and guests were taken on a tour pt the new building. Trustee J. C. Mann was in charge of the dedication ceremonies last night.