Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1937 — Page 1

•oI.XXXV. No. 203.

g [ndreiv Mellon, S Noted Financier r Dies Last Night Me ■— -

S* . to LOf World's Richest J L pics Thursday At e ’ j, e pl s 2; Secretary JnEKM. SATURDAY N ' AuK - 27 “ " "• Mellon's rich K a# ; -i.itesman. financier . -t ended ill death to M , v . ...I former secretary ICttra- ■'iid ambassador to K' " lle ” r •*”' wor ' < i' B „„ , died at ft 30 p. 111. .it Bonnie Dune. kLmi. .■ '. - son lit law on G.n ■: th" thin, gray hair »!■,. served from 1921 to Kfc th. • ii"iiels of Presidents (■... and Hoover, will 1.. Pittsburgh, where he Joni and "here lie became the ipes if ii member of a fam ijicl! ~ ."Is resources of $2. 0,.,. in banks, insurance L..,. ailroads. industries 1.. :■ ;> ied Saturday after Efuni".,'; services in the East Uy !■■.i !•■! ian church, w hit li hiilt by tile Mellon family at lluff:', His Pittsburgh Etes s.i i! a public funeral br held because he had too jtneinls '<■ make it exclusive Julian' I. services in the East ■w church will lie held at 12 kai. (ST with Dr. John Hub h g, the pastor, in charge. Kgon's body was held at Ever■jNckett’s funeral parlor today Kg; be taken to Pittsburgh to Kurd was posted at the gate Kun: Pune to keep the cur ■ from entering the grounds. Kkii. du d "f uremia and bron Kpeiitnonia At his bedside K his son in law. David K Kg his daughter. Mrs. Ailsa E his son. Paul Mellon, and ■ prrsi.ii.d physician. Dr. T .1 ■nethy of Washington. ■llk r:><l came quietly. ' Bruce ■pH" was very weak ” II • tan;r’.y ,- reived hundreds of |~i|Miit condolence from Mell •IpATIX! :i. «>N PAGE SEVEN) ■payers TO IN MEETINGS ■inn Bureau, Taxpayers I Association Plan County Meetings -. Ind., Aug 27 -(CP) I ft-Indiana farm bureau and the Ifc-’a taxpayers association will I bnr a campaign to hold taxpay II Bass meetings in each of IndI |f« K counties, it was ant’ -pne j I Ift- two organizations hope to lfc.-te th" series of meetings by lkt.lt was said. IhtPWeof the gatherings wiil be Ihttmln midgets of the counties ■ niggi-i-t methods by which ecoB 1 " can be effected. fl the various mass meetings the ■Pt requests will b? d'scussed {■a.aliy and taxpayers will be enhpd tn ask questions and the itirtax structure of the communJ *HI be ana'yzed, officials ex■H f Jresentatcves of the taxpayers feiation charged that prelimin11 reports from many counties P*'! little disposition on the fl public officials to be bound new law limiting total tax P 8 to 11.25 for rural areas and ft more than $2 in cities and p». facials warned that rates on ' ond h w me promised to be prialiy higher un'ess taxpayers Rttded economy. pg Wren Man Is Given Appointment |? arvin Stewart, son of Dr. and r R - lJ - Stewart of Wren. Ohio. l ffeelved his appointment to •econd year or professional of the college of veterinary , Ki,le at Ohio State University. I Tln is one of the sixty select°f approximately three hun- ■ applications which included ents from every state in the to ® e ' ect l° n 8 were based up’‘nolarshlp and general fitness ' he student. r Stewart will depart the lat-' Part of'September for Colum--1(1 continue his study in the tsc of veterinary medicine. I

DECATUR DALEY DEMOCRAT

1 Financier Dies

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! Andrew W Mellon, former sec- ; retary of the treasury, died last U night after t| illness of uremia I and bronchial pneumonia

VIRG KIRKLAND GIVEN PAROLE Gary Youth, Convicted Os Slaying, Is Granted Parole Pendleton. Ind.. Aug 27 (U.R) Virgil Kirkland. 26. convicted in ’ the celebrated “prohibition era" I slaying of beautiful Arlene Draves. j Gary, in 1930, was given his rei lease today by the parole board of : the alate •reformatory. The parole was approved by the j state welfare board, which under a recent act of the state legislature. must sanction actions by the | parole boards of the various state I penal institutions ! A. F. Miles, superintendent of I the reformatory, said Kirkland ' had been a "model prisoner" and ; had no demerits against his record lie had served six years of a 1-to-ll) year sentence. The reformatory parole board I twice previously had continued indefinitely Kirkland’s parole ap Jpeals and only recently sent recI: ommendations for hia release to the state welfare board. Tried in Porter county circuit ['court. Kirkland first was convicted jof murder and sentenced to life imprisonment but won a new trial and received a lesser sentence. Public indignation over the granting of a second trial ran high I and was blamed for the ultimate . defeat of a Judge Grant CrumpackI er when he ran for re-election. The jurist defended his action in sentencing Kirkland to a l-to-10 year term He said that was all that could be given a minor under ' indeterminate sentence act. Kirkland was charged with criminal attack on Mjss Draves while he was her escort at a "gin par- , •( iXTINt'EI > OS PAGE EIGHT! DEATH CLAIMS EDITH SOVINE Lifelong Resident Os Adams County Dies This Morning Mrs. Edith M. Kidwell-Sovine. 53. died at her home on 1239 W. Adams street this morning at 8:35 a. m. Death was due to complications. Mrs Sovine was bom in Adams county. May 3. 1884, the daughter of Robert and Laura Kidwell. She had lived in the county all her life. She wa ’ married to Jonathan Sovine February 7. 1904. He preceded her in death March 19, 1936. She was a member of the t irst U H. church of this city. Surviving are the mother, residing with Mrs. G. A. Sheets, and the following children: Mrs. A. N. Hilton. 417 Elm Street; Mrs. Keith I Brown, Willshire. 0.. route two; Mrs. O. W. Brown and Theodore at home; two sister, Mrs. C. A. Sheets, route four, Decatur; Mrs. i James H. Uhrlck. of Fort * a brother, Albert Kidwell of Fort Wayne; and two grandchildren, | Mary Maxine Hilton and Ray Brown. One daughter and one son | preceded her in death.

SAM JACKSON FAVORITE FOR . SENATORSHIP l ort \\ ayne Attorney Lavored To Succeed Van Nuys French Lick, Ind . Aug. 27 <U.R) Word wus passed out quietly by persons close to Gov. M. Clifford Townsend's administration at the summer outing of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association today that Sam Jackson. Fort Wayne Attorney. is the man favored by the state house organization to defeat Senator Frederick Van Nuys for renomination. So great was the excitement over the first face to face meeting of Townsend and Van Nuys since the governor openly said the renomiuation of Van Nuys was “impossible," that hundreds of Democratic politicians swarmed to the scene to observe every reaction of , the leading figures in as tense a , political drama as has ever con- , fronted Indiana. Van Nuys and Townsend, now antagonists to the political death, will sit within a few feet of each other at the speakers table tomor- . row night. The senior U. S. senator is having open house in a suite of rooms. Townsend's supporters overran the halls and fobbies of the famed French Lick Springs . hotel, owned by Thomas Taggart. Jr. Democratic national committeeman. Everyone knew the background. Van Nuys fought Townsend's nomination in 193(i with his own candidate, E. Kirk McKiney. He battled Senator Sherman Minton in 1934 with his own candidate. Reginald Sullivan Finally, he shared prominently in the defeat of President Roosevelt s supreme court reform plan - three successive bolts from the party leadership. For this political rebellion, Van Nuys today will hear the first rumblings of the final penalty that potent political machines exact from those who consistently fight the party leadership — defeat and oblivion at the first opportunity it the polls. Van Nuys is going down fighting. (CONTINVED ON PAGE 3TX) o CHILD DROWNS IN LARD CAN Grandson Os Monroe Residents Is Drowned At Fort Wayne Jackie Dee Lobslgor. year-old-son of Mr and Mrs John Lobsiger, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John Lobsiger of Monroe, drowned in a lard can at his home in F'xrt Wayne Tuesday evening. The lad tumbled into a five-gallon ’ 'ard can. partly full of water on the back porch of hie home, and being unable to walk, was uable to struggle out w the can. The father applied articicial res1 piration and then rushed the lad to a physician's office. Uee of heart stimulants failed to revive the lad. The parents stat'd the boy bad been in the water not more than four minutes. Dr Walter E. Kruse. Allen county coroner, returned a verdict of accidenta 1 drowning. Surviving are the parents, one sister, Bonnie Jean, at home; the grandparents at Monroe and a grandmother, Mrs. Maude Meyers of Harlan. 1 Funeral services will be held at the home. 1502 Vance avenue, at 12:30 p. nt. (CST) Saturday and at ’ 2 o’clock at the Winchester United Brethren church, near Monroe. Burial will be made in the Ray cemetery. 0- — Autos Collide On North Second Street Only slight damage was done ' last night at 9:20 o'clock when cars driven by Ralph Leslie, of route four and T. L. Becker, of Adams street collided here on North Second street. Deaf And Dumb Mute Drowns At Tell City I Tell City, Ind.. Aug. 27 — (UP)— Coy Huff, a deaf and dumb mute. i was drownM yesterday when a boat 'terturned in the Olr.o River neat • here. Huff's two brothers, Clyde, 15. Sherman, 13. and a companion. . David Alvey, 18, were rescued by : Jess Masterson, a fisherman. The victim recently had complet- ■ ed a course at the state school in i Indianapolis. His brother Site-rman i also is deaf and dumb.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 27, 1937.

Hartford Township Teachers Announced Trustee Ell Dubach of Hartford township today named the touch era for the Hartford township high school and grades. f Russell Steiner will again serve as principal at the high school. Other teachers will be Arthur tierwig. who will again serve ns coach, Victor Eicher and David Cramer. Grade teachers are Edna Glendenning. Florence Marie Bierly, Dorothea Benz, and Mary Schlagenhauf. One high scho. 1 teacher is yet to be named. HOUSING BILL SIGNED TODAY President Signs Measure Providing For Army Housing Washington. Au g. 27 (U.R) President Roosevelt today signed the $25,597,456 army housing hill providing for rehabilitation and new construction at army posts throughout the United States and territories. President Roosevelt also signed an omnibus bill authorizing $53.716.525 for construction, repair, preservation and surveys of rivers and harbor projects. The army housing measure authorizes $2,889,000 for general reconstruction of the air corps technical school at Chanute Field. 11l . and $2,275,000 for a branch technical school at Denver. Colo. Os the » .-al. $19,217,356 is for construction in this country. $3.302,300 for Hawaii and $3,067,00 for the Panama Canal zone. The measure also contains a pro vision renaming Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark . as Camp Joseph T. Robinson in honor of the late majority leader of the senate. It is contemplated that the functions of the technical school now at Chanute Field will be divided to maintain an improved mechanical school at Chanute, with bombing, photography and )' ’.nnery training transferred to the Denver establishment. — o Erwin Miller Again Reported Serious Erwin Miller, formerly of this city, suffered a severe heart attack late Thursday afternoon. IT" im- ■ proved slightly from the heart 1 attack, but he was reported very weak today. He is now located in Van Wert. Ohio. Baumgartner Quits Lehman Park Board E. W. Baumgartner, cashier of the First Bank of Berne has resigned from his position as a member of the Lehman park board in Berne. o Reports Tire .Jack Stolen At Portland Local police were asked this morning to aid in the search for a man who stole a tire jack from H. R. Champ of Po tland. The man. enroute north, borrowed the tool and failed to return it, the report stated. o TRUSTEE DOAN LISTS FACULTY Washington Township Teaching Staff Is Announced Today Trustee John M. Doan announced today the list of teachers for Washington township, other Chan the Decatur city schools. One school will be closed in the township this year. Mr. Doan stated. According to law. since the average daily attendance at the Liniger school, district seven was below 12, the school had to be closed. All other schools will be reopened on September 7. following a preliminary opening ou September 3, at which time students will ■ get book lists and final instructions. Following are the teachers: Ar- ! leen Becker, Washington school, district three; Esta Fleming. Raudebush school, district five: Mary Price, Brandyberry school, district six. and Madeline Spahr. Deßolt school, district eight o Local Ford Employe Wins Company Contest Percy Gould of the local Al D. Schmitt Ford company has been awarded a trip to Detroit, Michigan in a company contest. He will ( | leave September 9.

JOHN L LEWIS I URGING FIGHT AGAINST FORD Calls For End To Factional Fight To Unionize Ford Men Milwaukee. Wis.. Aug. 27 (U.R) John L Lewis, head of the com mlttee far industrial organization, today urged the United Automobile Winkers of America to end their factional fight so they can turn their attention to th" organization of Henry Ford's 140.000 wm kers. In a militant speech to the U. A W s second anntml convention. Lewis declared: "I don't care how long it lakes to bring the right of self organization to Henry Ford s workers, tile united automobile workers are going to accomplish that task." "Henry Ford." Lewis declared amid loud cheers, "may believe (hat he is the biggest industrialist in America, that Ids will is super- ’ ior to the will of ills' employes, that he is bigger than the U.A.W.. that lie is bigger than the congress ' of the United States when he re- : fused to obey the Wagner law. lb- may believe all those things, but if he continues to believe these things, he is going to be a tired old man. "Some of these days he's going ; to quit slying in the face of the ' inevitable and lie willing to accord to his employes the rights that arc theirs. "And when he does you won't t have to organiz, tlie Ford work- I i-rs. they will flock into your union." When I.ewis walked onto tin- ' slage members of the "unity sac- 1 tion” were clamoring for the flooi . to donounce tlie constitution re ■ port of David Dow. Flint. Mich. Instantly tlie bitterness faded. ' delegates began parading witli flags and banners They shouted the union anthem "Solidarity Forever" and repeatedly cheered the CIO chieftain. The proposed constitution would: Give Martin the power to remove or suspend interiuttioual CCO.NTINt.’EP ON PAGE EIGHT) —o BOARD OFFER IS ACCEPTED Railroads An <1 Unions Accept Mediation Board Offer Washington. Aug. 27—(UP! —The national meditation board announced today that representatives of both the five operating railroad unions and the railroads have agreed to accept the board's offer to mediate tli wage dispute which had ' threatened to result in a strike. Tel grams were sent by both groups u the board accepting intervention under the railway labor act. • The board acted to avert a -hreatened walkout of more than 250.000 union men on 86 trunk and branch 'ines. Imm diately after the telegrams were received. Dr. Wilkam M. Leiserson prepared to leave for Chicago and begin conferences designe-d to l settle a demand by the unions for a 20 per cent wage increase whicil lias been rejected by the carriers. Leiserson's office said he would leave for Chicago today and would begin meeting with the disputants tomorrow. Hold Conferences Chicago. Aug. 27 — (UP) — A threat, ned strike of 300,000 trainmen averted temporarily, representatives .f railway labor and owners ' held separate conferences today to arrange for federal mediation of workers’ demands for a wage increase. Executives of the “big five” operating brotherhoods conferred in the : Morrison H«;ei. Carrier representatives met in a Inion station conference room. Both r fused to elaborate on their I discussions before the meetings. Dr. i (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) * o Workers Called To Go To West Indies Indianapolis, Ind.. Aug. 27 —(U.R) —The Indiana state employment i service today called for 50 skilled workers to apply for jobs with an oil refinery and pipe line company in the West Indies. Welders, carpenters, pipe-fitters,} painters, cable-splicers, electricians and boilermakers are wanted, ac-i ' cording to George J. Smith, local employment office manager. Smith said applicants approved would be sent to New York for fin- j | al examination.

Hull Warns Warring Nations Os United States Stand In Present Crisis In Far East

Unofficial Report Says Chinese Soldiers Are Ordered To Withdraw From Shanghai HEAVY LOSSES By H. R. Ekins (Copyright 1937 by l ulled Press) Shanghai. Aug. 27 (U.R) Gen. Pai Chung Hsi. known as China’s' most brilliant military strategist, assumed command of more than' 2t)0,00t) Chinese soldiers around ■ Sltanghai tonight and was reported unollicially to have ordered a gen-1 eral withdrawal from the Shanghai i area. Tlie landing of additional Japan ese army regiments at new points on the China coast has rendered | untenable the immediate positions , held by the Chinese and Pai ap-1 patently had decided to fall ha< k on liis main defense positions ini the lake country 35 miles to the] westward. Thus it seemed that the awful | warfare between China and Japan.] which Ims made a shambles of much of this vast international : city of 3,500.000 people and claimed an estimated 15.000 lives, might be moving slowly away from the j Shanghai area. In landing additional reinforcei metits in th" Woodsung area, the ■ Japanese suffered casualties of : ■ 200 dead and 300 wounded. Japan-1 . t-se sources said. Chinese casualties were believed to have been large also. Tlie fighting was ’ severe. The Japanese naval command , said that 130 wounded Japanese i marines had been taken to hosI pitals in the last 24 hours. A Japanese naval officer also said that the Chenju radio station, over which the United States flag flew, "appears to have been completely destroyed" by bombs. The Japanese drive on the Nanziang railway station, about 10 miles west of Shanghai, was believed to have hurried Pai’s decision Capture of this strategic point would put the chief Chinese line of communications — the Shanghai-Nanking railway and i would isolate the Chinese troops holding a line immediately northwest of Shanghai’s international settlement. It was understood that the best of the central government's Ger- ; man-trained divisions, including the badly shattered 87th. BSth. and 50th, already have been withdrawn. Only "dare-to-die" machine gun detachments and units of th" peace preservation corps militia were being left to harass the Japanese in rear guard actions. Foreign military observers, lie lieved that effective foreign intervention was not likely Britain and France, despite their great interest in Asia, were in no position to become involved i (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) TEACHERS TO 1 MEET MONDAY Annual Teachers' Institute To Be Held Here Next Monday Complete plans and the program for the annua l Adams county teachers' institute, to be held at the DeIcatur high school Monday in an allday session, were announced today by C. E. Striker, county scbovl sup--1 enintendent. The institute will open Monday morning at 9 o’clock and continue . until 3:35 o'clock in the afternoon, with recess for the noon hour. Dr. Edwin Barl.wv Evans, poet, lecturer and teacher, with Dr. Rob|ert Hall, of Michigan City will be the prinoipa l speakers for the event. Dr. Hall substituted for Dr. Frederick Gaige, of Pennsylvania, who will be unable to attend because of i illness. Superintendent Striker will be in charge of the program. All teachers will be required to attend the institute. Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock the elementary teachers will again meet at the high school. All high i school principals and high school ! teachers will meet Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the school. The institute fee is $1 and may be paid at the convention. Forms for recording attendance will be given at the criivention. Trustees and interested persons 'are invited to attend.

I 1 Ambassador Shot

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Seriously wounded by machine 1 gun bullets allegedly fil ed from a | i I Japanese bombing piTine. Sir 1 Hughe Knatehbull-Hugessen was | reported in critical condition in a : . Shanghai hospital. The incident | 1 was feared to bear grave inter-1 ( national complications.

BROWN SPEAKS TO ROTARIANS High School Principal Speaks To Club On Study Changes "| W. Guy Brown, principal of the ; Decatur high school, delivered an , . interesting discuseion on ‘Evolution i ' of High Schc. i Curricula." at the I weekly meeting of the Rotary club i: Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. | i I Mr. Brown, in tracing develop- : > ment of high school curricula, stat- . ■|ed “the high school is a e -cial in I stitution and must function for social ends." The first secondary school in this I ■ country was established in New England in 1635. th speaker said. I: The ear'y schools were Latin-Gram-•imar schools, fashioned after the. secondary ,-ch.wls f England i j Benjamin Franklin, one of this ■ country’s first liberal leaders, start-: tied the Franklin Academy in 1751.: ■ \ with its aim as "the great end and I real business of living." However,: ! teaching in this school also became ' • a formal discipline, in order that its I ■graduates might be eligible to enter : college, which demanded formal I > I teachings. such as Latin, French i 'and mathematics. "l The modern high school of to-I day. Mr. Brown said, has a t’ifferen- ■ Fated curriculum, with the teach- I ling of individual needs as a trend: lof only recent years. “No study.” the school official ' ’eaid, 'should be considered so important that a pupil must leave j | school if he does n-4 choo.v to pur- j sue this study. Neither does educa- | tion for social ends imply sacrificing superior intel’ects. to mediocre I ’ ability." In the early days of high schools, ■ l formal discipline was the method of t teaching. Under this methrd, the • student memorized, then recited to - i the teacher. - Since the World War, th’ princir ! pal stated, teaching has become a - matter of application to individual j needs, teaching through life ex-> : | periences, not a mere manner of » memory. , ; The modern high school now presents a varied curriculum, of gen-; , | eral. academic and commercial -; course. Among these courses are x home economics, manual training. . physical education, recreation, .lei- ’ - sure, character education, safety, I > I citizenship, industrial arts and comC mercial courses. The school of today has an elec- ' | OCONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER II . 8:00 a. m. 76 10:00 a. m. 80 Noon 86 2:00 p. tn. 96 3:00 p. m. 98 WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Saturday; not much change in j temperature.

Price Two Cents.

United States Reserves All Rights, Interest In China; To Hold Both Nations Liable EXTENDS APOLOGY Washington. Aug. 27 —(UP) Seei t ary of state Cordell Hull said today the I'nlted States has formally notified Japan and China that tlie United States reset ven all rights and interests of its ,-.wn an J of its nationals in tlie far east and will hold Japan and China responsible for any damage- or injury. Hull said similar action had been taken previously. His announcement of reiteration of the American stand soon after Japan's proposal to institute a "peaceful blockade” of the China coast was interpreted as a declaration of this government's position in the matter. This was taken to mean that the United States stands prepared to prosecute action for damages against either <<r both the Japanese and Chinese government in the fighting. Hull said ths Japanese government has not formally notified this government of its intention to establish the so called “peaceful blockade." He said Japan’s intention to do so had been confirmed to this gov rnment by a Japanese official at Tokyo. This confirmation. Hull indicated, was sufficient to put this government on formal notice of Japan’s intentions. The quick rejoiner that this government will hold the two nations I responsible so rinjury to U. S. eitiI zens or damage to their property i was interpreted merely as a preIcautionary step by this 14 vernment. Further action will depend upon developments, particularly ou the extent to which Japan proposes to establish the blockade and whether her warships propose to interfer j with American and other foreign 1 shipping. The full extent to which Japan proposes to enforce tlie blockade is I still not ascertained. in some quarters seemingly coniflict:ng announcements by Japanese officia 1 spokesmen in Tokio and shanghai concerning the possible ; application of the embarg? to American and other foreign sh:p4 ■ carrying war supplies fe.r China was regarded as a "trial balloon'by Japanes military and naval officials to determine how far Japan ] might go without getting into ser« ious trouble with he foreign powers Japan Apologizes ; (Copyright 1937 by United Press) London, Aug. 27 —(UP) — Japan : made tie first move today in the ■ grave situation precipitated by a ! Japanese airplane attack on the i British Ambassador to China, Shigeru Yoshida. Ambassador to • London, received instructions to exi press the deepest regret for the atItack, it was learned. He was expected to visit foreign i secretary Anthony Eden late this I afternoon to make this conciliatory g sture in a situation so serious ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) * LOCAL TEACHER STAFF NAMED Catholic School Teaching Stall Is Announced Today The list of teachers for the Decatur Catholic high school and the St. Joseph grade school was an- ! nounced today. Sr. M. Rosemary will teach mathI ematics and serve as principal at 1 the high school. Other teachers are: Sr. M. Agnes, English and i German, and junior guardian: Sr. ■ M. Fidelis, social studies and sophomores guardian: Sr. M. Patricia, ' music; Sr. M. Agnes Terest, Latin, science and senior guardian; Sr. M. Albertonia, commercial subjects and freshman guardian. Teachers at the St. Joseph grade school are: Sr. M Helene, C. S. A , I first grade; Sr. M. Henrita, C. S. A., second grade; Sr. M. Dominica, C. S. A., third grade; Sr. M. Carissa, C. S. A., fourth grade; Sr. M. Angelus, C. S. A., fifth grade; Sr. M. Letitia. C. S. A., sixth grade; Sr. M. Winifred, C. S. A., seventh grade and Sr. M. Lucile, C. S. A , eighth grade. The Rev. Joseph J. Seitnetz is superintendent of the school. Classes will open at the school on Tuesday. September 7, following Labor Day.