Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 213, Decatur, Adams County, 9 September 1937 — Page 1

Vol. XXXV. No. 213.

J. S. Refuses To Spend Vast Sums For Protection

I government Unwilling To Spend Huge Sums To Protect Property In Foreign Lands. FURIOUS BATTLE —— Washington. Sept. 9 — <U,R) —1 dininistratlon officials said today | tot the United States could not | uarantee physical protection to ■ s shipping or to Its nationals and jeir property abroad unless the nny and navy are augmented to ie point where they would conmne half or more of the govern- , tent’s revenues. The United States cannot guarntee such protection unless the inerican people are willing to ght a major war, the officials lid. They are convinced that the ation is not willing to wage a jstly and perhaps disastrous war I protect American investments nd citizens abroad These observations were promptii by criticism of President oosevelt's assertion that Ameriin nationals who refuse to lie unoved from dangerous areas lust remain there at their own Isk. and by the operations of lysterlous submarines, surface arships and aircraft in the Medi■rranean sea. The hydrographic lice of the naVy department has arned all American shipping of ie dangers there. The administration believes it as no choice but to remove its ationals from trouble zones, warn lipping to proceed through danerous waters on its own responbility and depend on the machinry of diplomacy and arbitration >r collecting monetary reparaons for Injury to nationals and dzure or diynage to property. Secretary of State Cordell Hull is repeatedly declared that the se of force for the protection of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) .DUAL WOMAN IS REELECTED rs. Delton Passwater Heads Adams County W. C. T. U. Mrs. Delton Paes water, of this ;y, was renamed president of the unty W. C. T. U. in the election of ticers as part of the morning’s seion of the convention being Id today in the Reformed church Berne. First and second vice-presidents med were Miss Victoria Stonerner, of Kirkland township and •s. Charles Chew, of Geneva, resctively. Mrs. S. E. Shamp, this city, is narnej treasurer and Mrs. L. L. •ger of Berne secretary. The Rev. Homer J. Aspy, pastor the First Baptist church here, is the principal speaker at this i ternoon's session. Mrs. Leota Beery, of Decatur ve the memorial service and Mrs. L. Yager, of Berne, furnished ecial music at the session. o ecatur Red .Men To Tri-State Meeting Members of the Decatur order 1! go to 'Battle Creek, Michigan, attend the tri-state meeting there urday. Those who plan to go are ked to contact J. M. Breiner. Q unday School Board Will Meet Tonigh* There will be an important meet--5 of the official board of the First ristian Sunday School tonight at 30 o'clock in the church parlors. I officers, teachers and other invested persons are urged to atid. — 0 I. ■■ ruck Driver Is Burned To Death Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 9 —(UP) Willlard Hopper, 35, of Greenville 1., driver of a 10-tr-n tractor-trail-truck, was burned to death last ght after his truck side-swiped 8 concrete pillars of the belt railid elevation in the southern ft of the city. A large gasoline tank mounted on s side of the truck was torn art by the impact and fire Immedely spread throughefit the eletion, trapping the driver in the 0 of the truck.

DECATUR DALLY DEMOCRAT

ADVICE SOUGHT OF PHYSICIANS FOR TREATMENT Infantile Paralysis Epidemic Still Growing In Chicago Chicago. Sept. 9 -<U.R) - Chicago health authorities sought advice! of skilled physicians today in ■ treatment of infantile paralysis, victims. Dr. Herman Bundesen. president ' of the Chicago board of health, reported 11 new cases of poliomye- 1 litis today bringing Chicago’s total, since Aug. 1 to 198 cases He i said eight other persons were suspected of having the disease. Ontario health department officials said the coal weather brought a sharp decrease in the number of, cases reported overnight. Only 49 ( new cases were reported in the province today, bringing the total since June to 1.249 with 42 deaths. ’ The Atwater, Minn., school board postponed reopening of public schools for two weeks after two children died from infantile’ paralysis Preliminary reports indicate the I infantile paralysis outbreak sweeping the nation is “leveling off,” the health service announced. Bundesen feared, however, that, Chicago at least has not reached its peak. Bundesen called a special meeting of the board of health with eight doctors, to analyze records of infantile paralysis cases. Purpose of the meeting is to obtain I advice of authorities on use of convalescent serutn, Bundesen! said. The board already has deter- ’ mined, as a result of a conference j yesterday with 15 physicians, to; undertake a mass experiment in use of zinc sulphate nasal spray as a preventive. Conferees recommended that the Chicago laryngolical and othological society administer preventive treatments to a group of schoolage children, to determine efficacy of the method. Subject of today’s conference is a method of treating those for whom a preventive is no longer useful — those who have been stricken. The meeting will be attended. Bundesen said, by: Dr. Robert A. Black, pediatrician of Loyola University; Dr. Joseph Brenneman. children’s memorial hospital: Dr. Benjamin Gasui. Dr. Julius' Hess, and Dr. Harry Seichinger. University of Illinois pediatricians; Dr. Archibald Hoyne, Rush Medical College pediatrician; Dr. Frank Jirka. Illinois state health direc(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) DONALD GAGE TO HEAD G. E. CLUB Elected President Os Decatur General Electric Club Here Donald Gage, General Electric worker, will head the Decatur G.E.I club during the next year. Mr. Gage succeeds Herman Lengerich as president of the local club. Result of the balloting for officers was announced today, follow- ; ing the election held Tuesday Extra activities and heavy voting delayed tabulation of the ballots. ) Aiding Mr. Gage on the slate of | officers will be Ralph Spade as vice president and Mary K. Leonard as secretary-treasurer. Mr. Spade succeeds Mr. Gage. | who served as vice-president dur-. Ing the past term. Miss Leonard I succeeds Miss Harriet Shockey in the secretarial duties. Frank Glllig was elected to a three-year term on the board of directors. The club was re-opened last 1 week after being closed for the I summer. A full program of In- j tense activities and entertainment is being planned in the newly constructed club rooms and recreation hall. New bowling-alleys, pool tables, ping-pong and card tables, in addition to other recreational facilities are offered the club members in their new quarters .built -adjacent to the factory.

MUNCIE BANKER AND WIFE ARE HELD CAPTIVE Oliver Storer, Wife, Held Two Hours Until Ransom Paid Muncie, Ind . Sept. 9—'U.R>~ Two armed bandits today bound and held prisoner Oliver Storer, mll- : Bonaire president of the Muncie Banking company, and his wife for two hours until the hank cashier, summoned by telephone, delivered *2.000 to the Storer home. Police said that the men were ' not members of the notorious Al Brady gang, sought by police of I five states and the federal department of justice. From descriptions given by ! Storer and his wife, police be- ! lieved that they were local men who fancied they had some grievance against Storer. The pair entered the Storer i home between five and six o’clock and did not leave until almost i eight when the money was delivered. The thieves forced their way inI to Storer’s residence this morning and aroused the banker and his wife at pistol point. Amid a stream of curses and abuse, the I couple was tied tightly to chairs, ; one of the pair snarling that he would “blow your head off if Storer tried to sound an alarm. Storer told police that the bandits evidently knew him but that he recognized neither of them. One of the gunmen said: j "You’ve helped ruin me and we want this money to keep you from going to Florida this winter." Finally Storer, acting at the banflits’ command, telephoned Miss 1 Thecla Haffner, clerk in the bank, who procured the *2,000 from the institution and delivered it to the Storer home. The bandits then bound Miss (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) O LIBRARY BOARD ADOPTS POLICY Decatur Library Board Selects Assistant Librarian A new policy to give greater service to the public, effective immediately, has been announced by the Decatur public library board. Mrs. R. D. Meyers, a member of the board, has been named assistant librarian, to help Miss Ruth Winnes, librarian. This position has been vacant since the budget was curtailed during the depression years. With the appointment of an assistant librarian, it will be possible to keep the library open from 12:15 o’clock in the afternoon until 9 o'clock in the evening under the winter schedule. Previously it has been necessary for Miss Winnes to close the library while she went home for her evening meal. The approximately 11,000 books in the library have all been crossindexed and catalogued. The cataloguing’ was begun several years ago as a relief project. This was closed before the cataloguing was completed because of the inability of finding an approved supervisor. This summer, Mary Grace Zimmerman completed the cataloguing, and the cards are available to the public in a cabinet to the left of ' the front door. The books are in- | dexed as to titles, authors and ' subjects, in a manner approved by the best library circles. Beginning the first Saturday in October, junior book reviews or story hours will be given by Mrs. i Meyers in the library auditorium. The tentative schedule now calls for a review of a junior book for ' boys and girls in the first, second, j third and fourth grades from 2 to I 3 o’clock and for boys and girls of the fifth, sixth, seventh and ! eighth grades from 3 to 4 o’clock on Saturday afternoons. Mrs. ! Meyers is well known for her 1 book reviews given in Decatur and surrounding communities in recent years. The policy of purchasing as j many new books as the budget I will permit will be followed by the j board and Miss Winnes. o Harry Grube Opens Law Office In City Harry Grube has established law offices above the Morris five and ten cent etore. Mr. Grube comes here from South Bend. He is unmarried and has established a residence here.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 9, 1937.

Calls Attention To Weight Tax On Busses State Patrolman Burl Johnson this morning called the attention of all township trustees to the reg--1 ulation for weight tax on all school 1 busses. 1 For full particulars trustees are asked to get in touch with the I state safety or police department. The ruling is believed to affect private busses. Where the township owns both the chassis and body, the bus is exempt from the tax, Patrolman Johnson stated >; ORDER COUNCIL TO GRANT FUND i State Welfare Board Orders County Council To Act A resolution condemning the ac- ’ i t>on of the county, council in its de--1 nial of a request by the a.unty wel'l fare department for additional salI ary appropriations, and directing it to make appropriations of *628 at ‘ i once was filed Wednesday with the I coiincjt. It was presented by the county welfare department here and is , signed by Thurman A. Gottschalk, ’ secretary of the state welfare board ( who sw.vre it was a full and true , transcript of a resolution adopted at a meeting of the state board on August 11, 1937. It was placed on r record. After the resolution was filed, the council for a second time denied the ( additional appr.atriations, which totaled *658. salary of clerk-steno-grapher, *250, salary of investiga- ( tor, *4OB. It granted all requests for ( old age pensions and assistance to the blind, dependent children and others. s The resolution said in part: "Whereas, the county council of ’ Adams county met on the day s of July 193", to consider additional appropriations requested by the 9 county board of public welfare of said county, as provided by section 100 of the welfare act *• 1936 as follows: "102 b salary of clerk-stenograph er, *250. "1020 salary of investigator. *4OB. I Whereas, the said county counci l [ of Adams on the 27 day of July reI -fused to make said additional api prapriati-as. 1" Whereas, section 100 (b) of the welfare act of 1936 ae amended provides that “if the appropriations for any or all es the welfare services of the country as contemplated in this act shall be exhausted prior to the close of the fiscal year for which r such appropriations have been jmade, then and in that event an eray i ergency shall be deemed to exist as i contemplated in chapter 159 of the r acta of the general assembly of 1935 and the county council ehall, in the s manner prescribed by chapter 150 ’■ of the Acts of the General Assembly B of 1935, make such additional ape propriations as may be neceseary te provide for the maintenance of 11 the respective welfare activities of ’’ such county welfare board. 11 [ “Whereas, it is necessary that l_ ! each additional appropriations be r .. — .... - y (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) si o : LOCAL HOSPITAL FUND APPROVED sj ’ County Council Approves y Entire Budget For Hospital ’■ The county council approved the 9 entire budget for the Adams counf ty memorial hospital for 1938. The *' budget totals *51,000, which ind eludes several appropriations for y building improvements and new equipment. n The estimated revenue from r patients and services rendered by ’• the hospital for the calendar year 1 is set at *33.000, leaving the s amount to be raised through taxar tlon, *IB,OOO. ■ A levy of approximately seven 0 and one-half cents on the county's s net assessable valuation of *24,d 000,000, will be required to prok duce the needed income to oper- ’■ ate the hospital. r The 1937 budget totaled *32,700, 11 and the additional appropriation t for operation of the hospital this year is Two years ago 8 *4,000 was appropriated. 1 The trustees explained the bude get to the members of the council i and Informed them of the plans better to equip the institution. I both in the operating, surgical and laboratory rooms and of the imK provements for the building in general. , v During the past year the hos--1 pital has enjoyed its heaviest rush s of business and most of the time 1- the third floor is being used for >• patients. The nurses are quartered in private homes.

COUNCIL DENIES ONLY TWO ITEMS County Council Grants All But Two Os Requested Items Only two items were denied among the 19 requests for deficiency appropriations, asked from the county council at its session Wednesday. The request for additional ap- , propriations to carry out functions lof the departments of the county government during the remainder of 1937 were .considered by the council after it examined the proposed budgets for 1938. - The two requests which were denied were asked by the county wel- | fare department for personal services. One item was for the salary of a clerk-stenographer in the amount of *250 and the other for - the salary of an investigator in the sum of *4OB. The additional items which were allowed totaled *8,625. The two items which were denied totaled *628. The names of the items and t,he amounts allowed as additional ap-. propriations are: superintendent! of schools, postage, *10; superintendent of schools, books and stai tionery, *2O; county council, salary. *180: court house matron supplies, *SO; court house, electric! current, *100; county infirmary, corn plan4er. *135. County infirmary, repair of electric equipment, *140; county ini firmary, blacksmithing and electric ! welding, *SO; county infirmary, electric current, *100; county infirmary. telephone. *ls; county infirmary. gas and oils. *100; county infirmary, disinfectants and water softener, *100; county infirmary. • repair of buildings. *200; county infirmary, medical, surgical and dental supplies, *100; county infirmary, sewing machine, *125; welfare fund, old age assistance, *4,- . 000; welfare fund, assistance for ' dependent children in custody of . relatives, *4,200. , | o LOCAL PARK TO : BE LANDSCAPED , Park At Homestead Addition Will Be Landscaped 1 Plans for an extensive lamjscap’llng and improving program in the 1 17 acres of iparks in the Decatur 1 j homesteads adition were announced today. 1 I The cost of the program is to be * financed jointly by the Decatur 1 j Chamber of Commemrce and the ’ government. * Paul Gardner, park landscape and city p'anning expert, of the specials services division of the federal ' farm security administration, is in C the city this week to supervise the E program. The plane and specifications Cor r improvement of the park were inre- ; pared by Washington landscape architects after comprehensive surveys of the various park areas in the project. An artist’s view of the parks was shown in a resettlement administration display here during I the Decatur Centennial celebration. Mr. Gardner, together with several persons interested in the beautificatC.n of the parks, will begin a buying tour of shrubbery and trees 3 through northeastern Indiana, Friday. Mr. Gardner stated that in ordet 1 to obtain the most for the money avia’able, it is his plan to purchanse only young plants. It will re--8 quire a few years additional time ’ for the parks t.?> look their best, but 8 in the end a much more comprehen- ' sive improvement program will r have been accomplished. . v The parks are now owned by the city of Decatur, having been dedi--1 cated to the city for municipal park purposes. r NYA boye will furnish the labor 8 I under the plan now proposed for ■’ the planting of the shrubbery and trees. 1 Black dirt has been purchased to 3 be spread aroun death of the new ' plantings. ”, 0 Exception Here To Lowered Birth Rate *1 ’ s Trustee Ben McCollough stated >! today that conditions in his town- ! ship, St. Mary’s, belie the fact that . school enrollment is decreasing 1! because of a declining birth rate. 31 On one school bus route 16 chil- . i dren are picked up in three homes, i At still another 10 are picked up . | at two homes, he stated. i 1 Many one-room schools have been forced to close during the - past few years because of the few i children entering the primary > grade. The low birth rate and an • added number of consolidated ■ i schools are said to be important I factors in causing this condition.

CHICAGO TIMES ASSERTS NAZIS SEEK CONTROL Newspaper Says Nazis Plan Control Os U. S. Government New York, Sept. 9.— (U.R) — Fritz Kuhn, leader of the Amerika Deutscher Volksbund. denied today that his organization was preparing to seize control of the United States as Indicated in a story published by the Chicago Daily Times. Chicago, Sept. 9.— (U.R) —The Daily Times said in a copyrighted j article today that it had complet-j. ed an undercover investigation which revealed an army of at least 20.0(10 American Nazis preparing to seize control of the United ] States. "A relatively small but rapidly growing army is preparing for the American counterpart of ‘der tag’,’’ i the Times said. ~ Times investigators estimated American Nazi membership at 20,-! 000. An aggressive campaign “is fast winning new members and new affiliated German-American societies," they reported. Three Times reporters conduct- i I ed the Investigation in all parts of the nation. James J. Metcalfe, former agent for the federal bureau of investigation, jointed the Deutscher Volksbund tn Chicago, using another name; his brother. John, joined the Amerikadeutscher Bund in New York and became its propagandist on a cross-country tour; William Mueller maintained I contact with them and investigated from the outside. An article under Mueller’s signature said: "The Times investigators foujd the German brand of Fascism spreading throughout the nation, j Leaders of the movement say they ! will seize control of the United States, but not until ‘the Commun- | ists’ revolution starts. “The organization is an integral I part of the Hitler movement in Germany. Leaders are in frequent j ' communication with Berlin. ... j “Chief tenets of the German Am-. I erican Bund is an intense hatred of | • Jews and all things Jewish. Other anti-Semitic organiations are lining up with the Bund in what leaders, plan will be a general Fascist merg-' er. j “Jews and Communists are al- ' most synonymous in the Bund ’ mind. The day of bloodshed will come, leaders say. when ‘Jewish-mongrel-Communists attempt to seize the government just as they did in Germany.' “In one breath’,” Mueller wrote,' “they predict there never will be another democratic election in the United States; in the next, they talk of uniting with other 'Aryan' groups in a political party to ‘up- ■ hold the constitution.” John Metcalfe wrote that Her- ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 STATES PLEDGE : CO-OPERATION ■ i Five States Join In Drive 1 i To Snare Brady Gangsters Indianapolis, Sept. 9 —(U.R) —In- • diana state police and officers of > four neighboring states today were prepared to test effectiveness of ■ an interstate crime dragnet de--1 veloped here yesterday at a conference of high police officials. ’ First major trial for the allied ■ | state police forces of Indiana. L | Ohio. Kentucky, Illinois and Michij gan will be apprehension of Al ’ | Brady, committed to make John " Dillinger “look like a piker” by a 1 series of interstate murders and robberies. > The conference, called by Donr aid E. Stiver, superintendent of Indiana state police, pledged complete co-operation between the five state departments in an attempt , to end Brady's depredations. ' State lines with their varying . state laws virtually will be erased. . Instant inter-communication by radio telegraph, establishment of r interstate highway blockades and ’ other co-operative methods will be | used in the new war on crime. [ A central clearing house for: ’ radio information will be set up ' and the various state police departments will serve in that ca-: ’ paclty. The five state departments will remain in close contact through regular conferences at intervals of j 90 days. Closer co-operation with the fedOCONTINUED, ON PAGE FIVE).

Italy, Germany Refuse To Take Part In Meeting

WILLINSTALL NEW OFFICERS Adams Post To Install New Officers Monday Evening Newly elected officers of Adame post number 43 as (he American legion will be formally installed at the regular meeting of the post, Monday evening at 8 o’clock. Carl Graham, Fort Wayne, fotirth district commander, will conduct the installation ceremonies and will deliver the principal addreee, sneaking on “Legion objectives for the new year." Officers to be Installed are as folI lows: Ralph E. Roop, commander; Herb Kern, first vice-commander; Edwin Bauer, second vice-commander; J. Henry Faurote, adjutant; Dan Zeser, fianance officer; Harry F. Miller, trustee; H. V. Aurand, Herman LTeman and Js« Laurent, members of the executive committee. Mr. Roop will succeed J. Henry Faurote as commander. Appointive offices filled by Mr. Roop are a« follows: Ray Kohne, service officer; Edwin Bauer, chaplain; Joe Laurent, /historian; Charles Maseonee; ! Harry Knapp, athletic officer; Ed Jaberg, child welfare officer; Clifford E- Striker. Americanism officer; William Linn, employment officer; Herb Kern, membership (■hairman; Ollie Schnepp, Sons of j the Legion; Davide Adams, publicity officer; Tillman Gehrig, pappy chairman; Dr. Ben Duke, C. M. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O ZION LUTHERAN PLANS SERVICE Annual Mission Festival At Zion Lutheran Church Sunday The annual mission festival of the Zion Lutheran church wi’l be I celebrated Sunday during special services arranged for both morning and afternoon. In the morning service, which will begin at 10 o'clock the Rev. Walter Dorter, of Lancaster. Ohi.\ and secretary of the Central District of the Missouri Synod Lutheran church, will preach in the German language. The afternoon service, which will be held in the English language and begin at 2:00 o'clock, will have as speaker the Rev. Paul Dannenfeldt, ipaetor of the Zion Lutheran church in Fort Wayne and first vice-president of the central district. Rev. Dannanfeldt is well known as a forceful speaker and a large aundience for this service is anticipated. During these services a special |enve',.pe collection will be received for home and foreign mission endeavors of the Lutheran church. At noon, dinner will be served in the ; church hall for all members and friends and anyone is requested to bring food for this joint meal. The public is invited to these festival services. o Upward Trend Os Prices Continues Chicago Sept. 9 —(UP)—The upward trend of steer prices continued at the Chicago stockyards today and a new high of $18.75 per hund-red-weight was established. ! Today’s (price was the highest . paid here since January 1928. Best, • well-finished weights around 125A . j lbs. Brought the day's highest price The strength in cattle induced . similar strength in hogs and a top of $11.90 per hundredweight was established for swine, a boost of 20 centa over o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. 68 10:00 a. m 74 Noon 82 2:00 p. m. 90 3:00 p. m. 90 WEATHER Fair, somewhat warmer tonight; Friday generally fair south, unsettled north, possibly showers and cooler extreme north; somewhat warmer extreme south.

Price Two Cents.

Two Refuse Invitation To Attend Conference At Geneva Friday Between Nations. BRITISH PLAN London, Sept. 9 — (UP) — Lloyds announced today that the owners, of the British steamer Stanwold reported it had 4>een captured by Spanish nationalist ships at 10 p. m. yesterday within the three-mile limit near Rivadesella, off the northern coaqt of Spain. (Copyright 1937 by UP.) London. Sept. 9. — (U.R) —Great Britain, faced with an Italian-Ger-main boycott of the Lake Geneva “pirate” submarine conference, intends to propose a world-war model convoy system to protect shipping in the Mediterranean, it was understood today. Italy and Germany today delivered notes rejecting the BritishFrench invitation to attend the conference, to be held tomorrow. As the result delegates of nine European powers—Britain, France, Russia. Jugoslavia. Roumania. Bulgaria. Greence, Turkey and Egypt —are to meet either at Nyon or Geneva to discuss the submarine menace to Mediterranean shipping. Albania was invited also, but being Italy’s satellite, was expected to abstain. The conference might well mark acutely dangerous phase of Eurodefinitely the beginning of a new, pean politics. Everybody knows that the powers believe Italy is the officially unidentified power whose submarines are aiding the Spanish nationalists—seeking to immobilizi the loyalist armies by depriving them of the fuel they must import In steamships. It was expectation of an ItalianGerman boycott that Britain prepared the convoy plan. Put bluntly and undiplomatically, the plan is to protect merchant shipping agaiust, and sink it necessary, Italian submarines which may aid the nationalists by piratical activities. The plan is Britain's own and if attributed to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain personally. Britain was ready to send additional warships to joiff her already big Mediterranean fleet, it was I said, as soon as the submarine conference ended. All participating countries will be asked to provide warships. British and French warships — and warships of any other nation that agreed to cooperte — would escort merchant ships from end to end of the Mediterranean. They would have orders to sink without mercy any submarine or other warship, any airplane, that sought to attack the convoy on the high seas. Both Britain and France mean business. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden starts today for Switzerland. With him go Sir Robert Vansittart, permanent undersecretary for foreign affairs; Admiral Sir Ernie Chatfield, first sea lord (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) TWO TRUSTEES GIVE FIGURES Two Township Trustees Report School Attendance Normal Two township trustees announced a normal sch'iol attendance in their respective townships. While exact figures were not available from other years, both men stated that the attendance was about average. Trustee John M. Doan, of Washington township listed the enrollipment as follows in his township: Brandyberry school, district six, 35; Deßolt school, district eight, 26;' Washington school, district three 28 and Raudebush school, district five, 15. One chool was discontinued this year. "Trustee Ben McCollough stated that enrollment was about the average at Pleasant Mills, where 118 students are enrolled in the grades and 12 students are attending classes at the high ectwol. At Bobo 55 students are enrolled, he stated. In a recent survey Mr. McCollough learned that a total of 252 students have been graduated from the Pleasant Mills high school in the ipast 10 years, establishing an average of more than 25 each jear. _ : _