Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 177, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 December 1928 — Page 27

DEC, 14, 1928.

BOARD TO SELL BOND ISSUE TO IMPROVEPARKS Expect Jo Raise $150,000 for Community Houses and Development. Passage of a bond issue of more t,han $150,000 to enable the park board to build four community houses and improve park lands is contemplated by the park officials. John E. Milnor, park board president, ordered J. E. Perry, engineer, and Edward B. Raub Jr., attorney, to survey the needs of the department and prepare for the bond issue. The park property was neglected for several months, because of the failure of the city to sell bonds. Milnor said the board i~ anxious to improve all park property. Draining and lading out of drives and other improvements on several small tracts will be included. Tennis Courts Planned Community houses at Christian, Douglas, Eagle Creek and Dearborn parks are expected to be built out of the fund. ‘ - We will not know much about the cost until the class of buildings is decided upon. There are a number of improvements that should be made and we want department heads to survey the needs,” Milnor declared. Driveways auditoriums, tennis and playgrounds and possibly golf courses will be built out on some cf the tracts, it is said. Tree Purchase Urged Irvington residents petitioned the board to buy property of Mae and Lois Kile, 5939 Beechwood avenue, which has on it a fine bur oak tree

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Mrs. Barbette Hammel, former proprietor of the fashionable “Barbette Shoppe” in San Francisco and wealthy and prominent social favorite, has been lodged in jail at Los Angeles. It is charged by Berkeley authorities that she gathered vast sums in various promotional schemes. said to be more than three hundred years old. The tree is 12 feet 2 inches in circumference and has a “spread” of 100 feet, according to the petitions. B. F. Wilcox, acting state forester, wrote a letter to the board asking that it acquire the tree so it may be preserved. “Preservation of this tree is a public responsibility and duty. It is unquestionably the finest specimen in Indiana and probably in the country,” Wilcox stated. Marshal L. Oberholzer was awarded the contract to build steps at Garfield shelter house for $3,143.

FIELDHOUSE OF I, U. DEDICATED New $300,000 Building Open. / Bn Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 14. Indiana university’s new $300,000 fieldhouse stands dedicated today, following ceremonies Thursday afternoon. in which Governor-elect Harry G. Leslie was among the principal figures. A dedicatory banquet was attended by more than 800, including students, alumni and state legislature members. Speakers in addition to Leslie included President William Lowe Bryan of the university; Major John I. Griffiths, Big Ten conference commissioner of athletics; Judge Ora L. Wildermuth, Gary, and Professor Ralph Morgan, vice chairman of the national basketball rules committee. During the day, the Indiana university Parents Association, anew orgnaization, elected Fred I. King, Indianapolis, president. ARRESTED AT SICK BED Son of Anderson Woman Charged With Theft Four Years Ago. Bp Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 14.—Pat Gault, 26, is held today, charged with the theft of hogs, from a Randolph county farm four years ago, a warrant having been served upon him while he was at the bedside of his mother, Mrs. Lucy Gault, who is critically ill. A few weeks ago, while Gault and his wife were en route here with their baby in an auto from Pittsburgh, Pa., the child, died of exposure. The trip was being made to Mrs. Gault’s bedside. Leaving the child's body with an undertaker, the couple continued the trip here.

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Roll in One Bn United Press PINEHURST, N. C., Dec. 14. —Marshall Crandall, steward of the Pinehurst Country Club, made a trial swing with a golf club at what appeared to be an empty cigaret case. He topped, and when it rolled, saw that it was $175 in bills. The roll contained an identification card, and was returned.

Relates Changes in Alsace Changes in Alsace in the last ten years of French control were described by Professor Daniel Michenot, conservatory of Strassburg, in an address in the French languag?, Thursday night, before the Alliance Francaise of Indianapolis, at Tudor Hall. The Alliance will hold a Christmas luncheon at the SpinkArmse hotel, Dec. 18.

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EARL CARROLL INJAMAGAIN Forced to Undress to Get Jobs, Girls Charge. NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—Earl Carroll, theatrical producer, declined to comment today, except through an attorney, concerning his latest trouble with chorus girls. The Daily News in a copyright article said girls trying for parts in his new production “Floretta,” were required to remove all clothing so that Carroll could examine them for scars. Two—Louise Blakeley and Moss Gaynor—rebelled, according to the story and lost their parts in the chorus. * Carroll’s attorney denied the charge in his behalf and said rroll was willing to give Miss Gaynor a part in the show.

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