Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 June 1936 — Page 8
C.F. ROBERTS RITES ARE SET FOR TOMORROW
Prominent in City ‘Music Circles 35 Years, Noted as Composer.
Services are to be held at 1:30 tomorrow at the Shirley Brothers Central Chapel for Charles Francis Roberts, associated with Indianapolis musical circles more than 35 years. He died Saturday. Burial is to be held in Knightstown, his birthpldce. He was 58. . Mr. Roberts, composer of operas, musical production lyrics and popular songs, first gained prominence when he played the first organ in.stalled at a local theater, the Orpheum, located in the building now occupied by Stewart's, Inc. - “Indianapolis, My Home Town,” 8 song composed jointly with Henry K. Burton, local producer, was published in 1921, receiving much po ularity. A Cincinnati firm pul. chased the rights to the song which was used as the theme song of the _ Indianapolis Industrial Exposition and dedicated to the Chamber of Commerce. More than 30,000 copies were sold in Indianapolis. Mr. Roberts also wrote the tries for the stage production of “Roger . Bean,” produced by Mr. Burton; a score of operettas including his best known, “The Old Rock Candy I ountain.” Mr. Roberts organized and op. erated for several years a musical organization used for sound effects with silent motion pictures. Included in his group of several musicians was Ole Olsen, now a member of the Olsen and Johnson stage team. Olsen at that time was a student at a conservatory here. Among his closest friends were Mr. Burton and the late .. Lewis Shank, former Mayor of Indianapolis. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Florence Belle Roberts, 220 N. Illinois-st, and a cousin, Harry Dent, Richmond.
Vincent Askin
Services for Vincent Askin, Civil War veteran and the first rural mail carrier in Marion County, who died yesterday in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Parvin McFarland, two miles west of Acton, are to be held Wednesday. The time has not been set. Burial is to be in Greenwood Cemetery. Mr. Askin, who was 93, was born in Kentucky. He.came to Indiana in 1863 to join Company C of the One Hundred Thirty-second Indiana Infantry in the Civil War. After the war he returned to Kentucky put returned to Indiana in 1894 and settled in Southport, where he lived until recently. He was a charter member of the Thomas Ware Masonic Lodge in Claysville, Ky. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. McFarland and Mrs. A. J. McDowell, Claysville, and two sons, Charles Askin, Southport and Leilie E. Askin, San Diego, Cal.
Frank H. Apel
Funeral services for Frank H. Apel, who died Friday in:his home two miles south of New Bethel, were to be held in the New Bethel Baptist Church at 2:30 today. Burial was to be in New Bethel Cemetery. Mr. Apel was born in Columbus and came to Indianapolis as a youth, where he worked as a pattern maker until two years ago, when he moved to New Bethel. He was: 56. He was a member of the Acton Masonic Lodge and the New Bethel Baptist Church. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Onner Apel; three children, Franklin, Herschell and Margaret Apel; two sisters, Miss Clara Apel, Columbus, and Miss Minnie Apel, Indianapolis, and two brothers, Harry and Charles Apel, both of Indianapolis.
Mrs. Cameron Lehmuth
Rites for Mrs. Cameron Lehmuth, formerly of Indianapolis and Terre Haute, who died last night in her home in Beverly Hills, Cal., after an {liness of one month, are to be held in the home Wednesday. Burial is to be in Terre Haute.
Mrs. Lehmuth was the daughter:
of Mrs, John Kidder and the grand-
daughter of John Harrison, now |
dead, who formerly lived at 1037 N. Pennsylvania-st. She was a graduate of Tudor Hall and Miss Summers’ School in Washington, and was widely known in bridge circles here. She went to California from Indianapolis more than three years ago
Survivors are the widower; a son, Remster Bingham, and a daughter, Miss Catherine Bingham, all of Beverly Hills.
Bradford Snodgrass Funeral services for Bradford Snodgrass, 1041 S. State-av, are to be held at 2 tomorrow in the Bert. 8. Gadd Funeral Home. Burial 'is to be in Washington Park. Mr. Snodgrass, a sheet metal contractor, died Saturday in St. Vincent’s Hospital after an illness of
‘Martha D. Bird;
Caroline Patnick : (above), June senior, is the Manual Training High School recipient of the Alliance Francaise medal, which is given each year to the most proficient pupil in French.
both of Indianapolis; three sisters, Mrs. Lucy Keyes, Mrs. Eva Diefeinbach and Mrs. Louis Jacques, all of Harrison, O., and three brothers, ‘Clinton and Peter Grubbs, both of Harrison, and Charles Grubbs, Alexandria.
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John F. Lynch
Funeral services for John) F. Lynch, who died of heart Saturday night in his home, 275 Addison-st, are to be held Wednesday morning at 9 in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. Burial is to be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Mr. Lynch, who was 76, was a lifelong resident of Indianapolis, having been born where the Marion County Jail now stands. He was a member of St. Anthony’s Church. At one time he was assistant city street commissioner. Survivors are three sons, Bernard A. Lynch, chief of the Indianapolis Fire Prevention Bureau; Thomas Lynch, a member of the Bertillon squad of the police department, and Timothy Lynch and a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Soller, Lafayette.
Llewellyn A. West
Final rites for Llewellyn A. West, Indianapolis resident 37 years, were to be held at 2:30 today at the home ‘of a daughter, Mrs. Leona York, 41 N. Holmes-av. Burial was to be in Crown Hill. Mr. West was born in Columbia, S. C.,, 77 years ago, and came to Indianapolis from southern Indiana.
He was employed by Kingan & Co. i)
for 22 years. He died Saturday at the home ot Mrs. York. Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. York, Mrs. Emma Lewis, Indianapolis and Mrs. Luella Kellar and Mrs. Nina Rabourn of Anderson; three sons, Harry A. West and William West of Indianapolis
and a brother, E. F. West of Arling-
ton, S. C.
Jacob Milo Hershey Funeral services for Jacob Milo Hershey, former treasurer of Hamilton County and former inspector of the Indiana State Police, who
| died Saturday night in Methodist Hospital, are to be. held tomorrow :
at 2 in the Evans & “Godby | Burial | 1s to be in Carmel.’ Mr. Hershey, whe’ was 78,°a “ree tired farmer living near Carmel, became ill several weeks ago. He was a thirty-second-degree Mason and a member of the Elks lodge. Survivors are the widow; two. daughters, Mrs. Marie Hohn, WilkesBarre, Pa., and Mrs. Sadie Thomas, Noblesville; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Gunn, Carmel, and a brother, Smith’ Hershey, Carmel.
Andrew J. Thompson Last rites for Andrew J. Thompson, who died yesterday in his home, 2637 Carrollton-av, are to
be held at the residence at 9 tomorrow. Burial is to be in Oakwood, Ill. : Mr. Thompson was 75. ‘He came to Indianapolis in 1928, when he retired as a farmer in Illinois. He was born’ in Homer, Ill, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but attended the Broadway Baptist Church in Indianapolis. Mr. Thompson is survived by the widow, Mrs. Clara B. Thompson, and four sons, Wilbur, Lewis, Ralph and Clark Thompson, all of Indianapolis.
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Mrs. Amanda L. Wyman
The funeral of Mrs. Amanda L. Wyman of Lafayette, who died Saturday at the home of her son, Jasper H. Wyman, 215 N. Gray-st, are to be held at 10 tomorrow in Lafayeites. She was 84. Mrs. Wyman was born in Mari-
etta, Ga.,, and had lived in Lafa--
yette at the home of her gaughier, Mrs. Harry Allspaw, more than 25 years.. She ‘was a member of the: Christian Church. Also surviving Mrs. Wyman is another daughter, Mrs. Charles Sears, ears, Columbus, oO.
Wiiliam H. Bird
Last rites for william H. Bird, 66, of Alhambra, Cal.,, who died Friday at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Robertson, 132 W. 15th-st, are to be held at the Wald Funeral Home, at 2 tomorrow. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. a daughter, Mrs. Harry Havens, avd a son, Hilla M. Bird, both of Alhambra, and other daughter, Mrs. Herbert M Butz, Wilmington, Cal.
70 GET BIS oN
Cost of $1,355,000, Adams Says.
The State Highway Commission is to receive bids tomorrow on grade
separation, bridge and road construction projects having a total es-
announced today.
Starek, Henry, Delaware, Madison Crawford Washington,
counties. Most of the proposed work is to be financed with Federal funds recently allocated to Indiana for highway improvement, he said.
Bridges on Road 67
Two bridges on which bids will be asked are a part of the Road 67 relocation in and near Muncie; five bridges on Road 63 are a part of the extension of this highway in Warren County; three bridges are a part of the improvement of Road 75.in Boone County, and two structures on Road 3, north of Newcastle, are to be widened. Highway projects . include grading the final link of the new route for Road 67 between: Anderson and Muncie; improvement of a part of the Road 9 route in Anderson; surfacing and relocation on Road 64, near Taswell, and on Road 60, west of Salem; surfacing of Road 17 between Culver and Plymouth, Road 50 between Greendale and the In-diana-Ohio state line, and surfacing and widening part of the Road 34 in Covington. Projects are to be placed under contract as rapidly as possible after bids have been received, he said.
|ROME CARVES ETHIOPIA
INTO THREE DIVISIONS
Action Taken by Italian Cabinet at Duce’s Behest. By United Press ROME, June 1 —At the behest of Premier Benito Mussolini the Italian. Cabinet today carved Ethiopia into three separate parts and added them to Eritrea and Italian Somaliland to form an East African Roman Empire.
The Cabinet, meeting for the sec-,
ond time in three days, ruled that the East African empire should be ruled by a viceroy seated at Addis Ababa and assisted by two consul tative councils. It ordered freedom of worship for Moslems and confirmed the dependence of the Ethi-
patriarch at Alexandria, Egypt.
to be held.there at 2. Burial is to be in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Saturday in the home of her son,
to _be in. Crown Hill Cémeter.
Mrs. George B. Terhune and Mrs. Arthur Kline, Both of Indianapolis.
Edgar L. Hurt ! Funeral services were to ‘bé conducted at. 2:30 today in the Hamy W. Moore Funeral Home for Edgar L. Hurt, who died Saturday at the home of his brother, James W. Hurt, | 1725 Park-av. Burial was to be in. | Washington Park Cemetery. Mr. Hurt had been a resident of Indianapolis 25 years and was an interior decorator until he became ill five years ago. He was 53. Survivors are the brother and a sister, Mrs. Laura E. Beerbower.
Charles M. Atkinson
Final rites for Charles M. At son, 310 N. East-st, who was jured fatally when hit by a street car Saturday, are to be conducted at 2 tomorrow at the George W. Usher Funeral Home. Mr. Atkinson, who was 78, is survived by the widow; Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson; two daughters, Mrs. Loda Huston and Mrs. Frances Reeves,
Byron Atkinson.
| Sophronia Wesner
Funeral services for Mrs. Sophronia Wesner, who died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert M. Newby, 2333 Carrolltonav, after a long illness, were to be held at 2 today in Lebanon. Mrs. Wesner, who was 76, was born in Boone County and had lived in Indianapolis, Lebanon and
Bloomington. daughter and a grandson, R. Newby Jr. . .
Theodore Schornick
Last rites for Theodore Schor-
JOBS IN INDIANA
Projects Have Estimated
timated cost of $1,335,000, James D.|. Adams, chairman, Projects are located in Lake;|{ By Hamilton, Vigo, Dubois, St. Joseph, |B -Warren, | |
Marshall, Dearborn and. Fountain ;
opian Christian Church on the Copt |
Mrs. Marshall, who was 80, died | Harry S. Marshall, Services were]. to be. held at 5 in the Flanner. &| Buchanan Mortuary. Burial was oo
‘Other survivors are two rs, |
and three sons, Joseph, George and
She is survived > he
Tuxedo Union to Meet,
The regular June meeting of the
Tuxedo Union: of Marion County
is to be held tomorrow noon in the |
home of Mrs. Nellie Brocker, 20 N. Colorado-st. Mrs. Silas Ryker, vice president of the organization is to speak following the luncheon.
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CRACKS UP UP IN FIELD
Takes Fire; 15 ve; 15 Ocoupants. Only Shightly Hurt.
| By United Press CHICAGO, June 1.—Skill of W. F'.
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