Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 August 1936 — Page 15
WILL CONVENE HERE SEPT. 13
300 Indiana City, ‘County Officials Expected to Attend.
More than 300 park board members, county commissioners and other officials are expected to attend the twenty-first annual convention of the Indiana Association of Park Departments here Sept. 113-15. Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, district WPA director, is to give the principal address Sept. 14 on the assistance governmental agencies have given park departments. He is to discuss plans for obtaining and expending funds, according to Jackiel W. Joseph, state association president. Opening sessions on Sunday are to include registration at 1 p. m, and a buffet dinner at 6:30 p. m. Business sessions Monday are to open with the invocation at 8 a. m., by the Rev. W, A. Shulberger, Cen-~ tral Christian Church pastor, followed by a welcome by Mayor Kern.
Tour Is Scheduled
After the noon luncheon, a sightseeing tour of North Side parks, boulevards, community centers and WPA projects is scheduled.
Invitations are being sent to former park board members and association officers to attend the dinner Monday night. Following Dr. McCullouch’s speech, a forum on WPA funds and personnel is to be held. A stag party for men and theater party for women Monday night is to be followed by a dance. Business meetings Tuesday are to open at 9 a. m. with committee reports, election' of officers and selection of the 1937 convention city.
Tax Problem to Be Topic
Park department problems on taxes and conservation are to be brought before a round table group in the morning. A tour of the greenhouses, Garfield Park, boulevards and recreation centers on the South, West and East Side of the city are to follow the noon luncheon. The annual dinner Tuesday night is to close the convention. A speaker of national reputation on park ‘department affairs is to be. selected. : A. C. Sallee, local park superintendent; Paul Rathert, , secretarytreasurer of the state association, and Mr. Joseph are in charge of arrangements. Mr. Joseph said the convention is expected to be one of the biggest the association has ever held. The tour of city park property, which is to be made by bus, is to cover more than 100 miles, according. to Mr, Sallee.
ALLIANCE SECRETARY TO GIVE WPA TALK
Merrill Jackson to Speak Tonight at Special Meeting.
Merrill Jackson, state secretary ot
the Workers’ Alliance, is to address a special mass meeting of WPA employes tonight at 29 S. Delaware-st. Mr. Jackson is to explain new wage and hour regulations which became effective today on WPA projects. “The Alliance has been instrumental in winning a 10 per cent wage increase for WPA workers in the state,” Jackson said. “Beginning today all Marion County WPA workers are to receive $60 per month instead of $55 and hours have been shortened from 130 to 120.”
RIVAL CANDIDATES ON SAME PROGRAM
Townsend, Springer Both to Speak at Quincy Picnic.
Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend and Raymond S. Springer, Democratic and Republican gubernatorial nominess, respectively, are to speak at. the sixty-fourth annual Quincy picnic to be held Thursday, Aug. 13, at Quincy, Ind. E. A. McCarty, local postoffice worker who has assisted in arranging the program for several years, is to be master of ceremonies. The 40-piece Greenwood Township band and the Foster Hall Negro quartet are to provide musical features. A record crowd is expected, Mr. McCarty announced.
RESIGNS AS TRUSTEE
UU. 8 Marshal Gives Up Post in Scott County. Times Special SCOTTSBURG, Ind, Aug. 6.— United States Marshal Charles. W. James has resigned as trustee of Jennings Township, Scott County, it was announced today. James Cutshall, farmer, ne near Austin, was to succeed him by Scott County Com- _ missioners. Mr. James is president of the Indiana Township Trustees’ Association.
yesterday.
men to take any cash, he said.
N. A. Petterson, 2341 Kenwoed-av, Prudential Securities Co. president, is pictured above telling Police Sergt. Charles Weddle (left) how he chased two armed bandits out of his office by yelling at them late,’
Mr. Petterson said when two men pointed revolvers at him he shouted “No you won't,” and they ran out the front door and escaped in an auto driven by a third man. No attempt was made by the gun-
SHERIFF'S . DEPUTIES ARE FIRE FIGHTERS
Receive Four Calls Daily Reporting Grass Fires.
During the time the sun has scorched the grass, the Marion County sheriff's office has been both police and fire department. Since the drought began, the sheriff’s office Ras received from one to four or five calls a day reporting grass fires burning across county fields. Sheriff Ray has developed a unique system to combat these fires. Deputy sheriffs and trusties armed with old brooms from the jail rush to the scene of the fire and beat. it out. If the fire threatens to jump across a road, a back fire is started. Deputy sheriffs say most grass fires are caused by - cigarets or lighted matches carelessly. tossed from a passing automd®ile.
SEVEN ARE KILLED IN HEAD-ON WRECK
Three Hoosiers Die in Niles (Mich.) Automobile Accident. By United Press NILES, Mich., Aug. 6.—Seven persons were killed in a head-on automobile collision on United States 31, four miles from here, early today. . The dead were: Herbert J. Hizer, St. Louis; Eugene Newby, St. Louis; Howard C. Kelly, St. Louis; Joe Hill, Niles; Lo Rene Vanetta Barr, Mishawaka, Ind.; Roy Warner, Culver, Ind., and Richard A. Peterson, South Bend.
County Papers, Money Taken Miss Gretha L. Brown, 1310 N. New Jersey-st, county welfare department employe, reported to police this morning theft of her brief case containing county welfare papers and $22 in money.
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