Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 November 1937 — Page 17

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THURSDAY, NOV. 25, 1937

SOPHIA LOSCHE, | State Deaths

MOTHER OF CITY AID, DIES AT 72

Funeral Rites for German Native Are Set for Saturday. Mrs. Sophia Losche, mother of Al- |

bert H. Losche, City Purchasing | Agent, who died yesterday in her|

home, 62 Buchanan St, is to be |

buried Saturday in Crown Hill fol- |

er, p. m | Mrs. Meade Tinder; brother, Vercil Tinder.

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lowing funeral services at

in G. H. Herrmann Funeral Home. |

She was 72. Born in Weden, Germany, April 7, 1865, Mrs. Losche came to Indianapolis with her parents when a child. She lived in the family home on Buchanan St. the rest of her lifetime. She was a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist. afer husband, Herman Losche, died several years ago. Survivors, besides the son, include four daughters, Mrs. Edward Koh!an, Mrs. Everett Jackson, Mrs. Joseph Steiner and Miss Bertha Losche, all of Indianapolis. ADAM CRON, Indianapolis resident for 70 years, who died Tuesday in his home, 1002 N. Delaware St., is to be buried tomorrow In

ALEXANDRIA-John Porter, 74, Sur. vivors: Wife, Mary Jane; sons, Roy and Berthel; daughters, Mrs, Christina Cartwright, Mrs. Myrtle Thorne, Mrs. Albert Webb and Mrs. Retta Summers; brothers, Andrew and William. ANDERSON—Ernest Freeman, 48, Survivors: Wife, Julia; daughter, Alma Louise; son, Ernest; mother, Anna; sisters, Mrs. George Clifton, Mrs. and Mrs. Frank Butcher; brothers, Omer and John. CLARKSVILLE—Mrs. Mary Etta Harrison, 75. Survivors: Brothers, Ben and Harry Rambo; sons, Vern and George; daughters, Mrs, Haze! Wetzel and Mrs. Mabel Mills. CONVERSE-—Mrs. Mildred Prickett, Survivors: Husband, Paul: daughter, lyn; mother, Mrs. Katie Hafer; sisters, Mrs, Moine Ramsey and Mrs. Coll Sweet. FRANKLIN—M. A. Poisal, 85. Survivors: Daughters, Mrs. Lee Hume and Mrs. Thomas Lawson. NEWCASTLE—Cora W. Wherly, 63. Survivors: Brother, Fred. NOBLESVILLE—B. F. Cottingham, Survivors: Wife, Alice; son, Frank. SHARPSVILLE-—Mrs. Dorothy Copeland, 45, Survivors: Husband, Denzil; moth

42. Eve-

78.

SUMMITVILLE -— Charles Winship, 70. Survivors: Wife, Rosetta; daughters, Hazel and Mrs. Otis Pendergss. VINCENNES—Walter A. Stein, 55.

vivor: Wife.

Sur-

CITY PREPARED

FOR DISASTERS

Berkeley, Cal., Adopts Rules To Provide for Protection.

Crown Hill following funeral services in Moore & Kirk Funeral Home at 3 p. m. He was 91 and a native of Germany. Arriving in the United States when he was 21 years old, Mr. Cron moved to Indianapolis after living a few months in Buffalo, N. Y. Twen- | ty vears ago he retired from the employ of E. C. Atkins & Co. He had | worked there nearly half a century.

neers and the Zion Evangelical Church. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. | E. N. Kautsky, with whom he lived, | and Mrs. Louise Hale, Indianapolis; four sons, Henry, Fred and John, | all of Indianapolis, Muncie; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Caroline Cron; a stepson, Louis Fisher, and 15 grandchildren and three |

great-grandchildren.

MISS BRIDGET REIDY, Central |

State Hospital employee 45 years, | Berkeley chapter of the Red Cross.

died Tuesday in St. Vincent's Hos- | pital following an illness of six | months. She was 62.

St. Philip Neri Catholic Church. |

Burial will be in Holy Cross Ceme- | cue committee is | American Legion.

tery. Miss Reidy, a native of Ireland had lived in Indianapolis coming to the United States when | a young girl. She had been chief | cook at Central Hospital for the last 14 years. Survivors are two sisters, Miss Mary Reidy and Mrs. Patrick Grif-

fin, both of Indianapolis; a brother, |

Philip Reidy of Ireland, four nephews and a niece, FLOYD D. LEWIS brother of Herbert C. Lewis, Indianapolis Star

| —Berkeley has one of

| Woodbridge Metcalf, | the local chapter of the American | operated by the concern from here

{ plan is incorporated in the municiHe was a member of Atkins Pio- | Pal statutes.

| three distinet divisions,

and Frank | guarantees the preservation of or-

| property. | Thompson has charge of this divi-

| relief and rehabilitation. Under this ! | division also come a number of subFuneral services are to be held at | committees.

8:30 a. m. Saturday in the residence, | aid and committee on food come in 840 Eastern Ave, and at 9 a. m. in| this section.

since | ger.

BERKELEY, Cal., Nov. 25 (U. P). the most complete disaster preparedness plans in the nation, according to Prof. chairman of

Red Cross disaster committee.

Adopted by city ordinance, the

The Berkeley plan co-ordinates each with a specific function, Metcalf said.

Order Division “A” covers the city and

Is Guaranteed

der and protection of persons City Manager

and Hollis

sion, assisted by the various officers of the city government. Division “B” is directed by the

This group supervises registration,

The rescue, medical

Metcalf pointed out that the resdirected by the | It is responsible | for all rescue work in ponts of dan- |

First Aid Mobilized

Walter Kennington |

FUNERAL RITES FOR VAN CAMP WAIT DAUGHTER

Packing Firm Pioneer and Former Resident Here Dies in West.

1.OS ANGELES, Nov. 25 (U. P.).— | Funeral arrangements for Frank | Van Camp, millionaire canner and | packer, were delayed today pending | arrival of his daughter, Mrs. Mar- | guerite Van Camp Mayer of Indianapolis. Mr. Van Camp, a pioneer in the local cannery industry and holder of extensive property at Terminal Island and San Diego, died Tuesday midnight in his hotel suite. He was 74. A son, Gilbert, who has been managing the Van Camp interests, was at the bedside. He had been confined to his bed | under a physician's care since last August, and had been ill for more

than a year. His condition was complicated by pneumonia last week. Born in Indianapolis in 1863, Mr. Van Camp went to work in a pork

| grandfather, and in which his father was an executive. He eventually became president of the concern, but | resigned 23 years ago and came here | to establish a fish cannery. | More than 50 fishing boats were

! and San Diego, and within a decade the Van Camp plant had become the world's largest fish packing house. Mr. Van Camp often accompanied

The efficiency of the committee |

TOMORROW

and bean cannery established by his |

the fishermen to sea. He was a member of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, and a director in the Warren Insurance Co. and the National Can- | ners’ Association. He is survived by his son and a | daughter; a sister, Mrs. John Bowl-

| us, of Indianapolis, and two grand-

| children, Gilbert C. and Elizabeth

| Maver. His wife, Mrs. Clara Listner | Van Camp, died shortly before he came here in 1914,

Mr. Van Camp was active in business ‘and civic affairs hére and at one time was Columbia Club president.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

YEAR'S ROUNDUP |

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benefit of the Student Aid Fund, will be held Dee. 3. Included on the program is a | series of plays by the Shortridge | Drama League and a dance in the | gymnasium under the auspices of | the student social committee. | Mrs. Matthew Winters is roundm committee chairman. Others | who will take an active part in the program are Mrs. C. F. Hill, Mrs, J. G. Watkins, Mrs. George Deck, Mrs. L. E. Andrew, Mrs. George Schumaker, Mrs. Hugh Knippinberg, Mrs. Stuart Bishop, Mrs. J. R. Spalding, Enoch D. Burton, Mrs. E. The annual Shortridge High |J. Bayer, Walter C. Geisler, Don School Roundup, sponsored by the | Knight, Miss Joan Silberman, Ross

SET FOR DEC. 3

Series of Student Plays Included on Fund Benefit,

Julius, Misses Kathryn Thompson, Florence C. Porter, Leda May Hughes, Helen Frazee, Jane Messick, Eleanor Dee Theek, Minnie Llayd, Jean Wichser, Naomi Fike, and Robert Grubb, H, H, Siemers, C. L. Morrison, Colin Lett, Walter Carna-

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J. Shultz, DOG EATS IN CHAIR PAINESVILLE, O., Nov. 256 (U, P.) At exactly 5:15 o'clock every afternoon a requestful how! is heard in the Lake Erie College kitchen. It is Grandpa, a large black and white collie, sitting in his specially designated seat at the weitresses’ table, asking for his dinner

SCOUT UNIFORM AIDS YOUTH ON LONG TRIP,

SEATTLE, Nov. 25 (U. P.) —Robert A. Porter, 19-year-old Eagle Scout and scoutmaster of Jackson, Mich, arrived here after a 3500-mile jour ney across the nation—and he owes it all to his scouting uniform. Porter left Detroit with $30 and a resplendent, spotless Boy Scout uniform. On arrival here, he complained of neither a cramped thumb

nor blistered feet and he walked only four miles of the original 3500.

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MRS. EDNA HANCOCK, 6505 Suburban hunters swear there's at LIONEL

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Homestead Drive, is to be buried in | least one ’coon that knows when the Washington Park Saturday, follow- | hunting season opens. It's because ing funeral services at 10 a. m. in |of that, they say, that he frisks Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary, She | about in the neighborhood of Broad-

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odist Hospital after two weeks’ illness. | Wife of Guy Hancock, Indianapolis RKO Exchange

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molder, 1122 Arnolda Ave., who died | vesterday in City Hospital, is to be buried tomorrow in Crown Hill. | Services are to be held at 2 p. m. In| Conkle Funeral Home. He was 72. | Survivors are four sons, Fred, | Holly, Mich.; Ernest, Detroit; Bert, Plymouth, Mich., and Sterling, Clarton, Ind.; two daughters, Mrs. Clara | Cool, Gaines, Mich., and Mrs. Dor- | othy Smith, Indianapolis; a sister, | Mrs. Alice Conn, Indianapolis, and | two brothers, Elmer, Minnesota, and | Harvey, Indianapolis. |

PHEASANT FEATHERS | ARE WOVEN INTO LEI

HONOLULU, Nov. 23 (U. P).— | Honolulu will soon pbssess at least | one lei—the wreaths of flowers that | are placed around the necks of tour- | ists in sign of welcomeé—that will | not be given away. It is the work | of Patrolman James Markham who | has spent eight years on its fabrication to date and expects to put in | three years more before it is com- | plete. | This particular lei, instead of be-! ing composed of flowers, is being | made of the colorful feathers of | pheasants. Markham figures that in the eight years he has been working on the lei, he has captured about | 100 pheasant cocks and stripped them of their most colored feathers.

BRITISH RAILWAYS | BUSIEST IN WORLD

LONDON, Nov. 25 (U. P.)—British railway troops are used to a greater extent than those of any country in the world. According to the latest available figures there are hearly twice as | many passengers and goods per mile | of route track in this country as there are in France, and more than five times as many as run on the railways of the United States.

FROGS KNOW OWN POND PASEDENA, Cal, Nov. 25 (U. P.). Frogs, like cats, always come back. George Howell took eight frogs from his pond, tied identifying strings | around their legs, distributed them ! for miles around, but in a few days | they were all back in his fish pond. | |

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