Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 October 1939 — Page 36

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CITY'S GROWTH "LAST 81 YEARS ~ SHOWN IN MAP

| Expansion in All Directions ¥~-Began in 1869; North Side " Spread Came in 90s.

A graphic history of the development of Indianapolis from a ‘“onehorse county seat” to the world’s greatest inland city is told by a map in the office of the City Plan Commission. The map, a patchwork of color, -- shows the original city limits, as set by the State, in 1858 and its sub-

STILL VISION TO COLORADO AGED

State Unable to Pay Monthly Total Although Law Is Three Years Old.

By ROSCOE FLEMING Times Special Writer DENVER, Colo., Oct. 27.—Colorado’s old age pensioners are still toiling toward the end of the rain‘bow, three years after enactment of the constitutional amendment which

more than 60 years old.

PENSION OF $45

demands a $45 - minimum monthly | pension for every qualified person] .

ELWOOD WILL RENEW FACTORY FUND DRIVE

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Community Factory Fund. several weeks ago to obtain funds

Corning Glass Works and to improve two buildings to be occupied

asked to contribute.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES ——

He Doesn't .

DETROIT, Oct. 27 (U. P)—| Taj ! James Taylor of Grand Rapidsps year at the Boys’ Vocational doesn’t smoke, drink alcoholic bevELWOOD, Ind, Oct. 27—The|erages or gamble. He leads a very Elwood Industrial Bureau will renew secluded life—most of the time. ‘In its drive to raise $20,000 for the|fact, he’s out in the world just long| rymes speciat ; enough occasionally to be returned| GREEN The Bureau launched the drive|to his secluded .life. X Today he is sheltered in Wayne to buy the Elwood property of the County Jail, awaiting transfer to Southern Michigan Prison for his by the National Trailer Co... All|}5th conviction in 14 years. - The

business establishments are to be|term is thrge to five years, the offense his favorite—car theft.

Drink but How He Steals! os EE mn ri

School in Lansing for stealing a car

Greencastle here Sunday.

of the Terre Haute lodge.

MOOSE TO MEET SUNDAY

REENCASTLE, Ind, Oct 27— Two hundred members of the Loyal Order of Moose are expected at a

district meeting -of members from Attica, Clinton, Terre Haute and

A parade will be held in the afternoon. An initiation will be in char

in 1925. One, other term for auto theft and a violation of the Federal auto theft law preceded his current conviction. His other sentences range from misdemeanors to two terms for forgery, desertion from the Navy, bad checks, vagrancy, trespassing,

violation of the gun law, illegal use of license plates and burglary. His latest sentence was imposed Wednesday for stealing a car less than a week after his release from a three-year forgery term at Leavenworth. :

FRIDAY, OCT. 27, 1989

HOSPITAL BOND-ISSUE

WILL BE SOLD TODAY i

Times Special / : BEDFORD, Ind. Oct. 27—Lawe rence County’s $55,000 hospital bond issue is to be. sold by Auditor Roy

Trueblood at competitive bidding

today. v The issue, to be dated Nov. 1, 1939, is to be sold in 20 equal series of $2750. Each series is to consist of two $1000 and one $750 hond. Ine terest is not to exceed 3 per cent,

The bonds will mature semie annually. :

sequent growth through annexations in the last 81 years. Each addition

September pensions = averaged| about $27; October pensions, about |: $32. In only a few months of the

is painted a different color. : igi three years have pensions been]. Original Limits Noted Born with a silver soup spoon [more than they were under the

elcome Teachers!

Make Your Christmas Selections Now

Qualifications Called Loose Despite all the expenditures, the

The original city was bounded by| in his mouth, year-and-a-half [previous pension act, the standard 10th St. on the north, Morris St.| old George. Strawbridge Jr. is |State-Federal law for a $30 maxion the south, Shelby St. on the east| shown in the first photo with his {mum pension fot needy people over and White River on the west. Its| mother, the former “Peggy” Dor- |65. . _ business center was S. Meridian St.| rance, heiress to the $200,000,000 The state is spending twice as For a decade, during which the| canned gs fortune of the late len | RIDREY as i F Oo H C : S k Civil War was fought, it remained| Dr. John Thompson Dorrance. ,000 last year or abou per| . S : the same Suddenly, in 1869, it be- capita including Federal contri-|: rom Uur riuge, comp ete Stocks gan to expand in all directions. J butions—for old age pensions. It : ; fd In the 1870's, new additions were ECH LEGION S will spend as much this year. It added each year with residential would cost $18,000,000 to pay full Ly - : development moving west. In the pensions. WwW H E R b Eighties, the development went east Retain Faith in Plan’ ; . and continued until Irvington was : Pensioners still say the plan will| : . : added in 1902. ; work in time. They blame state | N N D A N A YO U R C HH A R( SE Pushed North in 90's officials for not Le enough : CN ; ’ . _ money to pay pensions in full, and| The 90's saw the growth of the Names of Pupils Winning |are enn a new constitutional |’ : : North Side as the city limits were amendment to place a special tax A pushed up to 16th St. New addi-| Entr y to Be Announced [on intangible property to raise the | tions up to and north of Fall Creek money. ; were added until 1916. After a On Wednesday. Pension opponents say that, in - : three-year lull, new additions north spite of its failure to pay full pen- ; of Fall Creek were annexed. . sions, its exactions are so heavy as The most recent addition, bring-| Pupils winning memberships In|to cripple other state services, ining several more acres into the|the Tech High School Legion, | cluding education and support of i corporate limits, was approved by|honorary organization for seniors|the ill and unemployable on gen- . J i City Council last month as the|Teceiving the highest number Of era] relief, and that it has, directly ; Meridian-Kessler addition. merit citations during their four|anq indirectly, imposed taxes be- : 1. : Sil peeiogeni——y years of high school, will be an-|yonq the ability of Colorado to pay. : : : nounced by Hanson H. Anderson,|” The voters defeated an attempt ; gl opi : ” : - OVERRULES EVIDENCE principal, at an all-sehool assembly | tg revise the pension plan last year.| \ CAA AEE 3 > 4 ednesday morning. Another revision amendment is ex- 7 Sn : OF DRUNK-0-METER Charles C. Martin, head of the pected to be on the ballot next year, 14-DIAMOND r— Moyers Tonguage Depesine ood in direct opposition to the pension|. 0 SEYMOUR, Ind. Oct. 2 LP). »| bloe’s amendment to provide new —A city court En i il szplel its Purpose: n of the|ta¥es: Revisionists are not too hope- BRI D AL evidence set forth by «the recently Le ion BTR, 28 a Tar tad by ful. - perfected drunk-o-meter fest, Harold Walter, Miss Martha Brodby P Al R Erwin Foist of Seymour was| 4 niss Hilda Kraft, members of charged with drunken driving and ro faculty ’ nme ] State Policeman Charles J. Williams : sists i 3 paying Tull pensions be. Intricate in deslgn—lavish in testified that the drunk-o-meter : i : . registered 185 on him. A test show-| , CLa%ing the observance wo! qualifications that virtually any one . Yeality : tis Folio Miaigied 15 indicates the subject is intoxi- American ques on i yee © eld ai|0ver 60 who has lived in Colorado a cated. 3a, Open CE as announced py | the required length of time can get diamond and thirteen snalice Several character witnesses testi-| peice: Stewart, chairman of Edu-|2 Pension. WW, HL, ir diamonds. And also in white fied for Foist and the jury found|.,t; Week activities at the school There were 26,000 pensioners un- J 7 gold. him not guilty. gogo oe SC oor, |der the old law; in October there : _ Both Rings Sc ool w e open Ior Inspec were 39,869, and in November there during the day. Formal programs are expected to be more than 40,000 ELECT M’NUTT CLUB will begin at 1:30 p. m. and depart- id vit 3 3 or nearly 4 per cent of the state’s mental activities will continue until population. Some counties have HEADS IN MT. VERNON $ P.m, Dinner yy be provided more people over 65.on the pension guests in the school’s lunchroom ted by the 1930 Te from 5 to 6:30 p. m. Activities will than overe enumerated by MT. VERNON, Ind. Oct. 27.—|close at 9 p. m

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: ticipated "| Departments will display their| The pension rush was par Som ni, Sar rou ion work and teachers will be present|in by virtually all classes. teng Young Democrats’ Club, has been in the classrooms to meet parents|bands and wives gai Siow Sepacsie elected president of the new Mc-|Of Pupils. fi) pensions, and Ho 34 tasmwnas

; : of cases. Where one spouse has an Busi for Pratl a ab hers: Sisk NAZIS LIMIT RECORDS income, even a large one, the other

Cynthiana, vice president; Bill] BERLIN, Oct. 27 (U. P.) —Phono- |Still can get the pension. Causey, Mt. Vernon, secretary; and graph record factories have oon Parents Go on Pension John H. McFadden, Mt. Vernon,|ordered to cut production per Man _ y young people with large in treasurer. cent to conserve raw materials. comes have put their parents on the

pension, or the latter have gone there voluntarily; In hundreds of instances parents have deeded property to children, and gone on the

Trade In Your Old Watch

AS DOWN PAYMENT

dren, subtract from the pension for room and board allowed by the children. The general attitude is that the money is there to take and why not take 2 : y ny Advertised There is nothing illegal about these instances. In some cases, where local boards, aroused by reve- Seon lations. of large family incomes, have amo S28T aotY. attempted to deny the pension they y snd 9° have been overruled by the State board, which says it can do nothing else under the law.

25 SCHOOL HEADS TO VISIT FT. WAYNE

FT. WAYNE, Ind, Oct. 27.— Twenty-five school principals from other Indiana cities are to study South Side High School’s standards, curriculum and activities during a|. visit here Monday. Dr. Carl Franzen of Indiana University, chairman of the North Central Association of Secondary Schools, will head the group. The school will be given a rating with other association schools. ‘The principals will visit classes,| : talk .with teachers and students,|. survey the plant and visit extra-

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SAVE MONEY Many save up to $50 at the Morris Plan. Our rate on NEW CAR financing is only $5 per $100 per year with insurance at 20%, below usual rates; $7 ° per $100 on late model USED CARS.

SMALL PAYMENTS

The Morris Plan arranges monthly payments 20 suit your purse=—9 to 24 months to pay.

IN CASE OF AUTO ACCIDENT

You pay the cost of repairs up to $25 and your insurance pays the balance. UNDER A NEW PLAN, you may bor. row this $25 WITHOUT interest, if your car is financed at the MORRIS PLAN. $50 Deductible or Convertible Collision insurance is also available on this plan.

FAST FRIENDLY SERVICE

Details can easily be arranged over the tele phone. Strictly private—no credir inquiries made of friends or relatives.

ESTABLISH YOUR CREDIT

By satisfactorily financing your auto through the Morris Plan, you establish your credit for - other PERSONAL LOANS from $75 to $500 to $1,000."

Times Special } BEDFORD, Ind., Oct. 27.—Twen-ty-year membership badges were awarded to 37 members of the Law-|, rence County Farm Bureau here last |. night. Larry Brandon, Indiana Farm Bureau secretary-treasurer, made the presentations. ; - Those receiving - the honor were}, Dennis Armstrong, Walter J. Anderson, George I. Burton, E. E. Burton, Richard Brewer, J. A. Brooking, C.| *: M. Brooking, Joseph F. Chapman,}- = ; Taylor C. Dodd, Harry V. Elrod, E.| ~ At Rogers there is no interest E. Freeman, E. W. Foster, Walter D.| L Guthrie, W. O. Guthrie, Henry M. or carrying charge. Graves, Ollie R. Hodges, O. A. Isom,| . : : ’ Ralph Keane, Fred Lewis, W, B.|. i . s

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