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5000 TO OPEN SCOUT CIRCUS

25th Year of Organization to Be Symbolized in Ceremony Saturday.

Twenty-five years of scouting in Indianapolis will be symbolized at & ceremony opening the third annual Boy Scout circus at the Ooliseum at 7:30 p. m. Saturday. Two large cakes, one at each end of the arepa, will be used in the ceremony. The cake at the west end will have one candle which will be lighted by men who were members of the Central Indiana Council of Boy Scouts when it was formed 25 years ago. Scout Executive F. O. Belzer, who is completing 25 years of service here, will be one of this group. | The 25-year group then will walk | the length of the Coliseum to meet present members of the Council who will light 25 candles on the cake at the east end of the arena. The Council includes Marion, Hendricks and Shelby Counties, with 132 Boy Scout troops and 41 cub packs. As soon as the birthday ceremony is completed, more than 5000 scouts and their leaders will parade into the arena to begin the events| m f of the Circus. or ance 0 Games used both by scouts and cubs, first aid, model planes, star study, camping and pioneering will be demonstrated in the latter part of the circus while scouts dressed as! The relation of high clowns and wild animals will pro- the funeral director and the public vide the amusement. The circus|was stressed today by John W. will close with the playing of the Eberle, National Funeral Directors’ Star Spangled Banner as the scouts| Association president, as the Instand in front of tents in the arena. diana Funeral Directors’ Association 60th annual convention opened at the State Fair Grounds. | “The funeral director is a slave to his business and works on a 24hour day,” Mr. Eberle said. “He jis tuned to the public more than {almost any other group. | “Economic impoverishment often becomes his problem. He dispenses

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{about it.” | Mr. Eberle said the national association stood for a high code of ethics, good business standards and high business ideals. | “The public relations policy of the national association is carried ‘on through its members,” he said. “A general feeling of good will exists on the part of the public.” | The convention will run three (days, starting each day at 10 a. m. and adjourning at noon to enable | visiting funeral directors to- visit {exhibits at the Manufacturers’ | Building. About 2000 morticians are expected to attend. i A memorial service was held to‘day for 23 members who died during the year. Morris H. Sleeth of Shelbyville, Association vice president, and member of the board, presided. He was assisted by Gretchen Wald, 10-year-old daughter of

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—When fire broke out in a waste paper basket at Basil White's home for the third successive day, they investigated, They discovered yesterday that sunlight coming through a flaw in the window glass, which created a lens, had started the blazes.

FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES

Mrs. Katherine Potter Was Widow of Ex-Official Of Atkins Firm.

Mrs. Katharine Potter, widow of Merritt A. Potter, former secretarytreasurer of E. C. Atkins & Co., died yesterday at her home in Provi-

dence, R. I, according to word received by friends here today. Mrs. Potter moved away from the city a short time after the death of Mr. Potter in 1923, and Wed several places in the East before establishing a permanent residence at Providence. A native of Columbus, O., she had lived there until her marriage to Mr. Potter. She is survived by three sisters, Miss Sarah and Miss Louise Stimmel, both of Providence, and Mrs. Mae Schoen of Ortonville, Minn. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. 'm. Thursday at the Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary. Dr. Jean S. Milner, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, will officiate: Burial will be in Crown Hill.

‘Mrs. Maymie J. Schott

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and Reformed Church for Mrs. Maymie J. Schott, 64, who died Saturday night at her home, 5946 Guilford Ave. The Rev. F. R. Daries,

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TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1940

Contractor Dies

Alonzo Jeffers lived here

33 years.

JEFFERS RITES SET TOMORROW

Native of Bristol, Ind., Had Built Many Churches, Apartments Here.

Funeral services for Alonzo Jeffers, Indianapolis contractor and

pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Crown Hill. | Mrs. Schott was the wife of] Charles J. Schott, vice president of {the Mutual China Co. wholesale She was a lifes {long resident of Indianapolis and a member of" the Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church. | Other survivors are two sisters, | Mrs, William Beumer, of Kansas | City, Mo. and Mrs. Gustav Liaske, and three brothers, Harry, John and Carl Hukriede, all of Indianapolis. Friends may call at the Hisey & Titus Funeral Home until 12:30 p.m. tomorrow.

RED CROSS WIDENS WAR RELIEF DRIVE

An enlarged drive for war relief funds was announced today by the local American Red Cross as the national organization reported its war refugee dependants had increased {1,000,000 since April 30. | Local members estimated the national organization is meeting minimum requirements for food, clothing and medical supplies for about (4.00000 persons and that “the number is rising by the thousands each hour.” The increase is due to war activity in Belgium and the Netherlands. In addition te cash outlays for sup|plies, the Red Cross already has {sent 2,261,461 surgical dressings and | 447.100 garments to stricken coun- | tries, officials said. | Local subscriptions of $5330 al(ready have been reported. In addi{tion to contributions recorded, the {local chapter today reported sub{scriptions from the following: Peo{ples Outfitting Co, nc, $100; Ed(gar H. Evans, $500; Mrs. Adelaide 'E. Barriger, $10, and Miss Caroline |B. Hendricks, $5.

builder, will be at 2 p. m. tomorrow | at the Montgomery Mortuary. Burial will be at Crown Hill. Mr. Jeffers, who was 61, died yes-

terday at his home, 4623 N. Arsenal Ave. Born near Bristol, Ind. he

(lived in Indianapolis 33 years.

He had constructed churches and apartment in the city among them the Second Maravian Church. He was a member of the Center Lodge, F.| & A. M, Raper Commandery and the Shrine Survivors are his wife, Hazel; four daughters, Mrs. Lorene Sauer, | Mrs. Dorothy Coyle, Mrs. Beatrice | rinkman and Mrs. Georgia Perlee; a son, Alonzo Jeffers Jr.; a sister, Mrs. Ella Pruitt; a brother, Leenard, and eight grandchildren, all of Indianapolis |

The Rev. Charles L. Norman

The Rev. Charles I. Norman, re-| tired Methodist evangelist, died last] night in the home of his daughter, | Mrs. L. E. Schultz, 3838 Kenwood Ave. He was 95 and was believed to be the oldest minister in the North- | west Conference. He served | throughout Indiana for many years, but had been inactive for 15 vears.| The Rev. Mr. Norman was a mem- | ber of the First Methodist Church| of Crawfordsville and of the Ma-| sonic Lodge there, He was married to Miss Izilla Stafford in 1863, Mrs. | Norman died in April, 1924. | He is survived by Mrs, Schultz; three other daughters, Mrs. Jean-| ette Bartlett, Bedford; Mrs. Bertha | Long, New Richmond, and Mrs. O.| V. Timmons, Indianapolis; a son,| R. O. Norman, New Ross; a brother, | George C. Norman, Pittsboro, and two sisters, Mrs. Izilla Hammer, | Shelbyville, and Mrs, Serapta| Judah, Bedford Services will be at 1:30 p. m. to-| morrow at the Royster & Askin! Mortuary. Officiating at the serv-| ices will be the Rev, Paul Benedict of the First Methodist Church and the Rev, C. L. McPheeters of the North Methodist Church here. | Burial will be at Crawfordsville Ma-| sonic Cemtery.

Miss Anita Ross

Funeral services for Miss Anita! Ross, a registered nurse for four] years at St, Vincent's Hospital, will | be held at 9 a, m, tomorrow at the Hospital chapel. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, Miss Ross died Sunday at the hos- | pital, where she had been ill more] than a year tive of Chicago. Graduated from City Hospital School of Nursing, Miss Ross went immediately to St. Vincent's. She had been in charge of the surgical hall. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ross of Chicago.

Edward E. Caplinger

Funeral services for Edward E. Caplinger, 92¢ BE. Raymond St, will| be at 9:30 a. mM. tomorrow at the residence. Burial will be at Madison, Ind. Mr. Caplinger was born in Trimble County, Kentucky, and had been an Indianapolis residence since 1918. He was a member of the Garfield Park Baptist Church here. He died | Sunday at the residence after a| three weeks' iliness. He was 69, | Survivors are his Wite, Carrie; | daughter, Miss Mary caplinger; a son, Robert, both of! Dallas, Tex, and two grandchildren.

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