Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1940 — Page 44
™ ELECTED
TWOYEARS AGO)
Conkle, Locke to Visit Meet-"
ing Dec. 30, Take Over Posts Next Month.
By EARL HOFF
If it hadn’t been for some fast work by the Board of School Commissioners, under suspension of the rules, Roscoe Conkle and Theodore Locke would have had to get their first unofficial look-in on a Board meeting on New Year's Eve. a
Instead, they'll attend a Board meeting the evening before. It's a date the pair have been waiting for since Nov. 8, 1938, when they were elected to the Board. - Officially, the two men won't be‘come Board members until Jan. 14, the first meeting in 1941, But they're going to make a courtesy visit Dec. 30 when the two men will replace John F. White and Earl Buchanan, retired after four years’ service. - The School Board changed the fiext bi-monthly ©” meeting date, which normally falls on a Tuesday, to the preceding Monday to avoid New Year’s Eve. - Mr. Conkle, a funeral director, “has attended Board meetings beFore, but only as a: citizen interested in action by the s¢hool group. Both said they looked forward to gerving on the Board as a “pleasant duty.” “We have no special plans in mind for action when we join the Board. In fact, we'll be very quiet members until we become oriented, » Mr. Locke said. Mr. Locke and. Mr. Conkle have been ‘members-elect: for two years because of laws governing the Board. President Harvey B. Hartsock, Mrs. Carl J. Manthei and Evans Woollen Jr., incumbents, took office immediately after the five,
‘Michigan St.,’
New,
Roscoe Conkle (left) and Theodore Locke +». waited for ‘two
years.
‘backed by the Citizens School Com-
mittee, were elected. Their terms will expire in 1942 when another election will be. held. The tenure laws were designed so
that there would always be expe-
rienced members serving on the Board. Mr: Conkle, who lives at 1934 W. is married and has two: children. He is 43. His oldest son, John, is a pupil at School 50 and will be a Washington High School freshman next fall. His youngest son, Roscoe Jr. is 17 months old. Active in civic affairs on the West Side, Mr. Conkle is a member of the American’ Legion, the 40 & 8, Odd. Fellows Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Masonic: Lodge, Scottish Rite and the Murat Temple. He is past president of the West
Michigan Street Business and Professiorial Men’s Club, is past president of the Lions ‘Club and has served as president of the Indianapolis District Epworth League. Mr. Locke's two children, Theodore Jr. and Elsie ‘Ann, are both graduates of Shortridge = High School. _ His son is a junior at Dartmouth College and his daughter is a freshman “at Smith College. Mr. Locke, who is 49, lives at 5210 Washington Blvd. He attended the University of Missouri and holds the degree- of
‘ILL. B. from the University of Mich-
igan. He is a member of the American Legion, the 40 & 8, the Indianapolis, Indiana and, American Bar Associations, the Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite, the Murat Temple and Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.
WARRED THRICE | 4 BUT UNDAUNTED) -
oil Heiress Asks Divorce,
Hints She Has No. 4 Chosen Already.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (U. P).—|
Black-haired Virginia Hill, 23-year-old Marietta, Ga., oil heiress avers that three husbands, and the prospect of a' fourth, had not “dis-
‘|illusioned” her about marriage.
“I haven't,” she said, “lived long | enough’ with any one man to know what it's all about.” Miss Hill declared her faith in
matrimony yesterday while Supreme
Court Referee Daniel PF. Cohalan was reserving decision on her request for a divorce from husband No. 3--Carlos Gonzales; Mexican dancer. She indicated that, “it Judge Cohalan decided right, she had husband No. 4 already lined up. Her first two marriages, she said, were quickly. terminated in Georgia by annulment, She said that she and two actress friends found Gonzales, to
whom she was married last Jan. 25,
with a blond in his apartment here|p last July 14. Miss Hill had words, harsh words. with the blond, it was testified, and the’ interloper fled, accompanied by Gonzales. She was not too specific about hér future matrimonial plans. “I am,” she said, however, “lookIng forward to my divorce.”
POCAHONTAS PARTY TONIGHT The Marion County Association, Degree of Pocahontas, will have its annual Christmas’ party with Winamac Council in Winamac Hall, 29th and Clifton Sts, at 8 p.m tonight. :
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“handling of dog teams in the win“try northern climates. To get them “the “Army today canvassed all reserve officers of the Indiana and other military areas throughout the country.
The letter read; “This office (area headquarters) has been
thority with a list of names, rank and’ age of reserve officers not yet called to active duty who are ex.pert skiing and snow shoeing instructors. “A similar report is required of officers who have had experierice in handling dog teams in northern climates.” It has been reported that increasing numbers of troops will be trained in winter warfare during the coming months.
9 PUPILS UNHARMED IN BUS-AUTO CRASH
ROCHESTER, Ind, Dec. 13 (U. P.).—Nine pupils in Woodrow Consolidated Grade School near here narrowly escaped serious injury yesterday when their school bus was involved in an accident. A car driven by. John Ginn, 72, of Rochester, crashed into the rear of the bus as it was stopped to unload passengers on Road 14 .along the north shore of Lake Manitou. Ginn’s car skidded on wet pavement when he attempted to stop behind the bus. The children were shaken up and
.| bruised. ‘Ginn and his wife suffered
cuts and bruises. |
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