Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 August 1950 — Page 4

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Classrooms Pose Critical ng.

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For Hardpressed Township Facilities

(Third in a Series _ By BOB BOURNE

-SCNoo%s-are being cheated.

; -County being are being taught by qualified teachers. They receive nie in all subjects. But all over the county they meet. in| adequate.

in _bulldings. that are far from. ore World War II, the schools outside Indianapolis were BAT their individual quotas of children, Since then

In Decatur Township, Trustee|

Herbert H. Edwards, who doubles

Gains Momentum

1372 to Get Exams Here This Week

mentum in Indiana today with 1372 young men slated for phys-

That was about three times the

Examination reports showed today that 198 of the 421 men who ~answered -iast-week’s call passed their tests, Seventy-two men did not appear for examination, Sgt. Henry Hawes, public information officer for the Selective Bervice processing center, sald

‘ownship has put all its in one basket, and is evily taking care of them. The thip's only school was overd last year, but a six-room i ition is being built now, It will jandle the crowds of youngsters lor the time being and may be to take some of the load Wayns Townulilp Sehocis.

In Perry Townakip, the same

“But-Township Trustee i “son ‘Swift has indicated that plan is under way to remedy the situation, ~ An eight or 10-room building is ~ mow in the planning stage. The --—gontract-has -not-been les, but Mr. Bwift has received the OK signal ‘from the office of the State SuSpErintendent oT Public THItFaE-

tion. Perry Township is planning the first building of a $1,200,000 longrange project. This first structure will cost an estimated $440,000, * but contracts may not be let until October, Mr. Swift indicated. ‘Minimum of Steel’ “The building is being designed with a minimum of steel, and an abundance of glass block. We hope this will cut. down on the odds of stopping the project if the war effort grows,” Mr. Swift! said. : Of the seven schools in Rerry, . all are overcrowded including the "mew James Whitcomb Riley and Edgewood Schools, The new building at Southport, however, will take the upper grades out of some of the buildings in the -and leave room for thel small newcomers in the out-lying buildings. The Bluff Avenue School, corner of Bluff Rd. and Hanna Ave. is crowded now to the point the seventh and eighth grades may have to be moved to another building. - No Help Until 1961

But all this new building will,

not remedy anything until the fall of 1951. What will ‘happen when the new school children attempt to crowd into the schools this fall is a matter of conjecture. The officials don't know. ~ Two Schools. = hs some cases they have made _ arrangements to take over temporary rooms for classes, and in Cal, portable BU will rien the 3giipol grounds.

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in brass as head of the Marion County Board of Education, is at a loss for a remedy. The township has two schools, Decatur Central, with grades one through 12, and West Newton, with grades one through eight. For two straight years Mr. Edwards has attempted plans for a

new ‘high school buildin across) Oe TON Tro the

tur Central structure in Valley 1s.

late need for more classrooms is Mi

“Hut each TR ‘the proposal has, a been killed by residents in the Mars Hill area. ; The oft-proposed building woiild house only the high school; grades, and alleviate the crowded conditions forthe -lower-grades. The high school building now in

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use “would be turned ¢ over lo the FIGWer RTades,

Mars Hill Building

The Mars Hill faction proposed a grade building in the Mars Hill area, but this was turned down two years ago by the office of the

State Superintendent of Public , Instruction, which indorsed the

over-all state plan of consideration. : In-the-meantime—two-annexes’ to the high school have been put up, and this year something more must be done. Mr. Edwards and] a committee appointed. by the Decatur Central Lions Club to study the problem have not decided what the plan will be, Churches in Valley Mills have offered their rooms. for classes. The plan which met with the least approval was that of part! tioning the basketball . floor--for classrooms. at would mean no basketball flof for Decatur Central. The citizens wouldn't hear of that, but they have made no effort to correct the situation.

Tomorrow: Meeting the prob-|

6 5 Eacnpe in Crash HARTFORD CITY, Aug. 8—An| Eaton couple and their four children escaped serious injury near) here yesterday when their car| collided with . another vehicle, “over several times; and was completely demolished. Police sald Vernon Taylor and his family

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made for physical reasons, Reject 52 Per Cent Pre-induction officials said the rejection rate of 52 per cent was lower than anticipated. In 1948, he said, rejections ran as high as 75 per cent. 8gt. Hawes said the processing Senter would examine men on Bat.

day to complete" Processing of potential servicemen aie “Draft bosids in Fountain: Wow ren, Hancock, and Marion Counties supplied 122 men for examination yesterday. Marion County sent 90, Hancock 20, and Foun-tatn-Warren 12.

in today-—32 from Allen County and 90 from Marion County. srr Sgt Des Wednesdayisaess Expected Wednesday are 264 men: 88 from Bartholomew Brown, 25 from Carroll-White, 29 from Hamilton, 44 from Jackson, 25 from Jay, 48 from La Porte, and five from Greensburg. Thursday's 300 total was to come from four counties 120 from Howard, 56 from Lake, 72 from St. Joseph, and 52 from Montgomery. Friday's 310 men from Porter, 132 from Tippecanoe, and 148 from Vigo. The Saturday total, 254, included 100 from Marion, 48 from Monroe, 30 from Porter, and 76 from Vanderburgh.

Hamilton County

‘Home Under Fire

‘Draft ‘machinery gained mo-|

ical examinations here this week.}:

ni “all “rejections were aches,” the Russian said. “And what's this?” they askeds

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Fleeing Russian Carries Stalin's “Photo to Avoid Homesickness

By Earl ON SHIPBOARD, Aug.

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8—Laughs heard here and sent to Koreas casualties conval1498 summoned last wee. (there while racing through Europe: escing in Japan ... Prices onl,, ,, stage during the night show

sented. from five states will}

hand A Russian escaping from Stalingrad was halted by policeup . . . Leon Enken

of the country he was escaping to (according to a tale/keon & Eddie's in

of pills. : “Oh, that's against head-|

‘to a picture of Stalin and demanded, what's this?” : “That,” said the Russian against home sickness.” - -

ny popular in Yopdugh in an act. with his BW. Betty Garrett! told audiences he has nothing against Al Jolson.

“Really,” he sald, “Al has been He asked the fellow if he'd mind telling him where he bought these | {shoes which were blue with white ' SIGNE HASSO, the Swedish soles. Another 122 men were ordered] SIGN star, tells about a | American woman who reached Frenchman. - Stockholm on a tour and baffled shall Field's, HEHE By hers SNARATSPOR

unt like a grandfather to me.”

ordering one manhattan after an-|

correspondent of Variety, formerother sent to her room In My of B'way, Hollywood and Min-

afternoon. When the total of manhattans' reached 25, the manager went up| to investigate. He found that sh wasn't drinking the manhattans. She liked cherries, 3 know how to say cherries in| Bwedish. |

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MARILYN BUFERD (the former “Miss America,” now a movie actress in Rome) was telling me of the dialog of two French chorines, “Did you hear how poor Mimi's husband deceived her about his age when they got married?” “What happened?” “It was a terrible thing to do to the poor child. He told her he was 65—and she married him—

Deterioration of the Hamilton |County Home at Noblesville was |scored in an inspection report re-| leased today by the State Depart'ment of Public Welfare. | Institutional Inspector Russell {H. Goodrich said 16 aged persons, including two blind persons, are housed there. He sald the roof {leaks sa badly furniture must be | moved to keep it dry, that the {women's toilet is in such poor {condition it is “dangerous” and {lavatories are beyond repair and

building is in need of immediate attention... He urged residents to visit the home and inspect the facilities,

unsanitary and that the entire}

and then she found out he was i 60!" . » ”n ONE OF THE SWANKY Rome bus lines advertises its excursions this way inthe Rome dally Ameri. can: “Comfortable, speedy autopullman . . , Beach Cabins ., .! Babies Free of Charge.” ” ® = : JACK BENNY’'S press agent, Irving Fine, was resting in Cannes and spotted some shoes on a fellow that were so Frenchy he decided he had to have a pair, But where could he get a pair? | A Frenchman he was with argued! it-wouldn’t “be etiquet to go up| and ask the fellow where he got them, No, no, he must not do

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saying Hamilton County officials that, he was told. At length he! suffered only minor cuts and.haves en 4 to decided he keep

wha je to pase. ll

‘do is to stay in line. Never attempt to pass another car . . . anywhere . . . unless you can see a long, safe stretch of clear

violate good

manners for the sake of the shoes.

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rich: “But of course not” said the; —

jAndrew J. Volstead, daddy of} o Prohibition, he went to speakeasies but had! {her cards made out to i

uncle by getting the name Vol-

under an assed Rafe. ” { Midnight Earlin N.Y. |

who suddenly disappeared, may

er to Judy Garland for a winter &

Someone .a8 Lum __Fong’s | pointed out

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probably the [he's married.” only girl who on earns $5000 a week and still

can't keep her head above | water . . . It's HERE Ege EN TEE ton’s observa~ tion that JINARY.. +a “loose nu tightened hb by i a small wench.

. ire Mr, Ellington

going around Kurope) and was questioned and searched. NBC spy. story. “Top Seer the ght perormance

“What's this?” police asked him, concerning a bottle /every Sunday oF tin ea————————t » throughout the state, in 8 'Earl’s Pearls WISH I'D SAID THAT: Buddy professional and amateur ma.

a i a "that Esther /hussy,” raged Taffy. “She flirts GRAIN DESTROYED IN FIRE

. the Robert Van Natta farm north “PEOPLE WHO LIE on psychi-iof here yesterday, atrists’ couches,” notes Toni Harp- about 5000 bushels of corn, wheat ., “are prone to say anything” and oats which were . That's Earl, brother. building.

in a tent on Riverside opens at|, . its will be charged 74 cents : ‘land children 25 cents admission | -

Ring 10, , has 40 Indianapolis 30. Xa. and 35 more

DELPHI, Aug. 8—Fire of unde-| leveled a barn on

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