Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1920 — MADE NEW FARM COLONY HEAD [ARTICLE]

MADE NEW FARM COLONY HEAD

Winchester Man Appointed Superintendent of Butlerville Farm. Indianapolis, Feb. 6. —Ernest Chenoweth of Winchester was appointed superintendent of the new farm colony for the feeble-minded at Butlerville by the trustees of the Institution. He will assume the duties of the position next Wednesday, when plans will be made for the purchase of supplies and the organization of the force of employees of the institution. Mr. Chenoweth obtained a commission as a lieutenant in the first officers’ training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison and became a captain during his service in France. While in France he bad charge of construction work. Mr. Chenoweth was reared on a farm In Randolph county. He taught school In Wayne county for a time, aud resigned us superintendent of a consolldatvd school In Randolph county to enter the army. He served on the Mexican border.