Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 11, Number 7, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 January 1941 — FOUR TO TAKE JUDICIAL POSTS [ARTICLE]

FOUR TO TAKE JUDICIAL POSTS

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.— Three men and one woman, comprising the Republican judicial ticket in the November general election, will be inducted into office here in January, bringing to six the number of Republicans to move into the state capitol, which for 10 years has been peopled by Democrats. With their inauguration Republicans will have one seat bn the Indiana Supreme Court bench, two seats on the Appellate bench, and the fourth will take over thi* office of Reporter of the Supreme and Appellate courts, j - First to be inaugurated will be Dan C. Flanagan of Ft, Wayne and Edgar M. Blessing of Danville, who will take their seats on the Appellate Court for four-year terms beginning January I.Their inauguration will be followed January 6. by the induction as a judge of the Supreme Court of Frank N. Richman of Co umFus. On January 14 Mrs. Marjorie; Rounder Kin” i d of Indian: - poiis wiill a.*s:tine duties of Reporter of. thi Su preme and Appellate fV'uiL ; . James M. Givens of _ Purler. State Treasuijer-ejecl, will take office February 10, and the las, of the Republican state officials, named in November will receive the oath of office March 15 when I)r, C. T. Malan of Tern* Urate becomes State Su£k t inti :i ' on an P blic Instruction.. • Mr. Flanagan was born n PeU at Lafayette. He |s a graduate of the Frankfort High School and the Benjamin Harrison Law Imol of Indianapolis. iA YYorid War veteran, h set , ed| over ca-, arui after his discharge! tin- . ..«• y began the practice* of law at Frankfort in 1921'. After 'tm rr years he moved to Fort Wayne where he has been engaged jn the legal practice, j While in Frankfort Mr. Flanagan served two years as a deputy [pros'ec ating at torney, and served !jn the sail i i parity in Allen C otinty .> >0 and 1931. He Was la caiui.d; foi the Appellate Cpurl bench "'» : •>d F Mr.| Flanagan served - Allen Countjy Republican ehai nan in the t iimpairns of 193 d. ItfS and 1940,1 and under his leadership the party began its victorious mat h in 1988 in Alien County, tin- only county with a population of inure than : 50,000 that return<l a G. O. P. victory, i Married and the father of one son, the new judge is a member of the Catholic Church, the .Ancient | Order of Hibernians, ’the Knights ,of Columbus, Aju./i Region, and the \ .iieians of L >i e "U .Wars. . Mr.'- Blessing also is a ha. /c Housier'. He y/Fs born August 21, 1876, in Benton County, where lie received his grade school education, followed by grad uation from the Oxford High Soho-)!, and from the Terre Haute State Normal School in 1899. fie received his L1..8. degree from the University of Michigan, after which he entered the practice Of law at Danville. He served from 1907 to 1911 as Hendricks] County prosecuting attorney and in 1921 was named a member of the Indiana Public Service Commission, serving two years when he resigned tb accept appointment:as solicitoi for the United States : postal department. He served in that capacity until 1925, since then he has practiced law in Danville. He is married ap'd is a member of the;. Methodist Church and the Masonic fraternity.. s . Mr. RichmarCis a native-of Columbus. Born in 1881, he li\ed a short while in Kansas, anil then, with h s parents; mjpved to Chicago, .Where he was cdu ated in ill ■ | u schjoo'tip North'.', cern U uiv<a sity and j Fake Forrest CoMeg *, where he rec< iv d hi A.B. degree in 19U4 He pmt two. years in newspaper work ><*- fore studying law at the Uniy. ||f sity- of Chi ago, from which hP holds the degree of J.D. He has practiced law in Columbus since 1908, and served ps president of the Indiana State Bar Association in 1931 and 1932. Active in local Red Cross circles, Mr. Richman is a of the Columbus Foundation for Youth. Married and the father of four children, lie is a member of the Presbyterian Church, Masonic fraternity. Rotary Club and the Columbia Club of Indianapolis. Mrs. Kinnaird, Reporter-elect of the Supreme and Appellate Courts, is a native of Indianapolis, and was educated in the Indianapolis public schools, Tudor Hall of In dianapolis, and was graduated from Vassar College magna cuni laude, with an A.B. degree. She was graduated from the Indiana Law School with honors, receiving her LL.B. degree in 1932. Now a member of the law firm of Roemler and Chamberlin, she is a member of the American Bar Association, the Indianapolis Bar Association, Indiana Association of Women Lawyers, Indiana State Bar Asociation, and the Indianap olis Women’s Republican Club. She has practiced law in Indian apolis since 1932.