Ligonier Banner., Volume 70, Number 10, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 April 1936 — Page 2

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8 MORE DAYS TO REGISTER

Party Leaders Urging Voters Te Register Within the Next Three - Days ;

. The period during which voters may register or may transfer their registrations ‘of 1934 ends next Monday, April 6 and leaders of both the republican and democratic partieg today urged that voters tivcugh the county should not lost their righ to vote in the primary elcetions, Tuesday, May b 5, because of failure to comply with the state registration law. s

Persons who were properly registered for the 1934 election ard who have not mooved their places of resi dence out of the .precinct in which they then resided are automatically properly registered for the primary in May and the election in November. ;New voters and other persons who were not registered in 1934 munst register to be eligible to vote. Also persons who were registered in 1934 but who since that time have moved

out of -the precinct in which the) then registered must file transfers of registrationg if they are.to be allowed to vote. Persons who have changed their names, by reason O marriage or for cther reasong since & heir 1934 registration, must file new registrations. ;

To Spend Week In District

_lCong. James- 1. Farley of Auburn, who arrived home Saturday to spen! a week in the district plans to visii every county in the district and confer with party leaders on various bills which will come before congress thig session. P : ICong. Farley believes the present session may end by the middle of May. The major issues, that ofa tax program and the $1,500,000 relief appropriation sought by President Roosevelt still require the attention of congress, he said. The bill introduced by Cong. Farley proposing the construction of a memorial in Fort Wayne in honor of Gen. Anthony Wayne, is being push ed as rapidly. ag possible. The proposed memorial which would be used for athletic eyents and pageants, would 'be loeated in the heart of fFort Wayne and would cost $500,000 acerding to present plans. :

Reports Two Heiiers Stolen

John Raber rural houte one Bristol has asked the sheriff’s off ice at Goshen to investigate the theft of three two-year old heifers from his

farm some time between March 19 and 21. Raber did not miss the three

animalg unti] he made a check Saturday. : Raber said that he had apnioximately 200 head of cattle during the winter but had sold them until he had only 23 left. He discovered ihe theft of the three when he made a check. The animals were stolen from his barn yard which is across the road from hig home.

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ADMISSION TO BAR DENIED

Supreme Court Refuses McNames - - Permission to Practice 5 - Law

The supreme court of Indiana has affinmed the decision of Judge Aldo J. Simpson of the Elkhart ecircuit court, in refusing John Lawrence McNames of Goshen, admission to the bar on a petition filed January 12, 1931. ;

Judge Simpson’s decisicn was handed down Octoher 27 1933 after a long legal controversy . McNames’ attorney Oscar Jay. of Elkhart appealed the circuit court decision to the supreme court cn Novgmber 16, 1933. e : !

‘Word of the supreme couri’s decision handed- down March 28 was received Tuesday by Elkhart County Clerk Thomas M. Long from Paul Stump clerk of the supreme court. McNames has 30 days in which to file a petition for a rehearing. _ The McNames cas2 attracted considerable attention daring the time it was pending in the circuit court.

Mrs. Anna Hess Wawaka, Dies.

Mrs. Anna Hess, age 84 years, wife of William Hess, Wawaka died at Lakeside hospital, where she had been a patient gince last Tuesday, suffering from a fractured hip and shock, the result of a fall. Her condition had been critical. She sustained the fracture Tuesday evening when she went to a small shed near their home for a bhucket ofcoal. Mr. and Mrs. Hesg moved to Wawaka a number of years ago from Michigan and since locating in Blkhart township had won many friends in the community. . The husbang survives. :

Funeral services were held Sunday morning from the Wawaka Church of the Brethren Rev. B. E. Hoover officiating. - Interment Cosperville cemetery. -

Driver Goes to Sleep

Ralph Howie, 43, of Auburn narrowly escaped serious injuries Sunday morning when hig new 1936 Cord coach went into the dit¢h on road € just west of the interestion with road 15. He had fallen asleep after driving all night. Officials of the Auburn Automobile Co., by whom he is employed came to New Paris Sunday returning with him and the car wkrich was badly damaged after turning over twice in the ditch. ; ;

4-H Clubs Enrollment Week.

This is enrmollment week for Noble County 4-H clubs announced M. A. Nye, county agent.

Noble county 4H projects open for enrollment are: pig, lamb, colt potato and onion, corn and poultry c'ubs for boys and girls and canning baking, sewing, food preparation and room improvement project for girls Girlg commonly enrolled in livestock and crop projects. Boys may enrol! in domestic science projects. Enrollments in all clubsg close June 1. Many township girls clubs close their enrollments by May 1. Dairy calf club enrollments close April 15. Pig club, May 15. Poultry, May 1; lamb and colt, June 1, potato and onion and corn club, June 1. Most scheols of Noble county will be visited this week by committees representing Noble county 4H club leaders. Enrollment cards will be left with leaders apd at all schools.

® SCHOOL NOTES ©

Last Thursday morning Dr. J. B. Schutt, as representative of the Lions Service club, appeared before the assembly to explain the Moral Codg of Youth to the Students. In an interesting manner Dr. Schutt gave a detailed discussion of the more important rules and he also enumerated the minor ones. Since thig code is so important; a copy of it hag ben placed on the high .school bulletin board where all students can read it.

The Junior English clasg is writing assays. The subject of these essayg is, “How Can American Youth Cooperate with Fidac to Prevent Propaganda of International Hostility ?” :

Intuamural Basketball Tourney.

Friday afternoon before a crowd of approximately twenty-five persons the Comets were defeated by the Blue Racers 33 to 23 in an overtime game. Captain Drain of the Comeéts claims that things might have been different haq Big Jessup Stump been present at thg start of the game. In the second game of the afternoon. the Hicks walked away from the Cornhuskers 39 to 10. The two Vannettes and King were the big gung of the Hick's attach while Blijah anq Stiffner paced the Huskers with 8 and 2 points respectively. Captain Lough and his “Right-hand Man,” Wiley, were unable to hit the hoop; thus accounting for the Cornhuskerg low score. :

In the Monday night game the Hicks defeated the Comets 19 to 18 in a close game. Both the Cométs and the Hicks played deliberat: games and the result was not known until Captain Vannett scored a foul shot in the last minute.

In the other contests the Indians, led by Eugene Byer, trounced Loughs Cornhuskers 34 to 3. Controlling the ball nearly all the time. The Indians scored almost at will. The highlight of-this game was the individual battle between Wade of the Indians and Captain Lough of the Cornhuskers. Three Senior girls receiveq honor sweaters last week for participating In sports during the four years of their high schoo] course. The giris to receive sweaters are Elizabeth Patton, Lenora Smith and Mary Jane Svoboda. ; The Senior clasg made a nice pro-

SEED CORN IS NOT TESTING

Much of the Grain Fails to Germinate Tests Made At Albion : Show

Early dry last year’s crib corn that fanmerg have been counting on 100 per cent to germinate is not testirg out stateg Allen Emerson, Albion high school vocational agricultural instructor who is in charge of the No ble county community tester in operation at the school. s

- In a®good many cases where seed was early, properly dried and kept from freezing it ig showing a good test. Mr. Emerson and his organization are equipped to test 7000 ears weekly for Noble county - farmers. The ' nominal fee of one-half cent per ear to take care of necessary expense is the charge. Rag doll tests ar made. ‘

Farmers having good seed corn to seed, last year’s or previous year’s where tests has been made are urged to list their names and amounts they have with M. A. Nye Noble county agricultural agent Albion. Purdue Bulletin No. 193 “Testing and Prepar ing seed Corn” is available at the county agent’s pﬂ‘ice_.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS.

Notice is hereby given that the Noble County Commissionerg will on April 7, 1936, at nine o’clock receive sealed bidg on five or more trucks of not less than 1% T. rated capacity, one truck to be taken as a trade in on each:-truck and one invoice of repair parts to be taken in on complete unit of trucks. ; ‘Specificationg for the above are now on file in the County Auditer’s office and are open to the inspection of all concerned.

Bids including specifications, for the above may be filal on ¢r before the time mentioned aYove for the c¢uiing of the hids and must Le acc:mpanied wita a bidders hond or cortified check of nut less than ten per cént of the total bid: said check or bond to be made payable to the county treasurer. Bid must te made in form ag required by law and he accompanied with non-collusion affidavit and in all respects must comply with laws of Stzte of Indiana. WARREN MILLER, Highway Superintendent. GERRY DBHOFF, -~ : > ; Auaditor.

CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY CLERK LEWIS E. WOLFE Of Noble Township Announces That He is g gandkxe For the Republican Non§nation For Clerk of Noble Circuit Court Your Support Will Be Appreciated.

ROSCOE RIMMEL York Township & Democratic Candidate For Sheriff : Noble County ' Subject to Primaries May 6 Your support Will Be Appreciatad.

Mr. ang Mrs. Frank Reid and two daughters Bennie Jean and Betty Lou of Valparaiso were week end guests of the former’s mother Mrs. Henry J. Reid and sister Mary Reid. |

fit from their class play, and they wish to express their &ppreciation to those who conuibnt&h any way to the success of tlie play. ' i DEPARTMENTAL NEWS. By Dale Kiester. Report cards will be given out next week for the last time before the finalg

Perfet. attemJance for last week is as follows:North Side, all girls; South Side, Ist and’' second grade girls andg 3rd grade boys.

'Radph Gose has returned to school after a week’s ab3ence. ;

Thursday, March 26, the Fighth grade held their class meeting. They had an amateur hour, Ross Williamg winning the prize. The whole class took part in the program, which consisted of songs poems stories and instrumental music.

Centralized School Notes.

Alice Green entered the seventh grade Monday, moving here Irom Honeyville.

Richard er wag absent Monday .and T‘nl:aﬁy. We are sorry to lose Arthur Duesler for the rest of the vear as a result of ill health. Agneg Bowles will not return to school for several days because of an injury. .

Lloyd Leslie was sbsent Tuesday because of the loss of hig home by fire. ;

‘We closed our basketball season last Wednesday evening at Wawaka. The girls being defeateq and the boys winning 24 to 12. The Sewenth and REighth grade First Year Sewing Clasg has an exhibition in the Home Economics room this week.

~ The Art Class of the Fifth and Sixth grades are making tree posters.

Mary Green entered the Fifth grade Monday from the Honeyville school. Norma Risser of the Fourth grade is ill with the mumps. Clifford Green has entered the Fourth grade from the Heoneyville school.

Junior Kurtz is abgent from the Third grade. Ross Stoltz ig absent from tne Primary room because of mumps. Mrs, Barl Neufer visited the Primary rooom last week.

PUBLIC ROAD MEETING

Problems of Road Work and Financing In Fourth Distriet Involved

Problemg of highway construction maintenance and financing as they ap ply particularly to the counties o? the Fourth congressional district wiil be discussed at g public meeting to be held in the:assembly room at the Allen county court house at 8 o’clock Tuesday evening April 7. The mest ing is being calleg by the highway survey commission created by the Indiana general assembly in 1935 This is the first series of public meetings being scheduled for each of the congressiona] distriets, it was an nounced by Earl Crawford chiirman “These meetings” he said “are being planned to acquaint the public with Indiana’s highway problem as it relates to the intelligent construction and proper maintenance of roads in which the taxpayer’s money ig invest e’d.” .

The survey inaugurated several months ago with the co-operation of the U: 8. bureau Oof roads, covers both county and state highway systems which have a combined leng*a of approximately 77,000 miles ana carry an increasing fraffic load. Through the Fourth district meeting at Fort Wayne anq those in other districts, members of the commisson hopoe to obtain cnstructive suggestions and pertinent information for incorporation in the recommendatons to be submitted to tha genera] assembly when it convenes next year.

The commission was created by the legislature to make “a scientific study and survey of thet raffic needs and requirements of this state, investigate the desirability or necessity for the widening of roads n congest ed area for highway and railroad grade separation, for the repair construction or maintenance of existing highways and formulate a compiete highway building for thig state, and make recommendations relative to the means of financing the same. The commission shall make a thorough study of the sengineering ecopomic and practical problemg involved and shall submit a report embodying their recommendations and program to the eightieth general ,a(,;sel_pbly.” Members of the coommission engag ed in the survey include Rep. John H. Schermerhorn of Noble county,

- Store Is Entered.

Thieves entered the grocery store of Clarence Zonker in Kendallville Monday morning about 4 o’clock but ‘were frightened away before they could secure any loot. The thieves were frightened away by the driver of the Holsym Baking Co. truck of Fort Wayne when he stopped at the grocery to leave a bread order.

. Given Contract For Paying ' The contract for paving 15066 miles of the Elkhant-St. Joseph county line road from state road 2 to U. 8. 20 has been awarded to Rieth-Riley Construction rompany of Goshen on a bid of $42,062.50. The paving will bbe reinforced concrete. st g

Amm and lndr d; Final Decision A 10 The Noble county centennial wil) either be held at the Kendallville fair grounds, Alblon or Sweet lake In Jef ferson, township some timg this summer. The date ang place was to have been selected at a meeting held at Kendallville but the executive committee was unable to agree on one of the three sites selected. The meet ing for the final decision will be held April 10 at the court house in Al‘bion. The sites were selected by the time and place committee of which Dale Guthrie is chairman.

8. G. Browan, general chairman called the meeting to order and emphasized the necessity of immediate action to complete all of the preliminary work incident to the centennial, Incorpooration papers were read and approved and signed by Browman and Guy Favinger, secretary the only two officers present. 'W. L. Holcomb publicity chairman gave a report and announced that half of the township reporters had been selected. June Hill, Wayne township, and Virginia Shutta, Allen township, were asked to read pappers given them. lln the selection of township centennial reporters, Holcomb stated he had selected descendantg of first settlers wherever possible. June Hill's great-grand-father on her father's side was Nicholas Hill, who lived at Kendallvile when the township was organized. On her mother's side her great grandfather, Charles Aichele, wag ong of the city’'s first mayors.

Mr. Holcomb tendered his resignation as publicity chairman but it was not accepted and a motion was made to appoint a committee to assist him.

The committee heard Constance Hopking of the John B. Rogers Production company of Fostria 0., which specializes in centennial pageants. She spoke briefly gn pageaatry.

Eleetric Power Use Showg Car Galns. Electric power used by the Ford Mqtor company in the Detroit area during 1935 amounted to 658,247,947 kilowatt hours representing a value of more than $5,000,000, it was announced at the home offices of the

company in Dearborn. Comparison of the 1934 and 1935 figures of electric current generated and consumeq in the Ford Rouge plant at Dearborn is' an indication of the company’s industrial activities. The 1935 output and consumption exceeded that of 1934 by more than 145,000,000 kilowatt hours.

Of the company’s total usage of electricity in the Detroit area 645, 866,091 kilowatt hours were generated and consumég in the Rouge plant: 3,541,000 kilowatt hours was purchas ed from outside sourceg for use at the Rouge plant; and the remaining 8,840,856 kilowatt hours was generated and consumed at various Ford factories in the area surrounding Detroit.

In generating the company’s reguirements of electricity for the year, the equivaelnt of 747,486 tons of coal was used—enough to fill 19,000 50ton railway coal gondolas. If made up in a single train, they would extend more than 125 miles.

Fire Truck in Collision.

Three men were injured, one seriously, when the Wolf Lake firc truck was in collision with another automobile while enroute to a fire. Gary Skinner, 35, driver of the truck, was pinned under the demo!ished equipment, and suffered a broken pelvis, s spinal injury and possible internal injuries. . Emmett Eardley, also a fireman, was thrown from the truck and suffered an inpury to his righ hip, Albert Waltan, another fireman, was burned by acid when the truck overturned. The accident occurred on state road 2 Saturday afternoon when the firemen were making a run to the Rollie Gray farm to extinguish a burning straw stack.. The truck was followed by a car: driven by F.H. Northquist of Holland, "Mich. The firamen signaled for a left turn, state police who invistigated said, but Northquist failed to notice the signal and attempted to pass the truck striking the fire truck at the driver’s seat. ; : ' The fire truck was demolished. State police saig Northquist may be brought back to face chargesg if Wolf Lake men desire to push claims.

Set Schedule for Meetingy.

The tollowin; meetings have been held in Noble county to explain new government and conservation plans:

Swan and Allen townships met on Tuesday might. Washington, Noble and Orange townshaps met on Wednesday night. :

‘The dates for thy meeting in the other townships are: 2 Spart township--Cromwell schoo: Wednesday night, April 2. Green—Green Center school on Thursday night, April 2.

Jefterson—Jefferson Center School Thursday night, April 2.

Perry—Perry Centralized schoo’, Friday night, Apri] 3. PR

York—York Center school, Friday ”ﬂ »’0

~ Hkpart—Wawaka school, Friday, April 3. 'Wayne—Wayne Center school, Friday night, April 3. All meetings are 7:30 pm. This program is open to all farmers. Fol Jowing explanation of new prgrams at ‘the meetings, election of township committees will take plage.

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FRANKFORT IS STATE CHAMP

Beats Fort Wayne Central, 50 to 24; Sitko Awarded Gimbel Prize ;

A fast, brilliant five tutoredq by Everett Case, brought Frankfort high school its third Indiana high schoo! basketball championship Saturday by downing Central of Fort Wayne, &) to 24, before a capacity crowd a: Butler field house in Indianapolis. The Frankfort team was, without a doubt one of the most outstanding teamg to win the coveted title in the 25 years of tournament history. The Central Tigers kept blasting away at the ‘Frankfort polished defense, but found themselves pitted against a -five with amazing strength and power, tog brilliant to let up under pressure. The almost ‘flawless passing coupled with superidr height wag responsible for the one-sided Frankfort victory. :

-~ Central of Fort Wayne won the right to meet Frankfort in the finals winner over Anderson jn tha 3 o’clock game Saturday afternoon by besting Central of Evansyille hy a score of 36 to 31. The Central cf Fort Wayne Tigers overcame an early first period lead by Evansville and then quenched a threatening rally in the final period to win. The Tigers’ victory meant they would ve present Fort Wayne—and the Norikeadtern Indiana conference—in the final fling, an honor never before won by a Fort Wayne team. Frankfort easily set down Aunderson defending champions, in the alternoon, 34 to 18. The combination of McCreary and Vaughn at forward posts for Frankfort netted 20 points 12 for McCreary and 8 for Vanghn. Montgomery towering Frankfort center, gathered 9 points in thig contest.

In the championship fling, Jack Paul Fort Wayne forward, counted from the field in the first minute of play, to give his team its only lead in the ball game. Two fast and

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easly earned basketg by Montgomery and Vaughn sent Frankfort into . a lead it never relinquished. The halftime score read 21 to 14 with the Hot Dogs leading. “ o Montgomery gathered 9 field goals and a charity toss in the final contest for high scoring honorsg of the tourney. : .

Steve Sitko Centra] of Fort Wayne guarqd was awarded the Gimbel award presented the player sthing the best mental attitude throughout the tourney. The awarding of the Gimbel medal and championship shields were made immediately following the final contest. wil,

Ashley Baby Sealded.

Matilda Cole 19 months old laughter of Mrs. Cole of Ashley, was seriously scalded n a pan of boiling water at the .family home. The child was rushed to a hospital at Angola, where she was found to be seriously scalded from the walist down. When the child stepped into g}he pan the receptacle was tipped up, splashing the water over her body.

Men to Take Up Electric Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. Prefer men now employed and mechanically inclined with fair education and willing to train spare time at home to become experts in installation and service work. Write, giving age, phone, present oceupation. Institute - ; 404 N. Wells St Chicago, Hl.