The Syracuse Journal, Volume 26, Number 45, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 1 March 1934 — Page 1

6/Arthur Brisbane “ALL IS FINISHEDGOOD YEARS PREDICTED DEPRESSION ENDED—FORD "-ARMY AIRMAIL

The.king of Belgium, who climbed mountains because kings in these days have little of the old kingly executive excitement left, took hold of a rock loosened by the frost and rain, far up, fed and w.s killed. His sous sonowtuliy walked behind their father’s coffin; his widow murmured, over and over, Tout est fini—“All is finished. ** 'lhe older son takes his lather's place and sll is finished. h may be true, as Mussolini, Hitler and Kemal agree, that human beugs, in their lepubhcs and demo-! c.acies, h ve s..o„n inability to gov- j er., tuemseives. But government by I kings has failed also. Whether a king lue? or oies makes little difference except that sometimes the change from one king to ano.her may excite Lommumsls and other * Keos,” caus-1 ii.g unple s-nt uemonstrations. France, needing Belgium as a buffer state, so u.efui in delay Germans in the big uar, worries . < Lt ie atom ueigian communists. O.herwise hte de..th of the good-na.ured inendly Belg.an kn g m.a. s nothing. Mr. Rkhard H. Grant, who unders.a.os business, having distributed many hundred.- < f mil.«ms, of valuable nivrchai.di e. be ie.es toat Ame<> tea is uue for three or tour years oi prosperity, induced by the stimulus 1 or g vet..meut spending." At the end ut hie three or four yei.rs prosperity Mr. Gr«.nt minks ‘the natural world • recovery will cane use II and I think be v.e:l under w y wr.tn government , Sj.e..d.:>c st p . ’ Niue out of ten business men feel as hr. Grant feds, but they all know trial when you cha. ge a patient from >t.vug n.edi<*ms, s anulan s, digitalis to drive the heart, morphine to oeadeu pa.n, you mustier, it e. lefuilj lhe change fr?m bn.le barn’s money j to money ‘that you earn yourself’ will have .its difficulties. Henry Fold has dismissed the de- . session from his mind, 'it is ended . «j he, not tor .h sor that one oi a hu '*w*ed reasons, but because the g people bate: got tired bl it. When they wm V they end it." If every n. *n wiil do,the thing that he knows do, as well as he po.-sibly can d<> there will be no mors tivume, i>. Mr. hurd’s opinion he believes that Rooseveh t has made r«> m.stake thus far, and s«ys -'lhe American .dollar will al- j ways be a good dollar at * r« al dollar. not a t»O-cent do.Ur, You :an no moie compare our mo C *Y *’>th Mher money than you can c •’mpare >ur country with other countr.'**- , ‘ The value of money depends 011 what it will buy. The dollar will a?* says buy anything.” < The antics of gold, rising and falling, rushing in here when we go “ofT it, amuse .ar. Ford. He never had * tny high opinion of gold. Men ideas »nd work are what count, for him. { Army planes are carrying the mails, 1 Army pilots are doing the work, not 1 M»y better than the highly trained air 1 mail pilots, but just as well. It is 1 to be hoped that army air mail pilots will be well paid, as least as well as ' lhe commercial piots, and that .as * many of the latter as care to do so 8 will find employment in the army air * mail service, with pay as good as 1 that which they had received or better J "“This use of army planes and flyers • for carrying mails, made necessary 1 by the conviction of Pres. Roosevelt ’ and Postmaster General Farley that 1 private air mail contract have been vitiated by fraud, may prove of great value to this country. Pres’ ant Roosevelt means to do ‘ sor-- ‘ ng about the sugar problem, wL disturbs the world from Utah < to tne Gu’ e -es, from Asia to Cuba < via Hs and Porto Rico. 1 An attempt will be made to allot to I each sugar-; roducing territory its i rightful share of the United States 1 sugar market. We cannot or do not here grow any but a small part of the ■ sugar this country needs, and must rely on other countries, particularly i on Cuba, so important, in case of i -war, because of its nearness to our i shores. U seems fair to protect the i production and competition by allot- i >g to each a share of our market. —— i Cutt *“• down the number of CWA workers ’ uxl tovernment-made jobs, in one stat.'*™ 85,000 to 56.060 the government fir*. to drop work ar* in whose “ other member to working, leaving on‘y *>»• in each family mak>C .-noney; second “Drop workers that *>»' e , other 1 sources, ” and third, a order, “Make sure that > wom * n eceive equal consideration i*itnNQ® ed J f men.” The order might read, “nx™ consideration than needy men.” California evidently intends to make kidnaping dangerous within her borders. A colored man who kidnaped a butcher’s employee and took 67 cents from him is sentenced to imprisonment for life. That will discourage other*.

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PARK WORK TO CONTINUE UNDER CWA Syracuse Project Approved; 4 Men are Laid Off. The CWA project for further improvement of the Syracuse park, terracing the H< hill, cleaning and filling the creek Leu uelow the water company’s dtm on Turkey Creek, and the building of a .-i»h real mg pond has been officially ppruved. The project calls tor §7,- ~ tor 3o men and 6 trucks. According to Ro&oe Howard, the v’WA officers in Warsaw said yester,.»y hat no moi e projects will be approved/. mere is much doubt if the pro-I ecu c.n be tinuhed before May 1, «hen the Tederai Government has stated that ail ChA work will end. Friday when the CwA work week men will'be l. id off the voun.y CaA payrolls. Three of nese men will be fiom the S>racuse p.jrand one from the Uawasee ail pot t. Last week 81 men were .aio off. T here w ill be 476 men on the . vumy pay rolls Friday. z Beginning Friday, all men w ill be transferred from the j .»a.,asce Air Fort to the park until i he ground thaws out. Roscoe Howid wul be foreman of the park pro- j ject. Projects killed over the county due • the laying off of men are two library projects in Warsaw, and a I library and water works project in j Pierceton. j liu men will be wmrking in War- ; saw Friday. HAVE MOCK WEDDING Fifty attended “family night” of .he Bethany Economics Club and en,oyed the oyster supper at the John j McGarity home on Georgia Washing-! ton’s birthday. lhe home wts decoiated in Amer-' ican colors and the program was a < .nock U eddmg of George and Mar.ha Washington, All of the wedding party were dressed in old fashioned j cos.umes. Mis. Floyd Rowdabaugh j was George; Mrs. Wm. Sheffield was Martha; Mrs. McGarity was the i minister; ‘Mrs. Delbaler of No. Manhester was the minister’s wife; Mrs. | rlinmet Troup was bridesmaid; Mrs. ! t'mina Baker was best man. The | wedding march was played by Mrs. Howard Watkins. The ring ceremony was used fol-1 lowing which a wedding supper was | served the bridal party. Mrs. Roy' Pulley had baked the wedding cake and each of the guests at the party received a piece of it. Other features of the program ‘ a-ere talks on advice to newly-weds by Mr. McGarity and Mr. Rowda-1 baugh. Daring the program Milo Troup and Mr. Beard gave readings; | Dan W.rcie. Mr. Rowdabaugh, Mr. Karick entertained with music. The next “family night” will be at i the Bethany school St. Patrick’s * Day. The next meeting of the club I will be February 8, with Mrs. Rarick in Waterford. TO REPRESENT COUNTY Henry Johnson and Howard W olfe of Pierceton and Charles Huffer of Warsaw will represent Kosciusko county In May at the state contest in corn judging at the annual spring meeting at Purdue university, Lafayette. The club round-up includes > high school pupils, who are specialising in vocational agriculture and home economic*. The selection was made from 75 vocational agriculture pupil* from Warsaw, Pierceton, Mentone, Beaver Dam and Syracuse. Highest judg-. ing scores were made by the following: Henry Johnson of Pierceton, score 97.75; Howard Wolf* of Pierceton, score 97.75; Charles Huffer of Warsaw, score 97.75; Charles Yoder of Syracuse, score 97.15. a SUGAR WINNERS. Sugar was won, and distributed in the Grade school building, Saturday evening to: Charles Dean, Walter Kegg, C. E. Beck, D. Stabler, Virginia Marsh, O. M. Rarig, O. Kiser, Mae Hoelscher, Emma £loan, Russel Kistler, H. W. Rucfehols, Prentice Kindig, Gerald Bushong, O. P. Davis, Roy Meek, Harry Culler, Harold Kitson, H. Jeffrie#, Betty Baumgartner, George Wandel. ' x LAST CHANCE. Workers wih’ be at the Library, Tuesday, March S, the last day on which farmers can sign contracts to limit corn and hog production. 0

ONE PRISONER’S IDENTITY LEARNED Fingerprints of Man Who Denies Robbing Schacht Cottage Show He Is Wanted in Ohio. The man in the Kosciusko county jail registered as ‘ Joseph C. Moxley 37, ot Huntington, Ind.,” charged with robbing the Clifford Schacht cottage on Wawasee, has been discovered to be William D. Puckett, alias Weston, alias Joe Moxley. Puckett, according to Sheriff Harley D. Person, is one of the notorious Puckett brothers of Ohio wanted for s>ever 1 years by Ohio authorities for holdu, o in that state. A tv>» days ago finger prints of Pwcaett, alias Moxley, were sent to the department of justice at Washington, D. C. Federal authorities telegraphed at once to Lima, 0., auihoiities and Tuesday the sheriff re-ceived-a warrant signed by Neal Poling, municipal judge of. Lima, asking for Puckett. Puckett is accused of hiding up Wanen E. Klinger in Lama on July 28, 1930, and of robbing Klinger of §SO. Record is Awaited. The record of Puckett has not as yet been received by Kosciusko au.horities from Washington. In the> letter fiom Lima it was stated that Puckett is an automobile mechanic and he was arrested in Dayton on June 3, 1120. W hen arres ed at Huntington a few- weeks ago by Sheriff Johnson of Huntington, Puckett was accompanied by John Glass, an escaped sfigmvict from the Ohio reformatory. {Glass is being held in jail at Warsaw and will be sent to Ohio after the trill. The two men are accused jof burglarizing the Cliffoid Sch cht I cottage at Lake Wawasee last De- ■ cember. Glass is alleged to have turned states evidence on the Lake Wa* see robbery against Puckett | alias Moxley. SYRACUSE-CLAYPOOL MEET FRIDAY AT 4 Beaver Dam and No. Webster Draw i “Byes” for Sectional Tournament in Warsaw. In the drawing for the sectional basketball tournament to be held in I Warsaw Friday and Saturday this . I week, the powerful Beaver Dam team i winner of the county tournament a few weeks ago, and the North Web[ster teams drew “byes”, t so which ever is winner of the game played between these two teams will ; have to play only three games to win the tournament while other teams of the county would have to play ; four games. 'Schedule of Games. ' Following is the schedule for the i tournament: x Friday. Game I—lo a. m. —Etna Green vs Atwood. Game 2 -11 a. m.—Silver Lake vs Mentone. Game 3—2 p. m. —Milford vs Leesburg. I Game No. 4 —3 p. m.—Pierceton ; vs Sidney. j Gime 5 —4 p. m. —Syracuse vs j Claypool. < Game 6—7;30 p. m.—Burket vs ’ Warsaw. Game 7—8:30 p. m.—North Webster V* Beaver Dam. Saturday. Game 8-9 a. m.—Winner Game 1 v* Winner Game 2. Game 9—lo a. m.—Winner Game 3 vs Winner Game 4. Game 10—ILa. m.—Winner Game 5 vs Winner Gaine 6. Game 11—2 p. m.—Winner Game 7 vs Winner Game 8. Game 12—3 p. m.—Winner Game 9 vs Winner Game 10. Game 13—8 p. m.—Winner Game 11 vs Winner Game 12. The winner of the Warsaw Sectional will meet the winner of the Garrett Sectional at the Auburn regional in dae second fe ame. The winners at Kei.aallville and Angola will play in the first game. The winner at the Auburn regional will play the winner at the Muncie regional at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon, March 16, at the state tourney. Official* are Hugh Vandiver, Clive Markley and Paul B. Kriegbaum. UNDERGOES OPERATION Rev. A. J. Armstrong underwent an operation in the Methodist hospial in Fort W ayne last Friday. It is hoped Jhat he will be able to be brought home some time this week. His father, Rev. F. A. Armstrong preach in h* B P l »ce Sunday morn- —« g— Gerald Henwood came from Deto spend the week end at home. Charles Hess accompanied him and was dinner guest at the Jerry Hammon home Sunday.

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|ON LAKE WAWASEE' i . 1 Although not injured Friday, when their car was side-swiped by a New Nash in transit on Road 6, Mrs. C. Bishop has been ill this week, her illness caused by nervousness. With her husband she was on the way to Ligonier, when the car approaching them struck an icy spot and skidded into the Bishop machine, crumpling the fender and running board. Paul Thornes, who works for Bishop’s in the summer had his hand burned in an accident in the garage in Albion where he has been working this past winter. A spark had ignited, a pan of gascline and Thomas, using long tongs, tried to carry the pan out doors, but even though the tongs were long, the heat severely burned his hand. Mrs. Emma Whistler has returned home from a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Bailey in Jackson, Mich. The U. D. T. S. club met last Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. W. Emerson. Members attending were: Mrs. Bird, Mrs. Warner, the Misses Voorhees. Mrs. Earl Menzenberger was a guest. Mrs. Thomas E. Potter and Mr. and Mrs. Phyllis Merrill of Fort Wayne were luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Sudlow one day last week, and spent the afternoon with the Misses Emma and Louise Voorhees. Mrs. Potter and Mrs. Merrill planned to start on Friday for Coronada Beach, Fla., to spend some time there, and then go on to Texas to visit Mrs. Potter’s brother, W. B. Sudlowe. A card just received by the Journal from Gene Boyts states: “Just got married. Am spending my honeymoon in Nassau." It is signed by Gene and Gale Boyts. The Citizens’ State bank of Huntington has filed suit in circuit court .gainst Earl L. Martin and o hers in which a judgment of $7,500 is asked on a not*. Mr. and Mrs. John Waltpn returned home Saturday after * visit in Albion. Ms. and Mrs, George Mellinger went to list Thursday to help their daughter, Mr*. Don Fussier move to her new home. Mrs. ; Cecelia Hoelflinger came from South Bend to spend the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Louie Solt. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Martin's nephew and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lyon and three sons, from Buchanan Mich., spent thh week end with Mr. and Mrs. Martin. William Irwin hrs received a telegram from Frank Remy stating that his brother Perry Remy was dead. CANDIDACY DECLARATIONS MAY BE FILED ON MARCH 9 Declaration* of candidacy for public offices in the primary, May 8, may be filed with the county clerk beginning March 9. Candidates have 30 days to file their announcement* after that date, officiate explianed. The last date for filing declarations of candidacy is April 7, allowing 30 days before the primary election. T _o Warren McC»nn of Leesburg i* working as night clerk at the Grand Hotel. ' -.-. I „ m ■ - -- ■ w I■! 36 ISSUES OF THE JOURNAL FREE Starting with this issue of the Journal, there will be a column devoted to hints, ideas, suggestions for gardens, lawns, flowers, birds. What is now needed, is a suitable name and address plus the name you have selected for it. You must accompany this with a paragraph of not more than twenty-five word* stating why you have chosen the name submitted. The name of the column not to exceed five words. Address yopr suggestions to the Journal Offic*, The following ar» seme suggestions for names: The Janus Garden Corner. Things you Ought to Know. Things to Think About. The “Read-Me” Corner. Judges win be selected from local residents. Prize winner will be announced as soon as judges have come to their decision,which will be final. Name submitted, plus originality, plus neatness COUNT! The wnner will receive a six iponths subscription to the Journal FREE. Contest eMees March 15,_ J 93Read “Column" in this issue

1 HONOR ROLL NAMES i OF MONTH ANNOUNCED r - ■ Teachers Name Students With “A” and “B” Grades With School 1 a Month Ending Yesterday. f . j Honor roll names have been anj nounced for the month of school just completed. For the First Grade are: Barbara r Bushong, Margaret Miles, Katherine Jean Myers, Mary Lou Thomas, E ‘ Charles Searfoss, Adolph Stieglitz, Lovan Symensma. j For the Second Grade are: Joan Xanders, Ilene Benson, Roy Stiffler, Billy Eyer, Jimmie Myers. For the Third Grade are: Caroline Beck, Doris Davis, Francis Miller, Leia Plew, Carol Rarig, Jimmie j Kroh, Jimmie SLbaugh. > Fourth Grade: Betty Gordy, Betty Henwood, Junior O’Haver, Warren Benson, Philip Brower. Firth Grade: Martha Rose Hibschman, Ruth Rarig. f Sixth Grade: Dorothy Crouch. > Seventh Grade: Kathryn Di lien, • Robert Hinderer, Burton Niles. Eighth Grade: Jean Emerson, Eileen Tom. Freshmen: Lucy Bachman, Juanita I Geiger, Lucille Osborn, Robert Strieby. t Sophomore: Chester Brown, Robert 1 Insley, Carma Parkhurst, Marjorie ' Slabaugh. 1 .Juniors: Russel Gawthrop, Willo- • dean Mock. 8 Seniors: James Freeman, Martha 5 Leacock, Gwendolyn Stuckey, o MR. LIND’S DEATH REt SULT OF HEART ATTACK : Details concerning the death of • J. P. Land in Akron were given in a r letter received by Mrs. Josie Snavely from his son and wife. They wrote; “He was so healthy all • winter and seemed to enjoy himself ■ so much with the children here, and 1 relished his meals so much, I thought he would not mis* going to Florida this winter. Not long ago he said the winter was passing fast for him and he wm looking forward to the time 1 when he could come back to the lake. “L st Wednesday evening he ate a . little popcorn before he went to bed. ( He did not eat much but Thursday he said he had a distressed feeling In his stomach, and did not eat much all day. Friday he said he felt bet? i, ter. He was out to the shop twice ; that day and walked around to get some exercise. He went to bed about' his usual time Friday night and slept all night. “About 4:30 Richard called us and i said grandpa was sick. He said he couldn’t rouse him and when we got to his bedside he was almost gone, breathing very fast and heavy. At ten minutes of five he was gone, dead before the,doctor arrived. The doctor said he thought it was a heart attack or perhaps a stroke." 0 ' VOTERS OUT OF STATE MUST COME BACK TO REGISTER ; General Philip Luts ruled Tuesday that Indiana voters who are outside the state must come back to Indiana and register personally, if they wish to vote this year. The opinion was 1 given at the request of Benjamin 1 Stern, secretary to Senator Frederick VanNuys, who said there were many Indiana residents in Washing--1 ton who had hoped that they could register by mail. About 50 per cent ’ of the Indiana voter* have registered so far, Dr. Carleton D. McCullough, Democratic state chairman, announced today. NEWLYWEDS SERENADED Mr. and Mrs. William Jarboe returned home yesterday from their honeymoon. In the evening they were serenaded by the Young People’s Class of the Church of the Brethren of which Leonard Barnhart is teacher. Following this, the serenaders and bride and groom were entertained at a reception by Rev. and Mrs. J. Edwin Jarboe. 0 CLUB MEETS. The Wednesday Afternoon Club met yesterday at the home of Mrs. Court Slabaugh. The study was on Russia. Mrs. Perry Sprague gave a “Biography of Lenin,” Mrs. Wm. Bowld “Russia Under Trotsky," end Mrs. Slabaugh, “Russia Under Stalin.” UNDERGOES OPERATION Mr*. Waiter Simpson, who lives north of town, underwent a major operation in the Elkhart hospital this morning. A ROUND TABLE MEETS, The Ladies of the Round Table met Monday evening at th* home of Mrs. Charles Bowersox. The lesson [of the evening was on “Silent PartIner* of Great Men,”

I DO YOU | ) I REMEMBER— | , 2* Years Ago. When the second floor of “the old school building" was remodelled to make a gymnasium? '• • • 15 Years Ago. When the Pauley Hotel Co. of Ft. Wayne took over the management of the Wawasee Inn? Ten Years Ago When James Searfoss resigned as town clerk and C. C. Crow was appointed his successor? i• * • 5 Years Ago. When Matt Jones of Fort Wayne i landed his airplane on the ice, the first time an aviator ever landed on » Syracue lake? o MANY BASKETS MADE DURING LAST GAME Syracuse Loses to Mishawaka, 61 to 36 After First Quarter Ends With Local Boys in Lead. 1 In spite of scoring the most points i made in any game this seasofi, Fri- : day evening, Syracuse High school’s basketball team lost the game to ' Mishawaka 61 to 36. The second team i won the preliminary game from the j visitors, 27 to 12. Paulsce, forward from Mishawaka i was heavy scorer of the evening, making 19 points, 8 baskets and three free throws. Young, the big center on the visitors’ team shot 7 baskets and one free throw. He was taken out of the game during the last quarteir on personals. ■ On the Syracuse team, Osborn and Miller made 9 points each, Osborn shooting four baskets and a free throw and Miller three baskets and three free throws. At the start of the game, Mishawaka had run up 6 points before Syracuse scored. That wasi a free throw made good by Jones. Then Hibschman shot a basket, Osborn shot one, Klin* a free throw followed by '-* basket to tie the score at 8 all. Hibschman put Syracuse in the lead with another basket, and this I was increased to 12 to 8 when Osborn shot one. Mish waka scored an- .' other as the first quarter ended 12 to 10, Syracuse leading. Mishaw-aka took the lead with a basket and free throw, and Ikept it for the rest of the game. The half . ended 27 to 21 With the visitors leading. The third quarter ended 42 to 31 with the crowd deciding even if Syracuse was losing they were seeing some baskets made. , During the last quarter the Mishawaka center was taken out on fouls and the visitors’ score increased to I the final one of the game, 61 to 36. Following are score* by Mishawaka players: FG FT P PTS Paulsce, rs 8 3 2 19 Keilamait, rs 10 0 2 Meuninick, If 4 0 18 Kronewinter, If 5 0 2 10 Young, c, 71 4 16 Gurger, c 0 0 0 1 0 Palmer, rg 2 0 2 4 Dorgic, rg 0 1 1 1 Hutchinson, Ig 10 12 I Totals ! 28 513 61 Scores made by Syracuse players were: FG Ft P PI'S! Hibschman, rs 3 0 16 , Freeman, rs 10 0 2 Osborn, rg • 4109 Searfoss, rg 2 0 0 4 Miller, c, 3 3 3 9 Jones, Ig 1113 Kline, Ig , 112 3 Pfingst Ig 0 0 2 0 Totals 15 6 9 36 o MARRIED 58 YEARS Sunday, February 25. h, 1934, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stiffler celebrated their fifty-eighth wedding an- | niversary at Elkhart at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Henry Booth, on West Frenklin street. There were 31 guests who enjoyed a fine dinner. All their children were. j present. There are three children, twelve grandchildren and nine greatgrand children. The day was spent with music and games and all went home wishing Mr. and Mrs. Stiffler many more such events. Mr. and Mr*. Sitffler received many valuable presents. WEATHER BLAMED Temperature here registered at 6 below zero Tuesday morning on [ th* B. <O. thermometer. Snow had * made travel difficult »nd Jacob i Click’s school hack broke down on Road 13. Several private cars brought some of the children to school and Frederick Clayton’s hack brought in the r «‘-

'TIMELIMIT : FOR BANK IS EXTENDED 1 Depositors get to Work Getting Signatures; * Stockholders Paying A few days of grace, probably un- , til March 15, have been given to the > bank and depositors to complete the i program of rehabilitation of the Syracuse .bank, according to Charles Purdem. 1 In a telephone conversation with S. P. Good, examiner of the State i Banking department yesterday, Puri dem was told to proceed, if he could to complete the present program. ’ Since the warning from the state banking department to do something or the State Bank of Syracuse would be closed by March first, was receiv- , ed, depositors of the bank have organized, appointed a committee to confer with bank officials, and this ’ committee in its report to the depos--1 itors Tuesday night expressed the t feeling that so much progress has been made since last Friday, the night the depositors organized, that an extension of time would be grant- ' ed by the state banking department in which the bank can reopen. At the. meeting Tuesday night in the grade school building a spirit of co-operation and a desire to reopen i the bank was noted. SomMhing that has been lacking before. Charles Purdem, chairman of the depositors committee reported that assessments have been paid on 175 shares of bank stock and that 46 shares of stock have been turned into the bank to be sold. He said that before the end of the week. Dr. Hoy trustee for the stockholders, expect- - ed to have an expression from holders of anodter 100 shares of stock. Some of the depositors of the bank i will have to buy some stock in the bank before it ean be reopened, Purdem explained, for he thought that a total of about 100 shares of stock would be turned in to the bank by the present owners to be resold. Purdem said that $30,000 in deposits still remained for •‘which no depositors agreement hove been signed. Arthur Blanchard, at this point, spoke up and said that so far this week depositors agreements representing several thousand dollars wete signed. Purdeni then said that to date $162,000 have been waivered by depositors. I At the beginning of his talk Purdem explained, that he did not thiink that this committee could save the bank in a few days when attempts to do so for about a year have already been made. When Purdem called upon members of the committee and depositors to say something, Roy j Darr, member of the committee, said that A. L. Miller, cashier of the bank, had written a letter to the state Banking department the substarice of which was that progress was being made on the bank’s plan of reopening. Darr said that Miller did not think it necessary for a delegation to go to In- I dianapolis to ask for an extension of time to work out the plan for the bank reopening. i Glenn Gordy thought that a telephone call should be made to Mr. Good, examiner in charge of liquidations, to obtain definite information as to the extension of time. Purdem agreed to do so but expected there would be no difficulty about getting the time extended. I The question of what per cent of the deposits would have to be waivered before the bank would reopen came up during the discussion. Roy Darr, in answering the question said that Aaron Razor, director of the bank had said to him that every depositor with over SIOO in deposits should sign the depositors agreement, for it would be unfair to I those that have signed to let those not signing to withdraw their money immediately if the bank reopened. Purdem in expressing his views on this subject said he believed that as soon as the stock assessments were paid that most of the depositors who have not yet signed would sign. He said that good progress was being made along this line. Before adjourning the depositors 'agreed to have another meeting on the ninth of March, at the Grade school building. First Meeting Friday. • The first meeting of the depositors of the bank was called for Friday night by C. C. Bachman, who acted as temporary chairman. He was asmade permanent chairman of the depositors organization. A committee was appointed by Bachman with the assent of the de(Continued on Last Page)

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