Brown County Democrat from Nashville, Indiana • Page 1

The Only Paper In Brown County All The News All The Tun OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER. DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST AND WELFARE OF BROWN COUNTY. HOME FIRST IN EVERYTHING SIXTY-FIRST YEAR NASHVILLE, THURSDAY, MAY 14. 1981 NUMBER 3 School Enumeration DISOWNS STILL Poor Little Wild Flowers 'SEE HERE, NOW; IT WAS PLANTED ON ME 0 EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM DEALT A HARD BLOW OtVTHE MVV WWft OUST tote "p' I (GH.jtrlfht; W. W.ttK LOCAL INTIEWS BRIEFLY STATE ID Alex villi Disclaims Ownership of Stills Found by Officers Arrested and Jailed by Sheriff Weddle ana Deputy David; Later Released Under Bend of $500.00 Aleck Mullis, known citizen of Upper creek, was arrested and jailed Mondav by Sheriff Fremont Weddle and Deputy Dan David.

Later he was released on bond of $500 for his appearance to answer' to a charge of possession of stills. Sheriff: VVeddie and his deputy went to the Mullis home, about five1 miles south of Nashvi.Ie, Sunday and made a search of th premises but found no evidence -jof liquor law violation strong enough to warrant an arrest. The officers were not satisfied, howevey with the result of 'the search and the -ifol lowing day they again visited the Mullis home. After a short search they found parts of two stills A complete still was found unde a brush pile a short distance from the home and a boiier and were found in a han house i For many months officers have been suspicious of the Mullis place, and federal officers have times to get evidence against Mullis. A few months ago government enforce- ment officers searched his prem-i iseB without result.

Almost everybody knows the whole-souled, big hearted and i jovial farmer, fox hunter and clap-board maker, Aleck Mullis, over, on Schooner. There was a time, when Aleck couid make more clap boards than anv mar. in the county. He is getting along in age. probably 75.

it i-still hale and hearty and wurks 'most every day. He j-ust re cantly completed two: thousand clap boards fur the state conservation department to. be used to roof a building at: Shakamak state park near Jason-yille. Community Club Has Fine Meeting The regular monthly meeting; of the Community Club was held Monday evening at "The. House of the Singing Winds, the home of Mrs.

T. C. Steele. The members of the club entertained their families, Mrs. Steele and her sister, Mrs.

Neubaugher with a picnic supper and a short program celebrating the coming of spring. There was approximately sixty persons present. Mrs. Steele has asked the club to make this trip to her heme an annual affair. Tennis Club Elect: liter A tennis club meeting was held in the court house Tuesday-night forthe purpose of electing officers and taking up business in general.

The club now a nsists of 45 members and a campaign is now being opened tor new-members. It was decided a fee of two dollars would be charged for new membership with no dues the first year. H. Brooks was re-elected president and Miss Fern Seitz. secretary and treasurer.

Dale Bessire. Walker and Doc. Jones were elected board of directors. Friday morn ing all who can will meet at the tennis court tor the purpose of work and then play. Let's make this club a big success ths year.

10,000 Pheasant Eggs in Incubation Work of propogating thousands of ring-neck pheasants to stock thm fields and woods of Indiana in at of Shows an Increase The total number of schoo children enumerated in Brown county this year is 1688, a net gain of 115 over last year. Below is the enumeration by corpora turns: Corporation No. Gain Loss Hamblen tp Jackson 25 21 389 7 1G0 285 23 418 48 141 19 Johnson Van Buren Washington Nashville Sheriff Weddle's Mother is 73 The seventy-third anniversity of the birth of Mrs. Jack Wed dle was celebrated Sunday at the home of her son, Sheriff Fremont Weddle. A big dinner was a feature.

Present were Mr. and Mrs. George VVeddie and children, Dallas. Elmo and Mary Katherine. of Franklin; Mr.

and Mrs, M. U. Snider and daughter, Ophelia, Miss Ruth Eckleman Mr. and Mrs. George Moore and children, Donald Lee and Ruby Marie, of Columbus; Mr.

and Mrs. Jack Weddle Mr. and Mrs. Mont Weddle and Mr. Jack Weddle, Jr.

N. II. S. Graduate Gets Scholarship Carl Allison, a member of this years graduating class of the Nashville high school, has been awarded a scholarship in De-pauw University. This is one of the best scholarships offered in Indiana and is given for the best scholastic standing in the county.

The scholarship has a monetary value of $800. A Happy Birthday Last Saturday afternoon a fine group ot little girls gathered at the home of Sarah Louise Adams for a little birthday party. Sarah Louise had to Indianapolis for the week and had not returned but in a little while she came in finding the girls all there and they sang her a little song "Happa birthday to you." They had her a chair all decorated and above it said "Happy Birthday." On the table was a nice big white cake with nine candles on it. Sarah Louise brought her two cousins home with her from In dianapolis Beula Jean Street and Phvllis Louise Bond 1 he others Jane Ken nedy. Helen Kennedy, Vernita Adams, Edith King, Alberta Sherrill and Thelma Brown.

Several little games were played and many nice presents were brought. They were served Ice ('ream and Cake and the girls went home wishing her many more happy birthdays. Big Dinner at Close of School School closed at. Mt. Liberty May 9th.

A bounteous dinner' stretching for about forty feet across the school lawn serv-; ed, much to the surprise of Mr. I W. W. Frazer, the teacher of the i school. The program begun at 1:15 m.

and lasted until a few minutes after four o'clock. A he program was divided into two par's The first consisted of soig. speeches and dialogs by the first six grades, whic.h was a great success. The latter part was th-graduate's program. Six pupils graduated, namely, Loretta Kel-sch, Guffy Howard, PaulineCross.

Merrill Williams, Wilma Hender-shot and Hebert Kelsch. Everyone of the graduates had an important part and rendered it with great ability. Mr R. C. Kennedy gave the presentation of certificates to the high school.

Rev. Wisener, local missionary, gave the invocation and closing prayer. A solo, "School Dave, Sweetheart" was sung by 'Miss Blanche Fraxer and a violin and guitar duet was rendered by Miss Frazer and Mr. Wisner After the graduate program Mr. Frazer gave a class history of each graduate and delivered presents and grade cards for promotion.

The house was packed to its capacity and many were standing inside and out. The presence of so many friends on this occaf ion will alwayB re-i main in the hearts of the teach-! er. the other graduates and other pupils of the school. Nellie Brown and friend, of Nashville, attended a show at North Vernon Friday night. a jto Local Schools Will be Handi capped by the New Rules of State Board Education A 'reduction in the teaching staff in state aid territory in southern Indiana will become ef fective at the opening of the next school term.

Approximate -ly two hundred teachers will be cut off the pay toll by the new rules of the state board of edu- cation. According to the new schedule one teacher is permitted for elementary schools of 5 to 15 pupils; two teachers for schools of 16 to 3G pupils and a gradual increase up to nine teachers for schools with 306 to 345 pupils. The high school ratio permits three teachers for schools with 35 to 75 gupils and ranges up to 12 teachers for schools with 321 to George Cole, state superinten dent of public instruction, has in timated that the reduced teach ing stall will prooaoiy cripple the educational system of south ern Indiana. "Schools in state aid territory have beed operated with a minimum of teachers and at a minimum expense," he says. The schools have been operated as cheaply as was possible to maintain the standards required by the state educational department" "With the reduction, in teachers made by the new rules, some of the schools in state aid terri- tory will not be able to meet the state requirements." Cole said, and added that the educational board is trying to "gat the best possible schools at the least possible cost;" It is said that the new schedule, drafted by the superintendent of the Gary schools, will effect savings which may reach $200,000.

Former Resident Writes Interestingly William Slevin and family, of Hamblen township have received a letter from Carrie. Macy Men-denhall, at Mora, Minn. She is a daughter of Jason Macy who, many years ago, resided in this county. Mrs. Mendenhall'i mother was a Stoskwell, a sister of Alice Stockwell.

whom Mrs. Mendenhall visited in Hamblen, township thirty-five years ago. On that visit she dined one day at the home of Sam Webber, on the farm nbw occupied by Mr. Slevin. She refers to the Web ber milk house and asks if it is not walled with Hat lock of three different colors, one streak gray, one dark and one a golden color- She also asks if the pile of the same kind of rock is still at the right of the old milk house, and asks that a piece of this rock be sent to her.

She took some gieces of the stone home with her but they have been lost. 'Since I'm getting old, I long for those pieces as keep sakes from near where my father lived and near where I was Mrs. Mendenhall says. 'We moved here from Indiana twenty years ago; own 320 acres of. land; have Z'H) old sheep and about as many lambs," the letter says.

"The orice of land is away down, eggs eleven cents and cream 2f cents." "My husband died twenty yeors ago. I have seven children, three girls and a boy married, and three boys at home. We raise all kinds of small grain. Is John Allender and wife still living? How 'far are the Calvins from I've heard father speak of them. Pa and ma died aiA days apart twenty-four years ago, in April.

I remember of father speaking of gold in Brown county. Do they find any there now? 'I he clothes froze on the line this week. Small grain up. Some garden made." The highest compliment that a business man can pay an indi- vidual is to sell on credit. If some Nashville merchant has done this for you why not strain point and make him a payment on your account? He probably needs it.

Mr. Watson Moore of Los- An-' gelef) California was in Nashville -last Thursday. He was called back from his home as a witness in the Rogers-Sayer ease af Bloomington. Deloris Heller age 19 Daughter or N. H.

Sanders was taken the Madison insane Hospital Saturday by Sheriff Weddlt. ALECK MULLIS Clap-board maker arrested and jailed after officers find a still on his premises on Schooner Creek. RUBY RICHARDSON TO TALK OVER AIR rormer Drown bounty Lirl, a National Prize Winner, Will Talk to Raido Audience Saturday Miss Ruby Richardson, formerly of this county, will be heard the air Saturday morning in a talk on 4 club work. Her address will be made from Chicago over the Columbia system, from 11:35 to 11:55 a. and will come over several different stations.

Miss Richardson is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Kichard-son. of South Raub, Benton county. Her mother wa9 for-merly Orpha Percifield, who is a sister of Mrs.

Jacob Kennedy, of Nash v'i lie. Last year Ruby won the Sir Thomas Lipton prize, a most beautiful cup, for the best 1-H club work in the United States. Her 4-H club work also won for her a scholarship at Purdue University, where she is now her second year. She is eighteen years of age. All Brown juunty radios will be tuned in on some station of the Columbia net work Saturday morning to hear the address of this prominent oung lady.

Pioneer Lady Dead at Morgan town Mrs. uf the at Mor Adeiadie Woods, widow ate Andrew Woods, died rantown yesterday, at the age of ninety years and one month. She had been a lifelong resident of Morgantown. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Dr.

Williams of Martinsville, Mrs. Ike Kirlin, of Trafalgar: Mrs. John Canat-say and Joseph Wood, of Morgantown. One daughter, Mrs. Jus.

Bridges, preceeded her in death. There are ten grandchildren. Funeral services will be con-dueted tomorrow afternoon at 2 clock at the Morgantown M. E. church, with Rev.

C. R. Titz in charge. Banal Morgantown cemetery. Win.

Woods, Has a Birthday Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Woods, Mr.

and Mrs. Jack Woods and daughter Wilma and Cleve of Nashville, drove to Indianapolis Sunday, where they attended a birthday dinner given honor of William Woods, his home in Beech Grove. Others present were Mr. and Mrs Boyd Tatum and little child, and Mr and Mrs. V.

F. Havs and children. Gene and Philip, all of Beech Grove. William, is twenty-eight years age. The meeting was a social success and we learn that.

most particulars, birthday celebrations! are conducted about the same in Beech Grove as they are in old Brown, with plenty to eat and willing eaters. sianeu are to aeuver 3G0 ton of rock a The contract calls for aav. 600 ton of crushed atone. I i I J. P.

Bessire. wife and Mrs. Dale Bessire were in Indianapolis cn business yesterday. Dwight Kelley and Ishmael Robertson were home over the week end from Indianapolis Jaspher H. Coffey, of Sellers-burg, is visiting relatives and friends in Nashville this week.

Mrs. Ida Tilton visited at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Sampsan David last week end. All news items or advertisements should be mailed so as to be sure to reach this office by-Wednesday noon.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Adams and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sinn and family spent Sunday with James Strahl and wife, at Columbus.

Herbert Miller, local Druggest, and sons, Maurice and Junior, and Carl Allison attended a show at Bloomington, Monday night. The lilothers Day Program at NashyYlle Christian Church was well attended Sunday evening and the program was well enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. C.

C. Cloud, of Chicago, came in Sunday evening to their summer home just north of Nashville. Welcome folks. Charles Millet a son of Mr. and Mrs.

Herbert Millar, ana Arthur Mitchell, of Purdue, visited friends here oyer the week end. Clyde Bond and left here Saturday son. JariT-'s, morning for theirjiome in Kansas. They were; accuiupanieu Bond. .1 i home by grandpa Mr.

and Mrs. Rolla'nd Itrown and family, Olive Brown, of Indianapolis, and MaudfT Brown, of Watertown, New Yerk, were callers at Miss Olive Kelp's Sunday. The Mt. Liberty Boy Scouts held their weekly session Saturday night. Discussion was "Camp Preparation." Mr.

Krado. of Chicago, was a guest of honor at this meeting. Rev. and Mrs. Vandeventer.

Nina Miller. Thelma Schrougham, Marianne Bessire and Martha Brummet atended an Epworth League rally, at Martinsville, Tuesday night Miss Allie Geilker, age 45. died Saturday morning at her home in Columbus and was buried-Monday at Garland Brook. Miss Geilker was employed at the White House for many vears. She was a cousin to the Seitzs Bishoj) Blake, of the Indianapolis area M.

E. church, and Mrs. Blake, of Indianapolis, had as guests at luncheon at thd Nashville House Tuesday, Rev. K. D.

Vandeventer. pastor of the local M. E. church, and Mrs. Vande-, venter.

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Bond and two neices, Buela Jean Street and Phyllis Louise Bond, of Indianapolis, visited relatives and friends over the week end. They made their headquarters with Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Taylor while here. I I i I i I I i Mrs. Barbara Winchester is on the sick list. Mr.

and Mrs. Vandeventer and family took Sunday dinner at Kelp's home here. George Setser, of Bloomington, is visiting his brother, J. C. Set ser here this Raymond Cope, of Franklin, visited his 9ister, Mrs.

Ival Mc Donald here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fremont Miller, of Franklin, visited Mrs. Rebecca Turner here Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Orville Pittman visited Mr. and Mrs. P.

J. Fush- elberger at Columbus Monday. Bond McDonald and wife, of Louisville, wife were week end guests of Mrs. George McDonald. The mother of V.

Cariana, local landscape artist, died at Springfield, a few days ago. Johnie Newmister is the owner of a new Chevrolet coadh, purchased of McDonald Chevrolet Sales. Jack Rogers, of Indianapolis, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bessire anp family north of town.

Keith Rogers and Miss Ellen Fleener, of Indianapolis, visited Miss Mary Brummett here Sunday evening. Charles Bock and family, of Trevlac, visited Duard Calvin and wife, on east Main street, Monday evening. Marguerite Coffey went to In- dianapolis yesterday to spend a few days visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. R.

S. Mulsby, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, is making her home with her daughter, Mrs. L. O. Griffith here.

Mr. and Mrs. Melker Poling, A Unionville. visited Mrs. Emma Brummet and family, on north Jefferson street, Sunday evening.

Mrs. James Leppert and little daughter. Barbara Ann. of Co lumbus, visited Mr. and Mrs.

R. M. Coffey here over the week end. Mrs. Chas.

Goth, mother of Miss Marie Gotht portrait painter, is in an Indianapolis hospital, where she underwent an operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Can Clark is spending at few days with her daughter, Mrs. Faye English, at Bloomington, who underwent an operation for the removal of tonsils. Miss Florence Sayer, of Denver.

Colorado, who underwent a major operation is getting along very nicely. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sayer.

of near N'ashville. Rev. Elva Miller, of Indianapolis, will preach at the Nashville Christian church at 10:45 Sunday morning and 7:15 Sunday Evening. He is coming here as a prospective minister. George Hauley and wife, of Warren county.

Hershel New-mister and lady friend, of Columbus, and Hurley Henry took supper Sunday evening with Johnie Newmiseer and wife. James M. Jones returned home Sunday from Martinsville and is quite improved. We are informed that Raymond King has concluded he will not be lrs. Mamie Walker is visiting with her daughter Mrs.

Dorothy Scott, of Greenwood. Mr. Woodrow Hamilton, of Danville, spen: Sunday with Miss Eudora Kelley here, Walter razer, of Mt. Liberty, was in town Monday and paid this office a business call. Mr.

and Mrs. (Clayton George visited at the home of Leonard Cr'ider last Sunday at Youno. Mrs. Mabel Pryor has returned 'home after a weeks visit with friends and relatives in Chicago. Adolph Shultz has purchased a new Chevrolet a DeLuxe model from McDonald Chevrolet Sales.

Fred Neal, Raymond King, Ralph Bowden and Jack David visited the Canital Citv Monday. i ic inuii, ui otiuiiciinii, Illi nois, ana i eggv leener were guests ot Miss Marie Poling over unday. Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Terhune oi rranxnn SDent Mother av with her daughter Mrs.

Ival Mc- Donald. Mr. John Sherrilt is enjoying a fifteen days vacation while Merril Tomlinson is carrying the maU for him. Ford and Miss Blanche Livengood, of Indianapolis, spent lm -r 3 1 1 a a 1 1 1 1 'V Mrs. Elva McDonald took dinner at the home of her sister r.

and Mrs. Sylvester Louden near Georgetown. Haruid King, employed in the engineering department of the 'Indiana state highway, is a wit- ness in the case. State of I ndiana ys Ralph Rogers. Mr.

and Mrs. John Eldrige and famiiy. of Bloomington, and and Mrs. Chris Kritzer and family tooK Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs.George Kritzer.

Mrs. Elva McDonald took Mrs. James M. Jones over to Mar-itinsviiie Friday evening to visit her husband, Mr. Jones, who is taking treatment at the Sani-1 ton urn.

Mrs. (). Cook and son. David Earle, and Miss Lucille Nieble, of Martinsville, spent the week end with Mrs. Cook's mother.

Mrs. George Turner. in Nashville. Mr. and Mrs.

Scott Moser and daughter Miss Juanita, Mr. and Mrs. Harold and family. Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Seitz and daughter Mis Fern spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. L. 11. Walker.

Mrs. Walter Snodgrass, preai-Ident of the Phi Dilta. Delta Sorority, of Indianapolis, entertained Mr. and Mrs. William Stud of Delphi, Mr.

and Mrs. Wm. D'Arnoid and son, Billy, Mrs. Ella Groninger. Mrs.

Daisy Groninger, Mr. and Mrs. J. Faust, of Indianopolis. at her summer home just north of Nashville, Sunday.

I for future hunting, is. progress-; in nicely at the SUtes two great pftnf.pjlff orR same preserves; Brown county I lOtai OUtraClorS annd the Jasper-Pulaski county! Qe( StOllC Contract track, and soon 25,000 eggs will be in course of incubation. Ac-: cording to Walter Shirts, fish? George West have contracted same division Superinten- ed the job of furnishing the dent of the. State conservation crushed stone for the new park department about 10.000 pheas-1 road that is-now being construct. anteMS will be set at the Brown I ed from state road 46 at the top county game tation.

If success of the Kelley Hill to the tower attendant to season's on Weed Patch. Jheb to be work, and likewise eacn year ii.ifir in a few vears Indiana ni w. wail afnrkMi witn mis most deiireable of game birds. 1.