Muncie Evening Press from Muncie, Indiana • Page 16

City of Portland Is Called Bright Spot of Indiana" Courthouse There Is Tie An Outstanding One BY DOROTHEA BUMP. (Muncie Press Staff Writer.) AROUND MUNCIE you hear a lot of talk about Portland, mostly from those who used to live there, or who live there now and visit over here occasionally--like Miss Virginia Rowland, or June Councilman, a former Ball State student. These folks like to say that "there's no comparison between Muncie and Portland," and that doesn't leave us over here in Dela ware County in a very fluttering light, either. To them Portland is i Cleaner, friendlier and nicer all the way around. They point to their beautiful 30-year-old courthouse and say, "match it." We couldn't, nor could many of the counties in the State Mihwri6 'm''ifmmm i I-- 7 J.m i I I I I.

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y- i -i Jt'' TjTS 1 --frtr 1 1 1 i 1 'j -SC lJ larse and elegant Elks Lodge with perhaps calculated off-hand modesty "just to show you around." They know that have the nicest Elks Lodge building in these parts and they are rightly proud of it. went to school with Elwood Haynes before he designed the automobile, there wasn much cash made on auto manufacturing at the turn of the century. However, Haynes also invented stellite, a very hard steel which could retain a keen cutting "The Bright fepot in Indians, their Chamber of Commerce proclaims it, probably because the town 'is reputed to have the best-lighted streets of any city in Indiana, But Portland has something else, too. It was the birthplace of El-wood Haynes, the inventor, designer and builder ef America's first successful automobile. According to Frank Jaqua who edge, and stainless steel.

First Auto. rv i- 1 i From these two inventions Mr. Haynes made himself a tidy fortune. Of course, he wasn't exactly poor to begin with. His father had Many pictures have been taken of the Jay County Court House but few show its true beauty.

Started in 1916 by a contractor who went broke because material costs soared during World War the building is one of the most beautiful of any oounty building in the state. Portland also has the first bank to be chartered under Indiana banking laws in 187S. It's still in operation, and here David S. Garringer of S. Comm erce makes like he's going to enter the bank though its i 3:35 p.

m. and the bank's been closed for five minutes, Just so we could get a picture. Everyone in Portland seems that obliging. been judge of the court of common pathizers, and the Adair friends pleas in Jay County and was oun der of the People's Bank, the first in the state to be chartered under 1 blamed it all on the Hawkins Re publicans. MURDER CASE TO Indiana banking laws.

This was in if 1873. and Elwood was 16 years old. THEN NATE HAWKINS sold the Hawkins House, right across the street from the county BE TRIED' The People's Bank is still in operation, still the largest in the county and still No. 1 on the state bank charter listings. courthouse.

He sold it to a man named Gates, with the provision 7 Allstatt Trial Opens Monday Elwood was a good teacher an excellent mathematician and he In Circuit Court. taught for four or five years in the Portland school where the new 7 The trial for Arthur Allstatt, 19, school building is going up in the Vi east part of town, Mr. Jaqua told us. if i fV that the name Hawkins House be preserved. When Gates died it was sold to Adelphus Adair.

Overnight the sign, "Hawkins House," came down and the marquis blazoned forth "Adair Hotel." The feud petered-out with no more picturesque details that we were able to uncover. The other principal claim to political legend for the town comes from Sumner Haynes, brother ot Elwood, who was a candidate for the presidency of the United States on the Prohibition ticket. He, too, was defeated, needless to add. From a business viewpoint Port THERE IS a monument to Haynes just in the rear of the Wil liamson Funeral Home, which 'kjs if marks his birth site. on charges of second degree murder, is expected to occupy the bulk of attention, in Delaware Circuit Court next week.

The trial will open at 9 a. m. Monday before Judge Joseph H. Davis. Allstatt and Donald Tudor, of 857 Sanders were indicted on similar charges by the grand jury last spring in which it was alleged the pair had "beat, and kicked maliciously but without premeditation" and killed Robert Noble, 23, of 1705 E.

Twelfth St. Noble was Then there's that feud between the Hawkins and the Adairs which makes good telling and eventually centers on the Adair Hotel, still in operation but not by members of these two families, There's no shotguns involved in land is a "commer" and always has Frank Jaqua, on the left, prominent Portland attorney and member of the political-feuding Hawkins family, chats genially with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Holthouse, In the Ladies Lounge of the lovely Elks Lodge building, rated by many as the most beautiful In the state.

Mr. Holthouse is Exalted Ruler of B. P. O. E.

.768 (Muncie Press Photos by Dorothea this feud, that we've heard about. Been. During the depression the .1 Rather it was one of political bit heart of the depsessron Portland terness. Hawkins was one of the first home of the largest manufacturer found in the 1400 block of S. Walnut Jan.

6, and was taken to Ball Memorial Hospital where he died some hours later. According to a coroner's report, death occurred as a result of a sharp blow on the head. It was alleged the blow occurred in a quarrel involving Allstatt, Tudor, Noble and three other companions. of auto steering wheels in the world- Sheller Manufacturing 4 names to be set down in Jay County history. Their folks came to this part of Indiana, built log cabins with puncheon floors, ten-foot fireplaces and greased paper window company.

3 There is also the Jay Garment factory plant No. 1 at Portland, Danes and got most of their meat too, wmch was started about 1901 A motion for a separate trial was eranted on Tudor's petition, en or 1902 by two local men and grew into a concern employing to Warner Gear, just about round out the industrial picture of tha Jay County seat. A star in the city's crown Is tha fact that It has a remarkable rec ord for industrial peace. According to another Chamber of Commerce bulletin, the annual payroll is over three million dollars. So maybe these folks have something when they boast about their own thrifty, slow-growing city.

But to the visitors to whom these facts are not immediately apparent, it's the spirit of helpfulness from everyone encountered, that loaves a good taste in the memory. We think we'll go back for soma more. tered April 29. PICNIC IS PLANNED BY BOARD OF BOYS' CLUB Members of the board of direc from wild game. But the Hawkins had a knack for hospitality.

Even in those frontier days their home was a stopping place for everyone who came to that part of the country. At least that's what Caroline Hawkins Clark wrote in a history of the county. In the generation to follow Caro Kayrin Sue and Judy Pol inc. daughters of TVTr. nii ntr.

Charles Poling play liouse in the arbor entrannn tn th F.iwnni bdoul uo people with a branch at Brookville. THE HAYNES MILLING Company manufacturers of "Our Pride" flour and "State Pilot" feeds; the Naas Canning Company and the Portland Forge and Foundry making rough forges for automobile trucks and tractors and suppliers Haines statue area with Wanda Ruth Brumm, on the right, daughter of Sir. and Mrs. Fred Brumm. of eight miles N.

E. of Portland. Portland is the home of Elwood Haines, inventor nf stpiii tors and the- Advisory Board of the Muncie Boys' Club will gather Tuesday evening for their annual picnic meeting at Dr. and Mrs. Henry Bibler's lodge on the Har- less steel, and more important, the inventor, designer and builder lyn's, Nathan Hawkins built the town's finest hotel The Hawkins House.

It too was the stopping oi America nm successmi automobile. The marker is erected on the site of his birthplace, a log cabin. His father was a circuit riding judge who traveled much of this rison Township School road. VII MM a Carl Riggin, chairman of the ad place for all the important visitors. Nate Hawkins also dabbled in politics and banking.

He was a Republican. Were Democrats. tremely rich men to control the r. Up. it town.

It's been largely a frsa-for-all town, a touch and go proposition, so it wasn't hard for the town ized the People's Bank, Nate Hawkins and James Jaqua organized the Citizens Bank, the sixth in the state to be chartered, and the two banks shared the growing town's ZJ I i Just when the Adair family set visory board, will preside at the the business session, at which time the August report of Executive Director Ray Bogden will be presented. Assisting Mr. and Mrs. Riggin in arrangements for the affair will be Mr. and Mrs.

Larry Pierce and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bogden. tied in Jay county we don't right- to divide itself up with the ly know, but they were Democrats Hawkins kinfolks and friends on easiness. and as active in pontics as Nate one side and Adairs supporters and This was galling to the Adairs, so with Dr.

W. D. Schwartz they nawnins. relatives on tne other. Portland never did have any ex-' A few years after Haynes organ openea tne Bank Though all this happened years and years ago the three banks are Still In Show Here Sunday known to the townspeople as the Haynes bank, the Hawkins and jw-'Jsr.

iiimiiiiiitiiiwiM nit! iwr MBMutMW.aMWtewWM'lll,llllllll,''lll Jaqua hank and the Adair bank. All three are thriving still, too, which is something of a. record for a town no larger, than an estimated 8,000 BE SURE TO SEE THE WISE FOOD CO. GRAND OPENING SATURDAY and SUNDAY Stocking Eleclro-Pure Pasteuricd Milk By population. NATE HAWKINS was doing fine in the community, so it was de cided by the- Republican party to run him for Congress.

Miss Velma Williams on the left, Jay County health nurse and Mrs. Lucile Ludy, executive secretary of the Jay County Tuberculosis Association descend the marble stairs in the graciously beautiful court house. It is a constant source of amazement to Delaware County visitors that Jay, a considerably smaller county than Delaware can have such a building while Delaware County continues to do business in "a ramshackle, pigeon be-smattered, out-dated, inconvenient rats nest," to quote a few of the epithets tossed its way. But it is no secret to those of Jay County. The county commissioners decided the county needed a new building they advertised bids, floated bonds and got fheir present building.

That the contractor went broke and the bonding company had to finish it is another story. He won in the convention, but he lost in the general election. After acknowledging defeat, a group of unidentified citizens called beneath his window and Taised an awful ruckus guised as serenading. Maybe there was some chiding and ribbing included, too, for the Repub was pointed out in national graphs licans swore that- the serenaders as oemg one of the very few had been organized and sent by the bright spots in an otherwise very black picture. Adair Democrats.

RlflfllN ROAD PHONE 454? Not so many years later John This information came from Bill very high and so never fell very far." Several Industries. The three banks opened almost at once after the bank holiday and have never come close to failure. Business is consistent with about four or five industries supporting the town." Portland incidentally, is the Adair, ran -for governor on the Parks, secretary of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. He has his own idea of the why of its Democrat ticket and Jim Goodrich of Winchester defeated him. This time it was Adair who got serenaded by unidentified psuedo-sym- "Portland," he says, "never flew made other arrangements for re OVERPAYMENTS flSitfllM I 1 ii fc JJt 'C-- -I- a-H 111 -r i I ii A i-3-' 4 i' 1 i II -ji i i- i i payment with the VA.

If the first check is not large enough to cover IT'S SO QUICK AND EASY TO USE! the veterans over-payment, de auctions from subsequent checks ENROLLMENT IN CITY SCHOOLS AT I 0,238 Show Increase of 359 Pupils-Over Last. Year. TO BE REFUNDED will be made until the over-pay PLASTIC ment is written off. Failure to Do So May Stop INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 13.

UP) Dr. Summer L. Martin, pastor of Roberts Park Methodist Church Aid to. Veterans. Improper attention to offocial was the new superintendent of the A total of 10,238 boys and girls were enrolled in the Muncie schools Friday, at the end of the first Indianapolis District of the church notices of subsistence over-payment has made many student-vet today, appointed by Bishop Titus week of classes.

Statistics on file erans attending college under Public Law 346 ineligible for further in the office of Miss Grace Fern Lowe to succeed Dr. John F. Ed wards, resigned. MODERN BEAUTY FOIt LINOLEUM training until corrective steps are Mitchell show an increase of 359 taken, F. J.

Carolan, chief of the over last year's enrollment. vocational rehabilitation, educa Directs Glee Club City-wide totals by grade levels follow: High schools, tion' and training office of the Muncie office of the Veterans Administration, announced today. junior high schools, 2,288: ele OR WOOD FLOORS Just pour a small amount of this transparent liquid plastic on your' floor and spread urith the "FREE" Magi-Lux applicator. In a few minute you have a gleaming turf ace that will wear for months. Requires no waxing.

Non-stii. Student-veterans who have re mentary grades, pre-pri-mary, 1,075. ceived the second notification of Enrollment by buildings follows: Central, Burris High School. subsistence over-payment and have not made provision for repayment will not pe eligible for further training unless over-payments are 214; Burris Junior High. 190; Blaine, 364; McKinley, 761; Wilson, 793; Emerson, 330; Forest Park.

liquidated under one of the fol If' aaqr tUm Ihmii Hii mmI fntum IM krtttimt, Mn.pormM lowing plans: 206; Garfield, 485; Harrison, 372! Jefferson 301; Lincoln, S84; Longfellow, 347; McKinley Elementary, 251; Riley, 245; Roosevelt, 397; Stevenson, 384; Washington, 318; Harry Mock School, 4T. 1. Repay the over-payment to the VA (checks or money orders should be payable to the Treasury of the U. 2. Return the over-payment check to VA.

3. In cases of hardship, authorize "the VA to make monthly deductions from future subsistence checks, such deductions to be not less than 10 percent of tile total over-payment. GROUP ON CRUISE. Eleven members of Muncie's naval reserve division are aboard a patrol cruiser on the Saginaw River this week-end, as guests of the reserve division in Saginaw, Mich. They are Frank Martin.

D. B. Quinton, C. L. Johnson, W.

s. Hanks, J. L. Briggs, H. E.

Pease, B. Ragland, A. K. Dun 1 In some cases veterans will have received their first over-payment notice from the VA within the past 60 days. These students will be accepted by the training institutions, but the full amount of their over-payment will be deducted from their first subsistence check, unless the veteran has Albert P.

Stewart, director of music at Purdue University, will conduct the Purdue Glee Club here for the opening program of the season of Matinee Musicale. The concert, to be in the Masonic Temple on October 15, will be for members and heir guests only. can, G. G. Pafflineer and Bill England, all of Muncie, and R.

L. Renegar of Winchester. The men left the city Friday evening and 623 WEST JACKSON MUNCIE "Hot Tip," the horse owned and ridden by Mrs. Patricia Downes Hurst, won the championship tock horse class for women at the Indiana State Fair horse" show. He will be shown by Mrs.

Hurst atjfhe Bar Westerners sixth annual horse show Sunday. 'V INP. jj will return lat Sunday.