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Sunday LOCAL EDITORIAL WANT ADS it AR THEATERS WANT ADS REAL ESTATE THE MUNCIE SUNDAY STAR, DECEMBER 28, 1 930. MUNCIE Concert Master Alfred E. Smith, First Article Columnist; Sunday, Jan. 4 TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY Normal City Christian Church Year Old. CIRCUIT COURT TERM TO CLOSE First Three Days of Week to Be Busy Ones.

MOTOR IS RUN BY VIBRATION Muncie Man Invents Power Generating Device. TO PLAN THRIFT WEEK JAN. 17-23 1 Observance to Be Arranged by Business Women. NEW YEARS CHARITY BALL SPONSORED BY LEGION'S AUXILIARY A New Year's charity ball will be sponsored by Delaware Unit No. 19.

of the American Legion Auxiliary, on Wednesday evening at the Delaware Hotel. Mrs. James F. McClung, has been appointed chairman of plans for the ball, which will be a carnival affair, by Mrs. Fred DeWitt, president of the auxiliary.

Proceeds will be used for local relief work among the families of war veterans. The auxiliary has carried out a large program of relief work during the past year and is now caring for from three to five families each week. Twenty-flve families were supplied with baskets of food on Thanksgiving Day and on Christmas. A Christmas party was given for a large number of children and meat, lard and butter was furnished for baskets of food distributed by the War Mothers. Cards will be played at the charity ball and reservations for tables may be made by calling Mrs.

M. T. Botkin. telephone No. 5528.

i Crv" -Is mil iff 1 in i. iimj, 4 '-h its, ateafcita i ir iir i 'w, I nun "ZZj i.ocw a BUILDING LOAN DINNER IS JAN.5 i- TO Celebrate FOUnding Of a I BUSineSS 100 YearS AgO. The founding of the building and i loan business in this country one hun- dred years ago will be celebrated here "7 1 on the evening of January 5 by the members of the local building and loan council with a banauet. The a- sociations participating in this cele- bration are Muncie Savings and Loan Company. Mutual Home and Savings Association and the Peoples Home and Savings Association.

Co-operating in tnis centennial 10 iv tribute to a group of tradesmen Dav tribute to a group who organized this business in Frankford. the local associations will be among the thousand similar associations giving celebration dinners that night. The associations here as well as the other participating associa- a. mm -t nil fx ro uun 1 lit- iiuuu-uc members of the United States Building "tY; Loan League and the Indiana State I urcopege- league. eaujpment paid for and $1,100 raised Assets Have Grown Annually.

paid on tnP church property. Charles E. Watkins will be the The deed becomes the property of the principal speaker at the dinner and church on January 2. 1931. The a numbes of men long connected with church basement has teen repaired the building and loan business In i and painted for the use of the ele- Muncie will take' rJart.

The local as- mentary Sunday school classes and sociations have a working today a new baptistry will be dedi-on an elaborate plan to celebrate the cated. start of this business in a parlor in The Rev. Mr. Swearingen. first the Pennsylvania city one hundred! pastor of the Normal City Christian years ago came to this city from Mid- "Since that time the assets of the dletown.

He received his academic building and loan business have training in Butler University and in grown to nearly nine billion dollars. Cotner College, Lincoln, Neb. Ed H-which these associations throughout Justice is chairman of the official the country hold in trust for the board of the church, people who have embraced this plan i The first officers are: W. A. Danner.

of savings." said George N. Higman. i Omer Clevenger. F. E.

Fantz. E. H. dean of the local building and loan Justice, elders: Omer Clevenger. E.

H. men. Justice and R. C. Furniih.

trustees: Organized Here in 1889. C. O. Bridgeman. R.

C. Furnish. S. "Instruments of thrift and aids to H. Heaton.

L. N. Winebrenner. John home owning bv reason of the loan O. Eikenberry.

Elmer W. Goodwin advanced for home purchases, these and Cecil Stafford, deacons. Jesse associations have filled a great eco- Wagoner, a member of the board of nomic need through the years, and I deacons, died within the last year, feel that it is fitting to commemorate The church clerk is L. N. Wine-this centennial and to pav tribute to brenner; Mrs.

J. C. Waggoner is these earlv founders because they i treasurer. Mrs. E.

H. Justice is man-started this business for unselfish mo- cial-secretary and Mrs. L. N. Wine-tives and with no thought of private brenner is misssionary-treasurer.

The Normal City Christian Church, at Calvert and Gilbert streets, will celebrate today its first anniversary, the constitution of the church having been accepted December 29 of last year, with the Rev. G. I. Hoover, secretary of the Indiana Christian Missionary Association officiating. The Rev.

Mr. Hoover will be present today and will preach the anniversary sermon, the Rev. H. R. Swearingen.

pastor, having charge of the services. At nooa the congregation and friends will enjoy a basket dinner in the basement of the church, and an tn-y spiration service will be held at 2 o'clock. E. Kinney Miller will sing and will direct a son? service. The Rev.

Lee Jackson, pastor of the Winchester Christian Church, will preach at the evening services. Membership Ha Doubled. The church membership has grown from 55 to 130 since last December. No revival has. been held.

The Bibl; school enrollment has increased from 83 to 160 under the leadership of Franklin E. Fantz. superintendent, and the attendance in the Ray Eldred Memorial Class, a college group, has been trebled. Ninety-three of the members reside west of Walnut street and thirty-seven east. Thp cnurch since jts founding.

has served a definite need in the growing community of Normal City, and its A quick growth has been thought to justify the faith of the organizers of the congregation. At today's services a will presented to members descriptive of tne cnurcn nv.wvy ana a picture of the church and photo- graph of the pastor. Names of char ter members and members of the first addition will be listed. SI. 100 Paid on Property.

The Normal City Christian Church is established in the building for-. 1.. i.j -itv SCOUTS TO, STAGE A TREASURE HUNT Event Scheduled for Last Day of the Year. On Wednesday, the last day of the vear. the scouts of Muncie will as- semble at the Chamber of Commerce (building at 1:30 o'clock in the after-j noon for the beginning of a thrilling treasure hunt.

"Captain Kidd" went through the city the other day and dropped off one of his treasure chests which is i supposed to contain a good prize suit- able for a Boy Scout patrol besides something to eat. Several clues are i available at the local scout office which lerd to the hidden treasure. 1 "One patrol from each troop may i enter the contest and there should be from three to eight scouts present from these patrols." Scout Executive Perrigo said yesterday. "The main question is, 'Who will unearth th long hidden and the scouts will be given the opportunity Wednesday." All scouts who wish to go on ths hike are asked to mr-t at tne Ctv-iiii-ber of Commerce building at 8:30 o'clock Friday morning. Tney should be warmly dressed and bring enough food to cook one meal out.

Lerov Rickner. assistant scoutmaster of Troop 17. will assist in the hike. Those in charge hope to make headquarters at Harmony Hut. and be back by dark.

VENEMAN FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY The funeral of Mrs. Charles Vene-man. 48. of Meadow Lane, West-wood, who died Friday in Ball Memorial Hospital, will be conducted at 2 o'clock this afternoon from the High Street M. E.

Church with Dr. Claude H. King, pastor, officiating. Burial will be In Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the home.

The casket will not be opened at the church. Mrs. Veneman's death was the result of injuries she received in an automobile accident which occurred Thursday. December 11. She is survived by the husband, a son.

Charles a brother, Charles K. Mitchell, of San Diego. and her father, Marcellus W. Mitchell of Muncie. A power generating apparatus termed the "Modern Miracle" has been invented by D'Whit Colvin, well known former Muncie resident, who is now known among the scientific world as the man who harnessed vibration.

Mr. Colvin, who still retains Muncie as his home, is located at New York and has invented the Colvin Fuelless Motor, which he has brought to a state of perfection sufficient to impress the present men of scientific attainment and to give public demonstrations of this miracle of producing electricity and all the power without one particle of fuel being used in the I operation, power which creates tne energy by whicn it is multiplied. Started Off by Crank. The power produced by this motor is derived from gravity manipulated by counterweights. There are weights of three sizes, the size of the weights used corresponding to the size of the motor.

These motors may be manufactured in all sizes to supply power for anything from a sewing machine to an ocean liner, to run an automobile or giant of the air, to light and heat a cottage or a modern manufacturing plant or huge skyscraper. The motor is started off by a little crank that may be turned by a slight, presure of the thumb and forefinger and it-will run on indefinitey until stopped and clamped down, according to information received from New York. Drop Sets up Vibration. The counterweights revolving cause the bed plates on which they ride to drop to a stop post and are brought back to the starting place by a little spring which is underneath the bed plate. These bed plates, one on either side of the apparatus, are set into vibration by the force of the counter weights.

The fly-wheel resists this created vibration and so. every pulsation of the vibrating bed plate is transmited into the flywheel. Every time the counter weight drops it sets up a vibration equipment to one hundred eighty-five pounds: that is, the centrifugal force centered at the point of the vibrating bed plate sets the fly-wheel going at a rate of five hundred revolutions per minute, causing the' counter weight to strike a blow on the bed plate equipment to one hundred eighty-five pounds, and every bit of this energy is again transmitted into the flywheel. Motor Practically Portable, Once started this motor cannot be stopped of its own accord. Its speed is regulated by the thumb screw that sends the stop post up or down.

The further down you set the post the greater will be the energy generated, because there will be a longer vibration. Every moving part of the motor is on ball bearings. All the attention needed is a small drop of oil on the necessary parts at rare intervals and even this is not an absolute necessity. A generator is attached by a chain drive for the generating of electric current. The motor is practically portable and the generator now used is made especially for Mr.

Colvin bv Westinghouse. BIRD CENSUS TAKEN CHRISTMAS DAY BY ORNITHOLOGIST HERE One thousand, two hundred forty-seven birds representing twenty-three different species were recorded in a census of tne bird population ol Muncie and vicinity taken on Christmas Day by Harold A. Zimmerman, local ornithologist. The census was taken by Mr. Zimmerman for the Januarv-J-ebmary numbrr of "Bird Lorr," official organ of the National Association of Audubon Societies, which will publish its thirty-first nation-wide Christmas bird census in that issue.

Mr. Zimmerman spent the entire day afield Thursday and saw 1.021 crows, a purple finch, three blue jays and twelve cardinals. The report he submitted to tiie editors of "Bird Lore" follows: "Muncie. Indiana. December 25: 7:30 in the morning to 4:30 o'clock in the evening.

Clear, followed by cloudy in morning; snow in late afternoon; patches of snow; wind southwest brisk: temperature 24 degrees at start, thirty-two degrees on return: twelve miles on foot, forty by automobiie. Bob-White. 1 calling); Mourning Dove, 20: Marsh Hawk. sharp-skinned Hawk, rough-legged Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, 1: hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, 13: Northern Flicker. 1: Blue Jay.

3: Crow. Starling. 10: purple Finch. tree Sparrow. 49: state-colored Juneo.

32: song Sparrow, 44: Towhee, Cardinal. 12; Carolina Wren. brown Creeper. white-breasted Nuthatch, 2: Tufted Titmouse. 14: Chickadee.

11. Total, 23 species. 1,247 individuals. BOARD TO CONSIDER BIDS FOR A SEWER Bids are to be considered Tuesday by the board of works for construction of a sewer in Pershing Drive from a point 125 feet north of Washington street to Gilbert street. This with action on assessment rolls for public improvements recently completed will comprise the program" of the board.

DEFENDANT REQUIRED TO SUPPLY NEW BOND James A. Bittman. defendant in a charge pendine in the Circuit, Court, was required to furnish a new bond in the sum of $500 yesterday, when he was surrendered in court by Frank Miller, surety on the former bond. Bittman is charged with removing mortgaged property, selling and secreting it. Bat Invades Office A bat, which had entered the county auditor's office yesterday morning, was batted out of the quarters by Joe T.

Meredith, county treasurer, who was called upon for assistance by th clerks during the absence of W. Max Shafer, auditor. The present term of the Circuit Court will be brought to a close Wednesday and the tribunal will be in vacation for the remainder of the week. This will enable attaches of the clerk's office to complete the records of the court for the entire term and to arrange the docket for the opening of the January term on Monday. Cases scheduled for trial the first three days of the week promise to keep Judge Guthrie occupied.

Only one state case Is listed for disposition. It is the liquor law violation charged against Alma Griggs and transferred from the City Court. It will be tried tomorrow. A civil case, Ryman against Smith also is booked for tomorrow. Padlock Cases Wednesday.

On Tuesday Judge Guthrie expects to dispose of the Levy vs. Litsitz suit; that of Davis vs. Fuller and the matters involved in the estate of Edith Reed, and five "padlock" cases, brought under the state "dry" law are booked for final orders. These include the McLaughlin. Graves, Gentry, Duncan and Robbins and the Blake cases.

Wednesday, too. is to be given over largely to disposition of five more "padlock" actions the Wedmore, White, Barber, Gallagher and Wolfe suits and the Carson Mann estate will be before the court. The ten "padlock" actions were entered by Joe H. Davis and are based on follow-up movements in liquor law violation charges pending or previously disposed of. The purpose is, if the facts stated in the complaints are substantiated by the evidence, to cause the buildings owned or leased to the defendants, to be closed for one year, unless bonds approved by the court are posted as surety that the occupants will not violate the liquor laws or permit them to be violated during that time.

Superior Court Calendar. This course has, in the past, proved one of the most effective means of suppressing the illegal liquor traffic in this county, having been resorted to by Van L. Ogle when was prosecuting attorney and continued a.s one of the policies carred on by Joe H. Davis during the four years that he ha.s occupied the office of prosecutor. Trials booked for the Superior Court this week by Judge Robert F.

Murray are for Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, with nothing so far scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Thursday, of course, as is customary will be observed as the New Year holiday. Tomorrow he will hear two cases, that of the Commerical Display Company against the Eastern Oil and Refining Company and the Oele vs. Ogle ca.se.

On Tuesday plans include disposing of the farm partnership receivership matter Savage vs. Cale already submitted and awaiting arguments of attorneys. The Terrell vs. Terrell case is set for the same day. Saturday is to witness trial of the Martin vs.

Martin case and adjournment will be taken then uniil January 12. when the next term of court is opened, the law creating t'n? all-time Superior Court here having provided that the January term open always on the second Monday of the month. DISMISS 15 CASES IN SUPERIOR COURT Fifteen suits pending in the Superior Court were dismissed without I trial yesterday at the costs of plain- tiffs. Divorce suits in the lot included those filed by Chloe Courtney against Walter Courtney: Thomas Wilkinson against Hazel Wilkinson: Laura i Baker against Ambros Baker; Helen Minton against Dan Minton: Joseph Olden against Lucy Olden: Emma Haggard against Raymond Haggard: Ruth Pearl Richardson against Harrv B. Richardson: Robert A.

Murreil against Mary E. Murreil: Marie Mc-Gunegill against Emmet McGunegill: Rose Hughes against Albert Hughes; Jack Gatfs against Leva Gates and William Branson against Iva Branson. Other suits dropped were those of Charlotte DeLong against Marv White-man, replevin: Federal Finance Association against E. Frank Turner, note. land Ruth Pearl Richardson against Ruth Brubaker, alienation of afTec- i tions, demand.

$5,000. FORCE INCREASED AT BALL BROTHERS Announcement was made vester- day by the officials of the Ball i Brothers factory that one hundred men and women, former employes of the company, had been employed to work on the operation of the white liner department. Approximately half 1 of this number will he men for the actual operating of the machinery and I the tank while the other fifty will be women for sorting purposes. The tank was started in operation i Friday and will manufacture material for the opal glass liners for the zinc I Ball mason caps. The tank has been shut down for several months but will now continue operation for several months, assuring the employes work for some time to come.

CHURCH CHOIRS JOIN TO PRESENT CANTATA The Christmas cantata. "His Natal Day." by E. Norman, will be sung at 1 the Normal City M. E. Church at 7:30 o'clock this evening by the combined choirs of the Madison Street M.

E. and Normal City M. E. Churches, Percy Kabrick directing. The cantata was heard by a large and appreciative audience a week ago tonight at the Madison Street Church and will be repeated tonight at the request of many persons.

Miss Wilma Lyons will play the piano accompaniment for the cantata which will include many beautiful solos, duets and quartet numbers as well as chorus ensembles. RITA R0SINA BROWN DIES Rita Rosina Brown, four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown, died at the a home, 1103 East Seventh street, a a o'clock last evening. Surviving- ies the parents are four brothe ul.

Adam. Francis and Thormv. one Margaret. Funeral -t ngements have i not yet been An outline of plans for observance of Thrift Week, January 17 to 23, bymembers of the Business and Professional Women's Clubs, has been received by Mrs. Betty Chambers, president of the Muncie B.

and P. W. Club. January 19 is to be observed as National Share-With-Others Day and co-operation with President Hoover's committee on employment will be promoted. Mrs.

Emilie H. BiTcham, of Spokane, who is the only woman in that city selling securities for an investment house is chairman of the thrift committee for the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Club and as such has the task of convincing the organization's 60.000 members of the value of systematic saving and wise spending. Note Importance of Saving. Mrs. Burcham is urging that the 1.200 clubs connected with the organization emphasize especially January 17, Benjamin Franklins birthday, which on their calendar is known as Business Women's Thrift Day.

In cooperation with the program of the president's emergency committee for employment the program on this date will emphasize not only the advant-ages of putting aside money for the proverbial rainy day, but also of spending intelligently to avert a crisis and to provide employment for others. Dime banks, mite boxes and budget books will figure as favors at thrift dinners held in several hundred communities and leading bankers, insurance men and women and representatives of loan and building associations will speak of the importance of systematic savings and wise investments. National share with others day. January 19, will be made an occasion for active co-operation with the President's emergency committee for employment. Each club has been asked to hold a vesper meeting to which money gifts will be brought to be used in alleviating the suffering caused by unemployment.

Believes Strongly in Saving. In many communities prizes have been offered for Thrift Week posters and for essays on thrift, and scores of budget competitions for business women have been instituted. A definite census of the thrift habits of business women is being conducted through the circulation of a questionnaire to the 60,000 members of the organization, on which they are asked to record whether they have a savings account, carry life insurance, own or are buying a house, own securities and have made their will. Mrs. Burcham.

the national thrift chairman, who began hercareer as a school -teacher at 535 a month, and was a bank official before she became an investment saleswoman, believes strongly in the value of saving. To Forward Plans at Meeting. "The thrifty business woman." sh says. "earns energetically, saves systematically, spends wisely, invests carefully, shares insures sufficiently and thus is able to face the future serenely. That there are many thrifty business women is evidenced by the fact that women own 54 per cent of the stock of the American Telephone and Telegraph 46 per cent of the stock of the Pullman Company, 52 per cent of the stock of the Westinahouse Company and 47 per cent of the stock of the General Electric Company." Plans for the local club's observance of Thrift Week will be made at the next meeting of the organization.

MUNCIE MUSICIAN ON RADIO PROGRAM Mrs. Ruby Carson Broadcasting From WQAM. Mrs. Ruby Barrett Carson, teacher at the Muncie Conservatory of Music, and well known in Delaware County, is now broadcasting a weekly program at 9:45 o'clock Wednesday nignts from station WQAM. Miami Beach, where she is dean of the music conservatory of the Carson Private School.

She is director of an orchestra which has won the Florida state championship for high school organizations three years consecutively and has received commendation in musical publications lor her work. Concerning her Wednesday night broadcast a Miami newspaper says. "The programs are made doubly interesting by the explanatory program notes which Mrs. Carson has arranecd to precede each number. This week's program of Mendelssohn's "Midsummer Night's Dream" was especially interesting and showed to advantage Mrs.

Carson's unusual technical ability. Mrs. Carson resided at one time in Cowan and was a student at Ball College and the Muncie Conservatory of Music. "Movietones" of her high school orchestra have been made by the Paramount Picture Corporation, THEFT OF DIAMOND RING IS REPORTED The theft of a ladies' white gold ring with a small diamond setting from the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Werts.

R. F. D. 2. Muncie.

has been reported to the sheriff's office. The ring disappeared some time since the early morning of last Wednesday. Its absence was not noted until Friday morning. HUBAND GETS DIVORCE Edward Alexander was divorced from 'Mary Lou Alexander In Superior Court yesterday, the decree being granted on grounds of abandonment. The plaintiff was inhibited from remarrying for two years.

ASK CHANGE OF VENUE Motion by the defendant was filed yesterday in Superior Court asking a change of venue from Delaware Countv, of the divorce suit of Clifford K. Martin against Mabel Martin. II Robert Quick. LOCAL VIOLINIST HIGHLY PRAISED Robert Quick Playing With Seattle Symphony. Robert Quick.

Muncie violinist, son of Mrs. J. M. Quick, of 314 East Washington street, has received the acclaim of musical critics on the Western Coast for his success as concert master of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and his display of virtuosity on last Tuesday evening upon his first as soloist witn the orchestra. Music critics of three Seattle newspapers, the "Seattle the "Times" and the "Star." accorded honors for the evening's performance to Mr.

Quick, reporting the ovation given him at the close of his solo and describing his ability. Playing: Highly Praised. "Mr. Quick's violin," wrote Ever-hardt Armstrong in the "Past-Intelligencer," "sang most eloquently in the imploring adagio of Bruch's work the movement that makes this concerto a universal favorite. Nor was he daunted by the bristling difficulties of the concluding allegro energico.

which he interpreted in spirited style. When, near the end. his string snapped, so quickly did he exchange instruments with Mr. Gill that the rhvt.hmic line was unbroken." Two encores were demanded by the audience. "Quick is a player." writes another critic, "who combines the two things which are most desirable as a soloist.

He is technically capable of rendering his program in a way to please the trained musician, aad he doesn't waste time or his hearers' interest by being, unconsciously or otherwise, an actor as well as a soloist." Others described Mr. Quick's playing as "pleasing to the most discriminating, of arresting beauty." "an unqualified triumph." "the outstanding success of the evening." Also Played in Chicago. Before his engagment as concert master of the Seattle Symphony, of which Karl Krueger is conductor, Robert Quick served in the same rapacity with the Chicago Little Symphony Orchestra. He studied in Chicago with Richard Czerwonky. Mr.

Quick studied violin in New York with Leopold Auer and Alexander Block and prior to that studied in Ft. Wayne with Emile Bouillet. Last August Mr. Quick was married to Miss Virginia Cyrus of Watseka. Illinois.

JACKSON STREET CHURCH CHOIR TO PRESENT CANTATA The cantata. "Bethlehem." will be sung at 7:30 o'clock this evening at the Jackson Street Christian Church. Mrs. Pearl Siegwart McDonald, organist and chorister, will direct the cantata, the program for which follows: PART i Thf Shepherds' Gifts "Wuicklv the Nieht I FaUins" E. F.

WoTn's rhor'is 'Olorv to Oori in the Richest." Ma1 horns "A Marvel." Mr. Pond. Mr. Rehnke, Mr. McDonald." -o'nms.

"An Ancel, a Mesenaer From Heaven" Miss Willene Allison Male chorus Message." Chorus "Olorv to God. in the Hiehest "A Wondrous Thing" Lorraine Cox Mai" rhorus "Why Should th Savior." Mr. Pond. Mr. Moore.

Mrs. Allen, Mr. Spradlins. soloists. Chorus "Darkness Hath Passed Forever Quartet "God From on High Hath Heard." Mrs.

Danzhertv, Miss Bechtell. Mr. McDonald. Mr. KCarl.

PART II The Kings' Gifts. "The Longest Journey Must Have an End' Eugene McCarl "The Approach of the Caravan" Arthur Behnke Chorus "Across the Desert." "All Hail Most Noble Strangers" Mrs. Emily McCarl "From Far Cathay I Come" Mrs. Vere Hamilton Chorus "The Star." Quartet "As With Olarienss Men of Old Miss Siezwart. Mrs Pond.

Mr. Spradling. Mr. McDonald. ART III Our Gifts Chorus Softly.

Saftly Let Us Steep Little Son" Anna Sisnrt Male chorus "Both Shepherds and Kings." Duet "But Can It, Be." Miss Kresrentia Siegwart. Harry McDonald. Chorus to the Manger." Male chorus "All for the Asking." Chorus "Highways and Byways." Recessional choir. RECEIVE WORD OF DEATH Relatives and friends of Orlando Wade Crampton, 64, formerly residing north of Muncie, received word of his death yesterday. Mr.

Crampton died Friday afternoon at home in Pittsburgh following an extended illness. He has been an invalid for th" pat several years. The message did not tell of the funeral arrangements. E. SMITH.

populous state, nor could he have won the nomination for the presidency. He will avoid partnership. He is not writing as a Democrat, but as a citizen. His view, many times expressed, is that the interest of the country comes first, and party second. McAdam's Four-Year Siege.

Charles V. McAdam. general manager of the McNaught Syndicate, tried for four years to get "By Alfred E. Smith" in the McNaught repertory. "Let's think it over," said Governor Smith back in 1926.

McAdam didn't forget. After the presidential election he went after the ntinurd on Twrnty-fourth Taj. SERIES ANSWERS 'WHAT TO READ' Arranged "by American Library Association. The "Reading With a Purpose" series of planned readings on many subjects is being offered to patrons of the Muncie Public Library who want to know "what to read" and is meeting with great favor. Miss Susan Weimer, librarian, said yesterday.

The series, published in Chicago, under the auspices of the American Library Association, gives in pamphlets averaging thirty pages each, introductions to various subjects and then lists the best published works on those subjects. Each number in the series is written by an authority in the field chosen. Reading Is Outlined. Some of the most popular of the "Reading With a Purpose Series," says Mrs. Richard Warfel.

reference librarian, are "Our Children." edited by M. V. O'Shea. of the University of Wisconsin: "Mental Hygiene." edited by Frankwood E. Williams, director of the National Committee on Mental Hygiene; "The Human Body and Its Needs," edited by Dr.

Morris Fishbein: and "Americans From Abroad." edited by John Palmer Gavit. free-lance journalist. The series includes outlined readings on subject from "Economics" to "Adventures in Flower Gardening." from histories of George Washington to a survey of the field of advertising. Psychology, poetry, geography, a much neglected subject by adults, and other interesting fields are treated. May Solve Problem.

The reference librarian can tell you in an instant if the subject in which you are interested is yet included in this series, which is being added to periodically by the American Library Association, and she can tell you if the books you wish are on the shelves when you ask for them. To read the introductory pamphlet requires only a few moments at a table in the reference department and the solution of your reading problem may be reached within a few moments more. The library considers this "Reading with a. Purpose" series one of the most satisfactory answers it has to the request of the book borrower who wishes to be entertained and informed when he reads. GEORGE NOBLE DIES AT HOME IN FLORIDA George Noble.

76, former resident of Delaware County, died suddenly at his home in Tampa. Friday, according to word received here yesterday by relatives. The body will be brought to Muncie for burial. Mrs. Noble died in Tampa last July and was buried in this city.

Two daughters, Mrs. Delia Hasty and Muss Georgia Noble, of Indianapolis, survive, and a daughter. Fay. resided with her father in Tampa. Two nephews, Ethel and Ed Noble, of Muncie, survive.

WIFE IS GIVEN DIVORCE: CHILD TO GRANDMOTHER Garnet Bonshire was divorced from Forrest Bonshire yesterday by Judge Robert F. Murray in the Superior Court. Custody of their only child was given to Flora Bonshire, mother of the defendant, with whom the child has lived since it was four months old. The mother has the right to visit with the child at reasonable and proper times and to have it visit with her. The Bonshires were married August 31.

1925, and separated March 21, 1929. She testified that the defendant would not remain at home and that he was addicted to the use of intoxicants and when under the influence of liquor would beat her and that he was otherwise cruel. ALFRED Alfred E. Smith, columnist. Put that down in your Who's Who.

The former governor of New York and Democratic nominee for the presidency in 1928 is taking time out from building New York's loftiest skyscraper to write his impressions of current events. Scores of leading newspapers will print his weekly articles. The governor to the end of his days Smith will be "the governor" to his intimate friends and countless thousands of eastern admirers has a way of seeing the interesting side of things. If he didn't have 'he couldn't have been elected four times to the highest office in the country's most GUARD AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS Warn of Unsuspected Dangers to Infants. "Protecting children from the germs of tuberculosis requires constant vigilance -on the part of the parents according to Dr.

J. A. Myers in the November issue of Hygeia said Miss Chloe M. Jackson, executive secretary of the Delaware County Tuberculosis Association, yesterday. In the issue Dr.

Myers first attention to the danger of unsuspected tuberculosis in close associates the infant. Many such cases have been brought to light as a result of the deaths of infants from tuberculosis and this is strong argument for periodic health examinations of apparently healthy persons. County's Cows Pass Test. "A tremendous amount of tuberculosis in infants and children has been caused by contaminated milk from tuberculosis Miss Jackson said. "This has been greatly reduced by pasteurization and by the tuberculin testing of cows, but it has not been definitely eliminated because public health education has not been able to reach or convince everyone." "We are pleased." said M.

E. Cro-me', county agriculture agent and member of the board of directors of the Delaware County Tuberculosis Association, "that Delaware County's cows are now classified on the free from tuberculosis area. This should help materially to protect our children. "However." he said, "our tuberculosis association does have a number of active tuberculosis cases that are very carriers when coughing or sneezing. They are also careless in the handling of food and especially so with milk.

They do not cover their mouths when sneezing or coughing, neither do they wash their hands before handling the foods they feed their children. Sneezing: Is Daneerous. "It is difficult to convince this typo of person of the dangers to which they subject their children. They cannot, see the germs, therefore they cannot see the danger and cleanliness-freedom from discharges on fingers make no appeal. "We do know that a child may contaminated through the talking or sneezing of a careless tuberculosis patient: that promiscuous spitting is a source of danger to children: that animal pets not properly cared for may carry germs into the child's home and that, foods may be contaminated through handling by persons with tuberculosis and are an important means of spreading the disease during infancy and childhood.

Buy Christmas seals and help spread the gospel of cleanliness and healthful living. MUNCIE DEMOCRATS TO ATTEND DINNER A group of Muncie Democrats will go to Winchester tomorrow evening to be in attendance at the fifth annual Wilson memorial banquet to be held there under auspices of the Randolph County Democratic organization. In the party from here will be Claude C. Ball, local attorney, whose defeat by Albert H. Vestal for election as congressman of the Eighth congressional district is being challenged in contest proceedings at Washington.

INFANT DAUGHTER DIES Funeral services for Norma Rosemary Mullen, four-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Mullen, who died at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the family residence, "03 South Elm street, will be conducted at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning from Beech Grove Chapel- Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery. Surviving besides the parents are two brothers, Gene and Junior. gain." The building and loan business has been in existence in Muncie for more than forty years.

The Muncie Savings and Loan Company and the Mutual Home and Savings Association were organized in 1889 and the Peoples Home and Savings Association a few years later. Th total building and loan assets in Muncie now approximate St2.500.000. EMPLOYMENT BUREAU ORDINANCE IS POCKET VETOED BY THE MAYOR The ordinance passed by the city council on December 1 providing for repeal of the ordinance previously passed to create the free employment bureau here, if it becomes operative to "kill" the existing ordinance, will have to be repassed by the council over the "silent" or pocket veto of Mayor George R. Dale. It has not been returned to the city clerk's office bearing approval of the mayor and this action under the law.

is equivalent of a veto. The employment bureau is already functioning in charge of W. J. Jap Lineback. named by Mayor George R.

Dale, and K. K. Tuttle, assistant. It is the contention of councilmen opposed to the selection of a bureau head being named by the mayor, that the ordinance was not drawn as wa.s expected. Changes advocated by them would provide for state and federal assistance.

In its present form the ordinance provides for the city to meet all costs. If the repealer ordinance is passed over the disapproval of the mayor, councilmen say they will introduce an ordinance that will bring about financial assistance from the state and federal governments, however, it was said yesterday that attempt may not be made to bring the ordinance to a vote at the meeting on January 6. TO RULE ON STILLS0N TRIAL APPEAL MONDAY Judge L. A. Guthrie has listed the Lucius Stillson case for tomorrow in the Circuit Court, when he will rule on the defendant's motion for a new trial.

Recently Stillson. who has since been in the county jail, was held guilty of first degree burglary, which carries sentence of ten to twenty-five years in the state prison as punishment. He was charged with Erwin Patrick, now in the state re- formatory. with burglarizing the Watt Smith home on South Walnut street in November, last year. Patrick pleaded guilty and later appeared as the state's chief witness against Stillson, claiming that the latter planned the robbery and proeured him to commit the deed.

Around $6,000 was stolen from the Smith home, according to the testimony. HAIMBAUGH IN HOSPITAL Paul Halmbaugh. Muncie insurance man. was operated on last night at thp Ball Memorial Hospital for appendicitis. His condition was reported favorable after the VALUE OF BUILDING PERMITS TOTAL $409 Valuations shown by permits issued for building operations in Muncie last, week total but $409 for all classes or work.

One basement will cost $200 and $32 is being expended for electrical fixtures in one permit issued, while there were seven permits issued for electrical wiring for which ths valuations, combined, total $187. 4r.