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SUNDAY, JAXUART 7, 1940 TIjEE DAYTON DAILY NEWS SOCIETY SECTION WINS IN DARKE COUNTY PLAN CENTERVILLE ADULT SCHOOL Valley Jurors To Meet -c $100,000 Arson Case To Be Considered At Trov TROY, Jan. 6 The most serious- Troy Women's Gym Classes Open Monday TROY, Jan. 6. First enrollments for the womena recreation programs to be sponsored by the Troy Recreation association for the winter season will be received at 7 p. m.

Monday in the Van Cleve high school. Approximately 100 women of the I i I If 1 city took part in the initial pro of the 25 criminal cases scheduled by Prosecuting Attorney Ellis W. Keer for the grand jury which convenes Monday, are those against Clifford Ross, Sidney, and William Dowty, Piqua. Ross is charged with cutting Ernest Coleman, Piqua, with intend to wound but as Coleman has since died the case becomes one of manslaughter. Dowty confessed to starting the 1100,00 fire at the Holland Mills in Piqua recently and is facing a charge of arson.

It is expected more cases will be certified before the jury completes its work. Eighteen of the scheduled cases are on transcript from lower courts and seven are on information. The total will probably be 30 or more. It is not expected the grand jury will complete its work before Friday. The other cases on transcript are as follows: Harold F.

Reynolds, Dayton, auto theft; Forest E. Darnell, Jackson Center, uto theft; Arthur Harmon, Troy, reckless driving; Willard Jones, Fletcher, gram last winter and it is expected by those in charge that this enrollment will be exceeded this year. There will be gym, volleyball and basketball classes on the program. The enrollment will be divided into two classes, according Take Offices In Greenville, Troy Clubs GREENVILLE, Jan. 6.

During a meeting of the Greenville Kiwanis club, officers for the new year were installed. City Auditor John Vance, the new president, succeeds Jay Min-nich. Other 1940 officers are Robert Coppess, vice president, and Roy Kester, secretary-treasurer. Kester has held the latter office for several years. The board of directors include the following: C.

L. Bailey, Judge Jesse K. Brumbaugh, C. E. Co-vault, Claude Craig, Harold R.

Jobes, Homer Miller and Dr. Joseph Straker. The club's main objective for the ensuing year will again be the operation of a health camp for underprivileged Darke co. children. --N" to age.

Class A will include women from 17 to 27 and Class will be made up of women 27 and upwards. Miss Jane Coons will be the basketball instructor and Mrs. Franklin Ruck will be in charge of the gym classes. Monday evening, Jan. 15, the enrollment will close and the program will be started.

The recrea CENTERVILLE, Jan. 6. Officers of the Washington tp. adult school, seventh annual session of which will open Sunday at 8 p. m.

at the M. E. church here, are shown above. Seated, left, are Mrs. Ida Weller, dean of the school; and Mrs.

Bertha McClure, secretary and treasurer. Standing are Walter Deis, left, vice president, and Emery W. Bradstreet, in charge of tickets. Harper M. St.

John, the president, was ill and could not be present for the picture. tion programs will be continued RICHMOND CO-ED ACTIVE VERSAILLES, Jan. 6. Miss Janet Blue, Versailles high school student, was one of the three winners in the Darke co. finals in the "Prince of Peace" declamation contests.

The three winners will represent the county in the district contest during the first part of January. The other two winners are Donald Sando of New Madison, and Tfeba Collins of Ansonia. A total of 19 Darke co. boys and Kir Is participated in the finals. Raymond Althoff was one of the runnefs-up in the contest held at Beech Grove school.

The district winners will later compete for the state championship. The state contests are sponsored by the Ohio Council of Churches, scholarship awards going to the winners. TROY, Jan. 6. W.

L. Swaidner, principal of the Troy high school, was installed president of the Troy Kiwanis club by Lieut. Gov. Roger O'Donnell of Covington, at the mid-week luncheon meeting in the Elks' club. Other officers installed were: vice president, Dr.

A. H. Hook; secretary, John II. Bothe; treasurer, Murlon H. Isenbarger; Immediate past president, Craig Cairns; board of directors, Maurice Gantz, L.

E. Harvey, Ellis W. Kerr, V. C. LeFevre, Byron Lutz, N.

E. Met-calf and Lon Rasneor. during the next three months. Woman Is Appointed Jury Commissioner RICHMOND, Jan. 6.

The honor of being the first woman in Wayne co. to serve as a jury commissioner came to Mrs. Florence Wooters when Judge G. H. Hoelscher appointed her to serve in that capacity for the next three months.

The commissioners draw the names of qualified residents to serve on the petit and grand juries for the circuit court The list is certified to the court and contains the names of 24 petit and 12 grand jurors from which 12 of the former and six of the latter are selected in rotation as they are needed during the January term of the court, which extends to April 1. Centcrvillc Adult Tipp City Committee To Report Centennial Plans larceny; Thomas L. Mitchell, Piqua, driving car without owner's consent; Alex Eurkhart, Walter Czar-zasty and Henry Smolinski, Dayton, armed robbery; Vernon Lacey, Piqua, breaking and entering; John Galligan, Piqua, resisting an officer and assault and battery; Lawrence Victor, driving while intoxicated; Fred Dively, Bradford, driving while drunk; Everett 'E. Cole, failure to stop after accident; Edward Kress, reckless driving; Roma Spain, Troy, failure to yield right of way and Scott Davis, issuing false check. GREENVILLE, Jan.

6. Darke 1940 grand jury will convene here on Monday, Jan. 15, according to Prosecuting Attorney Hugh A. Staley. It is thought that the session will not extend more than two days due to the fact tha only a few transcript cases are on the docket.

The list of grand jurors, drawn on Dec. Ifi, follow: Ralph Donald Sink, and Joseph Craig, all of Greenville; Mrs. Herman Neff, Franklin Mrs. H. W.

Steffen, Wayne Harry Birt, Allen Lawrence Rhoades, Van Buren Mary Kelt, Wayne Mrs. Ruth Martin, Brown Frank Crabb, Union City; Mrs. Herschel Strait, Mississinnwa Mertie Myers, Arcanum; H. W. Knick, Greenville Clyde Ford, Wabash tp.

and E. E. Wood, Versailles. Acting Dean At Ottcrbcin Darke Co. Couple Married 50 Years BRADFORD, Jan.

6. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Warner, who reside on their farm northeast of this city, will celebrate golden wedding anniversary Sunday, Jan. 7.

They have lived in this vicinity since their marriage 50 years ago, and both are enjoying the bast of health. A family dinner will be served at the noon hour. They will have open house from 2 until 8 p. m. for all their neighbors and friends.

Dinner will be served to Mrs. Media Warner, Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Warner and family, Mr. and Mrs.

Ralph Mardindale, Mr, and Mrs. Grover Rhoades of Covington, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Warner and family of Piqua, Mr. and Mrs.

Lawson Warner and children of Bradford. Another son, Louis of California, who is in ihe United States naval service, will be unable to attend. Js School Will Open CENTERVILLE, Jan. 6. Seventh annual session of the Cen-terville adult school will begin Sunday evening, Jan.

7, at 7:30, at the Methodist church, with Dr. Hazen G. Werner, prominent Dayton minister, as the speaker. Regular classes begin on Tuesday, Jan. 9, at the school and will continue for six consecutive weeks.

The members of the faculty of the school will include Prof. Joseph W. Fichter, Miami university; Thomas A. Donnelly, Cincinati; R. V.

Wert, Ohio State university; Philip Wiesner, Dayton Chamber of Commerce; Frank C. Lyons, director of public relations for General Motors; Mrs. George B. Herman, Montgomery co. home demonstration agent; H.

Haines, Dayton; Mrs. Robert Walton and Miss Marie Weller, Dayton. Local persons appearing on the program include Lester E. Seitz, H. Vincent Carter, Roberta Moore and' Robert Hampton of the Cen-terville school, and Donna Seitz, Mrs.

Daniel C. McCoy and Marie TIPP CITY, Jan. 6. A community meeting will be held in the Auditorium Tuesday evening when reports from the various chairmen relative to the proposed centennial celebration to be held here next summer will be heard. Speakers from St.

Marys have been invited to have a part in the program. Boy Scouts, the school band and a community sing will also contribute to the enjoyment of the evening. Everyone interested in the Tipp City celebration is invited. The annual congregational meeting of the Lutheran church will be held at the church Wednesday evening. Reports from all departments of the church will be submitted and four members will be elected to the church council.

The Pioneer circle met with Mrs. llyra Franklin on Friday afternoon of this week. Roll call was responded to with current events; Mrs. Stella Crane, who, with her husband, was a world tourist some years ago, gave "Glimpses of India" from her recollections; Mrs. Harshberger told of "The White Wing Club" and the hostess gave a special reading.

Directors will be chosen for the Tipp Citizens National bank next Tuesday, and a similar election of directors will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Monroe Federal Savings and Loan association. The Woman's Home Missionary society of the Methodist churcn met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. George Swartz on N. Second st. Devotional service was led by Mrs.

Carl Grafton, Mrs. Artie Whiteman, program chairman, and Mrs. Raymond Littler was in charge of the study period. Butler County Budget Upheld By Ohio Board COLUMBUS, Jan. 6.

The bud-get commission of Butler co. won a second victory Saturday over officials of the city of Middletown, when the state board of tax appeals sustained its action in allotting $61,000 for debt service charges, instead of $71,000 asked for by the city. In the course of a hearing on a TWA-way appeal from the budget commission, early last December, the city abandoned its claim that the amounts and millage certified by the budget commission for debt service charges inside and outside the 10-mill limitation were insufficient, but sought to overturn the action of the budget group in placing inside the constitutional limitation certain debt service charges the city had levied outside the 10 mills in making up its budget. The board of tax appeals held that the city has no authority to make a levy for debt service charges for 1940 outside the limitation, and ruled that the city can meet its debt service charges for 1940 inside, its allotted share of the 10 mill levy, affecting unvoted bonds issued before, and after the effective date of the present constitutional and statutory 10 mill limitation, reduced from 15 mills by vote of the people. Back of the budget commission in battling the appeal of the city was an organized group of citizens determined to halt increases in imposts.

Enters Darke Co. Commission Race GREENVILLE, Jan. Denniston, Greenville unsuccessful in his campaign for Darke co. commissioner in 1938, has' announced his candidacy for that office, subject to the Democratic primary in May. Darke co.

voters will elect two member of the board of commissioners this fall, a the terms of both Henry Brandewie and Frank Detling, incumbents, expire on Jan. 1, 1941. Virgil Bankson, Democrat, Greenville and Jess Ross, Liberty and Frank Book-waiter, Wayne Republicans, have entered the primary race. Five other aspirants for public office are circulating nominating petitions. They include, Russell Kreider, Greenville, and C.

S. Mills, Liberty Republican candidates for court clerk; A. C. Longfellow, Neave Democratic candidate for county treasurer; Mark Stanley, Bradford, Republican candidate for state representative, and Arlie Gray, Arcanum, Republican candidate for sheriff. Earl Niles, Davke co.

recorder, stated that he would be a candidate for reelection, subject to the Democratic primary in May, 1940. EATON, Jan. 6. Members of the grand jury venire for the January term of court have been notified to convene Monday, Jan. 8.

While only one case cited to tne grand jury from lower courts appears on the docket for consideration, Prosecutor John M. Kiracofe said that important matters were to be brought to the jurors attention. The charges of larceny filed against Charles Mills, West Alexandria, in connection with the theft of auto accessories from the garage of Guy Deem in that village, cited to the jury by Mayor Frank Rhinehart, is the only case on the docket. Only 12 of the 15 persons drawn for service will appear Monday, as the sheriff found that one name was that of a deceased resident, one was ill, and another is now a non-resident of the county. Those notified include Rossman Kline, John Miller, Maynard Wor-ley, Ernest Jordan, Mart Hammon, H.

W. Austin, Ruth Christian, Charles Fadler, Mrs. Harry Deem, Romer Bierly, Orla Fudge and Hil-bert Oler. BETTY EGGEMEYER RICHMOND, Jan. 6.

Miss Betty Eggemeyer of thi city I one of the leader of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority at Indiana university where she is completing her senior year. She was tap-tain of the rush team of the sorority and is active in a number of campus affairs. Darke County Is Arranging Benefit Ball GREENVILLE, Jan. and Darke co. will again join with the nation in celebrating President Roosevelt's birthday.

Held In Miami Co. Stanye Marks, of Centerville. Harper M. St. John is president nnd Mrs.

Ida A. Weller is dean of the school. Richmond Fugitive's Bond Is Forfeited RICHMOND, Jan. 6. Police are looking for Ferdinand Werner, former operator of a laboratory here, who disappeared after charges of practicing medi Jan.

30, to raise funds for the prevention of infantile paralysis. Grover Menkel, Greenville tp. squire, has been appointed chairman of a countywide committee to arrange for the celebration. During the coming week Chairman Menkel plans to place special coin receptacles in leading business establishments throughout the county. Eighty per cent of the funds raised in the local campaign will remain in Darke co.

for disease prevention purposes. The remaining 20 per cent will be forwarded to the National Roosevelt Birthday Celebration Committee, which helps to finance operations of the Warm Springs, Foundation, for the care of infantile paralysis Boys' Club Sponsors Traffic Fatality TROY, Jan. Voight, of Northridge, was bound to the grand jury under $1500 bond today on a second-degree manslaughter charge in connection with the death of hi father-in-law, Fred Culbert, 74, Richfield Springs, N. hotel proprietor, who was killed in an auto crash at Thoneton last night. Voight, It is charged was driving north on Old Troy pike and failed to make a stop at the National highway.

His car was hit broadside by one driven by Walter Rhoades, 38, of Brookville, driving west. Rhoades suffered minor injuries. Mrs. Dawn Procuniar, 17, of Dayton, a passenger in Voight's auto, suffered a ukull fracture and is in serious condition at the hospital here. DR.

J. E. WEN RICK BRADFORD, Jan. 6. Dr.

John E. Wenrick, a graduate of Bradford high school and since 1938 professor of philosophy and psychology at Otterbein college, Westerville, was reappointed acting dean of the college for the balance of the year by the board of trustees. He has been serving in the absence of Dean I). Brane, formerly of Dayton, who has been ill for several months. Prof.

Ranald Wolfe, graduate of Dayton Steele high school, and for the past three years psychologist at the Indiana reformatory, Pendleton, was appointed by the trustees to relieve Dean Wenrick of psychology classes the second semester, which starts Jan. 30. $17,555 Is Recovered By Warren Co. LEBANON, Jan. 6.

County Auditor A. M. Parker and Commissioner Scott McClure saved Warren co. $17,555 when they attended a state-wide session of county officials at Columbus recently. The saving was in the form of an adjustment on an old bill charged against the county by the state for the care of Warren feeble-minded patients in state institutions.

At the time the bill was contracted, the state was charging the county $5.60 for each patient, but since then, the charge has been reduced to $3.50 a week, Parker explained. The $17,555 credit was an adjustment between the cost assessed under the two rates. cine without a license had been filed against him in the Wayne circuit court. In the meantime, Mary M. Williams has paid $3200 to the county because Werner failed to appear in court when the case was called.

She was surety on his bond. When last heard of Werner was in Chicago, but police have been unable to find him there. Werner escaped from the Ohio state farm about 15 years ago where he was serving a sentence for assault, and came to Richmpnd. Directory To Be Published By Earlham RICHMOND, Jan. 6.

More than 6000 graduates and former students of Earlham college, the Quaker institution here, have received questionaires for biographical data to be included in the "Who's Who Among Earlham-ites" which is to be published this year. Thi is the first time sines 1928 that the volume has been issued. More than 1400 former students responded to the first call for this information. Miss Opal Thornburg, registrar of the college, who edited the book 12 years ago, is compiling the biographical information for the 1940 issue. In addition to data about former students, ne book will contain short biographies of all the men and women who have been members of the Earlham faculty since its formation.

The cost of the book is being paid by the Earlham alumni and Old Students' association, which was orgainzed 70 year ago, and the board of trustees of the institution. Separate sale of the books will also help to defray the cost, Miss Thornburg said. i 'Xenia Postal Receipts Set AW lime High XENIA, Jan. 6. Postal receipts at the Xenia office set an all-time record in 1939 by totaling according to the annual report of Postmaster H.

A. Hig-gin. The figure is $2,611.21 more than total income in 1038 and revealed Increases over that year in every month except January, June and November. The December business totaled $7,259.17, an increase of $699.23 over December, ,1938. Better retail business in Greene to.

In 1939 is also reflected in the report of County Treasurer Harold J. Fawcett that the 1939 sales tax stamp business at his office was $23,234.34 over the 1938 total. Tax stamps sold totaled $156,968.12 in 1939, compared with 133,733.69 in 1938. Versailles Minstrels VERSAILLES, Jan. 6.

-The Boys' Glee club, under the direction of Prof. Hopkins, will present in the school auditorium on Tuesday, at 8 p. the minstrel, "Lads of the Sunny South." This is a full evening's entertainment, full of fun and frolic. With Tommy Magato as the interlocutor, "Schonz" Keller, Harvey Hole, Jack Richhart and Tom Booth, the "apostles of sunshine," and "Doc" Titsenbarger and "Chick" Pepiot as the "premier comedians," the public is sure to have plenty of hilarity. The minstrel show features the all-girl orchestra of 16 pieces.

The public speaking class will also present a one-act play as a curtain raiser. I Trustees Elect Speaker Named ST. MARYS, Jan. 6. Dow Ban-croft, Chicago, 111., Methodist layman, will be in St.

Marys on Monday night to address a meeting of Methodist men and boys at the church. He is secretary of the department of men's work in the new unified Methodist church. LONDON. The lord mayor's Red Cross and St. John fund for the sick and wounded in the war ha passed the $3,500,000 mark.

ST. MARYS, Jan. 6. John Johns was elected president of the Noble tp. board of trustees.

William Vopel was chosen vice president. The third member of the board is Bert Kennedy. Carl Knatz is clerk. TO MAKE HOME IN TROY ill Club Meeting "FAMILY OF KNIGHTS" Clinton Co. To Hold Set In Warren Co.

4" i LEBANON, Jan. on IftlIl.rv which a series of 4-H club achieve- 1 3(11001 i meni meetings win ne neict in war- 1 II! ren co. were announced by Miss 'l feraalllCS IH2n home demon JMizabetn Graddy, stration agent. r7 Chess Champions To Appear At Lebanon LEBANON, Jan. 6.

Two internationally-known chess experts are to be in Lebanon, Jan. 12. They are I. A. Horowitz, New York, editor of The Chess Review, and Paul Morton, Boston, champion for the past 10 years In the New England states.

Horowitz has played in many international matches, and was twice North American chess champion. The pair will lecture here, and play a series of matches with members of the Lebanon Chess club at the home of Corwin Fred, it was announced. Tha experts are on a country-wide tour, and were Invited here by the local club. The dates on which club members will receive achievement certificates, fair premiums and special awards, are: Deerfield at the Mason farmers' institute Jan. 10; Clear-creek at the Sprineboro innti- AAA Institute Monday WILMINGTON, Jan.

first AAA institute to be held in Clinton co. will open at tha courthouse auditorium, Monday, O. R. McCoy, chairman of the Clinton County Agricultural Conservation committee, announced. Walter L.

Bluck, county agent, will discuss the 1940 agricultural outlook; Dale C. Williams, member of the state AAA committee, and Chris Kainrad, field man for the tata committee, will be the principal speaker. The first session will begin promptly at 0:30 a. m. and the second at 1:15 m.

Becomes Architect MIDDLETOWN, Jan. Jan. 12, and Turtlccreek tp I at a meeting of the Lebanon Grange, Jan. 18. 1 VERSAILLES, Jan.

"More Profits From the Poultry Flocks," i to be the theme of a four-session poultry school, open to all interested poultrymen In Darke to be held at the Versailles high sihool, with the first session Monday at 7:45 p. m. The school i to be conducted by R. E. Gray, extension specialist of Ohio State university, and poultry editor of the Ohio Farmer.

C. H. Clary, vocational agriculture instructor of Versailles high school, and D. P. Miller, county agricultural agent, are the joint sponsors of the project.

Session will extend over four Monday evenings. Feeding, housing, management, marketing, and disease of poultry will be studied at separate sessions, According to County Agent Miller, there is no charge for attendance at the school, but enrollment should be made with C. 11. Clary of Versailles, or nt the county extension office, Greenville, that the proper facilities for the school may be arranged. Meeting Planned MIDDLE-TOWN, Jan.

6 A mis-nionary convention will be held at the First Church of Christ Tuesday and among some of the leading men of their brotherhood who will be here to speak are Dr. E. K. Higdon, of Indianapolis, formerly of the Phlllippine Islands, Dr. Donald Mrflarvan, Jubbulpore, India, and President John Long, of Southern Christian Institute, Edwards, Mis.

LONDON Nearly HOOO ton of raisins were eaten in Britain in the last year, Take Over Bakery ST. MARYS, Jan. and Mrs. Frit)! Limbacher have returned to St. Marys from Defiance to take over the Limbacher bakery, the oldest bakery in the county to be operated continuously by one family.

The bakery wis established In 1889 and has never left the ownership of the has been received by F. R. Swift, 313 Bellemonte st, from the stats board of examiners of architects that he ha successfully passed tha state examination and has been named a registered architect. He formerly was employed at the H. R.

Btnijg Co. of Dayton ami later in this city at the Insulated Steel Construction Co. For tha past four years ha ha been associated with the B. Morgan Co. 1KOY, Jan.

Mr. nd Mr. Ira Conrad of Hamilton, formerly of Troy, are announcing the marriage of their daughter, Darlene. to Frank Davis, son of Mr, and Mr. Darwin J.

Davis, of Salem. W. Va Ky. Mrs. Davis is a graduate of the Covington high school and Mimi-Jacohs Ruines college, Dayton.

The last nix year she ha been employed in the office of the llohart Manufacturing Co. Mr. Davis i a graduate of the Salem high school and he in now in the rmploy of the Hohart Manufarting Co, Mr. and Mrs. Davis will establish their new home in Troy, MINSTER, Jan.

Andrew Kunkler council, No. 2f)8, Knights of Columbus of Minister, ha a "family of Knight," he first in it history. They are William Borcher. and his four m.im, of Ft. Loramis.

Shown in the accompsnylng photo, left tt right, they ri Top row, Mr. Bnrchers, Joeph and Thomas, and bottom row, Carl and William H..