The Lawrenceburg Press from Lawrenceburg, Indiana • 1

7 lilV ji i-H' 1 TU 4 i -T i "Xj i ft! I' -o 'rV mi -f 7 Hi- it gif'V r- Hj i ifs jn 1 i -s lOJClS' i I A- 7 rlUlS -Hi INM r-j Itt' VOL CVII No 40 IWRENCEBURG INDIANA FRIDAY OCTOBER 5 192(4 s'- (f- -t '-y I i i- jj 7 777 '-i' jT ka' v1 17 i -1- Hi f- i Rush This Job And Get Sewer Wise I f-'" i Wfi Fine As Convention City Attempt Is Made To Rob Shop Accidentls Fatal To George Sykes Bad ekther Plays 7 Aart In Festival Banquet Wins High Acclaim Horn' Dis tlngnish(NlGiiests'lntennlttent'Rain Friday nd Saturday a Barrier Next TuesdayLast Registration Day Yea Can Not Vote In November Elee- tkms! Unless You Have Registered ket 'At 1 Oncel 1 Ybu will not be permitted to vote under pe' 1933 registration act unless yoU rbave registered If you have already registered either in the current registration period which dosesj tTUesday or in the pre-primary period youf dp not have to re-reglster unleta you have moved outjof your pre- ir 7 H-yoii have moved out of the county since you registered 'you must register With tM county clerk of the i i of the Lawrenceburg Business Club that the Fall 1 stival atvleast had a good beginning in the thoroughly delightful banquet ilch was detaaUed hi The Press-Tast veek i The start was most auspicious with notables present from various see Jons of TndiMi and others from Chid matt and elsewhere who' gave eclat jfco the-forerunner upset for 7777 the Festtval jEoperfviXr '-'h' The stage was likewise set' and everything was! in readiness to give a Fail Festtval program that would have man- Ifestly found favors with man' Oskosh the weather man asserted 77" himself and turned thumbs down on the paradrs the ManU Graq parade on niday and tbeUk pande setXor Saturday ijo blase the way for an intensely busy and pleaslnE of ueritertsfnnumts But I- alas I alack! the weather 1 bugaboo held hla grto throughout' the season and! while he failed jto put out the lire enHrdypi7 he the ardor of the contestants and kept away many many people're parades did go however p- despite th rain In Its uncertain par- Is Made by tin City of Lawrenceburg In the RecepUcm Accorded Bankers at Meeting Held Yesterday The prestige and reputation of Xaw-renceburg as a canventtonTclty-was given an added boost' on1 yesterday when the bankers of this city! officials of the Peoples National Rank and those of the American State Bank were hosts to the Indiana BankersAssodatlon fn the twenty-sixth mnwi meeting of Region Six I The stage was set Ini the handsome end commodious Bt lAwrence Midlto- -1 rium convening at the1 hour of noon with about two hundred present Including state and regional officials and banken vrith a inumber of ladlesfvriio gave charm and beauty thj banquet luncheon served br- the ladles of St Lawrence Chunch Mr Oomellus OTBrim president of the Peeples Na- juonal Bank and Regkn Six presided it khe biuiquet and mi behalf of the hanks of this city extended cordial and pleasing: welcome with wqijds of appreciation to all: who had contributed to! the program in progress He conduded with special announcements ozie of special interest to the ladles who at the recess hour of wenl conveyed jto the amd spacious home of Mta WD Cook hi Greendale far bridge and tea party -Honor guests among the ladies were Mrs' Wm OBrim' i5rv MrsJ'Ai CL Hastaoer and i Mn Cornellus GBrlen Music of an Inspiring nature for the dinner was Burnished by the Old Qua-ker string orchestraJf( the moriiing before thejhour! of convening- the I visiting hankers and their wives wen conducted through the plants of the Old Qualur Company and that of Jos jSeagriun ds Sons Xne axyms which necessarily detracted from tiie beautyjand grandeur of what other- i wisewouhZ have proven a triumph gkay add iuccesaThe jpolnt'waa bean-1 7 tiful floats had been' prepared ai con- siderable cost and time andit waS meet and xiroperi that they shoidd be exhib-iV lteLjDue dutoward wrother it waa about sevmi Saturday eve be-- 7 fore the parade took place The dlspisy agriculture fruits 'and 7 vegetablesjfet was up to the standard and held trade) Interest among exhibit-! 6th last It need not be I skid that the visitors were wonderfully Impressed with the magnitude and the flnetae' of these Industrial institutions marklng aa It does a wide departure tixsm the old days XThe ommepdatioh Internal of Indiana by Charles deputy of Mri Kestner lf county It Is to which you have moved not necessary to have voted in the May primaries to vop In the No vember elections? It Is nbt necessary to hkTs regittered previously to vote In the November provided you register on or before next! Tuesday I TGhbne the county derlc at once far informatloa on where and how to register' If perchance you lied some one to regtater for you this wm not desr the jway for voting Esch Individual must personally register' I -1- Robert Kestner Deputyj Collector Duly Installed Monday and Is New In Charge oipmew Offlcejin Blasenle Balldhtg PabUe Bawd '-7 -7 1-: -1 Robert HKestner was duty installed as Deputy U- mteraal jrevenue collector on Monday to fiU jthe' vacancy pr 7 the sudden1" deathXof Roger Neadl which occurred on August j- sppotatment waa made on reo-: of Will Smith revenue collector for the state j-The oath was administered LL McDorman chief field did revenue department and immediately lassumed his Since the death fof Deputy office and the presumption Is -that one or both of them wlll be here for some tlme lf not permanently as the office isdoing a large Volume oil business In serving the two large distilleries Seagrams and the Old Quakejr now running at practically full tllL The duties of the1 local revenue office will be materially augmented at an early date as" the Jas Walsh A Co new distillery owned and operated by the OTShaugh-nessy brothers will soon begin opera- tions 77 Mr "Hestner the new deputy collector Is a young of fine qualities and attainments Is eminently qualified to discharge jthe duties of the office In an efficient manner He Is a lawyer by profession and a courteous and agreeable gentlemen He knows men and measures and Is certain -to make fine record in Che respolble position he assumes After graduating from the Lawrenceburg high school he attended Bloomington university and graduated' Item' the Law School in 1829 since he has successfully practiced law bx this city In the fast Democratic primary election he was 6 candidate for prosecuting attorney arid made a splendid race His appointment ts received with much genuine satisfaction by all people of this city -and section t- CAU AT zero are prize tickets: Nos 51 128 31 19 and 18 which call far Fall Festival prizes at Meat Market Holders are iuked to call with their tickets I i i 1 NOTICE TO GREENDALE VOTERS will be hi the Greendale Town Hall hi the Greendale School Hope between the' hours of 6:00 amf 9:00 pose of registering voters who have not yet registered and for the purpose of re-registering voters who did not sign their own name when registering before and after the primary it will be necessary for sl voters who did not sigh far themselves to reregister "ij? i Remember you cannot vote If you are not registered before October 8th C7H fr yours truly 7 ALVIN EBERHART I i- it which preceded Fes- ttval was Hi occasion of much value to the cttyof: Awrenceburg 'Distinguish- 7 ed visitors lere 'on that occasicm went 7 home thoroughly delighted with the every phash that entered Into 1L One gentleman (n: particular said that It was toefhi 1st banquet he had eviey attended any vhere and should prove a toadway to Lawrenceburg to become a conventio 1 city of high standard arid appredatior from folks who are In the habit of ati inding contentions' I So "'after! ill despite the fart that a of program as to the Fill Festival prober was necessary it was by no means ia failure and has made an added contribution" to the importance of thls dty to its' forward movement of the present day Sails-have already been set foijthe next festivities of a like nature only under a fairer' were awarded In all contests and tke was general satisfaction among: he exhibitors over the fair manner In whicheach class was judged h' Id Two Men Break Glass In Bear of Flchter Bonding Early Sunday But -J Are i Frightened Away Burglars attempted to feloniously enter the Shop In the! Flchter building Walnut-st about 3 Sunday morning Mrs John Fltchter who with her husband occupies the sec ond floor as a residence was awakened by a noise in the rear hall adjacent to the Shop She' was somewhat mystified as to who might be up and about at that early hour In the morning She called out asking who was there when two men ran out Into the back alley and disappeared Mr Flchter sleeping In another room hearing the commotion ran In and caUed the city police Into action They made a hasty Investigation but failed to establish a i definite due as to the guilty persons V' Ini effecting entrance Into tlie side hall! the Invader broke a Mate In the door evidently with hla fist In order to reach In and unbolt the door made manifest hy blood on the floor i I 1 A New City School Building Is Wanted One of the City's Crying Needs Is Being Urged by Parent-Teacher Association With Definite Interest need for a new and modem mildlng in the city of Lawrence-burg which has long been a disgrace and nigh unto a crime In the' lack of adequacy and sanitation and for other manifold reasons In the present building Is again receiving specific atten tion through the efforts of the Law- renceburg Parent-Teacher Association to crystallze universal as must already exist in the mind of-every obsefvig individual At the recent meeting of the lawrenceburg A the new president Mrs George Wood presented the subject! as a crying need and enthusiastic support was given the suggestion that i efforts be made to devise ways and means If possible to secure for the city of Lawrenceburg a school building that will adequately meet local requirements for housing and educating the youth of this city and vicinity Asstated last week Mrs Wood ap pointed a committee to promulgate this objective to work with Supt Jesse Riddle pmd his board of education composed! of Keller Dr Terrill and Miss Freda Ulrich The committee as published was Incomplete so It Is here given In full: 4 aj Blelby Arthur Rltzmann Elmer Schneider Leo Seitz Theron Smashey Bernard McCann Joseph Boehler Gordonl Herman Klepper Charles Decker Dr Edwin Llbbert William O'Brien Howard Shanks Charles A Lowe George Wood Frank Ludlow A FoxiFred Lutterbeck Hary Hayes Thomas Fitch Jesse Hansell Frank Hutchinson Alvin Eberhart Walter Decker! Morris McManaman Louis Henkle O'Shaughnesay George Wlllers JrH Elmer Harry EL Reed James Ewbank' Robert Nans Charles Junker Geo Meyer Henry Ellenhausen Robert Obertlng A Karstetter R' Williams and Floyd Rush CONVENES AT BIT PLEASANT CHURCH I 'At the Dearborn County conventlmi held at the ML Pleasant church! Wednesday September 28 the did officers were re-elected as follows: Mrs Clara Woods president Mrs Lou Williamson vice president Mrs Susie Taylor recording secretary Mrs Bucker corresponding secretary Mrs Williams treasurer A very Interesting feature of the day was the re-election of Mrs Williams as treasurer for her twenty-seventh consecutive year ln that office Mrs Williamson Is a member of the Cold Spring union The attendance Was exceedingly good from all parts of the cobnty At noon a most excellent dinner was served by the ladles of ML Pleasant church FARM BUREAU TO MEET At the meeting of the Hogan Township Farm Bureau meeting Monday eve October 15 In the ML 8 Inal church basement a play will presented by Jthe social' and educational i leaders Pumpkin pie and coffee will be served 'Emergency Administration Asks For Definite Decision -In Letter to Mayor Spanagel on City Public Works rThe City Council of the City of LaW-renceburg was In session Monday night A number of minor matters were disposed of when ah official letter relative to the Important subject of a sewer system Its relations to a Government loan by and through the Federal Emergency Administration board addressed to the Mayor was read The letter whlch nppears below was referred! to City Attorney who waa absent from the meeting reads: for answer The letter In reply refer to Projects GER JO Docket Nos 4918 and 4954 FEDERAL EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC WORKS September 28 1984 Washington Hon Jacob Spanagel Mayor 7 Town of Lawrenceburg Lawreneebuiw Indiana Sly dear Mr Spanagel: Mr Logan State Engineer A of Indiana advises us that since May of this year he has been trying to get a definite decision Horn the City Attorney of Lawrenceburg Indiana regarding Docket No 4918 sewage disposal plan and Docket No 4954 local and lateral sewers of the City of Law renceburg but as yet has been unable to obtain anything definite As you are aware-Docket -No 4918 bias been approved by this Administration Docket No 4954 can not be approved inasmuch as the security offered for the loan Is not acceptable to the Administration The only way that Docket No 4954 could go forward would be on a change to grant only the Gty of Lawrenceburg financing the remaining 70 per cent of the construction costs Dram other sources Docket No 4918 can not derive any revenue unless Docket No 4954 Is approved Therefore we would appreciate your advising us at once what the Gty of Lawrenceburg intends to' do regarding the financing of Docket 4954 -'X Sincerely yours V-7X 1 RAMSEY JT -V For the Administrator A complete sewer system for this city Is regarded as an urgent and imperative demand for public health and welfare and has been so decreed by the Piddle Health Board of the State of Indiana who in turn have directed that the city find a way to install sewers and an adequate disposal plant The time seems opportune possibly more so than will ever occur again under the liberal policy of the Government in making Joans far public works 1 -7 There should be quickened interest many think not only on the part of the city officials but citizens as' a whole in giving aid and encouragement to this most Important project v' i The following bills were passed upon: American LaFrance 600 Lawbg Light Plant 62566 Walnut Electric Co 2393 Lawrence Electric Co 19070 Cinti OU Co 82 A0 Johnson Electric Shop 69 A3 John Abraham 1 578 Page ft Holt Co! 377A5 Worthington -G Meter Co 135A5 Jas Glow ds Sons 39A5 A1 Sturgeon 2X6 Decker supL etc' 955X7 Doermann-Roehrer Co 14373 Peoples NaL Bank 1844 Officers salaries 558X6 CONSERVATION CLUB STOCKING CREEK 7 The Lawrenceburg Conservation Club with the aid of Guard McAdams county conservation superintendent' placed a can of large mouth bass in Tanners Creek last week This Friday October 5 there will be two cans of small mouth bass planted In the same creek These fish are received from the state conservation department and Is a part of the splendid work carried on to make better sport in this state Every true sportsman Should affiliate himself with the conservation iclub A meeting win be held In the near future to elect officers for ensuing year MiX WARNING TO MOTORISTS Motorists are warned to drive slow whefi approaching the bridge crossing Hogan creek The work of Installing a new floor on the bridge is In progress and there is one-way thorofare One side of the bridge will be completed by the early part of next' week at which other hur- time work will commence an the 'side and rushed to completion as rledly as possible Well Known Contractor Assisting Mot-Ing Daughter nnd Family to New Homo When Accident Occurs A fatal accident which brought death to George Sykes age 63 a highly esteemed cltlsen and well-known contractor of Bright vicinity occurred on the highway between Cleves and Hooven last Friday morning The first tidings that came to Bright stated that: Mr Sykes had been seriously Injured Just a little while later the message of sadness came that he was dead Mr Sykes and son Clair assisted by Edwin Tisdale a son-ln-4aw were moving with an onto and trailer a load of furniture to the new home of Mr Tisdale at Hooven Mr Sykes was riding In the trailer and holding the furniture At a turn In the road the furniture tilted and Mr Sykea In his efforts to hold It In place lost hla balance and fell headforemost on the cement road and was fatally hurt Dr Culley was sum maned and MfeTSykes waa placed In ah ambulance headed for a Cincinnati hospital Death however came ere the start for the city was made and he was taken to his own home near Bright There was poignant grief and anguish occasioned hy this last home-coming of this good man to his Immediate family' and friends with tender sympathetic accord touching the heartstrings of all acquaintances to whom the shocking news had come He was a man among men of gentle mien fair and Just In all his dealings Whence had many friends who pay him tribute and attest their loss In his passing Funeral rites' wee held Sunday at the Bright Christian Church with an extremely large number of relatives and friends being present to attest love and sympathy Many beautiful Bowers also bore mute evidence of esteem Rev Titus of Hanlson Christian church was In -charge assisted -by Rev Gj Strong of the Methodist Church and Rev Thornhill of Harrison The interment was In the' family lot in the Gibson Cemetery I The tribute which follows was written by a friend of the deceased: can not say and I will not say That he Is dead! He Is Just away With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand j- He has wandered into an unknown land Think of tam as the same I say He is not he la just away" George Henry Sykes son of John and Julia Sykes was bom March 9 1873 and departed thls life Sept 28 1934 age 63 years 6 months 19 days' Members of his family! surviving are: two brothers John and James Sykes and one sister Mrs Eva Miller Haley His early boyhood days weT spent In the Bright community He was married April 23 1896 to Mlsl Maud Davis a successful county' teacher before marriage She died January 20 1905 TO this union two surviving daughters were bom Miss Gertrude Sykes of Harrison 0 and Mrs- lWard Simms of South Bend Did (hi December 24 1906 Mr Sykes was married to Miss Bertha Johnson To this union were borri- three children -Geo Lola and who with the stepdaughter Hazel completes the family circle who are bereft of a kind loving and thoughtful father He united With the Christian church early In Itfe and while he attended the Methodist Church with his family he retained his membership with! his early chosen Church -7 He waa a thorough going and active man and a liberal provider for his family For some time he had been deeply Interested In superintending the erection of a new home at Hooven for hla daughter ana husband and little Barbara -It was in this desire to see them nicely set up in their new home that he met his tragic and shocking death Greatly indeed will this daughter' and family prize this last loving work of her father knoweth the way for you and for me He hath made the Journey plain He knoweth the strength and the crosses we bear And the reasons which seemeth strange And out of a wonderful love doth send The things we can not change" SOCIAL The gfpir class of Guilford high jwji will 'give a Hallowe'en social at SChOOl Will niEuw-BVM the Guilford school October 31 7:30 1 -Ai 1 1 when whisky making was simply an art of making whlsty without special regard to elegance of surroundings such as is In vogue to ttiitaetocM 'plants JAt the regular buidkess meeting the afternoon President John JL Hillen-brand presided After wiords of greeting he jappointed a i nominating committee that It might be ready to xnake repori when called upon -i The first speaker was Kreisle TeU Gty" 'presildentl'cfttwirkUium Bsuokers Assoctatlomf dlscuined "Activities of the Association Other subjects and speakers werl The Modernization Loan Donald asdttullndiaiia Ualsoh Officer Business and Sound Money Nlchblas 'E Noyes member Indiana Sound Money Committee EU LUy ft Company Indl-anopolls director Federal Beserve Bardc of Chicago Unity of -Action In Combac-Ing Crlmq Al Feeney Indiana Grector of Public Safety Banking-as a Career Curda member Executive pouncll American Institute of Banking Gty National Bank Trust CoX Chicago Our Banking Problems Vice President Mitcbell Kokomo Next came the open forum on Practical Application of Servlce Charges This report of! the nominating committee was made Just prior to adjourn- ment and was 1 unanlmouslyadopted resulting in the election of the following officers to serve during the ensuing Cornelius i OHrlen Lawrencebufg S7 Harrison Greensburg vlce-presldenL ij 7 'f Behmer 'Columbus secretary J(dm HUlehbrand Batesvllle member of nominating committee for state convention Cornelius alternate i 7 Executive committee: Cornelius Setseri Columbus George Dennet Brookvllle Lange North Vernon Crawford Con nersvlUe I I-: zr-yx 7 1 7 NOTE The Rounli 4-H dubs ol Hanselland leaders" has CHANGE OF DATE up of the Bays and Girls ML PleasanL with Lester Rowena Harper respective been! changed from this (Friday) evening to next Friday eve nlng October 12 In conjunction with the RoundmL ifhe Ladles Aid wUl have 1 a social to the ML Pleasant Commun-ity Hall A play win be presented and a good program has been prepared so all are looktog forward to a-most lxi jj teresttog evdringr i I 1 I REJOINS STEAMSHIP LINCOLN Afterv visiting home' folks for three -X months Glowka left for San -it tYandscoX Calif- to resume his position as (nglnieer oh the 8 President Lincoln of the Robert Dollar Steamship f' i The next meeting of Region Six wlllon Saturday October 6th for the pur- Line CHILDREN GIVE PROGRAM A very toterestlng miscellaneous program was given by the children of First Evangelical Church1 Aurora last Bun day evening as part of the Rally Day exercises Rev Halfter the new pastor gave -a short- talk to the Sun- I day School Members of toe church will serve dinner at the Fair i- BAZAAR AND DINNER I The SL Lawrence Welfare Society will give a bazaar and dinner Sunday October 14J at SL Lawrence Auditorium Dinner will be served from 11:30 a nw to 2:00 A cordial invitation Is extended to the public be held to October 1935 at GreensFurg GIRLS TAKE HIKE 7 About fifty" girls from the eighth grade of A jourheyed out the Sunnyslde rea: to the 'Country Gub last Wednesday after school accompanied by -Miss Smith home economics teacher and Miss Llnkmeyer physical education teacher i A game of baseball I waa played after which a bountiful I lunch was enjoyed' Greendale Town Clerk si -M 1 i i 1 I i 7 HI 7- Mr- I zr i 1 -I.