Adams County Union-Republican (Newspaper) - March 25, 1925, Corning, Iowa 25 1925 Vol LV No 12 Committee One Build ing to House All Grades BOND Petitions for New Election Will Be cday and School Board At the meeting of the community committee on plans Monday evening It recommend thitt a new for the accommodation of all the grades of our public schools be erected on the now by tie tRaw son schooL r necessary Is set at Two plans were before the meeting One was a proposition to use the pres ent high building for the grades and erect a new building the The other plan was for the of only ono large enough to house tni no per sons on the committee including the ol the committee the airs not present at Claude Stanley S Lyons and 0 28 tHawley The committee further recommends 113 lots adjoining the school on the west shall fce a price of prior to the recent at to Is proposed to erect the new building just west of the present school building to tot the school grounds north and south bit against tha west line te ground for the It Is proposed the new build Peterson ing wili the grades the high school and tho junior om has been no guess twork about and the decision of the committee has been arrived at after tho most painstaking and careful con with Interests of the community in j A petition to submit tho proposition to a vote of the people will n a very definite proposition in every way It win ask for no more money than is actually needed in the judg ment of the ofthe details win he open to the public as i matter of course and it Is hoped that everybody will be take pains Inform themselves concern Ing the proposition and not accept for truth any wild rumors tha may be started We shall keep our readers posted as matters progress BOARD ELECTS TEACHERS Most of Corning Teachers Reelected At the meeting ot the Corning school board last week all of the high school teachers and most of those in the grades wero reelected It ia that the teachers do not contem plate board has been apprised of SO vacancies The names ctT the Our court waa adjourned last week just after our paper was Issued until Monday of the present week Judge Carter did not return owing to the illness of some ot Judge of came down and assumed affairs The mostly reports of administrators In estate cases i The grand jury finished its work and was discharged on the 19th Thus far only two Indictments returned by that body have Orin who employed with salaries paid are as follows School Destar Ho Sirs Louella 1440 Mary Br Bar hour i 1350 Helen G 1350 Louise Glenn JGray 1350 Ruth Smith Lucille Winter 1350 H 2400 Vida Nelson 1306 1350 Rawson School Wagner Prin Anna Craft 1035 1035 Sarah 1260 Judge Maxwell Takes Judge Carters Place This Week GRAND JURY FINISHED ITS WORK Two I ndl nta Mad e P u b 11 Jury Is Now Busy Hear ing Cases Abo Edwards et al vs Board ot Supervisors defendants given 10 days in which to plead i S Humbert vs W L iMorris Judgment for plaintiff Free Press Publishing Co vs A F Buries et al cost bond at defendant given days to plead BANQUET at the Big I Wednesday of last week the Mother nnd Daughter Janquet was hold in tho parlors of the Methodist church and almost 200 took to enjoy an evening together partake of ent spread and listen to good talka and music j i The ladles of the Methodist church served the excellent dinner arid be ween courses toasts addresses was against John who Is charged with Jile gave a urn ap the at trial Bother Indict ment J fyt Richards on In submitted to the grand jury are not permitted to the proper time ibit rumor has it that Air Richards trouble originates from his purchase ot a number ot hides alleged to stolen jury tne party accused ot the hides but Orchestra B J J Hogan First Course Second Course Duet Reading Thomas Indicted Mr Richards on the perjury charge ofthe commenced yesterday morning and finished shortly after noon today the jury returning a verdict of guilty The In theny was chatted with car Facklar had charge of the pros ecu WUk 1 1 B A Lee of after the of the defendant Tho J i Jories vs jCodk ot a I defendants given 10 lays to George W Kingery vs Lizzie Angus et al judgment and decree as to all guardian for Byron Luella Charles Earl and Lotha Ellenwood Mabel English of Clarinda a nation ally lip her bo 848 KILLED 1 CYCLONE Greatest Storm Disaster Ever In tho United States city of Chicago sent 1160000 for relief work and the state legislature of 1111 appropriated a sum The Missouri legislature voted and tho American ot southern Illi gave 56000 Hundreds of others contributed smaller sums NEARLY 3000 PERSONS INJURED to Amount to About Ten Millions In Five States Tlie greatest and destructive storm over known in the United States swept portions ot Missouri Illinois Indiana Kentucky and Tennessee last Wednesday afternoon fit is reported t 648 persons lost their dives dur ing the hours that the storm Tho property nrp mated at about The town of Griffin Ind was en tirely obliterated had a popula tion of 400 Thirtyseven bodies were taken from the ruins the first day and itIs estimated that dead or will die from the effects of Injuries D n THEY LIKE Red Oak People Petition Passage of Proposed Measure The which has passed the Jawa house representatives and gives The highway commission tha right to settle controversies on a where boards of ors do not agree has met with popular favor among many voters boun ty Tho is soon to come before the and In order to give Senator ng Mother and and menu wore as fol plir where 250 were killed and 500 wounded West 0 and n ured Homo that Gray Third Course 1 s Comrade Beatrice Fourth Course Daughter Mashed Potatoes Creamed ho map It had 500 population 50 of killed and 260 Injured An thor neighboring town Gorham suf Is It s charred from tho force of the effect tod V The greatest death waa in Mar h or o a lo n toe a ring mm r ly 300 One at the suggestion ot William who owns nearly BOO acres on the coun ty lino where the bridge on No 8 la missing was circulated dn Bed Oak Saturday afternoon and in several 118 signatures were obtained in support of the Tho con with two ilr Lopor haa circulated cue patl tlon on the oast side of the county and obtained 150 names Both petitions have urging him to support the Bixler In the senate in order that the east Oak OLDER BOYS CONFERENCE Meeting at Atlantic Was Very Inter 118 In Missouri the death loss mounted to 299 In the injuries Tennessee lost and 60 Indiana 93 a high boys drove to Atlantic to at t etui 1 h e Saturday and meeting was one of tho largest over held In this deaths and 1960 injured The great with 22 represented wua in and an of over 300 Very wows JSi deaths and 1960 PliA see when reached tho Ozark regions of southern J trolled by fw JM Parsons coming all a fino time Mary E cos of all the school officials In and study rooms there auditorium with a seating capacity of a standard size gymnasium Architect Thomas of Des who has been with the local committee in regard Jo the plans was present at the meeting and many details wero Jf e was requested by tha committee to have detailed ready for inspection at 1030 Turner Mrs Willard Archie high school Mrs Harold Scott Mrs E Lyons Mrs R B Phillip grades Ing persons Jd K Cooper Lonnie Ruben William Stewart Mrs A Hot Jelly Butter Olives mountain states From crossed over into the ex FIRE AT Gar ing called for Wednesday evening April lat Yesterday morning the architect and a toe Inspect ed the grounds end determined upon some of the necessary details In order that the may be drawn tor a trf fit the site Tha committee feels that It Is recom mending to the people of the commun ity a oat plan than the one that will cost considerably less money In addition to accomplishing much that a financial saving in the future The plan that was formerly Voted and rejected proposed a was to take care of only nine grades leaving three to be placed to the present high The now purchase of additional grounds and necessary equipment required the asking for a bond Issue of It also con repairs on the present high school building That plan was voted Blaze Destroyed Number of alo ne A fire in the in ho rear of F E Bullocks ast Monday morning damaged the to considerable extent de belting of ind damaged the electric motor so hat It has to ibe rewound In addi tion about 31 garments belonging to of Mr Bullock were burned sir Bullock informa us tbat he Intends o make adjustments satisfactory to on losses which Is certainly doing the square thing as faras he would not Foe hold responsible in the eyes of the law CHo bad no Insur ance covering these the risk so great that Insurance com panies to take Tile girls woolen ladys woolen suit baby coat gabardine coat three sweaters two pleated skirt afit O D shirts ladys jacket several mens suits It is not known how the started Mr Bullock had just taken the gar e election held January Jb The new plan is much bet tor It will have the advantage caring for all of the pupils in one will be much better for the executive department of the and particularly from a finan cial as the expanses of administration and upkeep will be materially lessened Under tiis plan tie present high school property and also the school may be dis from the tubs and hung them in the drying room when the fire was dis covered personal property loss will amount to and the value of the clothing will aggregate or lore The firemen did mighty good work There were threa large cans of gaso line covered with cloth and tin tops The were entirely around the rim of each top but there was time ai posed ot the tha new structure Under this plan a redaction is affected ia the and at the same Athletic the basketball closed high school boys are looking to track and baseball events for the outlet of their farther athletic enthusiasm Track has a little tho hold in tho school and will Ibe supervised by the coach for Corning look very good at this time with quite been consulted visits bavc been a cw of tne runners W distant places to Inspect n boys have been committee has much this proposition It finds that tHe matter Is Ws problem Many been Tield Paul Willfam iChester s Delia Moore Ronald Buxton The jury was out a littlo less than on hour On reporting Its verdict Judge Max well discharged tho furors for the term as there are no more trials in which their services will bo re Q Tho defendant in th n se has until April tortile a motion for a new trial Of course no sentence is imposed until after that matter has jsen Judge will return to his home and in H any matters of Importance come up the judge will return to hear them Other cases twere disposed of as Indicated below Mattle Chatterton va J S Coakley sheriff defendant given five days in which to plead In of tho Dillon minors report of sale and deed ap proved Annual reports wore approved in the matter of the Thomas minors and the case of John Henry Kitchart also in of Johnston Sal son minors minors Sarah E Gibson Girl Ice Cream Cako LYCEUM TALENT BOUGHT Contract for Next Years Course Made This Week I Community club and tho Cooperative club this week met a representative of he bureau and con for tho high school lyceum ourse for hext Venr There will he our numbers will bothe olden consisting of five people who furnish Hawaiian music One of the company fa nn ator The second number will be Two Fellows and a GIrl the Cohen that minio such and wonderful run a short The third number of pianist and ac player lecture by Army Ambrose finishes ho Hat Iremo southern portion of the stato and pursued its course northeast hrough southern and up to ho lake region A portion ot tho storm swept and Kentucky Tho center of the cyclone seems to have been about a mile wide In some places and at others It nar rowed down to a much smaller width wero loft path of the tern nest Fires were started in all the cities In the path of the storm electric lighting systems were demolished nnd the places left ln shortly after tho terrible com panies called out for police duty tho Red Cross society Taa asked to take relief work In prac all of the stricken impressed with the pro gram estate cases Sarah Am dor Edward R Susan McCarl Annie Wack James Cooper MIlO H Brink ot B F Smith ordered that New Light Proposal Co were In Coming lost evening talk Ing over matters Informally with tho The administrator publish of report for two weeks D H holf allowed as attorneys fees the funds in his hands less any costs necessary to ibe paid j Estate of John A TImmerman hear ing for report 20 Estate of C B Wlllson L OR appointed guardian ad order for sale Estate of C M Booth guardian au to Estate of Addle Downing tont report of sale and deed to O W VIckery approved Johnston ap pointment of Clarence Johnston as guardian set aside Estate ot John A date of probate of will set for March 24 H TB John C Connelly settled i I E B Wadhams vs Fair Association settled desirous of having tha obsolete wiring on the changed to modern system and the JLee are making offers on the work At present the city per electrolier for the light service all lights on until midnight after which only the top light Is used The people offer to fix the wiring and furnish the pres ent lighting service at If given a contract that expires with their franchise practically soven years from now They offer an all night service on the 96 residence lights and tho elec at an advance of 15 cents per light per month The matter will doubtless ho acted upon at the next regular meeting of the city council 1st thoroughly gone over at 1 on note Better Community Club Meeting The Better Community club trill meet at the home of Mrs D W Tur ner Tuesday afternoon at A special program be given and a social hour enjoyed after the business session If havo not already paid dues n splendid fITort t nfa of tha community wnu Jroin were Lawrence Back Marry Wll marth Weal Everott Kenneth Oray Arthur Lewis Warren Leo Arthur Stanley Vornon Prof Howard and Bruco Oray On Sunday Powe son D W Turner J iM and meeting twenty wore en at the homo of Frank Gray last evening complimentary to Emma Gray en are down from DCS spending the spring vacation from their school duties Games wore enjoyed and ice cream and cake wore served j who calls upon us is assured of very best it is power render Nothing but the IB good enough jj We Make No Discrimination between the great nnd the hum hf the rich nnd the the strong nnd the Our service ia to mankind nnd of the in ic of the highest Funeral Directors CORING Licensed Embalmers
