The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-21
THE TRUANCY OFFICERS
MADE BY THE STATE
BOARD YESTERDAY.
Counties Taken Up in AIphab eticaI
Order-Few Need More than
Three Officers.


tary Bicknell, of the State Board of Chart
ties, got together yesterday as a state
truancy board and began the work of APP
pointing the $50 or more truant officers that
will be required in carrying out the pro-
visions of the compulsory education law.
Though they spent the whole day upon the
work, they did not half finish 1T. Counties
were taken in their alphabetical order, and
a number of them had to be passed, either
because they had not been properly di-
vided into districts or the right men mad
not been recommended by the local school
authorities. The division of the counties
into districts was made by the county su-
perintendent, subject to revision by the
state board, and a tendency was developed
to make the divisions too small, thus null
tiplying the offices. Messrs. Geeting and
Bicknell do not believe that any county in
the State needs more than four officers and
but two or three of them require more
than three. while a number can get along
very comfortably with but one. The state
board does not seek to know anything OF
the politics of the appointees.
AS far as the work progressed yesterday
the appointments were as follows:
Adams County-First district. Decatur
and Prebe. Root Kirkland, Washington
townships, George W. Mckean OF Deca-
tur; Second district Union, St. Mary's, BIu 1te
Creek and Jefferson townships, Edwin W.
France, Pleasant Mills Ihlrd dlstllct'
French, Monroe Hartford and WABASH
townships. Adolph Schug, Geneva. ..o
Allen County-First district, Sclplo,
Springfield, Cedar Creek, Perry and e Eel
River townships, David Opdyke, Leo; Sec
ond district, Lake, Aboite and Lafayette
townships Sim H. Stouder, Fort Wayne;
Third district. Washington, Wayne, Pleas
ant, st. Joseph, Adams and Monon town
ships. John g. Schmetzer, Fort ,N Wayne;
Fourth district, Milan, Maumee, JEFFERSON
and Madison townships, William Rlcnarde
son, Monroeville; Fifth district, the CITY Oh
Fort Wayne, appointment not yet MADE.
Carroll County-First district, Delphi,
South Delphi, Madison, Deer Creek, I1ppe-
canoe, Jefferson, Adams and Rock creek
townships, II. b. Whistler; Second district
Clay, jackson, Monroe, Democrat, Burning
ton, Carrollton, Washington townships ana
the town of Flora, Dora b: Meyer Flora.
Cass County-First district, Boone, Har-
rison Bethlehem, Adams, Jefferson, Nople,
Clay, Miami townships, and the town or
Royal Center, Orlando Powell, Metea; sec
ond district, Logansport appointment not
Creek townships and the towns OF walton,
Triton, Washington, Clinton, EEL James
Holman, Galveston. ,,-,..
town, Michigan, Johnson. Sugar g i,,s Greek EEK
Kirklin townships the town OF klrk fI,I ana lt
the city of Frankfort Joseph P 9udaaR
Third and Fourth districts not yet made
Crawford County-First district, Patoka'
Johnson ana Union townships, lACAAa
Robinson, Eckerty; Second district, sterl-
ing. Liberty and Whisky Run townships,
Lee Van Meter, Marengo; Tuird dlstrlGt'
jennings, Ohio and Boone townships, n. b.
Decatur County-First district, Washing
ton township and the city OF Greensip9dr,g g'
trict Clinton, Fugit Salt Creek and Marion
townships, John Martin, New Point THIRD
dsc5 aaams ca Charles ssn Braden c
De Kalb County-First district, Fairheld,
Smithtield, Franklin, Troy, Grant town
ships and the town OF waterloo, A piab
land, Kemper, Butler townships ana the
towns of Garrett ana Coruna, joan "a;
Houser. Garrett Third dlstr rn Gh Anhn ana
Wilmington Concord, Stafford, MELVILLE
and the towns of Butler, st. Joe and Spen-
Dubois County-First district Columbus,
HARRISON, Boone, Madison BaI 11I31.g
townships and the town of Jasper, Wllliam
w Kendall, Jasper; Second district, Ma
rion, Hall Jefferson Jackson, Ferdmont
townships and the town of Birdseye, John
j. Meschede Celestine Third dlStrlct; Fae
toka and Cass townships and the city OF
Huntingburg j. H. Johnson, HuntlngbuTB
Fayette County-First district Zone only)
Richard F. Mcclure connf trot fbe citv Of
New Albany J. f. Schutt, New Albany;
Second district, New Albany, Lafayette,
lille the foEas Of and
GEORGETOWN, George E. Smith, Floyd
Knobs. 49,.
Fountain County-First district, Attica
and Logan, Davis Lawrence ana Rlchlahq
townships, John Mari of Attica; Second
district. Covington and Troy, wabash ana
Fuiton townships, Granville Adkins, OF
COvington; Third district, Neederspurg ana
Van Buren, Caini, Jackson and Mill Greek
townships, Edward Patton. 49,
Greene County-Robert Thompson, of
Bloomfield. 49,,
Hamilton Cqunty-George Magh, Mobiles
vile. t'f -,
Vile and Blue River, Morgan, Spencer ana
Franklin townships, d. A. AdamSon, New
Salisbury; Second district, Corydon, New
Middletown and New Amsterdam ana F1af-
rison Washington, Webster ana S cott
Townships A. L. Reynolds, Corydon; ihlrq
district Elizabeth, Laconia and Mauckport
and Posey. Taylor Boone and Heth town
ships F. NJ. Barley, Laconiae
jackson County-First district, seymour,
r. F. McCann Second district. Crothers-
Vile and Hamilton. Jackson, washington,
Vernon and Grassy Fork townships, l.. II.
RaIslev. Seymour; Third district, Browns
town and Salt Creek, owen, BrownstoWn,
Driftwood and Carr townships, James Hen
dersOn. 4 nrs.
James Stewart; Second district Madison,
Milton Shelby and Monroe townships, John
Crawford, of McGregor; Third district,
Hanover Saluda. Republican, Graham,
Lancaster and Smyrna townships, James
Jennings County,. H. Hale, North Yer
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