South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-05
ROAD BONDING PLAN
CARRIES IN CASSOPOLIS
Approval of 1,O76 Majority Means
Construction OF Trunk System
OF Good Highways.
News-Times Special Service:

creating considerable comment and
discussion during the past few weeks
was submitted TO the voters at the
election held Monday and carried
| by LOIS votes. This means that
during the next few years a trunk
system OF good roads will be built
over the county in such a manner
that no one will be more than a
mile and half from a cement or
stone road. This will mean a great
/ deal TO the farmers who have 10
| haul their produce 10 market or shin
here, as the roads for several years
have been in anything but first class
condition.
Township officers elected were:
Supervisor, Charles Jones' demo-
crat, defeated Clarence Wells. re-
publican. G. Leon CrisweII repubIi-
can. defeated Edgar French in the
race for the clerks office. Henry
Messenger was elected treasurer over
A NJ. Berkey. republican. and Lewis
Gays, democrat, defeated Arthur c..
Mallow for highway commissioner.
Henry Secor. democrat. was elect
i th Wv CT otEA VI lllElMdNS over + red
| Mosier. Q. Q. Allison and Mrs. War
rem w Reynolds were elected mem
bers Of the board OF library trustees.
For justice Of the peace, a NJ
! Kingsbury. democrat, defeated Zed
| File. w. l.. Jones was elected over
s. 5. Harrington, for a member of
the board of reviews. Democratic
candidates, John Corbitt, George
| Miller. Bert Muffley and Peter
Kingsbury defeated c. V. Williams
and Edward Campbell. for con-
stables.
OF the new board OF township
supervisors, 10 are democrats and
eight republicans. BY townships they
are: Marcellus, Charles Huff;
Wayne. Fay Atwood; Pokagor,
George B. Cameron: Lagrange.
Charles Jones; Penn, F. z. Gleason;
Newberg. Andrew J. Poe; jefferson,
Jewell Tietsort; Howard, c. w Man
nix; Milton, Charles Butts: first
ward. Dowagiac, William vrooman-
democrats. and republicans-Volin
Charles Beebe; Silver Creek, Will
lam Burkitt; Porter. Charles Car
ter: Calvin, Matthew T. Arts: On
two, John Hadden; Mason, John
Stevens; second ward, Dowagiac,
John Biiderback and third ward.
Dowagiac, John Stewart.
Leonard Ford of Brownsville was
sent 10 the state hospital for the
insane at Kalamazoo on an emer-
gency order Saturday afternoon.
Ford was only released from the in
stitution last October.
Marshal George w. Miller Sat
urday arrested John Harris, a col
ored man, who had been annoying
was arraigned and sentenced TO 20
days in the county Jail.
DR.. and Mrs. Cyrus II. Funk and
Mr.. and Mrs c. Ritter have returned
from several weeks visit to different
points in Florida.
DR.. and Mrs. Stanley A Farnum
have returned from Marcellus where
they spent the week end at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. I. NJ.
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kingsbury of
South Bend spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Clark here.
Miss Esther Cone has returned
from South Bend where she spent
last week with her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Warren.
Eber Reynolds Of Three Rivers
has been visiting at the home Of his
grandfather, Eber Reynolds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Orr have
returned from Three Rivers where
they spent a few days with her
brother and sister-inlaw. Mr.. and
Mrs. II. z. Reynolds.
Miss Georgia Dool has returned
from Lansing where she visited
friends last week.
Miss Inez Rickert, who visited rel
atives at Three Rivers few days.
has returned.
Mr.. and Mrs. y. NJ. Halsey have
returned from Jackson where they
visited their son and daughter-in-
law. Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Halsey
and little daughter.
Rev. A. F. VonStiIli was out from
Chicago Sunday TO conduct the ser
vices at the Presbyterian church.
Miss Irma Hughes has returned
from Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo
where she visited friends during va
cation last week.
Mrs. Flick LOwitZ and sons,
George and Jack. and Herbert Mills.
jr.. Of Chicago, are spending the
week at the Lowitz cottage at Park
Shore. Diamond lake.
Miss Edith Westfall has returned
20 her work here after the vacation
period spent at her home at Ed
harrisburg.
Miss Cora Johnson has returned
after the week spent with her par
ents at Flint.
Mrs. George Vogle and daughter.
Mary Esther, who have been the
formers grandparents at Marcellus,
have returned.
Misses Stella and Mildred Martin
have returned after spending a week
with relatives at Elkhart.
Miss Ruth Morse spent last week
with her sister, Very at Chicago
has returned.
Miss Frances Bickel Of Centre
Vile. Mich, who has been visiting