The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-16
Winchester Council
Forms Finance Board

WINCHESTER, IND, December 16.
The city council met Thursday aft
ernoon. to organize board of finance
for receiving proposals for a deposit
tory for the coming two years. May
or Chenoweth was made president OF
the board. Until two years ago there
were only three banks in the town
ship, (Whitewater) now there being
four. Before the fourth bank was in
operation, one bank was the deposit
tory for the township money, one for
the city schools and the other for the
city corporation. The money will now
be divided between the four banks
Proposals for the handling of the city
money will be received and a deposit
tory named on Jan. 8.
Lieut. Walter Simmons is at home
on a furlough. He has been station
ed at Fort Worth. Texas, and is of the
aviation corps. He has been confined
to the hospital for the past two
months. E. Miss Clara Davis, princfp-
al of the Lincoln high school is at her
home at Mooreland during the closing
of the school. THE name of Private
q G. Brown. son of Mrs. Richard
Brown of this township is mentioned
in q recent casualty list as being Sc
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er received a letter from him written
two days after the signing of the
armistice. in which he mentioned that
he had been gassed and was in hos
pttaI. He made no mention, however,
of being wounded, and it is hoped that
it is an error Brown enlisted fifteen
months ago and has been in France
for seven months. -. The funeral or
Mrs. Clate Curry, who died at her
home on Walnut street, Thursday
night, of influenza, was held today, at
the home, short services being con-
Quoted by the Rev. A. NJ. Addington
Lieut. Herbert Stormes OF the
aviation corps with Mrs. Storms ar
rived here Friday from Hampton. Md.
Lieut.. Storms has been mustered ont
of the service. ;. Lieut.. 4. 5. Cox OF
Camp Taylor has been mustered out
of the service and is now at the home
of his mother, Mrs. J. B. Oxley, North
East street.
There were no church services In
Winchester Sunday. the Ministerial as
ISOLATION having agreed to place a ban
on all church, Sunday school and pray
err meetings for an indefinite period, on
account of the flu situation The
general welfare committee appointed
by the mayor, Monday, to investigate
the cases of influenza, billed the city
Wednesday afternoon with notices
warning the people in regard to the
epidemic A number of nurses are
now at work caring for those afflicted
with the disease, Miss Dorothy Rowe
being supervisor. Local undertakers
have been informed by DR.. Granville
REWARD, president of Randolph coun-
ty board of health, that there can be
no services held, except at the grave
LYDIA May Peacock. 50, died We'd
nesday evening from influenza, at the
home of her father, Amos Peacock.
The funeral and burial at Jericho, east
Of Winchester, was held Saturday
morning. The funeral and interment
of Vernon Haisley, aged 80, who died
in Glendive, Montana, was held at Arba
Sunday. Alph Weyman, II, son OF
of Mrs Emma Weyman. died Thursday
of influenza. The mother is also Ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Aron Oswalt received
word fro mtheir son, William, that he
had been wounded on November II,
the last day of the fighting in France.
He was detailed as sharpshooter
brother is in the army also. Mrs.
Tell Wilson has received word from
her nephew, George Davis, the first
word in two months. He is in the
Aviation corps, stationed in southern
France. :. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Holde-
man and three children are now at
the home of Mr. Holdeman's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holdeman.....
The Union City board of health has
been depleted to one member; one be
ing out of the city and one having re-
signed The Red Cross is acting for
the board in quarantining all cases OF
influenza reported by physicians.