The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25
SOLDIERS WILL
BOOST AUCTION
At new PARIS
Airplane Flight May Be Feat
ure Of Red Cross Benefit
Saturday.

NEW PARIS. O.. April 25.--An ex-
hibition airplane flight may be one Of
the features Of the auction sale to be
held here Saturday for the benefit Of
the Red Cross. Business men have
signed q petition asking that an avia-
tor be sent from the Dayton aviation
field to give the exhibition. A request
that jefferson township boys who are
at Camp Sherman, O., be given per-
mission to come home for the day
and take part in the event, was grant
ed by the camp commander.
Contributions that will amount to
several thousand dollars are being
received for the auction. Live stock
worth $1,000. and seed corn, hay. oats,
household furniture, musical instru-
ments. poultry, live rabbits, coal.
wood, canned fruit, flowers. linen.
fancy work. eggs. cameras, carpets.
buggies and harness are included in
the variety OF contributions received.
Large money gifts have also been
made. The sale is to be given by the
B. G. l. c., club OF young women.
ID. l.. Perry of Columbus, O., and A.
n. Bausman of Greenville will act as
auctioneers.
In the evening a benefit Red Cross
dance will be given in the opera
house by the Yankee club, an organ
ization OF young men. Wilson's Jazz
band OF Greenville will furnish the
music.
The jefferson township Sunday
school convention will be held Sun.
day, May 5, at the Gettysbu Presby-
terrain church. The Preble county
convention will be held at West Man
chester. May II. Programs for the
meetings have not been completed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson Pinnick and
son. Jack. were Sunday guests of rela.
tives In Richmond. /. Mrs. Katherine
Brown OF Verona, is spending q few
days with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown
and Mr.. and Mr.. Carl Brown i. i. Mrs.
Marcus Penland went to Dayton Sun
day, called there by the illness of a
relative. John Hogston of Green
Vile. spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Ledbetter.. :. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H.
Pence were Sunday guests Of DR.. and
Mrs. c. w. Beane at West Manchester
Glenn l.. Diggs, who has been in
the camp hospital at Hattiesburg,
Miss. the past thirty days, is reported
almost recovered. Mrs. John Horri-
gan OF Camden, spent the weekend
with her sisters here. Mrs. Edna J.
Miller was called to Middletown, O..
Sunday by sickness in the family of
relative. Miss Irene Timmons of
West Manchester spent Saturday with
her mother, returning Sunday morning
to West Manchester, where she was
one of jollv party of teachers en-
tertained thele.. George S. DAWSON
who has been quite sick Is able to
be out. Charles L. Baker, who is
travelling for the Peters Cartridge Co.,
spent the weekend with his family /. {.
Harley Brawley, typhoid fever victim,
is recovering, being able to sit up. (.
Mrs. B. O'Bannon Of Richmond. visited
friends Saturday. Mrs. Ada Koch Of
Cincinnati. accompanied Mr.. and Mrs.
@. A. Began home Friday evening and
spent Saturday with local friends.
Misses Coral Haseltine and M. Carmin
OF Richmond. were also guests. 80. The
instructors from Jefferson township,
were at Lewisburg, o., Saturday at
tending the Preble County Teachers
Association. "A very successful bene.
fit dance for the Red Cross. was given
Friday evening at the Opera House by
Carl w. Reid, an unusually large COM
pany of merry dancers being on the
flor. The hall was beautifully deco
rated in the national colors. The
dances were arranged so that new and
old dances were introducing. making a
pleasing program. Mr.. Reid turned
over to the local unit of the Red Cross
$1,000. which was very acceptable, as
demands are heavy. Fred Nash and
wife of Columbus, visited his parents
Thursday and Friday, as Fred left
Saturday for Camp Sherman. having
enlisted. =. Charles Mills. who was
just returned from South America
visited his brother, w. P. Mills, the lat.
ter part of the week. Mr.. and Mrs.
James Mungavin OF Richmond, were
Friday guests of Mrs. Mary Mungavin.
I'll. G. Price Of Dayton. made bust.