The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-23
PREBLE TAXES
WILL BE FIXED
BY COMMISSION
Budget Men Will Tour County
Meeting Local Boards -
School Districts Combined.

EATON, O.. July 23.-For the pur-
pose of fixing the 1919 tax rate, the
Preble County Budget commission Will
make its rounds of the county, begin
ming August 4, to visit the school, mu-
nicipal and township taxing boards.
County Auditor Albert Campbell is
mailing notices to the various taxing
boards advising them Of the date and
place they will meet the budget COM
mission.
The first day the commission will be
Jackson township, at the central high
school building at Campbellstown, at
o'clock in the morning; in Jefferson
township, at the high school building
in New Paris, at 10:15; in Monroe
township at the centralized school
building, at lis p. M; in Harrison
township, at the high school building
in Lewisburg. at p. m.
August the commission will meet
the boards Of Twin and Lanier town
ships, at the high school building in
West Alexandria, at a. m. At 100
p. m the boards of Gratis township
will be met at the high school build
ing in Gratis village.
The schedule for August 6: Dixon
township house, at a. m; Israel
township, at high school building at
Fairhaven, at 1890 a. M; Somers
township, at high school building in
Camden, at 80 p. m.
August z: Casper township, at
township house, at $50 a. m; Wash
ington township, at auditors office in
Eaton, at 1870 p. m.
After Extra Funds.
Instead Of two supervisory school
districts in Preble county, there will
be one in the future. Merging Of the
north and south districts in the coun-
ty was effected in a recent meeting of
the county board of education. Under
a statute governing school affairs
affairs there must be thirty teachers
in district Because of the fact that
one district did not have enough
teachers longer to maintain a district.
the two districts were merged into
one district The board re-employed
Zetta Huber as head of the county
normal school at West Alexandria.
All schools in Harrison township,
outside of towns, are now in one dis
trict, a special district, and the town
ship district proper having been merg-
ed. A board appointed for the new
district is made up Of Robert Burger,
John Rennard, F. A. Howell, Frank
Banker, John Warnke.
Clayton r. Coblentz of New Paris,
was reelected a member Of the county
school examining board.
The board engaged an attorney to
confer with the county commissioners
in regard to directing the refunding Of
money from various funds among
which the county dog tax fund was
distributed, as the board opines that
certain moneys distributed in other
funds should have come to the board
of education, according to the con,
struction placed by the board on the
laws relating to school affairs.
Presidents of the eleven boards in
the now combined district in the coun-
ty will meet here July 80, in the offices
of County Superintendent w. S. Fog
arty, and name a supervisory superin.
tendent of the new single district.
Eoearty Committee Head
County School superintendent w
S. Fogarty has been named chairman
Of the committee in charge of arrange
ments for the county community con
ference to be held in Eaton, August
Davis Is Released
Van Davis, 10, negro, has been re
leased from the county Jail. where he
was confined on charge of entering
tne OFFICES OF tne Eaton cement Lie
company and stealing articles Of small
value; also with appropriating horse
and buggy belonging to J. f. Noge
local meat market owner. Davis wa
provided with a ticket, placed upon
train and sent to his home in Louis
vile, Ky. He had been in Jail severa
montho.
Community Will Sing
In connection with the weekly bant
concert this evening at the courthouse
community sing will be introduced
in which local singers will participate
A. w McBriar. Cincinnati Y. NJ.
A. demobolization secretary, who is il
Preble county arranging for a con-
munity conference to be held in Eaton
will lead the singing.
Dr. IL