The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-12
.lAMM. HEADS PREBLE
: FARM BODY; GILMORE
JACKSON PRESIDENT

JAUkOUN InEOIUENI
EATON, O., Jan. 12.-John H. Lamm
of Camden. was reelected president Of
the board Of directors Of the Preble
County Agricultural society in q re-
organization meeting held here Sat
urday afternoon. John Unger, of West
Alexandria, was elected vice president.
The board renamed Harry d. Silver
of Eaton, secretary. and A j. HES
tand, at Eaton. treasurer.
Ex-CoVnty Commissioner HI. A. HI
nea, of Harrison township, and w. o.
Morris, of Dixon township, are new
members Of the board, they being
elected last fall. The other members
of the board arc Josiah e. F1ory, Hen
ry =. Dalrymple, Arthur Morton, John
w. Noakcs, Stanley 8. Hart, Jesse L.
Haston, Julius Waters, George w. Ri
ner, Cleve Montgomery. A J. Swift,
county agricultural agent, and Walter
s. Fogarty, county school superintend-
ent.
The board laid plans to greatly en-
large the junior calf club for the fair
this year. Tentative plans are to pur-
chase carload of calves and dis
tribute them among boys and girls in
the county to develop for the contest
next fall. Oranges and other agricul-
tural bodies of the county probably
will be asked to share in the purchase
of the calves and promote interest in
the contest The calf club contest
was introduced at the fair last fall.
and much interest was manifested. al
though the club was small in numbers.
President Lamm will appoint an exc
cutive committee and departmental
heads at the next meeting, Feb. IA.
Regular meetings of the board this
year will be held the second Satur-
day in each month.
80 Jackson Committee Elects.
of Ex-State Senator Hugh R. Gilmore.
of Eaton, heads, as chairman, the
,Preble County jackson Banquet COM
mittee. He was renamed chairman In
a reorganization meeting Of the COM
lnittee held here. Charles G. Webb,
of Eaton, was renamed secretary.
Chairman Gilmore will select the
members of the subcommittee and
will announce the appointments in a
meeting here next Friday night. He
already has announced the appoint
ment of Probate Judge A. D. Davis
and County Prosecutor Phil Saylor to
head the speakers committee.
held In Eaton, has not been determin-
ed. This will be governed largely to
suit the convenience of speakers the
speakers committee may be able tn
procure. Effort will be made to get
one or more speakers of national and
state prominence.
Bruce Dies In New York.
Robert Bruce, native of Eaton. and
son of J. e. Bruce, died suddenly OF
heart failure Saturday night In New
York City, where he had been living
the last several years. according to
adyices received here by his father
The remains will be brought here fol
funeral and burial. The decedent was
about AZ years old. Besides his ia
ther, he is survived by two brothers
Wallace Bruce, of Eaton, and Horace
Bruce of New York City, and one
sister, Miss Fannie Bruce, of Eaton.
Moses Services Held.
Following her death in Colorado
Springs, Colo, at the home of her son,
DIR. Homer c. Moses, where she had
gone to visit just before the holidays,
funeraf services for Mrs. Anna Moses
were held here this afternoon, and
were in charge of the Rev. A. J.
cpussard of the Methodist church, fole.
lowed by burial in Mound Hill GENE
terry. The remains arrived here Sun.
day evening and were taken to heI
late home on East Main street. Mrs
Anna Moses was the wife of the late
Benjamin D. Moses of Eaton. She was
past 20 years of age. Two sons. DR.
Moses, and Robert Moses, Of Kendall
vile, Ind, survive her.
Breaks Wrist in Fall.
Mrs. Gates, wife of Councilman
Thomas w. Gates, slipped aT6 fell
Sunday morning on an icy sidewalk
while on her way to church, and broke
her wrist.
Census Men Finish.
Three of the four census enumera
tors in Eaton, a subdivision, have
completed their work, it is said. The
work is progressing satisfactorily, &C
corriing to G. E. Rensman, district cen
sus supervisor. Any information gath
cred in the census is secret and is tt
be divulged only to the federal censu:
bureau in official reports.
Risinger in Cleveland.
JudgeA. C. Risinger of the common
pleas court of Preble county, left Sun
day for Cleveland, where he will 81
in the trial of a number of cases. H,
received instructions from Chief Jus
tice Nichol to report today for dut
in the Forest City.