South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-19
NILES

chapter VIII provide "A second nurse
lnls year 90 supplement the work Of
Miss Ballangee- No appointment 20
the position has as vet been made. I
Sheriff elect George Bridg1uan
mas appointed former undersherim
Del Fisher a. Chief deputy and Fred
Bryant. member Of St Joseph
county police force. as undersnerir.
The new administration Will begin
10 function on Jan. 1.
The New Century Rebekah lodge
mas elected the following officer,
I Tor the ensuing six months. Anna
| REM, n. g. Anna Roberts, y. e:
/ IlIlle cornell, rec. sec Sarah Nc
Bride fin. sec: Eva Elder. treas.
Rev Harold Holt will conduct the
sunday evening services OF the Eau
| Glars community church hereafter.
MT Holt viii also spend two days in
Eau Claire in the interest OF the
church and community work.
Inc Bend OF the River Grange has
| erected the following officers for
the ensuing year: master, OIin
Steinbauer; OYerseer. Howard Smith.
steward claude Harger; assistant
I steward, Howard Nieb; assistant
lady steward Mrs Howard Nieb:
secretary, Lyle Young; treasurer.
George VIM; lecturer, Mrs. Glen
| Heslet, ceres, Mrs Olin Steinbauer.
| pamona, Mrs. Charles Tiechenor:
| flora, Mrs. Lyle Young; chaplain.
Mrs. II. r. Walton: gate keeper.
| Fred Emmons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nichols. ir.
/ are parents of a son. born Dec. Ia.
| Mrs. Nichols was formerly Miss Ha-
1 Eel Webster
two weeks shutdown OF the
days has been announced by the
| Beckwith co. Of DOwagiac. The fac
| tory will not reopen until Jan. 3.
/ rms IS the first extended shutdown
/ IN several years and during this
/ time tho plant will receive q thor
j ough overhaulinE
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woodward.
/ r. Oah St. have announced the
marriage of their daughter. Miss
! Ethel. TO Fred Gall Of Edwatdsburg
| the wedding occurring at Walkerton
: Ind. few days ago. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Call have left on a wedding trip 10
| Washington. D. c., and later expect
/ TO go TO Florida 10 spend part OF the
/ winter.
The war department has notified
| Mrs. Hulda Rutherford, one of Do
| Wdgit. = gold star mothers, that the
/ BODY II her son, Warren, who died
/ of pm vmOnia in France. would ar
| rive In New York on Dec. IS. The
/ war department has been asked to
send the body TO Dowagiac and II
| VIII arrive under military escort
Raymond Fisher, youngest son OF
| Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Fisher, Chi
cagO I'd, west Niles has enlisted in
the United States navy for a term of
three years. and has been sent from
indianapolis to Newport, +. l.,
where he will attend school for six
| months He will then start on q
rOund-the-world cruise.
The cases of Charles and Iaverne
BassO ~. the city of Niles and the
southern Michigan Ry. CO have
been settled out Of court, the adjust
NEXT being made just prior TO the
trial. These cases have been pend
ing for a year and half. and were
instituted to recover damages for
personal injuries incurred through
an electrical shock at the Basso
home in June, 1918. Ii was the |
claim Of the plaintiffs that a contact !
between the high tension wire Of |
the railway Co and the secondary |
wires of the municipality, which :
secondary wires furnished Juice 10 |
the BasSo and other houeS in the /
vicinity OF Bond st, resulted in a |
direct current of $50 volts penetrat- |
ing the plaintiffs home. This vol |
taSe, IL was claimed, severely burned |
Mrs Basso and ruined the electrical |
and other equipment in the kitchen |
of her home. settlement was made |
on the basis of a joint liability OF |
the railway co. and the city.
Announcement has been made of |
the approaching marriage of Miss /
Ina Zick Of Benton Harbor and The |
odOre Earl, son OF Mrs Ben Earl of !
this city, which will take place on
Christmas day.
Mrs. Roy Clark, visiting nurse Of |
the BCrrien county tuberculosis
association. has resigned. Her res
ignatiOn will be considered at the |
next regular meeting in January.
Mrs. Clark has been visiting nurse
since May, 1918, with offices in the
chamber of commerce building in
Benton Harbor
That the Dowagiac Drill co. ia
facing financial difficulties was re-
vealed when creditors received no
lice Of "a meeting of those TO whom
the drill co. is indebted The meet
ing Is called at the COmpany's office. .
Tuesday, Dec, p. at 10 a. m.
Two hundred telephones were put
ont OF commission 1T CassopOlis
Tuesday by a fire which started in
the Home telephone exchange.
For the first time in five years trc .
Garden City Fan co. may shut down
the plant from Christmas eve until .
after New Years day during which
time the needed repairs will be-
made in the plant Rush orders.
however. may interfere with the
above proposed arrangement
The Van Buren, county road com /
sion fra Z
for the building of the Dixie high
way from the Cas- county line north .
Of Dowagiac 70 the village Of De
catur. The state highway depart
ment has granted the application.
A total Of S175. GOO has been loan
ed 10 builders I'm Niles by the Reli-
able Home Building and Loan aSso-