The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-17
CORN SHuCkING CAUSE
OF DELAYED DRIVE OF
PREbLE FARM BUREAU

EATON, O., Nov. flowing to the
busy corn shuckiIg season, acuVlueS
of the membership drive of the Preble
County Farm Bureau have ceased
until November %, according to an
by the bureau ofhclals'
Farmers are too busy shucking corn
to give any time to soliciting and TOT
this reason the campaign was halteo'
the officials say.
I The membership drive was open
little more than three weeks ago, III
which time total of 1854 memper-
ships were secured, those in charge
! state. 1t is hoped to secure l,ooo or
200 members.
s The townships of Monroe, Harrison,
Twin. Lanier and Gratis are yet 10 be
invaded. These will be visited when
; the drive reopens on November ~
All other sections of the county nave
!. been pretty thoroughly gone over, 1t
is said.
Purchase Meat Market.
Spencer Aten and Charles Nc
Laughlin, Jr, have purchased the John
: Acton and William Spacht meat
market, Barron and Somers street, and
s will continue the business.
Licensed to Wed.
s Licensed to wed: Raymond Gault
%, Iaborer, Seven Mile, O., and Har
riet Conarroe. 20, West Elkton, dangh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Conarroe.
Two Cases Submitted.
Two cases were submitted to the
court of appeals, which convened here
today, with Judges Ferneding Allreac
and Kunkle on the bench.
One of the cases presented was thai
of A. L. and Laura Hickman agalns
; d. w. Shirley and W. H. Everding, ad
niinistrator of the late John B. Ever
!, ding. The case involves a line fence
{ and was appealed from common pleas
court by Shirley.
The other case was that of ID. w
and Rosa Shirley against A. l. ant
3 Laura Hickman and grew out or al
legged damage done to farm crops o
\ plaintiffs by defendants turkeys. Tht
ease was taken up on error by Shir
2 legs.
&. Visit Columbus School.
Five BOYS and two girls from
5 Preble county are in Columbus Thu
week, with all expenses paid, takin:
advantage of special instruction i'll thu
state agricultural school and visiting
places of interest in and aoou
Columbus.
Those on the free trip were winner
: in various contests held during count!
fair week in last September, some
4 the prizes being in the form of trll
to Columbus and a weeks stay.
Claude DAWSON and Cedric Davis
of Monroe township schools. won
trip offered in a pig club contest
Byron Ulrich and Joseph CHAMBER. o
the I.anier township schools, won
trip in calf club contest. MILFORD
Burdsall. Dixon township schools, VOL
trip in a stock judging contest. Mar
garet House and Flossie Woolf. o
Monroe township schools, each won
trip in a food club contest.
Ralph Mills, of jefferson TOWNSHIP
schools, won first prize in the calf clu
contest and he will receive a week
visit to the International Live Stool
Exposition in Chicago, with carfar
and all expenses paid.
Basketball Tourney.
Change this season from the unu5ua
inter-school basketball schedule to
basketball tournament next spring /
announced for the schools OF Prebl
county by County superintendent "
s Fogartv and the several schoo
superintendents, The tournament vii
determine the championship Of tn
county schools.
The games between the teams Q
the various schools will not be unde
control and direction of the school al
thorities as heretofore, but Will
arranged among the teams.
In the tournament next sprln
trophies in the form of cups. pennant:
etc, will be awarded.
Markey Funeral.
Funeral services for Joseph Marke.
50. retired farmer, were held TINS afte
noon at West Alexandria, where n
died Monday at his home. For man
wears he operated farm in the Wen
itv of West Alexandria and about 81
years ago he retired and took uo
residence in West Alexandria.
He is survived by the following CHI
dren: M. II. Marley, Lewisburg; Amo
and Harter Markey, Mrs. Bert Grahal
and Mrs. Thomas Chandler, all OF Yves
Alexandria, and Mrs. Jennie stone
Of Los Angeles, Cal.