The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-16
Short News of Civ

tmum expenditure Is what Sergeant
McWhirter of the local army recruit
ing office claims for men who enlist
who either have family or other de-
pendents.
To prove his statement he quotes
prices of food available to men in the
| service, from the commissary depart
ment. All are very low.
Pentecost Enters Business Vern
! Pentecost, former head Of the Central
Labor Council, has announced his
withdrawal from the Plat barber shop.
He will be engaged as Wayne county
! salesman for patent steering wheel
for Automobiles. He says he will retain
his office on the executive committee
OF the labor council and in the bar.
| bers' union. He has to work at least
one day a month at his trade to do
! this.
Files Final Papers-Final dissolu-
| ton papers were filed by the J.. NJ.
Hutton company, of this city. with the
| Wednesday.
Jones Never Voted-Sylvester Jones,
! field secretary of the American
! Friends Board Of Foreign Missions,
has never voted for president Of the
- LIlCu cldtcS, dIluouStl several nave
been elected since he reached his ma
jority. While he was attending col
lege in another state, he could not
return to vote; four years later he was
in the middle of the Atlantic ocean at
election time; and for 90 years he
was a resident Of Cuba.
Naval Enrolment Extended-Over
twice the number of boys from IS
To al 1r-I@ ~
y the Indiana naval district for summer
training at Great Lakes, Ill, have been
accepted, according to recruiting Of
ficers here. 1t was originally intend
ed to recruit 80 for the three months
: couse, but to date 105 have been en-
> rolled. The date for boys acceptance
: with their parents consent has been
extended from July Is to July %.
McAdams Leaves Richmond-Navy
Recruiter McAdams has been notified
that he is to be stationed at the Main
Navy Station in Indianapolis. He will
take up the work at his new position
: next Monday. Recruiter Roberts, who
: has been here for several weeks, as.
sisting in the local work, will take
charge of the office. He probably will
be sent an assistant from the main
station. A short visit was paid the
local navy office Friday morning by
the head Of the navy recruiting service
in this district.
Penningtons Plan Trip-Mr. and
Mrs. Levi Pennington and daughter
are going to take two weeks vaca-
: ton, starting Monday. They will visit
, in Grand Rapids, Ionia, Traverse City
end Interlochen, Mich. Mr.. Penning,
ton is to speak at Traverse City meet
! ing. He may also go to Detroit on
: August l.
Surprise Levi Pennineton-Levi T
Pennington, director of the Friends
: Forward Movement, was pleasantly
surprised Thursday evening, when his
father, the Rev. Josiah Pennington, OF
indianapolis, came for a brief visit
' The Rev. Pennington is going to visit
= his daughters in Ionia, Mich.
f Gertrude Simms Visits-Miss Ger
. trude Simms, who is editing the
: American Friend during the absence
: of Walter Woodward, left to spend the
= week end in northern Indiana.
, Sell an Agency-James R. Carroll
5 and Harry NJ. Brown, proprietors oil
t the local Oldsmobile automobile
} agency, II South Seventh street, have
sold out the store owned by them III
Fountain City for the past seven years
! to Allen kinchelo, of Whitewater
They will retain their present agency
here. Mr. Carroll said Friday that
he and Mr.. Brown would concentrate
their energy ct the local station.
Miss Gregg Visits-Miss IONA Gregg
of Whitewater, Ind, is in this city
visiting friends.
= School Picnic HeId-The Sunday
I school picnic of the Second Presby
terrain church was held at the Glen
: Miller picnic grounds Thursday.
= Motor To Detroit-Misses Catherine
: and Alice Reid motored to Detroit
Mich. Thursday morning, accompan
I led by Nh and Mrs. Kelly and daugh
8 ter. Marian, who have been visiting
/ with Mrs. P. A. Reid, Wayne apart
ments.
i Return From Ca!ifornia-Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Druley and son, 81 NORTH
Twentieth street, have returned from
Il Richmond, Calf, and other western
t points. They visited Mrs. Druley's
; brother in California.
Il Hoover Will Preach-The Rev. G.
Hoover, Christian evangelist for the
eastern district of Indiana, will oc
cupy the pulpit of the First Christian
, church at both the morning and even
= ing services Sunday.
:. Visits Helen snodgrass-Miss Hell
. en- Wilson, of Shelbyville, Ind, viii
; be the guest of Miss Helen Snod
grass, South Eleventh street, mex
= week end.
Backus breaches Sermon The
q Rev. A. H Backus, pastor Of Grace
!, NJ f. church, preached in the Ed
v ward Ray Methodist church of Indi
!, annapolis Thursday evening.
Il New Members Join Five new
y members were taken into the Ea s
Main Street Friends church at The
monthly meeting Thursday night.
Visiting in EIuffton-Mrs. A. Fl
N Backus of this city, is visiting he
!. father and sister IN Button, Ind.
" Pastors Aid Drive-Starting Monda!
., q canvass of members of the FRS
- Methodist church will be carried OF
: for a week to obtain funds in the Nil
:, lion Dollar campaign for pastors aid
:, This drive was successful in the
\ Grace NJ f. church about a week O