The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-26
0vERHOLTz-FAvlNGER
DAMAGE SUIT OPENS
( BEFORE RISINGER


EATON, O., May 2s.-Trial Of the.
$1o,1S6 damage suit of Homer Over
holtz:s minor, of Camden. against Har-
vey C.. Favinger, bakery owner, eof
Camden, opened today in common
pleasscourt, before Judge A. c. Rising.
err and a jury. Personal injuriesseis
the basis Of the claim for damages.
Overholtz sustained a crushed and
mangled hand in dough mixer In Eas
vingef's bakery. where he was ems
ployed. His hand had to be anputat.
The suit was brought by Oyerholtz.s
father Alonzo Overholtz, as his next
Attorneys H. r. Gilmore and Phil
Saylof are counsel for Overhottzs
while,Attorneys F. G. Shuey, OF Cam.
den, and H. L. Risinger are defending
the suit for Favinger. &
Commissioners Retain offIes.
O. "A Gale and William Handbags.
of Eaton, have been re-appointed jury
commissioners for common pleas
court of Preble county for a term OF
one year. Judge A. C. Risinger made
the appointments.
The commissioners were directed by
Judge Risinger to meet next Tuesday
morning and select $50 names and de-
positthem in the jury wheel.
Workmans Hand Crushed
Robert. Bresher, 81, of New Hope,
sustained a crushed right hand Tues.
day in the machinery Or a road mater:
ial mixer he was operating in the vi
cinity Of New Hope. Amputation will
not be necessary, it Is said.
f~n NA
was Ia the act Of oiling the machinery
whileit was in motion, 1t is said. He
is a son of Joseph Bresher, Of New
Hope.
: School Heads Retire
Superintendent G. H. Tullis, Of the
public, school in Camden, Preble
not be candidate for re-appointment,
according to advices received here.
Robert Hale, principal of the
schools. also has. resigned, it is said.
New Paris Wants Delivery.
Residents of New Paris. Preble
county, are seeking free mail delivery
in the village. A petition. plat of the
village and such information as is re-
quired have been filed with the postal
authorities. A postal inspector is ex-
pected to come to New Paris at an
early date to gather necessary data.
Eaton, Camden and West Alexandria
are the only points in the county that
have free mail delivery at this time.
4 Still Probe Fire Loss.
NoI new Developments have been
brought out at this time in the myster-
ious blaze Tuesday morning in the
building occupied by the Eaton Vul-
canizing Works. North Cherry street.
The blaze in some manner smothered
out and did no damage.
Deputy State Fire Marshal Palmer
has not concluded his investigation, it
is said.
Thus far police have been unable to
get any trace of several hundred dol.
lars worth of tire and accessories that
the owners of the business say are
missing from stock.
School Hack Runs Wild.
joe Barnhiser left scthool hack
standing on the courthouse hill, with
the motor running, while he went into
his home a few minutes - - -..--.a., e
For some reason the hack started
down hill without a driver and after
running short distance took on suf-
ficient speed to wreck a gasoline fill
ing standard it came in CONTACT with
in front Of the garage OF the Southern
Motor Car company. The hack ambled
on and finally "hitched" against a
gutter curb and a tree a short distance
further down the hill.
x, of p. Ceremony.
Waverly lodge, No. 14?, Knights OF
Pythias. Will observe its annual
memorial and decoration services the
afternoon OF Sunday, June -. Neigh
boring lodges of the order will be in
vited to participate in the exercises.
"a The speaker for the occasion has
not yet been announced, nor has the
program of exercises been fully com,
pIeted.