The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-29
KIN HUBBARD
LAID IN LAST
RESTING PLACE
Famous Friends, Plain
Folks Pay Tribute to
Memory of HumoriSt.
ALL UNITED BY GRIEF
Nation MournS as Creator
of Abe Martin Is
Buried Here.

FduleQ IOlKS ana plain 1OlkS,
united by a bond of sorrow, bowed
their heads together today as last
tribute was paid Frank Mckinney
kim Hubbard at simple funeral
rites at the Flaaner & Buchanan
chapel.
With heavy hearts, friends Of the
great humoriSt and paragrapher,
heard recounted words of respect
and praise rejecting the esteem and
love for the nation held for the Gre
ator Of Abe Martin.
In the funeral tllrong there
seemed to pass in invisible array
the group loved the nation over
a group of Kin Hubbard's brain
children, born out of the vague
stuff of which dreams of only
rare genius are woven.
Abe Martin, his heretofore in
exhaustible store Of homely philoSo-
plies stilled-forever more-seemed
to be here; and Miss Tawney Apple,
Brown county's contribution to the
social world the Hon. Ex-Editor
Gale Fluhart, in the big black Hoo
sier Statesman'S hat; and F'awn Lip
pincut, feminine exponent Of the
inquiring reporter.
Tribute Paid by Pastor
eve think of Kin, first, not as
the one who with def pencil pro-
voked our smiles and laughter"
said the Rev. Frank S. G. Wicks,
pastor of All Souls Unitarian
church, in the funeral address. 1--WE
think of him first as our friend,
dear to us by reason of his COM
radeliness, humility, lovableness.
while the world will miss one
who entertained them, we mourn
the passing of a friend. He was not
first of all an humorist, but
philosopher, one who extracted from
life its wisdom and gave it force
in pungent paragraphs"
"Was there sham? He pune
tured it. Was there hypocrisy? He
snatched away its mask. Was there
a foible? He dismissed it with
smile. He was no preacher, but he
brought truth home. There was a
sharp point to what he wrote, but
it never was barbed with malice.
Did he evoke a smile? Often there
lurked behind it tear. He never
bruised an aching heart
Shank From Publicity
Kin never sought fame" said Mr..
Wicks, ''but fame sought him,
though he would never wear its
laurels. So modest was he that he
shrank from all publicity.
''Droll as was mis- hu1nor, he was
not the jester with cap and bells,
but always maintained fine
dignity" said DR.. Wicks.
Frank, his baptisrnal name,
suited his frank, candid, open ma
ture. while Kin, his popular name,
spoke of the feeling of kinsllip
which he had for his fellows.
1--WE can not tink of him as be-
ing away from us. That vivid per-
sonality seems with us yet. He is
enskrined in our hearts, and his
memory will not fade"
The auditorium at tanner & Blu
chanan was bower of floral trib-
utes to Mr.. Hubbard. The throng of
friends filled the room. and crowd
ed into other chambers of the build
ing were loud speakers carried the
services to them. The service also
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Interment Follows Services
Music was furnished by Mrs. c.
A. Brockway, organist, and Mrs.
Louise Schellschrnidt Koetne, harp
list.
Interment in Crown Hill cemetery
followed the services.
The honorary pallbearers included:
George AIDE, John T. McCutcheon,
Will Rogers, o. o. Mcintyre, Edgar
A. Guest, Samuel G. Blythe, Repre-
sentative Louis Ludlow, Charles
Chick Sale, Gaar Williams, De-
mas Coe, Morton H. Milford,
Meredith Nicholson, Warren Fair
banks, James A. Stuart, Richard
Fairbanks, Hilton U. Brown, B. F.
Lawrence, Frank P. Manly, Ray D.
EverEon, William Herschell, Martin
M. Hugg, Booth Harrington, Her
man Lieber, William Fortune and
Louis Rowland.
Active palbearers were Frank
McCracken, Bellefontaine, O.; John
Ollie, Chicago: John Taylor. Dan
vile; Charles D. La Toilette, New
York; Earl E. Stafford, Paul w.
Simpson, John w. Atherton, v.
Walter McCarty, Charles A. Clark
and William Francis Fox Jr.
Flags at city hall were at half
staff today in respect for Mr.. Hub
bard by order of Mayor Reginald H.