The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-25
The City
in Brief
THURSDAY EVENTS

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Sigma Chi luncheon. Board of Trade
Paul @. Richey, former Chamber
of Commerce president, will speak
on the new civic marketing COM
mission, Of which he is chairman,
at the Indianapolis Real Estate
Board luncheon Thursday at the
Indianapolis Athletic Club.
indianapolis Advertising Club
members will hear an address by
Toner M. Overley. Indianapolis
Better Business Bureau manager, at
luncheon Thursday at the Column
bia Club.
Miss Lillian Berry of the history
department of Indiana university
addressed the extension division
Tuesday night on Virgil, Poet of
the Ages"
The Sons of Union Veterans and
the auxiliary held joint celebra-
ton of Washington's and Lincolns
birthdays Tuesday night at Fit.
Friendly, 512 North ILLINOIS street.
The Rev Sidney B. Harry, pastor
of the Meridian Heights PreSby-
terrain church. spoke On Lincoln,
and Jesse E. Martin. attorney, spoke
on Washington.
Appointment of receiver for the
Indianapolis & Southeastern Rail-
road Company is asked in suit on
file today in superior court two by
the Republic Paint and Varnish
Works of Chicago. Unpaid debts
of $3.50 are charged to the traction
company.
Officers were to be elected at the
closing session of the Indiana Well
Drillers' Association in the Lincoln
this afternoon. Present officers are:
G. c. Stremmel, La Fontaine,
president; G. o. Robertson, Camp
bellsburg, president; William
F. Helms, Chalmers, treasurer, and
R. o. Munroe, South Bend, sec
rotary.
The Mems club and members of
the congregation of the Carrollton
Avenue Reformed church will hold
a joint dinner meeting Thursday
night in the church, Forty Fourth
street and Carrollton avenue.
"The Man Without Family" a
three-act comedy, will be presented
by the Thalians, a recently organ
lied dramatic society at the Bethany
Christian church at 8 tonight.
Free concert will be given by the
Shortridge band and glee club in
Caleb Mills hall at p. m. Sunday
under direction of j. w. Vain
wright, head of the Shortridge high
school music department. Special
numbers will be given by John Rea-
Wis and Don Berner. Mrs. Laura
G. Moag will direct the glee club.
Wiping out the state tax levy OF
% cents will do little to relieve the
property tax, Lawrence F. Orr,
CHIEF examiner of the state board
of accounts, told members of the
Butler Fairview Civic Association at
Fairview Presbyterian church Tues
! day night. Local expenditures make
the high rates, he pointed out.
The hooked rug display at the
public library will continue another
week because of the interest of the
public. The most attractive rug is
to be selected by ballot.
Charles r. Metzger, attorney, dis
cussed scenario writing before the
Writers club in the Architects and
Builders building Tuesday night.
Virgil T. FurgasOn, city fire pre-
vention chief, will speak before the
Mems Fellowship Club at the Cen
trail Universalist church at $50 TO-
night.
Roger Williams" will be the
topic of Charles P. Benedict, former
Marion county prosecutor, at the
Winters Night College at the First
Baptist church Thursday night at
1870.
Problems of the personnel depart
ment were to be discussed today at
the monthly luncheon-meeting of
the indianapolis Personnel Associa-
ton in the Chamber of Commerce,
with w. R. Allen, president, presid-
ing.
Raper COmmandery No. 1, Knights
Tenplar, presented a musical pro-
gram at the Beech Grove M. E.
church Tuesday night.
Promotion of Fred. E. CrOstreet,
sales manager Of the indianapolis
Kroger branch, to sales manager of
the Detroit (Mich.) branch was an
nounced by A. w. Metzger, To-
cal manager, today. Crostreet will
be succeeded here by A. F. Rose,
sales manager Of the Peoria CID
branch.
NOrthwOOd Christian Church Fell
lowship Club will hear John King,
Korean college professor, lecturer
and singer, Thursday night at $780,
King is taking a postgraduate
course at Butler university.
Senator Joe Rand Beckett rep,
Marion) urged business to organize
and care for its interests in the
legislature, in addressing the Ro-
tary Club at the Claypool Tuesday.
High praise was given by the
speaker for the private corporations
efficiency as compared with gov
ernmental organization.
Governor Harry G. Leslie amazed
a group of pupils from the Indiana
School for the Deaf when they Wis
tied the statehouSe Tuesday by talk
ing to them in sign language. The
Governor explained he had learned
the two-handed talk when a young
/ ster in school.
Members of the Butchers So