The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-04

liquors.
County communities holding
town charters are scheduled
to hold elections. They are
Beech Grove, which recently became
a fifth-class city; Clermont, Crows
Nest, Rocky Ripple, Highwoods,
Lawrence, Ravenswood, Shooters
Hill, Southport. Speedway, Warren
Park, Woodruff Place and Wood
stock.
No Elections to Be Held
Castleton, Lynhurst and Williams
Greek will join many other Indiana
towns in voiding the law by the
simple eXpedient of not holding an
election
The $50 voters at Lawrence, in
addition to clecting town board and
treasurer. will ballot on putting in
a municipal water plant. The town
has $4,000 Federal grant and $751;
900 Federal loan.
l.. E. York, Indiana Anti-Saloon
League superintendent, revealed
that his organization has urged dry
groups in all communities to make
an effort to elect drys to the town
boards because of the option clause
in the Indiana liquor control act
permitting towns and cities under
! 5000 population to go wet by or
dinance.
Mr.. York declared that he be-
lieved there has been distinct
change in wet and dry sentiment in
Indiana since the state voted for re-
peal IN 1888. He pointed out that
at that time six counties voted re-
peal by less than 100 and 4 by less
than 200 ballots.
Score Reversed, York Says
If Indiana voted on repeal today,
Mr.. York said, he believed the 55-37
wet score by counties in 1888 would
be reversed He said tests have
been made in several counties that
went wet and that careful check has
shown reversal in sentiment.
This is true particularly of Nor
gan and Sullivan counties, the dry
league leader said
Mr.. York said the league has not
attempted to name town board
states, but has directed its efforts
toward urging the various dry COM
munities to elect board members
unsympathetic to the legalization OF
hard liquors.
Encouraged by what he termed an
unmiStakable increase in dry senti-
ment, Mr.. York said the leagues
real drive will come before the next
legislative elections when it will
make an effort to elect senators and
representatives pledged to county
or township option liquor law.
Hard Liquor Increases
A check of the 464 towns and
and cities eligible by the 5000 popu-
lation option clause in the liquor
law reveals a marked increase in
those legalizing hard liquor. Only
IS had passed ordinances in July
but "a more have followed their ex-
ample in the last four months.
In Marion County. most of the
communities are expected to vote
largely oa tickets composed of pres
ent town officials.
Residents of Woodstock, situated
north of White River. will vote on a
ticket comprised largely of the pres
ent town board. DR.. Frank A. Ham,
ilton, olerk-treasurer is unopposed
Seventy-nine residents of Grows
Nest, White River Bluffs and Sun
set Lane north of indianapolis, will
vote for William R. Sinclair, Rich
ard Fairbanks and Charles j. Lynn
trustees, and j. A. Goodman, clerk
treasurer.
Scheduled for Re- Election
At Highwoods, north of Indianap-
oils on Road 90. the present off,
GERS are scheduled for reelection
They are DR.. Thomas B. Noble
Gerry M. Sanborn and Rosamund
Med. Van Camp. trustees, and DR.
Paul Plakeslee, clerk-treasurer.
Lawrence has an unopposed non
partisan Citizens ticket comprised
of Ernest Mccoy. John Rector, Carl
Plummer and Elmer Hunter. trus-
tees. and Harold Gibson, clerk
treasurer.
Officials of Lyndhurst, west Of the
city and one of those that will skip
the election, are reported prepar-
ing to dissolve the corporation after
paying approximately $500 in town
obligations.