The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-15
equestrian
Event Aids
Begin Work
Olympic Teams to Be Seen
in Action May 5 at
Playground.

Several committees for the exhi-
bition and trials Of the American
Olympic equestrian teams, to be
sponsored on May 5 in the Fair
ground Coliseum by the Indiana
Saddle Horse Association, are at
work.
Lieut.. Col. Paul E. Tombaugh has
been appointed general seat sales
and arrangements committee chair
man by Gen Robert H. Tyndall,
executive committee chairman.
Robert B. Rhoads and Cornelius O.
Alig are chairman and vice chair
man respectively of the box seat
sales committee, composed of Maj.
j. K. Boles, Perry w. Lesh. Bur-
ford Danner, Miss Anne Ayres, Mes
DANES George M. Bailey, Conrad
Ruckelshaus and Frank Hoke. and
Mrs. Frank Shields, Martinsville.
Mrs. August c. Bohlen and A.
Kiefer Mayer lead the reserved seat
sales committee, composed Of Capt.
c. H. Calais, Robert B. Rhoads Jr.,
Hills HOWE, Capt. Frank Bi.leter,
F. o. Belzer, Miss Gayle Robinson
and Mesdames Guy Wainwright,
Ola Fred Heslar, Horace F. Hill III
and Carl Vonnegut.
Headed by Maj. Habbe
On the officers reserve and gen.
eral admission ticket sales commit
tee are Mai. Richard Habbe, chair
man; Maj. G. H. Hilbert, vice chair
man; V. M. Armstrong, Lawrence
Henderson, Horace F. Hill III, VOL
ney Brown, and Jack Adams;
Misses Luana Lee, Hilda Hibben,
Evelyn Chambers, Gayle Robinson.
Mrs. Alec SaXton and Mrs. Fred
D. Norris.
News of the coming event is being
spread throughout the state by the
statewide promotion committee.
composed of M. H. Fuller, chairman;
Mrs. William H. Ball, Muncie. vice
chairman; Col. Robert RoSSow Jr.
Culver; Jesse c.. Andrews, West
Point; Laurette Hayes, Fl. Wayne;
Gen. L. R. Gignilliat, Culver; Harry
o. George, Franklin; S. G. Moore
Kokomo; Thomas D. Taggart
French Lick; Maj. Claud r. Crooks
Lebanon; Loren Glass, Shelbyville
Mrs. Frank Shields, MartinSville
Capt. owen Crecelius, Crawfords-
vile; Joseph Lutes, Indianapolis;
Maj. William F. Rafferty,, Morocco;
Charles w. Jewett, indianapolis, and
Fred Sharp, Franklin.
Col. O.. P. Robinson, Capt. Edward
P. Earle and Abe HammerSchlag are
arranging for music, and M. L,
Mendenhall, past president of the
association, and Eli Lilly are chair
nan and vice chairman, respective
ly, of the reception committee. They
will be aided in arranging these
events by Wallace o. Lee, vice
chairman and secretary of the ex-
ecutive committee; Lieutenant Com
mander Ola Fred Heslar, new aSso-
citation president; Adjt. Gen. Elmer
F. Straub, Nicholas Moves Jr., Will
liam Bertermann and Lyman Ayres
Group ArrangeS Program
Arranging the program will be
J. R. McNutt, chairman; ROLAND
Friedman, vice chairman; John A.
George and Lieut.. Col. c.. L. Scott,
Office of chief of cavalry, Washing
ton.
Other committees whose duties
will be performed later include
decorations, Dick Heller, chairman;
transportation, Thomas Ruckel-
shaus, chairman; safety, Chief
Michael F. Morrissey, chairman;
ushers, Capt. Howard Bates, chair
man; Coliseum, ring steward.
grounds and equipment, Maj. j. x
Boles, chairman; announcer, Lieut.
Col. C.. l.. Scott. Washington;
awards and rating, Gen. Tyndall
chairman: stables, Capt. Harry E
Willet, chairman; trophy, M. S
Block, chairman; maintenance and
concessions, Lieut.. Theodore Tay-
lor, chairman, and speakers, Ur-
ban K. Wilde Jr., chairman.