1921-01-28 Carmel Standard

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CARMEL, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1921
SOLDIER BOYS
GIN TRERT
The soldiers who are under
treitment at the Methodist Hospital at Indianapolis were made
hippy by the liberal donation of
tats, smokes and money, collected by the local post of the American Legion, from their many
friends of Carmel and vicinity.
Last Tuesday the committee in
charge, took several large boxes
down to the boys, distributed it
out to them and saw to it that' it
got into the hanjds to which it
was intended. You who have
been in a hospital imagine the
joy on having a dinner of fried
chicken, mince pie, all kinds 0/
preserves jellies and canned
fruits, home made candy, pop
corn balls, smokes for those who
pertake with money for a theatre
party for those who are abie to
leave the hospital.
The writer spent one of the
most pleasant hours of his life,
watching the boys enjoy them
ielves over the things Kind hands
has prepard and donated I wish
that every doner could have been
with the committee. I am sure
all would have agreed that the
words "It is more blessed to
give than receive'' were words
of truth.
We have great sympathy for
the sufferes of Armenia and the
Near East, starving Europe and
fer the our missionaries, but
len't forget the boys who were
unlucky in the fight that possibly
saved the world from the Hun
rule and helped to make chis a
better country and a better world.
No* 37
\ REFUND
Mrs. Kate O'jUoaried w*j station agent for the LT'iiou Traction
Co., at Carmel, thirteen vears
ago. One day a stranger aproa-
ched the ticket window and purchased a ticket of Mrs. O'Don-
nell's ion Robert, paying for it
with a 25 cent piece which had
been plated, representing it to
be a $10 gold piece. Robert
gave him the ticket ai d the
change and he left on a north
bound car. The incident had
been forgotten until today, when
a stranger ceifte here and returned $10 to Mrs. O'Donnell express
ing his sorrow at having misrepresented the coin.
HOME FLAGS
Mr. and Mrs. Orvii Miilis were
Indianapolis shoppers Monday.
Misseas Fairy and Floris Ram-
acy attended a party at Carmel
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Embry entertained relatives from Anderson this week.
Mrs. Earl Shurtz was an Indianapolis visitor Frida.v.
Venable
Mr. and Mrs.  James
are visiting the lasers si-v'.er near pointed a committee
Anderson this week.
Mrs.   Christen a   Rams y
mains about the same.
Mrs.   Stephen   Cox and
re-
son
The Carmel Post, American
Legion, recently celebrated its
first anniversary. It was suggested at that meeting that a
summary oi tne proceedings of
the past year be written and
publisehd in our local paper tha-
its many friends might know of
the issues of the day the organt
ization had participated in.
They also wish to go on record
that a vote of thank3 be extended to the public for their many
friendly acts, wise counsel and
Kindly deeds during its initial
year.
Our first venture before the
public was one of entertainment
in form of a box supper at the
Kt of P. hall which was well attended and netted the Post sufficient funds to secure a ciub room
The Fourth of July had. meant
but little, especially to the ycung
sters in later years, so the Legion attempted to revive the "Old
Time Spirit" by advocating a
celebration in Kinzer's grove.
A basket supper m tne evening
with fire wortvs at nUht under
the auspices of the Legion was
the program and was enjoyed bv
all..
During the recent special session of the Indiana Legislature a
bonus bill was introduced giving
each soldier, sailor, marine and
nurse, who honorably served dur-
i»g the l*te war a bonu3 of one
hundred dollars. On investigation it was found that th,s bin
if passed, would mean an indebtedness of approximatley thirty
millions of dollars or ten time*
the annual budget, of the state.
Although tbe L- g^onnaries would
appreciate this financial reward
from their state, many other
states, having previously passed
simuiar bills, they deemed that
this was an inoppor-tune time,
to place so great a financial obligation on their mother state, and
went on record as opposing the
.*tate bonus bill through our state
representative. The state bonus
bill was defeated. During the
same special session of the legislature another bill was introduced
providing for an appropriation
.for a memorial building to te
built at IndianapoliB andx to be
used as National Headquarters
for the American Legion. This
bill was favored by the local Post
as it felt that the project would
oe helpful'to our Capital city and
mother state. This bill was pass
ed and o^pration for erecion of
the memorial building is now
under way. Another bill was
enacted by the legislature empowering c unties to build some
Kind of a memorial for thuir war
sons and daughters The Hamilton County commissioners ap-
to   serve
relative to building a memorial
rememberance in tbis county.
Some alert Noblesville citizens,
Some who were more interested
Byron of Westfield are spending jm Noblesville welfare and in
a few days, with Mr. and Mrs.! personal financial gain than they
Percy Hinshaw. j were in the building of a memor-
Chester Bailey is on the sick jiai m keeping with tbe»sacrifice
lilt this week, a victum of ton- made in many of our citizens
-njf- ; hearts and homes, desolved . th»-
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community building in Noblesville to be paid for by tbe tax
payers of Hamilton County The
local Post, ably aided by the
Sheridan Po3t, through 'its representative Rue Hinshaw as a
member of the County 'Committee
took issue with this project and
opposed the building of any kind
of a memorial edifice at this
time. We wi3h to honor our
fallen comrades. We advocate
better care of our ubfortunate
wounded and sick. We appreciate the kindly feeling, extended
to us by our friends in their willingness to build some kind of a
remberance of the erials and
Bufferings of ourselves and
ioved ones, but we do not feei
that the time for any great expenditure of finance has arrived
until complete business recons
scruction has been effected and
locai activities have been enacted,
ine Coumy Memorial buiidiLg
died in embryo.
As a reward of merit cur Governor presented those who participated in the great war with a
medai ol honor. The local Legion endevored to see that every
one entitled to a Victory Medai
received it. Anyone who has
not received this medal, if it be
due him,, sbouid report the same
lo the t^ommander of the local
Post.
The Post conducted an atuo-
mobile training scbooi tor the-i
benefit of not only its members
but for any citizen who wished
to receive instrnction in the care,
repair and general mechanism oi
iiutornobiies at a very nomina.
tee. The course met with due.
appreciation.
The local Ljgion took over the
management this season of the
regular annual Lyceum Course.
It is therr endevor to'bring good
tholescnie entertainment to the
Community higher mental and|
moral standards with greater
civic pride being the height of
their ambition.
It was with pleasure that the
Legion was abie to meet with
the citizens in a celebration of
thankfullness on armistice day.
A yearly occursnee in commemoration of that -day of gladness
ind joy on eartn, its memories,
we hope to nelp perpetuate.
Our p ospecius for 192 i is incomplete. We are hopeful of
/he future, our ambition is one
of civic helpfulness. Our motto
can be exprejsed by the preamble
of our constitution:
PREAMBLE
For God and Country we associate ourselves together for the
following purposes:
To uphold ard defend the Con-
stution of the United States of
A.m rican; to maintain law and
>rder; to foster and perpetuate
* 100 percent. Americanism; to
preserve the memories and incidents of our association in the
Great War; to inculate a sense
•?f indiydual obligation to the
community, state and n&tion; to
combat the autocracy of both the
Masses and the masses; to' make
i^ht the master of might; to
oivmote peace and good will on
earth; to safeguard and transmit
to posterity the principles of
ju tice, freedom and democracy;
to consecrate and sanctify our
comradeship by our devotion to
mutual helpfulness
The revival services held at
the M. E. Church continued this
week, with the result that an estimated number of over 100 conversions have been made.
Rev." Victor B. Hargitt the
pastor has arroused an interest
that it was not thought could be
accomplished in Carmel. For
several years the atteneance at
church has been very poor and
although several revivals have
been held, the results, have been
very poor.
Carmel is se ing again just
an aroused religious interest as
characterized it many years ago.
The church is recognized as
performing a wonderful service
for the community, and it constantly accomplishes much good
in agitation of a standard of
right living. Although creeds
differ in the way of living, the
church is a factor that any community would ,not and couid not
be without. Anyone who asks
or a remission of sin or joins
tne church in any good move
ment, makes no mistake.
A letter received from Dr.
Ellwood Perisho at Fargo, N. D.
states chat he has hopes of returning to Indiana in a few
weeka, In the meantime he "will
give tho convocation address at
the State Agricultural college,
deliver an address to the Grain
Growers Associations of Minnesota, South Dakota, North
Dakotoa. From North Dakota
he will go to give addresses in
Cnicago and Michigan. Dr.
Perisho is Known throughout the
United States as a speaker oi
the highest caliber and his services are in constant demad.
Many friends wiil welcome Dr.
and Mrs. Perisho on their return.
We wish again to remind our
readers that the Standard is a-
iways glad to have your news
items for publication. There
are frequently interesting events
which- we fail to get, and your
friends and neighbors as well as
ourselves will be gJad to get
these items. Call phone 43, and
the earlier in the week we may
have your news matter, the better it will please us, as there are
always so many last day notices
tnat st is not always possible to
take care of all of them.
Mrs. Hortense Cole -• Hinesley
spent the week end at the Black-
stone hotel in Chicago, as the
guest of her brother W. K. Cole
of San Francisco, Cal. Their
sister, Mrs. Hugh By ran, of New
York City joined them also, and
later returned home with Mrs.
Hinesley, to be her guest for
some time.
The White Chapel aid Society
will have an all day
Wednesday Feb 2,at the home
of Mrs, Alma Michener. The
ladies have work in the forenoon hour and a business meeting in the afternoon, AH members are urged to be present.
Come and bring one dish for dinner.
1 DEATHS    •
REPOBTEO
Perry Pursel age 65 years died
Wedneeday night af cer a Short
illness, He was especially well
known here where he had man?
friends. Funeral services will
occur Saturday at 10 O'clyck at
Union Chapel.
He was never married and it
survived by five sisten, Mrs*
Charles Silvey, Mrs* NcWtei
Martz, of Broad Ripple j Mrs*
Roe Ewing, of Ridge Farm, III;
Miss Bird Pursel. who resided
witn Mr. Pursel and Mrs, Jamei
Quick.
Nathan Cain 83 years of age
died at the home of Mr. and Mil*
Riley Cain on North Main Street,
Wednesday of pneumonia after
a week's illness. He is survived
by his brother' Riley Cain and a
sister Mrs* John Seeley, of Ci^
ero.
Funeral services will occur at
the Friends church today at 2 •'
clock with interment at Carmel
cemetry.
Something is evidently happening at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The city council in regular ten*
ion recently passed a resolution
asking that the state legislature
enact a law, doing away with
the Public Service Commistioa
of Indiana. Now comes the Fort
Wayne News and Sentinel with
the following editonal:
"The Fort Wayne council lac
recommended the abolition of the
state public service commission ia
If it did its members would not
-io foolishly recommend the abe-
lition of a body which was vastly more intelligence than it has,
vastly less demagogy, and which
stands between the city's interests and the shortsighted, the
unthinking and the cowardly."
We know not as to justice of
the argument—wich is on the
right side, locally. It is suppose
dly the case that the commission
has made a decison very unlike
what the Fort Wayne council
would have made.
While in some instances the
commission has undoubtedl y
committed errors in deeisione
given, we think many deeisioni
have been given justly and that
have'been of real service to the
communities served. No public
body seems to peform its functions perfectly and the should
not be wholly condemned in one
instances unless there is proof of
fraudulent decisions.
Gray Hawkins, of Noblesville %
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Strattan and
Mrs. Maud Stanton were .tint
Sunday evening guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Johnson and Mrs,
meeting, j Edna Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Had-
ley, of Noblesville visited Mrs.
Elizabeth Brown and daughter
Miss. Marianna Brown, Wedne#»
day.
The Rev. Mr. Clever, of West-
field,  addressed a meeting for
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Indianapolis, Monday. j Thursday evening. Randall.
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