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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - August 11, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaThek 4u Wak Meb 9 t 4. A a go Iosty seven the daily Banner Fol a t All ti1e Home news United press service 4 Gutt to t t t j 611 a Shamit Buck away it Waves for All a , Indiana Friday Aid i St 11, lit a. N it. A a a % at Buffalo a Fly pub of Llu Ginal Cement a a company Plant Hoisl a med thursday i a native of n a r. Beck had Man it leu mis Len Quot i was pow Ideiil in Cement Itutti re a Relea in nation Adam l. Beck builder of the pres Lone Star Portland Cement Plant Limedale died thursday at Burn. Y., at the age of 78 years Only was an outstanding Fig in the Padua trial Field during his Ince Here but he also was 1 is Naa a in the Cement n Dusty and was nationally Promin a j it in that business. A during Hia residence in Greengas emr. Beck by reason of his at Active and forcible personality and lilt try evident str Mutli of character Lati in handed the respect of All with a tie Hom he waa associated and had pm Weir warm Friendship. He had an interesting life. Apr or. Beck and his father opened m. To Flat Lime kilns in Huntington eth bout 50 years ago he left Here 30 1kh Lara ago for Ada okla. Where he by. Kit a Cement Plant. Returning to 116 a a Tartu shed a Plant at it and was interested in Many ther Planta in the state. He had offices in Indiana it i it is. He sold the med ample Plant to tiie International Klif Lahd company and left Indiana Ifor Buffalo a great lakes Portland Cement surviving arc the widow one Aughter mrs Paul m. Taylor of Huntington one sister and five i niirtrhlll1im the i body will be retired to Huntington for funeral or Viola at 1 30 of clock monday of Moon at tit ii family residence. In Huntington Beck served 10 ilk a Hakian of the Republican and four years As old 11th Congress he was Active in enact in Ada okla. Manufacturers As Shoma. Now the As Fles of Oklahoma and aident 10 years. To Aii v m Atrol Toi Lothri in Lii Walt Hadley to be judge Walt Hadley of Romney. A lifetime breeder and Shower of Saddle horses will act As judge for the Saddle show at the closing Day of the fair. To was selected by a committee from the Saddle club composed of Don Mclean. Lonnie Steele and Bruce Lane As the most capable judge in Central Indiana. It was reported today that a Sorrell stallion being trained for the state fair at Martinsville for which the owner refused $11.000 May be Here to show his stuff although it is not certain. If he comes he will be Well Worth anyone a time. Or. Gray of Martinsville also said other horses Are being sent Over from that City. No for support for conservatives third term note seen convention demonstration in Pittsburgh. Aug. 11.�? up a bluntly warned by president Roosevelt that the democratic party must nominate a Liberal for president in 1040 or do without his help in the Campaign the National convention of the Young democrats of America today apparently was headed toward an endorsement of new Deal policies. Delegates at the opening session of the meeting last night cheered As a message from the president was read to them by Pitt Tyson Maner. Of Alabama. Young Democrat president. With studied emphasis the bespectacled Maner shouted Over a blaring Public address system the words of president Roosevelt a if we nominate conservative candidates or lip service candidates on a straddle Bug platform. I personally for my own self respect and because of my Long service to Anil belief in Liberal democracy will find it impossible to have any Active part in such an unfortunate suicide of the old democratic party. A i do not anticipate that any such event will take place for i believe that the convention will see the political Wisdom As Well As the National Wisdom of giving to the voters of Coll Nikul i i Iwuc i our award prizes to Many gel exhibitors funeral services w Hite Rock for Rev. F. Davis i clothing raking and room improvement honors announced Greencastle girls High Olive Mae Dean Lorna Thomas Ami Margaret Hatcher take Swee a take honors to nations of iry nature get he knows economic rations 11 i up i Forcier to Arita loll the cub it he understood oco Dos were in Progress any and Russia but it heard of any Nego do tical or military this statement in re i by Gen. Kuniski i minister. Of the questioning and i it Vellable but it was t they referred to recent Idany an t air a w n Trad. I in i in i i. Previous dispatches i were of a routine militated to prejudice s with great Brit Ance on the european bloc. T me Ting was an in a by european British once duo outer month is were discussed. Old smoke Sta k at u. Fell Down near 11 of clock last night a Section of a Large smokestack which is being taken Down at the heating Plant of Depauw University fell to the ground becoming loosened from its moorings. The work was under contract by the Dennis trucking co. Indianapolis. The piece is about half of the entire stack made of the special thick Sheet steel used for stack purposes. It has been Cut off of the lower half of the stack and was ready to be lowered to the ground but the men had not yet started the lowering process. It had been Well Guyed with steel cables and was considered in a Safe condition but it became dislodged from its resting place and toppled Over the former top of the stack turning Down As it fell and striking the Bottom of the adjoining excavation with terrific Force. No person was near the place upon which it alighted so that no person was injured by the unexpected happening and the stack itself was not injured. This stack is the old one of the two connected Wity the heating Plant furnaces. Its use had been discontinued and it was being taken out to make Way for the new Harrison science Hall. 4-h girls at the Putnam county fair won Many honors in their exhibitions at the second Ward building. In the Canning and food preparation there were Many awards As announced yesterday. More recent awards were made in clothing. Baking and room improvement. In each exhibit there Are the highest Honor of sweepstakes award As Well As the placement awards of ribbons and Cash prizes. The sweepstakes award is an award made in each exhibit to the person in that exhibit having the most outstanding work. For Sweepstake Honor there is awarded a medal and ribbon. Winning this award in the food preparation exhibit was miss Mary Ann Newgent and taking the sume honors in Canning was miss Helen Alloe. The Sweepstake award in baking went to miss Margaret Hatcher of Greencastle. Miss Hatcher placed on exhibit a devils food cake with Caramel icing and Clover Leaf cookies. Sweepstakes honors in clothing went to Olive Mae Dean of Greencastle and the sweepstakes honors in room improvement went to Lorna Thomas of Bainbridge. Other awards in baking went to Many Greencastle entrants. Funeral services for the Rev. Frank Wilson Davis 317 East Hanna Street a methodist minister for 44 years who passe away thursday i morning at Flat Rock will be held at \ men Ted 10 30 of clock saturday morning from the Gobin memorial methodist Church. Services will be in charge of the Rev. John w. Mcfall of Shelby Kex red Ville and Rev. J. G. Campbell and Rev. W. S Rader of this City. Burial will be at Loo Sootee. Friends May Call at the family residence. The casket will be open at the Church from 10 until 10 30 of clock. Pullet wins Chicken show with Hii Irons telling of her a it Hoove men in by Geo. Westfall Mun it other Fine exhibits in poultry division of show Westfall s first year of showing horse pulling contest gives Many thrills one of Best working teams a stallion and Mark three weight classes Fred Kim Iier Oscar Ivri Iima and Piil a dams in s teams win first the horse pulling contest held thursday afternoon provided one of the big thrills of the fair. There were some Fine appearing teams in he contest but not All of the Best looking horses were the Best pullers. One of tile Best working teams consisted of a stallion and a Mare for instance. First place in the Light weight class was won by Fred Knauers team weighing 2580 pounds which pulled 3300 founds nine feet. Second place in this class went to Raymond Ball whose team weighed 2510 pounds and which pulled 3300 pounds four feet three inches. Third place Winner was a1 Baines team weigh first year exhibited were Plain loaf cakes 1st. Mary Mosley Greencastle. $1 00, 2nd, Nancy Rockhill Greencastle. In 2,r,� it Munda Warhul de 2,0, Judy. Uain Hnidko i ��?T0.n, a 2 i flt not \ inches in the heavy weight class 75c 3rd, Betty a 50c 4th. Marcia Fay. Greencastle ribbon 5th. Betty Saathoff Greencastle ribbon. Second year exhibited were a half dozen drop cookies and Ginger bread. 1st, arct Oscar Perkins team washing 3510 pounds pulled 4000 pounds 10 feet. Oscar Clodfelter steam weighing 3320 pounds pulled 380&Quot pounds 23 feet. 11 inches. Thira place was won by Jess Cox steam weighing 3400 a Pullet with plumage As newly Lallen Snow was Queen of the Chicken show at the 4-11 fair thursday. She is a White Rock. Her temporary living quarters in the tent devoted principally to the poultry showing was ornamented with ribbons which told the Story of her achievements 1st prize Pullet of the White Rock class Champion of the White Rock class Over the closest competing Hen and cockerel Swo Pestak a of the whole poultry show. Also she was a participant in the Fust prize pen of pullets. This Snow White Princess was reared by George Westfall. 13 years old. Living on Bloomington Street Only a Short distance South of the fair grounds. She came from a lot of Day old Chicks which George bought last March and for that reason her exact lineage is problematical. But she is known definitely to be of blooded Stock As were All of that hatching. This is Georges first year in the Chicken raising business and his second year As 4-h club member. There were Many other very Fine exhibits in the poultry division of the show a number of them being Only a Little behind this Snow White in their qualities. Trustee term to be divided a court decision thursday at Spencer which gave each Man a right to serve half a term settled the recount suit brought by Ward m. Hicks against Arlie Kay Over the trusteeship of Franklin township. The Couit decided each Man had received 288 votes and that they should share the term of office. Hicks incumbent and a Democrat will continue in office until dec. 31, 1940. Kay Republican who contested the Post with Hicks last election will serve two years after dec. 31, 1940. Trustees hold Semi annual meet mass chorus concert at county fair High school Iund and Home economics choruses pro a Ide entertainment six counties represented muss chorus directed by Ai Stewart of Purdue local horns truth cd a mrs. .1. E. Porter Oxer 100 members it i i key run for trustees meeting More than 100 members of the a sixth District trustees Assoc reveral from Putnam county including wives of the trustees and guests attended the Semi annual meeting of the group at Turkey run yesterday. Representatives were present from Boone Fountain Hamilton. Hendricks. Montgomery Parke Vermillion Vigo and Warren counties. The Parke county Board of education was Host to the association. E. M. Woodward former trustee of Penn township schools gave the address of Welcome at the morning session followed by a response by Paul Swank superintendent of the Boone county schools and former principal of the Wingate school. John Hussey superintendent of awards were made in the poultry Hamilton county schools opened the to Walsh Greencastle. .$1.00 2nd. P nods. Which pulled 3200 pounds Joan Collins. Greencastle. 75c 3rd. One foot. Six. Inches. Dorothy Rader. Greencastle 50c to the Middle weight class first 4th. Norma Ziegelman Jefferson place went to Phil Adamsons team ribbon 5th, Donald Osborn. Monroe which weighed 2950 pounds and guess who nil a week ago we printed the picture of Charles a Kelley taken when he was a Mere lad As compared to his mature year at the present time but even this did not keep Many from guessing his identity As their still is the same resemblance of years first to guess the Correct name was a miss Rose Hinsching. 306 West Washington Street. She receives two free tickets to the von Castle theater to daughters courageous showing this week end or any successive picture. The first to win in the District outside the City was mrs. John Torr living Southwest of the cite and she also wins two tickets to the von Castle. Today a picture we believe will be equally As hard to name As was last week when Many w it wide of the Correct Mark. This demure Little miss is Well known m Greencastle today some years after the above picture was taken and carefully preserved by the parents. However she is quite Active in business and professional circles and is seen daily in her regular duties of being one of the City s most successful women in her chosen Field. Can you guess who its Worth trying. Which pulled 4900 pounds 27 feet. Second place went to another Pledl Adamson team this team weighing 2880 pounds and pulling 4000 pounds 12 feet 7 Inch s. Third place was won by Raymond balls team weighing 2710 Pound pulling 3500 pounds i 27 foot. Lloyd Arnold entered a team weighing 2710 pounds which pulled 3100 pounds four feet. Al Barnes team weighing 2870 pounds pulled 3300 pounds 25 feet 2 inches. This pulling it Quot i test was in charge of Donald web to r and Dennis clod a Felter. Working under the general supervision of Carl Arnold. The announcement of the fair Are being made by a. R. Colinan Conn Ted with the g. T. Dill Man company of Crawfo Deville. Who has a trailer Ecol Picl with broadcasting ribbon. Third year yellow or White buyer cake and a half dozen cookies were exhibited. 1st. Norma Jean Baldwin. Greencastle $1.00 2nd. Harriet Alice Sellers Greencastle 75c 3rd. Mary Louise Brown Greencastle. 50c 4th. Emily a i Ann Long. Greencastle ribbon 5th. Elizabeth Long Greencastle ribbon. Fourth year a half dozen Plain yeast Rolls and an Angel food cake without frosting were exhibited. 1st, Dorothy Finney Cloverdale $1.00 2nd. Mary Ellen Thompson. Washington. 75c 3rd, Chrystal Hendrick Bainbridge 50c 4th, Freda Steegmiller. Greencastle ribbon 5th. Colleen Hunter Greencastle ribbon. Fifth year equipment and announcements made most of the exhibits were cake thro Frh it p hear practically and Rolls or cakes and pies. They or us it ground8. The wonder horse division As follows heavy Breeds barred Rock Pullet 1 Smith Abbott 2. John o. Branneman 3, John William Hodshire 4 Norman Stringer 5, Jimmy of hair. Barred Rock cockerel 1, Smith Abbott 2. John William Hodshire 3, John o. Branneman 4, Thomas Albert Dreyer 5, Norman Stringer j barred Rock pen of 3 pullets 1, John Branneman 2, John William Hodshire 3, Smitti Abbott 4 Norman Stringer 5. Jimmy of hair. White Rock Pullet 1 George Westfall 2. Norman evens 3, Clyde Stringer 4. Smith Abbott. 5, Forest Mace Akers. White Rock cockerel 1, Clyde Stringer 2, Norman evens 3. Rich a a some social trends and their Sig Ard Jackson 4. Forest Mace Akers 5, Jack Arthur. The Bridgton High school White Rock pen of 3 pullets 1. A played a concert in the morning and George Westfall 2. Norman evens special entertainment was provided 3, Clyde Stringer 4 Smith Abbott during the afternoon including u session with a Short devotional service. Otto k. Jensen of the state Board of accounts gave a technical address on a budgets and budget making which was most timely since trustees have just been engaged in making rut their budgets for the coming academic year. Richard n. Beasley of Thorn town newly elected president of the association. Was another of the speakers at the morning session. Lie presided Over the entire meeting. Highlighting the afternoon session which followed a dinner in the Park hotel was a talk by Ralph n. They president of Indiana state teachers College. His subject wus the entertainment program of thursday evening at the 4-h fair included the concert by the Pennington band made up of members of the Greencastle High school bund and the singing of a muss chorus composed of Home economics club choruses from six counties Fountain Hendricks Montgomery Morgan. Paike and Putnam. Vermillion county s chorus is in this District also and word was sent Here that it would participate in the singing Here a thursday evening but it did not nation. I a reach Greencastle. However the six counties have 122 singers in the mass choir Hendricks sending 32 and the others sending smaller numbers. The mass chorus was directed by Ai Stewart director of music at Purdue University and director of music for the Home economics clubs of this District. He had the assembled choruses before him for mass rehearsal Only an hour or so prior to the concert at the fair grounds but each individual chorus had been visit 1 by him at some time during the season. Their ensemble work was excellent notwithstanding the Lack of ensemble training. The Putnam county chorus was trained by mrs. J. E. Porter of Greencastle. Four of the counties gave individual numbers and All six gave four mass numbers. The Fountain county chorus Sang a on the Banks of the Wabash a Dresser Hendricks county a Beautiful dreams by Stephen Foster Morgan county a mistress Margarita a by Penn Putnam county a smiling through a Kramer and a music when soft die a by Penn. The four mas3 chorus presentations were a come to the fair a by j Martin a i passed by your window a by Brahe a Danny boy a by weath Erby and Quot thanks be to god a by Dickson. The accompanist of the mass chorus was mrs. Hunter Leming who is director of tin Montgomery county chorus. The entertainment features of thursday evening wer supervised Hhd a Choice of making whatever the family likes Best. 1st. Margaret Hatcher Greencastle $1.00, also sweepstakes Winner 2nd, Colleen Bekius Cloverdale 75c 3rd, Doris Campbell. Greencastle. 50c 4 the. Betty Lee Baker. Greencastle. Ribbon 5th. Dorothy Etter Greencastle. Ribbon. In the clothing exhibit sweepstakes honors of a medal and ribbon went to miss Olive Mae Dean of Greencastle who is in the fifth year division. Other awards in clothing went to first year exhibited was an apron or a slip and Tea towels. 1st, Martha Elmore Cloverdale. $1.50 2nd. Betty Kle Bush. Greencastle $1 25 3rd, Margaret Knight. Cloverdale. $1.00 4th. Mary Rose Walker Cloverdale 75c 5th, Phyllis Morris Coatesville 50o 6th. Annabelle Sublett. Putna Niville ribbon 7th, Rosetta Reynolds. Greencastle. Ribbon 8th, Flossie Hanks Monroe ribbon 9th. Bessie Wisemiller Reelsville ribbon 10th, Rose Marie Remsburg. Greencastle. Ribbon. Second year exhibited was school dress slip and Pillow cases. 1st. Elizabeth Long. Greencastle $1.50 2nd. Edith Finney. Cloverdale $1.25 3rd. Janet Murphy. Cloverdale $1.00 4th. Shirley Patrick Cloverdale 75c 5th. Joyce Jarvis. Greencastle. 50c 6th, Miriam Kraft. Greencastle ribbon 7th. Betty Ann Trippett Cloverdale. Ribbon 8th, Dorothy Osborn. Bain it com i mini on in Csc two Star Jupiter a Black . Is easily the smartest animal on the fair grounds among the quadrupeds. That is. I is being shown in a tent before crowds of interested spectators. His performance is unexplainable on any basis excepting that of genuine intelligence. His owner and Trainer a. O. Brown of Wichita. Kan., put Star Jupiter through a program of stunts that have not been a quailed by any other horse which has appeared in this a a a Elln Tel in i Hub two 20 years a it to in 5. Richard Jackson. Other heavy Breeds Pullet 1, James d. Thomas or. 2, Willard Scobee. Other heavy Breeds cockerel 1. Ames i. Thomas or. 2. Willard Scobee. Other heavy Breeds pen of 3 pullets 1. James d. Thomas or. 2. Willard Scobee. Champion of heavy Breeds George Westfall. Light Breeds leghorn Pullet 1, Robert Phillips 2, Paul Douglas. Leghorn cockerel 1, Robert Phillips 2. Paul Douglas. Leghorn pen of 3 pullets 1. Robert Phillips 2. Paul Douglas. Other Light Breeds cockerel 1. Herschel c. Knetzer. Other Light Breeds pen of 3 pullets 1. Life Rachel c. Knetzer. Champion of Light Breeds Robert Phillips. Grand Champion George Westfall. Otlmor award potatoes 1. Frank Hiatt 2, Bernard Porter 3, Noble Fry 4. Sammy Arnold 5, Rex Porter. Entomology 1. Stanley Lewman 2, Robert Phillips 3. Dale Cue. Garden management 1. Robert Phillips 2. Claude Knauer 3. Felix Knauer 4. Willard Scobee 5, Dean and Donald South. Variety program by miss Doris Hux font and Dorohty Piper of the Rose Dale schools. Veteran banker Dies in Layton Clayton ind. Aug. 11 Ever a to Ryan. 63 years Quot a. Veteran banker of Titis District died thursday afternoon following a Brief illness. At the time of his death he was manager of the Clayton Branch of the Danville state Bank. He also band he Lioyd Moss temporarily substituting for chairman r. P. Mullins. Program tonight and tomorrow today the draft horses Are being shown and judged. This evening the Cloverdale school band will give a concert beginning at 7 o clock and at 8 of clock the a rial suits will give another open air entertainment. Tomorrow the Saddle horse <11 vision of the fair program will open at 9 of clock in tin morning with the Saddle horse Parade the show of these animals will open at 9 30 o clock and will continue through the Day closing at 9 of clock at night. Tomorrow afternoon at 4 o clock the Pennington band from the Grove. He was an Active member of the masonic Lodge. Surviving is tin widow. Interment services will be held at Stiles due saturday afternoon. Had engaged in banking business in j Greencastle High school will play. Stiles due. Monroeville and Beech land at 7 o clock saturday evening the Fillmore band will give their Cony Cert directed by Frank Martin. Prev0 store is featured in Magazine in the current Issue of the dry goods journal National Magazine of the retail dry goods stores is featured a Page and one half Story with three splendid pictures of the i Reva bros., store in Greencastle and an interview with Edgar Prevo by on of the staff writers of the journal. One picture shows the front View of the store and two additional views of the Interior Are show. Miami killer is sex adventurer or. And mrs Thad Jones motored to Rochester to visit relatives. In Camp at eel River were Frank Irvin Robert Stoner Ralph West John Stoner. Or. John g. Benson pastor of the i Wesley methodist Church at Detroit was appointed Secretary of the department of education and literature of the methodist Church with head quarters at new York City. Mrs. Luther easter of West of Putnat Iville was injured when the easter ear was overturned on the Manhattan Road. The Zinc Mill company filed a counter suit to that of the Heinz Brothers in which the company asked damages of the latter. Mrs. Johnson to be Laid away sunday funeral services both Johnson Well woman of this City Day morning will for mis. Eliza known coloured who died thu Rube held sunday involved in rapes swindles impersonations and Sedi i ions West Palm Beach. Fla. Aug. 11 a up Titomas Cochran 34. Who lured two girls from Miami on the pretext of getting them movie jobs and raped and murdered one of them was revealed today to be a criminal adventurer who has been preying on women throughout the country for 13 years. Police reports involved him in at least one other rape Case possibly another murder in swindles impersonations and seductions. He had de afternoon at 2 30 of clock from the St. Paul Baptist Church. Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery. 1, a a erred the army abandoned a wife a kits were needed j end two children in san Francisco for some unexplained reason the posed As a Federal officer and a Talent flood lights at Robe Ann Park were turned off last night. No explanation was made for it. And there was no Richson Why they should not a ave been on. Some one in authority should see that there Are lights to scout for the Quot movies. At other periods of his career he had held legitimate jobs As an actor radio program director and author of Short plays. He had moved about the country continually usually in company night regardless of what action was of pretty women whom he seduce i taken last might. And abandoned. O g g g g g g g g g g g today a weather g g and a g local temperature g g g g g g g g g g g g mostly Cloudy local thundershowers tonight and in East and South portions saturday slightly warmer tonight somewhat cooler in East and South portions saturday. Minimum. 60 6 a. In. It it a 7 a. M68 8 a in 70 9 a. A. 77 10 a. M. 83 11 a. At 86 12 noon. .88 1 p. M. 89 2 p. M.-. 89

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