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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - August 12, 1939, Greencastle, Indiana/ f fair 0 try seven the daily Banner 0 Ai a 1.1. The Home news United Tress service jgj4, 4 j to it Waves for All 99 Indiana saturday August \2, 1 a. Or show draws crowd to Iii inv a ii flocked to see Many attractive displays in Many groups a a a 11 i Wal Hundred Hud air. Us it tended in Hie Early afternoon alter opening with tile floor show Only a unto the Public at noon Tinte Friday were Many hundreds in see the attractive displays of in grown varieties at the second building by Early evening when display was visited by the ban reporter. Prof. Honeywell head of the Florl department at Purdue uni judged the species during morning hours. Hie Prises were awarded. Age rat urn Tate mrs. Leste. Miller Coates Tad mrs. Ethel Lydick Coates mrs. 1 e in asters giant flowering -4fone eligible 2nd. Adrian Coverd a Cal Ndola a Orange 1st�?mrs. Mary no a ale Tad none eligible 3rd, Earl Tun ten Fillmore. Yellow Trdy Earl Bunten. Fillmore. Or it res t it i late mrs. Mary Halloway Clover funeral services for Rev. F. W. Davis funeral services for the Rev. Frank Wilson Davis 317 East Hanna Street were held at 10 30 of clock saturday morning at the Gobin memorial methodist Church. The Rev. John w. Mcfall of Shelbyville and Rev. J. G. Campbell and Rev. W. S. Rader of this City were in charge with burial at Loogootee. Pall bearers were j. E. Courtney. Kenneth Peck George Knauer Roy Ferrand Omer Beck and Maynard Tuttle. Young demos expected to endorser . Show cattle sheer Swine at 4-h fair deep interest among vis it oks in boys activities represent 4-h activities Many prizes \ warded to Rujder ewes hogs beef Cuttle and of Tab Pitts big a Iii convention has been marked by to midterm sentiment it Nett receives ovation Indiana candidate reiterates allegiance a to Roosevelt expounds Liberal ideas Swearingen Amos e Collins Putnam mrs. Ethel Schachtel sri mrs. Cecil Miller. To my Tate in. Halloway. Clove r Joe Wright. Clover last 3rd, in. Alice Collins put a three Bloom in. Jefferson twp. 1 la entry 3rd, prof. Tie. Type a. Giddings Green single Bloom Dall 11, 3rd. Cloverdale. Thumb Halloway Clover by Halloway Clov Lardia Lei Schachtel Green Ethel Schachtel mrs. Mary hallo -6 blooms w. Giddings Bevcar Paul Mckeehan mrs. Mary hallo 24 blooms Job. Cloverdale 2nd. Chan. Greencastle Miller Coatesville. \ Marigold fall yellow v n lot a mrs. Lawrence Crawley Ireen Outie 3nd, Jesse Job Clovere. R. Richards Green full Orange Stringer Jefferson i. Charles Denny Clov in. Joe Wright Clover id Dwarf Morrison. Cloverdale Ives Northwood 3rd, Clodfelter . On Price two Pittsburg. Aug. 12 up a the National convention of Young democrats was expected to adopt a Resolution today that will be a virtual endorsement of a third term for president Roosevelt. The Resolution will Climax a convention marked by growing cheers for the new Deal and intensifying demands that the president seek a third term. Sen. Josh Lee brought the third term talk to a High Point in a speech at last nights session. Amid roaring applause he shouted Quot it is not for Roosevelt to Tell a that he wants a third term but its rather for us to Tell Roosevelt that we want a third the Young democrats Are barred by their Constitution from giving specific endorsement to any candidate for the party a presidential nomination. For two Days 6,800 delegates had listened to a series of declarations by prominent party leaders lauding the president As a Quot Liberal and demanding continuation of new Deal policies. Last night they received Security administrator Paul v. Mcnutt a candidate for the nomination with a ten minute ovation. Mcnutt who has said he wont seek the nomination if the president does again vowed his allegiance to or. Roosevelt in reiterating the demand of preceding speakers for Liberal government. Mcnutt avowed his own liberalism in discussing the present Federal social Security system. This system he said Quot contains obvious Guys which undoubtedly will be filled in the near future sentiment for a Quot third terms among the delegates has been unmistakable. Sen. Claude e. Pepper dfla., keynote the convention with a it Ltd Lulu it in on bum two another Fine crowd milled around at the Putnam county 4-h fair grounds Friday evening the City police Force finding some difficulty in directing the parking of cars because of the Large number. Practically All of the available parking space was occupied As was True the preceding evening. There was a Liberal patronage of the Many concessions but the chief interest was in the entertainment program. The Cloverdale marching band with its strutting drum major miss Herbert leading paraded in the show grounds and the crowd applauded heartily. The marching was to the stirring strains of the Drums but in the concert by the band after the Parade All of the instruments were handled with artistry by the performers. Many of the latter Are so Young Ano Small they have difficulty in keeping step with the older boys and girls but they give no indication of immaturity in their handling of their band instruments. The concerts by these Putnam school bands from Fillmore. Greencastle and Cloverdale have been real treats to music lovers. Tonight program the Saddle horse show has been on the card of entertainment attraction at the fair grounds today a beginning this morning and continuing through the afternoon and it will come to a Giddings named assistant Dean or. Glenn w. Giddings. Professor of physics at Depauw University has been appointed assistant to the Dean of men and will work with Dean Louis h. Dirks on student problems during the coming year. Or. Giddings will devote much of his time to counselling freshmen Ami will be unusually Active during the freshman orientation week program september 11-17. The appointment is a part of de Pauwe a desire to give students As much help As possible in finding themselves and making the most of their College years Dean g. Herbert Smith who was Dean of freshmen was recently appointed Dean of administration. Girls judging takes place at county f air Allis. Calvin Perdi i checks girls on their ability to jitdg1 Madon \ \ Ltd l. 1 Kes a first alarm an Lewman Colleen Hunter Betty Lee Baker win other firsts fraternity Rush captains re Bush organizations at Depauw in midst of Campaign for new members Rush captains for Depauw University a eight National sororities and twelve fraternities Are now in the midst a it a their annual preschool fishing activities. Freshman week opens on the Campus september 11. Both fraternities and sororities have a system of preferential Rushing which includes open House visitation. Kappa Tau Kappa inter fraternity Council is publishing a fraternity hand Book this year for new students. Depauw sorority Rush captains Are Alpha Chi Omega. Maurine Keller. Davenport Iowa Alpha Gamma Delta Rachel Waltz Arcadia Alpha Omicron i. Joann Smith. Fort Wayne Alpha Phi Jean Revenaugh Cincinnati Ohio Delta Delta Delta Betty Boyles Gumette 111. Delta 111 close this evening at about 9 of clock i Zeta. Mary Hepperly Chenoa. With the naming of the grand Chain \ Kappa Alpha Theta Virginia Burns Bronxville n. A. And Kappa Kappa Piona. The showing of draft horses Friday was watched with close attention. Most of the animals on exhibition and in the Competition were splendid specimens of their respective classes. The judge was often confronted with such close compete tion that he had difficulty in making .j0 his awards. The animals shown Gamma Ruth Al Slaff. Indianapolis. 4-h girls had a Chance to try their hand at judging at the second Ward building with mrs. Calvin Purdue judging them on their ability yesterday. The girls judged each of the exhibits and were then checked by mrs. Purdue. This Check was to see How keenly they can observe the necessary things needed to in a judge. Winners of the judging contest for girls in clothing were first Madonna Call. Greencastle with better than 93 Points Thelma Jean Zissler of Bainbridge took second with 86 Points. Mary i. Overhalser of , with better than 78. Took third. Freda Klinefelter of Cloverdale was fourth with 75 and Rosetta Clark was fifth with beter than 69. In room improvement Marian Lewman of Bainbridge was first and Frances Hendrick of Bainbridge second. Food preparation honors went to Colleen Hunter of Cloverdale who was awarded first place Mary Ann Newgent of second place und third place to Delitha Jones of Reelsville. In baking the awards went to Betty Lee Baker of first Margaret Hatcher of second and Wanita Mcclure of Putnamville hut a member of the Bainbridge 4-h club third. Clemency Board plans review of commutations Indianapolis. Aug. 11 the state clemency commission said today that it would review All cases in which it had commuted determinate sentences of penal institution inmates to indeterminate terms. The action followed receipt of an opinion from attorney general Omer s. Jackson in which he held the practice of commuting these sentences invalid. Commission members pointed out the practice had resulted in some prisoners serving longer time a than they would be required to serve if released on parole under a statute which allows reduction of a term for Good behaviour. Draft horse Competition keen at fair stallion own 101 by Mayna Kii ult Uli is Namki Soliani Champion of show arrival of fliers awaited in Ireland airmen took off of Kuay unauthorized Ocean hop no a to whili1 Thornburg on Friday Hakky Thorn Buko k of three a. On sunday k. Mcgranhan Thorn-84 years wife of Harry died Friday at her Home Sycamore Street after a three Ulrichs. 68 is survived by the husband hrs Daug tigers. Mrs. Fred James of is Day mrs. James Orrell of clo Ordale and mrs. James Crague of Erth and one son Albert Mcgran Iam of Matoon 111. Funeral services will be held from be Mccurry funeral Home at 1 30 clock sunday afternoon in charge it of the Rev. E. F Singhurse. Burial vill be in the Cloverdale cemetery friends May Call at the Mccurry funeral Home. Foynes Ireland. Aug. 12 up irishmen watched the Western horizon today for an old Ryan monoplane in which Alex Loeb 32, and Dick Becker 23. Took off from St. Peters Nova Scotia yesterday bound for this Ocean plane base Over the great Circle route. With Luck they had expected to reach foynes by 7 a. M. It Edt it today. Reports from the British air ministry indicated that if they were still up they had encountered a fog Belt on the first part of the flight Good weather in mid Ocean then rain Clouds and fog until they were within 300 Miles of the Western Irish coast. They were in a plane similar to col. Lindbergh s Quot spirit of St. like Douglas Corrigan a flight from new York to Dublin last summer. This one was without authorization of the United states department of Commerce. Loeb and Becker also had kept their plans secret until just before they left St. Peters at 10 14 a. M. It Edt yesterday. Then a minute before they roared Down the Beach. Loeb had called to the few spectators out to see them away Quot we May go to Palestine after we land in Ireland. We have absolutely Good instruments a wonderful ship and we can to possibly lose were Putnam county products. The three that appeared in the final Competition for grand Champion of the show were said by Many to be the finest individuals of their kind that have been shown in Competition in Putnam county in a number of years. There was evidence of deep interest among the visitors at the Putnam county 4-h fair in the displays of Fine sheep cattle and Swine. These animals were for the most part developed by 4-h boys and girls and represented 4-h activities. Winners included the following single Ewe Lamb Ter 2, Malcolm Roin no 3. Donald Craft 4, Hubert Mcgaughey. Single Ewe 1, Hubert Mcgaughey 2. Eugene Harlan. Pen of ewes 1, Eugene Harlan. Spotted Poland China litter 1, James Russell Cofer. Duroc Jersey litter 1. Tim Ruark 2. Eugene clones. Hampshire litter 1 Bussell fraternity Rush chairman Are Alpha Tau Omega. Steve Olin Mansfield Ohio Beta Theta in James Pickett Cercen Felci Delta Chi. Jack Armstrong. South Bend Delta Kan a Epsilon Frank Roberts Marion. Delta Tau Delta. Charles Warner Evanston 111. Delta Upsilon j Norris Krueger Riverside 111. Lambda Chi Alpha Ralph Aldridge. To i Komo Phi Delta Theta. Charles Bleecker Huntingburg Phi Gamma i Delta. Orton Alkire. Chicago Phi Kappa Psi Tom Tucker. Sears Dalon. Y. Sigma Chi James Hudson. Indianapolis and Sigma no. Morris i Dodd. Danville. 111. Dress review held at 11 Ajili school 4.iki.m Takade their newest in self made of Rake. Tiila Delvill \ mayor is forced to resign Philadelphia Auk. Davis Wilson colourful t it 12 s. Ailing nil i ill ill la a ii i Loki two ll1 l 1. Billy Clodel mayor of Philadelphia quit office today because of illness. He was succeeded automatically by George Connell 68. President of the City Council. Wilson is 58. Connell Long has been a Republican Leader. Davis a registered Democrat now w As elected As a Republican. He once sought office on an Independent ticket. Wilson has been too ill to visit his office since january his condition being described As generally rundown. Airy started into plane crash saturday morning was a Busy one for the 4-h girls in clothing As there was the private dress review before mrs. Calvin Purdue anti then at 2 15 the girls had to appear it the High school and Model their dresses and garments which they made. Mrs. Purdue in the private showing in the morning judged the girls for undergarments to go with their dresses Etc. In the afternoon the girls As mod is. Appeared before an enthusiastic group and paraded their newest self made wearing apparel in their annual dress review. The judge of All the girls exhibits in the past few Days has been mrs. Calvin Purdue of Acton. She has Hud much experience in this kind of work having been president of the state Home economics association and director of the state fair school for girls at Indianapolis since 1934. The american legion will meet in regular session monday evening at 8 o clock at the legion Home. Ii bring took la Lai k Fri remark Abl Fine animals shown in All lasses awards Are Lisle a some remarkably Fine animals were shown the draft horse classes both heavy and Light at the Putnam county 4-h fair Friday. There was close Competition and some individuals that did not place among the ribbon winners were but Little behind the winners in the grading. Maynard Grubb s big Black stallion left the Arena at the close of the final event in the draft horse showing proudly wearing the Blue ribbon awarded for grand Champion horse of the show. But the judge took quite a lilt of time in making that award there being two others in close Competition with the big Black. Awards were made in the draft horse showing us follows lift draft teams hitched 1, George Raines 2, Dayton Mccloud Jefferson twp. 3. Frank Day Monroe twp. 4. Dennis Clodfelter Russell twp. Heavy draft team hitched 1, Lioyd amp Grimes. Russell twp. 2 and 3. Oscar Clodfelter Russell twp. Matched team hitched 1, Boyd amp Grimes 2. Oscar Clodfelter 3, Fant Judy Monroe twp 4. George Raines. Draft stallion. 2 years under 3 1. And 2, Guy Wright. Greencastle twp. Draft stallion. 3 years under 4 1. Guy Wright 2. A1 Johnson. Monroe twp. Draft stallion. 4 years and Over Maynard Grubb twp. 2 and 3, a1 Johnson. Grand Champion stallion Maynard Grubb. Grand Champion registered class Dayton Mccloud Jefferson twp grand Champion in Grade class Walter Dorett Jefferson twp. Grand Champion in All classes Maynard Grubb. Grade Colt 1, Kay Ferson twp. 2, Hugh Jefferson twp. 3, Joe Depauw will open for 103rd term sept. Ii school year will Start wit ii freshman week program i rigger enrolment Hector Eliol Arslie its will Arriag 100 outstanding students to Campus Vaughn. Jef Mccain Mack Scott. Jeffer son twp. 4. Neely of hair. Monroe twp. Grade Mare and Colt 1, Ray Vaughn 2. Joe Scott 3, Hugh my 4 Onil Nim in Ini i top two officials baffled ii St i Den Ness of crash that took nine lives Langley Field a aug. 12. A up a an army Board of inquiry dug in the charred ruins of a Douglas twin motored bomber today for a clue to the cause of the Accident in which nine army fliers were killed. Air corps officials were frankly baffled by the bombers sudden plunge to Earth yesterday shortly after taking off on a practice flight. Some believed that the cause might never be determined. Pilot of the plane was 25-year-old Lieut. Homer Mackay Lansing. Mich., who received his commission in the army air corps Only a week ago after graduating from the Kelly Field training school in Texas. Eye witnesses to the crash could not agree on details the Accident occurred so quickly. But Lieut. H. M. Melton jr., official spokesman for the army said the Board would investigate reports that one or both of the planets motors failed after it had gained an Altitude of less than 200 feet. Warden r e p o it t s arrest Victor Walter. Putnam county game Warden reports the fining of William m. Thomas of Roachdale in a Justice of the peace court at Craw Fordsville for killing rabbits out of season. Long term record of 41 years in township schools held ii r. S. Irwin 20 years ago in s. C. Sayres won the sunday Golf tournament with a score of 80 and a Handicap of 8. Net score 72. C. C. Gillens net score was 76, his Handicap being 22. Charles Mcgaughey. With a Handicap of 26, had a net score of 76. E. Stoner netted 81 e. Vancleave 71 e. B. Taylor 80. Quot Ernest stoners Jonah a said the paper of that any Quot is no. 6 he teaching in the Maple Heights school Robert s. Irwin Isnit an old Man by any Means but it is quite Likely he is the Quot most veterans school teacher of the Rural schools of the county. He has taught 41 years and May teach again this coming school year but Isnit sure yet. There is quite a bit of interesting information comprised within that statement that in has been an instructor 41 years. One of the items is that All but u very few years of that Long Perio 1 have been spent in Madison township school rooms. Another item is that he taught both or. Und mrs. Jesse Ellis of burners town. Their children and their grand children. Another item is that some of or. Irwin s own six children got Allol their common school education in their fathers school and five of his children graduated from the common schools under him. Of these his son. Hendron Irwin has been said he thought one should be allowed to carry the Ball Over. De Hamilton and n. C. Of hair said the paper started Over three times and quit in disgust. Quot the Ball behave for mass Elizabeth Ward returned to her work in the Post office from her vacation. In township and Letha Irwin Spencer a daughter taught six years in the county including instruction work in the russellville1 schools two years in Marion township and two in Madison township. Or. Irwin started teaching in 1897, immediately after graduating from the Central Normal College at Dan Ville where he had been a school mate of the present United states Nator Elimor Thomas of Oklahoma with whom he also was a school mate m the Madison township schools before they went to the nor nil College. Mrs. Irwin waa addle Thomas a Cousin of the present senator. Or. Irwin was bom in a log Cabin South of Brunerstown and lives in another House half a mile East of i Brunerstown. He taught in what he terms his a Home school 23 years a half mile South of Brunerstown and while there and in other schools of the township he Hud Many of his it Ose relatives among his pupils. His first school however wus Madison no. 1, in the Northeast Quarter of the township. He taught there under i rank Lewis trustee of the township and or. Irwin mentioned James Houck and Charles King As being Oiler Early trustees under whom he taught also. At old no. 1, or. Irwin taught a 5 and one half months school at $1.60 per Day which netted him. With five teachers institutes $184 a year he said. He taught one year in the school at car pent Erville and had five years teaching in the Madison township High schools. A forty five pupils at one time Flat Coal Luril on i nip twin Depauw University will open its 103rd academic year with the freshman week program which begins monday september 11. The Pur pos of freshman orientation week at Depauw is to acquaint the new students with the Campus and faculty and the curriculum so that a Complete adjustment to this new College environment can be made quickly. During the week each new student will have the cooperation of a member of the faculty who will act in the capacity of counsellor or student advisor. Together they will plan to lib a student s course of study schedule his classes and engage in the activities of the week. The men students will be in charge of Dean Louis h. Dirks and or. Glenn w. Giddings newly appointed assistant to the Dean of men. Freshman coed activities will be directed by Dean Helen c. and her new assistant Misa Marian Maxim. Registration prospects according to Dean g. Herbert Smith of the office of admissions Are in line with last years record when a 12 percent increase was made in the entire student body and a 34 percent increase was noted in the freshman class. Freshmen this year Are expected to top the 500 Mark with a marked increase among coeds. Last year the total registration was 1425 students. Depauw continues to draw it students from an Ever widening area. Last year thirty seven states one u. S. Possession and four foreign countries were represented on the Campus. A student from czech so Vuksta has been accepted for the coming year which will increase the number of foreign countries. Nearly $100,000 Worth of scholarships have been granted to outstanding High school seniors of 1939 through the Edward Rector scholarship foundation and the president s scholarship Competition. This will bring to the Campus some 100 students that rank scholastically in the High percentage of their graduating class last Spring. Work is progressing rapidly on John j. Harrison Hall do Pauwe a new $350,000 memorial science building which will be a part of the new West Campus quadrangle. The Cornerstone was Laid at commencement time last june and the building is to be ready for classes by september 1940. Nazis Rush polish hatred Berlin aug 12 a up inspired nazi newspapers intensifying attacks upon Poland published lists of alleged polish attacks against Ger a mans on their first pages today and warned that Germany s a patience Quot wus nearing its end. The Attucks were made As Joachim von Ribbentrop and count Galeazzo Clano German and italian foreign ministers in conference at 8alzburg, prepared to motor to Adolf hitlers bavarian Mountain Villa for u luncheon conference with him. Newspapers entered their it tacks Chi Poland with u dispatch by the official nazi news Agency alleging that polish troops arrested four German air Force non commissioned officers und four civilians on a Marienburg Berlin Railroad train us it passed across the polish corridor. The dispatch said that the air Force men and one woman among the civilians were released but that the others were detained for unknown reasons. 0 0� o 0 0 a a a a a 0 today a weather 0 0 and 0 0 local temperature a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 0� scattered showers and somewhat cooler saturday sunday generally fair. Mil 6 70 a. M. 70 a. M.-. 76 8 a. 76 9 a in. 81 10 a. A. 78 11 a. A. .78 a i l \

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