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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - July 4, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaA a a 0 be weather closely i j. He a a the daily Banner Ltd United press Seltice a for All the Home news 4 1 1 i a a 1 1 1 i a 1 i forty seven be 8tbeu ii 1 my other built up and i planted loot at Pine Bluff Green cd Astle has a quiet fourth Green cattle observed a quiet fourth of july. Practically a l business houses were closed during the Day and everyone either took a vacation of one Clay by remaining at Home or going to some Distant Point which was observing a noisy Celebration of the nation s birthday. Local woman . , writes text Auto Baker other e there Are two areas of the terrain i a joining our big Walnut Creek that outstanding As examples of what May be accomplished by the judicious i Juiling of natures product in the Ough such As we have Here in put county and adjoining it. Ono of thes has had but Little de elopement and it appeals to nature overs who like dense tree growths ind profuse undergrowth a with deep Avines and running water. The Hii ids Are Foppe Cully keen about this to act. The other was once just As wild ind densely overgrown but now it a As the Charm of Green closely irn dipped swards Lovely Flower Beds a u Jim Ming Pool swinging Bridges lodges and oiled roads that j the former is the 80 acres owned Quot a by Clarence i. Baker Northeast of a to Bainbridge near the famed Pine a Bluff and including the so called i j a lost forty a which As it developed ii. Nas not been very badly lost after the All or. Baker is one of five Brothers Ltd a some of whom Are interested with him in a furniture store in Indianapolis. They Are commonly referred to As Baker Brothers. They once Quot had a Camp on the old route of Road 36, East of Bainbridge. The prese fit holdings of Clarence Baker adjoin big Walnut close to the Pine Bluff Fin fact one could correctly say Trtat at least a part of the Baker land overhangs big Walnut because to Rcpt Stream along that stretch of it is sunk some 200 feet below the general surface of the terrain. Needless to say it is a rough Peice of land but that is the great its own who is expending a considerable Money each Sedun do iring out the objectionable Ruih. Or Bumis. Surplus limbs and making roads and trails. On a recant afternoon the writer accepted an invitation of or. Baker to ride baulk into the wild lost forty in Hla Packard leaving the writer s age weakened car at tie Gate and it seemed a Good thing to do. The newer car moved up the Steep slopes and around the hillsides easily where the older pne might have faltered. The Lorf forty is penetrated by the Little Clear Creek whose wet a Papatone floor is exceedingly Tricky to pedestrians. Mini to plans Uei anti lie Indianapolis july 4. Paul v Mcnutt. Unite i state High commissioner to the Philippines said today lie would leave for Washington wednesday to report to president Knusch velt on could Ilins in the islands. I. S. Gets site for memorial to West s Rise edits tii Iiene w Piile Hing Ami St of Viking school Woik by name of Edna Mcguire subject matter Dault with history River i Kont at St. Louis to he Namki Fob Jefferson distribute county funds to tax units Gilbert Ogle county auditor announces outlay of fund for first half of year amounts Here shown with exception. Where advances were made distribution of funds collected by the county and due the taxing units of the county for the first half of the present Calendar year has been made by the county auditor Gilbert e. Ogles. The amounts Are As follows with the exception of those instances in which advances were made during the six months period. Manson. Of Omer g., and e. Jack of Indiana pc Polis and Thtree Sisters who Are mrs. A Susan Moxley mrs. Mattie Anns Legener and mrs. Alice Geisler All Quot of Indianapolis. Their father was John Henry Baker of Parke county id originally. Anc their Mother was Martha j. Short of Marion and Floyd townships. These two were married in Greencastle before the civil War. Or. Baker senior attended old As Bury. The children were born in Putnam county near carpenters Villa. The owner of the land has no income from it but Liis Delight in it is so keen that a he feels Well reimbursed for what he expends on it. On the county line Road Between Hendricks and Putnam counties Northeast of new Maysville and Southeast of Barnard is Mccloud Park known to Only a few residents of Putnam county outside of those of the Northeast area. Part of the Park is in put Lam. But most of the 500 acre comprised within it Are in Hendricks the Park Gateway is just Fouth of the steel Bridge Over big Washut on the county line Road. Thera is an ornamental Entrance with a to Trvula treated Roadway visible the otly Side of the Gateway. It is several Miles North of Road 36. To. U the tract of big Walnut lion which is so Fine an example of what my be accomplished by a Park which advances Are figured in the a Clarence 1 Baker has four Broth amounts As Here Given of takers Manson of Silex. To. William i Walter Stewart trustee of Jackson township. $5. 144.90. J. H. Stafford trustee Franklin township. $4722.60. Glenn Irwin treasurer Roachdale town. $2801.26. Frank Gardner trustee Russell township $4420.08. William c. Spencer clerk of Russellville town. $698.55. Frank e. Cooped. Trustee of Clinton township. $3859.08. Claude Etcheson. Trustee Monroe township $3833.45. Clarence Etcheson. Clerk of Bainbridge town $573.08. Earl Sutherlin. Trustee of Floyd township $3591.65. Marion Sears trustee Marion township $7076.61. John Abel trustee Greencastle township $777.73. H. E. H. Greenleaf treasurer Greencastle consolidated school Board. $34,971.15. Paul Grimes treasurer Greencastle City. $16.867.22. Herbert Boswell trustee Madison township $3335.04. Pete Holsapple. Trustee Washington township. $4856.61. Roy Herbert trustee Jefferson township. $3600.95. E. S. Walters trustee Cloverdale township. $4898.07. Ralph Hunter treasurer Clover Daki town. $1110.91. De cd still a 11� iore.1 h the y Roosevelt May Rescue measures in air in de in a on it at Ess legislation needs backing girl scouts give financial i report most expenses i marked while in c Ami at state Park four Quot in f j ro4 a plea son but who ends at need singly rough area. It by complimentary reset the Best kown state Parks k is owned by r. F. David Home is at North Salem spends Bis summer week Cloud Park. He is Gen ertl counsel of the Bell Telephone Cut Quot corp., of Indianapolis and has put a a a Many thousand of dollars into the in beautifying of this tract with no return whatever from it beyond the b pleasure he gets from it. Or. Mccloud so is his week ends at the a a in a age which is reserved from la general Public but visitors Are Rochester store closed for failure to pay tax cd in Lutier on l Nguc tour Rochester. Ind., july 4.�?first closing of a place of business in Fulton county for failure to pay state Gross income tax took place monday afternoon when a padlock was placed on the door of the Raymond Peterson Auto accessory store. C. J. Otis of Indianapolis Field representative of the Indiana Gross income tax division obtained the warrant an which Peterson s store was closed for failure to pay taxes in 1935 and 1036. Washington july 4 up. A president Roosevelt must intervene personally and forcefully to Rescue three vital new Deal measures trapped in a rebellious Congress an informal Survey indicated today. Proposals in danger Are 1. Neutrality legislation eliminating the mandatory arms embargo. 2. The new pump priming program. 3. Dollar devaluation and the stabilization fund. The chief executive will return to the White House from his Hyde Park. N. Y., estate on wednesday and will go into an immediate huddle with his legislative leaders. From Senate majority Leader Alben w. Barkley Democrat. Kentucky he will learn that the vote on the conference report to extend for two years the Dollar devaluation Powers and the $2.000.000.0000 stabilization fund will be close. The two projects lapsed when a Gold dollars republicans and Western Sil verite filibustered the report beyond Midnight last Friday in an exciting Senate session. They agreed to vote no later than 4 p. M. On wednesday. The administration did not have sufficient votes to adopt the report last week but since then considerable pressure has been brought on some democrats especially those from the Silver states. If the report is adopted the administration contends that the devaluation authority and stabilization fund will be restored us though there had been no interruption. The funds $2,000.000.000 was diverted to the Treasury a working balance today to increase it to $4,150.000,000. The highest in Many years. The pump priming program is under fire even before its introduction and even the most optimistic new dealers do not expect to get All that the president desires. They believe that one of the first provisions to be scuttled will be the one which would permit Loans to foreign nations which have defaulted on private obligations held in this country. Such comparatively noncontroversial features As the one which woul did the heavy goods industries by purchases of Railroad equipment probably will be adopted without much trouble. Neutrality meantime held the key to sine die adjournment. The administration took a Licking on this Issue in the House last week when a Bill was passed containing most of the mandatory embargo restrictions in the present Law which or. Roosevelt and Secretary of state Cordell Hull want eliminated. The following is a list of income and expenses of the Greencastle Gill scouts which May be of interest to Many in this City. These items Are among the ones listed for the month of june during which time the scout i were in Camp at Mccormick Creek state Park. Receipts from cookie Sale $181.78. Camp receipts were. $311.50. Camp disbursements say Aries $77.50, ice ice Cream and Dairy products food $169.94, Camp fee Mccormick s $102.00 or 25c per Day per person handicraft. $22.36, miscellaneous exp. Printing Etc $31.90. Camp expenses for coloured troop $15.00, badges $45.78. Approximately 1343 meals were served while in a amp with an approximate Cost of 51c per Day per person tor food. The Camp is in the red $107.65 divided among 41 girls Cost $2.61 per girl Over an l above $8.00 fee paid by girls. An unknown Friend paid Camp expenses of one girl. R0achdale is Center of attraction Rig two Day Celebration will be closed this evening with Fine program Many feat Kos displayed music was girls dancing balloon ascension and fire works to close Day s festivities. Because of the big fourth of july St. Louis july 4 up the fed-1 eral government five and one half years after the beginning of a Campaign to build a memorial to Titomas Jefferson an 1 the nation s Westward expansion on the historic riverfront Here has finally taken title to the site. The National Park service will have charge of All construction and landscaping of the project. Although the improvement of the riverfront has been a dream for 35 years and has been recommended by the City plan commission since 1929. No definite plans have been advanced and approved for the Type of memorial to be built. Hie total Cost of the memorial including the Purchase Price of the property Quot is estimated at $9.000.000. The site a 40-Block area adjoining the River was the Center of the nation s expansion to the West from the time that the venturesome French men Laclede and Chouteau established the Village of St. Louis in 1764 to the spanning of the continent by the railroads. Within its confines have moved the colourful Panorama of explorers indians expeditions such As that of Lewis and Clark fur traders pioneers the slave Trade the great fire of 1849 and the civil War. Despite the varied commercial activities still being carried on. The Celebration at Roachdale today most i strict has the air of a ghost town. At Putnam county people journeyed to the North Putnam county town for either an All Day visit or for an afternoon and night visit. The Celebration started monday afternoon with a splendid band concert by the Fillmore school hand which is one of the most popular in the county. A Large and appreciative audience heard their program. This was followed by a program by miss Caroline Dezurik and miss Mary Jane Dezurik. Minnesota girls who did a neat Job of Bird Yod cling. They made least one third of the buildings Are vacant. For rent signs have been gathering dust for years and deterioration has Swift. The structures however arc not so old. Since the great fire of 1849 swept the area the oldest building still Stan Ling now a night club was built in Isis. Occupants of the area have less than two months to move out under the terms of Federal court judgements made at the time of payment into the court registry of $5,790,000 of Federal monies for title to the pro 1 0fg Corrigan to wed san Francisco july 4 standing near the $90< air plane that took him across tin Atlantic Douglas a wrong Way Corrigan announced at the Golden Gate exp Simian today he was about to take Ano her flight this time into Matrimony. The 32-year-old flyer who said when he landed in Ireland from n w York he thought he was headed for California disclosed he would marry a childhood sweetheart miss Elizabeth Marvin also .32, a school teacher in san Antonio Texas. The marriage will be held at Sar. Antonio july 17. First anniversary of Corrigan a famous flight. 20 years a it to in Greencastle Nathan Call cashier of the Roach Dale Bank was Here on business. Hogs sold at 22.10. The cresent club had a picnic meeting with mrs. A. A. Brothers on South Locust Street. Misses Minnie and Lydia Williams returned from an extended trip in the West. The Rev. V. L. Raphel was elected president of the Greencastle minus trial association. Captian Edgar m. Carver cams from Chicago to spend the fourth with his Mother mrs. Belle Carver. Or. And mrs. Paul Wright and Paul Junior spent the fourth fishing on big Walnut. Gathered to listen. In addition to the Side show attractions which took care of old Ami Young during the afternoon and evening. There were the usual rid its and other forms of amusement that gave everyone something today. The afternoon was climaxed by a balloon ascension at 5 30 of clock which gave everyone something to do. The after entertainment is not often seen in this Community. The Fillmore band and the was girls also gave an evening performance. Today s program we is to be Fea tured by numerous events including a Goat Derby late this afternoon. It was said these were the Only trained goats in Captivity. Again at 5 30 this evening a triple Parachute balloon ascension will be made that is sure to give the thousands a thrill. Mote band concerts and More programs by the was girls were scheduled for this evening and a big dance also will furnish amusement for those interested during the evening. The whole two Day Celebration will be climaxed with a fire works display starting at nine of clock tonight that will attract interest far and wide As it is advertised to be one of the largest Ever staged in this Community. Quite a hit with the Large crowd that pts try. The result has i it Oen a Rush of real estate agents into the District. Hie site extends from the River West to third Street and from the Eads Bridge South to Poplar Street. A Lus an extra Block Westward which includes the historic old courthouse. The area covers All but a Small Section of the territory enclosed by the town stockade at the close of the 18th Century. All the buildings with the exception of a few of those around which so much of the history of tin City and the West revolved will be razed. T Ortii Timmi Dii i Sim four commissioners hear complaints held meeting Monda y picked mail hardware and Laurence Stellings Northwood. Has returned Home from Pekin 111., where he and his family spen the week end with mrs. Stellings brother. Mrs. Stellings and children remained for a visit. A today a weather a Cloudy and thunderstorms. The meeting of the Board of commissioners of Putnam county held monday began in the Forenoon and continued into the afternoon. There Vas talk in Advance of complaints being presented to the Board concerning Road matters in part As veil As sonic other matters but most of the that were j expected to be present were not in i attendance. J All of the members of the Board w. H. Eiteljorge Buford fall and George l. Rice were present and took an Active part in the proceedings. The contractor who is to furnish the hardware trim of the new jail and residence for the sheriff was present and the commissioners made their selection of what they desired to be used. Along with her housekeeping hoi gardening and her social recreations mrs. John b. Boyd of 210 Hillsdale Avenue in Northwood a luring the last few months has f it und time to prepare the text for another of the series of elementary history books of which she writing As Edna Mcguire has been the author. The preceding books of the series three in number were written while she was actively engaged in teaching and in supervising school work they being prepared by her to fill she. By her practical experience Felt was a needed Arditi it a to the numbers of texts having the same general purpose. However while the general purpose of her books was and is because they Are yet in very general use similar to that of a number of other texts she treated the subject in a new and much More interesting manner so that the manuscripts of them not Only received the Advance approval of the critics of one of the largest school Book publishing companies of the United Stutes but the printed volumes won the warm approbation of school boards and teachers Over the country and also in addition the cordial reception of pupils themselves. An instance of the latter is found in this incident in at least one sch it of room where it was the custom for the teacher to give the students a half hour of a free read Ling Quot it being their privilege to pick up any available Book to read a luring that period which they desired nearly All of them in that room on that occasion at least took up their history text Book for Reading pleasure. And it was one of Edna Mcguire s series of elementary school histories. Although mrs. Boyd is no now teaching and has her Home duties the writing of this recent Book should not be considered a Hobby because its production was advised by her publishers the Macmillan company of new York City and it when printed and presented to the school Public will fill a Niche of its own in the education of the youth of America which no other text could fill quite 80 Well. Mis. Boyds formerly pro Lucid histories were prepared for the use particularly of the fourth fifth and sixth grades of the common schools but each of them has been a very Reat Lable Book for older persons who find its historical narratives and its stories of the development of tin nation to be very convenient and , when a More seriously written narrative is not desired. All of the preceding texts by mrs. Boyd were prepared while so was actively engaged in teaching and supervising in lower grades High school and colleges. This latest Book is to a certain extent a resume and condensation of the three earlier texts in this series. Hut it treats the subject matter of those others in u new Way. And in addition this most recent Book includes new matter in tin form of Many personalization biographical sketches of Many men and women who were very intimately connected with the development of our nation. These persons arc treated in this text with All the consideration which their achievements deserve this writer having no sympathy for the undue Quot debunking of our nations heroes which has been popular with some writers. The first Book of the series treated of the birth of civilization in Europe. Old Africa and other seats of primeval Awakening of character. The second text told of the discovery and exploration of the new world including the French and Spanish settlements. The third pictures the development of the american a Ion. This fourth Book of this Edna Mcguire series of which the manuscript is now Complete and which will at once go to the Mac i Lan company to be printed touches upon the most recent happenings within the american people and their significance us Well As covering in Brief form the subject matter of the preceding books. The mechanical set up of the preceding books of this series was

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