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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - July 17, 1939, Greencastle, Indiana0 it a a 0 the weather Cloum Ami warmer a it y 9 if it a a Kiwi forty seven the daily Bannerji Quot Fri United press service ae1. The Home news gtttt0 a it Waves for ally Lilikes Casti a Indiana monday july 17, a a. N it. 234 name. Blanchard to vacated Post Depauw Post Skadl Vii fills at West coast College wins promotion in thai i Day hoks1� show show a a Rhino of mania prizes climaxed affair horses shown y thirty rabies enter pal awards made for Oculi diary Art abridge closed a highly Suc three Lay horse show and ral Satui Lay evening with the in of numerous prizes to the and girl who were in the bicycle tricycle sack. Egg. Etc., races. A some unusual y Fine horses were a a shown but hot As Many were entered were show i year ago it was said by fair a fun gals that horse owners were a a. 1 to show them on a paved Street a. This kept Down the Entrance numbers. A he Succes of the program was due to the Hai work by everyone in Bain Bridge the business men supporting it wit i enthusiasm. The who carried it through Suc Quot included Gene Hess president Earl Evans vice president h. R. Sands Sci t iry treasurer and e. I y o. Tate concessions. Everyone i w praised or. Coleman who Hud charge of announcing All the events und a vote of thank was awarded him for his splendid work throughout the three Days. One of the big features saturday afternoon to the baby show the first one hem in this Community in several year approximately 30 babies All under two years of age if Lucre entered mrs. Sunman a Reg is tired nurse of Indianapolis acted As judge. First place went to the daughter of or. And mrs. Donovan Lobdell of Floyd township while second place went to the son of or. And mrs. Joseph pare. The awards were made on a he of Beauty and health and some Upu ally Fine future Cit icons of the to unto were exhibited a us during the Loon. A my in the Bly Ile race Clark Hend ii ii rc1 we first Bently Hub won the egg and the it Tok races Joe i i Fern to a amp thing of new or a ill won the tricycle race Joyce May Sibbitt won honors in the pet Parade her entry Ping an unusually Beautiful Lamb which h was Well trained. Don Carmichael and Louie Johnson of Ladoga won second with a train la dog outfit. In the Kuliu a by contests the Fol la lowing award were made farm a heal holds Outing on ii Liioi s program c concert am speeches fill pc it a ram farm Iii Rea history Given several Hundred member and their families attend affair at Stock Well drove Putnam county farm Bureau members and their families to the number of several Hundred spent the greater part of sunday in the Ray Stockwell Grove on Road 43. South of the National Road half a mile. The Forenoon session was religious in character with a Sermon by the Rev. C. M. Mcclure pastor of the Cobin memorial Church in Greencastle a Solo by Maurice Kersey and an appropriate scripture lesson. Mrs. Raymond Wright county chairman of social recreation anti education for the farm Bureau presided at the Forenoon and afternoon sessions. There was a picnic luncheon at noon. After John i. Flanigan funeral monday John i. Flanigan 82 years old retired Parkersburg merchant died at noon saturday at Culver Hospital in Crawfordsville where he had been a patient since wednesday. Or. Flanigan we bom at it. Vernon 111. And had been a resident of Parkersburg for Over forty years. Surviving Are three sons William of Logansport Lee of Greencastle and Wayne of Parkersburg and two daughters. Mrs. Nellie Shafer of Indianapolis. And mrs Margaret Himes also of Indianapolis. Funeral services were held monday afternoon at the Parkersburg Christian Church and burial was mad it the Lafollette cemetery near Parkersburg. Total of Twenty eight Dir in mine announcement was made this week by president Charles k Edmunds of Pomona College Claremont California of the appointment after luncheon at 1 30 of clock of William o. Blanchard to fill to Hie i in Cash High school band of Post vacated by the resignation of a More than sixty members directed Joseph w. Clakely prominent Organ 1st and nationally known composer i by Gene Ful a Light butt i cake mrs. James a Lewman. Dark butt r cake 1st, mrs. James Lew Niin 2nd, mrs. W. H. Price. Bread men at 1st, mrs. W. H. Price 2nd, Ali. James Lewman. I yeast oils 1st, mrs. James Lew Man 2nd, m s. Ethel Miller. To mrs. James Lewman. T and vegetables Man. Its mrs. James Lew g _ canned mrs. James canned Man. A a Jelly mrs Jim Miller. Jam mrs. James Lewman. Preserve St mrs. James Lewman 2nd,. M Guy coding. Quilts besi appliqued a mrs. A i Maude Best pieced mrs. W. B. Coding. Fancy work Best embroidered article�?1st. Ellen Lewman 2nd, Vivian priest 3rd. Marian Lewman. Best crocheted article 1st. Mrs. Guy Collings 2nd, Vivian priest. Rugs Best hooked 1st, Enid Garrett 2nd, Enid Garrett 3rd, Ellen Lewman. Best Crecli Ted 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Mrs. Crystal priest. Apron�?1st and 2nd, mrs. Guy Colling candy�?1st Alice Silvey 2nd and 3rd. Mrs. Chrystal priest. Tic w eed sch my whose name is Pel ton. I in Greencastle brought fire department head Lay some samples of the Ilant taken from a four of the dangerous narcotic in Hendricks county. Or. Jerly lived on that farm rested in the destruction who i Thrity be Given in Putnam finding of this vast Patch ont in adjoining Hendricks county. It is a it it possible that it is grow ing a its i identity unsuspected on Putnam Lan i one of the plants brought to Greencastle is Between four and five feet High with deeply Lancin ated leaves. It is a very harm by Ful narcotic used in cigarette form especially. It is habit forming and a us injurious to mind and body. Who goes to Miami University in Oxford. Ohio As Dean of the division of Fine arts. Or. Blanchard who has been instructor in music at Pamona College since 1936, now assumes the title of assistant professor of music and College organist. In the past two years he has gained recognition for ability As a band conductor and also As organizer of the alls ate intercollegiate symphonic band conference under or. Edwin Kranko Goldman. Or. Blanchard has had a great Deal of experience in Organ work and is becoming known As a composer. He has gained practical experience in Organ construction at the Wicks Organ company of Highland. Illinois where he was employed for a year and broadcasting from St. Louis. He was for six years organist of the College Avenue methodist Church in Greencastle Indiana and at present is serving As organist of thirteenth Church of Christ scientist in Hollywood taking the place of prof. Walter Allen who is abroad for the year. From Depauw University or Blanchard holds the Bachelor of music degree his major work in this institution being in Organ and composition under or. Denman j Thompson. He also has a master of j music degree from the University of 1 Michigan. He came to Pomona col j lege from Sidney. Ohio where he had a been supervisor of High school music for five years. He is the son of or. We. M. Blanchard Dean of the College of Liberal arts Depauw University. Or. Blanchard will have at his disposal the Large four manual Estey Organ in Bridges auditorium the instrument ranking As the third largest on the Pacific coast As we.1 a a new four manual Moller Organ being installed this summer in the smaller Bridges Hall of music. He will open the new Organ Early in october and plans a series of sunday afternoon recitals once a month during the coining College year. Needed rainfall came monday . Fine rain monday was of great Benefit to growing Corn the rain that fell in Greencastle monday morning was just what the Farmers ordered for their Corn Fields. However those who arc still Harves ing wheat Oats and other Gram crops were handicapped to an extent that they will suffer some losses. The ground Hus been reported unusually dry for the past ten Days and rain was what All Corn growers were waiting for to continue their crop and with another downpour within two weeks they will Likely be assured of As Fine a Corn crop a3 Putnam county Ever produced. Pennington gave a Delight program of numbers of varied character All of them Well played and much enjoyed by the audience. On their program were the a under escort a Saskatchewan a a dauntless overture a a ale a Outlook and a a american and a the Star spangled banners were the opening and closing numbers. Incidentally this band will play at the Robe Ann Park in Greencastle tuesday evening of this week. A. A. Tomey of the livestock marketing department of the Indiana farm Bureau formerly connected with u marketing association in Indianapolis and thoroughly versed in the work of his department spoke on the prospects in the cattle and hog Market this summer und fall. He foretold a heavy Selling from mid october until in december due to the increase in production and. In part to the abundant feed now developing. This he said will produce a drop in prices us soon As the Peak of the offerings of livestock is reached. He predicted a Rise in prices before that but a 20 per cent decrease afterwards. In addition to his statement of Price prospects he talked of other matters connected with marketing from the farm such As what to feed to produce the Best Grade of beef and pork How to sell advantageously and he urged producers to study the Market not depending so much upon haphazard methods. Eleanor Sweringen talked of her experiences at the Rural youth school at Purdue. Maurice Kersey Sang several selections and Helen Wallace gave a Reading. Oscar Larm a former farm Bureau District director talked upon present Day problems of the Farmers the work of the farm Bureau and other matters pertinent to the interest of his attentive audience. Mrs. Maude Mcnary. Of Greencastle. Whose late husband. Forest Mcnary was Active in farm Bureau work and whose son is now a county agent gave a carefully prepared history of the farm Bureau in Putnam county her data being collected with considerable labor because of the Inadequacy of the records of the county organization. Some of it she secured at the Indiana state Library from records kept by her husband and on Filo there. In part she said a Short time prior to the year 1918 the idea of farm organization was presented to farm groups in the county by w. F. Franklin of Hendricks county. Prof. R. A. Ogg was one of the Early leaders in Greencastle twp. He anti John Detrich were Able to get Many members in the continued on in zijo two take four More lives in Harian two result of labor tool ii be negotiate for peace guards pickets clash Over two Hundred pickets seized w Edne. Day and now prepared for arraignments 1 1 St expulsion claims life of workers huddled together Providence by. July 17 up g. T. Power. U. S Bureau of mines inspector announced today that res Cue workers had found the bodies of nine additional miners in the Duvin Coal mine making a total of 28 victims in a dust explosion which rocked the mine Friday night. The bodies were fount behind a make shift barricade in a gallery 185 feet below the surface and almost three Miles from the Shaft. Rescuers had be a hopeful of finding the nine men alive. They Hai found evidence that the men had erected the barricade to protect themselves from Gas Laden air. Powell said the barricade had been ineffective because the men hat not had sufficient material to make it airtight he said rescuers had reported the men had used some if their clothing to fill breaches in the barricade. A a the Gas seeped through the Powell Sai it it was the Only available material they had to use. A the rescuers found them lying in orderly fashion on the floor of Tho thirty eight men were in the mine when the explosion occurred. Seven working near the Shaft came to the surface and Throe others rescued a half mile from the scene of the explosion. Rescue Crews found the bodies of 10 and paid nine others who had been working with that group had been buried in water and debris. Powell said rescuers had St Artel moving the bodies from where they were found to it the Bottom of Tho mine Shaft distances of from two and one half to three Miles Anil that they would be brought to the surface this morning. Harlan Ivy. July 17 up a a bloody Harlan county today counted four More violent deaths two of them the result of labor troubles As Union lenders and Coal min a operators resumed negotiations for peace in the Harlan Coal Fields. At Harlan 223 persons arrested wednesday after National guardsmen and pickets clashed at the my Han Euison Coal mine at near Stan fill prepared for arraignment today. All were charged with Quot banding and in addition George Titler Secretary treasurer of the District no. 19, United mine workers of America was charged with sedition and forcible rebellion. A my a operations Back to Normal spa operations in in Liana were Normal today As virtually All workers who stick last week in protest to new regulations increasing their working hours were Back on their jobs. In contrast to most states where protest strikes were held no Hoosier workers were dismissed for violation of the National ruling that any pm employee absent for five Days would be discharged. No violence occurred during the strikes in Indiana. All workers agreed to join a nation wide one Day strike thursday protesting the ruling and officials indicated that work woul i continue i of Liing Al a in tool Jack Russell is traced by Vlen fugitive believed sighted in k ass urn a \ Antei for murder vsimiyxivt10n takes like of pal l i Martin lot is self in garage to in s on motor of c a to die Mil i. On \ i is Chicago. July 17 up a men and police tracing new reports widened their search throughout Tho peace negotiations were started at j ill West t Lav for Jack Russell fug Knoxville , John l. Connor Fejeran conciliator met yesterday with five negotiators for the Union and four for the operators. He declined to comment on the meetings. Frank Noe Union Miner who was shot during wednesday s clash died yesterday from hip wounds. His was the second death resulting from the clash. Dock Caldwell a striking Miner was the other victim. The other deaths resulted from fighting during the weekend. Brig. Gen. Euzerbe Carter in charge of National guardsmen patrolling the Coal Fields reported that Bill Roberts. A Union Miner had been shot Tivo desperado from the Oklahoma state prison a suspect in a Kidnap murder and two kidnappings. The search was directed from Chicago where his wife Mary whom h a has boasted he will kill was guarded at her Home toy police and Federal agents. Frequent reports on Russell s whereabouts indicated he had fit 1 through Southern Wisconsin into Iowa then backtracked into Illinois and continued into Missouri he is wanted for the murder of William Scott Hamilton. 23. University of Kansas graduate who. C 1km/ was found Friday near Woodstock. 111., 40 Miles Northwest of Chicago after Roberts had attacked Transfer or. Etter to Wildwood store John Etter. For Many years manager of the local Murphy a 5 and 10c store has been transferred to Wildwood. N. J., a resort City near Atlantic City on the Atlantic coast. Or Etter came Here As manager seven years ago during this period he has made Many friends in this locality. He will leave for the East next tuesday to he followed shortly by his wife and a laughter. E. A. Trostle until recently at the Clarksburg w. Va., store will assume the manage ship Here. And killed saturday at Stanfill by Hamilton was shot through the head. His body was Clad Only in underclothing and there were Burns on his Chest indicating that he had been tortured. The latest reports on Russell whereabouts came Early today from j Kansas City. Police reported that a Man identified As Russell had held up a garage there abandoned t Coupe he had been driving and stole a Black Sedan equipped with a two Way radio and bearing a Texas 5-Cense. The automobile abandoned bore the same License plates which had been on an automobile Russell stole in Wisconsin saturday. Yesterday mrs. Hattie Miller reported that a Man she identified As Russell had followed her in a Coupe As she returned to her Home in Melrose Park a suburb West of Chicago. The state Highway patrol office at Moines la., had reported earlier that an automobile believed to hav been driven by Russell had been seen in Southeastern Iowa Between West Liberty and Alissa. State Highway patrolman Frank Willie fee a Miner and four other men fee. Fee was one of the complainants against the 223 pickets who were seized after wednesday s clash. Carter said the slaying a probably had something to with fee signing the warrants. Fee was held on a murder charge. Frank Bryant 30. A Miner and Bradley Simpson. 25, a truck drive r. Were shot and a killed at Wallins Creek in a fight which Carter described As a a Drunken Carter said it had no connection with labor troubles. Two Verda miners were held for the shooting. Plan concert Parade contests Ilecki. Tion in Rock a contains events of interest Squirrel season not open lit warned grand jury hears leche Baton Rouge. La. July 17.�? i up former gov. Richard w. Leche went before the Baton Rouge Palish grand jury probing the scandals of Louisiana state University at 11 25 a. M. Today. He waited in the courthouse for an hour and 35 minutes before he was summoned. Hunters were reminded today by Virgil m. Simmons commissioner of the department of conservation that the Squirrel season does not open in the Southern zone until August 10 and in the Northern zone until september 1. Violators of the closed season regulations Are subject to arrest and the confiscation of their guns. Members of Indiana s More than nine Hundred conservation clubs Are cooperating with the game wardens in watching for violations of the Squirrel Hunting Laws As Well As infractions of other fish and game Laws. 20 years a of in Greencastle the state Highway commission re advertised for bids for the paving of 8.12 Miles of the National Road in Putnam and Hendricks counties. No j Pauw pfc i then bids were received for the National Road contract at the original letting Date. I from Putnam Villa John Able entertained his sunday school Bible class at the Home of will Glidewell. Twenty five children were present. A from Bainbridge Milt Brown is ill with tonsillitis mrs Hinkle went to the methodist Hospital saturday. Her brother Lee Reeves of Greencastle took her in his machine. John Hammond Allee was expected Home from the Hospital at Indianapolis where he had his tonsils removed. Or. And mrs. F. A. Ashworth and son Forest went to Crandel to spend two weeks visiting. Harry Moore Vas driving a Columbia six car. Mrs. Cleve Thomas was ill with the mumps. As the recreation program goes into its fifth week much activity is planned by the committee in charge. Tuesday evening at the Rohr a nil Tark. Between the softball games tin re will be a lantern Parade by the children and a band concert by the Greencastle High school band. The lantern Parade is scheduled to Start at 8 15 with the concert starting at 8 30. Starting wednesday there will be a Hoin shoe tournament. There will be three groupings in the contest class a 18 years and Over class b 15-18 years class c 10-14 years All boys and girls entering must Register at Robe Ann Park so that drawings May be made. Prizes will be awarded winners in the singles and doubles. The class a tournament will be held at night while class b and c will he conducted during a the Day. Class a tournament will be played on Friday nights. Friday evening at 7 30 at the Dewill be featured a water carnival this event will be sponsored by the local tri Kappa sorority. Any one May enter this meet. Participants will be charged the regular admission fee of entering the Pool but spectators will be admitted free. First and second place ribbons will awarded in each event. Among the events will be swimming for Speed stunt diving Towel race spoon race and Many other thrilling races Are planned. I o Iii i ii ill la i tim four in raged it discovered by Iler on her return Home too late to restore life the lifeless body of Paul a. Martin 40 years old was found by his wife in his car in the garage at their Home the former Best property on the West Walnut Street Road at about 4 30 o clock Satui Day afternoon. Coroner Russell a. Shannon said he thought the Man had been dead Throe hours or More. A four foot piece of rubber Host had attach Ltd to the vent of the exhaust pipe and it extended into the Interior of the car through an opening in a window. The Interior end of the Hose was under a coat and some newspapers which covered the s head und shoulders. The Hose was held in place near his face by his . The other windows of the car were closed and the door of the garage been nailed shut from the inside. The motor of the car was not running. But it was yet hot. The Interior of the garage was Over heated and the oxygen in the air in the garage had been burned out by the operation of the motor which apparently had stopped because of the Lack of the oxygen. Mrs. Martin had been away caring for a sick sister and found her husbands body soon after her return to their Home. She called the office of the Northern Indiana Power company for whom or. Martin worked As a meter tester Ami Wayne Marks and William Johnson responded immediately. Others of the employees of that company soon reached the House prepared to use the re Susti Cator which is used in cases of electrocution asphyxiation and similar situations but rigor mortis had set in in this instance and it was hopeless to attempt to revive life. Or. Martin had been at Carbon on work for his company returning Home about 9 of clock saturday morning. He was not seen alive after thut time. He is survived by the wife who is a daughter of or. And mrs. Alfred Long of Greencastle and who has other relatives in this Vicinity. He leaves his Mother two Brothers Hillis and Orval Martin and two married Sisters All it it a Lafayette and 4 4 a Iii i la it a a two Beal rur Evans funeral monday former resident who died s to. At indues., Rurie in Forest ii ill miss Singleton died in sunday tilt her in by by it High s ii Ooi. Here for x visit miss Sylvia Susan Singleton passed away at the Putnam county Hospital at three of clock sunday morning following an illness of about a year. She came Here recently from her Home in Brawley Calif and became seriously ill following her arrival. Miss Singleton was and rear 1 in Parke county the daughter of or. And mrs. Ben c. Singleton. Thi family was quite Well known in this City and North of Here we re they lived for some time. She was graduated from Depauw University with the class of 1905 and was awarded her master s degrees in 1912. Following her graduation Here she taught in Rockville Rushville Terre haute and spent three years on the staff of Cornell College in Iowa. At the time of her death she was a member of the faculty of the Brawley High school. She had spent the past fifteen years of her life in Brawley. Mis Singleton is survived by one brother Willard Singleton and three Sisters mrs. Edith Stevens and mrs. Gladys Rhodes of Brawley and mrs. Stella o half of Brick Chapel. She was a member of the methodist Church and the Rev. Mcclure pastor of the Goblin memorial Church will conduct the funeral services from the Rector funeral Home tuesday afternoon at two o clock. Friends May Call there any time prior to the elec Ted head Washington. July 17 up tiie House today formally elected rep. Sol Bloom d., n. Y., to by chairman of the foreign affairs committee replacing rep. Sam To Reynolds a. Tenn., who died last week rep. Wirt Courtney d., Tenn. Hour for the services. Burial will be funeral services for miss Beatrice Evans daughter of mrs. T. E Evans ill it Hanna Street were held in Indianapolis Early this afternoon in charge of or. E. Porter followed by the regular services at the Evans Home at 3 30 of clock in charge of the Rev. C m Mcclure of the Gobin methodist Church. A Solo was rendered by mrs. E. Porter. Interment was in Forest Hill cemetery. Miss Evans a teacher in the Indianapolis schools l r 18 years died saturday in the Coleman Hospital where she recently underwent an operation. She is survived by the Mother one sister and a brother. Name it my ssol1ni Munich july 17. Up Tho German news Agency announced today that fuehrer Adolf Hitler has decided to build a new Ray Road station in Berlin for arrivals and departures of state guests to be named a Mussolini o o o o o o o o o o # today a weather it o and it it local temperature it it it it it it it it it it it it partly Cloudy to Cloudy local thundershowers in East and North portions tonight and in extreme North tuesday warmer tonight and tuesday. Was elected a member. In the Brick Chapel cemetery. Minimum. A it i a. A. §0 7 a. M. A. To. 8 a. M. 80 9 a. A. 70 10 a. M. 08 11 n. A. 7 12 noon. 79 1 p. A. 81 2 p. A. 81

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