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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - May 20, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaA a a a a a a a a the weather a ebbs and warmer it. A the daily Banner seven a it Waves for All <0j. A to -<5i United press service a All the Home news a 0 Jjo in 1 1 a a Satla Day May 20, 1939, no. 185oakley 4ssed away Friday night a Srok Kew remaining a a seek residents of Putnam county Fok past 15 months will be held from Rector s sunday afternoon with at new a Javelle Clinton Oakley one of the gaining Pioneer residents of Quot Castle and Puanani county Pas my Early Friday evening at ome 501 main Street. He had ill for the past fifteen months prior to that time he enjoyed Madden received Dada it a fracture of the Skull Kofl a 1 of health for a Man of his age and much of his time visiting with liens Over the City. Oakley was torn in Floyd hip on september 3, 1855. He All his Early life in that Section. County coming to Creen cattle 122 years ago. Early in life he the Carpenter s Trade and red that vocation throughout Active life time. Oakley was United in marriage a Evaline Cassity on october to this Union was born children who survive. They Are Gertrud. Oakley mrs. John w. I and Roy c. Oakley. He also he brother living Howard Oak of Crawfordsville and nine children. Mrs. Oakley passed in january 1936. Oakley was a member of the Ian Church and during the time health permitted took an Active at and work in the various de scots of the Church. I funeral will be held from the funeral Home sunday after at two o clock. Burial will be new Maysville cemetery. The Fellers will be in charge is May pay their respects at Rector Honic until the hour of tineral. Wilbur Madden of pleasant Garden who died Early yesterday morning following a head on crash of the truck he was driving for Ray Miller of Terre haute with an inter state truck driven by William Matthews received a fracture of the Skull in the crash and died within an hour in the office of a physician at Plainfield. The body was taken to an undertakers in Brazil the crash happened near the Bridge Over White lick Creek West of Plainfield not far from the cold Spring acquires Sheeks properly several have know n of it All their lives hut Date is Unknow Neh decision Japan a policy er8tood that policy Lei for a sympathetic Quot neutrality Kyo. May 20.�? up a Cabinet is reached a final decision on in s european policy today after the of sometime heated discus it was understood that the t called for Quot sympathetic Neu to Quot toward Germany and Italy it definite commitments to it the a a Xis Powers tails of the decision were with pending formal announcement it was reported that under the by agreed on Japan would offer Anil other support to the without however pledging to full support or joining Ger a and Italy in their new military be. Was understood that to make a Ion possible the army and Navy a is compromised. The army had for Alliance the Navy against Tilers heard Heath address t8sed value and need physical examinations Avi okie tons interested group of mothers recent in in their respective Ward 1 buildings to Hoar mrs. C. A a a net. Director of school health a a on for the Indiana state tu-10818 association discuss the and need of physical Examina and corrections of defects of ton before entering school for i tat time 6 parents were told that the 1 adventure the first Day of 1 deserves careful preparation. A a time to test the sturdiest s 1ter. He must adjust to new hons. From a Carefree life i mostly outdoors playing with a a children of his own age he himself spending most of the she hour indoors with a great t ,1idren. This Means that his s body must become accustomed a usual conditions of work and p and defend itself against More it exposures to the diseases Dahood. Elal safeguards Are needed at it is announced by official of the Gobin memorial methodist Church that the Sheeks property at the Corner of Seminary and Locust streets has been acquired by the Church. Already work of razing the old Frame Structure on the lot has started and it will be completed within the next several Days. The Church proposes to dear the lot. Landscape to. And make it a part of the Church grounds which when Complete will show the Beauty of the Church from the North some that has not been shown heretofore because of the old Frame dwelling. The Date of the building of the House which is now being removed from the lot and the name of its builder seem to be lost in the mists of time. It is known to be one of the oldest structures in the City however. Or. H. B. Lon Griens a recollection of it a begins with 1875,&Quot he said. A but i have to confess i can t Tell anything definite about it. It was frequented by students and i am pretty sure some of the men of the College who later became widely known occupied rooms there but i can t name a single one of mrs. Frances Cheek whose girlhood Home stood on Ujj Presont site of the Gobin memorial Church has known of it All her life but she has nothing definite in her remembrance of it. Miss Nellie Hammond knows it better but even she does not know who owned it in the earlier years. However she lived in it one Winter with her Mother. A father who was Rezin Hammond i went Down South for one Winter and rather than keep up our big House All that Winter just for herself and myself my Mother secured rooms in the House from aunt Melissa Rankin who rented it from whoever owned to. We had the front room downstairs. Aunt Melissa had boarders and her daughter was in College a member of the second class of girls which graduated from the College. 1 remember seeing Phil Baker around there. I a miss Agnes Rosa Belle Rankin born in Grcen Castle graduated from Asbury in 1872. She taught school in Indianapolis from 1887 until 1910. She died 1911. Louisa Melissa Rankin sister of Agnes graduated the same class and also taught in Indianapolis she died in 1913. Mrs. Frances Cheek remembers the Purchase of the property by a it v. Smith who remodelled it and kept roomers. Rev. Smith had two daughters and Captain Darnall of Bain Bridge married one of them. Mrs. Sheeks Mother of the misses Huella c. And May l. Sheeks bought the place from Rev. Smith mrs. Cheek completed listed Putnam county personal property for taxation this Spring increase in tractors or. Pier we a compilation shows county to have More Automo Ballex truck Horn cows sheep the reports of Tho assessors who listed Putnam county personal property for taxation this Spring completing their work april 30. Have been assembled by county assessor Robert l. Pierce Ami the entire lot of reports sent to the Book binders. They will receive permanent binding Ami will be returned to the office of or. Pierce before the first of june. Or. Pierces compilation of the reports of these assessors show the county to have More automobiles trucks horses cows sheep hogs poultry and most other kinds of property than was found in the county last year. The number of mules is one of the few instances of a decrease. The amount of Money invested in automobiles and trucks in the county is surprisingly Large. There is a considerable increase in both the number Ami the value of these vehicles this year contrasted with last year. This year there were reported to the assessors 4.254. Valued for taxation purposes at $628,121. In 1938. There were reported 4.069 similar vehicles. Valued at $620.389. The average value of these vehicles this year however is smaller than last year. For 1939 taxing purposes the average value is put at $147. Last year the average value was $152. Farm implements ascended in both number and value this year. There ure now in the county 1,433 farm implements. Valued at $110,580 last year there were 1.408, valued at $101.153. The increase in horses is Small but is significant nevertheless. There Are 3,272 of these animals Here now. Of the value of $219,176 last year there were 3,201, Worth $218,280 on the tax duplicates. Mules have lost in numbers and values. Now. There Are 326, Worth $17.006 last year there were 367, Worth $20,555. Milk cows gained heavily in number. Now there Are 6.855 in the county valued by the assessors at $299.120. In 1938, the assessors reported Only 5.696. Worth $220.150. Other cattle lost in their standing. Now there Are 7,265 of these in the county valued at $204.965. In 1938, there were 8.024 in this classification Worth $208.352. Of sheep there Are now 9.676 in the county taxed at $54,153 last year the number was 9,572 Worth $54,381. The number of sows shows a heavy increase. There Are now 6.132 Ora Putnam county farms taxed at $160.534. In 1938. The number was Only 4,157, Worth $119.888. Other hogs gained also. There Are 23,373 of these now. Listed at a total of $148.606. In 1938, there were 20.374 of those Worth $140.562. Tractors this year show an increase which is somewhat parallel to the loss in the number of mules. This year there Are 635 tractors valued at $138.730. A year ago there were 514 of these farm machines Worth $109,401. It is noticeable that the cont uni it on a nut two Kappa Delta Phi to present life of c Cristfield meet to be held on tuesday sponsored by kiwanis club and will be heed on Field expect 150 Young people in both senior Anil Junior classes ribbons will be awarded to first three a w. W. Wire photo curtsy gracious King and Queen meet some of their Canadian subjects in Royal enclosure on Dock at Quebec. Undersecretary of state Coleman left introduces wife of official who curtsied to King. Man at right bows to heme work in Euhl Putnam superintendent appears to be up Shi nil Extension work in c county surveyors working for the Hendricks county Rural electrification membership corporation have started work in cast Putnam county laying out the lines which will furnish electricity to Rural districts principally within the Eastern townships of this county. These engineers a will be followed by right of Way men whose work will be to secure casements from property owners whose lands Are touched or crossed by the electric lines. The procedure in this Case will be similar to that followed by the Parke county react to tending its service into Western Putnam county. These easements when secured will be recorded in the same manner in which deeds Are recorded. It appears to be the intention of the superintendent of the Hendricks county Kemp to push the Extension work in Putnam county As rapidly As is possible. Funds for this work have been allocated at w earnings Are distributed subversive groups name Day when Titiev intended to seize government have Force of men will strike in territory contain Long eight of ii arsenals til Row Bonds on Market time and the pre school exam a is by the family physician much to the future health of child. Quot Beri of the Greencastle Parent re to so Mas pass two commissioners a met saturday considered i a tuition of 80 Cony vacuum Oil company for right of was the Board of commissioners of Putnam county met at 1 o clock saturday afternoon to consider the petition of Socony vacuum Oil company for right of Way across Highway in Washington. Warren Greencastle. Marion and Floyd townships in Putnam county the line entering the county on the Southwest from Clay county and crossing Putnam toward the Northeast leaving it on the county line along the East Side of Floyd township. The company has its head office at 26 Broadway. New York City. The petition states the company proposes to build this line from near Wood River 111., to near Lima Ohio to transport Quot Oil Petroleum Gas water and other substances.�?�. Slot machines Are destroyed More than 200 were owned it in alleged 11v George Stearley eliminates speaker a tucking motion picture utterly different from anything Ever shown in this Community will be presented in the Greencastle High school auditorium on tuesday evening May 28. At 8 00 o clock under the sponsorship of Kappa Delta Phi. The title of the picture a and it is the first and Only talking motion picture Ever made of the life and crucifixion of Christ. Quot Golgotha Quot presents the immortal Story of Christ in a spectacular and impressive manner. Critics everywhere have acclaimed it the greatest talk no picture of its kind Ever made. It is a remarkable film that every Man. Woman and child in this Community should see. Since this great motion picture is be no presented in the High school auditorium a Complete set of the finest talking motion picture equipment will be brought to this City for the showing of the film. The s equipment includes special projector a Complete sound system and a modern screen. As a result this picture will be shown in the High school auditorium in an even More effective Manne than if it were shown in a theatre. Blair. Neb. May 20-iup�?T�? the graduating class of Blair High school announced today it would eliminate the traditional Quot commencement address Quot from graduation exercises. A we know we Are entering the old. Cruel world without somebody telling it to us in a two hour address Quot a student spokesman . Verna Sheeks succumbed Friday was daughter of or. And mrs. Air kit Burnside died in tkxa8 mrs. Verna 15. Sheeks ape 53, wife of Charles b. Sheeks of Beaumont Texas died Friday in a Beaumont Hospital. Death was caused by an embolism following a major operation two weeks ago. Mrs. Shocks had been in ill health for several months. Besides the husband. Mis. Sheeks is survived by three daughters mrs. Dorothy Burford of Salina Kansas. Mrs. Dundee of a Lis Texas and mrs. Katherine Markley of Beaumont and three grand it laughters. Her parents. Or. And mrs. Albert p. Burnside also survive and live with another daughter mrs. W. Fail Pittenger a sister of mrs. Sheeks in Kokomo Indiana As does Harry d. Burnside of Chicago a brother. Mrs. Pottinger was with her sister in Texas at the time of her death. Washington. May 20.�? up a the Dies committee investigation of an alleged anti semitic Campaign revealed today that confidential warnings had been distributed that subversive had named an Quot a Day when they planned to seize the government by striking in territory containing eight of 11 arsenals. James Erwin Campbell retired Captain of army engineers was said by the committee to have prepared the confidential reports. He was said to have declared that the a a subversive elements had a Force of 150,000 men As a nucleus which he said was a a red army of the some of these men. He reported were men who had fought for the loyalists in Spain who had entered this country through Mexico. Another part of the alleged plot Dies investigators said Campbell had reported to his special list of retired army officers and american legion officials was to throw huge blocks of government Bonds on the Market to depress it and create financial chaos. This he was said to have reported was to have been followed by seizing control of vital Public utilities by Means of strikes. The asserted anti semitic movement under investigation is described by committee spokesmen As having been intended by its sponsors to protect the nation against alleged seized correspondence included a charge that the Roosevelt administration was responsible for subversive activities in the United states and was bringing the nation steadily closer to War. More than 200 Slot machines which were destroyed upon orders of the Clay county circuit court at Brazil yesterday were owned. It is alleged by Pearl Johnson and George Stear Ley. This Stearley is said to be the Man who has had a falling station on the National Road a mile and a half or so West of the penal farm Entrance in Putnam county and some persons said the Slot machines involved in the Case were stored there. Stearley and Johnson were arraigned in court yesterday charged with illegal po8c?Slon. The former pleaded girly. But Johnson stood trial and judge Baumunk took both cases under advisement but immediately ordered destruction of the no a canes mostly pinball and horse racing games. The machines were seized in three raids. Johnson a Stock Post was seized by police and Johnson then swore out a search warrant for seizure of Stearley a machines. Later another Cache of Johnson a machines were found. Johnson since has been making War on All kinds of games of Chance a Field meet for High school and Junior High school students sponsored by the kiwanis club of Green Castle will be held on Blackstock Feld tuesday afternoon the first event starting at 1 30 of clock. This meet has the attractive title a ski wars Little olympics and some of the contestants who will take part arc known in Advance to be top not Chers in their class and age. The meet for the older students and that for the juror pupils will a similar in most details but the qualifications Are a Little different. It is confidently expected that not less than 150 Young people will take part girls As Well As boys. The girls will have their dashes and jumps and shot put. Hut will not be asked to compete with the boys. It is expected that director Berge thongs marching band will figure largely in the meet from the musical standpoint. They Are Good too. The age 1�?~mit for participants in the senior High events is 20 years and the age limit for the Junior contests is 15 years. In both senior and Junior classes ribbons will be awarded to the first three placing individuals in each event except in the relays in which Case ribbons jul be awarded to each winning team Only. A Gold plated track medal will be awarded in the senior contest for each of two girls and two boys with the highest total aggregate of Points earned from participation in groups a acid b. But in the Junior contest these awards will be to one boy and one girl. Only. First place for All Ages will credit 3 Points second place 2 Points and third place 1 paint. Each member of a Winner relay team will receive 2 Points. In the girls events of both senior and Junior contests group a will include a 50-Yard dash a 75-Yard dash and a relay race of four persons. Group b will include High of comp. And Broad jump Hotep jump and shot put while the senior girls will have in their Stead a a baseball throw Quot but it is stated the Ball will be of 12 inches diameter. The senior boys events group a will include 100-Yard, 220-Yard. 440 Yard dashes and a 880-Yard run. With a relay of four Serpens Ever Low dedication services for new Church to be may20 years ago in Green Castle the state Highway commission promised to improve the National Road forty Miles Westward from Indianapolis largely to meet the complaints of residents near Stilesville who complained of the roads bad condition As it was then. Or. And mrs. W. R. Hutcheson went to Martinsville for a ten Days stay. And has tried the top Bank nights at theatres but the cases were dismiss hurdles. Group b of the senior boys de. Includes a pole vault High jump shot put. And Broad jump. The Junior boys will compete in group a and will feature a 75 cd. 28 a 100 cd. Dash an 1 a four person relay. Group b for the Junior boys will the High jump Broad jump and a baseball throw with a 12 Inch Ball. Novelty events for both boys and girls of All Ages will be the rack race for which each contestant must furnish his or her own sack and a three legged race for two persons. There will he no charge it the Field for spectators and the patrons of the school and friends generally Are invited to attend. The dedication of the new tri county Community Church two and one half Miles Southeast of Belle Union will be held sunday. May 28th. There will be an All Day meeting and a pitch in dinner at the noon hour. The Rev. O. F. Hall of Lafayette will be Tho guest speaker for the dedication services to be held at 1 30 of clock in the afternoon. Everyone is invited to Tho morning service and Tho address in the service started giant Yankee Clipper took off for first scheduled commercial flight port Washington. N. A a a May 20.�? up transatlantic commercial air plane service began today on the 12th anniversary of col. Charles a. Lindbergh s non Stop flight to Paris in a single engine monoplane. He was expected to be present when pan american Airway s giant four engine 41 1-2 ton Yankee Clipper roars out across Manhasset Bay on the first scheduled commercial flight Between the United states and Europe. The route is Horta the azores to Lisbon Portugal to Marseilles France. 4.500 Miles from new York or some 1,200 Miles farther than what Lindbergh flew in the spirit of St. Louis in 1927. It will unload its cargo of mail and proceed to Southampton England its chief european base. James m. Of Den was re elected is of joint Board of trustees and visitors of ii Pauw James m. Ogdon of Indianapolis president of the Indiana Law school was re elected to the joint Board of trustees and visitors of Depauw University according to a report made Public today announcing the results of the recent alumni election. Or. Ogden will begin his eighth fat us a year term As a trustee in june. He was first elected to the Depauw Board in 1911 and will be completing his Twenty eighth year in june. Seven members of the Board of directors of the alumni association were also chosen from a Field of fourteen candidates. Each will serve a three year term As direct it a. Successful candidates were h. Foster clip Viger Harvey b. Hartsock and John d. Hughes of Indianapolis h. Philip Maxwell of Chicago James Pence and mrs. Lenore Alleman Briggs of Greencastle and Robert Hixson of Cheyenne. Wyoming. The ticket was 11 by or. Maxwell. T. Ii. Clinic the Putnam county tuberculosis association will hold a clinic in the office of miss Antoinette Friedman Public health nurse in the court House at Greencastle on wednesday. Juno 14. Call 591 for appointment. Marriage License Hugh h. Walker clerk Greencastle and Jessie m. Porter at Home Grcen Castle. A a a a a a a a a a j a today s weather a a and a a local temperature a a a a a a a a a a a a mostly Cloudy local thundershowers South portion cooler extreme North saturday sunday local thundershowers warmer extreme North. Minimum. 66 c a. A. 68 7 a. A. 71 8 a. A. 74 9 a. A. 76 10 a. A. 80 11 a. A. 80

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