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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - November 7, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaThe weather 4 j a a a pal i colder 4 i me forty eight a 4 All the Home news 4 4 United i Kasm service 4 tit Waves for All 99gkkkxcastle, Indiana to Kasday november 7, no. Is 4ns for a a a s Day completed s to place stress on stact8 Between Par its and professors is head h. B. Walls is chosen by kiwanis a lion meeting of new dad s my Atiim to be held in Meharry Hall the the Campus just recovering weekend of festivities the to committee prepares final for the Celebration of Day november 11. Faculty committee in charge d s Day is headed by president Woldman. Dean Louis Dirks is Ian of arrangements and toaster for the dad a daughters and banquet saturday evening. He listed by or. Elmer Carriker. Members of the committee Are Helen Salzer Dean g. Herbert in prof. Lester Jones vese Tad president of aws and Bill student body president s year the committee wishes to stress on the contacts and con Between parents and the stors assisting in this task will Ipha Phi Omega who will have son duty at various meeting to on Campus to direct visitors. Arr Strong will be in charge professors will be in their offices s visitors Between 9 and 12 sat a morning. A notification tags in the form of footballs arc being made for the according to Russell Alexan publicity chairman. Alpha Pill a will also Aid in distributing cards. E organization meeting of the i dad s association of Depauw a Quot will be held in Meharry Hall mediately after the Earlham game i 0. Herbert Smith will preside the first president is selected Serrations for the banquet Are fast it was reported and this they Are being limited to 850. Ets May be bought for 75 cents e easier s office to the admin Tion building. Dads will Boad cd free but reservations must be in Advance. Lieutenant governors for 1940 i i the Indiana kiwanis District were announced today by George a. Leist of Columbus governor elect of the Indiana District who is attending the annual Council meeting of kiwanis International being held Here this week. Among the 12 lieutenant governors who will take office in january is Harvey b. Walls of Greencastle. Corn show plans to be made Friday will also arrange program for banquet meeting to re held during show mrs. Bales. 90, passed away monday night exceeded in age among women Thielie by mrs. Cunningham live West of Cloverdale services will thurs to be held at 1 of clock afternoon at my Hebron members of the Putnam county Corn growers association and of the five acre Corn tracts will meet in the office of the county agent David l. Grimes Friday november 10. At 7 30 in the evening to make plans for the Corn show december 14. 15 and 16. And also to arrange the program for the banquet meeting to be held in connection with the Corn show. Also a meeting of Junior 4-h leaders will be held wednesday evening november 8, at 7 30 of clock in the office of county agent Grimes to plan the annual 4-h club achievement program tuesday november 14. Home economics club members of the county will make a trip to Lafayette saturday november 11, to visit the horticultural show at Purdue and also to inspect cold storage lockers. The Putnam county delegation will assemble at the horticulture building at 9 30 saturday morning. Lod a members ured to attend Quot John degree Quot will be Given Putnam Lodge famous for this Coverdale fire lire tens garage Lodi no gasoline in pick is 707 y Anders garage damaged Interior Are starting from gasoline pour from a punctured tank of a car k driven onto a hoist in the Gtna and Yanders garage in clo-3ale tuesday morning threatened building for a Short time but confined to the Interior of the age. Three cars were badly darn d. Or. Pickens said by the exion of the gasoline. Russell p s car was being driven onto the t when it struck a portion of it Gas spilled out and exploded was said the entire loss was Cov by insurance. Masonic notice the committee of Putnam Lodge no. 45. I. O. O. F., in charge of the a meeting tonight urges All member of a hat Lodge to attend promising a program decidedly worthwhile. It is a regular meeting but with special mrs. Mary Ann Bales 90 years old last month and exceeded in age among the women of Cloverdale township Only by mrs. Saline Cunningham. 93 years old died monday night at her Home West of Cloverdale. She had been feeble through a Long period and when a Banner writ or called at her Home prior to the Cloverdale Centennial to talk Over j old Days with her she was unable to be interviewed. Her death occurred a in the Little House in which she was a married. October 29. 1878, and it is within sight of the Little House in which she was born. All of her life was spent in those two Homes with the exception of a Brief period during i which she lived in Clinton township. Mrs. Bales daughter miss Anna Bales and her son James lived with mrs. Bales. Another son Lewis Bales resides near Roachdale. Mrs. Bales father and Mother Orison and Anna Chamberlain came into Cloverdale township As Pioneer settlers just one Hundred years ago Ruthis year. Orison was one of three i Brothers the other two being ams Den and Warren Chamberlain. A Sis a ter. Rosanna married James Ingram j and they were the parents of the late mrs. Worthington Williams of i Greencastle and of mrs. Rose 1 Stockwell. 89 years old. Of Warren i township who is the Only surviving j member of that Ingram family. Mrs. Bales parents drove through j from Brattleboro it. In wagons. It and the Banner reporter at the time of a i Call at the Bales Home was shown a Little tin trunk brought by her father on that Long trek which i was. During that Long trip the re a septable in which $19.000 in Cash was i carried. A tax receipt in the trunk when it was shown that writer was for a tax payment made to Orison Chamberlain As tax collector in Vermont for a tax payment made by a Wheeler amp mrs Bales was a member of the Mother of county woman died a monday mrs. Elizabeth Ann Berry. 93 years old. Who died monday morning at her residence in Union township. Parke county was the Mother of mrs. Anne t. Spencer of Bainbridge. She was the widow of William Berry. Other daughters Are mrs Etta Knauer of Indianapolis. Mrs. Rachel Spencer of Union township i in Parke county and there Are four sons James of near Beu Emor a. I Westri. Of Terre haute Rural route i 5 Roy. Of Union township Parke i county an 1 Benjamin of Prattsville. Funeral services will be held for l mrs. Berry wednesday to r. Ing at 10 30 of clock at the Sec Ecer Church near Portland Mills and burial will be in that cemetery. May restrict parking to 15 minutes Only matter was discussed at meeting of it Council monday night stores will not close saturday All members were present move being by mayor state it u to help the larger stores announcement was made today by officials of the chamber of Commerce and the Putnam county credit association that business in Greencastle will continue saturday armistice Day. As usual. The Banks and business firms will not close during the Day. The annual dinner of the american legion Post will be held at the be c. Ii Endrich appointment is confirmed Gion Home Friday evening. Nov. Officials bounced. I of the Post have Belgium King and minister study plans met with Queen Wilhelmina at Iier Palace for secret conference held without notice coincided with growing Fen among neut nil nations for their Security present indications Are that within a Short time automobile Drivers and their accompanying passengers com ing into Greencastle to Trade will find Quot parking 15 minutes Only Quot a signs facing them in front of most i of the larger stores of the downtown Ioki than .70 workers were business area. J Here saturday Koi meeting red Cross Roll Cal plans Vlad commissioners moved to appoint him to is c a fed re Arii r i re doubts Validity county attorney a lame stated commissioner land right to terminate tenure i this matter was discussed for some time at the meeting of the City Council monday evening at which All of the Council members were present. The subject also was talked Over for an equally considerable period at the preceding meeting of the Council. The move is being fathered at least in the meetings of the City Council by mayor Vav. D. James and. As he freely states him a self is designed to help the larger 1 stores. He mentioned several of these stores whose proprietors he says have requested the limiting of at the afternoon session of the Board of commissioners of Putnam county monday. Commissioner George l. Rice moved that Charlie ibid Rich former trustee of Monroe township be appointed Road supervisor of Putnam county succeeding Chester Ruark. Commissioner but a Ord fall seconded the nomination. I county auditor Gilbert e. Ogle the red Cross Roll Call worke j clerk of the Board acted As Cha Irma 1 lunch Hon meeting hold at the Chris of the Board on the non participation j Tian Church saturday was attend Din the proceedings of commissioner i by More than fifty workers from of j William h. Eiteljorge who is chair or the City and county. The meeting was called to order i by chairman e. R. Bartley who in j or. Tro iced David h. Brown general or. Ruark stated he was not re Tlell representative of this District. I signing the office that he was Remi. Brawn spoke of the plan for the i appointed to serve one year and that red Cross work in this county and he would not surrender the office to Man of the Board. Or. Ogles declared my ii Ondrich elected Road sup i vis it u l l e 1�?T 1 n the Hague nov. 7 up Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands shewed the importance of every township participating in the Rod j parking in front of their business Call. Or. We. Dekleine of the nation meeting monday evening. I Headquarters at Washington d. C. A houses. At the and King Leopold of the belgians have decided to take the in a new Effort to negotiate peace in mayor James asked the opinion of was introduced by or. Blown. Initiative he respective members of the coun also stressed the importance of the cil concerning the matter. J Roll Call. He pointed out the of Ficie feature3, some of them of the "fro-1 Christian Church and a former Meni lick Type. Her of the Eastern Star. There will be work in the third de funeral services for mrs. Bales Gree says the announcement with j will be held at 1 of clock thursday two candidates and also the famous a afternoon at the it. Hebron Church. Quot John degree a will be Given a degree conducted by the Rev. Donus e. Den for which the Putnam Lodge is fam j by and the interment will be in the 1 Cus. I Doc Creek burying ground. The announcement says Quot it has j often been said by grand Lodge officers that no Lodge excels the put y ill 1 Iii Nam Lodge when the members of that degree team know their parts by heart an perform perfectly. Quot in the 92 years 1 of experience the Putnam Lodge has 1 never failed in this degree so come i and see the latest in the 1939 Model j of the degree which has just been streamlined a quiz contest will also i be held with a Nice prize to the win of Mirope. It was announced officially tonight. The Hague. Netherlands. Nov. 7 up King Leopold of Belgium and his foreign minister Paul Henri Spaak. Conferred secretly with Queen Wilhelmina at her Palace until 2 a. M. Today on the International situation. The meeting of the Heads of the two Neutral nations wedged in Between extensions of Frances Maginot line and Germany a Siegfried line was held without Advance notice. It was not announced until this morning that the meeting had been held and there was not even the customary vague communique describing it. The belgian King and foreign minister had reached the Palace Knob it uni Iii uni on in it a Nurl councilman Robert Stoner Quot we might try it with some councilman Gwinn Ensign Quot we might try councilman Leon Welch Quot it is the silliest thing i Ever heard councilman Welch from the Sturt of the talk on the subject has taken the position that if the City administration favors the larger stores it Mould equally favor the smaller stores. Monday evening he stated said 1 by t f the red Cross in times of War. At this time prof. Pennington director of music in the Greencastle schools gave two saxophone selections assisted by Betty Owens. Bettyjo Flint and Peggy Sandy these numbers wer e enjoyed by nil present. The or m Call will begin november 11 and end november 30. A membership fees received by the various workers in the townships May in mailed to or. Bartley or left at the anyone until the expiration of that term. Commissioner Eiteljorge asked that county attorney John h. James be called into the or. James arrived he stated the commissioners according to the Law. Have the right to terminate the tenure of anyone in the position of Load supervisor at any time with or without charges that the commissioners have no right to appoint for any definite term and that if the Floid of the reappointment of or. Ruark last january stated the was for a term of one year such record was improperly made. That the proposed limiting of Park pot office with miss Elizabeth Ward no in front of two additional places on the West Side of the court House Square would Quot just about shut off that Block from any he mentioned the existing banned area in front of the Granada theater i the pedestrians crossing to the court House which already is closed to j parking at the curb and he said. Of adding of two other limited parking the record of that january meeting was rend and it named one year As the term of the reappointment. Or. Janies said Quot or. Ruark has the right to Refus or miss Helen by swell at the Conlog Ive up the office if he wants to superintendent s office. Or Ruark said Quot that is what 1 am membership cards May be obtained from township chairmen trustee principal of school and Post masters. Kills estranged wife and daughter Fred Bays Hurt in wreck monday i spaces much. On the Block would be a of Grana Mage Iii Lodge excels the put i i in 1m Jen it confers the Quot John i to Jalcs you Quot i pension plans too Belleville Iii. I Adolph Bruch 44. A nov. 7 up brewery work Ali Kokenia expects near record vote Bigelow plan in Ohio state Demoi ii Atic a ii human narrowly escaped death when car overturned Wabash ind. Nov. 7 up Fred Bays state democratic chair. Man. Is in the Wabash county hos-1 j Pital today with severe cuts and bruises after having narrowly escaped death late last night when his automobile overturned several times i West of Here and landed in a ditch. I mayor James asked the councilman if they did no to know that practically All cities of the size of Greencastle have similar restrictions on parking. The City police Force will have the task of enforcing the new parking regulations if they go into effect without a City Cohill Niril on a ii Rel a Nuri or shot and kill oat ranged wife Marie and bin daughter Madeline 10. In Hia Home last night and then surrendered to police. In a statement to Deputy sheriff Vivien Stuert he said they left him thursday but were Home when he ordinance to Back. Returned from work last night lie i said he quarrelled with them Over Diazo action of property. Or. James Aasu that such a situation could to settled Only by an a peal to the courts. Or. Hen Liu hat once presented his j 1 a id and. So it a claimed is Road supervisor of the put Nam county a Roa i system although or. Ruark a Timi d to occupy the room in the court House a signed to the mad supervisor. In addition to the change of Supe a Intendente the majority members it of the Brard or Hendri Cli to employ John b. William of near Finea dle to it replace John Eiteljorg who Haa been bookkeeper in the office of the Road of. Or. Elesli to Brad paper to meet in se1c\ let us d Church will hold pitch in supped l funeral ser v i Beth Sweet we. I san Francisco. Nov. 7 u. A. I was Relur Nin from Elk it where tat cd meeting of Greencastle Apter of Royal Arch masons we it a a of evening at 7 30. Scouts to meet boy scout troop 43, their ring at the Gobin memorial methodist Church. American education week november 5-11 tuesday Edu Eaton for relationships i pro athe need for a clearer understanding of the nature of human is Nassr Nyunt today. People live close tag Eton r. Your House nay he y a few feet removed from your neighbors the neighbors Hgt y annoy you by his continual harking. His children May trample your is he May sing in his Bath tub. All of this you must tolerate or else must approach him tactfully. Otherwise the relationship Between Jabors become strained. ,. Pally life today May represent a conflict of interests just Beca u. Inc arc More interests. In the Home dad wants to hear the news Mot warts to hear the Quot recipes Quot and daughter wants to hear let s pret my. Meone must give Way if there is just one radio or we May buy More i0s in either Case adjustment in human relationships is required. In the family of nations we have a similar situation on a grand scale frontal attack upon the problem of living together in our modern world no Crl. But education for human relations will be unlikely to achieve Cults unless definite objectives Are held in mind. If the Home and the �1 Are to attack this problem parents and teaches nest knit wha so objectives Are. In its report on Quot the purpose of education in Amert n democracy Quot the educational policies commission of the National de Ion Asi Ocia Quot in and the american association of school administrators to eight specific Aims which be May Well accept. Respect for humanity. The educated person puts human relationships friendships. The educated person enjoys a Rich sincere and varied Etc life. F he Lier Atlon. The educated person can work and Plav with la er8 a Urtez a. The educated person observes the amenities of social Vior. A a plan to provide a life Tybie Quot Dole a for All unemployed citizens Over 50 years old was offered California Vot i cars for the second time today. A i near record vote was forecast will hold 1 the proposition was the Quot Ham and regular meeting thursday Evlow Quot penal on which had been i branded a fantastic a by president Rozevelt and Quot unconstitutional Quot by gov. Cutburt Olson. Theoretically it would pay 30 one Dollar warrants each thursday for life to All citizens Over 50 who Are neither employees nor employers. He had addressed a meeting of the democratic organization. He was accompanied by William a Rosie Quot Southworth the co Captain of the Butler University track team who frequently drives Bays about i the state and Harry Bills another Anni Ai. Meeting of Vidi aude air of science to Convene nov. 0 j cd Cuencas m i Columbus of. Nov. 7 up Ohio votes today on whether to pay its old folks $50 a month. An off year record number of voters�?2.500.000 go to the polls to show How they feel about the plan to increase the present old age pension which averages $23 a month to persons Over 65, to $50 a month to single persons Over 60 and $80 for married couples Over that age. The plan is that of the Rev. Herbert s. Bigelow 69, former Cincinnati congressman who said it would Cost Ohio about $60.000,000 a year. To finance it Bigelow suggested a special two per cent Levy on land valued at More than $20.000 an acre and a state income tax Levy one fourth of the Federal Levy. State officials say this plan would yield Only $140.000,000 a year while pension costs would Cost $310,000,000 a year. They also were Cut bruised and shaken. The Accident occurred at the intersection of state roads 24 and 115 about two Miles West of Here. They were travelling South on 115 and failed to make the curve As the Road turns into route 24. The car turned Over several times. All three were brought to the Hospital by passing motorists and spent the night there. Appreciation of the Home. The educated person upper estates the family l mixer Vathing of the Home. The educated person 0��?o�ljng "1cal8 a Joine making. The educated person is skilled in to quote a democracy in the Home. The educated Persen maintains Democrat watch a this space each Day of thi. Week for further suggestions on j a. Enlisted in Theja. S. Arn at Ercan education week. Copy by Greencastle Public school a. E. W. Committee. Enlists in Araby Herbert l. Hal son of Lee a. 20 years ago in gkernca8ti.f. The fifty fifth annual meeting of the Indiana Academy of science wid he held in Terre haute on november p. In. And ii. An attendance of Fly a Hundred scientists from Indiana and other states is expected. The Junior Academy of science will a so hold its j meetings and exhibits in no Vemic 11. The president of the Academy is or. T. G Yuncker but owing to his absence on n research project in the South sea islands his president s and a areas on parasitism As a Way of be read by or. Winona Welch. The necrology of the Academy will be read by or. Will e. Edington who is also the press Secretary of the Academy. The chairman of two of the nine sections of the Academy Are s for mrs. Eliza known resident a a Rinc amp role were held tuesday a it 2 00 o clock from the my a Cury funeral Home. Rev. V. L. I Raphae l was in charge of the Servos. By i la was made in the Putnan Ille cemetery. Is or b i Hall Indianapolis for service in the coast artillery corps at Panama. Or. And mrs. Frank Cannon returned from their wedding trip. In the cast of Quot the wishing ring a to be Given by the Junior and senior classes of the High school. Miss in Donna Thomas had the part of Allan miss Pauline Pollard was Quot Moon beam the dream fairy Quot miss Lull e Gillespie was a mistress Mary quite Bertram Huestis was a the King s messenger Quot Philip Maxwell was a Tom Tom the Piper s son Quot Marshall Abrams was Quot simple Simon who is very simple Quot James Sweet was a mrs. Jack Spratt. A woman with votes to get Quot James zen a family pitch in supper will Murk to lib opening of Quot missions night Quot at tin presbyterian Church tomorrow evening. The supper will begin at 6 30. For that repast each person is asked to take a dish of food and table service. The Headliner on the program will 1�.�?� the Rev. Harry e. Campbell former missionary in India now assistant pastor of the first presbyterian Church in Indianapolis. Dean Louis h. Dirks will preside at the program service. The Rev. Campbell is known Here to be an excellent speaker having a background of thrilling personal experience in his own work. The evening is being sponsored by the special armistice Day Chapel the m no a service club the woman a service this Friday brings to the a get a Circle the Friendly folks class and Pauw Campus one of the outstanding j the forum. Leaders of the methodist Church i the invitation includes every per Bishop Edgar Blakc of it non the congregation both to the Bishop Blake will deliver the Aroni supper and to the program. To it hop Blake speak \ i Chapel standing Xii i of methodist Iii lit ii will my 11 fill Friday a 1 Stice Day address. Included also on 1. Or. C. P Hickman zoology and or. The program will be the University Winona Welch botany both of whom will present papers in their respective Fields. Other members of the Depauw faculty who will present a choir and the calling of the Roll of the honoured dead. Asa member of the Board of trustees for several years Bishop Blake pers Are drs. Ray Dawson c. Was closely connected with and inter veg Len Ermine w. Voegelin Allen edited in Depauw University r. Ostrander will e. Edington Albert e. Reynolds and w. E. Martin. The Junior Academy of science composed of members of forty High school clubs of the state will hold its meetings and exhibits on saturday. A number of the members of the Greencastle High school Junior Academy of science sponsored by professor f n. Jones will attend the meetings. The state societies of tax a gift today a weather it it and it it local temperature it it it it it it it it it it it it generally fair tonight and wednes at present Bishop Blake is in a except unsettled tonight in charge of the Detroit area. The Northeast portion somewhat colder elderly Bishop was a graduate of the a wednesday and in Central and West Boston school of theology and re a portions tonight. On mists and entomologists also was Quot the King of hearts Quot and Misa on saturday and or. Winona Mildred Hurst was Quot the Queen of Welch will read a paper at the ing of the taxonomists. Cei ved his do degree from the University of Nebraska. In 1929 he was awarded an Ali it degree from Depauw. He has been a Bishop of the methodist Church since 1920. F the Bishops grandson Edgar Blake is a freshman Here at Depauw. Music Chapel regularly scheduled for Friday will be held on thursday in Meharry Hall. Minimum 6 a. M. 7 a. M. 8 a. M. 9 a. M. 10 a. M. 11 a. M 12 noon 1 p m 2 p. M. 39 46 47 47 48 50. 51 54 57 60

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