Two Claims Filed Against Claudia Carswell Estate
Two claims totaling 1090 dollars were filed in Putnam Circuit Court against the estate of the late Claudia Carswell. Gilbert McCammack seeks 750 dollars for automobile trips to Indianapolis and for errands for the decedent. Finn Mark seeks 549 dollars for automobile trips to Indianapolis and for waiting on the decedent prior to her death.
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Putnam Circuit
Claudia Carswell
Gilbert McCammack
Indianapolis
Finn Mark
Dope Parlor Raided In Indianapolis Chinatown Style Scene
Police raid on a West North Street dope joint reveals a secretive operation styled like an opium den. Beatrice Helm 28 and William Dunbar 31 are charged with narcotics violations after officers found 45 narcotic capsules hidden in a paper weight and a theatrically equipped interior.
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Indianapolis
Beatrice Helm
William Dunbar
West North Street
Lyric Theater in Indianapolis Becomes Talkie Under New owners
The Lyric Theater, last Indianapolis venue focused on vaudeville, passes operating lease to Fourth Avenue Amusement Company of Lawsville Kentucky, now operator of the Apollo Theater. Talking picture equipment is expected to be installed soon by the new owner.
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Indianapolis
Lyric Theater
Fourth Avenue Amusement Company
Lawsville
Apollo Theater
Dr Campbell to supervise River Park church project
Dr J G Campbell has been asked to oversee the River Park church in South Bend with a two year delay resolved. He estimates a 15 to 20 percent saving over standard contracting, citing successful builds of other churches in the conference. This will be his third church in South Bend.
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J. G. Campbell
River Park
South Bend
Campbell
South Ben
Weather Forecast Mostly fair with clouds overnight
Mostly fair conditions expected tonight and Wednesday with some cloudiness. Temperatures not as cool in the east and central portions.
Runaway Truck Destroys Historic Reelsville Covered Bridge
A Ford truck driven by Everett Ridgeway of Manhattan slipped from gear on a steep hill and crashed into the south end of Indiana’s 1863 Reelsville covered bridge, knocking it from its abutment. The wreck drew thousands of visitors before rising Big Walnut creek carried the structure downstream to the National Road bridge and it was removed.
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Indiana
Everett Ridgeway
Manhattan
Ture
Big Walnut Creek
Baltimore
St. Louis
Reelsville
Pleasant Garden
Reeves Resigns as Green Castle Water Works Superintendent
Lee Reeves resigns after 15 years as superintendent of The Greencastle Water Works Co. Orville Stewart named successor. Bert S Howard also resigns from the distribution and meter dept with Cecil Ellis taking over his branch. Stewart and Ellis bring prior service and familiarity to the new organization. Chester York remains in charge of the office.
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Lee Reeves
Greencastle Water Works Co
Orville Stewart
Reeves
Bert S Howard
Cecil Ellis
Howard
Stewart
The
Water Works Co
Ellis
Water Department
Chester York
Fillmore High School Commencement Speaker Announced
The Fillmore High School commencement will be held in the high school auditorium on Wednesday night April 17. Dr Homer P F Rainey president of Franklin College will be the speaker and music will be by the Gaston Quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore High School
Homer PF. Rainey
Franklin College
Gaston Quartet
DePauw Faces Busy Week With Track Baseball Golf and Tennis
DePauw athletes face a full slate this week with two track meets, a baseball game, a golf match and a tennis meet. On Wednesday Ball State College of Muncie provides the track opposition. Earlham visits Blackstock field Saturday for a track meet. Butler also competes at McKee Field Thursday in a matinee. Indiana State NormalGolf meets Friday at local links. Indiana University tennis clashes with DePauw Saturday on the DePauw courts.
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DePauw
Ball Teacher’s College of Muncie
L. C. Buchheit
Earlham
Blackstock
Butler
McKeen
Indiana State Normal
Methodist
Indiana University
Tiger
Porter W Heaps to perform at Meharry Hall April 18
Porter W Heaps, 1926 Sesqui Exposition winner and music director at First M E Church Evanston, will give a concert at Meharry Hall on Thursday evening April 18. He has studied in Paris with Marcel Dupré, holds degrees from Northwestern University, and serves as organist at Wilmette Sunday Evening Club and Sholem Temple. The program blends technique rhythm and American color under the aegis of the local American Guild of Organists chapter.
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Porter W. Heaps
Philadelphia
Evanston
Meharry Wall
Heaps
Paris
Marcel Dupre
Northwestern University
Wilmette Sunday Evening Club
Sholem Temple
DePauw University
American Guild of Organists
Fiorists Association Meeting In Terre Haute
Jacob Eitel and Ernest Trout attended the Fiorists association monthly meeting in Terre Haute on Tuesday.
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Jacob Eitel
Ernest Trout
Terre Haute
The
Fiorists Association
Gold discovery and land sale in Greencastle history
From The Herald files: 60 acres sold by David Houck to Indiana & Ohio Stone Company. Nearby William Royer farm yields gold at 54 dollars per ton, stirring local interest. Bert Thomas, ex Putnam county teacher, named geography professor at Danville Central Normal.
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The
Indiana & Ohio Stone Company
David Houck
William Royer
Bert Thomas
Putnam County
Danville Central Normal
City Marshal May Dine on Strawberries Tonight
City marshal Paul Grimes and city firemen may dine on freshly found strawberries at DePauw University’s McKeen Field tonight unless the owner of nine quarts is traced by evening. Granny Harmon found the berries, turned them over to the marshal, noting several quart boxes were emptied and the rest intact.
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Paul Grimes
McKeen Field
Baseball Park
DePauw University
Granny Harmon
Grimes
Local students win engineering scholarships at top schools
DePauw seniors receive two awards. Russell Schroeder of Greencastle earns a Purdue University research assistantship in chemical engineering. Byron Sovers of Milton earns an MIT Boston research assistantship in engineering.
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DePauw
Russell Schroeder
Greencastle
Purdue University
Byron Sovers
Milton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Missionary Killed by Bandits in Kweichow China
An American missionary H K Smith of the Seventh Day Adventist movement was killed by looting Chinese bandits at Hsing Yiseien in southwestern Kweichow. No further details were available. Reports of large scale looting at Changteh in northwestern Hunan raise fears for American lives and property.
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Peking
INS
H. K. Smith
Hsing- Yiseien
Kweichow
Changteh
Hunan
Taxes Paid On Spring Installment Lag Behind
With less than three weeks left to pay the spring tax installment, only about one eighth of the half million dollars due has been paid into the County treasurer’s office. Monday May 6 is the last day to pay. Taxes not paid by then become delinquent with a 10 percent delinquency fee.
Dayton Educator Delivers Address to Greencastle Parents
Dr. Frank D. Slutz of Dayton Ohio spoke to a large crowd at Greencastle High School on The Science of Being an Acceptable Parent. He urged parents to foster responsibility in children and to study issues affecting older youths. The Greencastle PTA pledged support to shape a nearby vacant lot into a playground and install a flagpole. Officers were elected: President Mrs Jack Bintz, Vice President Mrs W M McCaughey, Secretary Mrs J P Frew, Treasurer Mrs A L Goodenough, with installation planned for May.
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Frank D. Slutz
Dayton
Greencastle
Slutz
Boys’ Glee Club
Parent Teacher Association
Cymnasium
Jack Bintz
W. M. McCaughey
J. P. Frew
A. L. Goodenough
Local man cited by new Indiana support law tested in court
In Fountain county Judge Ratcliff ordered Oscar Williamson and Levi Williamson of Russellville to pay $8.50 monthly for their mother Susanna Williamson in Attica. The warrants tested the 1927 statute requiring children to support elderly or health-impaired parents. They were released conditionally, contingent on regular payments.
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Covington
Indiana
Ratcliff
Oscar Williamson
Levi Williamson
Russellville
Susanna Williamson
Attica
Fountain County
Hoover Opens With Five Proposals in Presidential Message
President Hoover sent a brief message to Congress proposing five items for the special session. They include a general farm relief measure with a federal farm board, limited tariff revision, suspension of the national origins clause, reapportionment of Congress, and legislation for the 1930 decennial census. He urged farm relief and tariff changes as a mandate from the last election.
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George R. Holmes I
N.S
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Federal Farm Board
Tariff Commission
Senior Class to Present Billy at High School Play
The senior class presents a three act farce Billy on Friday April 26 in the High School auditorium directed by William Bishop. Miss Genevieve Daggy coordinates arrangements. The Florida set features a ship voyage with a missing set of false teeth and a romantic subplot. cast includes Ardith Moore Evelyn McCullough Mildred Caviness Gordon Sayers Dorothy Harlan and others.
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Billy
William Bishop
Genevieve Daggy
U. S. Florida
Roland Campbell
Alice
Ardith Moore
Sloan
Evelyn McCullough Bestrice
Otteetare Tesus Mildred Caviness
Lloyd Thomas Hargrave
Mer
Aes
Mae Gifford Black
Hargrave
Sistas Tex Ethel Marie O
Dames Stoops Stewate Oes
Marion Sears
Dorothy Harlan Baller Ve Cseuce
Frederick Thomas Boatswain
Gordon Sayers
Lockridge Rites Held for Mrs Laura Lockridge
Last rites for Mrs Laura Lockridge, Greencastle resident, were conducted Tuesday at 2:30 PM at the Christian Church with Rev B H Bruner presiding. Burial followed at Forest Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers: Reese Matson, Dr Joe Gillespie, Dr R J Gillespie, John Cherry, Charles Reeves, Dr Ralph Overstreet.
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Laura Lockridge
Greencastle
Christian Church
B. H. Bruner
Forest Hill Cemetery
Reese Matson
Joe Gillespie
R. J. Gillespie
John Cherry
Charles Reeves
Ralph Overstreet
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Northwood
Walter Williams
No. 9
Olive Street
Broadstreet & McLean, Inc
A. G. Broadstreet
D. L McLean
Donald McLean
J. D. McLean
Betty Broadstreet
Allan Broadstreet
Mr. Williams
Promoter Pyle
New York
Los Angeles
Brazil
National Road
Sun
Capitol
Struc
Water Company
Orville J. Stewart
Bert Howard
Fillmore
Pour Tiger Sport
Ther Herald
Ball Park
Frank Slutz
Boys' Glee Club
Mr. Hoover
Wilson
Harding
Lockridge Rites
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