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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1929
Page
1
Charles J. Arnold recalls a comic feud with Judge James P. Hughes over a late night frost plan and a mistaken 240 yard dash. He recounts near dismissal from officiating, help from DePauw friends, and a chaotic on field moment ending with a tense confrontation as Buchheit signals a correction.
Frost last night damaged the fruit crop in Petersburg Indiana. The White River dropped ten inches, and ferry service on State Highway 61 will resume tomorrow.
Fourteen seniors received diplomas at Fillmore High School commencement in the auditorium. Dr. Homer P. Rainey of Franklin College delivered the address on where you live, urging grit and high values. Recipients included Helen Bryan, Mary Cunningham, Helen Dicks, Carl Kersey, Raymond Lisby, Lena Miller, Helen McKamey, Hursel Nichols, Clifford Phillips, Roger Phillips, Avaril Smith, Lloyd Storm, Gracie Wells, and Dorothy Williamson.
An affidavit charges David Walton of Clinton township with stealing a steel beam plow from Moses Thompson of Parker County. Officers searched Walton home but found no plow, with Thompson noting the found implement differs from the missing item. Prosecution rests with Parke County authorities, not this county.
County auditor figures show 1929 first quarter costs for township poor reach 5116.15 with Greencastle Township largest at 1488.21 and Warren smallest at 45.62. Proposed remedy shifts trustees to employment bureaus giving minor jobs to applicants to reduce aid needs.
Harry Hostetter a former resident of Lebanon and well known in Crawfordsville Ladoga and Roachdale died Monday night in Los Angeles California from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. He had lived in California for some time.
Lloyd Campbell 83 a longtime Fillmore resident died Wednesday evening after a long illness at his granddaughter Mrs Clarence Ferrands home He is survived by daughter Mrs Richard Sinclair and granddaughter also by a son Joseph and his wife who died years ago Funeral services will be Friday at 11 at the Fillmore Christian Church with Rev Jonas Collins officiating Interment will be in Fillmore Cemetery
A Ford coupe driven by Otto Sanders of Poland and a Chevrolet sedan driven by Hl M Hardy of east Seminary Street were damaged in a collision at Seminary and Locust streets this afternoon. Sanders was southbound on Locust turning west on Seminary when the crash occurred. City marshal Paul Grimes investigated. Two young women with Sanders Alta Williamson and Mavis Hall of Cloverdale were present. Hardy’s wife accompanied him. Putnam County Council to meet Saturday at 10 to discuss appropriation of 10000 for a steel bridge at Reelsville to replace the demolished wooden structure. bids to follow if approved.
Twenty years ago in Greencastle a fire started at the Robert Black Barber Shop on Bainbridge threatening nearby properties. The barber shop, Dr W D Cohn office, and Starr drug store were destroyed. The Big Four Station was robbed. a knife pried the cash drawer. City Marshal Reeves and Mayor James Mel Hays note the event. Hays at Martinsville sanitarium, gifts include a gold headed umbrella for his birthday.
Prof. L. F. E. Mitchell of DePauw University spoke at the Kiwanis noon luncheon at the Christian church. He described his trip to the National Publicity Convention in Nashville Tennessee and his role with the National News Bureau Association, praising Southern publicity efforts.
Mostly fair tonight with possible showers and slight warmth in extreme southwest. Frost in the north and east central areas. Friday brings possible showers in the south and increasing cloudiness in the north, with slightly warmer temperatures.
Five desperadoes robbed the Columbia City State Bank engaging in a gun battle with three officers and a bank employee. Mrs. J Fred Binter aged 50 was killed, Sheriff John Haynes wounded, Eva Harshbarger injured in the ankle, and the bandits escaped with about $60 in cash in a bullet riddled Buick. A separate holdup near Limedale saw Rufus Von Tress’s filling station robbed of $60 by a man named Middleton.
Indiana announces Charles A. Me Gonagle, longtime Plainfield superintendent since 1918, will replace James G. Jackson as head of the Fort Wayne and Butlerville feeble minded institutions. Me Gonagle, a Muncie resident and former Indiana legislator, is expected to implement reforms after governor Leslie ousted Jackson allies.
Federal agents seized ten 1,000 gallon vats two 500-gallon stills 1 000 five gallon cans of alcohol eight thousand gallons of mash and large quantities of sugar and corn at a Decatur farm near William Barting as three alleged Capone gang members were arrested Joe OBert 35 Dan Lamont 25 both of Chicago and Ed Miller 28 of Decatur were held.
A notice from Mrs. Park Dunbar of Blomington Street reports the death of her mother Mrs. Jane Lamar at her home in Jacksonville Florida on Wednesday. Mrs Dunbar had recently stayed several weeks with her mother.
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