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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1929
Page
1
A neighbor signed as Socially laments ash pile trashing while Charlie Arnold defends tidy back yard. The item blends poems and local observations about spring cleanup and a cross county bicycle hike with runners led by John Salo and Pete Gavuzzi, witnessed by DePauw coach L. C. Buchheit.
William Middleton, 48, and Tom J. McCoy, 51, both of Terre Haute, were sentenced in Putnam Circuit Court. Middleton got 5 to 21 years for armed robbery of Rufus Von Tress, decoying $60 from a filling station owner. McCoy drew 1 to 5 years for issuing a fraudulent check. Middleton claimed amnesia and remorse, McCoy sought leniency stating he acted under Legion influence and came with a bottle of alcohol.
A stolen typewriter found under hay in a barn on the Andrew Tincher farm east of Greencastle may have been stolen in Clay County. Sheriff Edward Kiteljorge said Brazil authorities notified him that a typewriter was stolen in that county. Parties to identify the machine were expected here today.
Edwin Markham, noted poet and lecturer, will read from his poems at DePauw Chapel Hour on Monday. He calls the readings Glints of Gravity and Gayety and is famed for The Man With A Hoe. His themes draw on commonplace life with piecesShoes of Happiness California the Wonderland and The Ballad of a Gallows Bird.
The Indiana Vigilant Utility Club forms in Peru with Dr. Milo King as president to challenge Insull controlled utilities and a 70 million dollar valuation petition. Oliver Mohler as vice president and Lee Finehout as secretary treasurer head the drive to appraise Samuel Insull interests and push for lower value estimates and rates.
Russellville High School held graduation exercises Friday night in the school gymnasium. Dr. L R Eckardt of DePauw University delivered the commencement address. Diplomas were presented by County Superintendent John C Vermillion to 17 seniors. Paul Marsteller gave the salutatory and Geraldine Clodfelter was valedictorian.
Unsettled forecast with occasional showers and local thunderstorms. Slight warmth rise tonight focuses on the northeast, with unsettled conditions continuing into Sunday.
Miss Imogene Mullins of the United Christian Missionary Society in Indianapolis will speak at the morning service of the Christian Church this Sunday. A DePauw graduate, she has long aided local church work and will discuss the society's global mission funding and Benevolent activities. In the evening, the Junior Chorus directed by Prof Kenneth Uinfleet will perform sacred numbers with a few public Greencastle appearances. The public is invited.
Lowell Russell aged 26 a lathe operator of Indianapolis and Jessie Wilson aged 22 a teacher of Jackson township obtained a marriage license.
From the Files of TMH Herald details a farming accident injuring Charles Bunyan at the Jackson street crossing after a collision with an interurban car. Dr. B F Roller a former DePauw athlete has three wrestling matches this week including a planned bout with world champion Frank Gotch next week. John Cherry resigns from the courthouse to join Greencastle Water Works with Mayfield Fitchett expected to replace him.
The Clinton Center High School held its commencement at Union Chapel with blue and silver decor. J. W. Foreman of Goshen gave the address on The Cardinal Principals of Education. Gardner Egeers received a attitude prize. diplomas were awarded to Mildred Firestone Gardner Fygers Madonna Heady Hubert Clodfelter Fern Marie Cloe Ernest Flint Mildred Knauer Charles Cope.
Henry Sublett farm two miles west of Fillmore reports a Thursday afternoon fire that destroyed a brooder house and about 275 five week old chickens. Officials suspect an oil brooder tank explosion. Mrs Sublett had just left the home minutes before. Insurance only partly covers the loss. estimated total is around 200 dollars.
Three more entries raise sectional track meet entrants to 163 for May 4 across fifteen sites. Montezuma hosts Bellmore Covington Gerstmeyer Wiley Attica Dana Garfield Crawfordsville Perrysville Greencastle Brazil Marshall Montezuma Newport Tangier with state meet in Indianapolis May 11.
A campaign led by Dr. G Bromley Oxnam seeks $125,000 to fund the construction of a new classroom building to replace West College. Donor names remain private until the goal is met. The building will be between College Avenue and Indiana Street, facing Indiana Street, with a walk linking it to the administration building. Colonial architecture is planned, with final design by a committee including Ralph W. Gwinn and Charles Barnaby.
Michael J. Bush 42 of Indianapolis brother of Owen J. Bush Pittsburgh manager killed in a National Road crash near Dublin Indiana. Driver A Hughes of Poland Ohio dies later. Injured Paul Sullivan Ollie Lawler Mrs Hughes. Sullivan was forced off pavement spilling into Hughes car.
Rep. C. J. Kvale a Lutheran minister denounces the Volstead act as class legislation he says favors the rich who stock up cellars. He introduces a bill to end permit loopholes and dry up the country arguing enforcement is the real national failure.
Four dog owners enter prize animals in the Wabash Valley Dog Show to be held in Terre Haute Sunday. Jack Davis enters a Boston Bull, David Haggert enters a Boston Bull female, Miss Elizabeth Stoner enters a German police dog, and Otis Mathews enters a German police dog owned by Prof. Gustave Arlt.
The L. and H. Chevrolet Sales report the sale of a coupe to Miss Catherine Riggs, assistant in Physical Education at DePauw, and to Mrs. Jennie Marks, a coach.
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