Polom Sues Water Rate Case With Vincennes
The Public Service Commission yesterday decided to join Vincennes in appealing the Vincennes water rate case to the U S Supreme Court. It fixed a utility property value at 725000, which the company calls confiscatory. In Chicago federal court, valuation was set at 1052064. Arthur L Gilliam, former attorney general, will represent Vincennes.
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Vincennes
United State Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
United States District Court of Apt
Chicago
Arthur L. Gilliam
Say Chicken Dinners and Poultry Talks at Fillmore Church
A humorous item by Charles J. Arnold recounts turning down a Shorty Campbell invitation to a chicken dinner while hinting at a future talk on poultry profits. The piece includes side notes on raffish humor at a Sigma Delta Chi banquet and a dentist returning teeth in a curious legal dispute, plus local notes about peach orchards and a newborn boy named Electricity.
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Shorty
Campbell
Christian Church
Fillmore
Herald Office
Mgr. Campbell
Two Elkhart Men Die After Train Strikes Car
Isaac Cox aged 37 and Ralph L. Spencer 27 were killed when the eastbound New York Central train struck the automobile they rode in at a crossing on the south edge of Elkhart Indiana. Both men were married. Spencer left three children. Their car and bodies were carried 175 feet along the track.
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Elkhart
Ind
New York Central
Elkart
Isaac Cox
Ralph L. Spencer
Spencer
Wetz Form Corporation Buys Store In Court Action
Will Wetz and Dwight Wetz form Wetz Groceries Inc to repurchase the store from W R Elliott after Judge James P. Hughes reaffirms Citizens Trust Co as receiver for Will Wetz Grocery Co. The court also awards Trembly and Williams $683 and costs against the Will Wetz Co. in the same proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Hughes
Putnam
Citizens Trust Company
Will Wetz Grocery Co
Will Wetz
Dwight Wetz
John C. Trembly
Harry E. Williams
Bishop Blake to Speak at Green Castle Methodist Banquet
The Green Castle Methodist Men’s Brotherhood hosts a Thursday banquet at 6 pm with Bishop Blake of the Indianapolis Area as principal speaker on International Relations. Dr. Oxnam introduces, Mrs. L. D. Snider oversees the meal, and Professor Van Denman Thompson leads the musical program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Nebraska Wesleyan
Board of Sunday School
The
Methodist Church
Paris
Woman's League of
L. D. Snider
van Denman Thompson
Oxnam McLean to Speak at Union Mills High School
W Henry McLean assistant to the president of DePauw University will give the commencement address Tuesday evening at Union Mills High School. Dr G Bromley Oxnam is set as Hope High School Hope Indiana commencement speaker Tuesday evening and banquet speaker for the Indianapolis ministers meeting May 6. The Presbyterian Church prayer meeting is Thursday at 7 30 PM and the study book What Next in Home Missions will be used.
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W. Henry McLean
DePauw University
Union Mills High School
G. Bromley Oxnam
Hope High School
Hope
Indiana
Dr. Oxnam
Indianapolis
The
Presbyterian Church
Program for Seventh Grade Entertainment with Robin Hood
Seventy three pupils will perform in two parts at the high school auditorium on May 2 at 8 o clock. The dramatized Robin Hood will headline with the eighth grade chorus and various musical numbers. Mortie Brown Eugene Longden Harold Patterson and others lead a cast including Will Scarlet Friar Tuck and King Richard.
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Robin Hood
Emma Vaughan
Kenneth Umfleet
Robbin Hood
Mortie Brown
Little John
Will Scarlet
Nottingham
King Richard
Sherwood
Eugene Longden
Harold Patterson
Allan A Dale Jesse McAnally
Little John Louise Budick
Friar Tuck
George Vaughan
Will Scarlet Jack Boyd
Will Stately
John VanHorn
John McCullough
Watt Donald Garrett
Will of the Green
Sam Bohard
the Tin
Kenneth Kitel
Tames Cox
Robert Oxnam
Forresters
Cloverdale Woman Mary Larkin Dies at 74
Mrs. Mary Larkin aged 74 wife of George Larkin died at their Cloverdale home Wednesday evening after a stroke suffered last Saturday. Survived by husband son Everett six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral from North Lafayette street home Friday at 2 50 p m Interment in Cloverdale cemetery.
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Mary Larkin
George Larkin
Cloverdale
Larkin
Cloverdale Township
Everett
Lafayette Street
Cloverdale Cemetery
Tax payments lag as May 6 deadline nears
County treasurer reports taxes arriving slowly with about one quarter of spring installments paid. Only nine tax paying days remain before the May 6 deadline, signaling many Putnam County residents will incur a 10 percent delinquent fee by law.
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Putnam County
Weather Forecast Generally fair with rain possible north
Generally fair tonight and Friday with likely rain in the north portion. Cooler tonight with fresh to strong west to northwest winds.
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North Portion
Stolen Hupmobile Recovered Near Chicago
A. J. Harrar’s Hupmobile stolen from Green Hedges Farm near the Putnam County line in Owen county has been located in Chicago. Harrar reports the finding and believes Indiana State Farm escapees stole the car to aid their breakout.
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A. J. Harrar
Green Hedges Farm
Putnam County
Owen County
Chicago
Directs Comic Opera At Granada By DePauw Leader
Orville J. Borchers professor of voice directs the nautical opera Pinafore to be staged by DePauw Music School students at Granada Theater May 9 and 10. Seventy five cast members plus faculty and a small orchestra participate. Borchers, Northwestern graduate, taught in Texas before joining DePauw and studied music in Europe last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville J. Borchers
M. E. Church
DePauw Music School
Granada Theater
Borchers
Northwestern University
Denton College of Industrial Arts
Texas
DePauw
Berlin
Milan
Paris
Seventy Graduate From Fight Grade Junior High
Seventy eighth graders are eligible to graduate from the Junior High School as announced by Principal Oscar Thomas. The list of entrants includes names such as Robert Allen, Herman Beck, Frank Bee, Jewel Blue, Sam Bohard, Jack Boyd, and others, with many students advancing to high school next fall.
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Oscar Thomas
Robert Allen
Herman Beck
Frank Bee
Jewel Blue
Sam Bohard
Jack Boyd
Mortie Brown
Louie Budick
William Burk
Eugene Callender
Russell Chiles
Cedric Collins
Kenneth Eitel
Charles Foxx
Joseph Fry
Eugene Fulkerson
Donald Garrett
James Grimes
Rodney Godfrey
Elmer Hammond
Marion Hurst
Francis King
Harold Johnston
Pius Lanhan
Eugene Longden
Jesse McAnally
Foster McClure
John McCullough
Robert McLean
Gerald Morgan
Robert Oxnam
Harold Patterson
William Pitts
Haskell Rice
James Roberts
Hubert Shafer
Marion Skimmerhorn
John VanHorn
George Vaughn
Gerald Weaver
Richard Whelan
Glen White
James
Potato Club Plans Set for B and O District
P O Hurley agricultural agent for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad will visit Russellville next Monday April 29 to organize a B and O Potato Club. The project will mark the third year of activity in Russellville as it plans for the coming season.
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P. O. Hurley
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Russellville
George Hathaway Elected Mayor in Jennings Louisiana
From Greencastle to Jennings Louisiana past resident George Hathaway is elected mayor. Relatives and friends celebrate Mrs George Burks 62nd birthday at her home. Mrs Mary Mathias and Mrs Jennie Smythe issue invitations for an at home tomorrow afternoon. Mrs John Day of Fillmore visits relatives here today.
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George Hathaway
Greencastle
Jennings
George Burk
Mary Mathias
Jennie Smythe
John Day of
Fillmore
Mrs Tabitha Rudisill Dies In Indianapolis At 79
Mrs Tabitha Rudisill 79 widow of Hiram Rudisill died at her home 3416 Carrolton Avenue Indianapolis Thursday morning at 6 after three years illness. Survived by daughters Mrs Thomas Darnall and Mrs George Lipps. son David preceded. Burial in Forest Hill beside husband after services in Indianapolis and interment in Greencastle. Funeral set for Saturday at 1 pm at the Indianapolis home.
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Tabitha Rudisill
Hiram Rudisill
Carrolton Avenue
Indianapolis
Rudisill
Greencastle
Thomas Darnall
Ligonier
George Lipps
David Rudisill
Alger Leatherman
Fred Johns
Hiram Huttman
Madison Township
Forest Hill Cemetery
Presbyterians to Receive 100000 Gift for Elderly Home
Indiana synod of the Presbyterian church will receive a $100 000 home for elderly persons on a 30 acre northern Indiana tract. The donor, name withheld, will furnish the home and it will be nonsectarian and ready within 18 months. Dr H B Hostetter executive secretary announced the plans and the project will be guided by the synod after donor terms are ratified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Synod of the Presbyterian Church
Indiana
H. B. Hostetter
Synod
Hostetter
Force of Men Putting Streets in Good Shape
City street employees have been repairing Greencastle streets under Street Commissioner Urban Elmore. Fourteen streets were scarified, dragged and rolled as chuck holes and rough spots were filled with the steam roller aid.
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City
Greencastle
Urban Elmore
Senior class play Billy to be staged at High School
All is ready for the senior class performance Billy at 8 p m Friday in the High School Auditorium. The three act comedy takes place aboard the S S Florida with leads Mildred Caviness Roland Campbell Evelyn McCullough and Lloyd Thomas. Directed by William Bishop assisted by Lillian Dale and Harry Gough with Genevieve Daggy as sponsor. Stage scenery supervised by Harold Stewart and Ruth Owens arranged scenic effects.
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Billy
S. S. Florida
Mildred Caviness
Roland Campbell
Evelyn McCullough
Lloyd Thomas
William Bishop
Lillian Dale
Harry Gough
DePauw University
Genevieve Daggy
Harold Stewart
Misa Ruth Owens
Art Department
Jerry Steele Passes Away After Short Illness
Jeremiah Steele aged 84 died at 2 p.m. Thursday following a brief illness caused by paralysis. A Civil War veteran of Company B Indiana Infantry he later lived in Crawfordsville and visited his niece Mrs. William Welch before a stroke. He leaves a widow a daughter Mrs. E F Brown of Los Angeles and several nieces. Interment is in Forest Hill Cemetery after services at the Presbyterian Church led by Rev. W L Raphael.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Steele
Steele
Crawfordsville
William Welch
West Jacob Street
Mr. Steele
Indiana Infantry
Presbyterian Church
Forest Hill Cemetery
W. L. Raphael
Youth Kills Girl and Self After Date Refusal
Horace Peters aged 20 fatally shot Mabel VanOsdel 20 in Osgood Indiana after she refused to accompany him to an operetta. Peters then shot himself, both dying en route to a Milan hospital. Peters, son of Orin and unnamed mother, had priorly pursued Miss VanOsdel who told her parents of the refusals.
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Osgood
Ind
Horace Peters
Mabel VanOsdel
Milan
Peters
L. O. Wilson
Miss VanOsdol
Irene Dunbar
Monroe van Osdel
Orin Peters
Near Osgood
Manchán Pollom faces manslaughter charge in Clay court
Elwood Pollom of Manhattan testifies at Brazil in Clay Circuit Court where he faces involuntary manslaughter charges for a December 31, 1928 crash that killed Clarence A. Gilbert. Witnesses describe his excessive speed on a wet road and failure to notice two persons signaling, with sixteen defense witnesses summoned and final arguments expected tomorrow morning.
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Elwood Pollom
Clay
Brazil
Pollom
James Glidewell
Clarence Pollom
Manhattan
Brazil Times
Indiana
Jonto
Clarence A. Gilbert
Kennedy
Battery Service
Young Pollom
Bowles
George A. Gilbert
F. M. Eaton
Staunton
Gilbert
P. C. Bowles
Purdy Hill
James Glidwell
State Farm
Helen Miller
Ruth Toleon
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Appeal
Charles J. Arnold
Sigma Delta Chi
Dean Dirks
Dean Dekes
Ernest Stoner
Frank Bittles
Dinah
Mose
Wetz Forms Corporation
Blake
M. E
Wive
OXNAM
Dorothy Arnold
Orville J, Borchers
Presbyterians
Jerry Steele
Istate
F. G. Bowles
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