SAY Fire prevention dinner and high school track results
Charles J. Arnold references a fire prevention dinner invite and a high school interscholastic track meet at Blackstockfield. Fuqua of Brazil and Brazil High School each scored 14 points to tie for first. Wallace of Larwill and Muncie each had 13 points. Fowlkes of Muncie shines in the 100 yard dash. The column notes local happenings, sidewalk reminders, a lost patent cigar lighter, and a revival of springlike optimism with news of E. Cleve Thomas recovering from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Stockfield
Almmost
Fuqua
Brazil
Wallace
Larwill High School
Muncie
Fowlkes
Nine Die In Train Crash At New York Grade Crossing
Nine people were killed and another seven injured when a car driven by Antonio Bianchi collided with a Jersey City Chicago express after stopping for a fastbound freight at a grade crossing near Middletown New York. The victims included four children and two of the parents. Frank Bianchi, 12, was among the dead. The incident left one family with only a single survivor and the hospital reporting serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
N. Y
Antonio Bianchi
Lucy
Vion
Minnie
George
Louis
Antoinette
Helen
Mont
Frank Bianchi
Horton Memorial Hospital
Bianchi
Tay Crossing
Third Man Held After Greencastle Bootlegger Gang Shootout
Everett Sheeks 22 of Indianapolis was arrested and questioned in the fatal shooting of George Lewis during a bootleg gang pursuit near Greencastle. Police say McHenry drove, Sheeks claimed to take the wheel as a gray sedan trailed their car. Lewis died from a head wound hours after the ambush while Sheeks faced vagrancy charges and continued investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Everett
Babe) Sheeks
Belmont Avenue
George Lewis
Sheeks
George McHenry
McHenry
Lewis
Greencastle
Clinton
City Hospital
Detroit
Greencastle Junior Choir Sings at Terre Haute
The Greencastle Public Schools junior choir directed by Kenneth Umfleet performed at Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church in Terre Haute. The eighteen member fifth and sixth grade group previously sang at the Second Ward School dedication and the Christian Church, with plans to return to sing at the Methodist Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church
Terre Haute
Kenneth Umfleet
Second Ward
Christian Church
Kiwanis Club
Methodist Temple
Clare Lytle
Ann Wood
Marian Ellis
Virginia Throop
Marilyn Stewart
Esther Zook
Elizabeth Yount
Eugene Matthews
Madeline Mark
Margaret Crawley
May Jane Etter
Betty Ruth Frew
Harold Cook
Allan Otis
Joe Jim Arnold
Marion Seller
Robert Evens
Billy Brown
Bidwell Named Manager of Local Movie Theaters
Walter Bidwell, previously assistant manager of the Granada and Voncastle in Greencastle, is promoted to full manager of the Vonderschmitt theater holdings. H. J. Arnold, long time manager across Crawfordsville Greencastle and Bedford venues, shifts to Crawfordsville operations. Paul Wykoff becomes manager at Bedford. Effective May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Bidwell
Granada
Voncastle
Greencastle
Vonderschmitt Enterprises
H. J. Arnold
Crawfordsville
Vonderschmitt
Bedford
Paul Wykoff
Mitchell Heads Association of Professors
The Indiana Association of economists and sociologists closed its third annual convention with a luncheon at Longden Hall. New officers for 1929 were elected: President W F Mitchell DePauw University, Vice President Woodworth Hanover College, Secretary-Treasurer Beckner Butler University. Next year’s meeting likely at Indiana University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Association of Economists and Sociologists
Longden Hall
W. F. Mitchell
DePauw Uiversity
Woodworth
Hanover College
Beckner
Butler University
James E. Moffett
Indiana University
E. H. Shideler
Franklin College
Association
William Cleveland
Federal Reserve
G. Bromley Oxnam
DePauw University
Willard Bray
Gerald Galloway
White
F. 8. Bogardus
Indiana State Teachers College
Terre Haute
DePauw
Greencastle Mayoral Race Opens With Three Nominees
The Herald notes a Greencastle scene where Dick Crouch John R. Miller and T E Evans declared for the Republican mayoral nomination at a meeting. James Albin W P Sackett and Frank Green announced candidacies for clerk to succeed Ed Black. John Sanders of Roachdale handled business here. Bascom and Mrs O Hair expected home from Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Crouch
John R. Miller
T. E. Evans
James Albin
W. P. Sackett
Frank Green
Clerk
Ed, Black
Coatesville Operetta Rehearsals Amid Trial Developments
Chicago April 29. Mrs Catherine Cassler freed from death sentence after prosecutors say lack of witness testimony makes murder case untenable. Loren Patrick refuses to testify. Willian Lindstrom's $7500 policy cited. Meanwhile in Coatesville rehearsals for Dream Boat and Toy Pageant proceed under Kenneth Umfleet for upcoming high school show in which children from three wards perform with numerous named roles. A separate Putnam Circuit court case dismisses a wife neglect charge against Arnola Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Catherine Cassler
Noile
Lillian Fraser
Willian Lindstrom
State Penitentiary
George Rush
Lindstrom
Kenneth R. Umfleet
Russell Gardner
Putnam Circuit Court
Arnola Gardner
Paroled Gleason Linked to Past Burglary Case
Alonzo Lonnie Gleason formerly of Putnam County was paroled by Governor Leslie and the state prison board after a 1 to 10 year sentence in Indiana State Prison for burglary. He was arrested near Hoosier Highland by Sheriff Fitelforge and handed to Clay County authorities with recovered property. Gleason has a wife and two children living on Commercial Place east of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo
Lonnie) Gleason
Putnam County
Brazil
Indiana
Leslie
Board of Trustees
Gleason
Fitelforge
Hoosier Highland
Clay County
Commercial Place
Former resident dies in Detroit
James Merryweather of south Indiana street reports the death of his brother John Merryweather on Sunday at his Grand Rapids home. A well known former resident here who ran a restaurant on West Washington Street, his funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Herald Office
Herb Enore
D. B. Johnson
James Merryweather
Indiana Street
John Merryweather
Grand Rapids
Mich
Merryweather
West Washington Street
Miss Gillespie Dies After Brief Illness at 77
Miss Margaret Gillespie of Greencastle died at the county hospital after a four day illness from bronchial pneumonia. Born December 30, 1851, she was daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Gillespie and survivor to sixteen siblings. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 PM at the Indiana and Poplar home with Rev. C. Howard Taylor officiating. burial in Forest Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Gillespie
Greencastle
Josephine Meekings
Martha Alice Fletcher
Iowa
Elizabeth Hathaway
Anna Robe
William F. Gillespie
Indianapolis
Richard Gillespie
J. P
R. J. Gillespie
Thomas Gillespie
Daniel Gillespie
Logansport
Gillespie
Putnam County
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Miss Gillespie
Methodist Church
Poplar
C. Howard Taylor
Forest Hill Cemetery
Umfleet Enters Nationwide Competition for National Anthem
Prof Kenneth R Umfleet of DePauw University enters a national contest for a new national anthem. Sponsor Reinald Werrenrath and a New York promoter fund prizes from 3000 to 100. Umfleet will set music to the prize poem America by W Scott of California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinald Werrenrath
Kenneth R. Umfleet
DePauw University
New York
Umfleet
America
Prof. Umfleet
W. Scott
California
Edwin Markham
Marshall Howenstein
DePauw School of Music
Farmer Made Pure Whiskey Threatened by Raid Evidence
A Sunday raid on Marion township farmer George F. E. Noll unearthed a hidden whiskey operation including a still, three 52 gallon mash barrels, and three pints of rye. Noll, 66, pleaded guilty to possession of whiskey, bonded at 500 dollars, with possible further charges pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George FE. Noll
Cross Roads School
Marion Township
Noll
Greencaste
Charles McGaughey
Paul Grimes
Leo Lurber
Greencastle
Indianapolis
Nell
Engineer Killed in Hit and Run on City Street
Clarence Lowe, 36, an Indiana Harbor Belt Railway engineer, was struck and killed while leaning from a car window talking to a friend on the sidewalk. The car passed on the wrong side, crushed his head, and fled. the driver remained unidentified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Clarence Lowe
Indiana Harbor Belt Railway
Lowe
Weather outlook midweek with increasing clouds
Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight with a Tuesday outlook of partly to mostly cloudy skies. Showers are probable in North and Central portions as temperatures rise.
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Charles J. Arnold
Court House
E. Cleve Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Here
Morton
Putnam
Bidwell
Mitchell
Association OF Professors
THE
Herald
John Sanders
Roachdale
Mrs. Bascom O’hair
Florida
Coatesville
Tify
John McAninch
John M’aninch
Cassler
Mra
University
Mabel Moore
Ruth Rickard
Frances Gostage
Marcella Patterson
Margaret Umberto
Dorothy Garl
Madge Westfall
Maxine Williams
Elnora Tharp
Katherine Rossock
Ruth Garl
Lois Miller
Dolly Walton
Demoine Fuller
Ruth Query
Marion McBride
Leone Sutherland
Mary Louise Huffman
Bonnie Ruth Shinn
Katherine Arnold
Raymond Riley
Warren Gardner
John David James
Bennie Hood
Charles Hutcheson
Bob Bruner
Joseph Allee
Thomas Harper
Raymond Shafer
Ray Dolla
Vera Due
Virgil Solomon
Joe Ellis
Lloyd Gilbert
Orville Baker
Billy Wells
Eugene Hamm
Charles Westfall
Sailor Boys
George Bundy
Donald Jones
Frank Donner
Howard Buis
Kenneth Dixon
Eugene Huber
William Kirkham
James W. Yount
George Long
Curtis Taylor
Ers
Lucile White
Gold Dust Twins
Ruth Cody
Eileen York
Priest
Gerald Todd
Humpty Dumpty
John Fishers
Farmer
George E. Noll
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