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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1930
Page
1
A stream of items blends humor about a neighbor musician with local views on Greencastle and DePauw Alumni. Navy history notes celebrate Manila Bay day, ship paint facts, and service figures, including Indianapolis cruiser completion and Navy life statistics.
Roy Phillips of the Victor Home reports eight students sent home from school this morning with scarlet fever, while students in junior high show mild symptoms. Weather Outlook: generally fair tonight, warmer in extreme north portions. Henley mostly cloudy with possible wet conditions in west and north portions.
One hundred and thirty copies of the 1929 Mirage yearbook have been bought from last year’s editor by the University and will be shared with high schools for their libraries and reading tables. The aim is to spark more student interest in DePauw and offer a fuller campus view than the university catalogue. Distribution is managed by the University publicity office.
Putnam county will be represented by 12 Indiana University students as the 110th anniversary of the university is celebrated. Alumni meetings are planned in most counties on May 7 with university faculty speakers, except in Fort Wayne and Gary. Read lists include Bainbridge, Cloverdale, Greencastle, Putnamville, and Russellville students.
James S. Mundy files suit in Putnam circuit court against the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis railroad and nonresident William Roley. He seeks possession of two car loads of walnut logs valued at 400 dollars held on a Greencastle switch and 400 dollars in damages with a hearing set for May 12.
Greencastle will send many residents to a religious forum at the Indiana Armory in Indianapolis on Wednesday night. Beginning at 8 15 p m Clarence Darrow and Bishop Edwin H Hughes along with Rabbi M M Feuerlicht and Quin OBrien will speak on belief for 30 minutes each. Meredith Nicholson will preside and tickets are available at Claypool drug store or at the Armory.
District meeting of fifth district librarians held at Greencastle Public Library drew more than 80 attendees from 250 cities including high school and college librarians. Mrs. Fred Thomas chaired the session with a program featuring DePauw University musicians, talks by Raymond Pence and Mrs. C. W. Waite, and a luncheon served by Green Castle High School girls.
Shoes and cartons of candy were strewn along the Pennsylvania line between Reelsville and Hawthorne Yards Indiana polis when a freight car door opened. Sixty pairs of shoes and several carloads of candy were found by track walkers on Sunday. Much of the candy spoiled as cartons broke. Children found candy near Greencastle station. Shoes were gathered east of there and sent to Bridgeport and Indianapolis. The bolt on the car likely loosened as it rounded the Reelsville curve.
Tickets for The Youngest went on sale at the University shop and remain available through the week. The May Day event, presented by the Women's Sports Association, features Sarah Crouch of Fortville and Charles Lee of Wheaton Ill with Lee playing the youngest. Friday and Saturday performances invite students townspeople and alumni guests.
Miss Emma Jeane Burke of Chicago named the May Queen court at DePauw University for the May Day celebration. The 15 coeds include maid of honor Faith Ritz and participants from Dor othy Ellen Barr to Louise Freeland, with the play The Passing Years by Mary Lou Musselman to depict dancing through history. A lantern parade, track meet, and May Day performances cap the weekend, ending with a Mother's Day church service.
At Indianapolis J W Kern secured the Democratic nomination for senator on the fourth ballot amid a turbulent scene when John FE Lamb attacked the Taggart-Fairbanks machine. The convention featured loud demonstrations with applause and hisses as tensions rose. James E Curtis of Putnamville commented that much of the apple crop escaped the cold damage previously feared and April 30 marks the Central National Bank’s 27th anniversary with friends invited to visit. Mrs Ed Hibbitt and Mrs G M Wilson have returned from the Eastern Star convention in Indianapolis.
Greencastle leaders press to restore the city on the eligible list for a U S Veterans hospital unit after being told it was dropped along with Bloomington. Local committee members traveled to Indianapolis and Crawfordsville in attempts to secure an audience with the review panel.
Ignatius Bruner aged about 12 from 50 Maple Avenue was brought to police headquarters after fleeing earlier. He gave conflicting stories to Mayor and Police Chief Otto Dobbs, and identified his mother at 503 Maple Avenue. His father, Clarence Bruner, a World War II veteran, was taken to a Danville hospital, with authorities suspecting the boy ran away after concerns about school.
In Danville Illinois two brothers Carl Cusick and Raymond Cusick 27 and 22 both Bloomington Indiana residents were jailed on charges of robbing the First State Bank at Indianola Illinois last Friday. Carl admitted his name was not Carl Allen and officers found his cash share of about 246 dollars from a 3000 dollar loot. The brothers were arrested after buying new cars with cash.
Miss Mary Agnes Miller Greencastle county nurse announces any organization in Greencastle may join the May Day Health Parade set for May 7. All Greencastle township schools will participate showing health promotion work with keen student interest in preparations.
The annual Greencastle High School Junior Senior prom is set for May 16 with senior guests hosted by the Junior class. Miss Pearl Gibson, sponsor, will supervise the affair. The Senior Review Love Pirate runs May 6 and 7. The eighth grade entertainment is May 9. Mrs Nellie F Stratton is arranging the program.
DePauw University professors Mitchell Jones Vreeland and Neiswanger are on the program for the Indiana Association of Economists and Sociologists meeting at Indiana University May 9 and 10. IU professors Morrison Luck and Mark Mills organize the event. Mitchell presides Friday afternoon and speaks Saturday on investment trusts.
Vogel and Hill present the Big Honey Boy Motorized Minstrel Tent Show at Walnut Street Show Grounds for one night only Monday May 5. Led by John W. Vogel and Paul C. Hill the troupe travels by auto with trucks carrying tents and effects. A free street parade and a 7:30 band concert precede the performance.
Mutinous convicts at Ohio State Penitentiary clash with guards as machine guns sweep the yard. Two inmates are seriously wounded and guards suffer minor injuries. National guardsmen patrol Columbus streets while warden and authorities tighten discipline after a deadly April fire left 320 inmates dead.
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