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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1929
Page
1
A humorous verse rails at high fashion costs for the well dressed girl describing a list from shoes to cosmetics totaling about one thousand dollars annually. The piece mocks the expense needed to maintain stylish appearance and notes various price points from millinery to beauty parlors.
Harry F. Sinclair, chairman of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, will keep full control of the firm and its twenty subsidiaries after a board meeting. Directors, moved by his mood and the Teapot Dome case, unanimously passed a vote of confidence, quelling rumors of liquidation as Sinclair faced potential jail time.
A humorous, opinion heavy note contrasts cigarette ash in spinach with changing social norms as women increasingly smoke in public spaces. The writer imagines a scene with Nancy Hardin of New York, proposes a playful social demo, and teases local figures including a mayor and a car dealer.
Funeral services for Nellie Jordon 30 daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry M Jordon south of Cloverdale will be held at Smyrna Church near Cloverdale Wednesday at 10 30 a m Rev W E Gill of Green castle to conduct service Interment in Cloverdale cemetery She spent most of life at the home of Mr and Mrs V V Dank McCammack near Belle Union and was taken to Evansville State Hospital a week ago Surviving are several brothers and sisters.
The second annual May Day Festival of Putnam county schools will be held in Greencastle on Wednesday at 2 o'clock May 1 National Health Day in America. The parade, under the Putnam County Tuberculosis Association, features health projects and ends with a group photo near the courthouse. A silver loving cup will be awarded to the school with the best health promotion display.
State fish and game superintendent George N. Mannfeld announces a closed season on eleven protected species from tomorrow until June 16. Protected species include smallmouth and largemouth bass, bluegill, yellow perch, pickerel, silver bass, rock bass, red eared sunfish, white and black crappie and wall eyed pike. Fishermen may target non protected species such as carp, suckers, catfish and ordinary sunfish to comply with the laws.
Romas Woitkowiak, 22, of Gary Indiana, received a suspended 1 to 5 year sentence in the Indiana State Reformatory after intercession by prominent citizens and Judge James P Hughes. He had escaped from the state farm and was freed today pending the suspension.
The first straw hat of the season showed up in Greencastle today drawing more attention than Henry Ford's latest product debut. The hat was worn by a stern looking out-of-town visitor whose name was not learned by this reporter.
A $17,000 bond issue was sold Monday by Trustee Warren W. Newgent of Clinton Township to Fletcher Savings & Trust Co. of Indianapolis for a premium of $5.70. Proceeds fund ground purchase, a new addition, and repairs to Clinton Center High School. Bids for the addition and repair were reviewed, with contracts to be awarded soon to Pruitt & Masten or Hostettler of Sullivan. Eighteen contractors bid the project. heating and plumbing went to Reising and Boesen of Greencastle.
Yesterday at the S. F. Lockridge farm a Shorthorn sale drew a large crowd but bidding was weak and stock sold for about half its value. Also reported yesterday is the death of Uncle Stacy Combs at his Reelsville home. In Greencastle the Zine and Lead Mining Company stockholders held their annual meeting with F. A. Hays elected president D. C. Hughes vice president and Ed Harris treasurer.
A tragic accident on State Road 20 seven miles north of Shelbyville claimed two lives, Lester Wilkerson, 19, of Indianapolis, and Roy Ealey. Onlookers watched as Wilkerson, engulfed in flames, cried for release while several women prayed nearby. Firefighters could not reach him within ten feet due to the intense heat. Wilkerson died bravely after believing rescue was futile, and Ealey’s body was burned beyond recognition.
Putnam Credit Association warned Tuesday about a check forger who operated in Greencastle on Saturday. Merchants accepted checks signed C. F. Williams drawn on local banks payable to Frank Harlan for amounts from 12 to 16 dollars. The man was over six feet tall and wore a light suit. checks bore the label labor checks.
George E. Noll, 66, operator of a farm still east of Greencastle, was arrested Sunday by local police. He pleaded guilty to possession of liquor and is released on $500 bond pending sentencing before Mayor Charles McGaughey Wednesday afternoon.
A petition signed by 42 Kokomo residents urged Indiana Attorney General James M. Oxden to aid in curbing alleged protection of lawlessness. They charged Howard County prosecutors with refusing to file additional charges to combat political corruption in Kokomo.
Children from three wards take part in two operettas Toy Pageant by Morton Marshall and Dream Boat by Arthur A Penn. Performances begin at eight under K R Umfleet with staff including Evelyn Whin Lois Middleton as music directors and Jean Wilson Mary Alice Plaer as stage managers.
Vice-President and Mrs Henry B Longden of DePauw will arrive in Greencastle on Thursday after a nine week stay in Florida They left St Petersburg where they had been staying and went to Jacksonville for a brief stop before returning directly home
Dean Louis H. Dirks will conduct a Hi Y vocational conference in Bloomington on Wednesday and Thursday and will speak at the Crothersville commencement program Friday evening.
White Plains reports Earl Pranels Peacox age 22 confessed to murdering his estranged wife Dorothy Heinzelman Peacox whose burned body was found on a Scarsdale estate. Frances Newman, 19, of New York City, held as material witness as authorities call the motive love madness and Collected evidence at Mount Vernon.
Eugene Pulliam editor of the Lebanon Reporter will address the DePauw Press club banquet at 6 PM Tuesday at College Avenue Methodist Church. A founder of Sigma Delta Chi and member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, he will share as part of a program featuring newspaper stunts for about forty members and guests.
A forecast calls for thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight followed by mostly fair conditions Wednesday. Warmer tonight in the northeast, cooler on Wednesday, with fresh to strong southerly winds shifting to northwest.
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