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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1928
Page
1
Charles J. Arnold writes a freewheeling column about fashion in 1928 knees and public water, recounting a clash with a water softener seller and a meddling neighbor. He complains about changes to Walnut Creek water, jokes about weather reports, and muses on local bids and the city engineer.
At a mass meeting in Anderson Indiana taxpayers prepared to challenge a 20 percent horizontal valuation rise by the state board of tax commissioners. Committees were appointed to argue against the increase before the tax board.
James A Allison founder of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway died at Riverdale Springs near Indianapolis at 6 50 last evening aged 55. bronchial pneumonia followed a heavy cold contracted on a business trip in the East. funeral arrangements tentatively set for Monday. burial at Crown Hill. Fisher expected in town. second marriage to Lucille Mussett announced last week.
Robert Lefty Rhoads aged 18 died at Clinton Hospital after fracturing two vertebrae in a diving accident at Happyland pool. He had been paralyzed since the incident but could talk, with doctors hoping for recovery before his death. His father McHenry Rhoads and two brothers arrived to take the body to Lexington, Kentucky.
Daniel Brewer Vancleave of New Market, a pioneer resident aged 76, died at his home Thursday afternoon at 3 20 o clock after a three week illness from arter ial sclerosis. He is survived by his widow and four children.
Lack of interest and absence of communication from the Loar Independent Chautauqua Company lead Greencastle backers to believe the August 7 to 11 program is cancelled. County Agent Robertson Stevenson echoed the view, noting the contract cancellation saves twenty five guarantors ten dollars each.
Frank O. Evens former manager of The Tribune now serves as secretary treasurer and business manager of the Kokomo Dispatch and has moved his family to Kokomo. He sold his Peru residence at 409 East Main Street to E. C. Murphy. Evens bought a lot in Forest Park to build before purchasing a southwest Kokomo home. He joined Poynter and Gifford publishers with Paul Poynter as president and Mr Gifford as vice president and editor. Evens managed The Tribune for eight years beginning with the paper’s founding. He is brother to Roy Evens of The Herald and formerly lived at Cloverdale.
An affidavit filed in Putnam Circuit Court charges Ben Nicholson with failure to provide for four children. The document is signed by G. W. Potter.
Harold Harpold 21 a truck driver and Lenora Clodfelter 20 a teacher of Russellville secured a marriage license.
Officials at the Indiana State Farm Putnamville foiled a prisoner escape plan. The shale pit inmate, part of a gang, hid eighteen inches deep with air space between rocks. After failing roll call, guards searched the pit and guard Wilson pulled him from the grave before darkness.
Harry Williams aged 49 was found dead today in Sugar Creek. Coroner Griffith attributes death to accidental drowning after Williams had been dead several days. he was last seen on Tuesday. Survived by brothers Herman and Morton, both of Crawfordsville.
Captain B. Martin of Cloverdale spoke to the G. A. R. last night at a Chickamauga altar dedication made from battle shot and shell. Alva Brock presented the altar years earlier. Rev. Henry Ostrom and his family left for Mountain Lake Park Maryland for several weeks. Conrad Gautier heads to Springfield tonight then St. Louis for Pleezee. Mr and Mrs Curtis Hughes spend a few days in Chicago.
All England salutes Capt. Frank T. Courtney for landing his blazing seaplane at sea and saving three companions and himself. He and E. B. Hosmer Fred Pierce and E. W. Gilmour were rescued by the liner Minnewaska after altering course thrice and abandoning the plane due to a burned engine and exhausted radio batteries.
Lafayette resident John Oscar Beck, 47, a writer, drowned in Wildcat Creek two miles north of Dayton while trying to save his son John from drowning. His son John was rescued by another son, Oscar, who found the body lodged against a log after bringing John to the bank. Beck could not swim and no resuscitation was possible. The family had gone wading to beat the heat.
Members of the Greencastle Country Club and Crawfordsville Country Club plan a golf tournament at the Crawfordsville course this Sunday. Several local members and families will travel for the event. Last Sunday twenty six men attended a tournament at Attica.
A Pontiac dirt track racer built at the Stark and Griffith agency ran Friday evening at Brazil Speedway and exceeded 60 miles an hour. Modifications include light weight pistons, new valves, and other mechanical changes to handle dirt track strain. The car is entered in Jungle Park races north of Rockville on Sunday.
A deal transfers Granada Motion Picture Theater from McCarrell Enterprises to Harry Vonderschmitt interests who own the Voncastle Theater. O L Goodlander, current manager of the Voncastle, will oversee both venues and promise continued high class entertainment under consolidated management.
In Vincennes Indiana the death toll from the Indian Refinery oil tank explosion near Lawrenceville Illinois reached 23 with 12 injured hospital bound. Eight additional injured were at Olney Sanitarium and may worsen. Coroner and Illinois authorities continue investigations as Lawrenceville holds memorial services for the victims. Stores closed as burials proceed.
The Hutcheson reunion will be held Sunday at Philip Hutcheson's home on R R 7.
Local forecaster warns of possible thunderstorms tonight and into Sunday with cooler conditions by Sunday. Northwest and central areas may feel the drop in temperatures as the system moves through.
Polish trans Atlantic fliers Major Louis Idzikowski and Major Casimir Kubala continued toward the American coast, with signals from ships indicating a route shift toward a shorter ocean crossing. Reports placed the plane east of earlier positions as it covered roughly halfway the European to North American distance.
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