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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1919
Page
1
Grencastle commercial body to push state chamber of commerce for an exhaustive investigation following a Tuesday request from the Grencastle Commercial Club.
The Indiana State Chamber of Commerce will conduct an exhaustive investigation into the cost of living at the request of Greencastle Chamber of Commerce. The inquiry will cover production costs for foodstuffs transportation handling and profits along the supply chain. The board will meet this week to start the study.
Indianapolis receipts show hogs falling 50 cents to 21.50 as 9 500 hogs sold with packers buying 6 500. Cattle rose modestly while calves and sheep held steady amid a mixed market.
Real estate transfers include John P. Park to John O. Broom and wife for land in Franklin with consideration of $1. Louisa F. Brown to Laura B. McFadden for a Bainbridge lot. Arthur M. Martin to Lillie D. Asher for a Greencastle lot with consideration of $2,000.
Mrs Sadie Burk fell Friday and broke a limb. Nancy Bray of Plainfield has returned home. Mr and Mrs William Lane and Miss Hester Boswell were in Frankfort Indiana. Harvey Thomas recovering after a horse kick. Several visited Abner Sigler last Thursday. Large crowd at Eli Boswell’s dance and ice cream Saturday. Mollie Rowing returned home from visiting Sallie Bettis. Josephine Miller returned to Silverwood Indiana after visiting grandparents. The Shades trip by several locals. Zella Thomas visited Blanche Miller. Home coming at Brick Chapel drew attendees. Frank Vermillion has a cistern dam. Thelm a Bettis visited grandmother Sarah Bettis Sunday.
Orleans Cow Testing Association members will exhibit pure bred dairy cattle at the Indiana State Fair. County Agent F W Frank notes the group shows as an association, not individuals. Other reports cover high egg yields per hen in DeKalb County, limestone use boosting wheat yields in Jefferson County, oat losses to smut in Blackford County, and fertilizer and limestone demonstrations in Sullivan and Daviess counties. Fertilizer trials yield 7.5 to 14.2 bushels per acre, while unfertilized plots stay near 4.5. Locust damage in Jennings County is mitigated by nitrate treatment, and ground limestone deliveries head to farmers for fall applications. The Brown family reunion is set for August in Putnamville.
Paul Crodian aged 21 son of Charles and Mrs Crodian and Beulah Hall aged 18 daughter of Harvey and Mrs Hall both of Roachdale are granted a marriage license. Crodian will teach this winter at Bainbridge High School.
Brazil Sunday school superintendent recently returned from abroad will speak at Union Service on Christian Church Sunday evening, August 24.
William E. Carpenter of Brazil will speak at the union church on August 24 in the Christian church. His talk, The Armenian Question, draws on his Armenia trip and his role as superintendent of Brazil’s large Methodist Sunday school. He describes Armenians’ starvation and outlines aid possibilities.
In Reelsville Mrs. Walter Burks and children and Mrs. Cora Stanley and children visited Mary Burks last week. Maria, daughter of Brazil resident Mrs. Martha Aker, is seriously ill with typhoid fever. Another hill accident left a Chevrolet sedan on its side with no injuries. Elzina Sears sold property to Wilbur Butts for 1525 dollars. C. E. Hill works at Manhattan store of J. F. Gillespie Company this week. A threshing outfit snagged a low telephone wire during a town run, prompting hopes to improve the system. Tom Brown of Brazil spent Sunday with his father M. B. Brown. Mrs. Gertrude McCorkle of Staunton is visiting Greencastle with Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Hawkins. she is Dr. Hawkins's sister.
Purdue extension reports 396 demonstrations by 395 Indiana farmers across 39 counties show economical hog feeding. Most demos cover hogging off corn with supplements or using self feeders with concentrated protein feeds. The program aims to tailor methods to local conditions and has broad statewide reach. Separate notes mention Wesley Chapel revival with Rev. L D Dodd and a Greencastle auto polish promotion by J N Gundy.
An aviation training and transportation company of WA Bash Indiana announces an open passenger flight event in Green Castle next Saturday. Flights will carry passengers for $15, inviting locals to experience air travel under supervision.
An aviation event arrives next Saturday with pilot E C Cochran and machinist Terry Earlywine. P D Shoemaker arranges a landing field on James Bridges farm east of town. Flights depart 8 to 9 am and continue all day. Base ride 15 dollars for at least 15 minutes, longer rides extra. The Wabash station machines have operated widely in the state.
Liberty residents report visits and hospitality as families and friends gather at homes in Indianapolis Center Point and Greencastle. Notable attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Keiser, Mr. and Mrs. Syester, the Campbell family, and the Frilts funeral guests.
Oscar Keiser hosted a social at his home Saturday evening with guests including Mr and Mrs Henry Keiser and daughter Sarah, Mr and Mrs August Keiser and two children, Mr and Mrs Albert Keiser and four children, Mr and Mrs Fred Keiser and two children, and Mr and Mrs Court Griffith and son. Ice cream and cake were served.
The marriage of Miss Marjorie Williamson and Glen Gardner surprised Greencastle friends. The couple wed Tuesday afternoon in Paris, Illinois, where Gardner recently returned from France with the American army. They will reside here as Gardner toils at Gardner's ice cream plant.
Clinton Falls residents attend church events and social gatherings. Mrs Lada Burk broke her leg last week. Zimri Menker returned home after visiting. George and Mrs Pierce hosted dinner at Brick Chapel. Ice cream social at Eli Boswell's drew many. Morton beat Mecca in a ball game. Ross Clodfelter visited George Pierce. Numerous neighbors visited and hosted relatives throughout the week. Fred Miller and Zella Thomas visited Cecil Flint who is wounded by a gun incident.
The Perry reunion drew many attendees at the M. E. church ice cream social Saturday night. Visitors included Edna Curtis from Olympia Washington visiting her relatives the Wallace family. Hospitality extended as Dr Theo S Jennings of Louisville visited his granddaughter Nellie Lillian and Will Glidewell's family. Other locals hosting and visiting relatives across town or in nearby Roachdale Columbus Ind Terre Haute Lyons Kans.
Charley B. Gambold promoted to head the local Hurst & Co branch after four years with the firm. Gambold previously served with Merly Coatesville Mercant.
Charley B. Gambold of Coatesville has been appointed manager of the Greencastle Hurst & Company store to replace C. C. Haymond who resigned. Gambold, a former DePauw attendee and longtime Coatesville merchant, has spent four years with the Hurst organization and over a year at Greencastle. He began duties Wednesday morning.
Miss Belle Hanna, city librarian, reports new catalogued books across literature history poetry travel science and social topics. Titles include Kipling Ward Coester Humphrey Kilmer Lowes Bond Dewey Cabell Conrad Hergesheimer Locke Marshall and O Brien among others with topics from poetry to war era analysis and public life.
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