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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1915
Page
1
Dean R. G. McCutchan states DePauw Music School will have its best year with a Chicago singer secured to succeed Prof. Ira Pratt as professor of voice. Only one vacancy remains to be filled.
DePauw University announces Herbert M. Bailey of Chicago will succeed Ira Pratt as professor of singing in the School of Music. The coming year's faculty is nearly set with most last year's members returning. Three resignations occurred, and Paul Tincher Smith is replaced by Don Julian of Delphi, a junior.
DePauw University strengthens its liberal arts music program with the appointment of Herbert M. Bailey to the voice department. The article notes Bailey’s background with Music News, stage work in Chicago, a recital tour, and MFA training, highlighting his suitability to lead vocal studies as part of Dean R. G. McCutchan’s retooled faculty.
Music News reports that a new voice teacher will join the DePauw University School of Music in Greencastle this September. Dean McCutchan has attracted major artists, boosting concerts and amateur productions while preparing a larger next-year enrollment. Miss Gladys Jolly will continue as private secretary and correspondence has been active to prospective students.
Typhoid fever ends life of 14 year old Dayman Fultz of Cloverdale, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Fultz, after two weeks illness. Cloverdale reports multiple other cases.
Cayman Fultz age 14, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Fultz of Cloverdale, dies at 9 Sunday morning after two weeks of typhoid fever. Fred Fultz is Cloverdale township assessor. Seven or eight Typhoid cases reported in Cloverdale. Others ill include William O Daniel son of J W O Daniel, Mrs Hattie Gor ham daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Rogers, a daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Burris, a son of Mr and Mrs Dora Hurst, and a son of Mr and Mrs Lafe Hood.
At the Panama-Pacific Exposition track meet in San Francisco, Ivan Myers of DePauw University, running for the Illinois Athletic Club, placed third in the mile. J. W. Wray of the same club won the mile as the club edged Irish American for top honors.
After tonight's rehearsal the band will conduct a business meeting in the band room. Manager D Conklin urges every member to attend due to the importance of the business. Rehearsal prepares for the Reelsville ice cream social on Tuesday and the concert here on Thursday.
Miss Florence Byrd of DePauw University Greencastle is directing the new domestic science department and installing equipment. The course will be a regular program next fall as students rush to enroll. Byrd previously taught in Ladoga schools and led for higher education.
Silas A. Hays of Greencastle arrives with his family and announces his candidacy for a trustee role with the Bay View Camp Ground Association in Indianapolis Star notes.
Charles Meikel asserts in mayor’s court that Lon Smith attempted to stab him while protecting his wife from Smith who is held on an $800 bond. Meikel’s affidavit details the alleged threat and the ongoing case status.
Lon Smith a night fireman at the Putnam Electric plant turned himself in after threatening his wife and menacing Charles Merkel with a knife. He was arraigned on assault and battery with intent to kill with bond set at 800 dollars.
Will Weiz, manager of Greencastle Orchard Co., Putnam County, led a display of twenty plates and eight states at the International Apple Shippers Association event in Chicago. Group two entries earned second with 89.2 points, behind Senator H. M. Dunlap’s group, as 362 acres of bearing trees and 15,000 to 20,000 barrels forecast this year.
The Greencastle Orchard Co. displayed apples at the International Apple Shippers Association show in Chicago and was awarded second place in a group of eight states.
S. E. Farmer of Mt. Meridian, long time local grocer, has bought the Cloverdale hotel from L. L. Runyan and takes possession today. His Mt. Meridian store was destroyed by fire last winter and he is well known in the eastern and southern parts of the county.
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