Picnic Day Features Planned By Committee
The committee has arranged a splendid day with events including a baby show a wheelbarrow polo contest a merry go round and an airplane exhibition plus customary drinks and eats for the audience.
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1919
Page
1
Christies Talk at Putnam Picnic with Entertainers
Greencastle hosts a Putnam County Farmers Association picnic on August 20 featuring the Christie to speak, a Greencastle band and Indianapolis colored jazz band, a baby show for ages eighteen months and under, wheelbarrow polo, tug of war, and free admission. Airplane stunts from Kokomo field offer $1 per minute rides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Indianapolis
Putnam County
Farmers
Fkes
Cannon
G. I. Christie
Washington, D. C
Putnam County Farmers’ Association
Christie
Kokomo Aviation Field
Fort Harrison Hospital to Close September 1
Indianapolis August 12 Col. Paul L Freeman commanding officer of the general hospital at Fort Benjamin Harrison has orders from the war department to close the hospital September 1. The post hospital will stay open and non special cases will be moved there while those needing close attention go to other general hospitals in the Middle West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Col
Paul L. Freeman
General Hospital
Fort Benjamin Harrison
War Department
Middle West
Southport appoints Charles Deich as school superintendent
Charles Deich, previously in charge of Southport schools during Frank Wallace's Indiana University summer absence, is elected superintendent of Southport Public Schools. He will also teach physics in the high school housed in a recently built $100,000 building with about 100 students enrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Deich
Frank Wallace
Indiana University
Southport
Ind
Indianapolis
Deich
Greencastle
Indiana
Putnamville
Clinton Center
Wyckoff Probes Indiana Sugar Situation
Indiana cities face sugar shortages as Stanley Wyckoff federal sugar distributor seeks to cut war department red tape delaying ten carloads from St Louis. He lobbies Senators New and Watson and engages the New York sugar equalization bureau to press for immediate shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Stanley Wyckoff
War Department
St. Louis
Chicago
Wyckoff
New and Watson
Department
New York Sugar Equalization Bureau
Wesley Chapel revival draws crowd amid thrift and song
A Wesley Chapel gathering drew a good crowd as Mr. Maxwell announced raising 25 Greencastle cents for the Ben Hur lighting system. He sang and the preacher urged saving faith includes repentance and obedience, citing Israel’s brazen serpent as a symbol of healing and ending with Pilate’s question about Jesus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell
Greencastle
Mr. Maxwell
Lord Jesus Christ
Christ
Jesus Christ
Israel
Moses
Pilate
Jesus
Institute program announced for Putnam County teachers event
The Putnam County Teachers announce an annual program to be held in the high school auditorium starting Monday August 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County Teachers
Maxwell to Lead Singing at Putnam County Institute
The Putnam County Teachers Institute runs August 18 to 22 in the high school auditorium. Prof. W. W. Sweet of DePauw University replaces illness-stricken Mrs. Olcott and will discuss the worth of history in public schools alongside daily musical interludes by Mr. Maxwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County Teachers’ Institute
W. W. Sweet
DePauw University
Frank Wallace
Olcott
Sweet
E. E. Jones
Northwestern University
F. C. Tilden
Mr. Maxwell
Dr. Jones
Dr. Sweet
Tilden
Students Secure Licenses in State and County
Twenty six students earned state teachers licenses while nineteen gained county licenses in a recent certification drive.
Examinations July 26 Pass Rates for State and Putnam Licenses
Superintendent Frank Wallace announced that 26 of 34 applicants passed the state teachers licenses exam and 19 of 26 Putnam county candidates succeeded. The July 26 tests named multiple passers including Dorothy Cline and Mary Lewis among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Frank Wallace
Dorothy Cline
Winifred Elrod
Lela Walls
Earl 8B
Sutherlin
Koleen Knoy
Pearl Maze
Florence Foster
Ruth Mugg
Russell Newgent
Ruth
Mary Lewis
Edna Hand
Emmett Hunter
Blanche Miller
Frances Goddard
Lottie Steele
Ida Knauer
Mamie Hollingsworth
Bertha Blatchley
Mary Priest
Pauline Glover
Reggie Miller
Glendon Rightsell
Carl Clodfelter
Florence Cox
Roy Jones
Athol Bridges
Ethel Devaney
E. Frost Hurst
Shopmen Strike End Seen As Settlement Near
Chicago August 12 Officials voiced optimism that the federated railway shopmen strike near an early return to work pending wage discussions or a strike vote ballots distributed from Washington. Some local plants remained firm while thousands elsewhere reportedly returned or prepared to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federated Railway
Washington
Wilson
Roachdale Couple Weds in Local Ceremony
Dar A Robinson son of Edward and Mrs Robinson and Edith Marie Cook daughter of Albert and Mrs Cook were married this afternoon at Roachdale. Glen Sears visiting his parents will return to Fort Oglethorpe Georgia this week. Sears will be discharged from four years of service in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dar A. Robinson
Edward Robinson
Roachdale
Edith Marie Cook
Albert George Cook
Glen Sears
Joseph Sears
Fort Oglethorpe
Sergt. Sears
Minister and Car Drenched in Lake Baptism Gaffe
The Rev. Don Nichols of Locust Street Church attempted baptism by immersion after a baptism service. His car, left on a Bethany Park Lake shore, rolled into five feet of water as he chased it with a teamster's help. Both car and minister were soaked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Nichols
Locust Street
Nichols
Bethany Park Lake
2 000 000 Army Blankets to be Sold to Public
The War Department announced the sale of 2,000,000 surplus blankets through post offices and municipal channels on the same plan as foodstuffs. Prices: $6 new wool, $5 reclaimed wool, $0.35 for new cotton mixed, $3 for new cotton, with reclaimed equivalents listed. Reclaimed blankets are those used less than a year and renovated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Comstock Resigns Management Of Greencastle Store
H J Comstock resigns as manager of the Trick Brothers five and ten store in Green castle effective in two weeks. He came from Benton Harbor Michigan and will move to Monroe Michigan to manage a Hutchens syndicate store. He has run the Greencastle branch for over six years and plans to relocate with his wife within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Comstock
Trick Brothers
Hoag
Comstock
Greencastle
Benton Harbor
Mich
Monroe
Hutchens Syndicate
Miss Edith Couk Weds Dar Robinson In Roachdale Home
A private afternoon wedding was held at Mrs. Mary J. Couk's Roachdale home for Edith M. Couk and Indianapolis pharmacist Dar A. Robinson. Rev. A B Mayhall officiated. The couple plans a home in Indianapolis after a Great Lakes trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. Couk
Roachdale
Edith M. Couk
Dar A. Robinson
Indianapolis
A. 8. Mayhall
Robinson
Roachdale High School
Butler College
Williamson Divorce Sought After Thirty Nine Years
Mrs. Sarah M. Williamson filed for absolute divorce from William Williamson in Putnam circuit court after 39 years of marriage. She seeks $500 alimony and maintenance funds. The couple wed in September 1880 and separated August 2 1919, they have four children aged over 21. William Armstrong and grandson Charles Putt of Roachdale were in Greencastle on business and Harry LaRue from Star barber shop will attend the Quincy picnic Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah M. Williamson
Hays & Murphy
Putnam
William Williamson
William Armstrong
Charles Putt
Roachdale
Greencastle
Harry LaRue
Star
Quincy
Pretty Home Wedding Is Solemnized Miss Evans Weds Brinson
Miss Tessa Evans daughter of Mr and Mrs T E Evans became the bride of Brinson of St Petersburg Fla at noon today at the Evans home on Hanna Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tessa Evans
T. E. Evans
Brinson
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Evone
Hanna Street
Double Ring Ceremony for Evans Brinson Nuptials
At noon on Tuesday August 12 Miss Rachel Tessa Evans and Mr Cyprian Carroll Brinson of St Petersburg Fla were married at the Evans home in a double ring ceremony conducted by Rev Blaine E Kirkpatrick. Attendants included Miss Beatrice Evans and Captain William P Evans. The couple will reside in St Petersburg and were joined by many out of town guests from Indianapolis Terre Haute Booneville Clinton and St Louis among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Evans
Rachel Tessa Evans
Cyprian Carroll Brinson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Calita Pritchard
Helen Fraley
Fraternity
Mendelssohn
Blaine E. Kirkpatrick
College Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Terre Haute
Miss Evans
William E. Evans
Ray M. Evans
Thomas M. Evans
Will V. Evans
Bert Beasly
George M. Evans
Mary Evans
T. J. Rukes
George Hough
Irene Foster
Attica
Jay A. Craven
Indianapolis
Dorothy Burris
Cloverdale
Verda Knox
Darlington
W. L. Jennings
St. Louis
Merry Dancers Disturb Wire Service of Nation
Telegraph and telephone communication across the United States and Canada was seriously interrupted yesterday afternoon by the aurora borealis. The phenomenon knocked out thousands of miles of wire and was felt as far south as Kansas City according to Western Union reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Canada
Kansas City
Western Union Telegraph Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fort Harrison
Wesley Chapel
Fomorver
Harry Maxwell
Jones
F. Tilden
Wikewel
Dr Jones
I. C. Tilden
America
League of Nations
E. M. Liston
Tridiay
Secet
Latin America
Edith Couk
Dar Robinson
Williamson VS. Williamson
Wire Service
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