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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1923
Page
6
Putnam County Superintendent Vermillion postpones the opening of county schools from September 3 to September 10 because many one room schools lack licenses for Agriculture and Domestic Science. 28 schools affected. teachers secured licenses for common branches but await August exam results.
An airplane circled the home of Mr and Mrs J B Eudaly in Clinton Falls near 1030 Friday morning and an aviator dropped an object. They believed it was a message from Gale O Neal Eudaly at Wright Field Dayton Ohio but the search failed to locate it. He is expected home around September 1.
Mr and Mrs E E Caldwell have completed a four week auto tour of Colorado visiting Denver Pike s Peak Manitou Garden of the Gods Lookout Mountain Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. They traveled 3300 miles camping in tourist camps.
Mr. Caldwell learns in Colorado that tourists must buy a Colorado Auto license. He pays with a $5 bill and receives four silver dollars, a silver half dollar, and two silver quarters in change. The state issues one license plate per tourist machine to register cars for theft prevention and tourist tracking.
A car skidded on gravel along Ocean Highway ten miles east of Grove land near 10 30 AM injuring Mr and Mrs H J Bamimfelsm their son and two relatives. Mrs Bamimfelsm dislocated shoulder. others had minor cuts and bruises. Dr Veach treated them at Bainbridge and they went to Indianapolis in Rector ambulance en route to Chicago. Vehicle taken to Bainbridge garage for repair.
Rural E. Allee 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Allee, of Cloverdale area, died after long tuberculosis. He taught at Eminence High School for two years after graduating, and his brother Eugene had also died of the same illness. Survived by parents and one sister Mrs. Virgil Whitaker. body to be brought to Cloverdale for burial.
The Greencastle postoffice receives a parcel post truck to be operated by Lawrence Clure. Under a government agreement the delivery man purchases the truck and is allowed 70 dollars a month for its use.
Mr Crump selected a Chevrolet Light Truck chassis with a screened express body from Hawkins Sales Co. The truck arrived Saturday and will greatly improve parcel post deliveries over the horse and wagon method.
C. Huestis of Greencastle Indiana, a trustee of the Indiana State Farm, was named as the Indiana representative to the annual American Prison Association congress to be held in Boston Mass September 13 to 19.
A social shower for Mrs Charles Steegmiller was hosted by Miss Mattie Smith Miss Zella Lane and Mrs Ralph Randel at the Thomas home near Clinton Falls in honor of the bride formerly Miss Bonnie Lane. Pink and white decorations and refreshments accompanied a noting of many gifts.
The National road near Mt. Meridian to Cloverdale is paving progress. Drivers can reach the pavement west of Mt. Meridian via Back Bone road to the old Flatwood schoolhouse corner and go south to Paul Hurst farm. The Reelsville cut-off is finished and opened, removing the Reelsville hill and two railroad crossings and severing Reelsville from the National road.
Mrs E B Evens Miss Myra Goulding Miss Lizzie Goulding and Thomas Welch returned Friday from a six week western trip visiting Los Angeles Santa Rosa Portland Spokane Cheyenne and Yellowstone Park. They covered 7000 miles with minimal auto trouble and varied roads during the journey.
Hurst and Vaughan sold thirty head of dairy cows at the D. W. Moffett farm along the National road, 1.5 miles west of Mt. Meridian. Average price was $70 with a top of $132.50. Sheep sold from $8.75 to $7.25.
Officials from the United States Department of Agriculture and Purdue University conducting a countywide survey to eradicate common barberry locate no barberry trees so far. The effort follows a prior campaign by former county agent Fouts who eliminated much of the shrub, and the team will persist until the task is complete.
The county is free of barberry claims but rust on wheat in Putnam county suggests the weed may exist somewhere within the area. Nearby counties report substantial barberry finds, indicating potential spread across borders.
A Greencastle lad offered another 50 cents to cash a $10.50 check at the First National Bank. The teller questioned the youth and three boys were found nearby. Authorities think the older boy wrote the bad check while the younger, innocent, was misled.
C C Malan longtime Russellville superintendent has been chosen as history professor at the State Normal School Terre Haute. He resigned January 1 and earned a degree at Chicago University to qualify for the post.
The postal department urges painting rural mail boxes white with the head of family names on both sides in one inch black letters. Boxes and supports should be repainted annually to enhance appearance and extend life on rural routes.
Allee and Ivan Vaughan of Putnam County, living near Belle Union, left Green Castle for the West in a Ford with camping gear and arrived at Yellowstone Park on August 12. They praise Indiana roads and plan to return via Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri after a cross‑country trip through Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Wyoming.
Seven gunmen held up the Allen Dale Inn at Warren and Snyder streets early today, restraining about 170 patrons and stealing money and jewelry. Five people were shot, seriously injured, including George D. Wilson of Wilson Body Co. The robbers fled in a car. a chase ended with a fatal shooting of a Monroe police officer as the suspect vehicle was spotted there.
English evangelist Gypsy Smith arrived quietly in Indianapolis Aug 20 after a New York to rest stop. He stayed with Henry Ostrom Jr. in Greencastle and planned private meetings with Dr. Henry Ostrom Sr., avoiding public events during his Wichita task.
Adam C Brunner and Ora E Weaver both of Terre Haute. Christian G Hartman and Effie V Leachman both of Greencastle. George Coverhill and Minnie Snider both of Greencastle.
A serious automobile collision occurred Sunday morning shortly after 9 on Crawfordsville road about a mile south of Lapland when a Ford touring car struck a Nash touring car. The Nash car was involved with injuries reported.
Frank Peek of Indianapolis drives with Mrs Peek and three children as the Akers Nash collision occurs on a road near the Shades. Mrs Akers sustains severe scalp wounds and facial injuries. daughter Ailleen Akers suffers a broken collar bone and possible chest injuries. son Dwight and others injured less severely. Ambulance transports all to Culver Union Hospital.
typhoon toll exceeds 200 with over 100 drowned and about 100 killed or injured ashore at Mocaco on Saturday many entombed as houses collapsed soldiers and firemen rescue buried victims the Netherlands Harbor Works dredger grounded undamaged trees uprooted and chapel roof blown off at the Catholic cemetery
The Carpenter Construction Company on the National Old Trails state road near Mt Meridian laid 750 feet of brick pavement in one regular working day. The crew aims to complete more than half a mile of unfinished road by next Saturday by averaging 600 feet daily.
The Hoosier Motor Club reports the Reelsville cut-off is completed and opened to traffic at 5 o'clock Friday night. Travelers bid farewell to the gravel road over the hills and the two dangerous Stade crossings over the Pennsylvania railroad. The new route required turns in the east end to avoid fills and bridges and does not make the B line across the bottoms.
Rotarians from Crawfordsville Frankfort Greencastle Indianapolis Lafayette Lebanon and Terre Haute clubs plan a Lafayette Country Club picnic on Thursday September 6. Gillen of Greencastle chairs the group. Activities include a 9 am golf tournament entertainment athletic events and a visit to the Lafayette Rotary Clubhouse and Park fresh air camp for needy ty children.
RB C Craig, an attorney, hooked a blue catfish weighing about ten pounds in a clay factory pond near Brazil. The prize fish, long sought by area anglers, was too large to clean in Craig’s kitchen.
A small parcel addressed to Miss Irene Huestis at 105 South Locust Street from Germany arrived at the Greencastle post office Monday morning. The stamps used on the package totaled 35000 marks, equivalent to about 7000 dollars prior to the war.
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