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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1928
Page
3
Glen Michael of Bainbridge visited Grencastle on Friday in a brief social encounter recorded by local notices. The report notes the Bainbridge resident’s presence and the activity surrounding the visit.
A. F. Ford of Bainbridge visited Greencastle on business Friday. Mr. and Mrs. John Melville and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Eitel drove to Chicago Friday morning for a weekend stay. Mrs. Wayne Pitts of Salem is visiting her sister Iliam Pavlos and Mr. Pavlos at "The Hut" for the week.
Miss Elizabeth Ward resumes work at the post office after a fifteen day vacation. Miss Beatrice Brown of Chicago returns home with her uncle Reese Matson, who accompanies her for a week. The Indiana State Amateur Golf tournament is set for the week of August 27 at French Lick Springs with both men and women participants. several Greencastle fans plan to attend.
John Gardner aged 73 was detained by Sheriff Edward Eitelforge after alarming local residents with peculiar actions. He stayed in the County Jail overnight and was released Friday morning. The incident followed by notes on community members and local activities.
Beck Sales Company reports the sale of a Chevrolet truck to Leslie Frank and a coach to D E Ruark on Chestnut Street. Ola Ellis, ill at home on West Walnut Street, was taken to the County Hospital Friday evening. Asphalt work on the Fillmore road began Saturday and will require several days to finish. Mr and Mrs Walter Williams and Claire returned home after visiting Laporte with Mr and Mrs Rollie Dobbs, Mrs Dobbs formerly Mabel Hurst. Donald Dobbs, son of the Dobbs couple, accompanied them.
Miss Helen Brothers resigns as assistant librarian and will begin teaching English in Sparta Illinois on September first. Miss Doris Bee is appointed assistant librarian and will assume duties Monday. The post office mail order catalogues weighing about 1,400 sacks are to be distributed by city carriers on rural routes in Greencastle.
Mrs J A Welch of Chicago is visiting Mrs Frank Allee on East Anderson Street.
Mr and Mrs Theodore Harris return to their home on East Hanna street after visiting Hope. The trip included a stop at the Masonic temple at Franklin.
Miss Dorothy Oakes daughter of Mr and Mrs J J Oakes Northweed has returned to her home from County hospital where she underwent an operation.
George M. Miller died Thursday afternoon after a months long illness. Last rites were conducted Saturday morning at his Madison township home and interment followed at Pleasant Hill cemetery.
Funeral services for Nelson Reeves a farmer of Greencastle township were held Saturday afternoon at Mt. Pleasant Church. Rev. E. S. Shumaker of Indianapolis conducted the service. Interment followed in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Potter and Mr. and Mrs. John Griffith plan a Sunday visit with Mr. and Mrs. George Conklin on West Columbia Street. Edna Potter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Potter, and a grandchild of George Conklin, will join the group from Mobile and Shelbyville.
Lucile Truesdel of Greencastle files suit for divorce from Jewel Truesdel in Putnam Circuit Court alleging continual fault and incompatibility. Married December 23 1927 and separated August 1928. Plaintiff formerly lived in Reelsville. F S Hamilton represents plaintiff.
Paul Underwood of Bloomington visits his uncle C. K. Priest and family at Brick Chapel to spend time with relatives during the stay.
Roy Clark of 602 South Illinois Street buys a new Whippet sedan delivered by Patterson Sales Co. in a local auto purchase.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Wood of Ladoga were guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs Ira Cowling and family on west Seminary street sharing a family visit and friendly conversation.
Fred O'Hair of the Central Nation al Bank is in Indianapolis for treatment for an infection of a finger. He is a patient at the Methodist Hospital. Earl L. Smith, Bainbridge mail carrier, formerly of Greencastle, reports catching a 15 pound catfish at Cataract Falls Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Stoner of Northwood arrived home Sunday from a motor trip to Wyandotte Cave and Leavenworth Indiana.
R. O. Secobee Delco Light dealer relocates from Quincy to 107 Bloomington Street with his family, settling in the local residence.
H B Walls receives a new Chandler from Otis Gardner as the automobile maker ships the vehicle to the owner. The handover marks a local car purchase featuring Otis Gardner dealership service.
E B Taylor Richard Taylor S C Sayers and Harold Talbott drove to French Lick Saturday evening and spent Sunday playing golf on the French Lick course.
Mrs Clyde Williams and her daughter Virginia travel to Detroit Michigan to visit Donald Williams employed with the Polk City Directors.
Indianapolis businessman William Ratcliff former Greencastle resident and head of a Live Stock Commission firm spent Monday in Greencastle on firm business.
Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Young and their son from Chicago are spending a week with Mr. and Mrs. Milligan Young and other relatives and friends.
Ola Ellis head of the Milton Brown agency insurance department is confined in Putnam County Hospital and faces likely surgery for gall stones.
Miss Ruth Kauble daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Kauble spends vacation with her parents in Madison township. She is a supervisor at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Don McLean, John Cartwright, Ray Smith and Gordon Sayers drove to Indianapolis early Monday to drive three new Ford cars down from the distributing factory.
Eugene Snider and his daughter Mrs. Theodore Bock left Sunday for Ellington Connecticut for a two week motor trip. Mrs Snider has been visiting there for three weeks and will return home with them.
Mr and Mrs Allen Tilden of Little Rock Arkansas announce the birth of a son. Mr Tilden is a former Greencastle boy and the son of Prof and Mrs F C Tilden, while Mrs Tilden was formerly Miss Grace Boyle of this city.
H C Allen and his daughter Miss Lucy Allen of Chicago visit Greencastle relatives including J P Allen. H C Allen once partnered with J P Allen in the local dry goods and clothing business. Clarence Hollick and friends tour Canada on leave from the local post office visiting Toronto Montreal and Quebec then attend the postal clerks convention in Cincinnati on the way home.
Born to Mr and Mrs Roy Clark Greencastle a son Sunday morning A G Riley of Cloverdale visited Greencastle today Mrs Hattie Hampton of West Elizabeth Street is ill Frank Evens of Kokomo was here Sunday guest of his brother Roy Evens
Mr and Mrs Cecil Brown have gone to Michigan to spend Mr Brown s vacation from the local postoffice. Mr Brown is a city carrier.
Mrs. C. F. E. Goff of Russellville started a three week trip visiting the Cumberland mountains Mammoth Cave Glasgow and Louisville in Kentucky and Tennessee with planned stops and sightseeing.
Dr and Mrs Cecil OBrien arrive home Sunday after a two week eastern tour. Stanley M Davis and son George return to Pimento Indiana after weekend visit with grandparents. Fire department responds to gas plant roof fire Monday. chemicals used to extinguish minor blaze with no serious damage.
Mr and Mrs H E Burkhalter and son Emmett attend the funeral of Dr H W Taylor in Rochester on Sunday The Masonic lodge and the American Legion presided over services with attendance described as among the largest ever seen in Rochester
Postmaster and Mrs. E. R. Bartley with daughter Minnie Mae and Miss Helen Brothers plan a motor trip to Kentucky and Ohio. Stops include Louisville and Lexington, tri state postmasters meeting in Kentucky, visits to Dr. Earl Blackerby Burlin and Dr. J. M. Blackerby Cincinnati, and a Friday night stay at Madison Clifty Hotel. Arrival home planned for next Saturday.
A rotogravure photo in the Indianapolis Star on Sunday shows Warren Pickens of Cloverdale holding a tar bucket crafted eighty five years ago by his father James Pickens.
Ben Nicholson of north Putnam County was arrested Monday on non-support charges. He pleaded not guilty and was jailed after failing to post a $500 bond.
Ira Holland of Terre Haute a deputy examiner for the State Board of Accounts spent Monday morning in Greencastle for several hours en route to Spencer He is well known locally.
Mr and Mrs Wallace Long of north Vine Street visited Leavenworth Indiana on Sunday. Mrs Emma Dodds, who had been visiting Leavenworth for three weeks, returned home with them.
Mrs. Seldon Vaughan of Belle Union underwent an appendicitis operation at Putnam County Hospital Monday morning. Dr. Hadley of Indianapolis performed the operation.
Mrs Oscar Craft of Brazil spent Sunday in Greencastle visiting local friends and strolling through town. She was greeted by residents and shared travel notes from her Midwest visit.
Chick Cunningham sustained a possible loss of eyesight from a left eye injury and a right hand injury on Sunday. He refused to detail how the injuries occurred but suggested his car was sideswiped in an auto accident.
Albert Callahan of Detroit Michigan visits Mrs Callahan and daughter Barbara at the home of Mr and Mrs John Hkimm on Chestnut Street and his mother Mrs William Callahan at G Will Conklin’s residence on South Locust Street.
Cars driven by Glenn Bachart of the Shannon restaurant in North Greencastle and a young man named Berry of Vivalia collided on the West Walnut Street road bridge Monday morning. Berry, employed in Gary, sustained a cut under the right eye treated by Dr. W. R. Hutcheson. Berry previously suffered a gunshot wound requiring removal of a hand. Both ears were damaged.
Mayor and Mrs. Charles Mc Gaughey of Anderson street are taking a week vacation in the northern part of the state. Mr. McGaughey expects to attend the Elks convention in Gary during the trip.
Guy Jackson a Marion township farmer is named superintendent of the County Farm effective September 1, succeeding Cather McCullough who has held the post for two years. The county commissioners made the appointment unexpectedly last Saturday.
Sixteen short items record new birth and family visits, vacations, and travel notes from residents and visitors. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Holt, Prof. Naylor, the McCurry and Hymer families, and others with connections to Crawfordsville, Muncie, Wilmington, Fillmore, and Delphi. Financial penalties and custody matters also appear.
An Oakland sedan owned by Loraine Fischer Cole of the Sheffield Inn Indianapolis was towed to Franklin Street Garage after a rock struck the oil pan oil plug on a Sunday trip from Cloverdale to Greencastle. The oil drained and main bearings burned out near Greencastle, disabling the motor.
The 9 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Miller on State Road 43 near Water Works Co station suffered a dislocated shoulder after a horse fall late Tuesday. Dr W M McGaughey attended. Harold Inman son of Mr and Mrs Harve Inman west Elizabeth street, recently operated on for amputation of his left arm above the wrist to check blood poisoning is improving and able to be uptown. He was an outstanding high school athlete. Mrs Lon Phillips and daughter Katherine Bell with Mrs T B Miller and Thelma Harriman returned from a twelve day tour of Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia visiting C A Clarence and Lee Sears, Russell Northcut and family. Mrs Northcut is a cousin of Mr Phillips and Tom Hayes and family. J O Barrett, middle aged man, found wandering east of town by Sheriff Edward Bitelforge sev eral days ago, was taken to the County Farm. Local authorities hope to contact relatives to care for him. Indiana street between Seminary and Hanna streets was being cleaned Wednesday in preparation for opening this paved section.
Officials of the state board of health and the state veterinarian's office announce a statewide quarantine of all dogs in Indiana and the slaughter of ownerless canines due to a sharp rise in rabies. The move will take effect once county authorities cooperate, per Dr. William F. King.
Seven Greencastle residents underwent tonsil operations at County hospital Wednesday morning. Patients included Herschell Gross, Alberta Boyce, Arnola Adams, Louis Carr, Betty Greenleaf, and the Askew children William and Robert. Surgeons were Dr. John Carmack of Indianapolis with Dr. A K Ayler and Dr. W E Hutcheson assisting.
The Bellmore and Morton union will hold a quarterly meeting at Union Chapel Sunday night August 26 with Dr. Briggs speaking. A Sunday morning service September 2 invites all, especially elderly parishioners, with hymns, renewed ties, youth music, and a sermon on The Keeping Power of Religion.
Rush Moore a former Vincennes minister and Caenas man was fined 100 dollars and given ninety days in the state farm after a confession by seven youths sons of prominent farmers that they stole chickens pigs and grains to sell to him in Vincennes Indiana on August 21.
Mr and Mrs Morris Keyt hosted the Reed reunion Sunday August 19 with about eighty attendees The age span ranged from 85 to 7 weeks A noon dinner ice cream and a short program by children followed The day closed with social time Officers chosen for next year Mrs Ella Vestal president and Mrs Josie Keyt secretary The 1929 reunion will be hosted by Mr and Mrs Thomas Roach at Morton on the third Sunday in August.
Varis V. Smith and Edna Langford both Putnam County young people were married here Saturday by Rev. A. T. Briggs. The groom is a farmer.
Announcements report the marriage of Miss Maverett Stockwell to Richard C. Singleton on August 14 in San Diego California. Stockwell, daughter of Lucius A. Stockwell and former Cloverdale resident, has a brother Ray Stockwell near Greencastle. The couple will reside in Vancouver British Columbia.
Detroit reports George Souders, 1927 Indianapolis 500 winner, remains in serious condition after crashing into the guard rail on July 15 at the state fairgrounds. He has been transferred from Highland Park General to a Columbus Ohio hospital with unclear recovery prospects and possible end to racing career per Dr. Dayton D. Stone.
Governor Martin of Florida approved extradition papers from Indiana for William H. Arnold former president of the defunct American Trust Company. Arnold, sought on charges of conspiracy to misuse bank funds, will be brought from Palatka Florida where he has worked in real estate since 1924. He is among nine indicted in the American Trust failure.
Glen and Louis Patterson coal truck drivers from West Terre Haute say they were beaten and forced to stand between two bootlegger gangs near Prairieton as machine guns fired. They witnessed bullets slicing grass, two cars with gunmen, and a rapid exchange of shots with no injuries. They were told to move on after the attackers surrendered.
Bud Taylor of Terre Haute Ind. drops out of the bantamweight throne as he shifts to the 126 pound division and aims for a title bout with featherweight champion Tony Canzoneri, per manager Eddie Long's telegram to Madison Square Garden's Jess McMahon.
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