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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
1
A Greencastle Christmas Shopping opening drew a large crowd despite a stormy day. Moffett & Dobbs won first prize for a winter window display featuring a snow covered Buick and rural scene. The Putnam County Farm Bureau will soon start a membership drive urging all farmers to join.
Rev Clarence E Flynn pastor at First Methodist Bloomington will headline a joint Indian Writers Club and Poetry Society Indianapolis meeting at the Columbia Club next Wednesday. He will discuss Writing and Marketing Poetry and read several of his own poems. Flynn graduated from DePauw University in 1911 and earned a Doctor of Divinity in 1924.
Coeds at Indiana State Normal school compete in the Sweetest Smile contest run by Advance. Smiles are judged from photographs by an impartial committee, with entries open to all students until noon December 14. Each organization may nominate one candidate for school honors.
Greencastle Buick dealers won first prize in the Chamber of Commerce window display contest for a snow covered barn yard Buick scene. Ed Hamilton Book Store earned second with a cozy room corner display and Potter Shoe Store took third with two shoe windows. Judges were Prof. L. E. Mitchell Mrs. C. V. Hardacre and Sam Hanna. Prizes were five three and two dollars.
Representative Fred Purnell of Indiana Ninth District will address a joint Greencastle Rotary and Kiwanis Club gathering at the Christian Church this evening at 6 30. He says Congress may pass farmer aid legislation in the coming session.
Santa Claus handed out forty five gifts donated by Greencastle merchants at the official opening of the Christmas shopping season in the city. Most winners present. Homer Evens may receive the Anderson Tire Store award if he calls for his gift by 6 pm Saturday. if not, Morris Clark becomes alternate.
In Rome the Italian premier Mussolini assassination rumor spread on the London stock exchange was denied. A dispatch from Rome stated Mussolini was at his desk today in perfect health, but the source of the rumor was not identified. In Indianapolis flood warnings predicted the Wabash River to rise above flood stage, cresting near 20 to 21 feet, with moderate overflow downstream at Vincennes and Mt. Carmel.
Reports of a widespread Ukrainian revolt ending in over 5000 deaths were dismissed in Bucharest. The Romanian Foreign Office had no information on the revolt and police said only local street skirmishes continued in Ukraine.
Senator Borah of Idaho urged reserving places in American history books for American heroes. Speaking to a Von Steuben society meeting in Baltimore, he aligned with Mayor William Hale Thompson and others seeking to make American history tell the truth about American heroes, without naming the Chicago leader.
Greencastle High School’s Tiger Cubs face Greensburg at home Friday night at 7 30. Coach W E Bausman predicts a hard fought return game after last week’s loss and lists Masten Longden Lear Tobin Kerr as starters with reserves Brown E Crawley G Crawley. Greensburg counters with Merkel Stier Easley Reiger Overflinger and others. The Green castle Junior team also travels to Spencer Friday for a separate matchup.
Incoming 70th Congress appears set for bloc rule in tax, farm relief, and flood control battles. Western insurgents hold Senate and likely House sway, allying with Democrats against administration on key issues. Tax bill likely a three-group compromise. farm relief splits by region. flood control draws cross-partisan alignments amid navy and aviation debates.
A Christmas program by the children of the third grade with solos by Miss Fern Bowers from DePauw, a harpist, and an address by Prof. FE R Bartlett of DePauw will mark the Parent Teachers Association event at the Martha J Ridpath building the Third Ward Friday afternoon at 2 30 o clock. Refreshments will be served after the program. The event promises to be enjoyable and interesting.
The forecast calls for fair skies with warmer temperatures. Sunrise is at 6 48 and sunset at 4 20 for today.
Harry Chess Mitchell police chief reports a man stole chickens from his own truck. Henry Clouse laughed at the claim and admitted the flock had roosted in the back of the carrier after a ride, mistaken for theft.
Detroit, Nov. 30. Ford announces new prices for the Model A range from 385 to 570 for Pleasure cars and 460 to 610 for trucks and chassis with cab and bodies. Tudor sedan remains 495, old Model T prices largely exceed or match earlier figures. Edsel Ford demonstrated the new car’s balance and speed, Ford hopes to reach 17,000 cars daily by January and will still supply old Model T parts for Europe and France.
Four Wiltshire Ohio residents died when an eastbound Erie mail train hit their car at Mercer Avenue crossing in Decatur Indiana. The victims Hazel Lamonson 24 Mrs Kenneth Hoblet 28 Alfred Stuttler 36 Hobart Strickler 33. Frost on windshields blocked driver sighting the train as guards were not yet on duty.
Mrs. Millie A. Arnold 82 wife of Elijah Arnold of Jefferson township died at home Wednesday at 1 55 PM after a short illness of acute neuritis. A lifelong Putnam County resident she was daughter of George W Sherrill and Nancy Fox natives of Kentucky and Tennessee. Survived by husband adopted son William Arnold and granddaughter Dorothy Arnold of Greencastle. Funeral Friday 10 AM Mt Meridian Church with Rev J W Harmon Cloverdale and Rev H A Sherrill Green Castle. interment Stilesville cemetery.
A miscellaneous shower for newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wells was hosted at the Hutcheson residence on Beveridge Street Friday evening. About 35 friends attended, bringing gifts and refreshments.
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