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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1930
Page
2
The Food Study Group of A A A W will meet in Alvord Hall Tuesday evening at 7 45. Several local residents are listed as visiting relatives and attending events including hospital stays and a Hoover broadcast. A variety of residents from Logansport Cloverdale Bloomington Greenscastle and Chicago are mentioned along with charity and civic events.
Mrs C C Shurst is entertaining her luncheon bridge club at the country club today. Carl OHair of Detroit was here over Sunday as guest of his cousin Miss Nell Browning and other relatives and friends.
Dr Walter John Sherman pastor of Temple Methodist in San Francisco spoke at DePauw University chapel on Thanksgiving week His address contrasted old views of God as Santa Claus with the modern New Testament idea of God bearing daily burdens He closed with a line from The Greer Pastures about being glad though life is hard and noted the audience’s response was strong.
Continuation remarks indicate the present court house matron remains in place while commission decisions on new appointments are likely postponed, with officials suggesting announcements may come at a later date this month.
A large Sunday night crowd at DePauw heard Dr Henry Hitt Crane of Scranton Penn discuss lies in modern life. He outlined five ways people lie by silence rumor controversy half truths and labels and linked them to the crucifixion narrative. Prof Thompson gave organ preludes and Marion Wilson sang.
Receipts total 11 700 head at Indianapolis market. Hogs 10 000 head price gains noted with 160 to 300 pound animals selling 8 40 to 8 45 per hundredweight. Lighter hogs down to 8 05 and sows 7 75. Cattle bid lower with little early activity. Calves up about half, at 15 50. Sheep and lambs also trend lower.
Greencastle High School boys tally 29 to 12 over Lebanon, boosting their streak to two straight wins. H. Stone leads with six field goals and two free throws as Greencastle builds a 17 to 6 halftime edge.
Rev. B. H. Bruner of Greencastle Christian Church spoke on Who Is My Neighbor? citing the Good Samaritan and urging neighbors to help the unemployed in Greencastle with Christian neighborliness, not charity. He urged focus on local efforts and practical aid this winter along the Jericho road in Greencastle.
Miss Edna Lane, after a year with John Rightsell Insurance, accepted a position with the American States Insurance Company in Dayton Ohio and began work today. The company opened a new Dayton office today, made possible by her prior association with Rightsell.
Local society pages list ongoing meetings and events including Mrs Crowder hosting the Missionary Society at the church, Fortnightly Club gathering at Northwood, and other club activities. A Tri Psi benefit bridge party is postponed, Xmas events for Art Needle Work and Century clubs highlighted, plus a wedding anniversary gathering at Walnut Street with multiple families invited.
A 535 acre farm is for rent including 275 acres of plow land and balance timber and pasture. The property features 4 barns. Contact O. K. Van Ansdall at 15 Pembroke Arcade, Indianapolis, Indiana, phone Riley 7171.
John Hanks and Homer Frazier have purchased the Greencastle service station on North Jackson Street from Carl Swaim. The new owners began operation today. Frazier built the station and started the business there several years ago.
The Belle Union High School senior class visited the Greencast fire department for a demonstration of firefighting devices. About twenty pupils then toured the county courthouse to hear the trial of Philip Woolf versus the Pennsylvania Railroad before the petit jury.
The will of Mrs. Alice T. Dunbar widow of Major John Dunbar was admitted to probate in the Putnam circuit court this afternoon. It leaves property on Rockville road to her cousins Susan and Lelia Talbott of Greencastle and a Seminary street lot to her stepson Walter Dunbar. Helen Dunbar and Susan Talbott are named executors.
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