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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1929
Page
1
A column urges shopping locally in Green Castle for Christmas gifts and praises Miss Mary Case of L and H Chevrolet for becoming the first Indiana woman in the Chevrolet Hundred Car Club. The piece reflects on winter weather, quail protection, and nostalgia for Santa Claus while noting boxing promoter Jack Dempsey’s Chicago run.
Detroit December 3. Ford Motor Company announced a twenty million dollar annual payroll increase with a seven dollar a day minimum for all U S workers, affecting 24 220 employees. An extra 113 643 hourly workers gain five cents an hour raising the minimum to 7 30 for an eight hour day. Edsel Ford said the raises boost buying power and the company has cut costs through better management.
The Madison county board of commissioners is halted from further work on the H. C. Cox road project until a final hearing set for December 13 in Putnam Circuit Court. Judge James P. Hughes granted the temporary injunction after William Welch filed the suit, claiming the petition and hearing were irregular and that the process harmed taxpayers. The injunction delays bids and duties, including 1930 printing contracts and the county road superintendent appointment.
A poultry school will be held at the Court House on Friday December 20. Floyd Miller, county agent, announced. Leon Todd of the Purdue University Poultry Extension Division will lead the program for Putnam County raisers. Todd will cover poultry problems and diseases while detailing sanitation. The meeting aims to be one of the county's largest poultry gatherings and will help raisers from across the county to network.
Donald Ross Furney ten months old son of Mr and Mrs Ross Furney of Washington township died this morning at 10 15 due to bronchial pneumonia and whooping cough. He is survived by his parents two sisters and one brother. Interment will be Wednesday at 10 in Boone Hutcheson cemetery. A sister died recently.
Downtown Greencastle readies for the third annual Christmas shopping opening with shop windows finished and Laurel lights strung along streets. Santa will hand out gifts at the Courthouse at 7 PM while merchants including Stevens Drug, J H Hirt Electric, Price Co, and Central National Bank participate in the festive event.
Indiana logged record low temperatures on December 3 as a narrow subzero band stretched diagonally from northwest to southeast. Indianapolis recorded 1 below, Terre Haute 2 below, while Fort Wayne stood 8 above, with other readings spanning the state.
Fire believed to have started from an overheated stove destroyed the Frank Reed three car garage at Cloverdale near noon Tuesday. Loss estimated around 5000 dollars, partly insured. Reed operates an undertaking business. three cars were away at a funeral, sparing the vehicles. The residence was endangered by the blaze but did not burn.
Willard Beaman returns to Pittsboro Indiana after eleven years away with no word. His wife is deceased his children married and his mother died. Legally declared dead to settle her estate he now discovers four grandchildren he knew nothing of. He left Indianapolis with a load of hogs and says he visited every state. He is staying with his son Paul Beaman.
Wilma Goehner an Indiana University library employee in Bloomington is hospitalized in critical condition after slashing wrists and throat with a butcher knife. She told authorities the voices commanded her actions, suggesting long standing melancholia. A Laurel, Indiana native and former Montana teacher, she is about 28 to 30 and known for cataloguing work at the university library.
James Tabor and Alice Greenlee of Cloverdale wed in Greencastle this morning. Sol Sudranski and J G Dunbar seek Greencastle post office honors. Claude and Mrs Pruitt hosted a dinner for relatives headed for Stratford Texas. Pearl Young provided afternoon piano music.
A Ford carrying 100 gallons of Christmas liquor collided with two cars on the National Road near Mt Meridan. The driver fled. license and title in the car tied ownership to Daniel Corder of Indianapolis. Sheriff detained the liquor, awaiting Corder’s arrest or alibi.
Tom Vernon, a former rodeo rider in Pawnee Oklahoma, confessed to wrecking and robbing a California train near Saugus on November 10. He denied involvement in a Cheyenne Wyoming holdup and said he would face extradition to California.
Partly to mostly cloudy conditions continue tonight and Wednesday with a chance of snow in the northern area. Temperatures rise gradually as the system passes.
Attendance at the Dedication Week men s fellowship gathering was light due to weather. The University Glee Club sang and three Russian folk songs delighted the crowd. Rev Victor L Raphael welcomed attendees and Dr Bert Edward Smith urged organized vitalized utilize as keys to mobilize church men. Tonight s banquet at 6 30 is hosted by the Women s League committee followed by a variety program showcasing church talent.
Late Monday the County Commissioners announced re appointments for the courthouse staff. Charles Pfeiffenberger was re appointed as janitor and Mrs William Mc Farland as matron. Roy Davis will replace Geo Coffman as heating plant fireman effective January 1.
Carlin H. Shank aged 55 a former county commissioner and brother of ex Mayor Lew Shank died of heart disease at his home at Thirtieth Street and Shadeland Drive Indianapolis after a sudden attack. He had not been ill prior to the fatal episode.
Roe Sargent aged 22 a teacher from Martin county died of pneumonia at his sister Mrs Roscoe Hitchcock home in Bedford Indiana. He had refereed a basketball game Wednesday night and fell ill after arriving at his sister's residence.
Secretary of State Stimson sent formal reminders to Russia and China to live up to their Kellogg Briand pact promises to outlaw war. He notified all 43 signers and sought broad international backing including Britain France Italy and Germany to support the move for world peace.
President Hoover told Congress that the steady growth of lawlessness, aided by lax good citizens, poses the most serious issue facing the U.S. He urged true citizenship, reform of prohibition enforcement, faster trials, and codified laws while noting no boost in Treasury funds for enforcement. The message also touts strong business, better agriculture, and flexible tariff aims.
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