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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1928
Page
5
The death of Mrs. Thomas Baldwin occurred Friday afternoon at her Parkersburg home after a three week illness due to heart trouble. She was about 45 and survived by several children. Her husband was killed during the summer when a road of logs turned over and crushed him.
Justice Mount in Tipton rules in favor of John A. Busby and son Arthur in a case against the Central States Soft Wheat Growers Association. The lease by Mrs Arthur Busby was regular and the five year selling contract not violated, affecting about three hundred wheat pool contracts and enabling leasing outside the pool.
Indianapolis reports Secretary of State Fifield announces new appointees Clarence Fate as chief examiner Mark Rhoads as mobile license director and James Bradley as assistant director. Fifield also discharges 15 typists and clerks in the automobile license department amid state government reshuffle. Governor Morton named as secretary to replace Wolford while Archie Bobbitt plans a quick successor.
The Ox ford Fellowship national convention closed at noon with election of national officers and three new chapters. New chapters were formed at Cotner College Lincoln Nebraska John B Stetson University Deland Florida and Heidelberg College Tiffin Ohio. Dr G Bromley Oxnam delivered the closing address on The Preacher and the Present Day Problems and urged synthesis of evangelism and education amid a changing religious scene.
The text notes three problems in religious work including the lab methods for truth seeking and the educated audience in America. It stresses that preachers must pursue accuracy and historical literacy, demanding high training and ongoing growth to retain influence.
Miss Nellie Cain and Orick Wickhan of Charleston Illinois were married Friday at 4 PM at the Presbyterian Manse with Rev Victor L Raphael officiating. C E Hyland Big Four passenger agent attended as escort. The couple will live in Charleston where Wickhan runs a family restaurant.
Henry Romine 81 year old Civil War veteran and longtime life prisoner was pardoned and sent to the Old Soldiers Home in Lafayette. He had been imprisoned since 1913 for the killings of John and George McQuaid in a Columbus drunken brawl.
Dorothy Harlan and Anthus Hunter of Greencastle won fifth on children's garments in home economics at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. Indiana contestants earned several prizes but none blue ribbons. Governor-elect Harry G. Leslie of Lafayette attended with Henry W. Marshall and Joseph A. Andrew and Jess C. Andrew, observing the junior ribbons and praising 4-H Club achievements.
A German police dog owned by Miss Mona McAllister deterred auto thieves by alarming when a man attempted to steal Miss Mary Case’s Chevrolet. The dog barked and chased toward the car as a thief fled to another vehicle nearby, preventing a potential getaway down the hill.
James Knight age about 82, Civil War veteran, died at 5 30 o clock Saturday evening in Bridgeton Parke County. He leaves a son Robert of Bridgeton and one grandson. Funeral services will be held at Pleasant Valley Parke County Tuesday at 11 o clock with Rev Cornelius Airhart presiding.
James H. Humphrey a 79 year old Mt Meridian resident was knocked down and seriously injured on Martinsville street in a hit and run incident. He was with his son Virgil Humphrey and grandson Virgil Humphrey Jr when they ran out of gas and began walking to a station for help.
An aged man, identified as Mr. Humphrey, was struck by a car and thrown to the pavement. He suffered a severe cut to the forehead, facial injuries with fifteen stitches, and is in shock. A small boy accompanying him was frightened. witnesses could not determine if the driver stopped or saw them.
Greencastle defeated Attica 83 23 after a 16 10 halftime lead. A revised Greencastle lineup included Evan Crawley Gene Crawley Brown Tobin and Gross with Stone and Ernie Campbell contributing. Attica's roster features Peterson McCarty Vaughn Wallace Lindamood Diehl Martin Riley and Sheetz, with Riley ejected for rough play toward Stone. Greencastle meets Fillmore next Saturday at home.
Leo Boots McCullough of Quincy, 28, with prior penal farm sentences for child neglect, was arrested in Terre Haute on a desertion charge just before his planned marriage to an 18 year old. He left three children with a DePauw student pastor who later sought help. the pastor reported the matter leading to McCullough’s capture and conviction in Pendleton Reformatory after pleading guilty. Rev. R. E. Fields of the Quincy Methodist Church is named in the case.
Evelyn J. Newman files for divorce from Leonard Newman in Putnam Circuit Court. She requests restoration of her maiden name Miller. Married June 4 1928, separated October 28. Complaint cites cruelty over visits to her parents and his anger when such visits were proposed.
Miss Helen Clemens a DePauw student from Manistee Mich rode a horse that was struck and cut in two by a traction car near the American Zinc Products Co crossing east of town. Clemens fell clear and, though shocked, escaped injury. fellow student Miss Mary Wood witnessed the peril. Conductor C E Cox supervised the car's move eastward at 3 20.
Terre Haute police stopped Clifford Moss in a Buick at Indiana and Liberty streets on Saturday night and found five pints of cut liquor. Moss, 21, of Terre Haute, was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to three months on the state farm for liquor law violation. Authorities seek to confiscate the four passenger Buick coupe and Moss said he peddled booze at a local cement plant.
Ivy L. Lee of New York has been elected chairman of the national endowment committee of the American Historical Association. The post was vacant after the death of former United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge.
Butler University president Robert J. Aley writes DePauw president G Bromley Oxnam and Wabash president Louis Bertram Hopkins to deny official Butler sanction of a published ultimatum. He urges faculty students and alumni to forgive and forget.
USC defeated Notre Dame 27 to 14 while Stanford blanked Army 26 to 0. Citadel routed Presbyterian 25 to 0 and Loyola Chicago shut out DePaul 7 to 0. Georgetown beat Detroit 38 to 13 and Colorado Aggies won 35 to 13 against Colorado College.
Rep. John C. Box of Texas was named Democratic Whip of the House succeeding the late Rep. Oldfield of Arkansas. The appointment assigns Box to lead party members in voting strategy and legislative discipline. The move follows Oldfield’s death and reshapes leadership in the House.
Ezra Meeker, 97, famed West pioneer and Northwest frontiersman, died in his room at the Frye Hotel Seattle at 4 a m. He faced death as he faced earlier obstacles in a hardy life.
After a week in a grave struggle against illness, Meeker briefly revived from unconsciousness last Friday and Saturday. He showed interest in surroundings and began taking nourishment, sustaining hopes for a possible recovery.
George Thomas of Gillespie Street received a warm welcome Sunday noon as relatives and friends arrived with baskets of food for dinner. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. John Skelton, Rex Hathaway and daughters Isabelle and Frances, Charles Rector and Martha Ellen, Lee Wood, Ben King, Henry Rambo and Hazel, Mrs. Bachelor, Andy Thomas, Carol Moore and Charles King.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Leinberger entertained Sunday guests including G D Leinberger and family from Bainbridge, Asher Proffitt and family from Crawfordsville, Ed Coffman, and Mr. and Mrs. Lee McKee.
The Roachdale and La Doga post offices will hold examinations to fill postmaster vacancies. Applicants must mail applications by December 28, 1928. Exams will be conducted in Greencastle by a civil service board member. Ernest Stoner Clarence Hollick and Charles Crawley comprise the local board.
Henry Nichols of Fillmore reported to Marshal Paul Grimes that his Ford roadster was stolen in the city Saturday night.
Dr. W. W. Carson head of De Pauw history and political science department returned to Greencastle from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota where he was treated since November 19. He met all his classes on Monday.
Police chief F. H. Hancock reports a letter from Ralph Howard at the penal farm Putnamville saying Chris Byers, received from Monroe county September 24, escaped. Byers had been sentenced to 120 days and fined $163.80 with costs for non-support. He is five feet one inch tall and 140 pounds. Penal farm authorities offer a $10 reward for his capture.
County commissioners awarded printing contracts to T. R. Woodburn Co for classes one two and three and The Herald for class four after a Monday afternoon session. The board rejected Zella Mc Curry of Brazil claim for 50 dollars alleging clothing damage in the courthouse women’s toilet. Unfinished matters including two Court House custodians and a county attorney were carried to a continued meeting set for December 15.
The Achievement Day program summarizing the year’s nutrition project work in Putnam County was held Tuesday at the Court House under Purdue University extension agent Miss Aneta Beadle. A community noon dinner followed at 12 and in the afternoon three local booths presented demonstrations led by Mrs. Joe Pickett and Mrs. Gracie King, including a display of twelve salads.
East Floyd township showcased a blue and white booth with china displays led by Mrs. Maude Miller and Mrs. Agnes Eastman. Warren township’s Steps to Health exhibit illustrated sleep and nutrition with Mrs. Lucy Shields and Mrs. Ruth Fry in charge. Booths were judged at 10 o clock with results to be announced later. A Warren Home Economics Club playlet on child neglect was featured along with talks by Miss Beadle County Agent R H Stevenson and Mrs Morton Fordice.
The Rev. B. T. VanCleave aged 75 died Monday at 6 45 PM at his Beveridge Street home. He had served as a minister in Indiana for 25 years and lived in Greencastle since 1906. Surviving are four daughters, a sister and five grandchildren. Funeral at MFE Church Wednesday at 2 PM with burial in Forest Hill cemetery.
Otis Miller, south Greencastle, was knocked unconscious when his Ford touring car collided head on with a new Oldsmobile driven by Robert Goff of Russellville on State Road 43 near Somerset Church. Both cars were demolished. Miller recovered consciousness and was taken for treatment. Miller, tubercular, had been at Rockville sanitarium earlier that day.
The 73 year old James Trail died at his home near Mt. Pleasant after several months of heart trouble. He was born near Fincastle and married Isabelle Coffman. Surviving relatives include a California sister, a Kansas half sister, a niece and a nephew. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 11 at Mt. Pleasant Church with burial to follow.
Dr. C Howard Taylor of Greencastle will oversee the services at Mt Pleasant cemetery. The announcement notes his role in directing the ceremony and related arrangements.
The three year old child of Mr and Mrs Garboe of Wayne Michigan suffered a severe head cut when the Garboe car side swiped a parked truck on the National Road. The truck had no lights on a hilltop. A passing motorist from Brazil took the family to Dr Hutchesons office for aid as the Pontiac carrying them was damaged en route to Evansville.
County Agent R. H. Stevenson and Putnam County beef cattle men are invited to a December 12 meeting at Tom Garland's beef cattle farm near Marshall Parke county. The program starts at 1 PM with speakers F. G. King and P. T. Brown from Purdue University animal husbandry. Local beef cattle men are urged to attend.
Butler College of Indianapolis returns to the Indiana Little ’Three and agrees to play DePauw and Wabash next season. Butler will host DePauw on November 2 at Greencastle on Blackstock field and will travel to Wabash in Indianapolis. The 1930 schedule reverses with DePauw at Indianapolis and Butler at Crawfordsville.
Twenty seven Cloverdale residents petition the Indiana Public Service Commission seeking removal of a loud Monon Rail Road bell at the Main Street crossing. They request a swinging electric sign instead and accuse trains of excessive speed endangering townsfolk.
Indiana Anti-Saloon League report shows $6,900.14 spent in recent elections. Major donor William G. Irwin gave $500. others included J. W. Harrison $300, George Ade $100, J. L. Igiehart $200, Will R. Wood $50, and Henry W. Marshall $25. Of total receipts, $5,522.20 went to the American Issue Publishing Company.
Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam president of DePauw University addressed an Older Boys YMCA conference Saturday at Evansville, outlining church and college collaboration and youth leadership.
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