Kiwanis and Rotary skit delights snowbound crowd
Kiwanis members Ben Riley Harry Williams O W Hollowell and Roy Evens performed The Hoosier Schoolmaster Up-to-date for Rotarians during a blizzard break at the Country Club. The cast drew laughs as diners endured wintery scenes and biscuit jokes while cars had to be dug out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Ben Riley
W. L. Denman
Harry Williams
Kiwanis Organization
Rotarians
W. Hollowell
Roy Evens
Herald Office
Hollowell
Williams
Evens
Rotary Club
Glen H. Lyon
Kiwanis
John Cartwright
Albert Dobbs
Rotary Organization
Country Club Club
John F. Cannon
P. S
Milligan to Stay in Rockville Through Jan 20
County Agent Scott W. Milligan plans to remain in Rockville until January 20 after submitting his resignation to the county commission. He will convene in Richmond Thursday to discuss the Wayne County county agent position, which he has accepted with a salary increase. Wayne County’s population is about 48,000 and Richmond numbers around 29,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott W. Milligan
County Commission
Rockville
Milligan
Richmond
Wayne County
Poultry Show Climaxed by Russellville Farmer Institute
Russellville's poultry and farm show runs Thursday through Saturday with a Farmer's Institute on Saturday. Principal speakers are William Madigan of Veedersburg, banker and former state legislator, on marketing and rural education, and Mrs. William Goldsmith of Spencerville, a poultry expert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russellville
William Madigan
Veedersburg
William Goldsmith
Spencerville
Madigan
Goldsmith
Temple Lodge Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
Temple lodge No. 47 held its annual election of officers Wednesday evening at the Masonic Temple. Officers elected include Wallace Long as worshipful master R. P. Mullins senior warden Joe Crosby junior warden James Walker senior deacon Lester Sudranski junior deacon A. G. Brown treasurer E. E. Caldwell secretary and C. W. Huffman tyfer. The officers will be installed next Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Lodge No. 47
Masonic Temple
Wallace Long
R. P. Mullins
Joe Crosby
James Walker
Lester Sudranski
A. G. Brown
E. E. Caldwell
C. W. Huffman
Promises for Improvement of State Road 43
State Highway commission pledged concrete paving for sections from Bloomington to Spencer and Crawfordsville to Lafayette, plus 13 miles south of the National Road to Cloverdale, matching Greencastle to the National Road. No permanent work north to Crawfordsville will occur before 1951. Rotary and Kiwanis members from several towns met with commissioners in Indianapolis to discuss the pavement plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Spencer
Crawfordsville
Lafayette
Cloverdale
Greencastle
State Highway Commission
Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs
Highway Commissioners
Indianapolis
Washington Street
Country Club
Edward Eiteljorge
Charles Eiteljorge
Edward Dalby
Michigan City
Reynolds
Here
Indiana Governor Attends Ohio River Bridge Dedication
Governor and Mrs. Leslie head to Madison to attend the dedication of a new 3,000,000 bridge over the Ohio River linking Madison Indiana with Milton Kentucky. Leslie will give the principal speech and the couple will join a charity ball hosted by Tri Kappa at the Madison armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Harry G. Leslie
Madison
Ohio River
Ind
Milton
Leslie
Leslies
Madison Armory
Tri Kappa
Greencastle teams set for Crawfordsville basketball games
Greencastle high school basketball teams travel to Crawfordsville for games tomorrow. Greencastle and Crawfordsville Juniors meet at 4 50 p m in the high school gym. Tiger Cubs and Greencastle Reserves play at 7 and 8 p m in the Wabash College gym. Coach Bausman expects a trio of victories. Jefferson of Lafayette game set for 8 p m Saturday here with no prelim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Crawfordsville
Tiger Cubs
Wabash College
W. F E. Bausman
Jefferson of Lafayette
Blizzard Strikes Greencastle Trails Trains and Roads
A severe blizzard in Greencastle and the Middle West disrupts rail service and blocks roads. Trains run late due to drifts and cold, with several lines 3 to 5 hours behind. many roads impassable and mail delivery hindered. Local crews fight ice and snow as residents endure freezing temperatures and power concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Middle West
Terre Haute
The
Monon
Lafayette
North
Manon
Big Four
Telephone and Electric Company
Putnam County
Miller Reinstated as Indianapolis Schools Chief
At a meeting attended by the majority faction the Indianapolis school board reinstated Charles F. Miller DePauw graduate as superintendent of city schools. Miller had been ousted by the board a week earlier and the discharge was rescinded yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Indianapolis School Commissioners
Charles F. Miller
DePauw
Miller
Judge Hughes To Hear Liquor Case Of Carrs
The state case against Harry and Vella Carr for conspiracy to transport liquor was continued to December 28 with Judge J P Hughes of the Putnam Circuit Court set to preside. Loyal Osborne, previously charged with them, has pleaded guilty and is serving time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Vella Carr
Carrs
West Eleventh Street
Northwestern Heights Addition
Harry Carr
J. P. Hughes
Putnam Circuit Court
Greencastle
Osborne
Bloomington
Snowbound School Trunks Halt Classes in Greencastle Area
Snowbound Greencastle city and township school trucks kept many high school students home. Only one truck completed a route this morning while others were stalled in bitter cold. Some pupils walked up to a mile to reach the school, as reported by Principal F. N. Jones and local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle City and Township Consolidated
F. N. Jones
DePauw Holiday Tour Schedule and Local Personal Notes
Twenty years ago in Greencastle Miss Alice Murphy would sing the solo in Neath the Old Palm Tree with a fifty voice chorus in the play Ethiopia. Miss Laura Ammerman travels to Kirkwood Missouri for the winter. DePauw basketball team tours set games with Battery C Rockville Thorntown High School Greentown Independents Rochester AA Peru Miamis. Miss Grace Allen teaches at Dixon Illinois and Miss Lucy Allen of Calumet Michigan visit relatives for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Murphy
Ethiopia
DePauw
Battery C
Rockville
Thorntown H. S
Greentown Independents
Rochester A. A
Peru Miamis
Grace Allen
Dixon, Nl
Lucy Allen
Calumet, Mich
DePauw Students Raid Granada Theater After Basketball Victory
About 200 to 500 DePauw University students rushed the Granada theater in Green Castle after the DePauw Fartham win. They forced entry, damaged the front, and the show was halted with admission refunded. Walter Bidwell, manager, was nearly crushed and a damages bill will be sent to the student council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Depauw Student Council
Granada
DePauw University
DePauw-Fartham
Vonderschmitt Amusement Company
Walter Bidwell
Bidwell
DePauw
Vonderschmitt
Greencastle
RAF pilots die attempting unattainable Africa to Cranwell flight
Two distinguished RAF pilots Squadron Leader A G Jones-Williams and Flight Lieutenant A H Jenkins died while attempting a nonstop flight from Cranwell Airdrome to Cape Town to set a new world distance record. Their aircraft crashed into a mountainside in the Zaghouan region of Tunis in northern Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. G. Jones-Williams
A. H. Jenkins
Royal Air Force
Cranwell
Lincolnshire
Cape Town
Africa
Zaghouan
Tunis
DePauw Tankmen Triumph Over YMCA 41 to 31
The DePauw swimming team defeated the Anderson YMCA tank squad by 41 to 31 after the meet in Bowman Gym last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DePauw
Anderson Y. M. C. A
Bowman
Weather forecast: snow tonight and chilly spell
The region expects snow tonight with cooler readings, especially in the north. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and continued cold conditions across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Portion
Arrests in Bainbridge hijacking gun battle near Bainbridge
Evansville resident Roscoe Pearson was arrested in Indianapolis by state police investigating the slaying of William Kempe Jr. Morris Davis of Indianapolis was also arrested on liquor possession charges tied to a rum-running car abandoned after a shootout near Bainbridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kempe Jr
Bainbridge
Roscoe Pearson
Evansville
Ind
Indianapolis
William Kempe, Jr
Inc
Morris Davis
Morris
Davis
Pearson
Clemen Estes
Alva Bryan
Mose
Charles Bridges
State
Indianapol
Bridges
Kempe Tia
Rumley Divorce Sought by Clara Rumley in Putnam Circuit
Clara Ruth Rumley of Greenbastore township sues Jesse Clay Rumley in Putnam Circuit court for divorce claiming he spent her money on another woman and mortgaged their home to run away with a second woman. Married May 23, 1921 and separated November 11, 1929. She seeks divorce and $600 alimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Ruth Rumiley
Greenbastle Township
Rector Hall
Putnam Circuit Court
Jesse Clay Rumley
Blizzard Leaves Indiana Snowbound And Impassable
Indiana endures one of the worst December blizzards with eight to ten foot drifts in the north and impassable highways. Affected areas include Warsaw reporting up to fourteen inches of snow while the state averages around four inches. The Indiana Highway Commission deployed over 100 snow plows and 1,000 road workers to clear routes as U S Route 31 and State Roads 52 67 4 faced closures and water inundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
J. H. Armington
Lome
Indiana Highway Commission
Indiana
Plymouth
C. O. Donaldson
State Highway Commission
Donaldson
Indianapolis
Tipton
Here
Thorntown
Lafayette
Martinsville
Spencer
Bloomington
Nashville
Columbus
Greensburg
Rushville
Andersonville
John Drury of Madison Township Dies at 61
John Drury a lifelong farmer from Madison Township died Wednesday at County Hospital after a brief heart illness. He lived alone and is survived by a cousin in Terre Haute. Interment will be in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Drury
Madison Township
Drury
Terre Haute
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Blizzard Claims Four In Indiana Toll On Roads Farms
Four people died in a historic Indiana blizzard. Charles Keefer age 64 was found frozen in a barn near Warsaw. Oliver Snaverly 80 perished in a snow drift near Syracuse. Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Harrold 22 of Cincinnati was killed when her car skidded and overturned near Connersville. J. Snyder died of heart disease while braving the storm.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Charles Keefer
Warsaw
Oliver Snaverly
Syracuse
Sarah Elizabeth Harrold
Cincinnati
Connersville
Ind
J. ©. Snyder
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William Clays
Santa
Parke County
Institute AT
Temple Lodge
Dee
Hughes
Monroe
Laura Ammerman
Kirkwood, Mo
Svan Woaar
Sas
Bryan
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