Say! Rotary Health Bond Drive and Local Notes
A column notes George Remus considering a lecture tour after his acquittal on insanity grounds. Rotary Club reports Health Bond sales of 185 from 42 members, with 37 subscribing to the health pledge. Personal vignettes include gifts for Mr. Robert Dills and a Christmas exchange. Also mentions Newport editor Bird Davis on fashion, Christmas drinking advice from Dr. Norris, and reactions to the William Hickman case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Rotary
Reformatory Inmates to Have Christmas Dinner
In Indianapolis December 22 inmates at the Pendleton state reformatory will enjoy a Christmas dinner. Officials released the menu including roast pork candied sweet potatoes oyster dressing cream gravy cranberry sauce mince pie white cake assorted candy sweet rolls and bread apples coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
INS
State Reformatory
Pendleton
Junior Red Cross of First Ward Active in Charity Work
The Mary Emma Jones School Junior Red Cross adopts IT Serve and funds a busy charity drive. Students save pennies to send candy and oranges to County Home inmates, prepare toys, deliver baskets of food, donate a Christmas tree to County Hospital, and give gifts to sick and needy in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Mary Emma Jones School
Kenneth Paxton
Trick Bros
Evans
Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
Orphans Home
Clermont
Plainfield
Oggs To Observe 50th Wedding Anniversary
On Christmas Day Mr and Mrs R A Ogg of south east street will celebrate the fiftieth wedding anniversary. They will host an informal reception at home during the afternoon and evening. The couple have lived in Greencastle for twenty eight years and are well known in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Ogg
South East Street
Mrs. Ogg
Greencastle
Partly cloudy to cloudy forecast through Saturday
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions expected tonight and Saturday. Slightly colder tonight in the east portion with sunrise at 7 05 and sunset at 4 24.
Rescue Work Turns to Salvage Job in S 4 Effort
Gray skies and rising seas force delay in lifting the sunken S 4 as Navy divers continue pumping oxygen and using tunnels and pontoons from the Falcon. Officials say spring rescue is unlikely with another storm possible. the crew inside the submarine are presumed dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David P. Sentner
International News Service
Provincetown
Mass
Provincetown Harbor
United States Navy
Paulding
Gold Star Group Entertained at Dinner Affair
Rev and Mrs. Fenwick Reed hosted a Yuletide three course dinner for the Gold Star Memorial Committee. Attendees included Prof. and Mrs. Ernest Smith, Leona Cooper, W. C. Timmons, C. C. Hurst, Lillian Southard, J. O. Cammack, A. J. Duff, and many others as the group shared merriment, a brief business meeting, and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gold Star
Fenwick Reed
Gold Star Memorial Committee
Heed
Lillian Southard
Ernest Smith
Leona Cooper
W. C. Timmons
C. C. Hurst
Tona Mason
L. D. Snider
J. O. Cammack
A. J. Duff
James L. Randel
Rupert Bartley
Eugene Hawkins
William Lovett
Hubert Jordan
Conrad Gautier
Confessed Kidnaper Hickman Details Marion Parker Case
William Edward Hickman, jailed in Umatilla County, admits kidnapping Marion Parker but blames Andrew Kramer for the murder and dismemberment. He recalls meeting Kramer and a woman, planning ransom, and confronting Parker's party as detectives closed in. He also states Parker would have wanted his daughter dead or alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Alhambra
Kramer
Parker
Hickman Confession Blames Two Others In Girlfriend Killing
William Edward Hickman tells his mother by wire that he kidnapped the girl but says another killed her. He asks not to visit and notes he will face trial alone. The message references a man nicknamed Cap and is dated Pendleton Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Remus
Pendleton
Orc
INS
William Edward Hickman
Cap
Dward
Hickman Confesses Details in Marion Parker Case
Pendleton Oregon dec 23 William Edward Hickman in jail confessing and denying the killing while revealing new details about the Marion Parker case He described taking Parker to a Los Angeles theater and handing her to Andrew Kramer and June Dunning He admitted receiving ransom and delivering the body with gruesome specifics to the Parker family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
William Edward Hickman
Echo
Oregon
Marion Parker
Los Angeles
Pendleton
Ore
Little Marion Parker
Young Hickman
Andrew Kramer
June Dunning
Hickman
L. R. Connor
Connor
Kramer
Miss Dunning
Parker
Perry M. Parker
Conner
World not going to dogs says old-time gospel bishop
International News Service reports Bishop Charles Wesley Burns of the Methodist Church in Chico California asserts the world is not doomed. He urges preachers to shed horror and preach the old-time gospel of salvation rather than condemn modern youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chico
Cal
Charles Wesley Burns
Methodist Church
Santa Claus At Voncastle Matinee Treats Children
Santa Claus will visit the Von castle Theatre Saturday afternoon for children under 12 at the matinee. A treat is promised to every good boy and girl attending the show. The film is The Jake Plumber a comedy featuring Jess DeWorska and Sharon Lynn. Matinee runs from 2 to 5 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voncastle Theatre
Santa Claus
O. L. Goodlander
Jake Plumber
Jess DeWorska
Sharon Lynn
Lelan Stewart Granted Holiday Parole by Governor
Lelan Stewart former Putnam County poor farm superintendent convicted of irregularities in office and sentenced to one year in state prison has received holiday parole from Governor Ed Jackson. He will arrive in Indianapolis to spend a week with his wife and son and likely visit Greencastle during parole. His term ends early in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lelan Stewart
Putnam County Poor Farm
Ed Jackson
Indianapolis
Greencastle
Stewart
Spanish War Veterans elect officers for Green Castle unit
Earl Fish Camp No. 48 of United Spanish War Veterans in Green Castle names H. O. Irwin as Commander Geo. S. Black as Senior Vice Commander J Benton Curtis as Junior Vice Commander Tom J. Tuttle as Officer of the Day Thomas Jones as Officer of the Guard and Lee Paxton as Trustee for 3 years The new slate will be installed the first Wednesday night in January The camp donated 5 to the Christmas fund for the Knightstown Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home Miss Ruth Kauble nurse at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis will spend Christmas Day with her parents
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knightstown
Earl Fish
United Spanish War Veterans
Greencastle
Lee Paxton
Ruth Kauble
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Mrs
J. J. Kauble
Barnaby Places 173 Acres in Indiana Forest Reserves
Charles Barnaby of Greencastle lists two tracts for forest reserve designation with the State Conservation Department. The 83 acre Black tract in Greencastle township and the 90 acre Toney tract in Madison township are approved for reforestation, exempt from taxation while reserved. The owner may lift the designation later. no plowing or grazing allowed during reserve status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Department of Conservation
Indiana
Charles Barnaby
Greencastle
Putnam County
State Department
Barnaby
State Conservation Department
Greencastle Township
Toney
Madison Township
Morning Collision Damages Two Cars on Jackson Street
A Friday morning crash in front of the Johnson home on South Jackson Street involved a Sullivan Taxi Co. Dodge sedan driven by Lowell Knauer and a Ford sedan driven by J. T. Johnson. Both vehicles sustained damage but no injuries were reported as Marshal David Braden and Sheriff Edward Kitebjorge investigated responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Sullivan Taxi Co
Lowell Knauer
Ford
J. T. Johnson
Johnson
South
Jackson St
Knauer
Johnson Machine
David Braden
Edward Kitebjorge
Presbyterian Christmas Party Tonight at 7 30
The Presbyterian Church holds its annual Christmas party this evening at 7 30. Children from the Beginners and Primary departments present a cantata Ready For Santa directed by Mrs. F B Cook, Miss Edith Marie Brown, Mrs. Roscoe Daggy, and Mrs. Edgar VanCleave. Sunday services and pageant planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
F. B. Cook
Edith Marie Brown
Roscoe Daggy
Edgar VanCleave
Jesus
Ralph P Snively Visits Brother for Christmas
Ralph P Snively of Detroit drove through to Greencastle to spend Christmas with his brother red Snively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph P. Snively
Detroit
Greencastle
Brother
Red Snively
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles J. Arnold
Robert Dills
C. Sayers
Simmy
Newport
Bird Davis
Charles Norris
New York City
Tal Cooper
Benae
W Cooper
Reformatory
Hull
William Edward Hickma
Echo, Ore
United States
Umatilla County
San Diego
School Park College
Kansas City
Richard Rummel
Voncastle
GUV
H. O. Irwin
Soldiers and Sailor Orphans Home
Chas. Barnaby
State Department of Conservation
Presbyterian
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!