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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1928
Page
1
Column by Charles Ales J Arnold lampoons adopting the Red Headed Woodpecker as Indiana's state bird. He argues for the Red Bird instead, cites its song, and jokes about a straw vote. The piece also scatters Christmas reflections and local quips about holidays and small-town life.
Funeral services for Frank Lewis of Belle Union will be Thursday at 10 30 AM at Valley Church. Interment follows at Stilesville cemetery. He died Monday at age 36 after brief illness from influenza and pneumonia. Survived by widow two children Venice and S Shirley, mother and a brother.
Maj Chester P Mills of New York wins Durant prize of 256000 for best plan to make the eighteenth amendment effective. Malcolm D Almack from Palo Alto High School receives 5000 dollars for second prize with 1000 to the school. Mills plan targets prevention of industrial alcohol diversion, the main bootleg source. Almack’s winning scheme to be publicized January 1.
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge traveled by special train to Brunswick Georgia and then by boat to Sapelo Island for a holiday visit. They were greeted by the mayor and town officials, with plans to stay at Howard E. Coffin’s estate near Blackbeard’s Island aboard the Christmas Whitehouse.
Buckingham Palace sources say King George held a consult with Lord Dawson of Penn Sir Stanley Hewett and Sir Hugh Rigby around noon. An authoritative source later said the King's condition was slightly improved after the morning bulletin was omitted.
George Smith 31 of Clinton Falls was convicted in Mayor Charles McGaughey's court for sale of liquor to Leslie Frank on Christmas Eve in Greencastle. He was fined 100 and costs and sentenced to six months on the Indiana State Farm. An appeal to Putnam Circuit Court was granted by attorney Theodore Crawley.
New York December 25 24day old Irving Berlin Jr dies at the family home from a heart attack. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Irving Berlin showed no illness before the attack earlier today. The baby and a girl Mary Ellen aged two are the children of the composer and his wife daughter of Clarence Mackay.
Hollywood, Cal., Dec 26. Fred C. Thompson a well known film stunt and cowboy actor died here after an operation. He passed away at Queen of Angels Hospital before midnight. Thompson once starred as an athlete at Princeton University and later served as chaplain of the 143rd artillery. He married Frances Marion in 1919 and then entered motion pictures to pursue outdoor hero roles.
A blaze caused by defective wiring totally destroyed Bourbon Indiana High School in Plymouth with a 120000 insurance covered loss. Warsaw and Plymouth departments aided Bourbon firemen who exhausted the town water supply. The school opened in 1917 and served 600 students with 20 teachers led by Principal E P Smith.
Bernard Kelly 36 died from a fractured skull when the Rockville road crash near the Hendricks County line sent a car driven by Nel lie Geiss 21 of Vincennes overturning in a ditch. Deputies charged Geiss with manslaughter and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. George Williams 52 another passenger faced a drunkenness charge.
Kenneth Benford 22 of Greenfield died and two other motorists were injured in a head on collision on State Road 52 five miles east of Lebanon. J W Swartz of Indianapolis and Mrs Swartz were injured along with Julius Barker of Thorntown who rode with Benford.
Herbert Smith of Fillmore and Homer Griswold east of Center Schoolhouse in Floyd township are quarantined with smallpox. The new cases spark fear in the eastern county and a rush to physicians for vaccination. The mother of Homer Griswold died at the home Sunday. funeral services will be private.
Twenty years ago in Greencastle Paul Priest wed Nora Baker in a ceremony held yesterday afternoon. The couple will reside on their farm near Bainbridge after January first. Steius Chapin returns from Kansas City for the holidays to be with his parents. Mr and Mrs Fay Davidson with son visit Peru. Fred Masten, trustee elect of Warren township, is in the city on business.
Miss Virginia Black, last of a 13 child Kentucky–Putnam County family, died at 80 after a prolonged illness. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm from her Greencastle home. Rev. W L Raphael to officiate. Interment Forest Hill cemetery. Pallbearers are nephews Lawrence Black, W Ed Black, Andrew Ek Durham, George Black, A B Hanna, Edgar Ellis.
Mrs Amanda Griswold about 65 widow of Truman Griswold dies at home in Floyd township after a year long illness. Survived by son Homer Griswold and another son Otis near New Maysville. Brother Stewart in Advance area. Private funeral due to Homer Griswold quarantined with smallpox. Burial at Wesley Chapel Thursday morning.
The Moderation League released figures from 388 cities showing alcohol arrests rising from 235,612 in 1920 to 357,369 in 1927. The report argues Prohibition failed to curb drinking and urges tighter liquor controls, while Nicholas Murray Butler criticizes laws regulating thought and conduct as unenforceable.
Three men Wallace Phillips John Virostko and John Clarkson were found guilty of the murder of Sylvester Lentz town marshal of Chrisman Indiana. They were surprised by the marshal during a clothing store robbery. Phillips received life imprisonment Virostko was sentenced to thirty five years and Clarkson to fourteen years.
In Greencastle on Christmas Eve, Epworth League members from the Methodist Church sang at every candlelit house. Led by Prof. R A Ogg, the youths traveled by car and performed several numbers at each stop during the evening.
President elect Hoover sails toward Washington after a Florida vacation plan on James C Penney's estate. He will pick a cabinet and decide on a possible extra congress session for farm relief. The voyage includes a potential Cuba and Mexico stop before inauguration.
Rushville report of a fatal shooting resolves with the confession of Everette Ealy, 19, alleging he killed his father Ertaly Ealy after claimed mistreatment of the mother. The elder Ealy was shot while dining with his family at their home.
Thomas Floyd, 4, plunged through thin ice in a gravel pit at Brazil Ind during a Christmas skate. He emerged clutching the ice edge as rescuers tied a rope and used a pole to haul him to safety, aided by his brother’s efforts.
The forecast shows mostly unsettled conditions tonight and Thursday. It becomes notably cooler on Thursday except for the extreme southeast, where temperatures may remain warmer.
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