Police raid in north part of Greencastle endangers Waddles family
Greencastle police raided the Thompson residence on Elizabeth street Sunday night interrupting a drunken party. Officers found nine people including Mr and Mrs Virgil Waddle their son and his wife a 16 year old daughter an 8 year old girl a 2 year old boy and two men from Greencastle. The Waddles were arrested and later released to appear before Squire Robert Newge but did not show up. They had recently moved from Cincinnati six weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Waddle
Waddle
Thompson
Elizabeth Street
Virgil Grimes
John Hamm
Leo “Red” Lurber
Waddles
Louis Stotts
Edward Bat Ash
Greencastle
Squire Robert Newge
Jefferson Township Woman Dies Sunday
The Jefferson Township community mourns Mrs. Ella Pullen 54 wife of Charles Pullen. She died Sunday night at 9:30 at the Mt. Meridian home from heart trouble. A long-time Kentucky native, she leaves a Seymour son and a Terre Haute daughter. Funeral plans are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Pullen
Charles Pullen
Jefferson Township
Mt. Meridian
Pullen
Indiana
Kentucky
Seymour
Terre Haute
Fillmore Woman Dies at Indianapolis Hospital
Mrs. Anna Hunt age 67 wife of Charles Hunt of Fillmore died at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis Sunday morning at 8 30 o clock after a year of failing health Brights disease. Survived by husband and three children Chester Hunt Indianapolis Evelyn Anderson San Francisco Edith Hummel Blacksburg West Virginia. Funeral Tuesday 10 o'clock at residence with interment in Fillmore cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Hunt
Charles Hunt
Fillmore
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Bright
Chester Hunt
Evelyn Anderson
San Francisco
Edith Hummel
Blacksburg
West Virginia
Fillmore Cemetery
Mrs Harlan Dies Following Husband in Death
Mrs Rose Ann Harlan died at her Stilesville home Sunday night after a heart illness five days after her husband Robert C. Harlan who died last Tuesday. Surviving are six children including Mrs Dora Dicks Oklahoma V C Harlan New Mexico Mrs Minnie B Trester Brazil Mrs Elda Cooper Clayton Mrs Floy Hugg Texas and Elvin Harlan. Funeral services were held at 2:30 PM Monday at the Christian Church in Stilesville with interment in Stilesville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Ann Harlan
Stilesville
Robert C. Harlan
Harlan
Dora Dicks
Oklahoma
V. C., Harlan
New Mexico
Minnie B. Trester
Brazil
Elda Cooper
Clayton
Floy Hugg
Texas
Elvin H. Harlan
Dairyman
Renue
Greencastle
Christian Church
Stilesville Cemetery
Farm inmate implicates four in slaying
Walter B. Wilson, a 19 year old inmate at the Indiana State Farm, provides a sworn statement implicating George Wetherington, Howard Wetherington and three other men in the slaying of Arlie Bryant near Cat Brown's crossing in Morgan. The report lists Masons and Wetheringtons linked to Hendricks and Martinsville jails as part of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Rodney
Hendricks County
Wilson
George Wetherington
Cartersburg
Danville
Logan Maines
Indianaplis
Martinsville
Joss Myles
Indianapolis
Howard Wethergton
Indiana State Reformatory
George
Howard Wetherington
Five men planned and executed a fatal holdup in Indiana
Five men including Squires and Maines conspired to rob a store in Mooresville. They drove to Indianapolis after the attempt, joining Bryant and Wilson, and divided the loot following a confrontation in which a store employee was struck and a gun was fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
George Wetherington
Wetheringtons
Indianapolis
Death calls Clay Bridges prominent farmer
The 68 year old Clay Bridges died Sunday night after over a year of stomach trouble. He lived 12 miles north of Greencastle on the Crawfordsville Road. He leaves a widow four sons and one daughter. The funeral will be held Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Bridges
Greencastle
Crawfordsville
Pilgrims Gather in Bethlehem and Jerusalem for Christmas Faith
Pilgrims from America Europe and beyond converge on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and Jerusalem for Christmas observances. They chant carols, witness the dawn bells, visit the grotto, and collect small mementos as a shared brotherhood of devotion forms amid the Holy Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
INS
America
Europe
Christ
Boaz
Ruth
Bethlehem
Manger
Holy Land
Alva Smith Dies at Fillmore After Illness
C Alva Smith 60 resident of Fillmore died Sunday at 2 45 pm after several weeks illness from heart trouble. Survived by eight children including Mrs Lucy Bales Indianapolis and Avenue Smith at home. Wife preceded him in death. Funeral at Methodist Church Wednesday 2 30 pm with Rev Towers in charge. Interment in Fillmore cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Alva Smith
Fillmore
Smith
Lucy Bales
Indianapolis
Ethel Warvel
Vernie Shuck
William Smith
Charles Smith
Daisy Youngman
Leona Smith
Muncie
Avenue Smith
Methodist Church
Rev. Towers
Fillmore Cemetery
Marriage License for Moore and Job in Reelsville
William B. Moore 21 machinist of Muncie marries Venus F. Job 18 business college student of Reelsville in a marriage license filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Moore
Muncie and
Venus
F. Job
Business College
Reelsville
Doctor Hal 121 Calls Sets Record in Greencastle
Dr. W. R. Hutcheson announced Monday that Saturday was the busiest day in his Greencastle career with 121 patient calls. Most patients were ill with influenza and flu cases appeared to be rising after the onset of colder weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Hutcheson
Greencastle
Convicted in Green Castle Liquor Sale Case
George Smith of Clinton Falls was found guilty in Mayor Charles McGaughey's court of selling liquor to Leslie Frank on Christmas Eve in North Greencastle. He was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to six months at the Indiana State Farm. an appeal to the Putnam Circuit Court was granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Frank
George Smith
Clinton Falls
Charles McGaughey
Smith
Indiana
Theodore Crawley
Putnam Circuit Court
Leo “Red” Lurber
John Hamm
North Greencastle
Young Frank
Frank
Charles Zeis
State Farm
Car Crash Near Danville Kills 36 Year Old Man
Bernard Kelly, 36, was killed instantly on Rockville road near the Hendricks County line. Deputy sheriffs arrested Nel lie Geiss, 21, of Vincennes, for manslaughter and OWI after a 50 mph crash that sheared a wheel and sent the car into a ditch. George Williams, 52, a passenger, was jailed on drunkenness charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
UINS
Bernard Kelly
Rockville
Hendricks
Nellie Geiss
Vincennes
Ind
Harry Neal
George Williams
Geiss
Autos Collide on North Jackson Street
Automobiles driven by Elmer Mc Gaughey and Ross Hood collided on north Jackson street Sunday. Both cars were damaged. Mrs. Hood was slightly injured. Hood works at Morrison Bros in this city and was accompanied by his family while Mc Gaughey was alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Mc-Gaughey
Ross Hood
North Jackson Street
John M Coulter Dies at 77 Former Indiana and Lake Forest President
John M Coulter, former president of Indiana University and Lake Forest University, died at his Glenwood Lodge home in Yonkers New York. Death caused by hardened arteries. He was 77 and had worked on botanical research at the Boyce-Thompson Institute after retiring from the University of Chicago faculty in 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
N. Y
John M. Coulter
Indiana University and Lake Forest
Glenwood Lodge
Boyce-Thompson Institute
University of Chicago
Funeral services for Frank Lewis in Belle Union
Frank Lewis 36 died Monday after brief illness from influenza and pneumonia. Funeral set for Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Valley Church Belle Union with interment in Stilesville cemetery. He leaves a widow and two children Venice and S. Shirley, plus his mother and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lewis
Belle Union
Valley Church
Stilesville
Lewis
Venice
S. Shirley
Cowboy actor Fred C. Thompson dies after operation
Fred C. Thompson, a film stunt and cowboy actor known for outdoor hero roles, died in Hollywood after an operation at Queen of Angels Hospital just before midnight. A Princeton athlete sixteen years ago, he studied theology and served as a chaplain with the 148th artillery in the war. He married Frances Marion in 1919, then entered motion pictures to pursue stardom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Cal
INS
Fred C. Thompson
Queen of the Angeles Hospital
Thompson
Princeton University
148Rd Artillery
Frances Marion
Baby son of Irving Berlin dies from heart attack
The 24 day old Irving Berlin Jr died of a heart attack at the family home in New York. He had shown no illness before the attack early today. The composer and Mrs. Berlin, daughter of Clarence Mackay, also have a girl named Mary Ellen aged two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Irving Berlin
Irving Jr
Clarence Mackay
Mary Ellen
Court notes dismissal and adverse findings in rail suit
The Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company suit against Clarence W. Crosby of Roach for a cattle shipment debt has been dismissed. A finding for the plaintiff was recorded on a note of Charles C. Huestis against Hiram C. Callen der Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company
Clarence W. Crosby
Roach
Charles C. Huestis
Hiram C. Callender Jr
Fire destroys Bourbon High School in Plymouth Indiana
Fire linked to wiring leveled the Bourbon Indiana High School, a two story 1917 building housing over 600 students and 20 teachers led by Principal E. P. Smith. The $120000 loss was covered by insurance as Warsaw and Plymouth fire crews ran out of town water. Er nest Herford spotted the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourbon Indiana High
Warsaw
Plymouth
Bourbon
Ernest Herford
Herford
E. P. Smith
Two New Smallpox Cases Quarantineed in Floyd Township
Herbert Smith of Fillmore and Homer Griswold east of Center Schoolhouse are quarantined with smallpox. The cases frighten the eastern county as residents rush to physicians for vaccination. Homer Griswold’s mother died at home Sunday and the funeral will be private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Smith
Fillmore
Homer Griswold
Center Schoolhouse
Floyd Township
Christmas skate scare ends with rescue at Brazil
Thomas Floyd, 14, nearly drowned after breaking through ice at a gravel pit. He fell into 46 feet of icy water and was saved when his brother hauled a pole to reach him while rescuers secured a rope line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ind
Dee
Thomas Floyd
Thomas
Tommy
Death of Miss Virginia Black Ends Remarkable 80 Years
The Greencastle resident Miss Virginia Black died Monday after a long illness at age eighty. Funeral services are Thursday at 2 PM at her home conducted by Rev. W L Raphael with interment at Forest Hill cemetery. She was linked to the Daughters of the American Revolution through her grandmother and was noted for Southern hospitality and civic church work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Black
W. L. Raphael
Presbyterian Church
Forest Hill Cemetery
Lawrence Black
W. Ed. Black
Andrew E. Durham
George Black
A. B. Hanna
Edgar Ellis
Virginia
Benedict Arnold
James River
Kentucky
Johnson
Tecumseh
Andrew
Margaret Lockridge
Mt. Sterling
Ardena
Louisa
Mary Ann
Elizabeth
Margaret
Sarah
Permelia
George William
Robert Miller
Jane
Andrew Alexander
Edwin Ezra
Putnam County
Daughters of the American Revolution
Andrew Black
Big Walnut Creek
Andrew Black Jr
Andrew Black Sr
William Anderson
Lexington
Washington St
Greencastle
Miss Black
The
Presbyterian
One Killed In Head On Crash Near Lebanon Indiana
Kenneth Benford 22 of Greenfield died in a head on collision on state road 52 five miles east of Lebanon. J W Swartz of Indianapolis and Mrs Swartz plus Julius Barker of Thorntown were injured by flying glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ind
Dee
INS
Kenneth Benford
Greenfield
State Road No. 52
Benford
J. W. Swartz
Indianapolis
Floyd Township Woman Dies Christmas Day
Amanda Griswold, about 65, widow of Truman Griswold and mother of Homer Griswold, died at her Floyd township home on Christmas Day after a year of illness. Survived by son Otis and another son Homer. a brother Stewart lives near Advance. Homer’s smallpox quarantine leads to private funeral. Burial at Wesley Chapel Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Griswold
Truman Griswold
Homer Griswold
Floyd Township
Homer
Otis
New Maysville
Stewart
Advance
Wesley Chapel
Homes Serenaded by Epworth League Carolers in Greencastle
On Christmas Eve in Greencastle, young Epworth League members from the Methodist Church accompanied by Prof. R. A. Ogg toured in cars serenading homes with lighted candles in windows. They sang several numbers at each stop before moving to the next house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Epworth League
The
Methodist Church
R. A. Ogg
Three men convicted of murder of Universal marshal
In Paris Illinois, Sylvester Lentz town marshal of Chrisman was killed during a clothing store robbery. Wallace Phillips 28 received life imprisonment, John Virostko 25 was given 35 years, and John Clarkson 23 got 14 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ill
Sylvester Lentz
Chrisman
Wallace Phillips
John Virostko
John Clarkson
Universal
Ind
Terre Haute
Phillips
Lentz
Virostko
Clarkson
Heaths of Glendale Arrive for Holiday Visit
Mr and Mrs Vernon Heath of Glendale California arrived Saturday night to be holiday guests of relatives. They will return to California soon after the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Heath
Glendale
California
Carolers Visit Putnam County Hospital
Green Castle residents remembered patients and staff at Putnam County Hospital with school and church carolers. High School Glee Club performed on Wednesday and Thursday, First Ward School children sang, Boy Scouts and First Ward children lit trees, etc. Santa Clara visited and gifts were given. Christmas Eve and Christmas morning carolers, including local families, entertained patients and nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County Hospital
Green Castle
High School Girls Glee Club
Boy Scouts
First Ward
Presbyterian Church
Epworth League
Methodist Church
Santa Clara
Co. W. Otis
Perry Rush
Mary
Margaret Torr
Margery Rogera
Mildred Pitchford
Charles Tory Allen
Gordon Otis
Hold Suspected Murderer at Brazil Indiana
Clifton Sennear, 50, described as a Black man, was held by police in Brazil Indiana for Paducah Ry., accused of killing two men, one white, last February. He had eluded capture for months until he was found drunk along railroad tracks after Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ind
Dee
INS
Clifton Sennear
Paducah Ry
Sennear
Couple Hurt When Car Upsets Near Brazil Indiana
Returning from a Christmas visit Mr and Mrs Frank Hetherton of Indianapolis were seriously hurt when their car overturned on the National road west of Brazil Indiana Mrs Hetherton was pinned under the car and an Interstate bus then crashed into the wreck badly injuring Mr Hetherton Both were taken to a local hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ind
INS
Frank Hetherton
Indianapolis
Organization of Farm Bureau at Cloverdale
An organization meeting of the Putnam County Farm Bureau will be held at 7:30 Friday evening in Cloverdale. W. T. Martindale of the state office will be one of the speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County Farm Bureau
Cloverdale
W. T. Martindale
State Office
Relatives Gather At Cannon Home For Christmas
Christmas Day gathering at the Cannon home on East Seminary street included Mrs. Catherine Call and Miss Ann Cannon of Gary James Cannon Judge and Mrs James P Hughes and son James Mr and Mrs Frank Cannon and children Miss Helen Black all of Greencastle and Miss Mary Catherine Cannon of New York City Miss Cannon returned to New York Wednesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cannon
East Seminary Street
Catherine Call
Gary
Ann Cannon
James Cannon
James P. Hughes
James
Frank Cannon
Helen Black
Greencastle
Mary Catherine Cannon
New York City
Cannon
New York
Double wedding ties Robbins families to Gibson Gilmore
Leona Robbins and Lodell Robbins of near Roachdale wed Glenn Gibson and Osel Gilmore of Bainbridge in a Paris Illinois ceremony on Saturday December 15. Rev. A R Grammer officiated. Couples plan future moves to Greencastle and near Fincastle with family, continuing life on the Robbins farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Robbins
Lodell Robbins
Roachdale
Glenn Gibson
Osel Gilmore
Bainbridge
Ook Place
Paris
Ill
A. R. Grammer
Gibson
Lonnie Robbins
Robbins
Dan Gilmore
Russellville Bride and Ladoga Groom Wed in New Market
The marriage of Frantz W. Everson of near Ladoga to Miss Nannie Woodall of Russellville took place December 19 1928 at Rev A Edrington's home in New Market. Witnesses included Laura Everson and the Woodall sisters. A dinner followed at the bride’s parents home in Russellville with numerous family and friends attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Market
Frantz W. Everson
Ladoga
Nannie Woodall
Russellville
A. Edrington
Laura Everson
Paul Everson
Glenn Everson
Harold Keller
Aymour Burroff
Emma
Sophia
Susie
Lillian Woodall
Josiah Woodall
Glenn
Near Ladoga
J. W. Woodall
Nora
Parkersburg
Marvin Shelton Bee Shelton
Indianapolis
Everson
Brown's Valley
Former Local Boy Married December 15
Ray Michaels, a former Greencastle resident and 1919 Greencastle High School graduate, wed Jo Williams of Indianapolis formerly of Danville in Indianapolis on Saturday December 15. The couple, now in Detroit where Michaels works for a telephone company, are visiting relatives in the area and Bainbridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Michaels
Greencastle
Jo Williams
Indianapolis
Danville
Michaels
Millie Michaels
Esbridge
Michael
Detroit
Bainbridge
Hiness Prevents Mrs Huestis and Sons From Arriving Home
Mrs C C Huestis of Northwood and her son Thomas B Huestis left for a drive on December 9. They reached Tarpon Springs Florida where Tom fell ill with the flu and needed to stay. Bertram F Huestis of Albany went ahead to bring them home and the telegram reports they are now in Ashville North Carolina with Tom recovering and the family hopeful for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarpon Springs
Christ
Ashville
N. C
Bertram
Tom
Huestis
Anna
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Harlan
Alva Smith
Hal 121
Coulter
Fred Thompson
Berlin
Universal Marshal
Mr. and
Mrs. Heath
Glendale, California
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