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Newspaper

Greencastle Herald

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1929

Page

2

Social News from Fillmore and Bloomington Highlights

Mrs. Ford Lucas hosts her luncheon bridge club on Thursday at her east Seminary Street home. Miss Evelyn Ayler hosts bridge Thursday evening on College Avenue. Miss Vera Grace Brown to entertain this evening on Anderson Street. Miss Caroline Ellis hosted Thursday evening on Seminary Street. Mary Elizabeth Gillen entertained Wednesday evening with a buffet. Raymond Dirks of Chicago visits his parents on East Washington Street for Christmas. Eleanore Cammack of Lafayette visits her parents in Fillmore. Dr C C Tucker’s office closed until January 1 for vacation. Milt Day is ill. Frank Garrett remains unchanged. Miss Elizabeth McNary from Indianapolis visits Fillmore parents. Miss Ley Bunten from Indianapolis spends Christmas with Fillmore parents. Jack Clift and family and the Sharps from Indianapolis visited Fillmore. Glen and Clifford Dicks of Indianapolis visit Fillmore. Ellis Cowling returns to Gurnee after stay with Ira Cowling. Judge James P. Hughes in Bloomington for liquor trial. case continued to next Monroe Circuit term. Adam Beck of Buffalo tours Lime Dale cement mill site. later built a mill at Buffalo. Lucy Boyce resigns from Wetz grocery to teach bookkeeping at Indiana Central Business College. two weeks’ Florida trip before January 2 start. Rev J E Porter of Terre Haute to broadcast morning devotions on WBOW 7:15–7:45 Monday–Friday. Mrs Porter to sing. Miss Margaret Emily McGaughey hosts pitch-in supper this evening with schoolmates. Annual Christmas party includes Mabel Hurst, Mrs Fort Hoffman of Indianapolis, Mrs Fred Hosea, Mrs Ormond Hammond, Misses Minnie May Bartley, Helen Brothers, Crystal Cooper, Elizabeth Tilden, and Edna Hillis.

Margaret Emily McGaughey Mabel Hurst Fort Hoffman Indianapolis Fred Hosea Ormond Hammond Minnie May Bartley Helen Brothers Crystal Cooper Elizabeth Tilden Edna Hillis

County Council Cuts County Fair Funds and Names Aker to Succeed Walker

County council and commissioners met to wind up the year. The council cut 1500 from next year’s county fair appropriation and 200 from county agent expenses and 250 from attendance officer funds. George Aker of Washington township was named to succeed George Walker as council member, Walker resigning to become county road superintendent. The commissioners planned to appoint a county health officer and replace Gilbert Ogles on the county hospital board after Ogles resigned as treasurer.

George Aker George Walker Washington Township Cloverdale Walker Gilbert Ogles

Thoxine Promises Quick Relief for Coughing Spells

Advertising copy touts Thoxine as a doctor’s prescription with double action curing coughs and sore throats. It claims immediate soothing effect and internal action, no harmful drugs, pleasant taste, family use, money back guarantee, and bottles priced 60c and 81 00.

Zarings Visit Indianapolis Friday

Dr and Mrs T Zaring spent Friday in Indianapolis enjoying a brief social trip and shopping excursion.

T. Zaring Indianapolis

Indiana Christian Ministerial Association Meets in Indianapolis

The Indiana Christian Ministerial Association holds its mid year meeting December 30 31 at Central Christian Church Indianapolis with over seven hundred ministers. President B H Bruner Greencastle leads opening session. theme The Christian Brotherhood. Speakers include J H Wilson Crawfordsville W E Moore Bloomington and B H Bruner on readings and Pentecost. A banquet introduces new state preachers and closing session fosters closer Baptist and Disciples fellowship.

Indiana Christian Ministerial Association Central Christian Church Indianapolis the Christian Church Disciples of Christ B. H. Bruner Greencastle J. H. Wilson Crawfordsville Glenn ©. Mills Edinburg W. E. Moore Bloomington Howard A. Kauffman Martinsville A. L. Ward Noblesville Carl H Barnett Lebanon E. R. Moon Butler School of Religion W. R. Warren Pension Fund J. Corey United Christian Missionary Society

Pantages Loses Fight for Bail in L A Court

Alexander Pantages, wealthy showman, failed to win bail in Los Angeles while seeking release from prison. Doctors argued acute heart trouble but state experts said his illness was largely imagined. He awaits appeal of a sentence from one to fifty years for assaulting dancer Eunice Pringle.

Los Angeles Cal Alexander Pantages Pantages

Banker James Whitehead Dies in New Harmony

James N. Whitehead, 61, president of the First National Bank of New Harmony with about 500000 in assets, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot in his parlor. A .25 caliber revolver lay in his hand. no suicide note was left. The death stunned the 1200 residents of New Harmony, Indiana.

New Harmony Ind James N. Whitehead First National Bank of Whitehead Indiara

Butler Bulldogs Rout Vanderbilt 39 to 14 at Fairview

Butler University's basketball team overwhelmed Vanderbilt 39 to 14 at Fairview field house in Indianapolis. The Bulldogs led 23 to 2 at the half as Vanderbilt struggled against Butler's defense. Butler travels to Danville tonight to face Central Normal.

Indianapolis Butler University Bulldogs Vanderbilt University Fairview Butler Cagesters Southerners Butler Bulldog Danville Central

Musical program at St Paul Baptist Church

The St Paul Baptist Church choir presents the second in a series of musical performances Sunday at 8 p m. The program includes Silent Night Hallelujah to the Cross There Is a Song in the Air The Christmas Story and other choral pieces with solos and a piano and clarinet interlude. Bishop Morrison dies after being struck by an automobile in Davenport Iowa.

St. Paul Baptist Herring Rejoice Delmar Earnest Almeda Woods Davenport Iowa Theodore N. Morrison Margaret Volz

Ambush Ends Racketeers as Five Detectives Kill Three

Chicago police foil extortion by gunmen targeting Michael Powers of the Union of Fire Workers and Repair Vultizers. In a planted ambush, five detectives in union offices fire on the trio, killing William Wilson known as Humpy Quan and John Ryan, and fatally wounding all three as they attempt to gun their way out. Detective Raymond Doherty is wounded in the left hand.

William Wilson William Humpy) Quan John Ryan Raymond Doherty Union Michael Powers Powers Quan Elcohol

Wedding Held Near Brazil for Florence Moor and Wendel Maurer

Society notes report Miss Florence Moor and Wendel Maurer wed at the home of Mr and Mrs Raymond Hirt southeast of Brazil on Sunday. Also covered are Fillmore Ladies Aid officers elected, the Needlecraft club Christmas program, a January meeting set, and Holence Helen Pollom wedding in Terre Haute with Rev. Todd officiating.

Ross Paris and Sons Norman Junior Greencastle Florence Moor Wendel Maurer Raymond Hirt Brazil Grant Miller West Compton Street Helen Elwood Pollom Clarence Pollom Terre Hat Rev. Todd U. B

Farmer Accused in Poisoning Ends Life

George Kolb, a farmer from near Mays Indiana, suspected in the poisoning deaths of two, possibly three wives, reportedly took poison and was hospitalized in Rushville City Hospital as circumstantial evidence pointed to him.

Rushville George Kolb Near Mays Ind Here

Also Mentioned on This Page

Ford Lucas East Seminary Street Evelyn Ayler Bridge College Avenue Vera Grace Brown Anderson Street Caroline Ellis Seminary Street Mary Elizabeth Gillen Raymond Dirks Chicago Dean Mrs Louis H Dirks East Washington Street Eleanore Cammack Lafayette Mrs. J. O. Cammack Milt Day Fillmore Frank Garrett Eliabeth McNary Wade McNary Miss Ley Bunten Charles Bunten Jack Clift Virgil Sharp and Son Walter Clift Glen Dicks Clifford Dicks Lowell Dicks Ellis Cowling Gurnee, Jr Mr. Cowling Ira Cowling James P. Hughes Monroe Adam Beck Buffalo New York Limedale International Cement Co Herman Beck Mr. Beck Lucy Boyce Wetz Indiana Central Business College Boyce Florida J. E. Porter Terre Haute Porter WBOW Rev. Porter College Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church Council Christian Brotherhood Washington, D. C Annette Brewster Selma Calif San Jose Il Newsreel Triple Slayer Walter Crabtree Keyser W. Va Romney Oscar de Priest Congress Illinois Representative Allgood Alabama Mademoiselle Carron Aga Khan Mohammedan Aix-les Bains Paris International Newsreel University of Kentucky Shea Miss Lewra Peti Il Paso Texas Miss Petties College of S and Sciences National Newersel ST. Paul Baptist Church INS Fillmore Ladies Aid Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church of Needlecraft Club Hastmas Robert Hamrick W Jackson Street Robert Browning South Indiana Street Ardith Moore Harry W. Moore Cosmopolitan School of Music Annice Moore Mary Louise Throop Mary Louise Moffett Martha Shannon Helen Johnson Mary O'Rear Ilene Mundy Helen Werneke Julia Werneke Geneva Brown Helen King Mothers Kenneth West East Walnut Street Vasconcelos Jose Vasconcelos Guaymas Sonora United States Ixeporte Reallvba Newsreal Renes Kent Herald Office Daisy M. Godfrey Myr Jersey W. C. Justice Ind. R West Virginia Indiana Greencastle Canning Co Main Street South Jackson Street G. H. Mason Anderson St Ve 'O
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