System of Church Support Inaugurated at Banquet
An EW system of church support was inaugurated at a Wednesday banquet attended by members. The event showcased proposed and accepted actions reflecting communal backing for church activities.
05 Feb 1914
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1914
Page
1
An EW system of church support was inaugurated at a Wednesday banquet attended by members. The event showcased proposed and accepted actions reflecting communal backing for church activities.
At a Wednesday church banquet over 150 members endorsed the Duplex envelope system adopted from the General Conference. Dr. G R Grose of DePauw University opened the toasts as messengers prepared to canvass the congregation for adoption and understanding of the new dual-expense structure.
Soph Kean is now in prison after an unsuccessful resistance to arrest. Officers used force and power to restrain him.
Albert Soph Kean was arrested in the square at 4 PM after resisting Marshal Cooper. Deputized Frank Bee and Sheriff Bees helped subdue him. Kean pled guilty to intoxication and resisting an officer, fined 5 dollars plus costs, 15 total, and jailed for inability to pay.
First day of matriculation at DePauw shows slight change in enrollment. few new courses offered. Students must pay traveling expenses in the performance of official duties. funds were exhausted as salary.
Enrollment for the second semester proceeds at the registrar’s office in East College. Fees are due for old students, with little change in numbers from last semester. New and returning students adjust schedules, including two dropped courses and new advanced seminar options, while classes start at 8 am tomorrow. Separately, county road funds face a policy ruling that county superintendents must cover their own travel and related expenses from salary.
The condition of Miss Margaret Quayle daughter of Bishop Quayle is critical. Doctors report she is in nervous collapse after a radium treatment for knee cancer and cannot retain nourishment or rest since arriving from Baltimore. If possible she may be sent home to St Paul on Friday or Saturday.
A February 4 Ladoga Indiana dispatch reports yeggmen blew the Ladoga postoffice safe and took about 1500 dollars in postage stamps while the inner chamber holding 200 dollars remained untouched. Logan Bonk heard the blast and misattributed it to a torpedo at the Monon railroad. No suspects yet. John Lough identified the event at the post office. Lulu Bon Durant has returned to Greencastle for DePauw University. Reese Matson and Talbott Christie were in Indianapolis last night.
C. M. Bettis a well known Clinton township farmer died at his Morton home at 3 a m after a months long illness caused by tuberculosis of the bowels He was 65 funeral services will be at Union Chapel near Morton Friday at 11 o clock conducted by the Morton Masonic Lodge interment in Union Chapel cemetery Survived by wife and three children Mrs Frank Nelson of Bainbridge Frank Bettis and Elsie Bettis.
On February 3, a Democratic House caucus voted 124 to 55 to declare woman suffrage a state question and oppose the Baker resolution to create a new house committee on woman suffrage. Representative Ralph Moss supported the majority.
County commissioners did not render a decision in the Moccasin Trail road case in Cloverdale township. The petition seeks boundary changes to match the road on general usage. Property owners William McMains and Irene Masey oppose the change, fearing loss of property.
The local chapter of Fraternity will host brothers from four Indiana colleges for a Friday to Sunday convention. Prominent alumni are expected to attend, highlighting the event’s significance for the chapter.
More than 100 Beta Theta Pi members from Pur due Wabash Hanover Indiana and DePauw gather in Greencastle for the Indiana province reunion. Activities include a pool tournament a Beta chapter hall meeting a basketball game and a banquet at the Beta house with DePauw alumni and others attending. W. R. Baird author of Baird's Manual may attend.
Weather prophet forecasts a February rife with storms from the 2nd to the 19th with central periods around the 4th 10th 11th and 12th. He notes rising barometers in places and a spine of cold and blizzards sweeping from the west to the Atlantic coast. Ruth Rector returns from Martinsville and Tailor Made Suits sale ends soon.
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