Physical Tests Taken by Guard Company
Twenty two members of a guard company completed physical tests and remaining local unit members will be examined by the end of the week for service in the state.
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1918
Page
1
Zinc Plant Guard Planned for Greencastle Home Guard
Twenty two Greencastle men of the Home Guard were sworn in after medical checks by Dr. Eugene Hawkins. The roster lists eighty five, with service limited to the state for one year after the current war. The unit may protect zinc plate mills and other government factories. officer elections follow inspections. O. O. Dobbs left for Fort Wayne on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Home Guards
Eugene Hawkins
Putnam County
Smith
Indianapolis
Danial Denman
M. E. Murphy
Greencastle Home Guard Company
Greencastle Telephone Rate Petition Set For Hearing
A letter from Indiana Public Service Commission secretary Carl H. Mote informs The Herald that the Greencastle Telephone Company's petition for a higher rate schedule will be heard at the Public Service Commission office in Indianapolis. The date cited is January 10, 1918 at 10 a.m., with copies of the audit and property appraisal sent to Greencastle's City Clerk for public review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle Telephone Company
Herald
Carl H. Mote
Indiana Public Service Commission
The
Greencastle
Ind
Office
the Public Service Commission
State House
Indianapolis
Easement Reported in Sugar Situation
Dr Harry E Barnard federal food administrator for Indiana reports a sugar easement allowing 80 percent of requirements to confectioners and non essential product manufacturers, against prior 50 percent. The change anticipates a new crop but keeps per person consumption at three pounds monthly and grocery sales rules unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Barnard
Indiana
Washington
Barnard
Draft Registrants Proceeds In Glass Case Ruling
A higher court faces the classification of draft registrants with numbers 1 and 4 predominant in cases concerning married men without children. The ruling focuses on how these draftees are categorized for deployment.
Dependent status drives priority in registration classifications
The registry work advances with more men placed in class No 1 as they reach the phase where physical examinations begin. A married man without children is to be placed in class one unless his wife would lack reasonably adequate support. The board will no longer publish the division numbers within each class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Focal Board
Crowder
Notable Names List From Local Roll Call
A compiled list includes Allen Broadstreet Thomas Fiddler Raymond Lody Raymond Etcheson Forest Potter Herman Bridges Chauncey Fisher Orval Templeman Emmons Wright Guy Matthews Goodsell Herron Sylvia Hurst Clarence Davis Oscar Hatcher Guy Williamson William Maddox Raymond Allen Samuel Harshbarger Tarquin McHawkins John McLean R Keller Geo Finney Clarence Runyan Walter Miller and David Shuck, indicating a roster of individuals tied to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen W. Broadstreet
Thos. E. Fiddler
Raymond R. Lody
Raymond W. Etcheson
Forest W. Potter
Herman W. Bridges
Chauncey Fisher
Orval E. Templeman
Emmons B. Wright
Guy M. Matthews
Goodsell W. Herron
Sylvia A. Hurst
Clarence O. Davis
Oscar P. Hatcher
Guy E. Williamson
Wm. E. Maddox
Raymond M. Allen
Samuel Harshbarger
Tarquin McHawkins
John Donald McLean
R. E. Keller
Geo. Finney
Clarence Runyan
Walter L. Miller
David F. Shuck
Locomotives for Russia to be seized for U S rail use
Washington reports 200 locomotives under construction for Russia will be seized and gauge converted to American standards. About 100 more engines ready for shipment to France will be held temporarily and then sent to France after easing freight congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Washington
France
County Pig Club Formed At Bank Organizes Event
The bank organizes a county pig club with First National of this city purchasing 100 thoroughbred gilts to feed and exhibit next spring. Boys will care for the animals and display them locally at a cost price event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National
Five Prizes Offered For Greencastle Pig Club
The First National Bank of Greencastle announces five prizes of scholarships to the Agricultural Short Course at Purdue for the best five pig exhibits by county boys. The program aims to boost hog production as government limits ease. Each boy must sign notes with his father at purchase, bearing 6 percent interest, with backing by county agent R S Fouts and banker A G Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Puntiam
First National Bank
Purdue
A.G. Brown
R.s. Fouts
O. E. S. Elects Officers at Morton Chapter Meeting
Morton Chapter of O. E. S. No. 354 held a December 26 1917 session electing officers for the coming term. W. M. Lucille Wood N. P. Lee Wood A. M. Edith Frank Secretary Laverne Thomas Treasurer Ethel Lawter Con Jessie Wood A Conn Olivia Irwin Adah Laura Frank Ruth Thressa Wimmer Esther Sehut Oomair Martha Berilla Brothers Electa Nannie Whitted Warden Margaret Vermillion Sentinel W S Lawter Chaplain Mary Call Organist Carrie Ratcliff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton Chapter
W. M
Lucille Wood
N. P
Lee Wood
A. M
Edith Frank
Laverne Thomas
Ethel Lawter
Jessie Wood
A. Conn
Olivia Irwin
Adah
Laura Frank
Ruth—Thressa Wimmer
Esther—Sehut Oomair
Martha
Berilla Brothers
Electa
Nannie Whitted
Margaret Vermillion
Sentinel
W.s. Lawter
Mary Call
Marshall
Minnie Calle
Carrie Ratcliff
U S Allows Drop in Stock Food Prices
Indianapolis January 1 Relief from high stock feed prices reaches Indiana dairymen and stock feeders via a U S Food Administration order fixing bran at 38 percent of the mill price of wheat with other feeds graded proportionately to price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
United States Food Administration
Gardens Opened To Visitors On Fine New Year’s Day
Ten years ago on January 1 people visited gardens and drove in the country. County officers changed as the big four cut-off was completed and saloon men voiced dissatisfaction.
New Year 1908 Greencastle Recap and Local Changes
The Herald-Democrat recalls New Year’s Day 1908 in Greencastle with sun and rest, noting county official changes including Lawrence Athey as recorder, Dan Moffett as county auditor, and Albert Gardner as commissioner. It reports Sims & Co. completing the Big Four cut-off, a $2,000 payroll that day, and $750,000 spent since work began. Also mentioned are DePauw University gifts from J Fr Simeson estate, saloon license remonstrances, Citizens' League opposition, and Evans’ Hall moving-picture bills featuring Pirates' Treasure and Nurse's Strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Athey
Henry Blue
Recorder's Office
C. C. Hurst
Dan Moffett
Cloverdale
Albert Gardner
T. D. Brookshire
Herald-Democrat
Sims & Co
DePauw University
Citizens’ League of
Evans’ Hall
Lieut Hughes Honored by War Department
Lieut Harry Hughes a former Greencastle high school mathematics teacher has been named first assistant in the correspondence bureau of the aviation department of the army with headquarters in Washington. His strong record at Fort Benjamin Harrison led to commission as a first lieutenant and a transfer request to the bureau, granted by the War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hughes
Greencastle
Aviation Department of the Army
Washington, D. C
Hughes
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Washington
Lieut. Hughes
Fort Harrison
Magazines Sent to Soldier Boys Earn Warm Thanks
A Greencastle girl received a note of appreciation from soldiers at Camp Meade for sending magazines. Sergt C H Stoeckel of Headquarters Co 311 FA wrote that The Literary Digest arrived in October and the boys look forward to their publications, sending best wishes for Christmas and New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
U. S. Field Artillery
Meade
Mad
Literary Digest
Sergt
C. H. Stoeckel
Headquarters Co
F. A. Camp Meade, Md
G H S Hard Hit Seeks High School Teachers
Superintendent Dodson of Greencastle city schools faces a teacher shortage at the high school. Frank W. Stultz resigned to lead Farmersburg schools. Royce left Greencastle to join the aviation corps while Weathers may be drafted. Efforts hinge on returning professors and a likely all female faculty soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Greencastle
Frank W. Stultz
Farmersburg
Ind
Royce
Aviation Corps
Regular Army
Weathers
Department of Science
Stultz
New Year Opens Quietly Amid War Preparations
The 1918 year arrives quietly as 1917 departs, with business suspended briefly for inventory and fuel conservation urged by officials. Merchants return to duties as Uncle Sam surveys stock to better regulate wartime supplies, while the nation braces for tougher times ahead but hopes for eventual victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Americans
Uncle Sam
Lodges celebrate New Year with dances in Greencastle halls
New Year’s Eve was marked by two Greencastle lodges. The Ben Hur lodge held a dance in their hall with guests, while the Elks hosted a splendid dance in their club rooms. Mitchell’s Orchestra from Indianapolis provided special music for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Ben Hur
The
Elks
Mitchell
Indianapolis
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the Central Trust Company
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Lee Craft
Reuben A. Lurber
Jno. F. Rady
Thos. Chenoweth
Eric S. Vermillion
Lee R. Cummings
Clarence O. Hutchins
Martin Broadstreet
Ernest R. Whitson
Lester H. Fitzsimmons
Edward L. Slavens
Gtho S. Chadwick
Geo. R. Gorham
Qlora R. Shannon
Harry Ash
Jee A
Warren Williams
Jas. L. Anderson
Glen Burgess
Robi. R. Hand
John O. Broom
Edward B. Johnson
Albert K. Watson
F. A. Hansel
Guy Skelton
Hiram J. Calender
Everett McCoy
Robi. O. Yopp
Clyde E. Thomas
W. N. Woodworth
Fillmore E
Ernest C. White
Harry G. Pierson
Joseph
Moore
Wm. F. Richardson
Grafton J. Longden
Roy Ferrand
Dan O. Wilterwood
Ralph A. Cress
Floyd R. Dunican
BANK
U. S
Lieut Hughes
WAR Department
Opera House
A. Cook
Mgr
Triangle
Roy Stewart
Triangle Komedy
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