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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1929
Page
5
Temperature fell to five degrees Friday night and stayed low through Saturday as Prof. E. R. Smith supervised activities in Northwood.
Indianapolis January 10 In the 1929 Indiana General Assembly session P Deluse of Indianapolis chairman of the old age pension commission of the Fraternal Order of Eagles predicts the legislature will pass an old age pension bill sponsored by his group. The proposal is an enabling act with county options to pension the needy or use the existing poorhouse system and includes safeguards on residence length felonies and U S citizenship.
Greencastle led 17 to 10 at half and surged in the second half to defeat Elwood 42 to 15 on Elwood floor. Key scorers included Stone Masten Tobin and E Crawley with solid second half runs as Brown Crawley and Tobin contributed from the field and line.
Columbus Indiana January 11 A 70 year old Shelbyville man alias Marks pleaded guilty to bigamy in circuit court after a marriage to Elizabeth Richardson of near St Louis Cross. He was sentenced to three months at the state farm. He admitted marrying last wife in 1881 and that no divorce had been obtained.
A quoted line reflects a man admitting difficulty with calculations while stating his birth year as 1859. The fragment hints at a historical or biographical note without additional context or names.
Reelsville defeated Fillmore 38 to 25 on their floor Friday night and led 20 to 17 at halftime. Key scorers were Lewis, Max Kinder and Dale Kinder with 35 points combined as Fillmore, missing Bryan, couldn't keep pace. Reelsville, coached by Hedge, boasts a younger lineup and recently won an invitational tournament on their court.
Leo Bath age 35 former organist at the Van Castle and Granada theaters in Greencastle died January 9. Services set for Tuesday in Bath with Rev. B H Bruner in charge. Interment in Forest Hill cemetery. Bath, a World War veteran, struggled with alcohol and sleeping tablet addiction but was well liked by friends. He recently left Greencastle for Terre Haute after a personal crisis.
City firemen had two runs over the weekend at DePauw University Greek houses. A salamander heater sparked a false floor fire at the Johns property 503 South Locust Street under remodeling for Alpha Gamma Delta with little damage. A second alarm near Theta House on South College Avenue reported flames from the chimney prompting a nearby residence to sound a false alarm.
Emma Alice Hester of Putnamville died at her home Saturday night at 11 40 following a two week illness of influenza and pneumonia. She was 71 and a longtime Putnamville resident. Survived by two sisters Mrs Frank Heath of Indianapolis and Mrs Elizabeth Sweet of Greencastle and a brother J L Hamaker Greencastle city councilman. Services Tuesday at 10 30 am at the Putnamville Methodist Church with interment in Putnamville cemetery.
Crawfordsville records the death of Sarah Margaret Bledsoe Friday at her daughter Emma Sanford's home 1009 Darlington Avenue after several weeks of illness caused by influenza complications. Born April 20, 1845 in Parke County, she was the daughter of Joseph and Lydia Hall and married Joseph Bledsoe in 1862. She belonged to the Primitive Baptist church at Roachdale and is survived by three daughters Flora Newgent Indianapolis Clyde Wiatt Rockville and three grandsons Charles Laird and Leland Newgent. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 PM at the Sanford home conducted by Rev. C. L. Airhart. Burial details follow.
Professor William Hung of Harvard University will give the Horizon lectures at DePauw University on April 8 9 and 10 per an announcement by President Oxnam. Hung spoke at DePauw in 1922 and is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University. He studied at Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University and taught at Peking University before joining Harvard.
Hattie Gleason Hultz of Roachdale dies at home northeast of Bainbridge after four years of illness. Pneumonia is listed as the immediate cause. Born July 10, 1863 in Ottwell Indiana, she was married May 23 1893 to Oliver B Hultz. Surviving are husband, daughter Agnes of Bedford, son Ralph at home, and sister Alice Gleason of Huntingburg. Funeral at Carpentersville M E Church Saturday at 1 pm with Rev. Ray Kelly officiating. Burial Bainbridge cemetery.
Martinsville Indiana January 12 Mrs Mary Jane Kephart 71 burned to death in her Morgantown home Her son William Kephart found the body in a chair with clothing and house in flames Neighbors extinguished the blaze Relatives suspect a light stroke from fright caused inability to escape She sometimes smoked a pipe.
W A Patterson of south Indiana Street has purchased the Bloomington Street restaurant near the Pennsylvania railroad from Robert Kerr and will take charge in person. Patterson will temporarily run the business while continuing to handle the agency for the Hippet automobile.
Lawrence F. Barney Moore 66 a Greencastle resident for 48 years died at his home on north Madison street Saturday evening. Cause of death was a complication of diseases after five years as an invalid. He worked for the Monon and Big Four railroads and retired as a Big Four conductor. Survived by widow Catherine Ellen Moore a son John and granddaughter Mary Margaret Moore. He was father of Harry Moore killed in World War I. A sister Mrs William Prather and step-brother Ellis Moore Orleans also survive.
Funeral services for Charles W. Daggy, 85, longtime Putnam County resident and Civil War veteran, will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. Victor L. Raphael officiating. Daggy, a former county commissioner and last of 14 Daggy siblings, died suddenly Saturday afternoon from a heart attack after leaving the Alamo building in Greencastle. He is survived by three children Roscoe Daggy Maynard Daggy and Mrs W A Klatte. The G A R will perform their ritual as part of the services. The body will lie in state at Rector Funeral Home before services.
Indiana inaugurated Harry Leslie as 38th governor with a broad amnesty for former political and newspaper enemies. He urged cooperation, defended order and constitutional respect, and criticized unscrupulous lawyers and weak courts as factors in crime while pledging accountability.
A historic appeal calls on citizens to take decisive action to rehabilitate and reestablish trust in the state department of government. The emphasis is on careful selection of judiciary to strengthen governance and public confidence.
Trial of Jess Coffman of Bainbridge Island on embezzlement and larceny charges was set for February 4 after his not guilty pleas in Putnam Circuit Court. Coffman remains bound under bond. The charges were filed by Fred Ford.
The Reserve Officers Association of Indiana adopted resolutions urging Congress to pass a special pension bill for the widow and children of Second Lieutenant William H. Senges, air reserve, killed on inactive duty at Fort Benjamin Harrison. The group also announced troop schools will open in numerous Indiana cities including Gary, Hammond, South Bend, and Indianapolis with additional sites in Valparaiso, Michigan City, and others.
George Washington Hanna aged 44 died Monday at 10 am after a ten month illness. He was born December 3 1844 in Wave land Indiana. He lived on a Montgomery County farm until age 15 then served in the Civil War. He married Mary Frances Nelson December 5 1854 and had three daughters Cora Tallie and Nellie G. who married Ora Tustison. He later lived near Morton Putnam County then Morton mercantile business, then a Hanna Cross Roads farm, and moved to West Walnut Street home. He helped build Greencastle Court House in 1904 and was active in public life and the M E Church. Funeral at Brick Chapel Church Wednesday at 1 30 pm with Dr C Stoward Taylor. interment Brick Chapel.
The eighteenth annual IHSAA state basketball tournament opens March 1 across sixty four sectional centers. Five regional sites Bloomington Evansville Frankfort Greencastle and New Albany are dropped for Attica Bedford Brazil Lafayette and Washington. Sixteen regional tours on March 9 will crown sixteen sectional champions to advance to the state finals.
March 15 and 16 will host regional meets at the Butler fieldhouse. The article lists sixteen cities selected as regional hosts with sectional centers noted, detailing entrants by county and indicating potential field sizes, including 744 teams across the regions.
A large Meharry Hall audience and radio listeners heard Prof. F C Tilden speak Sunday on the Religious Responsibility of the College Graduate. Music student Miss Dorothy Deamer sang a group of songs.
Indiana State Senate learned that impeachment of Circuit Judge Clarence W. Dearth was futile after the State Supreme Court ruled the legislature lacks authority to impeach circuit court judges. The court confirmed Marion County Claims Court’s 1927 award of $50 salary withheld during impeachment hearings, noting only the Supreme Court can act after a judge’s corruption conviction. Dearth had been acquitted by the Senate on charges of jury packing and irregularities in Delaware County.
A list of property transfers including Citizens Trust Co. to Fred O Ford in Bainbridge and multiple 1 sums. Balch to Akers 180 acres in Franklin and Jackson townships with 1. Akers to Balch 180 acres in Franklin and Jackson townships with 1. Transfers involve George Saddin to George Herper 40 acres in Warren two and 1. Roy F Ford to Cather McCullough 160 acres in Washington township with 1. Glenn H Ly on to Josie Blue late in Cloverdale Morris Rd 1500. Alpha Gamma Delta House Assoc and Alpha Gamma Delta Realty in Greencastle 1. Rebecca Newman et al to John King lot in Forest Hill Cemetery 65. Paul D Leinberger et al to Frederick F Bernstorf 80 acres in Floyd township 1. John H Allee Conn to Michael A Wolfe lot in Greencastle 370. Chas Daggy to Roscoe Daggy 4.88 acres in Greencastle two 1. City of Greencastle to Heber G Johnson lot in Forest Hill cemetery 100. John F Everman to Henrietta Everman land in Russell two 1. Mattie Bowling to S R Purser lots in Greencastle 1. Mattie Bowling to Harry E Allan lots in Greencastle 1. Harry N Fine to Mary F Gott
Conveyances show Ira B. Gott and others to Mary I. Gott a Russellville lot for 1200 dollars while Citizens Trust Company executors transfer Greencastle lots for 8000 dollars to Carrie W. Hays and others. Warren Pickens sells 80 acres in Jefferson Town for 1 dollar. Charles T. Rice transfers 60 acres in Warren township to Steve Warner Teters and wife for 1 dollar.
Elmer Stanger watched as a Pennsylvania train crushed his son Tom Stanger's new Ford when the stalled car, fixed in gear, failed to start and the motor starter locked. He escaped injury by leaping away as the train bore down on the crossing near the old traction line where previous deaths occurred. Thomas Stanger works as a janitor at the local high school.
The weekend cold wave produced record lows in Greencastle per a U S government thermometer overseen by Prof. E R Smith in Northwood. Sunday night readings hit 6 degrees below zero and 3 below at 6 PM. The prior low was 2 below on Saturday. By noon Monday the temp rose to 13 above zero.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and five companions landed at Mars Hill Airport at 8 10 a m for an inspection of Stout Field as a potential airport for the Transcontinental Air Transport project. The group then headed to St Louis after a brief stop while other aircraft were sighted over the city.
Last rites for Frank Allee city councilman were held from the home on east Anderson street Sunday afternoon conducted by the Rev. H. A. Sherrill. Interment was in Forest Hill cemetery. Mayor Charles McGaughey councilmen W. D. James Earl Harris Walter Brown Fire Chief John Goddard and city marshal Paul Grimes were pall bearers.
Senator Watson of Indiana, bedridden with influenza, shows improvement and likely to return to the Capitol by week’s end. Public health officials monitored his recovery as he resumes duties.
Oscar A. King files for divorce from Elizabeth King in Putnam Circuit Court. Married October 20, 1928, separated January 7, 1929. King alleges quarrelsome conduct and insults that made living together impossible.
Mrs J A Clarke of Indianapolis announced the marriage of her daughter Elizabeth to Donald Lampher. The ceremony occurred recently at a dinner party on Sunday evening at the home. Mrs Charles Gordon of this city attended as an out-of-town guest. Elizabeth is a former DePauw student and Alpha Chi Omega member. Lampher is also a DePauw student and Phi Kappa Psi member.
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