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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1922
Page
4
Auditor of Putnam County Indiana announces a petition from M Butcher and others to improve a two and a half mile highway in Clinton Township by trading draining and paving with crushed stone. Hearing set before the Board of Commissioners February 6 1922. The notice includes signatures from freeholders and voters.
Notice from the Putnam County auditor records a petition by J A Brattain and others requesting the Board of County Commissioners to improve a highway in Madison Township Indiana. The petition states the road runs from the south end of the Rip Our Arch easterly about 600 feet to an improved county road in sections 31 and 32 of township 14N range 5W and requests construction without an election and a width of 35 feet.
A petition filed by Willard Gough et al requests the improvement of a specified highway in Franklin Township, to be heard by the County Board of Commissioners on Monday in February 1922, outlining the proposed work and involved lands.
A group of residents in Franklin Township Putnam County Indiana petition for grading drainage and paving a short gravel road less than three miles long. They request a 35 foot width and Montezuma gravel material and seek improvement without an election. Signed by Willard Gouch and 59 others dated January 12 19 Poster 25.
Auditor of Putnam County Indiana announces a petition by John Grimes et al for changing and improving a public road in Russell Township. A hearing before the Board of County Commissioners is set for February 6 1922. The route described covers 6453 feet through multiple lands including Martha Clodfelter and others.
The document records a petition by Albert Stoner and 62 residents of Madison Township Putnam County Indiana asking the county board to improve a stated highway by grading draining bridging and macadamizing it. The route runs from the southeast corner of the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 1 township 14 north range 5 west north along the current line for about one and one fourth miles. They propose gravel paving width of 55 feet and seek improvement without an election. Signed January 9 1922 greencastle indiana.
Charles Webster petitions request that the line improvement connect with and intersect at each terminus a Free Gravel and macadamized road. They ask the board to approve the project without a voter referendum. Dated January 9 1922 in Greencastle Indiana signed by John Grimes and 53 others.
Mae Agnes Kivett, born May 6 1888, died January 4 1999 at age 83 years 7 months 28 days. She taught ten years in her community and Cloverdale, married Earnest C. Kivett on June 28 1908, and is survived by daughter Nelly Frances, parents Wahsm and Cinthia Allee, two brothers, husband, and many relatives and friends. An admired teacher, she valued just and righteous ideals and greeted neighbors with kindness.
Funeral services were held at Walnut Chapel conducted by Revs. Thomas Brown and J A Parr. Burial was in Walnut Chapel Cemetery. Fenwick Reed Jr of Bloomingloyd was in Greencastle visiting his parents on East Washington Street. A Kiwanis Club Ladies High Party is set for Thursday at 8 PM in the Little Cafe with a large attendance anticipated.
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