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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1928
Page
1
Charles J. Arnold reports Greencastle pledges to DePauw University total $97,108 with 449 paid in full and 195 unpaid. A remaining balance of $2,582 awaits payment. The column also notes local posts, residents, and civic facts including Bartley’s postmaster tenure, fire apparatus questions, and Putnam County delinquent tax records.
Democratic candidate George E. Hershman of Crown Point declares run for Indiana governor subject to the May primary. Hershman, a leading northern Indiana lawyer and businessman, has practiced law for twenty three years with parts of his career in Rensselaer and Crown Point.
Glen Skelton, principal of Reelsville High School, was named history teacher at Greencastle High School to succeed Miss Fleetta Goodwin. He begins the second semester. vacancy at Reelsville to be filled. Goodwin resigned to join Gary schools. Skelton brings 12 years teaching, IS Normal College AB degree, 16 hours graduate work.
C. C. Cassidy of Roachdale Hall announces an Old Fiddler’s Contest for Wednesday evening with prizes for fiddlers dancers and players of guitar banjo and other instruments.
At the Masonic Temple the Mark Masters degree was conferred on John Melville Sanford Romine Lester Sudranski and Fred Snively. In Past Masters degree the same men plus Lawrence Wright James Walker Roy Hillis and Ward Mayhall received degrees. Master Masons Lodge work is planned for Friday night.
Greencastle Consol dated School Board discussed merging the Second and Third Ward grade schools into a new Second Ward building to be erected next summer. Plans include possible rear annexes for the Third Ward and potential ground purchase if funds allow, with location shifts to facing streets.
The Shepherdess by Hillary G. Bailey of Greencastle is listed in Photo grams of the Year edited by F. C. Mortimer of London. The alto gravure image appeared in The Indianapolis Star and Mortimer selects sixty-one photographs from Europe and America with twenty-two from the U S including Bailey’s as Indiana’s sole entry.
Col A G Fisher at Col Lindberghs Panamanian villa denied rumors of a nervous collapse. He said Lindbergh is in good health after a vacation at Boquete and could not explain the circulating reports. Also noted Miss Mercedes Gleitze’s fourth Gibraltar swim attempt ended with near drowning after a whirlpool.
Norwich Connecticut January 24 Police and firemen searched the Shetucket River for two children missing after a car with Herbert Whitaker 50 his wife and five children plunged forty feet from Preston bridge. They swerved to avoid a motorcyclist and the railing gave way.
William T Cosgrave president of the Irish Free State dined with President and Mrs Coolidge at the White House. He planned to lay a wreath at Arlington Cemetery on the tomb of the unknown soldier and had ridden through Rock Creek Park this morning. Cosgrave said he was enthusiastic about his American visit.
New York Jan 24. St Louis Cincinnati and Pittsburgh lead for dirt while Boston is reported as the cleanest city in the country. Howard GC Murphy of Louisville led a four year series of tests for the American Society of Heat and Ventilating Engineers using a dust counter to count dust particles in air samples.
Washington reporting an average 40 percent rise in enforcement efficiency over the past year, Treasury says. Dr. J M Doran, prohibition administrator, cites tests and urges civil service to retest 75 percent of dry agents who failed the initial exam.
The forecast calls for snow tonight and mostly fair conditions on Wednesday. Much colder air moves in with strong northwest winds.
Senate investigator Thomas Walsh resumes oil graft inquiry into profits from Continental Trading Co. linked to Harry F. Sinclair and Fall allies. Witnesses Everhart and Sinclair summoned. Littleton denounces session as persecution while warning of due process concerns.
John and Jacob Wright brothers pleaded guilty to theft in Troy Ohio and are jailed for grand jury action. North Vernon Indiana police seek them for the murder of policeman Edward Fowler, shot Sept 20, 1926. They were captured in Dayton January 14 after a chase and confessed to stealing tires and tubes. A reward of 300 dollars was offered. The brothers previously lived in Nebraska and Greencastle Indiana.
Wounded in five places by buckshot, William E. Dee of Terre Haute, 25, was arrested in Covington after police linked him to a four bandit gang that battled residents of Allerton, Illinois. He sat in his immobilized car, unable to move, blowing his horn to summon help. The rear seat showed shotgun blasts and a cache of cig ars and cigarettes, believed part of the loot from the holdup.
William Brookshire age 60 prominent Ladoga resident unconscious over ten hours from monoxide fumes in a garage at his daughter Mrs George Frantz home He was found by the Frantzes with their garage door open Ford coupe running A sparrow died from gas and he showed slight heart action revival hopes Dr E O Price said Brookshire formerly a farmer and since retired worked with Ashby Elevator and Grain Company
A prayer service is planned at Hamrick Station Church on Wednesday evening at 7 30 oclock local time. Faith members and area residents are invited to attend the service and observe a period of reflection.
The Democratic Club stages its January meeting Saturday at 2 PM in the Law Library, Court House. The Hon. James P. Hughes will address the gathering.
Putnam County basketball tourney set for Greencastle gym Saturday with eight teams, Greencastle and Bainbridge skipping. Butler and Montgomery officials cap the games from morning through the final at 6 pm, with pairings listed for morning, afternoon, and night sessions.
In Princeton Indiana on January 23 a circuit court suit asks whether white parents can force a dedicated bus for white students at Baldwin Heights. A Patoka township line passes within two miles of their homes, currently served by a wagon for Negro schooling. plaintiffs Clarence Conner Carl Musgrove and Oscar Reed live six miles NW of town.
The New York alumni of DePauw University endorse President Lemuel H. Murlin for introducing supervised dances at the Indiana school and praise his efforts to ease social life. The resolution notes his resignation effective June and plans for a health trip abroad. It also commends his support for Bible teacher Walter E. Bundy amid campus debates.
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