Local News Briefs From Greencastle and Area
James E. Rogers expands Dodge and Chandler sales in Putnam County. Deputy Lancaster to transfer a state farm escape to Jeffersonville prison. Mrs. Spahr and daughter visit Rogers family in Greencastle. Milton Britton sent to county house as incurable and confined. Thermometer reads thirteen degrees. snow and ice soften later. Woman's League to meet at College Avenue church with music notes read by Mrs. Wagner. Mrs. Landes and Miss Elizabeth Landes depart for Oakland and future western trip. Wallace Welch receives nine Christmas boxes while in France with American army. Senior English class addressed by Chaplain Carpenter on success. Lieut Maurice Sharp meets Greencastle man Jim Hurley in Crowley. may head to France or serve as instructor. No meat price increases. FDA sets current price as limit. Rev. Carpenter commissioned as lieutenant and to report for Navy training in San Francisco. Mrs. Tilden and Mrs. Riley noted. Penelope and Twentieth Century clubs to meet for surgical dressing work. Ernest Browning attends grocers meeting in Indianapolis. Leslie Cox, in Battery B 136th Ohio, writes from Camp Sheridan he will soon go to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Britton
Woman’s League
College Avenue Church
C. M. Wagner
J. P. Allen, Jr
Maurice Sharp
U. S. Aviation Corps
Gerstner Aviation Field
Lake Charles
Crowley
Greencastle
Jim Hurley
Lieut. Sharp
American Aviation Corps
France
E. E. Sharp
Federal Food Administration
Guy Carpenter
United States Navy
Navy Yard
San Francisco
Cal
Rev
Carpen
What Barnard Learned
Article 2 of a series from Dr. Harry E. Barnard federal food administrator for Indiana reports on a Washington conference with food officials. It covers U boats, sea planes, convoy tactics, camouflage limits, and seaplane effectiveness in countering submarine threats to trans Atlantic shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Barnard
Indiana
Washington
North Sea
Trans- Atlantic
Ireland
Germany
Grmany
England
America
Conservation Corner Brings War Recipes To Greencastle
The Greencastle branch recruits housewives to share war time food conservation ideas recipes and tips include eggs milk and bran muffins and dumplings for pot roast with guidance on using substitutes and preserving supplies.
Bible History Course Added To High School Program
A new Bible class taught by Miss Florence Earlle studies the Old Testament historically with sixteen students. open to juniors and seniors for one credit per semester, meeting three times weekly. A health notice requires a physician's certificate on return from sickness, at teacher discretion, to safeguard student health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Maxwell
Florence Earlle
H. E. Rosenburg
Teachers Fill Draft Cards In County Draft Office
Last night teachers started filling 500 index draft cards from the county clerk. Miss Southard set a high mark by completing over seventy five cards. About 1,400 cards remain to be filled as faculty aid is appreciated by draft officials. High school students were dismissed at 3 PM for a courthouse lecture on the war with the entire student body attending. Miss Reilly and Miss Masten, DePauw University seniors, are practice teachers in the Latin department with classes taught by them. Due to illness on the G H S team, scheduling was affected.
New Hub offers storewide sale to clear fall and winter stock
The New Hub clothing and shoe stores announce a week long sale to move out fall and winter merchandise with no profit and sometimes below wholesale. Customers are urged to visit at their convenience to save on clothing furnishings and footwear. The sale runs through Saturday February 2nd.
Uncertain Noon Decision on School Game After Illnesses
At noon today Mr. Rosenburg had not decided what the school would do. Players Carl Allen and Piercy Allee are ill and may miss several weeks. The Cloverdale game may be called off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosenburg
Carl Allen
Piercy Allee
Cloverdale
Zeis CoFlourry advertisement listing flours and meal
Zeis & Co announces a broad selection of flours and meals including rye barley Graham whole wheat rice flour and yellow and white corn meal with phone contact 67 for orders or inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeis & Co
City sewing machine canvasser recommended by Mrs. Jackson Boyd
A gentleman canvassing the city to clean and adjust sewing machines is recommended by Mrs. Jackson Boyd. Phone 78. it-dran.30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Boyd
Dran
Elliot Trees Named Principal Appointee to Naval Academy
Elliot Trees, a sophomore at the university and Phi Psi member, has been chosen as a principal appointee to the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis. Trees left Green Castle today for Washington for a brief stop before proceeding to Annapolis. His home is in Kekomo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliot Trees
Theniversity
Phi Psi Fraternity
United States Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Mr. Trees
Greencastle
Washington
Kekomo
New Food Rules Begin 1918 Observe Wheatless and Meatless Days
The food administration calls all individuals and lodging houses to follow Wheatless Mondays and Wednesdays, one wheatless meal daily, Meatless Tuesdays, Porkless Saturdays, one meatless meal daily, and daily fats and sugar savings. Wheatless means no wheat except tiny amounts for thickening or binding. Meatless bans beef pork mutton veal lamb. Porkless bans pork bacon ham lard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Administration
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E. A. Browning
Putnam County
Central National Bank
Brunswick, Victrola
Edison
Hanna
A. Cook
Pathe
Ivan Mozukin and
Tangafeteller
Pathe Presents
Ruth Roland
Cassidy
Dick Rosson
James E. Rogers
Dodge
Chandler
Fred Lancaster
Jeffersonville
Hughes
J. M. Spahr
Anna
Indianapolis
Bloomington Street
Spahr
Rogers
Albert Landes
Elizabeth Landes
Oakland
Ed. Ellis
Landes
Methodist
Wallace Welch
Corporal Welch
Herald
Wally
Guy E. Carpenter
Carpenter
Hazel Klingler
DePauw University
Ter
Brazil
F. C. Tilden
A. T. Riley
Penelope Club
Twentieth Century Club
Ernest Browning
Browning Grocery
Willam Welch
Leslie Cox
Camp Sheridan
136Th Ohio Field Artillery
Barnard
ACA
Conservation Corner
Association of Collegiate Alumname
Francis Calvin Tilden
Graham Gems
Frank Bittles
Laurence Journal- World
Herb’s
Kansas City Star
Marshall & O’hair
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