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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1928
Page
1
A column notes a postponed water rate hearing at the courthouse delaying the decision and keeping rates at the cent level temporarily. It reports DePauw University hosting a gym dance and Cloverdale beating Roachdale in a county basketball final in overtime.
The American National Bank closed its doors after a bank run yesterday. Depositors were told they would be paid as other city banks honored certified checks drawn on the defunct bank. The charter board had recently issued a charter for the bank and Citizens Loan & Trust, with planned capital of 100000 dollars and 100000 dollars surplus, signaling a possible reorganization.
The Greencastle Water Works Co. rate hearing, seeking higher charges, was postponed by Public Service Commissioner Harvey Harmon after Saturday afternoon action. No new date is set. city officials were unaware until late morning. The Telephone Co. rate hearing is rescheduled for Wednesday February 8.
Edward Johnson 18 of Greencastle pleaded guilty in Clay circuit court to grand larceny and was sentenced by Judge Hutchison to 1 to 10 years in the Indiana Reformatory. Johnson admitted stealing a Chevrolet touring car owned by Edward Pell of Brazil R. R. 7 from the Limedale cement plant last Sunday.
A freak calf born on Glen Camblin’s farm east of Marion near Fairville features two tails two heads four front legs and two torsos joined from the ribs up. It died shortly after birth but may be preserved for exhibition purposes.
Willie Ernest Ford a clerk and Mary Hallam a housekeeper both of Bainbridge applied for a marriage license. The record lists their names and occupations.
Weather forecast predicts snow moderate in intensity with daytime hours. Sunrise at 6 55 and sunset at 5 02 outline the daylight period for plan and travel.
James Morris Sherman Evens, 60, prominent Washington Township farmer, died at Brazil Community Hospital from brain concussion after a fall in a wood lot four miles north of Butler School House. Believed horse kicked him. Funeral Wednesday at West Union Church. Burial Cloverdale Cemetery. Survived by widow Ida Stanton Evens, four children, sister and two brothers. Arthur Benson, married to Evens’ deceased daughter, lived with the family.
Five suspected members of a giant bomb trust are detained in Chicago amid raids tied to recent dynamite attacks on the homes of two leaders in Mayor Thompson's political circle. Threats to other influential figures spur the roundup.
The Putnam County Democratic Club held its regular session Saturday at 2 pm in the Lawyer's Library, Court House. Officers elected for the year were President Mrs. Theodore Crawley, Vice President Mrs. Geo Raines, Recording and Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Claud King, and Treasurer Mrs. Walter Williams. Judge J P Hughes addressed the group on Organization praising the club women for their past work.
Earl Douglas Haig, renowned British commander, died aged 66. He led the First Army in 1914 15 and served as commander in chief of the Expeditionary Forces in France and Flanders 1915 19 before becoming Field Marshal and Britain's forces chief until 1920. He is survived by Lady Haig, a son and three daughters.
Frank Jarrell, longtime athletic coach and history and English teacher, will become principal of Reelsville High School, succeeding Glen Skelton who resigned to join Greencastle schools. Glendon Rightsell of Washington township will join the teaching staff to fill the vacancy.
Jury to hear whether William Edward Hickman is insane in the Marion Parker kidnapping murder case. Defense aims to prove hereditary insanity through three generations with depositions from Hickman relatives and friends. A stack of 387 documents, including a grandmother’s insanity, will be read. nine men and three women are jurors.
Edwin Keever a 23 year old car penter from Long Beach New York is in County Hospital with a fracture of the large bone in his right lower leg after a Sunday afternoon crash on the National Road near the junction with State Road 43. He was returning from California when his Pontiac side swiped another car skidded and hit a bank flying high. The other vehicle driven by an Ohio man was damaged. Dr C C Tucker attended Keever and X rays showed the fracture Monday morning. Keever's wrecked car was taken to the Franklin Street Garage.
Cloverdale defeated Roachdale 21 20 in overtime to claim the county basketball championship before about 2000 fans at Greencastle High School Gym. The game stayed tight, with Roachdale failing to convert late chances as Cloverdale pulled ahead in the extra period.
Sheridan Ind January 30 Indianapolis News says the two story Sheridan High School, built in 1913, was destroyed by a blaze started by an overheated furnace. Loss about 100000. Over 250 pupils displaced as hydrants froze and firemen struggled. Partly insured, churches offered space for classes while a new school is arranged.
Proffitt & Son sued Arthur Beeson in a case moved from Parke county for libel tied to the burial of a Marshall county youth. The case was settled for 25 with other stipulations and stricken from the trial docket. Both sides are undertaking firms. Mrs Carl Schmitt and son Bobby visited the Landes in Indianapolis.
The School Board will meet tonight in the superintendent's office at the High School to discuss building a new Second Ward School and likely finalize arrangements for the school. Mrs. William Ader is confined at home by illness.
A fire sparked by a defective flue damaged the second story of D. B. Johnson’s frame house on south Jackson Street near 1 p.m. Monday, forcing four upstairs families to flee. The roof was ablaze before firefighters arrived, with estimated damages around $1,000. property loss was limited as much was saved. The blaze was spotted by R. Walters and his wife, residents in an upstairs apartment.
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