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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1929
Page
1
A column by Charles J. Arnold blends local quips about the 1928 automobile license deadline with a humorous piece on a High Point Oil Co. driver and his Essex named The Green Frog later renamed The Green Turtle. It lampoons traffic, weather, and a dated verse about Shumaker.
Floyd township Farm Bureau members held a regular meeting at Groveland on Wednesday night. Roscoe Smythe president of the Putnam County Farm Bureau Co operative Association spoke on bulk oil stations and County Agent R H Stevenson discussed dairying and other activities. Lycurgus Stoner county Farm Bureau chairman was present. There was a good attendance.
The state case against Atlee Osborn for second degree murder, charged in the Oct. 16, 1928 death of Sylvan F. Moore, has been scheduled for Tuesday February 26 in the Lawrence Circuit court. Osborn allegedly choked and beat Moore after finding him with Moore’s wife upon returning home from Bloomington.
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Friday with a notably severe cold wave tonight and continued cold Friday.
Four County schools received Health Certificates of Honor from the National Tuberculosis Association for implementing modern health rules. Students in Barnard, Manhattan, Beech Grove, and Fillmore showed exemplary practices under teachers Margaret Miller, Dorothy Lewis, Wilma Pollom, and Blanche Williams, guided by County Nurse Carol Shoultz and state director Marjorie Smith.
Fire at the Fisher building hatchery owned by A. K. Noblitt destroyed about 1000 young chicks and damaged Knights of Pythias lodge rooms on the second floor. The blaze started when a rear brooder overheated and the floor burned through.
The Greencastle Public Library will open at noon for thirty days to serve public school students. The School Board acts to allow track children access during lunch, noting township funding covers over half the library maintenance. If usage proves sufficient, noon hours become permanent. otherwise, the library will close again.
The Herald will publish the first newspaper printed on cornstalk bond, showcasing a new era in paper making from agricultural waste. The edition highlights industry potential, cost limits, and the broader impact on forests, agriculture, and regional paper centers in Kalamazoo and beyond.
Albert Akins and Arthur Campbell were each fined 45 dollars by Mayor Charles McGaughey in city court Wednesday evening after pleading guilty to intoxication. A second affidavit against Akins was not prosecuted as he promised to do better in the future.
Announcement of a 1000 fellowship for a non member of Alpha Omicron Pi to pursue post graduate research. Open to De Pauw University graduates or any university with an Alpha Omicron Pi chapter. Applications to Miss Gladys Renshaw at 3369 State Street Drive New Orleans Louisiana before March 1.
E T Albertson of Indianapolis General Secretary of the Indiana Council of Religious Education will speak at the seventh annual Putnam County Young People's Conference in this city Friday Saturday and Sunday. Charles R Lizenby of Indianapolis will also speak. The program includes worship classes lectures and a banquet for about two hundred people from thirty eight schools.
Twenty years ago in Greencastle local ice firms report hope fading as Big Walnut ice stands at only two inches. Mrs. Marion Hinkle hosts about eighteen guests for a lodge event. Miss Lola Pritchard of Cloverdale will assist Mrs. H Werneke during the millinery season.
Prof Harry B. Gough head of DePauw public speaking department spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon on regional contrasts and economic cooperation. A father and daughter meeting is planned for February 7 at the Christian Church, the club's first such event in the area.
In Indianapolis the Indiana Senate approved Senator Hartzell’s measure by 38 to 9. The bill makes the death sentence mandatory for murder committed during a holdup robbery arson or poisoning and imposes life imprisonment for injuring a person during such crimes. It also hikes penalties for auto banditry and highway robbery to 10 to 25 years.
The trial of Joy Cummings, farmer, on embezzlement and larceny charges from Putnam County grand jury indictments, is continued from Friday to February 11 in Putnam Circuit Court. The postponement follows a petition by attorney Fred V. Thomas whose brother E Cleve Thomas is critically ill. The case has been postponed multiple times.
Subjects for the Horizon lectures by Prof William Hung of Howard University in Meharry Hall on April 8 9 and 10 include The Meaning of Nationalism in China New Educational Adventures in China and Christianity The Question of Manchuria and China and the Problems of the Pacific Dr Oxnam has received the topics for the series.
Miss Lellia Buckley a high school opportunity room teacher and Miss Veda Coombs a Martha Ridpath first grade teacher are appointed instructors for Indianapolis schools, effective the second semester. Buckley begins next Monday and Coombs plans a Friday statement. Buckley has two years with local schools.
A proposed measure in the Indiana House would license retail and wholesale stores, targeting chain outlets. Sponsors H Curtis Bennett Ed J Bouchard Clinton B Tudor and Charles Worley expect a roll call intro. Fees start at 1 dollar per store for up to five stores and rise to 150 dollars for fifty or more. About 25 000 establishments would be covered.
An explosion at the Indian Refining Company in Lawrenceville Illinois near Vincennes Ind at 4 45 pm ignited an oil tank and caused a blast that shook buildings for ten miles. Officials said no injuries and the fire was quickly controlled with no reported damage in Vincennes.
Funeral services were held in Griffith Indiana for Miss Lolitia Beaty a high school Pantherette forward who died Tuesday from pneumonia. An all around athlete she also pitched for the girls baseball team. The body was to be shipped to the family home near Marion Indiana for burial.
West Terre Haute residents raise 900 reward for Edith May Dierdorf missing since Sunday. Bloodstained news bag found near Paxton, Illinois, as 100-plus volunteers search lowlands and creeks for the 11 year old carrier.
Richmond Ind Jan 504 Headlee senior at Farham College was taken home ill near Greensfield with suspected tularemia or rabbit fever. College authorities and physicians are sending telegraphic reports from Washington to confirm the diagnosis.
An affidavit filed in Putnam Circuit Court charges Raymond Leathers a Marion township farmer with selling mortgaged cattle. Leathers reportedly sold 12 head of heifers for 550 dollars while a $899.77 chattel mortgage held by the Lichtenberg Cattle Company of Indianapolis remained unpaid. Rushton says he was not informed of the mortgage. The charge carries up to 300 dollars fine and nine months in jail. Leathers was previously arrested on a liquor charge that was dismissed after neighbors testified on his character.
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