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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1930
Page
1
The piece jokes about Fourth of July antics and firework pranks while recalling toy cannons of gas pipes. It laments delayed civic action, notes a planned no Say column tomorrow, and muses on patriotism, weather, sports, and a council race for a woman on the school board.
Early today, a blaze in Ladoga destroyed Edward Thomas's general service barn a corn crib and a slaughter house with hay and corn also burned. The fire started around 2 50 am and despite efforts, the structures could not be saved. Horses a corn planter and a cultivator were moved to safety before the flames reached the lower barn. Insurance coverage was only partial.
Greencastle club women met at the Methodist church to discuss pressuring the city council to elect a woman, Mrs Bernice Allen Jones, to the school board. A committee was formed to present her candidacy and plans for a League of Women Voters were suggested.
A family motor trip begins today as Mr and Mrs Branham and daughter from Austin and Mr and Mrs Fisher and children head south to visit relatives. The forecast calls for partly cloudy Friday with possible showers in the southwest, and warmer conditions in the east and north portions.
The Greencastle city council elected Dr. Cecil O'Brien to replace Dr. C. C. Tucker on the school board, with all votes cast for him in a secret-ballot session. The move gives the Democratic party control of the board after August 1, and the council addressed other minor items and enforcement of a $5 daily fee for peddlers.
Chirence R. Young arrives from Flora Indiana to lead Greencastle High School as principal. He is an Indiana University and Warsaw High School graduate with strong recommendations. Married with a one year old daughter, he was chosen from about sixty applicants and will move to Greencastle this fall.
Country Club hosts a Friday program for all ages with a 6 pm outdoor picnic supper followed by informal dancing and bridge. Men golf tournament and women bridge plus children’s contests from ages 4 to 22. Dr H KE Askew supervises swimming races for boys 6 to 14 with prizes at 9 pm.
The post office will be closed all day on Friday July 4. No rural or city deliveries but mail will be received and dispatched as usual.
From the files of The Herald 20 years ago in Greencastle the notice reports the marriage of Miss Eulalia Locke Hamilton daughter of Mrs. KE. A. Hamilton and Prof. Frank Hartley of Cicero last evening. Lela Walls elected teacher for Greencastle public schools grades five and six. Francis Cook son of Charles Cook injured by a toy cannon explosion. W. P. Evans, Boston Harvard attendee, returns home for summer.
A 3500 member Buick Fisher body plant strike in Flint Michigan intensified with 16 arrests and 135 additional state troopers. Police dispersed crowds outside the plant as workers picketed and gathered for mass meetings amid a tense mood.
Crawfordsville prepares to entertain about 150 Rotary district delegates for the Twentieth District conference. The event includes Hoosier club presidents and secretaries, with possible attendance by Rotary International officers. Sessions July 24 and 25 at the Masonic Temple, Hodges of Gary in charge. a banquet at Crawfordsville Country Club Thursday night. Ralph Albaugh leaves Dolan North Dakota after visiting his parents near town.
The Herald will suspend publication on Friday July 4 in keeping with a long standing custom. The office will be closed all day and employees will receive an all day holiday.
The murder probe centers on Harold Herbert Schroeder an 85 year old Mobile radiator man and former army aviation mechanic in Indianapolis witnesses led by Miss Ruby Blue identify Schroeder at Marion county jail as investigators build a circumstantial case The witness list includes Miss Jean Carson James Peterson Fred Fouts and John Daugherty who all knew Schroeder and conversed with him during the identification session The case involves a burning car on the Rockville road tied to an insurance scheme seeking 64000 payable to Schroeder s wife Leah Schroeder
A barn on the Elvin Harlan Farm about 41 miles southeast of Green Bastle burned, totaling 56 by 48 feet. About 25 tons of hay and farm articles were lost. damage estimated at 3500 dollars, largely insured. Fire started in the hay mow, possibly by spontaneous combustion. Mr Harlan and his son had just left the barn when Mrs Harlan spotted the blaze. neighbors helped save a nearby farm shed. Richard Whelan and Frank McKeehan were noted as vacationing post office carriers.
Charles Trail aged 51 of Central avenue Greencastle pleaded guilty before Judge James P Hughes in Putnam circuit court to forgery. He received 2 to 14 years in Indiana State Prison Michigan City for passing two bad checks. Trail forged checks for 6 and 4 dollars signed Son Day and A B Hanna respectively. Police arrested him after a bank discovery and a prior record includes two vague sentences at Putnamville State Farm. Dean Vaught 21 Lime dale was committed to Pendleton Reformatory for 2 to 10 years as a parole violator linked to forgery and alleged misconduct.
Mrs Jennie Iverson Williams widow of Col Williams N Williams died after a long illness at Walter Reed Hospital aged SS years old. A native of Indiana she had traveled with Col Williams through three Indian wars and the Civil War era. Interment likely Arlington National Cemetery with funeral arrangements pending.
R A masons called meeting in Greencastle chapter No 22 on Thursday at 7 30 p m The R A degree to be conferred F Mathes high priest EB E Caldwell secretary.
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