Corn grows in heat and night games stir old town
In this Greencastle column Charles J. Arnold notes hot weather boosts corn growth and recounts Greencastle ties to Washington Senators players Sam Rice and Lloyd Brown. He reports a Toledo defeat by Indianapolis at night and observes a landmark building being torn down for a filling station, with a playful aside about two local women and new shoes on a New York trip.
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Indianapolis
Toledo
Washington Senators
Sam Rice
Lloyd Brown
Greencastle Boys
Brown
Ott Webb
Greencastle
Charley Broadstreet
Washington
G. C
Senators
Jackson and
Walnut Streets
New York
Vernice Buis Dies in Iowa During Job Search
Vernice Buis a 25 year old son of Mr and Mrs Turner Buis Marion Township died early today in a Sioux City hospital after acute appendicitis operation during a job search trip. He and his wife and child had been living in Muncie and were on a western states auto tour seeking work. The body will be returned to his parents home later this week for funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Vernice Buis
Turner Buis
Marion Township
Sioux City
Muncie
Band Concert Draws Crowd at Moonlit Golf Course
Several hundred people attended the band concert Tuesday evening at Moonlit golf course owned by Ross Hurst. The crowd gathered early and many parked their cars around the course.
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Moonlit Golf Course
Ross Hurst
Minature Golf Course Begins on Barne's Addition Property
Local contractor Noah Pickens started preliminary work today on a miniature golf course to be located on his Barne's addition property in Spencer. He plans to use two large north side lots, build sidewalks along the south side, and leave the trees for shade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Pickens
Mr. Picken
Barne
Spencer
Lover's Lane
Mr. Pickens
Spencer World
High School Vocational Agriculture Teacher Resigns
Martin M. Basset coaches Vocational Agriculture at Greencastle High School resigns effective July 15. He will join the Federal Land Bank of Louisville as field man. Basset, Purdue graduate, previously taught in Knox County. No replacement named yet. three vacancies remain in high school staff including Mathematics and Latin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Basset
Federal Land Bank
Martin M. Basset
Greencastle High School
Warren J. Yount
Basset
Federal Land Bank of
Louisville
Kentucky
Greencastle
Knox County
Purdue University
Yount
Rain baby placed in grandmother's Indianapolis home
The rain baby, born to 21 year old Marie Breedlove of Bloomington, is housed with grandmother Myrtle Deckard in Bloomington after a juvenile court suspended sentence. Breedlove remains employed as a domestic in Indianapolis and has not touched $2000 from an anonymous donor. some funds used for clothing. Placement approved by Marion County Board of Guardians and the juvenile court.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Myrtle Deckard
Bloomington
Bess Robbins
Marie Breedlove
Breedlove
Marion County Board of Guardians
Weather Outlook Mostly fair tonight and Thursday
Mostly fair conditions expected tonight and Thursday with unsettled periods at times. Cooler air moves in with less warmth, especially in the extreme north portion.
City Council Targets Greencastle Telephone Service Issues
Greencastle city council at Tuesday night session criticized Greencastle Telephone Company as the most unsatisfactory utility. They discussed petitioning the Public Service Commission for better service and demanded immediate removal of two pavement poles near the Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle Telephone Company
MAY Petition Service Commission
Public Service Commission
Fred Snively
Greencastle
Beemer Havens
Cherry
Electric Company
College Avenue
Olive Street
J. P. Johnson
Jackson
Walnut Street
Mr. Johnson
Sinclair Oil Company
Johnson
Lakin
Charles Trail Taken to the State Prison
Sheriff Edward Eitelforge took Charles Trail a 51 year old Greencastle man to the Indiana state prison after a Putnam circuit court sentence of 2 to 14 years for forgery Judge James P. Hughes presiding Trail allegedly passed two bad checks for 4 and 6 dollars using the names A B Hanna and Son Day at G C Murphy and Golna s affidavit by Nicholas Golna noted the crime details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Eitelforge
Michigan City
Charles Trail
Greencastle
Indiana
James PB. Hughes
Putnam Circuit Court
Trail
A. B. Hanna and Son Day
G. C. Murphy
G. C. Murphy Five and Ten Cent
Golna’s
Nicholas Golna
Death claims former Putnam County woman
Ladoga July 8 word of the death of Mrs Kia Moore Hillis wife of Fred Hillis of Ladoga at St Vincent's hospital Indianapolis at two o'clock Monday afternoon caused sorrow here. She had been ill for almost six years and died from pernicious anemia. Born October 26 1882 in Putnam county she was the daughter of George and Martha Rogers Moore. She married Fred Hillis on October 7 1920 and was active in the Presbyterian church and Hook and Needle club. She is survived by her husband her mother and three sisters Mrs Etta Haney Mrs Anne Crawford of Indianapolis and Mrs Ruth Robbe of Texas. Burial was Bainbridge cemetery.
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Ladoga
Kia Moore Hillis
Fred Hillis
St. Vincent's Hospital
Indianapolis
Martha Moore
Etta Haney
Anne Crawford
Ruth Robbe
Texas
Moore
Heat Death Attributed To Heat Wave In Indianapolis
Louis Staton a 58 year old farmer from the Guyon road three miles north of Flackville died of acute dilation of the heart. The coroner attributed the fatal heart attack to the hot weather with a temperature near 90 degrees in Indianapolis yesterday.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Louis Staton
Guyon Road
Flackville
Helical Find Reveals Early Greencastle Band Ledger
In Greencastle the Allen Brothers Dry Goods corner stone reveal unearthed a secretary’s book for the first Greencastle Band, incorporated in March 1841 by legislative act. Minutes signed by B. R. Kerehiva, the band president. Bonnie Hurst hosted a house party over the weekend. Susie and Grace Sellers from here attended. Charles Reeves appointed night agent at the interurban station. Mrs Hallie Browning to host Crescent club members at Delmar tomorrow.
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Allen Brothers
Ior
Greencastle
B. R. Kerehiva
Bonnie Hurst
Putnamville
Susie Sellers
Grace Sellers
Hallie Browning
Crescent Club
Delmar
Twelve Injured in Wrecks Near Crawfordsville
Twelve Indianapolis motorists were injured in two crashes on the Crawfordsville road near here. In the first crash seven miles west a sedan driven by Joan Hanes collided with a car driven by Grover Sandusky of Pontiac Michigan. Sandusky was jailed. Injured were eight members of the Hanes family and Geraldine Douglas. In the second crash six miles east a tire failure on Truman C Ramsey’s car caused a collision with Edwin Whitcomb’s car. Ramsey Mrs Ramsey and Camorra Jackson were injured. All were brought to Culver Hospital.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Indianapolis
Crawfordsville Road
Here
Joan Hanes
Grover Sandusky
Pontiac
Michigan
Sandusky
John Hanes
L. D. Hanes
Micon County
Tennessee
Bessie Hanes
Allie Hanes
Jeanette Hanes
Lillian Hanes
Parnell Hanes
Geraldine Douglas
Truman C Ramsey
Edwin Whitcomb
Ramsey
Camorra Jackson
Children Receive Dental Work Under Welfare Association
Several needy children were given dental work today at the expense of the Greencastle Child Welfare Association. Recipients included Ruth Shaw Donald Haskett Bernard Jones Aletha Ernest Bernadine Ragsdale and Doris Ragsdale. The program, sponsored by Mary Agnes Miller Putnam County nurse, was carried out by a Greencastle dentist. The association has spent hundreds of dollars this year for necessary dental care for children whose parents cannot afford it, with some children also receiving glasses.
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Greencastle Child Welfare Association
Ruth Shaw
Donald Haskett
Bernard Jones
Aletha Ernest
Bernadine Ragsdale
Doris Ragsdale
Mary Agnes Miller
Putnam County
Greencastle
Change in aviation field plans delays conditioning work
Government emergency landing field plans now call for a much larger landing area delaying conditioning work for several days. Bids were received days ago but no contract let as the enlarged program was decided. New plans and locations will be submitted soon. lighting towers and other work progress meanwhile. The government bears the expense.
Greencastle Credit Association Adopts New Credit Plan
The Greencastle Credit Association expands its focus to include slow credit risks along with bad accounts. Miss Helen Black, secretary, announced the plan after a board meeting. Members have approved the approach and expect the list of slow credit risks to be accessible to members.
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Greencastle Credit Association
Helen Black
Youth Gardner Sentenced for Petty Larceny in Greencastle
Harold Gat Gardner aged 18 was sentenced by Mayor W I L Denman to 20 days on the Penal Farm with costs for petty larceny. The sentence was suspended on good behavior after he pled guilty to thefts from bakery deliveries to The William Koeher restaurant. Gardner, arrested by Officer George Knauer, had prior minor offenses including a 30 day bootlegging sentence.
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Harold Gat Gardner
Greencastle
W. IL. Denman
Gardner
Young Gardner
William Koeher
Lueteke Bakery Company
Tuberculosis Clinic Planned at Putnam County Hospital
A tuberculosis clinic will be held at Putnam County Hospital on Friday July 11. Dr. Jesse Stygall of Indianapolis will conduct the clinic under the Putnam County Tuberculosis Association, assisted by county nurse Mary Agnes Miller. Several clinics are planned this summer at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County Hospital
Jesse Stygall
Indianapolis
Putnam County Tuberculosis Association
Mary Agnes Miller
Death by Own Action For Lewis Garrett Burial In Fillmore
Funeral services for Lewis Garrett of Fillmore who took strychnine poison and died at the Big Four railroad tool shed will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m in the Fillmore Christian church Rev H A Sherrill will officiate Interment will follow in Fillmore cemetery He is survived by a widow seven children two sisters and a brother all of Fillmore.
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Lewis Garrett
Fillmore
John Woolven Charged With Manslaughter
An involuntary manslaughter charge was filed today in Putnam Circuit Court against John Woolven of Indianapolis over a crash on the National road near Ray Vaughn farm that killed Miss Ruth Steele and involved Miss Mabel Ax dying later in Clay County Hospital. Edward Simmons, owner of the Brazil bound car, signed the affidavit. Woolven faces arrest by state police.
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Putnam Retrcait
John Woolven
Indianapolis
National Road
Ray Vaughn
Mre
Mabel AX
Brazil
Edward Simmons
New York
Greenheasthe
Ruth Steele
Woolen
Woolven
Greenastle
Finjed
W. L.dentin
William Nesbit
Miss Steele
Mss Steele
Natiomal Road
Light Campe
Simions
Mia Opal McDaniel
Richard McKineney
Miss Steele Simmons
Mre. Ar
Mable Ax
William Steppie
Chicago
Clay County Hospital
Greencastle
Wilcox to Explain Unique State Aid Plan
Indiana state forrester Ralph Wilcox will outline his plan to aid southern Indiana schools to the state school aid commission. The commission meets in Indianapolis and will tour poorer districts to study his proposal to buy and reforest land to displace residents and reduce local schools.
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Indianapolis
Ind
INS
Ralph Wilcox
State
School Aid Commission
Indiana
Wilcox
Filling Station Bandits Sentenced at Anderson
Alfred Easley 17 of Lebanon and Francis Moss 18 of Indianapolis were fined 25 dollars and sent to the Indiana State farm for six months after pleading guilty to robbing the Producers' filling station in Anderson of 220 dollars on April 6.
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Anderson
Ind
INS
Alfred Easley
Lebanon
Francis Moss
Indianapolis
Indiana State Farm
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Western State
Capital City
City Council Hits Service OF Phone CO
John MecAlinden
Dackson Street
Frank Cannon
Beveridge Street
Ida Hillis
Bainbridge
Virgil D. Ragan
Presbyterian Church
Bainbridge Cemetery
Charls Reeves
Inteurban
Montgomery County
Culver Hospital
H. Gardner
Credit Assn
W. L. Denman
Putnam Circuit
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