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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1929
Page
1
A fragmented column jokes about opposites in dreams and events. It notes American trans Atlantic flyers found in Spain drinking whisky, mentions currency Open Season on new bills, reports troubles with dogs and gambling, praises repair work by Terre Haute line, and observes weed cutting around Green Castle with a playful bumble bee motif.
The annual homecoming of the Canaan M. F. E. Church will be held next Sunday with Children’s Day exercises at 10:00 a.m., morning worship at 11:00 a.m. featuring a sermon on Human Values, a basket dinner at noon, and a 2:00 p.m. address by Dr. A. T. Briggs. Neighborhood churches and visitors are invited.
The forecast indicates generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with temperatures warming on Thursday. A light breeze is possible and no precipitation is expected.
Elvin Harlan won a two year term on the Greencastle City and Township Consolidated School Board defeating Mrs. Longden by a 3 to 2 vote. The meeting featured petitions from residents supporting both candidates and questions over filing timeliness.
Putnam Lodge No. 45 I O O F announces new officers for the term. Noble Grand Ralph Newton Vice Grand William Ashworth Rec Sec J A Friend Fin Sec Roy Hillis Treasurer R L Pierce Warden Gerald Ashworth Conductor Welvin A Linson I Guard Erill Mann O Guard Charles Meichel R S N G Einest Rader L S N G Eugene Light R S V G Charles Perkins L S V G Harry Mann R S S Herbert Craver L S S Curtis Hartness Chaplin Wallace Moriss Host Wallace Moriss. The lodge notes the N G has 26 nights in that chair and the V G runs the lodge on a business basis.
The first car load of Knox county peaches shipped from Vincennes yesterday from the John Napier Dyer orchards. Dyer expects one of the best seasons in years for the fruit.
City marshal Paul Grimes was told to secure names of all owners of vacant lots needing mowing so they can be notified to cut weeds by Mayor Charles McGaughey at the council meeting. Permits were granted for garage and repair work, smallpox claims approved, and the street commissioner's pond work delayed amid a mosquito surge after recent rains.
State Senator Arthur B. Stonex, 44, Republican of Elkhart County, was killed in Rochester when his car collided with a hay wagon. The crash tore through the left side and punctured his lung. he died hours later at Woodlawn Hospital after the accident, which occurred while he was traveling with an unnamed companion.
John R. Miller announces only eleven of 400 G A R members remain in the county. Surviving Post No. 11 members listed include John R. Miller Major John Dunbar James Vanlandingham Sam Hartley Joe VanCleave Michael Reising William McMurray J M Lakin Willis O Daniel Spence Hunter and J H Coffin. Freeman, injured in an auto crash, has returned home from the county hospital.
Mrs. Jackson Boyd hosted Alpha Phi sorority members at Seminary street home yesterday afternoon. A camping trip to Eel River Falls is planned for Saturday with Eunice Miles as cook. Lawn social at Miss Dell Miller’s tonight with Imogene McLean, Grace and Greta Mathes, Margaret Callender, Lloyd Skinner, and Prof. Naylor. S. C. McElroy of Lena suffered a badly cut foot when an axe slipped while cutting wood.
City council unanimously approves preliminary improvement resolutions for Bloomington and Vine streets after a remonstrance signed by twenty Bloomington residents. Miller alleges burden on property owners. several residents ask shade tree protection on Vine. Bloomington to be paved from Washington to Maple and Vine from Liberty to the college campus. Concrete costs estimated at 13 675 and 11 404 80 with possible reductions through bidding.
The Wabash Valley Electric Company baseball team defeated the High School squad 5 to 2 in a Twilight League game on McKeenfield last evening. The Trojans are scheduled to play the Business Men at 5 o'clock this evening.
Silas A. Hays, local attorney now in Seattle visiting his daughter, was featured in The Morning Oregonian of Portland in the June 28 issue. A photo accompanied coverage of the 389th biennial Sigma Chi grand chapter convention. Hays, initiated at Greencastle in 1869, is likely the fraternity’s oldest living member.
The public can obtain the new smaller size currency by request at banks as reserves are distributed by the Federal Reserve. The notes reduce paper use by a third and will gradually replace the older 65 year old currency, with denominations from 1 to 20 first.
Allen S. Yeager a 33 year old Evansville business man and Russell Morris 13 disappeared after boating on the Ohio River. Local paper says Yeager staged the hoax to collect insurance to pay debts and a confession from Carl Cowles 17 supported the claim. Police say Yeager fled with Morris and may be questioned Noris Yeager.
In Santander Spain the Pathfinder refueled after a fuel shortage forced a stop. Airmen Roger Williams and Lewis Yancey expect to reach Rome that evening, claiming a near nonstop Atlantic crossing despite misty weather and a 31 hour 30 minute trek from Old Orchard Maine.
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