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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1928
Page
5
Walter Parish aged 26 faces a probable retrial in city court after a hung jury ended his first trial on a statutory offense. Prosecutor Clifford Dickerson announced the development on Saturday.
The Purdue University annual controller's report shows property valued around six million dollars with land and buildings totaling over 5.16 million. Gifts cover at least 25 percent of property. 54 donors support a student loan fund of 24 448.16 dollars aiding hundreds to finish college as the university expands.
German aviators Johann Ristitz and Wilhelm Zimmermann set a world endurance record in Dessau Germany. They stayed aloft 58 hours 38 minutes topping prior marks and logged an estimated 7 150 kilometers in a Junkers aircraft.
Winona Lake Indiana July 7 Indiana University's new summer extension school at Winona Lake opened June 23 with 303 students enrolled. Among them is Robert E E Stevens of Greencastle. The list shows registrants from 54 Indiana counties and seven states including Florida Illinois and Kansas.
In a regional student gathering, most attendees hail from the north central part of the state with significant delegations from Kosciusko and nearby counties across Kentucky Michigan Ohio and Wisconsin.
In Peru Indiana three Mexico Orphanage boys drowned after climbing a 2 by 4 plank and venturing into swift water. Raymond Todd 11 of Rochester Darwood Morley 12 of Warsaw Bruno Logman 14 of Warsaw were among six swimming youths. Todd’s body was recovered about 300 yards below the scene as more than 200 searchers labored to locate the other two victims.
Helen Wills defeats Elia De Alvarez of Spain 6 2 6 3 to win the women's championship at Wimbledon in London. The match was witnessed by King George and Queen Mary as part of a distinguished royal gallery.
Two Boone county scholarships from Indiana University have been awarded to Ruth Hine of Whitestown and Manson Shelburn of Zionsville. Both recipients achieved high grades in their high school training.
County commissioners awarded the Grogan Road project to O. J. Larkin for asphalt surfacing at 15,494.50 dollars, under the concrete bid. Lane & Hendricks bid 15,897.00 for asphalt and Sweet & Wright 15,800 for concrete. Engineer’s estimate stood at 16,814.27. The road extends from Fox Ridge end north past Zine Mill to Stilesville Road.
Dr. T. A. Sigler of Greencastle had his article The Psychology of Wild Animals reprinted in a Madrid Spanish journal Revista de Higiene y Sanidad Pecuarias in April 1928. The piece included pictorials of the raccoon otter possum and skunk and notes his talk on Surgery in Veterinary Practice at the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association meeting in East St. Louis.
Anderson police were informed by Indiana state reformatory guards that two prisoners escaped from the Pendleton reformatory in the reformatory bus. The fugitives Ford Miller and Robert Frederick were believed to have headed toward Elkhart Indiana.
The State Bank of Claypool, a $120000 institution eight miles south of Warsaw, was closed by state bank examiners after an apparent cash shortage of 8000 to 10000. Deputy Commissioner Thomas Barr and examiners Harold Parks and B. Good took charge. It marks Indiana’s 18th bank failure this year and the third bank crash in the state.
The Claypool bank, chartered in 1917, faced closure as inspectors avoided specifics of an alleged deficiency. George Merkel serves as president and E W Kinsey as cashier. Reorganization may be pursued after the bank’s collapse.
Mrs E R Bartley hosted a Country Reading Club meeting on Indi ana street with members sharing heirlooms and history. A memorial for Mrs Lucretia Zaring recalled her years of club service, hospitality, optimism, and devotion to family, followed by a prayerful reading and a social hour with refreshments.
Greencastle sweltered with a Sunday high of 90 degrees and 67 degrees low. Rainfall measured .70 inch, humidity pushed the feel-like 100 degrees, and the heat edged toward the summer record of 91 before easing after Sunday rain and rising again Monday.
Ed Spence a 50 year old former Bicknell miner pleaded guilty in Putnam Circuit Court to possession of liquor. He received $100 fine and costs and three months in Indiana State Farm after authorities arrested him near Putnamville with home brew and hard liquor. Spence sobbed in court recalling his family and said his aim was to move them to the area before outbreaks and quarantine disrupted plans.
Clyde Hirchman of south College avenue suffered back injuries at the Cement plant early Sunday when a large block of cement fell while he attempted to place a belt on a wheel. He was taken to the hospital by Dr. W. M. McGaughey. An X-ray showed no broken bones, but he is badly bruised and confined for several days. By Monday he was resting easy.
A heavy rain deluge Sunday afternoon and evening saturated north Putnam County for the second time in a week. Creeks ran bank full while Greencastle saw only partial rain. rain west of the National Road was sparse. Wheat cutting and corn plowing will be delayed a day or two in the hit area.
The 15 year old Kenneth Crowe died of heart trouble in Chicago and arrived in Greencastle Monday morning. He was the son of William Crowe, deceased, and Ida Crowe, formerly of Gerry street. He attended Bainbridge and Greencastle schools and worked in Gary when killed. Surviving are his mother and three brothers Ralph Glen and Lois and sister Amy of Fillmore. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at McCurry Funeral Home with Rev. B H Bruner in charge. interment at Bainbridge cemetery.
The north Indiana street pavement opened to traffic Monday morning providing residents an outlet after several weeks of closure. The opening allows vehicles to cross from the west part of town to the east part without detouring through the square as Dorsey Construction Company continues tearing up south Indiana street from Hanna to Poplar to lay new pavement.
City firemen teams rushed to a Ford touring car owned by Raymond Phillips on East Franklin Street Sunday evening as wiring caught fire. The blaze caused minor damage and the car was towed to Tribby Garage for rewiring.
Ernest Stoner assistant postmaster in Martinsville was elected delegate to the national convention in Louisville Kentucky September 16 17 at the Indiana state supervisors meeting. He presided during the session in the president and vice president absence and reported the gathering a success with postal problem discussions led by FE R Bartley Greencastle postmaster as a guest of Stoner.
At the Union Service in the Presbyterian Church Rev C Howard Taylor spoke on Faulty Seeing using I Corinthians 13 12. He warned that our present sight is distorted by the mirror we use and urged clearer, more accurate perception to foster abundant living and better understanding of others.
A sermon contrasts faulty sight with love as the path to clear vision. Hawthorne’s tale of Georgiana’s birthmark is cited to warn against magnifying blemishes. The 13th chapter of First Corinthians argues love perfects perception and enables seeing truth.
Indiana report lists fourteen violent deaths with drownings in several towns. Notable cases include Joseph Canto shot dead in Indianapolis and multiple drownings in New Castle Peru and Sullivan. Everett Via and Mary Evelyn Grentzenberg die in parachute and auto incidents respectively. Funeral held for Lyttle Lostutter. body recovered near Ravenwood.
Carl Rogers of Gosport pleaded not guilty to breaking into James C. Brazier's grocery in Gosport. He has been in Owen county jail since May and a trial is scheduled for the October term.
Miss Helen McGaughey daughter of Mayor Charles McGaughey resigns as English teacher at Cloverdale high school to become head of the English department at Plymouth high school. She is a Greencastle DePauw graduate and has taught at Kentland and Cloverdale.
Ex Senator George FE Chamberlin who led the senate military affairs committee during World War I died in a Washington hotel at 74 from a second stroke after earlier health problems. Funeral set for tomorrow with burial at Arlington. survived by widow and six children.
Joseph Townsend forty six was drowned while swimming the Eel River near Peru with family watching. Cramp forced him under and his body was recovered by Ray and Court Stroud. It was the fourth drowning in the Eel River area in 48 hours, following the deaths of Raymond Todd ten Bruio Logman fourteen and Durwood Huffley twelve from the Mexico Orphanage.
Lester Payne, 59, of Rockville, and Ivy Hawkins, 35, of Indianapolis, were arrested a mile west of Columbus, Indiana, on unlawful possession and transportation of intoxicating liquor. Eight gallons of alcohol were found in their automobile and a .22 revolver was concealed under Payne's hat. Payne faces a concealed weapons count and Hawkins is charged with intoxication.
Dr. A G Leazenby former Hammond district superintendent and longtime Methodist official is recovering in Valparaiso Indiana after an auto train collision last Sunday. He formerly resided in Crawfordsville and now preaches at a Hammond church with wide recognition in the northwest conference.
Everett Via a 22 year old balloonist from Indianapolis died in Seymour Indiana after leaping from a balloon and a third parachute failed to open his fall was head first into an open field. The parachute opened after he struck the ground. earlier jumps had similar issues with the third float.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Prosser and Harry Prosser of Bloomington Illinois visited Mrs. W O Timmons and Mr Timmons last week and returned home Sunday.
The Brackney reunion is scheduled for Sunday July 15 at Forest Park Brazil. Family members are invited to gather for the afternoon event and share memories and photos.
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