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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1930
Page
1
Charles J. Arnold proposes an educational game during a New York rail trip for two Greencastle women. Contestants form words from Greencastle letters with a signed city clerk portrait as prize.
The B Y P U of First Baptist presents the second lesson in a series titled Finding God. Miss Mildred Craver leads the Sunday evening session on Finding God Everywhere at 6:30. All area youths are invited to attend.
A playful, era voice describes extreme heat with melted ice and dry warmth. The piece notes the sun, lack of breeze, and oppressive days prompting humor about showers and mosquitos as the heat persists.
Williard Oppey 42 formerly of Marion is jailed in Putnam County on a State Farm escape charge after being brought from Warsaw by State Farm official Gilbert Snider. He faces 1 to 5 years if sentenced, with an affidavit filed by Captain Ralph Howard.
Four Mayfield, Kentucky motorists were severely injured when the driver fell asleep at the wheel and the car left State Road 67 near Indianapolis, hitting a telephone pole. Injured: Albert Crittenden 22 dislocated hip, Katie Bruce 21, Albert Lynn 3, Bruce Lynn 5. All were taken to City Hospital.
D. E. Mathews chief railway inspector for the Indiana Public Service Commission resigns to take a post with the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railway on August 1. Mathews has served the commission for 25 years.
Local forecast calls for showers or thunderstorms in the northern area starting tonight or Sunday, with fair skies in the south tonight. Showers possible Sunday, slightly warmer tonight in the north, and cooler conditions Sunday into Sunday night.
William Steppie twenty seven year old temporary resident of Brazil was fined twelve dollars fifty cents in Greencastle City Court for operating a motor vehicle without a license. The July 4 crash near the Ray Vaughn farm killed Ruth Steele and Mabel Ax. John Woolven of Indianapolis was indicted for involuntary manslaughter and fined for reckless driving.
The district meeting for Rebekah lodges in Hendricks Montgomery Putnam and Morgan counties will be held in Fillmore next Tuesday July 15. The Plainfield degree staff will confer the degree at the night session with Mrs Henry Barlow of Plainfield serving as district president.
The Harrison Steel Castings plant resumed operations after a two week shutdown for inventory and machinery overhaul. The car room force returned Tuesday, molders Wednesday, and the cleaning room opened today.
Sunday the Red Devils from Crawfordsville will play Murray's Specials of Russellville on the Russellville diamond. Russellville beat Crawfordsville 15 to 7 at Milligan Park last Sunday. Russellville also defeated Bainbridge 7 to 6 in the Fourth of July game here.
Crawfordsville Country Club golfers travel to Greencastle on Sunday afternoon July 20 for a return inter-club match against the Greencastle country club. The Crawfordsville squad seeks revenge after a previous season win and faces a strong home challenge.
Thelma Crider’s petition to modify a decree moves to the September term of the Putnam circuit court. Special Judge Fay S. Hamilton’s continued assignment raises no new judge yet. Crider alleges Hamilton favored Huller in 1925 custody, seeks mother’s custody of Gerald Eugene Huller, then six, claiming fit parent status.
Nellie Sitton Jones 30 slashed her throat with a razor five minutes after arrest on a bigamy charge. She was treated for three throat wounds at a local hospital and jailed. Allegedly married Jesse Jones of Newcastle while still married to James Sitton of Knightstown.
Bennett McCullough, son of T M McCullough of Reelsville area, nearly drowned in the Eel River yesterday. A rescuer worked over him for two hours to revive him. Postmaster Lockridge reports postal employees will work 48 hours weekly. Farmers begin wheat harvest with a hopeful county yield. Ernest Stoner recovers from ivy poisoning after a severe illness.
Charles Lincoln Allen lifelong county resident died at 12 35 this morning at his Anderson Street home after months of ill health. He was born October 10 1860 and farmed until retirement then moved to Greencastle. Survived by wife Edith Reeder two stepchildren and siblings Prof Fiske Allen and Mrs Lucy Fordyce. Funeral Monday at 10 00 from his residence conducted by Rev W L Raphael and Dr A B Monger with burial at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Rev B H Bruner of the First Christian Church Greencastle will preach at the Union Service in the Presbyterian Church Sunday evening at 7 40. Theme The Veto of Death invites community worship with praise and fellowship.
John J. Deavers 38 a Gary cement worker and Tillie Tomastick 32 of Gary were at home when the event occurred.
Sixteen patients attended the Tuberculosis Clinic at Putnam county hospital Friday afternoon. Dr. Jesse Stygall, tuberculosis specialist from Indianapolis, led the clinic with nurse Mary Agnes Miller assisting. Each patient received a thorough physical exam and instructions. Miss Miller said the next clinic would likely be held in early fall.
Miss Lizzie Hyde Goulding, 66, prominent Green Castle pioneer resident, died at Putnam County Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage following a fall at home. She taught art at DePauw School of Art, was active in the Presbyterian church, and belonged to the Boston Club and Indiana Ceramic Club. Funeral Tuesday at 2 PM at Mrs Evans home.
Four young merchants from Bloomington wear knee length shorts to lunch showing off homemade fashion. Bruce Beem and Paul Davis from Been and Davis tailoring join Denver Parrish and Dec Young of Reliable Watch to cool off their bare knees. Miss May Welch and Eugene Raines begin a ten day motor trip to Wisconsin and the northwest.
A leaked letter to State's Attorney John Swanson calling for Charles F. Rathbun's removal from the Lingle murder inquiry triggered a civic uproar. Chicago officials deny authorship as the probe stalls with the grand jury unable to proceed. Patsy Tardi remains jailed as investigators weigh charges in the 1930s gangland case.
Funeral services for Vernice Buis age 25 who died in Sioux City Iowa were held at 2 30 PM in the Baptist church at Stilesville with interment in Stilesville cemetery Rev W B Gill led the service He died Wednesday in a Sioux City hospital after an emergency appendectomy He and his wife and child had been living in Muncie on a trip for work with two companions He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charner Buis of Marion township
There will be a meeting of the American Legion in the Legion hall Monday night July 14. All ex service men are urged to attend. There will be a discussion of pensions under the new law.
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