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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1928
Page
1
A humorous piece by Charles J. Arnold offers practical hot weather tips including calmness diet clothing and bathing while joking about sunstroke and comfort. It then recounts the removal of sidewalks around the courthouse replacing a horse hitch rack and old barn lot as part of progress in the county.
The county commissioners argue progress requires emptying downtown square parking by relocating the courthouse. They deem the old parking spaces obsolete and plan to order new court facilities to improve the area.
Emma Ridpath Stunkard wife of J Robin Stunkard died at home 121 East McDonald Street at about 9 AM of uremic poisoning aggravated by heat. Born July 28 1865 in Greensburg she was 62 approaching 63. A longtime social and church figure in Brazil she led Epworth League Woman's Missionary Society and club chapters. Survived by husband and two stepchildren Otis Stunkard and Mrs Thomas Campbell funeral at First M E Church Friday at 2 30 PM with Rev BE M Muncie.
The union service will be held at the Christian Church on Sunday at 7 30 o clock. Rev S FE Davies pastor of the Baptist Church will be the speaker.
Indianapolis police renew hunt for two slayers of Motor Policeman Paul Miller after his death in hospital. A $1000 reward is posted as officers and volunteers sweep Dearborn Park and a woman, Iva Sullivan, was beaten by the suspects who were found in a barn. one man believed wounded by a Miller bullet.
Mrs. Will H. Lyon aged 65 of Gosport died at Memorial hospital at 11 a m after a ten day illness from indigestion. She had lived in Martinsville Cloverdale and Greencastle before returning to Gosport. Survived by husband Leslie A. Lyon son sister and brother and mother. Funeral Friday at nine in Gosport Methodist Church under Doreas class arrangements. burial in Crawfordsville. Martinsville Reporter.
Miss Ruth I Willard is named a DePauw faculty member for the coming year. She transfers from the University of Texas to serve as an instructor in Spanish.
Weather update calls for local thunderstorms in the north area tonight and Friday with possible activity in the south. Temperatures remain steady with little change expected.
Rev. C Fenwick Reed a city minister and evangelist sails from New York on the steamship George Washington bound for England. He will spend two months visiting his native land and expect to land at Cardiff about July 30. This marks his first trip home in twenty years.
Fire of mysterious origin destroyed bedding on a bed at the home of Mr and Mrs Henry Person behind the Monon Station in north Greencastle Wednesday night. City Marshal Braden speculated a prowler dropped a lighted cigarette. house was unlocked. Only bedding materials were damaged including pillows mattress blankets and sheets.
Crawfordsville Rotarians plan a July 26 all day gathering in Greencastle at the new Greencastle Country Club. A golf tournament accompanies the program, with a dinner at DePauw University’s Longden Hall. A large delegation from Crawfordsville is expected.
Mrs Walter Newgent of Clinton Falls visits Mrs Walter Crawford. O D Swaim and Frank Grismer take a quick trip to Pittsburgh. Edith Tompkins, student at Terre Haute State Normal, visits her parents. Dr W H DeMotte marks his 78th birthday. graduated from Asbury in 1849.
Mexico faces a political scramble as Obregonists push a constitutional fix to extend President Calles term. They seek a transitory article inserting November 30, 1928, to allow Calles to govern two more years beyond December 1, 1926, citing Obregon’s policies. Six-year tenure for Obregon eyed by faction.
Prof Howard J Barnum resigns after sixteen years as violin harmony and ensemble instructor at DePauw University School of Music to become director of music at Southern College Lakeland Florida. His wife will teach piano and perform state wide. They will leave Greencastle August 16 for their new home.
Townsend Cope, Plainfield's oldest resident at 89, died at his home. Funeral services are set for 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Friends Church. He is survived by his widow and two sons.
The Green Castle Band offers a 8 oclock concert on the south side of the square tonight with a varied program including Cornet solo by Paul Wright Jr. Exemplar of Peace and Blue Danube Waltz among selections. Next week the stand moves to the north side of the courthouse.
Indianapolis crowds awaited the special train bearing Capt Emilio Carranza’s body from Greencastle as Mexican officials United States Army officers and Indiana National Guard members prepared to honor the fallen aviator. The Spirit of St Louis train paused briefly in Indianapolis for engine changes before continuing to St Louis. Maj Richard F Taylor said 113th squadron aviators would escort the train into the city.
Soviet assistant war commissar Kameneff ordered the ice breakers Krassin and Maligan to save the Amundsen party, six men missing after the perilous voyage. The Maligan, refueling, cannot join immediately as bad weather hampers progress in the Spitzbergen area. Swedish airmen aiding the search were ordered to halt and return home.
Greencastle parents praise city librarian Delilah Thomas for a new Treasure Hunt reading program at the Public Library. Registration opens tomorrow with book distribution Saturday. Children read ten books, write a brief synopsis, and receive a diploma from Indiana University's extension department. Weekly reading progress will be posted as a large Treasure Chest display is prepared by Dorothy Knudson.
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