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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1930
Page
1
Weather observers discuss drought and rain prospects as farmers grow anxious. Local figures including Andrew Hanna and Orville J. Stewart comment on rain timing and its impact on farming and business, while other residents voice varied opinions on drought versus rain outcomes.
Judge James P. Huyghes will deliver a lecture titled The Trial of Jesus From the Viewpoint of a Lawyer during the morning service at the Baptist church on August 5. The BYPU will arrange special music for the service and the evening lesson Maketh a Full Man by Marc Davis. On Sunday evening August 10 BYPU and other city youth groups will hold a union meeting at the Presbyterian church at 6 30 o'clock.
The Putnam County League of Women Voters nominat ing committee chaired by Mrs Frank Donner will report at 4 o clock Tuesday afternoon in the courthouse assembly room. State officer Mrs Walter Greenough of Indianapolis will speak on Constitutional Revision. Women seeking better citizenship understanding are urged to attend.
The Wo mans Union of the First Christian Church arranges a two night Old Melody Concert next week at Greencastle High School Auditorium. More than one hundred perform including a 50 plus child America chorus and various period numbers with Elmore and his old fiddlers Kiwanis Quartette and Bill Blanchard Orchestra. Mr and Mrs Lincoln are played by local actors. Tickets available at Stevens Drug Store.
The Greencastle Post 58 American Legion announces a special meeting Monday evening at a stated time. Members should attend to discuss vital business and receive assistance with pension forms. Delegates to the state convention will be elected.
Twenty golfers from the Crawfordsville Country Club are expected Sunday to play a return match with Greencastle golfers. The Crawfordsville club won the first match. Greencastle aims to trim strokes and even the score. Miss Mary Elizabeth Peek and Miss Frances Cooper return from Niagara Falls trip.
Deputy Sheriff Alva Bryan and Officer William Dittamore led a search of Earl Mendenhall near the Clay county line. They seized 7 pints of colored liquor and 77 bottles of home brew, destroying the stock. Mendenhall pleaded not guilty to possession, bond set at 500 dollars, trial scheduled for next Wednesday at 10 AM.
Coast guardsmen recovered the body of Betty Ayers an 18 year old guest after a speed boat collided with the Scarab owned by George Pulver near Chicago. The two boats sank with debris as rescuers retrieved survivors from a lifeboat and shore observers heard screams.
Putnam County Fair Board meeting postponed from Monday to Friday night July 25. County Agent Floyd Miller announced the session will be in the county agent's office at the courthouse. All members urged to attend to elect officers and address important Junior Fair preparations before mid August.
Robert Fessler twenty escapes from Putnamville jail in March nineteen twenty nine and served time at Pendleton. He turned himself in at Greencastle and entered a lenient plea while employed by A and P Grocery in Chicago since his escape. Officials cited his reform efforts and suspended sentence. He had escaped when sheriff was about to feed prisoners. He had been held in the county jail by farm authorities who failed to lock his cell block.
Henry Vaughn near Belle Union reported to Sheriff Edward Eitel Jorge that his green 1927 Ford roadster was stolen from his garage sometime during the night. He heard a noise but saw nothing. Indiana plates 58-584. Vaughn offers a 25 reward for the car and 825 for information leading to arrest and conviction.
Rev. Walker of Lowsust Street Methodist resigns to accept a pastorate at Broadway Methodist Church in Indianapolis. Prof. and Mrs. F Tilden plan informal tonight honoring Mr and Mrs R W Lockwood of Shanghai. Heavy rain has damaged corn and oats crops according to farmers today.
County Agent Floyd Miller released figures showing 32 infected cattle herds in Putnam County from May 5 to July 1. Of 2,478 herds tested, 90 cows in 17,115 tested were infected, with Warren Township worst for cattle totals and Russell Township worst for infected herds. A retest within ninety days will cover infected and initially untested herds, while four townships reported no infected herds Jackson Jefferson Madison Marion.
Indianapolis weather bureau officials forecast little relief from the heat over the weekend. Showers and clouds may touch northern Indiana while the heat wave persists in many cities. Vincennes reported 108 degrees, Greenfield 102, and South Bend Columbus and Madison reached the century mark. Indianapolis stood at 96, four below the season’s hot record.
The Fort Benjamin Harrison military training camp closed as Capt. Charles Lewis and his staff paid 1700 candidates their return transportation. From Greencastle, William McGaughey Charles R. Brown and Otto Dobbs were among the attendees returning home to Indiana Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky.
John Woolven twenty is released on a seven hundred fifty dollar cash bond after recounting a fatal July fourth collision on the National road that killed Mrs Mabel Ax and Ruth Steele. The case ties Edward Simmons and William Steppie to sand blast operations in Brazil Indiana and Brazil.
The Van Dyke Knitting Company files a suit on account in the Putnam circuit court against Pearl O Harr operator of the Art Shop were. They seek judgment of 50 dollars plus interest and attorney fees. The claim states the sum is due for goods shipped to the Art Shop in Greencastle and disposed of by Miss O Hair.
Greencastle residents report the Hoosier Highlands road is in good condition after a washout was filled and the grade regraveled. The resort now offers 52 cottages and cabins for public use, with substantial improvements this season.
Mr and Mrs Wilford Deweese of Fillmore are the proud parents of a son born Friday night. Both mother and baby are reported to be doing well.
Partly cloudy and continued warm tonight and Sunday with a chance of showers in the extreme north portion. Forecasters caution that early evening and overnight hours may bring modest cooling and patchy drizzle in higher elevations.
A daylight hold up in downtown Indianapolis nets $500 from Louise Huey, Betsy Ross Candy Shops collector. Taxi driver Robert Thompson is held for questioning as police pursue leads. suspects fled via taxi after a short chase and two men vanished. No trace of the robbers yet.
Arthur Reat, former Putnam county Republican chairman and treasurer, resigns as state oil inspector after board of accounts audit showing about 320000 in remittance discrepancies. Everett Jerett, Homer Kelsey, and Lawrence Ove discussed settlements. George K. Tloyd named replacement for Reat of Greencastle. inspectors earn 125 monthly plus expenses.
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