Rotary Outing in Greencastle Sees Women Take Lead
Charles J. Arnold notes Greencastle Rotary Outing at the Country Club next Thursday will succeed thanks to the women joining in. Mrs. A. G. Brown named Big Chief of Rotary Anns, coordinating tasks, with plans to entertain 400 visitors and use golf course space plus east Washington and Seminary streets for extra holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Greencastle
Rotarians
A. G. Brown
Help Mates
Rotary Anns
Rotary
Charles McGaughey
Ernest Stoner
Ernest
East Washington Street
Seminary Street
Jacob Eitel
S. C. Sayers
Jake
Simmy
Women Take Charge of Community Event Entertainment
The excerpt notes that sets and boards are prepared to entertain visitors, with the quota of "Mar John" sets fully subscribed. It states that women are now in ex officio charge of the event and that success is assured.
Rebekahs Hold Meet In Greencastle
The first 1928 district No. 19 Bee Hive Rebekah meeting drew about 250 attendees in Greencastle, with state officers, district president Minnie A. Kiefer, and talks on Rebekah Fellowship. A 6:30 supper preceded five initiates, and a degree team from Tillmore, Bee Hive and Crescent assisted. The next session will be in Pittsboro in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee Hive
Rebekah
Greencastle
Rebekah Lodge
Minnie A. Kiefer
Morgan
Montgomery
Hendricks
Putnam Counties
Charles Rector
Grace E. Child
Rebekah Assembly
Indianapolis
Ara R. Lee
Greencastle Lodge
Tillmore
Crescent
Rockwood
Guardian
Nora Nater
Rockville
Jessie Robson
Terre Haute
Pittsboro
Betas Hold Picnic Tomorrow For Alumni Association
The Indianapolis Alumni Association of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity will host a picnic and dance at the Cold Spring road home of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Holcomb and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Strickland tomorrow. Hosts include Mr. and Mrs. James L. Gavin Mr. and Mrs. Warren D. Oakes and alumni officers. Attendees come from Kokomo Logansport Lebanon Terre Haute Edinburgh Lafayette Crawfordsville Muncie Anderson Bloomington Greencastle and Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Beta Theta Pi
J. S. Holcomb
Clarence Strickland
Cold Spring Road
James L. Gavin
Warren D. Oakes
Alumni Association
Kokomo
Logansport
Lebanon
Terre Haute
Edinburg
Lafayette
Crawfordsville
Muncie
Anderson
Bloomington
Greencastle
Madison
Indianapolis Star
City to award paving contract for College Avenue
The city council plans a special meeting at 10 am in the fire department council chambers to award the College Avenue concrete pavement contract. Lane & Hendricka and W B Pickens submitted the two lowest bids amid prior bid controversy and deferral at the last regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
College Avenue
Lane & Hendricka
W. BE. Pickens
Banker Alfred Loewenstein body recovered off Cape Griz Nez
The late Belgian financier Alfred Loewenstein was found in the English Channel ten miles off Cape Griz Nez. His wrist watch identified him and the body, badly decomposed, was recovered by a Boulogne fishing boat and taken to Calais after examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
INS
Alfred Loewenstein
English Channel
Boulogne
Loewenstein
Cape Griz Nez
Boulogne Morgue
Calais
Reform figure denied affidavit after clash with prosecutor
D B Johnson reformer and Civic League worker pressed for an affidavit to seize gambling devices from Snapp Bros Carnival Co on Walnut Street. Prosecutor Clifford Dickerson refused, noting Johnson lacked good standing to file. The meeting ended with Johnson leaving angry and threatening exposure in the League publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Johnson
Civic League
Johnson
Clifford Dickerson
Snapp Bros. Carnival Co
West Walnut Street
Carnival Company
Mr. Johnson
League
Har Velie Harvy Lots Sold for Oil Station in Russellville
Russellville July 16 Ray McGaughey Neal Everman and Orval Pitcock bought the Harvey lots on east Main street vacated by William Rutledge editor of the Russellville News. They plan an attractive oil station at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russellville
Ray McGaughey
Neal Everman
Orval Pitcock
Harvey
William Rutledge
East Main Street
Weather Outlook Shows Unsettled Weekend With Showers
Mostly unsettled tonight and Saturday with local showers and thunderstorms. Cooler tonight in the northern portion as a disturbance moves through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Portion
Papas Divorce Case Traced To Friday the 13th Jinx
LaPorte records show Hattie Papas filing divorce from James Papas claiming cruel treatment. The couple wed Friday April 13 and separated after July 13 filing seeking $150 in attorney fees and $1,000 alimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
James
Hattie Papas
Hattie
Last Surviving Founder of Delta Tau Delta Dies
Oliver H. Blacklidge, 84, longtime Anderson resident and last surviving founder of the DePauw chapter of Delta Tau Delta, died at Methodist Hospital after eight weeks of paralysis. Funeral at 2 pm tomorrow at Anderson Methodist Episcopal Church with Masonic and Eastern Star rites. burial in Maplewood. Survived by sister Mrs. Elizabeth Goodykoontz of Los Angeles, son Clarence of Indianapolis, and granddaughter Mildred Blacklidge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Oliver H. Blacklidge
Anderson
Eastern Star
Methodist Hospital
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Maplewood Cemetery
Masonic
Blacklidge
Asbury University
DePauw University
DePauw
Delta Tau Delta
Marion County
Elizabeth Goodykoontz
Los Angeles
Cal
Clarence
Mildred Blacklidge
Senator Thomas Heads to Berlin for Interparliamentary Union
Senator Elmer Thomas of Medicine Park Oklahoma and Mrs Thomas sail for Berlin to attend the Interparliamentary Union sessions from August 23 to 28. He previously attended a similar meeting in Paris last year. He is brother to Oscar Cleve and Fred Thomas of Greencastle and will return to the area mid September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Thomas
Medicine Park
Okla
Washington, D. C
Berlin
Thomas
Inter-parliamentary Union
Senator Thomas
Paris
Oscar Thomas
Cleve Thomas
Fred Thomas
Greencastle
Europe
Drownings, Deaths, and Local Happenings in Greencastle
Twenty years ago in Greencastle David Bolton drowned at Manhattan bend in Deer Creek. Thirty six years earlier Patrick Mahan met the same fate at the same place. Miss Lillian Southard attended the King family funeral in Columbia City. Five people died when a car was struck by a train. Charles Huffman leaves Owl Hardware for Andrew Hanna. Dr and Mrs Ayler host friends in the new office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Bolton
Manhattan
Bend
Deer Creek
Patrick Mahan
Lillian Southard
King
Columbia City
Cooling Rain Visits Greencastle Twice
A cooling rain fell in Greencastle on Friday afternoon marking the second shower in 24 hours after a similar evening rain. Temperatures rose into the 90s despite the rainfall and little lightning or display accompanied the storms. A barn north of Hanna Crossroads burned during the Thursday night rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Hanna
Mrs George Akers in serious condition after fall
Mrs. George Akers of Reelsville has been unconscious at her home for a week after a fall Friday when she struck her head on a cement block. Doctors Dr. Larne Carter of Indianapolis and Dr. W M McGaughey consult. skull fracture suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Akers
Reelsville
Larne Carter
Indianapolis
W. M. McGaughey
Detours Shortened as New Bridge Opens in Indiana
Indianapolis detour on Road 26 removed and a new bridge east of Sedalia opened. Detour on Road 43 near LaCrosse lifted. State Highway Commission reports several detours shortened during paving and bridge work, including Road AL Attica to Boswell and other routes with new runarounds added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Sedalia
LaCross
State Highway Commission
John D. Williams
Attica
Boswell
U. 8
Romney
New Palestine
Kirklin
Plant of Rickenbacker Motor Company Sold for $600000
One plant of the bankrupt Rickenbacker Motor Company was sold at public auction for $600,000 to James S. Holden of Detroit. Holden said he bought the property for clients who declined to disclose names. The sale followed a February 1927 federal court order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Rickenbacker Motor Company
James S. Holden
Hanly to Become General Attorney for Monon Railroad
Chicago official announces Cope J. Hanly of Rensselaer named general attorney of the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Monon railroad. He succeeds Alfred M. Evens, long time holder from Greencastle, who resigns to teach law at Indiana University. Evens served ten years. Hanly is a Vanderbilt graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Harry Kurrie
Chicago
Cope J. Hanly
Rensselaer
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville
Monon
Hanly
Alfred M. Evens
Greencastle
Vanderbilt University
Evens
Indiana University
Sptember
Youth Escapes Injury After Auto Collision Near School
Paul Bintz, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Bintz, escaped with minor bruises when he ran in front of a car driven by Reese Matson and Ed Coffman near the Second Ward School on Anderson street. The boy was knocked sprawling but not seriously hurt as he chased another boy, Robert Evens, around the new building. He is the grandson of Mrs H A Gobin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bintz
Robert Bintz
Seminary Street
Reese Matson
East Seminary Street
Ed Coffman
Second Ward
Anderson Street
Bintz
Robert Evens
H. A. Gobin
Clinton Man Goes to Prison
Fred Hamilton, a Clinton man aged 453 years, who escaped from the Indiana State Farm in September 1926, was taken to the Indiana State Prison to serve a term of 1 to 5 years for escaping. He was returned to the county for sentence after being recaptured in Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hamilton
Clinton
Indiana State Farm
Indiana State Prison
Edward Kiteljorge
Putnam
Hamilton
Roachdale Summer Concerts End Early This Season
Roachdale merchants conclude the weekly summer concerts due to insufficient funds. Local business leaders, who contributed generously, cite fewer contributing houses this year as the reason for ending the series after a Wednesday performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roachdale
Smith Would Overhaul the Federal Government
Albany reports Gov. Al Smith plans a sweeping reorganization to eliminate overlapping bureaus and boost economy and efficiency. He told U S Senators Tydings and Hawes he aims a constructive campaign and would overhaul the federal system similar to his NY state restructuring of 190 bureaus into 18 departments. The plan he plans to stress in his upcoming notification speech next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond I. Borst
Albany
N. Y
al Smith
United States
Millard BE
Tydings
Maryland
Harry B. Hawes
Missouri
Hawes
Smith
New York
Soviet Ship Quits Search for Survivors
Moscow reports the ice breaker Maligin abandons search for Nobile expedition and Amundsen relief survivors due to fuel shortages. Planes deemed dangerous as floes melt. Maligin heads to Archangel. Krassin at Kings Bay transfers seven Nobile Party members to Citta Di Milano.
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Maligin
Amundsen
Moscow
INS
Archangel
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Citta di Milano
Band Stand Relocated After Thursday Concert
Following Thursday night’s band concert on the south side of the square, the bandstand was moved Friday to the north side of the Court House for remaining concerts. Attendance was light due to other city events while a splendid program was provided by the musician.
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Court House
Musiciana
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Charles J. Arnold
John Cannon
Joe Bamberger
C. F. Overstreet
Paul “Rusty” Cook
Rebekahs
LODGE
BETAS
Banker
Channel
OLL
Sen. Thomas
Charles Huffman
Owl Hardware
Andrew Hanna
A. B. Ayler
Fiss
Betty Selfridge
Boulder, Colo
Delta Gamma
Coronado
Kurrie
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