Say Camp Kreitenstein Guests Deserve Courtesy
Charles J. Arnold laments poor treatment of visitors at Camp Kreitenstein south of Brazil. He recalls being ignored by camp leaders including Skipper Wilson, urges a courtesy campaign and a welcome role for staff to greet parents and inquire about needs. He notes supporters locally helped Boy Scout funding.
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Camp
Krietenstein
Brazil
Kreitenstein
Skipper” Wilson
Wilson
Camp Kreitenstein
Boy Scout Movement
Greencastle
Camp Kretiensstein Officers Told to Promote Courtesy
The speaker praises a courteous leader as a role model for youths and urges Camp Kreit enstein supervisors to educate officers in courtesy as a core principle of manliness.
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Camp Kreitenstein
Greencastle Nine Falls to West Terre Haute 18 5
West Terre Haute Stars defeated Greencastle Merchants Boosters 18 to 5 at Limedale Park Sunday afternoon in hot weather. Two Greencastle pitchers struggled as Terre Haute rattled hits, while Greencastle's Harger gave way to Clift in the sixth. Next Sunday Lena visits Limedale Park for a 2:30 p.m. game.
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Merchants’ Boosters
Lena
Limedale
Greencastle Merchants
West Terre Haute Stars
Limedale Park
Greencastle
Greencastle Boys
Lena Boys
W. E. Abel
Harger
Greenecastle
Clift
Merchants
Boosters
Terre Haute Slabsman
Black
Target
Terre Haute
Morman
Stewart
Judge Rules In Monon Rail Disputes In Indiana Court
In Crawfordsville on July 19 Judge Edgar A. Rice issued two mixed rulings in Montgomery circuit court. In one case the Monon railroad won against Jere Casey over alleged 1926 car orders, while in the other the judge found against the railroad against Pearlman Grocery over extra rates for a California car sidetracked at Lafayette, citing the railroad as responsible for the sidetrack.
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Crawfordsville
Edgar A. Rice
Monon Railroad
Montgomery
Jere Casey
Pearlman Grocery Company
California
Lafayette
Monon
Governor to Install Flood Lights at Statehouse
Indianapolis July 21 Over time parking of couples in the Statehouse square at night has prompted Governor Leslie to consider flood lights for the state house. The north lawn and automobile park space have become a mid summer lover's lane. Flood lights may solve the problem.
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Indianapolis
State House Square
Leslie
State House
Repainting Parking Lines on Greencastle Streets
The Greencastle city street department began repainting downtown parking lines this morning. Lines will be extended and angled for easier parking, with flat curb lines kept unchanged where applicable.
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Greencastle City Street Department
Escort shot and woman jailed after Chicago duo fatal shooting
In Kokomo Indiana on Sunday a posse killed John Pullin a Chicago man linked to several stickups. His cousin by marriage Betty Becker 30 refused to talk when jailed. She carried a 38 revolver and a handbag full of cartridges. The pair hid at the BEJ Duncan farm before being surprised by Sheriff Small and Detective Bergman.
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Kokomo
Ind
INS
Betty Becker
Chiago
Childern
John Pullin
Chicago
Pullin
Clifton Small
Becker
BE. J. Duncan
Here
Duncan Farm
Small
Duncan Place
Stenry Warner
Services for Mrs Mary Larue Held Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Larue a longtime resident of the northwest Putnam County area were conducted at Mt Pisgah church north of Morton. Burial followed at Pisgah cemetery. She died at her Morton home Friday afternoon from complications after a period of declining health. She is survived by two sons Clem Larue and Harry, and a daughter Mrs H C Gutheridge. Granddaughter Mrs R B Powers of Indianapolis.
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Mary Larue
Putnam County
Mt. Pisgah Church
Morton
Pisgah
Minor Auto Crash on Washington Street Sunday
A minor car collision on Washington Street east of the city Sunday afternoon damaged two vehicles driven by an Evansville man and a Mr Keller of Indianapolis. No injuries reported. damages settled between owners. Sheriff Edward Eitelforge notified but did not investigate.
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Washington Street
City
Evansville
Mr Keller
Indianapolis
Edward Eitelforge
County Fruit Growers to Attend Indiana Convention
Putnam county growers plan to join the Indiana Horticultural Society summer session at Turkey Run Wednesday and Thursday. Speakers include R F Hanley on the trading end of production and F A Fleeming on cooperative marketing of vegetables. Dinner at the Turkey Run Inn, with talks and a group discussion, followed by a tour of Coffing Orchards at Silverwood Thursday.
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THE
Indiana Horticultural Society
Turkey Run
Putnam County
Lloyd Miller
R. Fe, Hanley
American Fruit Growers
FE. A. Fleeming
Marietta, Ohio
Turkey Run Inn
Silverwood
Coffing
Estel Brothers Recovers at Home After Farm Accident
Estel Brothers son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Brothers returned home Sunday from the Methodist hospital where he has been under treatment for several weeks following injuries from a mowing machine passing over him after he was thrown from a tractor while working on the family farm north of town.
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Estel
Endurance Craze Hits Greencastle Youths Go Tree Sitting
Two Greencastle youths Ray Skimmerhorn and Eugene Thomas 15 plan to claim the world endurance crown by perched in trees on North Indiana Street. Their setup includes a platform on two large limbs and refueling by Amos Skimmerhorn. Others explored nearby trees as townsfolk watched the 25 hour ascent unfold.
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Greencastle
North End
Ray Skimmerhorn
Eug Jene Thomas
Indiana Street
Young Skimmerhorn
Mes
James Skimmerhorn
Thomas
Robert Thomas
Amos Skimmerhorn
Skimmerhorn
Atos
Tom
Skimerhorn
Thomas Boy
Skimmer
Golf Qualifying For Championship At Green Castle Club
Golfers at Greencastle Country Club complete qualifying for the Wolf Championship, fifth annual club event. Sayers leads with 79, Stevens 84, Thomas 85. First round slated before noon July 27 with eight matches listed and losers to form presidents’ side.
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Greencastle Country Club
Sayers
Bob Stevens
Lloyd Thomas
New Meat Market to Open in Spencer This Week
Spencer July 21. Announcement that a new meat market will be installed in the Charles Suber building this week. Taylor and Franklin Meat Market was purchased by E. O. Johnson last Thursday and equipment moves to the Johnson Grocery store this weekend. The new business will install new equipment and open late this week.
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Spencer
Charles Suber
Taylor and Franklin
E. 0
Johnson
Johnson Grocery
Lightning strikes farm. three horses and a cow killed
A bolt of lightning hit Thomas Rogers’s Franklin township farm killing three horses and a cow and burning the barn with a loss of $1,000. Mrs Lillian Landes is remodeling the Episcopal church on Seminary street into an apartment. Mrs W M McGaughey and Mrs Park Dunbar to host a breakfast bridge tomorrow.
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Thomas Rogers
Franklin Township
Lillian Landes
Episcopal Church
Seminary Street
W. M. McGaughey
Park Dunbar
Democratic Women Plan Picnic At Putnam County
The Women’s Democratic Club met in the courthouse to discuss organization history and to plan a Democratic picnic on August 21 inviting all Democrats and families in Putnam County. The picnic location was not yet decided.
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Organization of Democratic Women
Women’s Democratic Club
Court House
Putnam County
Theodore Crawley
Bloomington seeks lower light rates in Indiana
Commissioner Calvin F. McIntosh said engineers of the Indiana Public Service Commission will audit Bloomingtons Interstate Public Service Company electric plant as the city petitions for lower rates. Auditors are also reviewing Bloomingtons municipal water works in a separate case with a public hearing scheduled at the Monroe County courthouse on July 20.
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Indianapolis
Ind
INS
Calvin F. McIntosh
Indiana Public Service Commission
Bloomington
Interstate Public Service Company
McIntosh
Commission
Taylor nets hole in one in Greencastle club match
Greencastle Country club member B F Taylor achieved a hole in one Sunday afternoon during a match against Crawfordsville club. On the 185 yard third hole he sunk the ball, a rare feat seldom seen on the local course. Harold Talbett previously achieved a similar shot last season.
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FE. B. Taylor
Greencastle Country Club
Crawfordaville Club
Mr. Taylor
Greencastle
Harold Talbett
Oxnam to Deliver UK Summer School Commencement
Dr G Bromley Oxnam president DePauw University has been invited to give the commencement address at the University of Kentucky Summer School in Lexington on Friday August 22. A class of 150 will receive degrees marking the first summer school commencement exercises held by Kentucky. Elmer Sulzer, a former DePauw student and graduate, handles publicity for the event.
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G. Bromley Oxnam
DePauw University
University of Kentucky
Lexington
Kentucky
Elmer Sulzer
DePauw
Isee le
Car goes into ditch on Fern Road injures none
Sam Skelton drove down Plumber hill on Fern road when he left the bridge and landed in a culvert Sunday night about midnight. He was the only occupant and escaped injury though the car was badly damaged. His brother Joe Skelton hauled it from the ditch this morning.
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Sam Skelton
Mr. Skelton
Fern Road
Joe Skelton
Lone Bandit Steals From Paramount Theater in Marion
A lone bandit robbed Paramount Theater cashier Helen Etter and manager W. F. Baels of weekend receipts, leaving $200 on a table after stuffing what could fit into a sack. He withdrew by taking the telephone from the box office wall and escaped. no trace of the suspect was found.
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Marion
Ind
Grant County
Paramount Theater
Helen Etter
W. F. Baels
Relief From Extreme Heat Promised Nationwide
International News Service reports relief from a three day heat wave was forecast for tonight or tomorrow as temperatures topped 100 in several cities. Chicago logged near 112, Toledo 107, and Green Castle 10. Droughts persisted in Kansas and Indiana with eight deaths that week and seven drownings in New York area. Cooler weather and storms expected locally tonight and Tuesday.
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Rocky Mountain
Chicago
New York
Milwaukee
New York City
Columbus
Toledo
Nebraska
Iowa
Lake Michigan
Kansas
Indiana
Mercury
Indianapolis
Greencastle
Boureau
Greencastle and Crawfordsville golf teams tie in tight match
Greencastle golfers and Crawfordsville players fought to a 21 to 20 tie at Coun ty club Sunday. Dick Taylor led Crawfordsville with 79 while Greencastle hoped to win but settled for a draw. Weather forecasts call for showers or thunderstorms tonight or Tuesday with cooler conditions, especially away from Lake Michigan.
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Greencastle
Crawfordsville
Dick Taylor
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Nine Downs
Gov. Leslie
Professor Robert Ore
L. C. Buchheit
Miller
Estel Brothers
Methodist Hospital
Castle
Nam
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Putnam County Fair Board
Floyd Miller
R. P. Mullins
R. L. Sanford
L. Thomas
G. Lyons
D. Taylor
W. Yount
D. Filis
K. Eitel
R. Matson
H. Talbott
McGaughey
W. A. Beemer
N.C
Public Service Commission
Bk. B. Taylor
DR. Oxnam
Lone Bandit
Weather Bureau
International News Service
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