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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1928
Page
3
Greencastle residents host visitors from Cloverdale Gosport and Fort Wayne while townspeople hear plans for the new Second Ward School and note library hours. Local events include obituaries sermons and police notices plus a dog tax delinquency alert and council meetings.
Two cars suffered heavy damage after a rain swollen crash on Nat s Road near the C C Hurst farm west of Mt Meridian Sunday night. A Pon tiac coach was found stripped of tires and accessories, having been driven only 2900 miles. One occupant was badly hurt and the Ford coupe, owned by Overall Laundry, Indianapolis, overturned. The Pontiac belonged to Clarence R Null of Indianapolis. Both cars to Franklin Street Garage.
Splendid pictures Misses Imogene Mullins and Margaret Peggy Mc Lean Greencastle girls appear in the Indianapolis Sunday Star with an article on Charm the play to be presented by DePauw seniors next Friday and Saturday Miss McLean will lead while Miss Mullins plays the town camp Miss Rosalie Mc Cullough of Greencastle also appears in the play
Calvin Coolidge is likely to be nominated by the Republican National Convention in Kansas City next week unless halted by presidential action. Charles D Hilles, New York committeeman and anti Hoover leader, spearheads the draft Coolidge effort amid intra party quarrels. The convention opens in ten days with Hilles confident votes will favor Coolidge.
Several minor collisions occurred in Greencastle and nearby during a heavy rain weekend. A Whippet and a Kauble car sustained damage on Vine and Washington streets. A Pontiac went off a road near Farrow farm with radiator damage. A Plainfield crash involved multiple vehicles and ambulances from Indianapolis, with injuries reported but no fatalities confirmed.
Phillip Sellers and Harold William Greencastle men were arraigned in Clay County Circuit Court on transporting liquor charges after a crash on the National Road west of Brazil Sunday night. Bonds set at 500 dollars. trial June 16.
Ole Johnson 42, an employee of Western Union Telegraph and Telephone Co., was arrested in Cloverdale Sunday night in an intoxicated condition and jailed overnight. He appeared Monday before Justice Robert H. Newgent, fined $10 plus $40 costs, after wandering from a camp at Ellelaville into Cloverdale. The town marshal reported the arrest, and Sheriff Edward Eiteljorge notified his foreman who was expected to bail him out.
Receivers for the defunct Farmers and Merchants State Bank report an offer by Charles W. Zeigler former bank president and ex highway chairman to turn over property worth 42500 as part payment on his total $60000 debt. Zeigler has already turned over 6500 from his dry goods store sale 6000 in bills receivable and 2000 cash. If accepted he would still owe 3500.
Jury selection began in Tippecanoe circuit court for the trial of John Burns a 21 year old West Lafayette youth charged with the murder of Tippecanoe county deputy sheriffs John P Grove and Wallace McClure during a Feb 7 escape with Samuel Baxter Judge Homer Henger presiding Burns has been held at Indiana State Prison Michigan City since his capture at an uncle’s home two weeks ago and was brought to Lafayette yesterday afternoon
Report notes communication with La Perouse radio to reassure that all on board were confident. Suva weather reports describe a full moon and light breeze. Flying conditions are called perfect. Landing field is illuminated with searchlights for possible night landing.
Mrs Lyle Green of Anderson Street driving a Chevrolet coach collided with a state highway truck at Jackson and Walnut streets injuring her four year old son James who was cut by broken windshield glass. Dr W R Hutcheson treated the boy as the car suffered heavy damage. Dr W D Conn of Bainbridge was injured when his car skidded and overturned east of Bainbridge. he suffered bruises and lacera tions and will remain home several days. Dr Hutcheson attended Dr Conn. A Chamber of Commerce directors meeting is set for Monday at 7 at the First National Bank. Mr and Mrs Gordon Schmitt of Newcastle were guests of Mrs Schmitt’s parents in Greencastle and visited French Lick and West Baden.
Ernest Avritt aged 49 a farmer of Washington township weds Zella Johnson aged 46 a graduate nurse. Green Walter Cornett aged 21 a machinist and Mary Thompson aged 21 a linotype operator, both of Crawfordsville, are also listed in the license notice.
Mather Pennsylvania June 3 coroner John W Ross of Greene county fixed the death toll at 195 for the May 19 blast at the Mather Colliers Company mine. Only three bodies have been recovered and two of those were buried without identification.
County Agent R H Stevenson urges farmers to attend Tuesday sessions in Russellville and Roachdale as the Baltimore and Ohio railroad Sanitation Special stops. O K Quivey from the B and O speaks on the program along with Purdue’s John Schwab on feeding spring pigs and Dr E M Nighbert on roundworm life cycle and control.
Students may study piano with Miss Rutledge at De Pauw summer school in room 4 first floor Music Hall. Available times include Tuesday or Wednesday, Thursday afternoon this week, and Monday afternoon June 11. Instruction offered from kinder garten and upwards. Lessons available in class or individually. The term begins Tuesday June 12.
Want ads list for rent: a five room and a four room dwelling at 302 West Poplar Street with contact Roy Hillis at phone 781 X. Also includes store fixtures sale by Indianapolis Store Fixture Co. offering new and used equipment, cash registers, scales, ice boxes, showcases, desks, chairs, butcher outfits, adding machines and typewriters, counter shelving and custom fixtures. Estimates furnished.
Nellie Stone daughter of Mr and Mrs G B Stone of Lake Wawasee wed Richard Reif of Oak Park Illinois Sunday at Lake Wawasee She is a 1927 DePauw graduate and Alpha Gamma Delta member Greencastle and DePauw girls attended the wedding plus local hosts staged a Sunday picnic at Putnamville and a P E O Sisterhood state convention set for Indianapolis June 19 20 21 with Indianapolis chapters hosting
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