SAY FOLKS ABOUT TOWN
SAY FOLKS ABOUT TOWN column notes community chatter and local viewpoints. Charles J. Arnold appears as the column’s author providing short remarks on neighborhood happenings and public sentiment.
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1929
Page
1
SAY FOLKS ABOUT TOWN column notes community chatter and local viewpoints. Charles J. Arnold appears as the column’s author providing short remarks on neighborhood happenings and public sentiment.
A diary style account from Bainbridge area notes Kiwanis inter club dinner at the Country Club. Milt Brown, new figure in Kiwanis, joins from Bedford Bloomington Crawfordsville contingent amid singing and awards. The Mayor attends, praise for Kiwanian singing, and hints of Brown’s bid for Kiwanis state office.
In Monticello Indiana on June 5 Lester Blair aged 35 was attacked by a bull while walking near his farm home north of Idaville. The bull threw him over a fence and lost reach with its horns. Blair sustained serious injuries.
Governor Harry G. Leslie urged humane reform of Indiana prisons in a speech to the Indianapolis Bar Association. He endorsed salvaging most prisoners, criticized rural judges for harsh first offenses, and noted many inmates come from poor homes. He said reformatories often held those who did not belong there.
Greencastle will stage the DePauw university graduation for twenty six seniors this year with diplomas awarded Monday. Most Greencastle graduates plan to teach, and only one local student earns a Music School diploma while the rest complete Liberal Arts. Students include James Elliott Acree and Mable Ruth McCullough among others. Dorothy Walls will graduate from Music School. the remainder from Liberal Arts.
More than a hundred committeemen prepare Martinsville Indiana for the fiftieth annual G A R encampment opening Monday. Thousands expected from across the state with plans for a big parade camp fire and four days of events including speeches by McNutt Baltzell Leslie Reese and Fort Harrison troop participation. The event may be the last large gathering as veterans thin with age.
Announcement says Jacob F. Hirt and Carroll Moore dissolved their partnership in the Hirt and Moore electrical shop on East Washington Street. The store will be operated in the future by Jacob F. Hirt with Maytag Frigidaire and Hoover sales and service continuing.
The new state law, effective May 21, requires every Greencastle store to apply to the State Board of Tax Commissioners for a license to operate. The fee includes 50 cents for the application and a $3 license cost, to be displayed prominently. Fines range from $25 to $100 per day for noncompliance, and proceeds fund state administration and education grants.
Rome Dietrich who graduated from high school last night left for Seattle for the summer. Albert Weik of Chicago attends commencement and plans for the alumni varsity game. Mr and Mrs John Pieter of Kiowa Kansas visit Mr and Mrs Ralph Crawley. Mrs Charles Talbott hosts Miss Sarah U Hornabaker of Crawfordsville for commencement.
DePauw University outlines a four day commencement starting Friday with Senior Class Day at 9 50 am. 291 seniors will graduate including 264 Liberal Arts and 27 Music School students. Baccalaureate by Dr G Bromley Oxnam Sunday in Meharry Hall. Commencement address Monday by Rev Henry Hitt Crane at Bowman Gymnasium.
Local tenor Perry M Rush will broadcast Sunday evening over WFBM Indianapolis during the Stutz hour at 6:30. He will perform three numbers with accompaniment from the WFBM Symphony Orchestra.
Karl Knaus, supervisor of agricultural extension work in Menominee County Michigan and director of agriculture in Menominee city schools, was named assistant county agent leader on Purdue University’s agricultural extension staff, announced by Purdue authorities in Lafayette Indiana.
The Rev Mrs Thorne will preach at Fillmore M E Church on Sunday June 9 at 11 am instead of the evening service. The change follows the community revival starting that evening.
Indications today suggested the State Board of Tax Commissioners will rule for remonstrators against the J. H. Chrisenberry road project in Madison Township. The plan requires a costly bridge over Big Walnut Creek, with no funds available to advance the bridge yet the road grade is pre established. The Fern to Oakalla route involves the Big Four Railroad right of way and faces budget constraints.
Miss Helen Keith a contralto from Bicknell and Robert Phillips of Liberty Missouri were named winners of the local Atwater Kent Audition held at the high school auditorium. They will compete in the state contest in Indianapolis this fall. Keith is a DePauw senior and Phillips a DePauw Music School sophomore. About six contestants competed. Judges were Mrs A G Brown Mrs C W Otis and Dean Robert G McCutchan.
Mrs Rowena FE Kelly aged resident of Greencastle died at 11 oclock Thursday morning at the home of her son Charles A Kelly 614 Anderson Street after a four month illness. She is survived by her son and five granddaughters. husband A D Kelly a son and a daughter preceded her in death. A longtime Greencastle resident she came from Hendricks County and was born at Stilesville. She belonged to the Woman's Relief Corp the Methodist church and the Rebekah lodge. Funeral arrangements will be announced Friday.
Ed Newgent of Clinton Falls is in serious condition at the county hospital after blood poisoning developed from a small finger cut. He was taken to the hospital Wednesday as his condition grew alarming with a 105 degree fever.
Forecast calls for mostly fair conditions tonight with a slight rise in temperatures in the eastern and northern portions. Friday will be partly cloudy to cloudy with showers possible in the southwest region.
Baltimore and Ohio President Daniel Willard outlined reasons for including the Monon line in the B and O unification plan before the Interstate Commerce Commission. He noted Harvard professor Ripley recommended strengthening the B and O with several lines and discussed objections by Louisville & Nashville and Southern Railway. Willard suggested others might oppose absorption but expected mutual terms could be reached.
Rev J E Sherrill Baptist minister known in northwest Morgan county died recently in Long Beach California where he had lived for several years. He previously resided in Danville and once led Baptist churches at New Winchester and Stilesville. Survived by daughter Mrs Wallace Trotter of LaGrange Illinois and three sisters Mrs E A Miles Indianapolis and Mrs Ellen Sandy and Mrs Mary Leona Alexander California. Born near Mt Meridian in Putnam county.
Tom Nelson age about 85 of Greencastle was arrested today by deputy Alva Bryan on a warrant from Ruby Lawson Washington township charging unlawful trespass. He pleaded not guilty and a hearing before Judge James P. Hughes is set for tomorrow morning.
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