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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1928
Page
6
School days for 1927 28 end Friday afternoon with report cards in city schools. Many students celebrate while others who flunked face a tougher end. High School seniors conclude public schooling with commencement tonight at 8 in the Vocational Physical Education Building.
A Chevrolet truck owned by Putnam County and used by the county road department was burned near Fillmore early Thursday. Driver Wayne Purcell suffered a minor burn on one leg as gasoline spilled on his clothing and ignited near the Emory Wright gravel pit. Firemen extinguished the blaze after Purcell was knocked to the ground. insurance will cover the estimated damage of several hundred dollars.
Mrs. Joan McCammack Meeks aged 33 wife of Walter Meeks died at her home four and a half miles northeast of Belle Union after a two year illness. Survived by husband two daughters Helen Faun and Virginia Wayburn mother Mrs. McCammack and other relatives. Funeral at Union Valley Church Sunday 11 with Revs. Reuben Masten and Gilbert McCammack officiating. Interment New Providence Cemetery.
The Kiwanis Club held a regular meeting in Russellville at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, with about sixty attendees including members wives and the DePauw Trio providing music. Dean Louis Dirks and Senator Andrew Durham gave talks, and a dinner followed in the church dining room.
Mrs J O Cammack of East Washington Street won 150 in the fourth annual Proctor and Gamble competition for the best carved sculpture in white soap. She entered four pieces in the advanced amateur class and received a telegram Friday announcing first place and inviting her to the June 6 opening at Anderson Galleries in New York City. Mrs Cammack and daughter Miss Eleanor may attend.
Notable jurors at the reception include Charles Dana Gibson Lorado Taft Galzon Bor glum and Leo Lentelli. Mrs Cammack has experience in handmade pottery from native clay but is attempting sculpture. The Proctor and Gamble contest drew 21000 entries last year and likely more this year.
The Greencastle Summer School will start June 11 and run eight weeks under Superintendent Warren J. Yount. Lela Walls and Genevieve Daggy supervise with DePauw University practice teachers, offering low tuition for students seeking credit or early graduation.
The Greencastle Gas Plant owned by a LaPorte capitalist group with Gordon Martin as general manager is being negotiated for sale to the Insull interests. Delplain of Northern Indiana Public Service Co visited Greencastle Friday to review the plant for his company and said negotiations are underway but no deal is finalized.
DePauw University will host another national fraternity with the installation of Kappa Phi Sigma into Delta Chi. Delta Chi traces to Cornell and began as a law group, later expanding. Kappa Phi Sigma, founded in 1922, moved from a 615 Anderson Street dwelling to a Locust and Washington street house, then into a main campus home. Formal petition to Delta Chi occurred in mid March and Kappa Phi Sigma was granted a charter. Installation likely in the last days of the year if approved by the installing committee.
Washington reports a 5 cent air mail postage rate will take effect August 1 with a new 5 cent air mail stamp authorized. The change lowers the prior 10 cent rate under the Kelly bill signed by President Coolidge. Postmaster General New expects air mail business to rise 100 to 300 percent. He also rejected all bids on the Chicago Atlantic air mail route after investigation found bidders unsatisfactory.
Martinsville Indiana May 31 agitation over replacing Eminence High School prompts petitions to annex the north half to Monroe township. Adams township residents seek redrawing township lines following a fire loss and school relocation.
In Monroe township, 171 signatures from 225 freeholders support a petition by Adams township residents claiming a majority of freeholders on the document. A split over location, with the north half seeking a central school site, was denied. Eminence lies southwest of center as notices for a $52,000 bond issue have been issued, fueling bitterness in the community.
John Watson, alleged cattle rustler with crimes spanning two states, is unlikely to be brought to Indiana for trial. He is serving a 26 year sentence in southern Illinois, age 48, after stealing cattle near Roachdale and selling them in Crawfordsville. He faces possible life remained imprisonment in Illinois.
May marked one of the firm’s best periods with total sales of 29 cars including 7 new and 22 used. Notable prices for used cars reached 950, 1000, and 1050 dollars. New car deliveries included multiple 4‑door Standard Sedans to clients such as Indiana Portland Cement Co and Roscoe Hurst, plus several other named buyers.
Homer L. Frazier announced the opening of Greencastle Service Station No. 2 in south Greencastle at Bloomington and Martinsville streets on State Road 43. Donald Connerly, a former high school teacher, will run the new station, which joins the existing station at 609 North Jackson Street. A full line of accessories complements the gasoline and oil service.
President Lemuel H. Marlin reveals moves including Hess resigning as zoology head to Hamilton College and Grave succeeding him at DePauw. Gage resigns to Vanderbilt. Mills joins DePauw in comparative literature from Cornell. Beyl takes a leave of absence in psychology and education.
The 1928-29 DePauw faculty notices show multiple resignations and new appointments across English, history, Latin, political science, physical education, romance languages, and Spanish. Notable moves include Miss Elsie Taylor and Miss Mary Lloyd leaving English positions, Wallace R. Biggs appointed English instructor, Miss Waldon appointed English instructor, and several faculty granted leaves for graduate study or taking posts at Wisconsin Amherst Illinois Harvard and Cornell.
A Green Castle report says the Eel River Power Company called its workmen from the 3.5 million dollar dam project at Cagle's Mill Hoosier Highlands. In Cloverdale residents say crews were dismissed Friday morning with no details.
The service commission continues to review the company petition while Cloverdale residents and county citizens support the project for regional development. Southern landowners fear loss of farmland as the plan would flood southern counties.
The First National Bank of Green Castle paid a premium of $226.30 for the $8,200 Myers Road bonds issued by Michael Myers and others. The sale occurred at the County Treasurer’s office Friday afternoon. The road lies on the Clay Putnam county line in Washington township with half the costs to be paid by this county. Other bidders offered premiums: J F Wild Investment Co 194.34 dollars and Fletcher American Co 183.00 dollars.
Prof and Mrs Orrin H Smith were in an accident on the Water Works bridge north of Russellville while en route to a Kiwanis dinner. A Chicago salesman in a Ford swung around a wagon and struck the Smith car. both vehicles were damaged but no injuries reported.
Charles H. Horne, cashier at the Indianapolis Country Club, was robbed of $1,600 as he entered the club grounds. Police and deputies pursued four bandits who used a staged approach after alighting from a traction car. The heist followed a pattern similar to a prior Broadmoor Country Club robbery, with planners familiar with the area. Horne is a former Cloverdale resident and uncle of Mrs. Roy C. Evens.
Joseph E. Shafer appointed a Fellowship in Economics at the University of Wisconsin for next year. He currently resides in Detroit Michigan. Shafer is a former Rector Scholar and a 1925 DePauw University alumnus.
Dr J Raymond Schutz head of the social science department at Manchester College spoke at Greencastle High School’s forty ninth commencement in the Vocational-Physical Education Building. He urged unity of school church and home to guide youths through rapid invention and change. Fifty nine seniors graduated.
The local high school awarded diplomas to most graduates with three still needing one or two credits. Speakers urged education, civic duty, and awareness of Bolshevism Fascism and democracy amid a broad address by Dr. Raymond Schutz. The ceremony featured a student orchestra and performances by Gen eva Brown Marjorie Gaston and Frances Guymon.
Readable fragment shows numerous names and addresses in Greencastle Indiana and surrounding areas including Greencastle Routs, Coatesville, Indianapolis, and nearby streets. The list contains individuals such as Lucille Ellis and Mildred Goldsberry with multiple street addresses and route numbers.
Harry Donath aged 4 years a mechanic and Mabel York aged 18 a housekeeper, both of Indianapolis, apply for a marriage license.
Krauss & Apfelbaum of Ft. Wayne were high bidders for the Putnam County Wool Growers pool, with bids of 63 and 47 percent for merchantable wool and rejections. Three other bidders competed. No local wool buyers bid.
Dr Garfield Bromley Oxnam, president elect of DePauw, cannot attend June 11 commencement in Greencastle as he remains in Boston finishing his year at Boston University. He is expected to arrive in Greencastle in July to assume duties, while Dr Murin and family depart for Berlin to join the American church.
The marriage of Miss Mabel York daughter of William York and Harry Donath an Indianapolis mechanic was solemnized here Saturday morning with Justice of the Peace R. H. Newse officiating. Mrs. Lucy Bales Senet witnessed the ceremony.
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