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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1928
Page
4
Bible School at 9 30 a m with Mrs E R Bartley superintendent. Morning worship at 10 30 with Lord's Supper and sermon by Mr Bruner titled Other Little Ships. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m. No evening service due to a special University Choir program at Meharry Hall at seven o'clock.
The Presbyterian Church announces Sunday School at 9:30 A M led by Prof G B Manhart. No services at 10:40 A M or 7:30 P M due to the DePauw Baccalaureate. High School Christian Endeavor meets 6:30 P M. Woman's Circle 2:50 at Mrs Bridgs home. Prayer meeting 7:30 Thursday evening.
The Epworth League gathers at 6 30 pm while all other services are omitted due to the university commencement exercises. C Howard Taylor serves as minister at the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rev Clarence and Bertha Talbott preside Sabbath School at 9 30 a m morning worship at 11 45 a m Young People meeting at 6 30 p m evening worship at 7 30 p m Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30 o clock Everyone invited.
A Christian Science service will be held every Sunday at 10 45 a m at 208 South Indiana Street.
Sunday School at 9 30 with Kenneth Todd as superintendent. Morning service at 10 40 features an introductory sermon as the start of Pastor S E Davies's tenure. Evening services at 6 50 for Junior and Senior B Y P A followed by preaching at 7 30.
Dr Marlin closed by noting the board passed complimentary resolutions and offered them to the press. He expressed pride in his Ber lin assignment and described the new field of service. The gathering remained informal and friendly as he endorsed the retiring president and the board’s optimistic outlook for DePauw’s future.
Lee R. Holly retires as owner and editor of the Brazil Gazette and sells the weekly to Harry R. Diel of Brownstown Illinois. Diel, son of G W Diel and kin to prominent Democrats, takes charge today and has long stood in Clay county political circles through family ties and public service.
A gown valued over 25000 dollars made of silver and platinum will be worn and shown at the Indiana Kentucky exposition in New Albany July 2 to 4. The outfit, likely the costliest ever, was created for a Music Box Revue star in New York. Security plans include secret operatives police and two National Guardsmen to guard the wearer during the event.
In Evansville Indiana on June 8 a platinum rumor spreads as residents in the Yankeetown area arm themselves with picks and shovels. Clyde Duffey reportedly found ore two miles from the village and sent samples to a jeweler and geologist who confirmed platinum worth about 35 dollars an ounce. The site is tied to a farm once linked to lead ore discovery by a pioneer named Joe Ingram era.
Olivet Michigan June 8 A state fire marshal sweep led to the arrest of Paul Harris 20 a star college athlete for questioning in a fire that destroyed Parsons hall the campus oldest structure with an estimated 150000 loss investigators had already arrested three other students from the Kappa Sigma Alpha fraternity in connection with recent fires.
Cary Graves, a well known distributor of intoxicating beverages in the city, was fined and sentenced to four months at the penal farm in police court. Mayor Dient Kennedy imposed a fine of 40 and costs and directed four months at the state institution at Putnamville. Graves had just completed a term at the farm and returned home before being arrested again on a similar charge.
Greenfield Indiana June 9 Twenty five thousand school teachers seek fall placements according to Superintendent Z M Smith with five thousand applications on file. He cites the tenure law and rising college output as causes of the oversupply. He notes a surplus of men selling school supplies as teachers unable to find positions turn to selling supplies to earn a livelihood.
Public bulletin from the Indiana State Medical Association promotes anti typhoid inoculations for vacationists. It notes vaccination is standard for U S Army since 1911 and outlines water safety milk pasteurization and food hygiene to prevent typhoid during trips and in late summer and autumn.
Indiana state fire marshal Alfred Houston issues display and sale regulations for fireworks. Rules allow display after June 20 with strict containment, prohibit delivery before July 1, set age 12 for buyers, and require non inflammable storage for unpacked goods.
Miss Dorcas Durham, over 70, living on a farm north of Waveland with siblings, fell Wednesday morning while reaching for a plate and broke her hip. She has previously broken a hip and remains under care as relatives from Crawfordsville visited.
Dr S A von Sashocky inventor of the radium paint linked to five New Jersey deaths is ailing from radium necrosis. His teeth are gone and fingers darken, blood counts run far below normal. He joined United States Radium Corporation, whose plant allegedly exposed the women. The firm settled with each woman for 10000 dollars plus a lifetime 600 dollar annual annuity and relative insurance.
The Passavant Memorial Hospital project at Northwestern University Medical School has started with corner stone laying led by President Walter Dill Scott. The $1,900,000 facility is slated for occupancy in spring 1929, built to house a highly equipped medical school hospital originally established in 1865 by Dr. A W Passavant.
Receivers of the defunct Attica Farmers and Merchants State Bank rejected former president Charles W. Zeigler's proposal to turn over his personal property to cover the bank deficit. Dan R. Young proposed appointing three appraisers to determine the value of Zeigler's assets, noting no guaranteed amount would result from sale.
The MGM studio recreated an old Western Canada trading post for the film Rose Marie. The set includes a post office general store church tavern and cottages used by principals for key dramatic scenes. Joan Crawford stars as the heroine with James Murray in the lead male role.
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