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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1929
Page
3
A notice from Putnam County Citizens Military Training Camp enrollment shows the closing date fixed by David H. Jennings as Saturday June 15. The county has seven applications toward a nineteen person quota, leaving one week to enroll more candidates.
Madison Center reports Jess Ellis with a produce truck gathering crops last Saturday. Leon Johnson and wife return to Peru where he resumes factory work. John Lancaster hires crew on Mrs Jane Harris farm. Glendon Irwin plans to Lafayette to join American Construction Co carpenters. Bert Gross buys cream for Sugar Creek creamery. Miss Letha Irwin visits from Terre Haute State Normal. Mrs Olive Dillinger’s health shows improvement. goitre suspected. Paul Thomas drives to Lena for services. Smiley Irwin trips to Rockville for feed deliveries. Eldora Gardner family helps berry harvest at Marion Wright’s.
Mr Fouts of the Farm Journal spied last Thursday collecting subscriptions and gauging farmer views on farm legislature. Also noted is a near completion bridge over Long Branch with unfinished approaches. Amelia Elling spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs Edmon Marshall. Robert Johns of Greencastle visited his parents last Sunday.
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Bloomington and Lafayette Indiana, the Indiana state chamber of commerce, and the Manufacturers association of Chicago Heights to intervene against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad's bid to gain control of the Monon railway system.
The Ladies Aid schedules an all day meeting Wednesday at the home of Mrs. William Crawley in Greencastle. Attendees should bring a dish and be ready to roll call with a favorite song and its author. Susie Nicely returns from Indianapolis. Sunday school outing planned for Forest Park Brazil. Various visits noted with members from Indianapolis Terre Haute and Brazil.
At Yellow Willow bathing beach near Big Walnut a young woman nearly drowned and dragged a rescuer under. He saved her as both were pulled from the water and stabilized with help from others. Names were not provided in the Brazilian Times report.
An evening meeting in Russellville featured Floyd Miller as county agent in charge. Miss Ethel Ader, Greencastle home economics teacher and 4-H leader, spoke on Girls Work in the Country. Five 4-H girls—Meredith Reeves, Carol Goodenough, Audra Chenoweth, Charlotte Etter, Elizabeth Patterson—presented a program, with local bankers and Lycurgus Stoner in attendance.
Deputy Sheriff Harold Nubbin Cobb of Franklin loses access to his 38 caliber revolver when a car door locks after he steps from his vehicle at Allen filling station north of Greencastle. Harry McMillan, a youth with Cobb, realizes the danger and unlocks the door to place the weapon within reach, enabling Cobb to retrieve it when needed.
The article notes several college students graduating at nineteen or just after their twentieth birthday. Vera Daisy Reeve of Vincennes and Donald Irwin Dean of Rushville, both IU students, are just past nineteen, as are Alene Sprinkle of Marion Russell Nichols of Greencastle Leland Feigel of Evansville and Donald Carmony of St Paul, all in their early twenties.
Results show American Association games with Kansas City 5 over Indianapolis 1 and Milwaukee 6 over Louisville 2. St Paul 11 defeated Columbus 3 while Minneapolis and Toledo did not play. Also nine other AL and NL games including Brooklyn 7 over Pittsburgh 6 and Chicago 10 beating Boston 8.
The judge of the Circuit Court of Putnam County Indiana appoints Alva F Gardner as administrator of the estate of Albert M Gardner deceased. The administrator’s name and attorney Wm Sutherlin are listed with filing dates June 11 18 25.
Clinton Falls M. P. church will host a children night next Sunday evening June 16. The piece lists many locals visiting relatives and dining at homes, including families from Ladoga Indianapolis Portland Mills and Fallen Rocks. No major events beyond a church gathering and visits are noted.
Jamestown residents Maurice and Richard Wilson known as Dummy and Dingbat started a motor trip to California Tuesday in a Ford racing car. They expect a two week journey unless they find work. Dummy is a Jamestown High School graduate who studied several years at DePauw University in Greencastle.
The text notes two Jamestown graduates from 1929, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson, on vacation from Crawfordsville. They were longtime boy scouts under Rev. C. C. Peace, and plan a vivid road trip in a red car with red salts heading toward the western state.
Jacob McCullough and Earl Van Landingham departed Monday for Wyoming to work in the oil fields. They traveled in McCullough's car and expect to be away for the entire summer.
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