Say! A Greencastle Barbecue Boosts Local Spirit
Charles J. Arnold profiles R. J. Ellidge new cement plant superintendent at Limedale praising his work and town loyalty. The piece recaps a large barbecue event for plant workers with vivid details and humorous anecdotes, plus a civic plea for sidewalk improvements and local boosting.
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R. J. Ellidge
Mr. Ellidge
International Cement Co., Indiana, Inc
Limedale
Greencastle
New Orleans
Thunderstorms Tonight Then Fairer Friday With Cooler Winds
The forecast calls for thunderstorms tonight followed by generally fair conditions on Friday. Cooler air arrives with a potential for strong winds later tonight.
Watt Arrested on Second Charge in Crawfordsville
Eal Watt, arrested by Sheriff Tom Rice on June 8 for adultery, faces a second warrant issued yesterday on charges of failing to provide for his wife and child. Watt was taken into custody at Ladoga where he allegedly lived with another woman. a later jail intake revealed he has a wife and a three year old daughter in Crawfordsville.
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Eal Watt
Tom Rice
Watt
Rice
Ladoga
Crawfordsville
Summer Session Enrollments at DePauw University
Prof. William A. Huggard reports 129 students enrolled for DePauw University summer session. Of these 84 are in Liberal Arts and 45 in Music. Most students are Indiana undergraduates, about twenty aiming to graduate. No special activities planned beyond possible concerts and some parties.
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William A. Huggard
DePauw University
Indiana
Open verdict in Will Latta car train death at Carmel crossing
Coroner inquest into the Will H Latta crash at a Carmel railroad crossing ends with an open verdict after a week of testimony. Witnesses say the car had no lights and that the train emergency brakes were applied as the locomotive approached.
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Will Latta
Noblesville
Ind
Will H.latta
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Carmel
Frank J. Evans
Hamilton County
Latta
Evans
Arthur M. Holmes
Bellefontaine Street
Indianapolis
Monon
Frank Aldred
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Virginia Brooks
Carmel WesleyansChurch
Fourth Smallpox Case Reported in Greencastle
The fourth smallpox case was reported today in Greencastle. Vernon Shirley of south Jackson street has his home quarantined as health officers respond. Three other victims are confined in the Ben Turner boarding house on north Jackson street in a light case. A local physician suspects chickenpox instead of smallpox. Shirley works at a north Jackson street filling station.
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Greencastle
Vernon Shirley
Jackson Street
Shirley
Ben Turner
North Jackson Street
Park Inn Manager Called to Court
Spencer Ind June 19 Mrs Walter Richards manager of Can yon Inn at McCormick's Creek State Park near here will appear in Owen Circuit court Monday to answer a summons on an affidavit by the state department of conservation seeking possession of the inn. Officials had closed the inn but Mrs Richards posted signs announcing it open and served dinner guests. State officials removed most of the furniture in an attempt to oust her, claiming she has no contract to manage the inn this year.
Model Plant Delights Society Editor at Lone Star Barbecue
Our society editor visits the International Cement Plant at Limedate and finds a clean, efficient, and safe operation after a Good Will party. She praises the plant’s housekeeping, hazard controls, and recent post party cleanup. She notes ongoing plans to further improve the site as a model institution.
Union Service Sunday at Green Castle Presbyterian
The union services of Green Castle churches will be held Sunday evening at the Presbyterian Church. Rev. C. Howard Taylor will deliver the sermon.
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THE
Presbyterian Church
Greencastle
C. Howard Taylor
War in Greencastle over local telephone firms
Twenty years ago in Greencastle Cloverdale saw a clash between Evens Telephone Co and Jobe Free Telephone Co. A state tuberculosis sanitarium began construction at Rockville. Mrs A F Crawley and her granddaughter Bernice Fry visit Gosport relatives. Anna Krieger Minnie Osenberg Lola Pearcy of Roachdale earned life teaching licenses at Terre Haute Normal.
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Cloverdale
Evens Telephone Company
Jobe Free Telephone Company
A. F. Crawley
Bernice Fry
Gosport
Anna Krieger
Minnie Osenberg
Lola Pearcy
Roachdale
Terre Haute State Normal
Dr James H Snook Admits To Night With Coed Theora Hix
After long questioning in Columbus, Dr James H Snook admitted being with Theora Hix the night of her murder and said he burned some of her clothes two days later He also claimed to have returned a key to the landlady and to have found a vanity case belonging to the victim in his furnace. authorities note the confession followed hours of grilling and a previous denial of the slaying by Snook.
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Columbus
Ohio
INS
James H. Snook
Theora
Ohio State University
John F. Seidel
Snook
Seidel
Theora Hix
Harry BE. French
Miss Hix
Love Nest
John L. Chester
Chester
W. G. Shellenbarger
International News Service
Shellenbarger
Kiwanis Picnic Moves to Church Dining Room
Kiwanis members shift their picnic from the Cam Mack residence on East Washington Street to the Christian Church dining room due to forecasted rain. The gathering remains this evening with members attending at the church as planned.
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J. O. Cammack
East
Washington Street
Christian Church
Farmer Turner Paxton Missing in English Indiana
English Indiana June 19 Turner Paxton an 85 year old eccentric farmer is missing after leaving home Sunday with several thousand dollars in gold and a razor. His wife says he threatened suicide and a handkerchief was found hanging on a tree by Painter Creek with the stream dragged in a search involving over one hundred people.
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Ind
Woman May Die From Auto Crash Near State Road 48
Mrs. A. M. Welch age 27 of Dallas is in County Hospital after a head on collision at State Road 48 and the National Road five miles south. She suffered a fractured skull and multiple injuries and is expected to die. her husband also injured. The Nash car driven by Noah Williams of Knightsville carried other occupants with minor injuries.
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A. M. Welch
Dallas
Texas
A. M.welch
Tex
Here
Williams
Nash
Superintendent Ralph Howard Receives $1000 Salary Increase
Superintendent Ralph Howard of the Indiana State Farm was raised by $1000 to a $5000 annual salary, granted by the state budget committee. Despite rumors, the Indiana State Farm chief will not head the Pendleton State Reformatory.
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Indiana State Farm
Ralph Howard
State Budget Committee
Board of Trustees
Howard
Indiana State Reformatory
Pendleton
Directors of Credit Association to Dine
Putnam County Credit Association directors will hold a Friday noon dinner meeting at the College Inn.
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Putnam County Credit Association
College Inn
Masonic Notice for Temple Lodge No. 47 Meeting
Called meeting Friday at 7 30 p m for M M degree. W M R H Trembly and E E Caldwell, secretary, oversee proceedings.
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Temple Lodge No
R. H. Trembly
W. M
E. E. Caldwell
Boy Loses Tip Of Finger While Unloading Threshing Machine
Herschel Campbell of Fillmore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Campbell, lost the tip of his right index finger Thursday morning while helping unload a threshing machine. He received medical aid from Dr. W. R. Hutcheson.
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Herschel Campbell
Morris Campbell
Fillmore
W. R. Hutcheson
Mrs Oliver Lloyd Dies After Home Explosion
Mrs. Nora F. Lloyd aged 59 died at Culver Hospital Crawfordsville at 1 15 this morning from burns after pouring coal oil on live coals at her Russellville area home two miles southwest of Russellville late Wednesday. Her husband E Oliver Lloyd was burned on the hands and arms but survived. The couple's kitchen and home were damaged and neighbors put out the flames before they spread. Surviving sisters are Mrs Florence Byrd of South Bend and Miss Ella Fordyce.
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Nora F. Lloyd
Culver Hospital
Crawfordsville
Russellville
Lone Star Day Barbecue Draws Heavy Crowd and Heat
More than six thousand visitors registered at the Lone Star Day Barbecue with attendees from 18 states and Honolulu. Estimates put the crowd between 10 and 12 thousand as chefs finished serving at 3 40 PM while first aid and a on duty physician tended to heat related faintings.
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Honolulu
Gardner Bros. Boys
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Charles J. Arnold
Putnam County
International Cement Mill
Charley Moore
Congress
Court House
Worthy
Masonic Temple
Abbie Hanson
Grand Chapter
Eastern Star Lodge
Chapter Rootm
Truman Yuncker
Northwood
Prof. Yuneker
Yuncker
Herbert C. Sears
Danville
Ara Seegar
West Lebanon
Blanche Rigett
Daisy Crist
Greenycastle
Albert Phillips
Hobart
Anna Crawley
Ruth
Rose Malcolm
Martha
Martha Zoercher
Nell Goodbar
Mrs. Phillips
Lena Cory
Colfax
Casse Martin
Clayton
Mr. Zureker
DePauw
Park Inn
OUR Society
Sidelia Dowling
Lone Star Day
International Cement Plant
Limedate
Lone Star Cement
International Cement Co
Rockville
Reg Tie
Mowever
Kiwanis
Supt
Directors OF Credit
Association TO
Oliver Lloyd
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