Eastern Woman Named Grand President at Sorority Convention
National convention in session this week ends with a pageant Friday evening. Eastern Woman is elected grand president amid ceremonies and local officers for Alpha 0 chapter.
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1919
Page
1
National convention in session this week ends with a pageant Friday evening. Eastern Woman is elected grand president amid ceremonies and local officers for Alpha 0 chapter.
More than 300 delegates gathered in Bowman gymnasium as Lillian MacCausland Norman of Providence Rhode Island was elected grand president of Alpha Omicron national sorority.Other officers include Rocelle Gachet Washington DC grand vice president Viola Gray Lincoln Nebraska and Merva Hennings Chicago grand secretary registrar. A banquet followed in Rector Hall and retiring officers included Isabelle Stewart San Francisco and J E Frame New York.
June 28 Indianapolis market reports hog receipts at 5 000 with prices rising to new highs. Early trading saw hogs in light supply reach 22 in truck pens and car lots at 21 65. Top quotation in general market hit 21 75 as demand stayed strong while cattle calves and sheep held steady. Local packers processed 3 700 hogs with outside buyers taking the remainder.
Levi Marshall pastor leads preaching at 10 40 on The Patriotism of Jesus. Sunday school 9 30 with Cora OBrien superintendent and G W Conklin music director. Florence Wright to sing. Children's Day events 7 45 pm with music recitations dialogues drills and decorations. Offering for world wide evangelism. All welcome.
Locust Street Church led by Pastor Don W. Nichols schedules Sunday school at 9 30 with H B Longden as superintendent. Children’s Day exercises replace the morning sermon at 10 40 followed by Epworth League at 6 30 and preaching at 7 30 on Willed With the Holy Ghost. Mrs True Haddock will sing and Paul VanArsdel returns home from attending the Epworth League convention at Lake Geneva Wisconsin.
Washington dispatch reports President orders lifting the ban on the export of gold bullion. Secretary Tumulty, awakened by a cable from the White House, confirms the decision after a terse exchange.
Five Putnam pupils, reported by Charles Deich, show more girls than boys in high school rankings. The data highlights strong performance across subjects with notable female achievement.
Putnam county surveys reveal 300 replies from 587 Indiana high schools on exceptional ability. The 252 seniors include 160 girls and 92 boys with careers spanning teaching, engineering, and law. The study notes parental influence, religious affiliation, and personal ambition as key factors shaping college plans and chosen professions.
Nation moves to enforce prohibition with no further legislation needed to take effect at midnight on Monday. The wartime measure aims to curb alcohol use as part of national efforts during the period.
Washington June 28 The war time prohibition takes effect next Monday at midnight without new congressional legislation. Observers note the President must declare demobilization completed, which would allow saloons to resume until January 16 when constitutional prohibition begins. With Germany treaty signing and expected rapid demobilization, a proclamation may come by Labor Day at latest.
A. G. Brown, cashier of the First National, finances the club and helps trustworthy boys enter the pure bred hog business. Last year gifts boosted county hog quality and raised standards for Putnam County. This year only top gifts will be bought to push Putnam toward state leading ranks in high bred hogs.
The Locust Street Church hosts a Sunday morning Children’s Day program at 10 30 with organ voluntary hymns scripture reading prayer and a series of performances. Primary and third to fifth grade classes give exercises poems and a playlet while Mary and Marie Blunkett sing a duet and a flag drill closes the event followed by hymn 682 and benediction.
Heber H Ellis to Ernest Browning transfers a lot in Greencastle for 3200 dollars. Sarah A Shoppell to Julius Sudran ski sells two Greencastle lots for 4000 dollars. Missouri R Hanna to DePauw University conveys a lot in Greencastle for 2000 dollars. Margaret Hillis Fuller et al to Arthur L E Reat transfers a Greencastle lot for 2500 dollars. William S Manning to Susan Manning by will conveys a Greencastle lot. Bainbridge Cemetery Company to Andrew J Cowger transfers a Bainbridge cemetery lot for 25 dollars.
Victor L. Raphael leads Sunday school at 9 30 a m noting Mission Sunday and a missionary collection. Morning worship at 10 40 features a sermon on Christian Liberty with Mrs EF Watson singing. Evening worship at 7 30 with God Seeking for a Man. Thursday 7 30 prepares for communion and a session for hopeful union. Also Mr and Mrs Edgar Vancleave plan Indianapolis trip for their relatives 55th wedding anniversary. Mr and Mrs Kriel are both 78.
Ten of the finest Duroc gilts shipped from Danville Illinois were received Friday to benefit 4H club work in Putnam County. Recipients include Marion McNary John cera Ruark Albert Sage Delmas Canada Charles Sage and Eletitia Cromwell with gifts allocated among John Sears Eugene Ruark and other buyers. All gilt sired by the $6 000 herd boar O C K Chief from the John W Tell ing herd of Danville and among the county s top bred hogs.
The federal court amends an original injunction related to 234 percent beer, allowing U.S. prosecution to proceed. The decision is not expected to halt manufacturing.
In New York on June 28 attorneys for both brewers and the federal government announced a victory from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. The court altered Judge Mayer's injunction blocking interference with or prosecution of the production and sale of 2.75 percent beer. The injunction against Richard J. McElliott, acting collector, remains in force while the appellate ruling removes the pendente lite ban on the federal prosecutor, permitting him to proceed as he sees fit. The court notes the injunction against the acting collector can do no harm.
Washington gossip notes Senators Harry S. New and James F. Watson of Indiana will be depicted as movie stars in a forthcoming silent drama. The pieces for both copies are in progress, promising dramatic Capitol scenes and animated exchanges to thrill audiences.
The article notes Will Hays of the Republican National Committee promotes a film project featuring Indiana figures to rally support. It discusses New and Watson appearing sans makeup, Sen. Penrose’s unlikely presence, and Indiana Rep. Woods in Washington for a salary vote. It also covers Senator New’s aviation bill, congressional critique from a Wall Street paper, and GOP-leaning pressures on aviation and naval development.
George D. O Rear of Greencastle buys the B F Wing farm of 163 acres near Fillmore in Floyd township. The sale closed today via Gene Hamrick and Harry Talbott real estate. Mrs Ralph Hostetter and Ralph Hostetter move to the farm to manage it. The O Rear family previously moved from Thorntown to Greencastle.
At 3 12 PM this afternoon the signing took place with President Wilson second to sign. The ceremony opened with remarks and proceeded in an orderly sequence as the document was executed.
A crowd gathered outside the Versailles hall as the peace treaty was signed at 3:12 PM with Clemenceau opening the ceremony. Wilson signed at 3:14 PM, Lloyd George at 3:17 PM, Mueller and Bell for Germany, and American delegates Lansing White House and Bliss completed the signing by 3:15 PM.
A promotional piece extols endurance and honesty in racing like Howard Wilcox who failed six times before winning on the seventh attempt. It urges staying with leaders, keeping promises, obeying rules, truthful selling, and turning failure into triumph through steady effort and faith.
Mr and Mrs G F Jeffreys of Roachdale were in Greencastle on Friday for business.
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