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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
1
Clay, Montgomery and Putnam County teams prepare to compete in the DePauw Gym Friday morning at 8 o clock for the sectional tournament. The event brings representatives from the three counties to the basketball court.
Greencastle hosts the Greencastle sectional tournament with 18 teams over Friday and Saturday at DePauw gym. Waynetown faces New Market in the early game while Mace, New Ross, Cloverdale, Bowers, Ladoga, Bainbridge, Brazil, Darlington, Staunton, Roachdale, Waveland, Russellville and Clinton Center others compete under officials Charles Jenson and R W Gilbert.
Corn Stalk Valley local notes record visits and calls among families with guests from Nebraska and nearby towns. Residents report relatives visiting, neighborhood outings, and a flu relapse affecting W H L Masten while several families hosted and traveled to projects and services.
Indiana Department of Conservation announced Turkey Run and McCormick's Creek Canyon state parks will open April 1. Turkey Run in Parke County lures visitors with wilderness beauty and a modern hotel. last season over 33,500 guests visited. McCormick's Creek Canyon near Spencer covers 350 acres of primeval forest with scenic canyons and diverse trees. the Douklewater sanitarium restoration is planned for spring.
Somerset J. F. Wysong returns from Kentucky. Families visit, move, and illness concerns surface in local notes. Lucille Brackney ill with flu. Andy Wimmers' baby seriously ill. Jackson Boyd improves from Pneumonia. Residents relocate to Coatesville, Danville, Morton, and Davidson farm areas. Families attend Burgess funeral. others travel to Indianapolis and St Vincent hospital.
Rev. Marshall Rev. Raphael Rev. Clippinger and Rev. Kilpatrick have returned from Indianapolis where they attended the ministers meeting at Tomlinson hall this week. The Locust Street M E church second quarterly conference will be held tonight at 7 45 with Dr. W H Wylie of Bloomington presiding. A union prayer service is planned at the Baptist church.
Dr. E F Little of Evanston will deliver the first Mendenhall lecture series in McHarry Hall this Sunday at 3 15 pm with further lectures each evening next week from 7 to 8 pm. DePauw freshmen and sophomores will stage a gym exhibition in Bowman gym on March 26 featuring swimming boxing tumbling and wrestling. Women’s Fifth Vocational Conference speakers include Miss Helen Mennett Miss Genevieve Forbes Dr Anna Stewart Miss Trance Schwind and Miss Mollie Ray Carroll among others with Katherine Alvord noting graduate work for women. District high school basketball tournament follows.
Paul Leatherman a plumber died in the lobby of the court house at Nook shortly after being struck on his way to work. The postmortem exam will be held. Meanwhile work advances on 8 Jackson Street for the Thomas Christie Auto Co with a cement floor and glass front.
Paul Leatherman age 44 a plumber employed by Fred Ressing died within minutes after collapsing in the courthouse lobby around 1 pm. Dr. McGaughey could not determine a precise cause, citing heart disease or apoplexy as possibilities. Coroner Jacob McCurry ordered a post mortem. Leatherman, cousin of Alger Leatherman, had a brother Dr J R Leatherman who lives in Wichita Kansas.
Forest Will cemetery list records multiple deaths with ages and causes including Earl Durham 45 pernicious anaemia Grace P Smith 32 pneumonia Mary Crawley 54 abscess on brain Louiza Crawley 86 paralysis Levi Hamilton 49 sclerosis of liver Philip Albaugh 871 pneumonia infant of Ivan Ruark Putnam county uraemic poisoning Catherine Nelan 84 pneumonia Benjamin Roberts 61 pneumonia Jacob Fogle 82 pneumonia Charles Estes 34 blood poisoning Edward A Hamilton 68 arterial sclerosis Supt C F Mathes collects the entries.
Hog receipts at Indianapolis show 5000 hogs with prices steady at opening. Light weights rose 0.25 while heavyweights fell 0.25. Prices ranged from 14.50 to 15.75 with most between 15.00 and 15.50. Local buyers purchased 4000 hogs, 2000 hogs sold elsewhere. Cattle and sheep remained steady.
A Union Prayer Service is planned for 7:40 PM at the Baptist church led by Rev. Blaine E. Kirkpatrick. The subject is Multiplying the Prayer or the Place of Prayer in Evangelism. Members from all church districts are urged to attend and participate in the revival campaign.
The first union prayer service of all Protestant churches united will be held tonight at 7 30 in the Baptist church. Rev Blaine Kirkpatrick of College Avenue M E church will give a short address on the evening's general theme. most of the hour will be prayer and praise for the community evangelism campaign.
Professor W W Sweet was in Indianapolis Wednesday on business for several meetings. He met with local executives and discussed potential collaborations. The visit highlighted ongoing academic and industry ties in the region.
The De Pauw five, finishing their season with a home game against Earlham, faced a tougher performance after a Tuesday Crawfordsville loss. Players remain in good shape and seek to end the year strong, while campus honors including a banquet, smoker, and gifts from student groups reflect gratitude for the squad’s record.
Mary Pickford will appear in Rebecca of the Sunny Brook Farm on the high school screen this evening at 7 30. Miss Helen Grose returns to school after illness she had been out days. Students and faculty adopt the slogan Win the district basketball champion at a pep chapel ahead of Greencastle's Friday district tourney entry.
United States transfers to Thornburgh, Hensley and Smith buy land in Franklin. Knoll sells to Standard Heating Sales Co. Grizzle to Becker 65 acres in Jackson. Foreman and Sellers swap 55 acres in Marion. Miller to Butt 50 acres Jackson for 10500. Johnson to Stoner 65 acres Madison for 5766.30. Lena Myers to Grimes lot Greencastle. Crawley to Hillis lot Greencastle. Gostin to Taylor 96 acres Franklin. United States to Fisher 80 acres Russell. Velma Sallust to Velma Sallust acres Franklin. Blaydes to Page 194 acres Jackson for 23000.
Lola Wilson aged 31 of Roachdale and Harry L Byrd aged 29 of Russellville obtained marriage licenses.
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