Funeral and court notices from Greencastle area
Funeral services were held for William McVey in Groveland with Rev. W E Gill presiding. Dalby to conduct Harry Swartz funeral in Danville Illinois. Tincher seeks guardian appointment for Andrew Tincher in Putnam Circuit Court. Guardian named for Glen, Basil and Voshell Haltom in Dora Haltom heirs case. Local visits and illnesses noted among Sniders Carson Ader and others. Car collision on State Road 43 near Greencastle caused minor damage with no injuries. Community events include M E Brotherhood meeting with Dr Stevenson talk and refreshments. Health updates report pneumonia cases including E P Mathers in Kalamazoo and Infant of Wesley Curtis. Perry Rush featured in Indianapolis Star concert for National Music Week and Verdi Requiem tribute. A dog poisoned and killed on Ohio Street. Debt suit Fred W Thom. 88 v Smiley dismissed in Putnam Circuit Court. County commissioners held monthly meeting. Kathryn Miller assists county auditor’s office.
Pneumonia Fatal To Mrs Lewis Zaring In Manhattan
Mrs Lucretia Zaring 64 wife of Lewis Zaring died at home Sunday night at 9 40 o clock of pneumonia. A lifelong resident she was daughter of Ed mund Huffman, married in 1883. Survived by three children, five brothers and one sister. Funeral Tuesday 2 30 pm at home Rev B Hiruner officiating interment Forest Hill cemetery. Pallbearers include Huffman brothers and Mort Rissler.
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Lucretia Zaring
Lewis Zaring
Manhattan
Lola Long
Wilbur Sellers
Indianapolis
Zaring
The
Christian Church
Greencastle
Eastern Star
Country Reading Club
B. Hiruner
Forest Hill Cemetery
Brother's Bullet Kills Warsaw Boy
In Warsaw Indiana Ralph Gordon Huffer ten, son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Huffer, was fatally shot by his brother Paul nineteen while hunting groundhogs with friend Gien Poyers. The rifle discharged in weeds near home, striking Ralph in the head. he died at Warsaw hospital that afternoon.
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Warsaw
Ind
Ralph Gordon Huffer
Ernest Huffer
Here
Paul
Gien Poyers
Huffer
Ralph
Vocation Day Observed At Local Church
The Presbyterian Church held Vocation Day at all services. Rev. V. L. Raphael urged young people to consider their life paths through the lens of individual capacity drawn from the parable of the talents. The talk encouraged pursuing Christ's guidance for future work in ministry, missions, or secular fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
V. L. Raphael
Jesus
Christ
Brotherhood of Man
New Superintendent Appointed at Indiana Portland Cement Co
J. J. Oakes, long connected with International Cement Co and most recently superintendent at their Uruguay plant, arrived in Greencastle Monday to assume duties as superintendent of the Indiana Portland Cement Co. He succeeds V. K. Newcomer, already in that role for three years.
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J. J. Oakes
International Cement Co
Uruguay
Greencastle
Indiana Portland Cement Co
International Company
Oakes
V. K. Newcomer
For Sale and Help Wanted in Greencastle and South Bend
Want ads list a Ford truck chassis for sale with guarantee and contact Harry Crawford at 639 East Walnut Street. Found hound needing owner identification with paid charges. Manager wanted for Greencastle branch store no experience required with $800 deposit and $300 monthly in South Bend at Manufacturer, 209 North Main Street.
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Good Tires
Harry Crawford
East Walnut Street
Greencastle
Main St
South Bend
Ind
Community notices and club meetings across Cloverdale and Greencastle
Local society items report May meetings and events. Home Economics Club hosts an all day session at Mrs. Bourne’s Cloverdale home with 21 members and six visitors. New Era Club plans a May Day breakfast and singing program at Mrs. Wild’s Indianapolis home. Tuesday Reading Circle meets at Mrs. Corwin’s Locust Street residence. University Women notes include Tillotson re elected treasurer and Indiana Federation fundraising targets. Crescent Rebekahs set evening session with officer initiation. Marriage notices include Goldie Robbins and Audrey D. Smith, and Willis Flinn with Mary Robbins. Baptist Missionary meeting scheduled for Thursday at Mrs. Myers south College Avenue. Luncheon bridge invitations issued for May 15 at Greenwood Avenue. All Day Meeting per Section Three set for Thursday at Mrs. Dietrich east of Greencastle.
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Home Economics Club
Warren Township
Tillotson
Catherine Tillotson
Indiana Federation of
American Association of University Women
Indianapolis
H. L. Smith
Bloomington
Indiana Federation
Agnes Wells
Indiana University
Baptist Missionary Meeting
Carl Myers
South College Avenue
Perry Rush
R. H. Poage
The
Christian Church
John Dietrich
Greencastle
Fall of 120 foot stack draws Greencastle crowd
The 120 foot high 16 foot base cement plant stack at Indiana Portland Cement Co. in Greencastle was condemned as unsafe and torn down Monday morning. Workers replaced one side with large wooden blocks. the stack toppled as planned after the blocks burned out, witnessed by several hundred residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Portland Cement Co
Greencastle
Caesar Slain by Brutus in Historic Betrayal
Caesar, emperor and statesman, was stabbed twenty three times by Brutus and died before aid could arrive. He had faced ransom and once led troops into Rome, with the Rubicon crossing later cited in lore. Mark Antony was chosen to speak at the funeral as plans remained unsettled.
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Caesar
Mar
Catus Julius Caesar
Brutus
Rome
Rubicon
Mark Antony
Ind
Newspaper Alliance
Yost Addresses Dog Attacks Beekeepers of Putnam County
C C Yost state bee inspector spoke to about twenty five Putnam County beekeepers on Saturday. He urged registration with the county agent and listing all current beekeepers. An inspector will visit in May to inspect all hives.
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Yost
Putnam County
C. C. Yost
Oberst Named New assistant football coach at DePauw
W L Hughes, DePauw University athletic director, announced Eugene C Oberst as the new assistant football coach. Oberst will also coach baseball and assist in physical education and will oversee linemen coaching. He is a Notre Dame graduate of 1924, a former Olympic javelin thrower, and has recent success as a high school coach and Philadelphia director of physical education.
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W. L. Hughes
DePauw University
Eugene C. Oberst
Oberst
Notre Dame
Rockne
St. John’s College
Shreveport
Philadelphia
Knute Rockne
White-mouthed Indiana primary survey notes possible Dailey majority
Continuation B of Milton from the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation cites seven Democratic aspirants and factions. It notes a near certainty that the Republican gubernatorial choice will come at the state convention while a Dailey majority may arise in the primary. Polls run 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in 1,611 precincts. In 1924 Coolidge and Johnson faced a 392,648 Republican presidential vote total, with 413,222 GOP governor contenders. Democratic gubernatorial candidates then had 277,619 ballots.
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Milton
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
Dailey
Indiana
Coolidge
Johnson
Woman Is Attacked by Dog Near Greencastle
Mrs. Ross Furney of Orn west of Greencastle suffered severe arm lacerations when a dog attacked her. She received stitches and was sent home in good condition. The dog’s head was taken to Indianapolis for rabies testing. if negative she will not start Pasteur treatment.
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P. R. Christie
North College Avene
E. P. Mathers
Harold Taylor
Kalamazoo
Mich
Mathers
L. F. Treat
Ben Davis
Taylor
Nellie Fry
Christie
Ross Furney
Orn
Greencastle
Indianapolis
Mr. Furney
State Laboratories
A. E. Ayler
Fined for Fishing Illegally on Eel River Ditch
George Thompson and his sons Jess and Luther of Hazelwood and O W Hurst of Stilesville were fined 25 dollars each for fishing in the Eel River ditch southwest of Cloverdale without a license. Mayor Charles McGaughey ordered fines after state game wardens arrested them, citing ignorance of Indiana fish and game laws.
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Eel River
Cloverdale
George Thompson
Jess
Luther
Hazelwood
O. W. Hurst
Stilesville
Charles McGaughey
Clifford Dickerson
Indiana
Putnam County
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W. E. Gill
William McVey
Groveland
Jasper N. Dalby
Danville
Harry Swartz
William B. Tincher
Putnam
Andrew A. Tincher
W. M. Sutherlin J . Se In
Maude Haltom
Glen Haltom
Basil Haltom
Voshell Haltom
Dora Haltom
Putnam Circuit Court
Mrs. Laverne Snider of
Mr. and
Mrs. Lincoln Snider
Charles Carson
Terre Haute
Elmer Ader
Martha Sweet
Lawrence Snider
Elm Street
William Johnson
Frank Overhalser
Sullivan
Thomas Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Mrs
Albert Nelson
Kenneth West
Melvin Coffman
Chicago
Frank Nelson
Hoopeston, Ill
Roy Evans
East Seminary Street
M. E. Brotherhood
Dr. Stevenson
John Call
Purdue University
John Cannon
Herbert Gorham
Vine Street
Russell Freeman
Mary Esther
Indiana Street
Muncie
Wesley Curtis
Fement
Mary Murphy
John Vis
Jacob Eitel
George Chavis
Eva and
Effie Neese
Poland
Dr. A. E. Ayler
Nancy Sapp
Fenton Lawler
Charles Sendmyer
Indianapolis Star
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Rush
Ohio Street
Crown and Locust Streets
David Braden
Fred W. Thom. 88 Corporation
Robert Smiley
Bert Smiley
Court House
Kathryn Miller
Roachdale
Central National Bank
Greencastle, Ind
Seth Thomas
Mrs. Bourne
New Era Club
M. S. Heavenridge
South Locust Street
Howard Barnum
Harriet Barnum
Cleve Fix
L. G. Wild
North
Delaware Street
Beta Beta
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Reading Circle
B. F. Corwin
Crescent Rebekahs
Crescent Rebekah Lodge
Flinn-Robbins
Mary Robbins
Willis Flinn
W. L. Raphael
Merlin Harrison
Cement CO
Gund Franklin
Hughes
Owen County
Hendricks
Marion County
Clark Jewel and Tappan
Greencastle Gas & Electric Light CO
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