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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1915
Page
1
As the May Queen contest nears its close candidates and supporters push hard. Miss Gibson leads with a substantial majority in a high stakes final vote expected today.
Voters were urged to cast ballots by 6 p.m. Wednesday with boxes in three banks or via Ralph Confer. Ballots may be left at his home at Columbia and Market streets. At 6 p.m. Saturday Geraldine Gibson led with 292 650 votes. Lou Pollard and Vera Kelley followed. A 10 000 vote bonus goes to the leader at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Miss Gibson daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel H Gibson residing in Fairview Addition is 15 and a Greencastle high sophomore. Born in Bainbridge she has lived in Greencastle for twelve years with campaign leader Grant Scott driving her bid in the standings.
Organization of ministers urged American town to delay the planned balloon ascent scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Fairview Addition, asking the town Lot Company to postpone the event.
Miss Stella Belmont, the aeronaut, planned a Saturday balloon ascent and parachute leap but high winds led to postponement. Sheriff Bees and church leaders urged cancellation, with the manager keeping Belmont for a Sunday 2 PM attempt amid crowd of about 1000 at Fairview Addition. Belmont expressed regret but planned to proceed if enough people attend.
The Commons at the local university hosts the installation of the Beta Phi chapter as a new national fraternity receives its charter.
Twenty men initiate a new national fraternity at DePauw as the Commons becomes the Eta chapter of Beta Phi. A twelve-man delegation from Chicago and Indiana universities installed the chapter, with a banquet at The Brick House to follow. Thirty men attended the ceremonies, and the Commons boasted multiple Phi Beta Kappa honorees and strong activity in athletics and debate.
At 2 25 p m Miss Stella Belmont ascended in a balloon at Fairview Addition and leaped with a parachute from about 200 feet. She landed near Beveridge and Indiana streets, brushing telephone wires but was not injured and called it a dandy ride.
Indianapolis May 10 Max wel l driver Be. V. Rickenbacher set a new short distance record at the speedway by eight laps in practice for the Indianapolis 500 at 94 miles an hour. His fastest lap ran 1 35 or just under 95 mph. Mr and Mrs Amos Thompson and Mr and Mrs Omer Hall of North Salem visited Mr and Mrs Robert L Pierce on West Liberty Street.
Henry W. Benham class of 1913 from Crothersville Indiana James Sollenberger class of 1913 from New Orleans Louisiana and Chas E Camp class of 1914 from Summitville Indiana are noted in an alumni listing fragment listing names and hometowns.
Clarence Payton a Vandalia brake man now living in Terre Haute and his brother Jack Payton of Los Angeles former Greencastle boys were in town visiting friends. Jack Payton left Greencastle five years ago and is a policeman in Los Angeles on a 30 days vacation. Lee Harlan was in Indianapolis Sunday.
A Turk at the O and L quarries was shot twice in the calf months ago by laborer Jim Peanuts who was fined. Saturday night another shot hit him in the left hip as he returned to his shack. The shooter fled and has not been arrested. The Turk has three bullets from recent months but is not seriously hurt.
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