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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1928
Page
1
A column recounts urban booster ideals urging progress, advertising, and diverse employment to attract capital and improve living conditions. It also shares light anecdotes on values and a note about Russell Newson becoming Bainbridge high school athletics director, with ties to Greencastle.
A heavy rainstorm in Louisville on May 19 threatens the 54th Kentucky Derby with a mud filled track. Forecast calls for unsettled weather and occasional showers as clouds linger over the area.
Joe Kelly son of Mr and Mrs James R Kelly has passed the physical for entry at West Point and will report to the academy on July 2 leaving about June 28. A Martinsville High School graduate he will complete his first year at DePauw University next month as reported by the Martinsville Reporter.
DePauw School of Music staged Bizet opera Carmen at Granada Theater with 100 students. Prof. Orville Borchers directed. lead roles were played by Helen Keith as Carmen and Donald Wilson as Don Jose. other solos and soldiers filled the cast. Elaborate sets and costumes marked the three image filled scenes in Seville. preparation spanned months with strong student participation from Greencastle and surrounding towns.
R Earl Peters of Fort Wayne was unanimously re elected as Democratic state chairman at the Claypool hotel. A P Flynn of Logansport was re elected vice chairwoman and Marshall Williams of Indianapolis re elected secretary. Claude S Gregg, Vincennes mayor, won the Second district chairmanship after a tie vote.
A Sunday 7:30 p m pageant titled America’s Call to Service will be staged at The Presbyterian Church by the Junior Christian Endeavor Society. The ceremony features a long list of character roles and props including various citizens and items, reflecting diverse nationalities and themes.
Helen and Ella Lankford, 17 year old twin sisters from Terre Haute Indiana, were reported missing in Chicago after leaving home two months ago to visit relatives. Relatives say they believed the girls left seeking adventure.
FLASHES LONDON May 19 INS Marshal Chang Tso Lin head of the Peking government and North China armies rejects Japan’s retirement suggestion to Manchuria to avoid a decisive clash with the Southern Nationalists. INDIANAPOLIS May 19 INS John Zahnd of Indianapolis runs for president on National Party ticket with Wesley H. Bennington as VP candidate campaigning in the Northeast states. Zahnd cites Democratic prohibition fights and Republican farm relief disputes as boosting his party prospects.
Rushville Neb May 19 Feeling here today was running high against Henry Sherman 19 year old farm hand who yesterday went on a killing spree slaying three members of the family of Roger Pochon wealthy rancher The Pochons young baby beaten over the head with a shotgun is not expected to live.
Louisville May 19 The Derby field was cut to 23 with three scratches announced early today Rumpelstiltskin Dowagiac and Mop Up removed from contention in the Kentucky Derby entries listing by the press service.
Six essays by freshman and sophomore girls were submitted for the Business and Professional Club sponsored contest judged by Miss Walls. Writers include Kathryn Kelley Marie Wright Esther Benefiel Mary Crawley Louise Johnston Louise Crawley. The prize of five dollars will go to the winner with aims to drum up support for a proposed tuberculosis hospital in Putnam County and nearby areas. The article will appear in the Hoosier Health Journal.
Mrs Hutcheson wife of Dr Hutcheson broke her leg while outing near Fern. Elizabeth Steeg proprietoress of Junction House Limedale died at home. Alonzo Shields of Coatesville and Sam Purcell hosted Sunday visit. Will Reeves of Indianapolis visited Noble Snyder. Real estate transfer Wesley S Jordan to John A Van Speckleson land in Washington township valued at 8400 dollars.
Chicago police say three youths confessed to the Pearl Eggleston murder and holdup at a West suburban theater. Stanley Durmaj 20 Stanley Thomas 19 and Albert Mas 21 were arrested after a tip and reenactment planned with witnesses. An ex convict Thomas had earlier faced Judge Kerner on auto theft charges and was on probation.
Sheriff W S Curry went to Indianapolis to file Mann Act charges against Cecil Rife accused of taking 17 year old Pauline Woodward daughter of Mrs Lester Hendrix on a trip to Ohio and Kentucky. The pair were arrested Wednesday at Brownstown and returned to Bloomington.
Dr L M Jones professor of sociology at DePauw University will speak on Living Christianity in the War Zone at the regular B Y U meeting tomorrow evening at 650 in the church. The meeting is open to all.
A Cloverdale mass meeting at Joy Theatre formed a committee to work with W. B. Foshay Company on the Cagle’s Mill dam near Hoosier Highlands. The group includes D. V. Moffett Noah Brown Jesse McCoy and O. W. Smythe. Engineers will use core samples from the site to estimate costs as Theodore Bees and his grandson William O’Neal buy land to be submerged.
The Gold Star Memorial Association will meet at the Post Office Monday at 7 PM. Members are urged to attend to plan the unveiling of the Spanish War Tablet on May 27.
Hal D. Titus and his 3 year old wife die in a National Road crash four miles west of Stilesville after their car slides into a parked truck. Their 4 month old son John also dies from fractured skull and neck injuries. Six others escape injuries. The wreck halted near a parked truck and the infant was found alive later by a passing motorist.
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