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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1915
Page
1
A large congregation heard evangelist Rev Dungan conduct revival meetings at the Christian Church. Interest grows nightly with expectations for a great series of meetings to continue through the week.
Rev. D. G. Dungan of Gosport preached in a city revival on Acts 1 8 Ye shall receive power when the Holy Ghost is come upon you five elements of power boldness holiness liberality prayer and work were outlined citing Peter John and the early church as examples the message urged growth and spiritual spine in church members.
A sermon condemns moral cowardice and worldliness in the church. Speakers urge active faith, personal work, and prayer to avoid spiritual stagnation, comparing church life to riding a bicycle and a hand car. They argue against negative preaching and urge overcoming doubts to stop sinning and doubting.
At the Methodist hospital board annual meeting at the Y M C A building Charles W Fairbanks was re elected president James A Allison vice president John N Carey first vice president W C Van Arsdel second vice president Volney T Malott elected a trustee and Joshua Stansfield re elected recording secretary The executive committee was named and the by laws changed to let the committee elect the secretary and hospital superintendent.
Mrs J F Walker pleases hearers with Dreams and How They Come True at the fifteenth annual commencement exercises of the Greencastle township schools held in the assembly room of the courthouse on Thursday evening.
Large crowd fills the Greenestle township public schools assembly room for the fifteenth annual eighth grade commencement. Mrs. Julia Fried Walker of Indianapolis delivers an address on dreams and how they come true. DePauw String Orchestra performs under Prof. Howard J. Barnum with Miss Icy Frost soloing. Seven graduates receive diplomas presented by County Superintendent L. G. Wright.
Foreman of the sewer contracting company reports the new city sewer system is complete and ready for inspection. Connections will be made in a few weeks.
The sewer project by Foulkes Contracting Co of Terre Haute nears completion with all tiles laid. W H Harris foreman says inspection will occur next Monday and Greencastle property owners may connect in a few weeks after city approval and council acceptance. About twenty men remain at work across sites.
The DePauw and Miami University basketball game in Oxford Ohio was postponed due to heavy rain. DePauw moved on to Lexington Kentucky for a scheduled contest with Kentucky State University. The Old Gold tour includes a prior win over Butler, while Kentucky lost to the Chinese University team which defeated DePauw 3 1.
The city finishes manhole work and clears surplus earth and rock from streets. Private drains are being laid from the sewer to property lines. Once weather clears, the 10 ton roller will resume, packing rock and earth into a hard smooth surface and streets will be restored to their original condition.
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