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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1929
Page
1
The column stirs with chatter about Lindy’s upcoming big chance and a playful dabble at the Paris dash. Readers reclaim items from Derby days and share a cautionary tale of a gambler who won eighty dollars by luck at a roulette table.
Dr G Bromley Oxnam president of DePauw University will deliver the baccalaureate sermon for Purdue University graduates on Sunday June 9. No commencement address will be given and diplomas and awards will be distributed. Gala Week plans include golf tours and a Purdue banquet with Governor Harry G Leslie as guest.
Mr and Mrs Alvah Snyder of Belleville return home to Danville after vanishing May 6. They told Sheriff Bert Shane that H Rogers posing as a private detective abducted them drove west. The car crashed in Waverly Tennessee and Rogers fled leaving the pair to ride a train back to Hamrick station. The Snyders say Rogers passed counterfeit checks to officers along the route and they received a $70 worthless check.
Fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Light frost likely in northern and central portions.
Frank L. Hall a DePauw University alumnus and former board member died suddenly in Kansas City. Prof. Henry B. Longden traveled to Kansas City for the funeral after receiving Hall s letter expressing a wish to see him. Hall led Abernathy Furniture Company and furnished Longden Hall.
Verne Terry a 26 year old Belle Union married man charged with assault and battery with intent to kill in an altercation with Frank Lane night foreman at Lone Star Cement Co The trial postponed to June 18 because a Morgan County case will be heard first The state claims premeditation due to a new knife used in the fight Lane was severely wounded and nearly died in the County Hospital Witness reliability is in question and sentiment favors Terry
Dr Francis B Short of New York City spoke at a joint Greencastle Rotary and Kiwanis luncheon at the First Christian Church on Building a Community. He outlined a three factor framework home church and school and urged a democratic program developed by local representatives. Fred L O Hair introduced the speaker and the gathering praised the address as among the best in recent civic meetings.
The Green Castle Public Schools stage their third annual physical education exhibit Friday May 24 at 7 45 PM in the vocational building. Miss Leona Kestner and W E Bausman direct with 600 pupils participating in wand drills tumbling dances and maypole routines. No admission charged a free will offering funds a tennis court.
Parke County investigators probed the destruction by fire of the Coloma school building three miles west of Rockville Indiana. The loss was estimated at over 10000 with a school trustee stating 8000 was covered by insurance.
John H. Spencer, 68, longtime Washington Indiana city attorney for 20 years and former mayor, died at his home after several months’ illness. He also served as a former clerk of the State Senate.
From the Files of The Herald 80 Years Ago in Greencastle. The 20 Years Ago note lists Faye Hammond Eleanor F Boyd Dallas Pickett Rome Dietrich Elmer R Seller Sylvia K Hopkins and Gladys Lewis as commencement participants. The Cloverdale Hardware store was robbed last night taking several revolvers. A Floyd township petition seeks to bar Sunday School use of the schoolhouse. Bert Gautier returns home to Mt. Vernon after helping his brother in the drug store.
Washington observers dissect the eleven member panel led by George W. Wickersham as Adu Comstock and other legal minds prepare to assemble in the capital. The group, appointed by President Hoover, faces intense public and private examination over its mandate and stance on prohibition.
A. B. Cooper, a local clothier, fractured his left arm in two places after slipping on the running board of his automobile and falling Saturday night. The accident occurred at Greencastle and Dr. Durkin later examined the arm with an X ray confirming a fracture.
Will Southward alias Bert Wilson, a Putnam county farm bandit, is jailed awaiting arraignment. He says he will plead guilty to receiving stolen goods and petit larceny but not guilty to automobile banditry. He faces three affidavits in Putnam Circuit court, with possible combined sentences up to 14 years. Local authorities hold him as a witness in the jail delivery case linked to George Coffman and Guy Newkirk remains at large.
Harold B. Brown fireman of Terre Haute was trapped for five hours when his hand was drawn into the automatic stoker on a Pennsylvania freight engine at Limedale. Fellow workers and Terre Haute repair crews used an acetylene torch and hammer to free him. He suffered severe pain and likely hand fractures but was sent home after treatment. a heavy glove had limited further damage.
Stated conclave Greencastle Commandery No. 11 K T meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m Work in the Red Cross. T G Yuncker Commander E E Caldwell Recorder
New Haven state reports James J. Tunney the former heavyweight champion faces a breach of promise suit filed in Bridgeport. Mrs. Katherine King Fogarty of New York and Fort Worth accuses him of offering marriage on June 3, 1925 and later failing to wed, while attached Stamford property marks the action.
Ten dairy cows from Frank Wampler’s herd near the Wood Yard were killed by a southbound Monon freight on the main track this morning. Cows valued at $100 each, total about $1,000, were struck while wandering onto the tracks. Roads suffered little flood damage despite weekend rains. Elmer Blue notes most damage in the southwest part of Putnam County. Local hospital patients include Mrs. Mabel Petro and Wade Epperson awaiting tonsil operations. Miss Mary Torr underwent a nose operation.
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