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Newspaper

Greencastle Herald

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1931

Page

2

Community Notes From Greencastle Area

C C Murst is very ill at home on east Franklin street. Dr and Mrs E R Bartlett spend weekend in Evanston. Mr and Mrs Emmett Sutherlin welcome a daughter born Friday. Rollie Dobbs of South Bend visiting here. B A Daggy hosts Ernesting Lewis of West Ville. Mrs Nell Matson Brown hosts Lewis Birkenstein from Chicago. Moore family note death of Dr Eugene Hawkins. Mr Moore called by it. Mrs Raymond Lady injured in auto crash and improving. Dr Albert F E Monger, pastor, returns home after sinus surgery. Roland Campbell of Coat esville seeks passport for Europe trip. Funeral for Alpheus Hurst Held near Mt Meridian. Local Legion Auxiliary meets Tuesday. Graydon Herod visiting from Clinton. Beehive Rebekah lodge meets Monday for initiation. Spanish War veterans plan funeral meeting Sunday at Masonic Temple.

Cloverdale Social Notes From Cloverdale Area

Edgar Shaw of Louisville visited the Laynes this week while Frankfort couples took rooms with Mrs. Finny on Clinton street. Residents and visitors from Indianapolis Brazil Gosport and Doe Creek gather for church and group meetings as Aaron Sandy remains ill. Funeral attendance included the Kelly and Etter families plus Mrs. Sinclair relatives and local neighbors.

Edgar Shaw Louisville Thomas Layne Walter Bowman Frankfort Bessie Finny Clinton Street O. V. Mann Indianapolis Frank Thomason D. £. Watson Near Valley Mills Aaron Sandy Cloverdale

Local Social Notes Highlight Indiana Guests

In Greencastle Mrs. Mary Black of Brazil and Mrs. Hiram Crawley with daughters from Indianapolis are mentioned. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Warris hosted Sunday guests Miss Laura Alexander and Miss Helen Duncan from Indiana University extension division.

Greencastle Mary Black Brazil Hiram Crawley Indianapolis A. J. Warris Laura Alexander Helen Duncan Indiana University

Mussolini Thrown From Horse but Escapes Serious Injury

Premier Benito Mussolini was unseated during a daily ride at Villa Torlonia. He sustained mainly facial scratches. after brief treatment he resumed work and received the Bulgarian minister, though a planned review of hundreds of Bulgarian gymnasts was canceled. The horse reportedly stumbled.

Rome Benito Mussolini Villa Torlonia

McConnell to broadcast nationwide college abroad program

Bishop Francis J. McConnell former DePauw president and Evelyn Riley Nicholson of Chicago join the University of Michigan Girls Glee Club and Carol Chen of Toochow China in a nationwide CBS hookup next Wednesday. The 1 pm CST program, under College Women of America, promotes Christian education for girls in the Orient.

Francis J. McConnell DePauw University Evelyn Riley Nicholson Chicago Greencastle Ben T. Riley Girls Glee Club University of Michigan Carol Chen Toochow China Columbia Broadcasting System College Abroad College Women of America The Orient

Skull Not Tucker's, Warden Says In Indiana

Warden Walter H. Tealy reported a skull found in the Mississinewa River is not the missing former convict Thomas Tucker. The discovery follows the headless body found in Seegar Creek last October, part of a long running murder mystery.

Tucker Marion Ind Seegar Creek Mississinewa Walter H. Tealy Indiana State Prison Thomas Tucker Daly

Murder trial drama linked to Tucker case in jail records

The torso is tentatively identified as Tucker. Ed Blotz, Tucker’s former cell mate, remains in Blackford County Jail in Hartford City awaiting a second trial on a murder charge after a jury disagreed in the first trial.

Tucker Ed Blotz Blackford County Hartford City

Tragedy in Buck Creek Area As Woman Dies After Shotgun Accident

Mrs. Edward Brenner aged thirty one was fatally wounded by an accidental shotgun discharge in a milkhouse near her home by Buck Creek. She died three hours later at a Lafayette hospital. She is survived by her husband and two young children.

Lafayette Ind Edward Brenner Buck Creek

Suspect Describes Scene in Dim Porch After Arlene Draves Death

Kirkland recounts moving Arlene Draves after she collapsed at a party. He says he carried her to a doctor and to Wharton's home where she was pronounced dead. He admits riding with companions and waiting for police as inquiries begin into the death.

Arlene Virgil Crumpacker Kirkland Thompson Barton Gary HH. D. Wharton Davenport Stanford Babe

Indiana Writer Elmer Roberts Attends D P A Reunion in DC

Elmer Roberts, longtime Associated Press journalist with postings in London Berlin and Paris, visits Washington to attend DePauw University’s forty first reunion. The Peru Indiana native, living in Paris, considers moving to Washington and also pays respects at Melville B. Stone’s tomb in the National Cathedral.

Washington, D. C Elmer Roberts Indiana Washington Today Frederick William Wise Laporte Robertsig Europe Tie Associated Press London Berlin Paris Peru Roberts Washington DePauw [University Albert J. Beveridge Behieft Melville Be, Stone National Cathedral

National Women's Synodical Missionary Society Meets at Winona Lake

The sixth biennial meeting of the National Women's Synodical Missionary Society of the Reformed Presbyterian church convenes at Winona Lake Indiana June 4 to 6 with sessions at Winona Presbyterian Church and headquarters at Westminster hotel. Speakers include Dr. F. M. Wilson and Mrs. C E Caskey among others.

Winona Lake Ind National Women's Synodical Missionary ‘Society The Reformed Presbyterian ‘Church W. O. Ferguson Denison Kas Winona Presbyterian Church Westminister Hotel Women’s Synodical

Community club notices and social events listed

Various Indianapolis and Greencastle social club meetings actions and parties announced. Pre School group meets. harp recital. Beethoven paper. Priscilla club hosting. Council of Clubs meets. Sunday school weiner roast. Coterie Club officers elected. Phi Delta Kappa Danville dance. dinner for Miss Lucy Bowen. May Day pageant gifts. Fillmore Service Club quilting day.

Greencastle Phi Delta Kappa of Danville Grant Hotel

Wandering Boy Returns After Meeting Officer

Early Friday morning France Lawson 16 of near North Salem planned to join Hoover's traveling men and see the world but abandoned the idea and returned to work on his father's farm. He was picked up in Greencastle late Friday by Chief Otto Dobbs for questioning and later reunited with his father William Lawson.

France Lawson Near North Salem Hoover Greencastle Otto Dobbs William Lawson

Hog Prices Slip at Indianapolis Market in May Trade

Receipts show hogs 2000, cattle nominal, calves 100, sheep nominal. Hogs mostly 5 to 6 cents lower with 160 to 260 pound range 6.40 to 6.75, underweights 6.55, heavies 6.50, sows 5.50 lower. Calves unchanged with prices down 8 cents.

Indianapolis Ind

Penny supper at church this Saturday evening

Penny supper planned by the Christian church to run from 5 to 7 o'clock Saturday evening as advertised.

Christian Church

Also Mentioned on This Page

C. C. Murst East Franklin Street Mrs. E. R. Bartlett Evanston Emmett Sutherlin South Main Street Rollie R. Dobbs South Bend Walter Williams M. D. B. Hurst B. A. Daggy South Indiana Street Ernesting Lewis West Ville Nell Matson Brown Mrs Lewis Birkenstein Charles Moore St. Louis Eugene Hawkins Moore Raymond Bloomington Street Maple Avenue Albert FE. Monger Methodist Church Methodist Hospital Roland Stephen Campbell Coatesville Greencastle High School England France Germany Switzerland Alpheus Hurst Jefferson Township Methodist Mt. Meridian H. A. Sherrill Gilbert McCammack James P. Hughes Ott Dobbs Fred Masten Putnam County American Legion Auxiliary Legion Hall Graydon Herod of Clinton G. C. Murphy Co Masonic Temple Hawkins Mary Blake Frank Morrison James Sipple Charles Pickens A. J. Harris D. R. Maze John Snider Louis Nier Estes Duncan Gosport W. E. Morrison Adrian Nora Morrison Maxine Lina Cunningham Doe Creek Primitive Baptist Church J. S. Sinclair Charles Kelly Ralph Etter Ella Reynolds Claren Vest Mussolini Vd. McConnell Tuckers Prisogn J Records Arlene Draves John Crumpacker the Harvester-Thresher Savings Investment Plan McCormick-Deering Harvester McCormick-Deering McCormick: Deering International Harvester McCormick-Deering Dealer McCormick-Deering Harvester Thresher International Harvester Company OF America (Incorporated Indianapolis, Ind South Missouri ST Morrison Bros Roachdale Newcastle J. M. Spencer Russellville Hanna & Wendling D. P. A. Reunion Indiana Loan CO Simpson's Columbus Circle New York E. Washington Street Edna Evans Frank Schafer Greenenatle R Fordson Campbell Brothers Fillmore Chase Brothers O Rochester N. Y W. Orculus Mt. Vernon Asbury *Hall DePauw Miss Call Kappa Kappa Gamma Thomas C. Howe North Meridian Street Helen Louise Titus Indianapolis Star Beethoven Needlecraft Club Ida Pollom Dora Sweet Priscilla Club Council of Clubs Greencastle Council of Clubs Weiner Baptist Church Milton Klebuseh Nicholson Martin Geo. Black Coterie Club Ellington Charles Hutcheson George Black J. H. Pitchford Charles Allen W. O. Timmons Ivan Ruark Phi Delta Dance Lucy Bowen East Anderson Street Miss Bowen Emma Vaughn Ving Kern Mayme Shearer We Dade Shearer Dessie 5 Virginia Harlow Victor L. Raphael Harald Techay Conshagen Denmark Cage Shorer Minny Kern Ermina Mills J J Annex Elm Street Virginia Harlowe Judtyy Sollenberger Anna Snodgrass Fillmore Service Club Pine Deela Smythe Susie Hag Mr. Brush of Paints Hanna's Hanna N’ Allan Lumber Co Greencastle, Ind
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