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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1929
Page
1
Marshall Abrams a rising young aggressive prosecutor, known for securing criminal convictions, suffered a minor setback in court on Thursday when his foot slipped on the platform before the judge. No serious injury reported as he resumes duties.
The event by children of the city schools under Miss Leona Kestner and W F E Bausman will be held in the vocational building tonight at 7 45 o clock. It is a feature of the closing school year and a large crowd is expected to fill the gymnasium for the exhibition.
Miss Caroline Cordelia Moore born September 15 1842 died Friday May 2 1929. Daughter of Thomas A and Elizabeth Nugent Moore she lived on the Mt Meridian farm near Greencastle most her life. Funeral Saturday at 2 30 at Lakin Funeral Home with burial in Forest Hill cemetery.
A call to donate a dime for Legion Auxiliary and VFW poppies. Disabled veterans in government hospitals craft the pins, funding extras for care. Lost time to act this Saturday. buy a poppy to honor Memorial Day and remember veterans with disabilities and future generations.
Dr Henry Boyer Longden vice president of DePauw University was reappointed a member of the State board of education for a four year term effective May 1. Governor Harry G Leslie also reappointed Lemuel A Pittenger president Ball Teachers College Muncie for four years effective May 1. Frank S Reynolds banker and manufacturer Cambridge City was named to succeed William D Moss of Marion on the state board.
Fair tonight and Saturday with warmer temperatures in the northwest portion on Saturday.
Friday afternoon at the high school auditorium the senior class program featured student stunts led by Gifford Black. Awards followed including James Beverly Lucas prizes for the Latin class won by Meredith Reeves Catherine Wilson and Geneva Vaughan, Kiwanis pins for top credit earners Martha Vaughan Ann Nichols Elsa Morrison Eugene Ruark Ralph Ross and Roscoe Sutherlin, and Tri Kappa and Business and Professional Women's scholarships awarded to Nellie Quinton and Phyllis Tribbett respectively.
Supt. Warren J. Yount spoke to the Educational Club of DePauw at Prof Earl Bowman's home on factors behind teacher success and failure. He cited discipline weakness, personality weakness, and lack of teaching skill as the three causes of failure, with pupil insight and industry as keys to success.
Charles Allee 50, a former Bainbridge man, died Thursday noon at his Indianapolis home 1614 Hall Place. Funeral will be at the Indianapolis home Saturday at 10 AM, then a Bainbridge service at 1:20 PM with interment in Bainbridge Cemetery. Survived by widow Mrs Mary Allee and daughter Mrs A W Haines.
Members of the Greencastle Rod and Gun Club and the Putnam County Fish and Game Protective Association meet at the Franklin Street Garage at 8 p m to discuss a merger and elect new officers. Carl Stewart leads the Fish and Game group and Rey Hillis heads the Gun Club.
Mrs. Ira Goodrich of New Maysville sustained a fractured skull when struck by a car driven by Charlie Walls of Danville Saturday evening in front of S. M. Hendrick's store. She was taken to Christian Hospital Indianapolis for X rays. doctors call the fracture serious and recovery doubtful. Walls was not held.
Andrew Pittman and four workers cleared weeds and overgrowth at the old cemetery on West Hanna Street across from Hall Park. They uncovered many graves, including a founder of the first Sunday School in Putnam County, funded by township Trustee Paul Albin at local patriotic groups’ request.
Called meeting Temple Lodge No 47 Friday at 7 30 p m E A degree. R H Trembly W M EF E Caldwell sec
The Herald reports DePauw University will take part in the annual triangular track meet with Butler and Franklin in Indianapolis today. Other items note Mr and Mrs James Houck and daughter are in Cobalt Canada for business, Will Peck buys W A Kriegh property at Hanna and Indiana, and Cloverdale postmaster Charles Rockwell travels to Indianapolis for Indiana postmasters meeting.
Green Castle High announces a baccalaureate service Sunday at 7 45 pm in the high school auditorium. Dr C Howard Taylor will deliver the class sermon titled The Social Responsibility of the Educated and will be followed by a benediction. Commencement remains scheduled for Thursday evening May 29 with Dr G Bromley Oxnam as speaker.
The DePauw baseball team travels to Washington Park in Indianapolis for a 3 p.m. game with Butler. Butler defeated DePauw 10 to 6 earlier this season, and DePauw aims for a repeat performance.
Indianapolis May 24. Jack Larkin 30 alias Landry James Jackson died in the Fountain Square Bank robbery attempt. Police seek Harry Watson and his wife Billy Watson named by Larkin on his death bed. Four Chicago newspapers found on the mob mobile, revolvers, ammunition and travelers’ checks recovered. Authorities link Larkin to three other robberies including a Gary Indiana bank hold up and a Maplewood St. Louis suburb robbery. A $500 reward to Fountain Square Bank officials and staff for aiding the pursuit.
Dr Ernes H Cherrington general secretary of the World League Against Alcoholism spoke at DePauw University last night. He stressed that the eighteenth amendment does not abridge minority rights and warned of a dark view of prohibition conditions in the United States. The final lecture is at 7 pm in Meharry Hall and both students and the public are invited.
William A Burnside died Wednesday night in Indianapolis from age related infirmities. Born March 17 1839 near Portland Mills he lived there except for the past year. Survived by sister Mrs Nancy Holman of Indianapolis and several nieces and nephews. Body to be brought to Russellville home of Mrs C M Inge for burial at Cedar cemetery.
Robert Lockridge Ashby 81, longtime Ladoga resident, died at his home Thursday afternoon. Funeral services will be held at the residence in Ladoga Saturday morning at 10 oclock. He was well known in Putnam County and has several relatives in the area.
The Rev. Pritchard will conduct services at 7 30 Sunday evening. Also at 2 30 in the afternoon regular Sunday School Come.
In Lebanon Kentucky on May 24 a mother Mrs Mattie S Shoaf 38 killed her three children Thomas 2 Louise 7 and Catherine 11 by slashing their throats with a razor and then tried to kill herself. The bodies were found wrapped in tarpaulin on a grave stone in a cemetery. the mother was found dying from a throat wound.
In Brioni Italy on May 24 Mrs Polly Lauder Tunney wife of former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney is reported in grave condition after an operation for a small intestinal tumor. The family denies confirmation but a friend says she is being kept alive by artificial means while laboring under a suspected relapse and seeking transfer to a facility with better medical care.
In Paintsville Kentucky attorneys prepared to contest the fifteen year reformatory sentence for Carl Newton Mahan age 6 convicted of killing his playmate Cecil Ven Hoos age 8. Defense argued Kentucky law lacks provisions for confining a child under ten in reform school. The killing followed a quarrel over scrap iron with the father’s loaded shotgun.
In Bloomington Indiana on May 24 Erma Josephine Sturgeon six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Sturgeon died from sleeping sickness The death marks a tragic entry in local health reports and underscores the impact of the disease on families in the area.
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