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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1928
Page
1
Greencastle notes celebrate DePauw linked bishops including Rev B J Wade and past leaders while urging action on downtown redevelopment. Readers praised educator Robert A Og g for ward school naming and lampooned sidewalk space and cigar lighter schemes.
Mackenzie Ward of Midlothian Illinois was released by police after being held as a suspect in the slaying of two Lafayette Indiana deputies last winter. Police said Ward only resembled Samuel Baxter in age.
The Greencastle Chautauqua set for August 7 to 11 may be cancelled after a meeting of directors and guarantors on June 1. Lack of local interest has unsettled guarantors and revived plans for a Loar Independent Chautauqua program, but final word hinges on this decision.
Arrangements to entertain the Fifth District Bar Association at Greencastle Country Club on June 30 will be made at a Putnam County Bar Association meeting in Judge James P. Hughes office. Edgar Blessing of Danville, president of the Fifth District Association, is expected to attend. Lawyers and their wives from the Fifth District will attend all day at the local Country Club.
The high school senior class stages The Family Upstairs in the school auditorium this evening. The Heller family quarrels over Louise wishing for a husband while the household supports each other, with Annabelle Willie and Mrs Heller providing comedy. Louise becomes secretly engaged to Charles Grant as Mrs Heller Works to impress his father, ending with the family restored to happiness.
Italy celebrates as General Umberto Nobile battles ice and fog on the return voyage of the Italia. The dirigible, powered by head winds, presses toward King's Bay while reports say all is well and Italy rejoices in the pole feat and Rome’s anniversaries.
Four more Putnam County youths join the Citizen's Military Training Camp at Fort Harrison starting June 20 for thirty days. The new enrollees are Hugh Bowman W Eugene Statts David P Richards and Paul E Weaver, bringing county total to twenty one.
Hand bills promote a third Boosters Contest sponsored by thirty Greencastle Chamber merchants. The June event runs May 26 through Saturday June 30 with the same awards as May. Participating firms include J F Cannon & Co Potter Shoe Store S C Prevo Wabash Valley Electric The Star Store and others.
Baron Gunther Von Huenefeld Maj. James Fitzmaurice and Capt. Hermann Koehl who conquered the Atlantic in the Bremen returned to New York today from Quebec.
The Greencastle Band under Norman Beeson opens its season Sunday at Forest Hill cemetery for Memorial Day exercises. It will also perform at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on race day May 30. Summer concerts begin June 14 with a larger lineup, including leader George Webster and treasurer Paul N. Wright. The roster lists Cornets and Trumpets, Clarinets, Trombones, Altos, Baritones, Basses, and Drums with numerous named members.
Thieves stole a group of DePauw University pictures from the display case in the stairway to J. C. Cammack studio on east Washington Street. The thieves un nailed the case removed the pictures and nailed the case up again. The frequent thefts show value placed on Cammack's work.
Rev D D Van Dyke delivered the annual memorial sermon to G A R and W R C members. Mrs Edwin Holt Hughes left for Baltimore to join her husband a bishop candidate. Louis Stevens sold his Muncie drug store stake and will work with W W Jones in Greencastle. Miss Mabel Ohair and Miss Ida Overstreet sail to Europe June 20 for the summer. W A Kreigh attends the Democratic convention at Rockville.
Indiana convention scenes crowned Lafayette's Harry G. Leslie as Republican nominee for governor after a seventh ballot, with 825 votes to Landis 473 and Schortemeier 34. Thomas H. Adams faltered, peaking at 69 votes, amid internal party maneuvering and corruption accusations.
On May 25 in Indianapolis two armed bandits stopped Sterling Laundry Company workers at Lexington Avenue and Pine Street. They forced the manager to open the safe and took about 1500 dollars, made two drivers dump roughly 50 dollars, then fled in a curtained touring car with Illinois plates around 8 45 am.
The article notes the election of Dr. R. J. Wade to bishop by the General Conference of the M E Church in Kansas City. Wade, born May 29 1875 in Indiana, served as executive secretary of the World Service Commission and held multiple church roles from Fort Wayne to Goshen and Chicago. He led Epworth League efforts and engaged in local civic work including library leadership and Chautauqua supervision.
A Ford coupe stolen from Charles Heath home at Pleasant Gardens was recovered in Terre Haute Thursday night by Sheriff Foneannon while investigating a robbery. Heath may travel to Terre Haute to recover the vehicle. damage status unspecified.
A stop and go sign has been installed at Locust and Walnut streets, considered one of the city’s most dangerous intersections, and will operate once local electric officials connect the sign with a meter. The city council authorized the sign earlier.
Train No 36 from Indianapolis to Chicago derailed after striking a truck trailer at St John Indiana. Engineer William Bellanger and fireman Floyd Crowder died. five Pullman sleepers overturned. Passengers included many state senators and delegates to Indiana's Republican convention. Description from a Chicago observer details the wreck and rescue efforts.
The annual Greencastle public school exhibit across all departments closed in the high school gym Friday afternoon. Exhibits by prize pupils ranged from art and manual training to doll houses by primary students, with most displays removed after closing.
The forecast calls for fair skies with cooler temperatures. Sunrise is at 4 22 and sunset at 7 02 giving long daylight hours.
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