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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1929
Page
2
Greencastle residents and visitors are listed with trips to Indianapolis and events. Names include Sam Danbury A. J. Dehler Mrs. Lisby and Dr. Hickman. Decoration Day bank observances noted. Funeral services held for Bernard Wood Shonkwiler. Divorce actions and civil suits recapped with venue changes and auto accident case noted.
Mrs Haddie Miller of Ladoga dies after a paralytic stroke at her east Taylor street home. Born November 18 1849 in Greencastle to Thomas and Elizabeth Gilmore, she married Charles Miller in 1869. Survived by four children, two half sisters, one half brother, nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at Ladoga Methodist Church with Rev C H Martin and Rev A A Dunlavey officiating. interment in Ladoga cemetery.
DePauw's relay team earned 8 points to finish fourth at the Central Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships held at Marquette Stadium Milwaukee Wisconsin. Notre Dame won with 791.3 points Michigan State second 37% and Marquette third 345.6. DePauw set a new school and intercollegiate record in the mile relay with a time of 22.5 seconds. Ramsey took 3 points by second in the 100 yard dash. The relay squad included Spina Smith Melbourne and Ramsey.
At Dessau a Junkers monoplane set an altitude record of 41 010 feet. Russia announces a Moscow to New York flight on August ninth via Alberta and Alaska. In the U S the army names 224 new air corps cadets at San Antonio and Riverside. Indianapolis hosts its first aircraft show at the State Fair Grounds. Amelia Earhart and Eddie Rickenbacker will attend Welch Flying Field dedication on May 31 in Anderson.
In Chicago on May 27 INS reports a Big Ten crisis after the University of Iowa is expelled for alleged recruiting and subsiding of athletes. Alumni threaten action to force disclosure of charges while conference officials pursue further cleaning house.
The Fillmore I O O F lodge will give initiatory degree work on Wednesday May 29 at 8 o clock. All brothers are urged to be present. Visitors welcome.
The Indiana State Chamber of Commerce filed an intervening petition with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington arguing that absorbing the Monon railroad into the Baltimore and Ohio would harm Indiana industries and restrict state commerce. The chamber, along with many other chambers and the Indiana Public Service Commission, seeks to block the merger and may present witnesses and briefs.
Miss Pearl Carroll of Indianapolis suffered cuts and bruises when her Chevrolet left the road east of town on the Stilesville road and plunged into a ditch. Accompanied by George Stainbrook, she was treated by Dr. W. R. Hutcheson. Stainbrook was uninjured and both later returned home.
When a child weak from illness outgrows strength remedies called food tonics rebuild solid flesh and blood. Physicians prescribe cod liver oil and iron. chemists extract vitamins from cod liver oil and combine them with iron into tablets. Request Burke's Cod Liver Oil and Tron Tablets at Mullins Drug Store for a sturdy, well nourished youngster.
In Hammond Indiana on May 27 two armed men waylaid four men and a boy in the Parthenon theater executive offices. They took a satchel containing 4100 dollars in week end receipts and escaped in a big car with a third man at the wheel.
Charles P. Sisson Rhode Island attorney general was nominated by President Hoover to be assistant United States attorney general succeeding John Marshall in Washington.
Miss Elizabeth Edson Engle daughter of Mr and Mrs T William Engle of 462 North State Avenue selects attendants for her marriage to Paul Elsworth Driscol scheduled June 26 at 8 o'clock in Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church. Attendants include Mrs Frank William Messing matron of honor Miss Martha Driscol and Miss Helen Dunbar with Robert Morris as best man. Mrs Engle to entertain with a miscellaneous shower next month followed by other social notices from golfing prizes to club meetings and DePauw students attending a wedding in Anderson.
Dallas hosts Rotary International with delegates from across the United States and many foreign countries. The European delegation led by Stanley Leverton arrived with a 25 airplane contingent from Wichita, Kansas. мест
American Legion Auxiliary and Veterans of Foreign Wars sold poppies on Saturday. The Auxiliary moved 1,000 flowers clearing about 87 dollars while the VFW sold 500 poppies clearing 60.52 dollars. Scouts helped and all proceeds aid disabled veterans. The VFW shared its profits with the Girl Scouts.
The wife of De Pauw University president G Bromley Oxnam showed significant improvement at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis after a two week influenza illness. Doctors reported a satisfactory response to head and nose treatment and continued care.
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