DePauw Commencement Week to Honor Longden in 1931
Large on campus crowd expected for DePauw University commencement week with alumni reunions, the Goodwin Memorial cane presented to Dr. Salem B. Towne, the oldest living graduate, and a series of concerts meetings and services led by Rev. Ralph W. Sockman. The events run June 5 to June 8 with Longden Day honoring Vice President Henry B. Longden for fifty years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DePauw
Henry B. Longden
Alumni Association
Goodwin
Salem B. Towne
Des Pauw
Esnier
Ralph W. Soekman
Marlin
Madison Avenue Episcopal Church
New York
Lockman
Oxnam
Methodist Church
Longden
Henry B
DePauw University
Alumni
Meharry
Weather outlook shows clouds, showers and cooler temperatures
The forecast warns of increasing cloudiness tonight with unsettled conditions and showers Friday. Saturday looks fair with moderate temperatures anticipated.
Senior Play Performance Draws Large Greencastle Crowd
A large crowd attended Greencastle High School seniors presenting the three act comedy What Happened in the Goodly Home setting. The cast included Charles R Brown as Mr Goodly and Charles W Brown as the bishop with a riotous mix of mistaken identities and a prize fight subplot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle High School
Goodly Home
Goodly
Mr. Goodly
Australia
William McGaughey
Bishop
Charles R. Brown
Charles W. Brown
Daugh
Judge Trainor to Speak at Portland Mills Memorial Day
Judge Walter F. Trainor of the Indiana Supreme Court will deliver the Memorial Day address at Portland Mills next Sunday May 30. The service will be at the church with American Legion in charge of arrangements.
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Walter FE. Trainor
Indiana Supreme Court
First District
Portland Mills
The
American Legion
Youth Hagood Cleared In Indiana Robbery Homicide
Judge orders not guilty verdict for Gerald Hagood Indianapolis Youth after defense motion as evidence shows he did not take part in the October last murder at Midway filling station on the Indianapolis Noblesville road. State witnesses say Hagood accompanied others but left before the crime. Ingersoll and Strange receive life terms while McCammon awaits trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Ind
Fred E. Hines
Hamilton
Gerald Hagood
Indianapolis
Owen Crickmore
Midway
Indianapolis-Noblesville Road
Robert Ingersoll
Floyd Strange
Charles McCammon
Haygood
Ingersoll
Strange
Cammon
Kirkland prison term to stand in assault case
Virgil Kirkland will serve a one to ten year term for assault and battery with intent to rape Arlene Draves. Judge Grant Crumpacker rejected a longer five to twenty-five year verdict and may alter the judgment on Monday per Lake County prosecutor Robert G. Estill. Parole eligibility begins after nine months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Virgil Kirkland
Grant Crumpacker
James M. Ogden
Indiana
Crumpacker
Robert G. Estill
Lake County
Arlene Draves
Indiana Reformatory
Onco
Estill
Kirkland
Little Barbara Bartlett to perform Melody Way recital
Seven year old Barbara Bartlett daughter of Dr and Mrs Bartlett will give a piano recital Friday at 4 50 in Music Hall. She will perform eight numbers under Miss Marjorie Lower. Her program includes Minuet Schottische Prelude and other classical pieces with a duet of Minuet in G.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bartlett
Bartlett
Music Hall
Melody Way
Marjorie Lower
Indianapolis Golfer Wins Spring Senior Tournament
Henry Simons of Highland Golf and Country Club won the spring senior eighteen hole tourney at the Country Club course with a 77. D A House and Carl McCaskey tied for second with 80, while W A Callison of Lafayette carded 80 and many others posted scores as the Methuselah Club members over 50 competed. Twelve golf prizes were awarded including a pair of knickers for Simons and a golf club for House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Simons
Highland Golf and Country Club
Indianapolis
D. A. House
Carl McCaskey
W. A. Callison
Lafayette
J. W. Stoutt
Methuselah Club
A. House
C.H. McCaskey
W. A. Calison
M. K B. Clark
William Umphrey
B. A. Richardson
L. Ert Slack
W.H. Gerke
R. J. Blakeman
Charles Bragen
W.S. Tomlin
G. 1. Truitt
Hl. Mitchell
N.W. VanOsdol
R. OV. Law
Ben Stone
A H. Flannigan
Frank Evans
Will Martin
Gaylord McClure
BE. Lewis
H. G. Heneman
G. Young
T. P. Templeton
C. Sayers
Rees Matson
Boake McGaughey
C. Gillen
J. F. Cannon
Henry Simones
A. Young
FL. Truitt
Simons
Dr. House
Mr. Young
Dr. Pruitt
Indy Station to Air NBC Race Broadcast Saturday
WKBF Indianapolis will join NBC late Saturday to air the last hour of the 500 mile Indy race from the Speedway. W Bussing, station director, completed final arrangements Wednesday morning. WKBF will be on air around 2 15 p m CST on 14000 kilocycles. Speedway officials had earlier restricted the race broadcast to the final hour on NBC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
WKBF
Indianapolis
National Broadcasting Company
Indianapolis Speedway
W. Bussing
WKBE
WKF
Speedway
NBC
Cal vin Fender 98 dies in Spencer Indiana
Calvin Fender age ninety eight Spencer Ind oldest resident dies at daughter Mrs Nathan Troth home west of here He was a successful farmer member of M E church and Three Quarter Century Club Survived by Mrs Troth another daughter Mrs Caroline Keefer two sons James and John Fender and brother William Fender The Greencastle high school senior class baseball team will face a faculty aggregation Friday at 2 PM at McKeenfield
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer, Ind
Calvin Fender
Owen County
Nathan Troth
Here
Spencer
M. E. Church
Troth
Caroline Keefever
James
John
Fender
William Fender
Greencastle
McKeenfield
Merle Walker Fined for Fast Driving at Pauw
In Greencastle on a May Friday, Pauw student Merle Walker was fined 10 dollars plus 20 dollars costs by Mayor John R. Miller after a cross square dash reaching 30 miles per hour. Two hundred fifty girls marched in a lantern procession on the DePauw campus. Baccalaureate and commencement events were scheduled at local churches and Meharry Hall with Rev. Bert DeWitt Beck delivering the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Walker
John R. Miller
DePauw
College Avenue Methodist Church
Bert DeWitt Beck
Locust Street M. E
Meharry Hall
Balloonists Land Safe After 52,500 Foot Flight
Professor Piccard and Charles Kipper survived a high altitude ascent aboard a sealed aluminum gondola near Gurgl in the Oetz Valley. Their air supply covered ten hours, with potential world record altitude, while a rescue party reached the site and confirmed the balloon intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
August Plecard
Ovtz
Gurgl
Innebruck
Charles Kipper
Hale
Piccard
Soelden
Oetz Valley
Sherle
Imanu
Ralph Etter Buys Gardner Building for Garage
Greencastle garage man Ralph Etter purchases the Gardner building on east Franklin street. The property, formerly the Tribby garage space, was bought from Mrs Sarah Gardner Hood. the deal was arranged by W. A. Mundy.
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Ralph Etter
Greencastle
Gardner
East Franklin Street
Tribby Garage
Sarah Gardner Hood
W. A. Mundy
Called Meeting at Temple Lodge 47 Friday Evening
Temple Lodge No 47 calls a meeting Friday at 7 30 p m. Past masters will confer the M M degree. R P Mullins W M and FE Caldwell are listed as contacts.
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Temple Lodge No
R. P. Mullins
W. M
Caldwell
See
Death Claims Green castle Woman Today
Mrs. Mary Donahue age 75 died today at 6 a m in St Anthony s hospital Terre Haute after seven weeks with high blood pressure She had lived with sister Mrs Daniel O Connell 716 Main St Greencastle Funeral will be Saturday at 9 30 a m in St Paul s church Forest Hill cemetery She is survived by three children Richard Donahue Terre Haute Leo Donahue New Orleans and Mrs Mary Dunn Milwaukee and a sister Mrs Daniel O Connell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Donahue
Daniel O'Connell
Main St
St. Anthony's Hospital
Terre Haute
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Forest Hill Cemetery
Greencastle
Donahue
Richard Donahue
Leo Donahue
New Orleans
Mary Dunn
Milwaukee
Wis
Daniel O'Cornell
Annual Gym Exhibit Showcases Hundreds of Students
Over seven hundred boys and girls take part in the sixth annual gymnastic exhibition tonight at the Physical Education Vocational Building. The hour long program ends with four maypoles and features 72 girls in pink and green maypole color schemes, riding habits for the fox trot, and Spanish costumes for the waltz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Too Oelock
Detroit aviators set world non-refueling endurance record
Walter Lees and Frederic Brossy of Detroit broke the world's non-refueling endurance flight record of 75 hours 23 minutes today at Jacksonville Beach. They continued to shuttle their diesel engine monoplane over the beach, surpassing a prior mark set by French flyers in North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville Beach
Walter Lees
Frederic Brossy
Detroit
Africa
Timothy Collins Secures Rail Job in Limedale Indiana
Timothy Collins, a well known Crawfordsville man, has moved to Limedale Indiana to take a position with the Pennsylvania Railroad. His relocation and new employment were announced for local readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Collins
Crawfordsville
Limedale
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Seniors Win Rector Scholarships and Society Honors at Green Castle
Charles Russell Brown John Rodney and William McGaughey win Rector scholarships to DePauw University. Mary Gregg Bruner earns Hiram College scholarship. Twelve seniors named National Honor Society charter members. initiation and dinner to follow at local venues. Kiwanis medals awarded to four seniors. awards reflect scholarship service and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Brown
John H. Rodney
William McGaughey
DePauw University
Mary Gregg Bruner
Greencastle
National Honor Society
R. Young
Elm Street
Studio Tea Shop
Charles Aller
Charles RR. Brown
Mary Grege Bruner
Jane Durham
Charles Etter
Mary Elizabeth Gillen
Mary Rene Harlan
Vera Mae Keatter
John Rodney
Meredith Reeves
Dora Comigock
Drasen
National Association of High School Principals
United States
Warren J. Yount
Young
Greencastle High School
Charles Russell Brown
Jona Rodney
Hiram College
Hiram
Ohio
Sarah Jane Durham
Camp Crosley
Brown
American Chemical Society
Charles Allen
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Andreds
W. Lockman
Goodwin Memorial
S. B. Town
Board of Trustees
Longden Hall
Bowman Gymnasium
Ralph W. Sockman
Ters
Charlotte Etter
Mrs. Goodly
Cissy
Elizabeth Maxfield
Mre
Goodly's
Corrine Owens the Bishop's Sweet
Mary Rose Harlan
Herschel Gross
Eugene Crawley
Eugene Allan
Joe Comstock
Judge Trainor
Reformatory
Beethoven Ware
Brounoff
Gaynor Minuet
Beethoven
Brussells
Aid
Riedinger
Augsburg
Germany
Gurl
John Scherle
Scherle
Paul Albin
Catholic Church
James Beverly Lucas
Ford
Lucas
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