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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1919
Page
1
All business suspended on Decoration Day in Greencastle. Homes closed Friday as the entire community pauses to pay tribute to war heroes with a day of remembrance and ceremonies.
On Friday May 30 1919 Greencastle will suspend business from noon for Decoration Day. The procession starts at 1 30 led by the Greencastle band and forms a military funeral to the cemetery. A wreath bears the names of 21 Putnam county World War dead. Veterans groups join a cemetery program after the procession. All Putnam county World War participants are invited.
Tomorrow, Friday, Decoration Day, will be almost nationally observed as a holiday. The Herald will not be published on Friday. The office, however, will be open until 12 o'clock noon.
Reports say 17 year locusts swarm in large numbers across area. In recent days trees are covered by shells and hundreds of insects cluster in branches, causing concern among residents.
In Wabash Indiana on May 28 Jack Higgins aged 101 the oldest man to fly in an airplane since infancy era plans. Pilot Hollingsworth aboard from the Service Aviation Company lifted him for a flight and he requested loops and sideslips. The former US sailor enjoyed the thrills and expressed desire for more flying adventures.
Sarah Glidewell has returned home after several days with relatives in Greencastle. Mr and Mrs Herbert Wallace and Bessie Jones visited with Ed Shields, Mr and Mrs Charles Best of Greencastle with Ernest Smith and family. Alfred Curtis visited Joe Wright and family. Nelle Glidewell spent Sunday with Margaret Jones. Clara Frye visited sister Mrs John Wilson and Mr Wilson in Terre Haute. Eleanor Perry and Eletitia Cromwell spent Sunday with Pearl and Jessie Allee.
Reports from Putnam county indicate many men in uniform will arrive Friday to pay tribute to county men who died in the Mexican, Civil, Spanish American and world wars. Veterans recently discharged from European service will take part in the Decoration Day exercises with strong cooperation from G A R Spanish American and world war veterans for a lengthy and impressive ceremony.
The suit of Edward Due against a local attorney grew from a land sale and was tried in Clay Circuit Court. Damages of $160,900 were sought.
In Clay county court the jury found for defendants in the Due versus Boyd case. The court adopted the defendants findings after Due failed to prove the deed fraud claim. Boyd provided a detailed ledgers of farm transactions with nearly 300 checks, totaling evidence of fair dealings and exonerating Boyd.
The class chairmen for the Green Castle High School alumni banquet on June 5 must report their ticket sales to Gray Potter at Christie's Shoe Store by Monday, June 2.
An 81 year old man, Robert B. Lank, passed away at his East Anderson Street home Thursday morning at 6 o clock from pneumonia. The death ends a long illness and comes after a quiet residence in the community.
Robert B. Lank 81 died near 6 am at his East Anderson street home after a pneumonia illness following months of weakness and a May 8 fall. He leaves widow Sarah Lank and daughter Wilhelmina Lank. Funeral at 11 am Saturday at the Anderson street home, burial in Lafayette Cemetery. A veteran of the war, he served in Company C 99th Infantry and was a Masonic Lodge member.
New York May 29 Victory bonds were traded at par today after yesterday’s activity near 99.88. The first Liberty issue sold at par initially but fell soon after, and none of the U S war bond issues had sold at par until the Victory issue recovered to par today.
The Roachdale high school will hold its commencement exercises Friday evening. The class has twenty two members. Miss Blanche Davison is the principal. County Superintendent Frank Wallace will attend and present the diplomas. Prof Reynolds of the state university will deliver the commencement address.
The Roachdale high school senior cast of twenty six performs The Hoodoo Friday at 8 15 pm with Miss Leota Deam coaching. The production follows a Wednesday viewing by Roachdale seniors and features loaned scenery from the DePauw Duter Du Society. The show runs over two hours and is expected to draw a full house.
Paris reports Germany’s counter proposals to Allied peace terms delivered to the French by the enemy delegation at Versailles. The seven day extension expired today and a secret plenary session prepared the peace terms summary for presentation to the Austrians. Austria’s indemnity runs to about 2.5 billion kroner, with equal shares among Hungary Czecho Slovakia Jugoslavia Roumania and Italy. Italy’s burden partly covers Austria’s war costs due to territorial acquisitions including Trentino and Trieste.
Harry Mason, a former Greencastle boy now in the Indianapolis insurance business, was in town this Wednesday for a stopover and brief visit with old friends.
London May 28 Harry G Hawker at a Daily Mail luncheon with Lieutenant Commander Grieve defended the US cross Atlantic effort. He said a ship every twenty yards or even fifty miles would imply a lack of motor fight and the audience, mostly British, fell silent after his remark. He had just learned of the American navy aviators reaching Europe.
Hawker and Grieve started from their air drome as wind favored them but Raynham faced an unfavorable gust. Recital note: Miss Irma Huckriede, senior, to give a piano recital in Music Hall Friday at 8 pm with a program including Mozart Grieg Fantasie in C minor Chopin selections and Mendelssohn Capriccio Brillante.
Mrs Elmer Sharp and two daughters were awakened by a flash of light. Neighbors and officers were alerted as a burglar intruded the Sharp residence. No injuries reported.
Near midnight Wednesday a burglar entered the Elmer Sharp residence on South Locust street. Mrs Sharp and a daughter woke to a searchlight, alerted neighbors who chased the intruder away. No items were taken and no traces were found. The episode adds to a recent spate of house robberies in Greencastle.
Plans for the fortieth annual high school commencement have been finalized. All ceremonies will be held in the new high school building with a university professor delivering the keynote address.
Final event details for the school year outline a full schedule at the high school auditorium. May 30 senior play The Hoodoo at 8 p.m. June 1 class sermon 7:45 p.m. by Rev. B E Kirkpatrick. June 3 4 exhibits in rooms. June 5 Alumni banquet 7:45 p.m. June 6 commencement address by Dean Stanley Coulter of Purdue University at 8 p.m. No reserved seats for the sermon. public seating otherwise. Some seats reserved for immediate families. admission free. Visitors welcome throughout the day and during exhibits.
Arrivals at the Indianapolis stock yards on Thursday totaled 10,000 hogs with 500 cattle 400 calves and 100 sheep. Demand was brisk as hog sales rose to around 20.60 to 20.75 per hundredweight despite no more hogs due until Monday due to three holidays. Cattle trading was slow calves slightly lower and sheep steady. A fire department call to J Sudranski store in Green Castle followed an electrical basement fire with smoke but minimal damage.
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