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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1929
Page
1
In Charles J. Arnold style, readers are treated to a playful, opinionated glance at the Chicago Cubs versus Athletics World Series turn, noting missteps and comical misadventures. The column also mentions Bloomington street work and Freshman-Sophomore activities, with light local color and a quip about worm weather.
The Indiana section of the American Chemical Society held a Saturday meeting at DePauw University with 59 guests. Dean W M Blanchard welcomed attendees at dinner. Dean Stanley Coulter of Purdue spoke on Conservation of Indiana's Resources and William Higburg of Indianapolis addressed the group. The afternoon included a DePauw Earlham football game and a campus tour tied to Homecoming and Old Gold Day.
The Greencastle Post of the American Legion will hold an important meeting Thursday night October 24 for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year.
Two youths in a Pontiac abducted John Zook at the Crossroads Barbecue near the National Road and State Road 43 around 5:30 AM. They forced Zook into their car, fled east then west, stole a small amount of change, and released him four miles west. Authorities followed tire tracks to Manhattan but found no suspects.
Professor W W Carson spoke at the university chapel honoring the late Gustav Stresemann. He credited Stresemann with Germany’s postwar shifts toward the League of Nations and reform under the Dawes and Young plans. Carson called Germany’s leadership a major global issue of the past decade.
Henry Kolling, piano instructor at DePauw University School of Music, will give his first piano recital of the year in Meharry Hall on Tuesday at 8 o clock. There is no admittance charge and students and townspeople are invited to attend.
Mrs Sillery who had blindness for twenty years and briefly regained sight last February through prayer has died Friday. The miracle occurred after medical aid failed and allowed her to see her beloved grandchildren during the brief period.
Funeral services for Carrie Belle Sillery 70 were held at the Crawfordsville MBE Church Sunday afternoon. She died at her Carpentersville home last Friday from arterial hardening. Survivors include husband Charles Sillery two daughters Flora Irwin and Vera Burdett two sons Frank and Ray and sisters Mary Smythe and Ida Newell. Grandchildren and great grandchildren also survive. Mrs Sillery once regained temporary eyesight after twenty years of blindness, attributing the miracle to prayer.
Levi Miller, 22, Negro, will stand trial again in Danville for the Feb 23 slaying of 70 year old Lewis Miller. The elder man was struck with a lead pipe and his pay stolen. a May trial ended with a hung jury.
R. A. Masons called convocation at Greencastle chapter No 22 on Monday at 7 30 p m with B A degree. R P Mullins H P and FE Caldwell secretary.
Patchy frost possible in the northwest tonight as the region sees fair skies. Tuesday will be slightly warmer with the southeast and southwest areas gaining a bit more warmth.
A Roachdale woman Maud Zollars and her two children, Robert 12 and Florence 15, were injured when their car collided with another at Michigan Street and Senate Avenue in Indianapolis. Herschell Zollars, driving the other car, faced assault and battery charges after Graves, a Black man, was arrested nearby. The Zollars family received treatment at City Hospital for head and shoulder cuts and leg injuries.
Melbourne, DePauw backfield standout, earns a place on the Indianapolis Star weekly football honor roll for outstanding gridiron performance.
Patrick Cunningham of Chester Pa has been named to succeed T R Freeman as chief engineer of the Greencastle Water Works plant. Neely C O Hair and Miss Caro line Frances Davis, daughter of Mrs Alice Davis of Bainbridge, will be married tomorrow evening at the bride's home. Rev J M Walker will perform the ceremony. Several from here will attend the wedding. This morning was the coldest so far this fall with a thermometer at 26 degrees above zero.
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald leaves New York for Canada with his daughter Ishbel after a celebratory farewell at Grand Central. He plans a brief Niagara Falls stop and an Ottawa conference with Prime Minister Mackenzie King, signaling a likely statement on Anglo American naval demilitarization and naval bases.
Dr G Bromley Oxnam president of DePauw University will address Indianapolis Epworth League officers at a dinner Thursday night at Broadway M E Church. About three hundred officers from fifty chapters are expected with music by Central Avenue M E Church orchestra.
DePauw University will play Boston University on November 8 as part of the 1930 football schedule, officials announced in Boston. The game is set for Boston, Mass., with both teams preparing for the clash.
DePauw University may lose its Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit as freshman enrollment in military courses drops from 367 last year to 82 this year. The two year service requirement and staff notes suggest the government may withdraw the program if freshman numbers do not rebound. Captain B B McMahon said the unit continues while enrollment stays around 100 or more.
Kansas City Blues defeated the Rochester Red Wings 6 to 5 in eleven innings to clinch the junior world series crown. Fist fights and a near riot punctuated the game’s end as the Blues, champions of the American Baseball Association, secured the title in Rochester, New York.
Dr. E. S. Shumaker longtime Indiana Anti Saloon League superintendent remains in an unchanged state with an incurable liver tumor. His wife said he had a restful night and was able to eat ice cream for breakfast at his Indianapolis home.
In Philadelphia at Shibe Park, the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Chicago Cubs 5 to 3 to win the World Series. Haas hit a ninth inning homer as Simmons, Foxx, and Haas drove in the decisive runs. Malone pitched for the Cubs, while Ehmke started for the A’s and Walberg finished.
The event drew 160 709 in paid attendance with receipts totaling 718 679. Player’s share came to 388 086.66 while each club received 64 681.11. Each league’s share shows negative 64 681.11.
By mutual agreement a merger of the Crawfordsville Review and the Crawfordsville Journal has been effected. The merged papers will be published in the Journal offices with afternoon and midnight editions. Stockholders are A. M. Smith Foster Fudge and W. E. Coons. John W. King of Indianapolis visited over Sunday with family on Anderson Street.
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