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Greencastle Herald

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1929

Page

2

Local social and court notes from Greencastle area

Local residents share weekend visits in Terre Haute Indianapolis and Lafayette. DePauw events include a football refereeing and a piano recital at the Indiana PTA banquet. Court actions include a suit for 248.50 and a relicensing dispute with Koesslers.

Charles Rector Putnam Circuit Pavel Brackney

Torso Found in Seegar Creek. Marion Sees Murder Mystery

A dismembered torso and severed limbs were recovered from Seegar Creek on Shade Lawson farm near Marion Indiana. Coroner O L Stout led a large search party and officials believe the victim was a man about 35, slain elsewhere and brought to the creek on a mattress. Hog activity and decomposition hinder cause of death. Additional body parts found under a culvert and stream flow carried two pieces away. Police report no missing persons matched the description.

Marion Ind Seegar Creek Grant County James H. Alan John O. Lawson Stout

Plays at Chapel as Thompson Sidelined by Cold

In chapel this morning Miss Adeline Keirge of Edwardsville a DePauw student played the devotional hymn and opening organ number in place of Van Denman Thompson who was confined to his home by a cold.

van Denman Thompson Adeline Keirge Edwardsville DePauw Thompson

Hoosier Slayings Raise Weekend Casualty Toll

Indianapolis reports a violent wave with six new slayings adding to twenty weekend fatalities. Victims include M Hamilton 36 shot in Marion Darin Curless 11 in Kokomo and Eugene Blackburn 63 in an auto crash. Many deaths occur in auto collisions and a train or fumes cause fatalities.

Indianapolis Ind INS M. Hamilton Marion Creek Kokomo Darwin Curless Hallowe'en Hammond Stanley Mach Whiting Rachael Rampaney Chicago Eugene Blackburn Walton Mills George EB. Tissue Donald Rainbolt Newcastle Erma Barker Winchester Columbus Robert Creet Washington William Lee Lawrenceburg Evansville Wilford Rasure Anderson Howard Moore Rochester Amy Dubois Elkhart Melvin Thomas Bloomington James Rufus East Allison Harrell Elza Ra Barr Leon Marshall Lafayette Charles O‘ Thelan Elston Potland George W. Rowls George Malford Sullivan Edward Black Carlisle North Vernon James Kennedy Oakdale Wabash Kenneth Dawes New Albany Bertha Prewatt William Gray

Enrollment Opens for Greencastle Religious School

The Greencastle Community School of Religion opened last Monday with four courses taught by Mrs. Bartlett Prof. Lytle Prof. Hildebrand and Prof. Jones. The five week program meets each Monday at 7 15 p m at the high school. Enrollment remains open tonight for late registrants.

Greencastle

Dog Saves Lives in Indianapolis Blaze

Mr and Mrs Enoch Knuckles escaped life and home danger thanks to their dog Queenie whose alarm barking woke them as thick smoke from an overheated furnace filled the house Firemen arrived to extinguish the blaze and prevent suffocation and injury.

Indianapolis Enoch Knuckles Queenie

Browning Allen Marriage Announced

Marriage announced for Frances Browning of Greenwood Indiana and Bayard Allen of Greencastle Indiana. The wedding occurred Saturday Oct 12 at West Washington M E church Indianapolis with single ring ceremony and readings by Rev Verne Krause.

Frances Browning Greenwood Indiana Bayard Allen Greencastle West Washington M. E Indianapolis Verne Krause Thomas Gibbons Grand Rapids Mich Marjorie Gaston Miss Gaston Central Business College Danville Normal Psi Chi Omega Sorority Johnson County Purdue University Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity Elizabeth Browning Edna

Policeman Killed in Frankfort Gun Battle

In Frankfort Indiana on a Saturday night a gunfight on North Main Street left Patrolman Amos M. Hamilton dead and Clyde Jones wounded and jailed. A bystander, Porter A. Barbee, was shot in the right leg and may lose it. Hamilton and two officers arrested Jones for auto theft before the exchange of firing.

Frankfort Ind INS North Main St Amos M. Hamilton Clyde Jones Goldsmith Porter A. Barbee Hamilton Jones

Forty fourth Alpha Chi Anniversary Held in Indianapolis Home

Alpha Chi Alumnae Club of Indianapolis marked the forty fourth founding anniversary with a Saturday gathering at Miss Blacklidge’s residence 6121 Central Avenue. Founders Mrs Ralph B Clark Mrs Scoby Cunningham Miss Estelle Leonard and Mrs Harry Smith attended as honored guests.

Alpha Chi Alumnae Club Indianapolis Blacklidge Central Avenue George L. Clark Roy Zapf Joseph Buck J. Cleve Fix Gertrude Brown Henrietta Wood Ralph B. Clark Scoby Cunningham Estelle Leonard Union City Hixon James M. Ogden Joe Ketterys Delta Zeta Addon Columbia Club Bridge Kettery Isses Adele Renard Mabelle Hall Lillian Snyder Helen Howard Ada Mae Bing Bonnie Miller M. S .Miller South College Avenue

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