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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1929
Page
1
Greencastle residents rally for a $900 Boy Scout drive led by a paid executive as city life buzzes with school event invites and street paving updates. A humorous Brazil caper and a weather weary mood mix with notes on DePauw football plans and a court house gathering.
A notice announces a stated conclave of the commandery to meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m with Truman G Yuneker listed as commander.
Charles O. Ross, a farmer near Red Key, was found guilty by a Jay Circuit Court jury in Portland Indiana for the Sept 3 Pennville State Bank robbery. Bank assistant cashier Blanche Morrical identified him as the robber who stole 1880 dollars. A new trial request was indicated by the defense.
The Greencastle city council designates Incor fast setting cement for Vine Street at the Washington crossing to enable opening State Road 43 within 24 hours after pouring. Extra cost of about 35 dollars is covered by the city steam roller use. contractor O J Larkin will reimburse. Councilman W D James voted against the measure.
Henry F. Martin filed a petition with the public service commission to sell the Crawfordsville Greencastle bus line to Frank E. Layne for 1600 dollars. Layne plans to add buses and speed service, promising the same courteous treatment customers previously received under Layne’s Crawfordsville Lafayette line.
Three people were seriously injured yesterday afternoon when their car plunged off a National road embankment west of Butler school house. A. J. Fisher of Paris Illinois drove the car. Mrs. Mapes of Paris Illinois was a severely hurt passenger with scalp loss and back injuries. Mrs. Fisher suffered two broken ribs and facial lacerations. The trio were returning from Centerville Ohio.
High school principals of Putnam County will hold a meeting with County Superintendent John C. Ver million here Saturday to discuss regular school matters.
Twenty two attendees at a Greencastle Presbyterian Church banquet pledged 250 to finance Greencastle Boy Scout expansion in the Terre Haute area. The drive seeks 800 to 900 for local scout activities with all funds spent locally. DePauw official Dirks praised scouting and its impact on youth.
Two affidavits filed in Putnam Circuit Court charge Homer Slavens of Clinton Township with selling mortgaged cattle and Elbert Bettis with a mortgageed cow for 195 dollars while Bettis received 80. The second affidavit, by Fred Schoffstall of King Morrison Foster, accuses him of writing a 77.50 check with insufficient funds on October 11. Slavens was arrested by Deputy Alva Bryan. Schoffstall remains at large in Terre Haute. A separate Brunswick-Balke-Collender suit against James L. Hamilton includes a cross-claim alleging 1194.15 dollars owed for defective merchandise.
Mrs Samuel Davidson of Ladoga broke her left hip after finishing dishes on Saturday. Dr Wisehart of North Salem suspects the hip broke before the fall. She lay on the floor over an hour before her husband heard her or was found in the barn.
Greencastle recorded its first snow of the season as temperatures dropped turning prior rain into sleet and snow. Roofs and grass wore a white coat while the ground remained bare where contact melted. A northwest wind blew last night signaling an early winter.
James E. Fisher of Indianapolis will speak at the Greencastle Kiwanis Club Thursday noon at the Christian church. He is the oldest district Kiwanis chairman in continuous service and will discuss Kiwanis Origin, Performance, Personality. Fisher has chaired Indiana publicity and international committees and helped nominate Milt Brown for lieutenant governor.
Senator Albert J. Beveridge addressed DePauw University chapel students this morning on opportunities for the right man. A small fire damaged the Landes home when an oil lamp toppled onto a piano. Ralph Overstreet, Freshmen High School class president, hosts a party tonight. Ezra Smythe resigns after years with Vandalia railroad, noted as the inventor of the rail used by the line.
President Hoover rode the Greenbrier down the Ohio with a flotilla from Pittsburgh to Cairo to mark river canalization. He outlined aims to link waterways with railroads, creating a vast interstate system for commerce. Private Robert Earls of Madison, Indiana, was badly injured in a powder accident during a salute at Madison.
Finishing mills of the American Zinc Products Company east of town are shut down temporarily after an accident broke the shaft powering four mills. Welding failed. a new shaft must be made, taking several weeks. Other plant departments operate part time during the repair interval.
Prof Henry Kolling an instructor in piano at the DePauw School of Music appeared in a chapel program this morning. He played four numbers including Chopin Ballade in A flat Brahms Intermezzo Delibes and Ravel Alborado to warm applause.
The date for Old Gold Day at DePauw is moved to the last Saturday in October to coincide with the Indiana State Teachers Association sessions. The changes shift the freshman versus sophomore scrap to the first football game and update the alumni dinner and records work. Founders and Benefactors Day will consider class reunions timing in February.
Glenn Stamm formerly with H. L. Frazier and the Greencastle Service Station has joined Shell Petroleum Corporation with headquarters in Bloomington. His friends wish him success as Carl Swain recently purchased the Frazier station. Oscar Miller aged about 60 is found dead at his Cloverdale home likely from heart disease with no nearby relatives.
Elmer Herbert aged 34 laborer and Augusta McCurry aged 18 at home, both of Colverdale, secured a marriage license.
Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Snow likely in the north and tonight in central areas. Colder tonight in the extreme south with freezing temperatures across most of the state and continued cold Thursday.
Urban F. Diteman Jr a 32 year old former cowpuncher from Billings Montana undertakes a solo trans Atlantic flight in a very small 771 pound plane named the Golden Hind with 165 gallons of fuel and no radio. He left from Harbor Grace airport at 12 15 pm bound for London hoping to trace descendants of Sir Francis Drake. Weather reports indicate some fog and squalls but favorable conditions for much of the route.
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