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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1915
Page
4
Local residents and visitors are listed in a roundup of social activity. Deputies Howard Harris and James Walker travel to Bainbridge and Indianapolis for business. Miss Lottie Waters and Jewel Coshow wed in Indianapolis and plan to live in Jamestown. Numerous visits, dances, and engagements fill the week across Roachdale Clinton Township and Greencastle with gatherings at the Elks, the Matinee Club, and church circles.
A Farm Life note discusses women profiting from keeping and training birds at home. It covers education of cats and dogs as fashionable work, but highlights song birds like parrots canaries and mocking birds as rarer yet lucrative. Parrots often hatch under bantam hens. canaries pose no risk of linguistic issues.
Lieutenant Commander Frank H. Mc Crary will observe an engagement from the captive balloon Goodyear piloted by R. H. Upson with Mrs Upson as war correspondent. The event aims to study indirect fire and ballistic effects amid record ticket sales and high attendance expectations in Indianapolis.
E. B. Taylor captured the regular weekly Greencastle Golf Club event with an 18 hole score of 89 and a net 76. The field included C. Sayers, J. A. Throop, R. M'Cutchan, Thomas, J. F. Cannon, Fred Hixon, and C. C. Gillen with scores and handicaps listed.
Miss Bessie Jenkins of Center Point and Mildred Galloway of this city delighted a chau tanqua audience in Brazil Monday. Jenkins read a humorous rural piece during band concert intermission. Galloway recited from Polly of the Circus in the evening. Both drew warm applause and are noted for lyceum work and bright futures. Jenkins is a DePauw University girl with strong support in Greencastle.
The annual reunion of Co. B, 43rd Indiana Volunteers, will be held tomorrow on the DePauw campus with an addressed program and camp-fire talks. Members will dine at a local hotel. about sixteen members remain in the county.
The Masten Lumber Company won the Coatesville Carnegie Library contract from seven bidders, with a bid of 6300 dollars for a 51 by 32 foot brick building. The Carnegie Commission will supply about 8000 dollars, work has started on the basement, and completion is hoped by January. In other items, T M Myers died suddenly while preparing for a sale and the White Lick Baptist Association plans a September meeting near Coatesville with Rev. Raleigh Smith and Albert H. WovellLeading sessions and attendees.
Clarence E. Booty age 25 and Laura Cooper age 20 were married at 10 in Green Castle by Rev. L D Dodd. The couple, residents of Warren Township, will honeymoon in northern Indiana and establish residence on a Putnamville farm owned by the groom.
The Lyric motion picture theatre in the Donner building on East Washington Street is sold to C. 3. Halderman and son F. B. Halderman of Montpelier Ohio and L. O. Kelley. They have run theatres in several places and take possession today. They plan interior redecorating and improvements in the coming weeks.
An unusual Methodist church meeting at Lo cust street seeks to make church government more representative and democratic. The official board invites every member to speak and join in planning for the next year as the church emphasizes unity and inclusiveness with about seven hundred members present. Miss Margaret Evens of Warren township was in the city today.
Miss Mary A Huffman daughter of Mr and Mrs Allen Huffman of this city married Hus ton Woods a young man from Danville Indiana in Danville this afternoon. The couple will reside in Oregon where Woods will teach after receiving his diploma from Central Normal school. The bride a Greencastle High School graduate attended DePauw University. Attending were the bride’s parents and Miss Helen Browning.
The Ladies' Union of the Christian church will hold a monthly meeting Thursday at 2 30 p m in the church. All sections will join and full attendance is desired.
Friday evening at the Christian church Misses Margaret Kreigh and Vera Bowen assisted by Misses Can on and Gargett Sackett.
We express gratitude to our relatives and friends for their kindness during our illness and sorrow. Special thanks go to Dr. W. D. Conn for his care and attention, and to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Roe.
Indiana boys ages 16 to 20 may enter the Boys Judging Contest at the Indiana State Fair until 8:00 am on September 7, 1915. Participants must report between 7:30 and 8:00 am in the judging arena for the draft horse class. Prizes include Purdue University agriculture scholarships of 100, 75, 50, and 25 dollars. The event offers cash premiums and college-reputation benefits for future Purdue students.
James Otha Miller of Marion township and Lola E. Arnold of Marion township visited on business. Clarence Wilman of Cloverdale and Reggie Clair Bunten of Braman Neier in Manhattan were in town today on business.
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