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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1928
Page
1
Charles J. Arnold recounts a day at the State Fair with dust and crowds. He details long lines for food, varied attractions, a straw vote with his companion Joe Im, and humorous jabs at local business figures. He teases a car dealer and ends with a poke at pervasive advertising.
Police seek Bert Chesterfield 35 a day worker who vanished from a Brazil Indiana factory yard after leaving his truck and walking away without drawing his pay. He has a wife and five children worried for his return.
Weather outlook shows fair conditions tonight with slight winds. Central areas stay mostly clear while western portions encounter partly cloudy skies and a slight rise in temperature Saturday.
The Gloncastle Public Schools will begin Monday at 8 30 with Superintendent Warren J Yount coordinating final prep. Pupil reports vary by ward and grade with special arrangements for Second Ward and High School freshmen. Bus and book logistics are outlined and staff meetings scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
In Lafayette Indiana on September 15 a home coming will honor Harry G. Leslie a Lafay ette resident and Republican governor candidate. United States Senator James E. Watson and former Michigan Governor Chase Osborn will speak at the event hosted by local citizens.
A 1928 Chevrolet coach will be the prize in the Greencastle Chamber of Commerce booster contest. The drawing occurs Saturday December 15 after a three month run beginning September 12. Tickets are issued with purchases from local merchants during County Fair week display on Court House lawn.
The article notes final dates to change precincts and townships before the November 6 election. Voters must meet residency requirements of six months in state sixty days in township and thirty days in precinct. October 6 is last day to move precincts and voting appears in person due to the absent voters law. Andy Anderson, ex DePauw athlete, visits Greencastle friends.
Harve Himes, a local truck driver, suffered head and arm injuries after driving his truck into the side of a northbound Monon freight train at a rural crossing one mile south of Roachdale. He was treated by Dr. Collins with stitches and transported from the scene. the truck sustained heavy damage as Himes was en route to Roachdale.
Outstanding Hoosier 4-H Club girls in canning baking and clothing were recognized at the Indiana state fair. Miss May Masten and Miss Neva Stephenson, assistant state club leaders from Purdue University, announced nine special trips to the 4-H Club congress during the International Livestock Exposition.
Awards to girls were based on state fair exhibitor records project reports and years of 4-11 Club participation. Five trips to the girl clothing queens went to Marion Fink Jasper Nandice Jackson Selma Geneva Messier Martinsville Leslie Smith Freedom Mary Alice Jay Indianapolis Joenita Burd Manilla and Mary Davidson Crawfordsville in the canning project. Baking honors went to Charlotte Oliver Crawfordsville and Anthus Hunter Greencastle.
From the files of the Greencastle Herald Mr and Mrs Oscar Thomas hosted Putnam County trustees at a noon dinner Miss Bernadine Ward and a sister visited Chicago Nora Alspaugh departed for Brazil to teach German at the High School Dr A E Ayler moved into a new office building at College Avenue and Washington Street.
Earl Rowland flying a Cessna monoplane led Class A in the National Air Derby as of Sept 7 in Oklahoma City. Fog delayed takeoffs for Classes B and C at Roosevelt Field, while other pilots, including Robert Dake, Duke, and S J Wittman, prepared in Wichita and Kansas City for the Fort Worth leg.
Laslie C. Miller of Los Angeles was eliminated from the Air Derby after inspectors found the Lincoln Page engine oil line cut. Miller and his crew kept working into the night, aviation experts noting the pipe showed pinched ends consistent with a pliers cut. Weather delays then postponed Class B National Air Derby start in the Alleghenies.
Telegram reports Virgil Grimes Republican sheriff candidate of Putnam County married Thursday at Meridian Street Methodist Church in Indianapolis. The bride Ida McAfee, a Greencastle Telephone Company operator, attended the ceremony conducted by Dr. Virgil E. Roher.
Christine Burris of Clovedale named among ten top Indiana girl cooks at the Indiana State Fair home economics class. The Star features her on its first page as one of five girls in the honor class, with her returning to 1929 home economics classes. Her father J B Burris is famed as Purdue University football’s first captain.
County Auditor explains that $10,000 appropriation funds the tax ferret not from taxes. Hidden taxes found and collected by the ferret go to a special fund. the ferret takes about 30 percent of those sequestered taxes. In December, $6,892.98 was found and $1,995.96 paid from the special fund. Without the ferret, the county would lose the hidden taxes.
Noah Fisher of Lafayette was acquitted in Bloomington Police Court of attempting to peep into a residence on South Washington Street early Monday. He was arrested by two night watchmen while masquerading in women's clothes.
City officials plan to enlarge the sewer on East Washington Street from Locust to Bloomington Street. A 24 inch tile will be laid through the driveway of Miss Virginia Black to carry excess rainwater to Franklin Street, preventing backward flow into lawns and basements after heavy rains. Work hopes to start soon for fall rains.
Irene Moyer of Terre Haute signed a confession detailing how Charles Beasley and a fugitive gunman killed Myrtle Miller near Newcastle on August 31. Beasley and Patterson fled after the slaying as investigators search Terre Haute pawnshops for the jewelry.
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