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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1929
Page
2
Local residents arrive in Greencastle and nearby towns for teaching posts and summer residencies. DePauw dean Louis Dirks tours Europe with Indiana educators. Teachers Miss Markham Miss Ayler Miss McGaughey relocate for public schools. Funeral services for Lyda Pier announced. Charles Stites released after settling battery charge with Tribby Garage.
Dean Louis H. Dirks of De Pauw University, returning from an educational tour of Europe led by Indiana University’s Dr. H L. Smith, attended the World Conference of Educational Associations in Geneva. He praised Germany and England for language access and observed poverty in parts of Italy while noting heavy taxes as a common complaint.
The Reelsville area reports dry weather with cisterns and wells running low. Attendance at last Sunday’s services was sparse except for the superintendent and two scholars. George W. Benefiel visited Reelsville earlier in the week and Sunday school’s future depends on local interest.
In Wight England Britain retains the Speed Cup amid about 100000 spectators. Royal ace pilots Lieut Ranco Card yngher and Lieut Giovanni Monti from Italy are forced down. Flying officer H D D Waghorn breaks flying record with 128.63 mph average on the Schneider course. Flight officer R L R Atcherley then sets a new world mark afterward.
Flying officer H R D Waghorn of England wins the Schneider cup setting a new world speed record for seaplanes at 328.65 miles per hour on the 217 1/2 mile course. His average on the course was about five and a half miles per minute and about 484 feet per second.
Waghorn wins the Schneider cup race on a Supermarine Rolls Royce craft, clocking 528.68 mph on the final lap with 332 mile per hour segments. Atcherley finishes second with 325.54 mph pace while Greig and Monti fight mechanical trouble on the second lap. British entrants complete the course safely as crowds applaud in Wales with Ramsay MacDonald aboard.
E W Hoffman teaches at the high school and moved into the Essie Benefiel property for the school period. Mr and Mrs Jarrell roam Thadd Pickett s. Sam Hathaway took a business trip to Brazil Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Elliott Adams visited Mr and Mrs C E Hill on Labor Day. Public can use the new bridge next Monday September 9. Harry Sutton and wife attended the State Fair Thursday. The M E church pastor plans a picnic dinner at Oak Park September 8. School books caused a stir last Friday and Saturday, costing quite a bit.
Hopes that the worst stages of the Arab Jew conflict in Palestine have passed after the Moslem Sabbath unrest. British machine gun posts at Jaffa and Damascus gates controlled worship without incident while Bedouin clashes at Kfar near Mount Tabor caused casualties. Rail and telephone lines are being restored as roundups continue to calm the country though tension remains high.
Indiana anti alchohol league leader Dr Edward Shumaker admits taking a tonic with 23 percent grain alcohol. He asks Battle Creek labs to remove alcohol but is told the tonic would lose potency. Shumaker, recently released from the state farm, says the alcohol makes him feel queer and takes a teaspoonful after meals.
Mrs Elliott Adams of Terre Haute and Mrs Ray Beaman of Brazil spent Wednesday with their mother Mrs C E Hill for her birthday. Thadd Pickett and family visited Mr and Mrs Wm Cook at Jordans Sunday. The children are enjoying school. William Trout visited Brazil Wednesday.
In Terre Haute Indiana on September 6 George Aiduks 48 was killed when a car was shot up at Fifth and Poplar streets. Harry Heller 46 injured. Suspect Joe Traum arrested for questioning. Aiduks had recently aided federal moonshine probes and faced impending grand jury action.
Mrs. Mary B. Wright and her daughter arrived home today after a vacation trip, reuniting with family and resuming daily routines.
More than eighty Brown family members and friends gathered on the third Sunday in August at Somerset Church for the 22nd reunion. The day featured a noon feast, readings, songs, and a program led by Robert Glidewell of Indianapolis and Daisy Davis. The secretary reported five marriages, four births, and two deaths since the last meeting, with plans to meet again in 1930.
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