Greencastle Boosters Give Away 1928 Chevrolet
A three month Boosters Contest by Greencastle Chamber of Commerce awards a fully equipped 1928 Chevrolet as the prize. Tickets are earned with purchases from local merchants. the winner will be drawn December 15 after a County Fair display week and sealed bids chose the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Helen Black
Beck Sales Company
Court House Yard
Stevens Drug Store
C. T. Southard
Hamilton
Todd and Sons
Wetz Grocery
J. H. Pitchford
Eitel Floral Co
J. F. Cannon & Co
Moore & Cook
Potter Shoe
Owl Drug
Star
W. C. Glascock
R. P. Mullins
Tresslars
J. Sudranski Co
Eitelforge
Ellis & Co
Sanitary
John Cook Hardware Co
Browning & Hammond
Will Conklin
Reliable Cleaner
Ideal Cleaner
8. C. Prevo Co
Wabash Valley Electric Co
Allan Lumber Co
True Hixon Co
High Point Oil Co
Weber Shoe Shop
Marshall Cement & Grain Co
Lueteke Bakery
Harris Milling Co
Frank Schoenman
Grogan & Miller
Local Hoosier 4-H Girls Win Trips to Chicago
Purdue university leaders Miss May Masten and Miss Neva Stephenson announced nine special trips for outstanding Hoosier 4-H Club girls at the Indiana state fair. The awards honor achievements in canning baking and clothing with trips to the 4-H Club congress at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Masten
Neva Stephenson
Purdue University
4 H Club Girls Win State Fair Exhibitor Awards
Awards given to girls from Jasper Selma Martinsville Freedom Indianapolis Manilla Crawfordsville and Greencastle for state fair exhibitor records project reports and 4 H participation. Five trips to the girl clothing queens went to Marion Fink Nondice Jackson Geneva Messier Leslie Smith Joenita Burd and Mary Alice Jay. Two baking honors awarded to Charlotte Oliver and Anthus Hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marion Fink
Jasper
Nondice Jackson
Selma
Geneva Messier
Martinsville
Leslie Smith
Freedom
Mary Alice Jay
Indianapolis
Joenita Burd
Manilla
Mary Davidson
Crawfordaville
Charlotte Oliver
Crawfordsville
Anthus Hunter
Greencastle
Virg il Grimes and Ida M Ate e Marry in Indianapolis
A telegram reports the marriage of Virgil Grimes and Ida M Atee at Meridian Street Methodist Church Indianapolis on Thursday afternoon officiated by Dr Virgil E Roher Grimes is the Republican nominee for Sheriff of Putnam County Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Grimes
Meridian Street Methodist Church
Indianapolis
Virgil E. Roher
Putnam County
Grimes and McAfee Reported Married in Indianapolis
Reports say Ida McAfee of Greencastle and former deputy sheriff and Republican nominee for Sheriff Mr Grimes wed in Indianapolis on Thursday. Marion County records list their Indianapolis addresses 3927 North Meridian and 1737 Roosevelt and confirmation was not found locally. Mrs McAfee is daughter of Mrs William Price and has worked for Greencastle Telephone Co. for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida McAfee
Greencastle Telephone Company
Indianapolis
Marion County
Grimes
North Meridian
McAtee
Roosevelt
East Seminary Street
McAfee
William Price
Greencastle
Picture of Miss Burris Adorns First Page of Star
Christine Burris daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Burris of Clovedale was named one of the best cooks in Indiana State Fair home economics classes and graced the first page of the Indianapolis Star. She joins five girls in the honor class and will return to the 1929 home economics program. Her father is famed as Purdue University’s first football captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Burris
J. B. Burris
Clovedale
Indiana
Indianapolis Star
Miss Burris
Purdue University
Confusion over Tax Ferret Appropriation Query
The county council appropriated 10000 for a tax ferret next year causing questions over funding. County Auditor W F Gill says the money comes from hidden taxes found by the ferret, not new taxes. The ferret’s ~30 percent cut is paid from a special fund. without appropriation no payment is allowed. A December tally shows 6892.98 hidden taxes collected and 1995.96 paid to the ferret, illustrating the pay-from-sequestered-taxes system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Gill
Gill
County General Fund
DePauw Grad Voices Views on China
Lieutenant David M. Shoup of Covington Indiana and a 1926 DePauw University graduate returns from eleven months in the Orient. He attributes China’s unstable government to poor educational correspondence and transportation, noting communications limits hinder news and events. Marines patrol the China sea coast to foster trade while Shoup recalls outrages by hungry soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
China
David M. Shoup
Covington
Shoup
United States Marine Corps
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Orient
America
Lindbergh
Paris
China Sea
Marine officer compares banditry in China to U S tactics
Shoup describes Chinese banditry forming bands to kidnap rich men for ransom and notes officials restrict modern mills to protect labor. He discusses natives who sail in Sanpan boats and work in fishing and transport. He, commissioned in June 1926, has visited most major U S cities and joined the eastern coast aircraft squadron in Quantico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoup
Canton
China
Sanpan
Quantico
Eastern Coast Aircraft Squadron
The
Marines
Florida
Vermont
Russellville Men Win in Livestock Contests
Indianapolis Sept 6. Smithson and Sutherlin of Russellville Indiana won top honors at the Indiana State Fair for the best junior boar pig and the champion boar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russellville
Indianapolis
Smithson and Sutherlin
Indiana
Marriage License Issued To Gill and Shoptaugh
Buford H. E. Gill a public account ant of Chicago wed Estella Shoptaugh at home in Greencastle. The license was issued as a marriage record in the local notices.
Otis R Matthews Wins First With Police Dog
Otis R Matthews owner of Certified Farms Putnamville has won first place on his trained police dog at the State Fair dog show. This year’s winner was Frost von Merelden, an aged police dog. Matthews has not shown the same dog in five years, entering a different dog each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis R. Matthews
Putnamville
Frost von Merelden
Mr. Matthews
New Fire Truck Arrival Scheduled for September 16
The city fire department will receive a new vehicle purchased from General Manufacturing Company of St. Louis around September 16. Fire Chief John Goddard said the truck, then in the paint shop in St. Louis, will boost Greencastle's firefighting equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Manufacturing Company of
St. Louis
John Goddard
Russellville Girl Wins First Prize at Indiana State Fair
Margaret Jean Bain 13 of Russellville took a blue ribbon for a canning display at the Indiana State Fair. Her eleven cans of fruit and vegetables earned the top prize this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Jean Bain
Russellville
Miss Bain
Bar on Weekday High School Basketball Proposed
Indiana board of education moves to enforce rules limiting contests by high school teams to weekends and holidays. The Indiana High School Athletic Association would prevent football and basketball games during school days and Friday dates that cause missed classes, except for sectional regional and final basketball tournaments. A state supervisor of high school athletics may be proposed to oversee compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
INS
State Board of Education
Indiana
Indiana High School Athletic Association
Miss Eunice Taylor Leaves Greencastle for New York
Miss Eunice Taylor daughter of Mr and Mrs E B Taylor of East Washington street left Greencastle Friday for New York to continue her study of interior decorating at Parsons. At the end of the fall term she will go to Paris France to study for a year.
Miss Eckardt Accepts Toronto Insurance Secretary Post
Miss Frances Eckardt daughter of Dr and Mrs L R Eckardt of East Washington Street and a DePauw 1928 graduate has been named secretary for the Metropolitan Insurance Company in Toronto Canada She plans to become acquainted with the University of Toronto with an eye to study there later her father is an alumnus of the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Eckardt
Canada
Frances Eckardt
L. R. Eckardt
East Washington Street
DePauw
Metropolitian Insurance Company
Toronto
University of Toronto
Methodist Church Sunday School Board Elects Officers
The Sunday school board of the Methodist Church held a monthly dinner Friday evening and elected officers for the coming year. Names include Superintendent William Blanchard and Secretary Miss Margaret Emily McGaughey, with several department heads listed and Home Department to be appointed later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Church
William — Blanchard
M. S. Heavenridge
R. A. Ogg
J. E. Sharp
E. R. Bartlett
Krehl
H. T. Ross
Cradle Rols
R. J. Gillespie
Missionary
Etta Adams
Temperance
H. B. Gough
Home Department
J. F. Sharp
F. P. Huestis
Margaret Emily McGaughey
Mrs Elizabeth Young Dies in Indianapolis at 71
Elizabeth Young 71 died at her daughter Nellie Brothers 2850 Station street Indianapolis after five months illness. Mother of Albert and Walter Young of Reelsville. Body to be taken from Indianapolis Sunday. services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Manhattan Church. Former Manhattan resident. husband Barzilla Young died in Manhattan in 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Young
Nellie Brothers
Station Street
Indianapolis
Albert
Walter Young
Reelsville
Manhattan
Barzilla Young
Russellville Couple to Wed in Franklin County
Glenn Nichols Belles, 23, a book keeper from Indianapolis, is to marry Florence Elizabeth Wilson, 22, also a book keeper from Russellville. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Milton Belles of Russellville and she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Tarney B Wilson of Russellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Nichols Belles
Indianapolis
Florence Elizabeth Wilson
Russellville
Mr. Belles
Milton Belles
Miss Wilson
Tarney B. Wilson
Dogs Kill Sheep Again Near Thad Jones Farm
Sheep near Thad Jones farm south of town were attacked by dogs Friday night. Four sheep were found dead Saturday morning with several more injured and several still missing, feared dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thad Jones
DePauw Freshmen Week Underscores Start Of Semester
DePauw University opens fall term with Freshman week starting Wednesday September 12. Freshmen must arrive for registration and orientation before upperclassmen. Activities include faculty conferences Thursday registration Friday exams and photos Friday lecture at Meharry Hall on library use. Upperclassmen and new upperclass entrants register Friday and Saturday. Dean William Blanchard leads freshmen week with a published booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DePauw University
Meharry Hall
Francis Tilden
William Blanchard
Freshman Enrollment Rise Anticipated at College
The issue outlines a full weekly program for students and notes many articles on college life, athletics, and social scenes. With many students applying for rooms and more Rector scholars, freshman enrollment is expected to exceed last year. Dr G Bromley Oxnam, new president, will chair the first faculty meeting set for Tuesday afternoon September 11 at the administration building, with all faculty to be on campus by then. Classes begin Monday September 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Bromley Oxnam
Dr. Oxnam
Stunt Plane to Fly Over County Fair
Will Irwin of Attica a transport pilot will display his new Waco plane at the County Fair next week from Tuesday through Saturday. He will offer passenger flights and stunt demonstrations with a landing field south of the city on the Manhattan road and another on the Busby farm. Irwin is an expert pilot and locals may view the fair from the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Irwin
Attica
Waco
Irwin
Manhattan
Busby
Death of William D. McAbee Prominent Indianapolis chemist
William D. McAbee 39 of 2312 North Pennsylvania Street died after a four and a half year illness. nephritis from arsene gas inhalation during a 1924 experiment. Born February 26 1889 in Greensburg he studied at Short Ridge High School Case Institute of Applied Science and was active in Masonic and Scottish Rite orders. He served as city and state health chemist and in World War I. Survivors include widow Helen Brown McAbee three children a brother and a sister. Funeral Monday at 2 30 PM with Scottish Rite and Oriental lodge ceremonies at Crown Hill cemetery. Indianapolis Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. McAbee
Pennsylvania Street
Mr. McAbee
Greencastle
Indianapolis
Indianpolis
Shortridge
Case School of Applied Science
Cleveland
Phi Delta Fraternity
McAbee
State Board of Health
Sarafah
Princes of Jerusalem
Oriental Lodge
Crown Hill Cemetery
Helen Brown McAbee
William
Marjorie
Kenneth
D. H. McAbee
Huguelit
N. Y
Elmer Pittinger
Desoto
Indianapolis Star
Belle Union Community Sale Moved to Sept 22
The Belle Union Community sale, delayed from the planned Saturday date, now locks in Saturday Sept 22. Ora Keller of Belle Union urges listing articles promptly so they can be advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Union
Herald
Ora Keller
Onc
Real Estate Transfers Ledger Highlights Local Transactions
Alonzo Baker and wife transfer 110 acres to Veil Stanley and wife in Marion township for 1 dollar. Auditor Putnam County transfers 7.5 acres to James Allee in Jefferson township for 37 dollars. Fred C. York and wife to Everett F. York and wife sell a Greencastle Eastern lot for 1 dollar. Rady Thomas and wife to Fred L. Clark and wife acquire land in Monroe township for 1 dollar. Elbert E. Storm to Myrtle A. Storm covers 70 acres in Marion two for 1 dollar. Mildred Allen and others to Parke Dunbar 55 acres in Greencastle two for 1 dollar. Fred O. Ford to William F. E. Lewis land in Cloverdale township for 1 dollar. Nancy F. E. Tague to Ralph G. Jeffries land in Clinton township for 1 dollar. Eliza M. Hurst and others to Geo B. Rockwell lot in Cloverdale for 1 dollar. Geo. B. Rockwell to Everett M. Hurst and wife lot in Cloverdale eastern division for 1 dollar. Roy Smith and wife to Cather O. McCullough lot in Greencastle near Edwin J. Peck’s onig for 1 dollar. Alfred McVay and wife to Margie Ruth McVay and others 1.35 acres in Floyd township for 1 dollar. Mary Belle Reeves to Mary & Athey 1 acre in Greencastle town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Baker
Veil Stanley
Marion Township
Putnam County
James Allee
Jefferson Township
Fred C. York
Everett F. York
Greencastle
Rady Thomas
Fred L. Clark
Monroe Township
Elbert E. Storm
Myrtle A. Storm
Marion Two
Mildred Allen
Parke Dunbar
Greencastle Two
Fred O. Ford
William FE. Lewis
Cloverdale Township
Nancy FE. Tague
Ralph G. Jeffries
Clinton Township
Eliza M. Hurst
Geo B. Rockwell
Cloverdale
Geo. B. Rockwell
Everett M. Hurst
Eastern Division
Roy ©. Smith
Cather O. McCullough
Edwin J. Peck
Property Transfers and Land Purchases in Putnam County
A series of land transfers and cemetery plots are recorded in Putnam County. Transactions include Laura A. Long to Richard S. Linville for 9 acres in Washington township at 1 dollar. Sheriff Putnam Co. to Edward Kelley and wife for 9 acres in Madison township at 269.35 dollars. multiple receiverships and large-acre parcels in Greencastle Clinton and Jefferson townships totaling thousands of dollars. Also noted are forest hill cemetery lots sold to Frank J. Cannon and John Hodshire, and various transfers among local residents and entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura A. Long
Richard S. Linville
Washington Township
Sheriff Putnam Co
Edward Kelley
Madison
Wallace S. Mereditte
Frank Kivett
Jefferson Township
J. S. Horton
Greencastle Township
Putnam County
Clinton Township
Forest Hill Cemetery Co
Frank J. Cannon
Forest Hill Cemetery
Raymond S. Fisher
Cecil Shuey
Greencastle
Melville B. Cox
William E. Lewis
William H. Walters
Jefferson Two
John, Hodshire
Charles H. Rector
Sallie Hirt
Benjamin P. King
Monon Ordered to Resume Trains in Northern Indiana
Citizens of Michigan City and Westville won a victory as the public service commission ordered the Monon Railroad to reinstate trains 9 and 14 between Michigan City and Medaryville. Service is to resume on Sept 15 with a window to submit a satisfactory schedule by Oct 15 to avoid undue costs.
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Indianapolis
Ind
INS
Michigan City
Westville
Public Service Commission
Monon Railroad
Medaryville
Monon
New Jersey Labor backs Alfred E. Smith for president
The New Jersey State Federation of Labor in Atlantic City passed a resolution endorsing Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York for the presidency and pledged New Jersey labor's support for his campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
INS
New Jersey State Federation of Labor
Alfred F. Smith
New York
New Jersey
Indiana Colleges Face Washington Survey Ratings
The Washington Department of Education rated four Indiana institutions as fully accredited Indiana University Purdue University Franklin College and Wabash College. Five others Butler DePauw Earlham Manchester and Notre Dame received temporary accreditation as fair for three years pending improvements. Normal schools at Terre Haute and Muncie earned full accreditation for teacher training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana University
Indiana
Department of Education
State of Washington
Purdue Univer‘sity
Franklin College
Wabash College
Washington State
University of Notre Dame
Terre Haute
Muncie
V. F. W. Display Oil Painting At County Fair
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will unveil the original oil painting "A Night Raid in Paris" at their booth in the industrial tent Thursday night at 8 o'clock. The piece was secured for County Fair crowds after considerable effort and expense and is urged to be viewed and appreciated by the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mrs Parker Dies in Muncie at 5 30 Friday
Mrs Elizabeth Jane Parker aged formerly of Greencastle died Friday afternoon at 5 30 at her grandson Raymond Parker s home in Muncie She left Greencastle about twenty five years ago Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at the Parker home in Muncie and the body was to be interred later provisional wording
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Jane Parker
Muncie
Greencastle
Raymond Parker
Parker
Interment Planned for Local Resident at Forest Hill Cemetery
The body will be brought to Greencastle Sunday afternoon for interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. A niece, Mrs. Frank Anderson, lives on Bloomington Street. The remains arrive via the Big Four Sunday morning at 8:2 o'clock and will be taken directly to Forest Hill Cemetery for short services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Forest Hill Cemetery
Frank Anderson
Bloomington Street
Big Four
Forest Jl Cemetery
Miss Shoptaugh Weds Buford Gill In Elegant Fall Ceremony
Estella Shoptaugh daughter of Mr and Mrs H F Shoptaugh 646 East Seminary Street married Buford H E Gill of Chicago son of Mr and Mrs Harry E Gill 608 East Anderson Street in a private 11 o'clock ceremony read by Prof Harry B Gough of DePauw University The couple hosted a wedding breakfast and left for a Michigan trip They will reside in Chicago after September 22 Gill a public accountant with Haskins and Sells and Shoptaugh taught at Spring Valley High School prior to marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estella Shoptaugh
H F. Shoptaugh
East Seminary Street
Buford H. E. Gill
Chicago
Harry E. Gill
East Anderson Street
Harry B. Gough
DePauw University
Beulah Gill
A. G. Brown
Grieg
Tresa del Riego
Evelyn Ayler
Bernard Myer
Miss Ayler
Lohrengrin
Lucile Young
Bonnie Moffett
Frances Rector
Mrs. Gill
Michigan
Greencastle
Greencastle High School
Delta Delta Delta
Spring Valley
Ill
Gill
University of Illinois
Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity
Caryle Latta
Dayton
Warren Hanson
Ray Orrandson
George Cox
Indianapolis
Donald Hogate
Detroit
Mich
Russell Cook
Danville
A. G. Lockeridge
Nellie
Roachdale
Cushman Hoke
Boston
Mass
A. G. Shoptaugh
Henry G. Shoptaugh
Louisville, Ky
Davis Stigler Nuptials at Brazil
Miss Jane Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel H Davis wed Worth Stigler son of Mr and Mrs West Stigler at First Presbyterian Brazil. Ring bearer Junior Pollom pages Samuel Davis and Daniel Taylor. Best man Roy Stigler. Couple to live in Jonesboro Arkansas. Bride teaches English at Brazil High School. Out of town guests Mr and Mrs John Allee of GreenCastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Davis
Daniel H. Davis
Worth Stigler
West Stigler
Brazil
First Presbyterian Church
Junior Pollom
Samuel Davis
Daniel Taylor
Indianapolis
Theodore Andrews
Jack Lenhart
Roy Stigler
South Bend
Jonesboro
Ark
Brazil High School
DePauw University
Sigma Chi
Chicago University
Loyola Medical College
Chicago
Kappa Kappa Gamma
John Allee
Greencaste
County Treasurer Attends Coatesville Funeral
Alva Lisby county treasurer attended the funeral of Mrs. Luther Chandler of Coatesville on Friday morning. Mrs. Chandler was an aunt of Mr. Lisby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Lisby
Luther Chandler
Coatesville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chevrolet
Ida M’atee
Depauw Grad
Public Accountant
Miss Eunice Taylor
M. E. Board Names Officers
W. D. M’abee
Smith
Nats. Survey
Miss Shoptaugh
Buford Gill
Davis-Stigler
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