Local social notes from Martinsville area events
Dr. C. F. Overstreet returns from east trip while G W Crawley of Crown street is bedridden. Dr. and Mrs. Hutcheson expect return from abroad next Tuesday. Mrs. Bertha Tucker Mehaffey of Chicago visits her mother on Vine street. Grace Browning visits Indianapolis on business. Local residents attend County Fair and express thanks for flowers. Melody Way Instruction meeting set at Music Annex. Paul Collett spends weekend in Detroit. Albert J Beveridge Jr enrolls at DePauw and joins Delta Epsilon. Elizabeth Stoner weekend with parents on south Indiana street. W E Gill and wife attend Baptist Association in Jacksonville with son Carlyle. Amanda Browning returns to Muncie to Ball Teachers College. Mrs. Charles Goodbar returns to Greencastle as house mother at Delta Epsilon. Stanley Byrum and wife return from east wedding trip and stay with F E Shireman, later to occupy Browdues property at Sycamore and Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Browning
Muncie
George Browning
East Walnut Street
Ball Teachers College
Stanley Byrum
FE. C. Shireman
Browdues
Sycamore and
Jackson Streets
Martinsville
Grace Heads Carpenters Presidency in Indiana
J E Grace of Hammond was elected President of the Indiana Council of Carpenters at the close of the 17th annual meeting. Howard Oagley of Cleveland underwent an operation at County Hospital after injuries from a recent automobile accident on the National Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
J. E. Grace
Hammond
Indiana Council of Carpenters
Howard Oagley
Cleveland
Mumford
Indianapolis
Two Girls Drown in Ravenswood River Tragedy
In Ravenswood Indiana two young sisters Mary Lou Barker aged three and Gladys May Fryberger aged four drowned after likely falling from a high wall into the White River. Neighbors heard a scream but misinterpreted it as play. Mary Lou body recovered quickly. Gladys remained missing for hours before recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
INS
Ravenswood
Littl
White River
Mary Lou Barker
George Barker
Gladys May Fryberger
Chester Fryberger
Barkers
Frybergers
Mary Lou
Gladys May
Pet Parade Awards Made at County Fair
The County Fair pet parade drew a large crowd as children in clever costumes competed for prizes. Nine awards were given for categories such as Largest Pet Horse and Ugliest Pet Featherless Chicken with winners named. Automobiles collided on the National Road near Mt Meridian, injuring two women. Hornbeck's Ford Tudor was demolished and a Chrysler sustained damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Houck
Ernest Stoner
C. RB. O'Brien
George Humephrey
Anna Louise Moore
Sarah Frances McCurry
Ruth Fuller
Mary Ellen
Pauline Johnson
Maynard Johnson
Mary Jean Calvert
T. C. Calvert
Dorothy Ann Conrad
C.T. Hornbeck
Kansas City
Livestock Show Results Highlight Irwin & Sons Hold Court
The record lists champions across breeds with Robert Irwin & Sons securing multiple top awards in bulls and cows. Handy Dairy, P. M. LaFlower, and Indiana State Farm also claim titles, with production class premiums dominated by Irwin & Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Farm
Indiana State Farm, Jr. Sr
Robert Irwin & Sons
Handy Dairy Company
Greencastle Girl Enters National Canning Contest
Mildred Firestone of Greencastle enters the National Canning Contest in Chicago. The Sears Roebuck Foundation offers prizes totaling 5825 with a 1250 grand prize. Entrants may submit in one two or all three divisions using standard quart Talwinston jars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Firestone
Greencastle
Chicago
Rome
United Stes
Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation
U. S. Department of Agriculture
S. Homan Ave
Gangster Shot in Terre Haute After Alley Gunfight
Joe Cole, 31, alleged Chicago gangster, was hospitalized with abdomen and leg wounds after a downtown alley gunfight in Terre Haute. Police link the attack to the earlier killing of George Aiduks, 55, in a gang related shooting two weeks prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Joe Cole
Chicago
Union Hospital
Cole
George Aiduks
Bucknell Bucknell Mathewson Kin Quits Alma Mater
Grace Mathewson eighteen year old Bucknell co ed and niece of the late Christy Mathewson will not return to Bucknell College at Lewisburg. Grace plans to enter Syracuse University as a junior to study English teaching. Christy Mathewson and his family ties to Bucknell are noted with mixed sentiment amid a dispute with Dean Clark over housing. Grace is the first Mathewson to enter an alien institution of learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christy Mathewson
Bucknell College
Grace Mathewson
Bucknell
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Lewisburg
Syracuse University
New York State
A Mathewson
Christy
Sam
Dean Clark
Grace
Girls 4-H Team Wins Purdue Round-Up Trip
A two girl team won the demonstration work contest and four girls from Greencastle and Putnam County will represent the county at the Purdue Round-Up next spring after the 4-H Chup demonstration and judging contests in Greencastle. Elizabeth McClure led the sewing contest with 760 points, followed by Blanche Bachert 725, and Ruby Moore and Billie McClure tied for third with 700. They earned a Purdue trip sponsored by J C Penney Store. Additional contestants included Georgia Evans and others from Warren, Greencastle, Washington and Russell townships. Demonstration winners earned 5 prize dollars, with second place getting 2.50. The county aims to uphold its strong 4-H record at Purdue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Purdue
Elizabeth McClure
Warren Township
Blanche Bachett
Ruby Moore
Billie McClure
Mise McC
Georgia Evans
Mary Louise Talbott
Marcella Myers
Eleanor Green
Marcella Tabor
Washington Township
Margaret Webster
Dona Roe Black
Jean Bain
Russell Township
Charlotte Etter
Meredith Reeves
Lorene Hutcheson
Tressa Brann
Harry Stevenson
Bloomington
Fair Board
Putnam County
Two Men Dead in Boston and Maine Train Wreck Near Andover
A headon collision between a 95 car freight train and two light locomotives on the Boston and Maine line near Andover left two men dead. Engineers Frank Kirkwood and Fireman John T. Langevin perished. Three others were seriously injured and hospitalized including the freight train crew and a bakeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andover
Mass
Boston and
Maine
Here
Frank Kirkwood
John T. Langevin
Society notes highlight weddings and gatherings across Indiana
Catherine Bray and C Lowell Grisso announce their marriage amid St Louis and Warsaw ties with plans to reside in Indianapolis at 1512 North Pennsylvania Street. Dr C Howard Taylor family wintering in Greencastle mark a 63rd anniversary. Modern Priscilla club and D A R events in Crawfordsville feature local leaders and guests with luncheons and tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kutlert
DePauw
Catherine Bray
J. S. Bray
St. Louis
C. Lowell Grisso
C. C. Grisso
Warsaw
Indianapolis
North
Pennsylvania Street
Butler University
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Grisso
DePauw University
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Indiana Air Tour Eyes Safe Transport Across State
Indianapolis Sept 15 Air travel is a key transport method says H C Brooks head of the Indiana Aircraft Trade Association Air Tour Committee The first all Indiana air tour runs Sept 16 to 21 visiting twenty cities including Greencastle It outlines Commerce Department licensing standards for planes and pilots and stresses safety inspections and proper markings for passenger aircraft The piece notes Brooks also serves as secretary treasurer of the Hoosier Airport at Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
H. C. Brooks
Indiana Aircraft Trade Association
Commerce Department
Department of Commerce
Brooks
Hoosier
State Auto Association enters ship in tour
The Hoosier State Automobile Association enters a dark blue mono coach ship with yellow wings in the Indiana Tour September 16 to 21. The craft, built at Moline Illinois, won second in the Cleveland Air Derby from Philadelphia to Cleveland via Boston Albany Syracuse and Buffalo. Piloted by Ike Stewart, it will be crewed by R W Bruene of Indianapolis and Harold Van Orman of Evansville with Bruene as state representative and Van Orman as contract director at Evansville’s Air Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hoosier State Automobile Association
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Boston
Albany
Syracuse
Buffalo
Moline
Ike Stewart
Embry Riddle Company
Cincinnati
M. E. Noblet
Association
R. W. Bruene
Harold van Orman
Evansville
Bruene
van Orman
Auto Club of
Indianapolis Presbytery Meeting Set for September Sessions
The fall meeting of the Indianapolis Presbytery will convene Monday and Tuesday September 16 and 17 at Irvington Presbyterian Church. Prof E R Bartlett of DePauw University will open with Teaching of Ideals. A Christian Education conference, lessons by Mabel I Guttery and C M Brotson, and talks by Dr John Adam Barber and Rev Robert J McLandress follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbytery of
Indianapolis
Irvington Presbyterian Church
E. R. Bartlett
Department of Religious Education
DePauw University
John Adam Barber
Lane Theological Seminary
Cincinnati
Robert J. McLandress
Synod of Indiana
Mabel I Guttery
C. M. Brotson
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THE
First National Bank
Putnam Co
Citizens Trust Company
Systematic Saver
Dr. C. F. Overstreet
G. W. Crawley
Crown Street
W. R. Hutcheson
Bertha Tucker Mehaffey
W. W. Tucker
Vine Street
Grace Browning
Old Gold Gift Soup
Will Burgess
Claiae Hampton
New Market
Mike Reising
Section Four
Christian Church
Paul Collett
Midwest Crushed Stone Co
Detroit
Albert J. Beveridge Jr
Albert J. Beveridge
DePeuw
Delta Epsilon Fraternity
Elizabeth Stoner
Rensselaer Schools
Lycurgus Stoner
Indiana Street
W. E. Gill
Anderson Street
Jacksonville
Ill
Baptist Association
Carlyle Gill
Charles Goodbar
Crawfordsville
PET Parade
Morris McGaughey
C.J. Arnold
C. J. Arno
Ray Vaughn
C. J. Arnold
Guernseys
Handy Dairy
P. M
P. M. LaFlower
Emory Keller
Putnam
First Tire Co., Inc
Franklin Street
Clifford Cline
D. C. Stimson Lumber Co
Owensboro
Putnam Clicuit
Robert L. Conner
Roachdale
Buckeye Incubator Company
Fred B. Clearwaters of
Cloverdale
Mathewson Kin
Court House
Indiana Loan Co
Wash
St. Thone
East Seminary
East Seminary Street
Bee N
East
Washington Street
A. A. Hauck
Dunbar Corp
Lazelle
Columbus
Ohio
Martha Ferrand
Arthur Nicholas
Ladoga
Arald
Fincastle
R. J. Eva C. Williams
Country Club
Harley Edwards
Gosport
C. Howard Taylor
A. Y. Taylor
Rogers
Mr. Campbell
Hom
Shreya
Priscilla
Priscilla Club
Harry Moore
South Indiana Street
Doasa Aliong
Dorothy Q
Yuneke
L. D. Snider
da Pier
Eugene Hawkins
Mayme Shearer
Jane Farmer
Grace Farrow
Elizabeth Ames
Lenora Alspaugh
Washburn
Ton Yuncker
Indiana
Dd. A. R
Lew Walla
Goveror Lane
State Auto Association
Indiana Synod
Logansport
General Assembly
Lewis A. Kelly
Fedinburg
Victor Raphael
the Herald
Star & Demers
Postofics
Charles J. Arnold
GeRoy Yee
Roy Evans
Exer Quator
South Jacksetreet
Mal
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