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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1929
Page
1
A cobbled column mix recalls a golf round lost twelve balls at a fair as a couple joke about airplanes over Bridges Farm and the depot trains in bygone days. A Miss Mary Riley of Herald wins prizes in sewing while a dresser scarf fails for being too large for a towel.
Otis Matthews of Putnamville who judged the figures and competed in the horse show at the county fair sustained multiple severe bruises after being kicked by a horse. He recovered enough to ride again later, as the horse owned by Miss Mona McAllister of Greencastle bucked him during the event.
Judge James P. Hughes of the Putnam Circuit court will be the keynote speaker at the state crime conference to be held in the state house October 1 and 12. Governor Harry G. Leslie calls the event to foster cooperation among judges sheriffs prosecutors and other law enforcement officers. The conference will include state officers heads of penal institutions and school officials along with newspapermen and citizens. Mrs Gertrude Evans of Denver is visiting her sisters in town.
William H. Ashby, 72, lifelong Montgomery county resident, died Saturday at his Ladoga home from heart trouble and old age infirmities. Born March 30, 1845 in Parkersburg, he was a Presbyterian elder and active church worker, member of the K of P lodge. Surviving: widow Elizabeth Fordice. three sons J. P. Ashby of Indianapolis, Howard Ashby of Roachdale, Chester Ashby of home. daughter Mrs. Carl Smith. three grandchildren. sister Mrs. James Foster of Ladowa. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, Rev. V. D. Ragan officiating.
Everett Williams and Roxie Cash escaped serious injury when Williams driving a new Ford roadster ran off the Stilesville road at Cross Roads school east of Greencastle and caught fire. Williams pulled Cash free and saved her pocketbook with a large sum of money as flames and a ruptured motor block engulfed the vehicle.
Paul Calvin Berry aged 22 a carpenter of Ellettsville and Garland Vance Rice aged 18 of Greencastle obtained a marriage license at home.
A week long air tour from Hoosier airport will feature about thirty aircraft from Indiana Ohio and Michigan. Stops include twenty cities with varied routes to maximize community exposure and a final landing at Capital airport. Stunt pilot Lund performs upside down and loop exhibitions throughout the tour.
Bernard Sturgis of Butler Indiana who placed second in a national Edison contest has enrolled at DePauw University. He carried a four year scholarship at MIT and plans to use it after leaving DePauw where he is a Reetor scholar.
The forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with likely showers in the northern portion. Temperatures are expected to remain steady with little change.
Mrs Lucy Rowland Rector and her daughter Mary Rowland returned to Chicago after a weekend visit on the DePauw campus. Mrs Rector’s late husband Edward Rector founded the Rector Scholarship Foundation at DePauw. They attended the first chapel held there.
A Pontiac driven by David Braden and a Ford car carrying August Rankin and Jack Slide collided on the east side of the West Walnut street bridge over the old Big Four railroad. No injuries were reported. Sheriff Eitelforge and Deputy Bryan investigated. no arrests made. Rankin, formerly of Green Castle, was among those involved.
The Eastern Star lodge will present Beads on a String a three act comedy on September 26 and 27 at the high school auditorium under Miss Edna Hillis direction. Cast members come from the Eastern Star and Masonic lodge with rehearsals already underway.
Three local boys have been pledged to fraternities at Purdue University in the rush season which has just ended. R. S. McGauhey of Bainbridge joined Delta Chi, O. G. Webb of Greencastle joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Maurice Knoy of Cloverdale joined Phi Delta Theta.
Principal Frank N. Jones reports 545 students enrolled at the local high school. Senior and junior classes each total 85 students, sophomores 84, and freshmen 89, outlining the class distribution for the year.
Twenty years ago in Greencastle the tax levy stood at one cent on the one hundred dollars. A general store owned by Enos Wood and F M Lyon would fill the former Hirt shoe store space. Henry Ostrom is building a new home at Arlington and Anderson streets. The foundation for the St Paul Baptist Church colored began at Howard and Crown streets.
The Indianapolis Flamingo monoplane began its long pursuit of the world sustained-flight record, lifting off September 14 and reaching 56 hours aloft by 8 a.m. It refueled over Hoosier airport as Lieutenants Walter Peck and Laurence Genaro logged miles and sent messages by light weight cans. The crew used the airplanes 85 gallon tank as a sleeping and storage area while spectators watched over Indianapolis.
Dr W Henry McLean a DePauw University associate and Boston Theological School graduate is a top candidate to lead the First Methodist church in Bloomington succeeding Dr Clarence Flynn who resigns for California. Indiana conference will confer on pastoral appointments at Rushville this week. McLean, a Paris NL native and former DePauw assistant to the president, is said to be in Cincinnati ministry at present. He last attended DePauw in 1920.
Prof. VanDenman Thompson of DePauw University music faculty has finished two anthems and three organ numbers. The pieces, titled Breathe on me Breath of God Father of our Mercies Scherzo March Petite and Capriccio, are with publisher H W Gray of New York. This brings his total original compositions to over thirty, with organ and piano work dominating.
The sixth annual Putnam County Fair ended Saturday afternoon after judging Horse Show entries. Winners in multiple departments were announced with checks ready for those not yet collected. Concessions stayed open late as cleanup began on Sunday and prizes were awarded to Horse Show victors including Boyd & Grimes and Leonard Heavins among others.
Ezra Williamson age 10 of Cunot near Cloverdale died Saturday afternoon in a hunting accident. He tripped while squirrel hunting with neighbor Ray Hamblin and discharged a small caliber rifle into his brain, killing him instantly. Coroner Frank Reed conducted the inquest and a verdict of accidental death was returned. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 11 in the Church of Christ, Cloverdale, with Rev. T. J. Nixon.
The jury commissioners selected grand and petit jurors for the fall term of Putnam Circuit Court which starts next Monday. Grand jurors include Frank Jones Greencastle township Joseph Pierson Floyd township Louis Neier Cloverdale township L D Snider Greencastle township Elmer McCommack Jefferson township John D Case Jackson township. Petit jurors listed are Hershel Rogers Warren township Leslie Frank Clinton township Edgar Job Washington township Ivan Ruark Madison township Harry Collins Greencastle township Frank W Lane Monroe township Otho Smythe Cloverdale township Joseph B Rooker Jackson township Edgar Hurst Jefferson township Alfred A Cooper Warren township George Walker Cloverdale township Ross Furney Washington township.
Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude Harris 45 wife of Thomas Harris Bainbridge were held Monday at 1 30 pm at the home. She died Saturday morning from grief over the recent death of her only child Dorothy. Survived by her husband.
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