Cement company moves executive offices from Greencastle to Indianapolis
The Indiana Portland Cement Co. relocates its executive offices from Greencastle to the State Life building in Indianapolis. Marshall Beck and several staff, including Lucile Torr Mildred Hollingworth Warren Smith and L W Rector, will move. Ross Runyan will join at the Limedale plant. The change follows local indifference to the Greencastle offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Portland Cement Co
First National Bank
Greencastle
Indianapolis
State Life
Marshall Beck
Cement Company
Cement Co
Lucile Torr
Mildred Hollingworth
Warren Smith
L. W. Rector
B. B . Williams
Ross Runyan
Limedale
Cars Collide at Hanna Cross Roads
A Dodge Touring driven by a Murdock Illinois man carrying his wife, twin babies and mother-in-law, collided with a Buick Roadster from Nebraska at Hanna Cross Roads nine miles north of town. The Dodge veered after impact and narrowly avoided a filling station, striking a small child. The Buick continued to Indianapolis. The Dodge suffered a splintered rear wheel and bent axle. L C Priest transported the family home from Bainbridge. The car was left at the station and owner retrieved it Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdock
Illinois
Nebraska
Hanna Cross Roads
Chick” Stultz
Stultz
Indianapolis
Dodge
L. C. Priest
Priest
Bainbridge
Modern Health Crusade Teaches Kids Health Habits Statewide
The National Tuberculosis Association reports over 6,000,000 children enrolled in the Modern Health Crusade nationwide with Indiana enrolling 127,682 in 1922. Putnam County adopts the program in its schools, rewarding daily health chores to advance through ranks from squire to knight. Banker William G. Irwin offers a silver cup to the county with the highest enrollment rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Tuberculosis Association of
New York City
Indiana
Putnam County
Putnam County Tuberculosis Association
Wm. G. Irwin
Columbus
Miss Walker
Modern Health Crusade
National Tubercal Association
Modern Health Crusade Aims Tuberculosis Prevention
The program seeks to boost physical resistance in children to fight tubercle bacilli. About 6,000,000 children participate nationwide learning health habits. Authorities say most under sixteen show infection though not disease, and many under twenty-one carry tubercle bacilli, with health chores helping children grow strong to prevent illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County Tuberculosis Association
Pledges of Fraternities Announced at DePauw
DePauw announces freshman pledges from multiple fraternities including Phi Gamma Delta Delta Tau Delta Sigma Nu and others. Names span cities such as Evansville Indianapolis Muncie Noblesville and Terre Haute with several students from Indiana towns and Illinois and Iowa addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi Gamma Delta
Norman Lukens
Evansville
Leslie Sniff
Tere Haute
Wm. Ponge
Monpelier
Burle Ely
Indianapolis
Merrill McFall
Connersville
Robert Bullard
J. Petersburg
Kia
Ray Gould
Merthampton
Mags
Edmund Tucker
Robert Tooman
Muncie
Walter Martin
Jeru
Ray Swanson
South Bend
Clayton Hughes
Vincennes
Local Names List Highlights Des Moines Area Figures
A compiled roster lists Addison Dowling Indianapolis Holden Smith Chadron Nbr Roy McCann Terre Haute Louis Essex Columbus James Rubush Edinburgh Frank Williamson Sweetser Arthur Bestek Cleveland Gordon Murray Hagerstown James Stephan Columbus Fred Totten Fairland Carl Wooden Hope DeMotte Fiske Niles Archie Allen Greencastle Sigma Chi John Fraley Rochester Ropert Crouch Fortville Park Bryan Greencastle Norman Jackson Liberty Arthur Carr Shelbyville Muriel Boyd Stilesville Wm Ferrish Noblesville George Wheeler Noblesville Francis Finch Hillsboro John Ward Evansville Tom Kimberlin Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison Dowling
Indianapolis
Holden Smith
Chadron
Nebr
Delta Sigma Psi Wm
Ripley
Cambridge
Mass
Roy McCann
Terre Haute
Louis Essex
Columbus
James Rubush
Edinburgh
Frank Williamson
Sweetser
Arthur Bestek
Cleveland
Ohio
Gordon Murray
Hagerstown
James Stephan
Fred Totten
Fairland
Carl Wooden
Hope
DeMotte Fiske
Niles
Mich
Archie Allen
Greencastle
Sigma Chi
John Fraley
Rochester
Ropert Crouch
Fortville
Park Bryan
Norman Jackson
Liberty
Arthur Carr
Shelbyville
Muriel Boyd
Stilesville
Wm. Ferrish
Noblesville
George Wheeler
Francis Finch
Hillsboro
John Ward
Evansvile
Tom Kimberlin
Successful Applicants For Teachers Licenses Named
County Superintendent John Ver million announced the August Teacher's Examination winners. The list includes Mary Stark Harold Knoy Bert Clark Paul Ellis Russell Newgent Freda Ellis Clarence Keller Mae Neier Marguerite Pope Clairena Rector Odessa Hodshire Eva Harbison Frank Andrew Johnson Walter W Keller Mamie Hollingsworth Garrett Leverton James Burk Donald Reel Roy Jones Orville Blue Ida Steel Myra Parks Clark Wilson Hobart Dunkin Lydia Greenlea Virgil Neier Verne C Freeman L L White Fred Harris Mrs D H Hostetter Helen Lewis L E Lewis Frank Barnes Ralph H Phillips Athol Bridges Clara Hoppingarner John G Segelken Ralph Stark Harold McCammack Mary Burks Donnie McCoy Lawrence Wright Eston Cooper Grover Clements Lena Fox Glen Skelton Ruth Cunningham Anna Jones R B McCullough Lora Buis Edward Baldwin Mary Ethel McCullough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Vermillion
Mary Stark
Harold Knoy
Bert Clark
Paul Ellis
Russell Newgent
Freda Ellis
Clarence Keller
Mae Neier
Marguerite Pope
Clairena Rector
Odessa Hodshire
Eva Harbison
Frank Andrew Johnson
Walter W. Keller
Mamie Hollingsworth
Garrett Leverton
James Burk
Donald Reel
Roy Jones
Orville Blue
Ida Steel
Myra Parks
Clark Wilson
Hobart Dunkin
Lydia Greenlea
Virgil Neier
Verne C. Freeman
L. L. White
Fred Harris
D. H. Hostetter
Helen Lewis
L. E. Lewis
Frank Barnes
Ralph H. Phillips
Athol Bridges
Clara Hoppingarner
John G. Segelken
Ralph Stark
Harold McCammack
Mary Burks
Donnie McCoy
Lawrence Wright
Eston Cooper
Grover Clements
Lena Fox
Glen Skelton
Ruth Cunningham
Anna Jones
McCullough
Lora Buis
Edward Baldwin
Mary Ethel McCullough
City School Enrollment Reaches 1274 Pupils
A tabulated report by Superintendent B W Kelly shows three ward schools and Maple Heights in Fox Ridge totaling about 900 pupils with the High School at 374 and the city total at 1274. The crowded conditions at week’s start were eased by class arrangements and teachers moving to departmental work. The report lists each grade and teacher across Mary Emma Jones Building Second Ward and Maple Heights School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Kelly
Maple Heights
Fox Ridge
Kelly
Mary Emma Jones
Etta Adams
Minnie Bartley
Ola B. Cherry
Goldie Newgem
Lela Pickett
Flosie Runyan
School enrollment figures by ward and building
The Mary Emma Jones School shows 227 students, Second Ward 182, Martha J. Ridpath Building 232, Maple Heights School 44, and the Departmental school 215. Teachers listed include Oscar Thomas and Hattie R. Knight with English and geography, Nellie F. Strattor in arithmetic, and Emma P Vaughan in English and Common Geography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Thomas
Hattie R. Knight
Emma P
Vaughan
Nellie F. Strattor
Mary Emma Jones
Second Ward
Martha J. Ridpath
Maple Heights
Wamsley Family Holds Its First Reunion
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. David L. Scroggins two miles south of Putnamville the Wamsley family held its first annual reunion. Dinner on the lawn drew many relatives from Putnamville Monon and Indianapolis plus guests. The next gathering will be in Indianapolis at Riverside Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Scroggins
Putnamville
Wamsley
George Catlin
Monon
Ind
Stanley Tull
Indiana
John York
Oklahoma City
Okla
Willard Wamsley
Charles Wamsley
Walter Wamsley
Allen Wamsley
Clarence Wamsley
Frank Wamsley
Ralph
Herbert Wamsley
Myrtle Wamsley
Gertrude Wamsley
O. A. Wamsley
Indianapolis
Chester Garner
Raccoon
David Scroggins, Jr
Riverside Park
Miss Blanche Fry Weds Herald Brown in Greencastle
Miss Blanche Fry daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Fry of Putnamville married Herald Brown of Greencastle on Sunday September 9 at the Christian Church parsonage. Rev Levi Marshall officiated. The couple then dined with the Fry family and will reside in Greencastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Fry
Arthur Fry
Putnamville
Herald Brown
Greencastle
Christian Church Parsonage
Levi Marshall
Ralston Not a Candidate Says Shospys Taggart
Washington dispatch reports former Senator Thomas Taggart, after a Washington visit, says Indiana Senator Ralston is not seeking the presidency. Taggart notes Ralston shows no ambition and has not encouraged a nomination, though his name arises in Democratic talks nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralston
Shospys Taggart
Washington
Thomas Taggart
Hyannisport
Mass
Taggart
United States Senate
Indiana
Boy Hit by Taxi Sustains Broken Legs
Maynard Hudson age 6 son of Mr and Mrs Frank Hudson living on North Jackson street road was struck by taxi driver Roscoe Hardwick near 3 30 pm Thursday while returning home from school with a companion. Both legs broken between knee and hip as gravel wagon and other taxis moved nearby with wearers of the accident scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Hudson
Frank Hudson
North Jackson Street
Monon Railroad
Roscoe Hardwick
Ared Shaw
North Jackson Street Road
Hudson
Mike Kelley
Cecil Plummer
Tragic Pedestrian Accident In Front Of Shaw Home
A 3 41 p m collision occurred when a gravel wagon passed a group of boys who darted across the road. Hardwick’s car veered into a ditch as the boy was struck, later hospitalized after being carried inside the Shaw residence. Plummer alerted Hardwick and both returned to the scene. The boy’s father works at the cement plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plummer
Hardwick
Rockville Misses Summer Circus Tradition
The Rockville edition notes the town has not hosted a circus this summer, contrasting with Greencastle which had one last week, and comments on Rockville’s long gap since such events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockvile Tribune
Clinton
Greencastle
Rockville
Betas Announce Freshman Pledges at DePauw
The Beta Theta Pi fraternity at DePauw lists freshmen pledges including G. Wellington Scott of St. Clair Michigan H Knox Glick from Kentland Frank T May of Kentland D O Day Page of Martinsville Richard Bunch of Indianapolis D Valerie Sorrels of Kentland Harris A Farland of Chicago James Bowen Lynn Wim Smock Richter Castle Union City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Theta Pi
DePauw
G. Wellington Scott
St. Clair
Mich
H. Knox Glick
Kentland
Frank T. May
D. O'Day Page
Martinsville
Richard Bunch
Indianapolis
D. Valerie Sorrels
Harris A
Farland
Chicago
Ills
James Bowen
Lynn
Wim. Smock
Richter Castle
Union City
Obituary of Mary Josephine Vanlandingham widow of Moses Vanlandingham
Mary Josephine Vanlandingham born August 8 1867 in Putnam County died August 29 1923 aged 56 years 21 days. Widow of Moses Vanlandingham married June 18 1891 he died April 9 1918. Survived by two sisters Minnie Vanlandingham Greencastle and Mrs George Kane Indianapolis and by three children Davie Hazel and Lizzie Taylor Limedale with three grandchildren. A loving mother and caretaker to her children and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Josephine Vanlandingham
Moses Vanlangdingham
David and
Elizabeth Douglass
Putnam County
Passey
Minnie Vanlangingham
Greencastle
George Kane
Indianapolis
Moses VanLandingham
Davie Vanlandingham
Hazel Vanlandingham
Lizzie Taylor
Limedale
Card of Thanks for Mary Vanlanding ham
We express gratitude to friends relatives and neighbors for kindness sympathy and flowers during the illness and death of our mother Mary Josephine Vanlanding ham The pall bearers minister Rev Marshall singers and undertaker Mr McCurry are named The children Davie Vanlandingham Lizzie Taylor Hazel Vanlandingham
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Josephine Vanlandingham
Marshall
McCurry
Davie Vanlandingham
Lizzie Taylor
Hazel Vanlandingham
Grand jury to investigate Dollings case in Indiana
Indiana. Governor McCray received a report from Attorney General U S Lesh recommending a grand jury probe into the Indiana operations of the R L Dollings Company and related concerns. The attorney general says Indiana laws may have been violated in the Dollings transactions. The public release is pending while officials anticipate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
R. L. Dollings Company
McCray
U. S. Lesh
Lesh
Hoosier
Indiana probes stir Dollings operations in state
Special investigators spent weeks probing the Dollings network. Harold Taylor says the Indiana units acted as puppets under Ohio control and that audits showed good faith despite Ohio's heavy debts to Indiana subsidiaries. He notes Attorney General Lesh urged a grand jury inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estate Legal Department
Harold Taylor
Bert McBride
R. L. Collings Company
Indiana
Susidiary
Lesh
Willard Firpo Fight Delights New York Radio Fans
Radio listeners in New York City enjoyed a vivid broadcast of the Willard Firpo championship bout. The Central Broadcasting Station provided blow by blow coverage from ringside with round by round commentary and crowd sounds transmitted to listeners downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freencastle
New York City
Central Broadcasting Station
DePauw Professor to Speak at Sunday School Convention
Prof Edward Randolph Bartlett head of Religious Education at DePauw will deliver two talks at the Montgomery County Sunday School Convention at Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church on September 20 and 21. He will address Organizing the Community for Religious Education and The Challenge of the Open Gates with a final talk at the young people's session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Randolph Bartlett
Department of Religious Education
DePauw
Montgomery County
Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church
Bartlett
Chenoweth Party Returns From 10000 Mile Auto Trip
Mr and Mrs A R Chenoweth and two daughters with Truman McCamack and Mrs H A Sherrill and daughter Geraldine conclude a 9960 mile western Canadian journey. They began July 28 from Greencastle via Calgary Alberta Banff Kootenay Parks and visited Idaho Oregon Washington California Arizona New Mexico Colorado Missouri and Illinois. A minor Springfield collision bent a fender and axle but no serious damage. Mrs Sherrill left Colorado due to her mother's illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Chenoweth
You Ang
Truman McCammack
H. A. Sherrill
Geraldine
West
Canada
Greencastle
Calgary
Alberta
British Columbia
Yellowstone Park
Idaho
Oregon
State of Washington
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana Air
Baniss and
Kootenay Parks
Baniss
Springfield
Chenoweth
Maxwell
Sherrill
Brazil Architect dies suddenly in apoplexy
Brazil Ind Sep 14 Mace Millan Houston Johnson 26 an architect with offices in Terre Haute died early Wednesday of apoplexy after heart trouble. Funeral at his father's Brazil home at 2:30 Friday with burial in Brazil. Ex DePauw and MIT student and Sigma Chi member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ind
Mace Millan Houston Johnson
Terre Haute
Johnson
DePauw University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology At
Boston
Sigma Chi
Giant still and equipment seized by sheriff in Floyd County raid
A 150 gallon still, 23 mash barrels, about 100 gallons of liquor, a Studebaker Special 6, and other distillation gear were seized on the old Pickett farm now owned by T. S. Snedegar in Floyd Township. William Abbott was arrested after officers halted two men at the farmhouse. Snedegar and his son face warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studebaker
William Abbott
Leslie Sears
Old Pickett Farm
T. S. Snedegar
Greenwood
Indiana
Greencastle
Snedegar
Abbott
Snedewar
Floyd Township
Ocean Highway
Harding Estate Valued at 750000 in Admin Bond
Marion Ohio September 14 The size of the late President Warren G Harding estate was hinted at today as Charles D Schaffner posted a 750000 bond to qualify as administrator. Schaffner named executor of the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Warren G. Harding
Charles D. Schaffner
Schaffner
Marriage Licenses for Lois Clark and Christine Byrd
Lois Clark of Meridian and Christine Byrd of Fillmore obtained marriage licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Clark
Mr. Meridian
Christine Byrd
Fillmore
Posey Township Trustee Absence Leaves Two Month Gap
Posey township in Franklin county faces a sixty day trustee vacancy as Clem Pruitt, the current trustee, goes to the penal farm near Greencastle for two months after pleading guilty to unlawful manufacture of liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookville
Ind
Posey Township
Franklin County
Clem Pruitt
Greencastle
Miss Anna Johnson Visits Detroit Parents at Stop 33
Miss Anna Johnson of Detroit Michigan visits her parents Mr and Mrs Sam Johnson who reside at Stop 33 during a short stay in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Johnson
Detroit, Michigan
Sam Johnson
Stop
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Move Cement CO
Hanna Cross
Delta Tau Delta
Harry Williams
Jack Allen
Donald Cobalt
Flogg
Eldon C. Hill
Robert Morrison
Charles Zeis
Sigma Nu
Edward Leahy
Peru
David Russell
Elkhart
Harold Connelly
Neal Roe
Markle
George Esterline
Dean McMahon
Marvin Cain
Valparaiso
Connell Turpin
Red Key
Earl Burk
Clyde Goble
Newcastle
James Barr
Bicknell
Phi Kappa Psi
Richard Huber
Harold Klemeyer
John Cannady
Anderson
Edwin Beauchamp
Sheridan
Charles Crooke
Jacksonville
Fla
Wm. Lockwood
Shanghai
China
Cedric Gran
Karl K. King
Danville
Walter Brewington
Council Bluffs
Towa
John Puckett
Kokomo
Delta Upsilon
Harry Baum
Madison
Joe Cushman
Princeton
Robert Bacon
North Vernon
Jack Stewart
Leland Bloxsome
Pennville
Donald Parkin
Wm. Halstead
Losantville
Paul McElroy
Fort Wayne
Royal Bay
Walter Beiringer
Bedford
Ted Hatfield
Hammond
Lambda Cai
Walter Routon
West Newton
Herbert Morris
Seph Lewis
John Fricke
Gene Browand
Auburn
Lloyd Smith
Morrison Vivian
Arlin Cox
Owensville
A. R. Taylor
Phi Delta Theta
Landon Carter
Kendallville
Earl Yoos
Huntington
Herman Polhemus
Robert Moore
Buford Taylor
Milwaukee
Wis
James Bailey
Cameron Moag
LeGrang Cannon
Lawrence Orstadt
Edwin Bold
Annie Stone
Dorothy Baldwin
Muriel Rockh
Delilah Miller
I Vn
Laura Stewart
Kate Oliver
Leola Moore
Estelle Hamrick
Susie Talbott
Prin
Mildred Wells
Kate [Ovett
Attorney General’s Office
Dollings
Recceiver
Taylor
Dollings Companies
Ohio Dollings Company
Willard*firpo Fighe
Party
Sheriff Posse
Harding Esate
State Farm
Funeral Directors Ambulance Service
Coatesville
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