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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1923
Page
4
Braden and Hancock Publishers of Greensburg Indiana publish a weekly paper with offices at Main and Broadway. Subscription rates are 2.00 per year by mail in Indiana and 2.50 per year outside Indiana. Mail subscriptions must be paid in advance.
DeWitt Klipsch of Burney drove a Buick touring car at high speed striking a tree near John Starks home in Newpoint. He was cut and bruised but momentarily stunned. treated at Dr. D R Good’s office for head wounds and minor injuries. The car was wrecked and towed to a repair shop.
Batesville mayor prohibits fireworks on July 4th. Mrs. Mike Bulach returns from Memorial hospital after tumor removal operation. Local firms plant shrubs to beautify plant surroundings. Obituary notes Henry Fruchnicht Sr. dies after long illness. Alva Vansyoc leaves Batesville schools for Crawfordsville summer. Carl Halsey injures finger on electric fan. Al Buschen Elton Kramer graduate Purdue. Mrs. F Kirschbaehm dies in Connersville. former Batesville resident. Richard Prentice to attend Indiana University summer school. Batesville team members attend Knights of Columbus convention in Michigan City and report a fine time.
Elmira Clemons aged 86 died Tuesday at her Zenas home. She leaves four sons and two daughters. Funeral services were held Wednesday at ten with Rev. J. C. Nicholson officiating. Burial followed in Lower Union Cemetery.
About 200 brethren from Sunman Lodge No. 590 F and A M and nearby lodges attended a special meeting to raise three candidates to the Master Mason degree. Edward Zierer John Kamman and Frank Donnell presided. Eastern Star served luncheon. Sunman Lodge organized May 28 1893 and merged with Burris Lodge No 55 in 1921.
A historical note explains how readers and contributors should format copy for newspapers. It stresses legibility spelling and proper name handling and advises sending copy on one side of paper with margins. It notes the shift from hand composition to modern typesetting and urges clear concise writing.
Walter and Dallas Brunton of Batesville spent weekend with home folks. Raymond White improving nicely. Ben Allen and family of Hartsville visited James Owens and family. A street collision near Fraley's store injured no one. Perry Quarry and Delbert Foreman families were in the two car crash. John Robbins and wife visited John Foreman’s parents. Wilbert and Louis Jaynes returned from Indianapolis for the weekend with their parents. Amanda Cornutt visiting daughter Mrs. Walter Young.
A family reunion was held Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Wilson in Morning Sun Ohio with forty people in attendance. A noon dinner followed by social time was enjoyed by the assembled relatives including Ed Sefton Will Johnston and daughter Helen of Kansas City Adam R Meek Herbert Meek Mason Logan Mrs James Martin of Indianapolis Shirley Donnell and Mrs Hal Kincaid.
Miss Hazel Porter, Hoosier State Auto Association representative, wed J. 5 Foreman from Chicago. The couple plan to settle in Carrollton after the ceremony noted as a Meditorial Day event. Mrs Foreman once supervised the automobile license station at the Decatur hotel, earning many city friends.
D A Batterton trustee of Washington township sold the Robbins school house 112 miles south of town to Theophilus Miller for $665. McKee was the only other bidder. The appraised value was $650 and the sale met two thirds of that amount. The township has reduced its number of school properties from 13 to six with only four occupied last term. The one room school is disappearing but served its purpose.
Rupert Warner of Moscow transacted business in St Paul on Saturday. A large gathering visited near Shelbyville and Rushville relatives over the weekend. The Pearce street cement walk nears completion. James Ficklin’s garage owner sick. Henry Critter leaves to join a band in Ohio. Memorial services and church league activities noted along with local attendance at speedway races.
After a about 20 minute deliberation the jury verdict favors defendant Earl Bayless in Ernest Holmes vs Bayless. The $150 damage suit stemmed from an automobile collision about a year ago in the county. Both drivers were in trucks and Holmes claimed Bayless was at fault. J. W. Holcomb represented the defendant.
The May 30 ceremony at the Walter home in Fairfield joined Edna Pearl Walter and Alva Curry in marriage with a pink and white decoration theme. Rev. Virgil Brown officiated as Lohengrin music accompanied the processional. The bride wore white satin and carnations, with bridesmaids in blue and pink silk and pink carnations. Best man was Roy Watler, brother of the bride. The couple, from Fairfield, are praised by many friends for a long and happy life together.
Anna Charistie Davis born Saltcreek Township Indiana March 19 1865 died May 27 1922 age 58 years 2 months. Wife of George W. Davis she left three children Earl Davis Hazel Dell Til Raymond J and Mrs Ethemer White. Survived by three sisters and three brothers and many relatives. She joined Clarksburg Christian Church in 1895 under W F Folks and was a faithful member.
More than 450 candidates from across Indiana and other states will receive degrees at Indiana University's ninety fourth annual commencement in Bloomington on June six. Decatur county is represented by John M. Kercheval, Laverne Hart, Charles McCorkle, and Letts, with several spring semester students listed as enrolled fellows and expected to graduate or receive diplomas in October. Principal speakers include Bishop Frances J. McConnell of Pittsburgh and Dr. Charles Gilkey of Hyde Park Baptist Church.
The Rotary Club will finance a week of training for four local boys at Camp Bedford State Y M C A starting June 14 to prepare them for leadership in the later camp. Additional arrangements aim to send more boys to camps near Rodney under Y supervision as beds fill for the Bedford session. Reservations are strong across Indianapolis Terre Haute Crawfordsville Greensburg and Lafayette as the first period for Bedford boys opens June 19 and the Leaders period runs June 14 for one week.
Samuel M. Seward editor of the Rising Sun Recorder and former mayor died Memorial Day evening after a period of dropsy and paralysis. The sudden death ends a long local journalism tenure and public service.
Greensburg Lodge No. 148 K of P and families await a June 8 social at the Y M C A next door with an interesting program and refreshments. The two groups share close ties and will make the event a notable community occasion.
Twenty two farmer friends of O. F. Newhouse near Rushville rallied to assist after illness and backlog. They used nine planters nine discs and two tractors to plant 33 acres of corn in four hours.
Mr and Mrs Harry Howard of this city were summoned to Indianapolis yesterday by the death of their niece Miss Pauline Fries Tries who died in a hospital there after an operation for gaststroke She was 74 years old and a native of the area.
Joseph Keihn residing east of Slabtown for two months was arrested last night by Sheriff Harry Braden on charges of illegally having a still. He is held at the county jail and will be tried in Brookville after being brought back from Franklin county.
About 200 attend last night’s booster meeting at Red Men’s hall for the St Paul Tire and Rubber Co. A St Paul band performed both on the street and inside the hall under Capt Harry Robbins Greensburg. Liberal stock subscriptions were raised toward the 240000 goal with outside investors showing interest. Mr Collins of Kent Ohio attended and outlined company plans.
Osie Moulton sues for authority to mortgage jointly owned land to aid her son-in-law Lawrence Archey who holds a lease on a 180 acre farm near St. Omer. The complaint alleges Lafe Moulton is incurably insane and seeks court permission to encumber the estate to satisfy a $500 debt.
County Treasurer Evans delivered 25000 in road bonds to the Meyer Kiser Bank in Indianapolis. The issues were 13200 for the John S Maddux road and 11800 for the Doultz road in Sandcreek township. Thomson and Davis are the contractors.
Report notes that volunteers visited every city cemetery Wednesday morning and placed wreaths on soldiers graves. This duty is performed annually during Memorial Day observances.
The piece contrasts crowds at Judge McBride’s Presbyterian church with former attendance at the Rink Opera House. It laments sparse flowers for nearly five hundred soldier graves, urges broader contributions, and thanks Spanish-American War Soldiers, American Legion, National Guards, Legion Auxiliary, War Mothers, Camp Fire Girls, and local organizers for arranging services and cemetery seating.
John F. Russell trustee of Cragmont hospital and John L. Turner returned from Madison at noon. Rev J R Bardelmeier delivered his Rags lecture then went to Indianapolis to bring home his daughter in law and child. Turner led singing. employees and inmates sang, and the audience praised Russell for arranging the entertainment.
A legislative choice made decades ago designates the tulip tree as Indiana’s state flower. A 75 year old tree near Muncie bears 500 blossoms in full color, once common in Decatur county but now rarer due to logging, described as highly conspicuous and fragrant.
Dewey Hershley was arrested by Sheriff Harry Braden on assault charges and jailed with a $500 bond. Prosecuting witness Mrs Grace Ramer from the east end suburb of Littlesville filed the affidavit. No trial date has been set.
Two lawsuits filed in Rushville's circuit court name Earl H. Payne and Ralph Payne with People National Bank as co defendants. The actions allege fraudulent borrowing from bank patrons beginning about 1916, continuing until 1923, with claims of misrepresentation and large indebtedness against Payne while asserting bank liabilities and asset misstatements.
For the first time all teachers manuscripts submitted for license examination will go to the State Board of Education for grading. Last Saturday 60 applicants wrote before County Superintendent Crawley and their papers were sent to the State Board. Previously only high school licenses were sent. now all licenses will be forwarded. A record of each applicant’s standing will be kept, but examinations will be required only for beginners as licenses will be based on professional training and teaching success.
Ben Marlin of Albany arrives in Newpoint with word his father John Marlin is seriously ill. Charles Marlin of Syracuse also returned home Saturday.
Physical Director Richard Davis resigns effective today at the YMCA. Davis, a local young man, was born to Mr. Elmer and Mrs. Davis of North East Street. He succeeded Gus Eckle and organized Y circuses and track meets during his brief tenure.
Native of Metamora Indiana Tom Alley an automobile race driver was seriously hurt Wednesday at the Indianapolis speedway when his Durant Special crashed through the south curve fence striking several spectators. One spectator was fatally injured and others were seriously hurt. Alley suffered back injuries and head cuts.
Local report notes Earl Suttles of this city receiving a notice today from his brother, indicating a legal or familial communication in progress.
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