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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1916
Page
1
Cattle feeders are invited to a meeting at William Jackson's farm three miles west of town at 2 PM Saturday June 10. Purdue University experts F. G. King and P. E. Thompson will speak on cattle feeding, with demonstrations comparing corn silage versus shock fodder and clover hay in calves fed with cotton seed meal.
William Francis Collins files for divorce in Cincinnati naming Irene von Rissen 21, a Decatur county girl, as defendant. He alleges she took about 4500 dollars after their February 25 Covington marriage, visited Clarksburg Indiana, returned with 2000, then kept late hours and left home for good on April 4, living at 1555 Linn Street. Collins, 36, is a N W railroad engineer.
Centenary M E Church hosted Memorial Day services for Decatur Lodge No 103 I O O F and Philo Lodge No 75 Daughters of Rebekah with a large turnout. Rev J E Murr spoke on Odd Fellowship as a world brotherhood citing its core charity and religious ties. Flowers covered 235 deceased members graves as the sermon lauded friendship and cooperation.
William Tumilty seventeen pled guilty to petit larceny in circuit court this morning and received one to eight years in the state reformatory along with a one dollar fine and costs. He will be taken to Jeffersonville Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff Grover DeMoss. The case described as puzzling cites suspected kleptomania and notes prior acts of theft. Calvin Wager’s suit for non support was dismissed on prosecutor motion after showing improvement.
The county teachers institute will be held during the week of August 14 with County Superintendent F C Fields predicting it will be the largest in years. Wisconsin University political science head Dr Arnold B Hall returns as a key speaker and Roscoe Gilmore Stott of Eastern State Normal School Richmond Kentucky, a noted poet and writer, will also teach. Stott previously spoke at the local high school's commencement and drew large crowds.
Class drills are held each Tuesday and Friday evening at the YMCA by the senior class preparing a special exhibition upon Nelson Mowrey’s return from Phoenix Arizona this month where he has spent the winter.
The Knights of Columbus plan a picnic at Ed O'Day's residence near Newpoint on Sunday afternoon, June 25, inviting members and neighbors to join the event.
The union revival committee chooses the West school building lot for the tent facing a Sunday opening. Rev. C Fenwick Reed and his team arrive Thursday to prepare. Five cooperating churches Baptist Christian First and Centenary Methodist and Presbyterian back the effort to improve Greensburg. Reed, with 25 years in evangelism, leads a non sensational campaign. The tent seats 1000 with a 200 singer platform.
Shelbyville will host the district meeting of business men on June 14 with a banquet for forty Greensburg merchants. Walter Bonner appears on the program as the event begins at 4 30 p m and delegates travel by traction line. A Flag Day celebration and a good roads congress are also on the agenda. Local business men planning to attend should visit the Shelbyville Chamber of Commerce on arrival to secure tickets.
The regular Odd Fellows meeting last night approved a social service committee led by Will Ehrhardt. The plan aims to aid social work in the order, increase attendance, provide suitable entertainment, and grow membership while pleasing members with the hopeful prospects.
County agent Walter McCoy reports the second alfalfa crop has started and farmers should begin cutting the first. He notes alfalfa acreage is rising yearly as its profitability becomes clear and past grower uncertainties fade. Progressive farmers find it essential and increasingly profitable despite its reputation as hard to establish.
A large crowd of parents and relatives attended the Newpoint eighth grade commencement last evening. Twelve students graduated: Leslie Shazer, Dorcas Shazer, Naomi Price, Charles E. Tucker, Bernard Graff, Alice Thackery, Annis Parsons, Cora Mae Metz, Velma Barclay, Luther Bloom and Margaret Swango.
Columbia City voted dry by 94 in a hot three month campaign. Totals: Dry 555, Wet 461 with ward results showing uneven support. A 100 member committee of businessmen a women's auxiliary and local farmers led the dry effort while C A Windle of Chicago spoke against repeal.
Mrs Katherine Dobbs age 52 dies at her home three miles south of St Paul after a long illness. She was the wife of Lon Dobbs and is survived by him and several children from a previous marriage. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
Officers and members of Baldwin Commander No 2 Knights Templar Shelbyville arrived in uniform to honor local Commandery members at a Presbyterian church service. Rev W H Reynolds preached from Matt 5 8 and Js 40 1 emphasizing spiritual sight and divine guidance amid praise by Robert McKay and Mrs Locke Bracken with Will Monfort.
The Lexington Gazette notes the death of Mrs. Frances Caroline Chamberlin Torrance, 75, wife of Rev. William Torrance. She died on Decoration Day and was buried May 2 in Lexington after a funeral at the Presbyterian church. Surviving children include Catherine, Frances Williamson, William B. Torrance, and Mary, plus five grandchildren.
A strong windstorm ripped part of the front of the George S. Littell livery barn in the east end last night. Estimated damage runs to several hundred dollars.
Four of the city council voiced unofficial support for the cluster lighting scheme around the court house square. Merchants would pay 28 dollars per lamp for 28 lamps per side and corners, total 784 dollars, with Greensburg Gas & Electric handling wiring at no cost. The city would cover electricity at 50 dollars monthly, about 600 dollars yearly, roughly 332 more than current four-arc lights. The plan awaits formal council approval at the next regular meeting.
Roy C. Kanouse and Will Ehrhardt of the Business Men's Association conferred with Rushville merchants about the district meeting planned for June 14 in Shelbyville. Rushville leaders favor postponement due to multiple Shelbyville events that day and opposition to ticket limits for each town.
The third quarterly meeting of the Clarksburg M E circuit begins next Sunday night with a sermon and communion by Dr. Bacon district superintendent. The quarterly conference opens at 9 o clock Monday morning. Rev G C Hest leads Sunday morning services at the Clarksburg church then at 3 pm at Carmel.
The Ladies' Aid Society of dusky M. E. church organizes a large Fourth of July celebration with community activities and fellowship planned for the holiday.
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