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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1925
Page
2
The Greensburg News Publish Co lists subscription rates and publishing details. By mail in Indiana is 2.06 per year and outside Indiana 2.50 per year, with all subscriptions payable in advance.
Miss Kathleen Sanders daughter of Dr and Mrs I M Sanders graduated today from Penn Hall Chambersburg Pa She earned the highest honors in French for the school and was among five recommended to enter Barnard University She will visit Philadelphia for several weeks before returning home
In loving remembrance of our dear husband and father Francis M. Pumphrey who passed away one year ago tomorrow June 14. Today recalls sad memories. Of the loved one gone to rest. Sadly missed by his wife and children.
Special Judge John Craig dismissed the Billings estate claim in the Rush circuit court. The suit by Walter E. Smith sought property valued at about $30,000 and the ruling favors the defendant.
Fort Wayne was selected today as the site for the 1926 G A R convention boat tour by the Indiana Department. Delegates from Bloomington made a strong bid but lost to Fort Wayne.
Mr and Mrs Robert Hutchison of this city welcomed an 11 pound baby girl named Lois Ellen born Sunday at noon.
Mrs. George A. Turner visits Greensburg before joining her son Forrest Turner in Bartlesville Oklahoma where he will be physical director for the local Y M C A. Forrest, a 1913 G H S graduate, studied at the YMCA College in Chicago and is making a success in his field.
Ford cars driven by Harry Howard and Monte Martin collided at the corner of East Main and Lincoln streets about 7 30 this morning. Howard was westbound on Main while Martin turned onto Lincoln. Both drivers escaped injury. The Howard car sustained heavy damage to the left side fenders and right rear wheel. the Martin car had a broken left front wheel.
Joe Bruner of Sandusky has received word of the death of his niece Mrs. Sylvia Sanders Robison in Indianapolis after an appendicitis operation. She is survived by her husband and one daughter Bernice, and by her father Martin Sanders, a former resident of this city. Funeral services will be held.
Indiana law requires boys aged 14 to 18 who plan summer work to secure permits from Elmer Jerman, Greensburg schools superintendent. A birth certificate from the county health officer is needed to prove age, with permits upgraded to a working card at age 16.
D V Miller, a well known Indiana attorney, died at Union hospital of blood poisoning. He and his wife planned a year abroad trip when illness struck.
Union Baptist prepares for a centennial celebration on Sunday June 21 with a reception for visiting ministers and older members. A morning service features Rev W C Hart and Rev Walfred Lindstrom, followed by dinner and an afternoon program with hymns scripture and prayers led by local pastors and a Centennial address by Rev Frank H Levell.
Seven K of P lodges in Johnson county will be largely represented next Wednesday at an all day meeting and noon fish fry on the fair grounds at Franklin. Earl Swift of Franklin and George R Owen of Edinburg are managers. State officials will be present.
Dr Elmer B Bryan former president of Franklin College resigns as president of Ohio University at Athens Ohio He will devote his time to lecturing and writing Bryan was reared in Howard County and was a professor at IU years ago He delivered the class address for G H S in the Presbyterian church here about twenty years ago.
E C Miller president of Franklin National bank and dean of Johnson county banking fraternity was confined to his home by illness for several days. He had just returned from Hanover college where he attended commencement exercises and a Béla Theta Pi banquet. rest today suggested a quick return to work soon.
Fifteen years ago the Rushville Republican notes June 12 1910 visitors from Indianapolis Mr Dickerson a top horse driver called on Mr and Mrs Harrison Jones North Perkins street. Invitations issued for a luncheon at 1 pm honoring Mrs Chauncey Duncan of Greenfield and Mrs Rollin Turner of Greensburg, daughter in law of local Rev J W Turner.
A Ford coupe owned by Miss Francis Harrison caught fire from a short circuit in front of the public library around 7 15 last evening. A call went to the fire department but the blaze was extinguished before responders arrived. Damages were small.
Nearly 1,000 seniors received diplomas at Indiana University in Bloomington in the first commencement held at the IU stadium. Harvard Law School Dean Roscoe Pound delivered the address urging reforms in the U.S. educational system to meet new conditions.
Mary Margaret Martin infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Ira Martin residing on North Lincoln street died shortly after birth yesterday afternoon. Short services were held this morning at South Park cemetery with Rev Atkinson officiating. Mrs Martin formerly Miss Zella Spencer.
Charles Guthrie Patterson arrived home this afternoon from St. Vincent's hospital in Indianapolis after undergoing an operation to remove a bone from his nose.
Numerous local social items record births and visits. A baby boy Omer Ray was born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Larrison. a 74% lb girl to Mr. and Mrs. George Angle. others include hospital and travel news, a Ford accident injuring Howard Lewis, bakery sale, and several visits among Greensburg, Rushville, Indianapolis, and Rush County residents.
Charles Risk of near Horace underwent an appendicitis operation at Memorial hospital yesterday morning. The operation was performed by Dr. Ruddle of Indianapolis and he is reported to be improving nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyson Harris of St. Petersburg Florida are guests of his uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. James B Clark at Clarksburg. Harris is a son of the late James F Harris of near Clarksburg and a grandson of the late Dr. Thomas Johnson of this city. He is a leading realtor of the sunshine city and has lived there since leaving Clarksburg as a boy.
Wesley Shafer was arrested last evening by Officers Spithman and Gilbert for assault and battery on James Lee. He was arraigned before Mayor Jenkins this morning and fined $2 and costs on a guilty plea. Shafer remained jailed awaiting trial. affidavit notes multiple blows but does not state a cause.
Machines driven by William Meyer of Batesville and Leslie Martin of this city were damaged in a collision on the southwest corner of the square about 5 30 last evening. The Meyer Overland touring was going east and the Martin Ford touring was headed north. A front fender on the Meyer car was damaged and a rear fender on the Martin car was bent.
Indianapolis today saw local fire chief John Boyl meet with state fire marshal Newton D. Miller to review several fires suspected to be incendiary. The incidents are under investigation at the fire marshal's office.
A marriage license was issued to John Dwenger aged 29 of St Bernard Ohio and Anna Hessler aged 24 of Millhousen, today in the local jurisdiction.
Robert Lee Meek will depart tonight for St. Louis to start a new post after earning a civil engineering degree at Purdue Tuesday.
Rushville school board votes to issue 40 000 in bonds to fund a gymnasium and vocational building. The plan replaces last spring’s noninterest bearing loans of over 25 000 from basketball fans, with bond proceeds to be combined with pledges. The Rushville public school athletic association will form as a non profit to collect the loan.
Buick representatives held a salesmanship demonstration at Privett garage for dealers from Batesville, Aurora, Shelbyville, Edinburg and Greensburg. L. C. Burnett Roy Eberle and W. T. Zimmerman led the talks with charts, a cutaway chassis, and an electric motor demonstration on a Standard six Buick chassis transported on a 16 foot truck weighing 7 550 pounds. Previous meetings were at Ft Wayne Marion Logansport Lafayette Terre Haute Evansville and Salem.
The Napoleon Baptist church plans a dedication on Sunday June 14 occupying the former Lutheran building. Pastor B F Hasty leads a program from 10 30 to 3 30 with a basket dinner at noon. The church has purchased the building and is renovating for the service.
Claude M. Worley announced extradition papers will be sought to return Ralph Lee from Knoxville Tennessee to Indiana to face murder charges in the slaying of an Indianapolis grocer Governor Jackson. Tennessee officials want Lee tried there on robbery before surrender. Lee was captured in Knoxville after escaping Franklin Indiana jail.
Indiana special investigator Claude Worley says the bootlegging trade trains many bank bandits. He notes most arrested in the recent crime wave started as auto thieves or liquor traders and graduate to hijacking banks, with operations spread across several cities and avoiding Indianapolis after a haul.
Batesville residents marked the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Kaiser with a gathering at Liberty Park on Sunday. The article also notes the arrival of Rev. Kempf from Chicago as the new St. Mark's Lutheran minister.
Otis Becraft aged 16 son of Mr and Mrs Ira Becraft died this morning at 219 West Forsyth Street after a long illness from infantile paralysis He had been ill since last July after heat exhaustion while working on the Ernest McGee farm southwest of town Survived by his parents and a brother Oscar funeral arrangements to be announced with burial planned for Saturday.
Mrs. Winona Deiwert and Mrs. Harry Black will be on the program at the state convention of Sunday school teachers at Winona Lake June 16 17 and 18. Deiwert will speak Tuesday afternoon on What the County Expects from the State. Black will speak Wednesday morning as several Decatur county residents plan to attend the event.
Aaron Updike transfers 58 percent of acres in Jackson township to Floyd F Updike for a consideration of $286, detailing a property division and ownership shift within the Updike family.
Traffic posts similar to the trial sign on Main and Franklin will be installed in Shelbyville within thirty days. Contracts have been signed with Safety Traffic Sigg company of Crawfordsville to posts. It is believed the signs will relieve traffic congestion.
Ralph Test resigns after six years as county agent in Henry county. A movement to elect Hoyt Hardin of near Spiceland as his successor gains support. Hardin is a farmer and teacher who won the five acre corn contest in the state. Test plans to enter government work.
M. C. Jensen of Madison Wisconsin, connected with the U S Forestry Service in the forest produce laboratory, renews old friendships in Greensburg where he had taught in city schools before leaving in 1898. McGarvey Cline, a G H S graduate, was head of the Madison station ten years ago before moving to Florida.
Mr and Mrs Frank Moody Mills of Sioux Falls South Dakota visiting Greensburg recalling the 1840s Greensburg Chronicle era and family ties to Jacob Mills Orville Thomson DeArmond Moss House Big Four station J Frank Stevens store and Gen Hackleman lineage. They toured Rushville and Crawfordsville before departing.
George W. Back and wife deed property to Tra M. Ainsworth and wife at the corner of Central and North Michigan for 4500 dollars.
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