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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1925
Page
1
The Farm Fall Festival closed Saturday night with hundreds braving poor weather to view displays and enjoy the event. Organizers view the effort as successful given turnout and cooperation, though many regrets were voiced over the rain.
P. M. Witters, 66, died yesterday afternoon at his Milroy home after a two week heart illness. He is the father of Charles Witters who works in this city. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 10 30 in the Milroy Methodist church with burial in Milroy cemetery.
Attorney General Arthur Gilliam ruled that the state budget committee lacks authority to cut salaries fixed by law or to dismiss state employees. The opinion follows salary slashes totaling more than 100000 dollars by the budget committee, issued after a conference with Governor Jackson.
The Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons plans a Tuesday meeting with Milford lodge No. 94 to open with the Entered Apprentice at 3:00 pm, Clarksburg lodge No. 124 to follow with Fellowcraft at 4:30, and Greensburg lodge No. 36 to confer Master Mason at 7:30. A 6:15 pm banquet at the YMCA serves 175. Centenarian guests Rev. James B. Lathrop and Daniel Davis attend, with the grand inspector present all session.
The jury commissioners drew names for the November term Grand Jury and Petit Jury. Grand Jury list includes Henry H. Forkert Saltcreek Louis Bobrink Washington Emmett Clark Adams David R Fulton Jackson Clarence Richards Sandcreek William Link Marion. Petit Jury includes Casper Menkhaus Washington Charles Stevenson Marion Louis Hammer Jr Sandcreek Fred Rojohn Marion Thomas D. Utter Sandcreek James E. Willhoit Washington Henry Lange Saltcreek F B VarSeyoc Jackson Harry Stevenson Marion Clyde Morgan Sandcreek George A Logan Clay John W Coffey Jackson Oscar B Trimble Washington Anthony Mauer Fugit John F Bruner Clinton Barnard Blankman Marion E J Sims Washington L E Pumphrey Washington.
Leon Sharp of Indianapolis spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Walter Sharp at Westport.
John Brown a 40 year old bus driver, mentally deranged, killed Eugene Holden and wounded Mrs Mary Tiffany and her daughter Jessie during a night siege at the Holden estate barn in Sturbridge Massachusetts. Brown shot Holden then killed himself after abducting Jessie. Mrs Tiffany and Jessie are in critical condition at a Worcester hospital.
Miss Sarah Virginia Davis, daughter of Jay Davis of near St Paul, is slowly recovering after leaping from a sedan just as it was struck and demolished by a Big Four train. Her ankle was badly sprained and a foot bone broken. she wears a cast and will need crutches for at least three more weeks.
Initiation of fifteen candidates closed the Modern Woodmen district convention at the Eagles hall. Greensburg lodge won for most initiates, Columbus took first prize for aggregate mileage, Hartsville had the best attendance, with remarks by W D Headrick and John D Volz. A cafeteria dinner by Royal Neighbors capped the event.
More than twenty Greensburg Christian church members joined their pastor Rev. Jas Welsh in Westport Sunday night for a sermon to a large audience. Attendees came from Waynesburg Westport and Greensburg churches as the Westport church mobilizes for the county meeting on November 22 and aims to pack the gym.
Flora Ennis Filer 78 wife of Thomas Filer died Saturday night at their south city home after long illness from arterial hardening. Survived by husband and niece Mrs. Herschel Jones. Funeral services held at Kirby & Howe parlors at 2 pm with Rev. J. H. Welsh officiating. Burial in South Park cemetery.
Rotary Club Odd Fellows Haymakers and Strand Theatre K of P Theatre listed for tonight with shows and gatherings across town. Community groups meet and events spotlight local entertainment and fraternal activities.
Cloudy tonight with possible snow in the north. Tuesday should be mostly fair and colder, especially in the south portion.
A major storm roared along the Atlantic coast causing millions in property damage. Twenty one lives were lost across Alabama New York and Massachusetts as a passenger liner and seventeen seaplanes were wrecked. Relief efforts began in Pike and Barbour counties with aid raised for the homeless.
M. B. Chambers on the Watson Bostic farm west of Greensburg reports an apple tree in full bloom despite recent frost. The blossoms remain open and uninjured, appearing as if it were spring.
John Beatty a 63 year old Big Four coal docks employee vanished from his 620 West Main street home Saturday afternoon after saying he would pay taxes. Police and relatives alerted. Mrs Kretsch reports a possible sighting at Union Station in Indianapolis. Beatty had been in failing health.
A northbound freight known as the Manifest derailed near Horace after a rail slipped at 2 15 am. The engine and five box cars left the track. three cars were badly damaged. The Big Four wrecking crew from Indianapolis cleared the scene. the engineer and fireman suffered only scratches.
Alvin Harding returned to Urbana Ohio after visiting Newpoint with his wife and two Mrs Talkington and their children Warren G and Junior who with Catherine of Freetown spent the weekend with relatives in Alert during a week long stay.
The list of exhibitors of corn at the farm fall festival last week includes many names from schools, classes, and local outfits such as Donald Redelman Elmo Redelman Rolland Dickson Edward Higdon Sheldon Wright Carl Myers and others. The compiled roster features numerous families and organizations with entries in White and colored corn categories and notes continued on page five.
The American Legion indoor carnival and farm fall festival drew large nightly crowds at Daimbert hall. Symphonic Serenaders from Columbus provided music as mothers judged babies two years and under for vigor and health prizes, with 67 entrants and cash awards of three and two dollars plus photos.
Mrs. Oren Patton of the tent No. 2 committee for the fall festival reports a fine showing at the exhibit with 190 quarts of canned fruit 57 loaves of bread 60 pounds of butter and 29 dozen eggs. The committee is justly proud of the display.
Miss Phoebe Talkington of Columbus Indiana spent the weekend in Alert enjoying local events and visiting friends.
Mr and Mrs Web Moss of Letts visited yesterday with her parents Mr and Mrs Will Allen in the city, sharing a family visit across the weekend.
Mrs. J. M. Doty and her daughter Elizabeth returned home from a Bidwell family reunion in Buffalo New York. They traveled by car and reported seeing two feet of snow in Pittsburgh last Saturday on their return trip.
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