Class of 1922 Graduates Friday Night Diploma Ceremony
Fifty one members of the Senior Class of 22 will receive diplomas Friday night at eight oclock in the high school auditorium. Professor W P Dearing of Oakland City College will deliver the address. The class matches last years total of fifty one. Graduates include Harry Alexander Verle Baltzell Izetta Bee Magdalene Crandall Lois Craig Alda Cunningham Kenneth Cavithers Helen DePriest Dorothy Dunlap and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Dearing
Oakland Ciyy College
Harry Alexander
Verle Baltzell
Izetta Bee
Magdalene Crandall
Lois Craig
Alda Cunningham
Kenneth Cavithers
Helen DePriest
Dorothy Dunlap
Mary Duncan
Albert Dickens
Paul Ellis
George Funk
Margaret Fought
Mabel Graper
Forrest Gabbert
May Hall
Pearl Woods
Gladys Wirth
Roscoe Woods
Edith Wade
Lawrence Ziliak
John Skeayington
Ethelyn McDonald
Graduation at Bald win Heights marks large Patoka class
Forty diplomas awarded to the class of 1922 at Patoka township schools in Bald win Heights auditorium. Gibson County Supt Ben H Watt announced the large graduating class, with remarks by Attorney John Kohlmeyer urging greater parental involvement in schools. Music by Herman Graper quartet and Wright orchestra accompanied the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kohlmeyer
Boonville
Patoka Township
Baldwin Heights
Kohlmeyer
W. A. Dill
Dill
Ben H. Watt
Gibson County
Herman Graper
Wright
Roy N. Cloyd
The
Christian Church
Oriee Hornbrook
Lowell Taylor
Surfmen Help Control Roanoke Island Fire Threat
Coast guardsmen raced from Nag's Head to Manteo on Roanoke Island as a 100 acre wood fire neared a negro settlement near the first English colony site. Firefighters aided in preventing destruction as flames reached the town edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth City
N. C
United Press
Coast
Manteo
America
Roanoke Island
Coast Guard
Nag’s Head
Lindenmaier Step-Family Say Missing Boy Did Not Run Away
Mr and Mrs Joseph Lindenmaier report that Jervia Barber did not run away with Irvin Hoag. The boy’s mother says he left home to go to his uncle’s, to work, after being reported missing yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lindenmaier
Jervia Barber
Irvin Hoag
Jervia
Governor McCray Pushes Home Rule Plank From Party Platform
Indiana May 25 Governor Warren T. McCray disrupted the Republican state convention platform committee to block a home rule issuance of bonds plank. After platform adoption the convention nominated Ed Jackson for secretary of state and other officers by acclamation. The platform backed Harding administration, a soldier bonus, anti-lynching bill, abolishing redundant boards, new educational laws, and women’s active state roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ind
Warren T. McCray
Ed Jackson
William G. Oliver
Franklin
Ora Davies
Benjamin Burris
Washington
Patrick J. Lynch
Rush County
Lynch
Roberts
Public Service Commission
Harding
McCray
Congress
Lincoln High Commencement Tonight at Princeton Building
Eight Lincoln High graduates will receive diplomas this evening at eight o clock in the Princeton High School building. Prof J W Long of School No 26 Indianapolis will deliver the commencement address, noted as one of Indiana's top schoolmen. Owing to the Lincoln Building size the ceremony is held at Princeton High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln High School
Princeton High School
J. W. Long
Indianapolis
Lincoln
Boy Injured In Bicycle Fall On East Broadway
Norman Abell son of Dr and Mrs W P Abell was thrown from his bicycle when the front wheel locked. He struck his chin on the concrete drive and required stitches at Methodist hospital. The accident happened in front of the Abell home on east Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Abell
W. P. Abell
Methodist Hospital
Abell
East Broadway
Elks to Observe Annual Flag Day
Flag Day on June 14 will be observed by the lodge in the usual custom. The evening program at the home is expected to be a membership affair rather than a public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiks
Civic club to place seats around courthouse yard
County commissioners approve seating along sidewalks in the courthouse yard. The Civic club seeks donations as its treasury is low. the Elks lodge has agreed to buy two seats and other organizations are expected to follow. A local firm will supply seats at wholesale cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Club
Court House Yard
Elks’ Lodge
Owensville Jury Rules Against Ft Branch Hogs
Owensville Indiana May 25 Special The six member jury in Justice Clark s court ruled for the town board in a hog housing case against Parry Yeager and fined him five dollars plus costs after brief deliberation The dispute over keeping hogs within Ft Branch corporate limits has long troubled residents Yeager and other citizens challenged the ordinance The case was tried twice previously with no verdicts and related actions have gone to Gibson circuit court It was unclear if an appeal will follow The town board was represented by Sanford Trippet with Oscar Lanphar for the defendant
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensville
Ind
Ft. Branch
Yeager
Gibson Circuit Court
Sanford Trippet
Oscar Lanphar
Owensville News Briefs and Divorce Filing
Mrs Fannie Chandley files for divorce from Dan M Chandley in Gibson county circuit court alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. Local notices include visitors to Oakland City and Evansville, and trips to South Bend Indianapolis Ft Branch and Lincoln Nebraska by residents and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensville
Fannie Chandley
Gibson County
Dan M. Chandley
Lelie Witherow
Oakland City
Roderick Hulfish
South Bend
Steve Hulfish
Marshall Neeley
Lincoln
Mabel Hoberts
Evansville
Manuel S. Weldon
Indianapolis
Oscar Summers
Charles Mason
Ft. Branch
Teachers' exams set for Saturday at Lowell building
County Superintendent Ben H. Watt announced a teachers' examination will be held this Saturday in the Lowell building, with examinations beginning at 8 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Ben H. Watt
Wage and Freight Cut Look to Trim National Cost of Living
Washington officials project a near term 10 percent freight rate reduction will lower the national cost of living by about one billion dollars annually. Experts say the cut saves roughly ten dollars per person, with consumer prices expected to drop after July 1. Government efforts aim to push the cut through to shoppers, matching past rate increase pass throughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Railroad Labor Board
Interstate Commerce
Tis
Department of Justice
Warding
Genoa Parley Not a Failure Says Premier
Lloyd George declared in London that the Genoa conference will ultimately succeed and defended its work before Parliament. He warned that failure would make Europe’s position grave and cited the non aggression truce as averting a threat from Russia and widespread famine. He also voiced hope for practical results at the Hague conference next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Lloyd George
Commons
Russia
Europe
Vincennes Man Goes to Jail on Perjury Charge
Vincennes resident Clinton Hinterleiter was brought by Deputy Sheriff Virgil Compton on a perjury charge and awaits arraignment. The arrest relates to testimony in the H. P. Hornaday creamery case involving alleged adulterated butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Hinterleiter
Vincennes
Virgil Compton
Hinterleiter
H. P. Hornaday
Princeton Creamery
Marriage License Granted for Wilder and Grubb
Roscoe Wilder aged 26 of Oakland City and Belva Grubb aged 19 of Princeton were granted a marriage license here on Wednesday. Mt. Carmel Republican Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Wilder
Oakland City
Belva Grubb
Princeton
Mt. Carmel
Republican Register
Junk men fined for grand larceny in Vincennes case
Jacob Baker and Harry Friedman Jr. were found guilty of larceny in Vincennes city court. Each was fined 25 dollars and costs with a 30 day sentence suspended pending repayment for 24 dollars worth of rope allegedly stolen from the Grubb lease. They confessed buying rope from sources including the American Oil Syndicate and were arrested after an officer’s tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Baker
Harry Friedman, Jr
Vincennes
Niemeier
Baker
Friedman
Grubb
Oatesville
Charles
Faught
Warner Campbell
Campbell
American Oil Syndicate
C. C. Baltzell
Freidman
Virgil Compton
Canada widens highway program with gravelled roads
Edmonton Alberta May 24 United Press reports Canada expands road work rapidly. Ten percent of the Dominion's road mileage is gravelled or surfaced and there is one mile of road for every fifty one residents. Western provinces speed up due to settlers and farming growth. Thousands of motor trucks supplement horse drawn traffic. Canada's highways total a 574 million dollar investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
United Press
Canada
Dominion
Canadian Good Roads Association
Western Provinces
Mules Move From Princeton To Terre Haute
Eight mine mules were driven from Princeton to Terre Haute today to perform farm work. Ronald Manson son of the Princeton Coal Company led the overland trip. Arrival time at their new quarters is not known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Terre Haute
Ronald Manson
Princeton Coal Company
Weather Note May 24 Sees Warm Clear Skies
The forecast calls for showers tonight and an arid tomorrow with a high of 88 and a low of 67. Compared with last year’s May 24, the high was 94 and the low 67 under clear skies. Temperature stood at 77 this morning with sunset at 7 02 and sunrise at 4 32 tomorrow.
Dare Devil Duncan to Perform Here This Saturday
The Princeton Ad club brings Dare Devil Duncan and pilot Swanson to Princeton for a death defying air show on Saturday June 3. Duncan known for hanging by teeth on a flying plane and other stunts was born in Gibson county and placed second in parachute jumping at the 1921 International Aero congress. Swanson, manager of Central Aircraft of Holdrege Nebraska, arranged the trip flying to Princeton in ten hours with three stops. The event is free as a special Ad club attraction for Gibson county residents and neighboring counties expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Advertising Club
Dare Devil Duncan
Swanson
Duncan
Gibson County
Clyde R. Duncan
Omaha
Neb
DeForest Swanson
Central Aircraft Company
Holdridge
Holdredge
Princeton
Ad Club
Coal Prices Rise Across Nations After Mine Strike
Prices for bituminous coal climbed nationwide since the April 1 mine strike began. The National Coal Association notes increases of 25 to 50 percent at the mine and some grades doubling, despite Hoover’s warning that such hikes are unjustified.
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Washington
Hoover
National Coal Association
Frankling
Hazleton Woman Pleads Guilty in Neighborhood Quarrel
Mrs. Cora Hembree of Hazleton was arraigned on assault and battery and indecent language charges. She pleaded guilty to both. a $5 fine with costs on the assault charge was imposed and stayed, while the indecent language plea was held for good behavior. She admitted striking Mrs. Reynolds with a bucket after an exchange over remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Hembree
Hazleton
Niemeier
Hembree
Robinson
Funeral Services for William Johnson Held at Adkinson Chapel
The funeral for William Johnson was held at 2 PM at Adkinson chapel near Oatsville. Rev. J. M. Hedge of Princeton conducted the services. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Johnson
Adkinson Chapel
Oatsville
J. M. Hedge
Princeton
Church
Smallpox Reported in City Resident
A case of smallpox was reported to the city health officer this afternoon. The victim is Mrs. Warner Kirk, who lives at 730 Stormont avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Kirk
Stormont Avenue
Evidence in Capella will case readied for jury
Evidence in the Gussie Ceresola versus Citizens Trust and Savings Bank of Evansville suit to test the will of Joseph Capella was completed today and was expected to go to the jury late this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gussie Ceresola
Citizens Trust and Savings Bank of
Evansville
Joseph Capella
Decoration Day program ready with detailed parade plan
The article outlines completion of Decoration Day arrangements for next Tuesday. It lists the principal speaker Rev. Louden A Harriman and a full parade route from Hart Street to the I O O F cemetery, a graveside service, and return program at United Presbyterian church along with extensive cemetery marking and decoration committees.
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Louden A. Harriman
First Presbyterian Church
Hart
Broadway
Main
State
Archer Post
United Presbyterian Church
L. A. Harriman
Archer Cemetery
John M. Stormont
Frank Ervin
Clyde Woods
Dale Skelton
C. M. Lawrence
Victor Key
Warnock
James Kilmartin
Paul Brownlee
I. W. Depriest
James J. Robinson
Lawrence Salomon
J. E. Criswell
James W. Stott
Odd Fellows Cemetery
R. M. Morton
William M. Wilson
Clifford E. Lockhart
Ralph Tichenor
Will Blair
Will Lamb
Maple Hills
Catholic
George Shapbell
W. B. Whitsett
H.,h. Chambers
Adolph Fella
T. M.mcdonald
Joe Vollmer
Joel Yochum
Adam Reinhart
White Church
Eck Hopkins
Mose Griffin
Arthur Brokaw
Ben H. Watt
Dale Eby
G. M. Bras
Elton
Tom Binkley
Lawrence Cemetery
James M. Hussey
Hugh Lawrence
Lawrence Mahan
Tom McElhinney
Joe Sherry
Hight’s Chapel
D. W. Dame
Vincent Dame
J. W. Pierce
Jane Onyett
Grover Bilderback
Enon
Samuel Binkley
Robert Patterson
Clarence Lagrange
Jonathan Byers
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Lincoln High
Elks
Black Diamond Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
North Leroy
N. Y
PY Herbert W. Walker
Genoa
Indiana
Funeral Services
Circuit Court
Norman Hart
South Hart Street
Water Street
Princeton Band
American Legion
E. H. Priess
Sons of Veterans
G. A. R. and
Relief Corps
Kirk
Olie Phillips
Page
Ben Morrow
Sam Massey
W. A. Wheeler
Ralph Wheeler
Roger Townsend
S. F. Braselton
Herbert Smith
George Seller
Lester Tichenor
Sam Redman
Ervergreens
W. A. Whitsett
Charles W. Wheeler
George W. Shopbell
Harvey Milburn
Will Bucklin
Don M. Stormont
George Padgett
Joe Kern
Anna Servoss
Frank Forthefter
A. M. Johnson
W. M. Wilson
Theodore Miller
Leslie Stewart
Dan Miller
Ben Watt
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