Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 16 December 1920 — Page 1
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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA THl'KSDA V, DEI'EM HER if,, I<t2l)
FAIR AND (OLDER
MRS. JOHN PLEADS FOR THE RELIEF OF STARVING
(JUEENCASTLE woman tells OF THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING OF HUNGER COLD AND SICKNESSASKS AID OF GREENCASTLE AND PUTNAM COUNTY PEOPLE
HAL COFFEL GIVES INTERESTING LECTURE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL Hal Coffel^ Pennville Bird Euthus* iast_ gave an interesting lecture on birds at the High School Wednesday evening. Mr. Coffel’s lecture dealt with the care and treatment of birds and the characteristics of bird life. Mr. Coffel was brought here by Ernest Stoner. President of the Putnam County 'Fish and Game Protective Association.
XMAS PASTY PLEASES THE
CHILD! EN
O/z o Still Hunt
If our people of Greencastle and ' Putnam county had eaten all the | grain, fruit, meat, grass, weeds and almost all the leaves and had burned for fuel the combustible parts of our houses; and our clothes were rags in ; the midst of winter weather which ' sometimes dropped to 120 below zero; i if, as parents, we were poisoning and drowning our children to keep them from dying of slow starvation and if
these horrors covered 40,000 square o
miles; and if our nation could do but i
little to help us. what part of the 0no of thp nl08t pb-asing Chrisf earth would we look for relief? i “ as . P artles of the season was K iv en ;
If China were the only Christian
o .' a., ^ YOUNG FOLKS OF THE CITY ARE ENTERTAINED AT A CHRISTMAS PARTY BY THEIR BIG SISTERS OF THE UNIVERSITYPRESENTS OF BAGS OF CANDY WERE GIVEN THE CHILDREN— SHOW ENDS THE PROGRAM
Nation in the world, that had vast stores of food, fuel, clothing and money would we say but China is <n the other side of the globe?” In five northern provinces of China ,]• uth has cut short the harvests during several seasons and now there are from forty to fifty millions of people suffering with huner, cold and sickness and they will need help for five or !>ix months. Even in properous
Wednesday evening at (<::?() o'clock in the East College Campus by the
students of the University.
A gorgeous Christmas tree all ladi en with beautiful ornaments and col- ; ore,) lights won much praise and interest from the ehild-en present The party was arranged for the children of the city and also the older folks Bags of candy were given to each
child under ton years old present
A program of Christmas carols
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l SARANAC LAKE. N. Y.. Mce. 15. ! —Communication with various sections of the Adirondack mountains tonight failed to throw light on the fate of the naval balloon which left j Roekaway Point, Ne wYork, Monday 1 for Canada.
The Quarterly Love Feast for T or | ) list Street M. E. Church will be held i tonight preparatory to the saers- I ment Sunday. “Love and Christian ! Fellowship" will be the pas'n's | theme for a brief address
times China doe, got produce enough ! was sune h * mpmbe r* of the Univ. Q . loMo,, an-i versity Choir, the men’s Clee Club
and the Woman’s Clee Club. The choir sang from the Music School, the , Men's Glee Club from the steps of ; the gvmnasium and the Woman’s Gleo Club from the fire escape of
food for her population and now can | do but little for these sufferers. Chu ! -ches in our country are mak ii : appeals through the pulpit Sunday schools and literature to rescue them and the Re,| Cross, an arm of the Church has given $500.000^—all it can give—and the secular press is at wn 'k .but there is need for every man, woman and child in America to help. Money can buy rice from the large stores in Japan Ragoon and Penang and bring relief to their starving neighbors Money can reach China the next day after it is started there from America. The Christ- | inn Herald has arranged with Secre-ta-y Colbv to cable its famine fund j throu our Department of State Tt isaid that one dollar will save a life An interdenominational committee j of Missionaries distributes the Christ an Herald donations. Anyone wishing to help, even by a small sum j can mail the gift to the Christian 1 Herald China Famine Fund. Bible
vm SQUAD SHOWS FORI IN PRACTICE
MoHarry Hall. Following the pnrty the children we-e taken by their big sisters to the show at the DePauw “Y" Movie. All those present and especially the children were well pleased with the er.tertainment and th p girls of the University are to b- congratulated on their splendid program. Arrangements for the party wera under the direction of Miss Flog ence Jane MeCloud
GIPSON, AS A FORWARD ON THE'DE PAUW BASKET BALL TEAM IS WORKING GOOD —WHITE AT CENTER FOR
GAME TONIGHT
USE AIRPLANE TO GET RACE EM It4 BLANKS
INDIANAPOLIS, Iml Dec. 16.— Ray Howard, the Beau Brummel of the auto racing fraternity, and Lloyd Bertaud another race pilot flew into this man’s town this week to secure entry blanks for the Ninth Annual International 550- mile sweepstakes Race which will be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Monday.
May .10, 1921.
The Race pilots are riding an Italiap S. V A. biplane from New York
to Tulsa, Oklahoma
Howard will drive a Peugeot in the Indianapolis affair and Berthaud will The DePauw basket bull team show j ‘earn with him in a duplicate car cc! mid-season form in its practice | These cars will he entered by an session in preparation for its last American sportsman and will race in game before the holidays with Man - ! dependent of the Peugeot cars which
Mrs Missouri Hanna and son
Robert Hannn have -rope to .V'izonn 1"'-Aions
whorp the" "-ill spend the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Frazier who | live near Manhattan are the parents I
of a son born Tucsdav.
Elmer Wells of Dayton, Ohio who I was here for a short visit with his |
Chester college here this evening. Ihes hilt made by Coach Buss in the lineup has increased the offense of .he team and with Capt. Gipson and
Cannon
will he sent from France.
Howard will be making his third [ appearance over the Indianapolis brickg next May He started in
working at the forward ! Peugeot last May hut was hampered higto
INDIA,HAPOLIS IS SCENE OF MU) HODDEHY
people’s ormm.Ni; com PANY LOSES TWENTY FOl R 1 RAYS OI VALUABLE JEW i : R\ PO DARING BANDITS SEES BURGLARS ESCAPE—UNIDENTIFIED MAN NOTIFIES EMPLOYEES AFTER WATCHING FLEEING ROBBERS
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 16.-With the street crowded with pedestrians and automobiles, two armed yeggmen cracked the safe of the People’s Out filing Company 111 115 West Wash
House. New York City. It is said that the world is in the greatest famine it has ever known ( and we must not forget the three and one half millions of starving children in South Easter n Europe, who could crowd a table twenty four miles long. They are looking to America for food and clothing. Mr. Hoover asks a fund of $21 000.000 for them The Literary Digest Child feeding Fund 354-360 Fourth Avenue. New York City receives money for them. Our own State has an organization which also asks money for feeding, clothing and educating these helpless children. Contributions may be sent to Near East Relief. 403 City Trust Building. Indianapolis. We are celebrating the Birth of Jesus, our Saviour. He said: Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ve have done it unto me.” Freely ye have received <
freely give.
Mrs. John P. D, John
BROOKLYN POSTOFFICE AND U S. ATTORNEY THREATENED
NEW YORK. Dec. 15.—A threat to blow up the Brooklyn < N. Y postoffice find kill United States District Attorney Leroy W Ross, was contained in an anonymous post card rcfeivej by him today. Let up on the liquor sellers or it will mean death to you,” the card
said.
Mrs, Gus Azt and daughter, Alma
of Louisville, Ky. and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams of Yorktown are the Quests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Miller
»t their home op Vine Street,
parents, Mr. and Mrs Jesse Wells has returned to Dayton. Mr. Wells is employed hv the Lowe Paint Co., of Dayton as asalesman Joe Adams of Stuttgart, Ark., who i has been here for a visit with M"S F. A. Arnold and other relatives and friends has returned to his home His son Joe, Jr., remained here and will he with Mr. and Mrs. Cha’les J. Arnold. The Co-Workers of the Baptist church will meet with Mrs. Marion Hinkle. 406 W. Liberty Street, Fri, day afternoon at 2 o’clock. J M. Carlos, deputy revenue collector, of Terre Haute is here for two days on department business. Mr. Carlos when in Greencastle makes his headquarters at the County Auditor’s
office.
Rev A. M. Hootman who has been ill for several days is able to be out again He hopes to be able to preach his filial sermons at Filmore next Sun day morning ffVid evening. Miss Daisy Walkerh as returned to her home here after a short visit in Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs Earl Watts and son Phillip of Dixon, Ills., and James Watts of St. Louis are visiting Mrs. Anna Watts and Mrs. Effie Herbert. They went to Indianapolis Wednesday to visit Paul Watts, The Woman’s Bible class of College Avenue will hold it regular monthly meeting on Friday afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs V, M Rawlins at her home at 11 Olive street. The Woman’s Bible Class of the College Avenue Church will meet on Friday afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs. Rollings on Olive street
it will be hard for Man-
chester to p 'event either from scoring, They form the fastest combination of any set of forwards that Coach Buss has worked together.
Buss worked White,
this trio of speedy basket ball players i.: expected to score many points on any combination that meets the
Tigers.
Mendenhall is Fa s t In Mendenhall, Coach Buss has an excellent floor guard He not only covers the floor in style, hut he makes a great defensive player and aid to Tiny Hirt who is holding down the hack guard job
with engine trouble throughout the j night
race and dropped out at 460 miles j trays of jewelry.
street, at 7:45 o'clock escaping with twenty
last four
when he found that by finishing, he I E. ft. Grten manager of the jewel would be out of the money. His I ry department, refused last night to car was one of the classiest eye i place an estimate on the value of the at center and i catchers on the track an,| was ready j stolen property which he said c°n for (he race days before the speed I sisted almost entirely of diamonds merchants faced the starter. But old ! and diamond studded jewelry, until man Bad Luck overtook him ere the | he hail eonsulted invoices which wore
571 GIRLS OUT OF 600 WANT CANDY AND DANCES BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 15.—Out of 600 girl students at the Boston University college of secretariat science twenty six were willing to give up candy, highheels, short skirts and eat ing between meals an,] forego late dances and theater parties for the sake of wearing chevrons on the sleeves of their gym suits. The awards under the chevron system recently adopted by the college were made to the brave twenty six
Rev. W H Wylie will be the guest ff Rev. and Mrs Badger, during his visit to Locust street church. They will entertain Mr. and Clippinger with him for dinner Friday night. The Presbyterian church Prayer meeting will be held Jhis evening at 7:30 Mrs. H B Londgon has returned 'rom Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs Frank Bittles and baby daughter and Prof, J. P, Naylor will leave the latter part of the week 'or Little Rock Ark., where they vill spend the holidays with Mr and Mrs. William Sitlington and little ;on. Mrs. Sitlington is the daughter »f Prof. Naylor and is a sister of Mrs. Bittles,
race had started.
Bertaud will be a new comer at the Indianapolis track but he is popular as a race pilot on the coast. Howard an,| Bertaud were aviators in the World War. Howard was with the Italian Fivers and Bertaud was an instructor in acrobatics with
the American aviators.
They were in the air ten hours making the trip from New York where they reside to Indianapolis They stopped here all week and left for Kansas City. They will go to | Tulsa to demonstrate the possibili- | ties of the airplane in the oil fields. ' The racers and fliers encountered cold weather on their trip especially
along the great lakes.
The Italian plane Howard and Bertaud are piloting is the same as the cdteeawrhot aythewhereal pdran-T0 Kalian army fliers used, and i s capable of doing 141 miles an hour Therefore speeding a race car over the bricks in Indianapolis Speedway is rather a slo woceupatio n for these
speed demons.
FIREMAN ON FOOT BEATS TWO TRUCKS
F1KE DEPARTMENT HAS TROUBLES GALORE AT NEAR 11 O’CI i'i K THIS MORNING. WHEN MACHINES STALL IN ANSWERING CALL TO HOME OF MRS WINTER CRAIG
PROGAM OF A FARMERS INSTITUTE
ANNUAL EVENT WILL BE HELD IN THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING AT REELSVILLE ON MONDAY DECEMBER 27—PRIZES FOR’THE BEST EXHIBITS ARE OFFERED
1 locked in another safe. Police however, estimated the loss at from SI0,000 to $15 000. The theft is fully
covered by insurance
The fact that a large amount of valuable watches an,| jewelry was left on the floor of the safe causes the police to believe that the thieves were frightened away by the attempted entrance of a window trimmer, who was to work that night and who rattled the door knob to attract the atention of a salesman who was to ad
mit him.
A heavy sledge hammer found at the door of the safe when the police entered was used to ^oar off the com bination dial, allowing the bolts to be drawn and the door opened. The combination was crushed to bits and the complete stock of jewelry in the safe had been removed before the
: thieves, fled
Sees Bandit* Leave Store
An unknown man, who was passing through the alley at the rear of the store, saw the men drop suitcases I containing their loot to the ground j outside a rear window and then saw
Entry blanks for the coming race I the two burglars leave the store by were not ready for distribution, but the same window. When he attemptHoward and Bertaud will fly hack in i ed to question the men one of them a few weeks and sign up then : covere,] him with a reyolver while
the other ran toward Kentucky
] Avenue with the suit cases.
The third quarterly Conference for I Ihis year will be held for Locust ' - treet M E chu-ch tomorrow night at | Roscoe McCoy who is employed at 7 o’clock. Superintendent W. H |th.» Greek Candy Kitchen has filed Wylie , will preside All officials are , suit for divorce i n the Putnam Circuit urged to attend ahd have report* | Court from Hattie McCoy. Hayr. & ready to read. Members are asked Murphy are the attorneys for the
to get in all arrear envelopes, not later than Sunday, so that the treasurer may be able to meet bills promptly.
The program for the Washington Township Farmer’s Insttitute to bo held at the High School Building in Reclsville on Monday, December 27, have been issued. The program for the event is as !
follows:
9:30 a.m.—Music R. II S. •
Invocation
Music . ..! R. H. S, I reached Address Live Stock . . L. C. Ralston Discussto n .....> All
10:10— Recess,
10:45—Music R. H, S. Address—Modernize and Beautify the Farm Home. .Mrs Lillian T. Pierce
When each of the two Greencastle fire department trucks stalled this morning at near 11 o’clock while on the way to the home of Mrs. Winter Craig, on east Washington street pike from where a fire alarm had been sent Arthur Friend one of the firemen took a chemical tank and hoofed it to the Craig home The alarm was sent when an overheated flue threatened to start a conflagration and the danger was passed before Friend arrived. The fire truck, driven by Evertt Williams stalled first at the corner of Washington and Vine street. Several me,, pushed it over the hill and it coasted to Bloomington street. There it stalled again. As it stood stalled in the street the ladder truck passed it on the wav east, but the ladder truck could make it ove- the
Washington street hill
Then it was that Friend shoulder-
ed a chemical tank am 1 started east A ford car driver wa* ai t ealeri to and he -rave Friend a bft and he finally
the Craig home. The other
firemen folowed suit and deserted their “Ships” started east only to meet Friend returning to town On the way back to the square the firemen passed the “ships” without even a
nod of recognition.
... All Science
H. S.
Discussion Lunch served by Domestic
Class. R. II. S,
1:00—Music R, Address—The Farm Outlook Mr. L. C Ralston Discussion All
Recess—10 minutes.
2:00—Music R, H. S. Address—The Woman of the Hour Mrs Lillian T Pierce Discussion A4T
Election of Officers.
(warding of prizes op Exhibits,
Benediction.
CORN STALK VALLEY Several attended the lecture at Filmore Saturday evening. Helen Buis spent Sunday with Glen Burgess and family, Mrs. O’Neal is ill at her daughters, Mrs Florence Robinson. Macel Sutherlin is on the sick list. Rev Kensworthy, Ben Tucker and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Newman and son took dinner with Mr. and Mrs Oran Buis. Sevnral attended the Fred Tincher sale Thursday. Kenneth Wallace spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mack Hodge and family of Belle Union. A protracted meeting is being held at Mt Meridian by the Rev. Kensworthy of Spencer. Mrs Mingle Robinson and children visited with Mrs. Florence Robinson and mother one day last week Oran Buis an,] wife spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. E. E Buis.
plaintiff. Misconduct on the part of the defendant and cruel and inhuman treatment is alleged n the complaint.
LILLIPUT-LAND Curtis Jobe and family visited Sunday in Cloverdale with Elvin Pickens and wife. J. M. Jones spent the week end with relatives ip Greencastle. Mrs Hanna Applegate is visiti:. ' relatives in Monroe county. W F. McCaw and family returned to their home near Romney Thursday after a week’s visit with J. C Moore
and family
Miss Daisy Abrams called on Mrs. Lillian Jones Sunday. C. K Hall is improving his residence hy putting in a basement ami furnace and later expects to add a new kitchen and u bath. Miss Ferrol Ferrand who has been on the sick list the past week continues about the same. The four months child of John Van Hook who died of brai n fever was buried at Brick Chapel last week. Lucille Brackney who has been quite sick is now better.
Jim Blake, forme- fireman an,] auto mechanic, wa 1 -' appealed to and soon had each of the trucks in running order If this thing keer) s up Greeneast?# may have to retur n to good old tfependable “Dobbins” for their fire apparatus motive power. PREPARATORY STUDENT’S RECITAL o — DePauw Music school mipils will give a recital Friday evening Decemi her 17 at 7 o’clock in the DePauw Un'versity School of Music, Music
Hell
The program is ns follows: The Pixie’s Waltz Song .... Brown Robert Stevens March of the Cavaliers Barth Edbert Buss , Twilight Pictures Barth Carlyle Hurst White Heather Barth Leota Mullins Bohemian Song Alleter Frances Brown Robin’s Lullaby Krogman Mary Louise Throop Minuet I-ang* Frances Eckhardt The Recruits Barth Virginia Rariden Sonatina Two movements.. Lichner Graydon Herod Topsy Turvey Cramm Mae Mullins Blue Birds Bilbro Imogens Cooper Ai/ from “Faust” Gouno^ Harriett Barnum ; Venetian Serenade Brown Tmogene Mullins Japanese Dance Pennington Geneva Brow n
Wilbur Clippinger and Jack Bryan two DePauw Freshmen will go to their homes in Evansville for the vacation. Friday afternoon.
SOMERSET
Work was begun on the church building he -e Monday. A new roof anil other repair work ig needed. Help from anyone who is interested iu the church will be greatly appreciated. Protracted meeting at Brick Chapel church Sunday night. Miss Geraldine Boatman has diptheria. Mr. and Mrs Joe McKee and Mrs. Sena Pritchard and little grandson called on Mrs. M E Davis Sunday afternoon at the home of her mother, Martha Ferrand.