Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 1 September 1928 — Page 3
MEENCASTLE HERALD PAGE THREE
County Agent R. H. Stevenson is attending the State Fair in Indian-
apolis-
Fifteen marriage licenses were issued during the month of August by the Putnam County Clerk. Mrs. W. M. McGaughey and Mrs. Charles J. Arnold were in Indianapolis for the day, Saturday. An Oakland 2-door sedan was de- j livered to W. E. Stierwalt, of Quincy, by Stark & Griffith, local dealers,
Friday.
Guy Wright, local contractor, Alva Lisby, county treasurer, and Charles Heath, motored to French Lick, Friday, on business. John Rightsell, of Reelsville, employed at the O. J. Rector Sales room, is confined to his home by an illness caused by infected tonsils. Fred Cook, of Greeneastlo, is driving a new Pontiac 2-door sedan, delivered by Stark & Griffith, local
dealers.
Ernest Stoner, deputy postmaster, if confined to his home by an attack illness. Mr. Stoner became suddenly ill, Friday night, and Saturday was confined to his bed. Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Longden arrived home Friday from Bay View, Mich., where th e DePauw vice-presi-dent and his wife have been spending a part of the summer. Mrs. Frank J. W T alsh and son, James of Lafayette, have removed to this city from Lafayette. Mrs. Walsh is a sister of Mrs. L. D. Snider, north
Madison street.
Mrs. W. C. Stewart who recently Buffered a second strokp of paralysis, I is reported to be in a slightly improved condition. Mrs. Stewart, who is a | former Greencastle school teacher, resides on south Indiana street. Her sister, Mrs. Clara Lammers, is here from St. Louis called by the illness. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Eiteljorge, of Chicago, visited the former’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eiteljorge, west Seminary street, Friday. They were accompanied home Friday evening by their children who have been spending several weeks here with
their gandparents.
A. C. Crays, president of the Rockville National Bank, was in Greencastle Friday the guest of E. A. Brown and other relatives and friends. Mr. Crays is a brother-in-law of E. A.
Brown.
Clay Oliver has filed a suit on notg in the Putnam Circuit court aghinst Ernest Mioheal. A demand of $65.20 is made. Theodore Crawley is attorney for the plaintiff. Township, trustees held a meeting with County Superintendent John C. Vermillion Saturday morning to discuss final arrangements for the opening of school next Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Newgent were visitors in Greencastle Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Newgent were mar ried at Brook last Wednesday. They will reside at Bainbridge where Mr. Newgent is coach of the high school.
MISSEARHART HOOVER WILL SCHOOL OF HAS ACCIDENT HAVESEPARATE RELIGIOUS
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 1.—(INS)—
Amelia Karhart, first woman to span the Atlantic by airplane, was none the worse today following the first
smashup of her flying career. Miss Earhart and her passenger,
George Putnam, New York publisher, escaped serious injury when, in landing at Rodgers Field last night, the wheels of the plane hit a rut, smashing the landing gear and left wing
and damaging the propeller.
ORGANIZATION
CAMPAIGNS OF LESLIE AND PRESI BLN UAL CANDIDATE TO BE CONDUCTED SEPARATELY—TO MMNTAIN EXTENSIVE HEAD-
QUARTERS
EDUCATION
SOCIETY!
CHURCHES OF COMMUNITY ANNOUNCE FIFTH SESSION TO BE HELD OCTOBER 8 TO 12—REV. RAPHAEL PRESIDENT OF BOARD
DEPAUW NOTES
The men's elass of the Methodist 1
President G. Bromley Oxnam lee-*-»»*•*“‘“I
study the application to preatut duyj u> 5un< , nd
business, the teachings ot Jesus and 1 Paul. Attendance has been good and
all interested are welcome.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 1. (INS) g 0 . l) ( j 0 f Religious Education, Herbert Hoovei '.'ill have an l,I J" j lepresenting the Churches of the Com | ( ,,un ^y
Mrs. J. S. Albin Entertains Ladoga 4-H Club Members The last regular meeting of the | i ll Club girls was held Friday, Au ! gusr. 17 at the home of Mrs. J. S. Albin, the club leader. Plans were made for the County picnic which w;n held August 21 at Milligan Park at CrawT'irtltville, of which members of the I.adoga club attended includ-
ing their loader.
All the girls enrolled in the club finished their work by August 21. The work will he exhibited at the
tirely separate organization in Indiana, through a plan announced by Oscar G. Foellinger, Fort Wayne
'iminity, announces the fifth session; of its School of Religious Education I to be held October 8 to 12. Hereto-
puhlisher who was Hoovers Indiana G u haH been th(> polk , y of lhe manager during the president,al pro- L,.,, t0 havt . toum . s ext e„ d over ferontial primary. . I u period of ten vteeks. meeting for Hoover clubs will be orgnmzed hourR „. irh Monday evi . ninR . ln every county with central headquar- , ■ ■ ,
lime with the program being carried
ters in Indianapolis, Foellinger an- > , IT , ., . .. out in other cities, the School will nounced. However, he added that the; , , , , , .,, , . , . , . ! put on an intensive schedule this
clubs will be operated in complete co-
charge of the University.
Wallace R. Biggs, A. M., new in- ... .
structor in the department of Eng- operation with the Republican Statc y^r commencing on M,unlay ambles lish, was on the campus yesterday. committee. Foellinger will he chair- 1 ing on Frlday - " ,th ela8Be8 fro,n ‘ :d0
Miss Esther Glenn Green, of At- man ; Miss Dorothy Cunningham, of
Martinsville, G. O. P. national committee women from Indiana, will be vice-chairman and Dr. H. E. Barnard
secretary of
tica, a freshman in DePauw University, and a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, is the author of a novel, “The
John T. Sutherlin has filed a petition in the Putnam Circuit court for the appointment of a guardian for George T. Sutherlin of Roachdale alleged of unsound mind. The petition-
er asks that the Putnam Circuit Magpie's Neat” which has been a#j of Indianapolis, will be Court name a guardian to have cus- l ' e P ted for publication by Little, | the SU-te organization,
tody of the person of the defendant' ^ r<)Wn and Eo.
Walter Bullock, '28, is the author
and management of his estate. \V. M. Sutherlin is attorney for the peti-
tioner.
The Central Trust Co., has been appointed guardian for Paul Vawter, Mary K. Vawter, Harold Vawter and John Vawter, in the Putnam Circuit court. The Vawter’s are minor heirs of C. M. and E. B. Vawter, late ol St. Joseph county, now deceased. They now reside in Greencastle and have a personal estate of $5,0U0. according to the application for guardianship.
Extensive headquarters maintained in Indianapolis
will
at
be
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WOMAN’S HEAD BEATEN TO PULP
is the
of a musical comedy, “The Black Bustle,” which will be produced at
the Carbondale (111.) high school this 100 persons where a continuous fall. The Eastern star is sponsoring Breaking campaign will be held daily the eomedy. , j during the !>eak of the campaign. Miss Mabel Krueger, Valparaiso, who was graduated from DePauw PAROLED FARM INMATE University last June, has been ap- ADMITS FIFTEEN HOLDl PS pointed secretary to the president, j succeeding Miss Elizabeth Chamber*,j INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 1 More who will go to Puking, China, Sept, than thirty persons, most of whom are 6, as secretary to Bishop George K. m j H ji or at liberty under bond, were Grose, a former DePauw president, charged with felonies in ufiidavitProf. Francis Calvin Tilden, of the 'filed in Criminal court yesterday by department of camparative literature John L. Niblack, deputy prosecuting will represent DePauw University, attorney. Arraignment will take at the convention of Phi Beta Kappa, ‘place Monday before Judge James A.
Collins.
ing on Friday, to 9:00 P. M.
Each person attending will be allowed to work for one (1) credit. It is hoped that it will be possible to offer at least four courses. Classes will be two (2) hours in length with a brief intermission between hours. Those who have attended prev-
Monumcnt Circle. There will be J'™'* wil1 n,!e ‘ 1 no u, s“>K lo 11,1 fices and an assembly room seating U P*"' > he » l the valu ‘‘ ot con,in -
uing study, working toward their diploma. The School is held primarily for the assistance of the teaching staff in the Sunday Schools of the County. However anyone interested
is Invited to participate.
It is planned to have National Spec
There was a called meeting, held Friday, August 21, at which time the final arrangements for the fair exhibit were made. When their work is brought hack it will be exhibited at Sutherlin’s Department store. This finishes a prosperous summer for the club until school closes next spring.—
Ladoga Leader.
Mrs. Albin is a former Greencastle woman, having removed to Ladoga about a year ago. Mr. Albin is cashier of the Ladoga State Bank.
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Mr. and Mrs. Knoll Return To Miami Mr. ami Mrs. Harold Knoll who have been visiting relatives here for the past three months, have returned to their home at Miami, Fla.
Mrs. Belle M. Carver Home From South Bend Mrs. Belle M. Carver is at home after a week’s visit with her son, Edgar N. Carver, at South Bend.
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Miss Agnes King To
Teach in Illinois
Miss Agnes King, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John R. King, east Anderson street, will leave Sunday fog Canton, 111., where she will teach English and physical training in the city high school. Miss King was grad uated from DePauw University last June. She is a member of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority.
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.Vlr.t. D. L. Anderson Returns From Detroit Mrs. D. L. A tide*.son has returned here after spending the summer with her son, Dorsey Meade Anderson and family at Detroit, Mich.
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Fortnightly Club Will Meet Tuesday The Fortnightly Club will meet with Mrs. Albert Daggy, east Washington street, Tuesday evening, Sept. 4, at 7:JO o'clock. Mrs. P\ C. Tilden will be assistant hostess. The work of the evening will be given by Mrs. 5. C. Sayers. Her subject will be, “California for Me.”
( INI.D DROWNS IN J \R
Among those charged with nuto banditry is Leslie Homer, paroled in-
mate of the Indiana state farm, who Board and Prof. E. R
Susanna Berry, age 1 year and 22 days, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Berry of Union township, Parke county, lost her life, Tuesday morning about 11 o’clock when she fell
jar containing a
I small amount of water. The mother was washing and had missed the child only about ten minutes. Coroner Sam Montgomery of Rockville was I called and gave cause of death as suf
its and prospective teachers enroll*' I.
Hart let!, of
honorary scholastic fraternity, at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware
Ohio, Sept. 11 and 12.
Dean C. F. Ross of Allegheny, Pen nsylvania, and son, Dr. Ross, are the
NEWCASTLE, Ind., Sept. 1.— guests of Prof. Jerome Hixson and (INS)—The body of unidentified wo-j Mrs. Fred Hixson. Dr. Ross will go
man about Jo years old, her head^ with Prof. Hixson to Crawfordsville 4ig t , as t Morris street. May 20, beaten into a pulp apparently with a today, returning to Greencastle to- taining $150. Drug, grocery
hammer was found in a ditch on a' morrow. He will return to Alleghenj !’ t .i frar stores were among other places land five members Horn the Commun-
iulists conduct the classes together
with some of the best known local in- cu ong into
structocs. Their names, the courses to be offered and the place ol meeting will be published In this paper at an early date. Every Church School
should take advantage of this unus-j f ,7' (ll , AV ' n ; nK . McGaughey L ual opportunity and have its teach-j Kennt . ( , y> lunt , ral dire( . tors of this
18-FOOT CORN
j plate were called and took charge of
has admitted fifteen holdups. The affidavit charges that he held up the ’ grocery store of J. Harry Newman, 4 10 *4- AT t• ♦ ’Ll n »• Of") oil"
Rev. V. L. Raphael, ol tin 1 itsbv | body. There are two older daughterian Church, is president of the | t01 . s Mrg Berry ig a 8 j ster 0 f Mrs.
Kiah Hovermale of Russellville.
Department of Religious Education j of DePauw University, k dean of th»» School. They are assisted by the' other ministers, two representatives andlthosen by each of the Church Schools
side road leading to the main New-! college next Tuesday.
castle-Muncie highway, about two; miles northwest of this city today by' j
Frank Trout, a farmer, and his son, BABY PREV ENTS
Mr. and Mrs. Lycurgus Stoner and i Walter. j THEFT OF AUTO
former’s sister, Mrs. Oscar O'Hair, drove to Rensselaer, Friday, to tako Miss Elizabeth Stoner to that town. Miss Stoner has been appointed physical director in the Rensselaer schools the coming year. Rensselaer is the county seat of Jasi>er County.
The funeral service and burial was held Wednesday afternoon at Seceder. conducted by Rev. P\ J. Beisel. —Russellville News.
BROWNSTOWN, Ind., Sept. 1— (INS)— Corn has never grown so tall as this summer in Jackson County .'n the belief of native sons. Dallas Spray, a farmer of Browns? town township has brought a stalk of corn 18 feet tall to the Brownstown Weekly Banner office. Spray had another corn stalk more than 17 feet tall. This heat the 16-foot corn stalks that Tippecanoe County farmer* were raving about, local residents pointed out.
he robbed.
ity as a \\hole.
Several Greneastle persons attended the funeral of Harold D. “Doc” Brown, former Greencastle barber, recently paroled from the Indiana State prison where he was serving a term for bigamy, at Jamestown Saturdaf. Brown succumbed at his home in Jamestown of a complication of diseases. Thomas D. Brookshire has been ap pointed administrator of the estate f the late Joel Brookshire, in the Putnam Circuit court. Joel Brookshire died November 13, 1927, at I.adoga, leaving a personal estate of T'MHIO and leaving as his only heirs, -wo sons, Quay Brookshire of Cleveland, O., and Swan Brookshire, of Milwaukee, Wis. Raymond Catt, the polite assistant at the Kroger store here, will be mov ed to a similar position in Greencastle Saturday. Miss Bernice Coffey, daughter of Mrs. Charles Coffey, north West street, formerly of the Strother’s Restaurant, will take Mr. f att's plaop as aid to Warren Sheppard, manager. The World wishes Mr. * alt well in his work and congratulates Miss Coffey upon the choice of an assistant at the local store.—Spen cer World.
YOUNG TEACHER IS DROWNED
ALLEGED MAN HE1.D FOR ARSON IS INNOt ENT
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 1.—(1\S) —A good way to keep a thief from stealing your automobile is to leave
your baby in it.
I A thief who took the automobile of
PLAINFIELD, Ind., Sept. 1.— Mr. and Mrs. Ix>o Silver from in front (INS) — Miss Lucille Clifford, 25-year i of 22 West 34th Street, was dismayold school teacher of Carbondale, 111., ed to discover a baby asleep on the was drowned while bathing in White back seat. The thief drove more than Lick Creek on the Horace O. Ballard i eight miles pondering what to do farm, a mile and a half south here.! with the child and then decided to re-
It was believed she was seized with a , turn the machine,
heart attack while wading and fell | Meanwhile the theft of the car and into a deep hole. Although she was j the baby had roused the entire police
under water less than five minutee| ^department into action,
all efforts to resuscitate her failed. ; The Silvers had stopped to visit Miss Clifford was a member of aj Mr. and Mrs. Louis Markum on the picnic party which went to the Bal-; way home from a movie and because lard farm a popular picnic resort. | their baby boy Jerry was asleep on John DeCoursey, fiancee of Miss ‘he back seat left him in the machine. Clifford at whose home near Ben I During the excitement following the
Davis Ind Miss Clifford had been | discovery of the car theft someone 0 f d* Traugott fire refused to reveal
visiting for several .lays, was one of i suggested that everybody go inside
the eye-witnesses of the tragedy.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 1. (IN'Si —Edward Traugott, proprietor of the Traugott Clothing Stoiv w hi b was wricked Sunday night by a mysterious $100,000 explosion and fire continued today to maintain that Harry Libowitz, 22, badly burned in the blast and now accused of arson and held under a $25,000 bond, was immune and had no connection with fire. Traugott voluntarily came to police headquarters late yesterda) accompanied by his attorney, Ira M. Holmes, and then went to the state fire marshal’s office where he was questioned for nearly two hours. Traugott had been out of the city
since last Sunday.
Attorney Holmes was excluded from the state lire marshal’s office and advised his client to make
CHANNEL IS CONQUERED
SEEKS INTANGIBLE ASSETS TAX PLAN
WANT SACK OWNER HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Sept. 1.— (INS) A sack containing a number of chit ken skeletons with a gold l>aii ! about the leg of each chicken which was found on a farm near here, has started local officers on an investigation of what appeared to be a clficken stealing plot. Deputy Sheriff William Speidel is probing the theft.
FOLKESTONE, Eng.. Sept. (INS)—The English Channel
1.— has
been conquered again thi- time by a man. Ishak Hclmy, Egyptian swimmer, landed at Folkestone Beach at 1:47 o’clock this afternoon having swum tlie Channel in 22 hours and 47 minutes.
PLAN
EMPLOY MKNT AID FOR TEACHERS
and give the thief a chance to return the car. This was done and 25 minutes later the car was discovered across the street with the baby in it I unharmed. The thief had even f«U the
baby from its milk bottle.
GEORGE LANCE AND WILL D4HDEL IN FINALS
AHMED ZOGC MADE KING LONDON, Sept. 1.—(INS)—The National Assembly at Tirana has proclaimed Ahmed Zogu king of Albania, said an Exchange telegram dis patch from Tirana this afternoon. Albania thus changes from a democ-
raejr U a ttagdana. FRENCH LICK, Ind.. 8*pt 1 Spending Few Days (INS)—George Lance of Terre At Lake Wawasee | Haute, defending champion, must deMr. and Mrs. O. J. Stewart, south feat Will Diddel, Indianapolis CounLocust street, are spending a few - try Club veteran, in the final match days at I^ake Wawasee. ' here today of the annual state ama-
golf championship tournament
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The Home Steam Laundry will be closed Labor Day, Monday Sept. 3 Because of this fact collect* ions and deliveries will be one day late next week. The Home Steam Laundry i Phone 126
A program to aid unemployed teachers in Indiana to find positions is under consideration by Roy F. Wisehart, state superintendent of no I public instruction, it was learned yes-
statements. Deputy state lire mar-1 terday, and the mattei i- expected to shal Harry Gates, chief investigator be presented in a tangible form to
the state board of education during
whether he had obtained and informa the winter.
tion of value from Traugott. ; Although no definite plan has been -— — ! evolved, Mr. Wisehart said that with DR. J. L. BEYL GIVES TEN ,, three thousand teachers In LECTURES AT CONNERSVILLE’ Indian* without employment during ” 1 the coming year the matter is of utDr. John L. Beyl delivered ten lec- most importance to education in the
tures at the Teachers’ Institute at state.
Connersville from August 27 to Au- Approximately ten thousand licengust 31. These lectures were taken sos have been issued this year, of from the chapters of a hook Dr. Beyl which about a thousand are renewal is writing on Synthetic Psychology i according to the license bureau.
( An attempt to frame an income j tax law that will tax incomes from intangible assets will be made by | John J. Brown, chairman of the state* beard of tax commissioners, at the next session of the legislature, he announeed yesterday. The measure is to be undertaken in an effort to remedy the disparity between the taxes on tangible and intangible pro-
perty.
Nontaxable stocks and bonds in Indiana represent at least $1 .nno.fHV)000, according to Schuyler Mowrer. administrator of the inheritance tax department. A reasonable revenue I derived from this tremendous sum would enable the state to lower its tax rate on tangible property, Mow-
rer believes.
“The farmer and the city property owner are taxed on everything they possess. It is tangible and easy to locate. Yet many professional men wha earn large im ome- pay taxation only upon their household furniture and automobiles,” Mr. Brown stated. “It we <an tax incomes, the professional, property less man would be held
sponsible.”
Mr. Brown proposes to call a conference of civic, business, manufacturing and mercantile organizations
* formulate a practical equalizin': * ^ ^ J7
Keep a
Kodak Story
Kodaks $5 up. Come in and see
them TO-DAY.
Open Monday 7 A. M. to 12 Noon 6 P. M. to 9 P. M.
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of Psychosynthesis, being an effort to I synthesize the divergent points of view in modern psychology. Through the courtesy of Superintendent Dod-; son formerly of Greencastle Mr. Beyl was the guest of members of the j school board at the Rotary luncheon, and gave an address on the paychol-
sand teachers without places at th< j opening of the 1927-28 school year, Mr. Wisehart said, although many: teachers of other states are being | empleved in Indiana. I
LIVESTOCK
tear
to retain his title.
The weather was ideal for the crucial tilt this morning. It was brisk
and partly cloudy, ideal golfing; represented by the members of the! INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 1—(INS) w * at he r. j club. | —The hog market today was 10 to lo Lance progresaed into the finals by j’ He was also asked to inspect the | cents higher pig and underweights defeating Johnny Lehman of G«ry.i >new high ». hool building recently I were 25 cents lowei The bulk from
the Purdue Big Ten Champion, 6 and
5.
Diddel went into the final match fcy virtue of winning from the vet-
constructed under the directioli of Supt. Dodson which is one of the most complete and modern high school buildings in the state. Mr
cran ex-champion, Dwight Mitchell; Peyl also received the greetings of a
of Flinch L>ck, 1 up in an exciting and nearly record breaking match of
39 holes.
The winning putt was sunk in 11814* ness with a handkerchief tied on the j pin for the approach shot to the
i green.
Continuation B
number of former students teaching jn Connersville and the county, several of whom did their work in whole
or in part in DePauw.
RAIN FILLS GRAVE
1M to 300 lbs. sold from $12.00 to
$13.10.
There were not enought cattle to make a market. The vvalers were $2 lower than Fridays sales. Vealers sold from $18 down. The sheep and lamb markets were steady. Good lambs sold at from $14 to $14.50. Fat ewes were quotabiq from $3 to $6.50.
The Office of the Greencastle Water Works will be closed all day MONDAY, SEPT- 3 LABOR DAY
,:0Q P. M. Pet parade. Look for rules governing this parade In another part of the catalogue. 2:30 P. M. Judging of the county classes of riding and drtwag 1 horses.
WALTON, Ind., Sept. 1.—(INS)—
A terrific downpour of rain that filled a newly dug grave with water caused the postponement of the burial of
Nathan Beehdol’a body here.
The storm came up while the I un ‘! j n eral services were being held in a local church. When the storm passed
there was no empty grave to receive j NOTICE
the corpse.
WAN! ADS.
FOR SALE 7 room modern house || to sell on payments. Milton Brown.
FOR SALE—1926 Ford Tudor Sedan excellent condition. Bargain for
quirk sale. Cash. Phone 647-K. The College Inn will open Tuesday,' noon, September 4.
GREENCASTLE WATER WORKS
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