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THIRTY-SIX

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4,1928.

No. 1 ! 6.

ATTEND FKAT MEETISt. Prof. O. H. Williams, Prof. F. L.

BusenbeiK and Pn f. L. H. Dill, were in Terre Haute Tuesday evening attending a meeting of officer- of the

etfor T BALL

F\C UFRF honorary Phi Delta Kaiijia fraternity. 11^ nDlVLj This organization was founded • |

diana University and has only the one chapter in Indiana. It pxi.il work is hr the research field and an alumnae group is being formed to

continue the work.

_ ' At the Terre Haute meeting, a 1^ SPEAKER Wabash Valley A^sociati ti u

ed, comprising all the inembei w ,, live in this territory. The m \ t ing will be held here on Frida in, ning, May 4. At that sc- ho' wives of the members will al attend, and some special re.M :nv \ rk

, in , ilia l Putnam County w j]| |, e taken ufi by the memh \

—banquet will feature the no

be held here.

119 SENIORS IN SCHOOLS OVER THIS COUNTY

T4 L DINNER TO-

j HIGH St HOOL

jljjASlU'l-

HKS

Given I'nder Auspices Camber of ( ommerce.

‘ v To Attend.

1 WENTY-THREE SENIORS WILL OK AIM ATE PROM BAINBRIDGE H. S,

( OMPI.ETi: MS I PFBLISHED

Several of Lists of Senior Classes Have Been Published But This Is First Complete List.

La.k-thnll banquet will "dree! ra-tle gymnasium t o’clock under the , ] 0fa i Chamber of Com Charles McGaughey; , capacity of toastmas-1 Ueaker of the evening ■’ni'h” Hughes, athletic

.'-ity. Mt.

t;,ik on "sports in high

slcal edu- j

other features of the he the introduction of of the county, the , meipals of each school.

F. S. HAMILTON TO WITHDRAW FROM PRIMARY

WELL KNOWN DEMOCRAT WILL NOT MAKE RACE FOR PROSECUTOR.

One hundred and nineteen seniors Putnam County high schools, ex-; ludve of the Greenca-tle high school will receive their diplomas at the annul commencement exercises of the various high seine b in the county, which will be held thi- month. This total number is one of the highest j total of seniors that has been graduated in the county in one school year. The Bainbridge high school leads the li t with the largest number of eniors with twenty-three seniors receiving their diplomas at the exerci "s on Thursday, April 19.

Fay S. Hamilton on Wednesday nn-

,,f the Tiger Cub squad nounced that he has withdrawn from L up), wrist watches the race for county proseeut r on '-cuing. The money to the Democratic ticket in the primar watches was sub- election in May. A letter to the j.emiistlc basket ball Banner regarding this action foil v. ^ kition of the splendid To The Editor of the Banner.

Ceach W. E. Bausman i Dear Sir:— Please announce through your paper that 1 have withdrawn a- c can-! didate before the democratic primary, for the office of Prosceutii.. At-

torney.

1 make this decision in the interest of party harmony, and for other business reasons that so far as 1 know does not concern the public. I wish to thank my many friend, for the interest they have shown i." me, and because of that I regret thf necessity of this step. I wish only the su-co- of ,ht 1 Democratic party. , Yours truly, F. S. HAMILTON.

'f.. during the past seaithe occasion will be ough the courtesy of j

akes Hand hicago Case

April 4. (UP)— The United States governrw through a confusion , i, assassinations and to forecast almost oerntervention in Chicago’s

Wy war.

KH I! e .. H.b* but ’hut rr-given the April Fed- 1 fury h\ Judge James H. pplied directly to the

right to take steps to

ji <er -e of citizenship at

P11 next Tuesday,

g t rnment operatives ri entered the investiga- , ' 1

bombing of the home

rater Charles S. Deneen, Vr-uii'- charge was con*

A UNIQUE PROGRAM

The Rotary club had a unique pro gram Wednesday noon. Talu ; Christie was a new member of tho club and following his welcome, Dr. W. M. Blanchard was given the gavel by Ed) Hamilton, retiring president. Dr. Blanchard introduced the newly electofficers in ■ an unusual flowery manner. He used till the adjectives in his vocabulary in describing the assets and liabilities of each of tin

, govemmant’* offic « r8 > 1 1 h ’ ther ‘ r . ■ V its jurisdiction nothtng to be » led, >,1 primary election. ea< - h was calle<l ,m f " r

Bamberger is the new president " the club, and during the y» ar t come, the work will be under hi di

rection.

McAbee Will Buried Here

RECEIVE DEGREE

I' I OR FORMER CITI-

ro HE HELD ON

I HI RSDAY.

A cla- of ten can ii ites was given the third degree in the K. of P. Lodge of Cloverdale, at (Toverdalc

Tuesday night.

I Th same class wav givrn the iuitia-

Will be belli in tory d#fWe fou , „ Bt th ! I 1 ■ afUrMon at 200 (ii ; trii . t ting ,, . v " 11:11 > tor wu heW at Cloverdal .

Alio, who died at his home j E M( . Curry fhark- McCurry,

i M, Abee was a amj

A"in of Greencastle, but GrPencast | (> r( . s ident, that w. re pre - way from here for the pnt Several v i sit or from Quincy al

f-nve years.

’ a member of the G. A. R., I.'-three years of age. For of years he and his famjon Hanna St. He is surviv-| - ais, on H 0 f Indianapolis, ’ v r of New York, and one •'b-. Elmer Pittenger, of 1

attended the meet m

Gridiron Banquet Is Scheduled For Wednesday Night

• Coolidge Has Close

Call

ANNUAL RAZZ FEAT 'MIX HE HELD AT LONG DEN li M L

TONIGHT.

PRESIDENT walks "H'N FEW FEET OF LIVE WIRE.

"1PT0N, Mass., April 4.

Apparently not bothered by

ape from danger —

! " almost walked into a live

( alvin Coolidge today

4" v ’ 8 R her mother, Mrs.

"""ihue, who is dangerous- ' r '’" ,in fr one of the North-

,, r ^ u yesterday Mrs. Cool-

Giin a few feet of a live

’dger had knocked down ^ r E which fell close to

N,r d Coolid

r r ’y, wc

tfe, and members of

’ LooJhu

walking.

I -''.rr:r■

vention, from Monroe township.

The Gridiron banquet, sponsored an nually by Sigma Delta Chi, honorary journalistic fraternity, will lx* held in, Longden Hall this evening starting at 6:30 o’clock. An elaborate program has been arranged for tho banquet which will be attended by Grcencastle residents, student and faculty

members.

The banquet is the annual razz, fest” of the organization an ■ always well enjoyed by all att nding. The Easter program for Map!* Heights will be held Thursday evening at 8:00 o’clock. The entire Sunday

School taking part.

George B. Busby Greencastle R. R 3, has been named m a petition b «< in the clerk’s office, for the office " f

The following are the number of giaduates of the other high schools in the county: Roachdale, 20; Cloverdale, 19; Fillmore, 16; Reelsville, IJ; Belle Union, 14; Russellville, 11, and Clinton Center, 5. Several of the lists of graduates of the high schools have been publi Ind in the Banner, but the first complete list of all the seniors in the schools has been compiled and is

as follows: Roachdale

Mabel Young. Lema Smith. Harold Golden. Glen Lane. Alfred Cow Wilma Hennen. Viola Grider. I.ucile Me E'er ran. Roxie Dodds. Margaret Sands, Mildred Newton. Fannie McCloud. Flossie McGaughey. Leona Evans. Lane Lcachman. Evelyn Higgins. Robert Johnston. Harold Click. Melvin Cline. Theron Risk. Clinton ( enter. Elizabeth Eggers. Ivan Harbison. Henry Thomas. Marion Thompson. Neil Stinson.

Fillmore. Lois Ailer.

Evaleno Clark. Naomi Carpenter. Esther Dunlavy. Elizabeth McNary. Louise Pickett. Ruth Sublet!. Leo Downey. Ella Sutherlin. Kenneth Bunten. Norman Clark. Elbert Huber. Arthur McNary. Lois Zeiner. Kenneth Byrd. Russellville. Ralph Carrington. Margaret Chaney. A drain Conrad. Donald Elvans. Margaret Gardner. Eunice Harbison. Mildred Pennington. Virginia Smithson. Clone Spencer. E'orest Sutherlin. I i.uise White.

Cloverdale Dona Bell.

Christine Burris. Georgia Chambers. Basil Christenberry. Charle- Denny. Marjorie Duncan. Wilma Furr.

1. Hall.

Lillian Herod. James Hetser. Wilbur Knoll. Vernice Larkin. I.aurin Linley. Jewell McCullough. O. Marin. Ralph Ratts. Voy Ray. Vivian Saekett. Archie Greenlee. Belle Union Freeman Bryant. Meryle Butler. Freed* Haines. Denu McCammack. Estel McCammack. John McCammack. Charles McCullough. Treseman Roaker. Marcellus Scott. Lee F. Sechman. Ira Sutherlin. Meryle Terry.

Howard Walters.

liaiiiluidge Nola Baker.

Virginia Boatman. Lucile Brackney. Pauline Bucher. Howard Chadd. 'Bernice Crosby. Wayne Coffman. Osbourne Dickson.

Mary Eads.

Aline Goodwin.

Edith Hale.

Howard Long. Rex Moffett. Margaret O’llair. Raymond Reeves. Harold Sibbitt. Mildred Shame). Marjorie Sands. Myrtle Sheets. Bonnie Tate. Jewell Wright. H. E. Williams.

Reelsville

Robert Cassady. Eugene Cooper. Delman Canada. Louise Hutcheson. Wayne Hutcheson. Forrest Hutcheson. Violet Harris. William McKlroy. Barbara Pickett, Elwood Pollon. Hazel Pelfrey. Elvin Williams. Marion Sendmyer.

GIRLS’ CLASSES IN GYMNASTICS TO BE FEATURE

FINDING FOU PLAINTIFF A finding for the plaintiff in the foreclosure uit of ETank Graham versus Ralph Westfall and Mae Stanley, administrator, of the estate of Oscar Stanley, decea-ed was mr e in the Putnam Circuit Court Tuesday by Judge James P. Hughes.

646 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN HIGH SCHOOLS

Wil l. BE PART OF MAY ( HILD

HEALTH FESTIVAL

PROGRAM.

WORK INC

Township Chairmen Seem To Be In Favor Of Program—E'loats \\ ill

Represent Townships.

The May Child Health Festival,

which will be held in Greencastle on Stuart hour.

May first, is a part of national rally 1 day of childhood which will he celebrated throughout the country on that day, as announced by Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce and j president of the American Child j

Health Association.

This fifth birthday of Child Health I

THURSDAY’S FIVE BEST RADIO

FEATURES.

W.IZ Hook I p 9 p. m. Veridi’s “Ma zonin Requiem,” with -oloists, chorus

PL \NS and oiche-tr i

WJZ Hook Up 7:30 p. m. Alexan-

der Barchocki, pianist.

WJZ Hook Up 8 p. m. Maxwell

hour.

WJR, Detroit (441) 9 p. m. Dar-

mouth musical clubs.

WE'.AF Hook Up 9 p. m. Halsey

ONE HUNDRED AND ONE STUDENTS I' ROACHDALE HIGH SCHOOL.

CLOYKRDALE

SECOND

SCHOOL HEADS WERE INVITED TO CONFERENCE

7 * -

r T

’■ 7’

FILLMORE H.S. PUPIL WINS FIRST PLACE

Day, according to Hoover, finds every state organized under a ehairman,| so that many cities and towns will have celebrations which will include

permanent health activities.

Hoover states that: "The National Congress of Parents and Teacher' will use May Day as an inspiration for a national campaign called the ! summer round-up. Plans for the cele- , bration in Putnam County tire being rapidly completed although tdl of the ! details of the program have not as

yet been completely worked out.

Miss Carol Shoultz, county health nurse, has received several letters from various township chairmen, stating that they are in favor of such a program and that llout- will he

entered from that township.

; Besides the parade of floats and Greencastle school children, a proI \W ff ram > demonstrating the various phases and factor- of health, will be

11 given on the lawn of the Court Hou e Winning Essay Will Be Sent To The The main f-atun ..I’the program will District Meet \t le,re il uite. the cla • of Mi Leona • Six Papers Written. director of physical education for - gitl’ in the Greencastle high school Miss Pearl Snapp, student in tho Miss Kestner’s classes will give the Fillmore High School, was awarded exhibition that will be given first place in the county e.-say con | 1:t, er in the high school exhibition.

Total Of Students 'n Sophomore Classes of All Schools I-. Higher Than Any Other ( lass. A total of six hundred and fortysix students are enrolled in Ue high chool - of Putnam County, rot counting the students in the Greencastle high school, according to an estimate compiled by John Vermillion, -uper intendent of county schools, ,,r edne--day morning. The principal * each school in the county sent in a complete list of the students in the respective schools, according to the classification of the students in the

W . \V. W RIG III m BE SPE AKER chools.

VI ELKMENTAin SI PERN IS-

ION CONFERENCE.

FIFTEEN 111

Will Be Held At Bloomington On April 19, 20, and 21. Program

Has Been ( ompleted.

MISS PEARL SN APP AWARDED FIRST PLA( E IN ESSAY

( ON TEST.

WRITTEN

INSTITUTE TO BE HELD HERE FOR TEACHERS

w II I. IU III LD ' N GREEN< tSTLl HIGH S< HOOL III ILD1NG ON

APRIL II.

b -t, which is held in conjunction with the oratorical contest. The contest was started at the samt ime as the oratorical contest, and 'tfr'T-Oles governing the two are identical. The winning essay was written on “What Is A Good Citizen?” Dennis Mathews of Gnenca-th. was awarded ! second place in the contest by the judges. Dennis wrote on the same

i subject.

Mi-s Helen Shields of Putnanivillo | was awarded third place. Miss ! Shields’ subject was, “Why Obey The

j Law.”

When the rules for the contest were 1 announced, those students intending to write essays, could write on one of the above two subjects. The essays were read by judges appointed for

the contest. The winning essay will 1 he sent to the district meet at Terre The program for the final teacher.- , Haute and then to Indianapolis, institute of the current school year I where the state winner will be judg- has been compiled and includes man} ed. interesting features. The following is the winning essay. The institute will be held in thi [ The following high -chool students i Greencastle high school building on wrote papers for the contest; May Saturday, April 14. Wimmer, Bainbridge, Alta Williams, Morning Session Cloverdale, and Hubert Clodfelter, 9:00-12:00—Extension work:

It is ordinarily expected that the largest total would be in the mH-

_____ men classes, and smalle: number in the \N\I VI MKKTINf' second year and so or. But a study of

the number in each class shows a variance from the general ruling in

some of the schools.

The total number, however adds to the geneinl rule although the com-

_ parison of the number in erch class

School administrators of Putnam does not show ns much difference os

County were extended an invitation would bp expected,

today by the Indiana University Th - Russellville and Roachdale school of educa'.ion to attend the nf- high schools are examplrs of the varteenth annual conference on edu- a- iance. In the Russellville -chool thi tional measurements and the fifth an- year there are eighteen freshmen and nual conference on elementary super-, twenty four sophorm -. in the vision to be held :it Bloomington on Roachdale high sch there ar--April 19, 20, and 21. Prof. W. W. twenty-five freshmen a. thir’v-nine Wright, son of Pen-\ Wright of near second year pupil-. However in thGreencastle, will be one of the speak- third and fourth year of both schoolsers in question the total drops be' v the The program for Indiana grade and total of tl s present freshmen classes, high chool principals and supervi-- Roachdale leads with the irg' ’ ors who will gather at Blocmington number of student- in the h'gh school from all parts of the tate has as wi’ a total of 10!) students, "'U’ its headliner Dr. Edward L. Thom- Clo. rdnle econd, w ith a total c 103, like, Teach* r ’ College, Columbia Bainbridge third with 93 students. University. In addition to Dr. Th remaining high school h the Thorndike, other nationally known county with their total number in -ducators on the program include, Dr. order of ize are as follow-: Bell Frank \. Freeman, cf the Univer- Union 71, . ’i-selville 69, Fillmore 69,

o'' Chi .i-e. mid Dr. J.-hn Our R«‘- , «v8h , PmB’ 31. a»J

LAST MEI-TING OF

YEAR

An Interesting Program Has Beer ( ompiled—Dr. O. H. Williams

On Program.

Ms with the

23; Clov-

: tied for

Clinton Center.

Researcli for Teachers—Dr. Williams. Character Education — Prof. Bart

lett.

Nature, History and Practice of Art—Miss Zeigler 1:30 Music—Del’auw School of

Music.

1:45, Indiana and Local History —

01 us Maria Perkins. 2:00 Sectional Meetings:

Primary Section: Habits and Desirable Reaction Mary Helen Ross. High School, hit-rmediate, Gram

mar and Rural Sections, Extra curBert May, of Indianapolis, and ricular Activith- Lawrence Wright. field representative for the Indiana o

State Tax Board, is expected in Greencastle sometime next week, to

ASSESSING IN COUNTY OVER HALF FINISHED

BERT MAY, OF STATE TAX BOARD TOCHKI K REPORTS

NEXT WEEK.

sity

Fowlkes, of the University of W’is- (Union < enter ,i0. eonsin. . BainbrH*e leads ♦hr The program for the measurements largest -umber of . conference will run through Friday erdale and Bainbridge

md Saturday morning and will be di- (he large t number of juniors, _<>, vided into five sessions. The confer- Roachdale has the largest second year nee on elenientarv supervi-ion, that class, 39; with the Clove-idale and is bold annually in conjunction with Russellville high schools second with the measurements conference, i- 24, each. C loverdale v ith 34 fii -t tcheduled for Thursday and will con- year student has the largest f.cshdst of three sessions. man class with Roachdale second

Speakers in addition to the three with 25.

mentioned above are: Pit ddent W. L. The »pphomo»e clu - of all of Brvan, Dr. Harold F. Clark, Prof, the high schools with a total of 1H3 W. W. Wright, and Prof. Edgar L. students, is two higher thn the Yeager of Indiana university. freshman total which i- 181. There „ are 160 juniors in nil high schools

TO ASSIST COMMISSION and 122 seniors.

BLOOMINGTON, April 4. (UP)-, The following are the schools with During a nine day period, April 5-11, the total number in each class:

sixteen students of the Indiana Lni-, versity school of commerce will assist the Manufacturers and Marketing Commission of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce in obtaining

a comprehensive report of the pres-, Uu.s.sellviHa ent trade area of Indianapolis indus-; Rutnamv ille

trie- ami wholesaler^. Even manu- ; fucturer and wholesaler of Indianapolis will be interviewed in obtain-

ng : i<-suits fop tL tudy which ~ 0 - I" mily fin ista ■ the bus- KpCllfTIAC - - nen uf Imliaiiapiili addition kJlIILIall IM . >

to giving the manufacturers’ and marketing commission a basis for intelligent and effective operation inj its program of furthering local com-j

mercial development.

Reelsville

. 15

Bainbridge

. 23

Belle Union

. 14

-q

Cloverdale

. 19

Russellville .,

, 11

Putnamville

Fillmore

. 15

Clinton Center ....

. r»

Roachdale

. 20

His Court BatMe

Prof. G. 0. A i It has rented Dr. 0.

[check over the work of the township 1- • Gver.-troel n .-iil'ii"^

Bainbridge Farm ureau Meet W Held On Tuesday

OIL MAGNATE \G.\!N STAKES FIGHT TO ESCAPE PRISON

TERM.

FI KH L WI WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 (UP)— OUrCciU IVlCCt YV US Harry F. Sinclair took up . v t.-day

his fight to escape prison, us an in-

assessors, according to Charles Mar- Seminary Street. Dr. and Mrs. R. , shall, county as.-essor, Wednesday Overstreet will soon more to their

! morninKi j home in Northwood.

The assessing period ends on May , 16, at which time the township aase*-: Fun(,ral seivices for Charles Park jsors and theid deputies are expected who ' Ur ! ay p, V ' ,l l to conclude the work in their respec- held from the Bre k ( hapel Church tiv townships and territories. Thp Wednesday morning at 11 oclock county Board of R. view will meet or, with interment in the Br.ck Chapel

the first Monday in June. | cemetery.

Mr. Mar all »1 ted that tbs u • ^ “ ,, „ _ .. , sing work at the pre-ent is over half, A petition naming A. M. McGaug- ,,a mm, uesday evening. Sam N Il completed in all of the townships in hey of Russell township fur delegate son wa elected vice-pi-s,dent and the <ount’' to the Republican state convention Thomas MeKeenan, seeretary-treas-

] * J 0 subject to the decision of the republi- urer.

Greencastle Commandery No. 11, can primaries, has oeen filed in the! The membership in the Putnam

will go to Terre 1 clerk’s office. ( ounty Farm Bureau ha- reached five

o———— hundred and the membership cam-

Services for Homer Routt of near | paign is still progri-s-ing, according

lictment charging him with conspiring to defraud the Government in the

Teapot Dome lease was called up in HOWARD HOSTKTTKK OP MON- di-trict of Columbia Supreme Court ROE TOWNSHIP ELECTED btfore Justice Jenninjr l’‘ih'y. PRESIDENT. The oil muitimillionaiie’s opening

guns were a motion for a five-diy delay, until Monday, i 1 a challenge of

Howard Hostetler of Monroe town- the I)( , w p, act j ce ,i s court i U-t-ship wu- elected- president of the ting the judge, .u uad of council, do

Monrc-township Farm Bureau Assoc- a) | lhe exam j n j n g 0 f pro.-, ctive jur-

iation at a meeting which was hold’ in the Bainbridge high school gym-

the weather Un-ettled tonight and Thursday. Probable show- rs, cooler Thursday, and northwest portion- ton! .at.

Knights Templar

Haute on special traction car leav-| ing at one thirty p. m. next Sunday to

Petitions were filed in the clerk's

join with commanderiea from Brazil, Cloverdale who died at the county | to Lycurgus Stoner, chairman of the office in the court hour Wednesday Clinton Sullivan md Paris in annual hospital Monday morning, were held membership campaign. morning, naming Ed Hamilton and easier ’banquet as guests of Terre from the Cloverdale M E. Church o A. J. .iff, as delegates to the Re-'if-iute Communderv All Sir Knights I Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Mr. and Mr-. Ward Lovett have .ublican state conven ;. ^abject to are invited aiid requested in full uni-1 The Masonic Lodge of Cloverdale left Grct ncastle on a six weeks trip to j the decision of the P publican priform ‘ | bad charge of the services. i California. j marks, May 8.