The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 October 1933 — Page 1
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FORTY-ONE vidTthe CITY INTO FOUR WARDS
S(IL members working PRE( INI I DIVISION lines
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HOVE STREET assessment PtoperO Owners '»•> Elm Street Object to Improvement Costs
ambers of the city council met in fire department building Thursto approve assessments against -rty owners for the improvement 1m street and to work on the new divisions of the city for the jons next year and in the future, sessments against property own„er e approved as prepared by i Heath, engineer, without ob- - cn by property owners or request Correction. ' mbers of a special committee tinted to divide the city into four two precincts each worked the council until late in the eve- , making tentative ward divisions Tailing to complete the precinct lions. 'dividing the city into four wards 'council estimated it had placed following number of voters in ward: first ward. 700; second 800; third ward, 780; and l th ward, 784. rst ward is to be composed of W territory north of Seminary L t and west of Locust street, jond ward is bounded on the by Locust street and on the by Anderson street, lird ward western lines are south {Lo ust from Anderson to Elm :t, east on Elm to Crown street south on Crown street to the city s. All that terirtory east of streets and south of Anderson A makes up the third ward. ■urth ward is bounded on the by Seminary street and on the by Locust ami Crown streets, 'offset from Locust to Crown be‘t Ehr niwcfcL (embers of the committee will another meeting to complete Ton of the wards into precincts. INNA RITES HELD FRIDAY
FIRST* GAME S.VIIKDAY Del’auw university opens its sea-
son here Saturday afternoon against Ball State Teachers college.. C aeh Neal is taking no change , of losing his first tilt and from the prospective starting lineup is using his most experienced men. All are lettennen
GREENCASILK INDIANA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1933,
NO. 305
DEATH CALLS EX-RESIDENT OF RO ACH D ALE
STL DENTS SPONSOR M'w Bl ILDING ON BL.U KSTOCK Del’auw university students are sponsoring a varsity house for Blackstock field. Ground for the new building will he broken on Old Gold day, DePauw’s homecoming celehra-
HENRY O’HAIR DIES SUDDENLY FRIDAY NOON
«- «"*•*•* « Th ' | SUFKEHKII HEART ATTACK AT
he earned a varaity reserve letter last season. Ball State ha made changes in its lineup following the defeat last week. The vi.-itors will have the experience of one game <>vei the Tigers. A rousing pep chapel wu held by the student body Friday morning. The university band made its appear- j ante an 1 two Tiger veterans, George Lortz, tenter, ami Bob Bradley, half- : back, gave short talk- ITyouts for
home ON SOI ih college
WEN IE
W \S FORMER CITY MARSHAL
is estimated at $5,000.
The house will provide dressing rooms for both the home team and visiting teams, with shower room and locker space. There will also be a
" I room for medical attention. Plans -
Deceased Well Known In North Part, fol the budding which is to be of j Deceased Spent Entire Life In Put-
brick, have been dra m u ,, by the de- nam County. Was \ssessor partment of buildings and grounds. of This Township As it is now, the teams must dress
VETERAN, DIES AT HUME
IN INDIANAPOLIS
KITES SI Mm AT KUACHDALE
Of County, 'loved Away A
A car Ago.
CLASS OFFICERS NAMED
l>ew].s Henry Henricks, age HI m Bowman gymnaaiuin and walk four
unm, gave snort taih- nyouts lor f . , rtenrv 11 Mair, wuielv known Greenvolt l, ,i■ u..r nlc t, n i , i' , , yeais, n civil war (cteraii. and a for- i blocks to the field In inclement 1 , , , , . committee yell leaders were also held. Pat Can- • j , , .. . . , , i castle resident and former citv mar- i comnunee . . met resident of Koachdale passed! weather toe teams do not even have , , , ,, , , , ’ ! k..n,, kn cilia, local boy, was one of the con- * shoi HloH wiunioni.. w- i Keno.-na.
testants.
MIXUP DELAYS NR A PROGRESS IN COAL STRIKE
, an illness ,)f thirty days- L>eath was ' dollar a year each to defray the cost. | the result of a complication of dis- — • —
i eases due to advanced age .
Mr Henricks who was the son j JN ( kl'|||‘I II I l|()|ll‘|S
Frank Kothman of Dayton, 0., will head the senior class at DePauw university as its president. New officers and committees for all classes were elected at a meeting of the student senate. Kothman is a prominent athlete. Betty Lupton, Indianapolis, was chosen vice president; Geraldine Powell. Indianapolis, secretary, and Don Hartline, Danville, III., treasurer. The chairman of the junior class is Robert Farber, Geneso, 111., and his committeemen are Frances Baum, Indianapolis; Margaret Wright. Kondalh illc; .L hn Derby, Deerfield, 111.,
and Floyd Plaezek, Cicero. 111.
Paul Bunn, Lorain, O., was elected
Henry O’Hair, widely known Green-j chairman 0, ' tl,n sophomore class
with Frances Sheppard.
■-hal. died suddenly at his home on ] Kenosha, Wis.; Margaret Kyle, Cinsouth College avenue, Friday noon. cinnat b U ’ , '' arl Kintner, Princeton, Mi. i.-.ic. ri.ita .» .1. a* ' all'l (»ec)Tir#* Hprtni-. Smith (Umri
away Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock shelter between h,dw of football
“ -ir,!s::...^•5*.-r •«.*.«.«». .. »„ .5.5 *i»»•>»-«. a-*-
i ueart disease which came without 1 warning. Mr. O’Hair ha I been in hi
| committee members.
Donald Freehafer, Huntington, is
Mary Epperson and Peter Henricks I was born in Hendricks county in lH4b. Ho enlisted in the Civil War#t the age of .-i.steen years- Mr. Hon ricks had spent most of his life on a
usual good health and his sudden I chairman of the freshman class com-
SPLIT REPORTED
HI GH JOHNSON AND NBA
COUNSEL
death fas a terrible shock U> mem- | n, 'ttee. with Mary Lou Klopfel, Inhers of the family and to his wide ;'' ilanH l x,lis; Helen Egglesttfl, Terre circle of acquaintances. Haute; Donald Gairett, Greencastlc, Mr. O’Hair had spent part of the j li,lJ Gordon (iuillaunte, Petosky.
morning squirrel hunting and on re- i -"'‘h.. members.
BETWEEN farm near Koach.ialo,“until last year 0THEI{ " ELL KNOW N MEN ON turning to his home, complained of a 0nl >’ the senior class has officers,
( hapel Speaker
when he moved to Indianapolis. Ho is survive i by two daughter®,
; Mrs. Cora Pearson of Roachdale and WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, (UP) —A ' l'!™' Cordel ‘ a of Indianapolis, , , „ , . . . . three sons Frank Henricks of Franknnxup between Recovery Administra- . r , , u u i u . , i tort, Harvey O Henricks of Mapletor Hugh Johnson and \R.\ counsel , , . , i> i i o uu .1 and Valley E. Henricks of
Donald Rtchberg today imperilled the governnient’s effort® to settle the
'literal services for Mrs. Missouri amia. a former resident who died day at Burbank, Cal., were held y afternoon at 2:30 o'clock the McCurry funeral home. The Victor L. Raphael was in charge, rment was in 'Forest Hill cemeHanna was a sister cf .\lla>rt ef this city.
Pennsylvania coal and steel strike. Johnson regarded as extremely dangerous continued strife centering around captive coal mine- owned by steel companies. He cast about for some way out of a tangle caused by his and Richberg’s conflicting interpretations of an agreement signed last week by owners of the captive mines. But he indicated there was little he could do for the next few days except to hope that the miners and the steel companies might come to an agreement by themselves. Uohnson said the key to the situation was the demand of strikers for j installation of the “check-off’ system. Under the check-off, union dues ate !
UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS
FOR NEXl WEEK
Norman Thomas, twite candidate for pre sident of the United States on thr Socialist ticket, will headline the week of chapel service at DePauw university. Mr. Thonta is scheduled to speak Monday morning. President Oxnam will be the -poaker i>n Tues-
Euneral services wil be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the
M E- church at Roachdale of which Jay with Wednesdnv being a devohe .was a member. The Rev. Stanley ; tionaI chapel, Thursday a Music . ,
Hall of North Salem will la* in | school chapel and Fri.lay freshman '''8ht years served as city marshal.
peculiar pain and feeling. A physician ' thc ‘ ,ther thret; bein K governed
| w as summoned but his death came j committees.
[ quickly.
Mr. O'Hair was In rn and reared in Monroe township and spent his entire lifetime in the county. He was ti'J years of age. In 1913 he sold his farm and removed to Greencastle where he was engaged ip the automobile anil garage business for a number of years. He then was appointed on the city police force and for about
by
charge. Interment will Roachdale cemetery.
be in
More Monev Is Taken By Gypsies
.SECURE $1(1 FROM ( ASH DRAWER OF ROACHDALE LIGHT
COMPANY OFFICE
( chapel.
Mr. Thomas will have an extended
j chapel period in which to speak. He will be the first on a series of intellectual chapels being planned for DePauw students this year. Ex-Senator James E. Watson was scheduled as the first speaker hut could not fill
his first date last Thursday. Mr. Thomas is not e newcomer to
the DePauw eampti- having spoken here in 192!). He has written many
He was an efficient and courteous of- : ticial in his dealings with the general public. Three years ago Mr. O'Hair was nominated anil elected assessor of Greencastle township on the Re- ! publican ticket. He was a member of thc Brick Chapel church and of the Odd Fellows lodge. While a young man he attended the rural schools of his community and then spent some time at the Danville Normal school.
John II. James
COMMITTEE OF ATTORNEYS TO DRAFT RESOLl I IONS FOR
MEETING SATl KDA\
SILAS A. HAYS n WIDELY KNOWN CITIZEN DIES
• 1 PROMINENT ATTORNEY PASSES AWAY OP HEART ATTACK THURSDAY NIGHT
Deceased is survived by the widow, mittoe Li
. ... , -Mrs. Emma O’Hair, and three daugh- deaGl °f Nlr. Hays, to looks, his latest "emg America s i Mls An . hie Alien, Mrs. Howard «t a further bar meeting Saturday
FUNERAL SERVICE SUNDAY Deceased AVas Veteran Attorney, De> Pauw Graduate. And \ ice- Presi-
dent Of (lent rat Bank k i
Silas Alfred Hays passed away a? his home, Bloomington and Anderson streets, Thursday evening at 7:45 o’clock from a heart attack which came suddenly. Mr. Hays had been in failing health since last January, when he suffered a severe illness. Recently, however, he had been down town daily and had spent some time at the Central National bank of which he was vice-president and a director. He had also attended to court matters and was present at the opening of the September U*rm
of court two weeks ago.
Mr. Hays twas born in Scott county on October 20, 1850. He was one of four children born to Alfred R. Hays and Permelia Reed Hays. He was
_. , th<« last surviving member of the
Named Bar Head ' ^ When Mr. Hays was 14 years of age, the family moved to Greencastle, where the father was engaged In $he merchandising busines ■. He w^nt through the public schools of Greencastle and was graduated front E'ePauw university with the class of 1H72 and received hi A. M. degrees in 1875. He rets.) law in various offires in Greencastle and -oon began the practice in hi® own right- He 'tas successful from the beginning and no one was better known in a legal w*ay in central Indiana than wa Mr. HjJys. On October 5, IS>:|, he was united in marriage to Mi Lillie Farrrtw. who pa-sed away on March 30, 193:1. He i® survived by or." daughter, Mrs.
John H James, senior Greencastle attorney, was unanimously elected ; president of the Ihttnam county bar I association Friday morning, at a | meeting of local attorneys He sucI reeds is- A. Hays, who has headed ! the association for the past two
I years.
At the bar meeting Friday Judge Wilbur S. Donner, C C Gillen and M J- Murphy were appointed a comI mittee to draft resolutions on the
be
read I *L »L Ector,
Mr. Hays wa
th.- senior member
While telling the fortune of Miss
Way Out’’ which wa® published in 1930. He is at prr-ont contributing
Dean and Mrs. Paul Files, Terre
M f h r c ^y T S^ r:; 1 Fish Planted tract with the Untied Mine Worker.® e d $10, Sheriff Alva Bryan was in- <VmrHl Con(f|p , ; , tional ( . hurch „f of America, do not want to enter formed while in Roachdale. No trace | Brooklyn, N V ■ Dr. W. W. Sweet of such an arrangement which would ()f t }„. gypsies could be found after the i,i vinity s ,. hoo i faculty of Chistrengthen the un.on organization m the robbery was reported. ' cago university: and Louis Untertheir mines. , Miss Barn art* was said to have re- I mpvpr onc of i h( , ll(!tter kniwn Amer- • u -I ported the gypsy women entered the j^n ports. Thi «D1 conclude the 1HE VS LA I HER offire and starting waving a piece of intellectual series for October Generali> fair tonight ami ^atur- ; n , 0 ney lw*fnre her eye-. While one was i.’ v nV pmlw»i l>r fnwnh M M day, except possibly showers tonight engage, in this mystic rite another.^ ,l tor the CenL M. e! in extreme north portion; slightly j wa s said to have gone behind the chlm . h in Mich.: Sherwood
morning at 10 o’clock in the circuit of the law firm i f Ha' & Murphy court room. of Greencastle. Until the formtiJudge Donner was authorized by tion of th> |i irtnei irp We practiced
lii Local Streams
EOI RTEEN ( ANS SENT HERE FROM SI ATE HAK.HLKIES
FRIDAY
I the association to notify judges in adjoining and other counties of Mr Hays’ death and apprise them of the
alone and had never had but one offite, that on the east side of the square, which ho continued to occupy
Fourteen can® of fish, including small and large mouth bass, red ear.
meeting Saturday with the request until his death. Mr. Hays had beem that they and attorneys of their bar- the storm cciiti i of many leg rl batattend I ties in the Putnam circuit court and Plan® also were made for local and no one was mon interested in his visiting attorneys to \isit Mr Hays’ cases nor werked harder aivl he home following the meeting Satur- never surrendered on any p int, no
warmer in south and extreme cast , counter Hn(l open ed the c-h drawer, F(jHv and Arthur Rolun-n la ff ~ ^ ^ ,i„l,t. cooler Saturday in t,o ; Edly, and Senat r Arthur Kotun crappie-, and blue gill, were sent here
lay. Local attorneys will meet on the south side of the courthouse Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock to attend
Mr. Hays’ funeral in a body.
portions tonight, cooler Saturday
central and north portions.
New C ommander
are already scheduled for addles es.
Sheriff Bryan who wa., j n Roach- T | ier( , w j|| br H gu( , st speaker for dale on other busin. was notified th) , ( i evot j olm l ,.h,|.el Wednesday, the about a halt hour alter the theft hut ndJeess lieing delivered byi Dr. Uscai no trace of the nomads could ^ Thomas Olsen, pastor of the AAilfound. A south Putnam county far-| metle p ari8h M Ki t , huri . h of wilmer was robbed by gypsies in a sim- | n , pUp m , )r- jg H ..(.^...ker
ilar manner early this week.
with Dean R. G MeCutc ian on the
Friday from state hatcheries for distribution in Deer Creek, Big Walnut and Little Walnut streams Local sportsmen who planted the fish were Fen Lucas, Carl Stewart O J. Stewart, Howard Denny, Albert Dobbs and Albert laindesThrough efforts of the Putnam
matter how- trivial it might he, until the last effort had been made to win
for his client.
In a business and civic way, Mr. Hays took an active part in affairs of
INDI ANAPOLIS LIAESKM K !thi county l"i " t m 13 years. Hogs 5 000; holdovers 429; steady j he had been vici pr< idiot and a dito mostly 5 cents lower; Itkl to 250 I lectoi of the I "iili.tl National bank, lbs.. 5 25 to 5.30; top $5.35; 250 to 280 and from the time of its origin, he lbs., $500 to $5.25. 280 to 3.50 lbs.,‘acted in the same i.tpa ity for the $4,011 to .$4.90: 140 to 1H0 lbs.. $4.85 Central Tro t C unuai y. He was also
to $5.10; 120 to 140 lbs., $4.35 to <4 GO; loo to 120 |hs., $3.85 to $4.10;
new Methodist llynial and Psalter County Sporting Club game fish ar u nacking sows $2.50 t-i $4.00, few to
which is being
Cutehan
rimM‘ Suits Are
I lied |>\ Jc'Wett ( a^hier >LI<.(-KD in H.ANDI Is
dlteil by Dean Me , ( . n t here each year to be distributed $4.25.
NEARLY $10,000 Ash LII BY RK-
t I I' I R I OR DEFi M I MARTINSYILLE BANK
INDIANAPOLIS, 0(t. H, (UP) — Three suits asking for a total judgment of nearly $40,000 were f>tt file • n federal court heie today by ( hester A. Jewett, receiver for the de-
GAS CITY, Iwl., Oct. ti. (UP)—H. M. Hundley, ca ior of the Twin City I hank of Gas City , was slugged over the head today by three bandits seeking a payroll for the Illinois Glass
j company plant here.
in local -t i earn As a result of these propagation efforts local -portsmen men hope to keep Putnam county stream -locked with fi.-h KIIK," ' A 1)1 A (IK< E GR ANTED
t 11tie 400; calves 500; steer nominal, -upply mostly low grade -he
president of the Putn un County Bar Association and w • the oldest memImu' of the organization. He was president of tin Gieenc i-itlo Kiwanis i luh of which he was a charter member an I to, k in i live part in
Hock, scattered sale® to yat i trailers t c club’.- work until dl health pre-
oit peddling basis, no price improve- vented.
m(.‘itt. Heifer* $3.00 to $4.5(1; -mall lots to $5.00 and better: e ws $2.00 to $3.00: low cutter® and cutters S1.00 to $2.00: veal- steady, $7.50 down, .’-heep 2.000; lambs opened steady.
After inore than a year 'lelay and postponement, the Ridgway divorce
case wa* finally returned to the lo- i closed strong to higher, mostly
Hundley did not have the payroll cal circuit court for settlement Fri down, top $7.2o; throwouaa down
tvi the bandits fled without loot. Kay, Judge Stevenson granted E'a - The three bandits accosted JLmdley line Rjdgwayan absolute divorce s he passed the postoffice building from Frank L- Ridgway, local meat
funct First National hank, Martiiia-| wberp tb ey apparently had lieen liid- ‘market proprietor The divorce was j j villr. i n|r . They struck him over the head ] venued from the Futnam county j ; One of the complaints names the w j((, l( blackjack, thinking, he had courts hack t) the local court, the Hubbard-Kivett Properties. Inc., as ,|, p p Hyrt ,|| 'j n H package he was P‘M’C r being filed m the local clerk’s ; defendant and asks the appointment ( . arry j nK (office, last Thursday. After the de„f receiver to recover $20,000 said rhp blin(Jita f | e d to a waiting auto- | «IfecM to drop the cross-com- ; to We due the bank, in addition to a )nobj , p ()Hrkp(i 8crolig th „ .treet and al ’ tjo,1 i al1 '• b ‘‘t«'l p s "‘■'•c re $2,333.33 assesament on hank stock I |)pd of town. Hundlev was taken »»"•'«• an ' 1 ,hp degree was granted. the lefendant company held. to a physician’s office for treatment. N '° «l'-m.„,y or property settlement
He took a keen interest in affairs I'olitjcall , .ml ■ i'cl the Republican party in van n - ways. He was tdectod to the Imlian.i cii ite in 1888 foi a term of f uir yc ir . He was a delegate fi- in the tifth Indiana
((km tinned mi Page two)
PROMINENT CITIZEN DIES
Tite Hubhard-Kivett Farms com- ^ was not I relieved his (ondition was
patty and the Hubbard Lumlier com- i 8P |jous.
pany were made defendants in re- _
in-, live suits seeking claims of lib,- ,
niiO and $7,000.
SAVE 38 IN BLAZE
PRINCETON, Did. Oct 6-Thir-
20 Years Ago
IN GREKNCASTLI
made by the court,
the plaintiff filed suit for a lim- | ited divorce of two year- on July 14, | 1932- The case was continued each | time a hearing was arranged and | venued to Putnam county during the first part -if last November A crosscoinplaint and answer was filed in the Putnam court by the (lefendant
I ty-eight inmates of the Gibson coun
The DePauw football team, led by on November 17 The case was con-
tv"Iia)! -1 infirm'arv 'were led to safety j Rowan, Thotna® and Anderson, tramp-j timied each time it was brought up when fire destroyed the two-story: led Moores Hill, 99 to 0 in the court- and finally ft was . et brick building Origin of the fire was S. C. Sayers announced his eandi- tied at thc first hearing-Danville
undetermined- The building was in- lacy for mayor »n the Democratic Republican
ure I for $ 14,65b. M A SONIC NOTICE
___________ t’alh’d meeting Temple Isidge No. Edward A. Haves of tWotur III who was elected national codlmander 47, Friday 7:30 p. m E. A. decree. American l'^g*ion > «it th^convecition in Sago Hayes, who is a former. Wm . \ stiles. W M. todi S r ' Ute c o*”blander, succeeds Lom* Johnson, retiring naLonai com-j g E Caldwell, SecV-
ticket, subject to the mass conven-
tion.
Mrs. Milligan Young i* the guest of relatives in Roachdale. Mark Kocher -pent the day in Indianapolis.
8. A. Saver* defeated Harry “Bill” Roberts 2 up in a semi-final match of the eity championship yesterday. Roberts was otic of the favorites to win the championship. Sayers will
Silas A Hays
Dun Donnehue, who is employed in play Boh Stevens a 3A-ho|d match for j Columbus, is visiting home folk--. j the championship, probably Sunday, j