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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA. FRIDAY. AUGUST 10. 1934.

NO. 253

kd annual { CLUB FAIR PENS IN CITY

HEAT FELT MORE TilDRSDAV THAN FOR MANY MONTHS

The hinh temperature of Thursday in (ireeneustle was !)7, hu' it was felt | ti «iw than KKt decrees wre felt two weeks affo. Many points in Indiana retfisteied more than 100 decrees yes-

L I S OF CLOTHING. BAKING t '' n,a >' a ^ (i with fhe humidity,

O) LIVESTOCK ARE oN

DISPLAY

any time

many suffered more than

| this season.

Chicago weather officials continue to forecast a break, and rain in

L FEA11RE.S ARRANGED nor t) )crn i n iiana last nipht helped

some fipots, hut it failed '.u. do

good in this commiunity.

any

[1iamher Of Commerce Cooper-

With Boys And Girls In L. cu ring Entertainment.

|4 H C'EUB PROGRAM Saturday m.—Demonstrations, girls. Iron m. |0 p. m. - Livestock judging, public square. |p m.—Dress revue, courtm. Presentation of awards uni, northeast corner of

||iini annual county fair of the and girls clubs of Putnam jopened in Greoncastle Friday Tin Chamber of Commerce ig to the fair program by in concessions, shows, rides, kilty salesmen to make the 1( grand success that ii L to he. The displays by the |d gills ought to he the best Live ever been displayed in Istle or Putnam county and ♦ he widespread interest bei in boys and girls club work

■out the county,

leaders in the club work have much hard work and long |of time in working up the program that npemvl Friday [. The various displays arc tii.idc in downtown business this year instead of in the lsc, and every visitor should ry display. The livestock is ed under one roof, The Janies on Jackson street, has been >ver to the livestock group by [ollowcll for the two days and Stock wfll remain there until y afternoon. There are some finest specimens of livestock pen anywhere in this exhibit rone interested in the breedletter stock will spend a well Hie hour by visiting this disI'ork arcomplished during the y months by the girls of the clubs equals that of the boys 1 . penalized line and the disnf canning and cooking and are id! well worth seeing. No idd allow today and tomorrow without seeing all these exhibits of work by the icr^ of the community, (entertainment features of the being sponsored by the of Commerce and these '■< . have spent much time Jort to make the two days (t lies for the city’s visitor. , [downtown streets have been

STUDENT RKtTTAI. MARKS close of hummer school The recital give at Music hall on [Thursday afternoon by students in Miss Rutledge’s class evidenced the . fact that good work can be done even

in hi t weather.

| The grade of work was from the young beginner:-, to that of consider-

I able advancement.

Those who took part in the program were Lorraine Brcndlc, Lois | Bintz, Betty Jo Flint, Wilma Jean ' il.i.-t, Elizabeth Long, Emily Ann Long, Eleanor McCullough Marian Lee Surber and Mary Carolyn Wren.

Child Struck By Automobile

EMMA J \ N K CONKLIN SUFFERS BRUISES AND Cl FS IN ACCIDENT THURSDAY

Emma Jane Conklin, age 9 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Conklin, 907 north Madison street, suffered bruises and cuts about 7 o'clock Thursday evening when she was struck and knocked to the pavement by an automobile in front of the Granada theater. One wheel of the automobile passed over the little girl’s leg but did not fracture the bones. The automobile which struck the little girl was driven by Frank I). Gorham of St. Louis, Mo., who was driving slowly when the accident oeeurred. It was said the Conklin girl had just gotten out of the Conklin car to enter the Granada when she stepped into the path of the St. Louis car. Siie was knocked to the pavement and one leg was run over by a wheel of the car. Taken to a physician it was found no bones were broken but that the little girl had suffered painful bruises and cuts.

C. M. Poor And Family In Crash

(LINTON M\N WELL KNOWN HERE, Mini SON AND DAUGHTER, IN HOSPITAL.

S. L McKAMEY OF CLOVERDALE DIES THURSDAY

As I’uc.si dent Inspected Huge Fort. Heck Earth Dam

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LIFELONG RESIDENT OF TOWNSHIP Sl ( ( 1 MBS FOLLOWING LONG ILLNESS.

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FUNERAL TO BE SATURDAY

Employe Of Indian Refining Company For Twenty-Two Years. Leaves Two Children.

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S. Lincoln McKarney, age 71 years, lifelong resident of Cloverdale township, died at his home in Clover iale I hursday evening about (i o’clock, following an c.\ end'd illness. He had been bedfast about two weeks. Born in Putnam county east of Clover iale Nov. Li, 1803 the deceased spent his entire life in that township, j He was an employe of the Indian Re- j fining company for twenty-two years and through his position gained a wide acquaintance. He was a Modern Woodman for thirty years and a member of the Smyrna Baptist church. He was married to Ella Pritchard in August, IK92, her death occurring July 9, 1933. They were the parents of three children, Mrs. Wenona McBride of Romon.-t, Owen county, Mrs. Talitha Gill of Cloverdale, an I Odessa McKamey, who died in 1910. He is also survived by a sister and four brothers, Mrs. Malinda Hartsaw, Greencastle, George and Reuben .McKamey of Clover iale, Harrison McKamey of Belleville, and Theodore McKamey of Coatesville. Funeral services will be held from the home Saturday afternoon, at 2 o’clock conducted by the Rev. Cornelius Airhart. Burial will be in the Cloverdale cemetery- Pall bearers for the services .will be H. C. F'ostcr, R. V. Murphy, O. C. Carter, Saul Haltom, L. W- Brown, Vemie l«irkin, Woolrow Knoy and Howard Knoy.

Oscar Lydick Car Found At Decatur

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Continuing his drough' inspection tour on his wly hooie to Washington, I). I’ri-siVent Fynnklir It. Roosevelt vowed the en i mous earth dam arising on the u|>pern Missouri river at lut Peck-, Mont., an i announced his purpose "to make every ounce o wa er” falling in. tin orthwe-t aio.i count before it flows into the Gull of Mexico. Top, shows presidential auto ovetfocKliig the vast p: • whevo a f.,in-mile-1 ng eartli barrier will bold back 17,000,000 acr fi ei of water, and ge nerate 100,000 kilofat ho ,r< of electricity; bottom, right to h-ft, Roosevelt viewing the . evolopnrcnt headed by c-iud|„s.>r Major T. B. Larkin, in In I net, Secretary of War George Dern, aid tin president’s son, John.

CLOTHING WINNERS ANNOUNCED

TOTAL OF 170 DRESSES AND OTHER \KT1CLKS M \DE BY GIRLS ON DISPLAY.

RULLA BARBEE LS JUDGE

Billie Met lure And Eleanor EileL jorge Win S»re|>stakes In 4-H Classes.

INSURANCE \OKNT SENDS MAN AFTER AUTOMOBILE IN ILLINOIS FRIDtY

ricesshms and show tents. A F 11 round is on one corner, swing and other forms of lid atractions are on other eor-

IND1ANAPOLLS, Ind , Aug. 10Three members of a Clinton family were recovering in the Methodist Hos-

off from traffic for the two| piuI ,, |st niuht ln , m severe injuries the streets are well filled HU f fere(1 ear | y yesterday morning

when their automobile struck the r'-ar of a bus which had stopped to pick up a passenger near Danville. They are Miss liorothy Poor, 25 years old, who suffered a fractured

during the day was furn- pelvis, a double fracture of the right .v the high school band of j wris't and a si vie cut on the left dgc and Roachdale. They will [arm; her father, Chester M. Poor, ly tomorrow. They le«l the i division manager of the Northern paiade at 1 o'clock Friday | Indiana Power Company, whose right tm The Nelson Brothers, the] ear was aim.. i vered and who suf-

fered other laceration! when he was hurled from the bai k seat of the automobile and his head crashed through the windshield, and his son, Chester M. Poor, Jr., 20, whose nose was brok-

'isters, and the Fillmore Hot i*c o furnished s|H>eial music the day at the various exhihitm ' over the city arvl in the

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A Chevrolet automobile tolen from Oscar Lydick of Fillmore some time .-.go, lias been located at Decatur, ill., according to a report Friday by Walter Bryan, deputy sheriff. Bryan said the car was found at Decatur several days ago. Roy Hillis, local insurance agent, reported that Decatur authorities inf'.rmol him the car wa not damaged. Hillis said he was sending after the car Friday noon.

YOUTH COMMITS SI !( IDE CARMEL, Ind., Aug. 10, (UP) - Fright resulting from an automobile accidt nt and despondency over loss of his school girl sweetheart was blamed today for the suicide of 14 year old Leland Cox. The youth was found hanging in a barn at the home of hi- uncle, Oie.n Myers, on whose farm he had been working. A note in his pocket told of his broken romance and asked forgiveness for the automobile accident, “which wasn’t iny fault.”

MR. R()0SE\ EET COMPLETES HIS VACATION TRIP

LNGTON WITH FIRST H \NI> INFORM VI ION

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lOl’R UOVERF.D 10,000 MITES

In Capital Laden Wi'b And Com prehension Of

Conditions

Hawaiian islands and obtained by daily contact a picture of navy ef-

ficiency.

More than that, by hi por-nnal appearance in Haiti, in 'Colombia, and the Republic of Panama, he succeedI ed, administration supporters believe,

] in dispelling to a great extent the

PRESIDENT RET I RNS TO W \SH-, feeUn 8[ , that v ' hil ' . North AmPli<a I ANN!

was their protector, it was ready to | interfere in their internal political

affairs.

Hi.-; warm assurances that such was not the case were, made to the [ presidents of those governments to- I

Back In Capital Laden Wi'h Ideas g'-ther with plodges of cooperation in

meting common problems.

The president's tour which began six week- ago from Annapolis, Md., where he boarded the cruiser Houston became a welcome- home celebration as well a an inspection trip from tne

< < outiiiiH tl on I'nitc Tliroo)

WASHINGTON. Aug President Roo evelt Washington at 11:55

after a 10,00(1 more than six

10, (UP) - arrived in a. m. today

vacation trip lusting

,-eeks.

\sk Ikmdholdrrs To PreH iit Siiim*

n't at 9 o'doek a big square 1 en and who was cut and bruised, fill be held on the west side of| No one on the bus was injured. >re. The above musicians will None of the 'hiee mot mists is in a, t the dance. A truck will be serious condition, hospital attaches j

td near the courthouse side in said.

ter of the square and as the .

Nl h e roped off, dancers will ® ® ® O ® O ® ® O ® ® ® ship road bonds, which were due in

lenty of room to trip the light |® Today's Weather |r on both the north and south CJj and i

1 ed to pp'sent the

l (»1 M Y AUDITOR SAYS NOT SINGLE COUNT) l NIT BOND HOLDER ASKED PAYMENT Holders of county unit and town-

p the truck. The dance will ► until near midnight, and it repeated again Saturday

® Local Temperature

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Cloudy, showers this afternoon or

tonight south portion; slightly cooler north and contral prtions tonight; Saturday somewhat unsettled, cooler

® 1933, payment of which was author | iaed out of the gasoline fund, are ask-

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ht nt 8 o’clock, the Greencas1 will K i Vf . their weekly contho courthouse yard. It was,

ed from Thursday evening un-| oxtreme 80Uth ' , " rtlon ’

Iht, an ) everyone is invited to ("wntown, enjoy the concert, and concessions and the nd have a general big time.

Minimum •' W

MAYSVILLE PICNIC ■fmi.-il M.iy-villc- picnic Theld Wolni s.biy, August^ 15,' “ummer’s grove.

6 a. m. 7 a. m. 8 a. nn 9 a. m. 1ft a. inUa. m. 12 noon 1 p. m. 2 p. m.

78 78 79 82 Kti 89 92 94 94

same to the county auditor for payment.

W. A. Cooper, auditor, stated Thursday that not a single holder of a county unit roa I bond has presented the same for payment. A total of $18,000 was set aside for this purpose. Another $11,000 was diverted from the gasoline fund- to pay the principal and interest due on township road

lionds.

Mr. Cooper said that many of these bond holders probably are holong ihcm under the imp><’-sion that they are drawing inten -t. Mr Cooper said interest on these roa i bonds stopped July 18 when tho supreme court order authorizing payment out of ‘.ho gasoline fund became final.

GARY, Ind., \ug. in, (UP) -Gov. Paul V. McNutt stood with the throngs that watched President Roosevelt’s p'■ ,d train pass through the Gary railwav station late yoster- i

day.

The governor (lew here from Indi-j nnapolis with tic intention of hoard ing the train an I conferring wi-.h the president. When the t'lin passed th.-iugh without stoppii the governor returned to Indianapolis. ABOARD I' i: K S I D F, N T I \ 1TRAIN LNRol TK TO WAKHINt

Mrs. Sam Farrow Callrd By Dealli

SERVHis for local woman WILL BE HELD SUNDAY AFTERNOON

DEMOCRATIC EDITORS AT TRENCH TICK

\l SUMMER (il l INC OF EDTHlRI \1. \SS(I( I VI ln\

OPENED FRIDAY

I’LVN NOVEMBER ( AMI’AK.N (■ov. McNult, See. VanNii.vs and State Uandidalcs \rc (.nests

at Meiting

FRENCH LICK, Ind.. Aug. 10, (UP I Indiana Democratic editors a i mhlcd hero t . ’ He ir an tyjal summer nuti-.g and the formal opening of thoir party’.- campaign. The first day of the convention was devoted largely to play but ti>morI i'o-.v the editors and igh party officials will got d '\vn to the serious | business of formulating plan, for the I drive to which they hope will carry

Mrs. Lllon Farrow, age 63 years, wife of Samuel J. Farrow, passed away Friday morning a' 11 o'clock at her home on F,ast Washington street. Mrs Farrow suffered a stroke of paraly-is last April which resulted in her death She has lieen a lif'

TON, Aug. in, (UP)—A KlftflO mile long re-h.nt of Putnam county,

inspection tour that took him over 1 _ Funeral • r\i<es will be h"l i from tropic seas and cross the de.-erts and 'he home Sunday afternoon at 2:0(1

tho entire nation, !*>'clock. Buiial will lie in Fois-st Hill

fertile valley. - ended today a neared Wa.- hin:

The chief

watched a va I activities retu’i-* ready to can

greater reemu

ised in his final

Wis.

Mr. Roo evolt with ideas and of what the with the billion printed for pubb readjustment, t

l ’re i lent R It , cem< t< ry.

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xecutive who has atiorma of new deal d in fighting trim through the even program he promiieech at Green Bay,

BXNDUIS t.LI PAYROLLS

came home laden full comprehension ivemment is d ing of dollars approworks, agricultural e rehabilitation of

and

LOW EM . M i Aug. 10, (t't’l Without drawing a gun, three banibt tole p iyr-lls totalling l>e*v eon 15,000 and dJu.oftO from an armoied c.-ir parked outside the Union Old I.owell National bank here today.

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citizens in populous regions' those in the n le areas. He has seen with his own eyes America’s defen-e system for the rich

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20 Years Ago IN greencastle Mr. and Mr;. Charles Huffman spent the day in Indianapolis. Miss Hattie Welch has accepted a position at the 1’mrson bakery. Miss Hildegird Haspel was hostess to the S. C. cluh. Mrs. W. O. Timmons is the guest of relatives in Edinburg. The Missionary society of the Baptist church ni't with Mrs. I)or!t Sweet. W. L. Denman of Crawfordsville is here visiting his family.

R VN< HER -ED BY KIDNAPERS

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PA EM SPRINGS, Cal., Aug. (El’l Terrorized by two men who abducted him from a Los Angeles hotil, and told him not “to show your head before five o’clock this morning," J. C. Kuhic, 40, wealthy citru.ianchor < f Lion, wnis round in a fa.-hionahle hole! early today. The rancher was rescued.by Ri\cede county deputy Sheriffs who are seeking Kubic's two aliductors, one of whom is described as being 25 years old, short, and black haired. Kobi • said h«‘ never saw the other. Deputies from Indio, Calif., informed that Kuliie was in the hotel room, raided it and found Kuhic sitting in darkness, with the doors and windows tightly barred. He was nearly overcome from fright and boat.

thorn t.o victory election. Guests at th. Son. Frederick V V. McNutt, Shri-h date for United candidates for eoi . fiees, Minton will op< i -i banquet tomorr ho his first offic i , ■inco his nomiiuiE cratic st ito con\a I'porost iii th paign largely is for Unit I Stati Republican oppon R. Robinson, st.i deal. A vi'-tnry for M ber would mean t II er voters ;n |Mdl.ie.; Of Pro illel a victorv for IE terpreted as repud deal. The edit rs will meeting tomorre discussion of their the best methods t the campaign. Half an hour la mitten will meet i place for th" offi, campaign. Tern to be selected Demoerats have .•

in the November n eri iii K included nN i\ (J ov. Paul an Minton, candi- k - • • enator, . 1 it -1 • - and state ofi hi campaign at night. It will I i auipaigii riee.-h . n Ii, t he ’| lemo- ' m l.a t .I fine, api.r-iai Ineam- ’ i • d mi | he fight ■ 'i-'tor. M nt,m’s ' 1 Ven. Arthur r • ;OH la \ Noveniit i majority of in iccord with the ai Ro,, * a elt. But Ms*m would be iniation for the new h dd their business morning w-th a own problems and i co-operate 'during i r the ; t.ato eomi , lect a time an 1 ia| opening of tho Haute is expected in, ,’ Vigo county kod for t'he honor

A total of 170 dres. es and numeP’ cus other articles of clothing made ny 4-H cluh girls are on display in tho Cook mom on th, north si ie of tha square and were judged Thors, ay tiy Rulla Barbee, vocational teacher *-£ Vigo county. | Sweepstakes in the dret-ses was Mon by Billie McClure, 18-year old fifth year member of Putnannilii, w.jile Eleanor Kiteljorge 17-yoars old, of Ma Hson township, won the sw»w'p* stakes prize in the room impr.ivonwnt project. The tatter was a new project for the club members this year. Winners in the various classes of clothing and in the room improve* ment proj, ct are listed in order from first to t/ nth place: < EOTHFNG I — Anna. Marie Eitel-, Greencastle. Ma •i'.ynn Ann Crask, Greencastte. Fi/ti Sinclair, CToverdale, R. 3. 51 ary I’hylli. New gout, Greenca Jtla Alary Elh-n Thomas, Reelsville, R. I Freda May s-eoginiller, Greencastle Mary Wamsley, Putnamville. i Etta Hell Thomas, Keelsville, R. t. Mary Ellen Speneet, Greencastle It.

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Waneta I irl Arnoid, Fillmore, It- 1 CLOTIIENG II Martha Malone, Greencastle. Retha Lorene Miatkins, ReelsvJHgj R. 2. Helen Sinclair, Glover Iale, R. 3. K ithlren Newgimt, Greencastle. Martha Ann Spencer, Greencasrtle, R. 3. I- ith Nich ds, •In • nca die, R. 3. Cordelia Elm'ii' , (Toverdale, R. L Alice Silvey, Roachdale. Eorna C. Thoj.ia . Greencastle, R. 1. Evelyn C ,un\p, 1025 S. Indiana SU. CLOTHING Il.lImogene Perkin . Greencastle. Pauline Jopfs, Clov tdale, R. 1. Jean Skelton, R Mary Ami Newgent, 2®,2 W. Wash* ington S'. Mary Louise Huffman, Greencastle, R. 1. Geraldin*, Ruark, Fillmore. Sarah f'ranee McCurry, 115 East B'-rry St,. M.aigaret Haa mon , Greencastle, R. R. :v Berijii :ine Kirkha . . 105 S- Bloom* ingt.ij St. D'g 1 c. Arnold, I illmore, Iv. L < LtyniING IV •14'ine O'Hair, Greenca tie. R. 1, t’.t.-tty Dobbs, Fillmore R. 1, Betty Hanna, Roachdale. Catherine Robertson, Fillm >re, R. 2 tleno Brown, (in-en 1 tie, R. 1Marjory Arnold, Fillmore R. 1. Edna Callaway, Gn-encastle, R. 1. Martha Eou Scott, (iri-ern-astlc R. 1 Beulah O'Hair, Greencastle, R. 1. Dorothy Robert -on, 1’illni.ire. CEOTTHNG V Billie McCIup . C|i vcrdale R L Jean Ragan, Till.l ore, Ii 1. Eli.-die h Bowman, Greencastle. I i-ogeiie A<|er, Fillmore, Ii 1. Anna Ruth Neier, Fillmore. Catherine Kimmerman, Greencastle. E u.i Smiley, Greencastle, R. 3. Em ile Nich'd . G111 ium tie, R. 3. Er 1 ne Cox, (ii ■ nca.-’lo. .1 ano I'Jttcr, Gre m 1 tlo. SWEEPSTAKE Billie McClure, Putnamville. ROOM IMPROVt.M INI Eb-ali-ir Eitcljorge, Greenca 'le, R.

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Frances Maxine Hathaway, Green1 n-tle, R. 4. 1 abel Hatliaway, Greencastle, R. 4. Freda Brattain, Greencastle, R. 4. SWEEPSTAKES Eleanor Eitcljorge, (irei-ncastle, R.

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Additional award- were made as follows Friday morning b> Mr. Neier of Fillmore, • ju-l.-e '( the rabbit classes; OLD DOE— R dph Spencer, Ru ..ellville. Eugene Switzer, Russellville. YOUNG DOE— Eugene Switzer.

The annual Stoner reunion w^U lie held at the here of \Tr. am! Mrs. 0.-car O'Hair, Sunday, August 19th.

of holding the fii t official rnlly. Liter in th - morning, Indiana’s 12 D mm-re tie congn .-luon, all eandidates for reelection, will moot w'ih

tho "tite curmit . Tho candidates ; OLD 'BUCK will h<> introduced at the banquet to- AltaTt Howlett. morrow night. YOUNG BUCK Flank Finney, pn d nt of the Ralph Spencer, editorial association is in charge of 1 OLD PAIR 1 ho convention and Thmnas Taggart,] Ralph Spencer. Dcmo'iatic. national coinmitteeman, YOUNG I'AIR— is playing host at his French Li-k 1 Ralph Spencer. Springs hotel. 1 Eugene Switzer. The highlight of t"day' prognm SWEEPSTAKES was a i-olf t- in lament f >r guests j Ralp Spencer.