The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 10 July 1937 — Page 1
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IBTY FIVE
0 KKtiN CAST I i K, INDIANA, SATIKDAY, JIDY 10, 10.°,7.
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IAL SE ARCH fOR AMERICAN FUERS IS SET
OREENCASTI.E VOUTHS WIN POPPY POSTER CONIESTS Announcement was marie today of
the winning by three Greencastle ! youths of the American Legion Poppy
poster contest in that district. Mrs. Roy Newgent is chairman of the dis-
! trict contest and she had the entries
COUNTY BEGAN RECORD BOOKS ! IN AUGUST, 1822
Mother and Stepson Await Word of Aviatrix
*'’BINGTON, fITTII 68 SEARCH-j Judged at a meeting held at
OUjuq PLANES, STEAMING TO i on recently. ULAN OS The contest winners are James
Pingleton, senior high school; Joe
Leban- FIRST RECORD ROOK TELLS Ol
MARKS AND BRANDS OF AN-
IMALS IN PUTNAM
5W HUNT TO START MONDAY v,,f— IMS to Search Area As Large As IYtt** Before Atlmitting Amelia's Skip Plunged Into Sea
I /HONOLULU \ drying' what
Bamberger, junior high school; and Robert Pierson, grades. The winning posters submitted hv these youths have been entered :n the state-wide contest and this judging is expected to take place in the
near future.
July 10.—(UP) —
_ was considered the I
' it kope of MOCumg Amelia Earhart j .jlpV Wpl f ‘lUP d kor navigator, missing nine days o Tt V lltll Y -
K [a transpacific flight, the Lexing1 today steamed toward the Phoe'c Island group. i"\\ ( "ini islands d shallow lagoons for what likely
be the last concerted attempt to
the fliers.
The Lexington left Lahaina Roads ^der forced draft for the Phoenix .oup. ThO voyage, under favorable ll|;ather conditions, was expected to "ke at least 60 hours, bringing the
WAS START OF LOCAL HISTORY Land Was Being IlnmcNtcudcd By Im inigranbi from East and South at That Tina'; Co. in Wild State
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F f Th
Plans Approved
FEDERAL GRANT OF $»H,4‘>7 IS
FORTHCOMING AS RESULT
OF ACTION
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind , July 10 Approval of Indiana’s plans for child welfare services by the Children's
„ Bureau, U. S. Department of Labor, and he, 68 long-distance for the fi8cal year ending June 30.
I* mes into the search area by Mon- • l'"tt was hoped tiiat the Lexington, i ’rtoSt Ship of her type in the Palltt'lc fleet, may be able to get close , ,! 'ough to the mld-Pacific island by inday night to shoot some of her 111 anes ahead in preliminary searching. Part of her complement of| anes were long range torpedo 'll anes and big bombers capable of ~ ying 2,500 miles without stop. ^ The Lexington’s planes will seek to j
1 W the area as large as the state , aln county department8 of
J p|' Texas before the Navy admits of
:inlly that Miss Earhart, America’s I P woman flyer, and Frederick oonan, her navigator on Aund-e-world flight, plunged into the sea
y. at Friday morning.
Mj; Already three small scout planes
the t7. S. S. Colorado have cover-
Hfl much of the area the Lexington L) yers will cover^'Frorn the Colorado
st night came t^e disheartening re-
^>rt: “No aiga.«fl|he Earhart plane.’’ O’he Colorado's WMiit planes skimmed s' W war Mefneu'i, Ganlner and Car-
islands of the Phoenix Isles
^ id over the waters between them, iilli a second series of flights they
:outed Hull and Sidney islands, t nong the most distant of the mid-
lc cluster of
1988, was received here today. Sanction of the services, which are administered by the children's division of the State Department of Public Welfare, entitles the state to a Federal grant of $86,427. to be expended during the year in the development of an adequate child welfare pro-
gram.
Approved plans permit continuation of services already begun by the children’s division, including placement of child welfare workers in cer-
Public
Welfare to develop and coordinate
the child welfare programs.
Among the most successful of such programs is the social service department developed at Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home at Knightslown to the request of the board of trustees and the superintendent, according to Miss Mildred Arnold, director of the Children's division of the State Department of Public Welfare. As a result of “child planning.” children who were graduated or dis-
charged from custody when the mim-
pQhdelet Islands of the Phoenix Isles mer vacation pPrjod arriv ed returned
to their families or to the families of relatives, all having work or vocational prospects developed for them
w.c uioiclui. wi nn- iui.i- |,y 3 0c j a ] service workers, cooperat^niaific cluster of coral-formed is- jng W jth members of the American
Legion.
VThe search was interrupted tem- Among thc ( . h i ldren IPavinK the I iMWUjr today while the Colorado (lome fop vacation period, a large -rUmtacted the mine sweeper Swan group remalned under the superviIflid obtained a fresi, supply of avia- sjon 0 f PO operating social workers (On fuel being carried aboard the an( j coll nty welfare directors, who natter craft. 1 | lavp developed I)lans which in nil ^ While hopes were fading that H 10 | manhood will permit the children to yers might be found in th- Phoenix rPma j n W ith a |>arent or near rela-
y iroup, despite the confidence of ,j vo
•■avy men and of George Palmer! when the school year opens, work utnam, husband of Miss Earhart, I of the socia | flPrvice department is new theory was advanced here. j to fop so arra nged that not only will Gow, longtime corpa plantation 1 caflp wor k an d careful study be given nploye in the South Seas, believed all app i icatlon8i h u t a definite rouII' ’at ‘he flyers might be found in the tino is tf> fo 0 e8tablished and p Ut into ilbert Islands, Which are on the | opPra tjon for the study of the cases _1’ 'estem side of Howland Island, to-! „ f a p proxinia , Ply poo children cared ard which .Miss Earhart and for at thp KniRht8town homP . In l# 0 *™ were fly' n K frim Lae, New t(1 j s pro j PP t (fo P agency is to cooperminf **■ ate with the county departments of 1 The United States Coast Guard j rub|ic Wo | farP thp American Legion emitter Itasca and the mine sweeperi and the Ampri( . an Lpgion Auxiliary.
w wan have been exploring the ocean J
fo /est and east of Howlan(i. while the TO ATTEND CONFERENCE olorado, with its three tiny planes., Twelve |yri'jng people have been ade in the Pacific swells below the c fo OSPn to represent the Christian .quator, completing a preliminary cnurc fo tfo P High School Young earch along an unchartered area p PO pie's Conference at Bethany Park,
The quaintest record-book in use or in storage in the Putnam county coutt house is that one among ttie archives which is labelled: "A Record of the Marks and Brands of Animals, for the county of Putnam,commenced >n the second day of August, 1822." Man's hand and his forest-clearing tools and scarcely made their first marks on the dense woods that covered almost all of this county’s area in the year 1822. which is almost the beginning of local history. The land was being Ivomesteadlod by immigrants from some Eastern states. Kentucky. Tennessee and Virginia, but the acres that had been cleared of growth were so few in number that livestock had to be permitted to roam the wilds, and finish their own subsistence for the most part. For this reason, it was necessary that cattle jand hogs 'particularly, have permanent marks of indentification, so that their owners in the roundup, which usually came in the fall, could claim their own property. The commonest manner of marking them, especially the hogs, was to make cuts in the ears, each owner
TUITION FUND |J IN COUNTY TO BE ENRICHED
LAI D I NIT S<'EDI LED TO RELED E $8:>0 NEXT WEEK FOR EAt II TEALHER
While search continued for Amelia Earhart Putnam and Fred Noorfhn, her navigator, her mother. Mrs Amy O Earhart, left, kept vigil at the radio
—— David I’litnam —••• ■ at her home near Los Angeles, and her stepson David Putnam, pictured en route, Joined his father on the west coast.
Manhattan Church Group lias Party RUES ENTEKTUN REDS AT ENJOYABLE \l I AIK IN < III ia 11
Manhattan's “little church around the corner” enjoyed a social good time when the “Blues” entertained
having his own individual manner of] lhe „ Rpt|s „ ThurS( | ay evening, making these cuts. These corrrv i n h cr ninety-ninth year, thc Manponded in purpose with the brands haUan chri .stian church burst again that were burned into the hides of mto new lif( , as about seventy-five of the cattle with red-hot branding irons hor Suni|ay ^.,,,,0, , 0 | U gathered unin ‘h* 1 we8 l- , der the leadership of Cordelia Elmore In this record or marks used by I iin() RpUv Jpan sul.lett. The “Reds”
Putnam county livestock owners a century and more ago there an
such entries as these:
DOG BITES BOY A boy's interest in airplanes was the indirect cause of an injury of one of his hands from the bite of a dog. Friday. The youth is one of the DeFreese family, of ConimerciaJ Place, and had gone with a boy companion to (he latter's home, east Seminary street, this city, to inspect a model airplane. While there, a dog on the premises bit his rigid hand through thc palm, requiring surgical attenI ion.
\ isil l!\ Comet Is Draw inji Interest
GREF.M \STI.E ST \ K G \ZERS TERN TIIOI GUTS TO UN
I SI \l GUEST
WOTIIEU PAYMENT PLANNED Similar Sum Scheduled to Be Given Next January l>> Slate Auditor to All ({unliticd Teachers On next Thursday, "or as soon | thereafter as possible,’’ the tuition fund of each township, or consolidated township and city, in Putnam county will lie enriched by the receipt of $350 from the auditor of state, to 1 be applied on the salary of each qua- , lified teacher in the county. On the fifteen of next January, a similar amount should be received for the
! same purpose.
These two partial payments, if met in full, will make a total payment from the state auditor of $700 for : each qualified teacher. Tills amount is an increase of $100 over the total previously paid, and finance officer? of the county who make up budgets ; carrying a tuition fund will take cog- | nizance of the increase in determining thc tax levy necessary to produce sufficient revenue to make up the balance of the teacher's salaries For I instance, if a teacher receives a salary of $1,000. the local budget wilt : have to provide $300 balance for the J teacher’s salary over the amount con-
The thoughts of the star-gazers 0 f >lhi statt. Grecnoastli and this vieinity are now' However, it cannot
“Now comes Benjamin Bell and asserts his mark to be smooth cut cf the right ear and an under bit in the j
right ear.”
Arthur MeGaughey (first clerk-ro-
und Betty Jean Sublett. The
under Betty Jean held the attendance record and were treated loyally with red and blue ice cream, red punch,
and red cakes.
The program follows: opening prayer, Marcellas Lrousore, assistant I superintendent of Hie Sunday school:
l{rlir! In Si^hl From Torrid Hlasi
MERLI KY \G\I\ BLRULES TO SEASON'S HIGH M \HK OF 95 DEGREES
I address
corder, a whig, who held office 21 years 1 "entered his mark as follows:
viz., a smooth cup off the left ear and > , „ f . ,,1 , n,.
1 1 the following chorus of little lolks,
an underbit in the same and a smooth i , ...
j Shirley Rae Herbert, Caroline Hutcheson, Marjorie Albright. Marguerite Cain. Gettie Heath, Jannie Fitz-
welcorne, Rcta Rhen No relief was in sight today
cup off the right ear.”
Isaac Bell: "A half cup off the
underside of each ear.”
Isaac Matkins: "A cup and a hole in the right ear and a slit in the left I
ear."
Thomas Hill: "A swallow fork in each ear.” John Miller: (Probably the father of the late John R Miller of Greencastle) "A crop off the right ear and an under half crop in the same, and
Heath, age four: the “Blues” song of (ireencastle smothered beneatli a siz-
praise to the “Reds,” was sung by j /.ling sun.
Despite continuation of the hot wave, residents found some consolation in recalling that this season’s high temperatures fall several de-
July were
i Patrick, Marilyn Albright, Betty Lou I gi-ces 8b or' of those of last
Fellows and Rcta Rhea Heath. Odessa Volkers assisted by Rcta Rhea, told “The Bear Story;” short talks by Rev. Ralph Qucarry, and thc Sunday school superintendent, Clyde
| Volkers.
I The losers’ congratulations to the 'winners were given Cordelia Elmore A mock wedding was in great pro-
wheii all-time heat records
shattered.
Thc mercury rose rapidly Friday and at 8 o’clock in the afternoon had reached the 9. r i mark. The temperature remained in the nineties until about 5:30 o’clock. The mercury took its time in going down the scale through the night, and the lowest
5 o’clock
a small half cup in the left ear.”
Samuel A. Talubott: “Staple fork's™ 8 ' but w.is somewhat internipted I rP ading was recorded at
in the left car and a cup and small ’'• v ‘* lf>
bit in the right ear."
The foregoing are typical of the remaining entries in the record. Among the old settlers whose names
appear in it are Henry Williams. John 1 Volkers, bride; “bridle-maid,” Mis Butcher, James A they. Wm. W. Me- Crousore; Rev. Qucarry, groom; and Intosh, Joseph Thomas. Robert Cun- best man. Mi Thompson. The bride ningham, Benjamin Croy, Reuben wor< ‘ so,ne * < ' | i , l "f K own 1)1 I'l 11 '■ 11
Clear Waters, Abraham Lewis, Jonn diculously trinini'd Oatman, Thomas Deweese, Robert bice and veil II
Abraham Coleman. Amos uroom was attired in “white pans- j.icath toll from the season's longest
bride’s husband objecting j (his morning, the temperature being from the audience The “bridal” pro- \ V2 degrees at that time Eighty-de- ! cession to the “halter” was led by gree readings were recorded a short flower girls, Shirley Rae and Rhita time later, and at 8 o'clock the readI Rhea; Mr. Crousore, parson; Mrs. mg was 88 degrees. The sun pressed
lor all-season high today and expected to succeed sometime in the afternoon. Up to today, thc highest temperature had been 95 for the sum-
mer.
The United Press reported the
in Nottingham was believed the
being diverted from (heir usual paths by announcement that our firma- i ment is about to be visited by a: comet which it is safe to say none ! hero has ever viewed before, inasmuch as it called here not less than a hundred years ago and, possibly, it was a thousand years quite a
stranger, in fact.
This tourist of the heavens is expected lo become visible to the unaided human eye the latter part of this month. Just now, it is approximately 1.3 astronomical miles from the earth, and. 4* an astronomical mile is the distance of the earth from the sun, or 93.000.000 of our earth miles, the romet is as yet not only nut of touch with tlie earth but it also is out of sight. When it reaches a point in its orbit not more than 50,000,000 miles away, almost within
grasping distance,
speaking, it will be at its greatest brilliance for human observers, and, i at that time, it will be visible without
the aid of telescopes.
One astronomer said this new I comet, discovered by Dr P. Finsler of Zurich. Switzerland, is not a “conspicuous” object, anil he added lie was uncertain whether it had a tail. 1 He said the new comet should J first appear as a small hazy star in | Hie constellation Perseus, near the | star Alpha Perseii, in the early morning northeastern sky II should move northward and eastward, he said, and should be found, on Aug. 4. about 15 degrees below the pole star
and be visible at midnight.
lie expected
that the increase of $100 only in the state's contribution for each teacher will have a marked influence on the tax levies. It may lie necessary for various reasons to increase the tuition fund levy rather than decrease it. On the other hand, noticeable reductions in this levy may be based on other causes as well as on the state's in-
creased payment.
The huge surplus in the state's general fund is said to be a guarantee that the full amount of $700 will be available for each qualified
teacher.
Tills increased payment is to be made under the provisions of the act Hf 1987. which provides, in section 1; "That the auditor of the staAe shall [ transfer, semi-annually, upon the or- ■ der of the department of treasury, from the general fund of IJie state i treasury to the school tuition fund,
.i.stimiomiially suc h amount of money, computed as
hereinafter provideil. as niiiy be available for the respectivie school corporations of this state to be itistributed according lo the provisions of this act, provided that tl*e amount of money shall not tie less I ban seven hundred dollars for each unit as provided in section 2 of this act. One half of the amount of money so transferred shall be transferred on Hie fifteenth (day of January and the other half shall be transferred on til fifteenth day of July of each year or as soon thereaflter as possible in
eacli instance.”
Itown as Winsiow Bank.
The “bank’
Indiana from July IP.h to July 18th
charted on old maps a special part of the Sunday morn-
• atrip of reefs and shoals— could
Dukes,
Robertson and Benjamin Jones.
Resurface Road 43 Near Cloverdale
ma.” Fortunately, the lights went ^ out and the bride escaped, leaving j the groom with the useless halter. Hostess of the party were Cor- | ilelia Elmore, ably assisted by Mrs.
Marcellus Crousore.
REPAIRING ONLY PART OK PROGRAM IN COUNTY; 17 MILES
TO BE TREATED
, __ ing service at 9:30 a. m. will be given ^ located by Navy flyers, how-I commissioning these young pcopl" Vtr. Lieuts. J. O. Lambrecht. W. B |- PprPa ent the church The Com-
box. piloting the mission will be given by Mrs. E. R jjfolca catapulted from the Bartley who is the director of the
yOtoijSWx decks, said they had cov- | oca i church school. Following the J'ed U># area without finding a trace | commission .the young people will *f land. Kive a p i ed g e They wilt leave by ,
M been fifty-eight hours since a u( 0 Sunday afternoon for the park : * a ' P | an ^ i Uarp, neiessi^a mg
nals purporting to come | These young people have be"!)
The surface treatment now being ; applied on state road 43 between Clo- j
a j
five-mile detour over county roads, 1
^^^^■ane have been received chosen on the basis of their interest. 1 " only a part of the resm Im mg on ind » WbMBinco definitely authentic j n ( h e church and their participaton ! ,hat road ' the entire job covering
have been heard. in the activities of the work of the mi,e " Rn<1 ext ending between Grepn-
'fth t>«Ck ^Biographers and marine young people of the church. Those ; castle on the north aml ( ’ ilr P 0,1 th “
VP'adlo experts completed a chart sur- rpprpspn ti n g the church are Georgr sou t' 1 '
• a **? th* pirea and all messages Leisure. Marshal Foster, Walter Fos-j That R '‘ rtion of • statf ' roa<l 4 ; ! has
to ha\ v 'r 'ii Ho tor Ami'! w Wa I bring. Henry Reeves. • an * fl Phalt surface, which requires a
l■' l f>I^M^e during the hours before it was Edward Harris. James Giddings, Mis-j t^atment every year, usually, to forced down last Friday on a flight SPa Aileen York Claribel Hewson. kee P in its best condition. Rork h 'mm New Gmnca. Betty Heavin. Imogene Perkins. Betty as Pbalt i* being used, in this inFromiifce* they arrived at the j pan Grimes. stance, for the surface treatment.
26 BUSHEL WHEAT PER ACRE BELIEVED KEUOBD FOR 1937 A record wheat yield for the 1987 crop was believed reported today by Emery Nichols’s return of 26 bushel to the acre on 21 acres at his farm north of Fillmore. Approximately 550 bushels of wheat comprised the yield at the Nichols farm. The wheat, which tested 61, was sold to the Fillmore Elevator at $1.14 per bush'd. The wheat was raised by Reuben Masten on thc Nichols farm.
heat wave mounted steadily today as the sun-baked northern tier of states
looked in vain for relief.
At least 180 persons succumbed to | Hie merciless temperatures that extended from the Atlantic coast to eastern Washington. There were | hundreds of prostrations. Death by
DETOI It BRINGS MANY HERE TO GET MMtRIAGl; EK'ENHES Ths year large numbers of marriage licenses issue*! in the office ‘ of Homer C. Morrison, county clerk. In which the licenses are out-of-tlv.’-state residents, has exulted some com-
j ment.
The opinion has lueeii expressed that many of them xnay be attributed, indirectly, to the. presence of the National Road detour on Washington street, along the south side of the
Two youths who came to this city court hoU8P and to thp | oc . a tion of from the Soldiers and Sailors Or- a [ a { e road 43 along the west and
south sides of the county structure. These heavily travelled n utes bring
Runaway ^ oullis Rrtuninl To lloinr
\ ME TO THIS LUX FROM THE K.MGHTSTOWN HOMI WITH
OUT PERMISSION
her. bringing a companion as comoanv. Their presence here became known at the home and one of the employes of that institution came
after them.
•ai;
conviction the flyer was pushed off All of these young people are mem-! This resurfacing of the 17 miles,
20 Years Ago IN GREENCASTLE
bit J«r courxiby winds, ami having no fo Prs of the local church. Other phases 8a i" to be the largest job of the pi an s and specifications for the nev ' find-drift Sdeterminer, circled the of the service for Sunday will be a being carried on by the stale hiKh S( . h , (0 i building on Water street (-, drive carefully east - Phoenix attn md possibly landed on service for the blessing of little chil- highway commission this season, and WPre received. The city was to pay because of shoulder constmction.
drowning claimed scores of persons
among the tens of thousands who P ha,,s Home at Knightstown without | sought relief at beaches. permission of the authorities of the
Thf 1 stifling heat, hitherto confined borne were taken mto custody lu'ie W j tbin 8 (ght u f the Putnam license to the region east of the Rockies, j Friday and returned to Knightstown. ( bureau man y couples who are lookluisheii toward the Pacific coast. The ° ne of the" 1 1S acquainted with a‘ ing . for such a p| <1CP jt i s evident. Weather Bureau forecast called for K irl in thls city !ln<, came here to VIHlt and they would just as soon use continued “fair and warm.” her ' brin K in E il companion as com- Putnam license as any other.
DETOUR ON ROAD 43
The Indiana State Highway Commission reports a detour of five miles over county roads because of oiling operations on road 43 between Carp
and Cloverdale.
The commission's bulletin also calls attention of drivers to the necessity of driving carefully over the rough run-around at the junction of 43 and ■10, where the intersection of thc two
roads is being rebuilt.
On road 36. motorists are warned
of I lanville
In the case of one couple of that sort, this week, the prospective bridegroom was from Minneapolis. Minn., and the bride from Detroit. After se-
The boy:;, one of them Marvin curing their license here, they pro-
Bne of theftiny islands of the group. dr en. This is under the directon of it is under the superintendeqey of M $44,300 and the township $41,030 cf
So far the search has not extended Mrs Harley Hedge and Mrs. W R. Baker, in charge of the mainten- tho cost. ^ ” ;EHlto the lowef parts of this area, where Hutcheson ance of ‘he Greencastle sub-dirtrict Howard Rockhill was ordered to reNavy experts believe there is most A farewell recogintion will be given state roads, whose headquarter® are port at the Philadelphia navy >,ir l likelihoodKthc plane will be found, to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jarratt at in this city. Dr. J. A. Throop and Jack Davis, |(| The Colorado's planes do not have the conclusion of the service. The On this job, local labor is being wit h Sam Wilton of Rockville,
CA p .
('ll \MBEK COMMERCE MEETS
The Chamber of Commerce held its their state aid
regular luncheon meeting Friday noon at the Cafe Royale. Richard Sandy, presid nt of the body, presid-
ent big and the other Joe Congers, nought to escape, and fled on foot. Congers ran north on Jackson street and got into high weeds on a nearby vacant lot. but Gerbig was found on tlie south side of the public square, and was held for return to thp home. They are 15 and 16 years old TO ('DECK WITH TRUSTEES On July 14 and 15, Bert Yeager, of the old state aid department wd! be in Putnam county checking with the trustees of the townships for
eeeded to Parke County, where a Justice of the peace pronounced the
marriage ceremony.
ft ® ® © ft ft ft ft ft- * ft Today’s Weather ft ft and ft ft Local Temperature ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft Generally fair and continued warm
Saturday and Sunday.
enough range to reach to Gardner solo of the morning, “Come Ye Bless- used almost exclusively and a total caught 16 bass at Mansfield The for- ed over the business meeting follow-
md Hull Island, on the southern ^fringe of thi Phoenix group.
ed”' bv Scott, Jarratt.
will be sung by Mr of $53,000 will be expended on the nier landed one weighing 2 IbL
I project.
for materials and labor.
9 ing the luncheon. Matters pertinent to the organization were discussed.
COMMISSIONERS MEET
The board of commissioners of Putnam county met this afternoon in a continued meeting to receive bids for
supplies for the county farm.
Minimum 6 a. m. 7 a. m. ft 8 a. m. 9 a. m. 10 a. m. 11 a. m.
72 77 82 88 88 90