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BAHIANS OP DISTRICT MET TUESDAY
fk ,)M AIJ- PARTS OF "iKU ' M X FOK KOl NU TAliU ( ONFERENCE Tll.KKN WAS SPEAKER OHair anJ M»»h Ko|{«'rM Were BoalMHrti at I.ocal Library; Luncheon \\ as HelU ( Grcencastle Carnegie Library the place of meeting, Tuesday, convention of women—with a L rinkling” of men—who were ( h at home in its esthetic atmosThey were librarians, librarassistants. board members, and ■ids, who had come from all parts (he large area known as the disfor a round table conference on Brians’ work and their troubles. Genevieve N. O'Hair, Greenj e librarian, and her assistant, Virginia M. Rogers, were the esses, and Miss O’Hair was ^rman of the conference, was an all-day affair, and many , from the farther points of the irict as well as from the nearer ' the kind of event to which they combined with the pleasant (her of the early part of the . making the trip quite an outing
them.
, morning session opened at 10 k. Miss Floy French of Spensecretary of the district organiacted in that capacity at the Hing. There was a very informal iussion of library matters during forenoon with critical strolls by
INDEPENDENT MEET STARTS THURS. NICiiT
AW \K!)l\(i OF PIUZKS AUK
FEATURES
Tl< KKTS
NOW
SALE
MRS. ZIMMERMAN DIED AT HOME IN BRAZIL
Mrs. Helen Hall Zimmerman, born in Greencastle 61 years ago, died Monday night at her home 1104 nor.h Meridian street, Brazil, after a protracted illness. She was the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hall, and spent BAND CONCERTS. EIGHT GAMES,
the greater part < f her 1 fe in Biazd, to which city her parents removed from Greencastle when she was a young girl. Funeral services will oe held at the esi lence at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon, with interment at Highland Lawn cemetery, Terre
Haute.
Mrs. 7. mmerman was well known over Indiana because of her ability as an artist as many of her pictu.es have been hung in exhibitions at the Stall Fair, Hoosier Salon at Chicago, Indiana artists gallery in Ch'cagi!, and the various Indiana artists exhibits at Indianapolis. SENIORS Will, PRESENT PLAY IN AUDITORIUM STAGE SETTING IS UNUSUAL SHOWING TWO SCENES AT SAME TIME
HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR CLASS PLAY LEADS
NAZI FORCE HAS CHOICE IN NORWAY
Four So-sioiiH Of G <>d Entertainment Will Aid Treasury Of Putnam
County School Bands I
Tomorrow the Amateur Independent basketball tournament will get under way at the Greencastle high school gymnasium and from the advance tvket sale predictions are that there will be a good crqwd on hand j to witness the band concerts, eight j games and the awarding of the fif- | ty-seven grand prizes. Tickets are j now on sale in all towns throughout j the county and band members have i plenty of tickets available for this
advance sale. | CHARLES JKFFEKSON LEONARD TELLS
j For the benefit of the many peoi pie who are calling the Banner office, tickets to the four sessions of j
FACE ANNIHILATION, SURRENDER OR FIGHTING RETREAT INTO SWEDEN
MANY (DEAD
HAUBOil
The above members of the cast of the senior clu: s play are Wallace Martin, Anna Moore, Vernon Singleton, Dorothy Jean Vancleave and Dan Hann r This picture was snapped i.n the high school auditor-
ium when the students were madeup- during a dr, r -hearsal.
OF RECOLLECTIONS OF CIVIL WAR
BEGIN
O’CLOCK
Excellent Cast Has Been Selected For “C'rosseup Kiss” With Miss Donnohue Dirccling
play have been placed on sale in the
drug stores of Greencastle.
On Thursday evening the first two games will get under way. In the opener at 7:00 o’clock the Putnamville Indpendents will meet the Russellville Indpendents. In the 8:.'!0 game the Bainbridge Wildcats will meet their heated rival, the Fillmore
This evening at 8:00 o'clock in the auditorium of the Greencastle high school, the class of 1940 will present its regular senior play, The Crosscup Kiss, a comedy in three acts by Carl
visitors through the'aisles of the i Webster Pierce. As were revealed by
two short senes given before high school students in convocation yesterday, the play promises to be en-
tertaining and amusing.
I The stage setting is somewhat un-
sre was a luncheon for the | usual in that it reveals two scenes at p at 12:30 and a reassembling 1 once, the office of Cyrus Crosscup, !2 o'clock to hear an address by j founder of Crosscup Candies, now reliam D Hennessey of the state tired and the office of his son, Rob-
jencastle library, the visitors in--ting the books of the library and ing therefrom, it was claimed, ly ideas to be utilized effectively
Mir libraries back home.
rftment of Public Welfare. Francis C. Tilden, member of DePauw University faculty, lib-
ian of DePauw from 1914 to 1926
ert Crosscup who has taken over the management of the firm. As might be expected, Cyrus is somewhat plodding, given to letting things go along
’ll. and familiar with the Green- j eas j| y as they have always done. His le city horary ever since 1891 | son j s energetic, dynamic, ambitious talked on censorship in par- | to puim the company, and eager to but his remarks, especiallyeliminate his nearest competitor way of introduction, ranged far- Everett Randall. Two busy with the afield and were deeply Interest- : business, Robert almost misses
to his audience. In addition to
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Charh's Jefferson Leonard sat in his home in Russellville a few days ago and told of his recollections of a few matters connected with the Civil war, but he was not sure whether he remembered them as personal experiences or as reminiscences of other persons of those days of conflict, and related to him when he was a child. He was born July 15,
Indpendents. During the evening tin' 1 ikiu, at Lexington in North Caro-
lina. He was old enough to have a few remembrances of some of the later happenings of that conflict. The outstanding recollection, whether from personal knowledge oi- from hearsay, was of the encampment of Union troops near his home,
will meet the Greencastle Indpen- | awaiting muster out following the dents at 8:30 p. m. surrender of Richmond. “They did Saturday aftemoon there will be | not bother us in any way,” said Mr. the semi-finals and in the evening j Leonard. The encampment was on the winners will be decided after the the Leonard home place. Officers two losing teams in the afternoon | of the troops boarded with the Leofrays play-off for third and fourth nard family. place honors. After the final games | Mr. Leonard came north in 1883, the presentation of awards will te j joining relatives in the vicinity of made. j Russellville w’ho had come on ahead.
Mrs. Leonard, who was Flora Wil-
J F. HEMMER WAS SPEAKER
Whole l.e imui Occupation Force Ui Narvik Area ( ompletelj Cut Off From Main Forces B U L L E T I N STOCKHOLM, April 17. <Uf>) — German troops were reported in press dispatches today to have cut completely across Norway from Trondheim to the Swedish frontier and to have struck northward against stiff Norwegian resistance toward the Namsos zone, where the newspaper Allehanda said British forces had landed.
Fillmore band, conducted by Mr. Martin, will present a scries of se-
lections.
On Friday evening there will bo games between the Cloverdale Cubs and the Cities Service Oilers at 7:0l) o’clock while the Greencastle Greeks
EDGAR BLESSING IS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE Edgar M. Bl ssing, of Danville, a familiar figure in the Putnam Circuit court room as an attorney, announced yesterday that he will be a candidate in tho State Republican convention for nomination for judge of the Indiana Appellate court. In 1938 Mr. Blessing was the Republican nominee for judge of trie Indiana Supreme Court. Mr. Blessing is a member of the Hendricks County and Indiana State Bar associations. He is a member of the Methodist church of Danville, a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Columbia Club and the Country Club of Indianapolis.
On Saturday evening the Greencastle high school hand will give a series >f selections. This will be their last public appearance before th • final concert in the gymnasium on May 12. In this final concei t they will
oirTo Leave On Tour Monday LL PRESENT - ”CONCERT IN ATLANTIC CITY AT METHODIST (ONFERENCE
mance, but is saved in time making a very satisfactory ending to the play. The production is In the hands of Miss Charlotte Donnohue, assisted by Ray Myers, Betty Tlogue, and Lois ' Land. The stage has been in charge ' of Ralph Bullerdick and Joe Bami herger. Anna Marie Eitel and Norma ' Sulowski had charge of properties. Music between acts will be given by a trio composed of Lorraine BrenFlorencc Jomc, and Maivia
appear in their new uniforms for tii-
first time.
Jane Smith,
Youth Arrested l>\ Local Officers INTIMATED THAT ARREST M\Y LEAD TO BREAKING I I* OF
HOT CAR KING
e DePauw University Choir will
Monday on a seven-day tour ! Hamilton.
1 will include appearances April j Seniors i" the last n 111
at -he General Conference of the Martin, Dorothy Jean Vancleave, thiKlist Church and at the DePauw 1 Danny Hanna, Vernon singleton.
IMJuei in conjunction with the con- Annn Moon\ HaiL.iu **" * • •
nee in Atlantic City, N. J. I Hutcheson, Joe Bamberger. Donald
nference delegates and Methodtsl [ I»ng. S.nuh M< < um . Waters who are DePauw graudu- ; iin ‘ l Hdith Greenlouf.
will attend the banquet at th'-
intent Hotel and -.iear the Cho i OLDER YOUTH MEETING
sent a program of anthems and! JQ BE HELD TONIGHT ! that same day. songs. President Clyde E. Wild- ; The fifth district Older Youtn Bowers was brough
n will he toast-master and Dr. meeting will be held tonight at i -To n Denman Thompson, director of' p nl in the basement of the Gob n Choir and director of the De- j Memorial church. The meeting will be uw Music School, will be princi- j n charge of Robert Himes of Ctaw-
fordsville, the district president. Dis-
cussio , will be on the topic ’ How To | that city for trial,
t hishopt Edwin Holt Hughes of increase Attendance in County Mect'uhington, D. C, Francis J. Mo- \ ings - ar ,| will be led by Paul Fosiwell of New York City, G. Brom- | t ,, r ,f Fountain county. There wi.l
Dxnani of Boston, and Raymond n() jpci cation and discussion.
^ade of Stockholm, Swoden. Wade J
a DjPauw graduate and the oth- . * i ] | A lutvi 11 ■ bishops are former presidents or 1 |'^()^l(‘n(|(.l |F \1WIIIUI iPauw. .,
Dinner, Dance Sat.
son, daughter of George Wilson, is a native of Russell township. She was born June 10, 1871. the family home being near the old Hebron church. She and Mr. Leonard were married March 26, fifty years ago, in the home of Elder O. P. Badger, in Greencastld, that formerly well known minister perfonning the ceremony. They went to housekeeping on the Wilson farm and their home was there until some three years ago last fall when they moved into Russellville. Their son, Olin, lives on the home place. Their other son. Lee, is in Detroit. There are
five grandchildren.
Mrs Leonard is a member of the Christian churih of Russellville. Mr.
t , u ... . (Leonard vet retains his early con-
| ncction with the Evangcdical Re- | formed church back in Carolina.
Four \rc Vrrestrd For Stealing Auto
ABANDONED ( AK \T ST. LOUIS AND HITCH-HIKED BACK TO GREENCASTLE
By Peter C. Rhodes
KIRUNA, Sweden, April 17.— (UP) A German force of between
4 r F \THFR1NC 1 Hni1 “ • r>0 0 men today faced the 'I lILilA J | choice 0 f annihilation, surrender or I a fighting retreat into Sweden from ORGANIZATION PERFECTED TO 1 Narvik, the Norwegian iron ore port ELEVATE STANDARDS IN (and the northern outpost of the GerSOCIAL WORK 1 man occupation army. - — - German troops and British occupaMET AT TUI STATE FARM tion forces were reported fighting In
the streets of Narvik,
Is Called West Central Social Service Association of Indiana; la-
dudes Several Counties
At the recent gathering at the In-
A small German force had fought its way across the rugged snow-cov-ered mountains to the Swedish fron-
tier.
The main German force is based
diana State Farm there was perfect- 'on the Bluff Rombak Heights, across ed an organization of the West Cen- 1 the fjo d f om Narvik, its line of retral Social Service Association of j treat covered by the big guns of Indiana, which has for its purpose ! British warships. the elevation of standards in social I The way from Narvik to Sweden Work among its members and tha is dotted with German and Norwegian communities in which they reside, dea ' ivinj ;-^*he snow. The new organization has mem- Mi.rb nfim i.OOO German. Norwegbers in Hendricks, Putnam, Boone, | ian and British dead lie at the botMontgomery, Parke and Vermillion ' tom of Narvik harbor, counties. ' The harbor itself is the graveyard At the meeting. Putnam county | of some 40 German, British and Norwas well represented by members wegian warships and German, Britof the County Welfa e Department ish, Norwegian and neutral merchant
and of the Indiana State Farm staff, j ship’.
The address by Floyd J. Hemmer. My information is that among superintendent of the farm, was the these ships is a British cruiser, principal feature of the meeting. Mr. j 1 have reached Klruna, one of the Hemmer could not lx? present, but j two great Swedish ore centers, far his papr was presented by another. 1 above the Arctic circle, after escap-
An interesting story was told to Greencastle city police officers and to Detective Roy Newgent, of th ■
Indiana state ^^ ce '_ b _y fo ^ tJr ^ He dealt in part'with phases'of the I ing with the last Norwegian troops
rehabilitation work now being car- | and refugees from Narvik and kcopried on at the state farm. In open- i ing as near as I could to the scene ing his theme, he said: I of action, in the frontier area on “No matter how higli our objec- : both sides, sometimes using skis, lives nor how idealistic our aims, our 1 The situation as it appears as. I progress will be retarded if wc do j telephone to Stockholm is that the not have a successful organization, I whole German occupation fotce in
of a Democ- \ the Narvik area is completely cut
I<'out 1 iiikmI mi 1*111&«* Tmm)
call from |
A quirk response to Indianapolis police by
rence G. Graham and Deputy Tom Vandiver, Tuesday afternoon, brought about the arrest by the Putnam county officers of James Bowers, 17 years old, living at 615 Division street, Indianapolis as ho was driving through Bainbridge in a car
which, the Indianapolis police said,! had been stolen in that city earhci |» K |,|, I ; i moN’S BAND ALSO
TAKES PART IN' I’LALN-
Filimoiv Band In ( lass C Contest
speaker.
Other guests will be four Metho-
I II 1.0 MEET
to the Put-
nam county jail at Greencastle by
the Putnam county officers and w.r j Killmore High School will be e.nterheld overnight, awaiting the arrival jn Plainfield district band con-
of Indianapolis officers who said they would come for him, to return him to
ffieers Elected ^ Rotary Meeting
rC-TON WYSONO _ _ fOWtltX ATION DEPARTMENT
WAS SPEAKER
Bowers told Sheriff Graham he had been promised $5 by a man named Dickemeier, of Indianapolis, to take the car to Rockville and park it down town there, to be picked up by some man whose identity was unknown to Bowers, he claimed. Tin $5 W as to be paid whan Bowers returned to Indianapolis after leaving the car in the Parke county town. When arrested, Bowers had no money at all and was expecting to hitch hike back to Indianapolis, to collect
( IIAKt.ES STAFFORD HEADS ORGANIZATION PLANNING EES- j TIVE AFFAIR ] his $5. | It was intimated by the Indianapolis officers that the arrest of the
castle young men, concerning their connection with the theft of a | Greencastle Chevrolet coupe on the j
night of February 12.
The four who took part in the narrative concerning the manner in which the theft had been carried out, and other matters connected with the taking of the car to St. Louis and its abandonment here, are Amos Skimmerhorn, John Henry Wright, William Buster Ash and Donald Les-
lie.
In addition to the four youths who pleaded guilty in open court to the car theft and each received a sentence of one to 10 years at Pendleton, N >blc Rogers was with them and was charged with entering several places of business in the city to which he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Pendlet' i for a term
of two years.
Ash. and Wright were charged with entering down town business places, including Metzger's, Greencastle Hardware and others, but entered pleas of not guilty to these
The public servants
racy who make its laws and shape I its policies are interested in obtaining the best advice on the public ! questions of the day, from the peo-
ple who are engaged in those aeth- YlUMiflaV V'f'll I II O' ities of society and who have the in- \ -■ ollclf p formation to advise correctly. That, j
Mrs. () Died
it has always seemed to me, is tlio
I t NEKAL XKRANGEMENTS FOR RESIDENT OF MT. MERIDIAN
ANNOl'Nt HD LATER
advantage of organization, rather | than the thieat of votes from an j oragnization with many members. 1
Most members of the Legislature ar”) Mrs. Ada O'Neal, wife of W H. fair minded, conscienticus men who j O'Neal, of Mt. Meridian passed away
would like to act for the best interests of the public and society. "An organization of social workers is reeded in Indiana today. For tins reason, T would like to mention a
at 11:30 o’clock Tuesday night after an extended Illness. M s. O Neal was 66 years of age and slie was born and reared near Cloverdale. She is survived by the husband,
test on Saturday, April 20, acionlin„ charges. Other places to which Iwsto an announcement made by trank ^ Rogers confessed to entering Martin, director of the trllmoi' wero ^ ee williams’ grocery, Riley school band. The school band wrll be store and Miller Grain
entered in the Class C hand which includes all bands in schools of 125
to 150 enrollment.
It is rather nonlcal that Fillmore
few things that we have done in t he , Hne non, Orville O'Neal of Greencasadministration of a program at this j tie, two daughters, Mrs. la’ssle Cox Institution, which are in line with the > G f Fillmore and Mrs. Mable Stevens general objectives of the social pro- j of Ten • Haute, four esters, Mrs. Bl-
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l*nu«» Two |
Other places I < OlltilllMWt o
entered but Ue-
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should have just 125 students. This places them in the C Class wherea-s Amo with slightly under 125, falls In the CC Class of schools with 0 to 125 students In the same class as
MORRISON-WEBB INSTALL MODERN SHOP EQUIPMENT
da Smith, Mrs. Frank Morrison and Miss Nora Morrison, all of Cloverdale and Mrs. Della McKarney of Putnamvllle, two brothers, W. B. Morrison of Mississippi and Kenneth Morrison of Cloverdale, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchild-
ren.
Funeral services will be held at the Reed Funeral home in Cloverdale, Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock.
The rainfall of one inch, Tuesday j Interment will be in the Cloverdale
Rainfall TmvMlav Lraves Shorlajr
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SIIOI I D HAVE HAD APPROXI
MATEI.Y THREE INCHES MORE SINCE JANUARY 1
•^‘lto,i Wysong of the state conser ( a, rin t.epartment .gave an instruc-
OF STA ™ 1 Roachdale will hold their annual
alumni dinner and dance this coming Saturday, according to an announcement made by the president of the Alumni Association, Charles Stafford. The dinner will be served in the
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Rotary ci U b a t [be PresbyterChurch on Wednesday, April 17th. Wysong's talk was especially enll - this was the occasion af
r 'L and lnterest ing talk on fish j Roachdale high school gymnasium at ,ln g at the weekly meeting of | d . 30 o’clock and following the din-
ner the dance will be held.
Acting as toastmaster after the dinner will be Glen Clodfelter, fo mer principal at Roachdale who is now a resident of Lafayette. The president of the senior class, Mins Betty Robertson, will give a short talk and the entire senior class will attend on invitation from the Alumni Association, Officers for the ensuing year will be elected following the dinner. The Good Humor Club of
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■ ann ual smelt luncheon.
I e following officers were electl'" , * le ensuing year: President, r* ' r ,0 hes; Secretary, Ernest ColL I’oasurer, Howard Williams, fc,,. 1S ' Rex Thorlton, Floyd Hem-
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I Other officers will be elected at
| next weekly meeting.
youth may lead to the breaking up of a hot car ring operating out of
the state's capital.
Dr, and Mrs. D.
Claude Webb of Morrison-Webb, newly appointed Studebaker dealer
the Fillmore band, and in diiect <'>n Greencastle, announced that they petition with them in the Plainfield havp installed the most modern
contests, will be the Danville band. equipment to ;) . ssurc studebaker un i night, left a shortage of approxl-1 cemetery.
other car owners complete mechan- matoly tbie - inches in the amount
leal service. A laboratory test set rainfall which this area should have j * * ^ ’’ ‘ ' by which many mechanical defects had since the first of January. The V iOQay s weatner can be accurately diagnosed, forms rain started late in the evening, and $1 and •
part of this modern equipment. A was almost constant all through the head light testing machine has also nCghtL with an accompaniment of
the Indiana State Boys School band, the Greenwood hand and the Plainfield school band. These bands are
all in the fourth district.
Another county band, that of Belle Union, will be in the contest Saturday but they will fall in the Class D
KUlinger . g IOU p. This is a class for bands who
have sold their cast Seminal y street j are in competition for the first time,
home to Miss Virginia Hallow.
the world war 25 YEARS A00, TODAY By United Press Hill 60 captured by British forces In offensive three miles southeast of Ypres. Austrian offensive toward Stryj. East Galicia, failed.
< < ontiiiiM’d «>•» I'nin* ThreeY
20 Years Ago IN <i KEEN CASTLE Mrs. Chester Yolk entertained friends in honor of Miss Clarice Knight, soon to be married. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ellis spent the week end with relatives at Brownsburg. ^
been installed.
Mr. Webb is a native of GreencasUe and has had years of experience in the automobile servicing field. He has been operating the Purol service station on east Washington street at the corner of Spring avenue and wi'l continue to handle Purol products In
lightning and thunder.
The compilers of an advertising calendar, printed a year or so ago, were happy in their guess that today would be “damp." This morning, when working folks went to their jobs, rain was yet falling and the surface of the ground was covered
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addition to the Studebaker agency by pools of water, which had not at this address. W. E. Morrison ! been able to find entrance into the partner in the dealership, has been a I soil, which was saturated from the
Studebaker dealer in Cloverdale for rainfall of the night,
several years. The appointment of The rain is of benefit to wheat, ♦ his dealership is of interest to the j oats and grass, especially, besides motoring public of Greencastle and aiding In the filling of streams which
Putnam county. have been running low.
Rain tonight: Thursday mostly cloudy, preceded by rain- in east portion; cooler in extreme south portion tonight and Thursday.
Minimum 6 a. m. . 7 a. m. 8 a. m. 9 a. m. . 10 a. m. .. 11 a. m. 12 Noon 1 p. m. 2 p. m. .
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