The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 14 October 1940 — Page 1

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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1940.

\FT BOARD UMBERS ARE made PUBLIC

AKERS, IVAN RITAUK, VI) HOI CK RECOMMEND-

ED BV GOVERNOR

TRATION W EDNESDAV Vl f „ Named On Conscriptiun

Well Known In City

And County

Board

7f mor M. Clifford Townsend toenounced the names of 488 Incitizens recommended to PresiRoosevclt for appointment to a's 152 local selective service pointnient will be made directly e President from Governor semi's recommendations. Memof the boards will serve without uni will be responsible for seg those persons who are to real home to fill necessary jobs -port dependents, and those wno ie classified as available for millervice. -am county board members mended by the Govemor are. er Akers, R. R. No. 1, RoachIvan F. Ruark, R. R. No. 4, castle; Lloyd Houck, R. R. No. Isville. emor Townsend also named eorge A. McCoy of Greencastle the physician-member of the i lists were carefully checked to make sure that final recomations to the President reprethe highest type of citizen ie to perform this service in community. der the Selective Service regulaprescrihed by the President, will be at least one local board ach county of the state. Larger will have a board for apnately each 30,000 of populabut Putnam county will have board only. ~al boards will receive completed ration cards from the county after the registration of all between the ages of 21 and 35 fednesday, October 16. Cards be thoroughly shuffled by each and numbered. A list of all rants together with their numwill be sent to the President and nd list will be posted within the ty. en registration and numbering ids has been completed throughthe country, the President will numbered lots while the nation on to find who will be the first selected under the country’s peace-time selective service pro-

LOCAL GIRL HONORED

Mary I .on Hoffman Miss Mary Lou Hoffman who received a scholarship in voice at Whitworth College for Young Women, Brookhaven, Mississippi, has been elected president of the freshman student body and will represent Whitworth freshmen at the .lunior College Conference in Jackson. Miss. Miss Hoffman has also been selected for a special chorup group to broadcast each week over station WSKB of McComb, Mississippi. In addition to these interesting features of Whitworth College, the students wil lenjoy the following tour: Natchez Pilgrilmage, Azalea Trail, Bellingrath Garden, historic and romantic old New Orleans, the beautiful Gulf Coast, the alluring Bayou Teche and Blvangeline country of Louisiana and Avery Island Salt Mines. Also an educational twoweeks cruise to the Panama Canal Zone with stop-over visits at Havana, Cuba, and in Honduras and Nicar-

agua.

While in Nicaragua and Honduras, large inland fruit and banana plantations will be visited. The merchants of Brookhaven help to make

FOUR HURT IN ACCIDENT ON SATURDAY ALTOS ( RASH NEAR OLD TILL FACTORY SOI TH OF C'LOV-

KRUALE

WOMAN SFICIOI SLV INJURED j 'lh'o,« Men Also Hurt Wlicn One Car Attempted To Make Turn Off

Road 1.3

Two south bound automobiles collided near the old tile factory corner south of Cloverdale about ten o'clock Saturday night and as a t - •mlt, Goldie Abrams was seriously injured, as was Austin Williamson, who occupied one of the cars. Three of four men in the other automobile escaped with minor injuries. They wo e Gilbert Btannaman, Donald Williamson and Wayne Morris, the latter of Indianapolis. The injured were brought to the Putnam county hospital, but later A. Williamson was removed to Indianapolis because of the seriousness of his injuries and for further Xray examination of a back injury. The accident occurred when the car driven by Chrisenberry attempted to make the turn off State road 43 onto the east and west road at the old tile factory corner. As it turned east, the car occupied by four men, struck them from the rear and both machines hurtled to the side of the road and crashed into a mass of wreckage. One young man riding with them was injured and was sent to the hospital. Late in the night state police placed the three in the Putnam county jail where they were held until Sunday

morning.

The state police said today that they were not through with their investigation as to the cause of the

HIGH SCHOOL ESSAY WINNERS

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<4 High school winners in the county-wide essay contest on Citizenship Responsibility were, reading from left to right: Glenn Von Tress, Greencastle; W liam Etcheson, Roachdale: Betty McCallian, Russellville; Mary Lucile Hutcheson, Clinton Center. Helen Doizer, Belle Union; Kathleen Lewis, Fillmore: Stanley Lewman, Cloverdale and Joe Hammond. Reelsville. Cloverdale's winner, Eugene Shoppell, is not in the picture. Each was awarded $1.50 as winner in their high school. County winners tin<I their awards were: Glenn Von Tress, $5.00; Kathleen Lewis, $3.50 and Mary Lucille Hutcheson, $2.00.

County Prepared For Registration

MEN FROM 21-35 TO REGISTER WEDNESDAY FOR SELECTIVE MILITARY SERVK E

SPEAK WEDNESDAY

this valuable cruise available and in accident, and no affidavits had been

case international affairs make this trip unwise, another trip as interest- | ing will be planned for the students, j Miss Hoffman was graduated from j the Greencastle High School with the class of 1940 and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hoffman

north of the citv.

filed against anyone during the day, but a hearing is expected to be held

here, probably this evening.

Fillmore Rand Won First Place

umbers drawn by the President officials of the War Department be posted prominently and imreported to local boards, reons whose numbers have been will receive a questionnaire must be filled out and returnthe local board. Advisors arc ( attached to each board to asmen in filling out questionnaires ttplaining the program.

ATE LOCAL MEN IN CAP AND SKILLET oral local Erigidaire dealers with two newspaper men were •4 into Cap and Skillet, Frigidfraternity. Friday evening. The mity members must eat a meal *4 on a Frigidalre range and also nave to help prepare the local members were taken in dinner, prepared on a Frigidaire at the Horace Link Co., store reencastle. Each member had 1 a part in peeling and preparthe vegetables, the biscuits and meat. -al members who were initiated dod Russell Mapes, Nick Cox. Prt Hadley. Willard Sunkel anil ^ Knebel. Also initiated was McCoy of Cloverdale, Sam Mc- (> f Gosport and Leonard Walker overdale, a Frigidaire repretivc gave the initiatory cerc-

LN MERCHANT - SPONSORED

HARV EST FAIR AT CRAWFOKIDSVILLE SATURDAY

All details have been perfected for the opening of the registration places in 'Putnam county for the selective military service, at 7 o'clock Wednesday morning, as far as Homer C. Morrison, Putnam county clerk, can determine in advance. The names of the members of all v’oting precincts in the county, and the places of registration, have

been published.

IDEAL OCTOBER WEATHER The registrar on each board will IS ENJOYED BY CITIZENS Hring to the office of Mr. Morrison j immediately after the closing of i A very familiar quotation could the registration places Wednesday well be changed to read: “What is so night at 9 o’clock, all of the cards | rare as a day in October,” to describe | filled out and signed by the young the weather conditions that prevailed I 'non who register. These cards will j Sunday, which were responsible for j he tied by the precinct registration I as many of Greencastle and Putnam board in one bundle with a notation ! county residents getting away from \ on the bundle of the number of cards j home in their—or other persons’— j contained therein. ( automobile, for rides over the good These bundles will lie delivered < roads of Putnam county or other without opening by Mr. Morrison,

John Caiitonwine Remains In Coma

Pl'TNAM COUNTY BOY STILL UNCONSCIOUS FOLLOWING

CRASH SEPT. 28

John C. Cantonwine, 20-year old junior in Purdue university, whose home is in Madison township, Put- | nam county, remains unconsious in the Home Hospital at Lafayette as a j consequence of his injury in an auto- | mobile crash September 28. more |

than two weeks ago.

Noble J. Johnson

Voters To Hear Noble Johnson G O I* CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS TO SPEAK HERE ON WEDNESDAY

K'lW TROOPS IN AFRICA

Oct. 14 (UP)—A seml- ^ Nazi informant disclosed • ^ at German “shock troops" * ervin 8 hi Africa with the Ital- " rces under Marshal Rodolfo 4na.

,EET,No at cloverdale postponed Citizenship discusa Cloverdale, will be held tot n c °nnectlon with the PTA ^ at the high school. Dr. W. arson of DePauw, will talk on , * Wp responsibilities and lead discussion.

counties.

Many from here roamed as far from home as southern Indiana, and

13 school hands par- i into Brown county, where the rolling marching parade, hills are covered with unbroken

blankets of Indian Summer's highly

colored foliage.

Put county highways were thronged with automobiles carrying enthusiastic sight-seers, who exclaimed with delight as the brilliant panorama unrolled before their eyes. The atmospheric conditions were perfect for complete enjoyment of the scenes presented by the woods and fields of

A total of 542 high school students county, and other areas in which participated in the events. . . . • j

The twelve bands which competed for Harvest Fair prizes were: Bainbridge, Fillmore, Belle Union, Cloverdale, Bridgeton, Rockville, Kingman, Perrysville, Bloomingdale, Dove:', Thomtown, and New Ross. Among the supervisors attending were Herbert Glover, Belle Union; J. B. Bowen, Cloverdale; Frank Martin, Fillmore; Kenneth Kersey, Bainbiidge; Mr. and Mrs. Armin Wilcox,

In the merchant-sponsoied Harvest Fair at Crawfordsville, Satur-

day, in which ticipated in the

the school band from Fillmore placed first. Best uniformed band was that from Perrysville, and that from New Ross had the largest band and also was judged best in instrumentation. In the playing contest, Saturday afternoon, first prize went to New Ross, Bloomingdale was second and

Bridgeton was third.

the hardwood trees abound.

Clinton Center.

The following principals also were present. D. G. Pritchard, Belle Union; Lee Walters, Cloverdale; Mable Joseph, Fillmore; Sam J. Valentine,

Bainbridgc.

Frank Jarrell, of Putnam county, was among the county superinten-

dents attending.

CONTRACTORS WILL MEET TUESDAY NIGHT

Tile leading home building contractors of Greencastle will discurs ways and means of telling the public about the current advantages of home building at a meeting sponsored by the Allan Lumber Co., Tuesday.

Bainb.idge and Mrs. Frank Jarrell, Thc meeting wil be attended by 35

contractors, according to Harry Allan, head of the lumber company. The meeting will be conducted by T. G. Stapleton, field representative of The Celotex Corporation of Chicago. Mr. Stapleton will explain how home building contractors in other parts of the United States are conducting a campaign to let prospective home buyers know about the many special reasons for building now. He will outline ways of giving the public the facts by means of advertising in local newspapers, by

letter, and by personal contact.

“The public does not realize how many advantages there are in building a home at the present time,” said Mr. Allan. “A home offers an opportunity for a profitable investment and future security that is not equalled by any other investment. It is particularly attractive as an investment under present F. H A. financinc agreements. An attractive and

DR. W. A. MANUEL TO REPRESENT DEPAUW

GRANVILLE, O, Oct. 14 Dr. William A. Manuel, head of the department of chemistry, will lepresent DePauw at the Inauguration of Dr. Kenneth I- Brown as thiitcenth president of Denison University, Fri-

day, October 18.

Dr. Alan Valentine, president of the University oi Rochester, will deliver the inaugural address as Dr.

Thursday morning to the county selective service board, and the board will proceed at once to open the j bundles and list the names of th ■ registrants, with data concerning j them, for filing at Washington. The list of registrants will not be available for public inspection until they are returned to the county from Washington. NAZI BASE BOMBED LONDON, Oct. 14. (UP) “Exceedingly heavy explosions" rocked the German invasion base at the big Dutch port of Flushing during British bombing attacks on many nr 1itary targets, the air ministry repott-

ed today.

SOVIET FORCES MASSED BUCHAREST, Rumania, Ont. 14 Russia, Turkey, Jugoslavia and Greece were reported to be engaged in urgent interlocking negotiations today. Powerful Russian military forces were reported massed on the Rumanian frontier and the Balkans awaited a move by Germany or Italy or both following up Germany’s military entry into Rumania. A Turkish-Gi c ek-Jugoslav defense alliance, pledged to resist any aggression by the Axis powers, was reported to be in process of formation. Diplomatic quarters reported that Turkey and Russia were negotiating at Ankata and Moscow.

20 Years Ago IN OKEENCASTLR

chased today for as little down and $30 a month.’

$200

Brown, 44-year-old educator, known | com f or t a ble small home can be pur-

the country over for his “Hiram Plan of Study” Installed during his ton-year term as president of Hiram College, succeeds Dr. Avery A. Shaw retired last spring to become president emeritus following 13 years study at the Granville College.

Deloss F. Albin, of Bay Minette,

Ala., is here visiting his brother.

James Albin, and Mrs, Albin.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, candidate for vice president, “addressed a monster crowd at 1 o’clock this afternoon from the east side of the Court House; the entire lawn of the Court House was filled to the sidewalk by the hundreds eager to heai him," said the newspaper. He favored the League of Nations in his speech and attacked Senator Harding’s record. Mrs. Fay Hamilton was hostess to Section Four of the Christian church.

Noble J. Johnson, of Terre Haute, member of Congress from the Sixth Indiana district and candidate for re-election on the Republican ticket, will speak in the Putnam circuit court room in Greencastle Wednesday evening at the meeting beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Gilbert E. Ogles, county Republican chairman, who will preside at the Johnson meeting, asks that all county candidates be present for presentation to the audience. This is intended to he one of th: principal Republican rallies in Putnam county during the present

campaign.

Mr. Ogles also announces a district meeting for Republican colored voters Which will be held at the eity hall in Crawfor Isville Thu>sday evening. The speaker will be Cornelius Richards, and Mr. Ogles states that ill who desire to atten i the meeting and who do not have transportation will be provided a way if they will inform Republican headquarters in this city. . BO McMILLAN TO ADDRESS ELKS AT DINNER TUESDAY

Elk’s of local lodge No. 1077 will be entertained at a dinner on Tuesday evening by Bo McMillan, head football coach at Indiana University. Bo. in addition to giving a short talk, will show pictures of the In-diann-Texas game which was thc opening encounter for Indiana and was played October 5. The dinner will start at 6:30 o'clock and all Elk’s are invited to

attend.

His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cantonwine. summoned to his bedI side the night of his accident, have j remained at Lafayette ever since. 1 His condition has improved considerably during the long period elapsing since his injury, and his attending physician and his parents feel that the slowness of his recovery is a favorable condition, prefering a gradual ; repairing of his vitality and mentali dy to a sudden change. Miss Ruby Wells, sister of Mrs. i Cantonwine, returned Sunday evening from Lafayette where she had I spent the day, and she brought with her clippings from Lafayette newspapers which tell of the arrest of thc driver of the machine which was in collision with the car carrying Purdue students. One of the students. Miss Francos M. Robinson, living southwest of Brookston, was killed in the collision, and others besides

Cantonwine were hurt.

The other driver. Ernest W. Ewing. 39 years old, of Kokomo, was arrested at his homo town and was taken to jail at Lafayette to face a charge of reckless homicide. He had been indicted by the Tippecanoe grand jur y on a charge of driving an automobile while under the influence of

intoxicating liquor.

Ewing himself received minor injuries in the accident, which occurred on a curve in a road northwest of

Lafayette.

Ewing, later, was released from jail on a $1,000 bond, to await trial. Kidd Man For Tax Board Mere >K\ EL SHOCK IN CITY FOR HEARINGS ON TAX LEVIES

AND BI'DGETS

NKW SCOUT TROOPS ARK RKUISTKIrTI)

Pl'TNAM DISTRICT SCOTT COMMITTEE MET TO PLAN ACTIVITIES COI'RT OF HONOR OCTOBER 2.> Announced Wabash Valiev CihhicU Annual Meeting To Be In Terre llmitr Ortolrcr 28 The Putnam District Scout Committee met Friday noon in the College Inn to plan activities for the coming season. The meeting was under the direction of District Chairman Dr. W. E. Edington and was assisted by the following members: E. R. Smith, John Cartwright, Frank Schoenman, Eugene Allan. D. W. Smythe, C. C. Wolgamott, H. M. Huckcriede, William Bishop, E. R. Bartlett. Kenneth Bennett, Frank Knebel, Robert Dean, Sam Holbcrt. P^tul Boston, Rex Thorlton, J. M. Fulmer, Cecil Fellers, Will E. Ellington, Dr. Charles L. ; Aker and Assistant Executive Jim

| Molter.

| District Chairman Edington rej ported that a new troop had been or- ! ganized and registered at Cloverdale, a new troop is being organized at [ Limedale, and new Cub Packs have been registered at Roachdale and

1 Bainbridge.

I The local Alpha Phi Omega chapter. a Scout service fraternity on the | DePauw campus conducted Boy j Scout Day, Saturday, October 12 and all Cubs and Scouts from the entire ■ Wabash Valley Council participated. President Alex Fortius was in | charge, assisted by the various members of the chapter in cooperation

with the University officials. The Putnam District Court of Hon-

or will be held, Friday, October 25 at 7:30 p. m. in the Gobin Methodists' church. All advancement is to be submitted to Boy Scout headquarters

before Wednesday, October 23. These advancement applications must be signed by the Scoutmaster and by the various troop committees who will serve as a Board of Review prior io the Court of Honor. At this Court of Honor the Eagle award, the highest rank in Scouting will be presentd to Scout Raymond Ernest of Troop 90 of which Walter Baynard is scoutmaster. A very elaborate ceremony has been planned for this presentation and the entire program will he under the direction of Scout Advancement Chairman J. M. Fulmer and he will he assisted by the various

listrict committeemen.

The Wabash Valley Council Annual Meeting which will be held Monday, October 28 in Terre Haute Shrine Temple was announced. The program will include 2:30 p. m. Ladies and Scouters Reception; 3:15 p. u Ladies Tea and Four Group Sessions in Cubbing. Scouting, Senior Scouting. Council and District Organization; 4:30 p. m. Business Sessior; and at 6:30 p. m. the annual dinner with Dr. E. R. Bartlett as the speak-

er of the evening.

Finance Chairman Frank Schoenman reported that the District finances were coming along and that all but $50.00 had been paid to the Wabash Valley Council. An extended effort will be made in the next few weeks by District Chairman EdI ington and Finance Chairman Schoenman for this final payment. The Putnam District Committee cx- | pressed their sincere gratitude to all jthe contributors for their fine help. 1 The nominating Committee composed of Paul F. Boston, Frank Schoenman and Sam Hanna submitted the following slate for 1941; I Chairman. H. C. Fellers; commissioner. W. E. Edington and secretarytreasure)*, Ward D. Mayhall. Phis i slate was unanimously accepted. ! Chairman Boston paid a real tribute

. to Dr. Edington for his many out-

Orvel Sehock, field man for the islanding achievements during the Board of Tax Commissioners, j past two years as District Chairman.

hearing in i On a motion by Dr. Bartlett, the en-

State

this moi ning opened

the county commissioners' room in the court house at Grencastle, at which all taxpayers of thc county had been invited to appear, if they so desired, to object to provisions of tax budgets and their proposed tax rates, to be effective in this county In the coming year. 1941. The budget of Cloverdale township was the first to be consideved,

tire group accorded Dr. Edington

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& Today’s Weather & 4$ and • & Local Temperature P Showers and cooler tonight, Tues-

j representatives of other taxing un- ! day fait and much cooler. its which were expected to be |

I among the first to be cons dered | not having appeared. Mr. Schork i said he desired to hear all taxing units during this day's session. He I will report to the state board, with ’ recommendations. It is known that j the school rates of some townships will be reduced to the limit fixed

RECEIVES PAYMENT A press dispatch from Washing-

ton says:

A b ll passed by Congress and signed by President Roosevelt provides for payment of $549.05 to George R. Stringer, of Bloomingdale, I I I., to reimburse him for money he paid to a former Roachdale postmaster for war savings stamps in 1918. Stringer failed to receive the stamps because of “the defalca-

tion of a former postmaster," the , by statute excepting in instances of Post Office Department reported. emergency.

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