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GHKKXCASTLK, INDIANA, Tl'l^DAV, DECEMBER •_>, 1«J41.
NO. 40
NANCE WILL protect city s drinking water
oN RKSI LT OF REQUEST gy|M)l\NA BOARD OF HEALTH pgUX XK'V 12-INCH WELL tion To Bar Out-Buildings ^ fess-Pools For Distant- Of -00 Fe«*l ), Stocssd, member of the ostle Water Works Board, and Stewart, superintendent, asked dty council at its meeting Mone vening to prepare an ordinance pliance vith a request by the -a State Board of Health. -rding to Mr. Stoessel. it will essary to drill another 12-inch on the west side of Big Walnut for additional city drinking The state board in a letter, twas read by Mr. Stewart, will such a well providing the ■pass a regulation that no outine. aseptic tanks or cess pools built within 200 feet of the well. a motion by Councilman It. [jfeal. seconded by Councilman j Ensign, the council voted that 1 aty attorney, John Alice, draw tr ordinance to this effect to iv ->nted at the next regular sesof the council. ■ claim ordinance was presenteu Councilman Ensign and was pasfollowing a second by CounciiLeon Welch. One item of interin the claims allowed was that oi ^.Currie for $70.50, for installing furnace at the Free Nurse,,y ;i which ojiened in Green castle >itly. C. Dicks was granted permlsto build a bedroom on his house 103 Olive street. laries and wages oc city employas definitely established for 1!M2 Ation introduced by Councilman in an ordinance approving section of the city’s new budget, included the following: Police *27.50 |>er week: policemen, 30 per week; extra police, $3 per Street tommiaskwver, $27.50; *?t men. $19.00; extra labor, $3; chief. $24.50; firemen, $24.50; firemen, $3.
EVENTS of INTEREST RECALLED by FRANK ROBERTSON 85TH BIRTHDAY
That Frank Roberts for 44 years a resident of Greencastle anil a thoroughly respected citizen during that entile period dates back quite a way in the matter of age is indicated by his remark. Sunday, that Federal soldiers used to throw hardtack at him as he, then a lad stood by the track-side in Clayton and watched the troop trains pass through that town, in Civil war days. He turned the 85th milestone in his age Sunday, and is still “going strong.'’ He began his many years of work when he was but 11 years old going into the store at Fillmore owned by his brother-in-law, who was the husband of Frank’s sister, Mrs. Alice Welch, where he swept out, and ran other errands. Then, too, when Frank was yet a boy, his father, who was John Simpson Roberts, opened a brick yard in Belleville, and the youthful son carried a three-brick mold of brick from the molder to the drying yard, all day long, for a long period. His father operated the toll-gate on the National road at Belleville, too. The father took his family to the Wildwood region, in Putnam county for a time, where they lived in a log cabin not far from the Dr Will Hopwood place. Frank went to school, during that period, in the old Randolph school in tile neighborhood. Frank's grandfather. Benjamin Roberts, owned two cabins that were on the site of what is now the state’s capital one of the cabins stood on the exact location of the present Claypool hotel, and the other was close by. The first Sunday School in Indianapolis was held in the former cabin.
Funeral Thursday j For Miss Burris
John Simpson Roberts, the father, moved to Coatesville and engaged in the furniture and undertaking business and that was in the days when I undertakers made the caskets required in their business, and furniture dealers made much of their
stock in trade.
Mr. Roberts was married at Coatesville in 1881 to Miss Eva Stanley, of that town, and they moved to Greencastle in 1897. Back in Coates-1 villo, however, he had learned the blacksmith and wagon making trade, working in Newt Dakin’s shop. Located here in Greencastle, he engaged in that same trade, his first shop being where Dr. A. E. Ayler built his office. Mr. Roberts later had a shop where Scobee Bros., are now located, on north Jackson street. He was in that work when automobiles became a prominent factor in the city's and county's economic life, and he was faced with the necessity of choosing between continuing as a blacksmith and horseshoer, or taking up automobile work. He chose the former and steadfastly refused to attempt to
take auto work.
Mr. Roberts served as city marshal two years, being the last man in that office who was elected by the voters. His successors have been appointed
by the mayor.
Mrs. Roberts’ death occurred December 28. six years ago. They had become the parents of nine children —five boys and four girls. One son, Darrell, died some years ago. Living in Greencastle now are Keith and Ward, and one daughter, Mrs. Chrystal Huff, makes her home heir ICanllourd »u I'niei* Two!
AIRPORT AGAIN COUNCIL TOPIC MONDAY NIGHT CITY TO MAKE FINAL PAYMENT ON LANDING FIELD
IN JANUARY
REPORT BY COUNTY AGENT GRIMES CONTAINS MORE THAN 50 PAGES
OPEN MEETING SUGGESTED ( oiineilmen Express \ lews In (ieneriii 'Discussion Of Proposed Im-
provement Oi Field
WELL KNOWN RESIDENT OF ULOYERDALE PASSED AWAY TUESDAY' MORNING
H. S. GRADUATE CHOSEN AMONG PURDUE BEAUTIES a Stuckey, who graduated from incastle High School in June and freshm in at Purdue in home ecoics, wii. one of 185 girls entered tile Delu is beauty contest. The judging was Saturday night and was oin■ of the four most beautifirts cm'sen for a full page picm the Debris. She is a pledge Kapfa K ippa Gamma. SOF INDIAN CHIEF RELEASED FROM CUSTODY
"tuniiy evening, at Indianapolis, ii and Tom, sons of Chief Two the Mohegan Indian chief, weir taken in custody for having Jithem a white girl of minor age. released by the Indianapolis lc e without any charge being e against them. The girl is *ty L Toney, of Charleston, W. D years old. She was brought jthe rudro on the National load. east of road 43. late this last ( jmer by Garth, who introduced as his wife. Their relationship questioned by the Indianapolis — The latter telephoned to the tls W, -t Virginia home and her informed the police they knew hwas with the Indians and had no toion. That cancelled the federal r *e intei st in the matter and no r charge was made. Chief Two "***• airompanied by his daughter, tit Guide, came here the latter °f last week to enlist the assist°f Clifford Monnett, owner of rodeo in securing the liberation
toe three young folks.
Miss Dorothy Burris passed away in Cloverdale Tuesday morning following a long illness during which she was a most patieint and cheerful
sufferer.
Miss Burris, a native of Clover- 1 dale, was the daughter of William Simms and Margaret Horne Burns. Her mother was the daughter of Thomas Horne, an early resident of Cloverdale an i he was the uncle of the late Mrs. U. V. O'Daniel of Greencastle. Miss Burris attended Cloverdale schools and was a graduate of DeiPauw University in the class of 1916. She was a member of the Alpha Ph!
sorority.
Following her graduation she was a member of the faculty of the Ciovcrdale high school. In recent years she was the owner of Doiothy s Hobby Shop, in Cloverdale. She was a member of the Church of Christ and the New Era Club of Cloverdale. Miss Burris is survived by her father, step-mot n r one sister, Mrs. Marvel Polk two nieces, Mrs.*Julia Polk and Dotty Polk, and a great niece, Abby P Ik all of Oaktown,
Indiana.
Funeral serve ; will be held at 2
FREAK EGG WAS FOUND MONDAY BY MRS. HARRIS Mrs. Kenneth Harris, living on Urn Cemetery road south of the city, found a freak egg Monday. It was a huge, extra sized egg from all appearances, but when it was broken, there was another smaller egg with its hard shell and all, inside the larger one. Both eggs were perfectly formed, but Mrs Harris does not know yet what is on the inside of the smaller one, but it is as large as a Bantam egg, and almost as large as some smaller eggs on the
market.
Mrs. Harris is also confused as to what caused a hen to lay such an egg. She believes it is due to the egg mash which John Poor furnished her and she is looking forward to i double egg production in the near
future.
Board In Report On Fiail Disputi
The question of improving Greencastle’s municipal airport was again brought up at the meeting of the city council Monday night. According to Mayoi W. D. James, the United States \Yai Department would like to see the city improve the emergency landing field. It is understood that the government is ready to match any amount expended by the city, through national defense channels, to install lights, erect hangars and put the airport in first
class condition.
However, members of the council although recognizing good features in this proposal an somewhat dubious as to taking any definite steps in this matter until the sentiment of the majority of the citizens and tax-
payers is known.
The city will make its final payment to the Prudential Insurance Company on the tract of land, just southeast of Greencastle, in January, it was announced by Paul Grimes, city clerk-treasurer. The site of the airport was first taken over by the Chamber of Commerce several years ago for $7,500. This group then turned the land over to the city after an election in which ballots of the voters approved its purchase. The last payment on the airport is really not !lue until April 1 1942, hut it will be paid off next month and the insurance company will deed the property to the city of Greencastle. Due to the lack of airport facilities, the Civil Aeronautics Authority class conducted at DePauw university during the last spring semester was discontinued this fall. The flying students had go to Indianapolis for their training and this proved too expensive as well as requiring too much time. Mayor James stated that Hie university is deeply interested in any possible airport action indicating that aviation classes would be resumed at LVPauw if the
Ugre was put in shape.
After considerable discussion it was the general sentiment of the council that an open meeting be held at which representatives of the university and the city express
views on the malier.
In his annual narrative report, consisting o. more than 50 pages, just completed. County Agr.cul.ural Agent David L. Grimes sets out many interesting items connected wi h his work this year. In the introduction, he says, under the heading of “Status of General Conditions": "Economic conditions have been gradually growing better in the county during the past three year, wivch has reflecte 1 in the condiiions of the home. The home condition! have been much improve 1 through the combine I infhu nr ■ a 1 .igr.. ultural agencies working wii.iin th county. The Farm Credit Adinmis.ration, Farm Security. Rural Elec r.ideation, Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Extension \v >rk in Agriculture and I Ionic Economics hav< all played an important part in the improvement of farm family livn:g. Prices of farm products lave risen during the pa.si year an I farmers ar planning to take advantage <>:' their increased incomes to pay off oh. de bts and put themselves in a p.. ition to meet whatever emetgencies might arise after the period of high
prices is over.
"The type of farming ranges from share-cropping and grain-farming to complete livestock farming. I’ aiitry farming is one of the major industries in the county and turl; y raising is becoming quite extensive. Dairy farming is also incren dug. Many farmers have increased itlnsize of their dairy herds and a few have change I to dairy from other types of farming.” In his narrative, Mr. Grimes
names the members of the county extension committee, who paiticularly had cooperated thiough the year, as follows: Glendc-n Herbcr , poultry committee: Maynard Grubb, horse committee; Ora a. Day, A. C. A.; Elvin H. Harlan, Far... Bureau; Mrs. Raymond Wright, S. and E. director; Ivan Ruark, Farm Buieau Cooperative; Mrs. Clarence Ragan, Home Econom.cs club; Frank Jarrell, county superintendent ot schools; Ward Mayhall, Bankers Association; R. J. Coffman, crop committee; R. H. Caughell. craps comini-tee; Eugene Akers, Kivvanis club; Lois Arnol I, Chamber of Commerce; Oscar Ciodfeller, Russellvillt Boosters chib; Herbert L- iswell, County Boar 1 of Education; John Sinclair, County Council; G. L. Rice, County Conimistuoners; Gene Kerrick. Rural Y’outh; Walter Ballard, Rotary club. Paul Boston, Gnencastle School Board; Carl Arnold, Swine c mm.ace; Zannie Gairio ’. Beef committee; L. A. Dicks, fair, management; Roscoe Daggy, lane, use plamv.ng committee; Mrs. E. Guy Codings, landscape improvement. The members of the executive committee, as named by Mr. Grime's, are: Chairman, Webb Evans; vice chairman, Carl Arnold; secretary. Mrs. Clarence Ragan; and Eugene Akers an i Ivan Ruark. All members of the different project committees are named, also! b> Mr. Grimes. There appear to be a hundred or more of these various project committee members. The growth of the farm agent’s (Coutlnuod on I ’ii m «* Two)
PEACE OR WAR IN ORIENT STILL AN UNCERTAINTY DELK ATE DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCES BEING HELD IN WASHINGTON
JAP LEADERS DEFY
WAR FLASHES Fire Helmets Are
field
their
LONDON. Dec. 2. (UP) “We must prepare for expansion of heavy fighting in the East,” an official spokesman said today in what diplomatic quarters reported to be a reference to Japan. LONDON, Dec. 2.—(UP) The Australian cruiser Sydney, is believed to have been sunk after sinking a heavily armed merchant raider in the south Pacific, it was announced today.
TERMS ED
OK AGREEMENT TO PRESIDENT STRIKE BOARD
IIANDBY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UP) A special fact-finding board reports to President Roosevelt today the terms of an agreement in the railway labor and management wage dispute which had threatened a na-tion-wide railroad strike. The agreement was announced last
Burial
cemetery.
tor
o’clock Thurs- iy .afternoon from the night by Board Chairman Wayne Reed Funeral 14 ue in Cloverdale, Lyman Morse after 34 hours of alin charge of the Rev. Donus Denny. m0 st continuous negotiations. The will be in the Cloverdale terms were not officially revealed
but they were understood to include a wage increase of about 10 cents an hour, totaling aprbximately $300,000.000 a year, for 1,215,000 railroad
employes.
An authoritative railway source said the agreement provides: A flat 76 cents daily wage increase
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2. (UP) — Radio Hsinking declared today that five armed Soviet soldiers crossed the Manchukuoan frontier at Konei today, and were repulsed by Japanese soldiers who killed two of them, the NBC listening post reported.
Bought Bv Council TWO (.A's MASKS ADEQl ATE FOR LOCAL FIRE DEPART-
MENT SAYS ( HIKE
CHRISTMAS CAROLS WILL BE SUNG BY GLEE CLUB The Greencastle High School Glee
Club under th< direction of Gene
Pennington, will contribute its talent f or :;50,000 members of the “big five” n the festivities welcoming Saint operating brotherhoods. Nick to Greencastle on Friday. An increase of 10 cents per hour Comprising 80 voices, the glee club for 865.000 members of 14 cooperatwill sing Christmas Carols from the | in g brotherhoods of non-operating
balcony on the south side of the court employes.
Paid vacations
CHURCHILL CALLS FOR MAXIMUM MOBILIZATION LONDON. Dec 2.—(UP) Prime Minister Winston Churchill today called for maximum mobilization of British manpower and womanpower to expand the nation’s war effort to the limit and promised that with American aid the allied powers would soon be superior to the axis in military strength. Churchill introduced a motion to carry out his plm for conscription of all remaining men and women who can aid in increasing war production. That he said generally woulei move the nation “nearer the front" in preparation for the day when Adolf Hitler, “recognizing" his defeat in Russia, will turn his fury against the British Isles again as well as for the time when the allies will be superior in equipment to the enemy. 'I hat day, he indicated, would be in 1942.
MELBOURNE, Australia. Dec. 2 — (UP) H. M. A. S. Parramatta one of the most modern sloops in the Australian navy, has been torpedoed and sunk with a loss of 141 of its complement of 161. it was announced today. The vessel joined the British Mediterranean fleet only yesterday. 4on I’iik** Two) Axis Tanks Push Past British Trap BREAK 1IIROUGH LIBYAN DESERT LINE; RENEW SEIGE OF TOBRUK
STRIKE AT ( ORSET PLANT
house beginning at one o’clock in the
afternoon. Most of the carols that workers of six, nine and 12 days anwill be sung are familiar to all and nually for employes of more than will help in giving those attending one two and three years service, re-
the parade a taste of true Christmas sp ectively.
spirit.
f * Protect ourselves and cur ’’’uie* from tuberculosis when 1 Poy and use Christmas Seals.
MILK BOYC OTT
change
LA PORTE, Ind„ Laporte factory
Dec. 2 (UP)—i workers today
fought with a simultaneous boycott an increase in the price of milk from 13 to 15 cents a quart set by local dairies yesterday. Milkmen reported no sales following
daily scheduled trips
plants.
A moratorium on rules
proposals made by carriers as a counter-action to the pay increase. The operating unions originally had asked for a 30 per cent wage increase; the non-operators for a 30
cents an hour increase.
LOGANSPORT, Ind., Dec. 2
Union employes of the H. W. Gossard corset factory struck at tne plant today following refusal of the company to meet union demands for
non-operating ] higher wages. A picket line was formed about
the plant at 5:30 a. m. and forced a virtual shutdown of operations. An attempt by the company to ship unfinished corsets to the Uossard factory at Ishpeming. Mich., was block-
ed by workers without violence.
their
through the
Eastern Star Chorus will practice this evening at 7 o’clock at the Masonic Temple. .
The General Jesse M. Lee Post No. 1550. V. F. W. will meet Thursday evening at 8 o’clock at the city hall. A member of the state claims office will be present and there will be a discussion on the recent developments in the legislature. Further
20 YEARS A(iO
IN GREENCASTLE
CAIRO. Dec. 2. (UP) A powerful axis tank attack broke through the British trap in the Libyan desert, an official spokesman said today, renewed the siege of Tobruk and drove British imperials from Suii Rezegli
and Bit El Hamid.
“The Germans nipped off the very end of the appendix that Inured theii wav westward and made a junction in the Sidi Rezegh-Bir El Hamid Zaaran triangle,’’ the spokesman sai l in describing the setback. TWO CORN KINGS ( HOSEN
An article in The Daily Banner last night concerning equipment at the Greencastle fire department result of a fire early Monday morn ing in which two firemen were overcome by smoke, produced results at the meeting of the city council Mon-
day evening.
Fire Chief Harry Ragsdale was called into the meeting and he explained to the councilmen Ural two gas masks were sufficient for the local force of four men. The chief stated that only two men could use masks as it was necessary for the third man to stay with the truck and the fourth, if on duty, to be on the outside. Ragsdale brought one of tih city’s two gas masks into the couneil chamber and demonstrated it to those present. The masks are in good shape and are approved by the Bureau of Mines. In regards to helmets, which are standard equipment for practically every fire department in the country, Chief Ragsdale stated that he would like to have four of them for his force. Councilman Robert Stoner moved the council purchase helmets for the firemen, and after a second by Councilman R. R. Neal, the coun- | cil voted unanimously in favor oi , the proposition. The fire chief announced that the.a helmets, which will protect the firemen from hot water and falling timbers, will be worn from the station on every fire run.
House Military Chairman Suggests President Warn Japanese In No Uncertain Terms WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—(UP) — Chairman An irew J. May, D., Ky., of tlie House imlilaty affairs committee suggested today that President Roosevelt tell the Japanese people to renounce their ambitions for an empire in South Asia or the United States "will blast them off the land and blow them off the water." Meanwhile. delicate diplomatic con versa: ms, which observers believe may decide whether there will bo war or peace between Japan and the United S'ales, continued. Administration, officials were keeping a close watch of dispatches from the Far East for reports of Japanese military operation.! which might touch off what they concede has become a “powder keg." Some of them would not be surprised if military action, rather than a formal llplomatio dispatch, turned out to be Japan's answer to the "document" that was handed the Japanese envoys, Saburo Kurusu and ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura, Wednes-
day.
Kurusu and Nomura continued discussions with secretary of state Cordell Hull yesterday under circumstanci's made more tense than usual by tlie hurried return of President Roosevelt from Georgia. Usually well informed sources reported that the two envoys would return to the state department today for further conversations with undersecretary of state Sumner Welles. Yesterday, a day of intense activity, produced no public announcement of consequence on the crisis, but some observers believed the situation was deterioiating. Hull conferred more than an hour with tile Japanese envoys. They left ins office in a Iserious mood. Immediately, Hull hurried to the White House for an hour's conference with Mr. Roosevelt and Admiral Harold It. Stark, chief of naval operations. Later, Welles conferred with the President for one and one-half hours after talking with the British ambassador, Lord Halifax. These vls.ts, too, were regarded as dealing with the Far Eastern situation. State department officials discussed the possibility of making public the U. S terms to the Japanese, but. barring an emergency, it was understood that move would be withheld until after the r roipt of the Japanese answer. A Japanese move in ..ie Ear East probably would cause publication, however.
The Woman’s club met with Mts. Jennie Hearst at her home on east
Washington street.
John P. Wysong, son of John Wysong, took over an undertaking business in Greencastle. Earl Sour wine
plans will be made for the Christmas! was driving a new Ford coupe. Al-
dinner.
her!
Daggy
•was in Indianapxrlis.
CHICAGO. Dec. 2. (UP) Two corn kings were chosen at the 42nd International Live Stock Exposition today, an unprecedented award that resulted when the four judges were tied twice in their balloting. The winners were Floyd Hiner of Lewisville, Ind., and E. W. Doubett of Hanna City, 111. They will share the annual trophy, each holding the cup sixth months of the year under a special ruling of the management. LAST KITES HELD Funeral services for Adam Reising. Anderson street, who died Sunday, were held Tuesday afternoon from the Shannon Funeral Home, in charge of the Rev. V. L. Raphael. Burial was in the Brick Chapel cemetery. Pall bearers were Jim Allen, Bascom O’Hair, I. W. Wright, Bill Bain Everett Harris, and Lee Hall.
Mrs. Hester Steele Dies U \kr<m
DECEASED \\A^ MOTHER OI LOME J. STEELE OF NEAR FLNUASTLK Lonie J. Steele, "f near Fincastle, received word of the death of his mother, Mrs. Hester Steele, widow of tne late Samuel Steele, this morning at Akron, this state. She leaves two other sons. Luther B., and David S., of Indianapolis, and one daughter, who is the wife of the Rev. Mel Fifer of Akron, at whose home the death occurred. Mrs. Steele was born in Montgomery county, the daughter of Moses and Katharine Thompson, but she removed with her family to the vicinity of Raccoon, Putnam county, wtien she was but 16 years old and passed the remainder of her life there with the exception of a brief recent period. Funeral arrangements will be announced later, but it is expiected the burial, at least, will be in this county. Lee Mathias of Chicago is here for I a few days.
TOKYO, Dec 2. (UP) Seigo Nakano, outstanding pro-axis politi■al leader, demanded at a public meeting today that tlie government . esurt to force, such as sinking American transports, in event the United States refused to accept Japan's terms for peace in the Far East. Official spokesman iehii Kisln said hat though there was a fairly big iifference of opinion between Japan and the United States, Japan was hopeful lor an agreement and therefore would continue negotiations at Washington. Newspapers were increasingly pessimistic, and increasingly critical of he United States. 'We appreciate tlie government’s last effort to make peace with the United States," said Nichi Nichi, "but it is futile to listen to any more of America’s hypocritical peace 4 ('ii ii 11 it ti<*4l im Pnict* Two)
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