The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 March 1949 — Page 1
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THE DAILY BANNER
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IT WAVES FOR ALL
KNOWN v GREENCASTLE WOMAN DIES
IUA PIERCE PASSED t\ V AV AT HER HOME monoav MORNING
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1949.
""somoreclergymen City Firemen Traffic Mishap
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NO. 121
irs ida A. Pierce L ay Monday morning
passed at five
r, k , at her home at 202 south jcust street .at the age of Ly.eight years. She had been a gra'lual decline in health, It kept active almost until her t|,. Of pioneer stock she saw changes come during her L of life. She still owned her at Rensselaer where she | n t to housekeeping and .was nays interested in present day kairs ami loved to travel and
loved life to the fullest.
Ijlrs. Pierce was born in Jasper
mar Rensselaer. July
"l&60. the daughter of Joseph fCoons and Nancy (Walker)
She attended the Jaspei
junty schools, and also thi fnial and taught for several
i m the rural schools.
On October thirteenth, 1885 i was married to James W. tree, a young farmer and jck raiser. They resided on Pierce farm until his death krch 2nd, 1901. when Mrs tree and her three daughters tved to Rensselaer, where she I ujitil 1914 when she took up residence in Greencastle icre her daughters attended
|Pauw University.
She continued to make Grcen(gtle her home, where she was vc in church and club work Pierce was a member of the Ihm Memorial Methodist lurch and a charter member ol Woman’s Bible class which organized in 1914. by Mrs. P. D. John. She was a Imber of the Washburn ChapDaughtcrs of the American solution, the Twentieth CenClub, Woman’s Study Club
I Needlecraft Club.
SOFIA, March 7—(UP) A Bulgarian government spokesman said today that security •xilice have arrested as many as 50 more Protestant clergymen in rddition to the 15 now awaiting lenience. Asked about reports circulatng in Western Europe that 50 more clergymen had been arrested, the government spokesman said: 1 don't know how many are under arrest or are being questioned. It is possible they number 50. As you could see during the present trial proceedings, some witnesses were pastors under detention. Others also wore named as being involved in the spy ring.”
John C. Wood Called By Death John C. Wood, age 86, passed away at his home east of Greencastle Sunday afternoon, after an extended illness. Mr. Wood was born at Darlington, but he had lived in Putnam county since 1917. Before coining to Greencastle he lived near Reelsville. Survivors include one son, Harry and one grandson, living in Arkansas, two sisters, Mi l. Henry Davidson and Mrs. Charles Miller of Hillsboro. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock from the Rector Funeral Home with burial in the BooneHutcheson cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home. O'Hair Funeral At Brick Chapel
William T. O'Hair, age 80 years passed away at Ball Memorial hospital at Muncie Saturday. Mi. O’Hair was born and reared in the Brick Chapel community. He
'?• .ii„. 8U Jiived by. l U] W a ou a~£*rtn»a«iL. of Brick r daughters, Miss Carrie chapel until his wife died in
1943. After that he lived in California for a while and then returned to Indiana to be with his
children.
He is survived by six daugnters, Mrs. Irene Kempt of Brazil. Mrs. Vera Batley of Muncie, Mrs. Alma Wells of California. Mrs. Elizabeth Miller of Plainfield, Mrs. Bernice Lukenbill ol Bainbridge anil Mrs. Erma Nichols of Fillmore: one son, Donald of Chicago: twenty-one grandchildren and eleven great grand children; two sisters, Mrs. Reeves and Mrs. Edith Gorham, both of California, and two brothers, Edward of California and Emory of near Lizton. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:00 o’clock from the Brick Chapel church with burial in the Brick Chapel cemetery. Services were in charg • of Dr. Claude M. McClure of Indianapolis and Rev. J. E. Porter of Greencastle.
daughters,
Nrce and Mrs. Mary Seller M ferncastle and Mrs. Gladys plin of Casey, Illinois. There ’ five grandchildren. Marion P. Iller of St. Paul. Minnesota, irriet Alice Seller of Sheridan, rs. Charlotte Newlin Goble of lendan and Robert and Allen kwlin of Casey. There a 'e jree great-grandchildren of St Rul, Minnesota. Mrs. Pierce is W survived by two sisters, livin Kansas and several nieces
JH nephews. *
■Funeral services will be held yednesilay from the Rector
Wal Home at 10:00 a. m.
I Friends may call at the funer-
1 home.
Mired From Reserve List I Col. Nathaniel Huckleberry Is 1 receipt of word from the War Apartment of his retirement h’ni the Reserve List of the PV- He lias served longer, phaps than any other man in p community. He was a vethn of World War I and World pr II and has been on the aeP reserve list throughout the Inie between wars and since his p'rement from active service in Far ip uj H retirement dated clt to July, 1948.
<>• E. 8. NOTICE
•stated meeting of Papier :i56 O. E. S. P v evening, March 9
Nock. This is
MortO.l Wednesat 7:30
election of of-
rcrs *0 please bring all books to “ rn in. Ruby Mauck, W. M.
20 Years Ago ™ QKEFNOARTTJB
•■rank N. Jones, high school "O' p a | wag a new mem ij er ' Greencastle Kiwanis Club. t°y Hillis attended an insur"j 0 m, ‘eting in Indianapolis. L Ellis, Route 4, was drivk a new Chevrolet truck. rs p aul Wright was hostels , hi|j he members of her bridge if'fs' 1 ^ am ** anna bad charge
PUTNAM COURT NOTES J. B. Whitaker ct al vs. Richard R. Tucker et al. complaint for possession of real estate and damages of $3,564. Rexell A Boyd is attorney lor the plaintiffs. John H. Bingham and Edna A Binkham vs. John E. Hammons and Pearl B. Hammons, com plaint for possession and damag es of $1,401. Rexell A. Boyd ithe plaintiffs’ attorney. Hoover Rites Held Monday Word has been received by E I Coffman of the death of Will Hoover on Saturday at his home in Lebanon. Burial was at Lebanon this morning at 11 o’clock. Mrs. Hoover is the former Miss Frances Case. She is the sister of Miss Mary Case of Indianapolis, who formerly lived in Greencastle for many years and resided at the home of Mrs. George Wilson. MEETING TONIGHT The Putnam County Humane Society will hold its regular meeting tonight at the city hall at 7:30 o’clock.
Had Busy Day
The fire department had a
busy day on Saturday.
At 10:3o A. a call from Putnamville came in, but the State Farm sent 40 to 50 men to the fire and they soon had it under control. It started in some grass and threatened the Mono': station and a house nearby. At 3 p. m. the department answered a grass fire at 409
north College Avenue.
At 7:40. they answered another trash fire at 412 Si th College Avenue and at 11:55 t e department sent two men to '! Jesse Royse home at Limedale where fire burned a small shed and had not the firemen arrived wiuld have destroyed a $4,000
(CoDtlon^O on f*n*» T««o»
Near Cloverdale Two persons were injured and
two cars badly damaged in a tiaffic crash at the junction of roads 43 and 42, south of Cloverdale at 8 o’clock Sunday night,
according to state police. Officers said a car driven by Richard Albright, Grcenca.-;;
Route 2. was pulling out of the Burk’s filling station when it
was hit by another automobil
traveling north, driven by Dan-
iel P. Gray, of New Town. Mrs. Gray’s mother suffered
cuts and bruises. Thomas Brown
riding with Albright, also su tained abrasions and bruises. Police from the Putnamville Post investigated the accident
Pvt. King’s Body En Route Home
Mr. and Mrs. Claud King havi received vtord from the War Department saying the body of their son, Pvt. Lamar G. King, who was killed in an automobile accident in France on December 19, 1944, will arrive soon in Columbus. O., and will be forwarded to this city for burial. They w : .l receive definite time and place if arrival later, the information
said.
Mr. King, the oi.:y 1,011 of Mr. 1 and Mrs. Claud King, went into service from this city and was a member of the Headquarters Co., 15th Cavalry Group. He was tiding in an auto with a patrol group on the night he was killed when two cars collided and he <<'•»•« 1 on r'-au•- 'Two I
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These candidates for Queen of the Family N ight party at the Belie Union high school Friday evening had a big time before and after the voti ng. Miss Golda French, second from left, an eighth grade pupil, was the winnei*. The candidates include, Imogepe Guv. 7th grade; Golda French. 8th grade; Virginia Wheeler, junior; Margaret Ann Hurst; senior; Martha Ann Alice, freshman and Juanita Clearwater, sophomore. - • * • THESE YOUNGSTERS WENT “FISHING-’
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The “fish pond” at the Belle Union school Fa mily Night party proved popular with the younger set and they thronged around it until all the “fish” hsd been caught. This group was found watching the fishing pond by The Daily B inner cameraman at one time during the evening. ThREE SETS OF TWINS RIDE ON JEF PERSON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL BUS
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THOUSANDS OF ACRES LEASED BY OIL FIRM
COMPANY INTERESTED IN NATURAL GAS AS WELL AS Oil,
These three sets of twins, left to right, front, Forrest Shumaker and Delores Shumaker: June amt Janet Sallust and rear. Byron and Myron B acker, ride the Jefferson township school bus daily driven by Harrold Phillips. They all had a big timi at the annual family Night party given In the Belle Union School Friday evening.
Oil leases covering nearlj 200,000 acres .have been taken it. Putnam and adjoining counties in the past few weeks preparatory to extensive exploration work in this field later. The leasing is being done b\ Youngblood & Youngblood, oil operators of Oklahoma city, who have been making their headquarters in Brazil during then operations. However, the Oklahoma concern is not the only one taking oil leases in this area. The Arketex Ceramic Corp. of Brazil, which John Stellc, former governor of Illinois and recent na tional commander of fne Ameri can Legion, is president, ha. started taking oil anu gas leases Representatives of the eompan., said several thousand acres hue been leased and that more is desired. It was said the eompan;. was especially interested r natural gas which is needed a fuel for the company’s kilns a! its two big plants in Brazil. L. S. Youngblooo, who is hea< of the leasing work, said that hi had leased so much land that he did not know the exact acreag. but he estimated that it would run between 175,000 and 200,00 acres. The bulk of this land has been leased in the porthern and central areas of Clay County but some of the leasing extended t the south end of the county. Mr Youngblood said some land had been leased in the south part o’ Parke County, in the wesler^ part of Owen County and th southeastern section or Putna . County. A very small part of th' leasing has been done in th. northeastern part of Vigo Coun
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The Youngblood concern 1.taking leases on the basis of $1 an acre ana $1 an acre a yea: lor a term of 10 years in th< central part of their territory On the outer edges cf this terri tory Mr. Youngblood said only 6C? an acre lias been paid as i‘. is not considered so desirable. As to the development of thi* large tract of land. Mr. Young blood said that exploration wori would be started here within th< next two years. The Youngoloo I firm has operated in the Illinoi basin and southern Indiana a: well as in Oklahoma and adjoining territory. Mr. Youngblood added that h' was now in the process of closing his operations here and would finish up the last of hi. leases. Barn Saved By Bucket Brigade Glenn Mark narrowly min e losing his barn on his Jeffcr-01 township farm by fir - Frida evening. Guy Pickens discov-r ed the blaze as he was returniii.r. home. He carries five or sis women with him and after no tifying Mr. Mark of the fire, hey formed a bucket brigade and soon had it out. The blaz> darted from the ground and vheu found was burning briskly ip a wall of the barn. Origin oi the fire was not known. 3ooks Presented To DPU Library Three book collections, total ling more than 250 volumes, have been given to the DePauw University library, according to Mrs. Vera Cooper, librarian. A gift of 128 volumes has -been made by Melville T. Cook, Larchamont. N Y.. former DePauw professor The collection includes copies of various e.dononie. scientific and biological journals. George Calvert, Indianapolis, a graduate of DePauw In 1893, presented to the library 145 vol •lines, and Merle Walker, Laurel Miss., class of 1912, presented a collection of magazines for library files.
BULLETINS INDIANAPOLIS, March 7— (INS)—Agri-cmerit on the controversial primary bill was 1 cached by tile 'iFeimorata anil liepiihliean.s ol the General Assembly today. The legislators of (he two parties arranged a primary compr .mise, as loll ms— The voter at the 1950 general election 'must <Kign a ohuik to indicate whether he is a Democrat or a Republican, and he mist vote ,or (and;..iates of the party of his choice if he votes m the I illowing primary. However, if (tie voter changes ds primary preference before the primary, he can notify olec- • •“n offi -iuLs 30 days prior to the primary. Gnly tiie offices of senator and governor win ite restored to the primary.
WASHINGTON, Man h 7— ■-NS)—The Supreme Court held oday that states are free to re•Iriet labor union seeurily agreenenls with employers providing hey do not confliet with stale ederal policy. The , to 2 derision affirmed a i\ isi oii-.iu slate Supreme rotir, idlng upholding the Slate I.ahor delations Board’s riglil to order he Algoma Plywood and Veneer <>., lo give up a union seeurily irovision negotiated under the National I.ahor Relations Act. In another lahor decision, the ligh court held unanimously hat the eight hour day law does nd apjily to government eon •traction work done in a foreign roimfry. —— — » SAN FRANCISCO, March. 7. — (INS)—Flyer Bill Odom, trying for a olHIO-mile nonstop ree nd from lionoliilii to New York a tiny single-motored plane ,\us riding a strong tailwind to yard the California coast today Odom radioed the Civil Aerouriities Administration station iiSE in San Francisco that In \as about 1511 miles off tin iiddcii Gate at 10:15 a. m. I’S'I nul was averaging better than 50 miles an hour with a 25-nile-per-hoiir tailw inti.
HAKRISBI'K.G III.. Marrh 7 —(CP)—A mother and hei niddle-aged daughter were beat•n to dentil at their home ir l.lerado, III., early 104lay, an > Vlthurities held the son am brother, Sylvester Denton, 50, ii I'oiineitioii with the doulde slay lug. The victims were Mrs. Mildn-i ilhsm, 78 ami Iter daughter •Irs. Ida Davis, about 53, hot) it Eldorado.
BERLIN, March 7 (UP) Die Ku. sians cancelled planned 111 to-air firing maneuvers in the icinity of the Berlin airlift coridors today after western of ricials protested, it was aiuiounc d officially. PARSONS. Kan . March 7 1 UP) Officials t"ilay sought the ■ause of a wreck that derailed Hi i irs of a Missouri-Kansan Texas freight train yesterday. NOBLKSVIIJ>E. Ind., .March 7 ' U- 1 ) A Hamilton county ,tand Jury will meet tomorrow •o study the death of Edward Browning, 49 father of 14 child ’en, who was killed in a fist fight last week. lb Id on a charge of assault 'ind battery was Alfred Jenkinr *8, w’ho witnesses said knock ■d Browning down during j scuffle. Browning fell on H pit of broken concrete and his skull was fractured. ET. MYERS, Fla., March 7. (UP) The body of Mrs. Ray Applegate, 50, socially prominent .fu'icie, Ind., woman who wa filled in a lishing boat explosion was en route home today for fun ■ral services. Mrs. Applegate was killed, and ner husband and Mr. and Mrs. Edmund F. Ball, also of Muncie, injured in the explosion Saturday as they fished in the Gulf of
Mexico.
WASHINGTON, March 7 (UP) Sen. Karl E. Mundt, R . .I. D., charged today that thi United Nations has been hiring Americans who were fired by the jtate Department as "security
risks.”
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LEGISLATURE HOLDS FINAL DAY S SESSION
MANY MAJOR PROBLEMS UNSOLVED BY 86TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY INDIANAPOLIS, Mar. 7 (INS) The 86th Indiana General Assembly began the last day of its session with many of its major problems unsolved. Only through compromise between the Republican Senate and the Democratic House today nr tonight will these decisions be reached. All indications are that the clock vim be set back several times after midnight tonight. These major issues include the bonus, the record-high budget bill, the primary and truck-auto-mobile license fee increases. Conference committees again sought agreement which has failed to mature for several days. Republicans and Democrats have agreed on a $600 maximum for the bonus with $10 a month tor home service and $15 monthly for overseas time. The split is on the method of financing. The original G. O. P. proposal of a sales tax of two percent has yielded to an all-out tobacco levy plus amputating $5 million a year from the state treasury
surplus.
T he Democratic plan is for an increase fo one-fourth of one per cent in the gross income tax. Governor ( Henry F. Schricker has consented to the tobacco levy but insists on retention of the gross income tax hike. In this connection, Senator John Van Ness, of Valparaiso, G. O. P. floor leader, said: "It appears now that if Indiana is to have a soldier bonus, the Republicans will have to yield Governor Schricker will not compromise.” There also is an impasse on he primary issue. Th. Republicans insist that primary voters be forced to de:Jarc their party preference 35 days before the primary, but the Democrats are holding out for ‘‘cross-voting.” Conferees today also tackled the budget measure now standing at about 207 millions. The Senate passed the- budget bill 'ate Saturday after repulsing an assault by Senator Von A. Eichhorn. Uniomlale Democrat. Eichhorn urged martial law in 'he state until 11 special session >f the Legislature could be call’d. Hi said: “There has been a complete breakdown of any workable legislative program and we now stand in confusion, chaos and imootenry in providing for the urgent and vital steps to protect the public from organized pressure
groups.
"There is every evidence (hat this Assembly. 00 politically divided into two groups, has brought into being a third ruling body the organized lobbyists.” The Republican Senate is holding up the truck-auto fee bill giving some $7 million more rev"nue years, because of a ilesi ,- e to give counties, cities and towns a greater share. The (!. O. P. wishes the following distribution: 50 per cent for the State Highway Department, 33 per cent for counties and 17 per cent for counties, cities and towns. The Democratic proposal is 55 per rent for the highway department. 30 per cent for the counties and 15 per cent for cities and towns. Conferees also met on the bill to liberalize jobless insurance payments, completely rewritten M oatlnurd on I'nice Toot
<:> 0 0 0 0000 0 '■> Todays Weather 0 0 and 0 0 Local Temperature 0 Fair and wanner north today. Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight. Tomorrow cloudy and warmer south. Turning colder north in afternoon or evening. High tomorrow 4.'^ to 50. Low tonight 32 to 40. Minimum IS” 6 a. m. . ... IS* 7 a. m. “O” 8 a. m 28’’ 9 a. m 29’ 10 a. m 34’’ 11 a. m 37” 12 noon 39° 1 p. m 40°
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