The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 June 1949 — Page 1

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THE DAILY BANNER "IT WAVES FOR ALL"

ME FIFTY-SEVU

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 4 1949.

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. M. LODGE YEARS OLD T BAINBRIDGE I8 I’-I.AN <*NTE.\AL observance on .11 NE 32 nJt;, Lodge No. 75 F. & ,,11 observe its one hundnniversary with a birthquet and meeting on the of Wednesday, June 22. , committees are at woi k mg ariangements for the t meeting the lodge has |,1 yam Hostetler, Mastic Lodge, named commitcarry out a full program weeks ago and much o! ,k ha been completed. meeting will open at six CST, registration and ,n in the lodge. This will jwed with a dinner which served in the lodge dining y members of the Eastei caded by Mrs. Alga Hibbs •thy Matron. Crodian of Bainbridgt rve as toastmaster. Grand of Indiana Lodges. John ornburgh will attend the g along with numerous Giand Officers and will the principal address, of the features of the g which will be open to bln. will be the awarding fty year membership pin tmr Weller, the only 50 ember of the organization Inbndge. The award will by Grand Master Thornintory of the lodge is being n and will be read as a of the meeting. Charlie [ieh is secretary of the and Ik and other members been busy going through dilute records which are ete fur the entire 100 years ting up their history. It .es to be of unusual interthe members. ther feature that promises of interest to those attonddll be the rededication of Ige hall, which is being relied for the occasion. The n is also being refurnished [to the anniversary meeting, to the fact that dinner prepared for a specified r. it is requested by Mr. Inch, secretary, that those mg to attend the dinner. him in advance so that riHiigements can be made il who desire to attend, reservations should be in ands of Mr. Hendrich by 15.

IBANK IS HOST TO BIG CROWD

IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS

At OPEN HOUSE FIRST- CITIZENS INSTALL** LATEST 1“ MODERN EQUIPMENT Hundreds of friends and customers from every section of Hutna.n county accepted the invitation of the officers ami personnel of the First-Citizens Hank and Trust Co., to visit and inspect the recently completed modernization of the hankin,'. institution Friday evening.

FIRST-CITIZEKS BANK HOLDS OPEN hOUSE FOR FRIENDS FRIDAY EVE.

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SIMPSON STONER

stionnaires

In Mail Monday ie 2,000 questionnaires will laced in the mails Monday ’Teem astle residents as the vber of Commerce seeks to just what improvements other local problems are ;I uiti.d m the minds of the

•e of the community,

c questionnaire was drawn by an impartial group of I f ns Bach recipient is asked x Pie-s his opinion on the .ous questions and signatures not lequired. Residents are ’ asked to send the filled out tionnaire back to the Cham-

°f Commerce.

a first question is in regards t'ubUe Health and, the pro(l extension of the present

r system.

he nex t question deals with 'eat ion. Opinions are re,p d as to expansion of RobiM oatianae «■ Pne<> Tn«»

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•“bcival Allen left for New rl< Ci ‘y on route to Geneva, ' Zri la hd, to spend the suin-

Cowglll and children visiting in Knightstown.

11 an d Mrs. Harry Moore and bghter, Ardlth, were in Kansas ' Mo., where Ardith was reIUn g voice Instruction from

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Mrs. John Cartwright was hnss t" the Trl Kappa sorority, '■hnls Hill was In French Lick

busimigg.

PUTNAM COUNTY TOWNSHIPS—Beginning a series of descriptive and historical sketches of Putnam County townships. These appeared in a series >£ articles appearing in the HAN NER in 185S b loyd, Monroe and Clinton townships lie immediately south of Jackson, Franklin and Russell, stretching across the county from East t > West in the order in which they are named, commencing wii’i Floyd. Floyd very much resem - bles Jackson, which lies i. *.- mediately north of it . It \s watered by the same streams and has probably more bottom land and less wet up land; neith er, however, having any but what is susceptible of cultivation. Floyd is without a town and citizens are almost entirely agricultural. There are some very fine farms in this Township. It is not as well grassed as some other townships, but has much first rate land and is still rapidly improving Monroe lies immediately west of Floyd, and is also watered by Walnut creek and tributaries. The land in this township is very fine. H is timbered, as the townships described, with probably mou black walnut. Monroe has T large amount of pasture land than any other township. Nearly the whole of the wood-land has been set in blue-grass; indeed, the grassing of wood-lands in this county commenced in thus township. About thirty year.' ago Col. Danniel Harrah an I Wesley Hensley cleaned up a piece of woods and sowed the Kentucky blue-grass. It grew finely and was soon the admiration of every body. From these beginnings It rapidly spread in this township and from this to others. This Township received a very large e nigrati - i from Montgomery County, Ky, who not only brought with them blue-grass, but also a bet ■ ter stock of cattle and horses than was to l»e found elsewhere. Roach Frakes brought a very fine bull ami some good cow.-. Cel. A S. barrow soon brought Bachelor, a very fine large bull. From these bulls the cattle of Monroe rapidly improved. Many other fine bulls have been introduced since. The steers o. Monroe are now worth one hum', red per cent more than cuttle in some of our counties viler 3 no improvement nas yet b< > made. The horse and jack stoc.t has been greatly improved in this township also. Bainbridg ■ belongs to Monroe and is the second town in the county. It has several dry-good stores and shops and a very fine stea.u flouring mill and one or two saw mills. The most powerful temperance inducement that could be set before the people of this county would be to place along side of Bainbridge. which has never permitted a whisky shoo to be in her midst, some of the little villages that have never been without one and ’ask the people to look at thorn. Monroe Township owes much to Janiej Montgomery. He settled there at s pretty early period ami was a man of more than ordinary intellect and considerable reading and possessed great personal piety. He emigrated from Montgomery county. Ky., from a most excellent society of Meth odists. Many of them followed him here and settled In h s neighborhood. A good church was soon established near Ml. Montgomery’s, now known a" "Montgomery Chappol." Around this church was soon collected a neighborhood of first class citizens. Clinton lies immediately .vest of Monroe and south of Russell. Clinton is a very flno

Tile interior of the bank hail recently been completely changed and moderized and with the addition of new equipment the customers and friends were interested in seeing the change. Opening promptly at 7;. - !0 o’clock, a steady flow of people k» pt everyone busy until well after ten o'clock At times the cr wd was so heavy that a long line waited outside. It had been arranged that everyone went tlm name vay and in this manner they passed through the tellor-i' cages, past the vault, into th° book-keeping department ami then out again from the noitli side. Everyone was on hand to welcome the visitors and bankers from Louisville, Indianapolis. | Lafayette, Rockville, Covington. | • ’level dale. Russellville. Roachdale and other nearby cities were present during the evening Flowers were given the ladjes ■ by Mrs. Crosby and Mrs. Arnold and shiny new nickels were giv- '

n the children.

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Imprinted cheeks were given all customers who desired them and this new' department was one of the interesting features 1 of the display as the check.were printed while the custorm-r waited and it promises to prove ' popular in the future. The bank, its officers and personnel are to be congratulated 1 on the improvements made and it helps make this community 1 take another step forward in the way of doing bigger and better things. No community can surpass and only a few can equal the financial standing of Greencastle, ar.d .vhat helps Grec:ieastle, helps Putnam county and the state of Indiana. Tlie floral offerings of congratulations almost filled the bank lobby and their display Friday evening attracted widespread attention from all visi-

tors.

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These pictures show some of the nearly 800 people who visited the Kirst-< 'itizer.-i Bank and Trust Co., building Friday e vening to Inspect the new banking house after a modernization program covering tii< last several weeks. At the extreme left above are Mr. and Mrs. Arnold aud M's. Crosby wdio presented each lady with a b autilul red rose as they left the building.

Boys Completed Tractor School

About thirty boys from Putnam county who have been attending the 4-H Special Trader : Service school, conducted under the auspices of Tom Hendricks, completed their course Friday evening with a meeting at the Tractor Specialties Corporation plant on west Walnut street. They were shown through the plant where parts valued at more thnl $100,000 are turned twice a month, and where all parts foi Indiana plants are handled and shipped. The huge ware houswas filled with parts at the time of the meeting and within a few days these will all he in th.hands of dealers and farmers over Indiana. A picture show was given. If showed the Ferguson tractor in operation and many of its exclusive features. Following the program a big fried chicken dinner was served in the warehouse and the hungry lads did justice to a huge amount of chicken, salad, rolls, cake and cokes. H R Carson, president of Tractor Specialties welcomed the boys in a short talk and sai l that if any of their organizations could be helped in any way by his group, they should not hesitate to let him know and all assistance possible would be forth-

coming.

97 Degrees In

City On Friday The Daily Banner theivnometer registered a record-breaking (•T-degree maximum temperature for Greenoastle at 1 p. m. Friday. This was 7 degrees higher than the !M) maximum recorded

Thursday afternoon.

By way of camparison. the temperature in Greencastle a

Two Appointed As Postmasters Word hau been received here that Malcolm 15. Wad- ha-t bt appointed postmaster at Fithnoi' by the u. S. Senate. Mr Wa le has been acting postniaxier Fillmore for some time but thi; is the first news of confirmatiu-i The Senate has also approv'd

which he says were never bettor i Arthur B Newman as postmastthan this year. er at Coalenvill' .

year ago, on June .. liM8, reached a high mark of bu degree-. seven degrees lower than Fri-

day's top.

RAISES "SI HER" IlhKUIE.s Verlin Jarvis is pick ng “super" strawberrh ; from In. garden at !I02 north Midi ss street. A couple dozen almo .t (ill a quart box. The in.ill garden keep him busy picking i the “super" kind of berries

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MARRIAGE LICENSES

Bernard A. C^sady. Coates,ville and Shirley Elizabeth Tericll, Stilesvtllc. Charles William Sillery and Ruth Ann Wools, both of Green castle.

Shown above Is Roy Cline, five year old ehup who lives with Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Torr west of Limedale. The small lad makes

which is abi ut as big as a CollF log, but he is lively and the two

gi bearound quite a bit.

The mother of the pony, a jet

*a good companion of the pony, j black Shetland, is not quite throe

years ohl but is quite gentle and does not iiiiiut being ridden by the small boy or others who jump aboard her for a hike ovei

the farm.

STONER ENDS TERM AS HEAD OF IND. ELKS LOCAL M\N TO PRESIDE AT STATE COW ENTION BANQI'ET TONIGHT Simpson M Stoner will presids tonight at the banquet at ths an ' nual ntate convention of th? IP nevolrrt ami Protective Order • f Elk.~ to be held at the Antlon; Hotel in Indianapolis. The president’s ball will follow the | banquet. Mr. Stoner is the re i tiring state president of the organization. Robert Dehority of Elwood, llie newly rli ed president, will lie installed at the i nventton o.i Sunday. All other officers w.U be installed at the same time. Olt Olsen of the Peru Lodge 1 and his partner, Johnson, the well known comic team, will entertain the guests miring tin*

| dance.

During the past yrar while j Mr. Stoner wan president, the oiganization raised $05,415.'>4 • for the cancer fund. The mem l ci ,hip in Indiana was increased to ini iinlc .'18.787 members and the lodges in Indiana have eon tnbuteii a .rroxlmately $250,000 tc various charities. The orde. natk,pally has -ontiibuted approximately $70,000.DUO to char 5 Uie:; since its inception with j less than 10',, going to its own

I members.

There are sixty-six Elks Ledges in IrnluNia the tifith lodge s’ Dunkirk holds niinibei 1778 and is the baby lodge of the order having been installed May 19th. Two former local men are cha. - ter members ot that lodge Wayne Gillen and I n Murnaiuc. It is interesting that Wayne’s father, C. C. Gillen, is one «,f Hie two local charter members of Greencastle ladge 1077 n rv

living.

Tile convention began Friday and will end on Sunday. Harry McClain of Shelby i dle spi ke pt tin* Memorial service Saturday morning at eleven o’clock. At th* Friday afternoon .session the association presented a check for $37,800 to the Indiana Univei I• natlHMort on Ton) DAY CHAPTER WILL INSTALL SUN., JUNE 12 The lineal chapter of the Disabled American Veterans who reeeived their < hartei last December Hint its newly formed auxiliary will be formally installed and officers installed Sunday, June 12, at 4 p in The meeting will be held ut the home of Coinrude Huff, whose wife is state historhui for the Ladies Auxiliary. State Commander L. L. "Larry" Jewell of Terre Haute, and State Adjuthnt Howard W. Watts hav been invited to attend and officiate in the work. Following the business meetup, the members and their families will enjoy a pitch-ln dinner m the beautiful lawn at the Huff home, located at the Indiana Slate Farm, which will lie easy to locate as follows; arriving at the Farm on iohiI 40 turn north at the State Police Post, their home is the last one on the right

side of the street.

Officers to be installed are as follows: Everett Maddox, Commander; Lawrence E. Miller, Vice C o m m a n d e r Donald Knauer, Jr. Vice Commander; Walter A. Wamsley, Chaplain; John A. Friend, Adjt.-Treas.

NO. 198 SUMMER PLAY PROGRAM WILL START MONDAY RECREATIONAL SCHEDULE IS \NNOUNCFD BY DIRECTORS The summer recreatinn program in Greencastle. starting ’ Monday, was announi ed in full today by Tom Goldsberry and Marian Greenleaf, recreation directors. Duo to the American Legion carnival next week, the elementary and junioi high school baseball schedule will ict get underway until June 13 at. Robe-Ann Paik. The complete program is as follows: Play facilities at the park open from 1:30 p. m to 5:00 p. m. Monday through Friday starting June G. Activities: Ping pong, horseshoes, croquet, shuffle board, softball, baseball. Yo h Center at gnls gymnasium .en Tuesday and Thursday even igs 7:30 p. m. to 10 p. m. stalling June 14 Activities: Dancing, ping pong. shuffle board. Recreation Basketball leagues foi elementary and junior high school age at new gym. Tuesday and Friday mornings 9:00 a m. to 11:00 n m starting June 7. Rei reatton baseball fo' elementary and junior high school age at the paik 9:00 a m. to 11:00 a m Mondays and Thursdays starting June 13. Come and leain to play baseball Swimming at McCormick's Creek State Park Tuesday, starting June 14 Transportation is by school bus Bus iide will cos; from 10c to 15c and admission to pool will be 15c to 25c. The bus [will leave at 12:30 p. m. fast time each Tuesday and return at approximately 5:00 p. m. fast

time.

Activity period for elementary girls and boys Mrh Tuesday and Thursday at WWler School ami park playgtouifl^ urogram starts June 14 and rims .-a h Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 a. n: to 11:00 a m Activities Ha id - < raft, games, singing, rhythm, dramatics. Handicraft for junioi high and high school gills on Monday and Wednesday afternoons 2 00 p. in. to 3.00 p. m at the paik Star s June 13. Tennis Instruction each Wednesday morning 9:30 a m ti 11:00 a. in at the DePauw tennis courts starting June 15. Furnish your own rai quets and balls June 23 -Pet parade. July 14—Tricycle iaees ages

2 to G

July 18 — Croquet tourney starts for ages 7 to 12 at paik. July 25 Croquet tourney starts for ages 12 to 17. August 1 City tennis tournament: boys singles and doubles, girls singles and doubles, mixed doubles.

Police Guarding Lewis' Home

ALEXANDRIA, Va , June 4. (INS)—Police are maintaining a 24-hour guard around the Alexandria home of mine leader John L. Lewis after an arsonist who threatened to “do it again" tried to burn the house down. Police said the aisonist, who telephoned Washington newspapris to tell them what he had done, set fire to newspapers under a fireproof mg and mat in the dining room and under a beam in the basement. Lewis was at Bluefield. W. Va for soft coal wage contract n -g >- Rations at the time but has no v returned to Washington.

® Todays Weather ^ :c> and $ Local Temperature ** Partly cloudy today with sra*trred thundershowers south and ■entral portions. A little cooDr north. Fair tonight and Stinds

Minimum G a. m 7 a m. 8 a. m. 9 a. m. .. 10 a. m.

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