The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 20 August 1955 — Page 1
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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1955.
UNITED PRESS SERVICE
NO. 263
LAMBDA CHIS WILL CONVERGE ON DPU SUNDAY
FRATERNITY WILL HOLD MAN A CEMENT TRAINING SEMINAR
The Summer’s seventh conference will open tomorrow at DeT’auw University with the arriv- & 1 of 250 collegiii. r i for Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity’s biennial Management Training Seminar. Designed to improve the effectiveness of undergraduate chapter officers, the seminar will continue through Friday mornjnng, Aug. 26. The fraternity also held its school here in 1953. Delegates from all 148 collegiate chapters of the fraternity will raise the total attendance for conferences at DePauw this summer to more than 1500. Between 750 and 1000 additional visitors will attend two separate affairs next month—the fifth annual Institute of Methodist Men, Sept. 2-4, and the ilth annual School of the Prophets for , Methodist ministers Sept. 5-9. Tomorrow night’s schedule for the Lambda Chi Alpha Seminar features a reception in the Student Union lounge at 7 P. M. Registration will begin at 2 p.
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DePauw President Russell J. Humbert will welcome the fraternity men at 10:30 Monday morning during the first general Fession, which also will include the keynote address by Dr. Glen Nygreen of Kent, O., State L niversity.
‘GOING AWAY" DINNER HELD FOR HARVEYS
GOB IN CHURCH PASTOR, FAMILY HONOR GUESTS FRIDAY NIGHT
TAKES OVER AS TOP NAVY OFFICER
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS ICE HARVEST—The ice men got in their work last week, harvesting good solid ice of five and a half inches. Dan Henry, who has resumed business, put away 350 tons, and John Craig saved 250 tons.” (1885) GROVELAND EXCITEMENT— On Monday night of last week near Canaan, while at a dance, Mrs. Emma Sanders, a young widow, accused Lem Greenwood of scratching her hand when it did not itch, and on Wednesday she lodged complaint against him by her attorney, Frank Hinkle before Squire Ellis. The attorney agreed to pay the fine and cost if Greenwood would plead guilty. Thus ending one of the most exciting scenes that ever transpired in this township.—Shel Pickett is spending the holidays in Greenwood visiting one of his ‘old flames.’— A man by the name of Newal is living in Mrs. Carpenter’s house—.” (1884) REDUCES WAGES — “The Grecncastle Iron and Nail Mill has announced a reduction of fifteen percent in the wages of all laborers earning $1.10 per City, and ten percent in those making $1. The reduction was agreed to be the workmen as it is known that wages are being reduced all over the country.”
(1885)
ROACHDALE NEWS — “Rev. Stafford was rained out again Sunday night— Squire Gardner held court last Saturday, all because of some crookedness in his predecessor—Prof J. K. Palmer of Dallas, Texas was the guest
ing Corporation. j of G - w - Peyton last Saturday. Instead, they propose that the • The Professor doesn’t like the building be constructed by the North—Nobody married, nobody corporation and then leased to | dead and nobody got a baby to the school district for a period write about.” (1SS4) of 20 years. Under this plan the TRAFFIC ACCIDENT— “While rental would be used to retire Otho Ward was tying his horse the bonds. 4° the hitching post last Mon-
day he slipped and fell. This so startled the horse that the animal slipped and fell on top of Mr. Ward, inflisting very severe injuries, which will likely lay him up for several days. (1885))
School Protest Petition Filed
CftAWFOftPSVILLE, Aug. 20 Petitions bearing names of more than 100 taxpayers in Union. Scott and Brown townships have been filed in the office of Montgomery County Auditor Gladys Edwards protesting the proposed New Market School building program. The remonst ratprs object io the execution of a lease by the trustees and advisory boards of the three twonships with the New Market Joint School Builu-
Y1SITORS WIN
Forest Manor Decorators, one of the state’s best softball teams, trounced the Grecncastle All-
Stars. 16 to 3, under the flood- j What about the horse? lights at Robe-Ann Park Friday j WEATHER PROPHET —“The night. j weather prophet who asserted A big crowd was on hand for t that this would be a mild winthe contest and the fans were ter should make one more pre-
imuch impressed by the ability of the visiting aggregation. Two or three of the All-Stars who were scheduled to play failed to put in an appearance but it was the general concensus that the Ind’.anapolis team would have won
anyway.
SCHOOL ON DST
Trustee Lester Parker announced today that the Cloverdale sdhool will start Friday, August 26th on Daylight Saving Time.
diction and then hang himself.' —It was 18 to 39 degrees below zero in January, 1885. NOT ECONOMICAL—!“A representative of the Edison Electric Light Co. of Chicago was In the city last week. His scheme for lighting is one of the heavy j stock company affairs into which I much capital must be absorbed before any benefit is derived. Grecncastle will have abundant time to test the electric light after the commoner and more economical ligSits grow old.”
(1885)
COFFIN OF STONE—“Several
The school will revert to _ Standard Time the last of Sep- j years ago, Ned Rogers, a citi
tehmber.
20 Years Ajj# i HKKK AND THERE
Mr. and Mrs. Verner Houck returned from a trip to eastern Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Porter arid children were home from South Bend. Miss Kathryn Miller, deputy county auditor, returned from a vacation spent in South Indiana. Tri Kappa met with Miss Mary Louise Throop. John Rightsell, auto license distributor, received 3.800 plate.; for 1936. They had white numerals on a red background, starting with 607-001.
zen of Clinton twp-« procured a large stone and had some workmen cut a vault in it, in which ho wanted his body placed upon death. Last Thursday he died at the residence of his son, Harvey Rogers, near Cloverdale. and in accordance with his instructions, his remains were placed in the stone vault, which he had provided. and interred in what is known as the Leatherman grave-
yard.” (1SS5)
PHI KAPPA PSI BANQUET— The twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity was fittingly observed by the DePauw chapter on Feb. 13th. 1885 with a banquet at the Model Restaurant in Greenj castle. The menu follows: Raw | oysters, consomme, California salmon with lobster sauce, Sara- << onliuut'U ua I'ase Ttvo)
The Rev. Elmer Harvey and family were given a rousing “going away” dinner at the Gobin Memorial church Friday evening. It was estimated that there were 250 in attendance at the pitch-in-dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey and daughters will leave here about September 11, for Indianapolis where they have purchased a home near where Mrs. Harvey will teacn while the Rev. Harvey attends Northwestern University in his new work as a hospital head. Dr. Frank Travis, co-pastor of the church, offered the invocation as the dinner meeting opened Friday evening. Herald T. Ross served as master of ceremonies and Robert Eccles of DePauw lead the big group in a number of songs following the splendid dinner. Mrs. Evan Crawely presided at the piano as accompanist. Several brief talks were made, one by Rev. Allan Harlan, vicar of the Episcopal church, who spoke of the associations he had with Rev. Harvey during his time in Greencastle and he asked God to bless him and wished him Godspeed in his new efforts. Dr. Ross said the keynote of the meeting might be that the congregation was indebted to Elmer, because through his efforts in retiring the church debt, the congregation was not indebted to anyone. Russell Hardman, a member of the committee working on the gifts announced the sum and said it was a token of appreciation of the fine leadership of Mr. Harvey while pastor of the church. Mrs. C. P. Hickman was called on as a representative of the W. S. C. S.j, and this organization presented Mrs. Harvey with a beautiful over-night bag. Be-* cause Rev. Harvey had co-opei-ated so closely with everyone in the church, Lawrence Riggs past president of the Men’s organization, presented him with a piece of matching luggage to the overnight case given Mrs. Harvey:. In the case was a brief case of matching leather and in the brief case was a check for some $875.00 and more will be added to it as others report to the fund which will help pay the Harvey tuition at Northwestern in the two years to
come.
Bill Gould presented a beautiful pen and pencil set to Miss Sally Harvey and Miss Marilyn Ballard presented a pen and pencil set to Miss Susie Harvey. They were gifts from the younger groups of the church in which they have taken an active part. Dr. Ross said when Mr. Harvey was in school, he always asked him if he felt a speech coming on, and he asked this question Friday evening at this point in the program. Rev. Harvey responded with a feeling talk and praised his church staff and assistants, especially Dr. Travis and others. He said during the past year 334 members had been received into the church; that during the past year there had been 153 more in weekly attendance than had ever attended the church and that they were giving to the church a sum of $152 more per week than the church had ever received. He attributed the growth of the church to its ever expanding work efforts and the staff which administers the work of the church. Dr. Eccles led the group in singing a hymn and then many offered their congratulations and said goodbye to Dr. and Mrs. Harvey and daughters.
POLICE KILLER SUSPECTED OF MORE SLAYINGS
FACES QUESTIONING AS TO THREE UNSOLVED TAVERN MURDERS
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SWORN IN as new Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Arleigh A. Burke (right) receives congratulations from the retiring CNO, Adm. Robert Carney, after the ceremony at Annapolis, Md. Burke, 53, and one of the "admirals revolt” leaders in 1949, was promoted over 90 other officers. (International Soundphoto)
Mrs. Byrd Dies At Russellville
Mrs. Delia Frances Byrd, 69, died Friday at 5:30 a. m. at her home in Russellville. Born on May 14, 1886, she was the daughter of James and Anna Jones Goff. She was a member of the Browns Valley Christian
Church.
Survivors include the husband, William; four daughters, Mrs. Margaret Helwig of Danville, 111., Mrs. Alberta Higgins of Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Pauline Milligan of Waveland and Mrs. Ruth Griggs of Brownsburg; three sons, Donald of Indianapolis, Kenneth of West Lafayette and Albert at home; three sisters, Mrs. Ethel Hester of Rus- 1 scllville, Mrs. Mary Nelson of I California and Mrs. Julia Hester , of Russellville; a brother, Dewey Goff of Russellville; 12 grandchildren and one great-grand-child. , ♦ Funeral services will be held Monday at 3 p. m. CDT at the Russellville Christian Church, with burial in Russsellvillc cemetery. Friends may call at the family residence.
TERM FOR FORGER
COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. 20— Harry Sagman, 44-year-old Jennings County man, arrested at Rushville and returned here in July suspected of passing at least three bbgus checks pleaded guilty to forgery and was given a 2-14 year state prison term. Stagman admitted forging a $31 check here for purchase
of a bag of egg mash.
THIEVES TAKE SAFE
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 20.Thieves stole a one-ton safe from the Claremont Food Market Thursday night. Between $600 and $700 in currency and change was in the safe, Fred H.
Duncan, proprietor, said.
Also reported missing from the market was a side of beef and some cigarettes. Thieves entered through a small window near the ceiling and pushed the
safe out the back door.
5 Meet Death In Train Wreck
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 20 - Five persons were killed and 21 others injured when a Frisco Railroad passenger train was wrecked 40 miles northeast of here Friday. Four coaches of the Kansas City-Florida Special jumped the track smashing a day coach against two boxcars standing on a sidding. The accident occurred just outside the town of Marked Tree, Arkansas. Most of the dead and injured were riding the daycoach, fourth from the end. The thundcrou; impact peeled its steel side bach in jagged pleats. Only tho last four ca’:s of the 13-car train were involved, several hours after the wreck, the undamaged portion of the special moved on [ j Memphis. Marked Tree is not a scheduled stop for the Special, reported making about 40 miles an hour at the time of the wreck. Conductor W. F. Wood of Springfield, Mo., who was near the front of the train, said ‘Tr. felt like we hit a broken rail.” Before he could pull the env vgency brake, he added, the train began to separate.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20—Authorities sought to pin three more murders on Richard Carpenter, 26 years old, a deadly “lone wolf” gunman who confessed killing one policeman and wounding another after he was captured in one of Chicago’s wildest manhunts. Police bullets and tear gas Thursday night flushed Carpenter from an apartment where he had held a family of four host age for nearly 24 terror-stricken hours. The once cocky gunman "begged like a baby” not to be shot by grim police who turned the city upside down to find him. At first denying the police shootings, he broke down under hours of grilling and confessed killing Detective William Murphy, 34, on a subway platform Monday night, and severely wounding Rookie Officer Clarence Kerr, 26, in a movie theater gun duel Wednesday night. Carpenter claimed self defense on the grounds the officers shot at him first, but State’s Attorney John Gutnecht said he thought there would be no trouble dispoving the argument. Gutnecht said that Carpenter, originally sought for a string of tavern robberies would be questioned about throe unsolved tavern slayings. Carpenter was held in a jail cell under the watchful eye of four policemen to forestall any escape or suicide attempts. The desperado lounged barefooted in his cell, bearing the marks of u fierce hand-to-hand struggle with his captors and a buJo! wound in the leg inflicted by Kerr.
Bolt Kills One, 23 Workmen Hur
HARVEY. N. D. Aug. 29 — One youth was killed and 23 others injured yesterday when •• bolt of lightning struck a groun of Great Northern Railway section workers. Raphael Zachcr, 19 years oi l, Anamoose, was killed instantly. His clothing was burned off an i one of his shoes was torn from his foot. Twenty-three others wen | knocker! to the ground by the bolt. They were bought to a medical center suffering from shock, dizziness and nausea. They were released after treatment.
Claudfa M. Acord Funeral Monday Mrs. Claudia M. Acord, 77, passed awt/y Friday afternoon at the Putnam County hospital following a serious illness of two u ecks. Mrs. Accrra was born Dec. 2, 1878, in Oweii county, the daughter ol William and Florence Smith Hart. She had spent her entire life in tho Quincy community where she was a member of the Quincy Methodist church. Survivors are: four sons, Basil and Louis, Quincy, R. 1, Wayne and Morris, Indianapolis; one daughter, Mrs. Mabel Hertwig, Terre Haute; one brother, Frank, Berkley Calif., three grandchildren. Her husband, Bert, preceded her in death in 1949. Funeral services will be held Monday from the WhitaKer Funeral Home in Cloverdale. Interment will be in Combs cemetery. Friends may call at the Funeral Home.
EXTRA! HARTOFRD, Conn., Aug. 20 (UP)—Flood waters fed by a record rainfall of nearly 24 inches swept over much of Connecticut today, taking at least 33 lives. Another 17 persons were reported missing. Damage was estimated in the billions and thousands were
homeless.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20 — (UP)—Swirling waters of Pennsylvania’s worst flood barrelled toward Philadelphia, leaving behind a heavy death toll and oamage estimated in the millions. At least 35 persons were known deud and an undertermined number were missing and presumed dead. A state of emergency was declared in eastern Pennsylvania. The flood crest, spawned by the rejuvenated Hurricane Diane, rolled along the winding Delaware River as residents in tho path of thes wollen waters braced for the woist. Routed families, carrying what possessions they cculd, scurried for high ground as the record crest approached.
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 20 ‘UP)—Comedian Jack Benny oday blamed too much time ;pent in television for forcing •im to discontinue his Sunday veiling radio show, which he las done for the past 21 years. Benny announced Friday he would not have enough time to produce his radio show this fall reason. He said Edgar Bergen would take over his regular time slot.
YOUTH MEETING TO BE HELD AT BATTLE GROUND
SPECIAL WEEKEND SESSIONS TO OPEN FRIDAY, AUGUST •KITH
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 20— (UP)— Robert H Mason, 39, member of the police force which enforces Indiana liquor laws, appeared in court Friday on a charge of driving under the influence of liquor. Mason, acting lieutenant of state excise police, was arrested by police Sgt. Griffin M. Russell, Mason disregarded a traffic signal and refused to take a drunkometei test when stopped, Russell said. The ease was continued until Sept. 1.
FORT WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 20 (UP)—An official of the AFL American Federation of Teachers indicated today she would support the decision to appropriaet $1,500 to contest the firing of three Newark, N. J., teachers who invoked the Fifth Amendment in a congressional Communism probe.
WINONA LAKE, Ind. Aug. 20 (UP)—Mrs. Billy Sunday, widow of the famed evangelist, has agreed to the filming of her husband’s life story after 20 years of refusals. Mrs. Sunday, 86, announced Friday the release of the rights to the "Billy Sunday Story” and said the Rev. Lee Thomas, a Southern Baptist evangelist, will form a Billy Sunday Film Memorial to admisister the film program.
DIANE UNCOVERS HULK OF SCHOONER WRECKED IH 1921
BABY KILLED
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Aug 20 —A S-month-old girl was shocktd fatally yesterday when she touched electrical wiring leading to a washing machine near where her mother was working. Tho victim is Diana Pargett. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Padgett. A fire department leuscitator failed to revive the child.
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HURRICANE DIANE, which tried furiously but unsuccessfully to follow in the boisterous footste; s of her terrible sister Connie, uncovered this hulk of a scooner wrecked at N .gs Head, N. C., in 1921. The hulk had been covered with sand and w ater for many years.
Seven Die In Airplane Crash HAWTHORNE, Nev., Aug. 20 At least seven men perished Frilay in the fiery crash of an AT Force transport plane into a barren mountain 13 miles northeast of here. Marine Lt. Col. George Stallings of Hawthorne Naval Ammuntion Depot reported seven bodies were found when rescuers were able to enter the charred wreckage five hours after tho crash. He said search parties wen# combing the mountainous area on the chance that others may nave parachuted. Stead Air Force Base at Reno, the nearest Air Force installaion, said the plane didn't come from there but refused to say whether it had a flight plan for the craft. The big two-motored plane wooped low over Walker Lake ■shortly before the crash. There was no indication it was in trouble, however. A commercial landing field was only two miles to the north, but the plane turned ea.M, climbed ovo: iakeshore foothills and crashed about 10 miles east of the lak‘into a 6,000 foot mountain peak m broad daylight.
Announcement is m ide of an Older Youth and Young Adult weekend which will be held at Battle Ground Friday, August 26 to Sunday noon, August 28 The group will be housed at the hotel. The meeting is being sponsored by the Methodist Churches of the Northwest Conference. Anyone interested can contact Estil I. Odle, Executive Secretary, Box 615, West Lefeyette. There will be five interest areas or study groups meeting on Saturday. Rev. Gene Paisley, LaPorte, will lead an interest area on “Preparation For Marriage.” Other interest areas include “Christian Family Life" handled under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Riddle, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cook of Plainfield; “Christianity In Society" by Rev. Robert C. Boyer, Lafayette; “Beliefs of a Methodist Christian” by Rev. Robert Cox of the General Board of Education, N;ushville, Tenn.; and Biblical Foundations For Our Faith” by Rev. Charles Kern, Brookston. Rev. Richmond Blake of Terre Haute wdl assist in the worship services which will include evening vesper services, morning watch services, and he will also bring the morning message at the 11:15 services Sun-
day August 28.
A parallel camping program will be going on for children between four and nine years. It will he divided into three age groups, 4 to 5, 6 to 7, 8 to 9. Mrs. Charles Lamb, Battle Ground will be tho • Children’s Director. She will ho assisted by Mrs. Estil I. Odle, West Lafayette, for children un-
der 4 years.
Thg highlight for the Friday evening program will be a play presented by the Portage Chapel I'layers. Portage Chapel Methodist Church, South Bend. It is entitled ‘"I he Room Upstairs” by Nora Sterling. The play deals with tiic problem of an older person living m the home of a young
family.
Heat Wave Will Hurt Putnam Co.
Putnam County re: idents are in for another burning from an intense heat wave, which the weather forecasts fail to show &n end. The mercury for the past two days has been in the high 90s and weather forecasts predict that it will remain in the same neighborhood for the next few days. The five day outlook forecasts continued hot and humid weather wilh no rain. The weatherman says temperatures will be os hlugh u JO degrees above normal. Unless cooler weather comes soon, or there is rain, Putnam county corn and beans will begin to suffer for lack of moisture. NEW COAL CONTKA(,T WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 — John L. Lewis wa reported Friday night to have negotiated a new two-stage, $2-a-day wage (ontract in the aift coal industry. The deal is due to )>•• ratified here today by th< U: ited Mine Workers’ wsg< poli< y c .rnmith-e and probably ai:- . | then. Lewis, the 75-y- >• >ld ('MW president, ws, i . *d to have worked out the- pa*: with Harry M. Moses, president of the Bituminous Coal Operator- Assn.
O Today's Weother 4^ & Local TemperaKire 0 $#$««««« Continued fair, hoi . r.d humid today and Sunday wi*h temperatures near 10 degree, dxive n*rmal.
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