The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 April 1964 — Page 3

THE DAILY BANNER

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA

SAT., APRIL 4, 1964. Page 3

THE GOOD OLD DAYS Taken from the files of the Banner of 1938: Snowden Springs are quintuples in number, are sulphurus in chemical content, are most potent medically, and are located in as wild a little nook of terrain as may be found in most other parts of Putnam County’s

diversified surface. The Snowden Springs locality is but the beginning of a hinterland of rough and rugged surface which is as strange and unfamiliar to about 20,050 of Putnam’s population as is the wild and wooly far West. The remaining 250 inhabitants of the county may have seen the springs and the gorge in which they are located, but it is doubtful. In earlier days, the place was better known than it is now, because then, picnics were held there and the young men had splendid opportunities to help the girls up and down the precipitous paths which threaded their way through real forest growth and dense shrubbery down to the bottom of the minature canyon in which the springs were, and are, located. The springs and their picturesque setting are located northeast of Bainbridge a few hundred yards toward the south from the country gravel road which leads on eastward from the last turn in the black top road which runs from Bainbridge to Roachdale. Instead of

making the turn north toward Roachdale at the Balch-Akers corner the driver seeking the springs should continue eastward, following the curves of the road. Before the Rolling Stone covered bridge is reached, there is a lane back to a rather weather-beaten, small house on the right, and that line is the entrance to the spring ground. Before reaching that lane, from the highway, there is visible a fence post which stands by the side of a stone which marks the cornering of four townships—the southeast corner of Franklin, the southwest of Jackson, the northeast of Floyd and the northwest of Monroe. A baby’s hand could be so placed that its little palm would be in all of these four townships, simultaneously. The Snowden Springs house was built about 1880 by James Snowden, by the way, the daughter of John Michael, who lived near the creek. Mr. Snowden did not make much of the place, but James VanHook coming from Kentucky came into possession of the property about 1900. He expended much time, personal labor and quite a bit of money in erecting a dam 21 feet high in the gorge through which flows the fine little branch leading from the springs but arising higher up in the gorge above the site of the springs. He also constructed the concrete foundation for a refreshment house and a dance hall. But high water raged down the canyon one night and the dam went out. There are five of the springs, which among them, produce three different sorts of water, but all of them are sulphurus. The lower sidewalls and the floor of the canyon are of soap-

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stone, and inasmuch as water is constantly flowing over the floor, it is slippery as wet soap itself, exceedingly treacherous for foot travel. The springs flow out of the soapstone near the brink of the little stream. The Snowden Springs area is but the beginning of the wildest tract of land in Putnam County, all of it in the lower benches, and up on the bluffs of Big Walnut creek, as it meanders its way northeasterly through southwesterly Jackson township. Rolling Stone bridge, nearby, has a wild setting, and that sort of terrain persists all the way up the stream’s windings past the Pine Bluff bridge, and thence on up through the fabled “Lost Forty” which is so rough and wild that no owner seems to exist for it. Are these still in existence? Sheinwold On Bridge Lightner Slam Double Difficult In Practice By Alfred Sheinwold More than thirty years ago Theodore Lightner invented his Slam Double Convention: the double of a slam contract asks partner to make an unusual opening lead. If the “usual” or expected opening lead will defeat the contract, you pass and take your profit without bothering to double. 1 East dealer Neither side vulnerable NORTH 4k K Q 10 3 A Q 8 7 6 3 ,0 A 8 * 8 WEST EAST A 6 A 9 7 5 J 10 5 4 . None 0 QJ76432 OK 10 9 A6 AAQJ9754 SOUTH A A J 8 4 2 V K 9 2 O 5 * K 10 3 2 East Sooth West North 1 A 1 A 2 0 3 0 Pass 3 A Pass 6 A Double All Pass Opening lead — V 4 The Lightner double sounds

Community Building. The officers got their materials and instructions. The Bainbridge Thrifty Farmers had perfect attendance. Than there was a little recreation and everyone went home.

PARTIAL SOIXTION BLOOMINGTON Ind. (UPI) — Increased use of public school facilities on a limited basis may be a partial solution to the controversial question of public funds for parochial and other non- public schools. George LaNoue, a guest scholar at Brookings Institution’s Center for Advanced Study at Washington, made the suggestion Friday night at the Indiana Conference on Religion and the Schools. More than 150 Indiana school administrators, clergymen and attorneys attended the second night of the three-day conference being held at Indiana University.

West’s problem was that he had a seven-card diamond suit and that his partner might very well have no diamonds at all. Against that was the fact that the opponents had not bid notrump, which they might have done early or after the double if they had all the missing dia-

monds between them.

If West had guessed wrong, there would be good reason to blame East. At his second turn, East might have bid three hearts — preparing a defense against the slam that he could expect the opponents to bid. If the opponents then bid six spades, East could sit back and wait for his partner to read the meaning of the heart bid.

DAILY QUESTION

As dealer, you hold. S- A J 8 4 2 H- K 9 2 D- 5 C- K 10

3 2. What do you say?

Answer: Bid one spade. You have 11 points in high cards and 2 points for distribution. With a total of 13 points you have an optional opening bid, and in this case you choose to bid because of the good five- CONSTRUCTION OF NEW OFFICE card major suit and good high- Back in January the Daily Banner office at their new location looked as such. For card structure. a picture of the finished product, turn to the bottom of page one.

very easy in theory and in print, but it is not always so easy in practice. Sometimes the opening leader must guess which suit is

unusual.

When the hand shown today was played, in a match between the United States and England in 1956, East doubled six spades to get an unusual lead. East felt sure that the expected lead, a club, would not defeat the contract; and East was perfectly right. West knew that the double told him not to lead a club. It was absurd to consider a trump lead, so West had only to choose between hearts and diamonds. That word “only” sometimes covers a lot of territory. West took seven minutes by the clock to find his opening lead. During that time he mopped his face with three different handkerchieves. He finally came up with the right answer, but is wasn’t worth it. West was a wreck for the next five hands. REAL PROBLEM

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4-H CLUB NEWS The Bainbridge Thrifty Farmers 4-H Club met on April 1, 1964 in the Agriculture room. The members of the club voted for their officers. The officers are: President—Gary Judy Vice President—Jerry Steele Secretary—Debbie Alcorn Treas.—Becky McFarland News Reporter—Sam Lasley Health & Safety—Dale Steele Recreation Leaders—Steve Judy and Carol Robertson That night an officers training meeting was held in the

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