The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 28 April 1964 — Page 8

Page 8 TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1964

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA

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— By WILLIAM RITT— Central Press Writer

WINDSOR CASTLE guns boomed and church bells throughout the British Commonwealth of Nations rang in observation of Queen Elizabeth’s 38th natal anniversary. Prince Philip has one advantage over most of us—it’s impossible for him to. forget his wife’s birthday. ! ! ! Because April is usually blustery in Britain the queen's birthday tcill be officially celebrated in June. Lucky Liz!— I do cakes and double the number of presents! ! ! ! Incidentally, Prince Phil always gifts the missus with flowers on her birthday. As our old pal. Doe Watson, would soy: "A blooming fine idea!" ! ! ! Meanwhile, we see where Henry Blythe of Gloucester,

England, who is seeking election to the city's council, declares he’ll hypnotize the voters into voting for him. A sort of dream candidate? ! ! ! Toronto, tce’ue just learned, is an Huron Indian word meaning “place of meeting” Should be an ideal place for conventions. « t * In observing April os Lions Identification Month, members ere wearing their club pins. Understand it's been a roaring success. ! ! ! Moscow’s newspaper, Pravda, claims Russians have just set a world’s helicopter record of 1,530 miles in 13 hours, 3 minutes, 34 seconds. That’s covering a lot of space in a gadget that’s supposed to stand still.

Historical Society Met Wednesday Evening The Putnam County Historical Society met April 22nd at Torr’s Restaurant for a dinner meeting with good attendance including six guests, namely: Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Ragan. Mrs. Frank Hunter, Mrs. Bernice Jones, and Mr. and Mrs. George of Amo, Mrs. George being a great granddaughter of Mr. William Henry Ragan. Mrs. William Boatright, president, opened the meeting with a poem “My Garden” by James S. Kelly. A meeting of the Indiana Covered Bridge Society will be held May 3rd in Rushjville at the Rush County Hisi torical Society Museum at 619 [n. Perkins St. at 2 p.m. (EST). j You are to sec the bridges made by the Kennedy family in the | morning. The Historic Land- | marks Foundation of Indianapolis is planning a scenic trip to Madison, May 9th, leaving Indianapolis at 8:00 a.m. and | returning by 6 by bus. Call Mrs. ; Boatright about these trips as ; reserrations must be in by May 14th. The American Association | of Museums will have a meeting i in St. Louis, May 26th and 29th. Mrs. Boatright is very much interested that we ring the bells on July 4 th. She appointed a committee: Mrs. Walter Evens, Carrie Pierce, Dr. Manhart, Mr. Robert McCullough and Mrs. Russell Clapp. Mrs. Boatright appointed a nominating ! committee: Mr. Elmer Seller, Mrs. Meda Long, and Mrs. Florence Sigler. For the program. Dr. Manhart presented Mrs. Virginia Bran who gave a very interesting history of the Ragan family and particularly William Henry Ragan, who was quite la remarkable man. The Ragan family is one of ; the oldest in Putnam County j having come to Marion Town- | ship in 1822, and Washington I Township even earlier. The old|est Ragan, Robert Sr., was born ! in Pennsylvania. After marriage. they came to Kentucky

where both died in 1799 leaving four sons to be reared by neigh-

bors.

These boys learned trades, but later went into agriculture with strong tendencies towards its esthetic branch, horticulture. They became pioneers in the settlement of central Indiana. As early as 1819, Reuben Ragan was in this part of the country. More to him than any other | must be attributed the excel- : lence of improving fruits of this region. He bought 80 acres i of land seven miles east of Greencastle and settled on this land permanently in 1822. Six years later, on May 1, 1828, he married Miss Jane Matthews. They lived on the same farm until his death in August 1869. They were the parents of twelve children: one of whom was William Henry. He was born March 29, 1836 near Fillmore and died August 6, 1909 in Washington, D.C. with burial in Arlington Cemetery. In 1860, Wm. Henry married Emma Fuller. She died January 5, 1897 and is buried ^ I at Greencastle. To them were 1 born four children. In 1901, W’illiam H. again married, this time , his bride was Mrs. Emily Lee Sherwood of Washington. During the Civil W’ar, he was a member of the 11th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers. Before this he sold many fruit and other trees which he raised. For almost 40 years Mr. Ragan was secretary of the Indiana Horticultural Society. He was also secretary of the Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society and in 1883 and 1885 was secretary of the American Horticultural Society. In 1883, William H. was at Purdue University superintending the planting of trees and shrubbery and was a member of the Purdue University Board ol Trustees 1881-1883-1888-1891. From 1884-1886 he was at DePauw University as professor of Horticulture and Superintendent of Parks. For this position he was to receive $1,000

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per year, but DePauw’s money did not come in as expected and Mr. Ragan’s work had to be withdrawn. Mr. Ragan was a Representative and later a

Senator of Indiana.

He held many other positions, but the last was with the Department of Agriculture in Washington as an expert in pomological nomenclature of the apple, and also of the pear. Mr. Ragan and John Clark Ridpath worked together in American Horticulture Society. Ridpath was a member of the Forestry Committee. Mr. Ragan wrote many essays along his lines. This account does not include many other things of pro-

gress that he did.

—SC HOOL PLAN purpose of school reorganiza-

tion?

Answer: The Indiana General Assembly in passing the School Reorganization Act in 1959 stated as their reasons the following: 1. To provide a more, equalized educational; opportunity for public school pupils. 2. To achieve greater , equity in school tax rates among the various school corporations. 3. To provide a more efficient use of tax money money spent for school purposes. Question: Is the School Reor-

ganization law a partisan political issue? Answer: No, both major political parties have endorsed the principal of the law in their platforms of recent years. Question: How soon will we see some results in our school system if we vote favorably on the reorganization plan proposed for our area?

Answer: There will be some administrative changes immediately. However, it will require some time to make the transition from a township school corporation to that of a larger area known as a community school corporation composed of several townships. Future school boards should study and make a thorough survey of

their new corporation befor« making quick decisions about the location of new school buildings, moving students from one building to another, etc. The type of leadership which these new school boards give to their school corporations will in a large degree determine the mmlitv and effectiveness of the

YES, CATHY, YOUR GRANDMOTHER WILL BE THERE—Cathy May Baker. 7, Park Forest, 111. is one the happiest little girls in the U.S. She wrote to President Johnson that she was worried her grandmother might not be able to travel from New York for her first holy communion if there was a railroad strike. During his announcement that the threatened strike had been averted, the President assured Cathy over nationwide radio and TV that her grandmother would be able to make the trip. Railroad employees (right) in New York also express their happiness.

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