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- 111111 III 111111 M s. Dora Leming is on the sickt Mrs. Mat Romack spent Saturday list. in Kokomo. Mrs. Covalt is spending the day Mrs. Frank Wise was a Kokomo visitor, Saturday. Mrs. Arvilla Linville spent Friday in Kokomo. Leo Seagraves made a business trip to Kokomo, Monday. Miss Blanche Smith spent Saturday visitor Saturday. morning in Kokomo. Mrs. Ellis Cates spent Tuesday with Elijah Haworth, living east of here, is reported on the sick list. J. H. McCann and wife spent the week end with Ray Green and wife. _ Miss Ethel McKenzie spent the week end with friends at Montpelier. Mrs. Orley Smith was the guest of Mrs. Ernest Fleming, Saturday after-noon. Truman Pierce of Kokomo, spent the week end with Gilbert Collins and ' ' 1 . i .. 1docat TIDoincis.. 1 = . r". Timmummumilimmilimmimmumuummummiumminiummilmimmi0 in Marion. Mrs. Jane Hammer spent Saturday in Kokomo. Raymond Allen spent Sunday at his home near Swayzee. Miss Thelma Scherer was a Marion Ray Moss and wife, east of here. Mr. and Mrs. Lige Gallion spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs: John Hunt. Miss Marguerite Babcock was the_ Monday night guest of Florence Bell. Miss Ruth Thomas visited Mrs. Will Ham Lord from Saturday until Mon-day. Mrs. U. S. Brannen was reported on the sick list the latter part of last GREENTOWN HATCHERY PURCHASED BY WM. LORD DISCOVERED WHEN DOORS WERE OPENED NEXT MORNING THE GREEN TOWN GEM SPECIAL SERVICE OF THE WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION — FE l a GC per 1 or - 1- 19 e. people of Soastarz7 t ) 0m7 1.- y $ 1.50 Per Vests. NUMBER 27. THIRTIETH GREENTOWN, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1924. Lon Hosier and wife were Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ones Smith were Sun-dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. - day dinner guests of Charles Hague and family. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Walker spent Sunday with their son Floyd Walker and family. Mr. and Mrs C. W. Hamer visited Mr. and Mrs. Curt Mast at Swayzee, last Friday. Miss Margaret Wooton attended a Valentine party given at Kokomo, Fenn. John Gentry of near Sycamore, is recoveting from an attack of penu-monia. Mr. and Mrs. Hanley Golding made a business trip to Kokomo, Monday afternoon. Miss Lida Bogue was the dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Os Zirkle and Mr. and Mts. Charles Hague and family spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Orley Smith. Mrs. Harvey Street spent Tuesday at Sycamore at the home of Arthur dinner guests Friday evening of Dr. Cranor and family. and Mrs. E. U. Powell. Mr. and Mrs. Don Coffin of Tipton, Mr and Mrs. Earl Mast and chil-were guests of R. C. Holman and fam dren spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. ily; Tuesday evening. Lowell Brumit attended the hard-ware convention at Indianapolis, Tues-day and Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Russel Zirkle were Sunday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Merl.; Bagwell. N. W. King at Amboy. Miss Cleo Fowler of Kokomo, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shird Fowler. Earl Armstrong left last Friday for Leetoria, Ky., where he will be employed on the railroad. Alaio, and Mrs. Lora Armfield were Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Street and • est of — 4' 5 reit. vi, ed Jar Trott ar I farn-and family, Wednesday.' . at E.•; Crin • re. St/ may. , Mr. and Mrs. Rosco, Collins visited Misses Mildred Smeltzer and Edra Mr. and Mrs. Obe Murphy and chil-dren at Logansport, Sunday. Mrs. Morris Payton and son went to Sidney, 0., Saturday to join Mr. Payton, who is employed there. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Symons of Jer-ome, spent Wednesday with Bert Sy-mons and family of Greentown. Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Applegate vis-ited their daughter, Mrs. Ethel Ault and children at Kokomo, last Thurs-day. Ronald Freeman, student at Pit, due University, came Monday for a few days' visit with friends and rela-tives. Pan Echelbarger and famik of near Point Isabel, were dinner guests Sun-day of Mr. and Mrs. William Wag-gaman. Miss Madge Kilander visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Kilander, north of here, Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Gowan and daughter Annabelle, of Swayzee, were guests of Marvin Babcock and fam-ily, Friday. Mr. and Mrs Glen Kelley and chil-dren Ruth and Wilbur, visited Mr. and Mrs. Lora Armfield, west of Cen-ter, Sunday. Mrs U. S. Brannen had as guests, Wednesday. Mrs. 0. C. Hunsinger, Mrs. H. J. Middlesworth, and Miss Ida Woodmansee. Mr. and Mrs. LOT1 Kemper enter-tained Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Ora Hunsinger, Miss Ida Woodmansee and Clint Hunsinger. Mrs. Sadie Shrader returned home Sunday night after spending the past week with her daughter, Mrs. Lands Lord and family. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Foland en-tertained Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Chest-er Wright and son and Jack Rosen-heimer and family. Miss Margaret Wooton was a guest at a dinner party Tuesday evening, given by Miss Nola Sandy for Miss Margaret Critchlow. Mrs. Harry Lindley returned to Gary, Saturday, after an extended visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Smith and family. Glen DeLong and family and Mrs. Walker and daughter Francis, of Ko-komo, were dinner guests Sunday of J. W. DeLong and family. Mrs. Robert Ettinger and Mrs. Ralph Miller spent last Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mat-chette and family, east of here. Hanley Golding and wife visited his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Will Golding and family, north of here, Sunday. Miss Mabel Johnson was also a guest there. Charles Ware and wife, L. S. Ware, daughter and granddaughter, Mrs. Angie Billings and Mr. and Mrs. Har-old Ware, attended the funeral of Mrs. Caroline Conway at West Liberty, Sunday morning, and were dinner guests of J. W. Ware and wife. Rev C. L. White and wife were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lee and baby, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Fulwider were Over forty essays were submitted in the Americanization contest con-ducted by the local post of the Amer-ican Legion which held an entertain-ment in connection with the award-ing of prizes at the high school build-ing. Tuesday evening. First prize in the senior high school of ten dollars in gold was awarded to However, according to the legend, Miss Fern Powell of Greentown, with such was not the case. That is, in- - Priday night. the second awarded to Miss Vera terpreting it with a certain amount famiRlyo, b Serut nHd. a yh. d wife were din- Rev. J. W. Lower was the dinner schools. First prize in the junior high school contests went to Miss Vivian Curless, of the Union Town-ship School, and second to Miss Char-lene Ervin, of Greentown. Both first prizes were of ten. dollars in gold and second five dollars. Although the attendance was keen-ly disappointed in the fact that State Commander Ball, of the Legion, was prevented appearing as the principal speaker, F. B. Neyhart, local com-mander, expressed complete satisfac-tion with the program. Commander Ball was unable to appear because of illness. The principal address on the pro-gram was made by Prof. Snyder, of the Greentown High School. Other features of the program included com-munity singing, songs by the Union tbove. Even he is doubtful. High School quartette, and solos GeFoorgrem Haelf fpi rinesentation of the awards Ca Er-• ‘. F:' SE G. Tc ) 131- was made by W. W. Dragoo. Following is Miss Powell's essay:, How to Make American, American Body, of the Howard Township of poetic license, the observer was guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Hul-convinced that because the groundhog I1' er guests of Frank McCann and fam-was a groundhog and the second of ily, Wednesday. linger, Friday. February was that year sunshiny, Mrs. Harry Woods and Mrs. Almon Rev. George Cole returned here Fri-there must be a startling significance Hunt were shopping in Kokomo, Sat- lay after helping in a revival meet-attached thereto. urday morning. I ine., - near Lafayette. ruminated at great length on Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Stahl were Arthur Vanlue of near Converse, haHving met the littele creature . Saun- Sunday afternoon guests of Mr. arid spent Thursday with his father, Al-tered home Took pen in hand. And Mrs. F. M. Covalt. bert Vanlue and wife. to this day, humanity is favored with the great fact that inasmuch as said groundhog was enabled to see his shadow, because of said sunshine, everafter, under like circumstances, the weather would not be so good for six weeks. Or was it one, or eight ? Having performed a great work for humanity, the ancient prognosticator called it a day, unfortunately leaving the world in ' the dark in event the day had been cloudy. The hog in question is pictured Hawkins attended the show at the Victory, Sunday afternoon. Miss Millie Barrett of Kokomo, spent Thursday here with Miss Mad-eline Woods and other friends. Torn Fenn and Lon Hosier attended the funeral of Mrs. Charles Conway at West Liberty, Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Faye Lamb visited the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ell Warnock and family at Kokomo, Sun-day. Mr. and Mrs. John Trott of Syca-more, visited their daughter, Mrs. Harvey Street and family, Wednes-day. Miss Alta Maddock of west of Ko-komo, spent the week end here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenton Mad-dock. Miss Marjorie Mason of Kokomo, was the guest Thursday afternoon and night of Mrs. Jennie Gallion and other relatives. Mrs. Edith Coss of Indianapolis, visited her sister, Mrs. Marvin Bab-cock and family, Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs. Sabilla Powell visited her daughter, Mrs. Florence Hughes, and other relatives at Kokomo, over the week end. Mrs. Elijah Haworth visited Mrs Della Haworth and daughter Mary, at Kokomo, from Friday until Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Manring went to Frankfort. Wednesday, for a few days' visit with their son, John Man-ring and wife. Miss Blanche Byrant and Dr. Don-ald Woods of Swavzee, were: dinner guests Sunday of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. J. Woods. Mr. William Scott returned to his home at Logansport, Monday after a several days' visit with Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Murray. Chester Gang spent Thursday in Elkhart and was accompanied home by Mrs. Gang who had visited there the past four weeks. Harry Clymer, wife and daughter, of near Peru, visited Mrs. Clymer's sister, Mrs. Lowell Brumit and fam-ily, Saturday night and Sunday. Frank McCann and family were Tuesday guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Cohee. Mrs. Cohee is slowly recover-ing from a cold and complications. Letus Lamb and family entertained Sunday J. B. Freeman and wife, Rolla Freeman and family, and Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Lamb and daughter Violet. Mr. and Mrs. Lon Maddock of Da-kota, who have been visiting relatives west of Konomo, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Kenton Maddock and family, this week. The Pickett Jazz Band played at the opening of the DeFord Store at Hemlock, Saturday night. Those tak-ing part were Misses Garnet Isaacs, Florence Matchette, and Flossie Pic-kett and Fred Garrett and Hanley Pickett. LOCAL GIRL WINS PRIZE ESSAY AWARD Miss Fern Powell, of Greentown High School, Is Given First Prize for Americanization Essay. FORTY MANUSCRIPTS SUB-MITTED TO CONTEST JUDGES Commander Ball Is Prevented Appear-ance— Program Is Well Liked and Considered Great Success. Before we can discuss how to make America, American, we must try to define an Ameriran. One may become an American in name by being born in America, or taking out naturaliza-tion papers, but even these things do not make them real Americans. The real American is one in spirit as well as in name. He obeys, re-spects and reveres the laws of the land, whether or not they please him. His patriotism is shown by the fact that he respects the flag and up-holds the ideals for which it stands; he is ready to serve both flag and country to the best of his ability whenever an opportunity is presented; he will offer his time, talents and en-ergy to make this country a better place in which to live. The French emigrant, Crevecoeur, has given the following definition for an American: " He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his an-cient prejudices and manners, receives new ones frem the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds. He becomes an American by being re-ceived into the broad lap of our great ' Alma Mater.' Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world. Americans are the west-ern pilgrims, who are carrying along with them that great mass of arts, sciences, vigor, and industry; which began long since in the East. They will finish the great circle. The Americans were once scattered over all Europe. Here they are incorpor-ated into one of the finest systems of population which has ever ap-peared. The American is a new man who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas, and form new opinions. From involun-tary idleness, servile dependence. penury and useless labor, he has passed to toils of a different nature, rewarded by ample subsistance.'' If every true American were offered his choice of all the nations of the earth in which to live, he would choose America for his country. He would realize that America is the land of opportunity. He can go as far as his abilities will carry him. There are no traditions to hinder his growth; no social distinction or caste divisions to bar his development. There is no compulsory military service or religious persecution in America. Everyone has equal chances and rights. America is a land of inspiration, of high ideals. The higher the individual gets the more eager people are to help him mount higher, if he convinces them that his purpose is for the betterment of hu-manity. " The sky is the limit" to anyone who comes t6 America, en-dowed with honest endeavors, cease- ( Continued on last page) _ 61 t! et3,2,70,-- 1 I'm not takin mie ear tabs off un-til I luk up in thu kalandar what kynd of wether ut iz gain tu bee on ground-hoge dae. Mie kids haz broken up all ther Kristmas prezents and wantin mar. A deal was closed last Monday be-tween Charles Ware and William Lord, whereby the latter became the owner of the Greentown Hatchery and also the property owned by Mr. Ware on East Grant street. Mr. Lord has taken charge of the business and is getting in readiness for the spring rush The hatching will start February 11. He will move the household goods to the residence about the 15th of February. Mr. Lord has had experience and will no doubt continue with the same success which has been Mr. Ware's. Mr. Ware will continue in the un-dertaking business. DEATH. Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Emma Garr, a former resident here, who died at her home in Freetown, Jackson County, Sunday night, following an illness of three years. The remains will be brought here for burial Wednesday. She is survived by her father, Harrison Roe of Kokomo, three brothers, Ross and Lanson Roe of Kokomo, and Bert Roe of Fort Wayne, and two sons Damon and Eugene. PEACE CLUB. ; Martha Long was hostess to the Peace Club Monday evening from 3: 45 to 4: 45. The club is newly organ-ized, this being their first meeting. At the close of the hour, Mrs. Long served refreshments of ice cream and cakes to Dorothy Cates, Doris Mag-gart, Lillian Vandenbark, Lois Mast, Martha _ Long, Irene Holliday, Eliza-beth Courts and Mary Jane and Mar-tha Long. MRS. CAROLINE M. CON WAY St.. ICCI MSS Funeral services for the late Mrs. Caroline M. Conway, aged 78 years, whose death occurred from paralysis, from which she has been' a sufferer for some time, were conducted at the Christian Church at West Liberty, Sunday morning at 10: 30, - with Rev S. C. M. Schwartz of Terhune, in charge. She had resided near the Tipton- Howard line practically all of her life and had many friends in the commun-ity. Her death was not unexpected as she had been ill many months. Deceased is survived by the hus-band, two daughters, Mrs. L. L. Shull of Sharpsville, Mrs. M. 0. Dean of near West Liberty, three ' sans, Ed-ward, Fred and ', Wayne, one sister Mrs. Mahala Covalt, and four broth-era, Dr. C. M. Ware, Louis Ware, J. W Ware of West Liberty and L. S. Ware Of Greentown and many other relatives. COUNTY BEE GROWERS MEET. C. W. Hamer, Lon Kemper, Harold Sloan, George Cates, Clarence Coff-man, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Gibson and H. H. Weaver attended the County Bee meeting held last Tuesday aft-ernoon at the city hall in Kokomo. Mr. Yost, secretary- treasurer of the State Bee Growers' Association, and Chief Inspector of the Division of Entomology of the State Conserva-tion Department, addressed the meet-ing. The membership fee was re-duced to 50c this year and an effort will be made to increase the member-ship. A big meeting is being planned for June at which time, a rousing big social time and big eats are the main features. LARKIN CLUB. Mrs. Ellis Cates entertained the Larkin Club at her home, Saturday evening. Owing to tickness only a small number of the members was present, but a good time was enjoyed by them. Refreshments were served by the hostess to Mrs. Ralph Miller, Mrs. Robert Ettinger, Mrs. Harvey Street and daughter Jeanette, and Mrs. Ray Moss. JENKINS- HUGHES Word has been received here of the marriage of Mrs. Mae Jenkins, a former resident of Greentown, and Mr. J. W. Hughes, the wedding oc-curring at Rains City, Fla., January 12. Mrs. Jenkins who has spent many winters in the South since leav-ing here, - has many friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Fell entertained at, dinner Friday, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ful-wider, Mr. and Mrs. H E. Murray and Mr. William Scott of Logansport. FREAK FIRE PICKS FORD IN GARAGE DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE GROUNDHOG LIVES? Some years ago, it is reported, a mar, blessed with a certain amount of leisure, wandered a certain distance from his doorstep on the second of February, a bright and sunshiny day, and encountered a groundhog. It is also denoted on good author-ity that " he who saw the first ground-hog" was a pessimist. Had he been an optimist, he probably would have sought means forthwith to convert him into shoe strings and been thank-ful. PROTECTIVE ASSN. Oyster Stews. Speeches and Music to Be Had at Regular Monthly Meet-ing Next Monday Evening. The club will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday evening, February 4, at the I. 0. 0. F. dining hall. After a course of oyster stews, Judge Joe Cripe of Kokomo, will ad-dress the club. The Judge is a force-ful and entertaining speaker and will be all there on a ringing talk, full of fish hooks and 12- gauge ammunition. Music will be intersperced. There will be introduced at this meeting to every member and prospective mem-ber present a concrete demonstration of the club's team that works the Fish Pole Degree. This high bumper de-gree is guaranteed to satisfy. It is as yet a profound mystery in its se-crets and its appointments known only to the officers and staff of bait cut-ters. To miss getting it will be a personal loss that it will be hard for this club even to supply. A short business session will follow but there will not be a boresome mo-ment in the hall. Perhaps some seri-ous talk will be indulged on the club's attitude toward a Community Housa, yet it will be snappy and no assess-ments, pledges or collections will be even hinted. All this — oysters, speeches, music and Fish Pole Degree — will tax the patron a 50c piece per each. You can get, your ticket of Secretary George Ball, who by the way, will is-sue you a club membership card for a year for two- bits more. Also res-ervations can be obtained at Man-ring's, Weaver's, Ettinger's or of any club member. , A representative delegation of the club plans to attend the Kokomo Isaak Walton fish dinner at the Fran-cis Hotel tomorrow evening at 6: 30. George M. Mannfeld, chief of the Fish and Game Division of the State Con-servation Department; the Rev. W. H. McPhearson, lecturer for the Isaac Walton League of America, together with Mr. M. S. Heiss, national secre-tary of the league, will be the speak-ers of the evening. It is expected that more than 100 fishermen and others who are interested in conserva-tion and propagation of fish and wild life will be in attendance. The articles furnished to seven of the leading Indiana newspapers, with Sunday editions by Mr. Gustav J. T. Meyer of Indianapolis, are sought by sportsmen and conservationists as being truly authoritative. Mr. Meyer has spent a life time in the open so far as a busy man can do so. His is purely a work of love. Wealthy in his own right, he could command all the advantages afield and astream, but his efforts are for the poor man ( Continued from page one) Blaze Destroys Machine Parked in Midst of Cars and Trucks Filled With Gasoline. Machine Belonged to Ralph Titus— Short Circuit Blamed— No Other Damage Discovered. Probably the most freakish fire in the history of Greentown came to light Monday morning when Ellis Cates opened the doors of his place of business and found the charred re-mains of a Ford automobile in the midst of several other cars and trucks, one of which was a gasoline truck filled with gasoline. The burned auto belonged to Ralph Titus, who, it is said, drove into the Cates' barn Sunday night, intending to leave his machine for the night. The position of the wreckage showed Titus parked his machine within three feet of a touring car and about the same distance from pile of the large moving trucks belong-ing to Cates. On the other side at a distance of less than five feet, was the office of the establishment which was walled with inflamable lumber and paper poster*. No damage other than the burned Ford could be discovered. The boards of the office wall were scorched. It is thought that the tank of the Ford evidently did not contain a large amount of gasoline, otherwise the re-sulting explosion would have set fire to the entire contents. Although it was impossible to de-termine the cause of the fire, it is thought a short circuit from the bat-tery set fire to oil and grease within the hood. Titus was protected from loss by insurance It is estimated the place housed six trucks as many automobile, at the tins of the fire, hed the building burned, would have resulted Was a Victim of Paralysis-- Had Re- in several thousand dollars loss sided in This Community for Many Years. _ REBEKAH SOCIAL The Grace Rebekah Lodge gave a social following the regular lodge session last Wednesday evening which proved to be a pleasant affair. The attendance was above the aver-age. The committee in charge of the lunch did credit to themselves by set-ting a spread that made all glad they were there. There is - to be work in the near future and the degree staff, especially is urged to attend regular-ly for practice. The, annual get- to-gether meeting is near at hand and as this affair is always enjoyed by all present, this year will- be no exrep-tion to the previou Annual affairs. The members are urged to attend reg-ularly as there is something doing at all of these meetings. BIRTHDAY SURPRISE. Mr. and Mrs. Walter McQuiston en-tertained at dinner Sunday, in honor of the eleventh birthday of their son Paul. The feature of the big dinner was the birthday cake with eleven can-dies. The guests were John and Letis Campbell, Lowell Burt, Ervin Bryan, Charles Lamb, Jack McQuiston, John Snyder, Robert Haycock, Raymond McQuiston and Mr. and Mrs. C. R. McQuiston. The boys were furnished with amusement for the afternoon with ponies and sleds. HANNAH- MOON. Announcements Were received here Saturday of the marriage of Miss Ferne Hannah of Kokomo, and Mr. Raymond Moon of near ' Fairmount, which took place at St. Joseph, Mich., December 26. Mrs. Moon has visited here several times and has many friends here. TO FILL PULPIT. Mr. Richard Lee will again fill the pulpit at the Christian Church ,4 West Liberty next Sunday. On i. Jk. count of cold weather two weeks . qgo, the crowd was somewhat smaller .. 0an usual. It is hoped all will be able to hear him at this date. LADIES' AID. . The M. E. Ladies Aid met at the home of Mrs. Clara Curless Wednes-day afternoon for work. The meeting was to have been a social at the home of Mrs. C. E., Wright but was post-poned on account of sickness. FORMER RESIDENT ILL. Word has been received here that Mrs. Florence Richardson, a former resident of Greentown, is very ill at her home at Rockville, Ind. She is suffering with sugar diabetes and is not expected to recover. Max Hittle spent Saturday with his grandmother, Mrs. Sallie Scherer. Arin ■
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Title | The Greentown Gem - 1924-01-31 |
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Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Local Girl Wins Prize Essay Award; Local Doings; Freak Fire Picks Ford In Garage |
Language | en |
Contributors | Kokomo-Howard County Public Library; Greentown Historical Society |
Source | Original newspaper: The Greentown Gem, January 31, 1924 |
Relation | Howard County Newspapers |
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Title | The Greentown Gem – 1924-01-31 - Page 1 |
Relation | Howard County Newspapers |
Transcript | - 111111 III 111111 M s. Dora Leming is on the sickt Mrs. Mat Romack spent Saturday list. in Kokomo. Mrs. Covalt is spending the day Mrs. Frank Wise was a Kokomo visitor, Saturday. Mrs. Arvilla Linville spent Friday in Kokomo. Leo Seagraves made a business trip to Kokomo, Monday. Miss Blanche Smith spent Saturday visitor Saturday. morning in Kokomo. Mrs. Ellis Cates spent Tuesday with Elijah Haworth, living east of here, is reported on the sick list. J. H. McCann and wife spent the week end with Ray Green and wife. _ Miss Ethel McKenzie spent the week end with friends at Montpelier. Mrs. Orley Smith was the guest of Mrs. Ernest Fleming, Saturday after-noon. Truman Pierce of Kokomo, spent the week end with Gilbert Collins and ' ' 1 . i .. 1docat TIDoincis.. 1 = . r". Timmummumilimmilimmimmumuummummiumminiummilmimmi0 in Marion. Mrs. Jane Hammer spent Saturday in Kokomo. Raymond Allen spent Sunday at his home near Swayzee. Miss Thelma Scherer was a Marion Ray Moss and wife, east of here. Mr. and Mrs. Lige Gallion spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs: John Hunt. Miss Marguerite Babcock was the_ Monday night guest of Florence Bell. Miss Ruth Thomas visited Mrs. Will Ham Lord from Saturday until Mon-day. Mrs. U. S. Brannen was reported on the sick list the latter part of last GREENTOWN HATCHERY PURCHASED BY WM. LORD DISCOVERED WHEN DOORS WERE OPENED NEXT MORNING THE GREEN TOWN GEM SPECIAL SERVICE OF THE WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION — FE l a GC per 1 or - 1- 19 e. people of Soastarz7 t ) 0m7 1.- y $ 1.50 Per Vests. NUMBER 27. THIRTIETH GREENTOWN, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1924. Lon Hosier and wife were Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ones Smith were Sun-dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. - day dinner guests of Charles Hague and family. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Walker spent Sunday with their son Floyd Walker and family. Mr. and Mrs C. W. Hamer visited Mr. and Mrs. Curt Mast at Swayzee, last Friday. Miss Margaret Wooton attended a Valentine party given at Kokomo, Fenn. John Gentry of near Sycamore, is recoveting from an attack of penu-monia. Mr. and Mrs. Hanley Golding made a business trip to Kokomo, Monday afternoon. Miss Lida Bogue was the dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Os Zirkle and Mr. and Mts. Charles Hague and family spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Orley Smith. Mrs. Harvey Street spent Tuesday at Sycamore at the home of Arthur dinner guests Friday evening of Dr. Cranor and family. and Mrs. E. U. Powell. Mr. and Mrs. Don Coffin of Tipton, Mr and Mrs. Earl Mast and chil-were guests of R. C. Holman and fam dren spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. ily; Tuesday evening. Lowell Brumit attended the hard-ware convention at Indianapolis, Tues-day and Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Russel Zirkle were Sunday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Merl.; Bagwell. N. W. King at Amboy. Miss Cleo Fowler of Kokomo, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shird Fowler. Earl Armstrong left last Friday for Leetoria, Ky., where he will be employed on the railroad. Alaio, and Mrs. Lora Armfield were Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Street and • est of — 4' 5 reit. vi, ed Jar Trott ar I farn-and family, Wednesday.' . at E.•; Crin • re. St/ may. , Mr. and Mrs. Rosco, Collins visited Misses Mildred Smeltzer and Edra Mr. and Mrs. Obe Murphy and chil-dren at Logansport, Sunday. Mrs. Morris Payton and son went to Sidney, 0., Saturday to join Mr. Payton, who is employed there. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Symons of Jer-ome, spent Wednesday with Bert Sy-mons and family of Greentown. Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Applegate vis-ited their daughter, Mrs. Ethel Ault and children at Kokomo, last Thurs-day. Ronald Freeman, student at Pit, due University, came Monday for a few days' visit with friends and rela-tives. Pan Echelbarger and famik of near Point Isabel, were dinner guests Sun-day of Mr. and Mrs. William Wag-gaman. Miss Madge Kilander visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Kilander, north of here, Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Gowan and daughter Annabelle, of Swayzee, were guests of Marvin Babcock and fam-ily, Friday. Mr. and Mrs Glen Kelley and chil-dren Ruth and Wilbur, visited Mr. and Mrs. Lora Armfield, west of Cen-ter, Sunday. Mrs U. S. Brannen had as guests, Wednesday. Mrs. 0. C. Hunsinger, Mrs. H. J. Middlesworth, and Miss Ida Woodmansee. Mr. and Mrs. LOT1 Kemper enter-tained Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Ora Hunsinger, Miss Ida Woodmansee and Clint Hunsinger. Mrs. Sadie Shrader returned home Sunday night after spending the past week with her daughter, Mrs. Lands Lord and family. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Foland en-tertained Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Chest-er Wright and son and Jack Rosen-heimer and family. Miss Margaret Wooton was a guest at a dinner party Tuesday evening, given by Miss Nola Sandy for Miss Margaret Critchlow. Mrs. Harry Lindley returned to Gary, Saturday, after an extended visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Smith and family. Glen DeLong and family and Mrs. Walker and daughter Francis, of Ko-komo, were dinner guests Sunday of J. W. DeLong and family. Mrs. Robert Ettinger and Mrs. Ralph Miller spent last Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mat-chette and family, east of here. Hanley Golding and wife visited his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Will Golding and family, north of here, Sunday. Miss Mabel Johnson was also a guest there. Charles Ware and wife, L. S. Ware, daughter and granddaughter, Mrs. Angie Billings and Mr. and Mrs. Har-old Ware, attended the funeral of Mrs. Caroline Conway at West Liberty, Sunday morning, and were dinner guests of J. W. Ware and wife. Rev C. L. White and wife were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lee and baby, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Fulwider were Over forty essays were submitted in the Americanization contest con-ducted by the local post of the Amer-ican Legion which held an entertain-ment in connection with the award-ing of prizes at the high school build-ing. Tuesday evening. First prize in the senior high school of ten dollars in gold was awarded to However, according to the legend, Miss Fern Powell of Greentown, with such was not the case. That is, in- - Priday night. the second awarded to Miss Vera terpreting it with a certain amount famiRlyo, b Serut nHd. a yh. d wife were din- Rev. J. W. Lower was the dinner schools. First prize in the junior high school contests went to Miss Vivian Curless, of the Union Town-ship School, and second to Miss Char-lene Ervin, of Greentown. Both first prizes were of ten. dollars in gold and second five dollars. Although the attendance was keen-ly disappointed in the fact that State Commander Ball, of the Legion, was prevented appearing as the principal speaker, F. B. Neyhart, local com-mander, expressed complete satisfac-tion with the program. Commander Ball was unable to appear because of illness. The principal address on the pro-gram was made by Prof. Snyder, of the Greentown High School. Other features of the program included com-munity singing, songs by the Union tbove. Even he is doubtful. High School quartette, and solos GeFoorgrem Haelf fpi rinesentation of the awards Ca Er-• ‘. F:' SE G. Tc ) 131- was made by W. W. Dragoo. Following is Miss Powell's essay:, How to Make American, American Body, of the Howard Township of poetic license, the observer was guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Hul-convinced that because the groundhog I1' er guests of Frank McCann and fam-was a groundhog and the second of ily, Wednesday. linger, Friday. February was that year sunshiny, Mrs. Harry Woods and Mrs. Almon Rev. George Cole returned here Fri-there must be a startling significance Hunt were shopping in Kokomo, Sat- lay after helping in a revival meet-attached thereto. urday morning. I ine., - near Lafayette. ruminated at great length on Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Stahl were Arthur Vanlue of near Converse, haHving met the littele creature . Saun- Sunday afternoon guests of Mr. arid spent Thursday with his father, Al-tered home Took pen in hand. And Mrs. F. M. Covalt. bert Vanlue and wife. to this day, humanity is favored with the great fact that inasmuch as said groundhog was enabled to see his shadow, because of said sunshine, everafter, under like circumstances, the weather would not be so good for six weeks. Or was it one, or eight ? Having performed a great work for humanity, the ancient prognosticator called it a day, unfortunately leaving the world in ' the dark in event the day had been cloudy. The hog in question is pictured Hawkins attended the show at the Victory, Sunday afternoon. Miss Millie Barrett of Kokomo, spent Thursday here with Miss Mad-eline Woods and other friends. Torn Fenn and Lon Hosier attended the funeral of Mrs. Charles Conway at West Liberty, Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Faye Lamb visited the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ell Warnock and family at Kokomo, Sun-day. Mr. and Mrs. John Trott of Syca-more, visited their daughter, Mrs. Harvey Street and family, Wednes-day. Miss Alta Maddock of west of Ko-komo, spent the week end here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenton Mad-dock. Miss Marjorie Mason of Kokomo, was the guest Thursday afternoon and night of Mrs. Jennie Gallion and other relatives. Mrs. Edith Coss of Indianapolis, visited her sister, Mrs. Marvin Bab-cock and family, Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs. Sabilla Powell visited her daughter, Mrs. Florence Hughes, and other relatives at Kokomo, over the week end. Mrs. Elijah Haworth visited Mrs Della Haworth and daughter Mary, at Kokomo, from Friday until Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Manring went to Frankfort. Wednesday, for a few days' visit with their son, John Man-ring and wife. Miss Blanche Byrant and Dr. Don-ald Woods of Swavzee, were: dinner guests Sunday of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. J. Woods. Mr. William Scott returned to his home at Logansport, Monday after a several days' visit with Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Murray. Chester Gang spent Thursday in Elkhart and was accompanied home by Mrs. Gang who had visited there the past four weeks. Harry Clymer, wife and daughter, of near Peru, visited Mrs. Clymer's sister, Mrs. Lowell Brumit and fam-ily, Saturday night and Sunday. Frank McCann and family were Tuesday guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Cohee. Mrs. Cohee is slowly recover-ing from a cold and complications. Letus Lamb and family entertained Sunday J. B. Freeman and wife, Rolla Freeman and family, and Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Lamb and daughter Violet. Mr. and Mrs. Lon Maddock of Da-kota, who have been visiting relatives west of Konomo, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Kenton Maddock and family, this week. The Pickett Jazz Band played at the opening of the DeFord Store at Hemlock, Saturday night. Those tak-ing part were Misses Garnet Isaacs, Florence Matchette, and Flossie Pic-kett and Fred Garrett and Hanley Pickett. LOCAL GIRL WINS PRIZE ESSAY AWARD Miss Fern Powell, of Greentown High School, Is Given First Prize for Americanization Essay. FORTY MANUSCRIPTS SUB-MITTED TO CONTEST JUDGES Commander Ball Is Prevented Appear-ance— Program Is Well Liked and Considered Great Success. Before we can discuss how to make America, American, we must try to define an Ameriran. One may become an American in name by being born in America, or taking out naturaliza-tion papers, but even these things do not make them real Americans. The real American is one in spirit as well as in name. He obeys, re-spects and reveres the laws of the land, whether or not they please him. His patriotism is shown by the fact that he respects the flag and up-holds the ideals for which it stands; he is ready to serve both flag and country to the best of his ability whenever an opportunity is presented; he will offer his time, talents and en-ergy to make this country a better place in which to live. The French emigrant, Crevecoeur, has given the following definition for an American: " He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his an-cient prejudices and manners, receives new ones frem the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds. He becomes an American by being re-ceived into the broad lap of our great ' Alma Mater.' Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world. Americans are the west-ern pilgrims, who are carrying along with them that great mass of arts, sciences, vigor, and industry; which began long since in the East. They will finish the great circle. The Americans were once scattered over all Europe. Here they are incorpor-ated into one of the finest systems of population which has ever ap-peared. The American is a new man who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas, and form new opinions. From involun-tary idleness, servile dependence. penury and useless labor, he has passed to toils of a different nature, rewarded by ample subsistance.'' If every true American were offered his choice of all the nations of the earth in which to live, he would choose America for his country. He would realize that America is the land of opportunity. He can go as far as his abilities will carry him. There are no traditions to hinder his growth; no social distinction or caste divisions to bar his development. There is no compulsory military service or religious persecution in America. Everyone has equal chances and rights. America is a land of inspiration, of high ideals. The higher the individual gets the more eager people are to help him mount higher, if he convinces them that his purpose is for the betterment of hu-manity. " The sky is the limit" to anyone who comes t6 America, en-dowed with honest endeavors, cease- ( Continued on last page) _ 61 t! et3,2,70,-- 1 I'm not takin mie ear tabs off un-til I luk up in thu kalandar what kynd of wether ut iz gain tu bee on ground-hoge dae. Mie kids haz broken up all ther Kristmas prezents and wantin mar. A deal was closed last Monday be-tween Charles Ware and William Lord, whereby the latter became the owner of the Greentown Hatchery and also the property owned by Mr. Ware on East Grant street. Mr. Lord has taken charge of the business and is getting in readiness for the spring rush The hatching will start February 11. He will move the household goods to the residence about the 15th of February. Mr. Lord has had experience and will no doubt continue with the same success which has been Mr. Ware's. Mr. Ware will continue in the un-dertaking business. DEATH. Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Emma Garr, a former resident here, who died at her home in Freetown, Jackson County, Sunday night, following an illness of three years. The remains will be brought here for burial Wednesday. She is survived by her father, Harrison Roe of Kokomo, three brothers, Ross and Lanson Roe of Kokomo, and Bert Roe of Fort Wayne, and two sons Damon and Eugene. PEACE CLUB. ; Martha Long was hostess to the Peace Club Monday evening from 3: 45 to 4: 45. The club is newly organ-ized, this being their first meeting. At the close of the hour, Mrs. Long served refreshments of ice cream and cakes to Dorothy Cates, Doris Mag-gart, Lillian Vandenbark, Lois Mast, Martha _ Long, Irene Holliday, Eliza-beth Courts and Mary Jane and Mar-tha Long. MRS. CAROLINE M. CON WAY St.. ICCI MSS Funeral services for the late Mrs. Caroline M. Conway, aged 78 years, whose death occurred from paralysis, from which she has been' a sufferer for some time, were conducted at the Christian Church at West Liberty, Sunday morning at 10: 30, - with Rev S. C. M. Schwartz of Terhune, in charge. She had resided near the Tipton- Howard line practically all of her life and had many friends in the commun-ity. Her death was not unexpected as she had been ill many months. Deceased is survived by the hus-band, two daughters, Mrs. L. L. Shull of Sharpsville, Mrs. M. 0. Dean of near West Liberty, three ' sans, Ed-ward, Fred and ', Wayne, one sister Mrs. Mahala Covalt, and four broth-era, Dr. C. M. Ware, Louis Ware, J. W Ware of West Liberty and L. S. Ware Of Greentown and many other relatives. COUNTY BEE GROWERS MEET. C. W. Hamer, Lon Kemper, Harold Sloan, George Cates, Clarence Coff-man, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Gibson and H. H. Weaver attended the County Bee meeting held last Tuesday aft-ernoon at the city hall in Kokomo. Mr. Yost, secretary- treasurer of the State Bee Growers' Association, and Chief Inspector of the Division of Entomology of the State Conserva-tion Department, addressed the meet-ing. The membership fee was re-duced to 50c this year and an effort will be made to increase the member-ship. A big meeting is being planned for June at which time, a rousing big social time and big eats are the main features. LARKIN CLUB. Mrs. Ellis Cates entertained the Larkin Club at her home, Saturday evening. Owing to tickness only a small number of the members was present, but a good time was enjoyed by them. Refreshments were served by the hostess to Mrs. Ralph Miller, Mrs. Robert Ettinger, Mrs. Harvey Street and daughter Jeanette, and Mrs. Ray Moss. JENKINS- HUGHES Word has been received here of the marriage of Mrs. Mae Jenkins, a former resident of Greentown, and Mr. J. W. Hughes, the wedding oc-curring at Rains City, Fla., January 12. Mrs. Jenkins who has spent many winters in the South since leav-ing here, - has many friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Fell entertained at, dinner Friday, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ful-wider, Mr. and Mrs. H E. Murray and Mr. William Scott of Logansport. FREAK FIRE PICKS FORD IN GARAGE DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE GROUNDHOG LIVES? Some years ago, it is reported, a mar, blessed with a certain amount of leisure, wandered a certain distance from his doorstep on the second of February, a bright and sunshiny day, and encountered a groundhog. It is also denoted on good author-ity that " he who saw the first ground-hog" was a pessimist. Had he been an optimist, he probably would have sought means forthwith to convert him into shoe strings and been thank-ful. PROTECTIVE ASSN. Oyster Stews. Speeches and Music to Be Had at Regular Monthly Meet-ing Next Monday Evening. The club will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday evening, February 4, at the I. 0. 0. F. dining hall. After a course of oyster stews, Judge Joe Cripe of Kokomo, will ad-dress the club. The Judge is a force-ful and entertaining speaker and will be all there on a ringing talk, full of fish hooks and 12- gauge ammunition. Music will be intersperced. There will be introduced at this meeting to every member and prospective mem-ber present a concrete demonstration of the club's team that works the Fish Pole Degree. This high bumper de-gree is guaranteed to satisfy. It is as yet a profound mystery in its se-crets and its appointments known only to the officers and staff of bait cut-ters. To miss getting it will be a personal loss that it will be hard for this club even to supply. A short business session will follow but there will not be a boresome mo-ment in the hall. Perhaps some seri-ous talk will be indulged on the club's attitude toward a Community Housa, yet it will be snappy and no assess-ments, pledges or collections will be even hinted. All this — oysters, speeches, music and Fish Pole Degree — will tax the patron a 50c piece per each. You can get, your ticket of Secretary George Ball, who by the way, will is-sue you a club membership card for a year for two- bits more. Also res-ervations can be obtained at Man-ring's, Weaver's, Ettinger's or of any club member. , A representative delegation of the club plans to attend the Kokomo Isaak Walton fish dinner at the Fran-cis Hotel tomorrow evening at 6: 30. George M. Mannfeld, chief of the Fish and Game Division of the State Con-servation Department; the Rev. W. H. McPhearson, lecturer for the Isaac Walton League of America, together with Mr. M. S. Heiss, national secre-tary of the league, will be the speak-ers of the evening. It is expected that more than 100 fishermen and others who are interested in conserva-tion and propagation of fish and wild life will be in attendance. The articles furnished to seven of the leading Indiana newspapers, with Sunday editions by Mr. Gustav J. T. Meyer of Indianapolis, are sought by sportsmen and conservationists as being truly authoritative. Mr. Meyer has spent a life time in the open so far as a busy man can do so. His is purely a work of love. Wealthy in his own right, he could command all the advantages afield and astream, but his efforts are for the poor man ( Continued from page one) Blaze Destroys Machine Parked in Midst of Cars and Trucks Filled With Gasoline. Machine Belonged to Ralph Titus— Short Circuit Blamed— No Other Damage Discovered. Probably the most freakish fire in the history of Greentown came to light Monday morning when Ellis Cates opened the doors of his place of business and found the charred re-mains of a Ford automobile in the midst of several other cars and trucks, one of which was a gasoline truck filled with gasoline. The burned auto belonged to Ralph Titus, who, it is said, drove into the Cates' barn Sunday night, intending to leave his machine for the night. The position of the wreckage showed Titus parked his machine within three feet of a touring car and about the same distance from pile of the large moving trucks belong-ing to Cates. On the other side at a distance of less than five feet, was the office of the establishment which was walled with inflamable lumber and paper poster*. No damage other than the burned Ford could be discovered. The boards of the office wall were scorched. It is thought that the tank of the Ford evidently did not contain a large amount of gasoline, otherwise the re-sulting explosion would have set fire to the entire contents. Although it was impossible to de-termine the cause of the fire, it is thought a short circuit from the bat-tery set fire to oil and grease within the hood. Titus was protected from loss by insurance It is estimated the place housed six trucks as many automobile, at the tins of the fire, hed the building burned, would have resulted Was a Victim of Paralysis-- Had Re- in several thousand dollars loss sided in This Community for Many Years. _ REBEKAH SOCIAL The Grace Rebekah Lodge gave a social following the regular lodge session last Wednesday evening which proved to be a pleasant affair. The attendance was above the aver-age. The committee in charge of the lunch did credit to themselves by set-ting a spread that made all glad they were there. There is - to be work in the near future and the degree staff, especially is urged to attend regular-ly for practice. The, annual get- to-gether meeting is near at hand and as this affair is always enjoyed by all present, this year will- be no exrep-tion to the previou Annual affairs. The members are urged to attend reg-ularly as there is something doing at all of these meetings. BIRTHDAY SURPRISE. Mr. and Mrs. Walter McQuiston en-tertained at dinner Sunday, in honor of the eleventh birthday of their son Paul. The feature of the big dinner was the birthday cake with eleven can-dies. The guests were John and Letis Campbell, Lowell Burt, Ervin Bryan, Charles Lamb, Jack McQuiston, John Snyder, Robert Haycock, Raymond McQuiston and Mr. and Mrs. C. R. McQuiston. The boys were furnished with amusement for the afternoon with ponies and sleds. HANNAH- MOON. Announcements Were received here Saturday of the marriage of Miss Ferne Hannah of Kokomo, and Mr. Raymond Moon of near ' Fairmount, which took place at St. Joseph, Mich., December 26. Mrs. Moon has visited here several times and has many friends here. TO FILL PULPIT. Mr. Richard Lee will again fill the pulpit at the Christian Church ,4 West Liberty next Sunday. On i. Jk. count of cold weather two weeks . qgo, the crowd was somewhat smaller .. 0an usual. It is hoped all will be able to hear him at this date. LADIES' AID. . The M. E. Ladies Aid met at the home of Mrs. Clara Curless Wednes-day afternoon for work. The meeting was to have been a social at the home of Mrs. C. E., Wright but was post-poned on account of sickness. FORMER RESIDENT ILL. Word has been received here that Mrs. Florence Richardson, a former resident of Greentown, is very ill at her home at Rockville, Ind. She is suffering with sugar diabetes and is not expected to recover. Max Hittle spent Saturday with his grandmother, Mrs. Sallie Scherer. Arin ■ |