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PHYSICAL TRAINING CLASS THE GREENTOWN GEM SPECIAL SERVICE OF THE WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION Taper For odic laeople of Ecasters7 Ficrszstairel. ( SINGLE COPY k FIVE CENTS / Oviy $ 1.50 Ia.:. year THIRTY- SECOND YEAR GREENTOWN, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1926 No. 45 Flames From Burning Corona; Mill Is Seen for Fifty Miles Many Girls Enjoyed and Were Benefitted by the Physical- Education Classes During School Year THE KITCHEN CABINET ORC'ESTRA TO APPEAR First row, left to right— Stella Kirkendall, Marcella Murphy, Geneva Kingseed, Delene Wooters, Ada Tygart, Glennis Summers. Second row, left to right— Gladys Shrock, Bernita Cohee, Helen Hardy, Lulu Sommers, Lilly Rody, Inez Maggart. Third row, left to right— Dorothy Keith, Esther Eash, Edna Shrock, Dorothy Kauffman, Maudie Fisher. Fourth row, left to right— Lola Bookout, Mildred Dryer, Kathryn Spann, Gula Frakes, Ellen Mc- Dowell, Florence Bell. Fifth row, left to right— Elmina Booher, Louise Scott, Mary Powell, Marie Alley, Eliza-, beth Cohee, Lavada Mills. Sixth * ow, left to right— Edna Harper, Leona Bookout, Virginia Martin, Lauretta Hawkins, Inez Burgan. Seventh row, left to right— Dorothy Garrison, Florence Shrock, Edith Mugg, Mildred Powell, Wilma Saul. Eighth row, left to right— Ruth Stanbro, Lorene Kimmel, Fannie Dryer, Clara Rody, Jean-ette Kelly, Maxine Zirkle. Famous " Musical" Organization Will Make Initial Bow Locally Friday Evening. Flames Discovered About 10: 30 Last Thursday Night Soon Enveloped the Big Mill. LOSS SOMETHING NEAR ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS Leaves 005, One More Mill of Kind In the World— Were Just Get-ting Started on Big Production. building although it had taken fire on numerous occasions. Only heroic work on the part of the volunteers kept the flames from spreading to the house. They were forced to work a-gainst that terrific heat, and it is hard to understand just how they were able to ssand it. Cobs Burn Long The nearly seventy- five car load of cobs furnished fuel for a blaze of long duration and the heaps were burning yet Sunday morning, and on Monday morning they were still smouldering. The brick walls of the mill proper were left standing, although warped somewhat at the top, and on Monday the north wall was pulled down to make it safe for passing trains, the other three still standing. The big boilers were not damaged to such an extent that they cannot be repaired and used. Burned Once Before In the year 1898, the Corona Mill, then a smaller plant and located just a few feet to the east of the present plant was destroyed by fire, but in the following year, the present plant was erected, later the big cob house was added. The late Chas. J. Davis, was superintendent of the plant at that time. The plant operated at that time un-der much mystery, but it run night and day and furnished employment for some thirty men. It continued in op-eration under a cloud of mystery as to just what they done with the meal ground from corn cobs, which it is understood was used as filler for stock food and polishing aluminum ware and tin plate. Some was shipped to Germany it is understood, but no one but employees were allowed in the building and this rule was rigidly en-forced. It is recalled that on one oc-casion, " Billy" Blodget, star news and feature writer of the Indianapolis News came down to Greentown to get a big feature story on the big cob mill, which at that time was the only_ one in t e world, but when he began to use his reporter privileges of ask-ing questions and being allowed to go through the mill, he was stopped and allowed to go no further by Mr. Davis who informed him that it was against the rules of the company, and Mr. Blodget had to return to The Gem Office empty handed and with a plea to John W. Melton, then editor and publisher of the Gem, who was a per-sonal friend of his, to give him a story on the mill as best he could with a couple of pictures of the exterior. Why the secrecy about the mill is not known. It was then owned by the Toledo Elevator Co., of Toledo. At about the time of the war, the busi-ness became slow and the hands were laid off and for a time the plant was idle, resuming operation for short per-iods. The property was finally sold to the American Hominy Co. which was one of the largest milling company's in the United States. They operated it for a time. Through the loss of much business from the brewing industries the American Hominy Co., was thrown into the hands of a receiver and the company went to the wall, which ligi-tation had shut the mill down and on-ly day and night watchmen were kept on the job. This continued for sever-al years, and finally the watchmen were disposed of, and the belting and other materials were removed and the windows and doors boarded up. Much concern was felt for the safe-ty of the town and steps were taken to have the buildings condemned and torn down before they burned endan-gering the whole town. The bankruptcy of the Hominy Co., threw the plant on the market and two or three local people tried to buy the plant, but their bids were below that of C. C. Truax of Scircleville, 0., who had mills located at Columbus, Ohio, and other points. When the new owner had investigated the plant and the community surrounding it, he de-cided that it was the most convenient location for a plant available at that time, and he immediately began to re-pair the buildings, and replace much of the machinery with newer and big-ger types, thus increasing the pro-duction to about five times the old capacity of the mill. It required al-most a year to place the new machin-ery, boilers and cover the frame build-ing with galvanized tin. The build-ing was secured for only a small fraction of its worth, but when it was ready for operation again, many thou-sands of dollars had been spent on it. New Market for Product. In the old days the mill was operat-ed under mystery, but Mr. Truax had another market for the product and the demand was so great that he be-lieved he could make this mill one of the largest in the world in a very short time. Only one other of the kind was then in existence. The new use for ground cob meal was no mys-tery, but in the various forms of the products, sizes, grades and blends were especially comminuted, designed and adapted for use in the drying and Physical Education for girls being one of the newest subjects introduced into the school, has already proven very popular. Although it is elective in the Senior high school, many of the girls have chosen to take it. It furn-ishes the physical and recreational side of education which is much need-ed in the teen age and is the source of supply from which the girls' basket ball team is drawn. polishing of aluminum, tin plate and metal products, and in the production of adhesives, furfural, resins similar to bakalite, plastics, dynamite, lino-leum, wall board, fibre containers, in-sulating brick, pottery, clay pigeons, and thermos bottles and jugs. The variety of uses for the various ingredients of the corn cob opened a bright future for the mill and much work was done on the plant, testing out new machinery in order that the production could be raised. Mr. Sligh stated that they had just placed an order for about $ 12,000 worth of new machinery, and were at the time of the fire, building a new sack house, and were preparing to re-ceived cobs by the ten and twenty car loads to fill the cob house. New con-veyers were ordered for the cobs and a new car unloader was ordered to be installed right away. New electrical power equipment was soon to be in-stalled because the boilers did not give them enough power to run the mill at capacity. The old mill capac-ity was five tons a day, and the new capacity was about five tons an hour. Some five to six thousand sacks of the meal were consumed in the flames which were stored in the cob house ready to be shipped, as a part of a nine carload order. Cobs were being trucked in from over the country and prospects for the mill were very bright for a busy summer season. Loss Not Known Yet The loss to Mr. Truax is not known at this time, as the amount of insur-ance carried on the buildings and con-tents is not known. Mr. Truax was here on Tuesday before the fire and had gone to Cleveland, Ohio, to see as ( Continued on last page) MEMORIAL SERVICES VERY IMPRESSIVE HERE SUNDAY Memorial Services were held here Sunday afternoon in charge of the local Post of the American Legion. Services were held at the Main Street Christian Church according to the pro-gram as outlined last week. The boys band furnished the music and Hon. Forest A. Harness of Kokomo, deliver-ed a fine memorial address. Following services at the church, ritualistic services were conducted at the cemetery and the graves of de-parted comrades from all wars were decorated with flags and flowers. The services were very impressive and were witnessed by a large crowd at both the church and cemetery. ANNOUNCEMENT • Rev. Leek of New Carlisle, Ind., will fill the pulpit at the Main Street Christian Church Friday evening at 7: 30 o'clock. It is desired that a large attendance of members of the church be present. NOTICE 0. E. S. Greentown Chapter 0. E. S. will meet in regular stated session, June 10th, at 8 p. m. There will be initia-tory work. The class periods are devoted to cal-isthenics, playing, and rhythmic move-ments which have for their purpose the relief of mental strain and the tension of long sessions in classes, the production of good posture and cor-rect carriage of the body; the satis-fying of the urgent demand of every healthy girl for muscular movement or activity; and finally the insurance of health and normal growth. FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIED AT KOKOMO SUNDAY Morning After Long Illness of Dropsy and Heart Disease— Funeral Held Tuesday. Mrs. Emma Leafgreen, wife of C. hga arl es . L eafog'crleoec nka, dtied Sunad aiyy mhoormne-in Kokomo, of heart disease and drop-sy. She had been ill since Thanksgiv-ing but became bedfast only one mon-th ago. In the last week the decline was rapid and death came as a re-lease from great pain. The deceased was born near Stock-holm, Sweden, on December 6, 1859. While a young girl she came to Amer-ica to visit a sister and met Charles Leafgreen who was a native of her homeland. They were married March 15, 1885, and spent the early years of their married life in Pittsburgh. A-bout thirty years ago they moved to Greentown and after a few years here moved to Kokomo which has since been their residence. Many of the older residents here will recall the Greenleaf family. Surviving with the husband are 3 children, Misses Sadie and Lena Leaf-green, and Albert Leafgreen, all re-siding at home. Two other children Roy and Anna died several years ago. Two sisters and a brother are left al-so, Mrs. Lizzie Pearson of Pittsburgh, Pa., Mrs. Christine Peterson of Mal-mo, Sweden, and John Leafgreen, who is attached to the Swedish navy. Funeral services were held from the home Tuesday in charge of the Rev. J. W. Lake, pastor of the U. B. Church at Kokomo, followed by burial in Crown Points cemetery at that place. STANDARD BEARERS The Standard Bearers of the M. E. Church took a picnic lunch and sur-prised Mrs. Kate Hall last Thursday evening. It being the regular meet-ing, all business was transacted, and the lesson study was conducted by Miss Jeanette Street and Miss Louie Inez Burgan. Those present to enjoy the lunch and meeting were, Mrs. A. E. Leese, Mrs. Ed Neyhart, Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, and Misses Louise Scott, Elmina Booher, Josephine Wright, Ethel Clark, t dna Fawcett, Elizabeth Main, Jeanette Street, Louie Inez Burgan, Margaret Shrader, Dorothy Keith, Elizabeth Honeas, Edna Haper and Zernelle Robinson. W. C. T. U. The W. C. T. U. will meet rest Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Arvilla Linville. This is a s • ec-ial meeting. The flower mission day will be observed. Mrs. Ida Hopkins, County President, of Kokomo, will have charge of the meeting. A large attendance is desired. Members ate requested to bring flowers to this, meeting. Miss Glenda Quick was the Sunday guest of Miss Bernita Cohee. During the first semester physical education in our school was under the direction of Mrs. Van Tyle, and for the second semester the work was con-tinued by Mrs. Pickett, each of whom were well pleased with the work at-tempted and accomplished during the school year. The above picture is reproduced through the courtesy of the Senior Class Emerald Staff of 1926. Wen Frankie Millur tride ter gitt upp in er hurra whin de Korona wuz huroin, he thot he - wuz standin onn hiz , i and tried ter putt hiz shurt wher pantz belongt en hiz pantz wher ' Az shurt belongt. Frankie saize dat dey wonte work dat wa. Itznoyuse ter tri ter wakun Schilur Patun wid dynamite er hollirin, kawse pie didnt evun kno de Korona burnt ' yl nex mawnin. Dere iz lottz uv fishin doun et de krik, en awlsow lotz uv fishe ey wreck-in. kawse ey didnt finde none en lef dens awl der. EVERY MEMBER AN ARTIST AND POPULAR ENTERTAINER rogram Over- crowded With Fun and Good Clean Entertainment For Everybody. The famous " Kitchen Cabinet Or-chestra," is due to arrive in town on Friday evening and will immediately repair to the M. E. Church for their initial appearance before a Greentown audience. This orchestra, known the world over, is composed of some of the most noted orchestra instrumentalists known, and every member is an artist and entertainer deluxe. It is also whispered that many of our local orchestra enthusiasts will be included in the personell, and in fact some have intimated that the whale orchestra will be composed of local talent, but be that as it may, the " Kitchen Cabinet Orchestra" will ap-pear with their funny instruments, such as coffee grinders, rolling' pins, meat choppers, seives, potato mashers, etc. The orchestra will be under the direction of Madam Kitchenette and the Drum Major, Madam Easing Tub-inski, both noted orchestra members and able artists. Their ability to get harmony out of chaos is remarkable and to appreciate the numbers one must hear and see for themselves. There will be plenty of good clean fun for 511, so don't stay away for fear of soaking up some one else's part of the evening's entertainment. You will smile, then burst into laugh-ter at every turn. If you do not there is urgent need for a doctor, as this orchestra is a guaranteed blues ex-a wedding. Sweet Evelina will be-come the bride of Robin Adair. The wedding processional will be a feature it was found that three names were unintentionally omitted. The list is hard to keep correct, and if any er-rors are noticed, the Gem would be pleased to have you call attention to them, so that the list can be made as nearly correct as possible. The three names omitted are as follows, the first two buried in the Phlox cemetery and the last named in the Lamb cemetery: James Erwin, Co H 34 Ina inf. Levi Pickering, Co H 34 Ind inf. Mr. Silvers, ( Co. unknown.) PAST MATRONS The Past Matrons Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Mary Peters, 804 East Walnut St., Kokomo, on next Tuesday, June 8th. Miss Doretha Cohee spent Monday afternoon with Miss Ilene Quick. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Babb spent Mon-day afternoon in Kokomo. Greentown witnessed the biggest fire of its history last Thursday night when flames in all their fury consum-ed the big Corona Milling Co. plant here last Thursday night, entailing a loss conservatively - eatiiiiaffed at one _ ss hundred thousand dollars. The entire plant was swept away by the flames which were discovered about 10: 30 o'clock, and before one hour had e-lapsed the entire building was in a mass of flames shooting skyward to a heighth of nearly 125 feet and illum-inating the sky for many miles. The flames were so bright that one could have read a newspaper nearly a half mile away, and the fire was seen for fifty miles distant, and many who noticed the flames came to view the ruins. Some came from Logans-port, Marion, Elwood, Tipton, Koko-a mo and SPetarurt. ed on First Floor The fire started on the first floor, according to those' who were first on the scene. The flames were noticed by Glen Davis, local drayman, who was leaving his home about 10: 30 to hang the mail for the Nickle Plate. " eleven o'clock" passenger train. He said he noticed the light in the lower window when he came out of the door of his home, but thought that it was a train standing on the siding waiting building or just after passing the plant and nearing the mail pouch holder just east of the mill, he noticed that there was no train and at once realized that the mill was on fire and he immediately spread the alarm, and tried to get help to the mill in the hope that it yet might be saved. The response to his calling was very prompt, but as the fire siren was out of order, his voice Was the only alarm available, althought the siren was blown once before it gave way. When help arrived, entrance was made into the building, where the fire was raging. At that time it was con-fined mostly to the basement and first floor of the mill proper. Attempted to Start Pump Mr. Sligh, local manager and sup-erintendent of the mill, was immed-iately notified and as soon as he ar-rived, it was decided to start the big steam pump, and try to combat the blaze with the company's hose, which is considered a good equipment. The steam pressure was low and the pump would not operate properly and an at-tempt was made to fire the boilers, but this was too slow. Chemical cans were used to hold the flames for a time, but they were unable to hold them long. By this time the whole base-ment was aflame and the volunteers began taking out the office furniture and other valuables, while . another bunch went to work on the nearby roofs. Flames Spread Rapidly The flames spread throughout the building rapidly. From the basement they went to the first, second and third floors through the wood chutes, and heavy wood timbers holding the big and heavy machines used for crushing and grinding corn cobs into fine meal. They soon spread to the shuck house, office and big cob room. The office and cob room were of wood structure, covered by galvanized tin, and the flames seemed to break forth from this building all at once. The cob room had about seventy-five cars of cobs in storage and be-tween five and six thousand sacks of the finished meal ready for shipment. Machines Fall Each floor of the three story brick building held numerous heavy milling machines and as the floors gave way under the weight large volumes of flames in sheets and millions of sparks were thrown into the brisk breeze and carried to the west and north. When the cob room roof fell the flames shot skyward for nearly one hundred and twenty- five feet and il-luminated the sky for miles around. The Heat Intense The heat from the burning embers of cobs, woods and roofing was in-tense and houses for almost a block were kept constantly under watch and the roofs kept damp. The house belonging to Willie Hook-er, located just across the road from the big cob house, was damaged con-siderably, but the volunteers worked hard against the almost unbearable heat and succeeded in saving the terminator._ Ott yes wea lam° o sLt To- maize CONGRATULATIONS BROTHER their ' appearance here more interest- Oscar D. Melton, editor and publish- ing and exciting, there is goin g to be er of the. Swayzee Press, and Miss Gertrude Mantling, formerly of An-derson and for the past three years a 2re3sridd. ent of Swayzee, were united in of the performance and provide a most marriage at noon last Sunday, May i welcome and pleasing part of the pro- I gram. • j. The marriage was performed in the I The orchestra will appear at the M. j First Baptist Church at Anderson, of ; E. Church Friday evening and from which the bride is a member, follow-' all indications the church will not be . ing the regular morning church sere- I half large enough to accommodate the ! ice. The pastor, Rev. S. W. Powell, I crowd, as many are coming from near- ' officiated, using the single ring cere- by towns to again hear and see the many, in the presence of a few rela- , orchestra. Better get there early. I tives and friends. I Following is the program: Following the ceremony, the guests Introductory. t were entertained for dinner at the Sweet Evelina Orchestra home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Man- Robin Adair - Solo ping, the former being a brother of Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here__ the bride. Orchestra The couple spent Sunday night at Love's Old Sweet Song Quartet the home of Mrs. Allie Hanson, an Jingle Bells , Orchestra aunt of the bride, near Mooreland, Oh Promise Me Trombone Solo and Monday afternoon and night at Blue Bells of Scotland Orchestra the Manning home in Anderson. They Till We Meet Again returned to Swayzee early Tuesday Duet and Orchestra morning and are now living in the Poll y. Wolly, Doodle Orchestra Melton home on west Madison street, Carry Me Back to Old Virginia ____ friends. Katy- B- B- Beautiful Katy QuDartet Duet where they are at home to their many t The Gem extends congratulations Olyd Gray Mare Duet to Mr. and Mrs. Melton, and wish for INTERMISSION them a happy wedded life. Pack Up Your Troubles ____ Orchestra The groom is well known here. He Yankee Doodle Orchestra has been in the newspaper business Long, Long Trail Orchestra for the past several years at Swayzee Coming Through the Rye Quartet and at one time was employed in the Smiles Orchestra Gem office. He is a gentleman in ev- Oh where, Oh where, has my little ery respect and the bride, whom we do Dog Gone? Duet not know, but who we understand is Solomon Levi Orchestra gain contratulate you, Brother Mel- Collegian Orchestra Orchestra a fine lady of high standing. We a- Little Brown Jug t o n . Indiana Orchestra On the Banks of the Wabash ____ Solo The CfOreNeCbEoRndT TONIGHT concert HoTf the h e DLioxhie: tgrin's Wedding March Orchestra season will be given at Greentown Orchestra this evening by the Boys Band, and Good Night Ladies! Orchestra to a large crowd is expected to start the The above program is subject change without notice. weekly concerts off to a most success-ful season. The invitation is broad THREE NAMES OMITTED and the roads good, so come and en-joy the evening with us. In making out the list of soldiers — buried in local cemeteries last week,
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Title | The Greentown Gem - 1926-06-03 |
Subject | newspapers |
Subject, Local | Greentown, Howard County (Ind.) |
Item Type | newspaper |
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Item ID | im-kokomo-news-greentown-1926-06-03 |
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Date Original | 1926-06-03 |
Date Digital | 2008 |
Publisher | Gem Printing Company |
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Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Flames From Burning Corona Mill Is Seen For Fifty Miles; The Kitchen Cabinet Orc'estra To Appear; Many Girls Enjoyed And Were Benefitted By The Physical Education Classes During School Year |
Language | en |
Contributors | Kokomo-Howard County Public Library; Greentown Historical Society |
Source | Original newspaper: The Greentown Gem, June 03, 1926 |
Relation | Howard County Newspapers |
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Title | The Greentown Gem – 1926-06-03 - Page 1 |
Relation | Howard County Newspapers |
Transcript | PHYSICAL TRAINING CLASS THE GREENTOWN GEM SPECIAL SERVICE OF THE WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION Taper For odic laeople of Ecasters7 Ficrszstairel. ( SINGLE COPY k FIVE CENTS / Oviy $ 1.50 Ia.:. year THIRTY- SECOND YEAR GREENTOWN, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1926 No. 45 Flames From Burning Corona; Mill Is Seen for Fifty Miles Many Girls Enjoyed and Were Benefitted by the Physical- Education Classes During School Year THE KITCHEN CABINET ORC'ESTRA TO APPEAR First row, left to right— Stella Kirkendall, Marcella Murphy, Geneva Kingseed, Delene Wooters, Ada Tygart, Glennis Summers. Second row, left to right— Gladys Shrock, Bernita Cohee, Helen Hardy, Lulu Sommers, Lilly Rody, Inez Maggart. Third row, left to right— Dorothy Keith, Esther Eash, Edna Shrock, Dorothy Kauffman, Maudie Fisher. Fourth row, left to right— Lola Bookout, Mildred Dryer, Kathryn Spann, Gula Frakes, Ellen Mc- Dowell, Florence Bell. Fifth row, left to right— Elmina Booher, Louise Scott, Mary Powell, Marie Alley, Eliza-, beth Cohee, Lavada Mills. Sixth * ow, left to right— Edna Harper, Leona Bookout, Virginia Martin, Lauretta Hawkins, Inez Burgan. Seventh row, left to right— Dorothy Garrison, Florence Shrock, Edith Mugg, Mildred Powell, Wilma Saul. Eighth row, left to right— Ruth Stanbro, Lorene Kimmel, Fannie Dryer, Clara Rody, Jean-ette Kelly, Maxine Zirkle. Famous " Musical" Organization Will Make Initial Bow Locally Friday Evening. Flames Discovered About 10: 30 Last Thursday Night Soon Enveloped the Big Mill. LOSS SOMETHING NEAR ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS Leaves 005, One More Mill of Kind In the World— Were Just Get-ting Started on Big Production. building although it had taken fire on numerous occasions. Only heroic work on the part of the volunteers kept the flames from spreading to the house. They were forced to work a-gainst that terrific heat, and it is hard to understand just how they were able to ssand it. Cobs Burn Long The nearly seventy- five car load of cobs furnished fuel for a blaze of long duration and the heaps were burning yet Sunday morning, and on Monday morning they were still smouldering. The brick walls of the mill proper were left standing, although warped somewhat at the top, and on Monday the north wall was pulled down to make it safe for passing trains, the other three still standing. The big boilers were not damaged to such an extent that they cannot be repaired and used. Burned Once Before In the year 1898, the Corona Mill, then a smaller plant and located just a few feet to the east of the present plant was destroyed by fire, but in the following year, the present plant was erected, later the big cob house was added. The late Chas. J. Davis, was superintendent of the plant at that time. The plant operated at that time un-der much mystery, but it run night and day and furnished employment for some thirty men. It continued in op-eration under a cloud of mystery as to just what they done with the meal ground from corn cobs, which it is understood was used as filler for stock food and polishing aluminum ware and tin plate. Some was shipped to Germany it is understood, but no one but employees were allowed in the building and this rule was rigidly en-forced. It is recalled that on one oc-casion, " Billy" Blodget, star news and feature writer of the Indianapolis News came down to Greentown to get a big feature story on the big cob mill, which at that time was the only_ one in t e world, but when he began to use his reporter privileges of ask-ing questions and being allowed to go through the mill, he was stopped and allowed to go no further by Mr. Davis who informed him that it was against the rules of the company, and Mr. Blodget had to return to The Gem Office empty handed and with a plea to John W. Melton, then editor and publisher of the Gem, who was a per-sonal friend of his, to give him a story on the mill as best he could with a couple of pictures of the exterior. Why the secrecy about the mill is not known. It was then owned by the Toledo Elevator Co., of Toledo. At about the time of the war, the busi-ness became slow and the hands were laid off and for a time the plant was idle, resuming operation for short per-iods. The property was finally sold to the American Hominy Co. which was one of the largest milling company's in the United States. They operated it for a time. Through the loss of much business from the brewing industries the American Hominy Co., was thrown into the hands of a receiver and the company went to the wall, which ligi-tation had shut the mill down and on-ly day and night watchmen were kept on the job. This continued for sever-al years, and finally the watchmen were disposed of, and the belting and other materials were removed and the windows and doors boarded up. Much concern was felt for the safe-ty of the town and steps were taken to have the buildings condemned and torn down before they burned endan-gering the whole town. The bankruptcy of the Hominy Co., threw the plant on the market and two or three local people tried to buy the plant, but their bids were below that of C. C. Truax of Scircleville, 0., who had mills located at Columbus, Ohio, and other points. When the new owner had investigated the plant and the community surrounding it, he de-cided that it was the most convenient location for a plant available at that time, and he immediately began to re-pair the buildings, and replace much of the machinery with newer and big-ger types, thus increasing the pro-duction to about five times the old capacity of the mill. It required al-most a year to place the new machin-ery, boilers and cover the frame build-ing with galvanized tin. The build-ing was secured for only a small fraction of its worth, but when it was ready for operation again, many thou-sands of dollars had been spent on it. New Market for Product. In the old days the mill was operat-ed under mystery, but Mr. Truax had another market for the product and the demand was so great that he be-lieved he could make this mill one of the largest in the world in a very short time. Only one other of the kind was then in existence. The new use for ground cob meal was no mys-tery, but in the various forms of the products, sizes, grades and blends were especially comminuted, designed and adapted for use in the drying and Physical Education for girls being one of the newest subjects introduced into the school, has already proven very popular. Although it is elective in the Senior high school, many of the girls have chosen to take it. It furn-ishes the physical and recreational side of education which is much need-ed in the teen age and is the source of supply from which the girls' basket ball team is drawn. polishing of aluminum, tin plate and metal products, and in the production of adhesives, furfural, resins similar to bakalite, plastics, dynamite, lino-leum, wall board, fibre containers, in-sulating brick, pottery, clay pigeons, and thermos bottles and jugs. The variety of uses for the various ingredients of the corn cob opened a bright future for the mill and much work was done on the plant, testing out new machinery in order that the production could be raised. Mr. Sligh stated that they had just placed an order for about $ 12,000 worth of new machinery, and were at the time of the fire, building a new sack house, and were preparing to re-ceived cobs by the ten and twenty car loads to fill the cob house. New con-veyers were ordered for the cobs and a new car unloader was ordered to be installed right away. New electrical power equipment was soon to be in-stalled because the boilers did not give them enough power to run the mill at capacity. The old mill capac-ity was five tons a day, and the new capacity was about five tons an hour. Some five to six thousand sacks of the meal were consumed in the flames which were stored in the cob house ready to be shipped, as a part of a nine carload order. Cobs were being trucked in from over the country and prospects for the mill were very bright for a busy summer season. Loss Not Known Yet The loss to Mr. Truax is not known at this time, as the amount of insur-ance carried on the buildings and con-tents is not known. Mr. Truax was here on Tuesday before the fire and had gone to Cleveland, Ohio, to see as ( Continued on last page) MEMORIAL SERVICES VERY IMPRESSIVE HERE SUNDAY Memorial Services were held here Sunday afternoon in charge of the local Post of the American Legion. Services were held at the Main Street Christian Church according to the pro-gram as outlined last week. The boys band furnished the music and Hon. Forest A. Harness of Kokomo, deliver-ed a fine memorial address. Following services at the church, ritualistic services were conducted at the cemetery and the graves of de-parted comrades from all wars were decorated with flags and flowers. The services were very impressive and were witnessed by a large crowd at both the church and cemetery. ANNOUNCEMENT • Rev. Leek of New Carlisle, Ind., will fill the pulpit at the Main Street Christian Church Friday evening at 7: 30 o'clock. It is desired that a large attendance of members of the church be present. NOTICE 0. E. S. Greentown Chapter 0. E. S. will meet in regular stated session, June 10th, at 8 p. m. There will be initia-tory work. The class periods are devoted to cal-isthenics, playing, and rhythmic move-ments which have for their purpose the relief of mental strain and the tension of long sessions in classes, the production of good posture and cor-rect carriage of the body; the satis-fying of the urgent demand of every healthy girl for muscular movement or activity; and finally the insurance of health and normal growth. FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIED AT KOKOMO SUNDAY Morning After Long Illness of Dropsy and Heart Disease— Funeral Held Tuesday. Mrs. Emma Leafgreen, wife of C. hga arl es . L eafog'crleoec nka, dtied Sunad aiyy mhoormne-in Kokomo, of heart disease and drop-sy. She had been ill since Thanksgiv-ing but became bedfast only one mon-th ago. In the last week the decline was rapid and death came as a re-lease from great pain. The deceased was born near Stock-holm, Sweden, on December 6, 1859. While a young girl she came to Amer-ica to visit a sister and met Charles Leafgreen who was a native of her homeland. They were married March 15, 1885, and spent the early years of their married life in Pittsburgh. A-bout thirty years ago they moved to Greentown and after a few years here moved to Kokomo which has since been their residence. Many of the older residents here will recall the Greenleaf family. Surviving with the husband are 3 children, Misses Sadie and Lena Leaf-green, and Albert Leafgreen, all re-siding at home. Two other children Roy and Anna died several years ago. Two sisters and a brother are left al-so, Mrs. Lizzie Pearson of Pittsburgh, Pa., Mrs. Christine Peterson of Mal-mo, Sweden, and John Leafgreen, who is attached to the Swedish navy. Funeral services were held from the home Tuesday in charge of the Rev. J. W. Lake, pastor of the U. B. Church at Kokomo, followed by burial in Crown Points cemetery at that place. STANDARD BEARERS The Standard Bearers of the M. E. Church took a picnic lunch and sur-prised Mrs. Kate Hall last Thursday evening. It being the regular meet-ing, all business was transacted, and the lesson study was conducted by Miss Jeanette Street and Miss Louie Inez Burgan. Those present to enjoy the lunch and meeting were, Mrs. A. E. Leese, Mrs. Ed Neyhart, Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, and Misses Louise Scott, Elmina Booher, Josephine Wright, Ethel Clark, t dna Fawcett, Elizabeth Main, Jeanette Street, Louie Inez Burgan, Margaret Shrader, Dorothy Keith, Elizabeth Honeas, Edna Haper and Zernelle Robinson. W. C. T. U. The W. C. T. U. will meet rest Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Arvilla Linville. This is a s • ec-ial meeting. The flower mission day will be observed. Mrs. Ida Hopkins, County President, of Kokomo, will have charge of the meeting. A large attendance is desired. Members ate requested to bring flowers to this, meeting. Miss Glenda Quick was the Sunday guest of Miss Bernita Cohee. During the first semester physical education in our school was under the direction of Mrs. Van Tyle, and for the second semester the work was con-tinued by Mrs. Pickett, each of whom were well pleased with the work at-tempted and accomplished during the school year. The above picture is reproduced through the courtesy of the Senior Class Emerald Staff of 1926. Wen Frankie Millur tride ter gitt upp in er hurra whin de Korona wuz huroin, he thot he - wuz standin onn hiz , i and tried ter putt hiz shurt wher pantz belongt en hiz pantz wher ' Az shurt belongt. Frankie saize dat dey wonte work dat wa. Itznoyuse ter tri ter wakun Schilur Patun wid dynamite er hollirin, kawse pie didnt evun kno de Korona burnt ' yl nex mawnin. Dere iz lottz uv fishin doun et de krik, en awlsow lotz uv fishe ey wreck-in. kawse ey didnt finde none en lef dens awl der. EVERY MEMBER AN ARTIST AND POPULAR ENTERTAINER rogram Over- crowded With Fun and Good Clean Entertainment For Everybody. The famous " Kitchen Cabinet Or-chestra," is due to arrive in town on Friday evening and will immediately repair to the M. E. Church for their initial appearance before a Greentown audience. This orchestra, known the world over, is composed of some of the most noted orchestra instrumentalists known, and every member is an artist and entertainer deluxe. It is also whispered that many of our local orchestra enthusiasts will be included in the personell, and in fact some have intimated that the whale orchestra will be composed of local talent, but be that as it may, the " Kitchen Cabinet Orchestra" will ap-pear with their funny instruments, such as coffee grinders, rolling' pins, meat choppers, seives, potato mashers, etc. The orchestra will be under the direction of Madam Kitchenette and the Drum Major, Madam Easing Tub-inski, both noted orchestra members and able artists. Their ability to get harmony out of chaos is remarkable and to appreciate the numbers one must hear and see for themselves. There will be plenty of good clean fun for 511, so don't stay away for fear of soaking up some one else's part of the evening's entertainment. You will smile, then burst into laugh-ter at every turn. If you do not there is urgent need for a doctor, as this orchestra is a guaranteed blues ex-a wedding. Sweet Evelina will be-come the bride of Robin Adair. The wedding processional will be a feature it was found that three names were unintentionally omitted. The list is hard to keep correct, and if any er-rors are noticed, the Gem would be pleased to have you call attention to them, so that the list can be made as nearly correct as possible. The three names omitted are as follows, the first two buried in the Phlox cemetery and the last named in the Lamb cemetery: James Erwin, Co H 34 Ina inf. Levi Pickering, Co H 34 Ind inf. Mr. Silvers, ( Co. unknown.) PAST MATRONS The Past Matrons Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Mary Peters, 804 East Walnut St., Kokomo, on next Tuesday, June 8th. Miss Doretha Cohee spent Monday afternoon with Miss Ilene Quick. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Babb spent Mon-day afternoon in Kokomo. Greentown witnessed the biggest fire of its history last Thursday night when flames in all their fury consum-ed the big Corona Milling Co. plant here last Thursday night, entailing a loss conservatively - eatiiiiaffed at one _ ss hundred thousand dollars. The entire plant was swept away by the flames which were discovered about 10: 30 o'clock, and before one hour had e-lapsed the entire building was in a mass of flames shooting skyward to a heighth of nearly 125 feet and illum-inating the sky for many miles. The flames were so bright that one could have read a newspaper nearly a half mile away, and the fire was seen for fifty miles distant, and many who noticed the flames came to view the ruins. Some came from Logans-port, Marion, Elwood, Tipton, Koko-a mo and SPetarurt. ed on First Floor The fire started on the first floor, according to those' who were first on the scene. The flames were noticed by Glen Davis, local drayman, who was leaving his home about 10: 30 to hang the mail for the Nickle Plate. " eleven o'clock" passenger train. He said he noticed the light in the lower window when he came out of the door of his home, but thought that it was a train standing on the siding waiting building or just after passing the plant and nearing the mail pouch holder just east of the mill, he noticed that there was no train and at once realized that the mill was on fire and he immediately spread the alarm, and tried to get help to the mill in the hope that it yet might be saved. The response to his calling was very prompt, but as the fire siren was out of order, his voice Was the only alarm available, althought the siren was blown once before it gave way. When help arrived, entrance was made into the building, where the fire was raging. At that time it was con-fined mostly to the basement and first floor of the mill proper. Attempted to Start Pump Mr. Sligh, local manager and sup-erintendent of the mill, was immed-iately notified and as soon as he ar-rived, it was decided to start the big steam pump, and try to combat the blaze with the company's hose, which is considered a good equipment. The steam pressure was low and the pump would not operate properly and an at-tempt was made to fire the boilers, but this was too slow. Chemical cans were used to hold the flames for a time, but they were unable to hold them long. By this time the whole base-ment was aflame and the volunteers began taking out the office furniture and other valuables, while . another bunch went to work on the nearby roofs. Flames Spread Rapidly The flames spread throughout the building rapidly. From the basement they went to the first, second and third floors through the wood chutes, and heavy wood timbers holding the big and heavy machines used for crushing and grinding corn cobs into fine meal. They soon spread to the shuck house, office and big cob room. The office and cob room were of wood structure, covered by galvanized tin, and the flames seemed to break forth from this building all at once. The cob room had about seventy-five cars of cobs in storage and be-tween five and six thousand sacks of the finished meal ready for shipment. Machines Fall Each floor of the three story brick building held numerous heavy milling machines and as the floors gave way under the weight large volumes of flames in sheets and millions of sparks were thrown into the brisk breeze and carried to the west and north. When the cob room roof fell the flames shot skyward for nearly one hundred and twenty- five feet and il-luminated the sky for miles around. The Heat Intense The heat from the burning embers of cobs, woods and roofing was in-tense and houses for almost a block were kept constantly under watch and the roofs kept damp. The house belonging to Willie Hook-er, located just across the road from the big cob house, was damaged con-siderably, but the volunteers worked hard against the almost unbearable heat and succeeded in saving the terminator._ Ott yes wea lam° o sLt To- maize CONGRATULATIONS BROTHER their ' appearance here more interest- Oscar D. Melton, editor and publish- ing and exciting, there is goin g to be er of the. Swayzee Press, and Miss Gertrude Mantling, formerly of An-derson and for the past three years a 2re3sridd. ent of Swayzee, were united in of the performance and provide a most marriage at noon last Sunday, May i welcome and pleasing part of the pro- I gram. • j. The marriage was performed in the I The orchestra will appear at the M. j First Baptist Church at Anderson, of ; E. Church Friday evening and from which the bride is a member, follow-' all indications the church will not be . ing the regular morning church sere- I half large enough to accommodate the ! ice. The pastor, Rev. S. W. Powell, I crowd, as many are coming from near- ' officiated, using the single ring cere- by towns to again hear and see the many, in the presence of a few rela- , orchestra. Better get there early. I tives and friends. I Following is the program: Following the ceremony, the guests Introductory. t were entertained for dinner at the Sweet Evelina Orchestra home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Man- Robin Adair - Solo ping, the former being a brother of Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here__ the bride. Orchestra The couple spent Sunday night at Love's Old Sweet Song Quartet the home of Mrs. Allie Hanson, an Jingle Bells , Orchestra aunt of the bride, near Mooreland, Oh Promise Me Trombone Solo and Monday afternoon and night at Blue Bells of Scotland Orchestra the Manning home in Anderson. They Till We Meet Again returned to Swayzee early Tuesday Duet and Orchestra morning and are now living in the Poll y. Wolly, Doodle Orchestra Melton home on west Madison street, Carry Me Back to Old Virginia ____ friends. Katy- B- B- Beautiful Katy QuDartet Duet where they are at home to their many t The Gem extends congratulations Olyd Gray Mare Duet to Mr. and Mrs. Melton, and wish for INTERMISSION them a happy wedded life. Pack Up Your Troubles ____ Orchestra The groom is well known here. He Yankee Doodle Orchestra has been in the newspaper business Long, Long Trail Orchestra for the past several years at Swayzee Coming Through the Rye Quartet and at one time was employed in the Smiles Orchestra Gem office. He is a gentleman in ev- Oh where, Oh where, has my little ery respect and the bride, whom we do Dog Gone? Duet not know, but who we understand is Solomon Levi Orchestra gain contratulate you, Brother Mel- Collegian Orchestra Orchestra a fine lady of high standing. We a- Little Brown Jug t o n . Indiana Orchestra On the Banks of the Wabash ____ Solo The CfOreNeCbEoRndT TONIGHT concert HoTf the h e DLioxhie: tgrin's Wedding March Orchestra season will be given at Greentown Orchestra this evening by the Boys Band, and Good Night Ladies! Orchestra to a large crowd is expected to start the The above program is subject change without notice. weekly concerts off to a most success-ful season. The invitation is broad THREE NAMES OMITTED and the roads good, so come and en-joy the evening with us. In making out the list of soldiers — buried in local cemeteries last week, |