The Greentown Gem - 1931-02-26

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THIRTY- SEVENTH YEAR
	
GREENTOWN, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 1931
	
No. 31
ONE KILLED; FOUR IN-JURED
IN ACCIDENT
Mrs. Frank Graf Fatally Injured,
Passing Away at Howard Coun-ty
Hospital Monday Eve.
MR. GRAF IN SERIOUS CON-DITION
AT HOSPITAL
Herbert Roe Suffers Broken Leg and
Ruby and Helen Gsaf Severely
Bruised.
Five local people were injured in
one of the most distressing automo-bile
accidents to occur here in years.
The accident occurred Saturday even-ing
about six o'clock on State Road
No. 22, when the Buick driven by
Frank Graf, hit a cement abutment of
a culvert one mile east of the Harde-beck
corner. The machine was oc-cupied
by five others beside the driver.
Accompaning Mr. Graf, were: Mrs.
Graf and two daughters Ruby and
Helen, and Mr. Herbert Roe, who is
employed at the Graf home.
All five of. the victims were taken
to the Howard County hospital where
medical attention was given. It was
found rhat Mr. Roe suffered a broken
leg, and Mrs. Graf suffering from in-ternal
injuries and a badly lacerated
hand. Mr. Graf received a crushed
chest with probable internal injuries,
and the two girls were severely bruis-ed
and cut.
The party was on their way to
Greentown to do the usual Saturday
night shopping. They had just turn-ed
onto the state road, when a ma-chine
approaching from the east with
bright lights blinded Mr. Graf. The
approaching interurban car from the
west also threw a bright light from
the rear through the rear glass. The
two lights blinded Mr. Graf to such
an extent that he could not see the
the culvert immediately in front of
him. The machine struck the abut-ment
with terrific force, bending the
front axle back under the frame,
breaking the right door glass and
windshield. The irup. ut, throes' M .
Graf against the steering wheel with
such force that the wheel was entire-ly
demolished. Mrs. Graf fell from
the machine to the ditch, and the re-maining
three were thrown against
the front seats wit, the above results.
The interurban car stopped and the
crew called the ambulance. The car
remained at the scene until the am-bulanee
arrived rendering aid.
Mrs. Graf Dies Monday
Mrs. Graf, who was injured intern-ally,
passed away Monday evening at
six o'clock. She was thought not
be as seriously injured as her hus-band.
Word of her death came as a
severe shock to the entire coma,
ity.
She was the daughter Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Moss of Sycamore, and a sister
of Mrs. Elsie Miller, who holds in-terests
in the Gem Printing C' and
the mother of Miss Gladys Graf, em-ployed
at the Gem Printing Co.
Besides the husband and two dau-ghters
mentioned above, she is sur-vived
by two older daughters, Ruth
and Gladys, both at home, and the
parents. Three sisters, Mrs. Dan
Matchette, east of town, Miss Edna
Moss, at home, and Mrs. Ralph : Mil-ler
of this place; and two brothers,
Aglie and Ray, both of Sycamore at
present.
Funeral services will occur from
the Sycamore Friends church Thurs-day
afternoon at 1: 30 o'clock, with
the Rev. H. L. Conley, pastor of the
Greentown Meridian Street Chris-tian
church in charge.
Mr. Graf Improving
Word from Mr. Graf, as we go to
press, is to the effect he showed some
improvement during the past day and
that much encouragement was being
held for his recovery.
Mr. Roe, who suffered a broken leg,
was brought to the home of his sister,
Mrs. Rose Payton, Wednesday morn-ing.
The sympathy of the entire com-munity
is extended to all concerned
and especially to the Graf family in
their deep sorrow and dark hours.
Shows Improvement From
Painful Injury of Week Ago
Mrs. Sarah Haworth, east of town,
who had the misfortune to catch her
heel in the rug on the floor of her
home Sunday evening a week ago,
while preparing to attend church,
throwing her to the floor in such a
manner as to dislocate her shoulder,
reported to be improving as well as
could be expected considering her ad-vanced
age, which will be good news
to her many friends in the commun-ity.
She is the widow of the late
Elijah Haworth.
0. E. S. To Hold Regular
Meeting Tuesday Eve.
Greentown Chapter No. 195, 0. E.
S. will meet in regular stated session
on next Tuesday evening, March 3rd,
at 7: 30 o'clock. Please note the
change, in time.
Pupils of the Greentown orchestra
entertained members of the Indiana
General Assembly on Thursday, Feb.
12, during the observance of the an-niversary
of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln. An honor of this sort has
sever before been accorded a high
chool and patrons of this community
ire justly proud to know that it was
our" school, " our" children, and
` our" teachers who were chosen in
, uch an auspicious occasion.
Too much credit cannot be given
to Miss Pauline Shull, the director,
! or the success which is being attain-ad
by the orchestra. Handicapped by
ack of room and time, she takes her
orchestra people during the noon hour,
organizes and drills them into the
; month performing combination that
s heard at nearly all local school
: unctions.
The officials of the school report
hat the players performed in such
manner that they were encored again
" LAND V' C
5/ 9
H. S. IIINSTRLL
given by Boys' Glee Club Saturday
Evening at High School Audi-torium
at 8: 00 O'clock.
TYPICAL MINSTREL PORTRAY-ED
BY THE LARGE CAST
. ed Throughout With Music, Both
amic and Sentimental, Mingled
Jokes.
" The Land 0' Cotton" minstrel show
will be given Saturday, February 28,
at 8: 00 P. M., in the high school audi-torium.
The minstrel show is to be
given by the Boys' Glee Club. The
program is constructed by a large
majority of jokes and good laughs. It
is spiced throughout with music, both
comic and sentimental.
The boys are all blackfact and
dressed very comically. The cast is
composed of six comedians, nine chor-us
men and a Master of Ceremonies.
The blackface boys are dumb as most
are and they portray the characteris-tics
of such men vividly and with good
grace.
The cast is as follows:
Six comedians— Henry Zugelder,
James Doty, Ralph Doan, Chester
Perkins, Carl Myers, Carl Whitaker.
Chorus — Walter Gipe, William
Shrader, John Campbell, Paul Mc-
Quiston, Wilbur Cheek, Eugene La-rowe,
Allen McKinney, Lowell Hinkle,
Charles Weisenauer.
Master of Ceremonies — Virgil
Hershberger.
The production is sure to be a sure
fire hit if all advance dope is any in-dication
of what may be expected at
the presentation Saturday evening.
Tickets have been going fast since
they were placed on sale at the Smith'
Goodie Shoppe. All seats are reserv-ed,
and are offered at twenty- five
cents.
Dale Symons spent Saturday and
Saturday night in Marion.
CHRIST FOR ALL- ALL FOR CHRIST
n,• aedYSlampWsgfs Wit quo SY RI&
GUARD THY TONGUE — Keep
thy tongue from evil, and thy lips
from speaking guile. Depart from
evil, and do good; seek peace, and
pursue it— Psalm 34: 13, 14.
PRAYER— Help us, Lord, that,
not being overcome of evil, we may
overcome evil with good.
• Remember the Sabbath Day, to •
• Keep It Holy.— Exodus 20: 1. •
•• • G O• T• O • C H• U R• C H• S• U N• D • AY • •
and again and each time responded
with credit to themselves, their di-rector
and their school. ' Needless to
say Mr. Callis was enthusiastic in his
praise of them and assures everyone f
they deserved all they got.
The House of Representatives adee
journed and went over to the Senate',
where the orchestra was already " set.
up" ready to play. Thus the entire
hear the splendid music and to joint-
General Assembly was combined to I
ly observe the anniversary of the
birth of the Great Commoner. Also
a number of other schools were visit-ing
the Legislature that day and were
introduced from their seats in the ;
balcony by the Speaker of the Sen.-
ate. The joint meeting adjourned at
twelve o'clock at which time the Gov-ernor,
held informal reception for
members of the orchestra in his pri-vate
office. Shaking hands with each
member he congratulated them on
their fine work and called attention
SUCCUMBS TO HEART
ATTACK TUES. A. M.
Mrs. Mollie Brunk, 71 years, died
suddenly at 3: 40 o'clock Tues. morn-ing,
following an attack of heart
trouble, at her home in Sycamore.
She had awakened her sister, Mrs.
Retta Woodmansee, who was living
with her, and the latter went to call
a physician. When she returned Mrs.
Brunk was dead.
On Monday, the children had as-sembled
at the home to celebrate her
71st birthday, as has been their cus-tom
for a number of years. All not-iced
that the mother did not appear
as well as usual, but were unprepar-ed
for her sudden passing.
The deceased was the daughter of
Ephriam and Anne Vahn- and was
born at Marion, but has spent the
greater part of her life in this com-munity.
During her husband's life
they resided on a farm near Sycamore
but for the past few years she has
teen making. her home in town. She
attended church at the Sycamore
Friends. 	 4,0
By reason of her jovial disposition
she cultivated a large circle of friends
in the community, who will miss her
greatly. Surviving are seven chil-dren,
Lee Brunk, living on the home
farm near Sycamore, Clyde, of Ko-komo,
Omer of Hemlock, Howard of
Greentown, Mrs. Cecil Rudy of Sims
Mrs. Pearl Rudy of Kokomo, and Inez
David near Greentown. The one sis-ter
is also left.
Funeral services will be held from
the Sycamore Friends church Thurs-day
morning at 10: 00 o'clock. .
Jolly Workers Class Held
Fine Meeting Last Thurs.
The Jolly Workers class of the M.
E. Sunday School, taught by Miss
Gertrude Wright, was entertained at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jarvis
and son, last Thursday evening. Elec-tion
' of officers was held, after which
the class was entertained with read-ings
by Mrs. Blanche Blake who read
" Bill Smith" and " Entertaining Sis-ter's
Beau; Mrs. Erma Jarvis read,
" The First Settler's Story."
Refreshments of pop corn and ap-ples
were served to the following
boys and guests, Robert Elliott, Geo-rge
Cottingham, Mark Mast, Jack
Dryer, Eldon Helmuth, Jack Brunk,
Harold Smith, Malcolm McCan, Floyd
Neyhart, William Jarvis, Robert Ball,
Mr. and Mrs. Boss Blake and daugh-ter
Helen and the teacher, Miss Ger-trude
Wright.
Visits Sister For First Time
in Several Years, Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. John Landrum spent
Sunday with the former's sister, Mrs.
Mary Smith, east of Peru on the Miss-issinewa
River. Mr. Landrum had
to the fact that it is the High School
students of today who will be called
upon to run the government of to-morrow.
Immediately following this the a-bove
picture was made of the members
while standing on the east steps of
the Capitol building.
All are generous in their praise of
Senator L. L. Shull, father of Miss
Pauline Shull, director of the or-chestra,
who so kindly handled the
arrangements for the trip and made it
possible for them to meet Governor
Leslie. 	 •
Those making the journey were:
Mary Eloise Powell, Mary Ruth John-son,
Madge Griffin, Helen Gipe, Lois
Hunsinger, Gula Frakes, James Con-tie,
Shrader, Walter Gipe, Rob-ert
Shockley, Charles Callis, Charles
Weisenauer, Velore Ackley, Therrell
Keith, Robert Haycock, Charles Lamb,
Paul McQuiston, Virgil Hershberger,
Carl Myers, Miss Shull, Mr. Callis,
and Mr. Myers.
iiiSMSTERMIED
COUNTY CHAIRMAN
For Eighth Annual State High School
Latin Contest Conducted by In-diana
University.
COUNTY CONTESTS WILL BE
HELD ON SATURDAY
District Contest Will Be Held March
21st, and State Contest on
April 3rd.
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wache de fore fli.
Tew menna kookz spoile de supe
en tew menna voatz spile de offise
holdirz.
Whi iz itt dat de onez whu like
us moast sa de meanist thingz ter
us?
Wun bigg wurra liminatz er mul-titude
uv littul wunz.
JACKSON ORCHESTRA
TO BROADCAST PRO-GRAM
OVER WOWO
The Jackson Township orchestra
under the direction of Virginia Adams
will broadcast from Radio Station
WOWO, Fort Wayne, Saturday from
12: 30 to 1: 00 o'clock. Local friends
should tune in and listen to this pro-gram,
which is as follows:
Naval Cadet 	 Orchestra
Home Stretch 	 Orchestra
Piano Solo 	 Mary Ellen Wilson
Heart's Longing 	 Orchestra
Solo 	 Virginia Adams
Field of Glory 	 Orchestra
Fortuna ( Overture) 	 Orchestra
Piano Solo 	 Dorothy Smith
True Hearts 	 Orchestra
Clarinet Solo 	 Ferne Johnson
Assembly March 	 Orchestra
The instrumentation of the orches-tra
and the members are as follows:
Piano— Dorothy Smith.
Violins— George Smith, Clarence
Middlesworth, Norma Rudy, Claud-ine
Rudy, and Margaret Matchette.
Clarinets— Ferne Johnson, Vera
Rust, Mary Frances Cranor, and Lloyd
Hainlen.
Cornets — Hubert DeFord, Robert
Johnson, and Gene Pickett.
Saxaphones — Gaynell Warnock,
Kenneth Smith, and Robert Wyman.
Trombone— Robert Middlesworth.
Bass— Robert Warnock.
Xylophone— Ruth Bagwell.
Drums--- Earl Nidel, sworth.
John W. Hooker Laid
To Rest Tuesday P. M.
Funeral services for John W. Hook-er,
age 81 years, who passed away at
his home west of town Sunday eve-ning
following an illness of several
years, was held at the New Salem
Friends church Tuesday afternoon in
charge of Rev. Polly Couch Bowman,
pastor, followed by interment in the
Lamb cemetery.
The deceased had been afflicted for
several years, but his last illness was
of four weeks duration of complica-tions.
Mrs. Hooker has also been
in a serious condition for some time,
a son, Otto, and wife have ministered
to the aged couple in their long ill-ness.
The deceased was the son of Issom
and Martha Hooker and was born near
Ashbero, N. C., February 24, 1849.
He came to Indiana in 1866 and was
united in marriage with Nettie Gray
in 1872. Four years later he moved
to Howard county where he joined the
New Salem Friends church of which
he was long an active member.
Surviving with the widow are two
sons, William Hooker of Kokomo, and
Otto Hooker of this place; two dau-ghters,
Mrs. Addle Briggs of Dayton,
Ohio, and Mrs. Ola Lockwood of Bluf-fton;
one brother, Harrison Hooker
of east of town, and another brother
living in Iowa. Two children pre-ceded
him in death.
Junior High Basketball
Tournament Here Sat.
A Junior High School basketball
tournament will be held in the local
gymnasium next Saturday, February
28th. Below is the schedule:
1- 8: 30 Greentown vs. Mier.
2- 9: 30 Fairmount Twp. vs. Point
Isabel.
3- 10: 30 Converse vs. Jackson Twp.
4- 2: 30 Winner of game at 8: 30 vs.
Centennial.
5- 3: 30 Winner game at 9: 30 VS.
Winner at 10: 30.
6- 7: 00 Winner game 2: 30 vs. Win-game
3: 30.
W. A. Fulwider Reported
Making Slow Improvement
W. A. Fulwider, who makes home
with his son, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ful-wider
on West Main street, and who
has been very sick for the past two
weeks, is reported to be slowly im-proving,
much to the satisfaction
of his many friends.
1Dr. Vishanoff Speaks at
I New Salem Church Tues.
I Dr. D. E. C. Vishanoff of Slovika,
I Macedonia, spoke at New Salem
I Friends church last Tuesday evening.
His subject was " Macedonia, My Na-tive
Land." His message was both
MIAMI CO. CHAMPS
BEAVER VICTIMS
Converse Given One Point Defeat in
Real Thriller Here Last Friday
Evening.
TWO MISSED SHOTS IN FINAL
30 SECONDS GIVE REAL THRILL
Beavers To Close Schedule Friday
Night Against Howard at the
Local Gym.
Miss Dorothy Masters, local Latin
instructor, has been appointed How-ard
County chairman for the eighth
annual state high school Latin con-test
which is conducted by the Indi-ana
university extension division and
the Classical Section of the Indiana
State Teachers' Association. Approx-imately
15,000 high school students
of Indiana took hart in this contest
last year. Mrs. Adele K. Bittner, of
die I. U. extension division, is in
: barge of the details for the contest.
The county contests in Latin will be
held February 28; the district con-tests
on March 21, and the state con-
: est is scheduled for April 3 at Indi-ana
university. The state contest at
Bloomington will be held in connec-tion
with the meeting of the Classical
Association of the Middle West and
South, thus giving the Indiana teach-ers
an opportunity of sharing in the
program and of meeting the leading
scholars in the classical field, and the
visiting teachers, who are interested
in contests, an opportunity of seeing
how the Indiana state contest is con-ducted.
The contest this year has been div-ided
into four divisions as follows:
1B— open to all pupils who complete
first year Latin at the end of the sec-ond
semester of this school year; II—
open to all pupils who complete sec-ond
year Latin at the end of either
semester; III— open to pupils who
complete Cicero at the end of either
semester; and IV— open to all pupils
who complete Vergil at the end of
either semester.
The two receiving the highest grade
in each division of the county contest
will represent their county in the dis-trict
contest and the one receiving
the highest grade in each division of
the district contest will represent his
district in the state contest. A gold,
a silver and a bronze medal will be
awarded to the contestants ranking
first, second, and third, in each divis-ion
in the state contest.
First place winners last year were,
Carol Rolfe," Selma; Virginia Miller
and Marshall Smith, George Washing-ton
high school of Indianapolis; Noble
Holderroad, Milford; and Alice M.
Studebaker, P. A. Allen high school,
Bluffton. 	 very interesting and instructive.
Maintaining their record of having
defeated every team they have played
two games with this year, the Green-town
Beavers handed the Converse
High School, champions of Miami
County, their second loss of the year
last Friday night by the closest of
margins, 16- 15 in a close and rough
game.
From the beginning it was a de-fensive
battle, with Greentown con-trolling
the tip and making the Con-verse
defense spread quickly. Block
and pivot plays by the Beavers were
forcing the visitors to foul them to
stop baskets and the Kingmen began
counting foul shots, gathering in 3
before Converse snagged a fielder.
The quarter ended 4- 3 for Greentown.
The second period was a repitition
of the first with the visitors chalking
up two fielders and the locals one
fielder and a free toss, bringing the
count to even terms for the first time
during the game.
The locals were playing a heady
game, making the visitors commit
fouls to stop them, while Converse
was employing a. quick break for the
basket, shooting at random. Con-verse
took the lead soon after the
third period started by caging two
fielders, b the Beavers came right
back wi a fielder and a free toss to
keep ' the running. The visitors
co ed again from the field to make
4 17., der: 17.91. foAllowBeedavbeyr
anotncr immediately made it 13- 12
for Converse at the gun.
Durino, the final quarter, rough
tactics by the visitors caused the re-moval
of F. Miller from the game on
personals. The Beavers snagged a
fielder to take the lead 14- 13, but
Converse came right back with a two
timer to again take the lead, 15- 14.
On a perfectly executed block play,
McQuiston counted from the floor to
give the Kingmen the lead. From
this time on it was a possession of
the ball game, with the Beavers hold-ing
the ball most of the time and suc-ceeding
in holding the visitors away
from the hoe?. On an out of bounds
play a Converse man was loose under
the basket and took two shots one
unmolested and the other hurried by
local , guards, in the last thirty sec-onds
of play. They both missed, al-though
they lung on the rim for
an eternity it ieemed. Then the gun
cracked with the Green and White
floating high, 11- 15.
The preliminary game was a fast
one with the loals shading the visit-ors,
27- 17. Th play of Doan and
Durham featureL
A feature of the games of late
which has been aerlooked in accounts
published, is th, exhibition of the
physical educatio class of the Junior
High School. Tine boys sure give
the fans a thrill 1 their performance
on the mats, and i truly an enjoyable
feature
The looccaall seasonwill be brought to
a close Friday nigt when the How-tahred
TownshipurHt igeebSitcihhgoolrewvieltliginevafdoer
a licking earlier ii the year. This
game should be a god one as the vis-itors
have been wining very consist-ently
since the Conty Tournament
and they are primedto give the Bea-vers
a run for their noney.
The line- ups and ammary:
Converse ( 15) 	 FG FT PF
L. Miller 	
2 	 0 	 0
Sample 	 __ 0 	 1 	 1
Sisson 	 1 	 0 	 4
F. Miller 	 2 	 0 	 4
	 __ 0 	 0 	 1
	 2 GHRraiegregpnser 	 	 0 	 3
	 __ 0 	 0 	 0
GrTeeontas 	
	 7 	 1 13
tolwi ( 16) FG FT PF
GMicpQemstoi 	
	 I 	 2 	 0
	
2 	 0
Shrader 	
1 	 0 	 1
Smith
	
1
L 	
	 0 8
	 1 	 1 	 2
— — ---
Totals _ 	 4 	 8 	 4
Aunt of- lunsinger Family
Diestt Cleveland Home
Word NV received here the first
of the weeof the death of Elizabeth
Buckman Cleveland, Ohio. The
deceased ion aunt of the Hunsinger
family her
Mr. and T. J. Fenn spent Sun-day
with 3. and Mrs. Grover See
near Denve
not seen his sister for many years and
I
it was indeed a happy time for both. 	 Mrs. Vint Gilliland called on Mrs. I Misses Mable and Helen Hiatt spent n Mesrss c. aLluleldli mMbrse. l , G Millrisla. nLdo nTu Cehsdeamy-
Mrs. Smith is a helpless cripple. 	 Samuel Himes Monday afternoon. 	 Sunday with Verda McCan. 	 afternoon.