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THIRTY- NINTH YEAR
	
GREENTOWN, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1933. 	 No. 43
Following is another letter from
our old friend John Schafer, now with
the Reforestation boys located at the
Whitmore camp in California:
Whitmore, California its origin and the " killing of the goat"
July 19, 193311eading to its production was sought
Dear Hallie: in order especially that copies of the
We received the " Gem" all o. k. I ancient epic could be procured for fu-
Thanks a lot. There has been no ex- ture ages.
citement in camp for quite a while. It's a long story, but a brief review
The boys are getting lined out on their ' of the goat killing is essential to any
work and things are running smooth- lapplication of the classic poem His
ly. We had a ball game with a team - tioatship was the property of Samuel
at French Gulch which is about fifty
miles from here. The Whitmore boys
beat them twelve to seven. Don But-ler
has been doing some good pitch-ing,
and so has Tip Eads. Joe Crou-sore,
John Watson, and I, have been
doing some excellent playing from
the sidelines. John has been coming
around to get me to put film in his
camera for him, and saying that he
would have to learn how to do that.
I have finally caught on that he is
just playing me for a sap and getting
away with it.
All reports from Indiana say that
there has been no rain there for quite
awhile. We saw a cloud here the oth-er
day and the natives all went into
hiding. The days are rather warm,
it gets up to about 110 in the day-time
and then after sundown it cools
off to about fifty. We suffer from
In connection with the " poem"
which Mr. Johnson of Everett, Wash.,
sent to friends some days ago as stat-ed
in these columns then, a story of
Home and Foreign Mission-ary
Society Holds Meeting
noon, July 19. Mrs. Minnie Perkins,
president presided. Mrs. Dove Hun.
singer had charge of the devotions.
An accordion number was given by
Mrs. Clarence Dunlap. Refreshments
were served to ten members and one
guest.
MAKE LARGE CATCH
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Golding, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Keyton, Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Howell, and Mr. and Mrs.
Brannen, a man of numerous attain-ments
and withal the stormy petrel
of the reconstruction days following
_ the_ Civil War. The goat was a large
type'- of animal long on whiskers and
stink, and unanimously conceded to be
the outstanding public enemy of the
village. One of his bitter haters to-day
tells how Billy was a tobacco
fiend, and for a chew would follow
one from place to place begging. Yes,
and says another of his staunch enem-ies,
" He'd butt you if you didn't watch
out and hand him tobaccer."
With such unsavory background it
was quite the natural thing for a
lively bunch of Greentown's convivial
spirits, clowns and harmless rowdies
to plan deeply and often on Billy's de-misc.
The date and all preparations
were finally fixed and Billy was easily
coaxed over in what has later been
the heat in the day, but we sure make • called " Yaller Town." No house north
up with restful sleep at night. of the Clover Leaf R. R. then over
We are working on what is known there and no possible aid for Billy
as fire trails. Along all the roads lwho at the command of " fire" passed
	 tr Ail$ thron4411- 4ite- iern n Goat Paradise 	 '
cutting out all the undeTh- rii- sh - an171- 1.,-..,,,,, for " tlie-- Co. At was da- d."
dead stuff fifty yards on each side. ' Os Johnson says that fusillade
equalled a Governor's salute and that
he heard it on his way out of town
to his farm, wondering what it all
could mean. Billy was accorded a
very unceremonous military deposit
spaces). , in an old abandoned well over there
Several of the boys have seen deer and it was a confusion of smells in
while going to work and at night when ' that neighborhood that revealed his
out on the road with trucks. We have tomb.
seen a few " rattlers" but most of them Mr. Brannen who was ever watch-ful
and alert in his efforts to find
BillAs cruel murderers, but whose
love for Billy was easily eclipsed by a
desire to get somebody anytime and
any way. So when the well was pol-luted—
a real state offense— it was
then he got busy with the Grand Jury.
Witnesses tell how that the whole
bunch of Goat Murderers and all their
folks were subpoened before the Grand
Jury. Witnesses further sayeth that
the entire bunch of actual perpetrat-ors
of the crime were drilled and
trained to the nth degree and solemn-ly
sworif to not tell the truth and
every boy knew his " onions."— sans
goat tales, whiskers and smell.
The late Adam Daugherty, who
could hear a fly light on the school
house bell, cupped his hand around
his ears and in answer, " State your
name to the jury," said " Yes, the
goat's dead," time after time his in-terrogator
was so answered. Other
witnesses as dumb as Adam was
" deaf," simply had no Goat sense at
all. Edw. Fulwider, a boy of twelve
or thirteen, let his curiosity get him
( Continued on last page.)
The Home and Foreign Missionary
Society of the Congregational Chris-
Ferne Tolle and children. tian church held its July meeting at
Mr. Tolle is a steel worker employ- ' the country home of Mrs. Walter
ed at Kokomo. They will reside with Hiatt, east of town Wednesday after-
Mrs. Ferne Tolle at present.,
POPULAR YOUNG GIRL
AUTOACCIDENT VICTIM
Miss Harriett Shockley, 19, Daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Shockley,
Receives Broken Neck
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AUTO SKIDS AND TURNS OVER
ON WET PAVEMENT SUN. EVE.
Was Enroute To Home of Cousin To
Spend Few Days.— Funeral Held
Wednesday Morning.
Like a thunder bolt from a clear
sky came the word late Sunday eve-ning
of the death of Miss Harriett
Shockley in an automobile accident
three and one- half miles south of
Lakeville. The first message to the
parents indicated that Miss Shockley
was seriously injured and was in a
hospital, but this was worded in such
manner as to prepare the family for
the more severe shock as they
learned the truth. The entire com-munity
was thrown into deep sorrow
and sympathy for the bereaved fam-ily.
The accident culminated a pleasant
visit at the Shockley home north of
town of Miss Helen Hancook, and a
Miss Harriett Shockley
neighbor girl of Benton Harbor, Mich.,
with Miss Shockley over Saturday
night and Sunday. The three had
left the Shockley home earlier in the
evening for Benton Harbor, where
Miss Shockley was to spend a few
days with her cousin.
The accident occurred three and-one-
half miles south of Lakeville,
when the automobile in which the
three young women were riding was
passing a car on the road. It had been
raining and their car skidded on the
wet pavement and overturned, throw-ing
Miss Shockley and Miss Hancook
under the car. The other young wom-an
was thrown clear of the car and
her injuries were less serious.
Miss Shockley was probably kill-ed
instantly, suffering a broken neck.
Miss Hancook suffered severe injur-ies,
while the neighbor girl who was
driving the car escaped with only
slight injuries.
The overturned car attracted the
attention of many motorists but no
one seemed to have the courage to
give assistance. A baseball team rid-ing
in a truck came upon the scene,
and went to the rescue and soon had
the two young women out of the
wreckage and took them to the hos-pital
in South Bend. It is reported
that Miss Hancook is out of danger
and has been removed from the hos-pital.
Miss Shockley was dead when re-moved
from the wreck. On receiving
the message the parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Shockley and son Robert, and
the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Mar-ion
Shoclaley, left immediately for
South Bend, where they first learned
of her death.
The body was brought from South
Bend in the Mast & Ware ambulance
early Monday morning, and prepared
for burial.
Harriett was one of the popular
young ladies, active in all social ac-tivities
of the young people. She was
a member of the Methodist Episco-pal
church of this place and one of
the leaders in the young people's
work of that church. She was a grad-uate
of the Greentown high school
with the class of 1932, and attended
Ball Teachers' College at Muncie the
past term and had intended to return
there for the fall term this year to
continue her school work. Her win-ning
personality made for her friends
with those she came in contact and
they were numbered by her acquaint-ances.
When the hand of the Maker reach-es
out to take the life of one so young
with a bright future before them for
service to humanity, it seems more
sad and hard to reconcile oneself to
the bereavement. But faith in the
One who does all things well, the
hope springs that as flowers wither
in springtime's full bloom to scent
the home of the angels, so bath this
flower been plucked to adorn the
holvenly regions and add her sweet-ness
and purity to that clestial body,
away from the evils and pitfalls of
a sinful world.
Surviving are the parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Shockley, one brother,
Robert, and the grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Marion Shockley, all of this
place.
Funeral services were held from
the Methodist Episcopal Church Wed-nesday
morning at 10: 30 o'clock, with
the pastor, Rev. R. W. Graham in
charge. Burial followed in the I. 0.
0. F. cemetery.
" Uncle Sammy" Answers
Taps at Home of Son
Samuel Mimes, age 94, a former res-ident
of this place, died at the home
of his son, Ed Himes at Nappanee,
Monday night at 9: 45 o'clock. He had
been in failing health for the past sev-eral
years. Mr. Mimes resided here
for many years, but on the death of
his wife, Mrs. Phoebe Ann Himes, he
has made his ' home with his children.
He was of a jovial disposition and
an interesting conversationalist, being
well posted on matters of history. It
is said of " Uncle Sammy" that he had
no enemies— everyone loved him. He
always took an active interest in the
local Camp of the G. A. R., having
served his country with distinction
and honor as a member of Co. H, 34th
Indiana Infantry.
He is survived by three sons, Ed,
and Milton of Nappanee, and Virgil
of Bourbon. Seven grandchildren and
four great- grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held at Nap-panee
this ( Thursday) afternoon, fol-lowed
by interment in the cemetery
at Bourbon. 	 .
Wheat Acreage Reduction
Plan for Howard Farmers
Plans for the formation of an or-ganization
to secure contracts with
farmers desiring to take advantage
of the new farm relief law by agree-ing
to reduce wheat acreage and thus
participate in the $ 150,000,000 fund
the government anticipates will be
raised by the processing tax have
been made in Howard county.
A temporary committee of eleven
will be set up to assist in the allot-ment
program until a permanent
board of directors is selected in Aug-ust
by farmers who sign contracts.
This committee met last night at the
office of county agent R. C. Stang-land,
to arrange an educational cam-paign
in connection with the program.
As preliminary work, three form
letter will be sent to each wheat grow-er
in the county, one of which will
contain an application blank. Farm-ers
in each township may elect a di-rector
and two others to make a com-mittee
of three which will collect the
contracts and submit them to a coun-ty
committee,
Township meetings also will be
held to acquaint the farmers with the
new law. The plan will be entirely
optional with wheat growers. They
, will be guaranteed a parity price for
their wheat regardless of the market
price. The parity price will be con-sidered
as that price which enables
the farmer to buy the same amount
I of goods with his wheat as he bought
' in the period from 1909 to 1914.
Farmers who have had no wheat
for the last three years have been
warned that they can not share in the
tax plan and that they might force
the market price down by overproduc-tion.
The contracts will be in force
two years, 1934 and 1935. The cam-paign
is to be an educational one with
no pressure being brought to bear on
farmers to reduce their wheat acreage.
Figures show 598 wheat growers in
the county with an acreage of a little
more than 11,000. Each . county will
be given a quota on a five- year av-erage,
from 1928 to 1932, of 12,000
acres and 305,000 bushels. Thus if
the reduction in this county amounts
to 20 per cent as is generally expect-ed,
there would be under cultivation
only about 9,600 acres. Each individ-ual
farmers' quota will be based on
a three- year average, from 1930 to
1932.
Bold Theft of Mast & Ware
Ambulance Wed. Morning
Bulletin
The stolen car was located at
Tipton early Wednesday after-noon,
and as we go to press both
Mr. Mast and Mr. Ware are in
Tipton after the car, where it was
found abandoned in a cemetery.
The large Hudson ambulance be-longing
to Mast & Ware was stolen
from the barn where the firm keeps
their machines on the rear of the lot
of Mk. Mast's home, about three
o'clock Wednesday morning. The car
was driven east on State Road 22'.
Mr. Mast heard the thieves drive
the car from the barn, but supposed
that Mr. Ware had received a hurry
call and that he had come for the ear
not desiring to awaken him. Several
other residents of the neighborhood
also heard the car leave, among them
I being Mrs. Burkhart living next to
the barn, Mrs. G.. Ball living on Main
street and Roscoe Locke, living next
to the Mast residence to the west.
However, no suspicions were aroused
by the noise, they thinking the ambul-ance
was being taken on a call by the
owners.
The car was driven east on the state
road, but a report by Pearl Murphy
was to the effect that he had seen the
car passing through Kokomo. The
theft was not discovered until about
6: 30, when Messrs. Ware and Mast
went to the barn to prepare the car
for use at the Shockley funeral.
The car was minus three of the
seats which had- been removed. State
policeman, Frank Zirkle, and the town
and county officers were immediately
notified of the theft and state police
headquarters were put on the job at
once.
This leaves a strip which will be very
hard for fire to cross, and in case of
forest fire, will confine the fire to
one area. However, the " area" may
be ten miles square ( wide open
were sitting on the side track at Red-ding.
None of the boys have been
bitten or even close to it for that mat-ter.
They have heard enough about
rattle snakes to realize that they are
bad medicine.
It is getting too late to see what I
am doing and I am too lazy to light
a light so I guess that the only solu-tion
is to ring off.
Sincerely, JOHN T. SCHAFER.
Tolle- West Nuptials Are
Solemnized Here Sunday
Miss Ruth 	
W
est, sister of the bride
The home of Mrs. Ferne Tolle of
this place was the scene of a charm-ing
wedding at noon Sunday, when
her son, Roscoe and Miss " Kathryn
West, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G.
West of near New London, were united
in marriage. The ceremony was per-formed
by the Rev. L. G. Bears, pas-tor
of the United Brethren Church.
Mrs. Robert Hodgens sang " I love
you Truly."
acted as bridesmaid and Mr. Ray Con-well
of Kokomo as best man.
After the ceremony a bountiful din-nor
was served to the following:
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Tolle, Mr. Ray
Conwell, Miss Helen Swartz, Mrs. Al
Estel of Kokomo, Miss Ruth West of
New London, Miss Evelyn Lewis, Mrs.
Attend Luncheon at Ko-komo
Wednesday P. M.
Mrs. B. D. Mitchell, President of
Howard County Federation of Clubs,
was hostess at a beautiful appointed
one o'clock luncheon Wednesday at
her home at 1001 North Philips street,
Kokomo, her guests being Presidents
of the Federated Clubs of the county
and county officers. The luncheon
tables were lovely with bowls of yel-low
roses.
Mrs. Earl Miller, President of the
Research Club, and Mrs. Ray Greene,
County Treasurer, were among the
guests present.
VISITING IN EAST
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sloan and
Mrs. Susie Sloan left Tuesday for
Connecticut where they will visit the
former's sister and latter's daughter,
Mrs. Grace Sloan- Overton, and fam-ily.
On their return they will attend
the Michigan Conference of the Wes-leyan
Methodist Church, returning
home in time for the annual Wesleyan
conference and camp meeting at Fair-mount.
Gowsh awl Hemlowk! Wuzint dat
sum wrain?
Wroastin'yere tyme iz kummin nou
en ime wreddy evun ev ive gott er
missun tuth. Ime or six wro consum-ir
wregularlee hey bin knowin ter hitt
itt a litul strongir att tymz.
Eddie Kniharte wuz praun fer itt
ter wrane boute de furst uv de third
innun Sunda— den changd hiz praur
aftur de fiftuh.
SUMMER UNION MEET-INGS
BEGIN SUN. EVE
Local Boy Places Third in
Swimming Meet at Camp
Richard L. Scott, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Scott of this place, of
Company D, who is attending the
summer camp of the citizens' military,
training camp at Fort Benjamin Har-rison
near Indianapolis, placed 3rd in
the swimming meet which was held
l at that place last week. The contests
I were conducted by an authorized rep-
, resentative of the American Red
I Cross and were well attended by the
; candidates at the post.
lUnion- Jackson 4- H Club
Girls See Kokomo Sights
About fifty members of 4- H clubs
of Union and Jackson townships, un-der
the direction of Mrs. Floyd Miller
and Miss Mary- Connor, visited a num-ber
of points of interest in Kokomo
Thursday. Among the places visited
were the Bell Telephone building, the
Grocers Dairy Products plant, c-
Intosh's Laundry, McLaughlin plant,
Dietzen's Bakery, and the Kokomo
Tribune plant.
Mrs. Shrock Entertains
Home- Makers' Club Sat.
Mrs. Lottie Shrock entertained the
" Home- Makers" club at her home
Saturday evening. The meeting was
in the form of a miscellaneous shower
in honor of Mrs. Ruby Overman, for-merly
Miss Ruby Kendall. The guest
of honor received many beautiful and
useful gifts. Refreshments were ser-ved
to the guests after enjoying a very
pleasant evening.
" SOCKING BATTLE"
WON BY LOCALS
Thirty- eight Hits for Forty- nine Bas-es
and Twenty- Eight Runs Mark
Greenfield Game.
OPPORTUNE HOMERS BY D.
WEISENAUER, KERN, IMBLER
Account for Eight of Local Runs —
Merchants at Lafayette Next
Sunday.
The Collegian Giants, a colored
Collegian Giants
team of Pine Ridge, Miss., known
as the singing ball club, will ap-pear
here against the Greentown
I Merchants on Thursday afternoon
I August 3rd. Advance reports are
to the effect that this is a real
ball team. They won 140 games
against 28 losses last year. Their
singing will be well worth your
presence at the game. Fans, do
not miss this one!
- —
Whether the fact that the local
Merchants had their picture taken or
the opening of the sky to the hand of
J. Pluvius for a little shower, had its
effect upon their playing Of it was
just simply in the books for the game
to be so, is a matter of debate. How-ever,
the Greenfield- Greentown game
Sunday afternoon was sure a fan
tickler with plenty- of action. Six
home runs and a double enlivened the
action at the plate.
The locals went into the last of the
third 8 runs shy of a tie and came out
with one necessary to knot the score,
in as wild a third inning one could
imagine in the way of hitting on both
sides.
Imbler got hold of one in the first
inning and planted it twenty feet this
side of the entrance gate for one of
the longest drives ever made in the
local park. Kern scored ahead of
him to put the score 2- 0. The visitors
came back in the second for 4 count-ers
and continued in the third with
sEwo. ilt tjw_ fifth ended their
scoring. The locals bc- ar- cIeeping
up with 7 in the third, one in the sev-enth
and 6 in the eighth.
Cheek was hit hard and Condon fin-ished.
Each side used two hurlers,
Condon being the most effective.
A home run by D. Weisenauer in the
eighth with two on put the game on
ice, and another by Kern with two on
( Continued on last page.)
Baptists To Hold Quarter-ly
Meeting at Kokomo
The one hundred and twenty- second
Quarterly Association of the Separ-ate
Baptist Church in Christ will be
held at the Kokomo Baptist Church,
July 29- 30. The following program
has been arranged:
Saturday Morning Session
Song Service 	 Congregation
Devotional 	 Wm. Randolph
Song 	 Congregation
Address of WelcomeTruman Beatty
Prayer and Praise Meeting 	
	 Janie Flick
Adjournment. Dinner at church.
Saturday Afternoon Session
Song 	 Congregation
Devotional 	 Ed Eades
Song 	 Congregation
Special Music 	 Kokomo Church
Sermon 	 Harry Case
Saturday Evening Session
Song Service.
Devotional 	 Glen Nephew
Special Music 	 Margaret and
Irma Basey
Sermon 	 Omer McCoy
Sunday Morning Session
Song Service.
Special Song 	 Mary Bell Cox
Devotional 	 W. Williams
Consecration Service.
Sermon 	 Lee Springer
Sunday Evening Session
Sermon 	 Chester Mitchell
Barn on Miller Farm
Destroyed by Fire
Fire of an undetermined origin de-stroyed
a large barn on the farm of
Arthur Miller, about 5 miles west of
town on the Sycamore road, shortly
after three o'clock Thursday morning.
With the aid of the Kokomo fire
department the volunteers were able
to confine the blaze to the barn. With
the structure was consumed twenty
tons of hay, some harness and a few
other implements and utensils. The
loss was covered by insurance.
A number of calves in the barn at
the time of the fire were saved by
George Miller.
Queen Esthers To Meet
MYSTERY OF WHO
KILLED THE GOAT?
Numerous Requests for Whole Story
of Goat Killing Mentioned in
Gem Last Week.
INCIDENT OF SOME FORTY
YEARS AGO BRINGS SMILES
To Many Old Tinders' Faces— The
Poem and The Whole Story Is
Given in Full.
NEWS FROM LOCAL
BOYS IN CALI. CAMP
Baseball Forms Much of Recreation
Activities in Whitmore Camp for
Reforestation Boys.
NATIVES GO INTO HIDING
AT THE SIGHT OF CLOUD
Working on Fire Trails Through the
Forests— Heat Terrific in Day-time
But Cool Nights.
•
The first service of the summer
union meetings will begin Sunday
evening at 7: 30 o'clock, at the United
Brethren Church. The sermon will
be delivered by the Rev. J. H. Brown,
pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist
Church. The music will be provided
by the U. B. Church.
This is the first of a series of five
to be held on Sunday evenings during
August, each meeting to be held in
a different church, with local pastors
delivering the messages. Music will I
be provided during the series by the
host church.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the public to attend these services.
Judge Cripe Names Six
For County Tax Board
Judge Joseph Cripe of the Howard
circuit court, Tuesday announced his
appointment of six men for the new
county board of tax adjustment which
will convene Monday, September 18,
to review budgets and tax Levies . to be
made by the various taxing units.
The appointine4ts were, Henry
Quigley, mayor of Kokomo; Dr. J. C.
Stone, member of the Kokomo school
board; Howard Coate, trustee of
Union township; Jesse M. Riley, ex-trustee
of Howard township; C. A.
Rich, ex- trustee of Monroe township;
and Charles K. Lewis, of Honey Creek
The.. tittertriPPrTA. VIRIMISTSIt 410,„ -
day, when the county council meets
and selects its one member.
Picnic at Forks of Creek Refreshments 	 osefrvseadndtwoicsheevsenandin le-hers
and three guests. All enjoyed a
The annual Sunday School picnic good time.
of. the Union Township schools will bel The 4- H club local exhibit will be
held at the Forks of the Creek, Sun- held at the City Building on August ' 7,
day, July 30. If the weather does not ,1933. The public is invited.
permit the holding of the affair in the I
open, it will be held in the Phlox 	 RETURNED FROM TRIP
Friends Church. Sunday School at Mr. and Mrs. Ora Seagrave, Mr.
10: 00. Preaching service at 11: 00. 	 and — mrs. Willard Seagrave and F. S.
Basket dinner at the noon hour. The
afternoon program will start at 1: 45,
with a good program of speakers and
special numbers. Everyone is invited.
Lucky 4- H Girls Picnic
at Park Monday P. M.
it The Lucky 4- H club girls of Libor-
-
ty township sponsored a picnic Mon-
Union Two. Sunday School ! day afternoon at the Greentown Park.
Seagrave of Kokomo, have returned
home after a two weeks' trip touring 	 With Mrs. Weaver Fri.
the west. On the way home they vis-ited
with Mr. and Mrs. Otis Seagrave The Queen Esther Class of the M.
at Oklahoma City. 	 E. Sunday School will hold their reg-ular
monthly meeting at the home of
Dr. and Mrs. Donald Woods of Mrs. H. H. Weaver Friday afternoon,
Swayzee and Mr. and Mrs. Garah July 28. All members are urged to
Woods and children of Kokomo were be present.
Bert Rowe of Ft. Wayne, spent last the Sunday evening guests of their
week at the Golding cottage at Chap- parPnts, Mr. and Mrs. 0. J. Woods. 	 MRS. ZELLNER ILL
man Lake. While there they caught Katy Kingery spent Monday and Mrs. Al Zellner is quite ill at her
288 blue gills, and that's no fish story, Tuesday the guest of Joan Hittle. 	 home on North Meridian street.