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Card set for Nov. 13 Two title matches head pro-wrestling’s return to Greencastle

Kiwanis Club President, Dr. William Frisbie announced today that all-star championship wrestling will be returning to Greencastle, Wednesday, Nov. 13, and will be headlined by two title bouts. Frisbie noted that the upcoming bouts, that will be held at the downtown Junior High School gymnasium, are the third straight pro-wrestling card sponsored by the Greencastle Kiwanis Club.

As in the past the top professional wrestler in the grappling world today will make up the Greencastle Card. Frisbie said the card will consist of four matches with the opener beginning at 8 p.m. The main event will be a W.W.A. Tag Team Championship match between current champs The Legionnaris, Sgt. Jacques Goulet and Pvt. Don Fargo, and the popluar team of Cowboy Bob

Ellis and Indian star, Chief Bobby Bold Eagle. Both Goulet and Fargo use a roughhouse style of wrestling while Ellis and Eagle are more scientific in their styles. In the semi-main event the W.W.A. Heavyweight Champion, Ox Baker, who hails from Death Valley, will put his title on the line against Yukon Moose Cholak. Both are giants of the mat with Baker tipping the scales at

290 pounds and stands six feetsix inches while his opponent Moose Cholak checks in at 350 pounds. In the semi-final event Kim Duk, Korean karate and judo expert, will meet the man with the cast iron stomach, Pepper Gomez. In the opening event Mike Snyder, son of famous wrestler Wilbur Snyder, will take on Please turn to A8, (Col. 6)

GHS Homecoming festivities get underway Friday with annual parade

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Greencastle High School Homecoming festivities get underway Friday with the annual parade through Greencastle. The parade will

start at 5 pm. at the high school. This year’s parade marshal will be Hazel Hanna, a GHS graduate. The grand marshal’s car will

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Sam Menacker introduces Bill Frisbie

Kiwanis Chib President. Dr. William Frisbie, left, is in trod uc ted by popular TV’ wrestling commentator Sam Menacker, to the huge crowd at the Indianapolis Expo center last Saturday night

just prior to the wrestling matches. Frisbie, was in Indy finalizing the matches the Kiwanis Club will be sponsoring Nov. 13 in the downtown gymnasium. (Banner-Graphic Photo).

Putnam County’s United Way campaign reached near the halfway point, 47 percent, this week, according to Bob Haymaker, this year’s campaign chairman. The last such report, indicated that the campaign was at the 29 percent level for the

hoped-for goal of $52,178. Haymaker said that the divisions headed by Nancy Fogle and Lois Alice made Please tarn to A!, (Col. 5) w C *?

be followed by returning 1973 queen Gail Fredrick and the varsity cheerleaders. Each of the queen and princess candidates and their escorts will preceed their class float during the parade. Several club floats will be in the parade and will be competing for prizes. The Greencastle Tiger Cubs will take on the Clinton Wildcats Friday evening, and the homecoming queen will be

crowned during halftime activities by Miss Fredrick. The queen candidates are Lorie Bitzer, Corrinna New son, Cindy Poor and Kim Richardson. Their escorts for the evening will be Eric Losin, Barry Baynard, Kim Lykken and Blair MacPhail. The junior princess candidates are Tammy Lewis, Debbie Pingleton, Ellen Please ton to AS, (Cel. 8)

Kathy Gammon named Greencastle city Optimist Club Student of Week

Named Greencastle Optimist Club Student of the Week is Kathy Gammon. Route 1, Greencastle The Greencastle High School senior is currently or the school honor roll, ranking sixth academically She is also listed in the prep "Who’s Who in American High Schools

Miss Gammon, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Gammon, has been president of the school’s GAA of which she is a four year member, and also belonged to the pep club during her school years. She has been a member of the Thespian troupe two years and the girl's club one year.

Gibbs in hospital

Dannie Gibbs. 22. 5314 Troy Ave., Indianapolis, is in intensive care at the Putnam County Hospital this morning following a shooting incident here Friday when he was shot through the abdomen. Clarifying the report from the Putnam County Sheriff's

Department concerning the incident involving Gibbs, his brother Terry and Rick Uentz, Route 4, Greencastle, sheriffs deputy Gary Hoffa said the brothers approached the Lientz house in a car and their dog Please turn to A8, (Col. 5)

Two years on the school’s Yteens have also been logged by the senior. Athletic ability has been successfully combined with outstanding scholastic achievement for this Student of the Week She has been a member of the varsity volleyball team for two yearshelping her teammates to the state Final four in the sport last year. Hoosier hysteria is also a part of Miss Gammon since she has played roundball at the school for four years-two each on varsity and B-teams. Swimming is another area where her talents shine as she qualified for the state finals in tank competition the last three years. She was a first place finalist in the 50 and 100 yard

free-style competition in the 1973-74 state regionals. Miss Gammon is also three year band veteran. She is a water safety instructor, a singer and a cheerleader with hobbies including horseback riding, knitting, crocheting and, of course, sports. She plans to attend either Ball State University or Indiana University. In other Optimist news: Discussing his preconditioning program, James Huter, Greencastle High School’s new head basketball coach, spoke Tuesday afternoon to the Greencastle club. Hunter said his program is four to five weeks long and is broken down into two phases.

In the indoor phase Huter says that athlete works on body control, agility, weights and speed. In the outdoor phase distance and stamina are worked on. Pride determines a good athlete, Huter said. How much desire the athlete has and how much energy he will expound are factors that mold the good athlete, the coach said. “Sweat plus sacrifice equal success,” he said. “An athlete can accomplish as much as he puts in,” Huter said. Huter, a native of Lousiville, was named to the coaching Please turn to A8, (Col. 6)

GHS homecoming hopefuls

The 1974 Homecoming queen and princess candidates at Greencastle High School are, left to right, front row, Debbie Pingleton, Cindy Poor, Lorie Bitzer, Becky Perry, Melodie Strain, Ellen Rattray and Cindy Gobert; back row, Tammv Lewis, Corrinna

Newsom, Kim Richardson. Leigh Hanson, Cheryl Gorham, Linda Humphrey, Sandy Pingleton, Gina Reel and Laura Humphrey. Homecoming festivities begin at 5 pjn. Friday with a parade.

Meet the candidates Sheriffs race: Baugh and Hamilton

This is the first in a series of biographical sketches the BannerGraphic will run ova- the next few days to help familiarize its readers with the personalities who are candidates for state and local level offices in the Nov. 5 election. Today, we will begin the series with the two candidates for Putnam County Sheriff, Republican, James E. Baugh, and his Democratic opponent, F. “Lee" Hamilton. James Baugh's background in experience in law enforcement includes over four years as a Greencastle CityPoliceman and three years as Chief Deputy of the Putnam County Sheriff's Department. He is a graduate of Belle Union High School and served four years in the Air Force. Baugh is a graduate of the Indianapolis Police Academy and holds a diploma in criminal investigation along with several related seminar certificates. As Sheriff, Jim said his goals would be to further the education and training Junes Baugh of the Deputies through technical schools and seminars available to county police departments, work to update facilities to provide better ways to handle Interrogation and incarceration of juveniles and cooperate with all county school systems to better the students’ understanding of all aspects of law enforcement. Jim and his wife, Lauralee, have two sons, Jason and Jerrod.

He is a member of the Greencastle Chrisitan Church, Masonic Lodge No. 47, Scottish Rite, Greencastle Jaycees, Professional Photographers of America, N.R.A. and Indiana Sheriffs

Association.

F. “Lee" Hamilton would bring to the Sheriffs office a record of 25 years’ professional police service. Hamilton retired from the Indiana State Police Department after serving 22 years. His eifperience in law enforcement includes work in criminal investigation, traffic enforcement, and police administration. Hamilton began his career after graduating from the Indiana State Police Academy with 80 credit-hours of Criminal Law. He holds certificates from the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, the Indiana Medical School of Toxicology, and the Indiana State Police for completion of schools in arson, finger printing, personnel supervision, and Human

Relations.

“Lee" and his wife, Carlene, are the parents of a son, Ken, and a daughter, Karen. Hamilton is a veteran of WWII. He is a member of the Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge Number 618, and National Sheriffs’ Association.

F. “Lee” Hamilton

If elected, "Lee” said he will upgrade the Sheriff’s Department through training and full-time supervision of its personnel, working with the school officials and the youth of Putnam County, and giving the rural and urban areas 24 hour service.

First birthday marked by WCI nutrition program at two sites

The West Central Indiana Nutrition Program for the Elderly celebrated its first birthday Tuesday at the two Putnam County sites, the Christian Church in Greencastle and the American Legion in Cloverdale. The project began operation last October.

To celebrate its first birthday the project honored volunteers who have worked throughout the year. Edna Fulk, project director for the nutrition program, said that without volunteer participation the project would not be able to operate. Volunteers assist in serving of the meal,

Local teenager

escapes injury

delivering food to the homebound and transporting people to the sites. Greencastle volunteers are Myrtle Costin, Margaret Nelson, Betty Alexander, Mabel Burton, Louise Pershing, Irene Saylor, Edna Boyd, Lorene Alice, Muriel Rockhill, Paul Evans, Louise Johnson, Grace Akins, Betty Fox, Helen Brown, June Brattain, Theo Bee, Ralph Bee and Ella Evans. The Cloverdale volunteers

honored were Thelma Dwiggins, Vey Elmore, Elma Osterman, Victoria Franklin, William Simpson, Ruth Nier, Alice Nier, Ben Franklin, Mrs. Sutherland, Nancy Gilly, Helen Van De Vanter, Mr. Moody, Bea Smith, Mr. Curtice, Eva Craggs, La Rue Gray, Mr. Knannlien, Mr. Yanders, Karen Curtice, Teresa Query, Eliza Shumaker, Mamie Cline, Anita McKamey, Ben Please turn to A8, (Col. 5)

A local teenager escaped injury but property damage resulted in a one-car accident on the Round Barn Road, just north and east of the city at 7 pin. Monday. Deputy Sheriff Jim Adams reported that Viki Shroeder, 16, 1020 South College Avenue, driving a 1964 automobile, got too far off the pavement due to Public to be served by police “Any action we take will not effect our service to the citizens of Greencastle,” Sgt. Jim Sparks, Greencastle police department said this morning. Sparks added that the police are to meet sometime in the near future to consider a statement of their position in the wake of the city coundl’s rejection of their base pay raise proposal Monday night.

an approaching car. The auto went over an embankment and crashed into a fence at the property of Mrs. Grafton Longden. Adams estimated the damage at $200 to the car and $100 to the fence. Two car mishap Greencastle police investigated an accident Monday at 3:05 pjn. at the corner of Poplar and Jackson Streets. A car driven by Eleanore A. Cammack, 102 W. Poplar, was headed west on Poplar St. and failed to see a station wagon driven by Donald R. Smith, 409 Elm St. The Cammack vehicle drove into the path of the south bound Smith auto and the force of the impact drove the Cammack’s car into a tree on Jackson St. Please torn to A8, (Col. I)

Partly cloudy Warming for tomorrow

Fair and not as cool tonight. Lows in the mid to upper 40s. Mostly sunny and a little warmer 'niursday. Highs in the upper 60s to low 70s.

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