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EVENING EDITION

Army Engineers Corps Begins Study Of Big Walnut Dam Site

Seismograph Work Already Underway

Preliminary seismographic work has been conducted by a two man crew from the U.S.

survey work at the reservoir

site.

Land surveyed is an area

Louisville district. Col. Charles J. Fiala, district engineer said. The men will conduct a routine foundation investigation for the proposed dam. These crews, consisting of geologists, and foundations

specialists, will be conducting the investigation. This is a routine p-irt of the planning process, Col. Fiala emphasized as money has been provided by the Congress this fiscal year to procede with engineering and design studies.

Residents of the area where the investigation is to be conducted have been contacted for permission to obtain information. At a later date some drilling will have to be done. Written permission will be obtained from the affected land owners before any

drilling is accomplished, he said. Any questions concerning this announced work can be directed to the public affairs office of the Louisville District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Post Office box 59. Louisville. Kv., 40201. or call 502-582-5736.

Army Corps of Engineers, east of Edgelea Drive, it was

Louisville, to test sites for a dam for the proposed Big

Walnut Reservoir here. According to Ben Kelly,

geologist for the Corps, the crew has been in the Greencastle area the past two weeks doing what amounts to pre-

reported.

“The men used a portable seismograph to do the work,” Kelly noted. The routine study is to be followed by a more complete survey of the Big Walnut Lake area by crews from the

It was rapid fire action last night as the Jaycees men’s team took on the professional women’s Arkansas Gems basketball team in the Junior High gym. The men played tough and only lost to the touring stars by nine at 94-85. All who attended the affair found something to laugh or cheer about, it was reported. (Banner-Graphic Photo)

Second Break In Four Days At Farm The second Indiana State Farm break in four days took place Tuesday night when two inmates walked away from the Putnamville penal institution. The escapees were identified by Farm officials as Francis Roell, 19, and James McDaniel, 18, both of Indianapolis. The two were both serving sentences for burglary and were last seen at 7:20 p.m., authorities reported. Two other inmates escaped from the minimum security institution Saturday morning.

Two Vehicles Reported In Accident Here; Breathing Problems Prompt Rescue Run

A two-car accident was investigated by Deputy Sheriff Jim Adams at 12:45 this morning on Ind. 43, four miles south of Greencastle. Adams reported that vehicles involved were a 1967 Volkswagen being driven by Fred J. Walters, 36, Cloverdale, and a 1966 Ford being driven by Robert E. Farrow, 25, Greencastle, Route 2. Adams said Farrow was turning into the driveway at his home when his car was hit in the side by the Walters automobile. There were no injuries but damage was estimated at $400 to the Volkswagen and $350 to the Ford. Walters was arrested for driving while under the in-

fluence of intoxicants and for having an expired safety inspection sticker. A rescue run by Greencas-. tie firemen was made at 9:52 p.m. Tuesday to 305 East

Berry Street. The firemen reported that Clyde Ash, 69, was having trouble breathing. He was given one-half tank of oxygen and then taken to

the Putnam County Hospital in the Whitaker ambulance. It was the 30th run of the year for the firemen who returned to the station at 10:18 p.m.

Counseling Service Trustees Organize Speakers’ Bureau

Farmer Prompts Cemetery Case

A Putnam County farmer’s efforts to keep a cemetery from being established adjacent to his property, near the present Greencastle shopping center, was heard in the November 1864 term of the Indiana Supreme Court after an appeal from the local court by the city of Greencastle. The complaint to the high court stated that one Richard M. Hazlett was owner of a tract of land near Greencastle “which has peculiar value as a residence property, on account of a fine spring thereon, supplying abundant water for domestic uses; that the place has been improved, at great expense, for a residence, by the erection of valuable buildings near the spring ” The complaint read further that “the city has purchased an adjoining tract, which it is about to use for the burial of the dead; that the surface drainage of a portion of the proposed cemetery grounds leads into Hazlett’s spring.” Other parts of the complaint alleged that underground streams would discharge themselves into the spring, destroying its use and bringing down value of the property. The Putnam County CirGHS Sports Banquet March 13 The Greencastle High School winter sports banquet will be held March 13. All athletes in swimming, wrestling and basketball and student managers, cheerleaders and Please turn to page 2, col. 6

cuit Court decided that the complaint had merit and ruled for an injunction against the city. On the basis of this finding, the city appealed to the Supreme Court. The Indiana Supreme Court belabored the point of the underground stream and what possible damage it could cause. While there were established laws governing surface waterways, none of these seemed to apply to what

was under the ground. The court held that it is impossible even for a geologist to determine the directions of underground streams. A professor of natural sciences at DePauw took the stand to state that in his opinion, any stream beneath the cemetery grounds would tend to flow away from Hazlett’s spring. The professor's assertions were not considered in the case. The court held that the

city had full rights to all which lay beneath the surface of the proposed cemetery and that any possible subterranean stream was not governed by law. In its findings, the court declared, “The city has complete authority to establish cemeteries. This imples a discretion to judge of their necessity, and to select their location; for without this discretion the authority could

not be exercised. “Though there is an averment in the complaint, that this cemetery is not a public necessity, yet we can not look into that question in this case. It was a question for the city to determine, and no power is conferred on this court to review their decision, where no question is raised as to the good faith with which it was made. Please turn to page 2, col. 6

A speaker’s bureau has been organized by the Board of Trustees of the Putnam County Counseling Service to provide residents of the county with information about the county’s service for troubled persons. Speakers from the bureau will be available for groups who want to learn about the service, it was announced. Also announced in the board’s meeting Monday night was the setting up of a team of students from South Putnam High School who will help publicize the service through the local media. Roger Newnum will work with the team to coordinate their efforts. The board also announced that a display on the service will be set up at various banks throughout the county to tell the public of the work of the service. Also the trustees said that

the service’s brochure will be updated in the near future. “We think 1974 will be the high point for mental health development in Putnam County,” the trustees said

pointing to the beginning of the Hendricks-Putnam County outpatient clinic which is to start up soon and the addition of a second counselor at the local counseling service.

Zoning Board To Hear Eight Petitions In Meet March 14

The Greencastle Board of Zoning Appeals will meet at City Hall 7:30 p.m. March 14, to hear petitions for zoning variances. Petitions are: Mrs. Joyce Patterson to locate a trailer at 314 North Johnson St., Greencastle. Ross Alice to place a business office at 730 East Washington St. Glenford and Vera M. Leslie to locate trailer on Route 4, West Walnut Street.

William and Shirley Mundy to appeal denial of variance. Melvin and Gloria Siddons to appeal denial of variance. First Penecostal Church on petition tabled at February meeting. Immanuel Baptist Church to present plans as specified at July, 1973 meeting. Aaron Plessinger for trailer variance advertised in February, 1974.

Winners Told In Music Contest

Charles M. Hendrick and Joe Buser were the big winners in the Federation of Clubs annual solo music contest. Hendrick won the instrumental competition Saturday and Buser the vocal event. Placing second to Hendrick was Mike Sutherlin, both musicians are from South Putnam High School. Runner-up in the vocal Horticulturist To Speak Robert Fuller, extension horticulturist from Terre Haute, spoke to Greencastle’s Optimist Club yesterday noon and gave a slide presentation of gardening tips. His illustrated talk covered the gardening areas from planning and preparation through harvest. His advice to beginning gardners was “not to bite off more than you can chew.” An area 10 feet Please tum to page 2, col. 4

event was Lori Ann Hetrick, who like Buser, is a student from North Putnam High School. Each year the federation offers a contest to sophomore and junior high school stu-

dents who will play or sing in a county solo music contest. The county winners then play or sing in a district contest with the winners there attending a music clinic for a week held in July at Indiana

University. The federation pays all the expenses except transportation. Karen O’Neal entered in the instrumental contest from Greencastle High School.

John Buttrey, the district winner in 1973, will play a solo at the county convention of the federation on March 26, to be held at the First Christian Church. All club ladies are invited to attend.

Nancy Frye Is Optimists’ Choice

Selected as Optimist Club outstanding student from Greencastle High School was Miss Nancy Frye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Frye, 9 Sunset Drive. Nancy was presented to the

club Tuesday noon by Gary Myers. Myers said that Miss Frye has been a member of YTeens, French Club, Pep Club and Girls’ Athletic Association for three years. She has a grade average of 3.2 and

is a junior class officer. Miss Frye has been a member of the American Legion Auxiliary for her entire lifetime. She was a band maPlease tum to page 2, col. 5

Oratorial Contest At McAnally

Nancy Frye

Contestants from four Putnam County high schools will compete at 7 p.m. Thursday evening at McAnally. Center in an oratorial contest sponsored by the Greencastle Optimist Club. North Putnam’s contestant has been announced as Eric Alexander, an eighth grade

student and son of Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Alexander. Greencastle’s entry will be Miss Debra Helton, a sophomore, and daughter of Mrs. Wilma Helton. Representing South Putnam will be Miss Kay Ruark, daughter of Mrs. Shirley Ruark. She is a sophomore.

Cloverdale contestants will be Miss Cathy McCloud daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Blazek and Miss Debbie Bault, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bault. Both are juniors. Supervising the contest for Please turn to page 2, col. 4

Holding her young daughter, Mrs. Margaret Frazier, Greencastle, tells about her experience bringing her baby Melissa Lou into the world by herself. The baby was born in the woman’s apartment in the city Feb. 20, weighing a little over six pounds. The father, Melvin, was at work at the time. (Banner-Graphic Photo)