Banner Graphic, Volume 9, Number 229, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 June 1979 — Page 1

Skiing the beautiful, white, powdery slopes of ...Greencastle?

By LARRY GIBBS Banner-Graphic Publisher It may be a few years before Greencastle lures the tourist trade from Aspen or submits its bid for the Winter Olympics, but the first step is about to be taken. A proposal for the construction of a commercial ski resort and winter recreational area on 30 acres on the east side of Waterworks Hill will be considered by the Greencastle Board of Zoning Appeals at its June 14 meeting. THE PROJECT, which would include a ski run and machinery to produce artificial snow, is being planned by Jack L. Stamper, D.D.S., and Thomas H. Black

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Ferguson to headline 1979-80 DePauw Series

Eight outstanding attractions, including superstar trumpet artist Maynard Ferguson and a 55-member production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “H.M.S. Pinafore”, are scheduled during DePauw University’s 1979-80 Performing Arts Series. THE UNIVERSITY’S third annual Series presentation, which opens Oct. 6, also will feature the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, pianist Shura Cherkassky, soprano Elly Ameling, the Aspen Soloists, the Don Redlich Dance Company and Music for Awhile with Tom 1 Klunis. “We are very happy to bring this outstanding group of attractions to the community,” said Series director Robert Grocock, who announced the 1979-80 lineup. “This Series offers a happy alternative to the gloom of the looming energy crisis because it offers the citizens of Putnam County eight delightful evenings of

Not bad Partly cloudy with a slight chance for a shower tonight. Lows tonight in the low to mid 50s. Partly sunny Sunday with a slight chance for a shower. Highs near 80. Fair Monday. Chance of showers and thundershowers Tuesday and Wednesday. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s for the period. Lows mostly in the 50s. Index Classified A6,A7 Comics A 4 Crossword A 6 Horoscope A 7 Obituaries A 8 Sports A5.A6 Worry Clinic A 7

111, M.D. The area is adjacent to the Stamper residence north of the city. “We’re ready to go with the project if we get zoning board approval,’’ Dr. Black said Friday. “We’ve already got someone lined up to do the bulldozing and we’re talking with three companies who manufacture artificial snow-producing machines. And we’re planning to order 300 pairs of rental skis in anticipation of being ready to open this winter.” A request to have the property rezoned from agricultural to commercial use is included among items in the zoning board’s legal notice, which is scheduled to appear

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entertainment in Greencastle with no worry about the gasoline shortage! ” Pianist Shura Cherkassky, who will launch the Series on Saturday, Oct. 6, is regarded as among the last of the master pianists in the great Romantic tradition. Early in 1976, he returned to the United States after a 10-year absence and his New York performance was received with such resounding acclaim that he now devotes a major part of each season to touring North America. THE SOUNDS OF ONE of the great names on America’s pop music scene will fill Kresge Auditorium on Saturday, Oct. 13, when Maynard Ferguson and his Orchestra appear in concert. Ferguson’s vituoso trumpet playing with the Stan Kenton Band first astounded audiences in the early 1950’5. He has assimilated every development in jazz into his playing so successfully that his unique combination of tradition and innovation make him a favorite of young and old. The Series will resume on Saturday, Nov. 3, with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of John Nelson, conductor. For this special concert, the orchestra will be joined by Claude Cymerman, DePauw facutly member who is considered one of the most gifted and accomplished pianists of his generation. APPEARING ON Thursday, Nov. 29, will be soprano Elly Ameling, the celebrated Dutch concert artist and recording star who has become a star in the more specialized and difficult field of concerts and recitals. For her services to music, Miss Ameling has been honored by her native government with knighthood. The colorful and versatile presentation of Music For Awhile with tom Klunis will come to the Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 1, 1980. Four musicians and an actor use costumes and instruments of the period to present the Col. 3, back page, this section

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in the Banner-Graphic Monday evening and Tuesday morning. "MY FAMILY ENJOYS skiing and so does Dr. Stamper’s,” Dr. Black continued. “And there are many other people who annually drive to northern Indiana and other spots where skiing is available. We just got together and decided we could have the same thing here. We believe this facility will offer a lot of family recreation and with the gas shortage becoming steadily more serious, it’s going to be important to have local recreation. “Essentially, we’re planning a ski run on the hillside just west of Dr. Stamper’s

Nearly 100 already enrolled County vocational program set

By LARRY GIBBS Banner-Graphic Publisher Subject to lease approval by the four school corporations, more than 100 Putnam County high school students will be attending centralized vocational training! classes in Greencastle during the 1979-80 school year. DAVID ARCHER, director of the Putnam County Area Vocational District, confirmed Friday a proposed three-year lease agreement for a building at 802 Indianapolis Road. The structure, which formerly housed Ottenbacher Tool and Die Co., is located between Washington Street and Indianapolis Road near the point where the two divide on Greencastle’s east side. Plans call for daily classes in auto mechanics, auto body repair and health occupations at the start of the coming school year. As members of the vocational district, Cloverdale, Greencastle, North Putnam and South Putnam school corporations must approve the lease agreement individually before it becomes effective. The proposal to be considered by each school board this month calls for a three-year

Putnam Patter Indiana's 'Blackberry winter' much too mild

By DAVID BARR Banner-Graphic Civic Affairs Editor Those who put their winter duds away too early and then shivered through the waning weeks of May should have listened to loafers’ bench weather prophets who knew it was bound to happen. For as long as these old-timers can remember, blackberry winter has returned as regularly as taxes and other plagues of late spring. The exact date, however, can not be determined in advance to receive mention in the almanac. AMONG THE FIRM believers in black-

A reminder about taxes Myrtle Cockrell, Putnam County treasurer, wishes to inform all employees of local units of government, city, town, county, school corporations, etc. who receive a pay check from the property tax revenues, that Indiana law requires that your property taxes be paid on time. The disbursing officer of each unit of government such as school corporations, county hospital, county government, city or town governments, etc. must submit a list of employees to the treasurer for a delinquent tax check on June 1 and Dec. 1 of each year. These lists are checked by the treasurer and returned to the disbursing officer for collection. The treasurer’s office doesn’t officially mail delinquent notices until late January or February of the following year, therefore it is possible for an employee of a unit of local government to receive notification from a school corporation, town clerk, etc., since the treasurer must check for those units of government twice prior to sending out delinquent notices. Auditors from the Indiana State Board of Accounts have asked the treasurer’s office to comply with the law which can be found in the Burns Statutes 6-1.1-22-14 and 6-1.1-22-15.

residence. We’ll have a lodge there and a rope tow or lift of some kind. The length of the run will be roughly 900 to 1,000 feet with about a 110-foot vertical drop. The run won’t be exceptionally long, but it will be the type of thing where skiers can go right back up again.” Dr. Black said engineers are scheduled to visit the site to formally lay out the design, but he said an area 400 to 500 feet wide would be cleared along the hillside. MEANWHILE, THE zoning board also will be considering Dr. Black’s request for a waiver of off-street parking requirements for the roller skating rink and health spa

lease beginning July 1 at an annual rate of SB,IOO, Archer said. STUDENTS FROM ALL four high schools will participate in the vocational program with the number of openings based on individual school enrollments. Archer said two corporations have indicated bus transportation will be provided for vocational students, who will spend half a day at the vocational center, while another corporation reportedly will require students to provide their own transportation. Of course, Greencastle High School is located only a few blocks east of the proposed vocational training site. Each of the three vocational classes has a maximum capacity of 40 students and Archer said both of the auto courses are nearly filled already. “WE HAVE 38 enrolled for auto body and another 36 for auto mechanics,” he said. “Right now, there are 23 students who have enrolled for health occupations training. Our plan is to divide the auto body and auto mechanics classes into morning and afternoon groups of 20 each. If we have more enrollments in health occupations, we’ll do the same thing. “If all four corporations approve the lease agreement, we should be able to oc-

berry winter was the late Wayne Guthrie, a long-time columnist for the Indianapolis News. A copy of his timely comments on the above subject was sent to us by Mrs. Staten Owens. Quoting from a publication known as “Kentucky Superstitions” and other unnamed authority, he described blackberry winter as that cool period of weather when blackberry bushes are in bloom as a winter by the same name. Blackberry winter nights are wonderful for sleeping, but the dew-laden evenings brings a return of the sniffles, a holdover from the winter cold we had almost whipped. SOME MISGUIDED persons, according to Guthrie’s account, say that blackberry winter is in seasons when the berries are ripe. Whoever spread that misinformation surely never all but baked his brains while roaming the countryside looking for blackberry patches. If we could have had our way as a youth, blackberry winter would have been cold enough to freeze the blooms so that there would be possibility of such a lonesome and hazardous chore as picking berries. Every summer until we were liberated by leaving home, we were commissioned to go out into the wilds with a gallon molasses bucket which we were expected to fill to the brim with blackberries. In dry seasons, this could take hours of wandering and picking. IF YOU’VE LIVED a sheltered life and were never sent berry picking, let us acquaint you with the hazards involved. Any of these can bring mental and physical anguish and ruin your appetite for blackberry cobbler. There are always way more briers than blackberries, and if a fellow is mostly thumbs, he can expect to get gouged at least once or twice for each dozen berries. Sad to say, these wounds were never taken seriously by the lady boss of the expedition. Mother had an uncanny ability to see through the best planned excuses. AND THEN THERE were poisonous snakes to contend with. Well, at least this was a possibility that couldn’t be overlooked. In our opinion, all snakes ought to be considered deadly until they can be proven otherwise beyond that shadow of a doubt. There was also the possibility of

he will be opening later this month on the east side of the courthouse square. That facility, to be called “Mr. Spanky’s”, formerly housed a health spa. “If all goes as we hope, we’ll be opening the doors on Friday, June 15, the day after the zoning board meeting,” Dr. Black said. “Roller skating and skate rental will be available immediately and by the end of the month we hope to have the health spa open downstairs.” He said the rink will be open from early morning until late evening, with specific hours to be tailored to public demand. Because the rink can accommodate only a

cupy the building on July 1, although that date is subject to completion of some renovation work. There’s nothing really major, but some work would have to be done before we actually move in.” All expenses of the vocational program, including lease, equipment, teachers’ salaries, supplies and utilities, will be shared by the four corporations. Some expenses will be partially reimbursed by the state. “WE’RE PROJECTING $58,000 to purchase the equipment necessary to get all three programs started,” Archer said. “Based on past indications, approximately half of that amount will be reimbursed by the state after all invoices and receipts are submitted. The bulk of the equipment expense, about $50,000, is necessary for the auto body and auto mechanics programs.” It will be necessary to hire three teachers for the 1979-80 vocational program. Earlier, Archer estimated their salaries at $12,000 each, with $4,800 of each salary reimbursed by the state. “We will be filling three new positions here,” Archer said. “It is possible that teachers within the four corporations might want to apply, but each applicant

perishing from thirst before the berry picking quota could be met. Somehow this brand of reasoning was not considered mentally sound. Nobody could become seriously dehydrated in a matter of hours, according to the berry picking boss, and she had science on her side. But the greatest of all perils of the berry picking foray was the presence of a minute and all but invisible creatures called chiggers. These pests were at their most vicious best when ripe blackberries were in season. OF ALL VERMIN THAT crave human

Who's news

Compiled by ERIC BERNSEE Banner-Graphic Managing Editor HALLIE E. TAYLOR was graduated recently from Clear Creek Baptist School, Pineville, Ky., in ceremonies held at Binghamtown Baptist Church, Middlesboro. He is pastor of First Southern Baptist Church, Roselawn, Ind. A native of Rockville, he is married to the former Helen Cravel of Greencastle. He is the son of Burl and Ura Taylor, Greencastle. Clear Creek is a theological school training adults for Christian leadership and service. Scholarship and leadership awards have been presented to 14 Hanover College students for their ability to successfully combine positions of responsibility on campus with academic involvement. Among the recipients is CONNIE J. HUNTER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Hunter, Greencastle. Hunter, a political science major, was nominated by the Student Programming Board. He was nominated because of his efforts to provide a variety of programs and involvement for the student body. Active in basketball, football and Vespers, Hunter has also been named to the dean’s list. He has been a resident hall advisor, a member of Phi Gamma Delta, and received the

limited number of skaters at any one time, tickets may be sold for specified sessions. “WE HAD ABOUT 50 people on the rink one recent evening during a private session and found that number could skate comfortably,” Dr. Black explained. “If we find that demand is too great, we may have to go to a system of selling tickets to sessions of perhaps two hours each. I do visualize having specified sessions for beginners or older persons. The specifics about the hours remain to be decided.” Future plans, Dr. Black said, call for development of handball courts on the second-story level of the building.

must have a vocational teaching license. We’ll also be looking at occupational experience, teaching background and other factors. We have already received some applications and anyone who would like to apply can do so by contacting me at the Putnam County Area Vocational District, Route 2, Greencastle.” THE FIRST-YEAR BUDGET for the vocational district, exclusive of state reimbursements, will be approximately $70,000. However, in meetings with each school board during the past school year, Archer explained that the initial budget would have to reflect equipment purchases and other start-up costs. The decision to inaugurate the vocational program with auto mechanics, auto body and health occupations courses was the result of several meetings Archer had with advisory committees in each subject area, input from the four school corporations and the results of a vocational interest survey among students at all four high schools. Vocational courses in a variety of other occupational areas are planned in future years in accordance with financial and physical space considerations.

flesh, the chigger is the most sneaky and underhanded. A rattlesnake will rattle and a bumble bee will buzz, but a chigger gives no warning and you’ll never know he was there until you have been victimized. But when you begin to itch many hours later, you knew for sure that a chigger and all of his relatives had found tender spots on your hide and there staked their claims. By then it was too late to do anything but scratch, which is not a cure but helps take your mind off your misery. Col. 3, back page, this section

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Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Scholarship Award. Nine Putnam County students participated in graduation ceremonies May 18 at Indiana Vocational Technical College, Terre Haute. They were: GEORGE SHERRILL STEVENS, electronics-communica-tions technology; MARGARET JANE LUKENBILL, automotive body repair; RONALD BOLING, printing; ELIZABETH S. Y'ATER, medical laboratory assistant; DAVID K. CORBIN and JEFF W. McCARTER, heating, air conditioning and refrigeration; and NANCY MARIE ADAMS, TAMIE J. CODY and LORI LEE JORDAN, medical assistant. Pvt. STEVEN H. JOHNSON, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oase S. Johnson. Route 4, Saddle Club Road, GreenCol. 3. back page, this section

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