Banner Graphic, Volume 9, Number 240, Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 June 1979 — Page 12

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The Putnam County Banner Graphic, June 15,1979

Obituaries Brian Lee Buechler

Brian Lee Buechler, 24,915 Hillcrest Drive, Greencastle, passed away Thursday evening at Methodist Hospital. Indianapolis, following an extended illness. He was born Aug. 30. 1954 in Greencastle, the son of Paul E. and Dorothy J. (Bagly) Buechler. He was graduated from Greencastle High School in 1972 and was self-employed as a general contractor. Mr. Buechler was a member of the Gobin United Methodist Church Survivors include the wife, Debra (Hanks) Buechler

Shirley Ann Cox

Mrs. Shirley A Cox. 39, 805 S. Leavitt St., Brazil, a former Greencastle resident, died at 6 a m. Thursday in Putnam County Hospital where she had been a patient since Tuesday. She had been in ill health for the past several years. She was born in Vigo County, March 19, 1940 and was the daughter of the late Walter Andrew and Margaret (Vanatti) Kohler. She attended school in Brazil. She had been employed briefly outside her home prior to her illness. Preceding her in death was her father, on Sept. 23, 1966 and a son, Brian Jay Cox, Dec. 9,1967. In 1959 at Brazil, she was married to Delbert Ray Cox, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter Billie Jo Cox, and

Hoosier happenings

BODIES RECOVERED BLOOMFIELD, Ind. (AP) - The bodies of two drowning victims were recovered early Thursday from a gravel pit near here, authorities said. State conservation officers said the victims were Terry Hausen, 33, Bloomfield and Buddy Laven, 15, of Bloomington. They disappeared while boating on Tuesday. AUTOPSY ORDERED INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An autopsy was ordered Thursday on the body of a 3-year-old Indianapolis girl who died in the Hospital notes Dismissed Thursday: Brenda Webb, John Earls, Harold Berry, Connie Cummings, Janice Shoup, Rose Covert, Scott Hoover, Mrs. Edward Smith and son.

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Hoosier Girls State delegates named

RUSSELLVILLE -- The American Legion Auxiliary of C.W. Scribner Unit 255 has announced the selection of two delegates to Hoosier Girls State. Karen Roberts and Rita McGaughey will be attending the 38th session next week at Indiana State University for girls interested in training in government functions and citizenship. The two delegates are co-sponsored by the Russellville Community Booster Club. THE TWO ALTERNATES are Brenda Wood and Cha-issa Miller. Karen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Roberts of Russellville. She is a member of the Russellville United Church of Christ, the Christian Youth Fellowship and assists with Vacation Bible School. A senior next year at North Putnam High School, she is an active member of National Honor Society, Office Education Association, school newspaper and Yearbook staff, varsity volleyball team for two years and varsity basketball team. Miss Roberts has been secretary-treasurer of Fellowship of Christian Athletes for the past two years and a class representative in Prayer Breakfast for two years. She plays the bass clarinet in the high school concert and marching bands. This is her eighth year in 4-H work including foods and clothing projects completed with several state fair entries earned while holding several offices. RITA McGAUGHEY IS the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clay McGaughey of Russellville. She is a member of the Russellville

and two daughters, Stacey and Angela, at home; his parents, Paul and Dorothy Buechler, Greencastle; a brother, David, Greencastle; and father and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred R. Hanks, Fillmore; and other relatives. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday from Gobin United Methodist Church with Rev. 0. Gerald Trigg officiating. Interment will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call 2-9 p.m. Saturday at the HopkinsRector Funeral Home, Greencastle Chapel.

two sons, Bradley Ray and Berry G. Cox, all at home; her mother, Mrs Margaret Kohler, Brazil; three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Mae Eveland and Mrs. Ray (Mary Strain, both of Brazil, and Mrs. Richard (Kay) Strain, Knightsville; three brothers, Jesse and John Kohler, both of Brazil, and Walter Eugene Kohler, Linden; her mother-in-law, Mrs. Opal Cox, Greencastle, and several nieces and nephews. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Lawson-Slack Funeral Home with Bro. Glen Liston, pastor of the First Christian Church of Brazil officiating. Burial will be in Calcutta Cemetery north of Harmony. Friends may call at the Lawson-Slack Chapel from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and until time of service Saturday.

emergency room of Wishard Hospital. Authorities said Heather Gainey had bruises on her legs, waist and chest when she was rushed to the hospital by ambulance medics Wednesday afternoon. Homicide Detective Donald W. Patton said the child’s mother, Cheryl E. Gainey, 27, and her boyfriend, Kenneth D. Dunn, 36, told him she suffered the bruises while playing. CARPENTERSSTRIKE FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - About 500 carpenters went on strike here Thursday after rejecting a contract proposal from the builders association. They joined 350 roofers and bricklayers who struck June 1. Builders said 600 laborers may also join the walkout. The carpenters say they will not picket job sites unless builders attempt to use non-union labor.

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Putnam scanner

City Police Joe L. Abercrombie, 61, 1003 Avenue F, Greencastle, was arrested at 1:06 a m. Friday by Officer Jack Pingleton. Abercrombie was taken into custody on Ind. 240 and booked at the Putnam County Jail for public intoxication. Gary A. Cox, 23, Route 4, Greencastle, was arrested by Assistant Chief Paul Wilson at 7:34a.m. Thursday. Cox was stopped on the Indianapolis Road and ticketed for having studded snow tires on his vehicle. State Police An inmate of the Indiana State Farm at Putnamville escaped from the penal institution at 8 p.m. Thursday. His freedom was shortlived however, as he was apprehended by State Trooper Chuck Rairdon at 12:15 am. Friday. The escapee, Arnell Gilbert, 20, was taken into custody at the intersection of Interstate 70 and Ind. 39 and returned to the Farm to await Putnam Circuit Court action. Sheriff’s Dept. Jason Yukio Kubayashi, 22, was arrested by Deputy Sheriffs Dave Webber and Millard Vaughn at 10:34a.m. Thursday. He was taken into custody on U.S. 36 west of U S. 231 and booked at the Putnam County Jail for theft and two counts of criminal conversion. He is also believed to be absent without leave from the U.S. Marine Corps. He gave the officers no home address. , Cloverdale Police An Indianapolis couple was arrested by Gerry Hoffa, Cloverdale town marshal at 2 p.m. Thursday and lodged in the Putnam County Jail. Herschel R. Manuel, 57, was booked for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and for failure to have an operator’s license. Ada Walton, 48, was slated for public intoxication. Notice The Church World Serving Sewing Club will meet from 1-3 p.m. Monday, June 18 in the basement of the Presbyterian Church. Cloverdale's meeting reset CLOVERDALE - The regular Cloverdale Town Board meeting of June 19 will be rescheduled to June 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the library of the Cloverdale Community Building.

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United Church of Christ and the Christian Youth Fellowship. She also assists with vacation Bible school. A North Putnam High School senior next year, Rita is an active member of National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Prayer Breakfast, school newspaper and yearbook staff and varsity volleyball and varsity basketball teams. She plays the contra-bass clarinet in the high school concert and marching band. Presently, she is Worthy Advisor of Rainbow Assembly No. 135. This is her ninth year in the 4-H foods project. Brenda is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Wood of rural Bainbridge and has completed two years at North Putnam High School. Her school activities include National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Office Education Association, Girls’ Recreation Program (formerly GAA) and Pep Club Council, having been a Pep Club member three years. Brenda has been a cheerleader two years, a member of varsity gynmastics one year, varsity swim team two years and varsity track team three years. She has completed two years of 4-H and seven years in the Girl Scouting program. Charissa Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Miller of rural Fillmore, will also be a senior at North Putnam next year. She is an active member of National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Spanish Club and the Cougarettes Pom Pon Corps. Charissa is vice president of the Junior Classical League and treasurer of the Math Club. She also sings with the One Way Singers. *

Adults And Children alike enjoy the natural wooded park playgrounds located at Richard Lieber State Recreation Area. All state facilities are utilizing the safer and more attractive equipment for the en-

Two from county on committees Vernon B. Smith, Bloomington, president of the Mental Health Association in Indiana, has announced the appointment of two Putnam County residents to the following committees of the state association: Mrs. Joseph Crosby, Roachdale, chairman, Research Committee, in addition to Childhood Mental Health and Public Policy; and Hubert Clodfelter, Public Policy. The Research Committee is charged with the initiation of a program of encouragement, advancement and study of mental health research in Indiana. It reports its findings and recommendations to the board of directors. The Public Policy Committee studies mental health needs of the state of Indiana, determines legislative objectives and recommends these to the board of directors for approval and implementation. Mrs. Crosby also serves as first vice president of the board of directors of the state association.

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joyment of their visitors. Durability, maintenance, safety plus simplicity is a major "drawing card" for the new equipment. See story, Page 1. (Banner-Graphic photo by Agnes King).

Zoning Board

law, we can’t keep the students from parking on the street. The students can park on the street. You can’t tell a kid he can’t drive a car and park on Washington Street. That’s a public road.” The board members explained there has been earlier concern about the traffic situation near that location and they were trying to consider all possibilities. “Was there no other site 0 ” Vermillion questioned. “WITH THE SQUARE footage and the location for all the schools, this was the best site for feasibility and economy,” Archer answered. The request met with no objections from the board. Other variances approved by the board were tor a two-year trailer variance on Route 3, Greencastle, for J. M. Sexton, and the request of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Huffman to construct a garage at 805 Hillcrest Drive in Greencastle. ALSO APPROVED WERE the requests of D. C. Rattray, residing on West Walnut Street in Greencastle, to use a portion of the home for an antique business, and of Mr. and Mrs. John Zeiner to erect a pool on their property. Following the decisions made by the board members, an appeal was read from City Councilwoman Mary Frances Strain concerning two earlier decisions made by City Engineer Cliff Norton. The appeal questioned the granting of a permit to the Murphy Brothers Real Estate concerning the placing of a home on a lot on Crescent Drive in Greencastle. THE APPEAL FROM Ms Strain charged the application “did not include all necessary information, the neighbors were not given all the information necessary in their notification, no mention was made of the structure being modular nor were any dimensions given. The scale drawing of the lot was not to scale, the drawing did not indicate a 20-foot setback which does not meet requirements for that

Truckers-

Gary for about 45 minutes Thursday afternoon, tangling traffic for three to four miles. The drivers left as police arrived and no arrests were made, authorities said. In southern Indiana, a Jeffersonville truck driver was arrested Thursday as truckers continued to block fuel pumps at four truck stops in the vicinity of 1-65. Robin Dean, state police communications officer at the Charlestown post, said trucker William Been, 36, of Jeffersonville, was arrested on a charge of criminal trespassing at the Hamburg Service Center off 1-65 in Clarksville. A spokesman at the Clark County Jail in Jeffersonville said Been was released after posting a $1,500 bond. At the Key Truck Stop in Clarksville, a produce truck was permitted to load

Crowe to speak locally

The Heritage Preservation Society of Putnam County will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 21 at the Central National Bank. The speaker will be Michael F. Crowe, who will speak on the topic: “Styles of 19th Architecture.’’ CROWE IS presently an architectural historian for the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission. He is a member of several

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area, and the deed recorded on Jan. 4 does not describe the east side of the lot nor give a dimension for it.” It concluded, "Therefore, I (Ms. Strain) charge the application was false in its information, that several matters required variance from Zoning Board and a permit should not have been issued until these matters were properly decided by the board at the April meeting. That the enginner (Norton) was aware of these unmet requirements at the time of his issuing the permit, and if the Zoning Board attorney (Roy Sutherlin) instructed him to issue the permit, then he too, is charged with not acting in the best interest of the public and his responsibility to the city.” , NORTON EXPLAINED that when the application for the home was made it did not meet the 7,200-square-footage requirement. It was then that Norton referred the matter to the board. Norton then received a plat from County Surveyor Alan Stanley with a charge in the square footage due to additional land purchased at the location by Murphy Brothers. “That brought the depth to 120 feet which brought the square footage to the 7,200-square-foot minimum, so we issued a permit,” Norton said. CONCERNING ALLEGATIONS the building was modular in design, Norton said the building was not modular because it was brought to the location on a flatbed truck. A board member noted if the structure could be mounted on wheels, it is, by definition, a trailer. “I want to know what the definition of a trailer is,” Tzouanakis interjected. “I don’t want to call it something one month, then call it something else the next. ’ ’ “I stand for certain things,” he added. “It’s either black or white. I don’t want to be accused of playing favorites.” THE BOARD DELIBERATED on whether a building could be described as modular because it is transported on

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enough fuel to continue on its way, said cashier Barbara Miller. Otherwise, the pumps were idle at the four locations blocked by about a dozen trucks, authorities said. The truckers say they are being squeezed out of a living by the rise in diesel prices, which have climbed to as high as $1.29 a gallon when the fuel is available. They want a mandated rate surcharge so they can pass along fuel costs without losing ground to their competition, as well as uniform state regulations on the size and weight of loads. “I’m flat going bankrupt.” said Alan Jozwiak, an independent trucker from Kentwood, Mich. “My truck is not rolling now. If I go broke, I’m going broke sitting at home, not on the road someplace.”

organizations devoted to the study and preservation of American Architecture and has been active in the work of the commission in the Lockerbie Square and other historic areas of the city of Indianapolis. Since Greencastle has so much 19th century architecture, both residential and commercial, his talk should be of interest to many residents. Guests are welcome. Entrance is at the rear of the bank in the drive-up window area.

At the library LIBRARY ACTIVITIES June 16-22 Saturday, June 16 - Free films, “Anansi the Spider,” ‘‘The Bear and the Mouse,” “Hailstones and Halibut Bones” and “Hansel and Gretel, an Appalachian Version,” 11a .m. Tuesday, June 19 - “Art Adventures with the Sun,” for ages 4-8, at 10 a m. Please call the library if you plan to attend. Wednesday, June - Genealogy Club meets at the Vigo County Public Library. Friday, June 22 -- Happiness Bag Players in “Hat with a Zipper and a Pocket,” 1 p.m. at the Colonnade Room of Gobin Church. -- 6:30 p.m. Library Board meets in the library. • •• BOOKMOBILE SCHEDULE Monday, June 18 - Greencastle Nursing Home, 8:30-9 a m.; Eventide, 9-9:30 a.m.; South Putnam High School, 9:45-10:30a.m.; Medallion Meadows, 10:45-11:15 a.m. Tuesday, June 19 - Canterbury Estates, 8:45-9:15 a.m.; Sunset Manor, 9:15-9:45 a.m.; Hamrick Station (Dan Tesmer residence), 10 a.m.; Manhattan, 10:15-10:45 a.m.; Pleasant Gardens-Reelsville, 11-11:45 a.m.; Putnamville, 12-12:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 20 - Russellville School, 9-9:45 a.m., Van Bibber Lake, 10:30-11 a.m.; Mrs. Frances Dean’s (County Road 125 N), 11:45-12:15. A nature program sponsored by the County Extension Office, “Going Fishing,” will be presented on June 18 at the Medallion Meadows stop and on June 20 at the Dean’s stop.

Transportation hearing set

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Rural Transportation Advisory Task Force has scheduled a hearing July 26 in the Hoosier capital to discuss transportation problems facing farmers. Under a law enacted by the last Congress, the task force has the responsibility to

wheels. They charged a house could also be put on wheels but that does not indicate the structure would then be classified as a trailer. The problem in determining whether the building would be classified as modular stemmed from a court decision by Circuit Court Judge Francis N. Hamilton on Oct. 5,1978. The Zoning Board used Hamilton’s decision as a basis for their discussion concerning the classification. HAMILTON ORDERED, “That a trailer is defined “as any vehicle or structure so designed that is or may be mounted on wheels and used as a conveyance on highways.” No further discussion was held by the board concerning the clarification of the matter. Norton then explained the charge concerning the issuing of a permit to Don Kiger concerning the operation of a scrap metal yard south of the Conrail railroad tracks and west of U.S. 231 on the city’s south side. THE APPEAL BY Ms. Strain questioned the operation of the scrap yard and stated there was not a permit given nor permission recorded as such. Norton said the operator (Kiger) has a contract with Greencastle Manufacturing to store material until it can be disposed of. “A contractor storage yard is allowable,” Norton said. He added one permit has been allowed for the use of the south side of the railroad tracks. The board agreed to stand by the decisions made by Norton concerning both matters. IN FINAL ACTION, the board asked that Mrs. Pat Clodfelter reapply with the city engineer for a variance to erect a modular home on Route 2, Greencastle on Cemetery Road. The decision was made because the original request asked to locate a doublewide home at the site, but was then changed to a single-wide home.

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