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Four Persons narrowly escaped serious injuries Friday in a three-vehicle accident on Interstate 70 abut eight miles east of Cloverdale. Two semi tractor-trailers and a 1979 Ford car were involved in the accident which sent three persons to Putnam County Hospital with injuries. The two trucks were driven by out-of-state men, and the Ford car was driven by a Center Point man who was traveling with his wife. See story below. (BannerGraphic photo by G. Patrick Grimes).

Council deadlock on appropriations request

By BECKY IGO Banner-Graphic Area News Editor Two requests for additional appropriations from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department touched off a dilemma for members of the Putnam County Council at their regular meeting Thursday. The Sheriff’s Department requested SBOO from supplies to pay for uniforms for two deputies hired in June for the department. Another $250 was requested from the budget for jail materials. THE REASON FOR the dilemma became apparent when it was stated the Sheriff’s Department did not receive prior approval from the Council for the purchases.

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Alice Hacker (left) and Judy Tyler, both of Route 2, Cloverdale, had little time to spare at the Belle Union Fish Fry as people kept both serving lines crowded. Alice and Judy

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After discussion by Council members, Councilman Ben Cannon made a motion to approve the additional appropriations for the department. Cannon said he did not approve of the department spending money before appearing before the Council, but added that as a businessman, he understood the bills must be paid. “But, if we cover the bills outstanding now, aren’t we encouraging them to do the same thing?” Councilman Bob Evans questioned. Cannon’s original motion died due to a lack of a second. “Do I have a motion for a lesser amount?” Council president Gene Clodfelter asked.

cooked and wrapped sandwiches to the delight of the demanding crowd throughout the night. (BannerGraphic photo by Becky Igo).

Music man: Marketto made many

By AGNES KING Banner-Graphic Staff Writer The countdown has begun for another school year. Football practices are in full swing and bands are warming up for their first marching performance of the season. One cannot help but remember years past that saw the evolution of marching bands to the performing bands of today. AN AUTHORITY ON the evolution of band performances in Putnam County is Don Marketto. His name became synonymous with the quality bands of the 19505. Marketto was born in Perth, Ind., the son of an Italian coal miner. Early in life Marketto decided music education was going to be his career. He began taking piano lessons from Dennee Bradshaw, an instructor who came to Perth from Terre Haute. “I also had an uncle who was a musician,” Marketto recalls. “He was a real stickler and I would practice for an hour after supper and then he would make me practice an hour longer. He played coronet. My mother was a great lover of music and I suppose my piano instructor, uncle and mother played an instrumental role in my choice of career.” IN 1913 MARKETTO moved to Universal (west of Clinton) and in 1920 was graduated from Clinton High School and started college at Indiana State Normal,

EVANS MADE A MOTION to allow SSOO, instead of SBOO, to pay for the uniforms and to allow SIOO, instead of the original request for $250, for jail materials. “But aren’t you doing the same thing you said I was doing with your motion?” Cannon asked Evans. “Either we give them the exact amount to pay the bills or we don’t pay them.” A representative from the Sheriff’s Department was present at the meeting but could only offer the Council estimates on the amounts due. “I WILL THEN AMEND my original motion to allow $375 for the uniforms and $250 for the jail materials,” Councilman Evans said.

Three persons injured in three-vehicle 1-70 crash

By G. PATRICK GRIMES Banner-Graphic Staff Writer A Center Point couple and a Pennsylvania truck driver were injured in a three-vehicle accident involving two trac-tor-trailers and a car on Interstate 70 early Friday morning. The 7:20 a.m. crash occurred about eight miles east of Cloverdale near the 43-mile marker. Howard and Pauline Rubeck, both 52, of Center Point, were injured and taken to Putnam County Hospital where they and one of the truck drivers, Preston Walker, 23, Meadville, Pa., were listed in good condition. THE THIRD DRIVER, Bruce Evans, 34, Wayland, Mich., had minor cuts and bruises. State Police said he refused treat-

from which he graduated in 1925 with a degree in general music education. Marketto began his teaching career in Elnora, in Daviess County. His area was music 1-12 and orchestra. “Then we didn’t know much about band,” he interjects. After two years he moved to Perry County schools for seven years and traveled between six small schools teaching music. “Schools were small in those days. Some high schools only had 35 in the graduating class,” Marketto adds. THE PERRY COUNTY schools then consolidated and young Marketto moved to the county seat of Cannelton City where he taught band, orchestra and choral music for 12 years. At this time Marketto met Clemeth Shutz through mutual friends. “We just knew right away it would work and were married about six months later,” Mrs. Marketto says. During the Cannelton years two children were born to the Markettos: Don Marketto Jr. and Regina. In 1945 the time seemed right for a change and the Markettos found the Greencastle community appealing, especially with easy access to DePauw University and children to educate. So in 1945 Don Marketto began a challenging musical career in the halls of Greencastle High School. WHEN MARKETTO TOOK up the baton

“It’s obvious the department didn’t have enough money for uniforms,” Cannon said. “I know emergencies come up and it is hard to guess how much money you need. The problem is the Sheriff’s Department doesn’t contact the Council before it spends money.” “A request came in before for an additional appropriation,” Councilman Krchie Chadd said. “We approved money to pay for the other request. We can’t do that. We’ve got to know ahead of time. We’ve had additional requests for money on the same job.” “WE HAVE TO IMPRESS on the department to contact us ahead of time,” ClodCol. 3, back page, this section

ment at the scene. The wreck occurred, Indiana State Police said, when Walker was driving his 1974 Mac truck onto the 1-70 east pavement from the shoulder of the road. At the same time, the Rubecks were attempting to pass the Evans truck, a 1973 Kenworth, in the right lane. Rubeck saw the Walker semi ahead of him and “locked up” his brakes to avoid a collision, police reported. In doing so, he struck both trucks and careened off of the road into the median, tearing the roof from his 1979 Ford LTD. THE DEBRIS TOOK quite some time to, clear, and the wreck slowed eastbound 1-70 traffic for about two hours. Heavy damage was sustained to all of the vehicles, and Rubeck’s Ford car was listed as totaled.

at GHS, the band numbered in the 30s. Along with band, he also taught choir and instrumental music at the three area grade schools. “I just know I worked awfully hard then,” he smiles. By the 1950 s the band had grown to 80 students and Marketto admits the bands of the ’sos were his best. “I consistently tried to lift the standard of music while I was in the Greencastle schools. I guess quality is what I stressed throughout my teaching career. When I was educated we didn’t specialize, so I tried to improve all phases of music. “I think that’s what I’m most critical of today is the loss of incentive and high achievement and the establishment and acceptance of a lower standard of music performance,” Marketto adds. MARKETTO COMPLETED his master’s degree at University of Fine Arts in Syracuse, N.Y., in 1937 and also studied piano and conducting at the Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. Marketto still judges music contests throughout Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin since retiring from Greencastle High School in 1968. In general he feels the standards are lower than previously. "I’m afraid we’ve sacrificed the quality for the show of the bands today. I guess I was a real stickler though. Gene Mckeehan, (son of Mr. and Col. 3, back page, this section

Greencastle still responsible for its pollutioniEPA

ByERICBERNSEE Banner-Graphic Managing Editor If Greencastle officials are entertaining notions of rejecting a federal grant to fund a proposed new wastewater treatment plant, they are playing with fire, an Environmental Protection Agency spokesman said Thursday night. “The community has been identified as having a pollution problem,” John Wiemhoff of EPA’s Chicago office said. “That pollution problem has been termed severe enough that the city of Greencastle has been placed on a priority list in order to warrant awarding of federal grants as soon as possible. “IF THEY DECIDE they don’t want the grant, the pollution problem is still there. The city is still responsible for the pollution and I’m certain there would then be some sort of enforcement against the city.” In essence, Wiemhoff says the grant will be offered to help fund the $3-4 million project in the near future. If the Greencastle City Council chooses not to accept it, the grant (for 75 per cent federal, 10 per cent state funds) will not be offered again at a later date. The city would have had its chance for help on the project, would still be in violation of EPA clean water standards and would still be required to build a new wastewater treatment plant...but at its own expense. “That’s the alternative if the city doesn’t follow the plan,” City Engineer Cliff Norton concurred. “Right now we can build the plant for a $650,000 bond issue.” NORTON WAS TO BE in Chicago Friday with project engineer, A.K. Upadhyaya, also of Consoer, Townsend and Associates, to meet with EPA officials concerning the long-awaited and long-debated project. Wiemhoff said discussions will center around the Sewer System Evaluation Survey (SSES) and certain questions and problem areas EPA has spotted in its project review. “Having a sanitary sewage system and allowing private clear water connections of yard drains, basement drains and sump pumps...that’s not the norm,” Wiemhoff said. “What you’re doing is allowing the system to become a combination system. It’s an old sanitary sewer system and a lot of clean water has been allowed to be hooked into it. I don’t want to say that it’s illegally hooked in, but without an ordinance against it and strong enforcement, you’re inviting it to continue. It’s our feeling most of the infiltration is from private sources. “IS IT A COMBINATION system or a sanitary system? That’s what we’re asking.” Wiemhoff said if EPA is satisfied with the SSES findings and terms the system a sanitary system, then the project will proceed accordingly. If the discussions

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reveal what amounts to a combination system, Wiemhoff said, certain costeffectiveness surveys will have to be revised because the private clear water in the system cannot be used in such a survey, he said. Advised that a member of the City Council had reported receiving word that tertiary treatment-or third stage treatment to remove additional suspended solidswas no longer being required of Greencastle, the EPA spokesman actually laughed into his end of the telephone. “NO,” HE SAID. “An advanced secondary treatment panel determined that. If the panel had gone the other way you’d probably be facing expansion of the plant without the addition of special treatment. But the state (Board of Health Stream Pollution Control Board) has presented information that tertiary treatment is necessary.” Greencastle, he said, is in need of more stringent treatment, such as the tertiary level, because the carrier it uses-Big Walnut Creek-is relatively small in comparison to other carriers. For example, were the city able to dump its wastewater into the Mississippi River, the effluent put into it would not have to be as refined as those Greencastle puts into Big Walnut. Wiemhoff said the final meeting of the treatment panel last week reaffirmed that the more stringent level will be required of Greencastle and that the project was indeed justified in terms of pollution control. “OUR ONLY PROBLEM in that regard now is to decide whether we’re talking about the right size plant or not,” he said. “We’re still talking to the engineers about what to do with the sewers (one of Friday’s topics), so the actual size of the plant might be reduced from the plans submitted.” The EPA spokesman said if those problems are resolved Friday-“it might be more than a one-day affair”-to where the SSES is sjbect to approval, awarding of the grant won’t be far behind. “We would then send out an application letter and contact our people downstairswe’re only concerned with reviewresponsible for Step II and step 111 (construction) grants. And if everything else is in order, we’d be ready to go.” WIEMHOFF, HOWEVER, had some discouraging news to those who advocate the necessity of the Southside Interceptor Sewer and the Liberty Street project. “As far as our position is concerned, Greencastle can go ahead and do that work,” he said. “But it isn’t fundable under the guidelines of our present program.” He said the EPA decision on the Southside Interceptor and Liberty Street project stems from the fact they “haven’t been demonstrated as sources of prime infiltration.” That was expected to be a fiercely Col. 3, back page, this section