Banner Graphic, Volume 13, Number 122, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 January 1983 — Page 1
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Compiled by EKIC BERNSEE Banner-Graphic Managing Editor STEPHEN C. JONES, son of the late Charles and Ann Jones of Greencastle, will join MurphyBrothers Inc. as sales manager, effective Feb. 1. The 35-year-old Jones has resided in Bryan, Ohio, for the past 10 years, serving and former owner and sales manager of Lindsey-Jones Old-smobile-Pontiac-GMC. He will be supervising the sales of the same products at Murphy Brothers. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Jones attended DePauw University from 1965-67. He was employed by the family publishing business in Columbus, Ohio, for seven years prior to his involvement in auto sales. Jones held numerous civic positions in Bryan. He was past president of the Kiwanis Club and president of the Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Association, while acting as a member of the Downtown Development Committee and Bryan Junior Achievement. He and his wife Kathy and two daughters (Emily, 5, and Olivia, 3), are residing in the farmhouse just off Jones Road south of Greencastle that his parents built in 1977. Jones replaces MICHAEL MURPHY who has accepted the position of district sales manager for Pontiac Division of General Motors in St. Louis. Three Greencastle employees of Public Service Indiana are celebrating anniversaries with the utility during January. Marking 30 years of service are DANIEL A. AKER JR. and JAMES McCARTER. Meanwhile, OTIS A. LAWSON is celebrating his 15-year association with PSI. Vincennes University has announced that seven Putnam County students have achieved dean’s iist status at the two-year school. Qualifying with a grade-point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale were: MARTIN R. WERTZ, Russellville, laser and electronics; JAMES S. MYERS, Route 1, Reelsville, computer programming; LORI M. O’HAIR, Route 1, Bainbridge, computer programming; ERIC I). GASTON, Route 4, Greencastle, aviation maintenance technology; KENNETH J. O’HAIR, 646 E. Walnut St., Greencastle, funeral service education; JOHN D. SIMS, Route 6, Greencastle, machine trades, tool and die, and JEFFREY A. FIDLER, Route 3, Cloverdale, machine trades, tool and die. Fidler earned a perfect 4.0 semester average. At William Penn College in Oskaloosa, lowa, JANET SUTHERLIN, rural Greencastle, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester. The South Putnam High School graduate was honored for achieving a grade-point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. At Purdue University, seven Putnam County students are among 1,870 who completed degree requirements in December. Eligible
Rainy end to month
Mild, with a 90 per cent chance of rain. Low in the upper 30s. Cloudy and cooler on Sunday with a 30 per cent chance of morning rain. High Sunday in the upper 30s. Indiana Extended Forecast It will be mostly sunny Monday, before becoming cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday. The lows will be mainly in the 20s with highs from the 30s to the mid 40s.
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to participate in the May commencement are: DUNCAN RAY BURKHARDT, formerly of Greencastle, bachelor of science in agriculture; ANNE LOUISE LEZOTTE, 609 Ridge Ave., Greencastle. bachelor of science; LISA KAY LONG, 309 Elm St., Greencastle, bachelor of arts in humanities, social sciences and education; JEFFERY DEAN NOAK, 335 Greenwood Ave., Greencastle, associate in applied science degree in computer technology; ERNEST JAMES SHELDON, Route 4, Greencastle, bachelor of science in agriculture; CARL PETER SINGER, 701 Terrace Lane. Greencastle, master of science degree; and SHERRI LYNN ZEINER, Route 5, Greencastle, bachelor of science in consumer and family sciences. WINNIE I). ARNOLD, a student at Indiana University Dental School, Indianapolis, has been chosen for dean’s list distinction. She is the daughter of Maynard and Lucy Arnold, Route 1, Fillmore. Greencastle Middle School eighthgrader JULIE ANNE TERRY was selected by 38th District State Sen. William Dunbar to be a Senate page at the 103rd Indiana General Assembly Miss Terry served Tuesday, Jan. 25, witnessing new laws in the making. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Jewell Terry Jr., Greencastle. The St. Olaf College production of Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” will include the performance of a Putnam County freshman when the play is staged Feb. 1112, 18-19 in Northfield, Minn. ANN MORRILL, 633 E. Seminary St., Greencastle, has the role of Francisca in the production. KAREN EMRICK HIRT, 9 E Berry St., Greencastle, has been named to the fall semester dean’s list at DePauw University. A senior at DePauw, Ms. Hirt is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Emrick, West Palm Beach, Fla. She is the wife of Kenny Hirt, Greencastle. The minimum requirement for dean’s list distinction at DePauw is a gradepoint average of 3.5 for the semester. A South Putnam High School senior has been named to receive an academic scholarship to attend Marian College of Indianapolis. Selected was LORI LANDES, daughter of Mr. and Mrs David L. Landes of Route 1, Reelsville. The scholarship is renewable for four years. Marian is a Catholic liberal arts college with an undergraduate enrollment of 850 students. PAMELA D. LUKE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Luke, Route 2, Coatesville, has enlisted in the U S. Air Force recently, according to MSgt. Rodney L. Garrett. Upon successfully completing the Air Force’s six weeks of basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Tex., she will receive training in the mechanical career field. Pam is a graduate of North Putnam High School.
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Five hurt in two odd accidents By ERIC BERNSEE Banner-Graphic Managing Editor Two virtually unexplained accidents early Saturday morning resulted in injuries to five persons and the arrest of one driver on alcohol-related charges. AT ONE MINUTE past midnight, Greencastle City Police and Putnam County Sheriff’s Department units were called to the railroad bridge on Round Barn Road, just north of its intersection with Albin Pond Road, where a car containing four young people had plummeted to the tracks below. According to the City Police dispatcher, all four occupants suffered facial contussions and broken bones as the car went over the rail and dropped some 40-50 feet. The driver, Leroy Anderson, 20, 10266 Thanes Ct., Indianapolis, was arrested on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was lodged in the Putnam County Jail The extent of Anderson’s injuries was unknown, although, jailer David Costin said Saturday morning, “He couldn't be too bad, or else we wouldn't have accepted him here. ” THE THREE PASSENGERS in the Anderson vehicle, all reported to be juveniles who are charged as minors in consumption of alcoholic beverages, were not identified on the City Police report prepared by officers Rodney Cline and Larry Huffman. It is uncertain whether the three were local residents. The report stated that Anderson, driving a 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle, was southbound on Round Barn Road when he came upon the bridge. For no apparent reason, he lost control and hit the guardrail on the west side of the bridge. The vehicle went over the side, turing over three times in its fall and coming to rest on its top. The car was considered a total loss, with extensive damage to the front end MEANWHILE, A TERRE Haute man was injured three hours later in an accident that is still baffling troopers at the Indiana State Police Post in Putnamville. According to ISP reports, 21-year-old Keith Andre sustained undetermined internal injuries in the 3 a.m. mishap. He was taken to Putnam County Hospital and later transferred to Methodist Hospital at Indianapolis, w here he was reportedly still receiving emergency room treatment at press time Saturday. No condition report was available on Andre as of 10 a.m. The Terre Haute man was found after he flagged down a trooper near the Putnamville Post on U S. 40. He said he’d been in an accident, but because of his weakened state, couldn’t give authorities much of an idea of what had transpired. POLICE LATER FOUND his vehicle near the Cedarcrest Motel east of South Putnam High School and several miles east of where the victim was discovered. The vehicle appeared to have very minimal damage, an ISP spokesman said.
Putnam Patter Sidecurtain way to quick freeze
By DAVID BARR Banner-Graphic Civic Affairs Editor Some cold morning when you finish complaining because no one has invented a warm steering wheel or plastic upholstering that adjusts quickly to body temperature, take time to rejoice and be glad you have car windows that will roll up. It hasn't always been so. Some cars once had to be enclosed with sidecurtains which would often flap with the breeze like bed sheets on a clothesline on windy days. THE INSTALLATION theory was sound in principle. There w'ere fasteners on these open air vehicles designed to hold the ‘‘allweather" curtains securely, but if my memory is correct, their warranty always expired early and unsecured curtain corners w'ould flutter, the rate governed by the car’s speed. What we had at our house was called a touring car for what reason I know not, since our tours were seldom no farther than to town and once in a while to grandma’s. I doubt that designers of early day gas buggies really expected folks to use them for winter travel, and perhaps they would be driven mainly as a summer "luxury” vehicle to make poor folks look like they were rich. THESE SIDECURTAINS had windows of sorts made from thin sheets of mica and called isinglass. You couldn’t see much through them, but there wasn’t really very much worth seeing anyway unless you
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App charged in local break-in
By BARBARACARHART Banner-Graphic Staff Writer Charges were filed late Friday afternoon against a Bainbridge man who allegedly burglarized Merle Norman Cosmetics and Beauty Boutique, 25 W. Washington St., Greencastle, the morning of Jan 19. WILLIAM J. APP, 27, faces charges of burglary (Class C felony) and theft (Class D felony) in connection with the break-in last Wednesday morning. The information and affadavit charges that App took more than SI,OOO worth of 14-carat gold earrings.
strayed a far piece from home. Rather fragile, these mica windows got broken frequently, but replacement material was available. Father used mother’s sewing machine to redo them Under normal conditions, car passengers didn’t get rained on or snowed on, but the inside warmth came from body heat, something those inside didn’t have enough of anyway. At least not enough to spare. IT WAS RUMORED THAT the rich had charcoal foot warmers, but I know for sure the poor used hot bricks wrapped in newspaper, but heat from these disappeared before we were far beyond sight of home. All our riders, however, survived the cold, and the shivering didn’t last very long. Nature took care of this. There is no feeling when the body reaches the maximum degree of numbness. Winter’s worst was soon forgotten when summer’s pleasures began. No more cumbersome curtains to mess with, and if the family felt a bit “sporty,” they could put the top down and have an early version of a sun roof. THERE WAS A NEED for caution, however, since the vehicle had to be “garaged” in the buggy shed. There were problems when the top was not put back up, since a few chickens insisted on squatters’ rights and roosted on cross timbers above. The pleasures of summer driving did
cash and other items. Greencastle City Police told the BannerGraphic Friday that a subject had confessed to the Merle Norman burglary Thursday evening but denied involvement in the rash of recent residential break-ins which police are still investigating. Charges filed in Putnam Circuit Court revealed that suspect to be App. All of the stolen items, except the SSO taken from the cash box, were recovered. App apparently cooperated fully in helping
have its drawbacks, for the bottomless mud of winter turned into pulverized earth by mid-July. Those who hadn't eaten dirt since they were in diapers could now relive this era of childhood While the horse and buggy could kick up a little dust, the automobile “speeding” at 20 miles an hour could kick up clouds of it, which made it smart to keep one’s mouth shut and eyes squinted. SUCH TRAVEL DUST created a who shall be first and who shall be last sort of situation and put a possible strain on the good neighbor policy. In other words, some had to eat dust and some didn't. Those fortunate enough to ride in the “lead” car could stay ahead of their own dust, causing those behind to think unkindly of dustmakers. But they seemed to justify the fact that their own dust was also causing grief to others. What may sound to you like a sensible way to keep from having to eat dust isn’t. Passing the car ahead and giving him a taste of dust is based on an assumption that both were on a dual highway instead of a dirt or gravel road laid out by the width of buggy wheels. THERE CAME A TIME of course, when cars rolled off assembly lines with windows just like houses, and a lot of other devices and gadgets. This solved the inside dust problem but exchanged it for many others that plague car drivers even to this day.
Passersby look down from the railroad bridge at the wreckage of a 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle, driven by Leroy Anderson, 20, Indianapolis, that went off the bridge on Round Barn Road north of Albin Pond Road at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Four persons sustained injuries in the one-car mishap. The driver, who is lodged at Putnam County Jail, was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Three juvenile passengers were charged as minors in consumption of alcohol. (Banner-Graphic photo by Rick Combs).
police recover the items from locations in Bainbridge and near Big Four Arch in Madison Township, where they were stashed. He was released on his own recognizance after he was questioned by both Officer Ernie Newby and Sgt. Norman Varvel Thursday evening. NEWBY EXPLAINED that the followup of a trip from a citizen who had apparently seen a suspicious-looking vehicle leave a parking lot on the morning of the burglary led to the apprehension.
Bainbridge seeks hike for electricity BAINBRIDGE-The Public Service Company of Indiana (PSI) proposes to increase its charges to the Municipal Electric Utility of the Town of Bainbridge by approximately 16 per cent on Feb. 1, Bainbridge officials said today. The increase amounts annually to about $21,600. THE TOWN OF Bainbridge will file with the Public Service Commission of Indiana for its approval, an increase in its schedule of rates for electricity sold to reflect the increase in the cost of power pur chased from PSI. Upon approval of the Public Service Commission of Indiana, an increase of approximately 7.142 mills ($.007142) per kilowatt hour will be applied for all bills of the next practical consumption period following the date of such approval. This amounts to a $7.14 increase for every 1,000 kilowatt hours consumed. Assuming a typical or average residential monthly bill is for approximately 700 kilowatt hours consumption, this increase will amount to $5 per month. THIS INCREASE, stated as a per cent of the total monthly bill, will vary from individual to individual