Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 73, Greencastle, Putnam County, 30 November 1983 — Page 16

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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, November 30,1983

Lottery, utility reform bills filed

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - More than 60 measures, including a proposed constitutional amendment to permit a state lottery, were filed in the Indiana Senate. Sen. John Bushemi, D-Gary, sponsored the lottery amendment Tuesday. It not only would repeal the constitutional ban on lotteries but also would specify that the only legal lottery is one established by law to raise revenue for a government or public purpose. Half the lottery revenue would be deposited in the state’s general fund. The rest would go to local governments, based on ticket sales in their area. Another Bushemi proposal would amend the Constitution to permit voters to propose or reject laws through the referendum and ballot initiative system. The initiative system would give voters the power to propose laws or constitutional amendments. The referendum authority

Putnam scanner Sheriff’s Department A Putnam County Highway Dept, truck was vandalized sometime between Wednesday, Nov. 23 and Monday, Nov. 28. Five windows were broken out at a location near the intersection of County Road 1300 South and County Road 700 West in Washington Township, according to reserve deputy Marvin Query. The damage was discovered at 10 a.m. Monday by highway dept, personnel, police said. A burglary at the Jill A. Bemis residence, Route 1, Box 418, Bainbridge, occurred sometime between 10:30 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, police said. The victim reported that she discovered a six-string guitar and a Kodak instamatic camera of unknown value missing from her residence. According to deputy Chuck Evens, the entire home had been ransacked with contents of drawers thrown onto the floor and frozen food from the freezer hurled into the living room. The intruders entered the home by breaking a rear window and left through the front door, police said. State Police A blue 1977 Chevrolet pick-up hitched to a 1979 yellow 16-foot utility trailer owned by Earl W. Wood, Route 5, Greencastle, was taken sometime during the early morning hours Tuesday, state police report. Wood said he heard commotion around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to the report. Greencastle Fire Dept. Two units were on the scene Tuesday evening to help extinguish a flue fire at the Fred Harold residence, Route 5, Greencastle. The first truck left the station at 8:22 p.m. Firemen used six chimflex extinguishers to put out the fire in the fireplace insert, according to the report. The second truck left the station at 9:17 p.m. carrying additional extinguishers to the scene and returned to the station at 9:30 p.m. No damage was reported. Since the interior walls were hot, the first unit stayed on the scene until 10:22 p.m. to make sure the fire had not traveled into the walls, firemen said. Putnam Circuit Court Randall A. Kline and Joseph R. Davidson, four counts of burglary, three counts of theft. Putnam County Court Criminal cases filed: Monday, Nov. 28--Bobby M. Coffey, hunting deer after legal shooting hours; Martha J. Coffey, hunting deer after legal shooting hours.

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would allow voters to approve or reject statutes passed by the Legislature. The only statewide referendum currently permitted is to approve or reject constitutional amendments. Before either proposal could become part of the Constitution, it would have to be approved by two separately elected legislatures and approved by voters. Bushemi also is sponsoring a bill to require gas and electric utilities to offer subsidized rates for residential customers. The bill doesn’t limit the rates to lowincome users. Another utility bill would require an independent audit of a utility’s performance before the Public Service Commission could approve any rate increase. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Ralph Potesta, R-Hammond, would require the utility to pay for the audit and would exclude that cost from the rate base.

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Retiring Putnam County Fairgrounds caretakers Dorcella and Floyd Keck (right) receive a plaque from Harris Hall superintendent Edith Fry as Fair Board president Gerald Edwards looks on. The couple received the momento during the Putnam County Fair Board's annual meeting Mon-

Obituaries George M. Spencer

George M. Spencer, 72, a lifelong resident of the Russellville and Waveland communities, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday morning at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. He was born Jan. 20, 1911 near Waveland. Mr. Spencer was a participant in many activities, including the Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church, Crawfordsville; the Putnam County Vigilante Association; Russellville Volunteer Fire Department; Russellville Booster Club; Tri-County Fair Association and Putnam County Red Cross Association. He attended DePauw University and was graduated from the Graduate School of Banking, University of Wisconsin at Madison. In 1931 Mr. Spencer started his banking career at the Russellville Bank as a bookkeeper. When the bank

Hubert L. Morrison

Hubert L. Morrison, 85, Carmel, formerly of Cloverdale, died at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. He was born in Cloverdale on Aug. 1,1898, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Morrison. Mr. Morrison lived in Cloverdale, where he was a 50-year member of the Cloverdale Masonic Lodge, until 1936. The deceased worked for Hamblen Gage Co. until his retirement in 1963. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marie in 1970.

Sen. Frank Mrvan, D-Hammond, proposed a bill to create a citizens’ utility corporation to act as an advocate for residential customers in rate cases. That function is currently handled by the utility consumer counselor’s office. would be barred from serving on the PSC Nominating Committee under a bill by Sen. John M. Guy, RMonticello. The measure also would give the committee staff assistance from the Judicial Study Commission instead of from the Legislative Services Agency. One of the heftiest bills filed so far this session is a 93-page effort by Sen. John M. Sinks, R-Fort Wayne, to make various changes in Indiana’s educational bureaucracy. Among other things, the measure would change the name of the Department of Public Instruction to the Department of Education.

day evening. Mrs. Fry said the plaque was given in gratitude for the Kecks' devoted service during the past 16 years. The couple officially retired at the close of the 1983 Putnam County Fair. (Banner-Graphic photo by Barbara Carhart).

voluntarily dissolved in 1969 he was executive vice president. Survivors include the widow, Wilma S. Spencer; a son, George William Spencer, Palatine, 111.; three daughters, Martha Joan Leyda, Delavan, Wis., Mary Lee Moore, Waveland, and Margaret Ann Payne, Stockton, Calif.; a sister, Margaret Lee, Beaverton, Ore.; his mother-in-law, Ethel Swanay, Waveland, and eight grandchildren. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Machledt & Servies Funeral Home, Waveland, with burial at Maple Ridge Cemetery, Waveland. Friends may call 3-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. The family requests that those who wish may send donations to the Spencer Memorial Fund, Wabash Presbyterian Church, Crawfordsville.

Survivors include a son, Gordon, Carmel; three grandsons, Jerry, Thomas and Richard Hamblen, and six great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Smith Funeral Home, Carmel. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Cloverdale Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society. Friends may call 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Hospital notes Putnam County Hospital Dismissed Tuesday: Denise Mantz, Ruby Singleton, Sherry Craig, Pamela Fisher and son, Jane Lemmert, Hazel Zales, Lillian Wychskalla, Vada Burke and Alberta Gorham. Birth: Mr. and Mrs. Cary Wood, 140 W. Berry St., Greencastle, a boy. Market reports Grain prices at Greencastle elevators (less applicable freight and handling charges) Wednesday were: Beans-$7.95 Shell com-$3.48>/2

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Ducks Unlimited banquet Thursday

A Greencastle chapter of Ducks Unlimited was recently organized and will sponsor a fund-raising banquet Thursday night at Windy Hill Country Club. The 6-10:30 p.m. banquet will include an auction, door prizes and other activities. For reservations, persons may call 653-6491 or 653-5515. DUCKS UNLIMITED IS a private, not-for-profit international organization of interested sportsmen and conservationists that was founded in 1937 to help preserve and restore prime waterfowl breeding grounds in Canada - where 70 per cent of North America’s waterfowl are hatched. Since its inception, Ducks Unlimited has completed more than 2,100 wetlands projects and raised more than $l9B million through private donation and fundraisers. Through these projects, DU has preserved some 3,200,000 acres of wetlands in Canada and has recently expanded its efforts to cover parts of five north-central states and Mexico.

Letters

ter,” Bergen said. “As a rule, they just sort of float from one place to the next. “But, if we do find that there is enough concentration of a letter in one area here, we may be able to find out who is sending them and be able to shut that off.” LEGALLY, IN THE matter of “good luck” chains, there is nothing postal officials can do. "If you do find out who it is, all we can really do is ask them not to send them,” Bergen explained. “But, if they sent the letter in good faith, and is really wishing the person good luck, what can you really do?” Types of chain letters that have hit Putnam County include those for recipes or dish towels. A common recipe chain asks the recipient to mail out a favorite recipe to 10 friends. A name at the top of the list is removed, while the newest individual places his/her name at the bottom. Within a matter of days, a number of new recipes are to be at the latest sender’s doorstep. Although there are several types of chain letters, the ones that really cause a problem for the sender are ones that request money, or something of equal value being sent to others, according to Bergen. In these instances, federal law comes into play. “THE ONES THAT ARE illegal are ones that ask that money be sent,” Bergen pointed out. “They ask that $5 be sent, or they

Eyler

ween Chicago and Indianapolis at night. The investigator said the new profile was developed because some of the highway killer’s 13 victims were not homosexuals. Such is the case, he said, with Ralph D. Calise, the victim in the case in which Eyler has been charged in Lake County, 111.

Real estate courses to be offered at DPU

Prospective real estate salesmen and brokers who want to obtain Indiana licenses during the current recovery period of the housing market will be offered a pre-licensing course, beginning the week of Jan. 16 at DePauw University. THE COURSE will meet for 16 weeks (Jan. 16 to May 7) on Wednesday nights at DPU. Time and place will be announced. The not-for-profit statewide Real Estate Certification Program, in cooperation with the local educational institution, will offer the courses. Both courses are approved by the Indiana Real Estate Commission to meet the educational requirements for state licenses. The salesmen course is a 16session course for those planning to enter the real estate business or those who want to broaden their knowledge of real estate as owners, buyers, or sellers of property. The broker course, which meets for eight sessions, is an advanced course to promote the opportunity to increase the applicants knowledge of real estate awareness and operate as a separate entity or associate with another broker.

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promise you a trip if you follow the letter. These are the ones that should be taken seriously. For every person that wins, there are hundreds that lose.” That type of win-lose situation occurred when some Putnam County residents became involved in the “Circle of Gold” scheme that swept central Indiana in 1979. Based on the same principle as a chain letter, the “Circle of Gold” required an initial investment of approximately SI,OOO. Once the “cycle” was completed, individuals were to receive large sums of money in return. When the “Circle of Gold” hit Indiana, federal authorities got involved in the investigation and so did Putnam County Prosecutor Del Brewer. Persons who became involved locally believed there was nothing “illegal” due to the fact that contacts were being made at “investment parties” and not through the U.S. Postal System. The legality of that issue was never determined. THE “CIRCLE OF Gold” reportedly involved a listing of six persons. An investor was to pay SSOO to the person who recruited him and another SSOO to the person whose name was at the top of the list, resulting in the initial SI,OOO investment. The new investor was then to recruit two other people. He would then add his name to the bottom of the list, while all the others

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Police also now theorize the slayer lured his victims with a sexual proposition, offering them either SIOO in cash or placidyl, a hypnotic sleep-inducing depressant prescribed for insomnia. Police said persons ingesting placidyl become physically weak through loss of muscle response, which would explain why

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Ducks Unlimited raised $34 million through contributions and sponsored events in 1982. Presently, DU membership nationwide is approximately 455,000 in more than 2,450 chapters. The Greencastle chapter is the 43rd organized in Indiana. Approximately 7,000 Hoosier members are presently involved in DU chapters. THE GREENCASTLE DUCKS Unlimited Steering Committee includes chairman George Seketa, treasurer Robert Koenig, Gary Gretter and Donald Bowlby of Greencastle and Don Albietz, Jeff Finley and Delbert Perry of Cloverdale. Anyone interested in joining the local chapter may contact any of the above members or attend Thursday night’s banquet. The banquet will begin with a social hour, followed by dinner, a guest speaker and an auction of wildlife prints, decoys, sporting arms and other articles. Attendance prizes and raffles will also be involved.

were moved up one position. As people were added, a total return of $32,000 could allegedly be made on the original SI,OOO investment. Commenting at that time, Brewer was leery of the practice and even more leery of the persons who would get themselves involved in such a scheme. “Those who start something like this ‘Circle of Gold’ probably are going to make something because they’ll be able to find enough fools who will put money into it.” BERGEN SAID WEDNESDAY that any chain letter involving money, or monetary items is literally a form of gambling. A fine can be rendered if a participant is apprehended. But, in the addition to a possible loss of money with some chain letters, Bergen said often there can be emotional scarring. The “good luck” chain letter he reviewed notes: “Davon Fairchild received the chain, and not believing it, threw it away., .nine days later, he died.” “Actually, sending some of these letters is not a nice thing to do when you get down to it,” Bergen remarked. “If someone is overly superstitious, or if someone is having medical problems in their family, it can be very scary for them to think about not following through. If some of these letters are sent to the right person, it can be very upsetting.”

the victims have shown a lack of defensive wounds. Eyler, 30, is scheduled to be tried Dec. 19 in Waukegan, 111., where he was indicted in October in connection with Calise’s death. Calise was stabbed 19 times and found in a farm field about 40 miles north of Chicago.

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