Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 131, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 February 1984 — Page 8

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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, February 8,1984

Obituaries

Joan MacPhail

Joan MacPhail, 51, Route 2, Greencastle, passed away Monday at University Hospital, Boston, Mass., after an extended illness. Born Nov. 6, 1932 in Jay County, Ind., she was the daughter of Jacob and Iris (Caster) Scholer. On May 22, 1954 she married Ned B. MacPhail, and he survives. Mrs. MacPhail was a graduate of Portland High School and a member of Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church, Tri Kappa Sorority, Washburn Chapter of the Daugthers of the American Revolution and the Merry Jills Home Extension Club. Prior to her illness, she was employed for four years as a teller at Central National Bank. Prior to that, she was a bookkeeper at

Zora Storm

Mrs. Zora Storm, Cloverdale, and a former resident of rural Fillmore, died Monday evening at Houston Health Care Center, Cloverdale. Born Aug. 3, 1886 in Putnam County, she was the daughter of Abraham and Lueitia (Allen) Smith. She married Melvon Storm in 1905. He preceded his wife in death in 1958. Mrs. Storm was educated in Putnam County Schools. She was a lifetime resident of Putnam County, a housewife and mother. Mrs. Storm was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Fillmore order of

Denevee M. Terrell

Denevee M. (Denny) Terrell, 70, Route 15, Brazil, a resident of Hunter’s Trailer Court on the east side of Brazil for the past six years, died Monday at Union Hospital, Terre Haute. He was a former resident of Putnam and Hendricks counties. Born Sept. 23, 1913 at Stilesville, he was the son of the late Julius Oscar and Phebe Ann (Whicker) Terrell. Mr. Terrell attended Stilesville High School. He was a mechanic and was the owner-operator of a garage at Stilesville. Prior to his retirement at age 58, he was employed at the International Harvester plant, Indianapolis, for more than 30 years. Mr. Terrell served with the U.S. Army during World Warll. He was a member of the Cassell C. Tucker American

Virgil Irwin

Virgil Irwin, 86, Terre Haute, formerly of Putnam County, passed away Monday evening at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Services will be conducted

Putnam scanner

Sheriff’s Dept. County Road 650 North, near the Hendricks County line, was the scene of one-vehicle, per-sonal-injury accident Wednesday morning. Injured in the 1:20 am. mishap was Angela J. Eidler, 20, Route 2, Cloverdale. Eidler suffered minor bleeding to the lower arm area, police said. She lold deputy Jim Baugh that she was driving her 1982 Chevrolet sedan on County Road 650 North, approaching the Hendricks County line road when she applied her brakes on the ice and lost control. The vehicle went into a ditch and collided with a tree, police said. City Police Eugene Shrader, 49, Route 1, Cloverdale, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while Li toxica ted Wednesday morning. Sgt. Larry Huffman arrested Shrader at 12:30 a m. Wednesday. Benjamin L. Taylor, 43, 115 W. Berry St., Greencastle, was

Schultz’s Family Store for seven years. in addition to the husband, survivors include a son, Blair S. MacPhail, Indianapolis; three daughters, Tamara Staub, Cicero, and Lorinda and Heather MacPhail, both at home; two sisters, Martha Crowl, Dayton, Ohio, and Elsie Evans, Pennville, Ind., and a sister-in-law, Dorothy Scholer, Yorktown. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Herman Scholer. Services will be conducted at 1: 30 p.m. Saturday at Bitties and Hurt Funeral Home, Greencastle, with Rev. Summer Walters officiating. Private burial services will be held at Forest Hill Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for 2-9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Eastern Star. Survivors include a son, Lloyd Storm, Route 1, Fillmore; a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Cooper, Idaho; five grandchildren, Mrs. Larry Schmelzel, Idaho, Mrs. Phillip Wilson, Mooresville, Norman Cooper, Texas, Charles Storm, Greencastle, and David Storm, Greenville, Tenn.; 14 greatgrandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at the Wingler Funeral Home, Coatesville. Burial will follow at Bethel Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Legion Post No. 58 and the Loyal Order of Moose No. 1592, both of Greencastle; and the VFW Post No. 1127, Brazil. Mr. Terrell was preceded in death by a sister, Miss Gladys Terrell, and two brothers, Frank and Noble Terrell. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Bessie Terrell Fisher, Route 1, Stilesville; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Harriett Terrell, Stilesville; several nieces, nephews and other relatives and two close friends, Vera and Vernon Osborne, Greencastle. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at LawsonSlack Funeral Home, Brazil, with Rev. Jewel DeWeese officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle. Friends may call 5-8 p.m. Thursday and until the hour of service Friday at the funeral home.

at 2 p.m. Thursday from the Thomas Funeral Home, Terre Haute. Friends may call 4-9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

cited for speeding on North Jackson Street Tuesday afternoon. Sgt. Ernie Newby issued the citation at 3:55 p.m. John F. Dorenbusch, 21, Columbus, was issued a citation at the intersection of Locust and Hanna streets for disregarding a stop sign. Dorenbusch was cited by Officer Terry Kendall. Hanna Street, near Elm Street, was the scene of a twovehicle accident Monday afternoon. Involved in the 3:12 p.m. accident were a 1980 Mercury, driven by Stella F. Adams, 65, Greencastle, and a 1981 Chevrolet, driven by Tamara K. Hendricks, 21, Illinois. Adams told the Officer Ken Hirt she was pulling onto Hanna Street from an alley and did not see the Hendricks vehicle approaching from the east due to parked vehicles. Consequently, Adams said, she pulled her car out in front of the Hendricks vehicle

Citing February as National History Month, Greencastle Mayor Gerald Warren has proclaimed its observance locally. Hazel Owens (left), regent of Washburn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Betty Aker, vice regent

Shinn trial

sheriff’s deputy Robert Patton and Greencastle Police Department Capt. Larry Rogers and told the officers his wife had struck the victim. Shinn was given the breathalyzer. Brewer said, and had tested .18 an hour after the accident. “Laura was very upset about what had happened,” Brewer added. CAPT. ROGERS WAS the first officer on the scene, Brewer told the jury. “I think Larry (Rogers) would be the first to admit that other steps should have been taken at the scene,” Brewer said. “There were no pictures taken of the scene on that day and the vehicle was released. ’ ’ Brewer added that other police officers did arrive on the scene later and gathered additional evidence. The prosecutor said there would be eyewitnesses testifying to the event, including George Friend, a resident of Asbury Towers, who saw some debris coming down, later identified as the victim’s shoes. “There will be a variance,” Brewer cautioned the jury, “in what the eyewitnesses will say they saw.” BREWER CONCLUDED his opening statement by stressing that sympathy should not have a play in the outcome of the case. “The sole purpose is to decide the facts of evidence,” Brewer said. Defense counsel Pierson opened his statement to the jury by explaining that there are two types of criminal cases. “There’s the ‘who done it’ and the ‘what is it,”’ Pierson instructed the jury. “This is a ‘what is it.’ There will be some facts and you’ll have to decide what is it.” PIERSON ADDED, “We’ll pay most attention to what Laura Shinn saw, what she heard and what happened just before the accident.

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eluding a 40-minute meeting and almost five years of uncertainty over the building’s future. IN OTHER ACTION Tuesday night, the Zoning Board was reorganized for ‘B4 with Loring retaining the chairmanship. Rose

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and chairman of the history month project, were in City Hall this week for the official proclamation signing. The chapter has several exhibits on display in Greencastle businesses. (Banner-Graphic photo by Barbara Carhart).

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“The main issue is whether she (Laura) was intoxicated,” Pierson continued, “that is the battle ground.” Pierson said the defendant’s credibility will be in question during the trial and said the fact that “Laura is a good wife, a good worker, an honest person” is important to the case. Even though Mr Houck is dead, Pierson said the jury will have to consider the way he crossed the street a crucial point in the case. The defense counsel said there is only one person who can testify that he saw the whole accident. “ART ROGERS SAW the whole accident,” Pierson told the jury. “It has a lot to do with how Mr. Houck crossed the street.” Dismissing sympathy as an element in either the state or the defense's case, Pierson said there are three issues to consider during the trial. “Operating a motor vehicle-we’re not going to argue that one,” Pierson said. “While intoxicated-that’s the tremendous battleground.” Pierson added, “There is no doubt the accident caused the death, but the state has to prove that intoxication was involved.” “WHY ARE WE IN court?”, Pierson asked the jury, “because we dispute heavily two of the three elements.” Recalling the events of the morning of May 28, Pierson told the jury that Laura and Larry Shinn, together with Steve Shinn and some other people did go to the Plessinger home at 8 a.m. on May 28 with the intention of celebrating Steve Shinn’s homecoming. “It was between 9-10 a.m.that Laura and another lady drove to Andy’s Liquors and bought a keg of beer and proceeded back to the party,” Pierson added. “They were just having a good time.”

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Buis was elected vice chairman, while Crawley will continue as secretary. The next meeting of the Zoning Board is slated for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 at City Hall. Besides Loring and Crawley, those

present Tuesday night were Mrs. Buis, Jim Grimes, Aud Walton and attorney Rob Bremer. The panel is one member short with the vacancy created by Flossie Harmless’ election to City Council, which required her to resign from the Board.

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83 per cent of Greencastle musicians earn top ratings

More than 70 Greencastle Middle and High School band students participated last Saturday in the annual Indiana State School Music Association’s district wind, percussion solo and ensemble contest at DePauw University. Students participated in the contest according to their own individual abilities by use of a graduated system of competition, ranging from “easy”, or Group V, to “difficult,” Group I. AT THE CONTEST, students were judged by music educators from across the state according to a present evaluation system that includes ratings from Division I, or “superior,” to Division IV, “poor.” Thirty out of 36-or more than 83 per cent of the Greencastle students-earned a Division I superior rating. The results are as follow: GROUPV Division I rating-Tammy Jackman, flute; Holly Schopmeyer, clarinet; Angie Sterchi, clarinet; Katherine Emery, clarinet; Shannon Boone, clarinet; Kim Hinkle, alto sax; Jason Hall, trumpet; Chris Ellis, trumpet; Julie Gacsko, trumpet; Tim Bouslog, trtim-

Between 12-1 p.m., Pierson said, Laura and Larry left to go home and change clothes and feed their pets with the intention of returning to the party later that afternoon. “THE EVIDENCE WILL show Laura asked for the keys to Steve Shinn’s car and he had no hesitation in allowing her to drive his car,” Pierson said. “He (Steve Shinn) did not think she was intoxicated.” As the Shinns vehicle topped the hill on Jackson Street, Pierson said the evidence will show eyewitness Art Rogers saw the victim in the middle of the street. “He (Houck) stepped backwards and then started to run forward in front of the vehicle and was struck,” Pjerson told the jury. PIERSON SAID BOTH Uura and Urrv Shinn will testify that they both saw a blurr and when Urry had looked back around, he realized that someone had been struck. “Uryy will testify that Uura went to pieces,” Pierson said, “and that they drove around and parked the car so that Urry could calm her (Uura) down.” Pierson said Urry had informed the police at this time that their car was at the accident scene. “We will also dispute the breathalyzer,” Pierson said. CITING LARRY ROGERS’ humanity in releasing the defendant to the custody of her family, Pierson said the officer could have locked her up. “Instead, he let her go to her parents where she could receive comfort,” Pierson said, concluding his statement. Capt. Rogers, as well as Capt. Paul Wilson and Officer Ken Hirt were expected to testify Wednesday afternoon with the state concluding its case sometime late Wednesday or early Thursday morning.

pet; Michael Brown, French horn; Lonnie Pelfrey, trombone; Bill Lezotte, trombone; Ron Sutherlin, tuba; flute duet--Jenny Uncaster and Susan Dickey; clarinet quartetCrystal Aubrey, Kim Pettit, Lesley Miller and Candi Adams; brass quartet-Tim Bouslog, Steve Bradley, Cindy Mercer and Bill Newgent; brass sextet-Julie Gacsko, Jason Hall, Amie Linville. Lonnie Pelfrey, Brad Wood and Ron Sutherlin; percussion trio-Amy Kern, Marcus Lowes and Nancy Claar; percussion quintetMark Frisbee, Marcus Lowes, Chris Haymaker, Kerri Miller and Brad Ricketts; flute trioTammy Jackman, Kim Chew and Rose Newgent. Division II rating-Seth Collins, clarinet; Leslie McManama, tenor sax; Kerri Miller, bells; flute trio-Mendy Burger, Carrie Whitlock and Michele Wells; trumpet quar-tet-Julie Gacsko, Jason Hall, Brad Parker and Joe Buis GROUP IV Division I rating-Susan Dickey, flute; David Brown, cornet; clarinet quintetTammy Newby, Angela Staley, Tracy Porter, Sabrina Gray and Tina Brattain.

Putnam Patter

Continued front pace 1 his bed, he has to drag the wheeled demon behind him like dragging a guilty conscience. By the time a person maneuvered this outfit around chairs, bed table, bed and whatever else might be in the road to the bathroom he was apt to forget why he was going there in the first place. This machine is boss of the bottle. At any time of day or night, it would break out in beeps which were relayed to the nurses’ station and someone on duty would come galloping down to the rescue. JUST TO PUT MY mind at ease that I had done nothing to aggravate the monster, the nurse explained that the beep meant the bottle had quit dripping therefore nothing was going down to the “drip” on the bottom end of the tube. For more than two days by the calendar (my count was a lot higher than that) the drips continued night and day. Then mercy was extended. The water was shut off and the menu replaced by what the hospital called a “liquid diet.” While it was every bit as thin as the IV solution, it went down the hatch like food is supposed to do. Soon to follow was the kind of food 1 could chew and just as I was beginning to enjoy life and being waited upon like a king, the doctor left orders for the hospital staff to wheel me through the front door and send me home. I’VE ALWAYS TRIED TO be honest although there may have been times when I had to be backed into a corner to get at the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. So to sleep well tonight, 1 have a confession to make. During all those seemingly endless days on the jug, I was neither hungry nor really thought much about real food. Perhaps part of the reason was that during this period my tummy was in such a foment that I had more important matters to thick about.

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GROUP 111 Division I rating-Ketaki Bhattacharyya, flute; Tina Moore, flute; Tawnya Pierce, fiute; Malina Basset, flute; Todd Bouslog, trombone; Scott Mowrer, cornet; Bert Brown, cornet; flute quartet-Tina Moore, Malinda Basset, Tawnya Pierce and Lori Baxter; clarinet trio-Cathy Barr, Lori Combs and Cathy Hubble. Division IV ratingpercussion quintet-Robby McCabe, Todd Hendershot, John Shoemaker, Brian Picketts and Richard Weaver. Students entered in Group I, the most difficult category, and receiving a Division I, superior rating, are eligible to progress to state level competition Feb. 11 at Butler University in Indianapolis. GREENCASTLE students so qualifying are: Trumpet quartet-Craig Gardner, Donalee Leer, Bert Brown and Paul Walters; and sax quartet-Cindy Barr, Tir.a Hafley, Tim Sutherlin and Sharon Rowings. Instructors for the students participating are Jon Hamm and Hugh Carter, who express their thanks to the private instructors, piano accompanists and all others who helped with