Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 236, Greencastle, Putnam County, 11 June 1984 — Page 1

Identity of slain woman still confounding police

By ERIC BERNSEE Banner-Graphic Managing Editor PUTNAMVILLE-Authorities Monday were still seeking the identity of a young woman whose body was found Friday afternoon along Interstate 70 in Putnam County. “We’re at a standstill,” State Police investigator Jack Hanlon told the BannerGraphic Monday night. “It’s unusual that this young girl hasn’t been identified by now.” HANLON ADMITTED HE thought the victim, who was shot in the head and

Brushing up on their painting technique, Greencastle Water Dept, workers Adam Wahl (left) and Ed Phillips apply a fresh coat of paint to one of the city's fireplugs. The hydrant painting is part of a continuing maintenance program by the water department. (Banner-Gra-phic photo by Bob Frazier).

Local man killed on West Walnut

By BARBARA CARH ART Banner-Graphic Staff Writer A Greencastle man was fatally injured early Sunday morning when he failed to negotiate a right hand curve on West Walnut Street Road near the entrance of 0 & I Stone Quarry west of Greencastle. Delbert D. Doan, 31,1139 Avenue D, was pronounced dead on the scene of the 2:25 a.m. accident by deputy coroner Jim Hendrich. Operation Life emergency personnel at the scene checked for vital signs to no avail as the victim apparently suffered head and internal injuries. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATING officer deputy Chuck Evens of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Dept., the victim was found in a prone position, face down. Doan had a strong odor of alcohol emanating

Schedule of events announced

Fun Day feast for local amateur athletes

Whether you’re an amateur athlete, or you consider yourself above the rest, the key for the July 4 Fun Day activities at Robe-Ann Park is participation, according to Tom Cath and Bruce Ploshay, cochairmen of the athletic events. Activities will begin at 8 a.m. July 4 with a men’s and a women’s softball tournament at a location to be announced at a later date. Advanced sign-ups of teams participating in the tournament is required. Persons should contact Chuck Schroeder at 653-9763. ALSO STARTING AT 8 a.m. will be a men’s and a women’s singles and mixed doubles tennis tournament at the RobeAnn tennis courts. Persons may sign up in advance for these tournaments by contacting Cath at 658-4280. Advance sign-ups are not a requirement, but will be appreciated to give officials an idea of the number of participants.

Another sleepless night

Fair and mild overnight with low in the mid 60s after a daytime high Monday of around 90. Partly sunny, hot and humid again on Tuesday. High in the upper 80s to low 90s. A 30 per cent chance of evening thundershowers developing. Indiana Extended Forecast Warm Wednesday. Turning to the mid 70s to mid 80s by Friday.

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sexually molested, would be identified sometime over the past weekend. Newspaper and radio and TV reports carried her description all weekend after a Terre Haute-bound motorist found the body along the westbound 1-70 exit ramp at Ind. 243 about 3:45 p. m. Friday. Authorities in Indianapolis were notified immediately. Missing persons reports were analyzed for a white female matching her description: Age 20-25, 5-feet-4, 120 pounds, blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing a brown flowered dress with two red sequined bracelets and a wedding ring

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from his body, Evens said. His black 1974 Oldsmovile Cutlass was positioned facing west in the westbound lane. Police ascertained that Doan was westbound on West Walnut Street Road when he failed to negotiate the curve. His vehicle, police said, ran off the south side of the road, traveled 170 feet along the burm and slammed into a large tree located 11 feet off the edge of the pavement. The left front portion of the vehicle was the impact point, police reported. The vehicle then careened off the tree, slid back across the width of the roadway and came to rest approximately 100 feet west of the point of impact, deputy Evens said. Trooper Gary Salsman of the Indiana

At9a.m., six kilometer (3.7 miles) minimarathon is scheduled. The starting point will be at shelterhouse No. 4 at Robe-Ann. Participants may sign up the day of the race through contact person Woody Dudley. For those persons interested in slimming and trimming, Lisa Larkin, instructor for HER Exercise will offer an aerobics demonstration from 9-10:30 a.m. at the park amphitheatre. Persons will be able to take part in the exercises, which are mainly geared to having fun rather than keeping up with the latest Jane Fonda maneuvers, OPEN-TEAM VOLLEYBALL matches will begin the afternoon activities at 1:30 p.m. The courts are located at the northwest corner of Rcbe-Ann. Teams may sign up in advance by contacting either Cath, or Ploshay. Teams may also sign up the day of the event.

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on her left hand. “There was nothing,” Hanlon said of any missing persons connection. “We don’t know what area to even start in now. We thought she was probably from Indiana, but we might be wrong. She could be from about any habitat.” AUTHORITIES HOPED that Monday would bring a break in the case. If the victim was due to go to work on Monday and failed to show up, police could be notified and determine an identification. Although the woman wore a wedding band, Hanlon is not convinced she was

State Police and Greencastle police Sgt. Rodney Cline assisted Evens in photographing the accident scene, where several pieces of debris were scattered on the roadway. SERVICES WILL BE conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday from Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, Greencastle. where friends may call 2-9 p.m. Tuesday. Rev. Paul Bowen will officiate, with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery. Born Dec. 7,1952 in Terre Haute, he was the son of Max L. and Nancy M. (Overton) Doan. The 1971 Greencastle High School graduate attended Ivy Tech. He was an Army veteran and a member of the National Guard. Mr. Doan was employed as a welder at Greencastle

Paul and Mary Bretscher will be in charge of the swimming races and games, which will include activities for all ages. Persons interested in taking part in these events should meet at 1:30 p.m. at the City Pool. A softball throw contest for three different age categories will take place at 2 p.m. under the direction of Chris Benetti. Contests will include participation for youngsters eight years old and under, from nine years to 12 and youngsters from age 13 and over. Participants should meet at the Robe-Ann basketball court and can sign up for the contest prior to the start. HORSESHOE PITCHING will be offered beginning at 2 p.m. July 4 at the park, according to Cath and Ploshay. All equipment for the games will be provided. At 2:15 p.m., a broad jump contest is scheduled to take place at the Robe-Ann Park softball field. Games include con-

Council meeting Tuesday

The Greencastle City Council will meet at the city’s new wastewater treatment plant when the Council holds its regular monthly session at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. According to an agenda supplied by Mayor Gerald Warren, the Council will consider health insurance coverage for city employees under unfinished business. In new business, the Council will

married. “It wasn’t a real expensive ring,” he said, noting that single women who don’t want to be bothered have been known to wear a ring to ward off unwanted harassment at work or while out on the town. The ring, Hanlon noted, had brass underneath its gold surface. The victim, who had her hands and feet tied, may have been shot at the site where her body was discovered. “We’re not sure,” Hanlon said. “There was a lot of blood there.” SHE COULD ALSO have been shot somewhere and merely dumped out at the

Manufacturing Co. In 1978, he married Dena Byrd, and she survives. IN ADDITION TO THE wife, survivors include his mother, Nancy Paris, Greencastle; his father. Max L. Doan, Georgia; a son, Ronald Dale Doan, a daughter, Lindsey Mae Doan and a stepdaughter, Misty Dawn Jones, all at home; two brothers. Max R. Doan, Martinsville, and Roger D. Doan, Reelsville, and three sisters, Gladys Hinkle, Vicky Hayes and Glenna Gorham, all of Greencastle. The Greencastle fatality was one of six weekend traffic deaths reported over the weekend in Indiana. The state’s 1984 death toll is now 329, compared to 420 on this date a year ago. Col. 3, back page, this section

tests for those eight-years-old and under, youngsters from age nine to 12 years and those youngsters 13-years-old and over. Cath and Ploshay are in charge of the contest. The basketball courts will be the scene of more athletic competition at 2:30 p.m. with a two-on-two contest scheduled for three different age groups. Age groups include those 12 and under, 13-16 and 17 years and over. TIM HREHA WILL BE IN charge of a high jump competition, which is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. July 4. The contests will take place at the softball field with those youngsters eight and under, nine through 12 and 13 and over making up the three divisions. Also at 2:30 p.m., a sack race for the same three age groups will be conducted at the park softball field. Following at 2:45 Col. 3, back page, this section

considered a Plan Commission thoroughfare plan, Monon Street vacation and technical amendments to the zoning ordinance, as well as a request for the lease extension on the local airport. The meeting is open to the public. Petitions and comments from local residents are encouraged at the outset of each meeting.

Putnamville exit of 1-70. An autopsy performed Friday night revealed that the fatal wound came from a gun of the caliber “larger than a .22,” Hanlon told the Banner-Graphic. The time of death has not been exactly established, but authorities believe the woman was killed “sometime late Thursday night or very early Friday,” Hanlon added. Authorities returned to the scene Saturday with metal detectors, but found nothing of consequence, Hanlon reported

PrimetiiMntir

as elementary an issue as it seems

By LARRY GIBBS Banner-Graphic Publisher The Greencastle School Board will turn its attention to Project Primetime Wednesday night amid caution from Supt. James Peck that the state-sponsored program is “a bigger issue than most people realize.” Its adoption, the superintendent said, will mean the transfer of some firstgraders among elementary schools this fall to achieve balanced class sizes, the eventual remodeling of buildings to gain extra classrooms and the possibility that state funds will not completely offset the salaries of additional teachers hired to meet program objectives. ADOPTED BY THE 1984 Indiana General Assembly, Primetime is designed to limit first-grade classes next fall to an average oi no more than 18 students within participating public school corporations. The program will be expanded to include second grade in 1985-86, third grade in 1986-87 and kindergarten in 1987-88. School corporations are not required to participate. However, those who do will receive a maximum of SIB,OOO from the state for each additional first-grade teacher hired to achieve the average 18:1 student-teacher ratio when school resumes in August. Greencastle presently has an average class size of 23.7 pupils in kindergarten through third grade at Jones, Northeast and Ridpath schools. During the school year just ended, there were 120 firstgraders in five sections (classrooms) - two each at Jones and Northeast and one at Ridpath. THE CORPORATION anticipates 143 first-graders for the coming year, which means the present five sections would have to be increased to eight to attain an average class size no larger than 18. Project Primetime then would allow Greencastle a maximum of $54,000 to pay salaries and related benefits for the three extra first-grade teachers hired for 198485. But Supt. Peck, who continues to support the smaller-class-size objectives of Primetime, warns that the school board must consider all aspects of the program and the problems that could result. “Primetime is a bigger issue than most people realize. Most of the public, and some educators, don’t fully realize its ramifications,” he said. ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM space is one issue that must be addressed if Greencastle opts to participate in Primetime. Existing space can be converted without difficulty to create three extra first-grade classrooms this fall, Peck said, but if Primetime is phased in completely over the next four years a minimum of nine additional rooms will be needed. The need for nine extra classrooms is based on the assumption that eight sections will be required at each grade level as Primetime is implemented. If enrollment increases push the need to nine sections per grade, then 13 more classrooms will be needed by 1986-87. “We can create three more first-grade classrooms without much trouble, simply by reallocating our present space,” Peck said. “But if we make the commitment to stay with Primetime into the second and third grades, then kindergarten, we’re going to have to remodel to get the extra rooms that will be needed. And there is no state money in Project Primetime to pay for creating additional space.” Four classrooms could be gained at Northeast, the superintendent said, by converting three “cluster” areas into rooms and the cafeteria into a classroom. The gymnasium then would also be used as a cafeteria. AT RIDPATH, FOUR classrooms could

Monday. “WE JUST HAVEN’T had what you might call real good luck so far,” the veteran State Police investigator said. “People have called in and said they saw a red car or they saw a blue car or a semi along there (the 1-70, Ind. 243 interchange),” he added, “but semis sit there all the time...” The victim was apparently dragged from a vehicle down the embankment, which was only 80 feet from the roadway but out of sight of the highway.

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be created by relocating the Chapter I remedial reading and math teacher to a smaller area, by combining the library and teacher work area into a single classroom (moving the library into the school’s foyer) and by dividing the existing cafeteria into two classrooms. The gymnasium then would serve also as a seating area for lunch. One extra classroom could be made available at Jones, the superintendent said, by relocating the remedial teacher into another, smaller location. “These nine classrooms will be needed during the next four years if we go with Primetime and our enrollment stays level enough to allow us to stay in eight sections at each level,” Peck said. “If we have more students and have to go to a ninth section, then we’re looking at needing 13 extra rooms over four years. In that case, we’d have no choice but to add onto our buildings.” REACTIVATING MILLER School is net a feasible alternative, the superintendent said, for the same reasons that prompted the building’s closing in 1981. He said the cost of utilities and other operational expenses remain too high to keep the older structure in service. Peck said parents also should realize that implementation of Primetime for the 1984-85 school year would mean that some first-graders would be transferred from the schools where they attended kindergarten. The transfers, he said, would be necessary to achieve the closest possible enrollment balance among the three elementaries. “If we get into this (Primetime), it’s going to be a fact of life that some students will have to be transferred to maintain a balance as close as possible among the first grades,” Peck explained. “We wouldn’t get exactly 18 in each classroom, but we would come as close as we could. ” THE SUPERINTENDENT also cautioned that the SIB,OOO provided by the state for each extra teacher could prove deceiving because that entire amount will not be paid in all instances. Depending on how far enrollment increases above the 18:1 ration at a given grade level, the state will pay only one-third or two-thirds the cost of another teacher’s salary, leaving the corporation to make up the difference. To illustrate his point. Peck noted that Greencastle expects to have 152 kindergarten students this fall. If that same number enters first grade in 1985-86, a total of 8.44 sections would be needed to maintain an 18:1 classroom ratio. That would mean four extra teachers instead of three. However, Peck noted, the law as presently written would require Col. 3, back page, this section