Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 1, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 September 1984 — Page 3

Labor Day weekend accidents take 13 lives on Indiana highways

By The Associated Press Thirteen people were killed in Indiana traffic accidents during the long Labor Day holiday weekend, state police said today. The deaths increased Indiana’s 1984 highway fatality toll to 550, compared with 709 on Sept. 4,1983. Willie Boyd Jr., 44, of Springfield, 111., was killed about 11 p.m. Monday when his semi-trailer truck veered off Interstate 69 and rolled over five miles north of Waterloo, police said. State police said Michael A. Young, 18, of Fort Wayne, died Monday afternoon of injuries suffered in an accident on Interstate 69 in Madison County Sunday morning. Arthur Steward, 25, of Portage, died Sunday night when his motorcycle hit a guardrail along a city street, police said. Authorities said Randolph Jackson, 30, of Valparaiso, was killed Sunday night when his car went off a road and struck a utility pole a mile west of Valparaiso. Police said a fiery car-truck collision Saturday killed Douglas Hanselman, 25, and his brother Jacob Hanselman, 24, both

When these clowns put on a happy face, they have to play it by the rules

By RANDY TITUS Anderson Herald ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) - Scott Merritt used half a can of makeup before he “found his face.” As a candidate for admission in the Performing Clowns of Anderson Club, the 15-year-old has been applying clown makeup and redesigning his face in a two-month quest to create his own unique clowning identity and to perfect his clowning skills. Being accepted into the clowning fraternity won’t be easy. He knew that before he began his training. The organization adheres to clowning’s strictest unwritten rules and standards. Club members are prohibited from smoking, swearing and drinking while in costume. They must apply their makeup skillfully and consistently reproduce the details in their face. They must respect other clowns’ originality and not duplicate their characters or faces. Bill Runyan, past president of the Peru Circus clown organization, said the Performing Clowns of Anderson Club has adopted rules that are universal to clowning. “Any clown worth being a clown follows these strict rules,” said Runyan. To help Scott learn the ropes, Bpb Thompson, president of Performing Clowns, serves as Scott’s “Joey,” or the experienced clown who instructs a novice performer. On their makeup session, Thompson demonstrated how to apply professional clown makeup. Then they began designing Scott’s clown face. “We sketched out different eyes, different noses and different mouths,” Scott said. “One night, I dreamed I was in a circus and decided to keep the face I dreamed of.” Scott’s broad, bright-red, painted smile reflects his enthusiasm for clowning, he said. He chose a happy face because he is excited about clowning and wanted his face to show it. “I grew up with clowns,” Scott said. “My room was decorated with a circus motif everthing had clowns on it, from the curtains to a circus wagon toy box.” Scott, to prove he has mastered the makeup magic, must put on his face for a reviewing committee. He practiced putting on his new face everyday for two weeks to prepare for the examination. Scott met with the older clowns un-

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of Hamlet. Their car collided with a semitrailer and burst into flames on U.S. 35 nine miles north of Knox. Police said Timothy S. Hamman, 21, and his brother, Dennis W. Hamman, 24, both of Butler, and Jeffrey S. Dangler, 20, of Waterloo, died Saturday in a two-car collision just east of Waterloo on U.S. 6 in DeKalb County. Police said Dangler’s car went to the left of the center line and crashed into the Hamman auto on a curve. Eddie D. Carter, 21, of Indianapolis, was killed early Sunday when he lost control of his motorcycle on an exit ramp from Interstate 465 to East Street in Indianapolis,

der the shade of a covered patio. Thompson and Jimmy Kemper, the club’s founder and veteran clown, observed as Rhonda Morton (aka Sergeant Bubbles), the club’s makeup expert, asked questions while Scott applied his makeup. Rhonda wanted Scott to be able to put on his face in 20 minutes. Exactness and attention to details such as the fine, dark outline around the eyes and mouth are important. After applying a base coat of white makeup, he dusted the oil-based paint with powder. Then, he added red triangular eyebrows and a big red mouth. As Scott added the fine, black lines that separate the colors, Rhonda increased her hovering around the makeup table. She offered warnings about applying the detail work carefully. This was the point when the whole job could be ruined by a slip of the hand. Rhonda is so meticulous about her own makeup that she will wipe the face off if she makes a mistake. She also is adamant about the sanctity of a clown’s face. She is taking steps to have her Keystone Cops-style face patented. “You never duplicate another clown’s face. Once you get your face, you never change. It might take Scott two years to get his face down to just the way he wants it,” she said. Scott’s Joey was content to leave the critiquing to the makeup expert. But periodically he reminded Scott about technique or commented on his pupil. “Scott is a good listener. He really wants to learn,” Thompson said. “Some kids would back out. You have to have it in your heart. You’ve got to want to be a clown. You’ve got to love all people.” When a prospective member asks to join the club, Thompson is just as concerned about his attitude as he is about how well he puts on makeup. “I worked with them (new members) to see how much they wanted to be a clown...to see if they are excited and really interested in being a clown,” he said. Scott says the group has been supportive and eager to help him learn, but he says a lot of clowning knowledge cannot be taught. “A lot of clowning is a matter of instinct. You can learn how to throw a pie in someone’s face, but you have to know, through instinct, when to be friendly with a child in a parade and when to walk on by,” he says.

police said. David Kent, 17, of South Bend, died Sunday when a car went out of control and struck a tree and utility pole four miles northwest of South Bend, state police said. A doctor from Germany was fatally injured in a head-on crash early Saturday on Indiana 75 in northwest Boone County. Authorities said Olaf Ganghoff, 28, was driving through Indiana after a Minnesota medical convention. The first reported weekend fatality was 14-year-old Carey Williamson of Danville, whose three-wheeled vehicle went off a Hendricks County road and struck a tree Friday night.

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Farm living is the life for increasing number

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation’s small farms increased by more than 94,000 over four years as many Americans gravitated to more rural living, new government figures indicate. Analysts have noted a movement of people from cities and suburbs to the small towns and countryside in recent years, but had not anticipated the extent of the growth in farms of less than 50 acres. Indiana’s census figures show 23,023 farms under 50 acres, compared with 21,772 farms in the 1978 count. “I was rather certain they would increase, but I did not expect, I frankly admit, a 17 percent increase in four years’ time,” Agriculture Department population expert Calvin Beale said of the Census Bureau study. That report, released Monday, showed farms of less than 50 acres increasing from nearly 543,000 in 1978 to 637,000 in 1982, the most recent figures available. This does not mean an increase in family farms nor a turn away from the concentration of commercial farms among large business concerns, however, agriculture experts pointed out. Beale pointed out that the fast-growing

Many go-go bars skirting food service requirements

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) police say that despite warnings by the Alcoholic Beverage Commission some bars in the state are not complying with minimum food service requirements. According to law, the minimum menu at locations where alcoholic beverages are sold must consist of hot soups, hot sandwiches, coffee, milk and soft drinks. For the most part, violators of this ABC rule are go-go bars, excise police said. Philip J. Sanders, chief of the State Excise Police, said even some popular restaurants and lounges frequently break the 1948 rule which requires that the mimimum menu be available as long as alcoholic drinks are served. “There are a lot of them that cut their kitchen off at 10 o’clock or whatever, simply because its not economical to keep a cook for the whole time,” said Sanders. “What we ask them to do is at least have sandwiches available. ” While the law requiring a minimum food service is not a new one, there has been a new thrust in enforcement since state and county officials organized to rid Indiana highways of drunken drivers. Because food and non-alcoholic

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farms, “with a few exceptions, are so small they usually are operated by people who earn most of their income from nonfarm sources. They are as much a way of life as a business.” There are exceptions, of course, and Beale pointed out that such small operations can be a success raising tobacco, or chickens and some other products. But in general, he said, that’s not the case. “The majority of these places are run by people who are not engaging in farming as their principal occupation,” he said. “Some of these are people of urban background changing their lives, finding a good place in which to rear their children. Others are rural people, maybe blue collar employees, who know somthing about small-scale farming, who want to engage in it, who don’t want to live in town," Beale said. In many cases both spouses commute to a job and work the farm on evenings and weekends. On the other hand, the smaller scale commercial farms did decline in that fouryear period, Beale observed. •The Census study showed a drop in the number of farms in the 50-acre to 1,999-

beverages dilute the effect of alcoholic drinks, compliance with the rule could help reduce alcohol-related traffic accidents, officials believe. “I don’t know if coffee helps some say it doesn’t but it’s something hot, and it might make you more alert,” said ABC Chairman Harry J. Wick. Wick and Sanders are members of Gov. Robert D. Orr’s task force on drunken driving. Their decision to strengthen enforcement of minimum food service requirements resulted from that commitment. Sanders admits that enforcement of the food service rule won’t get drunks off the roads. But he thinks a bite to eat and a cup of coffee could help avoid accidents. “The drunk driver is still on the road,” said Sanders. “But it tends to at least slow the person down. The time they take to sit down and have soup or a sandwich or coffee or whatever before they get into their automobile gives them time to clear their head.” Those establishments which ignore the warnings of excise police face a fine and liquor license suspension, Sanders said.

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acre range, and an increase of in the number with 2,000 acres or more. Overall, the Census counted 2,241,124 farms in the United States in 1982, down from 2,257,775 despite the growth among the smaller operations. The average size of farms declined from 449 acres to 439 acres over the four-year span. The land value increased, however, from $619 per farm acre, to $791 per acre. The market value of farm products sold in 1982 totaled $131.8 billion, the report said, up 23 percent from four years earlier. At the same time, inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index, rose by 35 percent. Other findings from the Census of Agriculture included: —Crop sales accounted for 47 percent of farm income, followed by livestock, 33 percent; dairy products, 13 percent, and poultry, 7 percent. —Only 1 percent of farms had more than 500 head of cattle, but they acounted for 43 percent of cattle sales. —The nation’s farm land totaled 984.8 million acres in 1982, down from just over 1 billion acres in 1978. —ln acres harvested, wheat edged out corn, 70.9 million acres to 69.9 million, and soybeans totaled 64.8 million acres. —The number of milk cows grew from 10.2 million to 10.9 million, and broiler chicken sales jumped from 3.1 million to 3.5 million.

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