Banner Graphic, Volume 18, Number 189, Greencastle, Putnam County, 18 April 1988 — Page 10

THE BANNERGRAPHIC April 18,1988

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Obituaries O. Ray Parker

Graveside services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday from Whitaker Funeral Home, Cloverdale, for O. Ray Parker, 77, Irving, Tex., who died Friday at his residence. He was formerly of Belle Union. Friends may call 6-9 p.m. Monday, with Masonic services

Sally Ann Murrell

Sally Ann Murrell, 93, Ladoga, passed away Sunday at her residence. She had been in failing health the past two years. Bom Jan. 18, 1895 in Rockcastle County, Ky., she married Granville L. Murrell on Feb. 22, 1914 at Crab Orchard, Ky. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Murrell was a member of the Ladoga Order of Eastern Star, the First Christian Church at Ladoga and its Golden Circle Sunday School class. She farmed with her husband, and the Murrells also formerly owned and operated the grocery store at Ladoga. Survivors include two

Dale A. Blocher

Dale A. Blocher, 70, Indianapolis, died Sunday at Winona Memorial Hospital, Indianapolis. Bom in Lawrence County, 111., he was an Indianapolis resident the past 45 years. Mr. Blocher was employed in the meter department with the Indiana Power and Light Co., Indianapolis, for the past 34 years. He retired in 1982. Mr. Blocher was a member of the Third Christian Church, Indianapolis. He was also a member of the Evergreen Masonic Lodge No. 713, the Scottish Rite and the Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 2597. He was a past Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop No. 169.

Hospital notes

Putnam County Hospital Dismissed Friday: Mitchell Bell, Karen Carter and son, Tyson Drescher, Stephen Hammond, Rosemary Kendall, Cara Young. Dismissed Saturday: Paula Benedict, Tamara Campbell, Mary Gardner, Cynthia Mangus and son, Tracy Merchant and daughter, Julie Stock and daughter, Phyllis York. Dismissed Sunday: Delmar Redding. April 12 birth: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Carter, Route 2, Box 422, Spencer, a boy. April 14 births: Mr. and Mrs. Randy Stock, 5306 Hillsboro Drive, Indianapolis, a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Merchant, Route 2, Box 334A,Spencer, a girl. April 15 birth: Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Mangus, Route 1, Box 330, Coatesville, a boy. Birth, April 8: Mr. and Mrs Jack Berry, Route 2, boy. ♦ ♦ ♦ New Arrivals Scott and Joan Davis, 705 Toddson Drive, Greencastle, announce the birth of a son, Mark Evan, bom at 5:59 p.m. April 8 at Humana Hospital. He weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces and was 19 Ms inches long at birth. Maternal grandparents are Richard and Elaine Kuhl, Waynes-

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at 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be in Stilesville Cemetery. Rev. Malcolm Neier will officiate. In addition to survivors listed in Saturday’s notice, survivors also include five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

daughters, Mrs. Newell (Opal) Dossett, Crawfordsville, and Mrs. Chester (Edythe) Dickerson, Route 2, Ladoga; six grandchildren; eight greatgrandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren, a niece and several cousins. In addition to the husband, she was preceded in death by two sons, Oscar (in World War II) and Martin. Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday from Servies and Morgan Funeral Home, Ladoga, where friends may call 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Monday. Bill Worrell will officiate, with burial in Ladoga Cemetery.

Mr. Blocher was a World War II veteran of the U. S. Army. He married Mary N. Gray on Aug. 2,1947, and she survives. Also surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Leroy and Linda Blocher, Bainbridge; two grandchildren, Tim and Heidi Blocher, both of Bainbridge; a brother, Willie E.; and two sisters, Margaret Brown and Martha. Funeral services are scheduled 10 a.m. Wednesday at Flanner and Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary, 1305 E. Broad Ripple Ave., Indianapolis. Friends may call 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Indianapolis mortuary.

ville, N.C. Paternal grandparents are Warren and Jean Davis, Potomac, Md. Paternal greatgrandmother is Clara Runge, Sheboygan, Wis. ♦ * * A daughter, Nicole Lynn,, was bom April 6 at Putnam County Hospital to Daniel and Vickie Smith, 533 N. Arlington St, Greencastle. Nicole was bom at 8:47 p.m., weighing 7 pounds, 12 ounces. She was 21 inches long at birth and was welcomed home by brothers Anthony, Jason and Joshua. Maternal grandparents are Marion (Midge) and Juanita Goodman, Greencastle. Paternal grandparents are Lawrence and Doris Smith, Greencastle. Paternal great-grandmother is Nettie O’Hair, Brick Chapel. Barry and Michael Fisher, Route 1, Greencastle, announce the birth of their first child, a son, Benjamin David, bom March 19 at Putnam County Hospital. He weighed 9 pounds, 4 ounces and was 22 inches long at birth. Paternal grandparents are Harry and Claudia Fisher, French Lick. Maternal grandparents are David and Vicki Holt, Sturgis, Ky. Paternal greatgrandparents are Helen Drake and Earl Fisher, both of French Lick. Maternal great-grandmothers are Mary Griggs, Louisville, and Velma Simpson, Sturgis, Ky.

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Hanked by Greencastle Civic League Spring Clean-up CoChairmen Kathryn Jones (left) and Gwen Morris, Mayor Mike Harmless is lending his support to the fifth annual effort. April 17-23 has been designated as Clean-Up Week, with Saturday, April 23 slated as the annual clean-up day (April 30 in case of rain). This year’s event will culminate with a

Hydrants

fireman. They know where these sites should be at.” CURRENTLY, DOUGLAS said a proposal is being written to obtain funds for “three to four hydrants” per county. “We’re in the process of writing the grant,” Douglas noted, “and hope to receive a total of 25 hydrants over our eight-county area.” Once they are in place in each county, then private homeowners and other persons will be invited to observe how they work and possibly purchase their own. The hydrants, Coffenberry said, can be invaluable. Not only do they provide an added safety factor in fire protection for homes as firefighters would be able to retrieve water from a source in a rural location, but there are cost benefits as well. INSURANCE RATES for many rural homeowners will be reduced with the addition of the hydrants. “The biggest impact of this,” Coffenberry emphasized, “is the safety factor and the lowering of insurance rates.” One thing that Coffenberry said he would like to stress is that the project is just not an effort to get funding to purchase the hydrants. In fact, it’s far from that aspect alone. “Our main aim is to get people educated about the hydrants,” Coffenberry said, “and to know they are available. If people do want them, we hope to be able to purchase them through good group rates. “THE THREE OR four we hope to put in each county should help us get a good core (representation). Then, people can see how these operate.” On the average, the hydrants would cost each homeowner approximately S3OO-S4OO, Coffenberry says. “That’s just the cost of the basic hydrant,” he added.

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community picnic at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23 at Robe-Ann Park. The Rotary Club is coordinating the picnic with all food donated. More details on the clean-up campaign are available on today’s editorial page and will be featured throuhgout the week. (BannerGraphic photo by Gary Goodman).

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“There would still be the charge to the homeowner for the PVC (to get the water from the lake to the hydrant).” Still, Coffenberry believes that is a minimal cost for the benefit involved and Douglas agrees. Douglas and Coffenberry say all county representatives both have spoken with have been enthusiastic about the project. THE DUO ATTENDED a March 7 meeting of the Putnam County commissioners, discussed the project with Commissioners Gene Beck, John Carson and Don Walton and received that board’s support. In fact, the commissioners are discussing putting such a hydrant near the Green Acres County Home, according to Douglas and Coffenberry. “That’s going to be an interesting project,” Coffenberry said of the Green Acres hydrant effort. “They (the Putnam County commissioners) are working with the Soil Conservation Service on that.” Meanwhile, Douglas noted there is soon to be a hydrant placed in the Albin Pond area by a private individual. “There is no timetable set yet on that one,” he pointed out, “but there is one ready for installation in the county.” DOUGLAS SAID HE and Coffenberry hope to set up Putnam County’s hydrant meeting with fire officials within the next month. “We know this is something we’re going to have to get started on right away,” Douglas assured. If anything, both want to continue the effort while the interest is so high among the professional firefighters who have full knowledge of what benefit the hydrants will be to homeowners. “We’ve just had a really large number of people interested,” Douglas concluded. “We’ve really been pleased so far.”

Putnam scanner

City Police A one-vehicle property-damage accident was reported by Greencastle City Police at 10 p.m. Sunday on Manhattan Road, a quartermile south of Sunset Drive. Muchela Brann, 22, Route 1, Reelsville, lost control of a 1980 Chevrolet Blazer after encountering a rut on the east side of the roadway, Officer Keith Nelson reported. Her vehicle left the roadway on struck a mailbox and post owned by C. Conrad Hammond and a railroad crossing sign and post Damage to each was listed at SSO. DAMAGE TO THE Brann vehicle was estimated at SI,OOO- - police said. One weekend arrest was reported by city officers. Laurie O’Neal, 18,230 Hillsdale Ave., Greencastle, was arrested at 12:15 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Martinsville Street and Airport Road. Officer Mike Hanlon charged the teen-ager with being a minor in consumption of alcohol. Three weekend traffic tickets were written by City Police. At 10:15 p.m. Saturday, Kevin Wells, 17, Route 2, Cloverdale, was ticketed by Officer Hanlon for speeding on Franklin Street Wells was cited for 50 mph in a 30-mph zone. DISREGARDING A stopsign at the comer of Hanna and Indiana streets resulted in a ticket for Jeffrey Bell, 16, Route 2, Cloverdale, at 8:35 p.m. Friday. Sgt Paul Wilson issued the citation. At 7:31 p.m. Friday, Wilbur A. Douglas, 19, 835 Tennessee St, Greencastle, was ticketed by Capt. Jim Hendrich for an unsafe start from a parked position. Douglas was ticketed on East Seminary Street State Police A burglary, occuring either Friday evening or Saturday morning, was reported at the Josie Lawson residence, Box 21, Reelsville, according to Indiana State Police at the Putnamville Post. Taken was a .38-caliber handgun, a Radio Shack VCR, coin collection, S2OO in half dollars, liquor and a bowie knife. Trooper John Mishler is conducting the investigation.

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Bainbridge Fire Dept. A house and parked car were damaged in a 3:10 a.m. fire on East Indiana Street in Bainbridge Saturday, Bainbridge Volunteer Fire Department officials said. A fire of undetermined origin gutted a bedroom of the Grace Downing residence. The home is actually owned by Rex Eaton, Route 1, Bainbridge. Smoke damage was reported to the other rooms of the home. THREE SCHOOL-AGE children were home alone when the fire broke out, fire officials said. Sam Downing, the oldest child, approximately 13, phoned in the alarm and got the other children out of the home unharmed after reportedly waking up to find the fire. “It was a good thing,” a BVFD spokesman said, because the bedrooms are all located together." Firemen used 1,500 gallons of water to extinguish the blaze. No damage estimate was available. Sixteen firemen responded to the call and returned to station at 4:45 a.m. Saturday after their 40th run of the year. A 1986 CHEVROLET IROC Camaro, owned by Henry Landon, suffered damage to its finish when heat from the fire caused the car’s paint to bubble, fire officials said. The car-was parked in a nearby carport. Putnam County Court Criminal cases filed: Wednesday, March 23 Warren S. Nichols, driving while license suspended. Monday, March 28 James F. Wallace, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and operating a motor vehicle without proof of financial responsibility; Steve Eugene Sprague, driving while license suspended and no proof of financial responsibility; William L. Mansard Jr., operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated; Ronald T. Cobb, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated; Dale W. Haimon, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated; Bronzell Davis, disorderly conduct; Gregory Richards, check deception; Richard Former,’ check deception. Tuesday, March 29 Tammy Clark, illegal consumption by a minor.

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