Banner Graphic, Volume 21, Number 82, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 December 1990 — Page 1

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Martin Marietta’s latest letters don’t bear tidings of joy for Cloverdale

By LISA MEYER Banner-Graphic Staff Writer CLOVERDALE Some Cloverdale residents have been receiving unwanted holiday tidings in the mail recently. Residents who live within 1,500 feet of a quarry leased by Martin Marietta Aggregates have been receiving certified letters from the company offering them a pre-blast survey of their homes. THE LETTERS FROM Martin Marietta area production manager James Gregory state the stone company plans to begin operations at the old Cox quarry site in the near future. As property protection to nearby homeowners, the company is offering a “pre-blast structure survey” that will document the physical status of homes. The inspection will be done at no cost to homeowners by qualified people who will provide a verifiable condition of the structure, the letter said. Residents and property owners are asked to respond in writing within 30 days to Martin Martietta. FOR SOME residents, the letters are putting a damper on what should be a joyous time of the year. As they have said repeatedly in the past, none of the residents are happy that the quarry will be blasting at their back door.

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With Ridpath Elementary School in the background, Kenny Ferrand of Ferrand Construction, Fillmore, uses a backhoe to begin removing a nine-foot-wide strip of land adjacent to the west edge of the school playground. A fence separating the

Central Street at center of activity now

By ERIC BERNSEE Banner-Graphic Editor For years parents have thought Central Street was a Ridpath School driveway. DePauw University officials once thought it was an alley, and even indicated it as such on architect’s drawings of the new Center for Contemporary Media. BUT REST ASSURED, Central Street located at the west edge of Ridpath School and a block east of Locust Street is a City of Greencastle street. And most recently, it’s been a hub of activity. For starters, demolition of Locust Manor and construction of the Media Center required closing

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Tonight clear. Low in the upper 20s. Near calm wind. Tomorrow sunny and mild. High near Indiana Extended Forecast Dry and mild Monday through Wednesday. Lows will range from the 30s on Monday and Tuesday mornings, wanning to 35 to 40 on Wednesday morning; highs will range from 45 to 55 on Monday, warming to 50 to 60 by Wednesday.

Cloverdale Area Chamber Christmas dinner Dec. 13

CLOVERDALE The Cloverdale Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Christmas dinner and membership meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13 at the Holiday Inn. Cost is $9 per person, which includes a meal consisting of turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes, com, tossed salad, hot rolls, cherry cheesecake and drink. RESERVATIONS are necessary and can be made by calling the Cloverdale Chamber office at 795-3993 or 795-4514 by noon Monday, Dec. 10. Meanwhile, 1991 membership dues are due Jan. 1. Kellie Monnett will accept dues at the annual Christmas party for anyone desiring to pay at that time.

Angela Basore said she was very THE BASORES live on Beagle Club Road and abut the 362 acres leased by Curt and Lucille Sinclair to Martin Marietta. The family’s house is also near to the entrance Martin Marietta officials have

play area from Central Street was found to be nine feet into the right-of-way for that city street this week as construction work began on a sidewalk along the west side of the school. The-fence was removed to allow the sidewalk project to proceed. The

the street midway between Elm and Howard streets. And while still closed to through traffic this fall, Central Street has taken on a new designation. After appropriate City Council action, the street has been designated one-way northbound between Howard and Hanna streets. No parking will be permitted on the west side. BUT THE REAL facelift began Thursday when what started as a routine sidewalk project escalated into a major undertaking. Even Street Commissioner Jim Wright was amazed at the turn of events as he watched Kenny Ferrand of Ferrand Construction Co., Fillmore, maneuvering a backhoe

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Also during the annual Christmas dinner, election of new directors will be held. The Nominating Committee (comprised of Mrs. Monnett, Lillian Whitaker, Kerman Goss and Norv Gottula) has submitted the following names for consideration for three directors positions to be vacated Jan. 1: Norv Got■tula, Diana Guthridge, Steve Holsapplc, Pat McKinney, Marvin Query and John Wentzel. NOMINATIONS also may be made from the floor Dec. 13. The new directors will replace Kelly DeFord, Mike Monnett and Dru Smith. Anyone voting via proxy must do so by Dec. 20 by returning a ballot to: Secretary, board of directors, Cloverdale Area Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 83, Cloverdale 46120.

upset upon receiving her family’s letter. “I don’t know what we’re gonna do yet,” she told the BannerGraphic Friday. “We’re just waiting until the last minute to respond.”

along the west edge of the Ridpath playground. Gone is 480 feet of chainlink fence that used to border the school playground. Missing are two large trees midway between Elm and Howard. And in the process of being moved is a playground slide, newly ringed with railroad ties and covered with safety surfaces of mulch this past spring. ALL WERE LOCATED within a nine-foot strip of ground along the east side of Central Street. That strip, however, wasn’t school property. Instead, as a survey showed this week, it was part of a 50-foot right-of-way for Central Street.

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proposed for the quarry traffic. (The use of Beagle Club Road by Martin Marietta has not received the approval of the Putnam County Commissioners.) Mrs. Basore said she received the letter last week and has been advising her neighbors that they have an unwanted gift waiting for them at the post office. Jim Smith, president of the citizens action group S.C.A.T., said he received his certified letter from the company Friday and he intends to request an inspection. BESIDES INSISTING that he be notified before the inspection, he said he also wants proof that the person performing the inspection is licensed, qualified and bonded. Smith said he will also insist that the inspection be performed within 30 days prior to the first blasting to be as accurate as possible. Another resident, Dee Todd, said she and husband Eddie received their letter recently. She said they, too, plan to request that the inspection of their homes be done within 30 days of the first blasting. The letters were sent to several residents on Cloverdale’s northeast side. Martin Marietta officials could not be reached to comment on the letters or the date that quarrying of the limestone deposit is expected to begin.

discovery will make result in a wider street and more safety for school children, officials concurred. (Banner-Graphic photo by Eric Bernsee).

“What started as a simple sidewalk project turned into a major project,” Wright said, pointing out that the forms were actually ready for 480 feet of new sidewalk along the east side of Central before the snafu was caught Eyeballing the short stretch of sidewalk, just north of Howard Street and in front of the school, Wright realized something was amiss. Where the new sidewalks were to go, the street suddenly become narrower at midpoint. Surveyors confirmed suspicions; the fence was in the right-of-way. That was no problem for the school corporation; it removed the Col. 3, back page, this section

Putnam Patter

‘Hide and seek’ is senior’s play

By DAVID BARR Banner-Graphic Civic Editor Those real estate folks who make a big noise about the storage space in houses they are trying to peddle are not always telling the whole story. They are most likely talking about cupboard-like storage vaults with doors that shut so nosy visitors won’t inventory your possessions. SUCH FACILITIES are designed for the tidy, the orderly and the well-organized. For the rest of us

Memorial services Monday at Gobin for Gerald Warren

Memorial services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church for former Mayor Gerald E. Warren, 76, Greencastle. Private family graveside services will be held Monday morning. Rev. Nelson Steele will officiate. The Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. There will be no calling, however, at the funeral home. MR. WARREN, who served as mayor of Greencastle from 1984 through early 1987 when he resigned because of health concerns, passed away Thursday at Putnam County Hospital. He was an emeritus professor of economics and management at DePauw University, from which he retired in June 1979. In 1988, Mr. Warren was awarded the Greencastle Chamber of Commerce’s annual Citizen of the Year Award. Also in 1988, he was awarded the Sagamore of the Wabash. Before winning election as mayor on the Republican ticket in November 1983, he was elected Second Ward city councilman, serving 1976-79. He served two tenures at DePauw, 1938-1947, and returning in 1966 when he was named chairman of the Economics Department. In between, Dr. Warren served on the faculty at Tulane University, 1947-56, and at Temple University, where he joined the economics staff in 1962. In 1975, he was named to the Q. G. Noblitt Chair of Business and Financial Economics at DePauw. In 1969, DPU students named Dr. Warren the school’s Most Distinguished Professor, citing him for distinguished teaching and rapport with undergraduates. He was also former director of the program in Business and Public Service at the university. He was a key man in initiating and starting the Management Fellows Program at DePauw. DR. WARREN’S college teaching career was interrupted by four years of service in the Pacific Theatre during World War II and special leaves for international and government service work. As an International Cooperation Adminstration economist, he spent six years working on economic matters in the Republic of China on Formosa and the Republic of Korea. He served as an economist with the Federal Trade Commission and a neutral third-party arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association. Widely recognized as a teacher and scholar in the field of economics, Dr. Warren was president of the Indiana Economic Forum in 1972 and published works on defense costs, objectives and priorities of U.S. aid, the role of reserves in control of bank credit and the need for greater economic literacy among young people. He was also active at Gobin

there is sometimes an avalanche of stuff, called miscellaneous for lack of a better classifications. There come times when junk would be telling it like it is. With everyone and his brother, so it seems, stuffing our mailboxes with an accumulation of paper which would almost swamp us unless some sort of orderly disposal were devised. Sorting out that which under certain circumstances could have some future worth creates a problem that

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GERALD E. WARREN Memorial service Monday Memorial United Methodist Church, chairing its Staff Parish Committee and serving on the committees of Finance, Endowment, Renovation and Council on Ministries. He was also a lay delegate to the annual conference. Mr. Warren was a member of the Greencastle Rotary Club, Main Street Greencastle, Putnam County Council on Aging and RSVP and a former member of the Greencastle Development Center. He also previously served on the Asbury Towers Board of Directors. He was graduated from Southwestern (Kan.) College in 1935 with a B.A. degree, and earned his master’s and Ph.D at the University of lowa. Bom Feb. 21, 1914 in Lyons, Kan., he was the son of Albert G. and Laura (Umberger) Warren. On June 10, 1989, he married the former Fred Snavely, and she survives. Also surviving are four daughters, Judith R. Warren Heaps, York, Pa., Joyce E. Warren Weller, Alexandria, Va., Martha R. Hardman, Arlington Va., and Susan J. Simmons, Alameda, Calif.; a sister, Florence Evans, Deaver, Wyo.; seven grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Mr. Warren was preceded in death by his first wife, Genevieve Walts Warren, on July 5, 1987. Also preceding him in death were his parents; a brother, George W. Warren, and a sister, Ella Mae Blakeley. Contributions can be made to Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church of the American Heart Association.

can be worked out. THE BIG PILE ON unlucky days could be marginal or borderline materials which means not important enough for the bank vault, but too important for the waste basket—at least not at the time of arrival. Bills with some grace time on them could be temporarily piled out in plain view. No thief, nor anyone else, for that matter, would want to deprive you of these personal Col. 5, back page, this section