Speedway Flyer, Volume 35, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 June 1966 — Page 1

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St. Christopher’s Catholic Church 5335 West 16th Street Rev. L. A. Lindemann Pastor Rev. Paul Richart Assistant Pastor Sunday Masses—6:3o, 8:00. 10:00. and 11:30 am. There is still time to sign up for the Annual St. Christopher (Continued on Page 5 )

FIRESTONE PROMOTES LOCAL MAN

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Robert J. Cassaday Robert J. Cassaday has been named manager of Firestone’s Racing Division office in Speedway City, Ind. In his new duties, Cassaday, a 10-year Firestone employee at the Racing Division headquarters in Speedway City, will be in charge of operations at the race tire distribution center. Born in Battleground, Ind., Cassaday was graduated from Speedway High School. Following service in the Marine Corps in World War II and in the Korean War, he returned to Speedway City where he was a member of the police department before joining Firestone in 1956. Cassaday, 38, and his wife, Jean, have a son and a daughter. The family lives at 6104 Hollister Dr., Speedway City.

Westwood Duplicate Bridge A Special Mixed Pair game was held in the clubhouse Tuesday May 31, 1966 kith the following winners:: 1. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Moorman Jr. 2. Mrs. Nay Bently—Walter Vogel 3. —Mrs. Walter Vogel & Nay Bently Mrs. Addlai Harman Secretary - Treasurer Phone: 291-5282 Euchre Party There will be a Euchre Party, June 10 at 8 p.m. sponsored by the Citizens Guardian Council, at the American Legion Post, 601 So. Holt Road. Door prizes, Euchre prizes. EUCHRE PARTY FOR MASONS All Master Masons and their wives of the Speedway Lodge No. 729 F. & A. M. are invited to attend another progressive Euchre Party this Friday night, June 10th at 7:30 pm.

First Baptist Church of Speedway (Affiliated with the Baptist Bible Fellowship) Fundamental 4034 N. High School Hoad Pastor: Rev. Bob Diffee—AX 3-2030 1 Sunday School 10:00 AM Morning Servicelo:so AM. Evening Service7:oo PM. Thurs. Prayer Service7:oo PM. “A Going Church for a Coming Lord.” Speedway Baptist Church (Affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention) 2986 Moller Road Rev. James R. Deuel, Pastor, AX 1-8570 Sunday School, 9:45 am. Training Union, 6:00 pm. Morning Worship, 11 am. Evening Worship, 7:00 pm. Wednesday—Prayer Service at 7:00. Choir practice at 7:30. The Speedway Baptist Church is always happy to welcome visitors at any service. Nursery facilities are always available. Church of Christ 4956 West 10th Street Services: Sunday 9:45 am. and 7:00 p.m. Thursday 7:00 pm. For information call AX 1-8823 Baptist Church of no Master (Anwrteen Baptist) WlDtan Helm, Pastor 1620 N. Girls School Hoad CH. 1-7646 Morning Worship—9:3o am. Sunday School—10:30 am. BYT—6:3O pm. Sunday. Evening Service 7:30 pm. Wednesday Evening Bible Study, 7:00 pm.

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PARK NEWS GIRLS - GIRLS - Girls - GIRLS If you are interested in playing softball, volleyball, tennis, shuffleboard, golf and many other recreational activities, you are invited to attend a short organization meeting at Meadowood (Continued on Page 3) SCHOOL NEWS The major scholastic awards at the Annual Speedway High School Honor Day Program went to Dan Queener, Valedictorian, and Ronald Luther, Salutatorian, o fthe Class of 1966. Other scholarship awards werejArt, Ed Robards; Business Education, Debbie Burnett; English, Patty Brooks; German, Debbie Hawkins; Spansh, Walter Hocker; Homemaking, Sharon Woodward; (Contnued on Page 4)

DeMolay Sells Umbrellas Speedway Chapter Order of DeMolay still has some umbrellas left for sale. They art $2.00 each and the colors are black, beige, dark blue and light blue. If you want an umbrella call Steve Speer, 244-5322.

Westside Coin Club Westside Coin Club will meet at the Speedway Coin Shop, 1538 Main Street in Speedway, Tuesday, June 14, at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome whether they are a member or not. A special program is scheduled. Grandmother's Club Grandmother’s Club, Charter 597, will meet June 13th, 6:30 p.m. at Sheraton-Lincoln Hotel. Meeting is about conference June 26 and our convention. Please attend. Busy Week Ahead For Speedway Chapter, O.E.S.

Worthy Matron Nellie Bilbee and Worthy Patron Floyd Bilbee have designated the June 14 Stated Meeting of Speedway Chapter No. 561, Order of the Eastern Star, as “Honoring Fathers.” Father’s Day is officially June 19. Speedway Chapter’s Official Inspection by the Worthy Grand Matron will be held Friday, June 17 in the Masonic Temple at 525 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, with dinner at 6:00 p.m. Other participating Chapters will be Queen Esther and Nettie Ransford. Reservations for dinner should be made with Secretary Janette Spencer on or before June 13. Award of Gold presentation and baby dedication are scheduled for 7:15 followed at 7:30 p.m. by the Inspection meeting.

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PRIZEWINNERS AT G & M TV

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Shown above is Richard Schrock, 5202 W. 15th Si. (at the left) receiving a new General Electric AM/FM portable radio he won as the local prize in the National G.E. Sweepstakes (See .America Sweepstakes) from G&M TV. 5302 W. 10th St. Norman Miller, shown presenting the radio is co-owner of G&M TV. Mr. Schrock is now entered in the grand sweepstakes with top prize of a Dodge Charger and an all-expense paid month vacation. The contest ended May 31st. Shown in lower picture is Vesta Booker, Pittsboro, Indiana, who was the winner of the 12"

NEW TRADE-IN PLAN OF FALENDAR HOMES PROVES IMMEDIATELY POPULAR

Immediate acceptance of Falender Homes’ new approach to the trade-in needs of buyers has been reported by Robert Jacobs, director of marketing and sales for the Falender Building Corporation. This new plan, which over 20 buyers have already taken advantage of, is available at any of Falender’s five Indianapolis communities or for on-your-own-lot purchasers anywhere in Marion or adjacent counties. This exclusive new plan, offered only by Falender Homes, assures the buyer that Falender will purchase his present home at the full current market value within seven days after he selects a Falender home. Purchase price, which is based upon a figure set by threee independent appraisers, is subject to the buy-

Card of Thanks I would like to thank all the precinct committeemen and vicecommitteemen of the Speedway area for appointing me their ward chairman and promise to the best of my ability to work for the good of the Republican party. Also my thanks go to the many Wayne township voters for nominating me to the Wayne Township Advisory Board & electing me as a delegate to the Republican state convention. Paul E. Burkley

Westside Bible Church “A. Fundamental Church With A Missionary Vision” Bible School 9:45 a.m. Worship Services 10:30 am. and 7 pm. 1010 N. Main St. James Smithwick, Pastor Grace Bretheren Church Meeting at Holiday Inn Speedway Jerry R. Young, Pastor—293-3372 9:30 am. Sunday School 10:30 am. Morning Worship Church of Christ Evangelist—Loren Raines 3103 N. High School Rd. Study—29l-2521 Res. 244-2963 Bible Study 9:45 Morning Worship 10:45 Evening Worship 6:00 ’ Wednesday Eve. 7:30 Chapel Bill Methodist Church 963 N. Girls School Road ICnlster Clark E. Hobby—CH. 1-6163 WORSHIP. 6:45 CHURCH SCHOOL. 9:45 WORSHIP. 10:45

Speedway Methodist Church 5065 West 16th Street James Grottick, Pastor William Blessing, Assistant Pastor Donald E. Krieger, Director of Christian Education. Hal Meurer, Director of Music FIRST SESSION 9:00-10:00—Adult and Youth Worship Church School—Nursery thru Elementary 6. 10:00-10:45—Church School—Adult and Youth. 10:15-10:45—Elementary worship in the Sanctuary. SECOND SESSION 10:00-10:45—Church School—Adult and Youth. 10:15-10:45—Elementary Worship in the Sanctuary. 11:00-12:00—Adult and Youth Worship Church School—Nursery thru Elementary 6. (Continued on Page 5 )

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er*s approval. By taking advantage of this plan, the buyer avoids any possibility of being required to own two homes at once, or of being forced to move from his present home before his newly ( Continued on Page 4) RECITAL The Baton Recital theme “This Was The West” will be presented Saturday, June 11th, 6:30 pm. at 5437 Meadowood Drive. Those participating under the instruction of Jeannea Resener are as follows: Sharon Albert, Sandi Badger, Rozlynn Bailey, Jackie Drake, Patty Huffman, Susy Huffman, Nancy Huliba, Julie Laue, Brenda McCammack, Tina McCammack, Susan Peters, Pam Rahke, Noel Resener, Christy Saxton, Chris Smith, Patricia Sutton, Suzanne Sutton, Jane Ulery, Judi Ulrey, Barbara Veerkamp, Sharon Veerkamp, Pam Wagner, and Jane Weatherford. MOTHER OF TWINS The June meeting of the Charter Chapter Mother of Twins will be Monday, June 13 at 8 o’clock at the Indiana National Bank, 38th and Washington Blvd. All mothers of twins who are interested are welcome or they may call Mrs. Jerry Colee at 2411679.

POSTE-SMOCK ■ ■ Miss Carolyn Aim Poste and Mr. Dennis C. Smock will be united in marriage, June 24 at 8 p.m. at the Speedway Christian Church. Dr. Ray Montgomery .will officiate at the double ring ceremony. Miss Paste is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Poste, 5824 Speedway Drive, Speedway. Mr. Smock is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Smock, 1200 Sunnybrook Lane, Lebanon, Indiana. A reception will follow at Westwood Country Club. Friends invited. Jarvis-McKee Miss Julianna Jarvis and Mr. Danny G. McKee will be married Sunday afternoon, June 12th, 3:30 p. m., Speedway Christian Church. Miss Jarvis is the daughter of Mrs. Norma Jarvis and the late Mr. Maynard H. Jarvis of 1921 Fisher St., Speedway, Ind. Mr. McKee is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John McKee of R-R. 2, Brownsburg, Ind. The couple will reside at 229 S. Green St., Brownsburg, Ind. Friends are cordially invited to the ceremony.

WANTED YOUNG MEN OF ACTION The Speedway Jaycee’s serving Speedway and Northwest Indianapolis are holding their annual New Member breakfast at the Holiday Inn, West 16th Street in Speedway, 7:30 am. For reservations and more information call: Ken Wendt, 244-0363 Home 632-3501 Office Tom Forrest 291-7138 Home JOHN KNOX VACATION CHURCH SCHOOL ' The 1966 session of Vacation Church School for John Knox United Presbyterian Church 3000 North High School Road will be held during the two weeks beginning June 14, Tuesday through Friday each week from 9:00 to 11:30 am. This year’s theme is to be “The Church.” All children of the community who will be five years old by October Ist through the sixth grade are cordially invited to attend. Anyone wanting additional information regarding this two weeks of projects, fun and learning may call Betty Baird at 2914562.

ALPHA DELTA OMEGA On June 2nd Epsilon Chapter met at the home of its president, Mrs. Alice Farley with Mrs. Elva Harvey assisting. Final plans were made for the delegates who will be attending national convention June 11th and 12th at (Continued on Page 6) PIANO RECITAL The piano students of Rick Stanton will present a recital at his studio at 5803 W. 30th Street on Sunday, June 12, 1966, at 3:00. Students who will be participating are Rita Borst, Ronda Borst, Susan Bourke, Kristine Dickey, Barbara Frey, Sally Frey, Peggy Pierce, and Mike Strout. Friends are cordially invited to attend. ________ NORTHWEST BAPTIST CHURCH 3470 High School Road Sunday School 9:45 am. Worship 10:45 am and 7:00 pm Wednesday Meeting 7:00 pm. Bov. Larry Rowans ST. 7-1540

St. Luke’s Butted Church of Christ 5380 West 10th Street Congregational Christian Evangelical and Reformed Howard W. Beer, Minister, CH 1-8762 Church School (classes for all ages)—9:3o am. Moming Worship—B:3o and 10:30 am. You are always welcome.

St. Andrew’s Z Lutheran Church 5700 Crawfordsville Road CH. 1-4110 JOHN M. CHELL PASTOR 8:00 AM—Worship Service 9:00 AM—Sunday Church School, Nursery 10:30 AM—Worship Service—Nursery The Church with the red doors, by the Speedway Shopping Center, welcomes you for prayer and meditation. (Continued on Page 6)

NEW MINISTER AT SPEEDWAY METHODIST

Rev. J. F. Grottick Rev. James F. Grottick has been appointed to be senior minister of the Speedway Methodist Church. Rev. and Mrs. Grottick have two daughters, Jill, 18 and (Continued on Page 4) LEM TROTTER Services for Lem H. Trotter, 96, were at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home. Trotter, who bought the land and helped develop the race course at the site of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, died Monday in Memorial Clinic. Owner and operator of Lem H. Trotter Real Estate and Insurance Co. and the Speedway Realty Co., he lived at 1531 Allison in Speedway. Both firms are located at 15 E. Washington in the State Life Building where he first opened offices in 1902.

Trotter acquired the 320 acres where the race track was built by Carl Fisher, James Allison, Arthur C. Newby and Frank Wheeler in 1908 at a cost of S2OO an acre. With Fisher, Trotter operated the Prest-O-Lite Co. Trotter, who said he always was too busy to attend the races, organized the Speedway Realty Co. with property that became the town of Speedway in 1912. Development of the area hiked land prices to SI,OOO an acre. The Speedway real estate man was born in 1870 in Hendricks County and moved to Marion County in 1888 near what was to become the site of the Speedway. Survivor—widow Cleo.

INDIANA READING CLUB This year the Summer Recreational Reading Club at the Senior High School Library will begin on June 13 and run until August 12 nine weeks. Registration will be the week of June 13-17. The Club is open to all boys and girls who live in Speedway, grades 1 through 12. Summer hours are: 9:00 to 6:30 Monday through Thursday; 9:00 to 4:00 Friday. Those who join the Indiana Reading Club and read as many as 15 books during the summer — books on own reading level and not read before will receive a certificate during the last week, August 8-12. Bicycle riders are asked to park in the blacktop area north of the building, just off 25th Street. The middle entrance on the north side of the building is nearest the Library.

MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH Missouri Synod 4141 N. High School Road Rev. A. J. HoUert, Pastor Sunday School 9:15 am. Worship Service 10:30 am

Speedway Christian Church 14th St. and Winton Av*. CHapcl 4-2000 Ray Montgomery, Minister John Andrae, Associate Minister Art Vermillion, Minister of Christian Education Foster Hotchkiss, Minister of Music TWO MORNING SERVICES First Worship Service 9:00-10:00 Second Worship Service 11:00-12:00 Children’s Study and Warship 9:00-10:00; 11:00-12:00. Youth and Adult Classes 10:00-10:40 Children’s Day will be observed next Sunday, with church (Continued on Page 6)

Dine-Scott Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. Dine, 1653 N. Lyndhurst Drive, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Beverly Ann, to Raymond D. Scott. The couple will be married August 10 in the Chapel of the Broadway Methodist Church. Parents of the bridegroom-to-be are Mrs. Alice M. Scott and the late Mr. Paul Scott of Mooresville, Indiana. Miss Dine attended Indiana University. Templin - Wright Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Templin arrived home Sunday from San Francisco, California where they attended the wedding of their son, Bob to Janice Marie Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wright, 4520 Ulloa Street, San Francisco, California. The ceremony took place at Saint Gabriel’s Church, Sunday, May 29th, 1966 at 3:00 pan. The reception was held at the Casa de la Vista on Treasure Island with a sit-down dinner for 192 people. After a trip to Lake Tahoe the couple’s at-home address will be 3626 Taraval Street, San Francisco, California. Bob, a graduate of Speedway High School in 1955 and Wabash College in 1962, spent three years on the U.S.S. Coral Sea and is now employed by the Pacific Telephone Co. as a customer service consultant

First Bank and Trust Appoints Ruben Advertising Agency Ruben Advertising Agency, Inc., has been named advertising and public relations counsel by First Bank and Trust Company of Indianapolis, according to ah announcement today by Sanford P. Hunter, president of First Bank. Ruben, Vice President, Robert Montgomery, will be account executive. The Ruben Agency’s new First Bank campaign will begin immediately, utilizing newspaper, radio, television, and outdoor advertising.

BASEBALL NOTICE All boys 15-17, interested in playing baseball this summer, come to the 15th Street Park Diamond Saturday, June 11 at 4:30. Nelson Schein Jack Leo

Chspel Hill United Presbyterian Church Minister T ames W. Marshall CH. 4-2770 Temporary Meeting Place Chapelwood Elementary School West 10th and Girls School Road Church School—9:3o AM. Unified Service 10 AM Nursery and Kindergarten during Worship. V.P.1.—5:30 PM St. Jehu’s Episcopal Church 5615 West 30th SteyO JLX. 3-0371 The Rev. George Evans, AX 1-8182 | Sundays: 8:00 Holy Communion. 9:30 Choral Eucharist, Sermog, Church School John Knox United Presbyterian Church 3000 N. High School Rd., 291-0308 The Rev. Laurence A. Sunkel. Jr, Pastor. 293-1846 9:30 am.—Worship and Church School 11*00 am.—Worship with Nursery and Kindergarten Clams, Speedway Church of the Hazareno 5010 Crawfordsville Rd. CH. 1-6677 I SI f ■ Minister. Rev. James Bailey ■ School 9:30 lurc^l Worship 10:30 IfIKSTI Youth N.YT.5.6:30 Juniors 6:30 Evening Evangelistic Service 7:30 Wet to War totoe 7:30

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KENNETH H. WENZ Funeral services for Kenneth H. Wenz, 63, Madeira Beach, Florida, were held Wednesday afternoon in the mausoleum at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Wenz died at the hospital in Florida Saturday morning. He was a resident of Speedway for about 37 years. He was a charter member of Speedway Masonic Lodge No. 729, Scottish Rite, and Murat Shrine and Speedway Eastern Star No. 561. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Mildred Wenz; son Kenneth E. Wenz; mother, Mrs. Clara M. Wenz; brothers George of Speedway and Elmer G. of Clearwater, Florida and three grandchildren of Monticello, Indiana, Denny, Benny and Jenny. PACK 66 During our May Pack meeting and Pinewood Derby held May 19th, Pinewood Derby Plaques were awarded for Ist, 2nd, and 3rd place winners to the following boys: Ist place, Danny Hess; 2nd place, Danny McCauley; 3rd place, Steven Godby. The following boys were (Continued on Page 3)

PSI lOTA XI Psi lota Xi business meeting will be held Thursday, June 9, 8 pun. at the John Knox Presbyterian Church. Following the business meeting the president, Mrs. Malcolm Clark will hold a pledge service for new members going into the chapter. 'A) MADDEN-NOTTINGHAM AUXILLIARY The Madden - Nottingham Unit No. 348 American Legion Auxiliary will hold the final meeting of the year on June 14th at the home of Mrs. Albert Stover, 5546 Speedway Drive. Mrs. Edw. Kern will be co-hostess. Please bring sandwich and table service. Luncheon will be served at 12 noon.

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