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VOLUME SEVENTY-FOUR

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1966 -Indiana Sesquicentennial Year 10* Per Copy

NO. 291

SORORITY AIDS JAYCEE PARK PROJECT Mrs. Raymond Reeves (left), chairman of Social Service Committee of Theta Chapter, Delta Theta Tau, is presenting a $500 check to Terry McCarter, President of Greencastle Jaycees, to be used for their Community Park project. Looking on is Mrs. Robert Thompson, President of the Chapter and Joe Kerr, Publicity Chairman for the Park Project. Photo Don Whitehead

Army Sets Interview For Student Nurses At DPU

INDIANAPOLIS — A financial assistance plan for qualified male and female student nurses is being offered by the Department of the Army. Major Marjorie Scheerer, Army Nurse Corps counselor for Indiana, will be at DePauw University in the Union Building, Room 208, from 4:00 p. m. to 6:00 p. m., October 19, to explain the program. To reduce the Army’s shortage of nurses, the Department of the Army has initiated this financial assistance program which will enlist, in the U. S. Army Reserve or Army National Guard, in the grade of Private First Class, E-3, selected college juniors. The program provides that these student nurses be placed on active duty at their school of nursing until graduation. Participants will receive the pay and allowances of Private First Class, which is approximately $254.00 per month. Tuition, books and incidental fees will be paid by the Army from the first full term following entry into the program until graduation. In addition, explains Major Scheerer, there is free medical and dental care, shopping privileges at military exchanges and commissaries, and paid vacation time of thirty days per year. The participants are not required to attend military meetings or to wear the military uniform while in schooL Six months prior to graduation, the participants will be discharged from enlisted status and commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps with pay at approximately $437.08 per month. After graduation and the successful completion of the State Board Examination, the nurses will be assigned to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, for an orientation course, and then assignment to an Army hospital. Under this financial assistance program, nurses agree to remain as commissioned officers in the Army Nurse Corps for at least three years if the program in which they participated was for twelve to twenty-four months and for at least two years if the program was twelve months or less. The obligated period of active duty commences on the day of arrival at Fort Sam Houston for the orientation course, states Major Scheerer. 20 Years Ago Mrs. H.E.H. Greenleaf was

Headstart Community Action League Subject

Ralph Fry Is Rotary Speaker At the Rotary luncheon held In the Union Building Wednesday, Norm Donelson, Program Chairman, introduced Ralph Fry as guest speaker. Discussing the 4-H program, Fry, who is a successful farmer and 4-H leader from Roachdale, stated that the 4-H emblem stands for Head, Heart, Health, and Hands. “The benefits a youngster gains from 4-H work are many,’’ continues Fry, “it is educational, teaches responsibility, teaches youngsters to work together and the meaning of cooperation.” Presently there are 2,225,000 members in the United States and 98,000 in Indiana. Another important function is that 4-H work keeps the youngsters busy and lessens the chance of getting into trouble. Clubs were organized over 60 years ago and presently cover a wide variety of projects. Youngsters can learn about beef and dairy farming, forestry, electricity, cooking, sewing, and many other worthwhile activities that may be the start toward a career. Fry commented that the projects that students work with are the key to the success of 4-H. Approximately 78 per cent of the members are rural youth, but children in towns also participate, and federal, state, county, and private contributions support 4-H work. Seven other countries of the world now also have similar 4-H programs and visitors from other nations come to the United States to study the organization of our succesful programs. District Governor Herman Messing of West Lafayette, plans to meet wtih officers and the committee chairmen on Tuesday, October 11, in the Union Building and the Governor will attend the regular meeting on October 12.

The topic for discussion at the September meeting of the League of Women Voters was the Headstart and Clay, Owen, and Putnam County Community Action Program. Marvin Jones, Mrs. Joe Ellis and Mrs. Ray Giuliani, speaking to the League on this subject, pointed out that since the League of Women Voters of the United States has taken a stand to support equality of opportunity and education, and the Indiana League has been working on the improvement of Public Welfare for several years, the programs described were worthy of the League’s support. The Headstart program seemed particularly well worth the effort to continue and expand through additional classes and possibly even a nine month operation. Mr. Jones suggested that, depending on the results of the survey currently underway in the community, there may be programs as well to expand tutoring for various ages. Such programs might include “Upward Bound” to send high schoolers to DePauw University for several summers for special college preparation, “Meals on Wheels” employing elderly citizens to prepare and carry meals and make visits to shutins, classes in food and home management for young mothers, as well as a Neighborhood Youth Corps providing jobs to high school students to help keep them in school. League members agreed to support the basic programs (Continued on Page 2)

Thursday Was Busy Day For Putnam Judge Thursday was another busy day in the Putnam Circuit i Court this week for Judge ] Francis N. Hamilton with ac- ] tion being taken in the cases • of six defendants. James E. Cooper, 31, Cannelton, pleaded guilty when arraigned to escaping from the State Farm. He was sentenced 1-5 years in the State Prison at Michigan City. Judge Hamilton recommended that he serve only the minimum sentence and join Alcoholics Anon. Ralph John Anderson, 23, Evansville, also pleaded guilty to escaping from the State Farm. His sentence is 1-5 years in the State Reformatory at Pendleton. The court also recommended he serve only the minimum sentence providing he attends the reformatory’s school as he has only an eighth grade education. Charles Albright, 48, city, pleaded guilty to drunken driv-

ing.

He was to return to court today for sentencing. Mrs. Glendon Anderson, 41, Edinburg, was sentenced to serve one year in the Indiana Women’s Prison for the deception issuance of a check. The sentence was suspended providing restitution is made within 10 days. Steven Cartwright, 16, Fort Wayne, and James Edward Shultz, 17, South Bend, charged with vehicle taking, were each sentenced to serve nine months at the Indiana State Farm under a minor statute. The boys were escapees from the new Youth Center at Plainfield. End Air Raids Says North Viet UNITED NATIONS UPI — India has informed the United States that North Viet Nam flatly refuses even to discuss peace negotiations until U. S. bombing raids against it are called off, diplomatic sources said today. India, which has excellent diplomatic contacts in Southeast Asia in addition to being chairman of the International Control Commission ICC set up under the 1954 Geneva convention, gave that report to Secretary of State Dean Rusk last Wednesday, the sources

said.

The information was relayed

Peace Lutherans Will Use Episcopal Church

Property Tax Relief To Be Dominant 1967 Issue

Plan Two Conferences On Law Enforcement

Gooch Heads Kiwanis Club Darrell Gooch was elected President of the local Kiwanis Club Thursday at the noon luncheon held in the Union Building. Other officers elected for the year 1967 were Thomas Slaughter, vice-president, and Granville Thompson, treasurer. Keith Monnett, Sam Hanna, Walter Frye, and John See were elected to the Board of Directors. These officers will assume their duties January 1, 1967. Sam Hanna introduced the speaker, Arthur Shoemaker, who gave a very entertaining address of the literary heritage of Indiana. This program was the second of a series of programs commemorating the Indiana Sesquicentennial celebration. Kiwanian Shoemaker’s informative address established our state as second only to New York in literary achievement. Richard Peeler, Dr. Jack Shonkwiler, and William Boyd were the guests of Charles Erdman, Dr. James Johnson, and John Boyd respectfully. The Board of Directors will meet Tuesday evening, October 11. Homecoming At Fillmore Sunday The Fillmore Methodist Church will observe its annual Homecoming Day on Sunday, October 9th. Church school will begin at 9:30 am., with classes for all ages. Worship Services will follow at 10:30 am., with the local minister, Rev. John McFarland, delivering the sermon, and with both the Junior

by Indian Foreign Minister and Senior choirs providing spe-

Sardar Swaran Singh.

Lion For Sale DALLAS UPI — Wilson Brown says his pet lion Simba is “gentle as a kitten.” But the City Council nevertheless ordered him to remove the 18-month old animal from within city limits. Brown has put the animal up for sale, but will sell only to someone who promises not to keep Simba “cooped up all the time like a wild animal.”

;cial music. There will be a basket dinner at 12 o'clock, followed by an hour of fellowship. A hymn sing and program of sacred music will begin at 1:30 pm. Guest organist for the afternoon will be Dorothy Crosby of Roachdale, and guest soloist will be Nancy McFarland of Green-

castle.

All members, former members and friends are urged to attend all, or any, of the day’s program.

Curb Fails

PLOMODIERN, France UPI —The town council admitted it was doing a poor job as Pied

hostess to the Woman’s Study Piper. To curb a plague of ro

Club.

Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Stewart and family were here from Chicago. The Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church met with Mrs. David Barr,

dents, the council offered a free movie seat to any child who produced a rat’s tail at the town

hall.

The rats increased instead after the children started breeding them to keep up the supply, a town spokesman said.

INDIANAPOLIS UPI —The biennial cry for property tax relief is shaping up into a dominant issue of the 1967 Legislature in Indiana, thanks to a general fund surplus which may

hit $122 million.

The moans of homeowners over the almost total dependance on property for local tax revenues have sounded with regularity during each legislative session and to some extent contributed to adoption of a new state tax system in 1963. That system, using a 2 per cent sales tax, a 2 per cent adjusted gross income tax, and a corporation tax, managed to pull state revenues up to record levels, and the state general

fund surplus blossomed.

It was $90 million as of June 30, this year, and a conservative guess by Commissioner John Hatchett of the Indiana

conferences will be attended by De P artment of Administration

is for $122 million by the end

James T. Neagle, Special Agent in Charge of the Indianapolis Office of the FBI, announced that “the law enforcement image” will be the subject of special law enforcement conferences to be sponsored by the FBI at Evansville on October 11, and at Indianapolis on October 13. Many of the serious problems confronting the law enforcement profession at the present time as well as the urgent need for better policecommunity relations will be among the subjects at these

conferences.

According to Mr. Neagle, the

FORDS USED FOR DRIVER EDUCATION • r 'r ) Four area high schools will begin their behind-the-wheel phase of the Drivers Education program with the arrival of these new 1967 Ford automobiles. Pictured above is John Earnshaw, owner of the local Ford agency, standing beside one of the new Fords that will be used by Greencastle, Roachdale, Bainbridge or Eminence. Photo Don Whitehead

representatives of the FBI and law enforcement agencies in the Evansville and Indianapolis areas. These are part of a series of similar meetings being held throughout the nation between now and October 31,

1966.

FBI Director John Edgar Hoover, stated that if law enforcement is to succeed in its relentless war on crime it must have greater public support. Mr. Hoover noted that the scheduled conferences will stress this need as well as the ever increasing necessity for close cooperation between law enforcement agencies on all levels in matters of mutual interest. The latest technical advances that are available to the law enforcement profession will also be studied. In this regard, those in attendance will be afforded a thorough briefing on the National Crime Information Center which the FBI plans to have operational early next year. The Crime Laboratory as an increasingly valuable weapon against the criminal will also be discussed in detail. Johnson Warns Of Higher Taxes WASHINGTON UPI —President Johnson’s warning that higher federal spending means higher taxes was sharpened today with reports of military; spending rates soaring $4 billion above budget estimates. Under present trends, the original estimates may be exceeded by about $7 billion by the time this fiscal year ends next June 30. After three months of this fiscal year, the annual defense spending rate has climbed to $62 billion. The estimate given to Congress last January was for $58.3 billion. Unless ways not immediately visible are found to cut spending, computations show the spending figure for the fiscal year could reach $65 billion. Johnson s warning Thursday went to Congress which almost immediately ignored it and passed school aid bills, both of which exceeded presidential requests for funds. Blasts Officials WOLOMIN, Poland UPI — Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski Thursday accused school officials here of keeping children in after classes to prevent them from attending church-spon-sored religious ceremonies. The outspoken primate also said the authorities organized a sports meeting to coincide with a church celebration of the 1000th anniversary of Polish Christianity.

of the biennium, June 30, 1967. Governor Branigan staved off demands for an immediate special session which came from both Democrats and Republicans by a tacit promise to cooperate in getting property tax relief legislature shortly after it convenes Jan. 5. The State Board of Tax Commissioners delayed setting tax rates for 1966, payable in 1967, until after the legislature can consider such a

bill.

In Indiana, 99 per cent of the total local tax revenue comes

A joint announcement ha* been' made today by St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and Peace Lutheran Church that during the construction of the new Lutheran Church, Lutheran services will be held at the Episcopal Church. Beginning October 16, the Sunday schedule at St. Andrew’s will be 8:30 a. m. Episcopal Service; 9:30 a. m. Lutheran Service; 11:00 a. m. Episcopal Service. According to Rev. Robert Andersen, pastor of Peace Church, and Rev. Gordon Chastain, rector of St. Andrew’s, this is an important example of cooperation between Christian bodies. It is also hoped that the two congregations will come to understand one another better as they share the same facilities. Details have been worked out and approved for this step by both the Voter’s Assembly of Peace Church and the Vestry of St. Andrew's. The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis, The Rt. Rev. John P. Craine, has also approved the plans. Bishop Craine said, “I am most grateful for this generous willingness to share facilities with our Christian brethren.” The Rev. E. H. Zimmermann, Secretary of Missions and Church Extension for the Indiana District of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, likewise commented, “This is certainly a loving and brotherly act on their part, and we are

most appreciative.”

St. Andrew’s is located at the corner of Seminary and Bloomington Streets in Greencastle. The new Peace Church will be on the site of the former structure at 218 Bloomington Street. Arrangements have been made for a Lutheran Church School to be held during the first Episcopal service. During Lutheran worship, St Andrew’s

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to a study by the State Commission on Tax and Financing Policy. This is because cities, towns and townships and counties have no authority to levy any general tax except on real and personal property and must count on this money, plus what they get in state and federal funds and various fees, to oper-

ate.

State funds distributed to local government were increased by the 1965 Legislature, but did not result in actual tax reduction in most cases. The average county tax rate went up to $7.10 this year, with one county —Lake going past the $10 per $100 of taxable property mark. Even with bigger federal and state distributions, property taxes are bearing more than half of all local governmental costs. Now You Know Sy United Press International Cleopatra’s Needle, originally erected in Egypt 3,300 years ago and more recently in New York City’s Central Park in 1880, is believed the oldest outdoor statue in the United States.

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Church School will meet during the 11:00 a. m. service. The pastors and people of both congregations are aware that there may be difficulties and inconveniences with this arrangement. However, all hope that the problems can be met and solved in a spirit of truly Christian cooperation. Police Report Traffic Mishap A traffic accident occurred at College Avenue and Poplar Street at 5 p.m. Thursday, city police reported this morning. Police said John Rhoads, Plainfield, was going north on College Avenue in a 1965 Ford and that Emory Delong, 26 Martinsville Street, was going west on Poplar in a 1950 Chev-

rolet.

The report said Delong was momentarily blinded by the sun and hit the rear of the Plainfield automobile. Officer Larry Rogers estimated the damage at $175 to the Ford. Damage to the local car was slight, according to the report.

NATIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

INDIANA WEATHER: Sunny and warmer today, fair and a little warmer tonight. Partly sunny and a little warmer Saturday. High today lower 70s, low tonight 47 to 54, high Saturday middle and upper 70s. Minimum 35® 6 A.M 35* 7 A.M 35® 8 A.M 40® 9 A.M 51® 10 A.M .>. 56® 11 A.M 60® 12 Noon 64® 1 P *Af * ...,,,,.,,,.1,,,,...........,.....,64