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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR PAGE 54- -THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1981 William T. Young dies in Florida Services for William Tandy Young 84. Palm Beach, a retired advertising executive and real estate Neighborhood pressure Deny liquor license for Venus Flytrap Obituaries City State A. Van Wyngarden dies; retired bead of V-W Corp. Services for Arthur R.

Van Wyngarden, 74, Indianapolis, retired president of V-W will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in North United Methodist Church, of which he was a member. He died Tuesday in Methodist Hospital. Mr. Van Wyngarden was president of the corporation from 1974 until retiring in 1979.

Prior to that he had owned Color Craft Co. 26 years. A native of Prairie City, Iowa, he lived in Indianapolis 40 years and was a member of Mystic Tie Masonic Lodge, Murat Shrine, Scottish Rite and Downtown Exchange Club. He was a former trustee and administrative board member of North Church. Mr.

Van Wyngarden was a graduate and former member of the board of directors of Morningside College at Sioux City, Iowa, and established an athletic scholarship there bearing his name in 1962. Survivors include his wife, Nellie Chilton Van Wyngarden; a daughter, Lynn Sawyer, and a son, Roger E. Van Wyngarden. Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today in Flanner and Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary. Memorial contributions may be made to Van Wyngarden Athletic Scholarship Fund at Morningside College or to the donor's favorite charity. Lillian Brullow Services for Lillian Doty Brullow, 81, Indianapolis, widow of Reuben Brullow, will be held at 1 p.m.

today in Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel. She died Tuesday in Community Hospital. She had been a photographer's assistant and was a former employee of L.S. Ayres Co. A native of Johnson County, she had lived in Indianapolis 38 years and was a member of Irvington Presbyterian Church and its choir.

She had attended Franklin College and Oxford (Ohio) College for Women. Survivors include three stepdaughters. Marge Fischer. Dorothy Tripp and Ruth Cook. Gladys Crews Gladys Hogle Crews, 79, retired after having owned AA Letter Shop 40 years and 1,001 Antique Shop 30 years, died Wednesday in Indiana University Hospital.

Mrs. Crews, the widow of Arthur Crews, was a native of Greenfield and lived in Indianapolis 60 years. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday in Leppert and Copeland Mortuary, where friends may call from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today. Survivors include three sons, Borden, Robert and Victor Crews. A controversial Northside tavern that had been in a dispute with a neighborhood organization was denied a liquor license Wednesday by the Marion County Liquor Board.

Venus Stafford, owner of Venus Flytrap Lounge, 3765 North College Avenue, said she was the victim of a "kangaroo court" Members of the Watson Road Park Association, which charged the tavern was blighting the neighborhood, hailed the verdict. The liquor board voted not to transfer a license to the bar and in effect closed the tavern. Board members cited neighborhood resistance to the transfer as a primary reason for their decision. MRS. STAFFORD said her tavern will operate for a short while.

"I will stay open long enough until the liquor is gone." However, Philip J. Sanders, chief of the state excise police, said his investigators would visit the tavern today to make sure it was closed. Mrs. Stafford asked the board to transfer a liquor license she owns to the Venus Flytrap, because the existing license had expired in June. The expired license mandated that at least half of the tavern's income be from food sales, but Mrs.

Stafford said Brown County tour tax discouraged investor and former maianapoiis resident, will be held Friday in Bethesda-by the Sea Church at Palm Beach. He died Tuesday at Palm Beach. A native of Pine Bluff. Ark, he attended Indiana University and was part owner and a director of the former Wilson Milk Co. here.

Mr. Young was retired president of Leo Burnett Co. at Chicago, and had been a private real estate investor. An Army veteran, he was awarded the Croix de Guerre and a Silver Star during World War the Legion of Merit during World War II, and was promoted to brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve in 1949. Survivors include his wife, Franci-gene Sheridan Young; two sons, Sheridan and William Tandy Young III, and a daughter, Collier Young Genet.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Crippled Children's Society of Palm Beach. Robert M. Perry Robert M. Perry, 50, a lifelong Indianapolis resident, suffered a heart attack and died Wednesday while bowling. He had been a custodian and bus driver for Washington Township Schools and was a former supervisor for White Castle System Inc.

An Army veteran of the Korean War, he was a member of Moose Lodge and Parents Without Partners. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in Flanner and Buchanan Shadeland Mortuary, where friends may call from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday.

Survivors include a son, Richard M. Perry; a daughter, Susan J. Perry, and his mother, Helen Perry. Herbert N. Taylor Graveside services for Herbert Nor-rell Taylor 30, 226 East 12th Street, will be held at noon Friday in Floral Park Cemetery.

He died Tuesday in Wishard Memorial Hospital. The Marion County Coroner's Office is investigating the cause of death. A lifelong Indianapolis resident, he had been a laborer for several construction companies and was a member of Hod Carriers Union. Survivors include a son, Herbert N. Taylor III; a daughter, Wanda Taylor, and his mother, Elizabeth Taylor.

Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. today in Stuart Mortuary. Wm. G.

Thompson Services for Maj. William G. Thompson 44, Brandenburg, a former Indianapolis resident, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in Tarpley's Inc. at Clarks-ville, Tenn.

He died Monday in Ireland Army Hospital at Fort Knox, Ky. Stationed at Fort Knox, he had been in the military service 16 years. Survivors include his wife, Lynda Thompson; two sons, Richard and David Thompson; a daughter, Tracie Ann Thompson; his father, William G. Thompson and his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs.

Walter Fogle. Donald M. Vest Sr. Greenfield, Ind. Donald M.

Vest 65, Greenfield, died Wednesday in Hancock Memorial Hospital here. Mr. Vest had been employed 30 years at Guide Division of General Motors Corp. at Anderson. He was an Army veteran of World War II.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in Pasco Memorial Mortuary here, where friends may call after 2 p.m. today. Survivors include his wife, Alma L. Vest; four sons, James, Norman, Larry and Donald Vest and six daughters, Barbara Evans, Charlene Collins, Ida Everyling, Alice Hamm, Janet Raymer and Carolyn Steward.

Robert Weinhardt STAR STATE REPORT Nashville, Ind. Picturesque Brown County wants and needs tourists, but services in Nashville and in the county must be improved before tourism here is encouraged, a county councilman explained Wednesday. The councilman, Bill H. Bond, was one of four councilmen who voted Tuesday night to defeat a proposed 3 percent tax on motel room rates in the county to raise money for tourism promotion. THE COUNCIL'S vote was 4 3 to reject the tax.

The Indiana General Assembly in its last session gave the Nixon in West Germany Flensburg, West Germany (UPI) -Former U.S. President Richard Nixon arrived Wednesday for a two-day visit with hotelier Erich Toffer on the German Danish border. "A beautiful day, a beautiful country," said Mr. Nixon as he stepped off the plane from Vienna. Mr.

Nixon planned to pay a private visit today to the Christian Democratic governor of the northern state of Schleswig Holstein, Gerhard Stolten-berg. CtosSWOixi By ACROSS 36 Poor pitches 55 1 Competent 5 Alamos 8 At a distance 12 Invent a word 13 Dancer Miller 14 Rodents 15 Hopping creature 37 Stock market site 40 Otherwise 1 41 More a profound 2 45 Yucatan 3 Indian 47 Unrefined 5 49 Routine 6 50 Article 51 Inventor 7 to it in it. of Robert Coleman dies; former head of bar association Private services for Robert D. Coleman, 82, 8110 North Illinois Street, a retired attorney and former Indiana Bar Association president, will be held Saturday. Friends may call at his home from 5 p.m.

to 7 p.m. Friday. A lifelong resident of Indianapolis, Mr. Coleman worked at a private law practice from 1925 until 1974 and was president of the state bar association in 1959. He died Wednesday in St.

Vincent Hospital. He attended Indiana University, where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity and was graduated from Indiana University Law School in 1921 and from Harvard Law School in 1924. In addition to the Indiana State Bar Association, he was a member of the Indianapolis and American bar associations. During his term as president of the state bar, he was instrumental in starting the Indiana State Bar Association Institute. He was also a member of the Contemporary Club, the Indianapolis Literary Club, the Broad Ripple Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and held memberships with the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the Indiana State Museum Society.

Contributions may be made to the Indiana State Bar Foundation or the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Survivors include his wife, Mary Phyllis Coleman; a daughter, Mrs. Howard R. Meeker and a son, Richard C. Coleman.

David Cooper Services for David Cooper, 29, Indianapolis, will be held at 2 p.m. today in Jordan-Lawrence Funeral Home, where friends may call after 9 a.m. until the time of the service. A lifelong Indianapolis resident, he died Monday in his home. The Marion County coroner's office is investigating the cause of death.

He worked as a substitute teacher for Indianapolis Public Schools and was a student at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. He was a veteran of tha Marine Corps. He was a member of the Irvington Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and East 10th Street United Methodist Church. Survivors include his parents, James and Betty Cooper; a sister, Kristine Cooper, and a brother, Timothy Cooper. Missouri woman killed in car crash near New Castle A Missouri woman was killed in an accident in Henry County, and two Indiana residents have been killed in recent traffic accidents outside the state, police reported Wednesday.

Donald Clifton, 21, Butler, was killed Wednesday when his car collided with a Conrail freight train near Edgerton, Ohio. Police said the car Clifton was driving had been stolen a few hours earlier near Butler. Addie Tiley, 68, Florissant, was killed Tuesday in a one-car accident on 1-70 west of New Castle. Her husband, Paul, was listed in critical condition in Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Michael B.

Townsend, 19, Walton, was killed Tuesday when he lost control of a Jeep as he drove across railroad tracks in Houston, Texas. He had left Cass County two months ago to work as a surveyor for the Austin Bridge Co. at Houston. Bandaged bandit hits MNB branch A robber disguised with bandages on his face took an undisclosed amount of money from the Merchants National Bank branch in Fountain Square Wednesday, police said. The robber waited in line for his turn to approach a teller's window and he never spoke.

He gave a teller a paper bag and a note demanding that she fill the bag with money. The note said the robber had a gun but no weapon was seen by the six employees or five customers in the bank, police said. The robber had a white bandage across the bridge of his nose and flesh-colored tape on each of his fingers to avoid leaving any fingerprints, police said. 2 charged in she could not meet the quota. The license she wanted to transfer was issued after 1976 and did not contain the food sale requirement.

CHARGING THAT the board acted like a "kangaroo court," Mrs. Stafford said she was found guilty without a trail. Although an appeal is possible, she said she has plans to sell the license that the board refused to transfer. About 15 members of the neighborhood organization appeared at the hearing. "The system finally worked for the little guy," said Lawrence Carroll, the association's vice-president.

Neighbors have long complained that tavern patrons were disorderly late at night, littered the area and deprived residents of parking spaces. Brown County Council authority to levy the motel tax. "There never was a division on whether Brown County wants or needs tourists. Yes, we need, yes, we appreciate (tourists)," Bond said. The primary objection to the tax was that its revenue could not be spent improve town and county streets, increase the number of public res-trooms, and hire more police and sanitation workers.

Backers of the proposed tax viewed as a means to promote year-round tourism in the county. PRESENTLY, tourists flock to Brown County mostly to view the fall foliage and browse in the quaint stores this community of 700 persons. State Rep. Jerry F. Bales (R-Nash-ville) pushed for passage of the motel tax authorization in the legislature and had urged the county council to adopt In the next session of the legislature, Bales said he will seek authorization for the county council to adopt some form a county sales tax to raise money for improving public services.

Then, maybe the council will pass the motel tax to boost tourism, he said. Eugene Sheffer Prescription 10 High card 11 Scarlet 19 Pop 21 Kind 23 Crowbar 24 Diabolical 25 Knocks 26 Garbage boat 27 Lamb's pen name 28 Kind of pike 32 Went in 33 Supplied food 35 CIA's forerunner 36 Spelling contest 38 Andes mammal 39 Actor Booth 42 Mallet sport 43 Greek letters 44 Descartes 45 Wire measure 46 Consumed 48 Baba time: 22 min. PD I DO! ana I PERS 9-3 amount DOWN Plays part Footwear Prevaricator Bestowed Jacket part Light-switch positions Cold-suffer- Whitney er's sound 52 Verve 8 acids 53 Spartan queen 9 NoncombuS- 54 Continued tible racket partition Lee McCleery Services for Lee McCleery, 67, Indianapolis, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in Shirley Brothers East Chapel, where friends may call from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today. He died Tuesday while visiting at Alma, Mich. He had worked 33 years for International Harvester retiring as foreman in 1971.

A native of Washington County, he had lived here 40 years. Survivors include his wife, Jane McCleery; two daughters, Wilda Lee McCleery and Joyce Emilee Smith, and a son, William Charles McCleery. William Miles Services for William Miles, 98, 4019 Broadway, a retired self-employed gardener, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in All Friends Baptist Church, of which he was a member and deacon. He died Tuesday in a local nursing home.

A native of Murfreesboro, he had lived here 77 years and was an Army veteran of World War I. Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday in Jacobs Brothers Westside Chapel. R.

P. Schneider Services for Raymond P. Schneider, 56, Dupont, formerly of Indianapolis, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Farley West Morris Street Chapel, where friends may call after 1 p.m. Friday.

He died Tuesday in Veterans Administration Medical Center at Lake City, Fla. An Indianapolis native, he had lived here 30 years and was a former employee of Hetherington Berner Inc. here. Survivors include his wife, Gertrude Schneider, and a stepson, Clarence Cones. Dorothy Shinn Services for Dorothy Davis Shinn, 65, Bradenton, formerly of Indianapolis, will be held at 2 p.m.

Saturday in Jay-Swift and Storey Funeral Home at Gas City, where friends may call from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. She died Sunday in a Bradenton hospital. A retired secretary, she had worked 21 years for Detroit Diesel Allison Division of General Motors Corp.

Survivors include her husband, Walter Shinn, and a sister, Mrs. Robert Wimmer. Helen Sternberger Helen Behrens Sternberger, 93, 7001 Hoover Road, widow of Sidney J. Sternberger, died Wednesday in her home. A native of Lebanon, England, she had lived here most of her life.

Survivors include a daughter, Helene Messenger, and a son, Robert S. Sternberger. There will be no services or calling. Aaron-Ruben-Nelson Meridian Hills Mortuary is handling arrangements. Memorial contributions' may be made to Happy Hollow Children's Camp or Hooverwood.

Indiana deaths Chalmer Smitley, 74. Bicknell Mamie Ha-gemeier Viehe, 97, widow of Otto Viehe. Bloomington Mary E. McGlothlin May, 72, widow of Hershael May. Clinton Mabel R.

Medlock, 90, widow of Raymond Medlock; Mary S. Berry, 70. Decatur Virgil Mc-Clure, 70. Jasper George J. Buechlein, 77.

Knightstown Arthur Egan, 56. Milton John T. Baker, 75. Oldenberg Frank P. (Doddle) Klein, 78.

Richmond Zora C. Calvert, 77; Grace D. Stubbs Woodhurst, 88, widow of Charles R. Woodhurst. Rochester Irene Selby Bose, 76, widow of Elmo Bose.

Spencer Ruth W. Alien" Schell, 88, wife of Fred Schell. Versailles Ethel Atkins Kraut, 67. Vincennes Helen Gluck Brown, 91, widow of Jess Brown. 1 It's it's and to Call you Ernest Greenwell Ernest G.

Greenwell, 89, Speedway, retired owner and operator of Rainbow Paint Store, died Wednesday in a local nursing home. A native of Clav Citv hp had lived in this area most of his life and was a member of Speedway Christian Church and Speedway Masonic Lodge. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home, where friends may call from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Friday. Survivors include his daughter, Dorothy A. Hendershott. William E. Hadden William E.

Hadden, 70, Indianapolis, died Wednesday in St. Vincent Hospital. He had been a machine repairman 37 years for Detroit Diesel Allison Division of General Motors retiring in 1975. A native of Kentucky, he had lived here 45 years. Services will be held at 11:30 a.m.

Saturday in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home, where friends may call from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. Survivors include four daughters, Linda Wobs-. chall, Judith Craft, Donna Brooks and Patricia Arnce.

George L. King Services for George L. King, 78, Indianapolis, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in Peace Chapel at Crown Hill Cemetery. He died Tuesday in Winona Memorial Hospital.

He had worked 15 years for Sycamore Springs Golf Club, retiring 10 years ago. A native of Sum-mitville, he had lived here most of his life and was a member of Riviera Club, Broadway United Methodist Church and Senior Citizens Bowling League at All Star Bowl. Survivors include his wife, Marie Louise King. Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

today in Flanner and Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary. Maurice Murphy Services for Maurice F. Murphy, 59, Sullivan, formerly of Indianapolis, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Mary Catholic Church at Sullivan.

He died Tuesday in Mary Sherman Memorial Hospital at Sullivan. He had owned Murphy Hardware Store at Sullivan. An Indianapolis native, he had lived here most of his life, was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Knights of Columbus, Elks Lodge and American Legion. Survivors1 include a daughter, Maureen Buskirk and two sons, Michael and Maurice J. Murphy.

Friends may call from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. today in Tennis Funeral Home at Sullivan. Indiana awarded $3.6 million for public airports THE STAR'S WASHINGTON BUREAU Washington The Department of Transportation announced Wednesday the apportionment of $301 million for public airport planning and development for 1982, with Indiana airports getting $3.6 million. Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis said the development aid funds would be divided between air carrier airports and general aviation airports.

'The Indianapolis Airport Authority will receive $1.37 million and the Fort Wayne Board of Aviation Commissioners will receive $652,200. The other airports to receive air carrier airport development funds are Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority, St. Joseph County Airport Authority, Purdue University Board of Trustees, $246,847, and Elkhart Board of Aviation Commissioners, $201,390. Indiana will also receive $550,100 for general aviation airport development. grass discovery same charges as Irving.

The federal Drug Enforcement Agency notified Indiana State Police about the marijuana after receiving a tip from-a neighbor. Using a search warrant Monday, four state troopers went to Irving's home and cut the plants with hand blades before arresting Irving. The marijuana covered a quarter-acre. Police removed the marijuana and burned it at Monroe County Airport Tuesday afternoon. In addition to marijuana in the back yard, police also confiscated about 30 pounds of dried marijuana in the home.

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Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday in St. Stephen Episcopal Church at East Liverpool, Ohio. Survi-'vors include two sons, William T. and Robert Allen Weinhardt.

Flanner" and Buchanan Mortuary is handling local, arrangements. SBlEPER lIlSCUTSDROE NESI1GREBE EC-is a yEi 9-3 yesterday's puzzle. Pre- 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ii- 9 10 1 iu li 24 2b 2b 27 28 Ha 130 T' "XT ZFT 34 I IJb I 3b 37 38 39 j4' 4 43 44 4b 46 47 48 49 3 54 55 plan your funeral. a good feeling knowing done your family won't have worry about it. on us.

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Single letters, short words, and words using an apostrophe can give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is accomplished by trial and error. 1981 King Ftui Syndicjie. Inc STAR STATE REPORT Bloomington, Ind. Two men were arrested Wednesday in connection with the discovery of more than a ton of green marijuana in a Monroe County backyard garden.

Arrested were Jeffrey R. Irving, 28, and Timothy B. Johnson, 25, both Indiana University students. Irving pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Monroe Superior Court II to possession of marijuana and maintaining a common nuisance. He was freed on $2,000 bond Wednesday.

Johnson surrendered to police Wednesday afternoon and faces the mmmmmmmtm Mike Feeney Mike Hornak.

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