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I DAILY JOURNAL. JOHNSON COUNTY. IND. DAILY JOURNAL THURSDAY. JUNE 1.

2000 AS NEW: www.tliejournaInet.ct)ni A service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at Conkle Speedway Funeral Home. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home Entombment will be at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. DeHaan launches initiative to bolster Indiana education Franklin Lorraine P.

Jones, 88 Greenwood Samuel Francis Hartwell, 67 RoyW.Woodall,83 Indianapolis Berbiedell Cassell, 70 Robert Hilderbrand, 75 Louis Warner Mershon, 94 Elsewhere Thomas H. Herold, 65 Indianapolis. He was born Sept. 2, 1924, in Martinsville. His parents were Roscoe and Pauline Hilderbrand.

He married Joan Myers on July 26, 1986. She survives. Survivors include two daughters, Terri Walker of Indianapolis and Denise Lekse of Greenwood; a sister, Rosemary McKee of Martinsville; and seven grandchildren. He graduated from Martinsville High School. "In fact, it needs an overhaul." One of the new organization's first steps will be a multi-city "listening tour," seeking public comment on education issues and identifying what reforms are necessary.

Project which is being funded this year by $3.5 million from the Christel DeHaan Family Foundation will also start airing radio and television ads in the summer months emphasizing the importance of improving education. "High failure rates on the ISTEP exam and low SAT scores continue to plague our state," said DeHaan, the former head of Resort Condo- The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS In an attempt to raise the bar for Indiana students, philanthropist Christel DeHaan announced a pro-, ject Wednesday to help bolster the state's education system. The initiative is called "Project a non-profit, non-partisan organization that DeHaan claims will succeed where other "fragmented" and "incremental" statewide education efforts have failed. "Despite modest reforms, our public education system in Indiana needs improvement," DeHaan said. minums International.

"When comparing our children with their socioeconomic peers in other states, they are not measuring up. Even our best schools and our best students are behind." Phil Bremen, a spokesman for Gov. Frank O'Bannon, said that while private initiatives like Project are a welcome the state is making strides of its own toward improved education. He noted the work of the Education Roundtable, a two-year-old advisory group on education issues made up of educators, business people and others. INDIANAPOLIS Berbledell Louise (Slate) Casscll Berbiedell Louise (Slate) Cassell, 70, died Tuesday, May 30, 2000, at Eagle Valley Meadows In Indianapolis.

She was a resident of Indianapolis. She was born March 22, 1930, in Stokes County, N.C. Her parents were Charlie and Gertrude (Pace) Slate. She married Wade Cassell, May 2, 1952. He survives.

Other survivors include two sons, Rick Cassell of Camel and Tim Cassell of Greenwood; three brothers, Weldon Slate of Chicago, 111., Billy Slate of Mount Airy, N.C. and Richard Slate of three sisters, Juanita Burdette of Winston-Salem, N.C, Bonnie Dominy of Symerna, Tenn. and Glenda Nixon of Mount Airy, N.C; four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. She was employed for six years by Glass Container Corp. as a traffic manager in the shipping department.

A service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at Forest Lawn Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Home, Road 135 Chapel in Greenwood. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer's Association.

School Time capsule remains mystery INDIANAPOLIS Louis Warner Mershon Louis Warner Mershon, 94, died Tuesday, May 30, 2000. He was a resident of Indianapolis. He was born May 23, 1906. His parents were William H. and Sarah C.

(Hafley) Mershon. He married Mary L. (McClain) Mershon. She survives. Other survivors include three sons, Lewis, Donald and Charles Mershon; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and nine great-greatgrandchildren.

He was employed for 35 years by Schwitzer Cummins, as a foreman, retiring in 1970. He was a 57-year member of Englewood Masonic Lodge 715 and 32nd Degree Mason. A service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at Shirley Brothers Washington Memorial Chapel in Indianapolis. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m.

Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Washington Park East Cemetery in Indianapolis. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association. GREENWOOD RoyW. Woodall Roy W.

Woodall, 83, died Saturday, May 13, 2000, at Greenwood Village South Pavilion. He was a resident of Greenwood and formerly of Indianapolis. He was born Jan, 28, 1917, in Connersville. His parents were Jess and Hazel (Jones) Woodall. He married Mary Sara Woodall.

She preceded him in death. Survivors include a caregiver, Robert Dowers. He was preceded in death by a brother, Noble Woodall; and a sister, Wilma George He was employed by Indiana University (Indianapolis campus) as a boiler room engineer. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

A youth group was out probing in West Grove's yard this week but didn't have any luck. A metal detector won't work either because the time capsule was buried in a plastic wastebasket. Inside the time capsule are student papers, an enrollment list, photographs and an audio tape, i But if it's not found by today, he plans to delay opening the capsule until next year the 25th anniversary of burying it. "But if anyone wants to help us find it, they can," he said. If anyone has an idea where the time capsule Is on the West Grove campus, contact Broyer at 888-0185.

By Jennifer Del Vechio daily journal staff writer delv0chio9theournalnel.com A time capsule is buried in the front yard of West Grove Elementary School. But as the day to open the 24-year-old treasure has arrived, Principal George Broyer has one problem: The time capsule can't be found. That's because the trees on the map that marked the spot no longer exist. "The trees died and were cut down," Broyer said. "We don't know the exact location." But they have tried to find it.

He was employed for more than 30 years by Gibson-APD as a manager He was a member of Lynhurst Masonic Lodge No. 723. Pastor Jay Kennedy will conduct a service at 10 a.m. Friday at Forest Lawn Wilson-St. Pierre Funeral Home, State Road 135 Chapel, Greenwood.

Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association. FRANKLIN Lorraine P. (Pippin) Jones Lorraine P.

(Pippin) Jones, 88, died Wednesday, May 31, 2000, at St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers. She was a resident of Franklin. She was born Oct. 22, 1911.

Her parents were Warren H. and Martha (Martin) Pippin. Survivors include a son, Robert M. Rader of Indianapolis; a half sis- ter, Lois Morgan; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and four (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) A demographic study of the corporation showed a 77 percent enrollment growth in Grades 7 through 12 by 2007. The second middle school will also allow more space in the elementary schools because sixth-graders will move out of the ele-mentaries and into the middle schools.

The new middle school will include a smaller cafeteria and media center than the current middle school. Mainly, thafjs because those don't require as much space with new technology than previous school plans years ago, said Jeff Sickmeier, board member. Each grade level will have nine regular classrooms. In addition, each grade level will inlcude: three science rooms, one computer lab, one resource room, one small group instruction room, one guidance office and a teacher planning, work and storage room. The new school wIl also include, a gym, and rooms for foreign language, family and consumer science, art and industrial technology.

The next board meetings are at 7 p.m. Monday and June 19. Saveirs dhxDDce GREENWOOD Samuel Francis Hartwell Samuel Francis Hartwell, 67, died Wednesday, May 31, 2000, at his residence in Greenwood. He was born Dec. 3, 1933, in -Deputy.

His parents were John Francis and Margaret (Sipes) Hartwell. He married Emmie Dell (Harp) Hartwell. She survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Karen Miles of Phoenix, two stepsons, Steve Riley of Greenwood and Chris Riley of Austin, Texas; three brothers, James E. 'Bud' Hartwell of Whiteland, Joe Hartwell of Greenwood and Gerald Hartwell of Whiteland; three sisters, Betty -Similies of Silver Springs, Judy Futrell of Marshall, Texas, and Joyce Sewell of Perry ville, and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two wives, Pauline and Helen Hartwell; a Bertha Irene Hartwell and a brother, (Malcolm Ivan Hartwell. He was a U.S. Army veteran of Korean conflict. He was employed for 12 years by Kokomo Grain Co. in Edinburgh as a truck driver and 30 mim vm 'SI There is no calling or services.

Singleton Community. Mortuary and Memorial Center in Indianapolis handled arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 6030 W. 62nd Indianapolis, IN 46278. She was employed for 14 years by George Cram Map.

Co. as. an office staff retiring in 1974., She was a 50-year member of Fortville OES 149 and Boston Christian Science. Special, Fixed Rates on Certificates of Deposit mechanic, retiring in 1984. He was a member of Northern mm Park Baptist Church in Greenwood.

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Herold, 65, died Tuesday, May 30, 2000, at Columbus Regional Hospital. He was a resident of Columbus. He was born Aug. 25, 1934, in Martinsville. His parents were Frank E.

and Agatha M. (Prid-dy) Herold. He married Barbara S. Lambert, Aug. 21, 1954, in Columbus.

She survives. Other survivors include two sons, Thomas L. and Doug E. Herold, both of Columbus; a daughter, Claire S. Pike of Columbus; two sisters, Dorothy Ping of Col-umbus and Patricia Bassett of Florida; and 10 grandchildren.

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