Jackson County Banner from Brownstown, Indiana • Page 1

THE BROWNSTOWN BANNER SECTION ONE BEGINNING ITS NINETIETH YEAR SERVING fEOPLE OF JACKSON COUNTY VOL. XC BROWNSTOWN, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1958 NO. 15 into I Highlight mil to i St. Peter's Lutheran Church To Dedicate New Parsonage In Special Services Sunday Morning Legion-Sponsored Event To Be All Of Next Veek A Twp Bids Received For Ditch Improvement Now Being Studied Only two bids were received by County Surveyor Alfred L. Forgey for cleaning and reconstruction of the William Lara-way Ditch, which runs from the edge of Cortland to the mouth of Indian Creek where it empties into White Riverr.

One was submitted by Luther Keene Construction Company, of Sullivan, and the other by the Walter Mapes Construction Company, of Columbus. These are being studied by Mr. Forgey and decision will be; made on the letting within a week. Bids were to include cost of ary re-staking and re-surveying in addition to furnishing all materials and labor necessary for the work. $50 Still Needed For B'town Fly Spraying Project Work To Get Underway As Soon As Sufficient Funds Are Received And Weather Conditions Are Favorable -Public Asked To Contrlbui? To Canisters.

Brownstown's fly and mosquito eradiction program will get underway, as soon as an additional $50 is received to underwrite the project and weather conditions are favorable, it was announced today by Robert Hara. chairman of the spraying committee. 'j To date a total of $115 has been received from church, service arid Civic gTcmps but another $50 rnin-imum ndd to a.ssnire a thorough coverage of the town and outlying areas. I Weather conditions also will I determine, to a great extent, the starting or the spraying. it is pointed out.

since Warm, dry wefl-j ther is needed. i Brownstown residents are asked to drop coins in the money canis- ters which were placed in business establishments and other public places several weeks ago. Collee tion date for the canisteTS has been set for Monday, July 4. and it lis hoped that money garnered from this source will put the project over-the-top" financially. Members of the spraying com mittee also are asking that resi dents clean their incinerators and have garbage piles removed before the spraying program starts.

The program again is neift? sponsored by the Brownstown Presbyterian Church Men Broth erhood which has contributed $50 to the project to date. I Other contributions received are as follows: Methodist Men group. $25: Brownstown- Lions Club. $25; Camp Jackson Post. No.

112. American Legion. $10: Baptist Fellowship Class-, This year a portable-type spray er is to be used which wiil make it possible to spray many areas not accessible with a power-driven machine which has been used tn past years. Old fashioned Methods 01 Threshing Wheat To Be Shown Sunday Fun is in store for old and young alike Sunday at the old- fashioned threshing demonstra tion to be held on a plot of ground adjacent to the Dudlfytow-n Con servation Club, Washington township, i The entire harvesting will be done bv methods used at the turn of the century, from an old-fasih toned threshing machine down to the horse drawn writer wagon. To accommodate the large crowds anticipated the treshing will be done at intervals through out the entire afternoon.

The stunt is being staged byAhe Dudleytow Conservation Club members as a club benefit. Four Farms Visited Today 'It-' Court Appoints Appraisers In Highway Suits Three, Named In Each Case-To Be Sworn In Thursday! Marninh AnJ Dlu L.l structions Written Reports To Be Submitted By July 21 Three New Condemnation Suits Filed. Following court hearing Tuesday morning in the eleven condemnations suits for appropriation of estate on the proposed route of the new limited access superhighway No. 63 to be built parallel to U. S.

Highway 31. In the eastern part of the county. Judge. John M. Lewis named three appiaisers in each suit.

Paul B. Wever. deputy to Attorney General Edwin Steers, represented the State at the hearing. The court examined the com-Plaint of the State of Indiana finding it was proven true and that the State was entitled to condemn and appropriate the strip of land described in the complaint for highway purposes. Judge Lewis then appointed three freeholders as viewers to view the real 'estate in question and assess damages (if any) and benefits (if any).

The appraisers are to appear before, him Thursday morning at 9:00 o'clock to be duly sworn in by the clerk of the court and to receive their instructions. Their findings and appraisals are io oe miorruiiea tne court on or before July 21. After the reports are filed both (Via Ctof. rA a A An am given ten days in which to file written exceptions. If neither; side files any exceptions within the specified period, the State will pay money into the clerk's office for the benefit of the def endants.

If cither side files exceptions to the reports of the appraisers, the case will be handled like any other civil damage Appraisers named in each of the 11 suits are as follows: Joseph Linton Brewer and Ruby Brewer, now residents of the State of Pennsylvania appraisers, Walter Surface, Emil Hughes, Arthur Goecker. John Imley, and Northalina Emily appraisers. Surface, Goecker, Fred Lett. Porter and Beth Ainscough and Standard Life Insurance Company appraisers. Surface, Hughes, Herbert Hillenburg.

Marvin L. and Mildred Garrison and Federal Land Bank of Louisvilleappraisers, Surface, Hughes, Hillenburg. Raymond and Josephine Baker and Home Federal Loan appraisers. Surface, Stewart, Hillenburg. Huhert M.

and Edith M. Walker. Home Federal and REMC -appraisers. Surface. Hughes, Lett.

Continued to Page Three) Annual 4-H Dairy Tour To Be Held Wednesday, July 16 i i Four Farm Stops To Bo Made Tour To Start At 9:00 o'Clock In Charge Of Dairy Specialist Sam Gregory, Jackson county's annual 4-H I Dairy Tour has been scheduled for Wednesday morning of next week. July 16. Participating members, parents, and friends will start out on- the tour promptly at o'clock, leaving from the root -beer drive-in at the west edge of Seymour. Farm stops will be made in the following order: Steve and Janet Schepman, Lynn and Metta Stuckwisch, Richard Lambring and Richard Tormoehlen, where breeds of Guernsey. Holstein.

Jer-sep and Brown Swiss will be ob served. Heirers ana cows uv production will be shown. Sam Gregory, extension Dairy specialist from the Evansville Dairy Association, and of the Purdue University Extension Dairy staff, will be in charge. Mr. Gregory has conducted tours in this county in other years and has made valuable contributions to the county's 4-H Dairy program.

County Agent Rov E. Beck and Assistant Agent Charles eager will accompany Mr. Gregorys and the touring members. Selection; showing, fitting, nu tritkm. disease problems and other Queen Contest To Be Hew Feature Of Jackson Co.

Fair Judges Decision To Be Based On Pulchritude Alone Coronation To Follow Sunday Night Horse Show Winner To Enter State Fair Queen Contest. Adding spark to the 1958 Jackson County Fair, scheduled the week of August 3-9. at the fairgrounds, east of Brownstown. will be the naming of "Miss Jackson County Fair Of 1958" who will rule as Queen of the Fair during the week and also will represent Jackson county in the State Fair Queen's Contest to select "Miss Indiana State Fair of The county contest will be conducted under the direction of Mrs. G.

R. Gillespie and Richard S. Robertson and will be set up according to rules governing the State Fair Contest. The Coronation ceremony will climax the 'Horse Show program on Sunday night, August 3. and is being planned as a gala event to open what promises to be Jackson county's biggest and best Fair.

It is pointed out that each event at the Fair is planned with a purpose and the Fair Association believes that by sponsoring a Jackson County Fair Queen Contest they not only will furnish additional entertainment for Fairgoers, but will offer girls of the county an educational experience. since each will be trained in posture and poise, and also tfie contest will serve as a splendid medium to publicize Jackson county through the local Queen's participation in the State Contest Rules of the contest provide. first that the contestant must be at least sixteen years of age and must not be more than 21 years old the- first dav of the Indiana State Fair, which is Au gust 27. She must be unmarried and must never have been married. No professional models will be considered eligible for the contest, that is.

no girl who has been paid for modeling within the past twelve months mav enter. Each contestant must be a member of at least one Jackson county organization In her com munity, such as 4-H Club, Girl Scouts or church group. She may be sponsored by a county organization, merchant or other individual and the winning contestant must be prepared to spend each evening at the Jackson County Fair carrying out her duties as "Miss Jackson County The contestants will be judged on the basis of beauty alone, which it Is pointed out. Includes poise, posture, proportions. fea tures and personality.

Thev will be judged at the afternoon Horse Show when they will appear In bathing suits, and at the Night Show when they will wear formal gowns. The contestant judges will be from out of the county. The winning contestant will be entered as "Miss Jackson County Fair" in the Indiana State Fair Queen contest and will be required to spend the period from noon on Monday. August 25, through noon, Wednesday. August 27, in competing for the State Fair Queen honors.

The winning state contestant will be crowned "Miss Indiana State Fair of 1958" and will be required to spend the entire period of the State Fair. August 27-September 4, at the state fairerounds. Also, the winning contestant at tne state air must agree to accept no other title except "Miss Indiana State Fair" for a period of four months following tne air. except with prior ap proval of the State Fair pub licity department. Also, rules of the contest provide that the winning Jackson county contestant must be ac companled to the State Fair by an approved female chaperone.

Expenses of both the contest ant and her chaperone will be paid by the Jackson County Fair Association. The County Fair Board Queen Contest committee -also reserves the right to change the foregoing rules and regulations at any time as may be deemed expedient All county girls planning to enter the Fair contest must have their letters of registration postmarked not later than midnight Julv 21. An organization meetinr of all contestants will be called Immediately following that date. At that time each Coronation To Be Closing Feature Saturday Might Band Concert, Cake Walks, Midway Attractions, Rides, Kiddie Playground To Add To Fun -Queen Contestants May Register Through Mon day, July 14. i Next Monday night the curtain." will go up on Brownstown's thirty-first jannual Legion-sponsored Soldiers'! and Sailors' Reunion -and Homecoming six days of fun and merry-making for old and young.

Th highlight event' this year-will be the crowning of a Homecoming Queen with the cornation ceremonies tentatively set for 9:30 o'clock Saturday nighty July 19. at the American Legion booth on midway. The Queen contest has been underway for several weeks with twelve contestants entered to date. Entry date wiH be held open until Monday night. July .14.

Votes'are 'one cent each, the money to be Dlaced in monev can isters which have been- placed in downtown business establish- ments. Each canister Is attached to a Placard bearine the rjicture and name of" the girl for whom the money in the canister will count as votes; Contestants also may augment ithier votes 'by securing-. Legion, Auxiliary anfl the Junior Auxiliary memberships. Vying for the Queen crown to date are Mary Lou Stidam, Jan ice Sue Anderson, Judy Blanken-ship, Sharon Brown. Julia Ann Caudill.

Norma Carol Doerr, Bev- -erly McKinney, Sue Perry, Stella Louise Reinbold. Carolyn Smons. Janet Sue Stafford. Iris Achelpohl. The winning girl, in addition to.

wearing the Queen's crown, will receive three pieces of matched luggage. The first runner-up will receive two pieces of -luggage and lIUITJ-JJiaClllg VIIK ltTLC. Another Homecoming drawing card will be two concerts by the Brownstown High School Band, one on Tuesday night and the oth- er on Saturday night, Each will be presented from the southwest corner of Hie Square, starting at 6:45 1 In the absence of Keith SkeKon, Bandmaster. who is attending summer classes at Indiana State Teachers College. Terre Haute, the concerts will be under the baton of Joe Beickman, a graduating ban.t student this year, who served as drum major during his entire high school To add to the merriment -each niaVit thora will ho th vpr nnnn.

(t' lar "Cake Walks at the permanent cake-walk area on the east side of the court, house. Added to this will be the midway attractions, 'to be provided again this year by the B. Gooding Amusement Company, of Columbus. Monday night's cake walk will be sponsored by the Brownstown Scouts. The cake walks on Tuesday and Wednesday night will be under the auspices of the American Legion Auxiliary.

ine tsrownsiown tsana I'arenis will stage Thursday night's using 'the proceeds to purchase band 'uniform and instruments, Friday and Saturday night cake walRs will be jsponsored by' the Brownstown Cub couts and Scouts. respectively. r. Throughout, the entire week both Camp Jackson Post. No.

11J2, and its Auxiliary will conduct membership drives from booths set up along the midway. Each member paying his or her dues for the coming year will receive ride passes. The Sailors and Soldiers' Re- union had its beginnings many years ago unuer sponsorsnip oi members of the Grand Army of thA Rpnuhlif A a th vnira wpnt by, however, and the ranks of the GAR, thinned, the event. was discontinued. Then, as other soldiers returned from another war, the custom was revived and since 1927 the Homecoming has been staged by the Amejican Legion and is one of the top outdoor, entertainment features in the area each July Austin Easley Is directing plans for this year's event, as he did last year.

On the Homecoming committee are Joe Woods, Roy L. Main, Raymond Spurgeon, Perry Aynes and Edward Mulberry. sanitation. Fair showing and care and management. BUI Would Give HS.CQO for Engineering For Monroe Reservoir irther engineering funds for planning for the Morrfoe reservoir im.i be available soon under an ai riropriation added by a Senate Public Works Committee to a public works appropriation bill which originated in the House.

Other Indiana projects added to the bill were: Vincennes flood wall. Calumet sag channel. Evansville flood Wall, $20,000, and Sala-monie River (planning) reservoir, $50.0000. The committee changes are expected to be passed by the Senate and the bill will then have to go tack to conference for concurrence b' the House. Hew Principal Named For H.

S. fl A y3An3 MI YUllUIIIU Jerome C. Urich To Leave Laconic H. S. Staff To Take Over Administrative Post To Succeed Hubert Bastin.

Jerome C. Urich. who has- com pleted three successful years as a member of the teaching staff at Laconia High School. Harrison county, has resigned that position to become principal of the Val-lonia High School. Mr.

Urich succeeds Hubert Bas-i tin to the Vallonia school administrative post. Holder of a B. S. degree froml Oakland City College, with a Master's degree from Indiana Univer sity, received in 1951. Mr.

Urich has been in the teaching profession for eleven- years, the last three at Laconia, He has had advanced work at Montana State College and Indiana State Teachers' College, Terre Haute and had one year's teaching experience in the State of Montana. He is married and he and Mrs. Urich have a six-year-old child. They are buying property in Val lonia and will move there later this sumnfer. Mr.

Baslin.who has been princi pal at Vallonia for four years and coach the five preceding years will continue in the administra tive fjeid as principal of the Brooklyn Elementary School of the Martinsville Metropolitan School District. He went to Vallonia as coach at the beginning of the 194S-49 school year, serving in that capa city until the close of the 1953- 54 year when he coached one vear at Frchch Lick, returning to Vallonia the following year as principal. For the past two years he has served as president of the Val-( Continued to Page Three) On 4 Beef Tour 1 1 their daughter, Barbara, as hostess. Young Dean Huffman was the 4-H host at the fourth and final stop af the farm of his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Vance Huffman.

A sack lunch, which the youngsters took with them on the tour, was enjoyed at the Osmar Schneider farm, prior to Inspecting the cattle there. Henry Mayo, animal husbandry- man from the Purdue University Extension department, conducted the tour, assisted by Jackson County Extension Agent Roy Beck and Assistant Agent Charles eager. Points stressed were feeding St. Peter's Lutheran Church will dedicate its new parsonage Sunday morning following the regular worship service at 10:00 o'clock, The pastor, the Rev. O.

L. Hartman, speak on this accomplishment of the oongrega-tion at the morning service and. Immediately following, will read the Rite of Dedication at" the main door of the parsonage. The offering for the day has been designated for the building fund. Sunday afternoon from 2:00 until 4 :00 members and friends of the church and people of the entire community are invited to attend an informal Open House.

Members of the parsonage building committee are Roy Paul, chairman. Ish Beickman, Ray mod Patman, Clarence Pot-t schmidt and Glen Zabel. The building was constructed by contractor Paul Stuckwisch. Excavation began last Fall on the lot which was purchased several months earlier. If is located on West Bridge street, directly across from the church.

The lot Is 150 feet on Bridge street and 150 feet deep along the alley. The parsonage, of Bedford limestone exterior, to correspond with the church. Is 75 feet by 27 feet. 9 inches. There is a full basement of concrete block with areas for garage, laundry, stor age.

recreation room and partial bath. The combination storm and screen windows and doors are of aluminum and. the Interior and exterior doors are birch. Wood trim is pine with marble window sills. The building is fully insu la ted and heated with an auto matic gas furnace.

No Ruling Given On Injuction Asked Against C'ville Firm Hearing was held in Jackson Circuit Court this morning by Judge John M. Lewis on an application filed by Quaker Oats Company, of Lawrenceburg, for a temporary Injunction against Crescent Mills, of Crothers- ville. The Court took its ruling under advisement and continued the temporary restraining order in effect for seven days, pending filling of briefs by the counsel for the respective parties. Defendants in the suit are the Crescent Mills, Stanlev W. Watts, Laura F.

Watts and Dallas D. Montgomery. According to the suit the defendant corporation, on June 20, 1957, by its note promised to pay to the plaintiff company the sum of 518.000 with 6 percent interest and 10 percent attorney fees for collecting same. Said note, ac cording to the complaint, is now due and unpaid with balance of $7,035.08. plus $140.50 Interest and $717.56 for attorney fees At the time the note was made, the suit sets forth, the Crothers-ville firm signed an agreement that no mortgage would be placed against the business, but a $16,000 mortgage has been given to the RmwnmiTi Tmn Trust flnm.

pany and a second was threatened. The suit demands Judgment In the amount of and an order restraining the defendant corporation from executing any mortgage which would be a lien on the real property owned by Crescent Mill. The Crothersville firm also Is defendant In another suit, filed by Quaker Oats, asking $9,322.16. on open account, for goods and mer-chandist delivered by the plaintiff to the defendant Attorneys for the plaintiff company In both suit are W. H.

Turner, of Lawrenceburg. and Montgomery and Montgomery, There are three bedrooms, a kitchen, family room, a living room with dining area at one end and at the front of the building, facing Sycamore street, is the pastor's study and church office with custom-made book shelves, closet and half-bath. The rug is brown and beige arid the walls are beige. The living room, with combined dining area, is 25 feet by 14 1 feet, with pastel green walls and nutria Nylon nig. The family room, off the kitchen, has acoustical ceiling and knotty pine walls and the kitchen, which is painted yellow, has Mengel cherry cabinets.

There are three bedrooms with full bath of two compartments, two lavatories and custom-made cabinets. The front and master bedrooms have Sandlewood and beige tweed carpets and the walls are painted blue and yellow, respectively. The other bedroom is tiled with beige cork linoleum and its walls are green. All rooms except the family room have smooth finish plaster. The Ladies Aid of.

the congregation provided drapes for all the windows and also financed tile for the bathroom. The Men's Club has assumd the financial responsibility of landscaping the lawn, the work to be done this Fall. Members of the St. Peter's Walther League made a substantial contribution toward the book shelves in the pastor's study. The Rev.

and Mrs. Hartman and their family will move into the new parsonage following Sunday's dedication and Open House. The present parsonage, to the west of the church, is to be sold church parking area, parking area. Band instrument Display Set For Thursday, July 17 For thf convenience of Browns- town parents who have children starting in Beginning Band this year a band instrument display will be held Thursday, July 17, from 7:00 until 9:00 o'clock in the Band Room at the Brownstown Grade School building. Keith Skelton.

Brownstown High School bandmaster. Is urging all parents who are planning to start their children on a band instrument to attend the display, pointing out it is not necessary for them to be present the full two hours, but they may come and leave at their convenience. Beginning Band rehearsals will start the following Monday, Jury 21, according to Mr. Skelton. Practice time will be announced later.

Anv youngster who will enter the Fifth Grade of school this Fall may enroll. At a Band Clinic held by Mr. Skelton earlier this summer, chil dren who are planning to enter Beginning Band were given an op portunity to try out on various instruments and he later advised the .17 JIZ iciTthe ctuld showed the great 1 xcn snowea me Mr. Skelton presently is attend ing summer school at Indiana State Teachers College, Terre Haute, working toward his Mas ter's degree. When he returns, in addition to starting Beginning Band rehearsals he will resume practice of the Senior and Junior Bands.

LESTER CUMMINGS KILLS LARGE RATTLER Lester Cummin rs, rural mail carrier out of the Norman Post Office, killed a large rattle snake north of Maumee last week. The snake had ten rattlers and button. This Is the fifth rattler Mr. Cummings has killed since he baa been on the mail route. Fanners, State Reach Partial Road Agreement On Two of Three Sections of New Limited Access' Highway Landowners Along Third Portion Not Fully In Accord On Frontage Roads.

A partial agreement on two of the three sections of the proposed frontage roads and overpasses for the new Interstate Limited Access north and south highway across the east end of Jackson county, seemed to have been reached between J. T. Hallett, of the Indiana State Highway, Department and affected land owners In a public hearing held in the county com-missoners room in the" court house in Brownstown Monday. On the north portion of the proposed road abuting land owners expressed divergent views on what they wanted. Until they reach some kind of agreement among themselves It will be impossible for the State Highway Department to make any recommended changes to the Federal Government.

Between fifteen and twenty property owners attended the hearing' In the later part of the hearing they were divided Into groups for discusson Of each of the three sections. For the south portion, from the Muscatatuck River, the county line between Jackson and Scott counties, north to Road 250, the land owners reached an agreement on certain changes which Mr Hallett will recommend to the Federal Bureau of Roads. If these changes are approved by the Federal Government, the landowners seem to be agreeable to- the coun ly commissioners adopting resolutions closing affected county roads which bisect the proposed super nignway. The same situation seemed to exist for that proportion of the road where it was indicated that Mr. Hallett would endeavor to se cure an overpass for the Trading Fost road and a frontage road from the Barnes road, one mile north.

For the third portion from near the Trading Post road, north to the terminus of the survey, three or four milesr north of its intersection with U. S. 50. landowners in the vicinity of the Carter school were not in full agreement as to what they wanted. Without their agreement Mr.

Hallett could not make a suggested change to the Federal government. If the proposed changes are made in the two southern sections it seems highly probable that the county commissioners then will be free to sign the proposed resolutions closing the affected roads in these areas. contestant must have available an 8 10 photograph of herself to give to the Queen com mittee. The official Fair Queen's entry blank will be found in this issue of The Banner. The con testant-must fill out this blank and return it to Mrs.

G. R. Gillespie, not later than the July 21 deadline, The Jackson County Fair Association will honor "Miss Jackson County Fair with a gift appropriate to the occasion. Any organization, merchant or Individuals who would like to aid in honoring the Queen with gift are asked to contact either Mrs. Gillespie or Mr.

Robertson. Jackson County Fair is one of 38 county Fairs in the state which will have a representative In the Indiana State Fair Contest. a. The above picture was taken early this morning by County Agent Roy Beck at the John jHoltman farm, in Driftwood township, the first of four form istops made today by members of thecounty 4-H Beef Club on the annual club Meeting early this morning the Driftwood Christian Chuith, an enthusiastic group of youngsters, members of the county's 4rH Beef Clubs, their leaders and several parents, embarked oh the en-nual Beef Tour which took them to farms of four county 4-H'ers. The first stop was at the John oilman Farm; Just north of the Driftwood Church where yoflng Ben Holtman was host.

I From there the touring group went to "the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Schneider, where their daughter, Annette, was (hostess, and then on to the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Osmar Schneider, with aspects of the 4-H Dairy program Seymour.

Lei and West. Scotts-will be brought out at the various burg attorney, is the defense at-farm stops, torney.