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6-A THE BANNER. Saturday, May 19. 1984 OBITUARIES I i-m a o- ir Fatal Crash On 1-65 (Story on Page 1-A) Seymour on 1-65, a Jackson County firefighter prepares to remove one of the bodies from the smoldering debris. TEARING away part of the wreckage of one of five tractor-trailers trucks involved in a crash about 11:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17, four miles north of Regional Sewer District Board To Meet Tuesday Whether a foundation drain in the basement of a Rockford house is legal win be discussed at the Jackson County Regional Sewer District board meeting at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday. May 22, Board member Charles Johnson and Dan Robertson, the district's superintendent, met with the Rockford resident Saturday. May 12. to survey the situation. Robertson said a report on the matter is expected Tuesday night.

However, Robertson said he was not of any other business scheduled before the board, other than monthly claims. The board's attorney. Jeffrey Nier-man of Brownstown. also said he was not aware of any other business. During a special meeting Thursday.

May 10, the board met to discuss the threat of a lawsuit by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over the board's failure to pay costs incurred by the halted Vallonia sewer project. The board passed a resolution at that meeting to pay all local costs associated with the project. Nierman said he mailed the board's response to the EPA on Friday, May 11. The EPA had given the board 15 days to respond to its request or face possible legal action.

Seymour Board Of Public Works To Meet Wednesday Payment for repairs to an old city fire truck will be among several items the Seymour Board of Public Works and Safety will review at its meeting at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 23. Arthur Greene of Seymour, who has driven the city's 1923 American-La France fire truck in parades, has done some repair work on the vehicle, said Fire Chief Glenn Noblitt. Noblitt said he was not sure how much was being requested for the repair work. He said "it is something to be hashed out" by the board of works.

In other matters scheduled Wednes-. day, the board will review an insurance claim from a Seymour resident whose vehicle was damaged by a manhole. Estimates of damage have not yet been turned in, city officials said. Meanwhile, Geneva Schinold of Seymour will ask the board for brothers, Russell Jones and William Jones, all. of New Albany; and five grandchildren.

The family requested that memorials be in the form of donations to the Jackson County unit of the American Heart Assn. Benjamin Stevenson Benjamin V. Stevenson. 90. Com-miskey Rt.

1. formerly of Vallonia. died at 12:35 p.m. Thursday. May 17.

at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Indianapolis. He had been ill six months. Funeral will begin at 1 p.m. Monday, May 21, at the Robert D. Loose Funeral Home in Anderson with the Rev.

James Dodson officiating. Burial will be at the Anderson Memorial Park. Persons may call after 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Mr.

Stevenson was born May 7, 1894, in Hoopston, 01., to the late Sherman and Martha Ann Miller Stevenson. The retired employee of Morgan Packing Co. in Brownstown married Nellie Stevenson, who preceded him in death. i The World War I veteran moved to Vallonia in 1945. He had resided in Commiskey the past 25 years with his niece, Connie Taulman, who survives.

Also surviving are two sisters, Dorothy Marsh and Grace Phelps, both of Anderson. Arthur Doyle Arthur Doyle, 61, of Austin died at 3:05 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, at the Humana Hospital University in Louisville, Ky. He had been ill several days. Funeral was Friday, May 18, at the Johnson Funeral Home in Vallonia.

Burial was at the Vallonia Cemetery. Mr. Doyle was born Feb. 3, 1923, in Clay County, to the late Cornelius, and Ada Murrell Doyle. He lived part of his life in Boston, and the Austin area, The former power-plant employee was a steam engineer and a veteran of the U.S.

Surviving are a daughter, Jacqueline Grace Doyle of Needham, four brothers, Foster Doyle of Louisville, Delbert Doyle of Seymour, Herman Doyle of South Bend and Irvin Doyle of Vallonia Rt. three sisters, Clara Nolan of Vallonia Rt. 1, Dortha Chuck of Hamilton, Ohio, and Jean-ette Barkman of Friendswood, Texas; and two grandchildren. 1 rv early Friday, May 18, are members of the Ross Med-Aid Services ambulance crew. two bodies of 65 pile-up County Council Approves $200,000 Appropriations TAKING away remains of one of the truckers killed in the Interstate office.

The county welfare fund transfer from the telephone and telegraph account to food stamp insurance account for $552 was approved. permission to move a house from the 400 block of Bruce St. to King Ave. The moving company needs the board's approval before a moving date can be scheduled. A request for removal and replacement of a sidewalk at the Arnold Godding residence in the 600 block of E.

Sixth St. also will be reviewed. The drainage board's request for $500 for surveyor's supplies was approved to be taken from the general office supplies, postage, photographing and blue printing and repair of Edwin Boley Edwin J. Boley. 51.

of 503 W. Sixth St. in Seymour died at 2:04 p.m. Thursday, May 17, at the Jackson County Hospital. He had been ill several months.

Funeral will begin at 2 p.m. Monday, May 21. at the First United Methodist Church in Seymour with the Rev. Wayne Yeater officiating. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery in Brownstown.

Persons may call from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. May 20, at Spurgeon Funeral Home in Brownstown. Mr.

Boley was born May 11, 1933, in Brownstown to the late Ed E. and Blanche Shelton Boley. A teacher with the Seymour Community School Corp. for 29 years, he organized the Shields Junior High School Drama Club in 1960 and produced numerous musicals such as "Oklahoma." "Annie Get Your Gun," "My Fair Lady" and "Sound of Music." As a student of history and government. Mr.

Boley spent 12 years in original research in preparing a history of Seymour and Jackson County which was published in 1980. He was author of "Masked Halters," a story about the Reno Brothers train robbery in Jackson County; the book was published in 1977. He had been organist the past several years for the First United Methodist Church in Seymour where he was a member. He also had been an organist for other county churches. Active in the Boy Scouts, he was a scoutmaster at the First Presbyterian Church and had organized the first Scout Fair in Seymour.

Mr. Boley had been the manager of the Seymour Municipal swimming pool eight years. A 1955 graduate of Ball State Teachers College, now Ball State University, Mr. Boley received his master's degree from Indiana University in 1962. In 1955 Ball State sent him as a delegate to the Kellogg Foundation of political science.

In 1957 he was named state Teacher-of-the-Year at the Indiana State Fair. Mr. Boley was a member of the Indiana State Teachers the National Education the Seymour Education Assn. where he had been treasurer, vice president and president; the Jackson County Historical Society, the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 665 and Elks Lodge 462 tn Seymoi Survivingare a brother, Billy L. Boley of Haines City, and a sister, Mrs.

Clyde (Betty Jo) Perry of Brownstov Preceding him in death were two brothersxhd a sister. requested that memorials' be in the form of donations to the Seymour Heritage Foundation. Dorothy Curl Dorothy B. Curl, 47, Indianapolis, formerly of Crothersville, died unexpectedly at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 16, at the Wishard Hospital in Indianapolis.

She had a history of heart ailments, reported Kovener and Sons Funeral Home in Crothersville. Memorial services were Friday, May 18, at the funeral home with the Rev. Allen Jolly officiating. Burial was at the Crothersville Cemetery after cremation. Mrs.

Curl was born March 1, 1937, at Paynesville to Opal Anderson Jones of New Albany and the late Floyd Ferguson. Mrs. Curl formerly was employed at Cummins Engine Co. in Columbus. Surviving with her mother are six children, James Curl Michael Curl, Mrs.

Wayne (Barbara) Wilson and Sheila Curl, all of Crothersville, Mrs. Jeff (Cathy) Blair of Crothersville Rt. 1 and Cindy Murphy of Seymour. Also surviving are a brother, Clarence Ferguson, and two step- GORBETTS CHAPEL Sunday school attendance, 55; offering. $75.32.

Mrs. Lotica Ryan of Jonesville spent Mother's Day with her brother, the. Rev. and Mrs. James Smith, and attended church services with them.

Also his brother. Butch Smith and bride-to-be. also visited them and attended church with them. Mr. and Mrs.

Joe Miller took her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Root, to Bloomington for dinner Saturday evening for a Mother's Day gift. On Sunday the Millers and sons, Mr.

and Mrs. Clinton Smith and sons of Austin, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Root. Gary Root, and Mr.

and Mrs. Lonnie Root all visited their parents and attended church with them. Mrs. Jack Ftsh and children spent Sunday with her parents. Mr.

and Mrs. Chester Mullins. Eunice Mullins and sister. Maxie Adams, called on Barbara Bean in Brownstown. Monday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Everett Moore of Taylorsville, and Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Spurgeon and sons of Seymour.

Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Ping of Tampico. all visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Alvin Sutton of Freetown on Mother's Day. Other children from Indianapolis and Tennessee called in the afternoon. Mrs. Alma Martin of Seymour spent Mother's Day with her son, Mr. and Mrs.

Richard Blaker and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Fleenor and daughters visited the Blakers also. Mrs. Blaker and Mrs.

Fleenor are office equipment accounts. The funds will go to purchase a surveyor's compass. The next regular meeting of the council will begin at 9 a.m. June 20. CLASS OF 1 dk 1 (1.

(nlj and best vishos May your youth, enthusiasm and ability The Jackson County council approved more than $200,000 in additional appropriations at a meeting Wednesday, May 16, at the courthouse in Brownstown. The additional appropriations will now have to be approved by the state tax board, said Ed Koerner, county auditor. 1 The council also passed an emergency transfer resolution of funds from accounts within three county funds. .1 The council approved spending S751.85 for engineering costs on six county bridges; $75,000 for engineering and construction of Bridge 56 in Hamilton Township and $172,000 for a single bridge to replace Bridges 131 and 132 on the Vernon-Grassy Fork township line. The money will come from the cumulative bridge fund.

The council also approved $2,000 for lumber, $3,000 for cement and $27,013.07 for a tractor and brush cutter from the cumulative highway fund. I The council approved $3,070 for the county health department for a copying machine. LeRoy Crees, a county sanitarian, said the department needed the machine to serve the needs of the public, particularly for requests for copies of death and birth certificates. The council passed an emergency transfer resolution for the county health fund to move $100.80 from the male-orderly salary account to the photocopying account to pay an account with the Jackson County Hospital for copying fees. Veteran Service Officer James "Tom" Brown's request for $100 to attend a school for veterans service officers was approved.

The council approved the commissioners' request for $4,000 for liability and casualty insurance and $8,100 to upgrade the memory of the IBM computer in the county auditor's 1 Jackson County I Democratic Women To Meet i The Jackson County Democratic Women's Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday. May 21, at 'the Seymour Community Center. The meeting will be a week prior to the regular meeting date, since the last Monday is Memorial Day. Candidates for the November election will be introduced.

The guest speaker will be Carolyn Gordon of the county Cooperative Extension office, who will present a program on "Stress." The public is invited. Hostesses for the. meeting will be Rhea Dawn Ault, Margaret Lambring. Elsie Rosemeyer and Joan Huff. help you realize your goals! As you advance to new opportunities and responsibilities; there's something we'd like you to keep in mind at citizens stiattG you have a geed friend close at ha n8 (SERVICE) mm Li nant ads ncrx top ycu sisters.

Eunice Mullins 1.