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Funeral services were conducted on Saturday, April 19, at Brownstown Presbyterian Church with Pastor Brad Napier Burial was at Fairview Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Brownstown Presbyterian Church. Robert Earl Mann Robert Earl Mann, 65, of Freetown, died at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at Schneck Medical Seymour. He was a member of the Freetown United Methodist Church.

He was a school bus driver for Brownstown Community Schools and had been' a dairy farmer his entire life. He was devoted to his family, especially his grandchildren. He was born Oct. 10, 1942 in Freetown, a son of Orville and Ollie May (White) Mann. He married Mary Ann Ira on Aug.

7, 1965 in Freetown, and she survives. He is also survived by four children. Brett (Quincey) Mann, Freetown, Courtney (Michael) Combs, Seymour, and Bobby and Brian Mann, both of Freetown; two brothers, Bill (Millie) Mann, Freetown, and Larry (Pauline) Mann, Brownstown; five grandchildren, Meghan, Nathan, and Emily Mann, and Corey and Irene Schwein Irene Schwein, 92, of Brownstown, died at. 5:55 p.m. Wednesday, April 16- at Hoosier Christian Village, Brownstown.

She was a member of the Brownstown Presbyterian Church. She was a previous owner of the Brownstown Greenhouse with her husband, Melvin, working a as a manager and designer for 45 years. She graduated from Sauers North District School and obtained her GED at the age of 77. She was a member of the Brownstown Business and Professional Women's Association for many years. She was born July 26, 1915 in Brownstown, a daughter of the late August and Wilhelmina (Minnie) VonDielingen Eggersman.

She married Melvin Schwein on Dec. 31, 1938 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Sauers, and he preceded her in death on July 1, 1977. She is survived by a son, Thomas (Linda) Schwenn, Brownstown; two grandchildren, Jennifer Schwenn (Chris) Hildreth, Hinsdale, and Bethany Schwenn (Todd) Lassus, Fort Wayne; and two great-grandchildren, Alexandra and Lucas Hildreth. She was preceded in death by a brother, Rolland Eggersman, and two sisters, Selma and Lucille Quade.

Kyle Combs. Funeral services were conducted on Friday, April 18 at Winklepleck-Weesner Funeral Home with David Ison officiating. Burial was in Freetown Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society or the Freetown Church of Christ. Ida Silence Ida L.

Silence, 90, of Seymour, died at 1:28 a.m. on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at Schneck Medical Center, Seymour. She was a member of the Apostolic Pentecostal Tabernacle in Seymour. She had retired from Pantasote and was a member of the Coffee Creek Conservation Club. She was known to her family as She was born Sept.

2, 1917 in Brownstown, a daughter of the late Richard and Bertha (Hintz) Fordice. She married William Ernest "Cappy" Silence on June 17, 1933 in Brownstown, and he preceded her in death on Aug. 16, 1981. She is survived by five children, Betty (Doyle) Edwards, Seymour, Loretta (Bufford) Fee, Crothersville, Carl (Sharon) Silence, Seymour, Donald (Darlene) Silence, Ohio, and Vickie (Dennis) Barnes, Seymour; a brother, Lloyd Joe Provided photo Bagwell nominated for history award NOMINATED the 2008 Tom and Betty Lawrence American History Teacher Award was Jason Bagwell, a teacher from Scottsburg High School. He was welcomed by Sons of the American Revolution, David Benton Chapter, member Darrell Scifres at the group's April 13 meeting, Bagwell spoke to the group about his time as a history teacher.

A Provided Scifres wins Jones Award PRESENTED the Timothy Lamont Jones award at the 81st annual Indiana state conference of the Children of the American Revolution, Brittany Scifres (right) accepted the award from state senior president Rosemary Pike. Scifres is the president of the Richard Lord Jones Society and state treasurer. She is the daughter of SAR member Darrel Scifres and DAR member Cynthia Scifres of Scottsburg. Medical Center Admissions Discharges April 19 Stanley Furnish, Seymour Rodney Parkes, Brownstown Broden Schoettmer, Seymour Stacy Schoettmer, Seymour April 18 Earnest Coffelt, Seymour Heather Craft, North Vernon Joel Craft, North Vernon Cordelia Darlage, Brownstown Rebecca Hendrix, Paris Crossing Carmen Hulse, North Vernon Trayton Hulse, North Vernon Ruth Montgomery, Seymour William Sterling, Brownstown Sharon Sweeney, Brownstown Edith Winslow, Salem April 17 Delores K. Benson, Seymour Jordan J.

Lara, Seymour Dorothy A. Rude, Brownstown Franklin B. Thomas, Seymour Lorretta Westmoreland, Seymour Rita K. Wood, Seymour THE JACKSON COUNTY BANNER, Monday, April 21,2008 3 Parenting program set Fordice, Marion; 13 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and 10 great-great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by two daughters, Carolyn Skaggs and Linda Kay Miller; five brothers, Jim, Scott, Bill, John, and Charle "Ed" Fordice; two sisters, Bernice Sundergelt and Ethel Smallwood; and a grandson, Timothy Skaggs.

Funeral services were conducted on Sunday, April 20, at 2 p.m. at Winklepleck-Weesner Funeral Home, Brownstown, with Rev. Todd Smith and Rev. Larry Arrowood officiating. Burial in Fairview Cemetery, Brownstown.

Memorials may be given to Apostolic Pentecostal Tabernacle, Seymour. Henry Fish Henry Fish Henry Fish, 82, of Columbus, died at 11:35 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with Spurgeon Funeral Home, Brownstown. Ralph P.

Michael Ralph P. Michael, 67, of Seymour, died at 11:15 a.m. on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at Hospice of South Central Indiana. Funeral arrangements are pending at Burkholder Funeral Chapel, Seymour. "Taming The Teen" is a Leadership Jackson County endeavor to help parents of children ages boundaries and form strong, healthy relationships.

Professional speakers will speak on issues that teens and parents face in today's world. Parents get to choose up to three sessions on the topics of their choice. Taming the Teen will be on April 23 from p.m. at Seymour High School. This event will be free and door prizes will be given away.

The grand door prize for the evening will be a Nintendo Wii game system. Other door prizes include Holiday World passes and merchants gift cards. For more information, contact Brenda Tracy at 522-7019. Traffic stop leads to felony arrest Crothersville Police Officer Daryl Hickman made a traffic stop on April 18 that ended with the driver being charged with six crimes, four of which were felonies. The suspect, Stephanie Speer, was taken to the Jackson County Jail where drugs and paraphernalia were found on her person.

Speer was charged with pos- Annual Women's The annual Women's Day Out is being sponsored by the First Baptist Church, 505 Community Drive, Seymour, on Saturday, April 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The guest speaker for the event will be Cindi Wood, author, entrenreneur, wife and mother of two. She is a highly acclaimed speaker, including session of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a public housing complex, class felony, possession of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet, class felony, possession of a syringe, class felony, violation of the Legend Drug Act, class felony, possession of marijuana, class A misdemeanor, and possession of a switchblade knife, class misdemeanor. Day Out set participating with Women of Faith.

Using humor she will be speaking on "The Frazzled Female." The public is invited to attend. Tickets are $20, which includes lunch. Adults only please, as there will be no childcare. Contact the church at 812-522-1909 for more information. History of Indiana State Police Posts By Sgt.

Noel Houze INDIANA a HISTORY of SERVICE STATE PART 12-PART FOUR OF SERIES A POLICE The current Indiana State Police Department is broken down by geographical districts. Each district encompasses certain number of counties. Today there are 18 districts throughout the state, plus headquarters; but in the early days there were far fewer districts. Originally there existed the North District, located in a house in Tremont in Porter County. The Central District was located in the basement of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.

The South District was located in a house in Seymour. In addition, Post 1 was located in Michigan City sometime before 1937; Post 2 was located in Ligonier; Post 3 was in Lafayette; Post 4 was in Anderson; Post 5 was originally located in Rockville and by 1938 moved to Putnamville; Post 6 was originally located in Rushville but moved to Connersville by 1938; Post 7 was located in Seymour and Post 8 was originally located in Evansville but moved to Jasper in 1938. By 1941 there had been a realignment of districts that created some change in locations. There were nine districts, plus headquarters. The districts at that time consisted of Post 1 at Dunes Park located in Chesterton, Post 2 at Ligonier, Post 3 at Lafayette, Post 4 at Pendleton, Post 5 at Putnamville, Post 6 at Connersville, Post 7 at Seymour, Post 8 at Jasper, and Post 11 at Charlestown, along with Headquarters located in Indianapolis.

Those districts remained in place until 1953 when Superintendent Frank Jessup began a move to decentralize the districts, which created nine sub-districts. The purpose behind Superintendent Jessup's decentralization effort was an attempt to realign the counties and reduce the sizes of the existing 10 districts into more manageable units of four or five counties. The decentralization effort was pretty much completed by the end of 1959. The sub-districts added included Post 1A in South Bend, Post 1B in Schererville, Post 2A in Ft. Wayne, Post 3A in Peru, Post 3B in Kentland, Post 4A in Redkey, Post 5A in Terre Haute, Post 6A in Versailles, Post 7A in Bloomington, and Post 8A in Laminating Done Available at The Banner While You Bring documents, newspaper clippings Wait! and other paper memorabilia that you would like permanently preserved.

Sizes available up to 8 14" Reasonable pricing THE BANNER 116 East Cross Street Brownstoun 358 2111 Fox 358 5606 Monday Friday 8 cm 5 p.m www thebanner.com Evansville. The sub-district program continued and in 1965 when Post 10 for the Toll Road was created. LaPorte became Post 10A and LaGrange became Post 10B giving the Indiana State Police 11 districts and 11 sub-districts. In 1971 the districts were organized into area commands and the posts were renumbered and there were no longer any sub-districts. The 18 districts today include Lowell, Lafayette, Peru, Toll Road, Ft.

Wayne, Bremen, Redkey, Terre Haute. Bloomington, Jasper, Evansville, Connersville, Versailles, Seymour, Sellersburg, Pendleton. Indianapolis, and Putnamville with General Headquarters being located in the Indiana Government Center Complex in Indianapolis. Locally the Seymour District, now District 43 located in south central Indiana, covers Bartholomew. Jackson, and Jennings Counties.

In the early 1930's, Detective Don Winn wrote that crime was at an all-time high and organized gangs were everywhere; bank robbers. the lesser gunmen and safe men. Plenty of crimes of all nature were in the books, and it was right in everybody's back yard. The location of the State Police Posts, were strategically based all over Indiana, near major roadways where the criminals traveled past or in high crime parts of the State. US-50 near US-31 was considered the perfect location for the southern part of the state.

The first State Police Post in Indiana owned by the State was the Seymour Post. In the summer of 1935, the Seymour Improvement Association donated the land to the State of Indiana, where the present Post or barracks as they were called back then, now stand on East Tipton Street. The Indiana State Police. at that time, were allowed the use of a large brick residence located on North O'Brien Street, to house the troopers and offices. Work was underway by late 1935, on the present location and completed in the spring of 1937.

In June troopers moved from the temporary barracks to the present location and on November 5, 1937, the Honorable Lieutenant Governor Henry F. Schricker dedicated the Seymour Post. The two-tone brown colored brick building was reminiscent of a Foreign Legion Outpost. Outposts were what they were, as they were erected to serve the people in each locality. The District at that time covered Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland, Ripley, Jefferson, Bartholomew, Johnson, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Scott, Washington, Clark, Floyd and Harrison Counties.

The first personnel assigned to the Seymour Post were a skeleton crew in comparison to the present staff. The officers at that time were Lt. Walter Eckert, Sgt. Eugene Vance, Troopers Jacob Neal, Harry McMillin, Calvin Tucker, Frank Gray, Robert Gorman, Harold Jolliff, Menlo Turner, Detectives Raymond Boll and Don Winn. The radio division was manned by Chief Operator Willard Reynolds and Operators Don King and Forest Bigelow.

The interior of the Post consists of three levels. On the first floor, at that time, were the commander's office, records office, radio room, supply room and squad room. In the basement were the detective's office, the laboratory and technician room, a radio repair room, a temporary lock-up cell, twenty-five yard pistol range, and a furnace room. The upstairs consisted of dormitory rooms and a bathroom. The garage was attached to the Post.

Many changes have taken place to the old building, mainly on the interior. The addition of the 800 Mhz radio system, a 911 terminal, IDACS computers, new wiring for the internet, addition of a polygraph examination room, an interview room and a new radio tower. The gun range was converted into storage and the radio repair room was converted into a polygraph room. The living quarters upstairs are long gone and have been converted to office spaces for the command staff and investigation personnel. The old garage and squad room, that house the motorcycles in the winter time, have been converted into office space and a larger squad room for meetings.

A new building was added later to serve as the district garage and evidence room. Even though the building is showing its age on the exterior, the interior continues to be update to serve the everchanging needs of your local Indiana State Police. Admission April 19 Dixie Beer, Seymour Christine Nolte, Paris Crossing Ernest Smith, Austin April 18 Stanley Furnish, Seymour Rebecca Hendrix, Paris Crossing Ronald McDonald, Seymour Melinda McKain, Seymour Ruth Montgomery, Seymour Ellen Prince and infant female, Crothersville Daniela Sanchez and infant male, Seymour Stacy Schoettmer and infant male, Seymour April 17 Chelsa L. Reed, North non April 16 Heather R. Craft and infant male, North Vernon Carmen Hulse and infant male, North Vernon Margaret Osborne, Vevay Ida L.

Silence, Seymour Monica N. Ten' Eyck, Seymour Franklin B. Thomas, Seymour Rita K. Wood, Seymour April 16 Christina Chastain, North Vernon Mason Alexander Chastain, North Vernon Donna R. Fleetwood, Brownstown John E.

Gillaspy, Austin Jason D. Piercefield, Seymour Evan M. Schneider, North Vernon Brady Charles Terrell, Seymour Patricia J. Terrell, Seymour THE JACKSON COUNTY BANNER (USPS 067-920) (ISSN 1055-775X) ESTABLISHED APRIL 1, 1869 Patricia Robertson. Publisher THE JACKSON COUNTY BANNER is published twice weekly by JACKSON COUNTY BANNER, from its offices at 116 East Cross Street, Brownstown, Indiana 47220-0307.

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