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Journal and Courier from Lafayette, Indiana • 10

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Lafayette, Indiana
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10
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Saturday Evening August 24 1968 cr Hof Day Solicit on both par Navy Needs With the Servicemen ARE igw ytw 1 ffT' WHILE the BOSSES the ser ARE GONE! This Week Only! We Shipped the Bosses Out for the Week Art Lock BIRTHS STOP IN DON'T MISS THIS OER ull Insurance for Your Protection ORTHOPEDIC WORK NAMt PRINT No Money Down ADDRESS PRINT ZIP STATE CITY PRINT 206 9th St Hi 742 4730 I HA Terms Available PAINT rioor Covering PHONE 743 4543 1 JOURNAL AND I ER LAAYETTE IND Spec Katschke enter duty in August 1967 sent to Vietnam last He attended North the schools has 7 to 8:30 pm youngsters corporation or have school dis I I I I I I I I I I CONCORD ROAD LAAYETTE IND lish an excellent record in its first year as a separate unit The construction and building trades division early drive started Aug 19 This is in keep ing with its tradition of running 63 his COMPLETE BUILDING SUPPLIES swimming pools have been crowded as youngsters and adults tried to find an escape frpm the 90 degree tempera tures Thundershowers expected Saturday evening were to lessen the humidity as well as the temperature which was 'expected only to reach the 80s Sunday (Staff Photo) Von Tobel Lumber Mar Joan V1ha Ph 447 71 THE BORDEN COMPANY 1611 SCHUYLER AVE Phon 742 5074 LAAYETTE IND Mrs Mrs Philip Mullen and daugh ter at Centennial Little Too Late CHICAGO (AP) Stephen A Douglas (1813 1861) has received a written invitation to deliver the keynote address at the Dem ocratic National Convention next week The letter stated: so much strife at home and abroad the national Demo cratic party requests you to give the keynote address Tues day Aug 27 at 8 pm It has been noted that you have been the longest resident of Chicago with the ability to give the con vention a spellbinder and it might enable the country to get back on solid The letter "was delivered at the Stephen A Douglas me morial tomb on South Side and was opened by the custodian Herman Williams BAZLER PLUMBING BEATING 1930 Kossuth Street OH ca Phone 447 4524 Rnktence 447 4494 Since 1931 Son Arvin 68 Shadeland Trailer Park Hospital Dismissals Maj Jay Pershing son of Mr and Mrs Sheldon Persh ing of Rt 12 has been awarded the Legion of Merit for outstand ing service in Vietnam The presentation was made at the US Continental Army Com mand Headquarters Mon roe Va The major a logistics officer with the Monroe command since May served in Vietnam as chief of the Stock Accounting Division 58th Transportation Battalion 34th General Support Group He also holds the Army Com mendation Medal with oak leaf cluster and the Air Medal A graduate of Jefferson High School and Purdue University Maj Pershing entered the Army in 1954 He and his wife Mary have five children and reside in Newport News Va NAVY HONORMAN Seaman Recruit Michael Shelley son of Mr and Mrs Richard Shelley of 1729 Jef ferson St rankfort has been presented an engraved plaque and honorman certificate at the Recruit Graduation Review held at the Recruit Training Com mand Great Lakes Ill Commander Helmer executive officer recruit train ing command said Shelley was selected honorman of his com pany which included about 90 men by his company command er and fellow recruits because of (LAHR BARBER SHO LAHR HOTEL LOBBY I 'RED" HOLST Rent a Boby CHICAGO (AP) A photog rapher took a picture of a young woman with a baby strapped to her back during a demonstra tion in Civic Center Plaza ri day Afterward he sought to learn her identity and was given a number of facetious replies So he asked the name of the baby I she replied mine a rent a Registration is being con ducted at all Lafayette School Corp schools for who will be in this for the first time moved into a new trict Russell Hiatt superintend ent requests that parents regis ter their children during the pre school registration period at the individual schools Principals will receive par ents in their respective school offices from 9 to 11:30 am and 1 to 3:30 pm through Thursday or the convenience of par ents who work a night regis tration at all been set for Wednesday Registration School will be conducted Thurs day from 9 to 11:30 am and 1 to 3:30 pm At Washington School registration will be Mon day Tuesday and Wednesday during the daytime hours and on Wednesday evening Morris A new homebuilders section of the con struction and building trades for the United und campaign began its drive riday by soliciting workers on the job The section includes companies engaged in home building and their suppliers George orza 1 2 Months The Same As Cash or Up To 5 Years Etter is principal at schools Lafayette teachers will ticipate in a one day workshop Tuesday Sept 3 and the first day of school for pupils will be Wednesday Sept 4 Kindergarten pupils do not re port until Thursday the morn ing classes at 8:30 am and afternoon at 1:10 pm Grades 1 through 6 will be in session on Sept 4 from 8:30 to 9:30 am with the excep tion of Crouch pupils who will meet until 11:45 am because of school bus transportation schedules Hiatt said i Pupils in grades 7 8 and 9 will be in session from 8:15 to 11:30 am and grades 10 through 12 will meet from 8:15 to 11:35 am On Thursday and riday Sept 5 and 6 pupils in grades 1 to 12 will meet in the morning only Beginning Monday Sept 9 all schools will be in session bn regular school hours VINYL is INAL Period a campaign ahead of the regu lar fall drive I Summer is the peak employ ment time for these firms Therefore all employes have a better opportunity to contribute to the year around support of the 19 United und services Vaughan said he has recruited a capable and enthusiastic group of team captains to head the homebuilders solicitation These teams captains include George orsa of airway Knolls Apartments Raymond Katter of Swartz of and Construction Co Mrs Robert McGee of Im perial Services Jacob Bowsher of Bowsher Sheet Metal Co and David Howarth of Lafayette Na tional Bank Job Personnel Due to a shortage of experi enced personnel the Navy has initiated a program that will allow a person experienced in certain fields of industry to en list in the Navy in the petty officer ratings in the particular field of his civilian experience Announcement of the program was made by Chief PO William Price Local Navy recruiter Chief Price said the qualified applicants for the program will enlisted in the constructipn battalion (SeaBees) which re quires at background training and experience than is required of applicants for en listment into the regular Navy Applicants must have a mini mum of 36 months on the job experience be under 40 years of age and must meet the gen eral mental and physical re quirements for enlistment The minimum enlistment for this program is 30 months The program will permit the qualified applicant to begin his military service as a petty offi cer with pay ranging from a minimum of $19020 (single) to a maximum of $418 (married) in lieu of a starting pay of $10230 The Navy Construction Bat talion is particularly interested in carpenters electricians earthmoving equipment oper ators and mechanics metal smiths air conditioning and re frigeration mechanics telephone linemen and repairmen Chief Price emphasized that it is not the intention of the Navy Recruiting Service to in discriminately solicit the enlist ment of craftsmen and techni cians from local industrial and labor organizations Rather he explained it would be more advantageous to man agement and labor alike to have their craftsmen and tech nicians working in their par ticular skills and increasing their knowledge and proficiency while fulfilling their military obligation urther information about the program may be obtained from the local Navy Recruiting Of fice 532 Main St his high initiative outstanding military bearing leadership ability immaculate appearance pride in the Navy adaptability to military training and high ex ample to his shipmates CALLED HOME Spec 4 Dale Richardson son of Mrs Edith Richardson of 1015 20th St called home from Cu Chi Vietnam and talked with his sister Barbara The call was made by ham radio to Bragg NC and for warded to Lafayette by tele phone from the base Richardson entered vice in 1966 after graduation from Jefferson High School and was sent to Vietnam in Decem ber 1967 He is in the 101st Air Cavalry Division based at Phou Vinh since arriving in Vietnam and is currently on assignment at Cu Chi I Army SSgt Leslie Galvin son of Mrs Mary Galvin of 400 Pearl St Thorntown has won the Best Mess Hall of the Month Award for the 36th Artil lery Group near Babenhausen Germany The award was presented to him for his overall administra tion of the mess hall its cleanli ness the quality of preparation and service of food and the appearance and attitude of mess hall personnel Galvin is mess steward of Headquarters Battery 2nd Bat talion of the 36th Artillery 5th Artillery He was stationed in Vietnam prior to his arrival in Germany in June 1967 His wife Karin is with him in Germany ARMY PROMOTION Ray Katschke son of Mr and Mrs Paul Katschke of Rt 3 Winamac has been pro moted to Army Specialist our while serving with the 572nc Engineer Company near Tuy Hoa Vietnam A bulldozer operator in the company ed active and was January Judson High School Second Lt Delos Williams son of Mr and Mrs Edward Williams of Rt 1 Rensselaer has been awarded the Air orce silver pilot wings on graduation at Vance AB Okla ollowing specialized aircrew training at other bases he will be assigned to Bien Hoa AB Vietnam A graduate of Rensselaer Cen tral High School Lt Williams received a BS degree from Ball State University Muncie and was commissioned there on completion of ROTC SANCHELLI'S PATIO DRIVE IN Next To Holiday Inn On 52 Bypats Phone 4471738 Carry Out Orders thru Thun 10 10 rL and Sat 10 AM 11 PM HOME HOSPITALS riday Aug 23 Mrs John Amos and daughter Rt 12 Robbie Anderson Remington Mrs Raymond Baumgardt 725 Elston Road Mrs Jack Bed well and daughter Rt 7 Mrs Morris Blocher and son lora Mrs Jerry Bushong and son Rt 13 Mrs Robert Christian 218 Northwestern Avenue West Lafayette Julie Lo gansport Mrs Raymond Dun can 1026 8th St' Ora aust Linden Neal lynn Boswell Mrs Ralph ord Brookston Marcia oster 9 Asher St Joel Gastineau rancesville Mrs Anthony Gick and son Rt 9 Helen Guthrie Peru Mrs Paul Jessie Reynolds Mrs Violet Laguire 1802 State St Rev Kim Leech 100 Navajo St West Lafayette John Lehe Rt 10 Sandra Lehe Rt 10 Larry Lewis Battle Ground James Mekos Rt 13 Mrs Tames Mickle and son Oxford Miss Told To Pray 3 Daughters Then Shot DALLAS Tex A year old father ordered three young daughters to kneel and say their prayers in a Dal as hotel riday then shot all three in the head and killed himself police said One of the girls Phyllis Can non 9 died a few hours after the shooting Pamela Cannon 13 and Patricia Cannon 11 re mained in critical condition Officers said the father John Overton Cannon of suburban Iving had been shot in the right temple at close range and that a 32 caliber revolver was clutched in his right hand Investigators said Cannon had gone to the home of his es tranged wife early riday after noon and picked up the girls ostensibly to buy school clothes Pamela told officers they had checked into the hotel room and the father ordered them to kneel and say their prayers She struggled with him and was shot in the head but managed to get to the hotel lobby Quarter Horse Association Donates Prize A black registered quarter horse provided by the Indiana Quarter Horse Association has been donated to the Indiana 4 Club office at Purdue Universi ty It will award it to a top 4 horse and pony achiever All 4 horse and pony club members are eligible to receive the yearling filly The filly is on display at the State airgrounds at Indianapo lis The horse and pony show is sponsored by the Quarter Horse Association to promote the de velopment of the 4 program in Indiana The program en rolled more than 4500 young people between the ages of 10 and 18 this year Lafavette area officers of the association include Carol Rein holt Rt 2 Winamac secretary Jim Reinholt Rt 2 Winamac and Paul Schuh Rt 12 Lafay ette directors i nnnip iviiner yyuiluii Mrs Connie Million Hillsboro Roland Morehouse Rt 12 1723 27th St Jackie Neal 2005 Shasta Drive Mrs Julia Reed 1025 Vine St West Lafayette Mrs Ralph Sayler New Market Mrs David Skiles RosSville Mrs Ethel Stiers Chalmers Mrs Vernon Sting ley 816 Greenwich Road Mrs Bill Wingfield and' son Otter bein Mrs Rosa Vetter owler ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL riday Aug 23: Mrs loyd Allyn Wheatfield Maggie Ar buckle Remington George Bar tindale Otterbein Mrs Mal com Cox Monticello John Dal ton Boswell Laure Eberle Monticello Scot Endicott Waynetown Mrs Clifton ran cis and son 340 Salisbury St West Lafayette Mrs Mace Gellinger Logansport Edward Graham 19342 Charles St John Herron Monticello Kath ryn Landis lora William Leonberger West Lebanon Mrs James McIntyre Earl Park Mrs Gary Morningstar rank fort Mrs Robert Page 2217 Miami Trail West Lafayette Mrs John Pflum 520 Wall St Maudie Pugh lora Angela Roberts 1327 Columbia St rank Salzman Monon Kristie Schliching East Northport NY Michael Smith Idaville William Stephenson Linden Charles Stovall 1301 Washing ton St Marion Timmons Ot terbein Richard Uerkwitz 2416 22nd St Charles Wilson Tippecanoe County Home West Lafayette Max Habbinga 1200 Archway St Janet Pigecella Monon Three More jCjty Drivers Are Curbed Three more Lafayette drivers received license sus pensions from the Indiana Bu reau of Motor Vehicles They are John Beck 606 8th St through Sept 16 David Cadwallader 2436 Wallace Ave through Dec 1 1969 and Homer Sipes 6124 26th St through eb 7 Robert Johnson Colburn lost his license through Sept 19 bther suspensibnswent to Es tell Anderson Lake Village through April 24 Paul ree man Winamac through Sept 16 Hurley Mullins Star City through Jan 11 Lonnie Thomp son Winamac through Sept 17 Bemard Brown Rensselaer through Sept 16 and Henry Delphi through eb 7 STORM PROO SHINGLES Prices Slashed This Week Only THE STORM PROO ROO Priced Below Standard Shingles SIDING and ROOING CO PHONE 742 6365 Phon cousct CLARKS H1LL 433 Lafayette Schools Plan Registration HOME HOSPITAL Aug 23 Son to Mr and Mrs Carl Harper Williamsport Daughter to Mr and Mrs David Sharkus 1405 Kensington Drive ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL Aug 23 to Mr and Mrs John Neuwelt's i ABRIC CENTER Complete Yard Good Center tf Lafayette" 3rd St Ph 742 5948 lok SOLID VINYL SIDING Prices Slashed This Week Only THE "PERECT" SIDING AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES As a part of the United und campaign the homebuilders section of the con struction and building trades di vision is in the midst of solici tations among its firms and em ployes The section new to this campaign is headed by Jack Vaughan of Executive Homes Inc The section includes com panies engaged in homebuild ing and their suppliers Vauchan expressed confidence lhat his new group would estab Kessener Lumber Co Robert Homebuilders Start 'Early Bird' Campaign Major Awarded Legion of Merit McKINNISS ELECTRIC Industrial CommercialResidential Electric Wiring 3031 Union St Ph 447 5238 New 8 page full color booklet gives you all the facts on lok Solid Vinyl Siding! Send coupon for your I today i Refuge on This scene at the' Vinton swimming pool illustrates how young people tried to beat the heat during the humid heat wave which gripped the Lafayette area the last couple of weeks Some relief from the hot and humid conditions was promised over the weekend by the weatherman The 2522 SALISBURY SHERRI GOSLIN 7 the Job i (left) of airway Knolls Apartments team captain solicits Ronald Prummet (center) electrician and William Klooz plumber at the airway Knolls Apartment construction site in West Lafayette (Staff Photo) KENNY'S SHOE REPAIR Kenny RoswmfcL Prop 10 the ii bib fflE I hLbO I'ij IMffi rii)Wy i1 At 'L 1 I I III i I llilllll 8 I A i 1 Air i 1 I Ml.

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