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Journal and Courier from Lafayette, Indiana • 16

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Jonmaland Cornier Lafayette Ind Sim Aug 20 1978 Deaths in city area JWelrv Regional State NeVvs of record A Buy 3 and Save ire runs Births Shop Ayres Market Square today 12:00 to 5:30 IU students to study overseas Valpo teen killed in Benton wreck MICHAEL McGOWAN To Place Your Journal nd Courier Classified Ad Just Phone 423 551 1 John Seffrin chairman of health education in Pur Department of Phys ical Education' Health and Recreation Studies Shireley was selected on the basis of academic ex cellence interest in res piratory health financial need and letters of recom mendation The grant pro vides for tuition fees and a monthly stipend The traineeship involves aca demic course work pro gram instruction and re search related to health education Shireley received his ba degree in health education with distinction from Purdue West Lafayette Chapel VERGIL McGILLEM Lafayette Chapel HENRY WOLDT I Turner graduates at Troy State Shireley receives lung group stipend MARY KELLY IELD OR INORMATION PHONE 742 7302 HOME HOSPITAL Aug 18 Brian and Karen Blankenship 25 County Road 375 a son Jeffrey and Lisa Johnson 1 10 29th St a son Daniel and Elizabeth Kinder 1621 Washington St a daughter Herbert and Lana Burnett 38 Royal Oaks Estates a eon ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL Aug 18 George and Mary Bartley 1 21 2 1 3th St a daughter Jason and Vickie Stock 1800 15th St a daughter 8 5 Tafopboee 742 7322 Dr Reioel wffl soeeiafiv 2:30 pm Saturday Buck Creek Volunteer ire Department to Masonic Lodge in Buck Creek Six basement windows broken and curtains to each apparently set on fire Curtains ruined and ceiling scorched smoke damage to rest of basement UNERAL HOME 822 NORTH 9TH or Information Phone 742 1 1 31 West ChapelPhone 463 21 1 1 Marriage licenses Leo Bakel 22 132 5 Nimta Dr WL and Mary A Doubler 42 132 5 Nlmitz Dr WL James Sohackl 26 2550 11 2 Yeager Rd WU and Deborah MArritKitlA rank HAuxier 19 2601 Soldiers Home Rd WU and Tina Taylor 19 5214 Autumn Ln Paul A Morrison 20 1327 28th St and Pamela Jacobs 21 821 Willow Ln Car flips driver hurt A 22 year old Lafayette man was listed in satisfactory condition at St Elizabeth Hospital late Saturday night after the car he was driving flipped over Tippecanoe County police said James Clevenger 1919 Salem St lost control of his car at 9th St Rd and Burnett Rd The car slid off the road sideways and rolled on its top Clevenger told police he did not know why the accident occurred It was reported to police at 9:23 pm Larry A Shireley of Battle Ground a second year graduate student at Purdue University has re ceived the Health Educa tion Traineeship of the American Lung Associ ation of Indiana for the second year in a row The $5000 stipend was established by the associ ation last year and pro vides financial support for a Purdue graduate student in health education with an emphasis in respiratory health Through the traineeship the association prepares professionals in the health education discipline andalso promotes basic re search according to Prof Arson probed in lodge fire A Arson is suspected in a fire that burned several curtains and caused smoke damage to the Masonic Lodge in Buck Creek at 2:30 pm Saturday Buck Creek Volunteer firemen found six basement windows on the west side of the building broken and the curtains on each window burned off The flames also scorched the ceiling above the curtains according to ire Chief Mike Eastridge Eastridge said firemen found matches and rolled up pieces of paper around the windows They were probably used to set the curtains on fire Eastridge said the fire caused only minor damage to the walls and ceiling Pechin promoted to corporal Marine Cpl Robert Pechin III son of Mr and Mrs Robert Pechin Jr of West Lafayette has been promoted IV ma pjeaciu rams wnue serving at Manne Corps Recruit wpvi os ii uiego uani Pechin who joined the Marine Corps in Jan 1976 received the accelerated promotion in recognition of out standing performance duty proficiency and demonstrated professional abilities KchartPReteelMJJ Urologtal MTfMi AawawMlfe AtMdatiMmth Neraiai Marks MJk at Lafayetts Hinft of UmImv Panias National Saito 712 201 Hah St 1 Lafayette HI 47901 Michael Turner son of William and Mary Turn er of 2516 Meadow Dr was graduated cum laude from Troy State Univer sity in Montgomery Ala Turner is a 1973 grad uate of Central Catholic High School and has been in the Air orce for five years recently re enlisting for an additional four years He received a degree in applied sciences and elec tronic technology at com mencement exercises for the 91st graduating class at Troy State Mary Katherine ield Mary Katherine ield 23 died at 9:20 pm riday in St Elizabeth Hospital from shock and burns die suffered while helping mount a television antenna on her home at 2802 Lindberg Rdf WL The antenna struck high voltage power lines The accident occurred at 7:03 pm riday Born at armington NM Miss ield had lived at Lafayette since the age seven She was a graduate of Jefferson High School and Ivy Tech She had worked at St Elizabeth Hospital as a certified Emergency Medical Technician four years She attended St Boniface Catholic Church Surviving are her parents Mrs Mary Louise ield of Lafayette and James ield Sr of Durango Colo one brother James ield Jr of Los Angeles Calif and two sisters Mrs John (Jennie M) Hack and Mrs Walter (Michele) rodge both of Lafayette Robert Helmerick ATTICA Robert Helmerick 56 a foreman at Harrison Steel Casting Co died at 5:05 pm riday in St Elizabeth Hospital Lafayette after an illness of one month A native and life resident of Attica he was a graduate of Attica High School He was employed as a foreman in the machine shop at Harrison During World War II he was a radio operator with the Air orce In 1941 he was married at Williamsport to Catherine Jackson who survives Mr Helmerick was a member of the irst United Methodist Church raternal Order of Eagles American Legion Post 258 at Williamsport and Disabled American Veterans Surviving with the widow are two daughters Mrs Gary (Nancy) Hiller of Plainfield and Mrs Robert (Betty Jo) May of Attica two brothers Merle Helmerick of Boswell and Cecil Helmerick of Buck Creek and five sisters Mrs William (Martha) Dudley of Beech Grove Miss Thelma Helmerick of Lafayette Mrs Leroy (Wilda) Brutus of Pine Village Mrs Woodrow (Gladys) Nolen of Attica and Mrs Donald (Margaret) Tinsman of lora REMINGTON A 16 year old Valparaiso youth was killed Saturday morning when the car he was driving ran off a Benton County road and flipped on its top police reported The teen ager Ellis Daniel Solley died of multiple injuries police said A cousin who was riding in the car 22 year old James Solley of Gary was treated and released at Home Hospital for cuts on his arms State police said Ellis Solley was driving on the Reming ton blacktop about eight miles south of town when he lost control of his car at an intersection and it went off the road The road was dry at the time of the accident state police said Police calls 2:21 am Saturday Lafayette Police Department Woman living 2200 clock 21st St reported a peeping tom at her window Man said watching you" and when woman screamed the peeper escaped 4:50 am Saturday LPD Window broken out of front door of Butch's Music Shoppe 2007 Kossuth St causing $150 damage 8 am Saturday LPD Gary Ordllle 514 30th St reported rearview mirror broken on his car 8:18 a Saturday LPD Charles Setzer 24 2513 Krumbhaar St suffered bruised arm when pick up truck he was driving collided with car driven by Robert Williamson 20 162 Sagamore Village Estates at Concord Rd and Summerfield Dr Damage $1600 9:24 am Saturday Tippecanoe County Police Department Sidney Long Butler Ind reported theft of a color television worth $400 from his truck while parked at Holiday Inn North Ind 43 and I 65 9:45 am Saturday LPD James Buck 118 29th St reported rearview mirror broken off his car 10:20 am Saturday LPD Robert Kochert 129 26th St reported rearview mirror broken on his car 10:45 am Saturday LPD John Glanoulls 2404 Beck Ln reported the theft of a bicycle worth $140 10:56 a Saturday LPD Lola Thompson 1611 4th St reported break ln by cutting screen to bedroom window of her home and drawers and miscellaneous cards ransacked Nothing believed missing at time of report 11:14 am Saturday LPD Doug Mitchell 518 Park Ave reported rearview mirror broken off car 11:28 am Saturday LPD Break in reported at home owned by Thomas Dailey 2408 Meadow Dr at 1603 4th St by prying padlock hasp off Taken was $70 worth of tools and two drills worth $150 11 :38 am Saturday LPD Break in reported at Alt Heidelburg restau rant 1015 Main St by forcing a fan out of air outlet Locks to several containers pried but nothing known missing at time of report 2:55 pm Saturday TCPD Buck Creek Volunteer ire Department Chief David Eastridge reported arson and vandalism to Masonic Lodge in Buck Creek Several windows broken out and matches used to start a set of curtains on fire Curtains destroyed and ceiling of building scorched causing $75 damage 3:09 pm Saturday LPD Richard Hleatt 531 27th St reported the theft of miscellaneous tools worth $275 from his locked vehicle parked in front of his home No forced entry found 3:23 pm Saturday LPD Jana Mooney 1014 20th St reported the theft of her wallet containing $180 cash from her unlocked car while parked at home 3:50 pm Saturday LPD Ernie Mincey 2022 Central St reported the theft of his 1973 orange Suzuki motorcycle worth $600 from his home 5:15 pm Saturday LPD Marvin Newberry 811 Eastwich Dr reported theft of bicycle worth $80 while unlocked at his home 5:39 pm Saturday LPD Doris Kunerd Comfort Nursing Hbme 312 8th St reported loss of wallet with $267 cash from her room 5:55 pm Saturday LPD David Haines 2307 20th St reported theft of car stereo from his car while parked on north side of in Market Square 5:59 pm Saturday TCPD Debra Conway 17 9130 County Road 100 suffered pains in shoulder and arm after a car she was driving slid on gravel off County Road 100 south of County Road 700 and flipped end over end Admitted to St Elizabeth Hospital for observation Damage $4000 Saturday LPD Joseph Massengill 1314 16th St reported break in at his garage by hammering the door open Missing Is six foot ladder worth $18 9 pm Saturday LPD Attempted auto theft reported by Ron Cham berlain Kentland Chamberlain parked his Chevrolet Blazer behind Service Merchandise in Tippecanoe Mall between 8:30 pm and 9 pm and returned to it to find door lock and ignition locks tampered with Thief apparently scared off or gave up Damage $100 9:23 pm Saturday TCPD James Clevenger 22 1919 Salem St suffered shoulder and arm injuries when car he was driving went sideways off road at 9th St Rd and Burnett Rd and flipped on Its top 'Listed in satisfactory condition late Saturday night at St ElizabethHospital 10:1 5 pm Saturday LPD Ed Klemmer Otterbein reported theft of his bright orange 1976 ord Super Cab pick up truck worth $9000 while parked north side of Block's in Tippecanod Mall lowed a six player roster and volleyball teams must play three men and three women from an eight per son roster The mixed doubles tennis will be a single elimination affair with only 16 entries allowed irst round matches will be played Sept 5 7 ees are $25 for each bas ketball team and $5 per per son for all other entrants Additional information can be obtained by calling the parks and recreation de partment 463 3571 All participants will re Your favorite panties on sale now for just two weeks of Ihe male systems male genitcd system Indiana cities need bargaining law says mayor INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Indiana General Assembly has a pressing need to enact a state law establishing uniform procedures for collective bargaining by police and firemen said Bloomington Mayor rank McCloskey McCloskey speaking at the annual meeting of the Indiana ire Chiefs Association here riday also said many Indiana cities may face serious cutbacks in vital services if the property tax levy is frozen in 1980 public officials take a very dim view of public safety said McCloskey who is chairman of the Metropolitan Mayors Committee a group that repre sents the largest cities is intolerable that houses should burn or people maimed on the highway be unat tended because of economic disputes with local govern McCloskey predicted the levy freeze facing local governments in 1980 will be the major issue of the next session of the legislature i law will not allow cities to increase their property tax levy by a single dollar in 1980 over the amount of property taxes collected in said McCloskey The Democrat said inflation and the freeze will mean funds would not be available for wage or benefit increases to firefighters police and other city employees McCloskey predicted the levy freeze supported by Re publican Gov Otis Bowen has a strong chance of being retained in the light of growing opposition to tax increases brought into the spotlight by California voters approving Proposition 13 a matter of both philosophic principle and sound government I believe Hoosiers would rather have deci sions set at the local level But in the short run the Proposition 13 mentality has almost certainly ensured that some form of levy controls will he said McCloskey said that his city faces a proposed 18 percent increase in electric rates in 1979 plus the prospect of a 10 percent telephone increase and a seven percent gas in crease with casualty insurance compensation unemployment health insurance and social security going up He said increased costs of pensions are also creating a financial problem pointing out that the legislature es tablished a Pension Relief und to distribute $3 million from cigarette and alcohol taxes only through 1978 He said the firefighter and police pension programs which was modified by the legislature recently needs more revision Tn Bloomington the taxpayers will be paying an es timated $3 million for firefighter pensions on the old system over the next20 he said is in addition to the 21 percent of current wages for all firefighters on the new Tournament aimed at weekend athletes fcn tries are being accept ed for West sec ond annual Kangarooo Car nival athletic tournament Sept 9 at Tapawingo Park Competition will be in four player team basket ball mixed doubles tennis and coed volleyball Pro ceeds go toward the Tippe canoe Summer Handicap recreation program Rosters and fees should be submitted to the Parks and Recreation office city hall 609 Navajo St WL 47906 no later than next ri day i nv uasKeiuan ana vol leyball tournaments will be double elimination affairs ceive a shirt and winners Basketball teams will be al will be given certificates Two local Indiana Uni versity students will spend I ends September 2 Hurry in to XS academlc 'ear stock up on your choice of these Deborah ciafiin 706 wonderful panties that fit so Carrolton Blvd WL will I wueli anH spend the year in Canter Wel1 and feel 80 fancy popular bury England and jane styles all have comfortable cotton LnnSWL2(winP spencMhe I inner shields Intimate Apparel They Secret panty with lace in Overseas study band of nylonLycra spandex white Center Programs and will I HUde Or blue 4 to 7 attend universities in host I Heg 500 3 for 12 50 countries while earning IU I credit I Tailored Antron 111 nylon full brief with double cotton shield white or nude 5 to Reg 400 3 for 1000 Tailored half brief of Antron III nylon with double cotton shield white or nude 4 to 7 Reg 350 3 for 900 Nylon tricot with stretch lace waist and leg bands white or nude 5 to 7 Reg 500 3 for 1250 Seen Jamison preceded him In death May 23 1976 riends desir ing may contribute In memoriam to the American Cancer Society TURNER Waiter riends may call at Johnson uneral Home Mulberry from 4 to 9 pm Sunday Service at 1 pm Monday in Johnson Chapel the Rev Vaughn Powell officiating In terment West Point Cemetery Also surviving are 10 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Two daughters Kathleen Deardorff and Mary Johnson preceded him in death WOLDT Henry riends may call at Soller Baker Lafayette uneral Home from 5 to 9 pm Sunday Service at 10:30 am Monday in Soller Baker Lafayette Chapel the Rev Peter Hanstra officiating In terment Spring Vale Cemetery Also surviving are eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Michael Lee McGowan Michael Lee McGowan 35 who was electrocuted ri day night on Lindberg Rd WL had worked as an Emer gency Medical Technician at St Elizabeth Hospital for seven years A native and life resident of Lafayette he resided at 808 30th St He was a graduate of East Tipp High School and Ivy Tech He was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam Conflict In 1974 he was married at rankfort to Sandra Snyder who survives Also surviving are the father James McGowan of Lafayette one brother Richard McGown of Carmichael Calif and three sistera Mrs David (Sharon) Hayden Donna McGowan and Colleen McGowan all of Lafayette Mrs Gladys Brooks BUALO Mrs Gladys Brooks 82 a life resident of Buffalo died at 4:15 pm Saturday in White County Memorial Hospital She had been hospitalized 16 days She was married in 1926 to William Brooks who died in 1965 Mrs Brooks was a member of Buffalo Christian Church and the Society of the church Surviving are two sons Robert Brooks of Monticello and Harold Brooks of Rt 3 Monticello four daughters Mrs Virginia Godlove of Idaville Mrs Jean Rutt nf I Mrs Esther Baer of Buffalo and Mrs Lora Mae Adams of Warsaw one brother Don McCloud of Wabash and five sisters Mrs Hilda Noyes Mrs Iona Keever and Mrs Esther Kief aber all of Wabash Mrs Pauline Holt of Marion and Mrs Jenny Donavon of Elkhart JyNERAL NOTICES McGOWAN Mchasl Lm riend may caN at Hippensteei uneral Home from 5 to 9 pm Monday Service at 10 am Tuee day in Hippensteei Chapel the Rev Kenneth McCuMen of ficiating Interment Rest Haven Memorial Park Also surviving are the maternal grandmother Mrs Della Christopher of Lafayette and onuun Mrs Gladys riends may call 4 9 pm Monday at MiHer Voorhis uneral Home Montlcelto Service there at 1:30 pm Tuesday Interment Indian Creek Cemetery IELD Mary katherine "Kefly" riends may caH at Hippensteel uneral Home from 5 to 9 pm Wake service there at 7:30 pm Monday Service at 1 pm Tuesday at St Boniface Catholic Church the Rev Benno Heidiage officiating Interment Tip pecanoe Memory Gardens Also surviving are the paternal grandmother Mrs Thyrsa ield of Lafayette maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert Pechin of Lutz la one nephew and five nieces riends desiring may con tribute in memoriam to the American Cancer Society HELMERICK Robert riends may call at Dale Maus uneral Home Attica from 3 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm today Eagles rites there at 8 pm uneral service at 2 pm Monday In Maus Chapel the Rev Marvin Jones officiating In terment Riverside Cemetery At tica Also surviving are three grandchildren riends desiring may contribute In memoriam to the New Intensive Care Unit at St Elizabeth Hospital Lafayette McGILLEM There will be no visitation at Soller Baker West Lafayette uneral Home and 7 pm Sunday Masonic rites Pri vate family services will be at 1 pm Monday in Soller Baker West Chapel Dr Joseph Wick of ficiating The cremains will be returned to California uneral Arrangements or uneral Arrangements By Hippensteei or I i 'In it1' 4 tLX Jr' Jar Tna 1 AWgJ ff Sr 3 flSt rfJL nliTk KM Wd rf j' 1 jt 7 i wXz 7 1 S'1' It Sr jf pL ft 5 ft 7 'r i' a I f7 9 jTL tX Mik'ii i or Information Phone 742 1 1 31 West Chapel Phone 463 21 1 1.

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