The Times from Munster, Indiana • 12

O.UE NEWSPAPER FOR Munster, Griffith, Highland, Whiting, Croicn Point, LovceU, St. John. Schererrille, Dyer, Cook, Cedar Lake, Merrillrille 415 Tuesday, April 15, 1969 I WLake Central Given "NCA Accreditation 1 Jr "t' I Education Television To Expand ST. JOHN The frst link of the In-diana Educational Television Network, within which WCAE, in St. John will serve a major role, will be in operation in September, Louis laconetti, WCAE station director, said.

The IETN will connect WCAE with Indiana and Purdue Universities and eventually with all colleges, universities and educational stations in Indiana. As a result, WCAE will have access to programs originating at the educational centers for open circuit viewing. A translator to improve the reception of Channel 50 in the Gary area has been installed atop the Gary National Bank. laconetti said he is hopeful of placing similar equipment in Whiting and East Chicago in the near future. WCAE, located in Lake Central High School was activated Sept.

20, 1967 through a matching funds federal grant. A CLASSROOM COURSE in television was introduced into the Lake Central High School curriculum last fall. laconetti said 62 students have registered for the course which begins next fall. The station has secured the services of two' engineers to assist James Sheetz, chief engineer. Robert Bell of Lowell is day time standby engineer and Paul Reed of Dyer is night-time engineer.

The station's annual fund drive began Monday and will end April 25 with a series of auctions. THE AUCTIONS WILL be conducted nightly April 22 through 25 in the Lake Central fieldhouse and will be telecast on Channel 50. The public will be invited to bid either in person or by telephone on items which have been donated by Lake County merchants. laconetti said merchants may contribute to the auction by contacting him or Carl Yates at WCAE. room ratio at 25.12 to one and an overall ratio of 21 45 to one and added that 14 additional teachers will join the staff in the fall.

PLANS TO CONVERT Peifer School in Schererville to a middle school have been approved by the state department of School House Planning and the state superintendent of public instruction. A proposed addition to the building will provide five science lecture labs for grades 7 and one general purpose classroom; two industrial arts shops; a new gymnasium and cafeteria. BOARD CHAIRMAN William Graham said: "We will have to locate land to build a new elementary school in the near future to replace Peifer Elementary School." Bibich commended the science and art departments under Director Keith Perry for the awards won by Lake Central High School students in the regional science fair. He said 18 awards and citations were given Lake Central students. The school was also given the all-school award for the second time.

It is a "traveling" trophy. A progress report was given by Cole and Son Architects of South Bend, concerning an eight-room addition to Prots-man School in Dyer. According to Cole, construction is "on schedule" and the completion is scheduled for Aug. 16. SPACE WILL BE rearranged in Ho-man School in Schererville to provide a larger library according to tenntative plans.

The present library is 20 feet by 12 feet and termed by Bibich "inadequate in size to seat one classroom of pupils." David Andrews, Homan School principal, suggested removal of several non-load baring partitions and the elimination of PTA kitchen facilities. Bibich said the changes would provide a 40-foot by 19-foot library which would be "more than adequate for one classroom." Graham requested that Andrews discuss the changes with the PTA before action is taken by the board. The board voted to contact an architect to draw sketches and submit the tentative cost of the changes. Check For Hospital President Robert L. Miller of the Highland Lions clnb presents to Executive i rector Edward P.

Robinson (right) of the Munster Community Hospital a check for $500. Looking on is R. J. Coombs of the Lions Club. Brunswick Bridge Soil Washing Oul-Olszcwski ing away from the sides and undermining the road.

"This problem should have been detected long before this bridge was opened," Olszewski remarked. "Now this bridge will have to be closed again for repair," he said. "We will have people in here to complain about it." Campbell said if the contractor does not repair the bridge the county will use the $4,800 due the contractor to replace backfill. Commissioners awarded a $23,700 contract to Howell Tractor Equioment Corp of Gary for a tractor loader for the highway There were no other bidders. Bids will be received May 5 for a road sweeper for the highway department.

Bids for a station wagon for the Lake County Children's home will be re-' ceived the same date. CROWN POINT Commissioner Stanley Olszewski complained Monday that backfill on the Brunswick Bridge in Cedar Lake is washing away. The Bridge was built by Dyer Construction Co. Charles Campbell, bridge engineer in the county surveyor's office, said land borings have determined that the bridge was backfilled with inferior material. The county withheld 20 per cent of the construction costs from the contractor until the situation is corrected.

Olszewski asked who would pay the cost of the soil boring tests, Campbell said that some of the appropriation for the bridge had not been spent and that the $100 to $150 for the tests could come from that. Extensive backfill is supposed to be removed and replaced with more suitable soil, Campbell told the commissioners. Olszewski said the soil is also wash LAKE VILLAGE LIONS ELECT LAKE VILLAGE New officers of the Lake Village Lions Club are William Armstrong, president; Marvin Telford, vice president; Donald Olson, secretary; August Meltzer, treasurer; Arley Balser, Lion tamer and John Turbyfill, tail twister. A fish-fry is in the planning for the near future to raise funds for a trip for area youngsters to see a baseball game in Chicago. GHExlubus Science Project GRIFFITH Wadsworth School was represented in the regional science contests.

Valerie Hall exhibited her science project. The crystal exhibit won second prize in the Griffith science fair and was selected to be the third entrant in the regional fair. Safety Talk, Movie Slated LAKE VILLAGE-Sgt. Arthur Gri-sez of the Safety Education Division, Indiana State Police at Lafayette, will speak, and show movies on narcotics April 22 in the Lake Village School gymnasium. The Lake Village Book Club and the Parent-Teacher Organization are sponsoring the talk.

ST. JOHN The North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools notified school board members Monday that Lake Central High School has been placed on a list of accredited secondary schools for l9. The school will be visited next year i Hjy an NCA evaluating team, Superintendent George Bibich. re-Jiorted to the board the teacher-pupil ratios for the 1969-70 school year. He termed the present ratio of "45 professional personnel per 1,000 students.

The figures are based on a projected enrollment of 4.563 students and 202 staff members. Bibich said: "The recommended ratio is 50pro- 'fessional personnel per 1,000 students, we are just barely holding our own. We'd like to lower the elementary ratio but I just can't see much possibility in the near future." He listed the elementary classroom ratio at 29.47 to one. The overall ratio including specialized personnel such as physical education instructor, music and art instructors and speech therapists, is 24.55 to one. In Kahler Junior High School, the classroom ratio is 27.65 to one with an overall ratio of 24.3 to one.

Bibich listed the high school class- Hub Library Sets Week CROWN POINT National Library Week will be observed at the Crown Point-Center Library April 21-26. The theme will be "Be All You Can, Read." Because of the success of last year's art show held in conjunction with the observance of Library Week, it will be repeated. Area artists have been invited to display their work. An open house will be 7:30 p.m. to 9 April 22.

Michael Banser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Banser of Crown Point, a senior art major at Indiana university, Bloom- mgton, will speak at 8 p.m. on the value and new advances in art education on the public school and college level. He is a senior art major at Indiana University.

He was recently elected National Chairman of the Student Section of the National Art Education Association Convention in New York City. Prof. Earl Floyd, art instructor at the Bloomington "campus will speak. I Banser will display, personal design JCeramics. ADULT ARTISTS may exhibit one I painting.

High school and younger art students will be limited to two paintings. 1 Mrs. Frederick, head librarian, said exhibitors will bring their material to the library Friday or Saturday. Paul Georgas, area artist, who was for 11 years head of the art department at Crown Point High School and art instructor for. two and a half years at Indi- ana university, Northwest campus will be a judge.

Georgas has won honors in number- ous competitions, including an Award of Distinction in 1966 at the Northern Indi- ana Art Salon in Hammond and a pur-i chase prize at an Illinois art show in 1967. I The prize winning painting hangs in the Illinois Bell Gallery, Chicago, i Four ribbons will be awarded in each of the two age categories best of show, judge's prize, artist's choice and librari-i. an's choice. There will be a grand prize. The art show is co-sponsored by the Beta Xi chapter of Psi Iota Xi sorority, Crown Point.

Elementary school students have been enccouraged to enter the state li-J brary poster contest, and to use the state theme, "Look What You're Missing." 'Sue Holm On Staff CROWN POINT Sue Holm has been hired as children's librarian for the summer months at the Crown Point-Center Mrs. Wendell Frederick, head librarian, said. Miss Holm plans to get her degree in library science from Indiana University after graduation next year. Crown Point Beta Xi chapter of Psi Iota Xi sorority are making a contribution of $100 to aid the summer read.nc, J-'club costs. The library will be closed May 1 to permit staff members to attend the an- nual meeting of District One of the Indi-J ana Library Association of Librarians.

Forty-five public libraries in 12 counties will be represented. Mrs. Frederck said that although March showed a slight decrease in circulation for the first quarter was higher for the first three months of 1968. Total number of items borrowed thus far this year was 192.24, or 227 more than for the same period last year. The number of registered borrowers was increased by 131 in March to a total of 7,572.

New books, records and pamphlets added to the shelves during March were 180. Fony-one items were discarded. County Board Approves Vacation of 2 Streets Hanover Sets Registration CEDAR LAKE Hanover Community School spring registration will be April 24 at the Jane Ball School library. Prospective kindergarten students and those first grade students who have not attended kindergarten are to register between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Children, entering kindergarten, must be five years old on or before September .10. Those entering first grade must be six years old on or before September 10. A birth certificate must be presented before students are enrolled in either kindergarten or first grade. Parents of prospective kindergarteners in the Hanover Community School Corporation have been asked to register their children during the designated periods. Loans Okayed WASHINGTON (AP) Sen.

Vance Hartke, Ind.) announced Friday the Bureau of the Budget will make $16 million in farm emergency loans. "NO. 1 IN SERVICE TOO!" SAVE ON THIS Dedication Rites Set HAMMOND Open house tours, a concert and an art show will be among the additional highlights April 23rWhen the new Technology Laboratories Building is dedicated at Purdue University Calumet Campus. Those events and the dedication program at the Purdue Campus in Hammond are public. Purdue President Frederick L.

Hovde and. the University's Board of Trustees will participate in the outdoor program at 2:30 p.m., naming the building in honor of the late Edward Delmar Anderson, former trustee, utility firm executive and Calumet Region community leader. Students and staff members will conduct public tours of the Anderson building and the main building from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. while classes and laboratories are in session.

The public will have an opportunity to see laboratories in operation in chemistry, physics, biology, computer technology, nursing, electrical technology, architectural technology and other specialized areas. The Chicago Symphony String Quartet will present a free concert at noon in Room 103 of the main building as part of the dedication celebration. Also, drawings and other art works by students will be displayed in the corridors of the Anderson building. Most of the exhibits represent classroom projects of students in architectural technology, freehand drawing and painting classes. Nice 'Gift' HOUSTON Tex.

(AP) Mr. and Mrs. David C. Bintliff of Houston have contributed $2 million to establish an institute of neurology for Methodist Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Ted Bowen, Methodist Hospital administrator, said the gift will be used Lo construct a building for the neurological programs.

Antiques To MERRILLVILLE An A i show will be held in Iddings Elementary School, 7249 Van Buren Street, April 26 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. April 26 and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 27.

The Ross Township Historical Society is sponsor. Jean Fusko of East Gary is manager. Shown will be a variety of antiques, pewter and other metal objects. Furniture, jewelry, books, china, coins, tools, water treatment plant at the County Convalescent home. Charles Campbell, bridge engineer with the surveyor's office, said the requirements are a high school graduate and operator of the plant for a year.

Commissioners accepted a $13,500 bond- from Richard Klaas for construction of curbs and gutters at Whitcomb Street and U.S. 30. SERVICE DEPT. HOURS: Monday thru Friday, 7:30 A.M. to 6 P.M.

Thursday Evenings, 6 P.M. to 9 P.M. Closed Saturdays! Engine Tune-Up 'Ports Air CENTER TTTT Eight Six SPEC CROWN POINT County Commissioners Monday approved vacation of streets in Woodland Subdivision in Calumet Township. Vacation was approved for 38th Avenue and Rutledge Street, about 500 feet north of Ridge Road. The request was made by Michael N.

Sutko to provide parking for a warehouse. The resignation of Richard Kaplan as a member of the Lake County Mental Health Board was accepted. Edward Urbanek, of 818 Elm Griffith, was appointed to replace Edward Jelenicki on the board of zoning appeals. Jelenicki's term expires Dec. 31, 1971.

Jelenicki died recently. THE COUNTY SURVEYOR'S office was asked to make a report on appointing a qualified operator for the waste Nominations On Agenda SCHERERVILLE A meeting of the Homan School PTA will be at 7:30 1 p.m. today. 1 The nominating will have a slate of candidates ready. Nominations from the floor will be permitted.

A display of the children's art work will be shown. A gymnastic demonstration will be given on the equipment pur- chased with money from a magazine sale. 1 Be Shown bottles and other glass pieces will be displayed. The Historical Society plans to acquire land and a building suitable for a museum in the near future. Mastodon bones, which are owned by the Sochty, were uncovered in Merrillville about five years ago.

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