The Times from Munster, Indiana • 8

THE TIMES Tuesday, May 11, 1976 Merrillville residents turned out Monday to question purchase of park land Park Purchase Debated MERRILLVILLE United as they were in their fight of low income housing, Merrillville residents are divided in recommendation for development of the abandonded tract. Mixed opinions on the purchase of the parcel at 57th and Harrison Streets were expressed at a special public hearing Monday night at Harrison Junior High School. A complicated solution was generally expressed, however. Residents said they do not want the low-lying area developed for multiple family construction, the zoning under which it is classified. But, they thought, the price tag of $210,000 for 21 acres was excessive for park development.

The equally complicated situation of what to do with the land was posed in alternatives presented by landowner G. R. Fogelson. When the housing and urban development contractor failed to renew option on the land, Fogelson offered two alternatives to town board: Merrillville could buy the land for municipal purposes or Fogelson would develop his land. Most residents who spoke at the session were concerned about flooding complications if multiple family units were built on the site.

The tract is in a low lying area. Drainage is an admitted problem in town. There were suggestions the town was bailing Fogelson out of a problem. There was the underlying concern Merrillville would buy the land because it was "running scared" from HUD. "You've got a shotgun at our heads," resident Paul Guist said.

"You should rezone this back to a flood plain in the master plan and let the owner sue us." There were residents who strongly urged purchase. A petition of 750 signatures was presented to the trustees asking not only purchase of the tract up for consideration, but acquisition of a surrounding tract as well. The name of the landowner was not disclosed until Monday night and then under pressure. When Merrillville residents asked who owned the property, town board president Floyd Fidler said, "Nobody knows." The audience didn't accept the answer. After comments were made, Fidler said it was Fogelson.

The parcel had been described as consisting of 21 acres. But in more detailed explanation Monday night it was learned the tract is 19.58 acres. There is no access to the property. The reduction of the land size brings the price to over $10,700 an acre instead of the quoted $10,000. Residents objected to having to choose between the two options recommended by Fogeison.

Citizens said the town should take affirmative action and not fear lawsuits. Trustees were purposely noncommital in purchase sentiment. Only one board member, Frank Martin, expressed open opposition to the purchase. Martin said not one penny should be spent on park land until drainage problems were taken care of. Other trustees said they wanted to hear what the people wanted before a vote was taken.

The issue was tabled until the town board meeting at 7 tonight. Lake County Council OKs Appropriations CROWN POINT The Lake County Council approved an emergency appropriation Monday to pay the county employes' insurance and hospitalization bill. The $140,000 federal revenue sharing fund approval must also be approved by the State Board of Tax Commissioners. Lake County Commissioner Martin Behnke, D-Hobart, said there were three alternatives to the group insurance and hospitalization bill. The county can reduce the benefits, appropriate additional money or have the employe pay the difference, Behnke said.

There would have to be a drastic cut in benefits in order to realize a savings and it isn't a practical alternative, the commissioner said. Behnke termed the lack of funds an "unfortunate situation, not unique to us." A three-alarm fire destroyed the Great Lakes Warehouse Corp. Remains building Monday night. Firemen were still dousing the blaze at 7 a.m. today Smolder at the 10th Avenue and Massachusetts Street site in Gary.

Calumet Region Obituaries DANIEL GOTTSCHLING Daniel Gottschling, age 86, of Gary, passed away May 10, 1976, at Bellview Nursing Home. Survivors: one son, Edward (Nina) Gottschling of Portage; three daughters, Rev. Anna Mills of Sebring, Ohio, Mrs. John (Elizabeth) Arnett of Gary and Mrs. Raymond (Suzanne) Sanders of Hammond; eleven grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren.

Funeral services May 13, 1 p.m. at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Portage with Rev. Robert Schroeter officiating. Burial Calumet Park Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Pruzin Funeral Home, 6360 Broadway, Merrillville, Tues. 6 to 9 p.m. and Wed. 2 to 9 p.m. Mr.

Gottschling will be taken to the church on Thurs. at 12 noon for viewing until time of service. Gottschling settled in Tolleston in 1904; retired employee of the E. J. E.

Railroad with 35 years of service; member of St. Peter Lutheran Church and the Saxon Lodge Brand BAZLI GREBISZ BAZYLI GREBISZ. age 85, of 4920 Homerlee East Chicago, passed away May 8, 1976 at St. Catherine Hospital. Survivors: wife, Antonina; one son, Anthony (Betsy) of Lompoc, one daughter, Mrs.

Margaret (Phillip) Pittman of Cedar Lake, ten grandchildren; two stepsons, Jan (Anna) Sobula and Tadeusz (Theresa) Sobula, both in Poland. Funeral services May 12, 9:30 a.m. from the Lesniak Funeral Home, 4918 Magoun East Chicago, 10:00 a.m., St. Stanislaus Church. Rev.

Joseph Niezgoda officiating. Burial, Holy Cross Cemetery, Calumet City, Ill. Friends may call at the funeral home 7 to 10 p.m. and 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. He was a resident of East Chicago for 25 years; retired employee of Blaw Knox East Chicago; member of St.

Stanislaus Parish. ANASTASIA RUDAKAS ANASTASIA RUDAKAS, age 82 of South Holland, passed away May 10, 1976 at Roseland Community Hospital, Chicago. Survivors: two sons, John (Mildred) Ru8akas of South Holland, and Edward (Valentine) Rudakas a of Munster, seven grandchildren, Christine Schroeder, Janice, Thomas, Gail, John, Robert and Karen Rudakas; Veronica Bobins: two nieces Mildred sister Penn and Aldona Bruzas; one nephew, Larry Bobins. Funeral services May 13, 9:15 a.m. from the Rosemoor Funeral Home, 17943 S.

Torrence, Lansing to Holy Ghost Church, 170th and Cottage Grove South Holland, Ill. for 10 a.m. Mass. Visitation 7 to 10 p.m. and 2 to 10 p.m.

Interment, St. Casimir Cemetery. JENNIE HENDRICKSON JENNIE: H. HENDRICKSON, age 84, of 4930 Ross Griffith, passed away May 11, 1976. Survivors: husband, William O.

Hendrickson; two sons, William (Wilma) Hendrickson of Griffith, John H. (Georgia) Hendrickson of Indianapolis; one daughter, Mrs. Warren (Evelyn) Peters of Griffith; 11 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren. Funeral services May 13, 10:30 a.m. at the Kuiper Funeral Home Chapel.

Rev. Jack Pavey officiating. Burial, Calumet Park Cemetery. Friends are invited to call 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Kuiper Funeral Home, 9039 Kleinman (2 biks.

South of Ridge Highland. ORA SIMPSON Ora Simpson, age 70, of 3810 Catalpa East Chicago, passed away Monday, May 10, 1976, at St. Catherine Hospital, East Chicago. Survivors: Wife, Hattie Bell Simpson of East Chicago; six daughters, Mrs. Letoya Garcia, Mrs.

Debra Jones, both of Gary, Mrs. Ora Lee Roberts of Lafayette, Mrs. Gwendolyn Edwards of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Mrs. Monique Buggs of Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Deneen Stephens of Denver, Colorado; one brother Ernest Simpson of Northville, Funeral services are being completed by Andrew Smith Funeral Home, 3830 Guthrie East Chicago, phone 397-0212.

Mr. Simpson was an East Chicago resident for 50 years; member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church; a retired employee of the Inland Steel Company; a veteran of World War Il and a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 47. Ex -Exec Dies PHOENIX, Ariz. A former Inland Steel executive died Monday in Phoenix, Ariz.

where he had retired. Ross Harbaugh, 70, worked at Inland Steel's Indiana Harbor plant for 37 years. When he retired in 1966 he was an assistant to the vice president in charge of environmental technology. The native of Clay County, Indiana, was a member of a variety of environmental organization in the Calumet Region and Illinois. 3 Car Crash Injures Pair HAMMOND Two persons were injured in a three-car crash near 173rd Street and Southeastern Avenue on Monday.

Injured were Miss Kimberly Beyer, 17, of 7560 Woodmar and Tamera Mason, 9, of 837 State both of Hammond. They were treated at St. Margaret Hospital in Hammond. Police said at about 6:50 p.m. a car driven by Miss Patricia K.

Trujillo, 24, of 2323 Fairbanks Gary, was southbound on Southeastern Avenue which collided with a northbound car driven by Miss Beyer. The Trujillo car also struck a parked car. There were no charges in the accident. EDISON P. BECKETT Edison P.

(Ted) Beckett, age 74, of 850 Indiana Hammond, passed away Sunday, May 9, 1976. Survivors: wife, Avis; son Jay (Freda) Beckett of Crown Point; one brother, Leslie (Mary) Beckett of Waldon, two sisters, Mrs. V. Louise (Lester) Pierce of Wilford, and Mrs. Martha Bush of Crown Point; four grandchildren.

Funeral services, Thursday, May 13, at the McHugh Funeral Home, Hymera, Ind. Burial, Lebanon Cemetery. Friends are invited to call Monday 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Kuiper Funeral Home, 9039 Klineman biks. South of Ridge Rd.) Highland, and Wednesday 6 to 9 p.m., at the McHugh Funeral Home, Hymera, Ind.

Mr. Beckett attended the Hammond First Church of the Nazarene; was a member of the McKinley Masonic Lodge 712, and A.M.; retired from Mobil Oil, East Chicago, where he, was employed for 32 years. McKinley Masonic Lodge will hold memorial services 7 p.m. Tuesday evening. PETER C.

J. HUCKINS Peter CJ Huckins, age 21 months, of 971 Laporte East Gary, passed away Tuesday, May 11, 1976 at St. Anthony Hospital, Crown Point. Survivors: parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Steve (Carol) Huckins; one sister, Leah; two brothers, Paul and Michael; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. CJ (Marzelle) Underwood of Luverne, Minnesota, and Mrs. Doris Huckins of St. Paul Minnesota; great grandmother, Mrs.

Ruth Huckins of Sparland, Illinois; great-greatgrandfather, Lyman Vincent, also of Sparland, Illinois. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Friends are invited to call at Bocken Funeral Home, 7042. Kennedy Hessville, Wednesday 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. ROSE ELIA GARCIA Rosa Elia Garcia, age 23, of 3938 Alder East Chicago, passed away May 9, 1976 at St.

Catherine Hospital. Survivors: husband, Candelario one son, Marcello; one daughter, Rosa, both at home; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Jimenez of East Chicago; two brothers, Manuel (Bernice) Jimenez Jr. of Griffith, Vicente (Griseida) Jemenez of East Chicago; three sisters, Miss Margarita Jimenez and Miss Martha Jimenez, both of East Chicago, Mrs.

Maria (Gerinimo) Mares of East Chicago. Funeral services May 12, 9:30 a.m. from Prusiecki Funeral Home, 3831 Main East Chicago, 10 a.m. Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Rev. Alfonso Muniz officiating.

Burial Mt. Mercy Cemetery, Gary. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tues.

DOROTHY F. SAYLOR DOROTHY F. SAYLOR, age 41, of 2700 Hammond Burnham, passed away May 10, 1976 at Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Harvey, Ill. Survivors: husband, Ronald; one step-son, Kevin; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Kevin (Vickie) Hickman of Calumet City and Mrs.

Robert (Sandy) Kamradt of Hammond; mother, Alice Enochs of Cambridge, Ohio; two brothers, Bill Enochs of Canton, Ohio and Glenn Enochs of Louisville, Kentucky; one sister, Mrs. Bessie Biolata of Chicago. Funeral services will be held Friday at the Thorn Funeral Home, Cambridge, Ohio. Burns-Kish Funeral Home, 5840 Hohman Hammond in charge of local arrangemnts. There will be no local visitation.

For information 932-0260. MATIN C. HEIDTMAN Martin C. Heidtman, age 81 of Hammond, passed away Monday morning May 10 at St. Catherine hospital, East Chicago.

Survivors: one daughter, Mrs. Ruth (Thomas)Saxton of New Carrollton, one son Martin C. Jr. (Irene) of Highland; seven grandchildren; one sister in law, Mrs. Amanda Heidtman of Hammond; one neice.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 13, 11 a.m., at Snyder-LaHayne Funeral Home, 5746 Hohman Hammond, Rev. Luther E. Russert officiating. Burial, Elmwood Cemetery, Hammond. Friends may call at the Chapel Wednesday 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.

Memorials may be given to the Lutheran Home, of Northwest Indiana. He was a lifetime resident of the Calumet area, member of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Hammond. He was retired department manager in men's clothing of Sears Roebuck Co. He was later employed for Albert Given Co.

in the wholesale men's dept. He was a veteran of World War I. STANLEY JOVICH SR. Stanley Jovich, Sr. (Jovanovich), age 81, late of Pompano Beach, formerly of south Chicago, passed away May 10, 1976 in Pompano Beach, Fla.

Survivors: two sons, Milton (Betty) and Stanley, Jr. (Marie); two daughters, Mrs. Mary (Charles) Kluko and Mrs. Catherine (John) Kinoff; seven grandchildren. Funeral services May 13, 10 a.m.

at Kompare Funeral Home, 9858 S. Commercial South Chicago with Very Rev. V. P. Kovacevich officiating.

Interment Oak Hill Cemetery, Friends may call Wed. 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Please omit flowers. 768-8800.

Mr. Jovich was a retired employee of Youngstown Sheet Tube Co. MABEL D. MAYER Mabel D. Mayer, age 84, tormerly of Hammond, passed away May 8, 1976 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill.

Survivors: one daughter, Mrs. Ileta (James) Grinnell of Chicago, one sister, Grace Borton of Deland, good friend, Scruggs Funeral Reagan services of Hammonday 12, 11 a.m. from the Hyde Park United Methodist Church with Rev. Louis Reynolds officiating. Burial Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Schererville.

Remains will be taken to the church one hour before service. Friends may call at the Clarence J. Huber Funeral Home, 722-165th Hammond, Tues. 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to Hyde Park United Methodist Church.

Mrs. Mayer was a member of the Hyde Park United Methodist Church and the Hammond Womens Club; had been a resident of the Hammond for 52 years. THOMAS J. TAYLOR SR. Thomas J.

Taylor, age 89, of Cedar Lake, passed at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital on Sunday, May 9, 1976. Survivors: one daughter, Mrs. Irene Saager of Cedar Lake; two sons, Harry (Mary) of Puryear, Tennessee, and Thomas Jr. (Dorothy) Cedar Lake; five grandchildren; nine greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 12, at 1 at Eller-Brady Funeral Home, Cedar Lake, with Rev.

Henry Nickel officiating. Burial Maplewood Cemetery, Crown Point. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday 7 to 10 p.m. and Tuesday 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m, He was a lifetime resident of Cedar Lake, and years ago was the local iceman. JOSEPH F.

PALUS JOSEPH F. PALUS, age 63, of Highland, passed away May 9, 1976 at St. Catherine Hospital. Survivors: wife, Katherine; one daughter, Mrs. William (Mary Kay) Dyson of Chicago, one sister, Mrs.

Walter (Betty) Zimmer of Hazelcrest, several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held May 12, 9:30 a.m. from the Virgil Huber Funeral Home, 7051 Kennedy Hessville, 10:00 a.m. from Our Lady of Grace. Rev.

A. L. Van Nevel celebrating the mass. Burial, Elmwood Cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m.

and 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Rosary will be recited 8:30 p.m. Tues. at the funeral home. Mr.

Palus was a resident of Highland for the past 35 years; retired from North Pier Terminal Chicago, member of Our Lady of Grace Holy Name Society. MICHAEL TOLIN SR. Michael Tolin age 76, of Whiting, passed away May 10, 1976 at St. Catherine Hospital. Survivors: wife, Mary; one son, Michael Tolin Jr.

of Hammond; three daughters, Mary (Frank) Nicksic of East Chicago, Blanche (Joseph) Laska of South Holland, Rita Mae (Robert) Jennings of Merrillville; 16 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters in Czechoslovakia. Funeral services will be held May 13, 9:30 a.m. from Baran Funeral Home, 1235 119th Whiting, 10 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Whiting, with Rev.

Edward Homco officiating. Interment Calumet Cemetery, Merrillville. Friends may at the chapel Tues. 7 to 10 Park, p.m., Wed. 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.

Members of the Parish will offer prayers in the chapel Wed. 7:30 p.m. A resident of the Calumet area for the past 54 years; a retiree of Inland Steel where he had worked for 35 years; member of 25 Year Club of Inland Steel. PATRICK M. BENSON An $8,198 general fund emergency appropriation was unanimously approved for the Ross Township Assessor's employe salary and equipment.

Assessor Walter Catlow said 50 per cent of the county's assessed valuation increase occurred in Ross Township. Also unanimously approved was $67,735 from Motor Vehicle Highway funds for pavement striping of 163 miles of roads. A federal program will reimburse the total amount. Councilman Syd Garner questioned the cost which he estimated at $431 a mile for the paint job. Various garden, tractor and radio equipment for the Government Center was approved costing $6,500 as was $12,943 equip the sheriff's squad cars.

Both requests were from revenue sharing. All the emergency appropriations must get final approval from the State Board of Tax Commissiones. A $16,000 temporary loan from the County Motor Vehicle Highway fund to the Federal Economic Development Agency Title 10 was approved. The loan, which will be reimbursed by federal money, will complete roadway ditch cleaning along 25th Avenue in Calumet Township. Justices of the Peace, two each in Calumet Township and North Township, were given salary approvals for the last six months of 1976.

Trustees said the judges' positions were to end June 30 but the state legislature extended them. A $28,400 salary for Calumet Township was approved and a $22,870 salary for North Township was approved. The amount also includes employe salaries. An additional position for a community coordinator for the Parks and Recreaion Department was approved. Parks Superintendent Larry Rose said Lowell, St.

John, Dyer and Schererville will pay the coordinator's salary. Bernard Little, of Crown Point, was reappointed to a four-year term on Crown Point's Economic Development Commission. Various departmental transfers were approved including: Health Department, $3,684 from nurses salaries to summer employment; Coroner, $500 from witness and constable fees to office supplies; Sheriff, $1,812 from repairs to motor vehicles; Detention Home, $1,500 from secretary to telephone, and Council, $465 from consultant fees to printing and furniture. The council approved letters of intent for hiring. Comprehensive Employment Training Act personnel for the Convalescent Home and Plan Commission and approved employment of mortgage exemption clerks for the Auditor's office at $382 a month.

In routine denial for lack of a motion, the following emergency appropriations requests died: 40 men for the sheriff either through general funds -or revenue sharing funds at fourth floor of the jail at $2 million; third floor of the courts building at $3,869,057 and doctor insurance and lab fees at $33,649. Patrick M. Benson, age 28, of 6632 Melton Gary, passed away Saturday, May 8, 1976, Gary. Survivors: mother, Patricia Benson of Michigan City, father, George Bensons of East Chicago; one brother, Sgt. Larry Benson, Army Guidance Counselor of Gary; three sisters, Beverly Troumouliaris, and Mrs.

Louis (Sherry) Funk, both of Hobart, Sally Benson of Indianapolis; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Lancaster of Hammond.

Funeral services, Wednesday, May 12, 11 a.m., from the Rees Funeral Home, 600 West Old Ridge Hobart, Rev. Donald Weaver officiating. Interment, Swan Lake Memorial Gardens, Michigan City. Visitation, Tuesday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Benson was a veteran of the Viet Nam Conflict; a 1965 graduate of Hobart High School. WALTER WILSON WALTER WILSON, age 59, of 1531 Brown Whiting, passed away May 10, 1976, St. Margaret Hospital. Survivors: one sister, Mrs.

Marjorie Tunis of Hammond; three nephews; one Aunt; one Uncle; eight cousins. Funeral services May 13, 10:00 a.m. from the Virgil Huber Funeral Home, 7051 Kennedy Hessville. Rev. Dr.

John H. Eastwood of the Covenant United Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial, St. Michael Cemetery, Hammond. Friends may call Tues.

evening May 11, 7 to 9 p.m. and 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. He was a life long resident of the City of Whiting; employed by the Hammond Sanitation Department. ETHEL V. MARTIN Ethel V.

Martin, age 90, late of Hegewisch, passed away Sunday, May 9, 1976 at the Homestead Convalescent Home, Burnham, following a long illness. Survivors: three daughters, Mildred (Joseph) Ault of St. Claire Shores, Michigan, Mertyle (William) Schultz of San Bernadino, California, and Ethlyne (late Henry) Lindquist of Hegewisch; one son, Alfred (Alma) Martin of Hegewisch; seven, grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two brothers, Alfred Martin of Aitkin, Minnesota, and Earl (Helen) Nelson of Rossville, Georgia; two sisters, Myrtle (late Charles) Weston of Palisade, Minnesota, and Hazel (Peter) Evanson of Knox, Indiana; many nieces and nephews; preceded in death by her husband, Robert W. Martin in 1971. Resting at Opyt Funeral Home, 13350 Baltimore Hegewisch, until Wednesday, May 12, 1976 at 11:30 a.m., then to lie in state at Lebanon Lutheran, Church, 13100 Manistee 12 time of services at 1 p.m.

with Rev. Franklin Showers officiating. Interment Elmwood Cemetery, Hammond. Visitation Tuesday 2 to 10 p.m.. She was a lifelong resident of the area, and was a lifelong member of Lebanon Lutheran Church and Dorcas Society, member of Andree Lodge No.

19 IOS. member of the American Legion Fred Schweitzer Post No. 272 Ladies Auxiliary. She was a retired lunchroom attendent for Henry Clay School with 28 years of service. 4 CEMETERY LOTS 4 grave lots in Chapel Lawn, Schererville.

Your choice of location. $700. 219-365-5605. GRAVES at CEDAR PARK MASONIC CEMETERY. Very for the four.

Call 219-322-5369 after 4 p.m. 3 lots, Garden of Good Shepherd, Chapel Lawn. $500. After 5, 937-3364. TWO LOTS Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Schererville, Garden of Devotion section.

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