The Times from Munster, Indiana • 19

ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL CENTRAL PRESS ALL LOCAL NEWS The Hammond Times Pae B-l Curbside Comments Sunday, March 4, 1962 Formerly The Lake County Times THE QUESTION The Monon Railroad is thinking of operating a fast new streamlined passenger train between Chicago and Indianapolis. What is your preference as to time for trains going to Indianapolis and returning- via Hammond. WHERE ASKED Lobby of Calumet National Bank Hammond. THE ANSWERS ROLAND C. SARCHET, 243 Dyer Hammond manager 71 of Lake County, Business Bureau: Time of departure from Hammond should be set at 5 or 6 a.m.

to provide ample time during the1 tiff iWJilS III? A' ilj day for the passengers to transact business in the capital. The SARCHET Looking cast from cornfield at Jeffrey avenue is row of homes on 223rd street in Sauk Village Irain should return about 2:30 or I p.m. to arrive back in Hammond early in the evening. I think it would be a nice gesture on the part of the Monon to arrange for a special train to Indianapolis for the state basketball finals in the event that East Chicago Washington advances that far. ALFRED M.

MALL 8149 State Line, Munstcr, vice president of Calumet Sauk Villa Are are Is rowing a National Bank: The most prac-t a 1 times would be leaving 1 fctW(W)CWM Hammond at 8 a.m. and Indi-ahapolis at 5:30 pup. based on elapsed a -ej' time of four hours. A dining Grew Rapidly Since Founding in 1956 MALLEI car would be re- quired as a convenience for trav By KEN' POOLE Times Staff Writer elers. The schedule would give full 1 fimAlin in Ealis.

Thr service -uld JACK VIIXAGEEd Lepper, his wife and young daughter live at attract customers from through- Sai Trai1' They 'iTe ne the earyt fami'ieS 3 hT! out the Calumet Area and expe- and sellle Vlllage- a community less than five years old dite mail delivery tnat now nas 1,400 nomes ant some 6'00) residents. I "My wife wasn't hot for the MRS. PAIL C. BLACK. 8218 idea, at first." Lepper said.

"I from the Indian Hill Utility Meadowlane, Munster, stcnogra- liked Sauk Village real well from with a promise of hooking in the phcr: I would the beginning." sewers to the Metropolitan Sani- prcfer to leave; Lepper, a lieutenant in the Sauk.tary District system. Hammond Village Volunteer Fire Depart-1 The hook-in has been slow in no later than 8 ment, expressed an opinion that coming. a.m. and return is apparently the universal onej While Nichols and the other vil-about 6 p.m. My among Sauk Village families.

He. lage officials are waving petitions husband and I like hundreds of other young disannexation, the sanitary dis- like to visit rela- ily men, literally pioneered the trict is furiosuly attempting to re-I I lives in Indian-growth of Sauk Village, a quiet 1 pair sewer lines that have sprung I 1 apolis about community that materialized, leaks. I once every three almost overnight in 1956 on acre- Sanitary district engineers, in at- months we age that had been mostly corn-are reluctant to fields. MRS. BLACK tempting to install sewer lines and to hook-in to the Joe Orr Road disposal plant have been beset eo in the winter due to adverse; driving conditions.

With train1 WIVES WERE generally skepti-iwith cave-ins and shifting sand in service I feel we would make cal. They did not like leaving the; an operation in soil they say they the trip more often because then conveniences of handy shopping have never before seen the like. wouldn't have to drive. (areas, guaranteed police and fire i Village officials are in the en- gencies during the day are William Schubert (on the truck Jack Shannon (next to truck1. Harry Mooney, holding the hose and George Spanier, hooking to the hydrant.

i Hammond Tunes Photo) SACK VILLAGE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN hustle into action during a practice session with the speed and teamwork they demonstrate during a real emergency. Four of Chief Vyrom Denton's volunteers who work at their regular jobs at night and practice or stand by for emer protection, lane water, esiaousnca vious position oi expecting com- MIRPHV, H121 Hohman school svstems and recreational uletion of the sanitarv district L. L. CENTER OF MUCH OF VILLAGE'S local vocal activity is the only barber shop in town owned by James H. Lyons shown "bending" and "lowering" at the same time the ears of W.

A. Livett, Sr. Livett, an assistant agent for Fruit Growers Express Company in Chicago, says he likes the "country atmosphere" in Sauk Village and does not mind his weekday commuting to the Grand Central Railroad Station in Chicago, some 60 miles there and back each day. Village Barber Lyons shares Livctt's affection for the comparatively new community. In addition to being a barber, Lyons is a gunsmith, substitute teacher and an evangelist minister in the Church of the Nazarene.

(Hammond Times Tholo) former president of the facilities of their former soon or they will provide Hammond borhoods in The Calumet Region for their own sewage disposal, and Chicago. Nichols claims the village can Constance Lepper, like other build its own plant at a cost of wives, now says she does not re-132 cents per each residents' $100 gret her family's move from a of home valuation as against the congested, noisy neighborhood on 34 cents that is now paid by each the Southside of Chicago. A daugh- Sauk Village homeowner to the ter, Karen 4, romps safely and sanitary district, happily around the Lepper ranch As for taxes, Sauk Village home. She was too young to re-jdaims the lowest for its residents call the old neighborhood when than any community in South the Leppers moved to Sauk Vil- Cook County. Last year, the ave-lage.

I rage real estate tax bill in Sauk It M4 Chamber of Commerce: This service would have considerable appeal to business travelers if the train departed a m-mond at 6 or 7 a.m. and left Indianapolis for the return trip iMiniiiMM.irminniBi 1 jmuniuiniiiMmmjinw)jmnni i nil wmiiw mi i -(T MURPHY at 5 or 6 p.m. Indianapolis is one, Sauk Village's only mayor has Village was between $200-220, hour ahead of us and the time been Village President Thomas Nichols said. lll' difference should be taken into Nichols. The THE FIGURE is for a three bedroom ranch with a full basement, That can be contrasted to the average payment in Lansing of some $300 for a similar ranch home with no basement.

Most Sauk Village residents are working class people like Lepper who works in material control for I JsL consideration in establishing a community could timetable. A better schedule for, appropriately businessmen who need a full day have been named In Indianapolis would provide for, Nicholsville his train leaving Hammond in the, was one of the evening and returning the fol-1 first few families lowing afternoon or evening. jto settle in Sauk Village JOHN BECKMAX, 38 XK-0I amj Hammond, attorney: The train1, famii' 4nvwi should leave to the community NICHOLS the Ford Company's Chicago Heights plant. Nichols, sales service manager for Olin Matheison's packaging division in Joliet, is one lilll 11 1 MJI II I IVll I I 1, strnrtHlns enough i Cauinct classrooms with less than 200 pupils in 193i. Today, the Sauk illage elementary school system has 37 classrooms in three schools with total enrollment of 1,230 An riitht -classroom addition to the Cynthia Street School is expected to be ready for occupancy in the Fall.

ONE OF THE LARGEST SAUK VILLAGE classrooms is the sixth grade class of Kenneth Terdue 'standing left) at the Strassburg School, looking over the class with Perdue is young Principal Conley Burgess, katz Corner School, the original rural school in Sauk Ullage, had 7 morning to ar- Expressway in December, 1936. of the few professional or mana-rive in Indian- TwQ t.onslrucljon companies had gerial people in the village, apolis by to develop the area for! Sauk Village's homeowners are, This would give i0w.budgct homes, away from the in the main, a happy lot with their travelers a full cmnu tmio mA nnito nf indue, eennomv-nriced homes. Thev are afternoon inot now disillusioned (at least they try to the north. to transact their; As one villace housewife! don't admit iO after five years. Acquit Fallier In (iirl's Death business and be put it Were anxious to move' On the contrary, most are look- BECKMW to the suburbs.

But, no other place mg forward to a community li the train for the hfld a home to of(er witnin our brary in the future and a muni-return trip about 6 or 7 p.m. budget." cipal swimming pool that will be Train service would eliminate a Mst ,,,,1 for jts built this summer on an 11-acre definite hardship now incurred by ranch-style homes, Sauk Village site donated by a land developer, many people including attorneys actually run from about! Heanwhile. Sauk Village "pion-who have to travel in Indianapolis $13,000 up to $19,000, the latter ccrs" are happy with their low quite often as a rule for cases in being a bl-level with stone trim taxes. A feeling of community the State Appeals or Supreme t0 ailment the aluminum siding, pride prevails for most. Courts.

'nrc-fahrir-atpri construction. i POLICE CHIEF KENNETH C. HARTINGER discusses traffic safety with Schools Supt. T. L.

Sanders near the one-story, modern-looking Strassburg School. Hartinger, formerly a police sergeant in Homewood, has been chief in Sauk Village for six months, has three regulars and a dozen special or part-time police under his jurisdiction. Sauk Village for the first time elected a police magistrate last year. He is Ie Staley. (Hammond Times Photo) ROCHESTER, Ind.

(I'PI'-Ivan Ruins, 38 R. Akron, was found innocent by a Fulton Circuit Court jury Friday on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the traffic death of his daughter. Judge Frederick Rakeslraw told Ihe jury trying Burns on reckless homicide charges that there was not enough evidence lor conviction on that charge. The accident happened in 1939. MRS.

JACK MORRIS. 10)7 Burnham Calumet City. maker sighed, "Home wasn't built A LOCAL SALES tax (one-half in a day, or five years. Neither cenu was icviea iasi year 10 our jown -A A a kv Oi i I -V 1 1 1 1 -y MMSr, 1 nine witn tne compulsory state sales tax levy 0 3' 2 cents. "For every $1 purchase, the buyer is watts KctirTS (ivpsnni Manager charged 4 cents tax anyway," rom hellOil Utt'l)(l ionfrrrilCP "Now, Sauk Village stands to Arthur W.

Watts, 2827 Cleveland, S.E.Martin, works manager for I A VOLUNTEER fire department! NICHOLS OW NS one of the hi- regularly holds practice sessions levels. He is satisfied, says pre-'with the zeal of a Purdue football: fabricated homes are under rated, team preparing for a showdown Even Nichols said he did not with Notre Dame, dream that Sauk Village would Volunteer labor built the plain-mushroom in growth so quickly, looking but practical village hall At any rate, he was one of the and fire station. Nichols said the organizers of a move to incor-: village is solvent, "No money to porate the village. burn but no debts, either." Sauk Village was incorporated. As for the future, Nichols and on the Kith of March, 1937.

Nichols! the village board would like to at-was elected village mayor on his tract some industry to help with birthday, April 16, and was re- the tax base, particularly since packer-buffer at Kaiser A 1 i-num Dol-ten: Such service might perk up business between the area and the Indianapolis region. Additionally i might make more jobs and bonetH by the local sales tax por- st Hammond, has retired from United States Gvnsum Companv's tion that will be returned to the sneu uu (0., t.ast Chicago plant attended a elected to a four-year term last Supt. T. L. Sanders and the school MRS.

MORRIS improve 1 a board are now locking horns with year. tions with the stale government. 1 Originally, all Sauk Village resi- a school building expansion prob- thirty three three-day managers' conference years of service, of the company. with Shell in 1923 Martin joined managers fiom Roustabout at more than 65 G. manufaetur-i Company's ing and warehouse facilities in the East Chicago United States, Canada and Ja-Plant, Watts be- maica to discuss the newest pro-) gan his career cedures for providing maximum with Shell inl928 quality and service to its cus-as a Boiler- turners and safety to its employes, maker Helper.

A number of new construction village," Nichols explained. I While other villages and cities! in The Calumet Region have already marked or will soon celebrate their centennials, Sauk Village on March 16 will mark only its fifth birthday. Like any five-year-old, the village is eager, wide-eyed and learning fast. It is best summed up by the statement of one Sauk Village housewife. With two voungsters! The most practicable time to dents had septic tanks and indi-Jcm that, when solved, will elim El) LEPPER, WHO IS HAPPY HE MOVED to Sauk Village four years ago, helps his wife clean windows in the living room of their ranch stvle home on Sauk Trail.

Constance tapper had WATTS leave Hammond would be be- vidual water wells. Now, the vil- inate possibility of crowded class-tween 7 and 8:30 a.m. Then, if lage has municipal well water rooms or half-day sessions, the train pulled out of Indian- and sewers. An industrial committee is work- apolis, at 5 p.m., the interim ing toward attracting industry, would be sufficient time to visit: AFTER INCORPORATION the Future plans call for annexation friends, state offices or to per- village soon had subdivision ordi- of land north of the Michigan Conform whatever function is re-nances and zoning laws. Last year, tral and Elgin, Joliet and Eastern quired.

'the village purchased the utilities, Railroads rights-of-way. He has held var- products and systems developed at clinging around her skirts as she ious positions and has worked in United States Gypsum Company's' misgivings moving to the "country," is now happy she did. The busied herself by a new -looking the Hammond area for his entire new Research Center were pre- iep)crs nave a iour-year-oin, Karen. Lepper is a lieutenant in the Volunteer Fire Department. 'clothes dryer, the young home-ithirty-three years of service.

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