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SECTION TWO SECTION TWO SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1968 buses and other vehicles. Larson-Danielson Construction LaPorte, -is the general contractor for the center which is the WORK ON TRANSPORTATION CENTER Work on a -center -for -LaPorte- Community SchooL first of eighf "projects schedulednn a long-range-LaPorte School Corp. building program. Corp. (continues towards a completion date earlynext month.

The center, located at A and 5th will serve as a garage and building for the corporations fleet of 51 Police Raid Drinking Orgie 15 persons left him little choice but to call this the worst case of its kind since on this bench." Police evidence included photographs of the house, described as being a pigsty, and of what officers said were participants in 4hP nrgjpg, taken as police The Tribunes Soeclol Service MICHIGAN CITY Fred Price, 21, identified by police as the tenant of a house raided in connection with drinking orgies, was sentenced Saturday in Michigan City to six months at the State Penal Farm, Put-namville. In pronouncing the sentence, Judge Donald D. Martin, said the evidence presented by police in connection with the arrest of PARKING LOT POT Joseph Niccum, left, and Ned E. Conley examine a marijuana plant which they found growing next to a parking meter on the Elkhart municipal park-ing lot weed is commonly referred to as pot by users. Photo by Tribune Sta'ff Photographer Elkhart Annexation Marijuana Growers To Be Considered raided the house.

The raid. ltaged Friday night by eight policemen led by Sgt The commission will hold a public hearing on a special-use petition filed by Carter L. Caton, which would allow construction and operation of a retail gaso-ilhe sales business in a residential R-2 and R-4 zone on the The Tribune's SpeclaTServIce ELKHART Two annexation petitions, both involving land on the north side of town; will be considered by the Elkhart City Planning Commission when it meets at 9:30 a.m. Monday in the Municipal Bldg. Loomis was fined $100 the700bloclmfandsentencedto99 days in the Miss The propbr'amteitie'scaus'ejwarlrduringlhrprecedingcalen--such weeds to be destroyed and jder year and furnish information pertaining to the presence and effect of -such weeds in such township.

Trustee Liable Any trustee who shall fail or refuse to perform the duties re-' quired by the control act shall be deemed -guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction fined not more owner, lessee', agent' or tenant who Shall refuse access to: township trustee or any per-sonnel arranged for by the trus-tee in pursuance of the provisions of the eradication act in his efforts to destroy the weeds shall be-guilty-of a misdemeanor and eradicated by employing some one to do suchwork and persons employed may enter upon prop erty to destroy the weed and in no way be deemed held as a treaspasser. The law also allows for em-ploying' the personnel and facilii-ties of federal agencies and state ana. ageneies-andpersonnel to cli agencies and they may use able bodiecLindigents of-thejownship clear the property of mariju- the weed along public highways, drainage ditches, water courses and on uncultivated and uncared lands. If the property owner cannot pay the cost of eradica- The first petition by Kenneth H. Shultz for the Greenleaf Manor asks for annexation of a tract of land which would ex-tend the north boundaryoflAve.

and Fieldhouse from side of soutF West BristolSt, A petition for vacation of the FIRST PHASE INLAPORTE New Junior High Next on Priority List By THOMAS GRUBER Tribune Staff Writer LAPORTEConstruction tif a $146,000 transportation center, the first phase of an ambitious building program in the LaPorte Community School is neafingcompletion. Supt. Harold Hargrave said this week that the center, to serve mainly as a garage-and maintenance area for the corporations fleet of buses, should be ready-foroceupancybetween nov.1 andl5 Located at A and 5th the metal and concrete structure is being erected by Larson-Daniel-son Construction LaPorte. The school corporations 51-buses, plus other vehicles, will utilize the transportation center, according to Starting Devices Planned Basically the vehicles will be parked around the outside of the building with maintenance work to be done inside the structure. The center will be equipped with electrical devices for starting vehicles in cold weather.

he-actuaPeonstruetion-eostT set at $146,312, with the coming from the corporations cumulative building fund. Work started on the transportation center last June with a completion date in early November before cold winter weather hitsthearea: Hargrave said the center is the first of eight building proj ects-that make up a long-range building program adopted by the LaPorte Board of School Trustees last February. New Junior High Slated The second project on the priority 'list is a new Kesling Junior High School which will be constructed on a 25-acre tract al A and 18th Sts. The land was donated to therschool corporation by ur. H.

D. Kesling.LaPorte, for -whom the -school has -been named. Final schematic drawings for the new school are being prepared by the Indianapolis architectural firm of Fleck-Burkhart- ShropshirerThrdrawings-should je completed this spring, with bids tentatively to be taken around May 1. School officials are hopeful that occupancy of the new school will take place in September, 1971. The school, to cost around $3.5 Continued on Page 26 MAIL FOR THE BIRDS -Roger Kendall, of 301 High; land Elkhart, apparently feels Snoopy, who is constantly chasing the Red Baron, needs a spot to pick up his mail while in flight.

Ken-. dall has installed an air mail box on a utility pole in front of his home with Snoopys famous profile indicating who the customer is. Pleto by Trlbunt Stall Photogrophtr Leon" Shiparskiof the detective bureau, brought to an end a three-week "surveillance of the house at 2925 Woodrow Ave. The house was placed under surveillance after numerous complaints were filed by neighbors. Thrpp girls.

16 and 17-vears- old, and a boy were turned over to juvenile authorities. All those subject to hdult court action but Lawrence R. Murphy. 20, of New' Buffalo, Were identified by police as Michigan City'TesidentsrThey-were Robert E. Oman, 18; Kenneth Lu-chene, 18; Robert Holland, 19; DonaIdMatney; 18 ames A.

Strauss, -20; Stephen Lemons, 18; Mike Norman, 19; Richard Bernethy, 20, and Miss Marilyn E. Loomis, 19. Indiana Womens Prison for con tributing to the delinquency of minors. Oman, MurphyT Strauss, Lemons and were fined $100 each Luchene, Bernethy and each sentenced to 90 days at the penal farm at Greencastle. Norman pleaded innocent to the charge of contributing to the delinquency of minors and was released under $500 bond.

Holland also pleaded innocent to contributing and was released under $1,000 bond. Matneys case on public intoxication and disorderly conduct was continued until a later date. Wogomon says. The five mem-bers-of fhe committee divided the county into township areas and began tracking down the elder citizens who would know fy. survey completed, the agricultural society will recognize these century farms with awards at the annual dinner at Wakanisa High The century farm, idea has I trustee.

Also according to the law each township trustee such marijuana constitutes a pest as designated by the law shall report Annually before the first day of March to the state board the progress of such eradication Church Gets During "World War ll laborers Mexican descent were import- into -the 'Northern Indiana area from Texas as a result of a shortage of workers. Those in Warned on convietion fined up to $190. The only exception cited in the law to the growing of Cannabis sativa.L., commonly known as marijuana, Indian or wild hemp or loco weed is any person, firm or corproation that obtains a license for cultivating and growing of the plant. New Steeple Today: An unusual feature of the church grounds, is a beautiful original steeple of Jhe church was- replaced in the nCw steeple with electronic speakers. Father Depa plans to have the bell mounted on the church grounds, Greenleaf Manor west subdivision to Elkhart County Rd.

8 along the west bank of Puter-baugh Creek. The second petition by Robert and TJuemTBeanrasks annexation of a tract of land along Cas-sopolis also bounded by Country Club Nevada St. and McDowell St. The tract abuts the three foot strip of land annexed by the city previously along Cassopolis north to County Rd. 6 and a short distance beyond.

14th St. to 15th filed by Ebys Guernsey Dairy, and the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities also will' be considered. Pending-Before- the Commission is a petition filed by James D. Ash and the First National Bank of Elkhart County for a special use to allow operation of an advertising agency in an R-4 residential zonp-at- 414 Vistula St. Action on the petition was delayed previously to allow time to work' out a parking problem.

original owner have lived and still live on the homestead for at least 100 years. This wasnt an easy task, says Mrs. Walter Wogomon, whose-husband-is-president-of the society, Mrs. Wogomon, and the four other members of the project committee; MrVand Mrs. Herman Hess, J.

Howard Brown, arnTMrs. Ray Landis, have -been working on the chore since last March when the project was first conceived. I thinkweAvorkeJ nearly every "rainy day there was," Mrs." t- -Photo by Tribune Stoff Photogropher OF 10 BOYS The Tribunes Special Service LAPORTE The cases of teen-aged boys taken into custody Friday night in the wake of high school parking lot disturbances have been continued until Oct. 23 in LaPorte city coui Two of the boys, John Fagan, 18, and Danny Gribble, 18, both of LaPorte, are free under bonds. Seven are held in the LaPorte County Jail in lieu of $1,000 J7-year-old, was referred to juvenile au thorities.

Still in custody atthe county jail, according to police, are: James Phelps, 18, and James Flynn, of Kingsford Heights, and five LaPorte boys, David Allmiller, 18; Harold Law-son; 18 James Miller, 18; Robert Miller, 18, and Glenn Gore, is: Face Additional Charges lAllmiller Lawson and the two Millers are charged with disorderly conduct and malicious trespass, according to LaPorte County Police. Phelps, Fagan, Gore, Gribble and Flynn are charged with mal-icious trespass on complaint signed by Harold Hooper of 90A Plain LaPorte, according to city police. Officers said those facing dual charges are alleged to have beaten-up-10-other boys in a parking lot altercation at the South Central High School near Union Mills. Urban Areas Canenownerof one of the farms, was listed as Kanen a century ago. Another pioneer county name now known as Be Miller was Originally Bimiller.

Though there are more farms in the county older than 100 years, the criterion for this project was that the direct descendants be still living on the farm. The committee turned up manyascinating facts in their historical search. The oldest one of all is the Ralph Stutzman farm in Harrison which has been in that family since 1833. Another farm in Cleveland owned now by Mrs. Isabel Neu, has been in the family since 1851 and history revealed that the township, school and road are all named after Mrs.

Neus great grandfather, L. H. Cleveland. An 1840 Coverlet The 150-acre century farm owned by the Moyer family on County Road 30 in Harrison is now managed by Miss Pauline Moyer, whose 90-year old father lives with her. And, at the Donald Rohrer farm on County Road 40, also in Harrison the Rohrer family has lived there continuously since 1837.

The farm house, built Continued on Page 2d Elkhart County Farmers Reject Trek to Terre Coupee area were employed as railraodjvorkers, Stanislaus; under thedircc-(Thebcll thatwasbuiltintbthe- St garden at the rear of the churcdi. The landscaping includes plants, flowers, rocks, an artificial brook and lagoons. lieves the Elkhart County project-ishefirstinJhiS-State. When the committee started their survey; they had no idea the total would be so high. be about 25.

Spelling Changes difficult because in checking the "authenticity of titles, deeds, etc; at the office of the county recorder, it wqs found that many names had in spelling over the caughtrw In surroundingatesrfyearsrFor-instancerthename-of By LOUISE PURVIS Tribune Goshen Bureau -GQSHENJ. statistics show that farmers are leaving the land in ever-increasing numbers; Elkhart County may stand 'out as a welcome anachronism In this day and age. A A recent survey just completed by the Elkhart County Agri- cultural Society, which undertook the task as a yearly project, reveals there, are at least 100 farms'; in the countv which quali-1 Jarms.lpr those where jdirect descendants of the TheTribunes Special Service GOSHEN With the arrest of 15 persons in recent weeks for possession ofmarijuana harvested in the Elkhart-Kosciusko Counties area, Elkhart County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Donald L. Peterson is calling attention to property owners of laws per-tainingTothe-'growing'ofthe weed. Taw -According to Indiana whenever any owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge Of such real "estate is notified an I iting by any federal, state, county or municipal officer whose duty it is to enforce the narcotics laws of Indiana that there are marijuana weeds growing on such real estate, such owner, lessee, agent or ren- ti ant shall proceed to destroy and eradicate such weeds.

15 Days Given The law further states that if the weeds are not destroyed within 15 days after notice, the township trustee shall, after a complaint is filed with him by Terre Coupee nntnthe roof- of St-Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church in Terre Coupee. Revr Thomas W. Depa, pastor, said the old steeple had oped leaks and was causing plaster to weaken The steeple was lifted in three sections, the base, the spire and the cross. The gold-plated cross and -fiberglass werejon-structed elsewhere and shipped to the church. The 23-foot-square base was constructed, onrhurch property.

The 84-year-old parish is locat-ed just west Of NeW Carlisle on the Terre Coupee prairie. Catholicism was introduced into the area about 1870 by Polish immigrants fleeing the Russian and Prussian persecutions. Terre Coupee was a stopping station for the Lake Shore Railroad, now the New York Central. The parish was started in 1884, and the present brick church was built in 1906 at a cost of Father Depa came to the church June 8, 1956, and is the ninth pastor of the parish. EX-SWIMMER HEBNER, DIES MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.

(J) -Harry Hebner, 80, who won the )-meter backstroke in swimming at the 1912 Olympics tin Stockholm, Sweden, died Saturday night at a Michigan City nursing home. An official at the nursing home said Hebner died of natural causes. He was hospitalized Aug. 15 after a stroke and transferred to the nursing home Aug. Hebner was born in Omaha, and attended the University of Notre Dame, but reportedly left to join a swimming team.

to for of eri the of lion of ForrestaL C.S.C., ofthe University of Notre Dame, began' a program Catholic services for the Mex-ican-Americans'thatis continued a :7. be- 1 STEEPLEJACK INSTALLS CROSS' A. E. Davis, a Niles, steeplejack, fastens the gold-plated cross Friday on the lop of a new steeple at St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church, Terre Coupee, Ind.

The total height of the structure is about 100 feet. Davis rode the crane cable to the top while holding on to the cross. -Photo by R. J. Hennings, Trlbunt Stoll Photoorophtr CENTURY FARMS SOUGHT This farm home in Harrison Elkhart County, presently owned by Miss Pauline Moyer, is one of about 100 farms in the county where the dire descendants of the original owner have been living for at least 100 years.Anoth-er photo on page 26.

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