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Interstate E5 Mcves Toward Completion As llenryville-Jeffersonville Section Opens Jlioiialit OUQi For everything, a time and a place. Prepare now for the coming November Election. Support the candidate of your choice. Be sure you are registered VOL. 65 No.

4800 Section Two of "The Charlestown Courier' THURSDAY, SEPT. 15, 1960 "Community Service Is Our Prime Responsibility" THE SELLERSBURG EWS II Governor Handley Opens 1-65 From Jeff To HVille Final arrangements for the M. Foster, Executive Director of opening of the 19 mile stretch of the State Highway Department ATTENTION- Ky. Veterans If you are a Kentucky Veteran and living in the Sellersburg area, you must register to be eligible for the Kentucky Veterans Bonus. Sellersburg American Legion Post Commander, Clifford Weber, stated that this may be done at the Post Home.

This should be done immediately, it was stated. Collecting of this information has been asked by Kentucky Governor Bert Combs in order to accommodate these veterans now living in Indiana. of Indiana. Carl E. Vogelgesang, rrK i i rj i TAJ 1 1 IVy -PtOC'NCTCV x.

gitm v''CjjV-j'''v' 1 d-" fol iilVr STUDY SELLERSBURG WATER LINE ROUTE Sellersburg Town and Street Dept. officials study the proposed route of a new water line for the community with engineer Jack Gordon. Seated left. Charles Hostettler and Gordon; standing left, Henry Snyder of the Street Jesse Beyl and John Werle, chairman of the Town Board. Sellersburg Water Line Study Near Final Phase sS OP 82360 Interstate Highway 65 between Jeffersonville, Indiana, and Hen-rvville.

Indiana, were completed Monday, according to Donald L. Boltorff. Exec. Mgr. of the Clark County Chamber of Commerce.

Indiana Governor, Harold Hand-ley cut ribbons at three eeremon ies on Wednesday, Sept. 14. The first of which oecured at 10 a.m. at Henryville, 10:45 at the Sellersburg Speed Interchange and 11:30 at the intersection of Highway 131. John Peters, Chairman of the State Highway Department of Indiana.

C. A. Dawson, H. E. Bodine, Highway Commissioners, George Are You Registered Are you properly registered to vote in the coming November elections? If you are not sure, you can still do something about it.

The Indiana registration deadline is October 10. Sellersburg Town Clerk. John Kahl. stated today that area res- idents may register at the town office. Better check into it, if you have moved across the street you may be in another Precinct and ineligible to vote.

Broken Water Main Dampens School Classes You never saw such a group of unhappy children as those of the Silver Creek Township Schools on Tuesday morning. You guessed it. school had to be let out due to a broken water main at the school construction site. Those kids were grinning from ear to ear. a sad sight.

Work was started by construction crews in laying of the new water lines at the High School on Monday morning. Principal Pitman stated that the project had plenty of supervisors, sidewalk and otherwise, but none seem to know the existing water main was located at this spot until it gushcred forth. Then everyone seemed to remember. The line was cut off at a valve by members of the Sellersburg Water Dept. This occurred around dinner time and hampered our toilets and especially our cafeteria.

Pitman stated, the only thing left was to let the students go home. They sure hated to leave. This story ends happily, the line was repaired and students re- turned to their classes on Wednesday. Now the parents are happy. Speed Community House Activities Fall activities have pretty much begun with a full schedule of AND OPEN 3-' QOOOOO COMPLETED BUT NOT OPEN TO TRAFFIC Mi I OOO-11IIIIIIIII1III1II OPEN TO TRAFFIC BY OCTOBER 1,19 fcO TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR PROPOSED UNDER CONSTRUCTION Dr.

Claude Meyer Opens Office At Sellersburg Chief Engr. were also present. Five High School Bands participated in the opening of the Interstate System and a Governor's luncheon was held at 12 o'clock. High School Bands from Clark County Schools provided music for the ceremonies opening the Highway. The Henryville and Jeffersonville High Bands played at the first of the three ribbon-snip-pings at the interchange at Henryville.

Moving south to the clover-leaf at Sellersburg, a second ceremony was performed by the Governor, with music furnished by the Silver Creek and Clarks-ville High School Bands. Master of Ceremonies at Henryville was Rev. Peter Eckert; at Sellersburg, Mr. J. E.

Miller and at Jeffersonville. Walter J. Bene-ville. The President of the Portland Cement Association. Mr.

G. Donald Kennedy of Chicago presented Governor Harold Handley the original painting of a section of Interstate Highway 65 near Henryville that will be used in the Portland Cement Association's advertisement in the October 8 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. AT SELLERSBURG Town, county and state officials were introduced by Miller following the invocation by Rev. Father Paul Gootee. Some four hundred Hoosiers turned out to witness the tape cutting ceremony by Governor Handley at Sellersburg.

State Highway Department Commission Chairman John Peters introduced members of the Department, both engineers and supervising construction personnel. In addressing the group. Gov ernor Handley expressed his ap- preeiation and thanks to the many residents of this area for helping to make the new highway possible. "We were only the guid- ing factor in this great project," he said, "you citizens and taxpayers made it S'burg Meeting Held Tuesday Night The first meeting of the Sellersburg Parent-Teachers Association for the new school year was held at the Sellersburg Elementary School on Tuesday night. President Edith Couch presiding.

Other officers are Betty Kelly, Vice President, Jo Ann Snook. Treasurer and Doris Smith, Sec- retary. Publicity officer Nina Dickson stated that a good program was presented and introduction of the Sellersburg teachers was held. Devotions were given by Rev. Delbert Wickstrom, pastor of the Speed Memorial Church.

A special "hillbilly skit" was given by Karl Walk and Phil Hut chison. Door prize was won by Mimi Dennis at 7:30 p.m. and all parents are invited to attend the meetings. This is one way to learn more about the schools and to meet the teachers. Manage S.

C. School Cafeterias The managers and personnel of the cafeterias at Sellersburg and Stout Schools are well into the swing of things as the second week of preparing lunch for several hundred hungry students is underway. Mrs. Millie Byers is the manager of the kitchen at the Sellersburg Cafeteria and is assisted by Mrs. Anna Harrington and Mrs.

Irene Smith. At the Stout $orvfs both School and Sil Cafeteria, which Stout Elementary School and Silver Creek Junior prospective subdivision site near the community. Main topic of discussion of the evening was the study of suggested route for the new Sellersburg water line that will extend from the Ohio River to the town. There is to be approximately 8 miles of twelve inch cast iron water line used to carry the water from three wells located near the Ohio River to Sellersburg. Pumps will be used to carry the water from the wells to a 500.000 gallon standpipe that will be located on the west side of Highway 62.

This storage tank will be 50 feet high and from there the water will be fed to Sellersburg by "gravity Blue prints of the project were discussed with engineer Jack Gordon, a representative of Clyde Williams and Associates of Indianapolis. The firm has recently completed a survey for the town. Approximated cost of the project was given at $450,000. Gordon stated that he will submit the plans for approval to the Public Service Commission by the end of the year. As soon as the final plans are approved by the Town, bids for bonds will be let to finance the new water line.

This could be within the next 60 days, it was stated. One point yet to be approved, and still under discussion, is the bypassing of the present town water plant and feeding the new water main into the existing water tower on the northwest side of the community. As the water will need little treatment, feeding into the water plant would act as a "bottle neck" since the pumps here could not provide the area with any more water then their present capacity. Gravity flow Indiana's Governor Harold W. Handley has opened 15 mile section of southern Indiana's Interstate 85 between Henryville and Jeffersonville with the statement that this new four lane defense highway will not only spur the industrial and community prowth of cities and towns in this part of the State, but will insure time-saving and safe travel for commuters and their families.

In the ceremonies opening the HeurjTHle-to-Jf ffcrsonville section of the new Interstate, the State's Chief Execntive was participating in the third such ribbon cutting on this vital traffic artery running from the Ohio Kiver in the south to the Tri-State Expressway in northern Indiana at Gary. Indiana's 1,100 wiles of planned Interstate include the already-completed 156 miles of Toll Koad and slightly more than 115 miles of Interstate rapidly being completed and opened for traffic in the late summer and fall of this year. The present southern-leg construction on I-S5 totals 50.K24 miles from Kopp Lane in Jeffersonville to a point slightly more than a mile beyond State Road 50 north of Seymour. On October fourth another SO miles of Interstate will be opened between Indianapolis and Shelby-ille. 11.173 Miles of nearly-finished roadway on 1-74 exists at Covington, near the Western border of the State.

Within the next few weeks other sections of Interstate highways will have been opened, including the Tri-State at Gary (I-S0H a 3'i mile section bringing total length of functioning I-S0 to 10.234 miles: 1-74 between Indianapolis and Shelbyville. totaling 19.S56 miles; In addition another 7.512 miles of 1-74 will have been poured by late Iecember and 4.3S3 miles of 1-65 north-west of Indianapolis and 6.SS3 miles of 1-65 in the Seymour area finished. At that time, Indiana's Interstate total of 1,100 miles of four lane tighway win be SS'y complete, a tnily tremendous record established tn just four years of planned effort, and without any bonded indebtedness for highway construction; Indiana's pay-as-you-go Government policies again save Hoosier taxpayer dollars. Other Interstate construction is now underway at Richmond, Fort Wayne and Indianapolis. Tax Rates Approved The Clark County Tax Adjustment Board in its meeting Monday approved rates of all the political units in Clark County.

The approval included a rate of $6,295 on each $100 of assessed valuation from Sellersburg and a rate of $4.87 on each $100 of assessed valuation for Silver Creek Township. These were the same rates which had been approved earlier this week by the Clark County Council. Both units increases this year with the previous rate being at $5.55 for the Town and $4.20 for the Township. The approved tax rate for Union Township was $4.98 and for Monroe Township, $6.18. Other tax rates given in the Charles-town section of the Courier.

S.C. Lanes Open Snack Counter The injunction suit against the Silver Creek Bowling Lanes has been dismissed in court action that oecured at the County Court in Jeffersonville on Monday morning. Attorney Homer D. Smith, representing the Lanes, asked Judge Bottorff to have the suit dismissed against the firm, which he did. If there is to be a suit, it was stated, it will have to be against the owners of the business development, John L.

and Catherine E. O'Banion. and not against owners of the Lanes. Both had signed building leases with the O'Ban-ion's. then Friday, Sept.

16. The phone there is BU 2-5626. Cafeteria personnel, teachers, school administrators, and members are urged to attend. On the program for this first meeting will be a demonstration on Hot Rolls and Apple Sauce Cake. This demonstration will be put on by the bakers from the Charlestown Schools.

Other meetings of the Food Service Organization will be at Charlestown High School on Oc- tober 17, at St. Augustine School in Jeffersonville on March 20, ana ai ureen Acres bcliool in Clarksville on April 17. Purpose of the Clark County Food Service are: To promote better understanding between school lunch program, the school. and the community. To provide an opportunity to share ideas and experiences among members, to develop and maintain high standards of nutrition and sanitation in our schools, and to promote interest in training of personnel in school food service.

Officers of the Clark County Food Service Organization for Supervising Principal, Silver Creek Township Schools. The Silver Creek Jaycces will have a meeting in the Speed Community House Club Room at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Attorney Smith cited two sim-Dr.

Claude Meyer, resident of ilar eases, one in Indiana and one Sellersburg. has opened an office in Illinois in which the presiding for the practice of medicine on judge rendered this same decision. Highway 31 in Sellersburg. His This action cleared the way for office is connected to those of opening of complete facilities at Dr. Donald Sturgis.

the Bowling Lanes. Dr. Meyer is a graduate of Sil- Managers and owners, Larry vtr Creek High School, attended Weber, Houston Zimmerman and Indiana University and graduated Owen Stone, expressed their do-from the University of Louisville light with the outcome of the Medical School. He took his in- hearing as they stated "our many ternship at St. Mary and Elizabeth bowling customers are getting Hospital in Louisville.

mighty thirsty." A veteran of the Korean War, Several leagues are using the Dr. Meyer is well known in the new bowling facilities here, but area, and residents will welcome it was stated that there are open-a new doctor to our town. His ings for additional leagues to be office opened on September 12. formed. Clark School Food Service Group To Meet Sept.

19 The first meeting of the Clark call McCullough School no later Several items were topics of discussion at the regular meeting of the Sellersburg Town Boaixi on Thursday night. Town officials, John Weiie. Jesse Beyl and Charles Hostettler listened to problems confronting the Street Dept. as presented by supervisor Henry Snyder; also they answered questions on how to obtain sewer and water facilities for an owner of a "Natural Gas" TV iT 1 TJ" OUrVey MOOe ilCre One out of every six Sellersburg area residents will be asked questions in regards to a survey "being taken for "Natural Gas" for this area. The survey is to be made on Thursdaj Friday and Saturday, it was stated.

Conducting the survey for the Indiana Gas and Water will be Southern Surveys. of Louisville. According to a report by Fred W. Dopke, vice-president of the utility firm, the answers received on the questions will have much to do in helping to decide if a franchise is to be secured for this area. Such savings to home owners were cited by the firm: 48rr in cooking, 60 in water heating, C5r! in clothes drying and 320 in home heating.

Indiana Gas and Water Co. at the present serves natural gas to some sixty communities in con tral and southern Indiana, among them are New Albany, Jefferson- ville, Clarksville, and the Louisville Cement Co. at Speed. James Brown Funeral Held Here Tuesday Funeral services were held here survived ty ins witc, Mrs. licssie Brown; a son, Raymond Brown, Sellersburg; a brother, Sherman Brown, llarrodsburg, and three sisters.

Mrs. Hester Crum, Charlestown; Mrs. Edith Henry, Louisville, and Mrs. Ruby Bar-nett, East Moline, Illinois. Henryville Girl Wins Scholarship Miss Karen Mull has received a business scholarship to Indiana State Teachers College at Teriv 4 1 Haute through her outstanding 4-H Club work.

She received the award while attending the 4-H Club Girls school in Indianapolis during the stale fair. Bloodmobile To Visit Speed On September 27 Blood Asked For Former Resident T- 1 1 1 i (, events on the calendar of the The Sellersburg will Tuesday for James Brown of Sell- transition to the water tower pos-Speed Community Building. hold its meetings on the second orsburg, who died at St. Edward's $ible. The Horse-shoe tournament, Tuesday of each month begining Hospital in New Albany.

He is iiii- DUHniun'uui' iu me can Red Cross will be at bpoed facing heart surgery. His parents ment q0 tournament Community Center on Tuesday, have been informed that 23 pints September 27. from 1 to 6. It is of blood will be needed during SQUARE DANCE CLASSES hoped that former donors and also the operation. The Regan's are Fifty-five children and teen-many new donors will support former residents of Sellersburg.

agers registered last Monday for this blood drive. row residing in Lancaster. Call- Square Dance Classes and will A request has been presented forma. They have been told by meet at the Community building to citirens of the area to donate the Red Cross in Los Angeles that Monday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m.

Teen-blooi for Jack Regan, son of Mr. replacement blood given in Jack tigers and children still have time from the standpipe will make Henryville Resident Dies At Hospital James Meadors, a retired Henryville blacksmith, died at Clark Memorial Hospital on Sunday. He was 84 years of age. Meadors had been retired for about 10 years. He was a member of the Henryville Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Myrtle B. Meadors; two sons, Arnold W. Meadors, Charlestown, and Ralph E. Meadors, Louisville, and a brother, Sam Meadors of Salem.

Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Bollinger-Payne Funeral Home with burial in Mount Zoin Cemetery. which was rained out last Satur- day, will be held in Speed Park Saturday, Sept. 17, starting at 7:30 to enroll for these classes. If interested should be at the class Monday, Sept. 19.

at 7. Any adults interested in forming a now square dance class may also register at that same hour. Planning for a men's chorus hf.rt nt 1hn mmmnnitv buildinR at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 2Q men havo shown in re.forming the Speod ng the Speed Money From Used Book Sale At Silver Creek High Money received from the sale of used school books during tho two-week PTA sponsored book sa.e, has been left at the Book- store at Silver Creek High School Anvone who had. books sold County Food Service Organization for the 1960-1961 school year will be held Monday night, September 19, at McCullough School.

A meal will be served at 6:00 p.m. followed by the business meeting at 7:00 p.m. Price of the meal is 35 cents and all who want reservations for the meal should S. C. Band Members Selling Magazines In order to raise funds needed to support projects of the Silver Creek High School Bands, the students will be selling magazines in this area within the next few days.

Band director Marvin Ambs stated that all assistant given the band will be greatly appreciated, The campaign is under the spon- sorship of the Curtis Circulation Company. State Office anything to do with promotion of Silver Creek school ac ivities, especially in the band and athletic departments, you will have met Hcndrcks. He is one of the schools most ardant boosters, himself be- ing a graduate. ana narrv ttecan. wno is Regan's name can be donated any place in the United States that has such a blood program.

Donors from the age of 18-21 must have written consent of their parents. The age limits for donors i eft Jt; Anyone who will a pint of blood for Jack Regan should give the following information to the nurse a the Bloodmobile: Blood for Jack Regan 4509 18th St. appreciate any who can contribute blood for replacement of blood used during his operation. Silver Creek P.T.S.A. Has First Meeting The initial meeting of the 1960-6 school year for the Silver Creek Parent-Teacher Student Association will be held Tuesday, September 20 at Stout Cafeteria.

The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. AU students and members arc urged to be present to get the year's program off to a good start. Hendricks Campaigning Hard through this sale is urged to pick West. Lancaster, California. Oper-up their money right away.

at ion at the University of Califor- The committee for the used- nia Medical Center at Los Ange-book sale says that any money Us, California. left unclaimed after October 1 The familv of will ereatlv For Secretary Of One of Silver Creek Townships His hard work and long hours arc the 1960-1961 school year arc: native sons, Charles O. Hendricks showing of his labor." President, Peggy Lucille Hyder, is out making a name for himself With support at home and by the manager, Charlestown Schools; and letting folks know where he ricw friends he has made, he will Vive President, Ike Hubbard, is from. Hendricks won a smash- be a hard man to boat in the fail Principal, Middle Road School; ing victory in the Republication election. Secretary-Treasurer, Edith Col-state convention as contender for HARD WORKING lins, manager, Prather School; the parties nominee for the office Most area fans who have had Publicity Officer, Joe A.

Pitman, Male Chorus and anyone who High and Senior High students, likes to sing and is male is in- Mrs- Cleveland is the man- A aficr. Other employees of the cafc- vited to come to the meeting tcria are Mrs Ruth Nunn MrS- Tuesday evening. Earl Rigglc Margaret Dold, Mrs. Maryctte will be the director of the chorus. Himebaugh and Mrs.

Mabel Cook. Sellersburg Firemen To Solicit Funds For "Children Crusade" Sept. 24-25 Members of the Sellersburg Volunteer Fire Dept. will solicit funds for the "Crusade for Children" program on Saturday and Sunday, September 24 and 2.5. If you miss them and care to donate to this worthy program, you may call the fire department business phone CH 6-2680.

Chairman of the program for the firemen is Henry Montgomery. will be divided among the three local PTA groups. Science Seminar Test Rescheduled For Saturday. Sept. 17 The General Science Aptitude Test has been rescheduled for 1 p.m.

Saturday, the 17th at the I. U. Extension Center at Jeffersonville. All Junior and Senior year high school tudents from Providence. New Washington.

Henryville, and Charlestown High Schools are eligible. of Secretary of State. Of the reports we have had on Hendricks, he is gaining wide rec- ognition in his methods of cam- paigning. He is making all tho "whistle stops" and shaking hands with Hoosiers all over the state,.