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Gleaned from the Howard County News

March 1952

Purchases Business

   Full ownership of the Hamburger Inn passed to Merl Ross this week with purchase of Maurice Peyton’s share in the partnership, according to an announcement by the two men.
   The eating establishment was originally purchased by Ross in 1942.  Peyton joined him in December of 1942.
   Peyton said he had no plans for the immediate future.

Civic Center Employs Program Supervisor

   At their meeting Tuesday night, the Civic Center Board voted to secure the services of Calvin Kistler as supervisor of the Youth program at the Civic Center.
   Mr. Kistler, who met with the Board, discussed plans for the future.  During the month of March, he will observe the present program.  Then starting in April, he will direct activities each Friday and Saturday night for the youths of the community.
   A teacher in the Eastern High School and leader of the local Boy Scout organization, Mr. Kistler is well qualified to direct a program which will be both entertaining and instructive.

Just Before Deadline

   A recent story about a place named Punkeydoodles Corner has turned up some information on other strange names.  Punkeydoodles Corners is the center of a controversy in Ontario, Canada, where several counties are fighting for the honor of listing it within their borders.
   Publication of this story sent National Geographic Magazine researchers scurrying into their files to find a counterpart for Punkeydoodles Corners in the United States.  Not that it’s important, but the researchers wondered if there was any such name gracing an American community.
   Several lulu’s were found, including a place called Delirium Tremens.  There was another named Mugfuzzle Flat, but the daddy of all seems to be owned by a town in Wales, England, which is Lianfairwllwyngyilgoerychwyrndrobwillantysiliogogoch.  The editor suggests the people in that town in Wales refer to their city as “that town.”
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   Mark Mast inadvertently became an electrical “conductor” this week while installing an electric range.  As he was shoving it into position
his hand accidentally came into contact with a live wire, his wedding band “arched” the current and a blown fuse saved him from serious injury.  The band was burned off his finger—melted in two at top and bottom.

F.V. Maple Accepts Position with Town Water Company

   Appointment of Francis V. Maple as accountant of Greentown Water Works, Inc. was announced here today.
   Local centralization of water company management was begun last month with billing assumed by plant superintendent George Carter.
   Maple, a native of Center, opened an office here in January of 1947.  Prior to that time he was affiliated with Arthur Andersen and Co., and the Folding Paper Association of America, both of Chicago.
   A graduate of Indiana University in 1942, Maple attended grade school in Sharpsville and Windfall and was graduated from Kokomo High.

March 1972

Harvey’s Sweeps GBA Championship

   Harvey’s Construction locked up the Championship and Jacob’s East End saved being alone in the cellar as Greentown Basketball Association play drew to a close last Wednesday night.
   Harvey’s led by Ronnie Swan with 22 and Steve Fine with 16 points, edged Sycamore 66-59.  Walter Nicholson tallied 24 and John Arganbright notched 12 in the losing effort.
   Jacob’s 50-46 win over the American legion saw Don Hill rack up 16 markers and Dan Sheridan contributed 12.  Ronnie Kelly and Francis Hannah paced the Legion with 12 and 10 points respectively.

We Got a Present!

   A most unusual gift was received by the Howard County News this week….a deed to one square foot of land at the new Spartan Stadium, Moberly, Mo. Sent by Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Johnson, former Greentown residents.
   Their son, Gary Michael, is a junior at Moberly High School, a new facility with an enrollment of 1000 pupils.  It has been using the football stadium and facilities at the Jr. College in Moberly but this year decided they would make a drive for funds to build their own stadium.
   Since no state funds or tax levy were available, a canvass is being made in the community.  The aim is to reach contributions of $30,000 for the first year toward a total of $90,000, and more than $19,000 has now been pledged.
   Gary was an active solicitor in a student group which raised $8,000 in one night.  He has played football and basketball since entering high school. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Thompson, Greentown Rt. 2 and the step grandson of Mrs. Clyde Johnson, Greentown.

Children’s’ Poster Awards Presented

   Awards were presented at the Sunday morning worship service at First United Methodist Church to children who had entered the poster contest to publicize “One Great Hour of Sharing.”
   They had been encouraged to enter by Mrs. Don Cranor who presented the awards.
   Entries were from pupils, second thru 6th grade, and winners were, Kim Brooks, first; Bobby and Tim Blair, second; and Jay Patterson, third.

Crites, Bagwell Nab Top Honors

   Steve Crites and Brad Bagwell took top honors last week as Eastern High School held its annual banquet honoring its winter sports teams.
   Crites was named Most Valuable Player on the Comet basketball team in a vote by his teammates, and Bagwell was named Most Valuable Swimmer by his Eastern swim partners.
   The cafetorium at EHS was jammed for the event, which saw awards going to varsity, reserve and freshmen basketball teams, the swim team and the school’s cheerleaders.
   The varsity basketball team finished with a record of 13 wins and 8 losses, the reserve squad won 14 and dropped six and freshmen had a 10 win, three loss mark.  The swimming team came out with a fine winning season, too, taking seven of 10 meets and wining the Carroll Invitational.
   Crites led the basketball team in free throw shooting, Mark Agness was the top field goal shooter and Jeff Keyton led the team in assists.
   Crites was the team’s leading scorer and rebounder and Steve Mathews won the award for best defensive player.




March 1972 Cont.

Festival Treasurer Appointed to Handle Increasing Duties

   In just two and one-half years, Greentown’s Glass Festival has grown from an idea in the minds of a few citizens to one of Indiana’s great early summer events.
   And along with the growth of the festival comes a wealth of new ideas and a like amount of new responsibilities and tasks.
   One such responsibility was given a new home at a recent festival board meeting when Mrs. Max (Myra Sue) Custer was appointed treasurer of the festival by Richard Zirkle, president of the glass museum board of directors.  The appointment was recommended by Dan Adams, 1972 festival chairman.
   “There are several reasons why we felt a festival treasurer was needed,” Adams said.  “One is the festival handles a great deal of money during the three days it is held each year, and we didn’t think this should all be thrown on the museum treasurer.
   “Another factor that ties in with the appointment is the creation of a festival account so we will be able to control festival monies and have cash on hand for succeeding years,” Adams noted.
   “Each year when planning begins for the next festival, money is essential for postage, phone calls, and many other expenses.  With a treasurer and a separate account for some funds, the festival will be run more efficiently.”

March 1982

Rennaker’s Art Exhibited

   David Rennaker, a senior at Eastern High School, recently received an honorable mention for a pencil drawing in a regional contest sponsored by L.S. Ayres and Co.
   Sally Nicholson, Eastern art teacher, said the drawing is on display at the Regional Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition on the eighth floor of the Ayres building in Indianapolis. 
   “It’s really tough to get even an honorable mention,” Mrs. Nicholson said, adding that Rennaker should be commended for making it that far in the contest.  “It’s kind of a prestigious thing because it’s a very select group,” she said.
   Rennaker, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Rennaker, Greentown R.R.1, is the first Eastern student to receive an award in the contest.

Montgomery Ward to Open Catalog Store in Greentown?

   Montgomery Ward, the department store chain which in December closed an 85,000 square-foot business in Kokomo, is hoping to open a catalog sales agency in Greentown.
   F.T. Mueller, Ward’s sales agency operating manager in Cincinnati, said the closing of the Kokomo store “quite possibly” affected the chain’s plans to open a business here.
   “It left a big void, so consequently we’re trying to service the surrounding areas,” Mueller said, adding that the chain already has more than 1,300 similar catalog and appliance stores across the U.S.
   Mueller said Montgomery Ward has identified certain markets where it feels an independently owned store could be established, and Greentown is one of those markets.  The proposed store would include a sampling of the chain’s popular appliance models, he said.
   J.J. Gould, the chain’s developer for this area, said in an ad in this week’s News that Wards is “looking for sales agents – ambitious husband/wife teams in the Greentown area.
   “Your talents and hard work will pay off for you and improve your life!  Wards unique Sales Agency Store program gives you the chance to own your own business, with only a small investment,” the ad said.
   The sales agencies, which usually include about 1,000 square feet of display are and 2,000 feet overall were started in 1964, Mueller said.

March 1982 Cont.

Freeholder Clause Not Valid

   Despite rumors to the contrary, a 1967 Eastern Howard School Board resolution does not make any of the board’s 1982 candidates ineligible.
   That’s what Howard County Clerk Don Howard Sr. said last week about an amendment in the school’s 1967 reorganization resolution which states that trustees must be freeholders – landowners – in the school district.
   Howard said he had received several calls about at-large candidate Ted Imbler, 121 W. Grant St., who is renting his present residence from Marvin Bryan.  However, the clerk said a law passed by the state Legislature last spring states that no public officials except county assessors must be freeholders.
   The law, sometimes called Home Rule 36, went into effect Sept. 1, and therefore overrides the school’s outdated requirement.
   In regard to Imbler, “If it hadn’t been for this law that was just passed, he couldn’t have served, but this law exempts him,” Howard said.
   School Board President Ron Musgrave, the incumbent at-large candidate, said the trustees will be updating the 1967 resolution sometime this year so that it will be in compliance with the recent state ruling.
   Bernard DeWitt, Eastern Howard superintendent, said the old requirement was logical at the time it was passed.  However, he said, with the mobility of today’s society and skyrocketing mortgage rates, many more people are becoming renters or apartment dwellers.  “They should have a chance to run for offices, too,” he said.
   And with the new state law, they do.

Greentown Residents Sing in University Ensemble

   Greentown residents Tracy Friend Abrahms, Robin King, Rita Kingseed, Janet Myers and Rex White are members of this year’s IU-K Singers, a choral ensemble from Indiana University-Kokomo.
   The group is preparing for its spring concert schedule.

EHS Students Awarded

   Three Eastern students were given awards recently in a soil judging contest conducted by the Howard County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Howard County Cooperative Extension Service.
   Trophies furnished by the Farm Bureau Co-Op were given to the three students, the school and Ron Rich, vocational agriculture teacher and facility advisor, during the annual meeting of the conservation district.
   Students receiving awards were Jon Padfield, James Geary, and Jay Miller.
   The soil judging contest is a youth activity that is open to students enrolled in vocational agriculture classes in all high schools in Howard County.  It has the backing of the county’s conservation district, conservation service, cooperative extension service and Farm Bureau Co-Op.