Three Raise Questions At County Zoning Hearing
At Brownstown the Jackson County zoning hearing drew 10 observers with three voicing objections. Willard Nichter opposed the ordinance and the idea of a plan commission while Earl Smith requested review of recent changes. David Rogier explained key changes on confinement feeding and boundary limits, and Richard Isaacs objected to flood plain restrictions with notes on elevational sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Persinger
Jackson County
Board of County Commissioners
Brownstown
Willard Nichter
Seymour
Earl Smith
Crothersville R1
County Plan Commission
David Rogier
Schelke and Associates of
Indianapolis
Plan Commission
Richard Isaacs
Hamilton Township
Isaacs
Rogier
Department of Natural Resources
Suit Against Blakemore Stems From I-65 Pile-Up
Nine civil suits including a damages case stem from a January interstate 65 crash near Sellersburg that killed five and injured eight. Celanese Coating seeks 5150.84 against George Blakemore for cargo loss after a tractor trailer fire triggered by a rear collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate 65
Jackson
Brownstown
Celanese Coating Company
George H. Blakemore
Sellersburg
Blake
Celanese Company
Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
Glen Dale Hughes
Seymour
Deputies Named For New Auditor In Brownstown
Auditor elect Lynn Roberts Jr announces the first and second deputies for the Brownstown courthouse office. First deputy is Mrs Barbara Burrell of 221 South Ewing Brownstown, a Brownstown Central graduate with bookkeeping and secretarial experience. Second deputy is Mrs Wayne Wilson of Crothersville, a Scottsburg High School graduate who studied executive secretarial work in 1960. Roberts, a Republican, previously served as county auditor and defeated incumbent Russell Goen in the November election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Roberts, Jr
Brownstown
Richard
Barbara) Burrell
South
Ewing
Noble Foster
Burrell
Brownstown Central High School
Indiana State University
Terre Haute
H. O. Canfield
Freeman Field
EMC Plastics
Medora
Wayman Brothers
Wayne A. Wilson
North West Street
Crothersville
Scottsburg High School
Wilson
Spencerian Business School
Louisville
Roberts
Russell Goen
Seymour Council End Year Approves Fund Transfers
The Seymour common council in its 1968 final session approved a resolution to transfer funds from unused accounts to cover department needs for the balance of the year. Council also authorized investments in five funds with amounts to be determined, and approved seven investments in 91 day and six month U S Treasury bills. Mayor Laupus noted this was the last meeting of 1968 and sent season’s greetings ahead of the Jan 13, 1969 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Park Department
Common Council
Furni
Marvin W. Dyer
Bobb
U.S. Treasury
U. S. Treasury
Robert Weekly
John Moore
The
Seymour Jaycees
James L. Laupus
Apollo 8 Flies to Moon in Voyage Training Exercises
Apollo 8 astronauts Col Frank Borman, Capt James Lovell, and Maj William Anders rehearse in a spacecraft trainer for the planned Saturday launch toward a lunar orbit. They will perform engine firings to enter and circularize orbit, then depart after 58 hours, while testing navigation by stars and landmarks and ground tracking precision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Frank Bor
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Earth
Moon
Anders
Frank Borman
Christmas Basket Fund Surpasses 1967 Pace in Seymour
The 1968 Christmas Basket Fund in Seymour shows $690.17 raised in the first nine days, $143.17 ahead of last year's pace. Donations came from nine contributors including memorials to T. P. Cordes Art and Chuckie and Clarence Emhuff. The drive, led by Harry C. Cherry and Robert Whitsett, runs through Dec. 24 with toy repairs ongoing at the Boys' Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Cordes
Aaron Taskey
Art
Chuckie
Fred H. Bretthauer
Clarence Emhuff
Jackson County
Harry C. Cherry
Seymour
Seymour American Legion Post No
Seymour Daily Tribune
LeRoy Pollett
Seymour National Bank
Daily Tribune
Weather Records for Seymour and Rockford Observer
Downtown Seymour noon unofficial reading 38 degrees. Official record maximum 38 and minimum 10 for Monday. River at 7 am three feet. Sunset 5 22 EST. Sunrise Wednesday 8 01 EST. Readings credited to Mrs Ruth Everhart government weather observer at Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Annual Christmas Eve Service Set
The Seymour Ministers Association sponsors a Christmas Eve service on December 24 at 11 p m in Trinity United Methodist Church. Clergy from several local churches lead worship with a theme The Eternal Star Points and special music from Rev Carl Momans family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Ministerial Association
Trinity United Methodist Church
H. G. Kollmeyer
St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church
H. H. Hashberger
First United Methodist Church
B. G. Wiggs
First Church of the Nazarene
Carl C. Moman
Mr. Moman
Rockford United
Trinity United Methodist
Mr. Hendrix
Also Mentioned on This Page
Commission
Seymour Senior High School
Earl D. Prout
Tribune
Mary Rucker
Amahl
Brent Hopping
King Balthazar
Mike Lentz
King Melchior
Mike Spray
King Kasper
Blakemore
ABC Finance Corp
Edward Sheldon
Anna Sheldon
American Fletcher National Bank
Grover W. Shelton
Herman Davidson
Wallonia
Grolier Society
Sharon Doty
Ashland Oil and Refining Company
Opal Persinger
J.J.J. Come Netenewrere
Thomas Auffenberg
Helen Shields
Dad
Fred Auffenberg
Gladys Horstman
Gladys Ratliff
Garrett Fee
Richard Hehman
Lawrence Toppe
Spraytown
Chrithas
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