Engineer Is Praised For Idea In Seymour Board Meeting
City engineer Jerry Tracey received praise from the Seymour board of public works and safety for proposing a minimum set of construction standards for parking lots subdivisions and related developments. He noted discussions with other civil engineers and said the city can quickly show developers the required specifications. The board also approved curb and gutter work for Notting's Super Valu Foods parking lot and granted sewer credit for one pool fill to offset water not returning to the sewer. Nine sewer connections were approved including Spoor Toppe Birch and Golden Key Apartments among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Tracey
Seymour Board of Public Works and Safety
Tracey
Robert Weekly
Russell Foster
Donald H. Ernest
Seymour
Notting
Super Valu Foods
Bruce
East Streets
Works Board
Seymour Park and Recreation Department
Park Department
Caroline J. Jewel
West Seventh Street
William Kemp
Morningside Drive
Mary Peek
Kessler Boulevard
Myra Hill
Seymour Plan Commission
Board of Works
Kenneth Spoor
East Ninth Street
North
Pershing Street
Tom J. Toppe
Mutton Creek Estates
Betty L. Birch
O'Brien Street
Arlens
Tipton Street
Golden Key
Marley Lane
Wally Pfaffenberger
Evergreen Drive
Queen Entries Close Friday for 1977 Jackson County Fair Pageant
Entries for the Jackson County Fair Queen Pageant must be submitted by Friday midnight to Mrs. Gerald Hackman or Miss Beth Bowman. Contestants and escorts will receive rehearsal times by telephone, with modeling and makeup sessions at Brownstown Church, publicity photos at the fairgrounds, and the pageant on Sunday July 31 followed by the coronation at the grandstand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Hackman
Beth Bowman
Brownstown Presbyterian Church
Fairgrounds
Brownstown
Weather records for Seymour reflect noon unofficial reading
The Seymour weather note cites an unofficial noon temperature and other readings from Mrs Ruth Everhart, a government weather observer at Hockford. It lists Wednesday maximum and minimum, river level at 7 am, and daily sunset and sunrise times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Hockford
Hospital Group Elects Officers
The Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital Foundation annual meeting elected officers for the coming year. New officers are Carl Kovener president Thelma Martin first vice president Marion K Summers second vice president James Thompson third vice president Miss Helen Robertson secretary and Clifford Osterman treasurer. Directors for three year terms include James Bridwell Donald Davis Clifford Osterman Herschel Rotert Russell Sherrill Marion Summers and James Zollman plus E Harold Miller to finish the late Thomas Kieffer term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital Foundation
Carl Kovener
Thelma Martin
Marion K. Summers
James Thompson
Helen Robertson
Clifford Osterman
James Bridwell
Donald Davis
Herschel Rotert
Russell Sherrill
James Zollman
E. Harold Miller
Replacement Of County Bridges Is Recognized
Five bridges in Jackson County are recognized by the Indiana state highway commission for replacement. The projects, part of a capital improvement program, include bridges over Hough Creek Salt Creek and three over Ripers Creek on Ind 135. Construction may start in seven to ten years after four project phases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Indiana State Highway Commission
Indianapolis
Hough Creek
Salt Creek
Ripers Creek
Ind
Highway Commission
Carter halts B1 production but keeps testing program
President Carter announced that production of the B1 bomber should not continue while testing and development proceed. He also endorsed deploying the cruise missile and a submarine launched version as part of an ongoing weapons program amid SALT talks with the Soviet Union. He noted congressional support and stressed maintaining an effective strategic force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter
United States
Soviet Union
White House
Harold Brown
House
Congress
Abduction Case Probed As Scout Taylor Held at Large
Sarasota County investigators search a remote Girl Scout campsite after 15 year old Charlotte Grosse was dragged from a tent by a heavy set man. The FBI joined the search at dawn and officers focus on Manatee and Bradenton areas as authorities await a possible release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Pilon
Sarasota County
Sarasota, Fla
Charlotte Grosse
Nokomis
Jim Hardcastle
Thomas Stimson
Charlotte
Manatee County
Manatee
Stimson
FBI
Plan Board Approves Sawmill Ordinance in Jackson County
The plan commission approved a sawmill ordinance seven to one and forwarded three confinement hog feeding petitions to the zoning appeals board for public hearings on July 19. Special exceptions granted for Tom Disque Curtis Rieckers and Rough Acres Inc. A variance was approved for Steve Brock to build a two acre house west of Knobs Overlook in forest recreation area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Plan Commission
Plan Board
William Starr
Jackson County Board of Commissioners
County Board of Zoning Appeals
Tom Disque
Owen Township
Curtis Rieckers
Washington Township
Rough Acres, Inc
Steve Brock
Brock
Knobs Overlook
Zoning Appeals Board
Plan Commission
Leonard Elsner
Francis Elliott
Charles Yeager
R. A. Broddecker
William Spray
Weldon Carlin
John Emily
John Martindale
Seymour High Summer Session Ends Then Resumes
The first semester of Seymour High School summer session ends Friday. After a three day holiday weekend, students enroll Tuesday for the second summer semester through July 29. Courses include biology II US history I II government health physical education and driver education. Remedial reading for elementary students has a July 4 break then resumes at Emerson school July 11 through 29. About 140 students from five public and three parochial schools attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour High School
Emerson School
Seymour
St Ambrose
Immanuel
St. John's
Sauers
Indiana license plates transition to 1977 design
By midnight tonight Hoosier drivers must display the new 1977 plates with green lettering on white and a yellow state silhouette. Plates are issued on a staggered schedule by last name initial, February through June, with house car and mobile home plates renewed in the owner’s registration month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
First Term Summer Band Program Ends
Over 225 bandsmen complete the first term of Seymour Community Schools summer band program as director Stephen F E McGrew outlines schedules from beginner to ninth grade with free lessons and marching fundamentals. The program began June 4 and ends Friday July 1 with a second term set August 8 to start fall classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Community Schools
Stephen FE. McGrew
Ond
Seymour
St. Ambrose and Immanuel Lutheran
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Thomas Kieffer
Joe Joiner
George James
Gary Meyer
National Hospital Week
Col. 6
Florida City
Richard Grosse
Hardcastle
Bradenton
Bra
Col. 4
Disque
Rieckers
Lindsey Payne
Carl Monheit
New York Telephone Company
New York
New York Bell
Manhattan
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