The Boonville Standard from Boonville, Indiana (2024)

April 24, 1980

Publication:

The Boonville Standardi

Location:

Boonville, Indiana

Issue Date:

Thursday, April 24, 1980

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1

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1 4000 readers 1 Sec 24 Pages Thursday April 24 1980 Boonville Indiana 47601 20iPer Copy Established 1875 Vol 105 26 Republicans fail to fill slate for Two day festival begins riday on the square Three school board be elected members to involved Elberfeld man in second fatal accident Troop celebrates 50th anniversary 1 rpoonvi Nine candidates for School Board Trustee will be contesting Tuesday May 6 for a place on the Warrick County School Board Only three will be elected ive of the nine on the slate are from Ohio Township one from Owen one from Ander son one from Skelton and one from Hart They are as follows James Carter route 1 Tennyson Owen Township Patricia Dewey 18 Old Orchard Rd Newburgh A truck carrying molten aluminum from Alcoa to the Essex Wire plant west of Boon ville was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning Driver of the truck Melvin Robinson route 1 Tennyson told authorities that he fell asleep and ran off the roadway The vehicle burst into flames from the molten metal There were no injuries Boonville firemen were called to the scene The accident happened April 23 at 1:30 more daylight hours for work or pleasure To be on time for church Sunday forget to turn clocks forward one hour Satur day night An Elberfeld man Clyde Stratman 46 was involved in a fatal accident last week when a car pulled out in front of his 12 wheel tractor trailer truck on the Newburgh Road and he could not avoid the collision Irma A Koonce 75 of 2423 Bement Evansville died at St Medical Center of massive head and chest injuries This was the second fatal accident in which Stratman was involved in which the driver of the car was at fault In the previous fatal accident about a year ago Irene DeVillez 78 was killed when the Dorothy Kroeger 4377 Sharon Rd Ander son Barbara McConnell 8088 Meadow Lane Newburgh Ohio Gary Meyer 5900 Martin Rd Newburgh Ohio Larry Tevault Lynnville Hart Joseph Willis route 2 Chandler Ohio and Charles Wyatt Box 26 Tennyson Skelton Leonard Cook 8066 Ridgemont Dr Newburgh Ohio gram Coaches Harrwood Amiano Proctor Cox Welch Wise Mummert Tevault Richey Wooten and others will all take their turn be ing dumped into the water The Boonville Kiwanis club will have their annual Pancake Day Saturday and other church and civic organizations will be around the square offering a variety of opportunities Saturday several musical groups are scheduled to entertain all during the day Sunday afternoon the Warrick Pro menaders will hold a square dance on the west side of the square rides will be setup both days for the enjoyment of the youngsters Come to Boonville riday Saturday and Sunday and join the fun The Boonville Jaycees will be preparing their delicious barbecued chicken during the event Boy Scout Troop 162 is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month The troop was of ficially charted in 1930 by the National Coun cil of Boy Scouts of America The Scouts celebrated the event with a campout at Scales Lake The troop is the oldest in continuous opera tion in Warrick County It still has the first charter granted in 1930 Scouts registered on the first charter ap plication were: Dan McKillop Eldrid Hocker Dick Belford Alvin Ashley Barrett Dill ingham Orville Hochmeister Kermit Hochmeister Robert Copeland David Shaw AM AX GIVES CHECK TO 4 PROGRAM: AMAX Wright mine superintendent Dick Barnhart is presenting a check for 250 to Rita Anslinger of the county cooperative service for the local 4 youth program Each summer certain qualified 4 junior leaders are picked to attend the Citizenship Workshop in Washington DC This seven day course is held for 4 from all fifty states Par ticipants have an opportunity to learn more about the government and meet with national leaders Ms Anslinger said the AMAX con tribution would be used to defer the cost of the trip AMAX has sup ported the Warrick 4 Organization in past years Studio) Serving over BOY SCOUT TROOP 162 CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY: Boy Scout Troop 162 celebrated its 50th anniversary Saturday at Scales Lake with a cook out (Left to right) Jacob orston Alfred Hall former scoutmasters and Philip oltz current scoutmaster of Troop 162 prepare the campfire for the evening Studio) UNSAE BRIDGE CLOSES ROAD: The State Highway Commis sion closed the Otter Creek bridge to traffic riday April 18 after finding the bridge unsafe for crossing The bridge is located on Highway 62 East Traffic is being rerouted to avoid crossing it It was closed on an emergency basis No time was set for completion of repairs as of Monday of this week Studio) INDIANA COAL Al ALUMINUM CAPITAL Car in which she was riding went through a stop sign and was hit broadside by a truck Stratman was driving In both accidents police said the car driver was at fault In the last accident Mrs Koonce was driv ing east on Newburgh road and attempted to turn left on to the Plaza Stratman was driv ing west on Newburgh and had the right of way Mr Stratman although shook up with the accidents indicated he would not quit driv ing GATE HOUSE ENCE REPAIRED: The gate house fence at Scales Lake is being repaired by Larry Hart The split rails were donate by Willis ence Co Newburgh Scales Lake is getting a new Park Superintendent He is Jim Belcher of Washington former superintendent at Park He is replacing Gene Stevens Studio) Ohio River industiial frontier MAKING NEW PICNIC TABLES Left to right Ralph Ward and Tom Miller are making new picnic tables for the City Lake and Parks at the city lake Many new tables have been installed trees trimmed new signs painted and loads of trash from around the lake and recreational area hauled away Studio) am four miles north of Warrick Operations on Ind 61 at Roeder Road The truck owned by Essex Wire was a total loss estimated at $8050015 A Boonville woman escaped serious injury April 16 at 6:21 pm when the furnace in her mobile home caught fire The mobile home which is located at 1111 Second street was occupied by Sue Stofleth who received a burn on the hand (Continued on Page 9) PICNIC TABLES GET PAINTED: Greg Leslie is painting a picnic table at the City Lake where 17 new tables are being installed The Boonville City Park and Recreational Board wishes to thank Mayor Tom Pryor Boonville Park Supt Ray Geppner and the City Public Works Department for their much needed and appreciated efforts in upgrading and furnishing new equipment for the City Lake Park ive new tables are to be placed at Breckenridge and four or five at Richard Pool Studio) Charles Nagle Edward Meece Charles Koehler Billy Henning James ranz Herbert Ritter John Richards Vincent Wnllnr Char es Seigel Paul ruviiitiii iniu Hay Howard Helms Ray Helms Raymond Moore Jesse Roberts Ernest Nagle and Evert Evans Scoutmasters of the troop since its founding have included Elvin Humphries Gilbert Nester Jack White Barrett Dillingham Rowen James ay Alfreds Hall Cledith Pace Don Ashley Ora Leslie Clair Kelley Jacob orston Mike Stallings and Ivan Stall ings BponffPaul Bracher Boon 10 Cletis Brad 'shaw 11 Robert Rudisill Boon 12 ClUrle Madden Boon 13 Rodney Gerhardt Campbell Roy Chumbley Greer 1 Earl Brammer Greer 2 Ralph Hargrave Hart 1 Jack Barclay Hart 2 Woodrow Scales Lane Charles Turnbloom Ohio 1 Carol Goin Ohio 2 Mark Augspurger Ohio 3 Eugene Allen Ohio 4 Paul Gar rison Ohio 5 Robert Lucas Ohio 6 Bertha Harker Ohio 7 Donald Hungate Ohio 8 Robert Brown Ohio 9 David McNeely Ohio 10 Ronald McWilliams Ohio 11 Dallas Kifer Ohio 12 Oscar Knott Ohio 13 Wayne Schuble Ohio 14 Paul Preece Ohio 15 Glen Ruff Owen Randall Dempsey Pigeon Mary Ann Helming Skelton 1 Lowell Gentry Skelton 2 Street dance set Saturday night A street dance will beheld Saturday April 26 from 7 11 pm sponsored by the Boon ville Jaycees The dance will be held on the west side of the public square with the Kathy Hurt Band playing A two day Spring estival will get under way on the public square in Boonville riday The event is being sponsored by downtown merchants of Boonville Boonville merchants will be featuring old time values during the riday and Saturday event In addition to the sales attraction enter tainment stands rides musical groups have been scheduled to entertain those coming to Boonville April 25 and 26 A highlight of the spring event will be the stand being operated by the coaching staff of the Boonville Schools headed up by Coach Proctor Mayor Tom Pryor as consented to be one of the targets at the stand which will be located on the West Side of the Public Square unds raised at the stand will be used for the Boonville Athletic Department pro Time to turn clocks forward Warrick County residents will turn their clocks forward one hour Saturday April 26 before retiring in order to be in time with the area counties on Sunday This annual change in time gives residents Truck overturns and burns county offices Ohio 15 Louis Lenn Owen Margaret Spr ingslon Pigeon Howard Morris Skelton 1 i and Clifford Warner Skelton 2 On the Democrat ticket Jimmy Carter and Edward Kennedy for President for senator Birch Bayh for governor John Hillenbrand and Wayne Townsend for lieute nant governor Robert Peterson Graham Richard Ruth Stuart for congressmen 8th District Thomas isher Milton Harvey Kenneth Snider for State senator No jO Louise Hennessy for State representative No 71 Jeff Hays Michael Phillips On the Democratic county ticket Geraldine VanWinkle is seeking the nomination for couhty clerk Charles Ashby for county treasurer Wilford McDaniel county recorder: Donald Perigo county coroner Michael eldbusch county surveyor Paul Gore county commissioner District 1 Keith Shelton Sr county commissioner District 3 for county councilman at large Arthur Callis Otto Robert Elzer Charles reudenberg Randall Pemberton Delegates to the State Convention Robert Barnett Cletis Bradshaw Glendall Branson Troy Bumpus Lehman A Ellison Barbara Galloway Marilee Garrison Paul Garrison Larry Goin Beverly core Stanley 0 Harris Paul Houston George A Lutz Jr Janive Maxey Lowell Phillips David A Talley Ruth I Wire or precinct committeemen Charles Christmas Anderson James Marshall Boon 1 Arthur Callis Boon 2 Lloyd Hadley Boon 3 Ralph Jones Boon 4 Glen County wise the Republican party has no contests between candidates however two offices have no candidates The offices of county treasurer and county recorder were not filled by the party These offices could have someone certified before the fall elec tion The county Democratic party has four can didates for councilman at large Only three will be elected There are also thirteen Delegates to the State convention to be chosen from 17 candidates A contest in the precinct committeemen for Boon 7 is between two can didates Joe Crow and Larry Speicher All offices on the Democratic ticket have candidates On the Republican ticket seeking the nomination for President of the are John Anderson George Bush and Ronald Reagan or senator Roger Marsh Dan Quayle for governor Robert Orr for lieute nant governor Gary Benson Kermit Bur rous John Mutz Ralph VanNatta for con gressman 8th District Joel Deckard for State senator No 50 James Harris for State representative No 71 Elizabeth Sowa Barton Updike On the Republican County slate Virginia Strahle is candidate for county clerk no can didate announced for county treasurer Elizabeth Holder for county recorder no candidate for county coroner Lee Hansert for county surveyor or county commissioners District 1 Tim A Lowe for county commissioner District 3 James Marshall for councilman at large granson Boon 5 James arr Boon 6 Lester Cox James Riedford Jr and jnef fww Boon 7 Larry Speicher Boon 7 A 4 Brenda Winterman StoddenBooh 8 Paul Merrill or delegates to the state convention Robert Addington Marguerite Ahrens Hoover Barnett Ralph Ellis William Larry Gorman Mark Hart Hendrickson Robert Hullett Pamela Lene Carl Nicholson Ivan Reed Sr Robert Sneed John Weyer bacher Republicans seeking the office of precinct committeemen are: Aaron ischer Ander son Township Robert Barker Boon 1 Robert Nix Boon 2 Robert Hullett Boon 3 Michael Barnett Boon 4 Donald Hunt Boon 5 Otto Lenn Boon 6 Barbara Winstead Boon 7 Reathel Byers Boon 8 Argle Leslie Boon 9 Robert Rideout Boon 10 Dortha Brown Boon 11 Rosella Oursler Boon 12 and Edna Addington Boon 13 Paul ischer Campbell Township Marguerite Ahrens Greer 1 Carl Nicholson Greer 2 Altice Nicholson Hart 1 Annis Chappell Hart 2 Carolyn enwick Lane Lester Cox Ohio 1 Ruth LeGrande Ohio 2 Thomas Morton Ohio 3 Robert Anderson Ohio 4 Alfred Warner Ohio 5 Ohio 6 no can didate Oscar Welde Ohio 7 Ivan Reed Ohio 8 Bill Moranz Ohio 9 Elizabeth Grimm Ohio 10 Carolyn Cornett Ohio 11 Robert Ad dington Ohio 12 Brenda Winterman Ohio 13 Artis isher Ohio 14 Dorothy Richardt uuuuuu in the heart nf the eggs? 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