The Greentown Grapevine – 1998-04, 05:04

              Volume 5, Issue 4 % paper for the people" April 1998
Greentown and Newspaper
World Lose a Friend
James L. Bannon, age 64, of
Anderson and formerly of Greentown,
died March 12, 1998, in Methodist
Hospital in Indianapolis after suffering
a brain anemysm at his home on
Saturday March 7.
He is survived by his wife, Carolyn
( Fifer) Bannon, whom he married May
29, 1954; four children, Nancy and
husband Roger Rodibaugh of Lafayette,
Barbara and husband Fred Roesener of
Greentom, Jan Bannon of Indianapolis,
and Tom and wife Joanne Bannon of
Pendleton, one brother and sister- in-law,
Dean and Dianna Bannon of
Anderson; three sisters and their
spouses, Beatrice and Ron Emery of
Fort Wayne, Joyce and Neil Hart of
Virginia, and Roselie and Howard
Leahy of Fort Wayne; two
grandchildren, Courtney Roesener of
Greentown, and James M. Bannon of
NOTICE
The Greentown Marshal's Department
will be accepting applications for the
position of a full time, paid, Deputy
Marshal. Applications may be picked
up at either the PoliCeDepartment office
or the Utility office. Applications will
be accepted through March 31, 1998
and may be delivered to either office or
mailed to Greentown Marshal's
Department, Applications, P. O. Box
247, Greentown, IN 46936. Business
hours for the Utility office are Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 8: 30 a. m. -
12: OO & 1: 00 p. m. - 4: 30 p. m.,
Wednesday, 8: 30 a. m. - 12: OO
Pendleton, and numerous nieces and
nephews. He was preceded in death by
his parents, Arza L. and Madalon
( Conley) Bannon.
Jim, as he was known to fiiends in
Greentown, was born Dec. 2, 1933 in
Anderson. He attended Anderson
schools and graduated fiom Anderson
High School, class of 1953. He worked
at newspapers id several Indiana towns
and was a radio and television
newsman. In 1977 he was elected
president of the Hoosier State Press
Association and was Indiana chairman
of the National Newspaper Association.
At the time of his death he was the
opinion page editor of the Anderson
Herald Bulletin.
While publisher of the Howard
County News, from 1969- 1979, Jim
became involved in Greentown as
president of the Greentown Business
Association and Chairman of the
Greentown Glass Festival. He was
chairman of the Greentown Bicentennial
committee, which raised funds to build
a fountain in fiont of City Hall. That
committee also bmught the Indianapolis
Symphony Orchestra to Greentown for
a bicentennial concert. This made
Greentown the smallest community in
the state ever to host the Indianapolis
Symphony. He was one of the founders
of the Greentown Glass Museum.
Always inkrested in sports, he created
the name Mid- Indiana Conference ( still
in use) for a league of high school teams
playing in the Kokomo area of the state.
He and Ralph Trott announced Eastern
football and basketball games for
WWKI.
When consideration was being made
as to the feasibility of starting a
Greentown newspaper on a much
smaller scale than the Howard County
News, Jim was very helpful with advice
and information. He kept an interest in
Greentown and did the initial editing of
the Greentown Sesquicentennial
Commemorative History which will be
available this spring.
Services were at the Paramount
Theatre in Anderson. Burial was in
East Maplewd Cemetery in that city.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
April 9,1998,7: 00 p. m.
Greentown Town Hall
112 N. Meridian St.
h t o m , IN 46936
The Town Council will conduct a It is anticipated that the h a l project
public hearing prior to the adoption of proposed by the Plan will be bded by
the Facilities Plan for improvements to the State Revolving Fund Program. A
the Wastewater Collection and sewage rate increase is anticipated to
Treatment Facilities. The engineers for finance the project costs.
the Town have proposed a draft of the Copies of the Facilities Plan are
Facilities Plan which identifies pollution available for inspection at the Town
problems, alternative solutions for Hall, 112 North Meridian St.
correction of the problems and Greentown.
recommendations for a program to Formal written comments are
correct the problems. The engineers requested. Oral statements will be
will be present at the hearing to explain
the Plan in detail and to answer
questions posted by the public.
heard at the hearing.
See related article on page 5.
El Nino Carrot
Art Graber, 309 N 1100 E, Greentown, brought this super carrot into
the Comet Cone in early March to show his fiiends. It is 10" long and
13%" in diameter. It weighs 3 lbs. 1 1 oz. Art stated that because of the
mild winter 6 this area, it had not frozen.