The Greentown Grapevine – 2000-06, 07:06

              Volume 7, Issue 6 " a paper for the people"
Legion Decorates Town and Cemeter- y Members of the Lowell E. Symons
American Legion Post # 3 17 placed
about 60 American flags along Main
Street and Meridian Street on May 24.
They also placed about 375 flags on
veterans' graves in Greenlawn Cemetew
Day. The " Avenue of Flags" along the
streets will be placed during other
patriotic holidays. Placing the flags on
May 24 were Jerry Pontius, Wayne
Frakes, Roger Wolfe, Tim Cain, Mick
Mickler, Bill Ross, Stan Johnson, and
above is Jerry Pontius. Tim Cain is'
assisting. Three of the eleven Legion
men who placed flags are in the above
photo. They are Keith Hochstedler,
Wayne Frakes, and Richard Price.
in observance of Memorial
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Road Widening
Project Planned
The Indiana Department of
Transportation has proposed a plan ta
widen US 35/ 22 to four lanes between
Goyer Road to the bridge over the
Wildcat at Greentown. , The project will
provide two lanes in each direction and
a twin left turn lane in urbadsuburban
areas. It calls for a flushkormgated
median through rural areas.
The need for the project is stated as
being a result of rapid development in
the eastern part of Kokomo and the
town of Greentown. The 1998 traffic
xolumes ranged from 13,000 vehicles
per day ( vpd) at Goyer Road to about
9,000 vpd at Greentown. Projected
figures'for the year 2024 are 26,000 at
Goyer Road to 19,000 at Greentown.
According to INDOT, " The proposed
widenirig will accommodate the
increasing traffic, and avoid expected
congestion and delays, and will improve
safety. ' I
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Steve Vermilion. On the ladder Photos by R. and F Jenkins
June 2000
Glass Festival .
to be
June 8- 10
The Greentown Glass Festival will
include the traditional features of
Queen Pageant, amusements, craft
and. flea booths, food, music and a
Saturday parade.
The Queen Pageant will- be on
June 8 at the high school auxiliary
gym at 7: 00 p. m. Girls must be
current freshmen through 2000
graduates. Entry fee is $ 50.00.
Forms are available at the Public
Library.
The parade wiU be at 2: OO p. m. on
Saturday, June 10. For parade
applications, call 628- 29 10
mornings or 628- 7953 evenings
and leave a message.
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Hours of the festival are:
Thursday, 5- 10 p. m.;
Friday and Saturday, 10- 10 p. m.
On Friday, Greentown's own
Spikenard will perform at Meridian
Street Christian Church from 9: OO ~
3. m. until late. On Saturday added
? eatures . will be a 30 A. climbing
wall, a Velcro wall, and a bungee -
un.
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- New Tanker Arrives The Greentown Fire Company This is assembled on a 2000 the generous donations of the people of
ordered a new tanker March 1998 from Freightliner chassis. The new tanker the areas.
S& S Fire Apparatus in Fairmount and replaces the 1979 Ford tanker which Pictured with the tanker is the truck
started a fund raising campaign to pay had a capacity of 1,250 gal. The committee, James Harris, Rex Mast,
for it. The tanker arrived May 19. It is a Company hopes to sell the ' 79 unit. and Norman Carter.
2,100 gal. tanker with, a Class A pump Fire Chief, Dan Echelbarger, says the
which will pump 750 gal. per minute. $ 153,000.00 cost is covered, thanks to
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Photo by R. Jeiikiris