Stories from Monday, March 8, 2021

Anna Mae (Jones) Crawley was born on Dec. 15, 1935 to Florence Irene and Arthur “Mousie” Jones in Cloverdale. She graduated from Cloverdale High School in 1953 and married Floyd Crawley in 1954. They welcomed daughter Sabrina to their lives in 1955 and they were married more than 50 years. They owned and operated Crawley Carpets, and she was involved in local government...

Earl Ralph Lee Hunt Jr., 80 of Coatesville, passed away March 5, 2021 in his home. He was born on Aug. 24, 1940 in Indianapolis to the late Ann Marie Alexander and Earl Ralph Lee Hunt Sr. Earl married Hester Minton on March 16, 1968 in Brownsburg. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of the American Legion Avon Post 145...

Director Shelly McFadden will helm “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” the musical, the Putnam County Playhouse 60th season opener. Her work will begin with auditions at the Rehearsal Center at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre. “Our first set of auditions will be for the choir only,” McFadden said. “This group of singers – two double quartets - acts as the storyteller for the musical. They will be onstage for the entire show.”...

Like most occasions planned after the start of the pandemic, the 2021 annual meeting for the Heritage Preservation Society of Putnam County (HPS) will proceed differently than in the past. On Thursday, March 18 the event will take place virtually, beginning at 7 p.m...

The Greencastle Arts Council invites area young artists to help highlight the unique qualities of Putnam County through participation in its “We ART Putnam County” Banner Campaign. For this contest, which runs through April 30, the GAC is seeking submissions of original art by local children to be professionally printed on a new set of light pole banners that will be displayed around the Putnam County Courthouse square. There is no cost to enter...

The Greencastle Virtual Music Festival continues this week with a mostly-classical program, including music by Schubert performed by DePauw University emeritus professors pianist Claude Cymerman and cellist Eric Edberg. The performance will also include the early-music trio The Vivaldi Project performing music by Campioni and J.C. ...

The Greencastle High School cheerleaders are inviting the community to the Putnam Inn on Tuesday to decorate posters for the GHS boys’ basketball team. The posters will be placed around the school campus and area businesses. All supplies will be on hand, only your creativity is needed...

Robert H. Johnson Jr., passed away March 2, 2021. He was the son of the late Robert H Johnson Sr. and Mary Johnson. He is survived by his wife, Ronda Johnson; sons Robert William Taylor (Roberta), Ronald Lee Morton, Christopher Charles Johnson, Anthony Wayne Johnson and Shane Hamilton Johnson (Stefany); grandchildren Jessica, Jason, Rachel, Brayden, Kyle, Olivia, and Avery; sisters, Deborah Suzanne Vaughn (Jeffrey) and Toni Gaye Johnson; several nieces and nephews...

Carmine Robert Humphries Sr. of Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, March 7, 2021, at his residence with his wife by his side. Carmine was born in Paterson, N.J., the son of Frederick and Rosalie (Cappuccio) Humphries. He was a 1975 graduate of Don Bosco Tech High School. He earned his master’s degree in business from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2006...

The Greencastle Virtual Music Festival continues this week with a mostly-classical program, including music by Schubert performed by DePauw University emeritus professors pianist Claude Cymerman and cellist Eric Edberg. The performance will also include the early-music trio The Vivaldi Project performing music by Campioni and J.C. ...

Four people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Sunday • At 8:54 p.m. Zachary D. Johnson, 21, Roachdale, was lodged at the jail for theft and driving while intoxicated. • At 8:54 p.m. Dylan G.L. Mowery, 23, Brazil, was taken into custody for unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle and leaving the scene of a property-damage crash...

I have been with the Putnam County Community Foundation for nearly two-and-a-half years. I am not sure where that time has gone, but I love this organization, the community and the work we do each day. I quickly learned that there were many questions regarding community foundations and their roles in the community. Below are some of the questions we hear most frequently and my attempt at answering them:...

A month after getting a look at proposed improvements to Robe-Ann Park, the Greencastle Park Board saw some revisions to those proposals at its March meeting. The proposed improvements, as presented by Todd Burch of Civil Engineering Consultants, Greencastle, included fewer parking areas, although overall parking places would still increase by 100 under the plan, going from 173 to 273...

FILLMORE — The Town of Fillmore is moving forward with repaving Putnam Street after selecting a contractor to complete the job. Bids from seven different construction firms were opened by project manager John Ellison of Kieser Consulting Group during the Fillmore Town Council’s regular meeting Thursday evening...