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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958 Article "Carmel Plans to Grow Up"Wesel— 1. Prolootad sewage disposal plant 2. U.S. post oflloe 3. Pollee station 4. Library 5. City ball and maldcipal water company 6. Carmel -Clay Township fire department 1. U.S. 31 9. Ind. 431 9. lad. 234 III. Mogan R.R. -- Carmel corporatism Maadery Area sorted for Industry Photographed By Tommy Wadol on CARMEL PLANS TO GROW UP IF LITTLE boys could plan their own growth — height, weight. muscles, appearance — what a race of wonderful ifianLa we would be. If villages had planned their own growth what gra- cious, spacious, beautiful cities we would have. Cannel, Ind., Is busily at work ; • Inning its grown -up This little town is not afraid of the "exploding city"— Indianapolis. It is meeting the threat of encompassment with foresight and comprehensive plans. By JOSEPH;/ K. SUIPARD shape and size, and all the things It foresees it will need when It reaches stature. Sleepy little village, just 16 miles north of Munurilent Circle, Carmel hadn't dune anything much populationwlae for more than 190 years. Sud- denly It awakened to (Ind Il- licit suffering from growing- pains. Sunday —The Indianapolis Star Magazine From 6112 inhabitants In 1930, within 27 years It now counts 1,335 noses, an Increua e of 95.7 per cunt, almost over- night, as cltlee grow, like a mushroom. Under no Illusions about what was happening to Car- mel, the farmera, merchants, p rofeealonal folk, most of Mein descendants from the town's early settlers, sat down, gave it a good think. The Influx consisted of fringe - dwellers, the commut- ers front the voracious, ex- panding giant to lite south - Indlwutpolla. Like all Indua- trial cities with room to grow, Indianapolis flowu outward In Its urban Influence like a lava pool, munching and engulfing every hamlet on Its widening perimeter. CAItMEL LIES directly In the flow, is becoming a sort of night dormitory fur city workers, a auburban "bcd- ruom." lndlsnapoha job hold- era who like, to live la the suburbs, flung outward al- (CowUawd au Neal Noel APRIL 6, 1958 12 open Monday. 9:00 to 5:25 .Another Block's exclusive .. . ZIP! and you're in or out of our Boston Maid coatdress BLOCK'S, Indianapolis 9, Indiana 203 -S -6, Please send me the 10.98 Boston Maid cootdresses: size 1 1st color 1 2d color 1 • 1 1 I 1 ❑ BBC ❑ charge ❑ c.o.d. ❑ check enclosed name address opt. no..... city zone. state... .. . If thls is a new account, pleose send credit refer- ences and where employed. A 25c service charge will be made on oil deliveries in Marion County on c.o.d.'s under $25. Sunday —The Indianapolis Star Magazine 1_ 0.98 A beautifully tailored washable cotton and Cu- pioni dress with simulated button- closing conceal- ing a full - length zipper. Convertible collar, trim cuffed sleeves, pegged pockets. self -belt and easy action back. Nary contrasted with white, powder blue with navy, beige with brown, or willow greed with dark green. Sizes 12.20, 141/2-241/2- order by mail, or phone Whose 14511 BLOCK'S BUDGET DRESSES, SECOND FLOOR CARMEL PLANS TO GROW UP (Continued (row Page 11) This new residential development southeast of Carmel is one for city suburbanites who were making the town • dormitory. most with centrifugal force like droplets from a whirling wheel, were alighting, with wiveu and families In Carmel, attracted, moat of.them, by excellent trarui ortatlo n facili- ties quick, all- weather acuea- slblllty. Outlying flat farm lands were being platted Into subdl- .vloiuna. Modern bounce were springing up everywhere from Sniokey (tow (toad on the north to 118th Street un the south. There was no longer room tp park on Main Street. Chil- dren were filling the schools. It was quite obvious that If the nation -wide problem of "the exploding city" did not engulf Carmel, caught with its plane down, it wan high time to feel unfruetrated by the in- evitable. Carmel was going to need paved street., boulevards and thoroughfarea. Carmel was going to need more w:hools, more fire pro- tection, police faclhUes, more bualness area — JoeL about more everything. including thing. it never had before: recreation space, playgrounds, awlnuuing tools, storm sew- ers, Lraf fie signals, electric power, sanitation, shopping centers, public building.. A 11111e town won going to have to assume the Kolbe of a big town or be Just a giblet In the gravy. Since Daniel Warren, sighting from hie log cabin door, laid out a plat of 14 Iota on April 13, 1837, Carmel had considered Itself an nyrl- ',alitrrul center, THE "EMBATTLED farmers" of Lexington and Concord "fired the shot heard 'round the world," bul the em- battled farmers of Cancel, who found themselves invaded and conquered by these city interlopers, did not fire u phot. There's a difference in farmer, since Paul Revere rode. Instead of calling out the Minutemen and starting u revolulton, Carmel (orated a zoning commission, then a Carmel Town flan Couunln- ,lon, sought co- operation with the Hamilton County Plan Comnuaslon and the Metropol- itan flan Cwnmlrslun of I n- .lysnalolls. It was a matter of, "11 you caln'L whip 'em, Jlne 'em." Carmel employed u (trun of professional planners. Met- ropolitan Planners, Inc.. cen- tered in the very den of Intq- ulty, Indianapolis, not to stave off absorption, but to propose means of orderly growth, Me facing of each problem before 11 arrive.. "Batter 10 walk in with our chin up, our pockets full, and whlstling, than to be dragged In with a black eye and bleeding from a cut hp," was the psychology. "We will have something to offer over the bargaining table — Carmel as rrt induelnel alto a■ well as • good place to live. Lel ue have a well- functioning municipality, self- sufficient; a good place to live and a good place to work." "We will be a park and not a alum. We will grow (CoaNwad ea Papa 14) APRIL 6, I958 /4 • DOWNSTAIRS tK�S ::. °: STORE Shop Monday 9 to 5:25 the bras that hold you -up, and In! IjOY BRASSIERES long -line and regular front hooks A: THE LONG -LINE FRONT HOOK BRA white broadcloth 1.69 (2 for 3,25) With 5 -inch elastic bottom bond that Rips you. midriff 10 aim slimness; lilts and rounds your barest. 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We will luuite people to live here, and we will invite Industry to come here. "We are glad we are In the path of urban expansion and prepared to make the most of I1." SO HERE In a preview of the axles talk to be presented by Carmel sontellnte next sum- nter when Metropolitan Plan- hers, Inc., completes its sur- veyu, clucrta and maps, land- tine studies, available reaourceu cumpilullona, and Issues u comprehensive brochure, poa- aibly to lee entitled Hare Is Cu roma, Ind. Population of Clay Town- ship ( Including Carmel). Ham- ilton County, as of a special comma during December, 1956, is 8,848. Carmel hue an esti- mated 3.21 persona In each household. Each Individual resided has been tabulated as n statistic. For example there are 54 buys under w:huol age and 58 girls. Thera are 77 men between the ages of 25 and 34, and 93 women. Fifty - six 'men and 88 women are over 85. Carmel has 418 dwellings and trailer homes, 43 places of business, 18 Industrial build -. Inge, warelsouaea, u1ten storage apaceu, and has n(ne public and neml- public huildinga such as achoola, churchea, town building*. Clay Township and Car- mel have joined to operate a Metropolitan School Corpora- tion with a single auperinlend- enl of e:hoots. Carmel School (grades one through 1.21 built foreground, built in 1921, sti11 is in good condition, serving Carmel and Clay Township. In 1921 still is In excellent con- dition. The total corporation enrollment Is 1,539 pupils, In 48 chunnonts on 41.5 acres of ground. A new $1,500,000 high school Is under cunatructlon, capacity 750 pupils, but by the time It le completed it will be busting its beanie. There urn Iwo other achoula, Orchard Park, thoroughly nt u d e r n, opened two years ago, and Clay Center, un ancient struc- ture, condemned and closed, then reopened because of clarurooum shortage. With u tax rate of $7.20 (per 9100 or as'ses'sed valua- tion), what do you du to main- tain educational olandards and the real of the aervlcem that u some 1pullly le supposed to offer? CARMEL HOPES Incom- ing Industry will help foot the tux b111. It 11110 ant aaldo an industrial one adjacent to the Murton Railroad and accenal- ble to truck transportation In any direction. 11 even thlnka It has an available labor mar- ket, men who wouldn't cunt - mute If they had well - paying Jobe closer to home, and wives wino want to augment the family exchequer. Farm band for residential subdividing hold fur from 91,000 to 91,5410 an acre. Out- lying farm land In Clay Town- ship generally is valued from 9500 to 91,000 an acre. Car- mel reeldentlal building Iola sell for approximately 91,000 each. The soil generally is good for any type of building and there are no swampy arena. Last March Carntel'a total 0ee0080d valuation wan 91,687.- 180. The total valuation for Clay Township was 911,701.- 380. Carmel's present 'sewer syateut la entirely inadequate. Sewage is poured untreated Into Cool Creek Just to the north of the town. However, a treatment plant and main Intercepter 1. under contract to an Indianapolis first. Caramel has 0 municipally- owned water system supplied by three driven wells and pumps. A fourth la proposed. The present 24 -hour pumping capacity is 4811,000 gallons. Lent year's average dally cun- buupUon was 88,509 gallons. There 1a a storage capacity of 75,000 gallons In w, ele- vated tank, There are 50 fire hydrants, and normal pres- sure in the inainr la main- tained at 58 pounds per square Inch. The water is softened, de- Ironlr.ed, filtered, chlorinat- ed and fluoridated. The distri- bution system WAS IICW 111 May, 19AA. Electric power Is supplied by the Public Service Com- pany of Indiana, gas front the Indiana Cam Distribution Cor- poration. Service is adequate and expansible to meet any future needs. THERE ARE two police officers tieing a car equipped with two -way radio, In direct communication whh the cen- tral Indiana pollee network. Carmel has two full -time firemen and nine volunteers, ueing 1 11 r e e .radio- uqulppied trucks: a 1949 hose truck with 1,400 feet of hose and 30 feet of ladders; a 1945 400- gallons- per- minute pumper with a 5d41- go lion Lank and 1,200 foul of (Continued am Pogo 16) APRIL 6, 19511 :il'ii. t 1q r 'ti.. �S.: "a, 4r "�- 'it. '.s.c+.- .•f0 :`�l . .�r. :..1ti\ �PI1 r- •i'�yes.... ►•r p• £s . io - .t-� q t'. .(�"'w It. •`. r•.•'. iie, ,.:1`14„..1,-• •,�.,.rr� 114 %l %4 1. ■.� .•. �r,�. A ,,A". D t''I t4'1s... %:ivA.,itt,r. ,•; "' • Sunday -The Indianapolis Star Magasine 13 open Moedey 9 to 5:25 Best- dressed for less in BEMBERG beauties that are hand- washable 5.98 For only 5.98 you can step out anywhere in rayon Bamberg. You're cool) You're smart) For Sunday best or Monday) From Easter through summer. There's nothing I. 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Add 25c tor c.o.d.'s under 125 In Moran County. APRIL 6, 1958 Yohler and Mitchell, commercial orchid growers, is north of the city limits near the intersection of U.S. 31 and Ind. 431. Kendall Co., employing 90, operating grain elevators and producing of wholesale seed. Carmel's buntnews district will need to expand. It will be decentralized and several market areas will 'be estab- lished In the outskirts. The framework for neigh- borhood development In being planned. The neighborhoods, meetly on curving, winding streets —to hold dawn traffic speed — are being sketched within an encircling Carmel Parkway drive to circumscribe the community at a radius of upproxhnatety one mile from the . exact. center. Another, perimeter drive with u radius of two miles, Woodland Boule- vard, will encircle the entire area of more than 16 square miles. Carmel originally was the Quaker community of Beth- lehem, but when a post of- fice was applied (or, Uncle Sam said, "No." There al- ready was a Bethlehem out the Ohio River down in Clark County. Su the Quaker breth- ren settled on Carmel, a Bibli- cal land like Canaan, (lowing with milk and honey. r3-.HE QUAKERS are in a minority now, but the reli- gious element isn't. There are nine prosperous churches in the vicinity. And now, at, lung last, Carmel enema to be approaching the time of milk and honey. * it The First Methodist Church, under construction on Ind. 431 just south of the corporate limits, is newest of nine churches. S9nday —The Indianapolis Star Magazine SHOP TUESDAY 9 to 5 :25 P.M. call ME 8 -8311 from 8 :30 A.M. Just like walking on air! Melody arch supporting casuals Give foot caressing comfort • Foam cushioned arch • Soft elk leather uppers • Super flexible soles 2. 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When the show opens Frl- day for its annual 10 -day run, the enormous ceiling of the Cattle Building at the State Fairgrounds will be a sea of yellow cloth with springlike green streamers ... put up as. usual by Mason W. Rend. It was in 1923, for the second show, that Head began helping hid father, the lute Charier Rend, with the work on the show building. 'rho alder Head. one of the must colorful characters ever to live In our town, always wore a boiled shirt with n wing collar g lousily n.arched, with a lung tie. He sang and danced at his work, usually did a few extras such an an oil painting of the model house, or, one -year, a life -shed painting of the old Lanier home at Medl- Ceiling decoration for 1923 Home Show. Read helped his father, the Tate Charles Read, who wall decorator. son to serve as a backdrop fur the garden display. tile son, of s more serious and practical nature, loin com- bined decorating with sign painting, hna made nil the signs used by exhibitors in every slow including the pres- ent which la the 33d. FOItM7I:JtLY the expoai- tlon was hold scrum the street In the Manufacturers Building. "It took 40,000 trO,U0O yards of cloth to cover the coil- ing of Manufacturers Uutld- ing," ttead soya. -and this one is two- thirds lorgar. It covers four scree. 11 to 30 foot high— there really Is s lot of IL." Through the year* Read has devised such variations on calling treatments as hanging panels, tatllce work. One year he dld the whole thing In squared with trailing vies, another time had drupe with pictures un them. "We vary the color, too," he soya. "Fur • while the con - ter was yellow, the outside white with blue drapes. My father was the first one to flame - proof his materials. He'd spray It all, then we'd cut off • piece and test it with one of the big matches he al- ways carried to light hie cigars. Now everything la fire- proofed by the manufacturer so wa don't have to worry about that •ny inure." APRIL 4, 19$8 . 16 eII coui6etestatueetWYaWUWutatea WIWWYWJWYWssusicIWyWWWWa" L' sdw'WWWsessantsca II�WY Mesas U4 what is this • CYCLO- MASSAGE FURNITURE that people are talking about? IYaWWlaais6temix sesaWYasY1UIDWugui teuWlay "Niagara Cyclo-Massagt )I Furniture," says Anhur Godfrey. "looks like other good furniture, but she feeling you get when you sit or recline on it is different from anything you've ever experienced. The action you feel — they tell me it called Cycloid action — travels right through you and makes you tee) honer. 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M P.O.* Mb. b• pew .1...w. STORE HOURS: Open Monday and Thursday evenings until 9:00. .. other days 9:30 to 5 FREE PARKING NEXT DOOR at the Delaware Motor Inn Notice, Women's Clubs, Organizations, Sororities Here's an opportunity for your group to nom extra money without obligation. The Niagara Company hos prepared an in- teresting film describing sell Niuguro Products as they ore used in I-copilots and clinics throughout the country. We ore more than pleased to pay your group to view this film in our club rooms any Tuesday, Wednesday or Fridoy afternoon. Coll our Niagara Dept., ME 5 -6J01, for complete information. CARMEL PLANS TO GROW UP (CoaNawd from Page 14) This acreage of farm land extending south along the Monon R.R. is part of the area to be allotted to industrial expansion under the new toning plans. hose, and a 1951 500- gallon pumper with a 1.500- gallon tank and 1,200 feet of hose. On order Is a 1958 750 - gallon pumper with a 760 - gallon tank and 1,700 feet of hoar. Carmel offers fire protection under contract to all of Clay Township. The fire Insurance rate 111 22 cent' for each 1100 of coverage for a single-fam- ily, nun -farm frame dwelling with approved roof. Carmel has no public park at present. Motor access is from U.B. 31 and Ind. 431 from north and south, and Ind. 234 east and west, and Carmel Ilea but one mile soulh of a proposed coat and west inter - regional ex- preaaway which arnlellme may connect with U.S. 31 through a large cloverleaf. T11h PI{OPOSI, D Carmel industrial areas, ,ultable fur shiest any type of Induatrlul con■trucllon, Ile along the Murton railroad tracks un the town's western aide. There In ample rearm for d0 .1 and car awltchlryf. There are 2Ni acres available for new tndua- try to the southwest, and an- other tract of 40 acres lien to the northwest. Industries already to Car- mel: Cannel Screw Products Company, employing 60; Reed- er t Cline Machine Shop, em- ploying 15; Cradle liras. Co n- alruction Company (bridges and roads', and the Fbalcr- This is Carmel's busiest corner and sports the only traffic signal in town, the intersection of Main Street and Ind. 431. Parking is at a premium. APRIL 6, 1938 Sealock DOWNSTAIRS STORE Shop Monday 9 to 5:25 A for that fresh sparkle all day long c "april lodes" of POLISHED COTTON! SIZES 12 to 20, 141/2 to 241/2 'i4 PHONf (MI 1 -8511) and MAIL ORDERS IILLED The Wm. H. Block Co., Downstairs Store, an J? Indianapolis apolis 9 Ind. Please send me the following Princess 1 Peggy Dresses, 2.99 ea.: 2 I 2d 1 Quan. I Style I Style II Size 1 Color I Color • I I II I1 I 1 I I 1 1 I . ❑ Check 1 IName ........ 0 Charge II 1 Address ........... • BBC 1 1 City ... ........... I ❑ c.o.d. (25c service charge in Morton Co.) 1 Sgwddtf —The Indianapolis Sear Mogasina muss and soil resistant! n TATTERSALL PLAID — keyhole neckline outlined with arrowhead braid that is repeated on the roomy patch pockets. 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