Pike - Marvin - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Crawfordsville, Ind - Marvin Pike said yesterday he was leaving Waveland HS where he has coached basketball three years.  Pike, a 1955 Butler University graduate, said he would return to Butler and study for a masters degree. His Waveland teams had a 15-46 three-year record.  

Source: Noblesville Ledger 5 March 1986 p 16

Pike begins utility duties with usual first-time snafus by Patricia U. White

Any project starting up is certain to have a few problems. Marvin Pike who officially began serving as utility manager for the Clay Regional Sanitary Sewer District on Feb 15 finds his new job no exception.

He had to begin by working from his home because a trailer that is to serve as a temporary office at 10755 N. College Avenue until a building is constructed at that address had not arrived by the time he had to mail out the first bills. The land for the office was given to the Clay Sewer District by Clay Township. Pike expects the office to be finished way before most of the 34 miles of sewer line are in place.  

With the planning for construction of sewers for this township 13 years in the making, Pike can see how problems have developed with the list of names that he was given for billing purposes. The list, prepared by a consulting firm is probably several years old, he said.  "This is a very mobile community with people moving in and out. Our list may be a little behind," said Pike. He mailed 2,213 letters but said the number of residents who should have been notified was 2,055. Some people got duplicates and some letters went to vacant lots.

Some people outside the project area were notified about a $14 per month sewer charge while some inside the district received no bill.  Then there are those residents inside the district who are having no problems with their present septic system who didn't want to be included in the project, but are.  Despite the problems, Pike, 55, likes his new job so far.

"I grew up in the community and see the need for the sewer better than most."  Although some people don't need it now, he said, "In the long run, it will make it better for all of us. Many of the wells in our area are contaminated.  "In the summer when it rains, raw sewage is pumped up on the ground and that's not a healthy thing," Pike said. He said every time the ground is saturated with water, up it comes.

A pre-construction conference was held Friday and nine crew members are to go to work soon on the construction.

Pike, a former principal of Lapel HS spent almost 30 years in education, making this area his home except for the years in Lapel. After his retirement, he drove a truck for a while, seeinjg the country. He made five trips to California some to Washington and Oregon and too many to count to Florida. "I traveled all over the country from 1982 to 1984," Pike said.  While trucking he investigated teaching int he Western states but when the job opportunity in Clay Township opened he said, "I put my name in the pot."

Source: Lafayette Journal and Courier 11 May 1961 Thu p 31

Crawfordsville - Bob Collins, 25 year old coach at Belle Union HS signed Wednesday as head coach at Waveland HS. Collins, a Ball state graduate has been at Belle Union three years. His basketball teams compiled a 32-31 record during that span. He replaces Marvin Pike who resigned after three losing years to study for his master's degree at Butler University. Pike's teams won 5 and lost 46.