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In December 1945, Robert Bruce Phillips got notice in the mail that he had been drafted into the Army. He was a high school senior living in Eaton, Indiana, a town north of Muncie, when he and four of his classmates received the same letter from the President of the United States. “That was a shock,” Phillips says. “None of us were expecting such news in the middle of our senior year.”

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Sarah, an 11-year-old youth, was more than a shy girl in school.

Exhibiting signs of selective mutism, she refused to talk to teachers or peers for fear of being judged. But then she started working with Youth Connections, Inc. and as the year progressed, she blossomed socially.

“After 43 years, we felt like we needed to shake things up a bit,” says Judy Olds, referencing the reorganization and need to adapt their programs to serve today’s youth and their families.

For the past four years, Olds has been the organization’s Executive Director, but she felt that it was important that Youth Connections keep up with the current trends in fundraising and program management so she opted to step down and invite Gilbert to move into the position.

Olds is now settling into her new role as Director of Community Relations, which enables her to network, go out into the community and explain all that Youth Connections has to offer while cultivating the interest for new donors.

“We hope with this change that we can increase our funding and get more folks involved with the agency by serving on the board or volunteering,” says Olds, noting that their mission can be a hard sell simply because it’s difficult to get donors to understand what, exactly, Youth Connections does.

“We can’t bring in a puppy and say, ‘Isn’t it cute? It needs a home, please donate,’” Olds says. “There are so many services we provide and each program requires funding to support it.”

“When we first saw her, she didn’t talk at all. By Christmastime, she started opening up and by the end of the school year, she was going to Youth Connections has 177 Safe Place sites in the three counties they friends’ houses, singing in the hallway, and talking in class,” says Shana serve. Though the national Safe Place is probably the most recognizable Gilbert, the newly appointed Executive Director of Youth Connections. program, the organization also offers many other programs that are not as visible to the community due to confidentiality issues. For instance, This is the kind of success story that Youth Connections, Inc. is all they provide Child Custody Evaluations, Supervised Visitations, about as it strives to be the premier agency in advocating for youth and the Families in Transition program, which requires couples with and their families in Johnson, Morgan and Brown Counties, providing children who are divorcing to take this class. They also provide Youth & dynamic programs and services that promote family support and Family Mentoring. The programs are facilitated by Youth Connections positive youth development. The nonprofit organization, which staff of four. primarily works with children ages 7-17 has been around for more than four decades.

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us,” Gilbert says. “Single people or couples with children can apply.”

Youth Connections works with each family for a minimum of four weeks.

“We have found that by serving the whole family we are able to see a generational change,” Gilbert says.

Youth mentoring has been a game-changer as it improves such things as interpersonal skills, time management skills and conflict management skills.

“We were not having the impact we wanted with youth during the school day so we partnered with the Boys & Girl Club in Franklin and the Martinsville Youth Development Center to offer the after-school Overcoming Obstacles program,” Gilbert says.

It’s a 12-week curriculum that teaches students about goal setting and how to pursue a career, culminating with a servicelearning project. Gilbert says that it’s empowering for students because they lead some of the curriculum. Plus, they learn about how charity organizations work.

A big part of the organization is taking preventative measures to keep youth safe. This includes educating them about the hazards of vaping, substance abuse, healthy relationships and human trafficking.

“We do a lot of cyber safety training, not only for the students but for the parents as well so they know what to look for,” Gilbert adds.

This is key given that human trafficking is becoming prevalent in Johnson County.

“We are excited about our transformation and hope the community will be as well,” Olds says. It will only make Youth Connections stronger.”

In the New Year, Youth Connections, Inc. is hosting their second annual Johnson County Kids Got Talent. Held February 7 at Franklin Community High School, kids can participate in one of two age groups: 5-11 and 12-17. First-place winners in each age group will receive $300, second-place recipients will receive $150. KORN radio 100.3 is the media sponsor.

“It was wildly successful this year,” Gilbert says. “We’re hoping for an even bigger turnout in 2020.”

Youth Connections, Inc. is located at 1195 N. Morton Street, Suite A in Franklin. For more information, or to make a donation, call 317-738-3273 or visit youthconnections.org.

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“Our home number was 98, so when the phone rang twice, it was a call for the house. If it rang once, it was for the Taxi,” Phil says.

“When the Taxi phone rang, both parents would take turns with the Taxi runs as dad was still working for the Suburban Bus Lines part-time.”

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Sadly, when Phil was 7, his mother contracted tuberculosis and passed away in June 1944. Virgil quit his job at the Suburban Bus Lines and devoted all his time to his wife’s taxi service. Up until the early 1950s, there was no “crew,” just a family operation.

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By 1953, Phil estimates that his dad owned 13 taxis painted black and white with the “Greenwood Taxi” on each side. In addition, Virgil had hired several drivers by this time.

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“When the phone rang, dad would jump up and make a run,” Phil says. They often drove between Greenwood and Camp Atterbury, the military and civilian training base in Edinburgh.

Nearly 80 years ago, transportation was drastically different than it is today. Sometimes getting from Point A to Point B was simply not possible, due to gas rationing and buying a vehicle was costprohibitive for many folks. In 1942, Sarah Jackson took note of these issues, finding that many of her friends and acquaintances had trouble getting to church and doctor’s appointments. Sarah spoke to her husband, Virgil, and convinced him that they should use her inheritance to start The Greenwood Taxi.

Virgil, a driver with Suburban Bus Lines, had some insights into the transportation business and pulled some strings to procure one car.

Their son, Phil, now 82, vividly recalls when a Chevrolet pulled into the driveway, wrapped in a big red ribbon (Phil was six at the time).

He also recalls the phone number of his parent’s taxi company: simply call 9.

The fare was typically 25 cents anywhere within the Greenwood City limits. A run to and from Greenwood to Camp Atterbury was $10, which normally was split between the soldiers.

“Greenwood Taxi became a pretty thriving business,” says Phil, who occasionally operated the phones. “But my main job was to clean the outside of the cars and wash the windows and seats in the summers. Back then, both drivers and passengers would be able to smoke, and the taxis needed cleaning daily.”

As a teenager at Greenwood High, Phil would rather have been doing other things. Finally, his dad made him a deal — either go out for sports or work at the Taxi Company. Suddenly, Phil had a voracious appetite for every sport — football, basketball, baseball and track.

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“I did it all to keep busy,” says Phil with a laugh. “Beats cleaning those taxis.”

After 12 to 18 months, the cars would rack up 100,000 miles so Virgil would install a new transmission to keep them going for another six months or so, or he would repaint the cars and sell old taxis for $600. If a driver would go through more front/back brakes, Virgil thought it should be the driver’s responsibility to install new brakes for riding them. He kept his Taxis in exceptional working order. The parked Taxi cars were in the family’s backyard when needed for transport.

“When I got my license, Dad said, ‘Go out back and pick out whatever car you want,’” Phil says. “I was young and tooling around town and wrecked one of the Chevrolets within a year. I called dad, and said, ‘Hey, the car is upside down on County Line Road.’”

Phil vividly recalls the incident.

“Dad asked, ‘Are you okay?’ I said ‘yes.’ Dad said, ‘Ok.’” There was a positive aspect after all. Virgil traded the wrecked car for a 1953 Plymouth with only 30,000 miles.

Virgil remarried in 1945, to Gladys, who had a son Jon Scott. Then together they had four children: Tom Jackson, Larry Jackson,

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“It was a yours, mine and ours situation,” says Phil, who moved in with his Aunt Susie and Chester Wood upon graduation. Phil left to join the U.S. Air Force but was declined due to partial colored blindness so when he came home, he joined the U.S. Army.

In 1961, Virgil passed. Gladys and Jon Scott ran the Greenwood Taxi until Gladys’ death in 1962. Phil, at this time, was married and working for the Greenwood Postal Service. He was asked to take over the company for a year to re-establish its value.

The Greenwood Taxi was sold in 1964. Phil returned to the Post Office and attended UIndy to pursue his own dreams of teaching.

He went on to teach U.S. History at Franklin Community High School, sharing a room with the infamous Hall of Fame Basketball player Robert Polk “Fuzzy” Vandivier, who returned to his alma

mater to coach for 18 years and served as athletic director for another 17 years.

“I had a great experience with Fuzzy,” Phil says.

Phil later worked for the State of Department of Education as well as Southport High School and Greenwood High School before retiring at age 80.

Phil and his wife Shirley, Jon and Sherry Scott (deceased) were blessed to have had the opportunity to assist in raising four children. Phil and Shirley have two children, three grandchildren and three great children.

As Phil reflects on the decades working at the Greenwood Taxi, he is grateful for the opportunities and has many fond memories.

“I just don’t miss washing cars,” he says.

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“Men are resistant about going to the doctor, getting necessary screenings and being proactive about their health, so we’ve tried to find a way to remedy that,” says Franciscan Health Community Outreach Coordinator Joan Himebrook.

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In addition to delicious beer and food, 107.5/93.5 The Fan and 93.1 WIBC will also be onsite at Movember, giving away Colts, Pacers, IU football and Butler basketball tickets. Like previous years, men will receive raffle tickets for every screening they complete, thus increasing their odds to win free game tickets with each health station visit. Once again, Franciscan Health will have a multitude of health experts on hand, conducting free screenings. Screening types include skin cancer, oral cancer, pulmonary, prostate assessment, heart, lung, bariatric, strength, agility and more.

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men waiting in line an hour before. We were like, ‘Whoa. This is big.’”

Over the years, several success stories have come out of the event, with men discovering ailments that could’ve worsened if it weren’t for their free Movember screening. After attending the first Movember at Oaken Barrel, Jerry Brown returned in 2017 with a slight concern.

“I had a little place under my left eye that I didn’t really think looked right, but I really didn’t think that much about it,” Brown says. “I went to the skin doctor that was there at Movember, and she said, ‘ I really think you should come in and have me look at this in the office.’”

Upon visiting Dr. Emily Keller from IndyDerm, on the south side of Indy, Brown discovered the skin issue was worse than he thought, and a serious medical situation was avoided thanks to Movember.

With their first Movember event, Franciscan Health was not sure how well the Indy community would receive their idea. Much to their delight, they found that a need was being filled.

“I made an appointment and got into see her,” Brown says. “It could’ve been very serious, but she was able to treat it that day. So if I wouldn’t have gone to the Movember event, it might’ve developed into something pretty serious.”

“We had no idea how many people would come,” says Himebrook of the first Movember held at Oaken Barrel Brewing Co. in Greenwood.

“While we were setting up that morning, we probably had about 100

In 2018, another man made his way to the event after hearing it mentioned on 107.5/93.5 The Fan. Rather than continuing his drive on I-65, the man turned around and beelined it to Movember.

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“He wasn’t there for food, beer or anything,” Himebrook says. “He just wanted to get a skin cancer screening. He said, ‘I’m uninsured at the moment, and this thing is not looking good.’ It wound up being melanoma, and that’s life-threatening.”

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“They can hop right off the bus, enjoy some food, get their free screenings and maybe even win some prizes,” Himebrook says. “And then, they can hop back on the bus and head home.”

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“If there’s one person that comes through, and we prevent something tragic, then that person alone is one reason why we continue to do this,” Himebrook says.

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Two World War II Veterans of Johnson County Recall Incredible Stories Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing Photographer / Amy Payne

Born in Indianapolis in 1922, Walter Johnes joined the Army as a 21-year-old in mid-1943, assigned first to Fort Benjamin Harrison, a U.S. Army post that was located northeast of Indianapolis.

“The Army decided that everyone should have some kind of training so they sent me to Camp Blanding in Starke, Florida,” Johnes says. There he joined an intelligence program. “I was going to head to the College of William and Mary in Virginia, but they were losing a lot of people in the war so they sent me to Basic Training.”

Johnes was put in the rifle company at

Camp Blanding and remained in Basic Training from September 1943 until February 1944. When he arrived overseas in New Guinea, he was scheduled to go to the 8th Army as a rifleman, training to go to the Philippines. One day he was called to the office.

Johnes served in Tokyo, New Guinea, Manila, Okinawa and Yokohama.

“We want you to take nine men over to Port Moresby,” he was told. “From there you go to Brisbane, Australia, where you’ll be assigned to General [Douglas] MacArthur.”

Johnes was assigned to the paper mill.

“You had to learn to breathe,” he says. “And the civilians were starving. We had a garbage can outside of our mess hall and Japanese civilians would line up for half a block to eat from it.”

“It was all paperwork as we kept track of all the units who were out in the field,” says Johnes, who handled top-secret materials as there were no computers at the time.

Sadly, Johnes had friends and acquaintances who perished in the war, as did his brother, who got killed in the Battle of the Bulge.

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The condition on the ground in some cities was incomprehensible. In Manila, for instance, there were still dead bodies in the buildings when Johnes arrived.

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opera script. For instance, there was a soldier who had an ill-fated love affair while he was serving overseas.

“One fella fell in love with a Japanese girl.

The only trouble was he was married back home,” Johnes says. “He cried his eyes out [when he left her.]”

In Manila, a friend of Johnes’ was suffering from brain fatigue so he was sent to New Guinea to rest.

“The first night he was there, a Japanese plane came over and dropped a bomb and he was killed,” Johnes says.

As for his own crazy stories, when he was in the Philippines, he recalls drinking milk from raw coconuts and getting sick as a dog.

He also had to take tablets to keep from contracting malaria. And then there were the bugs.

“One night I was sleeping with my mosquito netting down and something bit me,” Johnes recalls.

Inside his bed was a big black and yellow bug that looked like a caterpillar. Johnes’ extremities started swelling instantaneously so he ran to the medical tent.

“I was yelling, but the medic didn’t wake up so I turned his bed over,” Johnes says. Ultimately, he was told not to worry about it. But during the war, worry came with the territory as death surrounded him regularly. Men died from malaria, poisoning, bombs and war wounds.

Johnes was relieved to not lose his life, though he did lose his hair.

“I had a full head of curly hair when I left and when I returned, I was completely bald,” Johnes says.

During the two and a half years he served, Johnes corresponded frequently with family.

“I wrote letters. Boy, did I write letters. It was good therapy for me,” he says. “I had a big family so I wrote to everybody — my mom, sisters, cousins. I wrote every day to my wife.”

He let her know where he was through

code by writing a single letter where her middle initial would go on the envelope. For instance, “A” stood for Australia or “P” for the Philippines.

Three years ago, on Johnes’ 94th birthday, he participated in the Indy Honor Flight where he flew to Washington, D.C. to visit the WWII and several other memorials. At the Arlington Cemetery, he was invited to put the wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Though he declined due to mobility issues, he says it was an honor to be asked.

Johnes, who turned 97 last month, boasts that he doesn’t feel a day over 93 and has his eyes on the big 1-0-0.

“I read the obituaries today and saw a woman who lived to be 107. I thought, ‘Shoot. I can do that,’” says Johnes, who currently resides in Perry Township at an assisted living facility. “I quit smoking in 1960. My lungs are clear as a bell. I don’t feel one bit sick.”

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“That was a shock,” Phillips says. “None of us were expecting such news in the middle of our senior year.”

In May 1945, the young men boarded a bus to Camp Atterbury in south-central Indiana and were sworn into the Army. Phillips was then shipped to Camp Polk in Louisiana.

“We took Basic in the swamps with the snakes and alligators,” says Phillips, who was put on security duty with the atomic energy commission, a job in which he received FBI clearance.

“I remember going home on a three-day pass,” Phillips says. “I went into a drug store and a friend of mine wanted to know what kind of trouble I was in. I said, ‘None. Why?’ He said, ‘Because the FBI has been in to check on you four times!’”

Phillips spent the majority of his three-year service in the sands of Arizona and New Mexico because atomic energy information was buried in the tunnels in the desert.

The lessons he learned during his service he still carries with him today —mainly, respect for fellow servicemen and the importance of protecting and standing up for one another.

Now 91 (he’ll be 92 on Christmas Eve), Phillips is pleased that both of his grandsons are currently at Basic Training for the U.S. Marine Corps.

“I’m proud as can be,” says Phillips, a resident of Demaree Crossing, an assisted living facility in Center Grove/Greenwood.

He’s also immensely honored to be an American.

“Anytime the anthem is played,” he says, “my heart beats with pride.”

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