Maxinkuckee West Side Property Owners, Inc.

These properties for years had the railroad between them and the lake till about late 1970's or early 1980's when it was abandoned and the property owners bought the railroad right-a-way back. This is indicated by a a stip of land decribed as generally: "PRT W1/2 NW1/4:COM W1/4 COR E..." most have since been re-surveyed making them into one lot.

Spoke with Verl the Barber today (12 Sep 2012 ) he told me how the railroad came up with deeds for the property running through Culver located in an office at Marion, Indiana (I assume he said Marion) and how that they wanted $125.00 per lake front footage from each cottage owner - they banded together got a lawyer and got it for much less .

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June 21, 1981
Maxinkuckee West Side Property Owners, Inc.
Culver, Indiana

The secretary is requesting POST dated checks for November 1, 1981 payable to the TREASURER, MARSHALL COUNTY for the amount listed to your name.

The purpose of this is o consolidate the payment because the tax receipt is in the name of the corporation.

There are only four tax receipts for our right of way.

Following the Stockholders Meeting August 31 c , 183, your Board of directors met and elected the fo11owing officers:

President - Larry Berger

Vice president - Bonnie McKinney

Secretary-treasurer - Dorothy Barnes

On May 24, 1981 your Board of Directors had a meeting.

This is brief summary of that meeting. It was decided that those persons (members and non-members who advanced money more than was needed to purchase their land will be paid ten percent interest according to the length of time the money was on hand.

The balance on hand will be distributed to stockholders on the final dissolution of the corporation.

It was suggested we may want to continue an ASSOCIATION but not a CORPORATION.

We shall need a stockholders meeting in order to dissolve the corporation. . It is essential to continue the corporation until the real estate taxes due in November 1981 are paid, as above explained.

There will be a Stokholders' Meeting at Bonnie McKinneys on Sunday August 30, 1981. Please bring your own chairs. The meeting will be held at 2 P.M.

Yours truly,
Dorothy Barnes, secretary-treasurer
MAXINKUCKEE WEST SIDE PROPERTY OWNERS, INC.

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June 21, 1981.

Dear West Side Property Owner member:

It s thought that you might be interested in a progress report.

As per purchase agreement with Penn Central, the corporation is to pay the first half of 1980 taxes due in 1981. This has been done.

The sales agreement specified that the Corporation should pay the second half taxes, and by then, the record books will have been changed so that the 1981 bills due in 1982 will come to the individual owners.

Money was withheld from the purchase money to pay the first half of 1980 taxes. We did not get title to the property until the middle of the year.

$1623.54 has been paid (May 10th payment) for 3157.51 feet of right of way. That figures out to $.51418364 per linear foot. Using that figure it has been determined what each owner will have to pay in November, according to the following table:

Owner	feet	Tax			Owner	feet	Tax
Prusiecki - 1150 W. South	118.22	$60.79			Harinq - 1146 South	75.0	$38.56
Shaffer - 1140 South	100.0	51.42			Hol1aday A. - 1132 South	85.0	43.71
McKinney - 1128 South	50.0	25.71			Record 1122 South	50.0	25.71
Holladay C - 1116 South	90.0	46.28			Randolph - 1112 South	75.0	38.56
Luptak - 1108 South	75.0	38.56			Butts -1102 South	50.0	25.76
Kmiotek - 1020 South	75.0	38.56			Berger - 1012 South	70.0	35.99
Moriarty - 1004 South	54.99	28.28			Bracken - 726 Peru	103.83	53.39
Geiselman - 722 Peru	52.0	26.74			Mitchell ?718 Peru ? -	77.77	39.99
Anderson - 716 Peru	37.04	19.05			Cullen ?Cullers? 714 Peru	41.18	26.74
Koss - 712 Peru	52.0	26.74			Benedict - 708 Peru	51.0	26.22
Ford - 704 Peru	62.0	31.88			Posejpal - 610 Peru	62.0	31.88
Dixon - 612 Peru	45.0	23.14			Hutchens - 606 Peru	45.0	23.14
Hadley 604 Peru	50.0	25.70			Ready 602 Peru	63.19	32.50
DeWitt - 600 Peru	55.07	28.32			Davis Street	30.71	15.29
Stealy - 320 Davis aka PJ's Pier	100.0	51.42			Babcock - 520 Peru	44.19	22.17
Zelinsky - 516 Peru	56.0	28.79			Hood 512 - Peru	25.0	12.85
Davis - 510 Peru	50.0	25.71			McLane - 227 Winfield	163.74	84.21
Powers 303 Winfield	201.18	103.44			Barnes "Willow Point", Winfield	183.43	94.32
Barnes "Cherry Villa", Mill	234.05	120.34			Rhodes 378 S. Plymouth	131.83	67.78
Rhodes - 308 S. Plymouth	50.5	25.97			Hodges - 316 S. Plymouth	41.40	21.29
Ber 206 Mill	80.19	41.23

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RODERICK MARTINDALE, DOLLY MARTINDALE,
JAMES PINCKARD, & CELESTE PINCKARD: Plaintiffs

vs.

THE PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION PHILADELPHIA,
BALTIMORE, AND WASHINGTON RAILROAD, and.
JOHN J. DEERY: Defendents
CAUSE NO. CTC 81-222

NOTICE TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IN UNION TOWNSHIP, MARSHALL COUNTY, INDIANA WHO OWN LAND ADJACENT TO THE ABANDONED RIGHT OF WAY OF THE PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

We assume that each of you have received a notice from the Clerk of the Court of Marshall County that the above class action suit has been filed.

This includes everyone who owns property adjacent to the abandoned right of way of the Penn Central Corporation.

The Board of Directors met yesterday. The corporation cannot act as an attorney.

We recommend that you, individually, sign and file an exclusion, in writing, referring to the above Cause Number CTC 81-222 at the Marshall Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Plymouth, IN 46563.

We believe it is especially important that owners of land abutting street ends (Davis Street and Winfield Street) are cognizant of the class action.

Questions should be referred to your own attorney.

Enclosed is a sample letter which could be sent or taken to the Circuit Court Clerk. This letter must be filed before July 16 in order to be excluded from the suit.

Board. of Directors of Maxinkuckee West Side Property Owners Corp.
Dorothy Barnes Secretary
DB:brn

NOTE: The Martindale and Pinckard properties were on the Northwest side of Washington St. just south of the "Old Brick" aka Kruesberger Saloon

Thanks to Verl and Sylvia Shaffer for providing these copies. There could be more paper work regarding this procurement of railraod property.