Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 52, Number 45, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 10 September 1959 — Page 2

SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL

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Thursday 10 Sept. 1959

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Church Notes NOTE—In order to appear in this section, church notices must be in the Journal office by Monday noon. WAWASEE LAKESIDE CHAPEL ' Phone UL 6-6661 Rev. Herbert Yoder, Pastor RR. 1 Cromwell. Ind. Phone UL 6 6689 Morning Worship 10:00 am Sunday School Service 11:00 Evening Worship service 7:30 Bible Study Wed. 7:30 p.m. Children’s Story’ Hour 7:30 Juniors Story Hour 7:30 p.m REORGANIZED CHURCH OF OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS Ronald Cole, Pastor Wentherhead Union Hall. Main Street Church School 10:00 am. Morning Worship 11:00 am For information call 647-M FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST. SCIENTIST 111 North Fifth. Goshen Sundav School 9 30 ft. m Sunday Service lion a m Wednesday. 7 45 p m METHODIST CHURCH W Noble Greene. Minister Mrs John Klmpel. S. S Supt Miss Catherine Connell Dir. Religious Education. Mrs J: me Hughes. Membershln Cultivation Supt.- Mrs Joe Longe neeker Organist. Blair Laughlin. Choir Director Bunday school and Bible study 9-30 atm. Organ meditations 9:30 a m. Morning Worship 10:30 a m. Youth Sunday! Minister’s sermon: Lost and Found! All youth, of the Church are urged to be present for this Sunday worship service devoted to youth Instal lation of MYF officers during the worship hour. Anthem bv the Chancel Choir. Ushers: J Carr, L. Bvland. J A Clark Nursery and Kindergarten Supervisors- Mrs Hugh Neer. Mrs James McCall Mrs George Bushong Miss Barbara Arnold and Miss Rosemary Bushong. Monday 14 September Rev Greene will attend Camp and Institute Commission meeting in Marion. Tuesday 15 September Minister will attend an Area set-up meeting in-Goshen First Church from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday 17 September Woman’s Society of Christian Serv Ice meeting at the church. Business meeting gebins at 11:00am Election of president to fill the unexpired term of the deceased president. Mrs. Jack D" Clark A luncheon served at noon by circle No. 1. cost 50c per plate Make reservations with Mrs Oscar Bensen by 15 September. Mrs. Clarke Knepple will conduct a memorial service for Mrs Clark at 1 10 p.m Dr. and Mrs Eugene M Riel, recently returned from India, will talkand show slide pictures of their work in India All women of the Church are urged to be present. Official Board meeting at the Church at 7 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal at the church at 7:45 p.m. LITTLE FLOWER CHAPEL ' v awasee Lake Oblate Fathers Schedule of Sunday Masses September: 8:30. 9:45. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Rer. Carl Satre. pastor Sunday 13 September Sunday School 9:45 a m. The Service 10:45 am. The Sermon "God has visited his people.” Thursday. Choir rehearsal. 7:30 pm Sunday. Luther League. 6:00 pin. in Luther Hall. Cl«ulfi*4i in the Jmvml cew fIM am I*o%

Voice of the People

Letters to the editor, to be published in this department. must be signed, although initials or nome-de-plume will be used if writer so requests. The Journal reserves the right to correct spelling or punctuation, edit in the interest of'clarity, or condense if necessary. Unsigned letters will not be published.

To the Editor.. Journal Siijce the Town of Syracuse placed parking meters in operation 27 months ago, a total of $8,815.23 has been paid by motorists. Os this amount the parking meter company which placed the meters here on a lease-own-ership deal has been paid $3.283.60 and the sum of $5,531.63 has gone into the general treasury of the town, to be spent on streets. The town owes at this time the sum of $3,183 10 on the meters, after which the town will receive all the revenue taken in. During August. 1959, the town meters took in the largest amount ever received during any one month—a total of $560.25. The largest income prior to this was in August of last year when $496.25 was received. The smallest amount taken in was in Jan uary of 1959 when the town was covered up with snow and no attempt was made to enforce the parking meter ordinance. The amount taken in then dropped to SB4 00 The present yearly income from parking meters is more than $2500.00. which represents a tax saving of 10c on each SIOO on the tax bill of Syracuse taxpayers. Following final payment of the company for the meters the income will jump to about $4000.00 per year, which represents an 18c rate. Money received from the meters has paid for a SIBOO street sweeping machine, the SIOOO information booth now in use by the police department, and pays other expenses of the street department. The money must be used for street maintenance or traffic. Since the parking meters has been attacked so severely by one Syracuse merchant, who is quoted as saying that it is ruining his business, perhaps some information on the other side of the question will clear up little known facts. Since the income from the meters last month was GRACE RIRI E CHURCH Rev. M. Raymond Mason. Pastor Independent Fundamental 10 00 a m . Morning Worship 11:00 a m Bible School’ 630 p in Young People’s Training. 7:30 o. m . Evening Service Midweek Service Thursday ‘-3p pm. SYRACUSE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN 13 September 1959 W. Harlan Smith. Pastor Donald Davis S. S. Supt Sund«.v School at 9 30 a m Preaching Service 10:30 am. Bro Lavon Symensma will preach. Theme "The Christian Home." Syracuse Church cabinet will meet on Thursday. 24 September. This is one week early on account of our meetings. All Boards and Committees should have their regular Quarterly meetings before this to get their business ready for council. Evangelistic meetings will begin Sunday morning 27 September. BI RR OAK E.U.B. Lawrence Owen. Supt. Sunday School 10:30 a m Worship Service 9:30 am SOLOMON CREEK E.U.BRev. John Schroeder. Pastor Lloyd Juday. Supt Snndav School. 9-45 Worship service 10:45 a m. CALVARY E.U-B-Rev. Kennard Robinson.MLnister Calvin Johnson. S S. Supt.‘ Sunday School 9:45 am Morning Worship 10:45 am. Evening Worship 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening. Fellowship Class meeting: 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening Midweek sevice 7.00 p.m Choir practice 8:00 p.m.

by far the largest ever taken in, that in itself shows that more people were in Syracuse than ever before during a like period. The cry of this merchant is "take them out." No plan is offered as what will happen then. If parking meters were taken out. it would NOT CREATE a single parking space in Syracuse. A store with 22 feet frontage still would have only two parking spaces in front. It would of course, take away the present $2500 annual income from the town <and eventually S4OOO per year'. If parking meters -were taken out. it would leave just two things—absolutely no supervision of parking, or one or two hour parking periods such as we had prior to placing meters in operation. I cannot think that more than one or two merchants in town advocate no supervision at all. From practical experience, it is much more difficult to en force narking regulations by police officers than by meters. It also requires much more time. I have heard one statement made that the town could “cut the salaries" of policemen and street workers and then would hot need the $2500 the parking meters take in. No policeman or street workman here now receives even"as much as $2.00 per hour —which is less than many factory workers receive. Whose salaries are you going to cut—and who will you hire at reduced wages? Let us have an answer. During the past few years Syracuse has had an EXCEPTIONALLY low break-in and robbery record. Much, much lower than any adjoining town or city. We are almost afraid to tell it. for fear it will set off a series of robberies. We do have traffic viola tions—and we do have to make arrests at times. And “nobody loves the police" but who is suggesting that we do away with them? Right now. uptown Syracuse NEEDS more parking space. We do have space for 250 cars, right up town now. and free. too. But more is going to be needed. In the near future, when a building is erected next to the postoffice, that parking space is going to be taken. This parking meter money can BUY another parking lot right now- if merchants will help the Board find a place. The Board of Trustees has a letter from the district office of the Indiana Highway Department (received 3 September' asking that all parking be elimited from Huntington Street, on the east side all the way through town, except for two blocks up town. Now that is going to happen some day, perhaps soon. Syracuse has free parking—and most local people are using these lots. It does not cost you a cent. The traffic problem we have is created by 10.000 or 20.000 people here in the summer time THEY do not kick’ about the meters—they are used to them—and since they create the problem, they might as well help pay for our expanded police and parking problem. Our police act

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as information centers 25 to 100 times a day. We help “lake” people in many, many ways. If parking meters are taken out then the present $2500 per year we receive from this source will have to be made up by general taxation. That means that the man who does not own a car here or who uses the meters little, will have to help pay off this 25c addition. NOW. only the people who use them pay. Syracuse has these narrowlittle streets—we cannot do anything about them. We can buy more free parking lots with parking meter money. If any merchant wants more free parking in front of his business—let him do as Orval Klink did—buy a big lot and set his business in the middle of it. Buy your own free parking. Do not ask the town to subsidize your business. There are several locations right up town that COULD be bought. We need such a business, too. We suggest that the uptown merchants meet and form a committee to act on this very important subject very soon. I have had at least 13 or 14 uptown merchants tell me that 1959 is the BIGGEST season they have ever experienced. The parking meters apparently did not ruin their business. Let us all bring our business retail establishments up to date—get away from the “50 year old look”— give better service, better clerks, better presentation

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of merchandise, better window displays, etc. Yes, and let us get better parking facilities, too. J. B. Cox President. Town Board

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