The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 28, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 August 1965 — Page 1

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VOLUME 4

County Valuation Up $3,656,350

Ask 29c Increase In County Tax Levy, See Budget

o C Juntyj levy -will jump 29 cents per SIOO ; of taxable yaluatii n if il.u tax review boards leave the propi

The-proposed budget, as prewired' . liy county auditor Noble C. Blocker, appears in this issue of The MailJournal in its entirety. 1 New Levy 51.043 The new county tax rate will | be $1 043. if allowed’ to stand as proposed. The current lev y is 75 oats. Most of the huge jump is in county revenue, the budget reveals. The current levy m that fund is 32 cents • and the proposed levy is 58 cent:;. The welfare fund asks for two ad- . ditional cents per SIOO. from 9 cents its. while countywide school tax rerhains at 28 cents, county health jumps from 3 cents to 3.3 cents, and county cumulative bridge remains at 3 cents A lewfund has been added —county curiuiative court house —and it asks a levy of one cent .Shown Valuation (tains . ■ budget, county auditor Blocker said the le valuation has jum[x-d $3,656,350 over a going from $107,220,580 to $110,876. K» In spue of tin- valuation junjip. the increased'levy is necessary. ; The item in the budget listed as

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LIGHTLNG DAMAGE — Pictured above is a corner in tbe bedroom la the home Os Mr ami Mrs. Steven Baumgartner of east ol Milford. The new borne was hit by lightning on Monday evening. H Is believed the lightning struck the television antenna and then entered the house. In the above pictured room, located in the northeast section of the house, a large sheet at plaster board

Lightning Strikes At Milford On Monday

lightning struck several places in Milford on Monday evening and Tuesday morning, however. Lady .Luck seemed to be with the town’s residents as no serious fires resulted. Besides the damage at the Stev en Baumgartner home, pictured above; lightning struck several other plac- ■ es. Utility Building According to Milford’s street and water commissioner Marion Doctor, lightning struck the utility building sometime Monday evening. The Deeters have a pressure gage install, ed in their home so they can keep a constant check on the pressure. At 2a m. Tuesday morning the pressure was down. Hr Deeter called the Northern Indiana Public Service Company at Goshen and a man was sent to check the buikhng. The cbntroi switch block on the switch box to the water pump was burned out. Parts have been ordered. Late yeitariey afternoon Mr. Deeter reported to this office that he was using his tractor to pomp water. He staled it was not be--7 cause the pomp was off hot cause he wanted to see if the tract«r would waek la the case d ai > —agency. The dvtl Defense wants portable power aad If the loom s second pump would go out the tractor could he wed. Ahras Home The home of Don Ahras on north Henry street was hit Tuesday morn-

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county general, shows a jump of SIIB,OOO, from $518,138.1% to $636,938. The' county ejection board is asking $31,484 to conduct -the forthcoming ion, an Hem nut in the previous budget, and $4,055 is asked for regtsiration of voters. Drainage Board A new item in the proposed bud-tu-wlv' invihvi .county . drainage board, set up by the. recent state legislature The board itself has "asked for $8,520 to set up shop. not knowing for sure what its expenditures will be.. It has necessitated an increas expenditures in the eoutny surveyor's of fax*. His office-. while working on $8,316 t • is asking * for $33,666 Tr - operating now with one <:• asking for three : Ceased Raise The council members will receive an increase in pay. to-$1,300 cacti ; per year. Pay has been $209 per | year and $25 per meeting, before the recent legislature increased council-} men's pay by enacting such a law j • county sher ff has asked an ■ increase in his budget of $11,215. to

was knocked out. On the outside of i the bouse bricks were knocked not. i In the living room the wall looked as if it had been hit with a hammer and plaster was blown all over. Asmall hole is sea the ceding. The firemen answered a call to the home at 6:4t,'however, no fire was fond, only n smoky smell of hat wire. Estimates have not been made. II ■ ‘ • 1

ing. There are seven holes in the family’s living room and both the: black and white and colored television sets were damaged. The holes were described as looking Hke they had been drilled in the walls and ceiling ami were about the size of golf balls. Later in the morhing fire broke out in the attic and quickly extinguished bv the Milford fire department. The fire did little damage because of its location and damages to the living room have not been estimated as yet M-J Plant Lightning also struck at The MailJournal's printing plant A heating dement on the inter-type teletype line casting machine was hit and it was necessary to secure a new part : from Fort Wayne before the machine could be used. Also damaged by the lightning was the photo-engraving machine just recently installed in the plant I , WoKemvaa Home The home of Earl Wolferman located just south of town on old state road 15 was hit on Monday night Only fuses were knocked out. Milford police officer Ralph Gaps* ert reported a tree top broke off and fell across the street at Emetine and West streets during Monday’s storm. A small tree on the front lawn of Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Snyder On south Main street was also reported as damaged by lightning.

Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL (Eat. 1907)

$49.-670., Sheriff Sam Holbrook, has asked for tiie increase to prov ide him with an unmarked police car and additional help. The county auditor's office is asking an increase of $7,770. to be used mainly for personnel wage increases and added help and supplies. k’s office *s■ asking $44. 330: the treasurer's office $42,460;

Mrs. Jack Honer Is Flower Show Winner

Mrs." Jack Honor of Dew art Lake won the award of distinction for tier art;stk- arrangement of a variety,! of flowtTs which was entered in the division featuring- mass-arrange-ments at the Svracuse-Wawasee j Garden dub’s show held August 12 ( at die Lilly building on Lake Wa- -j wasee. j Mrs Honer also won five blue , ribbons which entitle hes to the top j prize, the Mame Ltiig trophy, I ■ which is awarded to the exhibitor j | receding the greatest number of. ribbon?. i John McMeekin "of New Paris ; was awarded the tricolor award for j ms superior quality dahlia which i as entered in the borticulturej , division. . i Mrs. Honor’s award of distinction and the tricolor award were j given to the highest-scoring entries; n the divisions desolated by the j pre-arranged schedule of toe show. ; The minimum grades for these a- j wards must be at least 95, points. | judged by a settle of points arrang-. ed by the National Council of State i Garden Clubs, Inc, . 200 Guests Two hundred guests attended the show and enjoyed 223 entries which were displayed on tables cleverly decorated in the Shakesperean j theme of the show. The three judges, Mrs. George j . Hoyman. Mrs. DeFoe Eddebarger, < and Mrs. Paul Kirkpatrick, all of j Goshen, saw fit to bestow 35 blue j ribbons, 35 red. and 23. white. i Other blue-ribbon winners were: , Horticulture: Miss Irene Abts I for asters and daffodil: Mrs. Ernest Bushong for day Jtßies; Mrs. Gtiv Terwilliger of Goshen for her zinnias: Mrs. Charles McGee for Bells of Ireland: Mrs. W. E Long for her . giant marigold; Mr. John McMeek- | m. New Paris, far both large and , small * dahlias: Mrs. Frances Colei for ddphlftiam; Mrs. George Kloep- j fer for basket of vegetables, a I specimen of cosmos, and a hen and chickens bloom. Potted plant blue ribbons: Mrs. J Emma Mabie far both single and j double African violets; Mrs. Kath-, ferine -Coy for wax begonia: Mrs] Leßov Baker, Goshen, for her Trailing Hoya wax plant: Mrs. Fred Clark for fern and bougain- | vdlea, rapectivdyi -Mrs. Carl Rev-1 nolds and Mrs. Maurice Koher, a j blue rfobon each for rare specimens of potted plants. Artistic arrangements: Mrs. Jack Honer, a blue ribbon each for fresh roadside flowers, and arrangement of gladioli, an arrange- ; meat of roses, an arrangement ex- i pressing toe individual, and the a-w-ankif-distinctioo winner, a mass i arrangement of varieties; Mrs. Maurice Koher for dried roadside flowers: Mrs W E Long for the Oriental influence arrangement and a ribbon for the arrangement featuring a single bloom; Mrs. Le j Roy Baker arid Mrs. J. N Smucker, both of Goshen, for their respective * arrangements of sticks and stones plus fresh plant material and

; State Historical Series to Start j Beginning this week. The Mail-Journal will carry a series of articles under the heading “Sesquicentenniai Scrapbook.” The column will continue throughout 1966. It will contain information about Indiana’s history, culture, industry, attractions, and outstanding people. Furnished to this paper by the Indiana Sesquicentenniai Commission, the articles will be published in such form that readers may Clip them for scrapbook use. We will, from time to time, publish a great deal of information about Indiana’s 150th birthday celebration in 1966 and programs, pageants, and ceremonies which will take place throughout the state observing it We urge our readers to follow the column. “Sesquicentenniai Scrapbook,” because we believe that it will be most informative. The first article appears this week on page 4 of section 1.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1965

the county agricultural agent $43. 215; the coroner $5,050; the county assessor $24,600; the Wayne township assessor $14,540; the prosecuting-at-torney $3,035; county court house S2B. 370: county jail $7,760; service officer $4,500; the county highway maintenance ami repair fund $822,631: the county welfare fund $467,876: and the county health fund $39,330.

shells plus fresh plant material; Mrs. Frances Cole for the division featuring flowers and or fruits and vegetables; Airs. Guy Terwilliger. j Goshen, for her luncheon table setting and an arrangement featur- , ing all blue flowers. Randy Coverstone won the blue ! ribbon ’ for the artistic arrangement in the children's division from ! ages sLx-tl “In Mother's Cup; -Jan- ' ine Honer won the honor in the div ision of 12 - 18 “For Teacher’s Desk " Two-Car Accident South Os Syracuse A fwo-car accident occurred at j 8:30 pm. Tuesday on road 13 just i south of Syracuse, near Markty’s Steak House. A 1962 Plymouth Valiant, driven south by Joann Baker, 16, of LigI other, drifted left of center and sideswiped a 1962 Buick driven j north by Terrence Hoyle, 31, of f Niles, HI. ] No personal injuries were re--5 ported by investigating officer Herschel Harper. although Bonnie Stanger, 16. a passenger in the Bai ker car, was taken to the office lof a Ligonier doctor and released, j The Hoyle auto also had a -passen- ' ger whose name was unlearned. Damage to the Baker car was j SIOO and $175 to the Hoyle car. ■ Miss Baker was ticketed by ofjficer Harper. - Blood Bank To Be In Milford Aug. 27 j The Red Cross- blood bank will j be held at the Milford fire station from 12 noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, tl. . 1 During a meeting held at the Methodist church last evening ari ranaements were made for the I visit. j Residents of the area are urged jto donate to the blood bank. i AREA RESIDENTS VISIT REV. AND MRS. BAILEY | Several persons from this area [went to Hillsdale, Mkh . test Thurs- ; day to visit Rev. and Mrs J. 0. Bailey who are now living at 70 State street. They spent part of the day with the Bailevs and spent toe late afternoon and early evening horns with i Mrs. May Ward, also of Hillsdale. I Making the trip were Dr. and Mrs D. C. Thomas and Mrs. Blanch Starkey of Syracuse: Mrs. Oma Modesitt of Cromwell: Miss Blanche Erdley and Miss Hutoka Wannita DePew, both of Wolf Lake. Those from Hillsdale who joined the group for dinner were Mrs. Emma Lambright, Mrs May Ward and Miss Goldie Huith. Rev Bailey lived for a number of years at Syracuse and Wolf Lake.

MILFORD TOWN BOARD TO MEET SEPTEMBER 7 Members of the Milford town board have stated they will hold their next regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 7. The hoard meets the first Monday of every month, however, the first Monday in September is Labor Day so the meeting was moved up one night.

Syracuse C. D. Gains Eight New Members

The Syracuse Civil Defense Unit met at the fire station Thursday evening, Aug. 12 and took eight new members into the organization. Thev are Mr. and Mrs. Mike Ringler, Paul Pollock. DoUglas Chokey. Terry Rookstool. James' Todd. Ronald Robison, and Charles Lamb. The meeting was presided over bychairman Thomas Gilbert who reported the unit had received two cheeks. One was from the Up Town Businessmen's Association and the other from Q's Waco. The concession chairman,; Mrs. Thomas Gilbert, reported on the ponsession stand for the tair now underway in Syracuse and on the float being ready for Saturday's parade. Present at the meeting were the new members, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert. Mr. and Mrs Jimmie Lee Gilbert Glenn Scott, James Ritter, Robert Dean. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Knisle.y, Earl Cooper. Mrs. Floyd Schlotterback and Mrs. Georg:.. Buster. Joining the group late.were Mr. and Mi's. Charles Dean and city director Flovd Schlotterback. who had attended a fair board meeting earlier.

Boys Caught Netting Fish Must Write Essays Five juveniles were apprehended at approximately 10 30 p.m Sunday night, Aug. 8, for netting fish from toe Indiana State Fish Hatchery show- ponds. The five, ranging in age from 12 to 15 years, appeared before conservation officials Monday with their parents for an informal hearing- - , Following a stem - lecture tne five boys were each instructed to write an essay of 300 to 500 words explaining “why the -state has fish hatcheries.” “what ; kind trf fish thev stock,” “how fish are raised” and the “history of the Wawasee Fish Hatchery ” Hie essays are to be tinned over to Conservation Officer Earl Money within a period of a week to 10 days. No further action was taken at the present time. - . JO ANN KARESH TO TEACH IN MICHIGAN j « Miss Jo'Ann Karesh of Syracuse will leave Monday. Aug. 23. for Ludington. Mich. She is a graduate of Syracuse high school and gradauted last June from Indiana university Iwithaß. S degree in'.'education. Miss Karesh will teach the first grade in toe Ludington public schools. She is toe daughter of Mr and Mrs. J. M. Karesh, Wawasee Village. Syracuse. Stucky Appointed It was reported at the Saturday morning meeting of the . Lakeland Community Schools bbard of trustees that their president, James jStudsy, had been appointed Region U chairman of the Indiana School ■Boards Association. A meeting of the reigon will be held at the M and M Case at North Webster on September j 15. The speaker for toe meeting will he Dr. Aaron Lindley, director for Federal Programs State Department of Public Instruction. He will be discussing the elementary and ‘secondary school act of 1965. Dr. Lindley is on leave from Purdue university. Region II is composed of the following counties: Elkhart. St. Joseph, Marshall, Pulaski, Kosciusko, Fulton, and Starke.

IN THIS ISSUE • County Tax Rate Up 29c - page 1, sec. L • Syracuse Street Fair- page 1, sec. L • Withhold Standpipe Payment at Milford - page 8, sec. 1. • Lightning Strikes - page 1, sec. 1. • Editorials - page S, sec. 2.

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SHOW GOES ON — Syracuse ehief of police Dan Ganger, in uniform, is talking with off duty officer Oscar Dahl as they .watch rides go up

Police And Firemen's Fair In Progress At Syracuse

The Syracuse police and firemen's benefit fair got underway Monday evening and aithought it was greeted by a downpour it was a successful opening. • As soon as the rain had stopped a. tide of people began to gather to enjoy the rides and concessions. RIDES OPEN AT < FAIR SATURDAY P, M. Dan Ganger said this morning ' the rides at the police anu—fire- ] men’s street lair in uptown Syracuse would be open Saturday afternoon. beginning at 1 o'clock. 6 Again yesterday morning it rained l but that didn't dampen the spirits of £ the old and the young as many visit- t ed the fair. i Kiddies Parade Tonight Today is kiddies day at the fair! ■ Rides have been reduced to 15 cents or 8-for sl. ; The kiddie parade will begin at ,6:30 ] this evening and will feature voting- < sters' up to 12 years of age. 1 The line of manjh is from the fire t station north on Huntington street to t the stop light on Main street and. east to the library. Following the parade contests will be held foryoungsters to 14 years of age. ' Big Parade SaturdayOne of the best parades in this part of the state will start at the Liberty Coach drive-away grounds south of Syracuse at 6 p.m. Saturday . The units will go north on Hiintington street to the Main street stoplight. then turn west on Main street to the new Frazier avenue. At Frazier avenue they will go south and disband at Henry street. With more tropics and second awards being given this year the parade is drawing more entries and promises to be one of the biggest yet. The rides, operated by Luher’s Ideal Rides, are located on the two town parking lots. Tents house concessions for the local organizations and merchants. MILFORD LIONS TO WORK AT SCOUT CABIN Members of the Milford Lions dub will hold a work night at the scout cabin on Waubee Lake at 5:30 Monday evening, August 30. Homemade ice cream is to be served. Other items discussed at the Monday evening meeting, • held at the Twentieth Century Restaurant, included a report on the Boy Scout troup and the pig purchased by the club at the county fair.

Lakeland Board Takes Option On Searfoss Land

At their meeting on Saturday, August 14, members of the Lakeland Comnnarity School Corporation board of trustees were told by then* attorney, Robert Reed, of Syracuse, that he had secured an option on 30.2 acres belonging to Mrs. Bertha Mae Searfoss. The site is located between the Kern road and the Syracuse-W ebster road, just west and south of Syracuse. The board instructed Mr. Reed to secire an option on 9 acres which Mrs. Searfoss owns across the Kern road from this, property. Also to investigate the possibility of securing other property which is owned by Mrs. Searfoss which adjoins the site already under option. No other options for school grounds • are held at the present time.

which are part ot the street fair this week, being sponsored by the Syracuse Polite and Firemen’s Benefit Association.

Electrical Storm Does Damage A i Syracuse

The electrical storm which hit Syracuse Monday evening caused SI,OOO damage at one home and a number of tree limbs were blown to the streets. At approximately 730 p.m. the fire department- responded to a call at the residence of James Tarman, 607 north Huntington street, where lightning had struck the dwelling and set it afire. After extinguishing the fire the firemen went to the home of William Pipp on Front street where limbs from a tree had fallen onto electric lines. Mr: and Mrs, Pipp were not home at the time. Mrs. Pipp’s brother, Bill Betes. who is one of the firemen, obtained a key to the house and the firemen checked the wiring inside so make certain there was no fire in the house.

Prindpals To Open Offices On Monday

AH Lakeland principals will be : in their respective school offices as of Monday, Aug. 23. Pupils who have not pre-registered are urged to contact the principal of their school and register before the open- i ping date of school, September 8. Kindergarten children must be five on or before October 1, and first graders must be six on or before October 1 of this year. Milford At Milford Donn Kesler will be in the high school office from 8 to 4 daily. New students in the area are urged to call 658-4221 for an appointment to register before the opening day of school Elementary' principal Harold Young will be in his office from 9 to 12 noon and from 1 to 3 each day. ? Syracuse To avoid congestion at toe Syracuse school and to help toe students, high school principal Rob- , ert L. Stevens and guidance director Jerry Deeter will both be in the office from 8 to 12 noon and 1 till 4.30 to help those students who have not registered for various reasons. If students have moved into the school district they are asked to register as soon as pos-

The option gives the board members permission to trespass to secure borings, etc. for the purpose of. placing a building on the site. The maximum which could be paid for the ground is SI,OOO .per acre according to the option, which is good for a six month period. The board instructed Mr. Reed to draw up the contracts for the joint audio visual aid service which is being governed by the Lakeland | corporation with others using the service. Other corporations involv!ed are Tippecanoe Valley, Whitko f and Warsaw. Mr. Reed was also instructed to work with the Wa-Nee corporation attorney, and Mr. Irrsmel to draw a distinct line through Jefferson | township for school purposes, lo-

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The fair is uptown on east Main street and in the town parking lot. A Mail-Journal staff photo.

Returhing to the fire station, they were recalled to the Tarman resident where the fire had broken out ■ again. An estimated SI,OOO damage to the dwelling was reported. Mrs. Ada Zeltinger, who resides across the road from Marley’s Steak House, noticed a flame as she looked out a window on Tuesday morning. On investigating she found her living room on fire. All her electric wiring : as well as the telephone had burned out and since she could not call tl>e fire department, she began to work at trying to get the fire out herselfl ! One of her salesman, arrived and , helped and then her cousin’s hus- . band, S. F. Betes. arrived. They sue*- > ceeded in extinguishing the fire; ■ There has been no estimate given on i the damage which was extensive ip the living room.. j

sibie. > According to an annoin/eement by principal Edgar A. Speeitjrf the Syracuse elementary school the of-l fice hours will be from 8:30 a.m. to 11 30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Parents of children who have moved into the community during the summer should register these children prior to the opening of school. Report cards and. or transfer cards could he brought to the school for the registration. Parents of children who will be registered for kindergarten and first grade and who were not registered last spring should bring a birth certificate for the registration. In addition to the registration, children registering for first grade will be given a reading readiness test prior to the beginning of school. North Webster * North Webster principal Wendell Bryant reports he wrill be in his office from 8:30 to 12 and from 1 to 4. He urges all new students to register before September 8. The Leesburg principal, Charles Gamer, will also be in his office beginning Monday.

cating on a road. This matter has been postponed for three years. Arnold’s Report Business manager Don Arnold reported that all funds from the hot lunch program in tire corporation will go through his office starting this coming school year. This will give the corporation the benefit of a unified program. Contracts were signed for the hot lunch program employees. A contract was also signed for Mrs. Pearl Firestone to deem the superintendent's offices. It was reported that they are' working on the centralization and standardizing of the text book rental program throughout the cooper(Continued on page 8, sec. 1)

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