The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 51, Milford, Kosciusko County, 26 January 1966 — Page 8

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CATV Franchise - (Continued from Page 1) from attending the meeting before the committee at which Valley Cablevision presented its application. This charge was first denied by United Transmissions counsel John Widaman but later admitted by him when the charges were confirmed by South Bend Tribune reporter Sue Brennan. Fact vs. Fiction The memorandum which was hand delivered to the Warsaw mayor and his committee members was a fiction vs. fact sheet with six parts as prepared by Valley Cablevision counsel Philip Harris. It said a deliberate effort had been made to prevent the public from knowing the true facts and respecting merits concerning both applicants, and that V alley .Cablevision had not been given an equal and fan opportunity to present the merits of its application. It also set out — • United Transmissions is not a “local" concern. • United is not ready and cannot legally enter into a CATV franchise agreement with t|ie city of Warsaw, • United does, not have the necessary personnel, facilities, experience and know-how nor means for providing CATV programing services comparable to that proposed by Valley, • Regardless of who is granted a franchise, no additional poles or lines will be required, and • United will not provide services at a lesser rate and it has not even agreed to provide the services at an equal rote. Now The Questions If the reader is not no* thoroughly confused as to charges and counter-charges at the last Monday night Warsaw city council meeting, he should be. Wmie the Warsaw city franchise is not necessarily monopolistic in nature..’it could amount to the s;ime. if a second CATV company would not set up shop in Warsaw when the city Savors aivdhei. It boils down to which com party can sene the public interest best. This can duly be learned by a thorough public hearing. These questions should be answered: 1 Why-the rush at this early stage to grant a CATV franchise to any company? 2. Why isn’t the public permitted to be informed on this matter’: , ' 3. What is the reason for circumventing the legal j-equirements for notices and hearings ? 4. Should not the issue be what is in the best interest of the citizens of Warsaw, which can best sen e the people? • • 5. Why should there be any issue as to who is “local”? and 6. Should not this be a’matter of competitive free enterprise? Should Be Answered These questions and nfore should be answered. The citizens of Warsaw — and for that matter residents of the entire county — s hould i .Joe Johnson and the several members of his with a deluge of phone calls, letters and on-the-stree queries about this important matter. The time to ask the questions is now — not after this important franchise is granted and Kosciusko county finds itself saddled with less than the best in community antenna television. The press for a delay in granting this franchise is urgent andl the need for a public hearing is pariJnount to the best interests of the citizens of Warsaw and Kosciusko county.

' NIPSCO HAS GREATEST NATURAL GASSEND-OUT The greatest firm natural gas send-out in Northern Indiana Public Senice Company history was recorded in the 2f hour period ending at 12 00 noon. Tuesday. January 18. as temperatures averaged between 4 and 15 degrees across NIPSCo s 12,000 square mile senice area. Gas distribution rose to approximately 680 million cubic feet tor the three NIPSCo systems - northwest. Fort Wayne and LaGrange. Jerome M. Pickford, NIPSCo manager of gas operations, said the pea* was met with flow gas from five regular pipeline suppliers and gas stored in the company’s underground storage areas Pickford noted new gas peaks are almost always set during weekdays when gas is used for bomehraWand industrial plants are operating.,. He pointed out the last such record — 656 million cubic feet — was set in the winter of 1965 from a noon Thursday to Friday P®** 1 when temperatures averaged 1 degree above zero. New system peaks recorded dunng the present cold snap million cubic feet for % system. 98.5 million for Fort Wayne and 2.5 million for LaGrange. Newcomer* Chib Discusses Membership During the business session of the Syracuse Newcomers aub last Wednesday. Mrs. Gerald Schaeffer led a discussion on membership. During the diSCU2 ££ Schaeffer said it was difficult for the organisation to know when new people move into the community unless members are notified. Mrs. Edgar was assisted by Mrs. Charles Plummer in entertaining the dub members. Door ptum were awarded to Mrs. Albert Bauer and Mbs. Donna Hostetler. Indoor golf was played with to Mrs. Bauer and Mrs. Blanche Ditdiett. The next meeting will be Wed ‘ nesday evening. Feb. 16, at the B»En restaurant Mrs. Jean Rogers and Mrs. Edward Hogan will be thebMtMMK. ■ '

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Arsonist Sentenced To 1 To 10 Years Calvin Frederick Ervin, 22, Leesburg, who admitted starting fire at the Leesburg Lumber Company on November 8, was sentenced to a one to 10 year term at the Indiana state reformatory last Wednesday. The sentence was passed by Kos ciusko circuit judge Gene B. Lee When questioned he could give no reason for setting the fire — the second at the lumber company in a short period of time. Ervin, a former mental hospital patient, is to be helped by a psychiatrist white at the reformatory.

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taiziNMo Wheel The Jackets finally broke the ice! They finally broke their almostf anions (?) losing streak. The luckless Cromwell five had to be the victims, but it just about wasn't < so. With Cromwell at one time taking a third-quarter lead and hard pressing the Jackets in the third and final quarter, one could never be sure. But Jacket fans responded in great spirit. A huge bonfire at the rear of the building marked the victory. A number of fans, smelling victory Friday afternoon, had Liberty Coach employees bring some scrap lumber to the bonfire sight, so all was in readiness for the celebration. i No one speculated on what would have happened, had the Jackets not won. One fan. fresh from the Syracuse cheering block and in a rush to get to the bonfire site, ran down the hall swirlin’ her coat. She slipped on some spilled coke, but looked up undismayed and said. “Well, one has to get down here some way!” On leaving the gym Jacket supporter and pundit Dale Butt said, “Let’s see: what is the state record for consecutive loses? Isn’t it 44? Now we just have to start all over again!” ♦ • 0. Conservation officer Earl Money is proud of a newspaper article about his great-grandfather, David Money. iThe article tells about Money being an early settler in Noble county, a county commissioner and staunch Democrat. Ask Earl to show it to you. Hats off to the North Webster Jaycees. This year that group ranks third among similar Indiana groups on a merit system set up to give credit to units for civic projects. The Webster Jaycees were formed October 1964 and last Thursday night held their second Bosses’ Night where they honored three local residents for outstanding service. • • • Syracuse saw the passing of one of its finest citizens Friday with the death of George Lamm. * Mr. Lamm was a former Turkey Creek township trustee, a businessman. and a real estate developer and promoter. He did well whatever he did. His association with Roscoe Howard was a very good thing for Syracuse and Turkey Creek township, for these two men, of opposite political faith, but a finer team wasn’t to he found, were responsible for the development of Wawasee Village. What Mr. Lamm did for this area will live for many years. ♦ • ♦ Circuit court judge Gene B. Lee has an interest in the newly formed Kosciusko County Historical Society. He has plans for the society to use the spacious hallways of the second floor of the court house building to display memorabilia, until a permanent building can be secured. The old jury room, just west of the court room, has been made into a men’s lounge room, and judge Lee has plans of getting photos of county attorneys, members of the county bar association, past and present, to hang on the four walls of that room. A fine idea. • • • Two-term surveyor George Nye was pleasantly surprised Friday when Members of the county auditor's office honored him with homemade ice cream and cake, marking his 77th birthday. j Hazel Hannon and her husband got up at midnight to make the ice cream, then “snuck” it through the

W J HOMEMAKER OF TOMORROW—| Beth Hoover has been named the Homemaker of Tomorrow at high school. She is a senior and the daugh er of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hoo-er | of near Milford. Beth’s test paper will be entered in the state contest of the Betty Crocker sponsored quiz. Miss Hoover, a member of MB-, ford’s Rekamemoh club, receive* a pin and a letter from the company. back of the court house to surprise Nye. Nye, now secretary of the drainage board, was wet eyed when he tried to thank the small group present. One sometimes wonders who reads legal notices in newspapers. Noble Blocker said a final publication of all tax rates, which appeared in another newspaper, had i several t<gal figures mixed up. He said the treasurer's office got a number of calls about the matter. Lewis (called Looie' Hare, former owner of the Turf Bar in Milford. has purchased the Blue Shiigle south of Syracuse from Dick and Kate Gardner, and has changed the name to Lewie’s Bar & Grill. When he laid out an ad (which appears elsewhere in this issue) he didn't know how to describe its location. His brother Bill pipe*! up with, "That’s simple. Just say it’s next to the Frog!” When Tom and Nancy Prickett cere in Chicago Monday looking over »ew merchandise. Nancy Pratt was ninding the store. She made an at- t ractive addition, is a sister to Jack ; Mfrey. Incidentally, the Pricketts are ]

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so thrilled at seeing their Jackets win Friday night, they plan to host them to a steak dinner. , * • • This column was told an item last j veek about a misspelling in the < bckwick Theater’s marquee had the armarks of downgrading the local heater. ■ Nothing of the kind, but a number of people did notice it. Actually. Leon Vance has upgraded 'he show. He’s put the lid on rowdyism and has been trying to bring better shows to the community. ♦ * • A test on current events in a local civics class asked questions about “Peyton Place” characters. So a class member told her mother. ' Instead of that, the class should make a half hour with Huntley and Brinkley or Walter Cronkite a required assignment. ♦ ♦ • Bill Brammer is a stickler for 1 old-fashioned Americanism, and it , rankled him when members of the ball team were not on the floor with hand over heart as the audience sang the national anthem. So, he spoke to the principal about it. And what happened? The team was on the floor Friday night. i“And you see what happened,’’ Bill intoned, “we won a game.”' • * • Rev. Auugst Lundquist and Rev. Richard Sumner plan to meet with Warsaw Episcopalian minister Rev. Gerald H. McGovern to study ecumenicity for this area. We’re not exactly sure what they’re going to study, but that’s what they skid. i CAR HITS POST NEAR MILFORD A car driven by Claude J. Swartzendruber, 35, r 4 Goshen, raij off the road near Milford Tuesday, Jan. 18, and hit a fence on the Herman Milter farm. Mr. Swartzendruber told investigating officer Ralph Gansert of the Milford police department he was driving south on county road 300 west and while looking for a card on the front seat he drove off the right side of the road and hit the fence post. Damage to Swartzendruber’s 1965 Pontiac .was estimated at SSOO to the front end, right side and top. It was towed to the Texaco station at Milford. An estimated $25 in damages was set on the 20 feet of fence and post on the Miller property.

Mr. And Mrs. Henry Hasse ™ Celebrate Anniversary cl The 25th wedding anniversary of 23 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hasse, r 3 Ik Syracuse, was observed Sunday ai

5/§o thousand miles. Plymouth gives you what Ford and Chevy don’t. A 5-year/50,000-mile warranty* on the parts that keep you going. And that’s protection that lasts long after other warranties have quit. ♦ Here’s how Plymouth’s 5-year/50,000-mile engine and drive train warranty P r,,te '* s Chrysler Corporation confidently warrants all of the following vital parts of its 1966 cars for 5 years or 50.000 miles, whichever comes first, during which time any such parts that prove defective in material and woikmanship will be t eplaced or repaired at a Chrysler Motors Corporation Authorized Dealer’s place of business without charge for such parts or labor: engine block, head and internal parts, intake manifold, water pump, transmission case and internal parts (excepting manual clutch), torque converter, drive shaft universsd joints, rear axle and differential and rear wheel bearings. « e 9 u ' red m ®'" "a every following maintenance services are required under the warranty-change engine oil every 3 monthsor 4,000 miles, whichever comes first; replace oil filter every second oil change, clean carburetor air filter every 6 months and replace it every 2 years; and ® ver \ 6 ‘ ■ furnish evidence of this required' service to a Chrysler Motors Corporation Authorized Dealer and request him to certify receipt of such evidence and your car s mileage, simple enough for such important protection. -T— — . PAA Let yourself g0...t0 your Plymouth Dealer’s X MnNOMZtO PUTMOUTH DEALERS CHRYSLER V. Herons csrtoramn LAKELAND MOTORS 401 South Huntington St. Syracuse, Ind.

chen they were guests of their hildren at a family dinner. The couple was married January 3, 1941, in the St. Barbara’s Cathoic church at Massillon, Ohio. They ire the parents of seven children,

Spec 4 William Hasse, stationed wiu: ne U. S. Army in Viet Nam, Robert and Paul, both of r 3 Syracuse, Janet, James, Donald and Steve, ail at home. They alst have three grandchildren.