The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 44, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 December 1966 — Page 1

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VOLUME 4

Buy New Police Car — Truck

Junk Cars Topic Before Milford Town Board

Members of the Milford town board instructed their attorney to study a junk car ordinance drawn for the town sometime ago and report back *to them, following a lengthy discussion on such cars Monday evening. Appearing before the board was Arch Baumgartner who stated he was concerned, as are others, about the junk cars in Milford, He cited three specific cases of unsightly cars. Mr. Baumgartner stated it hurt his pride to go to other towns and have persons ask han about such cars in Milford. Persons driving j from Syracuse to Warsaw and traveling through Milford see such junk autos. He then asked about a junk car ordinance for the town, stating junk | cars bring down property values Board members told Mr. Baumgartner an ordinance liad been drawn, however, it hadn't been passed because of technicalities. When .asked about said technicalities they named a place to store the automo- ) biles: a fence to keep persons from stripping the autos: and some way to dispose of them, if unclaimed within the time limit Mr Baumgartner, w.th the backing of C J Myers who was attendn matter, slated the town could do one of twxi things about the cars. 1 They could do nothing about them 2 They could do something a bout them. He e<>n:inuM "a: :><■ wa san they would have “the blessing of I the townspeople' if something is. done During the discussion it was mentioned zoning would help, however. the town's plan commission ] is not operating at the present because of plans for county zoning Zoning, stated Mr Baumgartner, is a long time away and something needs to be done now! It was estimated there are from V 25 to 30 junk cars in the town of , Milford, each a potential hazard' to children who could get hurt when playing around them A volunteer campaign for clean-up was suggested, however, those present seemed to have little hoae that su.h a Campaign would work The general opinion was that property owners with junk autos jus! don’t care what their property looks like. Following this discussion Hie board Milford Firemen | Make Run At 9:45 P.M. Monday Milford firemen answered a call at 945 p.m Monday to the farm home of Henry Baumgartner, sever-! al miles west of Milford. A small milk house caught afire from an unknown cause. Philip Beer was driving past the Bauumgartner home and stopped to tell Henry his milk house was afire. Mr. Baumgartner said he had not been using the milk house, and that no electric line ran to the building. Firemen prevented the fire from spreading.

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instructed William I. Garrard to review the ordinance and to investiI gate ordinances other towns are i using. New Police Car During the evening a bid was i opened for a new police car for the ' town. C. S. Myers' bid for $2,320 was the I only one received. It was accepted following examination of said bid and i | discussions. The car will be a 1967 Ford Police Guardian and will be white 'to go with the new state police : . cars. The new car should be delivered ■ within 45 to 60 days. Purchase Truck I Board members also approved the purchase of a 1966 Intemationsal truck from Sharp Hardware. , The truck, to be used by street and water commissioner Manon Deeter, will cost the town $1,500 plus the trade-in erf the old truck. It is a don pick-up with an eightfoot bed The demonstrator will be delivered after January 1. Mr Deeter reported the Rhetama club of the high school would help ! this year with the Christmas decor- ■ at ions. He staled the greens were j ready, however. they will not be put up until the weather improves. Work has been started on the carport for the police car and town truck The roof is on and the north side should be enclosed soon. Police chief Ralph Gansert reported the old jail cells are in the Emergency Squad building and are being worked on. Chore-Time Equipment has agreed to paint ithem and then they will be installed in the town. hall. I Clerk-livasurer Edith Baumgart-, ! nor asked for additional appropriations for the remainder of the ! year, these were approved and ap- i I pear in a legal notice elsewhere in | i this issue. : Due to variations in the water i reports from the state health board. * a request is to be made for a representative of that board to meet with the town board on December 20 to explain the variations. Mr. ; Deeter was instructed to contact the state department with the board's request. Board members voted to hire WiHiam I Garrard as the town's attorney during 1967. He was present at the meeting and was taking the place of John Logue, who has joined a banking firm in Goshen. Also present at the meeting were board members Darrell Orn, Bill Speicher and Carl Duncan, clerktreasurer Baumgartner; street and Wat r commissioner Deeter; chief Gansert; officer Don Drake; Mr. Myers and Mr Baumgartner. THREE AREA MEN IX HAITI Three area men. Pat Speidier. | Dane Rarick and Otto Beer. Jr., left Friday, along with a Bluffton man 1 and others from various states, to help with work at the Oriental Missionary Compound. Cape Haitien at Haiti They expect to be gone about a month. Their work may include manual ■ labor in helping with completion of ‘ missionary homes, medical building. ; completing a water system and other uncompleted work at the church I compound. They will also be assist- | ing with evangelistic work in the j evenings and week ends.

Milford Police Report For November ■ Following is the November police ; report as released by Milford chief of police Ralph Gansert: Arrests 7 . Warnings 20 j ' Accidents 5 Parking tickets 2 Dog calls 7 Fire calls 2 Misc. complaints 23 1 The ar was driven 1.237 miles dur- ' ing the month. WMS Hold Christmas Party Thursday Evening The Women’s Missionary Society of the Milford First Brethren church held its annual Christmas party last Thursday evening in the church di-; . ning room. . Mrs. Ronald Brown presided at a short business meeting at which . time money was collected for gifts •er tiie Flora Brethren Home and a donation of money was given to buy material for leprosy bundles to be made at the next meeting. Members discussed ways to have a money making project in the near figure. Meeting was turned over to the program committee as follows: Mrs. Paul Mathews. scripture leading; Mrs. Willard Templin, group singing of Christmas songs and reading of several Christmas poems. Colored films were shown entitled “Oinstmas Through the | Ages" and "The Littlest Angel ’ Refreshments of cookies iind candies were served in tlie social room, beautifully decorated by Mrs Templin. Mrs Mathews. Mrs\ Herbert Stump and Mrs. Piomer Michad. Milford Li ons See Conservation Film Roy Zeke of the conservation department appeared at the Milford Lions club meeting Monday evening and showed a film on conservation. A short question and answer session followed. Santa During the evening's business session. Lions voted to provide Christmas treats for the Milford elemen I tary school children. I Serving as Santa and his helpers will be Marshall Estep, Leon Newman. Dr. T. A. Miller, and Jack Sharp. They will distribute the treats . at school on December 21. Guests at the regular meeting of the club were Rev. Richard Sumner, Wayne Sholtey and Steven Baumgartner 1 Milford Charity-Ettes Hold Christmas Party Milford Charity-Ettes held their ChnstiMß party Saturday evening at a North Webster restaurant with Miss Rose Rapp and Miss Carol Weisser as hostesses. Dainty gold and white candles and mmature ctoeribums and green holly graced each place at the table. A losely sated bar preceded the dinner. Following dinner, members adjourned to the home of Miss Rapp for a gtft exchange and revealing of secret pals. Attending the party in addition to the above mentioned were Evelyn Beer. Cynthia Beer. Dene Kammer er. Edna Lehman, Kathy Pfister of El It ha rt. Joan and Edith Streit matter of Rensselaer. Miss Virginia Beer was unable to attend as she is in South America. Town And Country Home Ec Chib Hold. Yule Party I The Town and Country Home ; Economics club of Milford met at the home of Mrs. Steven Baumgartner for a salad bar luncheon at 12:30 Friday with 13 members in attendance. Mrs Baumgartner was assisted by Mrs. William Martin and Mrs. Joe Gerensser. Mrs. Martin presented an interI esting article on customs on I Christmas in various countries. Several games were played with Mrs Don Davidsen winning high I and Mrs. Harold Wilson, low. A gift exchange was held and center- . I pieces of white candles and red and white mums were given as door prizes. Mrs. Martin will entertain for the next meeting on January 6.

Report Series Os Break-Ins A series of break-ins have plagued Syracuse this week and have kept local, county and state officers busy throughout the week. A 32 caliber revolver was among the items taken when McCormickCutter, Inc,, was entered early Saturday morning. Other items reported missing were an empty bank bag. a deposit book and a pen and pencil set. Entry to the building, located at the south edge of town, was gained through a broken glass door at the side of, the building some time after 2 a m. The break-in was discovered by employees as they entered the building for work Saturday morning. Two i offices had been ramsacked, but no ! other damage was reported. I The agency is owned by William Cutter and Gordon McCormick. Boat Company Entered The Sea Nymph boat company was ! entered early Monday morning and vending machines were broken into. Reports showed sl6 80 taken from a cigarette machine and sls taken. from a Coke machine. Bowl. Too Some time after closing Monday. ; the Wawasee Bowl was entered and the vending machines were broken j into. No estimation of the loss was j given. J. C. Morganthaler is owner of the Bowl. Syracuse police chief Dan Ganger and officers Orville Xander Reyden and Dale Sparklin are assisting Julian Echterling and Sgt. Don Moody of the jrfate police w.th the investiga tion. 1967 Plates Go On Sale January 3 license plates for 1967 go on sale January 3. All reserved plates must be paid for bv December 21. They will not be held after that date says Syracuse branch manager Mary K. Ganshom. Office hours are 8:30 to 4:30 and closed all day Thursday. Tiie first six plates will be sold to ( ' the Turkey Creek township DemoI crat precmct committeemen. Wednesday Afternoon Club Meets With Mrs. Rapp The Syracuse Wednesday afternoon chib met in the home of Mrs. Joe Rapp on November 30. Mrs. William T. Jones, Jr, president. introduced her guest, Mrs. William T. Jones of Franklin, and welcomed the 20 members present. The salute to the flag was followed bv the dub collect. 'Responses to roll call were on “Craft” and revealed a great talent and potentialities among the mem- , bers. i The president appointed a nomaj nating committee consisting of Mrs. Robert Searfoss. Mrs Paul O. Warner and Mrs. Fred Clark. Mrs. O. T. Stoelting reported for her committee with the blind; Mrs. Warner for the federation and club women; Mrs. James Kirkwood for the flower fund: and Mrs. Richard ’ Hey de, county president, gave her 1 report. ' The meeting was turned over to Mrs Ray T. Jones who presented a progran on crafts for Christmas Mrs. Rapp gave a short history of the origin of the first dasses and * the forming of the first Arts and Crafts club She named the charter , members and told of the growth of ' the dub down through the many I vears. ’ Mrs. Rapp's home was appointed ‘ with various achievements of the craft dub Mrs. Arnold A. Pfingst dteplaved a large number of craft items.' fashioned by generations in the past, some articles ranged from 100 to 300 years oM. She passed around dozens of craft artides made in recent years by the members explained the patterns and I the making of sex eral of the lessons. After the Mizpah benediction, the hostess served refreshments and a social period followed. The next meeting will be the Christmas party in the home of Mrs. Eugene Yoder on Wednesday, Dec. 14. Officers To Be Sworn In Friday, December 30 Three new county office holders will be sworn into office at 2 pjn. Friday, Dec. 30, it was learned this week. I Carl Zimmer, who was re-elected county assessor, will be sworn in. along with Mazie Alexander, new recorder, and Harvey Anglin, commissioner from the southern district.

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PLAN 'BELL WALK' — Women of | the Syracuse-Wawasee Garden dub met last night at the home of Mrs. R. C. Tytler to plan their “Christmas Bell Walk", to be held from 2 to 5 : p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10.

Purdue Wants Fish Hatchery Site For Biological Experimental Station

Purdue University has become interested in the acquisition of the valuable land on Lake Wawasee, now being used as a fish hatchery by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

Purpose of their acquisition: The establishment* of a biological field station for the university. They would use the land much as Richland college has made use of their biological field station on Dewart Lake. Bathing Beach The state had under consideration converting the valuable land into a public recreation area until Purdue university, at the insistance of the Lake Wawasee Property Owners’ Association. entered the field and requested the land for its biological research center. Jack C. Vanderford, secretary of the property owners, has informed Dr. A. A. Lindsey, professor of biology at Purdue, that many propertyowners are much opposed to the establishment of an area recreation center on the lake. He wrote. "The summer recreational facilities provided by the lake are severely overtaxed now without the addition of the installation being considered by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Vanderford urged Lindsey to press the Department of Natural Resources to press to take over the entire property. Purdue officials have been conferring with members of the slate department. They were told planning was already well underway for the bathing beach when the department first learned of the university’s proposal. They were told, however, that further work on plans had been delayed until the decision between the tw'o ideas will be reached. South American Slides To Be Presented Sunday The Young Peoples Missions Band of the Zion Chapel church ! near Syracuse w ill present Dr. ; Norris H. Lovan next Sunday eve[ning at 7:30. I Dr. Loven is a dentist from j FHthart. He will present his sbdes of the trip he took to the jungles of Peru. South America. He spent a subhoh- there serving the missionaries of the area. The voung people of Zion Chapel extend’ an mutation for all to attend. Graduate Class Os Saint Francis To Present Concert The graduate music class of the Saint Francis coDege, Fort Wayne, will present a concert of Christmas moxir in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Concepcion at Fort Wayne, Sunday evening, Dec. 11, at 8 pm. The 70-voice chorus under the direction of John Yamkman will include several area members. These are Mrs. Arthur GaU, Mil- ! ford; Mrs. Dennis Beach, Syracuse elementary- teacher; Paul Royer and Mrs. Edna Pebbles, both of North Webster.

The “walk” will include visitations at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Noble C. Blocker. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bushong, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clingaman. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Tytler. and Miss Priscilla Rhode.

Stover Hire Elected To Hall Os Fame Stover Hire of Syracuse, outboard speedboat enthusiast and national champion, was again dected to the marine racing Hall of Fame, he learned last week. Word came via a telegram from F. G. Wagner of the Golf Oil Corp., Houston, Texas. He was dected to the Hall of Fame in 1964. He said this week he and his father. Millard Hine, will go to New York City where an award breakfast wiH be held at the Essex House on January 14, 1967. Hire was national winner of the stock outboard racing, class B runabout. at Pnneville, Oregon, in August. Adult Farm Class Begins Monday The first of the winter series of Adult farm meetings will be presented in the Milford high school vo. ag. room on Monday. Jim Whitmore of a hog market at Kouts will be the guest speaker. His topic will be the “Future’s Hog Market” and he will speak on all phases of hog futures, buying and selling. Mr. Whitmore is very experienced in the futures market and his slides, talk, and printed materials are quite informative to anyone w’ho is interested in the futures market or the future trends of farming. The second of the series of meetings wiU be an outlook meeting presented by Kosciusko county agent Don Frantz on December 14 in the Syracuse vo. ag. room. It is an exchange meeting with the Syracuse group. Mr. Frantz will have an interesting and informative talk for ail persons associated with the big business of agriculture. The complete schedule of meetings follows with any changes to be announced in this paper: Dec. 12—hog futures, Milford ag room Dec. 14—outlook. Syracuse Dec. 19—herbicides and pesticiden, Milford Jan. 2—tour of Chore—Time Jan. 9—hog production and selection, Milford Jan. 16—fertilizer and selection, Milford Jan. 23—fertilizer and fertilizing, Milford Jan. 30—soils mapping and conservation. Milford Feb. 6—tentative: futures in grain, MHford. Feb. 13—cattle and livestock feeding, Milford.

Seated from left are Mrs. Harold Humble, Mrs. R. C. Tytler, vice president, Mrs. Ralph Clingaman, secretary, Mrs. Maurice Koher, president. Mrs. John Sudlow, treasurer. Back row: Mrs. J. B. Ridgeway,

Why Not Both? (An Editorial) The general public is totally unaware that the state of Indiana has decided to close the fish hatchery on Lake Wawasee. and had plans to convert the valuable land into a public bathing area. Such an area is greatly needed on Lake Wawasee, the largest natural lake in Indiana. However, the powerful voice of Jack Vanderford and his Lake Wawasee Property Owners’ Association have entered the picture and have urged the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to change its plans. They want the land given to Purdue University for a biological experimental station! We can hardly believe this! With Kosciusko County’s population to grow 20,000 in the next 20 years, this land most certainly should be made into a public recreation area. How else can one attract the public to our area ? Lake Wawasee now is without sufficient public recreation area for bathers. Rather, valuable land has been purchased and fenced off to keep the public out! A closed corporation like the Wawasee Property Owners’ Association wishes the lake to be exclusive which will do nothing but stifle the growth of our fine resort area. Who then is to speak up for the general public? This is the role we are taking for ourselves in this editorial. Why can’t we have both the public bathing area and the biological experimental station? Purdue can have the fish hatchery’ building and its lands across the street from the valuable lake frontage. But let the lake front to the public. Please! The argument of Vanderford and his group is that bathers pollute the water. Hog wash! Everyone knows lake property owners dump sewage into the lake, thus raising the bacteria count. And yet the lake owners have reached dead center in their efforts to get a conservancy district established. Let’s not take this out on the general public. Let’s move ahead. Let’s give Purdue its building and land. Let’s let the public have the lake frontage for a public recreation area. Then let’s get the conservancy district off dead center. A local organization — or several of them — should take up the cudgel on this important issue. And if they don’t, they aren’t as interested in the growth of the lake resort area as they pretend.

DENTAL EXAMS AT MILFORD Students in the eighth and 11th grades at Milford high school were given regular dental check-ups on Monday by Dr. H. C. Snyder, Students in these grade levels are given a check-up each year.

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Mrs. Marley Evans, Mrs. William Brammer, Mrs. Marie Schrader, Mrs. George Kloepfer, Mrs. Nelson Miles. Mrs. John Craw, Mrs. Herschel Leatherman. Mrs. Fred Johnson, Mrs. Frank Putt and Mrs. Gale Chapman, a guest.

Carry-In Dinner At Court House, Friday, Dec. 30 A carry-in dinner will be held at the county court house in Warsaw frorr* 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, honoring outgoing and incoming county officers.

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