The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 27, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 August 1967 — Page 1

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VOLUME 5

Waste Stabilization Pond Studied By Milford Board

The possibility of using a waste stabilization pend (lagoon* as a sewage treatment facility for the town of Ahl ford was discussed Monday even ng by members of the board. Board members accepted bids on July 13 for a sewage treatment plant but returned the only bid since it exceeded engineer's estimates by a considerable sum. The bid received was from Peterson Construction Company of Aurora. Hl., and offered a total figure of $325,000 with all work to be done in 3K5 day’s It was the only bid received out of 40 letters sent to contractors. Ralph Shelburn of the U. S. Department of Agriculture suggested to board members at the July meeting to consider a lagoon type system to reduce cost. Mr. Shdbum stated that due to the high bids, the i cost to th ■ people of Milford would be too high. The bid of Cowles. Inc., Elkhart, for sewers and force mains was listed at $235,341.22 with $7,500 being covered by federal grand and the balance being $227,741.22. Baxter and Woodman, civil and sanitary engineers for the town, were instructed to contact the company to see about extending their bid. A letter was received on August 1. giving an extension of 90 (fays. During the past weeks Milford board members and Baxter and Woodman representatives have viewed cites near the town which can be used for a lagoon type system A boon must be at least one half mile from the nearest home. Board members approached Ralph Miller and Fred Schori about purchasing sections of their farms to locate a lagoon on. Both were given time to consider the transaction. The farms are northwest of the town. Mr. Miller reported to board member Darrell Om he would give a right-of-way across two fields and seven acres of land for SI,OOO per acre. He stated he had already been approached to sell lots off his arm and if a ligoon were placed on the property it would hurt the sale of the lots. He did. however, leave the door open to talk terms. Fr.xl Schori has a 40 acre farm in the area of which the board considered purchasing 20 acres of lowland. The landowner stated he .would prefer to sell the entire 40; acres at SSOO per acre. If. however. ‘ the board wished to purchase the h»w land alone, he would sell it for. S7OO an acre. Mr. Schori feels the 40 acres together would be easier to sell than 20 acres alone Board president Vari Duncan asked which would be the best and the cheapest in the long run. It was; suggested the engineers be contacted for an opinion Attorney William I. Gerrard was instructed to call Baxter and Woodman to see when they could send representatives to Milford to discuss the lagoon. Board members also agreed other property near town could be considered for the placement of a lagoon. Estimates received from the engineers showed a cost of $230,562 on the project. Dog Taxes Police chief Ralph Gansert and clerk treasurer Edith Baiangartner questioned board members and attorney Gerrard about wbat should be done with persons who haven't: (Oantinued on page 2)

Hope All But Gone In Search For Jerry Clark Atop Mt McKinley

Hope of finding Jerry Clark. 31. formerly of Syracuse and his illfated mountain rtonhmg companions alive, is afl but gone. dark b the son of Mrs. FTOd Clark of Syracuse and the late Dr. Clark. It is feared the party of seven

Round-Up Days To Be Held Again At North Webster August 10,11 And 12

The time has come for a large crowd to arrive in North Webster as once again the merchants are' displaying many of their wares in side-walk selling during Round-Up days. Round-Up days will be Thursday. Friday and Saturday. Aug 10. 11 and 12. There wiß be free balloons and favors and lots of fun io addition to many specially priced bargains. Side-walk selling will be observed in the Midlakes Shopping Center as well as in the town of North Webster. Aside from the Mermaid Festival in June each year, this is the second:

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

Music Program At Syracuse Tonight!

During the past eight weeks of| It will be held in the cafeteria. The summer, approximately 112 Stu- performance will last approximatedents participated in summer mus- ly one and one-half hours, ic lessons at Syracuse school. Following the performance, all In order that parents and other are invited to remain in the case- ! interested persons may hear the [ teria for refreshments. This will results of the eight week period, the give the members of the music staff I director of band and choir of the the opportunity to become aquaintSyracuse high school. William E. ;ed with parents and other music : Crowder has scheduled a public I supporters. ! performance on August 9, at 8 p.m. i

Wawasee High On Schedule

Wawasee hisi school is presently on schedule according to a statement made by Bart Wade of Maurer. Inc . in his progress report Tuesday evening. Wado was reporting to members of the Lakeland school board at their regular August meeting. He continued the footings were 76 per cwit completed and the concrete 75 per cent with the only thing not started being the swimming pod. The underground electrical work has been done and workers should start grad ng the football field next week. As soon as the electrical work is completed the floor of the administrative building can be poured. An average of 42 men per day are working on the building. , Open B uis Bids were opened during the evening for group medical insurance. Bids were received from Horrace Mann; Aetna Ins Co: Banker's Life: Blue Cross Blue Shield; Mutual Securities Life Insurance Co.;

Hearing Os Conservancy District To Be Aug. 28

A hearing to establish the Turkey Creek Conservancy District will be hdd at 9:30 a.m. on Monday. Aug. 38. The hearing, scheduled for Monday, July 31, at 1 p.m. was continued by judge Gene B. Lee who stated those who had not signed the petition and wished to do so cmid sign and those objecting to the conservancy district in the fourlake area could state thetr objections in writing. The hearing was orginally held to permit the circuit court to determine whether or not the petition bears the necessary number of signatures and complies with the requirements of the law as to form and content The conservancy district, as proposed. wifi have the fallowing purposes 1. Flood prevention and control

will remain entombed forever in the ice and snow of ML McKinley in .Alaska. Rangers in the area believe the men were probably killed by vicious winds which reached ISO nnies per hour and have all but brought the search to an end. On July 18 the climbing party

Largest attraction the resort town offers. The Webster Lake Conservation started holding Round-Up days eight years ago and the event has gained in popularity each year. The association also sponsors a fisb fry held in the shopping center. j Many North Webster merchants have ads in this issue of The Pierceton Press and others who have no merchandise to sell during these days, lend their support to those who have in promoting the annual I evenL

’lMutual of Omaha: Washington National: and Farm Bureau. All bids were taken under advisement Elementary co-ordinator Edgar A. Speer reported the Syracuse Elementary Parent-Teachers Association had held its organizational executive board meeting and would l.ke the board members, to appear at the February 20 meeting. Board members accepted the invitation. Mr. Speer also reported needing three additional elementary’ teachers —two primary and one intermediate. The board voted to send bus driver Ralph Neff of Milford a letter of appreciation. Mr. Neff will begin his 4Rth year as a school bus driver this fall Present at the meeting were Jerry’ L. Heivey, Floyd Baker, Dr. Robert Craig and Charles H. Purdum. Jr., board members; Mr. Speer; business manager Marion lantz. Mr Wade: and superintendent Don H. Arnold.

2. Improving drainage 3. Providing water supply including treatment and distribution for domestic, industrial and public use 4. Provide for the collection and treatment and disposal of sewage and other liquid waste produced in the district The district is in the township and does not include within its boundaries any incorporated areas. A map of the area to be included within the district may be seen at the following places: the office of the clerk of the Kosciusko circuit court in Warsaw; the Syracuse town hall; and the State Bank of Syracuse. Nelson G. Grills is attorney’ for the petitioners. Helpful criticism could be fine medicine for us if we <hdn’t find it so bitter to swallow.

reached the 30.270 foot top of the south sloap of the mounta.n. They radioed they were on their way down — this was their last message. Three bodies have been found, however, none have been brought down from the mountain as it is beheved it would be too dangerous for the rescuers to reach them. Clark was the 1963 valedictorian of Syracuse high school who received both his bachelors and master’s degrees from Purdue university. In 1961 and 1963, he went on government expeditions with a group from Wisconsin university to study the depth and movement of glaciers. He returned to Purdue to work on his dnrtorata* but left to accept a government grant to the University of Oregon. After attending the university he accepted a job with a newly formed firm at Eugene, Oreg., working to design a machine to be used for clinical psychology. He is survived by a brother. Dr. Jack Clark of Syracuse; and a sister. Mrs. Richard (Nancy) Strong, of Milwaukee, Wis. x

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High Wind Storm Hits Syracuse One of the worst wind storms in several years hit Syracuse at 9:20 Thursday night. Seconds after the i storm hit. 50 per cent of the area * homes were without electricity. NIPSCo had a man on duty in the uptown office receiving calls of ; power failure and lines down. The fire department also received calls ■of lines down, where there was danger of fires. The NIPSCo line crew worked throughout the night repairing lines. The United States Weather Bureau had earlier issued a storm warning for Kosciusko county to last until 10:30 p.m. Leaves and small branches were in yards and Streets and a number of limbs were blown down. On Frii day the street department workers were busy cutting and hauling limbs. The damages caused by the ■ power failure was not estimated but ’ would be in the thousands of d(A---i ars - | Wind Storm Hits Milford Thursday A wind storm hit the Milford area on Thursday night about 9.30. The street lights were out ail over town from 9:30 until 1:® Friday morning. The city water pumps were out and town officials kepi a watchful eye on them. Augsburger's IGA, Baumgartner's Standard Station, Barth's. Martin’s, and the fire station were included in the many private homes that were without electricity during the evening. Reports of severe storms and near-by tornados had the commun- I ity at the watchfid state, even i though none was cited in the county. Milford received only a few silvers through the star-studded. sky while ail around the area heavy rains fell. The high winds did, howvver. bring cooler temperatures. Only one tree was reported down I in the city limits. It fell between two houses on Section street between road 15 and West street. July Police Report Released i At Milford The July police report for the town of Milford has been released as follows by chief of police Ralph Gans- \ art: Arrests 12 | Warnings 7 i Accidents 4 . Parking tickets ,5 i Breaking and Entry- 1 j Theft 4 j Assault and Battery 1 Dog calls 20 Fire calls -1 Misc. Comp 55 Damon Casey Is Station Master At Syracuse “Syracuse is a clean little town. ’ It’s neat and that’s the way I like to keep the depot. It’ll look better here when I get the weeds mows ■ ed.” The speaker was Damon Casey, . station master at the Syracuse < Baltimore and Ohio depot. Although | only 33 years old, Casey has been workmg for the railroad for 16 years. And he believes in keeping a . depot neat and clean. “In February I started leaving | all the lights on at ter f<r the folks at night,” Casey; said. Before he started his night- : light policy, lights were turned <m by timers. Casey keeps all the trash picked , up outside amd the inside of the depot is spotless. Every few mouths he types a new schedule sheet and replaces the old one on the window i of the door. “The schedule doesn't change.” he said, “but after a while | the old schedule gets a little dog-! eared.” Casey commutes from Garrett, ■ where he lives with his wife and two < sons. Presently he works five days. a week from 7 a m. to 3 p.m. In the ' winter Casey will work from 8 a.m. | to 4 p.m. Once in Syracuse, he di-1 vides his time between the depot, j Leland junction (west of Syracuse where the spur goes to the gravel, pit), and Milford junction. According to Casey. “30 to 30 par-: sons use the tram each week.” The number is slightly higher in the summer due to students at SmithWalbridge camp. Assisting Casey in his job are Roy Hewitt, Kimmel, the section foreman, and Larrv Messner, Nappanee, Hewitt’s assistant.

WEIMESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1967

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CUT FAIR RIBBON — Cutting the I ribbon to officially open the 51st Kosciusko county free fair Monday night at the fairgrounds at Warsaw was fair association president William Orr and the beauties who are competing

Up $1.39 From Current Budget Lakeland School Budget Asks Levy Os $ 5 lB Per S IOO

Lakeland school corporation taxpayers will be asked to cough up an additional 51.39 per SIOO of taxable valuation, providing the proposed school budget as published in this issue of The Mail-Journal, is passed by the county and state tax commissions.

The new tax rate for the 1968 calendar year, as ad'ertised, is §5.18, as compared with the current rate of $3.79. The new rate is as follows: $4.34 in the general fund (special and tuition*, 26 cents in the debt service fund, and 58 cents in the cumulative building fund. $1,830,006 Budget The Lakeland school board af> proved the proposed budget at a special meeting last Tuesday, Aug. 1. The new rate will raise $1,830.006, this figure representing an increase in operating costs of $435,151. There is an anticipated increase of 101 pupils for the 1967-68 school year, a normal increase. In presenting the budget, the Lakeland school administration made this statement: “Facilities and materials needed to provide for these youngsters, and the upgrading of the curriculum and a better pupil-teacher ration help to contribute to die increase.” Accounting changes made by the state legislature this year make comparisons more difficult as all funds — special, tuition, recreation, etc., are to be lumped into a general fund and all payment of debts into a debt service fund — the third fund is the cumulative building fund which remains the same. One fact is most apparant ; however, there will be a substantial : increase in the present rate of $3.79 for school purposes (including the , county wide school tax of 38 cents*. 1 Several factors are presently operating which will affect the school ■ tax rate. Many of these factors have been mandated by state and federal law. Teacher Salary Increase The most influential of these new laws so far as tax rates are concerned — is the state minimum salary schedule for teachers. This provides for pay increases of up to SB4O at the bachelor's degree level, and up to SI,OOO at the master's degree level. These amounts are to be completely effective January 1. 1968, and account for about 37 cents of the tax increase. The increasing school population and the addition of 14 rooms to improve pupil teacher ratios and get children “back to school” and out of rented quarters necessitates additional funds. There were 20 rooms last year with 30 or more pupils in grades one through six. Tins increase in enrollment plus the providing of more rooms and two classes in special education necessitated an additional 16 teachers which cost $111,610 and 34 cents on the rate. The county-wide school tax has also been ’abolished necessitating that it be included in the local school rate. While this appears to be a 25 cent increase, it is actually a transfer to the school rate from the county rate where it was formerly carried. The establishment of a debt service fund to pay off present bonds and coupons (both civil and school

for the title “Fair Queen — 1967.” A deluge of much-needed rain caused fair officials to postpone the ribbon cutting for a few moments. From left are Janet Starner. “Miss Claypool;” Susan Thompson. “Miss

building) and the provision for the first payment on the new hi.’h school in January’ of 1969 has occasioned a 26 cent tax rate in this fund. To more than off-set this, however, the school board has agreed to lower the present cumulative building fund rate 42 cents to a total of 58 cents. This enables the board to keep its promise to not increase taxes to build the new high school building. Private financing at a rate of approximately 4& per cent has saved almost $150,000 over the 15-year per period, as against a > probable five per cent general obligation bond rate. Other Items Up Other items have been included which increase the budget. They | are; social security to cover bus drivers who now must be considered as employees covered by social security. This costs about two cents on the tax rate; an increase in clerical help and clerical salaries - one cent; a curriculum study for the secondary school program at two cents and an amount to cover part of the furniture and equipment for the new Wawasee high school at about 30 cents are for the one year only. (“It was felt that it was better to buy this furniture and equipment from this year’s budget : than to borrow the r. ney and pay interest over a period of years,” the administration commented.) This will be reduced at the time ; of the advertising of the county rates in December by the operation of the “State Property Tax Relief Fund” which was provided for by the last session of the state legislature. This money comes from monies collected in this county by the general sales tax and the adjusted gross income tax. Should any conditions arise between advertising time of the budget and the final local budget bearing on August 31, which would change the tax picture appreciably, appropriate action will be taken at the hearing which will be held at the administrative office of the school system on August 31, at 7:30 p.m.. the administration stated. ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL Glen Price of Milford was admitted to the Goshen hospital Thursday, July 27, for tests.

Lake Residents Can Expect Better Telephone Service

By AL BAUER Private and four-party telephone lines should be available to all residents of Lakes Syracuse and Wawasee by early winter, according to Duane Swetnam, plant manager of the Warsaw district of United Telephone Co. of Indiana, Inc. According to Swetnam, the south

Silver Lake;” Ruth Nyenhuis. “Miss Marsaw;” Sharon Lessig, “Miss Warsaw;” Rita Lewis, “Miss Leesburg;” Chervl LenweH, “Miss Pierceton;” Teresa Pifer, “Miss North Webster;” j Paula Burgett. “Miss Milford;” i

Henry Smith Named Principal Os Wawasee

"Hie office of the superintendent of the Lakeland Community School Corporation, has announced the employment of Henry Smith of Centerville as the principal of the new Wawasee high school Mr. Smith was born in New Castle, graduated from high school at Stockwell and entered Indiana State university with a scholarship in both baseball and basketball. He received his B.S. degree from Indiana State university and the M.A. degree from Ball State university. He is licensed to teach social sciences and physical education and holds both a principal's and a superintendent’s license. Mr. Smith's experiences include teaching, coaching and the administration of both junior and senior high schools. Duties Mr. Smith, who will assume his duties immediately, will work with representatives of Indiana university as they evaluate the educational program of the corporation. He will be responsible for establishing the curriculum of the new Wawasee high school, direct the writing of courses of study, assist in staff selection, prepare student and teacher handbooks, after work with the present high school principals and guidance counselors in developing enrollment procedures and providing the necessary information to

Announce ASC Boundaries For Election; Right To Nominate By Petition

Scott Horn, chairman, agriculture stabilization and conservation county committee, today designated the accepted township boundar- . ies as those applicable to the forth- ; coming mail election of ASC com- ; munity committees to be held in ! September. j Townships include Clay, Etna, I Franklin, Harrison, Jackson, Jeff- i erson, Lake, Monroe, Hain, Prairie, Scott, Seward. Tippecanoe, Van i Buren, Turkey Creek, Washington ; and Wayne. i A slate of nominees (at least six) j will be selected for each township j

side of the lakes already has been upgraded for this service. Work ended on that phase of the project in early spring. *Tm waiting for a plow crew to bury the underground cable on the north side of the lake”, he said. “I expect the„crew here in three weeks. We should be able to com-

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Mr. Orr; Cinda Brown, reigning fair queen; Cinda Singery, “Miss Syracuse;” Alice Alfrey, “Miss Syracuse;” Sandra Hollar, “Miss Mentone; and Robin Rasor, “Miss Warsaw.”

HENRY SMITH those students who will be attending the Wawasee high school in the fall of 1968. Mr. Smith, in accepting this new position said, “I consider it a privilege and pleasure to become a part of the Lakeland comunity schools educational program. Every effort will be extended on my part to give the young people of this community a progressive program that attempts to meet the individual needs of all concerned. My family and I are looking forward to becoming a part of ypur fine community.” Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of three sons and plan to move to the Lakeland community as soon as .housing can be found.

by incumbent committeemen. He also reminded farmers that petitions nominating a farmer to serve as an ASC community committeeman must be filed by August 25. Petitions must be signed by at least six eligible voters any one nominee. The elections will choose three committeemen and two alternates for each community. Farmers eligible to cast ballots in the election wfil be those who are eligible to participate in one or more of the national farm programs which the committeemen help to administer locally.

plete our work by early winter”. The project will enable residents from the Syracuse city park to Ogden Island to have private or fourparty lines. “The present system allows for 10-party lines now,” Swetnam said. “I am well satisfied that this new cable system will greatly improve our service.”

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