The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 31, Milford, Kosciusko County, 4 September 1968 — Page 9

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VOLUME 5

Letters To The Editor A Question Os Purchasing

August 27, 1968 Lakeland School Corporation, P. 0. Box 638 Syracuse, Indiana, 46567 Dear Sir: Os course, the fact the schools of Indiana are in a rather precarious financial situation, ,is well known to the public because it has been broadcast on radio and television. I am writing ycu this letter because I have a very good knowledge of why the schools of Indiana and other public institutions require so much money to operate, whereas if they were managed by men who know the game of purchasing, it would require a lot less money to actually operate our schools. I do not hesitate to say that I have been in the sanitation chemicals business for almost fifty years and I know what floor maintenance materials, disinfectants, and the many other products required in the maintenance of sanitation in a public building can be bought for when the buyer is alert and really interested in obtaining the best of materials at the lowest cost to his institution. I am sure that the purchasing agent for the Lakeland School Cforporation is paying a lot more for many products in the sanitation chemicals line than you would have to pay if you knew the composition of sanitation chemicals, the cost of manufacturing them, and the long profit that the schools, hospitals and others pay for these materials. A lot of the buying, in fact most of it, by schools, hospitals, and other public institutions is done at the purchasing agent’s desk when confronted by sales chatter, humorous stories, enter-

Fred And Mary Need Protection At B ft School, Too. Os course, Fred and Mary need pro- I HQ'"' 1 tection at school. W v ML F; 3 B L^vW 7 > J i And with more and more students flgl' r/m iw entering school this year in the Lakeland 'B v school corporation, their protection be- H comes more important. Jllmw ML. : Mr ot ", . Parents of Lakeland students will be ' %> >"*" interested to know that an independent insurance agent is the best person to provide insurance for youngsters going to and , from school and while at school. Look it over, consider its wide benefits for your youngsters, and return it to The same policy even provides pro- school. i tection while youngsters are participating in most organized school activities. Your insurance agent is a good man to know. This week a student accident insurance program is being sent home with Lakeland students. This is of importance, since the safety of your youngsters is imFirst Charter ® Insurance Agency BOX 297 ' SYRACUSE, IND. Above State Bank of Syracuse John R. Walker, Gen. Mgr.

tainment arrangements and so forth as submitted by the salesmen who calls on the purchasing agent of these public institutions. To give you something to go on, — how much do you pay for your gym floor seal and other floor dressings? Well, let me say that it can be supplied for about one half of what you are paying and don’t get the idea . that it would be an inferior material. The only way that this high cost of managing public institutions can be rectified is through the process of buying on specifications for the schools of the State of Indiana covering such things as sanitation chemicals and a great many other items should be written up by a Specification Committee who are experts on the subject for which they will prepare specifications and then the Purchasing agents of public institutions (especially schools) for which we are taxed beyond all reason of necessity would have to submit the specifications to several competitive manufacturers, not only those who have travel salesmen who call on them, but to firms manufacturing on a jobber basis. That procedure would bring about competition that would result in the school buying highly satisfactory products for from 25 per cent to 50 per cent less than they are now paying. Since this is a matter of vital importance to the tax paying public, I am having a copy of this letter inserted in our local management of schools — all the way from the superintendent down to the janitor is a subject that should be entirely examined by committees interested in improving the process of education and reducing its cost by getting

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at the source of the cost and setting up a program for controlling the cost and not leave the entire matter to the incompetency of school officials and managers. I am going to submit this proposal to the State of Indiana authorities after the election and new people come into office next year. It would do no good to submit a plan for cutting down the cost of school administration to the present herd of political incumbents because a lot of them will be getting the air at election time. I just thought it best to write you this letter to let you know that there is someone in this town that knows the answers to a lot of these problems that could be simplified and thereby reduce the cost to the taxpayers of school operation. I kind of think I know what I am talking about. I have been in the manufacturing, buying, and all of the other aspects to an authoritative knowledge of what I am talking about. It is not idle criticism. Yours very truly, The Levernier Laboratories, Inc. Martin W. Levernier, President Davis Family Places At State Fair The Devon Davis family won two awards at the Indiana state fair on August 28 with Shorthorn cattle in the Hoosier gold medal calf club judging. They won third place honors with a junior bull calf, calved between January 1 and March 31 of this year and second place with a junior yearling female in the same age group.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1968

North Webster

Bv MRS. MARGUERITE BLACK

Camping-Canoe Trip For Boy Scouts A camping trip can be a treasured memory for a boy scout. There are 12 North Webster boy scouts between 12 and 13 years of age, who will long remember the canoe trip with scoutmaster Dean Tucker and assistant Bill Bixler. It began south of Baldwin, Mich., about 7% miles. The party started Up the Pier Marquet river August 14. It took six canoes to held bedding, boys, and food for the 120-mile trip to Lake Michigan. Each morning they would leave their campsite about 8:30, pull to shore for lunch and rest, then paddle on until about 4 p.m. Pitching tents and cooking over an open fire are not learned in a day. They' saw many snakes, birds and other animals. Two days of rain did not dampen the enthusiasm of the campers. The boat trip ended at Ludington, Mich., where they camped for a day and a half until a party came to pick them up. Returning to the Tucker residence Sunday at 3 p.m., a carry-in supper awaited the party. Parents were there to enjoy supper, to hear of the trip, and collect their offspring. —NW— Elkhart High School Choir At Epworth Elkhart high school concert choir spent Saturday and Sunday at Epworth Forest. At the Sunday morning worship service in the auditorium the choir sang one number. Dr. William Gowdy is the director and Ethel Kamb is the accompanist. The sermon, “An Invitation to

Discipleship” was by Rev. Harold Oechsle, pastor of Trinity United Methodist church in Columbia City. This was the last Sunday morning worship service at Epworth Forest for this season. —NW— Mid-West Chinese Bible Conference The Mid-West Chinese Bible conference for teen and college youth was held at Epworth Forest last week. Adult counselors and 49 youth attended. Al Feria, director of Christian Education of the First Presbyterian church of Trenton, Mich., was one of the speakers. Others were Dr. John Whitcomb, professor of Grace college, Winona Lake, and Rev. McQuay of the Baptist Seminar of Denver, Colo. Young people came from Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Saint Louis, and Dayton, Ohio. They engaged in ping pong and tennis tournaments, some dramatics, swimming, and Bible study. They took a round-the-lake trip on the Dixie boat. —NW—BIRTHS Mi REIFF, Troy Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Tom Reiff of of North Webster are the parents of their third son, Troy Thomas, born August 30 at the Whitley County hospital. He weighed seven pounds and 10 and threefourth ounces. The mother is the former Terri Larsen. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Hoken Larsen of Phoenix, Ariz. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reiff of Barbee Lake. Paternal great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reiff and .Mrs. Ray Ferguson of the North Webster area and Victor Phend of Larwill. —NW—LOCAL GROUP APPEARS ON TV Daryll and Mary Thomas and Joe Staples, all of North Webster, and Dale Miller of Ligonier are a music group called “One Os A Kind”. The group appeared two weeks ago on the morning program of “By Lines” on an Elkhart TV station. Their instruments are guitar, combo organ, and drums. With them was soloist, Miss Susie Long of North Webster. She sang “Midnight Hour” and “Kansas City”. An instrumental number featuring the drums was “Wipe Out”. —NW—COMMUNITY NEWS Miss Melinda Watson spent the week end at Hanover where she was the soloist for her friend, Miss Alice Smart’s wedding. Miss Smart and Barry Aired were married in the Hanover United Meth-, odist church Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Logan visited her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Rodenbeck, in Linton last week end. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Slabaugh of Syracuse called on Mr. and Mrs. Terry McDonald Sunday evening. Mrs. Lena Mustard entered the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne Friday. She is having tests made. North Central District Camp-out for Church of God youth is being held at Yellow Creek on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6 and 7. Sev-. eral youth from the North Webster church will be attending. Mrs. Helen Pollock and Mrs. Stella Sroufe will attend the International Home Demonstration convention at Lansing, Mich., September 5. Mrs. Stella Sroufe visited Mr. and Mrs. Merle Roe in Mishawaka

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I”1 1 I I ifW 4SJM mj V in wk Star - b3B i Wr IL\ ■ 1 to rKHh r/ W M JBL ■H ■?»■' -^■llll> - ACCIDENT-FREE RECORD — The employees and directors of the Kosciusko County Farm Bureau Co-Op, with locations at Warsaw and Milford, were recently presented a gift from the Gus J. Daseke Insurance Agency in Indianapolis for having completed a full year without a disabling accident. At the time the above pictures were taken the association had completed 538 days without an accident. The top photo is of employees at Warsaw and the bottom photo is of Milford employees. The insurance agency and the Co-Op instituted a safety program to help keep insurance expense at a minimum, accomplished by helping the employee group become more aware of the necessity to become safety conscious.

on Tuesday. Mr. Roe is a brothel to Mrs. Sroufe and was discharged from the hospital recently. Bob and Judith Bause and daughters, Debby and Christine, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Watson and Melinda spent Labor Day in Dowagiac, Mich. David Nulf entered Whitley County hospital Sunday evening. He underwent surgery on his left leg Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. George Staples returned last week from spending a few days with his mother, Mrs. Jchn Staples, in Lewisport, Ky. His brother-in law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Pearson, North Webster, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wiggs, Jr., Chapman lake, and Tony Pearson also went to Kentucky to visit Mrs. Staples. Elmer Hamman is progressing slowly in Parkview hospital, Fort Wayne. Richard Baker had minor surgery Wednesday in Whitley County hospital in Columbia City. Russell Engle is still a patient in Murphy Medical Center. Ralph McQueen of Hutchinson’s trailer court is also a patient in Murphy Medical Center. Fern Miller is improving at her home. She was a patient in Whitley County hospital. Mike and Phyllis Kurtz have moved to this area from Pierceton. They live on the Oswego road. Card of Thanks We wish to thank all who remembered us in our time of sorrow with flowers cards and prayers. The family of Pearl Locke

Business And Professional Women In August Meeting The Syracuse Business and Professional Women’s club met for its Augu’t meeting in the Oakwood Park hotel. Following the dinner Mrs. Lyle Kell, president, conducted the business meeting. There was discussion on the rummage sale to be held in October. Articles for the rummage sale may be left at the Lakeside Laundry. Turkey Creek Furniture Store or The Mail-Journal office at Syracuse. There were 27 members and six guests present. The guests were Marsha Shipcock, Mrs. Blanche Mason, Mrs. Dorothy Johnson, Mrs. Claude Swartz. Miss Barbara Hoy and Miss Francis. Mrs. Maurice Koher won the door prize. Mrs. Harriett Hart and Mrs. Charlotte Samuels and son Dick of DeMotte were Wednesday, Aug. 21, visitors and dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ruch and family of Milford.

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Budget Hearing In Short Session The budget meeting for the town of Syracuse held in the town hall Monday night was of short duration. Board president Byron Connolly opened the meeting. Robert Insley asked to have the budget read. The budget was then approved and the meeting adjourned. The board members, Mrs. Dale Sparklin and Stanley Insley were also present. Callander Insurance All forms of personal and business insurance. 106 N. Main St. Nappanee ■ Ph. 773-4103

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