The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 34, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 September 1968 — Page 7

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VOLUME 5

Columnist White Comments On Hoosier Tourism

By FRANK A. WHITE As a climax to the most successful tourist season in history, Indiana is approaching the multimillion dollar colored leaf spectacular. The late Frank N. Wallace, state entomologist, once said to me: “The colored show of autumn is one of the most convincing proofs to a scientist that there is a God. “'Here we have this multi-mil-lion dollar display that has no other use than delight the heart of man.” If you would 'want a jolt as to what Indiana has to offer to tourists go as I did on a 5,200 mile trip through the arid states of the west. They are treeless, burned brown grass, and parched for water. Here in Indiana we have green trees, grass; water, gardens and lush crops except in exceptional years. Awakening of Hoosiers as to how tourist dollars can jangle a cash register is amazing. Visitors from out-of-state this year, have paid s2l million dollars in Indiana taxes. Were there no Indiana tourists to help finance our state and local government, each man, woman and child in the Hoosier State would have to pay an additional $4 in taxes. For those with a growing family that is important. In the fiscal year there has been a 50 per c c nt increase in requests from all over the USA for tourist information on Indiana, the state of surprises. The 1965 legislature broke the sorry practice of Indiana is at the foot of the list of states in money spent to promote. For the first time this fall, the state of Indiana, will take to the radio networks on tourism. There will be “Monitor” announcement broadcast on 221 stations of the NBC network, with top announcers. There 'will be 17 Indiana tourist messages on the “World of Sports” over 176 ABC network stations. It is hoped the successful candidates to the Legislature that will convene next January will pump more dollars into the tourist promotion program of Indiana.

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It is a tragic and sorrowful and wasteful thing to see so many Americans, who are strong in bodv and with valuable training, shelved because they are over 65 years of age. At the same time there is such a dire shortage of manpower, with record employment through out the state and nation, overall. Os course some senior citizens are not physically able to work but millions of them are. Size of this reservoir of brains of long experience is shown by the following. The U.S. Census Bureau reported in July of 1967 there was a total of 18.8 million persons in the USA over 65 years of age. This is a two million increase over 1960. Os this number 17.3 million are white. The biggest concentration of senior citizens is in the midwest, amounting to 30 per cent of the total. It hangs in the balance at this writing whether the U.S. Senate will confirm the nomination of President Johnson of Abe Fortas for chief justice of the USA. There is not a sizeable increase in the salary of a chief justice over the other eight justices on the High Court. But the power wielded by a chief justice of this highest tribunal is awesome. The next President will be confronted no doubt with selecting other justices on the high court. Justice Hugo Black, 82; William Douglas, 69, and John Harlan, 69, are expected to- retire within the next four years. The justices are “liberals” or “conservatives” with liberals being in the majority as of now. Were Richaid Nixon to become President he likely would appoint conservatives and if it is Hubert Humphrey, he will name liberals. We live in the age of air travel and might as well get used to it. With the appeal of getting there quickly, are also some risks. Fatality rate of the nation’s airlines jumped in 1967, equaling that of the 19505. There were 226 passenger deaths in seven accidents in 1967, compared with 59 fatalities in three 1966 accidents. From 1963 to 1966 there were 3,777 deaths in 18 accidents. The 1967

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rate was 10 deaths per 10 million passengers, compared with three deaths per 100 million passengers in 1966. Before becoming alarmed, remember at this writing 1,049 deaths occurred on Indiana highways alone in 1968. Ebenezer Ladies Aid Meets In Fawley Home The Ebenezer Ladies Aid met Thursday afternoon, Sept. 19, in the home of Mrs. Vernon Fawley near Syracuse. In the absence of president Mrs. Winston Gants, vice president Mrs. Roy Wilkinson presided. Devotions were given by Mrs. Edna Thomas and the reading of a poem by Mrs. Blanche Starkey. Roll call was answered by 13 members and six guests, Mrs. Stella Martin, Bucyrus, Ohio; Mrs. Willard Gebert, mother of Mrs. Fawley; Mrs. Frank Lynn, Pierceton; Hazel Lynch, Mrs. Charles Fisher and Mrs. Charles Fisher, Jr., all of Bonar Lake. Refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Starkey. The October meeting ’will be in the home of Mrs. Calvin Beck, east shore, Bonar Lake. AMERICAN LEGION FALL CONFERENCE Indiana American Legion members will gather in Indianapolis Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 28 and 29, for their annual fall conference. The event will mark one of the major activities of the group in observance of the 50th anniversary year of the Legion. Members of the Legion’s “Century Club” will be honored at the banquet Saturday night at the Essex House. Century club members are those who have signed up more than 100 members during the past year. Ralph V. Cushman of Veedersburg, department commander of the Indiana American Legion, will preside at the various sessions during the t’wo-day conference. Arizona has 14 counties.

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Louis Craig Re-Elected President Os Wawasee Property Owners Ass'n.

Louis E. Craig of Lake Wawasee was re-elected president of the board of directors of the Wawasee Property Owners Association at the board’s meeting on September 20. • Also re-elected were the following: Vice president — Robert B. Deahl of Lake Wawasee Secretary - treasurer — Jack C. Vanderford of Lake Wawasee The board will continue to use the legal services of Robert Reed of Syracuse during the coming year. Business considered at the board meeting was the discussion of new legislative proposals in the area of lake sanitation that are being considered by committees of the Indiana House of Representatives and Senate. Also, assistance that can be provided to William Beemer and other members of his committee in their efforts to start action on the Turkey Creek cleanout. New Directors Directors elected at the recent annual meeting of the associa-

tion are Harry A. Alfrey of Lake Wawasee, Karl Freese, Jr., of Nappanee and George Hetler of Goshen. They replaced William J. John son of Goshen, Karl K. McGarvey of Lake Wawasee and Louis M. Roethele of Fort Wayne whose terms expired. Other members of the board of directors are Robert P. Cronin of Indianapolis, Franklin M. Herdrich and James B. Kirkwood of Lake Wawasee and George H. -Priebe of South Bend. Twilighters Bunco Club Meets Wednesday Night she Twilighters Bunco club ol Syracuse met Wednesday night with Mrs. Robert Moser and cohestess, Mrs. Adrain Zollinger. There were 10 members and three guests, Mrs. Norman Robie, Mrs. Joe Hughes and Mrs. Paul Stouder, present. The door prize was won by Mrs. Robie. Other prizes were high, Mrs. Philip Strieby; low, Mrs. Bill Coburn; and travel, Mrs. Tim Darr. Mrs. Moser received an anniversary gift. The evening climaxed with a white elephant gift exchange. The October meeting will be with Mrs. Strieby with Mrs. Bill Eyer assisting.

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ASC Community Committees Elected Results of the September 20 election of ASC community committeemen for the 17 townships of Kosciusko county were announced today by Scott Hom, chairman of the county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. The elections were held by mail, and ballots were tabulated publicly by the incumbent ASC county committee on September 20, 1968, at the ASCS office. Farmers elected to the community committee listed in the order of chairman, vice chairman and regular member are: Clay township — Roy T. Merkle, Earl Frantz and Samuel Knoop Etna township — Devon Sponsteller, Arthur Sechrist and Lawrence Yeiter Franklin township — Wilbur W. Latimer, Robert D. Norris and Ernest L. Harrold Harrison township — Ralph Long, Walter Rackeweg and Ralph Warren Jackson township — Lowell Tucker, L. Arden Shaffer and Galen Judy Jefferson township — Marshall Estep, Jesse Beer and Worth Jackson Lake township — Harry E. Davis, Ayden D. Warner and Don Walther ; Monroe township — Howard Workman, Clifford L. Sellers and Ralph Wertenberger Plain township — Wayne Johnson, Kenneth Everest and Fred Stookey Prairie township — Fred G. Powell, Arthur E. Smith and Donald E. Goon Scott township — Lowell Anglin, Loren E. Young and Loren Hahn Seward township — Foster Parker, Lawrence Gagnon and Robert L. Hoffman Tippecanoe township — Harold C. Baker, Donald R. Ferverda and Russell T. Engel Turkey Creek township — Lester Stabler, Thurlow Mock and Ray Darb Van Buren township — Ezra Beer, Ralph Tusing and Robert Buhrt Washington township — Merrill Kirkpatrick, Peter Waldeck and R. Lloyd Miner Wayne township — Charles O. Huffer, Wayne McCleary and Raymond Heiser The ASC community committee chairman, vice chairman, and third regular member automatically become delegates to the county convention, where farmers are elected to fill vacancies on the ASCS county committee. The alternate committeemen become alternate delegates to the convention. The county convention will be held at the Lake City Bank building on September 30 at 9:30 a.m. After the county committeemen are elected, the delegates determine which of the regular committeemen will serve as the committee chairman and vice chairman for the coming year. ASC county and community farmer - committees are in charge of local administration of such national programs as the Agricultural Conservation program, the Cropland Adjustment program, the feed grain program, the wheat program, the national wool program, acreage allotments and marketing quot-

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Letters To The Editor Questions Consolidation

Dear Editor: As a 1954 graduate of the nowdefunct Milford high school, I have been reading with great interest The Mail-Journal’s account of the first few weeks at Wawasee high school. As far back as elementary school years, I remember hearing and talking about the proposed consolidation. I used to think it was a great idea — the chances for expanded curricula, more and better teachers, and a more diverse extracurricular program. Now, I wonder. I’m sure there are a great many advantages to the consolidated high school. But I believe there is one very serious drawback — the quality of teachers. During my school years in Milford, I heard — oh, so many times — the argument that the consolidation would bring better teachers. Strange. In looking over the list of instructors at Wawasee, I see the names of many teachers who taught at Milford when I attended school there. In other words, the teachers whom I regarded as incompetents four and eight years ago. To be sure, there are new teachers at Wawasee, but it is difficult (though not impossible) and discouraging for the new to forge ahead while the old obstruct and warp. While my years at MHS may not have been the nadir of secondary education, they certainly were not the epitome. Home economics teachers (who embarrassingly enough were unfamiliar with grammar) taught seventh grade English; English teachers even began teaching Latin although it had been more than 20 years since they had studied it. Virtually every small school has financial problems. Topnotch or even adequate teachers have little reason for coming to a Milford school. But is the consolidation suffering the same inadequacies? If what Milford high school once had to offer is what Wawasee high school now offers, then surely the consolidated school is one of the biggest farces ever perpetrated on the Milford-Syra-cuse-North Webster area. I am sure that Wawasee has the potential to someday offer a superior secondary education. After all, the old must retire or die or otherwise dispose of themselves. Let us hope the young will be better. But the disturbing thought remains that the old incompetent were once the young incompetent and the vicious cycle continues. As a closing thought — as long as I’m knocking my old high school — I think back over my high school days and wonder at their value. Aside from one typing course and the mathematics courses, the value seems negligible. The typing proved invaluable through college —for the part-time jobs that augmentas, commodity loans, and storage facility loans. Each year, county farmers earn thousands of dollars through participation in these farm - action programs.

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ed my income, for llth-hour research and opinion papers, for my work on my college newspaper and my present job. and Jor coping with balky typewriters the past four years. The mathematics courses, even now, seem singularly well - taught. The rest — the social studies, the literature, the grammar — in retrospect contributed very little to my education. The droning teachers — who seemed bored by the subject they taught and how could their pupils be more interested — who so often were unable to cope with a question that did not come from the textbook, let alone anything of an ideological nature — it is these teachers who, I hope, will not long pollute the new high school. In fairness, I must say that I was not a particularly cooperative or likable pupil. What I say here is not a sense of bitterness; rather, it is a sense of disillusionment as I read about the new high school and wonder if the golden glow of Camelot has turned out to be the gutters of a ghetto in the world of education. Earleen Fisher Scholarship, A Fine Project Dear Editor I am very interested in the newspaper account of the Wawasee Education Association. This seems like a very worthwhile group. I am surprised that so small a community has taken on such a wonderful project as granting scholarships for worthy and needy students. You must have a number of very fine publicspirited men and women here. I am a retired person and plan to live in this area permanently. Retired people often have limited financial resources, but we usually have a place in our budget fcr some favorite “spending”. I would like to feel that my extra money went to something as important and far-reaching as a scholarship. I, alone, could not possibly maintain a student in college, but it would bp very satisfying to be able to help to do that. How can a new person in the community become a part of this undertaking? Are the dues prohibitive? I would become a member with the idea of remaining in the organization and budgeting my annual contributions as a permanent project. Yours truly, Mary K. Stuart Joseph Morganthaler Estate Estimated At $144,000.00 The estate of the late Joseph Cornell Morganthaler of Syracuse, who died September 2, is estimated at $144,000, including $60,000 in real estate and 84,000 in personal property. Mr. Morganthaler, whose estate has been admitted to probate, was the owner of the Wawasee Bowl. Heirs are a daughter, Susan Ann Kern, and a son, Joseph Cornell Morganthaler, Jr., both of r 1 Syracuse.

Dear Editor