The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 52, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 January 1969 — Page 14

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PLANE DOWN — It’s a bird . . . it’s a flying saucer ... no, it’s a plane. This must have been what passing motorists on road 30 west cf Pierceton thought early Friday afternoon when they looked skyward. And sure enough it was a low-flying plane, making a forced landing on the westbound strip cf road 30. The pilot was Leonard Roy Roth, a 35-year-old experienced Phoenix, Arizona, flyer in a Cessna 205 monoplane. He told state troopers Gerry A. Waikel and Julian Echterling he was forced to land because his fuel system iced up. He was flying at 14,000 feet but his plane continued to lose power, he reported to the South Bend FAA flight service. The plane was moved to the median between the two road 30 lanes and on Saturday flown to the Warsaw airport from which point it continued on its destination.

Tax Relief: Topic of Farm Bureau

Many important state issues including property tax relief and constitutional revision will be discussed by farm leaders from northern Indiana at a special meeting in Warsaw on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Explaining Farm Bureau’s positions and actions on several vital subjects now before the Indiana General Assembly will be Donald

FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR, KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, INDIANA FOR 19(8 BALANCE RECEIPTS NAME OF FUNDS DISBURSED BALANCE Jan 1. 1968 1968 1968 Dec. 31, 1968 $150,521.32 $ 619,104 19 County Revenue $ 822,496.24 $—52,870.73 52.714.57 493.753.83 County Welfare Dept. 508.345.75 38.122.65 18.86203 24,472.44 County Health Dept. 39.167.89 4,166.58 219.462.43 862.676.20 County Highway Dept. — 854,650.97 227,487.66 68.683.00 34.950.66 County Cumulative Bridge 16,618.48 87,015.18 31.100.14 20.970.42 Co. Cumulative Court House - 52.070.56 15.030 81 102.118.65 General Drain Improvement 97.323.33 19.826.13 8.426.30 22,758.11 Ditch Upkeep 7,040.44 24,143.97 5,675.85 Health & Accident Insurance . 5.675.85 101.640.39 Federal Withholding Tax 101,590.59 49.80 * 11.907.37 State Gross Withholding Tax 11,907.37 56.548.00 OASI Deductions 56,548.00 , 8,999.54 OASI Deductions—Twp. & Deputy Assessors 1968 8.999.54 17.771.29 PERF 17,771.29 1.911.87 4,177.00 Welfare Trust Clearance 3.189.67 2,899.20 1,051.62 Warsaw Delinquent Sewage 1.051.62 1,601.16 Winona Lk. Delinquent Sewage 1.601.16 67.00 Syracuse Delinquent Sewage 67.00 , 32.00 Pierceton Delinquent Sewage — 32.00 100.00 Permanent Endowment Principal 100.00 41.67 4.00 Permanent Endowment Interest 45.67 145.08 3,000.00 Congressional Principal 3,000.00 145.08 -99.75 1,224.93 Congressional Interest * 1,125.18 156.67 Silver Lake Cemetery Assn. 156.67 23.02 Silver Lk. Cem. Assn. Interest 23.02 100.00 Pleasant View Cem. Assn. • 100.00 84.00 Pleasant View Cem. Assn. Interest 84.00 4.543.55 State Forestry Tax 4,543.55 2.446.54 State Fair Board Tax 2,446.54 52.786.05 Township Tax 52,786.05 61,256.39 <, 10.782.57 Township Poor Relief Tax 31,124.73 4<» 914.23 X 4,120.593.24 General School 4,120,593.24 123,074.93 School Debt Service : 123,074.93 48.203.08 Civil Township Bond 48,203.08 7.899.94 Township Recreation Tax 7,899.94 82.417.02 Township Fire Fighting Tax 82,417.02 6,762.27 Cumulative Fire Equipment 6,762.27 “* 76.145.15 Library Operating Tax 76,145.15 8.188.83 Library Bond Tax 8,188.83 467,968.86 School Cumulative Building j 467,968.86 8.449.58 Cumulative Sewer Project 8,449.58 509,486.79 General Corporation Tax 509,486.79 12.836.23 Street Tax 12,836.23 12.498.59 Town Fire Fighting ... . 12,498.59 16.967.01 General Corporation Bond Tax 16,967.01 7,042.16 Cemetery Tax 7,042.16 1.246.39 City Planning 1,246.39 21,188.53 Park & Recreation Tax 21,188.53 9,971.08 Aviation Tax 9,971.08 11.217.46 Police Pension Tax 11,217.46 15.465.19 110.544.6'8 Inheritance Tax 105,692.52 20,317.3 b 5,016.38 Gross Income Tax 5,016.38 137.898.51 Intangible Tax Distribution 137.898.51 5.128.00 Docket Fees 2,536.00 2,592.00 200 4.344.00 Law Enforcement Training 1.868.00 2.478.00 4.00 8.643.00 State Prosecuting Attorney Fees 3,720.00 4,927.00 656.00 State Counsel Fees 284.00 372.00 1.593.00 17.271.50 Fines & Forfeitures 15,441.75 3,422.75 3.696.50 Surplus Dog Fund 3,696.50 194.40 Motor Vehicle HWY Civil Penalty (overweight! 194.40 867.14 Surplus Tax Collected by Tr as. 728.69 138.45 307.26 1.046.01 Tax Sale Redemption 403.08 950.19 426.57 969.72 Tax Sale Surplus 75.63 1,320.66 $646,821,02 $8,312,992.89 $8,479,030.80 $ 480,783.11 DETAILED REPORT OF CdUNTY REVENUE RECEIPTS DISBURSEMENTS Balance on Hand January 1. 1968 - $150,521.32 General Property Taxes (June Settlement only! 498.372.35 Bank, Building & Loan Taxes 2,820.78 Intangibles Taxes—County’s Share from State 45.966.18 Inheritance Tax—County's Share from State — 8,212.41 Liquor Excise Taxes—from State 5.466.71 Clerk of Circuit Court —Fees & Expenses 14.173.02 $ 36,874.23 (a) Costs of Insanity Cases 157.50 Auditor—fees & expenses 2.166.85 44,448.67 Treasurer —fees <Sc expenses — - 578.84 42.451.97 Surveyor—fees & expenses - 27,090.93 Sheriff —fees & expenses 4,606.43 53,335.51 Recorder—fees & expenses 17.362.50 20,009.53 Prosecuting Attorney—fees & expenses 8.683.CJ 4,876.29 Agricultural Agent 26,731.93 Coroner - -- 4.730.96 County Assessor 23,523.13 Circuit Court ’ 290.00 55,052.72 (a) Special Judges ... 573.40 1,474.80 Court House—Operating expenses — 242.68 27.481.12 (al Construction 90.76 Jail—Operating expenses 8.614.83 Civil Defense . 1,039.82 Service Officer 4,547.44 Commissioners' Expenses . 15.856.06 Rent—Payments 2.400.00 Premiums on Officials' Bonds 472.00 Insurance —All kinds:; - 108 20 3.030.46 Public Printing & Advertising ... 7.580.52 Donations:—4-County Mental Health Retarded Children Memorial Day Expenses . 26.600.00 Examination of Records 3.125.00 3,155.00 County Council :— . . 9.100.00 County Attorney .'... - 3.200.00 Board of Review 672.00 Cemetery Fund Deficiency—lnterest .. . — 13.32 Road Viewers—Per Diem & mileage 358.87 ELECTIONS: Personal Service la> Primary Election .... . 9,262.34 (b> General Election , 9,642.00 Meals of Election Officers <ai Primary 2.350.00 (bl General 2,430.00 Election Rental <a> Primary 615.00 <b> General 645.00 Election Supplies & Expenses (al Primary 4.401.70 <b> General _. . 2,916.33 Election Equipment 237.50 Registration of Voters—All Costs \ 4.834.49 Expense of Assessing—All Twp. 42,995.78 County Reassessment 118.643.37 Other Agricultural Expenses 6,586.10 Drainage Board Disbursements 64,296.27 Miscellaneous Revenue 1,676.15 Burial of Soldiers. Sailors. Marines 7,918.00 Expense of Rubbish Disposal Program 17,192.42 Expense Inmates of State Institutions 560.00 10.221.26 Health Expenses—T-B Patients & Jail Inmat s 5.915.33 Change of Venue Costs- 2.390.67 741.89 Poor Relief—Care Twp. Patients & Transfer Tuition .. 62.53 7.927.70 Congressional Interest Deficiency 334 23 Loans 910.09 OASI —Employer's Share 16,084.30 PERF—Employer s Share 29,299.94 Refunds & Transfers 756.40 2,034.92 County Revenue Totals . $769,625.51 $822,496.24 Balance December 31, 1968 (overdraft! $—52,870.73 The above schedule of the County General Fund and the Financial Statement of all Funds for the year of 1968 have been approved this 23rd day of January. 1969. LAWRENCE BUTTS. HARVEY ANGLIN Auditor, Kosciusko County MAURICE DORSEY FREDRICK W. GILLIAM Board of Commissioners

E. Henderson, organization director for the state’s largest farm organization. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Shrine building on the Kosciusko county fairgrounds at Warsaw. Special discussion will be given to property tax relief programs, said Henderson in commenting on the coming meeting. “The Indiana Farm Bureau be-

lieves a major tax reform . for state and local government is urgently needed,” said Henderson. “Also, the federal farm program is another important concern of Hoosier farmers,” the Farm Bureau spokesman added. “Future farm programs should recognize the changes occurring in agriculture and enact long-range modern programs that will improve the

farmer’s income.” “The future prosperity of farmers depends on their success in controlling the supplies of food and fiber they produce rather than in relegating the responsibility to government,” he concluded. George Neff, Goshen, is director of Farm Bureau district two which includes Elkhart, Noble, Whitley, and Kosciusko counties. Mrs. I Town • ' Milford, Ind. By JERI SEELY George and Lillie Auer of the Dewart Lake community, rummaging through an old cabinet in their “wood shed”, ran across a 1904 sale bill of George’s grandfather, the late George Tom. The sale was conducted on the farm just north of the Auer residence, at the home where Wayne Bucher, Jr., now lives, built in 1860. Auer, who was named for his grandfather, said he, remembers well as a young lad going fishing in nearby lakes and streams with grandfather Tom. Have you heard the one about the bungling banana bandit? According to a news release we received this week he figured in one of the daffiest insurance claim cases of the year. Seems “the young desperado approached a cashier in a San Diego grocery, inadvertently drew a ripe banana instead of his revolver, and boldly proclaimed a stickup. Thrown into a near panic when he discovered his mistake, the callow Clyde with the Bonnie banana still managed to fumble out his real gun and split with $745 before the laughter died.” * s Received a letter from Mrs. Harry B. Funk in Lebanon, Oreg., who says they have had bad weather this winter, several snows cf short duration, the biggest one was six inches on level, lasted only three days. They have also had heavy rains this winter. Mrs. Funk tells in the letter that they are thankful for Green, Peter and Fosuter dams that have prevented the southeast part of Lebanon from being flooded as it was about five years ago. Mrs. Funk also answered our request on pictures and information of the old railroads between Milford and Syracuse. It seems her father, Melvin V. Hamilton, was the shovel operator at one time and Charles Speicher, Sr., was section foreman. We have forwarded your letter to professor Sulzer, Mrs. Funk. Thank you for writing. Mrs. Funk’s letter from Oregon reminds us once again of how large an area our weekly column covers. Mrs. Ernest (Emma Clayton) Krauter called the other day to say she had had a reply on her noodle making hobby all the way from Arizona. * « * Dorothy Augsburger, wife of state senator John F. Augsburger of Our Town, was the victim of a stuck elevator in the prestigious Columbia Club at Indianapolis last Thursday. She and two men boarded the elevator on the first floor, Mrs Augsburger hoping to get off on the seventh floor where the Augsburgers are staying. The contraption went out of control and kept going from the first to the 10th floors and back again. She said the first trip or two were fun, but after 15 minutes she — and the men—felt prangs of panic. Her comment: “It seemed like we were in that thing for an hour.” CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Mrs. Charles E. Clawson, r 3 Syracuse, was honored at a birthday party Wednesday evening in her home. Those present were Mr. Clawson and children, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Atkins, Mrs. Lena Alspaugh and Mrs. Thomas Gilbert and daughter, all of Syracuse. Mrs. Mae Rinker, Syracuse, went to Marion Wednesday to visit relatives. She returned home Sunday.

Sgt. Riffe In Strike Command GOLDSBORO, N. C. — U. S. air force sergeant Stephen B. Riffe participated in the U. S. Strike Command’s joint air and ground training exercise held in Puerto Rico. Sergeant Riffe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Riffe of r 1 Leesburg, took part in Bold-Shot-Brimfire 2-69. involving 2,500 U. S. army and air force personnel. The operation tested the operational readiness and rapid reaction capability of select USSTRI COM ground and air forces. The assault of battalion of army paratroopers, jumping from air force C-130 Hercules transports, highlighted the twoveek exercise. Tactical air command (TAC) fighter - bombers provided close air support for the ground forces. The strategic air command furnished in-flight refueling for the tactical aircraft, and the military airlift command flew C-141 Starlifter jet transport sorties. Sergeant Riffe is an air armament mechanic at SeymourJohnson AFB, N. C., with the 336th tactical fighter squadron, a unit of TAC. The sergeant is a graduate of Leesburg high school. His wife, Sue, is the daughter of Mrs. Ruth Knokle, r 3 Warsaw. Mrs. Riffe’s father, Carl Bibler, resides at Bibler Trailer Court, Warsaw. Mrs. Robert Deahi To Show Painting Mrs. Robert B. Deahl of r 1 Syracuse has had a water color painting entitled “Geraniums”, accepted for showing at the Hoosier Art Salon in Indianapolis. The preview was Sunday. The show opened Monday and will run through February 8 at the William H. Block Company. DAN GANGER NOW AT BURGER CHEF Dan Ganger, Goshen, former Syracuse police chief, who has recently been employed at Vega Homes, Inc., Syracuse, has accepted the position as assistant manager at Burger Chef, Goshen. Runaway Boy Jailed Thursday A 16-year-old runaway boy from Hammond was taken to the county jail Thursday. He was taken into custody by Syracuse police officer Tom Kitch and state trooper James Risner. Mrs Larry Scheuer and children, Bianca and Bret of Syracuse, visited at Scottsburg with her father, Robert E. Buster, over the week end.

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