The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 39, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 October 1969 — Page 1

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■ "' - {* * *'-•—. .' W- • ' s - ’’'' "i --'Mp •*' •«--', *' ■ _.»-- Mt&i+p. ACCIDENT MONDAY — Milford police chief Don Drake investigated an accident Monday at 1:45 p.m. at the intersection of state a road 15 and Emeline street in Milford. The accident occurred when a 1969 Pontiac four-door Catalina ran the stop light at the intersection and collided with a 1962 Ford driven by Stanley E. Price, 23, Milford. The driver of the Pontiac, Lynn H. Halverson,74, Frankfort, Mich., reported to police chief he did not see the signal because of the sun shining on his windshield. Price was heading east and had stopped for the red light, proceeding across the highway when the light changed. Halverson, his wife Mary and Price were taken to the Goshen hospital. Mrs. Halverson sustained a broken nose, Halverson, contusions of the upper lip and- Price was X-rayed after suffering bruises to his left leg and chest. Damage to the Pontiac was estimated at $1,200 to the front end while the Price vehicle was totaled as the complete side was damaged.

Halloween Festival At Milford October 30

The annual Halloween festival at Milford will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, not on the 3lst as previously announced. The date has been changed because of the Wawasee — White’s football game to be played on the Warrior’s field Halloween night. Cooperating in the annual event are the Ancil Geiger Post 226 American Legion and Auxiliary and the Lions club of , Milford. Youngsters are to go ip costumes for judging. Prizes will be given in several catagories and each youngster will receive a treat. Classifications include the following: Witches, spacemen, clowns, hobo, ghost, cowboy, colored, skelton, devils, pirates, hillbilly, sports, children of other lands, best group, best couple, most original, married couple or bride and groom and the grand prize. - AREA YOUTHS INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN UP TOWN Seven area youths were stopped at 10:43 p.m. Friday by Milford police officer Jon Hershberger and chief Don Drake after they strung toilet paper from tree to tree in town. The youths, ranging in age from 17 to 20, were given their choice of cleaning up their mess or being charged with littering by the police officers. Joining in the clean-up were Jay H. Traster of Syracuse and Jan Kizer, Steve Wolferman, Don Rumfelt, Bruce Hunsberger, Keven Dwyer and Denny Replogle, all of Milford. They reportedly worked from midnight until 2:30 a.m. on their clean-up. FIVE ARRESTED BY MILFORD POLICE OFFICERS Members of the Milford police department made a total of five arrests during the week, four on Sunday. Arrested Sunday were Lucio M. Valzquez. 18, Fort Worth. Tex., and Roberto Carrizales, 17. South Bend, for illegal possession and illegal consumption. They were arrested at 3:45 a.m. by officer Charles (Bud) Hall. Gregory A. Colt, Warsaw. w t as arrested at 4 a.m. by officer Charles Clawson for disregarding a stop light. Raymond Pernz, 31. r 1 Milford, was arrested at 4:45 a.m. by officer Hall and chief Don Drake for public intoxication. He was taken to the county jail. Hall arrested Charles Evans, r 2 Warsaw, at 4:45 p.m. Monday for improper passing.

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Transportation Statement Issued By School Board

Members of the Lakeland school board met Tuesday night and after hearing reports from superintendent Don H. Arnold issued the following statement on transportation of children in proposed annexation areas: “Realizing the deep concern of the parents living in areas being considered for annexation in various parts of the school corporation, it will be the policy of the board of school trustees to • view each situation separately and when it is the considered opinion of this board that transportation should be continued in annexed areas, then transportation poliicies in effect at the time of annexation, shall be continued. “Thus, in viewing the areas of concern in the proposed Sjyracuse annexation it will be the [policy of this board to continue transportation of the children now being transported.” 1 The action came after the study made following the Regular October board meeting by Mr. Arnold and busineis manager Marion Lantz showed between 180 and 190 children living in the area proposed for annexation by the town of Syracuse. This is the equivalent of three bus routes. The superintendent and business manager showed concern for the children because of the traffic on state road 13 which is heavy in the morning and evening because of workers going to and from factories in the area. In a round-table discussion board memljer Charles W. Kroh stated the hiighways were indeed busy and there were no sidewalks in the area. Since it wouldn’t cost any more and there was a safety factor involved he was strongly in favor of continuing transportation in the areas. Member Kenneth Haney asked about sidewalks in years to come and commented he was in favor of continuing bus routes in these areas if group stops were used. Mr. Lantz informed the board the corporation is attempting to do this at the present time. Mr. Arnold reminded the board there will always be first graders and kindergarten students involved and some 180 youngsters crossing road 13 would be a traffic hazard. Traffic is slower in the present town limits and sidewalks and crossing guards are available. In the end all agreed the key to the transportating of said students wasn't miles but safety..

Fitzhugh Turner asked board members who now walked and was told those in the city limits. High school students may ride a bus from the junior high school to Wawasee high. The motion for the statement on transportation was made by Mr. Kroh with a second by Dr. Robert Craig. It passed unanimously. The meeting had been called to hold a hearing on additional appropriations as advertised earlier in the month. There being no objectors present the appropriations were accepted and will now be sent to the state board for approval. Superintendent Arnold recommended Myron Lehman of Decatur to fill the math and social studies position created at Milford junior high school with the death of William Cole. The board agreed to hire Mr. Lehman. Approval was given for the final payment of architectural fees for Wawasee high school in the amount of $1,518.90. Mr. Arnold reported a report from the state on immunization showed Kosciusko county below the 75 per cent factor. He gave a copy of the Lakeland schools report to the board members with % per cent of the students now enrolled in the first grade being immunized with the exception of the measles immunization which is relatively new. Milford has 95 per cent, North Webster 92 per cent and Syracuse 100 per cent in all except the measles. Mr. Arnold credited the school nurse for having improved the percentages in the Lakeland schools. Mr. Lantz stated a group would like to rent the Syracuse junior high school for May 15-16 and 17. After discussions on same the board decided not to rent said building for the extended period. Mr. Arnold told of the regional school board association meeting at Notre Dame on November 19 and of the beginning of an evaluation program on sports in the corporation. A request from John B. Augsburger. Milford ParentTeacher Organization president, for the board to meet with said organization on January 15 was presented by president Jerry L. Helvey. The board agreed to attend the meeting. f —''Present were board members i as named above, the superin- [ pendent, business manager and 1 Ev Ganz. Fitzhugh Turner and V. F Hill all nf the Syracuse area.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1969

United Fund Nearing Goal; Final Drive On

With the United Fund campaign for $140,732 coming to a close November 1, officials are confident the goal will be met if campaign workers put on a final burst of speed. As of Friday, the returns had reached $103,676 with a number of substantial pledges from local industry yet outstanding. Campaign officials suspect there are other substantial amounts waiting for individual solicitors to finish their calls. J. J. Shellabarger, campaign chairman, urges everyone involved in the campaign to finish within the next few days and immediately turn in their pledges to help even out the load that will be placed on the campaign office during the final days of the campaign. Optimism for victory is based on projection from performance in the campaign last year, Shellabarger said. All divisions are on target and showing the approximate eight per cent in-

PART OF MAIL-JOURNAL SET BY COMPUTER PHOTO COMPOSITION If the reader looks at this issue of The Mail-Journal carefully, he’ll notice a difference in some of the text type and some type in some ads. The reason: This “different” type has been set on a computer, the newest thing in photo composition. The computer scans and prints individual lines from a punched tape at the rate of 32 lines per minute, and is more error-free than the conventional hot-metal linotype composition. The M-J is one of the smallest newspapers in the United States to be set by computer, according to publisher Arch Baumgartner. CELEBRATE 45TH ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Sam Reimschisel of New Paris celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary Sunday, Oct. 26, at open house for frie ds and relatives at Sunnyside Park in New Paris, from 2 to 4. There were about 170 people attending from Bluffton, Berne, and Goshen; Paulding, Ohio; and other area towns. Mr. Reimschisel is custodian at the courthouse in Goshen. Mrs. Reimschisel is the former Aldine Kipfer of Bluffton. They have three daughters, Mrs. Thurl (Bettiel Igney of New Paris, Mrs. Gary (Phyllis) Korenstra of Goshen, and Mrs. Duane ' Rosemary) Miller of Ossian; and 13 grandchildren. The Reimschisels were married October 24, 1924. MILFORD GIRL IS RUNNER-UP IN PAGEANT Miss Debra Wolferman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Wolferman of r 1 Milford, was chosen first runner-up in the Junior Miss Pageant held at Warsaw Saturday, Oct. 25. She received a trophy and a growth bond. BARN ON FISHER FARM BURNS Syracuse firemen were called at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday to the farm of John Fisher. Syracuse, on old road 13, two and one-half miles west of Syracuse, where a barn was burning. Damage was estimated at sl,000. Visiting In Area Mrs. Bessie Bushong of Niles, Mich., is visiting relatives in the Lakeland area.

crease hoped for this year. “This demonstrates,” Shellabarger said, “that our county has responded to a new, higher goal this year based on actual need as opposed to past campaigns where we have merely raised the goal by a percentage.” In all truth, however, the campaign is not expected to exceed its goal. Campaigners are not all that confident that the goal will be met without last minute hard work as has typified past campaigns. Yet all continues as normal with plans for a victory dinner in honor of solicitors and campaign leadership set for November 13. Campaign leaders are using the phone more to call their workers to spur them on in these last days. And as the Candle of Hope thermometer on courthouse square continues its even journey upward toward the 100 per cent mark, everyone is hopeful the work of more than 1200 county people will pay off again for the agencies involved.

Wawasee Boosters Plan Public Meeting Directors of the Wawasee Boosters, Inc., met Monday night in the Syracuse bank building with secretary Steve Hearn and . c~surer Jim Fry reporting. A total of $1,397.41 was reported in the boosters’ treasury. Mrs. Arch Baumgartner, president, presided as discussions were held on the note of $3,706,61 plus eight per cent interest due this month to Sol Frank Uniforms, Inc., for band uniforms. The boosters gave SI,OOO in April to help pay this note and collected $1,158.60 last summer through letters sent to corporation residents. They decided to give $1,350 additional on the note leaving a balance in the treasury of $47.41. Candy sales are currently underway by high school students. Last year candy sales raised $1,540.63 with this year’s sales expected to do as well or better. The boosters’ SI,OOO donation last spring and the current one of $1,350 leaves a balance of $1,35f 61 plus interest on the note. The candy sales should cover the remaining amount due. Public Meeting A public meeting will be held on Monday, Dec. 1, at 4:30 p.m. in the administrative offices of the school. Because of the active support of the residents of the school corporation the Wawasee Boosters, Ind., will then become inactive as the school can pay off the rest of the amount owed through projects such as the candy sales, Christmas programs and football and basketball attendance. Attending the meeting with those named were superintendent Don H. Arnold, Mrs. Walter Miller and Mrs. Merle Smith. SIX LEAGE FOR ARMY DUTY ON NOVEMBER 4 Six young men will report for army duty on November 4 with an additional 22 reporting for physical exams. Inducted will be Joey D. Haywood, Robert L. Richardson, Danny L. Neer, Ronald D. Plank, John W. Hoffhein and William A. Long. Those from this county who will report for physicals are Robert L. Walls, Sr., James W. Van Curen, Robert J. Becker, Larry L. Puls, Jerry L. Titus, David M. Beigh, Kenneth M. Ransbottom, John D. Faurote, Charles D. Rush, James W. Beigh, John R. Lapp, Ladoit L. Hollar, Timothy L. Buell, Larry D. Phillips, Bruce C. Mock, William T. Cole, Kenneth J. Stoll, Terrance T. Miller and Steven R. Miv-lr

\ •• ijEjL 4r mk- Ejj PAINT WEBSTER WINDOWS — Seventh and eighth graders of the North Webster junior high school, under the directon of art teacher, Mrs. Dean Coverstone, painted store windows in that community in the Halloween motif early this week. An example is the one shown here. The North Webster Lions will hold a parade of masked youngsters at 7 p.m. Friday from he bank to the school gym, where a community Halloween party will be held. At that time Lions will announces winners in three catagories of the masked participants, <nd will name store window winners. * 4

Near Settlement Os Dolan Street Problem In Syracuse

Dolan street residents in Syracuse came nearer a solution to their problem of widening the street and placing curbs and gutters along the street as the result of a special Tuesday evening meeting of the town board of trustees at the town hall. Following a discussion of the problem aired at a meeting a week previous, a vote of six property owners on the west side of Dolan street showed four favored the street improvement and two were not in favor. Favorable to the improvement were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hostetler, Stanley Insley, Bill Coburn and Mrs. Ann Davis. Voting “no” were Earl Treadway and Lavon Symensma. Two residents on the west side of the street were not present, but were contacted Wednesday morning by The Mail-Journal for their opinion on the street improvement. One resident, Eldred Mabie, said he was not in favor, commenting that his property was 110 feet along Dolan street, and that “we would have more in it than we would ever realize out of it." Another resident, Mrs. Tim Darr, speaking for herself and her husband, said they would go along with the majority. “If they want it, we will go along; and if not, we will also go along with that opinion," Mrs. Darr stated. Residents along the east side of Dolan street who were present voted “no" unanimously. They included retired police officer Robert Clevenger, Harry Appenzeller and Dr. Ralph Moore. If the town plans to go ahead with the street improvement, it will make Dolan street the only 60-foot street in the town of Syracuse. At the previous meeting, the town board said it had funds it could commit to the Dolan project and that final cost par resident would be $4.07 per foot for curbs and gutters. Brooklyn Street Residents of Brooklyn street were present and asked about the possible resurfacing and blacktopping of that street. They complain of excessive dust. Board members had earlier conferred with street commissioner Harley Conrad, and were told they could not blacktop this street any more this year, but that they were using gravel to fill chuck holes until spring. Vernon Gillum, Stanley Graff and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carwile were present representing this group. Another town problem, that of water drainage on Chicago avenue, was discussed. Commissioner Conrad recommended a catch basis at the water deposit area, at a cost of about SI,OOO to $1,300. Awards for the new town police

car were postponed. Vernon Gillum told the town board the stop sign on Brooklyn street was improperly placed and should be moved. Stanley Graff asked the town board to investigate the status of the Folk property on Brooklyn street, that he was interested in the purchase of the property. Board members present included president Byron Connolly, Mrs. Frank Bates and Loren Longenbaugh. Two Syracuse Men Celebrating 84th Birthday John Auer, well known Syracuse businessman, will celebrate his 84th birthday anniversary today (Wednesday). Also celebrating his 84th birthday today is Nelson Baumgartner of Syracuse. MINOR ACCIDENTS AT SYRACUSE Carroll Walton, driving south on Huntington street, Syracuse, had his car damaged $220 when it was struck by a truck driven by Timothy Robie who pulled out of the Cutter Chevrolet garage, at the edge of Syracuse, last week. The truck, belonging to the garage, was damaged $175. Marsha Peffley, r 4 Syracuse, drove her car from Auer’s Service station on east Main street Syracuse, last week and hit the right side of a car driven by Gary L. Eyer of r 2 Syracuse. Eyer who was driving west on Main street had his car damaged an estimated There was no damage to the Peffley car. Cal And Dog Bite Syracuse People Mrs. James Zimmerman of Front street, Syracuse, was bitten last week by a dog belonging to John G. Fisher of Front street. Mrs. Zimmerman was treated by a local physician and Mr. Fisher was ordered to keep the dog tied for two weeks. Robert Kaufman of Mill street, Syracuse was bitten by a stray cat.. The cat died and Mr. Kaufman is undergoing rabies treatment. . VISITS IN TEXAS Mr. and Mrs. William Rogers, Syracuse, returned home last Tuesday from a trip to Commerce, Tex., where they visited with their daughter, Mrs. Terry McDonald and family.

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Sea Scouts Assist In Cleaning Yule Decorations Sea Scouts of Syracuse — Dale Brown, Steve Peterson, Kerin Knisely and Paul Van Dyke — were on hand Monday night to help clean and repair the town’s Christmas decorations. Mrs. Earl Money, Miss Leila Connolly. Mrs. Helen Wilkerson and Mrs. Mary Van Dyke of nhe Syracuse Business end Professional Women’s club, .lay Peffley and Nelson Auer of the Chamber of Commerce and Frank Stefanski, also worked on the decorations. A committee will go to Marion soon to purchase a few new pieces. Greenery will be used in piace of some of the worn out decorations. Mr. and Mrs. Auer served coffee to the workers. SYRACUSE POUCE ARREST FIVE LAST WEEK Edward Dale Wallace of r 2 Ligonier was arrested by Syracuse police for public intoxication, driving under the influence of intoxication' beverages and no operators license. He was taken to the Kosciusko county jail. Francis E. Kauffman of Anderson was arrested for having no operators license and jailed for non-payment of fine. Eugenio Pequeno of Goshen was arrested and jailed for pi iblic intoxication and driving under the influence of intoxicating beverages. Davie Gene Hall was stopped by Syracuse officers on a ro itine check and arrested on a warrant from Mentone. He was taken to the county jail and held for Mentone officials. Deloss Saunders was arrested for reckless operation anc expired operator’s license. . GOoHEN MAN INJURED IN SYRACUSE CRASH Leßoy Douglas, 30, of Gnshen was injured when his car hit a pole on SR 13 at the south edge of Syracuse at 6:40 p.m. Thuisday. He was taken to the Gnshen hospital for treatment and ? -rays and released. The effr, a 1961 Rambler, was demolished. The pole, broken off in the mishap, was valued a $125 The Syracuse firemen were called to the scene to wash away gasoline which spilled on the ground. The police department investigated.