The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 47, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 December 1969 — Page 1

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WINTER IN INDIANA—This morning, as the temperature plummeted to below zero, the Hollywood, Florida, youngsters rollicked in the hugh snow bank on Main street in Milford. Wieldingthe snow shoyel is Sharon Boyd, nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Boyd of Hollywood, afid on top is her brother Scott, 13. With them is a cousin, Rhonda Graff, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Graff of Milford. The Boyds are spending the holidays with Mrs. Boyd’s mother, Mrs. R. E. Slabaugh of Milford. Winter officially arrived on Monday and Tuesday morning as the Lakeland area was covered with a blanket of snow. Snowing throughout the day, it measured four inches as we go to press this morning, insuring a White Christmas tomorrow!

Propose Expansion At CardinaPEearning Center

A proposal for the expansion of the Cardinal Learning Center and Industrial Workshop, Warsaw, by the Council for the Retarded of Kosciusko, Inc., has been approved by both the zone and regional committees of the Northeastern Indiana Mental Health and Retardation Planning Commission, and forwarded to the Indiana State Department of Mental Health for final approval of a $533,385 construction grant from federal, state, and local funds. Under the grant, $264, 230 will be financed through federal funds, with the state appropriating $134,708.75 and local funds contributing $134,446.25. According to the proposal, the grant will allow for the expansion of the center to accommodate service for 200 additional area clients, with 120 persons, age 16 and over accommodated through the Cardinal Industrial Workshop, and 80 persons from three years through 15 years of age being handled through the Cardinal Learning Center. Nine services will be expanded within the Cardinal Center facility, including pre-school, speech and hearing, social service, parent counseling, sheltered workshop, work activities, work evaluation, work training and placement. The five proposed additional services are music therapy, recreation therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and subtrainable and multi-handicapped training programs. Physical expansion of the Cardinal Center facilities, under this grant, will include the addition of a ten-room Therapy and Training Unit, and a Kitchen-Multi-purpose Area and Reception Lobby, as well as the expansion of the Center’s office and Sheltered Workshop areas. Services through the Cardinal Center will be available for all mentally retarded and physically handicapped individuals of Zone A of the Northeastern Indiana Mental Health and Retardation Planning Commission, which includes Kosciusko, Whitley, Wabash, and Huntington Counties. i — PRE CHRISTMAS DINNER Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wickersham and daughter Linda of r 1 Leesburg spent the week end in Winchester at the-home of Mrs. Hazel Wickersham. A pre-Christ-mas dinner and gift exchange were held Saturday evening.

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i J I MRS. CLIFFORD WOLF Mrs. Clifford Wolf Selected 'Mother Os The Year' Mrs. Clifford (Cleo) Wolf of Milford was chosen as the mother of the year at the December meeting of the Carefree Mothers club held in the home of Mrs. Max (Marlene' Evans of Milford. Newly elected officers are as follows: President—Mrs. Larry (Judy) Miller Vice president—Mrs. Pat (Peggy) Meek Secretary—Mrs. Joe (Carol) Schlabach There was a gift exchange and refreshments were served. The next meeting on January 21 will be guest night. Mrs. Deck Heads Homemakers Club Thirteen members of the Wawakee Homemakers met at the Turkey Creek club house for their December 17 meeting. Mrs. O. W. Martin and the officers were hostesses. After a pleasant luncheon there was a gift exchange. An impressive candlelight ceremony was used to install the new officers. They are: President—Mrs. Donald Deck Vice president—Mrs. Vance Moots Secretary—Mrs. Preston Wright Treasurer—Mrs. Ashley Hawk

GOSHEN ACCIDENT FRIDAY INVOLVES SYRACUSE MAN Patrick J. Flanagan, Jr., r 2 Syracuse, was driving north in the 100 block of south Fifth street, Goshen and attempted to change traffic lanes and his 1969 Pontiac station wagon clipped a northbound 1967 Ford operated by Dorothy E. Ashley of Elkhart, at 4:43,p.m. Friday. Damage was less than SIOO. Goshen city police investigated. S-W CofC Studies Mailing Piece Members of the Syracuse-Wa-wasee chamber of commerce heard James A. Clouse of Heckaman and Associates, Nappanee, pronose a mailing piece which would accentuate the merits of the lake community to visitors. He outlined what other communities are doing in this regard, from small communities to cities the size of Muncie, Ind. He also pronosed several methods that could be used to fnance such a mailing piece. Clouse was introduced by Jerry Ganshorn. No action was taken on his proposals. John Walker thanked those who helped him work on Christmas decorations for the community and Ralph Thornburg and Arch Baumgartner commented on the county hospital situation. Robert Mauzy gave a treasurer’s report. He said the chamber has 55 paid members. ACCIDENT IN MILFORD FRIDAY An accident causing SI,BOO damage to a truck and a semi tractor and trailer occurred at 9:25 p.m. Friday in Milford. The accident occurred when Gerald L. Kistler’s 1968 Chevrolet truck slid into the path of an oncoming tanker. Kistler was headed south on state road 15 and applied his breaks at the stop light near the town’s junior high school. The tanker, a 1964 Ford, was driven by James Riddle, 42, r 3 Ligonier. Kistler, 40, resides in Milford. The tanker is owned by Frick Farm Supply of Wawaka. Police estimated damages to the bumper, fender, wheel, ladder and gas tank at S9OO. An additional S9OO damage was caused to the right front of Kistler’s pickup.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1969

Reapportionment 'For The Birds’: Mauzy

State representative Thames L. Mauzy of Warsaw, shocked by the reapportionment plan proposed by the three federal judges last week, called the plan something “for the birds.” He made the curt statement to this newspaper in a prepared statement this morning. Mauzy would be pitted against popular House Speaker Otis Bowen of Bremen in a re-election providing the remap plan stands. Dr. Bowen told reporters last week he thought the remap plan would stand the test of the Supreme Court and that any effort by the state legislature would be “too late.” Representative Mauzy, an ardent fan of Governor Edgar Whitcomb, said he would not at all doubt that the Governor will call a special session of the legislature in order to propose an alternate reapportionment plan. He added, however, “A special session will cost Indiana taxpayers $500,000. His full statement this morning to this newspaper follows: “Reapportionment at this time

Wawasee Heights Baptist Minister Surprised With Trip To Holy Land

Following the children’s Christmas program on Sunday the people of the Wawasee Heights Baptist church surprised their minister, Rev. Robert A. Mundy with an all expense paid trip to the Holy Lands. The trip will begin on February 16 and last 11 days. Pastor Mundy was Utterly speechless over the surprise which has been the dream he has had for sometime. LOOKING UP CLASS HAS CHRISTMAS PARTY DEC. 13 Ina an accident at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, two miles southeast of Syracuse on the Pickwick road, a car driven by Stiven G. Richcreek, r 1 North Webster, slid out of control on the icy road striking a fence. The car was damaged $875 and the fence on the Charles Hayette farm was damaged $25. Mr. Richcreek received a cut on the chin. A passenger. Sharon Fredericks, Syracuse, received a cut on her knee and complained of chest pains. Deputy sheriff Ron Robinson investigated. Plan Commission Hears Two Petitions The Syracuse Plan Cbmmission met Thursday night and heard two petitions on rezoning of parcels of land. A petition filed by Clifton K. Kinder, Syracuse, for the rezoning of land at the Pleasant Grove Marine, Calf Island, Lake Wawasee, was approved, for rezoning from residential to lakeside business. A petition filed by Len and Stan Sales, Inc., Syracuse, for rezoning land along SR 13 across from the Wawasee Bowl, from residential to roadside business was also approved. Petitions with the plan commission’s recommendations will next go to the town board of trustees for final approval. MILFORD TOWN BOARD IN FINAL MEETING OF 1969 Members of the Milford town board met last Thursday evening in their final meeting of 1969. The purpose of the meeting was to sign claims to allow the clerktreasurer, Edith I. Baumgartner, to pay the year-end bills. No decision was made on the purchase of a police car.

is “for the birds.” The 1970 census will be completed in a very short time and this will have to be done all over again. “The proposed plan handed down by the three Democrat judges is unconstitutional, as it crosses over and violates the boundaries of county and township lines. Furthermore, this was done with the 1960 census figures, which will not give fair representation —as some of the counties in Indiana have very near doubled their population since 1960. I would like to see the districts remain as they are for this coming election and then the next session the state legislature can make the reapportionment as it should be with the new 1970 census. However, I do favor single member districts and would hope this can be accomplished in the proper manner. “It is high time we as taxpayers are considered and try to eliminate some of this excess spending, so far this has been an expensive process and if a special session is necessary it would be more money spent unnecessarily.”

J* DEBORAH MONEY Lake Erie College Juniors Fly To Europe Jan. 5 Instead of returning to the Lake Erie college campus in Painesville, Ohio, after the holidays, Miss Deborah Money, a junior, will join her classmates in New York city January 5, to make a charter flight to Paris. Miss Money is a member of the seventeenth junior class to participate in Lake Erie college’s winter term abroad. The first class sailed to Europe in January, 1953, when Dr. Paul Weaver, president of the college, instituted the program with three centers in as many countries. This year 11 centers in western Europe will host the Lake Erie juniors. These include Bordeaux, Caen, Grenoble, and Nancy in France: Valencia and Salamanca in Spain; Gottingen and Tubingen in west Germany: Pisa, Italy; Trogen, Switzerland; and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Miss Money will study for nine weeks in Pisa, where she will live with an Italian family. By living in a family, the student can experience more of the culture and the language. I During and after her stay in Italy, Miss Money will have 14 days free for travel anywhere in western Europe. By March 19, she will again join her classmates, this time in London, to return to the United States and the spring term at Lake Erie college. Miss Money is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Money, r 4, Bay Vista Drive, Syracuse.

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BEARERS OF GLAD TIDINGS—Two young Warsaw attorneys brought j»lad tidings to Mrs. Alton (Lillie) Beeson, a patient at the Pierceton nurisng home who observed her 100th birthday on Monday, Dec. 22. With the centenarian are Tom Lemon, left, and Stanley Pequignot, who presented her with a birthday cake in behalf of U. S. Senator R. Vance Hartke, and a bottle of her favorite perfume on behalf of U. S. Congressman John Brademas. Among other letters of congratulations she received were ones from President Richard M. Nixon from the White House, Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson from Johnson City, Texas, and from Robert M. Ball, commissioner of social security in Baltimore, Maryland. Mrs. Johnson noted that Mrs. Beeson’s birthday was on the same day as her own.

Set Salaries, Benefits For Syracuse Officials, Employees

Ordinances last Tuesday as passed by the Syracuse town board, set salaries and benefits for town officials and employes during the year 1970. All six ordinances will go into effect on January 1. Board members will receive q salary of S2OO per year with the president receiving an additional SSO. The town attorney’s salary was set at SSOO per year; clerktreasurer’s salary at $2,200; and the building commissjolfet’S at 60 per cent of the fees x collected by him for building and occupancy permits. The town marshal will receive $6,432 per year while deputy marshals will receive $5,928 and probationary officers $5,600. Crossing guards are to receive $22 per pay period. The street-water and sewer commissioner is to receive $6,120 with the fire station operators receiving $4,608. The fire chief will receive $950, first assistant, $850; second assistant, $750; captain, $700; sec-retary-treasurer, $750; and a clothing or auto allowance of SSO to each fireman certified to have attended at least half of the drills and fire calls. Hourly employes are to be paid as follows: Class I (machine operators) $2.50 per hour; class II (truck drivers, operators and clerks) $2.30 per hour; class 111 (ethers' $2.15 per hour; class IV (other paid town employes' $2.10 per hour, and class V (student help) $1.75 per hour. ( Another ordinance permits the clerk-treasurer to pay bond and utilities payments prior to board approval. An ordinance was approved permitting expenditures for the 1970 year for the water fund, with a total proposed budget of $48,000. A fourth ordinance provides for a total proposed budget of $42,535 for 1970 for sewer funds. Another ordinance permits the transfer of unexpended balances from the park meter and plan commission fund as of December 31, 1969. Mr. and Mrs. John Augsburger of Milford will leave Saturday for a two-week vacation in Arizona.

Three Break-Ins In Wawasee Area Are Under Investigation By Officers

Roger Fellows, deputy sheriff, investigated a break-in at Angler’s Cove, Lake Wawasee, on December 12. A total of SSO in cash and a 25 inch color television were taken. Entry was made by breaking a latch on the door on the north side of the tavern. The South Shore Golf club was broken into last week and S7OO worth of golf balls and whiskey were taken. State trooper Julian Echterling stated entrance to the clubhouse was gained by breaking a padlock on the south door to the building. Once inside the thieves pried open the door to the storage room taking several

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FIRE AT BORKHOLDER’S—Fire completely destroyed a building in the Borkholder Building Supply complex three and one half miles west of Nappanee on US 6 Thursday. The blaze was discovered at 8 p.m. by a passing motorist and the Nappanee fire department was called. Bremen and New Paris also answered the alarm, however, the fire could not be stopped. The building was 30 x 150 feet and used to store lumber and other supplies. Damages are expected to run as high as SBO,OOO. The fire is under investigation by the Marshall county officials with arson suspected.

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cases of whiskey and several cases of golf balls. Trooper Echterling also investigated a break-in at the Wawasee Village Sportsman Center last week. The owner Clem Lisor told the trooper that a rifle and three shotguns that had been brought in for repair were missing. Entry was by a window at the back of the store that had been pried open. HOME FOR HOLIDAYS 1 Pvt. Chuck Bird, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bird of Milford, arrived home Sunday from Fort Knox, Ky., to spend the holidays. He will return on January 3.