The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 7, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 March 1970 — Page 1

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Scout Cabin Site For Meetings On Syracuse Annexation

The regular meeting of the Syracuse town board of trustees and 15 other interested parties was held Tuesday night at'town hall. The meeting opened promptly at 7.30 sharp by the town board president announcing no annexation plans or proposals were going to be discussed at this meeting. Fire chief Tom Strickler questioned the board as to where authorization came from for site of the three public annexation meetings to be held March 25. April 1 and 8. He added he had no knowledge of this scheduling at the fire station and that it was not available on these nights. This morning. John Walker of the local Chamber of Commerce, and Byron Connolly met and made arrangements to use the scout cabin for the meetings. Split Shift Strickler also added he Bad questioned men on the tow.ii first aid unit in regard to working a split shift as requested in an inquiry by the town board at a previous meeting, and the men agrved they would rather continue as in the past or disband completely. A lengthy discussion followed on pros and cons of the unit and cost of operating to the town. Joe Hughes and Bill Pipp, both members of the fire department and first aid for a number of years.

'Education Today* Is Program For Columbians The Columbian Reading circle of Milford met at the home of Mrs Joe Gerenscer Monday, March 9 Eleven members and four guests responded to roll call by telling about the Easter which they remember most During the business meeting it was decided to donate a small sum of money to the Waubee park fund, and make an inquiry as to why the lake has become so polluted in the last few years One member stated it was out of the question to swim in such filthy water . John A Naab, curriculum coordinator of the Lakeland schools was guest speaker for the evening His subject was a discussion of the updating of our education on all levels kindergarten through high school He discussed the importance of visual perception education beginning m kindergarten Next he emphasized the teaching of reading as the most important subject m elementary grades and why the division according to ability has proved so Successful in grades 3. 4. and 5. He also discussed the critical age of the junior high group The ladies were informed that Wawasee high school is one of nine in the state to have a vocational program The four areas taught at Wawasee are college prep, business, agriculture and home ec The next meeting will be the Holy Week services which the

Annexation Tush’ Underway

At Syracuse The Syracuse town board and members of the Syracuse-Wawa-see Chamber of Commerce will attend pJriic meetings at the scout cabin on the next three Wednesday nights to give a full airing of the annexation ordinances passed by that town. v Area one citizens will meet on March 25 with area twn meeting April 1 and area three on April 8. All three meetings are set to begin at 7:30 pm. Legal notices on the annexation giving detailed descriptions of the

Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE - WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)

agreed with the fire chief and Hughes added he would rather disband than to change their procedures., that were a working unit for aid of the community. Strickler said he thought their unit was one of the best in the area, they had worked hard and were proud of it. Sharp asked if it were possible to combine their meetings and drills to cut expenses and Strickler said no, that each meeting and drill lasted for a full two hours each session. It was noted that with the newautomatic fire whistle you cannot tell without your unit radio whether it is a fire or first aid call as there is no code as in previous years. Further discussion was tabled on this subject. Strickler announced the department for community spirit is in the process erf purchasing an outdoor flag to have lighted to fly over the fire station. Chief Vanderßeyden stated the site for the annual police and firemen's fair will be in Wawasee Village in the open fields near the Syracuse Rubber Co. No. 2. Sharp asked board members in regard to a request by Pierceton Junior Achievement program to solicit Syracuse- and was informed the town ordinance does not permit this. e Turkey Creek Lane A request was also heard in re-

dub will attend as a group March 23 They will be held at the NewSalem Church bf the Brethren

CromwellKimmell Lions To Celebrate The Cromwell-Kimmell Lions dub will sponsor a zone social on Monday evening. April 20. and will celebrate their 25th anniversary The occasion will be a ladies night with the dinner and program to be held in the auditorium back of the Catholic church at the north end of Avilla. The program will star at 7 p.m. Reservations shou! : be made to Frank A. Epple. zone chairman. box 398. Cromwell, before April 10. ATTEND 71.1 WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Todd and Kimberly Manges of r 3 Syracuse attended the 71st wedding anniversary of their great-grandparents. Mr. and Mrs Byron Markham of Goshen recently. Mr. Markham is 95 years old and Mrs Markham is 88 They have five daughters living out of 13 children. The daughters are Mrs. Floyd Manges of r 3 Syracuse. Mrs Charlotte LeCount and Mrs. Raymond Rassi of Goshen. Mrs. Lettie Cripe of Texas and Mrs Gladys Gonderman of Dewart Lake

three areas appear in the second section of this paper. Reasons given for the annexation which will double the sue of Syracuse are as follows: Pollution elimination, sewer service, water service, garbage removal, street lights, snow removal, police protection, and decreased insurance rates. Members of the Lakeland school board have affirmed there will be no change in school transportation because of the annexation. The ordinances were adopted on the three parcels of land at a meeting held February 25 in the Syracuse town hall.

gard to a section of right-of-way being named linking Boston and Henry streets along Turkey Creek where several mobile homes are located. Board members agreed on Turkey Creek Lane and the clerktreasurer will purchase signs for same. Edward Leamon. a resident on Borton street, inquired as to the responsibility for improvement in the immediate area of Boston and Second streets and Skinner’s ditch. He added the need for new drainage tile and emphasized the need in cleaning in and along the ditch where many wild animals can be found running about. He was advised the state would have to be contacted at quite an expense to the town. Virgil Hill, a resident of the Wawasee Heights addition near the new high school, inquired as to a town ordinance or control on hauling and burning of trash to a dump used by Liberty Homes. He said trash falls from the open trailer used to haul and that debris and smoke from the fire is offensive and obnoxious to residents in the area. Hill was advised the town board had no control over this at the present time with the exception of trash dropped dong the way that may be in the town limits. All town board members, the clerk-treasurer, and attorney Robert Reed attended the meeting.

CARS DAMAGED IN TWO MISHAPS Syracuse police officer Lawrence Firestone investigated an accident at 5:06 p.m. Monday when Mrs. Jtriia Newcomer of r 3 Syracuse backed from a parking space on Main street and struck the left back section of a car belonging to Francis (Red* Marlin of 200 Dolan Drive. Firestone estimated SSO damage to the Marlin vehicle. Firestone also investigated a call at 9:30 Monday night when a car belonging to Ralph Knisley of Syracuse was extensively damaged on the driver's side while Knisley attended a school function. An investigation continues. HOME FROM FLORIDA Mr and Mrs. John Zimmerman of Syracuse have returned from a two-week vacation at Sarasota and Sanibel Island. Fla

Camp Fire Girls Celebrate Birthday

Various activities have been planned for this week by members of the Syracuse Camp Fire Girls in observance of the 60th birthday of Camp Fire Girls. Members attended the church of their choice in full costume on Sunday and special programs are being featured at regular meetings during the week with honor beads being awarded The grand celebration will come Friday night with a FatherDaughter banquet in the school

Besides being published, the ordinances are posted in several places in the downtown area. With the annexation Syracuse's taxable valuation will jump from approximately $3 million to $44 mifiion. At Webster North Webster’s town board voted February 4 to pass and ordain an ordinance providing for the annexation of contiguous territory to the town of North Webster. A detailed description of the land to be annexed appears in the legal notice in this issue.

WEDNESDAY, MAR. 18, 1970

SNOW AGAIN f As we go to press the Lakeland area is covered with from two to three inches of snow and pavements are once again slick as winter has one last fling before giving way to spring. Forecasts are for snow until noon with sunny skies tomorrow (Thursday). Milford Lions Hear About Girl Scouts • Members of the Milford Lions club met in regular session Monday night and heard Mrs. Morrison from the girl scout council at Elkhart and Mrs. Tom Dye of Milford explain Camp Singing Hills and the girl scout program. During the business session the annual calendar sales were discussed. Palm Sunday Activities At Grace Church On Palm Sunday. March 22, the choir under direction of Mrs. Jack Darr and organist Philip K. Fawley will provide special music at the 10:45 worship service. Pastor Hertenstein’s message will bear the theme “From Popularity i to Crucifixion.” The church will host the ministerial lenten service at 7:30 Sunday night. This service will feature the elementary school choir under direction of Mrs. Richard Ditmer and a film “The Dawn of Victory." / Communion service will be held on Thursday and Friday nights using the theme “The Abundant Life Abounds in the Remembrance of Christ” and "The Abundant Life Abounds in Trust in God.” These services are scheduled for 7:30 o'clock. SCIENCE FAIR SCHEDULED The Parent-Teacher Organization sponsored science fair will be held in the North Webster school gymnasium on Tuesday evening, March 31, at 7:30. Any youngster, grades kindergarten through 8, may enter a project, however, entries by kindergarten. first, and second grades will not be judged. The public is invited and there is no admission charge.

cafeteria with the girls in 1910 attire Camp Fire was first organized in 1910 in eastern United States by Dr Luther Halsey Gulick and his wife with a camp for girls on Lake Sebago in Maine The 17 girls comprising the first group chose Indiana names, studied Indian lore and used ceremonial costumes. A younger group. Bluebirds, was formed in 1913. and the Horizon club for high school girls in 1941.

A fiscal plan has been developed and a definite policy established to furnish and provide to the property being annexed governmental and proprietary services substantially equal in standard to those presently being furnished in the town limits. Police protection will begin as soon as the ordinance becomes final. Street repair and maintenance will be furnished by January 1. 1371. and street lights byJanuary 1, 1972. James K. Greiner. Paul Royer, and DeWitt Mullett are town trustees at North Webster, and Thurman E. Rinker is clerk-treas-rer.

Three Die In Traffic Accident On Curve South Os Milford

Funeral services were held earlier this week in two Milford churches for the three victims of last Fridays tragic accident. Dead are Mrs. Robert (Carolyn) Hoffer. 32. 616 south Harding street. Warsaw, a native of Milford; Benjamin Waldbeser. 74. r 1 Milford; and his wife, Nellie, 69. The accident occurred on the curves just south of the city limits on highway 15 at 7:20 p.m. as Mrs. Hoffer was traveling south and failed to negotiate the curve. Her 1962 Oldsmobile crossed the centerline and slammed head-on into the oncoming Waldbeser car. Mrs. Hoffer reportedly had been to her mother's home near Milford and had left her two daughters there. She was returning to Warsaw when the accident occurred. Mrs. Hoffer is the daughter of Mrs. Harry Haab of r 2. The Waldbeser couple had been in Leesburg shopping and was enroute home. Mrs. Hoffer died at the scene of severe lacerations and a fractured neck. Benjamin and Nellie Waldbeser were taken to the Goshen hospital then transferred to South Bend Memorial where she died at 9:45 p.m. as result of head and chest injuries, fractured leg and internal injuries and Mr. Waldbeser died some two hours •ater of head and chest injuries and multiple fractures. Services Final rites were conducted at the Milford United Methodist church on Monday afternoon for Carolyn Hoffer with interment in the Felkner cemetery near town. She was born at Nappanee on July 31, 1937. Her parents are Harold Crafton of r 3 Syracuse and Mrs. Harry (Marian) Haab of Milford. On October 5.1956 she was united in marriage to Robert Hoffer at Honolulu, Hawaii. She was regional manager of Coppercraft Guild, Inc.. of Massachusetts. Mrs. Hoffer was a 1955 graduate of Milford high school, a member of the United Methodist church and a member of the Warsaw American Legion AuxiliarySurvivors include the husband; parents; two daughters, Lee Ann and Lani Kay. both at home; and a brother. Clark Crafton of near Indianapolis. Waldbesers Services for Mr. and Mrs. Waldbeser were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Milford Christian church with Carl Shearer, minister, officiating. Mrs. Waldbeser was born in Brown county to Mr. and Mrs. William Morris. Her husband was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Waldbeser and was born in Illinois. Thev were married on December 27. 1919 and had resided on a farm near Milford for nearly all their 50 years of married life. They are survived by two sons, Fred and Alvin of Milford and one daughter. Mrs. Floyd (Gladys) Kauffman of Bristol; five grandchildren and one greatgrandchild Mrs Waldbeser is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Bertha McKee of Elkhart. Mr. Waldbeser is also survived by two sisters. Miss Rosa Waldbeser of Milford ami Miss Carey Waldbeser of Cisna Park, 111. Carl Shearer pastor of the church officiated at the double service with interment in the Milford cemetery. FIREMEN RESPOND TO GRASS FIRE Syracuse firemen responded to a number of grass fires during the past month including one on the Kern road at 3:51 p.m. last Wednesday on the Jacob Kern farm and another at 3:20 Friday afternoon when a trash fire at Monarch homes caused a nearby field to catch afire.

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Hey, Boys And Girls! Enter Easter Coloring Contest - Prizes!

Once again the Lakeland area merchants and The Mail-Journal are co-operating to sponsor an Easter coloring contest for the boys and girls of the Lakeland area. Boys and girls may enter the contest By coloring the cartoons featured in this issue of the paper then taking them to the sponsoring merchants. Prizes will be awarded to a winner from each sponsoring firm and a grand prize will be given by The MailJournal. The contest rules are as follows: 1. Contest open to children in this area, kindergarten through four& grades. 2. Paint, pencil or crayon may be used for coloring. 3. Entries must be received at each sponsor's firm not later than Monday. March 23, at 12 noon.

North Webster Receiving Bids For Wastewater Projects

North Webster's town board is receiving sealed bids for the construction of a wastewater disposal project until April 8 at 7:30 p.m. according to a legal notice which appears elsewhere in this issue. Two contracts are to be offered by the town. The first is for a wastewater treatment plant and the second is for a sewer system.

4. Accuracy and appearance counts. Judge’s decision will be final. 5. Mount each entry on an 84 inch by 11 inch sheet of paper which you have labeled with name, address; phone number, school and grade. 6. Take each cartoon to the firm which sponsored it before the deadline for entries. .Arrangements have been made with the Wawasee high school art department to judge the pictures. The winners will be announced in The Mail-Journal the week after Easter Sponsors of the contest are as follows: Burger’s Dairy Store, Syracuse; H & M Motor Ginic, North Webster; Love Furniture, Syracuse; Farmers State Bank, North Webster; Campbell’s Market, Milford; Foo and Faye’s Cantonese Restaurant,

The first contract includes the furnishing of all materials for and the construction of the following major plant facilities: Aeration tank, auxiliary steel aeration tank, final clarifier, aerobic digester, control building, sludge drying beds, effluent polishing pond and miscellaneous items of plant structures, piping, grading,

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Syracuse; Jot Em Down Store, North Webster; Boyer’s Jewelry, North Webster; Marise’s Town and Lake Shop, Syracuse; Augsburger’s IGA at both Milford and Syracuse; Walter Drugs, Milford; and Gray’S Super Market, North Webster. Each store will award $5 cash or merchandise to the winner of. it’s contest with an additional going to the grand prize winner. To Speak At C Os C Meeting Don Arnold and Marion Lantz will talk at the regular luncheon meeting of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce Thursday, March 19, on the planned 12-room addition to Wawasee high school. There will also be a report from the brochure committee. Mr. Arnold is superintendent of the* Lakeland schools and Mr. Lantz is business manager.

fencing and appurtenances. The second contract consists of the furnishing of all materials for and the construction of sewers and appurtenances as described in the legal notice. The award of a contract will be subject to the sale of revenue bonds for financing the project cost.