The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 27, Milford, Kosciusko County, 5 August 1970 — Page 1
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VOLUME 7
Lakeland Budget Set At $5.58 For 1971
The board of school trustees of the Lakeland Community- School Corporation has proposed a 1971 budget of $2,653,166 This is an increase of $164,432. The board adopted a tax rate of $5.58 for advertising purposes and set a public hearing date for Thursday. Aug. 27 * i The new proposed rate is 71 cents high than the 1970 rate, however. 35 cents is represented by the increase in the cumulative fund which has been set at 60 cents The general fund increased 58 cents while the debt service fund was reduced 22 cents. The actual net increase for the cost of operation and debt service is 36 cents , The recent tax factor assigned to the Lakeland Community School Corporation which determines the amount of state aid to be received m 1971 has had the effect of losing $67,000 This amount represents 18 cents in the « ’proposed rate. Also, the fact that * the spring installment of taxes which remain unpaid, has caused the school corporation to borrow funds, an interest cost of $17,000 must be provided for in the budget This is included in the proposed budget as an additional appropriation needed before December 31, and represents five cents in the tax rate Several unknown factors still exist which could reduce the final rate. The state tax board will make any final'adjustments necessary — MAD Meeting Set For Monday Night An important meeting of the Milford Area Development Council (MAD ) will be held at the Milford fire station at 7:30 pm MondayPaul Brembeck will be in charge of the meeting in the absence of president C J. Myers who is on vacation ' MAD secretary Richard Fehnel said several important matters will be discussed at the meeting, and that it is imperative that a large number attend the meeting He will also pass out membership cards.
IBa Ira W| *7 fl «k. I 1 ' r .■<. 1. DRESS REVUE WINNERS — These six girts are winners in separate categories at the Kosciusko county dress revue held at the Warsaw high school auditorium on Monday night, and they will compete in the state fair. From left are Marcia Boggs. Dresses 1. of the Pierceton Happy 4-Hers; Ellen Freeman. Dresses H; of the Milford Senior Homemakers; Anita Yobey. Coats, of the Atwood American Girls; Pat Beer. Suite, of the Milford Senior Homemakers; Kathy Nifong. Formats; of the Etna Green Good Luck; and Kathy Good. Separates, of the Atwood Victory.
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A Job For The Legislature (AN EDITORIAL) The various public services supported by the collection of taxes will soon be undergoing the annual review and judgment of each individual taxpayer Town and county programs receive their share of criticism but since the major portion Os the tax to be collected goes to operating the schools, education comes under the greatest attack. With the great amount of material being written about education, one sometimes wonders how educators themselves keep their cool. Improvements of all kinds are called for. most of which demand more money ; Recent legislation regarding handicapped children will cost millions of dollars if initiated in 1973 as proposed All will come from the local taxpayer unless the state legislature provides the money, which to date they have provided only a small amount for handicapped children The legislators must be held responsible for their acts. Local school .boards may by necessity, have to refuse to implement new programs. In fact, it would appear that if the legislature fails to assume the responsibility of providing necessary money for education, school boards will be forced to reduce the quality and number of educational programs
New Cromwell State Bank Opens For Business Tuesday Morning
The new Cromwell State Bank opened its doors for business at 9 a m Tuesday. They were located in the other bank building since September of 1948 Syracuse businessman William Kerfin, Mrs. Kerfin and Seth Ward of Lake Wawasee were the first bank transactors of the morning The bank; open four days a week from 9 to 5 and 9 to 6 on Friday with a closed day on Thursday, now features a new drive-up window, also open from 9 to 5 James A. Bandy is vice president,\cashier and trust officer of the bank Other vice presidents are Mrs. Mildred W. Fausnaugh, also a director; and John W. Ray. joining the bank on Monday of this week from the American State Bank of Ligonier Chester W. Brown is assistant cashier. * Serving on the board of directors are L. E. Heintzelman, bank president; Ronald G. Silveus. vice president; Linval Calbeck, Roger Heinttelman, Glen Larrison, Frederick W Keidaish and James Parker
Milford Lions And Ladies At Playhouse Sunday Members of the Milford Lions club and their ladies and guests were among those making up the largest audience to attend a performance at the Enchanted Hills Playhouse on Lake Wawasee In the three years it has been operated as a professional equity residence theatre. The Lions enjoyed the playhouse's picnic-buffet prior to the Sunday evening performance. The play of the evening was “Charley’s Aunt,” a delightful comedy featuring Stuart Howard, a newcomer to the phyhouse this year, as Lord Fancourt Babberley and as "Charley’s Aunt.”
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1970
Turkey Creek Budget Set At4l6 Members of the advisory board of Turkey Creek Township and trustee Harold C. Kuhn have set the 1971 tax levy at .416. according to the recently released budget. They are asking for .079 in the township fund, and .323 in the fire fighting fund with an additional .014 in the cumulative fire fighting equipment fund. The township levy would raise $17,218 while the fire fighting levy would raise $58,707 and the cumulative fire fighting equipment levy would raise $2,500. The rate allows for $2,455 for pay of trustee, rent, clerical and travel expense; $615 for books, stationery / printing and advertising; $2,900 for care of cemetery; $1,120 for justice of the peace salary- and fees; S7OO for other justice of the peace expenses; S2OO for civil defense; $l5O for Memorial day expenses; S6OO for water safety; and $2,385 for other civil township expenses. Seek Judgment United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co., Baltimore, Md., has filed a complaint for damages suit in Kosciusko superior court against Charles R. Drake of r 1 Leesburg. The plaintiff seeks a judgment in the amount of $5,188.99 which it alleges it paid to the Merchant’s National Bank in Muncie to cover funds it contends the defendant owed the bank.
Three Seats Up For Grabs On Lakeland School Board
Three seats will be up for grabs on the Lakeland school board when voters go to the poles in November. ■- The terms of Floyd Baker of district one and Dr. Robert Craig and C. W. Kroh. both of district two. will expire in June of 1971 necessitating the election of persons to fill the vacancies created at that time. Terms of Lakeland school hoard members run for four years with no district being represented by less than one or more than two members on the board. Baker and board president Jerry Heivey reside in Tippecanoe township, district one; and Kroh reside in Turkey Creek township, district two; while Billy G. Little is the board member from district three which is composed of Van Buren and the east half of Jefferson township. The terms of Heivey and Little expire on June 30. 1973. ’ Persons from any of the three districts may file their candidacy at the office of the county clerk until September 1. Floyd Baker has already filed for re-election to the post he now holds. Baker is a retired vice principal of the North Webster school and owns and operates the Log Cabins, a summer resort on Barbee Lake. A veteran coach, he has had 40 years experience as a teacher, coach and administrator in Ohio and Indiana. He was with the
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OPENING THE FAIR — The 54th annual Kosciusko CountyFree Fair opened at 7 p.m. Monday night with the formal ribbon cutting by fair association president William Orr, as fair queen candidates looked on. From left are Cindi Furnas, Miss Leesburg: Debbie Orr. Miss
4-H Auction Tomorrow
At County Free Fair
Wednesday (today) is kid's day at the Kosciusko county free fair with reduced prices for the youngsters and special events planned to delight all. The open pony show will be held all day at the horse tent with the 4-H beef show being scheduled for 9 a m. The open sheep show will be given with the event starting at 7:30. A full program of racing will be held in the grandstands with the time trials beginning at 6:30«p.m. Tomorrow, Thursday, the annual 4-H club livestock auction will be held in the new pole building at 6:30 p.m. with prize winning animals on the block. The teen dance extravaganza will be at 8:30. The 4-H horse-halter class will begin at 10 a.m. Friday and run
FLOYD BAKER North Webster school for 18 years. Baker is a graduate of Huntington high school and received his bachelor of science degree in education at Whittenberg university and a post-graduate degree in education and administration at the University of Pittsburgh. He holds a liveprincipal’s license in both Indiana and Ohio. He is a fellow in Kappa Phi Kappa honorary education fraternity and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon social fraternity. He is a past member of the Indiana High School Athletic
until noon. The dairy show featuring Guernsey, Ayrshire, Jersey and Brown Swiss Cattle will take up the entire day for those who are interested and the kids wll once again have the run of the midway as prices are reduced for the younger set. The open beef cattle show will begin at 10 am. and the open class horses will also be judged in the afternoon Also set for Friday is the district 4-H tractor operator's contest. Friday evening the pony races will be held in the grandstands. They will begin at 8 p.m. Saturday is the Holstein dairy show and the horse show. Both are scheduled for the entire day. In the evening a full program of racing is scheduled with the coronation of the 1970 queen set to follow the races.
Association board of controls (1962-63) and a past member of the National Federation of State High Schools from Ohio (1935-45) and Indiana (1945-49). The board member is a member of the Grace Lutheran church at Syracuse. He is a past president of the Martin’s Ferry, Ohio, Lions club, member of the Warsaw Elks club, past president of Tarum Shrine club at Richmond and member of Mizpah Shrine club in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Baker (Ruth Evelyn) is a native of Huntington. The Bakers have one son. Barry Norman, a graduate of North Webster high school and Tri-State Engineering college at Angola, now living in Wooster, Ohio.
Senator Bayh To Receive Legislative Award Os Merit
WASHINGTON, D. C„ - The American Trial Lawyers Association today announced it has chosen Senator Birch Bayh (D-Ind.) to receive its 1970 Legislative Award of Merit. Jerry M. Finn, national chairman of the association's legislative section, made the announcement in Miami, where the group is holding its national convention.
Pierceton: Patti Silveus, Miss Warsaw I; Cynthia Rife, Miss Warsaw II; Jeri Pritchard. Miss Mentone; Carla Speicher, Miss Milford; Mr. Orr: Donnette Chambers, reigning fair queen: Susie Brower. Miss North Webster: Chris Cay wood. Miss Syracuse II: Jill White. Miss Syracuse I; Vicki Jones. Miss Silver Lake; Barb Jones. Miss Claypool: and Pam Records. Miss Warsaw 111.
Former Milford Man Sought By FBI For Kidnap /a former Miiford man — Harold T. Sumpter. 59, Warsaw — turned himself in to federal authorities after he learned he was being sought for kidnapping nine-year-old Sugar*Grove, 111., girl. Sumpter attended elementary school in Milford years ago. Sumpter was accused of kidnapping Susan Marie Feldott near her Illinois home last Friday. She was found unharmed on Sunday in lowa. The former resident had been arrested in Warsaw on June 20, 1957 and charged with statutory rape involving an 11-year-old girl. He was sentenced to a two-21 year prison term. He was paroled in 1963 and returned in 1964 for parole violation. Sumpter escaped in 1966 but Was captured a short time later. He was paroled on January 13. 1970. The Feldott girl was walking along a road near her home with her seven-year-old sister, Debra, when she was forced into a car by the kidnapper. She told the police officers investigating she was forced to stay in the car until they reached lowa. She was then abandoned in a park on Sunday. She played in a park for several hours. A Knoxville resident talked w-ith her at 9 p.m. and when it became apparent that she had been kidnapped she was taken to the police station. Warsaw authorities also want to question Sumpter in regards to the abduction of a 10-year-dd girl taken from her bicycle along Wilcox road near Pierceton in June of this year. She was released near a county dump some 55 minutes later. The discription she gave of the car she was forced into matches that of one purchased by Sumpter last March.
The association chose Senator Bayh for the award, according to Mr. Finn, “for his courageous leadership in the exercise of the Constitutional responsibility of the U. S. Senate to ‘advise and consent’; for his advocacy and will in understanding the pulse and mood of our nation and translating these intangibles into legislation through the extension of the Voting Rights Act and Amendment; for his determination to provide to the military forces of our nation the
NUMBER 27
REV. WALTER C. BURCHAM Rev. Burcham Accepts Pastorate At Syracuse The Rev. Walter C. Burcham and wife have now moved into the parsonage at 218 north Aimting ton, Syracuse, to begin the minister’s pastorate at the Syracuse Church of God. He comes to Syracuse from the First Church in Fort Wayne after serving there since August 1965. Prior to accepting that pastorate, he served congregations in Rowesville and Nappanee. - Rev. Burcham is currently president of the Indiana Ministerial association ana a member of the conference executive committee. He has also served on the administrative council of the General Eldership, as a member of the commission on evangelism and as president of the Four-State Minister’s conference. The minister will begin his pastorate on August 9, following sessions of the Indiana Conference which will be meetng in Bloomfield. same level of justice in the courts as is afforded all citizens of the United States; for his sponsorship of legislation to reform the Electoral College and provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States; and for his leadership in the continuing struggle to secure those rights guaranteed by the U. S. Constitution, and particularly for his strong advocacy of equal rights for women.” Senator Bayh’s office said he was unable to be in Miami for the awards luncheon on August 4th but would receive the award personally in his Washington office at a later date.