The Mail-Journal, Volume 8, Number 1, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 February 1971 — Page 1

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Milford Lions Hear Principal Wa waste high school principal Henry L Smith appeared before the Milford Lions club Monday evening — His program consisted of a tape recording made in his study of various musings of his feelings of the world today, including both adults and students This was followed by a question and answer session During business, presided over by president Don Wolferman. members were reminded of the gavel night to be held with MidLakes on February 15. Reservations for the evening s meal which will be held in the Shrine building at Warsaw should be turned in to D. G. Seely prior to Friday. Rev Phil Philbrook will be the guest speaker

Probable Cause Os Pickwick Block Fire Told By Co-Owner

Co-owner of the Pickwick Block in Syracuse. William Mollenhour, let it be known last week that probable cause of the disastrous New Year s Day fire was thought to be a short circuit in an amplifier used by the band playing for a New Year s Eve dance for the Jaycee's in their Jaycee hall in the lower level of the block. Investigation into the cause of the fire was made throughout the following week of the fire by Willard Clark with the state fire marshal and Syracuse fire chief Tom Strickler. Following this investigation, reports were made that the fire was accidental but that it did originate in the Jaycee room * beneath the Pickwick Inn. behind a petition in the rear of the room:

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Car Window Shattered In Milford A car belonging to Florencio M. Alvarez. 25. Milford, was found damaged early Sunday morning when Milford marshal Don Drake was on patrol The windshield had two holes in it, which appeared made by a round instrument. possibly a lug wrench, and the window on the passenger side was sKkttered Damage was estimated at $l6O The incident occurred between 9 p.m. Saturday and 12:10 a m. Sunday. ENTERTAINS AT SUNDAY DINNER Mrs Velma Farrington of r 4 Syracuse entertained at Sunday dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Cripe and two daughters of Milford

Also, al this time. Strickler cited all wiring and gas lines were found to be in excellent condition. Investigation reports were sent to the state fire marshal's office and until last week, no public report had been made as to the real cause of the fire, leaving many questions and doubts in the minds of the people. Rebuild? An announcement earlier that the would be rebuilt, contingent on lease renewal options, is now a question, will it be rebuilt ur not? In his announcement last week. Mollenhour added the unfavorable business climate which had beengenerated since the fire

January Report Os Syracuse J. P. Given Turkey Creek township justice of the peace Christian Koher has tried the following cases in his court during the month of January: Expired vehicle inspection stickers at a total of $23.25 each — Paul Angel of r 1 Elkhart; Joe A. Baumgartner. 719 south Fourth street. Syracuse; Billy A. Eyer, r 4 Syracuse; Ruth K. Gallop, r 1 Syracuse; William H. Holmes of South Bend. Charles Mullins, r 1 North Webster; Robert Reed. Winona Lake; Richard Roose of r 2 Syracuse; Donald Shouse. 106 west Pearl street. Syracuse; and Henry L. Vance, Goshen. Lowell Barefoot of Syracuse

(presumably due to the many questions and rumors as to the cause) is certainly not conducive to nor encouraging for a major re-investment. Still boarded-up and full of debris is the corner Thomas store building, the adjacent building housing Budget Investments where First Charter Insurance was to move to from above the bank after Budget had announced plans •to move to North Manchester. and the Pickwick Inn. Doc s Shoe depair business is now located in the village and S. & N. Plumbing and Heating resumed operations immediately due to pressing business and contracts to be filled. In addition

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pleaded not guilty to a disorderly conduct charge and awaits trial. A warrant was issued for James D. Burke of r 1 Syracuse for leaving the scene of an accident, driving while restricted, expired inspection sticker and failure to appear in court. Clifton Woolridge of 3001 Kriegbaum street, Elkhart, was fined a total of S3O on a disorderly conduct charge and $25 for resisting arrest. Gas Taken From Buses At Milford Over the week end. an undetermined amount of gas was siphoned out of four Milford junior high school buses. The amount of gas taken can not be determined until the four buses fill up again with gas.

to the room previously housing the business, they expanded to the adjacent area on the north where Doc was formerly located. The Pickwick Theatre continues to operate their regular schedule Both businesses sustained smoke and water damage and a smoke smell can still slightly be detected at times. Spring Thaw It Jocks now that the buildings may. remain boarded. and debris left intact, at least until spring for a thaw of frozen materials due to the large amount of water necessary for the fire. f Reuben Williams of Warsaw is co-owner with Mollenhour

VyLactos Resumes Normal Business VyLactos Laboratories, Inc., at the south edge of Syracuse, resumed normal activities this week according to general manager Gene Ludwig, following a $5,000 to $6,000 fire at the firm around noon on January 27. Firemen fought the fire for several hours and returned again around 6 o’clock when a fire started again from smoldering materials. A conveyor belt burned during the fire however Ludwig said most of the damage was to mixtures in the bins. Definite cause of the fire was not known, however, it was speculated a spark from a truck in a loading process or a cigarette, carelessly tossed, may have ignited mixture in a bin. January Report Given For Syracuse Police Department Syracuse chief of police Orville Vanderßeyden has released the January police department report as follows: Calls answered, 102; warnings issued, 15; traffic arrests. 18; criminal arrests, five; theft reports investigated, three; fire and first aid calls attended, eight; and traffic accidents investigated, 10. Also, vandalism reports investigated. one; juvenile cases investigated, three, with two juvenile arrests made. There were four no parking zone tickets issued and 124 overtime parking tickets; 16 courtesy calls given; $219 in stolen property reported with SIOO being recovered and $10.04 in bad checks reported with the same amouht collected. Total accident damages were estimated at $3,705.

Warm Up Should Bring More Snow

A light warmup in temperatures this morning is expected to bring either snow or freezing rain before nightfall. For the past several days the temperatures in the Lakeland area have been hovering around the zero mark. Today’s weather predictitm is for a high of 25

Syracuse To Have New Fire Chief The Syracuse fire chief for the past three years. Thomas Strickler, resigned his position effective on Sunday, Jan. 31, and first assistant chief Carl iMyrick has assumed the duties of chief until a new one is selected, presumably this month. A salesman, Strickler said his resignation was due to business priorities. Strickler replaced Bill Hess for the chief position shortly over three years ago and has been a member of the department for 10 years, also serving with the first aid unit. W. R. C. 278 Meets Monday Evening An informal meeting of the John C. Adam’s Chapter 278, Women’s Relief Corps., Syracuse, was held Monday night at the American Legion hom£ on south Huntington street. Plans for the coming year were discussed. Mrs. Helen Overstreet was a guest. Mrs. Hibschman Hostess To Hex Home Ec Club The Hex Home Economics club met Tuesday. Feb. 2, at the home of Mrs. Oliver Hibschman. Mrs. Joe Hibschman was co-hostess. There were 12 members in attendance. Mrs. William Cable gave the lesson on “image of the home". She stressed that a home should be comfortable and should adequatedly serve the needs of every person who lives there. Since this was the meeting closest to Valentine’s day, roll call was answered by each member telling how she had met and married her man. Refreshments of coffee cake and Valentine candy were served. The next meeting will be March 2 at the home of Mrs. William Cable. School Bus Collides t With Pick-Up Truck A 1960 GMC school bus, driven by Wayne G. Holdeman, 30, of boshen collided with a 1970 Ford truck driven by Floyd E. Pearson. 42, r 1 Milford, after the brakes on the bus failed. The accident occurred at the intersection of CR 36 and SR 19, two miles north of Wakarusa, on Monday at 9:30 a m. Elkhart county police Cpl. Ray Penninger estimated damage at $275. Attends Basketball Silver Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spearman of Dewart lake spent Friday and Saturday in Anderson. Mr. Spearman was a member of the 1946 Anderson state championship basketball team and the team was honored by the Lions on their silver anniversary, Thursday at a noon luncheon and at half-time during the basektball game Friday night. Their coach. Charles Cummings. who is current athletic director of Anderson high school, was als A honored by the Lions and by his state team. There were nine members of the team present.

degrees. Lows the past week have ranged from 13 to 18 below with icy winds adding to the cold. Skies yesterday, Feb: 2, were clear and Mr. Groundhog had no trouble seeing his shadow. Sorry, but the Lakeland area seems to be in for an additional six weeks

Revivals Continued At Church Os God Revivals at the Syracuse Church of God continue this week with Rev. W r alter C. Burcham, pastor of the church, as evangelist and Mrs. Burcham in charge of the, children’s time. Carroll Koble is song leader. Next Sunday will be The Lord’s Day, Monday. Bible Class night; Tuesday, Men’s night; Wednesday, Crusaders Cass nighty Thursday, Work night (wear working apparel); Friday, Ladies night; Saturday, Youth night and the church choir will be participating. The concluding night, Sunday, Feb. 14, will be Dedication night. Wawasee Heights Baptist Church To Hold Concert Wawasee Heights Baptist church, Syracuse, announces a concert for Sunday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. featuring ‘‘The Royal Choir” of Fort Wayne Christian school. The choir has presented many concerts in the Fort Wayne area and is in great demand. It has taken the church a year and a half to arrange a date with them. In addition to vocal numbers there will be a piano and organ duet. Pastor Bob Mundy and the congregation extend a cordial invitation to the public to the concert. The church is located opposite Wawasee high school. SMOKE BUT NO FIRE Syracuse firemen responded to a call at the Rolland Blakely home at 613 Chicago street at 5:38 Tuesday morning after the family awoke and found the house full of smoke. The smoke was thought to have been from an overheated space heater and no fire resulted.

Milford Firemen Attend Town Board Meeting

Leon Newman, secretary and Phil Campbell, treasurer, of the Milford fire department were in attendance at the Monday evening meeting of the town board. Newman and Campbell asked for permission to install an additional four fire phones. Presently the department has 16 phones in operation. The addition will bring the number to 20. Currently the town is paying $32.50 per month for fire phones. This will be increased to $38.50 with the additional phones. When questioned about liability insurance the board members checked the town’s policy and found increases have been taken care of sometime ago. Newman reported the following list of officers had been elected to serve in 1971: Chief — Harold Kaiser Assistants — Bill Leamon and Oliver Replogle Treasurer — Phil Campbell Secretary — Leon Newman The two men also asked for a $lO per year pay increase per man. Currently 20 firemen are receiving SIOO per year. They also asked the number be increased from 20 to 25. Boa'r4 t i president Carl Duncan this be brought back to the board in July when its members are working on the new budget.

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of winter weather. A two to four inch accumulation of snow is reported likely for today with the freezing rain, snow and sleet expected tonight. Tomorrow we should have more of the same with moderating temperatures and a high of near 35.

SCOUT WEEK TO BE OBSERVED NEXT WEEK Scouts all over the nation will be taking part in scout week starting on Sunday, Feb. 7, through 13. Groups in the Syracuse area will be attending Sunday church services this year at the Episcopal church. Various scout displays are being prepared and a winter campout is planned for Saturday, Feb. 13, south of Pierceton. Scouts are to assemble at Norm’s Sports Shop and plans to date call for snowmobiling to the camp site.

Syracuse Gets Funds For Police Radios Among state agency approval for federal funds last week was a request at Syracuse for SB2O in federal funds for the purchase of two porta bld. walkie-talkie police radios with $540 listed as the town’s share of the cost. Approval was through the Indiana Criminal Justice Agency of region one involving 11 counties. The radios are now in use. Area Residents Collide In Milford William E. Petersen. 23, r 1 Syracuse, collided with a car driven by Beverly Leiter, 19, Leesburg at the intersection of Main street and CR 1250 N in Milford. Both drivers tried to avoid the crash but due to icy roads they were unable to stop. Petersen was southbound on Main and the Leiter car was westbound on CR 1250. .Total damage was estimated at $750 by marshal Don Drake.

Clerk-treasurer Edith I. Baumgartner reported only one water bill remains unpaid. Several were still outstanding at the board’s January meeting. President Duncan stated he had not heard from Baxter and Woodman on an itemized statement requested by the town on monies owed to the engineering company. It was decided the board would pay Rolland Hernandez sls per quarter to assist the police department by translating for the Spanish speaking people of the community. A A letter from the stream pollution board instructed the town to re-submit its application for funds for the sewage treatment facilities. Said application is to be submitted prior to April 15. A Mr. Roberts of Uni-Chem Corp, Indianapolis, was present and talked with the board about roots in the town’s sewers. A salesman. Mr. Roberts told the board of his company’s Root-ax chemical and of how it liquifies all organic obstructions in sewers. He stated he is selling the chemical to such towns as ’Gaypool, Syracuse and Etna Board members purchased three 5 gallon containers at a cost of $42.50 each to try on the town’s sewers. .