The Mail-Journal, Volume 8, Number 2, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 February 1971 — Page 13

North Webster By JANET VANATOR

To R evise Plans For Sewage Project

The North Webster town board voted unanimously Wednesday night to authorize Clyde Williams and Associates of South Bend to proceed with revised plans for the town's sewage project and to gain approval for state and federal fundsnn order to proceed yritti the project. This was put into a motion by Paul» Royer, vice president, and seconded by DeWitt Mullett. James Greiner, president.

Honor Roll Given At North Webster, Shows One Distinguished Student

The honor roll released this week at North Webster showed one student, seventh grader Liz Mahorney. cm the distinguished honor roll. Liz received all A’s. Those on the regular roll are as follows: r Grade six - Fran WeichtX Carolyn Brown and Caryl Coy

LEGALS NOTICE TO TRAFFIC CONTRACTORS NotKe ts hereby a that - proposals tor the construction of ’ certain n ghwav improvements as oesc-bed below. w>ti be received Or »r>e Ino ana S’a’e Highway COmm ss on a’ •' Otters n 'he Indiana State O*t>ce Buod<ng Room 1313, ind'anapobs. Indiana vnt.l 10 00 AM Eastern staodard Time on the lira day of February AH proposals willbe publicly opened and read immee a’ely mereatre» n the South Bailroom on the Ist ttoor o* the Atkinson Hotel, Illinois S»f4a» A* Georgia street inbianapol'S Ing ana CONTRACT ■ IS** f» IS w-f ny.feo <x HAC BASE HAC SURFACE CON CRETE CURB DRAINAGE STRUC TURES MULCHED SEEDING. SODDING SPECIAL BORROW SPECIAL BORROW GRADE B Signal FLASHER MODER NIZATION in the ft Wayne Dsir ct on the folio* <rg KOSCIUSKO AND Elkhart count es Protect -. SR >3 arid Base Line Road (ofo rUS 30:. SR 13 »r>a Epwortr Read . fo*es» Road County Road VSN . US 33 and SR 13 SR IS and County Road 3* Plans and proposals may be enam ned at the office of the Indiana S’a’e Highway - • Room 1313 Indianapolis Indiana INDIANA STATE-HIGHWAV COMMISSION PPAMJ F H) I,’ TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR SALE — 1965 red \ ton International pick up with 3spe«*d transmission Sharp Hardware, Milford Phone 6584153 F 10-17 ONE 15 (,’u. toot chest freezer. 3 months old One good used 30 inch gas range Gambles. Syracuse HELP WANTED - Oil tank truck driver Must be 21 for Martin Motor’Service. Milford Apply at Martin's station. Milford F 10-17 PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS--. Plant security, confidential and bonded PO. Box 2788 Fort ' Wayne. Ind Phone 489-5491 ts TELEVISION Sales and Service RCA and Magnavox Phone: 244-7661 W. A. JONES AND SON. Inc. Columbia City Ind

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instructed the above two members and Thurman Rinker, clerk-treasurer, to continue checking on new methods of sewage disposal as there are many new ideas since 1970. Greiner also told Mullett to check further and report at the next meeting He then read a letter from Bushing Brothers releasing the town from the firm’s bid for the plant construction.

Grade seven — Marlys Staley. Pat Hougey, Holly Barrett. Debbie Engelberth, _ Jane Fawley, Mitzi Watson. Matt Didier. Jerry Rhodes and Mark Wilkey. Eighth grade — Judy Moser. Steve Rhodes. Cindy Rich. Elaine Mullett. Toby Popenfoose. Mary Kunkle and Dennis Rex.

Valentine Party Held February 8 On February 8 Lakeview Temple 448 met at the lodge for the annual Valentine party. Refreshments were served by Joann Moore and Al-Aroma Green A card party will be held on March 31 with Dee Vanator, Mary Alice Creemens. Ermal Vanator and Hazellette Ferguson as committee women ‘ —NW COMMUNITY NEWS Miss Susan Ball has started to schools for half days She is also being tutored at home. She is recovering from injuries suffered in an auto accident last July. Mr and Mrs Ray Vanator have returned from, Lafayette. They have been visiting their new grandson. Rodney, who was born January 5 !.t Col H C and Mrs Dodds have returned from a vacation in Puerto Rico. They were also guests of their sons. Don Dodds and Mr and Mrs Steve Dodds and daughter, irt Virginia. Sechrist neighbors had Thursday evening dinner with Ermal Vanator Present were Mr and Mrs Jake Krouse. Mr and Mrs Devon Angie and Mrs Effie Vanator After dinner they played euchre Tim Walls-, son of Mr and Mrs. Eastel Walls of North Webster, is home for the week end ’ He is based at Grissom AFB, Peru but is expected to go to Turkey in March. Ralph Haynes underwent surgery last Thursday at Whitley County hospital He is improved Ray Onstat was admitted to the Whitley Count) hospital last Friday for medical treatment Mrs Phil Moore anji son. Jeff, have joined Mr Moore m Kansas City.

Farmer Can Delay Tax Reporting Os Crop Insurance INDIANAPOLIS - Farmers may be able to defer reporting of crop insurance proceeds on their income tax returns, James E. Daly, IRS District Director for Indiana, said today. / Under a provision of the Tax Reform Act of 1969. farmers can elect to report crop insurance proceeds received in 1970 as compensation for damaged or destroyed crops on next year’s income tax returns. To defer reporting of such insurance proceeds, the taxpayer must be able to show that, under his : practice, he would have reported the income in the tax year following damage or destruction of his crops. Mr. Daly said a farmer can normally meet the requirement if his records show that he delivers his crops in the tax year following the year they are harvested. Additional information on reporting 1 crop insurance proceeds as well as other farm income and expense items is contained in IRS Publication 225, “Farmer's Tax Guide,” available free from county agricultural agents or by mailing a post card to your IRS District Office. Mauzy Introduces Bill For Excise On Minerals INDIANAPOLIS - Sttite Representative Thames Mauzy (Rios Warsaw has introduced a bill which would place an excise tax on minerals taken out of the ground in the State of Indiana. The bill, H.B 1718. would extend a one per cent tax to include coal, limestone, gypsum and days It might also be ammended to include sand and gravel. At the present time, there are no excise taxes on minerals other than petroleum and gas. as established in Chapter 247. Acts of 1947. "Among the most vital — but least heralded and unsung — programs of the Department of Natural Resources are those relating to the conservation of the land resources of the State” said Mauzy “Indiana is the smallest State west of the Allegheny Mountains and although ifranks 38th among the states in land area, it ranks 11th in population, eighth in value erf farm products, and eighth in value of manufacturing. This adds up to heavy pressures on its natural resources. The anticipated doubling of the State’s population in the next fifty years will place even greater strains on our fixed resources ®f land, water and minerals. We need proper source funding of our natural resource Divisions now, “It is estimated that revenues of the proposed minerals tax would totally fund (along with the existing tax on petroleum) the total operations of" the Divisions of Geological Survey, Oil and Gas, Soils, and State Soil and Water. Conservation Committee” he explained This would result in a situation whereby: a. These- important land resource programs would be funded from a source which utilizes a land resource b Minerals industries would be supporting programs of extensive benefit to the industries, especially with regard to coal and iiKiustrial minerals c. If the above Divisions were funded in accordance with the 1971’72 operating budget requests, it would require $1,384,197 in General Fund ap propnations “If the proposed tax is enacted, the General Fund would be relieved of this amount or whatever amount the legislature ihay finally appropriate to operate these divisions" he cßtrcluded Rep Mauzy is the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Natural Resources ’ j 2 ENTERTAINED AT BIRTHDAY PARTY Mrs. Georgia Buster of Syracuse entertained last week for a birthday party honoring the seventh birthday anniversary of her granddaughter. Bianca Mane, daughter of Mrs. Jane Scheuer. Other guests included Mrs. Scheuer and son Bret Allen. Mrs Helen Overstreet, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gilbert and daughters. •Cynthia and Carole. The Raggedy Ann theme was carried out in table decorations. The traditional birthday cake, ice cream and fruit punch were served and party favors given.

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President Nixon Lauds Farm Productivity Record President Nixon recently praised American farmers for providing this country’s people the best food in the world at a lower percentage of family income than is provided for any other country in the world. For this, he said, the Nation owes American agriculture a vary great debt. He cited the fact that the area of the American economy that has had the greatest growth in productivity is American agriculture, and said this has not been adequately reflected in agricultural income. This report on the President singling out American agriculture for high praise was supplied by J. D. Thompson. Chairman ,of the Indiana Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) Committee. Mr. Thompson said. “I believe not only farmers but others as well will be particularly interested in these comments by the President. We who help administer farm programs for the U.S. Department of Agriculture have often reminded our urban friends that Americans are the best fed people in the world at the lowest real cost because of the efficiency of American agriculture. It is heartening to have the President state this and other basic facts about agriculture.” In his remarks, President Nixon referred to the new Commission on Productivity, with a membership of top leaders representing American industry, labor, the academic community, and agriculture, saying that "a very significant point was made, not only in the first meeting, but in the second and third. On every occasion, it was this: That area of the American economy that has had the greatest growth in productivity and that has the highest productivity per man hour, any way you want it. is American agriculture.” Upon hearing this fact, the President said he checked further and found that "we are the best fed people, but at the lowest cost, the lowest percentage of our income, of any country in the world And for that, we are most grateful.” This fact, he said, “means that the Nation owes American agriculture a very great debt, which perhaps has not been adequately reflected in agricultural income.” Mr. Nixon continued. "I am not happy about the fact -that agricultural income has not been at the rates that it should have been over the past few years. I think the farmer deserves a fajr share of the Nation’s increasing wealth and its increasing productivity, due to the fact that American agriculture is so productive.” At the same time, Mr. Nixon said, “We have problems of hunger in this country, and there are problems of hunger in all countries, rich and poor, around the world. “But the problems of hunger in this country are, in terms of magnitude, nothing compared to what the problems are in countries that simply do not have the enormous productivity that we have. “And so. as we look around the world and as we think of the future of the world and what is going to happen, we realize how much American agriculture can contribute." The President said he referred not only to export markets but to “the knowledge that we are able to share with other people which may make a difference in these next 10, 15. 25 years, a difference as to whether millions of people all over the world will grow up without enough to eat at all. or whether they may have a better chance than they would otherwise have to survive.” In the course of his remarks President Nixon had high praise for Secretary of Agriculture Gifford M Hardin, saying that "when 1 appointed him. I wanted a man who would speak for the farmers and for American agriculture to the White House rather than the other way around He has done that. Beneath that very pleasant and disarming exterior of his is a wry strong and persuasive and determined mind. And in these matters that come before us and the high decisions that have to be made at the White House with the legislative leaders, in the Cabinet, on the budget and other matters, I can assure you that Agriculture has a very strong advocate."

Hamed To Registrar's Roll Os Honor MUNCIE — Four students from Kosciusko county have been named to the Registrar’s Roll of Honor for the autumn quarter at Ball State university, according to Dr. Leo M. Hauptman. registrar. To qualify for this honor, a student must have earned a grade’ ratio of 4.0 or straight “A’s” for the quarter with a load of 12 or more hours. Students are: Cynthia Bell Dobbins. 2010 E. Market; and Karen L. Hanes, r 5. both of W’arsaw. Paula K. Kerlin. r .4 Syracuse; and John M. Romine, Rd. 25 West, Mentone. Demo Women To Meet February 16 The Kosciusko County Women's Democrat organization will meet February 16 in the home of Mrs. Richard Morrison of Palestine with Miss Janet Morrison as co-hostess An interesting program is being planned. All members are urged to be present. Little Change In Unemployment There was little change in Indiana’s unemployment picture last week as claims totaled 71.621 compared to 71.581 the week before. John F. Coppes. director of the Indiana Employment Security Division, said that initital claims decreased as fewer significant layoffs occurred. He added, however, that claims from persons out of work a week or longer increased some as scattered recalls in various industries were overshadowed by previous layoffs. Last week's total was .1 per cent over that oL the previous week and 41.7 per cent over the figure for the comparable week last year. You And Social Security Toll free telephone calls can now be made to the Elkhart Social Security office from Warsaw and all other telephone exchanges in Kosciusko County, according to Herbert O. Bultemeier, social security district manager. The new number is Enterprise 1001 and must be placed through ydur local operator. Direct distance dialing cannot be used for the Enterprise number. Most social security business. including applying for benefits, requesting information, reporting change of address and starting or stopping work by beneficiaries, can be done by phone. Telephoning the office first often results in quicker and better service, Bultemeier said, and often saves the person travel and time waiting to be interviewed X This extension of toll free xTeleservice brings to Kosciusko County residents the same service that has been used succesfullv in a limited area around Elkhart u Farm Equipment Assessment Changes Many Kosciusko county farmers are expected to attend a tax assessment information meeting Wednesday. Feb. 17. at 7:45 p.m. The meeting will be held at the R.E.M.C. building in Warsaw. This announcement was made today by John Moneyheffer, president of the Kosciusko County Farmers Union which is sponsoring the meeting According to Mr. Moneyheffer. the State Board of Tax Commissioners has revised Regulation 16 which governs the assessment of all personal property beginning with the March 1. 1971. assessment. The revision causes a drastic change in the method used the past three sears The farm organization spokesman further stated that depreciable trucks will also be assessed differently than they have been in former years and that all farmers, assessors, deputy assessors and tax consultants should plan to attend this meeting and learn'about the new procedure. Mr. Moneyheffer indicated that someone representing Indiana Farmers Union will be present to explain the new assessment procedure in attendance. A cordial invitation is extended to* all those who will be confronted with the new method of figuring the valuations for property tax assessment purposes.

AFRICA — SECOND IN A SERIES Tenerife Remains Undiscovered By The American Tourist

By ARCH BAUMGARTNER Tuesday, Feb. 2 DAKAR. Senegal, Africa — We wrote last on Friday night, Jan. 29. after arriving in the historic African costal city of Casablanca. It is now Tuesday night, Feb. 2, and our National Newspaper Association study group has moved as far as Dakar, on the edge of dark Africa. Since leaving Casablanca, the group flew to the Grand Canary Islands where we spent Sunday and Monday in Las Palmas, the capital city, and sites of interest in and around the island. Then, today, Tuesday, we flew to the second largest island in the Canary Island group. Tenerife, which is the European Miami Beach. t Visit Historic Site Before leaving Casablanca, however, we spent a rainy Saturday morning touring the dty and at 11 a.m. were guests at Villa-Mira dor. which is the home of U.S. Consulate-General and Mrs. Clifford Nelson. Mr. Nelson, a native of the California Bay area, insisted, “Just call us Cliff and Pat.” And he meant just that. His and his wife’s hospitality and warmth were overwhelming. Villa Mirado, he was quick to tell us, was the home British Prime Minister Winston Churchill stayed in during the historic January 1943 war conference with American President Franklin D. Roosevelt, French President Andre Giraud, Free French General Charles DeGaulle and Mohammet V of Morocco. Mr. Nelson showed us the “Churchill Room" where 8 x 10 framed photos of the well known meeting adorn the walls. He said the U.S. finally, in 1947, purchased the property for a measly $15,000. Mrs. Nelson, whom all the women dearly loved, gave us this aside: She said she had asked for a swimming pool and tennis court for the grounds, and they were quickly approved. Mr. Taxpayer needn't worry, since they win be paid for with Dirhams the/U. S. has in the bank in Morocco as payment for wheat. I was taken by their 8-year-old daughter Jennifer who. is receiving private instructions. She told me she was learning “a little French." At one point she slipped over to my side, looked up at me and said, “I know how to say flower in French.” When I asked how. she said "Fleur." spelling it out. At that, she lifted her shoulders, gave me a wide, knowing grin and slipped away as fast as she arrived. En route back to a'quick noon lunch we responded to a call from Hollander Jaak Verbracken, who heads up the International Seaman's Club in Casablanca. He said some United States United Funds went into keeping centers like his open fa* the comfort of merchant seaman, and felt we should see how the money is spent His center provides manycomforts and some entertainment. the like of which many World War IJ veterans will recall receiving from ISO clubs. Interview Secretary-General On Saturday p.m. we braved more chilly ram to visit city hall in Casablanca for a press conference with Mohammed Ramdani. secretary-general of the dty. He spoke through an interpreter and dted many of the dty’s problems and those of Morocco we had heard before His dty is fortunate to receive French technical help, he said, since his country, with independence since 1956. has a tough job ahead to catch up in the technical field. o Off To Las Canarias We left the Casablance airport at about 8 p.m. on Saturday for a flight to the Canary Islands, via Marrekech. We hadn't been out of the Marrekech airport but a short time when a handsome fellow, about my age. dropped into the seat with Della and me. Smilingly, he said. “They tell me you folks are from Indiana.” His winsome smile told us he knew something about us. It turned out he was Robert E. McCrary, who is married to the former Mary Hilbert, daughter of Pete and Helen Hilbert who owned the Johnson Hotel on Lake Wawasee. but now live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. What a small world! While Bob and I had not met before, we knew a lot of folks in common. He is with a food catering service and he and Mary and their charming 16-year-old daughter Dianna met us later at

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the Las Palmas Palace hotel where we were staying. Dianna, her grandparents will be glad to know, is an unusually attractive girl and speaks French and Spanish fluently.“l’m going to work on German now,” she confides. European Winter Spa Las Palmas and the island of Las Canarias, the main island in the seven-island chain, make up a winter spa for the Europeans. Very few Americans live there in the winter, mainly since there are no direct jet flights to the islands^. Spanish is the principal language, but German. Swedish, French and Dutch are other languages commonly heard. There are literally no American automobiles, no television except some ancient canned movies with Spanish dubbed into them. We watched one for a few moments and when I heard manly Clark Gable (It was really an old one) answer a question with “Si” this was enough for me. When we arrived in Las Palmas and went to our hotel, the Palace (not what the name implies), we were met by Mr. and Mrs. John Biddle from Huntingdon, Pa. John was former president of the National Newspaper Association. He is retired and has a home in Las Palmas. John owns a number of weekly newspapers in Pennsylvania, and used to own some in Ohio and New Mexico but has sold them. He still owns seven small radio stations in the East’, however. Then on Sunday night, Jan. 31. the Biddles had our group to his house "au cocktails.” They had a number of Europeans in and it turned out to be a real cosmopolitan experience. Della was particularly interested in a Belgium Countess who was there. A writer there caught the fancy of many of us. On Sunday afternoon our group met briefly with the Lord Mayor of Las Palmas, Jesus PerezAlonzo. and the Civil Governor of the Grand Canarias Islands. I must confess I slept briefly, but too long to be on time tor this important meeting. I was told later most of the discussion concerned the water supply for Las Canarias. The island . has three huge desalinization plants to provide its drinking water supply, and the bottled water business here bristles. Speaking of water, on Monday we made a tour of the island to the mountaintop town of Arucas from which we overlooked the dty and important points of the island. But en route up we noticed many varied-sized water reservoirs, most of them large. We wefejtqjd they were used to catch rain water for irrigation purposes. You have to believe the system works, as everything seems so green. While the island raises many things for export, the big crop is bananas for the European market. In this area bananas are harvested year around. The same is true on Tenerife, which we visited today. In the quaint hilltop town of Arucus we saw a large Catholic church that was begun in 1917 and opened in 1919. but work on it continues We took great interest in a stone mason working over a single piece of volcanic ash stone which will be hoisted up and away into place when he is finished. This could easily be weeks, or months, later. Named For a Dog Now here’s one. Did you fever hear of an island named after a dog? Well, the Canary Islands were. When early settlers came here they found a long-eared dog, something like a hound. The Spaniards called it Bardinos, the Latin word for dog is Canes, and from this Canary. How about that? ( Well, anyway, see visited the Columbus House in Las Palmas, where the great discoverer Christopher Columbus stopped when he made his four voyages to discover the new world. For our. history buff readers, the years were 1492, 1493. 1498, and 1502. Natives say if it weren’t for these important islands, Columbus would never have discovered America. There’s an idea, anyway. He brought his Pinta, Nina and Santa Maria into port to make repairs, the story gdfes, but the piece of literature handed out at the door states he had a ladyfriend here, and it gives her name as Dona Beatriz de Bobadilla. Lady of the Island. Weil, enough gossip. America

was discovered and here we are. I must confess I had never heard of Tenerife until our group met at the JFK airport at New York and I struck up a conversation with an IBM representative there. When he heard our group was going to the - Canary Islands, he began singing the praises of this outpost. Well, today I found out what he meant, and he possibly understated the case. We flew the half-hour flight from Las Palmas in a prop plane and were delighted by everything we saw. Our cute little tour guide, the image of Sophia Loren, the Italian actress, only a smaller version, drove us by bus to Puerto de la Cruz, the European Miami Beach I spoke of earlier. I was surprised to see so many „ Germans. Swedes, French. English, but no Americans. They haven't found this place yet. Os course it cannot handle large jets, but this will soon be remedied, we were told, then the influx will begin. Again, no English newspapers of any kind, no television. Would you believe the 14 moonshot was Sunday night and here it is Tuesday and we haven’t heard a word about it other than word of mouth! Shoppers’ Paradise Tenerife is truly a shoppers' paradise. * Our tour guide. Romany Caspersz. told us, “You’ve got to really shop in these places. Never pay the first price.” Della found this out at Arucas where she bought a fancy linen table cloth and napkins to match for $35. Original price: $55. At a good shop in Tenerife today she was looking for a lizard skin purse. She found one for which the store owner wanted 3,500 pesatos. When she started to walk away, he quickly said. “How about 2,000 pesatos?” She didn’t buy because the call was out to board the bus. Meet Civil Governor At about 2 p.m. we had a press conference with the civil governor of Tenerife at his palace at the capital city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Senor Gabrielo La Riego. A 40-year-old charmer and attorney, he conducted the interview in Spanish. He told us about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton purchasing a large tract of land for development. “When we are ready for die ‘jumbo jets’ well attract American tourists.” he aspired us. He also said American business can come to Tenerife and will be assured a 20-year, tax free period. He also told us Generalissimo Franco, 76-year-old Spanish dictator, was governor of the Canary Islands when he formed his military junta which began the 1936-39 Spanish civil war. Besides exporting bananas, we were surprised to learn a DC-6 flies a plane load of fresh flowers to Germany each day. “Flowers are one <rf our big exports,” Senor La Riego told us: 1 He also told us one could stay at a 4-star (that’s good) Tenerife hotel for $8 per day with meals included. Here’s an aside. Sitting beside me at dinner was Seniora Aurora Gara 1 De Alba, wife of the minister of information and tourism. We commented about going to Spain, and she quickly told us the Canary Islands were Spain. They refer to Spain proper as “the penninsula.’’ She was charming all through the prolonged dinner. Well, we left Tenerife, a veritable fairland, as we came, flying back to Las Palmas at about 5:30 p.m. today. We boarded a Boeing 707 for the two-hour flight along the Atlantic seaboard to Dakar, In the country of Senegal, and we are here tonight. Easily half of the passengers making up our flight were black. It’s going to get blacker as we go inland, of this we can be sure. . American airmen of W orld War II vintage got to know Dakar well as they left Miami for South America, dropping down to dreary Ascension Island to refuel, then on to Dakar and up to the North African campaign with General Romell. The weather is warmer and most of us plan to shed our coats for the tour of the city tomorrow. We still have no firm word about Uganda Our plans call for a visit of Uganda on Monday, Feb. 22. but since the government of Dr. Milton Obote has been overthrown, we can’t be sure we’ll be welcomed. We’ll see.

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