The Mail-Journal, Volume 8, Number 5, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 March 1971 — Page 1

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VOLUME 8

Milford Board Agrees To Keep Present Engineers

Members of the Milford town entered into a verbal agreement Monday night with Baxter and Woodman of Crystal Lake, 111., to keep the engineering firm in the tpwn's employ. Board members ended relations with the civil and sanitary engineering firm at its December 7, 1970 meeting, stating at that time they felt an Indiana firm could be of more help The project was at a standstill in December Upon receiving notice of the termination of the contract members of the. engineering firm immediately asked to meet with the board This meeting followed the stated meeting of the town board on Monday night. Walter Jolly'and Richard Weidner were present to represent Baxter and Woodman. Both have worked with the Milford project and have met with the board on several occasions. Board members and town attorney William I Gerrard held a lengthly informal discussion with the engineering firm s representatives about proposed sewage treatment for the town of Milford with the ending results being the verbal agreement between the town and the firm. Park Board Dean Troup, president of the park board, recommended Bill Izemon Kay Sorenson and Ix>u Ann Leamon. students at Wawasee high school; and Frank Peralis. president of the United Mexican American organization • . _ A MISS MICHELLE MARTIN Announce State Teenage Easter Seal Chairman Miss Michelle Martin of Michigan City was announced today as Indiana's 197 L Easter Seal teenage chairman by Governor Edgar T) Whitcomb, state Easter Seal chairman. Miss Martin, a freshman at Indiana university, is a prelawstudent with majors in the area of speech and political science. She is a member of the National Honor Society, the National Thespian Society the Quill and Scroll Honor Society on Campus to speak for the Indiana university speaker’s bureau, and belongs to the Sisterhood of Delta Upsilon. In accepting this position, Michelle said. "1 am certainly looking forward to an interesting year with Easter Seals. It really warms my heart whenever I get together with those persons whom I have met who are all so hard working and dedicated to the cause. I do hope that I might be of some assistance to the Easter Seal Society in some important way." Miss Martin was a participant in the National Easter Seal Society's annual convention m Chicago, speaking on youth participation. She was the LaPorte County Junior Miss of 1970 and her hobbies include singing and playing the guitar The Easter Seal campaign kicked off Monday and continues through Easter Sunday. April 11.

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

be appointed to the park board. These members were approved Troup is also seeking approval of the township trustee for Mark Mynhier, a resident of Waubee Lake, to represent the township on the board Both Leemon and Mynhier served as life guards last summer. Both stated they may be interested in the position this year and an application has been received from Vicki Arnold. Bill Wollman stated he had-TSSfeed with Mrs jerry (Sue* Ganshdm at Syracuse, who might also] be interested in the job if she could give private lessons at the park too. Troup stated they would know more about the lifeguard at the April meeting and would report to the board at that time. The Lakeside park is owned and operated by the town of Milford and is open from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Approval was given to street and water superintendent John Martin to purchase two new tires for use on the town's truck. 1 A request from C. J. Myers that a street light be installed on the south-west comer of Emeline street and state road 15 was denied A light is presently in existance on the south-east corner of the street i IMA Rvificest Alex Morris. Joe DeLuna and David Hernandez appeared before the board and voiced dissatisfaction with the person chosen by the town of Milford to assist police chief Don Drake in communicating with the Spanish speaking people of the community. They stated. "He (Rolland Hernandez) doesn't help the Spanish people he acts like an officer.” continuing that Spanish speaking people would like to appoint a person to interpert for them. The name of Alex Lazono. who has been a resident of Milford for a number of years, was recommended The town board voted to pay Hernandez sls per quarter for translating for the Spanish speaking people at its February meeting Hernandez has been assisting officer Drake for some time In December UMA representatives presented a proposal to the board asking for a Mexican-American to assist the policeman, stating many of the people arrested do not speak or understand the English language The proposal was tabled due to the absence of officer Drake. Later it was turned over to Drake who had been working with Hernandez and at the February meeting Hernandez was approved by the board. An ordinance was passed by the town in June of 1969 allowing the town marshal to appoint his own deputies. Board members told those present at Mondays meeting they would check with Drake and would also talk with Hernandez and the matter was tabled until the April meeting.

1300 Documents Recorded In Office Os County Recorder

A total of 1300 documents were recorded in the office of county recorder, E. Mazie Alexander during the months of January and February. All fee income being paid into the county general fund amounted to $2,383.30. During the month of January the follow ing 729 documents were recorded. 244 deeds; 4 transcripts; 101 mortgages; 2 mechanics lien; 174 UCC; 55 releases; 10 assignments; 1 power of attorney; 5 articles of incorporation; <lO marginal releases; 123 miscellaneous. Collected fees totaled $1.197 05 dun ng A total of 571

To Prepare Schematics For New County Hospital

The full 90-member Kosciusko Community Hospital. Inc., board will be notified of a meeting to be held Wednesday. April 7. at the REMC building in Warsaw in order to preview schematics of the proposed new hospital complex for Kosciusko county. Notice of the forthcoming landmark meeting was given last night at a meeting of the KCH board of directors held at the Cardinal Learning Center in Warsaw. To Prepare Schematics Board president Lawrence Castaldi said he had received a call from the state Board of Health stating the KCH board should prepare its schematics for review by the state at a future date. In the meantime, meetings are being planned by' the KCH executive board, the medical committee and the KCH building committee for Wednesday, March 10, to give pertinent information to John Fleck, architect representing the firm of Fleck. Burkhart and Shropshire... prior to his drawing up of the schematics. The medical committee is unnamed as yet. but the building committee has been named, as follows: Darrell Frantz, chairman. Robert Bishop. Wayne Johnson. Ralph Thornburg. Robert Maish and Robert Ellison, Propose $5.2 Hospital The proposed hospital will cost approximately $5.2 million, according Mplans as they how exist, Castaldi told the boarci of directors last night. The board is set to receive $1.7 million from federal Hill-Burton funds, $2 million from a county bond issue which has already’ been approved. and the firm of Ketchem. Inc., a nationally recognized professional fund-raising firm, proposes to raise $1.5 privately. Castaldi told the group the proposed Kosciusko countyhospital has been given top priority in the state of Indiana. He also said a letter was received recently from Third District congressman John Brademas that congress has released HillBurton funds for use this year The proposed hospital will be a 113-bed single room hospital, the single bed room being a concept in hospital planning that hospital designers are returning to. The building will be prestructured, the first of its kind to be built in the United States, architect John Fleck was quoted to have said. Much of the structuring, will not be manufactured on the site, but will be brought in pre-structured. It was the hope of the board of directors that they could capitalize on publicity surrounding the new concept in hospital structuring

'documents were recorded during February: 154 deeds; 9 transcripts; 87 mortgages; 1 mechanics hen; 180 UCC; 55 releases; 3 assignments; 2 articles of incorporation; 15 marginal releases; 65 miscellaneous. Total fees collected in February amounted to $1,186.25.

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Mental Health Clinic Board president Castaldi told the board of directors last night that he has reason to believe the five-county mental health board will be granted $1 million for a new Comprehensive Mental Health Clinic to be built in Warsaw to tie in with the proposed new hospital. Castaldi is president of the five-county mental health board which serves Kosciusko, Whitley, Wabash, Huntington and Marshall counties. He said, if the $1 million figure becomes a reality, the five counties served by the newmental health clinic will have to come up with a third of this amount, or about $333,000. Each county will have to come up with approximately $66,000. He added that a law bfcng proposed in the legislature now in session at Indianapolis would limit the amount of tax levy to 4 cents that any county could assess .its citizens for mental health. The new Comprehensive Mental Health Clinic would be built near the proposed hospital in order that its beds could be used by the hospital if necessary. Attending the meeting last night besides Castaldi, were Robert Huffman. Ralph Oyler, Ralph Thornburg. Marshall Estep, Arch Baumgartner, Robert Bishop. Robert Ellison, Darrell Frantz. Joe Boggs. Alton Boggs. Don Forney. Rev. Wayne Johnson. Ray Eckert. Tom Lemon. Don Death, Robert Ferverda. Howard Silveus and Dr. William Parke. Aluminum Stolen From Barth Plant Two coils of aluminum weighing about 2.800 pounds and valued at $1 per pound were stolen last week from Barta, Inc., located south of the Milford town limits on state road 15. t This is the second burglary of die plant in less than two months The first time the plant was entered some 5.000 pounds of sidewall metal were stolen. It is believed wires on the company's one and a half ton truck were "jumped” and used to transport the coils The truck was found at 8:30 am. last Wednesday at the county road 800 N and old road 15. Investigating officers are state trooper James Risner, state police Sgt. John Hammersley and sheriff's detective Stanely Holder man. Milford Police Answer 119 Calls During February Milford chief of police Don Drake reports he answered 119 calls during the month of February. This included the following: Miscellaneous calls — 83 Warnings — 14 Arrests — 2 Accidents investigated — 2 Accidents, assisted other units Messages delivered — 6 Dog calls answered — 9 The police car was driven 1,008 miles during the month of February.

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FIRST IN 22 YEARS — Rochester won its first sectional crown in 22 years Saturday as the Zebras stopped Warsaw 72-62 in the final round of the Triton sectional.

Zebras Top Tigers For First Sectional Crown In 22 Years

The Rochester Zebras topped the Warsaw Tigers by 10 points Saturday night to win the first sectional crown in 22 years for the school. The game was played before a packed house at the Triton gym in Bourbon and was a re-match of last year’s championship contenders. Last year Warsaw stopped Rochester 65-58 in the final game to win the 1970 sectional crown. Saturday’s score: 72-62. The Zebras will face Plymouth in the first game of the regional tournament at Elkhart Saturday afternoon. Last Saturday’s game was won at the free throw line as Rochester connected on 26 of 33 attempts for 78.8 per cent. Warsaw made 6 of 10 attempts. Bruce Grimm scored the first two points of the ball game and coach Jim Powers' Zebras held the lead during most of the game except for a few anxious moments in the third quarter Rochester held a 19-11 point lead at the end of the first period of play. Warsaw made its best showing m the second quarter and came with ip two (35-33) at half-time. The' Tigers began to drive as the third quarter opened and a few seconds later tied the game at 35 all. An additional two points for Warsaw gave, the Tigers their only lead of the game, however, the Zebras were quick to recover —a free throw cut Warsaw's lead to one and a 15-footer a few seconds later by Denny Deeb returned the lead to Rochester The score was again tied at 39 all before the Zebras began to pull away. By the end of the quarter Rochester led 52-48 Rochester pulled away in the final stanza for the 10 point victory. Grimm was high point man for the game as he hit for 24 points. Jay Elliott and Dave Buckingham added an additional 17 and 16 points respectively for the new champs. Warsaw’s Brian Essenburg and Ed Miller each hit 18 and Greg Johnson added an additional 10 for the Tigers. Rochester goes to the Elkhart regional with a 19-3 record. Rochester earned the right to play in the final game by defeating Akron Friday night 8758. Warsaw defeated Mentone 6846 on Thursday and Triton 87-79 on Friday to earn the right to play in the championship. Box scores follow : ROCHESTER ,(72> — Buckingham 564, Deeb 334. Elliott 571. Betz 221. Grimm 883.

Totals: Field goals, 23; free throws, 26; personal fouls, 12. WARSAW (62) — Essenburg 825. Tamer 402, Johnson 502. Wiltrout 002. Miller 823, Kerliri 302, Hanna 024. Ring 001. Totals: Field goals, 28; free throws. 6; personal fouls. 21. Injured In OneCar Mishap Danny Kinsey. 21, of r 1 Warsaw and a senior student at Ball State university, Muncie, was admitted to Parkview Memorial hospital. Fort Wayne, for injuries sustained in a one-car accident at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Young Kinsey has had his spleen removed and one leg pinned at a point below the knee. A passenger, Jack W. Rustamier. 20. Speedway, received multiple facial lacerations and a severely cut nose. He was admitted to the Huntington county hospital, as was Kinsey prior to his transfer to Park view. The mishap occurred on SR 5, four miles south of Huntington. as the compact car crossed into the northbound lane and hit a bridge abutment during high winds. Kinsey was thrown to the banks of Loon Creek and his passenger remained in the vehicle which was tom in two in the accident. The car was owhed by a sister. Miss Jo Ellen Kinsey. The Warsaw man just completed his student teaching of history at Wawasee high school last week. S-4 ROBERT FOLGER HOME FROM GERMANY Spec 4 Bob Folger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Folger of Syracuse, arrived in the states Tuesday from a tour in Germany and is expected to, join his wife and new baby later in the week”at Syracuse.

Indiana State Highway Commission Lets Bids

Indiana State Highway Commission Executive Director, R. N. Harrell, today announced the results of the bid letting on road, bridge and traffic projects held February 23. A total of $1,438,148.66 was bid for the five road contracts.

The expression on the faces of those pictured is representative of the spirit of Rochester Zebra fans as the team prepares to go into the regional at Elkhart Saturday.

Syracuse Public Library To Have Delivery Service To Shut-Ins

The Syracuse public library is beginning a new program of delivery service to shut-ins and those readers of Syracuse and Turkey Creek township who are unable to climb the stairs. This will be by a special registration, for all those interested, of name, address, telephony number and reading interests. You may register by telephoning or by dropping a card with the above information to: Syracuse Public Library 118 E. Main St. Syracuse, Indiana 46567 Books may be requested by category, such as mystery, travel, biography, or by specific titles. Books requested will be delivered to the home for twoweek loan periods and is hoped

Birthday Club At Library Story Hour Saturday Mrs Oscar Bjella, librarian in the children’s department at the Syracuse public library, has announced a birthday club has been started and children may enroll any time they stop in. Another story hour is scheduled for this Saturday, from 10:30 to 11:30 and wrill feature a movie entitled. "The Red Balloon.” All ages are invited to attend. $175 Damages In Thursday Accident No one was injured in a twovehicle accident Thursday on east Center street, Warsaw, resulting in $175 in damages. Police reported that cars driven by Blanche B. Baugher, 71, Syracuse, and Homer Hall, 39, Warsaw, sideswiped.

$7,373,‘682.42 for the five bridge projects and $140,030.55 for the traffic jobs, for a total of $8,951,861.62. This compared to the highways commission engineer’s estimate of $10,749,840.88. Traffic contract no. T-8548 for

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more people will be able to take advantage' of the library resources in this way. Additions . Some recent additions to the adult fiction and non-fiction shelves are: Agatha Christie: Passenger to Frankfurt Elizabeth Goudge: A Child for the Sea R. F. Delderfield: God Is An Englishman Kenneth Clark: Civilization Alvin Toffler: Future Shock Shirley MacLaine: Don’t Fall Off the Mountain Lady Bird Johnson: A White House Diary Guptill: Norman Rockwell, Illustrator Cooper: The Lost Crusade National Georgraphic: Gypsies

Six From County To Be Inducted On March 8 Six young men from Kosciusko county — Stephen M. Cumberland, Terrence E. Good, Donald B. Westrick, James G. Marsh, Glen Jackson and Donald P. Holder — will be inducted into the United States army on March 8. Reporting for physical exams on that date will be Rickey A. Reed and Oscar W. Jensen. MR. AND MRS. ‘TINY’ SOULE HOME FROM FLORIDA Mr. and Mrs. Robert Soule have returned to their Syracuse home on r 3 following a winter stay at Tavares. Fla. *

the Kosciqsko and Elkhart district for St. Rd. 13 and Base Line Road (old US 30) and St. Rd. 13 and Epworth Rd. (Forest Rd.Co. Rd. 675 N) and 5 US 33 and St. Rd. 13 and St. Rd. 15 and Co. Rd. 38. Signal flasher modernization, was let to Phend and Brown, Inc' of Milford for $133,874.55.