The Mail-Journal, Volume 8, Number 6, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 March 1971 — Page 1

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SYRACUSE TRAIN WRECK — This photo is of an early morning train wreck on the B & () railroad at Syracuse In which 11 cars jumped the track doing thousands of dollars in damage. The

B & 0 Derailed At Syracuse

.. Ml V u gSSP? * '■ * t- • *• • . ■ ■*■ Burglary In Milford Sunday Milford police chief Don Drake is currently investigating a burglary at the Eldon Sorensen home at 109 Henry street in Milford Person or persons unknown broke into the home between 9:30 am and noon Sunday while the Sorensens were attending worship services Entrance was gained by breaking a basement window on the front of the house Said window is hidden behind shrubs, thus allowing the thief or thieves to enter unobserved A total of SIS, mostly in bills, was taken from a dirty work shirt of Mr Sorensen Sorensen stated the money belongs to the soft water company where he is employed Drawers were ramsacked and beds were torn up The person or persons left the house through a south door

A PENSIVE MOMENT — These four university singers of Ball State University will be among the many in the group appearing at the Wawasee high school auditorium on Friday night. March 2S. through sponsorship of the Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary club. They are. Lr. Chris Mater. Lafayette senior: Mike Clino Marion freshman: Bob Zehr. Kendallville junior and Nancy Garber. Goshen junior. Oulv ?•• tickets will be sold for this event, on a first come-first served basis. Tickets are available at the First National Bank. Milford: Farmer s State Bank. North Webster: State Bank of Syracuse: and rotarians Bill Cutter. Bill Jones. Tom Prickett. Jay Peffiey. Jerry Ganshorn and Tom Swam. The 3l-shw«i Ul ' »**“•M>" rrf <» U>e Bob Braun sho. on March » and will prrw.l lheir annual Specurular" show al s p.m. on March 13 and 3:3® p.m.. March u. rn Emens auditorium, on Ball State Campus

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The Advance New York Jet. an express freight train from Chicago to New York on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, was wrecked at Syracuse at 3 a m. Tuesday, doing an undetermined amount of damage The fast east-bound freight was in trouble west of the road 13 crossing in Syracuse, but the 11 cars that left the track didn’t grind to a halt until a quarter of a mile east of this site, or just east of Soy th Seventh street. N L Deitch of Garrett was conductor of the tram, according to Joe Douglas of Defiance, assistant trainmaster. Douglas said no estimate of damage could be made at the time, but promised that the damaged two main tracks would be opened by mid-afternoon on Tuesday. At 8:30 a m heavy equipment owned by the railroad company was moved in to repair the damage The mam section of the tram, w hicb remained on the tracks, moved on to Garrett. Douglas said Syracuse chief of police Orville Vanderßeyden was one of the first men at the scene of the accident He said the wreck ‘ actually started west of road 13.” and pointed to damaged lies in that area to substantiate his thesis. A pair of car wheels came to rest west of the road 13 crossing. No Lost Uargo The cars that were derailed were loaded with mineral products. 'Mr. Douglas said, including wool, cheese and aluminum products The derailed cars struck

cause was undetermined and no exact figure of loss was released by the railroad company. According to Syracuse chief of police Orville Vanderßeyden. it occurred at 3 a.m. Tuesday.

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railroad signal just east of the road 13 crossing, and east of South Seventh street a derailed car struck a car on a north siding .Another derailed car struck a tool shed on the north of the tracks, completely destroying it. The south siding which led to VyLactos Indiustries and Liberty Homes was torn up and will have to be replaced The train had a total of 75 cars, according to D. W. Casey, Syracuse terminal operator who is now m his sixth year at Syracuse Estate Appraised The estate of the late Nellie Waldbeser. Milford, who died in an auto accident near Milford on March 13. 1970. has been appraised for tax purposes at $5,734 30 Filed in Kosciusko court, the heirs include Gladys M Kauffman, r 2 Bristol; Alvin E Waldbeser. r 1 Milford; and Fred R Waldbeser. Milford

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1971

LAURA WARNER HONORED ON FIFTH BIRTHDAY Mrs. Maxine Warner of Syracuse gave a birthday dinner Sunday in honor of the fifth birthday anniversary of her daughter Laura. Guests attending included Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Leiter of Silver Lake; Mr. and Mrs David Leiter and son Dwayne J. of Etna Green; Ruth kelly of Otosego. Mich.; Mrs Larry Warner and son, Jerry, of Nappanee; Mrs Valeria Hughes. Jessie Hughes and Richard Warner, all of Syracuse.

Lakeland Board Hears Report On Tax Draw

Lakeland business manager and treasurer Marton Lantz reported to the school board Tuesday evening during the regular March meeting on the latest tax draw from the county treasurer s office. Lantz stated the corporation received $225,800 plus in the February draw. This is some $27,000 short because of the delinquent taxes in the school corporation. This in the long run." he said, “creates a burden on the rest of the taxpayers ’ He stated June is the next time money will be distributed to the taxing units. In other business before the board a request was approved for the resignation for personal reasons of Mrs. Pauline Scholar, a teacher in the third grade at Syracuse, effective March 12. Also accepted was the recommendation of superintendent Don H. Arnold to employe Mrs Carolyn Lundquist to fill the position. A second resignation, that of Ronald Resur. was also accepted. Resur is returning to Ball State university to complete his master's degree. He taught art at Wawasee high school. A military achievement test diploma was issued to Walter G. Harman of North Webster Land Purchase Approval was given for advertising for an additional appropriation from the cumulative building fund for project 4375 to purchase 12.696 acres of land adjoining the present site of

Cumulative Rate —4O c ' Lakeland School Tax Rate Set By State At $5.34

The Lakeland school corporation tax rate for next year stands at $5.34 per SIOO of taxable valuation, according to an announcement by county auditor Lawrence Butts this week. The rate was released late last week by the state tax commission. Broken down the rate is as follows: General school fund $4.68 Debt service 26 Cumulative building 40 Trim Cumulative Auditor Butts stated that the proposed general school fund was set in the August budget at $4.72. and that it was trimmed to $4.67 as a tentative rate at the state tax board hearing. The state later reinstated 1 cent, making the final general rate $4.68. The debt senice stood at 26 cents.

House And Senate Working On State Financing

In a telephone conversation Tuesday morning with state senator John F. Augsburger of Milford this paper learned of some of the happenings in the legislature this week. The senator stated both the house and the senate are working on financing of state needs that are not in the budget for the next biennium One of the needs is $35 million in the welfare program to meet federal commitments. Another is sls million more than was appropriated originally for teachers and employees retirement. An inheritance tax bill is cu Tently being studied If passed it will turn $16,600,000 over to county units. This money is currently going into state treasury. Some of this money would be coming into Kosciusko county, stated Augsburger. The state is currently some s3l million short on funds for sewage treatment programs. Senator Augsburger stated the house is proposing a two-cent tax on cigerettes to help make up the

Wawasee high school at $1,200 per acre. Said notice appears elsewhere in this issue of the paper as does a notice of a hearing on the proposed lease between the Lakeland Community School Corporation and the Lakeland School Construction Company. Inc. Superintendent Arnold reported on a letter received from the state tax commission earlier in the day telling of the cumulative building fund being set at 40 cents. A complete story on Lakeland s taxes appears on the front page of this paper High school principal Henry L. Smith stated the high school had received $1,670 as its share of the sectional tournament receipts. This, he said, is about the same as last year. Mr Arnold stated a report from the school corporation's architects showed 12 general contractors had thus far requested information on bidding for the proposed construction Bids are to be received and opened in the high school building at 1 p.m. on March 23. A public meeting is set for 7.30 p.m. March 23 to take action on the legal notices appearing this week and a second meeting is planned for March 30 when action is expected to be taken on the construction bids. Mr. Lantz reported on the project of removing trees in the woods near the high school football field. He submitted one (Continued On Page 6, Sec. 1)

But the current cumulative building fund rate of 25 cents was boosted to 60 cents in the proposed August budget. There were two remonstrances to the 60 cent rate, and a hearing before three tax board representatives was held in the Wawasee high school auditorium. The state tax commission raised the rate from the present 25 cents to 40 cents in its final determination. Other Rates Other rates of interest to area taxpayers include the following: Turkey Creek Twp. $6.70 Syracuse 8.55 Van Buren Twp. 6.65 Milford 8.84 Tippecanoe Twp. 6.35 North Webster 7.37 Jefferson Twp; (East) 6.45 The above rates include the $5.34 school rate.

needed funds for this program. A bill has been passed by the house and is now in the senate on renal (kidney) diseases. If this is passed an additional $500,000 will be needed An additional $8 to $lO million is also proposed for the state's universities. These. stated senateAugsburger. are the main things that have not been budgeted and the legislature is wrestling with to find money for them. The house finished most of the finance bills on Tuesday and sent them to the senate. Senator Augsburger is a member of the finance committee which is currently studying the proposals from the house in preparation for presenting them to the senate. The senator also commented the pollution control bill (environmental control act) which he authored has been passed out of committee and is now on the floor of the senate. A bill he sponsored, allowing farmers and farm buildings exemptions from the building code for all buildings under 30.000 square feet, has passed both houses The senator also has a bill for new police barricks in the state and centrally located communications. He is also serving as chairman of the benevolent and penal institutions and is working on bills in connection with upgrading prisons in Indiana.

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Globe Trotters To Be At Wawasee Saturday

The Harlem Globetrotters will appear at Wawasee high school Saturday night in a 2’ 2 hour show which is being sponsored by the North Webster volunteer fire department and the ladies auxiliary. Game time is 8 p.m. Mrs. Willis Whisler. Mrs. Verland Bockman. Mrs. Richard Mitchell and Mrs. Roy Spry are ! in charge of selling tickets for the event which promises to be an entertaining evening for all who attend. Tickets may be purchased at the town hall, the White Front Grocery, and the Ace hardware in North Webster and at the Syracuse fire station. All tickets are for reserved seats. J. P. Action Rules For Plaintiffs In justice of the peace court action Saturday morning at Syracuse, a Syracuse family of six was given two weeks, and two-weeks rent is to be paid in advance, to vacate the premises in a civil suit involving property owners and renters on Boston street. Plaintiffs in the suit. Edgar and Blanch Kuhn. 201 east Boston street, previously filed a complaint for possession of real estate occupied by the Harold Cole family at 137 east Boston. An SBO month to month lease, payable in advance, was in effect with the Coles. Default The plaintiffs contended the Coles defaulted in rental payments and were notified to vacate on February 10 unless rent was paid. Among disputes including the rent was a deteriorated floor at the residence to be fixed and a blower on a furnace which was repaired by Cole and expenses deducted from rent fees Jp Christian Koher. in his Saturday morning ruling, added that at the end of two-weeks the Coles must vacate and back rent must be paid Cole was employed by the town prior to a lay-off in the street and water department in February. The Coles have children 13, 11, eight and 16-months and Mrs. Cole is expecting her fifth child in several months.

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HARLEM GLOBE 0 TROTTERS MAGICIANS OF BASKETBALL In Person! F w. 1 : W Major L Nicolai Home From Korea Major Larry Nicolai has returned home from Korea, where he has served his 13-month tour of duty with the U.S. Army. He will reside with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nicolai in Syracuse, for the next five-weeks after which he will go to Fort Knox. Ky., for one-week of preventive maintenance training. Young Nicolai will be assigned to Schofield Barracks. Oahu, Hawaii, where he will be stationed for a three-year period. His family, who has resided with his parents at Syracuse during his Korean duty, will join him in Hawaii at the end of the school term.