The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 4, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 February 1972 — Page 1

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•CITIZEN OF THE YEAR* — Carl B. Dipcan. former Milford town board president, was named "Citizen of the Year*’ at the annual Milford Area Development Council banquet held in the

Carl B. Duncan Named 'Citizen Os The Year'

Carl B Duncan. 64, became the first man to be named Milford’s ‘Citizen of the Year” Saturday night at the Milford Area Development Council’s annual banquet held at the Shrine , building in Warsaw 1 This year’s "Citizen of the Year" was kept in complete secret until the envelope was opened by Mrs Charles (Dorlhea > Kerlin, who considered it "quite an honor’” to make the announcement Mrs Kerim was "Woman of the Year” for 1971 and expressed her appreciation for the marvelous experience and memories the award afforded to her. As his name was read. Duncan was noticeably surprised and.was greeted with a standing ovation from the attending townspeople A citation was read by Mrs Kerhn praising him for his manyyears of service in the Milford community Duncan stepped forward to express his ap preciaiion and receive a bronze plaque which read: "Certificate of Appreciation, 1972, awarded to Carl Duncan for Outstanding and Dedicated Senice. the MAD Council." He commented, "the honor offset all the chewmgs out he received while a member of the town board ” Citation Text The full text of the Milford Citizen of the Year citation follows: ' Milford Citizen Os The Year 1572 Carl B. Duncan "You are being honored this evening by the citizens of Milford in recognition of your faithful and dedicated service to the community over a period of many

THE MIDDLE-EAST — Second In A Series

By DELLA AND ARCH BAUMGARTNER CAIRO, Egypt, Sat., Feb 5 - When our group of 28 members of the National Newspaper Association went to Egypt on the first leg of our trip to the MidEast. most of us had an idea we were going into a country not entirely friendly to the United Slates, but we were not sure how

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years. Your many services that were ‘above and beyond the call of duty’ did not go unheeded although you may have thought so many times. The Milford Area Development Council has provided the incentive and means by which the citizens could make a choice and express their opinions concerning outstanding people of the community. "It gives the committee great pleasure to recount some of the reasons that you, Carl Duncan, have been selected as the ’Citizen of the Year, 1972.’ "Mr Duncan has been a member of the Milford town board for 16 years. 1948-1966 and again from 1964-1971 during which time he served as president of the board for eight years He was acting in this capacity until health caused him to resign from the board. "This meant more than attending monthly town board meeting once a month. It involved attending numerous special meetings such as area planning, sew age and many other areas out of town He conferred with Civil Defense personnel to provide suitable fall-out shelters in case of tornadoes He used his influence with state highway authorities to restore installation of the stop light at state road 15 and Emeline street for the protection of our school children. He has donated a great deal of time and effort toward the betterment of our town. "The average citizen has no idea as to the time spent on telephone calls and personal contacts made that Mr Duncan donated in connection with his obligations to the work of the town of Milford Not only mental

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deeply any hostility would be felt. We hoped to find out first hand by talking directly with numerous Egyptian ministers For myself, my fondest hope was to have a news conference with President Anwar El Sadat, but we found him off on a visit to Moscow. On the morning we departed from Egypt. Monday. Feb. 7. we noticed die presence of guards and an honor guard at the

Shrine building at Warsaw on Saturday night. Pictured above are Mrs. Duncan. "1972 Citizen of the Year” Carl Duncan. "1971 Woman of the Year Mrs. Charles (Dorthea) Kerlin and MAD president John B. Augsburger.

strain was involved but as many persons can verify, he did physical work on the sew’er system, water mains, town machinery, snow plow and other problems as they came up "In addition to these duties. Mr. Duncan served on the Milford fire depart ment for a number of years. He is a retired farmer and business man, a former member of the Lions club, a member of the Milford Area Development Council and a member of the Masonic Lodge, all organizations that stand for the betterment of the community. "He has been an active member and a ‘main stay’ in the Milford Christian church for many years and is an elder of the church. "Therefore, it is with great pleasure that we name you. Carl Duncan. Milford’s first Man of the Year.’" Attending the banquet along with Mr Duncan was his wife, Mary and their children, Mrs Louis (Alice) Battenfield of Indianapolis and Max of Milford and their families. The selection of the "Citizen of the Year" was based on nominations offered by Milford citizens and was the second annual event Opens The Evening John B Augsburger, president of MAD. opened the evening by welcoming everyone to the banquet. The officers of the MAD Council were introduced as Mrs Darrell (Evelyn) Om. secretary . Norm Lovell, vice president; and Willis Alt. treasurer Augsburger expressed to the audience that the Fall Festival had not proven successful and had been cancelled for this year.

airport which we were told were there for the return of Sadat to Cairo. While we missed President Sadat, we did see others, enough to garner an opinion we can relate here No Diplomatic Relations The United States has no diplomatic relations with the Egyptian government, we found, but we do have a diplomatic

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1972

However, a chicken barbecue would be held on Memorial Day with a possible tractor pull and other events. It is hoped that the chicken barbecue will becorpe an annual event. Last year s barbecue raised about S6OO The money went toward the purchase of street signs and numbers for the houses in Milford, They have been ordered and will be put up in the near future. C. J. Myers, chairman of the public relations commitee, will search for a project to use the funds on gained from this year’s chicken barbecue. Augsburger made a plea for all of Milford's citizens to join MAD; farmers, merchants, etc. He pointed out that the function of the council was to study problems erf the town and present their findings to the town board. Evening Program Don H. Arnold, chairman of the planning and zoning committee, introduced the entertainment for the evening. The program, presented by the Moyer family of Goshen, was a selection of slides entitled ‘‘My Own United States.” The colorful slides brought alive the beauty of America while the narrator coaxed the audience to look around them for the simple things which are beautiful, the things one so often misses. The invocation for the evening was given by Rev. Ralph Karstedt of the United Methodist church and the benediction by Carl Shearer, pastor of the Christian church. Willis Alt. in charge of ticket sales, said 65 Milford men and women attended the event.

section of 10 officers attached to the Spanish embassy These men are our country's official ears in Egypt America has had a long history of friendship with Egypt but just where these relations cooled is a long story. During the 1950's the United States refused to loan Egypt money for the building of the Aswan High Dam. which they considered a must for the

BLOODMOBILE VISIT SET FOR FEB. 29 The date for the regular visit of the American Red Cross blood mobile unit to Kosciusko county is Tuesday. Feb. 29. It will be located at the Shrine building on the fairgrounds from 12 o’clock noon until 6 p.m. according to an announcement from Steve Devenney, blood program chairman. For 21 years the blood program has been an important service provided to area residents by the Red Cross, a United Fund participant.

County Crash Causes Estimated $875 Damage Stanley D. Shaw, 18. r 1 Milford, and Peter A. O’Connell. Z7, r 3 Warsaw, collided at the intersection of CR 1200 North and CR 250 East, one half mile south of Milford, Tuesday, Feb. 15. O’Connell was northbound on CR 250 East and Shaw was eastbound on CR 1200 North. The roads were reported snow covered and slippery by the sheriff’s authorities at the time of the accident. Shaw was cited for failure to yield the right-of-way. Damage estimated to the O’Connell auto was $450. $425 to the Shaw vehicle and SSO to a telephone pole. Van Buren Trustee To Open Office Maurice Beer, trustee of Vanßuren township, stated this week he will open an office in the fire station at Milford for the purpose of assessing personal property. Either trustee Beer or his assessors, Elmer Rassi and Ren Clark, will be in the office after March 1 from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday and 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday. Beer stated that it is the responsibility of each person in the township to see that they are assessed. Mrs. Miller Names Heart Volunteers Mrs. T. A. Miller of Milford has listed the following persons as volunteers for the Heart Fund in Van Buren township: Waubee Lake — Mrs. John B. Augsburger and Mrs. Richard Neff; Dewart Lake — Mrs. Bryan Wall; Town of Milford and near-by area — Mrs. Richard Felkner, Mrs. Herbert Baumgartner, Mrs Ray Bray, Mrs. Bill Little. Mrs. Donald Bice, Mrs. Harold Kaiser, Mrs. Alma Gerber, Mrs. Harry D. Doty, Miss Peggy Doty and Mrs. Vernon Stutzman Because of the lack of volunteers elsewhere in the township Mrs. Miller asked persons who are not contacted but wish to make a donation to the heart fund should call Mrs. Miller. The drive will continue through February.

development of cheap power and land reclamation. Then Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal to get their own funds to build the dam. In the process they ran afoul of the English and French, although they did make reparations to these two countries. Egypt then went to the Soviet Union for money for the Aswan Dam, and in their mounting crisis

Four Lakeland Residents Jailed Over Week End On Drug Charges

Four Lakeland residents, including a husband and wife, were arrested over the week end on drug charges. Arrested were: Richard C. Kessens. 24. r 1 Syracuse; John D. Yoder. 21, r 1 Syracuse; Michael Lee Conyer, 20, r 2 Milford; And, Conyer’s wife, Kathleen Elizabeth. 19.

Syracuse Scouts Prepare Stew On Main Street A number of boys of Boy Scout Troop 28 at Syracuse and committee member James Hann, set up equipment Saturday morning at the northwest corner of the main square in Syracuse to prepare a demonstration in completion of National Scout W eek and to show what is done on a camp out. The camp site was set up and Jay Wright, leader of the Electrio Butter-Fly patrol was in charge of dinner which consisted of cleaning and preparing fresh carrots, onions, potatoes, peas, flour and beef, for making and serving the stew. The Tiger patrol with Rod Hann as leader set up the tent but due to high Uinds, the group found cement blocks were needed to hold it in (dace. Bill Weaver had a winter pack and bed roll and display and Paul Schrumpf was in charge of the knife and ax display. The stew was ready to eat at 12:15 to nourish the cold bodies of the youths and also to serve to passersby. Troop 28 took a first in advancement at the district camporee the previous week end at Pioneer Trails in competition with nine other troops. Clem Lisor is institutional representative of the troop; Edwin Harting, chairman; James Wright, scoutmaster; Edward Napier, assistant scoutmaster; and committee members, David L. Hyndman, Jack Simmons. James Nelson, Bud Slabaugh, James Hann and Steve Bartow. Troop members are Gary Brown, Rodney Hann, John Naab. Brian Napier, Meredith Plikerd, Brian Simmons, Brian Slabaugh, Bill Weaver, Jay Wright, Joe Wright, Robert Wilson. Tracy Bartow, Douglas Marchand. John Haffner. Darrell Stahly, Jeff Lovellette, Tony Searfoss and Paul Schrumpf.

Chamber Discusses Membership Issue, Junk Cars At Syracuse

During the Thursday meeting of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce, presided over by president Chet Elder, the present chamber membership was a main issue as was the possibility of a new trash can ordinance for the area with a litter and clean-up phase. Elder reported he felt membership could be much higher and

with Israel, the United States found itself more and more aligned with Israel. It appeared almost impossible for the U.S. to have friends on both sides of the Suez Canal. While our group was interested ] in what governmental officials had to say about the cool relations between our two countries, most of our NNA group l were interested in what the so-

Kessens, Yoder and Conyer were all charged with sale and possession of dangerous drugs while Mrs. Conyer was charged with possession of a dangerous drug. The charges against Kessens and Yoder involve the sale of LSD while the charges against the Conyers are for marijuana. Kessens and Yoder were arrested last Saturday at a Kale Island apartment. They were

Sectional Caravan Being Planned Wawasee high school students and adult fans from the communities of Milford, North Webster and Syracuse are invited to participate in the annual Wawasee high school sectional caravan. The Wawasee Warriors will play against Triton on Thursday evening, with game time scheduled for 7 p.m. All persons joining the caravan are requested to identify their Wawasee spirit by decorating their automobile. This can be done by a simple green and gold streamer. The caravan will have the assistance of local law enforcement officials, the county sheriff's department and state police in escorting the group to Warsaw School officials ask that all

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SPECIAL PROGRAM — Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kline from Crestwood, Ky., presented a special program, "Trees — Fantastic” at Monday evening’s Milford Lions club meeting. Mr. Kline, a horticulturist, has traveled all over the world taking pictures of various trees. He presented the program through use of slides. Pictured above are Max Beer, program chairman for the evening, and Mr. and Mrs. Kline. Eight visitors including six Syracuse Lions, Lloyd Mynhier and Charles Baumgartner both of Milford were present at the meeting.

suggested making a survey of community merchants' to find the reason for those not belonging and attempt to improve any problems, thus pulling in new members and present merchants not in membership, for a 100 per cent working together group. Members expressed concern for lack of law enforcement of junk or trash cars in the com-

called “little people'’ had to say, and here we found ourselves a welcomed group. We increasingly heard, "American Welcome.” When we asked these same people what they thought of the Russians they would say, “No. This is all Sadat’s doings.” We did note officials we talked to spoke impeccable English and were educated in the United

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charged in connection with the alleged sale of tabled LSD) to an informant at the Hickory Lounge in Milford on Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Conyer were arrested at their farmhouse on r 2 Milford on Saturday afternoon. Conyer was reported to have sold marijuana to an informant on Friday. A search of the Conyer residence revealed a quantity of marijuana and smoking utensils.

persons wanting to join in and boost the Warriors, are to meet at the respective junior high schools as follows: Milford 5:30 p.m. Syracuse 5:45 p.m. North Webster 6 p.m. The school fan buses will leave at the same time and will be a part of the caravan. The caravan will start from Milford, proceeding to Syracuse, to North Webster, and on to Warsaw. United Fund Elect Officers The United Fund of Kosciusko County, Inc., elected the following officers for 1972 at their board and membership meeting held on Thursday. Feb. 17: Jo C. Paxton, president; Ray W. Monteith, vice president; John Jarecki, secretary-treasurer; and J. Alan Morgan, chairman of the board of directors.

munity. A check is to be made wjth town attorney Bruce Frey for a possible ordinance pertaining to removal of such cars in the Syracuse-Wawasee area in conjunction with a litter and clean-up phase. Charles F. Kroh was elected to a three year term on the board of directors.

States. Their efforts to present their country’s story to us was given in good faith, sincereity and warmth. Os the American diplomatic section we were ushered into a small room where we met a Mr. Wiley and Mr. Penney. Marshall Wiley, a native of Rockford, 111., acted as spokesman and gave us (Continued On Page 8)