The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 16, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 May 1972 — Page 1

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Syracuse Town Board, Police Issue Merit Awards Tuesday

=. Due to previous commitment! and illness, only two town board members were in attendance for the regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the Syracuse town board of trustees Tuesday night at town hall and no official business could be transacted. Lewis Bag al off of Munster appeared before the board requesting permission to tie into the town sewer system for a new ’’proposed 100 unit apartment building being planned on the old South Shore Inn site at Lake Wawasee JT He added septic systems are not permitted by the state and he would not want this due to location of the planned structure Chief of police announced the new alarm system requested by a Goshen firm at the last town board meeting had ben installed in the dispatch statu-a and is working with two businesses currently hooked-on ** It was noted the merchandise stored in the old depot building is not worth salvaging for a sale and that Jerry Hoopingamer had talked with town attorney Bruce Frey announcing no plans are * forthcoming on his part in disposing of his • roperty located on East Main strwet A total of 16 building permits were issued during the past month by building commissioner Harry VanHemert at a total of 6330. 60 per cent going to the commissioner and 40 per cent to the town This will give an property value increase of $197,100 with assessed valuation at $65,700 and ad ditional tax of $4,599 In honor of National Police Week observance May 14-20, certificates of appreciation and recognition were given, under recommendation of Syracuse police chief Vanderßeyden to the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce. Junior Chamber of Commerce, Syracuse Development Corp., Syracuse License Branch, police officers Dale Sparklin, Joe Thornburg, Lawrence Firestone and reserve ** officer Thomas Kitch, and public (Continued On Page 3)

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BR®ri ■ t-IBF TCIlb B Hi JS 5 n Ji r r jT’Tjl i < VlfflW H CITATION AWARDS —« Recipients of citation awards presented Tuesday night at town hall in observance of National Police Week. May 14-26. are shown here along with Syracuse chief of police Orville Vanderßeyden who made the recommendations. Shown in the back row. l-r, with Vanderßeyden are reserve officer Thomas Kitch honored for five years of service, officers Joe Thornburg and Dale Sparklin. and Richard (Butch) Plikerd. a representative of the Junior chamber of commerce. Accepting newspaper awards, front row. ere .Mrs. Charles Searfoss and Mrs. Wilbur Smith., Syracuse-Wawasee chamber of commerce ' representative Chet Elder and Syracuse Ucensr branch manager Mrs. Frunk Putt. A MaH-Jour-.al Staff Photo.

For Tom Sorensen And Mrs, Phil Leach — Bloodmobile Visit Set At North Webster Next Tuesday

The American Red Cross bloodmobile unit will be stationed at the North Webster Church of God from 12 noon until 6 p.m. next Tuesday, May 23. This visit will give area residents the opportunity to replace blood administered to patients who have received blood in treatment of illness. They include Tom Sorensen of Milford who is a patient at the Elkhart hospital recovering from injuries suffered in a car-motorcycle

accident; Mrs. Phil Leach and Woodrow Beezley, both of the North Webster vicinity who underwent heart surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio; and Karl Immel, little son of Mr. and Mrs. K. Howard Immel of Leesburg who is to undergo surgery at the Indiana university hospital in Indianapolis. Although replacement of blood administered to hospital patients is not mandatory, it does make

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blood more readily available to those in need of it. No charge is made for blood donated through the Red Cross Any charge to patient is for laboratory and hospital expenses in preparing and administering it. The Tuesday visit will be the first one to North Webster in a number of years. Rev. Lewis Thomas, pastor of the church, is in charge of general arrangements for the visit. The quota for the visit is 120 pints. A planning session was held Monday at the church with representatives from the Kosciusko county Red Cross chapter, a United Fund participant. attending. Among those present were *Mrs. Herbert Baumgartner. Van Buren township; Mrs. Glen Butz, Washington township; and Mrs. Paul Schermerhorn Plain township; and a number of interested persons. Break-In At Sea Nymph A bolt cutter and $460 in cash were taken in a break-in at Sea Nymph, Syracuse; sometime Saturday night or early Sunday morning. Entry was made through a door of the business and the break-in discovered around 8:20 a m. Sunday by George Nordman. who reported to police. Syracuse police continue investigation. - Sealed Proposals Being Accepted Sealed proposals for acceptance of a rental-purchase agreement for the rental and purchase of a heavy duty dump truck by the Syracuse town board of trustees will be received until the evening of June 15. Further information may be obtained at the office of the clerktreasurer according to an advertisement for bids this week.

Local Opinions On Gov. Wallace Assassination Try The nation was shocked Monday afternoon to learn of the attempted assassination of Alabama Governor George C. Wallace at a shopping center at Laurel. Maryland, where he was campaigning in that state’s primary election. In a search for local opinions on this tragic event, this is what Mail-Journal reporters were able to learn: MARK TREESH, Wawasee high school senior — “It’s a bad thing. Terrible! You may not agree with his idea but you don’t shoot people you don’t agree with. I feel he will pull sympathy votes because of this. I hope he will pull through his paralysis. Also, if he is paralized he won’t get the nomination. I’ve heard a lot about this Bremer and he sounds sick to me!” REV. ROBERT MUNDY, Pastor Wawasee Heights Baptist church — “It is indeed a great tragedy in American life.” FARRELL CAIN, manager of Kosciusko County Farm Bureau Coop lumber yard at Milford — ‘ “Although I’m not a Democrat I don’t like to see anything like that happen to anybody. It shows a little more degradation of the people every day. It’s a shame people can’t run for public office and be exposed without being shot.” JOHN A. PETTIT, Marietta college, Ohio, and a Syracuse summer resident — “It is a terrible thing that our politicians are subject to this type radical irresponsibility.” FREDONNA CUSTER, president of Kosciusko County Democratic Women’s organization — “I think its terrible when a person can t stand up and give his own views without being shot.” JACK STUMP, Viet Nam veteran — “I think it’s just another example of the growing violence in the country.” MRS. NOBLE MYERS, Syracuse housewife — “It’s, pretty lousy.” JOE THORNBURG, manager of Augsburger’s Food Palace at Milford — “I think they should shoot the guy who shot him. It always seems like the guilty person, through his lawyers, manages to get off easy with delays, etc. and is out on parole soon to do it again. Anyone who does something like this should receive just punishment.” MAURICE KOHER. Syracuse postal employee — “It’s a tragic thing to happen.” MABLE MISHLER, Milford housewife — “As far as I am concerned I think it is a terrible thing. I can’t understand why our country got into this distasteful situation. I am real concerned about Governor Wallace and the outcome.”, MISS MARTHA RUCH, manager of the Syracuse Dry Cleaners — “It makes me sad to think people would do these things to our politicians.” In all, four persons contacted in the two Lakeland towns refused to comment. o Parked Car Hit Saturday A parked car belonging to Larry Plank, 113 West Washington street, Syracuse, was hit Saturday afternoon while parked at Maxwelton golf club north of Syracuse doing considerable damage to the right side. > Driver of the other vehicle did not report the accident and authorities continue investigation.

i i ’ s* lei «' Ik ? A j *■ Li a •' y -fl 1 J ■i ’■Wk I Ir mWB VIEW HIGH-RISE PLANS — Chet Elder, president of the Syracuse-Wawasee chamber of commerce, Lewis Bagaloff of Munster, town board president Thomas Prickett and board member Noble C. Blocker are shown here looking over tentative plans of a new high-rise apartment being planned on the old South Shore Inn site at Lake Wawasee. A Mail-Journal Staff Photo.

Seek Sewer Tie-In For South Shore High-Rise

Plans came to light Tuesday night at the Syracuse town board of trustees meeting for a new high-rise apartment building to be constructed on the old South Shore Inn site on Lake Wawasee. Lewis Bagaloff, owner of the property where the apartment location is being considered, along with associate Donald Zejdel, requested permission of the Syracuse town board of trustees to tie into the town sewer system, adding that a water supply system would be no problem. . Tentative plans would be to start the gigantic eight-story structure, barring any problems, in the spring of 1973 and to be completed in approximately 10 months. A total ot 100 apartments, both one and two bedrooms, would be available. A recreation > area would be built below the ground, and possibly three penthouses facing the lake. Complete dimensions of the structure would be 76 feet by 190 feet and parking area would facilitate 150 vehicles with open parking. The famous summer resort, South Shore Inn. burned to the ground in October of 1964 and the site has remained vacant since that time with exception of the old <annex building. Bagaloff announced persons had already been contracted on the annex removal and work is already progressing. Asks Entire Court To Hear Case The court battle over a school corporation’s right to enforce rules set out by a majority of students continues with a request from the Lakeland Community School Corporation for the entire 7th U. S. Court of Appeals in Chicago to consider the case in question. Three judges on the high court recently voted 2-1 in favor of upholding the September 1970 ruling of "district court judge Robert A. Grant of South Bend. The suit was filed by Chester Carpenter of Syracuse and contends his son Gregory was suspended in the spring of 1970 for failure to cut his hair and sideburns to conform to the school’s dress code. School officials contend he was suspended for reasons of conduct. Carpenter graduated from Wawasee in 1971 and is currently employed in Nappanee.

Founders Fund Passes Halfway Mark This Week

Kosciusko Community hospital founders* fund campaign has passed the halfway mark toward its $1.5 million minimum objective. Robert D. Maish, campaign general chairman, today announced a total of $762,480 has been raised by volunteers throughout the county. This represents 51 per cent of the goal. Chairman Maish commented on campaign progress, saying, “We are moving steadily toward our goal at this time, and some volunteers are experiencing strong financial participation from many segments of community support. I believe that our volunteers are convinced that we can achieve our goal, and the results so far point to that certainty. However, they are all aware that there is much work yet to be completed. I expect even greater results later this week.” The campaign’s various divisions report the following totals: Initial gifts, headed by George H. Lenke, Jr., $248,095; Ray Monteith’s primary gifts division, $464,370; major gifts, chaired by Eugene E. Paul, $34,835; and special gifts, beaded by Robert Myers, $15,180. Robert Steele’s area gifts division is in its first week of soliciting °and is expected to report some results next week. Maish also reports that the inplant gifts division, cochaired by James Benzenberg, Paul Tait, and Stanley Stokes, now has agreements for solicitation of employees of 30 major area industrial and business firms with a total employment of 5,600. To date, 16 firms have scheduled an employee rally as part of a program to better inform their employees about the project to build the new not-for-profit community hospital. The active solicitation phase of the project is expected to reach its successful conclusion late in June. Subsequently, groundbreaking is anticipated for late this year, with a normal construction period allowing the new hospital to open in late 1974 or early 1975. The hospital will be constructed on a 25-acre site donated by eight local physicians, and will contain 113 medical-surgical beds in 64 private and semi-private

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rooms. The four-level hospital will feature three operating suites and an emergency operating suite, an intensive Care unit for immediate and around-the-clock attention, an X-Ray department, laboratories for performing biological studies, a physical therapy center, obstetrical department capable of caring for 16 newborn, plus ancillary facilities. Fish Fry Friday Oakwood Hotel The youth group of Calvary United Methodist church at Syracuse is sponsoring a Jonah club fish fry this Friday night at the Oakwood Hotel from 5 to 9 p.m. and carry-outs are available. Proceeds will go for sending two church youths to Haiti for a summer work camp. I 5?... JOINS BANK STAFF — Announcement has been made that Ernest L. Dellinger has joined the staff of the Pierceton State Bank as an assistant vice president. He has been employed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago as an assistant bank examiner. His new duties and responsibilities will be in the loan department where his background and bank examining experience will be an invaluable asset to this bank.