The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 29, Milford, Kosciusko County, 16 August 1972 — Page 1

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Milford-Syracuse Youngsters Win Top Honors At County Fair

of 4-H clubs in Milford and Syracuse walked off with most of the top honors at the 1972 Kosciusko county fair held last week in Warsaw. Lee Ann Willits, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willits of r 4 Syracuse, was crowned queen of the fair on Saturday night. The coronation was held in the grandstands following the races with Lee Ann being crowned by 1971 queen Chris Miner of Mentone. Miss Willits weighs 110 pounds and is five feet, four inches tall. She has hazel eyes and blonde hair. She will be a senior at Wawasee high school this fall. Pretty 17-year-old Jo Ann Rassi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Rassi of Milford, was chosen Miss Congeniality by her peers. Jo Ann weighs 107 pounds and is five feet, three inches tall. She has blue eyes and light brown hair. She too will be a senior at Wawasee in the fall. The penny a vote contest is sponsored by Alpha Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi with monies collected being used for speech and hearing work in the county. Grand Champions The Thursday night livestock auction drew a capacity crowd to the arena area and set a record with a total of $80,164.70 spent to purchase 395 head of beef (138), hogs (155) and lambs (102). In 1971 the total for the animals sold was $74,223.22. ■ Selling the grand champion steer was Jon Cousins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Cousins of r 2 Milford. “Fuzzy”, a 1,235 Simmental Hereford sold for $1.60 ■ per pound and put $1,976 in the bank for his young master. Purchasing the grand champion steer were Claypool Sales, Claypool elevator and Tri-State Harvester. Laura Tucker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Tucker of r 1 Milford, won the reserve champion honors with her Black Angus “Blake.” The 990 pound steer was purchased by the Milford merchants for 75 cents

K /v I r -w "' ■ 1 w. ' < Aw IK I -. HIL fl ;' KftTJi L Bi j I >345.93 FROM MAD — The Milford volunteer fire department is 1345.93 nearer its goal of paying for two-way radio equipment for its fire fighting units, thanks to the Milford Area Development Council (MAD). " • The check in the above amount, proceeds from the Memorial Day community chicken barbecue, was given to Milford fire chief Harold Kaiser on Monday night. Presenting the check to chief Kaiser was John B. Augsburger, president of MAD. In the above photo from left are Willis Alt, MAD treasurer, Augsburger, Kaiser, and MAD secretary Evelyn Orn.

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

CHAMPION SELLS FOR $1.60 — The grand champion steer of the 1972 Kosciusko county fair, a 1,235 pound Simmental Hereford belonging to Jon Cousins of r 2 Milford, sold for $1.60 per pound last Thursday night at the annual 4-H livestock auction. The animal brought a total of $1,976 for his young owner. Jon is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Cousins of near Milford. Claypool merchants who purchased the animal are shown above. They are, from left, Bob Sittier and Gerald Ballenger, both of Claypool Sales; Leo Valentine of the Claypool Elevator; and Leo Kerber of Tri-State Harvestore.

per pound and brought his young mistress $742.50. Purchasing the animal were Drs. Miller and Schafer, Sharp Hardware, The Mail-Journal, First National Bank, Chore-Time Equipment, Brock Manufacturing Co., and Dr. Frank Wadas. The champion Shorthorn was displayed by Brenda Davis of r 1 Milford. The champion Charlois was displayed by Clark Rassi of r 2 Milford. The reserve champion Angus was displayed by Lydia Tucker, twin sister of Laura. The reserve Shorthorn was disnlayed (Continued On Page 5)

Attend General Church Conference At Ashland

Five members of the Milford First Brethren church are attending the general conference of, the Brethren church in Ashland, Ohio, this week. They are Mrs. Charlene Woolson, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bixler, Rev. and Mrs. Jerald D. Radcliff. In August each year the Brethren delegates go to Ashland for inspiration, to consider

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reports for the past year and to project plans for the upcoming year. Officers for the conference and its organizations are selected, as well as new board members. Upon them rests the responsibility for leading in the fulfillment of both new and continuing work through the boards, organizations and local congregations. The following serve on a denominational level: Mr. Bixler — secretary of the National Laymen’s organization; Mrs. Radcliff — assistant patroness of National Sisterhood; and Rev. Radcliff — member of National Mission board, chairman of polity community. Local youth attending the National Brethren Youth Convention are Jeri Groves, Starr Martin, Bonalee Radcliff, Dave Radcliff, Mike Radcliff. (Mike Radcliff is National Brethren Youth Moderator.) Youth convention activities include life sharing groups, Bible study, business sessions, recreation, and an AllConference Christian Education presentation by summer youth crusaders. In addition, there will be junior-age study seminars and a Christian Learning Center for those in grades one through six. Provision is being made for enriched Christian fellowship, participation and spiritual growth at all age levels during the week of conference sessions. ESTATE CLAIM Seth S. Ward vs Estate of Merritt Edwin Clanin of r 1 box 175 Syracuse. Plaintiff asks $1,053.16 for amount owed on master charge account.

Wawasee Property Owners To Meet The annual membership meeting of the Wawasee Property Owners Association will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, at the Lilly Pavilion (the former Sargent Hotel annex) on the north side of Wawasee. Officers and directors will report on the year’s activities, and three persons will be named to the association’s nine-member board of directors. Members will also vote on an amendment to the organization’s by-laws, expanding the board of directors from nine to 12 members. This is proposed to give better representation to all areas of the lake, according to association president Harry Alfrey. KCH Opts For 5-Story Hospital The board of directors of the Kosciusko Community Hospital, Inc. approved a change of plans for its proposed hospital facility, from a four-floor structure to a five-floor structure, at its meeting last evening (Tuesday). At this point the proposed hospital will have 95,000 square feet, 90,000 square feet being for the hospital proper and 5,000 square feet for utilities and services. The building will have a 60’ by 200’ base structure, with a tower for the remaining floors. In all, the proposed building / will have a capacity of 143 beds, although current plans call for an immediate opening of 113 beds. The board settled on a toe-to-toe room concept — something new in hospital planning — and the placement of its elevators, points of some concern at previous meetings. The board also agreed to have Herman B. Smith, Inc., hospital consultants, complete their work on the feasibility study now underway, but that further structure planning would be left to the architectural firm employed, with the approval of the hospital administrator. Response ‘Encouraging’ Administrator Milton Holmgrain told the board he has had a number of calls from people, professional and otherwise, concerning employment in the new Kosciusko Community Hospital, calling the response “encouraging.” He also said bids would be asked for by the last of November and contracts awarded by the middle of February 1973. He said an optimistic estimate on groundbreaking would be the middle of March 1973. He said the present sum in the voluntary contribution campaign rests at $2,023,000. There were 24 in attendance at the meeting Tuesday night. Youth Apprehended For Pier Damage Damage to the city pier last weds has been repaired by officer Dale Sparklin, Syracuse, and the youth responsible for driving the boat which damaged the pier and left, has been apprehended. His case heard in court, and a fine of $25 and costs totaling $49 paid. He was fined for leaving the scene of a property damage accident.

- Mb M wp * -jM. ■ ?skW H K. W w l /Ml B I : ■ L- |F I I! ■ » K JL-; \ /<■ I A FAIR QUEEN — Lee Ann Willits, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willits <rf Syracuse, who entered the Kosciusko County Fair Queen contest as “Miss Syracuse,” was crowned queen at the close of the fair Saturday night. Lee Ann will be a senior at Wawasee high school this fall. In back from left to right are Cindy Rinkle, “Miss Mentone,” who was second runner-up; 1971 queen Chris Miner, also of Mentone; and first runner-up, Randy Mishler, “Miss Pierceton. The Miss Congeniality award went to Jo Anne Rassi, “Miss Milford.”

Syracuse To Have New Street Lights

All town board members were in attendance for the monthly meeting of the Syracuse town board of trustees Tuesday night at town haH at which time an ordinance, number 72-9, was approved for entering into a contract with Northern Indiana Public Service Company for all new street lighting for the town of Syracuse. The new lighting, previously discussed at the April meeting in town hall, will provide new mercury street lighting. The power company lighting engineer Richard Vanderveer explained at the April meeting of new electric rates which went into effect on March 27 of this year. The yearly increase expense for the town for lighting would average around $684.40 more annually from the present $4,487 figure and for approximately $165 more, anually, the new and more adequate lighting could be made available for the entire town. The tentative layout plan calls for changes in the 98 older lights and an increase in size of the mercurys now in use. Also explained at the April

meeting was that the new set-up would take anywhere from six weeks, if approved, to four months and when completed would make two to three times the lighting now used at no expense to the town for the installation. Answers Questions Vanderveer was present Tuesday night to answer questions regarding the plans and explained the contract is a standard one used in other areas served. Town board president Thomas Prickett inquired as to the uptown lighting going along with the theme planned for the Syracuse Development Corp, in comparison with lighting now used on Main street at North Webster along it’s theme lines. Vanderveer explained that standard steel ornamental poles are planned for Syracuse and that the decorative lights at North Webster were purchased individually by the businesses and he would be glad to discuss any ideas within reason with the board. Homeowner Inquires Homeowner Mrs. Mary Ringler

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of 419 E. Boston street appeared before the beard inquiring as to use of property behind her home heing used by J. & J. Manufacturing. The manufacturing company building, leased from G. AHerbison, has recently undergone paving at the rear for loading and unloading of trucks with alterations near the dam location for gaining better entrance to the back of the building. Mrs. Ringler explained that When her property was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Ringler that their lot line ran to the waters edge behind their home with around 15’ being reserved for the town. She added that at that time, the back of their lot was nothing but brush and debris, was cleaned, filled, seeded and has been properly cared for over the years. Now, added Mrs. Ringler, equipment and parts from the manufacturing company, have been moved into her back yard and it is impossible to travel by vehicle at the rear of the property and is unsightly. (Continued On Page 5)