The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 32, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 September 1972 — Page 1
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VOLUME 9
Lakeland Budget Approved At *5.52, Down 5 Cents
Members of the Lakeland school board approved the 1972 budget, payable in 1973, at their meeting Thursday night in the corporation offices. The total levy is $5.52, down five cents from the current rate. The 1973 budget shows levies of $4.28 in the general fund, 84 cents in the debt service fund and 40 cents in the cumulative building fund. No taxpayers were present at the hearing. Hie total budget should raise $2,264,490 for the operation of the school system. Resignation Superintendent Don H. Arnold asked members of the board to accept the resignation of Robert Fisher, a fourth grade teacher in the Milford school. He then recommended Ann Haffner, a graduate of Ball State university, for the position. Both were approved. Consideration was given to including all fourth grade students in a program sponsored by the county heart association. Upon the recommendation of Dr. Robert A. Craig the Lakeland schools will participate in said program in the future. Business manager Marion Lantz asked for and received permission to apply ■ for machinery for the shop from the federal government through DIPEC. DIPEC is Defense Industrial Plant Equipment Center. Machines which have been used in defense plants that are no longer needed are placed in warehouses and made available to schools through ~ DIPEC. With the board’s approval Lantz is attempting to obtain'sl7B,soo worth of equipment for the Lakeland school system. The equipment will be leased from the federal government at no cost to the school corporation after the transportation charges are paid. Lantz said transportation costs should run about $1,645. He is currently looking for a place to store the equipment until the proposed vocational building is ready for it to be placed. Lantz said this is an excellent opportunity to get the vocational program off the ground. He said the machinery would remain the property of the federal government, the reason for the lease, and when the school corporation no longer had use for same it must be returned to the government. Board member John Kroh reported on the study he had made on the board joining the National School Board Association. He learned in his
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rKUUKtss AT INUKTH WKBSTBK — The building complex in North Webster that will house the new Counting House Bank, King of Sports Fountain of Fame, International Palace of Sports, and community hall is moving ahead rapidly, as is noticeable to anyone visiting that community. The project began in July and will be completed by June of 1973, with the bank planning its open house to coincide with the 1973
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Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE - WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)
study only three school corporations in the state belong to the association and recommended the Lakeland board not join this year. Superintendent Arnold told board members that attorney Robert Reed is working on a policy for handling student problems. This policy will be
CHARLES M. HARRIS
Harris And Coburn Seek County Offices
Democrats Charles M. Harris and Billy G. Coburn of Syracuse have filed for positions on the county ballot this fall. Harris seeks the job of county coroner while Cobum is running for county commissioner from the northern district. Harris will be running against Kenneth Wyman of Pierceton while Cobum is slated against incumbent Maurice Dorsey, also of Syracuse. Harris, a funeral home director, came to Syracuse in 1952. He is a 1948 graduate of the Indiana college of mortuary science. Harris operates funeral homes in North Webster and Goshen as well as Syracuse. He and the former Anna Lovell are the parents of two children — Mike, a freshman at Ball State and Ginger, in the seventh grade. A graduate of Jefferson Township high school in Elkhart county, Harris attended grade school in New Paris. He is a Mason, Shriner and a member of the Scottish Rite, valley of Fort Wayne. He is also a member of the Calvary United Methodist church at Syracuse. Cobum, who recently sold the Wawasee Village Hardware,
based on the new public law 162 which goes into effect at the start of the current school year. It should be ready for board approval at the September 12 meeting. Arnold also told the board of a workshop on the new law. Said workshop will be held in Indianapolis on September 9.
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BILLY G. COBURN
owns and operates Wawasee Distributors. He and his family moved to the Syracuse area in the spring of 1955, coming to the Lakeland area from Wabash. He is a graduate of Wabash high school and holds a diploma from the extension course institute of the United States Air Force at Gunther, Ala., for completion of officers candidate school requirements. He is married to the former Doris Weaver. The couple has five children, — Mrs. Richard (Pamela Lynn) Harris of Bluffton; Charles K., a 1969 graduate of Wawasee high school; Steven Wayne, a 1971 graduate of Wawasee; Eric Eugene, a junior and Clark Lee, a freshman. Cobum is a past master of the Syracuse Masonic Lodge 454 and a member of the Scottish Rite, Valley of Fort Wayne and Mispah Shrine at Fort Wayne; American Legion at Syracuse; a charter member of the VFW at Syracuse; a Lion and a member of the Moose Lodge at Goshen. He has been president and secretary and served as a member of the zoning appeals board of Turkey Creek township (Continued On Page 12)
Mermaid Festival. The bank will be in the north portion of the building, the community hall on the south, with the King of Sports Fountain of Fame and International Palace of Sports in the center. The second floor will house the proposed museum. The complex is part of a 10-year program to rebuild North Webster in the Medieval theme.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1972
Syracuse Chamber Os Commerce To Meet Quarterly The Syracuse-Wawasee chamber of commerce voted at its last meeting to meet on a quarterly basis, according to president Chester Elder. “Most successful chambers have found this a good policy,” Elder said, adding, “and we would like to try to do the same for a time.” He added, “This is being done in the interest of most businessmen who find themselves with a busy schedule, particularly in the summertime.” The next meeting of the general membership will be Thursday, Sept. 21, the place to be announced in a letter at a later time. However, the chamber’s board of directors will meet each month. Mr. Elder said most of the current business is usually handled by the board of directors anyway. Phend & Brown To Help Complete Dual-Lane Work INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Highway Commission opened bids today on 54 road, bridge, maintenance and traffic contracts in 72 counties throughout the State. 'A total of $12,936,975.15 was bid by contractors for the 41 contracts with bids below the estimate of the Highway Commissions’ Engineers. Their estimate for the projects was $13,767,265.14. '•* Gast Construction Company, Warsaw; Phend & Brown, Inc., Milford; and Wabash Valley Asphalt Company, Inc., Terre Haute, in a joint venture had the apparent low bid on the last contract to complete the duallane work on US 41 between Vincennes and Terre Haute. The contract proposes 5.66 miles of highway from the south end of the Shelburn by-pass to the duallane pavement south of Farmersburg in Sullivan county. Rieth-Riley Construction Company, Inc., of Goshen was the apparent low bidder for the last section of dual-lane construction on US 31 between Rochester and South Bend. This project is 3.659 miles in length from just north of SR 10 to the south end of the Plymouth bypass. SPEND LABOR DAY WEEK END IN MICHIGAN Mr. and Mrs. John L. Miller and daughters, Shari, Sheli and Shawna, of Dewart Lake spent Labor Day week end at Dowagiac, Mich., where they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Keller and family.
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ON THEIR WAY TO CLASS — Students were streaming into Wawasee high school early Tuesday morning for their first day of classes of the current school year.
Early Enrollment Figures Show Lakeland Increases
Unofficial enrollment figures taken in four of the seven Lakeland schools Tuesday morning show an increase of 130 students over last year. Superintendent Don H. Arnold said this morning this figure may go as high as 150 when the other three schools — Milford junior high school and the North Webster elementary and junior high schools — report toinorrow (Thursday). Students at Milford and North Webster received an extended vacation when remodeling programs underway at the two sites were not completed on schedule. Custodial staff members, teachers and other school personnel have been working on the buildings for the last two days cleaning and placing furniture so the rooms will be ready for classes tomorrow morning. In commenting on the increased enrollment Superintendent Arnold said the Lakeland schools are not following the state trend since most school corporations are currently seeing a decrease in enrollment figures. Arnold said there are a number of new families in the area, especially around the lakes. Wawasee Up 89 The largest increase in the unofficial enrollment figures of students reporting thus far is at Wawasee high school. Last year’s official enrollment at the school was 882 — capacity of the building without the recent addition was 900 maximum. 11118 year’s enrollment was expected to reach 925. Yesterday’s tally showed an unofficial enrollment of 971, an addition of 89 students over the past year. Individual class enrollments for the four grades at Wawasee are as follows: Freshmen 285 Sophomores 236 Juniors 234 Seniors 216 Total 971 At Milford Enrollment figures at the Milford elementary school (K-4) show an increase of seven students. Last year 350 youngsters attended classes at
this school with 357 unofficially enrolled this year. The breakdown by grades follows: Kindergarten 56 Grade 1 67 Grade 2 76 Grade 3 71 Grade 4 87 Total 357 Grades five through eight attend classes at the junior high school building. At Syracuse The Syracuse elementary school shows an enrollment of 562. This is 26 over last year’s 536 figure. A break-down follows: Kindergarten 84 Grade 1 76 Grade 2 86 Grade 3 101 Grade 4 106 Grade 5 94 Special Education 15 Total 562 Figures on enrollment at the Syracuse junior high school are up eight from last year. Enrollment figures for the 1971-72 school year showed 331 students on the junior high school records while the unofficial enrollment records this year show 339 students enrolled. A break-down follows: Grade 6 ‘ 100 Grade 7 99 Gradeß 127 Special Education 13 Total 339 No Injuries In . Two-Car Mishap Doris J. Schneider, 40, 4111 West Wilden avenue, Goshen, was rammed from behind by an auto driven by Shirley A. Lantz, 41, r 1 Milford. The accident occurred at 6:35 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of CR 13 and Wilshire boulevard at Dunlap. Doris Schneider was making a left turn onto Wilshire at the time her 1966 Ford was hit by the 1966 Chevrolet driven by Shirley Lantz. Damage was listed at S7OO and no injuries were reported.
In this photo from left are Denise Rensberger, a senior; Geoff Harwood, freshman; Barbara Brouwer, a freshman; Rita Dowty, senior; Jay Kitson, junior; Coleena Overmyer, senior; and Dave Madrick, sophomore. i
Our Lady Os Guadalupe Church To Hold First Mass On Sept. 9
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic church, located on Fourth and Main streets in Milford, will begin church services for the Catholics in the Milford area on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 9 and 10. A special mass for the daughter of the Pena family will be held on September 9 at 6 p.m. and the first Sunday mass will be offered at 11:30 a.m. on September 10. Masses will be offered regularly during the year at 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 11:30 a.m. on Sundays. Catholics may fulfill their obligation on either Saturday or Sunday. The building that houses the church used to be the old ChoreTime building. Through the work of the Catholic people of the community and the pastor, Father Eugene Zimmerman, sufficient work has been com-
Rash Os Thefts And Vandalisms Reported
A number of thefts and vandalism continue under investigation in the Syracuse area after being reported this past week end to authorities, a large number being boat motors, and equipment. William Krider of Fort Wayne reported the theft of a 1972 Johnson 6 hp engine taken from the Plaza Marina sometime after August 30. Dr. J. W. Adams of r 1 Syracuse reported the theft of a 40 hp Johnson engine from his boat sometime Sunday night. The thief or thieves took the engine after cutting a chain locking it to the boat. Charles F. Kohmeyer of r 2 Syracuse reported a lock had been pried from his Papakeechie cottage and a Johnson reel and tackle box were taken from the
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pleted to start church services. Work, however, will continue, until completed for a formal dedication at a future date. All the Catholic families of the Milford area will be served by this church, and will be considered as its parishioners. UMA Headquarters The building that contains the church and parish hall will also serve as the headquarters of the Milford area United MexicanAmerican organization. Affex Morris serves as the organization’s president. Because of the predominance of the Mexican-Americans in the newly formed parish, the Sunday morning mass will be in Spanish whenever possible. Father R. Baker, CSC, a Holy Cross priest from South Bend, will assist Father Zimmerman in the parish work.
premises. Robert Colter, 524 South Harrison, Syracuse, reported last Thursday evening the theft of a red and pink flourescent motorcycle helmet. Thelma Brown of Natti Crow beach reported Thursday of the theft of a number of bathing suits and Handford West, 506 S. Harrison street, reported 18 Tshirts were taken from a clothesline, and valued at $36. The shirts were recovered along an alley between Harrison and Lake streets. A fly rod and reel valued at $35 was taken from the Rex Bennett residence at Papakeechie Lake when entry was gained by breaking a window. The house was ransacked and cabinet drawers emptied on the floor.