The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 45, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 December 1972 — Page 8

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., Dec. 6,1972

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H The Column H A Sideshow Os Events In Milford

MR. AND MRS. Wayne Bucher made a number of trips to McPherson, Kan., several years ago when their son Donald was a student there. On one or two occasions a young Sidney girl named Susan made the trip with them to see her boyfriend, Terry Bouse. Susan and Terry are now married and have a two-year-old daughter DeNae, and reside in Silver Lake. Terry received the state Farm Bureau’s “Young Farmer Award” last Monday. SNOWMOBILE enthusiasts can’t help but be a little disappointed with the weatherman this week. The week end was beautiful with sunny weather and 56 degree temperatures ... no snow. Then, on Monday morning when everyone was up andNtff to work what did they find? Snow .. . snow . . . and more snow. j a Can’t help but wonder if anyone played hookie from work to go snowmobiling! RIGHT IN YOUR own front yard is what Elmer Rassi might say about the deer he killed recently. Seems like Rassi, who lives between Milford and Leesburg, looked out his front window the other day and saw two deer in the field across the road. He promptly took his rifle and went after a deer. Os course the deer ran off when they saw Rassi but he hid in the corn field for awhile and sure enough a short time later he got his deer. A UMA DANCE will be held on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 9 p.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe church hall located at 4th and Main streets in Milford. The Christmas Season dance is open to the public with the

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‘ community being invited to join in the festivities. Los Reales Del Norte band will provide music. Jose De Luna, president of the United Mexican American club of Milford, and his wife will act as hosts for the dance. WHY IS IT that everytime the roads get icy the highway department never seems to be working? They should be out on the main highways where there is a lot of traffic. Some times it takes two days or more to get the roads sanded. This can be dangerous. MR. AND MRS. Merle Campbell of our town are spending a week with their daughter and her husband, Bruce and Betty Vanlaningham of Gusher, Utah. ERNIE BOWMAN, who was pastor at the Bethel church 20 years ago and now resides in Goshen, was in Milford on Sunday visiting with friends. He told friends here that he and his wife Elsie plan to go to Florida for three weeks, leaving around the 15th of December. He stated they try to go either to Florida or Arizona each year. They prefer the desert country but when they can not be gone an extended amount of time they go to Florida to enjoy the sunshine. You, might remember the Bowmans built the house where Mrs. Iva Neff now lives. Their son, Darrell, attended the Milford schools and now resides south of Syracuse. I —o—- — MILFORD men stopped in and visited with Nancy and Bob Willson in Custer, S. D., while deer hunting in the western states. The Willsons recently moved from Milford to Custer. THE SNOW last Friday morning caused numerous accidents according to Milford residents who were on the high-

ways. There ware no less than five between Pierceton and Milford via US 30 and state road 15. Two of these viewing part of the accidents were Myrtle and Joan Felkner who were returning from Fort Wayne. They had taken husband and father “Bud” to Baer field where he had enplaned for Florida on vacation. Another person viewing part of the accidents, including a truck which was jack-knifed, was Max Beer. Everyone was glad to see the sun come out and the roads clear in the afternoon. Speaking of accidents, once again a local resident, namely Mrs. Richard (Karleen) Felkner, was hit by an uninsured motorist in the Milford area. She was not injured and the Felkners do have collision insurance but it is deductible. No one wants to dig up money for an accident that was not their fault. When will the State of Indiana get smart and make motorists show proof of paid insurance as well as tax receipts when they purchase automobile license. This is truly a case where the “bad guy” wins and the “good guy” is the loser. SPECIAL DAY — Members of the Concord United Methodist church which is located southeast of Milford will be observing the 125th anniversary of their church this coming Sunday, Dec. 10. Special music is planned for the morning worship hour and a pot luck dinner will be held during the noon hour. THREE CHEERS for the Milford junior high basketball team. They are doing a fine job in keeping up the good name of Milford. THANKS TO the Ronald Browns we are now the proud possessors of a paper from Iceland. We can’t read more than a dozen words in said paper but are delighted at the chance to try. Iceland was one of many countries visited by the Browns last summer. MRS. DARRELL Om has been sporting a pair of sun glasses recently. We thought she was just trying to be sheek, but one look at her swollen eyes told us the real reason for her glasses. What caused her problem? An allergy. NOTHING MAKES a parent feel older than his child’s birthday, especially when his is 18, right? It seems as though Shirley and Roger Graff have reached that stage of life as son Rick is celebrating his 18th birthday today. And, speaking of birthdays, Karla Stichter has one today also. She is six-years-old and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stichter of Milford. BACK TO THE Milford junior high basketball team. Seems like some of the team members are complaining that they don’t get any coverage of their games in The M-J. We haven’t enough reporters to cover every event, but if the

coaches or responsible student would give us the information we would be glad to publish each and every game. MILFORD attending the annual Christmas Carol banquet at Wawasee high school had nothing but praise for the program. Everyone seemed to enjoy the lively Scandinavian dances. WHAT’S THISwe hear about some residents of our town golfing last Sunday? We know it was warm but was it that warm? New sewers — (Continued From Page 1) system. The total amount due is $23,990.68. The figure is based on 6.8 per cent of the total project. Board members agreed payment would be made after approval is received from the state and funds become available. A large portion of Milford’s cumulative sewage funds are invested at the present time. A second bill was also received from Baxter and Woodman in an amount of $742 for an interim water quality management plan which was required by law. Board members were of the feeling the bill was high. Mr. Woodman explained he had projected a cost of around $1,500 and thought the $742 was reasonable. He will send the board a break-down on costs for this project prior to the December 27 meeting. All present were in agreement an easement should be purchased as soon as possible. The easement allow for lines to carry sewage to the treatment facilities. This easement needs to be 20 feet wide during construction and 10 feet thereafter. Miller and Garrard will meet on this in the near future. A letter was read to the board from the town’s ministerial association urging the board to go on record as being against the liquor license applied for by W. U. and Romola Baker of Syracuse for a package store in Milford. The store, if opened, would be located on highway 15. Miller said he personally felt the town had enough outlets and Norman Lovell voiced his opinion in agreement. While Mrs. Bessie Sunthimer did not comment at the meeting she agreed to represent the town at yesterday’s hearing. In otheA business Miller stated the Northern Indiana Public Service Company had begun its work on installing new lights in the town. KCH loan is approved Milton Holmgrain, administrator for Kosciusko Community hospital, announced today that the application by the hospital has been approved for a $5,000,000 loan guarantee, and an interest subsidy of three per cent, by the Indiana Advisory Hospital and Health Facilities Planning Council. Under 1970 Hill Burton legislation, loans to private nonprofit hospitals by a private lender or a bond issue such as the issue planned for KCH, may be guaranteed for the construction of new health facilities. In addition to the guarantee by the federal government, an interest subsidy of three per cent will be given to reduce the net effective interest rate paid by the hospital. This interest subsidy will continue during the life of the bond issue. Through this new participation by the federal government, it is anticipated that more favorable interest rates and lender participation will be obtained on the proposed tax-free bond issue for the new Kosciusko Community hospital. The $5,000,000 bond proceed will be used to complete the financing for the new 113-bed $6,500,000 Kosciusko Community hospital scheduled to begin construction in 1973. The remaining funds have been pledged by citizens of Kosciusko county in a very successful hind drive of $2,056,000.

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Move to update Turkey Creek zoning ordinance

The method of handling building permits and enforcing the Turkey Creek township zoning ordinance got a good going over at a joint meeting of the plan commission, zoning board of appeals and the Syracuse town board last Thursday evening at the Syracuse town hall. The meeting was held at the request of Col. Joe Gray, president of the plan commission. At the close of the meeting, Syracuse town board president Tom Prickett, who presided over the meeting, named a committee consisting of Cd. Gray, Bill Beemer and Dee Stiver to review the existing ordinance and to have portions of it updated for a re-publication. Cd. Gray told the group the ordinance should be updated, that a serious look into construction materials used in area homes should be looked into, that the three boards represented at the meeting should work on better means of crosscommunications, and that better enforcement methods of the zoning ordinance should be sought. Cites Violations He cited two “serious violations” — one of a home erected on state property along road 13 south of Syracuse, and another of a party building mobile homes in a building in an area zoned for roadside business. It turned out the home built on state property was forced to move the home back 18 inches, and the board of zoning appeals denied a variance request recently for the mobile home builder. Better methods of enforcement came up, and Donald (”Pee Wee”) Niles asked who would pay for building inspections. Bill Beemer told the group, “We have no choice. We must do the job. People in this room have the sole responsibility to see that construction conforms to our zoning ordinance. Otherwise, we will have a shack city. We have to protect our interests in this community, and if we don’t, the county will eventually do it for us.” Merl Smith asked for a discussion of pros and cons of having the county do this work under the county zoning plan. Col. Gray said the county has come up with no plan, and building commissioner Harry VanHemert said, “The county has paid Jim Baker $20,000 a year and he has not come up with a

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thing yet.” Col. Gray called the community a “retirement and recreation center,” a term to which town board member Lew Kuilema later took exception. Tom Prickett said he favored keeping the present plan commission, and Joe Hughes cited need for industrial park in the area. He said J. & J. Mfg. Co. is moving to North Webster, and that “we could have kept them here if we tried." Kuilema said they were offered land in the Vega industrial park “but they wouldn’t pay the price.” It was pointed out Vega has 32 acres for sale for $35,000. There was a strong plea by a number of those present for mobile parks, as opposed to having mobile homes placed indiscriminately in the area. Duties, Responsibilities Town attorney Bruce Frey read a list of duties and responsibilities of the zoning board, board of zoning appeals and of the building commissioner and explained several in detail. Prickett praised the existing ordinance, adding that “it all boils down to everyone doing their own duty.” Bill Cobum said he objected to paying for an inspection of work he is doing on his own home, and Pee Wee Niles agreed. In discussing further the house built on highway property south of Syracuse, VanHemert said the permit was issued two years ago, and that it was not built according to the original permit. Merl Smith asked the town board to look into owning its own trailer park as many Florida cities do. The idea failed to gain much support. Method of Pay A point of contention came up toward the end of the meeting — that of receiving permit money and of paying the building commissioner. Town clerk-treasurer Betty Dust said she could not receive the permit money from VanHemert, nor could she pay him until the money is properly transferred out. Bill Beemer asked that permit money go to the town of Syracuse instead of to the building commissioner. He asked to have permits paid to the plan commission at another time, but was told this could not be done, adding that the building commissioner is an employee of the town board. Attending the meeting from the town board besides Prickett and

Kuilema were Darrel Grisamer and Noble C. Blocker. Other members of the plan commission besides Col. Gray are secretary Maurice Crow, vice

13 report for physical exams

A total of 13 young men from Kosciusko county have been ordered by the selective service system to report far physical examinations. They are as follows: Gerald L. Stauffer, Daniel R.

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