The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 46, Milford, Kosciusko County, 13 December 1972 — Page 1

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VOLUME 9

Windfall of federal money comes to area taxing units

A windfall of federal funds in the way of revenue sharing checks have been mailed to some 39,000 taxing units across the nation including those in the Lakeland area. The money represents approximately half of the $5.36

MAD moves to resolve ambulance problem in Van Buren township

The Milford Area Development Council (MAD) is taking positive steps to resolve the emergency ambulance problem that will face the Milford community after January 1, in setting up a meeting with community officials for a meeting of minds. The meeting is scheduled far 7:30p.m. Thursday at the Milford fire station, with members of MAD, the Milford town board, fire chief Harold Kaiser and his assistant, Van Buren township trustee Maurice Beer and Jefferson township trustee Charles Mikel. Milford funeral director Wade E. Mishler has consented to meet with the above officials to discuss the ambulance issue.

Bb wl 1 B ; - ’ /■ |||| J£HKmHHbbk| *jflK Hf**<'-* * j " ■ .. JB Indiana Dairy Farmer of the Year — Emra G. Stockey, a r 2 Milford Holstein breeder and dairy firmer and self-styled “stand-by milker,” was named Indiana 1972 Dairyman of the Year, by the Indiana State Dairy Association at its annual meeting at the 4-H fairgrounds north of Peru, Ind., last Monday. Shown here, Mr. and Mrs. Stookey proudly hold the plaque Mr. Stookey was presented at the time With them are their sons, Jack on the right, and John, in front of part of their fine herd. Mr. Stookey has been a pioneer in artificial breeding of dairy cattle, on the farm located southwest of Milford which has been in the Stookey family for four generations. He began as a Holstein dairy farmer in 1941 and has continued to be a leader in the field since then. He has served as a director off the Indiana State Dairy Association and of the Holstein Breeders Association. He has been active in 4-H and dairy programs in Kosciusko county for a number of years, and is currently a member of the Kosciusko county fair board. Aside from that, Mr. Stookey is chairman of the Kosciusko-Wabash Holstein Association, and is state commodity chairman, District 11. Indiana Farm Bureau. He was a 4-H leader and has judged dairy shows at many county fairs. He has also served on numerous committees of state farm organizations. Mr. Stookey to a member of the Leesburg Methodist church, Leesburg Lions club and Leesburg Masonic Lodge, F. A A. M. Son, j ac k and John are following in the family footsteps of being Holstein dairy farmers. Jack has a herd of 75 animals, and John a herd of 85 animals, and between them they produce approximately 715,000 pounds of milk per year. The “Stookey team” also farms 1.050 acres of land, of which Mr. and Mrs. Emra Stookey own 543 acres. The Stookeys have another son, Dr. George Stookey, who has distinguished himself in the field of dental research, and resides in Indianapolis.

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

billion appropriated by congress for 1972 with the second installment on the current year being scheduled for mailing early in January. After the 1972 payments are made, cities, towns and townships may expect checks quarterly for four years.

Meet With MAD On Monday night Mr. Mishler met with members of MAD at their regular meeting at the fire station to outline the problems with continuing ambulance service as it now exists. He said he loses in excess of $6,000 per year with the ambulance service he now provides the community, and that it is a continual confinement to him. “No business man will continue to lose money on a part of hjs operation indefinitely,” he told MAD members. “In a prepared statement he issued, he pointed out a loss of $4,434.65, and together with his personal time valued at $2,000, the service showed a loss of

The town of Leesburg received $843 with Milford receiving $2,526, North Webster receiving $1,793 and Syracuse receiving $7,058. Only Warsaw and Wayne township received more money than Turkey Creek township.

$6,434.65 for a 10-month period from January 1 to November 1, 1972. He said during this period he made 92 ambulance calls, and 32 of them have not been collected, and he estimates they will never be collected. He said he collected $2,057.00, with $996.60 receivables for the above period. His present ambulancerate is S2O minimum plus 85 ceits per mile, one way. He said this rate has been set by the county funeral directors organization. He said, “There is no way one can break even operating an ambulance,” adding that “I would be forced out by 1975”, citing rulings by the American

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The local taxing unit received $22,037 while Wayne township received $24,679 and the city of Warsaw received $47,627. Plain township received $2,522, Tippecanoe township received $3,676 and Van Buren township received $7,077.

College of Surgeons and the Federal Division of Safety. According to their rulings, effective February 1, 1975, an ambulance attendant will need 20 years’ experience or special Red Cross training to work on an ambulance. Talked TO Commissioners He said he and Charles Harris, Syracuse funeral director, talked to the county commissioners last summer about the problem, and at that time they agreed to buy two ambulances for the entire county. He called this “insufficient.” On August 7, Mishler said he approached the Milford town board, in plenty of time to include this service in their new town budget, but that the town board failed to act. He said he would have to have about $6,000 to break even on the service he is now providing the community, but that he recommended the town and township provide an emergency ambulance unit to be kept at the fire station and manned by members of the Milford volunteer fire department. He said firemen and police could work together in the operation of the ambulance. Asked if he didn’t think his failure to provide ambulance service would not hurt his business as a funeral director, he (Continued On Page 8)

OK mechanics’ building plans

The Lakeland school board last night voted its approval of plans for a 70 by 200-foot clear-span steel building to be erected on a seven-acre tract just south of the present high school site, and to be known as a mechanics’ building. The board voted to have the school architect submit the plans to School House Planning, a state agency that must put its stamp of 'approval on any new school structure. The building will be a metal structure with two-inch fibreglas insulation, heated with gas unit heaters. An alternate will include four-foot masonry around the structure. Area Vocational Center The board panted out that Wawasee high school has been designated an area vocational center, serving its own school district, plus that of the Fairfield and West Noble school districts. School board president Jerry Helvey said the corporation has received $75,000 in federal monies for construction and 50 per cent for equipment, and that the money is on hand to build the new building. Cost of the structure cannot be determined until bidders submit their bids. It is hoped at least five firms will bid on the structure. The building will consist of workshop areas and a classroom area that can be divided by a curtain. The building is designed for 100 students, or about 10 per cent of the school’s present enrollment Superintendent Don Arnold pointed out that there are now 48 students in the vocational

BPWhas Yule party The Syracuse-Wawasee Business and Professional Women enjoyed their yule party Tuesday at Foo and Faye's. Mrs. R. C. Tytler, Mrs. Hank Baumgartner, Mrs. William Brake and Mrs. Wilford Hodler were hostesses for the evening. Mrs. Tom Deßrular was a special guest. A gift exchange was held. Minor accident reported in Milford Sunday Vehicles driven by Lorena F. Fisher, 35, r 3 Nappanee, and Lowell W. Jackson, 48, r 2 Milford, collided Monday at 1:10 p.m. The vehicles were northbound on Indiana 19 near county road 46 when the collision occurred. Lorena Fisher, driving a 1971 Ford, attempted a left turn off of Indiana 19 and she was hit by the 1970 Buick driven by Lowell Jackson. Jackson was attempting to pass the Fisher auto she was turning. • Damage was set at SI,OOO and Lorena Fisher complained of a head injury but was not hospitalized. Minor accident in Milford Tuesday A minor accident occurred at 4 pun. Tuesday when David L. Henson, 17, Milford, backed from a parking place behind the town hall and hit a parked car belonging to Jack L. and Janet Baker of r 1 Milford. No damage was reported to the 1965 Oldsmobile owned by Emil E. Emmonsof Milford and driven by Henson. Damages to the right front fender, hood, chrome strip were listed at S4OO.

program, 17 vocational agriculture and 31 auto mechanics. Mr. Arnold said the present shop area will be converted to a -woodworking shop. Other Business In other business, the board allowed claims, including payments in the amount of $33,523.56 to the Lakeland School Construction Co., Inc., for work deme on the North Webster and Wawasee schools, and in the amount of $14,933.85 to Lakeland Community School Corporation far work done on the Milford, Syracuse, North Webster and Wawasee schools. t Mrs. Jeanne Gillenwater, Milford kindergarten teacher, was granted a maternity leave for the balance of the 1972-73 school year beginning January 3. Mrs. Richard (Sharon) Sharp will be given a temporary contract to replace Mrs. Gillenwater. With Tuesday’s inclement weather, road conditions came in for discussion, and Marion Lantz pointed out that he checked road conditions in the North Webster area and Mr. Arnold did the same in the Milford area, and that several drivers served as “spotters”, in determining if road conditions were severe enough to close school. He said a determination must be made by 6:30 a.m Attending the meeting were Jerry Herbison, Christian Koher, Lawrence Thwaits, Ted Rogers, Bill Beemer, Bill Coburn, Larry Teghtmeyer, Jerry Grady. Ray Darr and James Hummel.

H w S? g ? JgKjK >JS WK < ] \ Tww ( j| K x RECEIVE REVENUE SHARING CHECKS — Turkey Creek township trustee Joe Shewmon is shown here with a check for $22,037.00 as his township’s share of the revenue sharing program with the federal government, and Betty Dust, Syracuse clerk-treasurer, is holding a check for $7,058.00 for the town of Syracuse. The checks, received on Monday, are drawn on the U. S. Treasury. Trustee Shewmon said he plans to meet with his advisory board to consider what to do with the windfall, and Mrs. Dust said the Syracuse town board would have to make a determination what to do with their new funds. Shewmon said there were few restrictions on how to use the money, although he was sure it could not be used for projects that are federally funded. The checks represent a six-month portion of funds to be received, and that a similar check would be received about the second week in January.

Break-in at Bean's Union 76 A break-in was reported to the Milford police department this morning at 7:20 when it was discovered SBB had been taken from Bean’s Union 76 station on state road 15 in Milford. Some S3O in dimes, $8 in quarters and SSO in bills were missing. The station was locked at 8:30 last evening and no visible means of entrance could be found this morning. Milford town marshal Don Drake is continuing the investigation. In county jail for desertion Arrested by Syracuse police officers Tuesday and incarcerated at the county jail was Lester William Niles, 619 Mullins street, Syracuse, far desertion from the armed services. The 20-year-old Syracuse man was serving in Germany at time of desertion. Syracuse First Aid Unit answers call The Syracuse First aid unit responded to a call at 6:56 a.m. Tuesday to Syracuse Enterprise when employee Mrs. Betty Millar complained of pains to the side. She was taken .to the office of a local physician for treatment.

/•? ■ - F I ; \ 1 ■■■ ? I/>*kC g g * f I ■ - ‘O | F * * I ' ** *’ •* . I RECEIVES CHECK — Maurice Beer, trustee of Van Buren township, is shown above with the revenue sharing check he received on Monday. The check totaled $7,077 and is based, as are all checks in the revenue sharing program, on the township’s valuation. Beer will present the check to the advisory board at a meeting set for Thursday night in the fire station.

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