The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 49, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 January 1973 — Page 1

No cheer as tide turns against phosphate ban

Anyone who has been shopping lately in any of the area grocery stores cannot help but notice that many of the laundry detergents familiar in many homesare missing from the shelves. 4 The reason for the missing detergents is a new state law which want into effect Monday forbiding the sale and use of products which contain phosphate. While some companies have removed phosphate from their products others do not have what they consider a suitable replacement ai)d are temporarily off the grocers shelves in Indiana. Tide and Cheer, both made by Proctor and Gamble, are now gone from Indiana grpcers shelves. Proctor and Gamble has reported to. area grocers that they don’t have a workable replacement at the present time. They hope to have a product back on the market by the first of June. All other companies have products on the market. Housewives are finding the new nonphosphate products do not get their clothes as clean as those they previously used which contained phosphate.

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INSTALLED AT MILFORD — Members of the Milford Masonic Lodge were installed on Friday night during an open installation at the temple in Milford. Shown above in the front row are Bobby Richardson, senior warden; Elmer Zimmerman, worshipful master; and E. C. Bailey, Jr., junior warden. In the second row are Joe 0. Estep, treasurer; Silas Howard, Jr., secretary; Paul Kizer, installing master; Robert Ruch, installing Chaplin. In back are Henry Baumgartner, installing marshal; Winford Adams, senior stewart; Richard Jenkins, junior deacon; and Warren Fisher, Tyler. Not shown are Allen Brunjes, senior deacon; John Biller, chaplin; and Jan Kizer, junior stewart.

Take steps to clear up contamination problem

Members of the Milford town board took steps at last Wednesday’s year-end meeting to clear up contamination problems which .have been found in the town’s number one well. A letter was received from the Indiana board of health on December 14 stating the nitrate contamination in the number one well is more than two times the recommended amount. The letter, signed by George G. Fessnacht, chief water supply section of the division of sanitary engineering, suggests physicians be told of this contamination which could cause metheno&lobenemia in small infants and is fatal if not treated promptly. Use Other Well Immediately after receiving the letter the town switched to I the number two well. Samplings from said well have been approved. An identical letter was sent to Dr. Floyd Rheinheimer and to street and water superintendent John Martin. The state recommended this well be used only in an emergency. It has-been put on a stand-by basis and will only be

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used in case of fire or other emergency until the problem is cleared. The state also recommended a new well field which is located away from the downtown area to be found as soon as possible. The state is sending Ernie Burcham to Milford in the near future to discuss a new field. The contamination was found in samplings taken October 3 and November 11. Samples are sent to die state board of health on botfi wells on a regular basis. It was noted Milford is not the only town facing this problem. The heavy rains have left much surface water and this is taking the nitrate down through the soil into the water. Sign Contract Members of the board signed a contract with Clyde Williams and Associates for a water survey. The board has been considering this survey for some time but took action at Wednesday’s meeting to speed the survey. Board president Dr. T. A. Miller said representatives of the firm thought a survey could be completed in about 30 days. The survey will also help to determine factors for raising rates of the water department. The department has been

Most housewives are at a loss as to which of the new non-phosphate products to use. While everyone agrees something has to be "done about the pollution problem we wonder if the removal of phosphates from laundry products is the necessary first step. Homemakers who are now faced with clothes that are left with a dingy gray film and * discoloring are unhappy and as we understand it even the legislature is doubtful about its decision. A bill is currently being prepared and will be presented to the 1973 General Assembly to allow soaps and detergents to contaifb27 per cent phosphate. / Senator Speaks State Senator John ,F. Augsburger of Syracuse stated this week something had to be done about the increasing amount of phosphates which were going into the streams and lakes in the state. He said the state’s legislative body realizes soap is not the entire cause of phosphates in the water, however, removing phosphate from detergent was a start to cleaning up

operating on insufficient funds for the past several years. The signing of the contract came after a motion made by Norman Lovell and seconded by Mrs. Bessie Sunthimer. New Clerk During the evening town attorney William I. Garrard swore in Milford’s new clerk-treasurer Harry Schultz. Schultz will begin his duties on January 1. The town received one check for $2,526 under the federal revenue sharing plan and then received a second check for S4BB. This money will be deposited in a separate account. The board discussed purchasing a spreader to be used for salt and potash during the winter months. Martin was instructed to purchase same as soon as one is found. The money will come from the revenue sharing fund if it is not available from existing funds. Martin was also instructed to prepare specifications for a new dump truck. This too will be purchased with federal revenue sharing funds. The town is to receive an additional check after the first of the year. Martin will present his specifications at the January meeting of the board. President Miller said he had (Continued On Page 10)

the problem. Augsburger explained,the algae growth, which is caused by the the reason many of the small lakes are in trouble. ’ Augsburger also cited Milford’s problem (with no sanitary sewage treatment plant Milford is currently dutnping raw sewage — including dirty wash water <- into Turkey Creek) noting the stream goes into Elkhart and Saint Joseph county waters and eventually into Lake Michigan. Plans for a sewage treatment facility at Milford have been approved by the state and should be under construction before to many more months have passed. Other towns also have this problem with many having no plans for sewage treatment plants in the near future. ® We don’t know the answer. The legislature doesn’t seem to be satisfied with its law even though its members know something has to be done. Housewives are unhappy. At the present time all we can do is wait to see what happens. *

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1973

Snowmobile ordinance approved at Syracuse

Ordinance 73-1 (as published elsewhere in this issue) was approved by the Syracuse town board of trustees at it’s Tuesday night meeting in town hall. It regulates the operation of snowmobiles and off-road vehicles within the corporate limits of the town of Syracuse. The ordinance specifies offlimit areas in the town and was altered only slightly from th,e proposal presented by the new snowmobile club at the December meeting of the Syracuse town board. Any questions pertaining to routes may be directed to the club headed by Larry Clodfelter. Rejection Board member Darrell Grisamer spoke out regarding the proposal presented by the executive committee of the Turkey Creek plan commission, also at the December 20 meeting, at which time the proposal asked that the incumbant building commissioner, who also holds the position of township assessor, both lucrative offices, not be reappointed as building commissioner for 1973. The proposal further recommended that the executive committee of the town plan commission, vis-a-vis the president, vice president and secretary be appointed to act as interim commissioner to fulfill the requirements of the building commissioners office until such time as a statable replacement is found. . Figures available from town records showed an approximate $2,600 appropriated for 1971 for the “lucrative” position of building commissioner. Grisamer, also a plan commission member, added he felt the request and proposal had not been properly presented due to not being taken before the plan commission prior to the town board. Also, added Grisamer, if two or three persons have the ability to take action for the entire plan

Drug meeting set for Monday

A meeting of the Concerned Citizens Drug committee has been set for 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 8, in room 300 at Wawasee high school.

Five new deputy sheriffs in county

Since Monday, Jan. 1, there have been five new deputy sheriffs in Kosciusko county. This gives county sheriff Dave Andrews a total of 12 deputies. The five new officers were approved at a recent meeting of the sheriff’s merit board and are as follows: Burdell Blackburn, 36, r 5, Warsaw, formerly employed by Cargill, Inc., as a salesman; Jeffrey Allen Bron sing, 24, r 3 Warsaw, who completed his tour of duty with the U. S. Coast Guard last July;

Two injured in Thursday crash Bremen and Illinois men sustained injuries in an early morning crash Thursday at the intersection of U.S. 6, Indiana 13 and C.R. 33 north of Syracuse. The mishap occurred at 7:45 a.m. Richard H. Moreau, 36, Rockford, 111., was ticketed for failure to yield the right-of-way as he drove his southbound 1969 Oldsmobile across the junction of I>S 6 without stopping and crashed into an eastbound 1971 Oldsmobile driven by Miller Dermott, 29, Bremen. Dermott braked his auto in an attempt to avoid the collision, however, skidded 86-feet into the other vehicle. Dermott was treated and released from Goshen hospital for abrasions and multiple contusions. Also treated and released from the hospital was David Anderson of Belvedere, DI., a passenger in the Moreau auto, for multiple abrasions and contusions and a puncture wound above the right eye. • Following impact, the Moreau car knocked down two state highway signs at the southeast corner of the intersection. Elkhart county officers investigated and total damage to the cars and signs was set at $2,400. commission, perhaps it is not necessary to have other members on, die commission. It was agreed by town board members that the December proposal by the executive committee of the plan commission as presented, be referred back to the plan commission due to lack of proper form. Town attorney Bruce Frey said that to date, no answer had been received from the attorney(Continued On Page 3)

High school principal Henry Smith will be the guest speaker. The meeting is open to the public and a spokesman this week urged public attendance.

Melvyn E. Byers, 24, Elkhart, a former radioman for the Indiana Toil Road Commission, who has been employed by Safeguard, Inc., at Elkhart as a salesman; Thomas E. Kitch, 28, r 1 Syracuse, a teacher and assistant dean at Wawasee Prep; Howard Gerrard Moser, 25, r 1 North Webster, an employee of Leisure Time at Nappanee and a former reserve officer at Syracuse. Byers and Moser will be f assigned as radio operators while Blackburn, Bronsing and Kitch will have patrol assignments.

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BUSY LICENSE BRANCH — Business was flourishing at the Syracuse license branch Tuesday, t Jan. 2, the first day to purchase new auto license plates. . j Virginia (Mrs. Frank) Putt, branch manager, shown at the left, said 300 passenger plates and 50 truck plates, plus a number of trailer and other plates, were sold during the first day. Shown here are only a few of the steady stream of motorists who appeared at the license branch Tuesday.

William R. Brammer dies suddenly Tuesday evening

William Ralston Brammlr, well known Syracuse retail furniture dealer, died suddenly at the home of -Dr. Floyd LRheinheimer at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. He and Mrs. Brammer had visited the Milford physician when Mr. Brammer had complained of not feeling well following a return trip from Detroit earlier in the afternoon. _J He died unexpectedly only a few moments after arriving at the Rheinheimer home, from what appeared to be a coronary occlusion, according to Dr.\ Rheinheimer. ' J Mr. and Mrs. Brammer and/ their two daughters, Cynthia Lee and Beth Ann, moved to the Syracuse area in April 1961, and opened a fimiture store south of Syracuse shortly after moving to this area. They reside in a home they built on the east shore of

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TWO INJURED — Two youths were hospitalized with injuries after the truck shown abovd went out of control at 2:30 p.m. Sunday on road 1250 east of Milford. Deputy sheriff Ron Robinson is shown above as he investigates. \ Hospitalized were Thomas Gibbs, 19, Milford, who suffered lacerations to his head and a possible skull fracture and Esther Hostettler, 18, Leesburg, who had a cut arm and bruised leg. The truck’s driver, David A. Gibbs, 16, Milford, was not injured. The truck rolled over completely after striking the bridge then came torest on its wheels.

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DUMBER 49

Youth Center schedule given Frederick J. Laskowski, director of the Lakeland Youth Center, Syracuse, announced this week the activity schedule for the month of January. A dance by the Chosen Few is scheduled for this Friday night from 9:30 to 12:30 with other dances scheduled on January 20 and 26. ’ A meeting is scheduled by the youth board fof’all youth in the Lakeland area interested in planhing activities for the center . and will be held at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon, Jan. 7, at the center. r A real fun night should be the showing of old time movies at ’ 7:30 p.m. on January 10 and a euchre tournament set for January 23-24-25. Youth center hours ate 3 to 10 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and 3 to 11 on Friday and Saturday. “Everyone Welcome” said the director.