The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 4, Milford, Kosciusko County, 21 February 1973 — Page 1

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VOLUME 10

Discussions on federal funding of sewers continue at Syracuse

Discussions continued at the Tuesday night meeting of the Syracuse town board of trustees at town hall on federal funding* applications and the aerial survey needed for running of sewer and water lines in the expansion program. Town board member Forest Smith submitted information obtained from Northern Indiana Public Service company in the way of maps outlining buried utility service and a small map from the county soil and water conservation district at Warsaw. He added soil samplings are also available. It was noted aerial maps are available from the conservation district and the agricultural stabilization and conservation district. A check will be made with town engineer J. B. Wilson of Indianapolis, currently vacationing

Area plan commission to hold public hearings

A legal notice published elsewhere in this issue of the paper sets 10 public hearings for residents of Kosciusko county on the county’s comprehensive plan as prepared by the Kosciusko area plan commission. The notice is signed by James Baker, executive director of the commission. The meetings are for all citizens of this county and are as follows: March 6,7 p.m. — Wayne township, Warsaw and Winona Lake at the REMC building in Warsaw

MRS. CHARLES KERLIN 1971 CITIZEN Karstedt to speak -

'Citizen of Year' banquet Saturday

Milford’s third annual “Citizen of the Year’’ will be named at the Milford Area Development Council’s annual banquet set for Saturday night. The banquet will be held at the M and M Case in North Webster with starting time set at 7 p.m. Paul Brembeck and Charles Myers are serving as cochairmen of the evening’s activities. The reservation deadline is today (Wednesday). Persons who do not have their tickets should contact Brembeck or Myers this evening. The deadline for nominations for the ‘1973 Citizen of the Year’ closed on Saturday. The committee will now make its selection and the honored citizen will be named on Saturday. Previous winners of the honor

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

in Florida, regarding available information from these county offices to see if the information obtainable would meet the list of needed qualifications in place of the town supporting its own aerial survey. Expense of the aerial survey has been estimated by Wilson at $7,250. , . . Smith also questioned whether the town could meet the March 15 deadline for applying for federal funds due to the number of qualifications needed in a followup. Town board president Louis Kuilema read portions of a letter received from the stream pollution control board regarding a number of revised water qualifications made in January. Town attorney Bruce Frey, in answer to a question by Joseph Shewmon on what the town womd do if federal funding was sud-

March 7,7 p.m. — Turkey Creek township and Syracuse at Wawasee high school March 8,7 p.m. — Seward township and Burket at Burket civic center March 9,7 p.m. — Scott and Jefferson townships at Mount Tabor Church of God fellowship hall March 12, 7 p.m. — Franklin and Harrison townships and Mentone at the Mentone town hall March 13,7 p.m. — Washington and Monroe townships and the town of Pierceton at the Pierceton community building

—J—C— Mb CARL DUNCAN 1972 CITIZEN

have been Mrs. Charles (Dorth ea) Kerlin and Carl Duncan. Mrs. Kerlin, Milford’s librarian, was the first “Citizen of the Year,” being chosen for that honor in 1971. Last year the citizens of Milford nominated Carl Duncan for the town’s highest award. Duncan was honored for his years of service as a member and as president of the town board. He served a total of 16 years. Karstedt To Speak The featured speaker of the evening will be Rev. Ralph P. Karstedt, pastor of the Milford United Methodist church. Rev. Karstedt came to Milford in June of 1969. Before his assignment to Milford, Rev. Karstedt served churches at

denly cut or stopped, responded that at such time if the town is unable to provide service in a reasonable amount of time to outlying areas planned in the expansion program, residents could submit a petition asking to be dis-annexed on basis of not receiving promised services. The town of Syracuse would be remiss of its duties if it did not attempt to gain granting funds at this time, Frey added. It could take several years to get funding on grants even if Syracuse does qualify. „ Total cost estimated by engineer Wilson on the water and sewer expansion, over all, could run 1.4 million to near 2 million dollars. Wilson is expected to attend the March 6 town board meeting. Other Business A request was denied for the present pertaining to the

March 15,7 p.m. — Tippecanoe and Plain townships and the towns of Leesburg and North Webster in the Oswego community building March 16, 7 p.m. — Clay, Lake and Jackson townships, Sidney, Claypool and Silver Lake at the Claypool Lions building March 19, 7 p.m. — Van Buren township and Milford at the fire station in Milford March 23, 7 p.m. — Etna and Prairie townships, Etna Green and Atwood at the Atwood community building

WHO WILL THE 1973 CITIZEN BE

Saint Paul (1960-62), near Sheridan. He received his AB and MA degrees from Butler university and his BD from Christian theological seminary. He is an ordained minister in the North Indiana Conference of the United Methodist church. In addition to his duties at the local United Methodist church, Rev. Karstedt is a member of the Milford Lions club and of MAD. He is vice president of the Parent-Teacher’s Organization. While living in Milford he has been chaplain for Epworth Forest choir school on two occasions and has served as speech instructor in the Elkhart district lay speaker’s school. When Rev. Karstedt speaks Saturday his topic will be “As I See It.”

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1973

November meeting whereby Ross Stuckman, owner of property on the Syracuse-Milford road west of Syracuse and within the Wawasee watershed area, ask for a tie-in to the town sewer system at his mobile home park. Owner of Pinecrest Mobile Home court, Stuckman noted at that time that he had 20 lots for units with expansion plans calling for 40 more within the next two years and possibly up to 100 later. Stuckman added he had had inquiries regarding persons interested in an industrial park area on his land running near the railroad tracks. This parcel of land contains about 70 acres. - All interested parties were urged to attend a March 5 hearing in the Warsaw courts at 9:30 a.m. regarding the suit filed by Liberty Homes, Inc., asking vacation of certain streets and alleyways at the south edge of the town of Syracuse. Liberty Homes filed the petition on January 3 of this year and town board members instructed attorney Frey to prepare a resist and defend order be filed on behalf of the town in an attempt to prevent granting of the petition filed by the mobile home industry. A new co-operative fire fighting agreement between the township and the town was submitted by Turkey Creek township trustee Shewmon, for the current year. Fire chief Joe Hughes was requested to follow through on a plan to be given late last year by chief Robert Penick regarding a layout plan for needed fire hydrants on Dolan drive. Ordinance 73-3, as passed, transferred funds in the amount of S2OO for refurbishing needs. An ordinance will also be prepared posting a 10 mile per hour speed limit on Medusa court. Advertise Attorney Frey was instructed to advertise for bids for a garbage collection service for the year, with bids to be opened at a 7:30 p.m. meeting in town hall on March 20. (Continued On Page 4) Adult course in investments at Wawasee A beginning securities and investment course for persons in the Lakeland area will be offered by Ball State university office of extended services at Wawasee high school beginning Wednesday, March 7. The adult education course will be held from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. and will continue for six consecutive Wednesdays. Topics discussed will include personal investment objectives, common stocks and bonds, operation of the New York stock exchange, role of the broker, methods of investing and analyzing investment opportunities. The instructor will be Jerry Hoemig of Walton and Co., a Ball State alumnus. Cost for the course is SIO.OO. The registration deadline is Monday, Feb. 26. For further information contact Donn Kesler at Wawasee high school. Plan commission meeting set for Syracuse/ March 5 Meetings scheduled by the Syracuse town plan commission, one for last Monday night and one for March 1, have been rescheduled for one meeting night, Monday night, March 5, at town hall. Discussions will be on a proposed mobile home ordinance and a petition for an amendment of the master plan for a land reclassification.

ASSESSING TO BEGIN MARCH 1 Van Buren township trustee Maurice Beer states he will begin assessing on March 1. Beer will be at the fire station in Milford from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. week days and until noon on Saturday. Elmer Rassi of r 2 Milford has been named deputy assessor. j' J LOUIS RUSSELL, JR. Heart Fund campaign underway The annual Kosciusko County Heart Fund campaign is underway this week and will run through Sunday, Feb. 25, Heart jgcnday, according to Turkey Creek township chairman Mrs. Harry J. Lemberg of Syracuse. Louis B. Russell, Jr., of Indianapolis, the world’s longest living heart transplant patient, was guest at a coffee this month for heart fund volunteers at the home of Mrs. Wendell Sadler of Warsaw. He was in Warsaw for the purpose of kicking off the Heart Fund campaign in the area and spoke on the challenge available today in heart research. Russell emphasized that everyone, at sometime, is affected by heart disease, whether directly or indirectly, hence, everyone should help in raising funds for this research. Figures given showed nearly 55 per cent of yearly deaths in the United States were linked to heart disease with 58.2 per cent of all deaths in Kosciusko county due to heart disease. Workers Volunteer workers assisting Mrs. Lemberg are: Mrs. Douglas Schmahl, Mrs. John W. Cripe, Mrs. J. B. Ridgeway, Mrs. Louis Nicolai, Mrs. Joseph Hughes, Mrs. Charles Taylor, Mrs. Robert Willits, Mrs. Thomas Tuttle, Mrs. Paul Moore, Mrs. Donald Deck, Mrs. R. G. Johnson, Mrs. Dee Stiver, Mrs. Gary Firestone, Mrs. Fitzhugh Turner. Also, Mrs. Thomas Prickett, Mrs. Charles McFall, Mrs. Joseph Andersen, Mrs. Joseph Gray, Mrs. Michael Umbaugh, Mrs. Richard Thibaut, Mrs. Max Long, Mrs. Clayton Mock, Mrs. Robert Byrd, Mrs. Forrest Thomas, Miss Carolyn J. Meyer, Mrs. Thomas Farrow, Mrs. Bruce Frey and Mrs. Gareth Meek. * Social Security is program for Milford Lions Social Security was the program enjoyed by the Milford Lions club when its members met Monday for their regular meeting. Richard Van Camp of Elkhart’s Social Security office told the Lions in attendance about the programs underway in his office. Deputy district governor James Priser of Warsaw was a guest of the evening as were five members of the Bremen Lions club. The Milford Lions will hold a ladies night on April 2 at the Cardinal Learning Center in Warsaw.

Two injured in crash near Webster A Syracuse volunteer fireman, 31-year-old Michael A. Price of 600 South Front street, and Max Thanas, 43, of North Webster sustained injuries in a near headon crash around 8:40 a.m. Tuesday about two miles north of North Webster on Indiana 13. Admitted to Goshen hospital for a concussion, bruises and lacerations to both legs, Price was driver of a 1972 Chevrolet El Camino. Investigating officers reported seat belts were in use at the time of the accident. Thomas, driver of a 1970 Oldsmobile, was taken to Whitley County hospital at Columbia City for treatment of a laceration to the chin and broken right wrist. Indiana state trooper Melvin kpplinger and sergeant John Hammersley, who investigated, said Price was southbound on the state road. He attempted to pass another southbound vehicle crashing nearly head-on into the northbound Thomas car. The Syracuse man was pinned in his vehicle for nearly 30 minutes before being freed by the Syracuse first aid unit. Damage was estimated at $3,000 to the Chevrolet and SI,BOO to the Thomas auto. Possible charges are pending in the mishap.

14 bidders seek contract for Lakeland mechanics building

A total of 14 bids were received by the Lakeland school board last night (Tuesday) for construction of a metal building to house the mechanics department of Wawasee high school. The meeting was moved to the cafeteria annex in the high school building from the board room when numerous bidders ap-

I Kt I r i I ML I I Ik. I I Henny ... a better idea I Henny Penny, the confused hen, is shown above as she refuses to leave her roost on the frame above the rear axle of a 1972 Ford station wagon. Henny Penny not only confused herself when she mistook the frame of the car for the hen house, she also confused the station wagon’s owners, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Schue of r 7 Warsaw. Who ever heard of a car making a “clucking” sound!!! I When Mrs. Schue brought the station wagon to Milford Monday evening for a service job at C.S. Myers Ford, she asked the mechanics to be sure and check for the “clucking” sound. Now, Henny Penny even had the mechanics confused. What mechanic ever heard of a car making a “clucking” sound... squeeks and rattles from time to time but “clucking”! The imusual problem was quickly solved on Tuesday morning when the station wagon was put upon the hoist and Dean Baker began to check for the problem. He soon heard a fluttering sound. He looked, saw the chicken, did a double take and called his fellow employees over to see what makes a car “cluck.” Henny Penny’s roosting place has been discovered and you can bet if the Schue’s hear a “clucking” in their vehicle again they’ll look for the confused hen.

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peared for the meeting. The base bids ranged from $157,933 to $214,850 with 29 alternates to be considered. Bidders included the following: Brown & Brown General Contractors, Inc., Wakarusa; W. J. Carey Construction Corp., South Whitley; D & M Construction Co., Inc., Middlebury; Howell Con-

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struction Co., Inc., Elkhart; Graham Construction, Inc., Fort Wayne; The Huguenard Corporation, Fort Wayne; I. R. V. Construction Co., Inc., Goshen; R. W. Kain, Inc., Fort Wayne; Kinder Construction Co., Syracuse; Ira C. Mast and Son, (Continued On Page 4)