The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 22, Milford, Kosciusko County, 27 June 1973 — Page 9

Work started on 1973 United Fund campaign

Work has already been started on the 1973 United Fund campaign. United Fund agency representatives are meeting with the United Fund budget and admissions committee in order to determine '—the amount of assistance they will require from the 1973 United Fund drive. Most of the meetings are being held at the new United Fund headquarters at 513 S. Buffalo street, across from the REMC building in Warsaw. The committee will also hold meetings at some of the agencies where they will be shown the actual needs of

Second district colleges receive student loans

WASHINGTON, D. C. — Four colleges located in the second congressional district of Indiana will receive a total of $1,257,045 in funds for the operation of the National Direct Student Loan program at those institutions, according to an announcement by second district congressman Earl F. Landgrebe. Purdue university at West Lafayette will be the chief beneficiary of the funding, having been allocated $872,094 to benefit apprbximately 1,937 students. Valparaiso university will receive $256,054 in funds for 569 students, according to word received by Landgrebe from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare’s Office of Education. Valparaiso university will receive $256,054 in funds for approximately 569 students. Manchester college in North Manchester will be able to assist about 148 students with $66,748

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Clean Used Cars “Doc” Miller is now at Syracuse Motor Sales south of Syracuse with his son-in-law Rick Goodfellow, and invites all his friends to come out and .!■ look over the line of good, clean used cars he has on the lot. 1973 — Vega Hatchback, 3 Speed v 1973 — Dodge % Ton Adventure, Aut., P.S., P.B. 1972— Chevelle, 4 Dr., Auto., P.S., P,8., W-Air 1972 — Vega Wagon, Auto 1972 — Duster, 3-Speed 1971 — Impala, 2 Dr. Hardtop, Auto., P.S., P. 8., W-Air 1971 — Swinger, Auto.,P.S., P. 8., 2 Dr. Hardtop 1971 Camaro, 2 Dr. Hardtop, 3-Speed 1971 — Ford 3 A Ton, 4-Speed 1971 — Chevy 3/ 4 Ton, 3-Speed, P.S., P. 8., 1970— Impala,4 Dr. Hardtop, P.S., P. 8., Auto., W-Air Monday Evening, Till 8 P.M. OPEN - 9 A.M. Tuesday Through Friday 6 P.M. Saturday Till 1 P.M. (Phone For After Hours Appointment) Syracuse Motor Sales South Os Syracuse On Hwy. 13 > Syracuse — Phone 457-4880

that agency. agencies include: Cardinal Center, Red Cross Office, Day Care Center, and the YMCA. Rick Snodgrass, chairman of the budget and admissions committee stated after the agency meetings are completed, the 1973 United Fund goal will be set based upon the needs of the member agencies. In addition to Mr. Snodgrass, members of the budget and admissions committee are: Jo C. Paxton, Gary Lyons, Mrs. Nancy Holmes and Mrs. James Benzenburg.

made available through the program; and Saint Joseph college at Rensselaer will receive $62,149 to help 138 students in the loan program. Federal funds will provide 90 per cent of the new capital contributions and matching institutional contributions will provide the remaining 10 per cent. Close Milford post office at 5 p.m. The U.S. Postal Service is becoming less of a public service all the time. Beginning Saturday the window and lobby of the Milford post office is closed at 5 p.m. instead of 5:30 p.m. as previously. However, morning hours (lobby open at 7 and window at 8:30) remain unchanged. Postmaster Paul Kizer said neighboring post offices closed at 5 p.m. for some time. He said a survey was made of the 5 to 5:30 traffic and it was found it did not warrant remaining open during the extra half hour. Aside from that, Kizer said, his hours have been cut, forcing the early closing, all in line with a new austerity policy of the U.S. Postal Service. The final goal of any leader is not restraint but fulfillment.

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PRESENT S6OO CHECK — A check for S6OO, receipts from the Milford Area Development Council-sponsored Memorial day activities in Milford, was presented last night to the Milford baseball boosters for the purchase of new ball park bleachers. In this photo from left are Evelyn Orn, MAD Secretary; John Clay, MAD treasurer, who presented the S6OO check to Glen Wuthrich, president of the baseball boosters; and Fred Weisser, a member of the boosters.

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HOW IT WORKS — Going over projected revenue figures that the new county local option tax will bring in are county councilwoman Ruth McCleary, left, council president Merlin Wertenberger, and Paul Kizer, a member of the Milford Area Development Council. State Senator John F. Augsburger is standing.

Council sticks with tax stand

Two members of the Kosciusko county council strongly supported their vote on the new half cent local option tax before a regular meeting of the Milford Area Development Council at the Milford fire station last night. Appearing were Merlin Wertenberger, president of the county council, and member Mrs. Ruth McCleary. Also present were State Senator John F. Augsburger who voted for the new tax package of Governor

Otis Bowen, He supported the council action. Voting along with the two mentioned were Tim Rovenstine of Atwood and Wayne Tombaugh of Mentone. Voting against the new tax were Charles Menzie and Norman DeGood, with councilman Ralph Oyler abstaining. ‘No Other Choice’ Councilman Wertenberger said the council “had no other choice” than topass a local option tax. He said the council held the tax to a half cent whereas surrounding counties took the full one per cent. Taxpayers will begin paying the new tax July 1. A Friday night meeting called by the county Republican central committee protested the tax and asked that it be rescinded, but councilmen voting for the tax held their ground. Wertenberger pointed out that the 1973 state legislature froze all levies, and he pointed out that a $3 to $4 million additional assessment will not be sufficient to take care of increased county expenses. He said the 1974 election alone will cost over $50,000 and without the tax there will be no money with which to hold an election. He said the new four-year tax will bring in a proposed $627,872, with half of it going toward property tax relief. He said the county has no indebtedness and must maintain a comfortable working balance of about $300,000. Wertenberger, who has been on

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the county council for 10 years, said both he and Mrs. McCleary have attended workshops in Kendallville and South Bend on the new tax package, and it became apparent to them that the new tax “is a must.” He predicted counties that have refused to adopt the local option tax will certainly be in financial trouble. ‘Fairest Tax’ Mrs. McCleary, who has been on the county council for six years, called the new local option tax, based on an adjusted gross income, the “fairest possible tax.” She praised the MAD group for its interest in local problems, and the fairness and cordiality with which they had been received. She said Gov. Bowen promised to reduce property tax and this new tax will do just that. The local option plus the additional two cent sales tax will reduce property taxes 20 per cent in 1974, she said. She cited cases where individuals have good jobs but rent a property and pay no property tax, stating the new tax will “make them pay a fair share.” Mrs. McCleary said the new tax is divided into two parts: property tax replacement, half of which goes toward property tax relief and half can be used for additional community services; and a certified share. She said, for example, Van Buren township will receive $21,346 next year

while the town of Milford will receive $8,490. Mr. Wertenberger pointed out that the county has $140,000 inheritance tax , received in 1971, on deposit. Hear Augsburger State Senator John F. Augsburger was at the MAD meeting last night and talked briefly on taxes, stating Indiana taxpayers have been promised property tax relief for the five years he has been in the legislature, and now they have it. He said he voted for the tax bill and supported it down the line. He also commented on the enormous new revenues the additional two per cent sales tax is bringing into the state’s general fund, stating this can be applied toward property tax relief, also. Jefferson township farmer Harold Wilson commented that the council should be commended for their stand on the new tax and fa* their willingness to stick with it in spite of some opposition. MAD as a body took no action, but, according to president Arch Baumgatner, was assembled only to hear the points of view of the two councilmen present. Other Business In other business, a treasurer’s report by John Clay showed a net profit of $574.02 from the Memorial day chicken barbecue. The amount was rounded out at S6OO and presented to Glen Wuthrich and Fred Weisser for new ball park bleachers, a baseball boosters project. Mrs. Gale Chapman appeared before MAD on behalf of the North Central District member of the Garden club of Indiana, Inc. and asked for $25 for the purchase of 1,000 3 x 12 inch stickers to put on bumpers and trash barrels in the Milford, Syracuse, Cromwell area as part of a national “Pitch-In” campaign to rid communities of litter. The money was voted. She said Cromwell has already given $35 and she hoped a Syracuse group would respond with a $25 pledge. President Baumgartner commented that there were three inquires concerning new plants in the Milford area during the past month, but that it was premature to comment further on discussions under progress. Member Carl Duncan commented briefly on an industrial development conference he and area plan director James Baker had attended at Elkhart on May 18. He said emphasis was placed on energy shortages that, were bound to affect northern Indiana in the years ahead. A principal speaker was Lt. Gov. Robert D. Orr. Twenty townspeople attended the meetinng last night. Bremen car lands in channel waters A 1966 model car belonging to the Fred Cook family of Bremen took a dip in the Syracuse Lake channel Sunday evening and a wrecker was needed to retrieve the vehicle. The Cooks, having made their - second trip of the year to Syracuse Lake, were preparing to depart fa* home as Mr. Cook , backed the car to the bottom of the boat ramp at Railroad park in Syracuse. When attempting to brake the car at the bottom of the ramp, he found the brakes did not work and the auto finally stopped under water with only the aerial and roof showing.

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Wed., June 27,1973 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL

& THE EDITOR

Urge large attendance

Dear Editor; The town board of Syracuse, Indiana, due to a resignation, is short one member. The members on this board are of prime importance to every resident of the town. As a new member will undoubtedly be installed at the next scheduled meeting, July 3,1973, it r I I CYNTHIA RAPP Local girl is named state winner Miss Cynthia Rapp of Milford was one of 20 enterprising Hoosier 4-H club members named this week as state achievement winners when the 1973 Roundup opened at Purdue university on Monday. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rapp of r 2, Miss Rapp has completed her junior year at Wawasee high school. A 4-H member for nine years, she has been a junior leader for five years and took the honor in food preservation. Some 3,000 boys and girls, representing every county in the state, are attending the three-day event. State achievement winners were introduced at a general session in the Elliott Hall of Music. They will receive trips to the National 4-H Congress in Chicago in November or their projects will be entered in national competition. Additional winners are expected to be announced today (Wednesday) during the general session. LAKELAND LOCAL Mr. and Mrs. Phil Clementi, Sharon, Jeff and Chris, Mrs. Irene Boyd and Miss Sharon Boyd, all of Hollywood, Fla., are spending several weeks in the, home of Mrs. Sara Slabaugh of Milford.

is our feeling that a large attendance of the general public is in order. We are asking that every resident, who has an interest in the welfare of this community, make every effort to attend this meeting. Concerned Citizens Harry W. Gingerich Chr. Slight injuries in bike mishap Michael Bitner, 16-year-old son z of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bitner, 612 S. Main street, Syracuse, was injured last Wednesday evening while riding his bicycle eastward on Pickwick road, near the Kale Island bridge at Syracuse. The front wheel came off his bike in the 6:55 p.m. accident. He was taken by private ambulance to a local physician after complaining of abrasions and dizziness. Syracuse police officer Dale Sparklin investigated the mishap. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Syracuse Board of Zoning Appeals of the Town of 'Syracuse, Kosciusko County, Indiana will on Tuesday, July 10, 1973, at the Town Hall located at 418 South Huntington Street, at 7:30 o'clock P.M., consider the following matters: > a. Petition of Mel Collier for variance as to zoning ordinance setback lines per taining to the residential dwelling located on Lots 21, 22 and 23 in South Kitson Park Addition in Turkey Creek Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, located on State Road 13 South of Wawasee Village. b. The petition of Louis Bagaloff for a variance permitting the construction of a convention center with eight stories above ground to be located on approximately two acres of land located on the shore of Lake Wawasee at the site of the former South Shore Hotel on the northeast corner of the intersection of Old Highway 13 and Verdon Street, and the second tract of land containing approximately one acre located on the northwest corner of said intersection of Old State Road 13 and Vernon Street. This property also constitutes a major part of Lots 2 through 11 in Vawter Park and Outlot Number 1 in John T. Vawter's First Addition to Vawter Park. The building proposed to be constructed on this property will consist of approximately 200 hotel rooms and meeting facilities. All persons interested in said petitions shall appear at the above stated time and place and will be given an opportunity to be heard. Donald Niles Secretary Syracuse Board of Zoning Appeals “ Ju.27 Wawasee Insulation R. 3 — Syracuse Blown Fiberglas Insulation Commercial And Residential New Construction Rates Phones: 457-3584 457-3425

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