The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 28, Milford, Kosciusko County, 8 August 1973 — Page 18

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HARVESTING THROUGH THE YEARS—A special daily show of ancient to modern methods of grain harvesting will feature the 23d annual exhibition of the old time threshers and saw mill operators August 16*19 on the James Whitbey farm on the Carroll road, 10 miles north of Fort Wayne, between US 33 and Ind. 3. Pictured, left to right, are Whitbey, using a grapevine-handle cradle; Wallace Leichty, making a straw tie for a grain sheath; Mrs. Russel Parker, putting a cap sheath on a bundle and Russell Parker, using a turkey-handle cradle. Behind the four are a 50-year-old grain binder, a modern combine and a century old reaper which will be in operation.

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songs I turned down,” so said Bobby Vinton to this column following his 7 o’clock show at the Goshen fairgrounds Friday night. Bobby was considered one of the reasons for the huge turn-out during the fair week which drew record crowds. This column interviewed Bobby in his trailer behind the grandstand where he appeared at about 8:30 and he proved personable and easy to talk to. He made a point of telling us that two New York song writers called him recently with a song they wanted him to record. “Remember,” they said, “we offered you ‘Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Old Oak Tree” and you turned it down.” Bobby said at that time he told them “whose interested in an old oak tree.” He said he also turned down “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head” and others that went on to make it big. As we talked Bobby was sitting on the step of his compact mobile unit signing and handing out pocket-size photos of hiinself to ecstatic, sometimes squealing, young girls who provided much of his front-row audience at the show. Many of them collected a kiss in the bargain. Asked why he turned these two hits down, Bobby said, “Greed.

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Greed gets to us all sooner or later,” he philosophized. He said, “I didn’t think these songs had a chance, and I went on looking for something I thought would be a real hit.” He went on, “Hey, fellow, and that ain’t all. I’ve turned down a lot of good songs, only to see them make it big.” He added that there was some truth in the fact that he might rive up his name “Bobby,” and “Robert.” “After all, there’s Robert Young, Robert Stack and others. It gives one a little more maturity,” he added. The youthful-looking, hipswinging, peripatetic singer kept a constant smile on his face, was dressed in a loose blue outfit with baubles that glistened in the strong lights that were trained on him. Bobby said he wants to do more films and more television. “Appearances like this (the Goshen fair) are great for keeping one’s feel for the audience, but where but television can one be seen by 40 million people at a time?” Bobby has been a headliner at the cavernous casinos of Las Vegas, but he also finds county fairs much to his liking, he said. He appeared at the Goshen fair several years ago. One got the feeling that Bobby Vinton might change his name to “Robert,” or change his image in any other way, but he would certainly continue to have a strong appeal, especially to the younger set. Another new business: Vern Gillem of Nicolai Machine Shop has begun the Four Seasons Home Security Service. Should be ideal for lake home owners who are here only part of the time.

We understand the new Hook drug store and Ben Franklin store, the latter now under construction, rest on solid footing. Contractors told us 12-foot pilings went down before the foundation for the Ben Franklin store was poured. We saw this sign hanging in a local business establishment: “The ‘key* man in our organization is our customer.” „ Clarence Ruch, who says he’ll be 73 next May 11, lays claim to being Syracuse’s oldest businessman at the time of his retirement. He sold his lawn center in the Village July 30 to Frank and Donna Krantz of North Lake, 111., and has moved to 451 East Centennial street, Nappanee. He began the business in January 1963. He called it a “sentimental journey” back to Syracuse, but it was really more than that. Sprague Bartels, 2401 Calypso Rd., Madison, Wise., spent the week end here and was interested in again swimming the lake. Asked which lake, he said “any of them,” as he did as a kid around these parts. And he was looking for someone with a boat to accompany him. Sprague, at 49, says he swims 28 to 30 miles a month, or about 360 miles a year. We noticed, incidentally, he carried a slim waistline, and what a challenge he poses for those over 50! Inspired by the success of aging (55) tennis player Bobby Riggs in successfully competing with much younger tennis players (notably women), townsman Jack Calkins, 618 South Front street, Syracuse, has issued a challenge to any golfer (man or woman) with his same age and weight on the golf course. Jack, great with the sense of humor, says he weighs 112 pounds and is 65 years of age, and is ready and waiting for his first challenger. Maybe we’ve got something going here. Floyd Fithian, unsuccessful candidate for congress from the Second District, fooled ’em all at a dinner at Valparaiso a week ago Saturday when he said he had an important announcement to make. While everyone thought he was about to announce his candidacy for a re-match with Earl Landgrebe, what he actually said was that his past campaign indebtedness was paid off by virtue of the dinner. But don’t let all that fool you. Almost certainly Floyd will run

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again, and you can look for his announcement the first week in November, just a year prior to the election. He’s shooting for a 1100.000 war chest. His 340,000 the last time around just wasn’t enough, as any candidate who’s made the try for a congressional seat can tell you. Legal action—(Continued from page 1) heard in the Wabash Circuit Court, which again found in favor of the action that the State Board of Health had taken, and denied Murphy Medical Center’s appeal. Murphy Medical Center has now appealed this matter to the Indiana Court of Appeals. During the interim, Washington has reorganized its program of direct Hill-Burton grants for hospital construction. This has been augmented by a program of loan guarantees and interest subsidy in which the Federal Government guarantees the repayment of the money borrowed for the purpose of hospital construction in case of possible default of repayment. This has the effect of reducing the overall interest rate the borrower must pay. The interest subsidy portion of the new Hill-Burton program subsidizes the interest rate on money borrowed on bonds issued for the purpose of hospital construction up to a maximum of 3 per cent. KCH filed for a $5,000,000 loan guarantee and interest subsidy under this new Hill-Burton program in 1972. Murphy Medical Center contested the ' application on the grounds that the awarding of the original Hill-Burton grant to KCH was still pending in the courts. The State Board erf Health was forced to delay taking action on the new KCH application because of the protest of Murphy Medical Center. Finally, on July 11, 1973, the State Board approved the KCH application for loan guarantee and interest subsidy. The current action will again put this matter back into the courts. Upon contact, Kosciusko Community Hospital officials report that their building project could move forward either with or without the Hill-Burton direct grant, loan guarantee, or interest subsidy. KCH officials estimate that the 3 per cent interest subsidy and loan guarantee would reduce the total cost of the bond repayment by $2,690,000 over an anticipated repayment period of 25 years. This interest subsidy benefit would reduce the charges by KCH for room, board and other services. However, with construction costs reportedly increasing at a rate of nearly 1 per cent per month, the KCH Board does not feel justified in holding up construction until all possible legal appeals can be resolved. Plans for the new not-for-profit ‘Kosciusko Community Hospital are completed and are waiting approval by the State Board of Health. Additionally, the Indiana Facilities Review Committee of the Indiana Advisory Comprehensive Health Planning Council of the State Board of Health is reviewing the proposed KCH project and all further matters are at a standstill until their approval has been granted. A favorable decision is expected shortly. Fulford is charged with drunk driving Theodore R Fulford, 42, of r 3 Syracuse, was charged with driving while under influence of intoxicating beverages following an accident Friday three miles south of Syracuse on state road 13 at 9:10 p.m. Stanley Freet, 53, of 1400 East Beardsley Ave., Elkhart, was south bound on state road 13 and stopped when his vehicle was struck from behind by Fulford’s

Cites inaccuracies in news story Mrs. Earl Eppert of r 1 Syracuse called attention to what she claimed were inaccuracies in a news story concerning her ex-husband, Leonard Eppert, that appeared in The Mail-Journal last week. Her ex-husband was arrested cn Wednesday, July 25, near the Peterson bait shop south of Syracuse and charged by county police officers with public intoxication. He appeared before Warsaw city judge Robert Burner on Friday and was given a six-month jail sentence. Cites Inaccuracies Mrs. Eppert said the article in question stated her ex-husband was intoxicated when he was picked up, and that his son Allen had told authorities his father had been drinking since early morning. The article further said that Eppert was reported to have had two six-packs of beer in his possession. Mrs. Eppert said Allen told her he had not seen his father at all the day he was picked up. Mrs. Eppert said she had let her ex-husband out of the car shortly before he was picked up, and that he had no beer in his possession, nor did he have a shotgun with him. She added that nobody had heard her ex-husband make any threats against Don Byrd, with whom he had had an altercation in November 1970. The article also said William Harrington, Jr., a friend of Eppert’s, said Eppert was “half loaded” and had a shotgun in his possession. Mrs. Eppert said Mr. Harrington denied having told authorities Eppert had a shotgun in his possession. However, Mrs. Eppert said her ex-husband had three shotgun shells in his possession, and this might have led to the supposition that he had a gun. She added that her ex-husband had been trying without success to find employment since he got out of jail last October, and that he had been extremely depressed. Eppert told his exwife earlier that day he “felt like ending it all,” she claimed, such being his frame of mind at not having found gainful employment. She said the publicity over the latest charge against her husband made it most difficult for her and her family, and that she and the others named in the news story of last week found themselves forced to explain the inaccuracies they found in the article. Mrs. Eppert said she was also at a loss to understand the severity of the sentence meted out by judge Burner when the charge against her ex-husband was wily public intoxication. Whenever an individual disagrees with you, he is either smarter than you are, or he is dumber.

car. A passenger in the Freet auto, Dorothy M. Freet, 56, of Elkhart complained of neck pains but was not hospitalized. The accident was investigated by troopers Barry Black and Melvin Keplinger who estimated damage at S4OO to the Fulford vehicle and damage to the Freet auto was set at $2,000.

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: W ,11 - .Jr . PLAN STORE OPENING — Two men affiliated with the new Ben Franklin store in Wawasee Village were in Syracuse Tuesday to assess progress being made on the new 10,000-foot retail store located on the Pickwick Road. On the left is M. Lavern Rigsby of the Mid-America Stores Corp., lessors of the new store, with James E. Fiege, zone manager for the Ben Franklin chain. The Syracuse store will be a franchised store. Mr. Rigsby has seven stores in the midwest and Florida and four more stores being built at the present time. Os the four stores being built, the Syracuse store is the smallest. Target date for opening the Syracuse Store is November 15.

Prickett hew town board prexy

Thomas Prickett was elected as {resident of the Syracuse town board at a meeting held last night (Tuesday) in the town hall. The Syracuse board has been operating without a president since the resignation of L. M. '• ' <■ -ji' ' V * \ w F'' ' O L Hr-* X ■/ . .... e *t 1 \ ‘ ' ' ''J ■ /#.■ '■ I' ♦ - J • / ■»*. f * TOM PRICKETT High speed—(Continued From Page 1) no injuries. Elkhart county sheriff’s patrolman Milo Perry filed the charges and said additional charges may be filed following further investigation. Auto racing outdraws other sports in 1972 A nationally known life insurance company reports that auto racing drew the most spectators in 1972 with 76,464,700 fans or 24.47 per cent of the total attendance surveyed. Horse racing was second with 14.65 per cent, football third drawing 14.65 per cent and baseball fourth with 12.5 per cent. — CNS

Kuilema several weeks ago. After taking office the new {resident appointed fellow board members to act as chairman of the several departments of the town. The board member will handle problems and other items pertaining to his department and then present items to the board if needed. The members and their appointments follow: Prickett — streets and parks Carl Myrick — fire department Marion Miller — police department Charles Haffner — Scout cabin

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Darrel G isamer — water, sewage and lights Bruce Frey, town attorney, reported the Liberty Coach suit will be heard the latter part of August. The company is seeking the vacation of an alley and the town and others in the area of the alley do not want it closed. . The attorney for the people who are fighting the annexing of areas I and ID stated they will not pursue the case any further because of lack of funds. The short meeting lasted one half hour.