The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 41, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 November 1973 — Page 1
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Ben Franklin Store to open Thursday
The new, 10,000-square-foot Ben Franklin store, located on the Pickwick Road, Wawasee Village, Syracuse, will open tomorrow (Thursday), and its opening sale will last throughout the week. The Ben Franklin stores make up a division of Mid-America Stores Corporation, Melrose Park, Illinois, operating stores in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri and Florida. Thomas Schwarten is president of Mid-America Stores and Maurice Rigsby is vice president.
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A Milford man, 25-year-old Jesse V. Avalos, remains a patient in the intensive care unit at the Goshen hospital following a car-train wreck at Milford on Monday. The accident occurred at the Penn-Central — Emeline street crossing at 5:20 p.m. Engineer Ray C. Towers of 2406 Walnut street, New Castle, was at
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Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE - WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)
The new Syracuse store, located adjacent on the east to the new Hook’s drug store, represents the newest and most wide-ranging merchantile store in the Lakeland community. It will remain open each evening until 9 o’clock and from 12 noon until 5 p.m. on Sundays, according to Robert C. Marion, manager. The store will have about 20 employees. Lines of Merchandise The Syracuse store will feature many departments, including a fabric department with bolt
the controls of the engine. Number 7259 was on her way to Elkhart from Wabash. The engine was pulling three cars. Towers said he was traveling between 25 and 30 miles per hour. He told investigating officers he had blown for the crossing and was ringing the bell when he saw the car pulling onto the tracks. He applied his brakes.
goods, fashion lengths, and a complete line of threads, zippers and ribbons. An automotive department will feature motor oils and STP motor additive. Its paint department will feature a complete line of DePont Lucite paints, while its small appliance department will sell toasters, mixers, blenders and the like. Mr. Marion said a music department will sell records, tapes and radios. The store has a novelty gift department, a bulk candy department offering a
He continued by saying he observed the driver of the car and he (the driver) did not look either direction, he just drove onto the crossing. The train hit the car broadside on the passenger’s side. Police officers have not been able to question Avalos nor locate (Continued On Page 12)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1973
'.. *’ I »N I ' iB. *'*' »- fliH -*«»*• Ik ,*-■’»■ * ( VjßHv - BLfrJh .. g- / '■ >BHK dil ROBERT C. MARION wide assortment of Brach’s candies. It also has a live plant section. A large ready-to-wear department will be an attraction to the ladies with a children’s clothing department featuring Buster Brown clothing. For the do-it-yourselfer, there will be a hobby craft department, a candle department and a large greeting card section offering the famous Buzza line of cards. Bob Marion, Manager New store manager Robert C. Marion and his wife Diana are new to the Lakeland community, coming here from Maryville, Mo., where they managed a similar Ben Franklin store for the past two years. The Marions are making their home at 400 Dolan drive, Syracuse. A native of Chicago, Mr. Marion has had 20 years’ experience as a manager for the F. W. Woolworth Co. in stores in Indiana and Illinois. The Marions express themselves as being delighted with their new home and are looking forward to becoming better acquainted in the area. Mr. Marion extends an invitation to residents of the area to visit their store during the grand opening the remainder of this week to make themselves acquainted, and to see the wide selection of merchandise the stere has to offer.
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Prickett and Haffner resign
Two members of the Syracuse town board resigned last night, leaving only one board member who has been elected. Board president Thomas Prickett read a letter of resignation, stating “as a result of my family and I taking up residency outside of the corporate limits of Syracuse, I will no longer be able to serve on the town board.’’ The Pricketts have purchased a tract southeast of Syracuse and will be moving soon. Prickett was elected to the town board in November 1971 to represent ward 1 on the town board and has served as board president most of the time since his election to the post. The second board member to resign was Charles L. Haffner, who is Syracuse junior high school principal and serves on the board from ward 2. He was appointed to the board when Noble C. Blocker resigned abruptly. The Haffners are moving from 206 E. Carroll street, Syracuse, to his father’s home on road 13 south of Syracuse. Board Business Darrel Grisamer told the board he has removed the security light in the North Huntington street parking lot the town has traded to the telephone company, and that he would put it up in the new town parking lot on '2 earl street when it was ready. The board passed ordinance 7322, a transfer of funds amounting to $1,061, and ordinance 73-23 giving builders a six-month
Break-in investigations continued by law officers
Several area break-ins during the week end continue under investigation by law officers. Pickwick Theatre manager Tim Yeager reported to Syracuse police Monday of a break-in at the show sometime Sunday night after 11:40 p.m. Entry was gained through a window on the second floor and the office door pried open on the main floor where approximately $350 in cash was taken. Also taken was a flash light, keys to the concession stand and a plastic bag from the waste basket. Frog Annex A break-in was also reported Monday morning to state officers at Frog Annex on Wawasee’s east side. Entry was gained sometime Sunday night by breaking a front window. It was discovered by employee Dan O’Haver when reporting for work early Monday. The only thing reported as missing was $1.35 in change. A soft drink man making delivery at the Lakeland Youth Center Monday morning
limitation to complete building projects started, with the right of a six-month extension. The ordinance also required dwellings to have a 3-12 roof pitch to qualify as homes as opposed to mobile homes. The ordinance was recommended by building commissioner Ed Anderson. Tom Leonard requested permission to connect a proposed 80imit condominium, located at the Pleasant Grove-Calf Island area, to the town’s sewer system if and when the town is able to handle the additional line. Leonard said such a line would eventually serve the north shore of Lake Wawasee and the south shore of Syracuse Lake. The matter is to be referred to engineer Ben Wilson for consideration and advice. Attorney Robert Reed submitted a drawing of a building, to cost $1,340, to enclose the town’s life station in Wawasee Heights. Hie structure will be built by Kinder Realty and turned over to the town when the area is annexed. Clerk-treasurer Betty Dust was ordered to put $7,200 revenue sharing funds on 90 day time certificates, and to do the same with $13,123 she now has in the bank. The board also had a letter signed by attorney Michael Kiley asking that the South Shore golf club application for a supplemental alcoholic beverage (Sunday sales) license be withdrawn. All members were present except Marion Miller.
discovered a broken window and reported it to authorities, however, they were unable to contact the center director Clark Exmeyer and it is not know if the window was broken as an act of vandalism or if a break-in was attempted. Syracuse police officers recovered two autos stolen at Syracuse over the week end, one a Buick taken from Wawasee Auto Brokers Inc. and a Dodge from Syracuse Auto Sales. County and city officers continue a search for Robert Dipert of Syracuse on an assault and battery charge through a warrant from justice of the peace Milo Clase’s office. Jim Brooks at confab Van Buren township justice of the peace James K. Brooks along with three other justices of the peace from Kosciusko county — Milo E. Clase of Warsaw, E. W. Hackbirth of Pierceton and Charles Edward Slone of Silver Lake — is attending a three-day Indiana traffic court conference. The conference is another example of Governor Otis R. Bowen’s continuing interest and concern with traffic safety in Indiana.” Philip K. Martin, director of the Indiana Department of Traffic Safety and Vehicle Inspection, and his department is sponsoring the conference in cooperation with the center for judicial education. Registration began this morning at 11 a.m. The conference continues thru Friday. Snowmobile club to hold mooting The Wawasee Snowmobile club of the Lakeland area is now starting its second season and will hold a picnic at Saint Andrew’s United Methodist church north of Syracuse on Friday, Nov. 16, at 6 p.m. All snowmobile enthusiasts are welcome.
. * **- .w.. . . "tehJMaMk o UP OVER THE TOP— Warsaw attorney Stan Pequignot is shown twinging the large United Fund thermometer on the courthouse lawn up to date, indicating this year’s UF drive went over the top. Steading him is Harold Nichols, with drive captains Sally King, Lyle Shenefield, Harold Etling and Doug Kehler at the base. United Fund $ 3,804 over its 1973 goal
Stanley Pequignot, general chairman of the 1973 Kosciusko county United Fund, has announced that the United Fund volunteers have achieved their ninth consecutive victory. Totals for the United Fund now stand at $213,904 against the $210,000 goal. The announcement of the fact the goal had been topped came Monday morning from Pequignot. The corporate employees division headed by Harold Etling raised $68,519 with the goal for the division being $65,153. Another smashed goal was Ray Monteith’s selected prospects division where they raised $29,814.
■F ? \ A* 3 l«Ef x is GROUNDBREAKING AT TIPPY — Shown above during groundbreaking ceremonies of 21 unit condominium located on Lake Tippecanoe are John Call, architect, Indianapolis; Lloyd E. Stouder and Aaron D. Hinesley, Hinesley Realty, North Webster; and Fred T. Stevens, vice president of the First National Bank, Warsaw. Developers stated all units will enjoy central air condition, heating and all modern kitchens.
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Professional divisions headed by Byron Kennedy and Lyn Sasso, both exceeded their goals with $3,269 and $3,566 respectively. All other divisions also made outstanding reports. First snow fall of season Persons waking up at an early morning hour today (Wednesday) were able to view what is undoubtedly the first snowfall of the year as the soft white flakes fell prior to the daylight hours.