The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 44, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 November 1973 — Page 1

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VOLUME 10

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The Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary dub is doing its part to see that no one in the community goes without Christmas money in his pocket. Operation Christmas Employment is the brainchild of Syracuse physician Dr. William Meyers, and it is being implemented by a committee headed by Dr. Meyers and fellow Rotarians Charles Harris and John R. Walker. Need For Money “There’s always a need for money at Christmas time,” so states Dr. Meyers. He recalled a time when he and his wife Mary moved to the Syracuse community in 1957 and saw the prospects of a bleak Christmas due to lack of personal funds. “Luckily,” he temporary employment and was able to pick up a coat I had on layaway for my wife Mary, making it a happy Christmas for us.” The committee has installed a telephone — number 457-4095 — s which will be answered by Mrs. Walker.

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The committee is inviting local industry to respond to its call if they have need for extra employment during the pre-

Thanksgiving fire guts Elder home

A fire on Thanksgiving charred the interior of the home of the Chester Elders east of Syracuse and kept Syracuse volunteer firemen on duty for three hours trying to contain the fire. The family was out of town and did not know of the fire until returning home around 11 p.m. Possible cause of the fire could have been a portable electric heater in a corner of the kitchen. Fire chief Joe Hughes said they did determine the fire started in the kitchen area, raced up the stairway to the bedrooms, and also down the basement steps causing a 75 to 80 per cent loss of the home and contents. He placed

Christmas period. And, anyone desiring employment during this period, is asked to call the number.

the loss at around $25,000. Also lost in the fire was the family dog, a two-year-old dachshund. The Elder family has taken up temporary residence in a model home of the real estate business. Four units of the fire department responded to the call at 7:29 p.m. LOW TURNOVER A Civil Service Study shows that older women stick to their jobs — the turnover rates for women in their early fifties are about one-sixth that of women in their twenties.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1973

Energy crisis has affect on RV industry The national energy crisis, which appears to be working up to a white heat, has had its affect upon the mobile home and recreational vehicle industry in the area. A survey of local manufacturers indicated there are many imponderables concerning the impact of the energy crisis, causing a “wait and see” attitude among manufacturers, particularly in the recreational vehicle field. Louisville Show The annual recreational vehicle show is now in progress in Louisville, Ky., and the placement — or lack of placement —of orders at this important show will tell the tale of any trend, if indeed there is a trend. Two principal RV manufacturers in the Lakeland area are Barth, Inc., at Milford, and Vega Corporation at Syracuse. The principal movers and shakers at Barth were at Louisville this morning and could (Continued On Page 3) Lights and decorations go up Sunday Chamber of Commerce secretary William Beemer said this week, that Syracuse Christmas lights and decorations are scheduled to go up Sunday morning and persons wishing to assist should meet at the fire station. The chamber is paying for, and local BPW preparing, the free breakfast to be served at 7 o’clock at the fire station for those helping on the Sunday project. Lights for the decorations, however, will not be lit at this time due to the energy crisis.

Uptown merchants talk promotions

Architect John Call, introduced by Mrs. B. R. Pinney, chaired the Monday meeting of the uptown merchants. The 12 noon lun-cheon-meeting was held at the Palace of Sweets with approximately 30 in attendance, mostly uptown merchants and those planning to open soon for business in the new Pickwick Block. Interest ran high for the meeting with only four or five businesses not sending a representative. Committee During the course of the meeting, seven persons volunteered to form a committee to present promotional ideas to the group, comparable store hours suggestions, and a slate for officers fa* the next meeting this coming Monday noon at the Palace. All interested parties are urged to attend. Serving on this committee are Leonard Greer, Charles Clevenger, Rick and Malinda Pinney, Gene Berghorn, Jerry Ganshom and Rex Yentes. Among ideas discussed during the first meeting of the merchants, were uptown parking lots, proposed store hours and parking meters. Also, the forming of a group to work in coalition with village businesses for promotions, sales, problems, etc., and-or with the Chamber of Commerce in the event the local chamber would form divisions. Chamber Commerce secretary William Beemer used the greater Warsaw Chamber as an excellent example of working together and having an individual, retail, and commercial division. Beemer explained some of the workings of the local chamber consisting at present of 56

Announce community improvements — Hickory Lounge topic before MAD meeting

Thirty-eight Milford townspeople attended the November meeting of the Milford Area Development Council (MAD) meeting last night at the Milford fire station and registered a complaint about the nude dancers who perform at the Hickory Lounge, a Milford tavern. Town board president Dr. T. A. Miller answered complaints, stating the Indiana obscenity law has been ruled unconstitutional. He also said he personally objects to the free publicity the Hickory Lounge has been getting through outside newspapers. “I am as concerned about this problem as anyone,” Dr. Miller said, “but there’s nothing we can do about it.” He said lawyers have informed him that the Indiana obscenity law is weak and will not stand up in court. He said the county alcoholic beverage board has said they can take away a tavern’s license if there is a conviction. Dr. Miller said, that in spite of city council action in Fort Wayne, that city has not solved its obscenity problem. State senator John F. Augsburger, attending the meeting, read portions of Public Law 322 on obscenity, and said he would contact the attorney general to see if the obscenity law he referred to had been tested in the courts. Senator Augsburger suggested one way to call attention to the nefarious activities in the Hickory Lounge would be for a group of townspeople to go into

members, but added full participation is needed to be successful, for groups as well as business places. Promotions, he added, and progress should not be restricted for one area alone, but for the entire Lake Wawasee-Syracuse, Turkey Creek, area. Greer spoke briefly on how uptown problems could vary greatly from the village, with parking one of the major differences and a primary concern. Steve Keim, planning to open a sporting goods shop in the Pickwick Block this coming month, inquired as to how the local chamber functions, what we (businesses) can do for it and what it can do for the businesses. The chamber, Beemer explained, should be recognized as a place to go for information and assistance. He told of the number of inquiries received by the local unit each week as to the area and of a tourist packet available. One of the most recent inquiries Beemer said regarded a serviceman perhaps wishing to locate in Syracuse with a dentist office, and information was passed on to the young man. Promotions A number of promotional projects were discussed including promotions during the three-day Flotilla week end in July, being reactivated this year by the chamber after being dropped by the local Jaycee group, utilization of the public for persons coming by boat to shop in the uptown area, and beautification of the streets by shrubbery, etc. Call concluded the chamber could work as a tool to pull all together, and one master unit plan for events of the village and uptown businesses would make all fall together.

the place several nights and sing hymns. ‘Deeply Appalled’ Rev. Ralph Karstedt, pastor of the Milford United Methodist church, said, “We are all deeply appalled by what is going on, but I don’t know the appropriate route to go.” It was said that the girls who perform in the nude at the Hickory Lounge, one of three Milford taverns, come from Goshen and Mishawaka and other cities. In earlier action, Dr. Miller spoke on the town’s efforts to get its water rates increased, stating it has been working on the problem for some time. He called the Milford water system antiquated, adding that “the stand pipe may fall down some night. It is very unsafe.” He said the town must prove a need for a rate increase, adding he is not certain when the town can present plans to the public service commission for a rate increase, perhaps within the next two months. On annexation, as urged by MAD and adopted by the Milford town board, Dr. Miller said a remonstrance has been filed and it “may take two to five years to clear the courts.” He made reference to the socalled Estate suite against the town of Milford over land known as the Lakeside park. “This has been in court three years and

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already has cost Milford citizens plenty of money. We don’t know when this will be resolved.” Christmas Lights Dennis Sharp reported on the MAD retail committee, and offered a motion that the town’s Christmas decorations be put up and lighted five days prior to Christmas and two days after. The motion carried. Two committees were named. One, consisting of Dr. T. A. Miller, chr., John Perry, John B. Augsburger, Jr., and Arch Baumgartner, to contact Dr. Floyd Rheinheimer concerning bringing another doctor to Milford. The second committee, consisting of John Clay, chr., and John Perry, John B. Augsburger, Arch Baumgartner, and Rev. Karstedt, to act as a nominating committee to report at the January meeting. Mr. Clay said the flag pole in front of town hall has been painted and the flag replaced. Industrial Park Syracuse attorney Bruce Frey reported on efforts to establish an industrial park near Milford. He presented legal papers to John B. Augsburger, a member of the industrial park committee, for the committee’s consideration. Frey explained how there would be 5,000 SSO bonds issued, then a board of directors would be formed from those purchasing the bonds. The industrial park

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has been a project worked on by the Milford Area Development Council. Improvements Dr. Miller told about a large animal clinic he and his partner, Dr. Albert Schafer, are building (mi road 15 north of Milford. He said the plant would cost about $50,000, be a metal building 45 x 114 feet, with 12 stalls, a surgical room, retail office, pharmacy, drug storage, new x-ray machine, and offices. It was also reported that Barth, Inc., a Milford manufacturer of self-contained motor hopes, had recently built a 33 x 52 foot office addition housing three offices, conference room and lunch room. The company also built a 60 x 90 foot pole building for a final inspection and repair building. The Maple Leaf Farms; Inc., located in the New Salem area, with a world-wide market, has under construction a 36 x 87 foot building to house nine offices, with a 36 x 36 basement. The basement will house a conference room, test kitchen, storage and quality control laboratory. Completed this summer were three new duck growing buildings with 50,000 square feet, at a cost of $200,000. The firm also built a 60 x 120 foot truck storage and maintenance garage. Total improvements over a three-year period: $750,000. Annual gross (Continued On Page 3)