The Mail-Journal, Volume 11, Number 6, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 March 1974 — Page 1

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VOLUME 11

CHRISTINE CLODFELTER

Two named to Syracuse board

Two new members to the . Syracuse town board were sworn in last night, to fill the full complement of a five-member board, with town attorney Robert Reed officiating at the ceremony The two vacancies were created recently with the resignation of Tom Prickett and Charles Haffner. Woman On Board The two new members include one woman. Christine Clodfelter. 31-ye ar-old wife of state police trooper Larry Clodfelter. The other new board member is Lorin O. Knispel. 45. Mrs Qodfelter will represent ward one and Mr. Knispel will represent ward five in the new redistricting of the city which includes three newly annexed areas I Mrs. Clodfelter lives with her husband and two sons. Daniel, 7, and Michael. 4. on r 2 Syracuse, and this is her first participation in local government. The Clodfelters have lived in the Syracuse area five and a half years, coming hen* from Goshen She was bom in Poland and moved into Germany as refugees, moving to California in 1951 when she was nine years old. She is a graduate of Goshen high school and had a year on the Indiana university campus at Bloomington Mrs Clodfelter speaks fluent German She is a member of the St Andrews United Methodist church and choir, member of the Primary Mothers’ club, treasurer of the Syracuse community nursing school, and secretary of the Wawasee Snowmobile club. She also works part time at the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. office m Syracuse She admits to "having a lot to learn” in her new post Lorin Knispel Lorin 0 Knispel. r 4 Syracuse <530 East), will serve on the board from ward five A native of Fort Wayne. Mr Knispel is in sales and

New-found friends give balanced view of So. Africa

I Bv ARCH AND DELLA 'BAUMGARTNER VICTORIA FALLS, Rhodesia. South Africa, Tuesday. Feb. 5 — This story was told at the Johannesburg air terminal yesterday morning to our tired and somewhat bedraggled group of traveling journalists, as sort of an ice-breaker at our early morning rendezvous Bill Smoak. publisher of the Waterboro (South Carolina) Press and Standard, said he got up early and wandered around in his hotel room in an attempt to get dressed He told Lila. his wife of nine days. "Well. I guess the honeymoon is over.” "What do you mean." she answered "Weil. I see you got my socks mixed up already.” said the not-too-embittered bridegroom The story tacks something in

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management at Merrills Marina, having formerly been service manager at a Bryan. Ohio auto agency. He is a graduate civil engineer from Indiana Institute of Technology, Fort Wayne. He is affiliated with the Lutheran church. Mr. Knispel and his wife Charlene have two daughters, Pam and Cindy in college, and two sons. Steve and David, at home. Mr Knispel calls his new charge his “first real involvement in community affairs.". Mrs. Knispel is Turkey Creek township first deputy assessor Other members of the board include Carl Myrick, ward two; Marion (“Doc") Miller, ward three; and Darrell Grisamer, ward four. ENJOY WEEK’S CRUISE Mr and Mrs. Frank Ridenoure of North Shore drive, Syracuse Lake, and Mr and Mrs. David M. Blaser of Ogden Island, Lake Wawasee. returned home Sunday from a week’s Caribbean cruise. They flew to San Juan and returned hone from there by plane.

DOG OWNERS ARE SUBJECT TO ARREST Just one month ago Syracuse police chief Dale Sparklin issued a warning to dog ow ners to keep their dogs confined to the premises, due to a mounting number of complaints to the police department. He also reminded owners of a dog ordinance regarding dogs running loose which carries a 125 fine. Notice is being given this week by the chief that all owners will now be subject to arrest if in violation of the ordinance, and this will be enforced by all police department officers.

the re-tellmg. but it served a useful purpose at the moment. Bill and Lila have proved the darlings of our traveling group. Leave Johannesburg Our trip yesterday was to take us out of South Africa and its ultra-modern chief city. Johannesburg, where our group had a splendid reception, we stayed at the two-year-old Carlton Hotel, a 630 room. 30story structure, located adjacent to the Carlton Towers, at 50 stories reported to be the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere. We. along with the Dick Westerfields and Frank Pfeiffers. were dining in the Carlton s dining room overlooking the huge circular fountain when we decided we wanted a photo of our table. We asked a gentleman at an adjoining table if he would

Rotary farm night “If anyone in the world starves for lack of food, we in the midwest will be the very last.” These words came from Don Frantz, Kosciusko county extension agent, as he addressed the annual Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary club’s Farmers’ Night last night. Fifty-nine Rotarians and guests were present to hear Frantz’s remarks on the farm front. Why High Prices Mr. Frantz, introduced by Bill Cable, addressed himself to the rapid rise in the cost of food, stating, that in spite of higher prices “food is still the best buy in the world. All we need is better allocation." He said the United States has the rare combination of soil, weather, people, science and knowledge, which cannot be duplicated elsewhere in the world All this makes for better farm production. He said there's a world wide food shortage at the present time, being it to a greater demand for food. More than this, there is much misunderstanding, he pointed out, about the shortage, causing many people to buy more than usual and to hoard food. Mr. Frantz said Europe and Russia had a severe drought in 1972. in a year when American farmers had bumper crops He said he saw nothing sinister in selling Russia our surplus wheat, even though he said some experts said it cost the American taxpayer upwards to two billion dollars. He pointed out that for a long bme two-thirds of America's wheat and half of its soybeans have gone overseas. Balance of Payments He said US agriculture is the only industry we have that is competitive on a world market. He said we must sell food abroad to offset our balance of payments with other nations “If we don’t sell food, what are we going to sell abroad?” he asked. He spoke of the short term and long term cycle of production, pointing out that it takes time to put a beef animal on the market. ' Mr. Frantz said the rise in food began in June 1973. He said we needed someone to help us get out of Viet Nam, and the Russian wheat deal suited our govern ment on several scores “Circumstances were just right for the Russian wheat deal.’’ he said. .Americans gnped about the cost of storing grain for years, he recalled, and now they have a shortage and the prices are going up. a cost to the US taxpayer anyway one wants to look at it. He predicted a loaf of bread may very well go to sl. (Continued on page 10 >

oblige with our camera. It all turned out to be a chance acquaintance that led us to learn more about the wonderful country we were visiting and the city of Johannesburg The six of us were invited to the home of our new-found "cameraman" the next evening for drinks and a bite to eat. As it turned out. only the two of us could accept, and it ended up one of the most pleasurable evenings we had spent so far on our trip. Our host and hostess were Mr. and Mrs. E. ("Skip” and Stephanie) Papert and their 24-year-old daughter Robin. We were also pleased to meet Mr. and Mrs. J. (Peter) de L. Sorcour at the Papert home. It turned out Mr. Sorcour is director general of the privately-funded South African Foundation whose aim it is to promote South Africa

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1974

A Tribute To ‘Bike’ (AN EDITORIAL) The Milford community lost one of its most dedicated and respected citizens last week. Os course, we refer to the passing of Arlo Beiswanger. teacher and community servant. Arlo was better known affectionately as “Bike” by his legion of friends, and this quiet easiness made him an effective teacher for 33 years to a passing parade of youngsters who look back on “the good old days when ’Bike’ was our social studies teacher." Testimony to what students thought of Arlo was evident Tuesday when a special memorial service was held in the morning at the Milford Methodist church prior to the regular afternoon service. There were many damp' eyes and seriousfaced youngsters there to pay their last respects to a good friend. Many said he passed away as quietly as he lived. He became a teacher and coach at his native Topeka before coming to Milford in 1940. In the war years he took over die Milford Trojans as coach after Bob Bushong went into the service. “Bike” coached the embryonic team of sophomores that year to win the sectional tournament, the same team going on to become the last “great” team to come out of Milford. Arlo served the Milford Methodist church as financial secretary. He served Kosciusko Lodge 418, F & AM, as secretary for over 25 years. The Masonic memorial service on Sunday night and the list (rs Milford Masons who gathered far the occasion testify to the way this group felt toward their fallen brother. He was immediate past president of the Milford Lions club, and w’hen a treasurer was needed this year, he said, quietly. “If no one wants to be treasurer, I will.” And so it was done. “Bike” did these jobs so quietly and with so little fuss that it’s only after he is gone that we fully appreciated his worth to the community. He will be missed as time passes by his community fellowmen Milford will miss Arlo Beiswanger ... a real community servant.

Akron moves to regional The Akron Flyers upset favored Rochester 91-89 last Saturday night to win the sectional crown and the right to meet Elkhart Memorial in the Elkhart regional. They will play at 12 noon. Coach Floyd Henson’s Flyers were obviously not a favorite at the sectional. They came into the tourney with a 10-10 season record. However, season records don’t tell the story. The Flyers knocked off Triton, who had defeated them twice in regular play, in the opening game 61-52. Akron also upset a good Warsaw squad in semi final action. 55-53. Wiring stolen at Syracuse Rubber Norm Druckamiller of r 2 Syracuse reported to Syracuse police Thursday of a 1,000 foot roll of number 8 electrical wire taken from the side of the warehouse of Syracuse Rubber. Plant 2. Value of the goods was placed at SIOO.

through personal contact at top level throughout the world. The Foundation has offices in Cape Town, London. Paris. Durban, Washington and Bonn, we were to learn, and Mr. Sorcour travels considerably between these cities.’ Progress Made Easily, the first topic that disturbs Americans visiting this wonderful country » policy of apartheid, a word not completely to the liking of South Africans. Rather, they prefer the term "separate development." Mr. Sorcour and "Skip" managed a splendid job of telling us about the tremendous progress South Africa has made as a nation and in helping the bantu develop their own native Mr. Sorcour said it is the eventual aim of the government that the eight separate

WE'RE NO. 1— Akron coach Floyd Henson lets it be known that his Flyers are number 1. Lined up with his proud boys following the Saturday night upset over Rochester, coach Henson proudly gave the traditional No. 1 sign.

districts of the bantu people within the nation might eventually govern themselves and progress to the point where they will have separate diplomatic relationships with foreign countries. He was quick to tell us that South Africa has already taken great steps in eliminating what is termed “pretty apartheid," such as separate park benches for whites and blacks, and the like. And. of course, he pointed to Soweto, a city within a city, Johannesburg’s southwestern bantu townships. The Soweto population has grown from 200.000 in 1935 to 600.000 in 1965, and it had become a teeming slum. But that isn't the real story. The Johannesburg city council has worked miracles in cleaning up the slums, bringing education.

Assessment of personal property begins March 1

Kosciusko county assessor Carl T. Zimmer reminds residents and all business and manufacturers that personal property is to be assessed as and of March 1. Assessing will be completed May 15. The assessments are the responsibility of owners of boats, motors, campers, truck campers, snowmobiles. ATV, trailers for boats and snowmobiles, pontoons, house boats, travel trailers, aircraft, commercial business equipment and inventories, manufacturing equipment and inventories as well as farm products, livestock and equipment. All ducks, poultry and turkeys are to be included and also, fur bearing animals. Bee stands are to be reported to the township assessor. All assessments are to be assessed using as the authority of regulation 16 as prepared by the state board of tax commissioners of the state of Indiana. The assessing of all personal Hickory dancer abducted, raped Members of the Elkhart city police department and Milford town marshal Don Drake are [robing a report by a 22-year-old Indianapolis woman to have been kidnapped from outside the Hickory Lounge in Milford last Sunday morning and raped. The report shows the woman was taken from Milford to a house believed to be in the Elkhart area where she was raped. She described her abductor as a 25-year-old male, white, being five feet, eight inches tall with long brown hair. He was driving an older model red car with a black interior and tom seats. The woman was released by her abductor at about 10 a.m. Monday at Prairie and Middlebury streets in Elkhart. Drake said she was one of the dancers from the Hickcry ami was reported missing when her agent came to Milford after her and other dancers at 2 am. Sunday. A search was made throughout the area with no trace found on Sunday. When found the dancer said she had gone for a walk and was abducted. She has returned to Indianapolis. Milford man in single-car mishap Gary L. Miller. 29. Milford, was involved in a single car crash Sunday at 3:20 a.m. on CR 22 north of Goshen. Miller lost control -of his eastbound 1969 Chevrolet on a curve and crashed into a corn field. Damage was estimated at $1,400 by the investigating officer.

property in the state of Indiana and Kosciusko county must be completed as and of May 15. Any assessment made after that date will be shown on record as a late filing and is subject to a penalty for late filing. The law provides that each taxpayer be responsible for having his property assessed and should make arrangements with his assessor for any assistance or see his tax accountant. The township is equipped with the necessary assessment forms and assessment information to assist wherever necessary. In some cases, assessment forms will be mailed to known taxpayers, however, should they not be received the township assessor should be contacted. The county assessor held a conference with all the township assessors and the state board of tax commissioners was represented so that each assessor and deputies should now be familiar as to his duties and responsibilities.

Break-ins continue under investigation

A number of break-ins at Syracuse continue under investigation by law officers. An attempted break-in at the Pacer station sometime Friday night was reported to police, however, intruders were apparently unable to gain entry after a north door glass was broken, due to added security to the door on the inside. The incident was reported by station manager Cecile Steele. County officers continued investigation into the theft of a tricarb auto manifold valued at $250

Higher postal rates effective on March 2

Higher postal rates became effective Saturday, March 2. The increases included 10 cents for mailing a first class letter. The rate increase scheduled for January 5, was deferred as a result of actions by the cost of living council in late December. The council ordered a $236 million or 15 per cent reduction in revenue increases proposed for 1974. The postal service had sought to increase its revenues by $1,542 million in the calendar year of 1974. Despite the inflationary trends in the economy, the last basic increase in postal rates came nearly three years ago, in May 1971. The rate for first class letters will now be 10 cents per ounce,

housing, health care and a broad recreational program to Soweto. No one would disagree that this bantu area has been a miracle in revitalization. It has been called “one of the world's greatest slum clearance schemes of the postwar era.” Saw Quarters Our genial host and hostess in the Papert household, following a patio dinner overlooking their swimming pool and well manicured back yard, were most generous in answering our personal questions about their treatment of servants who work in their household, to the point of taking us to their living quarters, under the same roof as the Papert household, but separate. We found the quarters for the two maids clean and comfortable and apparently to the liking of the women. They are paid variously

Household furnishings are assessable in all cases such as furnished apartments and mobile homes. Antique automobiles and all trucks that are rated over 11,000 pounds are taxable. All mobile homes are assessable unless they are placed on real estate as a permanent improvement an! as such would be assessed in the same manner as any building structure. % All dogs are to have a tag. These should be obtained from the assessor. Kennels will require special fees, no tags are required fa* kennels. No tags are required for dogs six months or less in age. New' buildings or improvements ire to be reported to the township assessor, pole buildings, silos, homes, garages, patios, piers, etc. are just some of the items and all must be included in your report. With the cooperation of all county property holders the assessment could be completed by’ May 15, thus avoiding late filing penalties.

and taken from a warehouse owned by Chester Elder on old state road 13-A southeast of Syracuse. Richard Pawlicki, 413 South Front street, Syracuse, reported to town police a number of missing items from the residence which he was moving into on Friday. The items were discovered missing around midnight and a list of missing articles was being made. No evidence of forced entry was found.

eight cents each for post cards. Airmail letters are now 13 cents per ounce and airmail cards are 11 cents each. Rates for second, third and fourth class mail has also increased. In cair-motorcycle collision Saturday County sheriff David Andrews investigated a car-motorcycle mishap on the Warner Road southeast of Syracuse at 2:35 p.m. Saturday. Involved were Dennis W. Mench, 26, Syracuse, driver of the eyeie who sustained a bruised right knee, and Joe Yoder, 34, r 2 Columbia City. Yoder complained of neck pain following the mishap.

from 20 to 4<) Rands (S3O to S6O American) f»er month, and the yardman is paid approximately 50 Rand ($75 American) per month. They have their quarters and meals furnished. In the case where these domestics don t live in, they must make the long trek to and from their township homes at the edge as the city each day, and this is l ime consuming and expensive fcr them. And, of course, opr genial and hospitable hosts would have us think this is the way the bantu would want it. but we could never be sure. More underlying to the entire race relationship, we had a compelling itiunch. was the fact that South Africa has over 15 million blacks and slightly over three million whites. (Continued on page 4)

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