The Mail-Journal, Volume 11, Number 9, Milford, Kosciusko County, 27 March 1974 — Page 1

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VOLUME 11

B-4*' 'l-, " KEEP IT CLEAN I — So proclaims thr blue bumper sticker that has been seen on area cars lately. The Syracuse Lake Property Owners Association is handing out 2.500 such stickers and asking motorists to join in their "keep our lake clean'* campaign. Abuse, rigtit. association president Bill Peters is being assisted by Gordon ( "Short”) McCormick. putting a sticker on a McCormick vehicle. McCormick is on the board of directors of the campaign and with Peters is urging area motorists to display the sticker proudly as part of the group’s ecology drive..

Milford girl second in county spelling contest

Linda Perry-, a Milford sixth grader and daughter of Mr and Mrs N. John Perry of r 1, Finished second in the fifth and sixth grade county spelling championship last Saturday in Warsaw Sabrina Handgen. 12. Leesburg sixth grader, won the contest She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Edward Handgen of r»7 Warsaw In the 110th round Linda missed the word “oligopoly" which Sabrina correctly spelled The Leesburg girl then spelled “onionskin" to win the crown Carla Eastlund of North Webster went dow-n in the eighth round on the word "infantry’ and Jane Haffner of Syracuse went down tn the 23d round on the word

Milford Easter Seal canvass to be Saturday, March 30

Mrs. Robert Brown, chairman for Milford, has invited all those young people who participate in this drive to enjoy a pizza parly in the United Methodist church's fellowship room over the noon hour Boys and girls in the upper elementary class and the junior high class of the Milford United Methodist church will once again participate in the annual Kosciusko County Easter Seal dkive The dnve will be a house-to-house canvass from 10 am. until 12 noon and from! until 3 p.m on Saturday. March 30

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"auditor’. Sabrina and Linda spelled alone for 60 rounds before the championship was decided.

Intermediate Mothers hear state police Tom Jacks talk

Sergeant Tom Jacks of the Indiana state police was guest speaker for the meeting last w eek of the Intermediate Mothers club of Syracuse at the home of Mrs. Ross Cook. Jacks gave a talk on the Rock Festival held at Bull Island in

The Kosciusko County Easter Seals Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Inc., has been in active service in the county for over a decade and during these years has helped many children and adults to live a more normal life. Through the funds that Kosciusko county citizens provide a number of physically handicapped children have had the opportunity to go to a special summer camp each summer for a week or two Each year four Kosciusko county students rereive scholarships to help them pursue studies in fields related to handicapped persons

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The seventh and eighth grade contest will be held this coming Saturday with the winner spelling against Sabrina on April 6.

1969, showed a film on the event and served as narrator. He added the most effective way to decrease the use of drugs is to teach children about drugs in the same way they are taught other thirds, a matter of repetition. A discussion of the film followed. Seventeen members and one guest Mrs. Willis Thomas of Marion, were in attendance The business meeting was opened by club president Mrs. Fen Rhoads at which time Mrs. Betty Blue was welcomed as a new member. Project chairman Mrs Arden Bushong requested moneymaking ideas for projects for next summer It was also noted the local garden club still had openings for their tour scheduled for March 28. The meeting adjourned with the chib collect. Refreshments were served by the hostess assisted by Mrs. James Stucky and Mrs. Frank Stefanski The next meeting will be on April 1 in the home of Mrs. Harold Kline.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27. 1974

Sewage treatment plant nears completion, rates set Monday

With the new sewage treatment plant and interceptor facilities nearing completion in Milford a public hearing was held Monday at the fire station for formal passage of municipal sewer ordinances 74-4 and 74-5 by the town board Some 14 townspeople were in attendance at the meeting and questioned board members, town attorney Rex Reed and Hershel Umbaugh of Umbaugh Associates on how Jhe sewer rates would effect them. Most of those present are not on the current sewer system, therefore, they will not be required to pay sewer charges. No one objected to the passage of the ordinances In a letter sent to townspeople prior to the meeting the town board. Dr. T. A. Miller, Mrs. Bessie Sunthimer and Norman Lovell — explained the facilities were being built with town funds, federal grant monies and state grant monies. The town funds are from the $1 cumulative sewer funds which have been collected over the past several years with the federal government paying for 75 per cent of the project and the state government paying for an additional 10 per cent. Because of the grants and the cumulative fund it has not been necessary for the town to borrow to pay for these facilities. However, as the letter continues. it is necessary to pay operating expenses and to start charging for sewage services. Any townsman within 150 feet of a sanitary sewer must connect and be a user of the sewage works if required to do so by the town. In some instances sewers come within 150 feet of homes but have been placed so shallow that it is not possible for additional users to connect to said sewers.

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y ou. happened during our trip to South America. South and East Africa. They make up unforgettable . instimce®. Who, for example, could ever forget the fun city of Rio de Janeiro, a trip up towering Sugar r»Me cars or the trio to the 12story Christ the Retifeemer w men overlooks this city of beaches’ Or a ride in a Sao Paulo-built Volkswagen by a native driver. OBlting 18. BBU vU* vj ivui traffic. It reminded some of us of »lu. ion <4® wo tnnk fmm the the IS7I ri<je um* irum me Airport IB iMnSßeiSgt. iM? v» ft • vatane. '■- ' n’*' rW trm ■'

Based On Water Rates The charges for sewage service will be passed on water usage with summer rates being figured on the amount of water used in winter months so persons will not have to pay a larger sewer bill for sprinkling their lawns. The minimum rate is $2 per month for those persons on the town water lines and $4 per month for persons not on the water line. In the letter from the town board all persons were urged to make sure their water usage is not excessive — dripping faucets, leaking fixtures and wasteful use of water, says the letter, will result in unnecessarily high sewage and water bills. Figures on quantity of water used per quarter and rates per thousand gallons along with meter size and quarterly minimum charges were printed m a legal notice (74-4) which appeared in this paper during the past two weeks. The rates and charges fixed by the ordinance shall become effective for services rendered in the first full water billing quarter after final adoption of this ordinance according to section 501 of the ordinance. In answer to when these rates would be charged attorney Rex Reed said the first billing would probably be in June. (Xdinance 74-5 regulates the Ilk* of public and private sewers andL drains, private sewage u.»)K)sal. the installation and connection of building sewers and the discharge of waters and wastes into the public sewer system and provides penalties for violations thereof. It was noted at the board meeting Monday that no town sewers have been installed east of the railroad tracks, however, a number of private sewers have

‘''*• ■ The towering 10-stary office buddings in a row, the expansive dty r wJ* yS? meter s. * <re / t^a^ going up everywhere The impact eK. flnirLT'jn n.iM. throngs of lightly clad bronzeOnce in awhile the thought crossed our minds, What are the people in Indiana doing with freezing snow on the ground,’ 5 but ->he thoughloog.... was ovKpiiious .

been installed over the years. One area resident asked when the entire town would be served by the sewer system. Dr. Miller, board president, said he could not say. He explained that plans are currently being drawn by the engineering firm of Baxter and Woodman for a new sanitary , sewer system to cover the entire town. When the plans are completed and approved by the town board they will be forwarded to the state for approval. At the same time a federal grant, like the one that is being used to help pay for the sewage treatment facilities, has been applied for and the cumulative building fund which continues until 1976, payable in 1977, is being considered to help the town gain funds for this new project. Miller continued that one reason the town of Milford received its federal grant for the current sewage treatment facilities when it did was because the cumulative sewage fund gave them the money necessary to pay (Continued on page 7) Mishap on slippery roads Damage was listed at SI,OOO in a two vehicle mishap at 12:30 Sunday afternoon as vehicles driven by Scott Shannon, 20, r 3 Syracuse, and Carolyn Evans, 17, r 1 Cromwell, collided on slippery roads. The mishap, investigated by county officers, occurred in the Enchanted Hills area east of Lake Wawasee. Damage was set at $450 to the Shannon auto and $550 to the vehicle driven by Evans.

wF' sW' obi ’ll \ ■ j a new job for . . . DAN CASKEY

Lakeland Youth Center has new director

The Lakeland Youth Center at Syracuse will be resuming operations soon with the naming of Dan Caskey as new director of the center. Son of the Ed Caskeys of Syracuse, he is a 1961 graduate of Syracuse high school and an honor graduate of Career Academy’s school of Radio Broadcasting. Dan has been director of the Syracuse Little League for the past two summers and will continue in that role.

Assessor reminds persons to file leased property

County assessor Carl T. Zimmer reminds residents of Kosciusko county that many businesses have their own accounting departments but many rely on the services of public accountants, therefore, he suggests all taxpayers who have leased personal property to be sure and report such property to their accountants. This, he said, is very important to the various assessors. The Indiana regulations are very dear on the assessment of such property and it is very important that it be assessed properly so that no penalty may be applied. This must be prepared on the usual 103 L form which is available at the assessor's office. The leased property (personal) would be as and of March 1,1974.

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He is married to the former Sandra Tapp of Cromwell and they have two daughters. Starr Lynn, aged eight, and Steffanny Lee, five. Dan is past master of the Cromwell Masonic Lodge, F&AM 705, and a member of the Noble County Past Masters club, the Ligonier chapter of Eastern Star, and Cromwell United Methodist church. The Caskeys reside at 242 North Jefferson street in Cromwell.

Community services at North Webster Good Friday services 'or the community at North Webs er will be held at the United Methodist church, and a musical will be the community service on Palm Sunday at 7 p.m. in the North Webster Church of God. Pastor Charles E Myers of the North Webster Christian church has announced the adult-youth Sunday school contest now on will continue to Easter Sunday. Also, a sunrise breakfast and service will be held at the church around the 6.30 hour, with the service scheduled for out of doors, weather permitting, on Blaster Sunday.

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