The Mail-Journal, Volume 11, Number 13, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 April 1974 — Page 1
What uptown merchants say about parking meters . . .
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CHUCK CLEVENGER, of Mr. Pickwick’s Men’s Wear: “I would be in favor of removal of the parking meters if a twohour parking limit and a strong fine lor offenders were enforced as strongly as the meters are being enforced at the present time."
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VOLUME 11
Weatherhead strike is ended
'rhe strike that has idled employees at the Weatherbead Co. plant at Syracuse has been settled and the over 300 workers returned to their jobs at midnight Sunday. According to Stan L. Thompson. manager of industrial relations at the Syracuse plant, employees approved the National Agreement on Saturday, April 20.
Bike-A-Thon to boost township cancer drive
This year’s Turkey Creek township cancer drive should get a healthy boost from a new *mnkle in fund raising According to Terry Griffith, a member of the drives committee. a Bike-A-Thon will be lield at 9am Saturday, April 27. beginning at Wawasee high school and following a 21-mile route around Syracuse Lake and 1-ake Wawasee The trip will proceed through Syracuse, around Syracuse Lake. |jast the airport. Enchanted Hills, the fish hatchery. Oakwood Park, the Sea Nymph plant and back to
Jaycees review charter night, clean-up project
Members of the Milford Area Jaycees met April 11 at the fire station. A short review of the charter night banquet and Milford area clean-up was held. The next meeting will be April
Vandalism and thefts reported to police
Robert Long of 424 S Main. Syracuse, reported to Syracuse police Saturday that floor wax had been poured on. two cars parked behind his garage at the above address. Carl Godfrey of High st reet in Syracuse reported to officers i Saturday morning of $1.40 taken from a newspaper collection envelope in his mailbox and the envelope was found across the street. Reported Sunday to police by 4 Phil Houser at Bob 576 Service was the theft of a set of engine
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DOUG PILCHER, owner of Doug Pilcher Shoes: "I am in favor of the meters because it gives my customers a chance to park close to my store."
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Contolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE - WAWASEE JOURNAL (Etf. 1907)
following a company-wide strike which began at midnight. Sunday, March 31. - The approval of the agreement brought to an end work stoppage at the company's plants at Syracuse, two plants at Columbia City, and one plant at Columbus, Ohio However. the Angola plant, one Os the five plants involved in the
the starting point at the high school The event is open to the public, young and old alike, and riders are asked to get sponsors — as many as possible — at a minimum of 10 cents per mile. Complete information for riders and sponsors is available at the high school. A $25 gift certificate at Tom Socks Sportswear will be given the rider who gets the most money, Griffith said. Mrs. Robert Heady- is cochairman with Griffith on the event.
25 at the fire station at 730 pm A discussion will be held on refreshmenu at the meetings. There will also be an election for a state director. After the meeting there will be a refreshment party.
heads from an auto parked at the station belonging to Royce Meyers. Assigned to Ist Cavalry FORT HOOD. Texas - Army private Robert C. Clemens. 17. son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Clemons. Syracuse, is assigned to the Ist Cavalry division at Fort Hood. Texas. Pvt. Clemons is an armorer in headquarters troop. Ist squadron of the division s 6th Cavalry
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MIRIAM SPEICHER, manager of My Store: ’’We favor enforced customer parking limit plus employee merchant cooperation. Municipal accounting makes parking meters look profitable. Commercial bookkeeping would show them a tremendous loss.”
master contract, remains on strike over local issues. The new three-year contract has major break-throughs in the areas of wages, cost-of-living, improved fringe benefits and contractual language changes, according to Mr. Thompson. Employees at the Syracuse plant are members of United Auto Workers. Local 1404
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PROMOTED TO COLONEL — I Chaplain Mansfield E. Hunt, son , of Mrs. Nelson M. Hunt of r 1 NorUr Webster, has been promoted to colonel in the U.S. Air Force. Chaplain Hunt is assigned to Norton AFB. Calif. A IMS graduate of Whitewater high school at Richmond, the chaplain received his BA degree in 1952 from Taykr university in Upland. He completed requirements for his MTh degree in 1955 at Southern Methodist university. His wife. Rosemary, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther E. Watson of Fountain Oty. Walter Miller is 80 years old Walter S. Miller of r 1 Milford observed his 80th birthday on April 18. Mr. and Mrs Ed Miller of Goshen. Mrs. Fred Weisser. Brad and Kathy and Mrs. Neal Cory were guests on Thursday evening
GEORGE CUYLER. owner of Gamble’s in Syracuse: "It is my thought our parking meters uptown should be removed and a two-hour parking limit be put in. This should ease parking tempers."
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 24. 1974
County historical society, museum plan tour of county
Members of the Kosciusko County Historical society and the Kosciusko county historical museum are planning a tour of several area places on Sunday, May 5. The tour will be from 12:30 until 5:30 p m. and will be thru the county courthouse, the Billy Sunday museum, the county historical museum and six private homes. The homes are those of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Prickett of Syracuse, built in 1838; Look-Out cottage, owned by Mrs. Arthur Schrader of Lake Wawasee, formerly the Pottawatomi club circa 1858; Northwood Terrace, owned by Eli Lilly on Cedar Beach, Lake Wawasee. built byColonel Eli Lilly in 1886 . and the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Peters at 700 Front street, Syracuse, built in 1853 on the corner of Main and Huntington streets in Syracuse, it was known as the Lake House hotel and was moved to its present site in 1906; Also to be shown are the homes of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Gawthrop, Jr., on old state road, Leesburg, built in 1861; and Mr. and Mrs.
Silverline dealer appointed in Syracuse
Arctic Midwest Distributors, Inc., White Bear Lake. Miim.. has appointed Bishop's Wawasee Boat Co., Inc., Syracuse, as a Silverline boat dealer. Bishop s Wawasee Boat Co. is owned and operated by Harry S. Bishop. Jack L. Reece is sales manager for the company
MAD seeks fund allocation
The Milford Area Development Council (MAD) is seeking a community project where it can designate proceeds it anticipates from its Memorial Day activities. Plans for the upcoming event which proved such a success a year ago in spite of afternoon rainfall, were discussed at the fire station meeting last night. Dan Levernier is general chairman, according to MAD chairman John Perry. Some of the events planned following the traditional Memorial Day parade and cemetery program are a chicken barbecue, cutie contest, volleyball and other events. Last year MAD gave S6OO to the local Little League as a result of a successful day. The project committee, made up of Ralph Karstedt. chairman. Evelyn Om. Harry Schultz, Paul Kizer and Diane Weisser, will consider a suitable project
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COL. LEONARD H. GREER. Greer House of Gems: "Parking meters are a nuisance and an aggravation to the public, and keep a great many people from shopping uptown. Meters should be removed."
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Warren Rector, Leesburg, circa 1900. The tour is unescorted so people may more easily travel at their own convenience. The first stop is the county courthouse, although the tour may be joined at any point. , Tickets may be purchased at most area banks or at the Warsaw Chamber of Commerce office. Committee members working on the tour are chairman. Mrs. Dennis Ware; co-chairman. Mrs. Robert Lichtenwalter; tickets sales, Mrs. Stuart Stokes, Mrs. John Ball, Jr., Mrs. Robert Willits, Mrs. Thomas Tuttle, Mrs. Richard Goshert; hostesses, Mrs. H. V. Gawthrop, Jr.; museum special collections, Mrs. Cary Groninger; hospitality, Mrs. Ralph Brubaker and Mrs. Ronald Sharp; publicity, Mrs. David Sigfried; tour day arrangements, Mrs. G. Tom Alexander; research, Mrs. Ruth Kain; treasurer. Miss Florence Pfeiffer. In 1975 and 1976 the society is planning to feature homes in Warsaw and the southern part of the county.
Silverline is manufactured in Moorhead, Minn., and is one of the top selling fiberglass boats in the United States. Primarily cruising and water skiing boats, they range in size from IS to 22 feet. Also included in their line is a 170 foot fishing boat with raised, swivel deck chairs.
Industrial Park Don Ahms and Paul Brembeck reported on progress made by their industrial park committee, stating they are now out seeking stock purchasers, at SSO per share. They hope to wind their efforts up as soon as possible, in order to hold a first stockholders* meeting. Both men reported a “good response.*' Alex Morris, rural coordinator for the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese of Spanish-speaking people, reported that a second meeting has been held with officials of the Farm and Home Administration on getting low income housing for the Milford area. He said two per cent of the cost of a 24-unit apartment would be required to get the project off the ground. He said it would cost between $400,000 and $500,000. and that he has reason to think (Continued on page 15)
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JOHN R. WALKER. Manager First Charter Insurance Co.: "People who park in a commercial area all day are as much a nuisance as the parking meters. Some kind of a control is necessary.”
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UNITED FUND RECIPIENT — Shown here. l-r. are Kosciusko county United Fund vice president Jack Jarecki. presenting a UF check to Mrs. Steven Hearn, director of the Lakeland Day Care Center at Syracuse; and Mrs. Steve Heckman and Mrs. Richard Sasso. United Fund board, members and advisors to the day care center’s board of directors. The center, housed within Calvary United Methodist church al Syracuse was recently allocated $4,989 by the county United Fund. A check was given the center some weeks ago in the amount of $2,080 with the stipulation that an additional $2,000 would be donated if and when the center could raise the matching funds within the Syracuse-Milford-North Webster area. The necessary- funds were raised and the additional funds donated in a meeting at Calvary church.
Numerous accidents are investigated
Minor damage was listed in a two-vehicle mishap at 12:50 p.m. Sunday at the Huntington and Chicago street intersection in Syracuse. Police reported a 1969 Dodge driven by Wayne G. Krieger. 53, Kendallville, and a 1967 Buick belonging to Mrs. Christine Disher. 54. r 4 Syracuse, were both stopped at the stop sign on Chicago street when Krieger started forward, then stopped. He was bumped from behind by the Disher auto. Officers of the Syracuse police department set damage at S4O ta the Dodge and $lO to the Buick. No one was injured. An accident occurred at 11:13 a.m. Thursday in the 100 block of North Huntington street in Syracuse as a 1973 Chevrolet driven by Carlos Holden, 49, Ligonier, and belonging to Riblet Products, was northbound after stopping at the stoplight and outriggers on the right side sideswiped a 1974 Star Craft housecar parked at a parking meter. The housecar, damaged S2OO. belonged to Halbert Brown of Goshen. Damage was S2O to the outriggers. Injured State police investigated two accidents Sunday on county road 900 east near Syracuse during a
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JERRY GANSHORN. President Ganshorn Printing. Inc.: "Parking meters — NO! But controls and convenience are necessary. We need 30 minute, two hour and all-day zones. Educate shoppers and merchants alike of these conveniences for Easy Shopping in Syracuse.”
severe dust storm and high winds. Motorcyclist Terry Egolf, 16, r 1 Cromwell, was admitted to Elkhart hospital with a pelvis fracture sustained as his cycle crashed into the back of a car driven by Ralph Enoch, 63, r 2 Syracuse. Both vehicles were northbound at the crash time with visibility cut to about five feet due to blowing dust. Another motorcycle rider, Robert L Day, 15, Syracuse, was treated and released from Goshen hospital for abrasions and bruises after his cycle collided with an auto operated by Ralph Ogar. 31, Elkhart, in nearly the same area. Officers reported Day pulled from behind a truck to pass as the driver had stopped on the roadway due to visibility, and collided head-on with the Ogar car. Minor Damage Syracuse officers investigated two separate auto mishaps Monday. A 12:10 p.m. mishap involved Mrs. Max Ganshorn, 54. r 4 Syracuse, driver of a 1972 Mercury. with no damage to the auto, and a 1972 Chevrolet driven by Percy O. Troyer, 67, r 1 Syracuse, with S3O damage. The accident occurred in the
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GERALD HUBBARD, of Love Furniture and Appliances: "Meters should not be decided by the uptown businessmen, but also by area shoppers. They eliminate all-day parking. If money doesn't come from meters, it will come from higher taxes.”
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100 block of West Pearl street as Mrs. Ganshorn attempted to back her auto from a parking space and bumped the right rear fender of the Troyer auto. Janet S. Lilly, 26, r 1 North Webster attempted to back her 1973 Ford truck from a parking area on Henry street at 7:45 p.m. and hit the fender of a parked 1972 Ford. No damage was listed to the truck and SSO was estimated to the Ford registered to Harold and Ann Gallahan of r 4 Syracuse. 0 New home for precinct one In a meeting this past week with Eddie Overmyer, precinct _ committeeman for the first precinct of Tippecanoe township, and Homer Shoop, executive director of the International Palace of Sports in North Webster, it was decided that the primary, May 7, and general, November 5, elections for the first precinct will be held in Camelot hall at the Palace of ’ Sports. “We have never had a real home for the first precinct and with Camelot hall made available, I think we have finally found one,” stated Overmyer.