The Mail-Journal, Volume 11, Number 21, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 June 1974 — Page 1

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MORTGAGE BURNING — Members of the New Salem Church of the Brethren will hold a mortgage burning ceremony on Sunday. June 23. The services will begin at 2 p.m Among the speakers of the day will be former pastor Rev. Howard Kreider of Milford.

Mortgage burning services at New Salem church on Sunday

Mortgage burning services will be held at the New Salem Church of the Brethren, southeast of Milford at the corner of 900 N and 200E. on Sunday. June 23. at 2 o’clock Several members of the church who had part in the building program as well as former pastor Rev Howard Kreider and pastor Chad Woodburn will speak The mortgage to be burned was on the 40 by 72 foot addition w hich Psi lotas of Webster gain four initiates The Theta Sigma chapter of Psi lota Xi sorority held pledge and initiation services this month for four new members They were Mrs Tom Brindle. Mrs Glen Bowen. Mrs Bob Roose and Mrs John Weeks President Mrs Jack Rhoades and conductress Mrs James Kline conducted the pledge service in the home of Mrs LaMar Clouse of Tippecanoe Lake Mrs Gilbert Waltz, also of Tippecanoe Lake, hosted the initiation service Local officers conducting the latter were President — .Mrs. Jack Rhoades Vice president Mrs Kenneth Book Corresponding secretary — Mrs Luther Allen Recording secretary — Mrs Phil Hoy Treasurer — Mrs Jay Boyer Conductress — Mrs Kline Music for the ceremony was provided by Mrs. Richard Shipley and Mrs Robert Ritchie. The Psi Otas are well-known for community services as well as financial donations to philanthropies. Local members planning to attend the national convention later this month at Indianapolis are Mrs. Rhoades and Mrs. Waltz Dissolutions Filed Kahn Yanke. Elkhart county and Daniel Yanke. They were married September 21. 1968 and separated June 9. 1970. She asks that her former name of Skipper be restored. Everett and Judy Rose. 411 Cross, Goshen. They were married April 29. 1971 and separated June IS. 1974.

contains 15 additional classrooms plus a pastor’s study, crib room, restrooms. kitchen and fellow ship room The original building was constructed in 1879 with ground breaking for the addition being on June 5.1966 The cornerstone was laid m October of that year and the building was dedicated on August 6. 1967 Dr. Daryl Johnson was chairman of the building com1 ALUMNI PRESIDENT — Jon Dewart, above, was elected president of the Milford Alumni Association at the annual banquet on June 8. Dewart is a 1964 graduate of Milford high school. He and his wife Ailene reside at Waubee lake with their young son Shane. Stolen items are recovered A fiberglass canoe reported stolen the first week m June byMrs John Price of Sunset Park, Wawasee. was found Thursday by Warren Swartz of the Elkhart county sheriffs department, m the channel area near Merrill’s Marina. A boat trailer reported stolen from Wawasee Sportsmans Center on June 6 was found on U.S. 6 west of Syracuse on Thursday. June 13. \>lue of the trailer was placed at 9173. ATTEND FUNERAL Mrs. Harold Arnold, Mrs. Vem Beckman. Mrs Fred Johnson and Mrs. Earl Money, all of the Syracuse area, attended the funeral of Mrs Robert (Helen? Wilkerson at Marion on Monday.

mittee Other members of that committee were John Plank. Glenn Deeter. Vere Wildman and Ellis Wildman. Trustees at the time of the building were Albert Mathews, Max Shively and Glen Morehouse. Pot Luck A pot luck dinner will be held at the noon hour with all friends of the church invited to attend the morning worhsip, the dinner and the mortgage buring ceremony. Vehicles sideswipe on Pickwick road Syracuse police investigated a two-vehicle collision at 11.45a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Indiana 13 south of Syracuse and Sycamore street near the Calvary United Methodist church. The mishap occurred as Edna Thomas. 88, r 1 Syracuse, stopped her 1960 Ford partially on the west edge of the state road prior to entering the main highway, and was bumped by a 1969 Buick driven by Eva Penn. 70. r 4 Syracuse Miss Penn braked her auto in an attempt to avoid collision but could not stop in time to miss the Thomas auto and could not swerve to the left due to oncoming traffic. Damage was set at S3OO to the Buick and SSO to the Ford Reports missing case and rabbits A white carrying case for rabbits was reported to Syracuse police as missing Saturday from the Wilmer Frederick residence at 130 East Boston street. Syracuse. On Monday, two red New Zealand rabbits were reported as missis from the property after hinges had been removed from the hutch. A white rabbit was reported missing on Tuesday. The carrying case was recovered Damage $1,025 Damage was estimated at $1,025 in a two-vehicle mishap on Pickwick road just east of road 530 East at 7:35 a m. Sunday. There were no injuries in the mishap as the autos sideswiped on a curve. Autos involved were a 1968 Buick driven by Jayette VanSickle. 25. r 2 Syracuse and a 1973 Buick operated by Adrian Zollinger. 42. r 1 Ligonier.

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Cite zoning violations —

Enchanted Hills is up in arms

Enchanted Hills residents are up in arms concerning zoning violations in their area, and vented their ire at the Syracuse town board meeting last night. A number of them spoke out vehemently about what they termed the board's inaction concerning zoning violations and the failure of the board to take legal action as promised against violators. Hawkins Case Again A main target of their concern is the mobile home erected in Enchanted Hills by “Pop” Hawkins. Wilbur Charles, spokesman for the Enchanted Hills Association, said he checked at the courthouse in Warsaw and found no injunctions were filed by the Syracuse town attorney as promised against the Hawkins mobile home. Attorney Reed said the mobile home has now been almost completely enclosed with a permanent structure with the required pitched roof and is not now illegal. Building commissioner Rex Yentes said "he probably operated with an illegal permit in the beginning” when he put a mobile home on his lot. In a final put-down, Charles said. “We will not ask you (the town board) to enforce your own ordinance any further, because you don’t do it anyway." Zen Bartos said he put the first home up in Enchanted Hills in 1962. He said. "I thought I bought restrictions, but 1 guess I was mistaken." He said the area is getting to be a slum, commenting. "this board isn’t interested in enforcing its own restrictions.” A near altercation occurred when Robert Justus said. “What good is a building permit’’ No one shows up to inspect a building once it is started." Building commissioner Yentes, on the job for a short time. said. “I resent this I’ve been on the job daily and have inspected your sites and others several times.’’ Al Henshaw, when asked where to take his complaints, was advised to appear before the board of zoning appeals. Attorney- Reed pointed out that Hawkins had an original 90-day building permit, but this orcfinance was amended November 6. 1973 when permits could be extended to 60-days and reextended 60 days as building required. When Mr. Bartos commented about loose dogs, junk cars, he added “We have a Watergate right here in our own community Everett Newman said the Mur in “hog barn" has not been brought into compliance (with the zoning ordinance). But now we have a landscaped hog bam there. Attorney Reed said that case was before the BZA and they could expect compliance within two weeks Other Business In other business, the board beard and several saw a demonstration of a speed gun. but the board made no determination on the purchase of the unit. Chief Dale Sparklin spoke of the needs of the police department and asked that his office be revived and that eight-foot lights be installed. Clerk-treasurer Betty Dust asked that the town hall be air-conditioned, and she was asked to get a quotation on the project. Sparklin also said they would soon be ready to pour the slab for the rest rooms at Railroad park.

An agreement between the town and Gene Berghorn was read and approved for the rental, at S2OO, for the park concession stand. Fire chief Joe Hughes asked when the board was going to provide relief for the operators. He said the men are working eight hours a day. seven days a week. He was told it would come up at budget time. A tentative agreement was read between the town and the Argonaut Realty Corp, for providing sewer hook-on for 55 units to be built. The first 25 should be ready for hook-on byMarch 1, 1975 according to Argonaut president Thomas E. Leonard, who was present. The agreement was approved, with member Miller voting nay. Clerk Dust was asked to write a letter to Kelly England concerning cleaning up his property at 724 Pittsburg street.

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•MISS MILFORD’ — Pam Lantz. 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Lantz of Waubee Lake, will represent the Milford Lions club as "Miss Milford" in the "Queen of Lakes" contest at North Webster. A senior at Wawasee high school. Miss Lantz is five feet, two inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. She has blond hair and blue eyes. She enjoys horseback riding and swimming. She is a member of the Wawasee high school band. Lions plan eat stand schedule Milford Lions spent most of their Monday night meeting making plans and working out a work schedule for their eat stand at the North Webster Mermaid Festival. The stand is the club’s major project during its calendar year Pam Lantz. 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Lantz of Waubee Lake, was selected as "Miss Milford” in the Festival’s Queen of the Lakes beauty pageant, to be sponsored by the Milford Lions club. Rev. James Alt. new pastor of the Milford United Methodist church, was a guest. Rev. Alt is a member of the Star City Lions dub. Reports lawn chairs taken Mrs. Lloyd Disher of 337 Medusa, Syracuse, reported to Syracuse police Sunday of two green and white lawn chairs missing from their pontoon boat.

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FLOTILLA TROPHIES — This row of handsomely rich trophies will be given to winners in several categories at this year’s Flotilla, scheduled for Sunday. July 7. In the center is the Commodore’s Trophy, a traveling trophy which will be inscribed with the name of the winner each year, according to Ted Rogers, prime mover of this year’s event. 4

Revived Flotilla set for Sunday, July 7

The Wawasee Flotilla, an annual event for a number of years and then dropped due to lack of interest, has been revived and events planned are for a bigger and better festival than ever The festival will be held July 4 through 7. concluding with the water parade on Sunday. Fireworks Events this year will start with fireworks at the Syracuse citypark on Thursday, July 4. at dusk. This is sponsored by the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce and usually viewed bythousands. The Wawasee Ski club will present a ski show on July 5 at. 6 p.m. at the fish hatchery location with all kinds of skills on Lake Wawasee waters. Dr. Logan Love is chairman for the ski show. The Cromwell fire department is sponsoring the fireworks display at the fish hatchery location at dusk on Friday. July 5. A sailboat regatta is planned at 11 a m. on July 6 with registration at That Sailboat Place in Syracuse. Persons in charge are Larry Baumgardt. John Call and Paul Penn There will be five classes in the regatta, covering every type sailboat with a first, second and third prize to be awarded in each of the five classes The Flotilla dance is set for Saturday, July 6. in the Wawasee Prep school dining room with a limit of 250 tickets due to space, a first come basis. Tickets are available at Tom Socks or Thornburgs The Bob Snowball orchestra will be on hand for the dance and is known in this area having performed for the Spink-Gala at the Prep school. Parade Plans A mass parachute jump of 12 to 19 parachutists from the army reserve Green Berets will jump from two Indiana National Guard choppers, after taking off from Wawasee Airport, and parachute over the lake at 1 p m., making the start of the grand parade of boats around Wawasee. The parachutists will touch down in the waters near Wawasee Prep and the Eli Lilly estate where the lake will be marked off by patrol boats from the conservation department and sheriff's department, and no other boatswill be allowed in that area. Flote boats with scuba divers will pick-up the jumpers. The Fort Wayne Power squadron will be responsible for control of the parade in the lake waters. Commodore Putt Conservation officer Earl

i Money will be parade marshal. Commodore this year is Frank > Putt of Syracuse Lake I The parade will start in Conklin i Bay (Oakwood Park) and as in i years past, travel completely around Lake Wawasee. There is I no entry fee. - Persons interested in participating are encouraged to pickup and return entry blanks for the i event. Blanks are obtainable in most businesses in town with a I Flotilla poster. • However, a spokesman said this week that if your entry is not returned in time, entries will still be accepted as long as you have I anything that floats and can • make 10 mph. i Trophies will be awarded for ‘ first, second and third in the four > categories of commercial, industrial. residential and int stitutional > In addition, a commodore's

MAD council to discuss emergency equipment

The proposed emergency equipment for the town of Milford will be discussed at the Milford Area Development Council’s meeting set for Tuesday night at ' 7:30 p.m. at the fire station. The emergency fund has $750 in t its account as a result of the recent community chicken barbecue and will have an ad- ‘ ditional $2,000 if the town’s proposed use of federal revenue sharing funds is approved Town board members voted at their June meeting to set aside the $2,000 for the fund Upgrading Systems With the national emphasis placed on upgrading emergency health care systems the Murphy ' Medical Center and the Kosciusko County Medical J Society in cooperation with John S. Farquhar. MD and his Backing auto , damaged $l5O County officers investigated a two-vehicle mishap Monday evening when backing from a private drive northeast of Mentone. An auto being backed from the (finve was driven by Howard E. Slabaugh. 26. r 1 Syracuse. Driver of the other car was Raymond Ross. 46. r 1 Mentone, who could not stop in time to avoid collision Damage was set at $l5O to the Slabaugh auto and $220 to the Mentone car.

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trophy will be given for the best overall entry. Awards presentation will take place at Waco Beach following completion of the Flotilla. Committees Ted Rogers is president of this year’s Wawasee Flotilla Festival committee; Mike Kiley, vice president; Mrs. Wilbur Smith, secretary; and Bill Beemer, treasurer. Mrs. Smith is chairman of the sub-committee on publicity. Beemer, Tom Prickett and John Kroh head the finance committee. Registration is by Mrs. Joe Graber and Mrs Logan Love. Mrs. Jack Baker, Mrs. William Beemer and Mrs Graber are in charge of dance plans. Any further information needed may be obtained by contacting Rogers. Mrs. Garber or Mrs. Love.

associates of Fort Wayne are offering a course in emergency medical technology. This course is approved and certified by the state of Indiana. A certificate is awarded each student by the Indiana Vocational Technical college after completion of the 82 hour EMT course. The persons taking the course will meet for lectures one night each week for 16 weeks from 7 to 10 p m. at the national guard armory located on 350 N, Warsaw. The balance of the 82 hours will be spent in practice in the hospital emergency room, ambulance experience and other emergency related services. Persons wanting additional information or registration forms should contact Rick Vanlaningham. Milford driver cited after accident Vehicles driven by Mary L. Yates, 36. r 5 Warsaw, and Juan D. Morales, 23, box 33 Milford, collided Monday at 9:44 p.m. at the intersection of Lake and Center streets in Warsaw. Mrs. Yates and her daughter, Alicia Yates. 17, received cuts and bruises while Morales was uninjured. Damage was listed at $1,700 by city patrolman Gerry Oswalt and Morales was cited for not having a driver’s license in Ms possession.