The Mail-Journal, Volume 12, Number 26, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 July 1975 — Page 1

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Fund discrepancy at Syracuse school

A discrepancy has been found in the extra-curricular fixids of the Syracuse elementary school and state board of account auditors have been in the administrative offices for the past week, pulling an audit of the books The audit is being made at the request of school officials Dolores Jones, r 3 box 90D Syracuse, was the secretary responsible for the extracurricular funds of the Syracuse school She has been dismissed At the July 8 meeting of the school board Marion Lantz, informed the board mere was evidently a discrepancy in the extracurricular funds at the Syracuse elementary school as the bank statement presented at the end of the school year indicated an overdraft of the account. Board members asked Mr Lantz to investigate further and report back at the next meeting Al the July 8 meeting extra curricular funds from the Milford junior high and elementary schools. North Webster junior high and elementary schools, Syracuse junior high school and Wawasee high school were approved This paper has learned that some 82.500 in non sufficient fund checks have been returned to the school corporation A check was written by Wawasee high school vice principal Donn D Kesler, upon the approval of superin tendent I ton H Arnold, to cover the overdrawn account School board president Bill Little confirmed Tuesday night at the board’s meeting that a transfer of funds has been made This money is to be replaced The investigation which followed the July 8 meeting indicated a possible shortage in the extra-curricular funds and the request was made to the state board of accounts to audit the fund at their earliest convenience. This audit was begun last week The auditors are currently continuing their audit for the Syracuse elementary school’s extra-curricular funds to determine if a shortage does exist, and if so. the amount. Board members said last night any further information will foltow the complete audit. Since a routine audit would have been held in the fall, all books of the corporation will be audited by the state board of accounts while they are in Syracuse. They will, therefore,

JI VEJ. x ' jBB BL > W 5; "'v> W 1 \W i i /u \i Mia /J EH— w/t \ 1 CONGRESSMAN AT MILFORD — Congressman Floyd Fithian chats informally with several Milford tiniyrif*? Mtevfo remarks tee made to a group of constituents at the Milford fire station Saturday mornfog.

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not have to return to the area in the fall .Annually each school secretary is required to file a report of extra-curricular funds following the close of the year. This report must balance with the bank statement which is mailed by the bank where the account is carried to the president of the school board. The bank statements are opened by the president at the board meeting in July and read aloud as other board members join m checking the year-end balances This is the first time in the

Teachers get 7 !4% salary increase!

The Lakeland school board and teachers have reached an agreement and signed contracts which give the teachers a 7 25 per cent ir crease over the next twoyear penod The two-year Contract, signed by the Lakeland Community School Corporation’s board of school trustees and the Lakeland Community Educators Association officers last night covers the 1975-76 and 1976-77 <■ school years j The agreement was reached after a senes of meetings bet-* ween representative negotiators for the two groups which began last winter Later they continued with a mediator appointed by the Indiana Education Employment Relations board The contract was ratified by the teachers’ organization at a special meeting last Thursday The board gave its final approval to the contract on Tuesday prior to signing it. Board members have discussed the contract often throughout the past several months as talks progressed and had approved guidelines for the agreement last fall before the negotiations began The contract, which was signed Tuesday, falls within these guidelines The current cost for teachers — 162 persons —- is $1,720,387 This figure will increase $146,835 the first year because of the increases in salaries and $112,857 the second year of the contract. The increase in the insurance which is payed by the school corporation will be $7,676, The corporation pays $l5O per year for an individual and S3OO per year for a family membership in

history of the school corporal ion such an apparent shortage has been discovered. It should be noted all school personnel handling monies are bonded for SIO,OOO or more, and if a shortage is discovered there will be no loss to the taxpayers. President Little also stated Tuesday night that the board’s policy of checking the extracurricular finds will, in the future, be changed to require more than an annual check on finds throughout the corporation The exact means of now this will be done has not been decided

the group hospitalization plan It also calls for increases of >6,194 on the extra duty pay. A complete schedule appears elsewhere in this article. The insurance increase and extra duty pay increase will only be for the first year There will be no increase the second year of the contract. Salaries Up The beginning salary in 1975-76 for a bachelor degree teacher will pbe $8,300. In 1976-77 it will be $8,700. This compares with $7,800 f in 1974-75. The beginning salary in 1975-76 for a teacher with a master’s degree will be SB,BOO and in 197677 it will increase to $9,300. This past year it was $8,300 The maximum salary for a bachelor degree teacher in 197576 will be $11,700 with 20 years experience. In 1976-77 said teacher will receive a maximum of $12,200 The 1974-75 rate was sll,lOO (Continued on page 11) Dewart Lake Protective Assn, elects officers Officers were elected for the coming year at the July meeting of the Dewart Lake Protective Association. Don Kennedy will serve as president and Carol Kennedy as secretary-treasurer Discussion was held on lack of fish m the lake, weed problem and dogs running loose It was also announced that there is no conservation officer on duty at the lake

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1975

| Colander of Events ] Syracuse Uptown Merchants | Sidewalk Days j § FRIDAY, JULY 25 — Church of God flea market g ? and bake sale with auction, all day; Campfire $ § kiss-a-Campfire girl booth, and others; £ $ SATURDAY, JULY 26 — VFW sausage and | § pancake fry, all day; Hex Grange bake sale, all g day. Campfire Girls booth; § £ MONDAY, JULY 28 — Eastern Star coffee and $ donuts with bake sale, 8 a.m. till ? & x TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, JULY | § 29, 30, 31 — SURPRISE!! § FRIDAY, AUG. 1 — BPW icecream social from 2 $ § till 8 p.m.; Enchanted hills Playhouse entertainment from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Campfire Girls :< | booth; § § SATURDAY, AUG. 2 — Pentecostal church $ supper and bazaar tables; Campfire Girls booth; x Other organizations participating. Little League S Booster club, hot dog stand; Calvary United $ 5; Methodist Youth Fellowship, cold drink stand; § Syracuse library, selling old books. | There is still room for any organization wishing g to participate in the sidewalk days event. The sponsoring merchants should be contacted for § £ details. £

Brouwers buy Klink's Market

Klinks Market, well known Wawasee Village store, was sold last week by Mrs Bemiece Klink to Mr. and Mrs. Jay Brouwer , Mr Brouwer has been an employee of the store for the past 18 years, being manager for more than 10 years The Brouwers, both native of the Syracuse community and residents of Wawasee Village, will continue active in the business management and operation of the store. Both Mr. and Mrs Brouwer are familiar figures in the community, Mrs. Brouwer being the daughter of the late Orville Klink. Built In 1953 Klink s Market was built in late 1953 by Mrs Klink and her late husband and it was opened for business in the spring of 1954 It was the first building in Wawasee Village. Mr Klink died August 19. 1969 When the store was built, an addition was also built to house Bemtece’s Beamy Shop The entire building, including the beauty shop, is 80 by 125 feet. Mrs Klink, who actively operated the beauty shop since it was originally opened, leased the building to Curls Beauty Shop this spring She continues to own the building as she does the

Congressman Floyd

Second district congressman Floyd Fithian, in a person-to-person effort to bring the federal government home to the people, appeared in three places tn Kosciusko county Saturday, and managed to ride in the Warsaw Pioneer Days Parade. His appearances in the cotmty were at the Milford fire station and the International Palace of Sports in North Webster on Saturday morning, and at the Claypool Lions club hall that afternoon. Wide Range Os Topics At the Milford meeting, and certainly at the others, he spoke on a wide range erf subjects, responding to questions from his constituents. Topics ranged from the everpresent energy crisis and the increase in gasoline to the shortage of fruit jar lids. He said

building in which the market is located. Both Mr and Mrs. Brouwer are graduates from Syracuse high school. Jay in 1956 and Susan in 1959. Mr Brouwer attended Wabash college at Crawfordsville. Ind., for one semester and Purdue imiversity for one year. They are members of the Saint Martin de Porres catholic church. Mr. Brouwer is a member of the Syracuse Lions club and was active in the Wawasee Area Jaycees before it was disbanded The Brouwers have three children: Barbara. 17. a senior at Wawasee high school. Kathy, 15. a sophomore at Wawasee high school; and Laurie 13. an eighth grader at Syracuse junior high school. Syracuse fair to be August 11-16 Wayne L. Coy. fair president, has announced that the annual fair in Syracuse will be August 1116. A contract has been signed with Hussey Amusement Corp, to show in Syracuse The show is coming under very high recommendations as a high grade fair

a group of 300 women m Valparaiso sent him a letter deploring the shortage of jar lids. He said the Milford meeting was his 78th since March 1. and that he found his constituents responsive to this type of meeting. Admitting he “didn't know all the answers.” the first term congressman said.’ “I have an idea when any politician claims to know all the answers, it's time to un-elect him.” He said, in answer to a question, he co-sponsored a bill to raise the family farm inheritance tax exemption from $60,000 to $200,000. that the original figure was set in the 1940 s and that inflation has made it unrealistic. He added, however. that only a fourth of the congressmen are farm representatives, and that he feared for the passage of the bill.

i iTW lIiJUE LNSTALL LION’S OFFICERS — District Governor Charles Barnes, second from left, is shown installing new officers of the Milford Lions club Monday night. On the far left is cabinet secretary Howard Kroger, both men of the Clay Township Lions club.

Karl Keiper heads Milford Lions club

Lions district governor, of district 25-G. Charles Barnes of □ay Township, made his first visitation meeting since taking office, when he appeared before the Milford Lions club Monday night to install new officers. Karl Keiper will head the Milford service club as president for the awning year, with other officers as follows: First vice president — Dean Cousins Second vice president — Jerold Bushong Third vice president — Robert Kline Secretary — Gervas Schafer Treasurer — David Siegfried Tail twister — Leon Young

Funeral services Monday for Milford crash victim

Funeral services were held in the Milford Christian church Monday afternoon for Frederick (Fritz) Graff. 37.' Milford Graff was killed when the car in which he was riding struck the side of a passing train at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad crossing north of Milford on old state road 15 last Friday morning John Yoder, r 3 Syracuse, driver of the vehicle, remains a patient at the Elkhart hospital with internal injuries, head in juries and a fractured left shoulder and elbow Investigating officers said the accident apparently happened at 3:35 am when a B and O coal train was traveling west from Garrett to Chicago. The train s

Fithian meets his constituents

Speaking about postal service and attending rising cost of postal rates, be said, “in spite of their -the postal service' troubles, you can be sure the postal department will not fold up.” adding. “if it did every politician in the country would have the greatest avalanche of complaints you could imagine. ” He called the revenue sharing program “the most efficient government program we have. They have an SB7 billion program with 80-odd employees handling the entire program. He spoke about tax reform and the effort of “young congressmen” to unseat Wilbur Mills as powerful head of the Ways and Means committee. “Politics aside.” Fithian said, “there comes a time when you have to look leadership in the eye and vote your conscience.”

Lion tamer — Wayne Sholtey Directors, one year — Marshall Estep and Richard Smith Directors, two years — Robert Brooks and Kerry Price Retention Award The Milford club received the International President’s coveted Retention Award for not losing any members during the past year. District governor Barnes complimented the club on this accomplishment, and exhorted his listeners to greater community service. He said. “You know how to get new members? It’s simple: ask them.” Appearing at the meeting with district governor Barnes was his cabinet secretary Howard

crew did not realize a car had hit the train and did not stop. The accident was discovered by the crew of a second train when it came upon the wreckage of the vehicle at 4:07 a m. The Yoder car was apparently being driven at a high rate of speed, according to the police report, when it struck the train. The vehicle left a 268 foot skid mark on the road. Accident Thursday The accident was the second at the crossing in less than 24 hours. At 4:16 p.m. Thursday a train crashed into a car and completely severed it. The driver, Mrs. Dorothy A. Gall, r 1 Milford, said her car stalled on the crossing. She at-

OU Depletion “Rip-Off” He called the 27.5 per cent oil depletion allowance “the greatest rip-off in the history of our country.” He helped get it, .first, reduced to 22.5 per cent, then removed entirely. He said wildcatters explore for new’ wells and not major companies, and when wells are found to be productive, the majors buy them up. Fithian said there is no reasonable reason for the big increase in gas prices when you look at companies making huge profits and buying such companies as Montgomery Ward and Barnum & Bailey Circus with the profits. “There is very little evidence of responsible leadership among the major oil companies. We need more competition in the oil field.”

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Kroger, also of the Clay Township club. On Linear Accelerator Prior to remarks and the installation of new officers by governor Barnes. Howard B. Morris, co-ordinator of special programs for the Indiana university medical center at Indianapolis, spoke on the 40MEV linear accelerator Hoosier Lions have purchased for use on cancer patients. Aside for praising Lions in general for their work in raising $750,000 for the purchase of the precious life-saving machine, he told of how this has expanded the work and service of the medical center in the area of cancer control.

tempted to start the vehicle and was unable to do so. She saw the train coming from the east and jumped from the auto before the train hit it. The wreckage was scattered along the tracks for 1,140 feet. Milford Native Graff, son of Albert Graff, was a native of Milford and a lifetime resident of the area. He was born April 4,1938 to Albert and Thelma (Bird) Graff. He served in the United States Navy. Graff was a member of the Milford Christian church Surviving are the father; one " daughter, Michelle, Syracuse; four brothers, Duane of Nicholasville, Ky., Roger of (Continued on page 13)

Mrs. Glen Treesh told the congressman she could see $1 gasoline to drive to a movie, but not to run a farm tractor.” Her husband said they recently returned from a trip and found the price of gas varying 10 cents per gallon. Congressman Fithian said an average tax paid by all corporations, is 44 per cent, while the oil companies pay nine per cent FELLOWSHIP LADIES Members of the Fellowship ladies of First Brethren church met with Mrs. Zina Hatter, who is living with her daughter Mrs. Laurence Randall. Leesburg Eight members attended the Tuesday morning prayer circle. Mrs Ronald Brown presented the lesson Mrs. Randall served the group coffee and cookies.