The Mail-Journal, Volume 12, Number 37, Milford, Kosciusko County, 8 October 1975 — Page 2

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed.. Oct. 8,1975

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Amsterdam, at 700, is city of many canals and bridges

(Continued from page 1) many times. When we were there the painting was heavily guarded We asked a guard about the slashing incident, he said the man said, “The Lord put that knife in my hand and made me do it.” We weren’t allowed to go any doser than three feet from the paintings, nor were we allowed to use a flash on a camera to photograph the paintings Dinner At Dorrius Many cities are judges on their cusine. so we thought we should apply this yardstick to Amsterdam. Last night, the 18th. we went to Dorrius on the recommendation from our guide It is a Dutch restaurant located on Spuistraat street. We had the good fortune to get one Fritz Ebregt as our waiter, a smiling chap whose recom mendations we accepted completely He led us through a dinner of Dutch delight, and gave us his utmost personal attention. We began with a Rose wine (his recommendation), followed by thick Dutch pea soup The steak stew, the main course, was superb Os course we had mashed and boiled pa to toes. carrots, and other dishes we couldn't recall. It was topped off by Dutch apple pie by some, ice cream for others. Part of the meal was TootieFruite We always thought that was a Howard Johnson flavor of ice cream, but to the Dutch of Amsterdam it is stewed prunes, carrots, etc. Good but indescribable. Earlier this evening we ate across the street in a popular place called Five Flies on the recommendation of Mrs. Jack Nisselius’s daughter Judy who was there several years ago. The meal was equally delightful But back to our waiter Fritz at Dorrius He told us he had five years’ schooling as a waiter, which included learning three languages He said, “1 am now concentrating on Italian and Japanese.” When he brought the food to our table, he carried dishes for each course for six on his long left arm. and took them away in like fashion. He kept his steps to a minimum. Visit WW II Battlefield Today was a day to visit the famed World War 11" battlefield at Arnhem It was a trip of just over 300 miles to Arnhem and back, but a day well worth the time En route to the site, however, we traveled through some of the most gorgeous countryside we had ever seen We found a certain amount of litter in the streets of Amsterdam, but not in the streets of the community towns we passed through

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I ■ Smb II ■ R Mi / WK'-h® >■ ■ PUBLISHER WITH US AMBASSADOR - Arch Baumgartner, publisher of the The Mail-Journal and co-author of this series of articles on the Scandinavian tour he and Mrs. Baumgartner took in September with members of the National Newspaper Association, is shown here with US Ambassador Kingdon Gould. Jr., at the IS Embassy at The Hague in Holland.

r» ■mM ATOMIUM — The Atomium. in Brussels. Belgium, is a left-over of the 1958 international trade fair. A large restaurant is in one of the balls, and escalators are in the connecting shafts. It is to Brussels what the Eifel Tower is to Paris.

* I 'niißl --- ---» EVERYONE BICYCLES — At $2 per gallon for gasoline, nearly everyone bicycles in Amsterdam. Holland. Or at least it would seem this way. This photo is taken outside the Rijksmuseum, where the famous Rembrandt paintings are housed.

Our mam route out of Am sterdam was on a divided high way. much like one sees in America It was countryside all the way. passing across fine

dairy country. The dairy industry is big in the Netherlands, and milk products are one of their biggest exports. Our guide told us it takes an

of pasture for one animal, indicating the grass is green and plentiful. We saw winter and summer dikes along the way, which provides a means of flooding certain areas, bringing its rich waters and silt onto the land. An irrigation system for the countryside has been developed to a fine art. and the fertility of the countryside indicates it. As well, big windmills like one sees in picture postcards dot the landscape. We found some used to pump water to a higher level, others to bring meal. They make excellent photographing. Along the road we found large power lines and asked our guide about the supply of energy, since this is a problem in the States with the cost of coal increasing. We were reminded that the Netherlands \ has one of the largest supplies of natural gas of any country in the world. And the gas is used for power plants. Also, the Netherlands export much natural gas. much to West Germany. It’s hard to believe just 30 years ago this country and Germany were mortal enemies, now they are good neighbors and customers of one another.

Homes along the route we traveled were mostly brick with red or green tile roofs. Our guide told us there is a particularly good form of clay m the area from which bricks are made. Almost all houses are of brick, in neat rows, with brilliant flowers everywhere. We found no empty store buildings, and no out-of-town shopping centers as we know them. We stopped at the town of Overloon in a wooded area where an important battle occurred between German Panzer divisions and British troops. We talked to a resident whose house had been blown to pieces. He showed us where he rebuilt the house, and the old, original bricks and new bricks were obvious. He walked around the house, made like he was shooting a gun. and made Rat-at-at noises Then he showed us bullet holes in the old bride. Several bullets were still in the brick, we cold see. At the town’s edge, in a dense forest, is a 37-acre outdoor military weapons museum. Outside is a British Spitfire fighter plane. German and British weapons like those used in the battle at Overloon. The museum itself was filled with small arms, uniforms and many pictures that will serve as reminders to the people of the terrible war. Today the German and British still flood to Overloon from opposite directions to meet on the same battlefield in the wooded village, but no longer meet in conflict. Cross Over Arnhem Bridge Just 30 years ago one of the most fierce battles of World War II involved the bridge at Arnhem, the city where we visited next. The battle for the bridge at Nijmegen and Arnhem filled the newspapers of the world from September 17-25, 1944, but much of this has been forgotten. But not

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for the British or Dutch, and especially for the British for it was a bitter defeat for them. The Nijmegen bridge is over the Maas river, and the Arnhem bridge is over the Lower Rhine, a span of about 400 feet. The well known chronicler of World War II battles. Cornelius Ryan, wrote a brilliant account of this battle in his “A Bridge Too Far.” We bought it when we got back to the hotel. British Field Marshal Montgomery had sent British paratroopers into the area to land across the Rhine. His intelligence told him the German army was a rout, and he wanted this important crossing over the Rhine. What he didn’t know was that two fresh Panzer divisions had been put into the area. The biggest battle came at the Arnhem suburban town of Osterbeek. where we ate lunch today. It is a wealthy suburb erf handsome brick store buildings and homes But pictures we saw. taken after the battle, shows a town in ruins. Polish divisions were in the battle as well, and of 10,000 men involved on the Allied side, about 1.700 escaped, many of them simply by swimming across the slow-moving Rhine river. There’s a museum just outside Osterbeek which we visited, and saw many memorabilia of the horrible conflict. We had the good fortune of talking to two men who were British paratroopers who were in the battle. Their point of view was interesting. One told us the responsibility for the debacle rested with Eisenhower who was Supreme Allied Commander He told us Eisenhower was too interested in the American presidential election, coming up two months later, than to give Montgomery sufficient arms to end the war with one bold stroke toward Berlin. Eisenhower, we recall, had the same trouble with George Patton who wanted to take his Third Army into Berlin ahead of the broad front concept. Our British friend told us Montgomery would have ended the war before Christmas 1944 instead of prolonging it until May 7. Be that as it may, our guide told us the area around Arnhem

and Osterbeek is “holy ground" for the British, that a perpetual pilgrimage is made to this battlefield site. Our day’s trip came to an end with our return to Amsterdam late in the afternoon. It was a good time to be coming home, for most of us were tired after a very good day. Tomorrow, Saturday, we would fly to London for two days before returning home. Stealing something from Muhammed Ali, We think “Amsterdam — and for that matter, all of the Netherlands — is the greatest. ” /Money — (Continued from page 1) Reith Riley for $86,000 for the complete job and for $119,000 for the complete job with tiie street being concrete instead of blacktop. No action was taken. Approval was given to fire chief Weaver to replace rain coats and boots which are worn out at an approximate cost of SIBO with the stipulation they can be paid for after the November tax draw is made. A motion was made and accepted to obtain 15 trash containers from an Indianapolis firm. A two-year contract will be signed with the cost being $1 per year. The company will clean the containers on a regular basis and sell the advertising. The town could have picked up the cans which are now in town at a cost of $25 each. Trick or Treat Night At the request of police chief Ron Robinson board members agreed to set one night for trick or treating. A mention was made of the last Wawasee high school home football game being on October 31, however, it was decided to set that as the trick or treat night anyway with the curfew set for 9 p.m.

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MACOG George L. Kruse, Jr., executive director of MACOG, was present to discuss his program with board members The Syracuse board turned down membership in the organization last April and refused to take any action at all last evening. After his presentation Kruse was asked about technical assistance and said MACOG was not in competition with professional firms. Its representatives would, however, look over plans and give modification ideas, etc. Betty Dust asked about large grants for small communities and “where does the money come from then to operate and maintain?” Kruse said whatever you do you must consider maintenance. He also said many were trying to build for maintenance free parks, etc. and cited the example of cement under picnic tables which had been chained down, thus eliminating the need for mowing under the tables and making it harder for anyone to carry the tables off. Kruse answered several other questions before departing. Engineer Jerry Lessig said the town's projects are on the FHA list and the money will be received as soon as it is appropriated by Congress. He said the bidders were holding their bids at the present time, anticipating the funds to be released soon. Mrs. Dust asked if it would help if area residents were to write their Congressmen on this money and was told it could do no harm. Board president Darrell Grisamer said Pee Wee Niles had asked for permission to dump his septic tank cleaning into the sewer system. A lengthy discussion follow’ed with the board agreeing to try and work something out. Permission was also granted to Martin Didier to seek sewer hook up for 17 units he has under proposal at the Southeast corner of Syracuse A final decision will be made “if and when” he is ready to proceed. The permission granted last evening will allow him to start his plans. Laurel — (Continued from page 1) always called or left a note keeping us informed of her w’hereabouts at all times. She would really get mad if she heard something unkind said about another person even if she didn’t like that person much herself. She would always go out of her way to give others the benefit of a doubt and be forgiving. I sometimes felt like people took advantage of her understanding.”

I asked about Laurel walking alone that night. “That was one of those really freakish, miserable mixups” said Mrs. Mitchell. “Laurel was never allowed to walk alone after dark. She always had a ride home from work at night. Sometimes during the day a group of friends would walk her to work or walk out and meet her and they would walk home together, but never at night.” What happened on August 6? “The lady she usually rode with had her work schedule changed. Several of Laurel’s friends said they were going to the amusement park at the north edge of Webster and would go meet Laurel after she got off work. Later that evening the young people decided to attend the 4-H fair at Warsaw. They had planned to be back in plenty of time to meet Laurel. They were delayed, Had Laurel known they weren't going to be there on time she would never have ventured even as far as the gate at Epworth Forest. But, she was expecting her friends to be there any second.” Mrs. Smith spoke up with tears in her eyes: “There is no way to put into words our feelings She was such a good kid. A high type, special person.” # Mrs. Mitchell noted that Laurel took swimming lessons for two summers when she was seven and eight years old and had been swimming ever since. She was more than an adequate swimmer and could handle herself in the water. Everyone I talked to quickly agreed that Laurel neve- would have willingly gotten into a car with someone she didn’t know. Laurel Mitchell was just starting life. A good student, a fine moral person and considerate hard working young woman. Somebody somewhere must know something about that night. Even the most insignificant bit of information or personal observation will be thoroughly checked out by the authorities. It’s going to be worth SIO,OOO to someone because the community cares.

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