The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 1, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 January 1976 — Page 2

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., Jan. 28,1976

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Harriet Bachman retires I Local readers of Time magazine, the weekly news magazine with circulation, were pleasantly surprised to see a picture and laudatory story on Harriet Bachman on the flap of the January 26th issue. Time publisher Ralph P. Davidson had such kind words for Miss Bachman on her retirement that we thought them worthy of reproduction here in toto. , Harriet is a Syracuse high school graduate with the class of 1933 where her father, the late Charles C. Bachman, was school superintendent. Mrs. James (Laura) Stucky is a sista-, as are Dr. they Kern of Kankakee, 111., Virginia Jenkins of Bloomington, Ind., and Hilary Backman of Mesa, Arizona, is a brother The Time article follows: I HARBIfT BACHMAN AT THE COFY DESK WITH DAVIS * HAHN In many ways, the nerve center of Time s editorial operations is an oblong counter stretching along the east side of the Time & Life Buildiifg s 25th floor We call it the copy desk Day and night, its staff oversees the movement of TIME stones from writers to senior editors to the managing editor to researchers, logging, typing, reading and routing stones At week s end a Time story may have been retyped as many as eight times Copy- and proofreaders check for errors in spelling, punctuation and syntax For the past 29 years, the disciplinarian of the complex process of moving copy and the autocrat of Time style has been the quiet, tough-minded chief of the copy desk. Harriet Bachman This month she decided to retire from policing abbreviations, hyphens, capitals.: captions, etc , to tend to her antique collection and study Russian In announcing Bachman s retirement, Managing Editor Henry Grunwald wrote "We will miss her as the supreme arbiter of grammar and defender of TtMt s English prose against many enemies, ranging from outright barbarism to simple negligence " Bachman, a discerning student of English with an M A from the University of Chicago, approached her work with firm opinions. "My assumption." she once said, “is that the standard of literate English still goes back to Victorian English, and that people who haven’t read Darwin. Ruskin. Dickens and Thackeray don’t have quite the right idiom ’ To make sure that Time stones have that idiom. Bachman wrote a 180-page style handbook that we rely on to protect our usage against what she labeled “substandard word fusions (someplace. noplace), folksy expressions (likely used for probably) and bureaucratese (implement used as a verb) ” Anne Davis, the new chief of the copy desk, has been crafting words since her graduation from Smith College m 1948. working as a writer, reporter and movie reviewer before joining Time in 1956. For the past four years she has been studying our computer printing processes and hopes iointroduce the editorial staff to more of their advantages I'm both a word person and a machine person." says Davis The larger task, adds Deputy Susan Hahn, “is to maintain the high linguistic standards that we are inheriting f*?

Prep — (Continued from page 1) the present buildings and some new construction Presbyterian Hbusing Program. Inc of Indianapolis have been retained to make a feasibility study and to make recommendations on the design, as well as the total number of units If this study confirms our expectations. Presbyterian Housing will" be retained to manage the entire program They are well qualified, since they already own and-or manage nearly 1.000 units in the State of Indiana of ‘Life-Lease" retirement units, in five locations The "Life-Lease" retirement concept provides for a lump sum payment that admits an in-

■ ’ > Insurance cost is low indeed. 1 ■A And all who care to doubt it. ■v Hid better plan, to ask the man - u m ( Whose home was burned without it. ■ ff A' • I SWT* TTT rjitfi JTTTJSM FIRST CHARTER INSURANCE AGENCY ' JOHN R. WALKER, Mgr. Syracuse — Milford

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dividual or couple to the facility and assures an apartment of the type contracted for*on a life time basis. In addition there is -a monthly charge for maintenance, services, and meals. Inherent in this program is an extended care facility that will be available whenever unassisted living is no longer possible or when nursing home care is needed. Select Committee A select committee has been organized in connection with the initialstudy. Members are Wiley W. Spurgeon, Jr. of Muncie; Jack De Haven of Fort Wayne; Rev. Ross Cook of Calvary United Methodist church. Syracuse; George Buckingham of Goshen;. Verna Knauer of Lake Wawasee and Fort Wayne; Karl Freese of Nappanee; Bruce Baiden of Fort Wayne; Gordon E Medlock of South Bend, Helen Alfrey of Lake

"THE FAITH THAT BUILT AMERICA" When Patrick Henry’s will was read, it was fouHed to include these words: "There is one thing more I wish I could give you. It is the religion of our Lord Jesus Christ. With it, if you had nothing else, you could be happy. W’ithout it, though you j have all things else, you could not be happy." Milford Christian Church Phone 655-91S1 ar 658-4305 — »<n« rwmtae avary Sunday ta — Prtmary, beginner. f«piar IMd MgA MUHard. Dewart Lake. Syracuse aM SCMM and callage age warihtp Nappanee areas eerrtcM a» >»-M a.m. — OtMe Kf»aef hour — ♦:» a.m. — Sunday evening wrmce* at 1 P-«--NMwnwg warship teru.ce - »•:» - OibMsfudy Wndneoday

Wawasee; Della Baumgartner erf Milford; and Rev. Marvin Jones of St. Andrews United Methodist church, Syracuse Members of the committee may later be asked to serve as directors of a not-for-profit corporation or as an advisory board to The Life-Lease Company The organization will depend in part on the terms of the most favorable financing and recommendations of Presbyterian Housing. Daverman Associates, architects and engineers of Grant Rapids. Mich., were consulted to determine the condition of the various structures and tc determine they were suitable foi the proposed rehabilitation. They have assured us positively and as soon as the feasibility study is completed and we have Presbyterian Housing's recommendations, we expect to engage Daverman for the design and engineering work. Economic Development Commission We will ask the town of Syracuse to establish an Economic Development Commission so that industrial revenue bonds may be issued for some or all of the financing. We will also work with the Syracuse ( town board, planning commission, and board of zoning appeals to assure that the proposed development will have their cooperation and any needed approvals. In the early 1920’s the main building was openedas the SpinkWawasee Hotel. It replaced the Wawasee Inn, a previous hotel that was destroyed by fire about five years earlier. It was operated by the Spink family from Indianapolis until 1947. During this time it was known throughout the Midwest as a resort hotel and attracted thousands of visitors, including many celebrities. After it was sold in 1947 the Crosier Fathers operated it as "Our Lady of the Lake” seminary with a four year high school and two-year Junior CoUege program, pt-griding a curriculum of study in preparation for the priesthood. Most recently the Crosier Fathers operated it as Wawasee Preparatory, a private high school. By virtue of its size and its location next to the estate of Eli Lilly it has become a familiar landmark to residents and visitors at Lake Wawasee.

Syracuse board approves proposal for water system

In a special meeting of the town board of trustees at Syracuse last night, the board adopted a proposal by Umbaugh and associates, the town water engineering firm, on the proposed new water project to serve the town The proposal by the firm was explained and will include the new iron removal plant and an increase in water pressure for the north side of town which has been a problem for some time. The proposal was adopted with a 5-0 vote by board members. There will need to be private funding on a municipal bond project and state hearings for approval on water rates being proposed for the project. Commendation The town water department received a commendation from the state for a no accident award of merit for a 12-month period and the commendation will ,be displayed at the water department facility. Asks Acceptance Landfand real estate developer Chet Elder appeared before the board requesting water and sewer lines, which he has had laid on Medusa street extention. be accepted by the board. During discussion on the matter, town board president James Tranter ask Elder if he had intentions to pave the street for acceptance of a town street for beautification of the town. Elder advised that paving was in his plans but that he wished to make no comment on the matter at this point. Trariter asked, "Do I then understand at this point, that you are not going to pave the street?" to which Elder again Said he did not wish to comment at tlnis time. Tranter advised that before the board of trustees could make a

It Happened In . . . r Milford, Indiana -rjfryßL | Items Taken From The Files Os The Milford Mail

14 YEARS AGO, FEB. 1,1962 Milford was the point of widespread attention all day Sunday as people drove from all over Indiana to witness the worst train wreck in the community’s history. The train wreck occurred at old road 15 at 1:40 a.m. with 21 cars derailed. The regularly scheduled Milford-Mentone baskethall game will be held in the Syracuse gym instead of the Milford gym. Guess Why? The gym roof still leaks. Mrs. Albert Matthews was hostess to the Helping Hands in her home at Milford. The meeting was held on Tuesday evening. Mrs. Wayne Teeple was co-host ess Insurance agent Donald J. Adams will speak at the meeting of the Lions on the problem of young drivers. Kenneth Hagans of Mentone was in Milford on business Monday. Mr. Hagans has started the Hagans Engineering. Inc. at Mentone. They are former Milford residents. 24 YEARS AGO. JAN. 31, 1952 Richard Smith has purchased the Timmons property on West Catherine street. This was formerly the John Ruch property. Mrs Dean Troup was one of the 50 aliens who took the naturalization oath for American citizenship. Mrs. Troup came from Munich, Germany. Mrs. C. S. Bibb, former Milford resident, died Saturday. Jan. 26, in Missouri. Mrs. Bibb was born in Milford to Charles and Henrietta Felkner. Monday night the farmers institute will hold its annual meeting here It continues till Tuesday afternoon. It/Will be at the community building Guy Zimmermap' will make 8 another appearance in Chicago, Sunday at the WGN television program. 30 YEARS AGO. JAN. 31.1946 The Baumgartner Ice company is in readiness for its annual ice

final decision on his request, the board wished the street to be completed and in proper condition for town acceptance. Elder, agreed at this time, the street would be paved. The area under discussion is the former Rock addition at the east end of Medusa street which has been cleared and development taken place. Tranter clarified that paving f would take place and acceptance was given for Elder’s sewer and water project only, not the street at this time. SHk'X ® 6 RE-ELECTED — The Crosiers of the United States Province have re-elected Very Rev. Richard T. John. O.S.C. as provincial for a third term of office to begin on July 1. Most Rev. William van Hees, master general of the Crosier Order, announced the results of the mail balloting at the order s headquarters in Holland on January It. Father John received more than two-thirds of the votes cast on the first ballot. Father John maintains his office'and residence at the Crosier Hoose of Studies in Fort Wayne. From there he oversees the work of more than 200 Crosiers through the U.S. as well as the activities in the province’s missioiq In Asmat in Irian Jaya. As provincial. Father John is also automatically a member of the world-wide general board of the Crosiers which has members working in Europe, Africa. South America and the Far .East. In the US the Crosiers are active in the dioceses of Baltimore. Boise, Chicago. Detroit. Duluth, Fort WayneSouth Bend. Honolulu, Kalamazoo. Lincoln, New York. Pueblo. Saint Cloud. Saint PaulMinneapolis. Saint Petersburg. San Antonio. Toledo and Tucson. They staffed Wawasee Prep on Lake Wawasee from 1948 to 1975. 1

harvest. Ice cutters began marking out fields Monday morning when the ice was nine inches thick. There will be a meeting at the Grange Hall in Milford Saturday for the purpose of farmers to register their intentions. Marshall Gay, who has been employed at the Prairie States Oil & Grease, is returning home to Milford Saturday night. Mrs. Farmer Rusk is announcing the opening of her sandwich house here this week. It is to be on Main Street, in the Method building. The Lions second minstrel show was well presented at the Milford case. The proceeds from the minstrel show will go to the Lions funds better development. 46 YEARS AGO. FEB. 6.1936 Mr. and Mrs. John Method spent Thursday afternoon in Warsaw with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Troup announce the birth of a daughter, born Feb. 1, The new arrival weighed 10 pounds and has been named Linda Lee. One night about two weeks ago, a baby was placed on the front step at the residence of Mrs. Kate Green, west of Milford. Mrs. Green heard the babe crying and as the house was in darkness, the parties evidently thought no one was at home and came back and took the baby away before Mrs. Green cduld get downstairs to investigate. Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Casner, who reside southwest of Milford, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on February 16. Mrs. James Neff’s grand--daughter is the mother of a daughter born Jan. 29. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Beeson, the baby’s parents, are from Madison, Wise. Misses Mildred and Helen Graff entertained at a miscellaneous shower Friday evening in honor of Miss Ruth Velva Graff of Goshen and Frank Beer of Milford who will be married St. Valentine’s Day

Nomination Certificate For Milford ► " tMan Os The Year — Woman Os The Year ; ' x » I am greatly honored to place in nomination for the MAD Council annual Citizen of the Year a wart the name of Address — * c who has contributed so greatly to the improvement and the development of our city as a better place to live, to work and to play through the following achievements: , . ' — • I am willing to the best of my ability, to furnish to the committee additional in- ' formation concerning this nominee. I * NAME- i — ADDRESS • , —g PHONE > (Note: To insure complete secrecy, please return this ballot in an envelope addressed to the attention of Man-Woman of the Year Award Committee, MAD * Council, Box 46, Milford, Indiana 46542.) Deadline Date: Friday, February 13, 1976 At 12 Noon

Past 'Citizens of Year'

■ IB H ■ -wB Br * I?' x * (w ■/* t; ‘ MRS. CHARLES KERUN 1971 Citizen EDITH I. BAUMGARTNER 1974 Citizen

January 7 fire at Elkhart claims its fifth victim

The death toll from the January 7 fire and explosion at the Accra Pac firm in the industrial park at Elkhart climbed to five Tuesday with the death of John E. Nowicki, 27, of Elkhart in the Saint Joseph hospital at Fort Wayne. He was the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bice of Milford. Lowell Poyser, 47, of Elkhart and formerly of Syracuse, remains a patient in the Elkhart hospital from injuries sustained in the fire. - Poyser sustained first and second degree burns including burns to the face and head, hands

... / I ‘ i I 1 Jflß lil CARL DUNCAN 1972 Citizen F’- | | i I v iBI BERTHA WEHRLY 1975 Citizen

and legs. Lowell underwent skin grafting of the hands last Wednesday and is reported as recovering well enough to be up and to have visitors. He is in room 379 at the hospital. The cause of the explosion and fire at the plant which produced aerosol containers, remains under investigation. Other victims of the fire were Doris Schneider, 40, Elkhart, Gail D. Pernell, 21, Elkhart. Piyush Beta Patel, 22, Elkhart, and Patty Smith, 21, Edwardsburg, Mich, who died on Saturday.

■ ‘-'li HAROLD YOUNG 1973 Citizen > 1 • V • WHO WILL BE THE 1976 CITIZEN PILGRIMS LAND The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 21, 1620.

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