The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 12, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 April 1976 — Page 1

•v Tft 457 3666 / I c Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL !Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL )Est. 1907)

VOLUME 13

•% Afl h Hi Ji Wl;, <l i ♦ J AT MILFORD BANK — FirM National Bank employees at Milford. Mrs. Don Charlton. Mrs. Larry Summey and Mrs. Terry Thompson, are shown with a number of 12 bills which were sold yesterday (Tuesday* on their first day <»f issue. Banks all over the area reported trading was active as persons rushed to exchange their money for the new 12 bills on their first day of issue.

Post offices cancel first issues ~

5 2 bills issued at local banks Tuesday

The S 2 bills, which werg released by- banks all over the country yesterday to honor birthday of Thomals Jefferson; were well received in the Lakeland area The new S 2 bill, like the older bill, has Jefferson s portrait op me side The other side of the new bill features men of the continental congress signing the declaration of independence ip 1776 Jefferson was the third

Milford board takes steps to have three buildings inspected

Upon authorization of felld* board members Jean Treesh and James Brooks. Dr T A Milfer signed three letters Monday night which .will bring a state representative to Milford |to inspect buildings The letteH were addressed to the state administrative building council's code enforcement director Donald Macßae at Indianapolis Each request, pursuant to provisions of IC 22-11-1-j9. assistance m enforcement of rules and regulations of the administrative building council as they relate to repair a|nd maintenance of public buildings and tenement house situate within the town The town considers the buildings unsafe as to warrant inspection by the

■ ■IV < FVIq O 1 ■1 —/ a 1 fcs ■Li-Jb - ■ —#**" . **’>/•* ■ ■ > ■_. s ~S£afc*:iaas' SHADES OF FREDDIE FLINTSTONE

President of the United States and author of the constitution He was born on April 13. 1743. The $2 bill was discontinued in 1966 when it fell victim to disinterest It is being brought back in hopes it w ill again be a popular item About 225 million ot the bills were ready for distribution, another 175 million will be printed later to bring the total printed this year to 400 million Production in future years will

division of code enforcement The buildings to be inspected are as follows 1 Lot number three in block six. owned by David Hernandez and Frank Hernandez (the old hotel building 2 A part of lot six in block six. owned by Richard D. Widup. Garnet Widup. Joe S Hernandez and Nestora E Hernandez (the building on the northwest corner of Main and JEmelme streets, formerly housed the Melody Case and the glove factory). 3. A part of lot number one in block 11. owned by Rollen J Hamsher the building on the southwest corner of Mam and Emeline streets. H & H machine and welding*. An inspection will now tie set py

depend on how well it is received by the public Area Banks Report Word from the First National Bank at Milford was over 71,000 was distributed on Tuesday. The Lake City Bank's North Webster branch reported having only 200 tails, they went quickly. The State Bank of Syracuse did not receive its $2 bills until 2 p.m. and distributed 400 bills before closing The Lake branch did not (Continued on page 2)

representatives of the administrative building council. Praise For Jordan Members of the Milford Emergency Service, Inc . appeared at die board meeting with a tetter of praise for town marshal Mel Jordan. A copy of that tetter was presented to our letters to the editor column earlier and appears elsewhere in this issue After bearing the letter, board member Mrs Glen (Jean 1 Treesh said she agreed, Jordan is doing a fine job." Milter said he. ‘agreed with the letter 100 per cent ” Fire Contracts Members of the town board will Continued on page 2)

Fes, you can believe your eyes!

If one should drive past the John Sudlow residence in Vawter Park, Lake Wawasee. and get the idea he just glanced at something out of the funnypapers, he’s right. For John Sudlow. an avid hobbyist. is building an oversized planter in the form of a replica of Freddie Flintstone’s wagon. It’s right there for all to see. “Why don't you wait until it's done, before publicizing it,” Sudlow states. The only thing about that. Sudlow is never quite done Wheels From File Factory The huge stone wheels that sparked the idea for a Freddie

WEDNESDAY. APRIL 14. 1976

Chamber meeting is to include summer events

I general racusemmerce ril 22. at general ich will summer hamber a Syracuse financial •e in the ?ed last e Lake ■noure. a em Bank en. was of area o have a north of om A-l 1 i light irpose of The lai id in question is the corner of county road 38 (known locally as the county line road) and state road 13, a part of the Bill Sloari farm now owned by the Goshen real estate firm of Hoogenbtom and Nofziger. Ridencure reported to the Elkhart county plan commission, meeting at the commissioners’ office in the courthouse at Goshen at 11 a m. last Thursday, that h< had gathered 35 signatures and had nb unfavorable comment to the rezoning request Appealing for the Goshen bank was Goshen attorney Gene Duffin. The request was approved by the Elkhart countyplan commission pending final approval of the state department of financial institutions. BUI Cable Objects However. Bill Cable, a Benton township resident who resides on i (Continued on page 2)

1 Proclamation Be it known that the Town of Syracuse has set aside April 24, Saturday, as clean-up, paintup and fix-up day.... J further known that all residents of the Town of are requested to cooperate in this town-wide effort wr community a better place in which to live... also known that all civic organizations have been >f this date and that full cooperation has been m>y all these organizations. further known that the town street department will bie on Tuesday and Wednesday. April 27,28, to picklimbs, grass cuttings and other debris that is acd at the curb edge of all city streets. also known that the street sweeper will operate on Thursday and Friday to clean all curbs after the master town clean-up Please leave the curbs dear of all vehicles on the We st side of Huntington Street on Thursday. April 29. and on the East side of Hunting ton Street on Friday, April 30. , i Proclaimed this fourteenth day oi April Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-six „ by the Tow n Board of Syracuse. IN Jim Tranter-President Town Board

Flintstone wagon originally came from an Anderson file factory, Sudlow states. They were brought to Lake Wawasee years ago into the water for a seawall just east of Larry Griffith's Wawasee Manna Sudlow had Nelson Auer grub them out and transport them to las home on county road 10" l, along the south shore of Lake Wawasee Then Sudlow got slabs of limestone from Rock Builders in New Paris to make the sideboards He fashioned wood parts for the wagbn. including the tongue, from cast-off materials he got from his friend Jay Peffley of Sudlow said he had the big wheels six or eight years, but is

brochure. David Robinson of the Indiana economic development authority will be present to discuss the possibility of organization of an economic development commission in the lakeland area. All commerce members are urged to attend.

LICENSE BRANCH HOU RS SET FOR GOOD FRIDAY The Syracuse license branch will be open this Friday. Good Friday , until 12 noon, according to branch manager Jack Vanderford. The branch will then be open on Saturday morning as usual.

Gaylord Jones First Charter Financial head Gaylord Jones was elected president of the First Charter Financial Corporation at a meeting of the directors Saturday. April 10. Other officers are: Charles Harris, vice president: Robert L. Jones, secretary-treasurer; and James E. Fry, assistant secretary-treasurer. Driverless vehicle rolls down incline Damage was listed as minor in a two vehicle collision last Wednesday afternoon as a parked 1955 Chevrolet truck rolled down a slight incline into a 1976 Chevrolet truck, also parked and belonging to Robert E Baumgartner of r 4 Syracuse. The mishap occurred at 4:45 pm in the alley north of Sea Nymph plant 4 in Syracuse The 1955 model belonged to Michael Counts of 113 McDonald in Columbia City.

just now getting around to making use of them. Big Rock Garden The Sudlow residents abound in rocks, of all shapes and forms. One rock has a very visible letter “A” on it. "For my wife Ann’s first initial.” Sudlow states. Another is tn the form of a face with a twisted smile, he points out. The Sudlow yard is lined with rocks of al) shapes and forms. Ann points out with considerable pride some rocks she and her husband got from the banks of the Niagara River north of Detroit, “some 450 miles from, here.” She says from literature she has, the rocks could easily be 300.000 years old They made up the original river bed of the

THIS IS FARMING! — Seven Prairie township farmers got their big tractors out Tuesday morning and in a very short while plowed 70 acres for their neighbor Jewell Rogers, r 2 Leesburg. Rogers was stricken and had to undergo an operation and was unable to do his own plowing. Assisting their neighbor were Andy and Larry Kammerer. Emra Stookey. Robert Bishop. Sr.. Richard Vanator. Don Stookey and James Moneyheffer*.

Rotary members hear program on algae in the local lakes

Growth of a troublesome herbicide-resistant algae in local lakes was reported to SyracuseWawasee Rotary club members last week by Wiley W. (Bill) Spurgeon, president of the Wawasee Property Owners assoc iation. Spurgeon said the algae, called pithophora or horsehair algae, was first noticed in the channel between Wawasee and Syracuse lakes, near the B & O Railroad bridge, during mid-summer of 1973. Since that time, algae has doubled in quantity and coverage each summer, apparently not dying out completely during the winter, having been found in the channel areas when the lakes were frozen over. Studying Spurgeon said Purdue university limnologists are studying the problein at the request of the lake study committee. a local group made up of representatives from property owner groups on Wawasee. Syracuse and Papakeechie Lakes. One member of the Purdue faculty. Dr. Carole Lembi, has received federal funds for an extensive study of pithophora and other problem-causing algae, said Spurgedn. Pithophora. the Rotarians were told, resists known herbicides with the exception of heavy doses of copper sulphate and the study group has been advised that copper sulphate use in quantities adequate to control the algae, is not ecologically advisable. Free-Floating Pithophora is exceedingly tough on the cooling systems of marine engines, added Spurgeon Since it is a free-floating algae which grows on itself, it can be pulled into cooling systems, where it hangs up on bends in pipes or hoses and eventually, if (Continued on page 2)

rampaging Niagara River. Ann calls them Niagara escorpment, a soft stone. John illustrates their softness by whittling off a piece with his knife like he would a piece of wood The Sudlows live in the old summer home of Ouid Butler, one of the founders of Butler university at Indianapolis. They claim the house was erected around 1890 The interior of their home is appointed with antiques and period pieces. Then There's An Anchor As one moves around the Sudlow house be comes upon a large anchor they found in a marina at Port Isabel. Texas, when they visited there a couple years ago. (Continued on page 2)

Lions host Easter Egg x Hunt in North Webster

The North Webster Lions club is sponsoring its "Annual Easter Egg Hunt." Saturday morning, April 17. on the Mermaid Festival grounds in North Webster. The hunt will start at 10 a.m. with youngsters searching fa- 100 dozen eggs. Prizes will be given

Lakeland school board opens equipment bids

Members of the Lakeland school board opened bids at their stated meeting last night (Tuesday) for school equipment. Bids were opened for science equipment, audio visual equipment, general school equipment and two garden tractors A total of 34 bids were opened. The bids will now be tabulated and presented to the board for approval at a future meeting. Attendance reports were received from curriculum coordinator John A, Naab. The reports showed the March 26 enrollment to be 3.059 with the attendance percentage for the period between Jamfary 23 and March 26 at 95J81 Approved for GED test diploma were the following persons who spent time in the Wawasee high school adult education program: Robert Earl Houser, r 4 Syracuse; Allen H. Conner, who received a military diploma. Mary Catherine Weaver. 200 N. Huntington, Syracuse; Diane K. Stoffel, r 4 Syracuse; Marjorie H Morris, r 1 North Webster; Beatrice

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to those finding the most eggs. For the purpose of selecting winners there will be three age group categories: 1. pre-school, 2. first through third grade and 3. fourth through sixth grade. The Lions club encourages all area children to participate in the fun.

Naomi Stout, r 1 North Webster; Deanna Lynn Long, r 2 Avilla; Stephen L. Stout, r 1 North Webster; and Vernon R. Mullins, r 2 Albion Bids were awarded to contractors for custodial supplies. A request was granted to Sharon Hahnlen for the period of May 17 to June 3. due to pregnancy. In the absence of president Bill Little, vice president John F. Kroh presided over the meeting. Vehicles collide in Warsaw, S 4BO loss Two eastbound cars collided in Warsaw Saturday evening causing approximately S4BO damage to an Argos driver’s vehicle and nothing to the car driven by Richard A. Roberts, 27, of Syracuse. Investigating officers reported Roberts had stopped to turn into Penguin Point in the 2400 block of East Center street and his car was hit from behind by a car driven by David Owens, 18, of Argos.