The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 16, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 May 1976 — Page 1

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VOLUME 13

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Old hotel building must come down

Members of the Milford town board received a letter Monday stating the old hotel building, which burned last winter, must . come down Two staff members of the state building commissioner's office were m Milford last Thursday to inspect the old hotel building and other buildings Following a lengthy paragraph on the condition of the burned budding, the two men — Cecil Wells, director of code enforcement and W J Williamson, code enforcement supervisor — recommended the hotel be removed from the site within 60 days They also recommended an engineer should be hired to study the north wall of the emergency services building on the south side of the hotel to determine what must be done for salvage of the EMS structure since the two buddings share a common wall. The old hotel building, on lot three in block six. is owned by David Hernandez and Frank Hernandez The town board members signed letters at the April meeting requesting, pursuant to provisions of 1C» 22-11-1-19, assistance in enforcement of rules and regulations of the administrative budding council as they relate to repair and maintenance of public buildings and tenement houses situate within the town. The other buildings inspected were a part of lot six in block six — termed as two buildings by many (the former Melody case and glove factory) — owned by Richard D. Widup. Garnet Widup. Joe S. Hernandez and Nestora E Hernandez, and H and H Machine and Welding owned by Rollen J Hamsher, part of lot number one m block 11. .All received letters stating their structure should be brought up to a safe standard within 60 days or be removed from the site. These ' letters also contained a list of improvements that must be made to comply with the safety standards The state men strongly advised the tow m the enforcement erf these rulings be handled on the local level because it is “cheaper, quicker and more satisfactory." The town's attorney. Rex Reed, who was not present for the meeting, is to be contacted before any further steps are taken Slop Signs In other business before the board. Mrs Herbert Felkner slated she and her husband. (Continued on page 2)

■■■ Mb mF* I I fl B* J’ * FA‘ I H 1 MI - - - RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY — A brief ribbon-catting ceremony of the old Warner oneroom school was brief, with remarks by Clayton J. .Mock, president of the Kosciusko county retired teachers association and Lester Davis. In this photo besides Mock and Davis are Harold Young. Giles Hoffer. Mrs. Fred Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Adams. Quentin Evans. Fred D. Haney. Mrs. tela Evans. Frank C. Sanders and C. Glen Kaiser.

Dedicate 1838 one*room school

' A total of 156 retired school teachers from Kosciusko county and elsewhere. plus a goodly number of dignitaries, dined at the M & M Restaurant at North Webster Tuesday noon, then heard a program of dedication of the old, rstored 1838 one-room school house The old school is located on the back lot of Clarksville, just west of the restaurant Hear State Officials Clayton J Mock, president of the Kosciusko county retired teachers association, was in charge of the program. Local speakers included Colonel Likens who spoke on the history of the Warner school building, and Waldo Adams gave a litany of dedication. Leonard Barnhart spoke on “Restoring and Equipping the Building." Other speakers included Rhoda Williams, of the state department on retired teachers, who spoke on “old time schools." and Jean Merritt. assistant state superintendent of public instruction. Lester Davis served as master of ceremonies, assisted by Mrs.

Stookey. Mrs Evans and Calvin Beck History of Buiidin g / The old school, a project of the retired teachers, was located on a farm owned by county commissioner Maurice Dorsey just south and east of North W ebster. Restoration was a major project. Indications were that the old Warner school was constructed Amy Vanlaningham receives ISU scholarship Amy S. Vanlaningham. r 1 Milford, has been awarded an academic scholarship by Indiana State university. Terre Haute The scholarship is awarded to students ranking in the upper 10 per cent of their high school graduating class. Each is a fouryear award providing the student maintains the scholastic standards established by the university Miss Vanlaningham is a 1976 graduate of Wawasee high school.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1976

Golf course to open at Milford Friday Golf enthusiasts in the Lakeland area will be treated to a new challenge this Friday, May 14. as the Big Boulder golf course opens to the public. It is located just north of Milford on state road 15 1 Stan and Phyllis Custer, along with their son, Dwight (“Ike”), built this nice hole, par 32 course next to their home, with Custer s excavation experience being invaluable to the project. Gimp Fire plants to be picked-up This Saturday. May 15. is the time set for picking up of tomato and pepper plants sold earlier by the Camp Fire Girls at Syracuse Pick-uptime is from 1-5 p.m at the Scout cabin. Receipts must be presented when picking up the plants. VISIT IN MISHAWAKA Blanche Miller of North Webster and Hazel Gants, r 2 Syracuse, dined in South Bend on Sunday, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Miner of Syracuse. En route home, they visited with Goldie Jarrett McNees, aged in her 90's, in Mishawaka. She is the Goldie Alice referred to in the book “Sketches of Lake Wawasee” written by her son, Scott Edgell. who attended the Africa school of Turkey Creek township.

of native lumber of the area and served as a subscription school A plaque near the old school reads, “Pioneer School House. 1838. represents our respect for old-time education, our belief in the present and hope for the future." Clayton Mock told the group the school originally had eight students United Fund meeting The United Fund of Kosciusko County, Inc., Will hold a quarterly board of directors meeting on Friday. May 14. at the United Fund office. Meeting time has been set for 7:30 a m Richard Snodgrass, 1976 president of the United Fund and Jack Jarecki. chairman of the board, are hoping for full attendance in order to carry out and complete vital projects for this year Ray E. Plummer, 1976 chairman of the budget and admissions committee, again reminds agencies and other organizations seeking funding by the United Fund in 1977 to turn in their budget requests by June 1. 1976.

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EXPLAIN LAND L’SE STUDY — “Bud” Lati of Lati and .Associates, Fort Wayne, appears with two color-coded maps of the Syracuse area before a public hearing at Wawasee high school last

Growth of Syracuse community comes in for close scrutiny

The destiny of the community of Syracuse — indeed, of Turkey Creek township — as some of its more active citizens see it, came in for close scrutiny at w’hat turned out to be an old-fashioned town hall meeting last Thursday evening The occasion was a report by Irving ("Bud") Latz, representing the Fort Wayne firm of Latz and Associates, in its efforts to update the 1957 zoning ordinance and land use map. The meeting was held in the commons of Wawasee high school and drew over 100 interested citizens from the entire township. The firm has been employed by the Syracuse plan commission, upon the authority of the Syracuse town board, at a cost of SIO,OOO, two-thirds of which comes from the department of housing and urban development (HUD) and the remaining third from local funds Os this third, the Syracuse-Wawasee Property Owners' Association gave SI,OOO. Color-Coded Maps Presiding over the meeting was "Bud" Latz and appearing with him at the speakers' table were Bill Beemer, president of the plan commission; Joe Gray, its secretary; James C. Tranter. Syracuse town board president; and John Brewer, president of the board of zoning appeals On display were two elaborate color-coded maps, one of the town of Syracuse and the other of Turkey Creek township. Latz introduced Arthur Johnson and Joe Gardner of the staff of Indiana university-Purdue university. Fort Wayne, who aided him in research that went into the maps The maps broke the area down in the following manner: commercial. industrial, residential, undeveloped, public and quasipublic. Latz said the land use survey is to be used as a grow th pattern for the area until approximately 1995. adding that a zoning ordinance is an implement to planning He said the decision of the area's growth is up to the people and that his firm has no pre-conceived plans. He added that, most certainly, there is no plan that will satisfy everyone. His report came complete with overlay maps detailing soil types, drainage, agricultural suitability and the like He gave questionnaires to those present to be filled in and returned. Many Spoke Among those who stepped to the microphone and spoke or sought answers to questions included Ivan Rinehart. John Call, Leonard Greer, Gordon Medlock. James Adams. Don Hoover. Billie Rigdon. Loren Knispel. Donna Krantz. Robert Diehl. Ted Rogers. Virginia Putt, Marilyn Deck. John Nemeth. Paul Penn. Mark Lacas. Orris Shafer. Harold Kline, Steve (Continued on page 2>

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HERE'S 'BREEZY' — Robert Braungart and “Bud” Whitehead are shown beside "Breezy,” their homemade airplane which made its maiden flight Monday evening.

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By ARCH BAUMGARTNER "It’s a bird... no, it’s a plane. - ’ This Superman-like dialogue might have occurred in the area of Wawasee Airport Monday night as residents looked skyward to see a most unusual craft hovering about slowly. For their information the craft was “Breezy.” a homemade heayier-than-air craft put together by three local airplane enthusiasts: Delbert (“Bud’’) Whitehead. Dave McGrew and Robert Braungart They have been working on the two-place, odd-looking craft since last October 18 in the Whitehead’s garage at the edge of Syracuse Cruises at 65-70 MPH The machine has no covered fuselage, and the pilot and passenger sit well forward with no protection from the passing wind. Whitehead and Braungart sat in the small hangar at the airport Monday waiting for two Federal Aviation Authority officials to inspect the plane before it could take off. They were nervous, because they knew the least little thing would ground their “dream" plane until it was corrected. Finally, in mid-afternoon the two FAA men arrived and placed their stamp of approval on the craft. McGrew said, “Breezy passed every test with flying colors." The FAA men had words of praise for the solid construction of the aircraft. Following the inspection, the men waited for ideal wind conditions before making its maiden flight. Then the time came, and. with Braungart at the controls, it went down the grassy runway with full power and gently ascended into the sky. Whitehead and McGrewwatched with bated breath, but they needn't, for all went well.

Thursday night. With him are Bill Beemer, president of the plan commission, and James C. Tranter, president of the Syracuse town board.

Braungart landed, then went up two more times. It was the climax of months of painstaking work The area will see more of Breezy, but another such craft is not likely f for it will be difficult to bring another dedicated team together again. The plane weighs 772 pounds, holds 26 gallons of gas. sufficient for four hours in the air, with an

Augsburger will be speaker, Legion elects new officers

The regular monthly meeting of Ancil Geiger unit 226 was held Monday, May 10, at 8:30 p.m. with Commander Robert C. Geller presiding. The following slate of officers was elected for the coming year: Commander — Russell Ruch First vice president — Dale Stump Second vice president — Dan Levemier Adjutant — Howard Haab Finance officer — Oliver Replogle Sgt-at-Arms — Richard Felkner Chaplain — Eugene Felkner Historian — Larry Bray Plans for the Memorial Day parade were discussed. The parade will start at 10 a.m., Monday, May 31, with memorial services at the Milford cemetery. The speaker for the services will be John B. Augsburger. Milford area resident and GOP candidate for state senator. Any group wishing to participate should meet at the junior high school building approximately one hour prior to the start of the parade. The Legion hall will be open to veterans following the services at the cemetery.

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hour of reserve and an 85 hp engine. Cruising speeds: 65 to 70 miles per hour. That’s slow, but it can be mighty windy up there with no more protection than Breezy provides. We just want you to know, if you look skyward and see an odd bird up in the blue — more than likely it’s Breezy with one of its three builders at the controls.

V/ JOHN B. AUGSBURGER Hospitalized after fall Mrs. Joe Sparduto, 50, of North Hunting ton street, Syracuse, was taken to Goshen hospital by the emergency unit at Syracuse for treatment following a fall while at work at the Anchor Bar on Friday around 12:30 p.m. She sustained a small laceration above the left eye, behind the left ear and right temple in the fall and was unconscious for 10 minutes. f