The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 18, Milford, Kosciusko County, 26 May 1976 — Page 1
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Will Erwin Syracuse Memorial Day speaker
Bicentennial and Memorial Day observances will be held at Syracuse this coming week end A museum has been set up in the Pickwick Place and a parade on Saturday will highlight the event Earlier this week some 30 entries had been made for the Sunday parade, with many unusual floats and displays, and it is expected more will be en tered before the big event takes place Railroad Park will be the assembling location at 1 pm with the parade starting at 145 The paraders will travel north on Huntington street to the uptown stoplight, turn west on Main to Mill street which goes north to the cemetery WILL ERWIN Speaker Erw in Will Erwin. Republican candidate for V S congressman, second district, will be speaker at the cemetery and will also be m the parade Those m the parade not wishing to go to the cemetery for the sen ice may drop out onto Dolan drive to the south and those wishing to continue will make the turn from Main onto Mill street Parade winners will already have been selected by the time the parade makes the turn at Mill and will tie presented trophies at this time The local Lions club donated the trophies, winners being selected ors the basis of (he best Bicentennial theme The t 'amp Eire girls w ill have a bake sale at the Scout cabin and the Primary Mothers will hold a (Continued on page 2)
I s |V ■'Ils?'! : 1 I ’* 1 Lru . ''■ Jftii _. •*> ■“*• j '-'w*. Jk : i 0: nifn PICKWICK SQUARE HAS BICENTENNIAL PLANT THEME - Mrs. Pinney contacted the Syracuse-Wawasee garden club in behalf of the merchants of the Pickwick Square. She wanted the garden chib to plant the area in a Bicentennial theme. Mrs. Ernest (Mary > Bushong right and Miss Priscilla Rhode, left, took on the project and designed and planted the area. Red salvia, white Petunias and blue level is were used in plantings around the area. Hangingdrom the gazebo are planter baskets of red. white and blue arrangements. The garden club has done a number of civic projects including a y early project of planting trees al the cemetery and aba work done to beautify the park area.
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FITHIAN UNABLE TO BE AT SYRACUSE Second district congressman Floyd Fithian’s office notified persons at Syracuse this week that Fithian will be unable to be present at Syracuse for the Bicentennial-Memorial week end planned. He was to present a flag to the Syracuse Camp Fire girls at 9 a.m. Saturday morning, but will be presenting it at a later date, in the near future. North Webster plans Monday observance The annual Memorial Day parade at North Webster will be held on Monday. May 31 A short service is being planned around 10 a m at lakeside as usual, afterwhich assembling will be at the Legion home at 11 o’clock for the parade to the cemetery Rev. A C Underwood will be speaker at the cemetery Following the service, refresh ments will be served to the participating youths at the Legion home Judge rules in favor of Jack Masons Kosciusko county circuit court judge Gene B Lee ruled Tuesday morning an the case involving Jack and Mary Lou Mason and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources concerning property rights on a site approximately an acre and a half on Johnson s Bay. just off the Ogden Island road Judge Lee ruled in favor of Richard' C VerWTede, a Fort Wayne attorney and Mrs Mason, contending the land in question is their legal property, and that the
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- flfl v iny 31 I ■ I F . • v ■ I > V ■ 1 fIJ fl t , j- , . ANCHOR HERE — This anchor in the lawn at the John Sudiow residence on Lake Wawasee seems to be welcoming everyone to the Lakeland area for the summer and asking them to drop anchor on the big lake or one of the smaller lakes which dot the countryside. Our photographer snapped a photo of the Sudlow's anchor earlier in the year and The Mail-Journal staff members thought it so fitting that they requested another photo of the anchor for this Early Bird issue which«opens the summer season.
'Get tough' policy to collect ambulance fees at Syracuse
The Syracuse town board last night adopted a ’.‘get tough policy toward residents who have used the local ambulance service and have failed to respond to bills sent them for the service The board unanimously adopted a motion made by board member Darrel Gnsamer to send one more bill to delinquent accounts, stating that if the bills are not paid by July 1 they will be filed with the small claims court in Warsaw for collection Accounting In a public accounting. Syracuse clerk-treasurer Betty Dust said from June 1975, when the ambulance service was
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begun, until May 24 of this year. $7,589.82 has been collected, including $2,191.00 from the township trustee for reimbursement for crew pay. Bills in the amount of $12,130.75 have been sent out. and of this amount $4,540.93 is uncollected Mrs. Dust said of the bills sent out, 62.56 per cent have been collected Merl Smith, a member of the township advisory board, asked, “What justification is there for these bills not being paid’’ ” Mrs Dust said there was none, that, in fact, several parties have used the ambulance service on several occasions and have failed to respond to bills She added that some are being paid by insurance companies, and in these cases there is a delay in payment. Attorney Steve Hearn said he questioned the advisability of paying a $lO filing fee in the small claims court if the bills are uncoilectable He further advised against using a “threat” to go into the small claims court if the
TURKEY CREEK TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE'S ■ TTZ.T SHARING EXTENDI it’RES ’ >75 J I i*EZ*! Z-rxiu w X ' S . Poor Relief $ 6,000.03 Poor Relief .... 10,000.0( < ■ ■ A) Total Poor Relief ALT "LANCE 3) 1. Purchase An", ular.ee .... >613,?7>.00 A~. -u lance Equipment . .... 1i,5'38.00 T-way Radio Equipment . . . :.,L>3.00 5. Insurance - Town & Township ogo.oo Special A-., lance Equipment 550.00 New Tires 15 7 -O3 '. Fay - Anbulance Personnel . ' ?,b1?.00 '>. Miscellaneous Itens .... - 4 •« 3> Total Aioulance. . . , .h3.?5 Total Toor Relief. . 1 >,300.0GRA':D°?O?AL Gu7,L?8.35
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town did not intend to do so. Not Self-Supporting Board member Grisamer said, “A year ago we were told by the firemen that the ambulance service would be selfsupporting.” He added that this is apparently not so. Mrs Dust said a normal run with the ambulance to the Goshen hospital is SSO. — or $35 per run, plus $1 per loaded mile. She added. “There is just no way the program will be selfsupporting.” The same opinion came from Jack Alfrey, township advisory board member and from township trustee Roy Price. Mr. Alfrey said it would appear to him the town and-or township would have to advance funds to keep the service operable He spoke of a $14,000 figure of support Trustee Price said during 1975 the fire department made 28 calls in the town of Syracuse. 39 (Continued on page 2)
Annual parade will start Milford's 6th 'MAD Day 1
The annual American Legion sponsored Memorial Day parade and the ceremonies to follow at the cemetery will begin Milford s sixth “MAD DAY” activities. Again persons are asked not to park on the town’s Main street business block during the morning hours so the streets will be clear for the parade which will move out from the junior high school at 10 a m. The parade will move east on Emeline street to Main street under the direction of members of Ancil Geiger post 226, American Legion. The parade will turn north on Main street and stop in front of the memorial at the town , hall for a biipT ceremony. It will then continue north with units being transported to the cemetery. The special speaker for the day will be Milford’s own John B. Augsburger, candidate for state senator. ’MAD’ Activities The first event of the day will be the first game of the Little League tourney. The Reds will meet the Twins at 8:30 a.m. at the elementary school diamond. A chicken barbecue dinner will be served between 11 and 1:30 with Congressman Floyd Fithian of the second district expected to attend. BANK TO BE CLOSED ON MEMORIAL DAY The State Bank of Syracuse will be closed May 31, 1976 in observance of Memorial Day. All three locations will resume normal operations Tuesday, June 1. 6-7% salary increases are given by board After a discussion of the seven per cent increase in salaries allowed for non-certified personnel and a reifeew of the 6 29 per cent increase provided for in the second year of the two-year teachers contract for the 1976-77 school year, the board established a six per cent increase for all administrators. Teachers who are not covered under the master teacher contract were also granted a six per cent increase unless that increase provides less than the minimum salary schedule of the school corporation In such cases, the teachers will be increased to the minimum provided The increases for the administrators and teachers not m the bargaining unit is for an 18 month period The board also authorized new three-year contracts for Henry Smith, high school prinicpal; John Naab, curriculum coordinator; Marion Lantz, business manager; and Don H. Arnold; (Continued on page 2) Elsewhere in this issue. • • Section 1 Item , Page Entertainment 3 ’Cruzin - 5 The Column 7 Sports 6-9 WHS awards 10 Graduation 11 KCH dedication 12-1344 Fly the flag 15 Section II Milford, Ohio — first in a series 4 North Webster news 11
The baseball tourney will get underway again at 12:30 p.m. when the Cards meet the Expos. The Sox and Tigers will meet at 2 p.m. with the winners of the Reds-Twins and Cards-Expos games meeting at 3:30 p.m. The championship game will be at 6:30 p.m. At 11:30 a.m. the Cutie King and Queen contest will be held at the junior high school. An entry
RS) w // y'/ | Memorial Day W\\\ ' a time to \W\ 1 remember \\W Residents of the Lakeland area will be joining citizens from all over the United States of America next week end in observing Memorial Day with a Bicentennial touch in honor of the country's 200th birthday. It is the ideal time to begin the final celebrations of the Bicentennial, most of which will conclude on on the 4th of July. While the first Memorial Day was held to commemorate those Union soldiers who died in the Civil War, to most Americans the holiday has become a day of tribute to those who died in all of America's wars. It is sobering to list their names: Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, War Between the States, Spanish-Americart War, World War I, World War 11, Korean War and Viet Nam. All had a common purpose: to preserve freedom. The continuing need to maintain a strong national defense is unquestioned. Differences among loyal Americans relate so the level of strength needed to defend our hard won freedoms from attack and to discourage for all time still another war. If we who are the beneficiaries of those who sacrificed their lives in past wars make wise decisions resulting in continued peace, the war dead will, at last, have achieved their goals. They all echo the works of John Adams after the first war: “Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it!" Parades have sprung up over the country in honor of those who gave their lives. The Lakeland area is no exception. The parade in Syracuse will be on Sunday with units moving out at 1:30 p.m. The line of march will be from Railroad park north on Huntington street to Main then west to Mill street and to the cemetery. Will Erwin will be the speaker. Erwin is the second district congressional candidate. Milford's parade will be on Monday with the formation being at the junior high.school. Parade time is 10 a.m. The parade will march down Emeline to Main, north on Main to the edge of town. The units will then be transported to the cemetery. John B. Augsburger, candidate for the state senate, will be speaker. The parade in North Webster will also be on Monday. Units will march from the Legion post, north on SR 13 to the cemetery. The starting time is 11:30 a.m. Rev. A. C. Underwood will be the speaker.
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blank is located elsewhere in this issue. Norma Rapp is chairman of the event. The obstacle course — something new this year — will be held at 12 noon. Participants are asked to assemble at the junior high school. Age groups will be six-eight, nine-11, 12-14, 15-18, 19-25 and 25. This event is based on the “Superstars” on television.