The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 24, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 July 1976 — Page 1

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FLOTILLA WINNERS. ALL — Thia somewhat tired and tom group, made up of sailors, Indians, renegades and just over-all funlovers, make up the list of winners in Sunday's Lake Wawasee Flotilla. A full Hat of the winners appears etoewhere on this page and pictures of first place winners also appear in this issue.

4th of July Flotilla called 'best ever': Morganthaler

The weathermari proved a good friend to this year's Lake Wawasee Flotilla effort as sunny skies prevailed all day Sunday. The Flotilla got off on schedule in front of the Eli Lilly property, with 29 entries. *uh commodore Ted Rogers leading as sparkling a flotilla of craft of a wide assortment as has ever been seen on the Big Lake It was a fitting tribute to the nation’s 2OOth anniversary Joe Morganthaler, president of this year’s Flotilla committee, said he was highly pleased with the number and quality of the floats entered No Parachutist* The parachute jump failed to materialize as scheduled, but the

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afternoon was favored with four U.S. Army jets flying over the lake several times in close formation, giving the afternoon a real old-fashioned Fourth of July flavor Lazily hovering over the slowmoving Flotilla was “Breezy’.’’ Ahe handcrafted, open-air plane with Bob Braungardt and Bub Whitehead at the controls at alternate times The 27-mile shoreline of Lake Wawasee was filled with people watching the colorful parade of boats, and the lake itself was literally filled with boats. Estimates of how many boats were on the lake ran from 300 to 1,000. Actually, it was anybody’s guess, but suffice it to say it was a star-spangled day.

Commodore Ted Rogen called this year's Flotilla "one of the best ever.” He said 29 entries cruised the calm waters of Lake Wawasee in a two-and-a-ha If hour journey along the lake's shoreline. Making no attempt to identify those in the picture, the fun should be each person trying to make the identity himself.

List Winners Judges Mr. and Mrs. Ken Harkless and Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Jones turned in their list of winners to commodore Ted Rogers who made the announcement on Wawasee Prep grounds following the event, as ' follows: Commercial — Ist, American Industries; 2d. State Bank of Syracuse; and 3d. Golden Razor. Industrial — Ist. Sea Nymph; 2d. RV Wheels (Vega); and 3d. Weatherhead Residential — Ist. Mike Kiley “and friends’’; 2d,<Washington Crossing Wawasee; and 3d, Bicentennial Blast. Institutional — Ist. Wawasee Ski club; 2d. VFW; and 3d.

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Enchanted Hills Playhouse. Junior — Ist, Campfire Girls; 2d. Wawasee Track Team; and 3d. Wawasee Bowl. Best Bicentennial Theme — Bushong's Barber Shop. Commodore's Trophy — USS Constitution Earl Money Memorial Trophy — Wawasee trade team. Community organization helps another The Syracuse Camp Fire Girls will be donating all proceeds taken in during the sale of food at the city park concession stand on Thursday. July 8, the Syracuse emergency unit fund for new equipment This is the first summer the Camp Fire youth from first grade to senior high have managed the concession stand. Each week a different Camp Fire group and their leader is in charge of running the stand from 12 noon to 6 pm.. seven days a week. They cook, sell, and clean-up under the supervision of their leader. Money earned from the sell of hot dogs, frozen candy bars, pop com. snow cones and pop goes towards supplies and running of the concession stand as well as Camp Fire girls equipment and supplies. Paul f. Snyder completestasic mechanics course Navy airman apprentice Paul F Snyder, 19, son of Mr. and Mrt. Maurice R. Snyder of 118 W\ Portland St., Syracuse, ha* completed the basic aviation structural mechanic course at the naval air technical training center, Millington. Tenn. During the eight-week course, he learned to inspect, maintain and repair aircraft frames (•‘skeletons”) and exteriors (“skins’’). In classroom and practical application periods, Snyder studied blueprint reading, corrosion control and metal working. A 1975 graduate of Wawasee high school, he joined the navy in November 1975.

Restored one-room school attracts wide attention A project of restoring a pioneer subscription school and relocating it at Clarksville Pioneer Village at the south edge of North Webster has caught the attention of the Indiana edition of Pride In America, a Bicentennial publication of the Indiana Retired Teachers Association. A write-up also appeared in the July-August 1976 edition (page 56 of the National Retired Teachers Association Journal. The school restoration is the work of the Kosciusko County Teachers Association and involves an expenditure of nearly SIO,OOO, including volunteer labor. The school, furnished as it was some 140 years ago, was found on the Dorsey farm south of North Webster, with restoration beginning in 1974. The state publication carries two half-page photos, while the national publication carries a one-column photo, all of which have appeared earlier in The Mail-Journal. Visitors of Clarksville find the old school a prime place to visit on the regular tour, according to Leonard Barnhart of Syracuse, one of the most active members of the restoration project.

Three residents ask annexation at Syracuse

Three residents of old road 13, between Pickwick Road and the channel bridge, plan to petition the Syracuse town board for annexation. Appearing before the board meeting last night Jack E. Simmons and Doyle Butler asked that their properties, located on the east side of the road, be taken into the town. Another petitioner, but not present at the meeting last night, is Merrill K. Norris. The three plan to enter their petition at the July 20 meeting of the Syracuse board. However, the board asked them to ascertain whether or not residents along Pickwick road, from the Joe Hughes residence to the Matthew D. Solomon residence, would consider annexation, that the entire group could be taken into the town of Syracuse in one petition. Simmons and Butler were told that without annexation their minimum charge for sewer hookup would be fifty per cent higher than town residents, that the minimum is $5 per month, but would have a $3.75 minimum per month when metered • With annexation, sewer hookup is mandatory, but not so with water hook-up, they were told. Sidewalk Days Chuck Clevenger asked board permission to erect a tent on Main street, east of the stop light f6r Sidewalk Days which will be July 21-24. He said Bonnie Workman had asked businessmen in that area if they objected to such a tent and that the consensus is that they do not. The board asked police chief Ron Robinson to contact the merchants, and if there were no objections, he could inform Clevenger that the erection of the teht would be alright. Scan Insley. a Parkway Drive resident, told the board there are hipte and other debris in the Creek near his residence and that if the town has an easement there it should attend to the problem involved. Attorney Robert Reed said this would be a county matter, since the county commissioners have control over creeks in the county. The board has agreed to contact the commissioners in this matter. Insley also said be had contacted the state highway commission and public service commission concerning the railroad crossing on South Huntington street. Hq was informed the railroad work crew is in Albion, working westward, and would be in Syracuse within 30 days and make needed repairs at crossings here. Chief Robinson thanked the (Continued on page 2)

Rain slick roads cause collision Thomas L. Richcreek, 17, of Leesburg, traveling in his car on North Detroit St., Warsaw, struck the rear of a truck driven by Jeff Schaff, 66, of Warsaw. Richcreek reported he saw a car in front of him swerve to the right and then he saw the triick. When he tried to stop, the brakes on his car locked and he hit the truck. Damage to the truck owned by Bledsoe Buick-Pontiac, Warsaw, was set at $350 and S6OO to the Richcreek auto. Leesburg man in traffic mishap A car driven by Nicholas Roher, 17, of Leesburg collided with an auto driven by Terry L. Jordan, 25, of Warsaw at the intersection of CR 150 W and CR SOON on Saturday, June 26. The Jordan auto braking to slow down at the intersection, lost control of his car and slid into the Roher car which was stopped at the stop sign. Reported damage to the Roher car was $450, and S3OO to the Jordan car. Car catches fire in Chore-Time lot A car owned by Carl L. Hepler, Jr., r 4 Syracuse, caught fire last Wednesday night, June 30, at 11 pm. Linda G. Stephenson, r 3 Nappanee, reported that a car in the parking lot of Chore-Time, on route 15 North of Milford, was on fire The Milford fire department wits called and the fire investigated by Milford police chief Melvin Jordan. Hepler told police the car had broken down and as a result left the car parked in the Chore-Time lot. CAR SINKS INTO SWAMP A car driven by Debra A. Eagen, 28, of Syracuse slid off of old road 13A and sunk three feet into a swamp Monday, June 28, causing $1,500 damage to the car. Miss Eagen reported, %he swerved to miss hitting a group of youth standing on the road.

Lakeland board reorganizes

The Lakeland Community school board met last night (Tuesday) to reorganize and

'Wetlands' hearing continues today

The hearing on the so-called “wetlands” before Judge Robert A. Grant, presiding at the US District Court For The Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division, is scheduled to resume at 10 a.m. today (Wednesday). The first day of the hearing was held yesterday before Judge Grant, commencing at 10 a m. The hearing followed a stop order, issued in the form of a temporary restraining order on Chet Elder, developer who is filling part of a 75-acre tract south of Syracuse, along Lake Wawasee. The order was issued at 1:15 p.m. last Tuesday. A similar temporary restraining order was to have been served on developer Don Byrd at the same time but he was in Washington, D. C., at the time. Since the order was issued, a number of representatives of the US Corps of Engineers have been in Syracuse and around the lakes area noting developments along the shoreline. Hear Engineers. Biologists It was hoped the hearings could be concluded today. At the Tuesday hearing. Jack Mason, developer who claims his fill on a tract along the Ogden Island road has been completed, was present. ‘Also present were Doti Byrd and his attorney Philip J. Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Chet Elder and their attorney Stanley Pequignot. There were also a number of lake residents present who had responded to a circulated letter to attend the hearing. Judge Grant heard testimony by two members of the US Corps

They have their rights, too. (An Editorial) The question of how far development should go around the valuable lakes in the northeastern section of Kosciusko county has brought into sharp focus the interests of two disparate groups. One is, of course, the developers - in this instance the Chet Elders, the Jack Masons and Don Byrd — and proponents of keeping the health of the lakes in good condition for this and future generations. The latter group to made up of property owners of both Syracuse Lake and Lake Wawasee, primarily, but others in the community have the same interest. We, here, have tried to keep an open mind on this very controversial subject. It b hard to do, with both sides seeking a platform for their .point of view. We respect the sincerity of both sides in the issue. We feel certain the developers do not want our lakes to become mud holes either. But we can’t help but feel they have their rights, too. No one, by now,” adepts the theme of “zero growth” in the area. As representatives of Latz Associates pointed out recently at a public meeting with the plan commission, growth to bound to come. One should, however, plan for what they termed as “orderly growth.” With thta in mind, we come down on the side of the developers. We just wish there wasn’t all thta hassle. We feel the state of Indiana, in its department of natural resources, is dragging its feet. If the so-called ‘ wetlands” are so vital to the health of our lakes, these lands should be condemned under the state’s right of eminent domain, and the land owners should be paid for their property, the same as a farmer to paid when the highway department condemns-ftta farm land tor a new road. If. indeed, these developers hold good title to their lands and have been paying taxes on them, then they should be reimbursed for their lands. It would seem to us, this to the only fairway to go.

reelected Bill Little as board president. Other elected officers were

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of Engineers and two biologists. Wiley (“Bill”) Spurgeon, president of the active Wawasee Property Owners’ Association, also gave testimony. Two surveyors were also present to give testimony': Herbert Underwood, Wabash county surveyor from North Manchester, and Jerry Lessig of Warsaw. Frank Putt, well known Syracuse Lake resident and member of the Lakes Study Committee headed by Daye Stoops, attended the Tuesday court session and planned to attend the session today. Putt said there were “about 70 interested persons” in attendance at the Tuesday court hearing. Congressman Fithian The entire issue of ecology in the lakes area has captivated public attention, enough to bring second district congressman Floyd J. Fithian to the area to hear a representative group at Camelot Hall at North Webster at 6 p.m. Thursday. The judgment coming from the South Bend hearings could be a landmark decision, inasmuch as no clear determination of what “wetlands” are has been forthcoming. Suffice it to say that a large number of people have become acutely interested in the health of the valued lakes in the area. No one will question the sincerity of their interest, but this interest clashes head-on with efforts of three developers who want to stimulate growth around the lakes, particularly around Lake tyawasee.

John Kroh, vice-president; and ’ Floyd Baker, secretary. (Continued on page 2)