The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 31, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 August 1976 — Page 1

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VOLUME 13

Lakeland school bells to ring September 1

School starts in the Lakeland community school system next Wednesday. Sept I. Teachers in service meetings will be Monday, Aug 30. and Tuesday, Aug 31 Kindergarten orientation will be held at all schools September 2-3. with the kindergarten students reporting September 7. School buses will operate the first day, September l The buses are scheduled to arrive at the North Webster school and Milford junior high school at 7.50 am next Wednesday and at the Syracuse school at 8 am The bus routes are the same as last year, with only minor changes expected, which will occur after the opening of school so the loads can be balanced Cafeteria lunches will be served next Wednesday. Sept 1, which students may purchase The first school vacation will be September 6. Labor Day County receives PTR funds from state of Indiana Checks for $19,734,542 06 in property tax replacement fund monies are being mailed to the 92 Indiana counties this month by the state according to an announce nent from Governor Otis R Bowen. MD Kosciusko county will receive $163.182 44 The distribution represents an advancement to the counties of 15 per cent of the fall distribution from the PTRF fund. The property tax replacement fund board again voted to make two early, partial distributions in order to assist those counties faced with borrowing, revenue commissioner Donald H Clark explained The total spring distribution to the counties amounted to sl3l 3million A roughly equal amount will be distributed in the fall. Under the property tax replacement program. 20 per cent of each county ’s tax levy will be paid from the state PTR fund TWO C ARS COLLIDE Two cars collided at a curve on CR 1050 N. a quarter mile east of SR 13, Thursday. Aug. 19 Involved in the accident were Margaret R Kinnear. 58. Indianapolis and James A Soden 57. 58 East Shore Dr. Syracuse No damage resulted to the Soden car and damage to the Kinnear vehicle was set at SIOO.

Take close look at parking, traffic problems |

By SUSAN BENNETT | * | The Syracuse parking and traffic com- § mittee met last night (Tuesday) to discuss problem | areas where future action may be taken, including f eliminating angle parking uptown. Committee members Ray Yoder, Lorin s Knispel. John Walker, Mrs. John Stetler and | Stanley Insley, along with town board president | Jim Tranter and police chief Ron Robinson £ discussed problem areas in the community where some action needs to be taken. Tranter said that the function of the committee was to recommend action to the town board on | traffic flow and parking problems and to receive | feedback from the public. With the recent paving of Main street. Tranter

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■MW J RE ADY TO ROLL — School busesfOr the Lakeland Community School Corporation are ready to roll, w h (ch when combined with other traffic on the road could cause ddhgerpn* »ituatk>n*. The buses will run on the first day of school, September 1. . 3 Notice to Mail-Journal Subscribers We have been hit with a postal increase of one hundred and fifty per cent on notices of change of address from our subscribers. What cost us !• cents was raised to 25 cents in July. Inasmuch as it is the responsibility of a subscriber to notify a publisher of any change of address, we have elected to refuse this 25cent fee in the future. We don’t choose to question the fiscal motives of the U.S. Postal Service, but to pay this fee. along with other postal increases, will soon mean another increase in our subscription rates. We would, therefore, ask Mail-Journal subscribers to notify our office when they have a change of address. Otherwise, they will not be receiving The Mail-Journal. — The Publishers

Trial in Mason land case set for Jan. 5

Special Judge John P Dunten set January 5.1977, at 9:30 am. as the date for a trial involving the State of Indiana. Ex Rel. plaintiff, and Richard C. Ver Wiebe. Mary L. Mason and John C. Mason. Et al. defendants, involving the possible alteration of the shoreline of Lake Wawasee The case is cause number C-76-146 The trial date was set at a pretrial conference held in the Kosciusko county circuit court room at 2:30 p.m last Wednesday In the pre-trial conference Judge Dunten has asked for a number of items to be placed in evidence by both the plaintiff and defendants The plaintiff is the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, which has earned on a running battle with the Masons and Mr Ver Wiebe, a Fort Wayne civil nghts attorney, involving the development of approximately an acre and a half of land, with about 500 feet of lake

frontage, along the Ogden Island road on the near east side of Lake Wawasee Mason’s filling in of the land has infuriated residents in the area, who have brought the Department of Natural Resources into the case, who in turn have brought in the United Slates Corps of Engineers Also involved in the overall development controversy have been Chester and Carol Elder and Donald Byrd, who are filling and developing lake frontage independent of the Mason project. Land Reportedly Sold Mason told The Mailjournal early last week that he had sold the parcel of land, that he “was tired of the controversy and decided to sell my property . ” “1 had a good offer.” he said, “and decided to sell.” He reported he sold the land “for more than SSOO and less than SI,OOO per front foot.” (Continued on page 2)

asked the committee to consider parallel parking only in the uptown area. Robinson also recommended such action, saying that in 1975 there were XO accidents in the area. If the angle parking is to be eliminated, there would be one less space in front of Connolly’s and the State Bank. Walker remarked that if the parking is made parallel that it be laid out with yellow squares after each two spaces. Robinson said that he would recommend no parking on South Huntington in front of Doug Pilcher’s Shoe store, but make parking in front of the post office angle parking, commenting that, “It’s hard for elderly people to parallel park." Ray Yoder referred to actions being taken in South Bend recently to eliminate paid parking in front of utility companies for the elderly. “They told the revenue they were losing and it was a

WEDNESDAY, AVGUST 25, 1976

John Rinker is seriously injured in boating accident

John Rinker, well known Syracuse boat manufacturer, was seriously injured in a boat accident at Dayton. Ohio, Saturday afternoon. He was participating in the Sprint E pleasure craft racing division of the National Championship Races when he lost control of his boat and was injured. He is a patient in the Dayton hospital with his wife Beverly at his side. Broke Back He suffered a broken back and serious facial lacerations and bruises He suffered a cut over his left eye and was bleeding behind his eyes, it was reported locally The small racing boat in which he was riding was a

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Warsaw parking ordinance eliminates meters for six months

Parking meters in downtown Warsaw were eliminated unanimously last week by the Warsaw Common council for a six month period. Voting to repeal the existing parking meter ordinance and replace it with two-hour parking on the city streets were councilmen Graham Kreicker, John P. (Jack) Burns. Donald Bixel s and Fred Boggs Parking in the city lot between Buffalo, Indiana and Jefferson streets will also enforce two-hour parking. However, there will be unlimited free-parking in all the other downtown lots which are city owned Overtime packers will be fined one dollar for the first violation and five dollars for each hour of overtime parking above the first hour violation Police will chalk tires and

Rinkerbuilt boat, which mounts to speeds of 78 miles per hour. He was out to beat another racer with whom he has had close canpetition in previous races, was crowded, and his boat “did a nosedive.” it was reported. Rinker went through the windshield and his small craft went over him. His injuries could have been much more serious. Townsman Larry Michael, who has served in the pits for Rinker in previous races, was not at the Dayton race. He called Rinker one of the most daring, able racers he knows. Rinker. 42 years of age. has’ manufactured boats all his life, working as a young man with his father in the boat manufacturing business. Rinkerbuilt boats are sold nationally.

patrol street and lot parking areas and ticket violators. After a six month trial, the new parking ordinance will remain m effect, if successful and the meters will be removed. The council will re-establish the existing ordinance if the plan is not successful. The downtown merchants lobbied for the new parking plan to eliminate all-day parking by downtown workers. Councilmen also approved as part of the new ordinance a $35,000 additional appropriation from federal revenue sharing funds to be used to buy s a lot west of the Ringer lot and east of the building that houses the food stamp, county court and Warner Cable Co. offices on Main street. William H. Warren. Jr., appraised the lot in July at a value of $35,000

minimum,’’ Yoder said. “We asked that the bank move its employees from the lower lot to the post office lot," said Robinson, adding that the bank personnel had complied. But he said he thought it would be better if the employees parked at the rear of the post office lot andleft the front row on the alley open for uptown patrons*'“lt’s only going to cost them 20 or 30 steps,’* Robinson said. About the front row, Robinson said, “Now that is full at 7 o’clock in the - morning.’* “Really it’s to their (the merchants) advantage to keep the front row or two rows open," Tranter added. Knispel added that merchants in other cities sometimes purchase employee parking lots, saying, “Which seems to me more realistic."

MAPPING PLANS — Members of the Wawasee high school coaching staff are shown above as they map plans for Friday night opening game. The Warriors will meet Warsaw at 7:30 p m. on the Wawasee high school gridiron. From left are Ted Mahnensmith. head coach Hal Traviolia, Dave Matt and Larry Shook.

First WHS football game Friday, foe: Warsaw Tigers

Wawasee head football coach Hal Traviolia has his team hard ’ at work, practicing twice each day. for Friday night’s season opener against rival Warsaw. The game is slated for 7:30 p.m on the Wawasee field. Warsaw will be coming into Warrior country under the leadership of a new coach — Ron Hutcherson. Traviolia feels this may be an advantage for the Warriors. Last year the Warriors went to Warsaw and zilched the Tigers 34-0 The Tigers are going to be out for revenge The Warriors are gang to be out for a repeat performance. Nine returning lettermen will be leading the Wawasee attack They are seniors Rick Bauman. Keith Cripe, Mark Francis. Todd Haines. Mitch Ousley, Joel Popenfoose. Bill Rensberger. Dave Ruth and J. C. Schrock. Assisting Traviolia with the coaching duties will be Dave Matz, Ted Mahnensmith and Larry Shook. Shook, who is the WHS swimming coach, replaces Ray Reid who has accepted the position of head coach at Northridge high school. New on this year’s schedule are New Prairie, Twin Lakes and Culver Military’ The history °f football at Wawasee has been a history of victories bah under the school’s first coach. Don Storey and under Traviolia. A record sheet provided by athletic director Eldon Ummel

shows the win-loss record from the 1968-69 school year through last year. The first year the school had a football team its record was 6-2. In 1969 the record for the season was 3-5-1 and the following year it was 7-3. In 1972 the school faced a rebuilding year and ended the season with a 5-5 reconf The year 1973 would have to be recorded as the most rewarding The rebuilding paid off. The official record is 9-2. The team came close to the end of the

Petitions seek town’s position on chief Jordan

Petitions are posted in Milford businesses to determine the townspeople's position on the controversy surrounding police chief Melvin Jordan. John Perry, owner of Walter’s Drug store, drafted and is circulating the petitions “To find what people think,” be said. “I’m tired of all this negative feeling, this negative talk,” Perry continued. Referring to the town board. Perry said about the petitions. "It’s simply to let them know what the town thinks ’, The petition says “Town’s position on Melvin Jordan, chief of police, residents of corporate limits." Beneath those words are spaces where petition signers sign under the “for” column or the “against” column.

Speed Limit Discussion Knispel said “let me open a can of worms, my £ favorite can of worms," stating that he would like g to see uniform speed limits in areas where they £ vary. A situation at Pickwick road and CR 535E § was discussed. “Really and truly to solve that, | either cut the weeds or cut that tree," said Yoder. | Robinson suggested a four-way stop at the in- § tersection, or stop warning signs and stripe the $ road edges. “How many year’s habit would you be $ fighting," said Knispel. “It’s a freeway, I know | that.” Enforcing the speed limit better, was a & solution offered by Knispel. When discussing the intersection of Palm | street and CR 335E, the committee remarked that S \ (Continued on page 2) §

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season with a 9-0 record and a decision Play Warsaw for the Northern Lakes Conference title and pass up an opportunity to play in the state play-offs or forfeit the Warsaw game, settle for a co-championship in the NLC and host Blackford in the playoffs. The Warriors played Blackfoxi and lost and the season, which will be long-remembered, ended with a 9-2 record. The past two years the team has turned in an 8-2 record.

And there are a few of them (petitions) in private hands Circulating through neighborhoods," Perry said. Perry also added that the action was entirely his and na sponsored by the Milford EMS, as has been rumored. At the Monday, Aug. 30, budget hearing by the town board, Perry plans to present the petitions to the board members, saying “Let’s hope that they’ll see what the people want and knock it off and take care of other business.” The petitions in the businesses were checked Monday and Tuesday with the following results: (TheF is for those for and the A is for those against.) (Continued on page 2)