The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 34, Milford, Kosciusko County, 15 September 1976 — Page 1

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I^^SiSiKs^^^?^Sita Eßlfc _ > nfflffSi~ T~ .fcMwZZS W REPAIR BOSTON STREET — Syracuse street department workmen Dale and Rex Alley and Don Sloan are bus' widening the corner of Main and Boston streets where school buses and other vehicles have had difficulty negotiating the corner. Besides widening the corner, the street from Main street to the Skinner Ditch bridge will be resurfaced, ail w ork to be completed in the near future.

REAL feeds 21 at Scout cabin on its first day

A new service tn provide one hot meal per day on a five -day per-week basis, began Monday noon at the Syracuse Scout Cabin, with 21 aged persons as recipients Syracuse has become a Nutrition Site to implement Titk Ml of the Older Americans Act. as administered by the Department q( Health. Education arJ Welfare, known as REAL (Resources for the Enrichment of Adult Living). headquartered

i A ■■LP 1- * G 3 fl? / r ■ L I .< 1 J tei- iqM | H J AT SITE OPENING — Participating in the Syracuse site opening of REAL at the Syracuse Scout cabin Monday noon were, from left. Bill Coburn. Scout cabin director; Amanda Davisson, second vice president of the county commission on aging and aged; John B. Augsburger; Mary Alice Santos, area director; Veleria Hughes. and site director Georgia Buster.

Mr. Milford pays visit to town of Milford

A surprise visitor was seen on the streets of Milford yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon. His name Arthur Lee Milford. The former Hoosier, who now resides in Melbourne Beach, Fla., has an unusual project. He Is visiting the 26 cities and towns across the United States with the name of Milford. He Is a graduate of Culver Military Academy and currently has a daughter attending the academy. He attended Wabash college In Crawfordsville and holds degrees from Purdue and Harvard universities. He resided in West Lafayette for a time. By profession, Milford was a mechanical engineer before retiring. He worked with the space industry at Cape Kennedy. Milford was in Milford, Ohio, recently and was given a copy of the Item we printed in our May 26 issue — the first in our series of Bicentennial Items on Milfords. Milford said he was , interviewed by representatives of the Milford, Ohio, paper too. Earlier today he payed visits to South Milford and Milford Junction. * As he travels he is studying the history of the towns, when he can find It. He is visiting the people and taking photos. His favorite subjects are buildings and signs which carry the name of Milford. Asa result of his visit toMilford, The Mail-Journal will be going to his Melbourne Beach home so he can keep up on the

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Consolidation of THE MILFORD M AIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL !Est. 1907)

in South Bend Georgia Buster is director erf the Syracuse site. Government Funded The hot meals are for persons 60 years of age or over, or for those married to a person 60 years of age or over Meals are government funded, with a caterer coming to the Syracuse site each day with hot meals Mrs . Buster said recipients may donate what they can toward the program on a

voluntary basis. The site will be open daily from 10:30 am: until 2:30 p.m.. Mrs Buster said, for socialization and activities Activities are to be governed by the wishes erf those participating Syracuse is in a five-county area known as Area 11, with Mary Alice Santos serving as director. The area includes Kosciusko, Elkhart. Marshall, Saint Joseph and LaPorte counties.

happenings in this Indiana town. He expressed disappointment when he saw the name of the bank. He is the proud owner of a bank book from Ohio which says Arthur Milford has an account with the Milford Savings and Loan. When he left our printing plant he planned to visit ttye library and other places along the town's Main street. He also expressed an interest in visiting the manufacturing firms along the highway. After seeing all there is to see in Milford, he planned to head for Milford, 111. a Next month Milford plans to head east for visits in Milford, ! Mass., where the town dates back to 1662 (our seventh article in the series) and in Milford, Conn., which dates to 1639 (our last article in the series). Both are larger cities. It is in these larger cities that he hopes to find others with the last name of Milford. While In our plant he asked if our staff members had ever heard of anyone with the last name of Milford. While most had heard of someone with the first name of Milford, none had heard of it as a last name. Milford said he knew of no one outside his immediate family with such a last name. After a tour of the plant, interview and some picture taking, he was off with copies of our summer series, his subscription receipt and his camera in hand to see the sites of yet another Milford.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15, 1976

A prank that backfired! What began as a prank, turned out to be an embarrassment for an Syracuse youth, and more particularly for his parents. Marc Randall Fry. a 1976 graduate of Wawasee high school and the son of State Bank of Syracuse vice-president and Mrs. James Fry , said thoughts of committing “the perfect crime,” persuaded him to lock himself in the trunk of his car on old road 30 east of Plymouth on Thursday night. He told police officers he left the home of his girlfriend at Barbee Lake at about 10 p.m. and drove country roads until he came to the site ataft he locked himself in the trunk of his car. He put the keys to the car under the bumper, climbed into the trunk and pulled the lid down. He recalls not thinking it such a good idea, “but it was too late to do any thing about it.” He was in the trunk about four hours when Ply mouth officer Don Jefferies found him. It was feared he might have been abducted when he failed to come home, officers said. Marc's father is also a member of the Lakeland school board, which was further reason to fear abduction.

Kosciusko county United Fund campaign kicks-off toward goal

The United Fund of Kosciusko County. Inc . has begun its annual fund drive campaign which will continue through October 6. "It will be an in-plant solicitation." said James R. Kees. general chairman. "We’ll trv to get people where they work." The goal, set at $264,000. is nine per cent bigger than the 1975 goal, but Kees feels confident it can be reached. "I’m confident we will." Through this method. Kees said. "There will be some people missed I'm sure of that." He said that individuals can send checks to the United Fund headquarters. 518 South Buffalo street. Warsaw

Peterson named toll road general manager

A Ligonier insurance man. Ellsworth C. Peterson, has been appointed general manager of the Indiana toll road. Peterson's appointment will become effective on December 1. He will serve as assistant general manager beginning October 1. Current manager Robert A. Tillett is resigning effective November 30 » Peterson’s appointment came from the office of Governor Otis R. Bowen The Ligonier area resident, a republican, has served seven terms in the state legislature, losing to Democrat Elbert Roe in 1974. Last spring he ran for the party's nomination for state senator, the post won by Milford’s John B Augsburger. While in the legislature he served as chairman of the house ways and means committee He and his wife recently attended the Republican national con rention in Kansas City. He is also active in Noble

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Kees stressed the fact that the campaign was a once a year event to support the 20 countyagencies assisted by the fund. "We’ve never really had a women’s division. "Kees said, referring to the division headed by Bonnie Richardson. "This is going to be something really great." Sunday the campaign kickedoff with an open house at each of the supported agencies in Warsaw Volunteers also attended an orientation meeting at the Shrine building. Kosciusko county fairgrounds. Warsaw. Edward R. Betz. Leesburg, is the north community division’ chairman for Leesburg. Syracuse. Milford and Atwood

ELLSWORTH C. PETERSON county, having been chairman erf the Noble county welfare board, a member of the county council and a township trustee. While serving as trustee he was elected president of the Indiana Township Trustees association (Continued on page 2)

i P* i j ‘ ‘ J * I r 4 , I TOTAL LOSS — A car. driven by Pamela S. Polk, 23, r 2 Leesburg, was listed as a total loss, when a car driven by Walter Ed Kelly. 68. Hometown. 111., pulled from 900 north onto Old Road 15 into the path of the northbound Polk vehicle, causing a collision. The Saturday afternoon mishap resulted in injuries to four persons. Treated and released from Kosciusko Community hospital were Jeffrey Polk, two-year-old passenger in the Polk vehicle, and Kelly. Mrs. Polk was transferred to the Goshen hospital where she was treated for internal injuries. Lucille Kelly. 61. a passenger in the Kelly auto, sustained a fractured hip. lacerations to her head and a neck injury . She was listed in satisfactory condition at KCH. Kosciusko county police patrolman Alan Rovenstine, Indiana State Trooper Larry Yeiter and Milford town marshal Mel Jordan investigated the accident.

County prosecutor accepts case concerning condemned buildings

Milford attorney 'Rex Reed reported at the monthly board meeting Monday night that county- prosecutor Steven Hearn is willing to prosecute owners <rf the condemned buildings. Reed said Hearn will be limited to criminal violation of resisting orders to tear down the buildings. He also said the filing (rs the initial complaint should not take too long. Concerning the Waubee Lake park. Reed said stipulations for dismissal of the lawsuit were mailed last week. Reed also said the board could notify persons who expressed an interest in being on the park board. Jean Treesh presented her work on attempting to fund a water tower through government grants. She said the 4.5 per cent unemployment rate, computed through the community’s standing in the county, is not high enough. Explaining. Treesh said the grants usually go to communities with unemployment at 6.5 or seven per cent unemployment “So it would be a real slight possibility.” Teesh said, if Milford received a grant. "It’s just possible if we speak to them long enough and loud enough we’ll get funds for this.” board president. Dr. T. A. Miller said. Treesh is going to contact Bob Murphy of the engineering department at Warsaw for advise on the water tower. Miller is to talk to Umbaugh and Associates about possibly updating the water prospectus Minutes from a special meeting held September 8. were approved by all board members. In that meeting, the board unanimously passed a motion to

I i 1 e ■ II . . ... : • ~~— B ~~~ r 1 fl" ZZjizr. j ■ MR. MILFORD PICTURES MILFORD — When Art Milford, of Melbourne Bench, Fla., visited the town of Milford on Tuesday on his tour of visiting the various towns named Milford in the U.S., be was caught photographing the logo on the front of The Mail-Journal printing plant Photographing » Mr MiifnrH MaiL.lnumal reoorter Sue Bennett.

finance, at a cost of $425,000. development facilities for Kinder manufacturing, through Economic Development revenue bonds > The upholstered furniture plant will need approximately four acres in Warsaw for a 50,000 square foot plus 1.500 square foot office space unit The facility will employ 40 people. Reed reported the county was not using all its garage space and it might be leased or arrangements made to house the Bank hearing date set for October 28th The date set by the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions for the hearing for a Salem Bank and Trust Companybranch north of Syracuse, just across the county line, has been set for Thursday. Oct. 28. at 8:30 am., at the Holiday Inn at Goshen The public is invited to attend. The Goshen bank contends it has sufficient customers in Benton township to warrant a branch in the township. An objection to the branch filed with the department by William Cable following the original petition, is bound to become part of the testimony. Cable is a director in the State Bank of Syracuse and in the Salem Bank and Trust Company as well. His objection contends that Benton township is essentially a rural township and should be kept a rural township.

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city’s equipment. He said the department would not know exactly how much space is available until the salt has been stored. The board also agreed to switching the well and pump inspection agreement to Peerless Midwest, Inc. The agreement specifies that first year tests will be run free and the two wells inspected and greased at $45 each. An old tractor, owned by the town, the board agreed, will be sold or traded and the snow blade placed on the newer tractor. The board also agreed to accept bids for a commercial blade. A motion to authorize purchase of four studded snow tires for the town dump truck from Monteith Tire. Warsaw, was approved at a cost of $225 44 Monteith was the low bidder, with others ranging as high as $336. Police chief Melvin Jordan submitted his monthly report to the board along with details of department phone calls and cruiser maintenance. A warranty deed for South Maple street was presented to the board by Pat Speicher and approved. The street is within the city limits, but the town cannot blacktop the street as there is no money. The board also voted to give city worker Leroy Zartman a raise to three dollars an hour. Minutes from the August 9 meeting and August 30 budget hearing were read and' several changes made. A motion that each board member is to receive a copy of the previous meeting’s minutes before the next meeting was passed by board members Treesh and Miller.