The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 37, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 October 1976 — Page 1

Tn liana c omp Phones: 1 The qBT 'X«■ Consolidation of THE MILFORD M AIL lEst. 1888) and THEi'SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL lEst. 1907)

VOLUME 13

Erwin defends Butz before Rotary club

Secretary (Earl) Butz is a unique humaiYbeing . .. perhaps the greatest secretary of agriculture in this century. He is greatly misunderstood. and often uses humor as a means of communication." This is the way Will Erwm defended his former boss before the Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary club Tuesday noon in a question and answer session following his formal remarks Butz resigned as agriculture secretary on Monday as a result of the furor created by his’ racial remarks about “coloreds'*. Eriwn was undersecretary of agriculture to Butz, serving on the President's Task Force on Rural Development Erwm said in staff meetings Butz often said all of his staff, including himself, is dispensable, and he resigned himself when he found his value to the (Fordi administration diminished Erwin said. “1 have no defense of the remark, but 1 do know Butz is not a racist ” He added he had heard four versions of what the Hoosier native (Noble county; reportedly said and all of them were different Erwm said he feels he is ahead in his race against incumbent flfjl TO BE IN MILFORD — Robert E. Phillips, president of Lincoln Christian college. Lincoln. HL. will be in Milford this week end. Phillips will be speaking at the Sunday morning 10 30 worship services at the Christian church. He has previously preached two revival services at the Milford church. He was elected president of Lincoln Christian effective July I. 1»75. Phillips was reared on a farm . near Cowden, ill. In 1954 he received the AB degree from Lincoln and has taken additional s work at Lincoln’s seminary He had student ministries with the Liberty Christian church near Brownstown. HL. and the Central Christian church. Pontiac. Other ministries have been at Meadville. Pa . 1954-60. Moweaqua. HL. lMb-42: and Eastview Christian church. Bloomington. HL. 19*2-75. During this time the Eastview congregation increased from an average attendance of 12* to nearly CM. The weekly budget increased from $356 per week to $3,290 per week. Nearly LSM were added to the membership. In 19*9. the alumni <4 Lincoln Christian awarded him the "annual alumni restoration award for outstanding service in Christian ministry." In 1971 hr was earned in “Personalities of the West and Midwest ... for recognition of past achievements and outstanding service to community and state.** He is a member of the 120-man continuation committee for the North American Christian convention. He married Joann Williams in 1952. She also attended Lincoln Christian college They are the parents of three sons — Mark. Paul and James.

4af, i? * ® Ej| 10l < INTERVIEWED BY CHANNEL 22 — Dennis Charles, well known Channel 22 television reporter, had a few on-camera moments with Will Erwin Just prior to his speaking before the Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary club Tuesday noon.

Floyd Fithian for congress in certain areas, and behind m others He called himself “a realist", and does not take ail remarks about the campaign on face value. "The man out (of office! is always behind," he added. And he commented Mefty on the farm market, stating “the long range farm market looks good." since at the present time there is one person per acre of tillable land, and by year 2.000 there will be two persons per acre Reverse Population Trends Erwin's talk to the Rotarians was billed as non-political He spoke on the reversal of population trends in America in recent years, drawing his information from his work on the President's Task Force on Rural Development m 1969 and 1970 He studied the genesis of urban nots during the Johnson ad ministration, he said, and found unemployed young people crowded together, plus a hot summer's night, causing a real explosion of emotions This trend of rural youth into urban areas began to reverse itself m 1970. and since then the job growth rale has been twice that of the cities Such things as recreational facilities. clean water, educational centers have sped the trend back to wide-awake small towns <of under 50.000 population*, in spite erf a lesser per capita income m rural areas “People have become less materialistic and more esthetic." Erwin said He added pure air and clean water to the attributes of rural .America Part erf the pressure comes from the fact that 27 per cent erf the people live in rural Amenca while 70 per cent want to live there He said his job m Washington was to explain the act of 1972 on rural development Factories have found less absenteeism, higher work ethic and more friendliness He said the rural ethics of hard work and honesty have been vindicated "Everyone knows how the farm boy was found gullible when he entered army life,” Erwm said He told the truth and expected everyone else to. also, he added He praised Lyndon Johnson for turning out the lights in the White House, saying he was ahead of his time in energy conservation. Erwin said Syracuse is in the dynamic Chicago to Pittsburg growth area, calling for citizens of individual towns to make a determination of how they want their areas to develop "Growth correlates with vision and dynamics of the people in an area Where people are concerned. the quality of life will go up." he added. Erwin was introduced by Frank Putt, program chairman.

Land use dispute in murky waters The land use dispute as it applies to Turkey Creek township sank further into murky waters early this week as one Mary Baker, a resident of Turkey Creek township, filed suit aga’nst the County of Kosciusko, board of commissioners of Kosciusko county and the Kosciusko Area Plan Commission. The suit, known as Cause No C-76363. was filed in circuit court, with the State of Indiana, Ex Rel, as plaintiff It concerns jurisdiction of a tract of land known legally as the SW Section 12. Township 34N. Range 7E. outside the corporate limits of the town of Syracuse, in the name of Mary Payton. On September 20, 1976 Mrs Baker applied to the area plan commission to place a mobile home on the property as a permanent residence of Mr and Mrs Harold Tanger. who is recovering from open heart surgery Plan commission director Robert Orcutt refused the petition, referring Mrs Baker to the Syracuse plan commission The suit sets out that the area plan commission has complete land use jurisdiction m the case, since it is outside the city of Syracuse and thus outside its plan commission s jurisdiction It asks the court for a verified complaint for mandate of land use 17 walk from Warsaw to Milford for CROP drive All local children who began the 12-mile CROP walk Sunday, from Warsaw to Milford, were able to complete, the hike The walk involved 17 children from six Milford area churches According to Mrs Larry Haney, most of the local “walkers" were third and fifth graders Deer killed on state road 13 A deer was struck and killed Friday night by a car operated by Julie j Hal. 23. of r 3 Syracuse. The mishap occurred on Indiana 13 about one-fourth of a mile north of North Webster. Miss Hol told county officers she could not avoid hitting the animal Damage to her car was set at Aoo

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6, 1976

Property tax replacement fund checks are mailed

Property tax replacement fund checks totaling $19,734,542.06 have been mailed to the 92 Indiana counties. Governor Otis R. Bowen. M.D., announced. The checks are an advancement to the counties, representing 15 per cent of each county's fall distribution from the PTR fund Kosciusko county received a 4k .«A TO SPEAK - Larry A. Conrad. Democratic candidate for governor, will be the speaker for the Kosciusko county JeffersonJackson dinner to be held on Saturday. Oct. 9. in the Shrine building on the Kosciusko county fairgrounds. A social hour for the fifth annual event will be held at 6 p.m. with dinner following at 7 p.m. Tickets are uvallaMe Democrat headquarters in Warsaw or from any Democrat precinct committeeman or vice committeeman.

Half-time firsts highlight 1976 Wawasee homecoming

During half-time ceremonies of the Wawasee homecoming football game, the first awards for displays and first crowning of a homecoming king, to complement the homecoming queen, was witnessed by the fans. The first king is senior Mark Francis, varsity football player on the Warrior team The Letterman's club member also participates on the basketball team. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Jack Francis. Syracuse Homecoming queen for 1976 is senior Barb Yoder Yoder has been a cheerleader for three years and is a member of the newly formed PRIDE committee and member of the Wawasee girls track team which won the Indiana State Track championship last spring: The daughter of Mr. and Mrs Ray Yoder. Syracuse, also competes with the girls gymnastic team Each king and queen candidate was presented to the audience

Mr ■ Jl - ROYAL COUPLE — After their cereaation as the first homecoming king and 1976 homecoming queen, left, Mark Francis and Barb Yoder smile during half-time ceremonies at the Wawasee homecoming game last Friday.

total Os $163,182.44 The property tax replacement fund board authorized the advanced. partial distribution in order to aid those counties faced with the prospects of borrowing, revenue commissioner and PTRF board chairman Donald H. Clark explained, By law property tax replacement funds are (fistributed to the counties twice each year, the spring distribution by May 1 of each year and the fall (fistribution by November 1. The total 1976 spring distribution amounted to $131.3-million. A roughly equal amount will be distributed in the fall Under the PTR program, a major part of the governor’s 1973 tax package, 20 per cent of /each county's tax levy, will be/ paid from the state PTR fund, which means the 20 per cent of each tax payers property tax bill is paid from the state fund. Clark explained

Pre-school survey to be conducted Daring October, the Lakeland Community school corporation will be conducting a survey of all pre-school children In the area. Information to be requested is the parent’s name and address along with the child's name and birthdate. A survey team will be o—nuaHwa B—the corporation requests the cooperation of pre-schboi parents.

before the king was announced He then crowned the queen. First runners-up in the homecoming king and queen competition were Tim Hamman, son of Mr. and Mrs .Robert Hamman. Syracuse, and Kim Beezley. daughter of Mr and Mrs. Paul Beezley. Syracuse Another first, the awarding of best homecoming display awards to classes and clubs, was made during halftime The Drama club captured top honors by winning the queen's trophy for best overall display in the “And now . . . a word from our sponsor” themed event A Me Warrior display with arches and characters from a hamburger chain's commercials also took the best club award for the drama club Best class display award was presented to the seniors, most original display to the sophomores and the most appropriate to the the theme award was made to the freshmen.

-- F" MK Mg i \\ - M i <j -L ' OPEN HOUSES SET — Open houses will be held at all elementary and Junior high schools in the Lakeland Community School Corporation Thursday. Oct. 7. The Milford PTO is sponsoring open house at the Milford elementary and Junior high schools from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The open house is being held in response to a wish by parents expressed in a recent survey saying parents wanted to visit the schools and meet the teachers and staffs. .Also during the open house, the PTO will have a membership drive. Evening meetings of the organization have been discontinued. However, the group sponsors projects during the year such as the Christmas program, spelling bee. spring concert at the junior high school and spring musical at the elementary school. Dues paid by PTO members are also used to provide educational equipment and supplies in the schools. . ’ Officers of the Milford PTO are: Larry Haney, president; Bobby Richardson, vice president; Diane Schwab, secretary; Gloria Baumgartner, treasurer. Regular parent-teacher conferences in the elementary and junior high schools have been sehiwlulM for November 10 and November W. Shown above left to right are front. Mr. Haney, Mrs. Baumgartner. Mrs. Schwab, back Marian Action. Milford junior high principal, and Lewis S. Immel, principal of the Milford Elementary school.

Syracuse PTO open house, Oct. 7

Open House to be held Thursday, Oct. 7. from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Syracuse elementary and junior high school was discussed by the PTO executive board at the first meeting of the 1976-77 year. All rooms will be open and all teachers will be present This will be an opportunity for parents, teachers and students to become better acquainted. There will be no time for conferences While at the open house parents are urged to sign up for membership Dues are still minimal.

Take steps to set up county ambulance service

It would appear the Kosciusko county board of commissioners will take the initiative in setting up a county-wide emergency ambulance service, if sentiments expressed at a meeting in the REMC building at Warsaw last night prove fruitful. The meeting, called by Warsaw Mayor H. Dale Tucker, drew 31 interested people from throughout the county, and was chaired by Les Wrangler of Warsaw Target Date: January 1. 1978 “We won't have any emergency ambulance service after January 1.1978, if we don't do something to establish a system of our own." the Warsaw mayor told the group in introducing Wrangler. He called it “a problem in our county.” He said Indiana has been the next to last state to come up with an emergency service law and that was in 1974. Wrangler told the group Milford. Syracuse. North Webster and Mentone have a voluntary emergency ambulance service, and that Pierceton and Washington township are subsidizing their local funeral home, but this is only on a temporary basis. Areas without a local service include Silver Lake, Leesburg. Etna Green and Scott township, it was pointed out. At the present time the city of

A membership booth will be set up for parents' convenience. Awards will be given to classrooms that have the highest membership. Sweatshirts will also be on sale during the open house. . <■ The PTO is again sponsoring the collection of Campbell soup labels and Post Cereal box tops These programs, will make it possible to obtain audio-visual and physical fitness equipment. During the meeting principals Robert Hamman and Charles

Warsaw is served by private ambulances owned and operated by’ local funeral homes It was reported there are a total of 1,400 ambulance runs per year in Warsaw, convalescent and emergency And that Warsaw would need three ambulances to serve the city's needs Mayor Tucker told the group there is a need for county coordination with a central dispatch. It was noted that a driver and EMT person is required per ambulance run Warsaw city councilman

[FTTfI Bn 4 I / I \EHHi DISCUSS AMBULANCE PROBLEM — Meeting the Kendnake county emergency ambulance service head-on are these principal figures, from left, Syracuse town board president James C. Tranter, Warsaw Mayor H. Dale Tucker, Turkey Creek township trustee Ray ’'? Price, Les Wrangler and county commissioner Fred Gilliam.

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Haffner and PTO president, Mrs. Kent (Kay) Hare, thanked Mrs. Tom (Jane) Tuttle for the refreshments at the room mother's tea. The next scheduled PTO executive board meeting is Wednesday. Oct. 20. Dates to remember: Oct. 7— Open House, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct 20 — PTO executive board meeting. 11:30 a m. Oct. 27 — Halloween carnival, 5-8:30 p.m.

Graham Kreicker told the group he surveyed the Whitley county system and found they have a county plan that operates at an approximate cost erf SIIO,OOO per year. Roy Price, Turkey Creek township trustee, noted that Syracuse and Turkey Creek have purchased their own unit, adding, “When you talk about a county unit you scare the pants off me.” A professional firm would require about $90,000 per ambulance (manned) and would (Continued on page 2)