The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 52, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 January 1977 — Page 2

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f„, J w* * uSHh VHI MHiUBi HAABS RECEIVE 15 YEAR AWARDS AT BROCK MFG. — Alvin Haab and Oliver (Ollie) Haab, father and son of Milford, both received 15 year service awards at the recent Brock Manufacturing Company employee party. General manager. James Evans, announced the awards and Paul B rem beck. Brock president, presented the engraved service plaques. Alvin Haab is maintenance superintendent for the company and Ollie is a press operator. Pictured from left are Paul Brembeck. Oliver Haab, Alvin Haab and Jim Evans.

I North Webster | By MARY LEE WILLMAN I R. 1 Leesburg | -

Due to the snowy weather this past week there is no news of the sort that is usually in the North Webster column. We’ve all heard ‘'it’s not nice to fool Mother Nature” but that works both ways and enough is enough The following is a report of the lack of news The January meeting of Barbee Laches Christian Service has been cancelled due to the illness of Mrs. Don Watson, president of the group. Past Chiefs* of the Pythian Sisters were Io meet January 13 The meeting will not be rescheduled. The next regular meeting will be the second Wednesday in February Mrs Richard Mitchell reveals that Mr and Mrs. Bruce Mitchell. who are m Germany, are also snowed in over there Local grocery stores have been busy with customers buying provisions One harried sack boy was heard to comment "Everyone seems to think they are going to get snowed in or something." Instant hot chocolate mix was noted to be in very short supply Businesses in the Webster area had problems all week due to

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delivery trucks and employees cars being bogged down in the snow. There have been many reports of frozen water pipes, cars that wouldn’t start and exhausted mothers who found it was too cold to send the children out to play. * Lakeland Snowmobile Club members did meet January 10, at Camelot Hall, North Webster. Cars being impractical in the drifted snow, members arrived on their Snowmobiles. Following a brief business session, everyone went snowmobiling. Don’t forget to put out plenty of food for the birds during cold weather; and take extra precautions to see that other pets and animals are well fed, protected and cared for. r —NW—'Rhubarb' — (Continued from page 1) which he said would be forthcoming shortly. Price admitted to having been suspended from all emergency calls for 30 days following two accidents he had when going to such calls, but added that the suspension had nothing to do with his leaving the department He was involved in an accident at mid-summer on John Street and another on December 6 at the corner of Henry and Harrison Streets involving John Plank, in both cases he was making emergency runs He was suspended by Robert Penick 11. who was then fire chief, Price said chief Larry Weaver asked him to “think it over” and

remain on the department, but Price said he felt it was better for the department if he resigned. Not So With Penicks The resignation of Robinson and impending resignation of Price appeared to be placid, but not so with the resignation of the two Penick firemen. More acrimony rested with these, cases. The senior Mr. Penick has been a Syracuse volunteer fireman for 19 years and spearheaded the $20,000 fund drive for new equipment. Os this goal, SII,OOO was raised, and a set of “jaws” and some other needed equipment has been purchased. He intended to renew the fund drive 4n the spring to eventually reach his fund goal. He had been a line off icer in the department for nine years, three of these years as chief. He told The Mail-Journal this week, “I couldn’t continue as things turned out (with the department). ’’ He added, “the (town) board didn't back me up.” Penick said he was put in as chief to put some discipline in the department. He also said he was told “to correct the driving problem of firemen, or the police would ” This came after the town board had received repeated complaints about irrational chiving of fire fighting equipment, he added. Penick said he felt he was doing a good job as chief, noting that when he found infractions of department rules he issued suspensions following a first warning. His was what some department members called “militancy.” Penick added and it caused trouble in the department. He said Syracuse has had seven fire chiefs in 10 years. “I didn't want to be chief for just one year.” he said, showing cause of disappointment for not being re-elected. The firemen elect their officers annually, and the town board certifies their election Penick commented on the 30day suspension of fireman Price, and said there was no acrimony on his part, that it was just a matter es carrying out department regulation!, and policy. Penick said he discussed the matter of his resignation with Syracuse town board president James C. Tranter and was asked “to hang in there another year.” Penick said he could not go back to the department “under the circumstances.” Son Another Matter Robert L. Penick 111 resigned under other circumstances, he said. He said his resignation was turned in late in January without any knowledge that his father planned to resign. He said the December election of officers was not for the good of the department or the community. Young Penick was elected captain of the EMS in December. He cited the poor handling of the Elder Realty fire stating it endangered lives with broken department procedures. He scored Joe Hughes, first assistant fire chief and training officer of the department, for “not following department procedures.” “He takes it all as a joke,” Penick commented. He said he didn’t want to train under j. Hughes. He said department policy is that if a fireman misses one out of three drills be is automatically expelled from the department, adding that the policy should be upheld. “1 was made a mockery of at the December election," young Penick saitf. He said he was voted down as captain of the EMS on a first vote, but voted in on a second vote. The department now has 25 regular firemen and five trainees. Young Penick and Price are two of six trained coronary care squad members, and that the two and Penick 111 are three EMT members The four who are resigning represent 37 years of experience to the fire department. Then TW Auxiliary The resignations have had less than a salutory effect on the firemen's auxiliary, it was also learned. At the June 4th meeting

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of the auxiliary June (Mrs. Robert II) Penick resigned as president and Barbara (Mrs. Ray) Gramme, vice president conducted the meeting. The group, which considers itself a “very active auxiliary,” voted to disband as an organization at that time. Mrs. Gramme said the auxiliary actually has eight active members and that they have raised SI,OOO on their own during the past year to augment the firemen's equipment fund. In addition, the auxiliary has assisted firemen on their various fund-raising projects. Asked if the firemen’s resignations were the cause for disbanding the auxiliary, Mrs. Gramme said, “well, yes and no.” From that it would appear the dissension in the ranks of the fire department had a farreaching effect. Harbor Side — (Continued from page 1) additional is minimal. Lessig said the Medusa street pump does not now have the capacity to handle Harbor Side sewage, but that it could be. corrected “in a day or two,” weather permitting. Lessig also said eventual capacity of the sewage plant will be from 400,000 to 500,000 gallons per day. Board president James C. Tranter pointed out that the town’s contract is with Argonault Realty Corp., and carries no right of recovery. He said discussions should be with Argonault Realty about the hookup. Meanwhile, it was learned that Robert C. Booher, sanitarian for the Kosciusko county health department, had inspected the Harbor Side site and found sewage flow in violation of Section 202 of Ordinance 57-2. The tetter said the “reasonable time” period to correct the problem has lapsed, adding “this sewage problem shall be corrected 10 days after the receipt of this tetter (December 30, 1976). At that time this matter will be forwarded to the county prosecutor for enforcement of Section 602 of Ordinance 57-2 andor Section 1655 of the Indiana Public Health Laws which is also enclosed.” Beemer Objects Bill Beemer, president of the Syracuse plan commission, said he wanted to repeat an objection he had made several times before, that the town board is remiss in its responsibilities to town residents in sewage treatment facilities to** residents outside the town proper until all residents inside the town are taken care of. Beemer said the board put a curb on construction of multiple dwellings until proper facilities could be provided but turned its back on this commitment. The point of infiltration into the sewage lines came up again, and engineer Lessig told the board this cannot be corrected until spring, and that funds left over from the sewage expansion program would be used for this purpose. Board member Darrell Grisamer brought up the matter of cleaning out Turkey Creek, and was told by attorney Robert Reed that no funds or personnel are available to pursue this matter, that he agreed a cleanout of the creek was important. The board voted to send a letter to the county commissioners asking that the creek clean-out be undertaken. v The board complimented the street department on its prompt and thorough snow removal in recent days. The board is to meet at 7:30 tonight (Wednesday) with John W. Walker of First Charter Insurance to consider insurance alternatives for town employees. And Ordinance 77-1 providing for payments of ongoing bills by the town clerk was passed. All members of the city police force were sworn in. See page 1 photo.

ABC — (Continued from page 1) within 10 days. No notification of such action was received in Milford, and Dr. Burke wrote Governor Otis R. Bowen, who is a personal acquaintance, to find out what was being done. Dr. Burke then received the tetter from Sims dated January 13, informing him that , the application for the new license was denied by the state board. Sims wrote that the matter had been made “dead” by the commission and checks refunding the petitioners fees were in the process of being mailed. A copy of the letter follows: Homer L. Burke, M.D. Milford. Indiana 46542 Dear Dr. Burke: On January 6, 1977 the Governor responded that he was referring your letter to my attention. I have read your correspondence of December 22, 1976 and make the following observations: I have read your correspondence of December 22, 1976 and make the following observations : 1) On December 8, 1976 the request for the licensing of the Star Club, N. Main, Milford, Indiana, our file number 6612, was denied. 2) Indiana Code 7.1-3-19-11 holds that the Alcoholic Beverage Commission must concur with the local board’s recommendation that a new license be denied. This application is considered a new pennit request and therefore the Alcoholic Beverage Commission must sustain the local board’s denial. This application and all the doings therein have been made dead by the Commission and we are currently in the process of mailing refund checks to the petitioners of this permit application which will be reaching them shortly. It is with great enthusiasm that I welcome this letter of concern about your community wherein we may help. Please always remain vigilant of those things that we in State Government can do that will cause our communities to be a better place to

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live and raise our families. Sincerely, James D. Sims Chairman JDS-bm cc: Otis R. Bowen, Governor WAR FLARES The war of succession between Bavaria and the Palatinate began Dec. 1,1503. LORD NAMED John Lord Russell was appointed Lord Privy Seal by Henry VIII on Dec. 3, 1542. w Everett Edgar named service manager It was announced today by John Liberti, general manager of C. S. Myers Ford, that Everett Edgar will assume the duties of service manager on February Ist. Edgar comes to Myers Ford with over 32 years experience in service management. For the past 18 years he has owned and operated Wawasee Motors in Syracuse. The parts and service departments of C. S. Myers will be closed for inventory and redecorating from January 24th till February Ist, when it will reopen fully equipped and modernized to take care of your every service need, including front end alignment. Edgar and Liberti want to invite all customers of C. S. Myers and Wawasee Motors plus everyone in the Lakeland area to take advantage of the competent and courteous service they have to offer. Adv.

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When will truth be told?

Dear Editor: When will we be told the whole truth about how little the farmer gets per gallon, at the farm, for his milk that goes for cheese?? It’s 50 cents per gallon!! And these dairymen pay the same feed and veterinary costs as others. Certainly, if they spend 50 cents a gallon for new equipment and its running costs, they might get around $1 a gallon!! Big Deal! Remember, milk prices will soon slide down still further. Spring will come and that’s always the excuse for cutting prices paid to the producer — “milk flow increases so much in the spring that the market just can’t handle it”!! Bushwa! Did you ever see milk or cheese make any great drop in the stores in spring? Furthermore, healthwise, I observe no one has said that this canned-at-the-farm milk is less nutritious or healthful. It will all be heated to proper temperature before going into cheese. So who’s trying to cover up what? If these new regulations suc-

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ceed, we’ll soon have less producers and store milk will keep on rising. Tell me if I’m wrong. Yours, , George Weybright, Syracuse SEWARD WARNS Secretary of the Interior Seward notified the mayor of New York Nov. 2, 1864, of a conspiracy to burn the principal cities of the North.

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