The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 14, Milford, Kosciusko County, 27 April 1977 — Page 2

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed.. April 27,1977

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S The Column H I Sideshow Os ■£ Events In Milford

MANY HAVE said life in a small town is very unexciting arid sometimes dull Not so in Milford! Last Wednesday night Rick Brouillette, associate pastor of the Christian Church, was covered with whipping cream by the youngsters who ride the church buses to Wednesday evening Wild West programs. It seems he challenged the youngsters to have a certain number on the bus They surpassed the number set and were allowed to each "throw a pie" at Brouillette. j And, on Thursday morning, persons visiting the jyst office around the 11 o'clock hour watched as a circus clown checked his mail, waved a friendly hello to the postal clerk and went on his merry way to tend to his clowniy duties How can life be dull with things bke this happening every day. MEMBERS OF the Milford Park Board are urging everyone to mark Saturday. May 7. on

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their calendar. That is the day the Boy Scouts and part board members will be cleaning at the Scout cabin and the Waubee Lake Park. The park is community property and it behoves all of us to join in and help clean it up so it will be ready for a Memorial day opening ALL ARE urged to attend the 2*-hour music marathon at Wawasee High School this Friday and Saturday. The marathon will begin at 7:30 Friday night with the annual spring concert and continue until 3:30p.m. on Saturday Numerous persons from the music depart ment will be presenting special numbers and participating in the event. Free will donations and sponsor fees will go to the music departments. THE RICHARD Neffs of Waubee Lake have sold their home to a couple from Chicago and will be moving to the Syracuse area next summer.

MAD IS backing a communitywide clean-up this week. It is spring and it is time to improve our community! DID YOU know Mrs. Richard (Betty) Smith bit her dentist! THE STAN Harpers are currently remodeling a building at Redman Park. Dewart Lake, which they plan to have open on Memorial Day under the name of Harper’s Beach Bar. LORENE SPEARMAN is back at her winning ways for the Wawasee High School track team as she took top honors last Saturday in the Northrop girls track invitational at Fort Wayne on Saturday. Lorene won both the 100 and the 220 with times of : 11.15 and :25.4. TWO YOUNG women from the the Milford area — Elaine Stichter and Sally Beer — enjoyed the week end in Chicago and toured the newspaper plant of the Chicago Suntimes and Daily News while there. PHYLLIS CUSTER, out Big Boulder way. has a cute little beagle pup that has adopted the Custer family. She is looking for the owners of that young animal but with no luck thus far. Attend Founders Day at IU Apr. 20 Mr and Mrs. Harold Wilson of Milford and Mr. and Mrs Bert Rhodes of Pierceton attended Founders Day at Indiana University on April 20. Jane Wilson and Steve Rhodes were among the honor students. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wilson of Milford were Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Wilson and Mr and Mrs. Dennis Newcomer, Kyle and Kim of Syracuse and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beck of Syracuse.

* • • ADDITION UNDERWAY — Work is underway for a 27.000 square foot addition to the ChoreTime plant north of Milford. Information from Dick Gentry, plant manager at Chore-Time Equipment. Inc., and Lester Smith, plant manager at Brock Manufacturing, reveals the facility will be for the manufacturing and shipping of grain bins. Chore-Time will own the plant and will lease it to Brock. Plans call for the building to be completed in the late summer.

Traffic — (Continued from page 1) loading zone. Regular parking on Sundays was discussed. Walker proposed a bridge across Turkey Creek at the end of Lake Street, to enhance the traffic flow. He would also like to see Main street striped, both the center and stall lines. The bridge on W. E. Long Drive was suggested for striping with reflective paint. W. E. Long thrive from Main Street to County Line Road was proposed for paving. Tranter said Dave Smith requests the 10 miles-per hour speed limit around Syracuse Lake Park be reviewed. The subject was discussed. Stan Insley worked on the section west of Huntington Street bounded by Main Street on the north and Boston Street on the south. He proposed that a fourway stop be made at the intersection of Carroll Street and Dolan Drive. Insley recommended either flashers or crossing guards be put in use at this intersection. Ray Yoder recommended barricading Wildwood Drive from the first block. "They’re using it for a garbage dump." Yoder said. He suggested that Pickwick Road west of state road 13 be continued across Skinner’s Ditch and made one-way to and from athletic events at Wawasee High School. Robinson said a road could be made off Kern Road to the school and used as a west oneway during such events for traffic from Milford and Warsaw. Cross-cuts from the sewer construction should be patched. Yoder said. Robinson reported the street department had filled the cross cuts just the other day. The material was said to be working out of the cuts. “This is terrible, no excuse for it," Yoder said. The consensus reached was that Pickwick Road and Frog Road should be fixed Lorrin Knispel. presented a plan for new traffic patterns in the Wawasee Village area. The plan includes making state road 13 four-lanes from Chicago Street to Palm Drive, perferably down to the point. In lieu, of that measure being taken, Knispel would like to see the traffic light installed at Chicago rather than Pickwick Road The Village Plan would have access to the highway from Chicago Street. Pickwick Road. Palm Drive and Laywood It would also include acquiring permission from the state to expand, creating one-way directions through east easments. closing off the easements on the west side of the state road, extending the road behind Klink's and making Maple Grove a two-way road “What we’re trying to do is give people a direction.” Knispel said. He suggested an auxiliary force be used to eliminate the initial confusion in the area and the town adopting reasonable speed limits and enforce them. “And onre the reputation is there, it's easy to maintain it." Knispel added. If the concept is adopted. Knispel also proposed a four-way stop at Pickwick Road and 530E The need for the four-way this summer was discussed Easements from the property THE MAIL JOURNAL toEbOEI UV 1ML498 L* av ar y CUm •' v Pact Otftca at Syracvw. EASA?. SacaM cum pattapa pa*d at IU S. Mau Mraat. SyracwM. iMtana MMI M V tU caaaty

owners would have to beworked out before any adoption. Knispel said. “If nothing else.” Knispel explained. “I hope we can get a reaction from the merchants." William Kern suggested to Knispel by correspondence, that an alley north and south of Brooklyn Street and east of Main Street be made one-way north across Main Street. Insley asked if any delay will be installed in the traffic light at Pickwick Road. Robinson said he does not know what the highway department has planned. Insley also reported an incident involving a church bus. which grew into a discussion of the noninspection. non-regulation of church buses. Insley also reported chunks of paving have been left from the repatching in the area behind the post office. Tranter received a letter from Francis Denton asking that the street from Maple Grove to Pickwick Road, behind Tom Socks, be paved. Theoretically. Tranter said, if one was paved all of them would have to be paved. Robinson reported some people paid to have such areas paved. Grading of the road by the town could be done. Submitting a list of priority streets for paving was Insley.

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Yoder remarked he would submit his list after the sewers are finished being run. A four-way stop at Lake and Henry Streets was suggested by Tranter. Robinson reported the traffic light at Pickwick Road has slowed down the traffic. He also said several children have almost been hit by trains as they walk along the railroad to school. Yoder also voiced support of the Pickwick Road light. Stolen cor recovered Ron Robinson, Syracuse Police Chief, has announced that apprehension has been made and car recovered in the theft last week at C. S. Myers Ford Agency in Syracuse. The car was found in Las Vegas. Nev. in good shape. The suspect apprehended was Steven Michael Davis, r 1 North Webster. Davis had apparently entered the car agency Saturday, April 16, about noon and asked to test drive a 1971 Pontiac Firebird. He failed to return with the car and had not been seen until now. Trial is pending.

tUetters j : to the I • : j ~~ editor

Are parents too busy?

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