The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 17, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 May 1977 — Page 1

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\ . £ jf ~. . : PLAN FLOTILLA — Planning this summer’s flotilla events are committee members back. left. Barbara Kay. flotilla ball: Jack Wells, parade registrations; Sandy McNary and Marge Rogers. Other committee members in the front are left. Gene Kay. flotilla ball; Bob McNary . Ted Rogers and Bob Baugher, canoe race. Joe Morganthaler is this year s president. | Melinda Knsinger i not pictured > will oversee the water ski show.

242 Wawasee students to graduate Sunday

A total of 242 Wawasee High School students will graduate from the school this Sunday afternoon at 3 p m The annual commencement will be held in the physical education building The class of 1977 is comprised of students from the Tippecanoe. Turkey Creek, Van Burenandthe east half of Jefferson, Townships in the county Senior Supplement A special graduation sup plement. featuring the Wawasee High School class of 1977. is in eluded in this edition of The MailJournal Pictures of the graduates and congratulations from afea merchants, business and professional persons are included The fro: f the sup plement was designed ivy senior Craig Ruble It congratulates the senior class of 1977 The class has selected forrest green, qld gold and white as their class colors The motto is 'A group, we shared the past individuals, we seek the future A yellow rose is the class flower The exercises will begin Sunda> w ith the national anthem, sung by class member Joel Poppenfoose The processional will follow, then the invocation will be given by Rev Steven Archer, Grace Lutheran Church, Syracuse Class members will be presented by Donn D Kesler. assistant principal, and Henry L Smith, principal, who will make a brief message and issue the diplomas Selected members of the class of 1977 will sing the Wawasee High School Hymn Robert Greenwood of the Milford Christian Church will give the benediction The class members will th«*n

'God told me to build a church . . .' ■ :a -■ ' ....

*’(»od came to me in my sleep and told me to build a church, and told me where to build it." So said John C. (“Jack") Mason when asked • about the building he is erecting along the west side of Eli Lilly Road, just across the road from the Wawasee Airport airstrip He said a ground-breaking ceremony was held on Monday for the new 30 by 60 pole type building which he hoped to have completed in six or eight months. All Labor Donated » He said all labor on the building would be donated, causing it to take longer than normal to bCmd the structure He said Leßoy Davis is the contractor. Mason said “the Lord sent Davis to me." and

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leave in the recessional }! Organ prelude music will! be provided by Philip. Fawjey Selected musical material willl be performed by the Wawasee High School Orchestra and Choirs' No valedictorians !or saiutatorians are at r\\ students with a poitU i TPijHks cited as honor students difring the awards program Friday at 1 30 at the school The public may attend this program *SO damages in ffre at station Children playing with matches was the probable cause of a budding fire at the 76 station, 312 South Huntington Street. Syracuse Saturday'. 'May 14, at 5 40 p m Mrs Charles Causey, who reported the fire to Syracuse Fire Popartment, said she observed children playing m the building earlier She then called firemen who extinguished the blaze The station, owned by Bob Pentck 11. sustained SSO ;in damage .. j Break-in at school A break in occurred at thei Van Burch Township Elementary School, Milford, sometime lief ore 5 30 a m Monday Several i(tems wen* taken After apparently entering from the roof, the subjects removed an antique gold watch. S2O to in change and small bills, channel lock pliers, a screwdriver, p by 20-mch safe on rollers with *25. six volt' lantern, stamps, return stamp envelopes, sugar andfifijvegallon plastic canmster Jeff Bronsmg. county patrolman investigated f

STARTS KIM) RAISING — Rachel Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morris. 317 North West Street. Milford, will begin her fund raising as Miss Milford during Memorial Day festivities. Milford Area Development selected Miss Morris to represent the community from junior girls who are residents, in competition for Kosciusko County Fair Queen. WHS honors program May 20 Wawasee High School will hold their moth annual honor-awards program on Friday. May 20 The program, which will be held in the physical education area, will begin at 1 30 p m and conclude at 3 pm All parents of graduating members of the Class of 1977 are urged to attend if possible Other patr< school community are also welcome

asked about the volunteer labor, he said. “God will provide the people to do the work. " He said the construction shack is already on the sight and that he has asked for temporary electrical service. He has posted two building permits, one from the Syracuse Plan Commission, signed by building commissioner A1 Bauer, and the other from the Kosciusko Area Plan Commission, signed by ordinance administrator Cindy Overmyer. The first permit is number 2973. dated May 5, 1977, and issued to the Universal Spiritualist Church on Lilly Road, while the latter is permit number 77330. dated May 5. 1977. and issued to Mary Mason, r 1 Syracuse. Mary Mason is Mrs. Jack Mason and is an ordained minister.

WEDNESDAY. MAY 18. 1977

Poppies offered to the public on May 20-21 The American Legion Auxiliary veteran-made memorial poppy will be offered to the public on May 29-21, Members of the Milford. Syracuse and North Webster units and volunteers will be distributing the bright red crepe paper poppies in memory of the nation's war dead — while assisting the needy veteran and his family. The American Legion Auxiliary adopted the poppy as a memorial flower at its National Convention at Cleveland in September. 1920. Throughout the year, disabled and hospitaiiied veterans make poppies in hospitals and special convalescent workshops maintained by the Auxiliary. Assembling poppies provides both financial and psychological therapy. Contributions made on Poppy Day are used by the local units to aid needy veterans and their families in the community and veterans in hospitals throughout the state. All proceeds are channeled directly into rehabilitation, children and youth welfare work.

Tri-County Gome Preserve a Milford Lions Club topic

Any outdoorsman would appreciate the inspired talk before the Milford Lions club Monday night by Dean Jessop. resident property manager of the TriCounty Fish and Wildlife Preserve near here. Jessop. who has managed the preserve for several years, said it was a 3.400 acre tract composed of 29 lakes and ponds which make up 600 acres of the preserve, and is located between Lake Wawasee and Webster Lake, bounded iloosely) on the west by state road 13 and by road 5 on the east He showed some excellent color slides of the preserve and >' r the many species of birds aad animals who make this their natural habitat He added that socalled local people were unaware of the game preserve, and most of the hunters come from the Muncie area and other downstate communities The program at the preserve is 75 per cent funded by the federal government, 25 per cent by the state, with monies coming from a 11 per cent tax on all types of gaming equipment. 'We re competing for ground.” he told his audience, and said the encroachment of superhighways andurban sprawl is taking its toll on natural areas where wildlife makes its home. He spoke on the banding and registering of wildlife, especially migratory birds And he emphasized the value of wetlands to fish and game One had to admire the enthusiasm the youthful resident manager had for his job, w hen he added. ‘1 hope my son can get the same enjoyment] I’ve received from working with fish and w ildlife ” Lion Leon New man reported on calendar sales, urging all Lions who have not done so to get in their reports so Lions who have not done so to get in their reports so materials could go to the printers .And D G (“Bud”) Seely, reporting on clean-up day at Lakeside Park, called the effort a success, ackhng that more work is to be dam* before the park board is satisfied with its job of restoring the park as a picnic and recreational area

FITHIAN TO SPEAK — Congressman Floyd Fithian will be the guest speaker at the Memorial Day services in Syracuse on Monday, May 30. Memorial Day. Fithian will speak following the parade which will begin at 1 p.m. at the railroad park and end at Syracuse Cemetery. Fithian will speak at the cemetery. It has been announced that more units are still needed for the parade. Anyone wishing information should contact American Legion. Unit No. 223. Syracuse. John Walker resigns at Ist Charter John R Walker, manager of the First Charter Insurance Agency in Syracuse for the past nine years, resigned his position on Tuesday of this week, according to an announcement by the firm s board of directors Temporary manager of the insurance agency will be Paul E Schmucker, who has been with the firm for 15 months Mr W alker has not announced any plans for the immediate future, and Mr Schmucker has not announced any change in poiicy of the insurance company

Mason was asked how- he would answer a charge that he was erecting a building out of spite, directed at the airport owners. He said. “How could anyone say that? 1 would answer that charge by praying for those people. The people at the airport are welcome to services at our church when it is completed. The new building is thought to be on land owned bv Mrs. Blanche Mason. Jack's mother, but Mason denied this. He said. “That land is not owned by my mother nor me. Anyone, who wants to know is welcome to go to the court house at Warsaw and look it up.” Mason has been caught up in a controversy over development of certain Lake properties. (Continued on page 2)

Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary Club sponsoring Red Cross training

A challenging program was presented before the SyracuseWawasee Rotary Club at its second meeting held in the Windjammer Restaurant Tuesday. May 10th The subject of the program was. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitationi CPR Basic Life Support Course, as sponsored by the Kosciusko County Chapter of The .American National Red Cross Inez Devenney. Executive Director of the Kosciusko County Chapter opened the program bystating that more than a million .Americans die annually from heart attacks Furthermore. Mrs Devenney emphasized that many of the fatalities could have been prevented if CPR basic life support emergency first aid had been administered within three to four minutes of the attack Mrs Devenney then introduced Jane Chenworth. a Warsaw Red Cross volunteer CPR instructed Mrs. Chenworth. with the aid of a manikin, or dummy lass named Josephine, demonstrated some of the principal methods of applying CPR. In her remarks she emphasized that her demonstration was in no way intended to qualify the Rotarians and guests, as observers, to administer CPR in actual practice. Instead, she said the demonstration was intended to create interest in the program and to motivate the lay citizen to participate in the CPR course of instruction Mrs: Devenney explained further that the course consisted of one eight hour evening session or two four hour sessions, depending on the desire of the participants. Upon completion of the course the participant is qualified to administer CPR in an emergency and become a potential life saver, she said Mrs. Chenworth again emphasized that the ultimate success of CPR depended on the ability to administer whatever treatment is indicated within the first three or 4gur minutes following the subject s attack She also emphasized that the therapy should continue until EMU or other professional personnel arrived to take over the responsibility. At the close of Mrs. Chenworth's demonstration she invited questions from the group, directed either to her or Mrs. Devenney. The answer to two questions deserve special attention One question. "I Jeel squeamish in situations such as you have described and demonstrated, do you think I could perform adequately if qualified and called upon in an emergency?” Both ladies responded that such a feeling is quite common and successfullydealt with in the course of instruction The second question. “Is it physically tiring to ad- • minister - CPR' 7 Again, both Ladies stated that the application of CPR is indeed hard and exhausting work and should not be attempted by a person with restricted activity due to their own heart ailment. However, it was pointed out that a person (Continued on page 2)

■* \ *• m -1 •" - * / \ / -M. • • ~■{ - ■ - jfw ■ WB SENIOR CITIZEN QUEEN — Mrs. Herbert Baumgartner has been selected by the Milford Senior Citizens as the 1977 Senior Citizen Queen. She will participate in the Kosciusko County contest on June 9. In order to be senior citizen queen, one must be «0 years old and been active in volunteer work. Responsibilities of the county queen include participating in county senior citizen activities. The countyqueen advances to the area queen contest. A state senior citizen queen is selected from the area queens at the state fair. Mrs. Baumgartner is the fourth senior citizen queen for Milford. Becky has her car back!

The stolen 1973 Chevrolet station wagon, owned by Mr and Mrs Arnold 1 Petes Doll. Milford, was recpvered late Saturday. Ow ners of the Mount Wawasee ski resort reported spotting the vehicle to Mrs. Doll, who with Bob Shafer and Mel Jordan visited the location. After the theft of the car May 5. it was driven over an off-the-road vehicle trail and left in a ravine surrounded by vegetation The car was removed by chopping a path and moving the car bywrecker it was simply a joy ride thing.” Mrs Doll said She estimated the car had been at the location for about one week, based on the condition of the vegetation State police then fingerprinted the car and the prints are presently being processed Robert Ruch, of Ruch Service, says the extent erf damage is unknown. Some damage oc-

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curred underneath the car and the body is scratched Trash fire brings complaints Sunday Syracuse Fire Department was called to extinguish a trash fire at,, 530E off of Pickwick Road, V Syracuse. Sunday afternoon. May 15, at 1:10 p m Trash was burning at the Main Channel Marina, owned by Bob Ratz Several neighbors complained to Ratz and called the fire department to put out the blaze Firemen were excused at 1:50 p.m JUVENILES ARE ARRESTED Two juveniles have been taken into custody over the theft of a 12 foot sculpted hand in solid brass which was taken from the home of Richard Lemberg, r 4 box 48 Syracuse, last Tuesday, May 10. The sculpture was recovered.