The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 19, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 June 1977 — Page 1

' * * Jy-T,-* -j. Xpe -

Phones: 658-4111 & 457 3666

The Mail Journal

VOLUME 14

~ ill imHiHi K 3 ■ \ fl "T P r4 lw ,r '*3 F*• ’F *?£J jt' ’<•**«*' l '*‘ /< REMEMBERING THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES — The photo# above were taken in Milford and Syracuse on Monday as the citizens of the Lakeland area paused to remember those who gave their lives for their country. The top photo shows Rev. Everett Owens as he speaks to the crowd gathered at the Milford cemetery to honor the dead. In the bottom photo members of the Syracuse American Legion are shown as the car carrying Second District Coiigressman Floyd J. Fithian passes the Syracuse town hall during the afternoon parade. Congressman Fithian spoke at ceremonies held at the cemetery Riding in the car with Fithian are Harry VanHemert and Syracuse Legion Commander Garry Ringler. &

17 Complete CPR course May 26, become certified

The Red Cross Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Basic Life Support Course, sponsored by the Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary Club, was successfully completed last Thursday night. May 26, with 17 participants certified. , These 17 are nou eligible to administer CPR when and if an emergency situation warrants All 17 were praised by instructors of the course for their devoted interest Instructors also commented that the participation of husband and wife teams was the largest they had experienced in a class These instructors included: Jane Chinworth, registered nurse of Warsaw; Irene Abts of Wawaggs and Ron Harmon. Claypool. The classes were held at the Syracuse United Methodist Church last Wednesday and Thursday from 6-10 pm Those qualifying for certification were: Rick and Malinda Ptnney. Matthew and Elvina Solomon and daughter

6 Consolidation o/THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)

Mtssie. Paul and Eva Penn. Jerry and Sue Ganshom and LaMar and Opal Stoops, all of Syracuse. Gerry and Robert Peffley of Goshen; and Rodney and Maxine McCleary and Kerry and Sue Price, all from Milford The Rotary will schedule additional classes m the near future Margaret Brooks attends seminar Margaret Brooks, clerktreasurer of Milford, attended an academy m the public service ’'Understanding Federal Grant Programs." on May 24 in Fort Wayne The free seminar was ava liable on a limited enrollment basis to county, city, and town elected officials m northeastern Indiana who desired some concentrated training in obtaining federal grants. The seminar was taught by Dg, John A Kromkowski. assistant professor of government at the University of Notre Dame and a

cooperating faculty associate of (he academy in the public service Dr Kromkowski provided both a general orientation to the federal grant process and a more specific explanation of the procedures required for seeking funds "Understanding Federal Grant Programs" is just one of a series of free educational seminars being offered by the academy to Indiana's state and local citizen politicians The seminar, scheduled for regional sites around the state, are an important aspect of the academy's overall program providing training, technical assistance and referral, and informational services to Indiana's elected governmental leaders The academy is financially supported by Lilly Endowment. Inc. Blood pressure check on Friday Georgia Buster of Syracuse announces there will be a blood pressure check at the Scout Cabin this Friday. June 3. The check should start after the group has eaten All are urged to come and have their blood pressure checked.

WEDNESDAY. JUNE 1, 1977

S. H. Bornmon is named to cabinet of Mutual Security Stephen H. Bornman, CLU, has been named to the 1976 President’s Cabinet of Mutual Security Life Insurance Company. Cabinet membership is awarded annually only to the company's 10 leading agents. This is the second time Bornman has qualified for this honor. He has also completed all the requirements to be certified as a qualifying member of the 1976 Million Dollar Round Table — an independent, international association of life insurance agents Bornman attended Goshen College at Goshen and he and his wife Twilla are residents of the Lake Wawasee area. Headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mutual Security Life offers a full line of life and health insurance products for personal and business clients. Nearly 40 years old, the company has more than 11.3 billion of insurance in force and has paid annual policyholder dividends consectively since 1941. Elsewhere in this issue . .. Item Page 'Cruzin 14 The Column 5 Sports 3 MAD Day 8 School News 7 Between soltice and equinox 8-9 Obituaries, Births, Court News 4 Editorial 1 r I ORR TO BE MARSHAL — Lieutenant Governor Robert D. Orr will preside as grand marshal of the 1977 Mermaid Festival parade on Saturday. June 25. Indiana's Lieutenant Governor Orr has lived in Southwestern Indiana his entire life and resides in Evansville and Indianapolis. He was elected lieutenant governor in November 1972 and re-elected in 1976. Orr has been involved in Republican politics for 25 years, during which time he served as director of stale planning services. commissioner off agriculture and director of the Indiana Department of Commerce. These departmental responsibilities place the lieutenant governor in charge of the state's economic growth and job creation activities. As lieutenant governor he presides over the state senate. He graduated from Yale University In l»to with a BA degree and attended the Harvard graduate business school. Lt. Governor Orr has served as a director of the International Palace of Sports Foundation in North Webster since its inception 1972 and is also presently a trustee of Hanover College and an elder in the Presbyterian Church.

Bids for physical education facility 15% below expectation

Bids for construction of the proposed physical education facility at Wawasee High School, 15 per cent lower than were originally expected, were accepted at a special meeting of the Lakeland School Board of Trustees on Friday, May 27. The bids, which were opened Thursday afternoon in the Wawasee High School aud'torium, were reviewed by the Everett I. Brown Company, architects who designed the facility. The bids were then brought before the board by Kenneth W. Brown, architect, for the board’s approval. Stating, "In my opinion, you got super prices,” Brown outlined that the bids recommended by him and his company were about 15 per cent lower than was originally expected. Total cost of the new facility, according to bids received, came to original $2,500,000. Accepted bids Bids which were recommended by Brown and accepted by the board involved construction of the facility from paving to various gym equipment and bleachers. These bids include: 1. General construction — $281,000 by Wright Construction 2. Paving — $14,786 by Phend & Brown 3. Mechanical — $133,434 by Industrial Piping & (and) Engineering 4. Ventilating — $64,000 by C. Miller & Sons 5. Temperature Control — $21,959 by Johnson Controls 6. Fire Protection — $27,300 by Johnson Plumbing & Heating 7. Covering and Insulation — $15,800 by Valley Insulation 8. Laundry Equipment — $10,239 by L £ S Equipment

No new officers yet, wait for full board

By LESLIE WHITMAN The Syracuse Plan Commission has once again decided to postpone election of officers until their next meeting due to the fact Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Gene B Lee has as yet not made the final three appointments to the commission to make it a 16 member board This decision came at Tuesday night’s meeting of the commission in the town hall A total of 12 members, including the three new appointees made by Joseph Shewmon, Turkey Creek Township Trustee, were present William Beemer, Plan Commission President, said he talked to Judge Lee on Tuesday who said he would make the appointments in one or two days. Beemer said, "In view of the fact we do not have a complete plan commission, we will delay election of officers " Next Meeting Election of officers wm be delayed until the next meeting which is to be June 23 Jack Lawson. Plan Commission Attorney, next brought before the commission the present »■ situation on the declaratory judgment which was filed jointly by the plan commission and the Syracuse Town Board. He said a joint meeting was held two weeks ago with all parties involved present to discuss the judgment. Lawson said another meeting was held later with aU attorneys

9. Electrical — $137,300 by Delp Electric 10. Electronics — $11,725 by Communication Company 11. Masonry — $320,000 by Herschel Rock Mason Contractors 12. Structural Metals — $106,365 by Fort Wayne Structural Steel 13. Plastering — $25,900 by Midland Engineering 14. Acoustical — $32,950 by Forsey-Lipps, Inc. 15. Roofing and Sheet Metal — $88,530 by Midland Engineering 16. Fascia — $19,210 by O. O. McKinley 17. and 18. Ceramic and Terrazzo —555,000 by Art Mosaic & Tile 19 Wood Floor — $78,252 allowance s?? by Brown Company since nc bids were received 20. Painting — $25,000 by Frank Campbell Painting 21. Trophy Case — $4,889 by Peninsular Slate 22. Ventilated Lockers — $26,608 by Richard K. McElheny Co. 23. Gym Equipment — $34,114 by Lee Com pany 24. Folding Bleacher — $23,569 allowance set by Brown Company since no bids received 25. Fence — SIO,OOO allowance set by Brown Company since no bids received Total of these bids comes to $1,567,930. Additional bids were received for four optionsExterior, Facing Tile. Pool Water System and Gym Hoist. Bids of $15,875 by Wright Construction; $9,457 by Industrial Piping & Engineering; and $3,485 by Delp Electric were received for the exterior at a total of $28,817. A bid of $19,416 by Herschel (Continued on page 2)

involved in the lawsuit. At this second meeting, it was revealed by Richard Sand. Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission Attorney, that the Turkey Creek Joinder Act does control and was legally adopted Xerox copies of documents proving the control of the Joinder Act were shown to Sand, Lawson and other attorneys at a pre-trial hearing of the Jack Mason lawsuit. Lawson said Sand has asked for the originals to be pulled, so the legality can be substantiated. Go With Referendum In vie w of the fact the Joinder Act mi|ght well control, Lawson said he and Sand would advise all involved to drop lawsuit and take the jurisdictional question to the public for a referendum vote in November, 1978. He added, “if there to any way we can save the taxpayer money, this would be helpful ” continued lo say the referendum would save two to three years court time in the appellate court and would let the people themselves decide the issue. Saying it would be a "practical and economical solution, ’’ Lawson added that most <af the people at the joint meeting two weeks ago seemed to agree with this. LavVson also mentioned, however, several major problems could result with the referendum vote. One would be (Continued on page 2)

Judge Lee's appointments imperative (An Editorial) After attending the short meeting of the Syracuse Plan Commission at the town hall last night, it would appear that the three appointments to the commission to be made by Judge Gene B. Lee are of the utmost urgency. J The commission stands dead in its tracks, and will not act on any significant cases until there is a full complement of its membership. ' The board, among other things, was to re-organise last night, but failed to do so —once again! According to commission president Bill Beemer, “it would not be fair to the commission to re-organise until we have a full complement, and this awaits Judge Lee’s appointments." Beemer said Judge Lee promised to make the appointments "within the next few days." On Judge Lee’s desk are the names of Mike Umbaugh, whose term on the commission ran out on December 31, 1976; Richard V. Nelson, r 1 Syracuse, who will take the seat of Maurice Crow whose term ran out with Umbaugh’s; and Ray E. Darr, r 2 Syracuse, who will take the seat of Joe Hughes. Through annexation, Hughes became a city resident and no longer qualified as a township member of the commission. More important than a simple re-organization of the Plan Commission, is the fact that important business of the commission goes begging. . The case before the commission, for example, of developer Don Byrd-which was tabled for lack of a full commission was tabled until the June 23d meeting. Byrd’s attorney, Richard VerWebe, accepted this decision with equaniminity. but Byrd was less than pleased. And he had a right to be perturbed. Byrd’s case is one of long standing, and appears to be controversial, but it could come nearer to a solution if Judge Lee would act and the Syracuse Plan Commission would follow his actions with a definitive opinion on the Byrd case. Tonight (Wednesday) the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission will also review the Byrd case. (Note: There’s no judicial ruling at this point in time as to which of the two commissions has jurisdiction in the Byrd case, and the Syracuse Plan Commission is hopeful that a November 1978 referendum will settle the matter once and for all.) Meanwhile, Byrd and others are hopeful that the Area Plan Commission is more definitive in its responsibilities in decisionmaking than is the Syracuse Plan Commission. saw* f" .3, MMU i r ; 1 1 .st LEAVES FOR SWEDEN — Frank Anderson, left Dewart Lake, and son Don. right, r 3 Syracuse, left Sunday on a two-week trip to Gothernburg. Sweden. The trip will also mark the return of the elder Anderson to Oland. Sweden, after 55-years in the United States.

20 c

NUMBER 19