The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 22, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 June 1977 — Page 1

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Parade set for 4 p.m., Saturday —

32d Mermaid Festival now under way

Bruce Jenner, 'Kiddies Day' highlight today's activities

Big things are happening in North Webster this week. It’s Mermaid Festival time! A reception is being held at the Tippecanoe Country Club today in honor of Bruce Jenner, the 1976 King of Sports This evening has been reserved for the youngsters with the Cutie Parade set to move out at 7 p.m. and the Cutie King and Queen contest slated for 8 p m.

Over $5,750 worth of awards will be given to winners who participate in the famous 31st annual. Mermaid parade on Saturday. June 25 The parade will begin at 4pm with Lt Governor Robert D Orr as grand marshal One of the state s biggest and most exciting parades, it will feature bands, decorated floats and cars, walking unite and color guards Today < Wednesday > is "Kiddies' bay” at the festival. From 1 to 4 p.m reduced prices will be featured on the midway for children The luncheon and reception for Jenner began at 11 30 Youth league eliminations will begin at 6pm and at the same time those who wilt be participating m the Cutie Parade will hne up at Camelot Square's parking lot The parade moves out at 7 pm from south of the stoplight on the town's Mam Street and will end at the north end of the school The Cutie King and Queen con test will be held in the school gym and is open to youngsters from four to six years of age On Thursday a pony pull will be held on the fairgrounds at 6 p m It is sponsored by 4-County Pony Pulling Association Anyone in Kosciusko County may enter 48 inch and under ponies The youth league finals will be held at 7 p m and the talent con

Phil Harris and Dick Weber at Bruce Jenner's coronation

Phil Harris, famous band leader of the 1940 s and Dick Weber. an outstanding professional bowler, will be present for today's coronation of Bruce Jenner Jenner was selected 1976 “King of Sports’’ by the Youth Foundation and is being honored today (Wednesday'. A luncheon was held at the Tippecanoe Country Club It will be followed by a reception, public appearance and a press conference Others attending the event which is staged on the Camelot theme and promises to be one of the most gala social events in Kosciusko County history, are Chris Schenkel. ’ King Arthur" and Mrs. Schenkel. "Queen Guenevere;" Jo Ann (Rassi) Huem of Milford as "Queen of Lakes.” high school champion Marc Franklin of Palo Alto. Cahf., as “King of Bndge." foundation founder. Homer Shoop. "Merlin;" Tournament of Knights winners Jeff Mossier of Goshen and Randy Louks of Wakarusa as “Sir Lancelot du Lac" and "Sir Galahad." respectively" American Contact Bridge League Charity Foundation trustee Ruth McConnell of Tri-Lakes. Columbia City, as "Lady of the Lake,"

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test will be held at Camelot Hall at 7 p m A coin hunt in the sand will be a feature of the evening, being scheduled for the fair grounds at 7 p m On Friday the Key City Shows will open al 4 pm The "Queen of Lakes swim suit competition will be held in the school gy m at 8 p m The "Big Day" of the festival will be Saturday A band contest will be held on the north end of the festival grounds at I p m Bracelet day will be featured on the midway between 1 and 4 pip It features rides at .reduced prices The sixth annual Tournament of Knights will be held on the north end of the school grounds at Ipm At 2 p m a ski show will be held on Webster sored by the Webster Lake Ski Club and may be seen from the west shore of the lake A second show will be presented at 7 p m Parade time is 4 p m Motor cross motorcycle races will be held at the Trojan track located three miles south of North Webster on state road 13 at 7 p m And. the 32d annual Queen of Lakes” pageant finals will be held at the school at 8 p m Joann Rassi, 1976 queen will crown the new queen

Also. Wayne Grimditch of Lake Placid, "King of Water Skiing;" Lorraine Spearman of Dewart Lake. “Lady of Camelot Dave Wollman of Milford, Knight of Camelot,*’ Don Arnold of Milford. ’ Knight of Kiwanis; Earl Robert of North Webster, "Knight of the Lions;” and Alice Rinker of North Webster. “Lady of the Lions." The luncheon was a sell-out ABC sportscaster Chris Schenk el will serve as master of ceremonies and will present Jenner his personal sculptured medallion which was created by noted artist Richard Kishel of Muncie Jenner will also unveil his bil portrait that was done by DeWitt Mullett Both items will be placed on permanent display in the International Palace of Sports Museum Harris. Weber, and Schenkel will join 250 dignataries. sport standouts and guests to honor Jenner. After the luncheon the group will be appearing at the International Palace of Sports Museum The ceremonies at the palace will be open to the public with the doors to open at 2:30 pm Jenner will unveil his recently completed wax figure for the museum It 100 will be on permanent display at the museum

Buildings hearing scheduled A ..earing on all of the condemned buildings in Milford has been scheduled for June 27. at 3:3® p.m.. in the city-county building. corner of Albany and Washington Streets. Indianapolis. Interested persons may contact Della Baumgartner for further details.

'Alive and Sale-ing' chosen days theme -

By LESLIE WHITMAN "Syracuse is Alive and Sale-ing ” This is the theme chosen by the Syracuse uptown merchants for their "Flotilla Progress Days.” to be held Thursday. Friday and Saturday. June 30-July 2 m the east 100“ block of Main Street in uptown Syracuse Les Webber, chairman of the event, said, “we re going to draw a lot of people in. there's no question about it.” Flotilla Progress Days were planned to draw more people into the uptown Syracuse area Webber said in the past sidewalk sales were held, but he felt something different should be done this year to draw more attention "I think you need a change of pace Need to do something different ” The idea was originally called

I ■ \ - . J I \ I f f / 77 MORE HOPEFULS — Aa additional nine queen hopefuls are shown in this photo as they gathered in North Webster last night (Tuesday) to meet with judges for the first of three judging ( events. In front are “Miss Sigma Kappa." Janet Bidwell; “Miss Enchanted Hills Playhouse." tammi Franke: “Miss Chapman Lake.** Lora Smith: “Miss Milford Lions,” Kristine Brembeck; "Miss , Augsburger," Vonda Haviland. From left in back are "Miss Ski Bee," Barb Yoder: “Miss Wawasee High School.” Kim Bgeziey; “Miss Indiana Slate University.” Linda Fleck; and “Miss Cromwell State Bank.” Debra Knafel.

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Uptow n Progress Days, but Arch Baumgartner, publisher of The Mail-Journal, suggested the group tie the event in with the Syracuse Flotilla, an annual event held over the Fourth of July week end on Lake Wawasee Miss Indiana* Featured One major attraction of the progress days, said Webber, is the coming of "Miss Indiana”, Lynn Flagherty from Nappanee She will greet people and sign autographs from 5 to 6 p.m. on Thursday Other entertainment to be featured over the three days include a Dixieland Band to play on Thursday, from 1-2 pm. and The Marion Highsteppers. Indiana State Parade Corps champions, to step through town from 7-8 p.m. also on Thursday. Entertainment scheduled for (Continued on page 2)

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QUEEN CANDIDATES — Shown above are ten of the charming young ladies who are entered in the 1977 "Queen of Lakes'* contest, all hopeful of walking off with top honors. From left to right are "Miss Mentone." Ellen Marshall: "Miss Leesburg.” Debbie Cormany; "Miss Backwater." Gigi Martin: "Miss Counting House Bank,” Cindy Willits: "Miss Alpha Chi

Nineteen vying for queen's crown

Nineteen young ladies are competing for the title of 1977 "Queen of Lakes.” during the Mermaid Festival, in progress, in North Webster. The pageant ends Saturday evening, with the crowning of a new queen at 8 p.m. in the North Webster School gym. Current title holder Joann Rassi will crown her successor Contestants in the pageant attended the Mermaid Ball last Friday night and will compete in swimsuits this Fridav night in the

school gym at.B p.m. Those vying for the title will also ride in conveyances in the parade Saturday, which begins at 4 p.m. Queen contestants for 1977 are as follows:

| Law s loophole prompts option to vote |

$ A loophole found in a new state law by a county councilman, prompted the voting last Thursday night 4-3 to rescind the local option tax County councilmen received copies of the Indiana law June 11. stating a vote on the issue may be taken between January 1 and June 1. Since the law says county council "may rescind after January 1, but before June 1 of any year." councilman Ronald Sharp contends this is a loophole The voting ended with council president Eldred Metzger, Carl Latta, Thomas Anglin and Ronald Sharp joining to defeat the tax Councilmen Norman DeGood. Keith Horn and Larry Teghtmeyer voted favoring the tax. $ County Auditor Jean Northenor’s statement and the vote of the council were mailed to the office of Theodore Sendak. attorney general. The attorney general may view the matter as Sharp did or v decide the vote was not valid. If the latter occurs, the council can take action on the matter sometime between January 1 and June l, 1978. Attending the meeting last Thursday njght were taxpayers, 13th District Senator John B. Augsburger and 17th District Representative Thames Mauzy. Both had voted for the state law which put time restrictions on the option tax action. Both said the main point of the bill was to allow the councils to take yearly action. $ and they’ were not aware of the time limitations, which Mauzy said may have been added while amended by a coms mittee. Both viewpoints were aired by the $ council during discussion of the option tax. Councilman Teghtmeyer contacted The Mail-Journal Friday with a statement he presented during the meeting. Teghtmeyer’s statement is as follows: “It is disturbing to me that we had a public hearing when the information regarding the option tax has been put in the hands of the people on such a lopsided I

Omega of Purdue University,” Ann Nyberg: "Miss Hoosier Cynthia Rector: "Miss Star Spangle.” Jody Winebrenner: “Miss Fox Fire Square.” Deb Klug: ."Miss Princess Parlor,” Kelly Hamman; and "Miss Top of the Inn,” Victoria Wilson. The girls will join those in the second photo in swimsuit competition Friday night and in the final judging on Saturday.

MISS SIGMA KAPPA - Janet Alane Bidwell, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Leon M. Bidwell, Syracuse. Her sponsor is Sigma Kappa Sorority. Ball State University

basis. I must ask myself if the citizens of this county are judging this issue on this lopsided information "In 1973. the information was not as lopsided However, as we have been able to collect data over the past four years and this new data has been withheld or not released to the public in the same pro- £ portion as the original data, then I believe IS the issue becomes more lopsided. "For instance. Georgetown University conducted a survey on what form of taxation people preferred and 10 cities in regard to local levies. The question was asked if more tax money is needed, which do you think is the best way to raise it? Although we are not speaking of a raise in taxes, we are concerned in which is the best way. property tax, income or earning. x utilities, sales or automobile owners. "One answer, the sales tax, stood out in every single city as being the best way. In general, a tax on earnings had the second most support. The property tax was clearly the least popular way In six of the 10 cities, it was at the bottom. “The results of this survey appear to be £ a complete reverse of what is thought to be the opinion of Kosciusko County residents. I believe that much of this is because of the lack of factual information. Many of the x problems regarding the tax issue are out g of the county's control. For instance, it has x been reported that this council will either eliminate the option tax or retain it. However, the most that we can eliminate is 90 per cent of it. The other 10 per cent :< will still be collected from the 1.839 people, according to the 1970 that reside in this county and work in other adopting counties. And only half of that money win be used for property tax reduction in this county. The other half being used to reduce property rates in other counties. According to the 1970 census. 1,075 people g of this total were working in Elkhart County, which is an adopting county. I (Continued on page 2)

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MISS MILFORD LIONS - Kristine Brembeck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mark Brembeck. Milford. Her sponsor is the Milford Lions Clqb (Continued on page 2>