The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 24, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 July 1977 — Page 1

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VOLUME 14

1 1 i Winners iln Sunday's Lake Wawasee Flotilla

Lake Wawasee Flotilla draws 100 s of spectators

Lake Wawasee’s annual Flotilla, held Sunday under a bright, hot sun. fell short of the expected amount of entries, but those participating had, a lot of fun. and many received very attractive trophies. The units got off promptly at 1 pm in front of the old Wawasee Prep and went around the lake clockwise with flags waving in a gentle breeze U. 8. Army provided a parachute jump at the starting point just poor to floats moving out , There were literally hundreds of boats on the lake, from large boats to small sail boats, and a host of boats followed the Flotilla parade in close formation. •‘Breezy.” the .home-made aircraft tone of its kind; that has become a popular sight around the lakes area, was on hand overhead to mark the path of the Flotilla * The Flotilla finally wound down at its point of ongin where awards were announced Sudlow Commodore John Sudlow, a popular businessman and long time public figure on the lake, served as Commodore, riding in a craft commandeered by Ted Rogers Judges included high school principal and Mrs Henry Smith, Fort Wayne Chevrolet dealer and

Closing of Murphy Medical Center a sad chapter

Admissions were suspended at 3 p.m. last Friday at the Murphy Medical Center in Warsaw. The hospital is the only privatelyowned hospital in northern Indiana Remaining open are the switchboard, credit office and laboratory for out-patients. Also on duty is the dietician who will continue to work with the Mobile Meals for the elderly and a maintenance crew. The hospital is operated by a corporation with Hazel Murphy, .widow of the hospital's founder. Dr. Samuel C. Murphy, serving as president. It was Mrs. Murphy who ordered new admissions be suspended pending negotiations

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Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL lEst. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL )Est. 1907)

Mrs Jack De Haven, and Luke Ruane, who wlas Commodore's Trophy winner for the past three years in a row A list of th| winners in the Flotilla is as fallows: Commodore J’s Trophy — Ganshorn Printing.

Rain: Viewed as mixed blessing

The storms which dumped 4 42 inches of rain on Kosciusko County fields last Thursday are being viewed with mixed emotions by farmers in the Milford area. ”1 would say that we go from one extreme to the other,’ ’ said Dean Cousins! a farmer on r 2 Milford. I Cousins said the only damage to crops currently in the fields would be from standing water which didn't drain He explained the water acts as a reflecting pool, concentrating the sun’s rays on the crop and “sunburning” it. "I think our soybeans we’re most concerned of," Cousins said. "I just don’t know what the damage is,” saying he had one 40-acre field under water “The corn that didn't ger minate early is now growing.” (Continued on page 2)

with a number of national hospital chains. ■Dr. Murphy joined several other doctors in adding surgical facilities’to the Emergency Hospital on Winona Avenue after World War I. In 1935 be pur chased the hospital from Mrs. Frank (Margaret) Randall who had owned the facility since 1916. I The center wing of the present hospital was opened by Dr. Murphy in 1941 and it was named the Murphy Medical Center. After Dr. Murphy’s death m 1945 fas widow struggled for 11 years Os estate complications. During / Sus time the hospital was offered io the city of Warsaw The city council turned the gift down.

Earl Money Trophy — Wawasee Ski Club. Commercial — Rose Garden. Ist; State Bank of Syracuse, 2d J and Bushong Barber Shop, 3a Industrial — Ganshorn Printing Residential — Dr. Love’s Dive

RAIN RESULT — One result of last Thursday’s rain b “simburaed” patches of corn, caused by the standing pools. which reflect the sun’s rays.

Growth Period Wings were added to the hospital in 1948 and 1952. The staff of McDonald Hospital joined the Murphy Medical Center staff in 1956 when the McDonald Hospital was sold for a nursing home ? In 1957 the hospital was incorporated. Murphy Medical Center was. approved in 1960 by the joint commission of accrediations and is still an accredited and licensed hospital In 1972 a modern laboratory was constructed. The Murphy Professional Building was built a short time later. A warehouse was built in 1965. It was enlarged

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Boat, Ist; and Wa-Ness Monster, 2d. Institutional — Boat-In Worship, Ist; VFW, 2d; and Dames-At-Sea, 3d. Juniors — Wawasee Ski Club, Ist; Bowlers, 2d; and Enchanted Hills. 3d. •

in 1970. In 1968 a fourth floor and new intensive care unit were added. And. in 1974 construction was started on another $3 million addition. Thi® project was abandoned after delays and increased costs made financing impossible New Hospital , In the early 70’s a move was underway to build a new nonprofit hospital. The result was the Kosciusko Community Hospital which opened its doors in 1976. In 1971. Mrs. Murphy. Murphy Medical Center, Inc., the Samuel C. Murphy Foundation and its. agents filed a 913.5 million damage suit against Kosciusko

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Cong. Fithian speaks to Kiwanians CongKssman Floyd Fithian told members of the Wawasee Kiwanis Club that they should get involved with him in his fight against the Agency for Consumer Protection. Speaking to the Saturday morning meeting at the Maxwelton Country Club Fithian said that a strong fight was underway in Washington over the battle for and against the creation of the new agency. / “This agency will have un--1 precedented powers,” Fithian said, “power to sue nearly every other division of government in court and stop the wheels of commerce in many instances.” j. “I believe we already have too many people and too many agencies thinking in terms ol court suits and red tape. Fithian told the Kiwanians that the forces pushing for the new agency were hard at work. These forces include not only Ralph Nader and ’ the consumerists, but the Carter Administration, the AFL-CIO, the United Auto Workers, the United Steel Workers and many other segments of organized labor. The strength in Congress is headed by Congressman Ben Rosenthal of New York. “I had a visit from Esther Peterson, Presidential Advisor on Consumer affairs, a letter from the President, and two phone calls from Vice President Mondale,” he said. They all believe that the American people want this agency. It is my belief that the folks in Indiana do not want another bureaucracy and would prefer not to see the agency created. If I am right and if you agree with me I urge you to write to Esther Peterson at the White House and express your views,” Fithian said. We need to counter balance the efforts of Nader’s group. It is a lot easier to stop from creating an agency than it is to’ undo one once established,” Fithian warned. In this issue . . . Item P»g« Flotilla 1 'Case to join APC 1 Obituaries. Court News 4 The Column _5 Community Corner . • Sports 7 Lakeland Living 8-a •Cmzin 14

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Syracuse Plan Commission to join County Xrea Plan Commission

At a special session of the Syracuse Town Board last Wednesday night, the board unanimously agreed to join Syracuse and Turkey Creek Township with the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission, effective July 7. The decision to join the commission, which had not been played up previously, means that Syracuse and Turkey Creek will now be controlled by the area plan commission's ordinances and not local ones, starting July 7.

Objections voiced — Call Town Board members 'Judases'

The Syracuse Town Board last week decided to join with the area plan commission, thereby eliminating the need for a Syracuse Plan Commission. Several members of the Syracuse Commission feel that joining the area plan commission is wrong and are voicing their objections. William Beemer, {resident of the Syracuse Plan Commission, feels that the board has “betrayed the entire township,” and that “a lot of people are going to be upset in the community.” He said the board has chosen to make the decision for the public which it doesn't have the right to do. He said, “in their ultimate wisdom (‘stupidity’) they have chosen to make the decision for the public and they don’t have the right.” Beemer still feels they should go with a public referendum in 1978. He labeled Petition on agenda Another ( petition for preliminary plat approval of a proposed development on Lake Wawasee by Don Byrd, Syracuse, is on the agenda for the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission meeting tonight (Wednesday) at 7 p.m. in the commissioners’ room of the courthouse. The preliminary plat concerns property between the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks and on the east and west sides of county road 775E in Turkey Creek Township. Also on the agenda are the final plat approval for Green Line Acres, owned by Max Beer. Milford, and a petition to rezone 20 acres from agricultural to residential on the west side of county road 850E and north of CR 400 N, in Tippecanoe Township by Aaron Hinsley, North Webster.

Community Hospital, Inc. An out-of-court settlement was reached in April of 1974 in which certain insurance carriers for the defendants were to pay Murphy Medical Center the sum of $40,000. Both the plaintiffs and defendants agreed not to harass nor impede each other in the future. With the new hospital in operation the majority of the area’s doctors are now referring their patients to KCH. Murphy Medical Center began admitting less and less patients. Two patients were admitted on June 27, two were released and six were treated in the emergency roan. On June 28 four persons

The board decided to adopt July 7 as the control date because the area plan commission has a meeting on July 6, and there wouldn't be enough time before then to make two necessary appointments to the area plan commission. Mobile Home Ordinance In discussion prior to voting the board's main concern was that the plan commission does not have a mobile home control ordinance, just a mobile home park ordinance, which is not as stringent as the Syracuse one.

the town board members, “Judases who have betrayed their trust in office.” Asked To Resign Beemei; feels that because of their decision, the board members should resign “I don’t feel they are responsible. These people are not capable persons and I’m going to tell them so.” The ex-plan commission president also said he is going to check with an attorney to see if

S\ mm < TALL INDIANA CORN — Who was it that said a good .stand of corn should measure knee high by the Fourth of July? This must have been before the days of farm fertilizers. * Fertilizers aside, this has been a good year for growing corn — plenty of rain and sunshine, and hot nights to augment the crop’s growth. To illustrate the corn’s height on the Fourth of July, publisher Arch Baumgartner had his granddaughter Christine stand near a field of corn on the Milford-Syracuse road on the Fourth. Cris is four feet, nine and a half inches talk

were admitted, four were released and five were treated in the emergency roan. On June 29 three were admitted, two released and 10 treated in the emergency room and on June 30 the report shows no admissions and one dismissal. While Murphy Medical Center's total indebtedness, at the last accounting, was only $1,457,148, its cash flow is low. Last year the hospital wrote off over $1 million worth of bills and transferred another half-million to collection bureaus. Currently $430,000 is due the hospital. Doctors Leaving Na only was Murphy Medical Center failing to have patients . — . > - » * • * • • •.•.•AV.’.

James C. Tranter, President, asked Town Attorney Robert Reed if there was any way they could have some insurance that the area plan commission would adopt a mobile home ordinance sometime in the near future. Reed said they could hare no real insurance. John Cripe, board mefnber, spoke up saying that the last time the board met with the commission several months ago they seemed favorable* to adopting one similiar to the Syracuse ordinance. David Nine, (Continued on page 2)

any legal action can be taken. He said the people weren’t given enough notice and enough time to air their views/ “People should have the right to come before the board and hear the reasons why they did this. The people are being sold down the river.’’ Beemer said one reason the board did this was to get back at (Continued on page 2)

admitted, three weeks ago doctors working out of the Murphy Professional Building informed Mrs. Murphy of their plans to move out of the building and build new offices near the Kosciusko Community Hospital: The erection of a_new, modern health care facility for Kosciusko County was in response to a need recognized by a number of responsible, public-spirited citizens of Kosciusko County. Proof of this need is the fact that a public subscription drive was held to raise $1.5 million, but a final outpouring from a generous public brought in $2.3 million, to insure the building of (Continued on page 2)

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