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OFFICIAL OPE.NLNG - The official opening of the Kosciusko County Fair was held with all the pomp and ceremony due airibbon cutting £ * lon^ p.m. Ou hand for the event were the fair board president EmraJtookey. Mayor Dale Tucker, the fair queen Jody Conley and a number of 1977 fair queen hopefuls.
Auction Thursday — It's kiddies day at the county fair
Among the many other events underway today (Wednesday! at the Kosciusko County Fair in Warsaw are those for the younger generation — today is kiddies day. Hundreds of youngsters from all over the county are flocking to the fair grounds to participate in the annual event Also on the fair grounds are many of the queen hopefuls as they continue to seek funds which will enable them to be crowned queen on Saturday night Each year the several communities of the county sponsor candidates who vie for the honor of being crowned queen in the penny per vote contest. The girl who collects the most money is named queen and a coronation is held on Saturday night following the races in the grandstand The new queen will be the 23d Kosciusko County Fair Queen. M omes collected go to the sponsors of the contest — Alpha Beta and Xi Epsilon chapters of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. The sorority works with the fair board in sponsoring the contest. Proceeds from the contest are given to aid speech and hearing in the county and to the Cardinal Center. Also on the agenda for the day is the 4-H beef which were shown at 8 a m and the 4-H ponies which were shown at 9 am. Draft horses will be in the ring at 1 p.m
By ARCH BAUMGARTNER It was nostalgia all the way— on the steampowered locomotive that pulled a 13-passenger-car train through Syracuse to Garrett, then back to Chicago again. It was a hot Saturday noontime when the old "Iron horse" chugged into the Syracuse railroad station and stopped briefly. Its appearance had been well advertised and a goodly crowd of local railroad enthusiasts gathered at the station and all along the way to see a bit of the past again. The only person disappointed — and this didn't last for long — was Pete Savage, longtime railroader who had ambitions of being one of its crew. On To Garrett The train was made up In Chicago as the Chessie Steam Special, part of the summer series of one-day tours that began Sunday, June 19, and will last through Sunday, October 16, celebrating
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and 4-H goats will be judged at 7 p.m. The demonstrations, new this year, are set in the women s building at 12 noon. 4 and 8 p.m. Today's demonstration is being presented by Zella Hatfield and is
To name two to County Plan Commission
James C. Tranter. Syracuse Town Board President, reports that the two appointments to the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission will not be made before that body’s next meeting, which is tonight (Wednesday) in Warsaw. As of August 1. the Town of Syracuse and Turkey Creek Township are under county zoning control. Due to this, Syracuse is entitled two appointments to the area commission, one on the basis of Syracuse being the largest town participating and the other on the basis of Syracuse’s population. Tranter said the board cannot make the two appointments at this time becasue one of its members. Clifford Nicodemus, is still on vacation in California. Nicodemus is expected back from his vacation sometime this Tranter also said no specific names are being considered at this time. "We really haven’t discussed it at all, any names."
Ridina the iron horSe' brought back a lot of old memories
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on drying fruits and vegetables. Harness racing will be the grandstand feature of the evening. It will begin at 8 p.m. Auction Tomorrow The highlight of tomorrow (Thursday) will be the 4-H club
The two appointments have to be residents of Syracuse and live within the town limits. One appointment can also be a town board member The town board decided to join with the area plan commission on June 29. The reasons they gave for going with county control and not local were the dissention in
Milford's proposed budget up 54 cents
The proposed budget levies for the town of Milford for 1977, payable in 1978, are 54 cents above current rate. The proposed levy in the general fund is sl.lß and would raise $18,288 The cumulative sewer levy will remain at $1 and will raise $15,490 and a 35 cent park levy has been added to raise $5350 for the operation of the
Note: Photos of Chessie Steam Special appear on page 2. the BAG'S 150th birthday and the sesquicentennial of American Railroading. The special train left Chicago at 9:15 a.m. Saturday and arrived at Syracuse at 12:35, one of—two stops it made from Chicago to Garrett, divisional terminal where it turned around. ||t -
From left in the photo are Aime Long, Miss Atwood, Pamela Poe, Miss Claypool: Rosalie Price. Miss Etna Green; Gail Tusing, Miss Leesburg: Vicki Arnett, Miss Mentone; Stookey; Tucker; Queen Jody; Teresa Howell, Miss Silver Lake; Laura Bradbury. Miss Warsaw I; Kelly Smith, Miss Warsaw II; Tammy Robinson, Miss Warsaw HI; Joni English, Miss Pierceton.
Years of Progress
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3; 1977
auction set to begin at 5:30 p.m. County 4-H’ers will auction off 150 bogs, 120 lambs, 50 pens of rabbits and 125 beef steers. Last year area residents supported the auction to the tune of $108,231.62. Beef in that auction
the Syracuse Plan Commission and the pending lawsuits on who has jurisdiction over Turkey Creek Township. Tranter said the Syracuse Plan Commission favored a no growth policy which the board didn’t agree with. In an earlier interview, Tranter said, "you can’t stop growth in any area and be
park. The total levy proposed is $2.53 and would raise $39,128. The current rate gives 99 cents to the general fund plus the $1 cumulative sewer levy for a tota 1. rate of $1.99. Members of the town board and clerk-treasurer Margaret Brooks will meet in a special session at 7:30 p.m. on August 29 to give final approval to said budget.
grossed $73,962. hogs $23,037. lambs $10,521 and rabbits $692. Also on the schedule of events for tomorrow are the senior citizens’ activities with the day being named, “Senior Citizens (Continued on page 2)
successful about it." Tranter also stated that the zoning ordinance the Syracuse commission was working on favored a no growth concept And, the taxpayer would have to pay ail pending lawsuits said Tranter, because Township Trustee Joseph Shewmon had stated he would not help in any way. (Continued on page 2) MILFORD RESIDENTS SHOULD LOCK CARS Acting Milford Town Marshal Richard Fehnel is asking Milford residents to take their keys out of their cars and to lock cars. Fehnel said persons are reporting their glove compartments ramsacked with items being thrown on lawns as a would-be thief or thieves look for keys which have been placed in the glove compartments.
arrived at Garrett at 1:30 p.m. Again the train appeared at Syracuse at 5:45 p.m. and stopped briefly. The nostalgic trip was well advertised locally, but failed to draw enthusiastic press notices In major newspapers along the route from Chicago to Garrett. . .The Garrett mayor, Harris Hoeffel, failed to scheduled appearance in Syracuse to JftfoAfd she train. Hoeffel is running for re-election, ’-Ji
Public hearing August 10 on school remonstrance
A public hearing has been set for 10 a.m., Tuesday. Aug. 10. by the state tax board on the remonstrance filed against the physical education facility for Wawasee High School two weeks ago The meeting will be held in the auditorium of Wawasee High School. The remonstrance was filed against the facility by Don Mort and Gregory Smith of North Webster They filed a petition with
Carry petitions in corporation
Petitions are being circulated in communities of the Lakeland Community School Corporation, garnering support in opposition of the proposed physical education facility at the Wawasee High School. Max Beer and Robert Fisher. Milford; Don Mort and Greg Smith, North Webstar; and Mrs Harry Minnick. Jr., Syracuse; have been circulating the petitions, which carry the signatures of between 400-500 individuals. Mort and Smith filed a remonstrance in court several weeks ago, and an attorney drew up the petitions. The petitions
■ 1 “J ' , ' , —4 — - ’> 1' . ■ •ft ’ I * ■■ ■ i . *■ BUILDING UP ROAD BERMS - Kosciusko County Highway Department workmen are busy building up the berms of the Milford-Syracuse road with fill dirt to eliminate the dropoff along the ’ s s ou Countv commissioner Maurice Dorsey of the northern district said when the road was resurfaced a year ago it left a pronounced and dangerous drop off along the road’s edge, and an effort is being made to reduce this danger.
31 signatures from the North Webster area in the county auditor’s office The facility, which was to begin construction on July 18. is an addition to be built in accordance to Title °IX. which states that girls physical education facilities should be equal to the boys Bids for the addition were opened on May 27 and are good for 90 days after that date. If construction doesn’t begin within 90 days after May 27. new bids will have to bfe advertised. The
will probably be presented at a hearing on the facility, scheduled for 10 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 9, in the Wawasee High School Auditorium. The circulators of the petitions urge those opposed to sign the petitions and for all interested taxpayers to attend the hearing. “It has to do with the federal government taking oyer the schools,” Beer says of the petition. Fisher said, the Title IX directive from the government does not provide for a new facility, but orders schools receiving government funds toprovide equal opportunities. (Continued on page 2)
/ ' and someone from Garrett commented that he is "either campaigning or cutting meat in his butcher shop." Anyway, I happened to be one who got on at Syracuse, and It goes without saying we enjoyed every moment of the trip. Going out of Syracuse the cross roads were all lined up with people waving at the train, and along the channel and on Syracuse Lake and as far away as Lake Wawasee we could see people standing up in boats and waving. The waving continued at crossroads all along the route to Garrett. We even had "Breezy," the oneh air airplane follow us for a long way. Troop Train Days Few people of the present generation have ridden on trains and not all that many of my generation have had this exciting experience. We were thrilled all the way, recalling World War II ' (Continued on page 3)
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bids came to a total of $2,050,000 which was 15 per cent lower than the original $2,500,000 estimated. A lease agreement was also entered into on May 27 with Summers and Company, inc. ; of Fort Wayne for a total of $1,830,000. Mort cited the reason why the remonstrance was filed was that the people should have the vote on whether the facility should be built. He said another reason was that he feels the gym facilities the corporation presently have are adequate.
Lakeland Reporter is being mailed The Lakeland Reporter, the official publication of the Lakeland Community School Corporation, is being mailed to each home in the school corporation within the next few days. The reporter tells of the opening of school for the 1977-78 school year with the first day being on August 29, students* reporting for the first time on August 31. Other information is also given on the several schools in the corporation.