The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 28, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 August 1977 — Page 12

THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., August 3,1977

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ABOUND T ~ TWO MEN looked down the glittering midway of the Kosciusko County 4-H fair Monday night, one with -memories extending back to 1944 when the first fair was held on the present fairgrounds, the other with hope and expectation in his eyes that this year’s fair will be the biggest on record. Tlie men were Henry Butler, secretary and general chairman of die fair, and Emra Stookey. Leeiburg dairy farmer and president of the fair board. I Bvtler, with one of bis principle goals in life to make the Kosciusko County fair better each year, became affiliated with the fair in January 1946. He pointed to the midway and said, “I recall when we harvested a crop of rye right there where the midway stands now.” * , Butler said the original fairgrounds tract was 92 acres, but that a subdeveiopment that tool, part has reduced the acreage to S7. Butler has encased in glass an original fair booklet, dated 1919, and he puts a current fair booklet alongside it Emra Stockey, on the other hand is the sportily dressed proud peacock of the current fair. Together Bntler and Stockey s make a team hard to beau Stookey takes real pride in, i cutting the ribbon to open the i fair, standing there with Mayor i Dale Tucker, reigning queen Jody Conley and the current fair- ( queen candidates. All this hap- ( pened at 7 pm Monday night. A flood of fair-goers had already , swarmed over the fairgrounds. , Stookey takes real pride in this year’s tractor poll, held Monday nigh; before a huge crowd of spectators. This is the first year

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for thto event, and Stookey was pleased. He was also pleased to re-institute a farm implement display. It was of Case machinery. "Smaß," Stookey says, “but we hope to attract others to years to come.” He said poor security wrought havoc with machinery displays in the past, but promised that this is being corrected. No one we talked to would venture a guesstimate on the crowd Monday night, neither fair officials er Shrtoers who were selling parking tickets at the gate, and so we will. We feel there was to the neighborhood of 15.000 people on the grounds, all told. Wanna bet? A YOUNG MAN in prison at London. Ohio, asks us to print this ad for him: Man doing time in prison with no family or friends who care, needs help to keep from losing myself in loneliness. Anyone with time, please write: Thomas K. Smith, No. 146-915, P.O. Boat 69, London, 0. RIC SCHAEKEL to the tall, handsome young man seen waUttog around town. He’s bead of Beaty Associates, real estate firm on the south side of Lake Wawasee. Rlc Is continuing teaching at West Noble High School but has given up his basketball coaching career there. He had the honor of coaching some top teams at West Noble. WE HAVE the word that the Kentucky Fried Chicken folks have given their approval to Syracuse as a likely location for a franchise, and that sites south of town are being sought out. We’re not at all surprised, what with the proliferation of quick food establishments and their growing popularity. DAVE AND Bunny Nine are home from a vacation with her folks. Robert and Doris Murry, in the Osgood vicinity. Dave is now manager of the Thornburg store „ at North Webster and a member of the Syracuse Town Board. They got home Friday night, so that Dave would be on hand if there was a last minute rumble concerning opting to throw the local plan commission into the county area plan. He reported the Osgood

homesite so quiet and tranquil that they could sit on the porch and watch the deer come up and eat the beans. SYRACUSE IS ripe for a selfservice filling station. A mini-gas war has developed to Milford ever the self-service concept. Several months ago the Union 76 station went self-service and captured the lien's share of business this way. New, this week. Bruce’s Texaco, a tough competitor, to adopting the same merchandising practice. STEVE BORNMAN, insurance man with offices in the Cromwell bank, looks fit and trim after a six-week diet and exercise regimen, which took 20 pounds and considerable inches off his waist line. Steve is a new partner in the Reimer Ice Co. at North Webster. SITTING DOWN, to what the young chap was doing, but be got the job dene — that of painting the yeUaw curb marking in front of the bank on Monday. A LITTLE known fact about North Webster businessman Thurman Rinker is his skill in the culinary arts. Actually, old Thurm is a gourmet cook, and on occasion can and does whip up a mouth-watering meal that will back many a French cook away from his hot plate. Another North Webster old hand in the kitchen is Mermaid Festival secretary Barb Eastlund. who has been cooking for tan and pay since she's been a young girl to both the North Webster and Syracuse area. s It takes one good cook to appreciate another, as the old saying goes. And so, old Thurm went out on a limb and purchased two leather-bound cook books for Barb which contain every possible recipe, accompanied by elaborate four-color illustrations of exotic dishes. The books have Barb's name embossed in gold lettering on the front cover, and are considered a prise possession by Mrs. Eastlund. TWO OLD cronies were talking on the corner in uptown Syracuse one day last week and trying to outdo each other with their witticism. One says. “1 saw in this newspaper ad last week that stare so-and-so was advertising ladies* shorts half off.” The other responds. “When they have them three-quarters • off I’ll be interested." SPEAKING OF local stores and what they're sold out of: Just try to buy an electric fan anywhere. VISITORS IN the home of Mrs. Ralph Clingaman, last Thursday,

remarked how nice it was to have the Syracuse-Wawasee Garden Chib Flower Show in her home. In previous times, the show has been held to the Wawasee High School. Those to attendance said the atmosphere of her borne added to the displays. MR. AND MRS. James (Deloris) Hayes visited in Syracuse last week. They came for a week of camping and to visit relatives and friends. Mrs. Hayes to the former Deieris Frazier of Syracuse. PHIL ANlTsecky Rinker, North Webster, of Rinker’s Togs and Awl store, got away from it all tost Thursday. The couple spent the day at King's Island, sans their two-month-oM daughter. THIS WEEK’S sheepish look for a newspaperman belongs to Bill Spurgeon, editor of The Muncie Star and Wawasee summer resident who reviews plays at Enchanted Hills for The Mail-Journal. Bill discovered to his horror, when be picked up last week’s edition of the M-J to which he had reviewed “Charley's Aunt,” that he had misspelled “Charley" as “Charlie** throughout the article. "I’ve always hollared at reporters and editors that inattention to this kind of detail can really louse up a writer’s credibility," Bill told M-J publisher Arch Baumgartner, “so you’re welcome to hollar at me." Bill to a former editor and owner of the Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, and M-J predecessor, and has been reviewing plays on the Wawasee summer scene since 1952. “It doesn't seem that tong," says Bill, who marked his 44th birthday last week. ■ IF YOU were lucky enough to be at Garrett Saturday when the smoke-belching iron horse pulled into the railroad station, you noticed a jubilant crowd of

several thousand, all in a holiday mood. Many were “dressed for the occasion*' with all sorts of railroad-reminiscent type clothing. One such was this tody with her fireman’s cap. who kindly poses for our camera. MARY LOU (Mrs. Jack) Mason is completing a real estate salesman’s course in Fort Wayne, and hopes to act as salesperson for her husband’s properties. AS THE SUMMER season winds down, the North Manchester Fun Fest looms in the foreground, beginning August 12, with George Shearer as its prime mover. Mrs. H. C. Shipcott and sons of California are visiting her father, Lloyd Disher and Mrs. Disher of Syracuse. Recognized for tenure Recognized during ceremonies Monday evening, were members of 4-H clubs, having 10 years participation in the program. Receiving tenure awards were Theresa Alber, Angie Bryant. Terri Clampitt, Deb Engelberth, Sara Hedington, Sue Lozier, Penny Parks, Anitra Thomas. Melinda Tom and Jane Ann Dickey. Also receiving awards were Steve Hoopingarner, Michael Jones, John Lash. Gary Lipply, Terry Phillips. Ralph Reiff, Jerry Rhodes, Jeff Weirick, and Mike Williamson.

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z mVMwH m COMING TO WEBSTER — Bob Sievers, outstanding Fort Wayne radio personality will be present for the Lakeland Kiwanis Club’s corn and sausage roast in North Webster on August 6. according to an announcement by club president Stuart Walker and roast general chairman Dean Jessup. Sievers will be with the Lakeland Kiwanians from 12 noon to 4 p.m. on roast day. The well known WOWO radio announcer is a graduate of South Side High School in Fort Wayne and was recently honored at the school for his 40 years of successful broadcasting. He served with the US Navy during World War II and since that time his morning broadcasts with fine wit and good humor have been heard by many over the popular Fort Wayne station. The corn and sausage roast will be held from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the front lawn of the Counting House Bank in North Webster. Chairman Jessup reports that all preparations are complete fj/r

Statement on 'Hunky' bridge

(EDITOR'S NOTE - Special! The Front Street bridge was opened to traffic on Tuesday night of this week and traffic has started to flow over the span once again.) Work should be completed this week on the controversial Front Street (also known as Hunky) bridge, if calculations of contractor Harlan Beer are accurate. Also, the Kosciusko County Board of Commissioners have filed for a permit with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources for the bridge reconstruction job. Dorsey Statement A controversy arose in midJuly when an inspector from the the roast and that 800 dozen ears of sweet corn and 859 pounds of smoked sausage are on order and will be ready for that day.

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department of natural resources inspected the bridge repair job and found no application had been issued by his department. In a letter dated July 18, and signed by DNR director Joseph D. Cloud, a cease and desist order was given to the board of commissioners who authorized repair on the bridge. Maurice Dorsey, Kosciusko County Commissioner from the northern district, told The MailJournal late last week that a request for a permit was bang sought by jßurton Retz, former county highway superintendent and engineer on the project Dorsey said the work on the bridge in question was always considered simply a bridge repair job and thus assumed no permit was needed. He pointed out that in no way was there an effort to by-pass the department of natural resources. Meanwhile, work is continuing on the bridge, and an opening to traffic is expected soon.