The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 30, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 August 1977 — Page 1

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What's in she news . . . Syracuse community presents Sidewalk Days . . . shop both uptown Syracuse and Wawasee Village Story ... 1 Ads ... Second section New athletic director terms Wawasee facilities one of best in stpte Sports ... 5 Sixth generation working feedlot operation Lakeland Living 11 Syracuse board sets special meeting for m6re interviews Pagel ■J ■ - MAD program sees 29 certified for CPR Paflel Proposed budgets Classified ... second section

No appointment, will try again

By LESLIE WHITMAN At its regular meeting Tuesday night, the Syracuse Town Board failed to make the third appointment of the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission, due to the fact all interviews have not been completed In a special meeting last week, the board appointed Mrs Betty Dust and David Nine to two of the three appointments needed It was stated at that time that the third appointment would come Tuesday night Mrs. Dust was appointed to the area plan commission while Nine was appointed to the advisory council of towns, which in turn gets to make one appointment to the commission. James C. Tranter, president, said, not stalling We re

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trying to interview everyone interested ” He said the appointment should be made within the week Nine also reported thee will be a meeting of the advisory council of towns next Wednesday, Aug 24. at 7:30 p.m. in the Syracuse Town Hall. At that time an Appointment will be made from the council to serve on the area commission. No Money In other action brought before the board. Mrs Dust reported that money budgeted to mow the city park has run out and the town has gone into debt. She said they budgeted 14 mowing* at the cost of $2,000 The park has already been mowed IS times this year at a cost of $2,113. < Continued on page 2)

Syracuse merchants plan annual Sidewalk Days

Merchants of the Syracuse community will present Sidewalk Days this Thursday. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 18-20. The Sidewalk Days is the first in Syracuse history that merchants in both the uptown and village area are going together for a joint sale. Les Webber, chairman of the event, hopes that the whole town can pull together on this.

SIDEWALK SALE TAXI — This big red bus will see duty from noon through 4 p.m.. Thursday. Friday and Saturday, during the sale that is billed as “Syracuse Merchants Present Sidewalk Days. * ( It will run on the half hour from uptown Syracuse to Wawasee Village, making stops wherever passengers desire. . On the left is Bill Cable, who is providing the bus. and H. E. (“Red”) Long, who is providing the driver, both members of the interested Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary Club.

Continue investigation of stolen Webster auto

A link between a car stolen from the residence of Timothy J. Hunt, r 1 North Webster, and the recovery of a stolen car from Reed City, Mich., is being investigated by county police Hunt's car was taken sometime Tuesday. Aug. 9, approximately an eighth of a mile from where

Syracuse man escapes from jail, captured

Brian Wayne Huff. 20, of Syracuse and Steven James Sommer, 21, of Bourbon, were captured Monday evening by county police after the pair escaped from the Kosciusko County jail Saturday night. Both were captured at 11:24 yim while sleeping in a parked auto at 117 East Washington Street, Osceola. The escape occurred about

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Reduced Prices All of the merchants parti cipatmg in the three-day affair will offer summer merchandise at reduced prices. Many stores are having sales now before the days, but will reduce sale items even further. Besides the good bargains, other ideas will be used to help promote the event Jay Hersch.

the recovered car was abandoned The car was found on a dirt road just south of the Wawa Drive-In Theatre near North Webster Police are looking for two adult male and two female juveniles who are suspected of taking an auto from Reed City and leaving it at North Webster.

midnight Saturday when the pair were working a cleanup detail at the jail. One of the men had pushed a buzzer in the bookings room which then opened a garage door in the back of the jail. The escape was noticed about three minutes after the pair made its way out the door. Kosciusko County police were (Continued on page 2)

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Wiley W. (“Bill ”) Spurgeon, long time resident of Muncie and Lake Wawasee and current editor of The Muncie Star, proved himself more than a mediocre local historian in a presentation he made before the Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary Club. Tuesday noon. Spurgeon, who is also president of the Wawasee Property Owners' Association, has long had an interest in local history and lore, and his talk showed that he has done his homework well His talk to the local Rotarians was light, informative and stimulating to the point where one wanted to know more about his homearea. Question Fermat At last week’s Rotary meeting speaker Spurgeon passed around a mimeographed “teaser” sheet.

Dagny's Famous Fish of Stroh, will drop $1,500 in gift certificates hidden inside balloons tomorrow. August 18, around the Syracuse area. At 1 p.m , certificates will be dropped at the downtown Syracuse park. At 2 p.m.. balloons containing the certificates will be dropped in downtown Milford. Then at 3 p.m , more balloons will be

AAAD course certifies 29 Three instructors certified 29 of 36 persons registered in the cardiopulmonary resusitation course, sponsored by Milford Area Development (MAD) on August 9 and 10. Instructors Irene Abts, Syracuse; Marie Godette. Tinley Park, 111. , and Jane Chinworth, Warsaw; directed the course, held at the Apostolic Christian Church Fellowship Hall. Those receiving certificates are Arnold Doll, Becky Doll, Linda Musselman, Beth Krull, Carolyn Krull, Rich Stoller, Andrea Stoller. Jim Brumbaugh, Ann Brooks and Bob Brooks. Also certified are Mike Minnick, Bob Jaress. Warren Goodman. Bernice Dwyer, Dorothy Williams. Joan Kline, Leonard Kline, Marti Thompson, Terry Thompson, Will Schieler. Margi Brooks, and Jan Hammaker. Julie Schieler. 12, also completed the course, along with Dick Doll, also 12. And, Linda Baumgartner, Janet Bowser. Kent Sawyer. John Hurd and Carol Hurd were certified.

astane a varied assortment of questions concerning local people and points of interest Perhaps this was the reason the meeting was one to overflowing. causing restauranteurs Charles and Mary Stafford to quickly exhaust their ready supply of prepared meals Spurgeon passed out two mimeographed sheets of questions and gave each one a point value. causing his listeners to scratch their heads for answers Prior to the questions. Spurgeon spoke about the history of the area, going back through the 1920’s and 1990’5, and the times when the WACO (for Wawasee Amusement Company) flourished under the aegis of the beloved Ross Franklin. The 1980’s. he said, was the per- 1 iod when the big hotels were built

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dropped on the east shore of Lake Wawasee and finally, at 4 p.m , the remainder of the balloons will be dropped on the west shore of Lake Wawasee. In case of rain, the balloons will be dropped on Friday. Aug. 19. at the same times. A shuttlebus will also be offered to all those wishing to visit stores both uptown and in the village. The bus will run all three days from noon until 4 p.m . reports Webber. It will travel up and down SR 13 and pick up passengers every half hour. Signs have also been put up around Syracuse advertising the event. Review Meeting A review meeting of all merchants participating in Sidewalk Days will be held at 6 p.m.. Tuesday, Sept. 13. in Das Keller Restaurant Future promotions will also be discussed at the meeting. Estate to be offered Land developers and other interested persons around the Syracuse area will want to make note of the sale of the estate of Bertha Mae Searfoss, located on the Syracuse-Webster road, to be held at 10 a m. Tuesday, Sept. 20. The estate, which is approximately 63 acres in size, is being offered by the State Bank of Syracuse, administer of the estate. More specifically, the land is located immediately adjacent on the south side of Wawasee High School on the south edge of Syracuse. Located on the estate is a nine room house plus several outbuildings. The sale will be conducted in the Trust Department of the State Bank of Syracuse, 100 East Main Street. Syracuse. Proposed Monroe budget is 16* The proposed budget for Monroe Township has been set at 16 cents by Trustee Larry W. Manuel and members of the township advisory board. The township fund has been proposed at nine cents to raise $1,814 The current rate is five cents. And, an emergency medical service Jund of seven cents has been levied to give the township $1,500 to support the EMS. The total budget levy is 16 cento to raise $3,314.

in abundance and he had his listeners reeling off a long list of hotels. He said he kept hearing an unsubstantiated report that big Al Capone, the infamous Chicago gangster, had frequented the Spink-Arms Hotel’s gaming tables. And he said power boats on Lake Wawasee (also known as the Big Lake, Turkey Lake and Nine Mile Lake) flourished in the 1980’s, recalling that is was an era when Keno was played on the screened porches of the Spink Hotel. It was a period when the local cement company dredged Lake Wawasee for the important ingredient marl, and when the SyracuseMilford (S-M) Railroad ran a direct line from the lake to its cement plant on East Medusa Street, ‘and a similar line to Waubee Lake southeast of Milfad fa its marl

■’l / ■ 1 » •3 .‘ ■ f I J r 11 \ /s k \ ■ ■ ■ /ff • 1/ ■ // , W is / i . S? ■*- . — Ak Mi Up, up. . . but not away Anyone driving the Milford-Symcuse road on a day-by-day basis have noticed the rapid rise of the new Maple Leaf, Inc. feed miU going up along the roadway spur half way between the two towns. The mill is of steel and poured concrete, with concrete being poured on a twenty-four hour basis. According to Grant Rainey, superintendent in charge of the project, the mill now stands 13S feet. On the east side of the elevator foundations have been poured for two Itt.MObushel storage silos, measuring M feet in diameter and to stand tt feet high. The project is to be completed by late fail, according to plans, Rainey stated.

Milford Lions hear comments from Dr. Siegfried Baumgart

Milford Lions got a look at “inside Germany” Monday night when it heard off-the-cuff comments from Dr. Siegfried Baumgart of Nuremberg. Germany. He was introduced by Milford townsman Robert Kaiser who met Dr. Baumgart at a Minneapolis, Minn., meeting of the Gideon Society. Schools. Politics The German national compared the Germany school

deposits The company and railroad have long since become defunct. He said there were a handful of houses on Lake Wawasee in the mid-20’s, and less on Syracuse Lake. He said the map he used fa his reference recorded 2,900 acres of water in the lake. The 1920’s and 1930’s found the lake population only summertime population,, and that permanent residency was not considered until after Wald War II During those war years, when gas was rationed, he commented, one could get all the gasoline he wanted for boat use, “and I would venture to say some of this found its way into automobile gas tanks,” he said. Following the great war, with wages going up, lake hotels found it increasingly difficult to operate

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system with that g»f the United States, being a retired Germany primary school professor. He said German schools are for students ages six to 16, but after a student is 14 years of age he goes into a vocational school a a gymnasium fa special study. He said all books and tuition are free, and that costs at the university level depends on the wealth of parents of the student. (Continued on page 2)

with a short eight to 12 week summer season and this brought on an era of hotel closings. The automobile made it easier to spend short periods at the lake and lengthy stays that were required just were not made, he said. Lake Front Fillings He commented, paradoxically, that much of the lake front property around Lake Wawasee was filled in at one time a another, and that sone of the better homes around the lake today stand on filled land. This is interesting, in that so much pressure has of recent been landT fiUin ß wet * Spurgeon commented that “there has been a slackening of day traffic on the lakes of the area, pri(Continued on page 2)