The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 32, Milford, Kosciusko County, 31 August 1977 — Page 14

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed.. August 31.1977

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AROUND T @Sfi y NOTICE HOW quiet it was around town and the lakes area the past week or .10 days? They tell us there will be more of this as the weeks pasS. principally because school starts early. Usually, the first day of school follows Labor Day. but this year’s first day is today (Wednesday), August 31 Labor Day is next Monday. Sept 5 This means there’s a gradual exodus back to "normalcy.” as old Cal Coolidge used to say. with families leaving the area in preparation for school openings. It shortens the lake season for

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many and puts a crimp on local business that depends on lake traffic. The first bell rang at Wawasee High School this morning at 8:10. with classes beginning at 8:15 a m. Final day’s bell: 3:10. Oh. well, it certainly seems like this was a short season. JAY BOYER and Max Simpson are starting s what they call a “California used car lot" on State Road 13 a mile and a half north of .North Webster Max professes they handle nothing but “cream puffs.” Known as Village Motors, the firm bids to do well, providing Max Simpson comes down out of the tree a prospective customer scared him into Saturday p.m. The customer. 23-year-old Keith Shaffer, son of Gail and Dean Mast, North Street, Syracuse, approached Max with his new pet —a five-foot Boa Constrictor — casually draped around his arm'

THE LATEST bumper sticker we saw in the area read: "Tennis is for swingers.” “WE MADE it!” Pat Bitner yelled over the telephone to Mary Swager "We made what?” Mary replied. It seems the two women appeared way in the background in a page 1 photo of The M-J last week of the Sidewalk Sale in front of Pilcher Shoes. SEQUEL TO the stray kitten story: After the paper came out last week reporting in this column that Mary Waltz befriended a lonely kitten found in the Thornburg parking lot. her telephone began to ring. Several claimed the kitten. Meanwhile. Mary had taken the white feline to her Tippecanoe Lake home and she and her 12-year-old daughter Liz had begun a courtship with the little fellow that wouldn’t stop, even naming him "Elvis,” after the recently deceased singer. Mary made her callers “qualify,” and finally was satisfied that a family living behind the S & L where she works did own Elvis She returned her new-found friend, and Liz, with a wisp of a tear in her eye, felt they had done the right thing. CAROLYN .AND Dave Smith are planning on renting their

Syracuse Lake home and moving to the Wawasee Motel which they’ll call home. Both being in the real estate business, they will move their sales office to the motel site after Dave has removed several walls and done other needed repairs for the move. SIGN OF the times: Local stores are reporting a heavy sale of antifreeze, perhaps in anticipation of an early winter. THIS HUMBLE scribe received a warm letter from Minnesota Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, whose recent illness has made headline news. The letter was in response to a note we sent him after reading his recent Reader's Digest article, t August 1977 edition), entitled “You Can’t Quit.” The gutsy senator wrote, ”1 was pleased to learn that it (the Digest article) was of interest to you and hope that it will be helpful to those with similar problems. You were thoughtful and kind to be in touch with me.” RUMORS HAVE it that two Syracuse businesses will be changing hands in the near future. W. L. Cutter Chevrolet. Inc., on South Huntington Street and Foo and Faye Cantonese Restaurant, also on South Huntington Street, report new owners and managers will be taking over in a few weeks or so. ONCE AGAIN poppies will be sold in the Syracuse area, to help needy veterans and their families. These poppies will be sold September 2 and 3. by the VFW and the auxiliary. So remember, wear a poppy, and help support a good cause. BILL HANES of Syracuse Case has the index finger of his left hand wrapped in heavy bandages. having cut it with a knife. Realtor Dick Ditmer has sold their Hane Pizza in uptown Millersburg to Jess and Carol Taapken, and the name of the popular pizzaria has been changed to J & C Pizza. A LITTLE known fact: Owen Cobbum, for years in business on State Road 13 south of Syracuse, has successfully completed his real estate exam and will soon become associated with a local realtor. And speaking of real estate agents. South Huntington Street, once known as “Gasoline Alley,” is now known for its real estate agencies strung from uptown Syracuse to the south end of Wawasee Village. KATE GREIDER, a resident of Turtle Bay and an employee for several years at the Syracuse license branch, began her newjob Monday at Village Plumbing & Heating. BEN GLASER, well known Ligonier auto dealer, is the new owner of the big Ross Osborn property on Morrison Island, Lake Wawasee

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A PROGRESSIVE Warsaw auto dealer is taking a close look at Syracuse as a possible location for a second location. The announcement that Kentucky Fried Chicken is coming to town has raised the sights of several other firms as to local business possibilities. THIS COLUMN welcomes Richard C. VerWiebe and Harold S. Shaw to the community. They have adjoining offices in the new building just west of the Elder Realty offices. VerWiebe is an attorney-at-law from Fort Wayne, with the firm of VerWiebe, Snow, Miller and Gray, and will be in his Syracuse office on Wednesdays and several other days each week, exact times not yet established. Hal Shaw is with the firm of Funich & Shaw Insurance. The two hope to interest an investment counsellor to their new offices in the near future. SYRACUSE HAS had railroad crossings closed at various times this month, for needed work. At one crossing cars still need nearly come to a stop for the roughness of crossing the rails. MRS. E. and Mrs. Georgia Buster are currently taking a rental housing survey. They have forms available for persons wishing to inquire into the housing project which could come to this area. If you have been missed and wish more information, contact either of the ladies. The project is tenatively planned for persons 60 years of age and over. WELL ATTENDED was the Saturday presentations of “Jack and the Beanstalk” at the Enchanted Hills Playhouse, the last day of the summer season for actors and actresses at the playhouse. Many local youngsters attending participated in the play as a part of the beanstalk. They got to take part of the stalk home as a souvenir, something they will long remember, and treasure. KENNY L. FELTS is driving three new vehicles —a new Ford school bus, a new Dodge panel truck for REAL, and now he has a new, bright yellow Honey Bee Datsun which he has customized. A great humorist, Ken says the Datsun is made out of old PepsiCola signs and beer cans. He asks, “You know how they got that name, Datsun?” “No,” we reply.

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“Well,” Ken chuckles, “it was made in Japan and they couldn’t come up with a name for it, so they called their friends in Germany, also auto manufacturers.” Back came the reply, “How soon do you want it (the name)?” “Right away!” the Japanese countered. “Dat soon?” said the German. And thereby hangs the tale of how Datsun, the popular little 40-mile-per-gallon car, got its name. i. ■ “I’ll bet you’re playing that record for me.” said Don Hoard. Ramsey News Agency employee at Thornburgs drugs Tuesday p.m., his ebony skin glistening and pearly white teeth flashing. He was listening to “Me And My Shadow" over the store’s loudspeaker system, and thought that a good entree to say “hello” to the girls in the upper gallery. Hoard, a comic, is known in the area, a former Postal Service driver on the South Bend to Warsaw route. The Wawasee and Lakeland Kiwanians, wives and guests enjoyed “Annie Get Your Gun” at the Enchanted Hills Playhouse Tuesday, Aug. 23. Approximately 175 attended the ladies night out. Ligonier mon cited A Ligonier man, Jack Alshouse, 39, was cited by police early Saturday morning after his northbound vehicle passed a stop sign at the T-road junction of the Elkhart-Kosciusko County line and Warner Road and plunged down an embankment and into a farm field, where the vehicle was found by officers. Alshouse was charged with a second offense of driving while under the influence of alcoholic beverages. The car was found at 4:41 a.m. Saturday. Stolen car recovered less than an hour after being taken A car owned by Ronald L. Freel, r 1 Cromwell, was recovered less than one hour after it was stolen. The car, a 1966 make, was recovered in the Backwater Lake area of North Webster at 12:40 a.m. August 24, by North Webster Town Marshal Tony Strombeck The car had been stolen at 11:17 p.m. August 23.

St-Mar-Kos Pomona Grange elects officers at Milford

Last Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bray took first place honors at the Waubee Grange meeting. Mr. Bray was elected to serve as master of the organization in the coming year and Mrs. Bray took first place honors in the candy contest. Others elected to serve with Bray in the coming year are as follows: Overseer — Esther Charlton Lecturer — Lulu Felkner Steward — Otto Wiggs Assistant steward — Glen Pinkerton Lady assistant steward — Velma Pinkerton Chaplain — Tena Pinkerton Treasurer — Raymond Pinkerton Secretary- — Ema Bray Gatekeeper — Herman Miller Ceres — Ruth Miller James Marlette serving with USAF in Germany ’ SEMBACH, Germany — Nowserving at Sembach AB, Germany, with a US Air Forces in Europe unit is Air Force Staff Sergeant James R. Marlette, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Marlette of r 2 Syracuse. Sergeant Marlette, a radio communications analysissecurity specialist, was previously assigned at Clark AB. Philippines. The sergeant is a 1971 graduate of Wawasee High School.

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Pomona — Irene Insley Flora — Esther Charlton Executive committee — Velma Pinkerton, Helene Faulkner and Nathan Insley Women’s activities chairman Ruth Miller was in charge of the candy contest with Velma Pinkerton taking second place and Mrs. Miller taking third place. Mrs. Miller asked for used hearing-aid batteries and old eye glasses for the community project. Lecturer Lulu Felkner had each person read a poem or other item. The next meeting will be September 14 with Mrs. Lulu Felkner. Each family is to take one dish. At the close of the evening Mrs. Charlton served refreshments and the fudge which had been judged. CALLANDER INSURANCE All forms of personal and business insurance 155 W. Market Ph. 773 4103 Nappanee