The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 37, Milford, Kosciusko County, 5 October 1977 — Page 2

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., October 5.1977

Tuttle buys Florida golf course

Tom Tuttle, well-known owner and operator of the South Shore Golf*Course in Syracuse, has taken over the management of another golf course, the Deer Creek Country Club in Deerfield, Fla. - Tuttle began management of tne Florida golf course Monday. 'Helping him run the course is the 'entire management of the South 'Shore Golf Course — Bill Galloway, greens superintendent and assistant manager; Steven Roderick, golf pro; and Devone Green, kitchen manager. * Tuttle, plus his help, will run ‘ the course in Florida from October until April, coming back to Syracuse then to manage the South Shore during the summer ; season This way he will be • hitting the peak seasons in both

I ■ : Fithian' $ Office on Wheels i to be in county next week

J Congressman Floyd Fithian’s ; Office on Wheels will make stops •in Kosciusko, Marshall and • Wabash counties next week The mobile office serves as a ’ problem solving center and as a forum through which second district residents can express their opinions on current issues. Citizens can drop by to share their thoughts or explain their problems with the federal bureaucracy to a member erf Fithian’s staff, who will relay their messages to the Congressman in Washington “I’ve always been deeply concerned about staying in touch with the needs of the people 1 represent,” Fithian explained ‘‘Since our district covers more than 5,000 square miles, the Office on Wheels is the only way to reach people in every community It’s one way of bringing Washington closer to Indiana ” The Office on Wheels will make the following visits next week: TUESDAY. OCT. 11 Pierceton — downtown. 9 to

.st* **;.?* "Those with the courage to act. find their horizons unlimited." OPEN HOUSE Sunday, October d - 1 2-4:30 P.M. ‘ The Reading A four bedroom. 2 ,? a bath. two story hurne bujit on a beaut-fut wooded lot in Valley Springs (east ot the indoor tennis courts on the north edge of VVV HORIZONS 2TW UNLIMITED, INC. Builder* of Fine

places. Even with Tuttle gone, the South Shore will remain open so long as the weather holds. The dining room, however, closes in the middle of October and will then reopen April 1. Deer Creek Country Club is a 7,000-yard championship course. Various facilities at the club include tennis courts, clubhouse with dining facilities and a bar. South Shore Golf Course is a semi-private club and was built in the 1930’5. Tuttle has managed it for seven years. Before that, his father owned the club. South Shore also features a dining room, outdoor pavillion. plus complete locker room and club storage facilities. Tuttle will commute back and forth at various times during the

9:415 a m. Sidney — post office, 10 to 10:30 a.m. Silver Lake — fire station, 1:45 to 2:30 pm Claypool — post office, 2:45 to 3.15 p.m. Winona Lake — fire station. 3:45 to 4:30 p.m. Warsaw — Lakes Village Shopping Center, 4:45 to 6 p m WEDNESDAY. OCT. 12 Burket — post office, 9 to 9:30 a.nr Mentone — town hall, 9:45 to 10*45 a m. ptna Green — Methodist Church, 11 to 12 noon Atwood — post office. 12:15 to 1 P® Leesburg — town hall. 1:15 to 2:15 p m. Milford — downtown. 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Syracuse — across from bank on: East Main St.. 3:45 to 4:45 pjn. North Webster — Rinker’s Department Store, 5 to 6 p.m.

winter months and is planning on keeping his house here. Other members of Tuttle’s management team will also come back to Syracuse at various times during the winter.

Recommendation to be offered

Max Reed, attorney for the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission, is expected to offer a recommendation to the commission on the George Paton matter at the meeting tonight (Wednesday) at 7 p.m. in the county courthouse, commissioner's room. Also on the agenda is the consideration of the charging of fees for building permits. Several possible fee schedules will be presented. The rezoning of Turkey Creek Township and controlled access to waterways may also be discussed. Reed is looking into the matters, but is not ready to recommend any action to the commission. Cases on the agenda are for a rezoning of about 25 acres from agricultural to residential in Turkey Creek Township. The property, owned by Mayme Long, with Nancy Prickett as agent, is on the south side of state Two killed — (Continued from page 1) did not participate on this year 's football team due to an arm injury. He was a member at the Saint Andrews United Methodist Church, Syracuse He is survived by his mother and father, James and Joan Owens, Syracuse; brother Jon and sister Kathy Jo; maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hicks. Indianapolis; and paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs Philip Reid Owens, Dover, Ohio Friends may call after 1 p.m. Thursday at the Harris Funeral Home, Syracuse. Services will be Friday at 10 a m in the Wawasee High School auditorium with the Rev. Phil Frew officiating. Interment will be in the Syracuse cemetery Memorials may be made to the Wawasee High School Athletic Department

NO MAIL DELIVERY ON COLUMBUS DAY Postmasters at Milford and Syracuse have stated that on Monday, Oct. 10, Columbus Day. the lobbies will be open regular hours and mail will go in and out, but there will be no window service or delivery of mail.

Tuttle, who has been president of the Albion National Bank, will be replaced by Thomas Clouse as of October 17. Tuttle will then become vice chairman of the board of directors and retain ownership of the bank.

road 13, three-fourths of a mile west of CR 650E (Bonnie Brae Manor). Aaron Hinesley, will also present a petition for preliminary plat approval of a planned unit development of 49.44 acres. The site is south of CR 700 N and 1,200 feet east of CR 850E in Tippecanoe Township. Also in Tippecanoe Township is the site for a petition to vacate an easement. The easement is in the Saint Joseph Holiness Association Park, on a private drive, 300 feet west of CR 925E. Financial — (Continued from page 1) $1,882.07, dues and int. $505.89, misc. $506.24, golf outing $234 and Mermaid Festival $3,141.30. In the activities account receipts were: Calendars $1,065.50, grapefruit $8,942.33, 4-H beef $280.50, Halloween party $57.75 and donations sl4. In the same account disbursements were: Calendars $532.29. grapefruit $8,312.24, 4-H beef $330, Halloween party $40.74. and donations $1,974.64. Leisure Living Lion Paul Reith brought the club up to date on Leisure Living, Inc., which the club funded with SSOO. He said an option for a tract of land has been taken, the land located in the east section of town. Plans are being drawn up and occupancy is expected in the spring. Club members will hand out a Lions brochure in the uptown area during Lions World Service day. During the meeting the Lions voted to again sponsor the town's Cub Scout Pack. Guests included Mackie Little and Gamal Hemandey. Webster Auxiliary raising funds for coronary care unit The North Webster Ladies Firemen Auxiliary is presently raising funds for the Coronary Care Unit for the North Webster EMS. The auxiliary is planning on putting out a calendar listing all organizational meeting dates. If any organization in the area wishes to have their meeting dates listed, they should contact Karen Richardson or Marsha Conkling. Deadline for having dates placed in the calendar is October 10. Eight drivers have licenses suspended Eight area residents lost their licenses according to the driver license suspension list issued by the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles from September 19 to September 23. » Johnny W. Baldridge. Piercenn. drunken driving, 8-3-77 to 10-3-77; Roy Conley. Pierceton, other traffic violations. 8-9-77 to 8-8-78; Marie England. Warsaw, drunken driving, 8-22-77 to 8-22-79; Haries Hughes. Claypool, drunken driving, 8-17-77 to 10-17-77; George E. Peters, Warsaw, drunken driving and driving while suspended, 8-11-77 to 8-11-78; Thomas G. Roland. Warsaw, drunken driving, 6-29-77 to 8-22-77; anthCharles R. Westerman, Syracuse, drunken driving, 6-22-77 to 8-22-77.

I LAKESIDE I I V.F.W. 1342 I I Would Like To Thank I I Donald I I (Pee Wee) I I Niles I For His Time And Effort Spent On Our Septic System

K - **' -aria r wotA- Kr. OBSERX E WEEK — The Junior Merry Maidens of Milford made displays in several store windows this week in observance of National 4-H Week, October 3 through 10. The week is to encourage interest in the clubs for prospective members and inform the community what the clubs are doing.

Indiana Farmers Green Thumb program explained

The Green Thumb program, funded under Title IX of the Older Americans Act, provides employment opportunities to men and women ages 55 and over in rural areas to carry out community betterment and conservation programs to strengthen existing community projects and provide special outreach services to help the aged, shut-ins and handicapped. Green Thumb is sponsored by National Fanners Union and funded by the US Department of Labor and local project sponsors who provide approximately 10 per cent of the cost of the program through in-kind contributions of material and supervision for the Green Thumb workers. Green Thumb now provides 12,511 jobs for older low income men and women in 38 states, Puerto Rico and District of Columbia. These Green Thumb employees work on a wide variety of essential, worthwhile facilities and services that local sponsors otherwise could not afford. Dignity, Self-esteem The men and women of Green Thumb acquire a new sense of dignity and self-esteem when

Mock sets house roads, transportation meeting

State Representative Dean Mock (R-Elkhart) announced he has scheduled a meeting of the house roads and transportation committee in Elkhart on October 19 to receive public testimony on methods of funding for highway needs. Mock encouraged local public officials, gasoline retailers, and other interested citizens to attend the meeting, which will be at the Elkhart Holiday Inn, 2725 Cassopolis St., beginning at 10 am. The District 11 legislator explained the purpose of the meeting is to seek input from local officials and citizens on obtaining additional funding for road needs throughout the state. "Previous legislative studies have thoroughly established the need for additional funding.” Mock said. “We now have to concentrate on resolving the financing dilemma with something we can live with for a few years ” .Alternatives Mock said previous discussion has centered on two alternatives, raising the gasoline gallonage tax and introducing the ad valorem fuel tax. a tax based on the value of gasoline. He noted a proposal to raise the gallonage tax an additional two cents was defeated by the 1977 General Assembly He pointed out the Elkhart meeting is one erf a senes his committee is conducting&o work out a satisfactory funding mechanism for proposal to the 1978 General Assembly. Officials from Elkhart, Saint

they are allowed to use their skills and experience in Green Thumb employment. The wages earned through the program help individuals become more independent and enables them to return to the main stream of community activity. To qualify for employment in the program, a person must be 55 years of age, have a farming or rural background, an annual income below the federal poverty level, and pass a medical examination. The poverty guidelines for a non-farm family of one is $2,970, for each additional member, add $960; and for a farm family of one, $2,550 with an additional SBIO for each additional member. Indiana Farmers Union Green Thumb program is presently funded for July 1977 through June 1978 with 644 Green Thumb positions. At this time, 502 men and women work in the 48 currently operating counties, with a proposed expansion of 19 additional counties which will total 67 counties. Further information may be obtained through the State Green Thumb office at box 687, 201 North Lynn Street, Seymour. Jim Goen is state director.

Joseph, Marshall, Kosciusko, LaGrange, and Noble counties are being contacted to appear before the committee, Mock added.

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Leesburg 'kids like school’ By LIZ CUTLER Grade schoolers in the Leesburg area received an extra long vacation this fail as they awaited the opening of their new school. Now. it has been two weeks since they began attending classes in the new building. Things have been going fine, according to Mrs. Marilyn Phillips, principal at the grade school. “The kids like the school,” she says. “It has lots of color.” “It has been remarkably quiet,” says Mrs. Phillips. Petitions between some of the rooms were not installed until Friday. The school children have adjusted to having open rooms. “The carpet, acoustical walls and tiles have helped keep it quiet,” added the principal. The school opened a week later than the rest of the Warsaw Community School Corporation because it was not ready. The electrical wiring was not in and the cafeteria and gymnasium.

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which still are not finished, needed to be closed off. The fire alarm systems and exit signs needed to be installed before the school could open. The cafeteria will be finished in about a month. Until then, the youngsters are carrying their lunches. This is a new experience for some, who have eaten in a cafeteria most of their school years. The gym will be finished in about six weeks. The new building, which houses 500, kindergarten through 6th grade students, includes 23 classrooms, an art and music area, a library or instructional material center and an office unit, where the clinic, workroom, conference room, the principal’s office, the lobby and teachers area are. Twenty full time and four part time teachers are employed at the school. APPLICATION Tc 4TT6HP SCHOOL OMWZ Tte Gl &>LL AES’ available AT ALL VA ACVwC PyTY STATICNS AWP AMgSiCAM 6A4BASSI&S , THE MAIL-JOURNAL Published by The Meil-Journel every Wednesday and entered as Second Class matter at the Post Office at Syracuse, Indiana UMt. Publication No. J2M4O. Second class postage paid at 103 E. Main street. Syracuse, Indiana «*S47 and at additional entry offices. Subscription. M per year in Kosciusko county; $lO outside county.yw XgoXJX