The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 8, Milford, Kosciusko County, 15 March 1978 — Page 1

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Phillip E. Houser killed in Monday morning accident

Phillip E. Houser, 23, 601 S. Harrison Street, Syracuse, is dead as a result of skull fractures and internal injuries suffered in a head-on two-vehicle collision on SR 13, one mile north of Syracuse, at 6:40 a.m. March 13. Houser was killed instantly. Houser, a former Kosciusko County Sheriff’s reserve officer, was traveling north on SR 13 when the vehicle he was driving was hit head-on by a car driven by Raymond D. Miller, 39, r 4 LaGrange. Miller’s vehicle crossed the center line. He was cited by state police for driving left of the center line.

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Miller was traveling south on SR 13. He was taken to Goshen Hospital by Syracuse EMS with a fractured finger, nose and abrasion to the left knee. He was treated and released. Houser was driving a 1965 Ford pick-up truck. It rolled and came to a stop along the road. Miller was driving a 1977 Chevrolet van. It plowed into a snowbank. Damage was set at $5,500 to the Miller car and SSOO to Houser’s truck. Investigation was made by state trooper Michael Pershing and Elkhart County coroner Marvin Riegescker. Syracuse firemen were called to the scene where they cleared spilled gas on the road. They were excused at 8:45 a.m. Houser was the son of Robert Houser, Syracuse deputy marshal and Jo Ann Houser, secretary at the State Bank of Syracuse. He is the second fatality in the Syracuse area since January 1. The first, Leroy Dallman, 30, of Syracuse and Ligonier, was killed January 3 when he was struck by at least two cars while walking along SR 13, south of Syracuse. Oct. 4,1954 — March 13,1978 Phillip Houser was born in Muncie on October 4, 1954, to Robert and Jo Ann (Smith) Houser. On June 11, 1977, he married the former Deborah Holmes. A 1973 graduate of Wawasee High School, he was employed at Leisure Time, Inc., New Paris. He is survived by his wife, Deborah; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Houser; one brother, Robert Houser, Syracuse; his paternal grandfather, Gale Houser, Hot Springs, Ark. ; and his maternal grandmother, Goldie E. Smith, Indianapolis. Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today (Wednesday) at the Harris Funeral Home,

INDIA — Eighth in a series Newsmen,-women meet India President Reddey

By ARCH AND DELLA BAUMGARTNER NEW DELHI, India, February 15 — Yesterday, Valentine’s Day, we returned to New Delhi, and could only say it was good to get back to the Oberoi InterContinental Hotel where accommodations were better and we could depend on the quality of the food and water with a higher degree of certainty. When we first visited the old city of Delhi and saw the poverty, we were depressed beyond belief, but the abject poverty and seeming hopelessness of Bangladesh and Nepal forced us

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to reassess our thinking about the India we saw. Della fell victim to dysentery in Nepal, along with Don Seaton, and became sidelined in our rush of events that were to give us a quick overview of this small landlocked country. Meet India’s President Coming back to New Delhi by Air India we were informed by Rik Anver, our able guide with Anver Travel Agency in Washington and a native of India, that we had a 3:45 p.m. appointment with India’s President, Sanjiva Reddy, in the Presidential Palace. “No sweat,” said tour leader Dick

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Sarrazine will officiate. Burial will be in the Syracuse cemetery. The family requests that all memorials be made to the Syracuse EMS.

Oakwood Park tour tonight A tour and program on Oakwood Park, sponsored by the Syracuse Wawasee Chamber of Commerce, is set for tonight (March 15) at 8 p.m., in Oakwood Center. Information will be given concerning plans for future development of the area including replacement of the present Hotel Oakwood. Refreshments will be served. The public is invited. Chamber Activities The Chamber of Commerce is currently working on other projects. New Christmas decorations are being investigated. Any suggestions should be given to Jeff Wells, State Bank of Syracuse. The Chamber of Commerce is also considering taking a stand on the post office move. Anyone with feelings on the move should contact Chamber of Commerce members. Welder taken from Schacht's County police are investigating the theft of a welder worth $125 from Schacht Rubber Products Company, r 4 Syracuse. The theft occurred sometime last Saturday or Sunday, March 4 and 5. No forced entry was made to the business.

Westerfield, when we arrived at the Delhi airport at 2 p.m. Those words were less than prophetic as our speedy course of events ground to a halt at customs and immigration. It was nearly 3:30 when we were finally given passage at the airport, making us pitifully short of time for our appointment. We had to go to the hotel and change clothes for this very important appointment. The inept handling of our group at the New Delhi airport show*xi Rik Anver to be flappable like the rest of us. He was angered by the pointless delay. , B£gs in our rooms, clothes

WEDNESDAY. MARCH 15, 1978

MAD to meet on Tuesday The Milford Area Development Council will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21, at Doll’s Decorating Center in downtown Milford. Streetlights to stay on Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCo) engineers and town officials in Milford agreed turning off town streetlights is not necessary at this time. Dr. T. A. Miller, president of the Milford Town Board, reported NIPSCo engineers came to Milford and talked over the situation because of the current energy situation. Since the streetlights require climbing to remove the bulbs, the engineers and town officials agreed the measure wasn’t necessary. Persons living in residential areas were asked about turning off some lighting there. “Most people were opposed to it. . . that it wouldn’t be a good idea,” Dr. Miller related. Some of the streetlights in the town can be turned off, if necessary, but officials will wait and see how the situation progresses. A letter from the Kosciusko County Humane Commission was received. A meeting on the new fees for calls on animals was outlined. They will be discussed at a meeting tonight (Wednesday) at 7 p.m. in the Warsaw City Building. “They (the humane commission) haven’t been up here half a dozen times, if that many,” said John Martin, street and water commissioner. Martin said if the dogs are already caught, the commission will come and pick them up. He explained if a call is made on Thursday, the commission arrives the following Monday to pick up the animals. Dr. Miller asked if there were enough animals to warrant the maintenance of a holding pen. Martin said in it would be a help, but only about 30 to 40 dogs a year are removed from the town. Martin said he has taken dogs down to the facility, once 13, which the commission did not want to accept at one time. At the new fees, $lO per call if the commission were to pick up an animal and $3 per animal if in a holding pen, the board president roughly figured the cost to the town at SIOO a year. “About the easiest thing for us to do at this point, is to just keep on doing what we’re doing,” Dr. Miller said. The board president commented that opposition to the fees had been expressed by other towns. Dr. Miller said he would like to see figures on what funds were generated and spent by the commission. The county is appropriating $15,000 to the commission and that is “enough to warrant looking into it,” said the board president. (Continued on page 2)

changed and back on the bus for the Presidential Palace in something like record time. Our group was ushered into a large reception room where several photographers were on hand to duly record the event of American journalists meeting their President. We were impressed. President Reddy, 77 years of age, has proved a dynamic force in the new Desai government we were told, and this quickly became evident. Our short (about a half hour) meeting with the Indian President was informal and did not have the air of a press conference.

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AT EMS CONFAB — State Senator John B. Augsburger, executive secretary of the Indiana Emergency Medical Services Commission Philip K. Martin. John Perry and John Murphy, left to right, are principals in the EMS meeting held at Milford Monday night. ‘

State Director of EMS at Milford meeting Monday

Members of several area Emergency Medical Services teams got some direction for future planning Monday night at the Milford fire station when Philip K. Martin, executive director of the Indiana Emergency Medical Services Commission, appeared for a brief talk and question and answer session. With him was State Senator John B. Augsburger of Milford. The state director was introduced by John Murphy, training director of the Milford EMS. He was introduced by John Perry, president of the Milford emergency unit. Attending were members of the Syracuse and New Paris EMS units, as well as James Wharton, president of the board of directors of the Multi-township EMS. Formulate Own Plans State director Martin advised the group to seek wider advanced life support training through cooperation with the hospitals in Goshen and Warsaw and their medical staffs. “The testimony received (in hearings) was to the effect that the state should take a ‘hands off’ policy toward the formulation of any training program,” the state director commented, in answer to a question by James Wharton as to why the state commission did not set up minimum training standards. He said a state program of the nature suggested would be expensive for local communities, costing from $25,000 to $30,000 for training and ancillary equipment. "A state run program of training would be just that much more control out of Indianapolis,” Mr. Martin said. He said Indianapolis has 34,000 emergency runs per year and only six per cent of these require (Continued on page 2)

He gave each of us an opportunity to speak briefly about problems of state and there was a lot of picture taking. He flashed a quick smile for us and for the cameras, and spoke in hurried but irreproachable English. All Indians speak English with a distinct British accent. President Reddy told us about the January visit of President Carter, and said members of his government were impressed with the American president. President Carter stayed in the building in which we were. Toured Gardens Following the meeting with (Continued on page 2)

i F“ ——— 1 ; Where are the Irish ? 1 > It’s been said that n < H. i everyone’s Irish on Saint 1 „ J ; Patrick’s Day. But where are X f the real Irish in the Lakeland )’ j > area? ' ' I Several persons contacted I I are of Irish extraction and do ?“ mark the day with some sort L si/' of observance. Mrs. John I Glon, who says she’s Irish, nvy I tells that the observance in the • L household is to have a boiled I F \ % r 1 dinner of corned beef and a cabbage. Dressing in green on Friday will be Pat Flannegan ( f and Dave McGrew. McGrew ‘ \ ' explains he’s Scotch-Irish. v.-Wt’ But where are those Irish ■ pBKJRZ/' people we’ve heard so much '—w* V about? Where are the green [ beer guzzling, blarney boasting folk? They’re in Chicago and I New York parading. Some 20,000 marchers parade down Fifth ( Avenue to the beat of “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling,” and other Irish tunes. Does anyone go through the day sporting “Kiss Me, I’m Irish” buttons? Or ones declaring “It’s a great day for the Irish”? March 17 is to be a day of great joy. “Saint Patrick’s Day, we’ll all be very gay/’ bids an old ballad. And the customs in the isle are for celebrations and speeches after high mass. Evenings are a time for dancing and music making. z On the date of the death of Ireland’s patron saint, the ale made by the wealthy folk is brought out, after being brewed in February. Innkeepers used to give a “Patrick’s Pot” free to everyone, filled with whiskey or ale. Drinking the pot, the pub goers wish each other many things, but especially health and riches. “Drowning the shamrock” was done by dunking a shamrock in the glass of beverage and touching the shamrock to the one in your hatband in years gone by. We did find one Irishman who goes beyond the wearing of the green. Charles H. O’Hara, in Elkhart and his wife, Helen, have had Irish friends in for a boiled dinner each year of their 34year marriage. And after the meal, “We get out the Irish songs and sing something like, ‘My Wild Irish Rose,’ ” O’Hara said. Not only does O’Hara wear green, the beverages consumed are generally green.

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MEET INDIAN PRESIDENT — Co-publishers Arch and Della Baumgartner of Milford are shown with Indian President Sanjiva Reddy in a photo taken at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi on February 14, Valentine’s Day. They found the hospitable president warm, gregarious, apparently pleased to meet the American journalists. Following the Palace visit, he invited the group to tour the famous Presidential Gardens, an invitation similarly given to President Carter a month earlier.

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