The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 10, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 March 1978 — Page 5

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WITH THE appearance of spring-like weather coming our way this week, we can look for things to open up in the Lakeland area. Known for its summertime businesses, April 1 usually marks the opening of businesses in the area. It coincides with the return of “snowbirds” from Florida. Following a severe winter and icy roads Saturday and Sunday, our only comment: It’s about time.' THE TOWN of Syracuse may soon advertise for a transfer of funds from the electrical fund to, the gas fund. Reason: Their gas heating bill on the new city hall is over and above what has been budgeted in the heating (gas) fund. The city received a bill from NIPSCo for gas for a 40-day period (January 25-March 6) for $1,255.51. According to clerktreasurer Betty Dust, the amount paid a year ago for a 57-day period (January 6-March 4) for gas was $179.85. Mrs. Dust said the entire new building had to be heated for fear the sprinkler system would freeze up. But as much as anything, the spfawling new city complex is not a well insulated structure and doesn’t lend itself to the conservation of fuel. So . . . town board members Darrel Grisamer and James Tranter are going over the building with a fine tooth comb to see where windows can be replaced or heat shut off. Mrs. Dust says, “With only $4,900 appropriated for the entire year for gas, you can see where a bill like this leaves us.” The city hall’s light bill is not included here. Mrs. Dust says lights are figured in with the overall city light bill, which includes street lights. GROWTH IN THE local real estate community continues. Announcement will soon be made that Ron and Becky Boyer, r 1

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North Webster, will join Beaty Associates on Wawasee’s South Side as permanent sales representatives. Both are 10-year teachers, Ron teaching business at Triton and Becky at Whitko. They hope to join handkdme Ric Schaekel May 1, having passed their broker’s exam Feb. 25. Louise Rex* a West Noble teacher, and Bob Riegsecker of Kimmel joined the Beaty firm in November, and Arlene Dellinger of North Webster has been a parttimer there for two years. Also associated with the fast-growing firm is Dick Littlefield.' 1 And standing in the wings is Ric’s wife Margaret, working on her license. FORREST (“Bud”) and Mary Lou Smith, r 2 Syracuse, are new disciples of the SLENDER NOW reducing system. “And it works for us,” says Mary Lou, who claims to have lost four pounds in her first week on the program. Jovial Bud, at 5’6”, wants to rid himself of 45 pounds, and Mary Lou, at 5*3”, 40 pounds. They have a powdered milk shake for breakfast and lunch, mixed with orange juice or milk, vitamins. For the first three days evening meals consist of a chef’s salad, then they graduate to a small hamburger paddy and salad. They’re both so excited about the program, it’s contagious. COLLEEN Bryant supplied this column with information that her hubby Sherman was s’B”. Married 28 years, Sherm berated pretty Colleen for not knowing — “after all these years” — that he is actually 5’7”. ENTREPRENEURS Gene and Marise Smith (Marise’s Town and Lake Shop, Wawasee Village) have opened their fourth retail outlet, this one at 120 South Anderson St., Elwood. It’s known as The Town & Country Shop, and opened March 17. Others include outlets at Lakes

Village Shopping Center, Warsaw, Anderson and, of course, the popular Syracuse store. Operating the Elwood store are Vivian Rose and her daughter Sandra Ball, both of Elwood, summer residents at Lake Wawasee. , Gene and Marise also own half interest in an 18-hde public golf course at New Haven, known as Haven Hurst Golf Course. Don’t look now, but Gene has turned up with one of those curly hair jobs. He says, “I really prefer a butch haircut, but that’s not the thing right now.” LARRY MELLOTT was back at his desk at Thornburg drugs on Monday following a hernia repair job on March 6. SYRACUSE HAS had its share of realtors and seems to be getting more of them. The latest is Wawasee Realty, opened March 22 by Jim and Phyllis (“call me FiFi”) Louden, located in the former Old and New Shop in Wawasee Village. Phyllis recently received her broker’s license. She sold $2,000,000 worth of real estate locally while associated with Beer & Associates in 1976 and $1,700,000 in 1977. The handsome couple bid to do well in their new enterprise. John Kramer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kramer, Syracuse, spied a Syracuse license plate on a vehicle in San Antonia. He asked Mrs. Paul Stoelting if she was from ‘Cuse and found she was indeed. Kramer is stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and attended high school with Mrs. Stoelting’s husband, Paul. Paul Stoelting is attending law school in San Antonio. CAROL MILLER, of Pickwick Papers, located uptown, is selling all her merchandise and going out of business.

Most of her merchandise is going to other stores in the area. It is not known for sure what her plans are for the future, but word has it that she and her husband are going into the restaurant business. LOOK FOR a new music store to open uptown next to Syracuse Hardware and the former Cow Palace. Owner of this new establishment is Tim Robie. Word has it that he will be selling musical instruments and sheet music. LOOK FOR the new Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant to open soon. Construction began on the foundation of the building a few weeks ago. A sign by the site, located cm SR 13, notes the restaurant should be open for business around April 1. MARGARET TEGHTMEYER, of the North WebsterSyracuse hardware family, has sold her spacious North Webster home and is sparring with the, idea of building a duplex on the next door acreage. She has a lake home in this area, just in case she has a change of heart and wants to live in the Syracuse area. RAY GRUMME is working with the real estate division of the U.S. Postal Service to come up with a plan where Grumme could remodel his Wawasee Village hardware building for a new local post office facility. Grumme says at (me time he had a 90 per cent chance of reaching an agreement with the Postal Service, but that this chance has diminished to “about 40 per cent.” He said the Postal

It Happened ... In Milford

14 YEARS AGO, APRIL 2,1964 Groundbreaking at the Brock Mfg. Inc., plant, located on road 15 at the north edge of Milford, will add 10,560 square feet to the present facilities nearly doubling its floor space. Mrs. K. D. Jessop, Deborah and Angela of Milford spent Monday and Tuesday in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. William Perry of Milford have returned home after spending a week with their son-in-law and daughter, Capt. and Mrs. C. E. Rogers, and family at Smyrna, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Fox, r 1 Milford, will observe their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, April 12, in their home. 24 YEARS AGO, APRIL 8,1954 A birthday surprise party was given Friday evening, April 2, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Charlton west of Milford, celebrating the birthdays of Mr.

Service has about seven sites under consideration for the new PO. NOW IT can be told: The palatial property known as the Wiese property, located on the south side of Lake Wawasee, has been sold. The so-called “Dirty Dozen,” a group of enterprising men of the area, purchased the two-year-old property August 16, 1976, from Norman Wiese for $246,000. New owners of the property are Mr. and Mrs. Tom Leonard. The deal was consummated last Thursday and the Leonards moved into the home on Friday. Leonard is a well known developer, having built such properties as Runaway Bay and Harborside Condominiums. Leonard will use the home as a private residence and have his personal office there. The home and garage are 6,000 sq. ft. There are five bedrooms, eight baths, three fireplaces, 140 feet of lake frontage, three acres of land and a large storage building. The sale included a trade for the practically new Leonard home at Willow Grove, on Lake Wawasee. The Wiese home was built by Norman Wiese, originator of the Ponderosa Steak Houses, so popular in the midwest. Members of the quixotic “Dirty Dozen” include E. P. (“Pat”) McCarty, William E. Chambers, James C. Clark, Charles R. McFall, Darrell P. French, Larry J. Hannah, Michael J. Kiley, Michael G. Schaefer, Carl R. Tuttle, Thomas M. Tuttle, Michael Umbaugh and Robert J. Williams.

Charlton and Sanford Ruch, of Larwill. Cake and ice cream were served. Others present were Mrs. Sanford Ruch and daughter, Marlen, Larwill, Bill Charlton, Fort Wayne, Rual Elliot, Hammond, Mrs. Almira Orn, Milford, Miss Dorothy Charlton, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Charlton and children, Mr. and Mrs. Lester R. Bradley and children, all of Goshen. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Young, son John and daughter, Linda, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Byford Cox at Mishawaka. 30 YEARS AGO, APRIL 15,1948 Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Hepler over the week end were Mr. and Mrs. Leaton Young of Plymouth. Miss Willene Rapp, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Rapp and daughters visited Mr. and Mrs. William Rapp at Mishawaka Sunday. Mrs. Taz Whitehead of Elkhart is spending the week with her

A I HB ANCHOR MAN OWNERS — A new men’s clothing store is opening in Syracuse, called the Anchor Man. Owners of this establishment are Dick and Barb Meyer. The store will officially open April 1 with grand opening celebrations being held over the Memorial Day week end.

Anchor Man to open April 1

As of April 1, Syracuse will be the location of a new men’s clothing store, called the Anchor Man. Owners of the store are Dick and Barb Meyer. The Anchor Man will primarily be a man’s store, even though some younger men’s fashions will be featured. The store will be open April 1, with grand opening celebrations to be held over the Memorial Day week end. Dick Meyer says the store will be a “departmentalized store.” Sections such as men’s furnishings, sportswear, coordinates and swim wear will be offered. Some ladies fashions will hopefully be added towards the end of the year. He said, “The store will offer lots of selections, lots of service.”

sister, Mrs. Ralph Groves. 60 YEARS AGO, APRIL 11,1918 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Davis of West Milford are now in Terre Haute, have gone there to stay with their son. Rev. W. E. Thomas, who has been occupying the residence of Mrs. Wilbur Groves on West Catharine street, has leased the residence of G. R. Ogden on Main street, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Groves will move from the corner to their own residence, made vacant by Rev. Thomas. Mrs. Mary Keller of Milford called at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Jas. Neff Thursday of last week. '4 - Some say it's a sign of rain to see lightning bugs flying high.

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Meyer also hopes to keep shoppers in Syracuse with his store. The owner, formerly with L. S. Ayers and Company, has worked in the retail field 25 years. He and his wife are originally from Fort Wayne. The past seven years they have lived in Indianapolis. The Meyers will now make their home in Syracuse. They are Accident involves two cars, drivers An accident at the intersection of SR 19 and CR 900 N occurred at 6:57 a.m., Wednesday, March 22, involving two cars driven by Ronald A. Hochstetler, 18, Goshen and Steven R. Young, 24, r 1 Leesburg. According to police, Young was attempting to pass Hochstetler’s vehicle at the intersection while Hochstetler was making a left turn onto the state road. Young was cited fa - improper passing. Estimated damage to the Young car was $250. No damage was caused to the Hochstetler car, according to County Patrolman Richard Monk.

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building a home in the Johnson’s Bay addition, on Lake Wawasee where they will live with their dog. Shim Sham. They have no children. Sales help will be added as the business grows! Hours will be from 9:30-5:30, Tuesday through Saturday. After June 1, hours will be 9:30-8:30, Tuesday through Saturday, and 10-2 on Sunday. Easter locals Nancy, Dave and Jeff Shields, all of Syracuse, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stoelting and Sarah, in San Antonio, Texas, recently. The Shields also visited Mr. and Mrs. Jose Olivares and family. Mrs. Olivares is the former Nancy Ketering. Hazel Kline attended a Charles Smoker family dinner in the Smoker home near Warsaw on Sunday. Also attending were Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hathaway of Claypool, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smoker and family of Leesburg and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berkeypile and family of Milford.

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