The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 11, Milford, Kosciusko County, 5 April 1978 — Page 1

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VOLUME 15

1 4 * ' z • - <f / /* - La » , / / i f* ■** V;-< t /-■ ■ W- Z Z' '/ ? .WV ( ' ANOTHER SIGN OE SPRING — There’s evidence of the long-awaited spring almost anywhere one wants to look this week, with the temperatures rising. A Mail-Journal photographer saw one such sign on Monday and could not resist taking this picture. On Syracuse Lake two eighth graders in the Syracuse school took advantage of spring vacation to do a little fishing, near the shore line. In the rear of the boat is Laron Gans with his friend Robert Miller. A little further out are the last remnants of this year’s heavy lake ice. By the time this story reaches print even this ice will probably have disappeared.

Technical committee comments to make debut at plan meeting

Prepared comments from a newly formed technical committee will be used for the first time, at the meeting of the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission, April s, at 7 p.m., in the commissioners’ room, county courthouse. Also scheduled is a public hearing on the proposed ordinance amendment involving livestock operations in the county. The comments will be made from a review of preliminary plats by the technical committee. By having the committee review the plats, it is hoped the amount

<1 1 /’■W Sfßw "Wil < ~ r«Wf ' v 'Jßi * A7?// < J X Hr He 'M® -n SIOO DONATION — Mary Kay Ridings, middle, secretary, and Carol Swartzendruber, right, president, Syracuse Primary Mothers Club, are shown above Syracuse Library Board member. The money is to be used to reproduce one of the films in the library, on the Spink Hotel. This film is available for programs to clubs and organizations in the area

IRAN — Twelfth In a series

| Iran is more than oil; it's a nation leaping into the 20th century

w "The more the government dislikes a newspaper the better the newspaper is." — Huskang Mehr-Ayin, Editor of Kyhan International. 350,000 circulation $ Tehran, Iran daily. By ARCH AND DELLA BAUMGARTNER TEHRAN, Iran, Thursday, £ February 23 - The flight the American journalists made on Tuesday from Kabul, g Afghanistan, to Tehran, Iran, $ was long and tiring, yet we were scheduled in for a briefing with Drr H. E. Mohammad Yeganeh, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs. The good minister was to lead a

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of time spent on reviewing plats during the meeting will be lessened. A discussion of the budget request for conference and seminar fees will be held. Dan Richards, director of the plan commission, will also report on the Remmington sign conference and the speakers for the Kosciusko County Planning Seminar. Agenda Cases Cases from this area included on the agenda for the meeting are: Beer Builders, Rich Stoller,

delegation to New York and Washington on Wednesday, and it was a must that we crowd in the important interview while he was still here in Tehran. A Westernized City We had traveled in five countries that represented the depths of human despair, and now fougd ourselves in a busy, crowded westernized country that had leaped over centuries of stilted tradition to a period when the government is actually trying to slow down progress. Credit for all this goes to the well known Shah of Iran — full name, Shahanshah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Real credit, we couldn’t help

agent; requests petition to rezone 5.13 acres from an agricultural to a residential district. The property is located off of a lane, west of CR 200E, and 445 feet north of CR 1050 N, in Van Buren Township. Robert Fearrin, petitioned for a preliminary plat approval of a subdivision on a 11.0 acre tract. The property is located southwest of the intersection of CR 1000 N and CR 400E, in Van Buren Township. Chester and Carol Elder, Richard Ver Weibe, agent; are (Continued on page 2)

but think, should go to King Oil, for oil has been the overriding boon to this country’s economy. Every interview we have had while here has centered on oil and its significance to the Persian Gulf as a whole, to the American economy and to the balance of world politics. It’s no hollow statement to say that Iran and its precious oil strikes a precarious balance between the world’s super powers. Tehran, which became famous in 1943 when Franklin D. Roosevelt met here with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin to partition Germany in the years following World War 11, has felt a 10 per cent growth per year since

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1978

MILFORD PARK BOARD TO MEET MONDAY Members of the Milford Park Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 10, in the home ec room of the Milford Junior High School. Senior citizens to meet Sunday The Milford Senior Citizens will meet in the fire station, Sunday, April 9, for a carry-in dinner at 1 p.m. A barber shop quartet from Wawasee High School will give the program. Elder's horses reported missing Horses, owned by Chet Elder of Syracuse, were reported missing to county police early Monday morning. The horses were last seen in a pasture across from Bakers Market, SR 13, south of Syracuse. No officer was called to the scene. The disappearance was asked to be logged.

Kindergarten round-up at Milford April 11

The annual kindergarten round-up will be held Tuesday, April 11, at 7 p.m. in the Milford Elementary School. Teachers, the school nurse and the principal, Lewis SJlmmel, will be giving instructions concerning the kindergarten program for the fall semester starting in September 1978. Please take birth certificate along to use in the enrollment process which will be conducted that evening. Children are invited to accompany their parents. Parents who have children who

the ejection of the Russians in 1962 and the ascendancy of the Shah to the throne. For a period, growth reached 25 to 30 per cent, and measures were taken by the government to reduce this growth again to 10 per cent. If building represents growth, then progress in this country of many cultures can be seen at every hand. We are constantly surprised by the amount of tall buildings going up in Tehran. Our first look at Iran came when we landed at the airport Tuesday afternoon. One must realize we had come from Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries of the world, to one Os the richest. The airport is im-

Dogs create problems for county taxpayers

Dog, usually thought of as man’s best friend, is creating problems for county taxpayers, the commissioners, incorporated towns and the humane commission. The problem of too much to do and not enough money to do it, was discussed by these parties in a meeting Syracuse kindergarten round-up The Syracuse Elementary School will hold its annual kindergarten round-up Monday, April 17, at 7 p.m. in the school cafeteria. All children eligible to attend kindergarten at Syracuse during the next school year should attend the round-up with their parents. To be eligible, a child must be five-years old on or before September 1. His parents or guardian must also reside in Turkey Creek Township or Pinecrest Mobile Home Court. Parents should take legal birth certificates to the round-up. These certificates are available from the health department of the county in which the children were born. At the round-up where children will be enrolled, parents and future kindergartners will meet the school nurse, Mary Roberts'n; the two kindergarten tochers, Edith Brice and Karel Hollingsworth; the principal, Robert D. Hamman; and other parents and children. They will also have an opportunity to tour both kindergarten rooms informally and visit the teachers. A kindergarten census form has been sent home with all elementary students in order to determine the number of children who will be attending kindergarten classes in September. Parents or guardians of eligible children, who did not receive one of these forms or who failed to return one to the school, should contact the school office to have it completed. Q Any family with a child old enough for first grade in September, but who did not attend kindergarten this year, should contact the school office for readiness testing.

will be five years old on or before September 1 this year, and who do not have older children in school, are asked to contact the school for further information concerning the round-up and enrollment for kindergarten in the fall. Families who have older school be receiving an enrollment sheet and survey form that is being handed out at school. If you do not receive this form and have a young child who will be eligible for kindergarten this fall please contact the school.

maculate here, with men walking around to pick up the least scrap of paper. And aircraft of every sort lined the lengthy runways. There is considerable building at the airport, and the Shah this week broke ground for an absolutely new airport outside the city with new roads leading to it. In Iran, like Afghanistan, there has been a lifting of the veil for the women, and again with considerable controversy. The Shah, who appears to be overwhelmingly popular, at least with all the people we spoke to, official' and unofficial, has made women’s emancipation a part of his modernization program. The Shah, when he came to

Monday afternoon. Representatives from town boards, the humane society and county commissioners carried on a V-2 hour dialogue on the subject. With the humane commission budgeting $33,000 needed to deliver services and only $25,000 in funds currently available, an ordinance was drawn up February 16 and approved March 15, specifying charges to incorporated towns in the county for some services, to make up the SB,OOO deficit. The small towns haven’t the funds for the service charges and the idea of having the commissioners agree to a “gift” of more than the $15,000 in tax funds, currently allotted, to the humane commission, is not possible. “But I think we have to pledge a point of cooperation here,” said commissioner Gerald Smalley, who presided. “And, make it work,” he said. After the discussion ended, he personally said a possibility would be to double the current tax on animals. May Have To Tax More “I’m sure that they need more money,” said James Wharton, Winona Lake Town Board president. “I don’t question that.” But he objected to the procedure used to attempt to raise the needed revenue. He commented a meeting to talk over the problem before the sending of a letter spelling out the ordinance to towns should have been held. Wharton continued, (Continued on page 2)

ik ilrnr TrnOn I Airrrn ■W’’ | iffrr 7 _ kjr d 11 a B aH i... SERVICE AWARD — Glenn E. Price, retired Milford rural carrier who returned to Indiana Friday after spending the winter in Florida, was presented a service award by officer in charge Donald Graves yesterday (Tuesday). Price’s award reads, in part, “In greatful appreciation for dedicated service during an honorable career 32 years service to the Government of the United States given by The United States Postal Service on this occasion of your retirement: January 31, 1978.” It is signed by John F. Dason, regional postmaster general. Price served as route 1 carrier from 1945 until this past winter. He expressed appreciation for the people on his route, stating they were wonderful and he would miss the children. * The Prices plan to farm, having raised ducks for the past 22 years. In the photo Price is shown on the left with Graves in the center and new route 1 carrier Leon Newman on the right.

power, announced a five-point program, later expanded to a 19point program, and included in these early measures were such things as women’s emancipation (not popular in all quarters), land reform, health and education, and political reform. All of these steps were well and good, and much needed, but oil proved the real catalyst to the country’s growth and progress. In Tehran alone the car has practically become a nuisance, the streets jammed with literal bumper-to-bumper traffic. No where we have ever traveled in the world, including crowded Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is traffic anything like it is here in Tehran.

LORIN J. BADSKEY

Area residents named Oppenheim's co-chairmen

Nationally-known sportscaster Schenkel has been named co-chairman of the committee to elect Phil Oppenheim congressman. Serving with Schenkel as cochairman will be Lorin J. Badskey. Oppenheim, a North Manchester Republican, is unopposed for the GOP Congressional nomination in the 2nd District. Schenkel, a native of Bippus, and a graduate of Purdue University, has been named sportscaster of the year three times and has received four Emmy nominations. He is considered one of the most versatile and articulate sports reporters on television. Schenkel said, “I am pleased to be able to take an active role in the campaign for Phil Oppenheim who I honestly believe

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will be able to make a great contribution in Washington for Indiana and the 2nd District.” Schenkel and Oppenheim are neighbors at Tippecanoe Lake, near Leesburg. Co-chairman Lorin Badskey, is a farm machine manufacturer and past International President of Kiwanis. He is a resident of North Webster. Bashor Auxiliary to meet April 10 The Bashor Home Auxiliary will meet on Monday, April 10, at 9 a.m. in the Arbogast Center at the Bashor Home, Goshen. The Goshen Police Department will be in charge of the program on drugs. Ladies of the Etna Green United Methodist Church will be in charge of refreshments.

One young man at the reception last night at the home of Jack Miklos, deputy to the Ambassador, told us he is a 30minute walk from his job at the Embassy. “Shoot,” he said, “I can’t drive the distance in 30 minutes.” Another reminder of the jampacked streets in Tehran came to our group when we took a tour bus to the world-famous bazaar. We toured the J>azaar on a walkthrough basis, for one could spend an entire day there and see only a small portion of it, and when we came to board our bus, which was making the rounds waiting for us, the bus was 35 (Continued on page 3) x

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