The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 12, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 April 1978 — Page 5

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HERSCHEL 0, Harper, long associated with law enforcement in this area, plans to phase into retirement with a vacation starting May 27 and ending about July 5, when he and his wife Phyllis will take a camping trip to Washington, Oregon and California. He will return to work for a brief period (four or five days) but remain on the payroll until July 31 when his retirement will actually begin. He actually had his 20-year stint in March 1, during which he has had 10 or 11 days sick leave. He proudly points to having had only one day sick leave in the past 11 years. “Hersh?? as his friends call him, has been a state trooper for eight years, a detective sergeant for hv<kyears, and a detective first sergeant for nine and a half years, assigned to state police headquarters. The Harpers, residents of r 4 Syracuse (Wawasee Village) a son Dennis who lives in Goshen. Harper, quiet and unassuming at 46 years of age, says he has no definite future plans, “but 1

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guess I’ll have to do something.” He admits to be sniffing out several options to keep him busy and to supplement his state police pension. THE HEARING for the new Coynting House Bank branch for Wawasee Village is scheduled for Friday, April 14, it was learned this week. A number of things held the hearing up, planned by the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions, not the least of which was bad weather. Principals in the North Webster bank feel optimistic that the branch will win approval. AARON HINESLEY, North Webster Realtor and real estate developer, wants to break ground on a 32-unit condominium on the east side of Webster Lake as soon as weather permits. On Wednesday night, last, the Kosciusko County Area Plan. Commission approved 32 of the 66 planned units on what is known as Echo Bay, on County Road 700 North and east of County Road 850 East.

Approval was won subject to the addition of 64 parking places on the site. ABE MARTIN says, “Tipton Bud is helping his wife clean house by visiting his sister at Tulip, Indiana.” EVERYONE WANTS in the act. The local TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Club wants its day in this column along with the others who are fighting the battle erf the bulge. Comes now Bessie (Mrs. Stanley) Grimes, new president of this genre to remind us they meet each Monday night at 7 o’clock at First Charter Insurance building for their “weigh in.” There are currently 17 to this latter group, and /good results at the scales have | been reported. CITY FATHERS have a problem on their hands, and if action isn’t taken, motorists appear to be doing what comes naturally. We refer to the interminable down time on the railroad gates that have become a problem at the Huntington Street rail crossing. On Friday a long engine sat about a block east of the crossing, and irritated motorists streamed around the gates to the consternation of on-duty officer Joe Thornburg. Such railroad irritations have become cause for real concern in neighboring towns, including Warsaw, Milford and Goshen, to name a few. Something can be done, as witness the incident in Milford where town fathers complained to railroad officials about trains

being up traffic on all the town’s crossings. Now the trains break cars at the crossings to allow traffic to pass through. BILLIE RIGDON, well known Lake Wawasee resident and former SHS teacher, home recently from a four and a half week tour of southern Italy and Sicily. She and lady friend headquartered in Sorrento, on the Mediterranean Sea coast, and excursioned out of there. Billie reported a great trip, stating she even had an opportunity to brush on up her rudimentai Italian. BETTY BRAMMER, now a Muncie resident, is looking the area over for a small business. Anxious to return to the lakes area, she would sell her home in Muncie, if the right situation presents itself. She spent several days in the area last week with daughter Beth. WHEN JOE Morganthaler bowled his perfect game at Wawasee Bowl Friday, it turned out he was third in line for such honors. Bob Thwaits bowled a perfect game — known as a “bowler’s dream” — April 18, 1965, and Clarence Eby did likewise on December 19, 1966. For the uninformed, this means these men rolled 12 straight strikes for a perfect game. CAROL (Mrs. Carroll) Koble, having seen a picture of Mount Everest printed in these columns along with a travel article some weeks ago, told friends, “The picture brought back some fond memories.” Carol spent six and a half of her early years in Darjeeling, India, at the foothills of this highest of all mountain peaks when her dad,

Rev. Wilmer J., was a missionary there. FORMER SYRACUSE businessman Ed Anderson, now of Port Charlotte, Fla., returned to Florida this week after visiting in the Syracuse community last week and attended the funeral of his stepfather, Clarence Ruch of Nappanee and also a former Syracuse businessman. ANOTHER NEW business has opened its doors to the public in town this week. Bess (Mrs. John) Stetler is now offering her hair styling services in her home, 630 South Main. Name of her salon is The Hairdresser and she caters to both men and women. So far, the 12-year experienced stylist will be the only operator. Her husband, John, is a mechanic. She also has three girls — Jennifer, 10, Jan, nine, and Jeanna, seven. YOU’LL SEE something unusual in the raising of a 40 by 60 building in Wawasee Village, former home of Family Billiards. The building was under 18 inches of water during the recent flooding, according to Bill Runge, part owner with his father, Don Runge. The building is being dismantled, but its steel frame will remain intact for the raising. Mike Sheline was owner of Family Billiards, and he is moving from the building. PAT (MRS. Tony) Strombeck, a longtime employee at Peg and Tom Leonard’s His ‘N’ Her Shop in North Webster, will go to work as Aaron Heinsley's Girl Friday in the near future. SURE SIGNS of Spring: Golf courses filling up during the past

week, and at least one swimming pool we know of being opened this week. Watch for the whir of mowers as temperatures rise this week end. ASHLEY HAWK, former Lake Wawasee but more recently a permanent Florida resident, is building a commercial building in the Sunshine State for speculation. SUSIE (MRS. R. C.) Tytler, Lake Wawasee, will be installed as a district director of the State Garden Clubs of Indiana, which includes an area from Kokomo north. More on this next week. QUIET, EFFICIENT state police detective Herschel Harper of Syracuse was in the background this morning (Wednesday) as Edward Napier, townsman who helped nab the bank robbers in January, and few people know that it was through his initiative that a letter was written to state police headquarters to present Napier with a citation. Harper, highly respected by his peers in the department, will be the first to deny this. RICHARD PUSCHMAN, a Goshen and Lake Wawasee resident, is a patient in the Goshen Hospital where a sudden illness brought him to the critical list. WAKE UP! A church that loved good fellowship always served coffee after the sermon. The pastor asked a little boy if he knew why they served coffee. “1 think,” said the boy, “it’s to get the people wide awake before they drive home.” — Syracuse(Wawasee Roto News. SURE SIGNS of Spring just won’t stop. Now we hear two WHS juniors, Pete Ludwig and Scott Jones, were water skiing on Lake Wawasee after school Tuesday, wearing wet suits in 45 degree temperature. Pete is the son of Gene and Corinne Ludwig and Scott is the son of Bill and Jean Jones. Lemberg works in Ayres exhibit Richard Lemberg of Syracuse will be exhibiting his work in the Hoosier Salon Patrons Association 54th Annual Exhibit, in cooperation with the L. S. Avres Company. The exhibit is open to the public in Ayres downtown auditorium in Indianapolis. * * * The first postcard was copyrighted by John P. Charlton of Philadelphia in 1861, but the first official U.S. Post Office postcard was not issued until 1873.

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| BSj ' * J I r-jjy It ' \ * • * || > HF |EI ' IM W 111 h \ / i IH fi > Mil SHOW MODELS — Dorotha Tucker, left, and Ann Romine, both of Warsaw, will model at the upcoming Kosciusko County Democrat Style Show, Wednesday, April 19, at 6:30 p.m., in the Lancelot Lounge, North Webster. The theme for the show will be f *Colour It Romance." A salad and me.at buffet will be served at the show. Council raises s 1,200 for Cardinal Center

Over $1,200 was raised locally by the Father Francis Pitka Council 6323 of the Knights of Columbus, Syracuse, April 7 through 9, during the annual fund drive assisting the mentally retarded in the county andstate. Council mgfnbers and some children raised the $1,200 which will go to Cardinal Center, Warsaw, after being mailed to Indianapolis. The total amount, will be returned to Cardinal The Archbishop Noll Council 4511, Warsaw, raised over $2,100 during the drive. Council 4511 and counciF 6323 led by grand knights Don Sweatland and John Hiss coordinated the effort in the area. Drive co-chairmen were Larry Rethlake and Tom List, council 6323 and Mike Silver, council Bsa Spring has come inside the library and we are extremely grateful to the SyracuseWawasee Garden Club again Mrs. Dawn Reynolds has arranged a colorful dish garden studded with delicate pussy willows. This spring-time arrangement is a real delight after all that snow. Please note a special change in hours. Tuesday, April 18, the library will be closed so that the librarians and trustees can attend a district library meetting. However, the adult department will be open as usual in the evening, from 7-9-p.m. We had some modest success in retrieving long overdue books this past week, during National Library Week. Altogether, afout 70 books were returned utx J fines. We appreciate those who returned books. And we urge our patrons not to keep books, records, and magazines overdue It costs everyone: the library because of having to recover or replace books, and our patrons because of having to wait too long to read a desired book Cooperation is greatly appreciated.

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4511 The drive was the first statewide effort by the K of C, following a pilot project to raise funds for the mentally retarded last year in Lake and Porter Counties Persons were asked to contribute to the cause and were given candy in appreciation. State secretary Thomas F O'Rourke, Highland, is the mentally retarded coordinator. Other chairmen for the project are Joseph E. Oswald. Elkhart, district deputy and northern chairman. Post Ofpce . k_u-_ t First-class mail or more than 13 ounces and airmail of more than 10 Ounces ha v e been mer ge d into a “Priority Mail (Heavy Pieces)” service. The most expeditious handling and transportation available is ' used for its delivery. * * * i Believing in freedom of choice, the NAPFE will support any member, or person desiring to become a member, who wishes to exercise that right. For more information on joining the union, write: National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees, 1644 Eleventh Street. N.W., Washington, D.C 20001. CALLANDER INSURANCE All Forms Os Personal And Business Insurance 155 W. Market Phone 773-4103 Nappanee

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