The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 24, Milford, Kosciusko County, 5 July 1978 — Page 12

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., July 5,1978

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“A BEAUTIFUL week end” was a remark heard around the community a number of times in spite of a day-long rain on Sunday. The rain caused a postponement of the Lake Wawasee Flotilla on Sunday and of the ski show at the fish hatchery site, also on Sunday. Flotilla rain date was at 1 p.m. Tuesday (the Fourth), and rain date for the ski show was 6:30 p.m. Monday. One near-casulaty of the rainy Sunday was the water ski show, a big attraction in the bay at the fish hatchery site. It was rained out along with the Flotilla. However, it was held the following evening, Monday, but advanced information was slow in getting out on such short notice, and the event was held before a diminishing crowd. The Fun Run came off in good style, with 65 participants signing up. For a “first time out” this wasn’t bad. The sponsors hope to double this number of entries next year. It had the full cooperation of WHS principal Henry Smith, a 3.2 jnile entry, athletic director Carl Meditch and Jerry Minton, along with Mrs. Meditch and Mrs. Minton as timers. Real credit should also go to the local Civil Defense members, and local and county police. (Note: See full story in another article in this issue.) —o— Flotilla general chairman Bill Beemer said on Monday, “This is the first year the Flotilla has been rained out. We’ve had high winds before, that raised havoc with the entries, but never a complete rain out before.” The only conflict appeared to be the Fun Run at 6:30 Monday at the Syracuse city park and the ski show, but these drew different crowds.-so it wasn’t all that bad. A late decision by the Cromwell volunteer fire department was to go ahead with their scheduled Sunday night fireworks near the fish hatchery. This event has always been a real crowd-pleaser and this year’s was no exception. Credit should go to the many who volunteered contributions to this event to make it an ongoing part of the Fourth of July week end. Those who saw the Cromwell fire works claim it was one of the most spectacular, inasmuch as the rockets rose above low clouds, burst into their colorful glory, then descended through the clouds. “Spectacular” . . . “different” .... “beautiful,” were comments heard. Judges were delighted in the turn-out in the classic boat class in the Flotilla. “We never expected such cooperation,” said Ted Rogers with enthusiasm. There were 22 entries in the Flotilla and seven classic boats entered. Nor did the Flotilla escape its shades of politics. Former Syracusan Warren Swarts, now a Democratic candidate for sheriff of Elkhart County, was aboard - his float waving for all he wXs worth, but was unlikely to pick up many votes among Kosciuskoans or summertime Lakers. | The week end saw heavy traffic around the area lakes and in the towns of Syracuse and North Webster particularly. “I never

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saw so many people here before” said John Kroh of the busy Thornburg Drug Store. Going to the lakes has become a real big thing for the Fourth of July week end, to be sure. AS WE heard it: The sport that has replaced girl-watching is reading the imprints on T-shirts. JAMES C. Tranter, until recently a Syracuse town board member, was seen riding around town on his bicycle. The spry, out-going Tranter, at 34, became controversial in certain quarters when he proposed a Town Manager for Syracuse, but he’s 8 sticking with his guns, stating he can do more as a private citizen to get the town a town manager than he can as a board member. Incidentally, the board has tabled Tranter’s resignation, and under an acceptable set of circumstances, will not accept it, thus retaining his chair on the board; making the handsome Tranter a reluctant board member. THE LAKELAND Youth Center chicken bar-b-que, held Saturday at the Rotary Park and Youth Center, was a success, but rain kept it from being a full blown affair, according to Youth Center board of directors president Robert W. Knudsen. Pre-sold tickets will be honored on Saturday, July 15, when the event will be held again “by popular demand,” according to their ad in this issue. This time it’ll be at the Youth Center only. Knudsen said attendance at the center, under its new director Bob Harkness, has been up 362 per cent. The new budget, as given the United Fund: $20,000. JACOB BOOT VanHemert, young (78) brother of township assessor Harry VanHemert, arrived in town Friday from the straight-forward brothers’ home town o£Pella, lowa, to be on hand today (Wednesday) for Harry’s operation at the Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. A retired salesman, JB quickly made himself known at the “breakfast club” at the Syracuse case, and long time friends of Harry were quick to learn "what the real Harry VanHemert is really like.” A philosopher of sorts, and like Harry not one to hold his view back, said t;q be successful one must learn to work, love his work and love the one he’s working for. A NEW family in town is Edward D. and Betty Mayes of Chicago, who recently purchased the Harnish cottage on Natti Crow Beach. Ed is vice president in charge of marketing for a big ' ($8 million per year) printing firm in Chicago, The GunthorpWarren Printing Co. A handsome young couple, they are the parents of two children, Dale, 12, and Kevin, 11. WOULD YOU believe, best roasted bulk coffee, 11 cents a lb.? Don’t rush out to the nearest market, this was the sale price in : an ad listed in The Syracuse > Register, dated Dec. 21,1906. - ■ The Christmas Edition of The

Register was loaned to us by Miss Katharine Rothenberger, who says she found it in her garage where her father, the late J. W. Rothenberger, had put it away. She says he must have thought it was an important issue, since he had stored it in his briefcase. > Perhaps Mr. Rothenberger cherished the copy for its full page report of President Teddy Roosevelt’s special message to Congress, giving results of his observations in the Panama Canal Zone. There is also a photograph of President Roosevelt seated on one of the immense steam shovels used in the work of excavating. Then, as now, there was controversy relating to the building of the Panama Canal. The work had begun in June, 1906, and the President’s trip was undertaken in November of that year. He spoke of the “Critics and Doubting Thomases”, and “slanderers and libelers”. 5 Never one to mince words, the President was indignant at the immense amount of what he termed “reckless slander.” He reported, "Where they are Americans, I feel for them the heartiest contempt and w indignation; because, in a spirit of wanton dishonesty and malice, they are trying to interfere with and hamper the execution of the greatest work of the kind ever attempted, and are seeking to bring to naught the efforts of their countrymen to put to the credit of America one of the giant feats of the ages.” « John W. Messimore was listed as Publisher and Editor of The Syracuse Register. The subscription rate? One dollar per year if paid in advance. Advertising the 11-cent coffee was E. J. Swartz and Son, who also listed such items as men’s working shirts, 39 cents; 20 pounds granulated sugar for sl, and canned corn, six cents. Hire and Whistler, general grocers, advertised such mouthwatering delicacies as fig cakes, Malaga grapes, Saratoga flakes, dates, fruit cakes and Royal Toast. Ads of merchants were full of suggestions for holiday gifts. Seider and Burgener listed cups and saucers, hand painted, Buster Browns, Buddy Tuckers and Japanese; in water sets, the noted Weller’s Jardiniers and Etna vases, and hand-painted chocolate pots; parlor lamps, dainty cracker jars, and a few nice cuspidors. The Register was full of loAl news, but it kept up with the times. There was an article about Thomas Edison, who was peering into the future. At the beginning of the 21st century, he said, “our large cities will be free from smoke and steam — the chimney will be a thing of the past — the waste of coal and other fuel will be stopped through the use of electricity generated direct from the fuel without the aid of engines, boiler or dynamo.

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Houses will be heated electrically; and most of the cities noise will cease. The newspaper told about the 15® citizens interested in the wolf drive set for December 27 who would meet in Gawthrop’s harness shop — when all is ready George M. Funk will explode a stick of dynamite. Listed were the names of the men selected to carry guns. Local happenings — William Blinkley, chief electrician of the Syracuse Power, Light and Mfg. Co., is at Milford directing the work of wiring the business houses and residences, to extending the light service to that place. And finally, Thomas R. Marshall of Columbia City, who served as Vice President of the United States under President Woodrow Wilson, once said, “What this country needs is a good, five cent cigar.” Some people also remember Marshall for having said: Once there were two brothers, on® was elected Vice President of the United States, and the other ran away to sea. Nothing has been heard from either one since. The Syracuse Register carried an ad for the mild and sweet Meyer’s After Dinner cigar for five cents, sold at the best stands in Syracuse! ' —o— JEAN LEMMON of North Webster has received word of her daughter Kathryn Ann Lemmon being named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Fla. Kathryn is currently at the home of her mother, and visiting friends, before returning to her studies in Florida. —o— A REALLY “big” two day event is planned at Saint Andrew’s Church Friday and Saturday, with a flea market, bake sale, crafts, and more,, proceeds going to a new organ planned to be installed in late summer. —o— BROWN VYLACTOS Company has closed its offices in Bremen and are moving the offices to 800 South Huntington Street, Syracuse. All company business, involving customers in an eightstate area, will be conducted from the local Offices. —o— NOW THIS from M-J subscriber: On a recent visit to the beach at the end of Henry Street (Hoy’s) I was appalled to discover a barrier of parked cars at the entrance to that attractive strip of land! In as much as this is a public access to the Lake (Syracuse Lake), I was disappointed to see the opportunity of this access abused. Historically, (at least in the twenty recent years that I am aware) this strip

of land has remained green and “friendly” (i.e. without vehicular barriers) from the street to the Lake. I hope that I speak in behalf of all persons using and visiting the beach that appropriate actibn can be taken to return this spot to its “friendly” past. ' Thank you for your consideration. Request tabled at special session A request before the Syracuse Board of Zoning Appeals, heard at a special session of the board last Thursday evening, was tabled until the July 20 meeting of theBZA. The request was by Richard Maresh for a special exception to construct a warehouse and establish a wholesale business in a commercial district in the town of Syracuse and located between SR 13 and Harrison Street. Maresh was not present at the meeting, however, a number of remonstrators were in attendance to be heard. Car Sales BZA president Dee Stiver noted that the site used by Maresh at the present time for light manufacturing, was originally zoned for permission to sell cars by another individual. The building and land was then sold to Maresh, and that light manufacturing is not permitted in a commercial area therefore raising a question as to how the business got started on that site. Remonstrators complained of dust and dirt from the business and that there is CB, stereo, television and amplifier distrubance due to the business. Also, a resident complained that Harrison Street is inadequate for commercial traffic such as trucks. Milford driver in accident '< in Warsaw A rural Whitley County woman suffered minor injuries in a twocar crash at a busy intersection in Warsaw Friday afternoon. Cars driven by Brigido Alejandro Milford., and Patricia'S? Hoile, 26, r 1 Larwill, collided at the intersection of West Winona Ave., and South Lake St., Warsaw, at 3:46 p.m. Hoile was traveling north on Lake St. and Alejandro was eastbound on Winona Ave. at the time of the mishap, city police said. Hoile complained of neck pain police said. She was treated at Kosciusko Community Hospital, according to a hospital spokesman. A passenger in Hoile’s car, Violet Sponseller, 52, of 814 E Winona Ave., Warsaw, complained of pain in a knee and shoulder and was treated at KCH. Damage to Alejandro’s car was set at S2OO by City Patrolman Paul Schmitt and SBOO to Hoile’s auto.

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YOUNG RUNNERS — These five children were among the youngest to run in The Mail-Journal Fun Run Monday night. All competed in ttre 3.2 mile race. From.left to right, are: David Kendall, nine, Nappanee, finishing with a time of 26:13; Troy Minton, 10, North Webster, with a time of 27:56; Lisa Trexler, 10, from Florida, with a finishing time , of 34:15; Stacy Schell, eight, from Georgia, with a time of 36:18: and Greg Gehripg, seven, from Fort Wayne, finishing with a time of 32:54. ,

Consumer alert given Indiana Attorney General Theodore L. Sendak has issued a Consumer Alert concerning the necessity.of getting statements or promises in writing. He has received various complaints dealing with this subject, and urges all consumers “to get all claims or guarantees in writing to avoid misunderstandings and problems.” Persons who feel their consumer rights have been violated should contact the Consumer Protection Division. Police investigating break-ins, thefts Kosciusko County police are investigating break-ins and thefts in North Webster which occurred last Saturday, July 1. A window was broken at the Lakeland Sanitation Service, r 1 North Webster, on SR 13 and an unknown amount of change was stolen. At the Crystal Flash’ Service Station on SR I'3, six Firestone tires and a 12-volt battery were reported stolen, value of the items set at $244.

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Notice is given this-week that the Town of Syracuse Board of Zoning Appeals shall hold a public hearing on a petition filed by David McGrew of Syracuse, requesting a special exception be granted to permit construction of five multi-family units on a tract of land in the Town of Syracuse. The real estate is presently located in th® town and zoned as residential, located on the west side of Front Street and just north

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of the Front Street bridge. The meeting is set for Thursday. July 20. at 7 p.m. at town hall. All interested persons are invited to attend and be heard. Written comments will be considered if received in the ofice of the Kosciusko County’"' Area Planning Department in the court house at Warsaw, no later than 12 noon oh the day of the hearing. <