The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 25, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 July 1978 — Page 8

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CHARLIE HALLECK was back in town . . . and it was vintage Halleck. The occasion was to boost the congressional candidacy of Phil Oppenheim: and the place was the outdoor pavilion at the South Shore golf course. Time: Monday night. While .now in retirement at his home in Rensselaer and showing all of his 78 years, made ! a real effort to come to Syracuse -and make a strong appeal on Oppenheim’s behalf, once he got into his informal remarks, the real Charlie Halleck came glowing through in mint style. He told his listeners —about 125 party faithfuls from Syracuse and Warsaw — “I’d do anything for Turkey Creek Township short of a homicide. And l*d do almost the same for Kosciusko County.” He reminded his listeners that he appeared at the old Hayes Hotel in downtown Warsaw in 1,934 when he was campaigning flor prosecuting attorney of Jasper and Newton Counties, and second district polls were looking the young candidate over for a possible bid for the congressional seat of the late Frederick 0. Landis. Landis had died suddenly while in office. Syracuse Republican big-wigs, including the late Seth Rowdabaugh (a Syracuse restaurant and hotel owner who sold out to go to the University of Michigan law school, then came home f to become prosecutor and finally circuit court judge). Charles Kroh and Roscoe Howard, persuaded Halleck to come to Syracuse and talk at the school gym. He went over big and Turkey Creek Township became “Halleck territory” from that time on during his 35-year tenure in the House of Representatives. In his first race for congress Halleck ran against Lafayette Mayor George Durgan. who had been in congress a previous term. Halleck won by a mere 5,000 votes, he recalled Monday night. “I never did win big in those early elections,” he said, “but I hung in there. ' During that first race it was Kosciusko County that turned the tide for Halleck. And in this county, Turkey Creek Township

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votes were among the very last to be reported at the courthouse due to the distance precinct workers had to travel. It was these cliff-hanging last votes that won the admiration of the young candidate for Turkey Creek Township. Little wonder he said, “I’d do anything for Turkey Creek Township short of a homicide.” The 1930 s were Roosevelt years and Halleck was the only Republican in the Indiana congressional delegation. He used to like to tell in his speeches.' “I felt like a bantam rooster in a hen house who would say to the larger animals, ‘Look here, let’s don’t step on one another’.' ’ He said in the last 50 years only two sessions of the House have been Republican — the 80th and 83d — and he was Majority Leader in both. At 45, he was the youngest Majority Leader in the House in this august body’s history. His illustrious political career saw him nominate a fellow Hoosier and IJ 7 law school colleague Wendell L. Willkie for President at the ,1940 Philadelphia convention. Then in 1956 he nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower at the Cow Palace at San Francisco. His sorest disappointment was when he engineered the GOP Presidential nomination for Thomas E. Dewey, the firey gang-busting prosecutor from New York city, hoping win for him (Halleck) the Vice Presidential nomination. Ungrateful. Dewey gave the nod to another prominent prosecutor. Earl Warren of California. Halleck was noticeably miffed. In later years he and the late Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen led a formidable opposition to the Truman Administration in the form of a nightly television show, dubbed "The Ev and Charlie Show.” It was never a real hit. About the Nixon-Watergate fiasco, Halleck declined to really open up, but it is well known that Nixon and Halleck didn't hit it off too well. “I campaigned for Nixon in California in 1946 when he was an unknown,” Halleck said. When Nixon became prominent he passed Halleck up « for younger comers. Halleck said Nixon wouldn't listen to seasoned politicians, rather he sought out public relations men who knew little or nothing about the workings of politics, he said. “And look where it got him.” he added, but this is as far as he would go. Paul Moore, a well known resident of Syracuse Lake, viewed the Halleck appearance in Syracuse with keen personal interest. Moore said Halleck was president of his Rensselaer High School graduating class in 1918," and that he (Moore) was president of his class at the same school in 1943. At the school’s alumni banquet in 1968, Halleck spoke for the 50-year graduates and Moore for the 25-year graduates. Halleck's appearance was arranged and provided by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Alfrey, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Umbaugh and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tuttle. It should be a real boost for the Oppenheinf candidacy. —O'MR. AND Mrs. David Blaser, r 1 Ogden Island, Lake Wawasee. Syracuse, are leaving the area next week for Sun City, Ariz., where they will make their home. Their new)” address will be 10626 Garnette Dr., Sun City, Ariz. The Blasers have sold their home on Ogden Island to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beard of Chicago. Mr. Beard is the grandson of the late W. E. Long, creator of the Chinese Gardens. Mr. Blaser retired in January of this year from Rieth-Riley Construction Co. of Goshen. Mrs. Blaser formerly worked for Rieth-Riley in the accounting department of the Goshen office. —o— THEY SAY he is up walking

around and wants to come home! Those are the reports about Harry Van Hemert who underwent surgery July 5 in Park view Hospital, Fort Wayne, to remove adhesions from previous operations. The spunky, 80-year-old Turkey Creek Township Assessor, has had his share of hospitals in the last few years, even including a coronary bypass open-heart operation about three years ago. Harry also had been checked for ulcers, but they are reportedly healed now’. See you back in Syracuse soon, Harry! —o— V ANOTHER PUBLICATION is being shared with our readers by Irene Grieger, 112 S. Harrison St., Syracuse, who brought in a copy of "The Pickwickian”, published in September, 1938, "at Wawasee — In the interests of Northern Indiana vacationland.” Mrs. Grieger was going through some old papers and found in The Pickwickian a photograph of the “Genial Grocer”, John E. Grieger, her father-in-law. John had come to Syracuse about 1925 and purchased the grocery store from W. F. Kindig. He was very active in civic affairs. Also featured in the little paper was Ted C. Hilbish, who came to Syracuse in the spring of 1937 and bought the drug store that had been operated for many years by Fred Hoch. Listed in the paper is “the big parade of Fall Hits” presented at the Pickwick Theatre that year. were such films as “Vivacious Lady", starring Ginger Rogers and James Stewart; "Joy of Living”, with Irene Dunne and Douglas Fairbanks. Jr.; “Swiss Miss”, with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: and “Hold That Kiss”, starring Mickey Rooney and Maureen O’Sullivan. d Reported was the annual Lake Festival, with a crowd estimated at nearly five thousand people crowding the streets of Syracuse. The honorable Charles A. Halleck of Rensselaer. Ind., Congressman from the second district, spoke briefly about the wonderful opportunities of the Wawasee vacationland. Os interest is the fact that the paper reported “it is believed that Wawasee boasts the only Miniature Golf Course still in operation in this country, at least the only one to be continuously and successfully operated through the depression years.” Located just south of Syracuse village on Road 13, the paper said, it attracts many visitors and is operated by Mr. and Mrs. William Rice. On the back page is a reconstructed map of the old Wawasee Lake, about 1800, showing the lake as it probably was during the early Indian days. The map sketches Bonar and Spear Lakes, and its legend shows location of Kale Island, Buck Islands. Ogden Island, Papakeech’s Village, Papakeech’s Lakes and the Town Site of Syracuse. In the article, it was mentioned that in the old Indian Treaties appear the names and signatures of Wa-wa-aus-see or Waubee. and of Pa-pa-keech or Flat-Belly. They were full brothers and their villages were about 10 miles apart. It is believed that these two old chieftains spent their last few years of life together at Papakeech’s Village just east of the lake, where the United States Government had established the reservation in 1826 known as“ The Flat Belly Reserve” comprising 36 square miles. —O'HERMAN WEISSER, r 1 Syracuse (East Shore Drive), has a beautiful carving he’s been showing friends. It is about 16 inches long, about six inches high and of solid walnut wood. It is two long-horned mountain goats locked in battled, the result of ' many hours of tedious carving with special carving tools. Many years ago Weisser did a series of soap carvings for a

major soap manufacturing contest and won a national competition with them. But he had to surrender the carvings to the company and doesn’t know their whereabouts. , Herm, as his friends call him. comes by the carving art naturally. He is of Swiss extraction, and the Swiss people are well known for their carvings. —o— WATCH NEXT week for Paul Beezley’s formal opening announcement of his new L’-LOCK-IT Mini-Storage Warehouse on old state road 8. just off Highway 13, south of Syracuse. The building has 38 storage compartments, and an outside storage, in a fenced and lighted area, all available soon. —o— LEW IMMEL tells fellow Rotarians the Sounds of Hope banquet, to be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 20. at Oakwood Park Hotel, is a sell-out, but that 200 to 300 tickets are available for the concept, to be held the same evening at 8 in the school auditorium. —o— THIS HUMBLE scribe took an inordinate amount of ribbing about his participation in last week’s Fun Run. The photo taken near the finish line added to the cause celebre. Our aim was simple: Just to finish the 3.2 mile run. which we did in 29.44 minutes, for an average of 9,2 minutes per mile. Not exactly an Olympic record, but fun anyway, and that was all it w as intended to be. When one sees seven to 10-year-olds speed away, there has to be a message there somewhere. "What are you trying to prove?” we were asked by a roadside wag. And we came up with something about a strong heart, good health, feeling better, longevity, things like that, but it ■ all sounded weak to a nonbeliever, standing there with a cigar in mouth and a can of beer in hand. But now we hear some local women are taking to the road for early morning jogging, all this along North Shore Drive. We’ll have to research this one. $1,200 damages in car-truck collision July 8 Damage estimated at $1,200 resulted Saturday afternoon. July 8, in a car-truck collision involving a Syracuse man at the intersection of the SyracuseWebster Rd. and CR 800 N, just north of North Webster. Julie R. Harris of Marion was eastbound on the county road, police said, and the truck driven by Gerald D. Penny, 54, r 3 Syracuse, was traveling north on the Syracuse-Webster Rd. at the time of the accident. Harris was cited for failure to yield the right of way. Vehicles collide near Webster No injuries were reported in a two vehicle mishap around 2 p.m. on Sunday on Epworth Forest Road, approximately two miles east of North Webster, causing $1,450 in damage. Kosciusko county officers investigated. Drivers of the vehicles were Karen Shroyer. 16, of Muncie, sustaining SI,OOO damage and Willard McVay, 38, Marion, with $450 damage. Extensive damage listed in mishap Extensive damage was listed in a two vehicle mishap at 2:59 p.m. on Friday on Old Eight Square Road north of Webster Lake, near the John Greer residence on r 3 Syracuse. There were no injuries. Drivers of the autos were C. J. Barnes, 31, Indianapolis, and Ruston Haughey, 17, Muncie. Kosciusko county police investigated, listing damage to the Barnes vehicle registered to the Indiana National Bank of Indianapolis at $100; $1,500 to the Haughey auto; sls to a mailbox post belonging to John Greer; and S3O to a county highway sign.

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We should have known that it was coming. After passage of proposition 13 rolling back property taxes in California, officials from that state began to line up at the federal trough. Lower property taxes will mean lower federal income tax deductions for Californians. So it really came as no suprise when my mail last week included this resolution from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors: “WHEREAS, The federal Government will receive from the taxpayers and citizens of California a $l.B billion windfall because the people voted proposition 13 into law; and... “WHEREAS, it is logical, fair and just that this $l.B billion should be returned in some way to the people of California... “NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles respectfully requests . . . Congress to act with all deliberate speed in allocating the $l.B billion to the citizens of California.” To the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors: Not a chance. There’s not one chance in 20 million that I would support allocating more federal money to California to make up for the revenue you lost when proposition 13 was enacted. I completely agree with the desire of Californians to see taxes and government spending reduced. But as their elected representatives, you seem to be forgetting something. Let me remind you that California already receives more money from the federal treasury than any other state — some $41.3 billion in 1976, or 12 per cent of the total outlay to states. Indiana, by contrast, is third from the bottom in the return of federal tax dollars per dollars paid in taxes. Should Indiana taxpayers send more money to California? Hardly! California receives more aid from the U.S. Department of Agriculture than any other state (some $1.2 billion) while Indiana ranks 30th. You receive more from the Pentagon than anyone ■else — almost one-fifth of the national total, in fact. You receive more than any other state in money from four other cabinet departments and from the

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Veterans Administration, NASA • and the EPA. Maybe those o£_us in Indiana had a different understanding of what California voters were saying when they approved proposition 13. We figured that Californians were willing to settle' for less government in exchange for less taxation. But now California politicians are trying to keep their governments afloat with subsidies from taxpayers around the country. I, for one, hope Washington is tough enough to resist those pleas. When taxpayers speak out against excessive spending and overtaxation, they don’t expect one level of government to pick up the tab left by another. They expect a careful scrutiny of government programs to determine which should be kept, which should be trimmed and which should be eliminated altogether. That’s just what the federal government should do, too. If we enacted the Constitutional amendment I am cosponsoring to retire the federal debt and require a balanced budget, we would be forced to fund only those government services which we

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really can afford. This amendment would make the U.S. government examine its priorities and decide where the available money should go. I have a hunch that more money for California wouldn’t be among the priorities. So I’m afraid I can’t support Los Angeles County’s request for an extra $l.B billion from the federal coffers for California. We don’t handle money that way in Indiana, you see, and I don’t think we should handle it that way in Washington, either. Public hearing set at Milford The Milford Town Board will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, July 24, to receive ideas from Milford citizens concerning use of federal revenue sharing funds during the 1978 and 1979 calendar years. The unappropriated balance of federal revenue sharing funds on June 30 was $4151. In addition the town expects to receive about

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$8,500 during 1978 and 1979. All citizens, including senior citizens, are invited to participate in planning the use of the money. The special budget meeting scheduled for Wednesday, July 19, has been rescheduled for July' 24. Youth ticketed A car driven by Barbara E. Pearson, 46, of North Webster, was involved in a two-vehicle accident on SR 13 two miles south of North Webster, in which a Warsaw teenager was arrested The accident occurred Saturday evening, July 8. Eric E. Zolman, 16, of 1552 Brookview Ave., Warsaw, was ticketed by Kosciusko County police for driving under the influence of intoxicating beverages following the accident in which his auto struck the front of the Pearson vehicle. The collision caused the Pearson car to go cut of control and roll over on the roadway. The auto was owned by Helen E. Warble, r 1 Pierceton.