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ONE KILLED — Officers are shown above checking the body of Patricia Louise Mason, 48. Milford, who was killed in a one-car crash Sunday evening. Mrs. Mason, the lone occupant of the vehicle, died of a fractured neck and crushed chest after her car hit a NIPSCo pole in the Kenneth Goshert yard east of Milford. She was dead when the Milford Emergency Medical Service unit arrived at the scene.

Pat Mason victim of auto accident

A Milford woman, Patricia Louise Mason, 48, died at 6:55 p.m. Sunday in a one car-crash on CR 1300 N, two miles east of Milford at the Kenneth Goshert home. Mrs. Mason died at the scene of a fractured neck and crushed chest after her 1976 Ford struck two utility poles. Police said she was eastbound when her vehicle dropped off the edge of the road, traveled over 190 feet and sideswiped a NIPSCo pole. It then traveled another 36

■ x ■■■ -■ Xf* M kl IX* *• Bk W bX -Tuffs*' THEY’RE COMING DOWN — Dale, left, and Darrell Custer, right, of Stanley* duster and Sons Excavating, Milford, started work this morning (Wednesday) tearing down two unsafe buildings on Milford’s Main Street. The buildings are owned by Joe Hernandez, the Melody Case; and First National Bank of Warsaw, Milford branch, originally owned by Richard Widup. These two buildings, along with two others, were ordered to be torn down by a Marion Circuit Court Judge.

Cement boat to embark on two-month odyssey

The large, 12-ton, 39-foot “cement boat” built by Dr. William Myers, Syracuse physician, is about to make its longest journey. Mr and Mrs. Richard Halloran of Georgetown, N. Y and John Hurley of Farmingdale, N. J., are nutting some final touches to what was a controversial craft when the good doctor was con Itructing the boat eight years ago, and they plan to leave Friday to dock it in Lake Michigan at Michigan City for a two-month odyssey. Thev have leased the boat for a two-month period, thanks to an advertisement Dr. Myers placed in vanhting magazine, and are looking forward to some more “good old days” on the sea. two men were in the submarine service together during World War 11, aboard the USS

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feet in the ditch, striking a second pole located in the front yard of the Kenneth Goshert residence head-on. Mary and Heidi Dull of near Syracuse told police they had followed the Mason auto from Milford. They said the vehicle was weaving on the roadway and had nearly collided head-on with a truck shortly before the accident. They saw the car leave the road jyid strike the utility poles. Mrs. Mason’s vehicle was

estimated at traveling between 50 and 60 miles an hour prior to the accident. State Trooper Larry Clodfelter and county patrolmen Gerry Moser and Tom Brindle set damage to the car at $3,000 No Services At Mrs. Mason’s request no viewing or services were held. The body was cremated. The deceased was born in Milford on November 21, 1929, to Ivan and Elsie (Scheller) Kline and was a lifetime resident of the

Scamp, and haven’t gotten the sea out of their blood, according to Mrs. Halloran. ‘ Her husband is a retired Lieutenant Commander, following 29 years of service, and Hurley is a retired newspaper advertising salesman with the now defunct New York Mirror and New York JournalAmerican, both Hearst-owned newspapers. They plan to go through Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, up the Saint Lawrence Seaway and into the Atlantic to the West Indies. Their trip will also take them through the Panama Canal and into the blue Pacific. The boat is of Ferro-Cement, has three tons of steel and is powered by a 20-horsepower diesel engine. It sleeps six comfortably, Dr. Myers states. Dr. Myers will spend the first week with Mr. and

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Milford and Syracuse areas. She was employed at Chore-Time Equipment in Milford and a member of the Ancil Geiger Unit 226 American Legion Auxiliary. Survivors are one son, John Claude Mason, Houston, Texas; two daughters, Mi’s. James (Cassandra) Wrinkle, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and Mrs. Larry (Deborah) Mullins, r 1 Syracuse; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Claude (Norma) Hamilton and Mrs. Stanley (Elsie) Martin, both of Milford; two brothers, Arthur Kline, Lafayette and Donald Kline, Peoria, 111. Mishler - Funeral Home, Milford, was in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Mental Health Association.

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Mrs. Halloran and Mr. Hurley to see that the craft is docked safely. Dr. Myers had the boat on Lake Wawasee for three years, on Lake Michigan for three years, and the past two years it has been back on Lake Wawasee. - His ad in Yachting magazine brought a number of replies. Dr. Myers states, one from as far as Juneau, Alaska. And a California man wanted to purchase the craft outright. Dr. Myers looks at a model of another, similar boat in his shop south of Syracuse, and says, “Now I want to begin building that boat, but it’s only a 30footboat.” The name of the boat the eastern trio is renting is “Promise.” They add, “We hope it promises us an enjoyable trip.”

Race looms for positions on Lakeland school board

A race appears to be looming for two seats on the Lakeland school board, with announcements early this week of the intentions to file for the offices by two citizens of the school corporation. Oh Tuesday of this week Mrs. Robert J. (Marguerite) Hoerr of r 1 Milford (Jefferson Township) was gathering names on her petition, and at the same time David J. Carey of r 2 North Webster was gathering names on his petition. Mrs. Hoerr is a resident of District 3 (Van Buren Township and east Jefferson Township) and Carey is a resident of District I (Tippecanoe Township Candidates cannot file their petitions with the county clerk’s office until next Tuesday, Aug. 1, and have until the last day of August to file. Their names will be presented on ballots before the voters of the entire school corporation in the Tuesday, Nov. 7, general election. but the successful candidate will not take office for a year — on July L 1979. The seats held by board president Billy G. Little of Milford and Philip Payne of North Webster are not vacant and elections for those seats will not be held for another year. Actual expiration date is June 30, 1981. Board Seeks Candidate At the present time the school board is seeking a member to be appointed to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of James Fry. Board president Little said on Tuesday they hope to fill that vacancy by the September meeting. It has been learned that the board looks favorably upon J. Michael Mangas, vice president

■■ V \ MARGUERITE B. HOERR of the State Bank of Syracuse, in charge of lending and bank investments. He is 32 years of age and has been employed at the bank for the past four years. If Mangas is appointed to the board it is safe to assume he will be a candidate for election to the board in November.

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Syracuse town manager

The Syracuse Town Board has completed all 1979 budget hearings with $15,000 set aside for a town manager’s salary should that position be created within the next year. James C. Tranter, former board member, who proposed the idea of a town manager to the board, said the salary for "this position would run from SII,OOO to $15,000 plus an additional $2,000 to $4,000 for extra travel expenses. The board had originally proposed $19,000 for a town manager salary, but had to cut it along with other department requests after the budget ran $31,921 over what the Indiana Tax Board would allow. Public Hearing Tranter has also requested the board hold a public hearing in the fall to give town residents a chance to voice their opinions on whether a town rflanager should be hired. He added he would like

■ WjHEi AND AWAY WE GO — Standing in front of the cement boat “Promise” are, from left, its owner and builder, Dr. William Myers of Syracuse, with those who will take it on a two-month odyssev that will touch two oceans, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Halloran and John Hurley.

I / * ■ X>jl '■IV DAVID L. CAREY John Kroh, a member of the board whose term expires June 30, 1979. declined to say on Tuesday of this week whether or not he would seek re-election. It is a better than even bet, however, that he will file for re-election. Baker To Retire Floyd H. Baker, a resident of r

to have “plenty of notice” so he could make arrangements to have representatives come from two or three towns who have already hired town managers. The board will set a date for the public hearing at its next meeting. August 15. Mrs. Betty Dust, clerk-treasurer, has requested the hearing be held early enough so the question could be placed on the November election ballot as a referendum with voters given three choices — stay the way we are, go to a mayoral system or hire a town manager. Town attorney Robert Reed is still preparing the information of the difference between a town manager and a mayoral system to be published in area newspapers. Other Budget Proposals In other budget proposals, the police department will receive pay increases for Town Marshal Ron Robinson and four

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1 Pierceton (Tippecanoe Township' and a member of the Lakeland school board since August 1966, said this week he will not seek another term on the board. He was first elected to the school board in August of 1966, reelected in August 1970. and reelected for a second time in August 1974. His present term will expire June 30, 1979. Baker, a long time coach and educator, said this week, “I think three terms is enough. ” Baker is chairman of region 2 of the state school board, now serving the second year of his second three-year term. He was re-elected to this board in October of 1977. Marguerite Hoerr Marguerite Hoerr is married to Robert J. Hoerr, a pattern shop supervisor at the Dalton Founder}’ in Warsaw. She is the former Marguerite Beer, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Theo Beer of r 2 Milford, has been secretarytreasurer for the Kosciusko County Soil and Water Conservation District at Warsaw for nine and a half years. She graduated from Milford (Continuedon page 2)

patrolmen. The 1979 salaries will be Robinson, $12,705, a 10 per cent increase; and patrolmen, $11,557, an increase of $1,050. A total of $7,000 had been proposed for a new police car, but had to be cut to $2,000 for repairs. Also cut, was $1,500 for equipment and S2OO for tires for the police department. In the fire department, three home receivers were budgeted and three cut. The park department’s budget stands at $7,100 after mowing and park equipment were cut by $2,510. The street budget was reduced SII,OOO for snow removal and motor equipment. In all, the board reduced the 1979 budget by $27,121 with $4,800 over what is believed to be allowed by the state. Board president John Cripe is optimistic the budget will be approved. The board will vote on the budget in August. It will then go before the county and then to the state for final approval