The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 27, Milford, Kosciusko County, 26 July 1978 — Page 8

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ATTENTION, MAURICE Dorsey, Kosciusko County Commissioner from the northern district: Your attention should be called to an old overstuffed chair that has been lying on the south side of the Milford-Syracuse road, just west of the Oscar Graff farm home, for many months now. Certainly, trucks from your county highway department pass over this road daily, or nearly so, and no highway employee has stopped to pick up this unsightly object. Is it possible they have a good reason for passing it up’.’ In the main, Indiana and Kosciusko County have good roads and they are usually well mowed and in the winter time snow removal is excellent, in spite of what some might say. Somehow, the sight of this old overstuffed chair along the Milford-Syracuse road, which we pass d&ily, bugs us. We would like to see it picked up by your men.

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Mr. Dorsey. And so would a number of other people we’ve talked to. WE DON’T want to come down too hard on the highway department, but our attention has been called to a highway sign at the Chessie Railroad crossing at the south end of East Shore Drive. Our informant said the sign for months — or more — read “Dangerous Inserection.” It has been changed. Now it reads “Dangrous Intersection.” —O—EVELYN AND Gerald Cramar. r 1 Syracuse, are still excitingly telling friends their experiences on their recent trip to Okinawa to see “their kids,” M-Sgt. and Mrs. Robert Ackerman, both members of the air force. The Cramars arrived home a week ago Saturday, ending their first overseas trip. When they arrived home Evelyn said, “Syracuse never looked so good.” Their itinerary took them to San Francisco. Honolulu, Guam, then Okinawa, and the same route home. They arrived at their destination to experience one of the most sweltering heat waves that went from Japan through the island chain southward. The Ackermans hope to be reassigned stateside, said the Cramars. —O’bob DEAHL gives this column perhaps undeserving credit for alerting motorists to the hazards of passing bicyclists too closely. When we told of Deahl’s lament a week ago, all at once motorists “didn’t come within 10 feet of me on the road,” Deahl enthused. “And a lot of them even waved at me,” he added. Well, now. 19-YEAR-OLD Alan Plikerd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Grimes, Kale Island, Lake Wawasee, has a long convalescent period ahead of him, the result of a second operation on his left knee at the

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South Bend Osteopathic Hospital on July 11. Our readers will remember Alan was in a motorcycle accident in front of Town Hall just a year ago (July 30. 1977) in which the vehicle fell on his leg doing considerable damage. The recent operation was to shorten the tendons in his leg two-and-a-half inches. He’ll be in a cast for eight weeks, his mother reports. ALSO RECOVERING is Harry VanHemert, from major surgery performed in Fort Wayne’s Parkview Hospital several weeks ago. He’s uptown and at his office — he’s township assessor — talking to friends and associates, but says, “I’m not recovering as quickly as I did the heart operation three years ago.’’ And no wonder — Harry will be 80 on January 19. Good to see him back. THIS COLUMN is indebted to Phil and Evelyn Fawley for a hardback copy of Margaret Mead's book, “Blackberry Winter — My Early Years.” Mrs. Mead visited her longtime friend Katherine Rothenberger some months ago, and this scribe had the occasion to meet the gracious lady. The above-mentioned book is her autobiography and recounts, among other things, the years she spent at DePauw University in Indiana and her early friendship with the Syracusan. We shall read it with interest, having talked at some length with the noted anthropologist. JUNIOR AND Ferol Coy, residents of r 3 Syracuse for many years, have purchased the Harold Hall home at the north edge of North Webster and will move to that location in the near future. The Coys, with the aid of the young members of their family, have raised prize-winning hogs on their two-acre tract. They plan to sell or rent their home. Junior is manager of the Monarch Lumber Division at Syracuse. POLICE CHIEF Ron Robinson has taken a lot of ribbing and some time off because of gout in his left foot. Then, on Friday, he came down with the flu and that grounded him. 808 KNUDSEN, in a moment of bravura, told uptown friends he makes all ‘he major decisions in his household . . . like, for example, should the United Sttates sell the Panama Canal or seceed from the United Nations. JEAN MILLER, Betty Appenzeller, Ginny Kramer and Marilyn Moore will leave this week for their usual Rocky Mountain National Park painting retreat for about two weeks. They call it a painting and study trip. ANOTHER BUMPER Sticker: Support bingo . . . keep grandma off the street. THE LAKELAND school board has the name of J. Michael Mangas under consideration to fill the vacancy which occurred on the board with the recent resignation of Jim Fry. Mangas, 32, has been

associated with the State Bank of Syracuse for the past four years, and is currently vice president in charge of lending and bank investments. As of today. Mangas, a personable type, says he “has not honestly made up my mind as yet.’’ He says if he accepts the appointment it would be incumbent on him to run for election to the seat in November. Calling himself the thickskinned type, he says he feels he can handle any public criticism that seems to be incumbent with the office’s responsibilities. NEEDED, S2OO. John Kroh, who usually handles the finances for the public display of fireworks on the Fourth of July in Syracuse, informs this column that he is still S2OO short of the SI,BOO needed, and that anyone wishing to contribute should contact him. S-W ROTARIAN Jay Peffley, who boasts a 14-year perfect attendance with his favorite service organization, returned to his duties as local NIPSCo manager. At the Tuesday noon luncheon meeting he presented three service banners from clubs he visited on a western trip, as follows: Spokane, Wash., Crescent City. Calif., and El Camino Real, Calif. MEET MARK Walker. 12, 119 W E Long Drive, Syracuse, who captured the singles tennis championship at Wawasee High School last week. He won over Mike Sharp of Milford at a score of six to one. Mark was playing in a tournament set up by Dawn Price of Syracuse who taught tennis at the high school this summer. Many enthusiastic youngsters

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competed in the event which also had a doubles championship also won by Mark with a partner. —o— KOSCIUSKO COUNTY and the old South Shore Hotel on Lake Wawasee have been getting some national attention because of the anniversary (July 22 1934) of the death of gangster John Dillinger. * Dillinger, one of the most notorious and feared gangsters in American history, was gunned down in front of the Biograph Theater in Chicago by the FBI. But, Harley Pearson, 79, Etna Green, Kosciusko County Sheriff during that time, now states two hired gunmen who were East Chicago policemen actually did the killing. Pearson has said he met with the two men, known only to him as O’Neil and Zarkovich, who had been hired by citizens of Lake County to round up Dillinger gang members after they shot and killed a school crossing guard during a bank robbery getaway. He said the men came to Kosciusko County because Dillinger and his gang found the area an ideal hideout. These men would come in and out of the county as often as Dillinger to

track him down. Pearson states that after the Dillinger killing, these men came to him for help saying they shot the criminal and needed to get under cover. He hid them in the South Shore Hotel for‘two weeks until the gang had broken up. Pearson also states he has kept silent for so long because he feared retribution by friends of the Dillinger gang. He has spoken up now only in response to a Fort Wayne reporter. The former sheriff said he can’t name any living person who could corroborate his story, but an unidentified source has said an East Chicago policeman named Martin Zarkovich helped the FBI plan the “lady in red” scheme, which led to Dillinger’s end. Sheriff's report given for June The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department has released the June report. During the month the department answered 69 off duty complaints, made 58 ’traffic arrests, ans’wered 335 complaints and 278 papers were served. Patrol Cars were driven by the department 30,090 miles. No fatal accidents were investigated by the sheriff’s department, but 91 cars were involved in the 56 accidents, injuring 33. Estimated damages of these accidents came to $85,010, property damages, $7,805. giving a total of $92,815 in damages. In conection to the accidents eight persons were arrested, and two deer were killed. A break down of the 56 accidents shows 31 accidents were during the day light; 21 at night and.four at dusk or dawn.

For the jail report, the Kosciusko County officers jailed 67 persons; the Indiana State Police jailed two persons; the city department, 71. The total number of bookings was 140. In the 140 bookings, 38 were juvenile boys, four were juvenile girls, 87 were men and 11 were women. Investigations looked into by the sheriff’s department included, five burglaries, 26 thefts. 12 vandalism’s, three batteries, one accidental death, one drowning and two criminal recklessness. Through the investigations it was found that $7,917 worth of property had been stolen and $5,210 of this had been recovered. Sheriff Reserve’s The sheriff reserve’s monthly report showed reserves attended 69 total class hours, 12 court hours and 86 security hours. In other duties such as jail duty, 124 total hours were accumilated. In road patrol, 131.5 hours and lake patrol 83.5 hours gathered. Bowling directors meet The board of directors of the Lakeland Bowling Association met Monday evening in the home of the president, Barbara Miller. Those present were Sharon Gilbert, Jackie Wortinger, Katheryn Knisley. Peg Green, Kathy Salina, Mary Lou Dixon and Jean Knisley. After the meeting, cards were written to all members regarding the association meeting to be held on August 7 at the Milford fire station.

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Educational survey now in full swing The Lakeland Community School’s adult education survey is in full swing. The questionnaires from Superintendent of Schools Don H. Arnold were mailed on July 21 to all homes in the Lakeland School area according to the project director. Dr. David Robinson. The returned questionnaire will be summarized and the results of the study will be published in late summer Dr. Robinson desires that the questionnaires be . returned within two weeks but he will tabulate all questionnaires whenever they arrive “Our objective is to plan an adult education program, keeping in mind the suggestions and desires of our adult citizens Each returned questionnaire is important,” he said. The survey is being sponsored from a grant by the Indiana State Department of Adult and Continuing Education. The advisory committee is made up of residents within the Lakeland area and includes Doug Anderson, Arch Baumgartner. Dave Burns, Barbara Clouse. Arlene Dellinger. Ron Garst. Edna Lawson, Dave McGrew. Oscar Penal Dean Pitman. Bob Spearman and Dick Wysong.