The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 29, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 August 1978 — Page 2

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., August 9,1978

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Nostalgia prevails as walls of old buildings come tumbling down

Bv JEKI SEELY

Dust blew and bricks fell and tjhe walls came tumbling down.. A large crowd of sidewalk superintendents was on hand last Friday as the final walls of two of the unsafe buildings on Milford’s Main Street came tumbling down, a continuing effort of Darrell and Dale Custer to demolish the two buildings. Work on the clean-up of debris is nearing an end at press time. Soon there will be only two vacant lots where once two

*69,750 in equipment bids accepted

i Continued from page 1) a used one at the time of installation in 1968. Repair parts are no longer available for the present switchboard. The plan presents two options — Option A. based on a 10-year period of time, with a rental agreement, would cost $273 per month purchase, for 10 years, or $32,760; $142.50 per month maintenance, permanent charge, $17,100: and $160.70 line charge and 28 extensions, $19,284, for a total outlay over 10 years of $69,144. Option B. based on a 10-year period of time, calls for outright purchase of the equipment at a cost of $21,958.26; plus $142.50 per month maintenance and the $160.70 line charge, or a total outlay over 10 years of $58,342.26. Arnold said money borrowed to pay costs of,the building program is already invested and drawing interest, and there should be sufficient interest receipts at the end of the building to purchase the te/ephone equipment outright. Board members were inclined to accept the recommendation, however, John kroh said the monthly maintenance charge bothered him. especially with the installation of totally new equipment. He s&id, "Only a public service company would have the guts to put in a mandatory maintenance monthly charge.” He said. "I think we should have an explanation of that.” Board member Philip Payne agreed, and the board voted to table final decision until receiving further enlightenment from the telephone company on the need for the mandatory maintenance charge. Arnold said he will arrange to have phone company officials either at the official tax hearing on August 31 or at a special meeting earlier.. The board accepted the resignation of .Gregg Minegar, health teacher at Wawasee High

A busy time

To the casual observer, the 12day period from August 8 to August 20 appears to be a lull in the action at Indiana University, Bloomington.' Summer school students will have gone home by August 8. The new . wave of fall semester students will not begin arriving until August 20. In between, there are no classes. “At ease,” IU faculty and staff, Right? It will be difficult to sell the “slow period” concept to those responsible for the summer session or to those getting the campus ready for a new school year. To them, it’s an extremely busy time. Housing facilities have to be cleaned and readied for new occupants. Room assignments have to be manipulated to ac-

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buildings stood. While many townspeople remember the buildings as the Melody Case and the Lambert Glove Company, both are full of history and their demise has brought back long forgotten memories of the buildings. Investigation into the history of the two buildings reveal they were both constructed prior to the turn of the century, however, we have not been able to pinpoint the exact date. Both buildings were standing at

School, and Larry Welsh, industrial arts teacher at Syracuse Junior High. Minegar has accepted a position with the South Bend Community schools, and Welsh is resigning to go into private business. The board approved the hiring of Jerry Smith to fill the health teaching vacancy. Smith has a B.S. degree from Purdue University, with one year experience in Kokomo and Tippecanoe schools. New Teachers Arnold submitted a list of new teachers for the 1978-79 school year, all of whom have already been approved by the board. The list includes Gary Baker, Wawasee High School, tvping and general business, three years experience; . Jerry Johnson, WHS, art, nine’years experience; Michael Jones, WHS, in-school supervisor, classroom, 19 years; Richard Wysong, WHS vocational director, 22 years; Gene Duesler, WHS building trades, six years; Timothy Caldwell, WHS career education, no previous experience. Also. Neil Hinton, WHS science, no previous experience; Robert Bell, industrial arts, Milford Junior High, four years; Cynthia Thornburg, English, Milford Junior High, three years ; Scott Johnston, fifth grade, Milford, no previous experience; Deborah Reynolds, home economies, Milford Junior High, no previous experience; John Cowens, fourth grade. North Webster, no previous experience. Also, Karen Bell, special education, North Webster elementary, four years; Dianne Carmichael, first grade, North Webster, nine years; Denise Garner, art, Syracuse Junior High, no previous experience, and Ganette Smith, corporation strings instructor, three years. In other business, • the board approved renewal of a lease for special education co-op facilities at Cardinal Learning Center in Warsaw. Supt. Arnold said the

commodate the expected overflow in the residence halls. Bookstore people need to make a final inventory to make sure the proper study materials will be available when the students arrive. Those responsible for counseling and registration use this time to get their academic machinery in a state of readiness. And . . . the list of back-to-school tasks is endless. Target dates by which the numerous task must be completed are: August 20, opening of the residence halls and a meeting of new students who did not preregister this summer; August 21-22, orientation and counseling for new students; August 23-26, registration, for an expected 31,980 students and August 28, the first class meetings. A total of 4,900 members of the incoming freshman class got the jump on their classmates by preregistering for fall classes this summer. They will pay fees the first day of registration. The housing picture looks a little brighter for students this year. The 12,500 single students facilities and the 1,476 married students housing units will be full and there will be some students placed temporarily in residence hall lounge accomodations, but the overflow problems of the past are expected to be lessened somewhat by an increase in listings of available off-campus housing.

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the time the fire destroyed a portion of the east side of Main street. The year: 1902. Drug Store From all the information we have been able to gather at this point, the building owned by the First National Bank was built as a drug store. Old photos of the town show Milford Drug Co. painted across the top of the building with a second sign, lower on the building, reading "Hindoo tobacco habit cure.” Also printed

cost this year for Lakeland's participation is $26,400 up from $24,000 a year ago. Lakeland pays about 22 per cent of the total co-op cost, based student enrollment. The board also approved renewal of the contract with WNIT-TV, Channel 34, which permits Lakeland to tape any program the television channel puts on for educational use in the schools. Last year, Arnold said. Lakeland recorded more than 70 programs, 22 for the elementary grades; 17 for junior high, and 34 for the high school. The cost this year is $315, up from last year's S3OO, and is based on 10 cents per pupil enrollment. Certificates of payment for the new addition under construction, upon recommendation by the architect, were approved, with $1,669.50 going to Communications Co. of South Bend; $3,377.70 to Industrial Piping and Engineering Corp., and $13,401.90 to Fort Wayne Structural Steel Co. Inc. Payments for the Lakeland * dR 7 JOHN F. KROH N

Kroh seeks another term

John Frederick Kroh, 45, of 424 Front St., Syracuse, who is the incumbent Lakeland School Board member-at-large in District two, has filed his candidacy for re-election in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk N. Jean Messmore. Kroh is running for a third term on the school board. A native of Syracuse, he is a pharmacist, stockholder and affiliated with Thornburg Drug Co. He is st member of the Indiana Pharmaceutical Association, American Pharmaceutical Association, North Webster American Legion, and past president of Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce. He was also president of the Elkhart County Pharmaceutical Association, and is a member of Saint Andrew’s United Methodist Church. Kroh was graduated from Syracuse High School in 1951 and Purdue University School of Pharmacy in 1955. He served on active duty with the U. S. Navy from 1955 to 1957 and reserve duty from 1957 to 1965. He lived in Jacksonville, Fla., from 1955 to 1957 while he was stationed al the Jacksonville Naval Hospital in the Medical Service Corps. Kroh, his wife, Gail L., and three sons, Steve, Tom and Tim, reside in Syracuse. Steve is attending the University of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Fla., and Tom attends Indiana University at Bloomington. Tim is at home.

on the building were the words “reliable,” “ remedy,” "safe,” “sure,” “cure,” “herbs,”, “drugs.” It was a flourishing business for many years. Some older photos of the building show a balcony with fancy iron rail with the upper floors having hotel-type rooms for rent. It would appear a George Kliter was owner of the huge drug store. He and his wife also owned

school building corporation were approved, with $6,014.49 to Delp Electric, Inc.; S9O to Sani-Kan Rental & Service; $19,046.25 to Wright Construction Corp.; $46,800 to Herschel Rock, mason contractor; $3,510 to Industrial Piping & Engineering Co.; $1,854 to Johnson Controls, Inc.; $9,327.13 to Everett I. Brown Co.; $46,945.80 to Fort Wayne Structural Steel Co. Inc., and $33 to Shilts, Graves & Associates, Inc. The board approved the continuance of the present administrative rules and regulations, which Arnold said have already been reviewed with school principals and the president of the teachers' organization. The list includes such rules as working hours for all teachers of 7:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; all teachers shall exercise proper-, supervisory responsibilities; lesson plans for the next week shall be filed with the principal no later than the close of the last school day of the current week; teachers shall be responsible for the proper care of equipment assigned to their curricular and extra-curricular tasks. Also, teachers shall attend called administrative meetings and be punctual in arrival, and teachers shall obtain permission from the principal or his designee when it is necessary to leave the building. The board approved a variety of claims and heard financial reports by Arnold. Cash balances in the four banks used by the school system, as of July 31, include State Bank of Syracuse, $199,934.28; Counting House Bank of North Webster, $55,600.52: Milford branch of the First National Bank of Warsaw, $37,521.36; and Lake City Bank of Warsaw, North Webster branch, $7,160.56.

Grid system — (Continued from page 1) And, the county plan director be responsible for supervising and implementing the system with all additional employees under his direction. The committee said it examined four major grid systems in Indiana and elsewhere and received information from Richard Wayworth, area community development agent for the extension service in the Fort Wayne district. Taken Under Advisement County attorney Rex L. Reed is at present reviewing the recommendations and will report back to the commissioners. The committee met twice since June to draw up these suggestions. Various sub-committee meetings were also held. Besides Reafsynder and Frantz, other members of the committee are as follows: Sheriff John Hammersley; Roger Linesetter of North Webster; Garland Keifer, a representative of the Kosciusko County Firemen’s Association; Doug Anderson. Northern Indiana Public Service Company; and John McDaniel, United Telephone Company. Also, Rev. Ray Mills, pastor of the Warsaw First United Methodist Church; Mike Kennedy of the Warsaw Post Office; Martin E. Arden, Gramart Industries Inc.; Tom Braddock; Joe Paxton, Kosciusko County Farm Bureau; Della Helvey, home economics clubs in the county; and Arden Warner, Kosciusko County REMC.

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a home in the area that was termed a “show place.” Delbert Hastings, uncle of C. D. Barnes, was pharmacist in the drug store. James Lambert purchased the building and he and his son, Ed, began the Lambert Glove Company there in Feburary of 1946. The company was sold in 1960 and was used as a storage area from then until it was purchased from Richard Widup by the First National Bank recently. The bank made its purchase with intent to have the

Car-deer collide near Milford

Milford Town Marshal David Hobbs listed $250 damages to a car owned by and driven by Angela Coleen Kline, ?T'box 123 Syracuse, last Saturday after the car hit a deer. The accident happened on CR 1150 N, about one and a half miles east of old road 15 near Milford. The deer was killed.

building torn down. South Building The history of the south building seems more com plicated. It would appear to have housed a number of businesses during its lifetime. Older photos show a tailor by the name of Martin operated out of one of the two buildings. A restaurant-lodging sign appear in another photo. Many of the older photos show a wooden stairway going up the south side of the building. Looking close at the windows in some of the older photos one can find the words Neff-Felkner lettered there. A call to Iva Neff reveals her husband Russell had a furniture store there in 1937. He operated it for five or six years and rented space from the building's owner, the late Cleo Estep. It would appear Mr. and Mrs. Burt Stillwell ran a store there. They featured clothing and groceries. About 60 years ago Mr. and Mrs. Carson Wise operated a grocery store there. Harvey Gohn is also remembered as one of the persons who ran a dry goods and grocery store in the building. G. L. Rex, it will be remem-

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bered, ran a store in the building. Many remember the horse tank that sat in front of the store so farmers could water their horses when they came to town for supplies. A Mr. Woodmoyer, uncle of Rev. David Woodmoyer of the Island Chapel Church, is remembered to have operated a restaurant there; as did Mr and Mrs. Floyd Manges

What's in the news ... Budgets in this issue deserve your attention . . . Classified section Fair pictures and articles Front.. . Summer Warning light up at Syracuse Page ... 1 Buildings down at Milford Page ... 2

It was on February 1. 1951, that Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kizer became owners of the Melody Case They operated the restaurant in the south building for the next 14 years, closing it when Kizer became Milford's postmaster in April of 1965. Since that time it has housed a Mexican restaurant and has stood vacant for a number of vears.