The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 34, Milford, Kosciusko County, 13 September 1978 — Page 5

Lost wallets often returned in mail

If you’ve lost your wallet or purse, or had it swiped by a pickpocket or mugger, there’s a chance it will be recovered and returned courtesy of the U.S. Mail. That’s the encouraging word from Postmaster H. C. Colwell of Milford who explains that post offices frequently find billfolds and handbags when picking up mail from street collection boxes. Presumably they were deposited there by thieves who don’t want to get caught with incriminating evidence. Postmaster Colwell said that most of the wallets and purses that wind up ai centralized “dead letter” offices, where post offices send them, arrive without cash,

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but many do contain driver’s licenses and other items. “A few apparently were lost by the owners,” Postmaster Colwell said, “and the finders dropped them in the nearest collection box, complete with money, credit cards, and other contents.” Postal dead letter offices check all wallets and purses received, and mail those that can be identified to the owners, postage due. “If they contain more than $lO in cash, the wallet or purse is returned by registered mail,” Postmaster Colwell said. Those purses that cannot be identified are held for 30 days in the event they are claimed by

their owners. There is no charge if the owner picks up the purse or wallet at the dead letter office. In large metropolitan areas, the number of wallets and purses found in collection boxes runs into the hundreds. “During the summer months an average of 450 wallets and purses a week are received,” Postmaster Colwell said. “It drops to about 225 weekly for the rest of the year, except during the Christmas season, when it jumps back to summer levels.” The good news is that about 75 per cent to 80 per cent of those wallets and purses have sufficient identification for the post office to return them to thenowners.

Milford's Main Street

NOW COMES a news release stating deteriorating roads and streets are costing the typical Hoosier motorist $65 a year in wasted fuel and excessive tire and vehicle wear. The info comes from a study by The Road Information Program, known as TRIP. “The blunt truth is that we’re paying more for bad roads than it would cost to bring them up to adequate, safe conditions,” said Prof. Harold L. Michael of Purdue University. Persons traveling the Milford-

Syracuse road are sure to agree with this comment. Pointing out that chuckholes and rough, rutted pavement are adding $2lB million a year to Indiana drivers* travel costs, Michael said the 16,235 miles of substandard arterial roads throughout the state could be resurfaced and repaired, over a 10-year period, for only about half that much additional money. Michael is head of the school of civil engineering at Purdue and president of Indiana Highways for Survival, which requested the TRIP study.

GUY FISHER of near Milford stopped by the office last Friday to show us an insect that was approximately 4% inches long. He found it that morning hanging on a gate at his farm.

Fisher said he had seen one like it fly recently between his house and barn. He caught this insect with a landing net, but he is not sure if it’s the same kind.

After leaving The M-J, he took the insect to the Milford Junior High School where he was told he had a praying mantis.

Wed., September 13,1978 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL

IRREPRESSIBLE BECKY (Mrs. Arnold) Doll has been jokingly telling friends she is going to Serve as “campaign manager’* for her sister Marguerite (Mrs. Robert) Hoerr, who is a candidate for the Lakeland School Board. —o— THE UNITED Way drive is underway and the double candles are up at the town hall indicating the goals to be met this year. Becky Doll is spearheading the drive in Van Buren Township. The township goal is $4,400. A new agency in this year’s UW program is the Juvenile Justice Task Force, Inc. —o— We RECENTLY read that most people, particularly those in Washington have lost sight of what a billion dollars is. To put it in prospective: One billion seconds ago, the first atomic bomb had not been exploded. One billion minutes ago, Christ was still on earth. One billion hours ago, men were still living in caves. Yet, one billion, dollars ago (in terms of government spending) was yesterday. —o— A law in Berea, Ohio, requires a dog on the street after dark to wear a taillight! —o—- — AREA residents watched the “Miss America” contest on television last Saturday night and were proud of Indiana's representative, Terry Kaiser of Etna Green. Many were disappointed that the lovely lass from Kosciusko County didn’t make the final 10. Terry is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Kaiser of Etna Green, formerly of Milford. She was crowned “Queen of Lakes” at North Webster in 1975 — that is the year Darcy (Mrs. Dennis) Mock represented Milford and finished as first runner-up. Darcy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Wolferman. Terry has a busy schedule as “Miss Indiana.” She will be in Goshen today (Wednesday) to help with the Elkhart County United Way kick-off. She graduated from DePauw University with a BA in English and has been admitted to Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio. Her hobbies are karate, creative writing, walking, dancing, tennis and swimming. -oOCTOGENARIAN George Auer has this to say about jogging: All this talk about jogging is poppycock. Why, I’ve walked more behind a plow when I was a young fella than these guys do with all their jogging! —o—--0 DAVE CAREY, candidate for the Lakeland School Board from District 1 (Tippecanoe Township), will be out of the campaign for a time due to knee surgery. He will enter Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne on September 20 to undergo an operation on his left knee and will be in a full leg cast for a period of time. Carey says he “tore up” his knee while playing basketball in the Milford Christian Church gym three years ago and had an operation at that time. He hopes to get in a lot of campaigning between now and the 20th, however. —o— HAZEL KLINE was honored by the United Methodist Church last Sunday when she was presented a rose in honor of her Sunday School attendance. Mrs. Kline has only missed

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Sunday School twice in the last three years. She was ill on both of those missed Sundays. —O'word HAS it that Irene (Mrs. Wayne) Bucher will retire from the post office come November 1. —o— WE HAVE never given much thought to how confusing life must be for kindergarten students as they go off to school for the first time. But this confusion was brought to light Sunday morning as we prepared to teach our four and five-year-olds: Sunday School class at the Christian Church. For the past several weeks two of our girls — Theresa Rookstool and Marjie Page, both off the Syracuse bus route — have been very excited about going to kindergarten and having “another teacher” at a different type of school: Picture their delight as they came running into the classroom to tell me that their other teacher was in the hall. It seems both girls are. in classes taught by Carol Koble and she and her husband. Carroll, happened to be walking through the hall at the same time as the girls were entering their classroom. A small happenstance. Yes. But a big event in the life of a five-year-old. Enrollment for PRC extended Enrollment has been extended for the pulmonary rehabilitation classes offered by the Respiratory Therapy Department of the Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne, Classes will begin on September 27. The eight-week program will consist of one, two-hour Session per week. Since three sessions will be running snnultaneously, participants may sign up for either the 2-4 p.m. session on Tuesdays, the 6-8 p.m. session on Wednesdays, or the 2-4 p.m. session on Thursdays. Those wishing to sign up for the sessions can register by contacting the Respiratory Therapy Department at Lutheran Hospital. Also, participants must be referred by Their primary physician. Ralph Greer uninjured in backing accident Ralph L. Greer, 77, r 3 Syracuse, was uninjured Tuesday morning, Sept. 5, when he was involved in a two-car accident in ttfe Salem Bank parking lot in Goshen. Goshen police said Greer backed from a parking place, his foot slipped from the brake pedal, and his 1956 Buick struck a parked 1977 Oldsmobile owned by Steven J. Vooren of Mishawaka. Total damage was set at SBOO by Police Sgt. Ronald Folker.

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