The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 13, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 April 1979 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., April 18,1979

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Editorials They're concerned about safety There are two dedicated, concerned citizens in our midst. These citizens are not only concerned with their own personal safety, but with the safety of their children as well. In fact, these citizens are so dedicated, they are going door to door urging other concerned citizens to get involved. Who are these citizens and what is their concern? Lila Strombeck and Bev Coldren, both of the North Webster community, are leading a fight to have SR 13 through North Webster resurfaced. Due to the last few winters, large chuckholes have emerged in front of the North Webster Schools. Both women are afraid a child will be killed or severely injuried by a motorist dodging the chuckholes. The Indiana State Highway Commission was supposed to resurface the highway this summer, but delayed it because it felt other roads needed more attention. When a child’s safety is at stake, there is no other road that needs more attention than the one running through the North Webster community. We support Lila Strombeck and Bev Coldren in their fight. We also urge everyone who drives on SR 13 to get involved. A special meeting is being held tonight (Wednesday) in the North Webster Town Hall at 7 p.m. to discuss this matter. Be present and show your support. He will be missed Death claimed Marshall Estep last Saturday morning in the Lutheran Hospital. Estep was the kind of a person who will be missed, not only by hjs loved ones but by those in the communities where he lived and served. Marshall was one of those quiet people who carried more than his share of the load. He was a member of the Kosciusko Community Hospital’s board of directors and served on the Kosciusko County Tax Adjustment Board for a number of years. A member of the Milford Lions Club, he participated in many club projects and was seen at the North Webster Mermaid Festival every year serving sandwiches and drinks from the Lions eat stand. He was a farmer and owner of Estep Trucking Co., a native of Jefferson Township, he resided in the Milford community until his retirement, then he moved to Syracuse. Yes, Marsh was the kind of guy whose death will leave a vacant chair at more than one meeting. It's quality that counts We try to publish the best newspaper possible and to do that it’s quality that counts. Lately we have been asked to print a number of poor quality, out of focus photographs supplied by various Sources. We have refused. An out of focus photo does no good for anyone. We realize this is the day of the instant photo and there are good and bad instant photo§. In general, these photos, especially colored ones, were not made for good quanty reproductions and there is nothing we can do to improve them. Then too, club reporters and individuals alike, often forget to center their subject(s) in the photo. People are cut off, some blend into the back ground. Quality is lost. We’re sorry, but if we don’t think the photographs brought to our offices will give us the quality we are looking for we will not accept them — it’s quality that counts. Shaping up our letters Because so much mail sorting is done today by machines, the Post Office Department is forced to set size standards, so that odd-shaped pieces of mail won’t clog machines, tear — or tear other mail — and gum up the works, so to speak. This might be a slight inconvenience to some, but it’s obviously a necessary step. Two years ago the department warned users of the mails what was coming. After July Isth, it has just been announced, envelopes must be 3¥ 2 inches high and five inches long, as a minimum, and not larger than six and one-eighth inches high and IP/2 inches long, maximum. If larger there must be a seven cents surcharge. If smaller they may not be mailable. Also, they must be at least seven thousandths of an inch thick. The mailer can also be charged a surcharge for odd-shaped pieces of mail in some cases — after July 15th. The ratio for odd sizes is that the length must be between 1.3 and 2.5 times the envelope’s height. Thick envelopes or packages (more than one-quarter inch) are excepted from the and five-inch-long minimum and there are other exceptions. Between now and July 15th, learn about the new size standards — and use up odd-sized envelopes. What others say — Nuclear power: Lesson The accident on Three Mile Island was a milestone in America’s nuclear energy experience. We hope it will have positive results. It certainly has all the signs now of positive end effects. In spite of talk of “ultimate nightmares,” none transpired. * The confidence of the technologists working on the scary hydrogen bubble was justified. They were able to bring the gas under control. The task of bringing the reactor to a safe shutdown has begun. The “China Syndrome” didn’t happen. American workmanship and skills won a new badge. This was not all luck. It was skill, courage, daring, knowledge and cold calculation. It took patience. It took ingenuity. It took know-how. It took fortitude. The experience may make many more people leery of having nuclear electrical power generating plants built in their neighborhoods. * This is understandable, considering the intense publicity focused upon the mishap at Three Mile Island. Yet at most the radiation to which residents nearest the area were exposed during the period of worst danger was about equivalent to what they would receive in three chest X-rays, according to officials at the site. We hope that new safety systems will emerge from the Harrisburg studies. Early analysis by Nuclear Regulatory Commission investigators suggests both some human errors and some flaws in design. New design concepts can probably include measures to reduce the possibilities for human error to cause an accident. One thought that comes to mind is that perhaps there should be special teams of scientists and technicians capable of reaching any nuclear generating plant in the country quickly if any emergency develops. As for the negative attitudes excited by what happened at Three Mile Island, they amounted to a fresh intensification of attitudes that existed before. Americans who believe the dangers of nuclear plants are controllable may be reminded of the “Flat Earth” people who tried to discourage Columbus, the critics who ridiculed Copernicus, Leeuwenhoeck, Pasteur and the Curies, or the doubters who said that heavier-than-air craft could never fly or that men could never reach the moon. Nuclear electric generation remains America’s No. 1 hope of cutting loose from dependency on foreign sources, subject to blackmail and strangulation, in energy supply. We hope the Harrisburg experience can be made to encourage, not stultify, its development. — The Indianapolis Star

Big chuckholes are found on state road 13 in North Webster. Letter to the editor Praise for Dale Butt article

Dear Editor: I want to express to you my personal gratitude for your article commemorating Dale’s 35th anniversary. In this world of rapid changes, it is important that we recognize those who provide a stable force

Everyone should be concerned

Dear Editor: Following are some quotes from “The Ohio Teamster” about trucking deregulation — “Woe to you if you live in a smaller community! Regulated carriers now must serve small and large communities equally. That’s written into the 1935 Motor Carriers Law, which has resulted in the most efficient and evenhanded transportation system in the entire world. “But if this safeguard is knocked out, either by the ICC or by federal legislation, your small city or village can whistle for service in vain. As was the case before regulation, the trucking lines went where the service was lucrative and let the rest of the country go hang. In those days the railroads still provided freight service to most communities in the country. But they’re not what they used to be. “If you are a small town shipper, or work for one, your products are going to have trouble getting to market. Under deregulation, only the top segment of 39,000 communities now served are going to get

Distributions received by area taxing units

State Representative Thames L. Mauzy (R-Warsaw) today announced the distribution received by local units of government in his district under HB 2117, the state’s two-year highway budget. The bill, approved Thursday by the House and currently awaiting Governor Bowen’s signature, provides for S6O million to be distributed to local units in 1979-80, and S3O million in 1980-81. The distributions, according to HERPIC (Highway Extension Research Program for Indiana Counties) of Purdue University,

Rick Brouillette to head Cystic Fibrosis bike-a-thon

Richard Brouillette, Fourth and Henry, P.O. Box 16 Milford was today named chairman of a bike-a-thon in Milford, by Marjorie C. Dutton, president of the Indiana State Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Mr. Brouillette will be conducting the bike-a-thon to raise funds which will support research and care for children affected by cystic fibrosis, severe asthma, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis and other related lung-damaging diseases. Right “Now Johnny,” said the teacher, “can you tell me what a hypocrite is?” ‘‘Yes, Miss,” replied Johnny: ‘‘lt’s a boy what’ comes to school with a smile on his face.” THE MAIL JOURNAL (U.S.P.S. 325-840) Published by The Mail-Journal every Wednesday and entered as Second Class matter at the Post Office at Syracuse, Indiana 44547. Second class postage paid at 103 E. Main street, Syracuse, Indiana 44547 and at additional entry offices. Subscription: $lO per year in Kosciusko County; sl2 outside county. POSTMASTERS: Send change of address forms to The Mail-Journal, P.O. Box IM, Milford, Indiana 44542. Iq\ HI

and “hold down the fort" so to speak. Your article was well written and appreciated by all of us here at Wawasee Boat Company. Sincerely, M. Douglas Anderson President

decent service, because that’s where the unregulated truckers are going to swarm. “Good-bye to many small shippers, good-bye to a lot of jobs.” “Highways are going to be a lot more risky for you, the traveler, if the trucking industry is deregulated. A Harvard University survey of unregulated truck drivers showed that by their own admission they violated the 55 miles speed limit more frequently, had many more reportable accidents and were in violation of the 10 hour driving limit far more often than regulated drivers. These unregulated drivers will multiply under deregulation, and so will their bad driving habits, and the toll of accidents and injuries.” “ The deregulation of trucking must be of concern to everyone in small towns if small towns are to survive. Write to your congressmen and urge them to oppose deregulation of trucking. Sincerely, Mrs. Dale Sorensen r 1 Box 154 A, Milford, Ind.

for District Number 17 are as follows: Fulton County, $433,700; Akron, $7,100; Fulton, $2,700; Rochester, $32,700; Kosciusko County, $879,300; Milford, SIO,OOO and Warsaw, $74,200. Mauzy reminded citizens the General Assembly made an emergency $19.12 million allocation to Indiana’s local units of government the week of March 12 to help repair winter damage to roads. He noted that allocation, as well as the one under HB 2117, is in addition to the portion of the 8 cent excise tax on gasoline local units already received.

Cystic fibrosis, an incurable genetic disease, is inherited by one in every 1,600 babies born in the United States. Both parents carry the recessive gene for CF and number among one in 20 persons in the U.S. who may be carriers, usually without knowing it. With improved therapy and constant research, many CF patients are now living into early adulthood. “Most people do not realize there are millions of children affected by lung-damaging diseases, and by participating in our bike-a-thon, you can help these children who can’t take breathing for granted,” said Brouillette. Milford postmaster gives tips on mail handling Milford Postmaster H. C. Colwell has given the following tips to Milford Post Office customers. He says, “Your mail box must show your name and box number on the side of the box visible to the carrier as he approaches. The letter and numerals should not be less than one inch high.” “Please notify correspondents and publishers of your correct address and zip code, including street and number where assigned.” Postmaster also gave the following definition of a rural route carrier: “The carrier accepts, collects and delivers all classes of mail, including registered, insured, certified, special delivery and C.O.D. He also sells stamps and money orders.”

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LONG-DRIVING, prizewinning golfer Herschel Caudill of Pierceton, a regular at South Shore golf course, was on hand for an early tee-off Saturday morning with several friends. This is only indicative of the good golf weather we have all been waiting for. With Herschel, from left, are Jack Marlette, former WHS golf instructor and a regular on the local links as well; Steve Roderick, SS pro; and Larry “Deck” Dull. —o— ALSO SEEN around South Shore, other than Roderick, are Ray Yoder, Bill Galloway and Wally Nerad. Roderick, Yoder. Galloway and Nerad recently returned home from Deer Creek Country Club, Deerfield, Fla., where they spent the winter and did their licks at the posh country club. In the sunny south Yoder served as bartender. Nerad as starter, Roderick as pro shop manager, and Bill, well, no one was real sure w hat he did. —o—‘TAINT FUNNY, kids, or whoever blacked out the stop sign at the corner of East Shore Drive and Pickwick Road. If painting over the word “STOP” was done in protest of the controversial sign, it was a poor way to go about it, residents who pass that way daily would agree. The sign has been otherwise mutilated, and with the county paying out thousands per year for highway sign maintenance, this indescretion should concern us all. —o—--808 AND June Laudeman, 156 North Shore Drive, have returned home from a month’s visit to Texas, spending most of the time in Brownsville, in the Rio Grande Valley where they had good warm weather every day. Enroute home thev visited INDIAN CITY USA near Anadarko, Oklahoma, where they took a walking tour for two hours through the authentic restoration of American Indian dwellings and way of life. The villages are authentic in every detail and were planned by and constructed under the supervision of the Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma. They also visited the Christian School there and talked to VISTA workers. They also enjoyed spring scenery as they drove through the Ozark borne region that spreads across northern Arkansas and southern Missouri seeing an intriguing array of natural wonders in the Boston Mountains. WHAT THE realtor didn’t tell you; The man who owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store. —o— AND SPEAKING of real estate, local realtors are reporting a definite pick-up in inquiries and sales. In spite of high interest rates and other things that would ordinarily tend to discourage home sales, the local market remains strong. ONE OF our favorite Senior Citizens is Arnold A. Pfingst, 95, who makes his home at 2000 South 15th Street, Greencroft Apt. 85, Goshen. He never fails to let us know of "noteworthy news” at Greencroft, and recently mailed this column a picture of himself and several others that appeared in The Goshen News with a young man who mailed Valentines to Greencroft residents. LEELAND SHORES, located on the Milford-Syracuse Road, has been renamed Camelot

Lakes, according to promoterdeveloper Jerry Hickman and the large sign in front of the corporate offices. Principal participants in Camelot Lakes besides Hickman are J. Homer Shoop, Chris Schenkel and Don Runge. Look for some action around that location in the near future. —o— HERE’S ONE on Barbara (Mrs. Gary) Eastlund, secretary for the North Webster Mermaid Festival. As such, she received a handsome invitation to a Conference on Small Business, sponsored by the White House, to be held Friday, May 4. at the Stouffer Indianapolis Inn. The hooker: It arrived. 13 cents postage due. —o— NORMA (MRS. Fred) Personette, 612 Third Street, Syracuse, wants it known that of the 11 grandchildren she and Fred have, all under six years of age, eight are grandsons and three granddaughters. Asked if great-grandmother Mary Ringler (Boston Street) takes, care of them. Norma says, "Heck. no. I do!” Two of the youngsters live in Warsaw, three in Syracuse, and six in Archbold, Ohio. —o— SIGN AT the Three Flags: 7 days without Budget Bars makes 1 weak. —o— ROWENA (MRS. Doni Impey, editor of the Harbor Log. an inhouse publication for the Wawasee Boat Co., states that Dale Butt, mechanical foreman who is now in his 35th year with the firm and was the subject of a recent feature article on page 1, this publication, has received any number of compliments for his staying power. And, too, the Impeys and Doug Anderson, owners of the boat company, report sales at midApril are 70 per cent over a year ago, in spite of the threatening gas shortage. Boaters continue to be concerned about the gas shortage and possible Sundayclosing, however. —o— AN UNUSUAL but typical incident occurred last Wednesday. when the Syracuse police received a call from Mrs. Dean Wade, r 1 Cromwell. It seems that her call was to complain of a large chuckhole in front of Skylark Realty, Syracuse. t Mrs. Wade stated her pick-up truck fell into the large hole and had to call a wrecker to pull her auto out. She requested an officer look at the hole, which the street department had been digging. She also requested an emergencymedical technician look at her hand and child's mouth. They both were slightly injured due to the mishap. 808 MAUZY, accountant, thinks the time is not too far away when the school board will be asking for several parking lot attendants, judging from the amount of students who are being allowed to drive to school. —O'LOUISE PURVIS (ace reporter) is back at her desk at the Syracuse office of The MailJournal. After spending a pleasant winter at their Florida home, Louise and Jim are back at their Wawasee Village home for the summer. . A 28-year veteran reporter in the Goshen office of The South Bend Tribune, Louise has become a valued summer replacement on The M-J. BARTH CORP., Milford, is moving into the big time in sponsoring the LPGA at the plush Plymouth Country Club August 13 to 19, with a SIOO,OOO purse. On Monday the entire event was outlined at a press con-

ference-luncheon at the Plymouth club, with sportsman Mike Umbaugh representing the local recreational vehicle firm. The event attracts a huge crowd and is being aired over a number of Midwestern television stations. It is the aim of the sponsors in several years to attract network television attention. It’s a sure thing for Barth, which is marketed nationally and is considered the Cadillac of the industry. (Note: See fuller account on pageß. this issue.) JACK MASON arrived back in town Monday evening from his winter quarters in Honduras, Central America. He plans to be here until April 28. Jack tells friends he and other members of the consortium to which he belongs are looking at a casino in Portugal, which will price out at S3B million. —o— THE QUESTION is being heard: If the railroad won’t fix the South Huntington Street crossing, can’t the town? This is a question the town board will have to answer. It would appear, tho, that a few well-placed shovels of asphalt would lessen the shock considerably, as one crosses this well-traveled route. IT’S SPRING clean-up time again, and we re hearing' complaints around Syracuse that certain areas are "junkie.” That is, people aren’t as neat as they could be about picking up around their homes, they park their cars in the yards and leave such items as lawn mowers around the yards. All this, to say nothing about the usual run of beer and pop cans. __ We’re getting more people moving into our area, and it should be the concern of all of us to clean-up, fix-up, paint-up. Look around, then make your own decision about your own residence. If it needs it, take care of it on your own initiative. Court news Violations Speeding — William* R. Rosenkranz, 18, Syracuse, $37; Jack A. Weaver, 18, Syracuse, $37; Quentin P. Hire, 26, Syracuse, $37; Richard B. Staley. 33. Syracuse. $35; John F. Call, 42, Syracuse, s4l; Todd A. Hardy, - 17, Syracuse: $35; Cathy M. Sidwell, 18. Syracuse, $35; Rosanne J. Appenzeiler, 26, Syracuse, $35; Charles L. White. 52, Syracuse, $35 Failure to have vehicle inspected — Daniel 0. Walker. 20, Syracuse, $32; Larry A. Galloway, 35. Leesburg, $32 Disregarding traffic control device — Kevin R. Ogburn: 19, North Webster, $36 Improper passenger on left — Tracy J. Rinker, 17, Syracuse Failure to signal when required — Stanley E. Miller, Milford, $36 Speeding — Jeanne M. Jerold, 23, Syracuse, $36; William E. Musser, 35, Syracuse, s4l ELKHART COUNTY COURT The following fines were assessed in Elkhart County Traffic Court: * Speeding — Harold M. George, 45, North Webster, $35, Patricia R. Dean, 45, Syracuse, $35; Norman D. Ross, 38, Syracuse, $37 Failure to have vehicle inspected — Lorraine J. Morgan, 17, North Webster, $33; Orie M. Barkhurst, 24, Milford, $33; James E. Rodgers, 25, Syracuse, $37; Jerry L. Byrd, 32, Syracuse, $35 Reckless driving — Dennis K. Wagoner, 31, North Webster, $282, 10 days jail suspension, restricted license for 30 days