The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 20, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 June 1979 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., June 6,1979

Editorials National Safe Boating Week It’s National Safe Boating Week. With all the lakes in the area each and every one of us should consider boating a privilege and know the rules of the water Lengthy boating law leaflets are available from the department of conservation listing the rules of boat operations. Included in these rules are the facts that boats must be safe and must be equipped with at least one life preserver, ring buoy, life jacket, buoyant vest or buoyant cushion of a make or type approved by the United States Coast Guard, for each person on board. Other laws include the fact it is unlawful to operate a boat “in any manner or under any circumstances or at any rate of speed prohibited by this act, or for any person operating any boat upon the public waters of this state to fail to operate the same in any manner required by this act. “Every person operating any boat shall operate the same in a careful and prudent manner, having due regard for the rights, safety and property of other persons, the conditions and hazards, actual and potential, then existing, including weather and density of traffic and possible injury to the person or property of other persons. _ “No person shall operate any boat with reckless or heedless disregard of the rights, safety and property of other persons or the conditions and hazards, actual and potential, then existing, including weather and density of traffic, or possible injury to the person or property of other persons. “ So, let’s all operate our boats in a safe manner and avoid accidents this summer. . Three cheers for Bossy I Three cheers for Bossy! June is her month. The entire month of June has been named National Dairy Month in honor of Bossy and the foods she gives us. The cow was so important to the early people of central Asia that wealth was measured in numbers of cattle. Later the cow was worshipped in India, in Babylonia and in Egypt. There are more that 50 references to cows and milk in the Old Testament. A high-producing dairy cow may weigh 1,200 pounds or more and consume 2*2 tons of hay; 6‘ 2 tons of silage made of chopped green corn, sorghum and grass legume mixtures; and the grass of two or more acres of good pasture. Yearly water consumption may range from 4,000 to 7,000 gallons. Depending on her care and inherited ability, the cow will produce anywhere from 8,000 to 30,000 pounds of milk a year. This is approximately 3,700 to 13.950 quarts. I ■ - r . Milk contains high quality protein, stemming from the presence of many amino acids. Amino acids are to protein what letters are to words. Human beings need 20 amino acids to synthesize their own protine. Milk's carbohydrate is a sugar called lactose. The name is derived from the word “lactation” which means “to produce milk.’ Lactose aids the absorption of calcium, phosphorus and other minerals and provides about 45 of the 150 calories in an eight-ounce glass of milk. Milk’s main minerals are calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium and sodium. Also present in varying degrees are other minerals. The following recommendations have been established by nutritionists for daily milk consumption: Children, three or more glasses (smaller glasses for children under eight); teenagers, four or more glasses; adults, two or more /Buttermilk is produced by adding special bacterial cultures to fluid milk and incubating. The bacteria convert part of the lactose (sugar) in milk to lactic acid. The result is a tart milk to which real butter flakes are sometimes added. And, we musn’t forget ice creams, custards and cheeses. Where would we be without them? f So Bossy, we salute you! And we salute the Lakeland area dairy farmers who take care of you and see that the milk is sent to the market so we can find milk and milk products in our stores. Use care when mailing cards When one of the first recorded “Father’s Day Card” messages was scratched on a clay tablet in Babylon nearly 4,000 years ago, the sender probably knew precisely where his father lived. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for many present-day mailers of greeting cards although Lakeland postmasters say the record is getting better. The mailing public did a better job of addressing Mother’s Day cards and gifts this year and the number of misaddressed pieces of Mother’s Day mail that ended up in “dead letter” offices has been declining since 1974. Area postmasters hope this will carry over to Father’s Day coming up Sunday, June 17. Mail winds up in the “dead letter” office when it can’t be delivered as addressed and there’s no address to return it to the sender. Postal officials say letter writers and card senders should always include the return address inside and outside the mail. Make sure the address and ZIP Code are complete, correct and legible. Don’t write the word “City“ as a short cut when sending local mail. Postal officials say we should use the actual city name. Call the post office if you have a question about a ZIP Code. And, of course, this will be the last Father’s Day that cards and letters in nonstandard envelopes can be mailed at the regular first-class rate. As previously announced, beginning July 15, a seven-cent surcharge will be placed on first-class mail weighing one ounce or less and single piece third-class mail weighing two ounces or less that is in excess of 11V2 inches long and six and oneeighth inches high or one-quarter inch thick. Envelopes and cards measuring less than 3‘ 2 inches by five inches will be non-mailable, except pieces exceeding one-quarter inch in thickness. All items less than .007 inch thick will be nonmailable. Sounds like holidays will be fun in the future. Get your rulers out when you go to the store so you can double-check the card you buy or it will cost you a fortune to send your message. By the way, greeting card industry sources estimate that some 75 million Father’s Day cards will be purchased this year. What others say — Beware, said the bear The Olympic Games don’t descend on the Soviet Union until next year, but already the Russians are worried about the competition — in ideas, of all things. Imagine officials in any other host country warning citizens this far ahead of time that they must “repulse the propaganda of alien ideas and principles” as they welcome visitors from afar. How defensive can you get? Without becoming offensive, that is. No doubt some of the expected 300,000 foreigners will bring a lack of principles that ought to be resisted in any country. But we all know the chief of the Moscow city party committee was not talking about contaminants from the dives of Hong Kong or Las Vegas when he warned Muscovites against dangerous tendencies slipping into the country with the Olympic crowd. What were the “alien ideas” of which he was so fearful? They must have been alien ideas like freedom, justice, individual rights. How pathetic for a superpower to be worried about its people coping with carriers of such exotic notions. How pitiful for it to try to open its doors wide enough for the Olympics but not for a breath of original thought. — Christian Science Monitor.

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Court news

GOSHEN CITY COURT The following fines have been assessed in Goshen City Court: Following too closely — Beth A. Lamb, 24. Milford. $36 Street posted no trucks — Steven B. Bartow, 36, Syracuse, $36 Expired registration — Sue A Davis, 27. Milford, $32 Unsafe start — David S Meade, 17, Milford, $36 Disregarding stop sign — Stephen Unruh, 26. Milford. $36 Disregarding automatic signal — Brain J. Slabaeh. 20, Milford, $36 Speeding — Stanley M Custer. 52, Milford. s4l; Galen J. Miller. 26. Milford. s4l; Ada M Miller. 58, Milford. $36; Ronnie L. Rosser. 26. Syracuse. s4l Failure to have vehicle inspected — Kevin J Haines. 17, Milford. $32; Brian J. Slabaeh, 20. Milford. $32 Bumber violation — Timothy L. Schrock.l7. Syracuse. $32 ELKHARTCOUNTYCOURT The following fines were assessed in Elkhart County Court: Speeding — Paul R. Hasse. 34. Syracuse. $37; Patricia K. Clouse. 34. Milford. $35 CIRCUIT COURT The following claims have been filed in circuit court. Gene Lee. judge: Vacate In the matter of the petition of Larry and Dorothy Lambert for the vacation of an easement, or

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At every Town Meeting these days and in almost every conversation 1 have with Indiana citizens, the issue of our present energy problem arises. Energy Department officials claim that the worst of the gasoline shortage is over for now. and that supplies soon should return to near last year’s levels. But even if that is true, spot shortages could develop. Several factors are to blame. Some of the curent problem can be traced back to the shutdown of the Iranian oil fields during the revolution there. Although Iran supplies only about 5 per cent of U.S. oil imports, disruption of even that amount can significantly affect our energy supplies. The net result in that the United States is now short as much as a million barrels of crude oil per day from our usual import total. We do have extra oil on the West Coast that is a result of production of the Alaskan North Slope. But no cost effective means exists of getting that oil to refineries in other parts of the nation, and the West Coast refineries cannot handle additional production. Despite repeated promises, oil companies have failed to construct a pipeline system to enable transportation of the Alaskan oil from the West Coast to inland refineries. Gasoline supplies were tightened, too, partly as a result of an Energy Department suggestion that refiners step up production of other products at a time when gasoline usually would be produced. Concerned about a possible shortage of home heating oil and diesel fuel, the Energy Department earlier this year suggested that refiners build up stocks of those products. So»at a time when refiners normally would have been refining crude oil into gasoline, some were preparing instead for the winter months by continuing to produce heating oil. That alone would not have caused a gasoline shortage, but it apparently is one factor involved in the present situation.

way and public ground within the plat of Rainey's Court Addition on Wawasee Lake. Kosciusko County, Indiana. TO: the owners of lots in the plat of Rainey's Court on Lake Wawasee, Turkey Creek township, , Kosciusko County, Indiana Petitioner requests court, after proper notice, to vacate said easement, or way and public ground and for such other relief which the court deems proper Reciprocal Karen M Maidenberg, Akron, Ohio vs Lee Franklin Maidenberg, r 2 box 274 Syracuse. Petitioner asks for support from the respondent in the sum of $35 per week for each child plus arrears of $1.500. * On Account Kosciusko Community Hospital vs John E. and Leora F. Smith, r 1 Leesburg Plaintiff demands judgment against the defendant in the sum of $4,340.86, the costs of the action and all further relief fit and proper. MARRIAGE LICENCES The following couples have filed for a marriage license tn the office of Kosciusko County clerk. Jean Messmore: Ruggles-Rogers John Ruggles. 42. 137 East Boston. Syracuse and Cindy Lou Rogers, 25. Syracuse Smith-May William Smith, 23, r 2 box 17

North Webster and Lisa May, 21. North Webster

Consumer “panic buying" had an impact, too. In California, a state with 21 million residents and 18 million motor vehicles, many people sat in line at service stations for hours to buy just a few gallons of gasoline That created an immediate regional shortage. But the biggest problem remains the failure of the American people to conserve energy Until we come to grips with the absolute necessity of reducing energy consumption, we will never really solve our energy problem. We are now using more energy than every before. During the first four months of 1979, gasoline consumption jumped 2.6 per cent, despite rising prices. More cars are on the road every year; in fact, at the present rate the number of cars on American highways will double before 1990. More families are buying two or three cars. More young people are driving to school. Pickup trucks and vans are increasingly popular as passenger vehicles, despite the fact that they consume more fuel than cars. Many citizens apparently do not realize that htey could help solve the energy shortage simply by doing their part to conserve fuel. We can eliminate unnecesssary travel by car or truck. We can postpone long family trips and take vacations closer to home. We can make our next car purchase wisely, choosing more fuel efficient models. Those who have followed by record over the past five years know that 1 have sharply criticized the federal government's failure to develop an effective energy policy. Part of the blame for our present energy problem must be laid squarely at the feet of the government. But it is time for each of us to recognize that we share the blame. We -must conserve energy. Complaints about the energy problem are hollow unless they are backed up by the actions that we all can take toward helping solve the problem.

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A NEW development in the field of real estate is the fact that Miller Brothers Realty have taken over the development of the South Shore complex. Principals in the group include Amos Miller, president of the firm, which is Goshen-based but has a real estate office at 1006 South Huntington Street. Syracuse; Leßoy Miller, treasurer and member of Associated Architects. Mishawaka.' and Harlan Steffen. The group recently purchased the valuable real estate from Louis Bagaloff of Munster. Ind., and is ready to firm up plans for the luxury units. According to Steffen, they want to begin work September 1 and have the first unit ready by January 1. Complection date for the complex is set for April 1. 1980. —oWITH REFERENCE to the impending gasoline shortage and all its perilous effects on the local economy. Bill Spurgeon of Muncie writes: “Best wishes for a good summer with plenty of gas! When there wasn’t any in World War 11, folks came to Syracuse and Wawasee by train. Now we are running out of gas and the Carter administration is dismantling Amtrak at the same time!!” - o—“WOE IS me.” opined Margaret (Mrs. Ernest L. > Nichols. 425 Medusa Street, when she got the bill for repairs on the 1972 Ford LTD involved in a Goshen accident some time ago. She purchased the car at the Milford EMS Bazaar for $375. and had someone drive into the side of it near the Goshen High School just five days after she made what she considered a good purchase. Price for repairs: SI,OOO She is still able to drive the car. but its future hangs on a thread of uncertainly, so says Margaret. - o — IN A note of thanks to Audrey Ruth for giving the police and fire departments a typewriter for use in the dispatchers' office, fire chief Ken Johnson and police sgt. Lou Mediano write, “It is nice to be reminded occasionally, in ways such as this, of the generosity of business peple in our town of Syracuse. Although all are not publicly thanked, all are greatly appreciated. " —o—*s . TONY STROMBECK is winding up his 33rd year as local milk distributor for Allen County Dairy. An independent agent. Tony has built up a route of 80 customers in the lakes area. Until some time ago he also served as North Webster’s marshal —o— CARL MEDICH. WHS athletic director who has taken over supervision of this year’s July 3 Road Run being sponsored by The Papers Incorporated, was delighted last week when he received an entry from State Senator Richard Shank of Dunlap. Sen. Shank will fill the status for the event which is scheduled to tie in with this year’s Flotilla. Shank has been running for a number of years, starting when he weighed in at 205 pounds and was getting a •pounding'' around the heart. Now he’s a trim 155 pounds and competed in th? recent Boston Marathon In this race Sen. Shank is ■ almost certain to go the full 7.9 miles, and he’s sure to bring a following with him. —O—ALSO CONCERNING the Road Race. Bill Pipp, 806 South Front Street, has picked up an entry blank for his son Bill, an athlete of note in his own right. When Wawasee High first pulled a string of boys together for one of its first football teams, young Bill was among the front runners. He proved such a good football player that he got a shot at the big time when he tried out for the Dallas Cow boys. Bill will ad “star” quality to the race. -oOUR FRIEND Arnold A. Pfingst, now a resident of Greencroft in Goshen, has become a real local“salesman” for the retirement home. In town on Monday, he showed around a mimeographed bulletin they hand out inhouse, which

stated. “Over 1.200 individuals and couples have placed their names on the Greencroft waiting list since the project began." This refers to the new addition now underway. —o— IF THIS is not a record, it has to be close - Ruth McFuggey Keplinger. mother of Barbara (Mrs. Bill) Beemer, of Markle. Ind., was in .New Castle. Ind.. Saturday to attend the DePauw University alumnae banquet, marking the 60th anniversary of her 1919 graduation from that institute of higher learning. —oOUR GOOD friend ABC TV Sportscaster Chris Schenkel will appear at the Museum of Indian Heritage at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis on Sunday. June 10. 1979 to exhibit his personal collection of American Indian Peace Medals and Pipe Tomahawks The itmes will be on display from 2:00 to 5:00 p m on that day only. The Peace medals were featured in American governmental Indian policy for more than a century, begining in 1783. The pipe tomahawks wer£ carried by Indian warriors and served as a weapon, smoking pipe and prestige ceremonial symbol. Schenkel. a member of the museum's board of directors, will be on hand to greet visitors at the museum, following their annual meeting, according to Jerry Semler. board president. The museum is located within Eagle Creek Park on West 56th Street in far Northwestern Marion County. —o— MARY (MRS. Robert) Swager is no longer associated with First • Charter Insurance Co after a 12year stint as Girl Friday w ith the organization. She has another job lined up but isn't saying what it is. She and Bob live on the lake in the Stroh Addition. —o— CAL BECK, who with his wife Izel will mark their 65th wedding anniversary with a quiet family dinner at a local resaturant on Sunday. June 24. is about as native to Syracuse as you can get. Born on a farm about a mile east of his present home on Bonar Lake (the house now occupied by Ron and Phyllis Roberts), to Gottlieb and Catherine Beck, he grew up in the Syracuse community. graduated from Syracuse High School in 1912. (And, incidentally, was the oldest SHS grad to attend the alumni banquet a week ago.) After college and at age 20 he married Izel Whitehead and moved back to the old home place in 1926 and continued to live there until 1962. He taught briefly near LaGrange, then came back to Syracuse His teaching and coaching careers included two years at Etna Green in the early 1920 s and a brief stint at Milford. Cal taught school and coached for 38 years, was trustee two terms (1950 to 1958). An avid athlete, his “thing" is to find other fans who will bet a milk shake on about any given game. He admits that hip surgery has slowed him down a little — “but not much.” as he puts it. — o— LARRY CLAYBAUGH. 312 East Henry Street, was among those Elkhart county basketball greats who attended the Russ Oliver Memorial Award dinner last Wednesday at Parkway Inn on State Road 19 in Elkhart, honoring Lorin M. (“Snow ) Evans, r 3 Syracuse, longtime Elkhart County coach, at both Goshen and New Paris High Schools, along with previous winners of the coveted award. Claybaugh. now a NIPSCo lineman out of the Goshen office, was a member of the Goshen basketball team that won the county tournament in 1942. SCOTT EDGELL, a real “oldtimer” of the lakes community, spent the first part of this week at Heil’s Haven on the south shores of Lake Wawasee with his son, Scott Edgell, Jr. Now a resident of Ohio, Edgell is revisiting many points of interest to his years as a youth around the Big Lake where his family for several generations made their home near Buttermilk Point on the southeast part of the lake. Edgell was so taken by his youthful memories that he wrote a book, entitled “Sketches of Lake Wawasee,” which was published in 1967 by the Indiana

Historical Society. The 94 page book is in the Syracuse Public Library, according to librarian Roslyn Jones, and is a popular reference for anyone interested in the lore of the area —o— HELEN MURCHIE. special ed teacher in Syracuse Junior High School for the past 11 years, is resting at her Lake Tippecanoe home following a brief stay in the Goshen General Hospital. —o— WANTED: SOMEONE to fill an urgent need A person who has the time and is willing a patient from Syracuse to a Fort Wayne hospital for treatments. Interested ? Call 658- Illi. —o— GRANDMA ADVISES all drivers and pedestrians to beware of her angel, Carla Eastland, who is taking drivers training It seems this warning has been given even year when one of the Eastland childreh takes drivers training and this year,the) didn’t want Carla to feel left out. Auxiliary elects new officers The regular meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit. 226. Milford, was conducted by* Glennis Stump, president, on June 5. There were 16 members present Myrtle Felkner reported on the organization s boy at the home. - Mrs. Stump reported that the unit had a total of $390 from Poppy Day. The election of officers for the coming year was held and the - results are as follows Myrtle Felkner - president Andrea Hahn - first vice president Joan' Sparks — second vice president Mary Geller - secretary Beatrice Ruch - treasurer Mary Ann Dowty - chaplain Helen Leemon - historian Marcia Baumgartner - sgt at arms Rita Vanlanmgham. Treva Burkholder and Glennis Stump - executive board Glennis Stump and Mary Geller - delegates; and Myrtle Felkner and Helen Leemon. alternates Mrs. Stump presented a unit pin to a new member. Patricia Leemon. The members sang the hymn. “Amazing Grace" and a memorial service was conducted in memory of all deceased unit members The regular July meeting will be installation of officers The meeting will'be held on, July 10. moved back one week because of July 4th. The meeting was closed with the Prayer for Peace Refreshments were served for Mrs Stump and games were played. Inflation • figliting IDEAS news of p r og r ess Though over half the country has a household income of SIO,OOO or more, most people are more concerned than ever about ways to puncture their personal inflation problems. Fortunately, there are some things that can be done. For instance, if you’re like most Americans, you waste as much as $2 out of every $lO you spend on lodging when you travel. To save, ask for a room by price category, check out room service charges before you order and check out the checkout time long before you have to leave to make sure you’re not charged for an extra day. "To be patient is sometimes better than to have much wealth." Talmud 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 OWice at Syracuse. Indiana 44567. Second Class postage paid at 103 E. Main street, Syracuse, Indiana 46547 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 188, Milford. Indiana 44542.