The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 25, Milford, Kosciusko County, 11 July 1979 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL Wet!.. Julv 11.1979

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Editorials

Happy Birthday Warsaw

The county seat, Warsaw, is 125 3 ears old this year and residents of that Kosciusko County community ai-e celebrating. Activities begin tomorrow (Thursday) with a three-day sellathon in the Lake Village Shopping Center and will continue through the annual Picneer Days next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Hot air balloons will be in Wai-sav on Monday, July 16, to help kick off the celebration. Currently the men of the town are putting last minute touches on beards which will be judged on the courthouse lawn at 6 p.m. on Monday night and the ladies are putting hems in dresses anci digging in attics for outfits that fit the 1890 era. Judging will be held Monday at 6 p.m. With the celebration off to a good start on Monday, events will continue on Tuesday with a country and western music night. It will feature local entertainers and will be held in the Cen:er Lake Pavillion with otherevents continuing throughout the week. Our congratulations to Warsaw on ts 125tl 1 birthday celebration.

Run for your health

By now, running for onft’s health has a pietty good track record. One would think everyone is doing it. Running publications tell us there are over 20 million Americans in some form of physical ixercis e. And running is not the least of these, r *• There was a time when one was enr 1 barras>sed to be caught running along the highway, but no more. Now it’s the “in” iiing. One could reasonably ask, “Hasn’t the running bug bitten you yet? ” This brings us to the subject of The Mail-Journal sponsored Flotilla Road Race at Syracuse last Tuesday evening. By all standards it was a huge success. It attracted no less a personage than U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar. State Senator Richard Shank of Dunlap, an avid runner, was present, both men doing the 3.3 mile stint. Senator John Aug burge*, taken aback by his colleagues’ enthusiasm for running, promises 1 o be in the race next year. The race was a success, judgir g by public response. It seemed that roadside spectators encouraged the deep-breath ing runners to the finish, perhaps envying their vigor a bit. Much credit for the success of he race goes to Carl Meditch, athletic director for Wawasee High School. He did most of the leg work, and it was his personal friendship with Senator Lugar that brought this luminary from his Washington chores to our race. For ihis we thank Carl, and others from the school, including principal Henry Smith, for all their efforts. It would not have been as successful without these fellows. Already we’re hearing suggestion: how we can make next year’s race even better. We hope so. . *

Homestead Credit deadline extended

County Auditor Jean Northenor s urging all home owners in Kosciusko County to take advantage of the exten ion on filing for Homestead Credit and do so before July 31. The deadline was set for July 2 but was extended because many persons did not get their papers until latejmd much confusion arose after they were received. Governor Otis R. Bowen says, “Basically, it means the state will pick up an extra 10 per cent of total property :axs payable next year on a property owner’s principal place of residence. The horn owner must apply for the extra tax break; it won’t come automatically. ’ ’ So, all who owned their home cm ft. Larch 1 of this year are urged to file. July The linden, in the fervors of , uly. Hums with a louder concert 4 . —Bryant. July ushers in the second half o the calendar year. It’s still, for some, the first month of the fiscal year and lias more than ordinary importance in the business world. July was named for Julius Cae ar (it was formerly Quintilis by order of Mark Antony); was the month in which Caesar was born. For Americans July is especi ally historic. Our independence is celebrated on the Fourth. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought during the first three days of July in 1863. * Three 'of our Presidents were bom in July: John Quincy Adams, Calvin Coolidge and Gerald Ford. The first admiral in the U. S. Navy, David G. Farragut, was born on July 5,1J01. The Republican Party was founded July 6, 1854, at Jackson, Mich. One largely forgotten, thought relatively recent day, is July 10th. On that day in 1943 the Allies invaded Eurofte f:r the first time in World War 11. General Dwight Eisenhower directed an a mpribious invasion of Sicily. July, |he first full month of summer, is the month of vacations, holidays, swimming, boating and outdoor plea • ures — and too many highway accidents. The pro bl em I “To love the world is no big chore It’s that miserable guy next door who is the problem. “ — Los Angeles Times Syndicate Letter to the Editor — Hats off to Daves "• 1 f ■ I ■ ■ On behalf of the town board of requirng. much study; the with the boys of the town. Milford I would like to deman is c: the police phone and Our hats should all be off to congratulate Dave Hobbs on his patrol]'ng kept Dave mighty Dave and his family for their graduation from the Fort Wayne busy. Dur .ng this ime he ac- support and to the deputies he has Police Academy. cepted the management of the trained. The classes were tough, Pony so he could work JeanTreesh

What others say —,

American joke Pope John Paul II has don a in the Polish joke. For several years, PolishAmericans have been the butt o: a seemingly unending string of crude and malicious one-liners at their exp en se. But after seeing the intelli »e ice, wit and courage that the Pope has just displayed in his triumphant visit tuhis native Poland, none but the most ignorant are going to be able to think <» ‘ that country again without a measure of admiration. Besides, for those who hate t<i lose a joke, even a mean one, we have consoling news: There’s a more njjiropriate substitute going around, called the American joke. Here’s one: Q: Why does it take five Am 3 r cans to change a light bulb? A: One to turn the bulb anc f > ;ir to file the environmental impact statement. —The Wall Street Journal

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Dr. and Mrs. Charles Hollar are shown in 1890 s dress as they get ready for Warsaw’s 125th anniversary celebration

Senator Lugar talks 'SALT ll' at Syracuse

Speaking in Indianapolis on Tuesday, prior for heading into northern Indiana and his eventual run in the Flotilla Road Race. Senator Richard Lugar said that he will not vote for ratification of the SALT II Treaty in its present form. A member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Lugar also expressed concerns about the effect of decisions by President Carter on the ability of the United States to defend itself against attack by the Soviet Union. Lugar told 4 Mail-Journal Publisher Arch Baumgartner Tuesday he had had a busy day, holding the press conference in Indianapolis and visiting a PBS station there; having lunch with the mayor of Rochester and candidates in the Fulton County city. visiting Republican Headquarters in South Bend; and holding press conferences in both South Bend and Warsaw prior to arriving in Syracuse. Lugar told Baumgartner his feelings on SALT II and the Russian’s take it or leave it policy, noting he would vote against it. Lugar also said he was not in favor of rationing of gasoline, stating he felt the supply and demand would take care of itself .He said he felt there is a real shortage of crude and the summer and winter allocations were important factors. His Indianapolis statement follows: “The United States Senate has a Constitutional duty to ‘advise and consent’ before a treaty signed by the President is ratified. As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I am preparing for extensive hearings on the SALT II Treaty beginning on July 9 and ending with final action by the committee planned for September 25. In addition, I will be prepared for debate on the Senate floor which is scheduled for October and may consume the remainder of 1979. “Unfortunately, the debate is in danger of being concluded before it really begins. Soviet Foreign Minister -Andrei Gromyko, in a news conference on June 25, underscored statements made by Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev during a dinner with President Carter on June 17, when Brezhnev said that any attempt to revise the SALT II Treaty could lead to grave and even dangerous consequences’ for Soviet-American relations and for the whole world. “Gromyko added that changes advised by the Senate would mean the end of all SALT negotiations. He stated, ‘I tell you frankly, it is impossible to resume negotiations.’ Gromyko added ‘lt will be the end of negotiations ... the end ... No matter what amendments would be made, it would be impossible on the basis of these amendments to open negotiations ... a fantastic situation.’ y “President Carter has not refuted Brezhnev or Gromyko. he has argued that the SALT II Treaty has been a . closely and carefully negotiated document which would not permit substantial change by the United States Senate. Furthermore, he has stated that the rejection of SALT II by the Senate could be considered a ‘war-mongering’ attitude by other nations. “The Prsident’s challenge to the Senate to take it or leave it must be met with a strong response before the debate on SALT II begins. As the treaty now stands, it will not reduce the danger to the security of our country which many years of Soviet military buildup has

produced. We are not endangered because a Soviet-U.S. arms race has been in progress. We are in danger because President Carter has unilaterally killed the B-l bomber program, killed the deployment of the neutron bomb, and delayed development of the MX missile system for two and a half years. Only in the last few weeks has the Carter Administration discovered that the Soviets might still have world dominance as part of their planning, and the President has scurried about assuring critics of SALT II that an MX missile will be built to assure the defense of our ICBMs. • “Most Americans have assumed that our land-based ICBMs, the major strategic defense which we possess, have been and will be safe from a Soviet first strike attack. Many Americans have assumed that, although the Soviets were allowed to build missiles much larger and more explosive than our own, that those missiles lacked necessary acccuracy to blast our ICBMs individually in hardened silos. Unfortunately, the Soviets have large missiles which have been made increasingly more accurate and which do endanger our major ICBM strength. Even now, hobbled by the verification clauses of the SALT II Treaty, the Carter Administration is uncertain of how the MX missile should be deployed if and when it is ready for deployment in the estimated year of 1989. Even as we commence the SALT II debate, we have not made certain that our basic means of resistance is secure, and we are so constrained by the SALT II Treaty that we are tip-toeing around the fundamental decisions which must be made for United States security. “As Senator Howard Baker pointed out last week, disarmament could advance if the United States insisted that the Soviets destroy the 308 SS-18 heavy missiles which, threaten first strike against our ICBMs. Then we would have less need for the MX. a huge retalitatory missile to protect us against the Soviet heavy missiles. “The Carter Administration has condemned the Senate demand for genuine Soviet reduction of heavy missiles, the demand that the Soviet Backfire bomber be counted as a strategic missile carrier — which it surely is, and the demand that the Soviets should not be able to decide what coded telemetry is to be heard by us and what should not be heard — though such telemetry is a major source of intelligence about Soviet weapons tests and activities. The President has said that each and all of these demands represent unacceptable renegotiation which Carter and the (Continued on next page)

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CfiUZIN AROUND OUSE

THE FLOTILLA Road Race is now history, but it proved a major attraction of the Fourth of July week. This paper takes a particular interest in the race, inasmuch as the paper sponsored the event. While the publishers of The MailJournal were shooting for 300 entrants in the two races, the official tally showed that 230 entered. Not bad, when one considers the first race, held a year ago, only drew 64 entrants. No doubt the presence of U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar in this year’s race played a big part in turning out a crowd. This, plus the appearance of veteran runner Richard Shank, state senator who hails from Dunlap. He won first in his age group. Shank, a man with a keen sense of humor, promised state senator John B. Augsburger, who was on hand as an observer, that he would only run on the left side of the County Line Road to be sure he was running only in Elkhart County which he represents. The next day Shank was scheduled for the five-mile Topeka race where he again won in his age group. Senator Lugar, a real running enthusiast, had occasion to greet many runners and lookers-on, and managed to come in 50th in his age group with a time of 24.22 on the 3.3 mile race. Those running behind the senator agreed he’s a hard man to (fetch. But the real winners were the young fry, 14 years of age and under. Take this man’s advice: Don’t try to keep up with them. Those watching the finish line saw these youngsters cross the line early on. Some newcomers to the ranks of runners, including Jerry and Donna Johnson and Ernie Rogers and Bill Little, huffed and puffed their way around the short track, but finished proudly, if behind some of the more seasoned runners. The Chessie train held up number one man on the long run. long enough for four runners to catch him. but he soon outdistanced them when the train passed. Another runner who went almost unnoticed was tall, athletic and handsome Bill Pipp who came home from the east to run and to visit his parents. It’s to the school’s credit that officials and teachers alike took such an active part in the entire affair. Special credit should go to Athletic director Carl Meditch for the weeks of work he did in handling the myriad of details, and to Principal Henry Smith for his cooperation. The word went out after last year’s race: Why were not more, school athletic personnel in the race. This was corrected this year with the following running: Meditch, Smith, and George Vietnami, Hal Traviola, Tony Clouse, to mention a few. Other school personnel, including wives of the above. Marsha Carpenter and Debbie Clingaman, were in there also, doing the tabulation of results. And LoTene Spearman, the school’s record-setting track star, was on hand to shoot off the starting gun again this year.

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BEFORE THE STARTING GUN — U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar, right, with State Senator Richard Shank of Dunlap are checking the pages of The Mail-Journal for starting times for the Flotilla Road Race last Tuesday evening with Arch Baumgartner, M-J publisher. All three men ran the 3.3 mile run... and you can guess who came in last.

The challenge is out now, to increase the size of the pack next year. We understand the torch is being passed to big John Kroh, Bill Beemer and Ted Rogers to suit up and complete at least the short run next year. Also, fire chief Kenny Johnson is challenging acting police sergeant Lou Mediano to run the short track next year. Lou. who quit smoking some time ago, has taken on a few pounds, a trend he will have to reverse in order to become a real competitor. We ll see. ( MRS. ERMA Byland of Syracuse is sharing with us a couple of souvenir cards dated early in this century. Mrs. Byland ran across the cards in a “memory drawer’’ in her home, and says they belonged to her late brother, Guy Nicolai. She thought they might be interesting to Syracuse residents, because many of the class listed are still living in the area. On one card is printed Hecks School, District No. 5, Benton Twp., Elkhart Co., Ind., a building she says is now the Grange Hall in Benton. Dated 1903-1904, listed as Teacher is Lawrence Leer: as Trustee, George M. Young: and as Co. Supt., George W. Ellis. On the other card are the The list .includes Hervey Hentzel, Raymon Juday, Guy Nicolai, Ray G. Ott, Maria Hentzell, Atlee Doremire, Cloy C. Darr, Florence Seese, Grace Harsh, John Darr, Jo Rippey, Harry Juday, Frank Harsh. Also, Hattie Diesch, Mary Sargent, Iva Doremire, Eva Juday. Eldo Myers, Knox Settler, Samuel E. Rippey. Jacob Doremire, John Doremire, Maude Myers, Anna Doremire. Roy Sarjent. Charley Hentzelle and Ira Doremire. (Note the varied spelling pf the names Hentzel, Hentzell and Hentzelle.) THE SYRACUSE Little League, made up of 24 teams of young bill players (about 300 youngsters), has sponsored a chicken barbecue, bologna sales and are pushing the concession stand at Rotary park north of town, in an effort to raise funds to pay for the lighting system and outfit the kids in new uniforms.. The lights will cost SB,OOO and uniforms about $6,000, according' to Ron Roberts, president of the Kiwanis Club of Wawasee and also of the Little League Boosters' Club. Jim Garner is director of the summer athletic activities and is paid by the Lakeland School 4 Corporation. He informs this column that the summer Little League program has been picking up steam and runs roughly from June 1 through July 31. BACK AGAIN this year as The Mail-Journal’s reviewer of Enchanted Hills productions is Wiley (Bill) Spurgeon, longtime summer resident of Wawasee and a former editor and publisher of the Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, an M-J predecessor. Bill is executive editor of The Muncie Star and Muncie Evening Press. He has reviewed plays at Enchanted Hills and its

predecessor Wawasee Playhouse (at the Crow’s Nest) since the 1953 season, missing a few seasons in the early 1960 s when he resided in Kansas. His theater credentials include six years as president of Muncie Civic Theater, one of the state’s oldest and largest, and acting (again, “off and on,” since 1945, when he was in the fifth grade; he was in a leading role for Muncie Civic’s “Night Watch” just this winter.) —o— THERE IS a baker’s dozen at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Jones, who live on the south shore of Lake Wawasee! Kathy Jones’ Labrador Irish setter has produced a litter of 13 puppies, an event which her brother, Scott Jones, says is very rare. The usual litter is about eight or nine, he says. The father of the puppies is a purebred German shepherd. The mother. Windy, is all black and her puppies are various shades of • black and brown. Scott says Windy came to their house in early summer and had apparently been badly beaten, so she was taken to the veterinarian for treatment and tests. Court news MARRIAGE LICENCES The following couple has filed filed for a marriage license in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk, Jean Messmore: Cervantes-Farr Luis Cervantes, P.O. Box 837 Winona Lake and Deborrah Jean Farr, P.O. Box 223 Leesburg CIRCUIT COURT The following claims have been filed in Kosciusko circuit court. Gene Lee, judge: Reciprocal State of Oregon vs Franklin Dewey Kent, P.O. Box 280 Leesburg. Petitioner asks* that respondent be ordered to pay a duty of support of $100; that all payments be made payable to Support Services, Salem. Oregon; and for such other and further relief. COUNTY COURT The following claims have been filed in Kosciusko’County Court, Loren Collier, judgeSMALL CLAIMS Complaint Gordon and Phyllis Sheline, i* 3 Syracuse vs Loretta Jones, r 4 Syracuse. The plaintiff demands judgment against the defendant in the amount of S4OO, for the costs of the action and all other relief proper in the premises. - MARRIAGE DJSSOLUTIONS The following couple has filed for a dissolution of their marriage in the circuit and superior courts. Ernst — Georgia G. Ernst, r 4 Syracuse and James A. Ernst, r 3 box 104 Syracuse. Married October 8, 1972, the couple separated June 25, 1979. The petitioner asks the court for a dissolution decree; appropriate provisional order; attorney fees; equitable division of the property and liabilities and all other relief proper. "God aids him who changes," Spanish Proverb