The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 30, Milford, Kosciusko County, 15 August 1979 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., August 15,1979

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Editorials It ain't news until... “It ain’t news until it has appeared in The Mail-Journal.” This statement was made to us recently by one of our more jocular friends. We laughed, but sort of liked the ring of the statement. We really hadn’t thought of it that way before. While we can’t say it is 100 per cent true (as we would like to), the statement got us to thinking about our real place in the community. To be sure, a lot of work goes into each issue of TJie Mail-Journal, and our reporters try desperately hard to “get the story straight.” This is no easy task when so many facets of almost any major news story needs checking with numerous sources. We strive to make The Mail-Journal a true reflection of the lakes community. Stories about our local people are the life blood of this paper. The old newspaper adage that “names make news” is still valid in our offices. All newspapermen worth their salt have a haunting thought that their next ? door neighbor might die and be buried without their knowing about it until the paper has been put to bed. And so, this brings us to the point of our story. We depend so much on local people to keep us informed. Otherwise, we would be at a crippling loss to get it all and to get it straight. And in this vein, then, together — our readers and our reporters — we can cooperate to make The Mail-Journal an even better local newspaper than it is today. Shop at home, save gas, money Everyone is trying to think how to save money in this day of inflation and gas shortages. An ideal answer is to shop &t home, especially this week end. The Syracuse and Wawasee Village merchants are holding their annual August sidewalk sales on Thursday, Friday and Saturday with bargains galore. Also featured during the week end is a boat show in the Village and a number of clubs, organizations and individuals are planning activities for the young and old alike. . , . f . .. In our opinion it’s a good week end to stay in the area, save money by finding bargains offered by the merchants, enjoy the boat show, Kiwanis Club’s watermelon feast and contest, the dance and other activities planned. Red light, green light Everyone knows what red lights mean — stop! But how many know what green lights stand for? ' . The Milford Emergency Medical Service member recently installed green lights to their cars. Flashing green lights are an indication that EMTs are on their way to help someone and their vehicles should be given the right-of-way. Syracuse EMTs have had green lights on their vehicles for some time. We think these lights are good. The lights speed up response time to emergencies but they only work when people remember to give the right-of-way to the vehicles with the green lights, otherwise they are of no avail. Therefore we are reminding all of our readers to help those people with the green lights, just as if they had red lights, or even the blue lights of the firemen. Wood as a heat source If you have a nearby source of wood, you should consider wood heating for your home. Depending on your heating wood heat may be cheaper than oil, natural gas or electric heat. Wood may be used as your primary or auxiliary heating source. As a heating source, wood may be used in the following ways: — A wood-burning stove with a prefabricated metal chimney can be installed for room heating. — A wood-burning furnace can be added to an existing forced-air heating system. ? — Fireplaces can be adapted to connect a wood-burning stove for room heating. — A working masonry chimney can be modified to supply auxiliary heat. — Solar-heating systems can be integrated with wood-burning equipment. When considering wood as a heating source, be sure to keep in mind the amount you will need and the quality of the supply available. Other factors to be > considered when selecting a wood-burning stove are: Fuel capacity, materials and quality of construction; and installation and maintenance costs. Be sure to secure as much information as possible from your stove dealer and wood supplier before you make a purchase. Corn on the cob August is the month millions of Americans enjoy corn on the cob, though in the last two decades Europeans have learned to eat it, too. Before the war and even in the immediate postwar years, Americans found corn on the cob in Europe only in Vienna, some parts of Italy and in the Balkans. Now one finds it in fashionable restaurants in all the leading countries of northern Europe. Most Americans eat corn on the cob boiled, but in colonial days the favorite method was roasting the ears, in the shuck. Many people still use this method, though nowadays the ears are often wrapped in foil. Some soak unshucked ears in salty water, then roast with charcoal, turning them occasionally. If one boils them, the established time for boiling is five or six minutes. Salt can.be added to the water before boiling or to the com after boiling. Pepper and butter are also applied. In this area where corn is so abundant at this time of the year, if one hasn’t tried roastin’ ears, mouth-watering eating has been missed; and while field corn can be eaten when young, the smaller sweet corn, often late in ripening, is what corn on the cob in August is all about. It’s a peculiarly American dist, stemming from the Indians. Letter of Thanks —

Dear Editor: I wish to express my thanks for the article that was published on my Civil War interest.

What others say — The sun's going, too Typical. Just when earthlings decide to use the sun in a big way, the sun is not as big as it used to be. It is getting smaller all the time. If it keeps on at the present rate, it will disappear before Congress acts on the Carter energy program — that is, in 100,000 years. Or so we are told on the basis of old astronomical records tracked down in various Harvard University libraries. And we hope solar enthusiasts will take the hint. A solar speed-up is evidently urgent. Take 1567. There whs a year. The sun was so big its edges could still be seen during an eclipse that would have been total today. The sun will probably expand again, according to an astronomer who examined the documents. But who wants to wait to find out? Let’s make hay while the sun shines. Get it while it’s hot. — Christian Science Monitor

Please convey my thanks to your reporter. She did an excellent job with the story and showed her worth by expanding the article to include items in the Kosciusko County Museum at

Oswego and also the marker at Oakwood Cemetary Sincerely, Ronald Sharp 406 N. Huntington St. Syracuse,lnd.

Sen. Lugar on the issues Baumgartner $: The Papers Incorporated S P. O. Box 188 £ >•: Milford, Indiana 46542 Dear Mr. Baumgartner: , :$ Thank you for expressing your thoughts on our nation’s $ energy situation. I commend your personal involvement in this X vital issue, and I want to respond in light of President Carter’s recent statements. >•: Prior to the President’s address on energy, I suggested £ several positive steps he could take to increase domestic energy production. I urged the President to end federal controls on $ X gasoline, on oil, and on natural gas. By discouraging investment >j; S in new domestic production, these controls have forced consumers to import expensive and unreliable supplies from X; abroad. Our cheap energy policy has also systematically stifled gasohol, solar energy, and other alternative energy sources, by X; artifically holding down the price of competition, namely oil and ;X ■’< natural gas. I suggested that national energy policy be designed to : : : : X stimulate investment in promising alternatives. I pointed out several ways in which the President could encourage greater g: development of our abundant coal reserves, and called upon the :< President to cut the red tape of environmental regulations, to insure that coal and natural gas can be substituted for scarce oil supplies and that new facilities to produce energy will not be X needlessly delayed. :< Last April, when President Carter announced that he intended to decontrol oil, I expressed my support for his decision X and stated: “I am hopeful that the President will pursue this $• course of action vigorously and not fall back into the kinds of >•: counterproductive controls, taxes, and governmental meddling he has been persuaded to support in the past.” Unfortunately, his remarks in recent days have disappointed that hope. The President’s statements have indicated g that he lacks the courage to give priority to decontrol and chooses instead to emphasize greater government involvement in the energy field. In particular, the President has again g X demanded that he be given power to impose rationing, a step I g strongly oppose. g I will support those proposals of the President which en- ;X courage greater domestic production, and I agree with the President on the need for a windfall profits tax, but with a dis- g X ferent approach. The President wants to use the tax to finance X; between $146 billion and $270 billion in new federal spending on g energy over the next decade. The result will be a huge “wind- x ; fall” for the same bureaucrats whose regulatory schemes £: :$ helped to create the current crisis. I favor a windfall profits tax which would apply to those £ ■X profits not plowed back into new energy development. This kind g X of tax would compel a maximum private sector effort to explore X and produce new domestic energy sources of all kinds. A recent £. g poll showed that this idea, with 62% public support, is preferred g X by the American people over the President’s version and all >•: other approaches. Two Senate subcommittees on which I serve as ranking ;• minority member have taken action to address oui; nation s X energy needs. The subcommittee on Agricultural Research and x £ General Legislation has considered several proposals to spur g gasohol production and use, and I recently gained Senate ap- x proval of SSOO million in federal loan guarantees for gasohol g production. By guaranteeing repayment of loans, the govern- g $ ment can enable private companies to obtain financing for g v construction of gasohol plants. At the same time, recognizing £ X that complete energy independence is not within our grasp, the Western Hemisphere subcommittee has written to President ;< X Carter urging him to assure Canada and Mexico that the United g States will be a dependable customer for increased production $ X of oil and natural gas. g X I appreciate your contribution to the national debate on X; X; energy and I remain hopeful that we can meet our nation s energy needs to insure prosperity and security for generations x •x to come. ‘ ' x ;X Sincerely, X; Richard G. Lugar .

Voice of the people A column on the opinions of the people of the Lakeland area . .. QUESTION: “What's good about the Lakeland area?"

H. C. Colwell Mishawaka (Milford postmaster) “There are recreational facilities, a lot of nice lakes to choose from for whatever you are interested in. The people are super friendly and as different as day and night from where I came from. This mean's a lot to me. You walk down the street and people talk toyou.” Kim Wright P.O. Box 56 Milford (postal clerk) “It’s quiet. There’s a lot of factory work, the schools are very good and there is a lot of recreation for the children.”

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Mrs. Danny Evans Syracuse “It’s my home. It’s a nice quiet little town and it’s my home.” ■■e- fl r " ■ Jr ' ■ < • X *■• ’***’ ? ' Mrs. John McClure Syracuse " </ “I was just thinking as I was walking along that it’s refreshing to have a small village where people try to use what they have and conserve and do not over industrialize and over market. It’s restful.” fo* TL >1 f Steve Butt Syracuse “I just like a small town. I like the lake. I guess it’s the traffic. There’s not the traffic like in a big city.”

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FI ir t - 1 ART FESTIVAL SCENE — BEFORE THE CROWD CAME

ANONYMOUS QUOTE: We used to think of liars as being fishermen, telling about the one that got away. Now they are joggers, telling hbw many miles they ran before breakfast. —o— SOMETHING SPECTACULAR has been going on right here in our own backyard, and we find a lot of people know very little about it. We speak of the Arts Festival at Amish Acres just west of neighboring Nappanee. While a little rain dampened the crowds several times, it didn't keep it from being one of the largest in attendance and participation, according to sponsor LaVern Pletcher and his son Dick. Mr. Pletcher, whose orientation in Nappanee has been in the furniture business founded by his father, has a virtual tiger by the tail. The crowds just kept coming Saturday and Sunday, at times snarling traffic on Highway 6. The senior Mr. Pletcher said the crowd peaked at midafternoon on Saturday to about 10,000 people. He said on Sunday afternoon that they were using a figure of about 60.000 in attendance during the entire Festival. No actual gate count was kept. There were food stands on the grounds and they were kept busy serving all kinds of old-fashioned things like turkey legs, sausage sandwiches, roasting ears — we could go on. A style show by the House Across the Street, another Pletcher enterprise, and an amateur show kept roaming crowds in rapt attention. There were some 196 individual stands where crafts were shown, making up “streets” through which people strolled. While those displaying crafts came from neighboring states, and some as far away as Califorinia. there were also several from right here at home. To be expected was the appearance of talented Barbara Markley from the Syracuse and Milford communities. It was her 11th year at the Arts Festival. Her display is always an attraction. This year her 24-year-old son Mike, “minded the store” for several days. Mike is a bearded and budding artist who has just completed 36 pen and ink sketches, and has hopes of moving into water colors. A street behind the Markley stand was a stand set up by 17-year-old Jill A. Hamell, daughter of Ralph and Evelyn Hamell of 560 North Harrison Street, Syracuse. Jill will be a senior this year at Wawasee High School where she concedes she does her best work in art class. Jill does portrait pencil sketching, preferring to do it from a photograph — “because I have more time to concentrate and perfect.” She was assisted by her dad, Jill was thrilled when we talked to her Sunday afternoon in that she had just sold a pencil sketch of movie star Al Pacino for $35. Bob Stichter of rural Milford, a bricklayer by trade and a builder of rustic clocks by night, had his display of clocks at the Art Festival. He was assisted by his wife, Harriet, in keeping the booth open. When this scribe dropped by Sunday afternoon, Mrs Stichter said her husband had just sold two clocks, and went home to get more clocks. * Frank Greco of near Warsaw seems to be a master of ail trades. Frank sells real estate for Nellans Realtors, worked in their Syracuse office for a time and became well acquainted in Syracuse. Those who know Frank know he’s a good salesman, even see him show up with his three- , piece unit at night spots in the

area. He's truly accomplished at the piano. But none of this at the Arts Festival. Here he was doing some sort of needle work with a metal hook. His cap said. “Frank the Hooker.” He was being assisted by his wife Elaine — she’s secretary at the Kosciusko Community Hospital. A look at the acres of parked cars in the huge field and a glance al their license plates certainly tells one something. Cars came from thrQUghout Indiana and from the several neighboring states to the Arts Festival. Mr. Pletcher said the overflow of cars was parked in their carpet warehouse parking lot to the west of the Festival grounds. —o—THE VOLUNTEER Service Department is proud to announce a new Hair Shop located in the lower level of the Otis R. Bowen Center. This new program has been organized and staffed by volunteers and serves both men and women. To date 40 clients have had their images changed by the new program, which is\a weekly service free to all Bowen Center clients, including partial, inpatient, outpatient and aftercare. —O'WINNER OF this columns Illogical Statement of the Week Award goes to the local tavern owner who said. “I'm tired of paying $1 for a gallon of gas.” yet he charges $1.50 for an ounce of Bourbon whiskey. —o— ON THE desk of Rev. Paul Steele, pastor of the Calvary United Methodist Church, is a marker that reads: “A cluttered desk is the mark of a genius.” Presented to him by his wife Diana, there might be a message here. A LOT of local motorists haven’t gotten used to the stop sign at the corner of South Main and Brooklyn Streets yet. It went up with little or no notice as protection to school children crossing at that corner. The SELF-STYLED journalist Harry Golden writes. “Writing a letter to a newspaper editor is the easiest way to gain prestige in America.” —o— AND THEN. President Carter wrote: “We’ve uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was even in the newspaper business. ” -oTHE THREE-WAY Warsaw mayoral campaign promises to heat up, if a comment by Citizens Party candidate Sam Holbrook is any indication. Holbrook, county sheriff from 1959 to 1966. was superintendent of police for 11 months under Mayor Mike Hodges. “I couldn’t get along with Mike,” is how Holbrook put it to

’LI PLAN RACQUETBALL COURTS — Harlan Steffen is announcing construction of two racquetball courts as an addition to his six indoor tennis courts in Goshen, located behind the Holiday Inn. Opening date: Early September. Evelyn Steffen is club manager and Ron McAdams is the new teaching professional. The Steffens are now sole owners of the facility.

this column following last week’s item here on his entering the race on Wednesday. Aug. 1. “Mikeand I have nothing in common,” Holbrook added. f He is less pointed in his criticism of incumbent mayor H. Dale Tucker, dismissing him with this curt statement: "He talks too much.” Holbrook can’t understand why the Democrats don’t sack their county chairman Stanley Nice. Tucker plans to campaign on his record, and Hodges, seeking an unprecedented fifth term as mayor, will be doing the same thing. . Holbrook was named Indiana Sheriff of the Year in 1963 over 92 other sheriffs in Indiana, and won the Warsaw Lions Club’s Distinguished Service Award in 196:5, for his work in the Winona Lake murder of Mrs. Bolinger. Holbrook already fid's bumper stickers out. as does Hodges, and promises a door-to-door canvass of the county seat. Hodges, at 70. promises to do the same thing. —o— IF YOU were around Lake Waw’asee at dusk Sunday night and looked skyward you probably were entranced with a lowfloating hot air balloon skimming across the lake. The property of a Fort Wayne insurance company, the balloon lowered just south of the county line road, took two young girls aboard, turned on the burners, lifted skyward and floated off into the sunset. -oIN THE office of county auditor Jean Northenor at the court house in Warsaw is a handsome wood replica of the court house, built by 80-year-old Roy Hupp of Plymouth. He presented it to the county commissioners at their August 6 meeting He would like to see it encased in the new court house addition (Note: See page 1 story). Hupp made a similar replica of the Wabash court house. —o— DAVE SMITH, recuperating from open heart surgery, looks askance at the puffing joggers in the community. "They don’t know what harm they’re doing their bodies"’ he reasons. —oTHE (RONALD) Reagan For President campaign effort in Indiana has begun, and Chuck Bebuhr has been named state campaign coordinator. Mr. Bebuhr has been working in the administration of Mayor Hudnut. His political experience includes organization work for Mayor Hudnut and Senator Lugar, as well as Campaign Coordinator for Marjorie O’Laughlin, presently Clerk of Courts of the State of Indiana. Mr. Bebuhr presently serves as a precinct committeeman in Indianapolis. At the moment polls show Reagan as the GOP front runner for president. —o— NOBODY. IN this area is watching the saga of the Mexican (Continued on page 5)