The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 31, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 August 1979 — Page 1

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Merchants term Sidewalk Sales at Syracuse successful

Even With the rain on Friday, the Syracuse Sidewalk Days. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, turned out to be a success and sales were increased. The Sidewalk sales were sponsored by the Retail Merchants division of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce. Because of the rain oh Friday morning a number of outside merchants had to close up shop and wait i for the skies to clear. Many merchants, whose sales were inside, said it turned out to be a better day than the other two days of the sale. ' Jean Rogers, co-owner of the Stout Boutique, up town Syracuse, stated her sales were about the same as last year. But she remarked the sidewalk days went great and the final day of the sales turned out nice for those who displayed items outside. Mrs. Rogers feels sidewalk days should have been earlier in the summer. Another town merchant, Mim Speicher. My Store, commented that sales were, “terriffic. I couldn't have hoped for more. We couldn't have handled any more people.’’ Mrs. Speicher s sales were up from last year and they may have had one bigger day the previous year. As for the rain on Friday morning, Mrs. Speicher said it hurt a little, but over all the total sales were not effected. “We had more sales on Friday than the day before and the total was up.” j ; In Wawasee Village sales went just as well, maybe even better. According to Linda Crow, Star Store owner, the sales went just fine, but they would have been , better if the weather was nicer. All in all Mrs. Crow was happy with sales. The only problem she saw was that consumers were not buying summer clothing. Her reasoning for this was because of the back to school items needed. Mrs. Crows sales were up this year and her best day was Thursday because of the sunshine. Marise Smith of Marise’s had clothing sale racks inside and out. She stated that Thursday was a good day for her because of the weather, “rain is too miserable and you normally have to go with the weather.” Joyce Smith, chairman of the Retail Merchants Division, remarked that the sales looked

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FIRE AT GAS FOR LESS — What could have developed into a serious fire was averted at 10:17 a.m. Saturday at the Gas For Less Service Station on road 13 south of Syracuse, when a motorist pulled away from the gas pump while the hose was still in his gas tank. Motorist Benigno Rivera, r 3 Syracuse, thought his gasoline transaction had been completed, although service station attendant Gary Crafton had not disengaged the gas nozzle from his car. As a result, the gas pump was pulled from its mooring and a spark caused it to ignite. Syracuse volunteer firemen were at the fire station at the time preparing for their hog roast when the alarm came in. They rushed to the scene and quickly distinguished the fire. According to station owner Dick Lehman, damage to the pump was about $2,295. He said there is an automatic shut-off at the top of the buried gasoline storage tank that made a major explosion of the tank virtually impossible.

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MCE WEATHER BRINGS PEOPLE — The Syracuse Sidewalk days, sponsored by the Retail Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce, turned out to be a success. Friday sales in some areas were hampered by the rain but on Saturday, buyers were out in full force. Twila Cox. an employee at Tom Socks Sportswear, commented that the store had been very busy considering the weather with the biggest day for the store being Thursday.

like they went great and more comments are expected at the next meeting of the retail merchants. Mrs. Smith stated some merchants are already talking about how’ to improve the sidewalk days next year. Mrs. Smith is the owner of the Country Mouse and the sales at her store went, "really well.” She moved a tremendous amount of summer clothing along with fall styles which are just coming out. As with the other merchants, Friday was not as good as Thursday and Saturday. Hog Roast Syracuse Fire Department held its annual hog roast in connection with Sidewalk days, Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p m. The hog roast is one of the fund raising events sponsored by the fire department. Members of the fire department spent Friday evening preparing the six hogs for the roast. The wives of the members provided some of the food. According to Joe Anderson, second assistant chief, the roast (Continued on page 2)

Roads discussed by Syracuse Lake board

A discussion regarding the need for proper marking of the center lines in the road around Syracuse Lake, including a double line where appropriate, was discussed by the Syracuse Lake Association during the board of directors meeting on Monday, Aug. 13. Also discussed was the need for more speed limit signs and for enforcement of the speed limit. It was decided to contact the proper authorities in order to receive results on the traffic problem. Elect Bowton — Bird Officers elected for the coming year were Kenneth L. Bowton. president and Robert Bird, vice president. Bird was also selected as a representative of the Syracuse Lake Association to serve on the Citizens Advisory Committee of the Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District. This was in response to a request by

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representatives of the sewer district for a nominee for that committee. The next meeting will be held on Monday evening. Sept. 24. Lightning causes power outages Residents in the Syracuse area encountered a storm with a tremendous amount of thunder and lightning late Sunday evening and early Monday morning. ‘'There was no major damage caused by the storm other than power outages. Lightning struck an underground primary line on the County Line Road, near the Maxwelton Golf Course. The 7,200 volt line carries electrical service to the golf course and restaurant. Service was out until after 12 noon, Monday. NIPSCo also reported a number of blown transformers and fuse outages. At the Glen Grady farm, r 2 Syracuse, three-tenths of an inch of rain fell during the night. Reports from the north side of Syracuse showed one-half inch of rain had fallen there. Schools open next Wednesday The Lakeland schools will open their doors next week as classes resume once again. Teachers will report on Monday, Aug. 27, with the first student day being Wednesday, Aug. 29. Teachers will hold inservice meetings on both Monday and Tuesday. Students, with the exception of kindergarten, will have a full schedule of classes on Wednesday. Kindergarten orientation will be held Wednesday and Thursday with kindergarten classes beginning on Friday, Aug. 31. School will not be in session on Monday, Sept. 3, Labor Day. Classes will resume again on Tuesday, Sept. 4.

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Bloodmobile to be in Milford on August 31 The American Red Cress Bloodmobile will be at the Apostolic Christian Church Fellowship Hall. SR 15 Mißord. On Friday, Aug. 31. the bloodmobile wiH be at the hall for blood donations from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Maurice Beer will be in charge of the donor day. * ~

Republicans to meet at Syracuse The Republicans in the town of Syracuse will be meeting in a caucus on Thursday evening, Aug. 23. at 7:30 p.m. according to Susan Myrick, Republican committee chairman. The meeting will be held in the Syracuse Boy Scout Cabin. The Democrat caucus has not been set as yet according to Bill Coburn, Democratic committee chairman. Building, sale topics before Lions Milford Lions continued their discussion in pursuit of an appropriate building as a club meeting room at their Monday night meeting, with Lion Bill Stath reporting for the land and building purchase and evaluation committee. Lion Stath said his committee had several pieces of property under consideration and were doing an evaluation on each one. A property study check list was given out to ask club participation in the evaluation. Consignment Sale Lion Dean Cousins reported on the club’s September 8 consignment sale, noting that items were coming in at a satisfactory rate, but that more items would be needed. The sale, the club's first attempt at such a sale in many years, is to be held at the large animal clinic north of Milford. Grounds, foods and parking committee duties were discussed. Lion Jack Mahr reported on his membership committee, noting that October is membership month, and reminded members of their commitment to double the club’s membership in the coming year. Each member is urged to get at least one new member. A committee made up of Lions Bill Stath, Don Wolferman, Leon Young and W. G. Zehr is to arrange a ladies’ night for October, and a thank you note from Bill Haab was read by president Gervis Schafer for the club’s purchase of his 4-H hog at the county fiar. WATER TO BE SHUT OFF IN MILFORD AUGUST 29 Water in the town of Milford will be shut off for one hour at 1 p.m. next Wednesday, Aug. 29, to allow repairs to be made on the fire hydrant at the corner of Main and Fourth Streets.

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M**' |\ f t §| ■ 9 BBMijW ' wt.~, ~ » i IWBK c : -1m m - m x / ■MBt, ' -A -"'—“Jr v nlpbiSL MILFORD DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES — Candidates fur the three seats »n the Milford town board of trustees and for town clerk-treasurer are shown here. -From left is Robert Auer, for the town board from Ward HI; Mrs. Lark Ruch, for clerk-treasurer; Mrs. (Hen Treesh. incumbent board member seeking re-election to the board from Ward II: and Steve Miller, board candidate from W ard I.

Milford Democrats nominate full slate of candidates

The town of Milford was assured of a fall election for the several town offices when 26 of the town’s Democrats met Tuesday night in the fire station to nominate candidates for the three seats oh the town board of trustees and for clerk-treasurer. Town Democratic chairman Darrell Orn presided over the meeding. Nominated were: In Ward I — Steve Miller Ward II — Jean Treesh Ward 111 — Robert Auer Clerk-treasurer — Gloria Ruch The Candidates Steven Miller is 29 years of age and a lifelong Milford resident. He and his wife, the former Sharleen Kaiser, reside on Schafer Street in Ward I with their two sons: Jason, eight and Jacob, six. Miller is a Wawasee High School graduate with the class of 1969 and is employed at Ralston Purina. Jean (Mrs. Glen) Tneesh is currently president of the Milford Town Board of Trustees and is seeking re-election in Ward 11. She was elected to the board in November of 1975. The Treeshes have four grown children, Mike, Pam (Mrs. James Rummel), Mark and Jon, and make thenhome on West Emeline Street in Milford. Robert Auer, candidate in Ward 111, is also a life-long Milford area resident and comes from a well known local family. At 48, he is a Milford High School graduate with the class of 1948, and is employed at Brock Mfg. Co. He and Mrs. Auer, the former Carolyn Martin of Bremen, reside at 509 West Section Street with their five children: Roxanna, 22: Jeff, 20; Robin, 19: Jay, 15; and Jerry, 14. Gloria (Mrs. Lark) Ruch, the Democratic candidate for clerktreasurer, is the former Gloria Davidhizar of Wakarusa. She graduated from North Wood High School with the class of 1974. She and her husband reside at 405 West First Street. Om and Republican chairman Harold Young agreed the old boundary lines will be extended to include the annexed areas. Ward lines will not be changed at this time, however, a study is to be made prior to the next town election to insure equal representation in each ward. (Note: See accompanying map for boundaries. > Anyone 18 years of age or over by November 6 who has resided in Milford for at least 30 days is qualified to vote in the November

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6 town election, chairman Orn told those at the Democratic meeting. Orn also said persons do not have to be registered to vote

Problems solved by Syracuse board

A problem with the language used in an ordinance concerning hooking onto the town’s water and sewer lines was cleared up when the Syracuse Town Board met Tuesday evening. This was brought about by the additions to Wawasee Heights and the town’s responsibility. Robert Reed, town attorney, varified that the north end has existing sewer lines, to finish complete sewer access to lots approximately 650 feet of materials is needed. There are materials on the site. A total of 735 feet of line is needed to finish water lines Material for this is also there. Currently water lines are on the south side of lots 100 to 107 and down the west side of 100 to lot 97. A lengthy discussion was held concerning who would pay the SI,OOO connection fee and who would pay the surcharge. Paul Isbell, board president, said the board has agreed to the four lots Robert Justus owns and the town is responsible for laying water and sewer lines. The point

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is to get off dead center. The next part of his remark was aimed towards Reed. Isbell questioned. “Is it possible to say, with out jeopardizing to anyone else, the city assumes the responsibility to laying the line?” Following his remarks a summary was made stating the board recognizes the fact the language must be reworded in the ordinance and on a nonprecedent basis in the Wawasee Heights area the town to service remaining lots. The town will incur expenses to complete sewer and water lines. Hook up costs for the property owners will be SI,OOO for the sewer hook up and $125 for the water. The board will be asking the street department to aquire bids for this project. Reed stated he will be writing a letter to the Farmers Home Administration saying the town is making available sewer and water to those lots mentioned. Haskins Problem The btiard again discussed the (Cont inued on page 2)