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REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR SYRACUSE — Candidates were chosen for the five Syracuse trustees and the town clerk-treasurer. Shown from left to right are: Clifford Boyer, Ward 1; Carl Myrick. Ward 11: Cynthia Fry. clerk-treasurer: Steven Butt. Ward HI; and William Hess, Ward IV. Candidate Joseph Morjlfanthaler is show n in the above inset for W ard V.

Syracuse Republicans nominate for town offices

/ Replacement candidates for /the Syracuse town board were nominated by 42 Republicans at the Republican caucus, Thursday evening, Aug. 16. The meeting was held at the Scout Cabin and chaired by Susan Myrick. The positions of town trustees and clerk-treasurer were the main topic of the evening. Current trustees, Paul Isbell, John Cripe and Forrest Smith, have announced they will not run for re-election. William Hess, who was recently appointed, will be the incumbent in the November race. Betty -Dust, clerk-treasurer, also announced she will not seek re-election. Nominated were: Ward I — Clifford Boyer Ward II — Carl Myrick Ward 111 — Steven Butt Ward IV — William Hess Ward V - Joseph Morgant haler Clerk-treasurer — Cynthia Fry Candidates Clifford Boyer, 45, formerly of Goshen, has lived the past eight years in Syracuse. Boyer and his wife, the former Delores Baker, live in Ward I at 112 W. E. Long Dr. The couple has three sons, and one daughter, Clifford 111,26; Robin, 25; Jenny, 19; and Cam 17. Boyer is a 1951 graduate of Goshen High School and is employed at Star Agri Products, Goshen, 1 Carl Myrick, 52, originally

Single-tracking of RR line causes traffic problems thru Syracuse

By BILL SPURGEON The summer just ended may not have been a spectacular one for sunworshippers, skiers and sailors in the Syracuse area, but for sidewalk superintendents of a certain persuasion, it has no recent parallel. Area railroad buffs have had more or less a field day as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (a part of the Chessie System, but still very much the B&O) has engaged in a major rebuilding of its tracks. Not only has the project brought a variety of specialized railroad equipment to the area; it has also caused railroad traffic jams the likes of which have not occurred locally since the line through here was first double-tracked in 1915. One of the reasons for the traffic jam is that the line is no longer double-tracked, even though it appears to be through Syracuse. Much of the second main line

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from Illinois, has been a resident of Syracuse for the past 37 years. He and his wife, the former Susan Kroh. live at 418 S. Harrison, in Ward 11. The Myricks have three daughters. Mrs. Amy Matherly, 27; Mrs. Sara Coy, 22; and Cynthia Myrick, 15. He is a 1945 graduate of Fairmont High School, Fairmont, 111. Steven Butt, 32, the youngest candidate nominated, is a lifelong resident of Syracuse. He lives at 449 Medusa St. in Ward 111. He and his wife, the former Beverley Vance, have four children: Kirk Rockenbaugh, Kevin Rockenbaugh, Kelly Rockenbaugh, and Kristi, Rockenbaugh. Butt is a 1965 graduate of Syracuse High School and graduated from International Business College, Fort Wayne in 1968. He is working at Pilcher's Shoe Store, Syracuse. William Hess, 62, is the incumbent in the race, serving on the board since July 30, and a lifetime resident of Syracuse. He filled the vacancy created by Darrell Grisamer. He lives at 125 W. North Street in Ward IV. Hess and his wife, the former Marilyn Shrout, have two daughters and one son, Anita Shumaker and Sandra Haviland of Syracuse and William Hess of Elkhart. Joseph Morganthaler, 47, has lived in Syracuse for 19 years. He and his wife, the former Janet Nichter, live at r 1 Syracuse and

have three boys, Michael, 24; Timothy. 21; and Patrick. 16. Morganthaler graduated from South Side High School, Fort Wayne, in 1950. He is the owner of R. V. Wheels America, Syracuse. Running for clerk-treasurer is Cynthia Fry, of r 4 Syracuse. She is a Syracuse native and graduated from Syracuse High School in 1950. She has four boys, Kevin. 23; Marc, 21; Matt, 18; and David, 15. Mrs. Fry is employed at Thornburg Drugs, Syracuse. Her father, Ray R. Frevert, served on the town board in the 1940's and was th.e town board president at one time. Others helping with the caucus were. Bob Insley, vice chairman; Roxanna Hadley, secretary; Charlene Knispel, treasurer; Ron Sharp, election commissioner; and Betty Dust, Jack Vanderford and Frank Putt, members. Bomb threat at Maple Leaf Farms Maple Leaf Farms. Inc., r 1 Milford, received a bomb threat by telephone on Wednesday, Aug. 22, around9:ssa.m. State Police officers responded to investigate the incident. No objects were found after the police searched the duck processing plant. The bomb was supposed to explode at 1 p.m. There was no explosion.

was taken up .around 1960, when dispatching was turned over to a device called Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) enabling a dispatcher in Akron, Ohio, to shuffle trains on lines all the way to Chicago. Sections of the former second track remain (from Bremen to just west of Nappanee; from Milford junction to 244 miles east of Syracuse) and they are used as elongated passing tracks, to allow trains to take the siding for other going in the same or another direction. The benefit to the railroad is that it does not have as many tracks to maintain or on which to pay property taxes. A problem exists in the case of track work on the single-ttacked lines, however, for there is no place to reroute the trains: they must wait. A good bit of this waiting has been evident in Syracuse this summer, when the trackwork was taking place on the single-track section east of Wawasee

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29,1979

Suit filed against Lakeland School Corp.

A suit has been filed with the Kosciusko County Circuit Court against the Lakeland Community School Corporation and the Board of School Trustees by Judith Zile of Silver Lake. Mrs. Zile. a former special education teacher at Wawasee High School, was informed last spring her teaching contract for 1975M980 would not be renewed. • The court records show School Superintendent Don Arnold informed Mrs. Zile by letter on April 11 she had been included among those teachers whose

Syracuse, Milford town boards set 1980 budgets

Budget hearings were held by the Syracuse anch Milford town boards Monday evening, Aug. 27. The 1980 budgets were approved by each board after no discussion was presented by the townspeople. At Syracuse, the board approved the 1980 budget with the total of $556,429 for all funds. With this approval, the proposed property tax levies of $10,156,050 will remain as proposed. Levies are $2.01 for the general fund; motor vehicle highway fund, $.81; bond and interest redemption fund, $.01; and the cumulative fire equipment fund, $.Ol. The total levies are $2.84. Syracuse Board President Paul Isbell said he has received negative feedback regarding a previous board decision to improve the alley at Fourth Street and the old lumber yard boundary line. In light of that feedback, Isbell changed his vote Orthopedic surgeon to practice at KCH Dr. Thomas M. Krizmanich, an orthopedic surgeon, has announced plans to set up practice in Warsaw sometime in December and to practice at the Kosciusko Community Hospital. This announcement was made Monday night before the board of directors of nJKCH by hospital administrator Milton Holmgrain. Dr. Kirzmanich is a native of South Bend and a graduate of the Indiana University Medical School at Indianapolis. He is completing his residency at the Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.

through Cromwell. Westbound trains would wait in line at Kimmell, in Noble County; eastbound trains would wait here. As many as two or three long trains might be tied up here end of the day, eastbound: one stretching from the Wawasee Golf Course back to the Wawasee Boat Company; another from there back across the Syracuse-W’awasee channel; perhaps a third in Syracuse west of Huntington Street. Motorists’ tempers in some cases became frayed, until trains could be split to keep street and highway crossings open. Train crews would climb down from locomotives and cabooses and visit in the warm summer afternoons. The trackwork has involved replacing a number of wooden crossties, those creosoted “sleepers” that keep the rails in place. A crosstie lasts maybe 40 years and a lot of them are needed: they occur less than a normal walking stride apart. (Continued on page 2)

retention was being questioned. On April 12. Mrs. Zile requested by letter that she be told why her job was in jeopardy. Arnold responded April 18 with reasons for the potential non-renewal of her contract. On April 27. she was informed that her contract would not be renewed. Mrs. Ziie asks to be re-instated as a semi-permanent teacher. $5,000 compensatory damages. SIO,OOO punitive damages, the cost of the action and. if appropriate, back pay. * Mrs. Zile and Arnold declined comment on the suit.

from improving the alley to leaving it as it is. The remaining town trustees kept their votes unchanged. The board will view the situation, and a final decision will be made at the next regular board meeting. The Milford Town Board approved its 1980 budget with the total of $138,810 for all funds. The proposed property tax levies of $3,380,310 will remain as proposed. The levies are $2.07 for the general fund; $.75 for the cumulative sewer fund; and $.32 for the park fund. The Milford board also decided to raise the clerk-treasurer bond from $4,000 to $5,000. On Thursday evening. Aug. 30, a budget hearing will be held by the Lakeland Community Schools in the administration building. Syracuse woman returns from trip Mrs. Melba Gardner of Milford returned on Saturday evening to her Milford home. She had been visiting her- son Jack and his family at Lawton. Oklahoma for two weeks. She also spent a week visiting relatives in Ohio. Mrs. Gardner has had an eventful summer. Earlier in the season she was entertained at the home of her nephew, John and his son at Waubee Lake, in honor of her birthday. Guests at the occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gardner of North Fort Myers, Florida; Mrs. Carolyn Racco of Port Charlotte, Fla.: Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Gardner and daughter Connie of Luckey. Ohio: Mr. and Mrs. George Russell and sons Jason and Matthew of Defiance, Ohio and Mr. and Mrs. John Gardner, Sr. and Mrs. Agatha Charlton all of Milford.

1— * ijWW * if ' ; m ■ jpM REPORT EOR CLASSES — If these Wawasee High School students seem to be in a hurry to get to their classes this morning, the first day of school, it's because a slight drizzle came down as buses unloaded their cargo from the three communities that make up enrollment at the school. From left in this photo are Ann Day. Tim Crum. Shari Boyd. Andy Wysong, Chris Underwood, Larry Flannery and Rhonda Elias.

Students march to school this morning

By ARCH BAUMGARTNER Students in the Lakeland School Corporation went off to school this morning, generally with a smile on their faces, in spite of a slight drizzle. . According to Wawasee High School principal Henry Smith. “We had no problems. Everything went off smooth as silk.” He was talking, of course, of the unofficial count of 1,001 students who made up the firstday enrollment at the big high school at the southwest edge of Syracuse. Smith’s count was as follows: Seniors — 247 Juniors — 257 Sophomores — 249 Freshmen — 248 Enrollment Up Principal Smith said the high school’s enrollment is up 50 to 60 students over early predictions, a fact that made him and school administrators happy. Why the increased enrollment, when other schools — almost throughout the nation — were declining? Principal Smith said it indicates, first, a growing community, and. second, a good, progressive school program. The decline in babies bom due

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to war-time pressures is one factor; another is emphasis on family planning, he pointed out. Students Coming Home Principal Smith said there are a number of students . who dropped out of school who are now returning to complete their high school education. "And we’re welcoming them." he pointed out. “If a student wants to learn, we have the teachers who want to teach them.” principal Smith said. Today (Wednesday) serves as the first full day of school at the corporation’s several schools. Pre-registration was held last week. At the high school, seniors were pre-registered on Monday, juniors on Tuesday, sophomores on Wednesday, and freshmen on Thursday. School officials refer to this ongoing program as “preregistration,” and call it “very practical.” Then, cm Monday and Tuesday of this week, teachers met for pre-school planning. On Monday departments met to plan their courses, and on Tuesday there was administration orientation and further planning. It all made for a smooth opening day for school today.

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Other Schools There is every indication that the first day of school at the Milford. North Webster and Syracuse elementary and junior high schools went off equally well, but enrollment figures for these schools were not known this morning. These figures will be announced in a follow-up article next week. WEBSTER WOMAN BOOKED Molly Jo Whitley, 22, SR 13 North Webster, was booked on a warrant from the county court on a charge of check deception, Class A misdemeanor. She was released on a bond for SIOO. I n4\i‘ mlooci pressure