The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 34, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 September 1979 — Page 1

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VOLUNTEERS RAISE THE ROOF — Volunteers have helped raise the roof on the Milford Fire Station. The new gable roof was placed over the 20-year-old built up flat>roof over the week end. The gable roof will need less maintenance and last 15-20 years. Assistant chief Max Duncan stated that with volunteers working as laborers the cost has turned out less expensive then anticipated. In the above picture a-number of volunteers are laying the numerous sheets of plywood to the trusses before the work of shingling can even start. With the help of Alvin Haab. a fork lift was used from Brock Manufacturing Incorporated. Fire Chief Bill Leemon states most of the work should be completed by the end of the week.

Volunteers in action

Fire station roof near completion reports fire chief to Town Board

By TERRI CHILCOTE “We have some r&al workers in this town," reported Fire Chief Bill Leemon to the Milford Town Board Monday, Sept. 10, regarding the progress made on the new fire station roof. About 40 volunteers worked on the roof last Saturday, Sept, 8. The gable ends are all that remain to be finished and that is expected to be completed this week. “It shows we have community spirit," commented Town Board President Jean Treesh. Van Buren Township Trustee Walter Wuthrich voiced his objections to the tire contract between the township and the Town of Milford which splits fire funds from Jefferson Township on a 65-35 basis. Under the contract, the Town of Milford receives 65 per cent ot the Jefferson Township fire protection funds and Van Buren Township receives 35 per cent. Wuthrich believes the split is unfair, because Milford recently annexed new areas and will receive additional taxes from the annexed areas. Board member Dr. T. A. Miller pointed out that due to the state imposed tax levy freeze, the taxes collected from the annexed areas will not increase the town s budget. The discussion ended in a deadlock. Milford Town Attorney Tim Blue reported he had looked into unsafe building statutes of other communities and will have a similar ordinance drafted by the October board meeting. He explained that such an ordinance would involve some additional cost to the town and a “substantial administrative burden." He said a building commissioner

'Pat' McCarty named 1979 Realtor of the Year

Edwin (“Pat”) McCarty, a prominent lakes area realtor, won the distinction of being named 1979 Realtor of the Year by the Kosciusko Board of Realtors, and as such was presented with a handsome plaque commemorating the occasion. The plaque will rest in a prominent place in his realtor office at his Lake Wawasee home. McCarty is a resident of r 2, box 153, Syracuse. Ik The presentation was made at a regular meeting of the prestigious county realtors’ association at the Wagon Wheel at Warsaw on Wednesday, August 22.

Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)

would probably have to be appointed to enforce the ordinance. An unsafe building ordinance is needed to tear down two condemned buildings jn Milford. Town Marshal David Hobbs reported the squad car will not pass inspection with its present tires. He said he can purchase four used tires from Bean's 76 Station for SSO plus installation

Energy conservation, handicap regulations are beard concerns

By DEBFOX The board members of the Lakeland Community School Corporation reviewed a list of items which have been suggested by Everett I Brown Company, for energy conservation and handicapped regulations. The total for all schools suggested would cost the corporation $533,781. The board felt that the work could be done by local workers for a lesser cost. Members of the board walked through the Syracuse Elementary. Junior High and WaWasee High School. During the tour a list of areas which could be improved for energy conservation and the handicapped was made. Don H. Arnold, school superintendent, stated these projects will be for next summer and all money for these areas will be taken from the cumulative building fund. A major concern of the board was spending a large amount of money on the Milford Junior High because of the possibility of having to build a new school in five years. Arnold stated nothing

costs. Although the tires are not new. Hobbs stated ..they should last until the beginning of the year when the town plans to buy a new squad car. Hobbs also reported the car needs a new carburator. He is presently getting only 5.6 miles per gallon because of the worn out carburator. The board voted to buy the used tires and install a

as far as a new building is concerned will be done until after 1983 when the high school is paid for. Below is a list and cost for suggested renovations to the schools: At Milford Items at the Milford Elementary school included: the boys’ restrooms should have two toilet partition walls moved, add two grab bars to water closet, raise water closet seat and add two grab bars to one urinal. In the girls’ restrooms, suggestions included, the combination of two water closet stalls into one handicapped stall by removing one water closet and one partition, turn one water closet 90 degrees, add two grab bars, raise water closet seat and add a 34" stall door and one panel. The estimated cost, which Arnold stated was figured on union wages, is $4,960. The gymnasium, which includes a total of 2,400 square feet, would need to have the existing buckled wood floor removed and have it replaced with tile or concrete at the cost of $14,580.

Gary Salyer, the 1978 Realtor of the Year was on hand to make the presentation. Rule Os Measurement A rule of measurement that won the coveted award for McCarty includes his adherence to and furtherance of the cause of effective relations among fellow realtors and the promotion of realtors to the general public. McCarty has been active on local civic affairs, the county state and national board of realtors, and is an active investor, developer and appraiser of real estate. He is past president of the Lakeland Kiwanis Club, as well as a past director,

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new carburator in the squad car. In the board’s final action, it voted to purchase a quick release pump for $3,600 for the new sewer line to be installed in the northwest section of town. The pump had not been in the original plan. The Milford Town Board meeting concluded at 9 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for October 8.

Windows in the school are large areas of glass block windows and it was suggested that the win dows be covered on inside of the classrooms with a layer of insulation and a finished surface such as vinyl covered drywall. The cost for approximately 2,880 square feet of work would be $27,500. The temperature control renovation would cost SI,OOO and the reroofing of five areas, a total (Continued on page 2)

Milford stabbing

A Warsaw man was stabbed in Milford Monday, Sept. 10. Frank Hernandez, 29, of 411 Lion Street, Warsaw, was stabbed with a knife by one of three subjects behind Main Street by the railroad tracks between Emeline and Catherine streets. According to Milford Town Marshal David Hobbs, the stabbing resulted from “some kind of argument.” Identity of the subjects is unknown.

and a past director of the Syracuse Development Corporation. He is a member of the Ligonier Elks Club, the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is a member of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce and the Indiana Society of Chicago, and Democratic precinct committeeman of precinct 6, Turkey Creek township. He is a member of the Kosciusko County Democratic Central Committee, past president of the Kosciusko Board of Realtors, past director of the Kosciusko Board of Realtors and a director of the Indiana Association of Realtors.

Earleen Fisher Tatro safely back in her Cairo, Egypt home

Earleen Fisher Tatro, the Associated Press reporter and daughter of Donna and Noble Fisher of Milford, who was unceremoniously kicked out of Iran just over a week ago with her AP reporter husband, Nicholas, was reported to be back at her home in Cairo, Egypt, after what was thought to be a dangerous altercation with the Khomeini government in Iran. The Tatros made international news when their visas to Iran were abruptly cancelled and they were given 48 hours to leave the strife-torn country. Mrs. Fisher related the safety of her daughter and her husband before a group of Milford Senior Citizens at the Milford fire station Sunday afternoon when she spoke on a recent trip she and her husband made to Cairo to visit Col. Gray tells of Micronesia The island of Micronesia in the Southwestern Pacific was the topic of Colonel Joseph Gray, Syracuse, guest speaker for the Lakeland Kiwanis Club, North Webster, on Monday, Sept. 3. East year Col. and Mrs. Gray took a vacation where some of the hard fought battles of World War II with the Japanese took place. During the war Col. Gray was on active duty with the Marine Corps in this area of the Pacific. The colonel is now retired. On their tour the Grays visited several of the Marshall and Caroline Islands. Slides were used to help describe some of this area where he was stationed during the war and he explained conditions at the present time. Harbors with sunken Japanese ships and airstrips of the war are still in use. Slides also showed abandoned military equipment. Gray explained that in 1945, jeeps were the only passenger vehicles seen on many of these islands. Today Toyotas and Datsuns are the most common means of transportation. Types of construction were illustrated and the tourists found their accomodations were limited, but clean and comfortable. In some of the islands the only kind of fresh water was processed rain water. Phil Hoy. Lakeland Kiwanis Program Chairman, introduced Col. Gray for his address to the club.

After receiving the stab wound, Hernandez drove his car to his Warsaw home and his wife took him to Kosciusko Community Hospital where the investigation took place. The County Sheriff Department received report of the stabbing at 9:53 p.m. Hobbs and County Patrolman Roger Fellows are the investigating officers. Anyone with information about the incident should contact Hobbs or Fellows.

her daughter. Called From London Mrs. Tatro called Milford from London last W ednesday night and spoke to her brother Rex, then on Thursday called again and spoke to her parents. She assured them she and her husband were “safe but tired,” and, according to her mother, a little shaken over the entire affair. Mrs. Fisher allowed as she and her husband went through several sleepless nights wondering about the safety of her daughter and her husband. They flew from London back to Cairo, but have plans of applying for visas to return to Iran. Both Mr. and Mrs. Tatro have caned a considerable reputation sor e themselves as reporters and observers in the ongoing Mideast areas of tension.

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LIONS SALE SUCCESSFUL — Dean Cousins, r 2 Milford, chairman of the Milford Lions Club's committee that spearheaded the club’s first annual consignment auction, said early this week he was "definitely pleased” with the sale, in terms of the amountof merchandise offered for sale and the number of registered buyers. The sale was held at the Milford Large Animal Clinic on road 15 north. Lion Cousins said there was a good and varied number of items offered for sale. The auctioneering services of Lee Beer and Everett Rookstool, volunteered for the sale, helped to make the sale a success, according to Cousins. Club members also operated a food stand at the sale. While no early accounting of the sale was made, until all the outstanding bills are in. Cousins said the sale was sufficiently successful to guarantee that the sale will be held annually.

Recover body of teenager

Scuba divers recovered the body of 16-year-old Steven Dale Ryman, r 2 Syracuse, from Lake Wawasee at 1:54 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, ending a two-day search. The boy’s body was found in eight feet of water on the west side of Lake Wawasee about 500 feet from Macy’s Slip. Listed as an accidental drowning, Ryman had received a fractured skull and deep head lacerations when he fell off the boat he was operating and struck his head on the propeller. Ryman and Troy Minnix, 16, of

r \IIORS* M IrSik. 4(!W> ■- 1 ll 1R .m! wHIMi MAKING PRESENTATION — Presenting the 1979 Realtor of the Year plaque to “Pat” McCarty is Gary Salyer, 1978 Realtor of the year of the Kosciusko Board of Realtors, shown on the right. From left are Phil Beer, president of the Kosciusko Board of Realtors; Molly Warren, executive officer of the board; and Delbert Ludlow of Indianapolis, president-elect of the Indiana Association of Realtors.

The Tatros arrived in Tehran August 28. both accredited by the Associated Press. Soon a government official said AP stories reported on Sunday and Monday (a week ago) between government forces and Kurds, centered on the Kurdish city of Mahabad, were “basically untrue.” It was never noted that the stories called “untrue" were the product of the Tatros, but they were given 48 hours to pack their bags and leave the country. It was then that they left for London from which point they called their Milford parents. Dr. Ali Behzadnia, foreign press chief of the Ministry of National Guidance, said the AP could apply at the Iranian Embassy to accredit a new correspondent to be posted in Iran. “We are not closing the AP

Syracuse, alledgedly stole two Viking deck boats owned by Gaylord Jones, 34 North Shore Drive, and Stanley Myers, 140 North Shore Drive, both of Syracuse, on Tuesday, Sept. 4. According to county police, the boys drove the boats into Macy’s Slip, and, as Ryman made a Uturn, his boat struck the rear of Minnix’s boat. Minnix said he saw Ryman fall out of the boat. The youth looked around for a few minutes but could not find his companion. He went home and returned with his older brother to search for the missing boy. When

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forever,” he said. “We are unable to verify the reports, and the government has denied them totally," he said. He also criticized the “general tone” of AP reporting. He would not elaborate, saying he was not obligated to give further explanation of his government ’s decision. In New York, the AP issued a statement saying: “We are not aware of any inaccuracies in our reports from Iran As the government requested, we will apply for new visas at the Iranian Embassy in Washington. We welcome that government's assurance that this is a temporary action. However, we regret very much this unfortunate disruption of coverage of a major story of worldwide significance."

he wasn’t found, the brothers returned home believing Ryman had made it to shore and gone home. Nearby resident, Mrs. Robert Ruth, r 4 Syracuse, had heard the boats collide and notified the Syracuse Police Department. Investigating officers found a portion of the missing boy’s clothing wrapped around the propeller of one of the boats. Diving operations were started about 4:30 Tuesday afternoon and were halted around 7 that night. The search resumed at 10:30a.m. (Continued on page 2)