The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 41, Milford, Kosciusko County, 31 October 1979 — Page 1

■HR -' STEVE MILLER J Town Board Democrat — Ward 1

Tuesday election assured for town offices in Milford

Milford residents will be going to the polls on.Tuesday, Nov. 6, to vote for members of the town board of trustees and a clerktreasurer to serve them for the next four years. This year there are four Democratic and three Republican candidates.

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Syracuse couple Farm Family of the Year

The Joe Hibschman family of Benton Township was honored as the 1979 Outstanding Farm Family by the Elkhart County Agriculture Society. The citation was given at the society’s annual meeting held in Wakarusa last week. Joe and Donna Hibschman have three children: Dee Ann, age 12 and in her fourth year of 4H; Janet, age 10, in her first year of 4-H; and Roger, age eight, a third grader at New Paris Elementary School. The Hibschmans, along with Joe’s parents, Oliver and Kathryn Hibschman, operate “Oneeda Farm”. The dairy operation and Joe and Donna’s home is at the corner of US 6 and CR 35 and across from the Hex Grange. This part of the farm has been owned in the family for three generations. Joe’s parents own 230 acres adjoining this unit and 260 additional acres are rented. • \ The couple has been very active in community responsibilities. Hibschman is master of Hex Grange, and Mrs. Hibschman is junior matron of the Hex Junior Grange, working with young people in the five to 14 year age group. Among other things, Hibschman is president of district 11, Indiana Holstein Association, is on the county D.H.I. board and has been a member for several years of the Elkhart County Extension Board.

Opera is 'big news' in China, miss chance for acupuncture

By ARCH AND DELLA BAUMGARTNER CHANGCHUN, China, Monday, Sept. 24 — It’s Monday and our American tour group is in Changchun (pronounced “Changchoon” and meaning eternal f spring). We arrived here Saturday night byway of our first train ride in China. It was a three-hour ride from Harbin, in what had to be called a comfortable ride. The weather was cool, perhaps in the fifties, when we boarded and when we alighted at Changchun. Each compartment on the train was for six passengers, had cushioned bench-type seats with two over-head. And of course, the compartment had a small table and the customary tea pot and cups. We shared the compartment with Doug and Marion Attaway and Pauline Ilgenfritz and Frances Smitherman, our Shreveport, La., friends.

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1 » ■ ■ JEAN TREESH Town Board Democrat — Ward II

Democratic candidates include Steve Miller, Ward I; Jean Treesh, current town board president, Ward II; Robert Auer. Ward HI; and Gloria Ruch, clerktreasurer. Republican candidates are Joe EStep, Ward II; Barbara

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The Hihschmans have been active in the Syracuse Church of God for three generations. He is Sunday School superintendent, and Mrs. Hibschman is a Sunday School teacher. Both were formerly active in Elkhart County Rural Youth, where they first met. . At Oneeda Farm 50 pure-bred Holsteins are being milked and about the same number of young animals are being raised. An artificial insemination program maintains a superior-type breed and production. The cows are classified by a national association judge and currently are scored 104 points on the entire herd. This herd is one of five herds in Indiana which in 1978 received the National Holstein Association’s “Progressive Breeder Award”. During the past year breeding stock has been sold to Russia, France and Korea. All members of the family are involed in this successful dairy operation. In addition to 4-H calf club exhibiting, the Hibschmans exhibited Holsteins at this year’s Elkhart County and Noble County fairs. At the Kendallville fair they won grand champion female. This year the two Hibschman families have grown 15 acres of wheat, 60 acres of alfalfa, 100 acres of soybeans and 250 acres of corn. They have drying and (Continued on page 2)

We were reminded on our ride from the train station to the Southlake Hotel where we were to stay that Changchun is the capital of Kirin Province, and is situated on the Yitung River in the central part of the Northeast Plain. The city has a population of 1.5 million and is primarily known as the first center of China’s automobile industrv Much of the present city was constructed between 1933 and 1945, when, as part of the Manchurian region occupied by Japan, it was designated the capital of “Manchukuo.” It is characterized by wide, tree-lined avenues and large administrative buildings. In 1953 work on China’s first automobile factory began in Changchun. The plant has since undergone several phases of expansion and now produces trucks and automobiles, including the famous “Red Flag”

® IS & X 1 J&. A ROBERTAUER Town Board Democrat —Ward Hl

Richardson, Ward III; and Maria Lozano, clerk-treasurer. Milford residents will vote at the fire station on Main Street and may cast ballots between 6 am. and 6 p.m. Candidates* Reasons Each -of the candidates was

A ->• ■ ' J* ■Hr W ■EaffTrar ■■■ i iiHK/ TOP FARM FAMILY — The Joe Hibschman family of near Syracuse (Benton Township) was honored by being named Outstanding Farm Family of 1979 by the Elkhart County Agriculture Society at its annual banquet in Wakarusa last Thursday. The children standing with Mr. and Mrs. Hibschman are, from left. Dee Ann, 12; Janet, 10; and Roger, eight. The family has a dairy operation and is active in Grange, 4-H and other community activities.

limousines. The city’s industry also includes machine tools, railway cars, electric motors, textiles, and food processing. There are limited hotel in Changchun, but we are fortunate to be housed in the 114-room foreign guest hotel, the Southlake Hotel. Our guide reminded us several times that the hotel is in the south section of town and on the lake — thus the name Southlake! The grandiose structure was begun in 1958 and completed in 1960, has central heating and is situated on a tract of land of about 50 hectors. Cost per room: double, 30 Yuan per night; single, 15 Yuan per night. The threebuilding hotel is heated by a central oil and coal plant. The grounds are heavily lined with trees, but as everywhere else, no grass. There is a uniformed guard of honor (not a soldier, we were told) at the gate located

GLORIA RUCH Clerk-Treasurer Democrat

asked why he or she is running for the town board or the clerktreasurer’s position. A general consensus was that all wanted to serve the community because it is a citizen’s duty. Individual duties follow; Steve Miller, Democrat. Ward 1

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some distance from the hotel. The big rooms and ample hallways are of hard wood, but covered with beautiful carpets. One has the feeling, however, a rug cleaning would be in order to bring out the natural colors of the rug designs. Our guide, in describing the hotel, told us of the large ballroom and swimming pool on the premises. We decided we would like to see these buildings for ourselves; and to our sorrow we found the ballroom locked with old furniture stored in the entranceway and evident that it had not been used for some time. In the swimming pool area we found an open door, and it was apparent the pool had not been used for some time. At one time it had been a beautiful pool, it was readily apparent, but now is but a place to store wood and in general just a storage area. The pool was Olympic size with

JOE ESTEP Town Board Republican — Ward II

— “I want to develop an interest in the community affairs.” Miller also stated the responsibilities of the office would be new to him. Miller is running unopposed. Jean Treesh, Democrat, Ward II — “I’m running because there are a lot of things I haven’t

No election at Syracuse

This year will mgrk the second time the town oi SyrAruse will not have an election for town board positions. The last election was in 1971 when the Republican candidates were Betty Dust, clerktreasurer; Darrell Grisamer; Tom Prickett; Noble Blocker; Louis Kuilema and Forrest (“Bud”) Smith. The Democratic candidates were Bill Pipp; Billy Cobum; Joe Thornburg; Gerald Bitner; Ralph Hamell; and Elgie Tatman, clerk-treasurer. “There wasn’t anyone sufficiently interested to buck this system,” commented Billy G. Cobum, a Syracuse Democrat. “All those I talked to who were interested talked a lot but no one wanted to do anything. It’s a losing battle, and, according to Coburn, this is the feeling of most of the Democrats. Without any oppositions the Republicans automatically take office January 1. When the Republicans held their caucus on August 16, five of the six nominated were not incumbents. The incumbent nominated was William Hess of Ward IV. During the October town board meeting, Steven Butt of Ward 111 was appointed to the vacant position. Butt was nominated at the August 16 caucus. The new town board trustees and clerk-treasurer will be: Ward I — Clifford Boyer Ward II — Carl Myrick Ward 111 — Steven Butt Ward IV — William Hess _» Ward V — Joseph Morgan-

finished yet that I would like to see completed. ” Robert Auer, Democrat, Ward 111 — “First off, I am just terribly happy being a Milford citizen. I feel there must be some way to make our community even better. I would like to be a part of

Clerk-treasurer — Cynthia Fry Town Officials Clifford Boyer, 45, 112 W.E. Long Dr., is formerly of Goshen. He has lived in Syracuse for the past eight years. His wife is the former Delores Baker. The Boyers have 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. Carl Myrick, 52, has been a resident of Syracuse for the past 37 years and is originally from Illinois. He and his wife, Susan, live at 418 S. Harrison and have three daughters, Amy Matherly, 27; Sara Coy, 22; and Cynthia, 15. Myrick is a 1945 graduate of Fairmont High School, Fairmont, 111. Steven Butt, 32. is a lifelong resident of Syracuse and resides at 449 Medusa St. He and his wife, Beverly, have four children: Kirk Rockenbaugh, Keven Rockenbaugh. Kelly Rockenbaugh and Kristi Rockenbaugh. Butt is a 1965 graduate of Syracuse High School and a graduate of International Business College, Fort Wayne. He is employed at Pilcher’s Shoe Store, Syracuse. William Hess, 62, is a lifetime resident of Syracuse and lives at 125 W. North Street. Hess and his wife, Marilyn, have two daughters and one son, Anita Shumaker and Sandra Haviland, Syracuse and William Hess of Elkhart.

beautiful tile walls, well lighted, and connected by a large hallway to the main lobby of the hotel. We could go wherever we wanted to, so we took advantage of this by walking the grounds. Behind the hotel was a large buildihg which housed the workers and guards (guards of honor). With a friendly “Ni hao” (How do you do) and a smile no one ever questioned what we were doing. ~ Our room is really a suite, consisting of a large sitting room with davenport, two overstuffed chairs, a large desk chair and dresser. The bedroom has a double and single bed, and then there is the bathroom with a large Taft-sized bath tub, with well swept floor but dirty from lack of a good mopping. The main lobby of the hotel is magnificent and the dining room is spacious and heavily win(Continue cm page 2)

Sb*, -s' • X I BARBARA RICHARDSON Town Board Republican — Ward 111

making it happen.” Gloria Ruch. Democrat, clerktreasurer — “I’m running for office because it seems like it would be good experience. I’ll do the best job lean.” Joe Estep, Republican. Ward II — “I believe that when called

Joseph Morganthaler, 47, is a 19-year resident of Syracuse and lives on r 1. He and his’Wife, Janet, have three boys, Michael. 24; Timothy, 21; and Patrick. 16. Morganthaler is a 1950 graduate from South Side High School. Fort Wayne and is the owner of R.V. Wheels America, Syracuse. Cynthia Fry, r 4 Syracuse, will be the new clerk-treasurer and is

Goblins get an early start

Halloween goblins from the Lakeland Day Care Center haunted Syracuse merchants this morning, October 31. The 30 youngsters dressed up in their Halloween costumes and went trick or treating at various stores throughout Syracuse from 9:30 to 11 am. The children also visited the home of Don Tattman. administrator for the day care center. The three and four-year-olds then returned to the day care center for their snack. Supervising the little goblins on their adventure were Carol Hurd, Brenda Vanlaningham, Vicky Walker, Stacy Ward and Suzie Chupp. Editorial If you live in? Milford or North Webster it is your duty to vote next Tuesday, Nov. 6, for the town board members and clerktreasurer of your choice.

I i IkJ JK - TO USE ACUPUNCTURE OR NOT — This was the question that confronted Drs. Young and Chen following their examination of Delia’s bursitic left shoulder. Here our guide Chang serves as Interpreter as the decision is being pondered.

MARI A LOZANO Clerk-Treasurer Republican

upon to serve the town, it’s my duty as a citizen to serve for the interest of the people.” Barbara Richardson, Republican. Ward 111 — “I think every citizen some time or another should run for the town (Continuedon page 2)

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a native of Syracuse. She graduated in 1950 from Syracuse High School. She has four boys, Kevin, 23: Marc. 21; Matt, 18; and David. 15. Mrs. Fry is employed at Thornburg Drugs. Syracuse. Leaving the board will be Paul Isbell, John Cripe. Forrest (“Bud”) Smith, and Betty Dust, clerk-treasurer.

The Lakeland Day Care Center is located in the Calvary United Methodist Church in Syracuse.

Resurface state road 13 through Webster North Webster Town Board President Howard Bemish has received word, via letter, that SR 13 through that Lakeland community will be resurfaced next year. The letter, signed by district engineer Ray L. Hawk and district development engineer Bernard Drerup states the state highway department will receive bids in March of 1980 on the project and the fact the resurfacing design is completed. A total of 2.7 miles will be resurfaced.