The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 41, Milford, Kosciusko County, 31 October 1979 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., October 31,1979

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Editorials It's your duty to vote! If you reside in Milford, North Webster, or any other town where an election is scheduled for next Tuesday, Nov. 6, it is your duty to vote. Milford residents will be voting a i the fire station on Main Street between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. and North Webster residents will be voting at Camelot Hall during the same hours. It is the right and duty of every American to study the candidates and then to decide who the best job and vote. You say your vote will only be cancelled by your husband or wife, so what! At least you’ve each voted. You’ve exercised your American right. You’ve said, “This may not be a perfect way but it is the best way and I want to keep my right to make a choice.” Vote on November 6! Don't miss your chance — SWAP SWAP (Switch with a Parent) Day will be held at Wawasee High School Thursday, Nov. 15. Parents and any other interested adult in the Lakeland Community School Corporation are encouraged to exchange places with a high school student and attend classes. If you are asked to SWAP, don’t miss your chance, do it! It’s a great opportunity to see the high school in action. This exchange is intended to give adults an opportunity to see Wawasee High School jn operation, provide the opportunity to learn about individual courses outlines and objectives, and enable them to better understand the educational opportunites available to students. Anyone interested in participating should contact a Wawasee High School student or call the Wawasee Central office prior to November 15. November, 1979 The Wind From the North Is Strong and Proud, And He Pounds On My Door In A Fashion Loud — —Anne Lowler November, ninth month of the old Roman calendar, is the birthday month of five U. S. Presidents and the month in which President John F. Kennedy was assassinated (the 22nd, in 1963). It’s also the month in which the Allies invaded North Africa (the 7thJ1942) in World War II and in which World War I ended in 1918 (November 11),/ The 2nd is the birthday of both James Polk, 11th President and Warren Harding, 29th President. Harding, a relatively recent President, was born in Morrow County, Ohio, in 1865, the oldest of eight children. He was first a newspaper man, buying a Marion, Ohio, weekly for S3OO. At his death it was a daily and a valuable property. He served in the state legislature and as Lieutenant Governor and was then defeated in a gubernational race. He nominated William Taft at the Republican convention in 1912 and two years later was elected to the U. S. Senate. In 1920, he was nominated by the Republicans and elected President. However, he failed to survive his term, dying after a trip to Alaska, which he had promised to make in his campaign, in 1923. On the 6th. in 1789, the Pope appointed the first American Catholic bishop, John Carroll of Maryland. At that time there were no Catholic schools in the United States and Carroll was educated in France and consecrated bishop in England. On the 15th, in 1777, a committee of the Continental Congress, which had adopted the Declaration of Independence, reported out the draft of the Articles of Confederation — the first constitution of the new nation; it provided for a perpetual union. This draft was changed, in 1787, and there was controversy until the Civil War whether or not States were in a perpetual union under terms of the 1787 Constitution. Clean air and discipline A meaningful test for Congress and the Ameican people at this moment in U. S. history is whether they will exhibit the self-discipline to insist on clean air to breathe and on energy conservation to get it. <* Already cities such as Los Angeles, Tampa and many in the industrial basin in the north and east are foul-smelling, unhealthy areas to live in. Whereas many European and some American cities have cleaned up their air (London is a good example), today’s sharply mounting danger is that the nation will be persuaded to relax air pollution standards so much that all the gains of recent years will be lost. The argument that air standards must be relaxed to lessen our dependence on oil and to enable us to use more coal is an appealing argument. And in some ways, and in some places, air pollution standards should be lowered, temporarily. But no wholesale assault on clean air standards and no wholesale abandonment of the goal is justified. If the American people discipline themselves in the use of oil and find ways to utilize other energy sources, the air we breathe can be kept reasonably clean. That is the sensible path. The subtle but enormous cost in health and lives lost from polluted air is still not fully appreciated. But enough is known to warn us that abandonment of the goal of clean air will mean the forfeiture of many American lives in the decade ahead and afterward. What others say — A popular game In recent years more and more Americans are engaging in transactions that net no one a real profit. They do this in order to avoid paying taxes on as much of their income as possible. This is the finding of a recent Time magazine article entitled “Take Cash and Skip the Tax.” The report goes on to say, “So many people are fed up with inflation and high taxes that they no longer feel morally obligated to obey tax laws.” The piece chronicled several ways in which people “earn ’ income but do not claim it as such when filing with the Internal Revenue Service either because no actual money traded hands or because no record of the transaction exist. Some cases cited by Time include a San Francisco mechanic who does body work on damaged cars in his spare time but refuses to report the extra income; a Santa Cruz, Calif., bartender who receives over SIOO weekly in tips that go unreported; a Chicago social worker who pays only S9O for a $260-a-month apartment because he fills in as the building’s custodian at night and does not report the $2,040 he “doesn’t receive.” In addition, many professionals have rediscovered a barter system. In such cases one professional will perform a service for another and, rather than receive money, he will take a “check” that can be redeemed for the other professional’s service when needed; e.g., a lawyer will handle an electrician s will and the electrician will do some wiring for the lawyer. All of this is American ingenuity at work. The ironic aspect is that the intended victim, Uncle Sam, is left unscathed by the scheming. Somehow, the government always manages to get its money. No, the real shame in all of this, according to Time, is that “the real victims, of course, are the honest taxpayers, who will have to fork over more and more to carry the load of the connivers and chiselers who pay less and less.’ LaGrange Standard

I . Hi Mil i O* I In [ Voice of the people • Acolumn on the opinions of the people of the Lakeland area ...

QUESTION "Do you plan to vote in the upcoming local election?"

04, ■ 7 V” ‘ Howard Bockman North Webster “I expect I will if I’m able.” ■ ■ "1 ph r fl Loretta Moran Milford “lam.” ft Linda Putman North Webster “Yes.” Sue Henson Milford “We really need to. I suppose we will.”

Court news

COUNTYCOURT J The following violations were fined and assessed in Kosciusko County Court, James Jarrette, judge: Violations Operating while intoxicated — Simon Lilly, 36, North Webster, $292.50 Public intoxication — Simon Lilly, 36, North Webster, S3O Improper passing — Donald Herbert, 17, Syracuse, S4O No driver’s license — James Dove, 14, Milford, $57 Disregarding stop sign — Kurt Allen, 16, Leesburg, $35; Sheryl Brown, 27, Syracuse, $35; Marshall Minnick, 17, Syracuse, $35; Timothy Roble, 22, Syracuse,s3s False registration — Jack Stewart, 25, Syracuse, SSO No vehicle inspection — Gregory Snyder, 18, Syracuse, $35; George Calvert, 46, Milford, $35 Speeding — Kenneth Wright, 31, Milford, $35; Michael Rich, 39, Leesburg, $35; Max Grady, 16, Syracuse, $45; Robert Grey, 18, North Webster, $35; Joseph Mattingly, 25, Leesburg, S4O;

Pauline White North Webster “Yes.” ft 1 I • Carolyn Grove Milford “I don’t plan to, because I haven’t had enough time to know the candidates.” Becky Doll Milford “I am.” Martha Bockman North Webster “I haven’t made up my mind yet.” Carol Westerman Milford “I never thought about it. I probably will.” Kathy White North Webster “I suppose, yeah.” E. A. Mabie Milford “Yes.” George Burns North Webster “I sure am!” Mrs. Lloyd Sigo North Webster “Well, I imagine. I haven’t missed but once.”

James Soden, 21, Syracuse, S4O; Donald Rich, 34, Leesburg, $35 No registration plate — Ray Grumme, 30, Syracuse, $35 Check deception — Alesia Kiser, Syrause, $89.50; Alesia Kiser, Syracuse, second offense, $49.50 Following too close — Scot Green, 17, Syracuse, $35 SUPERIOR COURT The following claims were filed in superior court, Robert Burner, judge: Complaint Peoples State Bank, Leesburg vs Robert Lindemth, r 1 box 128 Warsaw. The plaintiff asks for S2OO together with interest thereon at a rate of 18 per cent per annum from June 2,1979, for the costs of the action and all other relief proper. On Account Old Fort Supply Company, Inc. vs Thomas Leonard, Syracuse. The plaintiff demands judgment against the defendant in the amount of $4,055.89 with interest, for the costs of the action and all other relief proper.

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POSTMASTER BUSHONG . . THE JAPANESE have a proverb on sneezing that goes: If sneezing once, somebody is praising you; twice, somebody is speaking evil of you; three times, someliody loves you; four times, you are catching a cold. THE CHAMBER of Commerce postal committee became at least partially effective in that two of the controversial concrete bumpers were removed over the week end. Postmaster Avon Bushong removed them of his own accord and without authority, based on complaints he heard over his desk and those funneled through the Chamber committee. Bushong was out at 7:30 a.m. Sunday to personally remove the heavy bumpers; “I might have to put them back,” he said, still maintaining that parking at the new PO is not as bad as many would portray it to be. “Parking is 100 per cent better than we had it at the old post office,” he argued Incidentally, Bushong, who has been with the local post office since May 1, 1040, shortly/iafter being separated from the service, and acting and Hater full postmaster following the January 6, 1971 death of former PM Ernest E. Bushong, tolcl his superiors recently he “will stay until after Christmas,*' but has definite plans for retirement. While not wanting to place any blame for his decision to retire, it is a well known fact that mounting paper work and a cutting of his work hours have been determining factors in his decision. Os the 303 working days in a year, the local off ice has been cut 400 hours — amounting to just over an hour and a half per day. Bushong claims he and others in the local office must do much of this paper work after hours, at home. Most of this additional burden became effective October 6. Under the pressure of mounting paper work and authoritative scrutiny two other long-time postal employees have already resigned. They are Maurice Koher, who resigned October 5, following 23 yeai-s as a postal clerk. The other is Kenneth Willard, who resigned October 19, with 33 years in the local post office. Bushong, Koher and Willard are all three long time Syracuse residents. Meantime, Bushong has had 39-year-old Tony Eudasics transferred into the local post office as of October 20 as his possible successor. No ore locally is in line for the job, Bushong states. Rudasics has Hjeen officer in charge of the Argos post office for several years and has a background in postal work since 1961. According to a September ruling, he will have to move to the local community in order to take the job here. ASKED HOW the local real estate business is holding up in the face of mounting interest costs, one Syracuse resiltor called his business “unbelievable.” We’re not sure what this means. IF ONE want’; to renew his personalized license plate, Wednesday of this week was the deadline. So, as of Thursday, the plate goes on the open market, so to speak. Sale dates for i;he plates were from August 1 through October 31, so says Donna Workman, assistant to license branch

. contemplating retirement? manager Roxanne Hadley. Mrs. Workman points out that of the S4O fee. only $3 goes to the local license branch, $7 to the state, and sls each to the two political parties. The cost is not tax deductable, according to a new IRS ruling, although it has been in years past. Last year the local license branch issued 42 such plates. THIS SCRIBE came down Main Street at 10:30 a m. Monday and witnessed a minor two-car accident. With pen and pad in hand, one participant in the accident, Mrs. Carlton Beer of Milford, wondered aloud, “How did you get here so fast?” She was pulling her ‘77 LTD away from the curb and snagged a *79 LTD driven by Ken Misenar. a South Bend insurance salesman. Only slight damage to both cars. “THEY LOVE me.” a local lady seemed to scream over her coffee cup. Her companions, who wondered what it was all about, were informed that her home had been TPd over the week end. At most, being TPd can be a nuisance. According to our word, young folks do this as a gesture of affection, not hostility or ridicule. We choose to believe this. —o— THE 808 Knudsens are great at opening their North Shore Drive home to friends, especially friends of their children. A week ago we reported Eric Chan of Hong Kong visiting for the week end. This last week end eight students from the University of South Carolina at Columbia, friends of young Bob Knudsen, a graduate student in finance, were Knudsen guests. They all attended the University of South Carolina-Notre Dame football game at South Bend Saturday p.m< OVER 200 fancy invitations went out in the community inviting people to attend an open, house of the proposed University Club in Pickwick Place, former location of the upstairs book store, from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. The proposed private club is to be a social and business center and is the brain child of two local entrepreneurs, Joe Todd and Frank Bush. If you respond to the open house invitation, look forward to a sip of wine and a taste of cheese, according to Todd Realty Girl Friday Nita VanZandt. Membership fee is being set at SSO per person and the University Club is to be open Friday and Saturday nights only —a menonly affair, but wives and girl friends can be admitted as guests. A novel idea, we’d say. THE NEW girl at the desk at the Syracuse Office of The MailJournal is Vicki Hickey. We can’t wait to hear her introduced to realtor Niki Pawlicki. Something like: Vicki Hickey, I’d like you to meet Niki Pawlicki! FRANK AND Wilberta Ridenoure and Wilberta’s parents, Hary and Bernice Paxton, plan to leave Monday for Florida for the six winter months. They have a pad just off U.S. 27 in Sebring. Their home here is on North Shore Drive. THE TOWN of Syracuse is getting its money’s worth from its town board president, Paul

Isbell. Paul was seen raking leaves around city hall on South Huntington Street Monday. Oh yes. his salary: $750 per year. BARBARA AND Tom Strickler are telling friends about their perplexing, 18-hour trip from Los Angeles to their Syracuse home on Monday. They left LA International (Barbara was attending a Revlon school in California) at midnight Sunday night, flew to Chicago where they were socked in The 747, with nearly 400 aboard, flew on to Cleveland to land. Cleveland was fogged in, but they did get the plane down. On the end of the Cleveland runway, they waited and waited until the Chicago fog cleared Finally, it was off to Chicago, then Fort Wayne. They finally got home at 7 p.m. Monday night. They visited Tom’s brother Gordon and his wife at Escondina, Calif., and other friends on the West Coast. TOM KROH handed this column this item from Parade Magazine, stating “people should know these things. " If you want to know where your tax money is going, consider this: • In 1960, the Department of Agriculture had 84,000 employees — one bureaucrat per 117 farmers. In 1977. there were 127,000 employees — one per 33 farmers. • Workers in private industry earned only 76% of what federal employees did in 1960. By 1977, civil servants were even further ahead, with earnings in the private sector coming to only 61% of government pay. • Congressional employment shot up from 7,000 to 18.000 between 1960 and 1976. • The Department of Defense employs mor£ than 2 million military personnel and also pays the salaries of an equal number of private citizens through its consulting contracts. One result of this spending is that since 1946 there have been surpluses in the federal budget for only eight years, and deficits for 25, says Texas A & M University’s Center for Education and Research in Free Enterprise. The surpluses added up to $33 billion, the deficits to $146 billion. DANA CORP’S personnel director Dave Arnold, who gave such a good accounting of his company to the Rotary Club last Tuesday, said he was “in Jutch” for a couple items in the news report concerning the talk. One. it will be two weeks until the roof is on the new building, and that depends on the weather. The news items said it would take one week. And the 116 people now working at the plant will double in “several months, not this week.” He added that local employees received S4O per week, in company benefits, plus their state unemployment benefits for each week of layoff, based on years of service to the Syracuse facility. LINDA AND Steve Crow have purchased the East Shore Drive (r 4 Syracuse) home of David W. Stoops and plan to move there in the near future. THERE’S GOOD news for Syracuse residents who have been worried about the closing of Johnson’s Bookstore in Pickwick Square. John Hile, Goshen, owner of the bookstore, told a Mail-Journal reporter the store may be reopened if his new Goshen store goes well. Future plans may include the consolidation of the two stores or Hile may put the Syracuse store on a seasonal basis. Hile said he has no intention of selling the Syracuse store.

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