The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 42, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 November 1979 — Page 1

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Treesh, Auer, Miller Lozano win at Milford

In spite of three contests in the Tuesday election for town offices in the town of Milford, only a moderate vote turned out. All voting was done at the fire station. Jean (Mrs. Glen) Treesh, a

CHINA STUDY TOUR — Sixth In A Series

China takes care of elderly, early morning jog a curiosity |

By ARCH AND DELLA BAUMGARTNER TIENTSIN, China, Thursday, Sept. 27 — An early morning stroll down the broad street that passes in front of the Friendship Hotel here in the port city of Tientsin, yesterday morning, was revealing in more ways than one. We wrote in an earlier article that Tientsin was in the heart of the 1976 earthquake that wreaked such widespread devastation and claimed several million lives and saw the total destruction of many large buildings. “Hardly a building remained standing after the earthquake,” is the way our guide put it to us. Along this street, and indeed throughout the city, are small, hovel-type buildings of brick left over from the earthquake, in which people of the city of 6.7 million people live. The buildings

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Democrat and the only incumbent seeking re-election, handily won her seat on the town board of trustees in Ward 2 over townsman Joe O. Estep, a Republican, by a vote of 155 to 88. In Ward 1, Steven Miller, a

are ghetto-like, with tarpaper and metal over the roofs, with bricks, wood or blocks holding the roof down from any wind. If one has ever seen the refugee center in Beirut, Lebanon, where the Palestine refugees live, he will have an idea of what we mean about conditions here in Tientsin. One must believe, on the other hand, that conditions will change. There are buildings going up all around this teeming city, and it would be our educated guess that five years will see an obliteration of this destitution. It was truly the rush hour as we walked down the streets. The bicycles were coming — not by the tens of hundreds, but by the thousands and tens of thousands. The only place we’ve ever seen such an avalanche of bicycles was in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1975.

Revenue up at Milford and Syracuse post offices

The fiscal year end revenue reports for 1979 have been received by Milford and Syracuse postmasters. Milford had the highest increase with 23.7 per cent while Syracuse had an increase of 17 per cent. Both are first class post offices. The revenue received was from stamp sales, postage meters, box rent, fees for money orders, second and third class mailing plus stamped envelopes. The reports were received from the Postal Service Data Center, Minneapolis, Minn. At Milford H. C. Colwell, postmaster for Milford, stated the total revenue for the fiscal year 1979 was $199,456 compared to $161,285 in the fiscal year 1978. The Milford Post Office serves approximately 418 patrons in town, 460 on rural route one and 295 on rural route two. Postmaster Colwell attributed the increase to more mailers and people mailing through the Milford Post Office. He further stated Milford has two new postage meter accounts and new third class mailers which it did not have before. Most of the third class mailers come through The Papers Incorporated mailing room. He mentioned he is the happiest with the fact

Democrat, was unopposed for the town board, and received 156 votes, while in Ward 3 Robert Auer, a Democrat, won a town board seat over Barbara (Mrs. Wayne) Richardson, a (Continued on page 2)

Stop lights are few, but at one we did see, we noted when a red light came on, the short period saw a myriad of bicycles congregate. Then came the green light.and here they came. Some women on bicycles had little wooden box-type sidecars in which they transported their youngsters. We had the feeling they were going to a nursery before going to work. Anyone here who knows anything about the English language will stop an American to practice his meager English. This happened to us in front of the Friendship Hotel yesterday morning. It’s unbelievable ho\#soon we had a crowd swarming around us, and this at an early hour. Equally interesting was the number of people on the sidewalks who were exercising. They were running, jogging, and

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1979

Legion and VFW to hold memorial services Nov. 11

The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars will again sponsor their annual memorial services commorating the services of veterans of all U.S. wars on Veterans Day. This year the services will be held starting at 11:11 a.m. on November 11 in the parking lot of the American Legion Hall, 1006 S. Fall tax deadline Nov. 13 The deadline for the fall installment of property taxes is November 13. Residents may pay their taxes in person or by mail at the county treasurer’s office at the Kosciusko County Courthouse in Warsaw or in person at area banks. If paying by mail, envelopes must be postmarked November 13 or earlier and should contain a return, self-addressed envelope. Usually the deadline for fall installment of property taxes is November 10, but this year the date falls on Saturday when the courthouse is closed. The following Monday, Nov. 12, is Veterans’ Day and the courthouse will be closed again. Therefore, the tax deadline has been extended to November 13.

just doing in-place exercises

We’re not sure if we wrote about the Taigi (or Taichi) exercise or not. It’s usually done by older people. But it consists of a slow-motion exercise that is graceful and apparently practical. We passed a teacher with about ten youngsters in gym suits doing their exercises. One little fat boy was really perspiring. And he was one of the very few fat boys we saw here. When we made note of him, his teacher smiled. One had the feeling the Chinese are way ahead of us when it comes to exercises and physical fitness. They’ve been doing exercises for years and possess slim, healthy bodies. Twenty-three-year old Han Wei is the 40-Yhan-per-month receiving clerk here at the Friendship Hotel and she happened to be on duty when we were idling

there was only a 2.8 per cent increase in cost for maintaining the post office over the previous year. The remaining $86,000 of the $11)9,456 revenue received will be used by the fiostal government to balance the costs of other post offices. At Syracuse Avon Bushong, postmaster for Syracuse, reported a total revenue for 1979 of $233,327 compared to $200,829 in 1978. He stated most of the increase is from more business, an increase in patrons and new businesses in the area. Syracuse delivers to approximately 10,451 persons on rural routes, 2,670 in town deliveries and has 300 plus boxes rented. These figures are based on at least three persons per home receiving mail. He stated even though there was an increase, it did not exceed costs spent during the last year. He remarked that it costs more to run the five , rural routes than what was allowed in- the total budget. The second class post offices at Leesburg, Pierceton and North Webster, have not received their revenue reports, according to each town’s postmaster.

Huntington Street, according to Paul Brewer, Commander American Legion Post 223. For this annual service the VFW will furnish the color guard and the American Legion, the firing squad. The program which will last approximately 30 minutes will feature a speaker. Following the ceremony, both the Legion and the VFW which is located on Sycamore St. in Wawasee Village, will provide a free luncheon to those who have attended. To qualify for membership in the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a serviceman must have seen combat duty during one of the wars in which the United States was involved, while any veteran who was a member of the Armed Forces may apply for membership in the American Legion. Many veterans belong to both organizations. RETAIL MERCHANTS TO MEET FRIDAY The regular meeting of the Syracuse-Wawasee Retail Merchants’ Association will be held Friday, November 9, at 7:45 a.m. at the Three Flags Drive-In. The major topics to be covered will be “Christmas with Santa” and the Winter Carnival to be held in January. All merchants are invited to attend.

Syracuse has ordinance against burning leaves

Numerous reports of Syracuse residents burning leaves illegally have prompted Sergeant Robert Houser of the police department to request this, reminder be published. The following is from Ordinance 423: “The burning of leaves, paper, wood, rubbish, trash or waste material within the corporate limits of the Town of Syracuse between sundown and sunrise the following day is thereby prohibited. Any owner, lesee, tenant, resident, visitor or other person burning any of the above mentioned leavts or material in said town shall at all times watch and guard the fire created thereby and shall not leave the location unattended until such time as the fire shall have burned out or shall have been extinguished. “It shall be for any person to bum garbage, offal, animal or vegetable substances, or any matter or thing, creating a noxious odor, or injurious to health and or comfort within the corporate limits of the town at any time. “The outside burning of paper, wood, rubbish, trash and waste materials by mercantile or business establishments or by manufacturing plants within the

some time away in the hotel lobby. Since she spoke good English we plied her with questions of all sorts. Han Wei told us she could not get married until she was 25, according to law, and that boys had the same restrictions. Reason: She wasn’t sure, but it no doubt has something with China’s policy of reaching zero population growth by the year 2,000. We talked about the Chinese all having perfect teeth and good eyesight. A dentist or an eye doctor would starve to death in China. Han Wei said everyone in school is forced to take eye exercises, and she demonstrated them for us. She added: “Oh, yes, you don’t read book in dark corner.” (Continued on page 2)

■rwi I I I 1 i ’ I i * X SYRACUSE REVENUE UP — Avon Bushong, Syracuse Post- £ master, holds the report he received from the Postal Service Data X Center, Minneapholis, Minn. Syracuse’s fiscal year report was up 17 v cent over the 1978 fiscal year. , $

corporate limits of the town is hereby prohibited, UNLESS, the fire is contained in and confined to a stove, oyen, furnace, fireplace or other burning device

FITHIAN IN AREA — Congressman Floyd J. Fithian, right, discusses the energy crisis with Ronald Diehl, left, of Syracuse. Fithian held a town meeting for the residents of Syracuse and North Webster Saturday, Nov. 3, at Saint Martin’s Catholic Church on SR 13. Tax aid to parochial schools, windfall profit tax for big oil companies and mass transit in rural areas were also discussed.

Wi TEMPORARY SHELTER — These ghetto-like buildings provide temporary shelter for the people of earthquake-ridden Tientsin, where a severe earthquake wreaked havoc throughout much of the central city in 1976. New housing is being rapidly provided, however.

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equipped with a chimney or smokestack of sufficient height and capacity to insure the safety of surrounding buildings from fire.”