The Mail-Journal, Volume 17, Number 17, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 May 1980 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., May 14,1980

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Editorials

Clean-up time for area towns It’s clean-up time in the Lakeland Community. May 12-18 has been set as ‘‘Clean-Up Syracuse Week.” May 17 is work day at the Lakeside Park on Waubee Lake. May 24 is “Clean-Up Milford Day.” This is great — people all over are taking pride in their communities and are cleaning, painting and fixing things up. * The town of Syracuse will be furnishing town trucks and drivers to pick up trash and town employees will be sweeping the streets and washing the sidewalks. On Saturday, May 17, the Rotary Club will be coordinating a clean-up day with volunteers and service clubs to clean the public areas in town. The Kosciusko County Board of Realtors will furnish trash bags for this day. In addition, the University Club of Syracuse will be painting fire hydrants there. At Milford on Saturday, May 17, everyone is urged to help the park board clean the beach. Work will begin at 8 a.m. Persons helping are urged to take rakes, shovels and saws. The following Saturday, May 24, the Boy Scouts will be cleaning in Milford in an attempt to have that Lakeland community cleaned prior to the Memorial Day holiday. All are good programs. None will work unless the people of the communities involved join to make them as success. Congratulations graduates With graduation at Wawasee High School set for Sunday, May 18, we offer our congratulations to those who are completing their high school careers Graduates, be ye male or female, we can offer no better advice than that offered by Al Moss of The Carroll County Comet when his son, Joe, graduated a few years ago. Mosses’ editorial appears below in the “What Others Say” column. We urge each of you to read it and to make it your own. Poppy Days May 16-17 It was April of 1915? A young Canadian medical officer was manning his station at the foot of the Yser Canal in France. As he looked over the fields nearby, fie could see the poppies blowing, and the larks singing overhead, their voices barely heard amidst the din of battle. This young soldier penned the words: “In Flanders Fields the poppies blow.” Within three years, the author himself also was buried beneath a military cross on a foreign shore, but his words lived on. These words have even a greater meaning today and have been a source of inspiration to many a soldier fighting abroad. They were found neatly folded in many a bloody pocket. Rarely has a lasting literary work been composed under such adverse and dramatic circumstance. Its patriot author was Col. John McCrae. Since the adoption of the Memorial Poppy in 1921 and the assignment of the Poppy program to the American Legion Auxiliary in 1924 as an annual tribute to our Nation’s war dead, the poem “In Flanders Fields” and wearing a Memorial Poppy have become second nature to the members of the American Legion and Auxiliary. “Lest We Forget — Wear A Poppy.” The Poppies are handmade in Veterans hospitals, each one different. The Poppy making provides therapy for many hands maimed or deformed as a result of war service. It is also a means of earning a little money for the veterans while they are confined. Legion Auxiliary members will be on the street corners with poppies asking citizens to honor America’s war dead by wearing a poppy. The contributions are devoted entirely to rehabilitation and child welfare work for disabled veterans and is conducted by the Auxiliary and its Juniors. Won’t you wear a poppy and show the veterans you care? Facts are better than dreams, if pleasant. J Faith in one’s self is the foundation of success. Matters of heresy depend upon the point of view. What others say — To our son, the graduate After 18 years of loving aqd teaching, worrying and scolding, enjoyment and frustration; of sharing your small troubles and your headaches, of laughing with you over little things, and seeing you gradually need us less and become just what you were meant to become, an independent, selfconfident, yet still green high school senior; your parents are now about to see you become that greatest of all big first things: a high school graduate. What you do now will depend partly on what we, your parents, have taught you — both intentionally, by what we said, and unintentionally, by what you observed from our way of life. What you do will also depend on which of the many experiences and teachers at school and at church and in the community in which you live that you accepted and believed and took into your own individual store of knowledge. We don’t know what important things we have left unsaid, or what last words we can give you now that will change anything. But, since people always give high school graduates advice and encouragement and some selection of words that are supposed to see them through the next few years until they have obtained their own maturity and worked out their own patterns of living, then we will add ours to you, for what they may be worth. Follow your enthusiasms. Don’t wait until just the right time to begin when everything is perfect. Start now while your interest is high. Make your decision and follow it through. If you wait until all things are right, then you may not want to do it anymore and you will have lost something precious. Be willing to accept help. No one knows everything. Ask advice of the experts. If you are too proud to admit you don’t know something, you will never learn more than you know now and, though you may not think so now, there is more to learn. Shake off failures. Don’t brood about them. Learn from them. Everyone who reaches out to new areas feels the exhausting pressures of defeat occasionally. Be assured that this, too, shall pass and there will be time to try again. Don’t be jolted by every bump on the road. Laugh often, especially at yourself, and cultivate a happy disposition. Sullenness begets sullenness. Happiness springs from appreciation of little things. Look at the big picture — the future. Don’t risk it all on so little a thing as fun now. Don’t choose the quick scheme, the fast buck, the pleasure of the minute. Keep your eye on the future. It’s where you will spend the rest of your life. Be dependable. Accept your responsibilities and don’t be looking the other way when it’s your turn. Do what you say you will do when you say you will do it — whether you want to or not. Do more than is expected. There are great rewards for those who “go the undemanded mile.” Remember that adversity comes to everyone, but it is not what happens to you that matters so much as how you respond to it. Throughout history, happiness and strength of character have belonged to people in all kinds of circumstances. Life is how you face problems and solve them. The cowards who cave in and give up at the first bad deal or run away from their troubles are not the happy people of the world. Learn the art of tranquility. Serenity and inner peace are priceless gifts. Cultivate them. Set a time for solitude, for developing the ability to bend with the pressures and strains like a tall tree and be able to stand erect again after the wind has subsided. Keep an inquisitive mind and continue to learn every day. Study and grow in knowledge as you grow older in years. Have perseverence. Work beyond the first push of enthusiasm and the first threshold of exhaustion. Lose yourself in your work. Learn to like it. The prize belongs to those who keep on keeping on. You have the energy, ambition, confidence, ability and enthusiasm of youth and the background and training of a good, beginning education. t May you and your kind bring us a better world — or, if not that, a better understanding of our place in it. May you each carve out a rewarding, individual niche, hopefully making some contribution in exchange for the God-given privilege of being here to take your look at the world and see what it’s all about.- CARROLL COUNTY COMET

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Larry Teghtmeyer, Gerry Byland and Grace Straw along with other Syracuse merchants will be participating in Project Proud's Clean-Up this week — May 12-18. Voice of the people A column on the opinions of the people of the Lakeland area ... QUESTION: "What do you plan to do after graduation?"

PAT GREENE Dewart Lake r 5 Syracuse (senior at Wawasee

“I plan to go to Ball State University to become a physical education teacher.”

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MELANIE ZUCHER r1 Leesburg (senior at Wa Wawasee High School)

"I’m going to Taylor University to major in elementary education.”

Court news

COUNTY COURT The following violations have had fines assessed and paid in Kosciusko County Court, James Jarrette, judge: Speeding — Herbert Goshert, 65, North Webster, $35; Zoyla Buck, 22, Syracuse, $35; Russell Rudig, 50, North Webster, S4O; Vincent Neibert, 22, Leesburg, S4O; Michael Minnick, 32. North Webster $35 Disregarding stop sign — Ray Penn, 47, North Webster. $35; Wilma Rensberger, 53, North Webster, $35; Randy Goon, 25, Leesburg,s3s Following too closely — Denny Brookins, 37, Leesburg, $35 Operating on beginner's permit — Harry Dillinger, 19, Leesburg. $35 SMALL CLAIMS Complaint William Cupp, Jr. and Samuel Stimmel vs Jerry Eccles, r 2 North Webster. The plaintiff demands judgment against the defendant in the amount of $273.29, for the costs of the action and all other relief proper in the premises. f Ray L. Strayer, Jr. vs Ken Maynard, r 5 Syracuse. The plaintiff demands judgment against the defendant in the amount of $294.75, for the cost of this action and all other relief proper in the premises. Autry Industries vs James and Anne Himmenger, d-b-a Land O’ Lakes Sporting Goods, box 47 SR 13S, North Webster. The plaintiff demands judgment against the defendants in the amount of $866.50, for the cost of this action and for all other relief proper in the premises. Rich Stoller vs Richard Starkus, r 1 Milford. The plaintiff demands judgment against the defendant in the amount of $1,046.44, for the cost of this action and for all other relief proper in the premises. Brenda Welty vs Joe Schrock, 88 North Shore Drive, Syracuse. The plaintiff demands judgment against the defendant in the amount of $136.14, for the cost of this action and other relief proper in the premises.

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JOANNA SPEARMAN Dewart Lake r 5 Syracuse (senior at Wawasee

“I plan to go to IUPU in Fort Wayne to study fashion merchandising.”

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SCOTT WISE Milford (senior at W'awasee p High School)

“I’d like to move to Florida and become a draftsman. I’d like to work a couple years and then go to a vocational school.”

SUPERIOR COURT I The following claims have been filed in the Superior Court, Robert Burner, judge: Complaint Bombadier Corporation and Borg-Warner Acceptance Corporation vs. Sizemore Cycleland, Inc. and John Harlan Sizemore, r 4 Syracuse. The plaintiff respectfully prays the court that said personal property be ordered delivered to it at the earliest possible moment consistent with the statutes and laws of this state; plaintiff prays judgment in the amount of $9,816, for interest, for the cost of this action and for all other relief proper in the premises. BorgWarner Acceptance Corporation prays for a judgment in the amount of $3,000 for attorney’s fees against the defendant. The plaintiff Bombadier Corporation also prays a separate judgment for attorney’s fees in the amount of $3,000 against the defendant and for all other relief proper in the premises. MARRIAGE LICENSE The following couple has filed for marriage license in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk N. Jean Messmore: Hapner-Woods Joe Hapner, 35, r 4 Syracuse and Lotta Woods, 40, 712 North Cavin, Ligonier THE MAIL JOURNAL (U.S.P.S. 325 840) Published by The Mail-Journal every Wednesday and entered as Second Class matter at the Post Office at Syracuse, Indiana 46567. Second class postage paid at 103 E. Main Street, Syracuse, Indiana 46567 and at additional entry offices. Subscription: 511 per year in Kosciusko County; 513 outside county. POSTMASTERS. Send change of add ress forms to The Mail-Journal, P.O. Box 188, Milford, Indiana 46542. O

tRJZIN AROUND CUJfe

IF EARLY-season activity around the lakes’ several marinas is any indication of what summer’s business portends, we can look for considerable activity, in spite of a recessional slump accompanied by high interest rates, unemployment, and the like. An early-week survey of five of the lakes' busiest marinas indicated that it should turn out to be a real good season. Bill Duckwall, owner of the North Star Marina, says, “Weather hasn’t been on our side so far this year, but as interest rates continue to fall, we look for an increase in our business.” Duckwall says “service is good” at his marina, and he predicts boat sales will pick up after July 4. He notes this is an election year, and certainly the government won’t allow business to continue at its current pace. His marina is not on the lake, but is located just behind the Fish Hatchery Branch Bank. He says he’s “selling a few boats, mostly under $5,000,” adding they are selling very few over the SIO,OOO tag. The story was pretty much the same at Wawasee Boat Co., located on the north side of Lake Wawasee. Doug Anderson, a partner at Wawasee Boat with Don Impey, says their first quarter business is 30 per cent over last year’s first quarter. He says sales under $4,000 and over SIO,OOO are “going beautifully,” noting that boats between those two figures are selling slowly. Anderson said activity at their marina is “quite good.” He said they have six mechanics on duty and that they are busy, and then their marina has 400 stored boats they are putting into the water at the rate of 65 to 80 per week. These go into the lake from the middle of April until the end of May, he added. Anderson said there were quite a few boats on the lake Sunday, but more a week ago when the weather was much nicer. He said there were not as many week-enders at the lake this year, but that he expects this to change. Regular gas at Wawasee Boat Co. is $1.35 per gallon, about the same in all other lake front marinas! Nellie Webb, who with her husband Gary have owned the Main Channel Marina for three years, said they Sold more boats this winter than , the winter before. They are selling a large number of used boats, and new boats in the SIO,OOO-$25,000 range. Jane .uilema, secretarybookkeeper at the Wawasee Plaza Marina, said they were pleased with the activity at their marina so far this season, noting that they are selling some boats and gasoline. Dino Coverstone, manager of Wawasee Plaza Marina, was not available for comment when this survey was made. Brothers Terry and Dan Griffith, owners of the Wawasee Marina, located in the Morrison Island area, are looking forward to a good marina season coming up. They admit, as do the others, that the weather hasn’t been conducive to a good lake season, but that they are looking forward to a good summer. The brothers Griffith are selling boats under $5,000 and over SIO,OOO, echoing what other marina owners have been saying. All of this added together points to a good summer’s business at the area marinas. Most all marina owners think credit will loosen and interest rates decline as the summer comes upon us, thus stimulating boat sales and business around the lakes in general. A MOUNTING problem for relief agencies throughout the country, as the recession moves into a depression, is the everincreasing shortage of funds for relief applicants. Hit as hard as any of these agencies are the township trustees, who move on a hometown level and must consider applications of people whom they know very well. Not the least of these is Turkey Creek Township Trustee Betty Dust, who now considers poor relief her number 1 problem. She’ll tell you her relief monies come from a local poor relief tax and certain federal funds. The combination of all of these just doesn’t seem to go around, as the depression deepens, Mrs. Dust contends. What to do? Mrs. Dust has been forced to take a hard-nosed approach to dishing out her limited funds. And as such she has been attempting to locate work for applicants, such as domestic

cleaning chores and work for the town, on streets, parks, the like. She has even found where she has located jobs for relief applicants, some of them quickly price themselves out of the market. With the federal government taking a new look at the food stamp program, in an attempt to eliminate abuses, the poor relief problem will worsen, in all probability. THE BIRCH Bayh for Senator Committee announced today the name of its Kosciusko County coordinator; Mrs. Pat Cooper, of r 1 Warsaw. Anyone wishing to contact the Bayh campaign may call Mrs. Cooper at (834-2225) or call the Birch Bayh for Senator headquarters in Indianapolis (317-638-2294). EMPLOYEES OF Northern Indiana Public Service Co. can expect scant support from users of their electrical and gas service in their bid for higher wages and vacations in contract negotiations now underway. The three-year contract under which some 3,000-odd employees of the utility operate is due to expire June 1. Negotiators for the United Steel Workers of America (AFL-CIO-CLC) are asking a 15% wage increase for the first year of the contract, and 10% for both the second and third year. Over and above this, the workers are asking for eight weeks vacation after 15 years with the company. Now. such employees receive five weeks vacation 17 years with the company. If a strike should occur, clerical workers, who are members of a companion union, will strike with the other company employees. NIPSCo has 5,268 employees, all told, with 184 in the Goshen District. JOHN C. Hagen returned from the Saturday, May 3, Kentucky Derby at Louisville and wasn’t shouting all that much about his winnings. He said a 40 to 1 long shot on Friday made his Saturday losses

ANOTHER VIEW . . .

Bv DAVID VV. ROBINSON

Os our five senses, through which we are able to percieve the world around us, the largest and most neglected is the sense of touch. Probably the most valuable sense organ is vision. We react more to our environment through sight; than through the sense of hearing. The sense receptors of smell are less used by humans than by the fishes and the lower animals. (Did you know that the fish has the largest smell receptors, taking up about two thirds of the brain. Think about that when you put a dead worm on your hook!) Since the advent of deodorants, mouth wash and flavored toothpaste our society has learned to spend a lot of money to smell better, but we have done little to develop our sense of smell. And the sense of taste also ha's been neglected except for purposes of social-related gratification. Yet those senses are considered more worthy of our attention than the sense of touch. We can talk about tastes, share music and voice, enjoy the magnificence of our lake or field sunrises and sunsets, and share pleasures of a fresh spring scent or an attractive perfume. Somehow we’ve allowed ourselves to reserve the largest sense organ to be secretive, or at least private; reserved for sexual allusion or at best, selected use. How unfortunate! The sense of touch, sometimes called the Kinesthetic sense or the tactile sense covers the whole body, not just in consentrated receptive cells inside small openings in the skull. Oh yes, the tactile sense has gotten its attention by the Madison Avenue crew selling textured clothing, soaps and lotions. Nevertheless it has been neglected as the sense organ which, by itself gives us the greatest reward for need fulfillment, also it is the path through which we are aware of the greatest hurt in perceiving rejection. In my opinion, the very best message ever put on a bumper sticker is “have you hugged your kid today?” That question really asks a lot. Discounting organic disfunctions, the problems children have that psychologists work with are: (1) Problems caused by a broken home situation (2) Problems caused the child by

minimal. It was John’s 18th year at the Kentucky track; this year he made the big event with his family. For years Hagen went to the Derby with a number of Ligonier cronies, “but most of them have died off.” John stated. He had little idea the filley Genuine Risk would win the big one, so John had his money on other entries. IF YOU notice the distinguished fellow (white hair, long sideburns, the like) driving around town in a glistening red and white. 1957 Buick Special, you can be sure it’s townsman Gene Stoffel. >■ Gene bought the car several years ago from Mrs. Nate Wempel of Milford for $125, and today it only has 57,000 miles on its speedometer. He’s really proud of that car! Gene says. “Why, you can’t even hear it run ... I guess that’s because I use sewing machine oil in its crankcase.” A NEW retail outlet will be opening soon (at least by Memorial Day) in Wawasee Village. It will specialize m exclusive children’s apparel, designed and made by the owners. How about personalized clothing for the young folks in your family? We could be setting a trend here. The new shop, with two outlets in Florida, can add that fine extra touch. BETTY ARTHUR, representing Gulliver’s Travel Agents, was in Chicago last week attending a travel seminar and trade show headquartered at the Hyatt Regency May 9-11. The three-day meeting featured seminars on cruise lines, motor coach tours and airline fares with a look toward the future for passengers as well as the travel agents* place in the sales operation. —o— THE FLOTILLA committee could not have done better than to name venerable Lew Craig this year’s Flotilla Commodore. Lew, a 42-year General Motors executive, has been a longtime Lake Wawasee resident, always willing to tout the merits of our (Continued on page 5)

alcoholism in the home and (3) Problems caused by psychologically cold and untouching home life. There has been a lot of good research to support that infants cuddled, rocked and fondled grow and prosper much better than > those who are not touched. It is so regardless of the quality and amount of warmth, food and care. That need continues beyond infancy. Usually the problems do not show up until the early teen years, but they do show up. It is necessary, essential, a must for parents to touch their children; to hug, pat, kiss and touch them. It cannot be replaced by words of support or looks of approval given in isolation of touch. Mothers do a better job of this. Our society accepts that they are warm, soft, tender people. We come to expect them to be so to their children. Incidentally, when they aren’t or don’t, the problems of the child usually are increased. But the father’s role in this arena is the one most misunderstood. For a reason — which cannot be explained in detail, he has a role to be aloof, cool and all business. Phooey! He should, and probably wants to be warm and tender to his children too. For emphasis, he should be, whether he wants to be or not. It isn’t frowned upon when the father is tender and hugging to his daughters, but for some strange (dumb, I’m sure) reasons he can’t be so with his sons. And mothers, you’re guilty in this too. When the girl falls down and bruises herself, it’s all right that she cries. She is comforted and caressed, as she deserves to be. When the boy bruises himself, we tell him to be big, brave and not to cry like a baby; but to be a man — at five years old? For many years. I’ve encouraged my colleagues in education, at all levels, to touch or pat their students. It has been most interesting to observe that those that most insecure colleagues were quick to reject my admonitions with excuses of it being effeminate or “too familiar”. But those who love their students through loving themselves — don’t need the suggestion at all.