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~ n «ar ■ * ~cjr - i* j| s^"' a.> * SYRACUSE YARD SALE — A 15-familv yard sale was held at the home of Mrs. Phillip Graff. 431 North Huntington Street, Syracuse. June 12-14. Altogether, they made about S4OO during the threeday sale. This is the third year Mrs. Graff and her friends have held a yard sale. (Photo by Kim Hieber)

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Industrial park discussed by Syracuse merchants

By TERRI CHILCOTE A proposal for an industrial park was presented to the Syracuse Retail Merchants Association Friday, June 13, by Joe Gray of the Syracuse Area Development Council. The Retail Merchants Association met at Three Flags Drive-In at 7:45 am. Gray explained the council is working through the State Department of Commerce to form a non-profit corporation that will construct an industrial park, including buildings, in Syracuse. The non-profit corporation will sell stocks for $1 per share and must have at least 25 members, but hopefully more. The corporation will be under the

Organize new Jaycees chapter

With the help of the Goshen Jaycees, a new Jaycees chapter is being organized in Milford. Charter night activities for the new chapter have been slated for tomorrow (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. at Harper’s Beach Bar, Dewart Lake. Tri-chairmen of the new chapter are Rick Graff of New

/■s Q rt .7* h I Sa\ u -a / / > b i i z 4 ’ W ; ‘X’ ? 4 Bk Jf b| ■wm iv JUiSHiHr ;OBBi FORM JAYCEES — A new organization, the Milford Jaycees, is in the process of being formed in the area with Don Beer, Jr„ Harley Chalk and Rick Graff serving as tri-chairmen. Charter night will be held on Thursday, June 1», at 7:30 p.m. in Harper’s Beach Bar at Dewart Lake. Young men from the community between the ages of 18 ano 35 are invited to attend the meeting. From left above are Beer. Chalk and Graff with Bob Kramer, president of the Goshen Jaycees, sponsoring club.(Photo by Ron Baumgartner)

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auspices of the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce and is at least six months away from being formed. According to Gray, there have been companies who have wanted to locate in Syracuse, but there were no facilities available to house them. He pointed out an industrial park would increase the tax base of the community since industries usually pay more taxes than individuals. The industrial park will also benefit the community by providing more jobs. “We’re losing our young people because we don’t have jobs for them.. We’re a bedroom community for other organizations. We need our people to stay here and work,” stated

Paris, Harley Chalk of Dewart Lake and Don Beer, Jr., of Milford. Men between the ages of 18 and 35 are invited to attend Thursday’s meeting or contact one of the tri-chairmen for more information. Officers will be elected at Thursday’s meeting. The club will be working on

Gray. Joyce Smith, president of the Retail Merchants Association, pointed out the corporation will be non-profit because “it’s not something being set up for somebody to make money. It’s for everyone in the commuqjty.” Gray said the industrial park will not only offer land for companies, but also buildings and must have access to a railroad. He said Syracuse has many assets to attract companies such as the lakes, golf courses and a highly rated school system. In discussing Sidewalk Days Sales in August, it was reported not enough organizations will (Continued on page 2)

community projects. An installation banquet has been set for Saturday, July 12. The Goshen Jaycees are working under project chairman Galen Hershberger, state director for the Goshen Jaycees; and Bob Kramer, president of the Goshen Club.

Garage sales — One's junk is another's treasure

By TERRI CHILCOTE Garage and yard sales are becoming as synonymous with summer as outdoor cookouts, swimming and boating are. And with inflation chomping away at paychecks, they are a great way to add extra money to a tight budget, both for the seller and the buyer. The seller can earn extra money by selling unwanted clutter while the buyer can find bargain prices unmatched in retail stores. One woman summed up the whole philosophy of yard and garage sales, “One person’s junk is another’s treasure.’’ The garage sale phenomenon not only turns ordinary housewives into entrepreneurs, but it’s also lots of fun,

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9 arrested during party on Tippy Persons between the ages of 18 and 22 who were attending a party on a pontoon boat on the north side of Tippecanoe Lake, Thursday, June 10, were arrested on alcohol charges. There were nine persons arrested by Kosciusko County Police and Conservation Officers. Those charged with illegal consumption of alcoholic beverages were Kevin Isiah Butcher, 20, r 1 Leesburg; James Robert Willits, 20, r 4 Syracuse, Stanley Edward Kroh, 20, 190 North Shore Dr., Syracuse; Cynthia Renee Wood, 19, r 2 Syracuse; Jane Elizabeth Swingley, 18, r 3 Syracuse; Sue Ann Loetz, 20, North Webster; Mark Frederick Walgamuth, 20, r 2 North Webster; and Vincent Paul Williams, 19, r 3 Syracuse. All were released on their own recognizance. Chris Allen Henning, 22, Syracuse, was charged with public.- intoxication and also released on his own recognizance. A complaint was reported to police at approximately 11:30 p.m. of a party going on in a pontoon boat on Tippecanoe Lake near the Tippecanoe Marina on the north side of the lake. It was reported several young people on a pontoon were having a party and causing a great deal of noise. Kosciusko County Patrolman Jeffrey Bronsing, Conservation Officer Mike Fodor and Reserve Officer Robert Breyer used a police boat to check on the call. Police authorities reported that numerous cans of beer were on the table, in the hands of some people on the deck or laying on the deck. Along with the arrests, citations were issued for insufficient life saving devices and for operating a boat after sunset without proper lighting. Chamber to hold general meeting The Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce will hold its general membership meeting, Wednesday, June 18, at 6:30 p.m. at South Shore Golf Course. The agenda for the evening will include election of board members, election of a president and vice president for 1981, progress report on the SyracuseWawasee Area Development Council and discussion of Project Proud presented by Joe Lumm of United Telephone and Craig Leonard, architect from Purdue University.

To demolish old hotel building —

Final floor plan okayed for Milford community building

By TERRI CHILCOTE The final floor plan for the Milford Community Building was approved by the Milford Area Development Board of Directors Tuesday evening, June 17. (See blueprint below.) The board of directors resolved that when the new community building is completed it will be deeded to the town with a long standing lease to the Emergency Medical Services to use a designated portion of that building for its operations. The long standing lease will insure EMS of a permanent home. The new building will be 57 feet, six inches by 80 feet and will have a metal seam deck roof. A metal seam roof will eliminate many of the problems of a conventional deck roof. It was decided that the name of the new building will be Milford Community Building, the word “commmunity” encompassing the town of Milford and the surrounding area. Discover Land ‘Bind* It had been discovered that Alvin Miller owns the land immediately behind the old hotel (the site where the new community building will be constructed). Miller owns the Amazing Motors building adjacent to the old hotel and a section of land that runs from the back of the hotel to the alley and 40 feet south from the Amazing Motors building. The southern boundary line of Miller’s property is flush with the south wall of the hotel. This discovery has caused a problem, since the EMS, when housed in the new building, will have to cross over Miller's property to get its ambulances in and out. Miller does not want to sell the section of land behind the hotel, because he needs it to have access in and out of his building. The MAD Board of Directors will approach Miller about giving them access rights, so the EMS can move their ambulance in and out of the new building. Bill Stath was hired by the board as construction supervisor for the building project. He will work 55-60 hours a week in this salaried position. He will be responsible for soliciting

especially when two or more women or families get together to sell their winter’s accumulation of clutter. Mrs. Phillip Graff, 431 North Huntington Street, Syracuse, and her friends are becoming pros at holding garage sales. This is the third year they have gone together to hold a large sale. She said they enjoy doing it, because it’s fun. “We’re all * garage sale fans,’’ she said. This year’s sale was held Thursday, June 12, through Saturday, June 14, at Mrs. Graff’s home and involved 15 families. Altogether, they earned about S4OO, averaging more than SIOO a day. The average sale was around $5 with most items being priced 10 to 25 cents. However, one $35 tandem bicycle was sold.

volunteer help, securing building materials and coordinating the work. Demolition of the old hotel will begin the first of next week, Darrell Custer has been hired to

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According to Mrs. Graff, they sold a large variety of items including electronic items, clothes, books, furniture, -antique bottles, knick knacks and household items. She said knick knacks are the biggest selling items. Ironically, she said the things they considered junk sold faster than the things they considered more valuable. She noticed this year people were going through the clothing more than in past years. A glance on page 14 of this issue of The Mail-Journal will reveal ads for 14 yard and garage sales throughout the Lakeland area this week. There will probably be a lot of junk being sold and a lot of treasures being bought.

tear the building down and EMS will foot the demolition bill of $6,000. The money will be taken from the funds raised through the EMS bazaar held last year The EMS bazaar raised $25,000.

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Out of those funds, the EMS purchased* the old hotel for $4,500; physio-control heart monitor for $2,700; Motorola telemetry equipment for $10,500; (Continued on page 2)