The Mail-Journal, Volume 17, Number 22, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 June 1980 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., June 18,1980

Editorials /

Mermaid Festival begins Friday Our hats are off to the North Webster Lions Club as the 35th annual Mermaid Festival is slated to get underway Friday in North Webster. On tap for Friday is the annual Mermaid Ball featuring the Mock Twins Orchestra. The event will take place at Camelot Hall. A full slate of activities are planned for the remainder of the festival. It is a gala event with hours of work being done by not only the Lions of North Webster but their ladies, other men and women of the area and the personnel from the International Palace of Sports. Without the dedication and work of these people the festival could not continue year after year. The festival offers fun and excitement for the entire family and a chance for many clubs and churches to hold fund raising projects. It’s community fun at its best. This year, with more and more people spending their vacations closer to home it offers the people of the Lakeland area many choices of entertainment — From the softball tournament to the crowning of a new “Queen of Lakes,” from the 5,000 meter run to the chicken barbecue, from the motorcycle races to the firemen’s and ladies’ waterball contest, from the girls’ softball tourney to the Key City shows, from the youth league tourney to a basketball tourney, from the talent contest to the treasure hunt in the sand, from the greased pole contest to the cutie contest, from the merchant’s building to the International Palace of Sports, from the strawberry festival to the pony pull, from the frisbee tournament to the ninth annual Tournament of Knights, from the band contest to the ski show, from the 35th annual Mermaid parade to the crowning of a new “Queen of Lakes.” Come now, let’s all go to the festival! Summer, 1980 The summer solstice arrives midway between the spring and fall equinox. The first day of summer this year is June 21, as it often is, and summer lasts until September 22, the first day of autumn. The hottest days of the year will probably come — if the weather follows the traditional pattern — after the longest day of the year (June 21). This is true, usually, because the earth stores heat in the period when the sun shines longest. By July and August the earth has stored great quantities. Summer means vacation-time to many students, and shorter vacation periods to most adults. To make this summer different, drive safely and reduce the death rate; it might include you. About vacations Millions of Americans face summer with the unshaken conviction the entire family must be carted off, some distance, on a two-week vacation at the beach, in the mountains or with Aunt Hattie at Kokomo. But in recent years with traffic, costs and congestion what they are today, vacations sometimes leave participants more depleted at the end than in the beginning. Travel experts tell us vacations needn’t be far from home; in fact, they can be taken at home — if the routine can be broken. And if vacations are to include travel, it’s best not to undertake too much of it, or long travel tied to strict schedules. Even on European vacations, settle for one or two countries per trip. Go in spring or fall, if possible, when the crowds are thinned out. In this country good advice is to avoid crowds, holiday week ends and heavy traffic. If one can decide to rest, rather than push, the end result will likely be more enjoyable and recuperative. Read a good book One of the trends which troubles thinking Americans is that, in recent years in this country, which lays much stress on leisure, fun, gusto living, etc. We live in an age when almost every family has a television set and watches the tube hour after hour. With few exceptions commercial television offers little to improve the mind. Instead, it sells by offering shock, crime, soap opera, etc. The commercials stress fun living, pleasure and leisure. In this trend, the value of improving one’s mind, in obtaining the satisfaction and pleasure of learning something worthwhile, is often lost. Good books are the best means to accomplish that. The current vogue is stress on sex and scandal. So the average individual gets little encouragement to read worthwhile books, to continue learning, to become educated on the issues of -the day. Read a good book every few weeks — in a non-fiction field of personal interest — and avoid mental sterility. If everyone thought alike this would be a stagnant world. The big people of this world usually leave off the big titles. Wise individuals know how to save time by not being in a hurry.

What others say —

The Cuban fiasco The classic “biting the hand that feeds him” adage has been shown in a number of riots and clashes with authorities at the Cuban refugee processing centers. After years of servitude under Castro’s dictatorship, a number of the refugees apparently have decided a few days of processing is intolerable. The result, at least at Fort Chafee, Arkansas, was rioting, burning of buildings, and a number of escapes. The Carter Administration has reacted much as it has to every crisis . . . threaten expulsion for those ringleaders involved in the upheavals. Expell them to where? Castro obviously isn’t going to accept with open arms individuals he was happy to get rid of in the first place. Obviously, they are going to be placed in U.S. prisons and U.S. taxpayers are going to pay for their detention and rehabilitation. > The Cuban refugee problem has been one which has been mishandled from the start. The U.S. seemed to be saying at first, “Come one, come all.’’ The attitude then switched to “Hey, not so fast,” and finally, the word was “Shut it off.” As commendable as Carter’s concern with human rights is, it seems he still has one lesson to learn as president. That is that his first duty is for the welfare of the citizens of the United States. There are horrible cases of mistreatment, of starvation, of oppression of peoples around the world, to be sure. But the United States, now in the throes of an economic depression, of skyrocketing inflation, of rising unemployment rates, simply cannot cure all human rights’ problems in the world. The acceptance of more than 100,000 Cuban refugees, many of whom headed straight for the unemployment offices and the welfare offices the minute they were accepted into this country, does nothing to relieve our own domestic problems. And those problems are the primary concern of the president. — LA GRANGE STANDARD

Ln Es ® W O *0 f■! W - / /1/ I I/':' 4 11. \J - I f n / I \/f\ i* I h IV I II 1 \ J r jr J 111 ■ fl I \ / Af 1 i ll I 11/ I / 'I I ’ 1 /, 1J li /■/ •17 jwJ' t II Im ! li » / ’r RH - if /■ / Iff * Michele Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Johnson of R. 4 Box 188, Syracuse and Mr. and Mrs. Maury Miller of Elkhart, was crowned 1979 "Queen of Lakes. " Michele is a recent graduate of Wawasee High School and will be presiding over the festival activities next week. She is shown here in a photo taken shortly after she won her title.

Voice of the people

A column on the opinions of the people of the Lakeland area ...

QUESTION: “Is the current state of the economy affecting you? If so are you doing anything special to cope with it? What a re you doing?"

MARIA LOZANO Milford (clerk-treasurer) “Yes, in away it is. I try to conserve gas and do my shopping locally and not go out of town unless it’s absolutely necessary.”

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RICH ESSIG " Syracuse (NIPSCo worker)

“Yes, we are doing something very special. We’re attempting to improve our labor contract with NIPSCo.”

CHERYL BRUNJES r 1 Milford (postal clerk) “Yes. I don’t see how you could avoid it. What we have done is cut down on groceries and not buy things we don’t need. It’s the same with clothes.”

Court news

Violations The following fines were assessed in Kosciusko County Court by Judge James Jarrette: Speeding — Judith Hackler, 30, Syracuse, S4O; Robert Staley, 23, Leesburg, S4O; Jeff Stookey, 17, Leesburg, $45; Mark Walgamuth, 20 North Webster, S4O; Mary Hall, 20, North Webster, $35 Disregarding automatic signal — Jesse Haney, 59, North Webster, $35 Wrong way — Keith Jordon, 55, Leesburg, $35 Possession of marijuana — Mathew Richey, 20, Leesburg, $54, plus 60 days Kosciusko County Jail suspended No operator's license — Andrew Vellalovos, 17, Milford, $54 No fishing license — Ted Sautter, 26, North Webster, $35 GOSHEN CITY COURT Violations Speeding — Brian J. Slabach, 21, Milford, s4l MARRIAGE LICENSES The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in

PAT COY Syracuse (Unemployed)

“You better believe it. Nothing special, I’m just pinching pennies and doing without.”

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JIM BAUMAN Syracuse (NIPSCo worker)

“Yes, definately it is. We’re making the dollar go farther.” CATHARINE FACKLER r 5 Syracuse (sales clerk) “Yes, it’s affecting me alright. I’m not going like I use to go. I’m cutting down on my gas.”

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MYRON DICKERSON, new head football coach at Wawasee High School, drew nothing but praise from officials at Fort Wayne North Side High School, the school he left to join the WHS staff. Dickerson took the North Side football program from a down situation into a good situation, according to that school’s athletic director, Duane Brown. Brown also commented on the fact that Dickerson built up the number of boys participating in the program. This is something Dickerson wants to do at Wawasee. In 1979 Dickerson led the Redskins to a perfect season at North Side. He also won the Summit Athletic Conference championship in the process. The Redskins didn’t qualify for the state playoffs but ended the season ranked fifth in the Associqjed Press and United Press International polls. In four years at North Side, Dickerson only had one losing season and the players came through the 3-6 season with a positive attitude. At Wawasee, Dickerson plans to have a summer and winter program to keep the athletes in shape for sports. His plans for this year’s football team have already begun, as revealed at the press conference last Tuesday. When practice begins the Warrior football team will be working on the basics until players are specialists in those plays. The new WHS coach plans to use the same plays for the Warrior offense that have been successful for him in the past. OLD WORLD War II vets should get a last look at a real, for-sure army barracks, the likes of which many used for housing during the “big war.” The barracks, located on Wawasee Golf Course and owned by club owner Don Byrd, is coming down to make room for additional housing in that area. Byrd, long time owner of the golf course and more recently a developer of the surrounding real estate, purchased the army barracks some time after World War II for golf cart storage and as a general storage for his equipment. Only recently has he begun to dismantle th.e old barracks, as the accompanying photo shows. NOW THIS from the Wawasee Boat Co. HARBOR LOG: Good news for boaters! The Department of Energy withdrew the proposed emergency recreational boating restrictions on week end usage. In view of the comparatively small proportion, of gas used by the sport, it was very unfair to penalize recreational boating, and we are all pleased the proposal was withdrawn. NORMA (MRS. Jack) Schacht said this week, concerning the rebuilding of Schacht Rubber Co,: “We just don’t know at this time what we’ll do.” Most of our readers know the rubber company, located on a small triangular tract of land on road 13 south of Syracuse, burned to the ground recently. The decision confronting Mrs. Schacht and her son John is whether to rebuild, and whether to rebuild in the same location or elsewhere. The company can rebuild in its present location, but can build no larger nor higher. Neighbors in the otherwise residential location hope Mrs. Schacht does not rebuild at the olu site. Her husband died shortly after the plant’s burning, but the fire and his death were in no way related. While her late husband was president of the small but thriving young company, Norma is secretary-treasurer and Bill Coburn is vice president.

DANA’S PARKING LOT BEGINS TO TELL THE EMPLOYMENT STORY

OLD GI ARMY BARRACKS COMING BOWN

There has been an effort to get the company to relocate in the New Paris area, in Elkhart County, but there seems little indication that this will happen. The company, started by Jack Schacht in 1972, has variously from 10 to 20 employees and does work for the automotive, orthopedic, agricultural and plumbing/industry and some government work. Young Jack S.hacht, a 1976 graduate of Wawasee High School, has worked with his dad in the business from the start and is the likely successor to the helm. KIP SCHUMM, 7 North Shore Drive, has ambitious plans for his Syracuse Park Board to raise some $1,400 at a chicken barbecue, to be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 4, to go toward much-needed pSrk recreational equipment. He states the board hopes to have some SSOO left for equipment from its annual budget from the town and township. A recent questionnaire (about 3.500 went out) revealed that the most pressing thing for the town’s parks was the need for more recreational equipment. Working with Kip on the park board are: Tony Clouse, vice president; Diana Walker, secretary; Pat Bartow, treasurer; and ex-officio members Bob Knudsen of the library board. Tim Caldwell of the school, plus township advisory board member Alan Kitson. ONE NEEDS only look at the big Dana parking lot to know things are happening thereabouts. The accompanying photo was taken Monday morning when the first ripples of reemployment were noticeable. For years the plant (recently the Weatherhead Co. plant) was Lakeland’s largest employer, but with the depressed auto market the plant has gone down to sixty employees. With the recent closing of the Edgerton, Wise., plant, and the moving of equipment and men to the Syracuse community, things will be picking up noticeably. Plant comptroller Dennis Mann said Monday morning that six salaried men, some maintenance and engineering employees returned to work Monday morning to move departments around and make room for incoming machinery lines. Early this week Bill Sanders, of the Dana personnel department, and Richard C. Rice, plant manager, have been in meetings in Fort Wayne and elsewhere to co-ordinate the re-tooling of the Syracuse facility. Keep your eyes on the Dana plant. ALL THIS talk about Dana executives moving from Edgerton, Wise., to the Syracuse area, plus a number of Commodore executives seeking area homes, has created a flurry of activity in the local real estate market — providing a much-needed stimulus in this otherwise lackluster field. THE FOLKS at the SyracuseWawasee Rotary Club and the

Syracuse Case Breakfast Club have lost a good and compassionate friend with the passing of Lou Craig Monday morning. And more, this year’s Lake Wawasee Flotilla Committee will have to seek a replacement for Craig as their Commodore for this year's .Flotilla. Lou had a real sense of humor, as witness a remark he made with a big smile on his face when he learned he had been named Commodore: "This might be my last hurrah," he remarked with more realism than ever he thought. PAT (MRS. Darle C.) Hoover, 134 North Shore Drive, part-time bookkeeper at Precision Automotive on Chicago Ayfe.,|said one day this week, "My\ipctor told me to live on greens, so I took up golf! ’’ How's that for thinking? —o— WAYNE CAMPBELL, the new owner of Custom Crest Car Products, Syracuse, on Monday shipped two drums of their Aero Gloss to the China Air Lines in Taepai, Taiwan, used as an applicator to the skin of aircraft. The local firm is a major domestic producer of Aero Gloss and serves six major and six minor airlines with the product. —O'FOO AND Faye Wong returned to their Syracuse home last Thursday evening from Daytona Beach, Fla., where they spend their winter months. Purpose of their visit is to see their new two and a half-month-old granddaughter, Stephanie Ann Wong, daughter of Corky and Anna Wong. Her name in Chinese is Mei Ling, translated means "beautiful lily.” Foo calls the little newcomer, “the cutest baby I ever saw.” And why not? Friends are urging the popular restauranteurs to re-open their RodcTl3 cantonese restaurant, so popular in this area for a long period of time. A little nudge by some of their former patrons might help to get the job done.

H North Webster! I Library

By GEORGE SWITZER Children’s summer reading program began June 11. This year’s theme is “Bee” A Summer Bookworm. The program is open to all interested children. Prizes will be awarded for most books read in several age groups. Beginning June 14, Stephanie Jernigan will be presenting a Story Hour for the children from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Saturday mornings in the library. The library will be closed Mermaid Festival week as our volunteers will be working our Paperback Book Sale in the merchants’ building. Donations of paperback books will be accepted at the library. If you need someone to pick up your book donations call the library and arrangements will be made to pick them up. Remember: Library is open Tuesday and Thursday evening 79 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday 10 am.-3 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.2 p.m.