The Mail-Journal, Volume 17, Number 23, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 June 1980 — Page 2
THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., June 25,1980
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CHAMBER OFFICERS — Officers and directors for the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce were elected at the general membership meeting W ednesday evening, June 18. at South Shore Golf Club. Pictured above are Barbara Mort, president; Rick Schaekel, board of directors; Jack Matney, board of directors; and Phil Hoy. vice president. Not picture is Phil Beer, board of directors. (Photo by Terri Chilcote)
Large attendance as —
Chamber of Commerce widens interest
By TERRI CHILCOTE A large turnout attended the general membership meeting of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce Wednesday evening, June 18. 19th Century Architecture The evening’s highlight was a slide presentation given by Architect Craig Leonard of Purdue University. In connection with Project Proud, Leonard showed different styles of architecture prevalent throughout Syracuse. Since Syracuse has a large amount of 19th century-type architecture, he suggested chamber members draw upon its 19th century not draw upon 19th century Indiana? Why not draw upon your own district?” he questioned. He said the greatest need is to find an unifying element between the downtown area and the village and pointed out landscaping can be an effective unifying element. Leonard showed pictures of present buildings in Syracuse and then showed sketches of what could be done to enhance those building's architectural style or unify them with surrounding
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Two appointed at GTI
GTI Corporation has appointed James H. Robinson and Matt DiMatteo to new positions within the company, at Leesburg. Robinson has been appointed manufacturing engineer at its circuits division, Leesburg. He will be responsible for special projects in the engineering department. Prior to joining GTI, he worked at CTS Corporation in Elkhart as a manufacturing engineer for the last 11 years. He and his wife, Jean, live in Elkhart. Robinson studied electrical engineering at Purdue University in Lafayette. DiMatteo was appointed operations manager for the corporation’s circuits division, also in Leesburg. Dale Weidemann, vice president of
‘MISS WINONA LAKE’ — Julia Spear, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. Spear, Warsaw, will compete as “Miss Winona Lake” in the “Queen of Lakes” Beauty Pageant June 2228. Sponsored by W. R. Thomas Stores, Miss Spear is a 1980 graduate of Warsaw Community High School. She has light brown hair and hazel eyes, weighs 130 pounds and is five feet, 11 inches tall. She enjoys modeling, piano, dance, water skiing, snow skiing and sports in general.
buildings. He pointed out that paint can be used to highlight a building's architectural features. “It’s simply a matter of working with the resourses that were there all the time," he said. Joe Lumm of United Telephone, which has spearheaded Project Proud, concluded the presentation. “We will be available to work with you and help you develop ideas," he offered. “Our part of it is to.give you ideas. I would certainly like to see Syracuse continue with it, because you have competition to the south and to the north. ou ve got to get your act.together ' Sixty-two chamber members attended this year’s dinner meeting at South Shore Golf Club compared to last year’s turnout of about 45, according to Chamber Executive Secretary Joe Gray. 1980 Budget; $3,500 The first item of business was reviewing the 1979 and 1980 budgets. In 1979, $4,540.64 was spent out of $4,694.49 budgeted. This resulted in a cash increase of $153.85. For 1980, $3,500 is budgeted. Chamber officers and new
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GTI and general manager of the division, said DiMatteo would be responsible for directing all plant production and maintenance activities, material control, inventory control and purchasing, assigning support to meet scheduling and profit objectives. For the past several years DiMatteo has been with Carley Miniature High Intensity Lamps Corporation, Torrence, Calif., as manufacturing manager. Prior to that, he worked for GTI Corporation as a product line manager for the electronics division in Hadley, Pa. He majored in Industrial Engineering at Pittsburgh Institute, Pittsburg., Pa., graduating in December 1972. He and his wife, Carol, and three children will reside in Warsaw.
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MISS SKI BEE’ — Stacey Kirk, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kirk, Marion, will compete as “Miss Ski Bee” in the “Queen of Lakes” Beauty Pageant June 22-28. Miss Kirk is sponsored by Webster Lake Ski Bees. A Marion High School junior, Miss Kirk is a member of her high school swim team and Phi Epsilon lota Sorority. She has brown hair and blue eys, weighs 130 pounds and stands five feet, five inches tall.
board of director members were elected Barbara Mort was reelected president while Phil Hoy was elected vice president. Mrs. Mort and Hoy will serve one-year terms. New directors elected for 1980-83 are Phil Beer, Jack Matney and Fredric Schaekel. Jack Spake urged chamber members to attend the bridge hearing (which was held Thursday, June 19). “Public input in these meetings is quite important. I would urge everyone, for or against, to attend this meeting . Public hearings are for you people to voice your comments. If no one shows up the state will assume it’s okay with everyone," stated Spake. The state is contemplating closing SR 13 through Syracuse for bridge repairs next summer. Bob Rogers gave an update on the Wawasee Flotilla on Sunday, July 6. He said the 12 to 15 people on the committee have worked hard, but now it is up to the chamber members to make the event a success. The theme for the Flotilla is “Speak Up, America.” Around 300 hot air balloons will be launched at the start of the Flotilla in front of Wawasee Prep at 1 p.m. Stocking up on chicken By PATRICIA M. RATHBUN Would you believe Americans eat 74 times as much chicken now as they did forty years ago? Comsumption has jumped from a half a pound per person a year to 37 pounds. And the chicken eaten today is a lot meatier than what people ate prior to World War 11. While weight watchers have always been partial to chicken and turkey because the average serving of both contains fewer calories than an average serving of most meats, consumption as a whole is also on the increase. That’s not because of the highquality protein, iron, thiamin, riboflavin and niacin supplied by the birds. It’s mainly due to bargain prices of chicken compared to most other meats. With supplies so plentiful and prices so low, poultry consumption may rise one to two pounds per person this year. However, a slowdown in broiler production is expected in the second half of 1980. A whole broiler or turkey will keep up to 12 months in your freezer at 0 degrees F. and pieces up to nine months. So now is the time to take advantage of plentiful supplies. Uncooked poultry maintains desirable flavor and texture longer in freezer storage than cooked poultry. Be sure to wrap or bag in a suitable moisturevapor resistant packaging. Write the date and amount of chicken on the wrapper for future reference. Do not stuff uncooked poultry before freezing. Remove stuffing from cooked poultry and freeze meat and stuffing separately. This will prevent bacteria from multiplying to harmful levels during thawing. Thaw chicken in refrigerator, allowing 12 to 24 hours depending on the amount of chicken. If you plan to pack cooked chicken for a picnic or family outing, freeze it first. Fried chicken will maintain eating quality when frozen up to four months in the freezer at 0 degrees F., pieces covered with broth up to six months, and pieces not covered for one month. Don’t remove from your freezer until time for the outing, then pack in a well-insulated cooler. Take only the amount of chicken you intend to serve, and serve within two hours after it is removed from cold storage. If you reheat the chicken, barbecue sauce will give it added flavor.
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Lightning costly to Syracuse By DEB FOX Lightning struck several of the lift pumps in Syracuse several weeks agn and the repair of the equipment has been costly. Stremmel-Hill suggested to the town of the purchase of lightning protection material for the five units. Last evening in a special Syracuse Town Board meeting, William Hess submitted the request for the protection at the cost of $427.50. which includes the materials and labor. The board approved the purchase if there is money available. Hess also suggested the town have an extra lift station pump motor available, so the town wouldn’t be caught in a bind when one of the pumps needs repair. He stated currently there is one partially functional pump and there are parts ordered. In a separate letter from StremmelHill the company stated there is a chance a spare motor could be obtained. The company who manufactures the lift station pumps the town uses is SmithLoveless. They have discontinued the single-phase motors. The company has several of the one-phase motors left and if the town would purchase one motor the cost would be $2,877. A threephase pump motor would cost $1,374. However the town’s lift stations are all operated by the single-phase motors. Steven Butt suggested the town change one pump over to the three-phase systems, leaving two single-phase pumps as spares. Each of the lift stations is operated by two single-phase pumps. Other members of the board were against this idea, because of the cost in switching over the whole pump. After discussion a vote was taken and the board decided to purchase the extra single-phase pump motor from the company if money was available. Butt abstained from voting. Trash Pick Up The city street department has been receiving numerous calls from residents about picking up brush during the week. During last night’s meeting the town board designated that the grass, tree limbs and other brush would only be picked up on Friday of each week and at no other time. The board also requested that grass clippings be put in trash bags. Carl Myrick, town board president, requested that the garbage cans not be put out in the streets, making it easier for the streets to be swept. Hess; Vai Duggins, superintendent of utilites; and Robert Houser, chief of police; will be looking into the problem of town employees being called out at night to sweep up grass from the streets, by the police department. Hess stated “1 don’t think it hurts anybody to kick it off to the side.” He made a remark about paying the employees time and a half for the evening work, when the town is trying to save money. Transfer Funds Robert Reed, town attorney, read two ordinances transferring funds for the town to pay outstanding bills. The first ordinance was transferring $12,982 from the street department s bituminous materials to repair of streets by contract. This money will be used to pay Phend and Brown, Milford, for street repaving already completed. The other ordinance was for additional appropriations concerning the criminal justice fund. There was $1,028.57 taken from this fund and transferred to the police equipment fund for the recent purchase of a camera and radio. John Kroh and Tom Prickett, members of the fireworks committee of the SyracuseWawasee Chamber of Commerce, requested the use of the town park on the evening of July 4 for the annual fireworks display. This was approved. Following the items of new business before the board the police department and park board budgets were reviewed. The board will be meeting in a special session, Tuesday, July 1, at 7:30 p.m. to review the preliminary budget for the general fund. Parkedcar hit as driver lights a cigarette Milford Town Marshal David Hobbs investigated an accident at 10:40 p.m. Friday when a car driven by Frank Charlton, 76, r 2 Milford, hit a parked car belonging to John H. Young, 38, Milford. The parked car was at 212 W. Catherine St., Milford. Charlton was driving west on Catherine and stated he reached over to light a cigarette. He took his eyes off the road and when he looked up he saw the parked car but didn’t have time to steer clear. Young’s 1976 Mercury was damaged S6OO. Charlton’s 1979 Buick received $2,000 damage to the right front end, right door, right rear quarter panel and bumper area.
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BIG DAY AT NORTH WEBSTER — Saturday was a big day at North Webster, what with Lions Club members serving nearly 1,500 at a chicken barbecue on the International Palace of Sports grounds. (Note: In bottom right photo Lion Paul Royer is shown serving some young athletes.) It was also the day for the second annual International Palace of Sports 5,000 meter race through the town’s streets. Tim Moser, who was in charge, said 261
Promoted at Counting House Bank The Board of Directors of the Counting House Bank, headed by President Ed Stanley? recently appointed Marlene J. Black, r 3 Syracuse, as cashier. She will be in charge of supervising the operations in an administrative capacity. The main office of the Counting House Bank is located in North Webster with a branch bank at Camelot Village in Warsaw. A graduate of North Webster High School, Mrs. Black began her career in 1953 as a unit stock control clerk at Montgomery Ward in Columbia City and was later advanced to credit manager. In 1954, she joined the accounting and auditing department of United Telephone Company in Warsaw. Other past experiences includes a year of service with the Peoples State Bank of Leesburg as a relief person in various departments during employee vacations. She was employed as a teller in 1959 by the Farmers State Bank (now the Counting House Bank) in North Webster and was named auditor in 1967. She is a member of the National Association of Bank Women. A member of the North Webster Church of God, Mrs. Black and her family reside at Hoy’s Landing on Tippecanoe Lake. She has four daughters, Cara L. Wagoner, 21; Tami S. Wagoner, 19, Debi L. Wagoner, 16 and Francie D. Black, six. She was married to the late Bob L. Black. The Board of Directors of the Counting House Bank are President Ed Stanley, Wayne Roe, Syracuse; Judy Stanely, Leiters Ford; Robert Marcuccilli, Marion; David DeHart, Gaston; and Homer Shoop, North Webster. Bank officers are Ronald T. Gilbert, senior vice president and trust officer; Rachael Aaron, assistant vice president; Arlene Dellinger, assistant vice president; Tim Moser, assistant vice president; Jeanne Thomas, assistant vice president; Jenilee Anderson, assistant cashier; Roberta Schopf, assistant cashier and Joni Snider, assistant cashier. S3OO damage as parked car hit Larry Haviland, 72987 CR 29, Syracuse, was traveling north on Front Street on June 23, when he hit a parked car. Damage was estimated at $250 to his vehicle and SSO to the parked car.
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FESTIVAL RUNNERS — Shown above are winners of the Mermaid Festival 5000 Meter run held Saturday morning in North Webster. , From left in front are Larry Shively, Churubusco, second in men 30-39 with a time of 18:25; Tonda Yeager, Warsaw, first in women 16 and under with a time of 20:30; Elizabeth Schnieders, Markle, second in women 17-29 with a time of 24:30; and Barbara Couch, Fort Wayne, first in women 30 and over with a time of 20:54. In back are Jra Magginnis. Battle Ground, second in men 20-29 with a time of 16:55; Frank Thomas. Warsaw, first in men 20-29 with a time of 16:42: Tony Clouse. Syracuse, second in men 40 and over with a time of 19:17; Doug Peterson. Portland, first in men 14 and under with a time of 18:25; and Herschel McCord, Mishawaka, the oldest finisher at age 61 with a time of 23:50.( Photo by Ron Baumgartner)
250 racers in Mermaid Festival 5,000 meter run
Some 250 persons ran in the Mermaid Festival 5000 Meter race on Saturday at North Webster with the following winners: Men 14 and under — Doug Peterson, Portland, 18:25; Tom Mills. Fort Wayne, 18:46 Men 15-19 — Scott Maddex, Fort Wayne, 16:37; Mark Moore, Columbia City. 16:44 Men 20-29 — Frank Thomas. Teenager charged for leaving bomb in Oswego yard Bushrod Gentry La dig, 15, r 2 box 120 Leesburg, appeared in Kosciusko Superior Court on Monday, June 16, for a detention hearing. His arraignment was on Thursday, June 19, at 1:30 p.m. with Judge Robert Burner. Ladig was booked several weeks ago in the county jail after he allegedly left a homemade bomb in the yard of an Oswego resident. The bomb, a one pound can filled with black powder with a small one inch sealed wax fuse in it, was found by a relative at 10:30a.m. Ladig told County Patrolman Tom Brindle and Juvenile Officer Thomas Kitch he was going to use it to kill fish.
registered to run but only 250 finished, with 25% coming from Kosciusko County. One came from Madison, Wise., another from Las Vegas, Nev. The oldest runner was Herschel McCord, 61, of Mishawaka, with a time of 23:50, while the youngest was Greg Spencer, 7, of Muncie, with a time of 28:17. The overall winner, shown in bottom left photo, was Kermit Welty, 31, 532 North Parker Street, Warsaw, with a time of 16:22.
Warsaw, 16:42; Jra Magginnis, Battle Ground, 16:55 Men 30-39 — Kermit Welty. Warsaw, 16:22; Larry Shively. Churubusco, 18:25 Men 40 and over — Vance MacDonald, Las Vegas. 18:10; Tony Clouse. Syracuse, 19:17 Women Women 16 and under — Tonda Yeager, Warsaw. 20:30; Phyllis Orpurt, North Manchester, 21:22 Area persons arrested A Milford teen and a Syracuse man were sentenced in Kosciusko County Court,’Monday, June 23. Horacio Hernandez, 17, Milford, was sentenced to the Indiana State Farm for six months on a charge of public intoxication. He was ordered to pay S3O in fine and costs on the offense. Also Arden DeWayne Baker, 24, r 4 Syracuse, was first given a 10-day jail sentence, then later released from the sentence on a court order, on a charge of conversion. He was ordered to pay $95 in fine and costs. Arrested Danny Joe Hardy, 20. r 1 Syracuse, was arrested on a charge of illegal consumption of an alcoholic beverage on Monday, June 23. He was released on his own recognizance.
Women 17-29 — Rhonda Cottrell. Greentown, 23:23; Elizabeth Schnieders, Markle, 24:30 Women 30 and over — Barbara Couch, Fort Wayne, 20:54; Betty Hite, North Webster, 21:56 The youngest finisher was Greg Spencer, seven, Muncie, who finished with a time of 28:17. The oldest finisher was Herschel McCord, 61, Mishawaka, who finished with a time of 23:50. Milford woman booked on charge of conversion Bernice Dorothy Anglin, 62, r 2 Milford was booked at the Kosciusko County Jail on a charge of conversion after she was stopped outside a Warsaw supermarket for shoplifting. She was picked up by Warsaw City police and questioned on Friday, June 20. An employee *at Marsh Supermarket, East Market St., Warsaw, states that he saw Mrs. Anglin place several items in her purse and leave the store. She was detained outside the store until Warsaw City Police Sgt. John Lehman arrived and placed her in custody. She was later released on her own recognizance.