The Mail-Journal, Volume 17, Number 26, Milford, Kosciusko County, 16 July 1980 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., July 16,1980

Editorials Let's all pitch in Now is the time for all good citizens to come to the aid of their community building... an old adage with a few words changed to fit the bill. Milford residents are beginning to respond to the letters sent out recently asking everyone to do his part to help with the Milford Community Building ... persons who haven’t responded should do so in the near future as it’s going to take all of us to get the building up, a few people can’t do it alone. We can have something we’re proud of if we but work together to make it happen. Think of the improvement a new community building will make over the old burned-out hotel building! Think of how proud everyone will be when we can say, “We had a part in that building. We gave money and/or our time. We worked together to get it done. ’ ’ The community building is a big project. It is going to take time and money to complete it. It is not an overnight project. It won’t even be done next week, but by fall it should be well on its way to being complete if we all pitch in and do our share. Hang in there, Kip The public dispute between the Syracuse Town Board and the town’s park board over the park board’s proposed budget and the aggressiveness of the young, eager park board members in carrying out what they took to be their responsibilities may have been blown out of proportion. At this point, we’re willing to give both sides credit for their good intentions. The meeting last Thursday night resulted in an unnecessary shouting match in which Park Board President Kip Schumm offered on several occasions to resign his post. , ’ We would hate to see this happen, for Kip and other members of his park board are good, well-intentioned, eager, ambitious workers for their cause. Trouble is: They are a little too ambitious for some of the town board members. We would admonish Schumm not to resign. Let’s not let the heat of the occasion get the better of us; in short, let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water. It’s easy to get a do-nothing park board; but a real interested, ambitious board is hard to come by. We have one now; let’s keep it. A cooling-off period might be advisable. A clear understanding of the park board’s responsibilities might be in order. We have felt the town board should give the park board the $2,000 budget it asked for for park playground equipment. If, however, this is impossible budgetarily, then the park board should accept this for the time being. If the park board decides to raise the SI,OOO needed to round out their year’s program, it might be surprised how the public will respond to projects (similar to their chicken barbecue) to raise these funds. That’s our message: Hang in there, Kip, both sides cool it for a while; then let’s get together on a new footing and work together in the best interest of good parks for a good community. People who hurry through this life meet death that much earlier. Too often habits make men instead of men making habits. Wisdom is not necessarily shown by those who make no mistakes. You can get into trouble by repeating what you heard someone say. What others say — A kind word for Uncle Sam It’s become fashionable lately to criticize the conceal them can be made to pay you a penalty, federal government for all sorts of real or ■ Job safety: As much as the Occupational imagined shortcomings. Safety and Health Act (OSHA) has been The hostages are trapped in Iran. Gasoline is criticized, it still allows you as a worker to refuse expensive. Unemployment is rising. There are toperformdangerousjobs. potholes in your .street • ««*•; Under the Equal Credit Op- ..... . , .. portumty Act, if you have been discriminated Blame Washington. That s the answer for all against on the basis of sex, marital status, age, our ills, or so it would seem. race, religion or national origin — and can prove But you may not be aware of how much the it _ you can win punitive damages. federal government does to protect you, the ■ Garnishment: A creditor can’t take more citizen and consumer. Despite the many than 25 per cent of your paycheck to satisfy a problems that exist, you would have far worse debt unless it’s for alimony or child support. Nor ones if it weren’t for Uncle Sam and federal laws. can you be fired if you’ve been hit with only one Some examples: garnishment. ■ AUTQMOBILE odometers: Car dealers ON THE STATE level, too, you are protected who turn them back can be sued for triple by many laws even while you (some of you) cry damages plus lawyers’ fees. A recent Con- out against the bureaucracy. In New Jersey, if necticut case saw that happen after a man you are attacked in your apartment by intruders bought a four-year-old Chevrolet with 28,000 who enter the building through an unlocked front miles on the clock — which mysteriously broke door, the landlord is liable. In Washington state, down six times in the next month. the Supreme Court awarded $7,500 in damages to ■ Unfavorable credit reports: False reports a couple whose home movies were lost by a film and revealing outdated information are laboratory. In California, that state’s highest outlawed. Not only that, but on request you must court ruled that a hospital committed an unfair be shown any unfavorable report on you. In a business practice when it handed overdue acrecent case a Michigan woman was awarded counts to a bill collector and then added on the $21,000 in compensatory damages and $50,000 in agency’s 33 per cent commission. punitive damages because of a false report. We have a feeling that in the upcoming ■ Collection agencies: As reported in a presidential election campaign, not to mention a series of stories in The Neighbor last fall, you lot of lower-level races, there’s going to be an can collect damages if a bill collector calls your unusually high level ot criticism directed at the boss, calls you at night, threatens violence or federal government and the way it operates. So uses abusive language. bear in mind where the criticism is coming from, ■ TRUTH IN LENDING: Federal law check the facts and make your own judgment — protects you as a borrower repaying on the in- a judgment that will probably be more informed stallment plan by requiring clear disclosure of than the criticism. — TAMPA METRO all finance charges. Lenders and retailers who NEIGHBOR Whatever happened to helping? Hoosiers, and folks in LaGrange County particularly, have enjoyed a reputation of helping out neighbors in times of emergency. That time-worn attitude went by the wayside in the wake of Saturday’s storm in LaGrange County, however. Striking NIPSCo workers not only refused to step in with emergency help, they harrassed others who were trying to restore power to homes, businesses and farms. ~ .. Without getting into the “why’s” and “wherefore’s” of the issues being negotiated in the strike, it seems to us that it would have been worth a million dollars in good will for union members to pitch in on emergency repairs in the aftermath of the storm. Instead, NIPSCo officials reported that electrical contractors, brought in to help supervisory personnel in the repair work, were let go, because in the words of one official,, “The contractors were spending more time putting up with the harrassment than they were getting the repairs done.” The situation was demonstrated graphically by the fact that REMC crews were out immediately after the storm restoring power to customers, and, by Monday, had all but about 20 individuals back in service. Manv many NIPSCo customers, however, weathered a week end of power outages as supervisory crews worked night and day to restore service. We are in no way condemning the union’s right to strike, or its right to seek time of emergency seems to us to be doing the union far more harm than good.

... .tlf Soon o new community building will stand on this spot.

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

QUESTION: "What are you going to do to help with the Milford Community Building?"

SARAH SLABAUGH ■ Milford IB - J (homemaker) A X “Probably just encourage them, because I think it’s a wonderful thing. ’’ NOBLE HOLDERREAD Milford (retired) “Donate a little cash, I guess. I’m not going to do any work for it.” '< ~ BILL k y MOTTS f Milford '\ WE (retired) “I’ll help with whatever I can do. I can’t help with the heavy work, but I can with the light work.” * JOLENE HOLDERREAD ■** ’'l r 1 Milford B - ■ (engineering B **" 11 departmental Chor e-Ti m e) “I plan to do anything I can for my fair share.”

Court news

MARRIAGE LICENSES The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jean Messmore: Miller-Lawton Daniel David Miller, 26, r 1 Cromwell and Lynn Marie Lawton, 24, r 1 Cromwell Cortese-Wirchern Donald M. Cortese, 24, Lincoln Park, Mich., and Angela A. Wirchern, 19, r 1 Leesburg Hawkins-Kinney Michael Hawkins, 23, Atwood, and Cathy J. Kinney, 18, r 1 Milford MARRIAGE DISSOLUTIONS The following couples have filed for dissolutions of their marriages in Kosciusko County Superior and Circuit Courts : Maynard — Kenneth R. Maynard and Patricia Maynard, r 2 Syracuse. The couple married December 2, 1973 and was separated December 29, 1979. The petitioner prays that said marriage hereby be dissolved. Storm — Joan P. Storm and William Storm, P.O. Box 286 Leesburg. The couple was married July 20, 1968 and was separated June 23, 1980. The petitioner prays for a decree dissolving the marriage, that an equitable division of the property be made, for costs and for all other relief proper. COUNTYCOURT Violations The following residents of Kosciusko County have had fines assessed and have paid those fines in Kosciusko County Court, James Jarrette, Judge: Speeding — Norma Adams, 42, Syracuse, $35 Operating a vehicle while intoxicated — Wayne Ott, 32, Syracuse, $248, plus driver’s license suspended 60 days

SUE HARDWICK Milford (sales-clerk) “Well, I may use it some day, but at this point I haven’t done much to help.” ROBERT X* GROVES £ * A r. 2 Milford (retired) k. IJH Mell Z “We have taken out a membership and have contributed financially. I’m a member of Kiwanis and we have had money raising events and have more coming up.” - > fcjrT ' JR 808 < AUER $ Milford ' town board . trustee) “I’ll do anything I can. This is an important part of our community and I think everyone should get behind them.” JACKIE FOLTZ Milford (sales-clerk) “Right now, I’m not doing anything to help with it. I received the letter in the mail, but haven’t filled it out yet. When the building is started, I’ll find something to help with. ’ ’

Conversion — Arden Baker, 24, Syracuse, $95 plus 10 days Kosciusko County Jail suspended Illegal passing — Larry Weisser, 42, Milford, S4O Failure to yield — David Hughes, 22, North Webster, $57 David West joins Arizona travel service David West of Syracuse recently graduated from Southeastern Academy, Kissimmee, Fla. and has joined Halabill Travel Services of Scottsdale, Ariz. West has trained extensively in all areas of the travel industry. In addition to his comprehensive travel studies, West met requirements in personal and career development. Southeastern Academy offers specialized career training in travel-tourism and fashion merchandising.

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JOY WILES names help... a little IF YOU’RE six years old, you shouldn’t be trying stunts on a bicycle. Little Heaven Joy Wiles, daughter of Gary and Debbie Wiles, 212 North Street, Syracuse, found this out the hard way. She was “doing her stuff" on Portland Street at about 5 p.m. last Tuesday, and it didn’t work out as she had it all planned. Result: Heaven (how’s that for a pretty name?) fell and broke her right arm just below the shoulder. She is now wearing a burdensome plaster cast, and all her friends and relatives have rushed to sign it. To assuage the hurt, grandma Doris (Mrs. Kellie England) threw a pizza party for Heaven on Wednesday, inviting all her little friends in. Heaven is something of a “celebrity” among her friends, especially her sister, Darcie Marie, 10, Darla, 9, and Wendi. 7. But she has second thoughts about what are proper bikeriding habits. MARY BUSHONG, a resident of 48 North Shore Drive, Syracuse, called this column to tell us how much the feature article on W. E. Long, carried in this place a week ago, meant to her. “I have to confess it brought a tear to my eyes,” she said. Mrs. Bushong commented that she and her late husband, Ernest E. Bushong, later to become Syracuse postmaster. were among the guests of honor when philanthropist Long dedicated the Pickwick Block May 11. 1937. She went on to recall the fond memories the article had brought to mind. She described the works of Mr. Long and his dedication to Syracuse and the lakes community in superlative terms. “It’s a shame the young people of the community don’t know more about the good works of Mr. Long,” Mrs. Bushong added. IT TOOK a little while for employees of Augsburger’s North .Webster Super Valu to catch on .. . but they eventually did. but not before they had sold a large number of items to a customer at July 1979 prices! The customer, who will go unnamed, showed up at the North Webster store and, according to one employee, “ordered about everything on the sale bill. ” The bill looked bonafide, all right, but it finally dawned on store employees the bill was dated July 15, 1979! A slick trick, but one can bet it won’t happen at that store again. We have store manager Forrest Cole’s word for that. WHEN WORD was received that Indiana’s junior U. S. Senator Richard G. Lugar would not show up at the July 5 Road Race, sponsors of the event were naturally disappointed. Reason: Pressing business in Washington kept him in the nation’s capital. Since then we’ve learned that Senator Lugar is among the three men being considered by Ronald Reagan for his vice presidential candidate. The *two others: Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt and former Texas congressman and CIA director George Bush. All three were being kept busy

coming up with a profile of themselves for Reagan and his aides to consider. CHARLES GARNER, who resides on what he calls “bankers row” at the west edge of Leesburg and is principal at the Atwood school in the Warsaw Community School Corporation, is planning his retirement in five years, at age 62. He claims to have been kept busy with a big garden, and his three cherry trees. He’s also taken up the art of canning. Ummmm. WORD LEAKED out last week, through the It Happened . . in Syracuse” column in The M-J that Cynthia Ann (Frevert) Frye entered the Mermaid Festival “Queen of the Lakes” contest in 1950 as “Miss Syracuse” and tied for first runner up. And who was her escort? Why, John Kroh, her fellow worker at Thornburg drug store, of course. Cynthia is Syracuse town clerktreasurer. DOWN INDIANAPOLIS-WAY they refer to it as the “quiet gas war,” but a gas war nonetheless, and they claim it is slowly creeping northward. With motorists driving less, due to the high price of gasoline, there’s a gas glut on the market, and, almost inevitably, the price of gas is coming down. NOW WE’VE seen it all, so says a friend of Merl Smith's. It seems Smith, owner of SmithWalbridge Camp on East Shore Drive, has purchased a gasefficient moped and is seen “breaking it in.’’ CHARLES HARTER, retired golf professional of the Pleasant Run Golf Club, Indianapolis, and well known to local golfers as a member of South Shore, qualified and participated in the first USGA Seniors Open held recently at Winged Foot Country Club in New York, but failed to make the final 36-hole cut, according to Steve Roderick, pro at South Shore. THE SYRACUSE Park Board did well at their chicken barbecue held at city park Friday, the Fourth of July, according to park board president Kip Schumm. He said they sold 1,300 servings of chicken, many of them carryout, but that they finally disposed of 2,000 chicken halves. It was Nelson’s Golden Glow chicken, and it was delicious. The barbecue was a part of the park board’s boot strap operation to raise $2,000 for new park recreational equipment. SIX LOCAL athletes competed Saturday afternoon in state final track and field events at Jeffersonville, Indiana, and the four who made up the relay team (Shelly Rogers, Carla Clouse. Tammy Welborn and Jo Hamman) came in third among 13 teams. The other two runners were Amy Clouse and Laura Meditch. The girls arrived home at 9 p.m. Saturday with a handsome, large trophy for their sponsors, the Ligonier Park Board. The trophy will remain at the West Noble High School. The event, national-wide, is sponsored by the Hershey Food Co. of Hershey, Pa. State finalists will go on to further competition. THE THIRD counterfeit S2O bill turned up in the Syracuse community, according to State Bank of Syracuse President James F. Caskey. The first, last Monday, was discovered in a Thornburg Drug Co. bank deposit, the second in a deposit made by Mildred Gilbert of United Telephone Co., and the third “just showed up in the bank’s money,” Caskey commented. At the same time, he is warning everyone in the area to be on the lookout for similar “phoney” bills. They all have the same serial number and are printed on paper dissimilar to a bonafide S2O bill. Frieda Rinker, the bank’s cashier, said she immediately called the U.S. Secret Service at Indianapolis, as she had been asked to do. She said some have turned up in the Indianapolis area —about 50 in all having been reported. FRIENDS OF Steve Finton have been chiding him, that if the ongoing NIPSCo strike doesn’t abate, they might have to call him back into service. “And I could do it, too,” Steve enthuses.

Finton, who retired from the utility company in 1974, served 44 years with the company, 10 as a lineman and 34 as a supervisor. The Finton’s came to Syracuse from Goshen in 1931 and continue to reside at 413 South Harrison Street. Oh, incidentally, Steve was 71 Monday, the day the remark about his returning to work was made, and Monday was also the 51st wedding anniversry of Steve and Wava, his charming and dutiful wife. THE KIND remark came from UTS vice president Phil Hoy, that Project Proud “would not fly” had it not been for the good publicity The M-J gave toward the effort. ALSO LEARNED, is the fact that the S-W Rotary Club would take on the project of beautifying the uptwon parking lot. It will include establishment of a flag pole centered on a small flowered plaza, and the re-establishment of the limestone marker from the old Syracuse school that was located on the lower lot. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for Governor of Indiana John Hillenbrand and his charming wife Joan will be house guests of Mike and Carol Kiley at their palatial Pickwick Park home on Saturday and Sunday. Aug. 9 and 10. when personable John will have an opportunity to meet many of his friends in the lakes community. Hillenbrand and Kiley served on the Indiana Department of Natural Resources together, Hillenbrand as chairman in a Republican administration. He and Kiley were the two Democratic members of the board, and through their good offices this area has had a receptive ear to the mounting problems that surround our lakes. Incidentally, Gov. Bowen recently re-appointed Kiley to a full three-year term on the DNR. It should be noted that Hillenbrand and Kiley became close friends when they were both youths and students at the Culver Military Academy. —O'JILL, , ROBERT and Laura Stover of Nappanee are in their second year as managers of the Enchanted Hills Playhouse, having leased the theater last year and purchased it this spring. One of the secrets of their success is their interest in involving local people, many of whom are of the “unsung” behind-the-scenes variety. Regular reviewer (for The MJ) Bill Spurgeon, writes, “It’s difficult for a reviewer, whose function is basically to review the ultimate product and who in this case is not a regular writer for the paper to boot, to properly credit volunteer workers behind the scenes, many of whose names do not even appear in the program. “We know that they are there, however, for these are the folks who make the difference between ‘ho-hum’ and quality theater. We are proud of the Stovers for involving talented local people off stage as well as on stage, and we are proud of the local folks who have responded. ” “HERE’S ONE I’ll bet you never heard of,” so says Gene (“Peanuts”) Felts of 630 Pittsburg Street. Felts swears he has potato plants in his garden with small potatoes under the ground and tomatoes above ground, both on the same plant. He says his son Wally is a Purdue University graduate, now with the department of agriculture, and he never heard of it before. Felts is inviting nonbelievers to his home for a firsthand look. —O—JOHN KROH is sore as a wet hen. Some time ago he bought a tandem bicycle to ride to lose weight. And it did the job: John got rid of 40 pounds and did his thing in the July sth Road Race. Then, on Monday morning, son Tim rode it to work at Klink’s Market, parked the bike out behind, and when he went to dinner it was gone. John is so put out he’s considering off ering a reward for information leading to the culprit who stole his bike. —o— WE’RE FOUND out, it’s not true that the Democrats are going to nominate Robert Redford for president.