The Mail-Journal, Volume 17, Number 48, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 December 1980 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., December 17,1980

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Editorials Lorin J. Badskey— 1914-1980 The Lakeland area was saddened this week by the unexpected death of Lorin J. Badskey of North Webster, a past president of Kiwanis International and chairman of the Kiwanis International World Secretariat. * . Badskey died Saturday morning in a Chicago hotel room of an apparent heart attack. He wasn’t only active on the International Kiwanian level, but on the local level as well. He was a member of the Lakeland Kiwanis Club and was instrumental in helping to start both the Wawasee and Milford Kiwanis Clubs. The list of his activities and service projects is almost endless. Lakeland Kiwanis President Jim Hormann said, “I feel the loss of Lorin to the community will be felt for many years. We all are going to miss him. He was inspirational to « all in the community and the businessmen in the community will carry on in his work. “I would have to say the community has lost one of its better, better citizens, that’s the bottom line of it. Many things could be said from his activities, and the active life he led and community involvement,” said his good friend and fellow Kiwanian Chris Koher. We can add little to the thoughts of these two Kiwanis Club members . . . Lorin Badskey’s life touched many in the years he served his fellow man. Good holiday news With the holiday season approaching, there seems to be the prospect of good news for the Lakeland School Corporation’s 170-odd school teachers, the corporations administrators — and the students and patrons of the school corporation. $ The good news comes in the form of affirmative steps taken late last week iff the effort to resolve the impasse that has existed for some time between teachers and administrators to settle the salary and benefits package for the coming year. A settlement package was arrived at at 3:30 a.m. Friday morning following a marathon night-long bargaining session. No one other than the two negotiating teams are privy to terms of the settlement at this point, but the package will be presented to the teachers for their consideration at 4 p.m. today (Wednesdaylat the school auditorium. A secret paper ballot vote will be taken by the teachers next Tuesday, Dec. 23 at 4 p.m., also at the school auditorium. The differences between the teachers and administrators is something that should be ironed out at the bargaining table with as little prodding from the outside as possible. This seems to have been the case. We here can only applaud the efforts of both groups in their final willingness to iron out their differences and to get on with the job at hand — the education of the children of our community. If the teachers and administrators see their way clear to vote favorably for this package, it will be good news indeed for all parties concerned. And this is something we need more of, with Christmas and the holidays just around the corner. The Christmas Spirit Complaints grow louder each year that Christmas has become mostly a party binge and commercial bonanza. But those who wish to enjoy an old-time Christmas can still do so, with planning and determination. Family members will enjoy helping mothers prepare special Christmas dishes and foods ahead of time. Some of these specialties can be the presents for family, friends and neighbors. All appreciate self-made gifts, and this also saves money and shopping time. The secret to a relaxed, old-time Christmas is to plan ahead so that Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and one or two days after Christmas are not hectic, overly-filled days. Those who enjoy traditional, large-family dinners should attend them. But those who don’t can substitute a call at a time which won’t interfere with their own home’s holiday observance. * Imagination and, sometimes, discipline will be needed to keep the family together and calm — during the holidays. Television might be profitably disconnected at times and temptations to use the highways resisted. Instead, family games, talks, sports, meals and projects of pleasure could be enjoyed — good food, good company, and dedication to the real meaning of Christmas. Christmas Carols The custom of singing Christmas carols on the eve of Christmas came to us from England, though for a time it — and other Christmas observances — were banned in Puritan New England. As Puritan pressure relaxed, a custom began of placing lighted candles in homes in Boston and Spread to various parts of the country. And the English caroling custom, which had long been accepted in the South, then penetrated into more conservative New England. For many years it was the custom of night watchmen to gather together and sing carols and, in the South, students took up the custom. The tea party One of the famotis incidents of American history was the Boston Tea Party, which occurred December 16, 1773. Sixty men dressed as Indians boarded a British tea ship in the harbor and threw its cargo into the water. The Americans were incensed over an import tax levied on tea by the British Parliament. Because Americans refused to buy goods so taxed, Parliament had i, winded the tax on most imports. But the import tax on tea was only suspended, not rescinded, and this didn’t satisfy Boston militants, who feared it might be restored. Thus the Boston Tea Party was one of the incidents leading up to the Revolution. In retaliation, Parliament closed the port of Boston the next year and moved the seat of the government to Salem. Within three years the last hope of reconciliation had passed and the colonies were in open rebellion against rule from abroad, one of the world’s first successful efforts to throw off colonialism. The ‘‘tea party” was one of the catalysts. What others say — Smiling Smile when you read this. We don’t ordinarily try to turn academic theories upside down without a shred of academic evidence on our end. But we cannot quietly go along with what a linguist told a meeting of the Acoustical Society of America: that the smile we asked you for may be the remnant of a sign of submissiveness with origins in the animal kingdom. To be more detailed than the traffic will probably bear, the baring of teeth might seem hostile, but grinning from ear to ear changes the timbre of an accompanying cry to make it sound like one produced by a smaller beastie. Well, we’ve come a long way, beastie. If the smile of friendship were a signal of submission it would be a shadow of a smile’ indeed. As a parent we know points out, those first baby smiles that come from nowhere can hardly be such signals. They make us submit to them. As for the accompanying gurgle... — The Christian Science Monitor.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus Voice of the people A column on the opinions of the people of the Lakeland area...

"Do you believe in Santa Claus? How do you explain his appearance every Christmas?"

SL. J DEBBIE KJj MILL I XS Goshen ■EKu, F* (homemaker) “I don’t. I guess it’s just someone trying to make a lot of people happy.” BRAD GERSTNER ■ | Syracuse W ’ Fourth grade “No, because he can’t come down the chimney it’s impossible. I believe my mom and dad get them at the store because I listen on the phone when she calls them.” RON W 1 CONLEY ¥ Jr Milford XjcHbfe/f (Street and . Water Dept. > “I believe in Saint Nicholas, but not the fairy tale version of Santa Claus. I believe in the traditional Christian version of Christ’s birth.” AMOS GONZALES San Antonio, Tex. (laborer) “Os course I believe in Santa Claus, someone who’s been around as long as he has.

Court news

The following claims have been filed in Kosciusko County Circuit Court, Richard Sand, judge: Note Statesman Insurance Company vs Charles Vest, r 2 box 118 North Webster. Plaintiff seeks a judgment of $2,309 plus interest, attorney’s fees and costs. People’s State Bank vs Billy G. Coburn, 430 Dolan Drive, Syracuse. Plaintiff seeks a judgment of $26,305.41, plus interest and attoreny’s fees and an order foreclosing real estate. MARRIAGE DISSOLUTIONS The following couples have filed for dissolution of their marriages in Kosciusko County Circuit limd Superior Courts: Harting — Hal B. Harting vs Mary L. Harting, r 2 box 219 Leesburg. The couple was married August 18,1963 and was separated July 25,1980. Plaintiff seeks a dissolution, that the court determine custody of the two minor children, an equitable division of the property and costs. VIOLATIONS The following residents of the Lakeland area have had fines assessed in Kosciusko County Court, James Jarrette, judge: Speeding — Wilfred Wollman,

QUESTION.

- I MARY ■ <ILil HAFFNER CH j ■ Syracuse Fourth grade “No, my parents put the presents out. 1 see my mom buy the stocking stuffers.” TOM 311 MANGAS ||| Syracuse z ] Fourth grade 1 <” fH “No, I just don’t believe, because I see the sacks the presents are in. My mom and dad buys them and sticks them under the tree.” SMRS. STEVE KAISER r 2 Milford “No. I would say commercialism. We emphasize Christ’s birthday in our home, not the commercial Santa Claus.” PAM COLLEY M Syracuse MH J Fourth grade BMP . “Yes. I heard his bells once and I get presents. My mom buys some and gives money to Santa for the rest.”

55, Syracuse, S4O; David Langham, 16, Leesburg, S4O; Randall Miller, 24, Leesburg, S4O; Mark E. Francis, 21, Syracuse, S4O; Steven Hill, 22, Leesburg, $45; Ted R. Shoemaker, 32, North Webster, S4O; Robert Johnson. 30, Syracuse, S4O; Louis Amador, 29, Leesburg, S4O No operator’s license — Robert Smaltz, 66, Leesburg, $35 Disregarding automatic signal, personal injury accident — Bonita Wine, 35, Leesburg, $57 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 4*547. Second class postage paid at 103 E. Main Street, Syracuse, Indiana 46547 and at additional entry offices. Subscription: Sl» per year in Kosciusko County; 513 outside county. POSTMASTERS: Send change of address forms to The Mail-Journal, P.O. Box 1M„ Milford, Indiana 46542. SO 1 , I’ll

tfiUZIN AROUND

ONE OF the most unique Christmas trees is in the Wawasee High School classroom of English teacher Phil Fawley, in the form of color photos of some 82 students of his four senior college prep English classes. Fawley, who has taught the subject with professionalism for 27 years (five at Leesburg High School and 22 at Syracuse High School), kept asking his students for their senior photos. And, of course, they could not guess why. Then, over the week end he put up the tree, which he calls his Living Christmas Tree. And so, come Monday morning, there it was for all to see. It appears on a large bulletin board, a territory it must share with some 125 or more Christmas cards Fawley has received from students, parents and a host of friends in the community. — o — THE SYRACUSE Public Library and the Syracuse Elementary School are the richer for receiving two excellent paintings each from the collection of Margi and Martin Stevens, residents of Stone Lake, near Middlebury. The two artists are well known among members of the small but cohesive Syracuse art colony for having taught art here for a number of years. At the present time both Mr. and Mrs. Stevens are suffering from ill health, it was learned. They are also noted puppeteers, and their collection is being shown at the Corcoran Museum in Boston, as part of an invitational International collection showing. —o — AN INTERESTING rumor was traveling around town Friday. According to rumor a Boston Street house was wrecked by Joe Hughes, Syracuse, and friends. Actually the 40 pounds of silver and rare coins the men supposedly discovered turned out to be 15f. “I tell you what, I’ll take you to that house with me if you want. If you find any money I’ll buy you a beer,” Joe laughed while explaining how stories grow. Maybe I should go “plant” a 1933 penny. — o — SEEN: BUMPER sticker with this — Horseshoers get more kick out of their work. — o — OF ALL the Christmas messages that have come to this desk so far this season the most poignant is this one from Mary Bushong, artist and well known resident of North Shore Drive. It follows: Reminiscing — Mary Bushong My earliest memory of the beautiful island of Santo Domingo where I was born is when, at the age of three, I was taken to Santiago de Los Caballeros, second largest city on the island, to be tutored by a French governess, Senorita Lolita de Castro. After experiencing a terrible earthquake and a civil war, where I nearly lost my life, I was rescued, by God’s Grace, and taken back home to San Fransiscode Macoris. My father who had lived in the United States and knew the advantages this country had to offer, sent my older brother and

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me with Clem Christie in Indiana, his business manager, to be educated in the States, I was only eleven and my brother was fifteen. We were thirteen days aboard ship. I was so homesick that one night in desperation I went out on the deck intending to jump overboard. The white foam swirling in the black water frightened me and I ran back to my cabin and cried myself to sleep. Landing in a foreign country, not knowing the language or customs, presented many problems to a homesick little girl. Mapy years have come and gone since that time with heartaches and tears. But God’s Grace has brought me through. And now I can look back and be grateful for those years of learning, living and finding happiness in an adopted land. So let’s thank God there is an America. We rejoice this Christmas Season and may we all, you and 1 and our loved ones, praise the miracle of Christmas. CHRIST IS BORN—GOOD WILL TO ALL MEN! — o — WHEN THE SyracuseWawasee Rotary Club honored one of its members by naming him >a Paul Harris Fellow last, week, it brought to light the part the local club is playing in Rotary International’s vast international program of benevolence. Paul Levernier was the seventh local Rotarian so honored. The honor came to Levernier following 29 years of membership in the local service club, and represents a gift of SI,OOO in his name to Rotary International to carry on its three-pronged venture in voluntary Service: To improve health, alleviate hunger and to enhance human and social development. Bill Cable, who heads up the ongoing effort of the local 36member Rotary Club to support the international venture, called some important facts to our attention following last week’s affair for Levernier. He said, for instance, that the local club has subscribed to contribute $1.50 per member per year, plus $lO for each new member, and that a contribution of $lO per member makes a local club a 100% club. The S-W Rotary Club is currently a 2400% club, one of the

highest contributors in its 40-ciub district. The sum of $6.5 million was raised by the end of the 75th Anniversary Fund year by Rotary International or 6.5% of the $69.5 million authorized by Resolution 80-114 for all Rotary Foundation programs during the three-vear period 1982-834hrough 1984-85. The $6.5 million Cable refers to was raised from July 1, 1979 through June 30, 1980, a fact that engenders much pride among the 871,000 club members in . 18.852 Rotary Clubs in 154 countries. When Paul Levernier was honored last week by his fellow Rotarians he became one of 52,797 Paul Harris Fellows. — O'FRIENDS OF Billie Rigdon have been visiting her and sending her cards at the Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, where she remains a patient following foot surgery last Tuesday. Billie is a resident of r 4 Syracuse (Waco Drive) and is member of the Syracuse Public Library Board of Directors. — O'JEAN MILLER, 106 East Pearl Street, is delighted to learn that her daughter and her husband. Harry and Michelle Hart, and their 10-year-old son Jason will soon become her close neighbors. The Harts have purchased the home of the late Blanche Thornburg on East Main Street and plan to move back to Syracuse in the near future. Mr. Hart is a Nebraska native and is retiring after 23 years in the U.S. Navy. Michelle is better known as “Shelly” among her Syracuse friends. She graduated from SHS in 1962. — O — 808 MAUZY, local tax consultant with offices in the Village in the Bill Beemer building, is still talking about a week-long trip he took to Las Vegas “to attend sessions of the National Tax Institute. Awed by it all. Bob admits to being overtaken by all the glitter and has plenty of stories to substantiate it. He smiled when asked, shook his jowls, and said, “the people who go there are ‘creatures of lust,’ no more, no less.” — o — RED LONG, president of Ace Pest Control, r 2 Syracuse (Lake (Continued on page 5)