The Mail-Journal, Volume 18, Number 7, Milford, Kosciusko County, 4 March 1981 — Page 1

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This is how Roxanne Hadley felt when she closed the Syracuse License Branch at 5 p.m. Saturday evening. Mrs. Hadley, now in her fourth year as branch manager, said Saturday was one of the busiest days she has ever experienced at the license branch. Saturday was the last day to purchase plates for trucks, trailers and motorcycles, she commented, and this was the prime reason for the turn-out. Another was the fact that the Warsaw License Branch

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Who will be Milford's new 1981 'Citizen'?

Milford Area Development Council is taking nominations for the LUh annual Milford “Citizen the Year' award The annual MAD banquet has been set for Saturday. March 21. at 6 30 p m in the Apostolic Christian Church Fellowship Hall. Milford Last year Dr. T A. Miller and Jean Treesh were named 'Citizens of the Year," the first time the honor was made to two people at the same time The surprise of Mrs Treesh was apparent, as she remarked. “The most beautiful place in the world is Milford, Indiana " Dr Miller was nearly as taken aback He could only say "Hurray for Milford* Thank you all very much " Dr Miller served on the Milford Town Board for 11 years,

Syracuse kindergarten survey

The Syracuse Elementary School is presently conducting a survey of families in Turkey Creek Township to determine their kindergarten enrollment for the 1981-82 school year A survey letter has been sent home with elementary students, but flhis letter would miss families with no children in school unless it was passed on to them Parents of children who will

I Doing well on American tourists — gg ' I Mayan ruins lend insight to lost culture vX & By ARCH AND DELLA BAUMGARTNER Visit Mavan Ruins I „ - ."2£ H h!nSth/A t >nri«t t rarit And wp mtoHd Kpv’fp rinina We are We haVC 10 “ toke jt 3,1 iIL ”To do this WC flew tO Merida, lucrative American tourist t e. And g .they re o g the capitol of the state of Yucatan, from which point we motored by | they doing well in the several spots in the ? a a S We we*™n i booming developing Yucatan Peninsula. We were enU«d here by jJ erida ore father to Vißahermosa I where new-foundoil is the bigthtog. the tropical sun. away from the north’s wintry February. From Villahermosa we went to see the Mayan rums at $$ As noted in an earlier article, the Mexican government is Palanque. The Yucatan Peninsula has three states — Yucatan, <s• spending well over S2OO million to build hotels, palm-lined broad Campeche and Quantinna Roo, while Villahermosa is in the state of highways, golf courses, and most anything else that would appeal Tabasco. When we visited the ruins at Palenque we had to drive thru f# to vacationers from the north. sta te of Chiapas Only six years ago this strip of land jutting into the Gulf of The exact origin of the Mayan Indians is not known. That.some sg Mexico was noted for little other than a training area for Fidel 30,000 years ago they crossed the Bering Straits from Siberia into Castro’s ragtag band of revolutionaries that finally took over Cuba. Alaska seems to. be an accepted fact. They spread throughout $•: But now, you should see it! New hotels going up everywhere. North America moving smithward into warmer climates over a Cancun itself, on the mainland, boasts a population of 50,000, where period of centuries. Warmer climates and richer land meant more just a short few years ago it consisted of motley fishing shacks. abundant food. A basic food of the Mayans is and has always been Now, the Mexican government is pushing to make it into a rival for com, as it is in both the American and Mexican diet today, northern vacationers with famed Acapulco mi the Pacific coast. (Continued on page 2)

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replacing the late John F. Augsburger when he became a state senator. Miller served as president of the town board for a number of years, going off the board following the swearing in of a newly-elected board in 1980 He is associated in the Milford Large Animal Clinic with Drs Bruce Lamb and Ger vis Schafer He and Mrs MiUer reside on Section Street in Milford and they are the parents of two children: Paul, a graduate of the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. Colo., now in business in that area; and Tammy, a Purdue University student Mrs Treesh has served on the Milford Town Board since January' 1, 1976 and served as board president from March 1978 until January 12, 1981. She is a

attend kindergarten at Syracuse in September should complete a survey letter and return it to the school office Copies of the survey letter are available at the Syracuse Elementary School office If you need a copy or know someone who needs one. please contact the school by telephone or by going to the school Children are eligible for kindergarten at Syracuse if they live in Turkey Creek Township. <or Pinecrest Trailer Court) and if

member of the Milford United Methodist Church, Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 160 and (Continued on page 2)

List summer expenditures for Lakeland program

Because the Lakeland Community School Corporation must make cuts in its budget during the coming year in order to pay necessary expenses one of the areas to be cut will be the summer programs Already, the board has voted to cut $4,924 from the fund with other cuts expected before the end of the current

A they are five years old on or before September 1. Parents of children who did not attend kindergarten this year, but who plan to enter the first grade in September, should contact the school to arrange for readiness testing The Syracuse Kindergarten Round-up will be held on Monday. April 20, at 7 p m in the school cafeteria. Pre-enrollment procedures will be taken care of at the round-up

was closed Saturday. The customers just kept coming. Mrs. Hadley noted, and much of the day the branch room was filled to capacity and the crowd wound its way down the street several hundred feet outside the building. Mrs. Hadley said they ordinarily open the branch at 8:30. but when she and her husband Carl saw a large line outside the building at 7:30 a.m.. they decided to open for business at 7:45 a.m.

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'All My Children' actress vacations at Syracuse cottage Taylor MiUer. television soap opera character Nina Cortland of “AU My ChUdren," was in Syracuse last week end. Miss Taylor stopped at Augsburger’s Super Valu to purchase groceries and was also seen at the Sleepy Ow l. Monica Lambright. r 2 Syracuse, an Augsburger’s employee. said. “She talked with several store employees and gave her autograph. She was vacationing at a Lake Wawasee cottage.”

s’ Expenditure chart appears on page 2. school year. Studies, as noted at last week s school board meeting, are currently underway. Last year some 2,692 students participated in summer programs. Each of these students, with the exception of 123 4-H club members, payed a $4 enrollment fee. The fees were then pro-rated to help pay bills for the corporation’s 22 programs These • programs included basketball, baseball, gym, tennis, golf, swimming, football conditioning, the swim club, the 4-H clubs, summer recreation in the three school corporations. Pony League and band. As noted in prior articles, the largest program conducted in the summer is the swimming program with 1,109 of the 2.692 students enroUed.in swimming. The program cost the school corporation $12,922.30 last summer with $4,436 being

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collected in fees. The cost per enrollee was $11.65. Giris’ high school baseball, on the other hand, saw only 14 participating with the program costing the school corporation $1,020.74 or $72.91 per student. The 14 girls participating paid $56. — The program which cost the school corporation the least amount of money was the open gym where 94 participated. Expenses totaled $462.06. Participants paid $376 into roe summer recreation program. Open gym cost $4.92 per enrollee. A chart appears on page two of this issue listing activities, number enrolled, amount paid from the school corporation for each activity, the amount paid from the enrollment fees (remember the fees were prorated and while the participants paid $4 that amount was divided between the projects), the total cost of the program and the cost per enrollee Persons studying (Continued on page 2)

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“To make matters worse, our camera broke down,” Mrs. Hadley said, “but my husband had it fixed in about a half hour.” She credited her husband, who is director of buildings and grounds for the Lakeland School Corporation, with being “able to do anything.” In all. Mrs. Hadley estimated they processed over 900 license plates, some 75 vehicle titles and from 50 to 75 driver’s license. On Monday of this week they were also very busy, stating, “we had no let up all day Monday.”

Turtle Bay tenants must buy lot or move

By TERRI CHILCOTE Move or buy a lot was the choice presented to residents of Turtle Bay Mobile Home Park by the owner via hand-delivered letters dated February 20. The Syracuse mobile home park is owned by Shamrock Corporation The letter was signed by Scott M. Jacobson, executive vice president, of Nappanee? The corporation recently bought Turtle Bay from James Wogoman and also owns Shamrock Meadows Mobile Home Park in Nappanee. Prices for the mobile home lots will start at $17,500 and residents who do not wish to purchase a lot must be out of the park by April 1.

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The letter advised the tenants they would receive a formal termination notice within the next several days. There are 106 mobile homes in the park. According to Mrs. Scott Jacobson, secretary-treasurer. Turtle Bay will remain a mobile home park. The letter stated: “We are undertaking a major $1,000,000 redevelopment of Turtle Bay including new roads, new utility facilities, a swimming pool, a recreation center, new docks and a boat and recreational vehicle storage area. “When all improvements have been completed, lot purchase reservations will be accepted. We will offer for sale 182 lots in-

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eluding ownership of recreation center, pool, boat docks and storage area. Lot prices will commence at $17,500. “We anticipate completing all improvements by May 1,1981. We will start taking purchase reservations on May 15, 1981 and terminate on June 15, 1981. Qualified purchasers will then be permitted to purchase based on the priority date of their reservation “A homeowners association, comprised of lot purchasers, is now being created. No improvements nor homes will be permitted in the park without the approval of the homeowners association. (Continued on page 2)