The Mail-Journal, Volume 18, Number 21, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 June 1981 — Page 4
THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wf d., June 10,1981
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Editorials Flag Day When they look at the Flag of the United States, high atop a flagpole, many people can see nothing but a piece of cloth silhouetted against the sky, and this is unfortunate. If they would look only a little more carefully, adding an element of reflection, they would see the banner’s brightness as a symbol of the freedom and liberty cherished and protected at great sacrifice since the birth of our nation. By presidential proclamation, June 14 ... this coming Sunday ... is Flag Day across the nation. Displaying the flag on this special occasion is away in which we can express patriotism — the spirit of love and devotion to a national heritage of “... one Nation, under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all. ” But we should remember that patriotism is shown not only by heroism on the battlefield, but by the practice of good citizenship in peacetime as well. This Flag Day each citizen should display the flag as a simple gesture of faith in the ideals of personal liberty for which our country stands. Morton Grove on gun control The Morton Grove. 111., city council took an action Monday night that is almost certain to ring down the corridors of the nation s halls of justice in the vcnrs to come The council voted 4 to 2 in favor of a city-wide hand gun control ordinance. The debate that the issue wrought has divided the city sharply Morton Grove is a community of about 37,000 people located just north °* Chicago, and the town fathers have wrestled with a number of killings by hand guns in recent years that have stunned the otherwise placid midwestern Finally the ordinance to ban all small guns was brought forth and the ensuing heated debate followed One member of the council who said he did not favor gun control, voted for the ordinance, stating this’would most certainly be challenged in the courts-‘‘and the sooner the better.” Gun control has been an increasingly heated issue in our country, especially with the killings and more recent assaults on the life of President Reagan and Pope John Paul 11, not to mention Urban League leader Vernon Jordon who was shot at Fort Wayne a year ago. Those favoring gun control are legion but unorganized. On the other hand, the National Rifle Association, which favors no control of hand guns, is well organized, well financed, and very vociferous. We agree with the one Morton Grove councilman who wants to see the issue tested in the courts. ! Recreation and parks month Governor Robert D. Orr has-proclaimed June as “Recreation and Parks Month” in Indiana and with all the recreational facilities and town-owned parks in the Lakeland area and the Tri-County Game Preserve we would be remiss if we did not call attention to this. Governor Orr called on all Hoosiers to “recognize the importance of our precious natural resources and to launch a personal campaign to insure the quality of the environment in Indiana.” In making the proclamation. Governor Orr highlighted the national theme: "Life. Be in it!” and encouraged Hoosiers to “have a more fulfilling life through recreation and leisure experiences ” In the proclamation. Governor Orr lauded the state’s Department of Natural Resources as well as public recreation boards, commissions and staffs at the city and county level and the state’s "private recreation enterprises” for providing a variety of "quality leisure services and recreation opportunities. ” The governor pointed out that “the month of June is the launching of peak season for park and recreation programs in many parts of the country.” It is the beginning of the vacation season,” he continued, “thus. I encourage Hoosiers to make Indiana their vacationland and enjoy the cultural and sports offerings, the historical areas and the natural resources of our state. ” And so. at this time, we salute all of the people in the Lakeland area who have anything to do with parks and recreation. It’s a great place to live and work and play! oWhat this country needs is good people, and you can do your part along this line. Discipline is something for every child to learn but the lesson requires a wise teacher. It’s just as easy to fill your mind with something worthwhile as with rancid humor.
What others say — ’ A ’ The legality of handgun control Probably the most enduring myth in the debate over handgun control is the one that deciares the Constitution’s 2d Amendment to be an inviolable guarantee of the individual’s right to “keep and bear arms.” It is no such thing, and it never tias been. Read the amendment: » “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. ” The framers of the Constitution were concerned about state militias when they wrote the 2d Amendment. And it is on that obviously sensible basis that the U.S. Supreme Court has held, again and again, that the 2d Amendment was not adopted to prevent gun control laws. It is for the protection of state militias in their various forms — today mainly the National Guard. Thus ther> has never been any constitutional difficulty in banning the private possession of a variety of arms ranging from switchblade knives to 105 mm howitzers. Most states already infringe, through registration and similar laws, on the right of people to own and bear arms. National Guard units, on the other hand, may keep such arms because they constitute "a well-regulated militia?* Their possession by unregulated private individuals is a very different matter and may clearly be prohibited. Handguns fall into the same category as those dangerous weapons. In some respects a handgun is more dangerous than, say, apM-16\automatic rifle. At least an M-16 is too large and ungainly to conceal easily. Ips not a good weapon for street crime. But a handgun is the perfect weaponeer his purpose. Secreted in a pocket, it may not appear until seconds before it does its deadly work. There are other legal arguments that are equally untenable. Opponents have argued that even if the 2d Amendment does not pertain to privately-held weapons, the federal government lacks authority under the Constitution to I regulate the manufacture, sale, or possession of arms. But an enormous body of case law based on the commerce clause firmly refutes that contention. Another argument, that an implied constitutional right of privacy bars the government from interfering with an individual's possession of a handgun, has also been rejected. Whatever right of privacy may be found in the Constitution, it cannot be said to prevent government regulation of such dangerous items as handguns any more than it guarantees the right to own narcotics or artillery pieces. The control of handguns is lawful. The Constitution says so. Congress has said sqdJhe Supreme Court has said so. It is time for concerned Americans to say so, too, and demand action. — THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
I . .. / — k Fly your flog on Flog Day, Sunday, June 14. _ Voice of the people A column on the opinions of the people of the Lakeland area ...
QUESTION: Do you think the weather wiltever warm up and the rain will stop or are we going to have April showers all summer long? :
JOAN KLINE Syracuse (housewife)
“Boy I sure hope not My husband is in construction and we need dry weather to dry out the ground "
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SHARON BOLES Syracuse (housewife)
“No, we had such a lousy summer last year we need to have a good one this year.” MIKE KLENKE Milford (truck driver) It's going to be a real hot summer, not too humid and an early fall, guaranteed.” TIM CLEVER Milford (student) “Yes, sure ’ Believe tax refund check was stolen Mrs Darrell Shepherd, 711 North Huntington St., Syracuse, has reported she believes her Internal Revenue Service tax refund check was stolen from her mailbox. Mrs Shepherd said she observed a man of medium build, about five foot. 10 inches tali, in his late 20’s or early 30 s opening mailboxes at Turtle Bay Trailer Park on Chicago Street and looking inside on June 1. When she contacted the IRS about not receiving her tax check, which is for a large sum. she was told it should have arrived on June 1 or 2. Mrs. Shepherd has contacted the post office and mail is now being held there. She has also contacted local banks and advised them of the situation. Todd Hoinesris outstanding ... senior Todd E Haines, son of Mrs. Stacy E. Haines, r 1 Leesburg, was named the outstanding senior this year in the department of accounting at Ball State University, Muncie. He is majoring in accounting and is a graduate of Wawasee High School.
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ANN HAFFNER Syracuse (teacher)
“1 think it will stop. I’m hopeful. I don’t want it to ruin my summer vacation " JOY FOX Milford (housewife) “The good Lord s in charge, so we all hope it will stop raining so farmer’s can get their crops in. Every thing will be okay. " t WALTER WUTHRICH Milford “Sometimes you think the rain will never stop, but it will and it’ll get w arm. "
WILLARD RICHARDSON Milford (maintenance)
“1 think it will eventually warm up and if it doesn't we ll have a long wet spring.” MORRIS WOLE MUford (factor* worker) “It looks like it’s going to clear up JIM COLLINS Milford (Western Rubber* “I think it’s going to quit raining and warm up and then we ll have a dry spell . ’ THE MAIL-JOURNAL (USPS 325 MO) Puoitshed by The Mail Journal pwy Wednesday and entered as Second Class marser at the Post OHice at Syracuse. Indiana MM2 Second dbU postage paid at l«J i. Mam Street. Syracuse. Indiana MM3 and at additional entry oHices Subscription *ll per year in Kosciusko County. SU outside county. POSTMASTERS Send change o< address terms to The Matt Journal. P.O. Box IM. Miltord. Indiana MM2
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WITH AluL the flap about the recent: Memorial Day parade in Syracuse, who should show up with an old print of a photo taken when local patriots marched * along Main Street in the year 1937 but Joe Hughes. ■No one was able to identify most of these faces that are visible, but the late Roscoe Howard (that’s Jim's dad), who owned an electrical supply store in the room which is now the north room of Pilcher Shoes. H clearly shown in the front row carrying fie American Legion flag. The little lad in the bottom right of the photo is Joe Hughes, strutting with all the valor that was bound to make him the prominent citizen he is today. THERE ARE times when any journalist wonders to himself. “Is there anyone out there who reads what 1 write?” This has happened to us many times. But last week we got our answer. It seems like only minutes after last week’s issue of The Mail-Journal hit the street that we began receiving phone calls in resjwnse to our editoral, “Where was the band’” Reference was made in the editorial to the fact that the Junior High* school band failed to appear for the Memorial Day parade. The callers for the most part were mothers of band members, and their responses seemed to jibe with one another. The reasons as we heard them were these: f Last year ti.e band practiced several numbers to be played, and at the cemetery services they were ignored, not asked to play at all. The band left the cemetery despondent, dejected, hurt. Another, was the fact that the sponsoring American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars units changed the date for the parade and observance from Monday, May 25. when most communities held their observance, to Saturday, May 30, the traditional date of Memorial Day. This made It more difficult to get the band together, we were told. At any rate, the sponsors of the Memorial Day observance and the band director should get together that they both have their hour in the sun. (Note: See Letters to the Editor on the Op-Ed page.) DONALD KIME, of r 4 (Lake Wawasee) who is Associated United Methodist minister at Nappanee, has another job. He’s official’storyteller for Dunlap Daze, scheduled for June 26-28. It seems Dor was bom July 1908 in a home which now has as its address 4508 South Main Street, and his early memories of that area astound present-day residents
Court news
COUNTYCOURT The folowing residents of Kosciusko County have had fines assessed and have paid those fines in Kosciusko County Court. James Jarrette, judge: Violations Speeding — Patrick S. Conner, 33. Leesburg, $74; Joseanne Rupprecht, 20, North Webster. $53; Dermis R. Kuhl, 20, Syracuse, $35
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He came in for considerable attention at a media session last week as young reporters for the South Bend Tribune, Elkhart Truth and Goshen News gathered around him to listen with rapt attention as he recounted his early years in the Dunlap area. Kime remembered as a boy when the interurban made “34 stops” in Dunlap. He’s a good storyteller and has a real nose for news, as the young reporters soon learned. Dunlap was for years a crossroad village, which “had its own bootlegger during Prohibition.” His establishment was located about where the KMart store is now located, near Concord Mall, In more recent years Dunlap has become a burgeoning bedroom community for the city of Elkhart. But more recently the big Concord Mall has attracted people to that area from miles around The Dunlap school has become one of the largest in this area, and its high school band has become somewhat famous, appearing (marching) in many functions that have drawn national attention. From now until the June 26-28 Dunlap Daze, if you don’t want to hear the full story about early days in Dunlap, you hadn’t better bring the subject up to Don Kime. FRANK PUTT introduced county auditor Jean Northenor to the S-W Rotary Club as guest speaker last Tuesday, and was fined by member Dave McGrew--81 for bringing a politician before the club. Frank whipped out the dollar, and it turned out to be a Canadian dollar — worth 96 cents! THE INDIANA state legislature is being panned editorially throughout the state for not passing a school funding bill during its regular session, thus causing Governor Orr to call its members back into a two-day special session — at 815,000 per day. State "Senator John B. Augsburger told friends he would gladly have submitted his vote by telephone. Would that have been legal? we wondered. At least one state senator, a woman from Indianapolis, refused the 850 per day per diem for her two days’ work. COL. JOE Gray and his Syracuse-Wawasee Area Development Co. have extended congratulations to uptown merchants for supporting the tree-planting program, to include the care given the trees DON'T LOOK for many county roads to be blacktopped in the near future. Reason: Cost of 8100,000 per mile, caused by rise in bituminous materials for the most part. This, according to word from county auditor Jean Northenor. Last Monday (June 1) the state gas tax went up two cents, and
Operating unsafe vehicle — Samuel F. Lozier, 20, North Webster, dismissed Failure to yield — Fredonna A Custer. 53, Milford, dismissed Improper turn at intersection — Jean R. Olinger, 53. Leesburg, $35 The following claims have been filed in Kosciusko County Court,
this increase will yield the state highway department additional funds, but much of this will be eaten up by increased material and labor costs. Woe to the motorist. A NUMBER of Syracuse women sat in front of their television sets last Thursday, to get a glimpse of themselves as they appeared on the Phil Donahue Show, beamed out of Chicago. They made the day-long outing to Chicago on May 7 and had the show taped at the WGN Radio Station. (Note: An article about the show appeared in The Mail-Journal the Wednesday following the taping.) LOOK WHO’S back in uniform. Retired Elkhart County Sheriff Lieut. Warren Swartz, of Pickwick Road, is back in police work less than a month after he quit his Elkhart County job. An avid fisherman. Swartz was head of the traffic division before retiring, and is now working as a relief dispatcher with the Syracuse Police and Fire Department. Now dispatchers will have an experienced fill in. PAUL AND Jan Gilson, of P.J’s. Pizza in the Village, are receiving congratulations on the recent renovation of their business establishment. One such came from the SyracuseWawasee Area Development Company while another, a thankyou. came from the- SvracuseWawasee Chamber of Commerce for their r "refreshing addition to the community.” THURMAN RINKER. North Webster businessman, proudly displayed a giant mushroom he found behind his store, the Rinker Family Store, on May 30 It was 12 inches tall and had a . circumference of 10 inches. THE SUGGESTIONS for a new name for what has for years been known as Railroad Park haven’t exactly inundated this office, but we did receive a pleasant phone call from Mary Beth (Mrs. E. L.) Fosbrink on Tuesday stating she concurred, that re-naming the park after the late Ernest Buchholz was proper and acceptable. AREA DEVELOPMENT executive secretary Joe Gray commented this week on the number of* businesses that are upgrading their physical appearance, noting specifically PJ’s Pizza and Car Parts Depot, Inc., both in the village. / —o— FAMILY RUNNING team — Milford Junior High teacher and Syracuse resident Tony Clouse and daughters, Carla and Amy. recently participated in the. MAD DASH at Milford’s Lakeside Park at Waubee Lake. The family trio began running four years ago with one of their first races being in the Fourth of July Road Run. and they’ve been at it ever since. Tony, in fact, has participated in several Marathon races, a distance of 26.3 miles.
Small Claims Division, James Jarrette, judge: Carleen Dietz vs Scott and Eleanor Moore, 3 North Shore Drive, Syracuse. Plaintiff seeks a judgment of $1,500 and costs. Wawasee Interiors. Inc vs Robert Swearingen, Hickory Estates Addition, r 1 Warsaw. Plaintiff seeks a judgment of SBO6 48 and costs.