The Mail-Journal, Volume 19, Number 10, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 March 1982 — Page 1

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VOLUME 19

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Dam on Webster Lake

safe, says DNR engineer

Paul Chester, ah engineer from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources was called to North Webster last Friday and examined ,the Royston Mills Dam He indicated, after in spection the dam appeared safe and he did not foresee any series failure of the dam Tippecanoe l-ike suffered its worst flooding jn history and damage was reported to approximately 750 homes on the Barbee Lake chain because of the recent high. water in the area A

Speaks to Rotarians —

School one of community involvement; Hull

Dr Howard J Hull. Jr. principal al Wawasee High School, spoke at the „ luncheon meeting of the Syracuse Wawasee Rotary Club Tuesday. March 23 His theme was that his administration of Wawasee High School is one of community in volvement • He noted that m the olden days public education was conducted m isolation from the parents and the community that decisions regarding the acceptance or

Who will be Milford's new 1982 'Citizen'

Milford Area Development Council is currently taking nominations for the 12th annual “Citizen of the Year " The new “Citizen will be named at a banquet to be held at 6 30 p m on Saturday, April 17, in the Apostolic Christian Church’s Fellowship Hall on SR 15 in Milford Last year Elmer Hart ter was named "Citizen of the Year " “At a time hke this I hardly know what to say," was the comment made by the 74-year-old Milford minister after he was named as the 1981 award recipient He continued by saying. “Thank you for this honor, it certainly is a big surprise " Hartter is a native of Milford and served on the Milford Town

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mass evacuation, however, seems to have been avoided As earls as last Wednesday afternoon North Webster Firemen and Emergency .Medical Technicians were called out to sandbag the area near the Boyston Mills Dam on Lake Webster Friday afternoon, too. volunteers, including 20 high school students who were accompanied by supervisors and transported by bus, worked to put down sandbags in the dam area At 7 p m Friday the flood

rejection of students, and their retention and expulsion were the result of arbitrary decision making Dr Hull cited 59 expectations of high schools. in addition to teaching the reading, writing and arithmetic categories of learning These expectations cover subjects, such as training in nutrition, adjustment, counseling. vocational goals and a variety of categories He noted in more detail that

Board for 12 years He wurKed for Beer Nursery for a short period of time before spending 46 years with C S Myers Ford garage Hartter taught Sunday School at the Apostolic Christian Church poor to becoming a minister there some 30 years age He is also the church's deacon For 10 years he was a volunteer fireman He serves on the Milford Library board and the Kosciusko County Hospital membership board A nomination blank appears elseunere m this issue Blanks have also been mailed to residents Deadline for nominations is April 2 Program Kari Keiper. president of the Milford Area Development

gates at the dam were completely opened in an attempt to alleviate „ pressure on the structure itself Currently waters seem to be receding in North Webster, in the Barbee Chain and at Lake Tip pecanoe Likewise, they are receding in Fort Wayne and in Goshen ’ In Goshen the Elkhart River reached 9.22 feet before the week end F lood st agei s seven foot In Fort Wayne the three rivers — Saint Joseph. Saint .Mary’s and

the expectations, all in written form through the state department of education, are the outgrowth of community involvement Some of this involvement has led to several public laws including PL 162 for the guidelines on suspension and expulsion requiring hearing appeal procedures The old ways made service simpler, not better, he noted He said that when the community

Council and Max Evans, chairman of the MAD banquet, note that tickets for the banquet are on sale at many business houses in Milford The meal will feature swiss steak with mushroom gravy and will be catered by Jeannie Heckaman The New Dimensions of the Christian Church of Milford will present the program The 12th annual "Citizen will join past citizens. Hartter. 1981; Jean Treesh. 1980, Dr. T A. Miller. 1980. Ned Speicher. 1979; Dr. Floyd Rhemheimer. 1978; John Perry. 1977; Dorothy Williams. 1976; Bertha (Wehrly) Gilbert. 1975; Edith Baumgartner. 1974; Harold Young. 1973; Carl Duncan. 1972; and Dorothea Kerlin. 1971.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24,1982

Maumee — rose to 25.9 feet. 10 feet above flood stage This city, with a population of 170.000 persons has a total of 9.000 people homeless These people are slowly beginning to make their way back to their homes following inspections A total of 35.000 volunteers, many of them teenagers, filled around one million sandbags as they worked to save as many homes and businesses as possible Sunday's figures set damages in Fort Wayneat s2l million

becomes involved, education becomes better Dr Hull said he has the practiced belief that he has and will have his door open to the residents for their communications. I involvement, suggestions and advice The strong standard alreadyestablished by this community will continue to be applied to each student fairly and equitably, according to Dr Hull The principal concluded with "his original invitation. That persons who. like him and his staff, want to take the goodness of Wawasee High School and build to make it better, are cordially invited to contact him soon and often Merchants schedule special meeting The Syracuse-Wawasee Retail merchants have scheduled a special breakfast meeting on Tuesday. March 30. with the purpose of looking for input as to direction and purpose so that the organization may remain an effective representative body for area merchants. All interested persons are urged to attend this meeting at 7; 45 a m at Gropp s in Wawasee Village SSOO damage in mobile home fire There was approximately SSOO damage to the contents in a mobile home owned by * Ellen Wallace. Green Acres Trailer Court, northeast of Warsaw, following a stove fire Mondayevening. March 22. Leesburg Firemen were called to the trailer at 7 p.m. and were able to extinguish the fire within minutes.

Discuss park site development plans

By ARCH BAUMGARTNER Last night (Tuesday) saw the presentation of elaborate drawings and plans for two parks in the Syracuse community, as prepared by students of the Purdue University department of landscape architecture, as a student project The unveiling of the plans climaxed work by the students that began lasl October when members of the ambitious Syracuse Park Board made contact with the Purdue department of landscape architecture to assist the board in development of such plans .The students worked under Sue Kopko. assistant professor of the department of landscape architecture, and Ada Niedenthal. Purdue’s extension landscape architect. y- See picture on page 2. The two proposed park sites were the eight and one-half tract located just west of the CalvaryUnited Methodist Church in Wawasee Village, south of Syracuse, which the town of Syracuse purchased from townsman Joe Hughes several years ago from funds that were commonly known as the Greider Fund: and the second park site was at the old fish hatchery site In all. there were four master plans proposed. It was noted that the proposed lakeland Day Care Center, now-

Hope to raise $12,000 in Milford by May 31

Representatives of Milford's clubs, organizations and churches met in the home of Mrs Glenn Treesh last evening (Tuesday > and set a goal to raise the SI2,(XX) needed to complete the Milford Community Building by May 31 A thermometer will be constructed and placed near the community building to show the progress being made. When the goal is reached the thermometer will be burned m a gigantic celebration Os utmost concern at the meeting was the garage sale bake sale to be held on Thursday. Friday and Saturday . April 8.9 and 10 In addition. John Replogle was put in charge of commercial contributions and plans were started for a bazaar to be held on the Saturday of Memorial Day week end This is also the week end of the Milford Area Development Company's annual chicken barbecue and MAD Day as well as the merchant*' annual promotion Garage Sale Bake Sale The garage sale is slated to be held on Thursday. Friday and Saturday, with the bake sale on Friday and Saturday only. The times have been set from 9 a m tosp m on Thursday. 9a m. to 1 pm and 3 p.m to 5 p.m on Good Friday and 9am to 2 p m on Saturday It will be held in the community building Citizens of the Milford community are urged to donate to the garage sale Mrs Treesh and her co-chairman Marcy Haab said they are looking for good, clean items including furniture, drapes and kitchen utensils No consignment items are being sought, only donations Especiallyneeded is children s clothing Women are also urged to donate baked goods Garage sale items will be accepted on Wednesday. Thursday or Friday at the community building Persons wanting to make donations at other times or wanting more information should contact Jean Treesh at 658-4212 or Marcy Haab at 658-9304 Volunteers will be needed to set up. price items, sell and clean up It was thought church women might want todothis. Discussion was also held on the Columbians or Soros is Clubs holding a book sale at this time Persons wishing to donate books, especially paperbacks, are urged to do so. Bazaar The bazaar has been scheduled for the Saturday of Memorial

in the process of raising $75,000 by public subscription for a newbuilding. had the site near the Calvary Church in mind for their new building. Both Kitson and Schumm thought the proposed Day Care Center building would be compatible with plans for developing the site as a public park The Purdue students spent many hours in the Syracuse community interviewing citizens and surveying the four parks now in existence to determine what park facilities the community already has and what the needs appear to be. The students referred to this as a systems analysis. They considered the site south of town suitable for a ball park, stating their survey revealed this to be one of the most important park needs. To Cost ‘Lots' Park Board President Kitson conducted the meeting which attracted community leaders interested in the area's recreational facilities. He would not venture a guess as to what implementing the proposed park plans wiould cost, other than to say. "It would cost a lot of money — lots!" The work done by the Purdue landscape department and its students did not carry a price tag. inasmuch as it was a student project, but that those working on the project were reimbursed for some expenses.

Day week end. It was thought an open house planned at the First National Bank and the merchants' event already slated for that day would bring people to town and therefore make it a (Continued on page 2»

Easter coloring grand prize winner to receive SSO bond

Arch and Della Baumgartner, publishers of The Mail-Journal, have announced this year’s Easter coloring contest grand prize winner will again receive a SSO savings bond from The Papers Incorporated Merchants in the greater Lakeland area, in conjunction with The MailJournal. are joining forces to sponsor the Easter coloring contest for boys and girls Youngsters may enter by coloring pictures in this issue of The Mail-Journal and taking them to the respective merchants who are sponsoring the-contest No pictures will be accepted at either office of The Mail-Journal or any office of 'the paper.' Pictures are also being handed out at the Milford. North Webster and Syracuse ElementarySchools for the kindergarten through fourth grade students who wish to participate These pictures too must be taken to the sponsoring merchants. Prizes will be awarded to a winner from each participating store with the grand prize winner to be chosen from the store winners. All entries must be at the merchants' stores by 6 p.m on Sunday. April 4 Winners will be notified after pictures are judged Contest rules follow: 1. The contest is open to all children kindergarten through fourth grade 2. Paint, pencil or crayon may be used for coloring 3. Entries must be received at each sponsor's Firm no later than 6 p.m. April 4. or at the store's regular closing time on Saturday' or Sunday, whichever is earlier. Absolutely no entries will be accepted at either office of The Mail-Journal or at any office of the paper.’ 4. Accuracy and appearance counts. The judges' decision will be final. 5. Mount each entry on 8' 2 by 11-inch sheet of paper with name.

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MILFORD’S PRIDE AND JOY — Milford Junior High’s sixth grader Lisa Kaiser was victorious in the Kosciusko County Spelling Bee competition held last Wednesday evening, March 17, at the First United Methodist Church of Warsaw, after correctly spelling the ’’contagious.” Miss Kaiser was presented a plaque after winning the event in the seventh round. Runner-up. Russ Rhodes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerald Rhodes of r 2 North Webster, misspelled "climatology ’’ in the fifth round. Rhodes, a sixth grader at North Webster Junior High, won the middle school competition last Tuesday. Lisa is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kaiser of r 2 Milford. She is shown holding the county award presented by Jim Jackson, principal of Claypool Elementary, and cochairman of the event that included 29 students from 20 area schools. Miss Kaiser will compete in the district competition in Fort Wayne on May 1. (Photo by Morrine Halfacre)

address. parents' names, telephone number, school and grade This is a must. 6. Children of employees of The Papers Incorporated will not be eligible for prizes. Sponsors of the contest are: Dairy Queen. My Store. Wawasee Bowl, Three Flags Drive-In, Ben Franklin, Marise's. First Federal Savings and Loan. Gropps. B and K Drive-In, Klink's. Syracuse

Jaycees complete plans for Milford MAD Dash

The Milford Jaycees final preparations for the next project, the second annual Milford MAD Dash, were completed at the second meeting of the month. The meeting was held on Tuesday. March 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the new Milford Community Building with 13 members present and one guest, Jerry Wright, Syracuse The MAD Dash is scheduled for Saturday, May 29. at 9 am. Darwin Freeman is chariman of the event which includes a 10kilometer main run and a twomile fun run Registration forms are available in Milford and area athletic stores. Harley Chalk, president, brought up the club's first order of business which included the construction of two Jaycee signs for posting at the edge of town limits. The cJub hopes to be

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Hardware, Country Home Floral Shoppe, Kentucky Fried Chicken. Augsburger's and Burger Dairy Store, all in Syracuse: Doll's Decorating Center, Smith's Flower and Gift Shop. Bruce s Marathon. Evans Family Store, Bailey's Service Station and Richard D. Smith, all in Milford; and Augsburger's and White Plumbing and Heating in North Webster

recognized soon with the other clubs in Milford. It was also decided that the Jaycees will sponsor a cardio-pulmonary resuscitation course in Milford. The course would be-open to the public Denny Mock is heading up the project but no date has been established. For the sports fans, the Jaycees may be sponsoring or cosponsoring a softball tourney sometime this summer Plans are uncertain at this time. Jack Beer will be investigating further on the softball details. The Milford Jaycees meet every first and third Thursday of each month The next meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. April 1, in the family room at Harper’s Beach Bar, Dewart Lake. All young men. 18-35 are invited to attend and find out what the Milford Jaycees are all about.