The Mail-Journal, Volume 19, Number 32, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 August 1982 — Page 5

"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"

(Continued from page 4) I jZ* • < I f ‘’Ofc zWRHSI t :aiaa TWO SMALL RIVERBOATS LEND COLOR TO THE MISSISSIPPI seminar* and an college campuses to tectare journalism students for many years. His judgment on “what’s happening** In newsrooms and make-up rooms of newspaper* around the country b widely sought after. The trip from St. Louis to Hannibal was some 130 miles. We had balmy weather all the way. We passed little river towns, and at places townspeople came out to wave at the Queen. We were surprised at the many barges on the Mississippi, one craft pushing as many as 15 barges, loaded with every imaginable type of cargo. Many of them drew as much as nine feet of water. They had to be uncoupled to go through the locks on the river. 1 We were surprised at the number of locks on the Mississippi, but the river is federally controlled, and the locks provide some sort of management of the rushing waters in the spring of the year. And so, finally, we come to Hannibal, where the legendary Mark Twain lived from age 4 to 17 and had his boyhood experiences he later wrote about. You have to hand it to this town of 17.000 for commercializing on the legend and getting the Delta Queen to make it one of its regular ports of call. It’s real old American hometown boos ter ism. Mark Twain’s dad. John Marshall Clemens, had a store in Hannibal and later became the unbending Justice of the Peace. His little court room, still well preserved, provided the setting for the trial of Muff Potter in Tom Sawyer Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens> got the writing bug when he worked for hb brother Orion in hb newspaper office at Hannibal, and Eg|QQQi g ms MARK TWAIN MUSEUM AND BOYHOOD HOME AT HANNIBAL. MISSOURI. WITH THE WHITEWASHED FENCE SHOWN ON THE RIGHT. later went oa to write such favorite* a* the “Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” the **Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” and “Life on the Mississippi.” Twain went broke sponsoring such innovations as the linecasting typesetting machine, later to be perfected and known as a linotype, and went on a speaking tour to recoup his financial loses. It was here that he became world reknown We took the tittle tour of the city, and had to extend credit to those who kept these “old town” buildings intact to draw some 25«.eM visitors a year. And of course we saw the home where Becky Thatcher, thought to be Tom Sawyer, or Twain’s boyhood sweetheart, lived. Molly Browns home was on the agenda, and there was the Mark Twain museum and his boyhood home, and the unforgettable fence where Tom Sawyer inviegled his friends to do the whitewashing - and even to pay him for it! Some kid, this Tom Sawyer! Atop Cardiff HIU. some 3M feet above the Missbsippi River and providing an excellent view, b the huge statee of Mark Twain. This area provided the setting for much of the action of Tom Sawyer. Twain describes the hill in Tom Sawyer: “The locust trees were in bloom and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air. Cardiff

SIXTH ANNUAL KOSCIUSKO COUNTY REPUBLICAN HAU OF FAME DINNER THURSDAY, SEPT. 2,1982 Reception 6:00 P.M.-Dinner 7:00 P.M.

At The Shrine Building — Kosciusko County Fairgrounds — Warsaw SPEAKER - LT. GOV. JOHN MUTZ The 6th Annual Hall Os Fame Awards Will Be P resen tedzTo Citizens Who Have Made Outstanding Contributions To Good Government. MMI COMT ACTi Jean Northenor At 858-2259 Or Republican Headquarters — 267-3633

Hill, beyond the village and above it, was green with vegetation, and it lay just far enough away to seem a Delectable land, dreamy, reposeful, and inviting.” And it was reposeful and inviting. We were there on a hot afternoon, but the heavy growth of trees and bushes seemed to provided a natural afar raadit inning Many U.S. Presidents have visited Hannibal, with Franklin Roosevelt dedicating the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi in 1996, and Jimmy Carter spending 4Vk hours there on August 23,1979. frl THE STATUE OF TOM SAWYER AND HUCKLEBERRY FINN AT THE FOOT OF CARDIFF HILL AT HANNIBAL. MISSOURI And of course Missouri b Harry Truman’s home state, and he has been there numerous times. We made our return trip to St. Louis at from seven to nine knots, while we made the trip upstream at three to five knots. En route home, passengers were invited to take a kite, assemble it and fly it over the boat’s side. If you think this young sport was limited to the kids, you are badly mistaken. It gave one a touch of the Tom Sawyer mystique. Our trip downstream was not without its moments of excitement, for we ran aground sometime after 4 a m. Saturday. A gentle “thud” was felt, arousing many passengers. A heavy fog engulfed the entire upper Mississippi River Valley. Ultimately, a passing tug pulled us free. Someone said, “I’ll bet the Captain is maddern’ hops.” We’re sure he was. We looked for this to create more national publicity than it did. The Captain must have liked this time of silence. • i fete . > ■■ - GOING THROUGH THE LOCKS AS SEEN FROM ATOP THE QUEEN But finally the Gateway Arch hove into sight, at first hardly perceptible in the mid-afternoon mbt: but it grew larger and more imposing as we neared its base. The gangplank was put ashore and gradually, rather reluctantly, the passengers went ashore to try their sea legs oa terra firms. Not but a few hours after its passengers departed was the fabled Delta Queen ready for another voyage, this time from St. Louis to Cincinnati, Ohio. The Queen b usually booked to capacity: we felt fortunate to have made thb trip through the good offices of the Illinois Press Association. Would we make another trip on the Delta Queen or its sister ship, the Mississippi Queen? Well, not right away. But would we recommend it to our friends. Os course. Why not?

The totaFof taxpayer dollars returned to the federal treasury by Senator Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) during his six years in office has reached 11,000,000, according to figures released by the Senate Disbursing Office. As of August 19, Lugar has conserved $114,000 of his 1982 office funds. This accomplishment brings Lugar’s six year total savings to the tax payers to over $1 million. Each Senator is allowed an account for staff salaries, and a separate, smaller account for office supplies and expenses. The accounts are based on the size of the Senators state and its distance from Washington. Lugar’s two accounts for 1982 total $1,024,000. He received approximately $5 million in office funds since coming to the Senate in 1977, and has now returned 20 percent. Lugar praised his past and present staff for “helping to show that fiscal responsibility in the federal government can start at home.” “The authority to spend taxpayers’ money is the most serious public trust an elected official undertakes.” Lugar said. “Our $1 million savings is only a small contribution to the total national struggle against government overspending, inflation and high interest rates. But I hope it does demonstrate that substantial economy can occur in government operations without reductions of service.” Lugar pointed out that his office has personally answered more than 950.000 constituent letters in the past six years.

Stress importance of voter registration

Democratic State Chairman Jerry Miller has announced the appointment of Michael Bottorff of Indianapolis as director of Democratic voter registration for the state of Indiana. She will coordinate all phases of the voter registration drive within the state and will be assisted by Mrs. Robert Eherenman of Warsaw who will be coordinating the voter registration efforts in Kosciusko County. Bottorff stressed the importance of voter registration in the upcoming Fall election. “Making sure eligible voters are registered is our most important job this year,” she said. There are over one million

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor: The forefathers of Milford residents had a great deal of forethought — enough of such to set aside land for a school and park. However, the school land wasn’t enough to allow for expansion so the town, in order to maintain a good quality school system, traded the 12.5 acres of land set aside for a park to the school system for seven acres of swamp. The deal wasn’t as bad as it seems. The town still had recreational facilities to use whenever school wasn’t in session, and the school was responsible for all the maintenance. Now that the school system has expanded to one central location and has purchased an additional six acres of land at $8,300 per acre, it no longer needs the original 3.5 acres set aside for a school. Some members of the school board want to sell the 3.5

LT. GOV. JOHN MUTZ

Washington Watch Dick Lugar

solved more than 16,000 individual citizen casework problens, and each year visited all 92 counties in Indiana. “We’ve also been able to brag additional services to Hoosiers at a lower cost by combining our Indiana offices with Senator Dan Quayle (R-Ind.) and opening, in addition to our Indianapolis office, regional offices in Fort Wayne, Hammond, Jeffersonville and Evansville,” Lugar said. Lugar said he has been able to return $1 million to the taxpayers “because of the commitment of every member of my staff to a maximum care of the tax dollars. Only their willingness to work with special diligence enables our office to practice as well as preach and vote fiscal responsibility.’’ The Washington Post earlier this year praised Lugar’s work in the Senate, and the “frugality” of his office operations. The Post cited Lugar’s “trim” staff, which is paid as well as other Senate offices, but is smaller because Lugar “does much of his own homework.” The article pointed out that Lugar refused to take the special $75 a day congressional tax break, and voluntarily stopped using his frank for free mass mailings during this election year. Lugar also has a 98 percent voting attendance record, the highest ever career record for a Senator from Indiana. When the Republicans took the majority of the Senate, Lugar proposed a resolution, which was adopted, cutting Senate operating expenses by 10 per cent.

unregistered voters in Indiana, and Bottorff emphasized that this election is extremely important to both the nation and the state. Efforts to register voters is one of the most rewarding kinds of political action. The rewards are obvious. Every newly-registered voter adds to the voice of the community and to the strength of the party. Voter registration and getting-out-the-vote are top priorities in 1982. Door-to-door registration will end September 18 and all other registration will end October 4. Hoosiers not properly registered by October 4 will not be allowed to vote in the November 2 election.

Wants park back

acres to get it back on the tax roles. I’m sure they are also afraid of setting a precedent that if they give it back to the town of Milford, the same would be expected at North Webster and Syracuse if or when these schools are replaced. However, the situation at Milford is unique in that we gave up our park land in order to allow for the school system to expand. At the same time, the town saved the school system approximately SIOO,OOO. It traded them the 12.5 acres and based on the $8,300 per acre they paid for the six acres they recently purchased, it could have cost them $103,750. Allowing SSOO per acre for the seven acres of swamp land the town received in exchange yields a difference of approximately SIOO,OOO. It might have been a very poor business deal for the town, but it was very necessary for school expansion Therefore, in all fairness, I do feel that the town should have the 3.5 acres being vacated by the school system for a park. I think SIOO,OOO is a very fair price for it. The town has earmarked $9,000 to improve the grounds for park and recreational use. The town of North Webster still has its school facilities in the center of town to provide basketball courts and other recreational space for the younger generation. Syracuse has the high school and junior high facilities. Milford won’t eVen have a basketball court If we are willing to spend our tax money in order to have such facilities available to us in Milford, I believe the school board could show some consideration and provide the land. A final point to be made is that the Milford town board must approve all rezoning of any land in the town and can therefore block any sale of the land for purposes other than recreational. In other words, the school system may provide us with a part (without recreational facilities) at its expense for upkeep. I urge all residents in favor of the part to contact both the school board members and the town board. Let them know you want our park back. Alan Coy A lifetime Milford resident

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\ •'A r V H 'Xi & GOVERNOR ORR MEETS THE PRESS — Indiana Governor Robert D. Ore had occasion to meet the press at noon tost Thursday at the South Shore CoontryClnb, just before taking part in the ) $125 per person golf outing and dinner, a MU-raiser for the Indiana Republican party. The cameraman on the left and the lady reporter are with Channel 28-TV, Elkhart, while in'tbe center is BUI Warrick of Channel 22-TV, South Bend. Newsman Warrick is wel known around the takes area. Main questions facing the governor were on what Indiana is doing about keeping International Harvester in Fort Wayne and Bendix in South Bend.

The Mail-Journal Employee Angie Wall . ‘ ; Angie Wall joined the staff of The Papers | Incorporated this summer, having previously E worked for Thom burg Drugs a t North Webster Angie is a member of the composingproofreading departments at the Milford plant and resides in Warsaw with her husband. David. She enjoys painting, tennis and basketball.

Change made in guidelines

The Lakeland Community School Corporation has announced that due to current legislation by the US Congress., a change has been made in the current income eligibility guidelines used to determine eligibility for free and reduced price meals for children unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch Program. Local school officials have adopted the following family size and income criteria for determining eligibility:

INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS Family For Free Meals For Reduced Price Meals Size Most be at or Mast be at or (House- below figure listed below figure listed Md) Yearly Monthly Weekly Yearly Monthly Weekly 1 $ 7,080 $ 507 sll7 $ 8,660 $ 722 $167 2 8,090 . 674 • 156 11,510 959 221 3 10,090 841 194 14,360 1,197 276 4 12,090 1,008 233 17,210 1,434 331 5 14,090 1,174 271 20,050 1,671 386 6 16,090 1,341 309 22,900 1,908 440 7 18,100 1,508 348 25,750 2,146 495 8 20,100 1,675 387 28,600 2,383 550 Each Additional member add: 2,000 167 38 2,850 238 55

Children from families whose income is at or below theJevels shown are eligible for free or reduced price meals. In addition. Unemployment claims down Unemployment insurance claims for the week ending August 14 decreased by 1,881 for a total of 94,034, the Indiana Employment Security Division reported August 18. The comparable year-ago claims total was 62,911. Hany McFarland, Division director, said initial claims last week had dropped slightly from the previous week because of fewer new layoffs. He added that there was no significant change in continued claims.

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there are no special hardship provisions. Applications are being distributed to all homes in a letter to parents with additional copies available in the principal’s office of each school. Information provided on the application is confidential and will be used only for the purpose of determining eligibility. Applications may be submitted at any time during the year. In certain cases foster children are also eligible for these benefits. If a family has foster

children living with them and wishes to apply for such meals for them, they should contact the school. Under the provisions of the policy, the building principal will review applications and determine eligibility. If a parent is dissatisfied with the rating of the official, he may wish to discuss the decision with the determining official on an informal basis. If be wishes to make a formal appeal, he may make a request either orally or in writing to George W. Gilbert, Lakeland Community Schools, 457-3188 for a hearing to appeal the decision. The policy contains an outline of the hearing procedure. If a family member becomes unemployed or if a family size or income changes, the family should contact the school to file a

new application. Such changes may make the children of the family eligible for reduced price meals, or for additional benefits such as free meals if the family income falls at or below the levels shown above. In the operation of school nutrition programs, no child will be discriminated against because of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, handicap or age. 1 Each school and the office tit the Lakeland Community School Corporation has a copy of the complete policy, which may be reviewed by any interested party. Auto gets it twice at the same accident The intersection of CR 700E and Syracuse-Webster Road was the scene of a triple accident when an auto driven by Marcia E. Nellans, 27, 622 North Street, Warsaw, struck a car as she was turning onto CR 700. She collided with a vehicle driven by Mary K. Wiggs, 25, r 5 Syracuse, which was stopped at the stop sign. As the Nellans* auto was parked along the road after the accident, another auto, driven by Charles E. Stiffler, 73, North Webster, struck the Nellans’ vehicle in the rear as it tried to go around the auto. The Nellans’ auto sustained between S2OO and SI,OOO damage in the first accident and about S2OO in the second. Stiffler’s vehicle sustained less than S2OO damage. Hardwick charged Richard Lee Hardwick, 24, Milford, was booked into Kosciusko County Jail recently on a charge of driving while intoxicated. He was released on his own recognizance.

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