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OFFICERS INSTALLED — Officers of the Milford Lions Club for 1983-84 were installed by Past District Governor D. G. (“Bud”) Seely during their meeting on Monday. Pictured from left are President Dr. Bruce Lamb; First Vice

Lions' efforts pay off —

Indianapolis girl regains eyesight

One of the most poignant tributes was paid to the Milford Lions Club and Hoosier Lions in general Monday night by a young Indianapolis girl who regained her eyesight through a Lions-sponsored program of cornea transplant. Marcia Bandy told the story of regaining her sight that proved moving and significant to club members who have consistently worked for the eye-restoration program but never had this close contact with the state-wide program before. Miss Bandy, just 33 and an employee for the Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company in Indianapolis, told her story in a re-

Milford Republicans pick slate —

Monica Bice named clerk-treasurer

By DOUG WALKER Monica Bice was selected to replace interim clerk-treasurer Margaret Brooks in a special Republican caucus held Tuesday, in the midst of a controversy that might further broaden the gap between the two political factions in town. The caucus was held to select a permanent replacement for Maria Lozano, the Republican clerk-treasurer who resigned on July 22 after conflicts with the allDemocrat town board. Mrs. Brooks, a Democrat, was selected by the board to fill the position on an interim basis.

Syracuse Sidewalk Days termed a success

By DOUG WALKER Syracuse’s Sidewalk Days promotion, held last week end, was a major success, according to Jeanne Gardiner, president of the Syracuse Retail Merchants organization. Mrs. Gardiner said for the most part, all of the merchants she had been in touch with were extremely happy with the turnout for Sidewalk Days, and reported sales up from last year’s activity. ' Marise Smith, owner of Marise’s dress shop, said she was

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cent issue of The Hoosier Lion, a state paper for the service club, and it was this that brought her to Milford. Her story was entitled, “I was blind, but now I see.” She said she began losing her sight at age 19, and in May of 1972, at 22 years of age she had her first cornea transplant. She had. the second in May of 1979 from what she termed as “fresh tissue,” from a person who had just died. Her eye disease was defined as kerataconus, she said. “All I could see were outlines,” she said, and had the room darkened to illustrate the depth of her sight loss. She thanked members of the Milford Lions Club “on behalf of

The caucus to select Mrs. Lozano’s permanent replacement was originally scheduled for August 2, but was rescheduled when Jean Northenor, Republican Party Chairman in Kosciusko County, was told that no application for the position had been turned in. However, at Tuesday afternoon’s caucus, Mrs. Brooks stated that she had turned in an application for the position to Van Buren Republican committeeman Doral McFarren on July 30. McFarrin agreed that this was the case, and said that he thought he had turned in the ap-

“very pleased” with this year’s Sidewalk Days. ‘‘lt went great,” she said. “Our sales were definitely up from last year.” Mim Speicher of My Store echoed Mrs. Smith’s comments. “It (Sidewalk Days) was the best we’ve had in all the time we’ve been here,” she commented. “I’m not sure why, but there just seemed to be more people in this year.” While the focus of Sidewalk Days really doesn’t center on the

President Dr. T. A. Miller; Second Vice President Don Wolferman; Seely, who is secretary of the Milford Club; Treasurer Karl Keiper; Lion Tamer Dr. Jay Zehr ; Tail Twister Doral McFarren; and Directors Elmer Sorensen, Richard Smith and Dr. Gervis Schafer.

Lions throughout Indiana” for helping her regain her eyesight, and urged the club to continue its interest in sight restoration. Other Business In other business, the club voted S2OO toward a sign on the front of the Milford Community Building. Cost of the sign is SBBI, and the remaining funds are being sought from other sources. Lion Schafer reported the club purchased a hog from nine-year-old Mark Zimmerman at the county fair and a thank you note from Mark was read. T.A. Miller said the club had a foursome entered in the District 25G golf outing at Maxwelton Golf Club today (Wednesday). Past District Governor D. G.

plication to Republican county officials. Mrs. Northenor was in the process of making a phone call to confirm this when McFarren found Mrs. Brook’s application in his files. After much discussion, Mrs. Northenor placed Mrs. Brooks’ application in the running for the position with Mrs. Bice’s, and McFarren and Karl Keiper, also a Republican committeeman, went into another room for a secret ballot to select the Milford cleric-treasurer for the remainder of 1983. A few minutes later, the pair returned with a 1-0 victory for Mrs. Bice. Mrs. Northenor said it was un-

items found in a hardware store, manager Art Carboneau of Syracuse Hardware admitted he was impressed by the number of people in the downtown Syracuse area during the week end. Jill Mishler of the Oops shop in downtown Syracuse also reported a successful turnout. “It was super,” she said. “It went better than in the past.” She attributed a large degree of Sidewalk Days’ success to the advertising. The man responsible for most

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Seely swore in the club’s new officers. (Note: See accompanying photo.) A number of Milford Kiwanis Club members attended the Monday night meeting. Among the guests were Don Arnold, Pat Speicher, Ray Sorensen, Kent Doty, Dennis Wuthrich, Doug Wolferman and Mark Rich. Sworn in as new club members were Randall Dewart and George Hoppus. Dewart, former Lions Club member at Hickory, N.C. has moved back to Milford and resides on North Main Street. Hoppus is a former Warsaw resi-, dent and is married to the former * Ruth Leemon, a Milford native. The Hoppuses also live on North Main Street.

fortunate that Mrs. Brooks’ application had not been turned in immediately, but added that as a Democrat, she probably would not have been eligible to to be elected to the position at a Republican caucus. “I can’t answer why (the application wasn’t turned in),” Mrs. Northenor said. “Apparently it was an oversight. There are a couple of things within the law that would probably have caused some problems anyway, in that the person replacing her (Mrs. Lozano) must be of the same political faith. It has nothing to do (Continued on page 2)

of the generic television advertising on local television stations, Sidewalk Days Chairman Bob Pilcher of Pilcher’s Shoes, said this year’s event “was the best one yet” for his store, with sales up 30 per cent over last year. Don Melton, manager of the Ben Franklin store in the Wawasee Village, expressed slight disappointment in the number of visitors to stores in his end of town, and suggested the Syracuse Sidewalk Days might come too late in the summer to

Rheinheimer takes on partner Dr. John Dick will join Dr. Floyd Rheinheimer in medical practice this September in Milford. Dr. Dick substituted for Dr. Rheinheimer last summer while the latter was on vacation. Dr. Dick, a native of Woodburn, graduated from the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1979 and spent three years in a family practice residency at Memorial Hospital in South Bend. He spent the past year working in a clinic in Jenkens, Ky. Dr. Dick; his wife, Shirley ; and their two-year-old daughter, Alison, will reside at 113 W. Kercher Road, Goshen. Milford EMS hog roast set for Sunday ’ The Milford Emergency Medical Service wiU hold a hog roast on Sunday, Aug. 21. Serving, will begin at 11:30 and continue until sold out. Four hogs have been donated and will be roasted for the dinner which is slated for the Milford Community Building. Carry outs will be available. North Webster Demos announce caucus date The North Webster Democratic Party will hold their party caucus at the fire station on Wednesday, Aug. 24, at 7:30 p.m. Candidates for the upcoming election will be chosen at the meeting. Democrats to meet at Syracuse Syracuse Democratic party chairman Bill Coburn stated this week the Democrats will hold their caucus at the Syracuse Scout Cabin at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 22. Members of the party are urged to attend and help fill the slate for the November election for town board members. M-J previews Warri< SLp aae ’ 8 ..... peerages

take full advantage of the seasonal traffic. Pilcher said he sympathized with Melton’s comments, but added that the relatively late date for the activity is crucial for stores that offer clothing or shoes. “The other (clothing and shoe) stores in the malls have their summer clearance sales in the middle of the summer,” Pilcher explained. “When everybody else is out of things and we still have them.

Syracuse Town Board seeks concensus on fluoridation

By GARY LEWIS If Syracuse residents want their drinking water to be fluoride treated to protect against dental diseases, then they should be contacting the town board members to voice their opinion. The town board elected to table for further consideration a proposal by representatives of the Indiana State Board of Health to finance fluoride treatment of the Syracuse drinking water. The plan, funded by the Indiana Preventive Health Grant, is designed to help smaller communities seeking fluoride treatment for water. Dr. Charles W. Gish, a dentist with the State Board of Health and Indiana University, said in his presentation to the board that “All major health organizations, recommend (fluoride treatment) as a safe, effective, economic health measure.” He explhltfeti that most people do not realize the gains that have been made by fluoride-treated water in the last 20 to 30 years. “People don’t realize how bad the dental disease rate was in Indiana,” he said. Regular dental care, proper brushing and good diet and nutrition are excellent means of achieving top dental health, but all of these methods require individual effort and personal attention, he said. The only method which crosses all social, family, and economic lines is the use of fluoride in the water. The amount of fluoride in individual water supplies varies, he said, and the amount of fluoride needing to be added will affect the price. The range for a town the size of Syracuse would be between 40

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BARGAINS GALORE — Many shoppers stopped at Thornburg’s Drug Store to check out sale items during Syracuse’s Dollar Days and there were many bargains to be found. Jeanne Gardiner, president of the Syracuse Retail Merchants Association, said this year’s Sidewalk Sales were a major success, with most merchants reporting sales up from last year. (Photo by Jerry Kuhl)

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CLOWNING AROUND FOR A BARGAIN — Tiffany Wappes, daughter of Sandi Wappes, owner of Village Hair Trends, and Angie Johnson of Syracuse were waving people in for half-price hair cuts during Sidewalk Days, (photo by Jerry Kuhl)

and 70 cents per person. After hearing the presentation, board president Carl Myrick said he wanted the board to withhold any decision on the issue. “I would like for the board to take this under advisement,” he said. The State Board of Health required each town wanting to receive funds for treating its water to sign a proposal stating its interest in seeking the treatment. After this proposal is approved, the state would return with specific costs and plans to implement the project. “I haven’t seen the first person talk about fluoridation ... (and) this is the third time it has been brought up,” added Myrick. The officials predict Syracuse would save a total of $37,500 a year in dental costs alone, not counting the health benefits. Myrick suggested a questionnaire on the subject be included in next month’s water bill to solicit opinions. * ‘ Bids Opened The board opened three bids for a new dump truck. Allen County Motors, Inc., Fort Wayne; W.W. Truck Sales, Inc., Warsaw; and Shamrock Ford Sales, South Bend; all submitted bids for a 1984 truck. The specifics of each bid were turned over to street, water and wastewater superintendent Joe Dock and board street liaison Bill Hess for further inspection. Board members reaffirmed their earlier stated position, which is included in a town ordinance, on adding hook-ups on the already overworked sewage system by rejecting the annexation request by Dr. B.V. Heaton. The Heaton property is located just outside the town’s boun-

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daries on Warner Road. “We simply do not have the capacity at the sewer plant to annex at this time,” Myrick explained. The town is currently in the process of applying for an Environmental Protection Agency grant — part of a scheduled three-phase grant which reportedly would take three years to complete. After three years, however, the EPA has yet to complete step one for Syracuse and Myrick said it would probably be another three to four years before the town will have the necessary changes to increase capacity. In a related matter, Lloyd Kammerdiener told the board that the water line at his 301 N. Harrison St., house has been damaged because of the growth of roots from a neighbor s tree. The board said the town is not responsible because the line belongs to Kammerdiener. Department Reports The fire department requesuu and received permission to purchase d new fire helmet for S6B, and $650 for five firemen to attend fire school. Dock said the motor to the town’s street sweeper was ruined and encouraged the board to look into the purchase of another used, or new, unit. Myrick asked Dock to look into the possibility of renting equipment for the rest of the year to give the board time to consider a purchasing arrangement. Police Chief Warren Swartz announced that his department will increase the patrol of the Syracuse Lakeside Park after meeting with members of the park department. He also up(Continued on page 2)