The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 31, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 August 1983 — Page 2

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BLIND WOMAN CAN SEE — Marcia Baady, Indianapolis, who was blind but can see again because of a cornea transplant, told her story to the Milford Lions Monday night. The Lions of Indiana operate an Eye Bank at Indiana University’s Medical Center in Indianapolis and are responsible for the corneas transported to the medical center. Shown with Miss Bandy are Milford Lions Club President Dr. Bruce Lamb and Milford Lion and Hoosier Lion Editor Arch Baumgartner. The Hoosier Lion is the Lions state newspaper and is printed by The Papers Incorporated at Milford. Miss Bandy’s story was published in The Hoosier Lion last spring.

Monica Bice named clerk-treasurer

(Continued from page 1) with what I think, or what these fellows (the committeemen) think. That’s the statute ” Indiana Code 3-2-9-2, dealing with vacancies in elected offices, states that an elected official who leaves office during a term must be replaced by a member of the same political party. Mrs. Northenor said that Mrs. Bice must take office on or before August 22, one month after Mrs. Lozano officially left office. Republicans Select Slate Mrs. Bice and Mrs. Brooks will be going head-to-head again in November in the town election, as each has been nominated by her respective party to run for the clerk-treasurer spot. Mrs. Bice was nominated by the Republican Party at their caucus Thursday evening. Also selected were town board candidates Dennis Wuthrich (ward one), Walter Ritter (ward two) and Maria Lozano (ward three). Mrs. Bice, who lives at 506 Emeline Street, has lived in Milford for the past 14 years. Her husband, Donald, operates a machine repair and fabricating shop. The Bices have four children — Donald, Jr., a welder; Kathy, a nursing student at Saint

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REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES — Pictured above are the four Republican candidates in this fall’s Milford town election. They were selected Thursday evening at the Republican caucus. In the front row are Monica Bice, candidate for clerk-treasurer and Maria Lozano, candidate for the town board spot from ward three. In the back are Dennis Wuthrich, town board candidate from ward one and Warden Ritter, running for town board in ward two. (Photo by Doug Walker)

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Mary’s College; Carl (Buddy), an ROTC student at Notre Dame, and Keith, a fifth grader at Milford Elementary School. The Bices also have one grandson. This is her first experience with town politics, though she did assist Mrs. Lozano with billing during her stint as clerktreasurer. She has been an EMT for nine years. Mrs. Bice was a registered Democrat, but re-registered as a Republican at last Thursday’s caucus in order to ran on that party’s ticket. Dennis Wuthrich, 208 W. James St., who will be running against current town board president Steve Miller in ward one, recently returned to Milford after a five-year absence. Prior to that, he had lived in the area for nearly 30 years. He is employed by UTS. He and his wife, Barbara, have three daughters, Dawn, Karen and Renee, and one son, Dan. This is Wuthrich’s first experience in local politics. Walter Ritter, 212 North Henry St., will be running against Democrat town board member Jean Treesh in ward two. Ritter has lived in Milford for the past 10 years, and is employed by Dana Corp. He has a wife, Gertrude; a

stepson, Paul, and three stepgrandchildren. This is his first try at political office. Maria Lozano, going against current board member Darrell Orn for the ward three position, lives on South Main Street with her husband, Alex, and family. Mrs. Lozano has lived in the Milford area for 23 years. The Lozanos have five children — Mrs. Brian (Diane) Smith of Sturgis, Mich.; Rocky of Leesburg; Sandra, a college student in Fort Wayne; Alex, Jr., a seventh grader at Milford Junior High School, and Ericka, a third grader at Milford Elementary School. The Lozanos also have four grandchildren. Mrs. Lozano was elected to the position of Milford clerk-treasurer in 1979, and resigned from that position last month after conflicts with the town board. Whichever candidates win in the fall, they will be receiving a higher salary than the current group of town board members are making. At a July 21 budget meeting attended by current board members Darrell Orn and Jean Treesh, it was decided to raise each board member’s yearly salary from S3OO to SSOO, effective in 1984. Plans had orginally called for the town board president’s salary to be raised to SSOO, with the other two members receiving S4OO each.

Syracuse Town board seeks concensus on fluoridation

(Continued from page 1) dated the status of the fire investigations in town, and said the department will be using the new identification cards recently purchased. Bridge Issue Construction of the Huntington Street bridge will begin September 15, announced Myrick. It is not known how long the bridge will be out of service. The North Huntington Street project committee will determine what residents will be affected by the planned storm sewer work to eliminate the serious drainage problem there. Dock said only one tree on the east side of the street may have to be removed, but he cannot be certain until more work is completed. After researching the issue, the committee will set up another public meeting before beginning the next technical report steps. The town applied for a grant from the Indiana Department of Highways Federal Aid System to resurface and repair North Huntington Street. % A letter from the SyracuseWawasee Area Development Committee asking for support in the planned construction of a bridge in the industrial park off of Brooklyn Street was tabled. The bridge, if built, would give access

ABC approves seven permits r The Kosciusko County Alcoholic Beverage Board renewed five alcoholic beverage permits and granted two new ones at its meeting Wednesday. The board completed the following transactions: Gave a new liquor, beer and wine retail permit and Sunday sales to Wawasee Bowl, r 3 Syracuse. Gave a new liquor, beer and wine retail-hotel permit to the Barbee Hotel and Lounge, r 1 Barbee Lake. Renewed the liquor, beer and wine retail and Sunday sales permit for The Guide, r 2 Syracuse, and transferred them to Charlie’s, r 2 Syracuse. Renewed the liquor, beer and wine retail-hotel permit for The Viewpoint, 935 N. Detroit Street. Renewed the beer and wine retail permit for Garretts Sports Saloon, 103 East Main St., Mentone. ’ Renewed the liquor, beer and wine retail permit for the Post Tavern, 231 First Street, Pierceton. Renewed the liquor, beer and wine retail permit and Sunday sales permit for The Frog Tavern, r 4 Syracuse. Pierceton okays Walls petition, article wrong The Pierceton Town Board approved the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission’s approval of Breck Walls’ petition last week to rezone two lots in the town. In the APC article which appeared in The Mail-Journal last week, it was incorrectly reported the APC denied Walls’ petition. The property is located on the south side of Market Street between Third and Fourth Streets, in Pierceton. The Mail-Journal regrets this error. Turning car hit in rear A car driven by Patricia Williams, Syracuse, was stopped to make a left turn off of Huntington Street onto Boston Street when it was hit in the rear by a car driven by Neelis Vandiepenbos, New Paris. Vandiepenbos told authorities he did not see the Williams vehicle. Mrs. Williams was taken to the hospital by her husband. There was no damage estimate available.

to an additional 24.8 acres to the present industrial park. A public meeting has been scheduled for next Tuesdsay, Aug. 23, at 7:30 p.m., on the budget. Immediately following the public portion will be an executive meeting on personnel matters. Tip for tat If you must worry about the world, do so on a mutual basis: worry about it only as much as it worries about you. —Grit

1920 driest summer ever So far in 1983 for the months of June, July and August the precipitation has been 6.51 inches of rainfall at Goshen College, according to Lores Steury, Goshen College weather observer. The driest ever recorded was in 1920 with 4.57 inches for the three months. In 1974 4.73 inches fell. In comparison the wettest ever recorded was in 1979 with 15.69 inches. What made the rainfall so bad this year was there were 28 days of almost no measurable rain and 21 days of 80 degree weather or above, many of the days over 90 degrees. Also during the three month period, the hottest number of days recorded with 90 degree or above temperature was in 1934 when 39 days reached 90 degrees or above. So far in 1983 there have been 20 days with above 90 degree temperature. The coolest temperature reported was in 1951. More recent figures shore that in 1979 there was one day of 90 degree weather and in 1981 three days of 90 degrees and above.

New M-J subscribers Brenda Iden 725 Maple Apt. C Terre Haute, Ind. 47804 Brian Roberts 1028 State St. West Lafayette, Ind. 47906 Carl Wagoner rl Box 80-J Leesburg, Ind. 46538 Gene Wilson 3917 Chadham Lane Apt. 1-A Muncie, Ind. 47302 F* w j ~11 r l| r ■■ J CELEBRATES 90TH BIRTHDAY — Pearl Whitman was honored at a party celebrating her 90th birthday at the home of Terry Mast, r 5 Syracuse, on July 31. There were 76 family and friends who attended the party. Five children, 13 grandchildren, and 26 great-grandchildren. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Smith and family of Warsaw; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith and family of Pierceton; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Avery and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Avery and family, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Avery and family, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Mast and family, Mr. and Mrs. Danny Richardson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Mast and family, Louise Crow, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Avery, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Mast and son, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Lilly and family, Gary Eyer, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Mast and Rod Vanlaningham, all of Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Fisher and son of Leesburg; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Whitman and family of Nappanee; mr. and Mrs. larry Mast and family of Goshen, Melvin Whitmer and Edward Amsden, bekh of Milford; Mr. and Mrs. Al Willit of Angola; and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Line of North Webster were also present. Car vandalized in Syracuse Tim Vanderliden, Syracuse, reported to authorities that his car was smeared with petroleum jelly and that the air had been let out of two of his tires Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of Video Fun Center. Vanderliden, an employee of the Dairy Queen, had received permission from Phyllis Louden Gerstner to park in the lot of the Wawasee Realty Building to leave more space for customers in the Dairy Queen parking lot. However, Greg Day, a manager of the Video Fun Center, had told Vanderliden not to park near the Wawasee Realty Building, creating a conflict between the pair. Syracuse police are investigating the vandalism.

MAD finalizes plans for Dr. Percy's reception

By DEB FOX Milford Area Development, Inc., board of directors will be sponsoring a reception in honor of Dr. William Percy on Saturday, Aug. 27, from 2-5 p.m. Dr. Percy will be one of two new doctors in town. Final preparations for Dr. No fund shortage The Milford Town Board article carried in this newspaper last week contained a sub-head Fund Shortage. It should have read appropriation shortage. There is no money missing from the town, the report was on a bookkeeping transaction. Commodore net sales up Ray J. Gans, chairman of the board of the Commodore Corporation, today announced record preliminary sales and earnings for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year ended June 30. Record net sales of $69,237,000 were reported versus $51,079,000 for the comparable quarter of the prior year. For the full year, net sales were $207,209,000 versus $174,434,000 for fiscal 1982. Preliminary earnings for the three months ended June 30 were a record $3,037,000 or .26 per share versus $628,000 or .05 per share for the same prior year quarter. Earnings for fiscal year 1983 were $819,000 versus $113,000 for fiscal year 1982. Gans also reported that discussions have begun with the management of All American of Ashburn, Inc., regarding the potential acquisition of the privately held manufactured housing producer headquartered in Ashburn, Ca. Part of Commodore’s’s long range strategy is to increase capacity in the expanding sunbelt area where manufactured housing demand is strong. “We see continued growth in these markets and are delighted at the possibility of adding All American’s resources to our own”, Gans added. All american has eight plants which are located in Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Oklahoma. Its latest audited fiscal results for the year ended March 31, 1982, showed sales of $92 million and net income after taxes of $1,582,000. Sales for fiscal year ended March 31,1983, were over SIOO million and the company will report a loss from operations for the year. In concluding the announcement, Gans and John W. Griffin, chairman of All American, said, “While there is still a great deal of work to be done before this proposed combination can be completed it does appear to be in the best interest of shareholders, creditors and all other interested parties for both companies.”

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Percy’s reception were finalized at the MAD monthly meeting on Saturday, Aug. 13. Various members of the board will meet Thursday evening to address over 200 invitations to members of the Kosciusko Community Hospital board and staff, and others. An open invitation is given to all area residents. Lettering In other business, the board voted to purchase and install cast aluminum letters with eight-inch high capital letters and six-inch lower case letters. The letters, ivory in color, will read “Milford Community Building,” and be placed six feet up from the sidewalk on the front of the building. The cost will be SBBI and the lettering will be purchased from Johnson Brothers Sign Co., Inc., South Whitley. It will take five to six weeks before the letters are installed. The board decided to seek donations from various service clubs and organizations in town to help defray lettering costs. Originally letters were ordered from an Elkhart firm, but through miscommunications the work was never completed. The Elkhart businessman had the sixinch plastic letters for a cost of $346 including installation. Town Meeting Kenneth Greenwood, Darrell Orn and Jean Treesh will be working on establishing a date for a town meeting concerning town purchase of the old Milford High School ground. Mrs. Treesh, president of MAD and a town board member, stated the town board has presented its proposal, which included a park, to the Lakeland School Board. The town meeting will be called so residents can voice their opinions on what is going to be done with the property. Mrs. Treesh remarked the school board will listen to what the residents have to say and she hopes the board could be swayed with what the majority of the people want. The meeting will be held sometime before the September 13 school board meeting. All interested residents are urged to attend. The date will be announced later. Fund Raisers The finance committee, Don Arnold, Marcie Haab, John Mur-

Bond approved for Milford Cable TV

The Milford Economic Development Commission (EDC) Thursday approved a $280,000 bond to be granted to Noble Cable TV, a move that will bring cable television to the Milford area. The three members of the board, Violet Miller, Dennis Sharp and Robert Auer, unanimously approved the bond. A special session of the Milford Town Board convened immediately after the EDC meeting

phy, Doug Brown, Jennie Heckaman and Missy Sorenson, will be discussing what fundraisers could be sponsored to help with payment of the heating costs and other maintenance costs for this winter. The board decided to have another pancake and sausage breakfast with Santa Claus on Saturday, Dec. 10. However, there will be a charge for the breakfast instead of the free will donations. Other suggestions for fund-raisers included another spaghetti dinner. More discussion on fund-raisers will be conducted at later meetings. John Murphy, president of the Van Buren Township/Milford Emergency Medical Service asked if there was away the EMS could tie into the air/heat ducts of the main building. Murphy stated last winter two base board heaters were used which increased the monthly utility bill tremendously. Murphy will be talking with Richard Smith and Elmer Sorensen, maintenance supervisors, on the work. Other Business Mrs. Treesh reported Arch Baumgartner and Tom Hamilton have been working with the MAD brochure committee on new town brochures. Another meeting for the committee and consultants was held Tuesday. Don Arnold reported he has talked with Max Evans concerning the paper drive bench which was moved from the front of the community building. Arnold stated the Boy Scouts would like to have a building constructed to place the papers in until 10 tons are collected and pick-up is made. The cost of the building was approximately SI,BOO. Discussion was held on who would build and pay for the building. Arnold was asked to find out how much money the Scouts actually make on the paper drive before asking local service clubs to donate time, money and material. Eva Hamilton, building supervisor, reported the community building was used 18 scheduled times between July 9 and August 12 with several unscheduled meetings. She also remarked there have been several new bookings for the remainder of August and September. The next meeting of MAD will be on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 9 a.m. in the community building.

and passed an ordinance to approve the issuance of the EDC bonds on behalf of Noble Cable TV. The board also discussed the possibility of running water and sewer lines to Barth Inc., located on Milford’s south side. Town attorney Bob Kirsch will look into the feasibility of eventually using grants issued for a similar water and sewage extension to the CTB facilities north of Milford when ’ those funds are paid back.