The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 35, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 September 1983 — Page 1

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SUCCESSFUL SALE — Members of the Milford Lions Club held a successful auction and flea market Saturday at the Large Animal Clinic on SR 15 at the north edge of town. Profits from the event will be given to the Milford Youth League Boosters for work on the youth league diamond.

Air slightly acrimonious as —

Maxwelton Restaurant/Lounge changes hands

The ownership of Maxwelton Restaurant and Lounge is in the process of changing hands, and not under the most hospitable of conditions. Vincent Leo and his wife Nancy, who have managed the establishment for the past three years, were busy early this week dismantling and loading for shipment all the fixtures and furnishings they own. They have operated the restaurant and lounge, located near the Max welton Golf Course, on a month-to-month basis, and realized their contract with the corporation was terminated suddenly a week ago.

North Webster board faces appropriation problems

By JERRY KUHL A burned out transformer sdtith of North Webster was the reason behind an 8:15 adjournment of the town board last Wednesday night. Business will be continued and an executive meeting will be held tonight (Wednesday) at 7. It was ironic that the discussion prior to the power outage was on the shortage of cash needed to meet expenditures for the remainder of the year. The town had $10,500 as of September 3, not enough to cover expenses for the next four months. ClerkTreasurer Eve Payne stated she had bills totaling $1,400 to be paid, the next payroll would be approximately $3,600 and the NIPSCo bill, which had not arrived yet, would be over SI,OOO Two options were suggested by Mrs. Payne. The town can borrow from the sewage fund, which would have to be paid back by December 31, or to ask for an advance on the December tax draw which will take at least 30 days to process. She suggested the board borrow from the sewage fund and take the steps necessary for an advance on the December draw. The clerk-treasurer said this is the first time she has had to take these measures to get enough money to cover the monthly bills. She noted the appropriations are available but not the ready cash.

Plan public meeting on

By JERI SEELY Members of the Milford Area Development Council were told of plans to hold a public hearing on the old Milford High School grounds and discussed future plans when they met Saturday morning in the community building. Included in the discussion were the reception for Dr. John Dick, and money making projects. Evelyn Orn is serving as chairwoman of the reception for Dr. Dick which is slated for Sunday, Sept. 25, from 2 to 5 p.m. in the community building. Dr. Dick is joining Dr. Floyd Rheinheimer in the practice of family medicine in Milford and will be available for appointments on Monday, Sept. 19. The public hearing will be con-

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Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL !Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL lEst. 1907)

Besides owning the fixtures and kitchen equipment, the Leos own the establishment's three-way liquor license, a mainstay in the success of a seasonal establishment like the Maxwelton Restaurant and Lounge. They have offered the furnishings and fixtures and kitchen equipment for sale to the Maxwelton corporation, but appear to have not reached any agreement in the matter. Robert Reed. Syracuse attorney and a member of the board of directors that owns and governs the golf course and restaurant, said this week his group would have to get an exten-

Robert Breyer made a motion to request an advance from the county auditor, however, the motion died f>r lack of a second. Howardßemish asked Mrs. Payne to prepare a report on all cash balances and see that each board member received a copy of the report to work from. Bemish assured those in attendance the town is able to meet its obligations, it’s just a bookkeeping transaction. “The town is solvent. It is just a matter of robbing Peter to pay Paul as most people have to do at one time or another,” he said. In other business during the short meeting Greg Nance, town marshal, gave the board members a list of equipment to be purchased for the police department out of the $2,500 appropriation from the Federal Revenue Sharing funds which was authorized. Among the items are a squad desk and seat organizer, clothing, two dog catcher poles and one Smith and Wesson Magnum. With the bridge out on SR 13 many drivers are ignoring the detour signs placed on SR 13 and US 30. One residential street in town, with a bridge on it, is being used by semi trucks. The board will contact the state highway officials and town attorney to see what can be done about traffic ignoring the signs.

ducted on October 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the community building for the purpose of hearing the sentiments of the community concerning the old school grounds. All residents of the community are being urged to attend. Darrell Orn and Rev. Kenneth Greenwood are serving on this committee with assistance from Paul Steffen who is working on a demonstration model of what the proposed park would look like. It was decided to hold a bake sale on October 1 at the community building and a chili supper on November 5 along with the pancake and sausage breakfast already slated for December 10. Profits from these projects will be used to pay the heating bills during the coming winter. Other business included:

Auctioneers donated their time and merchandise was sold both by consignment and by donation to the club for the event. Boosters operated a food stand and for the first time a flea market was held in conjunction with the auction. <Photo by Arch Baumgartner)

sion of their three-way club house license in order to serve alcoholic beverages in the restaurant and lounge. Enter Keith Perry The board has made arrangements with Keith Perry, former maitre d hotel at the South Shore restaurant, to take over Maxwelton. He is a graduate of a reputable cook and bakers' school at French Lick known as Northwood Institute. Inasmuch as no agreement has been reached between the Leos and the Maxwelton board of directors, new fixtures and equipment will have to be purchased for the business to become fully operationalagain

Mrs. Payne called a representative of Triax Cablevision during the meeting and asked him to attend the meeting. Eric Olson of Triax gave an update on what has been happening with the cable system. Bemish brought it to his attention the town board had been told North Webster residents would be watching cablevision by August and no later than September. It is now September and people are calling to see what happened. Olson said much had been done, all utilities have been contacted and the system should be in operation by the end of the year. Warren Rauhe, a representative of Design Enterprise of Fort Wayne presented board members with information on his firm’s consulting capabilites in regard to sewage systems and other engineering experiences. The board members decided to get a second opinion on the problems now exisiting at the sewage plant. This will be at no cost to the town. It was noted 5.3 million gallons of sewage was treated during August. The next regular meeting of the board wiM be on Octobert 5 at 7:30 p.m. with the continued meeting to be held tonight to finish business from September 7 and pay bills.

• A notation from MAD Treasurer Don Arnold that a total of $325 additional had been received for the lettering on the building — S2OO from the Lions, SIOO from the Kiwanis Club and $25 from the Jayceettes. Additional funds are still needed. • The signing of an amendment to the organizations charter to make it conform with rules governing a non-profit service club. Arnold and attorney Bill Leemon have been working on same to bring it up to specifications. • Received a reminder from Eva Hamilton noting it’s time to reserve the community building for the holidays. All Saturdays in December except the 31st are full.

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The Leos own the Syracuse Case in uptown Syracuse and Leo’s Pizza in Millersburg, and Mr. Leo said he would devote his efforts to upgrading these two businesses. Before taking over Maxwelton Restaurant and Lounge three years ago. Mr. Leo was manager of the kitchen and dining room at the Goshen Holiday Inn, and came to Syracuse well recommended. Members of the Maxwelton board of directors are; Nelson Auer, president, and attorney Reed, Merl and Gary Smith, Ken Sanford, George Walbridge, Robert Sedgwick, Eloise Carlson and Robert Stone.

Inside... Williamson s second attempt fails at APC Page 2 Secondary changes for Wawasee gridders.... Page 8 Nutrition Site celebrates 7th anniversary Page 17 Barbee Property Owners limit meeting time Page 14

SR 13 to be closed in Syracuse The Indiana Department of Highways has announced that SR 13 will be closed two miles south of US 6 from Thursday. Sept. 15 to December 1 for repairs to the Turkey Creek bridge in Syracuse. The official detour is US 30, SR 15 and US 6 which adds approximately seven miles.

school grounds

• Decided to refund money to people who reserve the building but don’t use it as long as the cancellation is done two weeks in advance. • Decided to instruct Mrs. Hamilton to give one of the Cub Scout leaders a key to the building and to make a list of all persons who have keys to the building. • Decided to charge the minimum, $6, if persons wanting to rent the building wanted to decorate the night before and Mrs. Hamilton has to open the building for them to do so. • Noted that everyone using the kitchen should furnish his or her own supplies and not use the coffee, cream, sugar or cups in the kitchen.

Vocational programs benefit — More than $250,000.00 in equipment donated to WHS

By GAIL WIDMOYER Richard M. Wysong, vocational director of Wawasee High School, was present at the regular Lakeland Community School board meeting last night (Tuesday) to report on more than $250,000 in gifts presented to the vocational programs by the Dana Corporation and Ford Motor Company. Two other local businessmen have also donated time and services to the building trades project. “We have received substantial donations," commented Wysong who estimated the equipment donated by Dana alone has a new replacement value of approx imately one-quarter million dollars. The following equipment was secured through the cooperation of Dick Rice, Dana plant manager: One 16 by 54 inch Hendey Lathe tool room equipped, utilized in the machine shop area; One 16 by 30 inch Pratt and Whitney Lathe and attachments, machine shop; One five-ton Hydraulic Dake arbor press, machine shop; One Delta drill press, small engines; A miscellaneous assortment of gas cans, parts cleaner and rag storage cans, in all shops; Two lazy Susan part storage bins, small engines and building trades; One bank of four-student lockers, building trades; One axel display cut-away, auto shop; And one paint storage locker for the small engines shop. __** See photo on page 2 Bill Little, board president, acknowledged the "generosity of the corporation’s donations." Wysong also reported the Ford Motor Company has designated the high school auto shop as their field training site for Northern Indiana. Through the agreement. Ford will use the high school facilities to train their area mechanics, has located equipment in the shop department and has made the instructional classes as well as the equipment available to high school students. The following equipment has been located at the high school. Two 1.6 liter engines; one transaxel; one four-speed transmission; one microfilm projector; and technical films. The high school auto shop classes will benefit from this program, explained Wysong, since Ford has made available updated equipment and instruction. For the building trades project, located in Potawatomi Heights, Syracuse, Carl Freel has donated excavation at the site and James Stucky has defrayed the cost of the lot until the project is sold. Wysong believes "this is a good time to build" and noted modifications can be made in the

• Learned there were 13 scheduled events and 14 meetings and parties in the building in August. • Received a thank you from the Jayceettes for the use of the building for finger printing. A total of 115 children were finger printed. • Received a thank you from Dr. and Mrs; William Percy for the reception and welcome to the community last month. • Thanked MAD member Evelyn Orn for the work she did as chairwoman of the reception for Dr. Percy. • Thanked Mail-Journal reporter Deb Fox for the work she had done for MAD before she transferred to her company’s Goshen office.

project for whomever purchases the home. The 1,565 square foot structure is accessible by paved roads, has city water and sewer hook-ups and is energy efficient with occupancy slated for May 1984 Personnel Concerns A supplemental contract for Cynthia Kaiser, first grade teacher at Milford, for homebound instruction was approved in board action. Mrs. Kaiser will

Milford EDC, town board give final approval to CTB

By DOUG WALKER The Milford Economic Development Commission (EDC) and the Milford Town Board gave final approval Tuesday evening to the issue of $3,000,050 in bonds to finance the cost of the CTB expansion project on the yorth end of town In addition, both the EDC and town board approved the transfer of land previously owned by CTB to the town of Milford,, to be used as the site of a new water tower. During the regular town board meeting, Paul Boyer expressed concern at the amount of garbage being left in containers indefinitely in Milford now that sanitation collector Ron Smith has announced that he will no longer pick up trash that has been burned, due to a number of truck fires caused by the pick up of still-smoldering materials Boyer said many residents were still burning their trash, and then just letting the refuse remain in bins and containers, resulting in a health hazard and an increase in the town’s rat population Town board member Jean Treesh suggested to Boyer that all trash should be left for pick up in plastic bags and not burned, but he said many people would continue to burn their trash anyway. Boyer suggested the town board contact other sanitation collection companies to come into the Milford area, but was informed that no garbage collectors would want to risk the vehicle fires that could result from picking up trash that had been burned. Both Boyer and Mrs. Treesh questioned the legality of burning trash at all, and Town Board President Steve Miller instructed attorney Bob Kirsch to see if there are any town, county or state laws that prohibit burning.

jOl /'W''"J jhwri * 'WWi 111 JI M aBBVF ' •* — ■ ■ DANA AIDS UNITED WAY— Dana Corporation of .Syracuse, selected as one of the area pacesetters by the United Way for early campaign this year, last week surpassed their goal in employee contributions. Pictured from left are George Gilbert. United Way vice chairman: Dana employees Nancy Peterson. Marilyn Bartman. Janie Gonzales. Gus Luyden, Dixie Kehr. Sally Minnick. Rose Calbeck. Julie Niles and United Way general campaign chairman John Scott. Not pictured are Dana employees Lester Wright. Dave Collier. Josephine Kearns and Mary Jane Byrd. (Photo by Doug Walker)

spend approximately I' 2 hours weekly teaching Shannon Stambaugh who will be out of school for at least six weeks due to injuries he received this summer. A maternity leave of absence for Cynthia Bryan, art instructor at Wawasee. was approved from January 3 until the end of the school year. In supplemental action. the board approved a temporary contract for Donna Arnold to replace Mrs. Bryan. Mrs. Ar-

Milford mobile home park owner Byron Ulrich approached the board with a suggestion that since his property had been annexed into the town of Milford several years ago. the town should help pay for the blacktopping of the road that runs through Graff Mobile Home Park. Ulrich said he has already spent $11,500 on improvements to the road, and estimated that it would cost approximately SII,OOO lo blacktop the >.230-foot road. Town attorney Bob Kirsch said that since the road was on private property, the town had no responsibility to blacktop or maintain it. Town board members Miller and Darrell Orn suggested Ulrich consider using a chip-and-seal process on his road in order to cut down the cost of paving it. Della Baumgartner asked the board what progress had been made on doing something about improving the condition of old homes in the Milford area, particurally properties owned by Dick Widup of Milford and Ron Davidhizar of Goshen Widup said that he had worked to improve the appearance of his home’s yard on James Street since being ordered to do so by the Area Plan Commission “I hauled eight or nine loads out on Labor Day.” he said “It’s been too hot to haul since then They (the Area Plan Commission) told us what to do. and we re going to do it.” Widup said he had received several comments about his property since removing some of the items from his yard On Wednesday morning. Cinda Overmeyer. Ordinance Ad ministrator for the Area Plan Commision, said a preliminary injunction against Widup was being prepared and will be filed in court in connection with the items in his yard constituting a

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nold received her degree from Ohio University with a major in art education Concerning the Milford Junior High School building project, the contracted holding company fail ed to withdraw their fee of $30,000 and allowed the corporation to spend the money for equipment. Arnold informed the board Therefore, the board agreed to < Continued on page 3)

junkyard. The Area Plan Com mission has been attempting to work with Widup to clean up his property since May uith little results, she said Mrs Baumgartner asked what the status was of another house owned by Widup. located immediately south of his home on James Street. Widup said he had contacted local contractor Harry Dale Doty (who also serves as Milford's Building Commissioner) abbut working on the exterior of the house, and that Doty had agreed to do so when an opening developed in his work schedule “You shouldn’t worry about that house.” Widup told Mrs. Baumgartner. “You might have a stroke." Mrs. Baumgartner said she would not have a stroke, adding she was concerned with the condition of Widup’s houses and yards because they face her property to the west and north In regards to the unoccupied house owned by Davidhizar on Fourth Street. Miller instructed attorney Kirsch to begin proceedings to obtain a search warrant that would allow the building inspector to enter the house foi an inspection. Kirsch said he had discussed this and other matters concerning the property with Davidhizar. and that any type of compromise did not seem possible. The board approved a time for trick-or-treating in Milford Youngsters will be allowed to visit homes on Monday. Oct 31. from 6 pm to 8 pm A town meeting will be conducted on October 4 in the community building at 7:30 p m to allow residents to voice their opinions on what could be done with the old school property. Kenneth Greenwood and Darrell Orn will moderate the meeting.