The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 48, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 December 1983 — Page 2
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THE MAIL-JOURNAL - Wed., December 14,1983
of Intont to /Purchase Pierceton State Bank
(Continued from page 1) has 93 employees and has 142,000 outstanding shares. Just 25 years ago, when First National Bank of Warsaw purchased the outstanding shares of stock of the Citizens State Bank of Milford making it a branch bank, the two banks combined had assets of only $12,000,000, giving an indication of the growth of the two banks and of the communities they serve. On November 16, 1983, the board of directors of FN Bancorp declared a stock split effective December 13, 1983, to holders of common stock at the close of business November 25, 1983. For
First cable television subscriber to be connected
By DEB PATTERSON The first cable television subscriber in North Webster will be hooked up to the; system tomorrow (Thursday) according to Dave Downey, vice president of marketing for Triax. Downey was present at the North Webster Town Board meeting Wednesday, Dec. 7. / He also announced cable television will be available to all North Webster residents by Christmas. Triax is offering 31 channels to subscribers instead of the original 18 and has the capability of adding 22 more channels. New channels include the following: A 24-hour weather station with local weather conditions for the North Webster area provided every 15 minutes; Cable News Network Headline News, a 24-hour news network; Cable Health Network; Daytime, programming for women; M-TV, rock-n-roll music with video; Nashville Network; arts, operas, ballets, concerts and others; C-Span, live coverage of Congress, Senate and other governmental issues; UPI Network offering state, local news and sports; cultural events; a local channel; and FM stereo music. The pay movie channels will be
Ronold Davidhizar runs into trouble in Goshen and Milford
By MARK WEINSTEIN Staff Writer Ron Davidhizar, who owns rental houses in Milford and Goshen, has run into rough times as he’s failed to keep up the homes in both communities. Attempting to reach his goal of serving others through refurbishing houses, Davidhizar has produced more problems than Solutions. Davidhizar, being quoted in a Mennonite publication, stated, “I find my service to God and man by renovating and redocorating houses and apartments. These bad situations are challenging.” Davidhizar has heard the wrath from Milford’s Town Board for his house located at 325 E. Fourth Street. A owner of six local properties in Milford, Davidhizar has also been habitually delinquent in paying his sewage bills. Because of the
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every three shares owned, shareholders will receive one additional share of FN Bancorp stock. Since there will be no fractional shares issued, a check will be sent for any fractional shares based on a value of SSB per still share. With the book value of the stock at approximately SIOO per share, the board felt the stock split will reduce the per share market value and thus enhance the market for the stock. An increase in cash dividends is anticipated at the regular January board meeting. Officers Besides Neal Carlson serving
Home Box Office, Showtime, Movie Channel, Walt Disney and Cinamax. If a subscriber’s television is not cable ready, Triax offers four different types of converters. There is a cordless remote control converter, semi-remote control converter with a cord and two different television top converters. These will be available to customers making a deposit. The deposit will be refunded when converters are returned. Downey stated if a cable customer has a television equipped with a remote control, cable ready, a converter is not needed. Customers will not be charged if a converter is not working due to malfunction of equipment breakdown, however, if proof of malicious damage is found, the customer has automatically purchased it. “We took all considerations on what we were going to activate,” remarked Downey, adding no other cable system is offering a similar package. “Technically rate wise, most offer double.” Fort Wayne is receiving a package close to Triax’s. Warning Given Downey announced marketing representatives would be contacting residents and distributing flyers. Howard Bemish, board
conditions of his properties, he has earned a reputation of failing to provide* adequate living facilities for his tenants. One of Davidhizar’s possible tenants affirmed the style of Davidhizar’s houses as being “a mess.” Looking to rent a trailer, the possible tenants witnessed torn curtains, light fixtures barely hanging from the ceiling, new carpet on the floor, but not cut to fit, along with garbage all over the yard outside. Davidhizar owns three mobile homes on East Williams Street in Milford and three homes on Fourth Street, with the 325 Fourth Street residence boarded up with plywood while several windows are smashed around the building. Trouble In Goshen Too With his troubles in Milford, he has also experienced rough times in Goshen. Owning approximate-
as First National president, there are the following officers: Robert E. Boley, executive vice president, Paulene Holderman, cashier; Willis E. Alt, Jr., Richard W. Snodgrass and Joe A. Arnold, vice presidents; Frederick E. Ha rbold, controller; Dennis Burch, Jerry L. Hull, Ray A. Meyer and Helen L. Nichols, assistant vice presidents; Denyse Blankenship, Barbara Bonner, Louise Gillum, Donna L. Kinsey, Martha Thomas and Ruth E. Wilson, assistant cashiers; John W. Elliott, vice president and trust officer; Jean Rollings, trust of-
president, warned Downey, “We have many elderly people in the community, who are confused at this stage of the game. Don’t come on strong with the local people. The first time you do, the phone will ring .off the wall. I don’t want that. Please explain these things to the people. ” The board was assured no problems would arise and that all representatives have a Triax identification card. “We have one piece of literature that covers the program from nuts to bolts,” remarked Downey, who added if people prefer they not come to the home, they are welcome to come to the office. “We will accommodate them.” Office Location The local Triax office will be located on Main Street (SR 13) across from the International Palace of Sports and is currently open seven days a week, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Staffing the office are Deniese Vannator, receptionist; Donna Jenkins, office manager; Eric Olson, general manager; Mary Olson, administrative assistant; Brian Hite, draftsman; Chris Farris, technical coordinator; and John Gagnet, marketing developer. Hook-U p/Antennas Questions were raised as to the type of hook-ups the company
ly 60 homes throughout that city, Davidhizar has had several dissatisfied tenants who have made their feelings about their landlord known. According to one tenant in Goshen, she pleaded for Davidhizar to repair her home, but the Goshen College graduate accused her of being lazy. Among the items needing repair in the residence, were several broken windows, a faulty water heater, standing water in the basement, broken off cabinet doors and garbage thrown all over the property. The Goshen complaint reached
Board ponders action
(Continued from page 1) The board also reviewed the Ron Davidhizar and Dick Widup properties. Bob Kirsh, speaking for the absent Milford building commissioner Harry Doty, said they had inspected the Davidhizar property. Doty, in turn, provided Kirsh with a written report, and Kirsh is presently in the process of writing up an order. Once the order has been signed by Doty, they will serve the notice to Davidhizar, and a hearing will be set up. Confusion surfaced between the board and Kirsh during the Davidhizar discussion. Kirsh stated the house was not approved by Doty, because it had “problems.” But Town Board President Steve Miller mentioned he heard something else from Doty. “The structure of the house was sound, but not the appearance,” said Miller. “We better wait for Harry Doty to come back and give us a full report.” Milford Police reviewed their work from November 7 through December 13. The main issue brought out by town marshal Dave Hobbs was the 2,273 miles driven during working hours, which cost the town $289.15 in gas
ficer; and James Nowak, auditor. Paul Reith is in charge of the Milford branch as vice president, and Lee Frauhiger is assistant cashier at Milford. John W.Clay is in charge of the Claypool branch as assistant vice president. Officers of FN Bancorp include George H. Lenke, Jr , board chairman; Loren Miller, vice chairman of the board; plus officers already mentioned. Directors other than the officers mentioned include Noel John Perry, Parker H. Phend, Marilyn Phillips, Donald Ring and Alvin Rockhill.
would use and if customers could use current antennas? Downey remarked each installation is an individual case. A hole will need to be drilled at some point for connection, however, the hole will be sealed making it air and water tight. “The installers will accommodate,” mentioned Downey. An AB switch may be installed for those customers wishing to receive the off air stations currently received, but not offered. Also a key lock devise is available to lock out channels at the subscribers discretion. Additional changes from the original agreement is, there are two earth dishes, instead of one and a third dish will be installed for the UPI station. Gagnat has surveyed the town and has a listing available of every home in the city, using the Emergency Medical Service as a base. This information is available for the town’s use. Neutral cease-fire BEIRUT, LEBANON - President Amin Gemayel gave into Syria and its Druse allies and agreed to accept observers from non-aligned nations to supervise a Lebanese cease-fire.
the local newspaper. This brought the fire chief into the building, which he condemned. Despite the notice of the insufficient living quarters, the family still remained in the house. Although there has been a lot of negative statements about Davidhizar, the landlord has alse<( kept some homes in adequate * shape in Goshen. Apparently, Davidhizar does his best work on the homes when he is about to go to litigation. During five such occasions, Davidhizar repaired homes satisfactory for the city, stopping litigation.
and oil. The figure was based on 9.5 miles per gallon ratio. “I went to three area car dealers checking prices for a new police car,” said Hobbs, noting the dealers were Petro Brothers Chrysler/Dodge; Smith Ford, both of Warsaw; and Milford Motors. “They all drive nice, but I would like to look at some other places before any decisions will be made.” In one other item from the police department, Hobbs mentioned that snowmobilers were driving in the city limits during the last snow, He warned that they must be a licensed driver, and have their snowmobile registered with the Milford police. Along with the legal aspects of driving through town, Hobbs also pointed out they are not to be traveling through private property.“For the first time in a long time we received some complaints about snowmobilers,” said Hobbs. “When they travel through the city limits, they must obey all the traffic laws* just like a car.” Don Wooten, civil defense director, suggested of purchasing a hand held citizen band radio. The radio would be used by the civil defense director, along with other local authorities during emergencies only. Following brief comments on the suggestion, Miller mentioned it would be a good idea for the city to own a radio like this, and sent the topic to a meeting at a later date. Milford’s Paris Miller, a certified public accountant, was present at the meeting, and the board recommended Miller handle the proposed sewage rate increase. Board member decided they wanted to talk with Miller at a later date, and invited him to their next meeting. The lengthy meeting concluded after board members heard complaints from Marion Deeter concerning the snow removal process in the alley behind his house along with some items about littering of newspapers throughout the town. Deeter informed the board “he never had the problem of turning up grass and gravel during snow removal.” Deeter is a former Milford street and water superintendent
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Families in Action member meeting Milford Lions Club President Dr. Bruce Lamb ha> announced a representative from Families in Action, Elkhart, will be present for the Drug Awareness Task Force meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, in the Milford Community Building. All concerned citizen are invited to attend. The purpose of the task force is to educate parents and children in the threats posed to young people by drug and alcohol abuse. IMF funds Top officials of the International Monetary Fund said recently that their agreement setting limits on loans to needy nations allows the agency to keep up its battle against the international financial crisis.
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K: 1 '■ W : * ( EM RETAIL OFFICERS — Re-elected officers for the Retail Merchants Division of the SyracuseWawasee Chamber of Commerce were confirmed at Tuesday morning's meeting. Pictured from the left pre: Gerry Bauer, treasurer; Jeanne Gardiner, president; and Jim Evans, vice president.
Lakeland Kiwanis has information on car tags Lakeland Kiwanis, North Webster, has received detailed information from the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles concerning handicapped car tags. As a project the organization will be making residents aware of the handicapped persons needs and how to obtain the tag. Any person who is temporarily or permanently handicapped is eligible for a handicapped car tag. For additional information contact Dean McFadden, project chairman, at 834-4939 or 834-7122. thwart files for trustee (Continued from page 1) Nilah Jonasch, have the forms which must to be filed by persons wishing tp be considered. They must be filed with county Republican Chairman Jean Northernor 72 hours prior to next Monday’s 5 p.m. meeting. At that time a new trustee is expected to be named. Since Evans is a Republican, he must be replaced by a Republican.
Gone are the warm days Though the past summer felt like the warmest ever. Lores Steury, weather observer at Goshen College, dug through his past records and came up with one that was warmer yet. In 1934, June, July, and August, the average temperature was 75.1 degrees. In 1983 for those same three months, the average was 73.9 degrees. The normal temperature is 71 degrees. Precipitation for those same three months this year was below the normal of 3.43 inches, we only received 2.48 inches. The driest summer, says Steury, was in 1920 when only 1.52 inches was recorded.
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