The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 1, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 January 1984 — Page 1

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ANOTHER PINT — The Fort Wayne Unit of the American Red Cross Bloodmobile visited Wawasee High School, Monday, Jan. 16. The Red Cross, which set a goal of 125 pints for the day, raised 135 pints before closing the doors at 5 p.m. ■ „ ’ . Pictured above is Jill Patty, a senior at Wawasee, who donated a pint of blood during school hours. (Photo by Mark Weinstein)

Successful bloodmobile visit

A very successful bloodmobile visit was held at Wawasee High School on Monday with US' persons presenting themselves as donors; 62 for the first time in Kosciusko County, including a large percentage of the 54 students who supported the program. A total of 14 faculty members also gave. A total of 135 pints were collected with the 125 pint quota be ing exceeded by 10 pints. Dr Howard J. Hull, principal, was the first of the faculty to make a donation Community and area participation of 85 persons assured the successful visit. Dale A. Allen and James R Smith, both of Syracuse, were presented three gallon pins Donn D. Kesler. Milford, and Nancy L. Cannon. Syracuse, recieved their two-gallon pins. Joining the gallon club were Marcie Haab, Syracuse; Vernon G Zurcher, Leesburg; and Donald Jerry Curry. Syracuse. Dr William Meyers. Syracuse, provided the phsyician coverage for the visit. Nusing staff was secured by Carol Haab, Milford, Red Cross representative. They were Mary Ann Dowty, Marilyn Grabowiz, Marcie Haab. Priscilla Judy, Jane A. Gingerich, all of Syracuse; Carolyn Zimmerman. Thedia Rhodes and Carolyn Zehr of Milford. Irene Abts of Syracuse and Janet Kinzie of Warsaw served as nurses’ aids. Miss Alice Shaffer of Warsaw served as chairman of volunteers with Cindy Peterson being chairman of the day. Key Club members assisted blood service chairman Oscar Wemer and his assistant Richard Dobbins, both of Warsaw, to set up and dismantal the unit. Those helping were Maria Alearez, Paul E. Hughes. Amy Beer. Robert Casey, Mark Miller, David Jenkins, Mike Randolph, Dale Grady, Donald Ritter, John Dixon, Joyce Hoile and Tatia Littlejohn. The following students served as donor escorts for the visit; Kristi Templin, Cheri Martindale. Cathy Cobbum, Tatia Littlejohn, John Morzan, -Kevin Gregory, Michele Leffler, Karen Haney. Shane Avery and Michele

Milford-Leesburg Lions Ladies' Night

ByJERI SEELY Members of the Leesburg and Milford Lions Clubs beard Evan (“Wilkie”) Wilkerson talk about District 25B’s bearing conservation program for pre-school children during a joint meeting held Thursday in the Shrine Building on the fairgrounds in Warsaw. Wilkerson is a hearing/screening director for 258, a member of the Foster Park Lions Club in Fort Wayne and a summer resident of Lake Wawasee.

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Turpin. Sigma Gamma Chapter volunteers providing canteen needs and seving throughout the day were Mrs. Peterson, President Jacki Dunithan, Jane Wieczork, Diane Schock, Jane Moorow, Sandy Cobbum, Gliria Eyer, Kathy West, Linda Jones, Arm ftapncr and Linda person of Syraucse. Brenda Messenger and Teresa Boyer, Wawasee High School students, served as typists for the visit. Other volunteers serving at the mobile were Ruth Zimmerman, Syracuse; Mrs. Haab, Milford; ’Vivian Morehouse, Leesburg;

Milford Families in Action —

Take positive action in Drug and Alcohol Education Program

The original Milford Drug and Alcohol Education Committee, as sponsored by the Milford Lions Club, has been broadened and given another name. It is to be known as Milford Families in Action and is open to the public. Plan ORBY Presentation A public meeting will be held at the Milford Elementary-Junior High cafeteria at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, to further educate parents of elementary and junior high students to the ORBY Alcohol and Drug Education program that will be given to Milford students. Wide participation at this meeting is urged by Dr. Bruce L. Lamb, Milford veterinarian and president of the Milford Lions Club, who is serving as chairman of the vital youth education program. At a meeting last evening (Tuesday) at the Milford Community Building,Meri Forrester, consultation and education assistant of the five-county Bowen Center at Warsaw, explained the ORBY program and what importance the federal government is giving to its implementation. Present also was Ned Speicher, principal of the Milford Elementary School who has shown a keen interest in the youth education

He has been associated with the Lions Hearing Conservation and Work With The Deaf program since its inception in 1977 in the state of Indiana. Some three years ago 258 Lions began working with youngsters between the ages of and 6. Wilkerson said there is great need for this service, noting some 70 percent of the parents are not aware their children have bearing problems. The Fort Wayne Lion showed a film, “The Joy of Hearing,” which featured youngsters, their problems and how they can be

Iva Carpenter, Ruth Fellows, Helen Ring, Oscar Werner, Richard Dobins, all of Warsaw. Inez Devenney, executive director, was also present for the visit. The next visit of the bloodmobile unit in Kosciusko County will be Tuesday, Feb. 28. It will celebrate the 33rd anniversary of blood services in Kosciusko County. Donors who gave Monday may again give in eight weeks or at the March 22 visit in Mentone (12 noon to 6 p.m. in the Tippe Valley gym) or at the Grace College visit April 18, when the mobile is set up at the college gym from 11 a m. to 5 p.m.

program The ORBY Drug and Alcohol Education program consists of 45-minute lectures in the classroom, accompanied by a film, and, of course, ORBY, a life-size large, furry character resembling a dog, that youngsters can equate with. “It’s a fun way to teach children they have a brain and it’s their to use in making early choices,” Miss Forrester said. She added, “And kids make these important choices very early in their lives.” Milford will be the first school in the Lakeland School Corpora

helped. Following the film Wilkerson noted District 2SB had screened &00 pre-school youngsters during the first year <rf the program, 900 during the second year and between 2,000 and 2,500 last year. He stressed the importance of finding hearing problems in children and gave examples of youngsters with hearing losses and how they were helped. Wilkerson stated the program in Ins district to worked through a licensed audiologist and only finds youngsters with hearing problems. Once the problem is

Syracuse Lions $ 5 sponsor hearing screening Jan. 2f Syracuse Lions club members have taken on the important community service project of sponsoring a free hearing screenin’ for anyone from four years of age and over. » It will be held from 12 noon until 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church. It is not limited to residents of the Syracuse area alone, but is being offered to anyone in the lakes area. Robert Ahrns, speech and hearing clinician for the Lakeland School corporation, will conduct the tests. Lion Hube Anglemeyer is heading the committee, working with Lions Dale Allen, Bob Ruth and Everett Manning.

Commodore invests in The Butler Group

Ray J.. Gans, chairman and chief executive officer of The Commodore Corporation, Syracuse, announced that Commodore has invested in a new company in cooperation with The Butler Group, a California based developer of residential and industrial/commercial properties. The new company will initially build homes throughout the states of California, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado using both factory and site-built construction methods. The senior management of the present Butler Group will toa this new company, to be canecF The Butler Group, Inc. The new company will be owned by Merrill Butler who will become the chief executive officer. Butler is a director of both the Federal National Mortgage Association and The Commodore Corporation. Commodore is a leading pro-

tion to implement the ORBY Drug and Alcohol Education program, Miss Forrester said, serving as sort of a pilot program in this area. Small Cost For the 450 students at Milford, the program will cost $35 for each presentation, and there will be 19 presentations. A cost of $12.50 for an informational packet which the school can duplicate for each student. Total cost will be $372.50, of which a federal grant will cover 75 percent. The Milford Lions Club has begun the program with a SSO contribution, and other groups have volunteered to join in to help defray expenses. fire in motor home this o.m. A fire occured at 8:58 a.m. today in a Barth Motor Home parked at Waterson’s Grocery on Lake Wawasee, Syracuse. Damage to the motor home, owned by Barth Inc. is estimated at SIO,OOO. At this time the fire is believed to have been started by an electric stove.

discovered a recommendation is given for the ’oungster to see his or her own doctor for a follow-up. Following the program Milford Lions President Dr. Bruce Lamb said Milford had voted earlier to sponsor a clinic in the spring and invited the Leesburg club to join them in a joint clinic. Details on this will be announced as they are worked out. The meeting was opened with “America” led by Robert Bishop of Leesburg, the pledge to the flag led by Ed Charlton of Leesburg and the invocation by Art Smith of Leesburg.

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Syracuse Town Board moves to fluoridate town's water supply

By TOM CHARLES - Staff Writer Over the dissenting votes of Board President Carl Myrick and Board Member William Hess, the Syracuse Town Board adopted a motion to proceed with plans to fluoridate the town’s water supply. Board members Jim Hughes, Steve Butt and Joe Morganthaler voted for the proposal. The 3-2 decision ends months of public debate and discussion on .the controversial issue. The large group of citizens present at Tues-

ducer of manufactured housing with 23 plants throughout the United States and Canada. Gans pointed out that “manufactured housing is rapidly becoming interchangeable with site-built housing. Commodore recognizes the need to be active in all phases of home building, from site selection to construction, marketing and financing. Our investment in the new venture, together with certain resources added from The Butler Group, will provide useful * experience for Commodore in 'these areas. Through this invest- ' ment Commodore joins with experienced real estate professionals with over 100 years of collective experience in the development and sale of residential properties. “We look forward to active cooperation with this new entity in expansion throughout the southwest, including marketing of product from our Albuquerque modular housing plant.” Commodore’s investment will be in the preferred stock of The Butler Group, Inc., and will amount to approximately $540,000. In a related transaction, commodore will purchase a debt obligation of the new company from a financial institution. Commodore’s sales for the fiscal year ended June 20, 1983, were $207,209,000 and income from continuing operations was $762,000. Free cheese distribution next Thursday According to an announement made this week by the American Red Cross, there will be a free cheese distribution next Thursday, Jan. 26. The Red Cross is coordinating the distribution with the township trustees under the guidance of the Neighborhood Community Council of South Bend. The council serves St. Joe, Fulton, Kosciusko, Elkhart and Marshall Counties. Current plans call for the trustees to pick up the Cheddar cheese at the Penguin Franchise in Warsaw at 6 a.m. on Thursday. They will then need time to transport it to their distribution points. No site will distribute cheese until 10 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26. More details will be given in next week’s M-J.

Following the dinner Dr. Lamb introduced District Governor and Mrs. Jerry Martin of 25G, District Governor and Mrs. Jun Marks of 258 and Mrs. Wilkerson, all special guests of the evening. Annnunrements were given on the progress of the Leesburg Lions Building and the Milford with a S3OO check for the building. Group singing following the meal and at the close of the evening was ted by Robert Bishop with piano accompaniment by Domm Pollen.

day night’s meeting heard board members express opinions on both sides of the issue. Jim Hughes reported that he had checked with local and state officials regarding the cost of installing and maintaining fluoridation equipment. According to his findings, the cost of installation and maintenance would be approximately 55 cents per person per year. Hughes also added that “it appears at this time that maintenance of the equipment would not require a lot of time.’’ Board members expressed a variety of views on the subject following Hughes’ report. Joe Morganthaler said that “I can take it or leave it. It doesn’t matter one way or the other.” President Carl Myrick expressed his concern that fluoridation may lead to an increase in water rates and consequently would have a negative impact on industry in the area. Both Myrick and Morganthaler questioned why there was such

Planners to hold open meeting

A meeting intended to include all county officials will be held Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. in the Kosciusko County Justice Building. Members of the general public as well are welcome to attend. Says assistant plan director, Maria Rusomaroff, “The meeting is entitled ‘Planning, How It Serves You and Your Community.’ ” The intent of the meeting, she says, is to explain the plan commission, its operations, procedures, duties, and the benefits the plan commission can attain for the community. Rusomaroff explained, many of the town board members are new and it is the plan commis-

Winter carnival offers something for everyone

Fireworks on Saturday, Jan. 28, will finalize the first day of the Syracuse-Wawasee Winter Carnival. All are being urged to pack up the kids, grab the grandparents and attend the fifth annual Winter Carnival at Syracuse’s Lakeside Park, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 28-29. There will be something for everyone, whether you prefer watching and munching or actively participating in one of the many activities available.

A/' 7 BA Isl JOINT MEETING —Members of the Milford and Leesburg Lions Clubs held a joint ladies’night at Warsaw last Thursday and beard Lion Evan (“Wilkie”) Wilkerson of Fort Wayne speak on preschool bearfog/ocreening. Shown above are Wilkerson; Dr. Bruce Lamb, president of the Milford Lions Club; Governor Jim Marks of «#; Leo Anglin, president of the Leesburg Lions dub; and Governor Jerry Martin of 2SG. (Photo by Arch Baumgartner)

public concern over this issue when other issues were largely .ignored. “The only thing that bothers me about this is that people complain about this, but we have a broken down sewer system and people don’t complain about that,” said Morghanthaler. “Why don’t they complain about something we really need?” “I would like to go on record to back up Joe’s statement,” added Myrick. “We have been working on the sewer system for years but we haven’t had the first number of citizens in here for that.” That digression was greeted with calls from the audience to return to the issue at hand. After several individuals expressed their support*for the idea, the motion was brought to a vote and carried. The board will now make application for government funds to cover the cost of installing the equipment. The board solved another item of lingering business When it officially approved the 1984 officers

sion's hope to familiarize them in order to maintain a cooperative understanding. AU county officials, including: the i_>wn boards from throughout the county, both participating and non-participating; the county council; the Area Plan Commission members; and Board of Zoning Appeals members are asked to attend the meeting. Speakers for the evening are: Don Frantz, speaking on the history of planning in the county; Maria Rusomaroff, assistant plan director, speaking on the comprehensive plan to update county officials and the public on its progress; Cinda Overmyer, speaking on zoning ordinances and relations between county and

Start the day at the American Legion Auxiliary’s breakfast and then play softball, watch thfe kiddy pedal pull, build a snow sculpture, take a sleigh ride, ice skate, sled down Whitehead Hill, join the snowmobile pocker run, kitty kat snowmobile race, and snowmobile drags, watch a downhill ski demonstration, warm yourself at the bonfire, stuff your body at the concession stand or soup kitchen, enjoy the fireworks and then gather with friends, of all ages at the Winter Carnival dance on Saturday.

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for the fire department. Joe Anderson will continue in his position as chief. In two other matters, the board was brought up to date on the state of affairs regarding two- - projects. Mel Wessler presented the board with a report on the Inflow Infiltration Analysis and Jerry Firestone discussed contract documents for the proposed town hall. Wessler reported that the State Board of Health has requested more information on the town sewer system before it will approve the I/I analysis which was completed in 1982. According to Wessler, the state now needs information on the number of sump pumps that feed into Syracuse’s sewer system. “I know that Joe Dock has already done some work on this and we will be working with him over the next 30 days,” Wessler said. “We need to get a count of the sump pumps and the amount (Continued on page 2)

towns; and Pat Watkins, Warsaw town planner, speaking on relationships between towns and the county. Jerry Grady, vice president of the APC and president of the BZA, will speak on his duties as a member and will discuss the procedures used to arrive at a decision. He will also discuss how members are appointed. A panel discussion will be conducted with plan director Dan Richard acting as mediator and commentator for the evening. At the end of the program a question and answer period will be held. A reception will follow, giving those in attendance a more informal chance to receive answers to any questions they may have.

On Sunday you may again play softball, try your hand at cross-country skiing for fun or enter the race, and then its the 150 mile snowmobile enduro race. The race is guaranteed to keep attention as the entrants zoom 100 laps around a 1.5 mile course on Syracuse Lake, for a purse of $1,500. Prizes will be awarded in all events in the form of cash, trophies, medallions and ribbons. There will be a heated tent available for information, registration and defrosting.