The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 16, Milford, Kosciusko County, 2 May 1984 — Page 5

"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"

(Continued from page 4) Wars current worldwide in 1983 : 41. Percentage increase in sales of military toys from 1982 to 1983: 89%. Dollars spent by Americans on hospital care in 1982: $135.5-billion. Silicone breast implants performed in the United States in 1983:100,000. r s Cost of the Civil War in 1983 dollars: $36.9-billion. Cost of Vietnam War: $430.2-billion. \ Astrologers in the United States: 10,000. astronomers: 2,500. Foreigners apprehended for illegally crossing the U.S. border in fiscal 1982: 970,246. Average price of a gram of cocaine in Los Angeles: $125.00. First place among all states and territories of U.S. in per capital consumption of alcohol: ' District of Columbia. ■r *. Officially declared candidates for the 1984 presidential election: 136. Movie theaters in the U.S.: 16,901. in the Soviet Union: 144,100. Percentage of Americans who believe heaven exists: 77%. Percentage who expect to enter therein: 66%. • . . . Copies of Playboy or Penthouse magazines purchased per thousand people in New York City: 28. In Des Moines, Iowa: 86. THE MOVERS and shakers of the annual Lake Wawasee Flotilla were again pleased with the turn-out for their fundraiser, held Monday night at the Maxwelton Restaurant. They were both pleased with the amount of local people who supported the effort and the amount of money the affair raised.

•Letters to the editor

We'rea little late Dear Editor: This great sleeping giant, the United States, has been a little late in so many historical events down through our short history as a republic. I can remember and name a few to make my point trom the Eisenhower days to the present. '

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In doing this, it was pointed out, it assures the financial success of this year’s Flotilla. “It takes big bucks to buy all those trophies,” one Flotilla committee member commented, adding, “and ’ this is the way we raise the money.” THE SYRACUSE squad car received “only minor” damage at 11:11 a.m. Monday when a 1984 blue Ford four-door sedan rammed into the rear of the police car. The police car was parked in front of V. Goodspeed, Inc. (the old post office building). Bea Heppert parked her car a safe distance to the rear but forgot to set the brakes, according to patrolman Ron Moser, No ticket was issued to Mrs. Heppert, nothing like that, and she came away a little shame-faced. — o — IN INTRODUCING Lewis Immel for his Mon- ( day night Paul Harris Fellow, Varner Chance said he lives up to Rotary’s motto of “Service Above Self.” He said, “It means service to others without regard to selfish gains. It means that a person, a group of persons or a nation* is capable of accomplishing the impossible, if they are not concerned about who gets the credit. It means pasting your bread of service upon the waters of/need. It means being sensitive to people or situations where there is heed for improvement. ’’ / Chance said Immel, “has been a leader who has made many contributions to the betterment of this community. He has seen needs great and small and he has been big enough for the large projects, but greater still, he has never been too big for the small.” 'J —o — . MR. AND Mrs. LaMar Stoops arrived at their East Shore Drive home Friday from a winter at their home at Woodstock. Fla., located between Fort Myers and Naples. ' ' And Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thornburg arrived home Monday night from Scottsdale. Arizona, to spend the summer at their North Shore Drive home.

. Our present good president fights to keep us from being too late, but Congress thinks otherwise! Yes, Congress must share much of the blame for America s blunders, and at the present time Congress has taken more authority than the constitution allows. Just a few instances where America has been dragging its feet: Too late to stop Castro! in southeast Asia!, also Korea, the Middle East and now Central America! The Communist must

be stopped in their move northward before it is too late. We must place the blame on our blunderings and lateness on the leftest, liberals and lovers of Socialism. The Left wingers are so very powerful in America at the present time. So many in high places keep their mouths shut, ears muffled and eyes closed in this matter of freedom! I wonder why? Yes, this is a great puzzle. How we need to keep America ifree from the greatest sin among all our sjns. Communism! What is your thinking on our dragging feet? Clayton Mock ’ 712 N. Huntington Syracuse Thank you Dear Editor: Thank you for the saving bond. It was fun to color the pictures. Your friend. Karena Zimmerman

Dectective team digs into history of generations

By DEE JAYNES ’ ' . Staff Writer Detective teams have long captured the imagination of the public. Some of the better known duos include Sherlock Holmes and his faithful assistant Watson, Starsky and Hutch, and Batman and Robin. These crime-solving partners have been__ making history for generations. < Kosciusko County’s answer to Cagney and Lacey may just be the team of Jean Lynch and Laurie Smith. Although the two may not be making history, they certainly are involved in it. Jean and Laurie are partners in a hew business, J & L Research, doing genealogical research for , interested persons in and around the Kosciusko County area. Jean and Laurie met while sitting side by side at the microfilm reader at the Warsaw Library. Both women were avidly interested in researching their own families and this mutual interest led to their close friendship and business relationship of today. Laurie and her husband Greg are North Webster residents and are the parents of seven children: Jeff,-Syracuse; Teri Minegar, Osceola; Lori Graff, North Webster; Tami Smith, Barbee Lake; Steve, Schroon Lake, N.Y.; and Amy, a senior at Wawasee High School. They also have seven grandchildren. Laurie, a native of Chicago, moved to North Webster in 1971. She says she was “born interested in genealogy,” but became actively interested about eight years ago. She credits her mother with sparking her genealogical interest. ‘‘My grandfather died before I was born.” she said, “but before he died, he wrote down as much information about the family as he could and passed it along to my mother. She passed it on to me and here I am.” Jean is a Kosciusko County native and a graduate of Warsaw Community High School. Currently residing in Leesburg, she and husband Terry, also an area native, are the parents of four children. One daughter, Angie, is a student at Purdue University, sons Chuck and Michael and other daughter Jenny are students at Warsaw Community High School. Mike was a member of this year’s State Champion Tiger basketball team. Like Laurie, Jean’s interest in family research was sparked by a grandparent — her grandmother. Jean describes her grandmother as “a very sharp lady-—with a photographic memory. She never forgot a name, date or place and she was determined to make me the family'historian!” Jean began the task of tracing and recording her family’s roots

a. LAURIE SMITH x AND ~ JEAN LYNCH

while she was a sophomore in high school. The search continues today in what Jean describes as a “never-ending job.” She says she only traces family “as far as the boat 14 and doesn’t attempt to delve into the histories in Europe. Family ancestors have immigrated mainly from England. Germany, Scotland and Ireland. She is also investigating ancestors on her husband’s side of the family and discovered that her children have the same ancestral grandfather, William Tuttle, as Princess Diana of England, Winston Churchill, the Roosevelts and Douglas MacArthur, a fact that seems to amuse, rather than impress, Jean. Laurie, has traced a line of her family on her mother's side back to 400 A.D. Her forebearers mainly immigrated from England, Scotland and Germany, and like Jean, Laurie rarely investigates European lines. Her research into her mother-in-law’s- ancestry has produced information dating back to 1030. Laurie’s research also revealed an authentic Salem witch in the family. Susanna North Martin was executed as a witch during the infamous Salem Witch Trials for the unspeakable crime of “possessing a sharp tongue and remaining clean and dry during inclement weather.” Both women agree that genealogy, currently the second largest hobby activity in the country; is habit-forming and can become totally absorbing. Laurie says she occasionally finds herself writing 1890 on her checks, and Jean admits she can rattle off the names, birth and death dates and family histories of long-dead relatives,, but sometimes forgets her kids’ names or birthdays. Between them, Laurie and Jean have five filing cabinets filled with more than 90,000 index file cards of information. Each

card contains names, dates of birth and death, county of residence and other family members, and is filed with other information on the same family in alphabetical order. Using old newspaper, military and courthouse records, the two women have put together an impressive record of persons in the Kosciusko County area and are continually expanding the files. Jean recently completed a listing of all stock marks, brands used by farmers to identify livestock, used in the county. They are also planning to publish, in book form, the 1850 census. The addition of a microfiche reader has increased the research and storage capability of the fledgling company. Both Jean and Laurie seemed excited about their most recent acquisition, the complete collection of Mormon genealogy records for the United States and Canada. This collection is considered one of the finest in the world and both women agreed this will be a large step forward for the new company. A computer system will be the next business purchase. Jean has been certified since 1976 by the National Genealogical Society as a Certified Genealogy and has contributed to several family books and society publications. She has been a certified EMT for the town of Milford since 1978 and lists her hobbies as needlework and reading. Laurie is an active member of the North Webster United Methodist Church and belongs to several genealogical societies, including Ontario Genealogy Society, Palatines to America Society, Loyalists to the British Society and the State Genealogy Societies in Indiana. Ohio and Connecticut. She also holds membership in several county organizations throughout the US. Laurie lists her hobbies as painting, needlework, her church and her family. Both Jean and Laurie will begin at the end of the month to teach classes on how to trace family histories. They are also available to speak to interested groups and organizations. Support group to meet at the Elkhart Hospital Parkinson’s support group will hold its regular meeting on May 4 at the Elkhart Hospital in the auditorium, at 7,p.m. The speaker for the evening will be Bob Savage from Family Counseling Services in Goshen. Mr. and Mrs. Milo Yoder will be giving a report on the PEP meetings they attended in Chicago. All those with Parkinson’s disease, or interested family members and friends, are invited to attend. PEP is also sponsoring a Bike-a-thon for June 9. Riders will start at Roger’s Park in Goshen and ride to McNaughton Park in Elkhart Forms for the Bike-a-thon can be picked up at area bicycle shops or at ‘the PAPER' office in Goshen. All proceeds will go towards Parkinson’s disease research. Anyone may participate and for more inform’ation can call Nelson Maier at 294-2318. Federal money The federal government spent $2,932 per American in 1983, with Virginia residents doing the best and North Carolinians collecting the lowest amount per person, the Census Bureau reported recently. WATERBEDS ! tfjftinctMStn ■ Our quality bads and accessories I ■ can be bought at unbeatable prices. -J I 25% To 50% OH f J Beds AM Accessories J g Before you buy anything check ■ ’ our prices. Associated Sales CM 457-2141 L— — - Cte * ■■■ ■* J

Wed., May 2,1984 - THE MAIL-JOURNAL

At Large. . . | ] “A view of the political 11 11 scene in Kosciusko County” || COUNTY COUNCILMAN Ron Sharp of Syracuse announced today that he reviewed couhty finances for the first quarter of 1984 and was taking this means to report to county taxpayers. He was appointed by Council President George Kliner to review county finances and to report to the Council. His statement follows: “I started a review of these finances after reading in the Warsaw newspaper that I was solely responsible for an alleged financial crisis in the county’s general fund. “This is pure hogwash. In a confidential memo issued by me to my fellow councilmen in July 1983,1 drew to their attention that the county carries large sums of money over from year to year in this fund and proposed that we reduce this sum, thus giving the taxpayer a break. My practice has always been, when we need money we tax, but when we do not need money we do not tax. I have yet to hear anyone speak against my plan. On January 1,1985 there will be about $1 million in the general fund to start the 1985 year. We have a budget session in September to discuss the 1985 budget and how to fund it. Talking about a shortage (or being broke) in 1985 is a little premature, to say the least. . i “In reviewing the 1983 year, as to how we received miscellaneous revenue, I found a transfer of $45,000 from the unused amount of the jail cumulative fund to the general fund. It is correct to transfer the fund. However, the law specifically states the transfer must be made by the Council. It was made by our secretary, Jean Northerner. “Also, I noted that the auditor had expended the entire long distance telephone allowance in July. Then the bills for the auditor’s phone calls were transferred to the commissioners’ budget to be paid. In reviewing where the calls were made, I found a number were made to the head of the state board of accounts, and another to an investigating division of the state government, plus a number of calls that might be called political in nature. I plan to pursue this further. “A review should be conducted into the recent certification of petitions by the auditor for and against the Warsaw community pool. Was there sloppy work, or are the records in poor condition, or was it the petitioners’ fault? This should be cleared up. “We still have a ditch problem. Presently, the ditch fund owns the general fund $600,000. This need the attention of the auditor, treasurer and drainage board. “The one account that I discovered needs attention was the bond fund. In March 1983 the fund was more than SIOO,OOO in the red. Some improvement was shown in 1984 in this fund. In March we were only $40,000 in the red. I traced this shortage back to 1982 when the auditor for some reason reduced the tax rate and the fund at various times has been in the red. “Auditor J. D. Geiger has been instructed to review this fund and come back to the Council with recommendations on how to correct the problem. w “The remainder of the accounts on the surface appear passable. We had about $6,990,000 in all accounts on April 1,1984. “I play to issue quarterly reports during the 1984 year. The charges brought against me required that I give more time to county finances, something that I apparently should have been doing during the past few years. “Taxpayers can thank whoever investigated the stories for the items above, and the items above, and the corrective measures that will be taken in September to alleviate this problem. / —Ron Sharp” THE FIGHT for control of the Republican party in Kosciusko County continued to heat up as the primary election and the party leadership election approach. The election is Tuesday, May 8, and the leadershipelection will be Saturday, May 12. ' - . • Considerable focus is on the eight precinct contests, for herein could lie the deciding vote in the leadership contest. Theyare as follows, for precinct committeeman in the several precincts: Gerald A. Eastlund vs. J. W. Bone» precinct 1 in Tippecanoe Township. Merwyn L. Kantenwein vs. Thomas L. Waikel, precinct 2 Wayne Township. > Janet D. Gadson vs. Janice B. -Anglin, precinct 7 in Wayne Township. Margaret L. Warren vs. Catherine V. Evans, precinct 2 Clay Township. Max Weller vs. Melissa Alexander, precinct 2 Seward Township. Michael Valentine vs. Deborah S. Hughes, Ist Ward, Ist Precinct, Wayne Township. Joseph Conlon vs. Sharon Lowry, 3rd Ward, 2nd Precinct, Wayne Township. Louise Miner vs. Ralph D. Fox, 4th Ward, Ist Precinct, Wayne Township. ■»■ ■ * * — o — GOVERNOR ROBERT D. Orr’s ineffectiveness could serve to unite Hoosier Democrats, according to sociology professors and pollster Brian S. Vargus, and put a Democrat in the State House. Vargus is an Indiana University-Purdue University (at Indianapolis) professor doing election polling for IUPUI since 1976. In 1980 he formed his private firm, Opinion Research and Evaluation, Inc. He accurately predicted the Quayle-Bayh upset in 1980, giving his status as a pollster reinforcement. He said this week “there’s a very large anybody-but-Orr sentiment” out there, noting that Orr’s GOP opponent in next Tuesday’s primary election, John K. Snyder should receive 30 per cent of the party ’s vote. He called this “a significant protest vote. Gov. Orr has a lot of negatives as he goes into the primary, Prof. Vargus stated. His approval rating trails President Reagan’s by 20-25 percent in the state. Orr won’t be able to depend on any coattail effects, he commented. * “He is perceived as ineffective as a leader, almost the way people perceived Jimmy Carter in 1980,” Vargus said further. Hoosiers haven’t forgiven Orr for increasing the sales and income taxes in 1983, for his handling of Public Service Indiana over the scrapped Marble Hill nuclear plant and for rate increases granted to the Northern Indiana Public Service Co., he said. “I’m amazed at the number of people we’ve interviewed who manage to blame Orr for the rough winter because of their high utility bills,” Vargus said. “I think the amount of animosity to him in the northern end of the state is rather surprising. That’s largely around the utility issue and the International Harvester issue. It’s amazing because the mayor of Fort Wayne has gotten through that a lot more positively,” the pollster said. In the Third District the pollster called Republican incumbent John Hiler of LaPorte “vulnerable in the general election because of the economy.”

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