The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 18, Milford, Kosciusko County, 16 May 1984 — Page 1
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COMPLETION IN SIGHT — With July 1 slated as the opening date for the new Campbells Market, the construction crews are seen busy at work. This week the roof of the building is scheduled to be completed and dry wall will be put in the first of next week. Here
Mixed bag of issues crowds Syracuse Town Board agenda
By BEN SMITH Staff Writer In a busy Tuesday night meeting, the Syracuse Town Board opened sealed bids for street repair and resurfacing, batted down a proposal for vacating an alley in order for apartments to be built, slapped down a request to resurface the drive of the Lakeland Day Care Center and approved the construction of a pavilion at Lakeside Park. Town attorney Robert Reed opened four sealed bids from contractors wanting the job of repairing and resurfacing various streets in Syracuse. Asphalt Paving Inc. of Garrett’s bid was $158,790.25, PhendBrown of Milford bid $145,549.20; Gage Brothers of Albion bid $144,304.05; and Rieth-Riley of Huntertown bid $183,491.63. The bids were taken under advisement until May 29, when there will be a meeting to open the bids on various jobs relating to construction of the new town hall. The board had already called a special meeting for May 24 at 11 a.m. in order to accept final bids for town hall construction. Steve Snydet attorney, appeared next before the board to request the vacating (dividing) of
Transmission operations to merge
Dana Corporation and Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen of West Germany (ZF) have announced that they have reached an agreement in principle to merge their transmission operation into a worldwide partnership. The merging of the two companies will work on designing, manufacturing and marketing transmissions for commercial on-highway vehicles. The partnership will be known as ZFSpicer International. The agreement in principle is subject to both approval of various governmental regulatory agencies in the countries involved. Also, further negotiations for a definitive final agreement bet-
Republicans, Democrats re-elect party heads
Kosciusko County Republican and Democratic Central Committee chairmen won re-election to the top party posts by an overwhelming majorities. The Republican officers latest surge to the top ends a power struggle waged for political re-organization. Republicans elected include: » Jean Northenor — chairman Rex L. Reed vice chairman Barbara Eastlund — treasurer Ruth Hoppus — assistant treasurer Charles Purdum, Jr. — secretary All officials were elected for a two-year term. A year-long effort to purge party leaders was led by William Chapel, former president of the Warsaw School Board. Instead of changing the Republican party’s leadership, the efforts seemed to solidify the organization under the re-elected officers. All but 8 of the 118 precinct committeemen and vice committeemen were present for the open meeting. Balloting was by paper ballot. Charles Wheeler, co-chairman of the Warsaw GOP Central Committee, was appointed by Mrs. Northenor to serve as temporary chairman. Former county sheriff Carl L. Latta, who is the GOP precinct
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the alley which runs east-west in the area of SR 13 and Sixth Street. Snyder's client, Herschell Wells, would like to construct additional apartment units in the area “I personally hate to see that alley closed," said board president Carl Myrick. “We’re having problems with the storm sewer on Seventh Street.. It’d be a nice way to go (running a new sewer down the alley-in-question) if we ever wanted to do that,” he added. Synder argued Myrick’s plan was extremely iffy. “It’s quite obvious it (the alley) hasn’t been needed," he said. Seven of the 10 lots are owned by the petitioners and they haven’t complained. The apartments are a sure .thing and if you vote this down, it will be the downfall of those apartments.” Snyder noted. Myrick responded by saying if a town board closed down one alley every four years, “we’d be in pretty serious trouble.” Myrick was backed up by board member William Hess who added, "Once it’s closed, it stays closed.” The board voted to deny Well’s request Following the vote. Snyder asked for clarification of the reason
ween the two companies must be finalized. Dana Corporation and ZF will each transfer their manufacturing facilities that are devoted to the production of truck transmissions to the new organization. Included in the agreement were Dana facilities in Toledo. Ohio; Jonesboro, Ark.; Knoxville. Tenn.; and Wolverhampton, England. ZF facilities being transferred to the partnership are located in Friedrichshafen. Germany and Sorocaba, Brazil. ZF-Spicer International will initially have a total of eight manufacturing facilities in four different countries. First year sales of the new organization is expected to be $550 million, with worldwide employment of 9.500
employees of the Phil Price construction firm are shown doing some brick work. The 11,300 square foot structure is located at the corner of SR IS and Catherine Street in Milford.
permission wasn’t given to vacate. "My client has an appeal right.” Myrick repeated his contention there may come a time when a storm sewer will need to be put down where the alley now sits. Several board members had shown visible anger earlier when Snyder, in order to drive home a point, referred to the story of the "giant oak that must never fall no matter how much it gets in the way.” Next, Rev. Philip Frew, pastota of St. Andrew's United Methodist Church and a member of the board of directars of the Lakeland Day Care Center, made a request that the center’s, driveway be resurfaced. Reed expressed doubt that the town could legally do so since taxpayer’s money would be involved. Frew replied the center is community-orientated and community-directed. Reed said his choice of words could have been better and added he felt Frew had a valid point. The request, however, was quickly voted down. The board did vote in favor of the construction of a pavilion in Lakeside Park, provided final plans are submitted to them for approval before construction ac-
people. “The only way a component supplier will be able to serve this market is to become an international supplier on a major scale,” said Gerry Mitchell, Chairman and CEO of Dana. “And our customers have asked us to do just that. Components will generally be produced where the trucks are made, and the component manufacturers must be able to produce if they are to survive.” Regional subsidiaries of the partnership will be formed in appropriate parts of the world, according to Dana Corporation. Each regional subsidiary will be responsible for manufacturing and marketing of highway truck transmissions within its geographical location.
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committeeman of Plain 4, nominated Mrs. Northenor for the chairman’s post. Greg Klinger was nominated by County Recorder Betty Dust, precinct 4 committeeman from Turkey Creek Township, to oppose Mrs. Northenor. Mrs. Northenor easily defeated Klinger 72-35. Rex L. Reed was nominated by Michael Miner, while Klinger was nominated by Miriam Ridings, vice committeeman of Turkey Creek 6, to oppose Reed. Again Klinger was soundly defeated. Reed received 78 of the 106 votes cast. In the closest election of the evening, Mrs. Eastlund and E. Mazie Alexander were nominated for the treasurer’s position. Mrs. Eastlund turned back her opponent 64-41. Mrs. Hoppus was the lone candidate for assistant treasurer and Purdum was unopposed for secretary. Both were elected by voice vote. ) Democratic Slate On the Democratic side, Don Bixel was re-elected Kosciusko County Democratic chairman at a re-organizational meeting held at the Cardinal Center, May 13. .'. Marlene Walker was elected as the new vice chairman. She replaces Carolyn Hemmer. Other officers are.
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tually begins. Police Chief Warren Swartz announced dispatcher Deb Dull resigned. Joan Freiheit, who had been a part-time dispatcher, has taken her place. Sherrie Wogoman will serve as relief dispatcher. In other matters the board: • Discussed amending the contract with Clevenger Disposal of (Continued on page 2) NEW DEPUTY MARSHAL - Jerrell W. ("Jerry”) Craig, 31, Lake Tippecanoe, was hired as a deputy marshal at the North Webster Town Board last Wednesday evening. He replaces Michael Janacek, who resigned to return to his former place of employment Smoker-Craft, New Paris. Craig has spent the last three years as an Army Military Police Officer at Fort Ord, Calif., where he gained experience in routine -patrol, traffic, anti-drug suppression and VIP security. He remarked while in VIP security he guarded General Rogers of the Supreme Allied Command of Europe. Prior to his three years at Fort Ord, Craig was an infantry instructor for seven years at Fort Benning. Ga. He and his wife, Diana, have been married for 12 years and moved to this area following his discharge from the Army on April 13.
Many area residents without power Burning electrical circuits on a Utility pole located on Old Road 15, at the northern edge of Milford, created a power outage which extended all the way to Syracuse and the Lake WawaseeCromwell area Sunday afternoon. NIPSCO officials blamed the shorting of the circuits, which caused the outage, on Sunday’s high winds. The power shutdown lasted one hour and 39 minutes in some areas to the north of Milford. Within the town itself power was out for one hour and two minutes. Service was also out for one hour and two minutes in the town of Syracuse and the Lake WawaseeCromwell area. In addition to the 5,910 residences affected in the first mitages, a series of shorter power outages affected when NIPSCO attempted to relay power to the problem areas. Cheese to be distributed on Moy 24 Cheese distribution in Turkey Creek, Tippecanoe and Van Buren Townships has been set for Thursday, May 24. Lou Kuilema, Turkey Creek Township Trustee, stated the distribution will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Syracuse Fire Station. Richard Mitchell, Tippecanoe Township Trustee, announced township’s distribution will be from 10 a.m. until the cheese runs out at the North Webster Fire Station. Marcia Baumgartner, -Van Buren Township Trustee, announced the cheese will be available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Milford Fire Station. Car strikes embankment Terry A. Kaufman, 21, r 5 Syracuse, was not injured when his car struck an embankment. The mishap occurred at 11:50 p.m. Sunday, May 13, on Old Road 13A, 1,500 feet north of Old State Road 8. Damage estimates were not available. Road work slated for county The Indiana Department of Highways Public Information office opened 182 sealed bids Tuesday, May 15, on various highway improvement projects throughout the state. Official and final action on the contracts will be completed Friday, May 18. Three of the projects involved in the bid process are located in Kosciusko County. The projects on Kosciusko County roadways include the concrete patching of a portion of US 30, bituminous resurfacing on a portion of SR 13 and installing signals at various locations throughout Warsaw.
Marcella Meredith — secretary Chester Clampitt — treasurer Controversary filled the room prior to the election of the four officials. Originally a public meeting was scheduled, but Bixel closed the doors, not allowing anyone inside the room. Those not admitted to the meeting were Gerald Romine, a candidate for the chairman’s post, and Virginia Summe, who was running with Romine. The contest between Bixel and Romine was decided on a voice vote. Jeanne Keiser, who nominated Romine, felt the meeting was not fair and said she was planning on inquiring at the State Democratic Headquarters to see if the meeting was lawful. Bixel, who resides in Warsaw, was first elected county chairman in October, 1981, succeeding Stan Nice. He was re-elected in 1983. The owner of Bixel Paint, he is a former city councilman and a member of the First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Walker, Warsaw, has lived in the area since 1967. She is a member of the Sacred Heart Church and a former candidate for county treasurer. Mrs. Meredith, Burket, has lived in the small community more than 20 years, is a member of the Burket United Methodist Church. Clampitt, who resides in Atwood, has been a Harrison Township trustee since 1970. He is employed by R. R. Donnelley and Sons, and a member of several dubs, including the Kosciusko County Shrine Chib.
213 to graduate from Wawasee on Sunday
Wawasee High School’s class of 1984 will hold its commencement activities at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 20, in the high school’s gymnasium. Addressing the 1984 graduating class will be Dr. Howard J. Hull, principal at Wawasee, and Lana
lb® ■ 'SaF” ’ -■ *--*■=- ■ ■; ' ’ X I Bl GRAND OPENING — Burnworth-Zollars, 1101 S. Huntington, will be holding a grand opening in Syracuse May 18. The Ford dealer invites everyone to stop by and ask about the best used car warranty in town. Shown standing by the 1984 20th anniversary Mustang GT are John Halsey, salesman, and Bill Burnworth, co-owner of the dealership. (Photo by Ben Smith) - *
Burnsworth-Zollars opens Ford dealership in Syracuse
Burnworth-Zollars. a Ford dealership specializing in new and used cars, has opened in the old Wyatt Building at 1101 S. Huntington St., Syracuse. The dealership will be holding a grand opening celebration May 18. The get acquainted grand opening will give area residents a chance to get to know co-owner and manager Bill Burnworth and salesman John Halsey, while giving the auto sales team a chance to meet the area people. Coffee, donuts and punch, along with the opportunity to register for door prizes, will be offered to visitors. Special financing will also be available between May 14 and May 19 for those making a purchase. No stranger to the auto sales business, Burnwoth-Zollars opened their first dealership in Ligonier in 1980'and have been providing quality sales and service there since. The Syracuse dealership, with its large circulation of new and used automobiles, will also offer a service department. A qualified technician, knowledgeable in the latest repair techniques, will be operating the department to serve the community. Says Jeannie Gardiner, president of the Syracuse Retail Mer-
Beer, valedictorian for the graduating class. Dr. Hull’s spfiech is entitled, “Attitude for Success.” Give Your Best The 213 candidates selected the phrase, “Give to the world the best you have, and the best you will come back to you,” for their
chants Association. “I think it’s an asset to have a new car dealership in town. It fills a gap that has been here, and gives a better blend and balance to the
Heminger vice president of Counting House Bank
Counting House Bank president Ronald T. Gilbert has announced the appointment of Michael D. Heminger to the position of senior vice president. Heminger’s background includes 15 years of financial and real estate experience. Prior to his appointment as senior vice president. Heminger was executive vice president at Western State Bank in South Bend. He also served General Motors Accep-
■O <SB/ 77PPECANO£ GRAND PRIZE WINNER — The Lake Tippecanoe Property Owners, Inc., has a new logo. In return, the logo has made Joy Meroney |IOO richer. Miss Merooey, a free lance artist from Ligonier, won first place in the logo design contest. A design submitted by Tom Ehrhardt, a Leesburg resident and senior at Valparaiso University, won the |SO second place prize. The entries, judged by a committee from the Lake Tippecanoe Property Owners Board of Directors, will be used on signs, wearing apparel, bumper stickers and balloons. A second design submitted by Miss Meroney received honorable mention. Other honorable mention winners were Lonnie Black, Leesburg; Rick Peterson, Rob DeSomer and Sandi Bowman, ail of Syracuse. In all, more than 70 entries were received. Pictured above is Miss Meroney accepting her prize from W. L. Starner, president of the Lake Tippecanoe Property Owners.
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motto.” Green and white are the class colors. The white rose will serve as the official flower of Wawasee’s class of 1984. Additional information concerning the graudates and their future plans appears in the special supplement in this issue.
businesses here. The more businesses, the more variety, the more shoppers will come into town. The town, to survive, has to have variety.” - -
tance Corporation in various capacities and is an experienced Kosciusko County real estate broker. As a long time North Webster resident, Heminger says he is looking forward to renewing aid acquaintances and tive in the North Webster community where he resides with his wife, Janice and son, Scott. Heminger will manage the North Webster; branch in addition to other duties. *