The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 18, Milford, Kosciusko County, 16 May 1984 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., May 16,1984

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Editorials

For graduates only — This editorial is directed to the 213 young men and women who will graduate from Wawasee High School on Sunday. They are entering their post-high school life at a time when there is much printed and spoken abuse about the country, the government and the world in general. u When they chose their class motto, they chose a good one “Give to the world the best you have, and the best will come back to y ° U Many people give nothing and expect everything. This is wrong. The USA, and the world, will be a better place in the years to come if the members of the WHS Class of ’B4 will remember their motto and out it to use. „ , . • Our constitutional, republican form of government has survived in its present form longer than any other in the world. The ounding fathers of the nation, when they established the system, were far ahead of their time. They built a system felxible enough to change with changing times. ~ . There are inperfections in the system and injustices in government and governing, but taken as a whole, the average citizen in the United States has something closer to an equal chance, economically and socially, than in any other major country. That is saying much for America, because we are a melting-pot nation of many races and religions. • We are an experimental nation m a sense. At our beginning 200 vears ago many sophisticated European scholars and philosophers predicted'the idealistic principles and laws on which the new republic had been founded, and would operate, could not possibly survive. They felt a country composed of so many divergent na- » tionalities and beliefs could not coalesce into a united nation. Looking back at history, what has been the recorded? It s not perfect but the people of this country have built the richest nation in the world, a nation of individual freedom from all, nation which constantly seeks to improve itself, to uplift the disadvantaged. We have a long way to go, but that is not a bad start. Each newly-graduated young citizen should not casually accept these many blessings without a sense of thanksgiving and appreciation of the efforts and accomplishmentss of those who have gone before. Emily's 14th Emily Post’s Etiquette - The fourteenth volume - has just been published by Harper and Row. It's still the best guide to manners and behavior for the average American. . . > Actually, granddaughter Elizabeth Post is doing the rewriting and updating today, though she includes excerpts from the original (1922) Emily Post edition. And there are changes in manners, style and behavior, as in everything else. One change is that men no longer are obligated to walk on the street side while escorting a lady — though this is often still preferred. Women today are advised how to pay a bill, if picking up the tab with a male as their companion. Much information concerns everyday situations. For example, in supermarkets, the correct form is to let a shopper with only two or three items go \ ahead in the cashier waiting line. But only one. Also, and this is sterling advice, it’s suggested that shoppers help pack tneir groceries in bags if there’s a line and the cashier is busy itemizing one’s purchase. If more shoppers in groceries would do this, lines would move faster. There s - something unattractive, too, in one standing doing nothing, while a youngster rings up purchases, then stops and fills all the bags, while a line waits. y Another useful reminder — seemingly forgotten by some females today — concerns a couple in a restaurant. The lady tells the gentleman what she would like. He places the order. If the group is larger, however, each places his or her own order. If you want to know how to answer a White House dinner invitation, or how to arrange silver, or how: to seat guests, or when to pick up your napkin, or at what angle you place knife and fork on a dinner plate after eating, or when to place your napkin back on the table — and where, the 14th edition tells you. If you want to know where and when to smoke and whether to smoke at dinner. etc., that’s also included, though unfortunately this edition doesn’t advise ladies never to smoke walking down streets, obviously bad form. If you want to khow the accepted form of address for a cabinet officer, church bishop, senator, etc., this is the book. Basically, as in 1922, Emily post’s Etiquette is primarily a guide showing how one makes associates feel better, more comfortable and at ease. Or, to put it another way. it’s basically a book teaching consideration of others. What others say - Smoking scientifically Harvard University announced the other day it was going to spend $1.4 million during the next three years to find out why people smoke. There’s lot of research on what smoking does to you but precious little on the motivation, and Harvard wants to fill in this research gap We’re not sure what the Harvard researchers will find, although we have some ideas, gleaned from observation, some personal experience and the actual reports of smokers. Here it is, why people smoke: They like it. • It’s cool. " Their friends do it. They don’t see anything wrong with it. They want to be grown up. They don’t believe all those scare stories that smoking causes heart disease and lung cancer. They can’t| quit. They can quit anytime. Their doctor smokes. They don’t mind a little bum on their clothes once in a while. It passes the time. You have to die from something. They’re tired of people telling you what you can do. It helps calm them down. It gets them started in the morning. It’s not as bad as being an alcoholic. It just seems to go with a highball. They’ve always done it. They don’t see the harm. They can’t work without it. They’ve always had that little cough in the morning and they re sure it s no b,g deal - FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE

wPWz The Wawasee High School commencement will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 20, in the WHS gymnasium. . . i i 457-3666 Or M-J rUISe Call 658-4111, Ext. 17 QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What’s your dream vacation? Results of last week’s question: What is your favorite slang word, or saying? darn geeze-o-pete. . . door-bout-it. judas priest. . fiddlesticks. .. oh hen. . holy shmuck. bullticky. holy cow. .. I really don't know. . . groovy. . . I don't have any such word, bogus oh gee. .. I can’t think of anyone right now. . get lost, man oh that’s gay. . beat it. . . the devil made me do it. . stuff it. . . huey. . . stifle it. . . Oh I don’t know, you’ve caught me off guard. . . dang it. . . you’re bad, ya, you're bad. *-

Court news

Marriage Licenses The following couples have filed for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk, Jean Messmore: Whittinghill-Bollenbacher Steve Daniel Whittinghill, 26, r 1 Bloomington and Donna Jean Bollenbacher, 25, r 1 box 404, North Webster <■ Tinsley-Prothe Calvin W. Tinsley, 111, 39, Miami. Fla. and Melinda Lynn Prothe, 23, r 2 box 328, Leesburg Beer-Butt Philip David Beer, 11. 22, r 1 Milford and Kathy Lynn Butt, 20. r 3 box 466, Syracuse Blackburn-Dunn Timothy Lee Blackburn, 20, r 5 box 77, Syracuse and Karen Sue Dunn, 20, Kokomo Hunsberger-Weldy Rodger M. Hunsberger, 43, r 1 box 163, Milford and Lois E. Weldy, 44, Goshen Kreis-Hartman Daniel Lee Kreis, 36, r 1 box 249, Milford and Helen Mary Hartman, 35, 1917 Rosemont St., Warsaw Carter-Ruch Omar T. Carter, 48, 504 Alward St., Warsaw and Eleanor T. Ruch. 42, 504 Alward St., Warsaw Rogers-Rogers Timothy Ray Rogers, 31, P.O Box ° 235 Milford and Crystal Rosann Rogers, 27, r 1 box 441, Cromwell

Kiwanians view SADD film

Wawasee Kiwanis Club hard a sequal to a presentation from two Wawasee High School students, members of Students Against Drunk Driving, on Saturday morning Rev. John McFarland showed the filis. “Kevin's Story. " The film tells of how Kevin "I belonged to a group of high school students who felt there were no bad times if you drank and drove your car. However, he learned too late there is another side - he killed an innocent girl on the wayhome from a party Now he speaks to high school students and gives statistics, such as: the crime rate is rising in 15-25 year olds and 40,000 people are crippled due to drinking and driving. He says, “Take a six-pack of Coke to your next party instead of a six-pack of beer. If you can’t,; then you are an alcoholic and need help.” It was announced during the meeting the club will be sponsoring its seventh annual pancake and sausage breakfast at the Driver unhurt in truck fire Gene Kammerer, Leesburg, driver of a Kosciusko County Highway Department truck, escaped injury when his truck caught fire last Wednesday. Kammerer was working on CR 1000 N near CR 300 W at 12:10 p.m. last Wednesday when his truck caught on fire. Although he was able to get out in time, Kammerer lost several personal items in the blaze. The Milford Fire Department responded tb the call with 12 people and four pieces of equipment. According to firemen, the blaze was apparently caused by a broken oil line. The 1982 truck, which was J valued at $25,000, was a total loss.

Superior Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Robert Burner, judge: Promissory Notes State Bank of Syracuse vs Daniel L. Wyant, Marion. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $102,574.31 plus interest, costs of action and attorney’s fees for promissory notes County Court The following persons have been assessed fines and have paid those fines in Kosciusko County Court, James Jarrett, judge: Speeding — Jack A. Schopf, North Webster, SSO Driving while suspended — Kelly A. Timmons, Leesburg. $lO2 Expired trailer plate — Dennis JR. Polk, Leesburg, SSO Disregarding stop sign — Daniel D. Rink, Syracuse, SSO Following too closely — Todd L. Moerchen, North Webster, SSO Illegal consumption — Joseph J. DeWitt, Syracuse, $32; Gregory L. Marchand, Syracuse, $32 Fishing with illegal method — Harold A. Mickem, Syracuse, s6l No child restraint — Connie J. Clark, Leesburg, S6O; City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Disregarding stop sign — Kendrick D. Miller, 18, Milford, S4O _

Lakeland Youth Center, Syracuse, on Saturday. May 26, from 6-11 a m A donation is requested - Ok— vl K • JBb RETURNS HOME — Doug Schermerhorn, a missionary with New Tribes Mission, arrived home in Leesburg April 29. He had spent the past five years in Panama with the Choco Indians. Schemerhorn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schermerhorn of Leesburg, will be spending his furlough with family and friends before returning to the field. THE MAR-JOURNAL (US.P.S. 3258-4000) Published by The Mail-Journal every Wednesday and entered as Second Class matter at the Post Office at Syracuse, Indiana 46567. Second class postage paid at 103 E. Main Street. Syracuse, Indiana 46567 and at additional entry off ices Subscription: sls per year in Kosciusko County, $lB outside county POSTMASTERS Send change of ad dress forms to The Mail-Journal. P O. Box 188, Milford. Indiana 46542. o

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THOSE UNITED Telephone Company workmen know how to treat a fellow worker, especially when he’s about to depart their company. They got together Friday morning at the Syracuse Case for coffee and a rich cake especially prepared by waitress Patty Richey. It just so happened that a photographer was present to record this scene. Guest of honor was Russ L. White, at the center of the photo, who has worked for the utility company in Syracuse for four years and is now moving to their Franklin, Ind., Office. White said good-naturedly, “I’ve been here long enough. Anyway, it gets too cold up here.” He’s right; we did have a long, cold winter. Others in the photo are, I to r, Lester R. Mast, Francis O. Olson, Warren Freed, White, Lynn Sheets, Robert Schmidt, Carl Mattern and Sank Keener. All told, they represent 250 years of service with United Telephone. -o- ’ ! ‘CURT’ AND Marilyn Curtis are making plans for their June trip to Hong Kong and China, all with his expectations. Curt won a trip for two to Hong Kong, where they will spend a week, then go on to Peking, Xian and Shanghai. They plan to leave June 15, and be gone about two weeks. Marilyn, being a guidance: counselor at the high school . will find the trip invaluable. Peking, the capital and perhaps “the growin’st city in the world,” and Shanghai, the largest city in the world, both offer so much for the traveler. Xian received considerable publicity recently when President and Nancy Reagan visited there and saw the buried stone soldiers, and their horses. We can assure Curt and Marilyn they’ll have a thrill of a lifetime when they walk up the steps of * The Great Wall, located two hours’ bus drive northwest of Peking. -oIF YOU wonder if you’re a true “small towner,” here’s an item that might help you decide. It appeared in a weekly newspaper that crossed our desk. It’s in the form of a letter written by one Cora Kosik of Thorp, Wise. She wrote: You know you are in a small town when... The airport runway is terraced. The polka is more popular than disco on Saturday night. Third Street is on the edge of town. Every sport is played on dirt. The editor and publisher of the newspaper carries a camera at all times. You don’t use your turn signal because everyone knows where you’re going. You are bom on June 13 and your family receives gifts from the local merchants because you are the first baby of the year. You speak to each dog you pass by name and he wags at you. You dial a wrong number and talk for 15 minutes anyway You are run off Main street by a combine ’ You can’t walk for exercise because every car that passes offers you a ride. You get married and the local paper devotes a quarter page to the story. You drive into the ditch five miles out of town and the word gets back to town before you do. The biggest business in town sells farm machinery. You write a check on the wrong bank and it covers it for you. The pickups on Main Street out-number the I cars three to one. You miss a Sunday at church and receive a I get-well card. Someone asks you how you feel then listens to ’ what you say. Thank God for small towns ... and the people , who live in them! -o- ! DARRELL BALES has considered moving his i uptown Syracuse butcher shop to larger quarters, but for one reason or another has continued at the i same location where he has built a successful f meat retail business. ’ At the present time there’s a lot of re-arrang-ing being done in his place of business as he’s re-locating and enlarging his meat department to the point where he’s cutting down on his line of groceries. “I’ve got to do the best I can with the amount of space I have,” he commented. ’ —o— THE 1984 FLOTILLA Committee is seeking a sponsor for the road race held each year in con-

Safe boating classes to be held in county

The Kosciusko County Lakes Preservation and Development Council is sponsoring county wide Safe Boating Classes this year. They will be instructed by DNR Conservation Officer John Sullivan and open to those over age 11. The six-hour course and will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on the following dates and at the follow-

junction with the agenda of Fourth of July weekend events. The Mail-Journal, originators of the popular race and sponsors for the past six years, is unable to continue its sponsorship and is working with the s Flotilla Committee in seeking a new sponsor. - The race is broken into a 3.3 and 8.8 mile race, going around Maxwelton Golf Club and the longer race continues around Syracuse Lake. It is one of the most colorful races in the area and ordinarily attracts well over 200 runners. Details of the race have been worked out over the few years it has been run, and so a new sponsor would have a leg up. Any group interested should contact Bill Beemer, president of the S-W Chamber of Commerce, or Ernie Rogers, or the Flotilla Committee. -oTHEY’VE ASKED us to say it again, Charlie, and it probably won’t hurt. This vear’s Flotilla will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 8, and its theme is “Songs of Yesteryear.” Entries are being solicited for the following catagories: Commercial Industrial (manufacturers) Institutional (schools, churches, services and veterans clubs, etc.) Residential (families? not sponsored by any commercial Youth (not over 18, may be driven by adult, but must be built by kids) Classic and Antique Boats Earl Money Award Commordores Trophy —o— VARNER CHANCE of North Webster has been named to an important panel’sponsored by the Indiana Department of Commerce entitled “Understanding Our Partners in Trade. The Thursday, May 17th, meeting at the "Hoosier Connections. The European Community.” The five-part forum series has to do with Indiana becoming involved in world trade, becoming involved in world trade. Chance, founder and director of Sounds of Hope, is acquainted with many Europeans, Mving taken his local choir into 18 European countries. He is honored to have been selected as a panelist. -oGAYLORD AND Evelyn Jones arrived home ’ Friday from their Naples, Fla., home and will • spend the summer months in a condominium in the Pine Terrace Apartments on State Road 13 south of Syracuse. Gaylord is adjusting and making recovery from a stroke he had over a year ago. He said they planted over 1200 apple trees on their farm north of Syracuse, and leased the entire orchards to Kerchard Orchards of the Goshen area. j. ,-Tj "'Jj B |pams orFic=| . • DHSCU.U9M ■ THE TWO Stephens in town - Dr. Stephen P. Hunt and Dr. Stephen Cullison •— both dentists who recently opened an office in the new Tom McClain building at 1000 South Huntington Street, know how to catch one’s attention. Early this week they put up an unpretentious sign along SR 13, starting simply. DENTIS OFFICE. It has passing motorists doing dou-ble-takes. and has evoked any number of comments about a poor-spelling sign painter, and others. If they’re as good at dentistry as they are at attracting attention with their roadside sign, they’ll do all right.

ing places: Winona Lake Park Community Building - May 21,22 and 23 Camp Crosley on James Lake — June 1,2, and 3 Lakeland Youth Center in Syracuse — June 11,12 and 13 Tttere is no cost for the course, but it is asked that reservations be made as soon as possible. This

will allow for the purchase of adequate classroom supplies. Reservations, stating which location the student has selected to attend, may be mailed to Safe Boating Classes, r 1 Box 165-3, Pierceton, Ind. 46562. Reservations may also be made by telephone. Calls should be directed to John Weyler at 594-5662.