The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 37, Milford, Kosciusko County, 26 September 1984 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., September 26,1984

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Editorials

Murder shocks community Whenever a life is snuffed out unnecessarily it is a sad event. We read about murder in the metropolitan newspapers on an almost daily basis and think little or nothing of it. . . it’s something that happens in large cities. Then it happens close to home l d murder becomes a very real thing. The community is thrown into a state of shock So it was iast Sunday when the body of Barbara Lee Hulley of Syracuse was found. Mrs. Hulley had been murdered sometime Friday night. Her murder was the second in the Lakeland area during the past several months, the first in Syracuse in a long time. This editor did not know Mrs. Hulley, bui that doesn’t matter. She was a resident of this community and she will be missed. Her family has lost a loved one in a most shocking way. Our thoughts and prayers, along with those of others in the community, go out to them.. Mrs. Hulley was an employee of Syracuse Rubber and an avid golfer. She left friends at both her place of employment and the South Shore Golf Club. These people, as well as her family, will miss her too. Let us all hope the police are able to track down her murderer in the very hear future and, let’s hope this kind of senseless death does not happen again in our community. ■I United Way United Way drives are now under way. In giving to the United Way, one knows the charities are screened, that local people handle the money, that worthwhile charities are given carefully-allocated shares of funds for the causes they serve. It’s impossible for many busy men and women to decide on the merits of each individual charity drive. Many can remember when we were assaulted on all sides 1 by dozens of campaigns each year. The United Way drive alleviated that problem. We urge all who are able will make a generous contribution to the United Way. The hard life Americans are known the world over today for enjoying the soft life. In a way, that description is misleading. American workers generally exhibit more industriousness than, for example, Englishmen or Frenchmen. U.S. worker productivity has again begun to increase. That has helped keep U.S. prices competitive in past years, though U.S. wages were high. But as unions sought shorter work weeks and more benefits (understandably) and as millions of Americans utilized more and more labor-saving devices, the soft life became softer. History shows those peoples who discipline themselves to a hard life often get ahead. In military terms, they ofteh come to dominate the soft-livers. Germany and Japan have come from ruins and devastation to he top of financial, trade and living-standard measurements today. The Russians too have lived a hard life, first under the Tzars and so^ sixty years under communist dictatorship. Americans don't seek to champion or emulate the Russians, Germans or Japanese. But we must, nevertheless, keep in mind that if a test comes, the American people must be ready for a hard struggle, discipline and sacrifice. Those who have lived softly all lives may not be up to this demand. The hard life, then, has benefits. It built and made this nation a unique power for over a hundred years. Can today's Americans — most having seen no depression, no all-out war — survive a total emergency? Teens and alcohol The* latest Gallup Poll shows that one in four teenagers today abstain from the use of alcohol. But 59 percent said they occasionally drink alcoholic beverages. Compared to European teens, more American teens abstain from alcohol than their counterparts in European nations. But, Gallup reports, the trend in this country continues toward more teenage drinking. Two years ago a similar poll found that only 41 percent of the country’s teenagers occasionally used alcoholic beverages. Obviously beer and wine commercials on TV and elsewhere are doing their job. And films — in which leading characters are swigging straight whiskey incessantly — are having their effect. W’hat parents, churches, editors and social workers should work harder to stress is that teens needn’t feel they must conform. Some of the world’s greatest successes have been non-drinkers, as have been many of the world’s greatest athletes and military heroes. That one in four among American teens today who shuns alcoholic drink is an individual with a mind of his or her own, a youngster with character and conviction and a grip on life. One.would guess the percentage of major success stories in life among this youth will be disproportionately large.

What others say Tough talk on smoke It's doubtful anyone has given up cigarette smoking solely because of the warning label printed on cigarette packages for the last 13 years —a warning that smoking is dangerous to one’s health. And it’s doubtful the 53 million Americans who now smoke will immediately stop if cigarette packages carry even stronger warning labels, as proposed in legislation that cleared the House this week. But the House was absolutely right to endorse the tougher labels, and the Senate must do likewise. People, especially teen-agers contemplating smoking or starting to smoke, need to hear about the risks of smoking in straightforward and precise terms. They need to know that smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema and complications in pregnancy. They need to know that smoking by pregnant women may injure the fetus and result in premature birth, that cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide, that quitting smoking now greatly reduces serious risks to their health — all messages the new warning labels will carry. Since 1964, when the government first linked smoking and cancer, cigarette smoking has declined in the nation. The percentage of men who smoke dropped form 52 to 35; for women smokers, the percentage fell from 34 to 29. Somehow, somewhere, people are getting the message that smoking is a health hazard. Sending people a more strongly-worded message may go a long way to further reducing those percentages. And just may save lives. - FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE

Syracuse camp burglarized

|®PERS Crime Stoppers, a non-profit organization involving the police, the media and the public in the fight against crime, offers anonymity and cash rewards to who furnish information leadingto the arrest and the fib ing of criminal charges against felony offenders and to the capture of fugitives. The following “Crime of the Week” was furnished by the Kosciusko County Crime Stoppers organization:

Court news

Superior Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner presiding: Complaint For Damages » NIPSCo versus Sonny J. Mason, r 3 box 247, Syracuse. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant in the amount of $980.15 plus interest, attorney’s fees and costs of action for damages to a NIPSCo utility pole. Bad Checks Augsburger’s Super Valu versus Greg Armstrong. Syracuse. The plaintiff is Seeking judgment against the for the sum of $486.40 for a check returned for insufficient funds. Wawasee Service Center versus Robert W. Hersha. r 5 box 114, Syracuse. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $346 for a check returned for insufficient funds. City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Speeding — Michael W. Brian, 21, Syracuse. $45; Michael E Bailey, 16, Milford, $45 Disregarding flashing red signal — Kristy L Vance, 19, Syracuse, S4O Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in Kosciusko Circuit and Superior Courts: Fraley — Barbara J. Fraley and Donald A. Fraley, P.O. Box 13, Leesburg. The couple was married June 26, 1964 and

■ W P A I V// w ■ J v ■ > • j 4 | • 11 r. ■J» J " ■ iMHI * j f ! BEACH FUND — John Cripe of JC Mfg.. manufacturer of pontoons, recently donated the first SI,OOO of a pledge of SI,OOO a year for three years to the North Webster Public Beach fund. Marilyn Thrasher, director of Palace of Sports. North Webster, is shown with Cripe. * Alice Rinker (not pictured) of Rinker’s Family Store donated $1,500 to the fund. Both Cripe and Mrs. Rinker are on the board of directors at the Palace of Sports.

$3,000 damage in car fire Syracuse Firemen were called to a car fire at 2:08 p.m. in Benton Township Saturday, Sept. 22. The car, owned by Don Current, sustained $3,000 damage. According to fire reports the car was stopped in a bean field after it overheated. When the vehicle was stopped the fire started. Drainage board to meet Thursday Members of the Kosciusko County Drainage Board will meet in the old court room of the Kosciusko County Courthouse at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27.

The theft of three portable electronic instrument tuners is our Crime of the Week. During the nighttime hours of August 20,1984, unknown persons entered an unlocked building at the Smith-Walbridge Camp, located on East Shore Drive, Syracuse. Once inside, they removed one Korg portable instrument tuner and two Conn portable tuners. Also taken were several boxes of saxophone and clarinet reeds. These items are valued at $1,200. If you have information concerning this theft, Crime Stoppers wants to hear from you. We will pay up to SI,OOO if your information leads to an arrest or indictment. Crime Stoppers also pays cash rewards on other felony crimes and the capture of fugitives. Call us toll-free at 1-800-342-STOP. We only want your information, not your name.

separated Sept. 10. 1984 There is one minor child. Shafer — Nora J. Shafer and Phillip M. Shafer, r 2 box 74, Leesburg. The couple was married June 6, 1980 and separated Sept. 10, 1984. Circuit Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Judge Richard Sand presiding: Complaint On Promissory Note First Federal Savings and Loan Association versus Jeffrey Housouer, Syracuse. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $2,900 plus interest, attorney’s fees and costs of action for a promissory note Complaint On Agreement Associates Financial Services Company of Indiana, Inc. versus Keith Patton, r 2 box 373A, Syracuse. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for the sutn of $1,960.73 plus interest, attorney’s fees and costs of action for a loan agreement. Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jean Messmore: Gordon-Rensberger Brent D. Gordon, 32, P.O. Box 456 Syracuse and Patricia Ann Rensberger, 29, P.O. Box 456 Syracuse Glon-Gooding James William ion, 24, r 1 box 726, Cromwell and Jami Lynn Gooding, 18, r 1 box 663, North Webster

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THE REBUILDING and restoration of the Pickwick Block in uptown Syracuse began last Thursday, and is slated to take from three to four months to complete — sometime in January of 1985. This judgment came from Steve Miller of near Fort Wayne, the “point man” for D. J. (“Tony”) Bradenberger of Fort Wayne, the successful bidder for the contract on the job. The block was the victim of an early morning fire on Sunday. Aug. 19, only one in a series of fires in that ill-fated block. (Note: This has pretty well been delineated in previous articles in these columns. ) Miller says he has five workmen on the job. Clean up has to precede any construction in the burned-out area of the building. Fire was pretty much contained by brick firewalls to the northwest portion of the L-shaped building, and the basement of that area. There was some smoke and water damage to Other parts of the building, but for the most part business went bn uninterrupted in those offices. A decision was made early last week to give the contract for rebuilding the damaged rooms to the Fort Wayne firm, according to Stephen R. Snyder of the firm of Beckman. Lawsori, Sandler, Snyder and Federoff, who is president of the ninemember Pickwick Block Association. Barbara (Mrs. Richard) Boerger is secretary of the association. Estimated contract for the job: Nearly $130,000, said counselor Snyder, depending on a number of variables. The damage is covered by insurance. A local contractor. Tom Jackson, owner of the T. L. Jackson Construction Co., was a bidder in het contention for the job. and, as it turned out. was low bidder, but other considerations not made known found him by-passed when a final decision was made. IT WAS learned this week that the fastgrowing Miller’s Merry Manor nursing home corporation which for some time now has had its eye on the Syracuse market, is weighing several locations for its proposed 66-bed Syracuse facility. Town Robert Reed and attorney for the Millers*Stephen R. Snyder, both concede that approval has been obtained from the Indiana State Board of Health and from the Syracuse Town Board and the Syracuse Economic Development Corporation to go ahead with the projects. The EDC has approved a $1,800,000 bond issue for the facility that is expected to bring 32 new jobs to the community. Tom Teghtmeyer, director of planning for Millers, told the Syracuse Town Board last week of Miller's plans for the Syracuse community, and it appears to have met with wide local approval. All that has to be settled at this point is a location. It was learned that Millers has three locations in mind for its local facility. One is a 11-plus-acre tract in Wawasee Heights owned by Lawrence Thwaits. It is within the town’s corporate limits, but doesn’t havegtreets adjoining it. Another tract is of simdbr size located north of Wawasee High School, owned by members of the Kern family, but it is outsidethe city, and, according to a 1980 city ordinance, cannot be hooked into the city’s sewage disposal system. This is required by the State 'Board of Health; so that lets this tract out for the Millers A third-location is a tract north of Syracuse but in the city'-limits. It is located across State Road 13 from theSynicuse Daycare Center in a triangular tract obschred by undergrowth but thought to be for the Miller reWhich tract the firm will choose is expected to be made known* soon — perhaps within the next two weeks — and shortly thereafter they plan to break ground. The facility will be almost identical to the one now under construction in Wakarusa. The company owns and operates over 20 nursing homes in the state of Indiana. THE LAKELAND area lost two very important and well respected citizens during the past week, with the death of Evelyn Fawley at her South Lake Street home in Syracuse last Tuesday evening, followed by the death on Wednesday morning of Paul M. Brembeck of near Milford at the Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw. Both Mrs. Fawley and Mr. Brembeck had, made enormous contribution to their respective communities. Their positions will be hard to fill. Mrs. Fawley’s position of bookkeeper for the administrative offices of the Lakeland School Corporation for 22 years does not begin to tell the story of the heavy load she has carried to keep the

school system functioning smoothly. During this long period of service she has only missed two days of work due to illness, according to Superintendent Don Arnold, her immediate superior. Superintendent Arnold commented following Mrs. Fawley’s death, “She was a tremendously loyal person, a very hard-working individual during the 21 years I worked with her. She was not a clock watcher.” She was bookkeeper a year before Mr. Arnold joined the system as business manager. • Marion (“Bud”) Lantz, manager of Cage Systems Division of Chore-Time, Inc., was Lakeland school’s business manager for 12 years, working directly with Mrs. Fawley. He described her as a “quality type person, extremely capable, personable and very dedicated to her job She was always pleasant to be around.” Paul (“Bud”) Brembeck’s death was equally sudden, yet he had suffered declining health due to a heart ailment in recent months. He was one of the men who brought Brock Mfg. Co. in Milford from a tiny, small town manufacturer of farm feed bins to a company with an international market. More than that, he worked in many ways large and small with the town of Milford to upgrade its water and sewer system, with its fire and police departments, often having Brock contribute heavily to these organizations. He urged the town of Milford to incorporate both Brock and its sister company, Chore-Time, also serving an international farm market, into the Milford corporate limits, thus giving the town added revenues. Brembeck served as president of Brock Mfg. Co. for 18 years and served on many local committees as diligently as if he owned a local retail store. “Bud” Lantz worked with Brembeck for five years and said of him, “I’d classify “Bud” Brembeck as being probably the least selfcentered individual I’ve ever known. His interests were always in the welfare of other people.” Both Mrs. Fawley and Mr. Brembeck will be missed in their respective communities. The expressions of sympathy of both Syracuse and Milford goes out to Philip Fawley and to Maxine Brembeck. THE SYRACUSE-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce is working on a package that will take a group of local citizens on an airplane trip from Grissom Field near Peru to Strategic Air Command Headquarters near Omaha, Nebraska. ) Each member of the group will be asked to pick up his or her own minimal expenses, but the ride will be well worth it. More on this later, i THE SYRACUSE Boy Scout cabin fell heir to a new Magic Chef gas stove, thanks to the Commodore Corporation, it was learned this week. WARSAW REMAINS a symbol of censorship, even after six years when they had a censorship controversy concerning so-called obscene books in the public school library. The subject was a topic of columnist Dan 'AzCarpenter in the September 8 issue of the Indianapolis Star. The book burning, book banning, heated meetings, teaching firings and lawsuits may be a dim memory, but "despite the passage of time and despite a change of school boards, 1 superintendents and book-selection policies, Warsaw’s name lives in infamy among at least some foes of censorship,” columnist Carpenter wrote. The thorny issue thrust Warsaw into the national spotlight. CBS even put it into a feature with Ed Asner starring. The so-called salacious books were ’Go Ask Alice.” “The Stepford Wives,” “The Bell Jar” and “Valued Clarification,”• on the school library shelves. Harper’s Magazine carried a list of “books currently or recently involved in censorship litigation” compiled by the National Coalition Against Censorship. • ' ■ • 1 | Warsaw Community Schools Superintendent Larry W. Crabb, new since the troubled controversy, said, “We know it’s a national problem, and we’re to be used as an example.’’ L. Milton Holmgrain, administrator of the Kosciusko Community Hospital, even said one x reason Warsaw was having difficulty recruiting new physicians is because of the rub-off of the book burning that hung over Warsaw like a pall. Teacher Bill Koos, a 23-year history veteran, doesn’t disguise his scorn for the mentality that decreed the four books too dirty or too radical for (Continued on page 5)