The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 52, Milford, Kosciusko County, 26 December 1984 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., December 26,1184

Editorials Resolutions 1 / 0 6 Americans make resolutions at the beginning of each new year. Some view the process with cynicism, knowing most of the resolutions will be broken. But resolutions signify that the maker seeks to improve. In that sense, they’re an indication of good intentions. New Year’s resolutions, then, kept or not, are a good idea. Thatys what life is all about — hope, and effort, for improvement. % 3 - ■ ’ All eyes will be on TV Members of the Marching Warrior Band will be leaving for Atlanta, Ga., on Friday to participate in Peach Bowl festivities over the long New Year’s weekend. “ . ) All eyes will be glued to television sets on Monday as area residents try to catch the band on television during the Peach Bowl Parade at 11 a.m. and again during the football game between Purdue and Virginia later in the day. x Good luck wishes go with the Marching Warrior Band and director David S. Blackwell as they head for Georgia and competition with 18 other bands for top prizes in the competition. January, 1985 v There is snow on the window pane Framing my room And the trees are heavy With frosty bloom. —Anne Lawler. .. January, one of the two months added to the calendar (then ten months) long before the birth of Christ, is the first month of the year of the Gregorian Calendar (dating from Pope Gregory XIII in 1582). , —- . Caesar had set the length of the year of 365 days centuries earlier; German Protestant states made the change in 1700 and England and the American Colonies in 1752 —by act of parliament. January is the first full month of winter, sometimes the coldest month of the year (if February isn’t) and, in America, the month of football bowl games. The Ist is New Year’s Day and also Emancipation Day — dating from 1863. (Lincoln didn’t free slaves in Union states on that day but slaves in Confederate staftes, where his proclamation often had little effect.) Washington won an important victory at Princeton, N.J., on the 3rd in 1777. -the first boat traversed the Panama Canal on the 7th in 1914. Mother's choice V , Nancy Brower, columnist of the Asheville Citizen-Times (N.C.), reports on the newest organization of mothers who stay home to care for their children. It’s, a tough choice for many in today’s world, when two salaries are often needed for the style of life many couples so desire. But many mothers are convinced that leaving young children at day care centers, often until five p.m., isn’t the solution. That’s what Lorraine Norwood, who publishes the new Mother’s Choice newsletter believes. She felt that after working a full day, being tired, there wasn’t much quality care left in two or three hours at home after that. - She also believes that taking years off isn’t all that destructive to a career. By the time young children are in kindergarten or school, there’s again time for work —if desired. \ , t . There are a number of new organizations of women who choose to stay home and care for their children in the traditional manner. Most of them, like Norwood’s, originated from a conviction hat no one is speaking out for non-working mothers. (Much is written about the achievements of working mothers, on the other hand.) < „ Organizations of non-working mothers support the traditional conviction that babies need motherly care, that no one else can really replace that. And many also believe part of the reason for so many youth problems today is the lack of adequate parental care — including that of fathers. Treating motherhood as a career, with all it entails, including nutrition, etc., is the theme of Mother’s Choice, available for $6 a year (107 S. Main, Hendersonville, N.C., 28729). ■lll ■ $ You can always be popular with your relatives if you spend your cash liberally for their benefit. . • ? <' The man who lives according to his principles should not object when others ) do the same. A quick mind and a loud voice may sometimes pass for intelligence but, sooner or later, the truth will come out. What others say — & —l^ ———■— The cost of energy The old excuse about not shaving because it uses too much electricity and you ’re trying to conserve energy won’t wash anymore. 4 The use of an electric razor once a day for a year costs only 5 cents, hardly a shocking amount. It might be even less for a little shaver. That tidbit of information comes from students at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., who are waging a war of conservation with their Indiana University counterparts in Bloomington to see which group cuts back more on power use. - ? ; Other useful knowledge discovered on the Purdue campus is that per gallon of hot water used, it’s cheaper to shower at SIOB a year than bathe at $135 annually ' ' . For the economy-minded, that could cool the hot-tub ardor. Want more? A clothes dryer runs about $21.70 a year, and full use of a kitchen range costs $64.80. Other annual power costs include 40 cents for a corn popper, $1.75 for a hair dryer and $2.15 for a stereo. Television addicts might be interested to know that the annual coat for a color solid-state TV is $26, compared with $20.75 for a black-and-white set. Those figures, of course, reflect what it costs in West Lafayette. We’re still waiting to hear from Bloomington. — THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC —PHOENIX

IKi-Sl . . . that all our readers have the best New Year ever! We'll do our best to serve you in the comingyear.

Court news

City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: False and fictitious registration — Donald J. Looney, 25, Milford, S6O, all but $1 of Fine suspended, defendant ordered to show proof within six months of proper registration Failure to yield right of way—- — Q. Garza, 18, Milford, S4O Speeding — Phyllis J. Sheline, 57, Syracuse, S4O Circuit Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Judge Richard Sand presiding: Complaint Maple Leaf Exports, Inc. versus Zim American-Israeli Shipping Company, also known as Zim Container Service, One World Trade Center, Ntew York, NY. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $350,000 plus interest, attorney’s fees and costs of action, for damages to plaintiff’s product due to defective shipping containers provided by the defendant.

Serving our country

CYNTHIA K. FORREST Cynthia K. Forrest, daughter of Gary Gerber and Nonna L. Schacht of r 4 Syracuse has been promoted in the US Army to the rank of specialist four. Forrest is a military police specialist at Fort George G. Meade, Md., with the 293rd Military Police Company She is a 1978 graduate of Wawasee High School. EDWARD S. MCQUILLIAN Edward McQuillian, son of Edward J. and Claudette McQuillian of 213 E. Main St., Syracuse, has been promoted in the US Army to the rank of specialist four. HIPSCO dectares dividend S Edmund A. Schroer, chairman and chief executive officer of Northern Indiana Public Service Company, announced that direc* tors of the utility have declared a quarterly dividend of 39 cents a share on outstanding common stock of the company on Tuesday, Dec. 18. the dividend is payable February 20, to shareholders of record at the dose of business January3l.

Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jean Mess more: '' Haviland-Allen Larry Ray Haviland, 21, 20248 US 6, Milford and April Lin Allen. 22, 20248 US 6, Milford Yoder-Marchard Robert Lee Yoder,/22, 206 E. Washington, Syracuse and Cynthia May Marchard, 24, 206 E. Washington, Syracuse Kuhn-Hradel Daniel Franklin Kuhn, 35, r 5 box 130, Syracuse and Julie Ann Hradel, 27, r 1 box 546, Leesburg Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: Coplin — James Lee Coplin and Shirlene May Coplin, r 5 box 122, Syracuse. The couple was married Dec. 31, 1983 and separated Nov. 24, 1984.

McQuillian is a multichannel communications radio operator at Fort Campbell, Ky., with the 501st Signal Battalion. He is a 1980 graduate of Wawasee High School. DAVID R. BROWN Marine Cpl. David R. Brown, son of Marlin J. and Marilyn A. Brown, r 1 Leesburg, has been promoted to his present rank while serving with Ist Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif. He joined the Marine Corps in November 1980. THE MAIL-JOURNAL (U.S.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 offices Subscrption slsper year in Kosciusko County; SIS outside county. POSTMASTERS: Send change of ad dress forms to The Mail Journal. P.O. Box IM. Milford. Indiana 46542

"CRUZIN AROUND ‘ CUSE"

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THIS PHOTO might be titled: SANTA EATS, TOO. Santa Claus, in the person of “Butch” Plikerd, dropped by the Syracuse Case in uptown Syracuse at mid-morning Friday to enjoy breakfast “with the boys.” It was interesting to watch eyebrows rise when strangers entered the case to see old St. Nick doing justice to a plate of bacon, eggs, hash and toast and coffee. It provided this column with this photo opportunity, to use an expression journalists like to use. Behind Santa is waitress Patti Richey, others being Merl Smith, Joe Gray, Ashley Holloway and Bill Beemer, all regulars at the case. BIG THINGS are being planned at The Classic Restaurant at North Webster, according to Joan Gans, who with her husband Ray are principal owners of the popular eatery. They have signed on Vine Leo as manager of The Classic, to beconfe effective in January. Leo was formerly manager of the Goshen Holiday Inn restaurant and of the restaurant at Maxwelton Golf Club. “We’re expecting big things of Leo,” Mrs. Gans said, pointing to his wide experience in restaurant management. Their manager for the past year and a half has been 27-year-old Andy Simcoe of Columbia City. He has gone to Fort Wayne to begin a training program with the Azar Corporation, and expects to make his future with that company. WHEN CAROL Swartzendruber, the newlyelected member of the Lakeland School Board attended the annual Syracuse Elementary School Christmas music program last Monday evening, she got a first-hand glimpse of one of the problems that will be high on the agenda of new business for the new school board. The problem is one of space at the Syracuse school. And with what appears to be rising popuhf 7 tion trends in the Syracuse community, it’s a problem that isn’t likely to go away; rather, it’s one that will exascerbate. And if the elementary school’s Christmas music program was held in conjunction with Syracuse Junior High’s Christmas program, the problem of parking and seating would have been an impossible one. ' The program last week had a capacity crowd of 1,600, it was reported, and it was necessary to call in the Syracuse police to help park cars. Margaret Schaekei, bookkeeper and secretary at the Syracuse Elementary School, said, “parking was just incredible” at the program. Let’s look at some facts. There an? 636 students in grades Kindergarten through five in the Syracuse Elementary School, and 332 in the junior high school. Os this total of 968 students, the cafeteria feeds 780 students lunch each day. When asked why the cafeteria didn’t feed more than 780, it was reported that some students “brown bag it,” that is, carry their own lunch from home. Then there are others who are dieting and don’t eat lunch at ail. These figures are from Kate Earnhart, who is in charge of the Syracuse school cafeteria. ■ . * If these figures are on line, the Syracuse schools feed more than they so at Wawasee High School. Diane Kennedy, food service director for the high school, said they feed about 750 students per day on their three lines \ a “Type A” line, which meets state standards for nutrition, an ala carte line with sandwiches and milk, and a salad bar. , One of the problems appears to be, that if the school board chooses to build onto the present facilities, it will surely take away some of the recreational area. And this is something the state won t stand for. A new school elsewhere, then? This brings into mind the possibility of a completely new middle school. And this is something to raise the feathers of parents in Van Buren and Tippecanoe Township. iSo there’s a dilemma the school board will face. (Note: Lest we fail to mention it, the very fine music program mentioned above was arranged by Sherrie Lantz, elementary music teacher, assisted by Sallie Ringler, art and music teacher.) ’WE MIGHT not have as much snow as we’d like for thb time of year, but one thing ta sure: someone in the community has the Christmas spirit.

Just look at the lighted lanterns along King’s Road, the one-way, narrow street leading off Pickwick Road to the Kale Island Beacon. They » are gallon plastic mayonnaise jugs with holes cut in the top. In the jugs are lighted candles, all this the handiwork of Dan and Dana Arthur, we’re informed. The jugs are also along Garden Road. They’ve cut out a job for themselves, if they light the candles each evening and put them out before turning in. Anyway. it’s nice, worth looking at. DOLLS OF the cabbage patch type seem to be everywhere one goes. Only last week, this column saw a young girl about eight or nine years of age in an area case with her parents. The little lady had her doll, asked for a high chair, and strapped her charge in safely. She paid more attention to her doll than her parents did to her. Then It was interesting to find the doll was a local product, made by Daisy’s Crafts by Gene N’ Judy Rollins, on the south side of the Big Lake. Burger Dairy Store in the Village, but exact information is difficult to come by. The building is owned by Randy and Lynn Johnson of Warsaw, owners of the Dairy Queen next door. Information is that the building is being vacated of its waik-in cooler and other interior items preparatory for the new business. Look for a further announcement sometime in February. BILL AND Marsha Fisher have big plans for their Fisher Rent-All in the Village. They have a new Pacemaker building for their operation, with the exquisite interior done by Bill himself. They have aligned themselves with the Krider Nurseries at Middlebury and will handle a full line' of their outdoor nursery products. Sounds like something the community could use more of. UPTOWN SYRACUSE was brightened considerably late last Thursday 'morning when carolers appeared to sing a variety of Christmas songs for the benefit for anyone who stopped by to listen. First grade students of Syracuse Elementary School gathered at Pickwick Place and treated those who listened to “Away In The Manager," “We Wish You A Merry Christmas,” and several other Christmas-time favorite. Their teachers accompanied the carolers, and Joe Butler directed the young singers. When caroling ended, students were given a welcomed treat by Marge Troutman. AMONG THE many who are visiting here during the holidays are Joe and Pat Elam, visiting Joe’s parents, Jack and Janet Elam, at their r 1 home. They are here from Lubbock, Texas, where T Joe has been coaching the boys’ and girls’ swim team at the Texas Technological University for the past four years, plus a teaching assignment. Joe is a 1976 graduate of Wawasee High School where he excelled in swimming and diving. RIGHT NOW the action seems to be with the ’ Wawasee High School girls’ basketball team. They drew attention last Friday night when they defeated Noble Central, 88-11. They’ve been getting wide publicity in the state press and elsewhere. Even USA Today, a national daily publication, ranked them fourth in the state in its last Thursday’s edition. Last year they had only one defeat in regular play (to Mishawaka), and won the sectional, to be eliminated in the semi-state at Fort Wayne. . Today they stand at 9 and 0, having defeated Mishawaka, but their big test will come Thursday, Jan. 3, when they meet the Warsaw Lady Tigers here. Returning lettermen (or is it letterpersons?) from last year’s crack team are Christy Speicher, Anita Swope, Sandy Payne, Michelle Harter, Lorie Galloway, and Carla Speicher. Watch for them; they’re good. •■J.' 1 ■ <y ' ■ * . ’TIS THE season to be jolly. And it’s also the season to pay some attention to several worthy causes in our Lakeland communities. For instance, North Webster is trying to raise 1100,000 for its public beach; Syracuse is pushing for SIO,OOO for a Lakeside Park pavilion; and Milford is attempting to raise a like amount fa* its fire department’s “jaws,” an expansion device to assist at auto wrecks. The MaikJouraal wants to do something, too. So we’ve decided that during the month of January we’d give $2 from each new er renewal subscription from the respective communities to the above causes.