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HONOR THREE LEESBURG RESIDENTS — The citizens of Leesburg turned out 150-strong Sunday afternoon for a carry-in dinner at the Leesburg Community Center on School Street, and to honor three of their best known citizens. Special commendations and handsome commemorative plaques went to Lawrence Randall, Chris Kammerer and Herschel Albert.

Leesburg honors three townsmen

By ARCH BAUMGARTNER The town of Leesburg is small but it has heart. It knows how to treat its own. This was very evident Sunday afternoon when the town’s only service club, the 41-year-old Lions Club, used a community carry-in dinner at the year-old Leesburg Community Center on School Street as a means of paying tribute to three Leesburg veteran townsmen. Herschel Albert, Lawrence L. Randall, and Chris Kammerer, all gave a life of community service to Leesburg, and this was a way for the town to say “thank you,” according to Leo Anglin, immediate past Lions president in charge of the affair. Anglin estimated 150 people of all ages turned out for the touching occasion. It was easily one of the largest such gatherings in Leesburg. Families Also Present It must have been an easy tipoff to the honored guests when they found their family members gathering around them. “I should have known something was up,” said Chris Kammerer. The Leesburg Lions arranged the affair, and Lions President ' Ron Vanderpool served as master of ceremonies, after Leo Anglin thanked everyone for attending. He said he was pleased that they had to put tables and chairs outside “for some of the young folks. We may have to enlarge this building,” Anglin commented. It was something of a “This Is Your Life,” as Herschel Albert, a r 2 Leesburg resident, was asked to “step forward” with his wife, the former Helen Krouse of

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Honor area basketball players, coaches

By CHRIS CAULEY Area basketball players and coaches were honored Friday night at the Palace of Sports Hall of Fame in North Webster. The 1984-85 Wawasee Lady Warrior girls’ basketball team and the 1983-84 Warsaw Tigers boys’ basketball team were inducted into the Hall of Fame, Warsaw’s Jeff Grose was saluted for being named Mr. Basketball for 1985, and Al Rhodes and Dale Brannock were honored as coaches of the year for 1984 and 1985. The Warsaw Tigers won the state championship in 1984, and the Wawasee Lady Warriors

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LaPaz. Art Smith read a citation on Albert allowing that he was born September 6, 1911, the fifth of eight children and attended 11 years of school at LaPaz, even washed houses and windows in South Bend as a youth. The Alberts were married December 25, 1933, then moved from an early home in Plymouth to a 220-acre farm where they now reside. “Albert started farming with a great team of horses named Nip and Tuck,” Smith read. At one time Albert farmed 500 acres plus milking 45 head of cows, plus caring for a flock of sheep and many hogs. Albert retired from farming in 1979, but continued to drive a school bus and serve as substitute rural mail carrier. Albert is a charter (September 1944) Leesburg Lions Club member, member of the Leesburg United Methodist Church, a Past Master of the Leesburg Masonic Lodge No. 181, a Past Patron of the Leesburg Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, Scottish Rite, Shrine Club, Leesburg Cemetery Association, and past director of the Kosciusko County REMC. The Alberts are parents of five children: Sue (Mrs. Ed) Charlton of Leesburg, Gene of Valparaiso, Nancy (Mrs. Kent Adams) of Bremen, Dan of Denver, Colo., and Sally (Mrs. Roger) Fair of Warsaw, plus 17 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. The handsome plaque he received noted his community service from the years 1939 to 1985. Lawrence L. Randall Likewise, with Lawrence L. Randall, his plaque of service read from the years 1931 to 1985. He was born January 8, 1908, to

finished as state runners-up to Crown Point in 1985. “We’re a small community here, about 500 people,” said Palace board member Jim Atwood. “We do things here in a small way, but we have quite a foundation here that does things in a big way.” Said Warsaw Principal Richard Kline, “It is certainly a tribute to the coaching staffs of the two schools and to the dedica- * tion, hard work and unselfish team play that are represented at Wawasee and at Warsaw. We thank you for your contribution to your schools.” Close to 100 parents and fans attended the ceremonies. Many

Shown above from left are Randall and his wife Mildred, Peggy (Mrs. Richard) Klopenstein and her dad Chris Kammerer, and Helen and Herschel Albert. All three honored guests are charter members of the sponsoring Leesburg Lions Club, formed in September 1944, and hold perfect attendance records for this 41-year period. They all have a lifetime of service to their home community.

William and Nellie Smith of Warsaw. Randall and his wife, the former Mildred Hartter of Milford, came forward to hear a citation read by Kenneth Miller. Miller said Randall was the oldest of nine children, four brothers and four sisters. He started to school at the Menzie School on old US 30 and graduated from Leesburg High School in 1925. After a stint in a Warsaw furniture factory, Randall worked for Les Dye at Dye’s Garage for nine years. In 1940 he started the Randall’s Garage on SR 15, and three years later, on May 5, 1943, he bought an uptown building where he operated the Randall’s Garage for 36 years and seven months. v Miller stated, “You tried to fix anything from cars, trucks, tractors, bikes, and roller skates. You even did welding and wrecker service.” He sold the garage on October 2, 1973, and retired. Randall drove a school bus for 20 years, was a member of the Leesburg Town Board'for eight years, and was on the Leesburg Fire Department for 25 years, even serving as assistant chief and chief for a number of years. Randall, too, is a charter member of the Leesburg Lions Club, a member of the Leesburg United Methodist Church, and is currently on the church board. The Randalls were married November 15, 1931, and have three children, Maxine of Fort Myers, Fla., James of Warsaw, and a deceased son; plus four grandchildren. A humorous note from Maxine, former guidance counselor of the Lakeland School Corporation, was read, citing long forgotten incidents that brought a smile to

toured the museum to see the various pictures, sports memorabilia and wax figures that highlight the Palace of Sports building. The foundation annually presents two SSOO scholarships to students from both Wawasee and Warsaw. Those scholarships are usually presented in the name of that year’s King of Sports, but this year those scholarships will be named for Dale Brannock and the 1985 Lady Warriors (at Wawasee) and for Al Rhodes and the 1984 Tigers (at Warsaw). The 1984 Tigers are the first high school boys’ team to be inducted into the Palace Hall of Fame, while the 1985 Lady War-

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her parents’ faces. Chris Kammerer Perhaps the better known of the three recipients is Chris Kammerer, for his long service on the Leesburg Fire Department where he served as chief for 25 years, and for operating a Shell Service Station in uptown Leesburg for so many years. Chris was born April 10,1902, in the Black Forest, Germany, to Chris and Christina Kammerer, so said Robert Bishop of r 2 Leesburg, a life-long friend of Kammerers, Alberts, and Randalls. Bishop himself is a charter member of the Leesburg Lions Club, so he spoke with some authority. Chris settled with his parents in Illinois, then moved to Leesburg early in the century. He has a (Continued on page 2) Thursday is 'Work Night’ at the park Thursday is another “work night” on the new pavilion at Lakeside Park in Syracuse, according to Kip Schumm, a member of the Syracuse Park Board. » Workers who are intejjested in furthering the pavilion project are asked to be at the park from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday was an organizational meeting, when it was decided to complete the pavilion through a series of Voluntary work nights. Mark Timpe, head of the high school’s building trades class, is supervising the project.

riors join the 1976 and 1978 Warsaw Lady Tigers as the only high school girls’ basketball teams to be so honored. Also in the Hall is the 1976 Wawasee girls’ state champion track team. Rhodes, the 1984 State Basketball Coach of the Year, and Brannock, the 1985 Area Basketball Coach of the Year, join a select group of individuals honored for excelling at the high school sports level. The list also includes Judi Warren, Miss Basketball from Warsaw in 1976; Chanda Kline, Miss Basketball from Warsaw in 1978; and now Jeff Grose, Mr. Basketball for 1985. “We lose five seniors off this

Hope to amend water rate structure — Take initial steps to correct Syracuse city sewer problems

By GLEN LONG Staff Writer The Syracuse Town Board, at a special meeting last night, accepted a proposal to complete the sewer system evaluation survey (SSES) which is required in order to secure a state grant to help upgrade the sewer system of the town. TenEch Engineering, Inc. submitted the proposal to complete the SSES. The cost estimate presented for the survey totalled $61,866.82. In addition to this the

‘Flotilla Bucks’ topic for Syracuse Retail Merchants

By LESLIE MILLER Staff Writer The main topic of business at the Friday, May 3, meeting of the Retail Merchant’s division of the SyracuseWawasee Chamber of Commerce was the Flotilla Bucks Promotion. Jeanne Gardiner, treasurer, drafted a letter to be sent to the area merchants requesting they participate in the promotion. Because of the short amount of time between now and the date the promotion begins, a firm ■ls 1985 FLOTILLA COMMODORE — Michael Kiley, Marion and Pickwick Park, Syracuse, has been named the 1985 Syracuse-Wawasee Flotilla Commodore by the Flotilla Committee. Kiley will reign over the Flotilla Parade on Sunday, July 7. Kiley, a lawyer, is a former Grant County Juvenile Judge, a member of the Department of Natural Resources, a native of Marion and a long time summer resident of Pickwick Park, Lake Wawasee. He and his family have been interested in the Flotilla for a number of years and have participated in it.

team,” Dale Brannock said. “I can’t tell you what their combin- - ed record would be for those years, but it would be fantastic because this is an exceptional group.” Al Rhodes, who lives in North Webster, accepted his plaque saying, “This is an award that I’ll treasure very much because it comes from the people that I really do live with.” Rhodes also saluted his assistant coaches, as Brannock had done. “Back when we were 4-and-18, a lot of people in the school system told me we needed a lot of assistants,” Rhodes joked, “so we went out and hired ’em.”

proposal contained an estimated cost of $18,759.40 to update and revise the associated 201 Plan. Carl Myrick, town board president, stated that TenEch has followed State Board of Health guidelines in preparation of this proposal so there should be no problem with it being accepted by the state board. Joe Dock hand delivered the proposal to the Indiana State Board of Health today so it can receive the earliest possible approval. After the state has approved the proposal, the town board plpns to sign the contracts with TenEch at its regular board

response deadline for merchants interested in participating has been set as Wednesday, May 15. The letter asks that merchants donate an item or gift certificate valued around SSO to be advertised during the promotion. On the Saturday of the Flotilla weekend, July 6, the donated items will be auctioned off in the Lakeland Youth; Center. John Siemer, Channel 55, has been confirmed as the auctioneer. Instead of using real money in the auction, the promotion is featuring Flotilla Bucks. To aquire these “bucks” shoppers will receive one Flotilla Buck for every real dollar they spend in participating merchants stores during June 1-30. It was decided to set the age limit at 16 years of age to allow the younger set to participate in the auction. At present, the Retail Merchant’s division is trying to make, an accurate assessment of the number of Flotilla Bucks to have printed up. This depends highly upon several key factors, the number of participating merchants, and the amount of business normally done by each store during this period. Testimony by former drug users set for May 11 The public is invited to hear testimonies from ex-drug users. They will relate how God has set them free, why they are against drugs, and how they want to help the public. They will be speaking from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Saturday, May.ll, at the Milford Fire Station.

B RF I s H I » y - Ml ola I /j iBNK Ik * ROYAL SCEPTRE — Sandy Payne, a senior on the Wawasee girls’ basketball team in 1984-85, presents the Royal Sceptre award to Lakeland Schools Superintendent Dr. Kenneth E. Webster during ceremonies Friday night at the Palace of Sports Hall of Fame in North Webster. The 1985 Lady Warrior basketball team and the 1984 Warsaw Tigers boys’ basketball team were inducted into the Hall of Fame Friday night, and Al Rhodes of Warsaw and Dale Brannock were saluted as coaches of the year. Jeff Grose of Warsaw was honored for being Mr. Basketball in 1985. Shown in the picture, from left, are Webster, Dale Brannock, Payne, Palace board member Jim Atwood, Christy Speicher and Anita Swope. (Photo by Chris Cauley)

meeting on May 21. By'accepting the TenEch proposal, the board rejected the proposal of M. D. Wesler of Fort Wayne for the SSES. Mark W. Tenney, of TenEch Engineering Inc. of South Bend, gave the board a brief description of the corporation. They specialize in environmental engineering, employ 60 people and have offices in South Bend, East Chicago and Clarksville in Indiana and Louisville, Ky. Joe Dock commented later in the meeting that he was impressed with the way these engineers are not afraid to get their hands dirty

Once they reach this figure, then they will be able to calculate the printing costs for the Flotilla Bucks. Through Mike Skevington’s assistance in the advertising department, it was decided to begin promoting four weeks in advance of the auction. Jeanne Gardiner and Skevington will be working on a design for the Flotilla Buck beginning this week. No new business was discussed during the meeting, which closed with President Jim Evans reminding the members to be thinking of people to nominate at next month’s meeting for the upcoming election of officers for 1985-86. Next month’s meeting will be held at 8 a.m. in the State Bank of Syracuse on Friday, June 7.

Time to register for summer swim lessons

The summer swim lessons will be held this year from June 17-July 26 at Wawasee High School. The first session will be from June 17-June 28; second, July 1-July 12; and third from July 15-July 26. A registration form appears in this issue of The Mail-Journal. This will be the only place that such a form will be available and all persons wishing to register youngsters for the lessons must fill out the form and return it to the school.. ✓ See page 10 The one-half hour classes that are offered are infant, prebeginner, beginner, advanced

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by viewing problems down in the manholes. Tenney stated their analysis to put together the proposal indicated that the Syracuse sewer system is currently in bad shape in the grading areas of phosphorous and ammonia in the system and total contamination per day. He said that once the proposal is accepted, the associate engineer who will be working with Dock and his men will be Gary T. Boblitt. Rate Changes *“ In other business, the board asked Bob Reed, town attorney, to work with Joe Dock to develop an amendment to town ordinance 78-21, relative to rates charged for sewer service. Dock stated, and the board agreed, that there are inequities in the ordinance because sewage charges are based on the amount of water used and with users, particularly businesses, who have wells there is no way currently to know the amount of water being used. Dock proposes that meters be placed in businesses and possibly residences that have wells to properly measure water used. He is not interested in charging anyone more for sewage service, but believes people should properly pay for their usage. Relative to the current lawn sprinkling discount for water in the summer months, the board' instructed Reed and Dock to in-« vestigate the possibility of using some method other than a three winter month average usage to determine a proper discount. Reed was instructed to write a letter to the county surveyor to set up a meeting with him and Joe Dock to come up with a solu-

beginner, intermediate swimmer, advanced swimmer, and diving. Deadline: May 20 Applications must be returned by May 20 and will be considered as they are received. Those children living within corporation limits will be given preference over out of corporation students during registration. A personal check should be serit in a selfaddressed stamped envelope to Summer Swim, Wawasee High School, r 3 box 6628, Syracuse, Ind. 46567. The applicant will be advised of the session and class time by mail or the check will be returned if a suitable time cannot be arranged.