The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 21, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 May 1985 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., May 22,1985

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Editorials

Memorial Day Memorial Day began during the Civil War, first in Mississippi and then in Virginia and then in other states. In 1865 it was observed nationally. That year the U. S. Army suggested graves be decorated throughout the country. The thought of men dying upsets most of us, however, unless a free nation contains those willing to fight and die, if necessary, for freedom, liberty can not survive. To those who responded to the call of duty and gave their lives, the nation is indebted. It is because of this that we remember those who sacrificed and died for our country. It is because of this that all of the Lakeland communities will have parades on Monday with services following at the local cemeteries. It is because they were willing to fight and die that America is free today! Emerson May 25 is the birthday anniversary of one of America’s great thinkers, Ralph WaldgjJSmerson. Born in Boston in 1803, Emerson died in Concord. The house in which he lived is now a shrine, not far from the bridge where American farmers fought the British to help launch the American Revolution. Emerson wrote the immortal lines: Here once the embattl'd farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. Emerson was the son of a Unitarian clergyman and after graduation from Harvard was himself ordained as a Unitarian clergyman. But, as he couldn’t accept some of the necessary rites and beliefs, he resigned. f Thereafter, he wrote and lectured widely at home and abroad. Many Europeans, such as Carlyle, considered his course to represent the intellectual declaration of independence of American thought and philosophy. ’ Drug trends ' ' It’s interesting to note that while the trend in the U.S. is now toward less alcohol consumption, the use of one drug particularly — cocaine — is rapidly increasing. The traditional drug so often abused, alcohol is today being recognized for its potential dangers. However, newer drugs have become the “in” thing, especially among the young who are often not acquainted with resulting ill effects. The topic of many conversations on college campuses these days is whether cocaine really produces permanent damage. The experts have repeatedly said its use is physically harmful and addictive and emotionally harmful. So, while new laws on the legal drinking age are now being passed and the debate is in progress whether beer and wine should be advertised on television, this same approach isn’t applicable to the cocaine problem. Mental attitude and factual information plus greater guidance from parents, schools and churches are obviously the best hope of reducing the use of cocaine. 4 Religion's influence The Starch Advertising Readership Service, which has been polling American households since 1932, polled 4,547 households to learn what the basic interests of Americans are today. The results (for the year 1983) show quite a, change in the attitudes of Americans in the last two decades. In 1953, the top ten basic interests of men were: sports, automobiles, entertainment, home building, religion, gardening, business, politics, travel and books. But in 1983, U.S. men’s top interests were: business, sports, automobiles, travel, science/, politics, health, cultural activities, entertainment and education. Books, religion, gardening and home building disappeared from the list. In 1953 U.S. women were most interested in: religion, food, homemaking, child care, Home furnishings, fashions, entertainment, gardening, books and education. The latest polls, for 1983: fashions, food, health, home furnishings, cultural activities, child care, travel, homemaking, education and entertainment/books. Religion and gardening disappeared from the women’s list, religion having been No. 1 in 1953. These results, reported in the Christian Science Monitor, indicate our churches need to work hard to make their message and appeal more realistic, relevant andpractical in today’s society. What others say — Late deliveries disturbing Just at the time postal rates are escalating at a whirlwind pace, we’re hearing more complaints than ever about late delivery of our newspaper to subscribers who live beyond the immediate area. Some fellow Hoosiers have reported finding their paper in the mailbox seven days after it’s mailed. And in California, another paper has already been published before our subscribers receive the previous one. Some of dur California subscribers are convinced our circulation department must be holding the newspapers for weeks before mailing them, as they sometimes receive two or three weeks’ worth of news at a time. That couldn’t be more wrong. Every addressed newspaper is without exception delivered to the post office on Wednesday afternoon. For the lapses in delivery time, then, w must look to the postal service for an.explanation. Bob Palstring, the new postmaster at Rockport, has been most helpful in attempting to trace our problems, especially with our California subscribers. But communication is slow and tedious in an institution the size of the U.S. Postal Service and so far the problem persists. Our response must be to continue to try to track down where the worst problems are, and to report them to the USPS, and keep doing so until the service improves. Readers’experiencing these problems can help by reporting to us the exact dates the paper is received, and how many days late it is. We need specifics in order to get help from the USPS in tracing the problems. Sometimes a change in the way the papers are sorted to be sent to the post office can expedite delivery. Or sometimes the postal service can reroute a delivery for faster service. We want you to receive your news while it’s still news and, presumably, the postal service people do too. Perhaps if" complaints are persistently and specifically reported, the problem will eventually be resolved. — THE JOURNAL-DEMOCRAT

We offer our tribute to those Americans of our armed forces who gave their lives in the fight to preserve our peace and freedom. And let us honor the memory of those men and women most fittingly by continuing in the pursuit of that peace.

Letter to the editor

Time to remember Editor: Every day of the year, someone — somewhere — pauses to remember a loved one who gave his or her life in defense of this nation. Every day of the year, someone recalls a special person who donned our nation’s uniform and went off to fight America’s enemies. And every day of the year, someone visits the grave of a soldier or sailor or airman, and wonders about the large price freedom so often extracts. These solitary moments — moments between a veteran’s loved ones and his memory — occur countless times in countless different ways. But on one day of the year, a nation remembers. And on that special day — Memorial Day — America draws strength from that memory. We look to the graves and recall the sacrifices of sons and daughters who fought and died to keep this land free. And we look to each other and recall how precious that freedom is. And how dearly we must protect it. This year, we gather for Memorial Day at a time when American flags are proudly snapping in the breeze. Across the land, people are standing tall to salute the flag, and singing the National Anthem with a special conviction. Some call it a rebirth of patriotism. But many gathered on this day know it never died. We know that patriotism is an abiding love for this country and a faith in the principles that made it great. And at moments when our love of country has wavered, or our faith has faltered, we’ve summoned the memory of men and women who never wavered, never faltered. And from their examples we’ve gained renewed strength and conviction. For we owe these people too much to permit the flame of liberty to be extinguished. And their memories deserve no less than our complete and absolute commifment to freedom and democracy.

Court news

City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Speeding — Rhonda L. Amsden, 17, Milford, $45; Nicholas O. Blasio, 24, Milford, S4O; Tony R. Weisser, 22, Milford, $45 Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: Davis — Laurinda A. Davis and Gary L. Davis, r 1 box 270F5, Leesburg. The couple was married April 10,1982 and separated March 15, 1985. There is one minor child. Kuhn — Patricia Ann Kuhn and David Martin Kuhn, r 1 box 224, North Webster. The couple was married April 8, 1967 and separated Feb. 1,1985. There are two minor children. Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Wiggs-Sauer Gregory Lewis Wiggs, 24,413 S. Main St., Syracuse and Virginia Lue Sauer, 22, 413 S. Main St., Syracuse Brock-Cook Jeffrey Leßoy Brock, 23, r 2

We draw strength from the examples they have set. But with that strength comes responsibility. It is a responsibility that demands of us loyalty, service and dedication. We must be loyal to those who served, and are serving, in our military forces — at home and abroad. Today, around the world, threats against peace and freedom continue. And American’s military men and women continue to guard against these threats. And at home, men and women who were injured or disabled in past wars continue to need our support, our loyalty. We must serve those who fought — and are fighting — to protect this nation. Disabled veterans consider themselves the lucky ones. Their comrades rest beneath white granite markers in cemeteries across this land and overseas. And often it was the actions of those comrades which permits the disabled vet to be among the living today. Disabled veterans keep sacred the memories of those fallen comrades. And our duty, equally, is to keep sacred the actions of men and women who sacrificed arms and legs and sight and hearing. We must serve them by doing all in our power to see these disabled heroes have the opportunity to lead lives of dignity and worth. After all, no group of men and women are more deserving of the opportunity, or made more of a sacrifice in order to earn the chance. And we must dedicate and rededicate ourselves to the principles that have built and sustained this land throughout her history. Democracy is a powerful weapon against tyranny and injustice. But it is also a fragile and delicate philosophy. It must be carefully nurtured, faithfully tended, and tenaciously protected. It requires the constant care of a nation’s freedom-loving people. And it requires those people to never forget the sacrifices and commitment of those who came before. Charles T. Yates, Commander Warsaw Chapter 50 'Disabled American Veterans

box 43, Milford and Cheryl Ann Cook, 27, r 2 box 43, Milford Shively-Zachary Garry Allen Shively, 24, r 3 box 577, Syracuse and Delores Ruth Zachary, 21, r 3 box 577, Syracuse Singer-Tyson Paul A. Singer, 22, 90A North Shore Drive, Syracuse and Doshia Ella Tyson, 18, 90A North Shore Drive, Syracuse Pinnick-Rabb Charles Timothy Pinnick, 31, r 1 box 78-U, Leesburg and Ann G. Rabb, 32,1003 Country Club Rd., Warsaw Koble-Charlton Todd Ryan Koble, 23, r 3 box 187, Syracuse and Deanna Mae Charlton, 20, r 1 box 225, North Webster

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WHEN THE question arose among several of our Syracuse readers, “Just where is that building Thornburg’s bought in North Webster,” we thought everyone would recognize it if only they saw it. And so the above photo. Only thing about tearing the building down to make room for more parking space for the drug store, is the-fact that it is an old landmark. And some people think it’s a shame to destroy old landmarks to provide more parking. Fred Clark. Jr., former owner/operator of the M & M Restaurant south of neighboring North Webster, recalled that his parents operated a popular restaurant in that building some years ago. He said the building was originally an ice house, in the days when ice was cut from nearby Webster Lake and stored. r When the senior Fred Clarks built the new M & M Restaurant, about 1960, they sold the uptown business to Alson and Maxine Cole of Pierceton, who continued the restaurant, but added beer and wine to their bill of fare. The Clark’s never cottoned to selling alcoholic beverages, and they didn’t at their new location. The Coles gave up the business some time ago and the building the drug store purchased from the Coles stood empty for some time. The initials M & M came from the original owners, Max McCulley and Dale Metz. THE STATUS of the proposed 66-bed Miller * Merry Manor nursing home complex for the Syracuse community remains uncertain at the present time, it was learned last week. Approval of the nursing home was won from the Indiana State Board of Health, and it received the approval of the Syracuse Board of Zoning Appeals at a hearing about two months ago, over the' objections of four remonstrators. It was also learned that MMM representatives at that meeting were upset to find objections to their moving to that location. Millers had planned to erect their nursing home complex on a six-plus-acre tract near Oakwood Park owned by the Dust family. This land is within, the Syracuse city limits. The building would have to be connected to the city sewer system, a state law requirement. An effort to contact Tom Teghtmeyer, the MMM representative, and others with an interest in the project failed to reveal anything of certainty at this time. “IT’S AWFUL nice!” That’s the way Pierceton Clerk-Treasurer Janet (Mrs. Dennis) Castle described the gift of 70 acres of prime land located just west of that town’s city limits for an industrial park. By now, it’s a wide open secret that Jean Arnolt, the widow of the late flamboyant Pierceton and Warsaw industrialist Stanley Arnold, is the benefactor of the gift to the town of Pierceton. The land is located between the Arnolt plant, the former Reid-Murdoch Tomato Canning Plant, and Highway 30. Pierceton has formed an Industrial Development Steering Committee and has joined Kosciusko Development, Inc., in its effort to attract new industry to its town. On the committee are: Builder Doug Walls, president; and former clerk-treasurer Sandra Frush, realtor Rosemary Parsons; State Bank of Pierceton President Leon S. Kubacki, and town board member and chemical company employee Raymond Slusher. They hope to enlarge the committee as they progress along their road to industrial development. The gift, made in December of. last year, has been keep under wraps until recently. AS YET, Syracuse is the only major town in the county that has failed to join KDI in its effort to form a unified team to attract industry to this area. The Syracuse Town board recently contended it does not have the necessary funds — just over 12.800. or |1 per person in the town — to join KDI. No effort to raise the funds privately has been made. IT’S ONLY talk at this time, but there’s a real possibility that the State Bank of Syracuse will tear down two uptown buildings to make room for much-needed parking. The buildings are used at the present as a Pilcher Shoes warehouse, and are situated on the south side of East Main Street. The Bales Butcher Shop building, also owned by the bank, will not be touched, a bank spokesman said. The two, two-story buildings would need costly updating as rentals, and there isn’t that much demand for them.

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JUST ACROSS the street from these two buildings two new businesses are opening. Bill Hartman is opening Hartman’s Used and Antique Furniture in the south room and a Goshen barber is opening a business selling swimming pool accessories and hot tubs in the east room. In the above photo. Bob Vandermark, a Pierceton sign painter, is standing in a Friday morning rain putting the finishing touches to Hartman’s window sign. AS NEAR as could be learned, a recent United States Supreme Court decision that all mobile homes not on a concrete foundation are to be treated as an automobile when dealing with search warrants by police, will have little or no effect on manufacturers. We had no idea how this would be received in Elkhart and Kosciusko Counties where mobile home manufacturers abound, but a cursory inquire unearthed little to be concerned about. LARRY BAUMGARDT. owner of the growing That Sailboat Place in the Village for the past 13 years, hopes to be hitting on the used sailboat market. He revealed late last week that he has leased a tract about 50 by 100 and located next to Hook’s Drug Store in the Village from John Augsburger, where he will put his used merchandise for display and sale. What’s he calling it? Why, Easy Larry ’s Used Sail Boa ts, of course! z His wife Clare, sales manager for Todd’s Realty, likes sailboats, but her real forte is real estate. She does help hubby Larry, however, in that she oversees his line of clothing “as a hobby." THE STAFF at the South Huntington Street law firm of John C. and Steve Hagen, father and son — wife Mariane and Steve make up that staff —• are anxiously awaiting John's return to his office June 1. • , When John and Mariane went to Florida in March, they were at the home of Mariane’s mother, Mrs. Dean Crockett, about an hour when John suffered chest pains and was taken o the hospital. On March 28 he underwent surgery for a quadruple by-pass at the Fort Myers Community Hospital. A total abstainer — no cigarettes, no alcohol — John always appeared in abundantly good health, and the least likely candidate for bypass surgery. He sits in his front yard of South Main Street home in Ligonier a lot, soaking up the summer sun, and talks a lot to friends and neighbors —of whom he has scads. His return to his Syracuse law office will be a welcome one, even if it is on a half-day basis. DANIEL KENT Tracy of North Webster was among 2,075 people who received undergraduatedegrees from Indiana State University at Terre. Haute at its 114th commencement on May 11. His degree was in aviation administration. Three others from Kosciusko County „ graduating at ISU at the same time were: Steven; Arnold Bidwell, r 1 Pierceton, in architectural technology, Russell W. Baldwin, Warsaw, in music/concentration in merchandising, and Deborah Kay May, also of Warsaw, in nursing. STROBE LIGHTS were going off all over the place at the Sunday afternoon graduation exercise at Wawasee High School. It hardly seemed possible that it’s the 17th class to graduate from the consolidated school corporation high school. The gym was filled to near-capacity with parents, grandparents, friends and relatives, and a good share of them held some sort of picturetaking device in hand. , ■». Perhaps as proud as any present were Dave and Charlotte Siegfried, of 121 North Main Street, Milford, whose pretty daughter Amanda Anne was honored as the class valedictorian. She plans to study physics or engineering at Purdue, at West Lafayette. (Continued on page 5)