The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 28, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 July 1985 — Page 4

THE,MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., July 10,1985

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Editorials

Improvements at park Visitors to the Syracuse Lakeside Park over the 4th of July holiday could not help but notice the ongoing improvements there. A pavilion has been built and a gazebo constructed. Both have done much to improve the park and its facilities. Both proved to be very busy places over the holiday weekend. Both were built with much volunteer labor and donations from individuals, businesses and service organizations. > Syracuse is to be congratulated for its hard working and dedicated park board and the community that is supporting its members and their desire foripiprovements. On walking This is the time of the year most of us enjoy vacations. The idea is to get • away from routine work and life, to change the pace, and rest. Interestingly, rest is often equated with doing nothing. Many of us think of rest as lying in bed, sleeping long hours and taking little physical exercise. Yet experts advise us to get exercise. For most people, a better vacation and a better rest would result from reasonable physical exertion on vacation. One of the finest forms recommended is simple enough — walking. In Europe people plan and anticipate walking vacations with great care. Somehow in the United States, where just about everyone rides everywhere in an automobile, this is not equally fashionable. . . " . . There are many U.S. vacation spots where hiking and walking trails, amid beautiful scenery, can be found. It saves gas and improves one’s health. ' / * . The gossips Every community has its tall talkers. They gossip adeptly, spin interesting yarns and hold listeners’ attention. Those who possess penetrating voices command even more attention. t It’s interesting to watch reactions to those able to gossip with charm and personality. The gullible are easily led and entertained. Even those who know better ' often appreciate the humor and talent exhibited. Few challenge the clever, loud tongue. In many communities this form of entertainment — and that’s what it is — is the greatest relief from boredom and routine. ■ Gossips, then, serve a purpose, as well as ruining reputations and working their well-known mischief. Don't drown Each year thousands drown because sensible precautions are notfollowed. The following rules are proven: 1. Use supervised pools for young children. . 2. Stay ashore in heavy weather. '3. Keep children out of boats not equipped with life-preservers. 4. Teach children to swim early. 5. Use caution fishing from a boat after dark, especially in straqge waters. 6. Always carry extra life-preservers in boats. 7. If you are deathly afraid of water, stay away from it. (One can float indefinitely without any effort by holding the head back so only the nose is above water). Cobb & Rose The late Ty Cobb’s son, James H. Cobb, says the current craze among the news media in following baseball’s Pete Rose and his hit total is somewhat meaningless. Rose is expected to break Cobb’s all-time record for base hits, 4,191 this year. _ James Cobb points out that Cobb played when a season was 154 games. Rose has played when the season is 162 games, and has collected almost 200 of his hits after the 154th game over the years. .. . .. • ■ The only fair comparison between the two is how many hits they obtained in the same number of games played. That’s also true with Babe Ruth’s home-run record. The Babe played when seasons were 154 games also. And the only way to fairly compare anyone with Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb is to use an equal number of games in the comparison. Nevertheless, when Rose breaks Cobb’s hit record, he will become the Major Leaguer with the most hits. Even with the advantage of having played more games, he won’t be close to Cobb’s standing. Cobb leads Rose in RBl’s by over 600! He leads Rose in stolen bases by over 600! His average was .367 to Rose’s .305. And Rose already has had over 2000 more times at bat then Cobb. So the countdown is interesting but not too meaningful. The old Tiger is still number-one. What others say — A seasonal prayer It’s that time of year. Plenty of rainfall, plenty of sunshine. Gardens are doing great, and so are the weeds. Home gardens have been planted long enough for the planter to get a rough idea of what kind of crop his garden will produce this year. Although it may seem too late to change things, perhaps the Prayer of a Gardener, written by Bernard Schuck in the Elwood Call-Leader, is still timely: “Dear Lord, make my rows straight as the vegetables lean to right or left to compensate for the erratic path I made. Let the rains come down so that these tiny seeds may develop into tiny plants and break through the hardened crust of the soil I turned. Let the rains come between the sunny days to nourish them. “Dear lord, keep the rabbits away from my cabbage plants and direct them to the dandelions so plentiful in my lawn. Give me sunshiny days to till the soil so that the growing plants may better breath the air that also nourishes them. Give us the strength and patience to overcome crabgrass, chickweed, dandelions, and other weeds competing with our tender plants. Allow the chemicals we spray to work against aphids, bean beetles, com borers and cutworms. Send us instead, honey bees and butterflies to replace them. “Give us each day a strong back to do the daily chores of the natural forces working to discourage us. “Forgive us if we use Miracle Grow, knowing it is you who makes miracles happen. “Finally, at harvest time, keep us from bragging so much about the first tomato, the size of our carrots, and the flavor of our sweet corn. Rather, let us share our harvest with the widows and the widowers who once were gardeners as I am today. “Our aching back, our blisters, and callouses we offer in reparations for wandering from the garden path you laid out for us.” 0 - AVON-DANVILLE GAZETTE

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The gazebo adds charm and beauty to the Syracuse Lakeside Park.

Court news

Superior Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner presiding: Complaint For Damages Kimberlee Ann Hart versus Deborah E. Brewer and Harris Trust and Savings Bank. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendants for the sum of $25,000 plus attorney’s fees and costs of action, stemming from a Dec. 6, 1984 automobile accident. Complaint Shirley Carpenter versus Eli Kauffman and Theresa Kauffman, r 5 box 109A, Syracuse. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendants for possession of plaintiff’s real estate, cancellation of contract, and $51,300 plus interest, attorney’s fees and costs of action. Circuit Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Judge Richard Sand presiding: Complaint United Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company versus Wayne Love Motors, Inc., Warsaw, and American Motors Corporation. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendants for the sum of $13,326.19 plus interest, attorney’s fees and costs of action, for a 1984 AMC Eagle, purchased from the defendants, which burned in an electrical fire May 12,1984. Appeal Os Legal Survey And Complaint to Quiet Title James H. Shelby and Carole Shelby versus Robert D. Gross and Doris Gross, Fairmont; Larry R. Long, 611 S. Buffalo St., Warsaw; and Charles Brower, Kosciusko County Surveyor. The plaintiffs are seeking judgment against the defendants to declare the legal survey done by the defendants invalid arid to change the boundaries to coincide with a corrected survey. They are further seeking to quiet the real estate title on the property in Kalorama Park and for attorney’s fees and all costs of action.

Letter to the editor

Are we safe? Dear Editor: Do we have 24-hour local police protection? Let’s get Syracuse police back to work! Let the people of Syracuse know why there is very little police department left and why there are many hours out of the week we have no police on duty. If you are interested in the safety of your children, families, friends and businesses, please come to: Town board meeting, 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 16, at the Syracuse Town Hall. As a very concerned citizen, I ask all of the town’s people to come and help get our police back to work again. I am a member of a victim’s family and have been in close touch with the police this last year. This town does need protection. Until you have lived through any crime, you don’t know the pain, terror, anger and mental 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. Subscription: sls per year in Kosciusko County; s2l outside county. POSTMASTERS; Send change of address forms to The Mail-Journal, P.O. Box 188, Milford, Indiana 46542

Complaint On Note Miller Industries, Inc. versus Jack Francis, r 5 box 500, Syracuse. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $4,000.97 plus interest, attorney’s fees and costs of action for a promissory note and past due rental fees. County Court The following persons have been assessed fines and have paid those fines in Kosciusko County Court, Judge James Jarrette presiding: Public intoxication — Priscilla F. Sicks, 45, Syracuse, SIOO and six days KCJ, suspended Disorderly conduct — Jeffrey A. Evans, 20, Syracuse, $56 City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Speeding — Troy E. Watson, 16, Syracuse, SSO Operating on beginner’s Jicense without licensed operator —Raul L. Larate, 24, Milford, S4O Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Sindelar-Koher Ronald James Sindelar, 29, r 4 box 388, Syracuse and Kathy Kay Koher, 27, r 4 box 388, Syracuse Vanover-Barton Benny H. Vanover, 26, 212 S. James St., Milford and Brenda K. Barton, 28, 212 S. James St., Milford Bauer-Dain Daniel Lee Bauer, 28, r 5 box 185A, Syracuse and Sarah Jane Dain, 21, r 5 box 183, Syracuse Thompson-McCallister Gregory L. Thompson, 23, 922 Camelot Lane, Cromwell and Tammie Jo McCallister, 28, 922 Camelot Lane, Cromwell Bush-Kirkwood Geoffrey L. Bush, 25, r 1 box 194, Cromwell and Charmaine Kirkwood, 30, r 1 box 194, Cromwell

torment a person can go through. It can happen to you: it happened in my family last September 21. Thank you and please come. Margie (Hulley) Shopoff Deficient bridge count is reduced Indiana’s deficient bridge count was reduced by 242 last year. The not-so-good news is that the state still has 10,402 bridges classified as structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. This kept Indiana seventh among all states in both the percentage and total number of substandard bridges. At this rate, it will take Indiana 43 years to repair and replace its currently defective bridges, not taking into consideration future deterioration of other bridges. Nearly three-fourths, 7,052, of the state’s deficient bridges are off the federal-aid highway system. The great majority of these are on county roads. There are another 3,350 substandard bridges on F-A routes, and most of these are the responsibility of the Indiana Department of Highways. During the first five months of this year, IDOH awarded 75 bridge projects worth $39 million. Problem solver Do you get a glaring spot on your television picture from a bright, sunny window? You can solve the problem by hanging a shade in the window which blends with the color of your curtains.

“GRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"

JACK AND Byron Oswald, the father/son team that made the Three Flags the local beanery that it is today, were pleased as punch at the turn-out for their 10th anniversary observance last Monday. Jack in particular was on hand all day, greeting well wishers and keeping the coffee cups filled. It was free coffee and cookies all day long. They ran out of cookies, and at last count served “over 700“ cups of coffee. Jack said, “I didn’t know we had so many friends.” Oswald, senior, gave local artist Dave Butler carte blanche to design an unusual T-shirt for the occasion. And “unusual” it turned out to be. Emblazoned is this, “Eat At Big Fat Jack’s Three Flags,’’ with a caricature of Jack Oswald inside the capital letter “J”. Included is, “Enjoy a Cardiac-Free Diet.” AND SPEAKING of logos, for business or pleasure, the area has its share of imaginative artists/cartoonists. Dave Butler is perhaps the best known, but we can name several others, and fear we might overlook others. For instance, JoAnn Boyer, of Steele Drive (r 2) Syracuse, won the contest sponsored by the Syracuse Sesquicentennial Committee to come up with a logo for the celebration that is scheduled for 1987. JoAnn is in charge of the dark room at The Mail-Journal, and her artful handiwork can be found on the pages of this paper frequently. Her design was published on page 1 of The M-J last week. She walked off with a SSOO savings bond for her effort, and was pleased with the honor. We can’t overlook Noreen Glover, also of r 2 Syracuse, who came in second with her suggested logo, and was given honorable mention. All entries were to be posted in the uptown NIPSCO office, but somehow the committee failed to make its appointed rounds. Below is the entry of Noreen Glover’s, the second place winner. 4? The author of the second place winner states the space between the hands represents the Lake Wawasee, Syracuse Lake and Papakeechie Lake areas. Other entries in the logo contest were as follows: third, E. L. Largen, 308 West 2d Street, Ligonier; fourth, Mrs. Jeanne Gardiner, R 1 Syracuse; fifth, Ms. Naomi R. McFarland, 128 West Main St., Syracuse; sixth, Ms. Beth Yoder, 66378 Hartzler Bldv., Goshen: seventh, Mrs. Sallie Ringler, Vintage Instant Print, R 3 Syracuse; eighth, Thomas A. Patterson, R 2 Milford; ninth, Matthew M. Gray, 3319 Figel Avenue, Fort Wayne; and tenth, Col. Joseph A. Gray, R 3 Syracuse. These latter entries are not listed here in the order of their preference. SUNDAY’S LAKE Wawasee Flotilla — the 24th such event — had many little sidelights that didn’t make the front page article, this issue. The name of the “daredevjj” pilot who did the stunt overflight just prior to the Flotilla’s starting gun was Dick Darlington of Anderson. He is a commercial pilot, and the biplane he flew is a special-built stunt plane, according to Bill Beemer. His maneuvers provided real “color” for the Flotilla, and was an excellent substitute for the army plane overflight that was planned. A conflict in scheduling caused this Fort Wayne trio of planes to appear late Saturday morning when the bicycle race was in progress. Cost to the Flotilla Committee for the stunt plane overflight: S3OO. SHERIFF’S DEPUTY Tom Kitch said everything went off without a hitch in the safety department. Then he recalled an incident that could have had tragic consequences, but, thankfully, did not. Kitch said there was a boat in which six youngsters of the Tuco family, ages 16 to 18, were thrown out, and that the boat continued in a tight circle for an hour and half — until it ran out of gas. Patroling officers (in three boats) pulled the kids out of the water and to safety, only to watch the boat run itself out of gas. TWO “SPECTACULARS” begged to come off during the Flotilla, but neither did — fortunately for the Flotilla Committee. One was a pair of twins, members of the National Twins Organization, who wanted to appear in the buff, with the slogan, “Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun.” The husband of one put his foot down and said “Nyet” in no uncertain terms. And so the event didn’t come off. Anyway, the committee had no category for such an entry 1 The other almost-spectacular that failed to materialize was the brain-child of several

mischievous minds. Several Swedish models are visiting a private home on Lake Wawasee, and they “think nothing” of appearing in the buff, so neighbors standing on the end of their piers with field glasses contend. The idea was to put the tall blue-eyed blondes on a float just behind Commodore Kiley, to call attention away from the ebullient commodore. It’s the opinion of this column that one or more of the wives of the would-be miscreants put an early end to this idea. JERRY AND Donna Johnson graciously opened their North Shore Drive home to a large group of close friends and neighbors early Saturday afternoon following the road race. Jerry ran in the 3.3 mile race, and replied that Donna, herself a racer of note, was “home getting things ready.” Their little affair is a welcomed highlight of Saturday events for those who attended. ONE DOESN’T usually find food being passed out along the Flotilla route, but this was the case Sunday. , . The Sleepy Owl float, with a Chevrolet Chevelle aboard, gave out 200 hot dogs and a piece of old fashioned Dutch apple pie to a lot of hungry and hot participants. Doing the honors was Margo Tarman and Mike Huey. Jerry Claybaugh was driving the float, and others on board included Ginger Nelson, Belinda Claybaugh and Jack Peterson. The two 18-inch apple pies were made by Ron s Bakery in Nappanee. But more, the float won a third place in the commercial category for a nice trophy and $25. CREDIT SHOULD go to Ernie Rogers as chairman of this year’s Flotilla Committee for an organizational job well done. Following the Flotilla on the lake, Rogers was interviewed by .a Fort Wayne television station, ■and following the successful TV interview, the “interviewee” asked Rogers if he had had previous television experience, for his having done such a balanced interview. —o— WE’VE SAID for a long time a year’s subscription to The Mail-Journal was the best bargain in town. We became more sure of this when we learned a single subscription sold Saturday for $750 at the Flotilla Bucks Auction. In fact, two sold for $750, one for $550, and the fourth for $250! This, according to Jeanne Gardiner, who was keeping track of sales. She said 50 buyers spent $54x075.00 in the “phoney” money auction, which she termed as a great success for its first time around. —O'ADVERTISING PAYS, that’s for sure. But it was more than that at Augsburger’s Super-Valu on Friday and Saturday of last week when customers were waiting in line to park. The store has a large parking lot, but at specially heavy traffic weekends like we just witnessed, more parking space is needed. It’s a good example of how local merchants can tap the heavy flow of visitors to our community on the Fourth of July weekend. So much was going on, events to appeal to people of varying interests, that mounting crowds to the lakes areas seem to jump by leaps and bounds, especially when the weather is as ideal as it has been. —O'BETHANY WALKER, the recent winner of the 40th North Webster Mermaid Festival “Queen of the Lakes,” is more than just a pretty face and figure. She also has a keen mind. Beth, who will be a senior in fashion merchandising at Ball State University, Muncie, next year, has learned since the Queen crown has been placed on her beautiful head a week ago Saturday, that she ranked on top of the list that Gantos has been testing as possible employees for the 50-odd stores they hope to open in the midwest in the near future. Beth showed some of her initiative when she was still in high school and opened her own T-shirt business. She is the daughter of Stuart and Diana Walker of 119 W. E. Long Drive, Syracuse. —O'SINGE THIS column announced last week that Turkey Creek Township Trustee Lou Kuilema has engaged a Goshen architectural firm to submit preliminary plans for a new addition to the South Huntington Street fire station, we have learned additional information about the fire station. In 1961 the uptown fire station — and all the town/township fire-fighting equipment — burned to the ground in a most unusual fire. A fire station burn down! Who ever heard of it? But that’s exactly what happened. A group of civic-minded residents, headed by the late Carl McGarvey of Lake Wawasee, put their minds (and dollars) together, formed a company and built the present fire station. Several private homes were purchased and demolished to make room for the new facility. The year: 1961. The new station was occupied January 1,1962, according to files in the possession of Trustee Kuilema. WHEN CONTRACTOR Bud Kline was doing some back hoe work back of Bales Butcher Shop in uptown Syracuse at about 9 a.m. Tuesday of this week, he inadvertently cut a telephone company line that went into the bank. You guessed it: the bank’s burglar alarm went off at the dispatcher’s office, which brought on-duty officer Joe Thornburg to the scene. He was quickly backed up by Milford Town Marshal Dave Hobbs, a custom of area police officers. Joe approached with caution and trepidation, he readily admits, and wiped his brow with relief when he found out the nature of the alarm.