The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 11, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 March 1986 — Page 20

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POSTER WINNERS — The Milford Booster Club held a contest recently to see who could come up with the best poster pertaining to the Booster Club’s chili supper.

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Judge was Becky Doll of Doll’s Decorating. The chili supper will be held March 22 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria.

CANS BEARING photographs of the several candidates for ‘Mayor” of Milford as part of the community's sesquicentennial celebration have been showing up on counters of various business houses. It looks Re the eight candidates are taking this thing seriously. Candidate Arch Baumgartner has even named Betty Young as campaign manager and Doria Hill as her assistant. Sounds big time, doesn’t it? BASKETBALL FANS already know the Grace College Lancers are on their way to the NCCAA tourney to be played at Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga. Grace has a 2C-8 going into the tourney. The Lancers will meet John Brown University at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. What many Milford residents may not realize about the team is the fact that Jeff Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Long and son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Larry

Slabaugh, all of Milford, is a member of the team. Jeff, it will be remembered, was a standout on the Wawasee Warrior team a few years back. Another forma* Warrior on the Lancer team is Worth Packer of North Webster. NOT MANY events are held once every 150 years but the Big Boulder Dash, slated for Saturday, April 19, is advertised as just that —a once every 150-year evem. It will be a 1»K run and a one mile fun run/walk and is being held in connection with the Milford Sesquicentennial celebration. The races begin and end at the Big Boulder Golf Course north of town and the mostly flat course covers Milford country roads and streets. Persons wanting more information on the Big Boulder Dash should contact Elaine Weiss at 658-4927.

ANYONE EVER hear of the Milfurn Company, Inc. — The Laddie Line — in Milford’’ Highway contractor Bob Brown found an old letter in the Phend and Brown files, dated September 19, 1923, and addressed to Phend, Treisch A Brown, from this firm and signed by manager L. E. McMicken. The Treisch is apparently the late Roy Treesh, who joined in the 1922 partnership with the late Harry Phend and Ronald Brown, in the road construction business. The fancy letterhead notes the Milfurn Company manufactures and distributes furniture. Bob Brown thinks the firm was located in the old county highway garage building on Furst Street, just east of the railroad tracks, with one of the chief manufacturing items being porch swings. Can anyone help?

The building will be torn down in several months to make room for additional parking for The Papers Incorporated. THE M-J has a new subscriber. He is John Giglio of 36 Ehrbar Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 18552. Ens. Carl A. (Buddy) Bice of Milford is serving on board the U. S. Gallery-FFG-26, now in the Persian Gulf, United Arab Amerities. Carl is a former employee of The M-J and receives his hometown paper. After reading it, he leaves it in the ward room for everyone to read. It makes a big hit on board ship, everyone looks forward to reading it, especially a friend from New York, John Giglio. John is the kind of reader we like. He reads The M-J from cover to cover. He has, however, been transferred from “The Gallery" to an assignment in New York. To make sure that John doesn’t miss any Milford news, Carl has ordered a subscription to be sent to him. THE MILFORD Boy Scouts are in need of uniforms and equipment. Any former Boy Scouts or parents of former Boy Scouts who have these items to donate to or to sell to the current Boy Scouts is asked to call Terry Thompson at 658-4475 or Randy Veach at 658-9843 or contact Max Evans. The Boy Scouts are also always looking for new members to join their organization. They meet every Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the community building. An upcoming project of the Scouts will be the Boy Scout Bowl-A-Thon with the boys going door to door in the community to seek sponsorship for their bowling. Persons who are not contacted, but who would like to support this project, are asked to call one of the leaders listed above to make a pledge.

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OBSERVATION: MONDAY to Saint Patrick’s Day. Following are some facts about the day that we thought we would share with our readers Saint Patrick’s Day is a church holiday in Ireland. A leprechaun is an Irish fairy depicted as a tiny old man. Leprechauns are mischievous and elusive creatures, said to possess buried crocks of gold whose location they will reveal only if forced. The shamrock is a three-leaved member of the clover family with yellow flowers. One Irishman described it as “a weed that grows everywhere. ” On St. Patrick’s Day, the Irish wear a shamrock aad a miniature harp as symbols of St. Patrick and of Ireland.

Approve alternate storm sewer system

Bv MARK HUFFMAN Staff Writer The majority of Milford property owners bordering the Turkey Creek area where a storm-sewer system is slated to originate came to an agreement with the town board and Bonar and Associates, Fort Wayne, after the later presented an altered plan to the group. Milford resident Sam Welker, who has lived near the proposed site for over 25 years, remained firm in his position that the project was not in the interest of those surrounding the creek bed. After weeks of controversy entangling the original proposal, Greg Smith, project engineer of the firm spearheading the project, presented the property owners with a revised plan — with the sewage drainage taking place 140 feet east of the initial area planned. The trunk line had originally been slated to begin at Syracuse Street, extending south down Henry Street to Section Street where it was to turn west to West Street and extend across the property opposite of that street, pushing south into Turkey Creek. Richard Roose, who had brought his concerns to the attention of the town board at an earlier meeting, is the owner of the property which the line was to bisect enroute to the creek. After talking with Roose and Dr. T.A. Miller, who owns land east of Roose, Smith decided to reroute the line to extend across Miller’s property. “This new plan actually shortens the length of the pipe by 140 feet and the distance of the open ditch by 20 to 30 feet,” Smith

In Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day, following the noon mass, most communities have a parade that includes a band or two and units of the army or Civil Defense (similar to the American National Guard). St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Ireland and England in the fifth century. Two written works are attributed to him — “The Confession.” a spiritual autobiography -, and “The Epistle.” in which he wrote about the mistreatment of Irish Christians by British pagans. Our thanks to the Indiana University News Bureau for the facts (or fiction) about St. Patrick’s Day. The IU staff and this humble scribe hope you enjoy them ... and may the luck of the Irish be with you.t— JRS

said, referring to the money the town would save. Open Ditch Causes Concern The three-foot deep open ditch, . < which was originally planned to extend 200-feet near the end of the trunk line, had provided a bulk of the concern among area residents. “The water in the ditch won’t overflow unless the creek bank (toes,” Smith explained, pointing out that the water level in Turkey Creek is still two and one-half feet below any lowland area surrounding the bed. “I know what it’s going to do iil the lowland — it’s going to create \ a swampland all over again,” Welker objected. Miller, who agreed to having the trunkline on his property, disagreed, “This plan will take the water out of the area, as soon as the creek drops the other water will drop with it — it has to follow gravity.” With economic limitations setting a barrier on any other viable plan, property owners agreed that “something has to be done,” and the majority, excluding Welker, confirmed that this plan was the way to go. “We have to take the best solution available and this seems to be it,” commented Dr. Jay Zehr, property owner. While some animosity still exists among the property owners about the open (fitch, town board president Jean Treesh assured the group that the area would be maintained. Smith added that stabilization for the sides of the ditch were included in the project cost after Dan Brown, property owner, questioned the wearing away of soil by the water entering the ditch. Welker’s wife, Carolyn, also voiced her concern over the safety of the ditch. “I worry about kids falling into the ditch when it’s full,” she commented. Smith countered, “There’s always that problem, you have the same situation with the creek that is there now.” With water remaining in the (fitch until it’s had an opportunity to drain into the creek, Welker was also concerned over the possibility of the water becoming stagnant. “But the water will be flushed every time we get rain,” Dr. Miller said, as Smith agreed, “There will be no more stagnant water than what is currently there.” Future Considered The prospect of adding more laterals to the trunk line also caused concern, prompting Smith to explain, “When we designed the plan we took future expansion into consideration.” He added that the pipe would not be operating at full capacity until all of these inlets were added, allowing for free flow of water. “The area we’re covering is only a ‘drop in the bucket’ in relation to the rest of the town,” Smith said, referring to the fact that only 105 of the town’s 60,000 acres would be included in the current plan, with concessions made in a “Master Plan” for future developments as money becomes available. With $288,750 allocated from a Community Improvement Program (CIP) grant secured by the town board in December, Smith stressed the need for the town to act while it has the money. Brown agreed, “The project is a tremendous improvement to the whole town, it’s a great opportunity to get the storm-sewer problem settled without taxing the public.” Welker disagreed, saying that the plan would be taking away from one end of town to benefit another; however, he added, “I hope I’m wrong for your (property owners) sake.” Taking initial steps to begin the actual footwork of the project, the town board signed letters at the conclusion ot the meeting to be sent to various agencies, asking for their input before putting together a final report on what is to be done.