The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 15, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 April 1986 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., April 9,1986

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Editorials

Happy birthday, Milford Happy birthday wishes go to the town of Milford. It was on April 10,1836, that Judge Aaron M. Perrine laid out the village of Milford. There were a total of 144 lots in the town and five streets — Main, Emeline, Catherine, Henry and James. History of the white man in the area dates back to 1833 when what was to become northern Kosciusko County was settled after an Indian treaty was ratified by Congress on January 21, 1833. The treaty had been signed by the Pottawattomi and Miami Indians near Rochester on October 17, 1832, and in anticipation of the ratification, settlers had camped on the outer edges of the soon to be opened territory. They received word of the Congressional action in late February of 1833 and a short time thereafter William Felkner became the first settler, arriving a few days in advance of the others. It is no secret that Milford has planned a big celebration of the event in June but we felt we would be in error if we didn’t mark the actual date of the event in some special waydr another. Happy birthday, Milford — it’s been a good 150 years. Come on down! Motorists welcome lower gasoline prices as a result of lower oil prices, though these prices haven’t come down as much as one would expect. World oil prices are down sixty or seventy percent. A comparable decrease in gasoline prices would translate to 49 cents a gallon. Other charges related to oil prices haven’t come down at all. Utility rates in many areas are directly affected by the world price of oil. Airlines are enjoying much lower operating costs because of lower fuel prices. Cheaper fares are justified. But aside from gasoline and heating oil price adjustments, not many other adjustments have been made. Bus fares, air fares, utility rates, etc., should hopefully come down. The cost of freight transportation and manufacturing costs are also affected; thus the price of many products can be expected to come down. The consumer is waiting... hopefully. The Surgeon General says Surgeon General Everett Koop recently predicted the cigarette industry would vanish in the next twenty years. There was also a warning from a federal official that snuff and chewing tobacco were likely to produce much more cancer of the mouth and throat in coming years because of an increase in the use of smokeless tobacco. (That increase, in recent years, is largely the result of major advertising campaigns by the industry to persuade youngsters to develop the habit.) One doubts if Koop’s prediction about the tobacco industry proves accurate. Os the world’s population, millions remain ignorant f the serious dangers which come with the use of tobacco. Only in the U.S. and a few other advanced nations is the trend away from smoking strong. Koop is right about the trend in the U.S. Figures show that more and more are giving up cigarettes, as education and health concerns lead to breaking tobacco addiction. Unfortunately, females are lagging in this healthy trend. The industry has also targeted women with its ads, intimating their equality and freedom by smoking. The trend among young girls in becoming tobaccoaddicted is especially disturbing. In time, however, smoking will come to be almost extinct, because it amounts to self-destruction among many who become addicted. But one suspects the U.S. industry will sell cigarettes throughout he world for decades to come. There’s also little realistic hope that ail addicts in the U.S. will give up their addiction. One wishes they would — and that Koop’s goal of an end to smoking in this country in twenty years could be realized. 1986's garden Winter is the time we dream visions of grandeur looking through seed catalogues. The pictures of fruits and vegetables in recent arrivals make the mouth water. We anticipate great crops. Great expectations, however, often come down to earth as the season gets underway and insects, weather and weeds do their thing. Growing flowers or vegetables is a science. The latest knowledge plus oldfashioned know-how are necessary for best results. What others say — National Prayer Day Set for May 1 President Reagan has proclaimed May 1 as the 1986 National Day of Prayer. This will be our country’s thirty-fourth consecutive observance of this historic event —a call to embrace our spiritual freedom to pray. Observances of a national day of prayer date back to 1775, when the Continental Congress declared the first one. Through the succeeding decades other national days of prayer were declared from time to time until 1952, when, by joint action, the two houses of Congress established the custom of a national day of prayer on an annual basis. In declaring an 1863 “Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer,” Abraham Lincoln noted, “We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all blessings were produced by some wisdom and virtue of our own. ’ ’ < We, too, have a need to return to God, humbly acknowledge our shortcomings and seek His will and blessings for our nation. All citizens are being asked to “Take 5 at 12” — take at least five minutes at noon, wherever they happen to be, to thank God for the blessings we enjoy, including our freedom itself, and to ask God’s continued guidance for our nation in the days ahead. Churches, synagogues and those in charge of public buildings are being asked to take part by ringing their bells and chimes at noon on May 1 as a reminder of the day and a call to united prayer. You, too, are encouraged to observe the National Day of Prayer in ways appropriate to our traditions. Prayer has given strength, courage and guidance to Americans as we have endured war and built our nation on principles of freedom. We trust that Americans of all faiths will respond to the proclamation of the 1986 National Day of Prayer. » In the tradition started by the Continental Congress, let us once again give thanks and recognize our need for God’s continued guidance. -LAGRANGE NEWS

non SESQUICENTENNIAL j Court news

County Court The following persons have been assessed fines and have paid those fines in Kosciusko County Court, Judge James Jarrette: Speeding — Paul E. Steffan, 50. Milford, SSO; Bryan M. Bowen. 23, North Webster; Robbie R. Kissell, 23, Leesburg No operator’s license — Paul E. Steffan, 50, Milford, SSO Disregarding stop sign — Sam Morehouse, 23, Milford, SSO No registration — Anthony L. Timmons, 23. Milford, SSO Expired driver’s license — Walter A. Leach, 30. North Webster, SSO Small Claims Due to an error in court records, last week’s Small Claims incorrectly stated that Dale and Darlene Skinner received judgment in the amount of $1,967.18 plus costs from James Dunwell. The item*ehould have stated that James Dunwell received judgment against Dale and Darlene Skinner in the amount of $1,967.18 plus costs. Superior Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner presiding: Complaint For Foreign Judgment Shoemaker Associates, Inc.

Burglary at Dewart Lake marina

■BURS Crime Stoppers, a non-profit organization involving the police, the media and the public in the fight against crime, offers anonymity and cash rewards to persons who furnish information leading to the arrest and the filing of criminal charges against felony offenders and to the capture of fugitives. The following “Crime of the Week” was furnished by the Kosciusko County Crime Stoppers organization: Highway and bridge projects meet approval Attorney General Linley E. Pearson has approved 11 highway and bridge projects totaling over 2.2 million dollars in various counties. Included among the projects is one for $69,513, which will involve the furnishing and installation of reflectorized paint pavement markings on US 6, US 20, SR 1, SR 3, SR 5, SR 9, SR 13, SR 15, SR 19, SR 25, SR 112, SR 119, SR 120, SR 127, SR 219, SR 327, SR 421, SR 727, and SR 827 in Kosciusko, DeKalb, Elkhart, Noble, LaGrange, and Steuben counties.

versus Stookey Holsteins, Inc., r 2 Leesburg. The plaintiff is seeking enforcement of a judgment received in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio, March 25, 1986, in the amount of $230,971.15 plus interest, attorney’s fees and all costs of action. Complaint For Damages Jay Lundy versus Phil Malott and Mary S. Malott, North Webster. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendants for the sum of $1,375 plus interest, attorney’s fees and all costs of action, for failure to pay lease payments. Complaint On Note Peoples State Bank versus Larry Anglin, Lakeshore Trailer Park, Winona Lake. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $4,643.31 plus interest, attorney’s fees and all costs of action, for a past due note. Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: Sparks — Donald Ray Sparks, 630 W. Winona Ave., Warsaw, and Judy Lynn Sparks, r 1 North Webster. The couple was married Dec. 3, 1972, and separated March 7, 1986. There are two minor children.

The burglary of a marina at Dewart Lake is the "Crime of the Week.” During the night of March 27, intruders entered the Dewart Lake Marina, located on the west side of Dewart Lake. Entry was made by breaking window on the west side of the building. Taken in this burglary was a large quantity of fishing equipment and related items. (These items included rods, reels, baits, knives and tackle boxes. Persons with information concerning this are asked to contact Crime Stoppers, tollfree, at 1-800-342-STOP. Persons calling will be assigned a code number and will not be asked their name. Crime Stoppers will pay up to SI,OOO if the information leads to an arrest or indictment. 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. 1 . Second class postage paid at 103 E. Main Street, Syracuse, Indiana 46567 and at additional entry offices Subscription: sl6 per year In Kosciusko County, $22 outside county POSTMASTERS: Send change of ad dress forms to The Mail Journal, P.O. Box 188, Milford, Indiana 46542

"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE''

IF IT didn’t happen to you, it would be hard to believe, but for Bruce and Naoma Schlagenhauf, r 1 North Webster, an incident which occurred on Monday, March 24, is still hard to believe. How many times do two people in the same family have the same thing happen to them, on the same day, just one hour apart? Schlagenhaufs did have that experience and it will be an unforgettable one at that. It seems Mrs. Schlagenhauf was on her way to work in Goshen and was just north of the airport on US 33 near Goshen when she saw two deer crossing the highway from the west. Upon noticing the first deer she swerved, only to strike the second deer with her side mirror. Damage was estimated at less than SI,OOO to the entire driver’s side of her Mercury Lynx. Now all this occurred at approximately 5:45 am. Her husband. Bruce, works one-fourth of a mile away from their home and was on his way to work on SR 13 at approximately 6:45 a.m. when he hit a deer head-on. This deer was also crossing the highway from the west. No damage amount was available for his Chevrolet truck. The deer in Mrs. Schlagenhauf's accident walked away, whereas the one in her husband's mishap wasn’t as lucky. YOU CAN imagine the surprised look on the faces of the employees at the Lake City Branch in the Village on Monday. April Fool’s Day. when a customer rode a horse up to the drive-up window and asked to cash a check. f Teller Margaret (Mrs. Mike) Tallon. who waited on the customer, said she couldn’t remember his name, but allowed that he “had a fine looking horse,” and that he wore a Rinkerbuilt jacket and had a daughter, about three years old. on the horse with him. Margaret had a little bonus to offer the customer — or the customer’s horse — in the form of doggie biscuit. VERNA WEAVER of New Paris, owner/operator of Aunt Verna’s, 613 South Huntington Street, is doing a bang-up business at her location. “The answer.” she claims, “is good, hot food and quick service.” Right you are. Aunt Verna. She has been asked to “take a look” at the restaurant in uptown Milford, operated by Jennie Heckaman until she recently closed it. Uptown Milford merchants hope to have the restaurant opened and thriving by June 1. when that town’s Sesquicentennial Celebration kicks off. —o— BUSINESS OWNERS at or near the corner of SR 13 and CR 1200 N, also known as the Bowser Road, are getting mighty anxious to have the promised stop light installed there by the Indiana State Highway Department. The busy corner has been the site of a number of accidents, a fatal car/motorcycle accident on Thursday afternoon late. August 8. 1985, that claimed the life of 21-year-old Christopher L. Beezley, son of Paul and Jill Beezley. Gil Combs, co-owner of the Phillips 66 Station on the southeast corner of that busy corner, for one, is mindful of the potential for accidents there. Just a week ago John Nemeth was forced into the ditch there by a truck that came off a side road. The Wawasee BowL nearby Cocineros. the Farm Bureau Insurance office and Gropp’s i Famous Fish of Stroh are just a few of the businesses in that area that have compounded the traffic situation there. LESTER LUNG, retired Goshen fireman and probation officer, was uptown Friday in a working man’s attire,, claiming he was doing some plumbing at his 128 North Shore Drive residence. He claims to be well known as a do-it-yourselfer. SYRACUSE TOWN Board President Jim Hughes, his wife “Jay”, son Jeff and his wife Gretchen, daughter Jennifer and her husband Gary Lewis, are planning some sort of outing June 7, 8 and 9 when they will go to St. Louis for a reunion of shipmates on the WW II mine sweeper USS Salute, AM 294. Jim, a Lt. (j.g ), was serving aboard the Salute when it was sunk at Brunnie Bay, Borneo, during an encounter with enemy forces. They expect some 50 to attend the reunion. Hughes entered the U.S. Navy in September 1943 and was separated from the service in June 1946. g NO ONE can be too sure of the weather condi- - tions this time of year. Last Monday — March 31 — temperatures stood at a record-breaking 80 degrees. Then on Wednesday Lewis Immel reported frost on the ground at his r 4 home. THE WORD is out that drivers are desperately need to drive pre-school youngsters of this community to the Bowen Center in Warsaw for the childhood program which began March 1. Anyone interested is asked to contact the Volunteer Services Department, Bowen Center, phone 269-7169 or the Mental Health Association, phone 269-2102. NEDRA ’ JONES, now a resident of 9410 Carlyle Drive, Indianapolis, writes, “Indianapolis is a great city, but not quite home to me yet. . . miss my Syracuse friends.” She keeps up on “the home town news” through The M-J and comments on the many changes taking place in the short time she has been gone. “So many changes taking place I’m not sure 1 will recognize it as the same town.” DUPONT RETIREE Bob Knudsen gets his daily constitutional by walking each morning

from his North Shore Drive home uptown to the Syracuse Case where he has coffee with friends, then walks back home again. Knudsen continues to be active, however, in that he is doing some speaking around the country relative to the space program. J —o—c TOM CONNER, president and chairman of the board of the American State Rank of Ligonier, is slated to move up the ladder with First Indiana Bancorp of Elkhart, if and when the merger of the Ligonier bank and the First Indiana Bancorp becomes a reality. The directors* meeting on the 21st of this month will act on that prospect, and if all goes as planned, Conner, who has been with the prosperous Ligonier bank for many years, will have jurisdiction over a four- or five-county area. Conner is well known in this area, with his wife, the former Sandy Moser, coming from Syracuse. She managed the Syracuse License Branch for a time. The Conners are vacationing in Florida at the present time and he could not be reached for comment. Gaylord West, affable vice president of the American State Bank for many years, would move up to the president’s chair. PARISHIONERS OF the St. Andrew's United Methodist Church of Syracuse will certainly miss pastor Phil Frew’s first person sermons, given approximately once a month. It’s an occasion when pastor Frew assumes the role of a well known biblical character, leaves the pulpit and walks among his flock to deliver what amounts to an impressive sermon. One loyal member of his faithful group is not hesitant in naming pastor Frew one of the very best — if not the absolute best — minister in the area. A real tribute! Rev. Frew will deliver his last sermon to his local charge on May 25. REV. LEWIS Hathaway, pastor of the East Chicago United Methodist Church? will succeed Rev. Frew in the pulpit of the St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church at Syracuse, delivering his first sermon here the second Sunday in June. This announcement was made by Pastor Frew during the Easter Sunday service. A' fuller account of the background of Rev. Hathaway and his wife Joan was not made, but we hope to have it by next week. The Frews are moving to Dunlap, following 10 years in the Syracuse community. —O — i IT’S POLITICS as usual in Turkey Creek Township with the May 6th primary election coming up and candidates making-their rounds in their bid for office. The "precinct people” of the township are planning another open house for Republican candidates for township, county and state office, to be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, at the Country House in the Village. Light refreshments will be served to anyone showing up to shake hands with the candidates. fl —o— IT’S NOT every day that a man has an opportunity to be the best man at his son’s wedding and that of his best friend at the same time. Insurance exec. Bob Troutman touched both of those bases Saturday when son Jim married Brenda Skrobot at the Highland, Ind., Presbyterian Church. Bob and Marge met a number of old friends at the wedding. < —o—“I VERY much admire American Cancer Society volunteers, especially the ones that will be going to their neighbor’s door during the National Cancer Control Month of April,” said Chris Schenkel, of Tippecanoe Lake and well-known ABC-TV sports announcer and commentator. “These volunteers, in a very direct way, serve their neighbors and their community by being a part of the American Cancer Society’s Residential Crusade. And you’ll know these volunteers by the American Cancer Society identification tag they will wear.” Volunteers will present to their neighbors an important leaflet which describes actions people can take that may reduce their risk of cancer. So, be looking for them and their life-saving message during April, and give a donation to them to help the American Cancer Society with the battle against cancer. SYRACUSE DESIGNER/builder Rich Stoller provided us with the following piece concerning adult conduct at local sporting events, which we felt appropriate for publication in this catch-all column: If The Shoe Fits Please don’t curse at that boy down there He is my Son, you see He’s only just a boy, you know He means the world to me. I did not raise my son, dear fan For you to call him names He may not be a super-star And these are high school games. So, please don’t knock those boys down there They do the best they can They’ve never tried to lose a game They’re boys, and you’re a man. , This game belongs to them, you see You’re really just a guest They do not need a fan that gripes They need the very best. If you have nothing nice to say Please leave the boys alone And if you’ve forgot your manners Why don’t you stay at home! So, please don’t curse those boys down there , Each one’s his parents’ son « And win or lose or tie, you see „ To us, they’re number one.