The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 17, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 April 1986 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., Aprifla. 1986

Editorials

Big Boulder Dash a real success —

In spite of the fact that we’ve been having some unseasonably cool weather (Tuesday’s freezing low was the lowest temperature since 1873, so said Steve Baskerville on the CBS Early Morning News), this didn’t deter runners from coming out Saturday morning for the Big Boulder Dash Sesquicentennial Race. According to Elaine Weiss,chairman of the affair, 45 runners turned out to do a short, one-mile run/walk, while 154 did the longer, 10K (6.2 mile) run. This latter run took participants through the Milford countryside and through its town streets while townspeople cheered them on. __ Running is still very popular. Witness the throngs that ran and watched the Boston Marathon, the granddaddy of them all, on Monday. The Big Boulder Dash was a part of Milford’s drum beat for the forthcoming sesquicentennial, to be held June 1-7. All sorts of other things are going on: car washes, bake sales, real old hoe-down music fests, and sales of a wide variety of items. But the Saturday Dash helped focus wider attention on the sesquicentennial. It brought in runners from three states (Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan) and 32 communities, said Elaine Weiss, adding, “Wow, that was some race! ”

Say thank you to a secretary

It’s National Secretaries’ Week and today is National Secretaries’ Day! It’s time for bosses and organizations all over the country to say “thank you” to the women and men who serve as secretaries. It’s not the easiest job in the world. While club secretaries are responsible for keeping a record of the happenings of their organization; the duties of a secretary who holds that position as away of making a living are many and varied. Webster says a secretary is “one entrusted with secrets. A person whose work is keeping records, taking care of correspondents and other writing tasks, etc. as for an individual in a business office. An officer in a company, club, etc. An official in charge of a department of the government.” A common and perhaps more appropriate term to describe most secretaries might be “Gal (or Guy) Friday.” Secretaries are called upon to do 101 odd tasks during the course of the work day. Besides taking dictation and typing, a secretary may also double in the role of receptionist. She may greet customers and salesmen, answer the telephone, make coffee for the office staff, looking up a telephone number to save the boss a minute or two, or a zip code for someone else, delivering a message, the list is endless. Yes, Mr. (Mrs.) Boss, you do pay her (him) a salary for doing what you tell her (him) to do. But, stop and think what if would be like around the office if she (he) weren’t there! How late would you have to work if your secretary didn’t da all those little extras? If you appreciate your secretary tell her (him) so this week — if you don’t do anything else, just remember to say “thanks. ”

U.S. & Libya

President Reagan’s imposition of economic sanctions on Libya is understandable, and the nation justified by recent events. But there’s no reason to believe the sanctions will be effective, especially since most of this country’s western allies have declined to join in. They are more of a sign of moral indignation and displeasure than anything else. They also carry with them the implied threat of further retaliation. On the other hand, the Reagan Administration erred in threatening Libya publicly in recent weeks. The threats were not backed by any action, only sanctions. Yet they were enough to produce sympathy for Libya throughout the Arab world, plus an announcement from Moscow that it stood behind Libya. Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy also cleverly exploited his role as leader of a threatened, small country. He was successful in a public relations effort, posing as a family man, and inviting President Reagan to meet with him for face-to-face talks. The result was an impression throughout the Arab world of a super power verbally threatening the use of military force against a minor Arab country. In foreign policy, if one is to use force, it’s best not announced in advance. If one isn’t prepared to do so, it’s best not to threaten. That allows a minor power like Libya to boast that it stood up to empty threats. The U.S. is especially vulnerable to Arab resentment because of its sponsorship, military and economic support of Israel. We should threaten only as a last resort, when the threat is to be backed up. All the implied threats to Marxist Nicaragua have produced only a stringer Nicaragua, where leaders know the President’s hands are tied by Congress. A superpower should walk softly (quietly) even if carrying a big stick — as another Republican president observed at the turn of the century. The happiest person in this community is probably the one who has helped the most people, in some way. * - Human nature is what encourages individuals to find an excuse for what they happen to desire.

What others say —

An egg is an egg is an egg...

When was the last time you really looked at a carton of eggs? Maybe this is a good time to peek inside that carton you just bought from the neighborhood grocery or from the farmer next door. Did you ever notice how eggs come in different sizes and shapes? There are perfectly oval eggs, short, fat eggs, and eggs that are slightly longer than their brothers. Some eggs are white, some are speckled, some are brown, and robin’s eggs are a beautiful shade of blue. While some people insist that the chicken eggs they buy must be either white or brown, that is really just a matter of personal preference... all eggs are the same on the inside. No matter what color an egg is on the outside, it will always have a yolk and egg white on the inside*. All eggs can be prepared in a variety of ways, without much difference in the way the dish tastes when it is served. Another thing about eggs that you may not have noticed is that, no matter what shape they are or what color they are, if they are left outside the refrigerator for very long they will all spoil. Once you break the shell on a rotten egg, there is no difference in the smell. A rotten egg is a rotten egg, no matter what it looks like on the outside. Funny, isn’t it, how eggs are just like people? -WAKARUSA TRIBUNE

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Eager runners doing their thing through Milford's streets Saturday morning as part of the Big Boulder Dash Sesquicentennial Race.

Court news

County Court The following persons have been assessed fines and have paid those fines in Kosciusko County Court, Judge Janies Jarrette presiding: Unsafe lane change — Charles W. Frederick, 21, Syracuse, SSO Disregarding stop sign — Randy A. Maggart, 17, North Webster, SSO Disregarding automatic signal — Paying SSO fines and costs were: Scott L. Badskey, 20, North Webster; Sue E. Johnson, 25, Milford Speeding — David R. Straub, 24, Syracuse, $65; Carol A. Westerman, 34, North Webster, SSO No operator’s license — Douglas S. Sweet, 16, Milford, SSO False registration — Cheryl E. VanNess, 23, Leesburg, SSO Unsafe vehicle — Eric T. Dietz, 19, Leesburg, SSO Illegal consumption — Scott A. Wegener, 17, Syracuse, SB6, 60 days KCJ suspended, 180 days probation; G. Scott Cleveland, 17, Milford, $36 costs, 60 days KCJ suspended, 180 days probation; Elmer W. Steele, Syracuse, SB6, 14 days KCJ suspended Illegal possession — G. Scott Cleveland, 17, Milford, SB6 Resisting law enforcement — Douglas Guy Cox, 20, Syracuse, $153 Superior Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner presiding: Complaint State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. versus Michael K Waggoner, r 3 box 74, Syracuse. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $51,894 plus interest, attorney’s fees and all costs of action, for damages resulting from an automobile accident, May 19, 1984. Complaint On Account > Collection Bureau of Warsaw versus Michael W. Brian, r 2 box 121, Meadow Court, Milford. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $818.66 phis interest, attorney’s fees and all costs of action, for a past due account assigned for collection. Complaint On Account Rockhill, Pinnick, Pequignot, Helm & Landis versus Tom Xanders and William Xanders, both of r 1 Syracuse. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendants for the sum of SSOO plus interest and all costs of action on a past due account. Circuit Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Judge Richard Sand presiding - Petition For Support Department of Social Service, Livingston County, Mich., versus Janies Alan Creger, r 3 box 253, Syracuse. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for support of minor child. Small Claims The following judgments have been awarded in Small Claims Division of Kosciusko County Court, Judge James Jarrette presiding: Lakeland Animal Clinic versus Tracy Stidams; defendant ordered to pay $76.96 plus costs. Butterfly, Inc. has received judgments against the following persons: Gail Forks, $137.45; David M. Kaiser, $375 Robert E. Snyder has received judgments against the following persons: Brandy Cooley, $337.49; Jerry R. and Becky S. Baldridge, $1,613.11 Roberta Edmundson Rose, M.D., Inc. versus Share A* Walker; defendant ordered to pay $275 plus costs. Federated Insurance Company versus Carl E. Coy, Sr.; defendant ordered to pay $1,266.90 plus costs. Virginia Cain has received judgments against the following persons: Elliott J. Enders, $386.40; Lori Vance Owens’ $500.45; Lavoyn Hygema, $517.17.

Compton Furniture Galleries has received judgments against the following persons: Sandra Blair, $300; Rod Barker, $49.19. Joe Mater & Associates versus Andy and Virginia Garza; defendants ordered to pay $605.66 plus costs. Mary E. Wright versus Jill E. Tully ; defendant ordered to pay $456.75 plus costs. Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Litchfield-Dundas Richard Daniel Litchfield, 31, P.O. Box 639 Cromwell, and Lisa Lorene Dundas, 25, box 442 Cromwell Hoover-Sweet Gerald R. Hoover, 45, P.O. Box 621 Milford, and Ruby Irene Sweet, 32,1043 Henry St., Milford Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: Wight — Gayle L. Wight, no address given, and William K. Wight, r 3 box 639, Syracuse. The couple was married Aug. 15,1964, and separated Feb. 9,1986. There are two minor children.

County book nears completion

The Kosciusko County Historical Society’s New History Book is rapidly nearing completion and is currently scheduled for delivery in early fall of 1986. Historians and genealogists from the county as well as many area residents have written over 130 articles about the towns, townships, churches, organizations and special features. Over 800 family histories and photos have been submitted for the volume. Special sections for memorials/tributes and business/industry will be included The book will be bound in a blue leather finish (to commemorate the 101 lakes in the county) with a silver medallion on the cover. Orders for the publication, tributes/memorials and business histories/advertising will be accepted no later than May 15. Has will be a limited edition and additional books are not scheduled to be printed. Order blanks are available at the Jail Museum, most area libraries or write Kosciusko County Historical Society, P.O. Box 1071, Warsaw, Ind. 46580. For memorial or business information call 267-5857 or 658-9243. India and birth control NEW DELHI, INDIA-The Indian government has urged state officials to improve family planning programs in an effort to check the “alarming” population growth in the world’s second most populous country. Most common The most common first name of US presidents is James.

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"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"

IT’S GRADUATION time again, and this means alumni banquet time, and it also means a time for nostalgia. At Syracuse this year’s alumni banquet is being planned for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, s May 24, at the old Syracuse High School gym. Special reservations are to be mailed to Mrs. R. C. (Susie) Tytler, r 4, Box 354, Syracuse, IN 46567 by May 14. Address changes are to be mailed to Jean Insley, membership secretory, 212 Dolan Drive, Syracuse. The mailing piece lists the following officers: Charles Haffner, president; Marsha 2 (Crow) Fisher, recording secretary; Willodean (Mock) Tytler, treasurer; Jean Insley, membership secretary; and Barbara (Thornburg) Griffith. The piece noted, also, that they will be selling off some old trophies, in order to make room for later trophies. Anyone interested is asked to contact any of the above members of the alumni association. Os particular interest at this year’s gathering is the class of 1936, which will be observing its 56th anniversary since graduation. An annual issued by that class includes the following class members: Ray Elbert Archer, Laura Celestra Bachman, Harley Leßoy Baker, Nellie Dean Baumgartner, Herschel Lowell Bitner, Chester William Brown, Martha Janice Brower, Edward Thomas Coy, Ralph Devon Coy, Charles Dewitt Disher, Virginia Mae Culler. Herman Elwood Doll, Margaret Lech Green, Mary Jane Green, Pauline Hibschman, Robert Glenwood Insley, Rowena Olive Insley. Christian Fleming Koher, Erba Madeline Kline, Dewey Verio Laughlin, Gearldean Leßoy Lung, Glendora Elaine McFarren, Ralph James Mick, Car ma Lee Parkhurst, Doris Eugenia Shock, Elizabeth Shock. Marjorie Eleanor Slabaugh, George William Smith, Robert Ross Smith, Mary Louise Stoeiting, James Cedric Stucky and, Bert G. Ward, Jr. The photo list also includes Natalie Hariett Wolf, but it was learned she graduated a year later. & Teaching staff in the annual include: Court Slabaugh, principal, and Lillian Hammon, William Gants, Leonard Barnhart, Blanche Mellinger, Clair Holley, Calvin E. Beck, Lucile Henwood, Alferd Mathiesen, Peter Blue and Lullea Winegard. Deceased among this list of students includes Ray E. Archer. Harley L. Baker, Edward T. Coy. Christian F. Koher, Gearldean L. Lung, George B. Smith and Bert G. Ward, Jr. KEN AND Em Curtis arrived home a week ago Thursday from a winter’s stay at their Naples, Fla., home. They reside on the south end of Lake Wawasee. MAX AND Betty Leanion plan to leave next week for their Wyoming home at Rock River, Wyoming following a short stay here with their son Jack and his wife Marlene, and granddaughter Angela Jean. The Leamons formerly resided on the Syracuse-Milford Road. Max has been employed as a shop carpenter for a number of years with the Carbon County Coal Co. at Hanna, Wyoming. He said the mine for which he worked has been shut down due to a termination of its coal contract with the Northern Indiana Public Service Company HOUSEHOLDS IN the southwest section of Syracuse heard a friendly rap on the door Saturday morning and residents were asked to respond to questions relative to the need for upgrading the town’s sewer system in that area. The survey, co-sponsored by the SyracuseWawasee Chamber of Commerce and the Syracuse Town Board, is pertinent to seeking $400,000 in state funds for the project. Total cost: $34 million. Federal funding, which has already been approved. will cover all the cost except $1,688 million. The surveyors hope the requested state funding and local taxes will cover the remainder. Local taxpayers would be required to cough up $688,066 under the plan. Os the 150 homes in the area, approval by the state would require a positive response from 116 households. “Favorable approval’’ was reported by the surveyors, with one, Robert Kocher, stating, “Everyone has been real nice about it.’’ Besides Kocher, the other surveyors were “Mac” McKinley, Gary Lewis, Robert Westfall, Milton Brice, Jack Matney, and Charles Haffner. SYRACUSE CLEAN-UP Day is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, with the Syracuse Town Board scheduled to issue a proclamation just prior to that date. Clean-up, fix-up days are usually successful and are jointly sponsored by the town and S-W Chamber of Commerce. KAY AND Carl Meditch have sold their home at 196 North Shore Drive and over the spring vacation purchased a new home at Arlington, Texas, where Cart has been employed as product design manager for Fuqua Homes, Inc., a nationally known mobile home manufacturer. Carl became athletic director at Wawasee High School in 1977 and remained until 1983 when he became associated with Commodore Homes * headquarter offices in Syracuse,Prior to coming to the Syracuse community, Meditch was basketball coach at Juanita College at Huntingdon, Pa. Their new home in Texas is located between Dallas and Fort Worth. Kay kept her job as

elementary teacher in the Syracuse school until they felt sure they were making the move to Texas permanent. They have a daughter Holly, in the fourth grade, and two other children: Lama. sophomore at the University of Kentucky at Lexington, and Jerry, assistant branch manager with the Indiana National Bank in Indianapolis. THE SYRACUSE-Wawasee Rotary Club is planning a big, big ladies’ night next Tuesday, ’ April 29, at 6 p.m. at the South Shore. A special program is being planned, which will include the singling out of a long-time member for a specidf award. 2 ~* — THIS LITTLE truism of Americana was handed to us with the remark that “you’ll find yourself somewhere in this’’: You know you are in a small town when: The runway of the airport is terraced. The polka is more popular than disco on Saturday night. Third Street is on the edge of town. Every sport is played on dirt "" The editor and publisher of the newspaper carries a camera at all times. You don’t use your turn signal because everyone knows which direction you are going. You are bom on June 13 and your family receives gifts from the local merchants because you are the first baby of the year. You speak to each dog you pass by name, and he wags at you by name. You dial a wrong number and talk for 15 minutes anyway. You are run off Main Street by a combine. You can’t walk for exercise because every car that passes offers you a ride. You get married and the local paper devotes a quarter page to the story. » You drive into the ditch five miles out of town and the word gets back before you do. The biggest business in town sells farm machinery. You write a check on the wrong bank and it covers for you. Pickup trucks on Main Street outnumber cars three to one. You miss a Sunday at church and receive getwell cards. Someone asks how you feel, then listens to what you have to say. ft > • r °~” « a ’ k LAKE CITY Bank Vice President Henry Smith and his wife Karen left Sunday for Florida and a two-week vacation trip that will take them on a cruise to the Bahamas. With them are Max and Mary Carole Jones of Pierceton. Smith is in charge of the bank’s Syracuse branch and Jones is a Lake City vice president also and is in charge of the bank’s Pierceton branch. BIG THINGS are happening at the State Bank of Syracuse, the new parking lot being the most visible. But on the second floor above Bales Butcher Shop a major renovation job is underway, for a “break room” and staff meeting room. The lower level break room is being converted to a bookkeeping department, and the loan department is being enlarged to include the area now occupied by bookkeeping. Renovation will soon be going on in the bank’s lobby as well, according to - Jeannie Gardiner. A FOUR-COLUMN headline in the April Mb issue of The M-J, “April 17 deadline for removing signs,’’ following a meeting of Village merchants and a representative of the Fort Wayne Division of the Indiana Highway Department, seemed fairly final and to the point. The highway department pinpointed approximately 26 signs that were in violation of the Indiana Code. As of Monday morning only nine of the signs have been removed. Those same Fort Wayne spokesmen said this week they “were proceeding” to have the remainder of the signs removed. EARLE AND Jo Waltz of Lake Wawasee have returned from three months in Florida and they’re all enthused about a new old activity — linedancing. It is very popular in the South and is working North. It is such a good opportunity for men and women without partners, to dance. The Waltzes met a vacationing couple from Peabody, Massachusetts, where they took lessons in Florida, and they reported that at home they belonged to a dance group where perhaps a dozen couples would get on the floor for ballroom dancing, but when the call came for line-dancing, two hundred people took to the floor. This is so great for singles, says Mrs. Waltz — either men or women, young or old, or that man or woman whose partner does not dance. Happily, says Jo, there is a group starting now near Ligonier conducted by Jack and Mary Gaerte, ballroom dance teachers, whose home includes a magnificent basement with hardwood floors, snack area, fireplace, and real hospitality. You are welcome even if you don’t dance, Jo comments. Most everyone is familiar with “Alley Cat”, a good beginning number followed by easy routines to “New York New York” and a dozen others. This group meets the last Saturday of every month and sometimes in-between to practice. DAVID C. CATES is the new attorney , associated with Stephen R. Snyder in the practice of law with the firm of Beckman. Lawson. Sandler, Snyder and Federhoff, in the Pickwick Place building, beginning his new duties April 1. Cates, an Indianapolis native, graduated from the Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis in December 1985. He is married to the former Cynthia Himes of Martinsville.