The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 26, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 June 1986 — Page 2

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., June 25,1986

Spurgeon is 1986 Commodore

An accomplished publisher and journalist has been added to the list of Wawasee Flotilla commodores. Wiley W. (Bill) Spurgeon, executive editor of the Muncie Star and a summer resident of Lake Wawasee since 1938, was recently named commodore of the 1966 Wawasee Flotilla. Spurgeon has long been familiar with the area, an interest that was sparked by a reporting job at the SyracuseWawasee Journal while in high school. A rewarding newspaper career followed. Spurgeon was a writer and editor with the Muncie Star, the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, The Idaho Statesman and the Wichita Eagle and Beacon from 1955-1966. He returned to Muncie in 1966 as vice president of Muncie Gear Works, Inc., a manufacturing firm that was founded by his grandfather and uncle in 1912. Spurgeon was with the firm until 1972. He got back into newspapers in 1971, owning and operating the Pulaski County Journal for two years. Spurgeon also owned and operated Public Relations Counselors, Inc., a public relations and advertising firm in Muncie, which he founded. He left in 1974. the same year he rejoined the Muncie Star as managing editor. Spurgeon became editor the same year and was promoted to executive editor in 1979, a position that oversees the

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Big Bang Boom fireworks

The Big Bang Boom fireworks, scheduled for 10:15 p.m. Saturday, July 5, in the center of Lake Wawasee, Indiana’s largest natural lake, will be the centerpiece of the Fourth of July weekend here. The fireworks are expected to draw hundreds of thousands of spectators from northern Indiana to a display visible for miles around. A number of Syracuse area merchants and manufacturers are sponsoring this unusual display of pyrotechnics. Three large 12’by 30’ pontoons, built by Sea Nymph, Inc. a major boat manufacturer, are to be reassembled in the center of Lake Wawasee where 800

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TREASURE HUNTING — Part of Monday evening’s festivities at the Mermaid Festival included a treasure hunt for coins that was being sponsored by Lake City Bank. Pictured is a few of the youngsters who were rooting through the sand in hopes of finding some shiny coins for them to keep. (Photo by Leslie Miller)

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THIS YEAR’S COMMODORE — Pictured is Wiley W. (Bill) Spurgeon, a longtime summer resident of Lake Wawasee and an accomplished publisher and journalist. He was recently named as the 1986 Wawasee Flotilla Commodore.

Star and the Muncie Evening Press. He graduated from Burris High School and furthered his education at Washington and Lee, Stanford and Indiana universities. Spurgeon studied history. Despite involvement with a demanding career, Spurgeon has devoted much of his spare time to civic affairs. He served six terms as president of the Muncie Civic Theatre Association; one term as

missiles will be fired electronically from two-inch and 12-inch mortars. Individual pieces will be fired high into the air, making them visible from many vantage points on the lake and around the area. The whole idea of “something spectacular” was the idea of Nick Litchin, a resident of Fort Wayne and Lake Wawasee, who has wide interests ranging from the seed corn business to real estate to an Ohio beer distributorship. He proposed the idea to several community leaders who liked the idea. They contacted the Big Bang Boom Displays of Dwyer, Indiana, and the idea was on its way. Total cost: about $16,000.

director of the Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce; trustee of the Academy for Community Leadership; member of the board of governors of the Center for Middleton Studies at Ball State University; and former president and chairman of the Delaware County Historical Society. Spurgeon also authored “Muncie and Delaware County: An Illustrated Retrospective,” which was published in 1984. He is cur-

Flotilla Parade This fireworks will not interfere with the usual Syracuse city fireworks at dusk on Friday, July 4, nor the Cromwell Fire Department fireworks at the fish hatchery site at dusk on Saturday, July 5. A major event will be the annual Flotilla Parade, at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 6, following a flyover by F;4 Phantom Fighter Bombers of the Air National Guard, 122nd Tactical Fighter Wing at Baer Field, Fort Wayne, led by Major David Brubaker. Awards and cash prizes will be given for best floats in the following divisions: Commercial, nonprofit organizations, residential,

rently working on a history of Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. In addition, Spurgeon will start on a history of the Syracuse and Wawasee communities this summer, which will be published in connection with the Syracuse sesquicentennial next year. Always a fan of culture, he also served as a board member of the Enchanted Hills Playhouse from 1973-1976 and again in 1981-1984. A longtime member of the Wawasee Property Owners Association, Spurgeon’s Wawasee home has been in his family since 1916. He is an honorary member of the Syracuse Fire Department. Spurgeon has club memberships at the Rotary, Columbia Club, Muncie Club, Delaware Country Club and the South Shore Golf and Country Club. Other memberships include the Presbyterian Church, various professional organizations like the American Newspaper Publishers Association, the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Society of Professional Journalists. He also belongs to the Mystery Writers of American as well as various historical and technical societies involved with genera! American and railroad history. Spurgeon has three sons: Whitney, who will be a senior at Syracuse University in New York; Thomas, who will be a senior at Northside High School in Muncie; and Daniel, who will be a junior at Burris High School in Muncie.

and youth, plus the best overall entry receiving the coveted Commodore’s Trophy plus SSOO. The annual Flotilla Road Race, scheduled for 9 a.m., July 5, is expected to draw well over 200 runners from miles around, to be followed by the 25 mile bicycle race at 11 a.m. from Wawasee High School. The Boat-In Worship at Oakwood Park will begin at 8:30 а. July 6 and the balloon ascension at 1 p.m. Sunday, July б, will signal the start of the Flotilla Parade.

Casto is Kiwanis speaker

Dick Casto, owner and operator of Milford Motors, SR 15, spoke to the Milford Kiwanis Club about the car selling business, how he got started, and how his business has grown over the years. Casto also related some interesting points about the business that most people don’t know. Casto started Milford Motors where the Miller Body Shop is located in 1970. After a few months he found that he wasn’t going to do well so he went to work in Fort Wayne for a large car dealer. This was going well when Seth McFarren asked him about going into business together. Forming a partnership with McFarren, the duo has accounted for a successful business. “We have 14 hill-time employees, our own body shop, and we plan on moving 1,000 cars this year,’’ Casto stated. — There were several questions asked, with all present going home i mdprsLanding a little more about a car dealership. Guest for the day was McFarren.

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Wes surfaces blamed for 3 accidents

Wet surfaces accounted for three accidents investigated by Syracuse Police last week, with one accounting for injuries to a driver. Reckey J. Rodricuz, 23, 1405 East Beaver Rd., Portland, Ore., complained of pain to the hip and upper leg after a two-car collision 4:54 p.m., Sunday, June 22, and was transferred to Goshen Hospital by a Syracuse Emergency Medical Service vehicle. Rodricuz was proceeding from the parking lot on the east side of SR 13, near the Palm Drive intersection, when he collided with Elvin A Binkley, 81, r 9, Columbia City. Claiming that his brakes went out after he drove through a mud puddle, Rodricuz’s vehicle collided with the 1977 Dodge Binkley was driving, causing up to SI,OOO in damages, while he caused up to $5,000 damage to the 1971 Chevrolet van he was driving. Binkley claimed Rodricuz looked like he didn’t attempt to stop. Rodricuz was cited for operating a vehicle with an expired license plate. Up to $2,500 damage was caused to the 1977 Gremlin Dawn M. Coy, 18, 500 N. Branch St., Syracuse, was driving when she, collided with a sign in front of Heyde Gas Station on Huntington Street, 30 feet south of Carroll Street. No injuries or arrests were reported for the 1:03 p.m. accident, Thursday, June 19. Coy was northbound on Huntington Street when she applied the brakes on the wet roadway, which threw the vehicle to the right, causing her to leave the road and hit the sign east of the station. Driver inattention combined with a wet Huntington Street to cause a two-vehicle collision at 11:52 a.m., Thursday, June 19. Violet J. Miller, 56, P. O. Box 426, Milford, was stopped on Huntington Street, where she was attempting a left turn onto Railroad Avenue, when a vehicle driven by David E. Warren, 18, 230 North St., Syracuse, collided with the rearend of the 1981 Buick she was driving. Warren claimed he didn’t see the Miller vehicle because of the rain, causing up to SI,OOO damage to the 1982 Kawasaki he was driving. The Miller vehicle suffered up to S2OO in damages. No injuries or arrests were reported by the Syracuse policeman investigating the incident License branch closed July 3-4 The Syracuse License Branch will be closed July 3 and 4 and will reopen Saturday, July 5, from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. A reminder that all plates are to be renewed by the end of June this year. The new expiration months are for next year. Also driver’s licenses can be renewed six months ahead. Check expiration date before leaving for vacation.

Thieves take $330 stereo

Robert Brewster Jr., 118 S. Lake St., suffered an $330 loss when thieves made away with a Sony stereo, cassette player, and speakers sometime between 10:30 p.m., Thursday, June 19, and 1 p.m., Friday, June 20. According to Syracuse Police, the culprits cut wires and unscrewed brackets on Brewster’s Mastercraft boat to get access to the equipment. Tom Brady of the Shipshape Health Club, SR 13, reported a loss of $l5O worth of sign lettering. Someone stole the letters between 1 p.m., Sunday, June 22, and 6:30 am., Monday, June 23, according to Syracuse Police.

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SPLASH — Awards and trophies will be given in 15 different classes in the 41st Annual Mermaid Festival Parade. The parade is called “One of Indiana’s Finest.” This young mermaid was just one of ai number of entries in last year’s parade.

From the police log —

Wedding rings are stolen

The following information was obta ned from the log of the Syracuse Police and Fire Departments: June 18 8:43 a.m. — Street department advised Seventh Street between Chic ago and Pittsburg is closed 9:4a p.m. — Syracuse Junior Higl advised a motor home will be at the junior high tomorrow night. 9:45 a.m. — Subject advised of a property damage accident on 13A in front of Lakeside Bait Shop 12 41 p.m. — Kosciusko County requested information reference vandalism in Enchanted Hills 7:23 p.m. — Party advised of a sigh: in the parking lot at Gropps June 19 12 05 a.m. — Subject advised of a passible prowler 6:15 a.m. — Report of an accident car/deer south of Crazy Corners 11:53 am. — Property damage accident, car/motorcycle in front of Vylactos I:<J3 p.m. — Property damage accident on South Huntington 6:01 p.m. — Lock out reported at Aiigsburger’s . June 20 11:03 a.m. — Subject requested information reference stolen wed ding rings 12:54 p.m. — Subject advised a theft from his boat 1:13 p.m. — Subject advised of a civil disturbance on North Harrison 1 25 p.m. — Subject requested the location of Bayshore Drive 9 :44 p.m. — Report of someone on the roof of the junior high building 111:04 p.m. — Complaint of loud noi « at Front and Benton Streets June 21 6:05 a m. — Complaint of boat tra lets parking in Railroad park 9:45 a.m. — Subject advised of a boat a float on Syracuse Lake 1:25 p.m. — Subject advised two kids are lost at Lakeside Pa ds, requested assistance 4:07 p.m. — Subject reported a stolen dealer plate June 22 2:32 a.m. — Party advised there are two car loads of intoxicated subjects in the parking lot at Century 21 10:30 a.m. — Subject requested information reference swimming beyond buoys 12:52 p.m. — Subject on station advised of narcotics growing wild

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2:01 p.m. — Subject advised of an overturned boat on Wawasee Lake 4:52 p.m. — Had a report of a property damage accident in front of Augburger’s 8:20 p.m. — Subject reported windows broken at Wawasee High School June 23 6:57 a m. — Subject reported Super-Valu food truck hit stop sign at Henry Street. 8:36 a m. — Report of a plane crash in water by Oakwood Hotel. 1:10 p.m. — Report of a disabled vehicle (boat) north of the railroad bridge on Syracuse Street. 4:56 p.m. — Subject reported a car on fire at Augsburger’s parking lot.

Seeking permit to fill wetlands

Warren Miller, of North Ft. Meyers, Fla., has submitted an application with Department of the Army Permit to place fill in a wetland area for bank protection and future construction on Catey’s Grove on Big Barbee Lake. The area was partially constructed without permission from the Department of the Army, which is a violation of the Code of Federal Regulations. In accordance with the terms of the resolution to the violation, a DA Permit application was accepted as an After-the-Fact Permit Request. A DA Permit cannot be issued if any legally required federal, state or local authorization or certification is denied. A DA permit, if otherwise warranted, will not be issued until a Water Quality Certification or waiver is on file at the Department of the Army. The applicant is responsible for obtaining the certification from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. The National Register of Historic Places has been contacted, along with the appropriate Federal and State Fish and Wildlife Services. No organization opposed the proposal. The decision whether to issue a permit will be based on an evaluation of the probable impact of the proposed activity on the public interest. That decision will reflect the national concern for both protection and utilization of important resources.

6:24 p.m. — Subject reported a theft at Shipshape Health Club.

Three named at Maple Leaf

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KIRK HENG

Maple Leaf Farms, the largest producer of quality duckling, is pleased to announce the promotion of Kirk Heng to director of marketing and new product development. Heng will be responsible for marketing and promotional activities as well as packaging design. Heng joined Maple Leaf Farms in 1984 as a Regional Sales Manager and was previously with the Carnation Company, Inc. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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SCOTTTUCKER

Maple Leaf Farms recently added Scott Tucker to its staff. He will be the food service sales manager. Tucker’s primary responsibility will be for the eastern areas of the United States, where he will be dealing with current customers and be working to develop new accounts. Tucker has a bachelor of science in business management from Purdue University. In addition, he has spent several summers working in a variety of different jobs within the company. Tucker is a resident of the Warsaw area.

TERRY ZYLKA

Maple Leaf Farms has also added Terry Zylka to its staff. He will be personnel supervisor of the Wisconsin Division. Zylka will be responsible for the personnel functions of the division which covers approximately 450 employees. He possess a wealth of personnel experience and management skills.