The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 47, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 November 1986 — Page 1

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United Way campaign exceeds goal for 1986

Michael J. Martin, 1986 campaign chairman for the United Way, recently announced that the $510,000 goal has been reached for this year. The 21 agencies requesting money for their 1987 budgets will be given an allocation from these funds, beginning in January. Praises Volunteers According to Martin, “We could not have done the job without the hundreds of volunteers throughout the county” The campaign began early in August with the selection of

Northeast towns reach 80.3% of $13,500g0al

The ongoing United Way drive for funds in the four communities in northeastern Kosciusko County has reached 80.3 percent of its goal. Northern . Communities Chairman Roger Kryder said early this week. Kryder admits to getting a late start on this year’s drive for funds. The goal was set at $13,500 for the communities of Milford. Leesburg, North Webster and Syracuse, Kryder said, and that $11,165 has been collected by Monday. The Syracuse-Turkey Creek Township area has a goal of $6,500. the same as it was a year ago Syracuse is the recipient of United Way funds, for its Lakeland Youth Center, Daycare Center, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, and in years past have been generous in contributing to the county-wide drive. Assisting Chairman Kryder in the drive are: For Milford, Lee Frauhiger ; for Leesburg, Stacey Haines; for North Webster Richard Long; and for Syracuse, Col. Joe Gray and James Evans. Kryder said a number of individuals or businesses may not have been contacted, or others may wish to contribute for a first time. If they contact him at the administrative office of Wawasee Community School Corporation — telephone 457-3188 — he will be glad to send them a pledge card. County Reaches Goal Kosciusko County, with its largest goal ever, went over it goal of $510,000 last week, according to Mike Martin, campaign chairman.

$2.98 tax rate at Webster

Numerous items were heard at the Wednesday, Nov. 12, North Webster Town Board meeting, including a report by Eve Payne, clerk-treasurer concerning the recent budget hearing. Mrs. Payne reported the town's budget has been accepted as advertised. The tax/rate which was advertised at $3.29 per SIOO assessed valuation, will actually be $2.98. J In other business, Jerry Craig, acting town marshal, was given a pay increase of $250 per month for at least 60 days effective November 12. Craig’s salary as deputy marshal is $13,650. Estimates on the 1982 police

Personal income in Indiana 1987 to log behind nation s: I.U.

Sluggish economic growth for Indiana in 1987, with increases in personal income continuing to lag behind the rest of the nation, is forecast by the Indiana University Business Outlook Panel. IU economists project real personal income in Indiana to grow by only 1.8 percent in 1987, somewhat slower than the 1986 growth rate of 2.5 percent. The state will gain about 40,000 jobs in 1987 — fewer than half the number it gained in 1986. The unemployment rate, however, should remain close to the national level of about 7 percent. Agriculture will be a drag on

Dalton Foundries, Explorer Van Company and Zimmer leading the way with successful campaigns. Martin stated, “The campaign cabinet targeted some areas to be developed and although major improvements were made, we are already looking at next year’s campaign.” Agencies benefitting from the campaign results include: American Red Cross, Anthony Wayne Area Council Boy Scouts of America, Baker Boys’ Club, Cardinal Center Inc., Council on Aging and Aged, Girls’ Club of Warsaw, Home Health Care,

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squad car will be turned over to the town’s insurance company. The squad car was damaged November 8 after striking a deer. Acting Marshal Craig was / given the approval to advertise for fill time dispatchers and to obtain new identification cards for dispatchers and officers. Dixie Pryor, park board president, announced there would be no park board meetings for the month of November and December. The next scheduled meeting will be January 28,1987, at 7 p.m., in the town hall. She also discussed the public dock will have to be installed and paid for before the federal govern-

the Indiana economy because of continuing overproduction and tough competition on world markets the panel said. Expect No Recession “Business expansion is continuing nationally, and Indiana is taking part in that. We’re not expecting a recession,” said economist Morton J. Marcus. “Without prospects for a rebound in farm and factory income the state will continue the relative decline it has experienced over the past few years.” The lag represents a continuing transition period for the Indiana economy, Marcus said.

“In effect, we are seeing the whole economic structure

Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)

Hospice, Well Child Clinic, Indiana Lakeland Girl Scout Council, Kosciusko Community YMCA, Kosciusko County Mobile Meals Inc., Kosciusko County Youth for Christ, Lakeland Community Services Inc., Lakeland Youth Center Inc., Mentone Youth League Inc., Packerton Community Association, Riverwood Ranch, The Salvation Army, Warsaw Community Services Day Care Center, Combined Senior Citizens Clubs (Milford, Pierceton, Turkey Creek and Warsaw), Kosciusko County Juvenile Justice Task Force and the Mental Health Association. Class of '56 has 30-year reunion Members of the Syracuse High School Class of 1956 met in the Goshen Holiday Inn on November 8 for their 30th class reunion. They gathered on Saturday afternoon to get acquainted and a banquet was served that evening. Following the banquet a film presentation was given showing pictures of the class from first grade on, class parties, class trips, and sporting events through their class years. There were 40 persons attending the reunion with 30 of those class members meeting on Sunday morning for breakfast. Class members attending were: Nancy (Baumgartner) Bartlett, Brandywine, Md.; Walter Brazel, Ligonier; Harry Brinkman, Greenwood; Lucille (Bushong) Groves, Middlebury; Col. James Connelly, Columbia, S.c.; Ruth Ann (Cory) Kelley, Milford; Marilyn (Cripe) Kruger, North Webster; Darlene (Dust) Mortimer, Fort Wayne; Dan Felts, Virginia Beach, Va. ; Judy (Franklin) Demaree, Fort Wayne; Fay (Gard) Iden, North Webster; Carol (Michael) Barnard, Lakeville; Mary (Miner) Manwaring, Mentone; Barbara (Montel) Rarick, New Paris; Jay Rigdon, Key West, Fla.; Charles Schlabach, Quincy, Mich.; Charles Zimmerman, Atlanta, Ga.; Jay Brouwer, Susan (Darr) Mock, Larry Mock, Darlene (Lung) Fetters, Paul Pollock, Tom Ryman and John Searfoss, all from Syracuse.

ment will reimburse the town for the cost. Mrs. Pryor currently has one bid, however the government desires up to three bids.

Accur-Cut Machine Company was granted a sewage rate reduction. The business requested a reduction in sewage rate at the October meeting, since the business operations were moved to a location outside the city limits and the building in town would be used for storage. The board agreed to reduce the rate back to the minimum charge as of January 1. Steve Beavers, who is putting up a new laundromat, requested (Continued on page 2)

transformed. It’s a very slow, costly, and at times painful process. But it’s taking place in a fundamentally healthy economy, which makes it less painful than if it were in the midst of a national recession.” Although tax reform will hurt heavy industry by eliminating tax credits for capital investment, Marcus said the new tax laws will help the state develop strength in industries where it has traditionally been weaker. “This will be a contributing factor toward a stronger future economy,” he said.’ For the nation, the IU panel is forecasting real growth in gross national product to be between 2.5 and 3.5 percent in 1987 — no

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1986

Lions, ladies hear China travelogue Milford Lions and their ladies got a first-hand glimpse of life in the People’s Republic of China at the New Paris Lamplite Restaurant Monday night. Dr. Jay Zehr, Milford small animal veterinarian, reported on a trip he and Mrs. Zehr took to China in October 1985, with a group sponsored by Goshen College. Dr. Lawrence Burkholder, former Goshen College president with close ties in China, headed the touring group. Not only did Lion Zehr outline the history of the ancient and honorable republic, with which the United States has had a long and friendly relationship, but his very excellent color slides took one to the streets of such cities as Bejing (Peking) and Shanghai. The touring group entered China byway of Japan at Bejing and left via Shanghai, following a tour of three weeks. His photos and comments took one into the Chinese homes to highlight the style of living of this country of a billion-plus people. And, of course, no talk about China is complete without photos and comments on the Great Wall, about two hours’ bus ride northwest of Bejing, its ancient history, and the Avenue of the Animals where huge stone animals of various types line the boulevard; nor, for that matter, the famous Ming Tombs, near the Avenue of the Animals and en route to the Great Wall. Entertain Wives The Lions entertained their wives, who were introduced. Other special guests included Steve and Marcy Haab, Don and Kim Buhrt, Allen and Cheryl Brunjes, and Stan Hollar and his daughter Tammy. Chamber asks for volunteers The Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce is still looking for persons to fill the position as executive director. Jim Evans, president, stated Nancy Myers served as executive director, but has stepped down from that position, thus leaving a vacancy. Evans commented the chamber is looking for four to six persons who would be willing to take turns doing light office work in the chamber office from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. These persons would answer the phone, take messages and handle various light office work. Evans remarked it would be helpful if the persons had knowledge of the town and area, but would not be necessary. Interested persons should contact Evans at 457-4202. Season tickets go on sale tomorrow Season tickets for Wawasee High School’s boys’ basketball games will go on sale tomorrow, Thursday, Nov. 20, through Friday, Nov. 21, at the high school athletic office. Tickets may be purchased between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., each day. Ticket prices for the Warriors’ 10-game schedule are sls for students and $22.50 for adults. Reserved season tickets cost sl7 for students and $24.50 for adults.

improvement over the disappointing performance of the economy in 1986, said economist Bruce L. Jaffee. This modest expansion will once again be led by consumer spending, the panel said. Consumption expenditures ar projected to grow at a 3.2 percent rate from the third quarter of 1986 through the end of 1987. Con; sumer disposable income, boosted by the effects of tax reform, is expected to grow at a slightly faster rate of about 3.4 percent. “The savings rate is at a very low level so that it will likely rise over me next year,” said panelist R. Jeffery Green. “That implies that the growth in consumption

~ ~ uA Ik t jhsf ■ ■uh < I WV i ■ I iy* I X t t- V ‘ ■ * s ■ t »iJE: .. JUST ONE MISHAP — This meat truck, which turned over on the At press time, no information was available on the driver or the r Milford-Syracuse Road yesterday, Tuesday, approximately 3:30 p.m., owner as police officers found themselves with a mountain of paperj is just one of many mishaps that happened due to the icy roads. The work following investigation of the many accidents. (Photo by Mark » meat was transferred over to a pickup truck. Huffman) 3

: Winter's first i 'real' snowfall

J | By LINDA MUSSELMAN 0 1 I Staff Writer r The first snow storm hit the Lakeland area on Tuesday, t The week started out with * severe fog on Monday mornJ ing. A fog driving advisory 5 was given but school was not delayed. The temperature was 33 degrees. By Tuesday morning, with the temperature at 31 degrees, a light rain had started. But by noon the weatherman’s prediction had finally come true —the snow had started. Within a short time, s scanners were going crazy with 1 traveler’s advisory warnings as roads became ice covered and i hazardous. Numerous fenderdr benders were reported and many cars and trucks were in ditches. i A majority of Syracuse was i without power for approximately an hour. Bob Westfall, manager e at the NIPSCO office in Syracuse, c said they could find no apparent 3 reason for the outage. In Milford, k. the electricity was off for just a 0 couple of brief seconds. At 2:56 s p.m., a phone outage was also e reported. s By late afternoon, the snow had stopped. Those of us going to our ■- cars after work found we had a about three-four inches of snow to

To name screening committee — 21 seek superintendent's post

jk I The Wawasee Community School Corporation, in search for a new school superintendent, will 1 name a screening committee » Monday, Nov. 24, the school 3 board’s next meeting. Last night’s meeting was cancelled ’ because of the snow. r Members of the committee, according to Bill Little, school 7 board president, probably will include Curtis Jordan and Bill

expenditures will be less than the growth in disposable income over the coming year. “Further, the recent very strong performance of auto sales and sales of other durables means consumers have relatively new durable goods and will be less interested in replacing them. Also the decline in interest rates seems about over, so financing is unlikely to be more attractive next year than this.” In contrast, investment spending will be the weakest performing sector of the economy during the coming year. Investment in plants and equipment will grow by only .6 percent, according to economist J. Fred Bateman. In the short term, he said business

clean off. Those who had not put snow brushes or scrapers in their cars yet were helped by others. Some thought the white stuff fun, as snowballs were thrown. Driving home was something one had to- learn all over again as the roads were extremely icy and one lane in some places. Funny, how at the first snow flake, here comes the snowmobiles. The temperature this morning, Wednesday, had dipped down to 13 degrees. The roads were still very icy and passing another car took skill to be sure you didn’t get over to far in the road and wind up in the ditch. SR 15 going north and south was reported to still be icy in spots. School buses in the Milford area were running late but checking the high school, the other buses in the Syracuse-North Webster area were on time. On Bowser Road, just east of Crazy Corners south of Wawasee High School, there were approximately nine vehicles and four buses that couldn’t make the hill. Now the best part — the weatherman said by this weekend the temperature would be back up to 50 degrees. The old saying goes . . . Indiana weather, stick about and wait a couple of minutes; it will change.

Troup, both newly elected to the board. Dave Carey, most likely, will serve as the board’s representative. 30 Applied Last Time Presently, 21 applications have been filed for the vacant superintendent’s office. Os the 21, two of the applicants come from within the Wawasee system. Incidentally, last time a superintendent was hired, 30 ap-

investment will be negatively affected by the new tax code. Other forecasts for the national economy include: ✓ Residential housing starts of 1.7 million units are anticipated, down approximately 10 percent from the expected 1986 level. ✓ New automobile sales, which have exceeded 10 million units in each of the last four years, are expected to reach only 9.5 million units in 1987. ✓ The employment rate is likely to fluctuate in the 6.5 to 7 percent range for 1987, showing no improvement over 1986. ✓ The federal budget deficit will decrease modestly to $l9O billion for fiscal year 1987. The trade situation will also improve,

. ixifr x % I'"w'ri Os ™ 1 . H®lai II g?' — * kWMS bi Bi o ti WygW 13mfra I B|ii Mr i B i — c STORM HITS AREA — The top photo shows the intersection of Huntington and Main Streets in Syracuse looking west. In the bottom photo is a view going east at the same intersection. The photos were taken during the power outage and with the stoplight not working traffic was ‘Wait it’s my turn. No it’s mine.” (Photos by Deb Patterson)

plicants applied for the position. Although not official, Little projects that the screening committee will follow the same procedure as when Dr. Kenneth Webster was hired. At that time, the committee narrowed its choices to six candidates, or less. Then, invited the nominees and their wives for a social gathering. A week later, a formal interview would be scheduled, and a

but still remain in substantial deficit. ✓ The inflation rate will rise only modestly in 1987, and interest rates will remain flat or rise slightly. The panel, moderated by IU School of Business Dean Jack R. Wentworth, will present its forecast in 14 Indiana cities in the next 10 days. Along with its first-day appearances in Columbus and Indianapolis, the panel will speak Thursday (Nov. 13) in Kokomo, Fort Wayne, and Elkhart; Friday (Nov. 14) in South Bend and Schererville; Nov. 18 in New Albany ami Evansville; Nov. 19 in Bloomington; Nov. 20 in Terre Haute and Lafayette; and Nov. 21

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superintendent named. Little expects the entire process to take very little time. After Monday’s meeting, the screening committee will be formed, and within a week, the candidates should be thinned out. Hopefully, by the end of the year, a new superintendent will be named. More information will be-made known after the school board meeting next week.

in Richmond and Anderson. The panelists are joined in most cities by a local economist who has prepared a forecast of economic conditions for that area. The state and national forecasts are prepared by a group of IU economists and business professors who specialize in analyzing changing economic conditions. Projections for the state are based in part on the Econometric Model of Indiana, which combines Indiana data with national forecasts. The complete forecast, including local projections, will appear in the year-end issue of the “Indiana Business Review,” published by the IU School of Business.