The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 49, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 December 1986 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., December 3,1986

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Editorial

The greatest gift we can give God’s greatest gift to the world was his Son, Jesus. But, what is the greatest gift we can give at Christmas time? What about the gift of sharing? That’s a gift that everyone can give; young and old, rich and poor. The young can help the old with those odd jobs that seem to crop up even more abundantly at this time of the year. The old can bake cookies or read a story to delight the young. The rich can share their blessings with the poor and the poor can share of their time by visiting with those who are lonely. Giving of ourselves doesn’t have to cost a penny. On the other hand, many are in need and many community members and organizations join together to insure a Merry Christmas for all. The North Webster community, for example, has a special fund for helping those in need. Clubs like the Lions, Kiwanis, Rotary and Jaycees in the Lakeland communities collect toys for tots, deliver fruit baskets and food baskets to make Christmas a happier time of the year for those who would have to do without if it were not for the help of others. We can all support these projects and add to the joy of others. 4 Therefore, we urge all of our readers to take a look around. What can you do to help someone else to have a Merry Christmas? All too often we get so wrapped up in the “spirit” of Christmas that we forget the meaning behind the celebration. We become selfish with both our time and our money. In the coming week try to do something for someone else, it’s the greatest gift you can give. Pearl Harbor Forty-fiveoyears ago December 7 — a Sunday — the radio broke the news that the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, and air fields in the civinity, had been suddenly bombed by Japanese aircraft. Though President Roosevelt knew such an attack was possible, though military commanders there had been warned, though an enlisted man on radar watch picked up the incoming raid, and though an intelligence colonel in Washington had concluded the attack was imminent and was desperately seeking to warn Pearl, the attack was highly successful. The battleship fleet was wrecked. Thousands were killed. Many aircraft were destroyed. But, by good luck, the few U.S. aircraft carriers in the Pacific were not in the harbor that morning. As it turned out, the carriers were the most vital ships in the resulting war, and they turned the tide in June of 1942, at Midway, six months later. Democracy? Americans were vastly relieved, rightly so, when the corrupt regime of Ferdinand Marcus was overthrown in the Philippines. The widow of a slain opposition leader, Corazoon Aquino, was hailed as the new leader who would bring democracy to that country. Is she doing so? She was recently in the United States seeking more money (what underdeveloped country isn’t?) but found less than she sought. She has not yet finally decided whether to ask Washington to remove its military bases in the Philippines — an odd note in view of what the U.S. has done for her people. Her friends have recently drawn up a new charter, or constitution. One of its features is to keep Aquino in power for another six years without an election! This sounds all too much like the usual Asian regime, though next summer she is supposed to relinquish some of her present dictatorial powers. If unable to deal effectively with the Communists and other opposition, can she afford to? The commission that she appointed awarded her the presidency of the country for six more years, and has substituted for a presidential election a referendum on the new constitution. That isn’t exactly the democratic process many Americans had in mind when Marcus was overthrown. Right stuff The drought in the Southeast this summer wiped out many farmers. It prompted farmers in Michigan, lowa, Indiana, Kansas, and other states to send help in the way of hay for cattle which had nothing to eat. Last month Michigan farmers were flooded out by almost a month of solid rain. Many saw their homes inundated and losses were estimated at about $250,000. That was about the same amount of loss suffered by farmers in South Carolina in the 1986 drought. And, though many had not recovered from the drought and thus were unable to do as much as they would like, nevertheless, some didn’t forget what Midwest farmers had done for them a few months ago. Tom and Brenda Trantham, farming near Greenville, organized a drive to raise money for farmers flooded out in Michigan. One farmer explained, “I wouldn’t be milking my cows now if it wasn’t for that hay from the Midwest this summer.” In Michigan Don and Sharon Speerstra, who had done so much for South Carolina farmers this past summer, were the logical ones to receive and distribute the aid; the Tranthams called them and the reverse support program got underway. It’s good to see that some remember, that even those suffering hard times want to help fellow Americans.

What others say — The best gift It’s that time of year again, Autumn. The leaves are changing colors, the crops have been harvested, and the time change has taken place, shorter daylight hours and longer nights. It is a time to sit down and relax a little. Do something that you have been putting off, read a book or go to a movie. This is the time of year that you get-together with family and friends. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Sunday afternoon gatherings for eating meals and visiting; that special time set aside for you. Perhaps just a bowl of popcorn and something cold to drink or hot chocolate and cinnamon toast on a cold night. Playing cards or watching television, you know, just being glad you’re alive and enjoying it That’s what this is all about. What if you are killed in an automobile accident? This is the worst time of year to be driving; rain, snow, darkness, drinking drivers, and long holidays. Who will take your place? Nobody, no one can take your place; you will always be missed. That’s why state, county and local police encourage you to make this time a year a sobering experience: don t drink and drive! Give your family and friends an early Christmas — YOU. Be there for the _ AVON-DANVILLE GAZETTE

Sharing is the greatest gift one can give.

Court news

County Court The following persons have paid fines and costs in Kosciusko County Court, Judge James Jarrette presiding: Expired plates — Paying SSO fines and costs were: Lawrence H. Knedle, 41, Syracuse; Jeffrey Taylor, 18, Leesburg; Trais Harris, 20, North Webster; Mark D. Mollane, 35, Syracuse Disregarding stop sign — Paying SSO fines and costs were: Robert L. Wright, 27. Syracuse; Michael C. Allen, 19. Syracuse: David L. Piper, 25, North Webster Speeding — Paying SOS fines and costs were: David E. Kern, 24. Syracuse; Jon A. Whiteman. Leesburg; Craig A. Cobburn, 18. Syracuse; Phillip G. Ousley, 20, Cromwell; Troy L. Reiff, 17, North Webster? Tamara K. Taylor, 19, Leesburg. Paying SSO fines and costs were. Bradford Jackson, 23, Syracuse; Anne M. Borns, 41, North Webster; Robert Wright, 27, Syracuse; Pete Melendez, 34, Syracuse; Jodie K. Freel, 22, Cromwell; Daryl L. Woodward. 39, North Webster; Marjorie L. Coy, 50, Milford; Lara M. Tracey, 16. Leesburg. Paying $45 fines and costs were: Brent D. Corl, 18, Milford; Scott Wiley, 25, Leesburg; Stephanie Jamiel, 16, Syracuse False registration — Ernest E. Strickland, 18, North Webster, SSO Unsafe start — Joseph E. Ott. 18, North Webster, SSO No registration — Tracey W Minnix, 23, Syracuse, SSO Improper bumper height — Jeffery Boyd. 21, Syracuse, SSO Failure to yield — Charles O'Neal, 16, Cromwell, SSO Circuit Court The following petitions have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court. Judge Richard Sand presiding: Verified Petition Eor Hardship License Tony Sutton versus Michael Miner, Kosciusko County Prosecutor; C. Alan Rovenstine, Kosciusko County Sheriff; and Commissioner of Motor Vehicle, State of Indiana. The plaintiff has. petitioned the court for issuance of a hardship license. Complaint On Notes Foreclosure Os Real Estate Peoples State Bank versus Peter Alden Miniear and Judy Carol Miniear, r 1 box 616 D, Leesburg, and the United States of America. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendants for the foreclosure and sale of real estate to satisfy judgment against promissory notes in the amount of $77,644 08 plus interest to date of judgment, attorney’s fees and all costs of action. Petition To Change Names Deborah J. Hetler has petitioned the court to change the name of her minor children, Marta Kay Smith, Matthew Loren Smith and Michel Roy Smith to Marta Kay Hetler, Matthew Loren Hetler and Michel Roy Hetler. Petition To Change Name Sherry Sue Polk has petitioned the court to change the name of her minor child, Joshua Miles Barrett, to Joshua Miles Polk. Complaint For Damages James L. Sabo and Helen Sabo versus Eli S. Kaufman, r 5 box 109A. Syracuse. The plaintiffs are seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of SIOO,OOO for damages and injuries received in an automobile accident Dec. 26,1984, in Elkhart County. Complaint On Note Peoples State Bank versus Daniel W. Salmon, r 7 box 36, Warsaw. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $17,157.74 plus interest, attorney’s fees and all costs of action, for a promissory note. Superior Court The following petitions have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner presiding: Complaint For Damages Rodger B. Phillips and Mary A. Phillips versus Deborah J Cervantes, r 5 Syracuse. The plaintiffs are seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $1 million for damages and in-

juries received in an automobile accident Nov. 17, 1984, in Kosciusko County. Complaint On Promissory Note State Bank of Syracuse versus James D. Tilbury and Mi Suk Tilbury, 824 Pixie Parkway, Cromwell. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendants for the sum of $954.90 plus interest, attorney's fees and all costs of action, on a promissory note. Complaint On Note Credithrift of America, Inc. versus Sherri E. Hite, r 2 box 211, Milford. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $1,281 plus interest, attorney 's fees and all costs of action. Small Claims The following judgments have been awarded in Small Claims Division, Kosciusko County Court. Judge James Jarrette presiding: Prairie View Rest Home versus George Cuyler; defendant ordered to pay $700.68 plus costs. Arlie Hartman versus Richard Holley; defendant ordered to pay $822 plus costs. Lite Breeze Mobile Home Park versus Brett and Robin Owens; defendants ordered to pay $359.18 plus costs. Alan Kado versus Mary Sapen; defendant ordered to pay $554.42 plus costs. Patrick C. M.D. versus Kent and Michelle Lindzy; defendants ordered to pay $209 plus costs. June Senff has received judgments against the following persons: Joe Poe, $319; Karry and Brenda < Dixon) Smith, $1,734; John and Londa Lewis, $908.39. Gayle Coy versus Charles Tucker; defendant ordered to pay $187.50 plus costs. Philip Caveda has received judgments against the following persons: Dick Hanshew. $122.95; Richard Doerscher, $l3O 95; Brenda Barker. $18; John Burnau, $53.18. Virginia Cain has received judgments against the following persons. Teresa E. Sahagun, $442.79; Clay Hummitch, $120.75; Rhonda L. Davis. $248.06; Harry R. Miller. $121.07. Vernon Company versus Verna Ellen Weaver ; defendant ordered to pay $679.28 plus costs. Roy Szysmanski versus Chris Nelson; defendant ordered to pay $798.75 plus costs. Tom Berry Music Company versus Virginia Chapa; defendant ordered to pay SIBO plus costs. Franklin Choate versus John Gilligan; defendant ordered to pay $135 plus costs. Joe Ousley.Jr versus Marcia Reffit; defendant ordered to pay $50.87 plus costs. Furniture Factory Outlet versus Joyce Swick; defendant ordered to pay s9l 60 plus costs. Meridian Mutual Insurance Company versus Michael E. Dobbins; defendant ordered to pay $650 plus costs. Suburban Acres Mobile Home Park versus Roger Long, $194.20 ; Rick Honeycutt and Donna Tackett, $542. American Accounts, Inc. versus William B. Garman and Lois Trump; defendants ordered to pay $1,162.29 plus costs. Dian Adkins versus Mario and Guadalupe Rodriguez; defendants ordered to pay $95 plus costs. (Continued on page 5)

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"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"

THE FIRST and only brochure for next year’s Syracuse sesquicentennial came off the presses last week and early copies can be found in the hands of those local firms who carried advertisements in it. A total of ten thousand copies were printed, according to sesqui chairman Bill Beemer, and while about half this number were given to advertisers for their disposal, the other half will go on sale for $2 each after the first of the year. It’s an attractive little brochure, with a twocolor logo on the front cover, and a song, “Syracuse (or Where the Fast Pace Ends)”, written by Naomi R. (Mrs. John) McFarland, on page I. An effort is being made to have a local group record the song. The brochure contains the history of numerous clubs, organizations and churches who have submitted items and photos. It has a host of old photos of street scenes, old buildings and houses, the old Main Street school, B & O Train Depot, churches, even the old Sandusky Portland Cement Co. plant on Medusa Street. A fold-out map of Turkey Creek Township is in the center, backed up with a line drawing of the Town of Syracuse. A lot of credit goes to two people for putting the handsome little piece together: First, Joe Gray, who did considerable leg work selling the ads and prodding local firms to get behind the project. Then there was Jack Elam, no native of Syracuse but one with an extraordinary interest in the town’s history. He did a lot of digging for information of the town’s past, and put it all together on his word processor. Besides the display advertisers, one page lists all those who gave SIOO or more toward the celebration. If anyone finds themselves left off this list, rest assured there will be plenty other opportunities to give toward the cause. BILL SPURGEON had grand plans of issuing a quality pictorial history of the SyracuseWawasee community, to be offered in the spring, with profits going to the Sesquicentennial Committee, but this has been called off. Bill wrote the sesqui committee that he and then-Chamber of Commerce president Bob Westfall had “tested the waters’’ and found financial support for such a first-class product didn’t exist. Spurgeon wrote the committee: “1 fully intend to continue to collect information, photographs and memorabilia suitable for such a book, and to prepare and write one some day. But the time is obviously not now.” Spurgeon, executive editor of The Muncie Star, has always had a keen interest in the history of this community and has lectured to a number of groups on the subject. —o— ALSO OF interest is the fact that ABC-TV sportscaster Chris Schenkel, a resident of Tippecanoe Lake, has generously consented to serve as master of ceremonies for the parade that is being planned for 2 p.m. Saturday, July 11. The week’s celebration will be from July 3 to 11. Schenkel, long known for his support and willingness to participate in most anything that pro* motes the Lakeland communities, was master of ceremonies at the big sesquice: ennial parade at Milfordlast July, giving the whole affair a professional touch. THE PICKWICK Theater hasn’t seen anything like it since the heyday of the Pickwick Block in the 1940 s and 50s. We’re talking about the showing of "Hoosiers', the top rated film about Indiana basketball that is all the rage, at least here in Hoosierdom. Dave and Linda Wright, who have owned the Pickwick Theater since October 3. 1983, claim the show has been breaking theater records. There are two shows each Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, and a 7 p. m. showing on week days. The showing began last Wednesday and will go at least three more weeks. Box office lines have been running “way up the street,” according to movie-goer Jack Elam. The little theater seats just over 400. and Wright says at least 5,000 will see the movie during its Syracuse showing. LAWRENCE AND Doris Thwaits are moving back to the Syracuse community after an absence of 13 years. They have purchased the home of Walter and Peg Eldridge at 78 E. Shore Drive and plan to move on Thursday of this week. They resided on the old Jones Dairy farm east of town for nine years before moving to New Paris, Larry’s original home community. The Eldridges are moving to a duplex at College Green in Goshen. Larry and Doris, both real estate brokers, have three children: Dr. Jim, a Syracuse chiropractor; Patty (Mrs. Philip) Overholt of Tiffin, O.; and Carol, a junior at Purdue. THE TWO-story brick building in uptown Syracuse (northeast corner of Main and Huntington Streets), that housed Charlie’s Ladies’ Apparel, has been sold by Charles Rock, Jr., to Tim and Susie Yeager, the deal closed on Friday. * Thev plan to open a photographic studio and perhaps' offer a line of cameras and ether photographic equipment. Both are teachers, but have a long interest in photography. They hope to be open for holiday shoppers. Also in the front of the building will be an interior decorating business, owned and run by Joan Paska. HERE’S A chance for everybody er anybody to help. Two new gas furnaces are being placed into the Syracuse Scout Cabin, one for each of the two rooms, and will leave the Scout Cabin board with S2,OW of indebtedness. According to board president Jean (Mrs. Leonard) Kline, a drive will be made to come up with this amount of money.

THERE EXISTS a genuine spirit of good will among the eight class 3A schools in the Northern Lakes Conference, as was manifested last week. On Tuesday of last week WHS principal Ned Speicher presented a large 4x20 scroll of good wishes to North Wood athletic director Dick Campbell, all wrapped up with a ribbon on it, as a present from Wawasee to North Wood. Campbell already had in his possession a good-luck letter from WHS athletic director Hal Traviolia. The big banner, the idea of cheerleader sponsor Janie Leach and the handiwork of the cheerleaders and the football team, was unfurled at the pep session at North Wood on Thursday night where nearly 1,000 attended. North Wood won its way to the Hoosier Dome with its 12-1 record, having lost only to Wawasee 8-0 in season play. In tourney play, North Wood defeated the Warriors 14-0. Teams in the conference other than North Wood and Wawasee include Warsaw, Goshen, Concord, Bremen, Plymouth and Rochester. (Note: See details of Hoosier Dome game against Indianapolis Cathedral in the sports section in this issue.) DURING AN election year there’s a lot of ballyhoo about how important each vote is in the process. Anita (Mrs. Frank) Miller, of North Kitson Lane, Syracuse, would agree with this. She cast a single ballot, as it were, in the Christmas Bucks program sponsored by ‘the PAPER’, the M-J’s sister publication, and walked off with the second prize of S3OO. “You can imagine my surprise,” Anita exuded. She said she never went in for things like this very much, but on Friday afternoon, the last day for her to enter the drawing, she dropped a ballot into the box at Augsburger’s Super-Valu Store at Syracuse. Besides having S3OO to spend locally, Anita has her photo in this week’s issue of the PAPER’. DR. HOWARD J. Hull, Wawasee’s interim superintendent, and his wife Lisa are home from an all-expense-paid five-day vacation trip to Hawaii, thanks to the work performance of Mrs. Hull at Starcraft Automotive in Goshen, where she is employed. About 50 Starcraft employees and spouses made the very enjoyable trip. Dr. Hull said the school board was very understanding about the whole thing, stating he would be foolish to pass up such an opportunity — or something like that. DR. HULL is only one of the 21 applicants who are seeking the permanent appointment as school superintendent. The others so far remaining unnamed will be considered by the new 11-member screening committee being headed up by former school business manager Marion (“Bud”) Lantz. The school board, including its newly elected members, Bill Troup of Milford and Curtis Jordan of North Webster, named the screening committee at its last Monday night meeting. The new board members have been brought into the whole gamut of decision-making, some of it in lengthy sessions, since their election November 4th. After January 1, 1987, the board will consist of Billy Little, David Carey, Carol Swartzendruber, hold-over members, and Troup and Jordan, newly elected members. CHRISTMAS LIGHTS went up in uptown Syracuse and in the Village Saturday morning, thanks to five ambitious men. Bob Kocher of Triax Cablevision, S-W Chamber of Commerce President Jim Evans, Bob Curtis, and two Triax Cablevision technicians, Garry Valentine and Mark Tevis, deserve credit for the work they did in seeing the job through. FORTY-TWO year old Larry Teghtmeyer is a man on the move. Not only does he own Ace Hardware outlets in his home town of North Webster and in Syracuse, but he recently purchased an Ace Hardware at 113 South Main Street. Goshen, which he will take over next Monday, Dec. 8. He made the purchase from Charlie Wilfong, and after some remodeling, it will be under the active management of Randy Yoder. Larry will begin his fourth four-year term as a member of the Kosciusko County Council on January 1, representing the first district, which includes Tippecanoe, Turkey Creek and Washington Townships. PASTOR AND Mrs. David M. Hudson of Morgantown, West Virginia, were in Syracuse visiting friends last Wednesday, and spending a holiday vacation with his parents, Charles and Margaret Hudson of Bremen. Rev. Hudson was pastor at the Syracuse United Pentecostal Church from 1978 to 1985, when he became pastor of the Riverside Apostolic Church in Morgantown, W. Va. His new charge has a membership of about one thousand, and has a regular Sunday worship attendance of from 400 to 500. Pastor Hudson, well known for his natty dress, states that West Virginia church denominations take a more active part in local politics where the issues that interest them are concerned. GOOD TO see Dick Ditmer around on Friday, albeit a little wan. Dick fainted recently at the Elkhart Ramada Inn and was hospitalized due to a heart irregularity. “No operation, thank goodness,” said Dick. It was thought at first he would need a heart pacemaker, but this was ruled out in favor of medication. ONE LOCAL realtor jibbed another with this. “1 see you don’t have a tie on. I guess you don’t have a closing today?” “Yes, I do,” came the reply, “but it’s in the country.’’