The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 7, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 April 1987 — Page 14

TflE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., April 1,1987

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It happened ... in Syracuse

19 YEARS AGO, MARCH 30,1977 Ralph W. Thornburg, president of the Thornburg Drug Company, Inc., a Syracuse-based retail drug chain, was elected president of the* Kosciusko Community Hospital board of directors at its Monday night meeting. Thornburg will replace Robert D. Maish who has been KCH president for the past two years. Maish was elected chairman of the hospital board for the coming year. The Syracuse Case, popular uptown Syracuse restaurant and gathering place, has been sold, according to Cherrie Caldwell,,

Once upon a cheeseburger

(By MARIETTA F. HENRY Extension Home Economist Before the cheeseburger, there was a hamburger. And before that — the Middle Ages. In the Baltic countries, a hearty but impatient populace simply shredded their meat, eating it raw. German merchants on trade expeditions felt the concept held merit and left it simmering on the back burner, so to speak, while they pondered. It was that simmering — or grilling in this case — that made a good idea great. The tartar steak of Estonia and Latvia, now cooked, became the hamburger of Hamburg, and was soon popular throughout Europe. The hamburger didn’t reach America until the 1800 s, but as America expanded to the West, the hamburger went along. In 1904, it was featured at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, introduced with hot dogs and ice cream. In 1920, White Castle opened its doors in Wichita, Kan., and quickly became the first hamburger chain. Competition flourished, And creative cooks outdid themselves in wooing a hamburger-hungry horde. : So many claim credit for adding the first slice of cheese that food historians avoid naming flames. But with that one perfect Stroke of gastronomic genius, the hamburger became the Cheeseburger and achieved an pven greater popularity. [Here are some tasty Cheeseburger tips: i Be adventuresome with coniments. Try some of the new ustards» mixed with honey, een peppercorns, or chopped lepano peppers. Or spread hamburger buns with horseradish sauce, sweet and sour sauce, tomato chutney or dairy sour cream. Surprise guests and serve hamburgers stuffed with shredded

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owner. The new. owner* who will fake over the establishment Friday, April 1, are William F. and Darlene J. Hane, residents of Enchanted Hills. They were former owners and operators of a pizza outlet at Millersburg. Members of the Syracuse Development Commission will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19, in the town hall to consider the application of Syracuse Rubber Products, Inc., for the proposed financing of the cost of construction and erection of an industrial building in Syracuse. An old barn, built by the late

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Economic Seminar series

The Lake City Bank, as part of its continuing Economic Seminar series, will host George L. White, president of the United Telephone Company of Indiana, Inc., and a panel of economists from Indiana University. Dr. John E. Peck, Dr. Wayne Bartholomew and Dr Douglas Agbetsiafa will addres a group of civic and business leaders at 7:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 7,1987, at the Warsaw Holiday Inn bringing them up-to-date on the local, regional and nationaleconomy. George L. White, president of United Telephone Company of Indiana, Inc. since 1975, is a lifelong resident of Kosciusko County, having graduated from Warsaw High School. He also attended Manchester College in North Manchester. Currently serving as president of Kosciusko' Leadership Academy, White is a member of the Warsaw Kiwanis and a past president of the Warsaw Chamber of Commerce. He will address the group on the local economy from United Telephone Company’s perspec tive. John Peck, Professor of Economics at Indiana University, South Bend, has received awards for research and teaching including a Lilly Endowment Faculty Open Fellowship and the Amoco Foundation Award for

John T. Vawter about 1870, is being torn down on r 3 Syracuse, about four miles southeast of Syracuse, and is being moved to Nappanee where it will be reerected at Amish Acres. , Mr. and Mrs. Earle Waltz of Lake Wawasee have returned to their home after a two-month vacation in Lake Worth, Fla. 20 YEARS AGO, MARCH 29,1967 Teresa Line, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clement Line, Syracuse, entertained the following friends at her birthday party last Thursday in her home from 1 to 3 in the afternoon: Marie and

that’s naturally lower in fat, or one of the newer reduced-fat cheeses now available in the dairy case; or serve cheeseburgers open faced. Cheeseburgers are delicious, nutritious, economical and easy to prepare. For ideas as to how to vary your cheeseburger recipe, contact the County Extension office for a copy of the American Dairy Association pamphlet on “Cheeseburger Choices. ’ ’ •w

Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Peck has published articles in the areas of state and local public finance and managerial economics. In addition to his teaching duties, Dr. Peck served as Chairman of the Division of Business and Economics. He received his Ph D. in economics from the University of Notre Dame. Wayne Bartholomew, Associate Professor of Economics, received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University. His areas bf specialization include micro and macro economic theory, economic forecasting, poverty and minority economics. Dr. Bartholomew is particularly interested in studying the local economy. Douglas Agbetsiafa, Associate Professor of Economics, received his Ph D. from the University of Notre Dame. He also holds a M.S. in Economics from the University of Ghana as well as a M.A. in Economics from the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Agbetsiafa’s research interests include international finance of development, monetary theory and policy and general economic theory. He has also conducted research on deregulation and the portfolios of the thrift institutions.

Mgry Kitson, Neva Snyder, Susan Shank, Judy Bachtel, Janet Conn and her sisterTLillian Line. Games were played and ice cream and cake were served. Marie Kitson won the door prize. Teresa received many gifts. The Wawasee high school advisory committee has announced .that a contest is underway to find a school hymn for the future Lakeland high school. Mr. and Mrs. William Pipp and son, Bill, entertained at Easter dinner, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Betes of Lake Wawasee and Mrs. Estella Swartz, Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Guy, Syracuse, spent Easter with Mr. and Mrs. Roger LeCount and family at Warsaw. Mrs. Winnie Krom of Kale Island had as her Easter day guests Mr. and Mrs. Roy Keishner of Bluffton, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wagner, Warsaw, and Mr. and Mrs. Norris Krom of Urbana.

The Pumpkin Vine

(By DAVE LAUGHLIN Guest Feature Writer If you happen to wandej through north central Indiana, you might come across the Pumpkin Vine. The name will deceive you, this is not an organic food store. In days of old, a railroad became necessary to the economic welfare of this part of Indiana, including the communities of Shipshewana, Middlebury, Goshen and other places near and far. The train transported people, goods, and rumors hither and yon. It went hither on Mondays, Wednesdays and odd Thursdays. All other days it went yon. Someone charged with unknown inspiration named this railroad the Pumpkin Vine. As far as I can tell, the reason for this name has been lost with the passage of time. Lots of things are. Also with the passage of time, the need for such transport waned, and the Pumpkin Vine lost its usefulness. The schedule grew less frequent, the rails began to loosen and rattle and tilt, and the stone ballast disappeared from around the decaying ties. Trees and bushes grew over the right-of-way. Progress had dispatched a roaring, smoking, whistleblowing relic to the discard pile. But wait. There arose persons with vision and money, who understood noise and soot and whistles could be fun. These were people no longer satisfied with trains that would fit under their Christmas trees. A little persistence, a little money.

Mr. and Mrs. James Isbell spent Sunday with their son, Paul, and family at South Bend. They had a belated anniversary and birthday dinner as March 14 was their 518 t wedding anniversary and March 15 was Mr. Isbell’s 85th birthday. 30 YEARS AGO, MARCH 28,1957 « Syracuse Town Plan Commission has completed a master plan for zoning and ordinances of the city of Syracuse. This plan will be read at a public meeting called by the commission for Monday 8 April, 7:30 p.m., at the Legion Hall. Announcement of the completion of the master plan by the commission was made by Dr. Fred O. Clark, plan commission head, this week and legal notice of the hearing appears in this issue of the Journal. Mrs. Emerson Oehligschlager and Mrs. Georgia Miller entertained Mrs. Charles Oehligschlager of LaSalle, II-

a little time, a little more money and voila — the Pumpkin Vine once more rumbled the rusty tracks hither and yon. On a chilly Saturday one October, my family and I joined a bunch of fellow trainees for the experience of a steam-driven ride on the old/new Pumpkin Vine. The trip covered the rails from Middlebury to Shipshewana nonstop. After an hour and a half of stop, it went back. The engine, which was not original PV rolling stock, but which came from the same good old days, had been freshly painted a shiny black. It belched steam and leaked water and growled happily. It also sat backwards on the tracks, aiming back toward the west instead of toward Shipshewana. I took this to be a minor oversight, but later found out the engine normally backed all the way to the destination, then moved to the other end of the train on a siding and pulled it back facing forward. Not much room to turn around, I supposed. The cars had been reclaimed from a day when railroads provided convenient transportation, rattling semi-comfort, and a fewtouches of grandeui*. The light globes overhead looked as if they had once added some class, as well as illumination. None of them worked any longer. The seats were shiny and worn, the floor was dirty and worn, and the walls were peeling and worn. The windows were either grimy or missing. It was charming. We all sat down, and after awhile it began to appear we

linois, Mrs. Jack Clark, Mrs. F. M. Clark, and Mrs. G. B. Wilson at a style show and luncheon Wednesday at Petro’s Restaurant in Warsaw. The show was presented by John Snell of Warsaw. Miss Sandy DeGroff was a week end visitor of her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Ramsey, of Columbia City. While enroute home Sunday evening they visited Mrs. Beulah Mawhorter, the girl’s grandmother, of R. R. 1, Cromwell. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shannon and children, Connie, Teresa and Grayling, were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shannon. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Good called in the afternoon. t James E. Hoover of Warsaw spent last week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hoover, and Stevie.

would be going somewhere soon. Several lusty bellows from the steam whistle rolled across the landscape and we were underway. The train gathered speed very slowly. “Gathered speed” is not just the right term. The Pumpkin Vine labored its way up to a sort of rolling stop and hung there. The wretched condition of the rails and roadbed forced the top speed down to that of a five-year-old called into the house for a nap. Occasionally spent steam would blow back through the missing windows and fill the car with fog. It smelled like the inside of a very old coffee pot. At road crossings, the whistle blew and scattered the livestock in all directions. A pickup truck showed up at each crossing to insure none of the locals or their wildlife were camping on the tracks. Given the level of the whistle and the speed of the train, a normally functioning person or his animal would have had to put forth a magnificent effort in order to get run over. An hour and a half of this effort got us to the village of Shipshewana (something less than 10 miles of travel >. The day had grown windy and raw, and most of the trainees jumped off the train to look for warmth or food or both. Evidently, Shipshewana had not been organized for a visiting of this size. The stores and shops in evidence quickly overloaded. From where 1 got off the train, I could have thrown a double cheeseburger all the way out the other end of town. We toured around for awhile, looking at the local sights. There were not as many as we ex pected, and we guessed some bf them had left town for the weekend. We finally joined a line for lunch. The food merchants did three months’ business during the 90 minutes the Pumpkin Vine was around. Eventually, we retrained and chugged back to Middlebury. I could not help wishing for soft seats, cozy warmth and peaceful quiet. Neither could I resist falling asleep. Since then, I have often thought back to the trip with satisfaction. I had not ridden on many trains since college, but it still seemed like a reasonable way to travel under the right circumstances. We had not been rushed, the schedule had been modestly accurate, and the seats were roomy. Os course, away would have to be found to stay busy during the two weeks it would take to get to New York. This week's guest feature writer, Dave Laughlin, is a Goshen resident.

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Mid-spring crappies active

MID-SPRING CRAPPIES

The weather has been warming, although cold periods have occurred. The ice has been gone for several weeks and the water temperature has warmed and has cooled slightly and warmed again. This is a typical spring pattern. The weather has not warmed to the point where all of the fish have become active. Crappies will become active and stay active even during these up and down periods. They will stay active from now until they spawn. This is why crappies will be the-best fish to fish for in the first several weeks of spring. The bass may become active and move toward shallow water but you can’t count on this. They need stable conditions to remain active for any length of time. Active, catchable crappies are more consistent and are still the best fish to go after. Channels will still hold active, catchable crappies. The types of channels that held ice-out fish will still have fish, but other channels will also start to have fish in them. U-shaped or flow through channels will hold fish as will deeper channels. Bays will start to warm up enough to hold active, catchabje fish. Reed beds and stumpy shoreline areas also hold fish and crappies can be found around creek mouths. You are still looking for warmer water and these areas will be better when located on the north or west side of the lake. A dark bottomed shallow bay on the northwest side of the lake can be an excellent area. If you were catching fish jn a channel at iceout and they have stopped biting, try a different type of channel or fish a bay area. Weather conditions still affect fishing, but not as much as at iceout. Crappies will be active on bright, sunny days, but they will also be active on warm, overcast days. These fish do not need the sun's rays to warm the water a few degrees because the water will already bq several degrees warmer than at ice-out. The crappies will move into the shallows on warm, overcast days. I have caught fish along the shore in water only a foot deep under these conditions. The fish will also move into very shallow channels in warm, overcast weather. 1 have caught my limit many times under these weather conditions in a small channel less than two feet deep. Ultralight spinning tackle will still work well for mid-spring crappie fishing, but light action spinning and spin-casting tackle will also work well. Line size is not as important and heavier line can be used, up to eight pound test. The tiny crappie jigs, used earlier, will still catch fish, but larger jigs can be used.. Maribou crappie jigs up to 1/8 ounce will work and the rubber bodied twister tail type jigs will start to be productive. The advantage of the larger size jigs is the increased hooking ability they offer. The crappies will be more active and will often tear the small hook on the l/64th oz. jig out of their mouths. Using the larger jig will also often increase the size of the fish you will catch. The larger crappies will take the larger jig quicker than smaller crappies. I was fishing a channel one time and the crappies were very active. I had caught several but

'they were all small. I switched to a 1/8 oz. crappie jig and started to catch larger crappies. When the fish are very active, the small spinner jig combinations, like the beetle spin and road runner, will start to catch fish. I will still use a bobber above a jig to control the depth. On the spinner jig lures no bobber is used. You control the depth by casting the lure out, allowing it to , sink while you count and then starting your retrieve. The color of the jig you select will depend on the weather conditions. On cloudy, overcast days dark jigs or bright fluorescent colored jigs will work best. I was fishing a channel on a dark, overcast day and was using a fluorescent red jig. I lost the jig and tried several others but did not catch any more fish until I got another fluorescent red jig. Sometimes when you catch several fish on one color and the fish stop biting, you can catch a few more by- switching too another jig color. At other times color seems to make no difference at all. On bright, sunny days lighter colored jigs work better. Use weather conditions as a guide to what color jig to fish with.

By CHARLESSHANK

Crappies can be caught all during the spring as long as you adapt to the changing weather conditions. As the weather gets warmer the location of the crappies will change and the best time to fish will also change. Your lure selection can change and the color of jig you use can change. To continue to catch crappies, you need to take these changes into account and adjust your fishing methods lyCharles Shank Is a freelance writer who Ilves in Claypool. Share the fun April 23(By RONALD W. HOYT Extension Agent. 4-H & Youth The 1987 Kosciusko County 4-H Share the Fun Festival is scheduled to take place on Thursday. April 23, at 7 p.m., in the Warsaw Community High School auditorium. Share the Fun is a 4-H talent contest in which 4-H members have the opportunity to share their talents with other 4-H members, parents and leaders, and have fun with other club members while performing. Share the Fun also builds character qualities in our young people. 4-Hers learn decision making, organization, cooperation and leadership through participation in the 4-H Share the Fun activity . 4-H clubs are encouraged to participate in this year’s Share the Fun contest. Four winning acts in the Kosciusko County contest will advance to the Area contest on April 29, also to be held at Warsaw. The public is invited to join us for an evening of entertainment '»«d fun on Thursday. April 23, at Community High School auditorium for the 1987 4-H Share the Fun Festival. 4-H CALENDAR April 6 — Beaver Dam Better 4-H club meeting, 7:30 p.m., Beaver Dam Church 6 — 4-H Lamb club meeting, 7 p.m . Justice Building 7 — Extension board meeting. 7:30 p.m.. Justice Building lounge 7 — 4-H Horse and Pqpy meeting, 7 p.m., fairgrounds Advice for April 15 It’s better to give than to receive — it's deductible. — Gazette. Emporia, Kans