The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 30, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 September 1987 — Page 14
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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., September 9,1987
*■» inr. ivizAiL-juLriA.tL — neo., September 9,1987 Mollie Grieser on stage, at home, in the USSR
(By CARLA GAFF Staff Writer The stage lights dim as the tiny actress takes her position. She lifts her head ever so slightly and a beautifullysweet, innocent voice erupts from her gentle frame. The child actress is 13-year-old Mollie Grieser of Warsaw. She made her debut on stage at the age of eight in the “Music Man” at the Wagon Wheel Playhouse. “I always knew I was going to be an actress," explained Mollie, “from the time I was three years old I told my mother that I would be. But she really didn’t believe me.” Mollie is in the eighth grade at Warsaw Middle School and has a brother, Matthew, and a sister, She's concerned about her “’grades, looks forward to being in the school choir and is a bit disappointed that she won’t be on the cheerleading squad this year. In every way she could be the girl next door, charming, polite, childishly grown up and typically 13. But Mollie doesn't plan her future quite the same as her peers. When she makes a decision she doesn’t sit back and wish and dream it would come true, (possibly changing her mind when it doesn’t) but steps out and takes control. She said her mother read in the paper that they would be having auditions at the playhouse for “Music Man” and she told me that I was old enough now, so if I still wanted to be an actress I could go try out. A week later I found out I got the part. For Mollie it all seems natural, as she reported, "We didn’t even
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know I could sing till I was eight years old and was getting ready to audition. I asked the school music teacher to help me with a song and he stated, ‘you’ve got a beautiful voieg kid.’ ” Mollie commented that she enjoys acting just for the fun Os it. though she’s had a few dtama lessons at the Goshen College and has more recently been involved in voice lessons. She doesn't consider herself musically inclined but does enjoy playing the flute. Mollie has been in eight theater plays at Enchanted Hills and Wagon Wheel playhouses. She’s sang solos in three different musicals, and has had everything from leading star parts to the minimal ones of just being a person in the crowd. However, recently she’s had the honor of a lifetime bestowed on her as she was selected to be in “Peace Child” and will be privileged to tour Russia. She was selected after auditions took place in more than 80 cities throughout the United States. “We just read that they were having auditions in South Bend and decided to go,” Mollie said, “but we really didn’t know what it was all about until we got up there." Going on, she stated, “The auditions were really different. We were all taken to a large room and one at a time were asked to sing, dance and play a part. I guess they just wanted to see how well and if we could do all three.” She reported that she didn’t find out for sure she was selected until one month after the audition and that 60 children throughout the nation were chosen to participate. “We’ll all go to camp for two weeks to work on the play,” said Mollie. “While we’re there we’ll all be assigned our parts and
taught them in Russian, and some will probably be taught to dance if they need to. ” After attending camp, 20 young actors and actresses will fly to Russia for three weeks of performing, and when they return 20 more will leave and tour another part of the country, and 20 more after that. All children in the play have been selected by the National Peace Child Foundation. “Peace Child” is a play about the war and the role children can play in stopping it. It goes into detail about how future generations can stop the fighting. It primarily has American children in it speaking Russian and will be performed in all parts of Russia. Mollie noted, however, there is one hitch concerning her Russian tour, that being that she must raise community funds for the trip. In this, she is not allowed to have her parents or friends fund the trip, though various community organizations and service groups may. “I have to have SSOO by October and $2,000 more by next June,” commented Mollie. “We’re already selected to be in the play and our exact casting isn’t determined on whether or not we can raise the funds because they just
From the Syracuse Police log —
Mopeds at the city park
The following information was obtained from the log of the Syracuse Police and Fire Departments : SEPTEMBER 1 7:16 a m. — Elkhart County requests Syracuse police send a unit as a back up for their officer at Commodore 7:26 a.m. — Person on station to report a semi trailer in the roadway by Dana Corporation 10:24 a.m. — Caller reported he had a cottage to be burned 4:4R m. — A business reporUu there was an abandoned vehicle on Brooklyn Street 7:13 p.m. — Caller requested information on a hand gun course 9:13 p.m. — Report received of possible domestic trouble on Boston Street 10:02 p.m. — Caller reports hearing yelling concerning the 9:13 p.m. call on domestic trouble and a fight SEPTEMBER 2 10:33 a.m. — Person called concerning a vehicle at Kale Island Bait 2:37 p.m. — Woman reported there may be a possible problem with her ex-husband who may try to get their child 4:50 p.m. — A person came to the station for a police officer, concerning harassment 4:56 p.m. — Woman came to the police station for an officer as a person is following her again 5:48 p.m. — Caller reported he will be doing some controlled burning 5:59 p.m.Caller requests an officer at a location on East Chicago Street as there was a theft SEPTEMBERS 5:48 a.m. — Caller reports there is a deer laying in the road on North Huntington Street 8:48 a m. — Caller requested information on renting the fire department’s hog roaster 2:39 p.m. — Caller requested information on a gun 3:25 p.m. — Person came to the dispatcher’s office to report a hitskip accident 4:50 p.m. — Officer is requested at a business. There was a theft 10:07 p.m. — Subject at the dispatcher’s office wanting to see an officer as a person tried to enter a building SEPTEMBER 4 12:36 p.m. — Man called and reported someone had hit his car 3:05 p.m. — Caller requests information on a bomb threat 5:53 p.m. — Request received to deliver a message to someone who is at the town hall 6:08 p.m. — Officer is requested on Pearl Street for a hit-
assume that we’ll be able to.” Continuing, Mollie stated that she knows she’ll be busy this fall and the next nine months getting ready to go to Russia, but she also plans to take dance lessons and audition for a play this winter. Mollie has a definite commitment to herself to go to college and hopes to attend Northwestern nr Notre Dame She would like to major in drama and is contemplating archaeology as a back up. “My mom tells me I’d be going from being in the limelight to digging for limestone,” said Mollie, “but that’s just what I want to do.” She admitted though, she’s really planning to continue as an actress and stated, “I just think it’s so neat to get up there and pretend to be someone that you’re not, and never could be when you’re yourself .” Mollie Grieser seems comfortable being herself no matter what that self happens to be doing at the time. She looks relaxed on stage and in her home. She appears to be no more nervous about taking a trip to Russia than what she is about auditioning for an upcoming play. She simply takes control of her life and moves on.
skip accident 8:42 p.m. — Person came to the dispatcher’s office and reported there is a suspicious vehicle at a business SEPTEMBER 5 12:23 a.m. — Call received in regards to a prowler' 1:58 p.m. — Caller reports there are mopeds running all over the city park 3:19 p.m. — Report received of the railroad crossing arms at East Shore Drive and Pickwick Road have been down since 9 a.m. 5:33 p.m. — Property damage accident reported at the Dairy Queen and the stoplight 5:58 p.m. — Request received to have an officer go to a location on Huntington Street as a fight may be starting 7:24 p.m. — Person came to the dispatcher’s office to report there is a fight on North Huntington Street 7:57 p.m. — Officer is requested on East Chicago Street about a theft of 4-26 11:35 p.m. — Man called and reported someone was in his home SEPTEMBER 6 10:44 a.m. — Elkhart County requested Syracuse be on the look out for a car with two small kids in the car. Description was given 3:04 p.m. — Officer is requested at a location on South Lake Street 8:06 p.m. — Caller requests to know if there have been any boating accidents reported 8:49 p.m. — Report received of kids messing around the cemetery at CR 1100 N and Old 13A 9:33 p.m. — Kosciusko County requested Syracuse stand by for possible boat accident at the bridge on Old 13A. Officer reported there is an accident but no one is around 11:54 p.m. — Person came to the dispatcher’s office for an officer to file charges against another person SEPTEMBER 7 .1:12 a.m. — Man called and reported there is a prowler around his home 2 p.m. — A person came to the dispatcher’s office to report a grate fell into a man hole 2:57 p.m. — Call received about an insurance salesman on High Street 5:59 p.m. — Person came to the dispatcher’s office with information on the circus performers coming into town 5:59 p.m. — Person came to the dispatcher’s office requesting water for the circus animals SEPTEMBERS 10:30 a.m. — Officer reports a wrecker is needed. A woman ran off the road into a ditch and needs a pull 3:43 p.m. — Parent called and reported a subject is harassing
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his daughter and the subject is in 4:43 p.m. — Caller reported a town problem with kids at Dewart 3:54 p.m. — Report received of Lake a possible gun shot and a yelping dog in the area of North Boston 7:14 p.m. — Report received of Street a small motorcycle racing up and 4:27 p.m. — Stray kitten down by the railroad tracks, reported in the Woodland Acres along Medusa Street, and is very area loud
It's our business — Those interest rates
What’s happening to interest rates? What rate can you get for short-term savings or long-term corporate bonds? What do you have to pay for borrowing money? These simple questions are harder to answer than they used to be There is a wide range of rates paid for a wide variety of savings plans (plus the toaster, dinnerware or other gifts that are yours for opening the account!). Interest rates are also being used as an advertising and promotion gimmick. Currently, there are all sorts of interest rate deals on car purchases. Additionally, some advertising for appliances or furniture points out we need make no payments or pay any interest until some future date. Just what the price of money is for either a borrower or a saver has become more of a bargaining variable. Most interest rates in mid-1987 were somewhat higher than the rates in late 1986 or early 1987. However, mid-197 interest rates were still very near year-ago levels. It now seems likely that interest rates for all of 1987 will average out about the same as for 1986. Generally, interest rates have declined substantially since their peak levels of 1981 Short-term rates in mid-1987 were nearly eight percent off their 1981 peaks; good corporate bonds and home mortgages were five percent lower than their peak levels. In studying interest rates, it is useful to consider not only the current listed interest rate, but also the so-called “real” rate of interest. Interest rates are really the rental fee for the use of a product called dollars. This dollar product, however, may vary widely in value over time. In times of stable or falling prices, the dollar value (buying power) is stable or rising. In times of rising prices (inflation), dollar value (buying power) declines. To adjust for these dollar changes, the rate of price level change is subtracted from the current interest rate percentage. This residual is the real rate of interest. Twenty years ago in the middle 19605, we had experienced a long period of relatively little inflation with prices rising only one to three percent yearly. During
these years, the real interest rate for short-term money was about two percent; for long-term corporate bonds, 2.5 percent ; and for home mortgages, about 3.7 percent. Then came the inflationary years of the 19705. Market rates of interest generally did not increase as fast as prices. As a consequence, real rates of interest during the latter years of the 1970 s were actually negative. This situation meant that savers were actually paying someone to borrow their money, this bizarre situation could not exist long — and it didn’t! Interest rates, in response to continued inflation, rose sharply in the early 1980 s. Real rates of interest for short-term money were about five percent; for corporate bonds, about seven to eight percent ; and for home mortgages, around nine percent. Real money costs were more than twice the 1960 levels! •The rate of price inflation has been reduced to about three to four percent. Though interest rates have fallen, rates in inflation-adjusted real terms, are still substantially above the 1960 levels. This situation is one of the hang-over costs of our inflationary binge of the 19705. Money savers and lenders still remember the times in which continued increases in prices exceeded the market rates of interest. With the continued deficit situation of the federal budget, the fear of a return to high inflation remains. Such fear apparently is still reflected in higher-than-historically-usual, real interest rates. More time will have to pass before it is accepted that the inflationary fires are truly under control. Definition Charm: Away of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear questions. Arms sales to Saudis The Reagan administration, arguing that Saudi Arabia’s ability to defend Persian Gulf oil supplies must be strengthened because of the Iran-Iraq war, is planning a $1 billion arms sale to the Saudis including 1,600 Maverick anti-tank missiles whose sale was withdrawn in June because of congressional opposition.
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It happened . . . - in Syracuse
10 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 7,1977 Charlotte Hayden couldn’t believe her eyes as she looked out the window of the situation room at Wawasee Airport at about 11 a.m. Tuesday. What she saw coming in for a soft landing was an old aircraft, for sure, something she had only seen in photographs. The experienced pilot that she is, one would think Charlotte, if anybody, would have seen a 1926 Swallow biplane before, but she hadn’t. Larry Baumgardt, president of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce, announces there will be a new meeting schedule of the organization. The Chamber of Commerce will now meet on a quarterly basis in the months of September, December, March and June on the first Wednesday of each month. It has also been announced that Congressman Floyd Fithian will speak at one of the winter meetings. A representative of the State Chamber of Commerce will also present a program at the other winter meeting. Following the announcement that Kentucky Fried Chicken will have an outlet in Syracuse in the near future, came word that another quick food establishment is looking for a tract somewhere south of town. This is usually the case: one begets another. Watch for several new additions at The Barnyard in the Village — tentatively planned will be a special line of women’s clothing and an alteration shop for women’s clothing, and handmade children’s clothing. John Sudlow and Walt Calnon, standing on the corner of Main and Huntington watching the ebb and flo of traffic, had their own comments on they handle traffic elsewhere where they’ve visited. Calnon citing traffic patterns in Colorado and Sudlow that of St. Jons, Newfoundland, in both places the pedestrian comes first, to hear them tell it. The lakes were busy this past week end as the end of summer approaches and many have to go back to work and school. Also busy were summer residents getting ready to move back to the big cities for the winter months. Several who have started moving the past week are: Jerome E. Holman, Jr., of Carmel; Mrs. Bill Brammer of Muncie; George H. Cook of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; and Rev. Thomas Douglas of Indianapolis. 20 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 6,1967 Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Neff, r 1 Syracuse, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on September 1. They were honored Sunday with an open house in the social rooms of the Bethany Church of the Brethren, south of New Paris on US 6. Mr. Neff and the former Amanda Deter were married in the home of her parents, southeast of Milford. Hosts for the open house were their children, Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Neff, r 1 Syracuse, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenton (Mary Jane) Blosser, Goshen. The Neffs have eight grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Mr. Neff served for 58 years in the Brethren ministry. Mrs. Charles Herbison, Syracuse, went to Chicago last Wednesday for a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. David Stump and family of Selma were Labor Day afternoon callers of Mrs. Ella Unrue of Syracuse. Uneeda Ormsby Prince Ida 5012774, a six-year-old registered Holstein cow, owned by Oliver Hibschman and Son of Syracuse, has produced a note-worthy record of 20,200 pounds of mile and 825 pounds of butterfat in 315 days. Mr. and Mrs. Hilary Bachman, Syracuse, had as their Labor Day week end guests, Capt. and Mrs. James McGowan and two children of Glen View, 111., Miss Jane Bachman of Chicago and Miss Susan Bachman of New Albany. Recent dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Moschel of Syracuse, were Mr. and Mrs. Vern Fisher of Ligonier. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Yeager and family, Syracuse, have returned from a vacation trip to Illinois and Hannibal, Mo. Mrs. Grace Harvey of Syracuse ■ just returned from a week end trip on the Kentucky dog show circuit with her Saint Bernard dogs. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Poyser of Trenton, N.J., have returned to their home after visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Poyser of Syracuse and other relatives in the community. 30 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 12,1957 Richard Kowallik, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kowallik, was
awarded scouting’s highest honor on Saturday night/September as he received" thebSage of an Eagle Scout before an audience of relatives and friends which filled the Scout Cabin. Dick, who is the first Syracuse Scout to receive the Eagle rank in several years, was awarded his badge by Scoutmaster Jack Ridings in a solemn candlelight ceremony, while the entire Scout troop stood at attention. James E. Caskey, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Caskey, and Larry D. Nicolai, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nicolai, are among 191 Kosciusko County students entering Purdue this fall selected to attend the annual Freshmen Leadership Camp Friday and Saturday of this week. Selection of the group is based upon recommendation of the student’s high school activities. Other Syracuse students entering Purdue next week are Lee F. Barnhart and Jay Brouer. All four boys will be freshmen in engineering. Lions Club members met for their regula r~rneeting 4 September. Frank Stefanski, treasurer of the Scout Cabin Board, announced Ray Buhrt had been appointed to head the committee for the addition to the cabin made possible by the recent successful Scout Cabin Board auction. Exact size of the addition will be decided at a meeting of the Board this week. Work began Monday at the east end of North Shore Drive on Syracuse Lake to make it a wider and safer road. It is planned to eliminate sharp curves, blind spots and high places. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Warner and sons, Jimmy and Richard, recently were on a week’s vacation spending some time in Zanesville, Ohio, and also Wheeling, West Virginia, where they visited the coal mines. 50 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 9, 1937 Indiana’s Indian Centennial will be commemorated with a three-day Festival at Syracuse, Indiana, on Lake Wawasee, September 16, 17 and 18. The Festival, which undoubtedly will be one of the most colorful pageants ever staged in Indiana in a great many years, will be held on the one hundredth anniversary of the day the Indians turned over their final tracts of land to the Federal Indian Commissioners. This historic event has created national attention and will focys the eyes of the nation on the great Hoosier State. Syracuse, the Capital City of the Northern Indiana Lakeland Region, located on Lake Wawasee, has been selected as the site for the Festival, as it was in the vicinity of Lake Wawasee and Fort Wayne that a century ago this territory was one of the most densely populated Indian regions in the country. A colorful parade will be one of the stellar attractions of the Second Annual Lake Mardi Gras, according to Dr. Garnett Latham, chairman of activities. Captain William H. Chew, marshal said today that the parade should surpass that held last season, not only in length but in color. Scheduled to form on Saturday evening, September 18, at 7 p.m., the parade will move from the High School building through the business section of Syracuse. Led by a contingent of Indiana State Police, the parade will consist of four divisions. Betty Wolf, 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Wolf, of Syracuse, has been engaged by the Mardi Gras Committee to present her acrobatic act and tight wire act as part of the free entertainment. Miss Wolf had a major part in last season’s entertainment here, and received many compliments. A Century ago, according to historians, Indians who had resided for many moons on Lake Wawasee, granted to the white settlers and pioneers, a treaty and land grant, conveying the lakes and a large area of land to the white people. To properly commemorate this event, the second annual Lake Mardi Gras program September 16,17 and 18, will be woven around an Indian program. Featuring this phase of American history, a monument will be dedicated in the city park on the second day of the festivity. Harold J. Bowser of Syracuse has been named on a statewide committee of Indiana University students and “I” men to work with Bo McMillin and the Athletic Board in promoting the 1937 football program at the state university. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Guy, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold LeCount and family and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Smith were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Kendall and daughters, Carol and Alice, Goshen, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Miller Labor Day. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Keller. Chicago, visited Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Bowser from Friday until Tuesday, Mrs. Grace Black, Ligonier, was a visitor in the Bowser home Monday.