The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 35, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 October 1987 — Page 21

It happened ... in Syracuse

18 YEARS AGO. OCT. 12.1577 Republicans from all over Kosciusko County gathered last evening to honor outstanding members who have devoted their time and talents to better government. The second annual Republican Hall of Fame dinner was held at the Shrine building on the fairgrounds in Warsaw. The Honorable Dr. Earl L. Butz, former US Secretary of Agriculture, was the speaker for the event. Inducted were Charles Menzie of Pierceton and Harry Van Hemert. Turkey Creek Township assessor for seven years. Further action on the purchase of a police vehicle for the town was tabled at the special meeting of the Syracuse Town Board last night (Tuesday). Following the receipt of bids from two dealerships, with only $459 difference between the highest and lowest prices on either a sedan or station wagon, the board wished to view the two station wagons before making a decision. New officers and directors of Wawasee Kiwanis for 1977 and 1978 were inducted last Saturday morning. Oct. 8. New officers are: President. Tom Swartz: President-elect. Ron Robert; Vice president. Jack Oswalt: Secretary, Jack Francis: Treasurer, Bob Marion. Directors inducted were Clair Mohler. Dick Keim. Carl Freel, Terry McCarty. Dan Caskey and Tom Hoover. A small addition is being built on the south side of Todd Realty offices in W’awasee Village to handle expanding personnel and expanding business. Look for Syracuse to have a new business soon —a popular Radio Shack, a Tandy Corporation company. The store will be franchised to two Jocal, gogetters. Rex Reynolds, recently of the Old and New Shop, is now employed with Jake and Pat Bitner in their burgeoning Overhead Door Company south of Syracuse. A new business opened in Syracuse. Wawasee Billiards, located on SR 13 South, in the building previously occupied by Wawasee TV and Appliances. Mike Sheline of r 4 is the hew owner of the business, which officially opened October 1. Wawasee Billiards features a complete line of billiard equipment as well as pinball. The business is celebrating its grand opening now. 20 YEARS AGO, OCT. 11. 1967 Barton Wade reported to members of the Lakeland school board Tuesday evening that the 75 men presently working at the site of Wawasee high school are trying to get something under roof before the weather turns against them. Miss Katherine Rothenberger entertained the Wednesday Afternoon club of Syracuse in her lake home on Oct. 4. Don Byrd, pro-owner of the Wawasee Golf Club, won golfing honors last week. Byrd placed first in the pro-member invitational held at Point of the Woods golf course at Benton Harbor. Mich., with 72. It was the only par round played in Sunday’s wind and rain. Robert Treadway of San Jose, Calif., spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Treadway, Syracuse, and other relatives, while enroute from Illinois and parts of Indiana on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lilly, Lake Wawasee, are returning to Indianapolis this week for the winter.

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Mr. and Mrs. Everett Miner, i Syracuse, visited their son, 1 James and Mrs. Miner at < Lafayette on Saturday. They at- ~ ! tended the Purdue-Northwestern i game. It was high school day with 1 about 5.000 students on the field. Mrs S. F Betes and Mrs. Ada Zeltinger of Lake Wawasee were c dinner guests of Mrs. Estella , Swartz Thursday at Foo and , Faye’s restaurant celebrating < the birthdays of the three women, j 30 YEARS AGO, OCT. 17,1857 ' Keith Cripe and his brother, 1 Clifford, announced this week 1 plans for a large, modern roller ' rink to be built on their property south of Wawasee Village on Road 13. With 8,000 sq. ft. of floor space, the building will include a business space in an adjoining room, will be air conditioned thruout. and there will be a stage in the roller rink hall. Square dancing one night a week is on the tentative program. Clifford Cripe reported this week that the sale of furnishings of the former Sargent Hotel last Saturday proved successful and all articles were sold with exception of a few bathtubs and lavatories. Two auctioneers were busy all day clearing the rooms. Wrecking of the building will begin soon and is scheduled to be completely razed by June 1958. Suzie Klink, senior, won the F.F.A. Sweetheart contest which ended Friday 11 October. Her award will be a Chapter Sweetheart jacket from the official chapter supply house. There was considerable discussion at Town Board meeting Tuesday night on the petition protesting the parking meters presented at the previous meeting. Board member Harry Coy asked what action could be taken concerning curtailed use of thp mptprs dnrinp the winter months when traffic is reduced and for Saturday night shoppers. Miss Kathy Murray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Murray, celebrated her eighth birthday on Saturday 12 October with a weiner roast at the Lake Wawasee home of her parents. Present were Kathleen Sheets, Alice Alfrey. Sherry Shaw. Debbie Gingerich. Judy Ridings. Nancy Koher and Marie Ann "Cramer. Prizes were awarded to Nancy Koher and to Sherry Shaw. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thornburg and children were in Chicago Sunday to attend a professional football game. 50 YEARS AGO. OCT. 14, 1937 Oliver Hibschman, vocational agriculture student, won a trip to the Chicago International Livestock show as a result of winning second place irj the judging contest held in Kosciusko County Fair. Charles Miller and Wayne Coy ranked with the leading scorers by placing sixth and ninth respectively. Daniel Strauss, and Phillip Smith, Warsaw, and William Maxwell and George F. Clark, Mentone, former members of the Indiana University band, and Harold J. Bowser, of Syracuse, ex-football player at 1.U., have received special invitations to the football and band alumni reuI nions being held Friday and Saturday at Bloomington in connection with the Illinois-Indiana ! Homecoming football game. I George Fisher. Warsaw, is serving as Homecoming chairman for Kosciuskocounty. ( Enrollment for the first semester of Butler University’s , 83rd annual school year shows that two residents of Syracuse , have begun class work on the Fireview campus according to an

announcement by Mrs. Martha B. Enyart, acting registrar and examiner. Those enrolled from Syracuse are James Fick, a member of the senior class, and Henry Abts, a freshman. Students of Syracuse High School have begun basketball practice for the season. The first game will be played with Cromwell at Syracuse on November 5. Eighteen boys will represent Syracuse on the basketball squad, according to Coach Neff. Ten will be on the second team and eight on the first

County may do own census

"It’s to the county’s benefit to have an accurate count.’’ explained Kosciusko County Commissioner Fred Gilliam “The way I understand it, various funds are based on the stipulations of the number of persons in the county.” It was recently brought to the attention of county commissioners that a census could be done on a local level and that the highest elected official in the county should appoint a liaison person to coordinate the job. This liaison person could then be responsible for appointing a local review group. The census will need to be finished before April 1. 1990. which is the date set by the U.S. government as an actual census date. Kosciusko County AuditorElect Pat Brown stated. "It’s not ah urgent thing that has to be done tomorrow, and actually we don’t have to do anything at al| — it’s one of those things that we have to weigh whether or not it’s going to be to our advantage." The U.S. Census Bureau will be compiling a mailing list in 1988 in order to gather information about Kosciusko County. However, with the growth of the county as it is, the population could change drastically before the 1990 cen-

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team. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Reed and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Babcock, Fulton, were dinner guests of Rev. and Mrs. Allwood, Sunday. Afternoon callers in the Allwood home were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pilfer and Mr. and Mrs L. G. Crandall of Hillsdale, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Zimmerman and daughter, Esther, and Rev. and Mrs. Brock spent Thursday and Friday in Indianapolis. William Zimmerman returned home with them to

sus. and an accurate count wouldn’t be made "The bureau js more or less asking us to certify the validity of its report. ” commented Brown. At this time, county commissioners have agreed to get counseling on the matter and have not made a definite decision as to whether the county will gather its own information.

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spend the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. William Zyknan of near Goshen, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lamphere, Kalamazoo, Mich., visited Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fisher Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Howard celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary Tuesday, Oct. 12th. They had as their guests Mr. and Mrs. John K. Howard and daughter Cordelia, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cummins, Mrs. Lena MacDowell and M. J. Yoder, all of Goshen; and Mr. and Mrs. Harlan E. Robinson of Milford. G. Laucks Xanders of Syracuse has recently enrolled at the Indiana Law School of Indianapolis for the 1937-38 school year. More than 224 students have registered this fall at the Indianapolis institution, which has had unusual success in preparing students for the legal profession. Laucks Xanders is a son of George L. Xanders. Syracuse attorney. Lucy Bachman, daughter of Charles C. Bachman, Sr., has enrolled in Indiana University. She is the recipient of the county scholarship from Kosciusko County.

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NEW NIGHT MANAGER — Lisa Hollow, shown, is the new night manager at Dairy QueenBrazier of Syracuse. She is a newcomer to Syracuse, moving here from Racine, Wis„ with her hueband, Jim, who is employed at Walker Mfg. of Ligonier, and her two-year-old son, Jimmy. The new manager is involved in the new decorated ice cream cake program along with cake decorator Tonda Hewitt and day manager Yvonne Coy, This product is also new to the Syracuse DQ. These cakes are ready-made in a display case for customer viewing or a special order can be placed. Mrs. Hollow does request that special weekend orders be placed before 1 p.m. Friday afternoon in order to assure the customer's special cake will be ready for the weekend. There are cakes for all occasions I (Photo by Dennis Jones)

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