The Mail-Journal, Volume 27, Number 12, Milford, Kosciusko County, 4 May 1988 — Page 14

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., May 4,1988

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It happened ... in Milford

10 YEARS AGO, MAY 3,1978 The Milford Cub Scouts held their spring round-up on April 17 and signed up 14 new boys. They will also have a new Cub master for the coming year, Steve Gallegor. The spring concert will be presented by the Milford Junior School bands and choirs at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 5. Music will vary from “Pomp and Circumstances” to “Theme From Star Wars.” The Thursday Night Sewing Club of Milford celebrated its anniversary by having dinner at

Mishler, Rigdon top Plain ballots ♦ Plain Township voters picked Republican Gregory E. Mishler and Democrat Jay A. Rigdon as their choices for State Senator in the 13th District. On the county level, Lewis M. Bertsch, Thomas L. Anglin and Kathryn M. Teel were winners in the Republican race for Council-At-Large. In the State Senator Race, Mishler received high votes in all four precincts against his Republican opponents, Robert L. Meeks and Philip E. Treesh. On the Democrat ticket Rigdon won all four precincts over opponent Dennis J. Sprunger. The Council-At-Large race was wide spread as no candidate sweep all Precincts. Anglin, who received 324 total votes, won in Precinct One. Bertsch, with 363 votes, won high in Precinct Four.Teel received 314 total votes, and won Precinct Three. Coming in a close fourth was Kip E. Tom who barely won Precinct Two. Merle R. Holden’s Precinct Votes were stronger in Precinct One, while Jane Ann Scott was strong in Precinct Four. Precinct One voters elected Donald J. Boggs as Republican Precinct Committeeman with 164 votes and Precinct Two voters elected Karl 0. stookey as their Republican Precinct Committeeman with 127 votes. Joseph E. Banks 111 was votedjjjyPrecinct Four voters as their Democrat Delegate to the State Convention in District B.

Pi ecinc ;s Plain Township i 2 3 4 Total COUNTY VOTE — REPUBLICAN 77ZZ ZZZZZ ZZZZ ■ PRESIDENT UNITED STATES George Bushl37 109 105 226 577 Bob D01e29 198 32 88 Jack Kemp .253 919 Pat Robertson 44 UNITED STATES SENATOR Richard G. Lugarl7o 139 122 270 701 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, 3rd DISTRICT John Hiler; l63 132 119 264 678 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, sth DISTRICT Wayne L. Burden Daniel C. Langmesser Patricia L. Williams GOVERNOR John M. Mutzls6 118 110 253 637 STATE SENATOR, 9th DISTRICT V. Richard Miller STATE SENATOR, 13th DISTRICT Robert L. Meeks4l 35 47 103 226 Gregory E. Mishler 106 76 53 133 368 Philip E. Treesh -g--g--"ft--g-STATE REPRESENTATIVE, 18th DISTRICT Darwin E. Call 1 36212467_ 148 J.D, Geiger 36332463156 Charles E. Mills * '■648826 Dale E. Mock2s 10 7 17 59 David A. W01kin5696958 120316 STATE REPRESENTATIVE, 22nd DISTRICT Kent J. Adams; CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT Jeanne Weirick 164 129 117 267 677 TREASURER , ? ———— I ■ ■ I 111 ——l I I I II '■ I ■ II ' H ' Judith Kay C0x.623445 > 112 253 Sandra I. Frush 48 46 3281 207 Gloria Maple3s3s 2153 144 Fred D. Weagley2ll7l4lß7o SURVEYOR Richard Kemperßß6Bs7l43 356 Ronald A. Weaver 53454087 225 CORONER John Sadlerls3 124 112 242 631 COMMISSIONER, MIDDLE DISTRICT Frederick W. Gi11iam1058375175 438 John B. McDaniels3so4l9s 239 COMMISSIONER, NORTHERN DISTRICT Maurice Beerl44 121 105225 595 COUNCIL-AT-LARGE Thomas L. Anglinß672s7 109 324 Lewjs M. Bertsch, ?765354 180 363 Merle R. Holden 34 19 21 41 115 Jane Ann Scott 41313868 178 Kathryn M. Teel76 55 65 118 314 KipE. T0m77795592 303 COUNTY VOTE — DEMOCRAT ZZZZZZ ZZZZZ ZZZZZ PRESIDENT UNITED STATES Michael S. Dukakis4s32B7l 156 Richard A. Gephardt * ' 30126 Al Gore 3 2 11 7 Jesse L. Jackson 5671331 Paul Simon 2 0 11 4 UNITED STATES SENATOR Jack Wickess4 27 11 72 164 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, 3rd DISTRICT R. McAlister Ellis, Jr. 19541442 Thomas W. Ward3s 32 13 70 150 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, sth DISTRICT James Jontz JL_Gopalßaju 2 GOVERNOR 2 Evanßayhs4 3sll7B 178 Stephen J. Dai1y346720 Frank L. O’Bannon 11103 STATE SENATOR, 9th DISTRICT Betty N. Lawson. STATE SENATOR, 13th DISTRICT Jay A. Rigdon4o 26 12 59 137 Dennis J, Sprunger l3 I° 3 21 47 STATE REPRESENTATIVE, 18th DISTRICT H. Dale Tuckerso 33 15 74 172 STATE REPRESENTATIVE, 22nd DISTRICT _ ; Bryan T. McCglfen .. TREASURER , Paul A. Onstott 50 |3O | 14 75 169

Warsaw recently. After dinner Iva Neff narrated and showed slides of her trip to the Holy Land. The annual Lakeland Junior High School invitational track meet was held Tuesday, April 25, on the Wawasee High School track with Milford dominating the scoring. The young Trojans took seven firsts out of a possible 13 as they totaled 130 points. Milford also boasts the only double winners in the meet. Tom Harvey doubled in the 100 and 220 while Pat Speicher won both the long jump and shot put.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Judkins of Milford have returned home from Venice, Fla., after building a new home there. On their way home they visited their son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Judkins, Jr., and family of South Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott of Philadelphia, Pa., were guests of Mrs. Pearle Wehrly of near Milford recently. The Scotts came to Indiana because of the 50th anniversary of Mr. Scott’s graduation from Purdue University. Jerry Auer, seventh grade student at Milford Junior High

school, placed first in the “Design a Bookmark” contest held recently for National Library Week. Jerry’s slogan, “Books Can Be Good,” with the illustration of an ice cream treat labeled “Bookana Split,” will be forwarded to the national competition sponsored by a National Library Week promotion company. 20 YEARS AGO, MAY 1,1968 Miss Jeanne Moneyheffer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Moneyheffer of Milford, graduated as a dental nurse from Elkhart Institute of Technology, Elkhart, on April 19. Jeanne is a 1967 graduate of Milford high school. Mrs. Mike Treesh of Muncie spent the week end in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Ahrns, at Milford. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Beer of r 2 Milford entertained Sunday at dinner in honor of the birthday of their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Kenneth Beer of Bluffton. Other guests were Kenneth Beer, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Schieler and family and David Beer of Milford and Mrs. Robert Kitson of Ligonier.

Rails-to-trails movement aims for national network

By MERCER CROSS (National Geographic News Service Every day, in one of two alternating ways, the 74-year-old retiree uses the asphalt trail that runs through his back yard. Either he walks four miles or rides his bicycle 12 miles on it. He is one of a million or so people, from gray-haired octogenarians to towheaded toddlers, who find something pleasurable to do each year on the trail, officially known as the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park, or W&OD. On a sunny springtime Saturday, over its whole 44-mile length, they’re out in numbers, biking, hiking, scootering, and skateboarding. Saddled horses are tethered at one place along the bridle trail that parallels the asphalt. The asphalt section of the W&OD stretchtes between the Washington, D.G., suburb of Arlington, Va., 36 miles to historic Leesburg, Va. By next November the final eight-mile link should be paved to Purcellville. It is the most used in a growing network of <some 160 trails, all built on abandoned railroad rights of way, covering more than 2,000 miles in 28 states. Westward from Arlington, it makes its way through an industrial strip, a green suburban park, a string of suburbs, and several miles of open countryside. Except for occasional roadway crossings, it is free of cars and other motor-driven vehicles. “If a picture is worth a thousand words, an experience is worth a million words,” says Peter Harnik. “You cannot overestimate the value of one trip on one of these trails.” Harnik, a cycling enthusiast who lives in Arlington, is director of programs for a two-year-old organization called the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. “We had zero members in February of 1986 when we opened up our doors,” Harnik says. “We had 400 members last May, and we have 7,000 members now. We hit a very responsive chord. The average person perceives this as a very logical idea. They may be interested in the recreation, they may be interested in the environment, they may be interested in the historical aspect of it.” Eventually, the Washingtonbased conservancy and its supporters hope to see extensive and diverse trails — “linear parks” — in every state. Their more immediate goal is 500 trails by 1992, Kiwanis Clubs m present plaque to Baumgartners A plaque bearing a bronze Kiwanis International emblem on red velvet with an engraved name plate was presented to Arch and Della Baumgartner, Milford, publishers of The MailJournal recently. Jerry Badskey, Lakeland Kiwanis member and past Kiwanis Lieutenant Governor of the Indiana District, made the presentation. The engraved name plate simply states “Thanks, Arch and Della,” with the names of Lakeland, Milford and Wawasee Kiwanis Clubs below. Badskey noted the presentation was made in appreciation for what the publishers have done in promoting programs, activities and projects of the three Kiwanis Clubs.

Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Estep and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wolferman surprised Mr. and Mrs. George Auer with cake and ice cream in honor of the 75th birthday of Mr. Auer. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Felkner have purchased the Main street home in Milford of Mr. Felkner’s uncle, Chester Felkner, and they hope to make it their home following some remodeling. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weisser, Dougie, Greg, Brad and Kathy will entertain Mr. and Mrs. Herb Resler and Kristy of Goshen on Wednesday evening. Kristy and Kathy will celebrate their first birthdays on May 1. Members of the speech class of Milford high school recently had the opportunity to go to South Bend to hear Senator Robert F. Kennedy speak at Notre Dame. He spoke for 30 minutes and delivered a speech which seems to have impressed the class members very greatly. SP/4 Verl G. Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Baker of Milford, arrived April 7 at Bear Cat Ar Ben, Viet Nam, where he joined the ninth infantry division.

the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s discovery of America. Plenty of people hope they don’t make it. The conversion process is often fractious and slow; it took 12 years, for example, to complete the W&OD. Obstacles frequently are thrown up by recalcitrant landowners, right-of-way disputes, jurisdictional wrangles, and money shortages. Only one in five proposed trails becomes reality. Chances are far greater that the abandoned land will be taken over by developers, highway builders, or farmers. Sometimes a dispute ends up in

f, VA4‘< ’7 " ' WGROWING SYSTEM OF TRAILS — Cyclists of all ages help make Virginia’s Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park the most-used of the growing system of trails converted from former railroad rights of way. Some one million bikers, hikers, equestrians, and cross-country skiers use the W&OD each year. About 160 such trails cover more than 2,000 miles in 28 states. (Photo by Maris Stenzel-1988 National Geographic)

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30 YEARS AGO, MAY 1,1958 Robert Ahrns has been selected valedictorian and Nancy Wise salutatorian of the Milford high school graduating class of 1958, it was announced by the office of principal Harold G. Young this week. Ahrns is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ahrns, and Miss Wise is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wise. The valedictorian plans to attend North Manchester college in the fall. Miss Wise has not made any definite plans in regard to college at the present. Army Pvt. Morris W. Wolferman, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wolferman, Milford, Ind., recently completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Wolferman is a 1953 graduate of Milford high school. Sheila Troup, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Troup, has the honor of writing the winning essay entered in the National Secretaries Week contest which was held Apr. 20 to 27. On April 16 she was a guest at the Secretaries Day dinner at Petro’s and received a beautiful trophy in recognition of her outstanding work. This trophy will be presented to the Milford high school on Awards’

court, as in the case of landowners who are vehemently resisting a proposed 200-mile trail between St. Charles and Sedalia, Mo. That proposal has been greeted by “keep out” signs, cables across the right of way, and threats of violence against trespassers. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy often has tangled with the Interstate Commerce Commission. It has had its share of disputes with railroads. Generally, however, railroads “don’t have a particular ax to grind one way or the other,” says Anne Bennof, a spokeswoman for the Association

day in May. Mrs. Levi Beer entertained sixteen friends of her son Joey Saturday afternoon in honor of his 12th birthday. The afternoon was spent playing baseball. Three senior Girl Scout members of troop 41 will attend Junior Counselor Training school at Columbia City, Saturday and Sunday. They are Margie Hollar, Donna Ruch and Joy Faulkner. 50 YEARS AGO, MAY 5,1938 It was estimated that more than 400 persons were in attendance at the community building, Thursday night at which time 25 Seniors were awarded their diplomas. Honor emblems were awarded to Miss Yvonne Bucher, for having to her credit the most honor points for the senior year, which was a total of 84; and to Charles Purdum for having the highest total of honor points for the four years of high school work, his total being 365. Other special awards went to John Ripley for having the highest scholastic average of the class; to Charles Purdum, for participating in the most school ac-

of American Railroads. “They just can’t afford to give it all away.” Harnik anticipates betterorganized opposition from landowners as the rails-to-trails movement gains momentum. But he expects to counter the opposition with a stepped-up campaign to show that trails make sense both environmentally and economically. - “I think we’ll be able to deflect some of the opposition by showing them the benefits of trails,” Harnik says. “There’s no question that a trail is a better neighbor than an abandoned railroad track.” He cites a 1987 study on the effects of the 12-mile Burke-Gilman Trail in Seattle, Wash. The study concluded that property values near the trail have risen, and burglaries and vandalism of adjacent homes are well below the neighborhood average. Emanating from Wisconsin and Illinois in the 19605, the rails-to-trails concept has spread to widely scattered regions from the Eastern Seaboard to Washington

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tivities and to Robert Kaiser for displaying the best sportsmanship and cooperating in athletics during the senior year. A kitchen shower was given Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Vanderveer last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Vanderveer. Ice cream and cake was served and a social time enjoyed by all. Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Sorg, of Goshen, Mrs. Mathew Weisser, and daughter, Helen, were Sun-, day visitors of Mrs. Elizabeth German, of Bremen. A son, Jerry Allen, weighing 6M> pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Method, Sunday afternoon at the Murphy hospital in Warsaw. The little gentleman will receive the Milford Mail for one year, for being the first baby reported this week. Miss Ruth Rowdabaugh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Rowdabaugh and great granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mishler, who is a junior at Ball State college, Muncie, has pledged to Kappa Delta Pi, a nationwide education fraternity.

State. The lengths of the trails range from nearly 200 miles to less than one mile. Some are rural and scenic. Many are urban and suburban. In 1978, a $5 million federal demonstration program brought on a spurt in trail-building, including the W&OD. Congress passed the National Trails System Act, known as the rails-to-trails law, in 1983. This year Congress is considering the National Trail System Improvement Act, a proposal that would, among other things, create a federal fund for trail acquisition. This spring the National Park Service used a $75,000 appropriation to establish a rails-to-trails office to coordinate trail-building efforts by governmental and private agencies. Harnik and others like him think all this is happening none too soon. The nation’s rail system totaled 270,000 miles in 1916. It had shrunk to about 140,000 by 1986, and some 3,000 miles of right of way are being abandoned, each year. “It’s sort as ’ never,” says Harnik.