The Mail-Journal, Volume 27, Number 14, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 May 1988 — Page 5
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Mutz celebrates primary victory A victory party was held primary election night in Republican State Headquarters in Indianapolis for John and Carolyn Mutz. In his statement, Mutz said, “I’m eager to begin our drive toward victory on November 8. The lines are now drawn. The campaign is now between John Mutz and Evan Bayh. When the people of Indiana compare our life experiences, public service records and proposals for solutions to the complex problems of tomorrow, they will have a clearcut choice to determine who is ready now for Indiana’s toughest job.” Mutz pledged to run a vigorous and energetic statewide campaign. He promised to concentrate on addressing the wants and dreams of the people of Indiana and pledged to not allow half truths and false accusations go unanswered. Mutz said, “We have built a strong base for the future. We are helping provide good jobs and through the A+ program we are now giving our kids the basic tools they need to compete. We can’t afford to risk losing the tremendous progress we have made. That’s why I want to lead Indiana aggressively into the future!” Rep. Bill Gray to speak at Ward function Representative William H. Gray 111 (D-Pa.) will be the featured speaker at the spring dinner on May 26 for Tom Ward’s congressional campaign. The dinner will take place in St. Hedwig Memorial Center at 331 South Scott Street in South Bend. A five-term Democrat from
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Pennsylvania, Gray currently serves as chairman of the House Budget Committee. This position places him in the center of the fight to shape federal spending priorities. He is also a member of the Appropriations and District of Columbia committees and has been vice chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. The Philadelphia Democrat is a leading contender for the chairmanship of the House Democratic Caucus, which will open up in 1989 when the current chairman, Rep. Richard » Gephardt (D-Mo.), steps down. During his career in the Congress, he has been an important force in shaping policy toward Africa. Gray authored the House version of the Anti-Apartheid Acts of 1985 and 1986. Ward, an attorney from Knox, is the Democratic nominee for Congress in Indiana’s Third District. Tickets are available for the dinner by calling the Ward for Congress campaign headquarters at 234-1713. Area motorcyclist remains hospitalized A Syracuse motorcyclist remains a patient at Goshen Hospital after receiving injuries in a motorcycle-truck accident that occurred at 3:58 p.m. last Thursday. Mitchell Hollar, 35,16407 CR 52, Syracuse, rider of a 1982 BMW motorcycle, received a right leg fracture and other injuries. He was riding west on CR 40, Goshen, when a 1967 Ford truck, driven by David Bontrager, 40, Middlebury, was traveling north on CR 31, stopped and entered the intersection into the path of Hollar. Ptl. Julie Snyder cited Bontrager for failure to yield the right of way.
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MINORITY CANDIDATES Are we fielding the best candidates for our public offices in Kosciusko County? If you look at the results of the May Republican primary, you may wonder. Where there were contests, you could draw the conclusion: NO. In the District 13 State Senate contest 60 percent of those voting favored someone other than the winner Robert Meeks. Gregory Mishler received 37 percent and the third man in the race Philip Treesh, 23 percent. Meeks received 40 percent of the 11,936 votes cast for this position. The district includes part of Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, and Steuben Counties. Kosciusko County cast 6,0W0f these votes, the remainder of the district 5,885. In the Indiana State Representative District 18 race, 62 percent of those voting favored another candidate over winner David Wolkins. Darwin Call received 17 percent; J.D. Geiger 29 percent; Charles Mills four percent and Dale Mock 12 percent. There were 6,951 voting for this post. In the treasurer’s race 64 percent of those voting preferred candidates other than Judith Cox, the winner. Cox received 36 percent; Sandra Frush 33 percent; Gloria Maple 20 percent, and Fred Weagley 11. There were 7,949 persons vbting for a Republican nominee for this office. The Indiana General Assembly should pass a law requiring a special election to be held about a month after the May primary if a candidate does not receive more than 50 percent of the votes cast for the office. This would eliminate minority vote getters from representing the party on the November ballot. ELECTION COMMENTS — Two surprises were evident in the Republican primary — The strong showing of Robert Meeks against Gregory Mishler in Kosciusko County. Meeks pulled 2,048 of his total 4,730 out of Kosciusko County, while Mishler pulled 3,177 of his total of 4,399 out of Kosciusko County. Philip Treesh received 826 of his total of 1,981 out of this county. Those close to this race were shocked by Mishler’s loss. According to some political pundits, Mishler lost due to the following: Meeks secured the help of former Sheriff Al Rovenstine and present Sheriff Ron Robinson. Both are reported to have worked for Meeks. The County Republican chairmen of LaGrange, Noble and Steuben counties put on a drive to defeat the candidate from Kosciusko County. From the district outside our county; Mishler received only 1,222 votes, while Meeks got 2,682 and Treesh 1,981. A whispering campaign was launched in Kosciusko County against Mishler. How effective this was is anyone’s guess. Mishler forces did not bring up Meeks’ problems with an Amish buggy that occurred a few years ago. Meeks was cleared of any charges involved in this incident. For the first time in more than 30 years Kosciusko County will not have a senator in the state assembly, who is a resident of our county. The question is: Will county residents vote Republican in the fall? Meeks will need a strong showing from Kosciusko County Republican voters in the fall to get elected. —o— DISTRICT 18 STATE REPRESENTATIVE RACE — The surprise was the ease in which David Wolkins defeated J.D. Geiger in Kosciusko County. Wolkins received 2,831 of his 2,881 from county voters, Geiger 1,814 of his 2,233. Darwin Call received 1,252 of his 1,271 from county voters, Dale Mock 851 out of 883, and Charles Mills 202 out of 380. Wolkins had a powerful backer in Matt Dalton. Dalton contributed SSOO to his campaign. Geiger had the backing of the township trustees and some other officeholders. How much of this backing was merely lip service is open to speculation. However, Mock hurt Geiger in the northern part of the county. Call’s stand on the lottery probably turned off voters who oppose the lottery. —o— COUNTY TREASURER — Judith Cox, who is presently employed in the treasurer’s office, won this nomination with 36 percent (or 2,839) of the votes cast. Sixty-four percent of those voting in this contest voted for other candidates. According to those close to the office she was brought in by Republican leaders about a year ago to run for the office. Second place went to Sandra Frush who received 2,702, third to Gloria Maples with 1,625. Fred Weagley was last with 883 votes. Some believe that of Cox and Maple, Maple would have been the better qualified to do something about putting the office on the right track. In the County Council races, Kathryn Teel received 69 percent of the votes, Thomas Anglin 65 and Lewis Bertsch 52. The other races were easily won by those running. The turnout of more than 12,000 voters — Republican and Democrat — was a good sign. The fall campaign could be a real barn burner. —O'lost LINES — According to a rumor there were three or four telephone lines running out of the courthouse switchboard that could not be traced. This makes one wonder who was listening on the other end. NO SELECTION — The state legislature moved selection of county, district and state party organizations from May 1988 to March 1989. That is the reason there was no reorganization of the Republican and Democrat Central Committees this year. ANOTHER RIPOFF COMING? The poor relief funds are at a high level now: The state sets these local tax poor relief rate. There has been a drive to take administration of poor relief away from the township trustees. . Is the State Tax Board setting up county taxpayers to take another fall? If the state takes over the poor relief, all these funds in this account would revert to the state. A few years ago the state took over the county welfare departments. This “little takeover” resulted in $200,000 leaving the county. These funds were a surplus which resulted from efficient operation of our local welfare department. (This $200,000 was your tax dollars they took). U.S. REPRESENTATIVE SCbRES 100 PERCENT. One of the extreme liberal organizations honored U.S. Representative to Congress James J. Jontz. He represents the sth district including the southern part of our county. Jontz, who received the 100 percent rating, is serving his first term. This freshman representative also voted FOR the trillion-dollar budget.
The friends of Dennis J. Sprunger K wisA t 0 thank helped W in his successful ! District 13 State Senate jk. Nomination. Mdfor by Ou MtitJt ofDtnnit J. Spnutgtr Mayor John Riemke, Chairman
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10 YEARS AGO, MAY 10,1978 Following an unannounced executive session to discuss personnel problems, the Milford Town Board accepted the resignation of John A. Martin, street and water commissioner. “It’s with a real sad heart I read this letter because I think the whole town has appreciated what John has done,” said Mrs. Glen Treesh, board president. The American Legion Auxiliary met in the Milford legion home Tuesday evening for the regular monthly meeting. Officers for the new year were announced as follows: Glennis Stump, president; Annabelle Replogle, first vice president; Myrtle Felkner, second vice president; Helen Leemon, secretary; Treva Burkholder, treasurer; Mary Geller, chaplain; Bea Ruch, sgt.-at-arms; Marian Haab, historian; Susie Chupp and Patricia Mason, executive board; and Marjorie Coy, past president. Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Price of r 1 Milford are the parents of their first child, a son, Kevin Allen, born May 6 at 12:21 a.m. in the Goshen Hospital. Kevin Allen weighed eight pounds, six ounces and was 22 inches long. Joe Ostendorf, Jr., DVM, of Milford, announced his resignation from the Kosciusko County Board of Health during a meeting of the Kosciusko County Commissioners last week. Mrs. Frank Beer, Jr., entertained at a luncheon last Wednesday for her cousin, Mrs. Margueriete Mott of Panorama City, Calif. The ladies’ mothers, Mrs. Joseph Clauss and Mrs. Clarence Knapp of Cissna Park, 111., were also present. The First Brethren Church of Milford held its annual mother and daughter meeting May 4. The tables in a private dining room of a goshen restaurant were decorated in an oriental motif, with Japanese ladies carrying parasols as favors and with bonsai trees and blossoms as centerpieces. Mrs. Clarice Stump was awarded a prize for having the most family present. The committee for the evening was Marybelle Sharp, Inez Beiswanger and Wilma Bixler. 20 YEARS AGO, MAY 8,1968 Democratic voters in Van Buren township went with the trend of the state yesterday and cast 89 votes for Robert F. Kennedy for President of the United States. Governor Roger-Branigin received 68 votes and Eugene J. McCarthy received 60. On the Republican ballot Richard M. Nixon received 447 votes. John F. Augsburger, Milford grocery store owner for the past 30 years, stated this morning he was “rather flabbergasted” as the result of the election. Augsburger received a large plurality in his bid for his party’s Warsaw man to appear for child molesting Dwight Douglas Jeffreys, 22, 215 1 £ East Center St., Apt. 3, Warsaw, will appear in court July 14, on two counts of child molesting, a class C and class D felony. Jeffreys allegedly molested a 15-year-old Syracuse girl while at the Kosciusko County Juvenile Shelter Care. Jeffreys was a worker at the shelter at the time. Jeffreys was arrested on May 4, on the charges and released on $5,000 the following day. Kosciusko County Sheriff Detective Stan Holderman stated the incident took place March 2 and 5 but was not reported by the girl until several days prior to Jeffreys arrest.
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TIPS From Miller’s Merry Manor Prevention of small children from choking - Keep articles that may be accidentally swallowed or aspirated out of the reach of infants and small children. Do not hold open safety pins in the mouth when changing a baby’s diaper. A pin may slip out of the mother's mouth into the mouth of the infant. Take care not to leave safety pins within reach of a child. Provide sturdy, safe toys without detachable parts. Do not give small children candy containing nuts, raw carrots, seeds or pits. Do not allow a child to play with beans, peas, hard kernels of com, or large seeds. Do not permit a child to run while eating. Do not stimulate a child to laugh or cry when he has food in his mouth. Remove bones and shells from all foods given children. Miller’s Merry Manor, Inc. Pickwick Dr. SYRACUSE 457-4401
nomination for joint state senator of Kosciusko, Noble, Steuben and LaGrange counties. Miss Donna Miller, RN, or f 1, former nurse in the Syracuse office of Dr. E. L. Fosbrink, is now employed at the Orn nursing home in Our Town. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grove and Mark of Milford and Mr. and Mrs. John Yeater and Lori of Nappanee spent the week end in Michigan camping and hunting mushrooms. Dougie Weisser, who was seven years old on May 5, was honored at a birthday party on Saturday afternoon in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weisser. A treasure hunt was held with Jeff Auer finding the “lucky” treasure bag, and the other winners were Jeff Hall and Jeff Maggart. Carl Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Deeter of Milford, returned from a two year tour of duty with the Seaßees in Viet Nam. He is now working with John Miller, a missionary in Mexico. Milford’s junior high track team took first place in the Lakeland junior high meet last Wednesday at Syracuse. Members are Terry Vanlaningham, Jan Beer, John Hamilton, Fred Beer, Dwight Custer, Craig Tucker, Harold Rosser, Bill Leemon, Jack Beer, Pat Spearman and Don Nyce. Coach of the team is Robert Long. Dan Brown, Milford high school senior, set a school record when he won the high hurdles at the county track meet last Friday. Brown ran the 120 yard hurdles in 16.2 topping the school’s 16.7 record. Another school record set this year was by Gary Sorensen who ran the two mile in 12:35.1. Mrs. Billy Little of Milford was honored at a stork shower on April 30 in the home of Mrs. Bill Wollman. Co-hostesses were Mrs. Don Wolferman and Mrs. Leon Newman. A centerpiece graced the table and was won by Mrs. Harry Dale Doty who guessed the most baby pictures. Miss Martha Groves returned to Milford on Friday after spending the winter in St. Petersburg, Fla. 30 YEARS AGO, MAY 8,1958 - The members of this year’s graduating class of the Milford kindergarten received their “diplomas” at a special program at the Methodist church basement Friday night. Their teacher, Mrs. Hazel Veltman, had charge of the program. Mrs. Hubert Cain presented them with their diplomas. Parents and
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grandparents made up the audience, and there was a considerable amount of picture taking during the program. These youngsters are Marsha Doty, Kent Doty, Kevin Dwyer, Sandra Cain, Brenda Hurd, Fred Hoerr, Rebecca Brown, Johnny Hoover, Steven Wolferman, Michael Flinn, Scerita Estep, Debra Wolferman, Gary Sorensen, Ellen Freeman, Dana Haab, Dennis Replogle, and Sharleen Kaiser. Delbert Dippon and his son Jeff saw a young deer near their farm west of Milford at about 5 p.m. Monday. Jeff saw it first and called his dad’s attention to it. When the deer saw them, he “took off across the field,” according to Jeff, Last Friday afternoon the Milford Trojans captured the eleventh annual county high school track championship at Syracuse. Three boys from Milford were outstanding that day to produce the championship, Pat Speicher, Steve Jones, and Charles Fleischauer. In the four field events these boys accumulated a total of 22% points. With this contribution plus 15 more points in running events this trio was too much for the rest of the county to match. Karen Scott, Barbara and Ruthie Fox spent Saturday afternoon with Andrea and Kathleen Leemon. The girls spent the afternoon playing and after a light lunch went to the record hop at the community building. Karen and Kathleen won a prize
Thefts at Lake Wawasee
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Crime Stoppers, a non-profit organization involving the police, the media and the public in the fight against crime, offers anonymity and cash rewards to persons who furnish information leading to the arrest and the filing of criminal charges against felony offenders and to the capture of fugitives. The following “Crime of the Week” was furnished by the Kosciusko County Crime Stoppers organization:
for one of the dances. 50 YEARS AGO, MAY 12,1938 Raymond Wolferman, who owns a garden tractor, has plowed a number of lots in Milford, this spring. L. W. Shultz and family will return to Camp Mack the latter part of the month. Mr. Shultz expects the work on the new addition to be completed this summer. J. R. Goldsmith sold his grocery store and market, Saturday, to Earl Wolferman, owner of the building in which the store is located. Mr. Carl Pugsley, meat cutter for Mr. Goldsmith and who came here from St. Joe, Ind., several months ago, will continue his services at the store. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Weisser are the parents of a son, born at the McDonald hospital in Warsaw, on Thursday, May 5. The baby boy weighed 6% pounds. Mrs. Weisser and infant son, Larry, were removed to their home Tuesday from McDonald hospital. Miss Helen Weisser and Mrs. J. P. Worley are assisting in the Weisser home. Mrs. Gladys Brown entertained members of the Merry Jayne club at her home Friday evening. Mesdames Harry Phend and Inez Anglin were guests. Mrs. Elinor Estep received the galloping prize. Mrs. Charles Purdum and son Charles Jr., left Tuesday morning for a motor trip to Virginia. They expect to be gone about two weeks.
A series of thefts on Lake Wawasee is our Crime of the Week. Recently, there has been a rash of thefts from boats and marinas on Lake Wawasee. Items taken in these thefts include AM-FM radios, cassette players and assorted electronic marine gear. It is believed those involved in these thefts are traveling by boat. If you have information concerning this incident, call Crime Stoppers toll free at 1-800-342-STOP. We will pay up to SIOOO if your information leads to an arrest or indictment. Crime Stoppers also pays cash rewards on other felony crimes and the capture of fugitives. When you call, you will be assigned a code number; we will not ask your name.
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