The Mail-Journal, Volume 27, Number 32, Milford, Kosciusko County, 21 September 1988 — Page 2
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Five injured as vehicles collide
The following accidents were investigated by the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department: Five people were injured in a two-vehicle accident Monday, Sept. 12, at 7:29 a.m. on SR 13 at Armstrong Road, south of North Webster. Injured were Dennis D. Bone, 26, P.O. Box 292, Largo; Shelly Ross, 23, P.O. Box 78, Largo; Colleen Bone, 24, P.O. Box 292, Largo; Leonard A. Johnson, 73, 960 N. Rochester, Indianapolis; and Dora Saxon, 72, 6489 Norfolk Way, Indianapolis. They were all taken to Kosciusko Community Hospital. Bone, driver of one vehicle, suffered severe lacerations to his head; and the passengers in his vehicle, Ross and Bone suffered contusions and bruises. Johnson, driver of the other vehicle, suffered a fractured sturnum and a passenger in his vehicle, Saxon, suffered bruises to her chest. Kosciusko County Police report Bone was waiting to make a left turn from SR 13 onto Armstrong road when the Johnson vehicle hit his vehicle from behind. Damage to the 1982 Plymouth driven by Bone was estimated up to $5,000 and up to $2,500 to the 1988 Ford driven by Johnson. Police are investigating a hit and run accident on Barbee Road, south of Kuhn Drive that occurred September 6, at 8:08 p.m. A 1985 Oldsmobile, registered to Michael L. and Susan Montgomery, r 6 box 315, Warsaw, was setting off the ' traveled portion of Barbee Road when a white vehicle ran into the side. No damage estimate is available. Driver inattention is blamed for an accident Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 1:16 a.m. on CR 500 N, west of Brown Road, west of North Webster. Myron M. Pamer, 22, r 1 box 189, Milford, was cited for leaving the scene of a property Car burns Syracuse Fire Department was called to the parking lot of the Syracuse Post Office at 12:23 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17. When firemen arrived the engine compartment of a vehicle owned by George Cuyler, P.O. Box 31, Syracuse, was in flames. Damage was estimated up to SI,OOO and the fire is believed to have been caused by a problem with the fuel line.
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damage accident. Pamer told police he was traveling west on Armstrong Road and fell asleep at the wheel. The 1981 Ford Truck went off the soifth side of the road hitting a mobile home owned by Jim Tobey, r 1 box 263, Leesburg, and a parked 1980 Chevrolet Chevette, owned by Beth A. Cotner, r 1 box 3, Leesburg. Damage was estimated up to $2,500 to both vehicles. Kimberly J. Martin, 28, r 1 box , 422, North Webster, was not injured when she lost control of her vehicle and hit a fence owned by Dennis Darr, r 2 box 549, Syracuse. The accident occurred at 8:10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, on the Syra-Web Road, north of CR 1000 N. Unsafe speed was a contributing circumstance in the accident. Damage to the 1986 Ford was estimated up to SI,OOO and up to SI,OOO damage to the fence. Driver inattention has been listed as the -cause., of a twovehicle accident Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 4 p.m. on SR 13 at Backwater Road. Frank H. Coe, Jr., 65, 11622 Westwind, Fort Wayne, was traveling south on SR 13 and did not see the 1982 Pontiac driven by Donna M. Gingerich, 41, 13125 CR 42, Millersburg, stopped and waiting to make a left turn. Damage was estimated up to $5,000 to the vehicles. Coe was driving a 1985 Buick registered to Barton-Coe-Oswego home destroyed The home of James Fulwider, Second Street, in Oswego, was destroyed by fire last Wednesday evening. No one was home at the time of the fire and no fireman was injured. The cause is still under investigation. Leesburg Fire Department was called to the fire at 5:10 p.m. according to Terry Lynch, assistant fire chief. North Webster Fire Department was called to assist approximately 15 minutes later. Firemen worked to contain and put out the fire until approximately 10:30 p.m. When the first fireman arrived the attic of the home was engulfed in flames. Fire officials state the fire did start in the lower part of the outside northwest corner of the home. No dollar estimate on the damage to the home is available.
Vilamaa, 225 Airport Road, Fort Wayne. A 1978 GMC van, driven by Steven D. Mawer, 30, 310 S. Detroit St., Warsaw, collided with a 1973 Ford pick-up truck owned by Harvey A. Nickell, r 6 box 66, Rochester. The accident happened at 9:45 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at STanton Drive and Stanton Lake Road, Oswego. No further information is available. Kenneth W. Davis, 35, P.O. Box 319, Pierceton, was not injured when his 1977-Oldsmobile Delta 88 went around a corner and slid into a ditch Thursday, Sept. 15, at 4 p.m. at CR 300E and CR 300 N, near Oswego. No one was injured in a twovehicle accident Friday, Sept. 16, at 4:29 p.m. on SR 15 near Levi Lee Road north of Warsaw. Kenneth N. Breeding, 31, 114 E. Jefferson St., Warsaw, was traveling south on SR 15 when his vehicle was hit from behind by a vehicle driven by Darrell B. Ruch, 20, 3100 E. Frontage 11, Warsaw. Damage to the 1981 Pontiac driven by Breeding was estimated at under S2OO and up to $2,500 to the 1985 Renault driven by Ruch. Damage was estimated up to SI,OOO to a 1984 Datsun Pulsar following a one-vehicle accident Sunday, Sept. 18, at 10:32 a.m. ' The accident occurred at Roasnagle Road near Warsaw. Ricky A. Blue, 24, r 6 box 470A, Warsaw, told police he looked down while he was driving and lost control of the vehicle. The car went off the road and struck a mailbox owned by Verne Rosers, Warsaw. . Syracuse driver fined for felony DWI A Syracuse driver was charged with felony driving while intoxicated after he was found sleeping behind the wheel of his car on the highway at SR 15 and US 20 early Sunday, Sept. 18. Elkhart County Sheriff’s Reserve Officer Jay Ritchie reported he watched the traffic signal go through several cycles without a car, driven by Charles Albaugh, 33, r 5, Syracuse, move. The officer went up to the car window and woke Albaugh up. A test indicated Albaugh had a blood alcohol level of .15 He was taken to the Elkhart County jail.
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NO NEED FOR PANIC TESTING — Howard E. (“Red”) Long Jr., Wawasee Lake resident, has studied radon gas and testing methods at Texas A & M University and agrees that all homes should be tested. He feels long term tests provide more correct results and cautions area residents to not go into panic testing. (Photo by Glen Long)
Long urges caution on radon testing
(Continued from page 1) time to establish an average reading under normal living conditions,” he stated. “Based on averages, 74 percent of homes in Indiana will not need remedial action.” Long shares the opinion of Indiana Attorney General Linley Pearson, who stated in a consumer alert that Indiana homeowners should not be frightened into conducting hasty tests for radon gas or performing work to correct a problem without having extensive testing done first. The alert states, “Radon is a radioactive gas which occurs naturally. It can be found in high concentrations in soils and rocks which contain uranium, granite, shale, phospate and pitchblende. It may also be found in soils contaminated with certain
Closed hearing held on Evans store fire
(Continued from page 1) . . .” He also stated that “the department’s investigation was so sloppy that they are now covering up their mistake and Easements V * topic for sewer meeting Acquisition of easements and a report from the engineer were main, topics at the regular monthly meeting of the Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District Board Monday evening, Sept. 19. Richard Green, legal counsel, reported on the easement acquisitions for the septic tanks and sewer lines. He noted over half of the needed acquisitions have been received. A report was also given on the plans, specifications and financial data that has been sent to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management for approval. Persons who have been contacted by the Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District are encouraged to respond to the office
at 116 E. Main Street, Syracuse. Those having questions or needing assistance in regards to the sewer project are also asked to contact the sewer district office.
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types of industrial wastes. In the outdoors, radon is diluted to low concentrations, but poses a health hazard if it seeps into homes or buildings. The alert states further, “The gas can enter homes through small spaces in the soil and rock on which a house is built, and can seep into a home through basement floors, cracks in joints and walls, through floor drains, sump pumps and other tiny cracks. ’ “People should be cautioned to deal with established firms in their general area,” stated Long. He said Pearson stated his concern well with the consumer alert statement, “The announcement by the federal government that radon gas poses a health threat could bring unscrupulous businessmen out of the woodwork, offering to perform tests and correct the problem with costly repairs.”
have to nail somebody. I will go to court with this and fight this thing.” Milford Fire Department was notified of the fire at 8:40 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 10. It took three fire departments nearly two full hours to get the fire under control. Milford Fire Chief Jim Amsden stated after the fire that the building was already engulfed in flames when the call was received and when firemen arrived part of the roof had already fallen in. The investigation into the fire began the following morning. The owners, Max and Marlene Evans, were vacationing in Florida when the fire broke out and were notified just after arriving home the following day. Evans stated they had left Milford on December 26, drained all the water, turned everything off before leaving and took the key with them. Following the fire investigation by members of Squad 70 and the state fire marshal’s office the cause was listed as suspicious.
Area resi
The following persons were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail this past week: Charles Franklin Albaugh, 33, r 5 box 15583, Syracuse, was charged with forced entry to a residence, theft, assault and battery/simple assault. Bond will be set.
Joseph George Harwood, 15, r 1 box 2E, Syracuse, is being held in the county jai] on probation violation. No bond has been set. Steven Alan Keim, 26, r 4 box 74, Syracuse, was charged with driving under the influence and possession df marijuana. He was released on $450 bond.
Neal Homer Germonprez, 21, P.O. Box 376, North Webster, was arrested on a warrant from
Creighton seated by Republicans
By KATE WOLFORD Staff Writer With a voting majority of 45 out of a possible 79 votes, Eddie Creighton of Warsaw (he lives on Crystal Lake), became the Republican candidate for Kosciusko County Commissioner. As Creighton will run unopposed during the upcoming November election, he is in fact, a commisF '*' ’ O i jt Im ill CREIGHTON IS NEW COUNTY COMMISSIONER— Eddie Creighton of Warsaw (Crystal Lake) won a majority of votes in two caucuses held Monday, Sept. 19. He was named both interim county commissioner until December 31, 1988, and the Republican nominee for county commissioner in the upcoming November election. The death of Fred Gilliam, who had been a commissioner for 26 years, left both the unexpired term and the ballot vacancy. As Gilliam was running unopposed, Creighton will be commissioner until 1992.
It happened ... in Milford
10 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 20,1978 Maple Leaf is celebrating its 20th anniversary this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with an open house at the new $2 million feed mill on the Syracuse-Milford Road. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wollman, r 2 Milford, are the parents of their first child, a daughter, Kristin Marie, born Monday, Sept. 18, in the Goshen Hospital at 12:13 a.m. She weighed eight pounds, eight ounces and was2l>/2 inches long. The FFA officers for the 1978-79 school year at Wawasee High School include Roy Teeple, sentinel; Doug Weisser, secretary; Ron Aaron, vice-president; Jeff Hall, president; Mark Sumpter, treasurer; and Bart Bowser, reporter. Advisor is Randy Warren. Former area residents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold (Barbara) Freeman of Phoenix, Ariz., are visiting here. They planned their vacation to be in Indiana at the time the first child of their son, Darwin, and his wife, Kim, of r 5
dents booked at jail
Delaware County and released on $7,000 bond. John Brown Christain, 39, 712 Pittsburgh, Syracuse, was charged with driving under the influence and released - on $450 bond. Ronald Duane Timke, 33, r 5
Items taken from vehicles
The following incidents of vandalism, theft, and attempted burglary were investigated by Syracuse Police: Charles M. Harris, 6 North Shore Drive, reported that someone entered an unlocked vehicle that was parked at his residence and attempted to remove various items sometime between 6 p.m. last Friday, Sept. 16, and 8 a.m. Saturday. The sugpect(s) did take a picnic basket, camera, outdated credit cards, and an address book, although the value was unknown. Ashley Newell, Syracuse, reported that someone removed a radar detector from her 1984 Ford Escort while it was parked at Red-D-Mart, South Huntington
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sioner until 1992. The voting caucus took place on Monday, Sept. 19. Only Republican precinct committeemen and viceprecinct committeemen were eligible to vote. Creighton won the nomination on the second round of balloting. Strongest competition for the post came from Marguerite Gilliam, also of Warsaw, who is the widow of the late Fred Gilliam. Gilliam’s death left a Republican commissioner candidacy vacant. His unopposed candidacy is the reason Creighton will also run with no competition from the county Democratic party. Mrs. Gilliam received 33 votes to Creighton’s 39 on the first ballot. A majority of 40 votes was needed. On the second balloting, Gilliam received 32 votes to Creighton’s 45. In a caucus held immediately prior to the one voting Creighton onto the November ballot, Creighton won the right to serve as commissioner until December 30. Gilliam’s current term was unexpired when he died in August. As in the race for the Republican nomination, Creighton received competition from Mrs. Gilliam. Creighton did not gain the seat until the third balloting. During the first round of voting, Mrs. Gilliam received .23 to Creighton’s 22 votes, out of a possible 49. By round three, however, Creighton won with 25 votes to Mrs. Gilliam’s 23. Five other county residents had sought the unexpired term and the Republican nomination. They were John Weyler, Thomas Church, Robert Bell, George Klinger and John McDaniel. Creighton expressed his gratitude about receiving both spots. “I really appreciate the confidence you’ve shown jn me;’
Syracuse was born. The infant was born on Monday, Sept. 18, much to the delight of the entire family. He now shares his birthdate with his Grandpa Harold. 20 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 18,1968 C. S. Myers will celebrate the 30th anniversary of his firm in Milford with a special open house during the 1969 Ford introduction shown on September 27 and 28. Mr. Myers purchased the agency on October 4, 1938, from M. D. Chatten and the firm has grown steadily since that time. Being honored along with Mr. Myers will be Elmer Hartter and George Haab. Mr. and Mrs. Don Fox of Milford accompanied their son David to Indianapolis recently where he will attend Indiana Central this fall. Mrs. Dale (Glennis) Stump of Milford has enrolled in a twosemester nursing home administration course offered by the Indiana university medical center. Mrs. Elizabeth Brunjes and
box 335, Syracuse, was charged with conversion and released on $250 bond.' Jerry Eugene Wood, 18, 72643 CR 29, Syracuse, was charged with conversion and released on $250 bond.
Street, sometime between 3:15 p.m. and 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14. The detector was valued at $75.
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he said. Adding, “I’ll work my best.” Creighton also stated during a post caucus interview that he had no special agenda to bring to the commissioner post. “I did not have a real cause. My cause is to try to do the best for the county.” He said that there were many diverse environments and all expect to be represented. In responding to a question about fiscal responsibility, Creighton stated, “The biggest concern that people have is spending their tax dollars.” He added that while Kosciusko is a conservative county, it’s people are willing to spend funds wisely. Republican County Chairman Rex Reed presided over the events. Willis Alt and Roy Kern acted as clerks. Steven Hearn served as judge at the caucuses. County Republican ViceChairman Barbara Eastlund led the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of each caucus. At the outset of the proceedings, Reed suggested that the would-be commissioners might want to entertain questions from the voters, but Michael Valentine, a precinct committeeman respectfully objected to that on the grounds that such actions could make the night a long one. He prevailed. A motion by Reed not to publish the results of each vote on the grounds that candidates might be hurt if they received few votes, was rejected. Darwin Call voiced the objection. The results of each vote were posted. After the proceedings, Reed said, “I endeavored to make them as fair as possible. I hope that they were.” Perfect landing No matter in what direction a tax is hurled, it always hits the ultimate consumer. — World-Herald, Omaha
son, Allen Brunjes, of Milford, spent a ten-day vacation at Albuquerque, N. M., with Mrs. Brunjes’ sister-in-law, Mrs. Henrietta Cheechio, and son, Jack Stoller. 30 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 18,1958 The four new teachers at the Milford School are Mrs. Donald (Betty) Arthur who teaches home economics; Miss Marilyn Winter, fifth grade teacher; Jack Berlin, mathematics and biology; and Emery Kintner, fifth grade. Miss i Carole Dqe Knapp, a first grade ! teacher, is the only new teacher > this year in the Milford elemen--1 tary school. Do you own a hula hoop? If not, f you’re just not in the swing of i things. In Milford the May Stores r have sold five dozen and Sharp’s - Hardware got in a dozen Wednesday with sales immediately, f Prices range from 98 cents to $1.98. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wolferr man became the parents of a 1 daughter, Elizabeth Ann, September 12, at Goshen General 1 hospital. The baby weighed 7 pounds, two ounces, and has two older sisters. The Wolfermans live at Dewart Lake. Larry Dean Groves, son of Mr. and Mrs'. Merlin Groves, and a 1958 MHS graduate, has gone to Bethany hospital in Chicago where he will be employed. i I 50 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 15,1938 i ‘ There are several new members in the band this year, Ruth Leemon, Duane Rusk, Robert Brown and Joan Good playing clarinets and Joan Barnes playing the kettle drums and bells. Phyllis Krider will play the clarinet instead of the kettle drum. Patricia Baumgartner is learning to twirl the baton.