The Mail-Journal, Volume 27, Number 36, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 October 1988 — Page 3

Hospital notes

Goshen TUESDAY, OCT. 11 Admissions Edna Wolfe, 700 E. Greenhaus Drive 81, Syracuse Herman Schrock, r 2 box 86, Milford WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12 Admissions Stephanie Orten, 412 E. Boston, Syracuse Karen Pope, r 2 box 27C, Milford - Dismissals Phyllis C. Kuhn, 306 John St., Syracuse Edith Baumgartner, P.O. Box 87,109 E. Catherine St., Milford

Obituaries

Michael J. Wouster Michael J. Wouster, 24,856 Pixie Parkway, Cromwell, was pronounced dead at the scene from internal injuries at a car-train accident at 12:09 a.m. Sunday morning. The accident occurred three miles north of Warsaw on CR 350 N, 1,000 feet east of SR 15. According to Kosciusko County Sheriff’s deputies, Wouster was eastbound on CR 350 N and failed to see the train across the track. The engineers, Jim A. Smith, 50, 209 Oakridge, Decatur, 111., and a student driver, Timothy Doak, stated the trail was traveling southbound and as the train was coming to the intersection they saw the vehicle coming eastbound. The next thing they knew, the vehicle hit the train at about the middle of the first engine. Wouster was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the 1976 Chevy he was driving as the car was dragged down an embankment by the train. He was the only occupant of the vehicle. The auto was owned by Bert D. Mickem, r 7 box 212, Warsaw, and was listed at a total loss. Damage to the Conrail train was estimated at between S2OO-sl,ooo. Funeral Services Wouster was born in Peru on. October 4, 1964, to Michael and Barbara Oberlin Wouster. He had resided in Peru most of his life before moving six years ago to Cromwell. He was employed at Skyline Corp., Goshen, and was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church, Peru. Surviving are his mother, Barbara Gagen, Cromwell; his father, Michael Wouster, Peru; three sisters, Mrs. Steven (Lee Ann) Dixon, Cromwell, Mrs. Gary .(Dana) Akers, Kemper, Ky., and Kelley Wouster, at home; one brother, Charles Lucas, Pierceton; grandparents Doris Roeder, Orlando, Fla., David Oberlin, California, and Mrs. Clara Wouster, Peru. Services were held today,

Battle of the bottle —

Do special weeks on drugs help?

j By BILL BROOKS Koala Centers Oct. 24-30 has been declared National Drug-Free America Week, by proclamation of the President of the United States. Oct. 16-22 has been declared National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week. Nov. 28-Dec. 3 will be devoted to women’s issues in alcoholism and drug abuse, according to the National Council on Alcoholism. Do all these special weeks do any good? Does ANY special emphasis on segments of the population have any real effect on those in deep trouble with alcohol or other drugs? Does it provide any help or even comfort to the families of addicts? We in the field like to think so. The point is that we are slowly beginning to realize that the key to America’s drug problem lies mainly in reducing the demand, not attacking the suppliers, although some good has been done in that direction and more may be done when foreign countries stop making the stuff, like cocaine. Declaring special weeks, like other public education efforts, are geared to break through America’s incredible denial that a problem even exists! The fact

On public health The U.S. public health system, largely a victim of its own success, has eroded to a point where Americans are at unnecessary risk, a National Academy of Sciences panel said.

THURSDAY, OCT. 13 " Dismissals Stephanie Orten, 412 E. Boston, Syracuse FRIDAY, OCT. 14 Admissions Jeana Wilcox, P.O. Box 224, Milford Dismissals Bambi D. Baier and infant son, Aaron Chase, r 2 box 226 B-2, Leesburg Karen S. Pope and infant daughter, Allison Lucille, r 2 box 27-C, Milford Herman Schrock, r 2 box 86, Apt. 85, Milford

Wednesday, at 11 a.m. in Eastlund-Harris Funeral Home, Syracuse, with Father Richard Urvine officiating. Cremation will follow. Robert Sumpter Former Milford resident Robert D. Sumpter, 70, 1101 N. Tillotson, Muncie, died at 10:48 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, 1988, in Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, following an extended illness. Born October 3, 1918, in Milford, he was the son of Albert and Mary (Fox) Sumpter. He had lived in California before moving to Muncie. A member of the Milford High School Class of 1937, Mr. Sumpter was retired from Tred-X Corporation in Muncie and was a veteran of World War 11, serving in the United States Air Force. He was also a member of the American Legion, Indianapolis. His survivors include one sister, Marjorie McGray, Elkhart; and two brothers, Lester Sumpter and Delbert Sumpter, both of Elkhart. Three sisters and one brother preceded him in death. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, in Mishler Funeral Home, Milford, with Rev. David Widmoyer, pastor of Hastings Island Chapel United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial followed in Island Cemetery, near Milford. Velma Petro Velma N. Petro, 64, 1055 North Detroit St., Warsaw, died at 5:10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, 1988, in Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne. She was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Buchanon County, lowa, to Theron and Ella Helleso Barker. On Dec. 20, 1947, she married William Petro, Jr., who survives.

that 25,000 Americans die in alcohol-related highway accidents every year stirs up few if any real protests, except by the families of the victims and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The faet that Americans spend $6.8 million every hour on alcohol (S6O billion annually) and the fact that the annual cost to the U.S. economy is $174.7 billion should cause everybody some concern. There are 15 million adult alcoholics in this country. There are more than three million TEENAGE alcoholics. There are more than six million drug addicts (four million people use cocaine daily). Four to seven other persons — family, co-workers — are affected by each alcoholic or drug abuser. Add it all up: That’s a minimum of 120 million persons affected by all drugs (alcohol’s a drug, remember?). That is half the population of the United States. How bad is alcoholism? Os all alcoholics, one percent will go insane, 3 percent will seek treatment and/or get into A.A. and recover. What about the remaining 96 percent? They will die — prematurely and often painfully. How bad is the illegal drug trade? The figure is something like $500,000,000,000 annually —> and growing. That’s 500 billion, not million. Almost beyond the

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SATURDAY, OCT. 15 Admissions Eli M. Mast, 136 E. Boston St., Syracuse Dismissals Jerrie W. Comstock, r 5 box 247 M, Syracuse Betty L. Zimmerman, r 1 box 26, Milford SUNDAY, OCT. 16 Admissions Alyce E. Fuller, r 1 box 139A, Milford MONDAY, OCT. 17 Admissions Donald E. Martin, r 1 box 102, North Webster Dismissals Edna A. Wolfe, 700 E. Greenhaus Drive Apt. 81, Syracuse

She was secretary and treasurer for Warsaw Foundry. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Warsaw, Warsaw Reading Club, and Live and Learn Home Ec Club. Survivors include her husband, William Petro; three sons, John Petro, Warsaw, Paul Petro, Petoskey, Mich., and Michael Petro, Leesburg; one daughter, Mrs. Steven (Elaine) Glova, Atwood; one sister, Mrs. Jesse (Phyllis) Dau, Fort Wayne; two brothers, Ralph Barker, Elgin, 111., and Harold Barker, Pierceton; and six grandchildren. One sister preceded her in death. Services were held Saturday morning, Oct. 15, in the Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, with Rev. Charles Ellinwood officiating. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Kosciusko County Cancer Society. Charles E. Dietrick Services for Charles E. Dietrick, 83, were conducted Thursday, Oct. 13, 1988, in the Quattlebaum-Holleman-Burse Funeral Home, West Palm Beach, Fla. A former resident of‘the Syracuse and Goshen areas, Dietrick died at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 11, 1988, in the Humana Hospital, West Palm Beach. He was born Jan. 1, 1905, in Garrett, and was the son of Frederick and Anna Kline Dietrick. He married Thelma Geyer on Dec. 15, 1928, she survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Diane) Shock, Syracuse, Sandra Jane Shock, West Palm Beach; one son, Charles E. Dietrick, Jr., Okemos, Mich., 10 grandchildren; 16 greatgrandchildren; and one sister, Mary Alice Lowe, Peru.

imagination. But you read almost every day of a drug bust of a few kilograms of the white stuff worth millions of dollars. Do you work in industry? Then you may know that alcoholism is the biggest problem. The average annual cost for the alcoholic employee is $8,550. That’s the cost to his employer. His average absentee rate is 22 days a year. One fourth of his salary is paid annually in sick benefits. He is involved in more grievance procedures and he functions at 67 percent of his work potential. Are you a housewife? Maybe you contribute to these overwhelming figures: Three billion amphetamine, five billion tranqualizer, and five billion barbiturate — annual prescription drug doses in the U.S. Facts, figures, percentages tend to bore people and get lost in the mountain of information purveyed by press, radio, TV and film. It’s time they didn’t get lost. It’s time lives didn’t get lost. It’s time people listened to education efforts like special weeks. It’s time we all realize that America’s alcohol/drug problem is an epidemic. (Questions about alcoholism, drug abuse? Call Koala’s free, statewide Helpline at 1-800-622-4711)

KCH Monday, Oct. 10 Admissions William M. Flinn, Leesburg Melissa S. Hall, Leesburg Dismissals Dale H. Fawley, Leesburg Tuesday, Oct. 11 Admissions Sue A. Belchak, North Webster Dismissals Eva V. Warren, North Webster Wednesday, Oct. 12 Admissions Elizabeth J. Leach, North Webster Bounsou Oudomsak, Leesburg Troy I. Shepherd, Syracuse Dismissals William M. Flinn, Leesburg Mrs. Darrell (Melissa) Hall, Leesburg, and infant son John L. Merkey, Leesburg Thursday, Oct. 13 Admissions Dawn E. Kramer, Leesburg Dismissals Troy I. Shepherd, Syracuse Friday, Oct. 14 Admissions Hazel M. Pace, Leesburg Dismissals Mrs. Robert (Sue) Belchak, North Webster, and infant son Dawn E. Kramer, Leesburg Elizabeth J. Leach, North Webster Bounsou Oudomsak, Leesburg Sunday, Oct. 16 Admissions Margaret M. Frost, North Webster

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DENNY PINKERTON TO UNDERGO SURGERY Dennis Pinkerton, r 2, Milford, underwent balloon surgery on Wednesday, Oct. 5, in Elkhart Hospital. He was released to his home on Monday, Oct. 10, and is reportedly feeling a lot better. Pinkerton became ill while on a fishing trip in Michigan around Labor Day, and spent five days in a Muskegon hospital at that time. After consulting a specialist this week, he will be scheduled to re-enter the hospital for additional surgery. Syracuse EMS The Syracuse Emergency Medical Service made the following ambulance runs this past week: Edna Wolfe, 91, 700 Greenhaus Dr., was taken from Dr. Jack Clark’s office to Goshen Hospital, Tuesday, Oct. 11, after the EMS was called to the doctor’s office at 10:09 a.m. The EMS was called to a location on Hunnicutt Drive at 10:34' a.m. Thursday, Oct. 13. Carl W. Knisley, 72, 22881 CR 44, New Paris, was taken to Elkhart Hospital. Helen Gilmore, 86, Miller’s Merry Manor, Syracuse, was taken from the health care facility, to Goshen Hospital after the EMS was called there at 1 p.m. Thursday. The EMS was called to a location on CR 300E at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. Mary Lukenbill, 77, r 1, Akron, was taken to Kosciusko Community Hospital. Joshua O’Balz, 10, 867 King Arthur’s Trail, Cromwell, was not taken to a hospital by the EMS

after he was brought to the fire station at 3:49 p.m. Saturday. Rush Williams, 88, r 3 box 103, Syracuse, was not taken to a hospital after the EMS was called to his home at 9:40 p.m. Saturday. Byron Sears, 47, 625 E. Pittsburg St., Syracuse, came to the fire station at 11:59 p.m. Saturday and was not taken to the hospital. Evelyn Smith Monrail, 37, 1118 Park Ave., Kendalville, was taken to Goshen Hospital Sunday, Oct. 16, after the EMS was called to 718 E. Baltimore Street at 5:46 p.m. The EMS was called to a location on Pickwick Road near the bridge at 10:53 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17. Mike Turner, 14, 630 Manor Dr., Syracuse; Josh Medley, 15, Turtle Bay, Syracuse; and Jarrod Peace, 13, 502 Wenonah Dr., Syracuse, were not transported to a hospital. The EMS was called at 8:09 p.m. Tuesday, to Cherokee Road. Roxanne Waynee, 32, r 1 box 539, Cromwell, was not taken to a hospital. Births WILCOX, Seth William Mr. and Mrs. Brian (Jeana) Wilcox, P.O. Box 224, Milford, are the parents of a son, Seth William, born at 5:15 p.m., Friday, Oct. 14, 1988, in the Goshen General Hospital. He weighed 10 pounds, ounces and measured 21 Vz inches in length. He is the couple’s first child. Maternal grandparents are Donald and Nancy Crain of Montpelier, Ohio. Paternal grandparents are John and Cecilia Wilcox of South Bend. Maternal

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great-grandparents are Oscar and Ethel Challen, Bowling Green, Ohio, and Norma Crain of Hamilton. Paternal greatgrandparents are Belle Wilcox, South Bend and Cecil Tanner of San Usento, Calif. POPE, Allison Lucille Mr. and Mrs. Timothy (Karen) Pope, r 2 box 27-C, Milford, are the parents of a daughter, Allison Lucille, born Thursday, Oct. 13, 1988, at 1:20 a.m. in Goshen General Hospital. Allison Lucille weighed eight pounds, 10!4> ounces and measured 21 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Merle and Norma Tethrake, Milford. Paternal grandparents are Anna Marie Pope, Indianapolis. Paternal greatgrandmothers are Margaret Pope, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Anna Walter, Indianapolis. Allison Lucille has two sisters, Nicole, eight and Katharine, five. COBURN, Tiffany Grace Mr. and Mrs. Clark (Gina) Coburn, 208 S. Wheatland Dr., Goshen, are the parents of a daughter, Tiffany Grace, born at 3 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7, 1988, in Goshen General Hospital. Tiffany Grace weighed seven pounds, s*/ 2 ounces and measured 19 inches long. She is the couple’s first child. Maternal grandparents are George S. and Emma Miller and the late Grace Miller, Middlebury. Paternal grandparents are Bill and Doris Coburn, Syracuse. Maternal greatgrandparents are Vernon and Rose Miller, Goshen, and Goldie Stewart, Goshen. Paternal greatgrandmother is Velma Sailors, Wabash.

BAIER, Aaron Chase Mr. and Mrs. Darren (Bambi) Baier, r 2 box 2268-2, Leesburg, are the parents of a son, Aaron Chase, bom at 4:44 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, 1988, in Goshen Hospital. He weighed five pounds, 10 ounces, and measured 17% inches. Aaron Chase has a brother, Devin Howard, two years old. Maternal grandparents are Max and Shirley Reavis, North Webster. Paternal grandparents are Bob and Gloria Baier, Leesburg. Maternal greatgrandparents are Melvin and Marie Himes, Warsaw, and Betty Himes, also of Warsaw. HALL son Mr. and Mrs. Darrell (Melissa) Hall, Leesburg, are the parents of a son born Monday, Oct. 10,1988, in Kosciusko Community Hospital. BELCHAK son Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. (Sue) Belchak, Leesburg, are the parents of a son bom Tuesday, Oct. 11, 1988, in Kosciusko Community Hospital. WYSONG, Alie Marie Mr. and Mrs. John (Dawn) Wysong, 126 Riverview Avenue, Elkhart, are the parents of a daughter, Alie Marie, born at 10:02 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15,1988, in Goshen Hospital. She weighed seven pounds, 13% ounces, and measured 20 inches long. Alie Marie has a sister, Jenna, 3% years old. Maternal grandparents are Margaret Tarman, New Paris, and Bill and Shirley Tarman, also of New Paris. Paternal grandparents are Don and Norma Wysong, New Paris. The baby’s father is a former teacher and coach at Wawasee High School.

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