The Mail-Journal, Volume 27, Number 46, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 December 1988 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., December 28,1988

Editorial

100 years of service The first issue of The Milford Mail, one of the parent papers of The Mail-Journal came off the presses on December 27,1888 — 100 years ago. While the country was still recovering from the Civil War of the 1860 s, the publisher of the fledgling newspaper declared his publication would be independent in nature. And, thus it was for the first few months. However, it soon became a strong Democratic influence in the community. It remains so today. Editors and publishers over the past 100 years have taken a stand when the need was there. We have no plans in changing this policy. We feel the community is better because of the direction our editorial page has taken over the years and plan to continue to voice our opinions in the future. If our editorials do nothing else, they get people off dead center and get them thinking for themselves. In this busy day and age it is all too easy for people to follow the trend just because it’s convenient. The trend, and yes, the majority, are not always right. If a governing body strays from the norm, we feel the public needs to know. If something needs support, this newspaper has always been there to serve the community and to support worthwhile projects. As we’ve been there during the past 100 years, we plan to be there in the future... serving the community. Resolutions Americans make resolutions at the beginning of each new year. Some view the process with cynicism, knowing most of the resolutions will be broken. But resolutions signify the maker seeks to improve. In that sense, they’re an indication of good intentions. New Year’s resolutions, then, kept or not, are a good idea. That’s what life is about — hope and effort for improvement. Those perfectly contented with themselves are blinded by self-satisfaction. Drive safely! Americans kill more people with automobiles than any other nation on earth. Many states now seek to make it harder for unfit people to hold licenses. Periodic checks of all drivers are desirable. Tougher penalties for drunk drivers are now being enacted by many states. Automobiles could be built to be more safe. This newspaper urges all to drive cautiously in winter weather and during the holiday season. What others say — Doc Bowen coming home “Doc” Bowen is coming back to Bremen in January after 36 years of public service. Few communities in our nation can claim a citizen with such impressive public service credentials. Bowen will set the longevity record Dec. 30 for chief executives of the U.S. Health and Human Services. Bowen is the 16th HHS secretary in 34 years. He took the post just over three years ago. Bowen is best known to Hoosiers as a two-term Indiana governor, having been elected in 1972 and re-elected in 1976. After his second term, he was a parttime Indiana University Medical School professor before President Reagan called on him to take the lofty HSS post. “Doc” Bowen is knownby many older residents of this community who have some connection with Bremen. Some people in our area were brought into this world by the Bremen country doctor who made house calls, delivered babies and was an ‘old-fashioned’ family physician. Bowen got into public service because the physicians in Marshall County decided that a family doctor should serve as coroner. Bowen was then called on to serve. Little did he or anyone know that the coroner job would lead to the Indiana Statehouse or the White House in Washington. As county coroner, Bowen became more interested in local and state government. He ran for state representative and won. And he was re-elected, and his political career started advancing, continuing for more than 30 years. Doc is ready to leave Washington, but he says he would probably continue to serve the Bush administration, but only in a part-time advisory post. Bowen is ready to retire and will never again seek public office. He says he’s ready to move to his five-acre plot and do the usual things that a retired person should do, like travel, read, do some writing and serve his local community. The Bremen country doctor doesn’t plan to write a “kiss and tell” book to tell naughty secrets about Reagan administration officials or the Washington scene. Some former Reagan aides have gotten rich with such books. But that’s not Doc’s style. But he may write a more general book about his public service career. Bowen brought the meaning back to “common sense” government during his eight years as Indiana governor. He says his most important achievement was revising the Indiana tax system, putting a freeze on property taxes and shifting the tax burden to the sales and income tax. He said property taxes had been going up 10 to 15 percent a year and it was a big problem to own and maintain a home. Most Hoosiers agree with his assessment of his top achievement. But many public officials in the state have been busy for the past decade trying to find a way around the tax freeze in an effort to spend more of our tax dollars. The Bowen tax freeze has saved taxpayers millions of dollars, with no serious lack of public services. Bowen believes his success in getting support from President Reagan for the catastrophic health care bill was his top achievement at HHS. Bowen succeeded in getting administration support despite opposition by some key aides to the • president. Bowen then managed to get a bill passed in Congress that the president could support. The former Bremen doctor said there were many additions to the bill before congressional approval but it was still supported by Reagan. Bowen also is pleased with his management of the department. The budget of $389.4 billion is the fourth largest budget in the world, and by far the largest of any department of the federal government. Defense is a distant second. Bowen is pleased because he has been able to reduce the number of employees in the department from 135,000 to 118,000. Washington insiders now say the department is functioning smoothly. Don Newman, former Mishawaka pharmacist who once ran against John Brademas for Congress, is Bowen’s chief deputy at HHS. Doc Bowen will be coming home to Bremen next month and the town officials better be thinking of something special to do for him. They honored him with a parade last summer, but something more meaningful is needed. Few communities have a citizen like Doc Bowen. -THE GOSHEN NEWS

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Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Davidson-Engelhaupt Larry E. Davidson, 39, r 2 box 224, Syracuse, and Doris A. Engelhaupt, 35, r 2 box 224, Syracuse. Flaugh-Black Timothy Allen Flaugh, 23, r 2 box 319, Leesburg, and Christine Lee Black, 22, r 2 box 319, Leesburg. Marriage Licenses The following marriage dissolution was granted in Elkhart County Court, Goshen Division: Superior 111 Kahler — Ryan A. Kahler, 358 N. Nappanee St., Nappanee and Ramona R. Kahler, r 5 box 400, Syracuse. The couple was married on Oct. 26, 1985 and separated on Dec. 19,1987.

Car slides on snowy roadway and rear-ends another vehicle

A two car collision on Monday, Dec. 26, at CR 350 N and CR 100E in Plain Township near Warsaw occurred at 2:34 p.m. A vehicle driven by Timothy A. Hatcher, 19, r 7 box 1788, Warsaw, slid on the snowy roadway as he came over a hill causing him to rearend a car being operated by Robert E. Hoevel, 26, r 6 box 625 K, Warsaw. Damage to the 1979 Pontiac being driven by Hatcher was estimated at under S2OO and damage to Hoevel’s 1984 Ford truck was estimated at up to SI,OOO. Also on Monday, Dec. 26, another two car accident occurred at CR 350 N and CR 100E near Warsaw. This collision, which happened at 2:40 p.m., involved autos driven by Brian I. Bibler, 19, r 8 box 428, Warsaw and Robert E. Rhoades, r 6 box 21, Warsaw. The 1984 Datsun being operated by Bibler slid down a hill on the slick roadway and into the Rhoades’ vehicle which was stopped at the intersection. Damage to Bibler’s vehicle was estimated at up to $2,500 ajpd damage to the 1986 Ford truck Being driven by Rhoades was estimated at under S2OO. At 1:40 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 26, a one-vehicle accident occurred on CR 900 N, west of SR 15N, in Van Buren Township near Milford. Penny L. Rust, 17, 1505 Grace St., Winona Lake, lost control of the vehicle she was driving on the slippery roadway. The vehicle left the road, striking a pole. An estimate on damages to the 1983 Chevy truck Rust was driving was not given but damage to the pole that it struck was estimated at up to $2,500. A one-vehicle accident occurred on Monday, Dec. 26, on CR 300E, south of CR 750 N, in Plain Township near Leesburg. Carl H. Winnebald, 18, r 1 box 130, Leesburg, told police that he lost control of the 1984 Ford he was driving on the slick road and spun into the ditch and a pole. There was no estimate given on the damage to Winnebald’s truck but damage to the pole was estimated at up to $2,500. Six Injured A two-car collision on Old Road 3Q and CR 225E in Wayne Township near Warsaw on Saturday, Dec. 24, left six persons injured. Vehicles being operated by Sally E. Devon, 49, r 3 lot 3, Leesburg, and Timothy N. Taylor, 16,11 Shagbark Dr., Warsaw, were involved in the mishap. Devon suffered an arm injury while three passengers in her auto, Debbie Heathcote (ankle), Tony Heathcote (head) and Angel Heathcote (lacerations to face) were also injured in the collision. Taylor suffered an injury to his jaw while a passenger in his auto, Matthew Taylor, sustained an injured clavicle. Damage to the 1984 Dodge that Devon was driving was estimated at up to $5,000 and the 1978 Chevy that Taylor was operating received up to $2,500 in estimated damages. A one-car accident occurred on Saturday, Dec. 24, at 9:20 a.m. on CR 450 N, east of CR 175E, in

County Court Goshen Division The following fines have been levied and paid in the Elkhart County Court, Goshen Division: Speeding — Gary L. Huffman, 20, North Webster, $63; Steven G. Richcreek, 37, North Webster, $73; Matthew J. Fry, 28, Syracuse, SSB; Richard A. Gay, 36, Syracuse, SSB; Gardner Ray Mclntosh, 31, Milford, SSB False and fictitious registration — Roger L. Dunithan, 43, Syracuse, dismissed by the deputy prosecuting attorney Failure to yield right of way—- — Whiteman, 76, Syracuse, SSB Expired registration — Kevin R. Tracey, 22, Leesburg, $54 New Claims Goshen Division R.M. Long vs Charles F. Roberts, r 5 box 253A, Syracuse. Plaintiff seeks $351.57 plus interest and costs.

Plain Township near Warsaw. Terry L. Maggart, 24, P.O. Box 266, North Webster, told police that he tried to miss an animal that ran into the path of his auto and he lost control and went off the road and into a field. Damage to the 1987 Chevy being operated by Maggart was estimated at up to $2,500 and damage to the bean field that he ran into was estimated at up to SI,OOO. A car-deer accident occurred on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 8:05 p.m. in Tippecanoe township on SR 13N, south of CR 900 N. Lisa L. Donley, 16, r 2 box 276, Syracuse, told police that she was traveling south on SR 13, north of North Webster, when a deer ran into the roadway and struck her vehicle. Damage to the 1987 Ford being driven by Donley was estimated at up to SI,OOO. Area persons booked at jail The following persons were booked on various charges in the Kosciusko County Jail during the past week: James F. Osborne, 36, rl box 44, Milford, was charged with two counts of contempt of court and held on $323 and $153 bonds. Mitchell Allen Losee, 19, r 6 box 66, Syracuse, was charged with illegal possession/consumption. He was later released on $175 bond. Joann Marie Sechrist, 26, rr 2 box 118, North Webster, was charged with driving under the influence. She was later released on $350 bond. Gerald L. Sheets, r 6 box 326, Syracuse, notified Kosciusko County Police on December 20, at 11:45 a.m., that sometime over the weekend someone had removed screws from a vent at the Wawasee Bowl on SR 13S. No entry was made into the building. Willie Grant Baldridge, 20, r 1 box 675, Leesburg, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond. Timothy Wayne Crabtree, 22, r 1 box 125 H, Milford, was booked on two charges of failure to appear. There was no bond.

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HE ORIGINAL CROW ROOFING building crumpled beneath the wrecker’s J ball last week, raising local lopes that McDonald’s is not far behind. Looking into the history of the Crow building shows that it was bought in 1975 by Steve and Linda Crow. Until 1977 it housed not only the roofing business but also The Tool Shed, an equipment rental business owned by Phil Baumgardt (later becoming Fisher’s Rent-All, owned by Bill Fisher). In 1977, Linda moved the Star Store to that location after the uptown store was closed. It remained there until 1985 when Linda phased it out. The Star Store was one of the oldest businesses in town, having been in the Mabie family for many years. We remember Dale and Ruth Plummer operating it also. The original business in the building was G & W Pizza Factory, a plant started by Harry and Marie Weighriff, Bob Garmire, and Maurice Lung. The last two years that the pizza plant operated, it was owned by Beatrice Foods. The local plant was closed and the operation was moved to Archibald, Ohio, in 1969, when expansion was being explored but the SR 13 South location was not in the incorporated section of Syracuse and water and sewer were not available. We hasten to add that, although the demolition of the Crow Roofing building has taken place, the grounds have not been officially sold at this time. CHRISTMAS, A period of time that is either the most wonderful, fulfilling, filled with wonderment season — or the most traumatic that a person can go through. Our expectations are built so high that it would take a magic wand to turn them into realities, but most of us come through with a serene sense of wholeness. That is because we focus on the “reason for the season” not the trappings of the season. It is our heartfelt hope that you are among the former! A CARRY-IN lunch was the focus of the Syracuse Police Department to celebrate the Christmas season. They invited members of the assessor’s office, the street and sewer depart ment heads (the workers had to remain on duty) to share in the pitch-in. Miriam Ridings, recently retired from the assessor’s office, returned for the occasion. CHARLIE AND Sandra Rock were somewhat disappointed to learn that the Chamber sponsored Christmas decorating contest did not include inside decorations as they had gone “all out” decorating inside and out at their home. AN ANNUAL tradition was reenacted when the Landmark Realty building (formerly First Charter) businesses joined forces for their all day Christmas buffet on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Attorney Dick Green remarked that he’d never seen so much traffic through the place in one day and was told by State Bank of Syracuse president, Jim Caskey, that if they’d serve the buffet every day, they’d see that kind of traffic all year! ON AGAIN — off again. We keep hearing

rumors that Vincent’s, formerly Foo and Faye’s, is sold. So far, nothing is ready to be talked about. A good location for some business, however. WE DO hear that Pizza Hut will be in Syracuse in “about a year”. The principals are busy with two other Pizza Huts under construction at this time and will wait until they’re completed before beginning in Syracuse. • ■> ...... ' ' ' « • .■. * IF YOU’RE wondering where Crow Roofing put all their equipment, it’s located behind The Image Group’s uptown office — where the Alcoholic Beverage warehouse once was. The business is operating out of this location for the time being. WE OFFER condolences to the friends and family of Ruth Plummer who passed away just before Christmas while visiting with her son, Dale, Jr. and his family in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ruth is the mother of The Image Group’s Jim Plummer. She was a familiar face at the State Bank of Syracuse’s Hatchery Branch, where she was beginning her 25th year as a customer service representative. —o—- — THAT time of year, and the Syracuse Fire Department has just elected new officers. All are in place, only the choice of Chief must be sanctioned at the next town board meeting. The new officers are: Jerry Byrd, chief; Joe Anderson, first assistant; Scott Wallace, second assistant; Howard Birkel, EMS captain; Ed Batsela, secretary; Cliff Wogoman, lieutenant; and Mike Davis, second lieutenant. ELECTRONET HAS a new sign. This is Dan VanLue’s business, formerly Radio Shack, located across from the Syracuse Family Practice at what was the Heyde station. ANOTHER SIGN on Huntington Street is that of Dr. Thwaits which reads, “Dr. Thwaits was not involved in an accident. Thank you for your concern.” The message was apparently prompted by a news article in this paper several weeks ago about a Jim Thwait being involved in an auto accident. THE MIER Car has received some funding from the Harkless Foundation. An additional anonymous donation was given also, bringing Syracuse closer to the reality of returning the Harkless-built car home to its proposed location in the new museum. Jim Caskey, president of the Harkless Foundation, stated that anyone wishing to contribute to the Mier Car Fund may do so at the State Bank of Syracuse. The Mier Car Fund was established by the chamber to purchase the car, built by the father of the late Ken Harkless. The car was recently located in a museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. A THOUGHT for 1989: Dale Carnegie once said, “One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We dream of some magical rose garden over the horizon — instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our window today.” Let us resolve to enjoy life each day as we go along — open your eyes, there’s something good in each day. -JOG