The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 32, Milford, Kosciusko County, 20 September 1989 — Page 5

yp 1 Z ■•sb, / SALES REPRESENTATIVE — Ron Schwartz, Jr., is the sales representative for ‘the PAPER' and The Mail-Journal working in the Syracuse, North Webster, and Warsaw areas. He began his duties in May of this year. Ron, a former Milford resident, is a 1984 graduate of Wawasee High School and in 1989 graduated from Ball State University with a degree in English and history. He and his wife. Sara, reside in Syracuse. She is a teacher at' Syracuse Community Nursery School. Ron’s hobbies are softball and music. Ron can be contacted at the Syracuse and Warsaw offices of ‘the PAPER’ and The Mail-Journal.

Safe taken from American Legion

«®PERS ' 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:

Vehicles collide at 15 &30

The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents in the greater Lakeland area over the past week. Two-vehicles collided at SR 15 and US 30 at 7:30 am., Monday. Sept. 18. Gina S. Heatwole. 25, 3810 N. Prairie. Warsaw, was traveling south on SR 15 in her 1989 Chevrolet and started to pass another vehicle when she pulled into the path of a 1985 White semitractor/trailer driven by Mark W. Sparrier, 37. 2301 Leer, South Bend. Damage to Heatwole’s vehicles was estimated up to SI,OOO and up to SI.OOO to the semi, registered to Ditmer Oil. Inc., P.O. Box 567, Elkhart, and trailer registered to U.S. Postal Service. South Bend. No one was injured in a twovehicle accident Sunday, Sept. 17. at 8:45 p.m.. at Old Road 30 and CR 350 W. Dawn E. Kilander. 20. 210 N. Main St., South Whitley, was driving a 1984 Dodge westbound on Old 30 when it collided with another westbound vehicle driven by David H. Shepherd, 20, P.O. 80x.54, North Webster. According to the police report Shepherd thought he saw the left turn signal in operation on the Kilander vehicle and when he started to turn his 1984 Oldsmobile to the left, the two collided Damage to the Kilander vehicle was estimated up to $2,500 and up to $5,000 to Shepherd's vehicle. Damage was estimated at under. S2OO to each vehicle in a parking lot accident Saturday, Sept/ 16, at Wawasee High School. Pamela S. Faulkenberg. 38. 3013 Kenbridge. Port Wayne, Syracuse boy struck while riding bike Eric Harmon, nine, r 1, Syracuse, received injuries after striking the windshield of a car after he was struck on SR 13. 1,000 feet south of US 6 at 3:40 p.m. Sunday. According to Elkhart County Sheriff's Ptl. Philip Crewson, the youth was riding his bicycle south on SR 13 and turned across the road into the path of an oncoming car driven by Trudy Shively, 34, r 3, Ligonier, who was driving north. Harmon was taken to Goshen Hospital by Syracuse EMTs and was admitted He has since been released

The burglary of a service club in North Webster is our Crime of the Week. On Aug. 30. 1989. a burglary was discovered at the North Webster American Legion. After entering the building, a safe was taken, along with a quantity of money and at least 18 cartons of cigarettes. If you have information concerning this incident, call Crime Stoppers toll free at 1-800-342-STOP. We will pay up to SI,OOO 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.

had her 1984 GMC van parked on the east side along the parking lot when a 1981 Chevrolet, driven byLana M. Walton. 16, r 3 box 580. Syracuse, backed into the side of the van. Fred R. Devries, Jr., 38 6454 E. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo. Mich., was driving his 1981 Cadillac south on SR 13, when a deer ran out in front of his vehicle. Devries struck the deer headon. The accident occurred t 8:36 p.m., Friday, Sept. 15, just north of CR 800 N. Damage was estimated up to $2,500 to the car. A car/deer accident occurred on Wednesday, Sept. 13, at 8:40 p.m.. on SR 15. south of CR 1150 N. Tracy L. Hochstetler, 26, Lot 4. Meadows Park. Nappanee, was traveling north on SR 15 in his 1987 Chevrolet when a deer ran out in front of his vehicle. Damage was estimated up to $2,500 to his vehicle. Driver inattention is the cause of a one-vehicle accident Friday. Sept. 1, on CR 100E, south of CR 1300 N north of Milford Curt D. Clevenger. 26, 813 Medusa St., Syracuse, told police he was driving his 1984 Oldsmobile west on CR 100E and when the vehicle rounded the corner, the right front wheel of the car went off the edge of the road causing him to lose control of the car. The car went into the ditch. Damage was estimated up to $1,006.

Area residents booked at jail

The following persons were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail during recently on various charges: Nanette Marie George. 16, r 5 box 458, Syracuse, was sentenced to Indiana Girls School until she is 18, for possession of a controlled substance. Timothy Wayne Crabtree. 23, r 1 box 125 H, Milford, was charged with desertion and non-support. He was held on $6,500 bond. Jeffery Allen Weaver, 26. 207 Pickwick Place, Syracuse, was sentenced to 20 days with jail time credit and good time credit on a charge of furnishing alcdhbl to a minor-. Janet Lee Watts. 21, r 2 box 3. Milford, was charged with check deception and held on SI,OOO bond.

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It happened ... in Milford

10 YEARS AGO. SEPT. 19, 1979 Chore-Time employee John Replogle, r 1 Milford, has been detained in Venezuela by the Venezuelan government, according to a Chore-Time representative this morning. Replogle went to Venezuela to conduct service meetings for firms that had bought Chore-Time equipment through the company’s international distributor E. Holzer. Inc., of Englewood Cliffs. N.J. According to Chore-Time. E. Holzer. Inc., said the matter should be cleared up in a couple of days, but the Venezuelan government indicated it could take as long as one week to 10 days. The Milford Lions Club met at the fire station on Monday night and heard Thomas Kitch of the county sheriff’s department explain the operations of the department. Kitch talked about youngsters, drugs and the proposed new jail. The Mils rd Trojans extended their football record to two wins and no losses with a hard fought 20 to 0 victory over Syracuse this week. Players of the week are Ron Schwartz. Michael Hernandez, David Melendez and Ryan Wuthrich. 20 YEARS AGO. SEPT. 17. 1969 Services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Milford United Methodist church for Dr. Hugh Clifton Snyder, 77. of Milford. A Milford dentist for 46 years/Dr. Snyder passed away in the Goshen General hospital of a heart condition Saturday morning at 6:15 o’clock. Death was unexpected. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Doss of Milford are the parents of a daughter, Tina Garza Doss, born September 5 in the Goshen hospital. Tina tipped the scales at seven pounds, seven ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Treesh and Senate Democrats offer internships Senate Democrat Leader Dennis R. Neary (D-Michigan City), has announced the Indiana State Democrat Caucus is now accepting applications for 12 legislative internships with the 1990 Indiana General Assembly. The three-month paid internship beginning in January 1990 is available to college juniors, seniors, graduate students and recent graduates. No specific major area of study is required. Course credit is determined by each school. Each intern works on a one-to-one basis with two senators with the exception of one journalism major who is assigned to work with the media relations staff assisting all Democrat senators. Intern duties include: legislative research, attending committee hearings, responding to constituent inquiries, writing press releases and assisting senators with daily activities. • Applicants will be interviewed next month and selected by November. For more information contact Laura Bauman. Senate Democrat Intern Direc tor, State House, Room 401. Indianapolis, Ind. 46204;, phone 317-232-9506.

Police investigate thefts from boats

Kosciusko County Police investigated several thefts, and vandalism reports in the Lakeland area. Phillip Kern, r 1 box 121. Syracuse, notified police on Sunday, Sept. 17, at 12:53 p.m., that ap AM/FM cassette player was taken from his boat while docked on Lake Wawasee. The theft occurred between 12 noon, Sept. 3, and the time reported. The cassette player is valued at $250 Robert E. Schieber. R.O. Box 491,* Syracuse, reported an AM/FM stereo cassette player taken from his boat, docked on Lake Wawasee. The boat was on the boat lift at his pier. The theft was reported, Saturday, Sept. 2. and had occurred during the past

Norma Jean Davis, 26, P.O Box 105, Milford, was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail on a charge of dealing marijuana and possession of marijuana. Gary William Meier, 32. r 6 box 222, Syracuse, was sentenced for 23 days on a charge of failure to pay fines and costs. Thomas Matthew- McDowell. 20. r 1 box 461-133. Cromwell, was charged with failure to appear. No bond was listed Nancy Sue Spencer. 34. r 2 box 435A. Syracuse, was booked on a charge of failure to appear and held on $250 bond. Mark Christian Russell, 21. 1111 E. 156th St.. Carmel was sentenced to six days in the coun ty jail on a charge of operating a watercraft while intoxicated.

son Erik have returned to Bowling Green for the winter where he will continue his schooling and also teach. Forty ladies and girls of the Milford First Brethren church were in attendance last Tuesday evening at a pink and blue shower given in honor of Mrs. Don Wolferman in the social room of the church. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kaiser of r 2 Milford became the parents of a seven pound, eight ounce daughter, Lisa Marie, born at 1:05 p’.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, in the Goshen hospital. The Kaisers have five other children, Greg, Brent, Ann, John, and Lynn, all school age. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wuthrich of Milford and Mr. and Mrs. Eli Wuthrich of Morton, 111., returned home on Tuesday after spending 16 days in the west. 30 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 17, 1959 This year’s ..cabbage crop is almost a 100 percent loss, it was revealed this week. Glen Treesh has about 40 acres of cabbage on his farm about three miles south of Milford, and John Yoder has about 30 acres on his farm about 1> 2 miles northwest of Hastings. Both farmers agreed the drought wrought the heavy cabbage damage. William Martin. Ross Timmons and Ed Charlton of Martin Motor Sales. Milford, attended the preshow ing of the Corvair, Chevrolet's new small compact car, at the Masonic Temple in Detroit last Friday. Mrs. Herbert Baumgartner presented the town of Milford the 48 star flag that was draped on the coffin of her son. Charles, H. Rogers, who was killed in action in World War II overseas. The flag flies from the pole in front of the Milford city hall. Seven new teachers are a part

-1 HI fl LOCAL BOAT RACER SPEAKS TO KIWANIS — Paul Beezley. local boat racer, presented the Satuiday morning program to the Wawasee Kiwanis Club. Sept. 9. Beezley called boat racing his hobby, which he began more than 30 years ago. He enjoyed racing boats for about IX years . then did not race for 12 years while his family was grow ing up. Three years ago. he began to rate- again. Beezley explained the various classes of racing boats, stating that some w ill go as fast as 160 miles per hour. Pictured are Beezley receiving a certificate of appreciation from Larry .Martindale, president of Kiwanis, 14

two weeks. No value of the stereo was listed. The theft of a tan barrel saddle was reported by Kim L Riggs, r 1 box 88. Larwell The saddle was stored in a barn near Crazy Corners, southwest of Syracuse. The saddle was taken between 7 p.m.. Friday. Sept. 15. and 3:30 p.m , Saturday . Sept. 16. It is valued at S4OO. Damage was estimated at bet ween S4OO-SSOO to the yard of Ruth Campbell. EMS Lane 85. North Webster, after an unknown driver, drove a vehicle through her yard and became stuck Campbell reported the incident a| 10:44 a m.. Saturday. Sept 16.

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of the current Milford school faculty this year. The four in the high school are: Naomi Harford. sth grade; Lloyd Wenger, sth grade; Kenneth Hullinger, commerce. junior high math and history. and Silas Howard, math and physics. The . three in the elementary are: Kyla Mae Snider, 2d grade; Anne Watts, 3d grade; and Fleda Vandeveer, 4th grade. —: — Phillip Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Smith, r 1 Milford, has returned from Bamberg. Germany, where he was stationed with the United States Army since May 1958. 50 YEARS AGO, SEPT. 21, 1939 In school notes: Senior class officers are: Pres., John Bryan; Vice pres . Maurice Beer; Secy., Eleanor Kuhn; Treas., Catherine Green; Student council members; Dick Martin. Frank Beer, Guy Cory, alternate, Mary Hoover; Spon . Mr. Young. Miss Mildred Graff decided to be a teacher when she was a pupil of Miss Burris in the second grade. Strangely enough, she is Miss Burris' successor as second grade teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Emerald Jones received word Sunday of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Jonesof Elgin, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Vanderveer motored to Bloomington Wednesday to return their daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret, to Indiana university. Howard Sprunger was the winner of a trap shooting event held Sunday afternoon on new road 15 on the John Rassi farm south of town. Mr. Sprunger won a new 22-caliber single shot Springfield rifle given away by Rassi Auto Supply store for hitting 16 clay pigeons out of 25 shots.

The incident occurred between 2-2:30a.m. that day. Nothing was found to be missing from the home of James Harvey on EMS Lane BIA. Harvey reported on Saturday. Sept. 16, at 7:17 am., that someone had kicked in the bottom door of the home and entered the home. The incident occurred between 6 p.m., Sunday. Sept 10. and6:3op.m.. Friday,Sept: 15. No bomb was found byauthorities at Heaters. Inc.. North Webster. Police were called to. the business at 6:10 a m.. Tuesday. Sept 12 One of the plant buildings was evacuated and searched.

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(Continued from page 4) AN ENJOYABLE way to spend Sunday afternoon will be to listen to the Fort Wayne Philharmonic orchestra perform at Wawasee High School. A Fall Pops concert is being presented by. and for the benefit of. the Syracuse Friends of the Library at 2 p m. on September 24. Os special interest to local people is an opportunity to say hello to Ervin Orban, who plays violin in the orchestra. Orban was orchestra director at Wawasee High school in the late 70s and is remembered by orchestra students and * their parents. The Philharmonic's history goes back to the early 1920 s when a group of musicians gathered at the old Jefferson Theatre in Fort Wayne and formed a pit orchestra to play during silent movies and live shows. In the early 30s, a volunteer community orchestra was formed. Members called themselves the Fort Wayne Civic Symphony. In late 1943, concerned citizens organized the professional orchestra known today as the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. It now employs 37 full-time and over 40 part-time professional musicians. Directed by Ronald Ondrejka and assistant conductor, David Crowe, this concert promises to please area music lovers with its intriguing program of an “International musical tour representing many countries.” Ondrejka was born into a musical family, the son of an Italian mother, a pianist: and a Czechoslovakian father, a violinist. He studied at the Juilliard and Eastman Schools, receiving the bachelor of music and master of music degrees from the latter. Ondrejka conducted the famous Seventh Army Symphony in Europe for two years, winning much praise for the ensemble wherever it traveled. For many years, he was assistant to Dr. Richard Lert in the Conductors' Workshops sponsored by the American Symphony Orchestra League, held in the summers in California and Virginia. In 1961, he was a prize winner in the royal Liverpool International Conducting Competition. 'He has worked with symphonies in California. Ohio and Pennsylvania.

It is never too late to learn to read

By SUSAN BAYH

.It is ironic and sad thaV Our state, which has produced great poets, such as James Whitcomb Riley; great novelists, such as Kurt Vonnegut; and great songwriters, such as Hoagy Carmichael; has more than half a million adult citizens who do not know how to read. These are the functionally illiterate, who number more than 27 million across . the United States, and whose world is a frightening, bewildering place. Tasks routine to our lives — understanding a map, interpreting a street sign, reading instructions on a medicine bottle — send the functionally illiterate into confusion. The joys of literacy, such as reading a bedtime story to a child, are singly closed to them. Illiteracy hurts Indiana and the United States in economic terms as well. The millions of citizens who cannot read cannot help us meet the challenges of the 21st Century workplace, which will demand an e-ver-increasing level of skill and information. The

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He was appointed music director of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic beginning with the 1978-79 season. In recent years. Ondrejka has appeared as guest conductor with many orchestras, among them the Milwaukee. Pittsburgh, Charleston,. Cincinnati. Sacramento, Wichita, Kalamazoo, Flint and Chautauqua Symphonies and the Philharmonic orchestras of San Diego, Miami and Buffalo. Crowe is a native of New York and is in his fourth season as assistant conductor of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. He began his musical life as a percussionist and singer before turning to conducting and holds degrees from Harpur College and the New England Conservatory of Music. As assistant conductor, Crowe works with the philharmonic music director and manager of educational activities to improve and enhance the children's concerts and young people’s concerts and expand the orchestras’ educational offerings to a wider range of students. He also acts as an understudy to Ondrejka for grand and spectrum concerts and assists with programming and conducting of children s concerts, young people's concerts and pop concerts. Crowe is currently music director of the Fort Wayne Youth Symphony and in 1987 assumed the post of orchestra conductor in residence at Indiana-Purdue University in Fort Wayne. Tickets are available at the library, Ameritrust and Lake City Banks, and the high school. * — o— HAVEN'T YOU always wanted to learn how to square dance? Now is your chance. The Heart of Lakes Square Dance Club is giving Westernstyle lessons at the Scout Cabin starting Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. For information, call 457-5201. —O—THE MEN’S softball league in Syracuse, organized by Kiwanis in August, had its last game Sept. 16. The Art Gall Insurance team won the tourney, playing against Coldwell Banker Beer Realtors.

most creative idea will remain locked inside an individual as long as he or she is condemned to a prison of. illiteracy. Eradicating illiteracy Will not solve the problems of crime, poverty and unemployment, but is closely connected to each. It is part of the solution. More than half of all mothers whose families receive Aid to Families with Dependent Children <AFDC> are illiterate. Three-fourths of the unemployed are illiterate. Sixtypercent of the prison population is illiterate. This problem is not confined to big cities. It hits rural areas as well and crosses lines of gender, color and creed. Illiteracy has other costs, more difficult to quantify but no less real. I recall meeting a woman who had just learned how to read. She told me what her life was like before becoming literate. She once confused rat poison with oatmeal, preparing her family's breakfast, because she could not read the labels. Then she could not use the telephone book to find the right number to get an ambulance for her daughter While she was in labor with her first

child, she sat in the hospital admitting room for three hours because she could not fill out the necessary forms and was too embarrassed to admit her problem. When her daughter started coming home with failing grades, that finally convinced her to learn to read so she could help with her daughter's homework. September is National Literacy Month. Now is the time to focus on ways to give those adults who were left behind by our education system a new chance. We must give them opportunities to attend adult learning centers. We must encourage citizens to tutor their fellow Hoosiers. We must reach out to young people from illiterate households to break the cycle that dooms them to poverty and unemployment. We must encourage families to read together. Celebrate, literacy month by getting involved. Please call 1-800-624-7585 if you would like to receive information about the nearest literacy center or if you would like to tutor a non-reader. Remember, it is never too late to learn to read.

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