Springfield News-Sun from Springfield, Ohio • 16

The Tally Sheef 4 Springfield (a) NEWS-SUN Sunday Oct 25 1970 Over Half Schools Seek Tax-Issue Approval Dallas Aces Get New Competition More thin one-half of Ohio's Bchoal districts Including three In Clark County will be seeking voter approval of tax Issues on the Na ballot accenting to the Ohio Education Association In dark Cbunty New CSarllale Bethel School Diatrict ia seeking paaaage of a 710 mill levy Northeaatem a bond iaaue for S3-900000 and a 600 tax levy and Southeaetem a 1270000 bond Iaaue and a 380 tax levy Of the 631 public achool die- By (xnu A MEALY Duplicate Bridge Club 7:30 The World Champions of Bridge Pm-T Dallas have received much well-deserved publicity and acclaim Now powerful competi HIGH POINT WINNERS Fiesta Duplicate Bridge Club Francis O'Brien Director Section Of Ohio 72 Bypass Opens Monday Howell Movement 1st Mrs Russell Brown and Eva Linton 2nd Clem Meyer and Francis O'Brien 3rd Mr and Mrs Moore Wittenberg University Student Uldon James Black Director Howell Movement let William Hackett and Richard Ebner 2nd William Horn and James Black 3rd Lena Bell and Eliee Gardner Antioch College Duplicate Bridge Club Snyder Garland Director Mitchell Movement North-South tot Mr and Mrs 2nd and 3rd (tie) James Anderson and Wilbur Jones with Mr and Mrs Tom Holyoke East-West tot Mis Sharon Yonto and Mrs Marian Myron 2nd Nancy Henderson and Steve Morris 3rd Ralph Welton and Phil Lipetz tricts in the state 354 school systems or 56 per cent have money issues before voters In addition 16 Joint vocational school districts have issues on the ballot Breakdown of the school tax levies includes 243 levy requests for new property taxes 178 renewals of existing levies and 66 school construction bond issues The 66 local bond issues total some 3184 million In construction In Champaign County Urbana seeks a new 490 mill levy Me-chaniesburg the renewal of a 290 levy and Triad a renewal of 100 mill levy In other area counties voting issues include: Alien: Delphoa Lima Bluffton Allen East Bath Elida and Spencerville Auglaize: St Marys Minster New Bremen and Waynosfleld Gcahen Clinton: Wilmington Clinton Massie and South Central JVSD Darke Greenville City Ansonia Arcanum Butler Gettysburg and Mlssissinawa Valley Delaware: Delaware Big Walnut Buckeye Valley and Olentangy Fayette: Washington CL and Miami Trace Greene: Fairborn Xenia Beavercreek Green view Sugar-creek Greene Cbunty JSVD Hardin: Kenton Hardin Northern Ridgemmit and Riverdale Logan: Belle Center Benjamin Logan Indian Lake Riverside Hi Point JVSD: Madison: London Madison Miami: Piqua Bradford Owington Tipp City Bethel Miami East Union: Marysville and Fairbanks Springfield Mayor Robert Pyle will cut a ribbon at 12:15 pm Monday to officially open the three uarter-mile section of the Ohio 72 bypaaa from Miller at near South High School to North It City and county officials along with state deputy director of highway! for Division Seven Oliver Liggitt of Sidney and other officials from the Ohio De- Krtment of Highways will be on nd for the ceremony which will be held at the couth end of the bypass near the Selma rd Intersection This segment of the route which was begun on Dec 13 1966 and completed at a cost set somewhat over 32 Vi million will enable northbound traffic on Limestone at to avoid several blocks of congested driving through Springfield's downtown section Traffic will be directed Into a gentle Jog to the right Just south of where Selma rd once Joined Limestone at Ftom there the traffic flow will proceed onto the new road which was once Spring at then onto the overpass which spans several sets of railroad tracks and toe former site of the New York Central depot on to North Once at North at traffic will be directed west to Limestone st where a right turn will be necessary to continue north on Ohio 68 until completion of the nerto segment of the overpass In 1971 Working at magnetic tape cleaning spools purchased by the Woodrow Manufacturing Co to be used on equipment manufactured by an east coast computer firm are students at Springfield's Town and Country Sheltered Workshop Under the watchful eye of instructors at the workshop the handicapped are' taught useful trades Help For Handicapped Goal Of New Program Landfill one at the Ml and Federal Sheltered Workshop are receiving tion to knocking on the a young team organized by Wei engineer and oil tank builder mentioned often in this column as the organizer of the up and coming Nationalist China Team Wei'a Team a group of young eastern players were seeded 18th In the Important Spingold games which help determine the American Team in the World Cham-pkxiships To win the Spingold this team had to defeat the winner at the Vanderbilt Cup and the team in the McKen-ney Trophy race the moat master points in any 12-month period They did and defeated the Dallas Aces by 59 International Master Points which gives them a seeded position in the trials selecting the World Championship Team of 1971 representing United States Mr brain-child to the ftectoion Club System to which he gives full credit for the success of the teams he sponsors As the name suggests the system to precise and allows the players to determine often on the first bid and always after no more than three bids whether the hand to worth a part score a game or a atom Many top ranking bridge players am adopting it Mr Wei to so confident of its success that he has offered to donate 31000 to the local charity of any city that can defeat his precision team Richard Frey former editor of the ACBL Bulletin has written a summary of the Precision System copies of which can be purchased by sending 50 cento to Precision Club Headquarters Room 320 230 Park Avenue New York 10017 HAND OF THE WEEK NORTH 6 3 H-J 8 7 6 D-4 2 A 9 8 7 2 WEST EAST 7 10 5 4 3 2 A 9 7 5 D-J 10 8 6 3 C-J 10 6 3 C-Q 5 (Odm hided from Page' One) Gainful employment can mean hope for the handicapped worker and the Town and Gauntry Sheltered Workshop ia striving to provide that hope According to Charles Weymouth Workshop director a goal of 25 graduates employed locally fay Dec 3L 1970 has been act During September two workshop graduates have been employed by the Saga Food Service at Wittenberg University one at the Springfield Laundry Co and Savings and Loan Association During the past five yean communities such as Springfield throughout Ohio and toe have become aware of the value of hiring the retarded They are extremely useful to areas such as food service shipping and receiving departments manufacturing and assembly operations silk-screening painting and minor sub-assembly operations Operations such as aid from the Health Education and Welfare Division of tin federal government "Our goal Is to place 25 young persona to the Clark Cbunty community by Dec 31 1971 Tb fulfil this I are requesting the support at local civic and business leaden to assist us to our efforts" Mr Weymouth said Explaining problem Mr Weymouth laid: chronically unemployed unlike those of the 1930's are not merely the victims of an economic cycle They are the poor and mentally retarded Their plight la accelerated rather than eased by growing affluence sink deeper into the sediment of society while scores of millions of their neighbors are productively employed and thousands at new Jobs created each day Their situation to moat does not get better with the passage of time It gets Hie Week In Review Mrs Harriett Levine president of the Springfield City School Board has been named a delegate to the Dee 1318 White House Cbnference on Children It was announced Monday City Commissioner Robert Burton Jr said Tuesday night he was most ashamed by the article appearing in Springfield Daily News titled Suffering from Heart Trouble" and urged civic organizations to file a friendly suit declaring Urban Renewal restrictions in the City Charter unoon-atltutionaL Officials of the 1970 United Appeals Fund campaign Thursday expressed optimism hut called for an of pledges" to meet toe 3785925 goal At the second report meeting held Wednesday night at Inn it was announced that 366 per cent of the goal had been pledged' This represents 3287-88735 aa of Wednesday night towards that figure vats causing a-rapid breakdown of hydrocarbons and the generation of methane gas which can be condensed liquified and stored for future use A municipal composting operation to in use now at the city's water pollution control plant where sewage to treated before being allowed to enter Mad River Ronald Cbllina director of the water pollution control plant says that enough methane to produced daily to proride fuel for heating the compost the treatment plant and the Humane Society's Animal Shelter plus 30000 cubic feet of' unused methane which ia burned off each day" An additional product of the operation to the compost itself which makes an excellent topsoil or fertilizer according to officials The fourth method covered in the report to seldom used and only merited a single paragraph It deals with the separating and salvage of rubbish materials The report said that one of the few successful applications of the process take place in Montreal Canada where a private contractor collects the trash separates the metal paper rag and glass items manually for sale aa scrap The remaining organic matter is landfilled The high coat of labor and few demand for scrap make the process unprofitable here the report said What do all these choicer of Waite -disposal mean to Spring-field? What can be done with garbage except get rid of It cheaply aa possible? The key wend to foresight The city must examine current method! and plan (tor the future The simplest tiling to do both economically and goyernmen tally to to continue with the landfill method But it must be considered that this can not be done indefinitely A Judgment must be made' now or at least very soon about future plan Waiting until the next dump to full may be too late Doing nothing may be the cheapest way now hut it could prove more expensive in the long run for the taxpayer by Art Christen Mrs Helen Swanoy left head cook at tha Town and Country Day School and Dr Fred Mueller administrator of tha Clark County Board of Mental Retardation observe a -female trainee being instructed in food service operation SOUTH 9 8 4 2 H-A 10 9 5 D-K 4 Bidding South West North East 1 Pass 1 Pan 1 Pan 2 Pan 2 Pan 4H Pan South-Dealer East and West Vulnerable Load Three of Chiba'- 1 lead was won with Ace and a low epade was led to South's King' -West covered led the Ace of diamonds and another diamond which South ruffed A low spade went to East's Jack and the chib return was won with King South led a spade ruffed in the dummy clearing the suit A heart was led to King and when the Queen dropped South drew the fcrumpe and claimed the remaining tricks At the table where North and South were using standard bidding methods South opened the bidding with one pade and all passed This hand to one played in the Spingold competition under Wei'a Precision System Note that after tiie opening bid of one chib (at least IS points) and the diamond response (indicating eight or fewer pointo) bidding to natural BRIDGE CALENDAR Sunday Fiesta Duplicate Bridge Chib Oecllian Room 2:30 pm Sunday Fiesta Duplicate Bridge Chib Novice Duplicate Game 2 JO pm Wednesday Wittenberg University Student Union 7:30 pm Monday Antioch College poverty and mental retardation is a heavy burden for the country Each year billions of dollars are loot In income and pent on welfare and HEW relief because of unemployment But there to a greater cost a human one these young persona the American dream that everyone with a strong back and a willing heart can get a Job and program to the limit of his ability to hollow one "The seriousness of the problem has led government and busi-to explore new roads to manpower Outlining the program at the local level he added: t'Slx out of seven Jobs in the IF and the knowledge ami ability to train persons for these Jobs exists in private Industry this in mind the President proposed a partnership between government and business Joining industry resources for hiring and training and government resources for Identifying and locating the unemployed and moderately retarded to fill these jobs 1 retardates who are presently unemployed can become productive members of our economy by simple changes in existing entry level standards But many others require special programs in soliciting recruiting training and counseling which add substantially to normal Industrial personnel boats Tbwn and Country Job Fledge Program has a single purpose: to solicit recruit for and fill job openings in the business aector with graduates at the Town and Cbuntry Workshop" Mr Weymouth concluded Painting nail heads for the use in installation of continuous aluminum downspouting as manufactured by Spring-field Stevenson and Sons is a job performed by a trainee at the Town and Country Sheltered Workshop Make Medicare Claims Early Official Says Parents Here paper sacks used in rag drives by the city end Clark County The operation is bain a silk-screening process is being ig employed to of Springfield dona oy a at theTown and County Shattered Workshop as tha end to to Medicare Is It too late to send it now? A No you have until December 31 1970 to rend It In but wait that long Do it now My mother has had Medicare medical Insurance since June 1968 when she was 65 She has been saving up her doctor tolls but has never sent any in to Medicare Last night I added them up and they come to over 3200 What should she do? A She probably lost much yet because payment can till be made toward services from October 1 1968 to the present But let any more time slip by See that she files is soon as possible for the money she has coming Do I have to go to the Social Security Office to file a Medicare claim? A No indeed The claim form ia quite simple If you should need any help with it a telephone call to the office ia usually sufficient The Springfield Social Security Office at 15 East Pleasant Street is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:45 pm The telephone number 3224974 Fourteen months and one week or a year and two and one-quarter months or 430-plus days Is a long time to be away from an office It even seems longer when activity is limited by illness and when the Illness requires a long enforced bed stay So coming back to the office with Its clacking typewriters its gray and green decor the per-petual wisecracks and repartee ia even better There are new faces in the crowd There are facet gone but not forgotten There has been a turnover in 14 months but toe essential pattern of activity remains the same The wastebaskets are new they are now gray plastic instead of green plastic The typewriters are the same the bulletin boards contain toe same informational notices my umbrella hung on the coat rack through my entire absence and the wire machines pour forth their neverending ribbons of news yellow ribbona of history in a huny Walking back into the office after 14 months is different from trolling in blithely after a long weekend or even a vacation There la a period of adjustment trying to figure out why my typewriter makes so many errors now and actually types more slowly than before There's a magnetism however which draws me back to news-papering mainly because It has been my life for more then 25 years from high school publications to a weekly to the Wittenberg Torch to the Daily News In 1951 back again at it too because like It and because it has been good to me There have been funny moments tragic momenta impressive moments and momenta of supreme ridiculousness There also have been some dam scary times There ia the excitement then of hying to transcribe the happenings into readable print with the clock always ticking away toward the inevitable deadlines There has been the flashing of a red warning light on a cruiser In the night toe siren of a fire track the hushed stillness and shock following death the cry of an injured child the acrid smell of smoke There has been the war against split infinitives over-capitalization underpunctuation spelling errors and misplaced modifiers There has been the mad meticulous scramble for the lcft-to-right accuracy so demanded by editors and by professional ethics you please spell that last name again There are the contributors who tell us ran this Just exactly like I wrote it!" as they drop off their own club news or other items There ere the phones which ring and ring and ring incessantly the callers seeking information The sports bettors want results the cafe bettors win argue sports want records and I swear some readers call Just because they want to call someone and talk These are a few of toe reasons Xm so glad to be back The main reason naturally is that it's Just plain great to be alive handicapped are rehabilitated by the learning of a useful occupation Concluded frora Paga One) ween Chief Shifts said "We will not tolerate the malb ciouf destruction of property Persona caught in the process of such acta will be he warned Motorists are reminded to keep a watchfbl eye out fix? ghosts goblins and ghouls darting' Into the streets especially from behind parked cars It's advisable 1 That parents equip their youngsters with small flashlights or attach stripe of reflector tape on their costumes to make them more visible to motorists" Chief Stultz said HU also urged motorists to use particular caution at all street crossings and to be on the look-out In suburban and rural areas for children walking oh roadways or on the wrong aide of the road When children return home bum their begging episode parents should sort through their bags at goodies to see that each piece of candy to Individually the chief of police commented received reports last year of children receiving fruit with razor blades inside them and other items which could prove harmful or even fatal If eaten by the children" he added Families not wishing to be difr turbed by "Trick or callers because of ill or Invalid per-i in the home are requested to piece a blue light on their porch so children will not atop there VHalloweeif to basically intended to offer school age children an opportunity to receive free and in general have a good Chief Stultz concluded everyone's cooperation we can keep ft that Stamp Society Will Meet In Bancroft Monday The Springfield Stamp Society Inc has resumed its regular fall meetings Secretary Ernestine Brecht said Saturday The next session at the society will be held at 8 pm Monday In Hotel Bancroft Jack Hatfield at Springfield former president of the society will show and discuss gta-tionery following a brief business meeting the secretary M- If you have Medicare medical insurance you should not wait until the end of toe year to claim payments Arnold Payne manager of the Springfield Social Security Office pointed out Saturday In past yean claims paying offices have been swamped with work to December and January so prompt service was impossible For the best service the first claim each year should be sent in aa soon as the beneficiary has accumulated 350 to doctor bills toe the year After that each medical bill can be sent to aa it ia received Mr Payne explained The voluntary medical insurance part of Medicare pays 80 of the reasonable charge for medical expense after the 350 deductible for the year has been met The following questions and answers give further pointers on claiming payment! under Medicare I had only two doctor bills in 1969 one in May tar 310 and one in November for 32500 In 1970 1 have had eight office visits for 38 each Am I entitled to any payment under my Medicare medical insurance? A Yes you probably are Your 1969 bills totaled less than 350 so nothing can be paid for that year However the 325 bill for services In November can be counted toward your 1970 deductible Only the first 325 of your 1970 tolls have to go toward the 350 deductible That' leaves 323 on which you can collect 80 So you have about 318 coming You should file your claim as oon as possible was 65 in May of this year and my medical insurance was effective that month Since May 1 have had only 360 to doctor bills but I expect to have at least 140 more before the end of the year When should I file my claim? A You should file as soon aa possible to avoid the end of the year rush The first claim each year which should prove that you have met the 350 deductible takes longer to process After that you should send in your tolls they are received I Just found a doctor toll from October 1968 that I forgot to Personal Tax Deadline Set Wednesday The deadline for filing 1970 second half personal property taxes to Wednesday County Treasurer Ralph Stiera said Saturday Tangible taxes collected thus far stand at 3120223748 of a total of 3399271115 due Mr Stieis said Of the 3U885797 in classified (or taxes that are due 38899164 has been collected it was teamed A 10 per cent penalty to to be imposed on any collections received after deadline Mr Stiers said Firearms Course Set At YMCA Harold Blackwood kneeling at left dark County Gam Protector instructs Jean Both of 6999 Southern Vista drH in the proper way to hold and fire rifle Observing the instruction ere left to right Phil Anderson Tim Wolfe Terry Anderson and Terry Wolfe They and Miss Both recently completed a course at the Central YMCA in firearms safety hunting laws and markmanship taught by Mr Blackwood Similar classes are scheduled to begin at the YMCA at 7 JO pm Tuesday Three classroom sessions are planned with live firing scheduled in the YMCA indoor range Certificates and Ohio Safe Hunter patches will be awarded those who complete the course Minimum age for participants is 12 Rifles and ammunition will be provided Parking is available in the parking lot at the rear of the YMCA through the courtesy of Springfield Parking Inc 18 ENROLLED Richard Puchstein eon of Chrl Puchstein 2519 Marinette dr to currently working on his master's degree at Memphis State University Memphis Twin There are more than 18500 students enrolled at the southern university Beautiful gift bows which grace Vogue Shop and other Springfield store packages are turned out by a student at the Sheltered Workshop With patient and proper instruction the students can learn a gainful occupation so necessary in today's society.