The Mail-Journal, Volume 73, Number 1, Milford, Kosciusko County, 4 January 1962 — Page 3

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SPEARS DOG FISH—Don Boyd, pro at the Wawasee Golf Course, is also something of a fisherman. He speared a dog fish through the

Town Board In First Meeting of flew Year

The Syracuse Town Board of Trustees met Tuesday night at the new town hall offices on south Huntington street for the first 1962 meeting. .The former Sprague residence was purchased last year, next door to the new fire station, to provide additional space for parking and .services connected with the fire department. The residence has been romodeled so that /three rooms downstairs are now thrown into one room where about 50 people may be accomodated. The police department also has a room for their records. It is the intent now to use . this building for three or four years, until the extra heavy expenses of the fire department are over, and then sell the property to the township for parking space, and move the town hall up town, adding public toilets and more convenient service for the public. Discussions were held Tuesday night on the difficulties non-front-ing the town and township in financing the fire department this year. Clerk-treasurer J. B. Cox pointed out that in order to pay the added costs of the fire departments that year, it will be necessary to watch expenses in all the other departments. The expected expenses this year will be $3,000 to $4,000 higher in the fire department, and this money is not in the budget, so that a saving must be made in other places. The town board ordered a snow plow installed on a heavy truck -owned by. T. L. Kline, and this will be- used when needed in Clearing the streets. The clerk was ordered to prepare legal advertis-

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TOURNEY PARKING SITE — Syracuse high school parking accommodations for the Kosciusko county high school basketball tour-

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ice during,the holidays on Lake Wav/asee. Here he is proudly holding it up. He said it kept chasing the blue gills away, “so I just speared it.”

ing in anticipation of a new bid for garbage and trash removal due March Ist. Board members present .were Byron Connolly, Harry Nicolai and Harry Coy. Winner At Tangerine Bowl Miss Judy Bryan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bryan of Syracuse, placed first in the 13-year-old solo twirling division of the Tangerine Bowl contest December 28 at Orlando, Florida. For first place, Judy received a beautiful twenty inch U. S, T. A. trophy. In the final “twirl-off” of the first place winners for queen of the Tangerine Bowl, Judy was second. Judy also received second place in the strutting division on the same day. Grace Lutheran Church A ULCW Meets Wednesdays Members of the ULCW met last Grace Lutheran church met last Wednesday evening in the home of Mrs. Avon Bushong with Mrs. S. B. Betes and Mrs. Elmer Leinker as > co-hostesses. There was no business meeting. The program entitled “The Gift of Christmas” was presented by Miss Lucille Bushong. The next meeting will be held January 24 at tne home of Mrs. Vernon Beckman\vith Mrs. Floyd Disher as co-hostess. Rev. Carl Satre will present the program “Continent to Continent.”

ney to be held January 10-13 are , shown above. i Spebial arrangements have been made :with the Syracuse civil de-

Syracuse vs. Claypool In Tourney Next Week

The Syracuse Yellow jackets, hosts of this year’s Kosciusko county basketball tournament, drew Claypool as their first foe at the drawing which took place Wednesday evening at Silver Lake. The Jacket-Knight clash will begin at 6:45 p.m. Thursday evening, the second day of tourney competition. According to Coach Rollin Cutter the tourney’s title is up for grasps. Says Cutter, “W ehave about as good a chance as any other team.” He adds, “Mentone, Etna Green, Pierceton, and Silver Lake are also strong teams. Any one of these teams could be this year’s champion.” The Jackets stand 3-2 in county competition. Their over-all record is 4-5, which is quite impressive in view of the strong schedule they have played which has included such strong teams as Pierceton, New Paris, Mentone, and Warsaw. ' They will also have the advantage at home; but perhaps their strongest point so far this season has been good ball handling. Should Syracuse get ‘by Claypool, as they are expected to do with ease, they run headlong into what Cutter calls “perhaps the strongest team in the county.” the Mentone Bulldogs, who boast a 9-1 record, the best in the county. The pairings, as drawn by county coaches and principals Wednesday evening appears <m page eight of this issue. Win Honors Witlf Bomber Squadron First Lieutenant - John Berge, son-in-law,of Mir. and Mrs. Willard Nusbaum of Syracuse, is among the members of the crew from the 69th Bomb Squadron selected as the Crew of the Month for the month of November. The honor was bestowed on the crew when, due to the professionalism of the crew members, a possible in-flight emergency was eliminated through close coordination and crew cooperation. Due to a gear lock when manipulating the landing gear, volunteers were asked to manually insert the gear lock- Lt. Berge was the first to volunteer and was appointed to proceed to the left forward wheel well and insert the locking pin. This feat was accomplished in sub-zero temperatures, turbulent air and precarious footing. The professional performance and exceptional crew cooperation culminating in the excellent handling of a serious emergency resulted in the accomplishment of a safe, uneventful landing. ;

sense unit to handle the parking problem. Red cards are being issued to all workers and administrators to park in the rear of the

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4,1962

Miss Judy Kay Wade And Rue Dee Marker Wed In Ligonier Methodist Church

Miss Judy Kay Wade, daughter of Mr* and Mrs. Erwin Wade of Ligonier, and Rue Dee Marker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Marker of Miami Highway, South Bend, exchanged wedding vows December 16 in the Methodist church in Ligonier. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a gown* of imported Chantilly lace over dutchess satin, designed with a fitted bodice and long pointed sleeves. The Sabrina neckline was re-em-broidered with seed pearls. The waistline was accented with a belt of chiffon entwined with a strand Os seed pearls. The bouffant skirt had overpanels of gathered chiffon caught to self-material cabbage roses. The back sos the gown featured a bustle which fell to a chapel length train. ■ Veil of Silk Her veil of silk illusion brodered with Chantilly lace, was caugiit to

Syracuse Lions Sponsor Seat Belt Drive The Syracuse Lions club is sponsoring a seat belt drive un'der the leadership of Robert Hulley, project chairman. It has been estimated that 50 to 70 per cent of the county traffic deaths could have been prevented if occupants of motor vehicles involved had been protected by seat belts. ~ . Seat belts serve to keep occupants secured in the seats and prevent their being from the car or striking protrusions inside the car. Anyone interested in obtaining additional information as to the advisibility of installing seat belts in their car may contact Lion club members. SYRACUSE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEWS Firemen responded to a fire call at the Carpenter residence at Kale Island on Dec. 27, however, the fire was out when firemen arrived and no damage reported. The first aid unit responded to a call December 30 at. the home of Mrs. Alto Babcock for Miss Lillian Hamman who was thought to have suffered a fainting spell. Miss Hamman was revived before the unit arrived and continued on to the grocery store.

building and black cards to schools for bus and team parking to the rear of the elementary building. Parking for fans will be on the blacktop area around the basket-

• a crown of iridescent sequins and i seed pearls. She carried a white' > prayer book centered with a gold i throated white orchid surrounded l by white baby chrysanthemums. 3 Maid of honor was Miss Judy t DeLaudder. Miss porma Wade was bridesmaid and Miss Sue r Blackwell, junior bridesmaid. - Elizabeth Ann and Steve*. Gitz - were flower girl and ring Bearer, 1 respectively. Best man was Roland . Jordan and ushers were Charles - Jones, Larry Buhler and Rudy i Patus. t Wedding . Trip 1 Following a wedding trip to Wist consin, the couple will reside on 1 Ogden Island, Lake Wawasee. 2 Mrs. Marker, a graduate of Lig- - onier high school and the Warner i Beauty school in Fort Wayne, is employed in Syracuse. Mr. Marker is a graduate of Indiana Univer--1 siyt and a teacher in the Ligonier > schools.

1; SCHOOL DISMISSED I FOR COUNTY TOURNEY ;j !; Students of the Syracuse;! !; schools will be dismissed at 11 ;! !; a. m. Friday, Jan. 12, for the;! !; county tourney, according to an;! ; announcement from the super-;! !| intendent’s office. >

'B' Team Tourney To Be Held At North Webster The North Webster- school gym will be the site of a “B” team basketball tournament this Saturday. Admission is 40c per game. Schedule: 1 p.m. - Syracuse vs. Churubusco. 2:30 p.m. - North Webster vs. Laketon. 7 p.m. - Consolation game between the two losing teams 8:30 p.m. - Championship game. Lakeside Chapel Youth Fellowship Holds Christmas Party The Wawasee Lakeside Chapel youth fellowship held their Christmas party December 26 at the home of Rev. Jason Martin. There were 15 members and sponsors present. An evening of party games and a gift exchange were enjoyed by everyone present. Refreshments were served.

ball courts, directly south of the high school, and on the lots recently acquired between Boston street and the high school to the south.

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CORNERSTONE LAYING — Rev. Ross Richey, pastor of the Syracuse Methodist church, is obviously enjoying his job of assist-

Lay Cornerstone At Syracuse Methodist Church Sunday

The cornerstone of the new Syracuse Methodist church, located just north of Syracuse, was laid Sunday, Dec. 31, 1961, with impressive services, following the regular morning worship service. The historic service was attended by afteut 200 members of the church and other interested parties. The regular morning worship service was significant for it followed a historical emphasis revealing the contents of the cornerstone of the present building which was sealed on June 17, 1886. An accounting of the cornerstone contents appears in another column on this page. Following the laying of the cornerstone the congregation was invited to take a tour of the new church structure. Those who did were thrilled to see the progress and to visualize an early accupancy of the church as an adequate plant for its growing membership, adequate to care for the various aspects of the work of the church: in fellowship, Christian education and worship, according to Rev. Ross Richey.

Investigate Break-In At Wawasee Bowl

The Kosciusko county sheriffs department and state police were investigating a break-in at the Wawasee Bowl, south of Syracuse on state road 13, Friday morning. Mrs. Susan Kern, business manager of the Wawasee Bowl, reported that entrance was made sometime early Friday morning through the front doors. She stated that an attempt was made to blow the safe open, but the theives were unsuccessful. She said an unknown amount, of money had been removed from some of the machines in the game room of the bowling/Riley. The bowling alley was also broken into the latter part of October. On this occasion, food and a little cash were taken. LEGION AUXILIARY, JUNIOR AUXILIARY HOLD YULE PARTY Members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit and the Junior Auxiliary held a Christmas party last Tuesday evening at the Legion hall. Everyone enjoyed a gift exchange. The adult group held a business meeting and it was announced that the district meeting would be held January 10 at Pierceton. Mrs. Harold Kline, Mrs. Max Ganshom, Mrs. Nelson Auer and Mrs. Ray Fleischauer were hostesses. ' ✓ Blair Laughlin Returns To Maine AM2 Blair R. Laughlin, Jr., returned by auto to Brunswick, Me., following a visit of several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Blair Laughlin. He was stationed at Burmuda, but was recently transferred to Bruswick. His complete address is: Blair R. Laughlin, Jr., AM2 4888396, Patron 21 VP 21 { NAS Brunswick, Maine.

ing in the laying of the cornerstone at the new church building just., north of Syracuse. Syracuse photographer Perc

Interesting Items Turn Up In Opening Os Church Cornerstone, Dated 1886

The cornerstone of the Syracuse Methodist church,' laid June 17, 1886, was opened last week, and the contents were interesting to Syracuse Methodist parishoners and to the general public. The stone was open prior to the Sunday laying of the cornerstone in the new Methodist church north of Syracuse. The contents, encased in a galvanized container about seven inches square, unsealed, were as follows: 1. A copy of the Western Christian Advocate, Vol. LEU, No. 22, June 2, 1886. 2. Minutes of the Northern Indiana Conference, Forty-Third Session, 1886. 3. Methodist Hymnal, copyrighted 1878 (no music), presented to the Syracuse ME church for the June 17, 1886 cornerstone service, j 4. A Discipline of the Methodist j Episcopal .church, 1884, presented to the church for the June 17 service. ■ i? 5. A Holy Bible, King James Version, presented to the church by Frank Groves of Milford. 6. A copy of The Milford Times, Vol. 1, No. 6, dated Friday, June 11,. 1886. The documents showed G. M. Carpenter as pastor, with F. T. Simpson as presiding elder. Carpenter was also pastor of the Milford Methodist church. List 15 Members The documents state the church society was organized in about 1871 by William B. Graham and “ever since has remained a permanent institution though never numbering largely and now -consisting of 15 members.” They were: John and Lucy Alexander, Lizzie Kitson, Alice Dolan, Laura Link, James Moore, Mary E. and Daisy Stoner, Dora Snyder, Mary Kettering, Rebecca Lowe, Dora B'. Druckamiller, Elizabeth Greene, Theodore S. and Hester Sheffield. Trustees of the building committee were John Alexander, Theodore S. Sheffield and Silas L. Kettering. The church was part of the Milford ME charge, Goshen district. Singing services were under Prof. Joseph P. Dolan, with the choir consisting of A. F.- Bright, Mrs. Bright, Rena Sprague, Miss Della Youtz, Theora Benner, Miss Jennie King, Oliver Cromwell, postmaster, Miss Hattie . Miles and others.* John Garman was mason on the building job. . List Town Officer?, Others A handwritten document listed the following office holders in the year 1886: ■ , • Frank Sloan, marshall; A. D. Bright, treasurer; and G. W. Ray, clerk, town of Syracuse. Councilmen were A. W. Younce, Alf. Roberts and Isaiah Ketring. John W. Stetler was township trustee; John Hurd, assessor; Newton Green, justice of the peace; and D. Edged, constable. Grover Cleveland was President of the United States; B. Harrison and D. Voorhees, U. S. Senators; and Geo. Ford, 13th district congressmen. A printed program for the “Tenth Annual Session of the Syracuse Normal Term, beginning July 26, 1886 and continuing six weeks,” was included in the cornerstone. Board and room for the school was $2.50 per week. Tuition: $5.00. “Unfurnished rooms will be secured for

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! Bartlett took many pictures at the . memorable event, but this candid photo of Rev. Richey in his obvious good spirits was our hasty choice s of the lot.

any wishing to form clubs to board themselves.” * List Tradesmen .. A list of Syracuse tradesmen of 1886 was copied On a piece of paper in the cache, as follows: Newton Greene, meat market; Isaiali Ketring, groceries; Amy S. Aber, notions, fancy foods; Aionzo D. Bright, drugs; Mrs. Hardesty and Susie Roberts, millinery; J. 1 Brady, feed store; J. Henderson, miller; Eli Holloway, groceries; Loren Hendrickson, watches, jewelry; W. J. Brady, drugs; O. Cromwell, shoemaker and postmaster; H. Mitchell, boot and shoemaker; William Wallis, harnessmaker; John Wemtz, harnessmaker; Thos. Ebert* blacksmith; Zebedee Widner, Wagonmaker; H. Sterling, barber; Catherine Miles, proprietress Lake House;' J. Wallqn, prop. Irwin House; G. W. Elliott, Express-and RR agent; Christopher Whisler, lection foreman; J. P. Dolan, prin- > cipal of schools; Irene Sprage, pri- [ mary teacher; Rosa Brown, intermediate; Thos." W. Epert, teacher; ! F. M. Ihrig, M. D.; J. W. Bcavser, M. D.; D. C. Kelley, physician; Geo. M. Ray, attorney at law; Jos; A. Kindig, livery stable; Elmer Holoway, watch and clockmaker; „ John S. Sloan, baker, Theodore Sheffield, principal; J ; Tripp, dentist; William Bowld, ’ restaurant; Mrs. W. Benner, dressmaker; Mrs. Y. Ebert, dressmaker; Mrs. E. loway, dressmaker; Mrs. Frantore, carpet weaver; Mrs. §. Ott, carpet weaver; John Howard, well and pumps; J. Wesley Brady, drayman; Frank Landis, furniture and C. Shroll, broom maker; Nancy Rosenbarger, washerwoman; and James Benner, house mover. ,\ • • Receive Contributions Contributions were received for the building of the new church in 1886, with a. third to be paid as soon as work began on the church, a third as soon as it was enclosed, and the final third when the work was completed. . , " The church had $252.10 “cash on interest.” Jno Alexander gave S3OO, I Lucy Alanander SIOO and S. L. Kettering SIOO. There were three * who gave SSO, seven who gave $25, four who gave sls, 28 who gave $5, one who gave $3.75, three who gave $3, two who gave $2, ..and'l4 who gave sl. The Milford Times j The copy of The Milford Times was dated Friday, Jan. 11, 1886, ' Vol. I, No. 6, with J. A. Wertz -as publisher. Subscription: $1.25 per year, 6 mos. 65c. It was two pages of local news and ads with six pages of “ready-punt.” An item of interest in the readyprint section was the marriage in the White ilouse of President Grover Clevekmd to beauteous and youthful Frankie Folsom on June 2, 1886. It was the only White House wedding in the country’s history. Syracuse did not have a newspaper at the time. The Milford Mail began publication in 1888, Recording to Arch Baumgartner, present publisher Os The Mail. COURT NEWS License To Wed 9 Charles Elwin Lantz, 27, v Nerth Manchester, policeman, and Janice Faye Speicher, 26, r 1 .Ligonier, bank clerk, have been issued a marriage license recently by the Noble county clerk at Albion. !

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