The Mail-Journal, Volume 1, Number 3, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 March 1962 — Page 1
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SPELLING BEE WINNERS — Pictured above are the winners, their instructors and the judges of the Metropolitan School District of Turkey Creek township spelling bee held Tuesday evening in the old gym of the Syracuse high school. Standing left to right are Edgar Speer, elementary principal; Miss Ethel Bowser, Miss Lillian Ham-
Spelling Bee Held At Syracuse Tuesday
“Artificial” was the magic word Tuesday night making Kathy Murray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Murray, grand champion of the Metropolitan School District of Turkey Creek Township spelling bee. Sponsored by the Turkey Creek township PTA, the 1962 spelling bee was held in the old gymnasium of the high school at 7:30 Tuesday evening. Pamela Coburn was runner-up to the grand champion, missing the spelling on the word “allotted” which was then correctly spelled by Kathy in addition to artificial. Other Winners , Other winners were: junior high school champion-—Pamela Coburn, first; Michael Henning, second and Terry Brock, third; elementary school champion, Kathy Murray, first; Vicki Smith, second, and Pamela Troyer, third Each winner in these groups will receive a ribbon. Kathy will receive a $25 savings s bond and compete in the elementary county contest on April 7 at WRSW in Warsaw. Pamela Coburn will receive $5 and compete in the junior high school county contest on April 14 at WRSW. Winners of the contests in April will compete April 21 for the championship of KoSciusko county for the right to compete in the Fort Wayne for regional honors. . David Strieby made a tape recording of the spelling bee. Judges were Miss Ethel Bowser, librarian, Miss Lillian Hamman, retired high school teacher and Dr. Wendel Shank, local optometrist. Edgar A. Speer, elementary school principal, was general chairman and co-ordinator of the contest assisted by Mrs. Gladys Morris, fifth grade teacher. Room winners participating in the contest were: FIFTH GRADE—MR. ALLEN —Vicki Smith, Sue Hoover, alternate, Nancy Shaw , FIFTH GRADE —MISS MYERS —Sharon Frederick, Becky Felts, alternate, Donald Johnson FIFTH GRADE—MRS. MORRIS — Pamela Troyer, Steven
Noble C. Blocker, Syracuse Bank Official, Is Candidate For Auditor
Noble C. Blocker, vice president and director of the State Bank of Syracuse, formally announced his candidacy for auditor of Kosciusko county, on the Republican ticket subject to the May Bth primary election. He is making the announcement as an advertisement in this paper. Mr. Blocker is no newcomer to Kosciusko county politics. He ran for joint state senator (Kosciusko and Wabash counties) in 1956 in a three-way primary race. Also on that ticket were Floyd Stevens, now a candidate for county assessor, and Arthur Coblentz of Liberty Mills. Coblentz was the successful candidate and went on to be elected in that year’s November election. Experienced in Banking He has had considerable experience in banking, having been cashier of the Syracuse bank for 27 years before becoming vice president a year ago. He has been a resident of Syracuse since 1934. He is a former past president of the Kosciusko County Bankers’ Association and has been director of the Kosciusko county chapter of the American Red Cross and was interested in the establishment of the United Fund in the county.
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Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)
man and Dr. Wendel Shank, judges; Mrs. Max Wagner, Mrs. Mary Alice Witsaman and Mrs. Gladys Morris, ; teachers; and David Strieby. Front row, left to right, are Terry Brock, Michael Henning, Pamela Coburn, Kathy Murray, Vicki Smith and Pamela Troyer, all winners.
Mock, alternate, Patti Pilcher SIXTH GRADE — MR. BUNTAIN —Kathy Murray, Linda Cecil, alternate, Deborah Gingerich SIXTH GRADE—MR. CARDWELL —Cathy Moore, Cindy Felts, alternate, Gayle Stuckman SIXTH GRADE—MR. GEORGE — Greg Smith, Denise Allen, alternate, Alan Zimmerman 7-A—MRS. WITSAMAN—Timothy Yeager, Robbie Smith, alternate William Appenzeller 7-B—MRS. WITSAMAN—Doug Coy, Pamela Cobum. Ann Gaff was unable to take part. 7- MRS. WITSAMANN — James McDonald, Joe Bartman. Raymond Kyle was absent. 8- — MRS. WITSAMAN — Jameson Mauzy, Jo Ellen Schoeff, alternate, Carolyn Smith 8-B—MRS. WlTSAMAN—Christian Koher, Jr., Danny Darr, alternate, Dallas McKibben 8-C—MRS. WAGNER-44 i c hael Henning,’ Terry Brock, alternate, Linda Biller. TONI BUTT HONORED AT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Miss Toni Butt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Butt of Syracuse, was guest of honor at a birthday celebration in her home Sunday evening. Toni celebrated her seventeenth birthday. Refreshments of ice cream, cake and coffee were enjoyed by everyone present. Those attending the happy occasion were Mrs. Lucy Kegg, Mrs. Lois Schleeter, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Butt, Robert Graff and Steve Butt, brother of Toni, all of Syracuse, and Mr. and Mrs. George F. Butt of South Bend. FINED FOR SPEEDING Glenn Price, Jr., was fined $23.75 Thursday of last week for speeding on road 30 between Warsaw and Columbia City, The arrest was made by state trooper John Hammersley. His fine was paid at Columbia City.
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NOBLE C. BLOCKER
A native of Columbus, Ind., he attended Purdue and Franklin colleges. He was a banker in Marion for 10 years before coming to Syracuse. At this time he is the only person in either party who has announced his candidacy for the office of auditor. Thomas K. Warner is now completing his second term in that office.
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Milford Lions To Hear Earl Money Monday Evening Milford Lions will meet at the Melody case Monday night, March 5, for their regular dinner meeting. A special guest will be Earl Money, district conservation officer, who will show a film on pheasant hunting. This film and discussion should be of interest to many Milford Lions since quite a number enjoy pheasant hunting each fall.
Milford Chamber Os Commerce Meets To Discuss Different Projects
Members of the Milford chamber of commerce met at town hall on Tuesday evening with president John Perry presiding at the meeting. Quite a number of different projects were discussed for the betterment of Milford and : community during the coming year and several committees appointed. Chairmen for the various committees are as follows: Merchants Promotion committee —Ren Clark Membership committee — Leon Newman Industrial committee —- Randall Dewart Agriculture committee — James Chambers Publicity committee — Arch Baumgartner Clean-Up-Fix-Up committee — Ray Bra.y Social and Progress committee— Charles Myers Mr. Perry discussed the possibilities of a zoning ordinance of the town and stated this would be discussed in detail with the town board, also that the chamber of commerce would co-operate in every way possible. New highway signs are to be installed approaching Milford directing traffic to the business section of town and signs already in place will be renewed with paint. A meeting of committees and Milford merchants will be held soon to get some promotion started of interest to the public for the coming spring and summer season. ♦ School Consolidation John Augsburger discussed the seriousness of the school consolidation and stated a great deal of misinformation and misunderstanding is current among the citizens of our area. He wishes to get all these points clarified and to have the opportunity to present the true facts at the next chamber meeting. Correct understanding is essential as consolidation of schools will be voted on at the primary election in May. Another Doctor Needed Letters have been written to Indiana university and the American Medical Association stating it is the desire of the town of Milford and of our local Dr. Floyd L. Rheinheimer to secure an additional physician for the benefit of the Milford community. Both Dr. Rheinheimer and the chamber of commerce hope another physician can be obtained within the year.
THURSDAY, MARCH 1,1962
50 Project Mercury
Stamps Free For
Local Philatelists
The Milford office of The Mail-Journal has fifty Project Mercury commemorative stamps, marking the orbital flight of Lt. Col. John Glenn, Jr. The stamps will be given — one each—to the first youngsters to drop into our office. The stamps have been provided for this purpose by Syracusan Seth Ward, when he heard local postoffices had a complete sell-out of the valuable stamps. Better get going, if you want one of these stamps. Kids.
Mutschler Strike Extends To Milford James Street Plant
The lingering strike ut the huge Mutschler company plant at Nappanee reached into Milford Monday night as pickets protested the moving of a truck at the company’s Milford plant on north James street. About eight pickets “hooted” at an “office driver” of the truck as it pulled away from the Milford plant. One striker carried, a sign protesting “unfair wage cuts.” The strikers called the driver “scab,” then they followed the truck in their cars. The main contention of the strike at the Nappanee plant is what employees termed a “drastic” cut in wages. The Milford plant is non-union. Wednesday more than 20 men were picketing the Mutschler plant here in Milford. They built a fire in a large drum and enjoyed a wiener roast at noon. The picketing is done on the west side of the plant on James street. Os special note is the fact that the men doing the picketing are from the Nappanee plant, as no strike is in progress at the Milford plant. Several cords of wood have been supplied to keep the fire going while they are on picket duty. LODGE POT LUCK The Syracuse lodge 454 F; and A. M. will have a carry-in supper, starting at 6:30 p. m. at its regular stated meeting on March 12. A 25year award will be presented.
CAR IN GEAR JUMPS SIDEWALK A car belonging to the Gonzales family in Milford is thought to have caused some damage to the screen in front of Poynter’s recreation room sometime Saturday night. Since the damage is estim.ated at less than SSO, it is thought the car was started while in gear and jumped the sidewalk when started. CRC Visits Ceramic Shop In Leesburg ‘ Members of the Columbian Reading Circle enjoyed an interesting meeting Monday evening when 13 members and three guests went to the Coverstone ceramic shop in Leesburg where they received instruction on making pottery and each member worked on his preferred piece of ceramic work. Guests for this special meeting were Mrs. Donn Kesler, Mrs. Russell Perkins and Miss Judy Martin. Later in the evening the group returned to the home of Mrs. Arch Baumgartner for a short business meeting and refreshments. The club will meet in two weeks with Mrs. James Fuller. FEED GRAIN PROGRAM SIGN-UP NOW Farmers in Kosciusko county are taking advantage of the feed grain program again this year. The sign-up began Monday of this week and will continue through the month of March at the local ASCS office in Warsaw. The office is above Schrader’s Furniture store on West Main street. In 1961 there were 1,114 Kosciusko county farmers who joined in the program and they received over $900,000 for diverting 23,108 acres from the production of corn. Farmers must not divert less than 20 per cent of their base acreage, but additional acres above this minimum may be diverted. In addition to government payments in cash or grain, farmers who participate are eligible for government price support (at $1.20 per bu. national average) on the normal production of the acreage planted in com.
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SECTIONAL — The Pierceton Press photographer was on hanc to take this picture Saturday at the final game of the sectional Hourney when the victorious Mentone Bulldogs beat the Warsaw 1 gers 65-61. Mentone will meet South Bend Central in the .second game Saturday afternoon at Eiknart Northside gym in the regional Shown nere, left to right, front row: cneer leaders Linda Smythe and Diane Silveus, players Jerry
Bulldogs Win Sectional Tourney
Coach Paul Bateman’s proven Bulldogs, convinced they are capable of playing against more rugged competition since successfully grabbing sectional laurels from the Warsaw Tigers Saturday night at Columbia City, 65-61, are diligently preparing for Saturday afternoon’s encounter with South Bend Central as the Elkhart region’ gets underway. The game will begin at 1:45 p. m. following the Bourbon-Elkhart opener at 12:30. Much of the credit for Saturday’s sectional success must be given to Mentone’s oft-forgotten little guard — Jerry Blackbum. Blackbum, the only regular who didn’t pick up a personal foul in a game in which 50 fouls were called sending two starters from each team to an early shower, hit two fielders at the start of the final period to put the Bulldogs back into the contest after trailing by four, stole the ball four times from negligent opponents, and connected on six charity tosses in the final five minutes of play. Mentone, after having led 15-14 at the close of the first stop and 28-23 at half-time, saw that advantage fade away as Warsaw stars Dve Johnson and Dick Lesh together scored 23 points during the third stanza as the Tigers took the lead at 47-43. But the Bulldogs, with despair facing them as Jon Newcomb sat on the bench with five personals, got their big break of the game early in the final stanza as Dave Johnson, who had 26 points, quickly picked up fouls number four and five. Mentone’s Bill Nellans soon left the game by the foul route, and once again the teams looked about qual strength. It was then Blackbum took over or the Bulldogs, scored most of his 16 points, and led his team to their irst sectional title since 1954. The •ox score follows: MENTONE (65) — Newcomb 205, Nine 002, Creighton 492, Nelson 021, Nellans 755, Blackbum 480, and Beeson 100. Totals: 20 field goals, 25 free throws, and 19 personal fouls. WARSAW (61) — Lesh 744, Me Clure 204, Cook 044, Johnson 8-10-5, Call 004, Metzger 015, Phillips 402 and Evans 003. Totals: 21 field goals, 19 free throws and 31 personal fouls. SYRACUSE GRACE BIBLE CLASS HAS POT LUCK SUPPER The Senior Adult class of the Syracuse Grace Bible church met for a pot luck supper Friday evening, February 24, in the church annex. Mrs. Kenneth Leonhardt and Mrs. Dale Miller were in charge of the food committee. The entertainment yfor the evening was planned by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Me Creary of Milford. SENATOR BILBY SPEAKS AT FARM BUREAU MEETING Senator Paul M. Bilby addressed the Van Buren-Jefferson Township Farm Bureau at 7:30 last evening in the Milford elementary school. Senator Bilby is the joint senator for Kosciusko and Wabash counties in the Indiana legislature.
Blackburn, Larry Beeson, Bill Nellans, Eddie Tridle, and cheer leaders Linda Nees and Susie Nell- : ans. Back row: Principal John Frederick, trustee H. Earl Boggs, student manager Mark Hubbard, players Steve Nelson, Lyle Long, Allen Creighton, Jon Newcomb, Rickey Nelson, coach Paul Bateman, Jim Whetstone, assistant coach Marvin Sanders, and junior high coach Paul Rush. Mail-Journal Staff Photo.
Walter Krider Returns To Japan Walter W. Krider, former pastor of the Milford Methodist church, who has been on extended leave from his duties in Tokyo, Japan, left today, (Thursday) on his return trip to Japan. He has been representing the Board of Missions of the Methodist church and the United church of Japan in Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee during his stay in the United States. He left Tokyo December 22, and -will arrive back at his post next Friday. He is leaving from Milford for Denver where he will visit with his daughter, Mrs. Charles S. (Phyllis) Milligan, then leave/ from there on Sunday for S>n Francisco, Calif. Next Wednesday he will leave San Francisco for Honolulu, and leave Honolulu for Tokyo next Friday. While here he addressed the Milford Methodist church congregation on problems of the Far East. MILFORD Police Report Feb. 21—Picked up licenses for all city vehicles, 10 a. m. Kneeland. Feb. 22—Syracuse police department requested Milford fire department report at Sturm and Dillard Gravel Co., to extinguish fire at 11 a. m. Kneeland. Feb. 24 —Duane Graff, Milford, fined $18.75 for driving with expired license. Jim Speicher, r 1 Nappanee, fined for running red light. Replogle and Kneeland. Feb. 24—Bale of hay removed from road. Replogle, 4 p. m. Henry Gonzales paid $5 for towing car away. Replogle. Feb. 26—/Called Warsaw about SRIS being slippery at overhead. State highway department responded at 10:30 p. m. Pierson. BETHEL CHURCH GOLDEN RULE CLASS MEETS The Golden I|ule class of Bethel Church of the Brethren met Sunday at the church for a pot luck dinner over the noon hour. There were 20 adults and 27 children present. In the afternoon there was a business meeting and the game of Password was played. The meeting was in charge of Mrs. James Chambers and Mr. and Mrs. Neal Cory. The next meeting is scheduled for the third week end in April. WINS TROPHY Ercell Wright of r r Syracuse recently had his picture in The Sentinel-Star paper at Kissimmee, Fla., when he was presented with a winning trophy. Mr. Wright and Ann Hillsgrove of Kissimmee placed first in the Ridel tournament at the Kissimmee All-States Tourist club. Presentations were made by Carl Riedel.
Yellowjackets Trounce Trojans 83-64, Bow To Warsaw 68-63
Rollin Cutter’s Syracuse Yellowjackets apparently “as high'as a kite” for the tourney, had no trouble downing the Milford Trojans in the first round of play 83-64 last Thursday after eeking out a 51-50 verdict ever the same team just six days earlier. Both teams scored at a torrid pace early in the contest with Jerry Van Meter’s Trojans holding a slight 21-20 lead at the end of the first period. The two teams continued to exchange baskets until the final three minutes of the half when Steve Williams scored three times from the field to give the Jackets a .42-33 half-time advantage. John Gerber, Ron Baumgartner, and Bill Troup, all honorable mention selections for the tourney, kept the contest close until the final period when Baumgartner and Gerber left the game with five personals and John Lantz and Francis Denton poured it on for the lopsided win. Lantz, named to the sectional second team, scored 20 points, Denton 21, and Williams 12 for the Jackets, while Troup and Gerber each scored 18, and Baumgartner 17 for the Trojans. LANTZ, NEARLY SPILL WARSAW The Jackets started out slow in quarter-final play against Coach Boag Johnson’s Tigers as Warsaw gained a first quarter 20-10 lead, and led 32-24 as the twq teams ended the half. During the final 16 minutes, however, with Lantz doing much of the scoring against the taller Tigers and Pat Money doing some ball-hawking while contributing 15 points, the Yellow and Blue nearly caught the Tigers at 57-53, and fought tooth and nail during the last four minutes of play. ‘ John Lantz led all scorers with 21 points while Johnson, Cook, Lesh and Metzger all scored well for the Tigers with 15, 14, 12, and 12 points respectively. RETURN FROM WESTERN TRIP Larry Bray and Charles Fleischauer of Milford returned Saturday from a four-week trip to California and other western states. On their trip west they stopped in San Antonio, Tex., to visit Alan Wuthrich, who is stationed at a base near there. While in California they visited Disneyland and attended the Winter National Drag Races. The boys spent most of their time near Los Angeles and San Diego, but managed to take a side trip into Mexico. They returned to Indiana by way of route 66, stopping in Albuquerque, N. M., to visit Mr. and Mrs. Robert .Wemple. Pure Oil Station Opens At Syracuse On March 3 Dennis “Deke” Firestone will be the dealer-operator of the Pure Oil service station which will open for business on South Huntington street in Syracuse Saturday, Mar. 3,1962. I “Deke” will time up your car, repair your tires and do any miscellaneous repairs you need. Remember the date, March 3, 1962, when die Pure Oil service station will be in operation. Mrs. Enos Hollar Hostess To WSWS Friday Waltham, Mass., News-Tribune: “One thing kids can’t understand is why a country that makes nuclear bombs would outlaw firecrackers.”
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TERRY HOLLAR ON LEAVE Terry Hollar arrived at the Indianapolis air port on Wednesday, February 21, at sa. m. He was met by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hollar of Milford. Terry will have an 8-day leave at home, then return to Mayport, Fla. He will soon leave On a U.fS. navy ship for six months in the Mediterranean sea. t dinner was held|.at the Hollar home Sunday in his honor. Guests were Stanley Hollar, Kenneth Heckaman, Steven, Carolyn and Nell Biller, the Robert Rumfelt family and Dennis Rumfelt, who was home for the week end from Butler university. Devon and Devoe Hoffer were afternoon visitors. MILFORD PEOPLE ATTEND JOHN HARTTER FUNERAL Those from Milford attending funeral services for John W. Hartter, 84, at Dowagiac, Mich., last Wednesday were: Elmer Hartter, Mrs. Katherine Stdller, Mrs. William Hartter, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hartter, Mrs. Glenn Price, Mrs. Harold Tom and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fuller. Others attending from this area were Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Coy of Michigan City, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hartter of South Bend and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Shively of Nappanee. MRS. ETTA BLITON TO ENTER NURSING HOME Mrs. Etta Bliton, who has been staying with a daughter in South Bend, was admitted to the Memorial hospital there for a checkup. Upon her release from the hospital Mrs. Bliton will be admitted to the Om nursing home in Milford.
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Milford Man Works On Glenn's Equipment Jan Fuller, son of Mrs. James (Inez) Fuller of Milford, worked n equipment used by astronaut ohn Glenn, Jr., in his famous orjital flight around the globe. Jan, a Milford high school gradlate with the class of 1959 and of he DeVry Technical Institute in Chicago, is employed by the Elec-ro-Mechanical Research company ilant at Sarasota, Fla. The company manufactured the y telemetry unit in the space craft elaying information about Glenn and his ship to the ground. The company has begun work on nstruments for Project Celescope, a satelite telescope designed to catalog stellar space for a year, according to an article in the Saraota newspaper this week. Mrs. Fuller states Jan has been t Cape Canaveral several times checking out equipment used on he Glenn space flight.