The Mail-Journal, Volume 1, Number 37, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 November 1962 — Page 9

Area Woman Gets Award From Natl Safety Council

Mrs. Richard Agness of r 1 Bunker Hill has won first place in the 1962 Carol Lane Awards for Traffic Safety, as announced by the National Safety Council. Mrs. Agness is known in the Pierceton area, having been a part-time employee of the Senger stores at Warsaw and Peru. As safety chairman of the In•diana Home Demonstration Association, Mrs. Agness began a project to disseminate more widely information received through traffic safety sessions and workshops. The Carol Lane program is administered by the council through a grant from the Shell Oil company.

My Sincere Thanks ■ " I WOUI4 like to take this opportunity to thank you, the public, for the courteous manner in which you have received me during my campaign for County Commissioner of the Middle District. I regret that time did not permit me to meet each of you, personally. If elected, I will execute the office of County Commissioner to the best of my ability, to always be cognizant of you, the taxpayer. You will always be, welcome to discuss your problems concerning County government with me at any time. It is with gratitude that again I say . . . THANKS. Fredrick W. Gilliam Republican Candidate For COUNTY COMMISSIONER MIDDLE DISTRICT Paid Political Adv.

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Mrs. Agness will receive a sl, 000 savings bond and a bronze sculpture ’ symbolizing “woman’s protective instinct.” She will accept the award in Chicago during the National Safety Congress Oct. 29 to Nov. 2, which she will attend as a guest of Shell Awards also were made to eight other women or women’s groups for outstanding achievements in traffic safety. Three awards were made for programs in each of the population categories: rural areas and towns of less than 25,000, cities of 255,000 and over, and for statewide programs. Mrs. Agness won top place in the statewide category. After attending the National Home Demonstration Traffic Safety Seminar at Michigan State university in 1961, Mrs. Agness and her committee organized a state traffic workshop. Two delegates from each county attended and it was held during the Purdue Sum-

mer Conference in June 1962. Mrs. Agness also represented her association on the Indiana Farm Safety Council and assisted in setting up workshops in each of the counties. This program, known as “Workshop 92,” emphasizes several phases of safety, with traffic safety taking a large part of the agenda. In her own community Mrs. Agness is a member of the local safety committee, a rural youth advisor, assistant county Farm Bureau woman’s leader, and serves on the county home demonstration safety committee.

November 4-10 National Protection Week Traffic Accidents Cost $7.9 Billion The cost of traffic accidents in 1961 hit $7.9 billion—an all-time high. This bill — covering property damage; legal, medical, surgical and hospital costs; and loss of income because of absence from work—averaged $42.93 for every man, woman and child. The economic loss for the past 23 years—l 939 to 1961 —totaled $95.9 billion. ’6l FIRE LOSS HITS NEW PEAK I Fires in U. S. communities with I 2,500 or more population passed the million mark in 1961 for the first time; 1,023,946 fires destroyed property valued at $1.2 billion, a record annual loss. One in four of these fires resulted from careless handling of cigarettes and matches. TORNADOES THREAT IN EVERY STATE In the U. S. tornadoes are an everyday occurrence. They are not confined 'to any particular area; they have slashed at every state in the Union. Nor are they peculiar to any particular season of the year; spring, summer, autumn, winter—all have been ravaged by these whirlwinds. The worst year was 1957 when 864 of them —more than two a day —whipped through the country, taking 190 lives and sparing only Maryland, Nevada and Rhode Island. The second worst tornado year was 1961, when. 682 twisters across the country killed 51 persons. Loss of life from tornadoes has been kept down in recent years as a result of progress in storm warning procedures and public cooperation. Bethel Women’s Fellowship In Regular Meeting October 25 Bethel Women’s Fellowship held its regular meeting Thursday evening, Oct. 25, at the church. During the business session plans for a Christmas project were discussed and it was decided to give money to several district projects and to help the local church nursery by making stuffed toys for the children. i Miss Grace Noss was in charge of the installation of new officers for the coming year. For the program of the evening, Earleen Fisher reviewed Victor Hugo’s novel, “Les Miserables.” Refreshments of doughnuts and cider were served by the hostesses, Mrs. Neal Cory and Mrs. Noble Fisher. M. R. Zigler To Speak At Turkey Creek Church Os Brethren Harvest Meeting M. R. Zigler will be guest speaker Sunday, Nov. 4, at the harvest meeting of Turkey Creek Church of the Brethren. There will be three services. One during the Sunday school .hour for all the adult classes entitled “’The World As I See It.” The morning message will be “The Sense of Process” and the afternoon service, “Let’s Feed the Hungry.” J A basket dinner will be served at noon. My Neighbors "Wrong lane, dear.”

ELECTION DAY * N=v. 6,1962 Be Sure To Vote NOBLE C. BLOCKER As (Republican) — FOR—- — COUNTY ||||| AUDITOR ■ / A conservative banker at Syracuse for 28 years. / Willing to give my Best Service to You Citizens of Kosciusko County / I believe the County Business should be Operated in a Conservative way, Like Any Other Good Business. Will Appreciate Your Support and Best Wishes Paid Political Adv.

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MOTHER, SON KILLED — A head-on collision on a hillcrest north of Middlebury Sunday night claimed the lives of Mrs. Jane Ann Hullinger, 26, r 2 South Whitley, a Pierceton grade school teacher, and her two-year-old son, Kris, who were passengers in the foreign car shown at right above. Andrew Kemp, 17, a Constantine

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CAR CRUMPLED — A school teacher, Mrs. Jane Ann Hullinger, aged and her son, Kris, aged 2, were killed when the 1961 Volkswagen, above, in which they were riding collided with a Car

Mother, Son Killed - (Continued from page 1) amination at the hospital. Yoder suffered a fractured right thigh, possible internal injuries and was admitted in only fair condition. State trooper Paul C. Wilkey and deputy sheriff John Doncilovic investigated Elkhart’s county’s second multiple fatality accident of the year. Kemp and Yoder had been to a Middlebury home and were undecided as to whether to attend an evening service at the Riverview Mennonite church, which is located about a mile north of the Indi-ana-Michigan state line. Kemp had been following another northbound car driven by John Schwartz, r 1 Geneva, in which William Stutzman, Jr., of South Bend, and Fern and Doris Mast and Better Miller, all of r 1

. high school junior, who was at- : tempting to pass another car on a : hill just south of the Stone Lake ( s road on Indiana 13, was not seriously hurt. Kenneth Yoder, 17, ; r 2, White Pigeon, Mich., a passenger in the Kemp car, is in fair condition with a leg fracture. Mrs. . 1 Bullinger's blanket-covered body i is shown at left.

driven by Andrew Kemp, 17, Constantine, Mich., on Indiana 13 a-' bout 4J4 miles north of Middlebury and south of the Stone Lake road at 7:05 p. m. Sunday.

Middlebury, were* passengers. Schwartz said he was traveling about 55 miles per hour when the Kemp car, which had followed them from Middlebury, pulled out and attempted to pass.. “I don’t know why I tried to pass. We were not racing,” Kemp told investigating officers from his wheelchair at the hospital. “The front of my car was about even with the door of the Schwartz car to my right when I saw the yellow line marking the hill and saw the from the oncoming car at the same time,” Kemp related. Hullinger swerved his . southbound red car off the west berm in an effort to avoid the collision. But Kemp, who was northbound in the path of the oncoming Hullinger car, also took to the west berm. The tremendous impact of the head-on collision, which threw all four passengers of the Hullinger car out onto the highway, was marked at one foot, nine inches off the highway on the west side of the road. There were no skid marks indicating neither driver had braked prior to the colliison. The accident happened across from the driveway of the Willa Hyche residence. The right front of the foreign car was caved in and the occupants were hurled from the driver’s door. It spun around in the opposite direction and came to a stop on its wheels in the middle of the highway less than 21 feet from the point of impact. Kemp’s car rolled over on its top traveling nearly 50 feet into a field and trapped the two Michigan youths.“I remember hitting the other car and then spinning around. I tried to get out of one door, but couldn’t. After I crawled through another door I heard Yoder moaning in the back seat and pulled him out with help from the occupants of the other car which had stopped after seeing the accident,” Kemp told officers. Mrs. Hullinger was a graduate of Pierceton high school in 1954 and a 1958 graduate of Manchester college. She was a fourth grade teacher in the Pierceton school. Mr.. Hullinger is a teacher in the Milford school and they resided in Monroe township. Surviving besides the husband and son Kim, are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Warner of Monroe township, and a brother, James

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jWarner, of the University of Wisconsin. Mrs. Howard Warner also teaches in the Pierceton school. JANE ANN HULLINGER Mrs. Kenneth (Jane Ann) Hul- ■ linger was bom on July 15, 1936, 'to Howard and Edith Stafford Warner at Richmond, Ind. She passed away on October 28, 1962, at the age of 26 as a result of an auto accident. She had resided in the Pierceton area since 1943, moving here from Orland. On July 1, 1956, she was united in marriage to Kenneth W. Hullinger at the Eel River United Church of Christ. She was a member of the Eel River U. C. C., vice president of the Women’s Fellowship of the First Union Parish, a teacher of the primary Sunday School class, a member of the Eel River Ladies Aid, and the fourth grade teacher in the Pierceton school. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth; one son, Kim Joseph Hullinger; her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Howard E. Warner, all of r 2 South Whitley; a brother, James l Warner of Madison, Wis.; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Warner ■of Englewood, O.; several aunts and uncles and cousins. Double funeral services were held for Mrs. Hullinger and her son, Kris, at the Eel River U. C. C. on Wednesday afternoon and burial was in the Hillcrest cemetery. Dr. Andrew K. Craig and the Rev. William L. Chapman officiated. The Spangle funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Kris Jay Hullinger Kris Jay Hullinger, aged 2 December 28, 1959, at the Parkview hospital in Fort Wayne to J Kenneth and Jane Ann (Warner) Hullinger. He passed away on October 28, 1962, as a result of an auto accident. He has resided on r 2 South Whitley all his life. He is survived by his father, • Kenneth Hullinger; a brother, ’ Kim; grandparents, Mr. arid Mrs. 5 Clifton Hullinger of r Pierceton 1 and Rev. and Mrs. Howard War- ■ ner of r 2 South Whitley; one uncle, James Warner of Madison, > Wis.; three aunts, Mrs. Madelon > Bowen and Mrs. Howard Burritt, i both of Michigan, and Mrs. Bonnell Mosher of Columbia City. • Several cousins also survive. : Double services were held with . his mother on Wednesday after--1 noon. FRIENDS HEAR FROM . DON BYRD IN IRELAND 1 Friends in this community of ’ Don Byrd, pro-owner of the Wawasee Golf club on Lake Wawasee ' have been receiving cards from ' him from Ireland. Byrd is spending a month in Ireland, Scotland, : England, and will make a motor 1 tour of the continent. He received ' the free trip to Ireland as the re- > suit of a hole-in-orie drawing by a ■ national golf magazine. 3 Island Chapel EUB Church To Observe Rally Day i And Homecoming Sunday Rally day and homecoming will be observed Sunday, Nov. 4, by 1 Island Chapel EUB church at Hastings. A basket dinner will be served at noon. Rev. Raymond Wilson, pastor of the church, will present the morning message. Rev. Stephen Gubi of Atwood will deliver the afternoon message. Special music will be provided for the afternoon service. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hollar and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Haney are the program committee. BIGGEST SARMIN M TOWN 1 OUR CIASSIFIEPADS |

County Basketball Season Opens FrL

Kosciusko county basketball season opens Friday, Nov. 2, with all county teams seeing action, except Warsaw. The number of teams in the county has been cut to 11 through consolidations. Mentone, the defending sectional champions, would seem to be the pre-season powerhouse, but Kosciusko county basketball has supplied many surprises in the

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Deaths Elmer C. West Elmer C. West, 66, father of Mrs. Jacque (Betty) Wemple of Milford and a former area resident, died in his home near Tavares, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 25. Mr. West died in a heart attack. Mr. West was married to Coma Hardesty 45 years ago. He worked in the restaurant business all of his life, having built the drive-in at the north edge of Milford and operating it for five years. He was a member of the First Christian church in Linton, Ind., the American Legion and Masonic lodge. He is survived by his wife, the Milford daughter, another daughter, Mrs. Adam (Joetta) Cotter of Linton, two granddaughters and two grandsons. Funeral services were held Monday at the Cornett funeral home in Linton. Burial was in Linton. Leland D. Rohrer Services were held this afternoon (Thursday) at 2 o’clock in the Hepton-Union church southwest of Nappanee for Leland D. Rohrer, 68, a former resident of Nappanee. Mr. Rohrer passed away in the Alfran nursing home in Warsaw Sunday noon where he had been a patient for the past three years. Death was caused by pneumonia. Rev. Roger Ward of Goshen officiated at the services. Burial was in the Stony Point cemetery.-. Mr. Rohrer was born near Nappanee in Kosciusko county Jan. 13, 1894, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rohrer. He was a veteran of the first World War. Surviving are one son, Linden, Freer, Tex,; two grandsons; three sisters, Mrs. Edward Swartzlander and Mrs.' Donald Greenwait, both of Nappanee, and Mrs. Glenwood Davenport, Wabash; and two brothers, Jay, Nappanee, and Ralph, Warsaw. A daughter preceded him in death; Mishler funeral home of Milford was in charge of arrangements. William M. Bontrager William M. Bontrager, 75, r 1 Middlebury, father of Mrs. Merril (Wilma) Rink of Milford, passed away at 2 p. m. Friday, Oct. 26, in Goshen General hospital. He had been a patient there for about six hours. Mr. Bontrager had been ill for one week with uremic poisoning. A farmer, Mr. Bontrager lived all of his life in the same house. He was bom March 1, 1886, and was married to Estella Snyder on January 12, 1911. She preceded him in death in June of 1930. Survivors besides ’Mrs. Rink are two other daughters, Mrs. C. I. (Delsie) Schrock, Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. Donald (Elizabeth) Weldy, Elkhart; six sons, J. Willis and L. Leroy, both of Middlebury, Vernon H. A., and Maurice A., both of Elkhart, Charles W. of Burr Oak, Mich., and Benjamin F., serving in the U .S. Army in Germany; 23 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and one sister, Miss Edna Bontrager of Goshen. Services were held Monday at 2 p. m. in the Clinton Brick Mennonite church of which Mr. Bontrager was a member. Rev. John Yoder and Rev. Wilbur Yoder officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Shop at Local

past and there are several county teams that could be very strong this coming season. . County Basketball Schedule, Friday, Nov. 2. Syracuse at Pierceton Milford at Claypool Etna Green at Tippecanoe Sidney at Leesburg Mentone at North Webster Silver Lake at Richland Center

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