The Mail-Journal, Volume 1, Number 42, Milford, Kosciusko County, 13 December 1962 — Page 9

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Harold Myers and Ralph Miller of Milford received the Master Mason degree at Warsaw on Wednesday evening of last week and became members of the Milfora lodge. Examinations are being conducted for all persons who seek drivers licenses for the first time. All beginners must pass a series of tests which are conducted by state police. W. O. Scott left Monday evening for Trenton, N. J., where he will visit his son, Frank Scott, and family. The sudden cold wave which arrived last week found several water patrons unprepared and as the

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result their water pipes were frozen. A davenport in the office of Dr. Vem Snyder was found burning Wednesday night when Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wilkin were retiring to their rooms located on the opposite side of the hall. The grade operetta, “The Toys That Had to Wait,” given Thursday evening by the first six grades of the Milford school was directed by Miss Maude McLaughlin, and Miss Virginia McConnell did the costume designing. Neal Cory left on a two week’s auto trip with a house car on Sunday for Miami, Fla., being accompanied by Fred Ruch and Lawrence Butt.

35 YEARS AGO, DEC. 15, 1927 Miss Dolly Setchler is employed in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rimbach. Gerald Grove has leased the Taylor Shively farm SE of Milford and will move his family there soon. | H. C. Snyder was elected commander Monday evening at the Ancil Geiger post meeting held at i Mrs. Stoller’s case. Man’s three ages: Hates work; works cheerfully as a matter of duty; wishes he could work. The heavy rains on Tuesday again brought the water up to a high level. Many basements that have never had water in them have some now. I The Sorosis club held its annual Christmas party on Monday evenI ing at the home of Mrs. Phend. The Theo Beer family enterItained Mrs. Beer’s mother, uncle, and aunt, Mrs. Speheger 5 Charles Dubach, and Mrs. Lena Stucky, all of Bluffton. Mrs. Jemima Om was hostess to the W. W. class of the Christian church Sunday school Thursday evening, Dec. 8. 40 YEARS AGO, DEC. 14, 1922 James C. Lawburgh has resigned his position as town treasurer to take effect Jan. 1, 1923. His successor will be appointed by the town board. Melvin Lyon, who is employed at the J. Beer furniture factory, had one of his fingers badly lacerated on Wednesday while operating one of the machines at the factory. He was taken to Goshen where the finger was amputated. Jacob Krauter Dies Jacob Krauter, aged 75 years and 10 days, a well known farmer residing pne mile south of Milford, died of endo-carditis (heart disease) at his home Monday morning. He leaves his wife, Wilmina; three sons, Ernest, Joseph and Albert, all of near Milford; and one daughter, Mrs. L.D. Rock of New Paris Ground will be broken this week for the new saw mill at Nappanee, which will replace the one destroyed by fire two weeks ago. The Milford high school basketeers were taken down the line Friday evening for another defeat by the Leesburg quintet. The

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game was played at Warsaw in the community building. At the close of the game the score stood 23 to 8 in Leesburg’s favor. Miss Mae Vorhis assisted at the farmers store on Saturday. 50 YEARS AGO, DEC. 12, 1912 Charles W. Myers, who has been living west of Milford, moved to Brookstop, Ind., Tuesday. Mrs. Jacob Fox went to Nappanee Monday to visit her cousin’s family, Mr. and Mrs. Art Holderman. Mr. and Mrs. Sol Lung spent Saturday and Sunday at Mjlford, the guests of Mrs. P. F. Miles. , The Misses Erma and Maude Doty, Gladys Neff and Esther Horton attended the play “Busy Izzy,” in Goshen Saturday evening. Hog cholera is getting in very near Milford. Bert Neff, who lives a mile and a half north of Milford, has lost several fine hogs within the past week. He has separated the sick from those that are not yet affected. Frank Heiber, who has been operating a butcher rig during the winter, has been compelled to abandon his work this season on account he cannot secure a man to assist him. Should the present cold snap continue any length of time Milford will experience a shortage in hard coal, yet we have not had to pay the high prices paid by our neighboring towns and cities. At South Bend, Elkhart, Goshen, and Warsaw the prices have gone as high as $lO per ton.

Larwill 4-Way Tourney Draw Pairings for the Larwill fourway holiday basketball tourney Dec. 20-21 have been announced ■by Larwill head coach Vem Zurcher. In the opening session, Wolf Lake plays Milford at 7 p. m. and Cromwell faces Larwill at 8:15. The following evening a consolation game will be played at 7, with the championship tilt at 8:15. Officials for the tourney will be Wayne Targgart and Bob Zimmerman. Advance sale of tickets will be made at the four participating high schools.

MILFORD : School News : By ; EARLEEN FISHER Watching the fleeting expressions on the faces of basketball spectators is just as interesting, if not more interesting, than watching the game. This may sound like high reason, but' try it sometime. I’m not advising never watching the game (as if anyone would!), but once, just once, ’ watch the spectators for a split second. Relief, joy, smug satisfaction, disappointment, and despair are all reflected. * * * Among my survey of preferences I included a preference of churches. As this selection has more to do "with beliefs instilled within one, rather than superficial choices, I cannot see much point in breaking the totals down into grades. The four denominations gathering the most followers, beginning with the highest and on down, are the Church of the, Brethren, the Christian, the Methodist, and the Apostolic Christian. The numerical results of these four are as follows: Church of the Brethren, 64; Christian, 48; Methodist, 43, Apostolic Christian, 29.

Others which gathered a follow-I ing worthy of mentioning are Evangelical United Brethren, 13; ■ Mennonite, 12; Catholic, 11; First) Brethren, seven. Significant, too, were the ten people who claimed no church. I don’t feel qualified to condemn or condone, so I’ll spare my adoring (!) public my comments. * * * SENIOR OF THE WEEK PHILLIP STANLEY GRAFF Phil is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Graff. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He was bom December 10, 1944. Phil’s extracurricular activities include: junior and senior class play and feature writer for Trojan Teller. He advises underclassmen to prepare for the future now. His pet peeve is high school “drop outs.” He plans to attend college after graduation. Phil’s sejcret ambition is to publish his life’s story. (Conceited?). His I ambition in life is to be successful. In response to a change he would like made in Milford high school, Phil says, “Add an elevator.” - Phil’s favorites are as follows: sport, track; color, powder blue; book, “A Tale of Two Cities”; music, Greig’s classics; movie, “Mysterious Island”; actor, Burt Lancaster; actress, Kim Novack; singer, Nat King Cole; pastime, 'sleeping; subject, speech; food, steak. TEACHER OF THE WEEK BETTY GEOZEFF Mrs. Geozeff, a former substitute teacher at Leesburg, is teaching the junior high math, geography, and history classes formerly taught by Mr. Hullinger. Mrs. Geozeff, her husband Don and daughter Jerilyn Sue, aged

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BASKETBALL QUEEN — This year’s Pierceton high school basketball queen and her court are shown here. Miss Sharon Pequignot, seated in the center, was crowned basketball queen at the

8% months, live at Little Chapman lake. She attended Indiana university where she earned a bachelor of science degree in business education. Mrs. Geozeff’s extracurricular activites include: her church choir and sorority. She became a teacher to stay young and because she likes working with youth. She advises students to study hard and have fun. (It’s possible - I think!) Mrs. Geozeff’s secret ambition is to take a world totir. Her ambition in life is to be a college professor. Her pet peeve is smart alecs. > Among Mrs. Geozeff’s favorite things are sport, football; color, [blue; pastimes, reading, boating, and traveling; song, “Climb Every Mountain”; books, any by Ernest Hemingway. HOME ECONOMICS NEWS The classes in homemaking are getting into the Christmas spirit by baking cookies and making ' candies. A variety of cookies will be preserved to be included in. the , Christmas project sponsored by the Rekamemoh club. This year I the club plans to help make a needy family in the community have a merrier Christmas. The junior and senior classes are studying period furniture and plan a field trip to a furniture store to see if they can identify some of the styles. The senior girls took part in a nationwide search for the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow. The winner from the Milford school will receive a pin, and her entry will be submitted to the district as a possible scholarship winner.

WCTU In December Meeting Mrs. Glen Morehouse was hostess to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union at her home Tuesday evening, Dec. 4. Mrs. Albert Troup, Syracuse, presided at the meeting. Opening number was “I Would Be True.” Pledges to the Christian, American and Temperance flags were repeated. Prayer was given by Mrs. Guy Morehouse. Devotions were given by Mrs. Don Mishler from Luke, “The Christmas Story.” Mrs. Donald Fox gave “Quiz for Workshop,” and Mrs. 'Don Mishler reviewed “The 'Woman’s Crusade.” Mrs. Glen Morehouse and Diana gave an interesting flannelgraph, “Effects of Alcohol on the Brain.” Mrs. Kendall Biller closed with prayer. After the business meeting refreshments in keeping with the season were served during the social hour. 1116 next meeting will be at Island Chapel.

TERRY HOLLAR HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Terry Hollar, a member of the United States Navy who has recently been in Cuban waters, returned to the Milford area on Saturday for a 20-day leave. Terry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hollar of r 2 Milford. He will report to the Navy base at Mayport, Fla., on Dec. 28. Terry will receive his discharge in July.

Thursday, December 13, 1962

half-time of the second team game | ■ between Pierceton and Silver Lake Friday night. Seated are, left to right, Becky Bryant, Sharon Regenos, Queen I Sharon, Sharon Smith, and Terry Evans.

Ball State Enrollment At All Time High Ball State Teachers college enrollment has reached an all-time high of 8,371 students taking col-lege-level courses the fall quarter. Now the third largest institution of higher learning in Indiana, the college is enrolling its students from 85 of the 92 Indiana counties. 29 states, and 15 foreign countries.

While the majority are working on undergraduate or graduate degrees in some phase of education, ranging from the bachelor’s and master’s degree through the Ph.D and Ed.D. degree, a sizeable number are enrolled in business administration, liberal arts, /dietetics, medical technology, and two-year secretarial programs. In addition, others are completing pre-profes-sional academic requirements in I law, medicine, engineering, dentistry, social work and the ministry. The college has grown 346 per cent over its post World War II enrollment and predicts an enrollment of 17,000 by 1972. Pierceton Students Freshmen: Joe A. Crouch, Marcia J. Leriwell, Robert L. Menzie, and Judith A. O’Dell. Sophomores: Elizabeth Coble, Sharon E. Moe, and Melvin L, Watrous. Juniors: Janet Danner and .Diana K. Gates Seniors: Diane B. Gebert, Hayden M. Jones 11, Mary H. Kilgore, John G. McFarrep, Paul L. Pletcher, and William Watrous. Sidney: Thomas E. Evans, junior. Claypool: Jenny .L. Bartiemay and Christine A. Williams, both freshmen students. North Webster: Joan A. Bennett and Larry Teghtmeyer, both freshmen; and Jo A. Royer, sophomore. Syracuse: Franz Duy and Harold D. Shock, both sophomores. Leesburg: Neal E. Lang, freshman; Robert Anderson and Gerald Shoemaker, both sophomores; Sheri L. Smith, a junior; Mary Jane McCoy, a senior; and Charles D. Hunter, special graduate student. Nappanee: Rita K. Chandler, .sophomore. Milford: Judith A. Ahms, senior; Robert B. Ahrns, senior; Marcia F. Dewart, freshman; Lance E. Estep, freshman; Ronald W. Fields, graduate student, Jonell Judkins, senior; and Steven L. Roderick, sophomore.

List Winner In 5-Acre Corn Contest The winners in the adult and junior division Os the five-acre com contest, as released by county agent Donald Frantz this week, are as follows: Top 20 of Adult Division: Steven Yant, Silver Lake - 170,1 Paul Hollar, Milford - 163.3 Harold Wilson, Milford - 160.7 Worth Jackson, Milford - 160.5 Don Stackhouse, Bourbon - 145.5 Lowell Vining, Etna Green - 139.3 Roy Little, Claypool - 138.9 John Teel, Mentone - 138.6 Orval Swick, Akron - 138.2 Cletus Griffith, Etna Green - 137.0 John Zentz, Etna Green - 137.0 Wayne Yant, Claypool - 135.8 j Howard Silveus, Silver Lake - 435.2 Noble Rohrer, Claypool - 135.1 Leo Pike, Claypool - 133.6 Charles Adams, Akron - 133.5 Leroy Norris, Mentone - 129.0 Linda Hathaway, Claypool - 128.4 Perry Hathaway, CJaypool - 126.8 Everett Tom, Jr., Leesburg - 125.7 Top 8 of Junior Division: Greg Jackson, Milford - 148.2 Don Bucher, Syracuse - 127.1 Gale Nellans, Mentone - 126.1 Larry Workman, Pierceton - 124.8 Darrell Shull, North Manchester - 116,6 Douglas Long, Syracuse - 113.1 Thomas Besson, Warsaw - 107.6 Michael Besson, Warsaw - 100.8

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Standing in the rear are retiring queen Susie Parker and Miss Pequignot’s escort, Phil Smith. Seated in front are Debra Ann Gregory and Carol , English. A Mail-Journal staff photo.

I® * '■ /I rwjß MR. and MRS. DEWAYNE CURTIS Curtis-Crain Wedding Rites Spoken Sunday The marriage of Dewayne Curtis of Pierceton and Miss Orvaline i Crain of. Elkhart took place Sunj day, Dec. 9, at the Garden Chapel Church of God at Mishawaka with Rev. J. F. Rehnel reading the vows.

The bride and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orval Crain, are former Milford residents. j The wedding was postponed | from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. because of ’ the weather and icy roads keeping I a great many people from arriv- ’ ing on time, and many from being . able to attend. I After the wedding a reception was held at the Mennonite church social room near Nappanee. About 50 persons wished the young couple happiness as they left on a short trip. Upon their return they will reside in Pierceton in ‘the Everett Hathaway house. The new Mrs. Curtis was formerly a Goshen nursing home employee and resided with her parents at 346 West Crawford street in Elkhart. She graduated from high school in 1954 at Arkansas. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Curtis of Pierceton. Those wno attended from this area were: Mrs. and Mrs. Larry Yoder, Mrs. Lonzo Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bowen, Mrs. William Alley and daughter Brenda, Mrs. Ralph Sprond and daughter Loma and Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Hostetler and twin sons. t . NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that the Trustee of Plain Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, will, until the hour of 7:30 o’clock p.m. on December 27, 1962 in the Town Hall, Leesburg, Indiana receive sealed bld for the construction of a new fire station, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. The site is the present location of the fire station in Leesburg, Indiana, and there is to be constructed a one-story cement block building, without basement, to be used as a fire station. This work will be let under one general contract and the plans and specifications are on file in the office of the Plain Township Trustee. Copies may be obtained by depositing Fitteen Dollars (sls) for each set of plans and specifications with .the Plain Township Trustee, which amount, will be refunded to each actual bidder who returns such documents in good condition within ten (10) days after the opening of the bids. Proposals shall be properly and completely executed on forms furnished by the Engineer in accordance with Form 96, and with non-collusion affidavit required by statute, and must be accompanied by questionnaire Form 96a, as set out by the State Board of Accounts, for any proposal of Five thousand Dollars ($5,000) or more. Each proposal shall be accompanied by an acceptable certified check or bank draft, or a satisfactory bid bond executed by the bidder and a surety company, payable to the Plain Tewnship Trustee for an amount of not less than -five per cent (5%) of the proposal as liquidated damages in case of failure of any successful bidder to enter into a contract or furnish a satisfactory performance bond in an amount equal to the bidder’s contract price, and after notification of the acceptance of the bidder’s proposal. No bidder shall withdraw his proposal for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for opening said proposals. The contractor awarded the work shall furnish acceptable surety bond in the amount of one hundred per cent (lOOCfe) of the contract price. Wage rates on this work shall not be less than the prescribed scale of wages as determined pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 319 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Indiana of 1935. The Trustee of Plain Township reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any informalities in bidding. HAROLD HARTMAN Plain Township Trustee MJ — D. 6ft 13 jV? BIOOMT BAR6AIN IN TOWN I CP OUR CLASSIFIED ADJ I

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