The Mail-Journal, Volume 1, Number 45, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 January 1963 — Page 6
THE MAIL-JOURNAL Thursday, January 3, 1963
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OBITUARIES
Mrs. Olive Vemell Gawthrop Mrs. Olive Vernell Gawthrop, 75, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 2, at the Hillcrest Manor nursing home at Warsaw, following an illness of 18 months. She died of complications. She lived most of her early life near Milford, but spent 30 years at Sioux City, la., before entering the Hillcrest nursing home 18 months ago. b Mrs. Gawthrop was the daughter of Alonzo and Cora (Huffman) Doty. She was-married to Charles Gawthrop who died in June of ’1961. , a Survivors include • four brothers, Harry, Dwight and Henry Doty of Milford, Ray of Fondulac, Wis., and George of Syracuse; four sisters, Mrs. Pearl Locke, Mrs. Bessie Lyon, Mrs. Lloyd (Lulu) Felkner, all of Milford, Mrs. Harold (Dorothy) YoungJ Sr., ot Peru; and one granddaughter. A sister, Mrs. Bernice Kelly, preceded her in death. Funefel services will be held at the Mishler funeral home at 2 p,m. Saturday, Jan. 5, with Rev. Robert Perkins, pastor of the Milford Church of the Brethren officiating. Burial' will be in the Milford cemetery. . Friends may call at' the Mishler funeral home after 7 this evening for viewing. Laura J. Brunjes Mrs- Laura J. Brunjes, 69,<0i Wawasee lake and Wallawalla, Wash,, died Sunday, Dec. 30, in Dayton, Wash., of compliffliilons. Her husband Dr. D. preceded her in death on May 17, 1947, in Chicago where they had resided for many years.' Mrs. Brunjes later moved to Wawasee Lake where she spent her summers. * , , Survivors include a nephew, Richard ‘Brunjes, of Milford; a daughter, Mrs. Bruce Newron, and two grandchildren of Philadelphia; and 10 brothers and sisters, all In Washington and Oregon StatesFuneral services took place. in Washington. Harry Ditmer Harry Ditmer, 85, of the Warren Methodist Home at Warerri, Ind., and formerly of Marion, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Raymond Hart, at Marion Sunday, » Dec. 23. He was the father of Richard Ditmer of Syracuse. Mr. Ditmer died suddenly of a heart attack after returning from church with other family members including Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ditmer who .were visiting there' over the week end. A -’ Mrs. Ethel Miller < Mrs. Ethel Miller, 63 Wakarusa, died Monday noon in the Elkhart hospital of complications fallowing an illness of ten years.. Mrs. Miller was born near Nappanee on July 23, 1899, to William and Fannie (Whitehead) Fervida. Both are deceased. She lived her entire life in the Nappanee and Wakarusa communities. 0n April 12, 1925, she married Jonas Miller who is an auctioneer and sale barn owner in the Wakarusa area. She was a member of the Union Center Church of the Brethren near Nappanee. Surviving besides the husband are a step-mother, Mrs. William Fervida, Nappanee; a son, Kenneth Miller, Wakarusa; a daughter, Mrs. Joe Krallman, Wakarusa; three step-daughters, Mrs. Clarence > Eddleftnan of Elkhart; Mrs. Elmer Anglemeyer, Goshen, and and Mrs. Bernice Culp, Westville; 15 grandchildren; 18 great-grand-children; and five brothers, Forrest Fervida, Ancil Fervida, Eldon Fervida, and Warren Fervida, all of Nappanee, and Herbert Fervida of r 2, Milford. Friends may call at the Miller residence this evening (Thursday) and tomorrow morning (Friday). Funeral services will be held in the Union Center Church of the Brethren at 2 p.m. Friday. Rev. Ross Noffsinger and Rev. Howard Kreider will officiate at the services. Burial will be in the Union Center cemetery. The Mishler funeral home in Milford was in charge of arrangements. . Mrs. Ethel L. Lewallen • Funeral services were held yesterday (Wednesday) for Mrs. Harry (Ethel L.) Lewallen, 64, of 211 North Columbia street, Warsaw, in the Landis funeral home in that city. Rev. E. J. Arthur and Rev. Donald LeSuere officiated at the service, and burial was in the North Webster cemetery. Mrs.- Lewallen was ill about five months. .Death of complications occurred at 10:05 p. m. Sunday, Dec. 30, at Murphy Medical Center in JVarsaw. She was born Feb. 11, 1898, to Franklin and Ethzelda (Kerr) Menzie at Pierceton. She lived in i the Pierceton and North Webster areas until moving to Warsaw 33 years ago. On Nov. 29, 1917, she married Harry E. Lewallen. The deceased was a school teacher and taught in the Pierceton and North Webster schools from 1916 through 1920. She served as a deputy to the Kosciusko county superintendent of schools for many years while her husband was superintendent. She was a member of the Methodist church of Warsaw, a member of the WSCS and other activities of the Methodist church, member and past president of the Auxiliary of the American Legion, John Peterson Post 47, past president of the
i 2d district auxiliary of the Amer- 5 ican Legion and a charter member , of the Kosciusko Salon 532 of the i et 8 and 40. Survivors are the husband; a , daughter, Mrs. Henry (Donna) Olson of Hutchison, Minn.; two j grandchildren; and two brothers, ; Ralph Menzie of Leesburg and j Darrell Menzie of Heber Springs, j Ark. A son; Brenard, preceded her in death in 1929. ] —- ■ ( I I ' —I . I ■ ■II - | REMEMBER ..4 WHEN IT HAPPENED IN SYRACUSE J .—r ; f—r : FIVE YEARS AGO i Syracuse will be host to the county basketball tourney next I week. Games will begin Thursday t night continuing all day Friday I with the semi-finals Saturday < aitemoon and championship , game in the evening. < ! TEN YEARS AGO ] Open House will be held at the < new Syracuse branch of The 1 Weatherhead Company on Wed- i nesday, Jan. 7 (5 to 9:30 p.m-) i and Thursday, Jan. 8j,(9 a.m. to 1 4:30 p.m.) according! to an an- i nouncement in The Journal this Week. The Stiefel Feed Cjo.,- Inc., is 1 now in operation here, engaged in 1 the manufacture of a dried mo- : lasses feed for livestock. The ’ mixing and drying equipment has i been installed near the mill and • elevator of the Stiefel Grain Co-, '■ on -South Huntington street. ] TWENTY YEARS AGO ' Among’ the 24 meh leaving Warsaw Wednesday for Camp < Perry, 0., fsye were from Syra- • cuse. They were: Leander Glen- ’ wood Richcreek, r 3, William Bigler, Kenneth Willard, r 2, Forrest ■ LeCount, r 2, and Jack Details of the “point” ration i system 'which will be used to dole out meat) canned goods and other ' articles about February 1 have been announced by the OPA in Washington. The new program, similar to those used in Britain and Germany, will involve the issuance of War Ration Book No. 2, probably through another registration at school houses- Book No. 2 contains 182 coupons of different colors, denominations and 1 lettering. These are the ’‘coin” of I a new money system which housewives will have to master. j FIFTY YEARS AGO Little Alec Brower, stepson of t Milo Rookstool, narrowly escaped l drowning while skating on Syra-
Green Bay's Seorhg Ace — ™. M -c' Iff . V, r J j In an era of football s »ecialization, Green r \ \ Ig* Bay Packer halfback Piul Hornung remains I® a triple-fhreat man. In 1961, he ran, fff passed and kicked his *ay to the Player of IJ J the Year title of th« National Football n ZZ League. This year, he appears well on his MR way to breaking th* 176-point league scoring record he se j 11960. _ _ Records a ref nothing new to this 6-foot 2-inch, 218-pound back from Louisville, Ky. At Notre Dame in 1957, he led in passing, rushing, scoring, (v GJ kickoff and punt He f was an All-American choice in his junior year, repeated Sg the honors qs a senior—and Ly ® fir was awarded the Heisihan g w ‘ Trophy. ■ , 4®?/ Hornung's picture and vital I ’ statistics o in now be found—- \\ alon 9 of 200 other ’ National Football League standouts--bn: the backs of P° s * C’real boxes. Kids will enjoy , rading these piayI er cards. .In addition, Horrnung's l i-page booklet, CJ “Fundamei ials of Football", —‘ s avai|al le free at fopd , ~ store*- «
CROSS at - o*ll bp nr i JMr W H HnA I K x ■ IB ' w ns I / zZT" „ ■ £.. ... - 1 ; X——— . i. “Cross at Comers,” is an extremely important slogan m traffic safety. It » is the theme of the January safety poster distributed by the Chicago Motor , Club to over 33,000 grade school classrooms m Illinois antjlndiana. ’ Comers are designated for crossing. Crossing anywhere otheCthan at the corner, is apt to catch a motqrist off guard and cou.d cause a serious . accident.. Cross only where you are safest-at corner. it a j habit to follow this rule!
cuse Lake Saturday evening. The boy s kated into a air-hole near the r iddle of the lake where the water attained a depth of 15 to 20 feet. *ohn McClintic and Russell Hinde -er, who were working on an ic* boat some distance away saw tl e boy struggling in the open water and cutting the rope from the b< at, hurried to his assitance. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mock visited at Mrs. John Cables Monday. Mrs Ella LeCount and daughter, marie, of Cromwell, visited her son Ri scoe and family at Elkhart from Tuesday until Saturday ot last w?ekAsr tall horse stood for two hours i , week ago last Sunday in the hit ih yard of one of our church* s without a blanket. Christa inity embraces quite a few things and we firmly believe that a man vho allows his horse t 6 stand i i the cold without a blanket wil. have a hard time gt tting through the pearly gates. j Leroj Riddle and family jand Mrs. Joann Holloway partoo|)t or a bount ious dinner Tuesday at the homezp: Mr. and Mrs. John Riddle. SY RAC JSE PIONEER HISTORY Luckj was the boy who owned a pair of makeshift skates when playing “shinny on the ice.” India:, rubt er was introduced about this tim* and sometimes a precious bit might be had to put inside ab; .11/ The youth knew how to hunt, to trap, to fish—all of necessity rather than for sport. “Hide ard seek” and “chalk the rabbit” \rere played at neighborhood gatherings. Display of skill was popi lar; foot races, wrestling matches, pole vaulting and tug of war wen on programs of the picnics. But the best sport of all one hundred /ears and more ago was for a boy to kill a messasauga rattler then display its skin. Two events there were which caused a great sensation. The first Fourth of July was celebrated by a' basket picnic in Warsaw, 1837. Anvils were fired and a veteran of 1812 played Star Spangled Banner oi a flute. The other affair was « L wedding in Van Buren township ;o which the country side was . nvited. After the two were male “one flesh,” there came the supper of Johnny cakes, baked bea is, pork and cider which they dram: from a gourd “noggen.” Da icing ruled the evening, the French four, ‘the schottische and a re al ending with this chant: “I’ve oft an heard my father say and so I Have my mother That go. ng to one wedding will soon bring on another.”
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Mrs. Mabel Krause entertained the following at a New Year’s Day dinner: Mr. and Mrs- Ed Charlton and Scott of Leesburg; Mr. and Mrs. Kent Adams and Kent H of Warsaw; Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Albert, Sally, and Dan; Kathy, Jody, Barry and Sherry Long of Leesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Anglin of Leesburg were New Year’s Eve guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Rowland of Tippecanoe Lake. Mr- and Mrs. Herman Angin were Tuesday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bair us Leesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Heaton of Leesburg; Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hollar of Granger and Mrs. Jim (Pat) Kizer of Oswego spent the week end in Greenwood, Ind. . Miss Julie Kizer of Oswego was a week end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Shue of OswegoMr. Clarence Fisher of Leesburg will be the guest speaker Sunday, Jan. 6 at the Calvary Baptist church in Oswego. James Kizer of Oswego has been transferred to the district office for the Firestone Company in Indianapolis. Mrs. Kizer and Julie will move to Greenwood this coming week end. We extend our best wishes to the Kizers in their new home. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harley ot Boone, lowa were holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harley of Leesburg, they returned to their own home on TuesdayMr. and Mrs. Herb Culver or Pierceton; Mr. and Mrs. Max McMillan of Leesburg and Mr. and Mrs. Bill McWhirter of Leo attended a dance in Fort Wayne to celebrate the new year. They were the guests of the McWhirters. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Baumlee and daughters of Barbee lake were Tuesday diner guests of Mr. and Mrs- Phil Braddock, Maryann and Steve of Leesburg. Holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Buckingham of Tippecanoe Lake were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Balsbtiugh of Denver, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Balsbaugh, Jr. of Mexico, Ind., Jean, Linda and Peggy Balsbaugh of Mexico; Mrs. Nellie Smith and Roy Smith of Albion; Mr- and Mrs. George Buckingham and Georgann or Bloomington and Fred and Lois Buckingham. Miss Mary Jane McCoy a student at Ball State Teacher’s college is home enjoying a holiday vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill McCoy of Tipecanoe Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Ike Watson who were recently burned out in the Oswego area are settled temporarily at a trailer at Cripple Gates, Tippecanoe Lake. Miss Lois. Dausman and Everett Dausman of Suburban Acres were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Dausman and sons of BeuRohr Park, Tippecanoe Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Clover of Leesburg entertained at their newly remodeled home Sunday the following guests: Mr. and Mrs. Francis Oswalt; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hartman of Leesburg and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kingstone, Jr. of Warsaw. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dye of Leesburg; Mr. and Mrs. Dave Carey of North Webster and Mr. and Mrs. Nick Carey of Leesburg were New Year’s Eve guests of Mr. and Mrs. “Nub” Niles of North Webster. Mrs. Phil Yocum of Leesburg is improving satisfactorly at her home following an appendectomy last week. A second district meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary will be held at the Warsaw Legion home, January 9. It will be an all day meeting, starting at 10:00 in the morning. All members of the Auxiliary are urged to support their chapter. „ Mr. and Mrs- Russell Matthews and family of Warsaw moved into their newly purchased home recently. The Matthews purchased the Vem Dausman farm in Oswego. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Teeple and family of Leesburg entertained at their home Sunday, the following guests: Mrs. Marcelle Teeple and sons of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Nettie Teeple of Stanton Lake; Mis: "Nevada Lippencott of Warsaw and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Teeple and family of Tippecanoe Lake and Mr. and Mrs- John Teeple and sons of Stanton Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Van Horn of Dewart Lake were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Radar and Terry of Oswego. Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Hartman of Warsaw were Tuesday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hartman and sons and Mrs. Gertie Hartman of LeesburgMr. and Mrs. Nate Weirick of Warsaw and Mr. and Mrs. Ray McCartney of Warsaw were honored at a wedding anniversary celebration Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Teeple and family of Tippecanoe Lake. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McCartney and Marcia of Warsaw. Mr. and Mrs- Kenneth Baugher and family and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cummings and family of Warsaw were Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Randall of Leesburg. Mr.* and Mrs. Ray Randall of Warsaw and Mr. and Mrs.. Paul Randall of Leesburg spent Sunday in Fort Wayne. Mrs- Max McMillan, Skip and Debie were Thursday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McWhirter of Dunfee. Mrs. Goldie Sanderson Leesburg enjoyed several guests over the holidays. Those calling were: Mr. and Mrs. John Baldwin; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cloetow and sons, John, Joel and James; Mr. and Mrs. Steve Daler and daughter, Marta Christy all of Fort Wayne; Mr- and Mrs. Ralph San-
derson, Jr. Claudia and Sid of Warsaw; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Main, Hal, Jeff and Gary of Bourbon. YOUNG PEOPLES PARTY AT OSWEGO BAPTIST CHURCH The young people of the Calvary Baptist church at Oswego enjoyed a skating party on Stanton Lake Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Teeple. Guests enjoying a wiener roast and hot chocolate were: Rod and Jerry Teeple of Tippecanoe Lake; Dennis Garman and Debbie Harrison of Oswego; Debbie Copeland of Oswego and Mark Marshall of Tippecanoe Lake; Terry and Johnny Reginos of Ohio; Karen Hamman of Oswego and Charles Garner of Leesburg; Bob and Ed Teeple of Stanton Lake; Everette Dausman of Suburban Acres and Kathy Rhienhart of Monoquet. WEEK’S ACTIVITIES AT LEESBURG BRETHREN CHURCH This week’s activities for the Brethren church of Leesburg are as follows: Boy’s Brigade*. - Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. Prayer meeting - Thursday at 7:00 pm. Church business - Thursday at 7:45 p.m. . A “Watch Night Service” was held New Year’s Eve at the church where the new year was ushered in with fellowship and prayer. There will be a revival held at the church starting February 10 through the 17th with Jim Custer as the evangelist. Don’t let anything keep you from coming to each meeting. Kenneth Koontz is Pastor.
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Report From Antarctica
From this week’s Pierceton Press Dr. Gene Likens, a Zoology professor from the University of Wisconsin, and the son of Mr. and Mrs.-Colonel Likens of Monroe township, is spending some time doing research in the Antarctica. In a recent letter received by his parents and his wife, he enclosed part of a report he had written for the university. Following are parts of the report: “We just completed seven days in the field at Lakes Bonney and Vanda. They are both in valleys characterized by desert-like soil and almost prepetual winds. The valleys are extremely interesting. We found mummified seals on the shore x>f Bonney and huge glaciers are within walking distance of our campsite. Distances are especially deceptive in these steep-walled valleys. What looks like a 20 minute hike turns out to be four hours. The surface of the ice on Bonney is very curious. It is extremely rough with large areas of columar ice partly eroded by evaporation to form beds bf sharp spears. We wear steel soles with spikes all of the time while out on the ice. Our camp at Bonney is very adequate. The Artic Institute of North America has erected a small cabin on the shore which has an oil stove for heat and an appratus in the ceiling for melting ice so that a gravity fed running water system is possible. At Vanda we used a double walled tent which was also quite comfortable. Near Cape Evans I observed a large herd of Weddell seals lying on the ice. They certainly are huge animals with some of the bulls weighing 800 pounds. There certainly was no concern for man in their midst. Occassionally they would bark but otherwise seemed to ignore me. I took several pictures at very close range and appreciated the real “hamming” of the pups. Some recent work here with fathometers indicated that
the seals can dive to depths of more than 350 fathoms. Our food has been excellent. We have four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, dinner and midnight snack. The quantity of food is more than adequate and we have good .variety. It’s no wonder the penquins and seals are so fat down here! Some fresh food is now being flown in from Christchurch, New Zealand, which really/ helps the menu. Our clothing is very adequate. I have tried all of the footwear but the mukaluks are the greatest. My feet have not even
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! been chilly in them and they are comfortable. From now on they s are a must for outdoor winter , work.” \ . Dr. Likens has stated that adi justing to the 24-hour daylight - was one of the hardest things to j do—seemed odd to be going to bed ! while it was still light. He will be ; home in a few weeks and will be r moving to Dartmouth college in j New Hampshire, to teach. His - wife, Mrs. Kay Kistler Likens, is ■ staying with her mother, Mrs. i Floyd Kistler in Pierceton, and is i doing substitute teaching.