The Mail-Journal, Volume 2, Number 2, Milford, Kosciusko County, 21 February 1963 — Page 3

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25 YEARS AGO, FEB. 24, 1938 Mrs. Levi Stutzman suffered a broken right arm at noon Tuesday when she slipped on the ice and fell. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Krofp have leased the John Davisson residence

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on Main street which they will occupy soon. Messrs, and Mesdames Pardee Wartsler and* Ted Gunter of Leesburg attended services at Grace church Sunday. The average size of a farm in Kosciusko county is 96.43 acres,

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according to the figures compiled by bounty assessor Harvey Me Cleary. Donna and Norma Ringler of the fourth and sixth grades in Mil--ford, respectively,’have withdrawn to go to Syracuse. Walter Ritter has leased the Sanders residence on north Henry street where he will move his .family soon. - ...... Mrs. C. R. Brittsan arrived home Thursday evening from a visit of several days with her parents at Spencerville, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hale of Elkhart were Sunday dinner guests iiy~the Wilbur Baumgartner homa, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence 'McManus of New Paris were evening guests. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Lemert have leased the Lutes residence on north Main street which they now occupy. 35 YEARS AGO, FEB. 23, 1928 Samuel Craig has purchased

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the Joshua Zimmerman farm located south of Milford and will take possession this spring. The consideration for the 80 acres was $7600. On Friday evening the MHS quintet took its second defeat of the season handed them by the Syracuse five. The score was Syracuse 48, Milford 31. Dr. V. G. Hursey, physician and surgeon, wh6 is locating in Milford this week, announces that his office will be open for business Monday morning, Feb. 27. . Jesse Miller and David Cox, employees of the Sharp Hardware Co., attended a tractor school held at South Bend on Tuesday Local winners in the state Latin contest are Noble Holderread, a sophomore, and Ralph Biller, a junior, in class 1 B; in class 1 A Everett Closson won first place. Miss Mabel Toni returned home Sunday from a two weeks’ visit with Mr. and Mrs. William Perry of Indiana Harbor and Rev. and Mrs. Wilford Taylor. Many cars were stalled on state road 15 Sunday night on account of snow drifts. The road was drifted in both directions from Milford. 40 YEARS AGO, FEB. 22, 1923 Dewey Locke has accepted, a position as truck driver at the Monger mill. Vern LeCount and family are now occupying a part of the Kleder residence leased by J. L. Dewart. William Nqss afid Harry Phend were at Pierceton on Friday attending the county basketball

tournament. North Webster won * the tournament by defeating Syracuse. Rev. N. E. Smith and family of Wakarusa have moved into the M. E. parsonage here. Mr. Smith succeeds Rev. Haddock as minister of the Methodist church. Clarence Price, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Price, and Miss Bessie Van Pherson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Van Pherson, all of ; Milford, were marpied Saturday evening. Miss Esther Tusing, who teaches school at North Liberty, was a : week end guest of her parents, . Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tusing. Mrs. A. J. Forbing has the distinction of having an outdoor flower known as the straw flower in bloom. The flower was seen on Feb. 20 peeping out of the snow showing its yellow color. John Hepler appeared one day last week at Milford school wearing long trousers. Instead of being properly impressed by the dignity of the occasion, the freshmen giggled heartlessly. 50 YEARS AGO, FEB. 27, 1913 The rural mail carriers, substitutes and their wives gave a banquet in the basement of the Methodist church Saturday evening. This was the first banquet of the kind given in the county. M. F. Lentz of the Milford Hardware Company is on the road selling farm'supplies for the National Harvester Company and has been for the past two weeks. The 87th anniversary of grandma Mathews, wife of the late Edwin Mathews, was celebrated at

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the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. W. Cart in New Paris, on Washington’s birthday. Sherman Locke of Milford has disposed of his blacksmith shop to Omar Stump and Ama Hollar. Therefore the style of the firm will be Stump and Hollar., The first bread purchased and to be sent by parcel post from Milford was by A. R. Bryden out on r 3. Mr. Bryden telephoned to the Kleder bakery saying heahad not time to come to town and Tter him to send six loaves of bread by parcel post. W. K. Lichtenwalter, who is employed in the restaurant, wrapped up the half dozen loaves, secured a six cent parcel post stamp and mailed it to the purchaser over r 3 Tuesday morning. REMEMBER ... WHEN IT HAPPENED IN SYRACUSE One Year Ago Once again the Trojans went down to defeat by a single point; this time being edged by rival Syracuse 51-50 in a game filled with excitement from start to finish. Five Years Ago Zero temperatures which moved in on our area more than a week ago continued with added fury of blizzards through the week hitting the eastern seaboard and midsection of the country with record snows. While this community escaped the extreme blizzards of Michigan City and South Bend areas, the high winds and snows here promoted the closing of schools early Monday afternoon. Ten Years Ago Thomas Hapner .of Syracuse caught in Wawasee Lake a 16 H pound pike. The big fish was 41 inches long and Mr. Hapner was using a nylon 24-pound test line. He took about five minutes to lajjd it. Fifteen Years Ago Ernest and Bill Rogers went to Indianapolis Tuesday where Ernest expects to remain at Riley hospital to undergo further - treatment for a gun shot wound in his ear. If proposed legislation now be-

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I fore Congress goes through, Syracuse can acquire a major seaplane base on Like Wawasee at only one-half the actual cost, if citizens and businessmen of this area are interested. Twenty Years Ago Public schools will be closed On next Tuesday and Wednesday to permit teachers to aid rationing officials in setting in motion the machinery of the new point-sys-tem program of food rationing. Fred O. Clark (M. C.) has been raised to rank of captain. Pvt. Ronald Sharp, Duncan Field, Tex., arrived home Monday morning for a few days’ furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fielden Sharp, and family. Cpl. Luther LeCount, Camp Forrest, Tenn., spent several days last week here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest LeCount. This newspaper has been selected to aid in a campaign to line up Marine Engineers and other men with sea experience to man the fast-growing Victory Fleet which is being added to at the rate of three ships a day. * Forty Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. .Nelson Mile,s and Misses Donna Miles and Sylvia Hayward motored to Niles, Mich., Saturday. George Xanders not only practices law ✓ but also beekeeping and we will have to confess he is | successful in both. Just the other! day he presented us with some of | the product of his- apiary. Thanks, George, for your sweetness. Syracuse H. S. defeated Pierceton H. S. at Syracuse last Friday evening, the score being 18 to 5. to—» One Year Ago 'Don Byrd, pro atjthe WawaSee Golf chib at Lake Wawasee, has been informed by William H. Davis, president of the Gold Digest, a golf magazine in New York, that he will be given an all-expense paid golfing vacation in Ireland. The Syracuse town board of trustees met at town hall night with all members present. A bid from the Borden Sanitary Service of Goshen for the collec-

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! tion oo trash and garbage in Syracuse’for a one-year period starting March 1 was accepted at a price of $5400 per year. Five Years Ago Calvin E. Beck reported yesterday that the response to the school board questionnaire during the past ten days , strongly favors the proposed school board plan for the schools of Turkey Creek township. Ten. Years Ago Rollie Byler of the Wawasee Sportsman’s Center brought back* a 100-pound black bear early this week which he shot on a trip to his cabin in Ontario, Canada. The Syracuse Water Company, operated by the town board of trustees, will .a new well drilled for an additional water supply for the community. The Lane-Northern Co. of South Bend will immediately sink a 12-inch pipe approximately 100 feit. The well will be drilled at the site of the new 100,000 water tower in the south part of town. Twenty Years Ago Residents, of Kosciusko county were reminded today by Ralph Thornburg, chairman of the local War Price and Rationing Board, to begin preparing for the rationing of canned foods which will be-gin-March 1. Fifty Years Ago Albion won h prettily played game of basketball at the old school house Saturday afternoon. The train bearing the visiting team and its adherents was late and the. game did not commence until abefut 5:30. The local aggregation was unlucky in the matter of throwing field baskets and their team worked a little behind that of Albion. The final score was 17 to 27. Roy Vail of north of here left Tuesday for Nappanee where he will care for the farm of Vern Stoudanouer .while the latter and his family visit in Ohio. .Dick Brunjes, the general proprietor of Brunjes’ Park, left Tuesday morning dr a two weeks’ visit with his brother at "St.* Petersburg, Fla. Roscoe Howard returned last Friday from a visit in South Bend, Goshen and Kendallville. He expects to accept a position in Kendallville in the near future.

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