The Mail-Journal, Volume 2, Number 21, Milford, Kosciusko County, 4 July 1963 — Page 1

Syracuse Fireworks Set For 9 p. m. Thursday At City Park

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NEW PASTOR — Rev. Frank Barker of Ashland, 0., has accepted the position as pastor of the First Brethren church in Milfc'd." He started his duties as pastor on July 1. Rev. Barker is a veteran of World War 11, having served with the U. S. Navy in the Pacific area. He is also a veteran of 14 years as an electrician in both Twin Falls, Ida., and Tucson, Ariz. Born in Missouri and raised in Idaho, Rev. Barker received the call to Christian ministry while residing in Tucson. The Barkers then moved to Ashland, 0., where Rev. Barker received his training for the ministry at the Brethren School of Theology, a graduate school of Ashland college. Rev. Barker and his wife, Audrey, and three childreh, Ricky, 17, Steve, 15, and Rebecca, 11, will move to Milford the middle of July. /' — t MILFORD PACKING COMPANY SOLD TO ROBERT MAYFIELDS The, Milford Packing company of. Milford was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mayfield of Lake Wawasee and Auburn on June 15 by Earl Wplferman. Mr. Mayfield stated on Monday that they will operate, the plant -under the Milford Packing Company name and will do only custom cutting and processing work. He does not plan to open the plant until fall.

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WATER FANTASY — Vona Schacht, I£, daughter of Mrs. Mae Schacht and Robert Schacht of Syracuse, >s pictured above as she

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WINS AGAIN — Above is the float on which Miss Milford, Jean Kaiser rode in Friday night’s parade at the Mermaid Festival. Spon-

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JOE JUDKINS, JR. ENROLLS AT TRISTATE COLLEGE Joseph A- Judkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Judkins, r 1, -lilford, is among new students enrolling at Tri-State college, Angola, Indiana, at the opening of .he summer quarter. He is a 1963 graduate of Milford high school. 8 Enrolled. in the department of nechanical engineering, Mr. Jud<ins will be among candidates for he bachelor of science degree upm completion of the course of study. Tri-State college, founded at Angola in 1884, grants bachelor of science degrees in five branches of engineerißg and in three majors .n business administration. Fail To Let Road 15 Contract The Indiana State Highway Commisssion failed to let the con- | tract for blacktopping road 15 ] fi •m a 'poirit south off Milford to I Leesburg. Bids of several contractors were opened by the commission in Indianapolis last Thursday, but no bids were under the engineer’s estimates. A local bidddr~ was the Phend & Brown. Construction Co. Hos Milford. The commission is re-advertis-ing for bids in this issue of The ; Mail-Journal. The strip of road in | question is from a point .14 of a j mile south of Milford to the town jof Leesburg, approximately miles. a ; > ' MILFORD MYF HAS HAMBURGER FRY Twenty members and guests of the Milford Methodist Youth Fellowship met Sunday afternoon at the' Gier Treesh cottage on Waubee lake for a hamburger fry. Pam Phend, president, presidea j over the business meeting. Plans i were made forWhe ice cream soI cial to be held Saturday, July 0, from 5 to 9 pnu on the churcn lawn. Homemade ice cream, pie and cake will be served. The rest of the evening wasspent swimming, playing ping pong and badminton. Mrs. Don Davidson, Mrs. John Haughey, Rev. and Mrs. Richard Sumner are sponsors of the group.

rode on the “Miss Syracuse” float in Friday evening’s parade in the Mermaid Festival. Water Fantasy was the title pretty, blonde haired

sored Annually by the Lions club of Milfordxthis float seems to 4 be a perennial winner. The Lions club float took third place in the queen’s

Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)

New Bus Station At Milford The Indiana Motor bus company has opened a new bus station in Milford. It is located at the Augsburger’s' Coffee Shop, north edge of Milford on highway 15. Passengers for Warsaw, Rochester, North Manchester, Fort Wayne or Indianapblis will board the bus at 8:50 a. hit Those traveling north to Goshen, Elkhart, or South Bend will leave at 7:55 p. ,m. The new, bus service in Milford started Friday, June 28. Tickets must be purchased before boarding the bus, ATTENDS LIONS CONVENTION Mr. and Mrs. Fred Anglin of Leesburg ’and Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Link of North Webster returned home Saturday after attending the International Lions convention in Miami, Florida. Mr. Anglin is District 25-G governor. 'of Lions International and Mr. Link is a cabinet secretary. Milford Lions Gross $1,450 At Mermaid Festival According to Glenn Morehead, treasurer of the Milford Lions dub, the Lions grossed $1,470 on their stand at the Mermaid Festival held last, week in North Webster. Treasurer Morehead stated that this is not a true picture and that expenses would add up to 50 per cent or more of the above mentioned figure. An example cited was the $1,600 gross last, year which ended up as a S6OO profit after expenses had been paid. The club will not know the exact amount of profit made until all bills are in.' Among the bills will be those of “Miss Milford,” Jean Kaiser; food bills; rental for frontage to put the tent and all other expenses. Profits from the stand will be used for leader dogs, cancer fund, eye bank and for community projects. , In a conversation wish out-go-ing president John Haughey this reporter was told that the Lions had a “big crowd” this year.

Miss Schacht gave to her float. Decorated with a sea shell and fishing nets it won fourth in the queen’s float competition.

float competition this year and won first place last year. Miss Kaiser is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kaiser of Milford.

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Purchase Funeral Home In Goshen Charles Harris of Syracuse and Joe Blocker of Goshen have purchased the Hartzler-Guthemuth funeral home in Goshen, taking posessiun on Tuesday of this week. The name of the funeral home, located at 506 South sth street in Goshen, will be renamed the Block-er-Harris funeral home. It was formerly the Stiver funeral home. The funeral home has been managed by Joe Blocker for the past year. He will continue as manager. Mr. Harris has owned the Harris funeral home in Syracuse for the past 12 years and the Harris funeral home, formerly the Troxel funeral home in North Webster, for the past three years. Syracuse Youth Baseball Game Schedules The following Syracuse Pony ahd Junior League baseball game schedules have been released by Loren Longenbaugh, leagues manager. They are as follows-. Pony July 3—Yanks and Tigers, Sox and Cubs July 10—Sox and Tigers, Cubs and Yanks • July 17 —Tigers and Cubs, Yanks and Sox July 24—Tigers and Yanks, Cubs and Sox July 31—Tigers and Sox, Yanks and Cubs August 7—Cubs and Tigers, Sox and Yanks August 14—Tourney August 19—Tourney Finals August 21—All Star Game r - Junior League (Major) July 8-—Rotary and Bank July 12—Lions and Pilcher’s July 15—Bank, and Lions duly 19-—Rotary and Pilcher’s July 22—Bank and Pilcher’s July 26—Rotary and Lions July 29—Bank and Rotary August 2—Pilcher’s and Lions August s—Lions and Bank August 9—Pilcher’s and Rotary August 12—Tourney. August 16—Tourney Augst 19—Tomey finals August 23—A1l Star Game Junior League (Minor) July B—Rotary and Bank July 12—Lions and Pilcher’s July 15—Bank and Lions July 19—Rotary, and Pilcher’s July 22—Bank and Pilcher’s July26—Rotary and Lions July 29—Bank and Rotary August 2—Pilcher’s and Lions August s—Lions and Bank August 9—Pilcher’s and Rotary CHILDREN’S LIBRARY CLASSES Mrs. Oscar Bjella, the children’s librarian in the Syracuse library, reports she now has an enrollment; of 228 for the summer reading Classes. The class began June 3 and will run for 10 ending Aug. 10. Children of school grades one through five may enroll. Each child who enrolls will receive a ribbon and for each child who reads 10 books in the 10 week period a diploma will be issued. Mrs. Bjella reports their is room for a few more children in the, enrollment. INVOLVED N MINOR ACCIDENT Chester Felkner and Raymond Warren, both of Milford, were involved in a minor truck-car accident recently in Milford. Mr. Felkner reportedly backed his truck into the path of the auto driven by Mr. Warren.

THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1963

Fort Wayne Girl Wins Festival Queen Title

Miss Linda Lee Mast of Fort Wayne, who represented Alpha Chi Omega sorority of Ball State Teachers college, became the 18th Queen of the Lakes in the annual contest as a part of the Mermaid Festival. Miss Mast, who is five foot, three inches, weighs. 110 pounds, has blonde hair and brown eyes and is 19 years old, was chosen from 37 Indiana girls who were competing for the coveted crown. Seven princesses were chosen on Friday evening after the big parade. Saturday evening a small parade featuring the seven princesses and last year’s Queen of the Lakes, Miss Ma"ion, Debra Ann Connor, began at 8:30 p. m. and progressed along the main street of North Webster. The first runner-up In the Queen of the Lakes contest was Miss North Webster, Rebecca Ann Ritchie. The second runner-up was Janet Modlin of Marion. The remaining princesses were Michele Brinneman of Huntington as Miss Beauty Box, Suzann Parker of Claypool as Miss Center Lake, Cheryl Handley as Miss Selma, and Ruth Zarria of Elkhart as Miss Concord. The judges for this contest were Dr. Miles Barton of Indianapolis, Mike Valentine of Warsaw, Marcina Greene of Fort Wayne, who is .’yiiss Northeast Indiana; Garland Hardy of Muncie and James Duddy of Leesburg. The queen rec< A check for SIOO, an engraved wristwatch and the beautiful Queen 6f the Lakes trophy. Miss Connor crowned the new queen at approximately 10:30 p. m. on the Festival grounds. Cutie King and Queen Thursday evening was the annual Cutie contest in which Ann Kaiser, the five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kaiser dZ r 2 Milford, was chosen Queen. Her brother Brent was z chosen King at the 1961 Festival. Randy Carey, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Carey of r 2 Leesburg, was chosen the 1963 Cutie King. Joni Leigh Black, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orlie Black of Leesburg, was the first runner-up Cutie Queen. Jody Annette Barrett, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Danny Barrett of Tippecanoe, was second runner-up to the queen. Run-ners-up for the Cutie King weif» first Gary Vanator, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Vanator of North Webster, and second, Jed Alan Runnells, 4, son of'Mr. and Mrs. Robert Runnells of Howe. Talent Winenrs Thursday night was also the date set for the talent contest finals. Nine semi-finalists competed for the top three positions. The Comets’ Combo of Leo consisting of Joe Walker, Neal Graham, and Bill Martin were the winners. They received a check for SSO and a trophy. . In second place was Marilyn Eley and Richard Leeper of ArAgas who performed a baton twirling duet. In third place was The Esquires of Goshen, a vocal trio consisting of Jim Pressler, Gary Berkey, and Mike Druley. They were accompanied by Becky Bickel. Valentine Construction Wins The finals of the independent basketball tourament of the Mermaid Festival were at 8 p. m. Saturday night with Valentine construction company of Fort Wayne defeating Davidson construction company of Metea with a score of 55-53. In the semi-finals on Friday night Valentine topped Hoosier Market of Anderson 68-67, and Davidsons beat Juds’ club of Valparaiso 72-59. Parade Friday Night One of the most exciting events of the week-long Festival was the big parade at 6 p. m. on Friday, evening. An estimated 35,000 to 50,000 persons viewed the parade from along the main street of North Webster. “During the course of the parade 40 were overcome by the heat,” George Deaton of Har-ris-Troxel funeral home told this reporter: Most of these persons were actual participants of the parade, only one was hospitalized, however. , The followingms a list of the winners in the ten various judging divisions for the parade: Commercial First—Tippy Skiers of Lake Tippecanoe Second—Prairie View nursing home at Warsaw (Continued on page 12)

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1963 CUTIES — Pictured above; are the 1963 Cutie King and Queen chosen at the Cutie contest Thurs- ■ day night as part of the Mermaid '

Traffic Control Ordinance Adopted By Syracuse

I At Tuesday evening’s meeting of the Syracuse town board members approved an ordinance regulating standing and parking vehicles, relating to traffic control signals, designating one-way streets and alleys and regulating the speed limits in the town of Syracuse. The town marshal with the aid and assistance of the street commissioner now have the power to regulate the street parking on all streets in the town of Syracuse except the uptown area governed by parking meters and Huntington street (state highway 13). This will be done by posting signs regulating the parking. The town marshal and street Commissioner shall have the power to regulate traffic at street and alley intersections by posting appropriate stop or yield signs. One-Way Streets Carroll street from, the east boundary of Lake street running east to Syracuse lake is designated as a one-way street and the alley running from Carroll street south

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Re-Dedication Services Held Sunday At Zion Chapel UB Church

Bishop Clyde W. Meadows DD of Chambersburg, Pa., was guest speaker, Sunday, June 30, at the Zion UB church’s re-dedication services. Bishop Meadows was introduced by the church’s pastor, Rev. Clark Gable. The services began with the regular morning worship with Dr. Meadows giving the message. Following worship services a

Festival. There were 42 entrants. 1 The Gutie King is Randy Carey, 5, j son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Care'y of r The Cutie Queen is

to the north edge of Benton street is designated as a one-way alley. alley separating W e ybright’s Addition from the original town plat running from the south boundary of Main street to . the north- boundary of Pearl street is designated 7 as a one-way alley. The alley running* from the south boundary of Pearl street to the north boundary of Carroll street is designated as a one-way alley. Pearl street running from the west boundary of Huntington street west to Frazier avenue is designated as a one-way street and Frazier avenue from the south boundary of Pearl street running northwest to the south boundary of Main street has also been designated as a one-way street. First street from the north boundary of Boston street running north to the north bouadry of Brooklyn is designated as a oneway street as is Brooklyn street from the east boundary of First (Continued on page 2)

carry-in dinner was held at the House of Friendship which is located across the road from the church. About 65 people attended the dinner. At 2:30 p.m. the congregation returned to the church for the afternoon service. Rev. Gable opened the service with a welcome. Pray(Continued on page 2)

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Ann Kaiser, 5, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kaiser of r 2 Milford. Ann’s brother Brent was a Cutie King in the 1961 Festival.

To Ring Bells For Freedom On July 4th A great stirring idea is sweeping the country. On July 4, 1963, at 2 p.m. the Liberty Bell will ring in Independence 1 Hall, Philadelphia. This will be the signal for bells in the‘.so-states to ring out loud and clear for freedom. Many area churches are planning to ring their bells. " - _ The idea was started by two men in Connecticut who founded the Let Freedom Ring Committee, and won enthusiastic support everywhere. Cities, communities, legislative bodies, churches, public institutions, television stations, radio j stations, and many others . . . are making plans to participate. When the bells ring they are to sound for four minutes. WRC MEETS AT SYRACUSE LEGION HALL MONDAY The Womans Relief Corp John C. Adams chapter, number 273 of Syracuse met at the American legion hall, Monday, July 1, for its regular meeting. In the absence of the president, Mrs. Lossie Rinker presided using the short form. Refreshments of fruit punch and mints were served to 10 members. Those present were Mrs. Elva Connell, Mrs. James Hamman, Mrs. Robert Buster, Mrs. Estella Swartz, Mrs. Emory Guy, Mrs. Lossie Rinker, Mrs. Orlie Brown, Mrs. Elizabeth Pol lock, Mrs. Maude Geiger and Mrs. Ella Unrue. PYTHIAN CLUB MEETS WITH MRS. GRUBB The Pythian club of Syracuse met Thursday June 27 at the country hpme of Mrs. Ethel Grubb for a carry-in dinner. There were 16 members arid two guests, Mrs. Sam Searfoss and Conda Miller, present. The afternoon was spent in singing. The ladies gathered around the piano and sang all the old songs. A social game was played with prizes w,on Mrs; Zerola Zook and Mrs. Ella Unrue, Mrs. Elizabeth Pollock won the door , prize.