The Mail-Journal, Volume 2, Number 29, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 August 1963 — Page 2

THE MAIL-JOURNAL Thursday, August 29, 1963

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SYRACUSE LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPS — Shown in this photo are members of the championship team of the summer Syracuse Little League play. They won the title by having six wins and no losses.

First Baseball Game Set For Wednesday An announcement made this week by Milford high school coach Jim Allen stated that' Milford’s first baseball game of the school year will be on Wednesday, Sept. 4. The game will be. with the. North Webster Trojans on the Webster diamond. The first, home game of the season will.be on Friday, Sept. 6. The The Milford team will practice on Thursday evening, Sept. 5/ oh the Milford diamond. ■ : • ■ ■ i . . — .j TUESDAY NIGHT LADIES LEAGUE HAS FALL MEETING The fall organizational meeting of the Tuesday Night Ladies bowling league was held Tuesday evening, Aug. 20, at the Syracuse hall. There were approximately" 40 members and guests present. President Mary McClintic presided, over the business meeting. Due to the resignation of Betty Vanlaningham of Milford, the president appointed Sharon Gilbert to the office of sergeant-at-arms. ’ ' ' It was voted to increase the league to 16 teams instead of 14. Kathryn Knisley, secretary, read the changes made in the WIBC rules. The groiip decided to pay the treasurer fiye cents per bowler per night sanie as the secretary. Sweepstakes night will be" held again this year on the next to the last night of bowling. The league will bowl for 34 weeks starting September 3 and ending May 5. , .' A position night will be held on the last night of bowling. A practice night was held Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 9:00 p.m., I'egtilar league bowling” time. One more team is needed to fill the 16-team Feague, according to the league secretary. Anyone interested may contact Kathryn Knisley at Syracuse 457-3527 before noon on Sept. 2. County Coaches Meet Monday At Pierceton At the county coaches’ meeting held Monday in Pierceton Bill Dorsey, assistant coach at Milford high school, was elected president. The vice president of the organization is Donnie Butts of North Webster. During the evening the coaches voted to include Larwill and South •Whitley into the county' all-sports program. The inclusion of the schools must now be approved by the county principals. Also on the. agenda for the evening was the baseball and cross ■ country schedules. Both will begin about Sept. 4. The cross-coun-try meet was set for Oct. 3 at the county fair grounds. Tom Sittier of Pierceton was named chairman of this meet. a Syracuse Man Taken Into Custody Wednesday Night Stanley Reed, Syracuse, was taken into custody by Syracuse police officers Wednesday, Aug. 21 at 10 p.m. on an assault and batterly charge. He was released on an $lB cash bond in Milford’s justice .of the peace Doty’s court later that night. The assault and battery charges were filed by his wife earlier in the evening after he allegedly struck her, knocking her head agaist the car. Her head was cut, requiring five stitches’ to close. She was taken to the office of a Milford physican. WMSA GIVES BABY SHOWER FOR RHEINHEIMER BABY The Women’s Missionary Service Auxiliary of Wawasee Lakeside chapel gave a shower for baby Douglas Wade, new son < of Dr. and Mrs. Flpyd Rheinheimer. After playing several games the gifts were opened. Refreshments were served to 14 persons in the church social room.

In the back row, left to right, are Mitch Anderson, Mike Tatman. Dwight Dean, John Auer, John Dean and Kim Miller. In the front row, I tor, are Randy Niles, Bruce Thomas, Chuck

Young-Stevens Wedding Vows Exchanged Sunday Aug. 25

The wedding of Miss Linda Ann Young and Arthur Stevens • took place gt 7:30 p. m. on Sunday, Aug. 25, in’ the Milford Methodist church. Miss Young is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Young of Milford. Mrs. E. M. Stevens of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the mother of the bridegroom. Dennis Rumfelt of Milford served as organist playing a prelude of organ music. Miss Jennifer Sunthimer of Milford sang “Wedding Prayer” and “The Susan Sunthimer of Nevada, Mo., lighted the candles preceding the ceremony. . Rev. L. E. Clayton, treasurer of the North Indiana Conference of Methodist churches, was assisted by Rev. Richard Sumner in officiating for the double ring ceremony in the presence of 100 guests. Candelabra, baskets of white and pink aiid white pompons and palms decorated the altar of the church. White' satin bows marked the- pews. Bride In Silk Organza The bride was radiant in a short length wedding dress of silk organza over taffeta with a pink underlined bodice.’ The waist of the dress was accented with a band of embroidered lace. She wore a shoulder length veil held in place by a crown of seed pearls, and carried a cascade bouquet of white glamellias and. pink pompons. Mrs. Joe. Sunthimer, sister of the bride, of Nevada, Mo., was

Augsburger's Win Milford Little League Trophy

The seffson’s schedule of Milford Little League games ended in a tie between Augsburger’s and Sharp’s. The trophy was won by Augsburger’s Monday night, Aug. 19, with a 7-0 win over Sharp’s. Swope and Haab proved so effective that Wolferman collected Sharp’s only hit. Besides the ■ team trophy, nine individual trophies have been awarded to those boys with best batting and fielding averages. The All-Sars with batting averages were as follows according to Arlo Beiswanger: Jay Anglin .633, Tom Beer .580, Jim Beer .567, Dan Beer .483, Steve Wolferman .483, Rat Spearman .483, John Hamilton .482, Mike Swope .433, and Danna Haab .414, Receiving honorable mention were the following; Reggie Coy, Donn May, John Rassi, Kent Doty, Phil Price, Jack Beer, Gary Sorenson, Dave Miller, Denny Replogle and Tim Levemier. Little League boys may either keep the uniforms to exchange next year or turn them in. Caps, shirts or pants you want to turn in should be cleaned and in good Take them to Mr. Beiswanger’s house or call him to pick them up. Pony League boys are asked to turn in caps and those uniforms still out. They may wait and take them to school. Mr. Beiswanger complimented the. boys on the good sportsmanship shown all summer, Mr. Beiswanger stated that he thoroughly enjoyed the eleven weeks that he and the boys spent playing together. Mr. Beiswanger went on to help of the managers, Paul Matthews, Robert Hurd, Harry Doty, ews, Robert Hurd, Harry D. Doty, Bill Burgett, Howard Haab, and Fritz Wolferman, and the umpires, Justin Kneeland and Donn Kesler. » Mr. Beiswanger feels that • the division of the boys into two leagues was effective. With the weaknesses corrected Milford should be able to provide more and better baseball for the boys next year. f Final Summary The following is the final summary as reported by John Beiswanger : ; At Bat — K. Doty 34, J. Rassi 34, and P. Price 32. Run — R. Coy 19, 't’om Beer and Jim Beer 18. Hits — J. Anglin 19, Tom Beer

Rhoades, Larry Weaver, Doug Ringler and Kim Cripe. Also in the photo are coach Bob Dean and Little League manager Norman Ross. Players not shown are Brad and Doyle Butler.

matron of honor. She wore a gown of pink organza over pink taffeta with matching head piece. The matron of honor carried a bouquet of pink pompons. Kathy Sunthimer, niece of the bride, also of Nevada, Mo., was flower girl. She wore a dress of white nylon organdy over pink net. She wore a circlet of white flowers on her head and carried a basket of pink and white daisy pompons. James Riggs of Bloomington, Ind., served as best man. Ushers were Fred Stevens of Toronto, Canada, brother of the groom, and John Young of Milford, brother of the bride. Reception Follows A reception followed the ceremony at the home of the bride. Assisting in the serving were Mrs. Byford Coy of Mishawaka, Mrs. Raymond Fischer of Evansville, Mrs. Joe Sunthimer of Milford and Miss Judy Ahms of Fort Wayne. Following a three-day wedding trip to Lake Michigan, the couple will make their home in Fayetteville, Ark. Mr. Stevens will be a professor of Art History at the University of Arkansas and Mrs. Stevens will teach elementary school. * The bride is a graduate of Milford high school and Indiana university where she was president of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. The bridegroom received his B. A. : degree from the University of Winnipeg and his M. A. degree from Indiana university.

18, and Jim Beer 17. Two base hits — Tom Beer and! Mike Swope 6, J. Anglin, S. Wolferman and Jim Beer 4. ' Three base hits — Jay Anglin 2, seven tied with one. Home Runs — Jim Beer 4, M. Swope 3, Dan Beer and Tom Speicher 2, K. Doty, P. Price, S. Wolferman, D. Nyce, and D. Spearman .1. RBl’s — J. Anglin 18, S. Wolferman 17, M. Swope 16. BB — M. Mathews 14, four tibd with 11. Batting average —J. Anglin .633, T. Beer .580, and Jim Beer .567. ' Pitching records are as follows: Innings Pitched — G. Sorensen 47, D. Miller 43, S. Wolferman 39. Record — Mike Swope 5-1, S. Wolferman 6-3, D. Haab 2-1. BB — D. Miller 24, G. Sorensen 34, S. Wolferman 39. SO —G. Corensen 69, D. Miller 56, S. Wolferman 43. ERA —D. Miller 4.07, S. Wolferman 4.25, G. Sorensen 5.74. standings * Augsburger’s won 7, lost 3, percentage .700. Sharp’s won 6, lost 4, games behind 1, percentage .600. Baumgartner’s won 5, lost 6, games behind 2%, percentage .455. Campbell’s won 4, lost 7, games behind 4%, percentage .273. Man From Weisbaden ■ Germany Visits In Syracuse Mr. and Mrs. Gary Eyer, r 2, Syracuse, had as their week end guest Ernest Golitzer of Weisbaden, Gerjnany. Mr. Golitzer also called at the Clayton Mock home and visited other friends in the Syracuse area. Mr Golitzer was an exchange student here in 1954 and made his home with Rev. and Mrs. Clayton Mock while in school here. He is now employed with the Stenzel Company of Weisbaden as a sales engineer and is back in this country to attend a four-week training school in pneumatic machines at Cincinatti, Ohio. FELLOWSHIP CLASS HAS CHICKEN BARBECUE The Fellowship class of the Milford Christian church held a chicken barbecue Sunday evening at the Waubee lake home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Bushong. Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Orn served as cohosts. A total of 58 men, women, and children enjoyed the barbecue anl potluck dinner. A short business meeting was held later in the evening.

OBITUARIES I

Mrs. Fred Haab Mrs. Mary Haab, 83, wife of Fred Haab of one mile west of Milford, passed away Monday at 11:30 a. m. at her home. Death was due to a heart condition. She had been in ill health for several years. Mrs. Haab was born in Morton, 111., on Oct. 5, 1879, the daughter of George and Magdalena (Jacobs) Hartter. She moved to the Milford community from Cissna Park, 81., in 1904. She married Mr. Haab in May of 1909 .at Milford. Surviving in addition to the husband are three sons, George, Harry, and Howard, all of Milford; three daughters, Mrs. Howard (Bemicb) Jorgensen of Grand Island, N. Y., Mrs. Steve (Lucille) Kodba of South Bend, and Mrs. Lawrence (Elinor) Miller of Nappanee; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one brother, Samuel Hartter of Milford; and one sister, Mrs. Katherine Stoller, of Milford. Four brothers and one sister preceded her in death. Services were conducted this afternoon (Thursday) at 2 p. m. in the Apostolic Christian church in Milford. Revs. Theo Beer and Henry Beer officiated, and burial was in the Milford cemetery. The Mishler funeral home, Milford, was in charge of the arrangements. George H. Himes George H. Himes, 53, of Milford, died of complications at 10 p. m. Thursday, Aug. 22, in the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been a patient in the Fort Wayne hospital since Aug. 9. and had been in ill health for several .months. A brick mason and operator of the Old Hickory Tavern at Milford, Mr. Himes was bom at Orestes, Ind., on Oct. 3, 1909. He resided in the Milford community since 1946. He married Mrs. Betty Rummel in Ligonier on Oct. 3, 1956. Mr. Himes was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Milford American Legion Post, Goshen Moose lodge, and Milford Methodist church. Survivors include the widow; two step-daughters, Mrs. Raymond Beechy of Goshen and Mrs. Clarence Vandermark of Ney, O.; two step-sons, Bill and Jim Rummel. at home; nine step-grand-children; and a brother, Charles Himes of Orestes. Funeral services were cpnducted at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Mishler j funeral home in Milford. Rev. < Richard Sumner, pastor of the I Milford Methodist church, officiated and the Milford American Legion Post conducted a military ser- | vice at the Milford cemetery. j Mrs. Sarah J. Borkholder i Final rites were held Wednesday at 12:30 p. m. at the Peter A. Borkholder residence, r 3 Nappanee, for Mrs. Sarah J. Borkholder, 56, of r 2 Nappanee, mother of Mrs. Eli Lehman of Milford. Bishop Eli Yoder and Rev. Eli Chupp were in charge of the services and burial was in the Weldy cemetery, three miles northeast of Bremen. Mrs. Borkholder died Monday at 7:50 p. m. in the Bremen Community hospital. Death was caused by burns sustained in a fire which destroyed her home on Aug. 6. * A native of Arthur, 111., Mrs, Borkholder was born Sept. 19, 1906, the daughter of John E. and Kattie (Yutzey) Miller. She was married to John Borkholder on Jan. 20, 1927 and he preceded her in death Sept. 8, 1961. She was a member of the Old Order Amish church of Nappanee. ; Surviving in addition to the Milford daughter are eight sons; Roman of Arthur, 111., Gilbert of Topeka, Tobias of Etna Green, Le- I roy and Eli, both of Nappanee, Eddie, John Henry and Larry, all at home; three daughters, Mrs. Mahloy Bontrager of Topeka, Mrs. Levi E. Yoder and Mrs. Albert Yoder, both of Bremen; three sisters, Mrs. Levi I. Slabaugh, Mrs. Joni Gingerich and Mrs. Floyd Chupp, all of Nappanee; one brother, Eli Miller, of Arthur, Ill.; and 26 grandchildren. Mrs. Otto Schrock Final rites were held Sunday at 1:30 p. m. in the Ulrey-Sedgwick funeral home at Ligonier for Mrs. Otto (Bethel) Schrock, 73, of Ligonier, who died Thursday evening, Aug, 22, at 6:30 in the Alfran nursing home at Warsaw. Rev. C. R. Bitzer officiated and burial was in Oak Park cemetery. Mrs. Schrock was associated with Schrock’s Flowers in Ligonier for many years. She suffered a hip fracture early this spring while about to start her’ 1 ' return trip home from Bradenton, Fla., where Mr. and Mrs. Schrock have their winter home. Mrs. Schrock was returned by airplane from Florida Tuesday and admitted to the nutsing home. Death was unexpected. She was bom Dec. 1, 1889, in Cass county, Mich., and was married to Mr. Schrock on Dec. 2, 1910. Surviving are the husband; one son, Walter of Ligonier, who now operates the business; one daughter, Mrs. Fred Cunningham of r 1 Ligonier; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mrs. Ray Van Dine Mrs. Ray (Effie) Van Dine, 75, of Leesburg, died on Thursday morning,' Aug. 22, in the Murphy

Medical Center iri’ Warsaw. She had been in ill health for the past ten months. Mrs. Van Dine was bom March 4, 1888, in Pine Village, Ind. She : married Mr. Van Dine Nov. 25, 1914. Surviving are the husband; a son Dale of Pierceton; two daughters, Mrs. Max Barrett and Mrs. Audrey Wagoner, both of Leesburg; a Harry Taylor of Council -Grove, Kans.; two sisters, Mys. Simon Mitterling of Middlebury and Mrs. Leona Plant of Claypool; and four grandchildren. Funeral services, were held Saturday at 1:30 p. in. in the Me Hatton funeral home, Warsaw. Burial was in the Hillcrest cemetery at Pierceton. Adam Miller, Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Wright funeral home in Nappanee for Adam Miller, 79, Nappanee, brother of Mrs. Verlin Yeager of Syracuse, who died Friday afternoon in the Beatty Memorial hospital in Westville. Rev. Verlin Yeager was in charge of the services. Burial was in Milford cemetery. Mr. Miller, a retired cabinet maker, had been a patient in the hospital for the past year and nine months. He was bom on November 26, 1884, in Marshall county. On November 14, 1905 he married Gertrude Slough in Bourbon. She preceded him in death in 1962. Other survivors include a son, Lawrence of Nappanee; a daughter, Mrs. T. Howard Thompson of South Bend; four brothers, Charles Leonard and Kelsey, all of Bourbon, and Willard of Nappanee; five other sisters, Mrs. Adam Dernier, Mrs. Noah Lemler, Mrs. Glenn Watkins and Mrs. George Watkins, all of Bourbon, and Mrs. O. R. Jones of Mentone; four grandchildren and 16 great-grand-children. Fred L. Sechler Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Mishler funeral home for Fred L. Sechler, 83, who died at 8:30 p.m. Saturday in the Orn nursing home in Milford. Sechler, a lifelong resident of the Milford and Syracuse communities, had been in ill health for several years. The deceased was born on October 31, 1879, .and married Tillie Marquart in 1899. She preceded him in death. . Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Glen Hilliard of Warsaw. Mrs. Fred Hunter of Elkhart and I

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Mrs. Lyle Hutson of Springfield, O.; a son, Russell of Greenville, 6.; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Rev. Carl Shearer of the Milford i Christian church officiated at the services. Burial was in the Milford cemetery. Royer Brown Royer Brown, 55; of 949 Forrest Blvd. Indianapolis,” died Saturday, Aug. 17, at Macy’s Slip on Lake Wawasee following a heart attack. The deceased had pulled into Macy’s for gasoline for his boat and while the boat was being serviced, he began pumping water from the boat. He suffered the attack and fell into the boat. The .men at Macy’s lifted Mr. Brown to the dock and called the Syracuse fire department, who responded with the emergency track. They then tried to locate a physician but being Saturday aftemoon it was some time before one was contacted and- Mr. Brown was dead when the physician arrived. The county coroner arrived and announced that Mr. Brown had died of a heart attack. Harris funeral home- at North Webster took charge. The body was later trans-

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ferred to the Flanner-Buchanan! mortuary, Indianapolis, where fun-; eral services were held Tuesday, f Church Os The Brethren Pastor At Camp Mack Rev. Ralph Wagoner of the Syracuse . Church of .the Brethren spent last week at Camp Mack, near Milford. Mr. and Mrs.' George Weybright are also at the camp, There are 180 persons attending the camp this week from this district. Last Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 14 members of the Syracuse Church of the Brethren attended the district meeting at Camp Mack. ANNUALSYRACUSE LEGION PICNIC TO BE HELD SEPTEMBER 1 American Legion, Wawasee Post 223, Syracuse, will hold its i annual picnic Sunday, Sept. 1, at Smith-Walbridge camp. Chicken will be furnished by the post. Members are to take a- covered dish. Dinner will be at 12 noon. There will be refreshments, games, and swimming.

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