The Mail-Journal, Volume 2, Number 34, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 October 1963 — Page 3

CALVARY EUB CHURCH CIRCLES MEET SEPTEMBER 2S The four circles of the Calvary EUB church' at Syracuse met on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the church south of town. All had the same lesson entitled “One In Christ”. . Announcements were made in each circle of the fall institute to be held at the New Paris EUB church Saturday, Oct. 5. “Bible Week” is being observed this week at Calvary church. There is Bible study throughout the week at the church or in homes. Friday night will be Christian education and special recognition will be given teachers and church school officers. The next WSWS work day was held at the church with a carry-in dinner today. Lois Circle The Lois Circle met in the afternoon with Mrs; Russell Hinderer and Mrs. Edna Thomas as hostRefreshments were served as the ladies arrived. Mrs. Opal Nolan gave the lesson with the as-'

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sistance of Mrs. I. J. Byland, Mrs. Hany Nicolai, and Mrs. O. H. Ott. Mrs. Nolan led the devotional period and Mrs. R. W. Losee closed with prayer. The leader, Mrs. Roy Wilkinson, presided at the business session. Reports were heard from Mrs. Ott, treasurer; Mrs. Raymond Bitner, church activities; Mrs. Juanita Grimes, spiritual life secretary; Mrs. Thomas, missionary education, taking the place of Mrs. Vernon Fawley; and Mrs. Paul Bixler, Christian social . relations. Mrs. Maude Flickinger closed the meeting with prayer. _ The October -meeting will be held at the church with Mrs. Nolan and Mrs. Favvley as hostesses. Mrs. Bixler will give thfe lesson. There were 16 members and two guests present, Mrs. Ernest Williams and Mrs. J. Busscher. Martha and Harmony Martha and Harmony Circles had a joint, meeting in the evening with Mrs. Loren Longenbaugh, Mrs. Ben VanTuyle, Mrs. Raymond Newcomer, and Mrs. Mar-

guerite Forrest as hostesses. The lesson was given by Mrs. Mayme Long and Mrs. S. A. Bauer assisted by Mrs. Forrest, Mrs. Leonard Nichols, Mrs. Theo Thomas, Mrs. Eloise Method, Mrs. 1 Raymond Kitson, and Mrs. Carrie Champlin. Mrs. LeMoine Keim presided at the piano for group singing which interspersed the lesson. Following the lesson each circle met separately for its business sessions.. Mrs. Feri Rhodes presided at the Harmony Circle session. Reports were given by Mrs. Newcomer, spiritual life; Mrs. Delos Smith, missionary education; Mrs. Howard Juday, Christian Social relations, for Mrs. Paul Pollock; and Mrs. Long, project chairman. Mrs. Kitson closed the meeting with prayer., Mrs. O. P. Gephart was a guest of Harmony Circle. The next circle meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Rhoades on Oct. 23. | Martha Circle was presided over by Mrs. Edith Palmer, Mrs. J. Hollar and Mrs. O. H. Horn were guests. Reports were given by Mrs. Champlin, spiritual life: Mrs. Bauer, Christian social relations; Mrs. Wilma Hire, children’s work; Mrs. Palmer for Mrs. Oma Modesitt, missionary education. The project for, fund raising of the circle is selling vanilla. The next meeting will be held at the church on Oct. 15. Mrs. Max Workman will give the lesson. The two circles joined for refreshments served from a beautifully appointe'd table with Mrs. Newcomer pouring. Naomi Circle The Naomi Circle met in the evening at the home of. Mrs. Alva Nicolai and Mrs. Louie Nicolai. The lesson was given by Mrs. Paul Eppley assisted by Mrs. Gene Kitson, Mrs. Douglas Mock, Mrs. Herbert Linville, and Mrs. Ken-

neth Elson. The lesson closed with the group repeating The Lord’s Prayer. The leader, Mrs. G. H. Schaefer, presided, Reports were given by Mrs. Keith Koble, project chairman; and Mrs. Elson spiritual life. The October meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Robert Insley. Syracuse Locals Mr. and Mrs. James Connolly of Syracuse will leave on a trip to Las Vegas, Nev. about October 14. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Crews and Mr. and Mrs. Laucks Xanders of Syracuse attended the Northwes-tern-Indiana football game last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coleman and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Kell and family entertained relatives in their homes over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kammerdiener and daughter Tonda and Mrs; Catherine Babcock were guests Sunday at the honpe of Rev. and Mrs. John Schroeder of near Peru. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hulley and family of Syracuse spent the week end at Sunman, as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Todd and family. ; Mrs. Rosa Kline and gradson of near Warsaw were recent guests of Mrs. Lena Gans, Syracuse. 1 Mrs. Blanche Greene, who has been residing in Valparaiso, is spending several days in Syracuse at the homes of her (brothers, Ray and Roy Wilkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Appenzelle’are expected to return this week from a 10-day vacation trip to Texas. They planned to visit their, son, Jan, stationed in the service' in the Dallas area. Mrs. Ella Unrue, Syracuse last Tuesday, Oct. 1. for a two week .visit with Mr. and Mrs. Westley Trowbridge, Kentland.

Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Betas and Mr. and Mrs. William Pipp, of Syracuse were in Elkhart on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Robert E. Buster of Lexington spent Tuesday and Wednesday visiting relatives in Syracuse. Frances Less Ridenoure, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. -Frank Ridenour, r 4 Syracuse, has been pledged to Kappa Alpho Theta sorority, at the University of,Florida, Gainesville. Earl Money, Syracuse is taking a vacation from his duties as conservation officer and is deer hunting in Oklahoma. The Solomon Creek EUB church will hold a homecoming Oct. 6. A carry-in basket dinner at noon I will follow morning services. The speaker at 2 p.m. will be a former pastor, Rev. P. L. Mast. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Donald Knisley and family of Benton and Mrs. John Knisley of New Paris were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Knisley and family of Syracuse. Sunday afternoon callers of Mr. and Mrs. James Gilbert of Syracuse were their son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Royal Kline of South Bend.. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burkholder have purchased the Harry VanHemert home in the Hunnicut Addition south of Syracuse and will move in about three weeks. The Van Hemerts will live on Front street in Syracuse. Capt. James Leßoy Field of the; U. S. Ail’ Force who recently re- j turned; after 15 months of duty in I Formosa, visited his grandparents | Mr. and Mrs. Leßoy Riddle of ; Syracuse last week. He was en-; route from his • parent’s home in; Dexter, New Mexico to his new assignment at a SAC base at ; Wurtz-Smith, Michigan. Mrs. W. E. Long, Syracuse, was I a guest at a luncheon-bridge held at Hotel Elkhart last Wednesday. Sept. 25. y

BOWLING TOURNEY WINNER RECEIVES TROPHY AND $240 Carl Babb of Kokomo, winner of the Vacationland Master 'Singles bowling tournament at Wawasee Bowl, received a handsome trophy and check for $240, according to tourney manager “Red” Weber. Run-ner-up Ken Raduske of Highland won a trophy and check i for $l2O. It was mistakenly mention1 ed in last week’s Mail-Journal . that each received a trophy and $25 check. A total of'sß9l was paid in cash prizes to 24 winners, with $lO. to Tom Carr of Fort Wayne for high game (278), ; and another check of $25 to Carr as high qualifier (2,159 for 10 games). Cost of trophies was SIOO, making an outlay of $1,026. Sixty-one entries paid in $976 arid SSO was donated from the tournament expense fund, making receipts of $1,026, according to Mr. Weber. .I , .-T. .7’ Mi;, and Mrs. Paul Lantis, Toledo, O. were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hulley and family of Syracuse, on Sunday, Sept. 23. Mrs. Leonard 1 Barnhart, Syracuse, attended the funeral, of a cousin, Emmett Law, Oxford, Sunday, Sept.’23. Rev. and Mrs. Kennard Robinson were called to St. Paul, Minn, by illness of Mrs, Robinson’s mother, Mrs. George Strohm. Dr. Robert Craig, Syracuse, has returned to his office, after a two week vacation spent with his family oh a trip east. Ernie Rogers, formerly employed by Logan Oil company is now in the. sales department of Lakeland Motors, Syracuse. John Rinker, Syracuse, spent last week in Chicago where he attended the boat show. The names of Miss Connie Hartter. and Tom McKibbin were inadvertently omitted from the Knepper-McKibbin wedding news last week. Miss Harttei- presided at the guest book and Mr. McKibbin, brother of the bridegroom, 'served as usher. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Battenfield and son of Winamac were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Duncan at Milford.

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DIANE STOOKEY Former Leesburg Studenl Killed In Auto Accident Miss Diane .Stookey, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Stookey of Goshen, formerly of Leesburg, met death in a firey sports car accident at 7:35 a. m. Tuesday, Oct. 1. Miss Stookey was on her way to school at the time of the accident. . Mr. Stookey moved his family to Goshen from Middlebury a few weeks ago and Diane, a senior, wanted to continue her schooling at Middlebury. She was staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Kauffman of near .Shipshewana lake in order that this could be done. She drove to school each morning. Reportedly Miss Stookey was traveling west in a 1961 Triumph on "Elkhart county road 16, at a speed in excess of the- 50-mile per hour zone at the time of the accident. It is thought that she stepped on her brakes as a truck in front of her turned-into a driveway. This caused her to lose control of the car.;

After zig-zagging for 282 feet, the sportscar broadsided for 58 feet off the south side of the highway where it liras airborne for 28 feet. The car landed on its left side traveling 52 feet before it rolled over on its top. Miss Stookey, who was believed to have been wearing a seat belt, remained under the car as it skidded upside down for an additional 102 feet. The gas tank was ruptured, leaving a trail of gasoline. The gasoline was ig- | nited by the sparks from the skid- I ding car. Members of the Middlebury vol-' unteer fire department were on the scene within minutes and . brought the fife under control. John Yoder, deputy Elkhart county coroner, syßl that the girl evidently died instantly of a skull fracture before the car burst into flames. The deceased was born on July 2, 1946, to John and Patricia (Me Connell) Stookey. She had attended the Leesburg school and had many friends in this area. Survivors in addition to the parents are two sisters, Snowden and Carol, both at home; paternal - grandparents, Mr.-and Mrs. Fred - Stookey of near Leesburg; maternal grandfather, Roger McConnell of Leesburg. Funeral services will be held at 2 p..m. today (Thursday) at the United Missionary church at Shipshewana with Rev. Paul Stiner officiating. Burial will be in Vi- , olett cemetery near Goshen. Jerry Johnson Word has been received that Jerry Johnson, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Johnson of LaPorte, - formerly of the New Salem area, was killed in a traffic accident Monday evening. Reportedly the LaPorte highschool senior had been helping his father and had started home on a motor scooter. He was struck by a truck that was passing a car. It was a head-on collision and the Johnson boy was killed instantly.- ! ' Survivors besides the parents include two brothers and four sisters. Funeral' services were held yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon. Edith Yoder Mrs. Ernest (Edith) Yoder. 81, died in a LaGrange county hos- ; pital where she has been a patient for several weeks. She was the mother of Mrs. Richard (Virginia) Ditmer, a Syracuse school teacher. "Mrs. Yoder was-Jborn in Noble county November 6, 1881. She married Ernest Yoder March 4, 1904, he survives. Other survivors are a daughter, a son, Don Yoder of Topeka; a sister, Miss Delta Lantz of LaGrange; and three grandchildren. Services were held Tuesday, Oct. 1 in the First Methodist? church in LaGrange. Burial was in Maple Grove cemetery. Hugh C. McPherson Hugh C. McPherson, 71, of 212 E. Benton street, -Syracuse, passed away Wednesday forenoon at his home. He. had been in poor health for the past ten years. ' Mr. McPherson was bom Oct. 16, 1892, the son of Milt-and Mary Ella (Snavely) McPherson. Ke married Bertha Crawford and she died in September of 1961. Mr. McPherson had resided most of his life in the Syracuse community. He was a veteran of World War I. , Survivors are one brother, Dew-

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|ey McPherson of Punta Gorda, I Fla.; three nephews; and one | niece. Funeral services will be held, on Saturday at 2 p. m. in the Harris i funeral home in Syracuse. Rev. Kennard Robinson will officiate , and burial will be in the Syracuse cemetery. Friends may call at the Syracuse funeral home after noon on Friday until service time. Thomas Sharp Thomas Sharp, 63, of r 1 Nappanee, died at Ip. m. Saturday, Sept. 28, in Goshen General hospital where he had been a patient for four hours. Death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage. A native of Kosciusko Mr. Sharp was born Jan. 16, 1900, the son of Perry and Capitola (Thwaits) Sharp. On Dec. 11, 1928, he married Gladys Snieder. He was Retired from Mutschler Bros. - at Nappanee. Mr. Sharp was a member of the First Brethren church at Gravelton, a member of the American Legion Post 154 of Nappanee, and a veteran of World War I. Survivors include the widow; two daughters, Mrs. Chad Mishler of Nappanee and Mrs. Paul i Bolinger of Elkhart; one son. ■ Harold of the U. S. Army in Kor- ' ea; ten grandchildren; one sister, - Mrs. Victor Brumbaugh; and one I brother. Sam Sharp, both of NapI panee. One sister preceded him in ’ death. I i Funeral services were conducted i this afternoon (Thursday) in the I Brethren In Christ church, five | miles southwest of New Paris on , county road 50, at 2 p.' m. Rev. Carl Stump and Rev. Jesse Hoov- ; er officiated and burial was in the New Paris cemetery. Mishler fui peral home in Milford was in ' change of the arrangements. , The pallbearers were Virgil : Stump. Paul Bolinger. Chad Mish- : 'ler. Ray Mishler, Merl Croy, and Walter Weakey. Dr. and Sirs. James Q. Moore of Seattle, Wash., spent the week end I with her grandmother. Mrs. Katie Stoller, at Milford. The Moores are en route to South America.

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