The Mail-Journal, Volume 2, Number 40, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 November 1963 — Page 9

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25 YEARS AGO, NOV. 10, 1938 Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher of Warsaw are the parents of an 8 pound son bom Thursday, Nov. 3, at the McDonald hospital. The baby boy has been named Duke De Fisher. The mother was formerly Miss Miriam DeFries of Milford. Henry DeFries, 70, a prominent farmer of this community for half a century, died Sunday of a heart attack. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Alice Kirkendall: twin sons, Jacob, at home, and Arch of r 1 Milford; one daughter, Mrs. Charles Bowser of Goshen; a sister, Mrs. Frank Hieber of Milford; and eight grandchildren. Sunday guests at the Elmer Doty home were Bert Monn and wife and Otis Kalb and son of Goshen, Miss Ruby Speicher, and Stevie Searfossr? of Sgrac»se,,*aj»d Emory Drake. '' ■' • V Much excitement was caused in

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/the second grade when Jackie Stoller brought a crab to school. Mrs. Syler of Nappanee, owner of the Syler Dept. Store, has decided to quit business here and will close out the entire stock of merchandise. The store has been managed by P. H. Bollenbeck who came here from Chicago at the time Mrs. Syler purchased the store. Mr. and Mrs. Milo Miller of r 2 aimounce the birth of a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. William Tusing and daughters were recent visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hai- , old Stone at Peoria, 111. Mrs. Stone was formerly Miss Cloye Tusing. 35 YEARS AGO, NOV. 8, 1928 Funeral services for Omar F. Neff, 56, a former prominent businessman of Milford, who died on Friday, Nov. 2, at his home in Chicago, were held at the-honje yf his brother, F. M. Neff of Afiftdrfi, f Sunday forenoon. He leaves his |

. wife, the former Miss Lulu Whetten; a daughter, Mrs. Paul Maloney; one son, Edwin Neff; and a grandson, Sidney Reid, all of Chicago; four brothers, Jacob and F. M. of Milford, Daniel of Beaverton, Mich., and Henry of Elkhart; and two sisters, Mrs. Jacob Symensma and Mrs. Charles Snyder of New Paris. Lloyd Felkner harvested 600 bushels of potatoes this fall. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brown pleasantly entertained at a bridge dinner at their summer home at Redmon Park on Thursday evening. BIRTHS: A daughter weighing 8 pounds, who has been named Virginia Alice, arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ritter at 3 o’clock Wednesday morning. Two hours later a son was bom to Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Snyder at the Goshen hospital. The young dentist has been named Hugh Philip and weighed lbs. S. J. Kinney is making his home with his daughter, Mrs. Irvin Darkwood, and family at the present time. Mrs. Jacob W. Troup, 64, died Tuesday at her home on west Emeline street of cancer of the stomach. She is survived by her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Hazel Sauers; a son, Rial Troup of Milford; and three granddaughters. the lot at the corner of Higbee and .

First streets and is erecting a new home on the site. The first birth for the month of November reported to our office was the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Zimmerman on Friday, Nov. 2. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marquardtof Briceton, 0., spent the week end here with her mother, Mrs. Emil Kaiser, and family. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. McMikken are now occupying the P. H. Clayton home which they have leased for the winter months. William Henry Geyer, 73, died at his home two miles north and east of Milford on Nov. 1. He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Utz of Nappanee; two children, Arden W. Geyer of near Syracuse and Mrs. Carl Gawthrop, who resides on the home farm; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Work has been started on the new community hall at Leesburg. The new building will have a playing floor 42 x 77 feet, with a seating capacity of 1,100. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Kilmer and family mbved to North Webster where he is employed in the Webster garage. . The Milford high school basketball team donated the net proceeds of last Friday night’s game to the Milford school band. 50 YEARS AGO, NOV. 6, 1913 was given the fai|meS of- this community by Sharp Bros. Hardware dealers in Milford

at the Odd Fellows hall Wednes- | day evening of last week. Saturday, Nov. 1, Mr. and Mrs. James Orn of west Catherine street celebrated the 50th anniversary of their wedding. Mrs. Minnie Grove of Chicago . arrived in Milford Friday of last week and is now with her mother, Mrs. Mary Beck, who is in very poor health. Her daughter is in Minneapolis doing stage work. Her husband is with her. A very light vote was polled in Milford on Tuesday, the entire Democrat ticket being elected. The following men were elected: trustees, J. F. Peterson, Jamis T. Shepard, and C. R. Brittsan; clerk, A. J. Forbing; treasurer, Delbert Hastings;, marshal, Amos Price. Julia Thomas of Long Island was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Bell of southwest Milford last week. Leonard Frayer has succeeded W. J. Orn as sexton at the Milford school building. J. W. Wyland will hardly be abl£ to resume his work as sexton until about January 1. David Hill has accepted a position in the Erick meat market. I MILFORQ ,FIREMEN MAKE RUN MONDAY Milford firemen made a run to town park at “ Wfiubee lake on Monday ..where a g?ass fire \\as burning. No serioi# damage WaS caused.

REMEMBER . . . WHEN I IT HAPPENED IN SYRACUSE ONE YEAR AGO ’Mr. and Mrs. Alva Ketering observed their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday, Nov. 25, at their home on the Syracuse-Milford road. Collections were made in Syracuse and other communities in the area for mental patients’ Christmas gifts. Syracuse schools held open house in observance of National Education Week, Tuesday, November 13. The churches of Syracuse held a union service on Thanksgiving Day at the Syracuse Methodist church north of town. The Syracuse Lions club sold brooms on Saturday, Nov. 17. The brooms are made by fire blind at the Indiana Agency for the Blind. A short automatic gate and flood light on the B. and O. railroad crossing in Syracuse were knocked down Saturday morning by a car driven by J. Glynn Finan of Chicago. The damage to the gate and light was $1,600 and to the 1962 Chervolet Mr. Finan was driving, SI,BOO. FIVE YEARS AGO The-United Fund drive is in its final w4ek, pledges are approximately •.$'4,000 so far. / » | The Syracuse high school chorus participated in the Kosciusko County Choral program Sunday at the Mentone high school. Collections from the Syracuse parking meters uptown totaled $263.50 for October. Work began Wednesday morning on the last stages of the new telephone exchange in Syracuse. Mrs. John Mench has been taken to the Lutheran home in Mulberry Mrs. Lulu Francis spent the 3Week end in the home of Mrs. Ratth Rapp.

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Thursday, November 14, 1963

TEN YEARS AGO Pvt. Nelson G. Hoover, who has been stationed in Germany since 1952, returned home this week. I Funeral services were held for I Willard Elkins, 78, on Nov. 9. He I was a retired banker and a resident of Syracuse for the past ten years. Hunters report poor results for pheasant hunting in'the area. The season is open for one week. Flashing red lights have been installed at the B. and O railroad crossing where Front street crosses the tracks. Mrs. Ada Zeltinger is spending a week in Chicago at the home of her son Paul and wife. Calvin Beck and Loren Longenbaugh attended the ball game at Manchester college on Saturday. TWENTY YEARS AGO Mrs. George A. Bushong of Mobile, Ala., is here visiting Mr. and Mrs. Joe R. Bushong. The Syracuse Business and Professional Women’s club met in the new home of Mrs. Ann Clayton Tuesday, Nov. 9. Mrs. Cleo Weaver entered the Goshen 'hospital to undergo major surgery. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Marsh have had as their guest, Mr. Marsh’s father, J. C. Marsh, of Franklin, N. C. Citizens of Syracuse who- own any property in foreign countries must file a report with the U. S. Treasury department. Syracuse postmaster Leo B. Whitehead announced. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Shock and daughter spent Sunday with Mrs, Shock’s grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bushong. FORTY YEARS AGO Armistice Day was obsferved in a very fitting way in Syracuse, the Methodist church being filled for the Sunday evening union services. ' ■ a The Syracuse high school basketball team last night lost its fourth game of the season when they lost to Claypool. Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Dauner are the parents of a daughter born Thursday, Nov. 8. Rev. pauner is the pastor of the Syracuse Evangelical church. On account of shortage of help and linotype machine trouble,.The I Journal was late this week. Miss Neva Meek and Miss Nellie Mann attended the football game at Goshen on Sunday. The Ku Klux Klan meeting in Rapp’s hall was well attended. A

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AT I. U. CONFAB — Syracuse high school principal Paul Moore attended the annual principalfreshman conference at Indiana university last Wednesday and ; Thursday. During the conferences ; principals confer with their former students who are now university freshmen, in an effort to make the transition easie.r for j others making the step into the world of higher education. On Wednesday evening principal Moore was interviewed on tape by Dr. Robert H. Ferrell, director of the Lilly Foundation making a study oh the teaching of high school history. Dr. Farrell is preparing a book on the topic, Mr. Moore stated, and is seeking views of school principals I national speaker was present, | Mr. and Mrs. Dan Warbel Were at William Wylands last Wednesday making apple butter. Monon Most Popular Wheat LAFAYETTE — Monon,, a Purdue university - U. S. Department of Agriculture, developed soft, red winter wheat; was seeded to more than half the acreage harvested in Indiana this year. State-federal agricultural statisticians at Purdue report that I Monon acreage amounted to l per cent of the total. In 1961, this | variety was planted on about nine ser cent of the acreage. Dual and Knox, two other Pur-due-developed varieties w‘h i c h were the leaders two years ago, were the second andthird most widely planted last fall and harvested this year. Each made up. slightly more than 10 per cent of the harvested acreage in 1963. From 1958 to 1961,, Dual made up about a fourth of the acreage, while Knox, leading variety in 1957, has gradually declined in importance. , LaPorte with nearly eight per cent and Vermillion with 6.5 per cent were in fourth and fifth place. Both dropped in importance from two years ago. Redcoat, with nearly five per cent, was, in sixth place in 1963, first year in which data has been collected on this variety. Seneca, a popular variety of the mid-19505, has continued to decline, and this year made up only 1.4 per cent, of the harvested acreage. ■ Vigo, the, most popular variety of those years, dropped to 0.4 per cent of the state total.