The Mail-Journal, Volume 2, Number 41, Milford, Kosciusko County, 21 November 1963 — Page 3
Letters To The Editor
THEN I’LL BE SATISFIED A loyal Mail-Journal reader, Anglin of r 1 Milford, has written in to protest a “give-away” to the Catholic church by the Kennedy administration. He has particular reference to a recent syndicated Drew Pearson column. The column states: “(The President) ... has permitted 515,783,164 worth of government land to be given or sold at a discount to Catholic institutions. The total amount paid for this $15,783,-
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CORINNE .STAPLES, Correspondent
Mrs. Robert Merriman Entertains For Daughter's Birthday, Then Wrecks Car!
Mrs. Robert Merriman entertain- | cd Saturday afternoon in honor of her daughter, Beth’s sixth birthday, and was involved in an automobile accident near Goshen later the same evening. The accident occurred on highway 33 about 7:30 Saturday night. Mrs. Merriman suffered a laceration over one eye which required stitches and she remained in the Goshen hospital until Tuesday. Richard Bender, driver of the 1956 Chevrolet which collided with the 1963 Chevrolet driven by Mrs. Merriman, and Brenda Richard both of Millersburg received minor scratches, were "reated and dismissed. The damage to the auto driven by Mrs. Herriman was estimated to be $llOO. At the afternoon birthday celebration, Mrs. Merriman was assisted by Mrs. Paul Merriman and Mrs. John Pearson. Prizes were presented to Brum Merriman and Mary Clark.
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164 worth of property was $319, 014.” The article charges the President with appointing Catholics in charge of the give-away discount sale, meaning secretary of health, education and welfare Anthony Celebrezze and ex-congressman Jim Quigley of Pennsylvania. The article states further: “One of the most important discount give-aways of federal property was 22 choice acres, part of Mitchell Field, L. 1., deeded to Card-
Beth’s friends attending the party included Bret and Mike Rider, Matthew Merriman, Toni, Jull and Jeni Pearson, Lisa Reiff, Brenda and Brian Merriman, Susan Knoff, Debbie Lotz, Mary Clark, Mrs. Fred Clark, Jr., Mrs. Alice Rider and Mrs. Stanley Hamman, Jr. were guests of the hostess. BETA PI INITIATES AT WARNER HOME Initiation ceremonies were held Wednesday night at the home of Mrs. Thomas K. Warner in for the following new members of the Beta Pi chapter of the Lambda Chi: Mesdames Dester Bell, Phil Ladd, Dave Berger, Loren Kruger and Miss Pat Doyle. After the initiation ceremonies, members journied to the 30 club at Columbia City for dinner. Tables were beautifully decorated
inal Spellman’s archdiocese for a parochial school and convent. The property, valued at $540,099, was sold to the church at a 70 per cent discount.” Reader Anglin states, “Why does not the government offer these parcels for public auction instead of a dead give-away? When anything is done by people who are devoted to their religion, they are bound to be prejudiced toward their own faith. Then I’ll be satisfied.” Leo.
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by the committee composed of Mesdames Robert Bostick, Dave Payne and Robert Jones. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Robert Fidler on November 26. COMMUNITY NEWS Mrs. James Pearson and daughter, Jamie spent Saturday night with J. L. Pearson. Students in the North Webster school are looking forward to the Thanksgiving vacation. There will be no school on Thursday and Friday next week. Mrs. Hazlett Dunn and Mrs. Ermal Vanator spent Thursday with Mrs. Melvin Wheeler at Etna. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Love of Fort Wayne spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Krouse of Sechrist lake. Joey Staples spent the week end with relatives in Etna. Mrs. John Roberts, Mrs. Elinore Enyeart, Mrs. Jacob Kbouse and
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BIG MOOSE — Ray Miller, owner of the Frog Tavern at Lake Wawasee, is shown on the left with Don Montgomery, an Attica, Ind., newspaperman, getting a close look at a 900-pound moose killed Tuesday, Nov. 12, near Iron Bridge, Canada, by Ernie Yoder and Burns Vansickle. The Frog will hold its sixth
Area Mental Health Christmas Drives Begin In Kosciusko County
According to a report this week I from Mrs. Lester Taylor of Warsaw, county chairman of this year’s Indiana Association for Mental Health Christmas gift drive, gifts should be turned into local chairmen before Nov. 30. The gifts must be in Fort Wayne by Dec. 2. Lakeland area chairmen and their collection depots are as follows: Milford - Mrs. Arch Baumgartner, The Mail-Journal office on south Main street. Syracuse - Mrs. J. Ross Richey, Thornburg’s Drug Store on the Mrs. Ermal Vanator attended the American Legion Auxiliary district meeting at Francesville, Indiana Wednesday.
PUBLIC SALE The following described personal property of the late James A. Fields will be sold at his farm located 3 miles south of Milford then 4 miles west on — Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 1 p.m. GRAIN 400 bushels of oats, more or less. HOUSEHOLD GOODS Good G. E. refrigerator, G. E. range, coal and wood cook stove, oil heating stove, 275 gal. fuel oil tank half full of oil, Hoover sweeper, television set, dishes and pans, some antique furniture, chairs. FARM EQUIPMENT Good Bolen garden tractor with disc, cultivator and mower, rotary lawn mower, wagon, forks, shovel, step ladders, extension ladder, cultipacker, corn planter, spring tooth harrow, one horse cultivator, garden hose, shop tools - saws, hammer, level, wrenches, etc., three gallon sprayer, axes, shovel, block and tackle, few bales of straw, and other items. 1948 Ford Pick-up - runs good Terms—Cash Not Responsible for accidents NOBLE W. NEFF, Administrator Auctioneer, Elmer Martin Maurice Beer, Clerk
annual moose dinner on Dec. 18, Miller stated. Miller said the moose dinner was originated with Bob Byler, formerly of Syracuse and now of Phoenix, and that “we want to show Bob we can carry on the old tradition without him”. A MailJournal staff photo.
northwest corner of Main and Huntington. North Webster - Mrs. Robert Fidler, Thornburg’s Drug Store on state road 13 in downtown North Webster. Leesburg - Mrs. Chris Kammerer, Jr., Kammerer’s Shell Super Service on Main street. Each year the state association asked the residents of this community and communities all over the state to share Christmas with a mental patient. Suggested gifts are shirts, trousers, scarves, sweaters, sweat shirts, hats, jackets, bath robes, slippers, washable scuffs, underwear, caps with earflaps, tie claps, ties, construction kits, flashlights, sports equipment, socks, belts, suspenders, tobacco, cigars, pipes, tobacco
pouches, hair cream, shaving cream, and lotions. Also, dresses of washable fabrics, blouses, skirts, nylon hose, anklets, purses, sweaters, nightgowns, bathrobes, housecoats, bedjackets, scarves, stoles, shawls, lingerie that requires no ironing, cosmetics, dolls, doll clothes, luggage, furniture, bracelets, beads, decorative pins, hair ornaments, perfumes, compacts, knitting bags, knitting wool, powder, sewing materials, billfolds, gloves, mittens, toy musical instruments, lock boxes, toys that are soft and durable, parlor games, ball-point pens, comb and brush sets, instant coffee, playing cards, handkerchieves, and the like. It is suggested by the committee that persons buying clothing should buy one size larger than what your family wears. Do not buy gifts for children and do not enclose a note or letter with your gift. You are also asked not to donate used gifts or gifts in breakable containers. When you take your gift to the | collection depots you will be asked j to fill out a special gift tag. The tag will- contain, when filled out, the name of the donor, his or her address, the organization repre-. sented if any, what the gift is, what material it is made of, what color it is, what size it is and other descriptive details. This information will enable the local committee to assign gifts to persons. The committee works with hospital personnel. A Christmas party is held on each ward in the several mental hospitals throughout the state just prior to Christmas. There are light refreshments, entertainment of carols or perhaps a Santa Claus, and the gifts are presented to the patients. Appointed Region Chairman j Frank Kelly, 11618 Merrywood Lane, Fort Wayne, has been appointed Christmas chairman for the Fort Wayne State School region. Mr. Kelly will direct the operation of the Christmas gift program in Kosciusko county, and the eight other counties supplying gifts to patients at the school. Church Os The Brethren Good Cheer Class Meets The Good Cheer class of the Syracuse Church of the Brethren met at the church Thursday, Nov. 14, for a hobo supper and class meeting. A barren tree had small packages fastened to the limbs. In each were pickles, celery or carrots. A sack was given each member containing a sandwich and a baked potato. Each member had a tin can of soup. Other refreshments were pumpkin pie and coffee. The hostesses for the meeting were Mrs. Everett Darr, Mrs. William Gushaw, Mrs. Catherine Babcock, and Mrs. James Losee. The president, Mrs. Joe Baumgartner, presided at the business meeting and asked each member “What he was thankful for”. Two cards were signed and sent. The meeting closed with prayer by Mrs. Howard Simison. SYRACUSE GIRL INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT IN GOSHEN Cheri A. Brown, Syracuse, attempted to make a left turn from Main street onto west Washington street in Goshen last week and drove her car into the path of a southbound semi-tractor trailer operated by Lloyd C. Mishler, r 2 Goshen. Damage to Miss Brown’s car was $350. No damage was reported to the truck. CASWELL-RUNYAN RE-BUILDING An announcement was made Nov. 12 by Adolph Schenkel, president of the Caswell-Runyan company in Huntington, of the rebuilding of the plant in Huntington on the former site. A fire on June 7,1962, completely destroyed the manufacturing buildings of that company and the facilities of the Utah Radio Products company. Caswell-Runyan has been operating in North Manchester since six weeks after the complete loss.
Feather Party 8 EM. November 23 At Milford Fire Station Sponsored By Milford American Legion
Thursday, November 21, 1963
Richard A. Mitchell Hamed Assistant Cashier At Pierceton State Bank
Announcement is made by Walter E. Shoop, president of the Pierceton State Bank, that Richard A. Mitchell has been named by the board of directors as assistant cashier. He will assume his new duties and responsibilities on Dec. 1, 1963. Mr. Mitchell is a native of Huntington and is a graduate of North Manchester college ahd since his graduation has been employed as an assistant bank examiner for the State Banking Department. He is 24 years of age, married, and the a two-year-old daughter. • “His training and experience in the banking field should prove invaluable to the bank and his services will fill the need for additional qualified help as a result of the upward trend in volume of business and expanding bank facilities”, Mr. Shoop stated. The Mitchell family will move from North Manchester to Pierceton on Nov. 29 and will occupy the home owned by Mrs. Catherine Widman at the corner of Catholic and Third streets.
A Concrete Poured For Oswego Bridge Concrete was poured for the concrete abutments for the new Oswego bridge on Mohday of this week. The concrete will have to “set” for two weeks, then the steel bridge will be mounted, it was learned. The bridge should be completed in several weeks, then traffic can flow on the heavily-traveled eastwest road again. DOUP STARTS FOURTH TERM AS STATE FARM BUREAU PRESIDENT George Doup of Columbus was elected to his fourth two-year term today as president of -Indiana I Farm Bureau, Inc.. He will lead . the 10-membef Indiana • voting | delegation to the American Farm | Bureau Federation convention in I Chicago, December 8-13. Other delegates to the national meeting elected today include Paul Chastain, r 5 Salem; John Conn, r 2 Logansport; George Hoesel, Jr., r 1 Star City; Ellis McFadden, r 4 Fort Wayne; Pete Milner, r 5 Brazil; Orville Ping, r 2 Columbus; Ross Riggs, r 8 Evansville; vice president, Glenn W. Sample, Zionsville; and second vice president, Mrs. Guy E. Gross, Churubusco. THE MERTON BUSHONGS MOVE TO FLORIDA Mr. and Mrs. Merton Bushong, formerly of Garland, Tex., have moved to 291 Norwood Ave., Satellite Beach, Fla. Mr. Eushong is associated with Radiation, Inc,, as lead engineer in the Surface Systems Division in Melbourne, Fla. Mr. Bushong is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bushong of Syracuse, and Mrs. Bushong is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Baugher, also of Syracuse. FORMER SYRACUSE AIRMAN INVOLVED IN CAR CRASH Airman first class Robert E. Buster, Jr., of Fairborn, 0., escaped serious injury Oct. 31 when he lost control of his car in making a turn and hit loose gravel. The car hit a tree. Buster was returning from Medway to Fairborn on a gravel road. He was taken to Wright-Patter-son air base hospital for X-ray and observation and later released. Damage to the 1964 Ford Galaxie he was driving was SI,COO. Airman Buster received mouth, chest, and knee injuries.
THE MAIL-JOURNAL
RICHARD A. MITCHELL
Mail Early For Christmas
Faced with the certainty that Christmas ’63 will set an all-time record for mailing of Christmas cards and gifts, Lakeland postmasters toddy requested your cooperation in the. annual “Mail Early For Christmas” campaign. The postmasters said, “here are the things to watch to be sure that every Chrismas card and gift package will be delivered before Christmas Eve.’’. First check over your Christmas card and gift list very carefully, be certain each address is complete with full name, street and number, city, state and zone or zip code number. Second, stock up soon on sturdy packing materials for your gift packages, including heavy wrapping paper, corrugated cartons, strong cord and paper adhesive tape. Third, buy your postage stamps now. Be sure to use the colorful new five cent Christmas tree stamps on your cards. Fourth, procure free labels from your post office which read “All For Local Delivery” and “All For Out-of-Town Delivery”, so that you can sort your Christmas cards into two groups, with addresses all facing one way, thus insuring fast delivery. Fifth, be sure that your full name and address is on all of your Christmas card envelopes and shipping labels and be doubly sure to include your zip code number in your return address. Postmasters especially request that you Schedule your Christmas mailings so that all of your cards and gift packages going to most distant points are mailed at least a week before Christmas. GOVERNOR’S YOUTH CONFERENCE AT PURDUE NOVEMBER 26 Gov. Matthew Welsh and Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine will share the speakers’ platform, together with specialists who will discuss problems of youth. School dropouts, juvenile delinquency, youth entertainment and employment will be discussed by leaders from all over the state. Among those who will be attending the Governor’s Youth Con- ! ference at Purdue university Tuesday, Nov. 26, will be Don Frantz, Jack Hart and Mrs. Ruth Me Cleary from the county agriculture extension' office, Wayne Bouse of Silver Lake, representing the county extension committee, and-Mrs. Amer Koontz of Sidney, representing the county home demonstration clubs. • TRAINING SESSION FOR CLUB OFFICERS A training session for the presidents and secretaries of the county Home Demonstration clubs will be held on Friday morning at the Women’s Building at the county fairgrounds. Those women who have been elected for the first time are especially urged to attend the session. Any other officers are welcomed. Instructions for the presidents will be given by Mrs. Amer Koontz. Included will be information on parliamentary procedure and the use of the gavel in conducting local meetings. Mrs. Weldon Kincaide will give pointers to vice presidents and Mrs. Richard Allen will instruct the secretaries. The chairman for the meeting will be Mrs. Ruth McCreary, county home extension agent.
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