The Mail-Journal, Volume 3, Number 1, Milford, Kosciusko County, 13 February 1964 — Page 3

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20 YEARS AGO, FEB. 10, 1944 , A daughter, Mary Jane, weighing eight pounds, was bom at 8:30 a. m. Monday, Feb. 7,. at the McDonald hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Beer, rural route. A marriage license was issued • Saturday, Feb. 5, to Jacob B. Neff, 84. Milford farmer, and E. Orilla Weaver, 63, housekeeper of Syracuse. The Mark theatre, located on Main street, which was establish- . ‘ed a year and a half ago by R. H. /Gulmyer of Elkhart, has been purchased by Dallas Ritter. Mr. Ritter and father, Frank Ritter, will operate it Mary L. Phend has been named by judge John A. Sloane in circuit court as a member of the board of trustees of the Milford public library. After a several weeks' leave spent with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haab, Lt. Harry’ F. Haab of Camp Claiborne, La.. returned there today. The Walter Drug Co’., successors to the Milford Drug Co., will open their place of business in the Henry Erick building’ recently vacated by the Ferguson Apparel shop on Saturday, Feb. 12. 30 YEARS AGO, FEB. 8, 1934 Donald Vanderveer figured in an accident Wednesday when his car was blown by a high west wind onto the interurban right of

FOR SALE HERSCHH AlßffiT FARM LOCATED EAST OF LEESBURG, IND., ON NORTH ROAD 220 acre farm. This is a very good dairy and stock farm, all tilable but 20 acres of pasture. This is one of the best productive farms in the county. Good buildings. four-bedroom, all modern home. Large bam with 28 cow stanchion, plenty room for feeding. Back barnyard is cemented for cattle, plenty of hog houses, implement storage shed, chicken house to accomodate 4,000 chickens, plenty of com crib and grainary storage. ** Possession by March 1. or soon after closing of sale. This farm can be bought on contract. WRITE OR CALL FRH) J. ANGLIN, Realtor Phone: 453-7478 Leesburg, Ind.

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way and turned over. Mr. Vand- . erveer was uninjured. The accir dent occurred on road 15 near the > Ben Kaiser farm south of Milford. I Mr. and Mrs. Merle Scott of near Clunette are the parents of a I TH pound baby girl, Bonnie Lou, bom Saturday. ’ After closing Van Buren town- . ship school from Thursday noon until Monday morning due to an t epidemic of measles, classes were . resumed on Monday. Mrs. Marie Hursey takes the ' cake for holding winning cards. . On Monday night while a pinochle I game was in progress she received a perfect hand. In other words [ she had 12 cards of one kind. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Campbell ’ are the parents of an B>4 pound . baby girl, Nancy Carrol, bom Saturday evening at their home in > Milford. I Miss Hilda Hartter spent the week end with her sister, Mrs. .< Warren Shively, and family at Nappanee. i Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fleischauer t of south of Mifford were Warsaw . callers Thursday. ’ 40 YEARS AGO, FEB. 7, 1924 Dale Tom. 19, son of Alfred Tom. Milford, and Miss Georgia Moose. 19, of Nappanee were t granted a license to wed last week, i Woodrow Wilson, ex-President ■ of the United States, died Feb. 3. t The immediate cause of death was

exhaustion following a digestive disturbance. Miss Helen Warstler, a student at the South Bend Business college, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Warstler, south of town. Henry’ Beer, grower of choice gladioli and other plants, has his new catalogs ready for spring distribution. Ernest V. Dick of Nappanee and Miss Amanda M. Jenson of Milford were married Monday at the United Brethren parsonage in Warsaw. Mr. and Mrs. James Myers received a box of fresh fruits from his son and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Myem. of Lakeland. Fla. Licensed to wed - Mark A. Smith of Chicago and Gladys Losee of Milford were granted a marriage license Monday afternoon at Warsaw. Miss Miranda Nees went to Bourbon to spend some time with her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Trump, whose health is somewhat impaired. , Dwight Doty, 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Doty ,and Bertha Me Kibbin of Syracuse were married Saturday afternoon by Rev. J. S. Cain. 50 YEARS AGO, FEB. 12, 1914 Gustave Messerschmidt, the proprietor of the 5 and 10 cent store, while putting up a sign in front of his store Friday, fell from his ladder, a distance of ten feet, landing on a cement sidewalk. He received a badly sprained limb and ankle. The first cold weather of the season struck Milford Saturday evening, Feb. 7. The cold w’ave came in from the northwest from 6 o'clock Saturday evening until 6 Sunday morning. Mercury had fallen 31 degrees, passing zero and falling three below. Monday morning mercury had fallen to nine degrees below zero, but later took an upward flight.

Grandma Sarah Sloan is now staying with her son John near Vicksburg, Mich. Mrs. Walter Johnson, her little baby girl of Mishawaka, and Mrs. Roy Patterson were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Peter Davis, their grandparents, on Wednesday. Mrs. Charles Hammond has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Grov-! er VanNess, near Summitville for i the past week or ten days. Miss Ethel Neff, who is attend- | Ing college at North Manchester, spent Sunday with her parents, ■ Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Neff. On Saturday evening Messrs. A. L. Brown, Elmer Dewart, M. F. Lentz, G. R. Ogden, and Henry Erick, mostly traveling salesmen, came in- to spend Sunday with their families. interest Stirs In Whitko School Board Election Interest in the forthcoming election of the hew Whitko school board appears to be increasing, according to an article which appeared in The Pierceton Press this week. A Monday night meeting of the Pierceton PTO was devoted to a discussion of school districts in the school corporation and of the qualifications necessary for potential candidates. The three school districts in the corporation are as follows: Monroe and Washington (Pierceton) townships make up one district, Richland (Larwill) and Jackson (Sidney) townships make up the second, and Cleveland, (South Whitley) , makes up the third. There will be two members elected at large, making up the fiveman school board. Candidates for the board may file from February 24 to March 25. Interest in the school election was heightened two weeks ago when The Press editorialized con-. ceming the letting of gas bids for school buses in Larwill. With four companies entering bids for the gas business at Larwill, The Press charged, the bid went to the highest bidder (a differential of five cents per gallon), who was a brother-in-law of one of the Whitko school board members. Mitford-SyracuseWCTU In February Meeting The Milford-Syracuse Women’s Christian Temperance Union met for its February meeting at the home of Mrs. Lydia Deardorff and daughter, Miss Ida Deardorff, in • Syracuse Tuesday evening. Mrs. Glen Morehouse, Milford, opened the meeting with sentence prayers. Don Mishler led in the devotions using the book of Proverbs for scripture. He read and commented from a number of articles, “Christian Citizen and Drinking'', "Abraham Lincoln and Drinking", "Teenagers and Drinking” by Ann Landers. Mrs. Don Mishler gave a chart discussion on “Character Education” which was very beneficial. Mrs. Cleveland Shuder, Milford, gave the roll call which was answered with a current event. Mrs. Robert Rumfelt, Hastings, gave an article, “Liquor and the Assassination of The President”. Mrs. Donald Fox, Milford, gave “Curbing Smoking in Schools”, and Mrs. Albert Troup, Syracuse, gave letters from our Congressmen and Senators on “Prayer and Bible Reading in Schools”. Mrs. A. R. Hollar, Milford, gave a number of good commandments. Others present participated with interesting comments. Parents should encourage their children through high school to participate 'in the local, county, and state j WCTU poster contest sponsored through the Milford school and some churches. “Bless Be I?ie Tie That Binds" was the closing song. ON COLLEGE TEAM ■Word has been received from Norwich university, Northfield. Va_, that Patrick Earl Money, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Money, Jr., r 4. Syracuse, is one of their reserve freshman eagers. Pat is the only player from the midwest on the eastern team.

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JERI’S JOURNEYS I I understand Tom Parrett was married the Sunday after Thanksgiving. We wish the best to Tom and his bride but do wish they would have sent us seme information so that we could have published' a story on theii wedding. Angela Jessop, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ku man Jessop, was in the office come time back and in her own sweet way told me all about het* brothers, sister, the surprise her mother was going to have for her when she got home, and her kindergarten teacher. She stated she only went to kindergarten but she liked to call it school. From Sharon's notes we find the first marriage in Van Buren township was celebrated in October 1834. Contracting parties were Fred Summey and Adeline Trimble. A fish story from Woman Lake, tells of Ted Baumgartner having an easy time of it - and this was one for the books, according to Sports and Recreation magazine. Seems Mr. Baumgartner was fishing for bluegills in Broadwater Bay late one afternoon, Elmer Carlson tells the magazine writer, and as he pulled a fish in, a threepound northern jumped into the boat. o Just thought I’d mention that father (Jerry Bushong) was recently elected president of the Wavettes Drum and Baton Corps, parents’ organization. The Wavettes placed second in the national contest at Jackson, Miss., last year. Both my brother, John, and Jan Widup are members of the corps. Anna Lou and ‘Jerry Phillipses’ daughter, Debbie, didn’t think much of the Beatles as she watched them on television the other night. All I can say is she’ll think differently In a few years. I can remember when I was in high school and all the girls thought Elvis and Pat Boone were out of this world. Who was ybur idol? How about those outfits the senior boys have been wearing to the basketball games! They’re real sharp. In case you haven’t seen them they wear white shirts with cream colored cords and black berets. They set in a group at all of the games and really back the team with their yells. We shouldn’t want to close this column without mentioning the weather. Seems like we’ve had more warm weather this winter than we have had cold. Have you missed the ice and snow? Don’t let It bother you, I think Old Man Winter is going to pay Our Town a visit yet before spring. „ Speaking about the weather did you know that the United States weather service was established on February 9, 1870? Since this Is leap year and tomorrow is St. Valentine’s Day, I took the time to see what Webster had to say about the word. “A valentine Is a greeting card dr note sent to a real or pretended sweetheart on this day, and containing lines of sentimental krve”. Family and Friends day is being held this Sunday at the Christian church. The day’s goal has been set at 300 and a special church wedding anniversary party has been planned for the evening service. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Foltz and I children of Leesburg were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glen I Pinkerton and Dennis at Milford.

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By MRS. MAXINE McMILLAN CLASS ENJOYS CHILI The Cornerstone class of the Leesburg Methodist church enjoyed a chili supper which was prepared by the men. Other foods were in carry-in baskets. Approximately 30 members and guests were present. Earl Robison of Leesburg is the teacher of the class. Kenny Everest, president of the class, presided over a short business meeting. COMMUNITY NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Gene Ringgenberg of Pierceton were Saturday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Albert near Leesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Kent Adams I, Kent H, and Carol Ann of Dunlap were Sunday afternoon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Albert and Mrs. Mabie Krause near Leesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Krause of Bremen were Sunday afternoon guests of Mrs. Mabie Krause near Leesburg. Mrs. Robert Long of Leesburg was a Tuesday morning guest of Mrs. Mabie Krause and Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Albert. Mr. and Mrs. William Main of Leesburg and Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Main of Sdiney were recent guests of Mrs. Hazel Roremire at Leesburg. Mrs. Doremire is somewhat improved from recent surgery but is still confined to her bed most of the time. Mrs. Lillian Custer of Leesburg who is in Wakarusa on nursing duties was a Sunday evening guest of Mr. and Mrs. Max S. McMillan, Debbie and Skip. Miss Lisa Nine, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Norman Nine of Warsaw, was a Monday guest of Mrs. Raymond Hartman and Mrs. Lewis Hartman at Leesburg. Dr. Nine submitted to surgery in Linvill hospital in Columbia City. Miss Ann Tenney of Oswego was a Saturday overnight guest of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Oswalt, Vicki and Fran, Leesburg. Mrs. Doreen Rosbrugh of Sidney cared for her mother, Mrs. Hazel Doremire at Leesburg, one day last week when her other daughter, Mrs. Peg Heckaman, i visited her nephew in Parkview hospital in Fort Wayne. Johnnie, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lehman of Pierceton, was injured Monday when he was working in the school workshop constructing a bowl which was to be a gift for his mother. Young John j was sanding the bowl when a particle lodged in his eye causing a blood clot. John is a patient in the Parkview hospital in Fort Wayne. He is a grandson of Mrs. Hazel Doremire of Leesburg. Mrs. John Watkins and Mrs. Robison of Leesburg are reported to be enjoying their Florida stay. They are seeing the sights around Leesburg with Mr.

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The tap opened last Monday with a beer and wine license. The tap room is the former restaurant of the Bowl, and is in modern,

and Mrs. Vem Dausman and Mr. and Mrs. George Watkins. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dye phoned ! Mrs. Charles Dye from Sarasota, ' Fla., where they are sightseeing. The Dyes left Feb. 3 and plan to 1 return to the Leesburg home on Feb. 18. They have been camping 1 out. Mrs. Vern Flink, Jeff and Ken ■ of Scottsdale, Ariz., were guests of honor Sunday at a dinner given • by Mr. and Mrs. Pat Rodgers, Mike, Steve, and Larry, Leesburg. Mrs. Flink will be remembered as the former Carol Edgar. Those present at the dinner were Miss Pearl Evans of Leesburg, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Edgar, Warsaw, and Mr. and Mrs. p Thomas Edgar, Susie and Tommie, Leesburg. Mrs. Flink and husband are , being transferred to a town in California. * Mrs. Flossie Pound of Oswego enjoyed a few days last week in Peru where she visited her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Shue and Greg of Oswego enjoyed the Week .end with Mr. and Mrs. James Kizer at Greenwood. Mrs. Mary Koser of Oswego was a Tuesday afternoon guest of Mrs. Everett Wenger at Oswego. John Longenecker of Warsaw visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Longenecker, at Oswego Saturday. Mrs. Fred Lloyd of Oswego is ill at her home. Mesdames William Lippencott, Maude Hartman, and Annie Harter, all of Oswego, and Mrs. Mary Konkle of Valparaiso visited one day last week with Mrs. Lutie Ryan, who is staying with her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ryan, and Carla at Shoe lake. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hines of near Silver Lake were Sunday afternoon guests of the Esta Yocums at Leesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hunsberger of near Milford and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Yocum and family of Leesburg were Sunday after church guests of Mr. and Mrs. Esta Yocum at Leesburg. Two carloads of young people of the Calvary Baptist church of Oswego enjoyed viewing the circus Saturday evening in the coliseum in Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs, Clarence Fischer of Leesburg were in charge. Skip Saures of Grace college, Winona Lake, was a Sunday evening dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Teeple, Rod, Jerry, Sarah, and Barbara of near Tippecanoe lake. i A wedding reception was held i after church services oh Sunday • evening at Calvary Baptist church . in Oswego honoring Mr. and Mrs. i Robert Teeple of Stanton lake. A gift of table and chairs was prel sented the newly-married couple by the church. Mrs. Jerry Hunt- . er was in charge of the reception, s Mrs. Robert Teeple and Barb of • near Tippecanoe lake, Mrs. Lester s Teeple, and Mrs. Rita Teepue of . Stanton lake, and Mrs. John

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Teeple Thursday luncheon guests of Miss Nevada Lippincott at Warsaw. Mr. and Mrs. Noel Rhinehart and Jackie of Monoquet Avere Sunday supper guests of Mrs. William Lippincott at Oswego. Mrs. Polly Conover of Oswego called on Mrs. Mabie Lippincott at Oswego. Mrs. Conover just returned with her husband from out of the state where they had been living. OEStlects Officers At Feb. 5 Meeting Kosciusko Chapter 160 Order of Eastern Star met Wednesday, Feb. 5, in a regulp ” meeting. During the business meeting ea lection of officers was held with results as follows: Worthy matron - Mrs. Wilbur Baumgartner ’ Worthy patron - Paul Kizer Associate matron - Mrs. Robert Ruch Associate patron - Robert Ruch Secretary - Mrs. Woodrow Free Treasurer - Mrs. Robert Reed Conductress - Mrs. C. J. Myers Associate conductress - Mrs. Warren Fisher, Sr. The date of open installation will be March 20 at 7:30 p. m. at the Masonic temple. There will be no dinner but a reception will follow the installation. Family night with a carry-in supper will be held Feb.- 21 at 6:30. A program Will follow. The hospitality committee for family night will be Mesdames Reed, Bernice Ruch, Robert Geiger, and Lester Purcell, and Joe Estep. Worthy matron Mrs. Harry Schultz gave an interesting talk on patriotism. The chapter room was decorated in keeping with the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. A small American flag and a tiny Cherry tree were in the east and a similar scene was in the west. Mrs. Don Cecil sang “America, the Beautiful” in T honor of the occasion. The charter was draped for the recent deaths of past grand patrons, Dr. Trumen D. Yunker and Frank Moor. The social committee for the evening was Mesdames Robert Geiger, Harold Geiger, Frank Scott, Paul Kizer, and Mr. and Mrs. Duane Graff. Theo Beers Return From Arizona Visit Mr. and Mrs. Theo Beer of near Milford returned by jet on Jan. 31 from a visit to Tuba City, Ariz., where their son, Alai}, and family ! are stationed for two years. Dr J Alan Beer is in public health . service on a Navaho Indian reser- ' vatjoii which is located in the • Painted Desert. ! The Hopi Indians also have a i village nearby and have the privilege to be treated in vie modern hospital Eleven medical doctors and several dentists are on the hospital staff. There are always small planes available on the hospital grounds to fly critical patients to Albuquerque, N. M. , While in Tuba City Mr. and Mrs. Beer visited an Indian Trading Post where the proprietor showed them the pawned Indian jewelry. The jewelry was worth several thousands of dollars. There were beautiful necklaces, bracelets and belts, and most of them were turquoise. The Beers also visited friends in Phoenix before they returned to Milford. Milford Locals Mrs. Chris Kammerer, Sr., who has been staying with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Haab at Milford, is presently staying with Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kammerer, Jr., at Leesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Evan} Schuder of Niles, Mich., attended the Sunday morning services at the Leesburg Brethren church. They spent the rest of the day with Floyd Schuder at Milford. 1 Mrs. Esther Charlton entertained on Sunday for the birthday of Willard Charlton. Mr. Charlton celebrated his birthday on the 12th. Quests were Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pinkerman, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Lee Pinkerman and David Lee, and Mr. and Mrs. John Swartz, all of Goshen, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Chariton and ' Scott of Leesburg.

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