The Mail-Journal, Volume 3, Number 33, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 September 1964 — Page 1

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MILFORD FIRST GRADERS—In this and the two pictures to be found on page 3 are first grade students as they posed for a Mail-Journal photographer last Friday morning. The students in this picture are

G. Morehead Resigns' As Lions President , At the executive meeting held immediately after the regular meeting ; of the Milford Lions club Monday evening president Glvrui Morehead resigned He stated hi $ reasons as being be-; cause of h s' business. The liovv Lions club president is James .Mien, coach at Mdfofd high ’ ■ . 01. ■ • Seek Solution Mdtorfl. Lions are seeking a. so- I lution to the Lakeland school i board’s ruling that there would r be! no more frying of fish. in school I bud. Lags. T e Liens had a fish fry planned. lo be held in the Milford j tchool Fehni.in: 13. i Lion president Glenn Morehead appointed Clayton Hollar and Ray Bray on a committee to see if the | club could cqjiip the Milford fire! station with a 200 ampere line in i order to hold fish-fries there. The. club also Considered using I its own stand, used at the. Mermad Festival, tor the purpose of I frying fish outside the school build--, ings. but to serve fish in the gym. ■ Wins Half Hog In a drawing at the , Monday night meeting. Lion Jack Sharp won the half hog the club purchased at the 4-H livestock auction at the. eouny fair. President Morehead appointed Durward Seely. chairman, to serve with Phil Campbell. Robert Kitson. Bill Ijtfle. and Unveil Rassi on a Halloween commit lev 1 . A zone meeting of Zone A Reigon 3. will be held at Howard’s Rest.r led by zone chairman Robert Hulley, on Sept. 30, at 6 30 pm. The club will hold a ladies night on Monday. Nov ember 16. AT NAPPANEE VET MEETING Mrs. Agnes Hurd and Mrs William Demon of Milford attended the September meeting of. the ln-gi.l-xi and Michigan veterinary assistants association held Tuesday evening at the B and B restaurant in Nappanee. They are assistants to Drs. Joe Ostendorf. Jr . and W. J. Zehr. After the social hour, dinner and the regular meeting the group of ladies took a tour of the Nappanee Aixmal Clbec. The tour was conducted by Dr. Dieterlen and has two assistants. Mrs. Joan Method and Mrs. Lucille Parcel!.

Farmers Protest 1965 Drainage Act

A group of northern Kosciusko' J* county’ farmers registered an ob-l Ejection to the proposed 1965 Indiana Drainage Act when they met Friday night at the Leesburg town j hail. Signing a letter of objection were Walter Brubaker, Herbert V. Gawthrop, Glen L. Treesh, Cleveland R. Shuder. Ross Osborn. Rudolph Sierk. i Herschel Albert. Max Anglin, Marshall Estep. Plomer Michael. Earl F Wolferman. and Emra G. Stookey. ’All those attending the Friday night meeting objected to the drainage law to be proposed for passage at the 1965 session of the Indiana General Assembly. For one thing, they objected to

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taught by Mrs. Elsie Templin. They The students in this picture are Tom. Ronn Beer, Beth Ann Beer, Ikmald Kinney, and Angela Jessop. Second row, 1 to r, Amy Vanlan-

Only One Hospitalized Following Three Vehicle Accident Tuesday

I Only one person, Lyle L. Bow- • man, 64, 317 east Fourth street, Atixhawaka. was hospitalized allowing an accident Nouth of Milfund on state read 15 Tuesday. 'Die accident which imelvrd two ' cars and a truck and trailer occurred around noon. Mr. Bowman's injuries were not ai’aiiable at press time, bowever, he is listed in fair condition in tlie Goslien hospiuri. i According to the report from the county sheriff’s office Teddy V. Davis, r 1 Milford, was traveling south, out of . Milford in a lj*64 Plymouth. He slowed down to make a left Jhand (urn into the Barth Corporation dnie and was stopptxl when Lie accident took place. Gerald L. Doe. r 1 FYeemont. Idm mg a 1964 Ford truck and puli ling a trailer, was follow.ng Daxds out of Milford. He saw Davis slow

Arch Baumgartner Heads Milford U. F. Drive this w Arch Baumgartner has been rwned chairman of (lie Van Buren township United; Fund dnve. ‘ * I Ifelp is needed and volunteers are i asked to call The Mail-Journal office- 658-4111 or 658-4113. GOLDEN RULE CLASS OF BETHEL MEETS The Gdiksi Rule class of tiie Church of the Brethren in 1 Milford iield its regular class meet-' in . a: t v cnaixii on Swukiy. Mr and Mrs. Ralph Miller and Air ■•re in diargei of tine planmag. The group er.joyeii a potluck dinner at the noon hour. Dexotwns were given by Mrs. Cory from Ephesians 4: 1419 and tn,s was followed with an election < of officers for next President i is Mrs. Cory, vice preradent is Cornelius Reuter and secretary-treas-urer is Mrs. Miller. The new film screen the class purchased for the church was shown to thobe present They agreed to purchase an extension cord for use with the lighted screen. Seventeen class members and 13 children were present. The next meeting will be the third weekend in November.

the per cent requirement for a remonstrance on a new ditch (Sec. 309, page 36 of the Act). They favored a simple majority for a remonstrance, based on acreage. The proposed act calls for a four-man drainage board to serve for four years, and to be appointed by the county commissioners. The board would work with the county surveyor and would be autonomous. The board would be paid from sls to $25 per diem, (Bus mileage, and could meet at their own discretion. Other protest meetmgs are planned.

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up and stop, and was bracing his truck. The brakes on the trailer failed causing it to jacknife. The truck and trailer hit the rear of the Davis car and the left .side of a 1963 Pontiac driven by Mr. Bowman. The Bowman car was headed north. Reported injured besides Mr. Bowman was his wife, Velma F. Bowman. 64, who was treated at the Goshen hospital and retea ed;. ami Wayne Randall. No record was available at press time qs to the extent of injuries. Investigating officers were state trooper J. Etcherling and deputy sheriff Max Ganshom. Milford chief of police Clifford Pierson assisted. 1964 Plymouth at $l,lOO. to the 196? Ford truck amd trailer at $1,600. and to the 1963 Pontiac at $1,200.

SOROSIS CLUB HAS FIRST MEETING OF CLUB YEAR The Soroeas dub of Milford heki its first meeting of the new club | yea- Monday- even-.nn at the First Brethren church an Milford. M ■ Rocxt. Brown, outgoing president, t opened toe meeting and turned it over to Mrs. Otto. Wiggs, in-com-j mg president. BUh .wnous and amus-ng predietions were given in .atswor to the rod call after which Mrs. Wiggs introduced her friend, Mrs. Helen Smith of Warsaw, who presented an inspiring program. Mrs. Smith is active in civic, political and religious affairs and her own business, the Unique Bakery in 1 Warsaw'. She told of her troubles and triumpns white rearing her two blind children. Both are college graduates, her‘ son having an advance degree from Purdue university m electronics. ,She concluded with her experiences as Indkaia Mother of the Year in 1961. Guests present were Mrs. -Agnes | Hurd, Mrs. Joseph Ostendarf. Jr , i Mrs. Raymond Pinkerton, Mrs. Gordon Fish, and Darcy and Debbie Wolterman, all of Milford. Silver candtestzcks holding yellow candles flanked the large autumn floral arrangvmerx which centered the refreshment table. Mrs. Donald Wolterman poured and Mrs. Bdfre Little served the lemon cake prepared by Mrs. Wiggs. The next meeting will be heki at the home of Mrs. Frank Barker on October 5. SADDLE CLUB HAS FUN HORSE SHOW Members of the Syracuse Saddle chib met Sunday, Sept 19, for a fun horse show for members and fiends. A sack lunch was enjoyed at noon. The trophy winners of the events were: Flag race, BN’ Ganz; barrel race. Sue Boyer; keg binding, Roxie Vanlaningham; walking race, Kate Detwiler; musical fire, Ev Ganz; speed and action, Mrs. Robert Wilson; surprise event, Mrs. Bryant Curtis. Sue Boyer entertained the group with her -trick pony. Rusty. The announcers were Richard Ahrens,. Billie Ganz and Carrie Spry; ringmaster. Bffl Kerfin; time keepers. Jun Chambers, Lee Good and Cliff Detwiler. The next meeting will be Oct 3.

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■ ■ ■ A GERI BAL ER. Geri Bauer To Be Crowned U. F. Queen Tonight Geri Bauer, the spiking Syracuse high school senior shown here, will be crownevi Kosciusko county’s United Fund Queen tonight at a kickoff dinner of UF volunteer workers at the Shrine building at the county fairgrounds in Warsaw. Geri is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bauer, 118 No. Lake St., Syracuse. She is highly popular with her classmates and participates in numerous school activities. She is on the school’s news staff, and will be contributing each week to the stu-dent-written school page in The MailJournal. To Light Torch Following her coronation as UF Queen. Geri will be taken to the court house steps in Warsaw where she will light the torch, symbolic of opening -this year’s United Fund drive. The dinner at 6:30 tonight will be attended by regular UF stafi workers and volunteer workers throughout the county. FALL MEETING OF BAPTIST CHURCHES HELD IN GARY The fall meeting of the Indiana Fellowship of the General Association of rtgukir Baptist churches was held September 14 and 15 at the Glen Park Baptist church m Gary. Rev. and Mrs. Robert Mundy of the Syracuse Baptist church attended for both days. Others from Syracuse who attended on Monday were Mr. and Mrs. Russell Anthony, and on Tuesday Mrs., Kenneth Leonhardt and Mrs. Lawrence Manvel. The speaker for the meeting was Rev. Lewis from the Baptist MidMissions, Cleveland, O. Rev. Jesse Eaton, appointee to the Pakistan mission field, gave the message on Tuesday morning at the meeting of the Ladies Fellowship. CHICAGO TOT LNJIKED ON MILK BOTTLE Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wogoman of r 4 Syracuse have received word that their two and a half year old grandson, Tim, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Joyce of Chicago, fell recently while trying to lift a gallon glass milk jug. Tan received a cut on his leg requirmg over 80 stitches to close. Tim’s sisters had been bringing in the milk from the porch and since they were in school he wanted to help by bringing in the large jdb. Somehow he fell and the heavy glass broke cutting his leg. Mrs Joyce is the former Mary Ann Wogoman.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1964

i October 5 Last Day To Register The Coil Optometrist Specialists on west Main Syracuse, will have someone in the office Monday through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 12 and from 12:30‘ until 5:30 to register anyone who wishes to ; vote in the Nov ember election and has not yet, registered. All those wishing to vote in the November election must be registered by the deadline. October 5. Mrs. HartkeTo Be In County Mrs. Vance Hartke, wife of Indiana’s Senior Senator, is due to arrive in Kosciusko County at noon on September 28 in Warsaw. Arrangements are being made by Mrs. Nell Reed of Mentone. Martha is out again on the campaign trail for her husband and her itinerary’ includes several stops in each of Indiana's 92 counties before the November election. Her September 28 schedule includes: Elkhart county at 9:30 a. m. in Elkhart: Marshall county at 3:00 p. m. in Plymouth; St. Joseph county at 6:30 p.m. in South Bend. Energetic Martha Hartke has been the Senator’s most tireless campaigner. She has campaigned many time before, often door-to-door. Her talks, travels, and ability to make friends with voters helped i Hartke win by a record majority j in his first bid for the Senate I seat. In Senator Hartke’s re-election campaign, she speaks about the issues and her own experiences in Washington, D. C. Democrat Women's Style Show Well Attended Wed. Several humfred persons attended the Democrat Women’s Organization’s style show and salad bar held at the Milford fire station Wednes-' day evening. Mrs. Wayne Bucher, president of the organization,' gave the welcome ' and Mrs. Robert Reed, county vicechairwoman, introduced the candidates. Those present were: Airs. John Raber, whose husband is running for the house of representatives: Mrs. Burl Silver, whose husband is ncming for joint state senator; Mrs. Robert Hunt, whose hits- , band fe running for state repres- , entat:\e: Jack Engie, cantkdate for county’ treasurer; J mes Hummer, candidate for county . omnussioner of the middle district; Herschel Albert, candidate for county commissioner of the northern district; and Beverly Clark, candidate for county cleric. Fashions from Fees His N Hers were presented during the show. NEWCOMERS CLUB HAS POTLUCK SUPPER The Syracuse Newcomers dub met Wednesday evening. Sept. 16, in the home-of -Mrs. Jap Rinker with Mrs. G. H. Schaefer C’*d Mrs. Qdvin Johnson as the co-hoßt<ases. There were' 20 members and four guests present. Mrs. Oscar Dahl presided at the busiixss session in the absence of the preradent, Mrs. .Albert .Bauer. Door prizes were won by Mrs. Fred Johnson. Mrs. Josephine Robinson and Mrs. G. Walters. The next meeting will be held October 12 in the home of Mrs. Frank Bieber and will be a costume Hahoween party. SYRACUSE BAPTIST LADIES MEET The Syracuse Baptist Ladies Missionary Fellowship met September 8 at the home of Mrs. Robert Mundy. There were seven members presnt. The lesson on Home Missions was given by Mrs. Robert Croumlick and Mrs. Mkmdy. INJURED IN GERMANY Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lantz of Syracuse are in Stuttgart, Germany. They wwt by plane after receiving word that their grandson Andrew Connolly, had been injured and taken to the Army hospital at Frankfort. Germany. The child, while piaymg with some other children, was accidently hit in the left eye with an arrow. The doctors gasve the family little hope that the eye could be saved. But the last report received in Syracuse was that after surgery the chances of saving the eye were gready improved. The boy is the son of Lt. and Mrs. James Connolly and the grandson of Mrs. Joy Sims and James Cocnofly of Syracuse and the Lantzes.

1965 Cars On Display In Area Showrooms

Residents of the greater Lakeland area are provided with a rare opportunity to see the new 1965 model automobiles as they go on display in area showrooms this week ena. Never before has so much effort been made in this area to show the new model cars to an eagerly awaiting public. More money has been spent to advertise the new 1965 models and more effort has been made to festoon showrooms to present <he new cars, in the best possible light. Local dealers have just rounded out one of the best years, sales-wise. and are looking forward to a year even better. All barometers used to prognosticate auto sales for the year ahead indicate this to be true. The greater Lakeland area is particularly well blessed with eager awake and aware of the increasingly auto dealers, and they are all wide--1 Eight Eager Dealers The greater Lakeland area is particularly well blessed with eager auto dealers, and they are all w ide awake and aware of the increasingly The C. S. Myers Ford agency at

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SYRACUSE NEWS STAFF — The news staff of Syracuse high school is shown here in a photo taken early this week. (See school news on page 3, section !), The staff will contribute toward a student-written school page to appear in The Mail-Journal each week during the school year. They will func-'*

Syracuse PTA Holds First Meeting Os Year The Syracuse Parent Teachers .Association opened the year with a type A demontration lunch in the school cafeteria on Tuesday evening. Sept. 22. Mamy parents and children enjoyed the meal. The president. Mrs. Jack Carr, opened the regular meeting in the old gjm by welcoming the large inumber of parents and teachers in attendance. The PT A is promoting attendance [at the meetings this year by a- ; warding a show ticket to each child in the room having die best attenI dance of pa_rents preset, based on tx-rcentnse. Also an additional ticket will be given to the family of the child. Miss Forrester’s fifth grade the winner for this rneeiing. A thank-you note was read from Bobbi StXeh last year’s receiptent of the rTA sciioiarship. Mrs. Canread the names of the executive committee for this 64-65 year. Coming events for the PTA year were announced as follows: Room mothers, tea. September 30; membership drive, October 11 to October 17: and Halloween Carnival, October 17. Edgar Speer, principal, mtrockiced the elementary teachers. He encouraged interest and participahoa in the PTA program this year. He presented the enrollment figures for grades kindergarten through sixth. There are 364 boys and 315 girls for a total of 679 students. Evening Speaker Dr. Karl Masaonari, professor of education and director of teacher’s education at Goshen college, was introduced by Mr. Speer. He spoke on the PTA theme for the year, “Education PayS Dividends”. He applied the theme to the society as a whole, the community and th individual. He pointed out there is a direct correlation between the amount of education a person has and the income level, also that "Education Pays Dividends” tq a® individual by assisting him in achieving self fidfißment Mrs. Carr adjournd the meeting with the PTA prayer. GIRL REPORTED MISSING I On Sunday the Milford police department received a call that 15-year-old Mexican girl had been missing since 8:30 a.m. Saturday. The girl returned home on Tuesday.

Milford, now in its 26th year, will be ' showing the complete line of Ford cars, including the new Mustang and the prestige Thunde'rbird. At Svracuse McCormick-Cutter, Inc., wifi show a full Chevrolet line, five models in all, and will highlight its showing with a dance open to tlie public on Friday night from 5:30 to 11:30 to the lilting strains of Bobby Wear and his orchestra. Also at Syracuse are the Lakeland Motors. Inc., now in its second year, and Rambler Motors, owned and operated by Vernon Byler. Lakeland has the complete .Chrysler line, including its Plymouth, Barracuda, Dodge, and Dodge Dart, Chrysler, Imperial, and Dodge trucks. Lakeland has just completed a successful first year and is looking forward to another good year. Byler Motors is showing the popular Rambler line in Wpwasee Village and will have its Classic 770 Rambler and prestige Rambler Ambassador on display. In neighboring Cromwell Silveus Motors, now in its 32d year, will show the Chevrolet, Pontiac, and i

tion under the guidance of Mrs. Wagner, Syracuse high English teacher. Arch Baumgartner, publisher of the The Mail-Journal, spoke to the group briefly Monday morning. They are, seated, left to right, Geri Bauer, Barb Arnold. Jo Ellen Schoeff, * editor-in-chief, and Tim

Area Ladies Return From Northern Michigan Trip Five ladies from the Lakeland area returned home Monday eve- ■ - sper Hg a few days n northern Michigan and Canada. The ladies included Mrs. Russell Scott of Papakeechie lake, Mrs. Emory Huffer. Mrs. Henry Baumgartner, Mrs. Clyde McDonald and Mrs. Partha Miller, all of Milford. They took a boat ride through the Soo Locks, and crossed over the new bridge into Canada. On their return trip they toured along Lake Huron. The group also visited Chester Felkner at Big Bear Lake in Michigan. Syracuse Library Sells Bonds Die .American State Bank of Ligonier was low bidder on a $14,000 bonii issue sold by the Syracuse Public Library’ board. The board offered the bonds for sale recently because of an addition to the library. The Ligonier firm bid three per cent interest on the $14,000 bond issue. SELLS FARM Mr. and Mrs. Willard Conn, owners of the Champion Fruit Farm, near Dewart Lake, have sold the farm to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rink of Milford. The Conns plan to build a new home at Tippecanoe Lake in the spring.

Total LCSC Enrollment Up 126 From Last Year

The total enrollment in the schools 1 of the Lakeland Community School Corporation is 3,184. This is compared with an enrollment figure of 3, 058 for last year. The enrollment was 2,912 at the close of the first day of school earlier in the month. It did not include kindergarten. The figure, after the first week of school and still not including kindergarten is 2,948. The kindergarten figures total 236. This is compared with 222 enrolled last year. There are 36 students enrolled in kindergarten classes at Leesburg, 48 at Milford, 50 at North Webster, and 102 at Syracuse for this year’s 236 total. Totals enrolled in the corporation

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Tempest. Owned by Ravmond and Ronald Silveus and ably assisted in the sales department by Charles Yoder, the Cromwell auto firm has always served a wide trade area well. In Ligonier Ben Glaser, Inc., is another outstanding -agency, selling Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Cadillac. They invite Lakeland area auto enthusiasts to their spacious showrooms. - In Nappanee Pletcher Motors, Inc., serve the area with their sales of Buick, Oldsmobile, and Rambler cans. .And in Warsaw’ one of the better, most alert auto dealers is the. Me Kown agency, which handles Oldsmobile and Cadillac care. All of these dealers have become aware of the huge market in the greater Lakeland area and have this week used the columns of The Mail-Journal to boost their wares. We have no hesitation in urging our readers to make a point of visiting' the showrooms of these dealers this week end to. see die new 1965 model cars.

Yeager, photographer. Standing, 1 to r, Cassie Wells, Mary’ Kimes, Julie Connolly, Lynn Pittman, Mrs. Wagner, Pam Coburn, Mike Kern, Kathy Dorsey, Jameson Manzy, Sue Frye, and John Ludwig. A Mail-Journal staff photo.

Max Ganshorn And Mrs. Rogers Head U. F. For Syracuse Max Ganshom has been named chairman of the Turkey Creek ! townsliip United Fund drive ’ and his co-chairman is Mrs. Jean Rogers. They have the following persons working with tiiem or. the drive, however, help is stßl needed in the town and tiie east and south sides of Wawasee Lake. .Anyone willing to help is asked to call Mr. Ganshom at 457-3339 or Mrs. Rogers at" 4573532 United Fund workers are: >!:<. Max Gan-iiom. Mrs. Donna Hostetler, Mrs. Edward Coy, Miss Sharon Hoke,- Mrs. Willard Nusbaum, Mrs. Georgia Buster, Mrs. i Estella Swartz. Mrs. Fred Johnson, Mrs. Phillip Kitson, Mrs. Lowell Welty, Mrs. John Cripe, Mrs. Geneva Walters, Mrs. Raymond Wilj son. Mrs. Roger HolscLaw, Mrs. I John Rinker, Mrs. Jan Rteker, Mrs. | Claude Pickell, Mrs. John Craw, Mrs. Leonard Nichols, Mrs. Dale Plummer, Mrs. Dee Stiver, Mrs. Jack Elam, Syracuse Campfire Giris, Syracuse Boy Scouts, and the Women’s Relief Corps. 4-H CLUB WEEK Teen-age girls and boys are invited to join a 4-H club during National 4-H Club Week, September 26 to October 3.

by grades are as follows: M-l—lo Kindergarten—236 First grade—2Bl Second grade—27o Third grade—2B3 Fourth grade—2B7 Fifth grade—23s Sixth grade—233 Seventh grade—2ss Eighth grade—2so Ninth grade—2os Tenth grade—24o Eleventh grade—2o2 Twelveth grade—l 97 Total 1-6-1,599 Total 7-8-505 Total 9-12-844 Total enrolled—2,94B