The Mail-Journal, Volume 3, Number 40, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 November 1964 — Page 9

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20 YEARS AGO. OCTOBER 19. 1944 Burris Sharp, Marshall Estep, Robert Fisher, Wayne Bucher. Her man Weisser, and Arthur Zemickow left Monday by rail on a hunting trip in South Dakota. Miram S DeWart, son of Mr. and Mrs. J Lloyd Dewart, owners of the ; Homeland Orchard, has recently been advanced ,to the rank of cap-1 tain from first lieutenant Co; Dewart has been stationed for over a year with a station hospital in Italy. The death of Mrs. Ida M. Myers, 73. occurred a: the home of her; niece, .Mrs Earl Vlrey. of seven miles southeast of .Milford. Wednesday. Her Surviving relatives are one brother, Will..mi Fisher of Syracuse: two nieces Mrs. Ulrey and Mrs. Jes-e Culp of New Paris; and one nephew Fred Whetten of Syracuse. Norm.i and I’atii< ia Kime and Patncia Wiggs have joined the Civil Air ihrmi - Cadets- at Warsaw Other members are Frederick Wolterman , and Junior Groves. Jacob Pease has been assisting ! with '!.< Jan tor Work at the Milford | school building. I1 Eddie Phillips, grandson of Mr. 1 ( and Mrs Charles Bird, is making his I home with Mr. and Mrs Jesse Haab. , Eddie is a second grade. pupil. I 30 YEARS AGO, OCTOBER 25, 1934 At (he recent quilt show at PlauCs . in Goshen. Mrs Arthur Haab won 2d J prize jn the applique class. A marriage license has been is- 1 sued by the county clerk to Charles C. Vogel, xfr . a baker and employee of the Wisconsin state baking depart- * ment at Aniwa. Wis , and Mildred Fog lonian' of Milford, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dan Mishler Miss Esther Clauss of Fort Wayne spent Sunday afternoon with Miss ' Elizabeth Stuckman. Mr and Mrs Willard Charlton announce the birth. October 20, of a son. Edward Allen, weighing five t pounds. « ; t Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Thursby of ! .■ Elkhart v iMted here Friday with the 1 latter's brother. Frank Clover. and 1 wife. h Weddings this week include the [ marriage of Miss Florence May Tu- I sing, daughter of Mrs Callie Turing i of near Milford, and Clarence Leßoy 1 Deeruester son of Mrs William < Deerwestei Warsaw and she mar- i riage of Mis-. Bernice Kaylor, daugh- < ter of Mr and Mrs Frei! Kaylor, j Milford, anti Lloyd E'jxch of Ply- j t mouth I Mr . and Mrs Harold McKibbin moved from the W ll,Hall farm at 1 ('lunette last week' to the John Rush-; i er :.i- m Hi e

40 YEARS AGO, OCTOBER 23, 1924 A Ford touring ear driven by Noble M iler of Milford in which Charles SpeichtT of Milford Junction was also an occupant, .struck a cow belonging to Oscar Graff and badly damaged the machine The cow was bruised and was slightly lacerated where she was hit by the machine. On Sunday when Henry Biller returned to his home from church he was very much surprised to find 55 of his friends and relatives gathered there to inform him of his 31st birthday anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Rensberger of northeast of Milford and two other neighbor' families left Tuesday for Florida where they will spend the winter. The trip will be made by autos. Mrs. Charles Juday of near Syracuse was painfully injured last week when she fell fracturing her ankle She is a sister of Mrs. Isaac Mitchell

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. of Milford. Edward Oster and wife entertained Sunday. Rev. and Mrs F L Snyder and son Louis and Irvin Swartzlander. wife, and daughter Sylvia. Hazel Haney, and Donald Fox. 50 YEARS AGO. OCTOBER S. 1914 A daughter was born to Mr. and •MH Edward Smith, southeast of Milford. September 25 I Mplliam Haney moved into his Milford residence on the corner of Henry land Fourth streets Tuesday of last week. Henry Dierks moved onto the fartn of Mr Haney. Elmer Dewart one of our Milford 'traveling salesmen. has been transferred to central Illinois and can only pe at his home in Milford once | every two -weeks.' Miss Jessie Dalton and sister. Mrs Otis Lott of Dowagiac. Mich., (were visiting Mr., and Mrs. J. S. Shaffer over Sunday. . Miss Marjorie Grove has accepted a position at the C T. Kleder restaurant and is making her home with ■Mr and Mrs C A. Sparklin Mrs Guv Troup and little daughter of South Bend are visiting at the I home of Mr. and Mrs Jacob Troup • on west Emeline street. The Sorosis club met at the home of Mrs Malone October 5. The membera. responded to roll call with i “Thistles". Lawrenci. Grimes resigned his position with C C Nees Saturday evening At present young Mr. Grimes is in South Bend looking for a position. 4-H Project Makes Home Attractive, Comfortable SPECIAL — Making- her home more comfortable and attractive was the goal set by 4-H club member 'Anne Leslie, Last year she achieved her goal and also won an S and H Foundation national scholarship ai Warded annually to 4-H Home Im- ' provement program participants. Miss Leslie. 18, lives n an old. rambling. 15-room house which chaiI lenges her artistic talents. She started several years ago with a small ; project ref nishing a footstool. Later she took on jobs that required painting and remodeling, and in between were lots of small projects i like making curtains.

I ' But home impnivemen* is not just for girls. Another scholarship recipient was Jim Thomas, 17whi»M? skills acqu.nd in 4-H include sew•ng When be planned the eon , 1 refurbishing of the bedroom shared with his younger brother. Jim was iable to select the appropriate fabric ■ and make die draperies himself. | Jim, one of six children? had to assume* family responsibilities at an early age. lbs 4-H projects were j geared to need rather than to preference, Jim said. Nevertheless, his home improvement project turned out very well for Jim personally ’while it added beauty and utility to the family home. Said Jim. “I saved my parents a lot of money by paintings refinishing woodwork, laying carpet, building a coffee table and by doing all the preliminary cleaning and preparation prior to redecorating the various rooms”. Scores of girls and boys throughout the state have now completed their 1964 home improvement projects During the National 4-H Club Congress convening in Chicago right after Thanksgiving, six new national winners will be named by the co-op-erative extension sendee. Each will receive a SSOO S and H scholarship. In addition, the foundation provided funds for a 4-H Congress trip for each state winner, and this past year awarded county medals to an estimated 6.700 boys and girls representing virtually every state. 2 South Whitley Men Complete Basic Graduates of South Whitley high school in 1964, Airmen Jeffery A. Heckaman and John A. Snepp. completed U. S. Air Force basic military training at Lackland AFB, Tex., and have been selected to attend technical training courses. Airman Heckaman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heckaman, is assigned to the supply specialist course at Amarillo AFB. Tex., while .Airman Snepp will attend the aircraft equipment repairman course at Chanute AFB. 111. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Snepp WOMAN VOTER IS 98-YEARS-OLD Mrs. Edith Shiffer, who voted by absentee ballot in the November |S election, was 98-years-old in September. It was incorrectly stated in the election news that she was 94.

Consolidation of TH£ MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL (E5t.1907)

PRESIDENT. VICE PRESIDENTELECT — These are the official photos of President-elect Lyndon Baines Johnson and Vice President-elect Hubert Horatio Humphrey.

Protestants Launch Thanksgiving Appeal NEW YORK CITY. Nov. 12—The 11th annual Thanksgiving appeal of Protestant denominations for funds to carry on their joint program of food distribution to the world's needy will be marked Sunday, Nov. 22, in churches throughout America.

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Cosa Nostra WhiteCollar Swindles Noted If vou are an average American—-with the average American’s trust in his neighbor—be careful, lou may be marked as a target for the Cosa Nostra. So lucrative has the white-collar swindle become that the Black Hand Society has begun moving in for its share of the grand prize—the $63 million a year that is bilked from the gullible and unsuspecting public bv every conceivable means of mail fraud.

Fortunately, the Cosa Nos-’. tra’s interest, in robbery by mail has attracted the attention of the oldest and one of the most respected law enforcement agencies in Amer- • ica—the Postal Inspection; Service. And if the recent past is indicative of things to come, some members of the dread underworld "family” will find . themselves behind bars within the next 12 months. Last year, more than 12.000 persons—a thousand a month —were arrested by the Nation's 1.000 Postal Inspectors for violating the postal statutes, according to Chief Postal Inspector Henry Montague. Ten thousand, four hundred and eighty-five persons were convicted and sentenced by the courts for such crimes. 99 Percent Convicted This was the highest record of arrests and convictions attained by the United States Postal Inspection Service since its founding nearly 200 years ago by Benjamin Franklin — 32 percent higher than that of 1960! No other<law enforcement agency in the world can boast a better record of successful court cases than can the Postal Inspection Service today—99 percent of all cases brought to trial resulting in convictions. Cosa Nostra Trick One of the areas in which the Cosa Nostra is now active involves a merchandising scheme in which the reputation and credit standing of a stable and wellknown business firm are invoked to mislead the victim Into trusting the swindler. One of the most successful con men of all time —Hyman David Novick—several years ago fleeced’mlllions from businessmen in America and other countries by chartering such firms as Safeway Chain Stores (to be confused, he hoped, with Safeway Stores, Inc.), A-P Supermarkets (mistaken by some, regrettably, for AfcP Food Stores), the J. C. Penny Co. (which looks almost like and sounds exactly like J. C.

As the two successful candidates • recover from one of the most stren- > uous (and briter) campaigns in A- ■ merican history—President Johnson at his LBJ ranch near Johnson City.

Highlighting nationwide services dedicated to the appeal, which seeks $1,073,850 to finance the SOS (Share Our Substance' program for 1965, through which millions of needy persons overseas will receive life-sus-taining foods, will be the National Service of Thanksgiving in Washington. D. C., at the New York Avenue Presbyterian church, 1313 New York Avenue N. W., Sunday, Nov. 22, at 3:30 p. m. This service is sponsored annually by the Council of Churches of Greater Washington, and Church

Penney Co.), and many other variations on successful business themes. By culling the sales ads of small firms from business publications, Novick had no trouble at all building up a profitable list of prospective ‘‘customers.’* Once he had them hooked, Novick would order merchandise—often by the carloadsent on a "bill us later” basis to an address in Canada. When the bill finally arrived—usually after Novick had conned the victim out of several reorders —the swindler was nowhere to be found, and the merchandise had longsince been disposed of by NoviJi at a neat profit. Novick is now behind bars, thanks to the Postal Inspection Service—which nailed him when he crossed the Canadian border one day, to pick up some malt Pornography The Postal Inspectors brought on* case to court last year that lined a lot of eyebro’*-? A man was charged with mall firud because he did not delive- to a customer the pornograpxuc materials he promised in his "bait” brochures. At first blush, this might , make it appear that the Inspection Service is on the side of the devil. In actuality, however, it is a test case. If a conviction is obtained, it will ■ give the Post Office Depart- ! ment an extremely valuable : double-edged weapon to use ‘ against those who would uti- < lize the mails to undermine ' the public morality. ‘ It will enable prosecution of obscenity dealers under the mail fraud statutes if porl nography is promised and not 1 delivered, or under the mailJ ability laws if it is promised * and is delivered! In either case, justice would s be done. i Since the present Admlnls- » tration took office in 1961, all j cases brought by the Post » Office Department to enforce j the obscenity laws are hane died through criminal proce- !, duros rather than through

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Texas, and Vice President-elect Humphrey on an unnamed island in the Caribbean—plans are going forth for their inauguration in January. Not only did the Johnson-Humphrey

; World Service, the overseas relief ; and rehabilitation agency of major > Protestant communions. ; , The Reverend Dr. Eugene L. ■ Smith, executive secretary of the < ■ World Council of Churches in the U. . [ S., will be the principal speaker at < the Washington service. The Univer- I ■ sity of Maryland Chapel Choir will : sing. i Since its inception the SOS pro- < gram has accounted for the distrib- ’ ution of more than billion pounds ! of foods made available from Amer- 1 i ica's agricultural abundance by the I

MR- Zl? Mr. ZIP, eartoon character representinfr the new Zoning Imrrovemer.* (ZIP), ia being used in a constant campaign to remind makers to Codes because they speed mail delivery-and save postal costs.

such administrative action as\ i was often used previously. i 1 Thip policy, strongly ■ en- 11 dorsed by Postmaster General John A. Gronouskl, is based upon the realization that when an administrator is given the right to determine what is obscene and what isn’t, he becomes, for all practical purposes, a censor. The success of this policy is evidenced by the fantastic increase in arrests and convictions for obscenity law violations secured by the present Administration—an increase of more than 100 percent over i those of 1960. when adminis- i trative procedures constituted a major weapon In such cases. Disasters Where there is a natural disaster or a catastrophic accident, the Postal Inspector is among the first to arrive on t the scene. ; It is his mission to protect • the mails at all cost—from I fire, from water damage, from ! looting, from anything that • delays or threatens its safe i delivery. In one Instance, an inspector sifted through six ton? of t dirt and rubble at the scene of ■ a plane crash, looking for 661 J diamonds that had been con- , talned in a mailed package. 1 He found every one of them ’ 1 Housekeeping ® About 49 percent of the Inspectors’ time was devoted last ’ year to the mundane but vital chore of keeping the Post Office Department’s house in f order— auditing the books of 2 the Nation’s 35,000 post offi- • ces—investigating personal Int jury and automobile accidents • —tracking down lost mail—--1 correcting discrepancies In metered and second class mall i Installing postmasters—coordinating Civil Defense Preparedness planning—lnspectZ ing postal units—seeing that • the mall gets through, regardp less of the circumstances. . For that is their reason for - being—to guarantee the safe tx delivery of the malls.

ticket carry all but six southern i states, but they swept Indiana as i well. The ticket failed in Kosciusko countv 10,488 to 8,759 votes, however. J ' ■[

U. S. Department of Agriculture, dis-! tributed in more than 40 areas of acute need with funds contributed in the SOS appeal and similar efforts of the churchbs. and in community appeals of CROP (Christian Rural' Overseas Program' of Church World i Service. \ Church World Sen ice is a depart? ment of the National Council of tne Churches of Christ, and co-operates with the Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee and World Sen ice of the World Council! of Churches in its international programs.

Post Office; Is Big Business The United States Post Office Department has t me one of the largest bu mess establishments in the world, conducting the greatest system of communications ever known to mankind. • Its annual payroll is $3.85 billion. • 590,000 employees serve a Nation of 192 million people, working out of 44,500 stations and branches. • This year, the Post Office I Department will collect and deliver 72 billion pieces of mail. By 1970. volume is exI pected to reach 83 billion | pieces. • The, Department adds an additional million city, 100,000 rural, and 7 5,000 busi - ness addresses to its delivery system annually. • Forty-four million families and 4.1 million businesses receive over 103,000 city rc ■'•es, and 9.5 million families arc served over 31.Q00 rural routes. I • On the average, every American citizen gets at least one piece of mall every day. • Seventy-five percent of total mail originates today with business and commercial interests, more than half being initiated by 20,000 large mailers. Ninety percent of insurance business, for example, is transacted by mall, and the percentage is as high or higher for many other enterprises. • The Department owns 45,726 motor vehicles. In addition, it pays sllO million to private vehicle operators for hauling the mail. It hires 9,600 motor vehicles full time 1 and mans them with Depart- • ment employees. Another i 63,000 vehicles and drivers are 1 hired under contract for rural • and star (contract) route delivery. : Less Mail Trains Thirty years ago there were • 10,000 trains available to carry > mail- Today then art less than 1,200.

REMEMBER . . . WHEN IT HAPPENED IN SYRACUSE ONE YEAR AGO A total of $81,034.30 in personal checks is being mailed to 651 Christmas club members by the four banks in the Lakeland area. Checks are going out this week and early next week and the flood of ready cash in the local area should prove a boon to Christmas buying. Michael Storms, son of Mrs. Suzanne Storms, r 2 Syracuse, is one of the 42 Wittenberg university freshmai who have been awarded Wittenberg alumni honor scholarships. A 1961 Chevrolet which was stolen from McCormick-Cutter in Syracuse last June was found along the De La Balrne road in Whitley county last I week. The car was stripped of accessories and was identified by the motor number. As a special feature of National Education Week the Syracuse schools held open house on Tuesday, Nov. 14. Approximately 1,500 people visited the schools during the evening. The Skylark Marionettes presented a puppet show to the students of Syracuse elementary 7 school Wednesday morning. Nov. 13. The show entitled “The Magic Onion” was sponsored by the Syracuse public library to commemorate national children's book week. FI«E YEARS AGO Victor M. Payne of Budget Loan Company Has announced the purchase of the Syracuse branch only of Service Finance Company by his firm. Payne resides at Tippecanoe lake and New Castle. Frank Nyikos will continue to serve as manager of the Syracuse office. John Thornburg, Syracuse high school senior, has been cited for outstanding performance on the National Merit Scholarship qualifying test given by the class last spring. Ralph Thornburg, chairman of the residential canvas for United Fund in Turkey. Creek township, reported that about 15 per cent of the returns are in. Mr. and Mrs. Millard Hire, Mr. J and Mrs. Stover Hire and daughter Stephanie, and Daisy Stover visited Mrs. K. V. Stanley Sunday at her newly constructed home in a new’ division of Crestwood at Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Ketering, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gray, and Mrs. Paul Bixler were in Van Wert, 0., Tuesday to attend the funeral of their uncle, Amos Bowen. TEN YEARS AGO The following young men from Syracuse enlisted in the U. S. Army on November 2: Dennis James Firestone. son of Mr..and Mrs. Lawrence Firestone, Earl Everett Wilkinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Wilkinson. and Garry LaMar Eyer, son of Mrs Alma Om. One-way thoroughfare signs are being erected to protect Syracuse school students on Boston and Main streets according to an announcement made by principal Glen Longenecker at a Parent-Teachers Association meeting Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Mel Smith left here November 8 for New York and will sail November 16 for Barcelonia, Spain, on the Italian liner Conte Biancamano. Noble Blocker attended dads’ day at DePauw university where his son Jim is a senior. Mrs.. Ella Baker, who spent the summer here with her sjster-in-law, Mrs. Milton Noe, left yesterday to Sepnd the winter in San Francisco, Calif. •

TWENTY YEARS AGO Mary Clair Pracht has withdrawn from the local school and entered Terry’ Hall at Lake Forest, 111. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Buster and family of Bunker Hill spent Sunday here with Mrs. Estella Swartz and her mother, Mrs. Mary Cable. Mrs. J. W. Rowdabaugh has sold her property one-half mile east of Concord church to Rev. Emeral B. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. B. Sargent and two children of South Bend spent Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Milier and family. The community sale sponsored by the Syracuse Business and Professional Women’s club has been indefinitely postponed. Ads from Ketering’s Homestore — Coffee, pound 29c. Moon Rose soap, four for 19c. Fresh Boston butt (on points) pound, 34c. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO John Harley of Leesburg and Ray Foster of Goshen have purchased the Star Clothing Store here and will be in full charge as soon as inventory is completed. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lindstrand moved their household goods to Knox on Saturday where they will reside. Miss Olga Beckman of Mishawaka spent Saturday and Sunday here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Beckman. Miss Phyllis Miles’left on Friday for New York city where she will enter Cornell university clinic. Miss Miles has been supervisor of the training school at Goshen hospital for several years. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Darr and little son spent Sunday with Chester Firestone and family at Solomon Creek. Guy McDowell and family of near Goshen were afternoon callers.

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k “X-XN / Election afterthoughts: In many cases students didn't vote in school : mock elections like their parents did on election day. Most defections in- | voiced students voting Democratic I while parents voted for GOP., And 1 this, when Presidential candidate Goldwater said the nation’s youth would swing to the Republican party. Tommy, nine-year-old son of Gene and Vera Hall, was a Johnson fan. In fact. Tommy had President Johnson’s picture on his bedroom door. His parents (particularly Vera) objected, but didn't make him take it down. On Wednesday Tommy found his Johnson picture in the waste basket and wondered i who put it there. No one would adI mit the “crime”. McKinley Blough, former Standard Oil executive who. now lives on Lake Wawasee, returned to Syracuse to cast his ballot at some inconvenience to himself. Strong Democratic tide being felt in Turkey Creek precinct 2, according to one election worker in that precinct. All indications are that Mary Gans* horn will continue in the Syracuse license branch another four years. GOP staffers in the township, feeling sure Dick Ristine would be elected, had Harry Van Hemert slated for the plum. Amount collected in Turkey Creek township for GOP coffers: $1,387. GOP rapport in Syracuse disturbed over choice of headquarters. Many refused to attend, referring to “War- - saw’ dictation” in local politics. Plans were made to use “neutral” Wawasee restaurant building as headquarters, but (and here’s where dictation comes in' this opinion failed to prevail. Cause was hurt, our spokesman reported. Friends of Turkey Creek GOP chairman Jack Vanderford are privately boosting him for possible replacement for ailing George Fisher in state legislature, providing Fisher is unable to complete present term. Vanderford’s strength comes from Wawlasee Property Owners’ Association, of which he is secretary. He thought of office before, but failed to have countywide support. Dick and Doris Jones of Sleepy Ovyl left for Birchvyood, Wis., Where they intend to remain at least two. months. May go to Florida then, or may stay there until the last part of February. Fishing and rest is the program, as Dick, who had a heart attack recently, is supposed to take things easy. Business is closed until possibly March 1, 1965. Chevy dealer Bill Cutler, good at getting top speakers for the Rotary chib, has another one lined up. He’s Dr. Carl L. Winters, member of the lecture staff of General Mot- , ors Corp. He’ll appear here Monday, Feb. 8. He was former crime ( commissioner in Michigan, and a radio minister for 24 years. Who w’as the Syracuse businessman who couldn’t wait to get the M-J t from the post office last week, and [ i slipped down in colorful bathrobe at (midnight last Wednesday to get his 'copy from his post office box. •

Saturday morning Syracuse was a real for-sure wild west scene come to life, what with townsmen, farmers and police (in uniform and police cars) “riding the range” to help corral the feeder eatlle of Glen Grady. State trooper Herschel (Bud) Harper may come out of this with the lovable moniker “Matt Dillon” Harper. Ooooo! Let’s hope not. ' EMPLOYMENT DOWN As usual in October, Indiana’s non-farm employment total fell back somewhat from the September high. Lewis F. Nicolini, director of the Indiana Employment Security Division, said that preliminary estimates indicate that about 1,554,500 persons were employed in nonagricultural jobs at mid-Octob-er, about 17,500 fewer than were working in September but nearly 29,000 more than had jobs in October last year. He said that manufacturing employment was lower last month because of seasoanl cutbacks in canning activity and temporary reductions caused by labor disputes. More people were employed in nonmanufacturing than were in September. Increases in employment in schools outweighed seasonal decreases reported in mining, construction, transportation, communications, and utilities.

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