The Mail-Journal, Volume 3, Number 43, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 December 1964 — Page 15

It Happened In . Milford, * n d l ana Item Taken From The File* Os | The Milford Mail

20 YEARS AGO, NOVEMBER S, 1044 i Births include a four-pound daughter, Peggie Jo, born November 1 at the McDonald hosiptal to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Tom of r 2 Leesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Fisher of eeA at Milford are grandparents ... Cor-

Stf «« SKflfcSStW « «** »■ *-* ~ K « n | f NURSERY AND > Bockmans i *4 i ’ Phone: 834-2476 —North Webster, Ind. | ! Home Grown Christmas J. I Fresh Cut Trees I GRAVE PIECES — POINSETTIAS | Centerpieces * it MADE UP OF REAL FLOWERS AND GREENS »J | OR ARTIFICIAL ARRANGEMENTS. j g Attractive Pottery and Planters J ??? ** * ”^ a6 .? 7S;3S! . I f ' Y • ;‘ i - " V ;a‘i I La Petite Shoppe OUR GIFT TABLE, Aa Usual b FULL OF PRETTY GIFTS Priced From SI.OO to $4.98. ■ ■ I We Have Hundreds Os Two Piece And 3 Piece, Both Wool And Orlon, KNIT SUITS and Dozens Os Beautiful, Glittery PARTY DRESSES. Our SWEATER Lines Are The Largest We Have ’ Ever Had, Consisting Os DOUBLE KNIT, MOHAIR, POODLE KNITS, MIXTURES, ORLONS And Sweater Blouses With Shells And Wool Skirts To Match In Beautiful Pastel Shades. Our lovely STRETCH SLACKS come in junior size 7 to ladies size 46. The dress lines are as complete as usual in both casual and dressy styles. DO HOT FORGET •We Always Have Gift Certificates. ■ ■ ' . ■ i ■' ' / ' V. • | M. Louise Connolly L DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE

I BULOVA - ACCRUTRON - WYLER - CARAVELLE S g $24.75 up $125.00 up $35.75 $10.95 up | Ladies' - Men's | | Speidel Watchbands | ! DIAMONDS it WE MOUNT OUR OWN DIAMONDS , M i » I lighters JEYrtLRY I RONSON rlrlW. B. DAVID | « KREISLER «k ANSON i zippo >■ * wjL- SPEIDEi - | I | Pen & Pencil Sets by | I Sheaffer and Cross I I CLOCKS SILVERWARE RAZORS 8 | SETHTHOMAS IM7 ROGERS | V WESTCLOX COMMUNITY SUNBEAM B S HOW ARD MW JER 1881 ROGERS NORELCO £ K jP

. opral and Mrs. Elvin Tusing are the | . parents of a son. Larry LeVon, bom I November 5 at the McDonald hospi- ’ ‘tai Mr. and Mrs. Chester Tusing and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Pease are the child's grandparents. 1 Mrs. Cletus S. Myers, owner and

I operator of the Priscilla Beauty Shop for nearly 19 years has sold her business to Miss Jean Hursey, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. V. G. Horsey. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Stockman announce the marriage of their, ’ daughter, Frances Naomi, to A. Carl Fiedeman 111, son of Mrs. Jack E-, wall of New York city and A. Carl; Fiedeman of Detroit Lieutenant Howard H. Haab spoke to the Milford high school students Friday afternoon on his experiences overseas. NOVEMBER IS, 1944 I After more than three years of service as manager of the Milford {United Telephone Exchange, Mrs. j Frank Clover resigned her position the last of October She is being succeeded by Mrs. Nansen Kline who has been night operator for the past two years. • At four o’clock Sunday afternoon. Miss Leona Zimmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Zimmer of Warsaw, became the bride of Pfe. Ray Buhrt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Buhrt of ,< s Milford, in an informal single ring ceremony. ' Joiin Method, who owns and operates the Method tavern, has passed j his physical examination and ex- j pects to be called to military sendee I soon. Mr. Method has a wife and son. A daughter was bora recently to 1 Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Neu of ElkI hart Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Biggs of north of Milford on road 15 are the maternal grandparents. 30 YEARS AGO. NOV. 15. 1934 i Mel Lyon closed a contract last : week for die purchase of the brick

—— ——— A4- ' V IF IT'S MAGIC 4Y, 35V£V YOU WANT tjP Call 457-3298 • J . Nelson Auer 300 East Carroll Syracuse, Ind. ~ : Get the jump NIFTY on Christmas! Q|fJ IDEAS i| Razors — Cuff Links — Watches — Silver — Ear T*, Rings — Stainless Steel O s c Z I 7/ — Rings — Billfolds — j||K' . Pen Sets — Glassware —- ' Hummel Figurines — ’ Charms — Lighters — I Pendants — Twist-O-Watch Bands — gf* H Clocks — Appliances — ** Many More. E. Newcomer & Son “GIFTS THAT. LAST’ Phone: 773-3241 Nappanee, Ind.

building located bn S. James street which was owned by W. M. Wilt of Syracuse. Mr. Lyon is engaged in the making and repair of av ting’ and will use the building for tiu.. work. A daughter named Lee Ann was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weisj ser Friday morning at seven. ; Dr. Hugh Snyder has been appointed to .serve as Red Cross chairiman for Milford and Van Buren i township. i James Frederick, 16 months’ son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A Speicher, | Jr., won an honorable mention award at Sears National Baby con-1 \ test at Chicago. f Miss Laureda Studebaker, daugliter of Mrs. William Staver of North Manchester, and Quimby Elkins, son [of Mrs.’Myrtle Matthews of Milford, | were quietly married Saturday even-1 ing at North Manchester by Rev. Homer R. Ogle. NOVEMBER 22, 1934 Miss Dorothy Staley was employed .’it Clover’s Clothes Shop during its I three-day dress sale, j Mrs. Ida Myers moved Thursday of last week into her newly purchas- : ed home on south Henry street James McKibbin, 64, died at his W. Emeline street home Tuesday. Survivors include one Mrs. Noble D. < Katherine) Myers of Syrajeuse, and two grandchildren, Jim- | mie and Jean Myers. Mr. and Mrs. William Bushong and daughter Mary Ann and grand- | daughter. John Clause, spent Sunday • with Kenenth Bushong and family at . South Bend. A daughter, Darlene Mae, was

'bora Wednesday morning, Nov. 14,! to Mr. and Mrs. Chris Yoder who re-' side on N. Main street. 40 YEARS AGO, NOV. 13, 1924 Mrs. W. O. Davisson died Tuesday ; of last week at the Lutheran hospi-1 tai in Fort Wayne. Surviving relatives are her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Edna Randolph of California; one son, Erman Hatfield of Kansas City, Mo.; two brothers and one sister. George Rassi is having the exterior woodwork on his new residence I paintled. Births indude a son, Robert Burdettei bora Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. 1 : diaries Price; and Mr. and Mrs. j Charles E. Meek, Jr., of three miles ‘ west of Leesburg are the parents of 1 a daughter, Dorothy Jean, born Fri- 1 day. Howard Lender, wife and son, and Leri Artz and wife, all of Bourbon, | . visited Sunday in the home of Mr. . ‘ and Mrs. Milo Mc/re. Aaron Slabaugh, son of John Slabaugh of west of Milford, died Fri- j | day ias the result of an accident ’ which occurred about two weeks ago. | NOVEMBER 20, 1924 I Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Motto and Mrs. Henry Motto of W T inona Lake : and Mr ; and Mrs. Fred Kleder of , Indianapolis were guests at a birthday dinner on Friday at the home . of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Kleder in | I honor of the 72d birthday anniver- j I sary of Mrs. Kleder. I D A Hill, W. C. Smith, and George ( Neher of Milford and True Kintzel of Etna Green are sepnding ten days at ' the Kankakee marsh, hunting and

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; trapping. :. Elizabeth Weybright, 72, unmar- . ried, died at the Weybright home on the Hoosier-Dixie highway, Vi mile .north of Milford, Tuesday. Only imi mediate member of the family surviving is a brothet . Jacob J. Weybright. ~~ 50 YEARS AGO. NOV. 12, 1914 > Dave Hill has sold his property on north Henry street to Charles Orn. Mose Dausman; who lived miles west of Milford and a brother of David Dausman, our county commissioner, took his own life Wednesjday. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Don Lutes of Pierce- * ton were in Milford last week visit- ' ing friends and relatives. ' Mrs. H. G. Young and two chil'dren, Karl and Helen, ol Akron spent j Saturday and Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, W. E. Groves, j | Mr. and Mrs. Lamar of North Web-. I ster, while en route to Bremen, stop- ' ped over Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Her, at Milford. NOVEMBER 19, 1914 Mrs. George Hollar and children ■ were visiting her parents, Mr. and ' Mrs. JeSse Miller, a’ Nappanee last i week. Melton Snyder, 44, wlio lived six .miles northwest of Milford, died on Wednesday of last week of typhoid fever. j Joseph Beer has sold to Jehu Beer ithe property south «>f the Donald I Kleder residence. A son was born tv Mr. and Mrs. ! John Kohli of two miles west erf New ; Paris Friday morning. The death of Edward Zbinden oo;

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curred at his home west of town chi Wednesday of last week. Walter and Bert Weybright have come into possession of the hardware store of Stump and Son of New Paris, having closed the contract the first of the week. HOLIDAY PLANT CARE MIMEOS With the holiday season here, the accent is oh red and green, the i traditional colors of Christmas. Na- ‘ ture provides us with many decorations decked in these gay, festive i , colors, but the most popular are i poinsettias and evergreens. , Purdue university extension hot- ’ brief publications dealing with j these traditional holiday plants. , Mimeo HO-74-2, "Poinsettias,” dis- ' cusses the proper way to buy, disi play and care for the poinsettia I plant so you can enjoy it longer. The publication also explains how to care for the plant so it will flower again next Christmas. Mimeo HO--22. “Evergreen Christmas Decorations,” tells how to make a simple wreath, swag or table decorations from evergreen branches and sprigs. j Single copies of both Mimeo HO-74-2 and Mimeo HO-22 are available free of charge to Indiana residents. Get them from your county Extension office or by writing to the Agricultural Publications Os- .' flee, AES building. Purdue univert sity, Lafayette, Ind. 47907.

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I r , Y j Candles Glow | At Christmas I Many traditional candle I customs brighten today’s I Christmas celebrations. I From Ireland comes the custom of putting a lighted candle in the window on Christmas Eve to light the a Holy Family's way. The I candles denote a house I where the Holy Family I ’would have been wel- I I corned, not turned away as | | they were at the inns in | I _ Bethlehem. In Germany, too. can- | I s dies are placed in windows | to provide a glowing wel- I come for the Virgin Mary I and a host of angels who I the Germans/believe pass | over the countryside each | Christmas. | I In many countries, such I I ps Germany, beautifully decorated candles are an I important part of ChristI mas celebrations. EnI hanced with religious and j other figures, they add an I artistic and reverent touch | to holiday festivities. Similarly, many still cel- : I ebrate the medieval custom * I of lighting a giant Christ- . j I mas candle that burns | I brightly until Twelfth , | Night. GLENN D. HENSLEY, USM, RECEIVES PLAQUE USS PRINCETON (LPH 5) - Nov. . 20 — Marine private first class ' Glenn D. Hensley, son of Mr. and • Mrs. Virgil’ Hensley of r 1, Crom--1 well, is serving with Marine BatI talion Landing Team 3-3, which ; was awarded a plaque November I 18, for assisting in flood relief operations recently in South Viet- [ Nai . TL. plaque was presented to his unit by South Viet-Nam’s Deputy Prime Minister Oanli. I Hensley’s unit aided in the airlift- ■ ing of bread, flour, soybeans, cottonoi'.. and clotiiing to - several provincial distribution centers. ’. The fkxrd was the worst in over (a hundred years in South Viet ■ Nam. I More than 2 million boys and igrls are members erf 4-H clubs, 1 the nationwide program directed Iby the Cooperative Extension Srj vice. - ~ - - 1 ! J- ~ Bonded and Insured Diamond Lock Sets From ‘ MODERNIZE YOUR RING BEAUTIFUL REMOUNTING LOOSE DIAMONDS LongineWittnauer $29.95 & up & LeCoultre Watches Wyler Watches $17.95 up ELGIN CLOCKS $1 LAY-AWAY PLAN Speidel Watch Bands Easy Terms o Guaranteed Watch Repair Regular Store Hours Mon. thru Sat. - 8 am to 6pmi Closed Sundays Christmas Stere Hours Open Til’ 8:30 Dec. 19-21-22-23 Boyer Brothers Jewelers Rt. 13 — South Edge of No. Webster — Dial 834-1646

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