The Mail-Journal, Volume 3, Number 45, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 December 1964 — Page 9

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VOLUME 3

It Happened In .. . Milford, Indiana Item Taken From The Files Os The Milford Mail

20 YEARS AGO. NOV. 23. 1944 Mrs. Lina Merkel entertained at a dinner Tuesday evening for Miss Dorotliea Custer, storekeeper third class of Atlanta. Ga.. and for Pfc. Myrtus Custer, who is recuperating at the Percy Jones General hospital at Battle Creek. Mich., from shrapnel wounds received a year ago in Italy. The marriage of James Hawn of Milford and Anna Secor of Burket was solemnized at 7 p.m. Tuesday by Rev. Emerai B. Jones at his home. Mrs. Smith Bliton spent from Wednesday until Friday with her daughter. Mrs. Clifford Wright, at Indianapolis Mrs. Clyde Homan, who resides on North James street, foil Saturday while descending the stairway in her home. She suffered a broken wrist, a passible broken left ankle and other injuries. NOVEMBER 30. 1944 Captain and Mrs. Glenn L. Brown left Monday for Camp Bowie, Tex after a tetyday leave during which time thev were guests of his brother. Ronald W. Brown, and wife Clarence Henry Price. 43. (feed at the St. Joseph hospital in Mishawaka on Thanksgiving day. Death was due to injuries suffered in an automobile collision near Bremen November 17. He is survived by his wife, former Bessie X anPherson of Milford, and his father. Charles W. Price. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Graff and family enjoyed their Thanksgiving dinner at the Otto Beer home. ' A daughter, Sarah Jane, was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Dale Mock of near New Salem at the Murphy Medical Center at Warsaw Sunday. X YEARS AGO. Nov. ». 1934 The yell leaders for the Milford school yelling squad are Fa th. Ryman and Garret Fagan The name of Trojans was chosen for the basketball team. Mr and Mrs Fred Haney of near Hastings are the parents of a daughter, Marilyn Rita, bom November 21 at their home. Irve Smith and family of Milford Junction have moved into the Roditiaugh property recently vacated bv Ezra Kaiser and family » Mr and Mrs. John Krall recent guests at. dinner of Herman Brouwer and wife of New Paris. DECEMBER 6. 1934 Deaths this week indude Mrs. Olive Higbee. 76, widow ol the late Edwin W. Higbee. Miss Emma Ruch, 61; Mrs. Lydia Symenama. 73. of New Paris; and Mrs. Charles Ruse, 73. of Mexico, Ind., formerly of Milford. Rev, Lee Cory was one of the speakers at the Kosciusko County Farm Bureau banquet at Warsaw Monday evening. Miss Trella Cans was hostess Friday evening to ten members of the Merry Jaynes and three guests Weddings this week were Emra G. Stookey. son of Millard Stookjey of near Milford, and Miss Mary C. i Anglm. daughter of Mrs. George Mosher of near Leesburg, am! Mass Hazel Adams, daughter of David Adams, and Noble Johnson, sdn of Mrs. Francis Taylor, of Milford Junction. Audrey Ellen was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Omar Baumgartner. 49 YEARS AGO. NOV. 27, 1924 Miss Gladys Estep had as her guests Sunday evening, Miss Bessie Unrue and Remus Doting erf Elkhart. The wedding of Miss Magdalene Stieglitz, daughter of George Stieglitz of west of Milford, and Michael A. Zimmerman, also of west erf Milford, was solemnized Sunday at the Apostolic Christian church. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Peterson have moved from the Country club to Milford and have secured rooms at the C. D. Wise home. Arden L Scott, 35, died November 20 M t* home of hb parents. William T. and kb Scott. Two brothers, Fred of Goshen and George of Elkhart, and his grandparents Mr. and Mrs Fred Etteline of Muford. abo survive. DECEMBER 4. 1924 Rev. and Mrs, N E. Smith and family are now occupying the new Methodist parsonage recently completed Dr John Everett Potter. 56, died Friday. A prominent Mtiford physcian and citizen. Dr. Potter is survived by his wife, the former Florence Webb; his mother, Mrs. j C McLaughlin: one daughter, Mrs. Owen Len’z of Nappanee; one son. Wallace of Fort Wayne; and one sister. Miss Maude L. MeMrs, Myrtle Angel of Warsaw is spending a few days with her brother. William Duncan, and wife. A son was born to Mr . and Mrs. Forrest Kern of sor‘heast of Milford on Saturday and has been named Phillip Wendal

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Consolidation ot THE MILFORD MAIL (Ea. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL (E5t.1907)

SO YEARS AGO. NOV. 26. 1914 Aaron Arnold, who recently purchased the David K. Miller farm west of Milford, has moved his family into the A. R. Gawthrop property on North Maur street. A wild goose dinner was served , at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Bushong on east Fourth street Sunday. A marriage license was issued Monday to Leslie R Stookey and Miss Bessie D. Harman, both of Leesburg. Rev and Mrs W. F. Buckner and family and Henry Chat ten and family were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. R Brittsan Sunday DECEMBER 3. 1914 Mrs. Eber Homan. 73. died November 25 at her home. Her children surviving include sore, Martin. Oak, Franklin, and John Ho-: man and one daughter, Mrs. John . 1 Corwin. Mr and Mrs Forest E Rohrer of Ibeksville. Ohio, spent Thanksgiving day at their home in Milford. Fred Buhrt. fireman on the Milford and Syracuse railway, was badly injured at Milford lake Tuesday afternoon when he got caught between the engine and another car ' Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M les of Dowagiac. Mich, were guests of Mr. and Mrs Perry Miles Thursday evening •' . I Christmas Colors For The Fireplace LAFAYETTE-Add to Christmas cheer with brightly colored flames j for the fireplace. Evergreen cooes, small bkxks ( of wood or o kmd>mg. wood chips J and sawdust, or even one-inch dia-1 meter rolb of tightly wrapped | newspapers or magazines—Led at bo h ends—can be soaked in chemi* cal solutions and dried. I Whw burned in the fireplace. | they will gire off flank’s of various j colors, say* Ed Lott, extension forester at Purdue university Vary the chemicals to produce desired colors. Copper sulphate gibes green flames: calcium chloride gives orange, copper chloride, and potassium chloride, purple. Do not use chlorates, nkrates or ;xitassium iwrmanganate, Lott cautions. Follow a few safety precautions: When treating the fuels, wear kind. Keep them away from children and pets. Buy onlv the amounts needed. Do not buy extra chemicab and store them. Do the actual treating process out of doors. When treating tlx* fuels, wear rubber gloves. Since chemicals will ultimately destroy mefcai containers. use a wooden pad or earthen crock to mix them Mix onlv a couple gallons at « rime You do not need to cleanse the pail or crock when changing chemicals. T™ formula ratio b one pound of chemical to one jssilon of water. Use only one chemical per batch. Place fuels to be treated in a mesh or porous bag. and submerge in the solution. Vse a weight such as a stone to hold the material down for a day or two of soaking, out and drain over the container and spread the treated maIcrisis out to dry. If the fuels are dried cm newspapers. dry, roll and wrap the newspapers themselves to bum in the fireplace. Confine burning of the treated fuel to a well ventilated rweptace, warns Lott Treated cones or wooden blocks also make novelty Christmas gifts. FUNERAL DIRECTORS’ CHRISTMAS PARTY AT ■ MILFORD DEC. 10 Members of the Kosciusko county funeral directors’ association and their wives held their annual Yule partv at Ruble’s Party Home in Milford'on Thursday evening. Dec. < Attending the affair were Mr and Mrs. Paul Landis. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Swoverland. Lew is B bla*. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Chariness of Warsaw. Mr. and Mrs Cl ark's Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Mel Tapp of Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pblterton and Wade E. Mishler of Milford. Mr. and Mrs. George Deaton of North Webster. Mr. and Mrs. I Norman J, Spangle of Piercetoa, Mr. and Mrs Darrell King of Mentone. Mr. and Mrs. Nevelle Dickeri son of Silver Lake. Mr. and Mrs. joe Blocker of Goshen, and Chauncey Tucker <rf Oaypod. ; . ITPAYS TO ADVERTISE

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Post Office To Extend Service Before Christmas

Milford postmaster Eugene Felkned stated that the Milford post office would be open the two Saturdays before Christmas, Dec, 12 and Dec. 19, for all type of window sen - ice Window service for these Satqhdays will be the same hours as week day service. 8:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. s Asks Public Cooperation In audition to early mailing the post office has several suggestions that will be of great help in moving the record-breaking avalanche of Christmas mail: The .use of the Zip Code on all par-

Modern Drainage Law Considered

A modern Indiana drainage law may be enacted by the 1965 Indiana General Assembly. The 1963 Indiana legislature mandated the Indiana Water Resources Study Committee to study and draft a modern drainage law to fit today’s rural and urban drainage probtems, and to , replace existing drainage laws. The proposed Drainage Act has been drafted and copies of the summary are available in the office of Donald E Frantz, Kosciusko county extension agent. There are over 35.000 miles of public drains in Indiana. Some counties have more miles of legal drains than county roads. About of the counties have more than 4 miles of such drains. These legal drains, sometimes called court ditches or county ditches, for the most part, are not being adequately maintained and cleaned out. As a result farms, suburbs and towns do not have good outlets for drainage and flood waters.

Pitch In And Help

' Hail the joy of Christmas comes m seeing the faces of our dear ones as they open our gifts. But the true spirit of the holiday caMs for gifts to those we may never see: to the needy in our midst, through our community chanties, and to the poor of other countries, through such agencies as CARE. The current CARE Food Crusade seeks $6,500,000 to complete a yearlong pkan to help feed 37,700,000 hungry people. U.S. Food for Peace donations of farm abundance are the mainstay of the plan. Under CARE partnership contracts, local governments will pay delivery costs for 31.000,000 persons. To, reach the res:. CARE asks .Amen-1 cans as individuals to pitch in and help by sending 6,500,000 packages, at a ctollar per package. In schools, orphanages, destitute homes. CARE “sees” for us. Here is a staff man's report, after delivering packages to a village in Columbia: “Most of all we were affected by the children, whose reaction to the simple food was almost like that of American lads to their Christmas toys. You never saw such smiles and tears of happiness on the faces of youngsters who, for moot of their lives. never go a day without hunger." Give Johnny his trains, Sue her <foil—and give yourself toe joy of dwring so others may eat Mail

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cels and letters. All parcels be wrapped securely, ’ packed tightly, and the address be ' included inside the package as well , as the outside. First class postage (5c per oz.) | provides for the forwarding of the ] letter or return to the sender in case ] of non-delivery as addressed. Be sure < and place return address on all pack- ] ages and letters. j Third class postage (4c minimum for the first 2 oz ). This may be used 1 on Christmas cards, any place in the I United States, as long as they are i

Hie proposed law will set up maintenance procedure to assure that these drains will be maintained as needed. Also, needed reconstruction can be initiated without the long delays often associated with such work. Many of the provisions in existing drainage law are being retained, such as the petitioning for new legal drains. However, many new features are being added. The county surveyor will continue to be the principal engineering authority on legal drains. A county drainage board is proposed in those counties having more than 40 miles of legal drains, to administer the provisions of the Act. The proposed law repeals drainage statues dating sb far back as 1883. Interested persons are encouraged to study the provisions of the proposed 1965 drainage law and to inform their state senators and state representatives how they feel about this proposed legislation.

your contributions to: CARE Food brusade, 1 South State St . Chicago, Hl 60603 LEGIONNAIRES HOLD SUPPER SATURDAY Sixty-eight members of the Milfad Legion and Auxiliary and their families met Saturday evening at the lire station for the annual Le-igon-Auxiliary Thanksgiving-Christ-mas supper. After tiie supper games were enjoyed and many small prizes were giv-en. RONALD L. MALCOLM FACES FORGERY CHARGE FRIDAY Ronald L. Malcolm. 20, Leesburg. has been charged m Kosciusko circuit cdtirt with forgery and uttering a forged instrument filed Friday morning by Warsaw city detective Donald Snyder. Malcolm was taken into custody last Thursday by detective Snyder and officer Ardel Hanna and lodged in the county jail. While under questioning Malcolm admitted to officers he had forged two checks for $lO and sls each in the city recently. ° He was released from the county jail two weeks ago on a SI,OOO bond for the alleged burgulary of the Penguin Point Drive-In at the east edge of Warsaw recently. The hand haas been revoked. ■

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1964

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not sealed and do not contain any writing except a signature. No provision is made for the forwarding or return in case on non-delivery as addressed. Drop letters (4c per oz.). This may be used on letters mailed at the Milford post office. These letters lock box or general delivery patrons (not rural route patrons) of the Pierceton post office. These letters may be sealed and contain writing. Complete addresses, street number, lock box number or rural route number are urged for all articles to insure early and proper delivery.

REMEMBER . . . WHEN IT HAPPENED IN SYRACUSE ONE YEAR AGO The Syracuse high school music departmen; under the direction of James Lentz will present its annual Christmas concert, at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec, 15, The date of the third annual Holiday Ball has been announced by the general chairman, John Kroh. The event will be held at Hoosier Skateland, located south of Syracuse on .road 13, on Saturday, Dec. 28. from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. Mrs. Melville Smith of Pearl street, Syracuse, will leave Sunday by train for Sarasota, Fla., where she will spend six weeks. Syracuse high school students are in for a pleasant surprise at 3 p.m. next Wednesday, Dec. 18, when they are scheduled to hear a concert by the Si Zentner band, appearing locally at the Pickwick lounge. Mrs. I. J. Byland, Syracuse, returned home from South Bend Osteopathic hospital, Saturday. Dec. 7. She underwent surgery on Tuesday. FIVE YEARS AGO Jane Elizabeth Nusbaum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Nusbaum of Syracuse, and Lt. John Oliver Berg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Berg of Bremen, were united in marriage in an impressive dotirfe ring military wedding, performed by Chaplain James Townsend on November 23 m the Harlingen Air Force Base Chapel. Harlingen, Tex. Mr and Mrs. Dick Zollinger of Goshen visited Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert | George of Syracuse, Sunday afternoon. .... j Mr and Mrs Charles Hams and two children have returned from a twv-weeks vacation in Florida. Dr Jack P. Clark escaped miry Tuesday. Dec, 1, when he collided with a state highway department truck at the intersection of US 6 and Huntington road. The bid for license plate RT 1 b Sr up to $125 according to latest report from Mrs. Annabelle Coil, manager erf the Syracuse Auto License branch. ten years ago Miss Irene Abts entertained the Syracuse bridge chib Tuesday. Nov. 30. High scores were held by Mrs. Georgia Miller and Mrs. Celta GriegMr. and Mrs. Calvin Beck attended the Indianapolis trustees’ state convention Wednesday and Thursday. The trustee office will be closed until Friday morning. Mrs. Mary Hoy and Miss Florence Foster spent some tone so Chicago last week on a shopping T Homer Davis was removed to the Garrett hospital Sunday after suffering a heart attack, mt.

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[ Davis is a brother of Mrs. Ollie I Hovarter who passed away MonI dayMrs. Carl Tu'tle has just returned from Chicago where she attended the International Horse show. TWENTY YEARS AGO Pvt. Edward Drake is now' at Fort George Meade, Md. He has recently been stationed at Camp Howie. Tex. Work of assembling the units of plant was started Monday. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schrock, Syracuse, at the Goshen hospital Tuesday. Mr and Mrs, E. E. Miner who have been in Florida the past three months are now en route to California. ® FORTY FIVE YE.ARS AGO Mrs. Clarence Juday has returned from Ohio where she has been visiting her sister. J Schools will be closet! for two i weeks because of scarlet fever. • ; Milton Juday, 82; father of Mrs. A. A. Rasor, died at the Rasor home in Warsaw. Mrs. George Snyder and tiaughter, Phyllis, of Bremen visited in Syracuse on Saturday. Mrs. B. F. Hoy will spend the holiday season in Ohio. She. with her who is in college at Oxford, will visit relatives. Svracuse-Webster DAR Girls Announced I It was announced this week that . Geri Bauer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bauer of 118 N. Lake > street. Syracuse, and Melinda Wati son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan . Watson of r North Webster, had i been selected to represent their ■ schools as DAR girls. : Announcement was made earlier of the election of Rebecca Hoerr • to represent Milford and Donna • Stevens to represent Leesburg. Siwe the girls have been chosen • thev have taken wa test and Jayne Ashlev of Pierceton was selected as. winner. i The girls arioxtheir mothers will be honored at g nartv and combined meeting of the Agnes Pruyn 1 Charxnan Chanter of the Daushters of the American Revolution ’ and the Anthony Nigo chanter of ! Mentone. The meeting will be held ' on Anri! 27 with the place to be announced. SYRACUSE MENU E Monday - Hamburger sandwich, buttered corn, Waldorf salad, ice cream, milk.

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THE NEW QUEEN - The new Ptaeetaa Mgh a*xl baritettaß queen, Cheryl Rager, third from left, k shown with her court She was erowned during the Fiuoetsa fflver Lake baskeibaU game Friday iright, #1

To Hold Tourney Drawing Tonight

Kosciusko county high school principals, coaches, and others interested in the high school athletic program in the county will meet at Steer Inn for a dinner at 6:30 this evening (Thursday) to hold the annual drawing for the county basketball tournament. The tourney will be held in the Warsaw high school gym Wednesday through Saturday, January 6,7, 18, and 9.

Craft Club Meets At Bushong Home Mrs. Ernest E. Busiiong and Mrs. Nelson A. Miles entertained the Syracuse Craft club in the home of Mrs. Bushong on Syracuse lake Monday evening. Eighteen members and one guest. Mrs. Haroki B Gray, enjoyed a delicious 6:30 dessert which

Os Tinsel &Candy & Gifts

Os Christmas I’ve heard since I was a child The thoughts it brought forth at that time were quite wild. Os gifts and tinsel it reminded me Os candy and songs and of green pine trees. All the externals proposed by the stores The things that for clerks made holidays’ chores, Held for me the true meaning of this great day ’Cause a child in’ his innocence can think in that way. Innocence means to be ignorant you know Os life that is filled with misery and woe. So the tinsel and tree and the candy made real The fantasy which we thought we just had to feel. But childhood is short, then we must grow up. By drinking from bitterness, sorrow, and discouragement’s cup It’s a truth that we learn from childhood mistakes So growing up shows us all childhood's big fakes. The tinsel, the tree, the candy and all In the beginning of time was what made man fall And sin took over and blinded men’s eyes „ So he could no longer expect paradise. But God saw how man was being deceived By tinsel and candy and gifts he received So God sent His Son to straighten him up. Man wasn’t made for deception’s strong cup. And His Son took the body of an infant quite small To make man realize he wasn’t so tall That he could take tinsel and candy and gifts And cause between God and man such rifts. It isn’t the gift we must love or implore It is the giver, it’s God who we must adore. So in a damp cave He was given His birth To tell man that his life was not all just mirth. His life is dependent on God and His love His thoughts and his actions must stem from above. For this reason we clearly can see The angels from heaven, with man make plea. Be of good cheer, Be of good will Turn from your sins, there is time still To make the amends for this foolish mistake! To make Christmas mean give, and not all take. So may you all have a Christmas that’s real And not simply one that makes you just fed You have to have tinsel and candy and gifts For these will all pass as will o’ the wisps. Let Christ, Who on Christmas As infant, is bora Be your consolation, vou'll not be forlorn He is the one Who bongs Christmas toys To all of His children, to all girls and boys.

Dec- 4. i Left to right above are Vicki Tripp, 1 eighth grade; Beth Sweetheimer, 1 seventh grade; queen Cheryl; Kay ! HoweO, president of the senior class who clowned the .new queen since

SECTION TWO

South Whitley will play in the tourney this year instead of Sidney There will be the same number of teams as last year. The principals and coaches will also discuss plans for the tournament, and a concessions will be let. North Webster principal G. Wendell Bryant is president of the Kosciusko county principals’ association, and Gardner C. Egner. Larwill principal. is its secretary-treasurer.

carried out the Christinas theme so beautiful throughout the Bushong home. The surprise event of the evening was the honoring of Mrs. Daniel Metzler with a miscellaneous shower. Mrs. Metzler w’as the former Miss Esther Hoover of Napjianee. Mis. Bushong demonstrated the makitig of tissue roses. She decorated sc.-eral gift packages. The next meeting of the Craft club will be January il at the home of Mrs. Elsa Geiger.

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By Fr. Eugene Zimmerman Pastor Saint Francis Church Pierceton, Indiana

last year’s queen, Emily FZnlenman, has moved to New Jersey; Jeannie Rhinehart, sophomore*, and Eileen Smith, freshman. Miss Rager is a member of the junior class. Photo by Dick Logan. > k

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