The Mail-Journal, Volume 3, Number 47, Milford, Kosciusko County, 31 December 1964 — Page 5

taiziNJO? around J • The U. S. Geological Survey reports, as of Nov. 15. the water level of Lake Wawasee and Syracuse Lake was 857.84 feet above sea level. Over a 20-year period ending in 1963, the lowest level was 857.08 feet above sea level in 1953 and the highest was 858.88 feet in 1951. The average reading for the 20year period computed is 858.07 feet above sea level. Therefore, as of Nov. 15, 1984, the reading to J 23 feet or 2.76 inches below the 20-year average. These facts appear in the December newsletter of the Wawasee Property Owners Ass’n., Inc. An interesting Merry Christmas sign appears on the counter at the NIPSCo office at Syracuse. Spelled oat with typewriter characters to Merry Christmas, Santa Claus and each of his reindeers (Dancer, Dasher, Comet, Biitaen. Prancer, Cupid, Danner, and Vixen) with names below each. To us the interesting thing is that

Kwjr : Moy IM New Year . bring every , hoppinesi to those IP \lr * k wr 9fMt / privilege to serve. jyhJjKJ .

STORE-WIDE REMODELING SALE JAN. 2 thru JAN. 6 - SAT. thru WED. DOORS OPEN 9:00 a.m. All Items Greatly Reduced Vi - ’A - ’/i Off Regular • • - ■. ■ rt GOLF MEN sucks EQUIPMENT s . t SMS MANY-MANY p 4JAMAS fff„. * AI MORE ITEMS SWEATERS HOUSE OF HARTER Syracuse Store - Wawasee Village-State Road 13, South

each of the characters (for example, “M” in Merry’ Christinas) is designed from the same character on the typewriter, i. e., the letter “M" in this case. It proves the infallable work of the IBM electronic data processing machine It’s complicated. You’ll have to have Jay Peffley give you a better explanation of the thing than this is. We have the word that Mr. and Mrs. Marley Evans of the lake area have purchased Howard’s restaurant on road 13 south of Syracuse. They will close it for a brief time to make alterations and decorations, then re-open It as a steak house Marley is sparing about for a good name for the new establishment, and has had several tell him to name it, simply, Marley’s Steak House. This should go, and we’ll just bet Marley is the one to put it across. We also heard that Jack Wells to negotiating to sell hto Pickwick Lounge to a Fort Wayne party. Deal to being consummated. | Wells, who did as well with that spot as anyone in a long time, is working in the accounting department of Concord Coach Co. near Elkhart with Gaylord Jones. Look for more oa this changeover in the few weeks ahead. DJS. afWaubee lake resident and an ad compositor on the T-U, is angling for a job as an erector with the

Ludlow company, offices in Chicago. ». Also, word to sol that town of Syracuse. to looking for a new relief officer. Present relief man to taking a job as a welder to Fort Wayne. At this late date those interested in making the New Year’s Eve dance a success are busy as little bees shuffling tables and chairs and hanging crepe, etc. If it clicks, no small amount of praise should go to Tom and Nmcy Prickett. Special thanks to J. Peffley and hto crew, too. Those downtown have commented on the new front at Gamble’s store. It’s real nice and adds distinction to the business district. A promising businessman, Pete Luttman, store owner and manager, is making other changes oa store’s inside. The selling area to being lengthened, and the basement to being remodeled where L tems can be shown. Summer lakers Sheldon McClain and Dick Puschman returned home recently from Florida where they spent some time at St. Petersburg and Melbourne With the duo was Duke Welsh. Buick dealer in Goshen. They flew to Florida in the Cessna owned by McClain and Welsh. Pretty Pai Stidham, bookkeeper at McCormick-Cutter Chevrolet, to sporting a beautiful diamond ring she received from Nelson Kistler for Christmas. No dale set as yet, Pat states.

FROM THE EMPLOYEES OF C. S. Myers, Ford Sales F 22— rp. _ L irw/ FORD GALAXIE 500 LTD 4-DR HARDTOP THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE Doug, Bryce, Dean, George, Stan, Elmer, Ned, Ted, Warren, Chuck, & C. S. Myers May We Serve Your Automotive Needs In The Future

Syracuse Locals

Mr. and Mrs. Deloss Weaver, Syracuse, went to Elgin AFB in Florida, to spend the holidays with their son, Lt. Dawid Weaver and Mrs. Weaver but were called home Saturday, Dec. 26, by the critical illness of Mrs. Weaver’s mother, Mrs. Ada Smith of Converse. Mrs. Smith who is 91. is a patient in the Caylor Nickel dime hospital in Bluffton. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pollock and two sons, Syracuse, were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. end Mrs. Larry Mock and family at Dewart Lake. Guests of the Pollocks Christmas eve were his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pollock of Syracuse and his grandfather, Ernest Weeks of Albion. Mrs. Pollock s pa ents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilkinson ar' son Cart were their Christmas dinner guests. We’re told there may be as many as eight take the examination for postmaster at Milford, mostly veterans, and one a purple heart veteran. Postmaster Eugene Felkner retires January 31, and temporary postmaster will take Over at that time. LL James Connolly. stationed in Germany, was promoted to Captain recently. He to the son of the James Connollys of the South Shore golf course, and a West Point grad. Mrs. ConnoUy to the daughter of the Paul Lantzes.

| Captain and Mrs. John Berg and son of Carabou, Me., are spending a 30 day leave with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Berg, Bremen, and Mr. and Mrs. Willard Nusbaum, Syracuse. Christmas Fve dinner guests of the James Butt family, Syracuse, were Mr. and Mrs. George Butt of South Bend, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Butt and family, Mrs. Lucy Kegg and Mrs. Lois Schleeter, all of Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Noble Myers, Syracuse, left Sunday for Florida to spend the winter. Their son, Major James Myers, who has been on a six month seminar in Africa has returned to his family in Arlington, Va., and will be reassigned by the U.S. Army. Rev. and Mrs. Clayton Mock, Syracuse entertained at Christmas dinner Saturday for their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mock and two children of Middlebury and also Mrs. Gordon Mock's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Yohn of New Winsor, Md. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Miller and daughters of Dewart Lake entertained at Christmas dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Miller and daughter of Goshen, Mrs. Ellen Crouse of Stone Lake and Mr. and Mrs. Herschell Bitner of Dewart Lake. Miss Ginger Brown of Syracuse, was a culler.

Eddie Robinson of r 3 has gone to Virignia for a few days. Mr. -and Mrs. Earl Treadway of | Frazier avenue left Saturday for a California vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Zeltinger of Chicago spent Saturday and Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Ada Zeltinger, Lake Wawasee. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gilbert were Sunday supper guests of Mrs. Gilbert’s uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Hunt, at Arcadia. Mrs. Maude Tom of North Webster and daughter, Mrs. Jay Chillcoat of Elkhart, were Tuesday dinner guests of Mrs. Estella Swartz at Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. James Hamman spent the Christmas week end in Macon, Ga., with their daughter, Mrs. Ted Williamson, husband, and two daughters. ' * I Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Brown had as guests over the holidays, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Speicker of Austin, Minn., and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Speicker of Ligonier. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Cripe and daughters returned to their home near St. Cloud, Fla., Sunday, after spending Christmas with relatives in Syracuse. Tonda Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kammerdierner of Syracuse, spent the week-end in Elkhart with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter N. Miller. First LA. James Miner was recently discharged at Nashville, Tenn., from a 44 year enlistment in the U. S. Air Force. He is spending two weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Miner, Syracuse. Mrs. Helen Snyder of Edwardsburg, Mich., John Stetler and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Searfoss and two daughters were Sunday dinner } guests in the L. C. Sbeibley home north of Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Allen and family, Syracuse, spent Christmas in Sweetser in the homes of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond .Ulen and Mr. and Mrs. Vertin Harter. Christmas dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Miller, Syracuse, were Miss Michele Miller of Fort Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Ort of Churusbusco and Mrs. Georgia Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Beck had as their Christmas eve dinner guests their sons and families, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beck of Ligonier and Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Beck and Wendy, Cinda, Jennifer, and Bobby of Avilla. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Blankenhorn and family of Mishawaka, Mr. and Mrs. Robert James and family of Gary Lake, Mich., and Mr. and Mrs. James Crafton and family of Dewart Lake, were Christmas dinner guests of their parents. Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Byland, Syracuse.

Thursday, December 31, 1964 THE MAIDJOURNAL

Mrs. Elmo Niccum and grandchildren, Lynn and Sally Pittman, attended a luncheon on Friday evening. Dec. 25, in the home of Mrs. Gordon Pease at Goshen honoring her daughter, Sister Mary Gordon of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Ott had as their guests over the holidays, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ott and family, Fort Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Ott of Wawaka, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Speicker and daughter of Kimmel, and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Botts of Millersburg. Mrs. Valeria Hughes entertained at a pre-Christmas dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Dean Rogers of Mishawaka, Mr. and Mrs. James Hughes and family, and Harold Hoppel of Goshen, Mrs. Arthur Bumbaugh and family of South Bend, Roddy Hughes • of Fort Wayne. Mrs. Eloise Sanford I and son of North Webster, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hughes and two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hughes and John and Lamar Hughes. Ladies Os The Round Table Hold Dinner Party The Ladies of the Round Table at Syracuse held their Christmas dinner party at Howard’s restaurant on Monday evening, Dec. 21. There were 23 members present Tables were in Christmas appointment and Miss Ethel Bowser read Louis Bromfield’s Christmas Prayer for the table grace. Later the group went to the home of Mrs. Philip Fawley for a program and gift exchange. Mrs. Carl H. Satre sang “0 Come, O Come Emmanuel" and “He Shall Feed His Flock" accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Hilary Bachman. 'Each member participated in the program by_ reading passages of scripture which foretold the coming of Christ, with comments by Mrs. Bachman, Punch and cookies were served with Mrs. Noble Myers presiding at the bowl. Mrs. Alice Miller was chairman of the hostess committee and with Mrs. Bachman, Mrs. Myers, Mrs. Louise Connolly, Mrs. Fawley, Mrs. Eloise Method, Mrs. Everett Miner assisting. The next regular meeting of the club will be held January 4 in the home of Mrs. Carl Penn.

THE CHARLES McKIBBENS HOST CHRISTMAS DINNER Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKibben and son Rickey of Syracuse entertained at dinner Christinas day in their home. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. John E. Reed of Goshen, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Adams and son of Nappanee, Mrs. Clarence McKibben and son, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Laughlin and family and Mr. and Mrs. Dallas McKibben, all of Syracuse. Games and a gift exchange were enjoyed in the afternoon.

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ENGAGED — Mr. and Mrs. Irving Doerscher of 519 Mullen Drive, Syracuse, announce the engagement of their daughter, Bessie Wolfe, to John Stetler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Stetler of 630 S. Main street, Syracuse. Miss Wolfe is a senior at Syracuse high school. Mr. Stetler is a 1964 graduate of Syracuse high school and is employed at Midland Industries, Syracuse. No date has been set for the wedding.

SYRACUSE Hospital Notes Clark Green, r 3 Syracuse, entered the Goshen hospital Thursday, Dec. 24. He was released Saturday. Mrs. Jerry Rogers, r 3 Syracuse, was released from the Goshen hospital, Thursday, Dec. 24, Diane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Fisher, Syracuse, was treated at the Goshen hospital Thursday, Dec. 24, for an accident at home and released. Mrs. Vera O’Haver, Syracuse, was released from the Goshen hospital Thursday, Dec. 24. Tom White, Syracuse, was admitted to the Goshen hospital at 5:30 Tuesday, Dec. 22, after complaining of a back injury while at work at the Goshen Rubber Company. He was released Saturday. Mrs. Mary Pusti, Syracuse, was treated at the Goshen hospital Saturday for an accident at home and released. Mrs. Owen Avery and daughter, Esther Marie, was admitted to the, Goshen hospital. Saturday. Gerald A. Eastlund, Syracuse, was treated at the Goshen hospital Monday following an accident at home and released.

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