The Mail-Journal, Volume 3, Number 48, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 January 1965 — Page 1

Chronology Os Events Os 1964 As They, Happened In This Area

APRIL 5 1- Mrs. Catherine E. Clark, 38, r 1, Syracuse, dies. 5 2 - Sandra Irene Phrnale/and Mark Arthur Wagner receive ~s3uOO i‘Sn scholarships at Syracuse. . 2 - Gen Bauer named as Syrii-' ■cuse's Giris' Stater. Linda Pilcher is alternate. , ' 2 - Mike Brown is Syracuse Boy’s' State dele.ate. Lynn : Rittman is al-■ ternate . I 3 - Mrs, Leona Hochstetler. 69, • Nappanee mother of Mrs. Arlene Greene of Syracuse and sister ,of Mrs. Leßoy Fisher of Milford and Mrs,. Harold Arnold of Syracuse, dies. ‘ . 3 - William E. Weaver, 92, r 2

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VOLUME 3

Looks Like Claypool’s Tourney

Larwill, Claypool, Milford First Round Tournament Winners ”,_ ■ ■

■. ■ and J mtn . s <•( the .first rpui I the Kosciusko county' basketball tournament., being held in the-War-siu ln. it ’■ •ol- gym-this. week. It i ■■■ ;■ ■ Ki ' ’ ■ • - ■ I <-6 Surprises Tnere v. ( re L w -surpri • - !•■ •• night in tin 1 first round of play, although tiie Ixviburg Larwill and the .r ■■■ . games ‘prmided all the thrills There was not m uch t o t.*i during the Claypool-Pierceton game. 1 >’i SCI < - wen I-irwill user Leesburg 76 to 69, Claypool ■ • Larwill O\ er Leesburg Tin- I. wi.i D- :<i:g g.unv. the tn'’ rHiifot the willing, proved a tnr.iler ail the way. Quarter scores vel < as fallows: ■ ~ . Larwill 10 28 45 74 ! • 13 28 48 68 • Leiwiii to Hub 212.. Ward " ft ■ Leesburg ’69'—Dukes 342. Garner Lcnfesty 282.-'B' ' 425, Hutti.,:;; Wl. SUxukey at?U. iid>isbn XJS. Rodgers 235. Sausarpan lOli : Totals. 25 field goa.ls, 19 free throw s. . . ■ Claypool Over Pierceton The ton game was way. doing a fine job'of playing the, game. Quarter scores were a> fol-’ lows; Claypool ' 22 45 89 92 ’Pierceton 13 28 41 56 Claypool 92—L McKenzie 913. Ault 101. Conley 923. C. McKenzie 864, Sari.L 100. Shively 314. pat nek 020, Evans 421, Gunter 300 Totals 39 field goats, 14 free throws, 16. personal fouls. Piercoon <s^'—Wells 402, Miner 253. Reid 215, Cone 811. Bailey 615. Gregory 200 Totals 24 field goals, 8 free throws, 16 personal fouls. ■ Milford Over Akron The Milford-Akron game looked like afll Akron's game at half-time as they led 39 to 22. .Nearly half of the (Continued on page 2'

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MASONS INSTALLED — Pictured above are the officers of the Milford Masonic lodge as they were installed last Saturday night Left to right to the front row are Harn? Beer, senior sleward; Robert Geiger, senior deacon; Rev. ' Rich-

i Leesburg, dies. ■ / 4 - Miss Carol Teeple. Milford, and John Stump. Warsaw, wed. 4 - j Virginia Arthur places first in WvrU poster contest, . .. ( *-■4 - Sue Smith, Syracuse*. , places second in county elementary „ spell■ iogcontest Warsaw boy is first 4 - Tammy Jo bom to Mr. and I Mrs Joseph Bowling of r 3 Syrai euse. 15 - Anita Gay- bom to Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Blackbum of Mil- • 5 - Mj. and Mrs. Fred Banta of Lake Wawasee honored fjdr 25th anniversary. 6 - David \lbert born to Mr and Mrs Eugene Culbertson of Syra-

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Appointments Made By Milford Town Board

Appointments for the year 1965 , .were''made al Monday evening's • The’appointments follow: 'Fire-' chief Harold Kaiser: ■ Street and water eorhmissianer - Manor. Deeter Chief of police -Vernon Wolf. ’ attoi Ik-v John Logue' Park Board - Ray Bray, Gail Geiger. Bril Perry and one member to be appointed by the Columbian Reading Cjrcle Before the appointment of the

ard Sumner. chaplain: Walter Ritter. tyler; and Rev. Frank Barker. In the back row are Dr. H. C. Snyder. installing marshal; Paul Kizer, treasurer; Neman Lovell, junior steward; Ed Huber, senior wardent Joe Estep, worship master; Herschel

case. 6 - Clifford H. Swihart. 68, r 1 Warsaw, dies. He was a member of the Leesburg Masonic Lodge. 7- Jolene Leslie bom to Mr. and Mrs. 0. L. Walls of r 1 Syracuse. 8 - Mrs. Charles Atwell. 38, Amarillo, Tex , former resident of North Webster, dies. . 9 . Charles Gamer, Jr., is Leesburg's Boys’ Stater. Rodney Teepie is alternate. 9 - Dick Roose to i epresent North Webster at Boys’ State. 9 - Chore-Time Equipment. Milford, breaks ground for new addition. " 10 - Dick Sharp. Jean Kaiser, and Connie Fox win musk* honors 3t

Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est, 1888) and THE SYRACUSEAVAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907) ,

to taken by Mail-Journal photographer Tim Yeager. Dick Groves is going up for a rebound. Park Phend is under the

park board members d:scussion was held by the board members. At an earlier meeting they had been asked to appent a member of the etunAan-. to the park hoard Since the club members had donated much tme and money to rennovate the park several years ago. ’ a The Columbians will appoint their member at the club s regular meeting to be held next Monday evening J J ■* ' Planning Commission Names ; of the town’s planning commission members were also

■ Harper, junior warden; Arlo Bei» , wanger. secretary; Don Da vidsen. • junior deacon; Leslie Duncan of Bre- . men, installing chaplain;' and At- ■ thur Baumgartner. installing master. Not pictured to Lehman Wempie, I trustee.

MHS. I 10 - Charles McClure. North Web- • ster, is new coach at Syracuse. 10 - Rev. Albert Troup, 59. Syrat cuse. a native? of Milford, dies. 11 - Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fox, r. 1 Milford, celebrate golden wedding • anniversary. 11 . Jay P. Peffley marks 25th year with NIPSCO during April. 11 - Mary - Jo Conway. North Webster, wins spelling contest. 11 - Jane Ellen born to Mr. and Mrs Ruby L. Hochstetler of r 2 I Milford. • 12 - Good weather gets golf sea- | son started—Bob Auer is new pro at South Shore. 12 - Greta Carol bom to Mr: and.

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i mentioned during the meeting. This nartnnissidn was»appointed in 1963. Members of the committee are: William Mart.n. president: Mrs e Bruce (Betty; Vairianingham. vice ■j , president . Parker Phend. secretary e Arch Baumgartner and the three members of the down board Also discussed at the meeting . was tlx* chlorine pump used by the L water department. Mr. Deeter reported be was havmg trouble with t After discussion on the pump it was decided that Mr Deeter should ’ contact a water company ‘and see 3 if they couldn’t help with the prob- ' ' lem. . ’ Present at the meeting were board members Merril R.nk. Carl Duncan and Darrell Om. clerktreasurer Mrs. Herbert (Edith' Baumgartner, town attorney John Logue, street and water commis- ; sinner Manon Deeter and chief of police Vernon WoM. f I Milford Police Report For December 1964 . The following is the Milford po-I lice report for the month of De- . cember 1964. It was released by [chief of police Vernon Wolf. ~• I ' Warnings - 11. accidents -2, park- , ing tickets -6, breaking entry - ;I. theft - 2, dog calls -2, fire calls " 1 1. misc. complaints - 11. I The police car was driven 1,1831 miles. TOM KRAMER RETURNS Ito academy j Cadet Tom Kramer departed I from Bunker Hili Air Force Base on Sunday to return to the U. S. Air . Force .Academy. ’He had spent two weeks Christmas leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Kramer. Second semester classes start I this week. ‘

Mrs. John Hurd of Milford. 12 - Lee Ann bora to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Schacht of Syracuse. 12 - Jeffrey Alan born to Mr. and j Mrs. Douglas Naylor of Syracuse. 13 - William Neal bom to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Haab of Milford. 14 - Leslie H. (Red) Humphrey, 72, Milford — Goshen, dies.’ 14 - Frank C. Thompson, 72. for- i mer director of the Farmers’ State Bank of North Webster, dies. < 14 . Larry Lee Davis. Jr., three- ' month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lar- 1 ry L. Davis, Sr., of r 2 Goshen, dies. The grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Davis of. Michigan, for- < mer director of the Farmers State ! j 15 - Steven. Douglas bom to Mr.

THURSDAY. JANUARY 7, 1965

Burglars Net $l5O At Wawasee ’ Package Store Syracuse and state police officers are' investigating a break-in at the Wawasee Package Liquor Store on south' Huntington street "Syracuse, early Monday morning.' Jan. 4. , ’ • Mrs Lenora Schacht, owner, told officers that she found the front door of the building ajar when she arrived to open the business at 9 mi. An investigation revealed that SISO was taken from the cash box. Also missing were a leather .whiskey .flask and a carton of. cigarInvestigating officers’ said,the intruders apparently entered the bail-. through a window and left through the front door. The break-:." is thought to have taken sometime between 1. and 3 am" Milford Lions Receive Two New Members _ The. Milford Lions club received two new members at their Monday night meeting at the Melody Case They Harry Phend and Arlo Beiswanger. The Lions discussed several plans of payment for meals and the board will submit, several plans for a vote at the next meeting. 'Hie club’also discussed its fish fry, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 13. ’District- governor Lloyd Deardorifof the Ardmore club will make his annual visitation at the next meeting, Monday. Jan. 18. The sub-district convention will be held at the Culver Military Academy on Sunday, March 21.

Announce FonriationOL A New Company .Vmouncement is being made this week of a new company, the National Manufacturing Corporation, located in the Enchanted Hills area I on Lake Wawasee. i The firm wiM specialize in ornamental wrought iron work, production welding and interior steel de- | corating. The company will specialize in steel stairways. ’ Paul Hathaway is president of the new corporation: John Loo, vice president; and Phil Oppenheim, sec- ‘ retary-treasurer. * MRS. PE ARL LOCKE '. ■ J BREAKS LEG Mrs. Pearl Locke of near Milford broke her leg on December 36 while walking across the road in Safasota. Fla. ’’ . Mrs. Locke was on vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Slabaugh and sons and Miss Pat Lyon of Goshen. She is recouperating at her home. THE ROBERT MISES HA\TE BABY GIRL NEW YEAR’S DAY A baby girl. .Angela Jo, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wise of Milford at 7 p. m. on Friday, Jan. 1, at the Goshen hospital. The infant was the second babv to be borfi at the Gosben hospital in 1965 and the first to be born to a Milford couple this year. Angela Jo tipped the scales at seven pounds, four ounces and | measured 26’4 inches long. She has one brother, Scott, 3, and one sister, Sberrfil, 1H- Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wise of Milford and Mr. and Mrs. Joe I Stooder of Nappanee.. A great- > great-grandmother is Mrs. Harvey' Anglemeyer of Millersburg.

1 and Mrs. Vernon Slabaugh of r 3 Syracuse. 15 - Kathy Lynn born to Mr. and. Mrs. Burton Butt. a, 15 - Elizabeth Anne bom to Mr. and Airs. Fred D. Hershberger of Leesburg. 15 - Homer Marshall, 73. dies in Sarasota, Fla. He spent his sum- 1 mers at Syracuse Lake. 1 15* - I. U. coach Branch McCrack- * en speaks at’Syracuse athletic ban- ’• quet. Top awards go to Dennis Buhrt. John Longenbaugh, and Lar- i ry Jones. • < 17. - Mrs. Mae LeCocnt, 78. Millersburg. dies. She was a native of Syracuse. 1 18 - Mrs. Lee (Vivian s Melling-

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NEW; BOARD MEMBER — Mrs. Frank (Blanche) Bates, 724 Front street, Syracuse, became the new Syracuse town board-yinember from ward I’/Wwinesday evening when she was sworn into office by town attorney Robert Reed.

Mrs. Frank Bates Sworn Into Office Tuesday Night

The Syracuse town board of trustees in their first meeting of the hew year had for the first time in several months a full slate of board “members. Town, attorney, Robert Reed, sw-ore y in Mrs. Frank Blanche Bates as a member of the board from the third precinct at Tuesday’s meeting. .Mrs. Bates will’ fill the vacancy left by clerk-treasurer Walter Calnon some time ago when he resigned to. replace Mrs. Lo;s Schleeter as clerk-treasurer, following her resignation. Mrs. Betty Dust, addressing Mr. Reed, asked if the replacing a member of the board by appointment was lawful. To which Mr. Reed rC& | piied it was. the law. national, state, county and down to town's, that I a vacancy may be filled by appointment. Mr. Calnon. after reading the minutes of the ’last meeting and | two special meeting held December 15- and 21, told die board mem- , bers that the work on the wells had been completed except* for the installing pf the meters. I The chlorinator needs work done on it and on Wednesday. Jan. 6, the Earth Company met with Walter Ha ger don street commissioner . and- Mr. Calnon and gave estimates of the cost of the chlorinator work and also an estimate on installing more w-ater valves vMr. Calnon feels that the snsU pit where the chfawinator is now located is a "death trap” and should be re-

Weatherhead Co. Gets Govt. Contract

The Defense Construction Supply: Center. Columbus, 0., a field ac- j tivity of the Defense Supply Agen-, cy. Department-of Defense, has an-j nounced the award of the following contract: ! A Rubber Hose contract valued at $26,810.72 has been awarded to;

er, 24. Fort Wayne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher of Syra-. cuse. dies. 18 - John .Albert bom to Mr. and Mrs. Kentieth Cannon of Milford. 20 - Chester M. Stiffler, 66, Syracuse, dies. 21 - Mrs. Pauline Magaline Archer, 59. Warsaw, dies. She was the step-mother of Charles E. Archer of Oswego and Norman Leroy .Archer of Leesburg. , 22 - William Orvel Wooten, 62, r 1, Milford, dies. 23 John Henry Bushong, 78. Milford. dies. 23 . Donald Lester Hall, ,47. Milford, dies. ■ *' 23 - Robert R. Wood, 78, Warsaw, |

I.ook/ng on in the above photo, toft, is Waltor F. Calnon, town clerktreasurer. .Mrs. Rates assumes the post vacated by Mr. Calnon wben he became Syracuse town elerk-treasurer, following the resignation of Lois Sch-

- ■ located, either at the well, or in b’ the pump house. Since-it' is gas B and carries 50 pounds pressure, a , f man . working in the pit would be Injured iL the valve should" blow ; 1, : out. j I Mr. ’ Calnon tdd the bail’d- that a d representative of the Weatherhead •- Confpany had contacted him re- J garding a new contract for water, y also stating that the company needK ed more water. Mr. Calnon referr- • ed the rpatter to Robert Reed wik> r will look into the contracts and res port at a later meeting. Loren Longenbaugh read a letter I ■ from the fire ciepartment regarding ', Hess as fire chief. The board gave its approval of ‘ the . fire department’s appointment. • . i ; Parking Meters < f President of the board, Byron " Connolly, stated that several cit:- , tens had asked to have the park- ' ing meters removed from Syracuse j Main street and stated that if there are any persons interested in hav- c i ing them removed they should come j ‘ before tbe board, at a meeting, and t ’ state their reasons for wanting the meters removed. . e Mr. Calnon. read from records. < , the amount of $82:88 w r as . collect- e ! ed from the parking meters in ’he last two weeks in December, if the meters are removed the funds from them' that has been used for resurfacing the streets will have to , come from the taxpayers. j Joe Hughes ' again pointed out * (Continued chi page 7) | M

I the Weatherhead Company, Qeve-1 land, one of four companies responding to the 41 invitations-to-bid. Production area is contractor’s facility at Syracuse. All contracts awarded by the Defense Construction Supply Center , are in conformance with regula- ,

father of Marshall Wood of Lees- . burg, dies. 23 - Mrs. Emory (Lulu) Cooper, 82, r 1 Milford, dies. 23 - Irvan Bailey, 73, Jackson. Mich , "dies. 24 - Mrs. Vemie M. Farmwald, 83, Richmond, formerly of Nappar nee, dies. " . < • 25 - Mary Jo .Conway, North Webster. wins county spelling championship. 26 - Sharon Smith, Syracuse, and Benjamin Reed. New Paris, wed. 26 - David S., Jr., bom to Mr. and Mrs. David S. Bodenhnmer of Atlanta, Ga. Mr. and* Mrs. M. L.

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leeier. Other Syracuse town board mem- . bers are Byron A. Connolly, board- j president, Vernon T, Beckman, Willard N. Nusbaum, and Loren . F Longenbaugh. A Mail-Journal staff photo.

Robbery At Mt. Wawasee Friday . Burglars entered the Mt.' Wawasee ski lodge last Friday and made off w-ith sexeral ladies’ did jackets, knit headbands, men’s black and white leather gloves, several knit sweaters and possibly several ski pants. The value of the clothing w.as well over SIOO. The fashionable ski lodge is located south of New’ Paris. . In addition to the clothing taken the burglar dr burglars also took. S3O from a cash register and S6O worth of frozen frankfurters and hamburgers from a freezer in an kitchen. A cigarette machine was broken, but the machine was empty.. According to Elklwrt county’s chief deputy sheriff Howard E. Sail-' isbury, who investigated, entry to the lodge was gained by breaking and then crawling through a lower east window into a stock room. An inner door glass was broken to enter the lodge room. ' - ■"' '■ Returns To CalifomiS Mrs. H. C. Shipcott and -two sons iave returned to their home in San Francisco. Calif, after-a two veeks visit in' Syracuse with Mr. and Mrs J. B Cox and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Disher and daughter.

Itions governing Defense contracts to Small Business and Labor Surplus Areas., A major goal of the Defense Supply Centers in procurement at ttie lowest sound price through greater price competition to help cut defense costs. , ■i '

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