The Mail-Journal, Volume 3, Number 48, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 January 1965 — Page 8

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*JKI l£ ’”* >f Mr. and Mrs. Paul Levernier Celebrate Silver Weddina Anniversary Sunday

The silver Wedding anniversary, of Mi and Mrs. Paul Levernier of. Syracuse was ob-erxed on Sunday, Jan. 3, from 3 to 5 o do; k in ' the afternoon at the Syracuse Scout Cabin. ■ Xrr.tneernonis for the .surprise re made by the .Lever-. ■ ■ - , «>: i- ’. <li,>na;»<j4is an<r Sh.irop . s;.- - The couple was married .oh De. comber 31. . 1939. in the Syracuse Methodist church Mrs.- Lever ier is the former Pauline Sund '■ of she late Mr and M; - James Sunday of ‘Huntington. Mr Levernier is the sdhi <rf Mr. and

Milford Locals

Air ;ihd Mrs Dewey Fox of near Milford ' were evening guests on New* Year s' in th<‘ home of their daughter and • husband, Mr and t Milford • George LeroyLehmanofrr Warsaw bought the new home constructed by Dale Perry of Warsaw on the old ;M J ford-Syracuse mad and with bis-w.fe and three daughters have moved there: ' ' 9 Milford .spent New Year’s evis and day at. the home of Mr. and Mrs, guests New Year’s day in the home <>f Mr and Mrs Harold Sharp of J mto.vn . • Mr and Mrs Ebner Haab and Patty- and Shirley Steffen'Of. Syr i cum- spent Wednesday and. Thursday of la<* week w.th Mr and Mrs Robert Wuethrich at Rensselaer. Mr and Mrs R.»y Ztmnw 1 ofWashmgton, W. Va.. spent the New Year’* week end With his parents, Mr and Mrs Michael Zimmerman. and family at Milford. j D. G. Seely .of Milford spent the holiday week--:<! Glenn -Ellen. 11l . visiting with Mr Seel vs sister and familv Mr' an L. Mr- M J D.Vklo. Marie and j Philip..' On Friday Mrs Seely and I Mr- D Addio and‘children went to Garfield park -where they viewed the Christmas flower show sponsored by the Chicago parks Mr and Mrs Jerry Bushong and Johny of Waubee lake spent I <:. t A .>•<: A. i i wicre Mr Bushong attended tie state school bus drivers convention, - Mrs i’.-.i. ■i relumed to their home last Thursday after v.sit.ng hr a few’ days in the [home of Mrs Morgan’s parMr and Mrs James Stu ** man at Milford. Mr, and ■ Mrs Lester Jones of Elkhart were Sunday visitors in the home of Mr and Mrs Marshall Estep of r 2 Milford. Mrs. Jones anti Mrs Estep are sisters. Mr and Mrs. Noble Fisher and | Rex' took their daughter Eariefte back to Indiana university on Sunday. Earleen is a freshman at the. Bloomington university. | The following guests were entertained at dinner on Sunday to the home of Mr and Mrs. Oliver Haab and son Alvin at Milford: Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Beer. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Haab. Nettie and Don. Mr and Mrs Steven Haab. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Haab and Jill. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Haab and Greg, Mr. and Mrs Walter Steffen and'family, and, Miss Edith Baumgartner, all of the Milford-Syracuse area. Mrs. Daniel H. Jessop and family of Knightstown were Saturday visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs. Ham Beer and son. Robert, of Milford. § Saturday eartv evening guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. HamBeer of Milford were Charles W Jessop and family of New Casbe Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mathews and Ml Kermeth of Milford arrived home Saturday from a twcweek vacation to Florida.

Thursday. January 7, 1965

The cabin was decorated n silver and white Three tables were used in - the m -tting One table, was covered with -a Uneo tablecloth and held a beautiful arrangement of wh:t t > and lavender mums and silver leaves The jot her table held a .me tiered cakL punch, coffee and nora d’oeuvres.. About 150 persons attended including Mr - Levemier’s parents and other relatives and friends Vssistrig Sha/on .nd Shirley were Mrs E. Debbie ■ ler, Mrs Bill Brake. Gary. Brinkman and Miss ’ Dianne Kerfin'.

Dan H Je>sop of Knightstown I -pt to Wednvs Uy with Mr and Mr.-. Harry B it DMihoid. Sunday dirtier guests in the home j of-Mr and Mrs Mace Hollar were ] j Mr imd Mrs Harold Gawthrop and ’ Jan. and Mrs Carl •'•Gawthrop of Enn Green; Mr and Mrs. Floyd . Hollar. Douglas and Marcia of Warsaw;- and Dan Albert of Leesburg • The occasion honored Floyd Holjlar's birthday Mr and Mrs James - GawtHrop of Benton were after- [ noon callers M ■ and Mrs Howaqi- McDonald . n-i Mr asi Mrs.- iTernu..-. Mild r . i-t(xi in the home’ of the latter’s brother-to-law and wife. Mr and ■ Mrs Ab in Hprtter in South Bend. W«« inesday• Mr Hartter is recoverI were dinner guests in his home. : Oil New Year’s eve Mr and MrsDewey Fox of Milford were guests •■i tin- home us Mr Fox’s brother, j Delbert Fox. and wife at Nappanee. | Mrs. Pearl Hall of Champaign, Dl.'is visiting Mrs Don Hail of ■' . '■ . - Mr and Mrs Marshall Gay of. Were Sunday callers in., the. home pt her parents, Mr. and I. Mrs James Sluckman of Milford, j Mr. bay -.s ju-t but •' ' Lifter having a very’ serious hear* | operation and. is reported to be do- i ing fine , • i Mr hnii Mrs Dewey C Fox anti family of near Milford visited his | and family. Mrs William Ber-1 key, east .of Goshen on Sunday. | Mr and Mrs James Stuckman of [ i MUford will ieav e tomorrow morn- | . I : Terre Haute ’.They will return on Saturday. / . i Sunday dinner guests in the home i of Mr anti Mrs Herbert Baumgart-Ji her of Milford were Mr. and Mrs.L William Phebus of South Bend and p Mr and Mrs Wilder Bumside ofr Walkerton ■ * . • Mr .rid Mrs Dewey C Fox of ' near Milford were Sunday evenirig | callers in the home of her parents, Mr and Mrs. Glen Whitehead of New Paris. 4 Mr and Mrs Roscoe Smith of Milford attended the funeral ser- . vices for Charles E Meek of War- * saw Tuesday. Mr. Meek was a couslin of Mrs. Smith. . 1 . Mr. and Mrs. Ray Haab and Jill * and Mr. said Mrs. Elmer Haab of ; r 1 Syracuse recently spent two days in Haviland. Ohio, visiting the I George Sinn and Ray Sinn families. I ; They also called at the homes of I Mr and Mrs. Dan Sinn and Mr. I and Mrs. Millard Stoller in Paukl-i-Ohio •■ ■ ■ VICTOR BEER FAMILY t TO MOVE TO FIAJRIDA Mr. and Mrs. Victor Beer and r Bruce, Brenda, Bryan and Debra of Milford will leave Friday for Laßdla. Fla. to make their home for the next year Mr / Beer. who has 1 owned and operated a garden cenr ter on road 15 north of Warsaw for several years, will manage an orange grove near Laßella. Another daughter. Vicki, a sophxnore in the I Milford school. wiQ stay with her I grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beer, until school is out, then go to I Florida.

Ligonier News

By ROSE CUNNINGHAM I World Service Day To Be Observed At EUB Church World Sen ice Day will be observed by'"'special services in the Jchurch here, Sunriav, Jan. 10. ' L Mrsx Tom Stout and Mrs. James Spramfr. the committee m charge of tins program, announce that Mrs. Charles Leader, retired Missionary in Africa, will be the speaker of tiie day Mr <i :d Mrs Leader were in the missionary field from 1925 .mi August 1964 The morning worship will be in charge of the WSW S. and Mrs. Leader will give-a talk during that sen ice. There will be a family carry-in dinner at 6 p.m. and Robert Davenport is in charge of a program of appreciation for the pastor and his wife Following the dinner, Mrs. i Leader will show sotiveniers. in the j sanctuary, of, the years spent in Vriea. and will hold ‘a' brief question and answer period. MEETING OF HISTORICAL SOCIETY the 'Stone’s, Trace Historical Society of Noble county held it’s Janmeet.ng last Tuesday, at Sun-E-Si.de 'Recreation Center; The committee in charge of the i restoration of the Stone's. Hill his-i •.•■r. ■ t.ncrn report that work is progressing as usual ; this winter,J in spite of the weather Large num- • bets of volunteers have turned out on Wednesday, evenings, and the' ’room being worked on at present j is the south room on the first floor, i which wfl serve as. the Society’s; meeting place when the restoration j is, completed. . BLUES CALLED TO OHIO Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Blue were called to Cleveland, 0., by the death of Mrs. ’ - Blue's brother. Ernest j Long were held in that , city h riday afternoon. .Usd attend-: ing the services were Richard and ! Wayne kSheUey- of Elkhart, nephejys • of Mr Long. Adult Fanner Classes Begin Tuesday Ligonier Adult Farmer Evening, classes began Tuesday evening. Milford Richmond. Noble county S.C.S.- agent, discussed, “Maintaining and 'improving ..1 Sod Fertilization Program". The classes will tie held at 7:30 each Tuesday evening for ten weeks in the agriculture room of the Ligonier high school. They are set up each year by the vocation agriculture committee. A farm marketing contest will be held, throughout the duration of the meetings and refreshments will be tarnished by tile American State Bank. AU farmers in the area are ■ in ? - vited to attend ■

JOE TICE IS SUICIDE VICTIM I Joe Eari Tice, age 66. was found ' iby neighbors about noon Friday. I Jan 1. hanging by a rope in a small building at the rear of his I ! home on Mercer street I Morris Sprague and his .family had noticed that the screen Was open and banging back and forth for ■ several days, at the door of the residence where Mr. Tice lived ay < lone. Upon inquiry they found thafi none of the neighbors had seen him since Wednesday, so they be- » discovery of the body. , Noble ’ county coroner, Joseph Greenlee of Avilla, set the time of s [death at 9pm Dec. 30 Mr f Tice was bom February 20. . 1596? in Benton, Ind., and was never . married ' •' v Surviving are three brothers, Ray, California, Lewis. Goshen. John. Kalamazoo; and three sisters, Mrs. I Edna Wagner and Mrs Jacob Berkey. Goshen, and, Mrs. George Howser. Millersburg Services were held Monday. Jan. 4, at 3 pm/ in the Ulrey-Sedgw-ick funeral home in this city with Rev C R. Bitzer of the E.U B. church officiating Burial was to the Elkhart Prairie cemetery near Goshen. SCHUMAN HOME 1 DAMAGED BY FIRE ' I igonier fire department reports i extensive damage by fire and I smoke to the Lyle Schuman resi- ! dence, W Grand street, at aboto 7 1 p. m. Sunday. Most of the fire danV I age was confined to the basement area. Schuman’s 17-year-oid son, Kenneth. was using a permanent charcoal grill that had been installed J in the basement. He received first ■ and second degree burns to the ’ right side of his face and right hand, and was treated by Dr. Don- ’ aid Hooker. — L — NEVADA WEDDING Mrs. Marjorie Galloway and Herbert. Gafloway, announce •.he marriage of their daughter Diane to Douglas P. Smith of Fort Wayne.

The ceremony was performed on a Friday in December in the Little’ Chapel of the Flowers at Las Vegas, Nev. . • . The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leßoy G. Smith of Fort Wayne. The couple will make their home in Downey, Calif. WINNERS IN DRAWING Martin McDonald, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Darold McDonald, ■ was a recent winner at the Ligonier I Chamber of Commerce • gift night June Davis of Syracuse and Phil ! Lemon of Kimmell were area win- i nets: Other Liognier winners were Virginia Hicks. St eye Eytcheson, j Flossie Freed, Sue Tinkey. Mike Clark, Mrs. Fred Ott, Amelia Rau- , I bert, Lena Bowling, Sue Griffith, 1 Tom Hokes, Marge Meroney, Lora | Berry’, Dorothy - Overmyer, and i Becky Blake. Saint Patricks Sodality Officers Installed i St. Patrick s Sodality met Tues- ! day evening. Jan. 5, at the home of. 'Mrs Charles Price. | The meeting ’was in the charge ; of the president. Mrs. jack Griffith. { and was opened with a prayer by; Father Linni k After the usual business was conducted Mrs. Griffith installed the ’ new president. Mrs. James McCullough, and vice president. Mrs. Rol- ' lin Stanley, who will serve fob the next two years. Twenty two. members attended this meeting. After the social hour j ' hostesses, Mrs. Robert Topham. Mrs. Russell Emerick and Mrs. An- f drew Chavez. —L— ’ g % School Board Meets; Hear NIPSCO; Representative I The board of education of the 1 West Noble,School Corporation held . its regular monthly meeting Tues- j day evening, Jah. 5, at the Ligonier , high school building with all present j except Lyle Schuman. Ligonier, and - Edward Bourie, , Cromwell. iRepresentatives from Northern, i j Indiana Public Service Co. Spoke ( to the board in behalf of their com- , pany on furnishing electric power . and gas service for the proposed < new high school. . - - J Teacher tenure was then discussad_and this matter, will be weeks before any c sions are made ! by the board. w George Eikhoff of Columbia Citv was hired as an instructor to teach at a West Noble, math'workshop to ' start the middle .of January. I The quotation of the Ashland Oil | Co., Ligonier for gasoline to be I furnished at 20 cents per gallon for buses at the Wawaka School, was accepted by the board. Bids will be received for two new school busses, to be received by and opened ort kebruary 2, 1965. LIGONIER ]| OBITUARIES — —

FATHER DIES AT BEDFORD Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wellman and family were calletj to Bedford, Ind . morning by the death of Mr. Wellman's father, Alva Wellman. - . f Mr Wellman died in the hospital at Madison* Ind, on Tuesday eve- | ning and services will be in charge of the Dav and Carter Mortuary at . Bedford. '-- L - Loren Heeler Loren Heeter, 73, died at las home. • 406 Water street, of a coronary on ’ January 1. at 5 am. “Mr Heeter was bom May 22. 1891. in Warsaw, and had spent most of rr.s 1 letime in the Ligonier community. He was -married to Wava Stalls in June of 15M3 Surviving besides his wife are two sons and two daughters, the sons are Ray of* Mishawaka and Glen of South Bend The daughters are Mrs. Opal Bradbury, Mishawaka and Mrs. June Adkins of i Mishawaka One stepson. Charles Stuits, Goshen, also survives r Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 4. at 1:30 p.m. in the Ulrey-Sedgwick funeral home with Rev. Devon Stump in charge Burial was in Oak Park cemetery. James Dunbar, Jr. Services were held in the UlreySedgwick funeral home Sunday, 3, at 1:30 p.m. for James Dunbar. Jr., 807 Cavin street Mr. Dunbar died to the Parkview hospital. Fort Wayne, at 8 aim. Tuesday of injuries received to a car accident four miles north of Columbia City, Dec 23. He was born April 11. 1928. to , Ktogston. W. Va.. and had resided in Ligonier for three years. He was [ a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Surviving besides his wife Virgtoia, are one son Ronald, a brother William. Ligonier: and two sisters, Mrs. White, and Mrs. Mary Dickerson. Loosedale. Miss. Rev. Devon Stamp conducted the services and burial was to Oak Park cemetery, Liognier. Military services were held at the grave.

[ LIGONIER LOCALS Carey Fought. 10-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Byron Fought, is a patient in the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wavhe. * Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davenport, and son Dave, had as their Christmas dinner guests, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lawson and son, of Kendali ville. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Bush entertained Sunday in honor of their daughter. Christine, who celebrated her ninth birthday. Guests w’ere Mr. and Mrs, Bernard Kief and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kline, of South Milford. Miss Gladys Gillespie had as her guests lor Christmas dinner .Mr--. .Alta Miller. Miss Magddine Green and Miss Halle Goshom. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mault were guests last weekend oi Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Smith. Clinton Fulk and Mr. and Mrs. Don Eurker and daughter, in Valparaiso. Guests on Christmas day of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Rose were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rose and family J Elkhart, and Mr. and Mrs. Harrv Fahl. Mrs Max Sperry is a patient in the South Bend Memorial hospital i where»she underwent suregry Tues- J day for a bone graft on her hip 1 wh.eh w is fractured two years ago. SYRACUSE BANK HAS NEW EMPLOYEES The Syracuse State Bank 4ias two new employees. James Fry’, has taken a position in the loan section. Mr. Fry is at present a postal ; worker but will assume bis new duties January 19. I Another recent employee at the bank is Mrs. Lucy Garrett, who has been, at the bank for a short 1 time, and is a Syracuse resident. MRS. BECKER RETURNS FROM SOUTHERN TRIP Mrs. Hattie "Becker of r 2 Milford > has returned from a. holidays trip j which took her to Hot Springs ar.d Eureka Springs, Ark.; Independence, Mo., where she visited President Truman’s Memorial; Bardstown. Ky.. where she had dinner at the, Old Talbott Inn which -was built in 1735 arid has never been closed; , and My’ Old Kentucky Home where I Stephen Foster wrote many of his memorial songs. yV Read the CLASSIFIEDS

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Lakeland Youth, Inc. Holds Officer-Director Election

Election of officers and new’ directors was the order of business at the January 3 meeting of the adult board for Lakeland Youth. Inc. .■ I Paul Moore was elected president of the board with Mrs. Frank Putt as vice president. Jay Peffley was retained, as treasurer and Mrs. Robert Hulley was named secretary. New directors are: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Putt. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hulley. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Naylor, Sir. and. Mrs. Harry Appenzeller and Mr., and Mrs. Charles Kroh. Jr - r . ' . Retiring from the board are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Alfrey. Mr.. and Mrs. James Stucky arid Mr. and Mrs John Kroh. 'Hold over directors include Mr. and Mrs.' Paul Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Peffley, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wells’ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reed and Mrs. Elmo

ALIENS HAVE UNTIL JANUARY 31 TO FILE ADDRESS REPORTS . officials are. well pleased with the response of aliens in this state to.address report requirements. B.vron- G. Johnson, officer in J charge of the immigration and natI uralization service, stated that although the program has been underi way ‘only a few days, the number ' reporting thus far is ’well ahead of i the number reporting during the’ . same year. ! Aliens have until the end of Janu1 ary’ to submit their address reports to the government. Forms for the ! purpose may be obtained at any post i office- or any office of the immigra- ' tion Service. | »Ail aliens, with few exceptions, ~ are required to report. Those excus- J ed from this requirement include . , diplomas, persons accredited to cer- • ‘ tain inte-mational organizations and 1 persons who were admitted temporarily as agricultural workers. . < Aliens who are minors must also t report, but the parent or legal guard- - ian <hould submit report for an ( alien child under 14 years of age. ( ~ i ’ t Seemingly the driest part’ of In- $ diana during October was the south i western portion. At Evansville the entire monthly rainfall was only t 0.01 of an inch. ‘ r The U.S. Coast Gurad maintains I i long range aids to navigation sta- ! tions throughout the wond, provid- ,a ing trans-oceanic ships and aircraft! with navigational checkpoints. > i

Niccum. I One Year A y ear has passed since LakeLand Youth, Inc., was organized and The. activities at the i center began in the. spring. There are presently 560 including young people from the entire Lakeland area. A youth board has been working ! I with Forrest (Bud' Smith, center 4 director and many events have tak- i en place. There has been continuing interest in the center, by -many persons in the community and much ! volunteer help offered and accCptled. The board of directors wish to thank all those who have made this first year the success that it has been. All of the goals of the original planners have not yet been reached but real progress has been made.. The board is especially apprecia-

! JAMES STUCKMAN I TO SHOW SLIDES James Stuckman of Milford who spends his summers traveling and I taking pictures for the Ansco film company has several engagements in the next, few w’eek» ■/ On Sunday. Jan. 10. lie will lie at the Syracuse Church of the Brethren: on January 11 he will be at the Ligonier Rotary club meeting. On Sunday. Jan. 17. he will be at the Milford Christian church .and on January 25 he will show his slides to the Sorosis club of. Milford. On the second day of. February the iocal man will show his slides to the Plesent Lake Lions'dub .t’J on February' 15 he will show them to the Milford Lionsi & This year Mr. Stuckman’s pictures are- on the state parks of Indiana. SYRAt ISE COUPLE VISIT LN FLORIDA Mr. and. Mrs. T. M. Wills of r 4 Syracuse are visiting in Florida, taking in several points, of interest. Th,ey visited the,- observation decks of the citrus tower in the highlands of central Florida at Clermont. The view includes the largest concentration of citrus. in the world over $700,000,000 worth of citrus acreage. Hundreds of lakes and 17 million trees are within the 2,000 square mile area seen from the top of the tower. They visited the glass blowing studio and seen the artists at j w’prfc. the citrus processing plant ! and the gift shop. Mr. and Mrs. Wills also visited in St. Petersburg and Tampa. |

I five of the fine work Mr. Smith, J the center director, has done during 1964. Not only was he respon- | sible for the day by day operation of the center, but he worked hard at planning ahead. The Halloween party and both the Christmas and New Year’s events were outstand- ; ing. . ■ Every effort has been made to “see that the center did not compete with the school or the churches for the time of the young people. WTiile active participation is limited to members, all others are welcome to drop in and watch What, is- happening from times to time. Parents, partiCuarly, are urged to ‘‘see for themselves”. . I While the center has done very well, financially, it will be needing financial assistance by the Internal Revenue Department as a deductable gift recipient.

NEWS from th* ABOARD USS ORION — Steven Lav bn Hoover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hoover, r 4 Syracuse, "is stationed aboard the USS Orion, Norfolk, Va. His full address is: USS Orion, 775-66-57-FA , , AS-18, % FPO, Div. S-2 New York, N.i Y. The Ray Hoovers and daughters, Sandra and Sue Lynn, returned. Friday from a visit with their son u»t Norfolk. ’ , • The U.S. Coast Guard Maintains ships and shore installations overseas as well as in the United States. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is the United States’- oldest overseas navql base acquired through a lease i agreement with Cuba in 1903.