The Mail-Journal, Volume 3, Number 51, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 January 1965 — Page 3
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20 YEARS AGO, JANUARY 25, 1545 The Baumgartner Coal 1 Ice Co. completed its ice making at Waubee lake on Tuesday. They report that the ice is 10 inches thick and of good quality. * A former Milford man. Pfc. Joe A. Tribble, whose wife, the former Helen Oswalt of Milford now residing in Elkhart, is a late war casualty, having died of lobar pneumonia in St. Vith. Belgium, on December 8. Miss Feme Locree Rich of Wakarusa. daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs Frank Rich, will be married to Lawrence Edward Beer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Beer of New Paris, on February 14. Rov Turing .and daughter Frances of Hastings met with an accident on Monday evening while en route home from Nappanee where both have employment. Due to the icy condition
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—— st of state road 19, a car collided with their car. Mr. Tusing suffered a crushed knee and Miss Tusing has a mashed finger and a number of cuts. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Speicher, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Speicher, and Miss Juanita Evans of .Warsaw visited Sunday in Elkhart with Wallace Speicher’s brother, Milton. Allen Shively, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shively of SE of here, left on Monday for Indianapolis for induction into the army. Miss Caroline Beck, a sophomore at Manchester college, spent the week end visiting Betty Maxine Tom. . / 30 YEARS AGO, JAN. 31, 1535 Mentone defeated Beaver Dani 3126 Saturday night to win the championship' game of the Kosciusko county basketball tournament.
I Al Cobe, the Indian lecturer from 1 the University of Chicago, was entertained last week from Wednesday ' until Friday morning in the home of Chester Overleese. An 84 pound son, Roger Bird, was bom Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Graff. * Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hartter and Max Harris arg occupying the Fremont Hollar residence. The marriage of Miss Maryanna Postma, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Postma, and Nansen Kline, son of John Kline, occurred October 9, 11932, in Warsaw. Road funds used in Kosciusko county amounted to $118,889 for the year 1934. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Becknell will soon move to the BartholomewI Becknell farm which has been farm[ed by Moses Ryman for the past 21 I years. Miss Mary Mellenger of east of 1 Milford will operate the lunch room 'at Price's service station this seai son: ~~ 40 YEARS AGO. JANUARY 22, 1925 Emery L. Mast and Laura R. Yod!er, both of Milford, were granted a j marriage license at Goshen last week. L. C. Gross of Akroni has purchased the Monroe Beck residence, located on west Emetine street. The
residence is now occuiped by Mrs. Blanche Parks and daughter. Miss Helen Warstler of South Bend was a week end guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Warstler, of south of town. Mrs. Frank Groves, owner of the opera house block, is having some extensive improvements made on the interior. Mrs. Ethel Sewers entertained at a "poverty social” on Thursday evening of last week in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bird, for the Comrades Sunday school class of the Grace Brethren church. Mrs. Henry Allen of Dayton. 0., formerly Miss Ethel Felkner of Milford. has been the guest of her uncle, E. W. Felkner. and family and other relatives, since Saturday. Miss Dimple Van Pherson is employed as a domestic in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Forrest J. Young. Harry Gaunt is packing his stock of merchandise this week and will move it to Converse where he will combine Jiiis two 5 & 10 cent stores. REMEMBER .. . WHEN IT HAPPENED IN SYRACUSE — ——— ————— ONE YEAR AGO Over 20 ioe fishing houses are resting at the itotfom of Syracuse and Wawasee Lakes, according to conservation officer Earl Money. Officer Money said the houses sank to the bottom over the weekend when ice on the lakes melted at a rapid pace. Charles Cleveland, r 4. Syracuse, new highway engineer for the Kosciusko county highway department will commence iris duties Saturday, Feb. 1. .All events of the second annual Svracuse-Wawasee Winter Carnival scheduled to be held on Syracuse Lake February’ 16 will be held at Mt. Wawasee according to the committee in charge of the event. Ray ft’oder. owner of the Frog tavern on left Mondav with his brother Ralph Yoder of Mishawaka for Acapulco, Mexico, for a vacation The new Village Tap located at the Wawasee Bowl opened today to the public. FIVE YEARS AGO Mrs. Fletcher Marsh and her Sun-
day school class from Grace Bible’ church called on Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Bailey on Sunday recently and entertained them with songs. They took along ice cream and cake. Mrs. Nelson Miles returned to her teaching position in the Nappanee high school Monday for the first day since suffering injuries in an , automobile accident before Thanks- • giving. Fred and Emily Elstrod closed their popular antique store and gift shop in Wawasee Village for two months’ vacation. Mr. and Ms. James Kirkwood entertained at a dinner parly Thursday night at their Lake Wawasee home. and Mrs. Cliff Kinder flew to Tifton, Ga., Tuesday, for a week’s visit at their plant. TEN YEARS AGO Tillman Coy. j- 3 Syracuse, reported last week that one of his Jersey cows gave birth to a calf, 204 inches tall and weighing 20 pounds. The Coys bottle fed the calf and kept it in the house until it was big enough to be in the bam. The Cantonese restaurant was the I scene Friday night of the Syracuse library board members’ , annual dinner, with husbands and wives. Mrs. Jose Olivaeer of Chicago and Goshen (the former Nancy Ketering) was a recent guest of her mother, Mrs. George Warner, and Mr. Warner, and her rister, Mrs. Jack Stoelting,. and Mr. Stoelting. Mr. and Mrs. John Bowser were in Dowagiac. Mich., Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Snodgrass. ; Mrs. Elizabeth Pollock and Mrs, Martha Whettan attended a meeting in Cromwell Thursday night of the Pythian Sisters Past Chief club. TWENTY YEARS AGO John Edward Maggert, 82. a native of Cromwell where, he was em- j ployed by a lumber firm for 33 years, died Saturday night, following a week’s illness. 5 Mr. and Mrs. R. K Miller and son Tommy spent Thursday and Friday with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wills, at Logansport. |frs. Charles Searfqss fell at her home recently and is now in the Decker nursing home in Goshen. Mrs Gwen (Stucky) Immel returned here Tuesday ’night after spend- i ing two weeks in North Carolina with her husband. - I Pvt Ralph Wogoman J: son of Ray Wogoman. Syracuse. has ar- ’ rived at Camp Wolters. Texas, to begin basic training as an infantryman. FIRTY-FTVE YEARS AGO The Syracuse high school basketball team defeated Etna Green Fri-
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day night. Drukamiller starred for Syracuse. Kimber Wolf is now employed as salesman at the A; W. Strieby store. The temperature was 16 degrees below zero last Sunday. Mrs. Joe Rapp entertained teachers of the local school at a .dinner Thursday evening. The group went on a coasting party after dinner. Mrs. John Auer and children were guests of Mrs. Jesse Darr on Tuesday. Guy Bowser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bowser, passed away. Funeral services were Saturday at the United Brethren church.
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By GEORGIA BUSTER Where are the robins now? Noticed the sqiurrels left some time ago, they know what’s coming. The cold weather should freeze up all the “bugs” that have been causing so much illness. Changes on Main street: The bank has new employees, Pickwick Lounge may change hands. One of the busiest offices in town these days is that of Ed Ta tin an, local tax accountant. There was quite an interesting conference going on in this office the other day between Dr. Strom and Rev. Mundy, who just happened to meet here. One of the Christian, deeds being carried on at this time is the helping of the Marlin Ringler family who lost their home and most of the contents by fire recently. They are being helped by local citizens who are donating clothing and linens for the family who has been living with his mother, but will be moving soon to the Mrs. Albert Troup house. Jack Elam has a good job now-a-days. He is March of Dimes chairman. Few people know’ that the March of Dimes, originally set up to help polio victims, now helps children with birth defects. It has a very’
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ENGAGED — Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hunsberger of 104 south Washington street, Wakarusa, announce the engagement of their daughter, Barbara Kay, to Donald Wayne Moneyheffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Moneyheffer of New Paris. Miss Hunsberger is a graduate of
broad program and many more children will walk, now, where a few years ago a child bom with an open spine or any number of other crippling defects never walked by himself. Hear Robert Murray, t former owner of Howard’s restaurant on state road 13, is going to open a lunch room in Goshen to be known as “Bob’s 24 Hour Lunch”. More about the naming of lakes here, Waubee was named for an Indian chief, most of the smaller lakes are named for the first settlers around them, of course Papakeechie another Pottawatomi Indian. My great-grandparents owned lakes and property around Wawasee, but sad to say they sold it very reasonable. No doubt did not Have the foresight to see that the marsh land that was worthless then could be drained and made into real estate of value. All the businessmen on Main street donned boots and with snow shovels had the sidewalks cleared Monday morning. Wonder where our town tractor is, the small one that kept the sidewalks cleaned off last winter? Bud Kline’s truck and
I Wakarusa high school and is present--1 ly attending Goshen college. A grad- - uate of New Paris high school, Mr. 1 Moneyheffer is employed in the of- , fice of the Elkhart county surveyor’s . office. ’ . A summer wedding is planned by ’ the couple.
snow shovel have’been out. Look for more changes on Main street this year. And don’t forget you just have until the end of February to purchase those 1965 license plates. Good to see Don Enyeart back in the police cat and from w r hat I see—back on the job. back Don! SYRACUSE GIRL TEACHING IN INDIANAPOLIS Karesh, daughter pf Mr. and MrA J. M. Karesh, r 4 Syracuse. is teaching first grade at School No. 83 in Indianapolis as a student teacher from Indiana -university. /' She is among, the 180 I,U. students who have received teaching assignments for the spring semister They will teach kindergarten trough six, in /elementary schools throughout the state. ’ They will in some instances leach special education courses for the mentally and physically handicapped.
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