The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 3, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 February 1965 — Page 3

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20 YEARS AGO, FEB. 22, 1945 Miss Man- Helena Hursey. elder daughter of Dr. and Mrs. \ irgit G. Hursey, became the bride of Sgt. Donald R. Maggart. son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Maggart of Fort Wayne, in a single ring ceremony Saturday evening in Fort Wayne: The class of 1945 of Milford high school will present the three-act farce, The Mad Hatters ’, Friday. March 23, a: the -community building. Births this week include a daughter, Gloria Kay» bom last Thursday to Mr. and M l - Homan E, Slabaugh at the McDonald hospital; and a son, Jerry Lee, bom Sunday at the Elkhart hospital to-Mr. and Mrs 0 A

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CATCH THE CURE An old cook book gives this cure for asthma. “Wear the skin of a muskrat-- fur side next to the body - . over-the lungs.” Certain relief was assured. It s comforting to know that we have more reliable methods r today. In recent years medical science has achieved incalculable improvements in the care and treatment \ can tc you .mout me advice- when y.o’u’re. ill. Then, if he recommends mcCivuuOil,- come to us for quality prescriptions

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Lambert of Nappanee.. Jerry Lee is : the grandson of Mrs; E. E. Little of Milford. Mrs. David Clayton, mother of I Mrs. Florence Myers, left last Thursday for Detroit where she will be the guest of her son, Roy Clayton, for some lime. The marriage of Miss Feme Lucree Rich and Lawrence Edward Beer took place in Wakarusa’ Wednesday evening. Feb. 14. The Milford high school Trojans drew into the weaker bracket in the sectional tournament, meeting Leesburg. who they have thrice defeated this season. Deaths reported this week were: Mrs. Sarah Jane Rtfmbley, 82. who

made her home with Miss Maude Me Laughlin; Noah Franklin McDonald, t 75, father of John at home and Rev. Grant McDonald of California; Frank Ritter, 69, father of Dallas Ritter; and Mrs. Etta Munson Hill, 81, sister of Mrs. Belle Keefer. 1 Sgt. Harold Emch, who has been stationed at Camp Barkeley, Tex., and his wife, the former Miss Katherine Beer, have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Beer. 30 YEARS AGO, FEB. 28. 1935 The marriage of Miss Ruth Om. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Om, and Jackson Manges, all of • Lefeburg. took place Saturday at the home of the bride. Mr. Manges is ' the coach and an instructor at Leesburg high school. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gintzler of Chicago were guests of Mrs. Dorothy I Humphrey and Lester Clark ana family Sunday. Earl Darr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Darr of r 1 Goshen, received recognition for completion of a decade of faithful service rendered the Goshen Standard Oil Co. -He received the company’s gold sendee pin. t Deaths this week include Mrs. David (Jane' Hoover. 60, of Syracuse Mrs' Cassius Keller 1 of Huntington sister of Henry DeFries and Mrs Inin Heiber of Milford: John Self. 62. of Liberty. Mo., formerly of Milford: and Miss Elizabeth Maria Warble, 54, a native of Milford. Mrs I Hoover was the mother of Charles. Guv. and Martin Hoover of. Syracuse. Donald Hoover of Albion, Orrin Hoover of California. Mrs. Olen Le Count. Mrs. Mervin Corrin and Mrs. . Gavlord Long of Syracuse A birthday party was held Thursday night at the Noble Miller home in honor of Paul Ruch. Jr Mr and Mrs Alonzo Lutes have I moved from the home west of the ball park, owned by Mrs. Winnie Bums, to the propertv across from the Price Senice station. Births include an 8 1 - pound Virgjl Charles. bom to Michael Zimmerman on February 18: and a daughter Dorothv was bom February 11 to Mr and Mrs, Chupp, who fe on the Fred Lott farm. A marriage license has been issued bv the countv clerk to Wilma Margaret Hochstetler of Milford and Monroe Miller of Middlebury. 40 YEARS AGO. FEB. 26. 1925 Mr and Mrs. Bernard Pippenger of South Bend s£ent the. week end with Joe Grove and family. Ciarles McAuliffe, a traveling • salesman, was home over the week end. Robert Smith and family will move from their present location near Granger to a farm three miles west of here this spring. Mr and Mrs. Guy Farrington announce the arrival of a s daughter. Janet Yvonne, on February 21. weighing seven pounds. Mrs. Farrington was formerly Mis% Marie Harlan of Milford. Miss Mabel Tom filled the vacancy of Miss Maude L McLaughlin, a i number of the Milford high school

faculty. Wednesday, Thursday, and • Friday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Kuert and Mrs. E. W. Higbee motored to Lansing, Mich., on Saturday to be guests of the latter’s son-in-law and -daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene LeJuste. A surprise dinner party was held on Sunday in the home of Daniel Lingofdter of east of Milford in honor of his birthday anniversary. The Merry Jaynes met with Nirs. Gwen Martin last Wednesday evejiing ‘Ten members and. one guest, Mrs. Grossman, were present. A daughter was bbm recently to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Rapp west of Milford. i 50 YEARS AGO. FEB. 18, 1915 | Valentine Hammond. 84. of near 1 Millwood, who is a violinmaker by trade, was in our office Friday and played for us one of his own selec-. ’tions. He made the instrument with his own hands. He has a large pocket Jon the inside of his overcoat where ! he carries his violin and has made | a hollow cane in which he carries his ; bow. I Russell Howard, son of .Mr. and I Mrs. Jacob Fox, died February 13, ' 1915. at the age of 17 days. ! Charles Ettline and family of Gar- ' rest spent several days recently with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred . Ettline and Mrs. Alec Lutes. A group of young ladies from the Milford high school boarded the two o’clock south bound car Friday afternoon to play a game of basketball I with the high school girls of Etna I Green., The girls were Ruth Reed. Bertha Neff. Beatrice Myers. Larina Haab. Edna Richie. Mary Doty. Elizabeth Ruley. and the chaperori. Miss Hinkson. February 25. 1915 James Shaffer of Fulton county has been visiting his brother, Scott 'Shaffer, and family. W H Holderman. 77. better known as Harrison Holderman. 'who was .living with- his son. Charles Holder-man.-XE of Leesburg, died Monday. Surviving in addition to the son is a daughter. Mrs. John 'Rose BA Ruple. The Sorosis club celebrated the seventh anniversary of its organizaat the home oPMrs. Francis M. Neff on Monday evening. Arthur Hollar, who moved to Vir- ! ginia about a-year ago. has moved ! his family back to Indiana and will for tkje present move on a farm west of Milford, owned by John Davisson. About 12 o’clock Saturday night flames were seen coming out of the roof of the barn of W. E. Davis, who I operates a hotel at that place.. The bam was also being used for a gari aee. One automobile was the only thing saved. SUFFERS BROKEN BOXE Mrs, Bill Perry of Milford, a winter resident in Tucson. Ariz . has her right leg in a cast. She sustained a broken bone in her foot .... in a fall..

SUIT C' .UB WINNER THIS WEEK WAS NELSON KISTLER — Syracuse TOM SOCKS SPORTSWEAR Wawasee Village Syracuse

"Have I seen whatU.?" "The • * - Nelson's . new .. - Dodge Polara 500? "with the . . . ' Youmeanthe . red allvin'3 interior, white car bucket seats, that's parked in thick carpeting. the middle of padded'dash and - ”No, their driveway... shiny center console? . . I didn t notice; i —! If you haven’t seen the Polara 500... it’s probably because there was a crowd around it... Here’s the line on Polara 500 2-dcoc hardtop or convertible: smooth-riding 121 in. wheelbase. Almost 4.00 c pounds of body beautiful, i’etent 383 cu.ri.Vß. Also front bucket seats aid full carpeting. Options include a floor-mounted. 4-y>gd girt mimmatri. tachometer. Sob Grri dtfferential. 428 cubic inch VB. and more, lots more. ’GS Dodge Polara — Lakeland Motors 401 S. HUNTINGTON ST. ’ SYRACUSE, IND WATCH -THE 808 HOPE SHOW." HBC-TV. CHECK YOUR LOCAL USTtHG. " ■

Along [-.'• Main Street ‘ JERI'S JOURNEYS I was in Goshen recently with ■ friend husband and we met three ' most charming ladies: Mrs. Trilby ' Marjason and Mrs. Joseph (Dorothy) _ Fodroczi, both of Elkhart, and Mrs. Bessie Feece of South Bend. The ladies are sisters whose maiden ■ name was Cox. 1 -After learning we were from Milford they told us they were cousins to Mrs. Floyd Fuller as she was a Cox before her marriage, and then they mentioned the name of Berneiee Moore stating her parents had moved to Milford recently. If you don’t know who Berneice Moore is just ask Mrs. Wilbur i , Baumgartner and she can tell you. ' I had a friendly chat the. other week with Mrs. Harold Manor. She tells me Mrs. Dorothy Williams, 1 former MHS English and Latin teacher who is in Africa, plans to turn to the United States in July. ■ f I From Sharon's notes on Van, Buren township,we leam two railroads transversed the township, the Cincinnati. Wabash, and Michigan and the Baltimore and Ohio. The first passes thru Milford and i ■ the second forms a junction one ; mile north. There were ! only a few houses at Milford Junction; no stores nor other business places. I There is little else being talked about around Our Town this week ex- , cept for the sectional tournament The Trojans meet the Pierceton Cubs tonisht and we have confidence that Milford will win this one. Pierceton defeated Milford by one point earlj ier in the season but the Trojans j have grown stronger since the No- . vernber game. Our boss says a free plug came c ito the M-J from the pulpit Sunday morning when Rev. R. Sumner ’ (Methodist) called attention to the church page which we carry each week. He went so far as to say. "And The Mail-Journal is a good paper, and costs only S 3 per year . I Headlines in Febrtiarj’ 12 Indianap- - olis Star read "Crafton Sparks 7tl? - HCC Vietorv With 34 Pointj’i. It was - „ followed by a story by Ray MarquetII te. Star sportswriter. Seems C’.p-k made 34 points during the game andj

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almost singlehandedly took what had been a close game—39-35 at the half — and turned it into an easy romp. Clark, as everyone knows by now, is the son of Mrs. Harry Haab of Our Town and Harold Crafton of Syracuse. New fad at MHS is a pool on what time a certain teacher’s baby would be bom. Now we’ve heard of everything! - What's this we hear about an amaj ture photographer trying to take pics tures under the table. You are to develop pictures in the dark, not ; take them. I would really hate to be a I weatherman. This is really a crazy mixed up winter. At present it is cold outdoors, eight degrees with a little snow falling here and i there. By press time though it will probably be in the 50’s or 60’s the way this winter has been going. At this rate we'll have snow in July. ‘Woman's Search For Beauty’ Is Topic For Christian Ladies j "Woman’s Search for Beauty” i was tiie topic for devotions at the February meeting ,of the ladies of the Milford Christian Church. The meeting was held last Thursday evening at the church. In charge of the program were Mrs. Claude Hamilton and Mrs. Kenneth Cannon, The opening had been given by the president. Mi s. C. J Myers With , the members singing "Standing on the Promises.” Mrs. Myers led in j prayer. Twenty-five members anJ.swered roll- call with “What the Bii ble Means to Me”. Following the secretary's report by Mrs. Robert Auer and the tpeas; i urer’s report by Mrs. Marvin Rapp. , Mrs. Myers presided over the business session The date of March 24 has been set. aside as house clean- ; ing- day at the church It will be ■ an all day affair, with sack lunches [ at noon. Mrs. Claude Hamilton reported ; on the Garrett Missionary Cpnfer- . ‘ ence held recently and told of the ;■ different missions. ■ On the sick list were Mrs. Amos , Om.*’ Mrs Maurice Duncan and ■. ■ Mrs. Carl Shearer gave the closing prayer and refreshments of cher ry and blueberry cheesecake, coffee. tea and mints were served by Mrs John Strouse. Mrs Floyd Fuller and Mrs Wallace Sicott SYRACUSE MAN i INJURED IN ONE t CAR ACCIDENT Harper Fred Peck. 37. of r 2 ' Syracuse' *as taken to the Goshen hospital following a one-car accident. Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 6 p.m. ■ seven miles north of Cromwell on | state road 5. The Peek car was northbound on tiie state road- when he dost control as he rounded a curve, according ■to the investigating state trooper. •His auto skidded 100-feet off the east side of the road and traveled along the berm for 81-feet and flipped over. The vehicle then traveled 57. more feet., hit a utility, pole and went on another 15-feet before landing on its left side. The auto was demolished

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Services Gerald Hartman, USN, At Little Creek, Va. NORFOLK. Va. — Chief Gunner’s Mate Gerald R. Hartman. USN, son of Mr. and Mi’s. Hubert A. Hartman of Nappanee, Ind.;>is searing at the Naval Amphibious Base, Little . Creek, Va. The base has the mission of providing supply support and training facilities for the Amphibious Training and Amphibious Fleet Commands. During the summer months the base plays host to units from the Military Academies, Naval Reserve Training Corps units. Marine battalion Landing Teams, Marine Corps Reserve units and Army Corps of Engineers and prorides them with an indoctrination into tire fundamentals of amphibious warfare. Terry Brock, USN, Completes Training GREAT LAKES. 11l — Seaman recruit Terry R. Brock, 17, USN. son of Mr and Mrs. James J. Brock of 413 John St.. Syracuse. Ind., completed basic training January 29. , at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, III: The nine-week training includes .naval orientation. naW history and I organization, seamanship, ordnance and gunnery, military drill, first aid and survival. ■ ■ j During the training recruits rejeeive tests and . interviews which determine their future assignments in the Navy. Upon completing the program they are assigned to service schools for technical training or to i ships and stations for on the job ■ training in a’-Navy rating specialty. I Naval training produces the power in seapower by supplying qualified •! personnel to man the ships, aircraft and shore stations of today’s mod- : em Navy. Jack Stump Aboard USS Enterprise iSeaman Jackie D. Stump, son of Mr and Mrs. Bruce D. MriTintic of Milford, is aboard the USS/Enter-pr-.se' Nuclear' Aircraft •_ Cartier, ‘ it. [was anontmeed this week. < He took the Navy required examination for advancement from Seaman Apprentice to Seaman and made an outstanidng mark gn the test. ( Sin reporting aboard the Eni terprise on October 5, 1964. Seaman Stump has compiled a. recommendation, list for himself starting at the men under him only to end at . the executive officer himself His address is Jackie D Stump SN 7950795. Admin. Office. USS En(terprise I CVA <N > 65 1 . in care of the Fleet Post Office. New York, N Y., .09501. EUB Youth Ambassadors At Syracuse Church Jerry Meadows and Bob Neben, Youth ambassadors from Dayton. 0.. ' world headquarters, of the Evangelical United Brethren. Church have been working with the’ youth of. the Syracuse Calvary EUB church for the past They have traveled throughout the United States meeting I'with youth of many churches and helpthem to develop a strengi'r n :in the church. Hiuhiiehts of their stay here included “Get-Ac-quaintei ' with a pizza and Coke party at the church following the Syracuse-Albion basketball game Friday night. . < ■ Breakfast was eaten at the , church on Saturday when the Arrigave a preview of goals, followed by a recreational period in ; the afternoon at the bld gym at ■ the school building. The Ambassadors took part in the church school and preached at the morning wori ship service last Sundav. Later in the day the youth of several community churches join- . ed the' EUB youth in a variety pro-' eram -at Oakwood Center Night sen'ices were held at the church ! for youth< on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday . and ion Wednesday a potluck- supper was held for t men and boys. A breakfasi at 7 at the church ’today * ’ closed the activities. MISSION CIRCLE MEETS WITH MRS. HADLEY . ' The Mission Circle of the Syracuse Church of God met at the home of '.Mrs. Carl Hadley ®n February 18 with eleven adults and ?>ix children in attendance. Mrs. Oliver Hibschman, president, had charge of the meeting. Meditation in unison was read by the group. Mrs. James McKibbin read from Jeremiah 33 verses. 11-14. She also read a poem entitled. “Divine Image”. Mrs. Ida Hibschman led in prayer. “Take Time to be Holy” was sung by the group and Mrs. Hadley gave the lessor, on Praying Hevde. Mrs. Oliver Hibschman read an' article on Ideas for Social Fitness. The Mission Circle Doxolgy was sung and: Mrs. Carroll Koble dismissed with prayer. Refreshments were served by the hostess. Next meeting will be March 18 at the home of Mrs. Louis Firestone.

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