The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 4, Milford, Kosciusko County, 4 March 1965 — Page 9

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Oldest Known Chevrolet Returned To Birthplace In Flint, Michigan

FLINT, Mich — Still distinguishedlooking and showing few signs of age,- the oldest known Chevrolet in existence has been returned to its birthplace here to assume a place in automotive history. The car, a 1912 six-cylinder touring model, was presented by the Industrial Mutual Association of Hint to the Alfred P. Sloan, Jr, Panorama of Transportation m the Flint College and Cultural Center. Allen J Dillon, general superintendent of production at Chevrolet - Flint V-8 Engine Plant and the newly, ;<h nt of the Industrial Mutual Association, .made the presentation to Dr Roger Van Bolt, director of the Sloan transportation museum. ’ The IMA purchased the car -ever-. a| months ago from Carl J. Aldenhbven of Fort Worth, Tex. Aldenhoven. owijer of the southwest Chevrolet Cp; of Fort Worth, had been using the vehicle for new model introductions. parades and displays Flint insurance man G. Gregory Fauth, an antique car buff, located the ancient model-after hearing rumors about it? ' I Fauth did exhaustive research on * the car's origin and found it was built aboett June 1912, in a foul building in Flint Serial numbers — body no. 323 and engine no. 32S — make it an early model of the 2,999 ■ Chevrolets built in 1912. ' Castings and stampings on the car bear the nameplate "ChevroletFlint” and attest the car is indeed one of the first built’by the new-auto firm under pioneer W C Durant and his engineer and designer, Louis Chevroht When Fauth verified the value of his find, he suggested to William Crick, managing director of the IMA, that the civic organization buy the car and give ■it to the Sloan — museum Ct t k and IMA b ad- rs, many of them (general Motors, officials approved the plan and the car was shipped to Flint One of the problems faced in restating the car to its manufactured condition is obtaining parts for the electrical starting and lighting system This system is part of the car's :,a! equipment, making Chevrolet among the first to offer electric light- iii'ii rtarttn’. . ' Other restoration problems are a hew top and side curtains and the proper zlue. grey and black paint job for the bow all-black ELEMENTARY PUPILS TO ENTER POSTER CONTEST Syracuse elementary school pupils in grades four to six have the opportunity to participate in a poster contest sponsored by the Kosciusko Countv Woman’s Christian Temperance Union; Rules for the contest will be post- j ed in the school. Completed posters may be brought to the school office on Wednesday, March 10. Edgar A. Speer, principal, announced posters would not be accepted before that date. Fellowship Meeting Sunday At Solomon Creek Church A fellowship meeting was held, at Solomon Creek EUB church Sunday following the morning service. A bountiful carry-in dinner was enjoyed at the noon hour in the church social rooms. Following the dinner a film of the EUB Ybor City Mission in Florida was presented by Rev. Joe Bear. A short business meeting was conducted by Ora Miller. Several committees were appointed and there was sane discussion on projects for the comirtg year.

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1965 Easter Seal Child A seven-year-old Cass county boy ha* been named Indiana's 1965 Easter Seal Child of the Indiana Societies for Crippled Children and ' Adults. St<-. raidord, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crawford, Sr.. ,of r 3 Logansport, is the first Cass county youth to win the state contort sponsored by the Womens ’Civic club of Indianapolis. , ■ • - was, from a group of contestants from throughout Indiana The club stated “it was extremely difficult tomato v’.ron from so many deserving children”. 1 1 The brown-eyed youth and his fam ly are scheduled to have an audMarch- 1 with Governor Roger I Bi.ergin in Indianapolis to officially A Stef sTf llm 1 b CBM > * irw ® I open the 1965 campaign with the . presentation of the first sheet of f als.. to the Governor. Stev- j j en will be presented to the Governor i by the Indiana Easter Seal Chair-1 nun. I S Senator Bjrch Bayh The little ? boy, who is so falniliar • with the confinement of casts, brae-1 es and crutches, is the victim of j Mi-nin-gemylostocele, or an open spine whicsi has left him partially I paralyzed from the waist down. ! This determined, plucky, seven-year- • I old received his handicapping condi-1 I tion at birth, as well as his club feet | I which have necessitated his wearing» built-up shoes. With the aid of brae- i es and crutches this young lad is | ambulatory. < 'Born in Honda Stevie was bom April 6. 1957, in I Miami, Fla., and when he was only 111 days old both of his feet were i placed in casts to correct his club 1 feet The cast proved to be no help lat all and doctors finally had to resort to surgery to correct the condition. Mrs. Crawford reminisces, "Stevie began walking with braces and crutches at 2 l - years of age ... he ,has alw’ays wanted to walk. Ever since he was a baby he would always grab for my hands”. At only seven, the little boy with the captivating smile has been bounced in and out of hospitals. His dad notes, “he certainly warms up to the nurses, but not to the doctors”. At present Steve wears a spring brace which pulls down his right foot. The brace aids his dislocated hip on which he has had much surgery. His left shoe is built up to aid the pulling motion of the spring. But there is little hope that Steve will ever be free of his handicap. A second grader at Galveston elemetnary school. Steve keeps weU occupied with his brother and two sisters. Richard, Jr., 9, Terry, 6, and

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Brown Named Indiana's Top Young Farmer DECATUR, Ind. — John L. Brown of Percysvillei Ind , has been named Indiana's Outstanding Young Farmer. . The announcement was made Saturday night by Jay Myers, Indiana Junior Chamber of Commerce pres- . ident. at a state-wide recognition banquet in Decatur, culminating the 1964 Jaycee Outstanding Young Farmer OYF ; program, co-sponsored ‘in Indiana by the Decatur Jaycee Chapter and Central Soya. The second place award went to Dean C Ribordy of LaPorte, while ! Loren Affolder of Geneva was the third place Winner. Hie three winners were selected from 32 nominees submitted by Jaycee chapters throughout the state, who had conducted local area OYF Icontest.- The state OYF ‘selection committee, which chose the winners, consisted of: Burr S Swezey. Jr., kifayette. president of the Indiana Bankers Ass’n : Robert Kellum. Indianapolis. farm editor of The. Intyette lb’ad Os the Department, of animal sciences. Purdue university. . e Mrs. Peggy McClellan-Patrick Moore Wed Sirs Peggy McClellan of r 1 Syr--1 ' 1 ease John street. Syracuse, were : 1 ■ at 4 p.m. on N The bride is the daughter of the j late Mr. and Mrs. John Paugh of Syracuse, and the bridegroom is I the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Moore of Syracuse. The double ring ceremony Was performed by Turkey Creek town- ! ship justice, of the peace Christian [Koher. Attending the couple were Mrs. Koher and Denald Schlabach. Reception Follows .Mrs. Louis Kitchen of Goshen, sisiter of the bride, gave a reception for the immediate family at her home at ,1607 West Ave , Sunday, Feb. 21. at 3 o'clock. Following a .wedding trip to ChiI cago the couple is at home on East ' Shore Drive, r 4. Syracuse, j The bride is a graduate of New Paris high school and the bridegroom is a graduate of Syracuse high school. He is employed at the | Syracuse Rubber Products. EUB CHARGE LOCAL CONFERENCE HELD A charge local conference was held at the Burr Oak EUB church on Monday evening. Feb 22. This meeting was conducted by conference superintendent Rev. W S. Parks, who explained some of the conference program for the months ahead. Those attending the meeting from Solomon Creek were: Mr. and Mrs. Ora Miller, Miss Esther Hilbish, Mrs. Helen Miller. Mr. and Mrs. John Huitema. Mrs.' Keith Miller, Mrs. Ethel Grubb. Carol Mohler, John Darr, and Mr. and Mrs. Man- ; ford Mishler. Lira. four. Steve realizes that his affliction is something he must live with the rest of his life, but his bright outlook on . life and the constant shine in his eyes will always be victorious over the dreariness of the hospital rooms so apparent in his futurei He is a very happy, polite and weU adjusted all-American boy.

Statement By State Revenue Commissioner

STATEMENT BY W. L. FORTUNE I would like to call to the attention of the taxpayers of Indiana that each individual who was a resident of the State of Indiana for six months or longer during the year 1964 is entitled to a sales tax credit of $6. Every taxpayer regardless of his source erf income, even if he has.no tax liability at all or is not required to file a return, is entitled to this credit However, he must file for it on an Adjusted Gross Income Tax Return. Form IT-40, to receive a refund. At the close of last week a total of 67.221 income tax returns had been processed by our pre-audit section. Os this number 5,378 were returned, to the taxpayer, to notify him he had failed to take the sales tax credit. The number of returns which are hanhu to be sent back to the taxpayers is increasing. For the week ending February 5. 11 per cent were

Attempt To Alleviate Teacher Shortage A stepped-up program to alleviate the teacher shortage in Indiana schools was authorized today by! Robert 11. Wyatt. ISTA executive secretary. Teachers will implement the program with a three-pronged I attack: 1. Strive for .passage of legislation which will increase teacher ■ salaries and improve working con- ■ ditions to make the profession more attractive. 2. Urge ISTA members teaching l • public schools to' encourage j their most capable pupils to .choose teaching as a career. 3 Further develop student; te.vch-' ing organizations. Wyatt pointed out that much pro-1 gress has been made in this third area through the ISTA-sponsored Student Education Association and. Future Teachers of America chapters. The ISTA Division of Local Services, headed by Miss Rhoda Williams. director, and Mrs. Marie North, assistant director, has charge, ot organizing and assisting the col-’ lege SEA and the high school FT A groups. ' . ■ ' -I SEA enrollments have • increased | from 3.176 in 1960411 to 4.866 this year. The 146 FTA chapters in Indiana high schools with 5.883 mem- ' .bers have doubled their enrollment in the same period. Os s he colleges , and universities in the 27 now have active SEA chapters, MiS"; Williams says I Availability of .qualified teachers, particularly at the elementary level. Continues to be a major con- j cem in the profession. While almost 5,700 college seniors will complete their teaching certificate re- . .na this year, fewer than three-fourths of these graduates—about 4.275 —are expect ed tq enter the profession next Sep♦emtfer. due to a variety of rea- ; sons'* — decisions to undertake advanced study, attraction of pth?r occupation*, and so forth. Final statistics for the current year are not yet available but IS- ; TA’s research director. Burley V. Bechdolt. estimates that approximately 45.600 teachers are now staffing Indiana public elementary says the number of teachers who annua • die profession approaches 10 percent, which wffl mean about 4.500 vacancies its the ; state's classrooms. This is a larger number than can be replaced by this year's graduates in education. Adding to the j shortace is the continuing popula-. tion urowth Enrollment in Indiana j schools totals 1,150.681 in 1964-65. j with a probable increase next year of 35.000 pupils who will need 1,160 more classroom teachers. Despite the large number of students interested in the teaching profession. the teacher supply problem remains urgent, Bechdolt says. County Towns And Cities Get Alcohol Tax County towns and cities have received quarterly distributions of the alcoholic beverage gallonage tax from, the office of the state auditor. The distributions go into the general funds of the cities and towns. They follow: Etna Green, $148.14; Leesburg $139.81; Mentone. $266.19; Milford $382.05; North Webster sl6l. 75; Pierceton, $388.31; Sidney, $68.11; Silver Lake, $168.29; South Whitley, $433.82; Syracuse, $522.22: Warsaw, $2,368:50; and Winona Lake, $631.25. MSI TED TN MH.FORD Sam Wagner and Mrs. Beverly Cloud of Elkhart called on Mr. Wagner’s grandmother. Mrs. Anna Homan. at Milford Sunday evening. I

THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1965

returned. This percentage has now reached 20 pet cent. This means that one out of every five taxpayers is not taking advantage of his sales tax credit. Individuals who questions pertaining to their tax returns are welcome to call at any of the Revenue Department field offices throughout the state or at the Revenue Department in the State Office Building. I would also like to call attention to the fact that all Revenue Department field offices and the office in the State Office Building will be open to offer taxpayer assistance each Saturday during the month of February from 8:15 a. m. to I p. m. These offices were open the past tw'o Saturdays. Response at each of the field offices throughout the state has been heavy. However, the taxpayers in Indianapolis seem to be unaware that taxpayers’ assistance is available to ® them here at the State Office Building on Saturdays:

P**” mJ . HELPING WIDOWS AND CHILDREN Children and widows will gain new Social Security benefits if three bills I have just introduced should become I law. Frequently I hear from a widowed mother with a son or daughter who has received “dependent child benefits” since the father’s death. But now the child has turned 18 and payments stopped? In some cases it causes a school dropout. How can further education be possible. Eighteen may have been a proper age to cut off funds in 1939, when the | law was passed. But now’ more schooling <and longer dependency) is a necessity. So my bill will keep the payments coming until age 22, so long "dependent child” stays in school. Six thousand and 900 i fatherless Indiana youth will benefit as soon as such a law is passed, and another 280,000 in the rest of the I country. A 56-year-old widow spurred me . to present a second bill. She wrote I on behalf of her 47-year-old friend, i Thelma.. whose husband died, last j month. Thelma had a number of operations and may soon have to lose her toes to amputation. She I cannot, work, but she cannot draw j Social Security for another 15 years. ‘‘Seantor, she needs help now, not at 62," wrote her friend. “More, than likely she u’on't need any thing 1 from us at 62.” So my bill will give ' disability benefits to her and to any woman already disabled at the j time of her husband’s death, just as we give the husband disability I benefits if he becomes incapacitatj ed before retirement. . The third bill grows out of a situation ' reported in the news from Florida and other places where elderly couples are kept from marrying because thev cannot afford it A retired man's wife receives half j the benefits he receives: if he gets., SIOO, she will get SSO additional. But when he dies she gets SB2 and one half per cent of his original benefit, or $82.50. Left alone, she j finds another oldster with whom i she wants to spend her remaining • years But if she marries him. she is j cut off by Social Security, the re- ’ suit is "a deterrent to marriage between the elderly.” These are important changes, for each individual involved. I hope mv bills will help, and that you will write me if you have questions about Social Security. ROBERT MILLERS RETURN FROM TEXAS TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller of r 1 Nappanee recently returned from a visit with S-sgt. and Mrs. Jack Widup and family at Copperas Cove. Tex. S-sgt. Widup is Mrs. Miller’s brother. While in Texas they toured Fort Hood where the sergeant is stationed and drove to Johnson City where they viewed the LBJ ranch. RECEIVE TOP RATING AT STATE CONTEST A percussion ensemble from New Paris high school won top rating in the state music contest at Butler field house, Indianapolis, Saturday, Feb 20. Members of the ensemble were: David HOllar on marimba, Carl Warble on snare drum, and Bonnie Mishler on the timpani. Bonnie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Manford Mishler of r 1 Syr1 acuse.

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A mountain of mail from Hoosiers at home surrounds Senator Vance Hartite in his Washington office, the result of a questionnaire he sent out recently. The Senator's staff, working in shifts, has already opened more than 15,000 replies and the deluge continues at a rate of more than 1,000 per day. The Indiana lawmaker sent the survey to a crosssection of Hoosiers asking them to comment on various issues facing the Congress and the country. Assisting the Senator is his secretary, Miss Mary Kay Lambert, of Indianapolis.

Sen. Hartke Receives j Letters By The Bushels

By Senator Vance Hartke More than 15,000 Hoosiers have taken the trouble to cheek “yes”, “no”, or "not sure”, address an envelope to me, put on their, own stamp, and drop it in the mail, in answer to a questionnaire on issues before Congress. More than that, at least four out of five have added comments, often at length, and even written lengthy letters as supplements. And when a newspaper reprinted the questions, quite a few* who were not on the mailing list clipped them, checked them, and sent them in that way. All of this great response proves that Indiana voters are interested in questions of public policy. The ten areas I asked about were economy !in government foreign aid, excise ' taxes, water resources, interstate highways, ’‘medicare”, the Hartke College Student Aid Bill, health research. Vietnam, and voting rights for all. Ty pical of quite a few replies is one in today's mail—five pages of large punched notebook paper, with fairly long comments in pen on each of the ten questions. Most helpful, too, are remarks on other subjects,

Plan Plant Reorganization Os Telephone Co. J. C. Cluen, vice president - operations of United Telephone Com- ■ pany of Indiana, Inc. and Ohio Telephone Service Company, both head quartered in Warsaw, Ind., todayannounced the complete reorganization of the Company’s plant department operations, effective Februa- ; ry i-5, 1965. The change was made iin order to provide maximum efficiency in handling and accelerating the United System’s Service Improvement Program. Prior to the re-organization, the t Company's plant department had assumed the full responsibility of j supervising and co-ordinating the functions of engineering, constructing, and maintaining all outside and central office facilities. With the new arrangement, the department has been organized into two separate departments, plant department and engineering department. + The organization of the two departments, along with the major 1 sections they are comprised of, has necessitated the re-assignment of I job responsibilities of supervisory personnel throughout the company’s two-state operation as well as general office personnel? Joseph Miller, general • plant superintendent, has been named to head the plant department which will be responsible for installing, constructing, and maintaining all inside and outside plant facilities. Ed Moeschinger, chief equipment engineer, was named chief engineer and will head the engineering department. This department will be responsible for- planning and engineering all .inside and outside plan facilities. Cluen stated ti. t additional position* have been created by the change and wiH be filled through the promotion of the Company^ s field personnel. These men will assume their new positions in district offices and Jn the general office as soon as their replacements are trained. Attend Gift Show in Chicago Mrs. Kenneth Harmless, Lake Wawasee. spent several days last week in Chicago attending the gift show.

7 • which have ranged _from closing VA hospitals to the need for widening a certain highway bridge. The vote—and the mailing list to , members of both parties in a wide ’ variety—is gratifying in the strength I of support for the Hartke program. The range runs from 3 to I up to 43 > to 1, except for one item. On ,hospi- i tai insurance under social security, 1 in 8 is “unsure”, and the others are about evenly divided. Keeping in touch with the people you represent is the only way one can truly serve those who elect him. But too often people seem to think, “He doesn’t really want to know what I I lieve”. That is wrong. It is important to know how the voters 1 see things. Os course, there are always people on both sides and you 1 - can’t please them all. Sometimes in ' good conscience you can’t evenrtote ! with the majority, who may not rave I all the Sets. But it helps to know, 1 not just to guess, how people feel, i So to those who answered the quest tionnaire. I am grateful. If you did--1 n’t get one. write to me just -the 1 same anyway, any time, and tell me . what you are thinking. It’s good to keep in touch. . ~ 1

SENIOR MOTHERS CLUB MEETS AT BANK The Syracuse Sehior Mother's I club met recently in the Civic : room of the Syracuse State Bank. Mrs. William Bailey and Mrs. Jo . sfephine Robinson were the' hostes- | ses. The president. Mrs. John Cripe, j presided and opened the meeting with the club creed. Mrs. Ray De- ; lagrange, of Goshen presented the program by giving a cake decorat--1 ing demonstration. The hostesses served refreshments I in keeping with Washington's birthi day to the 16 members present. The club’s next meeting will be in I the home of Mrs. George Myers, Lake Wawasee. SEVENTH ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW TO OPEN MARCH 6 The seventh annual Indiana flower and patio show will be a gigantic I showcase of all the new-est mater- | ials for gardening, landscaping and’ outdoor living. When it opens in the I manufacturers building at the state J fairgrounds at Indianapolis on; i March 6. The show will run through March • 14. It is sponsored by The Indianap- . olis Star and co-sponsored by Alpolis Star and co-sponsored by S AI lied Florists Indianapolis Landscape Association and FTD The show wilt be open daily from 1 p. m. to 10:30 p. m. , Guest Night Held At Solomon Creek Youth Fellowship A “Guest Night” party for the : Youth Fellowship of the Solomon : Creek EUB church was held Saturday evening in the home of Darlene and Roger Miller. Games and contests were enjoyed by all and refreshments were served to the group. Women Democrats Meet on Wednesday Night 'Die Kosciusko County Women’s Democratic Organization met on Wednesday. March 3, at 7:30 irt the Lake City Barit. Among the items discussed was a trip to Washington. D. C., for the Cherry Blossom Festival and the rummage sale set for March 19 and 20.

SECTION TWO

2 YEAR ROTC PROGRAM AHEAD i HEADQUARTERS. VI U.S. ARMY CORPS, Battle Creek, Mich,, February 8, 1965. Summer I training for members of the j Army’s new two-year ROTC proI grain will be conducted at Fort Knox, Kentucky, beginning this, year. The training period is schei dued to run from June 14 through July 23, 1.965. The new two-year Army ROTC j program is designed specifically to fill the needs of junior college (graduates and students of fouryea r colleges who have not taken Army ROTC during their first two years. Attendance -at this six-week I summer camp will permit this graduates and sophomores at four-year colleges to fufill Army ROTC basic training requirements. Students who successfuly complete the six-week summer camp, ; and who plan to earn bacealaur- ! eate degrees at one of the colleges offering advanced Army ROTC, , may qualify for commissions as I Second Lieutenants by completing the two-year program, at that i school. The student at a four-year I college Which does not offer ad- ; vanced Army ROTC may enroll in ■ the program . at a .neighbpring I institution where such training is i available. r. The cadet-trainees will,be organized* into companies and battalions ;to be trained separately from . other units. An estimated 3.000 ! cadets will take part in the program, which will closely parallel i officially prescribed Army training practices. The two-year Army ROTC program was brought about by the ROTC Vitalization Act of 1964. It 1 serves as an alternative to the i present four-year program which , remains in existence. . Former Milford Resident Injured February 24 A former Milford resident, John C. Hagans, 22, Warsaw, sustained j serious injuries in a car-truck cr’ash eariy Wednesday morning, Feb. 24. , . The accident happened on U.S. 30. about two miles west of Warsaw’. ■ State trooper John Hammersley I stated Hagans suffered fracturers to the left leg and left hand, and lacerations to the face, head, hand, I and thigh. He was listed in fair : condition following surgery late yes- | terday morning. I Hammersley stated Hagans was en route east on U.S: 30 after leav- ' ing the Donnelley parking lot when j his car was hit by a truck driven by Lacy Holt, 37, Titus, Ala. Apparently the Holt car crossed ; ' the center line in the eastbound lane of traffic. Holt was cited by i the trooper. 47th CONV. OF KOSCIUSKO COUNTY FED. OF CLUBS The 47th annual convention of the Kosciusko County Federation of Clubs will be held on Wednesday, March 31. 1965, at the Christian church at • Milford, Indiana. Registration for the all day meeting and luncheon will begin at 9 a.m., and the members will convene at • 9:30 a. m. Reservations for the luncheon must be received by Mrs. Roger Graff of Milford no later than March 27. William Chin worth is to be the speaker for the event HAS MANY CLOSE TIES BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Hoagy Carmichael, who wrote the music to “Stardust” as an Indiana university student, has many close ties to I. U., including the unusual fact that his grandfather, Alex Robinson, built the Well House on the Bloomington campus.