The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 6, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 March 1965 — Page 1

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TEACHERS’ WORKSHOP — A teachers’ workshop was held at Um* Milford elementary school building and at the high school gym last Friday for I akeland school teachers. I Icincnt.irx te.i< her* seated hen', left to right, arc .Mrs. Randall Dewart of the 1 «-rsburg school. Miss Naomi llarfbrd of the Milford school.

Workshop For Teachers On Modern Math The elementary of the Lakeland Corporation studied mod em i the annual-' spring workshop w huh was held at the Milford elementary school oh I ’ : March . 12,Sak ponies which have textbooks on the state a topi ■ st. met with the program offered by. their, respective - companies • ■ ■ ■ ' ers n:; tne Vork-hop vi 4 lw ’ given to a committee-which w the texts to be used in •tbe.‘ nd • • ■•rent ary schools for! the next five years. ' | Syracuse Sets Mass Polio Immunization Dates A mass' polio' immunization. pro- • gram is set tor . >ys of, April .4 and June 8, under the di-j roction of the Kosciusko County ~ Medical .Association. Ralph Thorn 1 Hir i' >• bv Mis J. H -k CHT MpM - g I . PTA. Mrs Donna Workman representing the ■ ur**s. and Rev August Lundquist represent ing the Ministerial and the. Rotary club. Ed Speer, represent ing” the schools, Chester B - ter? Jr . representing the Lions chib, ’ Robert Jones, chief teller, and Dr Jade P Clark. Dr Robert and Dr. E. L Fosbrink representing the med - al prof ess i<*n. pt ■<*>*.<• to'establish an “immunization Sta-? bon” at the Syracuse high school, to give oral pMio vaccines to as ' nunv infants, children and adults as will take advantage of the program. - J -The ease with which the vaccine can be riven • by mouth, instead of by an infection needle is a big advantage ’ The vaccine to be used in Syracuse is the new Trivalent vaccine It contains a Mend of the three strains of Monovalent vaccine It is taken bv mouth. on cubes of s . sugar, and onlv two feedings are necessary for basic protection instead of three. After it is swallow-1 ed. this new vaccine is designed to work through the intestinal tract prov'ding what doctors roll ”p't<-<-tinal Immunity” the individual, once immune, not only gets optimum protection, bv the development of antibxxlies in his blond but is less likely to pass the disease on to others. A film entitled ’The Last Case of Polio” is being shown to the Mothers clubs. Hex Grange. Lions chib, Rotan* chib. Seminary, elementary and schools. Other organizations wishing to view the film may i do so by contacting Ralph Thom-: burc .AU families and all age groups are asked to plan now to keep the two Sundays. April 4 and June 6 open, between 10 am. and 4 pm. m order that Syracuse can be completelv protected both from the danger o| catching polio and also stopping carriers The public program will cost nothing. bu* the Medical Society hopes for donations of 50 cents per person to pav for the vaccine The Medical Society will underwrite the program andany monies over the actual cost will be donated to a charitv 4 ’ I Records will be kept on all those taking either one or two feedings The two feedings should be given

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Mrs. John Reasoner of Um* >orth Webster school. and Mrs. Carl Reinholt of the Syracuse school. They listened to book company representatives who have mathematics textbooks on the stab - adoption list in . eleinetnarv mathematics. ■ Standing from left are Lakeland Mipcrinb ndt nt lewis Immel. Mil-

I Milford Lions Host Basketball Team

members of- Milford’s 'basketball ■ team and three student ■-managers It ■ Masonic hall. Guests of the chib were players, {. Star Sttonp.. Verl Baker, Dick GroV» , ••• Bi.W Wuon. ■ ' Ned >,*••-dter. and i Dtek and Alt '■ / .• Talk On Spforts In Um* absence of the planned speaker, Lester Davis of Warsaw. . r member of the IHSAA eoa-'-hJanX-s Allen, who is also ■ I.i-nis president, ispoke of- the merits of the players and same of the ■ •a. high school team. He gave a good run-d<>-’ ■ he » beet 'ourh the Trojans have - ■ ' ' p j Donald Bucher, who was ill' and ' ■ cm- < not attehd the Lions meeting',; un ! St.e Stamp He sad next ye,ii> . ( retso-d should be more impressive J ' Coach Alkxi aduxl (or more stu-. \fenl and spectator?, enthusiasm, e-1 I ven to the point of funning a “Sat-, urday morning qiiattirback club ” He said he would gladly attend and ? bear the brunt of sharp questions He said fans should not be afraid ■ Ito register protests to referee de-1. they thought it necessary. I Hear Gaylord Toll Lfon G.ivi'-rd Toll Mentone high ■.school principal, was a guest of I the Milford club He spoke bck I concerning his candidacy for I» *■- tr t Governor of 25-G at next Sund iv's district convention at Culver. I He asked the club s support. ; left for another meeting. ! \ nominating committee was na- • man, Lnwell Rassi. John Strauss erton and James Ab. [ len ' ■ An announcement was made that L the blood bank will be held from 12 i noon until 8 p m Friday. 'March {26, at the Syracuse gym. At the kprH’ 19 meeting —a father -son met'ting —- Lion Baton* ■ ga*tner will show some slides of old time pictures in and around I Milford . ENTERTAINS AT PARTY I.■ , ' Mr< Betty Dust and daughter, : Robin, of Syracuse entertained a I giwp of ladies in their home Monday evening. March 15. Games were played for which several prizes were giy«i. Attending were Mrs. E L. N’ichcds and daughter. Mrs Fred Dust. Mrs. Alma Laine, Miss Ida Deardorif, Mrs Thomas Gilbert. Mrs. Paul Tague. Mrs, Everett Edgar and daughter. Mrs. William Hess and daughter. Mrs. Georgia Buster and Mrs Robert Penick. Refreshments of ice I cream, cake. c and coffee were served. I to everyone even though the peri son has had Salk shots. It wiß act as a “booster” and give added protection against polio. Pro-registra-tion blanks will be available in most local stores so that persons who will exonerate can have their registration form filled out in advance. [ Registrations wiß also be dorse at | the time of immunization however. I filling your form out in advance will 1 save you t ime

Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)

ford elementary principal Harold Young. Lakeland s elementary coordinator and Syracuse elementary principal Edgar Speer, and Dr. Merle Stro-.n of Ball State Teachers college. who spoke on preliminary educational specifications for the new Lakeland high, school. A Mail-Journal staff photo.

Ir TO LEAD CONVOCATION — Dr. ErneM E. Kaufaman will lead the Milford Methodist church in a lourday convocation. He is a past extxmtne of the North Indiana Conference, and is presently serving as minister al St. Paul’s Methodist church in Elkhart. The services will be held each evening. March 21. at 7:15 and Match 22-24 at 7:30. Special music ill be a feature each evening. Sunda). the’ Bristol Methodist choir will present a short concert prior to the message. The following evenings music will be presented by Elkhart, la*esburg. and Milford choirs, respectively. The host pastor. Rev. Richard Sumner. O. S. L-, extends a cordial invitation to all. Service Station And Tire Center Opens March 2 \ new .Vsliiand service station aind tire center opened March 2 at 748 MHitii Huntington street in Syr- • acuse.’it is announced this week. The new business, owned and operated by Kellie England, will hate : <i e \<iiar.d gasoline, and petroleum products and a full line of Cooper tires. • Mr. England said he would also do m;nor body work and auto painting. HONORS SISTER ON HEJR 'BIRTHDAY Mrs. Thomas Gilbert. W. Carroll street. Syracuse, honored her sister, Miss Jane .Ann Buster, on her 21st birthday Tuesday night, March 16. Guests were Mrs. Robert Firestone of Goshen. Mrs. Betty Dust, Mrs. Georgia Buster and Bianca Marie Buster. Games were played and cake, ice cream, and coffee served by the hostess.

Thieves entered Augsburger’s IGA store m Milford sometime last night taking from 250 to 275 cartons -of cigarettes, three wrist watches, about SSO worth of choice meats, some hosiery, two stocking caps and several electrical appliances. No money was taken Entry was also made at the Leesburg. Etna Green and Atwood sch-

Enter Leesburg, Atwood, Etna Green Schools Break-In At Milford Today

Fate of School Matter Hangt In Balance ” Plan To Take Consensus Gs Plain Township Residents

The fate of Plain township iff school matters, concerning which school corporation it will Uentually belong to, appears to be hanging in the balance today, as Lakeland school officials plans to gather “further information as to the wishes of the people of Plain township.”

Representatives of' the Lakeland school corporation and the- Warsaw community school corporation met at the superintendent’s office in v. • saw Wednesday night to -initiate discussions " n<ard.ng the release of corporation. The meeting lasted foran hour and I . .alf and was most cordial. - Representing the Lakeland wfpor- . Stucky, Supt. Lewis S. Immel, a.nd . members Glenn I. Brown and Ralph ■ Brubaker. ■ ■ Representing the Warsaw community schools were board Ethan Kaufman. Supt Carl. W. Burt," member Jpmes Girard. To Map Plans Supt Immel said this moniing the complete Lakeland board will meet 5 cuss in detail ’wiiat form the consen-sus-taking would follow He said it profiably would not lx* a public mrt*ting. since there are unstable (actors in such a process. The meeting last night was the re sui: of a mot.un made t-y Lakeland board member Ralph Brubtiker. of district 1 'Plain township 1 and passed unanimously at a sjx*cial Likeland board meeting February 23. The motion followed a meeting in protest group, unkippy with school site ’ selections by ' the Lakeland board, voted they should explore nuthod<j-f extricating themselves from the■’Lakeland -system., The. thinking of that group was that they were economically and socially tied in with the citv of Warsaw. Emil The Ixikeland school board has ee -for a new hieh school—known .as the- Ritter -ite. Khne site, and Sutton site, "pie ’ board has favored the Kline site ’ The Hain township group felt the' • Kline site is not near the geographic ’ center or student ceiiter of the Lake- • land c-oriHiration, ( r As .. result. Plain townsiup has ’ found itself divided into two camps. 1 one wishing to remain in the Lake- ® laixi -corporation as it had voted to - do in an election: the other wishing • to join the Warsaw system. Both m a majority on tnar s ■ The duty of the Lakeland school board now is to work out a plan to " determine the true feelings of the r * majority of Plain towndiip resKients —a—

' Bloodmobile To Be At Syracuse March 26

Make "Red Blood Ready Blood ;s the citena of recruiters and com--11 muni’v organizations who met reI cently at the Slate- Bank of Syra, ’ cuse.’ Hopefully 125 pints of the life giving fluid will be collected I ” cm Friday, March 26, when the mo- >■ bile unit'will set up its collection I I operation at the Syracuse gym from r 12 until 6 p.m. ’ I Mrs. Charles F. Kroh and Mrs. > Eugene Hall. Sjmacuse recruiters. ■ are in charge of the arrangements for the v isit with the various clubs and organizations of the area provsding danteen needs and assisting with securing donors Any one between the age of 18 and 59 years, inclusive, is eligible Ito give Single minors. 18 to 21. ; • must have written concent in ad-1 I vance from a parent or a legal guardian. This concent must be on -a regular form provided by the . recruiters. ■ I I I Mrs. Inez Devenney. executive di--1 rector of the Kosciusko county chap- ? ter American Red Cross, a United ' Fund Agency, spoke on the blood

ools. Loss in the schools was limi-' ted, but considerable ramsacking was reported by_ sheriffs deputies. Enter Back Door As near as couM be determined, entry at Augsburger’s was at a double rear door on the building's east side. The door was standing open when the entry was first dis-

THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1965

Issues Statements Statements were forthcoming this morning from the office of-Lakeland superintendent Immel and Warsaw superintendent Burt. - Mr. Immel’s statement follows in its entirety: | “The committee representing tha Lakeland Community School Corpor- i at.on met with the committee from the Warsaw Community Sclfools Wednesday t*\ening, March 17, to in.t- --' ate discussions regarding the feasibility of relea-ing Plain township in . to the Warsaw Community Sciiool Corporation. This meeting came as a result of a motion made by Ralph Brubaker and passed unanimously at a special Lakeland board nieeting held February 23. After considerable discussion by all present it was agreed by all parties that an. indication of further information as to the wishes of the ixxiple of Plain townsiiip was needed. It was fjirther agreed that the Laketion Ixiard would procetxl to gather more information as to the will of the people of Plain township regarding this matter. “Those present at the meeting werO: from Warsaw. Ethan Kauf ; man, president of the board, and ■ James Girard, board member, and , Spt Carl W. Bur: Representing ; and were" James C. Stucky, board president, and Glenn L. Brown and Ralph ’ Brubaker, board members. and Supt Lewis S. Immel”. Mr. Burt’s Statement Mr. Burt’s statement follows in its entirety: • The comni.’ue* the Lakeland School Corporation and the Warsaw Community scliools met for the purpose of discussing the pos- - hie merger of Plain township and the Warsaw Community-schools Wednesday evening, March. 17. The following statement concerning the meeting was released by Ethan A Kaufman., president of the ' school board for the W arsaw Con munitv schools: ■The'school board representing the War-saw Community schools has a high respect for the Lakeland School CoG x>ra tion and. aprticularly the people of- Plain township. "Insufficient information about the desires of the people concerned pre--1 eludes the taking of any positive pos- " itioi. by the Warsaw Community school board about the possibility of 1 Plain townsLp becoming a part of 1 tiie Warsaw Community schools at ij■'-. - "• 1,1 ' ■■*'"•" —■■■• - (Continued on page 2'

program. The Kosciusko county blood program held its first visit on February 28. 1966. Fred McKown. Sr., to who the Red Cross pays its most sincere respects spent untold hours, gave financial assistance and served as first blood program chairman. His wife, Lucy, is the chapter chairman A film ’Perscription for Life” was shown Other area recruiters -in addition to Mrs Kroh and Mrs. Hall are; Mrs. Herbert Baumgartner. Mrs, Robert Rumfelt, Mrs Royce Biller and Mrs Irene Disher of Milford: Mrs. Earl Teuhtmeyer. Mrs. James Athens and Mrs, J B Hoy of North Webster: and Mrs. Herschel .Albert of Leesburg Present for the meeting were representatives of the Syracuse Ameriean Lesion Auxiliary. Syracuse Women s / Relief Corps. Syracuse Business and Professi<xial Women s club. Senior, Intermediate, Junior, and Primarv Mother’s clubs of Syracuse. and the Home Arts club of Milford. ’ . ..J - i

covered by Mrs. Albert Mathews; who entered the building to open the coffee shop at 6:30 a.m. Augs- : I burger reported there were pry marks on the front door, but it was not open. i > The entry is being investigated by Milford chief of police Vernon (Continued on page 2)

Ask Welfare Rates To Be Increased To Nursing Homes

Frank Wilson, owner of the Alffan nursing home at Warsaw, was present’ at Tuesday afternoon’s 'meeting of the county, welfare’board and asked the board to consider adjusting the rates to comply with other comities when work is begun on the new . budget in May. He said they couldn’t break even on the S 6 per day they are receiving. Mrs. Wayne Bucher, vice presij dent, presided at the meeting in the absence of the president, Mrs. Nellie .Garnian. James Snodgrass was also absent. OAA Two new cases were approved for old age assistance. One was an 83-year-old widow in a- nursing home She has two children. The other was a 65-year-old single woman with no relative.- She had been receiving help from tlie trustee. One case was discontinued. A total of 154 recipients received awards of 57.715 and medical expenses of 59.314.39 for a . total of $17,029.; 39. The department also spent $193; f i an ol 1 age bariaL Disabled Twenty-one disabled recipients received awards of $1,227 and medical expenses of $1,259.03 for a total. Of' $2,486.03. ' ADC Two new cases were studied for a id-do dependent children. The first was a divorced mother with four children, ages ten, nine, seven, and four. The father ran off. It was approved; The second cast* was a mother with two. children. The husband is in tlie sen ice. The case was approved pending investigation. One case was discontinued. nurty-eight families with 98 chilj dren awards of $3,353 and medical expenses of $667.14 for a/o* tai of $4,020.14. /X MAA ‘ ( Under the medical assistance for the aged two new cases had/ been applied for and were reviewbdQae was a 70-year-old man aB»-<oma’.i with no health insuraimh They had five childi-en who had-yagreed thev ■ could take care of the mother if the • welfare board would take/care ol i the medical expenses for the fatiier ; It was accepted. The second case, also accepted . was-that of an 82-year-old widov who is in the hospital and applied un der the Kerr-Mills law She has twe children. A special report on the hospita and medical bills for a patient wh< was in the hospital for 32 days wa discussed. He had been in a private room at S2O per day'because it wa not known he was a welfare patient Mary Ruth Wilson, a case work ; er, brought in the members of th< ’ fa/nily as responsible forms, showet ; thev could pay some of tlie expenses Tlie board feels responsible relative • ild pay bills if they can, -. the welfare board will. . Acting director Keith Renbarge suggest'd the family pay the $64 • for the room and the Kerr-Mills bil could- pay for the medical expense; of $2,148:81. » Following this the board set a po Lev that after the case worker ha talked to etxth family and after th< second refusal to come up with som< contribution to comply with the lav the case wall be turned over to tlx prosecuting attorney. : Mrs. Loa Dean Creamer is leaving i the wt-lfare office on March 31 anc " board members hired Linda Crowder for the position of clerk-steqo. Mr. Renbarger will attend the regional directors meeting at Fort Wayne in April and will choose a representative of the welfare department to attend the meeting in June. Hie dental fee schedule was tabled , until next month. Wards of Court Twenty children who are wards of court received $1,209 for 620 days of care, $28.43 for clothing. $97.10 for medical and $6.60 for school expenses for a total of $1,34143. A total !of $476 was spent for four wards in ! institutions for 112 days’ care. An ! additional $52.80 was spent on a hospital commitment— transportation to i Indiana University Medical Center. Other expenses were as follows: Crippled children, $328.25; telephone. $40.29; office supplies. $6.80; board members—mileage, $104.53 and staff salaries. $2,545. I Board members had questioned oen bill on three pairs of shoes be t ing purchased for one • child. The shoes were purchased on sale. The

i ; SYRACUSE YOUTH : FIRST SWIMMER ’ OF YEAR Bill Pipp, son of Mr. and Mrs. 1 1 William Pipp. Syracuse, set a record Sunday,. March 14. when he " went for a short swim in the channel } near. Lake Wawasee. ’ • 'I Bill's <wim was not by choice but ■ by accident. He and iris cousin. Bob Bete<. were- playing ball at the ■‘home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs; S. F. Betes. Bob threw the . ' j ball and in trying to catch it Bill le end of the boat pier] which was set. He kept on going J right into the Channel. J There is a thin layer of ice still lon the water but he managed to 1 swim out, very wet and very cold. B:ll thinks.he bas set a record for '.vimniing here Foo & Faye's Restaurant to j Open Tuesday Foo and Faye’s Cantonese Res--1 -’tauraii'. popular eating • estabksh'l meat located on road 13 south’of Syr-1 I acuse, will open" Tuesday. March 23, •jFaye Wong said this week. It has ■ [ been closed for several winter 5 months. I - - The kitchen has been remodeled and new equipment has been added. I including a new food preparation 7 ■ area and new shelving. The entire / place has been redecorated. ” Their hours of operation will be the same as before—4 to 10 p. m. I week days and 12 to 10 p m. on r Sundays, and closed on Mondays. ti " “ Syracuse « Merchants To * Organize i, ■ w. Syracuse businessmen and wt> i- men met at the Bon-Len Snack "o Shop Wednesday morning for a i breakfast and to discuss the organial zing of a merchants association. - io i This organization wdl deal with is problems of uptown Syracuse and te invite merchants from Wawasee IS Village to attend, as many of the t. problems in Syracuse are also prok- blems of the Village, I te The business people have agreed d to back the Chamber of Commerce s. i 100 per cent. Hie Cos C will have Js a new slate of officers in the near ot i future:. There were no definite plans ?r ‘ made but a date set for the next K> meeting which will be at 7 a. m. on II ’ March 31 at the Bon-Len. All busies nessmen and women of Syracuse ’ iare invited to attend this meeting >! as well as all businessmen and wots • men from W’dwasee Village. ® No name was decided upon, but tentatively the name of the group • v - The Uptown Business Associa--16! tion. , . . Among the merchants and bqsiS ness people attending the first mejting were Brvon Connolly. Pete Luttr man. Jade Elam. Thomas Holmes. Douglas Pilcher. Robert BurkholdBonnie Workman. Netebn Auer. Howard Kline. Mrs. Max Ganshom and Miss Rosina Baumgartner. , KENNY’S OPENS ’ FOR 1965 SEASON ” f Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ryman - are opening their popular eating [. place, Kenny’s Drive-In, in Milford • r today for the 1965 season. ] During the winter months some j painting and redecorating were done ! and new floor covering placed on I the floor of the kitchen. o i Kenny’s' will continue to feature the soft-serve ice cream which made . such a hit in the community last i year. Tlie same old favorites will 4 still be on the menu, fl— | board approved the bill, but asked d that it not be done in the future, s Three bills were presented from a e nursing home for special care. They e. were denied.

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In This Issue • Seek Plain township consensus — page 1. • Bloodniobile March 26 — page 1. • Letters to Editor —■ page 6. • School news — page 8. J • Foo and Faye dptns — page 1.

Revival Service To Begin Wed. At Church The Rev.. John W. Secor announced that revival services with Rev. L. E. Tonne will begin jWednesday eve:’ ng. Maiyh 24. at 7:30 p.m. and continue nightly through April 4. Rev. L. E. Toone of Bourbcnnias, 111., is an ordained eldt-r in the Church of the Nazarene. and has : v— — w wjl Rf!v. L. E. TOONE been in full-time* holiness evangelism since June of 1964. He received his theological train.ng in ■ Cincinnati, O. During the past 26 years he had pastored six Nazarene churches in northern Indiana ar.d has more’ recently concluded a seven year ministry in Elkhart, where an exten- : sive building program has been accomplished. He has served in vari1 mis capacities in the district . programs and has shown a vital interest in youth. A native Hixisier. Mr. Toone has done extensive evangelistic work in .the eastern and central states. Before entering the pastoral ministry he traveled with the Emmanuel Quartet’ 1 Evangelistic Party. . In his messages, Mr. Toone places strong emphasis on heart holiness and loyalty ‘ > the full program of the Chuch of the Nazar retie. " . The Dale Geise family from Goshen xvill be the song evangelist. The pastor and people of the Church of the Nazarene invite you to every service . God has revival for our day. plan . to attend. March 24-April 4. ; Lenten Series ’ Held At Syracuse ; Calvary Church 3 2 A series of inspiring colored mo- _ tion pictures on the life of • Christ will lx> shown in the sanctuary of j Calvary EUB church south of Syrae cuse each Sunday , evening during the e I Lenten season at 7 o’clock. Special r music will be provided at each of these sen ices. s Last Sunday evening Christ’s Ret turn to. Nazareth was portrayed. The n special music was providetj/by Lyle . Kell and by a girls’ trio composed of > Gwen Rhoads. Kathy Geible, and , Pam Coburn. The girls were accom- ’ panied by Donna Huff. Mrs. Harry Appenzelkr was the. organist, for the ( Events in the’life of Christ still to be portrayed are as follows: • March 21 - Conflict i "March 28 - Retreat and Decision April 4 - Triumph and Defeat The pastor of Calvary church, Rev K. E. Robinson, extends a cordial invitation to the public to atj tend these special Lenten senices. Former Syracuse i Teacher Dies in California Word lias been received in Syracuse of the death of Mrs. Lillian Tripp Thompson, 81, in Whittier, Calif. ‘ - Mrs. Thompson was a native; of Syracuse. She graduated from Syr- . acuse high school and taught here several years. She married Henry Thompson, the pastorof the Lutheran church here, and after leaving Syracuse, they had charges in Indiana, lowa and Michigan. Rev. Thompson retired in 1941 and they moved to Whittier. He is i, deceased. The only sunnvors are ’ cousins living in Syracuse and CalI ifomia.

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