The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 10, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 April 1965 — Page 1

Picture, Story of Twin Tornado That Took At Least 64 Lives, Pages 1 & 7

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Board To Discuss Movement Os Plain

Lakeland school board members solar meeting to meet in executive ! session, next Tuesday night, April j .20. to discuss the transferring of I Plain township to the Warsaw Community Schools. This is the I live meet-1 tog ever planned by t bdcini . Board numbers stressed the nweung wiH be exploratory and no i final action will .he takenl Laketon •: - ntendent Vwa. S linmd .. ■■ aw superintendent "Cairi Burt had met yesterday ■ t Tuesday • ,'o fJrrnuh.'v -.<-vrfai questions to be d+scusMsi t>y 'each' board i If, after- both Iw.h hi>;d indvud ual- d ■ i they want to con-. ■ ■■ ■ . Principals’ Report*. Mr. .Immel read t « principaL'; reports' w.th the exception of Edgar ! Speer’s reports. Mr. Speer was' pre-j sent and read his own reports. All principals reported on meet- ■ . . • - and x isit.i'ion.s, ;o well as club activities and sciwoi sponsored trips. - Donn Kesler, principal o( Milford high schod; included .in his report ■ several rooms of the school. He told ■ lioanl Honor Society at the . Milford school and of meeting with a com

'Moonlite Madness' Draws Hundreds of Eager Shoppers

Tlw Uptown Busjux-smenj's Association s Moonlight Madness Sale , f from 9pm until midnight, Friday.i April 9. was a success according to ' statements made by the members. j Syracuse took on a carnival at-j Biosphere with the Syracuse high j school band playing at the comer ] of M.hi ind Huntington streets Not .-vsmve the days of band, concerts in; a&town Syracuse has there been ns many people on the streets Friends | and relatives met and visited. There was no estimate given of i the number of people, attending ' the sale, for not only Syracuse people but many persons from sur- j rounding towns were up-town. | Th' Bon-Len Snack Slop featured ‘ The Tikis*. local kind, and the restaurant was filled and j watchers stood oh the sidewalk out- j side. Miss Bonnie Workman, owner. ] reported 178 five cent cups of cos- j fee sold during the ‘Madness'sale ‘ There was a total of 355 customers in the restauratit Door prizes were won by* Mike Coy. first, two Ribe;e steak dinners: second prize was a hsh dinner. won by James Hammdn: and third prize a sack of | midget hamburgers and two orders of.French fries was won by Virginia Eads Across the street at W. R. Thomas’ manager Tom Holmes had' to set up another cash register to handle the business. The door prize.

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Trailer Court Sunday just one hour after the first one hit at about 6:15 p m. This one swung north and level-

. ners. Principal- Wendell Bryant' of the North Webster school also reported on his school working to establish a National Honor Society He stated ’ I the sixth grade boys were on duty as -afe-y patrol uHiot* Th« PTA had sponsored a spelling contest and is! going to give two S2OO scholarships: I At the Leesburg school Charles Games* reported on his meeting with rd | . class rooms at the school He stated been defeated by Talma to the finals of the tournament. Mr Gamer also n-pvrfi I on a safety patrol lu-.ng -M ' ■ . ■ hgi ‘Sc . ... y . • ■ ■ in the i halls and the parents of the basketball team holding a dinner for the 1 ' .. ■■ < \\ DON \li ro Hls\si 1 R VICTIMS Anyone in axing ■ ’ ' nate for the people of the disaster area can call Syracuse 457.-3532 or 457-3666 Please give your name and the piece or pieces of furni- : ture you have to donate

a tape recorder, was won by Julie | I Koenig, Mr Holmes reported a | good business and was very pleased with the results of the sale. j Rose Jewelry store had a one-half j joss sale and many who went bn | said "Good-bye" to Miss Baum- i I gartner, who wall be leaving SyraI cuse May 1. ■ , ; A: the Syracuse Hardware, 248 re- { Igistered for the door prize, and: I Everett Crow and his clerks were j I kept busy Mrs Crow in a 19201 j "Flapper" costume, complete with > wig received a great many com- , ments Mrs. Larry’ Claybaugh wxxi 'the door prize, a transistor radio. 1 At Burkholder’s Drug. 312 registered. Roger Dale Smith won the: transistor radio and Barb Gardner] i won the 75 feet of garden hose. Bob continued his one-cent sale for- - the occasion. j. Gamble’s was a busy place, toys .in the toy room were all marked half-price for the sale and many were buying for Christmas. Mr. and ; (Mrs. Pete Luttman were busy giving away gifts and waiting on cus- ; ; t..mere, assisted by Jack Elam. Bud i Beauchamp of r r Svracuse. won loor prize, a Eureka lightweight ( ivacuum sweeper. Connolly’s Grocery »clerks were kept busy putting up orders ami Mr. ' Connolly had some good grocery btrn. At the Star Store among the out-of-town customers were Mr. and

ed many homes in the Sunnyside Ad1 dition. north of Dunlap. ?

Milford Legion Plans Easter Egg Hunt The Arxh Geiger post 226 of the ' American Legion of M.lford met { Mon lay even ng with 12 members present Plans were made for the,Easter Egg hunt to he held at 2:30 pm. Saturday at the Milford elementary : : school. j There wall be three areas for three different age groups. Prizes : for each group will be as follow's: First. $150; second. $1; third. 75 cents and 2" pi Zes of 25- centseach .. ■ - The K-."'-:- >■' dren 10. years old and under . 1 Tile Ix'.,i<in voted to send s.">o ! • for the Elkhart county relief fund Meinot .-'I/ Day i ■ Vmoriai Day services- The fir.nc e Hop New Salem. Felkncr, and Island('impel eennter'.e's at 7'30 a m. SunMay 30 The parade will form at 130 pm. at the school. . $5,973 Collected From Christmas Seals 4 total Os $5,973.79 was collected ■ - xv.if l >v -the K-'-c u-ko County Tulwrculasis Association through its }-U Cl - sin s seal - ‘ \ total pf $97 50 was collected in ship. $237 in Plain. $277.46 to Tippecanoe, S3M in Turkey ■ $166 to Van B.

'Mrs: Roscoe Smith of r 1 Milford. Mrs Smith /won the door prize, a SIO gift certificate. V ’.V E..: V :■«’ gistered :'<>r the door prih|. a rug shampooer which - was won by Pat Pilcher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Pilcher Bushong Barber Shop, gave a free tonic with each hair cut and reported business as ■ ■ . / J. B Cox of Syracuse Quality Printers, reported he had customers from Lake Wawasee and Goshen and was very pleased with the result- of the sale. Auer’s Mobile Station had free prizes and an unique “ Madness" i Nelson had three alarm docks set for different times If the alarm went off while a customer was haring gasoline put in his car. the purchase was free. Pilcher’s Shoe Store had a good I business and Mr. Pilcher reportled families were in for shoes. He was surprised to see so many youngsters out at night V.l in dll Syracuse had a* good turnout for its first Uptown Businessmen’s .Association sponsoredsale Many people think there should be another sale soon and the members are working on plans for the next one. .. . The Syracuse police department’s chief, Dan Ganger, was on hand to help at the Intersection, so traffic was kept moving.

I- See additional photo and story on page seven of thus issue. ;

X-Ray Survey To Be In County | The X-ray survey will be taken j May 10 to May 20 in Kosciusko county. It is sponsored by the coun|ty tuberculosis association in cooperation with the state board of health. The X-ray will be available to anyone over 18 years of age and all adult employees in restaurants, i soda fountains, hotels, taverns, groceries, and those people working dt food stands, church or school suppers, etc . are urged to visit the ■ mobil unit. Contributions to the county tuber- - association for Christmas given without charge, possible. In Lakeland Area . I The unit will be in front of The! MaiWpumal otfice in - Milford from ’ *.* a m Until 11:30 on Thursday. May 13 and will' be in front of the Pick.wick theater in Syracuse/fnsp 9 a.m until 11 36 am. or. Friday, May 14 . It w-.-l bf at the- town hall, in Leesbwgi from 1:30 p.m. until 5 ; pm. on Thursday. May 13 and at I Weatherhead n Syracuse from I:3© ■ant.’’. 5 p.m. on-. Friday. May 14. The unit w ill be at • the North r n ha!'. :n»m 1 30 .until p.m os Wednesday, May 19. CAMPFIRE GROUP TO HOLD DAY CAMP The leaders of the Syracuse Camp Girls have .announced that plans are being worked on for a Day Canto to be held to Syracuse July More news of the camp will be 'released at a later date. ( AI LED TO NEW JERSEY Mr and Mrs Arthur Mousley and {daughter of Syracuse were called to • den death of the . former's father, H A Momsley at Brielle. He unexpectedly Sunday . " ' i TO SPEND F.ASTF.R WEEK END LN SYRACUSE * Lee Mellinger and daughter Tammy of Fort Wayne *Ol spend Easter week end with Mr. and Mrs. John I Fisher at Syracuse. Tammy will to spend a week with her grandparents NEW SUBSCRIBERS TO THE SLAIL-JOURNAL ’ Credit Bureau of Kosciusko County, 526 E Winona Ave, WarsawMrs Sharon Slabaugh. trs. 3610 HA Cadet. Sheridan Schofield Brks., > Haw aii 96557 ! ' c S-Sat. Loren C. Neibert, RA15419864. 587th Encr. Co. Maint. (DJS.)., | APO New York, 09165. ’ Jacqueline Rowe. 77 Kings Hwy., ’ Apt. 12, Wionna Lake Charles Long, r 3 Syracuse Mbs. Goldie Sanderson, Box -24 . Leesburg ’ Syracuse Hardware, 110 W. Main, ‘ Syracuse James Willis, r 1 Cromwell ’ James Payton. r 2 Box 30, Syra- , cuse.

WEDNESDAY. APRIL M. 1365

In This Issue .’• Tornado story . page> 1 and 7. • School board session - page j. • Editorials - page 4. • Letters to Editor - page 3. • Civil Defense story - page 7. March Police Report For Syracuse Following is the police report for the month of March as released by Syracuse chief Don Ganger: . Calls answered by officers . 72 Traffic arrests 9 Criminal arrests 1 Warnings issued 11 Accidents investigated 13 Thief reports investigated ...... 2 B & E reports investigated 1 i unfounded > Overtime park, tickets issued 14 Res. park tickets issued 2 Dog calls investigated ... 3 The police car was driven 2,727 miles on patrol. BIRTHDAY • SURPRISE HONORS MRS. RULE A birthday surprise party was i giveh recently by Mrs. Lowell Welty in her home honoring her mother, Mrs. Robert H. Rule Attending were Mrs. Harold Gallahan, Mrs., Earl Money, Mrs. Elmer Smith; Mrs. Clair Mohler, Mrs. Joe Hughesi Mrs. Donald Niles, Mrs. John Cripe. Mrs. Brownie Martin. Mrs John Cripe, Jr., Mrs. Dari Levemier. Miss Leila Connolly, and Mrs. Thomas Pletcher. The evening was spent in games and the showing of movies. Refreshments were, served by the hostess.

'Forward Without Hesitation': Mrs. Carr

Forward, without hesitation, ” r were the words used by Mrs. Jack J Carr, president of the Turkey Creek Township Parent-Teachers Associ-, at .on, as she read the final words of a letter written to the Lakeland . Community Corporation's board of school trustees at Tuesday even- ‘ tog's meeting. letter was signed by Mrs, Carr and a copy was given to each, of the school board members. - i It follows: ‘To: Mr. Immel and Board of School .Trustees of the Lakeland Community School Corporation "This letter concerns a subject that is uppermost in the minds of a great number of ..us’ — the education of our children. To me. as I hope it does to you, this does not mean for them “just.to be room w’ith someone as a teacher, and an overall program that is merely adequate,” when wbat they could be getting would be considerably more satisfactory. I would like to see this corrected as soon as possible as I hope that all. conscientious parents would. I believe that tfiere is no reason why the Lakeland School rogram in every way. are we afraid of— expense? I don’t : think so. Until recently the taxpayers of Turkey Creek township and other surrounding townships - have <?iwn. a willinsness to pay for tr.e ; education of their children. We have had a school system to be proud of. This has cost us money. But we were not afraid of it then so why I art we hesitating now? Anything ofv aiue cannot be obtained cheaply. • The housing situation for the schools was satisfactory when our , corporation was formed but if we I take a good long look at it now. it doesn’t look good, does it? And what is the solution to this? Is it temporary housing or is it permanent housing? How often can temJ porary quarters become permanent and remain “good enough” for : man v - years to come? This is not what f want for my children. I want them with the other children to their school work and plav. I . want them in the school atmosphere and this cannot be obtained v ith temporary housing. A permanent I solution to these overcrowded classI rooms should be reached and reach- | ed soon. " ! “Another action I wish to urge is | —a salary schedule sufficient to attract .and retain superior teachers. To see top quality teachers leaving for better paying positions is verv disheartening. We need them here to help complete a Lake- : land School System to be proud of. ’ The board is to be congratulated on

Announce Winners of First Annual Easter Coloring Contest

Winners were announced today in the first annual Easter coloring bantest which was sponsored by The Mail-Journal and nine Syracuse and Milford businessmen. Judging of the • ne trly 200 entries received by the nine sponsoring firms was done by :nc high schixT art classes in the Syracuse and Milford schools. Age and ability were a considvratiun in the judging since entries were accepted by children kindergarten through fourth grade. Brent and Ann Kaiser, children of Mr and Mrs. Richard Kaiser of r 2 Milford, each won two prizes. Ann. who is a first grader, won at Tom Socks Sportswear in Syracuse and Augsbthrger's' IGA in Milford. Third

Syracuse Nazarene Church To Hold Sunrise Services | The Church of the Nazarene Io- J ' cated at the comer of Harrison and ' | Benton streets in. Syracuse, extend ; an invitation to you to attend EasIter Sunrise services. The service ■will begin at 6 am. Rev. Clinton Wasson, pastor of the . Ligonier ■ ’ Church of the ..Nazarene, will I bring the message. ; On Sunday evening, Grover Conrad. Sr., will present a unique program using 4 the flannel board and j music You will not want to miss ! "Were You "Diere'’ beginning at , 7:30 p m. The pastor. John W. Secor andcongregation invite you to attend : the services of the Church of the ! Nazarene, if you ,do not have a church home.

the recent authorization to employ (a school psychometrist, a speech •and hearing therapist, a remedial | reading instructor and •an elemep- . tary .eo-ordinator on a twelve month. . basis. I believe that these are definite steps forward in the first of many more to he taken! ”1 believe that the two words 'top quality’ canont be used too . often We need a top quality elem- ! entary program. To start out our ation with anything less. is not a very good investment in the future. We need a top quality high school program to give better preparation for college. If we expect the most, from the young people gradiia4:ng from high school, should we- offer them less? Personally. I can see no reason why Ixikeland cannot have, if not the best, one of the ■ best, school systejns to the state of Indiana. ■‘l feel that it is time to quit waiting and to move, and here is only one way to move — forward, w;ih<xit hesitation. “Mrs. Jack Carr, President Turkey Creek Township P.T A." ’Easter' Theme for Milford O.E.S. Meeting | Easter” was the theme for the ; Wednesady evening, April 7, meet--1 ing of the Order of Eastern Star Chapter No. 160 of Milford. Worthy matron Mrs Robert Ruch opened the chapter in regular form. The chapter room was decorated in the East with a lighted cross and spring flower?. The West was decorated with an Easter egg tree. The dining room tables were appointed with Easter baskets, rabbits, chickens, and eggs. The social. committee consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ruch and Mrs Dale Sorensen. The committee for April will be Mr. and Mfrs. Bill Little. chairmen, Mr. and Mrs. Joe 0. Estep, and Mrs. Charles Myers Mint dessert and coffee were served for refreshments. FIND MLSHROOMS Steve Weisser, Gary Fisher, and Alan Cot, all residents of Use Milford-Syracuse area went mushroom hunting in this area Saturday and found a total of 17 small mushrooms. l

grader Brent won at the Wawasee ■Village Hardware in Syracuse and First National Bank of Warsaw, Milford Branch. •' In Syractise David Coy. son of’Mr. and Mrs. Wayne. Coy of r 3 Syracuse and a kindergartener, won at Fob and Faye’s restaurant. Sandy rersunette who is a fourth grader at Syracuse, won at the W. R. Thomas 5 to si store. Sandy is the daughter, of Mr. and Mrs/ Fred Personette. Danny Mock, thin! grade son of Mr. and Mrs_ Bill Harrington of r 2 Syracuse, was winner at the Burger Dairy Store. ■ Another Milford winner was Lori Steffen., tb.ird grade, daughter of Mr. and Mr<. Luther Steffen of r 1 Milford,, who won at Sharp’s

"*•*< «*'<•••-■«» vm i... EASTER SUNRISE SERVICES _J

MILFORD The churches will hold their own i Sunrise service in Milford on Sunday morning. There will be a drama “Remembering”, given by the Methodist Youth Fellowship at 7 a.m. with the Methodist Men serving breakfast following the services. jThe young people of the church j will be in charge of the 7 ami services at New Salem. Breakfast will be served at 7:30. Sunrise services for 'toe First Brethren church will be held at I Waubee lake at sunrise. Breakfast will be served at the lake following the services. Senices for the Christian church j will be held at 6 30 on Easter Sunday morning. The men of the church will serve breakfast following the sen ices. ;

Sunrise Sendee will be held at the j Bethel Church of the Brethren with , a combined choir of Bethel church and the Bethany church on U S 6 in s Elkhart county presenting a cantata, I “Hosanna”. . i

Go!' Is The Word On Father's Day Flotilla

The word is “Go!” ,C Yes. there will be a Father’s Day Flotilla on Lake Wawasee this year. I' will be the fifth- annua’ such affair. The date; Sunday, June 20. I A meeting of interested Syracuse Land lake area residents at Marley’s ' St< ak. House Tuesday evening ended . in a decision to give.this year’s Flo-/ t;!Ia maximum publicity and thrust. Tom Prickett, owner of Tom Socks Sportswear, is general . chairman. MICHAEL THOMPSON INJURED IN ACCIDENT THURSDAY MORNING Michael Thompson. 20. Milford,, is a patient to the Elkhart hospital ; following a two-car accident. Thursday morning at 7; 05, He sistatoed a contusion to his right side. J Thompson was a passenger to a 1959 Ford operated by Ricky L. Bari ker, 18, Milford. The Barker car collided with a pickup driven by Clyde E. Enslem. 23, r 1 Syracuse. Neither Barker or Enslem was , hurt. The accident happened a mile and > a half west of Syracuse on what is -known as the Milford-Syracuse' • road. Damage to the vehicles was set J at $1,400 by investigating officer Herschel Harper, of the state police i post. 1—

Announce Plans For Shopping Complex

Orval Klink of Syracuse is announcing plans for a shopping comI plex to be built in Wawasee Village in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Klink own a parcel of land, approximately 175 by 200 feet, located just south of toe Thornburg drug store in the Village and a six-acre tract east of that parcel. This will be the site of his new venture. Mr. Klink has owned and operated Klink’s Market in Wawasee Village for the past 11 years. For many years prior to locating in toe Village

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1 The winner at Campbell's Market I was Kim Augsburger of r r Milford. - Kim ’is a third grader .and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Augsbur- ■ g er - The grand prize was awarded in > the kindergarten group by judges at - I'he Mail-Journal. It went to David Coy. > This year's contest proved to be i such a success tiiat plans are being • formulated to make it an annual e--1 vent. Thanks goes to each yf the nine , sponsors• and tlie art classes for- their . help with this year’s contest. A very special thanks to the art instructors, i Mrs. Raymond Talmadge at Syracuse . arid Mrs. Parker Phend of Milford -for their'valuable assistance.

SYRACUSE The Syracuse Community sunrise service will be held at the Syracuse Methodist church, Easter morning at 6 00 a.m. . Breakfast will be sened by mem-, bers of the M.Y.F. following the sen ice. Rev. Merrill Geible will be the guest pastor. The pttolic is invited- to attend. The Solomon Creek EUB church will hold Sunrise sendees, Easter morning at 6 am. There will be special music and the guest speaker will be Rev. Victor Yeager. The public is invited to attend. Rev. Joe F. Bear is the pastor. Easter service will be held at 6 30. am. at the Syracuse Grace

Lutheran . church. Easter breakfast will be served at 7:30. Tlie sermon at toe services, will be “He Is Not Here”. Rev. Carl H. Satre is toe pastor.

Other committees. will be named in the future; Top Pop j Present at the meeting"was WOdVO sportscaster Bob Chase, who agreed to lend toe full facilities of WOWO to make the event a success. / The group voted to name al “Top Pop” of the area, to be special] guest rof the Flotilla during the Father's Day week end. A golf tournament, to be played on all three golf courses', is being Mrs. Andrew Kammerer Injured In Milford Sunday Mrs. Andrew (Laura) Kammerer, 52, Leesburg, is a patient in Murphy Medical Center at Warsaw as the result of an accident in Milford Sunday evening at 8:15. •' Mrs. Kartimerer was crossing state road 15 from the Apostolic Christian church to Kenny’s* Drive-In when she was struck by a i 960 Chevrolet" driven by Ray David Wentz, 20, of r 1 Warsaw’. She was taken to the medical center in the Mishler ambulance and is' reported to be in poor condition with a severe concussion, possible skull fracture and multiple abrasions. Investigating o({toers were Vernon Wolf. Ralph E. Ghnsert, and Charles Mikesell.

Mr. Klink operated a store in downtown Syracuse. Mrs. Klink has owned and operated Berniece’s Beauty Shop, located next to Klink’s Market, for the same duration of time. Mr. Klink said this week he has had* plans in mind for some time of enlarging his grocery business, to include other lines of merchandise, along the line of the self-contained I general merchandise store, which ? 1 uve proved so popular in larger ’ shopping centers. !x' ■ '

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