The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 14, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 May 1965 — Page 1

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VOLUME 4

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LAST PLAY — The last play of the season for Milford’s Rhetama duh will be pp-sented this Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. in the community building. . It will also be the List play for the two leading characters, Sharron Moneyheffer . and Larry Homer.

Stan Stump Wins Sportsmanship Award At Milford Athletic Banquet

Stan Stump, a Milford high school senior. w.. . ted the ba ball sportsmanship trophy at the annual athletic banquet held Saturday night m the community bpdiling ’ . Stan was also awarded the b.<>k< .h defense ‘r >piiy He red major letters in bask* ■ and baseball and a minor letter.in Senior cheerleader awards went . to Sharron Mowyheffer and Ginger HoH'or (Edirne's Vote — No pictun of the winners was taken because pur photographer was unable to make , arrangements with the ro.irii after trying for three days.) . , I The trophy for basketball sits by Diek' Groves TibPark Phvnd Park I’tiend and \ e.. Baker in a tie received trophies for , the free throw per contage j V - went to■' \ : >loves ; Jerry Wilson; Don Bucher and B ' Bucher was the only other st on the team Minor Inters went to-Jim Brom Jan '■ ‘meh. Dave ■Beer, Mike Milter and Ted Speicher Freshman' basketball awards .wentto Dan Brown. Steve Fox. Jerry Mr Clintic. Dennis Newcomer, Steve - The third varsity cheerleader was Jocllen McCHnic. Reserve ter awards given to Jeanne Moncyheffer. son Argkn. and. Sherrie Coy. Weisser Alan Coy Dick O'Bk-n.s and Er-. V.mlamns’ham. Both Weisaer and. Coy are seniors. Baseball Dick Groves won the trophy for batting average. M.aor baseball letters went t \ Baker, Max Beer, John BetsJim Bromhaugh, Dick Groves. Don Steve . Weisser Dave Beer. Ted Speicher. Gary Hurt!, Ned Speicher and Park Phend Bucher and Stan Stump are the only seniors. - Track The most valuable player in track went to Vert Baker. Major track letters' went to Verl 'Baker, Dick Groves, Park Phend and Ted Speicher Minor trade letters were presented to Dave Beer. Steve Fbx. Jay Bontrager, John Bushong, Larry Criswell Ned Speicher. Dennis Wuthrich and Stan Wuthrich. Cross Country . The most valuable player trophy for cross country went to Dennis Wuthrich.

Milford Poppy Poster ; Contest Winners

Winners of the annual poppy poster contest in Milford have been announced by the Milford American Legion Auxiliary poppy chairman. Mrs Lloyd Coy. They are as follows: Class 1 (grades 4. 5. and 6 >—Debbie Shearer, first; Tom Speicher, second; and Richard Krull, third. Class 2 (grades 7.8, arid 9) — Becky Brown, first; Fred Hoerr, second: and Vickie Mehl, third. Class 3 (grades 10, 11. and 12) —

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e shown above. Both are seniors. b Miss Moneyheffer is featured as d Mis> Brooks and Larry plays coach t- Longacre. It is the first musical comedy to e be presented by the club. A Mailn Journal staff photo.

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BMCAI \t KE \TE SPE \KFR — Dr. 1. Lynd Esch, president of Indiana ( entral college, Indianapolis, Mill be the speaker for this year’s combined - lakeland Community

Legion Memorial Day Plans For Milford

Darrel Orn on tlu* pl.ms : for the Memorial Day parade at the Monday evening meeting of the Ancil Geiger Poet 226 of the American Legion of MiMord. There e memlxTs present. The parade will be held on Mem- : onal Day, Sunday, May 30. at l 90 p.m. Order of march follows: . Foiice and town board members; {post colors; Milford high school I band;' firing squad; veterans (at least two cars*; auxiliary colors; (Gold Star Mothers; clubs (Junior {Auxiliary, Syracuse Junior Drum [and nugle Corps, Lions colors and ears, grange-; Cub Scouts; children clung; children oo truck; de- ] Letters for cross country went to Greg Bowser. Dick Groves, Don Bucher, Dave Beer, Steve Fox. Tom Guhden, Jerry McClintic, Mike MiHef, Steve Replogle, Ted Speich|er, Larry Criswell, Gary Hurd. Jan Kizer, Jim Om. Ned Speicher and Dennis Wuthrich Bucher and Stan Stump are the only seniors.

' Steve Weisser, first; Susanne Dewi art. second; and Kathy Wolferman, i third. , The posters were judged by tap - auxiliary unit. Cash awards of two j dollars will be given to first place - winners and one dollar to each se- . cond and third place winner. First and second place posters, in each . - class, will be entered in the dis- , trict convention competition. The, district convention will be held June - 9 at Chesterton.

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

X-Ray Unit To Be In Area Thursday And Friday The tuberculosis X-ray unit will be m the LatieLaod area on Thursday and Friday of this week. The unit will be in front of The Mail-Journal office. Milford, from 9 to 11:30 tomorrow 'Thursday' l morning and will be a t the Leesburg town hall from 1.30 to 5. The unit will be in front of. the' Pickwicktheaterin Syracuse from. 9 until 11 30 am. Friday and will be {at Weatherhead’s from 130 until 5. The uni: will not visit North Web-, -■er until Wednesday, May 19. On that date it will he at the town hall from 1:90 to 5 p. m. Eight TB cases have been disco*'- i cred in Kosciusko county since the first of the year. In 1964 only three found dur.ng the year and •four Ca<es were found in 1963. Wawasee Lakeside Chapel To Hold Bible School The AVawasee Lakeside Chapel will hold its Bible school June 7 to IK. at 9 to 11 a m. The theme of the Bible school this year will be • U-am nc To Pray”

School Corporation baccalaureate service. The services will be held at North Webster high school at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 23.

:-d bicycles. horses; saddle club; and fire department Wade Mishler requested that anylone having crutches, wheelchairs, walkers and etc. to dispose of, they would be greatly appreciated. The nominating committee sugI gested the following slate ’of officers Commander, Noble A. Fisher: first vice commander, Silas Howard; second vice commander. Howard H. Haab. adjutant. Dan ; Levemier; finance officer. Russell Ruch: chaplain. Walter Ritter; historian. H C. Snyder; service officer, Wade Mishler; sergeant-al-arms, Dale Sherman; delegates for state convention. Noble Fisher and I Herbert Felkner with Wade MishI ler and Dan Levernier, alternates. The Lesion will give a pony awav July 12. r Syracuse Man Given Suspended Sentence Charges against Donald LeCount, 38, were filed by Syracuse deputy marshal Donald Enyeart after the man allegedly struck the officer about 5:45 a.m. Sunday, May 9. LeCount was given a suspended sentence and paid a fine in Koscuisko county circuit court Monday. I ’ Theodore Cook. 62, Syracuse, j was booked at the county jail at about 4:15 am. Sunday by* deputy sheriff Harry Saunders after the charge was filed against him by his wife. ,. j MILFORD BOY SC OUTS TO MEET I The newly formed Boy Scout troop at Milford will hold its first meeting Friday evening at 7 in the Scout cabin at Waubee lake.

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Petition To Retain Plain Township Contains 1,075 Signatures

By JERI SEELY A petition bearing the signatures of 1,075 Lakeland residents was presented to members of the Lakeland Community School Corporation s board of trustees by Arch Baumgartner of Van Buren township on Tuesday night of this week. The petition had been carried by 29 persons in the four and one half township school corporation and was signed by persons favoring the board's retaining Plain township in the corporation:

In presenting the petitions Mr. i Baumgartner made the following 'tatement: ’ ' . . . "A group of interested citizens , of the Lakeland school district, interest cd in the strongest and best , • >le schools for the Lakeland school corporation, have taken it upon themselves to survey the district with a public petition, seeking signatures of 'res.dents of the district who favor retaining Plain township in the Lakeland sclxiol i corporation. ■ j “The several petitions, submitted here, bear sigtiatures of 1,075 such , residents. . ' j “No door-to-door effort was made to get these signatures. In all cases. 1 residents signed the of ! their own. free will and accord. “Petition carriers have stated: fed from 70 to 75 per cent of ' the residents in the Lakeland cor’:ain town- ; ship in the- Lakeland corporation. “The petitions are submitted in . order to give the Lakeland school board a broader reflection of opin-j on of Lak eland residents m this important matter. “They are in no way a coercion on the school board;| rather, they are aimed at strengthening the hand of the school board in its effort to bring to the Lake- > land school district the best school . system possible.” It was signed by Mr. Baumgart-1 ner. Mr. Baumgartner stated the group had Ixten ciiarged with a i degree of secrecy. This had been done, he continued, because of harassment. I In answer to Ralph Brubaker's question on whetlier nr not a break- j down of townships had been made I Mr. Baumgartner said none had. j Residents had been ask to sign their ; name and address. j It was also brought .to the attep- j tion of the board that the petition' ( - list of signatures. ' | E L West of Plain township asked if the petitions would be available > for public inspection. Board members said they would i take the petition under advisement i give it further study. They didn’t think it fair to make a com- , mittment before the petitions are siud.ed. < . i Dean Wallace Named Milford Scoutmaster Dean Wallace of r 1 Milford, has been named Scoutmaster of the_ newly organized troop at Milford. Mr. Wallace accepted the appoint-

ment on Monday evening of this week. An organizational meeting had been held on Friday evening. April 29 at the fire; sCation and plans laid | for the new troop at ■ that time. Member* of the com- j mittee are Paul Math-j ews, Luther Steffen.: Gorden Blauser, Her-1

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bert Felkner, Paul Kizer. Bill Burgett. Herbert Stump and Mr. Wallace. .• i Mr. Wallace states the Scouts will meet every Friday night from , 7 to 8 p.m. at the Scout cabin located at Waubee lake. ‘ Syracuse Men's i Bowling Ass'il I To Hold Banquet The Syracuse Men’s Bowling ■ Association will hold its annual ■. end of the season banquet Tuesday, May 18. at 7:30 p.m. at Mar- | ley’s Steak' House south of Syra[cuse.

WEDNESDAY. MAY 12, 1965

Public Invited To Open House At Lakeland Youth ' Lakeland Youth, Inc. cordially invites all interested persons •to their open house to be held May i 16 from .2 p.m. until 5 p.m. This I marks the first anniversary of. the I operation of this Unique community endeavor. Free refreshments tind three, •.'Combos" ; to provide i music for your -enjoyment wi i features at the ‘Teen-Scene.*’-' Teen-age memberships, new or >-.-»;f\vals. will be available at this > t ime. All - those to be in sevent h i grade this fall through 19 years ; of age are eligible for membership . I Donor memberships, which are a- , vailable for any interested,persons ! wishing to shove their support of ■ ’ the youth center in this manner. ■ will also be available at this time. i Donor memberships ~ are federal I ; tax exempt contributions. The proposed budget for the year 1965-66 follows: Liabilities .mt i SfUary-director . 5.400.00-j Mab hing social security i I f inds 196.0011 I Insurance 300,00! j Advertising 50,00 h Elet tricity. ; 450.00 h I Telephone ...1.. 150.n0 . j Water & sewage 39.00 t Janitress 450.00 j Supplies-offiee & cleaning 200.00 ( ' Equip, it improvements ... 500.00 j Linen service 84.00] j Supplies-pfrtg pong balls, lights,. L • etc. . , 101.72 j Total liabilities $9,000.72. ] Assets i Time c.ertificates-balance ■ L remaining from original i < donor .... . . $4,000.001 2 f l 965 177.17 - Money needed through mem-. ■ & donations .. $4,823.4* I j Other Items | ; Items not included in the above! i budget includes such items as: I V od and drink-members j ; purchase $2,400.00 Entertainment-bands and j eombos-spedal adm. 1,582 00’ i Wages-fountain help .... 382.30 i • Total :$4,364,301 These items are self-supporting : , ind not included- in the operating’] budget for this reason. .Members of Youth Employment, Service will also be available at the open house for those who wish' to employ youth for the summer' months. Also youth who wish to register for employment may* do t so at this time. I PRE-SCHOOL ROUND UPS HELD IN LCSC SCHOOLS Pre-school round ups have been [ 'conducted at the four elementary ! schools in the Lakeland Community School Corporation. Students were registered for next year’s' I kindergarten classes. Also, stu-1 dents who had not attended kin- i ■ dergarten in the Lakeland Corporj ation this year were registered for next year’s first grade. I Edgar A. Speer, elementary co- ; • ordinator for the Lakeland cor- j poration, states that np more ( .j round ups will be held this year; Students who. missed in the round ( Sups should report to the office of ; i the school in which they will attend. Mr. Speer urges that this be j done as soon as possible so that . plans can be formulated for next year’s classes. To be eligible for kindergarten a child must be five years of age on or before October 1, 1965, and to be eligible for first grade, he must be six years of age on or before October 1, 1965. FIND LOST GLASSES ' Milford police officer Ralph Gans- j ■ ert reports he has a pair of glasses ■ at the city hall. The glasses were ■ found last Tuesday and have not been claimed.

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CHAMBER RE-ORGANIZES—The SyracHM- Wau aiee 4_hamber of Commerce held its re-organization meeting tn the directors’ room of the State Bank of Syracuse last Thursday evening,, With Tom Prickett being elected president. Officers are in the above photo: Seated from left, Don Novi. vice

Reclassify 9.2 Acre Tract South of Syracuse

The Syracuse plan commission, I meeting Monday night at Syracuse] town hall, voted overwhelmingly in] favor‘of reclassifying a 9.2 acre tract of land, located south of W.i- ’ wasee Bowl south of Syracuse from suburban residence to roadside busi-1 ness. ■ -I The reclassification was ' t.hef re- 1 commendation of . a headed. by plan con?mi>sion member Patil Levernier, Maurice Cro" arid,Cart R. Reynolds. Their was Uiat the .'-requested reclassification be de-1 nied, and. “at most roadside iness re ■; sliould be] granted with the possible variance to allow operation of a. proposed i machine shop near the Wawasee Bowl provided plans are completed strictly as presented and outside area and surrounclings are maintained as shown in landscape elevation presertted to the i commission." For Machine Shop The request for reclassification became the topic of controversy’ McCormick Corporati'on asked for a reclassification in order to erect a machine shop in an area now zoned as suburban residence. I The McCormick petition was pre-, i sented by Syracuse attorney R ,Leon Connolly. It set out that the machine shop would be 50 by 150 feet, of steel or concrete construc- ‘ tion, and would employ 15 machini ists eventually 20 at an annual J pavroll of about $300,000. The shop is to be operated by [John Rhode, a former superinten- ' dent at the Weatherhead plant. A petition from the SyracuseWawasee Chamber of Commerce was presented by Chamber secretary ’ Richard Maresh, containing 209' signatures A petition, signed by property owners in the area of the proposed machine shop, and protesting the reclassification, was presented by Earl Money. Mr. Money said. '“You present a pretty picture, but what will go into the rest of the land besides the machine j shop?” member Harold Gray asked if any effort had been made to secure land in the 75-odd acres of land around Syracuse zoned as industrial. Accountant Ed Tatman, speaking for the plant, said it had to be near a highway, adding it would contain small air compressors which would be housed. He said there would be dust containers and would involve no water pollution. He said if the rezoning is turned down the plant would build in the east section of Nappanee within five days. Mr. Tatman said plant officials want no; hard feelings among residents in that area. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Williams who reside across road 13 from the area in question and who operate the Gem Shop there, protested the i change in classification to the commission. They said it would hurt their property value if a machine (Continued on page 7)

president: Prickett; Richard Maresh. secretary. Top. from left. W. A. Jones. Jr., director: James Fry, treasurer; and Harold* W. H. Wellman, director. ‘ Committee assignments were given as follows: Memberstfim Richard Maresh: retail. Tom Holmes; industrial, Harold Wellman*: Flotilla.

Syracuse Police Officer Overcome ! By Smoke Sunday Syracuse deputy marshal O Dahl, was token tb the Goshen pit il Sunday m >rning after a ■smoke bomb exploded in the home of hi' mother and sist.-i,. Mrs. .Thelma . Dahl and Mrs. ■ .1 ' -Rogers, on r t Syr;<« use. The home has had bats* rn the {attic' and the-~smoke bomb was 'b<-ing res <1 in :i-i effort t<> fin-i where they were . getting in. It was thought the bomb was defec]tive since it exploded and caught • • Officer Dahl went into the • and brought out the bonrib land became, ilk A local phy was calleil and because of. the 'chemicals involved Mr_ Dahl was rtakeh to- the hospital. He w ■ {leased Monday afternoon. j Syracuse Music Dept. Presents Spring Festival The Syracuse High School Music Department will present its Spring Festival in the high school gym on :Wednesdav, May 19, at 7:30 p.m. | The high school band will begin i the program by playing “Mount of Might” by Osterling, the "Navy IL-mn" by Dykes. “Highlights from Man* Poppins" by Reed, “Three Bones,” a trombone trio by Al (Davis, “Warsaw Concerto”, a piano solo with band accompaniment, and ’"The Klaxon” by Fillmore. The high school choir will sing “Hark. The Vesper Hymn Is Stealing" arranged by Scholin, “Prayer For Peace" bv Dwan and Friedman. “The Exodus Song" by Boone and Gold. ‘ “Gonpa Build a Mountain” arranged by Leyder, and “Peace I Leave With You” arranged by Hoggard. ' Also to be presented on the program will be the sth and 6th grade band, the junior high school band, the junior high school chorus, the Stage Band, arid The Velveteens, a girls’ trio. Church Os Brethren To Hold Father-Son Banquet The Syracuse Church of the ; Brethren will hold a father and son • banquet at the chiirch Saturday, ' May 15. All fathers and sons are urged t« be present. Milo Yoder of Middlebury will be the guest speaker and will speak on his trip to India 'and show pictures taken there. The potluck supper will be at 6:30 and you are asked to bring your own table service.

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! Dick Atkinson: fireworks, W. A. Jones, Jr.; and art. Rev. August Lundquist. The directors, meeting following the organization meeting, announced a Queen contest to be a part of the Father’s Day Flotilla. A Mail-Journal staff photo.

Oakes Accounting Service Sold To W.A. Jones, Jr. The Oakes Accounting Service, located in Wawasee Village and owned by Clyde W. Oakes ..since 1942 J was ; sold to W. A. Jones, Jr., it was an- ' : nounced this week. Mr. Jones will continue the business in the same location undei* the same name, and will retain Mr. Oakes as a consultant.. Mr. Oakes came to Syracuse from Chicago in 1942 and. set up the accounting service. Mr. Jones, a Syracuse native, has had considerable accounting and business experience. He has been a mill operator, farmer, cqal yard owner, milk route operator, construction contractor and motel operator. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have owned ■he Wawasee Motel, located in \\awasee Village since 1953. They have xpanded the business since they purchased it. r LCSC Board Members To Meet WithT.CPTA ' Members of; the board of school trustees of the Lakeland Community School Corporation will meet ■ with tnembers of the Ti Creek township Parent-Teachers Association at T:3O pm. Tuesday, May 18, and answer questions on : educational issues. a ■ The meeting will be held in the 1 : school cafeteria. Also on the program for the evening will be the . installation pf the 1965-66 officers. r i Mrs. Jack Carr, president, stat■ed the association is for parents with children in elementary school. [however, because of the nature of, children in grades seven through 12 have been invited to attend. j , ' CHARLES CABLE j ELECTED TO OFFICE According to an announcement from LaVeme co ege at LaVerae, Calif.. Charles Cable, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Cable, Syracuse, has been elected president of the student body. Charles attended Manchester college before going to LaVerne and during the sumjner of 1963 he attended an International Work Camp in Ecuador. Last summer he was a ‘normal control patient” at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md.

return to work at MONSANTO CHEMICAL Members of International Glass Blowers Ass’n., Local 229, returned to their jobs Monday, i following the issuance of a rei straining order by Noble county circuit court judge John Hakan. t The 500 workers had been idle since May 4.

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