The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 18, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 June 1965 — Page 1

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A<< ll»l X| I \l: | photo of \ early Monday niifiit shows th® in the front .yard o| the .l:»hri B, the .»«•« ><!« ►■.( < ,<i whi>M- Hhrk j . extent liaoa.j ■• <ii*n» - the car, resi<h‘iiee i,,n old road 15 <-<i tile he 'Pit.ili/.at'ioi of two Milford I ise \ehlele struck ' an' S-jnch Hee just south r,». Millord.

Monday Night Automobile Accident Hospitalizes Two Milford Youths

■ ahzcd tn the Goshen hospital Monday e ; /.■>,-< they were riding struck a 8-iftch tree in the yard ■>.’ John B Augs burger; on old road 15 s uth «: M f .. Hospitalized were-driver.-'Mark- X ■ ' 19, a passenecr Both are rein f nr' <>r«i :.<»•>. ' m.■: ~ru

Open Two Bids For Court House Wiring ■ln their meet n house on Monday afternoon, the county attorney’ opened two sealed bids for the renovation of the wiring and, fixtures of the court house The bate were tnlbmttted by Romine Dec-trie <rf Mentone and Delp Elec- ■ ■ The bid submitted by Romine's •was a ki-e bui <>: a •;. ternate deducts of $1 060 for ’telephone conduit;. - $4'.136 for fixtures and $640 far 3 tat There would also be another SI,OOO deduct duct with hinged cover The Delp base. I - '-•■ *■"' ' ."vrnate -deducts of sl,lll e’cou-' doit. $4,117- .ires and. $385 The bids were taken under advisement by tne They plan t0...g0 -.over- them with , 1 g Engineers. Inc. as soon as possible and will then give their decision. If the commissioners do as they have in recent months th-.-contract will probably go to Romever. if it does cost the taxi Myers more

Charles Cleveland Named Highway Department Head

By BETTY SMITH In a meeting at the county court house very early on Monday momFrederiek Gilliam. Lawrence Butts and Ray Ferverda. asked Charles Cleveland to serve as county highway supervisor along with his present job of county highway engineer In a conversation with Mr. Cleveland later in the day this reporter was told that he had agreed to accept the combined job. The commissioners refused to admit the conversation with Cleveland to reporters other than the county seat repulMican paper saying that there would be an announcement made at the highway department this afternoon ' Wednes-

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IN THIS ISSUE • Plain Twp. to Warsaw * page 1. sec,. 1 ■ • !v,> sr.md openings . page 1, sec. I. - • It’s slimmer time . pages I and 5.' see. 1. • Parties tor grads - page 8. sec. 1. • Editorials - page 2; sec. 2< . Milford Police Report For May Shows 50 Warnings The Milford police report for the month of May as released by ch es C W Mikexvf shows a total of .'*> u irrjngs giver. during the month Other items on tlie report are as • s ' , • Arrest Breaking and entry .1 ' Dog calls ■ ■ ... 13 I - al - 2 Misc. eompr< 15 Tie car was driven 2,117 miles during the month.

day 1 if they would contact the office at that time. When. Mr. Cleveland was asked by this reporter there would be an increase in salary for him be replied. "There was no discussion of salary at the meeting tins morning.” He was then asked if he had talked previously with the commissioners about the job. he replied that he had not. His present salary as county highway engineer is $12,500 per year The salary of the out going superintendent. Rav C. Nine, is $7,734 per year. Claude Christner, who had been acting as assistant supervisor since Gaylord Long has been ill. has been promoted to that job. the salary being $7,434

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t eye several facia! lacerations, mul- > 'left eibow. ? Chambers reportedly lost conti'o! • and ’die car hit a ut litx pole guy v, r-e wn.vii spun r -. : y- Ts'i.ir >k;d<kxi 166 feet, into the tree, uffic5 The ear. valued at $3,500. was a * tottal loss, aeco.'dxg to state trooper 1 Josepb Baker . . . . ■ ' ; ....

1,710 Take Vaccine At Milford Sunday f .1,710 | i ' second feeding of oral polio vaccine 1 _■ B I V Bi t- ' .■•■'US. .' • . This number was about tiie same as re.-entxi Un- first . ftxsi.ng on 4 Assistirg at the feeding besides , M- M"' . Bn-uu were Dr I I. Jtita. Perrv,. Mrs Norman Hagg. Mrs Ralph Berkeyphe/ Bonthe;er, Mr Cain. A.sv. Mrs Don Charlton, Mrs. T'ixxi Waitx'ser. Mrs Iriirrtl Om. M-s Roger Graf:, ifits Harlan W ith; ;■ • Mrs Glenn Wuthrich, I Mr. Mario MeDonald Mrs Ralph Mier. Dt i MeFarrvn Mrs Hemum Miller. Mrs Neil Farrell. MTS JOO Jfrs Berv. ce Dwyer and Dianne. Mrs Carl Shearer. anti Gv’det; Tevple Mr Teeple ■ ■■ ■■ spl X r U Ft K FM» IX CRxvtniKiisvii.i.t ixn - Mr and Mrs Earle Waite, Lpke Wawhsee.. spent the weekend in where Mr. Waltz attended the retHßon'-of the Wabash . guest* at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house

Nine To Leave Mr. Naw. who has w-orked for the county highway department for 30 years and served as it’s head for the past 15 years, stated on Tuesday that he is unable to ao nounce his plans untd he is reieived of his responsibilities. He wtt then look into some things he has in mind. Mr. Nine will leave his job as supervisor around June 15.. He will be on the payroll im:l July Ist • because he has 11 days vacation . time coming from last year. ( Mr. Nine has expressed his ; thanks to the county taxpayers for I the;r kindness to him and their coI operation with him during the years he has served the county.

Release Plain Township To Warsaw

Decision Climaxes A Prolonged Controversy

A motion made Tuesday evening by Lakeland (•ommumty. School ( ird member Ralph Brubaker of Plain township will release his township to the Warsaw Community School Corporation.

Mr Biubake.' s ’TS’-i >n "Where s. the res. ients -of Flam township have expressed tliea sire to become a part of thie Warsaw - community schools, and "Whereas, tie educational opportunities of the children in • Loki land ' "Whereas, the Lakeland com munity school tax will not be materiallv affeettvi. it i* h-v'nbv ■Resohid . that the’ Lakeland ■> i.ird of school trustees ataaorze .. • approve an atto:uey'< :r c:. ’ tip the 'necessary resolution effecting the release of Plain tow-.shtp. m its entirety, to the Warsaw - Commur’tv School Corporation as pro- 7 W Kroii, member at large. ,ae board mt were unanimous in its vote Now - ., the Warsaw board mu*!.' decide whether or riot it will -accept the tpwnslup into that corporation. I etier Sent A letter ‘was prepared by board members aixl mailed this wet*k to area residents who signed * recent petition asking the board to retain the township. Stressed in the letter \vas the desires of the residents of Plain • sh.p. the edurat.onal ■ »rtunities . •for- the children remaining in the Lakeland system and taxes in Lakeland without. Plain township. A copy of the letter was given to persons attending, the Tuesday evening meeting. The . of the township in quest on had approved the reorganization-' plan as submitted ‘by the county reorganization committee in 1962,. “But it must •■: red that irsaw has zoned into Plain township, and the close proximity of this township to Warsaw th its 'Social, economic, religious, - makes it almost inevitable that eventually this territory Will be annexed by the city of Warsaw At that time a most embarrassing sir:.;': 1 ’' would'.exist, writh' Lakeland schools taking children out of the City of Warsaw for ed- ■ dum vote taken :n Plain, towns’nip s 560 to . 270 in the Warsaw schools As noted before the .board is now planning to maintain kindergarten thn»uzh sixth grade and junior highs for seventh through ninth - . sse- in each <>f the communities. The consolidated high . school would be for grades 10. 11. and 12 letter states "The estimated' three vear high school enrollment •■for the 1967-68 'school year is 565without Plain town-hip pupils . Graduating classes in the new three vear high school should be in excess of 130 students.” Questions Follmving the adopting of the resolution the board opened the floor I K nneth Haney and Paul Hollar of Jefferson towrahip and James Hummel of Tippecanoe township asked the questions Brouri-t out was the fact that the esist hats of Jefferson might think of going to Nappanee iWa-Nee School Corporation if Hain township is released. When ask if the people of Jefferson township decided to move, w-uuld they be released'’ Board members started they had to have another corporation that would accent them first and as of now they 'the board' don’t ever, know if Warsaw will accept Plain township. When ask if there wxxild be a i legal election on the final decision ; i of Plain township thev were told no. j However, a remonstrance can be I filed at the proper time. Those present were told the cor- | poration could have a “Wonderful i three and one-half township school", if the people cooperate. Present for the meeting were board members James C. Stucky, m E Pearl, Ralph Brubaker. -C W. Kroh and Glenn L. Brown: business nxmager Don Arnold: superintendent Lewis S Immel. elementary coordinator Edgar A.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1965

Milford Board Receives Bids; Other Business Members of the ’Milford town Ixiard are receiving bids for pur..nd a- : <k aspaai: mixture for certain street improvements .I’itii their next meeting, .which will he held at 7 30 p.m. on Tuesday .Inly 6, in C’.e lawn hail. The meeting has been changed to Tuesday because <•: .the Fourhi of July holkkiy being celebrated on bivc'd's re,..: ar meeting night the decision to advertise and .receive bids came at -Monday's meet-, ing of the board It followed recommendatjons made' by street and water commissioner Marion Deet-. er. and .discussion by boani members. A legal notke appears elsewhere in this .issue and states the specifications are on file in the office di the town clerk-treasurer. ' Apply For Grant' Mr Wagner of Baxter and Woodman civil and sanitary engineers of Cryrtal Lake; 111., was piv-sent at the meeting and- Went over an appli--catitm form with the board mem-, bers In order for the town to be considered for a federal grant this year the application must be in before June 30. The grant is for Lhe construction and other work, connected with the sew.;ce disposal -plant scheduled to he constructed in Milford in the future. The following discussion by board merribi'rs a motion was made- by member Darrell Orh and . seconded, by Merril Rink that the application be macle.. A resolution was aho a(loanri to aHpw president Rink to sign the a; and other papers applying to the grant. Swear In Police Police officers C. W. Mikesell and Rah'h G.>nse: - t v-ere -sworn :n Hy town attorney John Logue d , ing to the hun ty .at War- ■ si'iw about taking dogs there. Hus can be done since t is operated for -the county. ■ Police officers ..Mikesell arid Gansert reported issuing more than 100 ■ i warnings in less than two mohfes Discussion was held oti several, traffic - r'oblen'.s in to'Aii. Witn empna- : sis on speeding . ' "- . Officer XLkesell.was given permission to purchase uniforms as the ones he has do. not fit property Discussion was held on purchasing two tires for the police car. so the snow tires can be taken off: : d places in town were discusstxi Beard '.■’'vs d- - n - . Mere:; Rink made a motion that the town purchase' one hew tire from the Pure Oil station. This was seconded by member Cad Duncan. The will be used and a snow tire will be canned in the car as a spare' This will save the snow tireb for winter. Board members eave the police permission to purchase a book containing the license plate numbers of the resident < of this county. It will be helpful to them in their 'work. At the request of conservation officers board members gave police officers Mikesell and Gansert permission to inforce the boat launching law - as posted at the Uaubee lake park. Signs at the beach read "No boat lauc’ning ” Park board members will be informed of the i board s action. I Board members stated they would need to find a place where boats could be launched.’ I Officer MikeseH is moving to Milford in the near future. .Ml extension phone will be placed in his ! Continued on page 4. sec. 1) Soeer: and James Hummel, Miss Karel Hollingsworth. Mrs. Warren Rosbrush. E W. West. Charles Gamer. Paul Hollar, Kenneth Haney and Don Kramer. -

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GRAND OPENING — Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brammer, 'owners and o|>erators of Brammer Furniture, a new retail furniture store located on road 13 south of Syracuse, are holding a grand opening for a 10-day. period starling Thursday. June 10. The store is offering Si,OM. worth

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GRAND OPENING — A grand opening is planned bv Kellie’s Ashland Service, located at 748 south Huntington street. Syracuse, for Thursday. Friday and Saturday of this

Mrs. J, C. Strayer To ; Teach In Nigeria

Mrs J C Lucile Long* Strayer of Milford, has accepted a position as a volunteer to teach English .to the high school age children of missionaries a' the Hillcrest sebopi in Jos, Nigeria. ' - :■ Mrs Strayer is widely known in this, area as a lecturer on books of the Bible and the works of Shakespeare She :s. an .author of published books and poems and writes S': sc.h«>l lesson's - for several pu-b.: - companies She came to Milford 10 years ago - land Mrs Ira Long Before tnat she was a professor of Englidi at Mount Morris eoikge in Illinois., Bridrewat--er <n V-rg nia. LaVerne in California, and Manchester college. She holds a degree from the State I nivrtrsity of lowa and is a Manchester college graduate. Mrs. Strayer will leave Milford this week end to visit relatives in Ohio. She will then attend the an- j nual conference of the Church of the Brethren where she wall deliver an address She will leave from Ocean Grove for Nigeria where she is scheduled to - arrive early in July. < Her address will be: Mrs. Lucile ]

Lakeland Summer School To Begin Monday, June 14

Summer school will begin on Monday morning. June 14, according to Dann D. Kesler, Milford, principal of this year's school. Driver training students are to report to their respective schools at a.m. Class wifi be from 8 to 9:30. Studer-ts will receive their driving schedule following Monday’s class. This year’s driver training teachers will be James Allen at Milford,

t f prizes dining the opening, ranging from a grand prize of a 11-piece Early American room of furniture' to the person who guesses most nearly its actual retail price, to a huge assortment of lamps, taples, aid lesser prizes.

week. The announcement appears on another page in this Gsue. The station is operated by Kellie England, shown in the above photo. Besides handling Ashland gasoline

E , , M M Xtx ■ ■ *--■* > < T 1 . -s', ■ je hi '* 9k. wraSSi - HBIHB 86 MRS. J. C. STRAYER w Long Strayer.- Hillcrest School. Box VI 652. Jos. Nigeria, West Africa. w< VISITS IN MILFORD fev Mary Jo Wagler of Rar.kin, 111., Br spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. ter Levi J. Beer of hear Milford.

William Dorsey at Leesburg, Don Butts at North Webster and Jerry Deeter and Ken Workman at Syracuse. Because of the number enrolled in this year’s class Phillip Bond will take the excess of students from the Milford, Syracuse and North Webster schools. Those taking typing at Syracuse will report at 8 a.m. Monday and those taking health and safety will report at 10 a.m. Eldon Ummel

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There will he prizes given each day’, but a total of 11 valued prizes based on closest cresses to the Early American room of furniture. The Brammers are former Muncie furniture retail merchants. A Mail-JoiirnaL staff photo.

and oil products, the station handles Cooper tires and the new Go-Mix, a fuel mixture ready for outboard motor use. A Mail-Journal staff photo.

BRUCE GRINDLE TO VISIT TOM MILLER IN DENMARK Bruc ’■ Syra ise, .will eave Jure 19 from O’Hare airport, 'it for'.®' month's vacation in T.r-n.e He will visit with Tom Jiller s<ri of Air and Mrs Richarl Liles. Syraeus-?.. in Copenhagen, Jenmark. Mr Grindle also n’.a.ns to visit, . ndon. Paris Amsterdam, Munich ind Zurich, Rev and Mrs. Carl H. Litre w;li take .him to. the airport. ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHAPEL OPEN Tie All Saints Episcopal Chapel > open for file summer. It is locatd on the South Shore of Lake Wa- . county road 1050 N., just ft state road 13, Tie Sunday services are: Momig prayer ot 9:45. Holy communion t 10 00 am. Holy communion is Iso hold at 8 am. Thursdays. Jo?pii R:g*s is in charge. ‘ . ’ASHINGTON, D. C„ COUPLE ISITS THE GLENN BROWNS Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Conklin,of Washington, D. C., are spending a w weeks with Mr and Mrs Glenn rown and family. The Conklins atrded the graduation of their grandPhil.

will teach both elosses. Mrs < Maxine Robison will teach at Leesburg. Students are to report at 9:30 on Monday morning. The typing students at Milford are to report at 10 am. Monday, i Donn D. Kesler will teach this class. > Mr. Kesler reported any student 1 who has not enrolled, but would I like to attend classes should re--1 port on Monday morning.

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