The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 20, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 June 1965 — Page 9

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VOLUME 4

Epworth Forest Choir Featured By National Pictorial Magazine

The Methodist annual choir school at Epworth Forest on Lake Webster >s featured in a full-color pictorial in the July issue of Together magazine. T.e eh-venth summer session this I expected to attract as many participants as did Last year's—- — adults. and young persons, arnong them singers, musicians, and church choir directors: The midAugust school wd. include intensive workshops tn voice, organ, conducting. and music literature; re-

Pierceton To Be In New Post Office By April 1,1966

Pierceton will have a new post office building within the next year,.it was learned late last week. .

'l' <■ •.■'a ,m<-d u ■>’. ■: < ame in th»* form an announcement from Um* office of the assistant regional postal ■ ■ innati The full text ■ nwjot appears in the adjoining column. l’l< k Site incement fixed t Stn-ets. south the business block. Th.;- 'property, consisting of two i•; . ownedty Mr and Mr- Norii'..Hi >, ■ ..-<j i-. ideated ln’twvm : n. S BiWer property and the • > ” <i hv • i Mrs Glen B - < a recent telephone conversation with Robert D Dysom. I. a] ,-tate branch chief of the t "ncinnah regional office, in i&db U Uid Mt Poqugnot that the S angle property was under cotwd- * )-<• propertv • owned arid Mrs E W. Hackbirth. . • ■ the S . -

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hearsals. devotions, and concerts by a woman's choir, a mixed choir and an orchestral Dr. Varner M. Chance. assoc ate pr->fe<M>r of nms:c education at Illinois Wedeyan University, is director In an interview with Together. the W*l«dist national monthly magazine for families, he explained: •Our purpose Is to offer art opportunity for further musical ex’cvs, growth, and enrichment of church musk?.” About twice as many -persons- ap-

tv. was the final choice of.the department. however. The Spangles purchased tlie pro[jerty some months ago with the eventual aim of building a new fun'vral home there.,although. <uch phinwere highly indefinite. Target Date April 1 \ -= ■ 'would like to occupy its new bftildirg Pierci -ton'. 'Th® decision to bu ■ '■ '■■ ■ the department's plan to upgrade its ■- . < throughout the country. The new building w ’1 lx? one story, of modem design, brick and and will have an unloading dock in the Txxir. Tlie present building in which the post office is located was owned by Maurice F. Bresnahan until he passed awav in 1954. and then it was pu-<<..,-.'d bv Mr and Mr- Arch Baumgortner. pub! .-.liers of The Pierceton Press

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

ply admis-.on as car Im? avxomntodateL at'' Epworth- Forest, and they come from as far away as Hawaii. Enrollment is selective — for persons showing -“evidence of mu- and who , not only are interested in developing music leadership in local churches but also have “ideals »n keeping with church policies and standards.” Theaccent is < church mus <• A’umni of Epworth- Forest Choir School are applying their lessons tn

Announce Plans For New Post Office Postmaster General John A. Gron- ' ■ I : -y < to acquire a iww- post office at Pierce- . ton, Ind. ‘ > T new build rig ", Mr. Gronouthe p >st office ck-p..irtment s object- , Live of a more efficient postal service eond;t,<His for our employees. “Prc-uhnt Johnson has asked us to exei, --*- frugal .:y -in ■ conduct ng our , and New . ' ■ tore. :< lcr,g autiwized only -wlwn

Mr. Baumgartner said this week : <zed the need for a new. modern post office for the town of Pierceton, and that remodeling of the present building would await the int.

ail sections of the United States and in places as distant as Hong Kong and Burma. The Rev. August Lundquist of Syracuse serves as assistant director. Among those from this area who atend the choir school last summer are: . . . Marilyn Yeater, Pam Method and Peggy Wolfe of New Paris; James Greiner and Melinda Watson of North Webster.

it is that the need is urgent and no other -alternative is te. vallable”. ■ • ' .The Mr. . Gronouski explained. would involve remodeling of the existing building or moving into other suitable quarters in the same community. The building m Pierceton will be i located on the east side of Elm avenue 'northeast corner of Walnut-and First streets . Preliminary plans call tor 2 405 N.juilre feet of floor space, w ith an area of 10.000 square feet for '-parking and movement of postal vehicles. The Postmaster General said the build ng Will be constructed under the I tepartment’.s Lease Construction pros ram. with the government’s capital investment limited to postal equipment, White teased to the government, the building will remain .under private ownership and the owner will pay local real estate taxis ■ . Plans and specifications for the new building, as well as bidding forms and other pertinent data, will Ih- made ava.labi*- -to pm-t ■ d've bidders at.an early date, at which time the department .will advertise for bids. Tiie .'ile opt:'lT will be aligned to • chase the land, construct the building and lease it to the d« partment. B il Cfitch’low of Oak Park. 11l , is guest of Miss Ann Brumfield in the summer home of her parents. Mr and Mrs. Richard BrumI - Wawasee

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23. 1965

Along Main Street

By GEORGIA BUSTER Found — Ladies handkerchief and white gloves. Call at The Journal I office This is an item from the Classified Ads of The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal Thursday. August 22. 1922. Mrs. Louise Byland brought this copy and a 1926 copy of .The Syracuse Journal to us I We also have a Milford Mail from February 19, 1942. The State Rank of Syracuse ad reads “Capital and Surplus $50,000” in 1926. Two of the local churches have differcnt names now. In 1926 we had the Evangelical church and the Methodist Episcopal. The only other churches listed were the Church of God and the Grace Lutheran. Summer is here and with-it Louie Garrison from the Soldiers and Sailers Home in Lafayette. Louie says he has been fishing and will be here until July 1. Seems we have subscribers in Gainsville. Fla., for I heard from Mr. and Mrs. Jack Clark, managers of the Bambi Motel at Gainsville. who corrected me on the article I had in this column by informing me it was Jack Clark and. his wife, not son, who manage the motel, ! From the view card enclosed by the Cl.irks 1 may just recide to .: > t • Florala on my vacation. I had planned to- go to Pennsylvania to. the Folk Festival. And about view cards, do vou know that a number of bedfast and hospital patients travel by view cards and brochures sent to them by the Chamber of Commerce in different cities. One can learn a lot about a town or state from view cards. The race is about a thing of the past in Syracuse. Carson and Son have been blacktopping at the parking lot at the Scout ’ Cabin and the town is finishing the west end of the

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“MISS FLOTILLA” — Pretty Teri Bhie. Bremen, a Purdue university freshman, was crowned Miss Flotilla Friday night. The 18-year-old beauty whose parents, Dr. and Mrs'. A. A. Blue are

race, filling It in. Soon that will no doubt become a well traveled street. Rev. and Mrs. James McKibbin, who reside on north Huntington. had quite an exeprience Thursday morning when their little girl disappeared. Rev. McKibbin was not home at the time and friends rushed to the home to help search for her. She was found on Mullen Drive. She had been following Melvin Williams, who was mowing lawns. Melvin is a member of the Church of God of which Rev. Me Kibbin is .the pastor. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the tot was found safe. Have you noticed how full of blooms the roses are this year. Some along Main street are. covered with

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summer residents at Lake Wawasee. is five-foot, three inches tall and weighs 117 pounds. She was chosen over 25 other candidates. V ’libers of her court are shown above. Seated are Mary Kimes, IS. and Cassie Wells. 17. Standing, left

> bloom and all colors. e\en mine are a few blooms Os course 1 have been ng them at 11. p m. with the aid ,of a flashlight according to direc tions, ditst them when the dew is.on early in the moniing or late i.‘ night). ' I noticed some of our churches had a float in the Flotilla. I think it is a wonderful idea. They also talked of having a float in the Syracuse parade. That would be something new here, but surely no one else cotuJ be representing a sponsor such as they. Notice some float- in the Rose Bowl parade representing churches. : The Syracuse-Wawasee Garden r club is sponsoring a program for : beautif cation of yard-, home and 1

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to right, are Judy Lantz. 17, Sandy Speer, 19. and Charlotte llulley, 16. The queen reigned over the amnual Flotilla Ball on Saturday night and over the Flotilla parade on Sunday. She is entered in the ’‘Queen of Lakes” contest at North Webster.

industries It does not <•< much and a little work to ha e. a neat, mowed lawn and a tew ergreens and Howers planted.. Hop- all the plants and factories who have not already landscaped wili now; This wall make our, :own a thing of beauty that our tourists and visitors will talk alMHit after they leave here. Mrs.. Roscoe Smith of Milford received a letter from her daughter, Mrs. James Hickey, of Dallas. Tex. Mr. arid. Alts, Hickey were on a trip and noticed this road sign, “Milfonl, Texas. 300 friendly people and two or three qld grouched”. I wonder how that compares with Milford. Ind.? Attend' the Mermaid Festival at North .Webster.