The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 22, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 July 1965 — Page 1

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NEW BALL PARK — \pprnxi mately SOO yards of fill dirt went into the new I.iltle Ix-ague ball park, located - just south of the Syracaw

Plan New Little League > Park For Syracuse Teams

\ Syracuse Lrl>- I - » teams will have a ball diamond all .their own’ Tikuik-. to the Syracuse. Rotary dub Work began Saturday to dear a threv-a* re tract, measuring 250’ by 300' atni iix-.it*.-d just s»*ith of tlw* Syracuse Methodsst church, and 800 yam- oi fill <tw t . t .• Ari ordit to La juts managed the summer, ball' rU-ants for. tne past 15 years in Syr!>e real

Don Bucher Wins Future Farmers J Os America State Essay Contest

Don Bucher, son -of Mr. and Mrs Wayne Bu ..<r ■>: r li Syracuse w>n the state Future Fiumwrs of America contest with his essay on ”M.n imum Tillage.” His essay was judged the best among 11 other dc-triet w inners at the thirty-sixth annual state FFA convention tliat was held at Ihirdue university on June* 29-36-Jtdy 1 Dun. q mernber <rf tie ford FFA chaipter. graduated from sfciford -high school in June and plans to attenii McF*herson agricultural college' bi Kansas this fall The ebipter w.ss represented by -John. Teeple and 'Dgnny Wuthrich /who were chosen vot ng gates by'the focal chapter mem- - bers Th s attended «he . sessions during the three day convention. Some of the fogfilights were speedies given by U S Senator Birch Bagdi, N'ris Ackerson, past national FFA. president from Indi- - ana and' Kenneth Kennedy, present national FFA president from Kentucky. The chapter also received.- a superior bar to atl.K'h to a plaque it had Won in the National Chapter Awanfc; contest AdMsor John Strouse atxrempanied the group to the convention. ATTENDING CAMP Next week is the second intermediate week at the Lake James Christian Aserembly at Angola, Ind. Those attending this year are Karen Graff. Carolyn Rapp and Debbie Shearer of' Milford. Janet Ramser will be serving as a house mother and Pastor and Mrs. Carl Shearer will be teaching

In Our Opinion i —, L Ray Nine Retires As Highway Supervisor

On July 1 Kosciusko county lost a dedicated and very able man with the official retirement of' estcountv highway supervisor, Ray -C. Nine His successor is Charles Cleveland. & Mr. Nine served the county well for 30 years. 15 of these he was supervisor. When asked on July 1 how it felt to be received of his i* impn.tMft.iMMw he said there was-a sense of relief and he could sleep nights He added that there b also a “lost feeling." seems most persons have this feeing tipon re-. . tiring from a job. they have held for a number of years. Some persons Mr. Nine’s age

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Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1838) and THE JOURNAL (Est.l9(T7)

■ Methodist church on Saturday with • 12 ton k- datag.the haulm;, . The clearing of the area and fill i preceded ;« lual layint; cut ,bf tiie

nxi/id with the cat chert position in : the northoisl comer of the !■ •:. a' a' board' fence w£ v toad ’iner-'-. • !•.(■•.ci.T-i B 11 Cutter is one pf'the prune movers back erf the new bail diamond The regukir high school during the tnisy summer months, and the [easy sohitani to the problem for the-Little League to have a ball

- a—- — BUt'HFR SYRACUSE TOPS MEET JUNE 30 The |kedge opens every meeting of the Syracuse TOPS ’>! • < M.zers club and is part of the basic concept of the dub. P-isters were bnoghfc to the Jure 30th meeting and plans were made to distribute them Mrs Bruce Vanlarunghwn of Milford was wdcctns a new member. Mrs Leonard Kaufman of Leesburg was .queen for the week. The monthly will be honored at the July Bth meeting with a fru’-t and vegetable shower. The next tneeti be held at tome <rf Mrs Mae Rmker of 113 south Harrison street, Syracuse.

f > - would just spend their time fishing if they lived on a Lake as Mr. Nine d»>e> at Lake Webstef-. but- since Rayidoesn’t fish he has started a 1 •new l career. He is working as a salesman for the Texas Refinery < Corp, with headquirters in Fort 1 Worth. Texas. The company manu- , factures maintenance products such : • as. paint,, roof seal, road seal, etc. I He has open territory and can sell i anywhere in the U. S. dr even in foreign countries if he should choose, i We would like to aaqt thanks for t a job w ell done in Kosciusko county the past 30 years and wish Ray a hacpv and successfad future. — BETTY SMITH

i new' ball diamond. Little Ix-ague manager Lon n Longenbaugh stated'. I A Mail-Journal staff photo.

l • f . ...- (Titter, long interested in youth activities in the Syracuse communitv. uro-si bis ! io do som- • ■ . ’ and the qew fi. id is the. result. - . Tiie Syracuse Methodist church has gisen tiie Rotary club a five-year lease on the plot of ground with an option for a second five-year lease, so stated Rev. August Lundqu>t. pastor of" tiie \ Syracuse Methodist church

, w^— w»- w -w w -w ■«r w> * FIRST WHEAT IN I HASTTHIRMHY ' J I Maurice lifer, Milford fanner < > who has built a record for being} | first to plant wheat and to harvest 4 I wheat, was first again this year. J ’ He cut some w heat last Thurs- 4 > day and took it to the MWford J J elevator. According to elevator < * manager James Hearn, it tested J 114.9 per cent moisture. MILFORD DRIVER CITED FOLLOWING ACCIDENT FRIDAY A Milford..man. Del io de la Fuente. 24, was cited by Elkhart county off.vials Friday night tor driung without an operator’s license follow’: 'jng'a two car accident at New Par . According to* reports de la Fuente was headed south on state road 15 t.n a lt*S3 Chevrolet when Linda Marie Van Lieu, 17, r 1 Union, Mich,, attempted to pass him. The Van Lieu aau>. a 1964 Chevcausing M to veen off the right side of the highway and into an evergreen tree The Milford auto then crashed broadside into a larger tree The Michigan auto continued on 100 feet and came to a stop. Mr. de la FUente received bruises and ■ its to his chest and -stomach. , JO. sustained a bruised right elbow, and their two children. SabrJia. rponths, Delip, twm, both had minor injures Jollier and Jose de la Fuente, 14 and 17. brothers of the driver, also had minor bruises. All were taken to the Goshen hospital for examination and treatment and then released Miss Van Lieu and four girls from Elkhart, who were going to a dance at Lake Wawasee. .were uninjured. Damage was set at $l5O to the de la auto, which was a total loss; and msir damage was J' reported to the Van Lieu auto v . ' [ ATTENDING INSTITt TE IX MINNESOTA Mr. and Mrs. John Zook and two children of G<»- •••: ivft w-efc for Minnesota. Mr. Zook has received a government grant to attend the Institute of Guidance and Counseling at the Univegsaty of Minnesota. The infinite lasts for eight weeks. During the school year Mr. Zook is a guidance counselor and travels for Go risen college to speak to students interested iin attending a Christian college. Mrs. Zook is the former RosemaryvStieglitz. daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Henry Stieglitz of Milford.

Tall Com Sets Record High Com in this area is unusually tu. : ! ;. s year, and farnK '- siy i' at a record high. The old saying that com .should be "knee high by the Fourth of 'July” dppexjrs to be outdated with j the application of fertilizers. Most com in this area was siKnilder high by the Fourth of July . this year. ‘' Last night’s inch and a half rain I promises to give the corn a .quick six inches of additiiMKil growth I within t:> •. .• iple days i MILFORD BIBLE I SCHOOL STAFF TO - MEET JULY 13 Rev. Robert PerkinS of Milford. i rector the .XLuord- community announced Tuesday that a Bible school staff meeting ! will be held Tuesday, July 13. at the Ijethel church for all teachers, j helpers and cinirch .contact people. The meeting will start al 10 am. oass a«4gnmer.ts will be made and > materials will be distributed. Enrolment .s not as large as in previous years Tiie school will be i-.eid August 2 to 13. between the rxxirs of 9 a.m to 11 a.m. j Tile school is open to the comma n tv and children be registered ;is so»n as poss.ble. MARY CIRCLE HOLDS POT LUCK The M..ry circle of tiie Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Syracuse Methodist church met Thursday evening July 1, in Fellow- . ship hall in the church for a pot- i luck <up[>er with Dr and Sirs. O. CStocking as the hosts. The supper included a 'birthday cake to celebrate the birthday of Miss Catherine Cor.neil; .Mrs. Morrill Neff, circle chairman, presided I at tiie busmess session and the rest of the evening was spent working j on articles for the bazaar. i The August nwe-ting will be held < in the church. HITS PARKED CAR ' EARLY TUESDAY Emery Huffer, owner of Buffer's -Tav.em in Milford, failed to negotiate a comer in Milford at 2 30 a.m. Tuesday, striking the rear of a 1963 parked" Chevrolet belonging to John S.-iiultz in front of the Schultz home at the comer of Catherine and James streets , Estimated damage to the right front of , Huffer s 1961 Chevrolet 4was S3OO, and the rear of Schultzs’ Chevrolet 2-door sports • ■i-wvjs $285. ■•-. ■ _ No charges were filed by investi- ■ .■ ' • r ■ k BfikeseU.

Standardized Tornado Warning For Milford

It was, decided at Tuesday evenings meeting of the Milford town board 4o use the standardized warning in case of a tornado or tornado Warnings m the area. Persons hearing the fire siren give a one minute blast, off 30 seconds, on again for one minute, off 30. seconds, and on again for one minute, should take emergency steps. The warning is to be given by Milford police officers who beer at»xit an approaching tornado or tornado warnings from the state poliw. It will only be given when tor- ■ nado warnings are out or a tornado has. been sited. In case of a disaster in Milford the sheriff would come to town and coordinate activities. I Bids Opened ; The only bid for work on. Milford’s streets was opened at the beginrjng' of the meeting It was from Phend and Brown. ; Fodowmg some discussion board I president Merril Rink made the naoj don to accept the contract with the ? priwlage of leaving out any pert of the wtrk the towh felt necessary to keep within the budget. The motion was seconded by member Carl Dunean and passed. A lengthy discussion was held on funds available for the street woric The Motor Vehicle Highway Fund, a new fund, is to be checked with the state office by town attorney John Logue before the board iecides which streets to pare. , Police Department The pciice officers were officially

WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1965

fe. f Wt' » KEV. CARL H. SATRE Rev. Satre To Go To Fort Wayne Pastorate work as pastor of Messiaii Lutheran I church, Fort Wayne on August 16. Pastor and Mrs. Satre came to Syracuse in June 1959 and have served Grace Lutheran church •.since that ume.. .Mrs-. ' Satre Jias, served on tiie Campfire Giris board and has been a member of the ■■ ■.Satre has served oh, tiie -library |board. since 1960. ' and 'has undergone several ’ improvement programs invoking the I Luther .Hall and tiie nave of the j church. Last year a new ontan and ! new pews were installed. Mes Si-ah Lutheran diurch is in northeast Fort Wayte and is eight years old with a mesrhership of over 700. ” - I AREA RELATB’ES ATTEND REUNION IN ILLINOIS . Area relatives attending Bauihjsartner reunion at Cissna Park. ! 111., on July 4 ware Mr and Mrs. W W. Baumgartner\Mr. and Mrs. Ml. E. Batungartner. Mr. and Mrs. Ai rnumgartner and grandson Sammy.l ,'lr. and Mrs. Harold Kaser and\ Children. Mrs. Helen Funk, and diss Edith Baumgartner, of Mil- • rd: Mr and Mrs. Richard Baumgartner and Fred Baumgartner, Syracuse; and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Swartz <?nd daughter Sandra of Elkhart. • ——— | IN THIS ISSUE • * • • ■ . . ’ I • Syracuse Little League ball park - page 1. • New housing addition - page 12. • Old landmark goes - page 5. • Summer fun - pages 6 and 7. 5 • Editorials - page 4.

1 hired by the board as their pro-1 bationarv period was over on July L ’ Discussion was held on several city ordinances and on collecting I the fines on the violation of said ' ordinances Attorney Logue will took into the matter to determine | who should collect the fines. Milford police officer Ralph Gan-1 | sent is to see members of the park I board about instalhrg a boat launch to the east of the Boy Scout cabin I located on Waubee lake. The conservation department saad . this would be a good place to launcn boats as it is. far enough, from the | city park.' Officer Gansert will also talk to park board members about signs | at the beach, a life guard and mowraag the grass. j Two Phones It was decided to install' a second I | telephone for the police officers The town will theif* hare a night phone and a day phone. The number will be printed in the paper as soon as it is a’»’ailable. Present at the meeting were clerk-treasurer Edith Baumgiirt- | ner, board president - Merril . Rink. I board member Cart Duncan, town attomev John Logue, police officers Gansert and C. W. Mikesell and street and water commissioner Marion Deeter. Board member Darrell Orn was present for the opening of the meeting and then left. He returned before the meeting was dosed.

Zion Chapel Church Expands Facilities The Zion Chapel United Brethren in Christ church located on the SyTacuse-Xorth Webster road in Turkey Creek townsiup is progressing rap.dly. in burking classrooms and other facilities. A large increase in Sunday school, attendance has necessitated the expansion. This has largely * place during the s.x-year ministry of Rev. and Mrs. Carl' Gable w!h> are serving their second appoint-’ i ment on this txistorute. i This denomination was second to I establish congregations in this area of Kosciusko county. The Zino , I Chapel church was originally '■ included in the Indian Village circuit but recently -haS been operating- as a station. ; The' present building was built in 1899 and 'underwent extensive re--1 modeling and’'redecorating', in 1963. Classroom, restrooms, and a new i heating plant are now being added Ti'icse improvements will make it needs of the community. ; Many: of the older members of the church and residents of the e<>nTmunity recall many joyful experien«ces at this historic landmark.* Although many of [i; (? : :r.;i vs vvho once attended the church are almost gone, yet there are many who recollect the very inspirational meeting-; they have been privileged t->‘ attend in .this sanctuai-y over the passing years. Tne faithful loyalty of many pastors and laymen has enabled this congregation to maintain a Christian influence in our community I'uring many years' of trying endeavor. . TRIP FOR SHS BAND ■ DATE CHANGED The Syracuse high school band p trip to Chicago, scheduled for July 10 has been chanced to Saturday. July 17. The group will spend the day in Chicago and if tickets are available will attend a concert in the evening at McCormick Place, or attend a k show. All tljose who plan to attend should meet at the school at 8: :30 a.m..on July 17. Involved In First Accident Os Holiday A Papakeechie woman. Mary Mock, 75. was involved in die i-rst accident in the state of Indiana durl iqg the Fourth of July season. I She received a concussion and I head laceration Friday afternoon in a two-car collision four miles east of Huntington. She was admitted to the Huntington county hospital. ; Driver of the car was Mrs. Alverta R. Eamhart. 56, r 2 Ligonier, who : was treated at the hospital, then released. i Ann Patricia Kaufman, Fremont. Barbara Ransburgi Pleasant Lake, and Pamela Harbour, Lake James. I ware also admitted to the hospital I for injuries sustained in the accij.dent • The three young women were passengers in a car driven by Janlet Dygert .Angola, who was treated and released.' ‘ PILOT, CREW OF ILL-FATED PLANE CITED BY PAN-AM The pilot and crew of the ill-fated jet airliner which carried Mr. and Mrs . Don Cecil and 141 other passengers 4p safety at Travis air force base in California eariy last week were cited by Pan-American airways. The pilot received special commendation for keeping his head (in the ordeal as the jet 707 lost number 4 engine far right 1 and most of its right wing. Each crew merriber received a citation from Pan-American The Cecils are in Honolulu visiting their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph (Pete) Zullo. BUTTON S<fclETY TO HOLD SHOW AT WARSAW The Warsaw Button Society will hold a button show in the Lake City Bank recreation room on Friday, July 9. from 9 a m. to 8 p.m. Both modem and antique buttons will be exhibited. The public has been invited to attend and to view the buttons. Mrs. W. 0. Davisson and Mrs. Robert Overstedt of Milford will I have buttons in the exhibit.

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DAMAGE GARAGE — This photo shows damage done to the garage of Dr. Robert E., Harris on Thursday ( veiling when a car driven, by Mi.ry

Escape Serious Injury In Accident Thursday

Mary Ramsey 46. of. Barbee ■ man Bar in SyTacu-e. escaped serious injury at 7:10 p.m. last Ttairsday wiien her car struck on road 13. two miles south of Syracuse. Mrs. Ramsey, driving south, -ran off. the-right side of the road, , and . .! of her car. “The car careened actress road 13. •g nearly 200 feet, then crashed into a garage at the lakeside resident of Dr. Rolxjrt E Harns o;

Firearms Taken From Sportsman Center

Firearms were taken from tiie Wawasee Sportsman Center sometime after closing time on Monday. Earl Darr had closed the business at 7 p.m ; ‘ Entrance to tiie building located on state road 13-south of Syracuse in, Wawasee Village was gained thnxigh a north window located between the hardware and the center.

Syracuse Library Monthly Report The Syracuse library board met » Friday,-July ■> 2. at the library with -Rev. Carl H. Satre. president; presiding. Other board’ members pre-, sen't were Mrs. Joe Bushong. Mrs. Merton Meredith, Mrs. Ruth Rapp. Richard Miller. Dr. O. ,C, Stoeiting and Jack Vanderford. The May and June reports are as follows: Registration, 25 adult, 56 junior for a total of 81 new. Total borrowers were . 1,119. /eight nonresident. , Book stock—66 adult. 128., y;. 194 purchased, three boms books, four lost, Number of volumns 14,025 in library. ' . \ . Circulation — May, Non-fiction 343, fiction,, 695: total 1038. June - Non-fiction, 487; fiction 1146, total 1633, Periodicals circulation — May, 117; June, 181. Record circulation — May, 22: ; June. 38. May disbursements, $1,381.30: fines'and fees. $38.16; balance sl. 126.11. June disbursements, $958 33: fines and fees. $63.69; tax distribution, $10,006.53: present balance $10,258. ■ The report was submitted by Mrs. Elizabeth Jones., librarian. May report from children’s department —- Non-fiction. 173; fiction. 957; total, 1130; daily average. 45 plus; Story Hour, May 8 witn six present: collections $1415. June report — Non-fiction, 506; fiction. 3764; total, 4270; daily average, 164 phis (Increase of 1.214 over June 1964*; collections. sl6 52; book club enrolled. 285; new subscribers, 58.. * ' • ’ The report was submitted by Mrs. Oscar Bjella. children’s librarian. Samarian Circle Meets In Atkinson Home The Samarian circle of the Syra-’ case Methodist church met recently in the home of Mrs Ralph Atjcirson. Syracuse. for a potluck supper and a swimming party. Present were Mrs. Forest Thomas and , daughter. Judy’, Mrs. Carl Stillwell and children, Scott. Carla Sue and Tim. Mrs. James Fry, Mrs Delbert Whitehead. Mrs. Gary M(4k. Mrs. Jon Bushong, Mrs Ernest Rogers and the Atkinson children. Kevin, Jonny and Sherrie. Mrs. Nancy Burkholder of Goshen was a guest.

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Ramsey. 46, of Barbee lake, left the road and crashed into it. Standing nearby is Nancy Prickett. A Mail-Journal staff photo.

Noblesville. The ear totally destroyed the gar- ■ age. then crashed into the 1961 Cadillac on. the Orville Kline drive, located just > >uth of the Hanis property. . liirestijatinj officers, state troopers ' Herschel- Harder and Jerry Wu.kei, estimated' damage to the _R,.;msev -ar at >2.400 and to the - Mrs. Ramsey . was taken to the Goshen hospital where revergl IjK-era lions to her right leg were reduced.

? Missing are four guns, a used s Colt 33 valued at S6O, a new Colt 22 Scout valued at 549 95, a new Col* 5 22 Targetman .valued at<^62.so. and ■ a used -Smith and Wesson 22 valued •”>. . ■ ? The sheriff’s office was notified | of the break in about 7 am. Tues- - day. Deputy Roger Fellows js in- . vestigating: . , .

Syracuse Fireworks Draws Large Crowd The annual Fourth of July fire- - at city park ,n Syracuse drew “many thousands,'* according to Tom Prickett, president of the :iber Os Commerce,. 4 ’ The weather was perfect “for the ' <L>p!ay'and viewers came to. the * scene of the fireworks by car. boat, ' ' and by foot. Sunday was hot, and at dusk, time for fireworks to begin, .it became cool and tolerable. There . was no wind. *■ r ■ ► L laterally hundreds of boats came "to the city park site and with their i lights on. the area became a spect--uacie to behold. ’ ■ [ . Fireworks t;iis year were financ- ( ed by public sujbscritpion- through , , canni.'tei’S placed ur area business ■ houses, Prickett stated' Since.t.he a- • mount taken in fell short, the chamber is leaving the cannisters out the remainder of the-week. \ Or Vice Versa A hospital is a place where peo-. pie 'who are run down wind up. - .U. S. Coast Guard Magazine. * ■ Jw I SUS PRINCIPAL — Robert L. Slav. I ens was recently named as the new ’ ! Syracuse high school principal. He i replaces Milton Brice who will be •teaching mathematics and science. Mr. Slavens is married and has - three children, Eileen, 13, Tonya, 10» . and Robbie, He and his family are planning to move into the Syr--5 acuse community in the near future.

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