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Re-Organize Milford Community Plan Commission Last Week

The MJford community plan commission "was reorganized at a regular meeting ix-id at Town Hail last Wednesday evening. July 7. New menjbers appointed by the cntmwaon were William i’erry ; and Clayton Hollar, replacing president Wiliam P. Martin and Mrs. r Bdoce Vanlansngham. Parker Phend was elected president to replace Mr. Martin. William Perry was elected v ice president, icxl Arch Baumgartner was elected Mvrctary liear Elkhart Co. Men . " Appearing al the meeting were Fred Kleingartner. director and 1 zoning administrator of the Flkitort i county plan ’ commiamn, and Wiliam Severn, director of the Elkhart county planning commission. The two meh showed. land use mope of 1 Wakarusa and 5 Millersburg. communities the size of Milford, and outlined some of the problems the Milford plan comnussioo would face in adopting a planned program for the town. They advised the secretary to write to the Indiana Department • Commerce for copies of Bulletin 8 Planning LegtstatHxi. and to ask for firms to help make ® land use map and to assist in drafting a' zoning ordinance. Seek Federal Aid They asked attorney John Logue to write Ned Beck. Director oi ana Community Planning Division. Indiana university, regarding 701 federal assistance tn helping defray any costs. Mentor Darrell Om stated two Milford industries stood ready to give SSOO each.-for a total of SI,OOO to help defray any costs incurred * in zoning the town of Milford. It was estimated total cost would amount to nearly S3OOO. The commesson unanimously voted to ask the Milford town board to

In Qur Opinion

Let's Restore $ 5,000 To Support County Fair

• There has been a lot of interest' this vear because the county council saw fit to cut the budget far the countv 4-H fair from $5,000 per year to $2,500 for 1965. Many remarks to the effect that the fair is worth $5,000 to the county have been heard., some have been beard against the appropriation. Since the budget is now being prepared far publication we this a timely question to consider. It you are in favor of the request which was made of the county commtssiooers at the July meeting to have the $5,000 restored for the 1966 fair speak with the county officials and the fair board. It is also a good idea to attend the meetings of countv officials to show interest and voice an opinion. A lot of 4-H boys and girts are helped with this monev. , _ Some of the council members wanted the. appropriation cut be cause they seem to think the fair association is making too much money. The fair is making money, however since it is a non-profit organization proceeds are returned to This e> why we are having a bigger and better fair each veer. We must also take into consideration that the fair association is $35,000 in debt on the buddings and the approvements we are aS so proud to have. the fair association sold off lots from the property they owned and homes harebren built on Winona

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

| place a SSOO item in its August budget ■ toward such costs. I Attending the meeting were. William Perry. Arch Baumgartner, Merrill Rink, Darrell Ong Carl Dunean, Clayton Hoilar, town attorney John Logue, and Mr. Kleingartner and Mr. Sogern. The plan commission meets on the second Wednesday of each 1 quarter, with the next meeting being Wednesday. October 13. Area Fairs X L Chautzqua Days - July 11 to 17. at Rome City. Turtle Days - July 14 to 17 at Churubusco. Steuben County 4-H Fair- July 27 |to 30 at Crooked Luke. Old Settlers Day and American Legion Festival - July .27 to 31 at Columbia City. Kosciusko County 4-H Fair- August 2 to 7 at Warsaw. . Wells County 4-H Fair July 36-30 at Bluffton. Marshall County 4-H Fair • August 2 to 7 at Argos. r - August 10 to 12 at Columbia City. I Wabash County 4-H Fair • at Wabash. August 16 to 21. hjfatt Stale Fair . August-28 to September 7 at Indianapolis. SYRACUSE LIBRARY TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE JULY 29 The Syracuse library board : tiie public to an open house Thursday. July 29. from I to 3 p.m. This will give those who have not visaed the library recently an opportunity to see the new improvements

Lake. These bring tax dollars into the county purse. Number of Exhibitors Larger The number of 4-H boys and girls J entering into exhibits become greater every year. There are 1153 boys I and girts participating this year Last year there were 1106. Some of these have two and three exhdwts I each so there are a lot of ribbons and prizes to supply. The following amounts were charged to the 4-H fair by the county fair board: Judging SI,OOO, premiums $5,351.65, ribbons $90038. supplies (printing, registration equipment etc.) $376.59, electricity (pro-rated) $917.20, tent i rental $957, road guard $75. sound system SIOO. rest room (upkeep during far) $2lO, materials (repair end alteration of stalls, pens, show rings etc.) $702.18, taxes and insurance (pro-rated and includes liability insurance) SSOO and fire protection $125. In addition to the above amounts fair officials think that one half or the amount for policing and guarding the fair could easily be counted in the cost of operation of the 4-H part of the fair. The amount charged by the fair board to the operation of the 4-H fair is $11,295,000. the total expenses for 1964 were $21.952.80. v The question reeDy amounts to this. Is it worth $5,000 of county tax money to present one of the best fairs m the enttoe state? We think |it is, how about you? i

Milford WSCS Has CciiTy-ln Dinner A carry-in dinner was enjoyed by members and their children of the Milford Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service at the Waubee lake home of Mrs. Glen Treesh on Thursday. July 8. Guestssfhat attended were Mrs. Maude Geiger, Mrs. Ralph Gansert and a former member. Mrs Wayne McCarter, now residing hi San Diego. ’ Calif. •' ' -I The program and pledge service was conducted by Mrs. Joe Judkins. using as her theme “Love." taken from the 13th chapter of I Corinthians. Members made their ’ pledges for the coming year. Mrs Larry, Myers, president, con- ' ducted the business session. The I WSCS will not meet in August | At the next meeting on September j 9. . plans are being made for a special program to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the formation of the Women's Society of ChrisI tian .Service. - ■ MH FORD TOWN BOARD DOCS PRELIMINARY WORK ON BUDGET The town board of trustees of Milford met on Monday -evening to consider the budget for the coming year and did some preliminary changing of one fund. I They plan to eliminate the street fund and put :.ll tlx* monies into the motor vehicle highway find (.They will meet again this coming Monday night. July 19. I The board of trustee members fare Darrel Om. Carl Duncan and iMerril Rink Clerk-treasurer is Mrs. ! Herbert Baumgartner. I . —. ——————— MILFORD LIONS TO MEET JULY 19 The Milford Lions club will meet Monday evening. July 19. at the Twentieth Century restaurant. I IN THIS ISSUE • Western Round-up Days - page 1. sec. 1. • ‘1 Thought This Was It!’ - page 1. sec. 1. J • More On Hastings . page 1, sec. 2. i • ‘Miss Syracuse', ‘Miss Milford’ - page 8. sec. 1. • Boy From Shirkyville . page 2, sec. 2.

'I Thought This Was It!': Don Cecil

“I thought this was it!” I j This was the wry remark of Don : Cecil of Dewart Lake ’ when asked i how it felt being on an apparently doomed aircraft Cecil returned to his home last Thursday evening from Honolulu where he and Mrs. Cedi were visiting their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph (Pete) Zullo. \ | Mrs Cecil is remaining in Honolulu for two weeks and will visit an uncle. Sherman Loop, in Visalia, Calif. before returning to her home. On 111-Fated Jes The Cecils left O’Hare Field in Chicago on Monday, June 28, for I their jet flight to Honolulu. They.

Plan Western Round-Up Days

Uptown Syracuse business men are planning an unusual promotion — \X estem Round-Up Days — to be held next week end, July 22, 23 and 24.

In a meeting this morning at the Bon-Len restauram in Syracuse, plans were drawn up for the threeday promotion, with Tom Holmes, chairman of the Uptown Merchants Assn., presiding Plan Pet Parade A pet parade, to he held Friday evening. July 23. will be a main attraction of the promotion. The par will form at 6:30 p.m. at the railroad on south Huntington street march north on Huntington street to the city park, where it will disburse. Entries for the parade are being channeled throueh . Terry McClintic. vice president of the sponsoring group, and anyone mterested may contact him through phreies 457-4121 or 457-3434. Besides youngsters with pets, the group liopes to attract t'rfe Junior color guard. Little League players and others Firemen are expected to lead the parade with their fire fighting units. r Judges will be Mrs. Don Arnold and Robert Hurd of Milford and

New Officers Installed At Milford American Legion Post 226 Monday

An installation service for the officers for the coming year was conducted by Ivan Kline at the meeting of the Ancil Geiger Post 336 of the American Legion in Milford on Monday night. Those installed were commander, Noble Fisher; Ist vice commander. Silas Howard; second adjutant. Dan Levemier; chaplain, Walter Ritter; finance officer, Russell Ruch; service officer, Wade Mishler: historian. Dr. H. C. Snyder; and sergeant-at-arms, Dale Sher-, man. Seventeen members were present

Syracuse WRC Holds Annual | Picnic Monday John C. Adams, number 278, Women s Relief Corps of Syracuse met Monday evening, July 12,. at the home of Mrs. John Craw for its annua! picnic. A cook-out and picnic supper was enjoyed at 6.30. followed by a short business session, conducted by the president. Mrs. Lee Poyser. Mrs. Poyser appointed the following on the Syracuse parade float committee, Nirs. Estella Swartz, Mrs Elizabeth Pohocfc. Mrs Elva Cotineil. Mrs. Georgia Buster, Mrs. Mae Rinker and Mrs. John Craw. A report was heard on the piano, which was a donation to the corps from the Hire estate. The piano is to be placed m the American Legion hall. Mrs. Poyser reported that the . corps had received. a cash award froth department headquarters for having reports in on time. Mrs. Chaw reported on the state convention at Indianapolis to which I she was a delegate from the Syracuse corps. She had attended a memorial service at the convention for Mrs O. Toney, the national treasurer. She ateo attended a banquet given for the Women's Relief Corps. Daughters of Union Veterans, Wives of Union Veterans and Sons of Union Veterans She also reported that Mrs. Rhetta Brown of Anderson is the new state president After the business meeting there

boarded a Pan-American Jet 707| Iner in San Francisco for their trans-ocean trip • The story is old by now, but will : ilways remain vivid to the Cecils. When minutes off the ground number 4 jet engine burst into flames, and seconds later a huge section of the wing dropped off. The pilot. Captain Charles H. Kimes, 44, of Danville, Calif., using cool, calculated judgment warned the crew of “minor difficulties,” I then turned the huge aircraft toward Travis air force base, where he landed with his crew of 153 safe and sound.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1965

Bill Brainard of Goshen. Other Events Other events will include a watermelon feed in the uptown area, put on by the Syracuse Junior Chamber of Commence, and a round and square dance. The watermelon feed will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. June 23. The will be from J till ? On Saturday night on Main street between Huntington street and the alley to the east. Stores will be decorated in colorful western style with many store owners and employees dressing up for the occasion. Huge signs, announcing Western Round-Up Days, began to appear today in store windows. The group hopes to attract several riding units in the parade. The civil defense truck will be used during the Western Round-Up days. Free coffee and donuts will be Feryed at The Mail-Journal office during the three days. There wall be no further meetings of the association unless otherwise announced.

at the meeting which was conducted by out-going commander Robert Geiger. Itonn Smith son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith, gave his report on his adventures at Boys’ State. He also thanked the Legion for the opportunity. Andy Brown, small son of Mr, and Mrs. Robert Brown, was the kicky winner of a pony which the Legion gave away. The next meeting will be on August 9th, All members are urged to be present.

was a short auction held. Attending were, Mrs. Craw, Mrs. Swartz. Mrs. Buster, Mrs. Pollock, Mrs. Rinker. Mrs. Conneß, Mrs. Emory Guy, Mrs. Poyser, Mrs. Zerola • Zook. Mrs. Myrtle Robinson, Mrs. ! James Isbelle. Mrs. James Hamman, Mrs. Orlie Brown. Mrs. Ella Unrue, Mrs. Bertha Crafton, Mrs. Frank Bates. Mrs. Agnes Stiffler. Mrs Ethel Grubb and Mrs. Herbert Blue, members. Also two guests, Mrs. Catherine ! Babcock and Debbie Hall, attended The next regular meeting will be August 2. SYRACUSE YOUTH INJURED IN CAR i ACCIDENT FRIDAY I James Wfeon, 17, of Syracuse, escaped with a cut on the ankle (when his convertible upset on 801-11ver 11ver Hill (County Road 500 East ► near Syracuse at 3.45 p.m. Friday, I July 9. Wilson told state trooper Jiiian Echterling as he came over the hill a bakery truck was stopped and the driver was talking to two boys on motor bikes. He said he atempted to stop, lost control and his auto I upset. The officer said damage was estimated at SI,OOO. KOREAN CHOIR AT WINONA LAKE THIS WEEK The World Vision Korean Orphan choir, directed by Dr. Chi Hoon Park, will be singing at the Billy Sunday auditorium at Winona Lake each night this week at 7:30 through Sunday, July 18. The choir is under the sponsorship of World Visions. Inc. ; Dr. Bob Pierce is president of i this organization.

| The Cecils were among this crew. < Since Ahen Capt Kimes has re- ; ceived special commenadtion for his J fete. * * Scared? Os Course < Friends have been asking Mr. Ce- ’ cil if he was scared when be saw I the engine burst into flames and ] ithe wing fell off. . ,| He answers, unequivocally: “Your darned right I was scared! I thought this was it!” His daughter-in-law, Mrs. James Cecil of Wawasee Village, confided this morning that Don is still “shook up. ” She said the accident occurred the

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REPAIR R R CROSSING — Section hands o£ the B & O Railroad hope to complete the replacement of ballast. ties and rails of the two main

Lakeland School Board Accepts Glenn Brown's

In a meeting at their offices south of Syracuse last night the Laketond Community school board officially accepted the resignation of Van Buren and East Jefferson representative. Glenn L. Brown. Ifr. Brown is being transferred by his company. Penn Controls of Goshen, to Wheaton. Illinois as of August 1. The resignation is effective July 16. A replacement will be announced hi the very near future. In his resignation (which is peaked in full elsewhere in itvis issue* Mr. Brown stated that he had enjoyed working with the board for two and one half years and that he hoped they would continue to progress toward giving students in the Lakeland area the best education possible. James Stucky, president of the board, replied for the other members and expressed their sorrow- to lose such a valuable board member (his statement appears elsewhere ’. He also reminded the members that Mr. Brown’s loyalty to his job was something to be admired because he had missed only one meeting during the time he has served. At that time he was ill and unable to attend. Satre Resigns Pastor Carl Satre, who is the representative of the school board serving on the Syracuse library board, resigned as of August 15. Pastor Satre is moving from the Lutheran church in Syracuse to a parish in Fort Wayne making the necessary. Satre served during the building program at the library and was president of the board for three veers. Ln a resolution by board member William Pearl the board expressed thanks and appreciation for the work performed by Paster Satre during his term on the board of the Syracuse PuMic library. Minutes were read and approved for the seven meetings held during June and . the July 8 meeting. The extra curricular fund reports from the five schools were filed and approved by the members. Financial Report The financial report for the ewi of the school year. June 30, 1965. was approved . It showed a balance of $307,572.49 which » greater than the 1964 balance which was $177, 435 89. The legal notice of all school claims will be printed soon as required bv law Some discussion was held as to whether it was possi>le to give the tuition amount in one figure rather than teacher by teacher. Superintendent Lewis Immel told board member Ralph Brui baker that the law states it must be listed separately. Some confusion I results from this at times because

day a report made the rounds that a tornado had touched down at Camp jpHa Logan at Dewart Lake. She said we were worried about the Cecils’ home at Dewart Lake, when we should have been worrying flbout them and their highly eventful plane trip. The plane incident was a main feature in last week’s Life magazine. The magazine showed colored pictures of the huge craft, taken by a passenger, and other photos taken from the ground. It described the pictures taken from inside the craft as a scene few ever saw and lived to tell about.

tracks and two sidings on south has been the subject of considerable Huntington street in Syracuse late complaint for some time. this week. They began the repair A Mail-Journal staff photo, job last Monday. The rough crossing

GLENN BROWN

the public fails to realize that some of the teachers work only nine months per year, others work in the summer program or the recre- ; ational program and a few work in ! all three so that their pay seems greater. I Business manager Don Arnold reported that he is working on a plan to combine all insurance of the cori porjation into one policy. He also plans to meet with principals and ’ coaches soon to make plans for coordinating the athletic program and start to save for equipment for the new high school. More remarks were made concerning getting football into the junior high athletic program this year and into the freshman program the following year. This way some of the players (will be experienced when the new high school is completed and we enter the class B athletic program in football. Cafeteria Report Mr. Arnold also presented the report of the school cafeterias since . they have a combined program. This was only from January; 1 to the end of the school year and a i Lnancial gain resulted of $3,317.00. ■ It was mentioned with interest that ■ the greatest savings was in the ’ school which served the greatest I number of meals. A report of the corporation owned busses w-as also presented by Mr. | Arnold. The total savings for the year on these busses as compared with private owned busses was ! $7,425.45. This is a savings of $530 137 per unit on the 14 busses. An I increased savings of $35 per bus J over last year. The corporation j 'Continued on page 2. sec. 1)

Alberta, The Lake Wawasee Alligator, Has Last Laugh On Its Abductors! Alberta, by how the storied Lake Wawasee alligator, had the last laugh on its abductors Saturday. ’ Two of the five men who were accused of unlawfully abducting her from the state fish hatcheries on Lake Wawasee and dumping her into the nine-mile lake last month, appeared in court and received their come-uppance at Warsaw Saturday. Richard Hanes, 20, and Christopher Woollings, 19, both of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty and were fined $lO and costs, totaling $35. Two Syracuse brothers, Richard and Fred Crews, 25 and 22, respectively, pleaded innocent and will be tried at a later date. The fifth, John Niezer, 22, of Fort Wayne, is yet to be arraigned. Alberta, the three-legged 100-pound lass from the Everglades, dodged conservation officers for 36 hours before being snagged and returned to her home. Story has it that she lost one leg in a fight with another of her species.

TWO F SECTIONS

Officially Resignation

Youth Employment Service Reports The Youth Employment Service in Syracuse was founded as a nonprofit organization that would help teenagers in need of employment find jobs and would help employers find part-time help. T'ne adult advisor, Mrs. Frank Putt and Rebecca Smith, chairman, head the group of seven girls who give their spare time to help the youth of the community. The girls are Kathy Ellen Schoeff publicity, Sally Searfoss, Mary • Barb Immel, Becky Thomas, and Jean Eppley. The t governing body for Y. E. S. as it is sometimes called, is the Youth Center adult board. Donations and loans of equipment and money have been given to the Youth Employment Service by the Weatherhead Company, Mrs. Frank Putt, Mrs. Keith Whiteman, and many others to whom Y.E.S. is exi tremely grateful. Response to the program has falj len short of expectations, however, j the group has not given up hope. Applications are still being filled and chances of finding a responsible teenage employee through the Youth Employment Service are ! excellent. The Youth Employment Service operates in the Youth Center from 2:00 p.m until 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and the number to call for employment needs is 457-3055. TWO MEN CHARGED' WITH THEFT Michael Katz and Eugene Parsons both of Albion, entered pleas of not guilty to charges of theft when arraigned before judge Gene B. Lee, in Kosciusko county circuit court. The young men were arrested on May 19, charged with the theft of a pickup track belonging to Lewis 0. Jones, Lake Wawasee. The truck was said to be valued at about S2OO. Trial date for Katz was set for I Monday, September 20, at 9:30 am. and for Parsons, Monday, September 27, at 9:30 a.m. Both men have been reused on SSOO bonds.

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