The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 33, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 September 1965 — Page 1

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MRS. HANEYS CIASS — Firstgrader* in Mrs. Larry Haney’s first grade rias.* al Milford are pictured below. In the front row are Robby Kauffman. Douglas Kaiser. David deia

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MRS. SI NTHIMERS CLASS — ! Pictured here are the students in < Mrs. Bessie Sunthimer’s first grade I class at Milford. 1 In the front row, seated Ift to I right are Max Sumpter. Rachel

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MRS. TEMPLIN’S CLASS - Those in the first grade class of Mrs. Willard Templin are pictured above. In the front row are Kimberly Spk-ber. Joe Gereacser. Jeffery Auer. Martv Welker. Janet Walton.

Wawasee Golf Men s I Championship Pairings The men's championship pairings: for the Wawasee Golf dub were announced this week by dub owner Don Byrd. The double qualification ■matches will pit the champion and A flight contenders in the first round, winners will remain in the dumyiffi flight and the losers will

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I uente. Daioel Rink. Steve Yoder, i Keith Beer. Daniel Wallace, and I Stanley Rechkemmer. In the middle rew are Sylvia Salaz. . Vida Cortex, Susie Jackson, Ther- I esa Barth, Debra Lantz. Cindy Mar-

Morris. (Jerry Spicher. Abel.irdo • Gonzales. Susan Yoder. Rose Marte ] Schmucker, Anna Benavides. Ea meal 1 Garcia Gustavo Rodriquez. and Bar- 1 ton Antonides. < Sitting in the second row are

Jack Hickman,, Gloria Rodriquez. Kevin Kinney. Rosa C—Tiles, and Jess West. In the middle rvu are Kathleen Me Farren. Sammy Baumgartner. Mimie Garza. Jarvey Lafferty, Diane

|be in the A fight Pairings for this group are as follows; Bob Auer and Lloyd Reed, Gene Miller and } jack Myers, Joe Scheidei and Amzie Myers. Jim Miltonberger and Merril King. Fred Billet and Bob MauZy. Homer Helmuth and Dick Waldron. John Fryburger and Dale Eubanks and Bob Eoois and Jake Rheinheimer. In the B and C flight players the [ winners will stay in the B flight

shall. Cindy Sprague. Kathi Replogle, and Belinda Loxatno. In the back row are David Freed. Jorge Ybarra. Terry Wcisser. Bertha Montemayor, Kathy Nordin, Di-

Jayne Davis. Debra WeWy, Cindy McCreary, Debbie Kaufman, Mary 1 Hoover. Roxann Sawyer. Darcy I Dean, Lora Babcock, and Desia Baker. :

Kesler. Rex Fisher. Judy Ahnguer, Oliver© Peno. and Christy Coldeberg. la the back row are Karen Goshert. Beverly Zimmerman. Danny Slabaugh, Pollyanna Miller. Ernest Hehnutii. Deborah Phillips. Clint

and losers will be in the C Flight. Pairings are as follows: Larry Miller and Buss Davidson. Howard Putnam and Arch Baumgartner. Oliver Replogle and Larry Slabaugh; John McClure and Llovd T»Hmah, Bud Dippon and Art .Mien. Cliff Putnam and Al Meier. Don Zentz and Howard Habb and Park Phend and Jim Payton. Tn the D and E flight winners . will stay in the D flight and losers

- ane Perry, Sara Gaskill. Pamela Place, and Scott Hartter. Absent when the picture was taken • were Eddie Dowty and Gary Mcln- ■ tire. A Mail-Journal staff photo.

Standing in the third dow are Ron Wuthrich. Jeffrey Hoerr. Kim Hively. Norman Vanlaningham. David Martin. Harry Sheets, Shelia Prater, Mark Grove, and Philip Buhrt. A Mail-Journal staff photo.

Gaskill. Randy Roberts, Sue EHen Ragers, and Frieda Miller. Absent when the photo was taken was Maria Peno. I A Mail-Journal staff photo. .

will be in the E flight. Pairings: are: George Young and Eldon Beer, Dick Schroeder and Floyd Walsh, E. L Largen and Wayne Bucher and Fees Dtsming and Al Paul. All first rounds were to be played before September 19. Second round matches are to be finished by September 36 and third round ■matches completed before October 3. The finals are to be played before October 17.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1365

Along Main Street

By GEORGIA BUSTER I know summer is . over now. 1 have had my vacation and tomorrow, the 23d. is th- first day of autumn My vacation was a little different this year. I did not go to a resort. just several short trips. .Went to Ohio the 12th and was very surprised at the number of state supervised parks along the river. The distance from Napoleon to Waterville on the Anthony Wayne trace, a few miles, there were at least seven parks with cook-out facilities, tables, playground equipi ment and restrooms on the highway following the Maumee river. i Wonder why Indiana doesn’t have more of these roadside parks? We have scenic highways. I hear each of {he 114 new roadside rest areas along Kentucky sections of the interstate highway system will have e full time washroom attendant. My friend, Louie Garrison, has gone back to the Soldiers and Sailors Home at Lafayette. Some of the area residents are leaving for Florida, others plan to leave soon. Have you noticed the Floyd Browers' flowers in their yard on Pearl street? They are beautiful’ Takes-a lot’ of hard work but worth it to have such an array of flowers all summer. Hats off to the Syracuse street department employees. They worked most of the night of the storm on Tuesday, Sept. 14. Do you read the notices on the bulletin board at the laundry? Some are vary interesting, some comic. With the school open, motorists should be careful on Frazier .avenue, the school children are going across it and now traffic is using it. They are not as careful as they should be. Some cars do travel at a much greater speed than they should on that unpaved road. Since the heavy rains, there are several holes in the road. A number of parents are quite perturbed. about the school book rental fees and on the renting of school lockers which have already been paid for with tax money. May hear more from this soot:

If you have a hobby, you should visit Mrs. Alma Holliker at Waterville. Ohio. She has a nine-room house, and 2.500 potholders, these she no longer collects; also 2.000 pitchers from thumb-nail to cream pitcher size, about 1.000 slippers, boots and shoes and 500 toothpick holders. Her latest hobby is collecting birds of china, glass, feathered, pictures and plaques. She has one room filed with cases displaying her hobbies and cases in other rooms, some lighted. It you are going to leave for the winter, don’t forget to call or come in arid give us your change of ad'dress so you won't miss a single issue. of the M-J.

Syracuse lost one of its up and I coming young men when Tom Holmes, manager of the W. R. Thomas store, was transferred to one of the stores in Michigan. We I bear it was a promotion. Good luck, Tom'. The. little news bird tells me there will be a change on Main street in the very near future, all for the good. I’. SV ill make a big change in the appearance oi the street. . Twilighters Bunco Club Holds Sept. Meeting Mrs. Robert Moser of near Md- ! lersburg “was hostess • for the Sep-' tember meeting of the Syracuse I Twilighters Bunco club with Mrs. Adrian Zollinger assisting. Eleven i members and two guests, Mrs. Joe Hughes and Mrs. Norman Robie attended. J i Tentative plans were discussed for the Christmas party and gift exchange oc December 8 at Ruble’s in Milford. High prize for the evening went to Nirs. Delbert Whitehead; low. Mrs. Eugene Henning; travel, Mrs. Whitehead and door I prize, Mrs. Franklin Ringler. I Mrs. Bill Eyer received birthday I gifts from the club and secret pal; Mrs. Moser and Mrs. Zollinger both received anniversary gifts. Mrs. Rolland Hodgson will be hostess for the October meeting with Mrs. Warren Benson as co- . hostess. . . I — ITPAYS TO ADVERTISE

Silver Thimble Club Has September Meeting Members of the Silver Thurible club met September 7 in the home of . Mrs. Maurice Beer. Mre Glenn Price and Mrs. Frank Beer were co-hostesses Mrs. Luther Steffen, president, called the meeting to order and' all members repeated the club collect in unison Roll call and the secretary’s report were given. Mrs. Robert Kaiser distributed gold painted containers which are to be filled with various useful articles and brought to the next meeting. These will be sent to Alabama for Christmas gifts. Final plans for the rummage sale were given by Mrs. Lowell Rassi. Thank you notes were read by Mrs. Walter Wuthrich and Mrs. Richard Kaiser. Devotions were given by Mrs. Arnold Doll and the short business ’ meeting . .was concluded. The club then enjoved a demonstration party. Profits- from the party will, be used to carry, out charity projects. Delicious refreshments of Jell-O. sandwiches, nuts, punch, and coffee were sen ed by the hostesses to the members and guests who were present. .The next meeting will be field in •the home ot Mrs. Richard Kaiser. VISIT SIS TER Mr. and Mrs. Calvin E. Beck spent the week end in Remington with Mrs. Beck’s sister and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bressner. They also visited other relatives and friends and called on Mrs. Beck’s aunt, Mrs. Ella Starkey at the Mary nursing home in Earl Park on Sunday afternoon. They plan to journey to Avilla on Thursday evening for their grandson’s third birthday. He- is Bobby Beck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Beck.

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ILASTLNGS B TEAM — The above picture of the Hastings B team was taken ‘in 1905 near the cottonwood grove oa the Emma Biller farm.

Mr. Haney Talks About Crime In Hastings Area

| (Tenth in a series) By KENNETH lUNEY This is a subject no one loves to talk -about but when I think of the Holy Bible, I see praise and blessing ; for Weil doing and punishment for wrong doing. It gives credit where due and doesn't cover or leave out the sins and mistakes of evil doers. Prvbabiy the three rm>: precious ; things on the Island were com, chickIcbs and horses. j After a “clearing” was made by Smutting the trees and burning them, jthe com was planted .among the stumps by hand and so at best, the crop was small. ,Many had to buy |corn on the prairie around Galveston. •Clunette)/ I It was fed to animals and ground into meal. This meal was used for I combread, mush 1 and milk and fried mush. Every so often a far* mer might miss a sack full-of corn. Chickens could be eaten, sold to the huckster or bartered for anything the pack peddler had. Chicken stealing was so bad the settler had to sign his name, as late as the 19W’s, that he was the rightful owner. Now with six to eight-cent chickJens some are predicting you might; have to pay to get rid of them. But the biggest haul was horse stealing and when a horse was takjen for a distance it was hard to trace. Shakespeare said, “He who ! steals’my purse steals trash.” If he had lived here he would have added, ; “But he who steals my horse steals my living.” So as in all western country, the vigilante or horse thief association was formed on the Island for protection. They met in secret to discuss any stealing. With only three exits and bad

Janay Hubartt and Dain W. Morehouse Repeat Vows Saturday

Janay Sue Hubartt and Dain Willis Morehouse were united in marriage at 7:30 p.m, on Septem- ‘ ber 18. at the City Church of Brethren. Goshen. Rev. Vernon .■r. pastor of the church, prej formed the double ring ceremony ■; in the presence of 250 guests. Parents of the corpie are Mr. and ■ Mrs. Lester Hubartt of 111 W. Plymouth Ave., Goshen, and John More- . house of r 1 New Paris. Two vases of large yellow nium's graced the altar. Miss Pam’ Shrock iof Goshen, organist, played traditional wedding music. Dale Mikel of Milford sang “Because”, “I Take Thee. Dean” and “The Lord’s Prayer”. !: Given in marriage by her father. 1 the bride wore a floor length gown {of peau-de-soie designed with an empire waist line accented with banding of rose lace appliques, scooped neckline and bridal point sleeves.. The detachable shoulder train was folded into pleats form- ■ ing a Vee in the back with, a bow where the pleats fell together. Her three tier bridal veil was attached to a double crown of lace, pearls and crystal. The bridal bouquet was a, large yellow mum with a dozen roses coming down the center and ivy down the sides. : Mrs. LaMar Helmuth of Millersburg served her sister as matron . of honor. She wore a floor length gown of yellow peau-de-sbie. The 1 sleeveless empire line bodice featured a banding* of dive green. A short train was fastened at the back with a bow. Her headpiece was double , bows- with pearl drop and face veil. She carried a bouquet of yellow mums with an olive green velvet ribbon. Miss Dianna Stnmp and Mrs. Leonard Ropp, both of Goshen, were the bridesmaids. They wore

: "Standing left to right are Claude > Good, Charles Wysottg (?), Butch I Kline, George Hollar, Lew and Otto Davis, Charlie (Sigh) Hollor and

roads, you seldom saw the sheriff. So with these explanations but of the way, I’ll tell of some of the crime and there was plenty of it as you will soon read. A Hastings Store Robber When Sam ’ Estep owned the Hastings Store, he boarded and roomed with Mr. and Mrs. John Fox, who lived across the road. One night a robber- broke into the house and Mr. Fox yelled to Mr. Estep that a robber was coming upslams to rob him. 1 Mr. Estep was supposed to have I said, “Let him come, I’m ready’ for ' htm.’*' Others report he crawled cut ] a window and rang the dinner bell 1 which was above kitch- i en to summon the vigilantes. J The robbery failed, Hastings bank didn” have a night depository’! A Near Tragedy < A few year’s later when Mr. and < Mrs. Ancil Weimer occupied this 1 house, another hair-raising episode s occurred. • i Some 40 odd years agb, Mr: Weim-. er told me about this near death in- < cident while I was pitching hay for ( him. So I interviewed Mrs. Weimer j to refresh and get some vital data on j another bold house breaking attempt. |. For safety a new lock had been in-1| stalled on the front door. Mr. and Mrs. Weimer had retired I early after a hard day’s labor. A- j bout 11 o’clock, just about the time when everyone is sawing logs (:sleeping soundly) there was a noise on the porch and door knob. Mrs. Weim- : er wakened and listened. Yes, the crucial hour had come'. Everyone ( suspected that robber would be back i for revenge! • Ancil was wakened and came to > the realization that their money, property or even their lives might be 1 at stake. Ancil said it sounded like

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olive green dresses .styled identically to the matron of honor. Jennine Cooper of South Bend, niece of the bridegroom, was the flower girl. She wre a yellow peau floor length dress styled similar to the bridesmaids with an empire line, and small train falling to the floor. The bridesmaids carried olive green bouquets similar to the matron of honor. The flower girl’s bouquet was the same as the matron of honor. . John Veevaete of Winona Lake was the best man. Groomsmen were Ckff Stemen of North Dakota and Jeny Warstler of North Manchester. Larry Eisenhour of New Paris and . LaMar Helmtitli of Millersburg were ushers. Craig Sorensen of Milford, nephew of the bridegroom, was the ringbearer. A reception was held immediately' following the ceremony in the church basement. Mrs, Gerald Hubartt was the mistress of ceremony. Richie Hubartt carried the gifts to the basement. Serving at the reception were Mrs. John Buigtos. Miss Jerri Gartleman. Mrs. John Veevaete. Mrs. Jerry Warstler, and Mrs. Samuel Trover. Miss Charlene Hummel and Miss Kay Sonithsom opened the gifts. * The young couple left oh a wedding trip to Niagara Falls and and after their return will make their home at 216 W. Clinton street, Goshen. Mrs. Morehouse is a graduate of Goshen hihg school and is employed at. the Local Finance Company in Goshen as a secretary. She is a member of the Delta Theta Tau sorority. A New Paris high school graduate. Mr. Morehouse is employed as a cost accountant at Weyerhouser’s in Middlebury. He attended South Bend College of Commerce.

Vern AVysong (?). Sitting are Charlie Geiger, Jack Kline and Sam (Flick) Biller.

• the thief was trying to fit a key into the lock but Mrs. Wphner insisted it sounded like a low rat-a-tat-tat. But in perilous times you don’t argue on small matters. For one reason or another the shot gun. hdd been placed in the front . room. Stealthly and swiftly the Mrs. passed the break-in door and brought back the life saving weapon and gave to her husband. Did he crawl under the bed and hide? Not on your life! Those men (and women) were made out of stuff you need to carve out a home from the wilderness—better a dead hero than a coward. As he dropped those death dealing shells in the barrel in the pin dropping stillness of night, he felt a crisis had come into his life. During this short time which seemed like a year, the desperate attempt of the robber to get a key to fit was critical. It was a race against time! Mr. Weimer advanced to the door with both barrels cocked and a demand to “leave or I’ll shoot.” Mrs. Weimer, with bravery ■to spare, lifted the blind from the other door and averted the bloody affair. No one wants death on his own front porch! It seemed Sam Kline’s sheep and I billygoat had gotten out and come down the lane (Enos Hollar’s place). There were the lambs playing in the yard and jumping on the porch and /the goat was rattling the door knob land trying to look in. Riot At Medicine Show | As I said before, the hall above the store was used for public events. One night" there was a medicine show. You know one of those where an Indian’s great-grandfather found that certain herbs or snake oil or skunk grease could cure lumbago, I ! .—.—— T — —«. > , (Continued on page 2, sec. 2)

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