The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 34, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 September 1965 — Page 9

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VOLUME 4

Milford Service Center To Opon In October The Milford Service Center will be open in October in the building formerly occupied by the Little and Clark Insurance Agency on south Main street in Milford. - This announcement is made in an add elsewhere in this issue by Basil Collins and Larry Hepler. It will be a branch of the Bremen Service Center and will be known as Sen ice Center No. 2. The m?n do complete radio, television and colored television service and do tower and antenna work.

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MRS. DIETERLY’S CLASS - First gradets pictored above, are members of Mrs. Joe Dieterly’s class in the Syracuse elementary school. Left to right in the first row are Doug Graff. Lynn McCullough. Ber-

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MRS. KNAPP’S ROOM — First graders in the room of Helen Knapp are mctinv J a‘ ove. Seated, left to right, are Doug Brown. Tony Searfoss. Jon Michael,

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RICHARD ADAIR GRADUATES FROM CLERICAL SCHOOL CAMP LeJEUNE. N. C. <PHTNC» Sen. I'sa— Marine Lance Corporal Richard A. Adair, son of Mr. and Mrs, Ronald S. Adair of r 1. Cromwell graduated from the Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic Clerical 1 ts n•■ . Sept 13 at marine ® corps , base. Camp LeJeune. North Caro- . Itna. ' ‘ The course of curriculum coxer--1 ed naval correspondence, unit diarv maintenance and general adminii stration subjects. r - b ' ..... MILFORD METHODIST MEN i TO MEET THURSDAY 1 The Methodist Men will meet on Thursday, Sept. 30. for the first meeting of the fall year Supper will be at 6 30 with Forrtd i Ramser of Milford as the guest speaker.

- ni? Gonda. Mike Field. Kandy Kern, e Aubrey Hartman, Dennis Troyer, s Robert Conley, David G&nz, Greg Miller and Rick Perry. ! •In the second row are Janet Weay- - er, Leslie sheneiieid. Brett Anderson.

Mike Grady. David Coy, Todd . Hepler, Paul Newcomer and Brad Benner. Seated on chairs are Sicks,

Tim Conley, Brian Neer, Noble Hoover, Kirk Hughes. Craig Koble. Jerry Strauss and David Firestone. { Seated are Benji Hall, Jenny

Fellowship Claits Mee'.s With Mel via Niks I The Fellowship class of the Syj raetise Church of God held its monthly meeting September 21 in the home of Mr. and ’Mrs. Melvin I Niies. There were 14 adults and two . children present. -The president. Rev. Walter Williams, presided at the business ses- > sion when reports from-the trvasur- • er were heard and minutes of the • last meeting read. Mr. Niles read the 12th chapter of Romans and gave comments on it Rev. V ictor Yeager offered prayThe next meeting will be in the i home of Mrs. Ida Hibschman. Rex - . Yeager will give the devotions and James McKibbin will be in charge cf the entertainment. Re James McKibbin dismissed the meeting with prayer.

Bobby Johnson. Curt Singrey, Gary Connolly, Bob W ilson, .Dannv Ratcliff, Rebecca Busch and Nina Duffer. In the third row are Candy Klase. Donna Firestone, Jackie Rodman.

David Rtliff. Danny Walker, Bah Day. Brian Slabaugh, David Denney Donna Weaver and Janet Conn. Standing are Claudia Cantiberry

Hughes, Keith Cripe. Chris Scars- | berry, Jeffery Becbtdd, Scott Rogers, Kevin Knapp and Sb arsa Davidson.

WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1955

FIRST BRETHREN CHURCH TO HOLD RALLY OCT. 10 Members of the First Brethren church of Milford will hold rally day and homecoming at Camp Mack bn Waubee lake on Sunday. Oct. 10. Sunday school will \be held at 9:30 with worship sendees following at at the camp. A carryn dinner will be held following the' senice. . In the afternoon a program will be given for the adults and separate entertainment will be provided for the children. Sendees will be held indoors in case of disagreeable weather. Mrs. Victor Yeager was in charge of the entertainment. Refreshments were sened by the hostess and a social hour was enjoyed.

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b Caryl Coy, Judy Bechtel, Valerie Ser. cbr, Andrea Griffith, Marie Kit son. Beth Ann Mabie and Diana Webster, r, A Mail Journal staff photo.

I Standing are Mike Briber, Mary Kitson, Ginger Gant, Susan Shank, Barbara Handing, Jane Croumlick, Debra Truex and Rhonda Byrd.

Trees On The Island As Reported By Mr. Haney

(10th in a series) t 1 By KENNETH HANEY I As I write I meditate as I work. Many poetry gems come to memory, ‘ some being exact wording arid others the gist of what the poet implies. I One of these is “I think I shall never see anything as lovely as a tree" — Joyce Kilmer. This is the pleasure in writing this time. As I said before trees made the early settlers' lives difficult but they | were also a blessing. The Coppes Brothers and Mutschler woodworking factories used a large amount of logs from the Islsnd. The Lentz saw mill also purchased many. Many of these four feet to six feet (“across the stump" (diameter* virgin trees were growing before the Revolutionary War. When these ripe ■ trees were cleared, mushrooms pop-. ped up by the wash tubs full. The' hollow logs were split into halves and boards nailed across the end made la watering trough or a milk trough ( ! where cold water kept the cream, milk and butter cool. Sometimes the butter, etc., were put in the well pit. 1 ’ , The Mud Boat Another essential “tool" made from : timber was the “mud" boat. It consisted of two flat runners ‘.‘pegged" ■or bolted together. It slid well on mud. ice or snow. but. was hard to control it from stopping or sliding side wise. * It was transportation for the fam- . ily, could be used sos hauling manure. buzz poles, etc. ; After getting these limbs of trees ] together the neighbors would help to cut in firewood lengths. These pole , piles and holes in the trees and ditch J panks Were the chief places of pro- < tection for rabbits. I nearly forgot 1 the fodder or corn shocks. Rabbits < learned to climb trees then, too. Where can he go for protection to- j day? | Rail Splitting t When I think of A. Lincoln with his 1 wooden maul or skdge hammer di-iv- ‘ < ing wedges to split logs for rails or j, fence posts, I think of the enormous t amount of energy it took—more than t a cup of coffee and a doughnut for i breakfast. Hewing out bam timbers w. $ in the same class. t Then, gathering hickory. beech. < walnuts, butternuts and hazel nuts in j the fall was fun. .Cracking nuts by the box stove on a cold Winter even- ( ing and picking out the “goodies” t ikernels' shortened the evening. •I would gixe several butternuts to j anvone wishing. t> start trees this ( fall as "I have a small tree in front , of my bam. f Sometimes a swarm of ixns would < ily over while they were plowing , com or making hay. By throwing ] dirt or pounding on tin or metal you | i could get tiiem to lite on a bush , and then transferred to |a hive to provide a table spread. 1 Manv times you would be lucky to find a'“bee tree.” a hive of bees in a liollow tree. After frost time man came along and took all their «imtixt work and killed the bees: There was a saying a hive of bees in May was worth a ton of hay, if gotten in ; June a silver spoon, but one gotten in July wasn't worth-a fly. In Proverbs 6-6 we read, “Go to the ant thou sluggard; consider her .ways and be wise." With this thought in "mind, except we change the word “ant" to “bee", I would like to introduce you to my friend Otto Beer. ; First I want to say he doesn't need

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MISS SHOEMAKER’S ROOM — •"irst graders in the class taught by MSsa flhofmrirrr are pictured here. Absent was Waiter Codey. In the front row, left to right, are Douglas Troyer, Michael Knight,

.that. What I really want to say is that here amongst us dwells a high I authority on bees. I listened attent- J Utively to the "Lives of Honey Bees" at cur Sunday school class party several years ago as Mr. Beer prejsented the subject. ' Any school class, club or party that has never heard-Mr. Beer surely is missing a rare opportunity on • Christian living, good citizenship, in-1 ‘ tegrity. industry and frugality as the bee teaches us a lesson. While talking about natural sweets, lots of maple and sugar water was boiled down to make maple syrup in 1 those early days. Saw Mills While talking to Dr. Owen Lentz, he stated his father. Ed Lentz, and family moved from the Darsh marsh at the comer of road 1200 N and 500 W to Milford about 1910. | He went into partnership with his father. Albert Lentz, who owned a sawmill just across the street and to the south of the Lentz C.al Comip: ny. This sawmill, I believe, burned twice. I. Joe Griffith and Phil Cans were ; their teamsters. Isaac Mitchell and I Tim Dygert w ere veteran log haul-1 ers from the Island. Monger's of Elkhart and Griffith were sawmill operators later in Milford. ■ Around Hastings William TuSirg. Ira Collins, and Enos Hollar operated mills for many years Siierman Collins had been and is still sawing | at J his home site, Harold, son of William Tusing. has. along with his sons, operated the Dutchtown sawmill for many years. On a cold winter morning while walking to school you would see a leg hauler skidding logs to the roadside to be loaded on his wagon log bunks or bobsleds if the ground w-as covered with snow. J Back in the woods you might hear the crash of a giant oak as it toppled to the ground. .After placing the reins (lines) on- the horses' hames the five command words — , gee. haw, gidap. back and whoa — would direct that faithful team like trained circus horses while the driv- , er was busy with the chains and ■ logs. • j Most of these dumb animals were , treated kindly by their masters. Each driver knew the dimit of his team’s i pulling power and endurance. One man with-a large team want- , ed everyone else to know he had the ; best pullers. Now everyone should be proud of his work. but. it can be overdone. One spring day tnis m:ui who r.,d never been stuck 'so he said started for Nappanee with a Lad of logs. One log or one too large was the straw thit brofy; the camel's back. He hadn't gone too many miles w! ■ n the wagon dropped to the axles and with might or main she couldn't be gotten cut. Along came neighbor X ; with a smaller team and a load fitted to the thawed-out road. “Are you stuck?” he asked. “Nope? just unable to move it," was the reply. “i'll hook on in front and see what we can do. ” ' The large load was sa n pulled to solid ground and Mr. X thanked for his help Then the map said. "If it hacfai't .been for my big team, we d never pulled it out." ’How right he was! Classified Forests When I was a boy from 30 to 40 pei - cent of the Island was covered with forests and now we nearly cut

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the zero off, ! I have heard it said many times, ■ “My woods will last me.” with r<f thought for future generations. I have always loved woods so I have had mine "classified.” To do this all 'livestock is fenced out. and the forest is "farmed" or undesirable trees, vines, etc., are cut. Selected trees are cut as they mature. I There is a two cent an a«. re tax. | A good “fanned" woods will produce ■ 300 board feet of lumber a year or about sl4 yearly income per acre. A few more classified forests and .less bulldozing would help this farm L-urplus some and bring pleasure to ■ future generations. I love to take Ronnie and Gary Cotton, my grandsons from Pierceton. to my woods. Yes. there on that beech tree is the notch to show their height in 1961. 1963. and 1964. Oscar Haney and I went “prospecting” 'rambling l in my woods one Sunday afternoon, in May. After going part way through we sat down on a fallen tree. As that , soft southern wind rustled the tree leaves and with birds flitting ..nd singing all over the place, our little dog scared a bunny from the underiirush. With this peacefulscene of nature Mr. Haney mused, "If heaven is as nice as this I’ll be .-..ti.sfied." I sometimes wonder if people in general arerr't too much inclined to have silver and gold to pave the streets with over there, rather than enjoying much of God's beauty here. GOLDEN RULE CLASS HAS ELECTION The Golden Rule class of the Bethel Church of the Brethren in Milford held its yearly election of officers at the meeting of the class last Sunday, Raymond Hoover was elected president and Cornelius Reuter, vice president. The secre-tary-treasurer is Mrs. Richard Smith and assistant is Delbe-1 Moneyheffer. The out-going president. Mrs. Neal Cory, displayed a wall type can opener which is a gft from the class for the church kitchen. ■ I The next meeting of the class will he a "Lillies nfcht out" in November. T.ie committee in charge of i arrangements is Donn Kesler and Levi Chimp. A ham and potluck dinner preceded the meeting with Mr, and Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Bernice Dwyer in charge. < The afternoon was. spent socially by 4he women while the men enjoyed a horeshoe tournament. There were 14 class members and six children present. BLUE BIRDS CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS The Fly Away Blue Birds of Syracuse mel at the Scout cabin on September 21 and celebrated the birthdays of Debra Grindle, Debbie Willis and Dawn Hamm. A movie w*as shewn of the police and firemen’s parade. Debbie Pletcher called the roll. The secretary’ was Juanita Lundquist, The refreshments were furnished by Tina Searfoss and Sally Jo Shively.-

Watkins, Fred Hinderer, Brent Smith. Kris Koble, Scott Brown, Michael Hoagland, Douglas Adams, Charles Eby and Mary Nyikos. Standing are Cynthia Clark, Sherri

SECTION TWO

New Officers Named At Brethren Church The new officers for the - 1965-66 church year at the Syracuse Church of the Brethren are as follows: Moderator, Rev. Robert Perkins; church clerk, Mrs. Everett Darr, /assistant, Mrs, Maxw’eU Simon; j church treasurer, Mrs. Leonard Barnhart, assistant, Mrs. William Kern; Messenger agent, Jessie Cripe: Brethren service directors, Ezra Warstter and Lavon Symens- [ ma; and the trusteekoard is Roscoe Smith, Everett Darr and William Kern. On the ministerial board are Ezra ! W'arstler. Gilbert George and Ray Darr and the board of Christian education is composed of Mrs. Joe I Baumgartner, Clarabelle Hartman i and Lloyd Kammerdeiner; finance ' board. Stanley Barnhart, Richard Zollinger and Jess Mishler; nomin- ’ at ing committee. Mrs. Art Wagner, • Warren Benson and Joe Baumgart- : ner The head usher is Larry Simon; music committee members are Mrs. Donald Davis. Mrs. Ralph , Wagoner. Mrs. Jerry Hapner and . Mrs' Franklin'Ringler. Sunday school , superintendent is Francis Denton, assistant, Lloyd Kammerdeiner: SunI day school secretary, Sandra Kern; librarian, Janet Benson: cradle roll superintendent. Mrs. Richard Zollinger and district conference deleagates are Leonard Barnhart and Ezra Warstler. Junior Mothers Club Hold.* First Meeting Os Year The Junior. Mother's club of Syracuse held its first meeting Jog the year with Mrs. Charles Kroh at the summer home of her parents. Dr. and Mrs: S. M. Casey, on Lake Wawasee. Mrs. Kroh was assisted in serving the 6:30 potluck dinner by Mrs. Dale ‘Allen. Mrs. Carl Hadley and Mrs. Robert Day. There were 15 members and three guests. Mrs. B. J. Silveus, Mrs. Joe Garber and Mrs. Merl Smith, present. The chairman. Mrs. Carl Hadley, conducted toe business session. A donation of $25 was approved by the members to be given to the Syracuse-Wawasee Water Safety program. The next meeting will be held in the Syracuse lake home of Mrs. James Hughes on October 18. UNITED FUND BOARD TO MEET I Jerry L. Helvey. president of United Fund of Kosciusko Cinintv, Inc., announced ■. meeting of the board of 'directors to l-e held Thursday evening. 7:30 at the Lake Cjtv Bank. This’, the second of four annual board meetings, has been called to approve toe 1965 campaign goal. Plans for the kick-off dinner will also be discussed. . - 1 ■ All have agreed that this is a crisis year for the I':; ten Fund, and the total support of the entire community is needed. The board of directors is composed of: 3-vear directors’ David Purdy, Rev. Charles Johnson, Mrs. Jerry Gerard. -Robert Ellison, Eari Yeiter, Mrs William Snoke, George Lerike, - Graham Kreicker. Jane - (2-year directors) John Bishopp. - Jruce Wright. John Helfrich, Bill s Warren, Jr..-Mi’s. Jean Rogers, Tom Kenner, Joe Boggs. Con Davis. Merle e Mock: tone-year directors) Morton I- Huff er, Richard Coolman, Robert s Steele. James Thomas, John Herrs mann, Robert. Half, James Painter, 1 Jerry Helvey, Fred Anglin and Frank Nyikos.

, Todd, Teresa Line, Ginger Hams, , Neva Snyder, Debbie Bailey, Jackie , Herring, Denise Elson, Gay Grindin and Debra Gray. j| A Mail-Journal staff photo. ,

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