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ANYONE INTERESTED IN. ONIONS?—A short time ago Mr. Haney devoted his column to the products grown at different times in the Hastings area. Since then he has found this photo ot onions. Enos Hollar of Milford was called and identified some of the people in the photo. He stated it looked like it

Disease On 'The Island' As Remembered By Mr. Haney

(13ih in a series* By KENNETH HANEY As 1 walk through the Island cemetery or other cemeteries a feeling of sadness comes over me. Here is a family tombstone and maybe one to four markers with of infants -wt» faded to survive birth. Here lies a young mother who died while the husband went to get a there lies a schoolmale who was the victim at &p---pendiCilis, another one died from whooping cough and still another from membraneous croup or eholeral infantum. Then I think of my little miracle grandson — born fcwo and a halt months- prematurely wfth the lowest weight at one pound, five and onehalt ounces. At 21 months he is a normal child wetting about 30 pounds. * And so as I write these comments it is with thankfulness for the medical discoveries that hive come in my lifetime. Under no circumstances is this a criticism of anv of our parents or forefathers. Thev did the best they knew how. When I read and , hear of the medm.xxis of . the people ,of unde- . ted countries I think of the not to distant past -a the same "hiat ”. . First of all it was the time of • patent" medicines and "quack" doctors Everyone, especially the unscrupulous had a cure for everything And. when you are sick and don't know what to do you’ll try anything. Another idling there was a common belief among many that sickness was the result of sin. This argument I’ve heard many,. many tunes. „ The following are advertisements 18^' A Ulis is the only noo-alcholic. ■ invigorating beverage It cures all stomach and heart trouble, regulates the bowels and appetite, strengthens both the muscular and I nervous svstem B When you use Sarsaparilla i you get rid of pimples, boils, enip-1 Dons and scrofula It is the best | tonic for die nerves and regulator ; for the stomach. liver and kidneys and gives you new strength and i vigor C This one restores your appetite. gives you restful sleep, perfect digestion, quiets your nerves and brings back new energy. How do these stack up with the hundreds of medicines which are on a drug store shelf’ Thanks to the Pure Food and Drugs act many wild claims have been stop- ?«*• _ Early Settlers When an early settler built his home it was on the highest spot of his farm — many times up a lane from- the road with the house higher than the bam. Many had dug wells until they could have a driven one Many times these open wells were polluted from run off water from toilets, etc., and other filth Dysentery and typhoid fever were common Flies from manure piles and gar*: bage swarmed everywhere Fly traps. Daisy fly killers. and sheets .of waxy fly paper helped some. Sometimes the screen door would be thrown open and the waving of cloths wnulu drive out the flies from the room. Some thought cotton pieces on the door would keep the flies awav. My what a blessing the modern fly killers are! And with night would come those hordes of mosquitoes from the surrounding marshes and undrained tides as well as the old rain barrel used to collect rain or soft water. Manv suffered from the “ague" or chills, which was a form of mal.irb Some of those Hood sucking insects seemed about as tag as elephants. Mosquito “netting" was commonly used on the windows. High room ceilings were healthy but night air was considered unhealthy so the windows were dosed at nieht. Phvsidogy was taught but later hygiene and teaching • was a fag tfep forward Language or English, tench took the was a big improvement too in the schools. ACM When you got a odd or cough.

Wednesday, October 27, 1965

was taken in his brother Sam’s onion patch. Mr. Hollar told this reporter how they used to -weed the onion tows, three at a time, with toe younger boys doing one row at a time so the great amount of 25 cents per hour. He recalled one row being onehalf mile long.

{you took cough drops.’ liquid cough I medicine or some other concoction that generally had a high alcoholic content. You then soaked your feet •in hot water, rubbed ycur chest with liniment and lard some brave soul used skunk grease», covered it with a scratchy wool flannel and went to bed. What a blessing .»uld have i b.en' i I And then when a child failed to grow or you didn't know what was the matter you might have "flesh ! decay" and you would be taken to |be "measured". After some sort of H“pow wow” by a person who couldn't "charge" you might get better. A child who was bom with la deformity was believed to have lxt-n "marked" before birth. j Probably the most lingering qf all discases Was consumption. Very' few ever out grew this disease and ;! took a heavy toll of lives. Hits : heavy damp foggy weather from marshes helped tlie disease. ■ Consumption < consuming is now known as tuberculosis and thanks * to the? modem methods of detection and cure it is not hopeless. Who ever heard of "vitamins" then? With the coming of pasteurization • of milk, along with refrigeration of ■ j foods, the problem of bacteria in ■ foods h«S been largely eliminated. ‘ Am', with these have come baby 1 fornvulas and this brought mothers from the slavery of breast feeding ch was needed in early days Probably the “flu” epidemics of ‘ \ rid War I took more lives than ' pny one year. There was hardly a [ well person to care for the rest of ' the family. Many pregnant mothers 1 io>t their lives with this killing disJease, If vie had had the hospital and medical facilities we now have hack in 1900. we probably would une a four to 5000.000.000 population now. I With all these modern methods ; and conviences how happy w’e should be Yes. we should be willing to jhare with other unfortunate i peoples our blessings through j CROP this fall. P. S I don't want to leave the | impression that sin and intemper-1 unce do not have "price tags" on , them. I See you next week SYRACUSE CIVIL DEFENSE UNIT MEETS I The Syracuse Civil Defense unit | met in the fire station for its Oct-. ber meeting on . Thursday evening. | Chairman Thomas Gilbert presided I ! A discussion was held on the j units plans for a concession stand i at the 1966 polK'e and firemen's < benefit fair. " Civil Defense director. Floyd Schlotterback slated that the units uniforms are in and may be picked ; up at any time. I Traffic director Earl Cooper asked for help for the M basketball games for which the unit is to I I charge of parking. Mr. Schlotter-1 back will contact the school on any , other parking which the unit will be needed He wii also inform the I ’ schools that all checks for school i parking are to be given to Mr. | 'Cooper. . ’ The unit voted to donate $5 to United Fund Mr. Gilbert said that ‘Milford has asked for three mobile , ! units of uniformed members for the nights of October 27-28-29 and 30, ’ j the nights of the Fall Festival. > The chairman. Mr. Gilbert, appointed Mrs. Schlotterback to fill | the unexpired term of the secre- [ tary, Mrs. Charles Dean, after Mrs. Dean resigned. Mrs. Ralph Knisley ’ was appointed cookie chairman. A discussion was held on the town budding that the unit is remodeling. - Mr. Schlotterback said any member ; with free time on Saturday would 5 be welcome to work on the building. Mrs. Schlotterback served refreshments of cookies and Hmr>ween candies. One guest Paiton was present. He is 4 member of the Ligonier auxiliary police and civil defense. The minutes of the last meeting had been read by Mrs. Dean and the treasurer’s report by Glen Others attending were Charles Dean. Ralph Kinsley, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Lee Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs.

The first two boys oa the boxes in front were unidentified by Mr. Hollar. The third one is Mace Hollar. The lady in the back is Mrs. Lewis (Ollie Rumfelt) Davis. With, her are Sam Biller. Jack Kline and Sam Hollar. The little girl and the boy on toe wagon are unidentified and. the man on the wagon is John Hollar.

Robert Dean. Mrs. Bud Hall. Mrs. Georgia Buster, Dan Ganger, Gary Sflvteon. Charite Lamb. Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Ringler, Jerry Boger, Jim Sholtey. Charles Fink and Terry Rookstool. Following the meeting Mr. SchlotI terback swore in as members. Mr. and Mrs.. Ringler and Jim Sholtey. i Deaths Mrs. Clinton W. Cox Mrs Clinton W. (Jennie Belle Cox. 77. died Monday at the ElkI i hart General hospital where she ! i had been a patient for one week. 1 I Mrs. Cox was bom March 8. 1888. near Bourbon in Marshall county, the daughter of Moses and ’ I Jennie' Berkeypile. She ~ moved to rd oh November. 2. 1902. and ’ was married to Clinton W. Cox on ■ December 25, 1909. He preceded her ’ in death on February 7. 1955. She ; was a member of the Bethel Church 1 of the Brethren in Milford. Surviving are one son. Truman . A. Cox. and one daughter. Mrs. , F'.«vd Maxine Miller. Ixvth of Elk- ’ hart; three granddaughters: three f grandsons, three great-granddaugh-i ters; and one stater, Mrs. Eston , 'Jessie 1 Butts of Elkhart. Nine : half-brothers and two half-sisters j : preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Thursday in the Milford funeral home. Rev. Theo 1 Beer will be officiating and inter-1 ment will be in the Mihord cemetery. | Friends may call at the Milford funeral home until service time. Roy J. Tusing Roy J Tusing. 74. of r 2 Milford, I died Thursday noon. Oct. 21, at the Veterans hospital in Chicago. | where he had been a patient for the past three weeks Death was caused ; by cancer after a six-month illness. | Mr. Tusing was bom in Jeffer- > Ison township, near Milford, on I March 27. 1891. and was a lifetime | resident of the community. He was , | a retired farmer and a veteran of World War I. He married Echo Davis July 5. 1922 Surviving in addition to the wid-1 iow are three daughters, Mrs. Rob- : , ert Cullers of r 1 Milford. Mrs. 1 Floyd Hartzell of Goshen and Mrs. j Robert Krick of Bourbon; six grandchildren: four step-grandchil-i ■ dren and two step-great-grandchil- ■ :dren. Funeral services were held at | 2 p m Sunday at the Milford funer-; al home Burial was in the Island cemetery west of Milford. Milford Locals I Max Ruch spent the week end at the home of his mother. Mrs. Bernice Ruch at Milford. He is employed at Lana. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Ebner Hartter and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Price, all of Mitford. have returned home from a visit with Glenn Price, Jr., at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. | Mr. and Mrs. John Augsburger, Sr., of Milford and Syracuse, and ■ iMr. and Mrs. Hebert Dickerson of ■ Syracuse ore home from a Canadian , fishing trip. Sunday afternoon callers of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bucher of r 3 Svracuse were Mr. and Mrs. Lester i Hummel <rf New Paris and Mr and Mrs. Paul Latta and Kelly of . Warsaw. t Mr. and Mrs. Fred Youngberg «t Rainy River. Ontario, Canada, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard I Brunjes and Allen of Mitford from October 16 to October 23. Mrs. Youngberg is a sister of Mrs. Brun- : je& On Sunday, Oct 17, they visited in Dowagiac. Mich., with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kopf. Mr. Kopf is a brother of Mrs. Youngberg and Mrs. ■ Brunjes.

I North Webster News CORINNE STAPLES, Cwrespondent PHONE 834-2608

Backwater Friends Entertain Guests The regular meeting <rf the Backi wetter Friends home demonstration dub was held last Thursday evening in the home of Mrs. Darrell Leap I with Mrs. Ralph Bennett serving as co-hostess. i Mrs. Bennett gave the I “If Jesus Came to Your I House" and “Grandmother’s Old j jArm Chair,” for mediation. II The history of the song of the 1 .month was given by Mrs. Nonrian I | Rhodes and the members sang the ■ song, “Greensleeves.” Mrs. Leap, 'garden leader, suggested transplanting trees and shrubs now and ad-1 ’vised not pruning hedges too close. H She also gave instructions on the I j care and use of gourds. Nineteen members answered roll call with the story of a frightening experience. I Guests of the drib were Mrs. Gil-' Ibert McLaughlin. Mrs. Kenneth ! Greenawalt and Mrs. Donald Pax- ; ton of the Etna Home Demonstration club of Etna Green. i William Kurowski. a psychiatric I social worker of the four-county men- } tai health clinic, was guest speaker. In his speech he outlined the ' work done by the clinic, touched on ‘nervous anxiety, emotional disturbance. denial, marriage and children. At the close of his address a question and answer period was conducted The club made a $5 donation to mental health. I Mrs. Darrell Trimmer of near lEtna was also a guest . The door prize was drawn by Mrs. Max Thomas. Refreshments *- con-1 , sisted of a dessert smorgasbord with I tea and coffee. • _J The meeting was closed by group ‘ singing of the club prayer song. Mrs. ( Arden Rider will entertain the club on November 18. . —NWLegion Auxiliary Announces Fall Festival i ' ! The monthly meeting of the Her- 1 bert Kuhn Unit 258 was held at the 1 American Legion home last Tuesday I night. Mrs. Alervin Wagoner, _ presi- ; Ident conducted the business session. | Plans were made and announce- | ment <rf the annual fall festival released. The occasion is scheduled to be held at the Legion home Saturday night. Nov. 20. with dinner being servtxl from 5 to 8 o'clock and games following with homemade | cakes and chicken for the winners. I The bazaar will be held during the j ■dinner hours and the 25 turkeys to. be given away during the games' ■period. General chairman for the; affair is Mrs. Edith Kesterson. Mrs. Donald Cretcher is in charge of the .bazaar and Mrs. Mer.in heads the dinner arrangements. A Halloween party wili.be held at the Legion home Saturday night, ‘Oct. 30. Prizes will be presented for, the three who are judged the best 'costumes. Mrs. Men in Wagoner is in charge of refresiiments. Miss Hilda Parson of Indianapolis won the door prize and three presi-! dent's projects were presented to' Mrs. John Roberts. Mrs. Verland Bockman and Mrs. Paul Beezley. j Sandwiches, potato chips, and relishes with coffee were sened by ■ Mrs. Donald Adair and Mrs. Don- . aid Cretcher. • —NW—COMMUNITY NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Krouse attended the wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. are! Mrs. Adam Krouse in Fort Wayne Sunday. | Mrs. Ernest Cremeens of Leesburg spent the week end with ber

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I son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Cremeens. On Saturday night, she attended the Fall Festival at the Etna-Troy school with her daugh-ter-in-law and granddaughters while Mrs. Stanley Vanator, mother of Mrs. Dale Cremeens visited her grandson. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Harlan of Cromwell spent the day Sunday with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kissinger and family. * , . I* Roger Cormican suffered an injury to his right arm while playing ball at school Thursday. Hie extent of the injury is not known at tins writing. I Members of the American Legion Auxiliary Fall Festival dinner committee met at the home of Mrs. Stanley Vanator last Wednesday night to formulate plans for the i occasion and arrange for food, ■ help, etc. Those attending wvere Mrs. Edith Kesterson. Mrs. Robert Schafer. Mrs. Mervin Wagoner and Mrs. Jacob Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Marvin formerly of Brownsburg, Ind., are moving into the Carl Willard property on Barbee Lake. Mr. Marvin was a Farm Bureau O>op employee at Traders Point near Indianapolls. ' - ( . Syracuse Mission Circle Meets With Mrs. Firestone .... The Syracuse Church of God Mission Circle met at the home of Mrs. Louis Firestone Thursday, Oct. 21. There were ten adults and six children present. | Mrs. Oliver Hibschman, president, had charge of the meeting. After singing "What a Friend We Have in ; Jesus" Mrs. James McKibbin gave the devotions. She read the 13th chapter of I Corinthians and a poem entitled. "Forgive Me When 5 I Whine.” She also offered a prayer. | The mission lesson was read by Mrs. Carol Koble. It was entitled "Polycarp—- the Valiant.” The circle plans to have a bazaar on December 1. Mrs. Wilmer Frederick dismissed with praver. A stork shower was held for 'Mrs. Lester Niles. Refreshments were served by the hostess after Mrs. Melvin Niles returned thanks.

BE SURE TO VISIT THE ... MILFORD LIONS CLUB NICKEL PITCH During The Fall Festival The Lions Will Also Help With The Halloween Judging Saturday Night CATERING To Special Groups By Reservation a Phone Milford 658-4160 a Mrs. V. G. Hursey

Area Summer Residents Injured In Accident Mrs. Howard Locke. 47, Goshen, and her daughter, Kathryif, 34, Evansville, who reside at Hoy’s Landing near North Webster in the; summer were taken to the Elkhart > hospital following a head-on colli- j sion on Indiana 19 north of county | hart at 6:10 p.m. Saturday. I Mrs. Locke is a former Milford elementary teacher and is now a teacher in the Wakarusa . Community schools. She was released after j treatment to her head and right knee. Kathryn was confined to the I hospital with multiple lacerations : and contusions. They were returning from South I Bend, headed south on Indiana 19, : when a 1965 Pontiac operated by i Benjamin Reiff. 23. Elkhart, skidd- ■ !ed into the path of their car. j Reiff was cited by state trooper i B. B. Jones and Elkhart county ' deputy sheriff Glen Gentzhorn, for improper passing. He was not hurt. Reiff reportedly was attempting ito pass cars driven by Glade , Rohrer of Wakarusa and Robert Smeltzer of Elkhart when the ac-1 cident occured. Damages were listed at $1,700 to [ j both cars. | HIRED IT 1

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