The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 43, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 December 1965 — Page 1
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Milford Senior Wins County DAR Good Citizenship Award
A Milford high school senior, Joan Schlotterback, has placed first in the annual Daughters of American Revolution citizenship contest in Kosciusko county. Jain, the first girl from Milford to win the county honor, is the daughter of Mrs. OUie Schlotterback of Milford and Andy Schlotterback of Kimmell. The contest is an educational project and is limited to senior girls in accredited public high schools Each year senior students choose, by vote, three senior girls who possess qualities of dependability—which includes truthfulness, loyalty and punctuality; service — which includes cooperation, courtesy, and consideration of others; leadership—- . personality, self-control and ability to assume responsibility, ami patriotism — unselfish interest in family, school, community and nation. This year the senior class at Milford chose Brands Wilson, Michelle Conn and Joan From the three, the high school faculty selected Joan to become the Good Citizen of Milford high school Sealed FwihsHwi A sealed examination was then sent to the principal who administered the test. It was then sent to the 1 county chapter for scoring. As county winner Joan's examination will be sent to the state competition where judges appointed by the state regent and state chairman will select from the county winners the one who will be Indiana’s Good Citizen and enter the national competition. The judges also choose a second ..mi Wiirti place winner arid 10 girls for honorable mention. The state winner will receive from the National Society of the DAR a SIOO series E government bond and a state winner’s pin. She will also compete nationally for a SI,OOO scholarship to the college of her choice by writing an essay on the topic to be announced later. The second and third place winners will .receive cash awards from the Indiana society DAR. Each Good Citizen participant will be given a certificate of award from the National Society DAR. Joan and other county participants will be invited to DAR dinner to be held in the Westminster hotej in the spring
I CHANGES IN BASKETBALL j ] AT SYRACUSE Syracuse coach Ken Workman has announced the Friday night I game with Concord at Syracuse will start with the reserve game lat 6:45 and vanity at •p m. j The game originally scheduled wih Claypool on January 1 has been changed for New Year’s 1 Eve. Dec. 31. with the name I time schedule as above. < . . - I ».■■■'< r ... a... ■ N ......
DECEMBER CALENDAR The December calendar for the Lakeland schools is as follows: December !• — end of second grading period. I December 15 — Christmas program at Milford high school. December 21 - January 2 — Christman vacation with dismisI sal at aaoa aa December 21.
Leesburg Lions Plan 'Thank You' Dinner
The Leesburg Lions club and volunteer firemen are sparkplugging a I dinner mert-jig at the Westminster < Hotel at Winona Lake at 7 pm. on Thursday. Dec. 2. to say “thank you to net ghboring firemen and friends who were of invaluable assistance during the two recent Leesburg Lumber Company fires. The general chairman for the dinner is Fred J. Anglin, wefl known Leesburg resident Assisting him are Robert Shroyer. Leesburg fire dud Chris Kammerer, Leesburg prindpeij end Lions dub president Otarles Gamer; and. Ed Chariton. Expect MB j Mr. Anglin said mey expect at | least MB at Ito appreciation dinner, |
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Christmas j Program At Milford Dec 15 [ By Linda Kesler As much a part of the Christmas 1 season as Santa, holly, colored lights and mistletoe is the Milford high school Christmas program to be presented Wednesday, Dec. 15, at 7:45 p.m. Happy anticipation and much prep- • aration are put into the program winch is admission-free to the pub■lie. There is an unusual number of soloists in the chorus this year and many of them will be featured in songs such as “I Saw Mommy Kissin’ Santa Claus,” “Oh Holy Night," i and the much loved “Ave Maria ” i . Seniors will be featured in a variety, of numbers including “The' Christmas Alphabet ” This will be followed by the junior high choir under the direction of Mrs. Justin .Kneeland. The candlelight processional will open the religious part of the procram and the traditional living Christmas tree features Michelle Conn as the coveted soloist spot at the top of the tree. James Baker Hired To Survey Proposed School Site James Baker of near North Webster was hired by members of the Lakeland Community School Corporation’s board of trustees Tuesday night to survey the proposed school site. Mr. Baker, a registered surveyor, is to have a perimeter survey ready on the proposed boundry of the land belonging to Bertha Mae Searfoss by the middle of December. Board attorney Robert Reed discussed a non-profit building corporation with the board during the evening. Discussion was also held on the several teachers that need to be I hired for the second semester.
which will be presided over by Ed Sauer of Warsaw, former Lions I district governor. 1 ! ■ Guests will be members of all Kosciusko county volunteer fire de-; part men is. indudtog the Warsaw | fire department, k and those from > Benton. New Pans, Cromwell and! Larwill Members of the state police and of the local press have also been invited, along with members of KEMRAD. , Mr. Anglin said pictures taken by Leesburg bank president Al Heierman would be shown. Lumber owners Herman Buckingham and iCteir Bunyan will also be present to extend their thanks.
Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)
Milford Cub Pack Meeting I Held Monday Cub Scout pack 47 met Monday, Nov. 29, at the Milford fire station ■ with deh 4 evening the meeting with the pledge of allegiance and pledge to the flag. They also gave the cub scout promise. The Rev. Frank Barker of the First Brethren church was guest He presented his thoughts on the Christian meaning of the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. Fred Troup was awarded his Bobcat pin. New members who had not i received their membership cards previously were presented them by Frank Scott
Den 1 presented a very entertaining song entitled, “Help,” with the assistance of a Beatle record. Beetle wigs, and homemade gutters and I drums. Den 6 gave an interesting demon-' -stration of ea£h of the 12 achievements found in the bear book. Den 2 and den 7 had interesting displays shown at the back of the room. One hundred cubs and their fam- ■ ilies attended the Monday meeting. Den A won the trophy with 25 or more parents and friends attending. It was announced the next committee meeting will be December 1 in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank .Scott. Den 5 closed the evening’s active ities by showing the proper way to fold a flag for storage and giving a cub scout song. I CRC Meets With Mrs. Barkey I The Columbian Reading Circle met last Monday evening in the home of Mrs. Lowell Barkey. The members answered roll call with their most unforgetable relative. The meeting was opened in the usual manner and a report was made by Mrs. Robert Hurd on the articles needed in Ghana for the girls' school where Mrs. Dorothy Williams has previously taught. Mrs. John Reptogle gave a book I; review on a book written by Helen Topping Miller “The Man Ten Feet Tall". The book relates how Adam Regan, born in Arkansas, studied to be a doctor to help people. It ■also related his life in the army ■ medical corps and how he went back > to his native state to practice medi- - j cine ? The hostess served delicious date I roll, mints and coffee : MIKE HAMILTON f ENROLLS AT BIBLE SEMINARY Mike Hamilton, son of Mr. and • iMrs. Claude Hamilton of Milford, - has enrolled in the Cincinnati Bible .seminary at Cincinnati. O. $ He began his study for the mini- ? stry on Tuesday morning. He will be auditing the classes for the re- ' mainder of this semester and will Ibe taking credit courses after the first of the year. . Mike is a member of the Christian church.
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Thanksgiving dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hartle- were Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Troxel and family of Decatur and Mr. and Mrs. Don Hoover and family of Syracuse, i Russell Ruch and soc Craig, Miss Hilda Ruch of. Milford and Miss Martha Ruch of Syracuse went to Wheaton, HL, Sunday to pay their respects to an aunt, Mrs. William Elizabeth) Ruch, 90. Her funeral was Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John Zimmerman and Alan of r 2 Syracuse had as their guests during the holiday vacation, Mr. Zimmerman’s nephew and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zimmerman of Bloomington.
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REV. HAROLD L. LYMAN ZION CHAPEL REVIVAL STARTS DECEMBER? The Zion Chapel, located south of Syracuse, wril begin revival services on December 7 and will continue each night at 7:30 through December 19. The evangelist for the services will be Rev. Harold L. Lyman of Union City, Pa. Rev. Lyman will direct the musical program, interpreting many of the old hymns on Iris “Singing Saw”. As part of the song service he will present from night to night a scene-o-feit snng sermon. .With these he builds beautiful scenes from " fluorescent felts illuminated by a color wh~el and black light. I Rev\ Lyman will bring the mesI sage each night. The public is invited to attend these interesting and inspirational services. Rev. Carl Gable is pastor of Zion Chapel. UNITED FUND DRIVE DRAWING TO A CLOSE
The United Fund drive is nearly over for 1985. Have you sent in I vour contribution yet?. Mrs. Jean ‘Rogers, chairman for Turkey Creek township reports $4,072.72 turned in | to date. A balance of $2,677.28 remains to reach the quota of $6,750. There is still time to send your check or pledge to United Fund. ■ Paul Lantz Guest Speaker At Rotary At the regular Monday noon meeting of the Syracuse Rotary club at ; Marley's Steak House, Paul Lantz of Syracuse Rubber Products was the guest speaker. Syracuse Rubber Products opened jits plant in Syracuse in 1947. They now employ 129. and need about 10 more employees in a specialized field. Mr Lantz told of the many rubber products manufactured in the plant, one that for many years has been its number-one product, a j product used on pressurized cans such as milk cans, and for which the company has held the contract for many years from leading milk -companies. j The company manufactures over
1700 different items, including auto-1 motive instruments and home appliances. He also told of the changes made in the manufacture of libber in the past 25 years, that it is not a hit-and-miss operation but highly specialized and chemical processed. Attending the meeting were 30 members, three out of town Rotarians and three Syracuse high school seniors. John Longenbaugh, Mike Hen-; rang and Gary Spry. For the next meeting December 6, two of the newer members, E. W. Bechtold and L. E. Craig, will give a classification talk, each on his line of business. Jay Peffley is the Rotan- president. Man Loses Finger To Machine | Lester M. Flora, employed at the HAH Machine Shop in Milford only a week, lost his right middle finger at 10 a.m. Tuesday when he caught a glove in a plastic machine he was 1 operating. He was taken to the Goshen hospi- ’ tai for treatment He will be off 1 work the remainder of the week, ao i cording to shop owner Joe Hamsher.
IY, DECEMBER 1, 1965
Q Editorial IT’S NOT TOO LATE It’s not too late to remember the boys who are serving in the United States armed services this Christmas. The mailing deadline is December 10. That’s next Friday, so why not hurry and send a package or a card to a boy in the service. Items going to San Francisco and New York should go air mail as those boys are serving in foreign countries. Addresses of servicemen will be printed in this paper next week, so, if you know of a local boy’s address why not let us have it so we can make his Christmas a little happier! Rev. Hertenstein Accepts Call To Lutheran Chnrch The pastor of Peace Lutheran church at Connersville, Rev. Theodore L. Hertenstein, has accepted the call to become pastor of the Syracuse Grace Lutheran church, effective January 1, 1966. Pastor Hertenstein has been a mission developer of the Lutheran Church in America and recently organized the Peace Lutheran church at Connersville Prior to this call he had served parishes in Logansport, LaGrange and Butler. He is a graduate of Carthage college and the Chicago Lutheran Theological school !at Maywood, HI. Rev. Hertenstein will occupy the personage on east Main street on January 1, but the remainder of his family will not movie until the com- ; pletion <rf the first semester of the i school year. Pastor and Mrs. Her-
tenstein have three children. No Injuries In Three-Car Accident A three-car accident occurred at the comer of Harrison and east j Main streets in Syracuse Friday afternoon involving cars operated by Mrs. Lionel Harmison, r 1 Claypool; Terry McClintic. Syracuse; and Mrs. Howard Settlimyre, 307 W. Vine. Roanake. The 1966 Pontiac Bonneville driven by Terry McClintic turned the comer off of Washington onto Main I street and was struck by the 1966 Buick driven by Mrs. Harmison, who did not see McClintic’s car in time to avoid hitting it, although i she tried to stop her car. The impact spun the McClintic car causing it to strike the 1964 Rambler of Mrs. Settlimyre parked in front of the library Officers of the Syracuse police department reported damages to Mrs. Settlimyre’s car were bei tween $225 and $250. damage to McClintic’s car SI,OOO and $175 in i damages to Mrs. Harmison’s car.
Lake Assn. Buys Weed Cutter The Syracuse Lake Association has purchased a weed cutter in its “battle of the weeds,” it was announced at a meeting of the group last week. It will be in action early next season. The group has taken the lead in I aa effort to cut the heavy growth of weeds along the shore line. Price paid for the machine: SBOO. Youth Center To | Open At Milford i Friday After Game By Dick OTBlenis The youth center at Milford will open following the Milford-New Paris basketball game this Friday night. The center is being redecorated J and improvements are being made, i Tins work is not finished, however, the center will open as planned. Paper Drive A paper drive is being planned for this Saturday, weather permitting. Anyone having papers is asked to call the police station —658-4941.
Plan To Build Mobile Home Plant North of Syracuse
Officials of the Regent Homes Corporation of Middlebury will appear before the Elkhart county zoning board at the court house in Goshen at 1:30 p.m. Thursday to ask for a re-classification of a 60-acre tract of land located just north of Syracuse. The tract is on the east side of road 13: just across the Kosciusko-Elkhart county line.
The officers will ask that the land be re-classified from farm land to light manufacturing. New Trailer Plant If the re-classification is granted, the company plans to build a new trailer plant on the site, it was learned this week. The company plans to erect a concrete block building 75 by 300 feet, j Eventually it wil build three such buildings. Its offices will be of colonial brick. The company, which plans to begin trailer production here in April, now manufactures three lines of coaches — the Regent Crown, a deluxe model in the $7,500 retail price bracket; | the Regent VIP, in the $4,200 retail price bracket; and the Envoy, in the $5,000 retail price bracket. The company has 50 dealer outlets in the east, south and west as far as Missouri. Gaylord E. Jones of Syracuse is the company’s president; Vem Ennis of Elkhart, vice president; Don Hart of Elkhart, secretary; and Dick Maynsberg of South Bend, is treasurer. IN TWO-CAR WRECK AT LAFAYETTE SUNDAY Mr. and Mrs. Glen Neer of r 1 Pierceton were involved in a two-car accident at Lafayette Sunday after,noon when they were returning Mrs. 'Neer’s son, Allen Coy, to bis classes at Purdue university. Then*? late I model Chevrolet was estimated to be a total loss. There were no personal injuries.
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AIRPORT SCENE — This photo was taken at the Warsaw municipal airport Monday afternoon as local Democratic dignitaries met announced congressional candidate Ralph Me Fadden of Lafayette. Fresh left are John Kleeman, pres-
Ralph McFadden Uses Airplane To Announce Candidacy For Congress
The candidate circled the field and made a perfect three-point landing in a strong bead wind. The place: Warsaw's municipal airport. The time: 3:05 p. m. Monday. The candidate: Ralph McFadden of Lafayette. For Congress Candidate McFadden, a 32-year-dd Church of the Brethren minister in Lafayette, used the smart little single engine Beechcraft to announce his candidacy for congress from the second district in three different cities on Monday.
NEW SUBSCRIBERS TO THE MAIL-JOLTLNAL Dan Thwaits, r 1 box 336 Syracuse Lawrence Thwaits, r 1 box 279 Syracuse Lloyd Wickstrom, 112 W. E. Long drive, Syracuse Philip Carper, r 2 box 117 Syracuse 5 Pvt. Thomas J. Roderick, U. S. 55821838, 67th AD Ist Bn, APO New York, N. Y„ 09801 Mrs. Almd Laine, r 1 box 433 Syracuse Ron C. Brown, 602 W. Wabash ■ Ave., Crawfordsville Mrs. Theora Hull, 219 W. Brooklyn St., Syracuse Mrs. Alvin Caldwell, r 4 box 207 Syracuse
To Decorate Homes On Syracuse Lake
The Syracuse Lake Association has announced its first “Decorate Your Lakefront” contest tins week. Meeting recently, the association listed four categories to be judged in its contest: 1. Best decorated tree. 2. Best house front decoration. 3. Best lakefront decoration. 4. Best religious scene.
dent of the Kosciusko county young Democrats; Ned McClennen, Me Fadden’s campaign manager; candidate McFadden; his wife Barbara; Paul Conkle, Kosciusko county Democratic chairman; Mrs. H. V. Boisson, Democratic vice chairman
A reception was held at Lafayette, then his party moved to Hobart, then Logansport, and finally Warsaw. According to his assistant, Ned McClennen, a Purdue professor, these cities will be high points in the young minister’s attempt to unseat well-trenched Charles A. Halleck of Rensselaer. ! The press end TV was ready to greet McFadden and question him on his candidacy. ; “Do you think you have a chance to defeat Mr. Halleck?” one asked I “Yes, more than an outside
Boost The Lakeland Area
KIP SULLIVAN TO BE MOVED TO INDIANAPOLIS Kip Sullivan of North Webster, a patient at the Nordon Infirmary hospital in Louisville, Ky„ since he was involved in an auto accident at Madison, Ind., on NovemI ber 5, may be moved to an Indianapolis hospital in the near fu- ; tore, it was learned today. Mrs. Sullivan is with him at Louisville. North Webster friends who have had contact with Mrs. Sullivan and their children, Jill and Danny, both students at Hanover college, state Mr. Sullivan’s condition remains about the same.
License To Wed Jerry Charles Hoile, 19, of r 1 Leesburg. R. R. Donnelley, and Cynthia Kay McCooley, 18, recently applied for a marriage license at the office of Kosciusko county clerk T. Ethna Scott.
Since most residents of the lake have their living quarters with a full view of the lake, the association hopes this view can be decorated in the holiday spirit. Judges for the contest will be announced later and winners of the contest will be announced here the week following Christmas. ’
of Waoash county; Robert Mitten, Wabash mayor and Democratic chairman of Wabash county; John Hall, treasurer of Kosciusko county young Democrats; and Nell Reed, Kosciusko county Democratic vice chairman. _
chance.” “What will the issues be?” asked another. He referred to water resources program, interstate highway construction, mental health, and areas of aiding the aged and youth. Asked what his attitude would be on the proposed Dunes park and port, candidate McFadden said he would go along with the policy of Indiana’s Senators Vance Hartke and Birch Bayh, that Indiana can have both the park and port. (Continued on page 8, sec. 1)
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