The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 48, Milford, Kosciusko County, 5 January 1966 — Page 1

Chronology Os Events Os 1965 As They Happened In This Area

March b 1 (Continued from last week* 8 — Caroline Christina Balincia ; bom to Mr and Mrs. Raymond Brecker of Holmes Beach, Fla., formerly of Oswego. f 9 — Sgt. James R- Priest, 37, , formerly of Nappanee, dies in Ger- i many. His wife is the former Dedores Frazier of Syracuse. 9 — Parents play host to Yellow Jackets, hear Ltoyd ‘Bunk’ Williams. » j 10 — Roxie R. Shoemaker, 68, r 1 Pierceton, dies. He resided in the North Webster and Syracuse communities all his life. 10 — Carla Speicher is Milford’s elementary spelling champion. Sherry Graff is junior high champion J

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■Syracute-Akron, Milford-Silver Lake Tonight Claypool, S. Whitley And Leesburg Tourney Winners

Claypool, South Whitley and Leesburg emerged victorious last night in the first round of the county basketball tournament being hekfc. in the Warsaw community high-'sSjSbKgym. | All three games proved thriimg matches, and all three promised/to be upset games S Tonight, in the second ra/W. Syracuse will meet Akron ;it 643 an.! Milford will play Silver Lake at 8:15, Both should be"good games. A Thursday night match will see Mentone playing Claypool at 6:45 and South Whitley and Leesburg at 8:15. But more for last night's games:' Claypool Over Pierceton Claypool, thought by many to be Kosciusko county's best team, held Pierceton at all stops. The fast quarter ended 10 to 19. halftime 28 to 35. and at three-quarter tune 44 to 54 Final score: 76 to 65 While it was Claypool all the way. Pierceton didn't bow out without a scrap. In the final moments ot play, the score stood at 6MI. the Knights quickly control the court again and shot their score to 76, while the Cubs only got five more points. The box scores follow: CLAYPOOL (76’--Conley 023. Me Kinzie 12-9-4, Leslie 143, D. Ault *44. . S Ault~4l3» Shively 403. Totals: 28 field goals, » free throws, 20 personal fouls. PIERCETON (65'—Pletcher 404. Gregory KE. Reed 104, Miner 452. Cone 435, Bailey 904. Obregon 313, Faurote 013. Totals: 36 field goals, 13 a

10 , — Christina Jo born to Mr. and Mrs Geoigt Truex of Milford. 1! — Charles Robert bom to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Lee of r 3 Syracuse. 11 — Debbie Bockman wins North Webster spelling bee. 11 — Word Received of the death of Mrs. Dorrell Armstrong of < Wheaton. 111., sister-in-law of Mrs. Don Hall of Milford. 12 — Gregory Philip bom to Mr and Mrs. Robert Day of r 2 Syracuse. 13 — Mariiyp Reiff and Ron Hine. North Webster, are Lakeland science fair winners. Reserve champions are Dan Beer and .Manna Ora of Milford. 13 — A daughter born to Mr. and Mr< Lowell Barefoot of Syracuse. 14 — Mr and Mrs. Elmer Stucky celebrate 50tlj, wedding anniversary.

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free throw.-,, 27 personal fouls So. Whitley Over Larwill ' From this seat it appeared the dopsters favored Larwill over South Whitley tn the second game, but it didn't turn cut that way. South Whitley led at the end of the first quarter 15 io 14. but trailed one point, 30 to 31 at halftime. They fell behind. 40 to 54 at three-quarter time Final score: Larwill 69. South Whitley 75. The third quarter proved a thriller with a see-saw action until .Menae fouled out. The box score follows: SOUTH WHITLEY (75 —Bishop 574. Bruns 532. Enyeart 101, Caudill 315. Leiter 813. Winper DOB. Walpole 443, Dease 252. Totals: 28 field goals. 21 free throws, 23 personal fouls. LARWILL <69)—McManama 624, Howard 104. Menzie 855, Campbell 002, Adams 115. Lahrman 792, Grpves 221. Totals: 25 field goals, 19 free' throws. 23 personal fouls. i . Leesburg Over Webster A real thriller was the LeesburgNorth Webster game, with nothing sure until the last moments of play. Leesburg finally emerged victorious ‘with a 72 to 65 score. North Webster was ahead at the end of the first quarter 14 to 13, and at half-time 32 to 28. The third quarter proved a rally-point for Leesburg. as they got 28 pointe to 17 for North Webster, ending Webster 49 to Leesburg 56. The spore was tied three times in the third quarter: 42-aJ, 44all and 46-all.

14 — Mrs. Dolly Norton, 77, Encino, Calif., aunt of Mrs. Harold Kaiser of Milford, dies. 14 — Mrs. Charles (Frankie' Gross. 66. r 1 Warsaw, sister of Mrs. NJll.e Jones of Syracuse, dies. 14 — Merl Summy, 76. r 4 Warsaw, stepson of Mrs. Rhoda Sum•my of L.esburg. dies. 14 — Arthur S. Catey, 82, North Manchester,' a native of Leesburg, dies. 14 — Patricia Sue bom to Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Z.mmerman pf r 2 Milford. 14 — Mr. and Mrs. Albert Graff of Milford celebrate 40th wedding H anniversary. 15 — Harry C. Mosier, 73, WarI saw. brother of George Mosier of • Leesburg, dies. ’ 15 Elizabeth Belle Howell. 68, . Cromwell, dies.

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quite!—are Webster’s Bill Vonasch <s3> and Rick White <33). Bishop, who measures 6" 3”, is the third highest scorer in the county-

Leesburg’s Norm Dukes fouled out with 2 22 minutes to play, then the Blue Blasters went into a stall. Webster's Rick White fouled out with 1:22 to play. Webster was never able to get back into the game in the closing moments of play. The box score: LEESBURG t72'-J. Stookey 773, R. Robi-on 563, Ruhr 401, Sausaman 320. B:shop 553. D. Shively-001. Dukes 125. Totals 25 field goals, 22 free throws. 16 personal fouls. WEBSTER (651—Vanator 433. Vonasch 734. Brown 404. Wagner 334. Stalter 100. White 905. Hine 001. Totals: 28 field goals" 9 free throws, 21 personal fouls.

Dun & Bradstreet Report On Kosciusko County

Statistics released today by E. F. Schenk, district manager of the Chicago office of Dun and Bradi. street, reflect the activity of the . business population in Kosciusko ; county Airing the past year. Figures obtained from a physical count » of the Dun and Bradstreet refer--1 ence book for January. 1966 total- . led 796 manufactures, wholesalers, - and retailers in this area. r ■ The Dun and Bradstreet refer- > ence book lists all manufacturers, s | wholesalers, and retailers who seek -I or grant commercial credit It does not include some of the service and

15 — Forty-sixth anniversary of American Legion celebrated by Lakeland Legion posts. 16 — Fred McKown, Sr., 73, W’arsaw, dies. He was a prominent , Warsaw automobile dealer since 1927. 16 — Paul Hathaway, 66, r 2 Syracuse, dies. 17 — Harry E. Mann, 59, El Monte. Calif., Syracuse native, dies 17 — Albert Monroe Perry, 78, Silver Lake, father of John Perry, of Milford, dies. 18 — Plan to take consensus of Plain township residents. 18 — Break-in at Milford — Augsburger’s IGA. and at Leesburg f school. 18 — Word received of the death , of Mrs, Lillian (Tripp) Thompson, 81, Whittier, Calif., former Syracuse

IN THIS ISSUE • Dun & Bradstreet Report - page 1. • Tourney Outcome - page 1. • The Big Catch - page 12. ® • Editorials - page 4. • Citizens of Tomorrow - page 5. Trapper Dan's To I Open Following Fire Remodeling Area residents are being advised in an advertisement in this week’s issue of The Mail-Journal to watch ( for the re-opening of Trapper Dan's Bungalow Gardens at Goshen. The well known restaurant was 1 11 severly damaged by fire on New ( Year’s Eve. • Patron? were twice routed from the building as flames sprung up three times before they were finally extinguished. « I The blaze began shortly after 9.30 p m. when grease in a deepfry caught fire and spread to a nearby Ventilator and up inside the walls of the Building. When the fire was extinguished the crowd returned to it’s celebrating, however, the blaze was discovered again a short time later in the false ceiling of the building. Foremen were again called and this time water in the interior of the building forced its closing. At 1:24 a. m. flames again shot out of the building • and once again they were quickly extinguished. Dan Miller, owner of the Bungalow Gardens, estimated damages at between $25,000 and $35,000 to the building and contents. Most of the damage was caused from water. An estimated $3,000 in likuor located behind the main bar was lost, however, hundreds of dollars worth of meat was removed from the building for storage. 10 Arrested In Milford During December I A total of 10 persons were arrested during the month of December according to the Milford police report released Tuesday by chief Ralph Gansert. The remainder of the report follows: ' Warnings 46’ Accidents 12 ‘ Parking TickeUs 35 warnings and 5 Tickets * Theft 4 Dog calls 6 Fire calls 5 Misc. Comp-. 17 The car was driven 1,415 during the month.

professional businesses such as beauty and barber shops, security dealers and real estate brokers. Schenk added that during the past year 403 changes were made in the Dun and Bradstreet reference book listings of Kosciusko county businesses, including names added, names deleted, and changes in the ratings of continuing businesses. Using the Dun and Bradstreet reference book listings as a guide, it is interesting to review what has happened in the larger county communities during the past year:

teacher. . 1< 18 — Ligonier high school loses 1 its accreditation rating. i 18 — Mary K. Bushong is Syracuse’s Girls’ Stater. Jayne Poynter s jis alterante. < 18 — Roily Robison is Leesburg's - Boys’ Stater. Larry Bishop is alter- ] ; nate. 19 — Dallas Shively, 9, dies after r being run over by school bus. < 19 — Gerald Carwile, 69, r 3 Syracuse, dies. 20 — Linda Moneyheffer, Milford, and Henry K. Miller, W’arsaw, wed. < 20 — Funeral services held for Paul Hathaway, 66, r 2 Syracuse. . 21 — Tillman R. Coy, 70, r 31 Syracuse, dies. 21 — Miss Sandra Minnick, Bel Rohr Park and Ronald Seiber, Auburn, wed. 21 — Denise Marie bom to Mr.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1966

Lakeland Board Honors Brubaker And Garner Members of the Lakeland Community School Corporation’s board of trustees and school principals met Thursday evening in the M and M restaurant at North Webster to honor Plain township’s school board representative Ralph Brubaker and Leesburg school principal Charles Gamer. i Leesburg joined the Warsaw schools on January 1. ' Lakeland board members also approved payment of the bills during the evening as they held a year end . session. i Board members present were James C. Stucky, Jerry L. Helvey, i Charles H. Purdum, C. W. Kroh and Mr Brubaker. Also present were superintendent Lewis S. Imrriel and business manager Don H. Arnold with principals Gamer. Donn Kesler,! G. Wendell Bryant, Robert Slavens and. Edgar A. Speer. Syracuse Town Officials Remain The Same For 1966 In a conversation this week with Syracuse clerk - treasurer Walter it was learned the town officials will remain the same for the year 1966. - Dan Ganger is chief of police, Walter Haggerdon is sanitation commissioner. Bill Hess is chief and Robert I.eed is the town attorney. Town Plan Commission To Meet Thursday The regular meeting of the Syracuse town plan commission will be held Thursday, Jan. 13, at 7:30 p. m. in the Syracuse town hall. Christian Science Lesson For Sunday ■ “I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts: and will be their God, and they shall be my people.” This promise from Jeremiah, along with .many other Bible citations, is part of the communion service on “Scarament” to be held in Christain Science churches this Sunday. January 9. Related passages to bfe read from the denominational textbook inj these lines: '‘When the human element in him struggled with the divine, our , great Teacher said: ‘Not my will, but Thine, be done!’ — that is. Let not the flesh, but the Spirit, be represented in me. ’ This is the new understanding of spiritual love. R gives all for Christ, or truth. It blesses its enemies, heals the sick, casts out i error, raises the dead from tres- ' passes aßd sins,’ and preaches the ■ gospel to the poor, the meek in heart” (“Science and Health with ; Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddyb

Reference Reference Book Book Listings in Listings in Kos. Co. Ind. Jan., 1966 Jan., 1965 Warsaw 343 334 Syracuse 126 132 ’ierceton K 43 41 dilford / Mentone As one phase in reports and keeping them up-to-date, Dun and Bradstreet, through its national network of offices, writes annually to all businesses in each of the 50 states listed in the reference book (7,880 pages, in 4|

and Mrs. Norman Jones of Salem. Mrs. Karl Heinzelman of Leesburg '] is a grandmother. 21 — Andrew Jay born to Mr. ; and Mrs. Brad Beiswanger of Indianapolis. 22 — Mrs. Mae R. Long, 77, i Leesburg, dies. 23 — Curtis Deeter, 69, San Bernardino, Calif., father of Glen Deet-i er of Leesburg,? dies. 24 — Kevin Alan born to Mr. and j Mrs. Jan B. Fuller of Huntsville, j Ala. Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Beiswanger * of Milford are the paternal grand-' parents. 24 — Nancy Birtwhjstle. Leesi burg, gets nurse’s cap. i 25 — Philip Metcalf is North Webster’s Boys’ Stater. Mike Vanator is alternate. ** 25 — Donna Stevens, Leesburg. :is listed as honorable mention win-

MILFORD TOWN f BOARD MEETING POSTPONED 'The January meeting of the Milford town board was not held Monday evening as Scheduled. Board members approved claims and • plan to meet in the future to con- ■ duct business for the month. Ronald Kramers i Receive Call From Son A ham radio operator at Oklahoma City, Okla., called the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Kramer of Syracuse at 12:30 a. m. Friday to tell them he was in contact with their son Ronald who is aboard a floating weather station somewhere between New’ Zealand and Antarctic. Mr. and Mrs. Kramer were able to hear their son’s voice but codd not hold direct conversation with him. The operator relayed the messages back and forth. Ronald has j been on duty with the floating weather •station since last August. The Kramers reported the messages were very clear and said while it was early morning here, it was daytime where Ronald was. 2,449.34 Taken In By Syracuse Parking Meters | A total of $2,449.34 was Taken in during 1965 by the town of Syracuse in the parking meters, town clerktreasurer Walter Calnon stated today. The amount is down slightly from the previous year, he said, since about 30 meters were eliminated on Main street. Twenty-five were taken out and five were eliminated to, allow for better spacing, he added. The money is used to repair streets connecting streets where parking meters are and for repair of streets approaching metered streets. Some is used for the purchase of traffic signs. RETCRN FROM FLORIDA Mr. and Mrs. Luther Steffen and family of Milford returned Saturday from their vacation in Florida.

It's Official — Plain Township Is Part of Warsaw School System

r Plain township officially became part of the Warsaw school system ' on January 1— leaving the Lake- : land Community School Corporation. f The Lakeland Corporation is now ■ composed of Van Buren township, ; the east half of Jefferson townt • ship < minus a small portion ol ■ I land which became a part of the * WaNee corporation on January 1), i ■ Turkey Creek township and Tippei s canoe township. r ■ The change did not at the | Leesburg school on Monday morn-

volumes' to request their financial ! statements. This year, these requests are being sent to approximately three million businesses — to the comer grocery store worth a few thousand dollars as well as to businesses worth millions. When the owner or officer of a business enterprise, or his accountant, fills out and mails his financial statement to Dun and Bradstrebt ft becomes a part of the credit report on his business and a factor the credit rating of his business. | The Dun and Bradstreet credit

ner in Indiana's 1965 Betty Crocker c Homemaker of Tomorrow contest. 26 — Mrs. Thelma McCorkle in- J stalled as worthy matron of Leesburg Eastern Star. a 26 — Ann Schlotterback and. I Robert Brooks wed. Both are Mil-. i ford’ residents. \ 26 — Donate 104 pints of blood at i Syracuse. I 27 — Plain township referendum i i held at Leesburg school — vote i for Warsaw. ; 27 — Mrs. Blair (Nellie) Laugh- < liri, 63, Syracuse, dies. 27 — Mrs. Gladys Jenks, 70, Battle Creek, Mich., a Syracuse native, dies. 27 — Randy Lee born to Mr. and ; Mrs. Jomes A. Mitterling of r 1 i Leesburg. . 29 — Mrs. John 'Barbara Huber) -: W’ilson. Wilmot, observes . 100th

Imagine Her Surprise At Receiving Money Order For $110,000.68! j Imagine the surprise Mrs. Lois Meece of Syracuse got when she got home and found out she had a money order in her hands for $110,000.68, instead of $63! •> - But she wasn't home long until her phone rang and she was told of the error by a bank employee. ( Mrs. Meece, a waitress in the Syracuse Case .\nd wife of Jim Meece, Heyde service station manager, went to the State Bank of Syracuse one day -last week Tor a S6B money order and was given one/or $110,000.68 instead. , When she went in to turn in the oversized money order, bank president Harold Wellman explained that their check writer “probably skipped a notch.” He said, since the correct amount was typed on the money order, it would have been voided anyhow. “Shucks,” we can hear Mrs. Meece stating.

Charles Cable Makes College Who's Who

Charles Cable, a senior in business and economics at LaVerne college at La Verne, Calif., and the son of Mr. Mrs. William Cable, r 2 Syracuse, was nominated and accepted into the Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. He was nominated by The Campus Times. Cable graduated from New Paris high school in 1962 and was active for ten years in 4-H work in Elkhart county, and was an Indiana 4-H Key club member. He is a member of the Rock Run Church of the Brethren. He attended Manchester college two years where he was a member of Tri Alpha dramatics group and Christian Association Senices' Committee. At LaVem college he w’as elected to Alpha Psi Omega dramatics society, being the Zeta Xi cast director. He is president of the LaVerne college student both’; founder and president of Circle k club on campus. and met on California - Nevada - Hawaii constitutional changes committee; student leader < Continued on page 12)

ing. A visitor in the building would not have noticed any change — months of planning by school of-1 ficials made the chang-over a i smooth one. The only way a person could tell there had been a change at the school was to ask for the missing principal, Charles Garner. Mr. Garner was attending i a meeting of the corporation’s principals at Warsaw. In a conversation with principal. Garner Tuesday it was learned the only difference Monday was the

rating consists of two symbols. The first, a letter of the alphabet, indicates financial strength or the tangible net worth of the business. The second symbol is a number which reflects a composite appraisal of the background, operations, financial stability and payment record of the business. Each reference book listing, which includes the rating, is a condensed of the information contained in the Dun and Bradstreet credit report. The report indudes the following; a history of the business, (who owns

birthday. 30 — Lin Renee born to Mr. and Mrs Tommy Ryan of Syracuse. 31 — Mark Elliott bom to Mr. and Mrs. Blair Laughlin, Jr., Brunswick, Me. 31 — Remodeling completed this week at Milford bank. 31 — Richard Stahly and James Hire to attend Boys’. State from, Ligonier. 31 — Kathy Sullivan, Ligonier, attended the National Youthpower Conference last week at Chicago. April 2 — Mrs. Joseph (Mildred) Roushs 63. Largo. Fla,, formerly of North Webster, dies. / 2 — Sharron Moneyheffer and Jan (Continued on page 5)

Boost The Lakeland Area

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fact that all students in grades seven through 12 were in class. That • is unusual for any school. Mr. Gamer thought the tourney might have a little to do with the high percentage of attendance. A sick student is not allowed to attend and Leesburg is leading the county standings ’this year with a ( 10-0 record. This is Leesburg’s last year as a high school as the Plain township students will attend the high school at Warsaw next fall.

it, who runs it, and how long it has been operating); a description of what the business does and how it does it; a financial section which usually includes the latest financial statement; and a record of how the business, pays its bills. While credit reports are primarily used by businessmen who want to evaluate the credit risk of a itisiness before shipping or selling, insurance underwriters also use credit reports to review risks, rates and coverage for fire and other types of insurance. * i I

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