The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 48, Milford, Kosciusko County, 5 January 1966 — Page 3

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20 YEARS AGO. JANUARY 3. 1946 Miss Opal Janice Weybright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Weybright, and Rowdabaugh, son of Mr. arid'Mrs. JA’. F. Rowdabaugh. all of nortbelst of Milford, were fohfcrday, Dec .22, in the Wayne Bucher flfad shot that killed a wolf wMßkday morning on the Henry Martin farm west of Milford. - Alfred GoshWß. M. tarif-brother of Mrs C. E. Harlan of Milford, died Sunday at th® Alfran nursing home. He is survived by one ton: one daughter; aM four grandchildren. William Duncan moved last week to the bouse on Janies street which until recently was occupied by George Neher. , . Mr. and Mrs* Tran B. Kline have announced the marriage of their •daughter. Norma Leona, to Claude •C. Hamilton. A New Year’s eve party was given

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5 at the Joie Ruch home Monday even- , ing by Joe Ruch, Jr., and Marilyn . Myers. Games and contests were en- - joyed by the 22 guests present. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Felkner and f daughter Alice left last Friday for • their home at Long Beach, Calif., after spending the holidays with their t parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Felkner - and Mr. and Mrs. James P. Fuller, t and Mrs. Felkner’s brother, James D. Fuller. . f. The engagement of Miss Phyllis 1 Blosser of Nappanee to Harlan Beer, ;,son of Mr. and Mss Otto Beer, was ? announced at a birthday party given for Miss Blosser by her parents. Mr. J and Mrs. Roylfopser 1 30 YEARS AGO. JANUARY 9. 1936 H Mr. and Mi’s. William of Muskegon. Mich., visited the » holidays with her mother,|Mrs. Magr gie Snjijh » Births this week include: A son. Farrel Lee, to Mr. and Mrs. Deli bert Biller, bom December 21; a

5 son to Mr. and Mrs. George Graff of S. Main street, Goshen, on December 31; a daughter, Carolyn Jane, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gawthrop of Fort Wayne, bom on Saturday; a daughter, Patricia Ann, bom Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Tusing. I Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Sharp and Mr. and Mrs Amos Gawthrop are grandparents of Carolyn Jane, j Betty Lou Goshert of Warsaw spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. John Method. A total of 207 prisoners were placed in the county jail during the year 1935 Os this total 200 were men and seven women. George Brown and family returned to West Lafayette after being guests in the Floyd Strieby and R. W. Brown homes the past week. Friends and neighbors of Mr. and ’ Mrs. George TtfomSriiWwA •at their home New Year's night for a farewell party. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are moving soon to a, farm near Nappanee. ' ” ■ u Deaths reported this week were Mrs. Thomas (Susan) Rumfelr, 87, of Milford; Mrs. Ananias (Mary) Kinney, 75. of Jefferson township; Mrs. Clara E. Stookey, 56. of Syr'acuse; Enoch Hamilton Watkins, 78. ‘lifelong resident of near Leesburg; and Ernest Grush, 59, of Milford. A marriage license has been issued by the clerk of the circuit court to Levi J. Slabaugh of Milford and Tressie Marie Miller of Nappanee. 40 YEARS AGO. JANUARY 7, 1926 Miss Elva Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Miller of northwest 'of Milford, and Monroe Hostetler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Hostetler lof South Bend, were married at Warsaw Saturday, Dec. 26. A New Year's watch party was ’given by Miss Flossie Price at the

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home of her sister, Mrs. John RRobinson, on New Year’s eve. Funeral services for Marion Self, : 72, a native of Milford, who died on i Wednesday, Dec. 30, at the home of his son, Fred Self at Syracuse, were held Friday in the Methodist church at Syracuse. Charles Shugars and wife left Saturday for Florida where they will remain until June 1. They will make their horhe in Elkhart after their 'return from the south. ! Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dubbs announce‘the- marriage of their daughter. Mrss Georgia Dubbs. to Don L. McCoy of Elkhart, which took place in Detroit on July ’4, 1925. ! A boy, weighing «ght pounds, was bom to Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Barnes at six o’clock Wednesday morning. At the regular meeting of the •' town board of trustees held Monday, Thomas Dobson was appointed io the office of town marshal. He took charge of his duties Tuesday morn■ing. 11 Mrs. Ephriam A. (Harriet M.) HUI, M, died December 22. She is survived by one son, David Hill of Milford; two daughters. Mrs. Charles Shugars of Elkhart and Mrs. Lariette Crabb of Hot Springs; and one brother. William Om of Milford. Miss Opal Weimer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ancil Warne- of Hastings, was married at the home erf her pari jente December 24 to Wayne Harmon of Scott township Mrs. Mary Mathews, 60. died at ’ her home here Sunday. < 50 YEARS AGO, JANUARY 6, 1916 |: Mrs. E. R. Rhodes of Mishawaka ■ spent the holidays visiting her par- : ents. Mr. and Mrs. John Arnold, and her sister. Miss Ethel Arnold. Mrs. J. C. Knoke of the ; Tailoring Co. of Milford has sold nt r

stock to Mr. .Curran, the tailor, who has been conencted with the firm for some time. Mrs. Knoke left on Monday for North Baltimore, Ohio. A very pretty wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John McClure at New Paris on New Year’s day at .high noon. The contracting parties were Miss Carrie M< Clure and Emery E. Bartholomew of Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Brittsan and daughter Hazel spent the holidays visiting the wife’s people at Spencerville, Ohio. Martha A. Robinson, 48, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Nickler of Milford, who live near Millwood, died Sunday morning about three o’clock of cancer. She is survived by her husband; nine children; two grandchildren; father and mother; and brother and sisters. The Milford Hardware Co. is now located in its new quarters in the, big store opposite the post office, and with closed doors are arranging for an opening in the very near future. A fine little boy was bom to Mr. and Mrs. George Auer Sunday eve-; ning. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Stoelting of Indianapolis were visiting with Mrs. Stoelting’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Horton at Milford during the holidays. A daughter was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Krauter south of MUford Friday, Dec. 17. Jerry A. Rinker Participates In Exercise Victory Express 24TH INFANTRY DIV., Germany I — Army Specialist Four Jerry A. Rinker, son of Mrs. Mae C. Rinker. 113 south Harrison. Syracuse, and other members of the 24th Infani try Division participated in exer|cise Victory Express, a. nine-day .field training exercise in Germany, which ended Dec. 17. The exercise covers 1.600 square ! miles and includes more than 25.000 vehicles. Elements of a third infantry dix-isaon brigade, acting as j aggressor forces, probed for weaknesses in the 24th infantry division defense under simulated' combat conditions. Specialist Rinker participated in weapons firing and various defensive maneuvers as part of a program to maintain the year-round combat effectiveness of his unit. The 22-year-old soldier, a demojlition specialist in Company A of the 54th engineer battalion near Wildflecken. Germany, entered the army in February 1964 and completed basic combat training .at Fori Knox, Ky. He is a 1961 graduate of Syracuse | high school. TO FLORIDA , Mr. and Mrs. James Connolly, operators of the South Shore Golf Course, left last Thursday for two months’ vacation in Pompano Beach, Fla.

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Along Main Street By GEORGIA BUSTER Another year is gone. It was one of unusual weather, in the form of tornadoes; Wr that is not a declared wtatT; and deaths on the highways. The first two we can do little about, but the unnecessary deaths on our public highways are something ea?h of us should take an interest in and do all we can to cut down the “highway slaughter.” The subject seems to be one that everyone about, but we do little about it. Education on the subject for all drivers and trips to the hospital or morgue for young drivers who get careless would help. *♦ ♦ ♦ Do you like lemonade, hot or cold° Mrs. Emory Guy, who visited at Mission. Tex., recently came to the I office last week with a lemon she a half pounds, enough for a lot of had picked there. It weighed one and lemonade. Christmas day has a lot of meaning and celebrations for the Robert McClintic family. He and his wife were married on Christmas day: also his two sons. Terry and Toni, celebrate their wedding annii versaries Christmas day. And on Christmas day. 1965. Mrs. Terry I McClintic gave birth to a daughter. ■ - i My old friend Louis Garrison came in to see me last week. He was in Syracuse to spend the holidays and was enjoying himself and looked real well. Louis spends the winter months at the Soldiers and Sailors Home at Lafayette. For the first time in a couple of years Mrs. Betty Dust missed the town board meeting on December 21. Reason: She was celebrating her birthday with her family at home. Betty has a nose shield on. She fell in Elkhart and struck her nose on the curb, breaking it in three places. . And speaking of falling, I am limping around with a dislocated right knee after tripping on the sidewalk at Warsaw Thursday. I felt like I had been hit by a truck. Those sidewalks are hard. Made all my usual New Year's resolutions and one I have begun already is to make Christmas gilts i in plenty of time. I did not get all

Wednesday, January 5, 1966 THE MAIL-JOURNAL

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HAPPY NEW YEAR - Happy New Year say these three future citizens of Milford. They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. William Bess and Mr. and Mrs. Al Place. On the left is William John Bess, 21-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bess of r 1. Billy is the

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FUTURE CITIZENS — Future citizens of the Lakeland area are Deborah Ann, 5, and Carie Lynne, 3, children of Rev. and Mrs. James A., McKlbbin of 218 N. Huntington St, Syracuse.

• t LOOKING FORWARD — Looking forward to the joys of 1966 are the three children of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lamar Knight of 487 E. Chicago St., Syracuse. They are Wendy Gay, three years old; Michael Lee, six years old; and Patrick Christopher, five months old.

my gifts made for the past Christmas and have started making some for Christmas 4966. Huntington street is looking up with the new front on Stucky’s furniture store. Most of the older buildings on Main street are or haye been remodeled and have new fronts. I had or very little snow this wintejF So far we have not had much siiow and I only hope prediction holds. He are getting plenty of rain, but no ice to I make driving more hazardous. This should be a help in cutting down on accidents.

great-great-grandson of Charles Bushong of Syracuse. Pam and Lisa Place are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Al Place of Milford. Pam is six and one-half years old and Lisa is four months old.

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SYRACUSE CITIZENS — More future citizens of Syracuse are Craig and Mike Luttman, children of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Luttman of r 4. Mike is 8 and Craig is 4.

f I JL.. v liftjLz**" i HL fcwtfowurtrf . Jlk r ® f AREA CITIZENS — Citizens of the 5 Milford-Syracuse area who will be - among the leaders of this commu- > nity in the future are those of Mr. and Mrs. Perry D. Mast of r 1 Syrs acuse, formerly of r 1 Milford. 1 Pictured are Danny, 8, Denise, 5, . and Donny, 4.

Noah's Ark Not All The Way Out An article which appeared during the holiday season in The MailJournal about Noah’s Arie being out this year was proven false Monday morning when Mrs. Neal Cory of near Milford brought an ark to our office. The ark, quite large and constructed of wood, was made, by Mrs. Cory’s father, Walter Miller of Milford. Mrs. Cory made several pairsA)f stuffed hnimals ■ and Noah and his wife for the ark which was a’ Christmas gift tof the young sons of the Corys’ son4n-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs/ Fred Weisser, also of near Milford. Mr. apd Mrs. James Todd of Lake Wawasee were Christmas Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Trumphaur of Goshen. On Sunday the Todds visited in the home of Mrs. Todd’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Luke, Goshen. /

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