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

THE MAILJOURNAL Wednesday, January 5, IN6

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♦ PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY om Milford Mall (Eat IBM) ,_ l 8 JOVrn *' (Ert * lio7> Consolidated Into The Mall-Journal Feb. 15, 1962 Democratic ARCHIBALD E BAUMGARTNER, Editor and PwbheAer DELLA BAUMGARTNER. Bnatnoae Manager ' Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 46567 Entered aa Second Oaoa at the Poet Office at Syracuse. Indiana Sabocriptioa: M-96 per year in Kosciusko County; 84-56 Oatside Comity - -— 4 • ' 4 ”

, E D I J 0 R I AIS Determined To Hold Down Totals

The current rate of traffic accidents and roads and indicate that 1965 was the most tragic year for vehicle slaughter in the history of our state. All Hoosier motorists must develop the constant awareness that thoughtless, careless, or, reckless acts behind a wheel are the ingredients of That wanton disregard for personal

It Was All For sl2 A special meeting of th4 county welfare board was called last Tuesday for the purpose of granting a man a sl2 welfare increase. t Board members, who receive $lO a month regardless of the number of meetings they attend, had to give up time and loss of money on their several jobs as they met to consider the increase. The board had refused to grant the man an increase in welfare several months ago and the case was appealed to the state welfare board. It has been tit for tat ever since. Because of action in the Elkhart circuit court the county board tabled its decision at the regular December meeting. However, a letter from state officials made the Tuesday meeting necessary. The man and his five children will receive $37 instead of $25 per month. In the Elkhart circuit court action the mother was given custody of the

To Pick School Site At January 18 Meeting

From this week s Pierceton Press. President of jthe Whitko Commuinty School Corporation Dale Reiff, announced January 3 the board members would definitely reach a decision on the location of the new school site for the corporation at the next regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday. Jan. 18. The ’'"-above announcement came after an apology to the six persons present for the delay in startiijfttw'' regular meeting at the static time of 7:30 Monday night The board met but went immediately into an executive session which lasted until 8:15. President Reiff said be had bciieved the board would reach a decision before the meeting but new informaion had been introduced which he thought was too important to rush nto a decision. Maurice Scott, secretary, read the ninutes of the previous meeting which dealt with awarding the contract for the purchase of two new i 68 passenger school buses to the Kerim Motor company of Silver I Lake. The minutes stood approved as ; read.

fßayh-LinesX FROM AMPteriOWMWUCriIIIIIIMMIWSMWM*— — Economic Gains, Prosperity Continue

WASHINGTON. DC.— November marked the 57th consecutive mouth of economic prosperity in the United States. At no time in our history has the nation enjoyed such an uninterrupted period of economic expansion. The prosperity has been good for the country, good for the businessman, and good for the working man. Helping to create this rsnskable economic picture have been several actions taken by the Congress since the recession of i 960 and early 1«1. Among these. Congress liberalised depreciation allowances. granted tax credits on capital expenditures. enacted foe biggest income tax reduction in history for individuals and business. and removed virtually all extim taxes. These are some of foe tosphs: —Employment has risen by about « million people. —Unemployment has dropped by about 500000 people. —Corporate profits, after taxes.

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and public safety characterizes the driving of many persons in our state is attested to by the alarming toll of death during the recent months. The area police departments, along with every Indiana law enforcement agency, have renewed their determination tbhold down these horrible mounting totals.

children. After January 27 the man will not be eligible for welfare, therefore the meeting Tuesday was for sl2. We readily agree that welfare is necessary for many, but we also agree welfare money should be given to those who really need it and not everyone who thinks he or she needs itIn the case of the sl2 increase the recipient is taking home an average of 53X0.50 after deductions, drives a/ v olkswagen to work, has a water softener and is making payments on a lake cottage m Michigan. > True a man supporting five children does need money but does he need a water softener and/or a cottage in Michigan They nice but you can live without theD Yel, we agree with the county welfare board and are glad it’s members are not handling out our tax money to anyone who thinks he or she needs a little extra spending money.

Superintendent Delbert L. Hatton reported to the board he had interviewed five applicants for the secrearial position with Mrs. Leasure, guidance teacher, sitting in on the interviews. The secretary's duties will be to help with the work of the special service teachers. He suggested the board sign a contract for Mi® Joan Dineen. Joe Fisher, vice president, made the motion to sign the coptract and this was seconded by "Board member Raymond Gall. The superintendent also reminded the board it was time to advertise for bidders for oil and gas needed by the corporation. After some discussion it was decided to permit the bidders to make either separate bidsor combined bids with the board reserving the right to accept or refuse any or all bids. A legal advertisement appears in this issue. This completed the business on the agenda except for the signing of claims and the president adjourned the meeting The six persons present included members of the press and the principals of the Pierceton high and grade schools. Richard V Reed and William Schuldt, respectively.

have grown by about <5 per cent —Personal income has increased more than $l2O billion to an annual rate exceeding 1S» billion — an increase of » per cent. | -The factory worker’s wage has increased 20 per cent. I These figures would be meaningless if the buying power of foe dollars had suffered. But it has not Wholesale prices have increased only two per cent in foe last five years. Consumer prices have ini creased about 1.5 per cent a year daring foe same period. This, ioridenUUy. is foe best record of any industrialized country in foe 1 world. In Indiana, foe average working man today is earning a week. to foe nation, the annual »- come for a typical family has increased 217 per cent in the past five yearn. We must not. however, grow complaceti about our economy - nor can we* dose our eyes to foe I foci font many Americans are not

vet sharing in our general abundance.

The office of economic opportunity estimates that 34.6 million Americans live at “poverty levels.” Those are single persons earning S3O a week or less, married couples earning less than S3B a week, families of three earning about sl7 a week and families of four earning about S6O a week. Poverty knows no racial or. ethnic bounds. About 34.2 million Americans are white. They are members of every | religious denomination represented in our country’ We cannot hope to develop our economy to its fullest potential unless three in need become active participants in our economic structure. This cannot be accomplished by handouts or giveaway programs. It can occur only through programs designed to help people to help themselves — programs which teach people the skills they need to get and hold jobs, to provide for themselves, and to make contributions to society through hard work, services, and taxes. HOME FROM HtORIDA Mr. and Mrs. James Barnes of Pontiac. Mich , and Mrs. Wayne Bucher. Cynthia and Donnie of r 3 Syracuse, have returned to Milford following a Florida vacation. While in the sunshine state they visited Mr. and Mrs. Mike Stafford. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Beer and family and Mr. end Mrs. Richard Warfel. former Milford residents. PERBONETTES VISIT CAPE CORAL. FLi. Recent visitors at the Cape Coral Gardens. Cape Coral, Fla . were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Peraonette, Syracuse. While at Cape Coral they attended the Waltzing Waters and Porpoise shows. Cape Coral is located oct die west coast of Florida seven miles from Fort Myers. ftpays TO ADVERTISE

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Laws And Vigilantes

Truth is indeed stranger than ; fiction. Indiana state government • at one time saw fit to authorize I citizens to take the law into their own hands, and people did. This I came about in 1852 and a portion < of the act. passed by our legisla- 1 ture stated: < “Be it enacted by the General < Assembly of the State of Indiana, that any . number of persons, dti- 1 zens of the. State of Indiana, not i less than ten nor more than 100, f may, and are hereby authorized to 1 form themselves into a company < : for the purpose of detecting and apprehending horse thieves and ; other felons, as hereinafter pro- < vided.” i The phrase s “other felons” covered a lot of ground, and the regula- i tor groups which formed themsel- < ves by authority of this law cover - ■ed a lot of ground too. The first organization of this kind - jto legally form was “The La- j Grange County Rangers” and 130 members signed, the following reso- ; lution: “Whereas, we are believers in the doctrine of popular sovereignty that the people of this country are the real sovereigns and that whenever the laws, made by those to whom thev have delegated their authority are found inadequate to their protection, it is the of j the people to take the protection of their property into their own hands, and deal with these villains according to their just deserts and “Whereas' ’ it is notorious that the civil laws are totally inade-1 quote to the protection of the pro- | petty jof our citizens against the depredations of the vampire^ 1 who; course the earth with their pres- j ence. Irving upon plunder from the honest, the industrious and often the indigent portion of the communitv, therefore. “Resolved, that we will use our utmost exertions to bring these villains to justice by assisting to take them wherever they may be found, and that, when taken, we will deal with them in such a . manner as to us may seem just and efficient.” Thirty-seven regulator groups or vigilantes were formed under the acts of the legisla- ’; ture and operated legally in In- ■ diana. , An episode at Kendallville illus- ’ trates their vigilante operations: 300 mounted “regulators” rode ' through the streets behind a sign ’ which read. “No expense to the r county.” They “arrested” eight f i men suspected of illegal activities. s A committee of the group interro- ' gated the suspects and reported ! that one man (Gregory McDougle’

Manchester College Students On Dean’s List NORTH MANCHESTER - Several Koscthsko county students were among those listed on the dean's list of honor students for the fall term at Manchester college in North Mancheser. The dean's list of honor students includes those students whose grades are sufficiently high to place them in the upper ten per cent of their class for the term. Listed from this area are: Beth Atkinson, r 2 Milford, a freshman at the college. Beth is a graduate of Nappanee high school and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Atkinson. Dianne Ellis, a senior and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ellis of r 4 Syracuse. Dianne is a Syracuse high school graduate. Jeannette Byer, r 1 Etna Green. Jeannette is a junior who is majoring in elementary education. She is an Etna Green high school graduate and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Byer of r 1 Etna Green. Charles Hdbarti, a freshman botany major. Charles is a Mentone high school graduate and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Hubartt of that town. Donald Bommarito son of Dominic Bommarito of Silver Lake, a sophomore majoring in pre-ministry. Donald is a graduate of Boys* High in New York

should be hanged the next day. He was — publicly, from a large oak tree. In fairness to the legislature and* the people living in Indiana in that day it should be pointed out that law enforcement was far different than it is today and a rough country required stem measures. Northern Indiana was fairly overrun by organized gangs of crim- _ mats. They were guilty of about ‘ every crime known to man and • law enforcement officers were pow- ■ eriess to control them. Their activities were so brazen ■ 1 and bold that at one time gangs openly sold stock in a regular mint to produce bogus money on an extensive scale. Controlling the situation got beyond ordinary machinery of law and the legislature j acted — so did Hoosier regulators! Indiana's first laws dealing with criminals were very harsh. The death penalty was inflicted for arson and horse stealing as well |as murder and treason. Manslaughter could bring about branding on the hand with the letters “M.S.”, and thievery could result in the letter *7” being burnjed on'with a red hot iron (so could cattle rustling and altering cattle brands'; Burglary was punished by public whipping and imprisonment up to 40 years; larceny by whipping and being bound out for labor for terms up to seven years. Forgery could result in a fine, disfranchisement and the pillory. i A debtor could be imprisoned and when liberated, sued by the sheriff for maintenance while in jail and returned for failure to pay his keep. Disobedient children or seri vants could be sent to jail or the house of correction until they “humbled” themselves before parents or masters. Those guilty of mayhem could be “sold to service by the courts” for ahy time up to five years. These drastic laws were generally ineffective and the passing of years saw their relaxation. And as years have passed we're approaching the time that history may have ■ to repeat itself and many law en- “ forcement officials believe that * some good old-fashioned Hoosier justice may be the answer to prob- ■ lems of crime. It is interesting to note that j gambling was a serious crime in » territorial days. On the day that » a bul was signed forbidding lottert. ies in Indiana Territory, the leg- • j islature passed a bill authorizing -1 a lottery for raising funds for 1 ■ Vincennes university.

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Article Written For Sesquicentennial The following article was writtai by Earlene Fisher, daugher of Mr. and has been submitted to the Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission for “Sesquicentennial Scrapbook,” a column to be found elsewhere in this paper. ° We thought Earlene's article worth printing in our paper. It follows: EARLY BEGINNINGS OF THE COMMUNITY OF MILFORD In the 1830 s a man and his four children left New' York state and traveled westward into the North- i west Territory. They finally settled in Kosciusko county. Ind., in 1834. ; The man was judge Aafon M. Perrine. Exactly where he came from or what he had been, no one seems to know. The story was hand- > ed down that he was a judge, but his name does not appear on any of the early county legal rosters. On April 10, 1836, he laid out section eight as the town of Milford. , The orginal town contained 12 blocks. Four streets were named for his children, Catherine. Erneline, James, and Henry. Only Emeline is remembered. She married Dr. Thomas Cammack and stayed in Milford. Judge Perrine opened his home as ° a kind of boarding house. Then he faded from mention in early record. The cemetery holds a partial answer. White marble does not long preserve names and dates well,, especially when it faces westward. The carving on his stone is hardly legible, but one can still trace 183 I. . . and then a“ line that might be a seven or a nine. Although Judge_Perrine founded Milford, he not the first settler. William Felkner clakned that honor. - O Kosciusko was not open for settlement until 1833. On October 27, 1832, a treaty was signed ' with the Potawattomi and Miami near Rochester. The Indians, or at

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least a few of the more powerful, younger chiefs, agreed to leave their lands. Late in the winter of 1832 white ’ men camped on the southern border of Elkhart county waiting for word from Washington that Congress had ratified the treaty. Hie treaty was . ratified January 21, < 1833, but it t was late February until the news reached Elkhart county. The settlers swarmed into the new territory. First White Child William and Mary Arm Felkner set lied in what William would, soon name Van Buren township. Thendaughter Rachael was the first white child born in the county. I The Indians had not yet left. Except for two Pottawattomi reservations at Oswego and Monoquet, it would be 1835 until they left Kosciusko county. When Rachel was but a few months old, several Pottawatomi suddely appeared at the Felkner cabin and demanded to see the baby girl. The Indians picked up the baby. After a ceremony they gave the baby some Pottawattomi trinkets and clothing and departed. The Felkqers later learned the purpose of the Pottawattomi’s visit. A princess of the Pottawattomi nation had died. The Indians had come from the south seeking an infant girl to adopt into their tribe as a princess. The Felkner baby was chosen because there were no Pottawattomi girl babies. The child was permitted to Mve with her white parents, but, in event of a

massacre, the adopted “Princess” would be spared. There was little danger of an attack now. The Potawattomi had i once been a powerful nation. Mon- I oquet and Musquawbuck, who lived | in Kosciusko county, had fought j ‘ with Tecumseh and The Prophet j ■at the battle of Tippecanoe. Now ! their people w'ere disenheartened * and suffering from white men’s diseases. Amidst all the Pottawattomi in ' j Kosciusko county was the Miami ! billage of Waubee at the southeast end of Waubee Lake, two miles 1 from Milford. Waubee was the brother of Papkeechie (Flatbelly), the Miami , chief who had owned most of Noble county. Papakeechie was so important that the United States government built him a brick house. No other chief in this area was so ; honored. I The 'Miami often held councils in 'the woods at the end of W’aubee Lake. Their council chamber often knew the presence and voice of Papakeechie who wanted his people to know the strength and nobility of their ancestors. A Wistful Story A rather wistful story' has been passed down about a French trad- ■ er, Dominique Rousseau. The story [ has a bit <rf storybook flavor about it, but it is docuemented in RousI seau's will and the later court proceedings which are contained in the , abstract and title to the land he owned. ' i! When Rousseau came to Kosci- • usko county is not known. He may II have come after the treaty. He may i ■ have entered the county illegally, t |<r, perhaps, as a trader, he was

granted special pennission. Rousseau established a trading post south of Waubee’s village. He was an enterprising fellow and his post flourished. He fathered an 3- | legitimate half-breed baby girl. The mother was said to be a princess, the daughter of Waubee. ; Rousseau’s will was dated January 20, 1844. His estate, both t real and personal, was to be divided equally among his four children, William Edward, John Henry Harrison, Sarah Jane,, and Caroline Rousseau. His wife Agnes was to be executrix. In a codicil to the will, dated September 25, 1844, Rousseau provided for another child: “I, Dominique Rousseau. . .give and bequeath unto my daughter, Matilda Rousseau born of an Indian mother and hereby acknowledge my lawful daughter, share, and share alike with my other children heretofore provided for in the will to . which this is a codicil.” Agnes Rousseau married Samuel A. Gordon. Caroline Rousseau died. In 1856 Matilda Rousseau filed suit against Samuel A. Gordon el al. After Caroline’s death Dominique Rousseau’s legitimate children had divided her share of the esta& but had not shared with Matilda. , Matilda said that this did not follow her father’s admonishment to “share, and share alike.” The Kos- . ciusko county court awarded her section 27 which contained the old I Miami meeting places. 1 j FEED THE BIRDS 0

Wintertime is becoming an incresingly difficult period for birds in Pierceton to survive. Most of the garbage is either going through disposal units and into the sewers, or it is placed in covered containers . because of the garbage collection service.* Time was when table scraps were tossed onto the ground in yards or gardens, and there was food for the birds. If there are no birds in your neighborhood, try throwing out bread crumbs, apple and potato peelings, and meat trimmings. Better yet, put up a feeder on a pole that cannot be reached by cats, and put in grain, suet and meat scraps. Then watch the birds flock about the feeder. It’s true that most of the winter birds will be .sparrows and starlings, but there are also other birds that winter this far north, and anyway the less desirable birds eat many bugs and weed seeds, and cannoV.be classed entirely as undesirable. ; RALLY AT MUNCIE NEW YEAR'S EVE The Spiritual Life Crusade of America held their annual banquet and rally at the Wilson restaurant in Muncie on Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Paul McFarren, Mrs. John T. Camden and Robert and Ruth Hackbirth attended. Rev. Herb Hoover of Dayton, Ohio, was guest soloist and gave a program along with other special numbers. The speaker was Rev. Clay Sloan of Parkersburg, W. Va. He is one of the greatest ministers in the south. Rev. Billy Springfield of Muncie is the evangelist for the Crusade.