The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 43, Milford, Kosciusko County, 30 November 1966 — Page 1

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TOTAL LOSS — The two vehicles pictured above were a total loss after they collided on the Beer road about a half mile east of Milford on Wednesday. The top photo is of the Daniel Levernier auto which was driven bv his

Drivers Receive Minor Injuries In Two-Car Accident Wednesday Evening

Two Lakeland area drivers receiv- ■ ed minor cuts and bruises Wednesday night when their cars collided at the bridge on Beer road, one-half mile east of Milford. Philip Ratcliff. 630 E. Baltimore street, Syracuse, was traveling east * on the Beer road when he hit the bridge, turning his car around to face the west Thomas D Levernier. Milford, traveling east, hit the Ratcliff auto, spinning it around and, driving it into the ditch on the north j side of the road. Levemier's vehicle went into the ditch on the south side of the road. Ratcliff received a cut on the lower lip and right hand injuries. Levernier, 16. received a cut on his lower lip. a two inch V cut between his eyes and loost teeth. Both cars were totaled The front end and right side of Ratcliff’s 1961 Dodge four door auto was damaged from the two accidents and the front end of the 1962 Pontiac owned by Thomas’ father. Daniel, was pushed back to the rear end. Officers arrested Ratcliff. 36. for driving under the influence Allyson Anglin Named DAR Giri At Milford Allyson Anglin, a Milford high school senior, was recently named as Milford's DAR Good Citizen according to an announcement made by Donn D. Kesler, principal of the school Allyson was chosen for her dependaixhty. service, leadership and patriotism. She was given an examination which is currently being judged with those of other county girls to determine the county winner. Each school’s Good Citizen receives a Certificate of Award methokhst sermon FOR SUNDAY The sermon at the Milford Methodist church on Sunday. Dec. 4, will be " Human Destiny Is Christ ”. It will be delivered by the pastor. Rev Richard Stunner. NOTICE TO — SUBSCRIBERS Please check vour zip code ■amber. If it to incorrect or if yea have nene, please notify ns at •ace. We mart have all addrerres zipped by I—wy L M6L Clnndatten DepMtaseat

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MB Thoma*, 16. aad the lower photo is of the car belonging to Phillip Ratcliff of Syracuse. Ratcliff was arrested for driving under the influence. Mail-Journal staff photos.

Rev. Wayne Swihart To Fill Pulpit Rev Wayne Swihart of Valparaiso will fill the pulpit at the First Brethren church in Milford from Sunday. Dec. 4. until March 1. when a full- ! time oastor will be available to the I church. Rev. Frank Barker has moved I j from the parsonage. He is serving the -County Line Brethren church north of LaPaz. '66 Wool Program Marketing Year ! Ends Dec. 31 Scott Hom. chairman, agricultural stabilization and conservation Kos cinsko county committee, today reminded growers that the 1966 market- i j rag year under the wool program | ends December 31. This means that payments for the current 1966 year will depend on completing ail details of marketing either wool or lambs by that date. Marketings completed after December 31. 1966. wiU become marketings i in the 1967 marketing year, and thus not eligible for payments until early 1968. The chairman urges producers to I make sure that all details for the . 1966 sales are completed by the end of this year. This includes passing title to the buyer, delivering the wool to the buyer either physically or through documents, (such as warehouse receipts or bills for lading' transferring control to the buyer, and having available all the information needed to determine the buyer's total purchase price. Applications for the 1966 marketing year payments under the national wool act may be filed with Kosciusko ASCS county office at any time, but the chairman urges that this be done as soon as possible Incentive payments under the wool program are based on the average national price for marketings during the whole year, and this can be determined more exactly if reports on marketings are complete. ASCS Kosciusko county chairman. Scott Horn, therefore is urging that all 1966-year applications be filed before January 31. 1967. Payments for the 1966 marketing year’will likely begin in April of next year.

Open Bids For School Improvements Tuesday

Members of the Lakeland school board met Tuesday evening to open bids for ligating at the North Webster school and for tile in the Milford high school building. Tun electrical bids were opened with the bid of Hire Electric of Syracuse for $2,714.72 with an alternate on room KM at $731.60 or a total of $3,446 32 being accepted. The other bid was from Williams Electric at North Webster and was for $3,248.47 with the alternate of $827. The only bid received for the furnishing and installing tile in the upstairs classrooms and the hall way at Milford was from Custom Tile at Warsaw The bid was $2,260 Rooms 8, 9. 10 and 11 will be re-flored. with approximately 3.644 square feet being involved. Business manager DoiTH. Arnold also gave the board members two quotes for work on the Syracuse building Both were approved and Orvil • Fritz" Kilmer will be award-

Merger Os Leatherman Insurance And First Charter Insurance Companies

Harold Wellman of the State Bank of Syracuse announced the merger of the Leatherman Insurance Agency with First Charter Insurance Agency which is located in the Syracuse Bank building. Mr Leatherman will continue to

Guild Formed At St. Martin de Forres At a meeting held at Wawasee Bowl Monday at 8 p m., officers were dected for the coming year for the 1 new Guild of St. Martin de Porres Catholic church. They follow: Lawrence Griffith. president; Walter Calnon, vice president; Ron Silveus, treasurer; and Mrs. Joe Morganthaler, secretary. It was also decided that on December 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. they would sfKHisor a Christmas Bake to be held at Our Lady of the Lake Seminary with the ladies baking cakes, cookies and such to be used for prizes. This will be open to all. After the meeting coffee and refreshments were served FAMILY GATHERING AT GOOD HOME Mr and Mrs. Richard Ankney and sons Richard and Mathew of Eldndge. lowa, came to the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Good at Milford Tuesday and were here for a family get-together Friday evening at the Good home Others present for the pot luck supper were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ganger and sons Steve and Tom, who are students at Purdue uni rersky. Jan and Leeann. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wekty and sons Mark. Max. Brad and Bryce, and Mrs Lorie Farrington of Goshen, and Mr. and Mrs Fred Harlan of MBford. Th? date also marked the 46th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan. SYRACUSE FAMILY HAS THANKSGIVING DAY GUESTS Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gibson and Miss Linda Briggs of Plymouth were Thanksgiving Day guests of their granddaughter and sister. Mrs. James Felts, Mr. Felts, and two children at Syracuse.

School Dismissed Early

Big Snow Storm Blankets The Area

The winter’s first big snow storm hit the Lakeland area Monday and TYiesday. forcing school officials to send students in the fire Lakeland schools home at 2:30. At that tiro? east-west roads were drifttog at a fast rate. The Fairfield schools were closed the entire day. West Noble sent students home as

ied the contract for painting the shop at the sdiool and Custom Tile will be awarded a contract for furnishing and installing tile in rooms 5 and 6. Kilme rqs’uote was $1,256.60 and ; Custom’s was $1,075. All work is to be done during the ; Christmas vacation. > An additional appropriation was approved by the board to pay the remaining amount on the estimate of the architects for working plans of the new high school. Discussions were held on the over crowded third grade classes at North Webster. If a teacher can be found, permission was given by the board to have three classes for the third graders instead of the two presently being conducted there. Present at the meeting were board I members James C. Stucky. C. W. Kroh and Jerry Helvey; superintendent Lewis S. Immel and business manager Arnold

be active with First Charter and service the Leatherman accounts First Charter is associated with one of Indiana’s leading insurance agencies and is providing the Lakeland area with aH types of install ance cowrages.

Chester Brown To Receive Award From King Os Laos Mrs. John Darr of r 2 Syracuse • received a letter from her son | Chester Brown dated November 2. He and Mrs. Brown are in Laos with the FVS. The letter stated that he was to receive an award on Sunday (November 27) which was being given posthumously to Mike Murphy who was drowned last summer. Tiie award will be presented by the King of Laos, and is the highest award given. .Also IVS as a team will receive the same award from the King for the outstanding efforts of the IVSers during the recent flood The ceremony was to take place at 9 a.m. Silver Streeks Has Regular Meeting, November 27 Syracuse-Wawasee Silver Streeks • E. M C. P. O. held a regular meeting at the club house on Sunday. The meeting was called to order jby president Jimmie Gilbert. The I presentation of. the colors and the pledge to the American flag followed. Jim Sholtey acted as sergeant-at-arms in the absence of Bud Hall. ; who is hospitalized. § Special committee reports were given on the fund raising projects. i Syracuse-Wawasee Silver Streeks E. M. C. P. 0. was thanked by the Milford police department and the Wawasee Village merchants for help in patroling during the Halloween season. Plans were made for a Yule party. There were eight members and four prospective members present. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Gilbert. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dean. Mrs. Bud Hall. Mr. and Mrs- Jack Dean. Mr. and Mrs. ; Roy Kelley and Jim Sholtey.

soon as they arrived at the building and Wa-Nee dismissed at noon. The snow began Monday and had covered the ground before nightfall. A heavy, wet snow fell through out the night, creating a winter wonderland by Tuesday morning. Roads Tuesday morning were reported "like ice” because of the

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1966

TO PRINT SERVICEMEN S ADDRESSES NEXT WEEK We are planning to publish a list of servicemen’s addresses in the next issue of The Mail-Journal so friends may send them Christmas cards. If you know of a serviceman who would like to receive mail from home this Christmas, please call 658-4111 or 457-3666 before next Tuesday. 'Haircuts' Ordered For Syracuse Boys Involved In Brawl Noble circuit court judge John; Hagen ordered eight Syracuse high school boys to get their hair cut in “butch cuts’’ as a probationary requirement following their involvment in an October 22 brawl at the Albion Youth Center. Judge Hagen levied the sentences after he conferred with each of the boys. Testimony was given in the presence- of the Noble county prosecuting attorney and defense counsel for each youth. Parents who attended the hearing were present when | the sentencings were made. School grades of the boys are to be examined by the judge each semes-; ter and the boys are banned from attending dances of any kind. They j will not be allowed to drive a car | unless their parents are with them, and must keep the curfew’ set by the I court. Judge Hagen stated that since the) boys got into trouble together they ; would have to work together to get out of trouble. “If one boy violates these terms, you will all be held accountable.” the judge told them. THE NELSON A. MILESES HOST HOLIDAY DINNER Mr. and Mrs. Nelson A. Miles, Syracuse Lake, entertained at | Thanksgiving day dinner, Mr. and Mrs. George Kleopfer, Jr., and children of Rochester, Mich., and Mr. and Mrs George Kleopfer of r 4 Syracuse. On Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. Kleopfer entertained Mr. and Mrs. Miles and their son and family at dinner. ; 'Adventures In Space* Is Theme | For Pack Meeting The November meeting of Cub Scout Pack 47, Milford, was held in the fire station with den one opening the meeting. The theme was "Adventures in Space.” Den six and seven showed I space projects. Den four gave a skit I on rockets on moon and astronauts meeting moon creatures. The following announcements were made: The cubs will have the opening ceremony at the PTO meeting in February; cub scouts Christmas party right after school December 19 at the fire station with den six and seven in charge of refreshments, den . one and four in charge of games and den two in charge of decorations and prizes: and cub scout roundtable for den mothers and committee at Syracuse December 5 at 7:30. Awards: Bobcat awards were presented to Dennis Spearman. Donald Kinney. Craig Sorensen. Randy Purcell and Mark Johnson. A wolf badge was presented to Randy Neff. A special Webdos ceremony was : held for Jon Treesh and David Hamilton. They received their Webelos badges. Den two received the attendance award. The closing ceremony was ■ given by den two as spacemen givI :ng space talks.

; dampness of the snow and the j freezing temp?ratures. Driving remained hazadrous throughout the ’ day. ' State highways were moderately I dear by noon, however, east-west roads continued to drift until early evening. Drifts were from three to four

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Viet Nam War Comes Home

Full Military Funeral For Sgt. Roger Lawson Tuesday

A complete military funeral was held at the funeral home in Ligonier for Sergeant E7 Roger W. Lawson at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday of this week. Sgt. Lawson was killed in action with 20 of his buddies in an ambush about 240 miles north of Saigon, Viet Nam The full details of his death are still lacking. The body of Sgt.. Lawson arrived I in Warsaw at 9 p.m. Sunday and was I taken immediately to tiie Ligonier r funeral home awaiting sen ices. There was no public viewing of the body. A contingent of army officers and I men. including an army chaplain, from Indianapolis were at Ligonier to conduct the full military funeral. Lawson Well Known Sgt.. Lawson was well known in the Syracuse-Cromwell area. He graduated from Cromwell high school in : 1955, and operated the Sunoco ser-1 vice station on south Huntington street in Syracuse from 1958 until ; 1960. He was married to the former! Sharon Byrd, daughter of Mr. and: Mrs.. James H. Byrd, r 2 Syracuse, October 17. 1958. They have two children, Kirby, 7, and Karen, 3. Sgt. Lawson entered the service in October 1960 and had been in Viet Nam since September 10 of this year. The Mail-Journal received a letter from Sgt.. Lawson (printed else-, where in this issue l written November 19. just two days prior to his death. It is known Sgt. Lawson was a member of the Ist Air Cavalry which was ambushed by waves of Viet Cong. Only three of his 21-man platoon survived, one who played dead. Mrs. Lawson, who resides at 903; south Main street. Ligonier, expects to receive a detailed report of the j action surrounding her husband’s j I death from the Defense Department; j in the near future. Syracuse To Offer Adult Farmer Classes I The Syracuse vocational agriculture department will again offer a i series of ten classes for adult far- ; mers and other interested persons in ’the area The first meeting will be Thursday evening. Dec. 8, in the Syr- | acuse cafeteria. This will be a tricounty meeting on bird damage in * com. conducted by state and county • officials. The 1966-67 class schedule of meetings and dates is as follows. All start at 7:30 in the Syracuse vo. ag. room unless otherwise indicated. ! Dec. 8 - Bird Damage in Corn (in | cafeteria l ! Dec. 14 - 1967 Farm Outlook Jan. 9 - Tour of Chore Time Mfg. (with Milford AF class' : Jan. 12 • Farm Taxes Jan. 19 - Liquid Fertilizers Jan. 36 - Harvesting. Storing and Feeding Forage Crops Feb. 2 - Using Farm Credit Feb. 9 - Soils and Crop Production Feb 16 - New Crop Varieties March - Summary JUNIOR HIGH GAME TONIGHT The Milford junior high teams will meet the L?esburg junior high boys toniglU < Wednesday > in the Leesburg gym. Game time is 5 p.m.

feet high with some one to two feet drifts being about six blocks long — thus wreckers were kept busy the entire day getting drivers out of the drifts. CoM air is expected to remam in the area throughout the week with more snow in the forecast for the week end.

Ligonier To Bury Its Second Viet Casualty

By ROSE CUNNINGHAM The flags in Ligonier have been I flying at half mast this past week i for two young men from this city : who gave their lives in Viet Nam. I PFC Joiin L. Godfrey. 22, 602 north Cavin, is the second Ligonier soldier to die in Viet Nam. He was killed on Monday, Nov. 21. but the family was not notified until Friday. He had been in Viet Nam four months. ( PFC Godfrey was born April 13. 1944. in Ligonier and has been a ( lifetime resident. He was married to the former Neta Clark, who sur- , vives. Also surviving are. a son, Lewie . James. a daughter. Cherri Lynn; r the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Godfrey of Ligonier; one brother. SP 4 Morris L. Godfrey, with the U. S. army in Germany; four sisters. Karen, Ruth. Mary Ellen, all at , home, and Mrs. kathy L. James. . whose husband is also serving in Viet Nam. The paternal and maternal grandmothers also survive. Military services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday in the UlreySedgwick funeral home, Ligonier, where friends will be received after 3 p.m. today (Wednesday). The body arrived home Tuesday night. Services were held Tuesday for SFC Rodger W. Lawson, whose | body arrived here from Viet Nam Monday afternoon. A chaplain and 1 contingent from Fort Benjamin | Harrison conducted full military ■ services at the funeral Iwme here and at Oak Park cemetery. Lakeland Senior Girls To Participate In National Contest Lakeland senior girls will be aI mong the 500.000 seniors through- ; out the nation who will set in classI rooms Tuesday, Dec.. 6. to take a written knowledge and attitude test dealing with homemaking. I The girls will be competing for I the local schools' honors and for state and national awards. One win- ? ner w'ill be named at each of the ' three corporation high schools. State winners will receive SI ,500 grants while the national winner will receive a $5,000 college scholarship. Some 15,000 public, private and parochial schools are participating in the 1967 Betty Crocker Search for the .American Homemaker of Tomorrow. Syracuse Bridge-O-Rama Third Round Leaders i In the Afternoon Bridgeo-rama lat Syracuse at the end of the third round the standings are as follows: First gross, Mrs. Clifton Kinder and Mrs. Harry Alfrey; second, Mrs. Raymond Campbell and Mrs. George Bryan; third, Mrs. James Kirkwood and Mrs. Harold Gray. First net, Mrs. Gene Ludwig and Mrs. Richard Neff; second, Mrs. Paul Warner and Mrs. Robert Beahl; third, Mrs. Ralph Chngaman and Mrs. Jay Peffley. Larry Jones Stationed At Great Lakes Larry Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Jones. Jr., Syracuse, is in recruit training at Great Lakes. His address is as follows: Larry Jones SA B 506697- Co. 674- Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, m. 60068. RETURN TO MUNSTER AFTER HOLIDAYS Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bookwood and children returned to their home at Munster after spending the holiday week end in the borne of Mr. and Mrs. Bill S. Betes and son Bob at Syracuse.

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Capping Ceremony Held For Red Cross Volunteers A capping ceremony was held recently at the Westminster Hotel. Winona Lake, for American Red Cross volunteers wlw serve in the Murphy hospital and nursing homes in the county. Those who have taken the American Red Cross basic orientation, and liave completed their on the job training m the institution where they prefer to serve are: Mrs. Wilmer Bartel. Mrs. Tom Joyner. Mrs. Roy Patterson. Mrs. Gan Weiss. Mrs. Lester Young. Mrs. Robert Clater. Mrs. Charles Buffer, Mrs. Jack Moltz. Wks. Eugene Sells, Mrs. Merl Poling, Mrs. King Howard, Mrs. Lee Pattison. Mrs. Gladys Ranier. Miss Semarimus Kutz, all of Warsaw; Mrs. Burris Sharp, Milford; Mrs. Sam Norris, Mentone; and Mrs. Max Rosbrugh, Leesburg. Not present, but eligible for capping were Mrs. King Howard of Warsaw and Mis. Gerald Dausman of Lesburg. Mrs. Robert Whiteneck, Warsaw, chairman of hospital unit volunteers. presided and awarded bars and chevrons recognizing services i rendered by the hospital and nursing home volunteers. This group was formerly known as Gray Ladivs Mrs. Fread Douglas of Warsaw, hospital scheduling chairman, Mrs. John Cunningham and Mrs. Paid ing home schedule chairmen, spoke briefly. Mrs. Ned Titus. Warsaw, honored the group with a vocal solo ".Angels of Mercy”. She was accompanied by Roland Felts. W tnona Lake. •’ Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas were hosts for the occassion. which was a brunch served in the Rainbow Room of the liotel. Kosciusko county chapter volunteer hospital and nursing home volunteers awarded bars and chevrons w’ere Mrs. James Athens, North Webster; Mrs. Ralph Brubaker, Nfrs. John Cunningham. Mrs. Glenn Deeter, Mrs. Herman Ginther, Mrs. Dale Morehouse and Mrs. Paid Schermerhorn, all of Leesburg. Also. Mrs. Don Cecil and Mrs. Ray Fervenda. both of Milford: and Mrs. Carl Penn, Syracuse. And, Mrs. Stanley Bradley, Etna Green; Mrs. Howard Horn, Mentone; and the following ladies from Warsaw: Mrs. Cecd Armstrong. Mrs. Merle Brumfield. Mrs. Irvin Chapel, Mrs. Ralph Dewart, Mrs. Fread Douglas. Mrs. Dayton Fellows. Mrs. Harlan Ginn, Mrs. Robert Hall. Mrs. Norman Huffer. Miss Iva Lozier, Mrs. William M<dlenhour. Mrs. Henry Nyenhuis. Mrs Roy Ruse, Mrs. Herman Schaefer. Mrs. Don Wentzel, Mrs. Jack Whiteneck and Mrs. R. N. Whitney. OPENS BARBER SHOP AT SYRACUSE Harry Watkins has opened a barber shop at 615 south Huntington street, Syracuse, in the building formerly occupied by the Modeme Beauty Craft Salon. Mr. Watkins comes from South Bend where he has been a barber for the past 21 years, part of that time at Notre Dame. He operated his own shop for 11 years. AREA MEN ARE DEER HUNTING Six area men left Friday on a two-week deer hunting trip to Alva. Wyo. On the trip are Johnny Fisher. Herman Weisser, Delbert Dippen, Frank Rink. Willard Conn and i Glen Treesh. They rented a bus for traveling

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