The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 44, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 December 1966 — Page 11
Jackson Club Has Lesson On Refinishing Furniture
Mrs. Charles Heckman gave a very interesting lesson on rebuilding'and refinishing furniture at the November meeting of the Jackson Township Homemakers Extension dub. The meeting was held on Wednesday at the North Manchester home of Mrs. Fannie Pottenger. Mrs. Florence Rowe and a guest, Mrs. Lloyd Hoff, assisted in serving the pot luck dinner to the 15 members and one guest present. Mrs. Gerald Hoile, vice president, presided and the meeting opened in the usual way. Mrs. Charles Graham discussed food poisoning for the health lesson. It was suggested that drinking coffee helps to counteract the food that causes the poisoning in some cases and with some people. A case of food poisoning from a pre-stuffed turkey was sited and warnings given not to eat
i » ■ ~— « i L | DID IYO U Jrl « > | GET A 5 CHRISTMAS « CLUB CHECK \ i| THIS YEAR? W S fe>^r' You didn’t? Oh. those bills! . . Y»u did? Ah, what merry Christmas gifting . . . with no ’ y financial worries. Whether X * ■ you did or didn’t get a ‘Bife »>** JZf »» S’ ? J‘ Christmas Club Check ' w J* this year . . . now is the y % v ‘ tim,e to think of next year. jjl Join our ‘67 Christmas Club. Save a little each week. ' j* \X hen gift time comes next ** year, your Christmas Club heck will Hp 1 S PAID ON « TIME CD'S i S * ; CHRISTMAS CLUB CHECKS MAILED * > a it 3 ?28,278 25 p^To 213 Mei " bers i J] k K A FULL BANKING SERVICE BANK / SAVWGS ACCOUNTS >' MORTGAGE LOANS S / PERSONAL LOANS / TRUST FUNDS S / BUSINESS LOANS / SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES M / CHECKING ACCOUNTS / BANK BY MAIL I FIRST NATIONAL BANK K OF MILFORD | • MEMBER F. D. I. C.
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la turkey that is purchased already stuffed. The last part of the lesson on the Christmas workshop was given by Mrs. Philip Keel. Mrs Gilbert Aufdenkampe gave directions for preserving the poin- ’ settias now that Christmas season jis approaching and many will be I receiving them. They can be kept to grow' next year with the proper care. Mrs. Hoile gave the devotions using the Thanksgiving theme and reading poems and Psalms 92. The song of the month was “Come, Ye Thankful People. Come” and it was sung by everyone. “Lefti over Turkey” was the answer to the ■ roll call. ' The next meeting will be a Christmas party at the Colonial restaul rant on Friday. Dec. 16 at 11:30 • a.m. There will be a white elephant 1 gift exchange and a program. The
new officers will be installed. Present beside those named were Mrs. John Winger, Mrs. Earl Scott, Mrs. Roy Myers, Mrs. Vem Ross, Mrs. Charles Endress, Mrs. Galen Wolf. Mrs. Glen Warner and Mrs. Dale Koontz. Two Car Accident Friday Amounts To $1,250 Loss Howard R. Wolferman. 39, r 3 Syracuse. was involved in an auto accident in the 600 block of south Detroit street. Warsaw, Friday, when his auto skidded approximately 40 feet before striking a car driven by Richard G. McElroy of Warsaw, as McElroy pulled from a driveway. Patrolman Richard Fancil reported 51.250 damage resulted with $250 to Wolferman s auto and SI,OOO to the McElroy car. The latter was cited for failure to yield the
Christmas Seals Net T.B. Fund Nearly $5,000 A total of $4,812.56 has been received from the different townships in Kosciusko county, stated Mrs. Achiel fNellie) Van Marcke, executive secretary for the Kosciusko County Tuberculosis association, to a representative of this paper on Saturday. This amouunt is a little under the amount received last year, however each year it seems some persons send in the money for the Christmas seals late. Mrs. Van Marcke is certain the amount will be over the $5,000 mark before the end of the year. An amount of $33 was received late last year and was put in the 1966 fund. v The townships and the amouunt received in the townships followed: Clay. $160.25: Etna. $111: Franklin, $91.70: Harrison $128.50; Jackson, $111: Jefferson, SB3; Lake, $161; Monroe, $50.25; Plain. $289; Prairie, $73; Scott, S7B; Seward, $138; Tippecanoe, $168; Turkey Creek, $237; Van Buren, $146; Washington, $149.50; Winona. $250: and Wayne, $2,354.36. Carolyn Biller Is Member Os ‘The Lamp’ Staff Miss Carolyn Biller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Royce W. Biller of r 2 Milford, is a member of the staff of the The Lamp, yearbook at Park-view-Methodist School of Nursing in Fort Wayne. The 52-page pictorial publication ; represents the work of student nurs!es entirely. It is scheduled for printing in June and will be distributed ;at the annual junior-senior banquet next summer. Miss Biller is a senior student nurse in the three-year school.
Robin Stickney Accepted By School Os Medicine Robin Stickney, son of Mr. and I Mrs. R. Wilde Stickney of Pierceton, ; has been accepted by the Indiana School of Medicine for admission in its freshman class in September. Mr. Stickney graduated from the j Pierceton high school in 1963. He has attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln where he is now in the sen- , ior year.
Support Your Syracuse Lions Club Big Christmas Tree A SALE! Starting Saturday, Dec. 3 Over 350 Trees To Choose From PRICED FROM $2.00 TO $5.50 Thornburg Drug Store » ALSO Parking Lot i 1 Syracuse Lions Club
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VISITING POSTMASTERS — Pierceton postmaster Edward L. Peq- { uignot is shown in the center of the above picture, taken with visiting I
Open House Marks Occasion
Pierceton Dedicates New Post Office Sunday Afternoon
”... may it add to the perity of your community.’ With these words Pat Dowling, director of Local Services Division. Post Office Department, Cincinnati, ; Ohio, officially dedicated tae new I Pierceton post office. Program Sunday Mr. Dowling, a large, smiling, man I of action in the postal department, | was the principal speaker at the official dedication of the new post of- j fice building, held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Pierceton community building. About 200 attended the well planned dedication services. He called the postal system “the phenonemon of this generation”, and liad praise for the men and women who work tirelessly in the system to “deliver one letter per day for each man, woman and child living in the United States.” Mr. Dowling said when Benjamin Franklin became tliis country's first . postmaster general in 1775 there were | 75 post offices and now there are 30, > 000. He said the U. & mails are ; used almost exclusively for the pro- j motion of the business economy of the country. He pointed to the huge research i program now underway to bring new methods into the department to I insure speedier mail deliveries. He also praised die ZIP code system as a means of leap frogging mail stops, i and urged his listeners to make use of it. Receive Flag Mr. Dowling conveyed the good wishes of President Lyndon B. Johnson and Postmaster General Lawrence O'Brien to the people of Pierceton and to members of the local post office department. He also presented a new fifty-star flag which had flown over the United States Capitol building and the Post Office Department building, which
postmasters following the Sunday de- 1 dication services of the new Pierce- 1 ton post office. i With Mr. Pequignot is speaker Pat 1
: freedom, progress and prosi was received by Menzie-Reece post commander Melvin Secor. The flag was presented to the people of Pierceton through the courtesy of Senators R. Vance Hartke and Birch Bayh, Mr. Dowling said. The Pierceton school band opened 1 the program with several selections and Max Miller and James Hahn presented the colors, for the MenzieReece American Legion Post 258. Postmaster Edward L. Pequignot welcomed those present and introduced high school principal Richard V. Reed who served as master of ceremonies. Rev. Clyde Byers of the Pierceton Methodist church gave tlie invocation, andd Rev. Tom Oler. of the Pierceton First Presbyterian church, read a scripture selection. The benediction was by Father Eui gene Zimmerman of the Saint Frani cis Catholic church. To close the program. the national anthem was played as the audience sang. Open House ' An open house was held at the | post office following the program, j where the new facilities could be ■ inspected. Members of the Lambda j Chi Omega sorority acted as ushers i at the gym. and served refreshments I at the open house. Later a reception was held at the home of postmaster and Mrs. Edward L. Pequignot. Pvt. Andrew Gilbert Stationed In Germany Pvt. Andrew L. Gilbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gilbert of Syracuse, left November 25 from Fort Knox. Ky., for Germany. He is stationed at Baumholder, Germany. His address follows: Pvt. Andrew L. Gilbert RA 16881966 HQ. Co. Ist Bn. 68 Arm. APO New York, N. Y.. 09034
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Dowling. On Mr. Dowling’s right is Everett Smith, North Webster postmaster. On Mr. Pequignot’s left is Paul Kizer, Milford postmaster; Paul
$ 87,770 Goes To REMC Members
William Orr, manager of the Kos-1 ciusko County R. E. M. C., announced that $87,770 in checks would I be mailed to members December 7. ! This payment is the third consecutive I year that the R. E. M. C. has authorized a cash distribution. Over 4,000 checks are being mailed to fam-! ilies, schools, churches, community i centers, small businesses and agri- j industrial firms. Approximately one- i third of the people of Kosciusko | county will enjoy direct benefits ; from this payment The R. E. M. C. was formed in the i late 30's and built over 400 miles of; line in 1938 and 1939. The organization now maintains over 850 miles of; distribution line and supplies electricity to over 5,600 member-families, or about 23,000 people. Margins, or savings of the organization. are called “Capital Credits”
Set Trial Date For Miss Lucas; Pleads Not Guilty To Charges
Miss Jean Lucas, 46, former treas- i urer of the Warsaw Community school's extra-curricular funds, entered a plea of not guilty when she appeared before Kosciusko circuit court judge Gene B. Lee on Friday f morning in answer to a grand jury I indictment of theft from the extra- ' curricular funds. Judge Lee set a trial by jury to begin at 9:30 on Monday morning, March 27. Miss Lucas is free on the SI,OOO I bond she posted last November 15 when the indictment was returned. She is charged with “unlawfully ’and feloniously obtaining and exert- ' ing unauthorized control over money i of the value of $6,268.07“ while servI ing as treasurer of the extra-curricu-i lar funds. This was during a period |of time from July 1, 1964, through December 31, 1965. | The shortage was announced by the i state board after a six-month audit of the corporation’s accounts. In a public report it was noted $15,471.95 was missing from Miss Lucas’ accounts. The shortages were listed as $6,268.07 “in checks issued either to cash or to Miss Lucas without supporting invoices”; $6,670.90 “in book rental fees not accounted for”; and $2,532.98 “in adult education fees not accounted for.” The grand jury indictment only > 1 ww Garth Cone Named To Taylor Team UPLAND, Ind. — Garth Cone, sophomore at Taylor university, has been named to the Taylor Trojans basketball team, coach Don J. Odle announced today. Commenting on Garth’s ability, Odle said, “He is one of the quickest and most deceptive front court men we have seen. Garth’s keen competitive spirit and canny ability to hit the open man make him a Trojan to watch.” Garth, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cone of Pierceton, is majoring in physical education. He also participates in baseball.
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Sittler, Silver Lake postmaster; and Kenneth Romine, Mentone postmaster. A Mail-Journal staff photo.
and are allocated to the memberusers at the end'of each year. Then, when the financial condition permits, the R. E. M. C. pays these “Capital Credits” in cash to its members. The Kosciusko County R. E. M. C. has earned margins every’ year since the beginning and has paid over $268,000 of these margins to its members. By diligent operation and efficient management, savings for members have averaged over 20 per cent of the members’ purchases for the past several years. Rates are comparable to. and in some cases lower than, rates of other utilities serving in the county. The locally elected board of directors is pleased that the R. E. M. C. can play a leading role in the building of a better community in our county.
i named the $6,268.07 amount. Serving on the jury were Harry E. Funnell, r 1 Mentone; Alvin D. Brallier, Winona Lake; Martha Mailers, Warsaw; Daisy Andrews, r 1 Claypool; Madalene Cartwright, r 1 Etna Green. Charles Outcelt, r 2 Pierceton. served as jury foreman. Conviction of theft results in a fine not to exceed $5,000 or imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than 10 years, or both, as well I : as disfranchisement. The audit by the state board was requested last April by the late Carl Burt who was then school superintendent, upon instructions from the school board. Mr. Burt had resigned his position in March, effective July 1. He had served the corporaI tion 23 years, leaving to accept a position' with Indiana university as coordinator for teacher training in northern Indiana. However, his re- ' cent stroke and death this week kept him from accepting the position. , During the audit Miss Lucas was requested by the school board to resign. This she did in June, effective July 1. She had served Mr. Burt as secretary for 18 years, receiving an annual salary of $6,000. Appearing with her Friday was her attorney John D. Widaman, ProseI cuting attorney Allan Rasor was also I present. II Tavlor is a 121-year-old Christian liberal arts college, with an enrollment of 1,251 students. i Mothers of W.W. II I Christmas Party { The Sidney Unit of Mothers of i World War II enjoyed a party at the North Manchester Saddle clubhouse on Saturday night. A pot luck dinner was served at 7 p.m. A short business meeting was conducted following the dinner by the president, Mrs. Nick Kinch. Cards were signed for several members who are ill or unable to be present. A financial report was given by Mrs. Galen Wolfe. Games were played with gag gifts being distributed. A gift exchange was held and pictures of the group were taken. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Nick Kinch, Mr. and Mrs. Von Ruse, Mr. and Mrs. Vem Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald DeLaughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kinzie, Mr. and Mrs. Amer Koontz, Mr. and Mrs. Myrtus Custer, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fruit, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Myers, Mrs. Joe Chalk. Mrs. Galen Wolfe and Mrs. Lillian Custer. Shop Local
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