The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 45, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 December 1966 — Page 1

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VOLUME 4

Lakeland Churches Plan Special Christmas Programs

Churches in the Lakeland area have special programs planned for this holy Christmas season. A list of their special events follows: Milford FIRST BRETHREN Members of the First Brethren church at Milford are planning their annual Christmas Eve candlelighting service again this year. Under the direction of Mrs. Glenn Morehead, it will be held at 8 p.m on Saturday, Dec. 24 The public is invited to attend the special service. NEW SALEM CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN The children of the New Salem Church of the Brethren will present their program on Sunday morning In the evening a smgspiration will be field. On Christmas morning the pastor. Rev. Howard Kreider, will deliver his Christmas message. BETHEL CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN The youth of the Bethel Church of the Brethren presented their Christmas program on December 11. A skit on decorating the tree with symbols was given and a mock television program of the birth of Christ in Bethlehem were highlights of the evening. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE The Christmas program of the Church of the Naxarene will be on December 18. Pupils in the kindergarten, primary and junior classes will present their part of the program following the Sunday school hour in the morning service The remainder of the program will be offered in the evening service at 7 30. The young people s class will be in charge at this lime. A candle light card sing will bring the program to a. close. A cordial welcome is extended to all. CHRISTIAN The play 'What Happened to Christmas?” will be presented by the teenagers of the Milford Christian church with backing of the choir and juniors. It will be presented at 7:30 this coming Sunday evening. Ann Turing is cast in the lead with Jim Oro, Steve and Denny Replogle, Carolyn and Gloria Rapp, Pat Spearman, Dale Custer and others adding their support Following the play the annual observance of the birthday cake for Jesus will be held. On Christmas day, Michael Hamilton. a student at the Cincinnati Bible Seminary, will deliver the message. Mike is the son of Mr. and Mrs Claude Hamilton of Milford. METHODIST The program at the Milford Methodist church will be held Christmas day between 10 and 11 am. It will be narration and congregation singing of Christmas carols, choirs and the children s program The narration explains the celebration of the birth of the Christ child and the first of Christmas - the oldest carol in the Methodist Hymnal, the first American carollike hymn, the star, description of the first Christmas night, the Christmas tree. Nativity scenes, and gifts at Christmas time. APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN The Christmas program will be presented this Sunday evening at 7 30 at the Apostolic Christian church in Milford. North Webster CHURCH OF GOD The North Webster Church of God will again present the live nativity scene in the church yard Saturday at 7 and 8 pm. and again on Sunday at 7 and 8 pm.

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. Trie Youth Fellowship of the church presented a play last Sun-1 dav at the church. i The Children's Christmas pro-j gram wall be Wednesday. Dec. 21. , Regular services are scheduled except for Sunday. Dec 18, when I there win be no evening service. ' CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN ,! On Sunday the entire church membership will participate in the I Christmas program. All members will also take part in the caroling on the evening of ; j December 21. when they visit the homes of shut-ms. On Christmas. Dec. 25, there will be a musical program and candle- ■ light service with the entire church taking part — I Syracuse ZION CILAPEL UNITED BRETHREN The Zion Chapel United Brethren i church, south of Syracuse, will present a Christmas program in the church Sunday evening at 7:30. The ■ public is invited to attend. Rev. David Powers is the pastor CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN Rev. Ralph Wagoner, pastor of the Church of the Brethren, announces the church Christmas program wil! be Sunday. Dec. 18, at 730 pm There will be special music by the choir and junior choir, and readings from the scriptures on the Christmas story . The public is invited. METHODIST There will be a Christmas eve candlelight communion service in the Methodist church beginning at 6 45 and lasting until 8 on Christmas eve Each family is asked to take a candle from the narthex and during the time they take communion. light that family candle and take it with them to their home. On Sunday the Wesley choir will present the music for the Sunday morning service. On Christmas the homily will be "You've Come, Jesus’. CHURCH OF GOD On Wednesday evening. Dec. 21, the church will present their Quistmas proffam. On Sunday night. Dei' 25. the youth of the church wil present a Christmas program. Rev. James McKfcben. pastor of I the church, invites the public to ithese services GRACE LUTHERAN Pastor Theodore L. Hertenstem j announces that Grace Lutheran ' church will observe the Christmas season with a communion service, a candlelight service and a festival service in addition to a night of carolling bv the Luther League. On Sunday the congregation will ; celebrate the final Sunday in Advent with the communion service at 10:45 a m Special music for this service will be provided by Philip K. Fawiey. AAGO. The Chancel choir, under the direction of Mrs. Jack Darr, will sing the anthem "Lo. How A Rose ”, a 16th Century melody’. On Christmas Ewe the traditional candlelight service will be held at II pm. Mr Fawiey and Joel Burk- ! holder will provide special organ music. The Chancel choir will sing 'Break Fbrth. O Beauteous Heavenly Light” by J. S. Bach. ‘ Angels We Have Heard on High” a French carol, and “In Dulci Jdbilo" as arranged by Margrethe Hokanson. The congregation will share in singing various carols. Pastor Heritenstein will present an original | ooem adaptation of ”T’was the Night Before Christmas”. • On Christmas Day the church school will meet at its usual hour at 9 30 am. but will meet jointly to witness the showing of a film • "The Candtemaker" and a fikn- < Continued on page 2*

Hctared share are Pania Bargett, ‘ i DiAaa Fisher. Craig Ruck. Dave Beer, Dak Brew* aad Jerry Me < CSntfc. la the track to Dale Rink. Waff abet*.

Milford Adult Farm Meetings Postponed Due to conflicts in scheduling, the I next two adult farmers meetings at i Milford will have to be postponed i until later dates. Plans were to meet with the Syr-1 acuse adult farmers on December ■ 14. This meeting will be held as planned, but the Milford group will not be able to be present as the annual Christmas program at Milford high school will be presented that evening. The December 19 meeting featuring the Diesch Chemical people has lieen postponed until February 27. due to a conflict at the company. The tentative schedule shows meetings being held on every Monday night starting with January 2 when the adult farmers will visit Chore-Time with the Syracuse adult farmers. Further announcements will be forthcoming in this paper. Ordaination Service Sunday Morning Robert Farrington and Brian Walls were ordained as deacons in the Milford Christian church Sunday during the hour of worship and | Leon Tucker was ordained as an elder. The services were conducted by the pastor. Carl Shearer, with the assistance of elders Darrell Om, Ralph Biller, Ralph Neff, Harry Good and Wallace Scott. Waubee Grange In Stated Meeting The regular meeting of the Waubee Grange was held Thursday evening in the Grange hall with master Ray Bray presiding. Reports of the state Grange sessions were given by the delegates Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Estep. Mrs. Robert Hollar received a first place rating and blue rfcbon in the needlework division for her embroidered lunch cloth which in turn was sent to the national Grange meeting for competition with other entries. She also won a second prize and red ribbon on a three-piece knitted baby set. Another winner from the local grange was Mrs. Herman Miller, home economies chairman, for her report of the year’s projects accomplished. She was one of 10 who received $5 for the grange. Thirteen officers responded to roll call. The home economics chairman named her committee for the new year, namely Mrs. Ray Bray and Mrs. Robert Hollar One of the first projects of the committee will be to purchase new drapes for the hall. A donation was given to the Christmas Seals Foundation. A thank-you card was received from Mrs. Helene Faulkner, who had been hospitalized for several weeks due to a serious automobile accident Mrs. Max Anglin, lecturer, led the group in singing “O Come All Ye Faithful” and “God Be With You". She also read an article from the national Grange paper and discussed the work of Wikiam Sander. "It's Hard to Believe" was used for her closing thoughts. Refreshments of sandwiches, cookies and coffee w’ere served at the close of the meeting. There will be a pot luck supper served at the next meeting, December 22, followed by a gift exchange. Syracuse Masons Elect Officers Monday Night Syracuse F. and A. M. number 4&4 held its election of officers at a meeting Monday night in the Masonic hail. The foltowing were elected for the coming year: W. M., Charles Searfoss; S. W, Herman Broekers: S. W., Douglas Yoder; trustee for three years. Detoss Weaver (re-elected*. The outgoing Worshipful Master is Robert Firestone. Installation of the new officers will be January 9. A ham and bean supper is scheduled.

PRE-CHRISTMAS DINNER ENJOYED AT COY HOME Mrs. Inin Coy of Milford entertained at dinner Sunday evening in honor of her family. The dinner was a pre-Christmas celebration. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Dale Sparkfin of Syracuse, Mr. and Mrs. David Clem of Goshen, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Laudaman of Urbana and Max Alan Laudaman and David Bruce Clem, both of Manchester college. The Landsmans will be spending the holidays m Hawaii.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1966

Community Christmas Party Sat, Dec. 17

The Syracuse Police and Firemen's Association will hold a community Christmas party at the Boy Scout cabin at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, according to Syracuse chief of police Dan Ganger. Chief Ganger is assuring youngsters Santa Claus will be on hand

Pioneer Industrialist

A. J. Weatherhead Dies In Cleveland

Albert J. Weatherhead. Jr., pioneer Cleveland industrialist, passed away yesterday (Tuesday* in his home in Cleveland. He was 74 years old. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in Cleveland. Although he had been seriously ill for some time, he remained active in his post as chairman and chief executive officer of the Weatherhead Company which he founded with sl.000 capitol in 1919 on his return from World War I. Mr. Weather head, a combat flyer in the war, hitched his industrial wagon to the stars of the automobile and aircraft industries, making better parts at lower cost for these dynamic markets. He personally held 75 patents of | products and processes on which his company thrived, even during the darkest days of the depression. In a letter to all 3,700 employees. George J. Grabner. company president. said Mr Weatherhead "had carefully planned for the day when he would no longer be in command. As a result the companies' financial foundation and management continuity will be virtually undisturbed by his death.” The company is a leading manufacturer of liquid power components and ordinance with factories or warehouses in Cleveland and Antwerp. Ohio; Angola, Columbia City, Fort Wayne and Syracuse, Ind.; Glendale, Calif.; and Portland, Oreg. Subsidaries include the Weatherhead Company of Canada, Ltd., at St. Thomas, Ontario; and Weatherhead Hydraulics, Ltd., at Lancashire, England. The deceased was director of Northwest Orient Airlines and Harvard university. He recently gave a half million dollar endowment to the university. North Webster PTA Plans Membership Drive January 3-10 The executive board of the North Webster Parent-Teachers Association met recently with Wendell Bryant, principal, in his office. A membership drive was planned for January S-10. A special program is planned for the first meeting January 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the school gym. The next executive board meeting will be December 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the principal's office. Santa To Visit Syracuse Library On Saturday Mrs. Oscar Bjella. children's librarian at the Syracuse public library. has announced that Santa will visit the library on Saturday. Dec. 17. from 2 to 4 pm. He is bringing tote of treats and wants to visit with all lus little friends.

Home Decorating Contest At Milford

The Milford Chamber of Commerce is currently making plans to sponsor a contest for decorating the homes of Milford this year and is urging all citizens to participate by decorating their properties for the Christinas season. Appropriate prizes will be awarded in the foltowing categories: Best decorated house front. Best decorated tree. Best religious scene. Judging will be done sometime between December 17 and 25 by Gordon Blduscr dud his committee. At the December 8 meeting of

to greet the youngsters and to pass out treats among them. He is reminding all mothers of this important mission by Santa Claus and inviting them to bring their children to the Scout cabin to meet him.

ALBERT J. WEATHERHEAD, JR. 'Charge-lf Explained To Area Merchants The new Midwest credit card, to be known as "Charge-It”, was explained to area merchants at a breakfast at the Pickwick Lounge Tuesday morning. The breakfast was arranged by the State Bank of Syracuse, who will initiate the new credit plan in the Lakeland area. Board chairman Harold Wellman introduced James Wright of the Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, who explained the plan. He said there are already 10 million cards in the midwest in use. He said the plan would eliminate bookkeeping at a retail store, stimulate trade, and give a retailer a quicker turn-over of his money. Bank employees are now signing up area merchants for the credit plan. FBI Enters Case of Car Stolen From Syracuse Man The Federal Bureau of Investigation has entered the case of a vehicle stolen from the parking tot at Western Rubber in Goshen last Monday between 5 and 10 p.m. The car belonged to Frank Rink of r 3 Syracuse and was an "amber sow" colored 1966 Ford two-door hardtop. The car was discovered later in the week by the Kentucky state police. Taken into custody were Leßoy Douglas, 27, Goshen, and John Joseph Lee. 23. South Bend, j Several shotguns and rifles were ! found in the back of the car. Serial . numbers are currently being checked against a list of firearms taken during a recent SI,OOO break-in at a Millersburg hardware. NEW ADDRESS FOR CONNOLLY Mr. and Mrs. Byron Connolly. Syracuse, have received the following new address for their son, Sgt. B P. Connolly. 1844885 U. S. M. C. Hq. S Co. 2nd Bn. 4th Marines, <LSU> c-o F.P.O. San Francisco, Calif. 96602. Sgt. Connolly has been sent to Viet Nam.

the Chamber of Commerce plans were adso made for stores to remain open after December 16 until 8:30 each evening. It was also noted Santa Claus will be in the downtown Milford area from 4 to 6 pro. on December 23 and 24. Support Junk Car Ordinance The Chamber of Commerce also went on record as supporting the town board in setting up a proposed junk car ordinance and urges aU citizens to make an effort to help keep Milford a desirable place in which to live.

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200 WATCH LIGHTING — The community Christmas tree at Crosson park in Syracuse was lighted Sunday at 4 p.m. by scout leader, James Hann, as 200 persons looked on. The ceremony was sponsored by the Camp Fire girls, boy scouts and

Area Merchants To Present Kiddies Show At Pickwick Area merchants are sponsoring a kiddies' show at the Pickwick theater in Syracuse on Saturday, Dec. 17, with shows at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Merchants who are giving away free tickets are named in an ad to be found elsewhere in this issue. Last year 1,100 children attended the show and received their treat. Treats will be given to all attending. Pythian Sisters Hold Election The Pythian Sisters, Loyal Temple 130 of Syracuse, met December 7 in the hall with 11 members present. M. E. C. Mrs. Agnes Stiffler presided. An election of officers was held with the following results: M. E. C., Mrs. Catherine Babcock: E. Sr., Mrs. Herbert Blue: E. Jr., Mrs. Doris Mohler: manager. Mrs. Bevon Crafton: secretary, Mrs. Ethel Grubb; and treasurer, Mrs. Zerola Zook. Also guard, Mrs. Artie Long: protector, Mrs. William Whetten: pianist, Mrs. Mary Brown: assistant pianist, Mrs. Herbert Blue; trustee. Mrs. Nelson Hoover; delegate to district convention, Mrs. Zook: alternate. Miss Florence Moore; delegate grand temple, Mrs. Crafton; alternate, Mrs. Whetten. Captain degree staff. Mrs. Lee Hoover: installing officer, Mrs. Hoover; press correspondent. Mr s. Grubb. The meeting closed in due form. County Senior Citizens Hold Christmas Party The Kosciusko County Senior Citizens held their Christmas party Monday evening in the Shrine building at the fair grounds, Warsaw. There were 95 members present to enjoy the pot hick dinner with the ham and turkey furnished by the chi>. Capt. G Howard Palomaki of the Warsaw Salvation Army gave the table grace. Foiowing the dinner the salute to the flag was given. President Oren Bumworth presided at the business meeting. All officers of 1966 were re-elected for the coming year. The kitchen committee elected was Mrs. Mildred Hill, Mrs. Pearl Novak and Mrs. Don Shoemaker. The meeting was then turned over to Capt. Palomaki who presented the program for the evening. Group singing of Christmas carafe was accompanied by Shannon Fletcher at the piano. Capt. Patornaki then presented a group of six young girls who presented several numbers on the tambourines. Mr. Fletcher played a special number “Christmas Rhapsody”. Capt. Palomaki’s subject was “The Wise Men Came Late”. It was voted to give a donation to the girls’ group and to the Salvation Army. At the dose of the program Santa ClaiK appeared and a gift exchange was hdd. The next meeting wffl be January 9.

other youth organizations of the community. Mrs. Harold Gallahan opened the ceremony. Rev. August Lundquist gave the invocation and Mrs. Richard Ditmer led the caroling. Cookies, hot chocolate and coffee

Riding The Wrong Horse (An Editorial) The arguments for and against a public recreation area at the abandoned fish hatchery site on Lake Wawasee have generated much heat but little light. Those against the public recreation area and favoring giving the land to Purdue university for a biological experimental station, mainly Lake Wawasee residents, appear to be riding the wrong horse. They raise the monstrous booga-boo of lake pollution and lay it at the door step of public bathers. A news conference which attempts to explain the lake’s high bacteria count notwithstanding, the real culprit in the pollution problem is lake front owners themselves. Pollution is a smoke screen, and not the real issue involved. “The real issue,” as one lake front resident pointed out, “is that we don’t want a lot of weekend gypsies at our lake!” t Retail merchants echo a strong voice that they want the hatchery site opened up to the public. These are the people that spend money here, and if they like the area, might eventually make this their home. It has happened before. Lake Wawasee is public property, not private property, much like a public highway. To make it private * would be to tell boat builders to quit making boats, ski manufacturers to quit making skiis, bathing suit manufacturers to quit making bathing suits, and so on. Indiana is already 50 years behind in providing public recreational areas for its residents. If tourism is to mean anything in Indiana, the fish hatchery site should certainly be made available to the public as a recreation area.

Syracuse Lake Residents Hold Lighting Contest

The special events committee of the Syracuse Lake Property Owners association has asked that all members participate in decorating their properties for the Christmas season. A contest is being held with five categories being named. Awards will be given for the following: Best display of house front on lake side.

BMnobile To Be In North Webster December 27 The Red Cross Bloodmobde will be at the Church of God in North Webster from 12 noon until 6 pm. on December 27. Mrs. Earl Teghtmeyer, Mrs. Jack C. Rhoades and Mrs. Robert Bostick are recruiters for the day. HIT AND RUN IN GOSHEN Richard Whitehead, r 1 Syracuse, reported $25 damage to his 1966 Dodge in a hit and run while parked at the Maple City Bowl on west Pike street. Goshen city police are investigating-

were served in the scout cabin by the Camp Fire girls with left-over cookies being donated to the Fort Wayne Children’s home. lights were donated by the boy scouts’ executive board and the town of Syracuse.

Best display of house front on street side. Best display of tree on lake side. Best display of tree on street side. Best overall display — grand prize. Judging will be done the week of December 18 by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thornburg and their committee.

Annual PTA Carol Sing Planned The Syracuse Elementary Parent Teachers Association carol sing will be held in the new gym on Sunday, Dec. 18, at 3 p.m. Mrs. Richard Ditmer, elementary vocal music instructor, will lead the singing of carols by various groups. The Syracuse elementary choir, a select group of fifth and sixth grade students, will participate in the program. AH parents and friends of the school are invited to attend.

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