The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 47, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 December 1966 — Page 4

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Now Comes The New Year

With the celebration of Christmas over, our thoughts turn to the new year. What will it bring? What is in store for the Dikeland area? New buildings? New businesses? A new park? All we can do is wait and see! One thing for sure the new year will bring the month of January — the first month of the ancient Roman year. It is from the word Janus which means twofaced god or numen of gates and doors and therefore of beginnings.

A Police Academy For Indiana

Indiana state police superintendent Robert A. O’Neal has met with law inforcement representatives twice in recent weeks to establish a law enforcement academy for our state. Out of the last meeting came unanimous agreement on legislation to be submitted to the General Assembly concerning mandatory police training in this state. If policemen were required to attend the school. Hoosiers would receive many

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20 YEARS AGO, DEC. 24, 1946 Mr. and Mrs. W. D Ness of Burket are the parents of a daughter. Janet Kay, bom at 10 45 a m Friday, at the McDonald hospital. Mrs. Ness was formerly Miss Ruth Clauss of Milford. The Milford Trojans defeated Leesburg Friday Mrs. Alva <Ruth» Crowl. 47. of Dewart Lake, was killed Thursday by the accidental discharge of a shotgun in the hands of her husband. Mrs. Crowl, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mdo Moore of Milford was bom in the vicinity of Milford and had liked near or in Milford all her life. A fire broke out in the attic of the Albert Graff home just south of Milford on old road 15, Sunday morning. It (fed considerable damage to' the attic and upper story of the i dwelling It is not known what | started the fire. Philip Stockman. S3C, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Stockman, is located at Ford Island. Pearl Harbor. I Funeral sen ices were held Mon- ; day for Mrs. Ester Hoover, 82. who died Saturday at the home of her * sou. Frank itoover. who lives east : of Milford. Mrs. Donald Davidsen. the for- j mer Miss Anita Perkins of Lynn. 1 Mass., was honored at a party last ! Wednesday by Mrs. Harold Wilson L given in her home. A kitchen show- > er was given Mrs. Davidsen. a re- • cent bride, and she received many ; useful gifts. The girls of the home economics class of Milford high school and their teacher. Miss Orr. entertained the mothers of the girls at a tea. Thursday afternoon. M YEARS AGO. DEC. 24. 1936 Mr. and Mrs. George Kline of near Topeka, have announced the engagement of their daughter. Miss Evelyn Pauline Kline to Glenn B Bare, son of Mr and Mrs. David Price of Milford. The wedding will take place some time in June. Mr. and Mrs Herbert Bare. Goshen. announce the birth of a daughter. Marienna Ann. December 17. Mrs. David Price is the paternal grandmother. Milford defeated Leesburg Tuesday night with a score 45 to 35. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mishler are moving to their property on west Emetine street. Mr. and Mrs. William Hartter will move to the Mishler farm which they purchased early this fall. The annual fish fry at North Webster last Wednesday evening sponsored by the county conservation dubs was attended by 1415 persons. Herbert Baumgartner. Mrs. Helen Funk and Miss Edith Baumgartner went to Ann .Arbor. Mich., after Archibald Baumgartner, who will spend the holidays here with his mother and family. E. E. Little is erecting a new milk house at his premises at the south edge of town. Allie Patrick, who recently disposed of his property at Milford

Wednesday, December 28, 1966

January will bring the Alaskan Centennial year with the celebrating to run all year. It will bring the parades and bowl games that football fans flock to each year. January is the month when many important men were born — Franklin D. Roosevelt, William McKinley and Robert E. Lee, to name a few. It was on January 17, 1955. that the submarine USS Nautilus sent the historic message, “underway on nuclear power.”

benefits, including l>etter protection. “With a sound training law and proper facilities." O’Neal said, “all Hoosier police agencies will be able to attract better men and provide better services.” News releases from the last meeting revealed the mandatory police training law would require all new police officers in this state to meet minimum standards of training. A proposed centrally-located training academy is included in the legislation.

Jet., will soon move his family to Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Miller and son. Jimmy, and Jesse Miller and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Mitchell. The home of Gene Troup east of here was the scene of a happy preCiiristmas dinner party. Sunday, for the children of Mrs. Alma Troup anti their families. 40 YEARS AGO. DEC. 23. 1926 Mrs. Mary Jane Fuller, 83. died Sunday afternoon at the home of her son, William W. Fuller. Death was due to the infirmities of age, after an illness of 10 days. Emory Druckamdler of Syracuse was a Sunday dinner guest of Laures Coy and his parents Mr. and Mrs Clarence Coy. Russel Sechier of Milford spent the week end in the Coy home. Miss Pauline Nicodemus, who has been engaged in teaching first grade work in the Troy. Ohio, school. has been granted a leave as absence until the hitter part of January, necessitated by a broken down condition of the nerves. She will be with her parents here Earl U. Miller and family left on Tuesday afternoon for Lakeland. Fla., where they w»U spend the winter. Mr. Miller has property at .Lakeland Mr and Mrs. F. E. Reed of Ann Arbor. Mich. arrived here Monday to spend Christmas with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Milo Moore. Rev. and Mrs. Fred R Hill were Sundav dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Wise. Choice Carnations A gift that will be appreciated $1.50 per dozen. Order now. Phone 277, Henry Beer. Early this week the ice over Waubee Lake, south of town, measured six inches in thickness Several of the neighbors assisted E H. Beech in husking corn last Mrs. Cora Wytemd and Wayne and Yvonne Butcher spent Sunday afternoon at the Ernest Mathews home. SO YEARS AGO, DEC. 21-28. 1916 The store of H. Wise 4 Son of Mil-

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. ford was packed all day Saturday with customers. Twelve clerks were employed and by 10 o’dock many were compelled to leave the store on account they could not be waited on. This firm is a great believer in low prut's and printers ink. The marriage of Charles D. Ryman and Miss Beulah lona Dewart was Wednesday. Dec. 13, at noon by Rev. Evard Smith. Mrs. Anna Culp, who formerly lived on east 4th street Milford, and who for some time acted as housekeeper for Jasber Clem, died at the home of her sister in Goshen Monday morning of Last week. She was about 65 years old. Ross Rodibaugh of Milford and Miss Lillian Deardoff of Syracuse were married at Warsaw Saturday. Mr. Rodibaugh is the son of George Rodibaugh of Milford. Miss Ruth Speicher of South Bend arrived here Saturday to spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Speicher. Mrs. William H. Yaste, died at her home on north Henry street Tuesday. Death came to Mrs. John Bennigan Tuesday, after many months of intense suffering with cancer. She was 42 years old. Aleck McCane and wife. Edgar Rippy and wife, all of Syracuse, spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Moses Wyland. Mrs. Charles Snyder of Pierceton spent Christmas with Mrs. Joseph Tusing west of Milford. Misses Mabie and Esther Tusing. who are attending high school at Warsaw, are also visiting in the home. ENTERTAIN FOR KNISLEY FAMILY CHRISTMAS DINNER Mr. and Mrs James Mench and sons of Hunnicutt Grove, Syracuse, entertained Sunday, Dec. 18. in their home for the annual Knisley family Christmas dinner. Among those attending were Mrs. John Kntsiey and son Carl of New Paris, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Knisley and family and twxj guests. Miss Carol Concinm and Miss Debbie Miller, all of Mishawaka. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Knisley and family and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Knisley and family, all of Goshen, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Knisley of Fort Knox, Ky„ and Syracuse residents. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Knisley, Mr. and Mrs. Robery Byrd and family, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Knisley and family. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Johnson and family and Miss Stephanie Hire. A speech written but not delivered does little barm.

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Overpass Accident Claims Lives Os Three Elkhart Youths

Jane Baumgartner, Indiana University freshman and 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Baumgartner of Milford narrowly escaped serious injury in a two-car accident at 10:08 p.m. last Wednesday, Dec. 21, at the Milford Junction overpass.

Less fortunate were three Elkhart youths who lost their lives in the accident. They were: Charles E. Collins, HI, 23, 432 West Lexington Avenue. Elkhart, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Collins, Jr. Larry E. Masten. 18, 2718 Prairie street, Elkhart, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Masten, driver of a late model Valiant belonging to his father. And Paul Brown. Jr., 18, 4808 Forrest View, Dunlap, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Brown. Brown and Collins were passengers in the Masten auto. On Overpass The preholiday accident occurred on the south slope of the Milford Junction overpass over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, only several hundred feet north of the point where three Elkhart girls lost their lives about a year and a half ago when their car hit a stationary piece of road equipment. Jane Baumgartner, who had arrived home only a short time earlier from her studies at Indiana university, was driving her parents’ 1966 Chevrolet Impala north on state road 15. headed for the 6 and 15 case. She was going up the overpass at a normal rate of speed when the oncoming car driven by Larry Masten went out of control and slid broadside into her lane of traffic. The impact occurred in the northbound lane of the highway. Both cars were a total loss. The oncoming car was struck by

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the Baumgartner car with force, and both vehicles came to rest at the point of impact. Miss Baumgartner, who was not using seat belts at the time, struck her head on the windshield and her upper lip was cut, apparently when her head struck the steering column. The three Elkhart youths were thrown out of their car on the driver’s side. Police said Collins was dead at the scene, but that Paul Brown and Larry Masten died shortly after arriving at the Goshen hospital. They were en route to Oswego to visit Marsha Ann Tenney, girl friend of Brown. Miss Baumgartner was taken to the Goshen hospital in a private conveyance where doctors took stitches to close a wound to the left side of her upper lip. She was also cut under her upper lip. She suffered a bruise on the left knee and on the calf of the right leg, but had no fractures. She remained in the hospital over night Bridge Slick At the time of the accident road 15 was wet and there was a very light snow falling. However, the temperature was at the freezing point, and the bridge had iced up. Officers advanced the possibility that Masten lost control of his car when

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he hit the ice atop the bridge. While there were no eyewitnesses, Ronald Hertenstein of Syracuse was traveling north on road 15 just ahead of the Baumgartner car. He said he passed die Masten auto on top of the overpass. He said he saw the Masten car out of control. He watched it in his rear view mirror, saw it fishtail, then there was a crash and its lights went out. Young Hertenstein went to the bottom of the overpass on the north, turned around and came back to the accident. He said the southbound car was traveling at a high rate of speed. Traveling south on road 15 were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clawson of North Webster. Mr. Clawson said they passed the Baumgartner car and shortly thereafter heard a crash. They turned around and went to the accident scene, but they were not the first ones there, he added. Funerals Saturday Funerals for the three Elkhart youths were held Saturday. Charles Collins ID, 23, was born November 17, 1043. in Elkhart and was employed as a carpenter at Richardson Homes. Services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Grace Baptist church where he was a member with Rev. Don Long officiating. Burial was in the California cemetery. Surviving besides his parents are three brothers. Larry, Floyd and James, all of Elkhart, and four sisters, Mrs. Ronald W. (Nancy) Cathcart, Mrs. John (Pamela) Cupary.

ACCIDENT AUTOS — These two photos show the cars involved in the two-car accident on the Milford Junction overpass at 10:08 p.m. last Wednesday which claimed the lives of three Elkhart youths and in which Jane Baumgartner of Milford escaped with minor injuries. The top photo shows the 1966 Chevrovet Impala driven north by Jane Baumgartner as it hit the right side of th< late-model Valiant driven by Larry Masten of Elkhart. The bottom photo shows the drivers’ side of the Valiant from which the three victims were thrown out of the car. Standing on the right is state trooper Larry Yeiter. Photos by Goshen News.

and Donna and Margaret, all of Elkhart. Services for Paul Brown were at the Wally-Mills-Zimmerman funeral home at 3 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Donald Jannings officiating. Burial was in Oakridge cemetery. Surviving besides his parents are a brother, James K.. of Indianapolis; three sisters, Patricia, Mari Lee and Joan Ann at home, and grandparents, Mrs. Gertrude Eby of Elkhart, Mrs. Sill Fuson of Pineville, Ky., and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Brown of Warsaw. Brown was employed at Adams Typewriter, and was born July 24, 1948, and graduated from Concord high school. Larry Masten was bom February 2, 1948. in Elkhart. A freshman in aviation technology at Purdue and a graduate of Concord high school in 1966, he is survived by his parents; two sisters, Delores Ann. a senior at Purdue, and Gail E. of Elkhart; two brothers, George E., HI, and Michael A. all of Elkhart; and his grandmother. Mrs. Dora Bickel and Mrs. George E. Masten, Sr., of Elkhart. If the price of food goes much higher, there will be something to owning a farm.

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Masons To Observe Feast Os St. John , Masons of Milford and surrounding areas joined in a statewide observance of the Feast erf St. John the Evangelist on Tuesday evening, Dec. 27. Under the sponsorship of the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Indiana, lodges in hundreds of Hoosier communities will pay traditional honors to one of its two patron saints. The organization’s other patron saint is St. John the Baptist. Joseph L. Bridwell, of Franklin, Grand Master of Masons in Indiana. has authorized all lodges to celebrate St. John’s Day with a revival of an ancient “table lodge’* ceremony, including special music and talks. Table Lodge ceremonies will be held in the banquet halls of the following lodges in this area: Cromwell Lodge No. 705, Cromwell, will be host to Albion Lodge No. 97 of Albion in a joint observance. and to Ligonier Lodge No. 185 of Ligonier. They will meet in the Cromwell high school cafetorium. Goshen Lodge No. 12, Goshen. Warsaw Lodge No. 73, Warsaw. Leesburg Lodge No. 181, Leesburg. Kosciusko Lodge No. 418, Milford. Sidney Lodge No. 579, Sidney. The Indiana Masonic calendar provides for annual celebrations of the two patron saints, one in December and the other in June, each on the local level. This Hoosier program is unique; nothing similar to it has been attempted by the Grand Lodge of any other state. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Beck on Christmas Eve were their sons, Charles, and Mrs. Beck of Ligonier, Wended. Mrs. Beck and children, Wendy, Cenda, Jennifer and Bob. all of Avilla. Miss- Mary Bonnett, a sophomore at Indiana university, is spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Waltz, at Lake Wawasee. With Miss Bonnett is Tim James of Bloomington.

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