The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 31, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 September 1967 — Page 6

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FIRE PHOTOS—These two photos are of the Uherty Coach Co. fire at Syracuse last Wednesday afternoon. The top photo was taken during the • • •

Damage Runs Into Many Thousands

Liberty Coach Back In Business After Fire

The response of Liberty Coach Company workmen and other outside help with heavy equipment in cleaning up the debris resulting from a large fire at the coach company’s Syracuse plant last Wednesday has been nothing short of miraculous.

Following the early afternooi fire which caused a damage run rung into many thousands of dol lars. workmen literally put theii shoulder to the wheel and worket until midnight to clear the damag eel area. The next morning the clean-uj detail began and continued tiirough out the day. By nightfall Thursday it was difficult to tell there had been a fire of such proportions. On Tuesday morning of this week, general manager E. W. Bechtold commented, ‘"You can say we’re back in business.” And back in business they were. Edward Hussey is president of the company. Mr. Bechtold said no accurate estimate on damages could be made at this time, but that damages would be considerable. One partially completed coach was burned, besides much material was destroyed. In Old Rinker Building The ok! vacated building which formerly housed the Rinker Boat Company, located diagonally across the street from the portion of the coach company plant that burned. was quickly reworked by Liberty Coach Company workmen, to be used as temporary quarters for the cabinet and paint shop. New windows were put in the building and new flooring and partitions where needed. ] The fire broke out at 11:25 p.m. last Wednesday in the paint department. and quickly spread to the adjoining metal and cabinet departments and mill room. Manford (“Jake”) Newcomer, a paint department employee, was one of the first to discover the fine, it was reported. He said. "I looked up and saw fire around the lights. Then I hollered Tire’." He added. “Ike (Deloss Weaver) and I ran out of there. We weren't quite out the door when it exploded. It even blew my hat off. and a couple guys got their hair singed.” The paint department was located at the far south end of a series of buildings and is on Pittsburgh street. Two years ago a similar fire occurred in the same area, recalls Everett (“Scrappy") Graff, now a bartender at the Kale Island Beacon, but at that time an employee in the paint room. He had ' just left die building when an ex- : plosion occurred. ' The Liberty plant at Syracuse 1 burned to the ground on July 12. 1 IM7, and it was then moved to <

Wednesday, September 6, 1967

fire, and the bottom one was taken in the clean-up activities. Thursday afternoon when IJberty The plant was back in production Coarii employees and other outside on Tuesday of this week. help with large equipment assisted Mail-Journal staff photos. ••♦ • • •

>n 1 Bremen. It returned to Syracuse 10 [j- vears ago and has been a large 1-1 high-pay employer in this communir ity over the years. Besides the Syracuse fire department. calls were answered by the ! Milford and North Webster departp rnerds. h y Milford Locals j Rev. and Mrs. Emeral B. Jones ( e of Wethersfield. Conn., are spend-: , | ing a week with Mr. and Mrs. Dane Rarick of r 1 .Milford. Following the weeks visit at Milford, the Joneses j f I will travel on to Pendleton where they wig visit Mr. Jones’ son. Beryl Jones. * : ! Tom Fuller of Milford left today i ’ i for his senior year at Ball State ; university. He will graduate in Feb- j • j ruary of 1968. Michael Amolt of Nappanee left j last Tuesday for Fort Benning. Ga. | He is in the Nattonal Guard resen - i es. Tc Sgt. and Mrs. Billy Thomas of , * near London, England, and their; three sons are guests of Rev. and f Mrs. Albert Curtright of Milford.: i After spending a couple of weeks s in Milford, they will journey to Or-1 lando. Fla., where thev will make their home. Mrs. Thomas is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Ortright. The Thomases have spent the past three years in England. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grubaugh lof LaGrange were overnight guests : and spent Labor Day with Mrs. I Grubaugh’s parents. Rev. and Mrs •Wert O. Curtright, at Milford. Mr. and Mrs. Donn D. Kesler of r 1 Milford had dinner and supper guests Sunday. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Angle, parents of Mrs. Kesler, and daughter Ruth of Peru; Mr and Mrs. Phillip Angle of Roaring Springs. Penn , brother of Mrs. Kesler; and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Angle of Warsaw. All enjoyed bar-b-qued chicken for dinner. Also for supper, guests were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Angle of Peru. Mr. and Mrs. William Faddy of r 3 Syracuse had a neighborhood ice cream social Sunday afternoon The guests included people that lived on the Lake Front drive on the west side of Dewart lake. Mr. and Mrs. Ario Beiswanger of I r 1 Milford had dinner guests Mon-' day. The guests were Dr. and Mrs. Brad Beiswanger of Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs. Jan Fuller and two sons of Huntsville, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. John Stahly of Nappanee; Mr. and Mrs. James Moore and children of Nappanee; Mr. and Mrs.

Bill Rex of Albion, Mich.; Mrs. Charles Stalily of Nappanee, Mrs. Beiswanger's mother; Mrs. Michi aei Arnolt of Nappanee; Miss Lynn Drozba of Gary; and Tom FuTler, | son of Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Beiswanger. Tliere were 22 guests altogether. Mrs. Zora Phillips of Milford, her daughter. Mrs. Betty Farrington, and her granddaughter Angela, visited Mr. and Mrs, George Auer of near Dewart Lake Tuesday afternoon. Week end and Labor Day guests of Mr. and Airs. Andrew J. Beer of r 1 Milford were Mr. and Mrs. Urban Bauer and son Ray and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Young of Cissna Park, i 111. The Beers and their guests were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Beer of r 1 Milford on . Labor: Day.

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Mrs. Shuder Is Hostess To WCTU The Women’s Christian Temperance Union met in the home of Mrs. Cleveland Shuder in Milford on Monday. Scripture, prayer and comments were given by Mrs. S. A. Bauer. A report of the last meeting was given by Mrs. Shuder and experiences were toki of the booth at the county fair. A report was given on the poster contest in the county schools, with the Syracuse schodi winning two state prizes. Homemade fudge was sold at the fair to pay for the booth with ample left over for future work. Annual reports were filled out for the fall convention which will be held at the New Salem Chirch of th? Brethren on Monday, Sept. 11, with a sack lunch. The following officers were elected for the coming year which began September 1: President — Mrs. Glen Morehouse Vice president — Mrs. Lena Bauer Treasurer — Mrs. Robert Rumfe£t Secretary — Mrs. Henry Biller and Mrs. Cleveland Shuder ! Committee members are as fol- • lows. Christian Outreach, Mrs. i Donald Fox; education, Mrs. Robert Rumfelt; home protection, Mrs. i Kendall Biller; legislation, Mrs. i Lena Bauer; projection methods. Mrs. Robert Rumfelt; public rela- | tions. Mrs. Henry BFJer; social sen ice, Mrs. Edna Tom and Mrs. MauSe Davault. The membership drive for the new year is underway. The state WCTU is urging new and old memi bers to be Rock of Ages members with a prayer and a penny a day for temperance causes. The present membership is 31 with eight men as honorary members. Mrs. Shuder s?rvcd refreshments before adjournment and Mrs. Donald Fax gave the closing prayer. AT STATE FAIR TALENT SHOW ,Ricky Rapp played a baritone horn solo entitled “Ruby” at the Farm Bureau talent show held on the fair grounds in Indianapolis on Monday. Rick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rapp of r 2 Milford, was accompanied by his sister, Cynthia, at the piano.

Letters To The Editor

Letters Bring Response

Dear Editor, I see that my letter is bringing some results. So I must have stepped on somebody’s toes. And I hcpe to do it again until all the communist sympathizers are converted to the beliefs of the Republic founding of the United States. Which the communists are steadily changing to their form of socialistic government. That was a very fine letter Dorothy’ Johnson. I wish that there were more conservative minded people like you. Tlien we wouldn't have all this aid to the communists and the murdering of our men in Viet Nam. Rebecca Kitson: You stated that I must be a hatefid person. Yes, I have some hate in me. I hate the communists and their sympathizers for taking away my freedom, both religious and government. And as for hate, look at yourself and your letter. It contains nothing but hate. Now let’s look deeper into the communist style government, the government we now have, and the government that we did have. The communistic government is a total rule over the people, it creates all people equal in class and financial, the people cannot voice their opinion. Socialism is a modern word for communism. A Democracy is a type of government that controls the people and the supreme power, the people have no say except in the elections. This is the type of government that we have now

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A Republic type of government is w-hat the United States was founded on. a Republic is governed by the people for the people, the people have the control of the supreme power. its representative and executive officers. If we still had the Republic form of government, our men w’ould not be in Viet Nam and Korea. Nor would we have the U.N., the National Council of Churches, UNICEF and UNESCO, which goes directly into the hands of the communists. We wcc;ld not have all these riots, which are promoted by the communists. Nor would we have the communist party in the United States. In other words we would have total freedom with the Republic government. We also wouldn’t have a communist sympathizer for chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Now take a good look at these three types of government, and see which cue that you would have your self and your children live with. I still say, let’s tar and feather the communists. Sincerely, John A. Nissley NOTE COMPLAINT FILED Kitch Acceptance corporation of Fort Wayne has filed a note complaint in Kosciusko circuit court against Robert L. Williams, Jr., r 2 Syracuse. Judgment in the amount of $412.60 is being asked.

SHS CLASS OF 1920 HOLD REUNION Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bushong. Syracuse, were hosts to a pot luck dinner and get-together at their home Labor Day. The 1920 graduating class of Syracuse hign school w'as present with the exception ot Chauncey Hibner and Christine Rapp Saunders of Cleallam Bay, Wash. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Freeman of West Lafayette, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Foster. South Bend. Mr. and Airs. Arthur Becker, Elkhart, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Treadway. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Deaton. Mr. and Airs. Roy Niles, Airs. Louise Byland and Robert Strieby, all of Syracuse.

WE HAVE MOVED TRUDY’S BEAUTY SALON Has Moved From Its Location on Main Street To 302 North Henry In Milford

Stookeys Win State Honors E. G. and J. R. Stookey of r 2 Milford won honors in the Indiana classes of the Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle judging at the state fair on September 1. They won second with a five-year and over cow and third place with their dairy herd. Mission Circle Ladies Attend Playhouse Recrntly the Mission circle ladies of the yracuse Church ofS God attended the performance of “Half-a-Sixpence” at the playhouse at Warsaw. Proceeding the play, 14 members enjoyed dinner. This w’as the annual ladies day out. B THE BIBLE B [ SPEAKS fl TO YOU WSBT 990 K. C. South Bend j “Making the Grade in College. Sunday - 9:15 a.m. This week's Christian Science program