The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 36, Milford, Kosciusko County, 11 October 1967 — Page 1

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To Lay Cornerstone At Bethel Church Sunday

The Bethel Church of the Brethren will lay the cornerstone to the new educational addition on October 15. The cornerstone committee includes JtSse Miller, chairman, Grace Noss and Donn Kesler. The cornerstone, presented by Mr. and Mrs. Wade Mishler, will be laid following the Sunday service, or at approximately 11:30 a.m. Since there was no cornerstone placed when the original structure was built in 1905. this cornerstone will also commemorate and honor the original church. Several items wiH be placed in i

County To Receive $175,103 In January

Commissioner of revenue William L. Fortune announced today that $30,968,659.03 will be distributable on January 1, 1968. to Indiana cornties for property tax relief This figure represents eight per cent of the total collections of sales and individual adjusted gross income taxis remitted from January 1 through September 30, 1967. The 1967 Indiana general assem- „ My specified that each county shall receive an amount equal to the percentage of that county's contribution to the total state collections ot individual adjusted gross income taxes. Kosciusko county will receive .847194 per cent of total. The sales tax distribution is $90,168.19 while

Thedia’sTo Open In Milford I On Thursday Thedia’s Beauty Salon located on Main street in Milford, will reopen i Thursday morning The ship has been redecorated and is ready to serve the ladies of the area. Mrs. Gordon Thediai Rhodes is owner and operator and will have Dorothy Burgett and Pat Davis working with her. The she» will be open from Tuesday through Saturday and will offer a complete beauty service.

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GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY—Mr. aod Mrs. Farrell Ott, r 1 Ugoder. wfll| observe their 5Mh wedding anniversary Soaday. Oct. 15th at a reception tai their home four and one-half miles west of Ligonier, from I to 5 tn > Mr. Ott and Mayme Emery were mdrried October 11.

Wendell Baumgartner Brings Intended Bride From Behind Iron Curtain In Love-Laced Saga!

Wendell Baumgartner. 43-year-1 old Parma Heights. Ohio, junior high school teacher, who is well • known in the Miford area, is hack before his classes following a love- i laced saga of international proportions in which he successfully i brought his intended bride. Miss Ruth Matysiak, from behind the *Mi curtain. Raumgartner is a brother to Mrs. Harold Kaiser of /Word. and a nephew to Arch Baumgartner, publisher of The Mail-Journal. He has been on leave of absence since June in what has been until now a futile attempt to have Miss Matysiak brought to the United States legally.

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the cornerstone. the list of charter members. the current membership, a list of aid past ministers of the congregation, several articles from The Mail Journal, photographs of the present congregation, and other items relating to the building, past and present. The comerstaie committee is soliciting items of historical significance to the congregation from friends in the community, to lie placed in the cornerstone. If you have any such items • photos, articles, etc ), and feel that you could I contribute them, contact Rev. William Roop at 658-4331.

the income tax distribution is $84,915.45 for a total of $175,103.64. In neighboring counties Marshall wiH receive .560445 per cent of the total. $61,791,37 in sales tax distribution and $58,178.82 in income tax distribution for a total of $119,970: Whitley will receive .412761 per cent with $43,040.54 in sales tax distribution and $41,371.62 m income tax distribution for a total of $85,312.16; Noble wfil receive ,519i58 per cent lor $55,274.51 in sales tax distribution and $52,042.96 in income tax (Lstribution for a total of $107,317.47; and Elkhart county will receive 2.379044 per cent for $306.489.13 in sales tax distribution and $288,570.65 in incane tax distribution for a total of $595,059.78.

Carolyn Smith To Attend WKa Convention Delegates from the Women's physi;cal education department of Ball State university will attend a statewide convention of the Women's recreation association Sunday in Indianapolis. The purpose of the convention is the coordinating of the women's extramural games for the 1967-68 school year, there will be four delegates including Miss Carolyn Smith. Syracuse, a sophomore at Ball State. According to Miss Dianna Buche, a junior at Ball State, vollevball, basketball. baseball, field hockey, tennis and jxxsibly some gymnastic events will be scheduled between colleges and universities of Indiana.

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Baumgartner met the comely | East German lass two years ago < when he visited East Germany with a fellow Parma Heights teacher, Roman Matysiak, brother of the intended bride. Since then he tried everything to get Ruth freed from East Berlin. He tried the state department; he tried the U. S. Embassy in West Berlin; ha tried internationalist Cyprus Eaton: he even enlisted the aid |of Cleveland congressman William Minshall. Nothing worked, commented The Cleveland Press in a page 1 story. I Baumgartner told the embassy in West Berlin:

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Lakeland Schools Receive $l5O From IHSAA This Month The Lakeland schools — Milford; North Webster and Syracuse — each received $l5O from the Indiana High School Athletic Association this month. The checks were received in a special distribution made October 1. Os the total $112.50 was for partticipation in the 1967 sectional basketball tourney and $37.50 was for membership in the IHSAA during the 1966-67 school year. Since the program began in 1932. the total per school is $3,392 or a grand total 'including 1967' of $2.335.220.25. MILFORD PARTICIPATES IN FIRE DRILL TODAY Students in the Milford schools participated in the 21st WOWO fire drill today. The Fort Wayne radio station cooperates with the fire department officials throughout Indiana. Ohio and Michigan in observance of National Fire Prevention week. October 8 through 14. The station senes as the central fire alarm system for the annual mass evacuation fire drill which in past years, has involved almost 600 public and parochial schools throughout the Tri-Slates Time of the drill: 9:45 a.m.

Work Is Progressing On Wawasee High

Barton Wade reported to members of the Lakeland school board Tuesday evening that the 75 men presently working at the site of Wawasee high school are trying to get something under roof before the weather turns against them. He stated 30 per cent of the ecncrete is in place on the first flaw of unit one with 35 per cent of the metal deck down and all the ceiling joists completed. The underground plumbing is also almcfit completed. All outside walls in unit two are up one story and the outside masonery waKs in unit three will be j • pretty well up” this week. The'boiler pads are in unit four, and workers are waiting for the j boiler which might not arrive until sometime in December. The contractor is planning to make a trip 1 to Pennsylvania to see about an i earlier delivery date. Grading of the footbdl field fc reedy for the electricians, howev-1 er. the truckers strike hold j up the electricians. The plumbers | started at the sate on Monday morn-1 ; ingIn money and material Mr. Wade stated the’ project is way ahead of schedule. Construction is on schedule and may be ahead. With the 75 men working the project should go ahead until the bad weather hits. Board members approved the fol- , lowing payments on construction of Wawasee high school: For School Development Corporation — W. A. Sheets and Sons. Inc.. $88,362-50: W. A. Sheets and Sons. Inc. $59,175; William P. McDonald. Inc.. $2280.80: Wftliam P. McDonald. Inc., $14,445; Schmidt ; Electric Shop. Inc., $5,490 and First Charter Insurance Company 'builders' risk' $3,660. For the Lakeland school corporation — architectural fees, i $501.76; W. 4l Sheets and Sons, Inc., $11,457; Burton Plumbing and Heating Company, Inc.. $1,836; William

1 *T no longer need your help. I’ve arranged on my own to have Ruth smuggled out” And so he did. using a professional escape organization, specializing jin plucking East Germans from! J that communist state to freedom. Baumgartner said. “I will dto- ; close only what the communists t I know themselves. They know that ■ >Rufh flew from East Berlin to I Prague in Czechoslovakia on Sepi tember fi.” - He declined to give any details i about the “Scarlet Pimpernel*’ organization that engineered the es3 cape. “It cost me several thousand dollars,” he confided. The Cleve-

REVIVAL SERVICES AT MILFORD FIRST . BRETHREN CHURCH Rev. James Black, pastor of the First Brethren church of Waterloo, lowa, will be bringing a series of gospel messages at the First Breth- ; ren church of Milford the week of • October 16 1 j Services will begin Monday eve- ) jning at 7:30 and continue every ■ night, closing with the Sunday eve--1 ning service of October 22. •I . Plan To Help Teach Spanish People English Would you like to help someone in the Milford community to read English? The Goshen Literacy Council is a group of volunteer teachers working in the Goshen I area. They uSs Lauback Literacy : materials, designed especially for adults. I Their next training session for teachers will be a four week session b'ginmng Monday, Oct. 16, from 9 to U a.m. The course will be continued on October 23 and 30 and November 6. The meetings will be at 611 Gra-Roy Drive, one block from the Goshen hospital. If you would like to become a i volunteer teacher, perhaps working with the Spanish speaking peoples in the Milford community, contact Mrs. Earl S. Lehman at 553-6518.

P. McDonald. Inc., $756; First Charter Insurance Company, j (builders’ risk', SBOI. The payments were approved on a motion made by Charles W. Kroh and a second by Dr. Robert Craig. A change order was also approv-1 ed for the ceiling in the group instruction room at an amount of $319. 3 Inunel Reports Lewis S. Immel, adminfetrative assistant and treasurer of the corporation, reported to the board on his trip to Indianapolis on Thurs- . day. a handbook he is working on I for teachers, attendance reports, a {chart he is working on pertaining ito accident reports, his plans to {represent the corporation at a stu{dent teachers' meeting next Monday at Goshen college, attending {the admissions congress in Indiaj napolis with the guidance people and of investments. Lantz Reports | Business manager Marion Lantz (reported shop and lab eye proteci five goggkfi had been purchased for the several schools of the corporation in regards to state rulings. The company supplying the goggles (was required to supply the ccrpoj ration with a notarized letter stating they comply with state spenfi- ' cations | He called the board’s attention to the request made by REMC sometime ago on removing trees from the west side of Kern road at the high school site. NIPSCo is present- ‘ ly running lines on the east side of the rood so REMC is considering changing sides too. After discussions the board stati ed it would prefer REMC also use ' the east sid n of th’ road as trees on i the west sid? wcild have to be re- ’ moved before that side cold be ■ used and two walnut trees are in- • voived. i 'Continued On Page 12>

land Plain Dealer gave the figure at a reported $2,000. . Resting in a refugee reception center at Giessen. 50 miles northeast of Frankfurt. Miss Matysiak said, “All the way on the pkme to Prague I was afraid someone would tap me on the shoulder and say I could not go.” " A nurse by profession, the 35-'year-old East Berliner hopes to ar-! I rive in Parma Heights in the near future. She should have do difficulty in obtaining a US. visa to enter the United States. I Baumgartner lives at 6787 Yord Road, Parma Heights. Ohio.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1967

Cluen Elected President Os United Telephone Jack C. Cluen of Fairlane Drive, 1 Warsaw, was named president and J a member of the board of directors J of United Telephone Company of 1 Indiana, Inc., effective October 4, it ' was announced today by company I officials. Coincident with Cluen’s appointment, T. A. Danielson, cf 113 Men | Mac Drive, Warsaw, who formerly ’ held the office of president, was ' elected chairman of the board of : the company. Danielson will also • assist in the operation of the company in an advisory capacity thru the first quarter of 1968, at which time he expects to retire. G. A. Steele of 216 south High street, Warsaw, formerly chairman of the board, will continue on the board of directors, and will Serve in ' a consultant capacity through the I coming year. United Telephone Company of Indiana. Inc., headquartered at q Warsaw, is a member of the United g Telephone System, the third-largest 0 telephone system in the nation. f ( u Ladies Os The y Round Table Meet The Ladies of the Round Table of Syracuse met Monday night in I the lake home of Mrs. David Spray. I There were 22 members and four I new members, MisS Avis Rowland, I Mrs. Harold Arnold. Mrs. Paid I Rush and Mrs. John Naab. | The president, Mrs. James Al- I ford, opened the meeting in regular I form and conducted a short bush I ness meeting. I The program chairman, Mrs. I Michael Neff, presented MiSs Ethel I k ßr.wscr, who gave an interesting I biography of Cole Porter. Indiana I song writer and composer. | Refreshments were served by I the hostess. The next meeting will I be October 23 in the home of Mrs. I ; Clayton Mock. I To Take Elementary Pictures At Syracuse Principal John Naab of the Syra- 1 cuse elementary school has an- | nounced the student's photo will be taken next week. Pictures of individuals in kindergarten and grade six will be taken on Monday, Oct. 16. and kindergarten and grades one, two, three, four land five will be taken on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Miss Rothenberger Entertains Club Miss Katherine Rothenberger entertained the Wednesday Afternoon dub of Syracuse in her lake home on October 4. 1 PresMfent Mrs. Paul O. Warner called the meeting to order in the usual form and the secretarytreasurer, Mrs. Court Slabaugh. asked for the response “News of ] Our Boys in Service” for roll call. ; The various committee chairmen ] were called upon for reports and it , was voted to continue the art and ( music funds and to get checks in the | ] maS to the dub federation for the ] ; same. It was also voted to pay fed-. eration dues immediately. Speaks M Syracuse The program chairman. Mrs. Vernon Brinkman, introduced the speaker. Miss Rothenberger. Her subject was. “Syracuse. Then and i NW. The ch*> members were taken back to the early day*s of Syra-. cuse life with an interesting cover- ; age of al! phases of fife in a smdl» town. The various churches, business houses, lodges, schools, tav- s ertß. social activities and family i life were described and up to the present time. | Miss Rothenberger had many i 8 interesting items to illustrate the trends of Syracuse of “Then”. After i the informative ta&, the members h took a tour of her home, where kmany more objects of great historical value and interest were on disj play. - j The meeting was defied with the Mizpah Benediction. Refreshments ware served at a - beautifully appointed table. Mrs. r * Warner resided at the coffee serv- * ice and Mrs. Fred Clark at the tea service. A social period followed, in The next meeting will be Wedneste Oct. 8, with Mrs. George KJeopfer. Mrs. William T. Jbnes. •d Jr., wil talk about the Smith-Wal-bridge Camp.

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LAY CORNERSTONE—.Members of tiie Syracuse Churqjh of the Brethren gathered around the northwest corner of their church on West Main street following Sunday morning services to lay the cornerstone for their new structure. The church was founded in 1887. In the above picture are, from left.

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Dedicate Memorial Chapel At Camp Grissom Honoring Hugh Neer

A cold, driving rain failed to dampen the spirits of about 150 local residents who gathered at Camp Grissom at 4 p.m. Sunday to dedicate the new memorial chapel of Troop and Pack 28 of Syracuse to their late friend and scout leader Hugh E. Neer, who passed away on May 22 at the age of 32.

Camp Grissom, located on county road 500 E, three miles south ot Syracuse, is named after the late beloved Hoosier astronaut Virgil (“Gus”) Grissom cf Mitchell. Ind. Grissom lost his life at Cape Kennedy in an Apollo capsule fire, a-1 long with Roger Chaffee and Edward White. Impressive Chapel ! The chapel encloses an area of 35 by 50 feet and is dominated by a 1 10-foot high redwood cross of double thickness 2by 12s. A 25-foot red- 1 , wood fence forms a background for the cross with the balance of the j area being enclosed by a redwood ; board rail fence. | The entry way is made of native logs cut from the site and imbedded in the ground. A cross piece joins them, bang lashed near the top, and bolds the sign board. { The chapel was made possible through contributions made in memory of the late Mr. Neer. The fund was turned over to the Scouts to be used at their discretion to fill an existing need and to serve as an inspiration to the local Scouts. The suggestion of using the contributions for a chapel was the idea of Scoutmaster F. A. (“Dusty”) Rhoads, and received the Scout committee's unanimous approval. The work on the chapel was done i by the Scouts, scouters and interested men over a period of several . week ends. > As funds become available, Scout- , master Rhoads said, there m*e - plans to improve and further beautify the chapel by the planting of

I Bill Kern, trustee; Ray Darr, chairman of the church board; Charles Rogers, contractor; Rev. Ralph Wagoner; and Everett Darr, trustee. ; Enclosed in the copper container of the new cornerstone are an old horseshoe found in the foundation of the church during remodeling, some i 1967 coins, a copy of the January 15,

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grass, evergreens and shrubs. Additional plans call for rock and flagstone walks. The chapel will be used by the Scouts and Cubs for services during p camp-outs and other occasions. It 1 | will always be available for a boy ! for his private meditation, Scoutmaster Rhoads observed. i Brief Program TTie Sunday dedication was com- { plete. but remarks were cut shot 1 because of the compelJ’ng rainfall. • Richard C. Fick, Scout commit- 1 tee chairman, opened the pr gram i with appropriate remarks, aiid {i Scoutmaster Rhoads gave a brief'' {history of the chapel and how it i came about. Rev. Theodore L. Hertenstein of the Syracuse Lutheran , church gave the invocation. Rev. August Lundquist of the %r- 1 acuse Methodist church commented i on the spiritual significance of the , chapel and that it would mean to scouts as individuals. The group sang “Old Rugged Cross”, and a ' moment of silent prayer was d> I served in Mr. Neer’s memory. Rev. { ; Hertenstein closed the dedication with a prayer. I MOVED TO GOSHEN ' Mrs. Wilfred (Thelma) Hodler of ? Lake Wawasee was moved on Mon- - {day from the University hospital at I Ann Arbor, Mich., where she has been a patient for the past five - weeks, to the home of Mr. and Mrs. a Harry S. Bishop of north of Goshen, t- Mrs. Hodler and Mrs. Bishop are f long time friends.

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• 1967, minutes of the board when the ; decision was made to remodel the ■ church, copies of The Mail-Journal i with photos of the new addition under - construction, and a copy of the above I photo, plus a picture of the original f church. > A Mail-Journal staff photo.

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Open House At Regent Homes Sunday P. M. The public is invited to an open house at Regent Homes Corporation, located on road 13. north of Syracuse, from 1 to 6 p. m. on Sunday, Oct. 15. Gaylord Jones, president of Regent Homes, said the open house will be part of a two-day dealer showing of the company’s new line of mobile homes. The company, a leader in the mobile home field, will introduce the new sectional home and a mobile home called the double-wide. The company has bright hopes for the two new homes. Halloween Carnival Set For Oct. 21 Members of the Syracuse ParentTeachers Association are currently making plans for their Halloween carnival which is set to be held on Saturday evening, Oct. 21, between 5 and 8 pm. Activities are planned for all ages with games for both children and adults. MILFORD JUNIORS ■ TAKE PSAT TEST t A total of 16 members of the . junior class of Milford high school * took the PSAT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test) on Tuesday.

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