The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 40, Milford, Kosciusko County, 8 November 1967 — Page 18

THE MAIL-JOURNAL Wednesday, November 8, 1967

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20 YEARS AGO, OCT. 16, 1047 Members of the local Home Arts club were sight-seeing in Chicago last Friday. The first copy of the Milford high school paper, “Blue and Gray”, for 1947-48 was printed this week. Its special features are society, sports. Spied and Heard. Inquiring Reporter, and humor. Jacob Bucher, Guy Fisher, John Fisher and Cart Walker returned latst Tuesday from a hwiting trip north of Winnipeg, Canada, with two big black bears to their credit. Guy Fisher and Carl Walker bagged one bear each. The junior MILS softball team and their coach, Arlo Beiswanger, were guests at a supper given recently in their honor by Mr. and Mrs. Manges of the Melody Case. A boy weighing five pounds and three ounces was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brunjes, Tuesday. A daughter, named Janet Ann, was horn to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Anglin of Leesburg. Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Urban Bauer of Cissna Park, 111., are the parents of a daughter born Tuesday. Mrs. Bauer was formerly Miss MaryBeer. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Beer of Milford. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Om entertained relatives at dinner Sunday. One of them was Mrs. Om's brother. Bill Gardner, of El Monte, Calif. Bud Campbell, Kenneth McDonald, Ralph Hawkins. Bob Yoder and Floyd Yoder left for Florida Monday. Mrs. Neal Cory and Mrs. Carl Yoder visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miller, at Millersburg on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Scott and two children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs George Auer. Mrs. Charles S Milligan and daughter Staeia of East Derry'. N. H., came to attend the funeral of Mrs. Milligan's grandfatlier, Lowell W. Cox. last Fridav. 20 YEARS AGO. OCT. 23. 1947 On Friday. Oct. 17. Mrs. Francis Oswalt was the guest of honor at a pink and blue shower in the Clyde McDonald home. Forty-four members of Dr Hugh Snyder's Sunday school class of the Methodist church enjoyed a co-op-erative supper Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert ner Mr. and Mrs. Russell Homan. Mrs. Eldon Hoinan. and Dale Sorensen went to Battle Creek, Mich., Saturday to visit Corporal Eldon Homan who is in the Percy JontS hospital Corp. Homan, a paratroop-I er in the United States army, was seriously injured while making an exhibition jump at Tokyo. Japan. I A son. Michael Charles, was bom | to Mr. and Mrs. Nelson C. Ryman, of Elkhart, October 17. Mr. and Mrs (Tiarles Ryman, of near Milford. are the paternal grandpar- J ents. Mr. and Mrs. Jonas R. Yoder, of route 2 Milford, are the parents 6f a daughter, bom October 15. A son. Floyd Martin, was bom to Mr. and Mrs. John Ott. of near Milford, Wednesday. Oct. 15. Mr and Mrs. Ralph Neff entertained the senior class of Milford high school at a surprise party in honor of their daughter Darlene's 17th birthday Funeral services for Miss Minnie Yaste, 79. a former Milford res-

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ident, were h<Ad Saturday. s Burris Sharp, Wayne Bucher, Deli> bert Dippon. Herman Weisser and Johnnie Fisher left Sunday for a week i of pheasant hunting in South Dakor ta. 5 Harry Schultz, Bill Martin, W - . b_r Baumgartner, Ezra Kaiser, P. - D. McFarren, Bill Carroll, Harve Zimmerman, Harold Jorgensen. Tomi my Rensberger and Joe Kaiser re--1 turned Sunday from a hunting and ) fishing trip in northern Michigan. 1 20 YEARS AGO, OCT. 30, 1947 I More than 200 persons of the Mil-” . ford community boarded a chartered train at Warsaw Wednesday I morning to attend the International . Harvester Company's 100th anni- ' i versary show in Chicago. Funeral services for Seward W. Poor, aged 73, were held Monday forenoon at his home in Etna Green. He was well known in Kosciusko county. Mrs. Ed Cain submitted to a ma-, jor operation at the Murphy Medi- j cal Center at Warsaw Saturdaymorning. Miss Doris Kasper was given a surprise party by her parents. Mr. | and Mrs. Walter Kasper and her ! sister, Doris, at their home, Sat-1 urday evening. Oct. 18. Hie Busy Bee home economics club enjoyed a sight seeing trip 1 in Chicago Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard VanderZand and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fisher of Elkhart attended the first dance of the season given by the Social club of the Scottish Rite at South Bend on Saturday night. Delbert Allen Bates of Milford | and Miss Barbara Sands of Elk-, ■ hart were married Tuesday, Oct. 21 Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Corbett of < Chicago are the parents of a daughter. Linda Lee. bom October 24. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fox of near Milford ace the parents of a daughter. Barbara Jean, bom at the Me- 1 Donald hospital Sunday. George Doty, a Syracuse bride 1 layer sustained minor injuries when he was attacked late Monday I night by three unidentified men who < escaped' in a Ford He prevented I them from taking the money in his pocket. _ .1 30 YEARS AGO. OCT, 28. 1937 < Mrs Eva Jane Brumbaugh. 70. I died of heart disease Friday at her home south of Goshen. Mr. and i Mrs Brumbaugh and family were residents of Milford for many < years. i ’ Mesdames Henry Erick and C. D. Barnes were Mishawaka visitors Saturday. ' j Miss Mary Alice Phend of Bloom- i Ii ng ton and Parker Phend of Lafayetite spent Sunday in the home of their i parents. Andrew Om of Milford w-as re- < elected assistant steward of the , 1 Indiana State Grange at the annual meeting held at Logansport last week. Mr. and Mrs. Truman Cox of Goshen were visitors Sunday in the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. ■ Clinton Cox. Mrs. Hattie Laughlin, 58, of Syra- . else was killed Friday in an autotruck crash which occurred at Ann \rbor. Mich. Funeral services were < ■ held Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Tusing of 1 neat* Dutchtown are the parents of a i

4 seven pound son born Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Marquart of Bremen announce the birth of a TA* oound son bora October 18. Mrs. Marquart was formerly Miss Esther Clauss of Milford. Larry Keith, seven week-old-son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Drudge of I Bremen, died in a hospital follow- | ing an operation. The paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Drudge, were of Milford. Miss Mildred Graff, a student at Ball State Teachers college at Muncie, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Graff I and family. ; 30 YEARS AGO. NOV. 4, 1937 Franklin S. Keehn, 69, son of Dr. and Mrs. Levi Keehn of Milford, . died at his home here Wednesday Oct. 27, after an illness of long dur- > ation. Miss Isabelle Alice Felkner, who was in her 84th year, died at her I home in Safit Lake City, Utah, Friday, according to a telegram received by her nephew, N. J. Groves. Felkner was bom on the Felkjner homestead south of Milford. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Speheger, 105. was bora in Switzerland and died at the home of her daughter, j Mrs. David Baller of near Bluffton, October 27. Among her grandchildren is Mrs. Theo Beer. Funeral services for Ervin Coy of south of Syracuse, who was killed in an auto accident on Road 6 last week, were held Friday afternoon at Indian Village. Funeral services for Jacob Bowser, 73. who died at his farm home ' near Syracuse, October 26, were held Thursday at Syracuse. > “Nobody But Nancy.” the class play presented by the juniors of Milford high school Friday night, attracted a large crowd. Fremont Hollar and Roy Treesh : will hold a public Sale at the Treesh I i farm the latter part of this month. Annabelle and Harrydale Doty i gave a Halloween party Saturday' evening for a number of their , friends. All of the children were dressed in Halloween attire. Mrs. Belle Pinkerton returned on Friday from a week’s visit with reli atives in Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Neibert of Milford and Ray Neibert and two children of Terre Haute, were supper guests of Jesse Miller and family Thursday. 30 YEARS AGO, NOV. 8, 1937 Mrs. Fern Clarissa Long. 34. of three miles northwest of Milford exi pired Saturday morning at the McDonald hospital, Warsaw. Mrs. Frances Porter, who has | beep, employed at Miller Motor Sal-; es this year, left Tuesday for California to remain during the winter. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Sparklin will leave Thursday for New York city, from where they will sail on a 10 day Atlantic cruise to Havana, Cuba. and Nassau. Bahama Islands. Mrs William Martin was taken to the Elkhart hospital late Saturday night where she underwent an operation Sunday morning for appendicitis. Eugene Estep, a former MHS basketball player, has made appli- J cation with the state athletic association to become a referee for high j school basketball, games this season, Ted Baumgartner, who has been employed by the county highway department this year, has completed his work with them for this season. I Mrs. Charles Brittsan visited from Friday until Monday with her ■ parents. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Berry of Spencerville, Ohio. The supper and card party held; at the 1.0.0. F. hall Thursday evening by the Legion and Auxiliary was attended by a fairly large crowd. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Wise spent Sunday with his parents at Riceville.

i 40 YEARS AGO, OCT. 13, 1927 j Mrs. Marion Pinkerton, 67, died ■ Monday night at her home on west t Emeline street, following an illness of two years with cancer. Edith Barnhart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barnhart of Napt panee, and Alvin Rassi, son of Mr. [ and Mrs. John RasSi of Milford, . were married at the home of the- [ bride's parents. i Miss Luella Kinney of Milford has been enrolled at the Wittenberg t college at Springfield, Ohio, as a . freshman. Edward Closson received a mess sage Saturday night from Grand Rapids, Mich., informing him of the accidental death of his brother-in-law, Charles McGinnis, of that place. George McLaughlin, 81, brother r of the late J. C. McLaughlin of Milford. died at the home of his sister, Mrs. T. R. Boulton of Warsaw. i ‘ The Rev. Ira C. Eisenhour, 55, of ■ the Pleasant Valley church, died on . Wednesday, Oct. 5, at his home . near Middlebury. Sidney Sloan died suddenly in the . office of Dr. O. C. Stocking of Syracuse Thursday morning at 8 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Mel Hamilton returned Wednesday from Baltimore, where they attended the Centenary Exposition given by the B. and O. Railroad Company. Mr. and Mrs. John Helminger and daughters Mary Jane and Pauline were Sunday dinner guests of ’ Miss Dorothy Helminger at Elkhart Sunday. Thomas Dobson and family arrived home Monday from Traverse Qty, Mich., where they spent a week with hfe parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Brown w’ere present at the wedding of Miss Albertine Yoder and Joseph Wysong, j both of Goshen, Saturday which took place at the Yoder home. 40 YEARS AGO. OCT. 20. 1927 Mrs. Edward Becknell. aged Milford lady fell Thursday aS she was ■ walking about her home, fracturing the hip bone to the extent that it will be impossible to set the break. She was taken to the Goshen hospital where she will receive treatment. Mrs. David Price, who had been seriously ill with typhend-pneumonia for two weeks, was taken to the Goshen hospital Friday and died there Tuesday evening at the age of 54. A son. weighing eight pounds arrived at the of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wolferman ' Saturday afternoon, Oct. 15. A car driven by Orville Coy and | one driven by Ernest Zimmerman collided just west of the Andrew Rapp farm Sunday, when the Coy ' car skidded in loose gravel and slid |in front of the Zimmerman car. None of the occupants was hurt. Coach Neff began his selection of players for the basketball teams, Monday evening. About 30 boys entered the trv-out practices this fall. Mr. and '-Mrs. C. W. McDonald and family attended the 50th wed- ‘ ding anniversary of her parents, which was observed on Sunday at j their home at North Webster. Mrs. John Martin, who was operated on at the hospital at Fairbixy. 111., several weeks ago is doing nice|ly and is expected home in a few days. Joe Estep, little son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Estep was found to have streptococcus pneumonia and his I condition remains quite serious. //Mrs. Della Coy and son Orville moved into their residence on Emeline street, Friday, which they purchased from the Eli Cox estate ‘ this fall. 40 YEARS AGO, OCT. 27. 1927 ! An Essex sedan driven by Jack Wolferman and a Ford car driven by Mrs. Howard Poe collided at Catherine and James streets Saturday afternoon. Mr. Wolferman received a deep cut on his shoulder and Mrs. Poe had three ribs torn loose.

A son was bora to Mrs. Ralph Cole of Elkhart at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. William Smith, Monday. Milford school teachers returned from Indianapolis Saturday where they attended the 74th annual meeting of the Indiana Teachers’ Association. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Doty attended the cornerstone laying ceremony of the St. Marks Methodist church at Goshen Sunday. Samuel Oster, 76, died Thursday night at his home four miles southeast of NapfMinee. He had been ill for a short time with heart trouble. Mrs. Ellen Traster, 84, died at her Syracuse home Thursday morning at 7 o’clock. The M.E. Ladies Aid met at the home of Mrs. Fond Overfeese on Wednesday, Oct. 19. A son weighing nine pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. Perry Haab on Monday evening. The boy has been named Charles Edward. The mother was formerly Miss Esther Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Cooper. The large brick residence on the Oliver Smith farm located one half mile north of the Brown school, northwest of Milford was completely destroyed by fire Tuesday. 50 YEARS AGO, OCT. 11, 1917 Arthur D. Hall of near Gravelton was instantly killed Friday four miles west of Milford when the Striker bridge gave way as he was crossing it with a load of tile. The Patterson reunion was held lat the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Weybright on Sunday, Oct. 7, with !50 present. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Pinkerton were very pleasantly surprised last Sunday when 72 of their relatives and friends came to celebrate Mrs. Pinkerton's birthday. Mrs. S. J. North and her daughter, Mrs. Clara Ruley, were called to Ligonier last week on account of the serious illness of Mrs. McConell w’ho died Sunday. Johny Sutherlin, as he was called when he lived in Milford, died at Long Cliff, Logansport. Sunday at the age of 69. He lived the last 30 years of his life in Goshen. A four-year-old black gelding was Stolen from the farm of J. J. Yoder living west of Milford on Monday evening. Twenty-seven young men left Goshen Friday morning for Camp Taylor, Ky. Mrs. John Helminger and family, who have been spending the summer in Wyoming, returned to Milford on Friday. Mr. Helminger will return in November. Dr. and Mrs. Young attended the wedding of Charles M. Long and Miss Mae Dye of Leesburg Wednesday of last week. Henry Geyer of Milford purchased, of Milton Juday, a property a mile east of Milford and will move within the next two weeks. Frank Klcpenstein and family of Mishawaka spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Samuel Klopenstein.

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50 YEARS AGO, OCT. 18, 1917 Merritt Cory, 5-yearold son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Cory living just east of the Crowl school house, was badly scalded about the face and chest Sunday morning of last week when he ptdled a pan of scalding w’ater from a table. Samuel Zerb, 44, a well known citizen of Syracuse, died Friday night at the home of his father, George Zerb. While swinging, Tuesday afternoon, Elinor Haab, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haab, fell from the swing and fractured her arm below the Alonzo Doty, who lives a short distance southeast of town, was knocked down Saturday evtning by being struck by a buggy driven at a rapid rate. The person in the buggy did not stop to see what he had done. Tilman Coy found Mr. Doty unconscious lying out in the grass. There were no broken bones, but a deep cut on the side of his face Jacob Phend, 90, died at the home of his son, Christopher Phend, in Nappanee. Judge Edgar Haymond, 88. of Warsaw, died at his home on Saturday i morning of pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Day of Los Angeles, Calif., who have been the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. F. ' Peterson, left for California, Sun- ! day. George W. HoHar, son of George Hollar, Sr., is a soldier, and is now ■ stationed in the Hawaiian Island. I Dr. Stockberger, health officer, and Dr. Benson went to the Milford ■ school building last Thursday and made a special examination of the throat, teeth and in some cases the eyes of the students. G. T. Lytle and family spent Sunday with Amos Gawthrop. Jr., and , family. 50 YEARS AGO, OCT. 25, 1917 Mrs. Christiana Muntz, aged 75, for over a half centry a well known resident of the county, died at the home of Mrs. John Peterson on east Jefferson street. Nelle Swart, 76, a pioneer resident of Elkhart county and widely known in the vicinity of New Paris, died Friday at his home two miles west of New Paris. William Hartter had a ton of grapes shipped from Michigan which arrived Monday in peck baskets. The Golden .Anchor Sunday school class of New Salem church gave Gerald Grove a pleasant surprise last Sunday, it being his 19th birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bucher of near Milford spent Sunday at the Champion Fruit farm. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Miller and Mrs. M. B. Groves, attended the funeral service of the latter’s nephew, Russell Meyer, of Cb. 6, Fort I Hamilton. Brooklyn, N. Y., ,who died at the Fort hospital early Wednesday morning of last week. While Lewis Johnson was attending the picture show Wednesday night of last week, someone sought to do a personal injury, secured five nails and after securing a hammer, drove the nails into the auto

Regan Tapped For Zone Retardation Push “This thing is too big for any one county or group to ‘go it alone’,” Dr. Regan told zone A planning commission members Wednesday night at the Moose Lodge in Huntington. Dr. John Regan was recently ap-

tire owned by Mr. Johnson. Cleo Estep has purchased the Hammond bus line that runs between Milford and Nappanee and has already assumed control. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Price of west Emeline street Monday night.

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pointed chairman of zone A retardation planning by Mrs. Dave Walter, zone A chairman from Columbia City. “We are most fortunate to be able to capitalize on leadership from Huntington county where such remarkable progress has been made in such a short time,” Mrs. Walter told representatives from the four counties comprising zone A; Huntington, Wabash, Kosciusko and Whitley. Included in Dr. Regan’s committee appointments were Mrs. Lawrence Castaldi of Warsaw and Howard Eilson, director of the Kosciusko Cardinal Learning Center and Sheltered Workshop.