The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 51, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 January 1968 — Page 1

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Two Milford Youths To Make Church Tour

Miss Linda Kesler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donn D. Kesler of r 1 Milford, and Dan Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith of Milford, will be among the 200 young people on the Church of the Brethren Christian Citizenship Seminar for Youth tour to Washington, D. C., and New York city next week. Both are rpembers of the Bethel church. Miss Kesler will be going as a member of the youth coordinating council.

Announce First 1968 Chamber Os Commerce Meeting Lawrence Myers, president of the Milford Chamber of Commerce, has announced that the first meeting of his organization for 1968 will be held on Monday, Jan. 29, at 8 p.m. in Augsburger’s Coffee Shop. Mr. Myers urges all members to attend this meeting to help re-or- - ganize events for the year. VERNON MAYS ENTERTAIN: SON IS HOME Special’st 4 Ronald May has been spending a 30-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon May, and Donn at Milford after returning from a tour of duty in Viet Nam. He will returri to duty in Texas after his leave? Sunday guests in the May home were Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Higgins and family and Charles Wagoner of South Bend and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stout and son and Mr. and Mrs. Alvie May and daughter of Elkhart. Mrs. Glenn Morehead Entertains Sorosis « Mrs. Glenn Morehead of near Warsaw, formerly of Milford, entertained members of the Sorosis club in her home Monday night. The program, “Formal-Casual”, was given by Mrs. Billy G. Little, who talked on clothes from 60 years ago to the present time. Mrs. Paul Brembeck was welcomed into the club as a new member. Refreshments were served to the 26 members by the hostess at the close of the evening.

Wawasee Jaycees Plan Winter Carnival

The Wawasee Area Jaycees are planning another Winter Carnival—this one to be February 1-17 — according to Larry Martindale, publicity chairman for the group.

Martindale said events would be held on each of three week ends during the month of February. On Sunday, Feb. 4, an ice show and other outdoor events will be held at the Syracuse community park. The ice show will be put on by the well known Fort Wayne ice club. An ice broom ball game will be held between members of the Wawasee Area Jaycees and the North Webster Jaycees. Ice races, on skates, will be held for five separate groups: Pre-school, grades 1-3, grades 3-6, grades 7-8, and grades 9-12, with trophies to be given for winners in the first three

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They will leave by chartered bus on Saturday with young people from Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana and will stay in the nation’s capitol through Wednesday where they will be attending sessions of Congress and talking with their congressmen. They will be in New York on Thursday and Friday visiting the United Nations and meeting with representatives there.

Mr. And Mrs. Hoover Surprised At House Warming Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hoover of near Milford were surprised Sunday afternoon when members of the Golden Rule class of the Bethel Church of the Brethren called for a house warming. Neal Cory and Mrs. Richard Smith sang a parity of “This Old House” with everyone joining in the singing. Comments were given by Mr. Smith who served as master of ceremonies. A gift from the class and several cards from members who were unable to attend were presented to the surprised home owners. Rev. William Roop held a short dedication ceremony and Mrs. James Chambers sang “Bless This House”. Mrs. Roop poured as punch, crackers and nuts were served. Preceding the house warming the class met at the church for its January pot luck. Delbert Moneyheffer had presided over the business session as the members decided to buy drapes for part of the new addition. Mrs. Smith gave devotions. Chairmen for the day were Rev. and Mrs. Roop and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Patsy Lewis Marries Ron Price * Patsy Lewis became the bride of Ron K. Price on December 23 at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Fannie Lewis of Dode City, Fla. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and 1 Mrs.. Everett Price of Leesburg.

places in each category. Snowmobile races, for adults only, will also be held, with a SI.OO entry fee. There will also be cash prizes in this event. Registration for all outdoor events will be at the park. Teen Dance On Sunday, Feb. 10, there will be a teen dance at the youth center, at which time a “Snowball Queen” will be crowned. Music for the semi-for-mal dance will be furnished by the “Ben Franklin Alamanac” band. The dance will be from 9 to 12 p.m. On Feb. 17, a program will be held at Mount Wawasee (full details to be announced at a later

Milford Youth Center To Re-Open Friday Ths Milford Youth Center will re-open its doors following the Lake land Milford basketball game this coming Friday night, Jan. 26. The fan bus will stop at the youth center for the convenience of both fans and parents. The grill will be open for service and a telephone is available for those who wish to call their parents to pick them up. All youngsters in the sixth grade, junior high and senior high are welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Estep will be the volunteer chaperones for the evening with hours being 9 til 11:30 p.m. The center will be open on Saturday evening following the MilfordWhite’s high school basketball game. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown will be the volunteer chaperones with hours from 9:30 til 11 p.m. Volunteer Chaperones Needed The youth center will continue to operate on a volunteer chaperone basis and will be open on Wednesday nights from 7 to 9 p.m. and l Friday and Saturday nights from 7 til 11 p.m. Mrs. Lloyd Coy has volunteered to chaperone on Wednesday nights. The youth center president, Becky Brown, and secretary - treasurer, Janie Gonzales, are now contacting young folks in the junior high age group to take an active part in the operation of the center. It is this group that will benefit the most from having the youth center open. The sponsors of the Milford Youth Center are unanimous in their thinking that the youth center is a positive action in the, Milford community and it will succeed with the support of not only the youth and their parents but also with the support of the leaders in the community. They are asking, “Where do you stand?” Emergency Unit Called To Walter Koher Home The emergency unit of the Syracuse fire department was called to Walter Koher home, south Huntington street, Syracuse, at 7:50 Monday morning when Mrs. Koher became ill and lost consciousness. She recovered shortly after the arrival of the unit. Syracuse License Branch To Move Mrs. Max (Mary) Ganshorn, the manager of the Syracuse license branch, has announced that the branch will be at a new location on Monday, morning 4 Jan. 29. The office will be moved Saturday afternoon and will be ready for business on Monday. The new location is at 112% east Main street, next to the library, in the building formally occupied by Mike’s Record Shop. f The new location is ideal, being off the state highway and still uptown with plenty of parking space and across the street from the public parking lots. The branch is presently on north Huntington street, in the Pickwick building where it has been for the past three years.

date. “Goofy Golf” will be played at South Shore golf course. . Martindale said an adult Winter Festival Dance will be held on Saturday, Feb. 17, from 9 to midnight at the Wawasee Prep (formerly Our Lady of The Lake Seminary) gym. Tickets will go on sale soon for this event open to the public. Fishing Contest Beginning February 1 and lasting through Saturday, Feb. 17, the Jaycees will hold a fishing contest, with a trophy going to the owner of the largest fish in each of fi-'e categories: Perch, bluegill, crappie, bass and pike. All fish to be entered in the contest should be taken to the Sportsman’s Center for registration and weighing in.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1968

Kinder Mfg. Co. Sold To New Jersey Firm

KEARNY, N. J. - January 19 — Congoleum-Nairn, Inc., has entered into an agreement for the purchase, part for cash and part by notes, of all the outstanding stock of Kinder Manufacturing Company, Inc., of Elkhart, Ind. It was announced jointly by F. H. Cook, chairman and president of Congoleum and C. K. Kinder, president of Kinder. The closing of the transaction is scheduled for the first part of Februaty. Kinder is engaged in the manufacture of upholstered furniture, bedding, convertible cushions and dinette sets for the Mobile Home, Travel Trailer and Prefabricated Housing industry. Kinder has eight manufacturing plants located in those geographic areas of United States in which the production of Mobile Homes is concentrated. Mr. Cook stated that the acquisition of Kinder will broaden Congo-leum-Naim’s position as a versatile

House Os Harter Building Destroyed By Fire Friday

The old House of Harter building located on Main street in Goshen was destroyed by fire early Friday morning and severe smoke, fire and water damage. was noted at the Home Decorators store next door. It was the second major fire in Goshen in less than two weeks. Damages were estimated at being between $150,000 and $200,000 to the House of Harter building which is owned by an Elkhart bank and has been empty for about one year and the loss at the Home Decorators is said to be between $30,000 and

Survey Shows Lakes" Are Fit For Swimming

A survey conducted in 1967 by representatives of the state stream pollution control board shows waters in lakes Wawasee and Syracuse are fit for swimming and skiing, however, the state feels sanitary sewers and sewage treatment facilities for the lakes will eliminate any existing pollution and will help prevent new pollution problems from arising. Surveys made last August were intended to locate areas where pollution exists and sampling was generally confined to areas where waste discharges were known to occur or were suspected. Therefore, the results do not reflect an average of the lake conditions. The survey showed that Syracuse lake was satisfactory at all stations sampled. Coliform concentrations found in Lake Wawasee were slightly higher than the standard for single samples near a storm sewer outfall and at the outfall from Oakwood Park Sewage treatment plant. Water quality criteria, recently adopted by the Indiana Stream pollution control board state that the coliform bacteria concentration of water suitable for activiti's requiring whole body contact (swimming, skiing, etc.) shall not exceed 1,000

Syracuse Farmer Jailed In Incident Involving Shotgun

A 13-year-old Syracuse youth was struck by pellets from a shotgun Saturday as he and his brother were engaged in target practice in their yard. The injured lad is Edwin Leitch, son of Mrs. Lillian Leitch of r 1 Syracuse and Bryan W. Leitch. The boyS were shooting at a glass bottle, according to reports, when Jacob E. Kern, Jr., 50, also of r 1, jwner of the farm where the Leitch family resides, drove up. The farmr had a 20 guage Shotgun with him when he got out of his car aad tart d across the road. As the gun discharged pellets ricocheted off the road with one striking the boy. Kern stated the gun discharged accidentally. He pled not guilty to charges of Irawing a dangerous weapon and aiming a dangerous weapon at an irraignment held in judge Robert Burner’s city court Monday hg. He fe pres'ntly being held in the county jail oh a SSOO bond. Deputy Roger Fellows of the sheriffs department was the investigating officer.

manufacturer of home furnishings and at the same time strengthen significantly Congoleum’s participation in the dynamic Mobile Home industry. He noted in today’s economic scheme, automated assembly line production is the only sound basis for filling the vast need for low cost housing and predicted a bright future for the Mobile Home and Prefabricated Housing industry.

It is estimated that the consolidated sales and after tax income of Kinder Manufacturing Company, Inc., and subsidiaries for fiscal year ending February 29, 1968, will be $17,500,000 and $650,000, respectively. Messrs. Cook and Kinder said that upon consummation of the transaction Kinder will be operated as a wholly-own-ed autonomous subsidiary of Congo-leum-Nairn, Inc., under the direction of Mr. Kinder. The management, personnel and policies of Kinder will continue as heretofore.

$35,000. The first alarm was sounded at 1:55 a.m. and firemen battled until 6 a.m. to keep the fire under control. Concern was for the Colonial Oil Company directly to the south of the burning building. Some 9,000 gallons of gasoline were stored in underground tanks with the first row of pumps being located tess than 15 feet from the burning building. The last major fire on Goshen’s Main street was on Thanksgiving day in 1945.

per 100 milliliters (1000/100 ml) as a monthly average nor exceed this number in more than 20 per cent of the samples examined during the recreation season. These criteria establish a maximum for these waters of 2,400/100 ml for a single sample submitted during the recreation season. No standard has been established for fecal streptococci, but the concentration of these organisms should be much lower than the coliform limit. H. D. At Work Working to improve the sanitation of Kosciusko county lakes is one of the many facets of the county health department’s work. Any reports of sewage going into any of the county lakes is checked. To do this more effectively requires assistance from the public. In the winter it is easy to find some of these sewage violations by walking the shores of the county’s lakes while frozen. It usually isn’t frozen where sewage is going in. In the summer other identifying criteria are used in seeking out violations. EDITOR’S NOTE: A milliliter is one thousandth of a liter —a liter being equal to 1.0567 quarts of liquid measure.

Goshen Youth Hurt In Syracuse Accident Kenneth Johnson, 19, Goshen, was treated for a fractured jaw Friday night following an accident on Boston street at Syracuse. Mr. Johnson was a passenger in a car driven by Donald E. Johnson, 16, also of Goshen. According to police reports the car turned off Main street onto Boston street and the driver lost control of the car on a patch of ice and crashed head-on into a tree. Damage to the car was listed at $475. Donald Johnson was charged with illegal possession of alcoholic beverages by Syracuse police officer Orville Vand .r Reyden. 5 LAST HOME GAME 1 AT MILFORD ? The Milford Trojans will play < their last "ame on the Milford : hardwood Saturday night as they : host the visiting boys from White’s J high school. 5 The high school band will march.

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JAYCEES MEET — Three Wawasee Area Jaycees are shown here j with Region B vice president Gene I

Observe National Jaycee Week

Wawasee Area Jaycees are observing National Jaycee Week 'this week, and are making plans for their third Winter Carnival. The group, organized in April 1966, is open to young men of the. Wawasee area between the ages of 21 and 35. Present officers of the group, which is state and nationally chartered, are

Firemen Called To Stetler Residence Syracuse firemen answered a call to assist the Benton township firemen at 5:18 p.m. Tuesday at a fire at the Roy Stetler home on Elkhart county road 50, located two and a half miles northeast of Syracuse. Benton firemen had the fire under control when Syracuse firemen arrived. The fire was in the attic of the Stetler home and the origin of the fire was not known. No estimated loss could be learned. All three Syracuse fire units went to the scene. SYRACUSE UNIT CIVIL DEFENSE The Syracuse Unit of the civil defense met Thursday night in the CD building for its regular January meeting. City director Charles Vanderveer presided the meeting and heard the reports. He also read two thank you notes. Two projects were discussed and it was decided to have a special meeting with all officers and members present to decide on the projects and dates. The members will be notified by telephone and card the date of the special meeting.

'Old Pro' Charlie Halleck Announces His Retirement

Charles A. Halleck, dean of the Indiana congressional delegation, has announced his plans to retire from active politics at a meeting of second district Republican leaders at Monticello last night. He is 67. He said from his Rensselaer home following the announcement: “I’m going to start spending more time doing the things I like to do, like fishing, hunting and golfing.” He will retire on a $21,000 yearly pension. 33 Years in House Halleck began his colorful career in 1924 following his graduation from the Indiana university school jf law by successfully running for prosecuting attorney of Jasper county, his home county. He ran and was elected to that office four terms. When congressman Frederick Landis died suddenly, Halleck nought his congressional seat, and vith the help of Kosciusko county Republican leaders, notably the 'ate Morrison Rockhill, he won the He long credited Republicans >f Turkey Creek township with giving him the necessary majority to win that first race.

Hoover of Warsaw at a meeting of the local group Tuesday night. From left are Robert Simon, Hoo-

Jay Brouwer, president; Tom McClintic, first vice president; Steve Crow, second vice president; Sam Fryback, secretary; and Lowell Welty, treasurer. The group has presented s Spark fixwards to Jay Brouwer, Tom McClinI tic and Sam Fryback, and a Spoke AI ward to Steve Crow. '

Active Bidding For Wawasee Equipment

Lakeland school board members, meeting in special session Tuesday in the office of Wawasee high school principal Henry Smith, found' bidding on equipment for the various areas of the new high school was heavy. Bids were received from 50 companies. The 50 companies submitted a total of 84 bids. Os the 84 bids 10 were for furniture, seven for audiovisual equipment, three for distributive education equipment, 16 for business education equipment, 12 for band and music equipment, sqven for art, six for industrial arts, 19 for maintenance and four for cafeteria equipment. Bids were received from the following: Lee School Supply, Auburn; Wenger Corp., Owatonna, Minn.; < Toledo Metal Furniture Company, Toledo, Ohio; Modern Office Machines, Fort Wayne; Tom Berry Music Co., Warsaw; Burk’s A V Center, South Bend; U. S. Chemical Co., Warsaw; Sun Electric Corp., Fort Wayne; Boyer Brothers, North Webster; Humes and Berg Mfg. Co., East Chicago; O and W Typewriter, Fort Wayne; Ray Lammen-; Music House, Cincinnati, Ohio; Lyons Band Instrument, Elmhurst, Ill.; Huntington

He took his seat in congress on January 1935 and has held it ever since. Old Pro Halleck is called “the last of the old pros” in congress. He has been both majority leader and minority leader. He was majority leader of the 80th congress which Harry Truman railed against in 1948 and won reelection as president. Friend and foe alike will remember Halleck as a colorful, tough, hard-bitten master political tactici- i an. He engineered a masterful coup i on January 7, 1959, when he ousted J Representative Joseph W. Martin, 1 Jr., of Massachusetts as minority floor leadership. < But his own sands ran out on Jan- | uary 4, 1965, when Halleck himself i was the victim of a similar coup. He was replaced by Michigan representative Gerald R. Ford as a younger, tougher GOP image. The IraVy losses at the polls in 1964 turned his GOP colleagues in congress against him in favor of a younger face. Halleck’s chief edifice while in

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Charter members of the Jaycees were Terry McClintic, its first president, Jay Brouwer, Sam Fryback, Tom McClintic, Keith Koble, James Miner, Bernard Gonda, Joe Hughes, Ron Roberts, T. Holmes, Evardo Ganz, William Stutzman, and Paul Beezley.

Laboratories, Huntington; Paxton Equipment Co., Chicago. And, Singer Sewing Machine Co., Goshsn; Fort Wayne Blueprint and Supply, Fort Wayne; Blessings Music Supply, Elkhart; Paul 0. Young Co., Lexington, Pa. T. L. McClintic bidding thru Mock and Morris, Syracuse; J. I. Holcomb Co., Fort Wayne. Also, National Cash Register Co., Elkhart; Adams, Inc., Elkhart; Hillman’s Equipment Co., Fort Wayne; Brodhead - Garrett Co., Indianapolis; Bourough’s Corporation, South Bend; Friden, Inc., Fort Wayne; Executive Office Machines, Warsaw; Nicolai Machine, Syracuse; Kiger and Co., Pierceton} Arts and Craftfl Cd., Baltimore, Md.; National China and Equipment Co., Marion; Ditto Division of Bell and Howell, Mishawaka; Melkus Distribution, Elkhart; imperial Equipment, North Manchester; King School Equipment Co. And, Double Day Brothers, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Moellering Supply, Fort Wayne; Lien Chemicd, South Bend; Allen Industrial Suppliers, Pierceton; Simon Brothers, South Bend; Berkley, Cardy Co., Kendallville; Addressograph - Multigraph,

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the leadership in congress was to weld together Republicans and southern Democrats to form a conservative block to thwart liberal legislation. Willkie - Eisenhower When Halleck was in the harness he rode high. He nominated his party’s standard bearer Wendell L. Willkie in Philadelphia in 1940 and nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower in the San Francisco Cow Palace in 1956. He himself missed out on the big time when GOP Presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey failed to live up to a verbal promise in 1948 and nominated Earl Warren instead of Halleck for his running mate. In order to sooth Halleck’s feathers, however, Dewey made an appearance at St. Joseph college at Rensselaer. Halleck always said he would have carried on a more vigorous campaign than Dewey conducted and would have won the 1948 race. Halleck was married in 1927, and has two children: Mrs. Patricia Litchfield of Florida, and Charles W., a district judge in Washington.

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