The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 35, Milford, Kosciusko County, 2 October 1968 — Page 1

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■ | |{g| TV* 1 am a HP;. Up w UNITED FUND TEAM — This group makes up the team that will provide the thrust for this year’s Kosciusko county United Fund drive. From left are Diane Gafford, office secretary; Sam Dungan, publicity; Neal Carlson, campaign director; Tom Lemon, publicity; Charles Ker, president; John Hall, vice president; and Merle Mock, treasurer.

Goal: SI 31,404 United Fund Drive Is Now In Progress

The 1969 Kosciusko county United Fund drive was launched last Thursday night with the traditional kick-off dinner at the Shrine building at the fairgrounds.

The goal this year: $131,404, an increase of nearly 18 per cent over last year’s attained :goal. According to this year’s-United Fund president Charles H. Ker, who outlined the drive to the 139 guests present, the increase, .has been mainly because of the addition of the Kosciusko county YMCA as a participating agency this year. Other funds for the most part received five per cent increase or less. There are 16 participating agencies. Sing-Along Following remarks by Neal Carlson, campaign chairman, and others directing the drive, and the showing of color slides artfully narrated on the whole purpose of the county’s United Fund drive and its purpose, a Warsaw “Up With People’’ group of young folks added zing to the program with their sing-along. Some of their appeals to Americanism were tear-rending. They sang under the direction of Robert Brennan with Fred Yohey at the sound controls. The 16 agencies participating in the United Fund this year are: * Council on Aged and Aging * American Red Cross * Baker Boys’ Club * Pioneer Trails Council * Boy Scouts of America * Indiana Lakeland Girl Scout Council * Lakeland Humane Association * Mental Health Association * Muscular Dystrophy Association s Packerton Community Association * * Council for the Retarded * Salvation Army * Speech and' Hearing Clinic * Syracuse Camp Fire Girls, Inc. * Travelers Aid Association * United Service Organization Ker Must Pay President Charles Ker, in an effort to get a crowd at the kick-off dinner, told his committee he would personally give a dollar for each person attending the dinner Thursday night. When 139 showed up, UF enthusiast Sam Dungan took the microphone and reminded Ker of his pledge. He playfully produced deputy sheriff Roger Fellows, in uniform, to see that Ker made out*the check on the spot, giving the drive its first impetus. Warsaw attorney Tom Lemon ably acted as master of ceremonies at the Thursday night kickoff. Other officers include: Merle Mock, treasurer; John Hall, vice president; and Diane G afford, office secretary.

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Milford Residents Receive Citizenship Two Milford residents became American Citizens during September in the circuit court at South Bend. Receiving citizenship are Mrs. Michael Blase and Miss Ida Jauarez. ' Mrs. Blase came from Panama 10 years ago and Miss Jauarez arrived here six years ago from the same country. Both are very proud of their > new country. They also reported receiving a letter from Birch Bayh. Zion Chapel Honors Pastor Family night was held September 27 in the House of Friendship by the members of Zion Chapel U.B. church. A reception and peund party honored their pastor, Rev. Chester Reed, and Mrs. Reed. A time of fellowship was enjoyed and there was group singing. There were 32 present. Rally Day And Homecoming At Hastings Church Rally day and home coming will be held at Hastings, Island Chapel, United Methodist church on Sunday, Oct. 6. A basket dinner will be enjoyed at the noon hour and an afternoon program is planned at 2 p.m. Rev. Theodore Miller will be the afternoon speaker; Rev. Raymond Wilson is pastor of the church. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Haney and Mr. and Mrs Oscar Haney are the committee for the day. Cromwell United' Methodist Church Centennial Days The Cromwell United Methodist church is planning their Centennial Days for October 12 and 13. Open house will be held Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday. The public is invited to help the Cromwell community. Displays of pictures and items will be setup in the church. A keepsake book of the church’s history will be offered.

Jr 188 fNpjh * jg| J? v. WAYNE BUCHER Wayne Bucher Is President Os State Committee Wayne Bucher, Van Buren township farmer, was chosen president of the Indiana state advisory committee •of the Farms Home Administration at a meeting held September 25 in Indianapolis. Mr. Bucher was recently re-ap-pointed by secretary of agriculture Orville Freeman to serve a second three year term on the committee. The second term expires in June of 1971. Mr. and Mrs. Bucher and their daughter reside near Dewart Lake. The daughter, Cynthia, is a freshman at Wawasee high school. They also have two sons, Wayne. Jr., who resides near Milford with his family, and Donald, a student at McPherson college, McPherson, Kans. Other members of the committee are Jonas Leste, Lafayette; June Spellman, Rushville; Clarence McCormick, Vincennes, who served as under secretary of agriculture during the Truman administration and is the immediate past president of the board; and Earl Raber of Bluffton. $575 Damages In Two Car Collision Syracuse police arrested Betty, Fuller of 200 John Street, Syracuse, following a collision at 12:25 p.m. Monday in which the Fuller car was involved. The accident occurred at Harrison and Henry streets when Mrs. Fuller’s car hit the car of Linda Broekers of Syracuse. Damage to her car was listed at $l3O with damage to the Fuller car set at $125. , Mrs. Fuller was cited for failure to yield the right-of-way.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1968

Waubee Lake Property Owners Hold Meeting Approximately 30 property owners from Waubee Lake met Sunday afternoon at the beach pavilion for the purpose of incorporating a property owners’ association. Dennis Sharp was elected temporary chairman to preside over the meeting. A membership committee ’was selected and will be contacting all property owners about joining the association. Membership will not be resticted to property owners but will be open to anyone interested in the lake and surrounding community. Mr. Sharp and Mrs. Dick (Linda) Neff are in charge of membership. One of the first projects, which the association is already working on, is the growing concern over the unnatural conditions now existing in the lake. Other projects will include a proposed dam and ditch cleaning. Tina Garza Honored At Bridal Shower Miss Tina Garza, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cruz Garza of Milford, was honored at a miscellaneous bridal shower recently at the fire station in Milford. Her sis-ter-in-law, Mrs. Arnold Garza of Milford, was in charge of the arrangements. The bride-elect and Raymond Doss, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Doss of Lucasville, Ohio, will be married Saturday, Oct. 5, in Milford. A white and pink color theme was used in the decorations. Cake, cookies and punch were served to the 22 gursts from Bremen, Nappanee and Milford. To Aid Cardinal Learning Center The Cardinal Learning Center, located at 504 North Day Drive, Warsaw, will get a shot in the arm in its building program on Saturday, Oct. 5, from the Conley Oil Co. in Warsaw. The company’s two service stations in Warsaw — 443 north Detroit street and 625 south Buffalo street — will give 10 cents out of each gallon of gasoline purchased that day to the Cardinal Learning Center. Station owner Dennie Conley said he hopes to raise at least SI,OOO for the learning center, • adding, “and I wouldn’t care one bit if it ran as high as $2,000”. Chicago Street Is Scene Os Accident Tuesday Jerry Stark, r 1 North Webster, pulled into an alley off Chicago street in Syracuse on Tuesday morning. In backing out of the alley he hit the vehicle of Jerry Hapner of r 3 Syracuse who was visiting relatives on Chicago street. Damage to the Hapner car was listed by Syracuse police at $75. Senior Mothers Club Meets With Mrs. Blocker The Senior Mothers club of Syracuse met Monday evening with Mrs. Noble Blocker. Mrs. Byron Conn, a former member, was welcomed back and a new member, Janice Baumgartner, welcomed. “School Days” was the title of the program with each member responding with a school picture and reminiscences about school days. Mrs. Blocker served refreshments at the close of the meeting to the 14 members present. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Mary Grimes. SUNDAY GUESTS Mr. and Mrs. Russel Stahly of Nappanee, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Roberts of Dunlap, Mr. and Mrs. John Winland of Chapman Like, Florence Sherwood and Eva Hurgh of Warsaw were Sunday .guests of M’Xand Mrs. Alva Pinkerton of r 3 Syracuse.

Bridge-O-Rama Has Kick-Off Monday The Lakeland Evening Bridge-O-Rama got underway Monday with a kick-off party in the Pickwick Lounge at Syracuse. Mrs. Carl Penn explained the rules and schedule to an enthusiastic group of 36 persons. A total of 22 couples from the area are registered for this year’s tournament. An evening of bridge was then enjoyed. Pie and coffee were served. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Butt Won the prize for a small slam bid and made and Mr. Butt won first prize for the high gross score of the evening. Marie Schroeder won second prize and Mrs. Butt won third prize for the evening Rally Day At Wawasee Heights Set For Sunday , The Wawasee Heights Baptist church will have its fall Rally Day program on Sunday, Oct. 8. Sunday school is at 9:30 and the morning service is at 10:30. •Featured in the program will be the Grace college trumpet trio. They will play at both services. Sunday will also mark the beginning of the new Sunday school year and students will be advanced to their new classes in this closely - graded Sunday school. •Pastor Robert Mundy and Sunday school superintendent Rodney McCreary extend a cordial invitation to the public to all services and encourage those who have attended to be present to make it a 100 per cent attendance Sunday. Syracuse Police Answer 108 Calls Syracuse police answered a total of 106 calls during the month of September according to the report of police chief Orville Vander Reyden. They issued 53 warning tickets during the month and made 24 traffic arrests. Eleven traffic accidents were investigated. The police impounded seven dogs. They investigated five theft reports and four vandalism reports. Six juvenile cases were investigated and two juvenile arrests were made. Twenty -two courtesy services were rendered. LOCAL COUPLE FLIES 5,000 AIR MILES Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Tytler of r 4 Syracuse have returned from a two weeks’ vacation trip in which they flew 5,000 air miles. They flew to Lincoln, Nebr., then on to Ogden. Utah, and Salt Lake City. They visited Twin Falls, Oreg., the Red Woods and landed at Nut Tree airport. Next they viewed San Francisco and on to Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon and. to Phoenix, Ariz., where they spent four days visiting. They sa’w the Arch at Saint Louis from the air. They visited and went sight seeing in several of the places where they landed before heading home.

Enrollment Reaches New High At Lakeland

Enrollment figures released Tuesday evening by superintendent Don H. Arnold showed a total of 2,989 students enrolled in the Lakeland schools. Os this total 1,482 are in kindergarten through fith grade and the M-l (younger special education class', 742 are in the junior high and M-2 (older special education class' and‘76s are in the high school. He presented board members with a sheet on past and present pupil population from 1962-63 through 1968-69. None of the figures included Leesburg and the 1962-63 figures did not include kindergarten students as only Syracuse had five - year-olds in

FIRST VEGA HOME, — The first travel trailer to come off the line at the new Vega Homes, Incorporated, at Syracuse is shown in this photo behind a group of proud employees. In the front row from left are Ted Auer, Ray Miller, Abner Yoder, A. B. May, Ray Stanfield and Joe Hapner. Behind from left are Grace Harvey, Dewey Bontrager, Marilyn Boyer, Lucille Godfrey, James F. Kinney, Thomas L. Shultz, Tim Carl and Gary Gill.

Two Children Hit By Car Saturday Gordon R. Stanley, 22, of Elkhart was arrested at 9 p.m. Saturday on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. Stanley’s car had brushed two small girls at the corner of Main and Huntington streets in Syracuse. Stanley traveling north on Huntington street made a left hand turn onto Main and brushed Kim Schundt, 4, of 107 south Harrison street, Syracuse, and Helen Walker, of the same address, Kim received a hip bruise and Helen a cut knee. They were examined by a local physician and released. $26,000 Asked In Damage Suits Damage suits totaling more than $26,000 have been filed in Kosciusko circuit court as the result of a two-car accident near North Webster on state road 13 on April 13. George Graff, r t Pierceton, has filed a suit for damages against Michael J. Brown, Syracuse, seeking $950. Mrs. Graff, in a suit for personal injuries, asks $25,303.45 for temporary and permanent injuries and hospital expenses. Brown is also the defendant in the suit filed by Mrs. Graff. Syracuse Craft Club Makes Christmas Ornaments Monday The Craft club of Syracuse met Monday evening in the home of Mrs. Calvin Knapp. The evening was spent making small felt ornaments for Christmas trees. Mrs. Alice Clark, president, conducted the business meeting. The hostess served fruit parfait, small cakes and coffee to the 15 members present. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Merton K. Meredith.

school at that time. The other towns operated private kindergartens. The 1962-63 figures showed 2.342 students in the corporation. The following year, with the addition of corporation kindergartens in all three schools, it rose to 2,530. Enrollment figures have continued to raise each year. In a break-down of the three corporation towns Milford has 706 students, North Webster has 621, Syracuse has F 97. The corporaticn’s ass's-ed valuation has gone from $27,698,580 without Leesburg in 1963 to $33,820,750 in 1969. The report noted the assessed valuation has gone up 9.42 per cent since 1986.

Purdue Says — Farm Outlook To Be Brighter By 1-2%

LAFAYETTE — Indiana farmers can expect a one to two per cent increase in their net income during the next 12 months, Purdue university agricultural economists said tonight. The gain in average net income per farm would be higher than this, the economists added, because of the continued reduction in the number of Indiana farms. Cash receipts are expected to be up slightly in the year beginning October 1 as a result of some increases in returns from cattle, com, soybeans, eggs and turkeys. These increases are expected to more than offset slightly lower returns from hogs, milk and wheat. However, farm production item costs are expected to continue to rise. The gain in average net income per farm is expected to be about as great as the rise in prices of items purchased by Indiana farmers for family living. Thus, the real purchasing power of average net income per Indiana farm will hold about steady in the year ahead, the economists asserted. This economic forecast, with a look at the general economic situation in the United States, was made tonight at 15 Outlook meetings throughout Indiana. They were the first of some 40 such public meetings which will be concluded tonight (Wednesday'. Os the general outlook, the economists noted that economic growth “is expected to proceed somewhat less vigorously in the year beginning July 1, 1968, than in the year just past. . .” “Total value of goods and services (Gross National Product) seems likely to advance five to seven per cent to around S9OO billion (seasonally adjusted rate) in the second quarter of 1969. Inflation will probably account for three to four per cent of the expansion and real grow-

Bond indebtedness was also listed on the sheets. These are township bonds for schools in Tiopecanoe, Turkey Creek and Van Buren and were taken over bv the Lakeland Corporation when it was formed. They will be retired in 1975. A second hand-out given the beard members showed an analysis of class enrollment .of students in each class in the corporation. The K-5 sheet tells the number in each class and the total in the grade plus the number of migrant students at Mijford. It also lists art, music and physical education teachers at the three

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th around two to three per cent.” The economists said the 1968 income tax increase, “coupled with anticipated restraints on Federal spending, will tend to > dampen overall growth in demand and gradually slow the pace of general economic expansion.” This slower rate of gain, they pointed out, “will likely be accompanied by a rising rate of unemployment, and, eventually by a slower rise in prices. Interest rates can be expected to ease and credit will be readily available. This will temper the slackening pace of growth.” Here are details of the Indiana outlook for the period from October 1 to September 30, 1969: Corn Harvest time prices are likely to range from 80 to 85 cents a bushel on a number two basis with prices on specific days dropping below this level. With moisture discounts some corn will sell on a wet ’weight basis at 60 to 70 cents a bushel. Having adequate drying capacity will pay good returns. Corn prices next summer are expected to reach a few cents above the national loan rate of $1.05 a bushel; prices in deficit corn areas will probably average 15 cents a bushel higher. Soybeans Plentiful supplies vtill keep pressure on soybean prices during the coming marketing year. The loan rate ($2.50 a bushel national average) will provide incentive for farmers to place large amounts of soybeans under loan. Harvest time prices are expected to average 15 to 20 cents a bushel below the loan rate. Seasonal price increases may bring prices back to near or slightly above the loan rate, thus keeping returns to storage oper(Continued On Page 6, Sec. 1)

elementary schools. The junior high sheets “are broken down by schools with each sheet telling the subject taught, number of classes, number of students taught and the average in each class. It also gives extra duties of the teachers and other schools taught in. The final report is on the high school. Here again the number of classes taught is given with total students and average per class. Extra duties are al*o listed. Also listed is the additional supporting staff — three guidance, one librarian, one assistant principal and one principal — plus the enrollment.