The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 36, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 October 1968 — Page 1

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Waubee Lake Property Owners To Meet Sunday Members of the Waubee Lake Property Owners Association will meet Sunday, Oct. 13, at 3 p.m. in the fire station at Milford to elect a board of directors. They will also be voting on a constitution and by-laws and select three persons to incorporate the association. A report will be given by the committee which is presently investigating the problems of the lake. Dennis Sharp, temporary chairman, reports the membership drive response has been good. Persons interested in joining the association should contact him or Mrs. Richard Neff. He states you need not be a property owner at the lake to join, anyone living near the lake or in Milford who is interested in the lake may join. Revival Services Underway At Bethel Church In Milford Rev. Don Ritchey of the Church of the Brethren in Mexico is guest evangelist at services being conducted this week at the Bethel Church of the Brethren in Milford. Services are being held each evening through Sunday at 7:30. Mrs. Myron S. Kennedy of the Goshen City Church of the Brethren is guest chorister. Special music is being provided each night with the Brethrenaires, a men’s quartette, scheduled to present a special concert on Friday evening. The public is invited to attend the meetings. PARKED CAR HIT Mervin Hochstetler of r 1 Bremen had his car damaged an estimated S4O while parked in the Liberty Coach parking lot at Syracuse.

Milford. North Webster, Syracuse Lions To Aid Wawasee Boosters, Inc.

The Lions clubs of Milford, North Webster and Syracuse at a recent joint meeting, decided to join in a cooperative project to raise funds for Wawasee Boosters, Inc. The booster group has as its objective the raising of $35,000 to provide uniforms and equipment for the athletic teams and musical groups of Wawasee high school. Presidents of the three clubs are Robert Wolferman of the

Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE - WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)

Area Women Return From Visit To Japanese Islands Mrs. Pat Mason of Milford and Mrs. Blanche Mason of Wawasee Lake returned Saturday from a visit to Japan. They visited with Spec. 5 and Mrs. James F. Wrinkle, Jr., son-in-law and daughter of Mrs. Pat Mason and granddaughter of Mrs. Blanche Mason, at Hakata air force base. Leaving the states on the 15th of September they were in Nagasaki when typhoon Della went through. They toured the southern most island of Japan and enjoyed three days in the ancient capitol of Kyoto visiting shrines, temples and palaces there. Three days were spent in Tokyo where they enjoyed the shrines, temples, restaurants and visited Tokyo tower. On the way home they spent two days in Los Angeles and visited Mrs. Esther Halliday and her sister. A tour of Disneyland was also enjoyed. Mrs. Pat Mason reports the most thrilling event was flying to Tokyo some 28,000 feet and being able to see Mt, Fiji peaking through the clouds some 200 miles away. Syracuse Woman Hits Parked Car Mrs. Edith L. Hoover, 65, r 4 Syracuse, drove her 1964 Rambler station wagon into a parked 1967 Ford owned by Roscoe Miller of Goshen on west Jefferson street, Goshen, at 1:40 p.m. Friday. Damage was listed at $175. North Webster Man’s Car Damaged At Warsaw An accident early last Thursday morning at Warsaw resulted in sl2sdamage to a car driven by Thomas G. Minear, 28, Warsaw, and $45 damage to a truck operated by Jack R. Guy, 42, North Webster. Warsaw patrolman Aden Moore investigated.

Milford club, Phil Fidler of the North Webster club, and Gene Hall of the Syracuse club. A Saturday morning meeting in Milford will be held to further outline details of the project. Old Time Auction The three clubs have tentatively settled on an old time public auction, to be held Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Wawasee high school, as its fund raising project.

-- National Newspaper Week - October 6 to 12 --

Milford Board To Meet At 6:30 In November Members of the Milford town board decided Monday evening to hold their November meeting one hour earlier than usual because of the elections set for the following day. The board will meet in the town hall at 6:30 p.< m. on Monday, Nov. 4. President Carl Duncan, member John F. Augsburger and street and water commissioner Marion Deeter will meet with Platon Dubeck at 9 a.m. on October 16 for a demonstration of a power rodder cleaning sewers. Member Gerald Martin stated he would be working at that time and would not be able to attend. Mr. Dubeck stated the power machine can clean town sewers at a much faster rate with less men than the present equipment owned by the town. A short discussion on the bid for the building at the park was discussed, however, it was tabled. Police chief Don Drake reported bidder Harry Dale Doty has called to state he would contact the board president on Tuesday. Clerk Edith Baumgartner asked for and was given permission to attend a clerk-treasurer’s meeting on October 16 at Peru. She also stated she had received a check from the insurance company for compensation to Amos Orn who had been injured while working for the town and blood poisoning had set in. ■Mr. Deeter questioned the board on man holes as he needs about a two inch raise where streets were recently blacktopped. Since the town’s man holes are not standard size it is hard to fit them from the current market. Mr. Augsburger will check into the problem. The street and water commissioner also stated the roof on the utility building is leaking and in need of repair. Since it was painted last summer Mr. Duncan and Mr. Augsburger will look at it when they meet on the 16th and will then contact the contractor who did the work to see if an adjustment and repairs can be made. BIRTHDAY DINNER FOR MRS. ANDREW BEER The 84th birthday of Mrs. Andrew Beer of r 1 Milford was observed Sunday when her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Beer of Milford, treated her to a Kentucky fried chicken dinner at Warsaw. Mr. Beer and the hosts’ daughter, Miss. Joyce Beer of Goshen, were also present

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1968

Weatherhead Explained To Milford Lions Don Novy, manager of the Weatherhead plant at Syracuse, •was guest speaker before the Milford Lions club at a restaurant near Milford Monday night, explaining the 7-plant company complex that includes a plant in Canada. Besides the .Syracuse plant, Weatherhead has a plant in Cleveland, birthplace of the company, and at Antwerp and Columbus, Ohio. Their Indiana plants are also at Angola and Columbia City. Real Success Story Novy told his listeners the Weatherhead story is a real success story, beginning in a Cleveland garage in 1919 when the late A. J. Weatherhead, Jr., began with a small machine and sl,000. He began by making radiator pet cocks for the automotive industry and the company has grown to one of over SB4 million in sales in 1967. Novy said 42 per cent of the company sales is in automotive components, sales and after market sales; 25 per cent in industrial and mobile products; 13 per cent in both air conditioning industry parts and military; and seven per cent in aircraft parts. The company, the second largest user of brass in the United States, supplies its plants by truck and ships by truck. He said the Syracuse plant employs 425 men and women. The speaker was introduced by club member Jack McCormick, a Weatherhead employee. Other Guests Other club guests included Lakeland school board members seeking re-election, Charles Purdum and Jerry Helvey, and board candidate Kenneth Haney, and Milford principal Gorman Miller. President Bob Wolferman reminded the club of a Banner Night at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Shrine building at Warsaw honoring 25-G district governor and Mrs. Donald Best. The club’s attention was also called to a fish fry the club is sponsoring at the Milford fire station on Friday, Oct. 25, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Public Invited To Visit Christmas Workshop The annual Christmas Workshop sponsored by Kosciusko Association will be open to the public from 1:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 11. The exhibition of Christmas decorations, gifts, goodies and other ideas for decorating the home at Christmas time will be held in the women’s building, fairgrounds, Warsaw. Demonstration schedule — 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Decoupage by Mrs. George Kelchner — 1:30 - 5 Tissue flowers by Mrs. Vernon May — 6:30 - 7:30 Sugar molds by Mrs. Harold Michael and ribbon tree by Mrs. Robert Walters — 7:30 - 8:30 Flower arranging by Mrs. Alton Gunter and hairpin lace by Mrs. Vernon May — 6 - 9 Hostesses from the clubs will be on hand to greet you. Those clubs on the Christmas workshop committee are: Suburbanettes, Busy Homemakers, Monoquet Home Chiefs, Purdue Home Ec., Leesburg Homemakers and Sechrist 65. Mrs. David Everts from Sechrist 65 chairman of this year’s workshop. The achievement, program will meet Monday afternoon to judge the standard and honor achievement reports for 1968 and these will be announced at the extension homemakers association fall achievement program which will be held November 6 in the Shrine building at 7:30 p.m.

Open House At Regent Homes A public open house will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, at Regent Homes and Cambridge Homes, located north of Syracuse on road 13,. according to Gaylord Jones, president of Regent Homes. On display at that time will be the new 1969 model mobile homes manufactured at the two plants. The two companies will play host to approximately 60 dealers throughout the country on Friday and Saturday with a dinner and program at the Pickwick Lounge each evening. SYRACUSE YOUTHS ENJOY HAY RIDE The youth groups of the Syracuse Church of the Brethren met Saturday at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Darr for a hay ride party. Mrs. Everett Darr assisted in serving refreshments of cider, doughnuts, apples and popcorn to the group when they returned from the ride. In attendance were teachers of the two classes, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hapner, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Barnhart and Mrs. Joe Baumgartner. Guests were Bruce Neer, Bob Bachtel; Susan Clark and- Sue Armbruster. There were 18 members. Bushongs Return From Scandinavian Tour Postmaster and Mrs. Ernest Bushong have returned home from a three week’s tour of the Scandinavian countries. They visited Finland which is on the Russia border, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. They enjoyed all the scenery and side trips, especially the Norway fjords. They reported the food was excellent and they had many different kind of fish dinners. On the return trip, because of heavy head winds, the plane was re-routed byway . of Iceland, Greenland, Labrador and Nova Scotia. The Bushongs toured Europe last year. Bill Little Is Iff Chairman At Milford Bill Little has been named United Fund chairman at Milford and will be conducting the drive to business firms this month. As in the past there will be no house to house canvassing this year. Engagement Made Known The engagement of Miss Matilda Clara Graff of the Hattie Hotel in Goshen to Landon Christian Casbaum of LaPorte is announced. Miss Graff is a graduate cf Milford high school and is well known in the area. She is a member of the Silver Thimble club of Milford. Mr. Casbaum is a realtor and owner of an accounting firm. Unity Circle Meets For Work Day The Unity circle of Saint Andrew’s United Methodist church of Syracuse met October 3 at 10 a.m. in fellowship hall. The members spent a busy day sewing for the bazaar to be held in November. A luncheon was served to the 10 members present at noon by the hostesses, Mrs. Jay Peffley, Mrs. Paul Lantz and Mrs. Willard Nusbaum. Mrs. Robert Searfoss, recently elected chairman of Unity circle for the coming year, conducted a short business meeting following the luncheon. The next meeting will be held November 7 with Mrs. Nusbaum as hostess.

Monarch Industries Announces The Purchase Os Fawn Industries

Monarch Industries, Inc., one of the fastest growing manufacturers of mobile homes in the midwest, this announced the purchase of Fawn Industries, a mobile home manufacturer • located on road 9 between Howe, Ind., and Sturgis, Mich., near the Indiana toll road. The announcement was made jointly by Donald Hart, president of Monarch Industries, Inc., and Gordon Stock, president of Fawn Industries. To Double Production According to Mr. Hart, Fawn Industries operates in a plant with 115,000 square feet of space and manufactures 10 mobile homes per day. The company has 176 employees and did SBM> million in sales last year. He said they hope to double the company’s production in the next 30 days. The purchase was for an undisclosed amount of stock in Monarch Industries. Fawn Industries will continue to operate as a subsidiary of Monarch Industries, whose main offices are located just north of Syracuse on road 13. Hold Coppes Option Monarch Industries, a holding company for Monarch Homes, Regent Homes and Cambridge Homes and a developing line of core homes, recently took an option for the purchase of the 92-year-old Coppes, Inc., of Nappanee, manufacturers of a kitchen cabinet line for homes and industrial use under the name of Coppes - Napanee. Final inventory was being taken on Saturday at the Coppes plant at Nappanee in order to establish a final purchase price, it was disclosed this week. Monarch Industries has a phenomenal record of growth that has been noted in such prestigious publications as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Time Magazine. It went on the market to the public on June 6, 1968, selling at $6.50 per share in the morning and closed the same evening at $19.80 per share. It rose to S4O per share, and on August 20 there was a stock split. The stock value on the market now staiids at $34 per share. Wednesday Afternoon Club Meets With Mrs. Miles The Wednesday Afternoon club of Syracuse met with Mrs. Nelson Miles on October 9. The house was beautifully decorated with roses and snapdragons. Mrs. Ralph Thornburg presided at the business meeting. There was a discussion on the new projects of the federated clubs. Response to roll call was a harvest poem. It was reported that Indiana placemats will go on sale as a project. Mrs. George Kleopfer presented the program, a book review on “Through the Years” by Myrtie Baker, a news columnist. There were 22 members and two guests, Miss Dawson of England and Mrs. Ernest Bushong, present. The meeting closed with the Mizpah benediction. The next meeting will be a tour of a Hebrew temple at Fort Wajfiie. New Plant Under Construction C. J. Tranter, president of Royal Imprints, stated this week a new plant is under construction in Boca Raton, Fla. Jim Tranter, Jr., was named general manager of the new plant and will move to Florida with his wife and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Tranter, Sr., will spend time at both locations and will maintain their home at Lake Wawasee and a condominium residence in Boca Raton.

Electrical Work Holds Up Wawasee School

Bart Wade, clerk of the work at Wawasee high school, reported Tuesday evening to members of the Lakeland school board on progress at Wawasee. He stated the" electricians are holding up work on the unfinished part of the building. Mr. Wade said the general contractor is at a near standstill in many areas of the building until electrical work is completed. The delay will hold up completion of the gym area until after the opening of the basketball season. He did, however, comment that they were “pretty well” finished in the kitchen area and business manager Marion (“Bud”) Lantz later reported it was hoped the kitchen facilities could be in operation by the first of next week. Presently meals are being transported from the Syracuse junior high school cafeteria to the high school. A progress meeting was scheduled for 2 p.m. today (Wednesday) and board members were ureed to attend if possible. Superintendent Don H. Arnold gave board members a summery of the principals’ reports telling of the opening of school, disciplinary nroblems. programs, local field trios, etc. He noted room mothers have been organised in the elementary schools. In th° guidance report he told of work being done by the three (Continued On Page 3, Sec. 1) Women’s Fellowship Meets October 1 The Women’s Fellowship of the Syracuse Church of the Brethren met October 1. The meeting opened with group singing of “An Evening Prayer”. Miss Goldie Newcomer led the devotional reading of the fifth chapter of Psalms, verses one through nine, and read a poem, “Pray Without Ceasing”. Mrs. Fred Hapner, president of the Women’s Fellowship, introduced Mrs. Karen Snider, who presented the evening program. Mrs. Snider worked at the Spanish-A-merican day school which was held for six weeks in Saint Martin de Porres church. She showed slides taken while the children were busy at crafts-learning from the various teachers, eating their luncheon and taking naps in the afternoon. Mrs. Snider stated that anyone wishing to volunteer his services in this community project should do so as plans are underway for the day school for next summer. Mrs. Art Wagner and daughter Grace were in charge of the refreshments. There were 12 members attending with the above mentioned.

'Your Land Is My Land' Is Theme For Ladies Os The Round Table

Mrs. Clayton Mock was hostess to the Ladies of the Round Table as Mrs. Vernon T. Beckman presented “Your Land Is My Land — Part H” for the program. Mrs. Michael Neff, program chairman, introduced Mrs. Beckman who is a fine arts enthusiast. Her program of the evening was “Golden Age of American Sculpture". She stated, “America is having a renascence of poetry, art and sculpture and it has taken place in the past 75 years." Many well known enthusiasts were mentioned with Auguste St. Gaudens, Daniel Chester French,

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7'• '****■?*&£ V * ji RECENT GRADUATE - Mrs. Lee Good, Syracuse, will be among the graduates at the Indiana Vocational Technical college on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 13. The exercises will be held at LaSalle high school in South Bend at 2 p.m. Mrs. Good, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shannon of r 2 Syracuse, is graduating from the school of licensed practical nursing. The public is invited to attend. SYRACUSE POLICE MAKE TRAFFIC ARRESTS The Syracuse police department made a number of traffic violation arrests the past week. They follow: James Parker, Nappanee, was arrested for no operator license and was fined $43.25 and his license suspended for another six months in Warsaw city court. James Harris, North Webster, was arrested for violation of restriction on his license. Also Eric Orten, Syracuse, for having no operator’s license. Malcom C. Swide was arrested for failure to dim and was fined $23.25 in Christian Koher jp court at Syracuse. Graduates From Boot Training F/A Jerry D. McClintic graduated from “boot” training September 28 at the San Diego naval training center, San Diego, Calif. Yoeman 2nd class Jack Stump, Jerry’s brother who is stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, flew,to San Deigo to attend the graduation ceremonies. After a 14-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McClintic, F/A McClintic will report to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for duty with the CINPACFLT in the motor pool.

Gutzon Borglum, Malvina Hoffman and Paul Manship, each being highlighted with Mrs. Beckman’s most interesting, picturesque background stories of their lives of hardships, happiness, struggles and tragedies. The program followed the business meeting which was opened in regular form and presided over by Mrs. Milton Brice. Following adjournment refreshments carrying out the autumn season were served by the hostess to 15 members. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. James Alford, hostess, and Mrs. Milburn Rapp, program.