The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 37, Milford, Kosciusko County, 16 October 1968 — Page 1

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—1 I Ilf • IBBk ft r i* ■ W W^?^iW^ r 'w t •» I MILFORD PTO OFFICERS — Officers of the Milford Parent-Teachers’ Organization, which held its first meeting Tuesday evening at the elementary school, are shown here. From left are Mrs. Charles Purdum, treasurer; Richard Fehnel, president; Mrs. Fred Weisser, secretary; and principal Gorman Miller, who was the speaker before the group. At the Tuesday night meeting John Replogle was elected vice president.

Milford PTO In Tuesday Night Meeting The Milford Parent - Teachers’ Organization held its first meeting at the elementary all-purpose room Tuesday evening with fifth grade teacher Richard Fehnel presiding as president. Mr. Fehnel was elected vice president a year ago but became president when Francis Korenstra resigned. Other officers are Mrs. Fred Weisser, secretary, and Mrs. Charles Purdum, Jr., treasurer. ‘ The group unanimously elected John Replogle its new vice president. At the meeting, opened by devotions by Naomi Harford, secretary and treasurer’s reports were read, and room trophy went to the kindergarten class of Jeanne Foot. Principal Gorman Miller introduced the schools’ teachers and it was announced Mrs. Robert Hurd is publicity chairman; Arlo Beiswanger, program chairman: Dorothy Williams, membership chairman: and John B. Augsburger, project and finance chairman. Hear Principal Miller •Principal Miller was the speak er at the meeting attended by 81 persons. He gave his version of what education is, stating each child needs four things: 1. Affection, 2. To belong, 3. Achievement and success, and 4. Freedom from fear, and he elaborated on these points. It was announced by Mrs. Williams that there are 163 members in the Milford PTO at the present time. Sorosis Club Visits Store Members of the Sorosis club of Milford visited a furniture store in Nappanee for their recent meeting. After browsing through the store they enjoyed a talk on carpets — types, good and bad points and new fibers. Cider and doughnuts were served before the meeting adjourned.

866 Use B and 0 Station At Syracuse

Eight hundred sixty-six arrivals and departures were recorded at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s Syracuse station during July and August, railroad officials in Baltimore said this week. The figures involved persons arriving or departing Syracuse on the four B & 0 passenger trains which serve the community. Some 300 of the arrivals and departures involved students at the SmithWalbridge Camp during July, the railroad indicated; the rest of the total is normal railroad traffic. Syracuse is the railroad hub for a wide area of northern Indiana,

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

Milford Deputy Marshal Figures In Arrest Os Marijuana Possessors

Milford’s alert deputy marshal Jen Hershberger figured in the Friday morning arrest of four Ohio men who were in the possession of 40 pounds of freshlycut marijuana when he stopped their Volkswagen. Booked in Goshen at the Elkhart county jail for investigation of possession of marijuana were William C. Seigel, 23; Joseph E. Getzsinger, 27; Donald Benner, Jr., 21; and Gerald E. Weller, 22: all of Toledo, Ohio. The quartet had been arrested in Nappanee at 3:15 a.m. Formal charges were filed by Elkhart county officials later in the day. “They were in the wrong place and had an out-of-state plate on the car,” said deputy Hershberger. During the investigation a piece of paper was found show-

Plan Wawasee Benefit Sale For Nov. 2nd Plans began to take shape for a Wawasee Boosters Benefit auction sale, to be held Saturday, Nov. 2, at a meeting of principals at Milford Saturday morning. The sale will be conducted by members of the Milford, North Webster and Syracuse Lions clubs. Items Needed A large tent will be erected on the grounds of Waw’asee high school, and items may be brought to the tent as early as Monday, Oct. 28. Lions club members will be on hand to receive the items, and a night watchman will be on duty to assure their protection until the day of the sale. Paul Rush, a member of the Syracuse Lions club and a North Webster elementary teacher, is acting as general chairman of the sale. Lions club presidents Robert Wolferman of Milford, Gene Hall of Syracuse and Phil Fidler of North Webster are heading up efforts in their separate communities to get behind the sale. Arch Baumgartner is publicity

and persons come from as far as Elkhart, Warsaw, North Manchester and South Whitley to use trains on the B & O’s WashingtonChicago main line. The B & O’s Capitol Limited serving Syracuse is the only passenger train serving a Kosciusko county community which still has full dining, slumbercoach and regular Pullman service in addition to regular coaches. A breakdown of passengers using B & 0 trains during July and August includes: Washington to Chicago trains: No. 5, the Capitol Limited, 6:12 a.

ing the four Ohioans where to look for marijuana in Kosciusko county. The weed is not plentiful in Elkhart county but grows wild in this county since it was once raised here commercially for the use in manufacture of hemp rope. Elkhart county and state police officers are continuing the investigation. Indiana statutes provide for the townshin trustees to help with the eradication of marijuana. Local trustees notify farmers in the area where marijuana is found and” the farmers in turn spray the weed. However, it is hard to control and soon grows up again. It will be remembered the county had the marijuana infested area sprayed last summer to help with the elimination.

chairman. Numbers to Call Anyone wanting further information on the sale may call any of these numbers: 658-4676, Milford 834-2251, North Webster 457-2205, Syracuse ELMER HARTTERS ENTERTAIN SUNDAY Sunday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hartter were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gutwein and family and Mr. and Mrs. Edison Gutwein and family of Francesville; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fiechter, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Fiechter and Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Troxel and family of Bluffton; Rev. and Mrs. Walter Steffen and daughter of Syracuse. And, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Doll, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Beer, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Beer, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Haab, Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Beer and Fred, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Haab, Mrs. Walter Wuthrich, Mr. and Mrs. Don Hoover and family, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Campbell and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jessop and son, all of Milford. RETURNS TO SYRACUSE Everett Ketering has returned home from San Antonio, Texas, where he visited his daughter and family.

m., Syracuse arrivals, 29, departures, 66; No. 7, the Diplomat, 1:42 p.m., Syracuse arrivals, 176, departures, 124. Chicago to Pittsburg train: No. 10, the Gateway, 11:39 a.m., Syracuse arrivals, 83, departures, 211. Chicago to Washington train No. 6, the Capitol Limited, 5:50 p. m., Syracuse arrivals, 130, departures, 37. A number of local residents use the Capitol Limited service for one-day shopping, business or pleasure trips to Chicago. Recent indications are that Syr-

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1968

United Fund Drive Hits 40% Mark

During a recent meeting of the United Fund’s campaign committee, director Neal Carlson announced that $50,000 or approximately 40 per cent of this year’s UF goal has been reached. Carlson stated “we are running ahead of last year’s drive, but there is a long way to go and we need approximately SBI,OOO more by the end of the month”. United Fund president Charlie Ker stated that he was pleased with the results to date and noted that some divisions were just currently getting underway and that he still hoped that the drive would be completed by the 31st of this month. It was noted at the meeting that while there was a tremendous amount of personal contact by United Fund personnel many persons would undoutedly not receive any direct communication from the United Fund organization. Accordingly, it is hoped that all these people will contact the United Fund office. Sam Dungan, campaign coordinator, said that this is a countywide effort and everyone should participate if the drive is to be successful and the work of the agencies continued. Milford Legion In Stated Meeting The regular Milford American Legion meeting was held Monday evening in the hall with Commander Wade Mishler presiding. Service officer Pat Ritter reported that effective January 1 there would be an increase in . compensation payments for disabled veterans from the old amount of S3OO per month to S4OO and veterans who received 90 per cent or less disability will receive an eight per cent increase. The increase will be automatic and need not be applied for. Dates of interest were announced by commander Mishler as follows: October 26 is the Legion Halloween party. It will be held at 8 p.m. for members only. Masked attire is optional. November 9 is set. aside to honor all veterans whether they are Legionnaires or not. All veterans are invited to come to the post anytime after 12 noon with a luncheon served at 6 p.m. Commander Mishler announced the national Legion theme for the year 1968-69 is “Law and Order” and he therefore made Larry Bray chairman of local post command on law and order. Under new business it was voted and approved for the post to purchase a new‘'colored television for the club room. Milford, Syracuse Boards Issue Halloween Order Both the Milford and Syracuse town boards have issued Halloween proclamations. They appear elsewhere in this issue. The Milford youngsters may “trick or treat” on Wedneday and Thursday, Oct. 30 and 31, but should be off the streets prior to the 11 p.m. curfew. Youngsters in Syracuse may “trick or treat” on Halloween night, Oct. 31, from 7 to 10 p.m.

acuse is also becoming a rail freight hub for the B & O in northern Indiana. Carload freight for communities between Bremen and Albion, formerly classified by switching in the railroad’s Garrett yards, is now being sorted at Milford Junction, five miles west of Syracuse, under the direction of the B & O’s Syracuse agency. The move provides faster service to this area from Chicago and western points, since freight which formerly went into Garrett for sorting and return is now sorted in this area.

/OOffl j 90 80 70 60 SO 40-mm J|j|B ©Wolt Disney Productions School Board Candidates At Chamber Meeting Candidates for the Lakeland school board in the November 5 election will appear before the. Syracuse Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night at their meeting at the Driftwood Room at the. Wawasee golf club. They will speak before the Chamber following a dinner. C andidates include Jerry Helvey and Charles Purdum who are seeking re-election to the board, and Kenneth Haney of district three (Van Buren and the east half of Jefferson township). Also appearing at the meetfog will be John Augsburger of Milford, candidate for the state senate. Each guest will be given an opportunity to speak and will be subject to a question and answer session. Chamber secretary Bill Beemer is urging all non - members to contact Chet McCuen of Syracuse if they plan to attend in order that dinner reservations may be made. Crusade To Be Held At Mt. Tabor The Mount Tabor Crusade will begin on Sunday, Oct. 27, and continue through November 10 at the Mount Tabor church, located six miles south of Nappan-. ee. This crusade, which is one of the largest evangelistic crusades for a local church in the area, will have many outstanding features. Expected are a large crusade choir, special recording artists, singing and playing instruments on various evenings, overfolwing crowds each evening. The crusade will feature as the evangelist, Rev. Thomas Douglas of Columbia City. Rev. Douglas is an outstanding speaker of the word of God. He has been in the fulltime evangelistic field for several years and has traveled across the nation speaking to local church crusades, city-wide crusades and county - wide crusades. He comes from a rich background of experiences. Twenty-four years were spent in thg active pastorate in the field of the ministry. The services begin each evening at 7:30 p.m. with the opening service on Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. license suspended Lee F. Double, 20, 612 south Huntington street, Syracuse, has had his license suspended from September 28, 1968, to November 25, 1968, on speeding charges according to the latest release from the bureau of motor vehicles.. MAN HELD IN JAIL William R. Flynn, 34, of r 1 North Webster, was taken into custody on a Kosciusko circuit ccurt warrant and lodged in the county jail.

fO rY B 7 z mF ti «r wB I ff w i & B Bsß Am I Jr * ■ - -Jbßl W f ; Bp ■ HOMECOMING QUEEN — Wawasee high school principal Henry Smith is shown above as he crowns Arlene Olson queen of the activities. Also pictured are members of her court, Bertha Campos, an exchange student from Peru, South America; Ida Juarez, queen Arlene, principal Smith, Tina Sellers and Marta Juday. The queen was selected by the student body of Wawasee high school and was crowned during half time.

Syracuse Board Signs Contract For Proposed Water Improvements

Members of the Syracuse town board accepted and signed a contract presented by attorney Robert Reed to hire Lessig Engineers of Warsaw for the work proposed on the well-sinking a new well and repairs on the present one. This action was taken at the town’s October meeting on Tuesday night. T. L. Kline was present and told members a dewatering would be necessary before a sewer line could be laid on Chicago street to the city limits. He told of a firm that does this type of work for $2 per foot and stated there is 600 feet involved. Board members requested Mr. Kline and Joe Hughes submit a complete proposal on the work of laying the sewer line with the dewatering optional. Fire chief Tom Strickler asked if the men were to be paid for taking the fire trucks to Battle Creek, Mich., for the annual check and repair. The board approved a motion to pay $25 each and expenses. Mr. Strickler also read a portion of the 1967 town ordinance on burning leaves and trash, stating no fire is to be left uattended and no trash or leaves are to be burned between sunset and. sunrise. He also asked if the lost water valve at Huntington and Main would be recovered by the Lessig firm when the well and water improvements are done. Os the four valves at the intersection, only one has been located. It is believed the other three were covered when the streets were blacktopped. Strickler was told that the board would bring the matter before the engineers. Member Loren Longenbaugh said that since Vega Homes was located and in operation, semitrucks are using Brooklyn street and tree limbs are hanging low at the comer of south Main and Brooklyn. Since there are utility lines running through the tree limbs, NIPSCo will be informed of the situation. A proclamation on trick or treat night was approved by the board and appears in this issue. A notice on the burning of leaves on the blacktop may also be found elsewhere. Byron Connolly, president of the board, read a letter of appreciation from Teed Howard of the boy

scouts for the help received during the Makahiki last summer. Also present at the meeting were members Mrs. Frank Bates and Vernon Beckman; clerk-treas-urer Ronald Sharp; and Mrs. Dale Sparklin. $250 DAMAGE TO PARKED CARS AT SYRACUSE A total of $250 damage was estimated to two parked cars at Syracuse as the gearshift of one of the cars was pulled from the park position by the seven-year-c!d-daughter of the driver and it lurched forward into the second car. Mrs. Jean Rogers, Syracuse, parked her car on Huntington street and Mrs. Barbara Green, r 3 Ligonier, parked behind her. When Mrs. Green left her car, she left the motor running and the accident occurred. Damage to the Rogers car was $l5O and to the Green car SIOO. There were no injuries. FIRE CAUSES $2,500 DAMAGE AT FROST HOME A fire early Sunday morning damaged the Ray Frost home on Kale Island, Lake Wawasee, an estimated $2,500. Mr. and Mrs. Frost were in the upstairs when the fire started. «The couple managed to get out on the roes and was rescued by firemen from the Syracuse fire department. An overheated furnace was believed to have caused the fire. GONE TO FLORIDA The C. M. Jessups of r 4 Syracuse have gone to Pompano Beach, Fla., for the winter.

List PTA Activities At Syracuse; Carnival Set For Saturday

Activities for the Syracuse Parent - Teachers Association have been announced by president, Mrs. Jan Rinker, who stated the association had sold 400 sweat shirts recently with profits to go for the gym to improve the physical equipment program. The annual Halloween carnival will be held on Saturday, Oct.

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BPW Women Discuss Projects October 8 The Business and Professional Women’s club of Syracuse met October 8 at Foo and Faye’s for a 6:30 dinner. The tables decorated in the fall and Hallowsen theme. Mrs. Lyle Kell, president, conducted the business meeting and heard the various reports. A letter was read from the fair association inviting the members tb a dinner sponsored by the association for all fair workers on Saturday, Oct. 12. A discussion was held on Christmas decorations for the town. Mrs. Kell appointed Mrs. Stanley Grimes, Mrs. Charles Dean and Miss Leila Connolly to a committee to investigate the cost of purchasing or renting decorations. A report on the rummage sale was given. A motion was made and carried to stage another Civic Night in Syracuse this year. A white elephant sale was held with Mrs. Dean as auctioneer. Mrs. Blanch Mason won the door prize. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Charles Dean, Mrs. Ann Davis and Mrs. Ray Buhrt. There were 23 members and nine guests, Mrs. Keith Whiteman, Mrs. Louise Byland, Mrs. Fred Byland, Mrs. William Eyer, Mrs. Eugene Henning, Mrs. Russell Kistler, Mrs. Daniel Miller, Mrs. Pat Money and Mrs. Blanche Mason, present. Hostesses for .the November meeting will be Mrs. (Leonard Barnhart, Mrs. J. B. Cox and Mi's. Willard Nusbaum.

19, in the bld gym of the school. Open house is being planned and will be held in November during National Education Week. All parents of students in grades kindergarten through the eighth grade at the Syracuse schools are urged to attend the meetings and participate in the activities of the association.