The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 43, Milford, Kosciusko County, 27 November 1968 — Page 13

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20 YEARS AGO, NOV., 18, 1948 Mr. and Mrs. Pete Yoder of Milford announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Miss Kathryn Esther, to Harry Dale Doty of Milford. About 40 relatives of Henry Beer surprised him at a birthday party at the Beer cabin on Sunday and presented to him a valuable copper hanging lamp. Announcement has been made cf the engagement of Miss Elsie Kline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kline of Milford, and Lowell Poyser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Poyser of Syracuse. The date of the wedding has not been set. Mrs. C. D. Barnes gave a birthday party for her granddaughter, Marsha Frazier of Bicknell Tuesday afternoon. Marsha is five years bld. Games and refreshments were enjoyed by Marsha, Charles and Sally Berkeypile, Ronnie Baumgartner, Sharon Saylor, Judy Martin, Carolyn Ellison, Jonell Judkins, Mary Ellen and Joe Evans. Mrs. Harold Tom was remov-

p WW 4 mF|« J • F Wn I IN OUR SPORTSWEAR DEPARTMENT SWEATERS, SKIRTS, PANT TOPS and SLACKS CASUAL SUITS and COORDINATES IN OUR LINGERIE DEPARTMENT GOWNS and NEGLIGEES QUILTED ROBES SUPS and PAJAMAS BRAS and GIRDLES BED JACKETS IN OUR DRESS DEPARTMENT DRESS KNITS FOR ALL OCCASIONS To Fit Junior, Junior Petite, Misses and Half Sizes IN OUR COAT DEPARTMENT ALL WEATHERS, VELVETS, CAR COATS, LEATHERS and SUEDES IN OUR ACCESSORY DEPARTMENT UMBRELLAS and UMBRELLA TOTES PURSES and BILLFOLDS TRAVEL NOVELTIES SCARVES and DICKIES JEWELRY and GLOVES SwM 1 GIFT / 109 S. Buffalo Warsaw ->"7”

ed from the Goshen hospital on Sunday to her home two miles south of Milford following a major operation. Her son, John Tom, and family are staying at the Tom home while she is convalescing. 30 YEARS AGO. NOV. 24, 1938 The ladies auxiliary of the Ancil Geiger Post entertained the auxiliary president of the second Indiana district at a dinner served at the Lakes Trail restaurant on November 15. There were 13 members present and a very pleasant evening was enjoyed. Milton Hiatt, the commercial teacher of the Milford high school, has announced that the score of 39 words per minute, made by Miss Helen Wilson in the typing class, is a record for students in their second month of work. Attention of hunters has been called to a provision in the state laws which prohibits the sale or purchase of quail, Hungarian partridge or pheasant. The statute does not apply to rabbits. Maehineless Permanents $3.

Dye Beauty Shop, Leesburg, Phone 75. The trapping season of fur bearing animals opened November 15. Victor Brumbaugh states that because of the continued warm weather hides are not yet in prime condition. Unless colder weather arrives soon, fur prices will likely remain low. William Bushong and daughter have rented rooms at the W. 0. Davisson residence which they will occupy during the winter. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Trautman of Fort Wayne called at the home of Mrs. Elma Keehn on Sunday. 40 YEARS AGO, NOV. 15, 1928 Timothy Dygert, local shoe repair man and harness maker, and Miss Clara Henwood of Dowagiac, Mich., were married at Warsaw, Tuesday, Nov. 6. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. C. Perry Gibbs, pastor of the Warsaw Methodist church. Rooms have been furnished above the shoe shop where they will make their home. O. C. Miller, local agent for the Chevrolet cars, states that new models will be placed on the market by that company within a course of several weeks and that he will be unable to get new cars from the factory until the new models are on the market. It is believed that the new models will have six-cylinder motors. The Milford bridge club met at the home of Mrs. Peter Beer in Goshen last week. Mrs. Baum-

gartner and Mrs. Graff were prize winners. The hostess served lunch. The club will meet with Mrs. Albert Graff on November 21. The students of Milford high school were entertained at the Monday morning chapel services by Rev. Vantz of Fort Wayne. The theme of his talk was “What to do in Life”. Mrs. Elinor Estep will entertain the Merry Jayne sewing club on Friday evening. 50 YEARS AGO, NOV. 14, 1948 While the school parade was being made on Main street Monday afternoon, Fred Setchler who lives on the comer of West and Catherine street, fell from the scale house near the stock shed and had the misfortune to break his ankle. Our elderly girls should not consider it a dishonor to be called an old maid for we have recently learned the statute of liberty was never married. Large mule for sale or trade for horse or cow. Call Oscar Roose, phone 924 Nappanee. Miss Lucy Hill, a teacher in the Bristol school, died last week with influenza, that later terminated in pneumonia. She is survived by her parents, two brothers and five sisters. Mrs. Hattie Gibson of southwest Milford was quite sick for several days last week with acute indigestion, but was reported better Monday morning. The epidemic of influenza at Three Rivers, Mich., reached a serious stage last week when five deaths every 24 hours was the report for the week. The schoo l house has been converted into a hospital from outside the city. — Middlebury Independent. You can never fatten a family skeleton. “MELE KALIKIMAKA” Wishing “Mele Kalikimaka” is the traditional way to say, “Merry Christmas” in Hawaiian.

WSCS - United Methodist Church Christmas Bazaar at Milford Fire Station December 6-4 p.m. to 8 p.m. December 7-9 p.m. to 5 p.m. Happy Little Extras... /ys HANKIES ft XiV J Il ' I j/F' jF

Fairfield Board Receives Athletic Bids Nov. 19 The Fairfield board of school trustees met in special session for the purpose of receiving bids on athletic facilities at 8 p.m. November 19. Bids were received from Reith Riley at $121,665; and from Arco Engineering at $104,374. The board tabled action pending from the architects. In other business, the board approved: advertising for the sale of miscellaneous equipment; the purchase of tote trays for a classroom, door mats and coat racks for the new school; hiring of one additional full-time and one additional part-time, custodian; personal leaves for LoisMyers on November 22 and Albert McDowell on November 26; professional leave of Allen Harne as to attend the Mid-West national band clinic at Chicago on December 19-21; and payment of claims in the amount of $5,105.03. The board moved a meeting date from December 17 to December 18 to enable them to attend the ISBA regional conference at Notre Dame. Yesteryear’s Customs Live At Yuletide Candles and carols, trees and treats, gifts and greens — and Santa Claus, of course. Wherever Christmas is celebrated, these symbols seem to appear. In the modern era of rapid communication, there is a growing uniformity in the ways that people everywhere choose to mark the holiday. Yesteryear’s customs, how-

■ I ■ I I I H F Ml''’ < a < • »■ $12,000 LOSS — Spontaneous combustion destroyed a large barn on the Harold Umbaugh farm near New Paris Friday night. A large amount of hay and straw was in the mow and two ccws and four calves were killed. Also lost were a truck, tractor and several pieces of farm machinery. Fire chief William Neff stated the damage would exceed $12,000.

ever, still have their place in modem celebrations. It’s a case of “the more things change, the more they stay the same,” as countries, communities and individuals seek to cherish and preserve their own special holiday traditions. Some of these traditions, as treasured in memory or kept alive in holiday ritual, are compiled in the follow-

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ing paragraphs, according to information from the editors of Encyclopedia International. For Feasting Traditional Christmas treat in Spain is a sweet pastry called “dulces de almendra.” The ingredients are sugar, flour, egg white and almonds.

Minister From Haiti Presents Program A pastor from Haiti, Rev. Napoleon Etienne, recently presented a most moving story of his work with children of his country at the Saint Andrew’s United Methodist church. Working with Grace Children’s hospital in Port au Prince, he told of the malnutrition and tuberculosis that they are trying to cure. Rev. Etienne and his wife along with his 15-year-old daughter are spending a short time in the United States in order to tell of the needed work this hospital is doing. Ordinarily, Rev. Etienne is the chief pastor of 20 churches, but has taken a two year leave-of-ab-sence to work with the hospital. This Haitian family was a guest cf the August Lundquists and the Saint Andrew’s church. While they were here the Etiennes were shown the community and the churches. His comment was, “You don’t know how fortunate you really are!” In Haiti, the average income is S7O a year and is not enough to feed the many members of the average family. Children are affected greatly by the lack of proper food and fall prey to the many diseases of the tropic land. Yodeling Yule An old custom of the Austrian Tyrol is the Christmas yodel. Traditionally, the Yuletide yodel—a song without words — may be improvised, or it may be based on the tune of a familiar carol. Miss America. I —Shoes — by SMARTAIRE. - See them on happening ’ 6B #./■ / Miss America’s Angel pump for heavenly girls like you. $14.00 Black — Brown — Navy Red — Green Sizes 4 to 11 Doug Pilcher Shoe Store Uptown Syracuse

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