The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 46, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 December 1968 — Page 1

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Christmas Services At A Syracuse Churches in the Syracuse area have had or will be having their Christmas services within the next few days. Information on those services follows: Nazarene A combined service at 9:30 a. m. Sunday, Dec. 22, is being planned for the Church of the Nazarene. Hie children will present the program “Jesus Loves Me” with Mrs. Bessie Scarbeary as the director. The guest speaker will be Rev. Fletcher Spruce, district superintendent of Marion. At'the evening service set for 7:30, a play, “The Song From Heaven” by Richard Mullins, will be given. It is the history of the song “Silent Night”. The public is invited to attend both services. Rev. Robert Scheidley is pastor of the church. Baptist The children, junior and senior departments will present the program at the Wawasee Heights Baptist church at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 22. Songs, recitations and plays will be presented by the children from the nursery, beginner, primary and junior departments. The junior and senior department will present a playlet and the adult department will sing "The Birthday of the King”. Rev. Robert Mundy and members of the congregation invite the community to attend the service. Church of Cod Rev. Chester Bahn will use “The True Christmas with Christ” for his sermon on Sunday, Dec. 22. The Christmas program will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Sunday by the Sunday school classes. Refreshments will be served in the church basement following the program with treats for the children. Saint Andrew’s The Saint Andrew’s United Methodist church choirs will present their Christmas music in worship on Sunday, Dec. 22, at 10:30 a.m. The annual service is to be highlighted by the combined chancel and Wesley choirs singing the anthems of Christmas. A candlelight communion service at 6:45 p.m. on Christmas Eve will close the advent services of this year. Youth of the church will present their offerings of carols during the time of meditation. Candles, traditionally the sign of Christmas Eve, will be carried in by the altar boys with the participating families taking home their individual candles following the service. During the morning of December 22, each of the Sunday school classes will have their special programs of worship and celebration. These services are open for all who wish to attend. Lutheran The annual Christmas communion service will be held during the wordlip hour at 10:45 a. m. on Sunday at the Grace Lutheran church. Joel Burkholder will be the organist and pastor Hertenstein’s theme for the service will be based on the hymn “Thou didst leave thy throne”. A filmstrip relating the birth of the Christ child will be shown in the latter half of the church school hour which begins at 9:30 a.m. On Christmas Eve members and friends of Grace Lutheran church are invited to share in a candlelight service that begins at 10:45 p.m. with an organ prelude. Philip K. Fawley will be the organist and Mrs. Jack Darr will direct the choir in singing several anthems. The congregation will unite with the choir in singing some of the favorite carols. The theme of the worship hour is “Arise, Shine, for Your Light Has Come”. Towards the close of the worship period the congregation will share in a special candlelighting ceremony. Church of the Brethren The elementary department of the Syracuse Church of the Bre<Con’d On Page 4, This Sector

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Harry Phend, Businessman, Dead At 84 Harry R. Phend, 84, well known Milford businessman, died at 4 a m. Monday in his home on south Main street in Milford of a coronary occlusion. Mr. Phend was co-owner of the Phend and Brown Construction Company of Milford. He took an active part of community life from the time he moved to Milford in 1910 until his death Monday. The deceased was a 56-year member of the Kosciusko lodge

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418 F and AM and was a cnarier member of the Milford Lions club. A member of the Milford United Methodist church, he served as treasurer of the Epworth Forest Institute and Camp Commission for 15 years. Mr. Phend was bom near Nappanee September 25, 1884, to Christian and Mary (McConnell) Phend. He moved from that community to Milford in 1910 to become manager of the Royal Telephone Company. He later bought stock in the company and soon became a major stockholder. His business interests expanded and he became involved with both the Milford and Syracuse electric companies. His business interests at one time also included the elevator, bank, and

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a loan company. He and Mary Parker oi Bourbon were married in October of 1913. She preceded him in death November 29,1947. On December 30,1948, he married Inez Anglin of Milford. Surviving with the widow are one daughter, Mrs. Barnett (Mary Alice) Koontz of Wolcottville; one son, Parker of Milford; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Donald (Jean) Morrison of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Ronald (Ann) Laymon of Normal, Ill.; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Belle Miller of Wellman, Iowa; and two brothers, Delvin and Waldo of lowa City, lowa. Services were held at 1:30 this afternoon (Wednesday) in the Milford United Methodist church with

Rev. Richard Sumner, OSL, officiating. Burial was in the Oakhill cemetery at Plymouth. Masonic memorial services were held Tuesday at 7 p.m. FOO WONGS ENROUTE TO HONG KONG Mr. and Mrs. Foo Wong and son. Corky, r 4 Syracuse, left last week end from the South Bend airport for the west coast where they will depart for Hong Kong for a visit with Mr. Wong’s mother. Mr. Wong has not seen his mocner for 35 years. Enroute home they will visit Mrs. Wong’s parents at Seattle, Wash.

Leon F. McNutt Becomes County's 18th Traffic Fatality Saturday

Leon F. McNutt, 64, r 2 Syracuse, became this county’s 18th traffic fatality of the year when he died in the Goshen hospital Saturday night. McNutt was admitted following a two-car accident at 11:50 p.m. on state road 13-A on the east side of Lake Wawasee. Mr. McNutt and his wife, Irene, 64, were traveling south on the state road when a second car, driven by Jerry Maggart, 23, r 1 Ligonier, went out of control after crossing the railroad tracks

and veered left of the center sideswiping the McNutt auto. Mrs. McNutt was treated at the hospital for injuries to both knees and chest and released. Maggart, who was arrested for driving left of the center, was admitted to the hospital for treatment to his nose and chest He was released and Sunday. McNutt died of internal injuries. Investigating officers were Devon Miller and Clark Clodfelder of the state police and county

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Christmas Services At Milford The churches of the Milford community are holding or will hold in the coming week their Christmas programs and events. Those events are as follows: United Methodist The Milford United Methodist church program will be presented on Sunday at 7 p.m. by members of the church school. “Rejoice” is the title of the play to be presented by the junior highs. The primary department will have music and poetry while the youngsters will form a tableau for the birth of Christ. Carols will also be sung. Christian The annual Christmas program at the Christian church was held last Sunday evening with members of the junior department participating. Following the program the birthday cake for Christ was presented and later served in the fellowship hall to all present. The church’s giant Christmas card and the youngsters’ offering to the Ladoga Christian Children’s Home were also presented. Next Sunday Norris Jackson of Rome City will fill the pulpit for both the morning and evening service. On December 29 Mike Hamilton, a student at Cincinnati 'Bible college and son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hamilton of Milford, will deliver the morning and evening messages. First Brethren A candlelight service will be held at 10:45 on Christmas Eve at the First Brethren church. Rev. Albert Curtright invites the public to attend. Sunday services will be as usual with a Christmas emphasis. Bethel The Bethel church’s Christmas program was held on the evening of December 8. The junior highs of the church will go caroling tomorrow evening (Thursday) and will be calling at the homes of several of the congregation’s shut-ins to sing. A youth party will be held on Monday evening at 7:30 in the Elmer Sorensen home. Apostolic Christian The members and the children of the Apostolic Christian church will present its annual Christmas program in the sanctuary on Sunday evening at 7 o’clock. The public is invited. Yule Program At Syracuse Elementary Syracuse elementary school will hold its annual Christmas Convocation on Thursday, Dec. 19, at 2:25 p.m. in the gymnasium. The program has been planned by Mrs. Carol Darr and Mrs. Virginia Ditmer, elementary music teachers at the elementary school in Syracuse. Mrs. Darr will direct the first grade choir, which is composed of selected first graders, and Mrs. Ditmer will direct the elementary choir, which is composed ol selected fifth “graders. The program will proceed without announcement as follows: Carols played as student body enters First grade choir sings two songs Christmas message by Rev. Ralph Wagoner Elementary choir sings two songs Everyone sings Silent Night Elementary choir sings carols as everyone leaves gymnasium Our -speaker at this year’s Christmas Convocation is Rev. Ralph Wagoner, pastor of the Syracuse Church of the Brethren. He will present the Christmas message to the students and guests. Principal Robert D. Hamman, in behalf of the entire faculty and staff, would like to invite the public to this convocation. Guests are requested to sit in the upper section of bleachers on the west side of the gymnasium. deputy sheriff Gerald Oswalt. They set damage to both autos at $1,400.