The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 47, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 December 1968 — Page 1

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CHRISTMAS AT WHS — Wawasee high school took on the appearance of the holiday season as Yuletide trappings appeared at every turn of the corridor. Os special note, however, is the work of students of the

World Prays For Safe Return Os Brave Americans

Astronauts Now Circling The Moon

The prayers of the entire world go out this Christmas Eve, 1968, for the safe return to earth of spacemen Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders.

The three dauntless astronauts left the earth at Cape Kennedy, Fla., just before 8 o’clock Saturday morning and this morning were circling the Moon in eliptio al form nearly a quarter million miles from their starting point. The pictures they were sending back this morning (Wednesday) were nothing short of phenomenal. After making 20 trips around the Moon, they will fire their afterburners and make a return trip to the earth. The afterburners functioned perfectly before and should do so shortly after midnight tonight, and Christmas Day will find the brave Americans on their return trip to earth. Aside from colds caught by two of the astronauts, the trip has been on schedule. Their historic orbital reconnaisance run will pave the way for a landing by another American crew as early as next spring, thus reaching President Kennedy’s fond hope of having a man on the moon “in this decade.” The speed of their craft left the earth’s gravitational pull at something like 24,000 miles per hour, but slowed down to about 2,100 miles per hour under the drag of the earth’s gravity and then accelerated up to 6,000 mph when the earth surrendered its influence on Apollo 8 to the pull of the moon at mid-afternoon on Tuesday. The Apollo 8 will circle the Moon in a perfect circle during its last 10 orbits at a distance of only 60 miles, allowing for near perfect television photos of the entire Moonsurface. It will be the first time man has ever seen one side of the Moon. The entire flight of Apollo 8 is being watched by an anxious .world, with the enormity of the endeavor being incomprehensible by most laymen. The safe return of the three brave Americans at this moment is uppermost in the minds of all thinking people. FINED FOR IMPROPER TURN Donald Cretcher, 40, r 1 North Webster, paid $23.25 in justice of the peace Milo Clase court at Warsaw for an improper left turn.

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

Pomona Grange Has Party The St - Mar - Kos Pomona Grange met at the New Tamarack Grange hall for the annual Christmas party. The Women’s activities committee provided (he baked ham, vegetables, rolls and coffee and the other members brought salads and desserts for the supper. The regular meeting that followed was in the charge of Ben Thompson, master, with 11 officers responding to roll call. Reports of subordinate granges were given by New Tamarack, Waubee and Bremen and the home economics committee report was given by Mrs. Vera Thompson in the absence of Mrs. Ora Trader who was ill. The lecturer, Mrs. Herman Miller, presented a program in keeping with the season. Christmas carols, “Joy to the World”, “O, Little Town of Bethlehem” and “Silent Night” and “Santa is Coming to Town” accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Mabelle BonDurant. Mrs. Thompson read “Keeping Christmas” and Mrs. Miller read “It’s Christmas Again”. Clem Beehler read an article written by an Elkhart minister, entitled “Santa Drops Dead”. The lecturer closed the program by giving “Learn to Give” and distributed program books for the coming year. A gift exchange was enjoyed around a beautifully lighted and decorated Christmas tree. The next meeting will be held on January 16 in the Bremen Grange hall. A pot luck supper will be served at 7 p.m. EST. The program will be in the charge of the legislative committee. Those attending the Christmas meeting from Milford were Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pinkerton, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Heyde, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Pinkerton and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Miller. The district conference meeting will be held in the Fairview -Grange hall in Elkhart county Saturday, Jan. 11, from 10:30 a. m. until 3 p.m. Masters, deputies, lecturers, secretaries, home economic chairmen and youth chairmen from each grange are urged to attend.

school’s art department as shown in the above photo. Students painted color pictures depicting Christmas scenes on the front windows of the school, revealing some very real art talent.

Milford Board In Final Meeting Os 1968 Members of the Milford town board met Saturday for their final meeting of the 1968 year and signed claims to allow the clerktreasurer to close the 'books. Clerk Edith Baumgartner reported the following persons had donated to the park fund for the building now under construction: Francis Throckmorton, Cecil Foods, Campbell’s Market, Maple Leaf Farms and the Chamber of Commerce gave an additional $l5O received from the chicken barbeque held last fall. Carl Duncan was re-appointed president of the board. Wednesday Afternoon Club Christinas Party Mrs. Virgil Bobeck opened her beautifully decorated home <> December 18 for the Wednesday Afternoon club of Syracuse for a Christmas party. She was assisted by Mrs. Richard W. Heyde and Mrs. Ray Jones. Mrs. Ralph Thornburg conducted the business meeting. Place mats purchased by the club were distributed. A nominating committee was appointed in preparation for the January 8 election of the 1969 club year officers. Mrs. Paul Warner, program chairman then introduced Mrs. Ray Jones, who with an appropriate background of lighted Christmas tree, holly and candles, led in carol singing, after Santa socks which matched the exchange gifts were passed by Mrs. Heyde. Mrs. Bobeck invited the group j to the dining room where Mrs. Thornburg poured at a table, laden with Christmas cakes, cookies and nuts, and centered with cut flowers and candles. Carol singing concluded the holiday party. There were 20 members and two guests, Mrs. Mabel Burley and Mrs. W. A. Jones Jr., present. Mrs. Louise Kuilema will be the January 8 hostess. POLICE CHIEF ON SICK LIST Police chief Orville Vanderßey den and Ronald Robinson, a member of the Syracuse police department are both home sufiering with colds or the flu.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1968-

Masons Observe Feast Os St. John A selected group of Indiana’® 550 Masonic lodges will celebrate an observance of the Feast of Saint John the Evangelist on Friday evening, Dec. 27. Under the sponsorship of the Indiana Masonic Grand Lodge, those selected lodges will pay traditional Masonic honors to the Evangelist, customarily known as one of Freemasonry’s patron saints. Dr. Robert M. Seibel, Nashville, Grand Master of Masons in Indiana, has authorized a number of lodges to celebrate the occasion with a revival of an ancient “Table Lodge” ceremony, which will include special music, a banquet and Masonic talks. The observance of such Masonic festivals is one of the noble old traditions of Masonic lodges. All the Table Lodge ceremonies will be held simultaneously on December 27 in the specially decorated banquet halls of the following Masonic lodges: Mentone Lodge No. 576, Mentone, and Akron Lodge No. 659, Akron, jointly at Menton. Kosciusko Lodge No. 418, Milford, and Syracuse Lodge No. 454, Syracuse, jointly at Milford. Christmas Party Held By Beta Psi Chapter The Beta Psi chapter of North Webster of the Lambda Chi Omega National Philanthropic sorority held its annual Christmas party and gift exchange in a restaurant in that city last Thursday evening. It was voted to donate the profits from the organization’s latest money making project to a needy family of the community consisting of the mother and four small children. SANTA VISITS MOBILE HOMES Santa paid a surprise visit to all the homes at the Elco Mobile Homes Sunday evening and left a gift for each child. MINNESOTA COUPLE VISITS GRANDPARENTS Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Miller of Rochester, Minn., spent the week end visiting relatives in Nappanee and were dinner guests of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Miller, of west of Milford. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. Gene Miller of Milford, but who will soon leave for Germany where he has been assigned military duties. Christmas day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Miller will be Mr. and Mrs., James Wolf and children, Jce, Ann, and Pam of Atwood, and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Miller.

Tom Gilbert Renamed CD Chairman At the regular meeting of the Syracuse unit of Civil Defense Thursday night an election of officers for the coming year was held. The new officers .are: Chairman — Thomas Gilbert Secretary — Mrs. Thomas Gilbert Treasurer re-elected — Glenn Scott Vice chairman — James Ritter Sergeant-at-arms — Emory Guy City director Charles Vanderveer presided at the meeting and told the members there would be a ball game Saturday vßth Huntington Catholic and that all members working traffic should plan to be there by 6 p.m. Glenn Scott told the members he had ordered the reflector vests to be worn when working traffic. The vests should be in soon. TWO-CAR WRECK IN MILFORD SUNDAY P.M. A two-car accident occurred at 11:55 p.m. Sunday at the comer of James and Fourth streets in Milford. A 1964 Ford driven by Ernest Salinas, 27, of Milford was heading north on James street. It crashed into a 1966 Chevrolet driven by Richard Steffen, 17, also of Milford and headed west on Fourth street. Salinas said he stopped at the corner, then moved across Fourth street, striking the Steffen auto. His side windows were iced over, causing the accident, acceding to a deputy sheriff who investigated. There were no personal injuries to either driver or to Greg Kaiser who was riding with Steffen. Damage to the Steffen car was aout SSOO and to the Salinas car about SSO. Nilah Jonasch To Wed Gael Munson 111 Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Jonasch, r 3 Syracuse, announce the engagement of their daughter, Nilah E., to Gael Dee Munson 111, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gael Munson, Jr., of Warsaw. No date has been set for the wedding. Miss Jonasch, who is a graduate of Milford high school, is employed as a dental assistant by Dr. J. J. Bohlin in Warsaw. Her fiance was graduated from Warsaw Community high school, served as an MP in the Panama Canal Zone with the U. S. army and is now associated with his father at Munson Motor Sales in Warsaw. Early Christmas Gifts Given To Douglas Felts Douglas Felts, two-and-a-half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Felts, Syracuse, was given an early Christmas by his family who presented gifts to him in the South Bend hospital last Wednesday. Douglas is suffering from leukemia and is receiving blood transfusions at the hospital. ARRIVE AT YUMA Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Myers, Christi and Sherri of Syracuse have arrived at Yuma, Ariz. The Myerses delivered a new Ford td Mr. and Mrs. Harry Orn at Yuma. The two couples and their families plan to visit the Baja Peninsula, and the Myers family will visit Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hover in California before returning to the Lakeland area via air. Foreclosure The State Bank of Syarcuse has been awarded a judgment of $24,916.24 in Kosciusko circuit court on a complaint to foreclose a real estate mortgage suit filed against Howard W. and Helen R. Shupp, Ruskin, Fla. The mortgage was Also foreclosed and the real estate ordered sold.

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REAL YULE SPIRIT — If lights and decorations make for the Yuletide spirit, then the home of Duane (“Dewey”) Dye of Leesburg abounds in the spirit of the holidays. Certainly the Dye residence, located on the east edge of Leesburg on the Oswego road, is one of the best decorated homes in the Lakeland area. Many area residents park near the . Dye home to take in the extremely elaborate and clever decorations.

WAF Launches Year-End Drive The Wawasee Arts Foundation Inc., which operates the Enchanted Hills Playhouse at Lake Wawasee, is launching a yearend drive to raise funds for the fledgling organization. The goal of the drive is to bring in about $5,000 by the end of the year. Dr. Robert W. Tolan, WAF president and managing director of the Purdue - Indiana Theatre at the Fort Wayne Regional Campus, stated that the purpose of the fund raising campaign is to help reduce the deficit, from the 1963 season. Remodeling the playhouse alone cost WAF more than $30,000. Several hundred letters have been mailed to friends and patrons of the foundation all over northeast Indiana, and Tolan is optimistic about the response he expects. “I think people realize the value of what we are trying to do,” he explained. “They know that a non - commercial program like ours needs a solid base of patron support and that it is going to take several seasons to build an audience for our product.” WAF presents a bill of dramatic masterpieces from the past and the present during its nine we°k summer repertory season. It is the only professional repertory theatre in Indiana. Studentaoprentices have the opportunity to work closely with professional equity actors in performance and can earn Purdue university credit. Last summer 20 students from 12 different universities participated in the unique program. Tolan stressed the fact that the Wawasee Arts Foundation is a private organization and receives no financial support from Purdue. The academic program is administered in cooperation with the office of continuing education at the Fort Wayne campus. Anyone wishing to provide financial assistance for the foundation is invited to send a check to Tolan at 1016 Cherryblossom Lane, Fort Wayne. All contributions are tax deductable, and donors will be sent a signed receipt. Minor Damage As Cars Collide Cars operated by Mrs. June E. Cripe, 50, r 1 Syracuse, and Charles M. Fry, Goshen, collided in the 100 block of west Washington street, Goshen, at 3:56 p. m. Monday, Dec. 16. Damage was estimated at less than SIOO to both cars. Syracuse Girl’s Car Hits Cement Post A car operated by Patti J. Pilcher, 17, of Syracuse struck a cement post after going out of control when it rounded a curve on snow covered county road 1050 north, 2% miles southeast of Syracuse last Sunday. Deputy sheriff Stanley Holderman, who investigated, placed damage to the car at $350. Miss Pilcher was not injured. Library To Close Early December 31 The Syracuse public library will close at 3 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31. The hours will be 12 40 3 p.m.

Jurors Drawn For 1969 Term

The names of 276 persons were drawn recently for jury duty during the 1969 term of the Kosciusko county. Lakeland area residents serving on the grand jury for the January 1 to March 31 term are Vera R. Monk, r 1 North Webster; Robert Mishler, r 3 Syracuse; and Loyal Haney and Shirley A. Polk of r 2, Leesburg. Those serving on the petit jury for the first term are Gladys Wineland, r 1 Syracuse; Bonnie Kammerer, r 2 Leesburg; Robert D. Kamper, North Webster; Fred L. Byland, “Syracuse; Robert B. Miller, r 1 North Webster; Rolland A. Wogoman, .Syracuse; Jerry Menzie, r 2 Leesburg; Donna J. Workman, r 1 Syracuse: Earl Meek, r 2 Leesburg; David L. Pavne, North Webster; Velma Niles, r 1 North Webster; Lois Brown, Syracuse; Ruth Stutzman, r 1 Leesburg; and Kenneth Haney, r 2 Milford. Also, Lucy Hollar, r 2 Milford; Wayne Harman, r 2 Milford; Shirley Augsburger, Milford; Donald B. Ahrns, r 1 Milford; and Harold Geiger, Milford. No Lakeland residents were drawn for the grand jury for the Anril 1 to June 30 term. Petit jurors drawn were Robert Brewster, Syracuse; Harold E. Knozelman, North Webster; William E. Metcalf, r 1 Leesburg; John Gingrich, ,r 2 Milford: Maxine Blosser, r 2 Milford; Walter Wuthrich, r 1 Milford; Norma Longenecker, r 1 North Webster; Donald Charlton, r 2 Milford; Phyllis R. Smith of r 1 North Webster; Charles L. Smith, r 1 North Webster; Jesse Beer, r 2 Milford: George J. Steiner, r 1 North Webster; Guv Reese, Jr., r 1 Leesburg; Richard L. Snoke, r 1 North Webster; Cecil H. Paulus, r 2 Leesburg; James E- Fry, Syracuse: Richard Vanderveer, r 4 Syracuse; Janice S. Freel, Syracuse; Lewis J. Richcreek, r 3 Syracuse; Keith Jordan, r 2 Leesburg; and Wade Mishler, Milford. '■ Serving on the grand jury for July 1 through September 30 will be Donald E. Mort, r 1 North Webster; Garv Webb, r 1 Syracuse; and Maurice Crow, r 3 Syracuse. Petit jurors will be Jack C. Vanderford, r 4 Syracuse; Virginia Huffman, r 2 Milford; John S. Fisher, Syracuse: Donna J. Penrod, r 1 North Webster; Harold L. Arnold, Syracuse; Doris L. Coburn, Syracuse; June L. Auer, Syracuse; Samuel Popenfoose, r 1 Leesburg; Percy C. Bartlett, Syracuse; Ralph Massey, North Webster; Joseph A. v roger, r 1 North Webster; and Anita Davidsen, r 2 Milford. And, Russel Mickley, r 1 Leesburg: Carl Anglin, r 2 Leesburg; and Bruce A. Grindle, Syracuse. On the grand jury from October 1 to December 31 are Mary Duncan, Milford; Maxine Kammerer, Leesburg; and Vernon R. Scott, r 2 Leesburg. On the petit jury for that term are Brian W. Nelson, r 2 Syracuse; Floyd Simpson, North Webster; Donald Arthur, r 3 Syracuse; Lloyd Kammerdiener, Syracuse: Robert Insley, Syracuse: Paul Cormany, r 1 Milford; Charles H. Miller, Syracuse; Anna Mae Hess, Syracuse; Carl

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Myrick, Syracuse; . Duane Kline. Syracuse; Mary Bender, r 1 Milford; Donald Byrd, r 1 Syracuse: Reinold C. Tytler, r 4 Syracuse; Bud Minick, r 2 Leesburg; and Helen Estep, r 2 Milford. No Serious Injuries In Rash Os Accidents There seemed to be no serious injuries in a rash of pre-Christ-mas accidents in the Syracuse area. John A. Craw, r 1 Syracuse, started to drive out of his driveway on December 14 and did not see the tar driven by James Breske of Winona Lake. The autos collided. Damages were estimated at S2OO to the Breske vehicle and $75 to the Craw auto. Lost Control Larry Price of Syracuse drove his auto from Front street onto John street last Saturday and lost control of the vehicle. He hit a tree causing S4OO damage to the car. , Vanderßeyden Hit Syracuse chief of police Orville Vanderßeyden’s car was parked on north Huntington street last Saturday evening when a car driven by Robert M. Stowell, Syracuse, came down the hill at 8:20 and veered to the right, hitting the parked car. Damage was estimated at $475 to the Vanderßeyden auto and S4OO to the. Stowell vehicle. Mrs. Vanderßeyden was sitting in the car at the time of the accident and received bruises to her knee and whiplash. At Railroad Owen K. Cobbum, Syracuse, stopped suddenly Saturday at 5:01 p.m. when the signals flashed at the B and O crossing and was hit from behind by a car e driven by John C. Miller, also of Syracuse. Miller could not stop in time to avoid the accident. Damage was listed at SSOO to the Cobbum car and S4OO to Miller’s. CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sorensen and family of near Milford entertained at breakfast on Christmas for Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Yoder and family, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wuthrich and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Wuthrich and Marshall Miller, all of Milford, and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Snider and family of New Paris. MILFORDIANS FLY TO CALIFORNIA FOR CHRISTMAS Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Felkner, Miss Joan and Jim, Milford, drove Mrs. Lula Felkner and Chester Felkner of Milford to the South Bend airport Sunday after enjoying dinner in a Nappanee restaurant. Mrs. Felkner and Chester Felt- • ner were to catch a plane that would take them to Los Angeles. They will spend the Christmas holidays with Mrs. Felkner’s son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Felkner, at Orange, Calif. On their return trip they will stop at Phoenix, Ariz., for a brief visit.