The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 52, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 January 1969 — Page 3
OBITUARIES
WOMAN OWNER OF KENDALLVILLE PAPER DIES KENDALLVILLE — Mrs. Alice W. Merica, 103-year-old principal owner of the daily Kendallville News-Sun newspaper, died Saturday in McCray hospital. Mrs. Merica became publisher of the newspaper in 1918, following the death of her husband, Dr. Charles O. Merica. Dr. Merica had purchased the paper five years after a career as an educator, during which he served as president of Wyoming university. Mrs. Merica, a native of Warsaw, was a school teacher before her marriage in 1888. The couple were the parents of two sons, both now deceased — Dr. Paul D. Merica, a New York city metallurgist, and Arnold A. Merica, an architectural enginer for the city of Chicago. In later years, Mrs. Merica had not taken an active part in the newspaper’s operation, depending mostly upon the telephone for occasional consultations with those directly involved. She is survived by two grandchildren and nine great - grandchildren. Services were Wednesday (today). William R. WidUp William R. Widup, 90, Walton, father of Richard Widup of Milford, died Monday morning. He was a former Pulaski county school teacher and a farmer. He retired six years ago. He was a 32d Mason. Mrs. Widup preceded him in death in April of 1968. Survivors include two other sons, Ralph of Lincoln and Denzil of Sharpsville; and a daughter, Mrs. Janet Joest of Evansville; 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grand-children. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Thomas and Goodier funeral home at Galveston. Burial will be in the Winamac cemetery. Leroy Mackey Leroy Mackey, 89, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, in a nursing home at Lake Geneva, Wis. He had been in failing health for several years. Mr. Mackey was born January 5, 1880, at Syracuse to William and Mary Ellen (Ott) Mackey. When he was ten years old the family moved to Chelsea, Mich. He had resided with a daughter, Mrs. Archie Bruce at Lake Geneva, before entering the nursing home. Other survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Naomi Kitson of Syracuse
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Graveside services were held on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at Chelsea with burial there, Stacey Linn LeCount Stacey Linn LeCount, daughter cf Roger and Annabelle (Thomas) LeCount of r 1 Warsaw, was dead at birth in Murphy Medical Center at 11:15 a.m. Saturday. Surviving with the parents are three brothers, Stewart, Stanley, and Steven, aU at home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Thomas, r 1 Warsaw, and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold LeCount, Mission, Tex. Graveside services were held on Monday afternoon in Babyland at Oakwood cemetery. Rev. Lester Young officiated. Mrs. Lura E. Secrist Mrs. Lura E. Secrist, 78, of r 1 Ligonier, died in her home at 3 p. m. Sunday. Mrs. Secrist, a lifetime resident of the Ligonier community, was born May 30, 1890, in Noble county, the daughter of Andrew and Harriet (Smith) Umbenhour. On February 15, 1908, at Albion, she married Roy Secrist, who preceded her in death October 21, 1947. Surviving are a son, Gerald Secrist of Syracuse; one daughter, Mrs. Alph Cripe of r 1 Ligonier; one sister, Mrs. John Cass of Ligonier; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services were held Tuesday at Ligonier. Rev. Lewis C. Westenbarger, pastor of Calvary Lutheran church, Cromwell, of which she was a member, officiated and burial was in the Sparta cemetery at Kimmell. Mrs. Hazel P. Strieby Mrs. Arthur (Hazel P.) Strieby, 67, of Syracuse, died on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 11:30 p.m. in the Robert Long hospital in Indianapolis, where she had been a patient since January 8. She had been in failing health for a year. Mrs. Strieby was bom in Nobie county October 12, 1901, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Jane (Large) Gushwa. She had lived in the Syracuse community all her life. She was married to Mr. Strieby, Who preceded her in death in 1946. Mrs. Strieby was a member of the Wawasee Heights Baptist church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Alma Spry, Mrs. Carl (Betty) Godfrey, and Mrs. Edward (Mary) Hewitt, all of Syracuse; three sons, Roland and Thomas, of Syracuse, and Delbert of Valinda, Calif.; two brothers, Lee Gushwa of Osceola and Charles Gushwa of Sturgis, Mich.; two sisters, Vi-
olet Gushwa of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Seba Uncapher of Mishawaka; 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Saturday in the Wawasee Heights Baptist church. Rev. Robert Mundy will officiate; burial will be in the North Webster cemetery. Friends may call at the Harris funeral home in Syracuse Thursday after 7 p.m. and Friday afternoon and evening. LIGONIER NEWS By Rose Cunningham ENTERTAIN AT DINNER SUNDAY Mr. and Mrs. Kent Cunningham entertained at a family dinner Sunday evening on the occasion of the fourth birthday of their son Gay. Guests included Mr. and 'Mrs. Stan Mithoefer of Lafayette; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cunningham, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kile, Miss Cynthia Kile, J. Bailey, Mrs. Jessie Gcshorn, Mrs. Kyle Cunningham and Mike, Kim and Dawn Cunningham, all of Ligonier. MRS. ALMA WADE Services were conducted in Ligonier at 1 p.m. today for a past resident and native of Noble county, Mrs. Alma Wade, 85. Mrs. Wade, widow of Alvin Wade, died in Battle Creek, Mich., Sunday morning. Her only survivor is a sister, Mrs. Lena Gaff of Kalamazoo, Mich. Services were in charge of Rev. W. E. Workman of the Centennary United Methodist church Burial was in Oak Park cemetery, Ligonier. COMMUNITY NEWS Mrs. Edith Bunger has been returned from Goshen hospital to her home near Cromwell where she is convalescing from a broken hip. Mrs. Stanley Mithoefer of Lafayette spent from Wednesday until Sunday night with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cunningham. Mrs. Mithoefer, a senior at Purdue university, is having semester break at this time. Perry Centralized school dismissed school Monday morning as they were having boiler trouble. SYRACUSE MAN TICKETED Sammy Crider, 818 east Chicago street, Syracuse, was ticketed on Tuesday by the Syracuse police < for no operator’s license. He was cited to Warsaw city court.
MILFORD — LEESBURG Hospital Notes John Couch, r 1 Leesburg, was treated in the emergency room of the Murphy Medical Center on Tuesday. Mrs. Merle Campbell, Sr., of Milford was admitted to the Goshen hospital on Thursday. Mrs. Hazel Pace, Leesburg, was treated in the emergency room of the Murphy Medical Center on Thursday. Gary L. Robinson, r 1 Leesburg, was treated in the emergency room of the Murphy Medical Center over the week end. Donald Kollmann, r 2 Leesburg, was treated in the emergency room of the Murphy Medical Center over the week end. Brenda L. Quick, six - year-old daughter of George Quick, Leesburg, was treated in the emergency room of the Murphy Medical Center over the week end. Gerald Grove, Milford, was admitted to the Goshen hospital on Sunday and is under observation. Mrs. Hazel M. Pace, Leesburg, was. admitted to the Murphy Medical Center on Monday. The following is the address of Miss Deris Black of Leesburg, who is a patient in the following hospital: Orthopedic and Arthritic Hospital, 43 WUlesley St. E, Toronto 5, Ontario, Canada. Mrs. Elmer Haab, r 1. Syracuse, was returned to her home Saturday from the St. Joseph hospital, South Bend, following treatment. Linda Lu Howe of North Webster was admitted to the Murphy Medical Center Tuesday. Mrs. John Bailey of North Webster was admitted Monday to the Whitley County hospital. Milford Woman On Ivy Tech Honor Roll A Milford woman, Mrs. Ollie Schlotterback of r 2 Milford, has been named to the honor roll at Ivy Tech in South Bend. Mrs. Schjotterback was one of 33 students to be so honored. She is taking a practical nursing course at the school. MILFORD LOCAL Mrs. Paul Hollar, Miss Ginger Hollar, and Terry Hollar attended the wedding of Doris Freed, Nappanee, to Stanley Hollar, Milford, at the Brethren in Christ church at Nappanee Saturday, Jan. 25, at 2:30. Terry served his cousin as best man.
SYRACUSE—WEBSTER Hospital Notes J. BARTON COX HAS HEART ATTACK J. Barton Cox, owner of the Quality Print Shop in Syracuse, suffered a severe heart attack at his home on Syracuse lake early Friday morning. He was admitted to the Goshen hospital where he was placed under oxygen. A number of tests have been taken since his admittance. No visitors are allowed. SYRACUSE WOMAN TAKEN TO INDIANAPOLIS HOSPITAL Mrs. Billie Scott of Syracuse was transferred from the Goshen hospital to the Robert Long hospital in Indianapolis by ambulance Wednesday morning. Mrs. Alva Ketering, r 1 Syracuse, is a patient in the Memorial hospital at South Bend. Mrs. Ketering was kicked in the leg by a cow. Her room number is 710. Mrs. James Bachelder, North Webster, has been released from the Murphy Medical Center. Mrs. Ed Upson, r 1 North Webster, was admitted to Whitley County hospital last week. William Cable, r 2 Syracuse, underwent surgery for removal of a disc Wednesday in the Elkhart hospital. He is improving and may return to his home Wednesday (today). Mrs. Thomas Schlecht, Dolan Drive, Syracuse, is a patient in the Goshen hospital. Her room number is 305. Syracuse Library Notes By Mrs. Oscar Bjella
The Syracuse public library is pleased to announce that Rev. K. E. Robinson has been appointed to the library board. It will be a pleasure to have him with us. Several new books are available now. Among these are “The Hurricane Years” by Cameron Hawley, an excellent novel of the stresses in the business world. A new novel of suspense for the Helen Maclrines fans is “The Salzberg Connection”. Also a new book by D. E. Stevenson, “Sarah’s Cottage” is in, which is a sequel to “Sarah Morris Remembers”. We have biographical works on “Frank Sinatra: a Twentieth Century Romantic”; and “The Marx Brothers at the Movies”. An excellent book with lovely illustrations “History of Art” by H. W. Janson, was presented to the library by Irene Stevens Edwards in memory of Fletcher Eugene Marsh H. This is an excellent book for those interested in art appreciation. The “Foods of the World” series published by Time-Life, is an especially interesting series for all cooks. The library has “American Cooking”, “The Cooking of Scandinavia”, and the “Cooking of provincial France” in the collection. We were delighted to note that our circulation of books increased by 1,650 in 1968. We will try to serve the public equally well in 1969. Don’t forget the services of Indiana State Library for special research. Mrs. Larry Scheuer, Syracuse, was at Mishawaka on Tuesday afternoon.
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Warsaw And Zurcher Head NLC Standings
Information received this morning from Northern Lakes Conference secretary William Schroer of Rochester shows the school of Warsaw in first place in the NLC basketball standings and Wawasee high school’s Steve Zurcher as the conference’s leading scorer. Zurcher has scored 108 points in five conference games for a total of 108 points. He has a 21.6 average which is much higher than Kim Essenberg of Warsaw, who is the second place man. Essenberg has scored 74 points in four games for an average of 18.5. The old scoring record of NLC is 115 in five games or an average of 23 per game. This record is held by Steve Norris of Rochester. Steve Zurcher will certainly establish a new record before the end of the season at the rate he is going. His average at present is slightly below that of Norris. Warsaw leads the conference with a four win-no loss record while Plymouth follows with a three-one record. Following is the NLC standings: Warsaw 44) Plymouth 34) Rochester 3-1 Manchester 3-1 Wawasee 2-3 Nappanee 1-2 Concord 1-5 Bremen 0-5 Following is the scoring leaders with their average per game (conference games only were used): Zurcher 21.6 Essenberg 18.5 Knisely, Warsaw 17 Emmert, Concord 15.3 Kralovansky, Plymouth 15 Kipker, Concord 14.5 Hoffer, Nappanee 14.3 Lloyd, Rochester 14 Hart, Rochester 13.7 Hampe, Bremen 13.4 Columbian Reading Circle Holds Meeting The Columbian Reading Circle cf Milford met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. John Replogle with the meeting being opened in the usual manner. Following the secretary’s report, roll call was answered by each member giving his pet peeve. During the business meeting it was decided to make final plans to haev a meeting at a ceramic shop and also plan a tour through the Wawasee high school, final plans to have a meeting at a silent baked goods auction at the next meeting for the benefit of the Nancy Hunsberger kidney fund. Herbert Stump spoke to the group of many facets of the postal service, including zip codes, etc., with questions and discussion following. Mrs. Harlan Wuthrich and Mrs. Larry Haney won the door prizes. Mrs. Replogle served cake and coffee. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Daryl Hoover. Syracuse Local Mr. and Mrs. Allan Cable and baby daughter of near Chicago came over the week end to visit his father, William Cable, r 2 Syracuse, who is a patient in the Elkhart hospital. Charles and Lowell Cable also visited their father -over the week end. VITAMINS ARE important.' recent medical reports show that A DEFICIENCY IN FOLIC ACID
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SHAKESPEARE KNEW ABOUT ALIENATION, TOO
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For the first time since its original production nearly 400 years ago, audiehces will be able to see “Romeo and Juliet’’ as Shakespeare really intended it to be played—with the accent on youth. That’s the conviction of director Franco Zeffirelli whose dynamically different screen interpretation of the romantic classic has just been released by Paramount Pictures. In former stage and film presentations, the title roles have been portrayed by many of the most glittering stars in the theatrical firmament. However, few were considered ready' to tackle the parts until they had reached their 30’s, 40’s or even 50’s. Now the director has daringly cast two “unknown” teenagers from Britain as the adoring young lovers tragically destroyed by the senseless war of their elders in a production which emphasizes the strong parallels between Shakespeare’s play and the alienation of today’s youth. From hundreds of candidates, 16-year-old Olivia Hussey won the part of Juliet and 17-year-old Leonard Whiting that of Romeo—the youngest pair ever to play the parts professionally.
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3 Actually, the tale was first ) written in about 1530 by an » Italian, Luigi da Porto, who is believed to have heard it from 1 wandering minstrels reporting t a true life tragedy which supposedly occurred in Verona a . century earlier. Da Porta’s ver- > sion inspired others—including ( an English poem by Arthur • Brooke considered by scholars I to be Shakespeare’s source. In the new screen “Romeo and Juliet”, the time has been 1 moved back from Shakespeare’s ’ late 16th century to Italy of ' the mid-15 hundreds—when it 1 probably happened—and exterior scenes have hpen filmed in ' small Italian towns which have j scarcely changed in 500 years. 'Also in keeping with this new look at an old classic, many of ■ the less dramatic passages have ■ been translated into vivid ■ screen action. One reason for the story’s ' lasting popularity is its comi pelling theme according to di- ; rector Zeffirelli. “The conflict i between youth and the older generation seems to have been as intense then as now,” he points out. “But Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy has a special message for the rebellious youth of today who have inherited hates they can neither understand nor accept.”
Miss Rowland Gives Book Review “Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charlie?” by Rebecca Caudill was the book chosen by Miss Avis Rowland for her review program at the Ladies of the Round Table meeting recently. Mrs. Robert Hamman was hostess for the meeting. The meeting was opened in the usual form and Mrs. Clayton Mock was appointed chairman of the BPW Civic Night committee. Mrs. Eugene Pitts and Mrs. Henry Smith were welcomed into the club’s membership. Mrs. Michael Neff, program chairman, introduced Miss Rowland, who gave the review. The author was most descriptive of the delightful antics of Charlie as he became acquainted with school furnishings and personnel. The author, who was bom in Harlan county, Ky., has used ■her birthplace as background for many of her books. She has been honored for her generous contribution to children’s literature. •Die next meeting will be with Mrs. William Cutter. Miss Karel Hollingsworth will be in charge of the program. Refreshments were served at the close of the evening by the hostess.
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