The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 4, Milford, Kosciusko County, 26 February 1969 — Page 1
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VOLUME 6
Zurcher 'Concerned With Beating Rochester’ First
Mail-Journal sports editor Ben Fowler interviewed Wawasee high school coach Vernon Zurcher last week on the sectional tournament which begins tomorrow at Warsaw. Wawasee will meet Rochester in the second game of the evening. When asked about his chances of winning the sectional coach Zurcher stated, “Right now we are just concerned with beating Rochester. If we come up with as good a game as we have on other occasions then we will beat Rochester. Anything can happen — tournament ball is completely different.” Ben’s next question was, “Do you plan to change your game strategy’?” with the answer from Zurcher being, “In a tournament you have to play percentage basketball. That’s what we will do.”
Plans For Civic Night Under Way; Proceeds To Help Community
The programming committee for the Civic Night in Syracuse, sponsored by the Syracuse Business and Professional Women’s club, met with Mrs. Merl Smith, the director and arranger, at the youth center Monday evening to review the acts for this event to be held at the Syracuse junior high school old gym at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 28. Proceeds from this program will be used in various civic projects. The BPW’s have donated funds to scout cabin expenses, retarded children’s fund, Red Cross, polio fund, cemetery fund, cancer fund, Salvation Army, grade schcol choir, the Syracuse-Wawa-see water safety program, heart fund, United Fund, Riley summer camp memorial, milk fund, American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday Afternoon club, Wawasee drum and bugle corps, 1965 Tornado victims, Elkhart city.
Various projects they have contributed to are Crosson Mill Park, city park benches and equipment, uptown Christmas decorations, Christmas baskets for the needy Kosciusko county infirmary, Gray baby fund, Home Christmas decorating contest, Riley hospital cheer guild, Alivaire (croop tent), Goshen hospital, stage revue proceeds to youth center. Gifts have been given to the Syracuse public library in memoriam and to Grace Lutheran church in memoriam, Syracuse fire department (equipment for first aid truck), Syracuse police (reflector tape for bicycles; Fort Wayne state hospital patients, radio for C. Byrd, uniforms for high school band, uniforms for elementary school safety patrol and wheel chair to Legion Auxiliary and D. Kitson. The club has also sponsored a girl to Girls’ State, cutie king and queen contest, PTA queen contest, Camp Fire group, and Syracuse elementary school safety patrol trip to ball game. Lakeland Girls Serve As Pages At Indianapolis Christi Myers and Kim Augsburger have been named to serve as pages in the state senate chambers this week. They were selected by Senator John F. Augsburger of Milford. Christi is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Myers of Syracuse and is a seventh grade student at Syracuse. Kim is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Augsburger of Milford. granddaughter of the state senator and is a seventh grade student at Milford.
Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE - WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)
“How is the team spirit?” was another question asked. The answer, “The team spirit is very good now and has been good all year.” Zurcher also commented, “I believe we have an advantage because we are the underdogs and—should be going into the game \elaxed.” Wawasee will be going into the tournament with a 6-14 record while Rochester has a 12-8 record. Rochester finished in third place in the Northern Lakes Conference while Wawasee finished fifth. Warsaw meets Mentone in the first game of the sectional while Triton and Akron clash at 12:15 on Saturday. The winners of Thursday’s games will meet at 1:45 Saturday with the championship being played at 8:15.
Round Table Ladies Meet “Ths World Right Around Us” relating to the many facets of the community was the program given by Mrs. Ralph Method as the Ladies of the Round Table at Syracuse met in the home of Mrs. Peter Blue. The meeting opened with Mrs. Milton Brice, president, leading in the pledge and club collect. The reports were heard. A brief business meeting was held followed by Mrs. Michael Neff, program chairman, introducing Mrs. Method with her program “The World Right Around Us”. Mrs. Method presented many interesting facts about the community that most take for granted. The community businesses, natural resources, beauty, industrial developments, schools, civic government and churches all play important roles in the daily lives that people are sometimes too busy to appreciate. The next meeting will be held in the home of Mrs. David Spray with Mrs. Clarence Schoeff presenting the program. The hostess served delicious refreshments to the 20 members present. CAR FIRE NEAR LOUIE’S GRILL FRIDAY Syracuse firemen were called to extinguish a car fire Friday night at 9:15 at Louie’s Bar and Grill south of Syracuse. Firemen stated shorted wires were the cause of the fire and estimated damage at SIOO under the hood of a car belonging to Mrs. Stanley Reed of Syracuse.
KIM AUGSBURGER
COACH VERNON ZURCHER
WAWASEE TO GO IN CARAVAN TO SECTIONAL Students from Wawasee high school and basketball fans will go in a caravan to Warsaw tomorrow (Thursday) for the sectional tournament. Thfe caravan will leave Milford at 5:15 and will join Syracuse at 5:30 and North Webster at 5:40. Students, adults and fan buses will be joining the caravan in support of the Warriors. FIREMEN CALLED TWICE TO FIRE The Syracuse firemen responded to a house fire call at 1:23 and again at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday at 518 Chicago street. The firemen reported cause of the fire may have been an oven left on. John Bradway of Warsaw owns the property. There was no estimate of the damage given. MILFORDIANS ENJOY HAWAIIAN DINNER First class petty officer and Mrs. Jack Stump enjoyed dinner last Tuesday at Prince Kuhio’s in the Ala Moana shopping center with Mr. and Mrs. Arch Baumgartner. All are residents of Milford. First class petty officer Stump was stationed in Hawaii with the U. S. navy. The Baumgartners are vacationing in the islands. The Stumps arrived in Milford Thursday and will remain here until March 14. At that time Stump will go to New London, Conn., for four months of nuclear submarine training. Mrs. Stump will remain in Milford with Mr. Stumn’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McClintic.
CHRISTI MYERS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1969
Barth Resumes Production After February 11 Fire
The production line at the fireravaged Barth Travel Trailer Company at Milford started up again Monday ter a two-week delay caused by * February 11 fire, Mike Umbaugh, president of the firm, announced this week. “This was an awfully expensive way to prove the worth of our product,” commented Umbaugh. “The 12 aluminum trailers that were on the production line when the fire broke out were lost, but they all withstood the actual fire very well. A conventionally -built trailer would have gone up in smoke.” The fire was discovered at 7:30 p.m. by plant superintendent Roy Archer and William Barth. It apparently began with an electrical short near the cabinet shop in the 120 x 200 foot steel frame building. Volunteer firemen from Milford fought the flames with the assistance of firemen from Leesburg and Syracuse and poured more than 9,000 gallons of water into the inferno. Raw Materials “We lost almost all of our raw materials inventory because of the fire, smoke and water damage," Civil Defense Meeting Held The Syracuse unit of Civil Defense met Thursday for its regular meeting. Vice chairman James Ritter presided and heard the reports. City director Charles Vanderveer read a letter from Mrs. Earl Money, program chairman for Civic Night in Syracuse. He also reported the 1669 license for the truck had been ordered. He had the CD Shelter signs and they will be placed on buildings designated as shelters in the near future. Kenneth Felts volunteered to help put up the signs. Traffic chairman Earl Cooper reported the last game of the basketball season would be Friday. Treasurer Glenn Scott reported the insurance had been paid on the truck and equipment. The secretary, Mrs. Thomas Gilbert, served refreshments hon oring the birthdays of Mrs. Georgia Buster and Mr. Ritter. There were nine members and three children present. 1 Denny Andrews To Be Auctioneer For Fund Auction Denny Andrews, auctioneer for the Nancy Hunsberger fund auction, said today plans for the auction are now underway. Anyone wishing to donate things for the auction can take them to the Leesburg Lumber Company or call the Company or Tamer’s Food Market for pick-up. Merchants as well as individuals are encouraged to participate. t Items can be new or used. The auction is scheduled for March 15 at 7 p.m. and will be held in the Leesburg fire station. The fund has now reached $7,700 and the committee has high hopes for the auction. North Webster Postmaster Honored A dinner was held in a North Webster restaurant on Friday evening in honor of Everett Smith, postmaster of that town for the past six years. The dinner was given by the employees of the post office. Attending in addition to Mrs. Smith were Mr. and Mrs. Duane Leedy, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Menzie, Mrs. Larry Spry and Mrs. Richard Baker. Two of the employees, Richard Baker and Mrs. Paul Scott, were absent as the latter and her husband were in Florida and Baker had chauffered his parents to Florida, also.
said Ernie Hummitch, sales manager. “Some of the equipment and 1 machinery were destroyed, but most of the machinery suffered only water damage. The 12 trailers on the production line couid have been salvaged, but we decided to sell them to a Chicago salvage company rather than put them on the public market.” The heat from the intense flames that coursed through the building twisted, steel beams in the roof, firemen said. Umbaugh said the Barth office that is attached to the plant was not damaged by the fire. Expansion plans that had been announced for a future date will now be accelerated, he said. The expansion will more than double the size of the existing plant. “The only reason we have been able to recover so quickly from this disastrous fire,” Umbaugh said, “is because of the reaction to the fire by the employees. They have been volunteering to work 12 to 15 hours a day to help clean up the plant and get it back into production. Their efforts can only be described as fabulous.” There are 60 people employed in the facility. 21 TO BE INDUCTED ON MARCH 3 A total of 21 young men from Kosciusko county will be inducted into the army on March 3 with an additional 20 reporting for physical exams. Being inducted are: John L. Adams, Michael E. Charlton, „Danny L. Neer, George P. Wiegand, Roger A. Smoker, George T. White, Roger E. Byrer, Don A. Fore, John D. Owens, Joseph H. Stump. Mark S. Minnick and William E. Fitzpatrick. Also, Terry D. McKinney, David L. Hite, David L. Patterson, Michael L. Kimes, James H. Gibson, Willard Ousley, Donald D. Yoder, Earl A. Meek and Davey Perkins. Those being called for physicals are Michael A. Rigdon, Gary K. O’Dell, Philip G. Weisser, Kenneth L. Enyeart, Errol J. White, David W. Ridings, Robert W. Paton, Ernest J. Marcia, John A. Beebe, Alan D. Sands and Leo Anglin, Jr. And, Charles L. Gamer, Jr., Kenneth D. Rutledge, Daniel L. Zile, Darold L. Bryan, Gary P. Haymond, Terrance E. Baugher, John H. Dome, Stanley E. Rupe, Anthony W. Silveus and David B. Snyder. Nancy Searfoss Wins Linda Saify Award Mrs. Charles (Nancy* Searfoss received the Linda Saify Memorial award Thursday night for bowling the most pins over her average in league play on the Thursday Night Ladies’ bowling league at Wawasee Bowl on February 13. A member of the Foo and Faye team, she currently holds a 150 average and put together games of 152-197-214 for a 563 series and 113 pins over her average. The trophy is given each year by Linda’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Money, in honor of their daughter on the Thursday closest to Valentine’s Day. ATTENDS FUNERAL OF BROTHER The death of Andrew Farney, 92, occurred last week at Wolcott. He was a brother of Mrs. Anna Hernan of Milford. Attending services and burial at Wolcott Saturday were Mrs. Homan and Mrs. Ernest Krauter of Milford; Mrs. Homer Van Orsdall of Albion; and Mrs. Maxine Wagner of Elkhart. HOPPY WISE HOME FROM HOSPITAL Hoppy Wise, Syracuse, who was injured recently by a fork lift at work, returned Monday night to his home from the Elkhart hospital.
OF THE Amoulli or u— • • 1 R z- Ull Lm ail ' Vitamin unioned, WW • R WjlL'X-■ ■ Frozen wpiv. , ii andNatOf« ./ 4 $ OF Citrus Filtrs u -,1 SENIOR GRAND CHAMP — Fred Hoerr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoerr of r 2 Milford, won the senior division of the science fair by exhibiting in the chemistry division. Fred’s project was “Comparison of Vitamin C in Canned, Frozen, And Natural Fruit Juices?’ Awards were presented at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
JUNIOR GRANO CHAMP — Winning the junior division grand champion award at the Wawasee high school science fair held Monday and Tuesday in the school’s auditorium was Becky Long, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Long of r 3 Syracuse. Becky entered her project in the mathematics division under the title of “Homology Theory of Topology.”
List Science Awards At Wawasee Fair
The junior division grand championship award was presented to Becky Long Tuesday night during the awards program at Wawasee high school. The senior division grand champion was Fred Hoerr. Becky’s exhibit was “Homology Theory of Topology” while Fred’s was “Comparison of Vitamin C in Canned, Canned Frozen, and Natural Fruit Juices.” Winning reserve champion honors were Jeff Plumer in the junior division and Jim Hasse in the senior division. Jeff exhibited “The Effect of the Outside Temperature on Lake Water During the Winter” while Jim’s project was “Faraday’s Laws of Electrolysis.” First Place Winning first place honors in the junior division were Larry Stidham, Underwater Life with a Hydrophobic Membrane; Dal Ummel, Water Softeners; Becky Long, Homolcgy Theory of Topology; Jeff Plumer, The Effects of the Outside Temperature on Lake Water During Winter; Jeff Wells, Thoar and Lunar Eclipses: and Dave Berghorn, Small Gas Engines. Fred Hoerr was the only first place winner in the senior division. Second Place Winning second place honors in the' junior division were Clark
Rassi, Do Plant Hormones Really Work; Boyle Butler, Water Purification Plant; Carl Hadley, photography; Gail By land, the solar system; Anne Davenport, the thermocouple; Jyl Sharp, surface tension. Jim Hasse won the only second place honor in the senior division. First and second place winners qualified to go to the regional science fair at Nctre Dame on March 8. Third Place Third place honors in the junior division went to .Terry Vanlaningham, Chemical Gardening; Fred Beer, Wind Erosion; Laurie Me Farland, The Eye: Marsha Strickler, Fermentation; Lynn Gray, Maps, Diagrams; Barbara Rush, The Moon; and Jim Krasnansky, A Simple Generator and Galvanometer. In the senior division third place honors went to Bill Stuckman, Nerve Sensitivity; Corky Wong, The Fetus Pig; Pat Beer, The Behavior of Solid Copper in a Water Solution of Silver Nitrate; Bev Graff, Visual Illusions; and Dave Bushong, Magnetic Powered Coupe. Honorable Mention Students in the junior division who received honorable mention were Becky Stutzman, Aaron
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Busch, Doug Bushong, Kerry Barrett, Kay Young and Golden Kuhn. Senior division honorable mentions went to Rex Heil, Rick Me Donald, Becky Eyer, Carol Kroh, Tom Turner and Tom Mench. SyracuseWawasee C Os C Elects Officers At the regular meeting of the Syracuse - Wawasee Chamber of Commerce Thursday evening the following officers were elected: President — Jay Peffley Vice president — John Walker Secretary — William Brammer Treasurer — Robert Mauzy Chester McCuen and Steven Hearn were elected to the board of directors replacing James Fry and Tom Prickett. MONDAY AFTERNOON CALLER Mrs. Paul Krauter of Bristol was a Monday afternoon caller in the home of Mrs. Emma Krauter at Milford.