The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 11, Milford, Kosciusko County, 16 April 1969 — Page 1

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Thieves Enter Augsburger IGA Store At Syracuse

Augsburger’s IGA Store, located south of Syracuse, was broken into Sunday night and considerable cash and some merchandise were stolen. According to store manager Art Mabie this morning they took in excess of SBOO in cash. Earlier the amount was put somewhere between S7OO and SBOO. It was the fourth time that store was “hit,” Mabie said. The last time was May 29 of last year when two thieves waited until the store was about to close, then held up clerks, putting several in a cold storage room. Those thieves, who had stockings over their heads in order to prevent detection, are now serving time in the state penitentiary. Enter Through Back The Sunday night thieves entered the building through louvers in a compressor motor room on the east side of the building, then they broke two doors to gain en-

Herb Klein And Dr. Joseph Sutton Address Hoosier Publishers Friday And Saturday

Herbert G. Klein, President Nixon's director of communications for the executive branch, told Hoosier publishers the present administration’s first priority is to curb inflation. Klein, former executive editor of The San Diego (Calif.) Union, was the featured speaker before the annual session of the Hoosier State Press Association Friday noon at the Marott Hotel in Indianapolis. He strongly defended the some what controversial IBM system proposed by President Nixon, calling it "practical and flexible. A soft, low-key speaker, Klein said he was never sure what the duties of a Presidential advisor are, tut he said in 1960 his advise to Richard Nixon was "Debate!” He was introduced to the group by Eugene Pulliam, publisher of the Indianapolis Star and News. Hear Dr. Suites On Saturday, following the noon luncheon which wound up the tv.o-day publishers’ confab, the group heard Dr. Joseph L. Sutton, the new president of Indiana university. He addressed his remarks to the subject of education and what it has meant toward American growth to a

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trance into the main building. They completely destroyed the office safe in opening it. Mabie said they thought some cigarettes and possible some other merchandise were taken. When the store was opened on Tuesday, employees found it had rained in the center of the main building. They found the thieves had first attempted to enter the building through the roof, but apparently gave this up to enter at the rear. Considerable merchandise was destroyed by water damage, Mabie said. There was a safety light above the point where the thieves entered the building. Investigating were Syracuse officers, county and state police. RETURN FROM FLORIDA Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Lung have returned from Punta Gorda, Fla., to their home on r 2 Syracuse.

world power. He had kind words for the GI Bill of Rights, stating he was a product of the GI Bill. He added that America has reaped dividends over and over from this bill to aid returning World War II servicemen. Asked what he would do if I. U. students took over buildings on the Bloomington Campus, Dr. Sutton said in no uncertain terms, he would order them out immediately, and if they refused to move, “I would bring criminal charges against them.” He then said, “I would be a little more generous than Father Hesburgh (President of Notre Dame); I would give them 30 minutes to meditate.” He added after a pause, ‘‘And if the board of trustees didn’t back me up. I’d run for Governor — and I’d win!” Heads Weeklies Arch Baumgartner, publisher of The (Milford-Syracuse) Mail-Jour-nal and The Pierceton Press, headed the weekly sessions at the convention, and George O. Witwer, editor and general manager of The Kendallville News-Sun, headed the daily sessions. Speaking to the (weeklies) Friday were Dr. Richard G. Gray, new head of the Indiana university department of jour-

SENIOR MOTHERS CLUB MEETS WITH MRS. BYRON CONN The Senior Mothers club of Syracuse met Monday evening in the home of Mrs. Byron Conn. An interesting program “Silhouettes” was presented by Mrs. Vern Brinkman. Mrs. Conn was assisted by her daughter in serving refreshments to the 17 members present. The next meeting will be April 24 with Mrs. Deloss Smith. EASTER WITH DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. Feri Rhoades and family of Syracuse spent Blaster with their daughter and son-in-law, Sp/5 Ernest Leitch at Fort Dix, N. J. En route home they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Watts at Pittsburgh. Mrs, Watts and Mrs. Rhoades are sisters.

nalism. and William E. Matthews, president of Newspapers, Inc., of Shelbyville, Ky. His group owns 16 weekly newspapers and prints 10 others in the Shelbyville and Elizabethtown, Ky., printing plants. His combine is one of the most spectacular in the nation in the weekly field. On Saturday morning, speaking before the weekly sessions were Robert M. Shaw, manager of the Minnesota Newspaper Association at Minneapolis, and Paul R. Conrad, Director of Legislative Relations and General Counsel of the National Newspaper Associa- 1 tion. The daily sessions were made up of panel discussions, and on Saturday morning Dr. Gray and Thomas W. Pew, Franklin D. Schurz, Jr., and Mr. Witwer were panel speakers, with Rex Broome and Mark English of the Indiana Bell Telephone Co. speaking on “Date Communications For Newspapers — Today and Tomorrow” on the Saturday morning session. Jack K. Overmyer, publisher of The Rochester Sentinel, presided over the sessions and is retiring president of the Hoosier State Press Association, and William D. Murray, Jr., of the Lawrenceburg Press is the incoming president. »

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16. 1969

BPW Hears Cardinal Center Director April 8 The Syracuse Business and Professional Women’s club met April 8 in the Wawasee Prep, for a 6:30 dinner meeting. The tables were decorated in the Easter theme. Mrs. Lyle Kell opened the meeting and introduced Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Wilson. Mr. Wilson is executive director of the Cardinal Center for mentally , and physically handicapped at Warsaw. Mr. Wilson spoke on the learning center and industrial workshop. Telling of the work and results. The learning center serves children from three through 15 years of age. The learning process is limited only to each individual's “attainable” level of achievement. After 16 years of age they are eligible for the industrial workshop. Here they will become a taxpayer rather than a tax burden. Local industry provides the work for the workshop. , Mr. Wilson reported the support of the Center comes from different sources — 16 per cent from the United Fund; 16 per cent from the state for the mentally retarded; 15 per cent from county taxes: nine per cent from the workshop; four per cent from the state vocational rehabilitation program and 30 per cent from private donations. The fee for the school is $2 a week. A question and answer period followed Mr. Wilson’s talk. There were 25 members and five guests. Mrs. Dieggett. moth-. er of Mrs. George Pippenger; ' Carolyn Barnhart, Miss Edgar and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson present. Mrs. Everett Edgar was welcomed as a new member. The hostess committee consisted of Mrs. Earl Money, Mrs. R. C. Tytler and Mrs. Vernon Beckman. Mrs. Kell won the door prize of a beautifully decorated lamb cake. > The May meeting will feature a special speaker. Miss Leila Connolly, Mrs. Shirley Rock and Mrs. Marie Miller will be the hostesses. New Water Rates Effective July 1 Town residents of Syracuse will be paying more for water service starting July 1, it was announced today. Clerk-treasurer Ronald Sharp announced that new water rates as approved by the Indiana Public Service Commission will go into effect in July.' This is the first rate increase for Syracuse water users since 1923, the clerk-treasurer reported. Plans are for water users to be billed monthly. This also includes industrial and commercial users who are on meters. Sewer and water bills will be combined so that they can be paid with one check. Sharp said that this was the first move by the board to make improvements in the town’s water system so the community can grow. The water company operated at a loss during the 1968 year due to increased cost of labor and repairs. Funds received from the increased rate will be used to pay a SIIO,OOO bond issue. Funds from the bond issue will be used to drill a new well and install mains that will give the community better water service. Town board members are looking at the future and have plans to replace other mains in the com-, munity during the next few years, the clerk-treasurer reported. Rates will range from $3 per month for a residential home to $4 for a business establishment to several hundred dollars for an industrial user, Mr. Sharp stated. Residential and commercial users outside the town’s limits will pay more than those in the community. Plans are to charge 50 cents per month for those up to one-quarter of a mile from., the town limits and those more than a quarter mile will pay $1 more per month.

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ACCIDENT SCENE — This photo was taken this morning a short time following the accident involving Wa-Nee school bus No. 17 and a semi-truck on road 6 five miles east of Nappanee.

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Students Hospitalized In Bus-Truck Accident

Fifteen students of the Union Center elementary school in the Wa-Nee school corporation were hospitalized in the Goshen hospital this morning where they were treated for injuries sustained in a school bus-semi-truck accident on road 6 and county road 15, five miles east of Nappanee. Time of the accident: 7:45 a.m. Fourteen were treated at the hospital and released to the custody of their parents, while one, Cheryl Spicher, entered surgery where' severe arm lacerations were closed. Blame Heavy Fog Involved in the accident was WaNee school bus No. 17, driven by veteran school bus driver Jay Wysong, 60 years of age. He was attempting to cross road 6, headed north. He had his youngsters help him look both ways for road 6 traffic, but due to the extremely heavy fog, their visibility was impaired. The bus, a 60-passenger GMC chassis, had 25 youngsters aboard, and had just picked up Tracy Beer, kindergarten son of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Beer. The first house north of road 6, is the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Frazier, whose daughter June was waiting to board the bus. She saw the accident. The school bus was struck in the right front by a semi-truck headed west, loaded with milk. The truck and school bus came to rest in a field on the Frazier farm, on the northwest corner of the crossing. The driver was Clarence Dale Tuggle, 49, of Holly Hills, 111. He was treated at the Goshen hospital for lacerations and released. The truck belonged to CooperJarrett, Inc. Wa-Nee school assistant superintendent Lowell Sheets said following the accident he had every confidence in school bus driver Wysong. He said drivers have a standing order to use their own judgment when inclement weather is involved. He said the Wysong bus had already crossed road 6 and had driven down road 6 on the early part of his route this morning. Mrs. James Brown, who lives just south of the corner where the acciueit occurred, was the first person on the scene, and assisted getting youngsters out of the bus. List Students Driver Wysong sustained minor injuries, as did a number of

youngsters. Five were taken into Nappanee to the office of Dr. Donald Hinton and 15 went to the Goshen hospital in ambulance. Only Cheryl Spicher remains in the hospital. The complete list of students aboard the bus at the time of the accident, as released by Lowell Sheets, follows: Sam, Mary and Loren Miller, Cheryl and Wayne Spicher, Tom and Dave Moody, Steve and Karen Green, Dale Robinson, Kathleen, Karen and Michael Allen, Janine and Denis Mast, David, Jimmy and Sherry Wise, Dave Wysong, Tom Foster, Melvin and Alvin Hostetler, Norman and Sharon Weaver, and Tracy Beer. Round Table Ladies Hear School Choir The Ladies of the Round Table of Syracuse met in the home of Mrs. Clara Warner last week with Mrs. William Cutter in charge of the program and Mrs. Everett Miner, hostess. Mrs. Milton Brice, president, opened the meeting in usual ferm. The elementary choir under the direction of Mrs. Rich-, ard Ditmer presented a portion of the evening’s entertainment. Letters and reports of interest were heard concerning the 51st annual convention and Mrs. Paul Rush announced the next meeting will be held at Nappanee. Mrs. William Cutter introduced her guests Mrs. Warner and Mrs. Betty Diehl who presented the program “Fine Arts In Everyday Life”. Mrs. Warner gave a resume to fine arts in Indiana Federation of Womens clubs and Mrs. Diehl presented water color medium of painting as a favorite and the various steps of composition she experienced. The group viewed the many lovely paintings and was free to experiment following demonstrations. Hostess Mrs. Everett Miner served refreshments at the close of the evening. AWARDED JUDGMENT Peoples State Bank, Leesburg, has been awarded a judgment of $268.06 in Kosciusko circuit court on a promissviy note suit filed against Edward S. Carroll, Syracuse.

Fifteen students were taken to the Goshen hospital but only one was seriously injured. The truck driver refused treatment until the students were taken care of.

Lakeland Lions At District Convention ° Several members of the three Lions clubs of the Lakeland area — Milford, North Webster and Syracuse—were in attendance Sunday afternoon for the 13th annual convention of district 25G. The convention was held, in the Honeywell Memorial building at Wabash. Following the welcome by W. D. Bryant, mayor of Wabash, and the necrology service conducted by chaplain David P. Gossert, the ladies enjoyed a social hour and program while the Lions held their business session. Governor Don Best of Elkhart presided during the business and election with Mr. Miller being elected governor. He will be installed during the organization’s 52d international convention this summer in Japan. Robert Magley served as master of ceremonies for the banquet program and governor Best presided during the evening program when the Bells and Beaus of Wabash high school provided the entertainment. George E. Davidson of Baltimore. Md., international director, was the guest speaker. Lakeland Lions and their ladies who were present included Noble Blocker and Milton Brice The afternoon program began at 2:30 in the auditorium and was in the charge of Alex Miller of Silver Lake. The Silver Lake and Wabash clubs were hosts for the day.

Milford Man Dies After Fall Down Stairway April 15

A 61-year-old Milford man, Pedro Martinez, died as a result of a fall down a flight of steps at the rear of a Milford tavern last Tuesday. His body was found on Wednesday afternoon by Brenda Deisch, daughter of the establishment’s owner, Virgil Deisch. Acting county coroner Dr. William Parks said Martinez died of a head injury. An autopsy was performed in Fort Wayne last Thursday and sheriff Dave Andrews stated yesterday (Tuesday) that no evidence of foul play had been found. The deceased was a widower

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MILFORD POLICE ARREST TWO Members of the Milford police department have made two, arrests during the past week writh Eugene Van Scoik of r 1 Edwardsburg, Mich., being arrested on April 12 for speeding and Manuel Estrada of Milford being, arrested at 1:40 p. m. on April 10 for having no operator’s license. Van Scoik paid a fine and costs of $23.25 in justice of the peace Harry Dale Doty’s court. Syracuse Parts Man Indicted On Tax Return Chester A. Reid, 55, Ligonier, who operates an auto parts store at Syracuse, has been indicted by a federal grand jury at Indianapolis with failing to file income tax returns. Mr. Reid operates a lawn mower and auto parts shop at Ligonier and, auto parts store at Syracuse. The*-indictment alleges the businesses grossed $196,233 from 1962 through 1964. HOME FROM GOLFING TRIP Dr. Robert Craig has returned to his home at Syracuse from a week’s golfing vacation at Pinehurst, N. C. of the Syracuse club; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carson, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Himebaugh of the North Webster club and zone chairman and Mrs. D. G. Seely of the Milford club.

and had resided in Milford for the past year. A daughter, Mrs. Fred (Esther) Hernandez, is also a resident of Milford. Mr. Martinez was bom in Mexico on September 5, 1907, and is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Hernandez, Mrs. Jesse (Patsy) Paiz of San Antonio, Tex., and Mrs. Greg (Rose> Maroles of Bremen; one son, Nacio Martinez of Los Angeles, Calif.; and one sister and one .brother. The body was transferred to San Antonio for services with burial in San Fernando No. 2 cemetery there.