The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 12, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 April 1969 — Page 3
OBITUARIES
Mable M. Van Camp Mable M. Van Camp, 77, North Webster, died Monday at 5:30 in the Goshen hospital of complications following surgery. She had been ill for several weeks. Mrs. Van Camp was born at Dunkirk, May 16, 1891. She had been a resident of North Websster for 26 years moving from Anderson. She was married to Joseph Van Camo in 1931. He preceded her in death in 1967. She was an employee cf the Farmers State Bank at North Webster before her retirement and an employee of the Yorktown State Bank at Yorktown. a member of the United Methodist church. Order of the Eastern Star, chapter number one at Columbus, Ohio, and the White Shrine at Anderson. Survivors are two sons. Robert Miller, Anderson, William Miller, Birmingham, Mich.; one stepson, Dale Van Camp, Anderson; nine grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in \the Harris-Troxel funeral home. North Webster, at 11 a. m. Thursday. Rev. John Weeks will officiate and burial will be in the Memorial Park, Anderson, with graveside services at 3 p.m. Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday afternoon and until time for the services Thursday. Roy Hire Roy Hire, 84, died Monday in the Prairie View nursing home, Warsaw of complications. Mr. Hire was born in Noble county February 28, 1885, the ' son of James Alanzo and Henrietta (Weaver) Hire. He had lived at Syracuse most of his life. He had been employed at the cement plant at Syracuse, Sandusky, Ohio and South Milford. Survivors are a nephew, James Mench, Syracuse; and a niece, Mrs. Meredith Jo Green, Goshen. Funeral services were held today (Wednesday) at Syracuse. Rev. Kennard Robinson officiated and burial was in the Hire cemetery west of Ligonier. Donald Ralph Smith Graveside services were held at the Milford cemetery last Friday for Donald Ralph Smith, 68, of Chicago, 111. Mr. Smith resided with his sister. Miss Dorothy Smith; he had never married. Survivors in addition to his sister are one brother, Hoyt A. Smith, two nieces and one nep-
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hew, all of the Chicago area. He was the grandson of the late Mrs. Lavina (Stiffler) Brooks. Mrs. Edwin A. Johnson Mrs. Edwin A. (Dorothy S.) Johnston, 49, r 1 Bristol, died at 6 am. Wednesday, April 16, in the Elkhart hospital. The deceased was bom February 4, 1920, to Roy and Pearl Strauss of Nappanee and married Edwin Johnson on December 10, 1941, in Milford. Surviving with the parents and husband are a brother and four sisters. A fifth sister preceded her in death. Funeral services were held in Elkhart at 2 p.m. Friday with burial in Rice cemetery. Mrs. Elmer Haab Services will be held at 10:30 a. m. Friday in the Apostolic Christian church at Milford for Mrs. Elmer (Rose) Haab, 60, of r 1 Syr-, acuse. Mrs. Haab died of carcinoma at 1:40 a.m. this morning in her home two miles northwest of Syracuse. She was born near Milford on May 17, 1908, to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Beer. On March 3, 1929, she was married to Mr. Haab. She was a member of the Apostolic Christian church at Milford. Surviving with the husband and parents are five daughters, Mrs. Walter (Dorothy) Steffen, Syracuse, Mrs. Robert (Phyllis) Wuethrich, Rensselaer, Mrs. Ray (Anna) Sinn, Haviland, Ohio, Mrs. Millard (Irma) Stoller, Paulding, Ohio, and Miss Nettie Haab, Chicago; four sons, Paul, Quincy, 111., and Ray, Steven, and Donald, all of Syracuse; 27 grandchildren; two brothers, Donald Beer of Milfcrd and Walter Eteer of Bremen; and one sister, Mrs. Urban (Mary) Bauer of Cissna Park, 111. Two brothers, Myrtus and Samuel Beer, and an infant sister preceded her in death. Friends may call at the Mishler funeral home in Milford after 2 p. m. Thursday and until 9:30 a.m. Friday, then at the church. Rev. Loren Stoller of Latty, Ohio, will officiate. Burial will be in the Milford cemetery. The family requests contributions be made to the cancer society. Cards are available at the funeral home. '•-■•'■-ai-’-' Russel E. Webb Russel E. Webb, 68, r 1 Syracuse, died Tuesday, April 22, in the Goshen hospital of complications following a short illness. Mr. Webb was born at Frankton, May 22, 1900, to Silas and Phoebe (Sigler) Webb. He mov-
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ed to Syracuse in May 1967. He and his wife, the former Julia ‘Bcndurant, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary October 19, 1968. He was retired from Delco Remy at Anderson. Survivors are the wife; two sons. Gary Webb, Syracuse and Paul Webb, Anderson; two daughters, Mrs. Carl (Sandra) Brandon, Syracuse, and Mrs. Howard (Elizabeth) Buckles, Anderson; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, at Frankton. Burial will be at Frankton. Allen Spencer Allen Spencer, a former Syracusan, died this week in Arizona. No further information was available at this time. LIGONIER NEWS By Rose Cunningham Henrietta F. Milner Services were held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the funeral home at Ligonier, for Mrs. Henrietta F. Milner, 89, 203 E. Third St. Mrs. Milner died at 3:35 p.m., Saturday, in Goshen hospital. She had been a patient for the past week. Mrs. Milner was a lifetime resident of Ligonier and was the widow of William F. Milner, long time postmaster in this city. Mr. Milner died in 1946. One daughter, Mrs. Milton Loeser of this city, survives as, do two grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. Rev. Lester Sommers, of the First United Methodist church was in charge of services, and bur ial was in Oak Park cemetery. -LAnna M. Schick Rev. Tom Unger was in charge of the 1 p.m. services today at the Ligonier funeral home for Mrs. Anna M. Schick, 90, former Ligonier resident. Mrs. Schick had been residing in Fort Wayne with her son, Varen. Her husband, William Schick, long-time farmer in the Ligonier community, died in 1944. Besides her soft, Mrs. Schick is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Roy Strohman, Ligonier, and Mrs. L. V. Davidson, Havertown, Pa., and another son, Kenneth at Elkhart, also five grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. A brother, Claud Conrad, resides in Kendallville, and a sister, Elva Warren, in Roann. Burial was in Oak Park cemetery. Mrs. Frank Bates Breaks Hip Mrs. Frank (Blanche) Bates, a member of the Syracuse town board of trustees and plan commission, fell on Tuesday night at the bowling lanes, south of Syracuse, and sustained a fracture in the hip area. She was taken to the Goshen hospital and placed in traction and will undergo surgery Thursday to reduce the fracture. There are 989.1 thousand people in the state of Maine.
TO W THE EDITOR
Applauds Dress Code
Dear Editor: A few days ago our children brought home a copy of a new dress code for the Syracuse elementary school from the office of Robert D. Hamman" principal. I want to say thank you to Mr. Hamman and the faculty for their concern for the moral conSos our society today s evident from this dress share your concern. Theirj suggestions for proper school (dress and grooming are not puritanistic, but very practical and modest. Surely boys in school should wear socks. Their shirt tails should be tucked in if made for that style. Otherwise they give a sloppy appearance. And what is more disgusting than pants half on and half off. Therefore they are to wear belts with pants with belt loops. I also appreciate their suggestions concerning hair styles for boys. I find extremely long hair on boys and men repulsive. The Bible indicates that long hair is a shame unto a man. Our boys should be taught to be men in both looks and actions.
Bayh Says Inadequate Medical Care Cannot Be Tolerated
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15 — Four weeks ago, I wrote to General Heaton concerning army negligence in the medica* treatment of Sgt. David Morgan, Sp-5 William Beach, and Private Louis Harris. On April 4, I received an interim report from the acting Surgeon General, Major Gen. Glenn J. Collins stating the army was reviewing the three cases. In the letter 1 received and in the attitude observed by some members of the press who talked with the Surgeon General’s office, the army appeared to take a rather routine approach to the problem. They seemed to regard the three cases as isolated incidents. The time has; come for the army and the Congress to take note that these three cases are not isolated. Since I made them public, fifteen new cases involving Indiana boys have been brought to my attention, In addition, information has been forwarded to our office from throughout the United States. Two men have cied from meningitis at Ft. Dix, New Jersey and in both incidents the families have held inadequate army medical attention accountable. There have been 21 meningitis cases and two deaths from meningitis at Ft. Ord. The recent Presidio trials have pointed out inadequate medical facilities found in army stockades. I realize that the Surgeon General has a very demanding and difficult job in providing adequate medical attention for so many men in the armed forces. And I realize sometimes men are guiltv of goldbricking, of feigning illness in the service. But there is no excuse for the treatment, of an increased number of very real cases, in what amounts to a rather cavalier attitude. There is no room for such an attitude and there is no room for neeligence in medical treatment for too often a mistake can be fatal. From my observation the medical problems seem to fall into two general classifications: 1. Negligence in actual medical diagnosis and care and 2. Care-
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Also, thank you for saying something about the length of girls skirts. I do not approve of the short skirts being worn by many girls and women today. They are anything but modest. But worse than that, they may be the invitation for that girl to be sexually molested. Surely no mother or father would wish their daughter to be subjected to such an attack, but it is not improbable if they are only halfclad. We should recognize that we were created with sex drives. Sex is good and proper in the framework .of marriage, but very dangerous when exploited by the unmarried. Parents of children in the Syracuse elementary school should be thankful for a principal and faculty who are concerned for their children’s present and future. Again, thank you Mr. Hamman and member of the faculty for your interest in our children. Respectfully, Robert A. Mundy, Pastor Wawasee Heights Baptist church
less assignment of medically handicapped men to areas which are too demanding of their physical conditions. I am asking the" Surgeon General to review the entire medical structure that allows such cases to exist. I want him to find out where the fault lies, whether it is inadequate facilities, lack of funding, a shortage of personnel or whatever it is so we can get it corrected. It is our very excellent medical svstem which is responsible for the outstanding medical aid being given in the combat zone in Viet Nam. Never before in a war have men received such good medical attention and received it so promptly. Many lives have been saved, are being saved by professional, medical attention in Viet Nam. The doctors nurses, technicians have been doing outstanding work. , , But, American military men should receive the best possible care wherever they are. The area where the attitude which borders on negligence appears is here at home in the United States and in other non-combat areas. That is why I am asking the army, now, to take immediate measures to find out what has been causing this epidemic in medical negligence. The army should first be given a chance to review its medical facilities and to correct the existing problems. Members of Congress are sympathetic to the large and demanding job the army faces in providing medical care to our servicemen. We want to help the army give the best possible service. But if the army does not respond promptly, action should be taken by the congress. Leland Osborn Delegate To National Holstein Convention In Vermont Leland J. Osborn of r 1 Pierceton was notified Monday by the Natiorial Holstein Association of Brattlebcro, Vt., he has been elected chairman of the Indiana delegation to the national convention. The convention is to be held in Anaheim, Calif., from June 5 through 13.
'NEWS from the Services Edward Gillespie Receives Promotion CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Marine private first class Edward W. Gillespie, sen of Mrs. Vivian Gall of 1107 S. Martin St., Ligonier, was promoted to his present rank while serving with the second battalion, second infantry training regiment at the marine corps base at Camp Pendleton. His promotion was based on time in service and rank, military appearance, and his knowledge of selected military subjects. Sgt. And Mrs. Buster Honored At Dinner Mrs. Georgia Buster, Mrs. Larry Scheuer and Mrs. Thomas Gilbert held a family dinner Sunday in the Syracuse American Legion hall honoring their son and brother, Sgt. Robert E. Buster, Jr., Mrs. Buster, and children, Robbie and Cindy Jo. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. James Scheuer and son Darrell of Plymouth; Mr. and Mrs. Robert LeCount and sons of Elkhart; Mrs. Janet Coy and children of North Webster; Christine LeCount of Warsaw; Mrs. S. F. Betes, Lake Wawasee; Mrs. Estelle Swart it Larry LeCount, Mr. and Mrs. Emory Guy, Thomas Gilbert, Cindy and Carole, Larry Scheuer, Bret and Bianca, all cf Syracuse. Sgt. Buster will leave April 28 for California to enplane for Japan, where he will serve for three years at an air base. Mrs. Buster and children will remain at Syracuse fer several months. Cindy Jo and Robbie have enrolled in the third and second grades of the Syracuse school. David E. Rock Receives Promotion David E Rock, husband of Shirley M. Rock of Oak street, New Paris, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Rock, has been promoted to private first class. His address is: Pfc. David E. Rock US 54836455 143 d Sup. and Svc. Co. (D 5 Fort Lewis, Washington 98433 Pfc. Rock is a graduate of New Paris high school and entered the service November 12, 1968. TO LEAVE FOR VIET NAM JUNE 4 Thomas A. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Davis of Pierceton, will leave June 4 for duty with the United States navy. The young seaman has recently returned to his base after a 14-day leave. He will not have another leave until after he has served in Viet Nam for nine months, when he expects a 30-day leave. He is a 1968 graduate of Pierceton high school. His address is: Thomas A. Davis, SA-8560064, MCB-133 C-Co. FPO, New York, 39501. W. O. Steven Reed Completes Course FORT WOLTERS, Texas — Warrant Officer Candidate Steven A. Reed, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Reed of Pierceton, completed a helicopter pilot course March 28 at the Army Primary Helicopter School here. During the 16-week course he was trained to fly army helicopters and learned to use them in tactical maneuvers. He next will undergo advanced flight training at the Army Aviation school at Fort Rucker, Ala. Upon completion of advanced training he may be appointed a warrant officer. WOC Reed entered the army in August, 1968, and completed basic training at Fort Polk, La. He is a 1968 graduate of Pierceton high school. Mike Brower Is Distinguished Student At Purdue University Mr. and Mrs. Guy Maxwell Brower of Syracuse have received an invitation to a program honoring the distinguished students of Purdue university. The meeting will be held at 7:3<li i>. , m.| April 25, in the Edward U. Elliott hall of music. Michael Lee Brower, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brower, is a distinguished student of Purdqe. Presently he is enrolled in the freshman honors program. Purdue students of superior academic ability will be honored and publicly recognized and will be presented certificates of honor. Common Stockholders At the end of the year NIPSCo had a total of 46,220 common stockholders, and 5,001 owners qf preferred and preference stocks.
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MARRIED 25 YEARS — Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Sellers of Lake Wawasee celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary at a buffet dinner Saturday. Hie dinner was given by their three daughters, Mrs. Paul Hasse, Tina and Debi Sellers. Mr. and Mrs. Sellers were married April 16, 1944, at Goshen by the late Rev. W. I. Duker. There were 80 friends and relatives present for the dinner. AUGUST WEDDING PLANNED — Dr. and Mrs. Russell W. Hardin cf 1110 north East street, Lebanon, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Judith Dianne, to Ronald Conklin Brown, son qf Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Brown of Lombard, 111., formerly of Milford. Miss Hardin is a 1964 graduate of Lebanon high school and a 1968 graduate of Butler university with a bachelor of science degree in elementary education with kindergarten endorsement. She is a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority and Psi lota Sorority. She is currently teaching at Fall Creek elementary school in Washington township, Indianapolis. Miss Hardin’s fiance graduated from Milford high school in 1963 and then attended Wabash oliege at Crawfordsville, graduating in June, 1967. He received his master of arts in history from the University of Illinois in August, 1968, and is currently teaching and working on his Ph.D. at the same institution. He is a member of Phi Kappa Psi, social fraternity, and Phi Alpha Theta, the history honorary. An August 2 wedding is being planned, and will be held in the First Presbyterian church in Lebanon. \VS IN THE BAG! By Martha Moore - **l did it and I’m Glad.” That’s what many a plastic bqg might say if it could talk, foringenious home economists are coming up with a delightful variety of jobs that the “Glad” plastic bags can do. —Make hamburger patties in advance, slip into plastic sandwich bags, place six or eight in an airtight plastic food storage bag and freeze. They will be easy to separate when needed and will keep in the freezer for about three months. —For added protection when working with poison ivy, slip plastic food storage bags over your gardening gloves. Dispose of the bags when you are through. —Before packing sweaters and woolens away for the summer, place them in plastic bags and store overnight in the freezer. The low temperature should kill all moths. —Take extra plastic bags in your suitcase. They will come in handy for wet washcloths, bathing suits and laundry. —Keep matches in waterproof plastic bags on camping and fishing trips. —Keep plastic bags in glove compartment of car for • accidental sicknesses.
Lakeland Towns To Switch Clock Sunday Morning The three Lakeland towns, Milford, North Webster and Syracuse, will obey the U. S. Transportation Department ruling and change to Eastern Daylight Time at 2 a. m. Sunday morning. This will be in keeping with the time to be observed by the larger cities of the area. Warsaw, Goshen and Nappanee will join in turning their clocks ahead one hour while South Bend residents will turn their clocks ahead two hours to keep the state on standard time. An Old Bat’ Who Won’t r Call It QiHts WASHINGTON. D.C-iFrank Herriott. with his finely etched face and thick shock of silver Kur, looks like a 60-year-old collegeV professor from New England, He is, in fact, a 74-year-old college professor from New England. Nine years after his retiremeht from the faculty of Union Theological Seminary in New York, Herriott is teaching again, as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lesotho, one of the newest, smallest and least known of the African nations. With Herriott at the Lesotho Training College the town of Morijo is his wife' Agnes. 73. Before their marriage three years ago, Agnes served Two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer school teacher in Nigeria. She is now doing a second tour of service. THE CALL “A few weeks after Agnes and 1 applied to the Peace Cojps. in 1967, they called us at home in Calais. Vermont, and said. How would you like to go to Lesotho?" About all we knew about Lesotho was that at that time it was the newest African country there was. In fact, we had to look at the map to find it." (Lesotho, formerly Basutoland, is a tiny mountainous enclave ‘ surrounded by the Republic of South Africa.) , "Well, we said yes,” Herriott continued, “and we’re glad we came. We’re enjoying the teaching. we’ve been working on the sc hex) 1 library, and we’ve had a chance to do a little horseback riding and mountain climbing. It’s a long way from New York and Vermont, but we like it.” SURPRISE Thirty miles away from the Herriotts’ school is Maseru, capital of Lesotho and location of the Peace Corps office that supervises the 59 Volunteers in the country. The office secretary is Dorothy Hudson, 62, of Seattle. Mrs. Hudson’s boss, Peace Corps Director David Sherwood, is about the same age as her son, who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia. *■ “People back home were sort of surprised when I came out here,” she said. “I’ve never been overseas in my life and 1 don’t suppose I’m really what you would call an adventurous sort of person. “But I had been proud of my son’s service in the Peace Corps, and I’ve never felt that older people should just sit at home. When I was younger, so many of my friends used to say to me about their mothers, ‘Mother is such a problem.’ Well- I decided that this mother is not going to be a problem. She’s going to keep having a life of her own.” A meaningful life of their own is one of the advantages of Peace Corps service for older people. While the “typical” Peace Corps Volunteer is in his early 20s. there are 121 Volunteers over 50—including 48 in their 60’s and 12 in their 70’s. Mrs. Bertha Springfles, .of West Palm Beach, Florida, was 61 years old when she joined the Peace Corps in 1966, for example. Grandmother of seven, she had worked as a crane operator for four years during World War 11, then became a secretary. Private mailing cards must be not less than 3by 4 inches, nor larger than 3 9-16 jby 5“9-16.
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