The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 18, Milford, Kosciusko County, 4 June 1969 — Page 19

OBITUARIES

Mrs. Roscoe D. Brown Mrs. Roscoe D. (Nellie G.) Brown, 67, of 201’> west Center St., Warsaw, sister of Mrs. Lester (EmmeD Dye of Leesburg, died at her home unexpectedly Thursday noon. Mrs. Brown was a lifetime resident of this area, being born to Chester and Minnife (Hibschman> Ellis June 29, 19o|l, in Harrison township. On June 20, 1924, she married Mr. Brown at Cassopolis, Mich. Mrs. Brown was a member of the First Presbyterian church. Surviving with the husband and sister are three sons, Carl E. Brown and Norman Brown, both of Warsaw, and Robert 0. Brown, Hobart; one daughter, Mrs. Raymond (Marilyn' Storey, Warsaw; one other sister, Mrs. Ed (Flo) Shirey, Palestine;! and 12 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one brother, Glessel Ellis. Services were conducted Saturday with Rev. David Palmer officiating. Interment was inr Oakwood cemetery. Vern D. Cripe Vern D. Cripe, 79, r 1 Nappanee, died at 2 p.,m. Wednesday, June 4, at his hoime of complications following an illness of eight months. He was born to John H. and i Amanda Cripe February 10, 1890, in Union township, Elkhart county. He married Ruth Pippinger December 22, 1912. She preceded him in death February 18, 1968. On August 1, 1968, he married Anna Hepler, who survives. Mr. Cripe was a member of the Union Center Church of the Brethren. Surviving with the widow are three step-children, Carl Hepler of

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Syracuse, Richard G. Hepler of Milford, and Mrs. Jerry (Anna Lou' Phillips of r 2 Milford; nine step-grandchildren; one brother ; Otis Cripe, Marengo, Ill.; and three sisters, Mrs. Logan Mays, Arcata, Calif., Mrs. Hal Winters, Goshen, and Mrs. Edward Hepler, Nappanee. Three brothers and one sister preceded him in death. Services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Union Center Church of the Brethren with Rev. Wendell Eller and Rev. Ross Noffsinger officiating. Interment was in the Union Center cemetery. Dr. William T. Jones Dr. William T. Jones, 82, of the Methodist Home, Franklin, died there early this week. He was the father of William T. Jones, Jr., of Syracuse. Other survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Herbert Fagot of North Olmstead, Ohio, and four grandchildren. Dr. Jones, a retired Methodist minister, was a former district superintendent of the Methodist church in the Evansville and Bloomington districts and former treasurer of the Indiana conference. Services were held today (Wednesday) in the chapel of the Franklin Methodist Home. H. Russell Weller H. Russell Weller, 67, Shaker Heights, Ohio, longtime resident of Lake Wawasee, died Sunday, May 25, in University hospital. He was a retired assistant to the vice president of sales of General Refractories Company. He was graduated from Westminster college in New Wellington, Pa. A member of the Westminster board

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of trustees, he was past president of the college alumnae association. Mr. Weller was a member of Oman lodge 652 of the Masons, of Sigma Nu fraternity, of the Canterbury H. Russell Weller Golf club and a deacon at Heights Christian church. He is survived by his widow Dorothy of 19015 Van Aken Boulevard, Shaker Heights; a daughter, Mrs. Harold R. Elliott, Jr., Andersen; a son, H. Russell Weller, Jr.; two sisters and a brother. Services were conducted in a funeral home in Shaker Heights Wednesday at 10 a.m. William Levy Services were held in the Fort Wayne Apostolic Christian church at 1:30 Tuesday for William Levy, aged in his late sixties, Burial was in the Bluffton cemetery. The Levy residence is in Fort Wayne. Mr. Levy died of complications at 6 p.m. Saturday. His widow is the former Lillian Rassi of Milford, who survives. Others survivors are three daughters and one son; two brothers, Ray of Warsaw and Walter of Bremen. Mrs. Arthur Baumgartner, Mrs. Everett Price and Mrs. Maurice Beer, area, are among the sisters-in-law. A daughter preceded him in death several months ago. Mr. Levy was a member of the Apostolic Christian church.

BIRTHS U BAKER, Scott Dean A son, Scott Dean, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Dean Baker of Milford in the Goshen hospital on Friday, June 6. He tipped the scales at seven pounds, five ounces, and measured 20 inches long. Scott has one sister, Lori, four. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Berkeypile and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Biller of Milford. Mrs. Charles Hollar cf Milford is the maternal great-grandmother and Mrs. Stella Baker of South Bend is the paternal great-grand-mother. Mr. and Mrs. James Brooks and daughter Kelley have moved from Emeline street in Milford to their newly remodeled home on Main street. A week end caller of Mrs. Emma Krauter of Milford was Mrs. Helene Clayton of South Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Ring of Silver Lake visited with Mrs. Krauter one day last week.

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Nearly 300 At Millord Alumni Banquet At WHS Near y 300 persons attended the 45th Milford high school alumni banquet held Saturday night in the dining room and auditorium of the new Wawasee high school. Steven Kaiser, president of the organization, presided with Elmo (Pete) Callander of South Bend acting as master of ceremonies. A secretary’s report was read by Mrs. Carl Speicher and a treasurer’s report by Mrs. Dane Rumfelt. Fred Weisser was 1969 vice president Harold Wilson was elected to serve as president for the coming year and John Gardner will serve as his vice president. Mrs. Phil Campbell was elected secretary End Mrs. Max Duncan, treasurer. One of the high points of the' 1 program was a speech by Dan Smith, a member of the first graduating class of Wawasee. His remarks included the reasons he liked the new school and what he . thought the varied program offered there was meant to accomplish. His talk was'interesting, enlightening and entertaining. It was preceded by a variety of numbers by the Wawasee high sextet. They entered to the tune of “School Days” with toys and

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squirt pistols. Members of the group were Betty Sorensen, Vicki Arnold, Brenda Hurd, Deborah Jessop, Becky Brown, and Debbie Wolterman. They were accompanied by Connie Geiger. All will be Wawasee seniors. Also on the program was a Wawasee high quartet composed of Tom Speicher, Fred Hoerr, Sally Beer and Teresa Beer. They were accompined by Mrs. Fred Weisser. Phil Bender played his electric guitar and sang three numbers. He is a junior at Wawasee and will represent the northern Indiana district in the state FFA talent contest. He was followed by Clark Rassi, a sophomore, who played two numbers by Chopin on the piano. Class Anniversaries Another highlight of the program was a report given by Mrs. Eugene (Katherine Graff) Sauder of Elkhart on her 1944 graduating class. This was in honor of its 25th anniversary. She was assisted by Mrs. Doris Wolferman. The 50th anniversary class had three members in attendance. They were Mrs. Ralph (Grace Pinkerton) Neff, Mrs. Charlene (Hoover) Traster and Mrs. Mabel (Bushong) Clause of Nappanee. They were presented floral decorations which were on the table. As a surprise finale, a group of former cheerleaders were called to the auditorium stage and lead the group in the Milford high school fight song. Also in attendance were two former teachers who enjoyed visiting with the alumni members: Miss Lillian Kantner of New Paris and Miss Martha Groves, who is living in a retirement home in Goshen. Alumni members had occasion to tour the new building both before and after the banquet. Mr. and Mrs. Don Fox and son David were Sunday guests in the Kenneth Haney home at Milford.

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Gerald Eugene McDonald Given Suspended Term Gerald Eugene McDonald, 30, r 1 Syracuse, has been given a suspended prison term in Kosciusko circuit court after pleading guilty to a burglary charge of a Syracuse tavern on January 12. McDonald originally entered a not guilty plea to the charge but later withdrew the plea and plead guilty. His sentencing Friday followed a pre-commitment investigation by probation officer Wallace Manrow. Judge Gene B. Lee suspended a two to five year term at the Indiana state prison and placed McDonald on probation for two years and disfranchised him for five years. McDonald’s attorney Richard Sand and state parole officer Paul Grimme noted that McDonald had a prior criminal record but felt his attitude was changing and that he deserved a second chance. Sand stated that most of the defendant’s arrests had apparently been the result of McDonald’s use of alcohlic beverages. Sand said “McDonald and his family tell me that he has stopped drinking”. Judge Lee said in handing down the suspended sentence that he was doing so primarily due to the recommendation of Mr. Grimme. One of the terms of the probation would be that McDonald shall be prohibited the use of any alcohlic beverages or narcotic drugs during the term of probation. “You are being given this one last chance” the judge commented. McDonald was nabbed by Joe W. Hughes, a tavern employee, on January 12 at the tavern, when Hughes observed someone inside the bar in the early morning hours and chased the intruder out the back door. In an altercation that followed outside, both men suffered head lacerations inflicted by a hammer which the two men were grappling over. Hughes held the man until officers arrived. McDonald was arrested by deputy sheriff Stanley Holderman and state trooper Larry Yeiter and charged with second degree burglary of Louie’s Bar and Grill, r 4 Syracuse. NAPPANEE PAPER SOLD TO PLYMOUTH PILOT COMPANY The Nappanee Advance-News, with a weekly circulation of 2,800, has been sold to The Plymouth Pilot Company, according to Donald E. Nichols, owner and pub-li-her of the Nappanee newspaper. The Plymouth paper owns The Bremen Enquirer and the Mishawaka Enterprise-Record, with Mrs. Eleanor Boys Bank as president cf the company. Nichcls purchased the paper in 1961 from Mrs. Thomas Myers and will continue to manage the paper.

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(Editor's Note — The following letter was sent to Steven Hearn, Kosciusko county prosecuting attorney, and was given to The Mail-Journal for publication.) June 3, 1969 Mr. Hearn - Mr. Reed: As interested parents and citizens we feel a strong responsibility to give our support and backing to the police detectives and to our presecuting attorney, Steve Hearn, and deputy prosecutor, Robert Reed, for seizing and charging the Wawasee teacher and two area young men, Monday, June 2. We have all been hearing about narcotics and pushers and LSD and dope in Los Angeles, in Chicago, in San Francisco—well, now it is in our schools—right here at home—your children, my children, their friends may be next involved. NOW is the time to tell our prosecutor, our local judge, our courts to burn these violators here and now! Don’t let them off easy—don’t give them a suspended sentence—bring the full weight of the law

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Dear Editor: Last Sunday my 11-year-old sun, Greg, fall overboard from our Lightning during the sailing regatta. Although we would have been able to get our sail boat back to him in the heavy wind, a powerboat nearby offered to do the pickup since he was closer and had more maneuverability. The two adult men in the boat, graciously took Greg back to the Wawasee Yacht club, since they could get there more quickly and he could get a dry change ot clothes on a cool day. In the confusion we did not get the name of the two men in t he green Starcraft inboard - outboard who came to our aid. We own a power boat ourselves and have often gone out to assist other people in various kinds of trouble. It’s nice to be among boaters who follow the unwritten law o! helping someone in distress. We see this often on Lakes Wawasee and Syracuse and we’re proud to be associated with such people, even though we never know their names. Our thanks to the two unknowr men who went out of their way immediately to help. John Nixon MRS. OVERSTEDT ENTERTAINS HOME ARTS AT BARBEE The Home Arts extension club met at 12:30 Tuesday, June 10, as a guest of Mrs. Robert Overstedt in a cottage at Little Barbee lake. Ten members and three guests, Mrs. Cora Kirkdoffer of r 3 Syracuse, Mrs. Doral McFarren and Mrs. Alva Pinkerton of Milford, enjoyed a noon day meal. Mrs. Overstedt, president, opened the meeting with the pledge to the flag and club creed. T he history of the song of the month, “Tell Me Why’’, was read by Mrs. Charlene Traster and sung in unison. The garden leader, Mrs. P. R. Michael, had a flower from the Indiana state tree, the yellow pine, a tulip tree, which is now in bloom at the Charles Schell garden. The lesson, “Styles at Yo ir Wfhdow”, was given by Mrs. Schell, who said good window teratment can be the most rewarding decoration in a room. Roll call was, my favorite color. A club gift was received by Mrs. William Perry for her 50th year wedding anniversary which will be in July. Mrs. Holt was given a birthday gift from her mystery pal. After reports of

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to bear upon the men involved in these drug activities, so that they are taken out of society and punished for their crimes. You, as citizens reading this, write the prosecutor and judges and give them your encouragement and support NOW! Our police and detectives have worked long and hard to track down these criminals. Let’s see to it that their efforts were not in vain. Let's back cur new prosecutor now to clean up this county! Paul M. Brembeck K. K. McGarvey J. E. Fry Katherine Rothenberger Merl Smith Paul L. Lantz c. Charles M. Harris H. C. Snyder, DDS Charles J. Myers Chester H. Balen John B. Augsburger Edwin D. Huber W. I. Zehr D. M. Sharp Rev. Albert 0. Curtright Mrs. Norman S. Lovell Albert G. Schafer, DVM T. A. Miller, DVM

LEO ANGLIN, JR. HONORED SUNDAY Leo Anglin, Jr., was honored at a luncheon Sunday following commencement exercises at Manchester college, by his grandmother, Mrs. J. W. Swick, and an aunt, Mrs. Arthur Kuhn of Akron. Others attending were Mr. and Mrs. Lester White, Rochester; Mr. and Mrs. Everett Swick, Claypool; Mr. and Mrs. Jay Swick, Akron; Mrs. George Mosier, and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Anglin, Allyson and Renee, all of Milford. Leo is currently employed by the Farm Clinic, West Lafayette, during the summer months and will assume teaching duties at Woodland, a newly constructed elementary school of the Elkhart city system this fall. PLEASANT VIEW CHURCH HOLDING BIBLE SCHOOL The Pleasant View Community church of northwest of Warsaw is holding daily vacation Bible school from June 9 thru 13 in the evening from 6:30 til 8:30. The theme being carried out this year is “Jesus Leads Me.” Teachers are: Gloria Kerchanfaut and Chearyl Miller — beginners; Bonnie Harman and Lilly Miller — primer; Katie Goshert — junior; And, Neva Rebman — teens. Those who will be assisting will be Grace Miller, Olive Rebman, Belva Drudge and Frances Groininger. Iva Craw is in charge of opening exercises and Doris Vandermolen is pianist. There will be a closing program on Sunday evening, June 15 at 7:30. . Chearyl Miller is in charge of the Bible school. Among those attending the 45th annual Milford alumni banquet were Mr. and Mrs. Randall Dewart of Hickory, North Carolina. They are visiting relatives and friends while in the community. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Dewart and Mr. and Mrs. Amos Orn of Milford. ccmmittees a penny march was taken. The club meeting closed by singing the club prayer and repeating the club collect. There will be no July meeting. A picnic will be held at 12 noon cn August 12 with Mrs. Edward Jonasch at Dewart Lake.

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