The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 24, Milford, Kosciusko County, 16 July 1969 — Page 1

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VOLUME 6

Obt’ i ' ' •' aMhv HELP ERADICATE MARIJUANA — Several members of Wawasee high school vocational agriculture class, working with vo-ag instructor Edwin Washier and a Jefferson farm group, quickly gathered about a ton of marijuana (well known as hemp weed) Tuesday morning in a mile-square area in Jefferson township. It was destroyed. r “At $lO an ounce> this represents several thousands of dollars,” Washier-stated. A number of Jefferson, Scott, and Prairie township farmers have banned together to eradicate hemp from their rural area where it grows wild.

Milford Legion Holds Election Monday The regular meeting of Ancil Geiger Post 226, Milford, was opened Monday night by commander Wade Mishler. Second district commander Joe Watkins, past department commander Joe Donovan, Don Lichtenwalter of Warsaw Post 49, and John Leemon, Milford, Hoosier Boys’ Stater, /were guests. following the business of the meeting, the officers elect for the year of 1970 were installed by 2d district commander Watkins. These officers are as follows.: Commander — Lamar Rarig Ist vice commander — Bruce McClintic 2d vice commander — Eugene Felkner Finance officer — Robert Geller Adjutant f- Daniel Levernier Chaplain —> Worth Jackson Sgt. at Arms — Howard Haab Service officer — Walter Ritter Newly elected commander 4 Rarig stated that there will be a joined executive board meeting Thursday evening at the Legion Hall at 7 p.m. ATTENDS LATIN CONFERENCE Miss Vickie Walker cf Dewart Lake returned Saturday from attending a week’s Latin conference held at Indiana university, Bloomington. She represented Wawasee high school where she has completed her second year of Latin this past term. Vickie is the daughter of Mrs. Marcia Walker and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren 0. Fisher of r 1 Milford.

OPEN HOUSE PLANNED — Kinder Realty, Inc., will display their first model home at an Open House in Wawasee Heights; Syracuse for three days beginning July 18th. Daily hours will be from four in the afternoon until eight in the evening. The homej, one of six now being constructed in the 40-acre Wawasee development, features both living room and family room as well as a more formal dining area and a comfortable dinette. The master bedroom of the three bedroom home is unusually spacious with a large private bath. The home also offers a second full bath. A convenient workshop idea is shown in the large double garage. The kitchen is conveniently centered between the family room and the dinette. Wawasee Heights is located across from the new Wawasee high school in Syracuse. Marilyn Moore supervised the interior decorating plan of the attractive home. Den Runge is the general contractor.

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Edwin Washier Attends Vo. Ag. Workshop The Wawasee High School Vocational Agriculture teacher, Edwin Washier, attended a technical workshop at Purdue university July 7 to 9. Washier, along with nearly 100 other vocational agriculture teachers from Indiana attended sessions from early morning until late evening during these three days, which covered nearly all phases of production agriculture. Some of the areas covered were swine production, beef production, small grain varieties and production, plus new tillage methods for corn. Besides the many lecture sessions, field trips were taken to the swine, beef and horticultural research facilities to observe the latest methods of production that Purdue has in use. Workshops of this type are held each summer to help enable vocational agriculture teachers to keep up to date on the many new developments in the dynamic world of agriculture. SYRACUSE COUPLE RETURNS FROM NORTHWESTERN TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Harold LeCount, Syracuse, and Mr. and Mrs. Edd LeCount of iNappanee have returned to their homes from a trip through the west and northern part of the country. They visited a cousin and aunt at Montana and saw many deer, buffalo, moose and snow. En route they went byway of the Badlands and Black Hills of South Dakota on the Sun highway in Glacier park, through Idaho and to British Columbia. They returned byway of Yellowstone National park, Jackson Hole, the Teton mountain range and through Colorado and lowa.

Milford Cub Scouts Take Camping Trip The Webelo den of Milford Cub Scouts pack 47, went on a family camping trip Saturday, July 12, to Scenic Hills near Bristol. Activities enjoyed were swimming, hayride and a campfire sing-out Saturday night. The boys were presented awards for projects completed during the summer. I Those who attended were Robert Hoerr and sons, Jeff and Doug; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley. Martin and son Qaniel; Jack jfeCormick and son Craig; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vanlaningham and sons, Norman, Edward and Rodney; Terry Weisser; and Scott Hartter. I ■ NELSON TRUCKING, INC. SALE TO BE MONDAY, JULY 21 A public auction of personal property will be sold at 10 a.m. Monday, July 21, of the Nelson Trucking, Inc. An ad appears in this issue stating the articles for sale. The auctioneers are’ Schrader Brothers of Columbia City. Ray Hively«-is to be the clerk. The property may be seen before the date of the sale four miles east of Mentone on SR 25 and one mile south at Burket. ESCAPES INJURY ' IN TRUCK ACCIDENT William C. Burgett, 17, Mil-/ ford, escaped injury at 5:05 p.m/ Wednesday, -July 9, when the truck he was driving flipped ‘ over one-half mile south of Leesburg. A Mail-Journal employee, Burgett was delivering papers to Warsaw. The damage to the truck was estimated at SBOO. Burgett was driving south on the Base Line road when he struck a patch of water across the road and the truck turned over. Leesburg marshal Tay Hess was the investigating officer. SYRACUSE FAMILIES AT CEDAR POINT SATURDAY Mr. and Mrs. Rolland (Babe) Hodgson and son, Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Smith and children, all of Syracuse, and guests spent Saturday at Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio. Guests enjoying the outing were Steven Craig, Indianapolis: Sue Yeager, Syracuse; Ronda Huffman, North Webster; and Brad Butler, Syracuse. A cook-out was enjoyed by the group on Sunday at the Smith home.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1969

Third Person Dies Saturday ■ Final Rites Sunday For Two Syracuse Youths Killed In Auto Accident _

Two young well-known Syracuse men and a Michigan professor were killed and a Michigan woman was critically injured in a two-car crash on Indiana 13, four miles south of Syracuse at 5:40 p.m. Thursday, July 10. Floyd Rensberger, 22, Syracuse, driver of one of the cars died at 6:30 p.m. shortly after being admitted to the Goshen hospital. Thomas Ganshorn, 21, of r 4 Syracuse, a passenger in the Rensberger car, was killed instantly. Dr. Milford F. Henkel 11, 44, of Pierson, Mich., a small ,community north of Grand r Rapids, died at 10:15 a.m. Saturday in the Elkhart General hospital. His wife, Julia, 43, who was seriously injured, was reported in fair condition at the Elkhart hospital Monday morning. Rensberger, husband of the former Kristie Niles of Syracuse, returned home last week from a tour of duty in Viet Nam. A graduate of Syracuse high school and varsity basketball player, Rensberger was pronounced dead at the hospital of a broken rieck and multiple lacerations and abrasions by Elkhart county coroner Dr. Frederick Bigler of Goshen. Father of two children, Ganshorn was the son of former Kosciusko county deputy sheriff and Mrs. Max Ganshorn of Syracuse. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash by Kosciusko county coroner Dr. Arthur L. Moser of a broken neck and multiple lacerations and abrasions. His mothpr is a former Syracuse license branch manager. Dr. Henkel, who has a doctor’s degree in divinity, was registrar of the Winona Lake School of Theology. He taught at Malone college, Canton, Ohio, and was on leave this year, teaching at the Baptist Bible college, Grand Rapids, Mich. He was scheduled to leave with a group of young, people Saturday for a six-week tour of Europe. Henkel suffered two fractures of his right arm, a fractured knee, multiple facial lacerations and other injuries. • Mrs. Henkel, also a teacher, suffered internal injuries. They were both taken to the Goshen hospital, then transferred to the Elkhart hospital. Dr. Henkel and his wife were in their Mercedes - Benz 200-D diesel car and were southbound on SR 13, presumably en route to their summer residence at Winona Lake. Dr. Henkel was driving. Rensberger was driving a 1964 Oldsmobile north on SR 13 at a high rate of speed, according State trooper James Risner and county sheriff Dave Andrews. The collision occurred on a straight stretch of road between the South Shore Golf course and the junction of SR 13-A. The entrance to Al’s South Shore Marina is located just north of the accident site. Rensberger reportedly braked his car for a slower moving car ahead of him in his traffic lane. The car skidded out of control and into the path of the Henkel car which hit the Rensberger car broadside. The front of Henkel’s car caved in the passenger’s side of the Rensberger’s auto. Flcyd M, Rensberger Mr. Rensberger was born July 5, 1947. at Milwaukee; Wis., the son of Floyd and Lucy (Kamini(Continued on page 2, sec. 1)

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Syracuse Town Board Hears New Budget

Syracuse town board of trustees held its regular July meeting Tuesday evening in the town hall. Clerk-treasurer Ronald Shrap read the proposed budget and the board gave its approval. He also read a transfer of funds which was approved. Dale Sparklin was appointed temporary building commissioner while building commissioner Harry VanHemert is on vacation. commended Mrs.

4-H Float Wins In '‘Leesburg Days 9 Parade

The Boys and Girls 4-H clubs of Plain, township won first place in the float division at the Leesburg parade Friday evening. The parade was the special event of the Leesburg Days, July 11 and 12. Placing second in the float division was the girls soft ball team sponsored by Chris Kammerer Shell Service. Third was captured by Leesburg Lumber Company. Gene Kammerer won first

MR. AND MRS. HARRY GOOD ENTERTAIN AT SUPPER Supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Good last Wednesday were Fred Harlan of Milford; Edward Good of Leesburg; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ganger, Steve, Tom, Jan and Lee Ann, and Bryce Weldy, all of Goshen. Steve Ganger, who has been in the air force since last December, is home on leave and will report next week at Hill air force base in Utah fcr further schooling in electronic communications.* His brother, Tom, who graduat-

Dale Sparklin on her services in the past years. Mrs. Sparklin is retiring as secretary to the clerktreasurer, effective August 1. Mrs. Lucy Garrett will replace her. Present at the meeting were attorney Robert Reed; board president Byron Connolly; board members, Willard Nusbaum, Mrs. F. Bates, and Vernon Beckman; Mrs. Garrett; fire chief Tom Strickler; Joe Hughes, Tom Kitch; Robert Insley; and Stan Insley.

place in the pony category with his stage coach. Deloss Harmon won second witlCliis two ponies and cart and Max Miller placed third with his pony and racing cart. Winners in the horse division •were Everett Dausman, first; Cindy Gross, second; and Maxine Kammerer, third. The two children of Mr. and Mrs. Don Tarner won the children’s unit of the paradp. Dal Anglin was also a winner with his steam engine.

ed from Purdue university in June, ha§ also enlisted in the air force and will leave next week for his basic training at Lackland air force base*sn Texas. NAPPANEE CHURCH TO HAVE SACRED CONCERT The Emissaries, a brass trio fronn southern California, will present a sacred concert Friday, July 18, in the Missionary church of south Locke street, Nappanee. The program will start at 7:30 p.m.

Deposits Reach $10,331,424 At Syracuse Bank Deposits at the State Bank of Syracuse reached an all-time high on June 30 of $10,331,424.26, an increase of $195,438.75 over a year ago. This rapid growth figure is evidenced by the fihancial Statement of Report of Condition published in this issue of The Mail-Journal. Robert Jones, president of the bank, said this figure would be considerably larger than that, but public funds on deposit with local banks are down, at the present time. The report also reveals that loans have jumped up sl,134,379.53 over the past year/to a new high of $5,350,964.58. The bank’s footings show total assests of $11,532,538.91. Glenn Longeneckers New Directors At Manchester College Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Longenecker of Warsaw will assume new positions as resident directors of Manchester college’s new 300 student coed dormitories in September. A former Syracuse high school principal, Mr. Longenecker had served for 10 years as principal of Warsaw Junior high school bdfore his resignation , this spring. He has spent 42 years teaching in the* Kosciusko county schools. His wife has taught the third grade at Lincoln school for the past six years. The Longeneckers ’will supervise activities of students living in the dormitories, perform counseling , and other similar functions. The two dormitories, while separate, are under one roof. There are to be shared lounges on the first floor. State Irrigation Tour In Elkhart County August 7 A state irrigation tour will be held in Elkhart county on August 7, starting at 9:45 (EDT) at the county -extension office- which is located on the fairgrounds east of Goshen. Interest runs high in the sandy and sandy loam area that compose much of this section of the state, for irrigation as a means of decreasing brought losses. The three! farms that will be visited will nave hand moved, self-propelled, and drag types of systems. The afternoon program includes' reports from Jerry Manering, agronomist; and Don Sisson, representing the industry. Also as part of the afternoon program will be a visit to the lawn irrigation set-up on the fairgrounds and finish the day touring the dealers display of irrigation equipment. For more information on irrigation and this tour contact Eugene Eckrote, area extension agent, crops, at the Elkhart county extension office. CHURCH ANNOUNCES SACRED CONCERT The Wawasee Heights Baptist church, Syracuse, announces a sacred concert featuring “The Anchormen Quartet” from the Baptist Bible Seminary, Clarks Summit, Pa., on Thursday, July 17, at 7:30 p.m. The concert ’will feature both vocal and instrumental numbers and the public is encouraged to attend.

NUMBER 24

THOMAS L. GANSHORN >»- IZm FLOYD M. RENSBERGER Businessmen Plan Sidewalk Days At Syracuse ’ The uptown Syracuse businessmen met Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. in the Love Furniture store to discuss plans for Sidewalk Days to be held August 8 and 9. Eldred Mabie presided. Also attending were Douglas Pilcher, Tom Knoop, Gerald Hubartt and Arthur Carboneau. Sidewalk Days is an -'Snnual summer event at Syracuse, when the merchants display their sale goods on tables on the sidewalk in front of the store. ESCAPES INJURY IN ONE-CAR ACCIDENT Kathy Stookey, 20, of r 2 Leesburg escaped injury Friday in a one-car accident near Leesburg. Her auto left Kosciusko county road 600 north and struck a fence and telephone poleX The woman told investigating officer deputy sheriff Roger Fellows she took her eyes off the road briefly to look at a small child on the seat and the car left the road. Damage was estimated at $1,200 to the auto and $75 each to the fence and telephone pole. Goodwill Homemakers Hold Birthday Party The Goodwill Extension Homemakers club held a birthday luncheon Wednesday in a res- • taurant near .Oswego with 18 members and guests present. A large birthday cake graced the table. Following the luncheon a tour of the Wawasee high school was enjoyed by the group. The August meeting will be a picnic on August 13 at the home of Mrs. Charles Searfoss. Fined in JP Court At Warsaw Frederick Crews, 22, r 4 Syracuse, paid $43.25 in justice of the peace Milo Clase’s court last week for driving under the influence of intoxicating beverages.