The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 40, Milford, Kosciusko County, 5 November 1969 — Page 3

OBITUARIES

Mrs. Anna L. Couts Mrs. Jesse (Anna L.) Couts, 89, Cromwell, died October 29 in the Goshen hospital where she had been a patient for one week. Mrs. Couts, who had spent most of her lifetime in the Cromwell area, was born February 7, 1880, in Noble county. Her husband preceded her in death in 1960. She was a member of Calvary Lutheran church. __ — — Survivors include two sons, Fred Couts of Lake Wawasee .and Wilbur Elkhart; a daughter, (Alma) Sewell of Elkhan; three grandchildren; and sou? great-grandchildren. Services were here held Friday. Oct. 31, at Cromwell. Rev. Theodore Hertenstein officiated and burial was in Sparta cemetery. John Myers Funeral- services were held yesterday (Tuesday) at North Webster for John Myers, 66, of r 1 Larwill, who died at his home at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, of an apparent heart attack. Rev. Chester Reed officiated at the final rites and burial was in the Pleasant Grove cemetery near Larwill. Mr. Myers was born at Etna January 25, 1903, to Frank and Della (Mabie) Myers. A retired farmer he has lived all his life in the Etna-Larwill area. He was united in marriage to Ina Miller July 20, 1923, who survives. Survivors in addition to the widow, Ina, are two sons, Claude “Bud” Myers of r 1 Pierceton and Garland Myers of r 1 Larwill; four daughters, Mrs. Wanda Nonnemacher of Elkhart, Mrs. Kenneth (Gloria) Helbig of Dunlap, Mrs. James (Alta) Kyler of r 6 Columbia City and Mrs. John (Judy) Latta of r 1 Larwill; 20 grandchildren, 2 greatgrandchildren; three brothers, Charles Mfyers and Claude Myers both of Columbia City, and Chester Myers of Fort Wayne; three sisters, Mrs. Harold (Anna) Coyle of Elkhart and Mrs. Dale

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(Jane) Hickman and Mrs. Millard (Bertha) Tom, both of Syracuse. Glen S. Hilliard GlenS. Hilliard, 74, of 522 north Lake street, Warsaw, died at 3 a.nr Thursday, Oct. 30. He was married to the former Ethel Sechler of Milford. Mr. Hilliard is survived by the widow and a niece, Mrs. Charles (Mary Jane) Schade, Warsaw,. Services were conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in a Warsaw funeral home. Interment was in the Milford cemetery. Francis F. Anglin Francis F. Anglin, 69, of Oak Hill, W. Va., and Pine Island, Fla., near Fort Myers, a native of Leesburg, drowned Friday evening while testing a new motor boat at a marina about 15 miles west of his Florida home. Mr. Anglin was born April 10, 1900, near Leesburg. He is survived by the widow, the former Faye O’Neil; three sisters, Mrs. Harry Miller of Elkhart, Mrs. William Martens, Des Moines, lowa, Mrs. Julius Strassburger, Phoenix, Ariz. A brother, Paul Anglin, Grand Rapids, Mich., died three weeks ago. Funeral arrangements , were not known at press time. MILFORD WOMAN SUFFERS MINOR INJURIES MONDAY Donna-J. McCarty, 23. r 2 Millord, received minor injuries in a two-car crash at the intersection of 135 N and 600 W, three miles southeast of Nappanee at 4:45 p. m. Monday. She was treated in a Nappanee doctor's office for a minor concussion and her son Danny/six, was treated for a laceration to his mouth and possible broken nose. Junior Hargrove. 46, r 3 Nappanee, stopped for the intersection, then proceeded across the road, not seeing the oncoming McCarty car. Hargrove was not injured. Damages were estimated at sl,535 by deputy sheriff Ron Robinson. Intermediate Mothers Meet With Mrs. Miller The Intermediate Mothers club of Syracuse met November 3 in the home of’Mrs. Charles Miller. The evening was spent playing games and the door prize was won by Mrs. Raymond Jetmore. The co-hostesses were Mrs. Ralph Clingaman and Mrs. Maurice Dorsey. There were 20 members present. The next meeting will be in the home of Mrs. Avon Bushong.

BIRTHSU RIDER, Gary Richard Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rider of r 3 (Loon lake) Columbia City are the parents of their third child, a son, born Sunday morning at the Whitley County hospital. ' The little boy weighed eight pounds, nine ounces. He has an older sister, Lynette, who .is five and a brother Matthew who is two. The mother —is- the—former Elaine games. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Max Phebus of Pierceton. Paternal grandmother is Mrs. Cloyse Rider of r 2 Pierceton. Mrs. Paul Wolfe of North Webster is the paternal greatgrandmother and Mrs. George Rider of Pierceton is the great great-grandmother. HAAB Timothy Craig Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Haab of Glen Burnie, Md., are the parents of a son born Monday evening and weighing seven pounds, 14 ounces at birth. He has been named Timothy Craig and has one brother, Danny, 3*2. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richter of Linthicum Heights, Md. Paternal grandparents are’Mr. and Mrs. George Haab of Milford. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Floor of Warsaw are paternal great-grandparents. AVERY, Trisha Kay A third daughter, Trisha Kay, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Avery of r 1 Milford at 1:57 a.m. Friday, Oct. 31, in the Goshen hospital. She tipped the scales at eight pounds, six ounces. Trisha Kay has two older sisters, Tammy, 7 and Tracy, 2. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Owen Ayery of Syracuse and Mr. and •®s. Walter Nyce of r 1 Milford. Mrs. William Nyce of r 3 Syracuse is a maternal greatgrandmother. RUNGE, Rachel Mr. and Mrs. Steven Runge of West Lafayette are the parents of a daughter born at 9:30 a m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, in the Saint Elizabeth hospital in Lafayette. The baby, named Rachel, weighted six pounds, 15 ounces and was 19 inches long. The maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Kinder, and the paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Donld Runge, all of Syrcuse. RAMIREZ son A son was born October 31 to Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ramirez, r 1 Milford, at the Goshen hospital. LUNG daughter Mr. and Mrs. George D. Lung, Syracuse, are the parents of a daughter born November 2 in the Goshen hospital. RICHCREEK son Mr. and Mrs. Curtis L. Richcreek of r 3 Syracuse became parents of a son on October 30 in the Goshen hospital.

TROUP, Timothy William; Timothy William was born to Mr. and Mrs. William D. Troup of rz Leesburg Monday, Nov. 3, in the Goshen hospital. Timothy has two sisters, Angela and Cristrne. The mother is the former Anna Lee Price, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Everett Price, r 2 Leesburg, ' Tomorrow's Homemakers Has First Meeting The Tomorrow Homemakers 4H chib of Syracuse met recently in the first meeting of the year. The meeting was opened by the new leader, Mrs. Robert Busch. Pledges were given by Rhonda Byrd and Denise Darr. The election of officers followed. They are: President — Elaine Hoopingarner c Vice president — Connie Hoopingarner Secretary —, Rhondat Lawson Treasurer — Denise Darr Reporter — Becky Busch Health and Safety — Meg Green Recreation — Steve Hoopingarner Ass’t recreation — Rhonda Byrd Song leader — Robyn Watkins Ass’t song leader — Carol Green The meeting was an organization meeting to fill out enrollment cards for the following '4-H year. The next meeting will be held December 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Syracuse junior high school cafeteria. MILFORD—LEESBURG Hospital Notes Mrs. Robert Tyson, Leesburg, was treated in the emergency room at Murphy Medical Center October 28. Mrs. Lewis Noel, r 2 Leesburg, was dismissed October 29 from the Murphy Medical Center. Arnold Caudill of r 1 Leesburg was treated in the emergency room of Murphy Medical Center October 29. Mrs. Roy Schultz of Milford was dismissed from the Goshen hospital October 28. Mrs. Roy Fox of Milford had surgery Friday, Oct. 30, at the Elkhart hospital. Jack Sharp had eye surgery at the Elkhart hospital/Fhursday, Oct. 30. SYRACUSE—NORTH WEBSTER Hospital Notes Lewis Caskey, r 2 Syracuse, is a patient in the Whitley county hospital. Raymond Newcomer, Syracuse, was admitted to the Goshen hospital last Thursday. Robert McClintic, Syracuse, was released from the Goshen hospital Friday evening. Theries Doll, r 2 Syracuse, has re-entered the Parkview hospital at Fort Wayne. John Darr, Syracuse, was released from the Goshen hospital Saturday. MILFORD LOCALS Den Milford, visited Hubbard Hill Museum, north of Nappanee on road 19. November 4. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gillis of r 3 Syracuse visited friends at Lafayette and Mrs. Gillis’ brother, Horace Hatch at Crawfordsville, over the week end.

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CARDS THANKS Up . IN MEMORiAM “Life is real, life is earnest. And the grave is not its goal. Dust thou art, to dust returnest Was not spoken to the soul.” In memory of our husband and father, R. E. Slabaugh, who passed away November 3. 1968. The Romey Slabaugh family —J. CARD OF THANKS A big thank you to all who cooperated in the UNICEF drive last Wednesday night in Milford. Thanks to the kids and adults who helped and to the citizens who supported the drive. Milford United Methodist Church CARD OF THANKS Thanks to everyone v ho was so kind to remember me with cards while in the hospital. Thanks again. Thelma Fleischauer CARD OF THANKS We would like to thank everyone for the cards, flowers, prayers, gifts, and many acts .of kindness shown during the death of our mother. The family of Sarah Taylor CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our thanks to friends, neighbors and relatives for cards, flowers and other acts of kindness. Also to the Ebenezer Ladies Aid, Lois circle of the Calvary United Methodist church and Rev. Kennard Robinson. The Vernon Fawley Family HALLOWEEN PARTY HELD AT WAUBEE GRANGE MEETING The Waubee Grange met Friday eveping in Milford with the master, Robert Hollar, presiding. Twenty-five members were in attendance. Mrs. Ruth Miller, women’s activities chairman, reported on the Christmas centerpieces entries and the winners. The’ Pomona presented gifts to Mrs. Max Anglin and Mrs. Ray Bray in this division, and to Mrs. Glen Pinkerton and Mrs. Miller in the brownies contest. Pomona grange programs were given to the eligible members. Mrs. Robert Hollar, lecturer, was *a delegate to the state grange sessions held in Elkhart October 23, 24, and 25 and gave interesting reports of the different sessions. Others from the Waubee Grange who attended were Mrs. Herman Miller; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pinkerton, who attended the agriculture banquet: and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Heyde, who were present on Friday evening when the fifth and sixth degrees were given. Certificates of awards in recognition of services in duties of the office of secretary were given to Mrs. Max Anglin, and lecturer Mrs. Nathan Insley. Mrs. Ruth Miller, chairman of the women's activities, received fifth prize for having achieved requirements under “Keys to Achievement” on the poster which had to be filled out for the year’s work and was eligible for a certificate of merit. Members came masked and prize winners for their costumes were awarded to Glen Pinkerton and Mrs. Herman Miller. The members sang “Work For the Night is Coming” and “God Be With You” with Mrs." Otto Wiggs as pianist. Refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hollar and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tusing. November 14 is the date of the next meeting at 7:30 p.m.

I Ml q 2 > Wr RjPl f dnrf 1 mF** * INVESTITURE SERVICES HELD— Investiture services were held Monday night at the elementary school for the above brownie troop composed of Milford’s second and third grade girls. The girls meet every Monday with Mrs. Wayne Bucher, Jr., and her assistants Mrs. Virgil Zimmerman and Mrs. John Schultz. In the front row are Carla Curtis, Marla Wolferman, Shari Hollar. Lesa Campbell, Kristy Bucher, Robin Miller, Angie Augsburger and Linda Perry. Standing in back are Amanda Deanna Dean, Jean Nyikos, Sylvia Wright, Cathy Kinney, Lori Wiggs, Linda James, Penny Fifer, Vicki Zimmerman, Kim Coy, Hope Sipress and Jamie White, Pat Green was not present when the photo was taken.

Old Wawasee Lake Landmark Being Razed

The days are numbered for The Laundry, one of Lake Wawasee’s oldest man-made landmarks. The Laundry is a building located on North Shore Road just west of what is now called the Lilly Pavilion but which once was the dining porch and meeting hall of the Sargent hotel. Located on the north side of the road as the road curves to the south to follow the lake shore line, The Laundry looks more like a shorebound houseboat than a permanent building. Alas, in its long career, a houseboat was about the only thing it never was. Its age is indeterminate — but probably somewhere around the three-quarter century mark. Long before 1900, the area where The Laundry now stands as a lonely remnant of a oncethrivine commercial community was a swamp, covering the area between Wawasee and the B & O Railroad. To the east was the Lilly property, where the summer cottage now occupied by Eli Lilly was erected in 1888. And just east and a bit south of that was the Wawasee Inn — now the site of Wawasee Preparatory school. At the rear of the Wawasee Inn (not the present Wawasee Prep school but at least two buildings ago) stood a long, two-story frame building used for employes quarters. Running the full length of the upstairs (to provide outside access to each sleeping room) was a narrow porch. Each downstairs room had an outside entrance, too. The refinement of plumbing had not yet come along, nor was there electricity. Times changed, and the building was replaced by better employes’ quarters at the Inn. Sometime around 1912 to 1914, the late Charles Bishop arrived at Wawasee and started his boat livery just west of the Sargent hotel property. Power boats were few yet, outboards were unique, and to occupy the idle time and provide additional income, Bishop and a man named Ballou ran a laundry in the downstairs part of the building for a few years after moving it to its present site. The upstairs remained as living quarters. Thus, the name. The laundry business did not last long, even with the Inn as one of the accounts (the second Inn structure burned in the late

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‘teens, which may have hastened the demise of the laundry business), and for the next 25 or 30 years, the building once again was used for living quarters. “Summer people” often rented one or more of the rooms; from time to time some were occupied by employes of the Bishop, enterprises. The Bishop boat firm was in its heyday in the 20’s and 30’s, with a machine shop located at lakeside, a huge storage area across the road just to the west of The Laundry, and a winch-operated railroad which began in the rear of the storage shed and ran into the lake at pierside, to launch boats. Bishops operated boats for hire until the gasoline shortages (and manpower shortages) of the Second World War. This portion of Wawasee a thriving commercial area? Certainly! In the 1930’s and 40’s, there were the Bishop buildings, the Sargent hotel (which dining halls, a soda fountain, a telegraph office and the U. S. Post Office called Wawasee), a Pure Oil station just east of Sargent’s, the Rockwell Gift Shop at the west end of the Lilly property, a railroad station on the B & O at which many trains stopped, just north of the Sargent hotel (the walkway leading from nowhere to nowhere is still there), and about two blocks to the west, a grocery, bakery and lunchroom operated by the late Harry Brinkman. All are now gone. The area abounded with rental properties, on and off the lake, many constructed by Charles Bishop himself. The Laundry was purchased by W. E. Hodler and his wife, Thelma, in 1947, when the SpinkWawasee hotel (formerly the Inn) closed its doors for the final time. The Hodlers in the 1930’s came to Wawasee to run the barber and beauty shops in the hotel, and Mrs. Hodler continued with the beauty shop — first in the hotel and later in the downstairs rooms of The Laundry — until her death last year. The Laundry leans a little now, possibly an indication that it is a bit tired of it all, and after all, it is standing on filled land to which it was skidded on the ice from its original location some 55 years ago. Character it still has, but tenants none. An auction sale was

held last week end at which the contents were sold by Mr. .Hodler. A contract for razing the Duilding had already been signed. , Before long, a symbol of an era long gone and nearly forgotten will likewise belong to the ages. ~ B & 0 Train Passengers To Use New Station Syracuse and area residents who use Baltimore and Ohio passenger trains will be entering and leaving Chicago via a new terminal facility beginning Sunday, Nov. 9. Effective that date, the four B & 0 trains (two each way) serving this area and Chicago will use the Northwestern Station, Canal and Madison streets. Since before the turn of the century, B & 0 trains have used Grand Central Station, Harrison and Wells Sts,, but this facilityowned by the B & 0 for nearly 75 years—is to be razed as part of Mayor Richard Daley’s downtown south-loop renovation program. “ ' i . A B & 0 spokesman; said, the move to Northwestern Station would find B & O trains using much-improved Chicago facilities. Redcap service has not been offered at Grand Central for more than a year, and it will be available again; The Northwestern cab stand is more popular, because of the large number of commuters using that station, so delays in securing cabs will be cut down. The station is at the edge of the loop area soiit ’ '■ is no further from other terminals to which through passengers may wish to transfer, the B & 0 said; in fact, it is but 'I three blocks from Union Station. Finally, it offers a large, modern concourse of shops, lounges and dining areas, where Grand Central had but one restaurant, a stand-up coffee-stand, and a small newsstand. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Zimmerman and family returned to their home in Parkersburg, W. Va., Wednesday evening after spending several days with Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zimmerman, Sr., of Milford.

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