The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 44, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 December 1969 — Page 1

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VOLUME 6

Milford Board Tables Three-Way License Issue

Members of the Milford town board voted Monday night to table indefinitely a decision on a three-way liquor ordinance, thus killing for the time any, hope for such a license. , The vote came after much discussion. Rev. Albert-Curtright and Rev. Orvil Kilmer were present and presented additional petitions to the town. One petition was from the businessmen of Milford, the second from the ministerial association. Petitions pro and con had been presented earlier. The motion to table a decision on the ordinance was made by T. A. Miller with a second by Gerald Martin. The vote was unanimous. In other business before the board bids were opened on the purchase of a police car for the town. Only two bids were received, one from C. S. Myers Ford agency in Milford and one from Wawasee Motors of Syracuse. Both bids were taken under consideration by the board. The board decided to allow the telephone company to leave its booth in front of the town hall for the present. About six months ago the company stopped paying rent and the board ordered the booth taken out. Because of the convenience to several residents and visitors to the town it was decided it was best to leave the booth where it is. The board will meet again on December 18 to conduct the final business of the year. Jim Baker of the county area planning commission asked that two men from the town work with him when he comes to Milford. Board members are to consider possible appointees and make a decision later. Street and water commissioner Marion Deeter stated he needed a new flag for the town hall. The board decided to use the one purchased for the park this past summer and asked Senator John F. Augsburger if he can’t get them one that flew over the state house. A new flag will be purchased for the park next spring. Board members decided to have attorney William Gerrard attend all meetings next year, however, Mr. Gerrard will not arrive in Milford until 8:30 p.m. Attending the meeting were those mentioned above, clerktreasurer Edith Baumgartner, board president Carl Duncan, Mrs. Mary Liniger, Bill Wesner, police chief Don Drake and park board chairman Dean Troup. Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Carroll of Northfield, Mass., visited at Syracuse several days this week.

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Legion Auxiliary Has Christmas Party Tuesday The Milford American Legion Auxiliary Unit 226 held its monthly meeting December 2 at the Legion hall with a potluck supper at 6:30. This was a Christmas party with the hall decorated in the Christmas theme. President Mrs. Lloyd Coy had a Christmas surprise for the members present. It was Varner Chance and some of the young people from the band and chorus who traveled to Europe. They were Debbie Wolferman, Becky Brown, Susie Smith, Diann Jetmore, Nancy Yoder, Dan Van Lou, Melanie Pifer, David Fisher, Allen Barrette and Karen Allen, pianist. Mr. Chance showed slides of some of the places they visited and told of the structure of the buildings which was very interesting. The group of young folks entertained the auxiliary members with many selections which were enjoyed. Mrs. Coy presided at a short business meeting, calling attention of the Christmas dinner for Legion and auxiliary members and their families December 13 at 6:30 o’clock at the fire station. Mrs. Gertrude Ritter, community service chairman, acknowledged the girls who donated cookies and helped pack them for servicemen and women overseas. She also announced on December 22 at 9 p.m., fruit plates and food baskets will be made up at the fire station. Donations should be taken there. The meeting was closed. Santa Claus made his appearance and all received a gift from the make-believe fireplace. Hospitality committee for the January meeting is Mrs. Willard Free, Mrs. Bruce McClintic, Mrs. Merle Campbell, Jr., and Mrs. Campbell, Sr. Games will be by Mrs. Betty Hare and Mrs. John Hare. Community Tree Lighting At Syracuse Sunday The public is invited to the lighting of the Syracuse community Christmas tree, Sunday afternoon in Crosson Park. The ceremony will take place at 3 p.m.

MILFORD C OF C MEETING TONIGHT Members of the Milford Chamber of Commerce will meet at 7:30 tonight (Wednesday) at Augsburger's coffee shop to re-organize. The organization has been inactive for the past several months. All merchants are urged to have a representative present at the meeting. Break-In At Small Animal Clinic Monday Milford chief of police Don Drake and Indiana state police detective Norman Pierce are investigating a break-in which occurred sometime Sunday night or early Monday morning at the small animal clinic operated by Drs. Joe Ostendorf and W. J. Zehr of Milford. Drake reported the thief or thieves entered the building by prying open the east door with a tire tool or crow bar. The break-in was discovered early Monday morning when the office was opened. Taken were $67.75 of which $lB was in checks, the box the money was in, a large sunburst clock, a bank deposit bag and several keys. Milford Christmas Concert Dec. 14 The Milford elementary and junior high schools will present their annual Christmas program on December 14 at 2:30 p.m. in the Milford junior high gymnasium. Better than 300 students will have a part in the program that is made possible through the combined efforts of the language arts and the fine arts departments. x Mrs. Margaret Armantrout is in charge of the elementary students, Miss Pauline Crok is working with the orchestra and Jim White is working with the junior high band and chorus and the sixth grade chorus. The scenery is prepared by the art department under the direction of Mrs. > Violet Phend. The readers are Randall Gillenwater and Mrs. Dorothy Williams. Others lending their assistance to make this program possible are Richard Fehnel who is in charge of lighting, and Mrs. Evelyn Orn who prepared necessary stencils for the narrative and the programs as well as helping to get robes and other necessary props. HEX GRANGE HOSTS POMONA GRANGE SATURDAY Hex Grange was host to Elkhart county Pomona Grange Saturday evening with the women’s activities committee in charge of the Thanksgiving supper. The business session was in the charge of master Gordon Groves, who installed the following officers: Walter Babb — assistant steward Mrs. Orvel Wogoman — Ceres Miss Gladys Neterer — Flora Mrs. Peter Savage, who received first place in the state session, gave a year’s report on women’s activities. Jerome Davis, past state master, was elected High Priest’of Demeter at the national session held recently at Miami. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wernicke reported on the state session held at Elkhart. A donation was voted to 1 buy a TB bond.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1969

/ • / * ■ ~~~ IM W i i ii s CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS—This ornamental lantern is one of the new uptown decorations in the town of Syracuse, combining an effort of the Syracuse-Wawasee chamber of commerce, the Business and Professional Women and the Jaycees. They were put up late last week and gives the community a Yule spirit. 3

Delbert Dippons Observe 25th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Dippon of Milford were pleasantly surprised at a dinner at the Barbee Hotel Saturday evening in honor of their 25th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Dippon’s grandfather, Henry Hover, and Albert Heron built the Barbee Hotel in 1897. Mrs. Dippon’s mother was born there. In 1923 the hotel burned, leaving the wall which has been restored. At that time there was only a dirt road running between Big and Little Barbee lakes. Mr. and Mrs. Dippon were married by Rev. Marion King in the Milford Methodist church December 2, 1944. The surprise party was given by Mrs. Harry (Judy) Burleson of Saint Joseph, Mich., and Jeffery Dippon of Milford, daughter and son of the Dippons. Those enjoying the evening were: Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Parcell of Elkhart; Mr. and Mrs. Arch Baumgartner and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bucher of Milford; Mr. and Mrs. Michael Yoder of Muncie; Mr. and Mrs. Willard Conn, Michele Conn and friend of Leesburg; Miss Carol Rumbles of Ligonier; and the hosts. PRIMARY MOTHERS HOLD BAZAAR The Primary Mothers club of Syracuse m,et Monday night in the Jayceeshall and held a bazaar. Mrs. Art Mousely and Mrs. Jack Crum auctioned off the Christmas gift items. Several members acted as hostesses and served cookies, punch and coffee to the 12 members and 17 guests who were present. The next meeting will be the Christmas dinner at an uptown Syracuse restaurant. JP ISSUES SUMMONS Justice of the peace Christian Koher at Syracuse Saturday, issued 12 warrants on parking violations. They were for parking tickets that had not been paid.

VANDALISM IN JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP Jefferson township trustee Charles Mikel reported vandalism at the Island Chapel cemetery located near the church, southwest of Milford. A total of 16 tombstones were damaged. Members of the sheriff’s department are investigating. 'A Christmas Star' Is Ladies Round Table Program The Syracuse Ladies of the Round Table met at the home of Mrs. Harold Arnold December 1. Twenty members heard Mrs. Clayton Mock present a program entitled “A Christmas Star.” She quoted several passages from the Bible and the book, “Miracle of the Ages,” by Worth Smith. The latter is the story of the Great Pyramid in Egypt. The pyramid is over 5,000 years old and covers an area of about 13 acres. The story of the pyramid foretold many things which are recorded in the Bible. The Seal of the United States has a picture of the pyramid on it. Mrs. Mock gave the story behind the seal. It was designed in 1780 and placed on the one dollar bill in 1935. The Christmas party will be the next meeting, held December 15, at Foo and Faye’s followed by a party at the home of Mrs. Kennard Robinson. The hostess was assisted in serving refreshments by her sister, Mrs. Lloyd Miller of Nappanee. STORY HOUR AT MILFORD LIBRARY There will be a story hour at the Milford public library Saturday. Dec. 6, at 2 o’clock, and each Saturday afternoon during December. Several new attractions will be added to the children’s room this month. Bring your children or remind them to come.

Senior Citizens Christmas Party To Be Held Dec. 11 The Charlotte Blue chapter of the Turkey Creek Senior Citizens at Syracuse will hold its annual Christmas party on December 11. There will be a carry-in dinner at 6:30, with the club furnishing, meat, rolls, butter and coffee. Following the meeting will be a gift exchange, program and games. SYRACUSE YOUTH ARRESTED AFTER POLICE CHASE Michael A. Clark, 18, r 2 Syracuse, was booked at the Elkhart county jail at 3 a.m. Saturday on charges of public intoxication, fleeing a police officer, reckless driving and disregarding a stop sign. Goshen city police cars chased the youth at 100-miles per hour before he was arrested in his home. He was taken to the psychiatric ward at the Elkhart hospital. The youth’s mother telephoned police headquarters to report her son was “out to kill somebody in a car”. Tom Kitch, an off-duty Syracuse police officer, and Lt. Robert Hostetler spotted the car on West avenue. The chase started around 2 a.m. and the officers lost sight of the car, then again sighted it near Skyview Mobile Home Village southwest of Goshen on CR 21. Goshen patrolman Mike Kettlebar and reserve officer Pete Stahly headed south on SR 15 and at Waterford saw Clark’s oncoming car. During the chase Clark disgarded a four-way stop sign at CR 46 and 29, east of New Paris at 100 miles per hour. One motorist was forced off the road at a curve north of Syracuse on CR 29, the Huntington road. In attempting to make a turn from CR 29 onto the ElkhartKosciusko county line road eastward the patrol car went into a ditch, Kettlebar and Stahly were unhurt. The officers were able to continue the chase across SR 13 and then south near a church where they lost sight of, him. Officers found the car at Clark’s home with the ignition key still “on” and the headlights on. Clark’s mother asked the officers onto the property and the youth was subdued after a struggle. State, county and Syracuse officers assisted in the apprehension of the youth. AT CHICAGO CONVENTION Five students of Wawasee Prep along with their advisor Fr. Ted Parker attended the National Scholastic Press Association Convention at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago over the Thanksgiving holidays. The students attended the convention to learn about new developments in journalism. At day sessions there were conferences dealing with journalism in the high school. Censorship, the role of the faculty advisor, the role of the school paper, and techniques were among topics discussed. The sessions were extremely interesting and gave valuable insights on high school journalism. Not all was work, however, and there were abundant opportunities for entertainment. A dance was sponsored by the convention and in addition there were abundant entertainment facilities in Chicago’s Loop. Most of the conventioneers seemed to have a profitable and an enjoyable time. SYRACUSE GIRL STUDENT TEACHING Miss Lucy Kitson of Syracuse, a student in Indiana Central college, Indianapolis, has been assigned to the Lincoln school in Perry township near Indianapolis as a student teacher for the third grade.

Shall We Settle For More Os The Status Quo? (An Editorial) A page one editorial in Monday night’s Warsaw Times proved disturbing to a number of people who have worked so long and so hard to better the hospital situation in Kosciusko county. It smacks of more of the status quo, and is asking members of the Kosciusko Community Hospital, Inc., to forget what they have done to bring about much-needed hospital reforms and surrender to an intolerable hospital situation. It even carries a veiled threat: “Any person or group now acting in any manner to hinder, or to block this good beginning must be adjudged as not truly desirous for an end to the problem.” The vague editorial says little that those working for hospita. reform haven’t known for a long time; indeed, haven’t been trying against odds from the same journal to get across to the public. An impasse, to be sure, but the writer of the Times editorial, lurking in the shadows behind a simple signature of “The Editors,” was basking in the Florida sunshine while all the hard work of signature-gathering was going on, never attending any meetings to get first-hand information. Rather, his forte has been nocturnal telephone calls and meetings with one or two persons. Never a confrontation with those whose real interest is a progressive doctor-hospital climate! We’re beginning to think Spiro was right. The Times continuously carried news articles, with screaming headlines, telling of grand plays by the Murphy Medical Center, but when KCH unanimously passes a pertinent motion to lease the Murphy Medical Center it fails to see the light of day. Another case in point: Another screaming story tells that five KCH members were named to the Samuel C. Murphy Foundation board of directors, but says nothing that they have refused to accept. Who, indeed, is working for hospital reform, and who, indeed, should be distrusted? It has been and is the opinion of this writer that any joining of the Murphy Medical Center board of directors with the KCH board of directors under whatever name they choose to call it will produce a controlled situation by the present Murphy Medical Center board and will result in nothing but more of the status quo which has proved intolerable to county doctors. We sincerely believe this, however vehement it is denied by members of the Murphy Medical Center board of directors. We can’t let a lop-sided editorial pass and allow someone who wants to emerge as the great peacemaker in a situation in which he refuses to take a stand pre-empt the center ground, with the results proving so detrimental to the future growth and well being of the citizens of Kosciusko county. —Arch Baumgartner

Explorers Program Underway At Wawasee Preparatory

A unique explorers program has been established at Wawasee Preparatory, Syracuse, in cooperation with the local council explorer directors. The Wawasee Prep program numbers five posts specializing in preflight, medicine, computer science, communications, and work with exceptional children. The program was organized by Tom OBrien, a member of the school staff, and local council directors: T. Howard and Terry Mack. The school’s preflight unit meets at the Nappanee airport every other Saturday with the Goshen explorer’s flight post under the direction of Mr. Duckwell. The medical unit meets, every second Tuesday evening at the Goshen hospital in conjunction with the Goshen medical unit directed by Keith Mast. Tom OBrien, who has a BS degree from Purdue with specialization in computer work, directs the schools computer science post, which meets every Saturday morning at the school. Mr. OBrien was assisted in setting up the schools program by Ed Butler, Weatherhead Co., Syracuse. Ted Parker, Wawasee Preparatory instructor, together with Dale Amburn, artist in residence at the school, directs the Communications Post. The post has scheduled two radio programs a month on the Goshen radio station and is currently working on a series of programs aimed at understanding the young mind today. The group also hopes to do some TV work and to film a movie. The program for the exceptional children post has been developed in cooperatipn with Harold Wilson at the Cardinal Learning Center in Warsaw. Members of this post will spend Wednesday afternoons in Warsaw at the Center learning about

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the exceptional children program and tutoring children at the center. Plans are being worked out to establish other posts. Mr. OBrien also stated that participation in the program is not limited to Wawasee Prep students. Milford Lions Get Lesson On Resuscitation Milford Lions Monday night got a good lesson in resuscitation via the mouth-to-mouth process and learned something about survival methods. Warsaw mortician Gerald McHatton and Ken Dohner, a member of the McHatton staff, produced a life-size plastic “dummy” used for the process. McHatton has given nearly 80 such resuscitation demonstrations to groups over the county. McHatton was introduced by Lion Richard Hepler. Zone Chairman Present Lions zone chairman Floyd Himebaugh of the North Webster club visited the Milford Lions meeting and invited club members to the January 28 zone social at Wawasee high school. He represents the North Webster, Syracuse, Milford, Mid-Lakes and Leesburg clubs. It was pointed out by club president Dennis Sharp that the state convention will be held at Lafayette May 15, 16 and 17 of next year. SYRACUSE MAN FINED AT WARSAW Bruce C. Mock, 19, r 2 Syracuse, was fined S3O in judge Burner’s court at Warsaw last week for having a false registration.