The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 46, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 December 1969 — Page 1

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Hunting, Fishing Laws Explained To Milford Lions State conservation officer Earl Money explained changes in Indiana’s hunting and fishing laws to the Milford Lions club on Monday night, and took the occasion to rap what he called the state’s outmoded fish hatcheries. Money’s remarks were well received, since a number of his listeners were avid hunters and fishermen. He said, for example, that an acre of water would produce 900 pounds of fish per year, and that “only about 75 per cent of those are harvested.” He called the state’s fish hatcheries “political footballs,” stating the time has long since passed when anyone seriously considered them useful. He said, “you can raise more fish under any pier on any lake in this area than a fish hatchery can produce.” “I’ve got my neck out a country mile for saying this,” Money continued, “but it’s true.” Lake Weed Growth Officer Money attributed the weed growth in our lakes in recent years to the farm chemicals used by area farmers. He underlined this premise by stating, “We can put a man on the moon to bring back a bucket of dirt that would disgrace any ordinary tom cat, but we can’t find away. to stop the weed growth of Syracuse lake. Other Business Lion president Dennis Sharp reminded Lions that they were sponsoring the appearance of Santa .Claus at the Milford elementary school from 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. Friday. GIRL SCOUTS CHRISTMAS PARTY Junior Girl Scout troop 225 held its Christmas party from 3:15-5 at the Christian church, in Milford, on Monday evening. The evening was spent making Christmas gifts for their mothers. They also held a gift exchange. Refreshments of brownies and cocoa were served to 34 members and the leaders, Mrs. Robert Nordin and Mrs. Bill Tyler. Girls serving were Brenda Boddiger, Angela Jessop. Carol Fisher and Chryl Bahm.

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Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE - WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)

CAR DAMAGED AFTER SKIDDING A car driven by Donald Losee, 27, r 2 Milford, skidded into a ditch along state road 19 some miles south of Nappanee at 11 a.m. Sunday. Deputy sheriff Roger Fellows investigated and estimated damages at $450. Senator Augsburger Honored By Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity Senator John F. Augsburger was one of two persons honored on December 5 at the initate ceremony and banquet for Alpha Kappa Psi at Tri-State college, Angola. Mr. Augsburger and assistant professor Leonard E. Sheffield were given honorary memberships in the national business fraternity. The Theta Xi chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi honored the two at its banquet. The senator represents LaGrange, Noble and Kosciusko counties. He is a member of the education, public policy and other legislative committees. BPW Club Holds Christinas Dinner Party The Syracuse Business and Professional Women’s club met December 9 at Foo and Faye’s for its annual Christmas dinner and party. President Mrs. Earl Money presided at the business session. She heard the reports on the various committee chairman. Mrs. John Craw gave a report on Civic Night which will be held April 17, 1970 in the Wawasee high school auditorium. The club is helping a needy family in the area as an extra project at the Christmas season. The door prize was won by Mrs. Eugene Henning. A gift exchange was held following the business meeting. The January meeting will feature a white elephant Sunday evening callers of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zimmerman, Jr., of r 1 Milford were Mr. and Mrs. Dane Rumfelt and Nell Biller of Milford.

UNUSUAL ACCIDENT—AIton Kruger of North Webster, driver of a Monarch Industries truck, narrowly escaped serious injury at mid-morning Monday when a load of lumber shifted and fell forward into the cab of the semitruck he was driving. The incident occurred when he applied the brakes at Main street for the stop light. He was headed north on Huntington street. According to Junior Coy, manager of the Lumber Division of Monarch Industries, where Kruger picked up the load of lumber, a chain broke, causing the lumber to shift forward. The side photo shows how the lumber went into the cab window, narrowly missing Kruger.

Board Member's Car Damaged While Mrs. Frank (Blanche) Bates was attending the Syracuse town board meeting Tuesday night her parked car was hit in the rear causing SI,OOO damage. Mrs. Bates is a member of the town board of trustees. Ray W. Weaver, r 1 North Webster, driving south on Huntington street-SR 13, told Syracuse deputy marshal, Dale Sparklin, he was on his way home from work and must have fallen asleep. When he awoke he saw the Bates car but too late to avoid hitting it. Damage to the Weaver car was set at $425. The accident happened at 7:35 p.m. in the 400 block of south Huntington street across from the town hall. CAR SKIDS CAUSING S4OO DAMAGE A car driven by James DeSomer, r 3 Syracuse, was damaged at S4OO when it skidded on icy pavement at 10 p.m. Saturday. It upset on the Armstrong road, one and one-half miles east of Oswego. Deputy sheriff Holderman investigated. CARS COLLIDE AT WAWASEE HIGH SCHOOL Mrs. Eula M. McFarren of Milford pulled onto the road from the parking lot at the Wawasee high school at 5:15 p.m. Monday and collided with a car driven by James I. Stidams of r 1 North Webster. Deputy sheriff Ron Robinson, who investigated, estimated damage to the McFarren car to be $975 and SSO damage to the Stidams vehicle. MILFORD LOCALS Theo Beer, Henry Beer, and Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Beer, Milford, attended the funeral of a cousin, Miss Mary Meister, at Toledo, Ohio, Monday. Relatives from Milford who attended the funeral of William Baumgartner at Cissna Park. 111., Tuesday morning were: Herbert Baumgartner, Wilbur Baumgartner, Fred Schori, Mrs. Elizabeth Buser. and Miss Edith Baumgartner.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1969

Consider District 3 Replacement After

Haney Resigns From Board

Kenneth Haney resigned his position on the Lakeland Community School Corporation’s board of trustees Tuesday night at a special called meeting of the board. Haney listed his reasons for resigning as personal. He represented Van Buren township and the east half of Jefferson township, district 3. In submitting his resignation Mr. Haney complimented the Lakeland community for meeting the challenges necessary in its building and educational program. However, he believes there is still room for improvement in several areas. A motion to accept Mr. Haney’s resignation was made, seconded and passed. The board expressed its appreciation to Mr. Haney for his dedicated service during the past six months and its regret that it has become necessary for him to make this decision. Mr. Haney took his oath of office in July after defeating incumbent Charles H. Purdum at the poles in November. In the election he ran against both Purdum and board president Jerry L. Helvey of Tippecanoe township. Purdum was appointed to the office late in July of 1965 to fill a vacancy made when Glenn Brown moved to Illinois. Helvey was appointed in August of 1965 to fill the vacancy created when William Pearl moved to Kentucky. According to Indiana law, each district in the school corporation must have one member on the school board and cannot have more than two. In being elected to his seat Haney received a total of 2,927 votes to 3,488 for Helvey and 2,343 for Purdum. Haney, a Jefferson township farmer and former school teacher, received more votes than Purdum in all precincts except the first five in Turkey Creek township. In his home precinct Haney received 136 votes to 45 for Purdum. There are a total of 14 precincts in the school corporation. Haney is active in the Island Chapel United Methodist church at Hastings and in various farm organizations. He was an original supporter of the county Blood Bank program and is a charter member of the county historical society. He taught school 13 years in Kosciusko and St. Joseph counties and holds an Indiana teacher’s life license. He has written numerous newspaper articles on travel and lore of the Hastings community. The Haneys are the parents of three children, Larry of near Milford, a Goshen teacher; Galen, a salesman residing near North Webster; and Mrs. Eugene Cotton of Pierceton. Recommendations Among those present at Tuesday’s meeting were Van Buren township trustee John Davidsen and Jefferson township trustee Charles Mikel. Each gave the board the name of one person to consider as Haney’s replacement. These will be considered as will other persons before a new board member is named. Although the board took no action on a replacement at this time, the members recognized the need for appointing a replacement as soon as possible. Floyd Baker is on vacation and was absent from the meeting. As soon as he returns the board will meet to review several names that have been or may be presented to them. Dennis Mench Gets Purple Heart Private First Class Dennis W. Mench, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Mench Syracuse, is the recipient of the Purple Heart for shrapnel wounds received while on duty with the 25th Inf. Div. in Viet Nam.

■:>* • - I Mt . KENNETH HANEY Buy Restaurant At New Paris Overpass Coral Hostetler of New Paris and Jon Dewart of Milford have purchased the Country Squire Restaurant at the New Paris overpass and will take possession of the operation on Saturday, Dec. 20. They purchased the business from Clayton and Sylvia Osborn and their son James of Nappanee. The popular restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner and features a 11 to 2 Sunday smorgasbord. The establishment has three private dining rooms catering to parties, banquets, social and business groups. CLIFTON KINDER BECOMES BOARD CHAIRMAN Clifton K. “Kinder, president of Kinder Manufacturing Company, Inc., Elkhart, has announced that he is leaving the presidency to assume the newly created post of chairman of the board. Ronald D. Minzey, vice president and director of operations has been elected to succeed Mr. Kinder as president, according to the recent announcement by the board of directors of Kinder Manufacturing Company, Inc. Mr. Kinder, founder and president of the mobile home furniture manufacturing company since its inception, stated that his new position will release him from the company’s day to day operational responsibilities and permit him to pursue new fields and acquisitions. Kinder Manufacturing Company, Inc., was founded in 1956 in Elkhart and now operates eleven plants throughout the United States, manufacturing furniture, bedding and dinettes for the mobile home and travel trailer industry. Mr. Minzey joined Kinder in 1961 as a sales representative, he has served as promotions manager, general manager of KMar Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Kinder Manufacturing, and national sales coordinator prior to his becoming director of operations in 1969. Kinder Manufacturing Company, Inc., is a subsidiary of Congoleum Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Bath Industries, Inc. Rear End Collision Causes $75 Damage Mrs. Evangeline Kirkdorfer, r 4 Syracuse, stopped her car after starting on 14th street in Goshen, last Friday and was struck from behind by a car operated by Stephen Berkey of Goshen. Officer Lt. Jack Zollinger, who investigated, set the damage to the Kirkdorfer car at $75. There was no damage to the Berkey vehicle.

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Syracuse Man Dies As Result Os Saturday Crash

Robert E. Zentz, 25-year-old Syracuse resident, died in the South Bend Memorial hospital late Saturday as a result of injuries sustained in a car-truck accident on road 6 at the Huntington road junction. He suffered a depressed skull fracture and a severe eye injury in the accident which occurred at about 11 a.m. Saturday. Zentz was rushed to the Goshen hospital in an ambulance and from there to the South Bend hospital. He was going north on Elkhart county road 29 (also known as the

Santa Claus To Visit Milford

And Syracuse

One of Santa Claus’ helpers arrived at The Mail-Journal office Monday to say that the jolly old man with his long white beard will be in Milford and Syracuse on Friday afternoon and Saturday. Members of the Milford fire department are planning to give him a royal welcome and Santa will be taken uptown at 1:30 p.m. in one of the department’s trucks to greet the youngsters. His reindeer are at the north pole resting for their annual Christmas eve journey. After his trip through town on the fire engine Santa will be on hand in the business district to greet the children and pass out treats until 3:30 p.m. At 3:30 he’s going back to the north pole to check on the progress of his elves and to see that all will be completed in time for his Christmas eve journey. Santa’s visit to Milford is being sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Santa will arrive with his bag of treats at the Syracuse public library at 3 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 19. He will stay until 5 p.m. when he will leave for the north pole. Children of all ages are welcome. BETHEL WOMEN MEET AT KESLER HOME DECEMBER 11 The Women’s Work Fellowship of the Bethel church of Milford met Thursday, Dec. 11, in the home of Mrs. Donn Kesler. After a short business meeting conducted by president Mrs. Worth Jackson, the meeting was turned over to Mrs. Charles Kerlin who served as guest speaker for the evening. Mrs. Kerlin’s theme was on “Sharing” with each letter having a special message for the Christmas season. She also gave several delightful excerpts from a new book about a family Christmas, after which she passed cards with pictures, figurines and other articles and asked the ladies to guess what Christmas song each card suggested. Contest winners were Mrs. Delbert Moneyheffer and Mrs. Raymond Hoover. The hostess and co-hostess, Mrs. Ben Kaiser, served a bountiful salad bar for refreshments after which recipes for several favorites were presented each person present.

Huntington road) and failed to heed a stop sign at US 6, according to state trooper Mark Short who investigated. His auto was struck by a westbound semitanker operated by Raymond Cook, 51, of r 1 Wanatah. Cook was not injured and very little damage was done to the truck. The Zentz car was totally demolished and came to rest on the northwest corner of the junction. The auto was thrown into the stop sign and a utility pole after the impact. Zentz was thrown from the car. He was born at Nappanee January 9,1944, a son of Vern and Lulu (Wagner) Zentz. He was

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Syracuse Board Reappoints Vander Reydon, Strickler And Reed For 1970

At the regular meeting of the Syracuse town board of trustees Tuesday night the reappointment of OrVille Vander Reyden as town marshal, Tom Strickler as fire chief and Robert Reed as town attorney was approved by the board. Also reappointed were Harley Conrad, street commissioner; and Harry VanHemert, building commissioner. Dee Stiver appeared before the board and asked if the town could help clean snow off of Syracuse lake at the Syracuse city park after the lake becomes frozen to make a place for ice skating. The town assured Mr. Stiver it would do what it could and would have the light turned on at the beach.

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employed by the E. S. and I company of near Goshen. He was married to the former Sally Stump on November 7, 1966 at Syracuse. Surviving are his wife; his mother; a daughter, Sonya Louise; a son, David Dwight; three brothers, Ronald, Willard and Paul, all of Nappanee; one sister, Mrs. Harold (Ruby) Bartman, Syracuse. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Syracuse. Rev. Harold Angle, pastor of the Nappanee Church of God, officiated and burial was in the Stony Point cemetery, Leesburg.

Joe Hughes offered his help with his equipment. A number of ordinances were approved by the board. Attorney Reed read a copy of the ordinance on'civil disorders which he had drawn up from a copy the town had received from the state attorney general. The board approved the ordinance and a copy will be given to the police department and local civil defense unit. President Byron Connolly read a letter he had received from the Eagles Lodge at Warsaw asking that the board recommend a local police officer to them for their annual police officer award. (Continued On Page 4, Sec. 1)