The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 52, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 January 1970 — Page 20

All modern facility at Milford

Form Bureau Co-Op has long historyof service to farmers

The Kosciusko County Farm Bureau Co-Operative Association. Inc., with locations in Warsaw and Milford, have a long history of service to fanners \in Kosciusko county. The Warsaw facility, which includes the company's general offices, has a feed mill and grain operation, fertilizer bulk blending facility, and a live-wire petroleum department with three tank trucks making deliveries in both rural and city areas. Milford Facility ! The Milford facility, serving fanners in the northern section of Kosciusko county, has a new, modern feed mill and grain elevator and fertilizer blending facility. It*s noteworthy that the Milford plant is one of the most modern elevator farm facilities to be found anywhere, since it was completely rebuilt — from the ground up — following the disastrous fire in 196®. It was a warm July Saturday afternoon, the 22d. when the Milford work force had gone home, that the elevator was united in flames by a fire started from internal combustion, causing the entire plant to go up in one of the largest fires the town of Milford had seen since the Sparklin fire in the early 19305. Directors and officers of the Kosciusko County Farm Bureau Co-Operative Association. Inc., met on the spot, and as the flames dwindled into smoldering ashes late that afternoon the decision was made to rebuild on the same location The company has long considered the farm area around Milford as some of the richest farm land in the Midwest. The company purchased the Milford elevator from Don Ahms in September 1960 Then, on March 1, 1967. the Farm Bureau purchased the physical facilities of the Milford Lumber Co., located on north Main street in Milford This was con verted into a Lumber Center, operated by Farrell Cain, whose practical experience in the lumber business goes back to 1945. Lumber Center According to Mr. Cain, the lumber center sells all types of pole buildings, other lumber including steel buildings and building supplies and livestock equipment, a line designed to suit

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the needs of the farmers in the area. Besides having three tank trucks for the delivery, of petroleum in the county and county towns, the company has 11 other trucks There are seven employees in Milford, including manager James Hearn. In Warsaw there are 16 employees, including Robert Lockwood as manager. Tom Folkers is the company’s salesman for Kosciusko county and Delbert Nelson is poultry service man. Only recently Joe M. Barrett, r 1 Warsaw, was elevated to the position of general manager and treasurer, replacing Robert

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Mishler who assumed responsibilities as a management supervisor at Indianapolis. Officers of the company are as follows : President—Leon Tucker, r 1 Milford Vice President—James Outcelt, r 1 Pierceton Secretary—Howard Silveus. Silver Lake Manager and Treasurer—Joe M. Barrett, r 1 Warsaw. Directors include Ernest Rhoades. Pierceton; Howard Warner, r 1 South Whitley; Harlan Wuthrich, r 1 Milford; Carlton Beer, r 1 Milford; John Feldman, r 1 Rochester; and Robert Lozier, r 3 Warsaw.

Milford Fire In 1966