The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 12, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 April 1970 — Page 22

THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., April 22, 1970

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14 YEARS AGO, APR. 10,1958 Cecil Foods, Inc., local tomato canning company plan to expand production facilities according to a statement made by Don Cecil, president of the company. The expansion program includes the enlarging of the canning plant facilities by 25 per cent and the installation of a a new filing line to handle No. 303 size cans. Members of the Milford high school senior class plan to leave by train Sunday, May 6, for their class trip to Washington, D. C. Mrs. Charles Bird fell and injured her hip on Wednesday of last week. The town of Milford purchased a 19511-ton Ford truck recently to replace their old 1935 Ford truck in the street department. Miss Maude L. McLaughlin. Milford Mail editor, suffered a heart attack at the Tabard Inn at Washington, D. C„ while attending the 65th Continental Congress of Daughters of the American Revolution. She, was a lifetime resident of Milford. A son, David Rav, weighing seven pounds and four ounces was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Evar Troup. April 16 at 9:20 a m. Mrs. Troup is the former Mary Ellen Bray The annual Uth Mermaid Festival will be held at North Webster June . 25-30. Fifty-two contestants vied for the Mermaid Queen title last year. 24 YEARS AGO. APR. 18.1946 William Hartleb, 76-year-old farmer who resides three and one half miles northeast of Milford, died at about 11 o'clock Friday morning due to burns he received when he fell into a pile of burning brush after he suffered a heart attack Funeral services were held at 2

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p.m. Monday at the Neff funeral nome in Milford for Floyd Silveus, 59, former Milford farmer who died at his home southeast of at 11:15 am. Friday after a two-day illness due to gallstones'. The deceased was born near Milford on February 25, 1887, the son of Abraham and Ellen Gilbert Silveus and was married to Mary Miller of Milford. Miss Lorene Wuthrich of the 1946 graduating class of Milford high school was recently notified that she had been awarded a scholarship from Ball State Teachers College at Muncie, Ind. Miss Carol Watson Taphouse of Detroit will be married to Edwin Higbee Lejuste, former Milford boy, who was recently discharged from the United States army after serving in the Pacific theatre of action for three and one-half years. Thieves entered the Al Rassi DX service station south of Milford last Wednesday evening and made some petty thefts. Milford track team beat Syracuse 61 to 30 Friday. Charles Rohrer, 74. prominent New Paris mortician, died at his home in New Paris at 10 o’clock Friday night. 30 YEARS AGO. APR. 18.1M0 Ira Collins. 62 year-old timber buyer, resident of five miles west of Milford and prominent near Hastings, died at 12:10 o’clock Sunday morning at his home. s Evelyn Tom. 11. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Tom of near Milford, was returned home from the McDonald hospital Saturday, recovered from an illness last week of a noncontagious form of sleeping sickness A life imprisonment was

handed down by Judge Byron Kennedy, of the Wabash circuit court, Friday morning to Frank Potts, youthful sex-slayer of Mrs. Florence Potter, former Milford resident. Glen Treesh entertained at dinner last Friday evening the Misses Hilda Dippon, Kathryn Hartter and Eldon Beer. Lorabell Ferverda of Leesburg was a recent visitor of Miss Hilda Dippon. j Carol Weisser, a first grade pupil, spent last week and this week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Weiss®-. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Beer and daughter Dawn Ann were Sunday dinner guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mishler. 40 YEARS AGOP, APR. 17,1930 Miss Marie Ruch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ruch, and Noble Mill®, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller, were married Saturday afternoon at Warsaw, by Rev. Freeman, in the presence of Misses Berniece Haab and Gladys Hollar and Messrs Ralph Berkeypile and Harry Shultz, friends of the bride and groom. An Overland car driven by Ralph Leacock, of Syracuse, collided with a Ford coupe, belonging to Mrs. Estella Shaffer, which was parked in front of the J. C. Lawburgh residence Sunday evening Two homes at Leesburg have been quarantined for scarlet fev®. Both boys who are ill are of school age. The taking of the annual school census is now under way in this county. The work is to be completed Henry Beer transacted business in Ulinas, the fore part of the week

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kt yi PLANS FALL WEDDING—Miss Cheryl Lee Drook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Woodrow Drook of 273 north Cass street, Wabash, will wed Michael Burt Niles on August 15, 1970. The engagement was announced by her parents last week. Mr. Niles, a former Pierceton resident, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Burt Niles of 1122 east Center street, Warsaw. Miss Drook is a student at Indiana university and formerly attended Stephens college at Columbia, Mo. Her fiance is a student at Indiana university and is affiliated with Sigma Nu Fraternity. Defense expenditures higher in Israeli budget.

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Soil Stewardship Week To Be Observed Soil stewardship week, a nation-wide observance which places emphasis on man’s obligation to God, as stewards of soil, water, and other related resources, will be celebrated locally, May 3-10, according to Myron R. Metzger, chairman of the Kosciusko County Soul and Wat® Conservation District. “Resources and Renewal,” the theme of this year’s observance, underscores the responsibility, which each citizen has in dealing forthrightly with current issues involving stewardship of renewable natural resources. The Kosciusko County Conservation District and some 3000 companion Districts throughout the nation, along with their State and National Associations, are sponsoring the event f® the 16th consecutive year. . The Kosciusko County Conservation District will distribute, upon request to churches of all faiths, ministers booklets and bulletin inserts, created especially for this year’s observance. Placemats will also be distributed to local restaurants. The materials were prepared by the National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, in consultation with a Soil Stewardship Advisory Committee, composed of leading church men in the nation. The committee consists of Rev. E. W. Mueller. Lutheran Council in the

U.S.A.; the Rt. Rev. John George Web®, National Catholic Rural Life conference; the Rev. Harold S. Huff, Methodist Church; the Rev. Henry A. McCanna, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.; and Dr. C. Wilson Brumley, Southern Baptist Convention. The Ladies Auxiliary, headed by Mrs; Myron R. Metzg®, will, be distributing the material previous to May 3. Any church or pastor desiring to use the material may call the Soil Conservation Office any morning, Monday thru Friday, between the hours of 7:30 and 12. JUNIOR CLASS ENJOYS PARTY The junior class of the Syracuse Church of the Brethren m® at the church Sunday, April 12, for a class party which started with a carry-in dinner at the noon hour. The 14 members and guests took part in games followed by bowling. Accompanying the group were Donald Davis, teach® Mrs. Stanley Barnhart, assistant, and Mrs. Davis, a guest.

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Syracuse Fire Runs Numerous Warmer weath®, dri® grass and trash fires created numberous fire runs for Syracuse firemen during the past week. April showers releaved the situation. A grass fire developed from burning trash at 1:13 the afternoon of April 8 at the Howard Juday farm south of Syracuse. Firemen responded to a call at 4:25 p.m. on Thursday near the Larry Clodfelter residence on North Shore Drive, Syracuse Lake, and 17 minutes lat® a call had been put in f® a grass fire near the Jim Stucky residence. The possibility of sparks from the first fire may have set off the second one, officials stated. Both were extinguished by firemen. During the fires in the Stucky area, a number of trees were killed including 65 at this time, and p®haps more, at property belonging to the Guy Maxwell Browers. This group was in a grove of 250 trees, 16 years of age a- older. A false alarm was answered by the department on Thursday in the low ground area on the east side of Bonar Lake.

Syracuse and Milford firemen fought a blaze at the Scott’ dump south east of Syracuse at 10:17 Friday morning when wind swept flames from a trash fire at the dump, fed by oil or cleaning solvent debris in the dump. Fire raced across the roadway catching a field afire, leaping into a woods and burning a portion of a barn roof in the area. At 5 p.m. Friday a call was answered on the SyracuseWebster road near the John Fish® farm for a grass fire out of control. Firemen responded to a call at 8:47 Monday, night, April 13, when the automatic alarm at Liberty Homes sounded. The call proved to be a false alarm and no reason could be found for the alarm to sound. ADDRESS GIVEN FOR KEVIN ROBIE The following address has been received for Kevin C. Robie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robie of Syracuse: AIC Kevin C. Robie Hq. 13th Air Force (DI) APO San Francisco, Calif. 96274