The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 18, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 June 1970 — Page 8
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facts about •:• ‘OUR TOWN’ Milford, Ind. By JERI SEELY Here is a close up View of the west side of Main street in Our Town in the "Good Old Days.” We like the flower buckets that lined the streets. And. how about those modern autos at the north end of the street. They really date the photo, don't they?
Ambassador Shriver To Speak
At Brademas Banquet Friday
SOUTH BEND - More than 1.000 persons are expected to attend the Congressional Campaign Banquel in honor of Third District Congressman John Brademas Friday at the University of Notre Dame Athletic and Convocation Center, according to Arthur J. Decio, of Elkhart, general chairman The Honorable R. Sargent Shriver, until recently U. S Ambassador to France arid first director of both the Peace Corps and the Office of Economic Opportunity, will be the featured speaker The 7:30 pm dinner will be held in the south arena of the Convocation Center. Proceeds from the sale of SIOO patron and $25 sponsor to France and first director of both the Peace Corps and the Office of Economic Opportunity, will be the featured speaker The 7:30 p.m. dinner will be held in the south arena of the Convocation Center, Proceeds from the sale of $lO6 patron and $25 sponsor tickets will be used for Congressman Brademas' campaign for a seventh term as U. S. Representative. Decio announced thaU Rev. Theodore M Hesburgh, C.S.C., [resident of the University of Notre Dame, will speak and offer a "prayer for peace.” Rev Milton D Millford, executive secretary of the Council of Churches of St Joseph County, will deliver the invocation. Rabbi Albert M Shulman, rabbi emeritus of Temple Beth El. will give the benediction. Music will be provided by Harlan Hogan and his orchestra
| Thank You! I would like to take this means of express--9 ing my sincere appreciation to Wawasee Eduh cation. Inc., and to its many donors and supporters for the scholarship I received at awards day. I do appreciate the scholarship, and hope to conduct myself in such a manner as to justify this trust. | DENNIS REPLOGLE WAWASEE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE Class of 1970
John Perry, owner of Walter’s Drug Store in Our Town, has plans for a new drug store he wants to build from the ground up near New Paris. The new store will be located just north of the drive-in. which is located just north of the New Paris overhead. • • • Speaking- of overheads, don't hold your breath but the state has ideas of improving the one north of Milford sometime before the end of 1972. It’s listed on their latest list of proposed projects. Paul Estep, brother of Marshall Estep, r 2 Milford, paid a pleasant visit to The Mail-Journal plant on Monday. Mr. Estep is a retired advertising manager of the Chandler (New Mexico) Arizonan. Chandler is near Phoenix. The offset paper (similar to The M-J ! is printed at Mesa. The Republic is normally a 24-
Members of the Third District Democratic Central Committee, comprised of the four chairmen and four vice-chairwomen in Elkhart. Kosciusko. Marshall and St Joseph Counties, will be honored at the head table. Ernest Bixel. Marshall County chairman. is Third District Committee chairman Frank E Sullivan. South Bend, is co-chairman of the banquet committee. County chairmen are Jon S. Armstrong. Elkhart; Thomas R. Lemon. Kosciusko; Donald K Travis. Marshall and Leonard H Opperman. St Joseph LAKELAND LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. Leon Young and daughters. Sherry and Dawn of Milford had as their Memorial Day guests for a cook-out; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Chapman and children. Jamie and James of South Bend and Mr. and Mrs Larry Krauter and son. Jay of Milford. Enjoying a cook-out at the Lake Wawasee home of Mrs. Theries Doll on Saturday were Mr and Mrs. Jack Carr and family of Syracuse. Mr and Mrs. Arnold and family and Rev. and Mrs Theo Beer, all of Milford, and Mr. and Mrs Ned Speicher. Mr and Mrs Carl Duncan of Milford and Mr and Mrs Max Duncan of r 2 Milford were among the 40 descendants of A. H. Boggs who met Sunday at the Milford fire station. Relatives attending from a distance were Zena Wilkie and Alluse Chenoweth of Purcell. Okla., and Cleo Smith of W Chicago. 11l
page weekly serving a community in Chandler of 13,000 people. ♦ • • Newly painted trash barrels about town have been provided by MAD and were painted by members of the junior high art classes of Mrs. Parker (Violet) Phend. Now if everyone will use them we’ll have a cleaner town! Mrs. Don Cecil was named chairman of the food committee for the Red Cross's recent bloodmobile visit instead of Mrs. Don Ahrns. Guess there were too many Dons. Mrs. Ahrns did a good job and should receive credit for same. • • * Milford will at last have a new. at least different, police car. A mercury was purchased last week at an Indianapolis auction. The car was formerly owned by the state police and driven by John Hammersley.
BREAK-IN AT SERVICE STATION IN MILFORD Person or persons unknown broke into Berkeypile’s Texaco station in Milford last Wednesday night or early Thursday morning making off with about $lO in cash and a bottle of spirits. Milford police chief Don Drake reported the thief or thieves broke a glass panel from the window in the door on the east side of the building and then reached in and unlocked the door They took $6 or $7 from the cigarette machine, $3 from the cash drawer and the spirits valued at $6 per fifth. The robbery occurred sometime between the hours of 9 p.m. Wednesday when the station was closed and 7:40 a m. Thursday w’hen the break-in was discovered. BOOKED AT COUNTY JAIL Robert D. Mock. 22. r 2 Syracuse, was booked at the county jail over the holiday week end on charges of driving while under the influence of intoxicating beverages. Mr. and Mrs. Tbedora Cole and Mrs. Nora Orr of Marion and Mrs. Mildred Frietal of Jupiter, Fla., called on Mr. and Mrs. BUI Decker of r 1 Milford. Mrs. Frietal is a sister of Mr. Decker.
WANTED Boats to participate in and use for Father's Day flotilla CONTACT: Steve Butt, 455 Medusa, Syracuse Phone: 457-3710 [ ’"’"""entry' BLANK Please Specify Type of Float, Motor Power TYPE OF INBOARD OR OUTBOARD, ETC. ! i J Address of Applicantj j Phone Number 1 ... I I Return Application to Registration Chairman | WAWASEE AREA JAYCEES BOX 681 I SYRACUSE. INDIANA 46567 | | PHONE — — — — — — — —-A
James Krueger To Speak At Red Cross Meet James W. Krueger. American National Red Cross Field Representative for the Northeastern Indiana Division, will be the speaker at the 53rd annual meeting of the Kosciusko County chapter of the American Red Cross it was announced today by Dwight Bechtol, chapter chairman. Mrs. Ed Lambert and Mrs. George R. Pullman are in charge of the arrangements for the dinner meeting to be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Shrine building on the Kosciusko county fairgrounds. Reservations may be made by Friday. June 5, by writing or calling the Red Cross office. 501 North Lake street. “Camille. A Most Destructive Lady” is Mr. Krueger’s topic. He w’ill tell of the work deme by the American National Red Cross in the area devastated by hurricane, Camille. Also recognition will be given to Kosciusko County Red Cross volunteers for outstanding service to this community. Mrs. Lee Pattison, chapter chairman of volunteers, and Mr. Bechtol will conduct this part of the program. Officers for the coming year will be elected. TRI-STATE GRADUATE — September graduates who will be among candidates for the bachelor of science degree participating in commencement Saturday. June 6, at Tri-State college, .Angola include Richard Bitner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Bitner, r 3, Box 393. Syracuse. His wife is the former Ginger Brown, daughter of Mrs. C. H. Brown, 201 E. Washington street. SPECIAL SERVICES AT GRACE BIBLE Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Cline and a ladies’ trio from the" Prairie Bible Institute, Three Hills. Alberta, Canada, will be at Grace Bible church in Syracuse Sunday, June 7, at 7:30 p.m. Martha Johns, Helen Enns, and Sharon Dorsch make up the trio with Ruth Hodges as their pianist. All are students at Prairie. The speaker of this team. Rev. R. E. Cline, is a member of the faculty of the institute. The Prairie Bible Institute, which begin in 1922 with an enrollment of eight students, now has nearly I.OQP in the Bible and high school departments. This Bible institute had made a vital contribution to the ministry of the church through the training of over 1.500 foreign missionaries who are serving in 82 countries under 75 missionary societies. There are nearly 900 pastors and Christian workers in North America. 1 LAKELAND LOCAL Mrs. Helen Sqyder of Edwardsburg. Mich., spent several days last week in the home of hei brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and Mrs L. C. Sheibley of north of Syracuse.
& THE EDITOR
One Os The Finest I've Ever Seen
Dear Editor: Many compliments and much commendation should be given to the persons responsible for planning and participating in our Milford Memorial Day parade this year. It was one of the finest I have ever seen. I am proud that we have a nucleus of public spirited citizens
A Tribute To Mrs. Elza Rittenhour
Dear Editor, Those of us who caddied at the Wawasee Country Club way back when it was still a nine hole course and in the period immediately following its conversion to eighteen holes—in the 1920's and early 1930’s when Peter Duran was the pro and Elza Rittenhour the groundskeeper—could not help but be moved by the obituary release early in May of the passing in Ligonier of Mrs. Elza (Loveda) Rittenhour. Mrs. Rittenhour w’ould never let a caddy go hungry—when he forgot his lunch or had it hidden (or stolen—this is what it was called when it became lost not to return) she would mix a jar of peanut butter—the oil always came to the top in those days—and provide a sandwich or two that could be washed down with spring water from the Lilly’s artesian spring. The caddies, who bused in from Goshen and also came from Lig-
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who still believe that it is worthwhile to plan a parade and program on this day and who have taken time to do it! The float depicting the birth of our flag brought tears to my eyes and what a thrill it was to see so many of our own junior high children forming such a good band. Berniece H. Dwyer
onier, Cromwell, Syracuse, and the surrounding community, will always remember Mrs. Rittenhour for coming to the rescue during these frequent emergencies. It was not uncommon to have between 50 and 100 boys in the “bull pen” during those days when only one player in a hundred had a two-wheel cart and there were no powered vehicles. Mrs. Rittenhour made a lasting impression by her service to the community in which she lived. From : the Archives of Crows Nest N. C. Fick 836 S. 24th St. Arlington 2, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Jamison of Barbee Lake have returned from a vacation trip to Colorado Springs, Colo, where they visited ther son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rose, and daughter. Jama.
GRADUATING CLASS OF 1935 ENTERTAINED Mr. and Mrs. William Rogers and Mrs. R. C. Tytler entertained at the Rogers home in Syracuse following alumni on May 23 for members of the 1935 graduating class. The class graduated with 30 members and now has six deceased and four living out of state. Attending the get-together were Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gawthrop of Henderson, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Jensen, Garrett, Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Byrket of Elkhart; Mr. and Mrs. Voyle Osborn of Leesburg; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Searfoss. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Jones and Miss Irene Abts, all of the Syracuse area. / » Mr. and Mrs. Ray Zimmerman, Molly and Joel of Washington. W. Va., and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gerber and family of Paulding, Ohio, were recent guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zimmerman, Sr., at Milford. The senior Zimmermans are the parents of Ray Zimmerman and Mrs. Gerber.
SUMMER COMES AUW WITH Annuals in many varieties Z jJ for your summer garden. 4 Make your home a place of beauty with BEER’S blooming potted and bedding plants. Lovely Hybrid Tea Roses in bloom now for your selection. BEER’S FLOWERS Phone: 658-4712 Milford
Spring Creek Bible School A summer Bible school and camp has been planned for Wawasee Lakeside Chapel, Lake Wawasee, according to the Rev. Harlan Steffen. Bible school will run June 8 through 19 for children four years of age through nine with sessions each morning from 9:30 to 11:30. Summer camp has been set for June 22 through 26 for ages ten through 14. Additional information can be obtained by contacting Rev. Steffen. OBJECT HITS CAR AND WINDSHIELD Mrs. Dorothy Winterrowed of Pierceton reported to Syracuse police Thursday of small damage to her car when some object, thought to be a shot from a gun, struck her windshield. The incident occurred while traveling west on U.S. 6 about three miles west of Kendallville. Investigation by police showed an object of some kind apparently struck the hood of the car then glanced off hitting the windshield.