The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 27, Milford, Kosciusko County, 5 August 1970 — Page 16

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Indianapolis News Columnist Clues In On Milford —

RINGSIDE IN HOOSIERLAND * ■ .. ’.'.ri

LOW SPOT IN CREEK GIVES MILFORD NAME

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The MailJournal is indebted to John Coppes of Nappanee, Director of Employment Security Division, Indianapolis, for sending us an Indianapolis News clipping bywell known columnist Wayne Guthrie on how Milford got its name. The article appeared in The News last week. On Saturday night Milford was honored with the presence of Mr. Guthrie, who is Grand Steward and Tyler of the Indiana Grand Lodge. F. 4 A M.of Indiana. He appeared here with other Grand Lodge officers as part of the parcel of the Centennial Celebration of Kosciusko Lodge No. 418, of Milford Our readers will be interested to know that this distinguished journalist was with The Indianapolis News for 50 years, city editor 15 years, assistant cityeditor for seven years, reporter before that for six years, and has had his own column since 1947. His column appears in the News weekly: Ringside In Hoosierland. He was Governor of Indiana Kiwanis in 1955, Past President of the Indianapolis Press club in 1966. and was voted 1970 Indiana Newsman of The Year in May by the Indianapolis Press club. A 33d degree Mason, he is a member of the board of directors of the Indiana Demolay Foundation which supervises 120 chapters serving 10,000 boys He edits the Shrine magazine, Murat Magazine, which won first place among all Shrine magazines in North," America in the year 1969 71 This is a field of .171 publications He also edits the Double Eagle, a Scottish Rite magazine which goes to 32,000 members Mr. Guthrie won 10 medals from the Valley Forge. Pa , Freedom Foundation for his columns and speeches defending the American way of life He I. prides himself in having covered three atomic bomb explosions, two in the Pacific and one in Nevada. A 50-year Mason who holds the Legion of Honor of Demolay, journalist Guthrie was born in Nashville. Ind., where he is a member of Lodge 135. His son Richard is a member of the Indiana House of Representatives and was its Speaker in the 1961-63 session WAYNE GUTHRIE Are you content to take for granted names of places you visit? If so, you're missing a lot. Not infrequently a name may allude to or spring from some physical attribute that impressed the settlers or founders. Into that last-named category* , falls Milford, a peacefull and delightful village of about 1,200 residents in Kosciusko county Located along Ind 15. it is 13 miles north erf Warsaw, the county seat, and about 15 miles south of the Indiana toll road. County histories at the State Library failed to provide the answer But. from Arlo Beiswanger of that hamlet came the muchdesired explanation. “I'm pleased someone is interested in Milford's history,” he wrote, and then he proceeded with the explanation: . Injured In Lake Accident July 27 Kirk Hughes, 11-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. Joe Hughes who reside on the channel just southeast of Syracuse, was rescued early Thursday afternoon following a raft accident in the channel near his home. As young Hughes attempted .to board the raft, his foot became lodged on.a long nail on the edge of the underneath side. Swimming with fcirk was his cousin. Rick McKibbben. 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKibbeh. also of Syracuse. Assisting in rescue operations for young Hughes were neighboring Mrs. Robert Brown. Jack Simmons who is building a new home in the area, Alan Brown and Syracuse first aid ' John Connolly and Ron Robinson. The protruding nail was cut with a wire cutter and the youth taken to the office ot a local physician for removal of the nail and further treatment

■M Indianapolis News Columnist Guthrie In Milford

"The town was laid by Judge Aaron M Perine on April 10, 1836. He had brought his family here from his Pennsylvania home in 1834 and built a large house on the only traveled road in this area. "He opened his house as the first hotel to lure more settlers Judge Penne built a dam in Turkey Creek and a waterpowered mill. Below the dam the water was shallow, making it easy to ford the creek — thus the name was chosen, (mill ford).” Can you think of a more plausible or significan connotation 0 It is evident Judge Perine left his lasting imprint on the village in other ways. Beiswanger added: "The two east-west streets are named Emehne and Catherine, and the north-south streets are called James and Henry These

W. R. Thomas 5t to $1 Stores INCORPORATED W Family Night Bid Dear Customer: You are invited to the W. R. Thomas annual Back-To-School Family Night to be held at the Thomas Store Monday evening. August 10th. at 6:00 p.m. until you are through shopping. You will be entitled to a 10 per cent discount on all merchandise purchased this night including LAY-AWAY PURCHASES. We will be anxious to see you and hope that you will be in one of the “Come Early” families. Sincerely, W.R. Thomas 5( to $1 Stores, lac. UPTOWN SYRACUSE * Fred A. Steadman Manager Fill in name and address below.and deposit in box at the store on Back-To-School Family Night to be eligible for door prizes. You may also pick* up these registered letters at our store Monday Evening or anytime before. i Name * Address NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

were the names of Judge Perine’s four children ” However, between James and Henry Streets is Main Street. (It seems almost every town has its Main Street.) State Library records reveal that when the town’s postoffice was established March 21, 1837. Judge Perine was named its first postmaster They also say that in the same year the town was raid out, Samuel Sackett set up the village's first blacksmith shop, and a store under the name of Chipman. Chipman and Doolite was established. Beiswanger said the Methodist church there was erected in 1863 and the Christian church four years later: "We also have two Brethren churches now, the largest of which is the German Apostolic Church.”

The railroad, originally called the Cincinnati. W’abash and Michigan, but now part of the Penn-Central, came in 1870. Later at the junction of that line and the B. & 0., about a mile north, Milford Junction was incorporated in 1882. Milford has a Chamber of Commerce. Lions Club, a branch of Warsaw’s First National Bank and a weekly newspaper, the Mail-Journal. Beiswanger is secretary of Milford’s Masonic Loge. which is observing its centennial in 1970, having been chartered in. 1870. In that connection he explained: "William Felkner, who was one of the surveyors of the town in 1936, also was one of the ambitious leaders who in 1869 helped start the Turkey Creek Lodge, under dispensation, here in Milford. The name of the lodge was changed to Kosciusko Lodge when the dispensation was lifted in 1870 and has remained that ever since.” Obviously the original name was taken from the nearbystream. The present name, of course, alludes to the county in which Milford is located. In view of the centennial, the lodge will be rededicated formally Saturday by Richard E. Hickam, Bloomington, grand master of Indiana Masons. Referring to Felkner, Beiswanger added: "Williams’ sons, Martin and Neil Felkner, in 1876 erected a hub and spoke factory that employed 15 men.” LEGALS NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS Notice is hereby given the taxpayers ot Syracuse, Indiana. Kosciusko County, In diana. that the proper legal officers of said municipality at their regular meeting place at r JO O'clock PM.on isth day ot August, 1970 will consider the following additional appropriations which said officers consider necessary to meet the extraordinary emergency existing at this time General Fund 1 IS Firemen $3.100 00 117 Clerk Hire 200 00 2 223 Heat 700 00 Total General $4,000 00 Street 112 Wages $2,500 00 2 264 Other 300 00 3 37 Other Supplies 200 00 4 424 Bituminous Material 4,000 00 Total street $7,000.00 Street Reduction 1 14 Other Compensation $ 500 00 2 261 Repair Streets . 1.500 00 Total. Reductions $2,000.00 Taxpayers appearing at such meeting shall have a right to be heard thereon The additional appropriations as finally made will be automatically referred to the State Board of Tax Commissioners, which com mission will hold a further hearing within F if teen days at the County Auditor's office of Kosciusko County Indiana, or a» such other place as may be designated At such hearing taxpayers objecting to any of such additional appropriations may be heard Interested taxpayers may inquire of the County Auditor when and where such hearing will be held. RONALD SHARP Clerk Treasurer MJ —JI29AugS Commissioners Allowances The following is a list ot allowances con sidered by the Kosciusko County Board of Commissioners at their meeting'on the 3rd of August. 1970 Bessie l Himes 900 00 Lawrence W Butts 900.00 Wm E Ellis " 900.00 / MM

E Mazie Alexander 720.00 David E Andrews 900 00 Charles M. Brower 901.83 A. L AAoser, M, D. 337.50 Carl T. Zimmer 765 00 Garold R Horrick 525.00 R Steven Hearn 125 00 Gene 8 Lee 500.00 Doris L. Camden 608 33 David M. Harshbarger 375 00 Allan A Rasor 500 00 Lois M. Coippes 541.67 PaulJ.Grimme 750.00 Jean L. Smith 466 66 Leow. Adams 108.33 Ruth McCleary 108.33 Charles J Mjenzie 108 33 Ralph Oyler 108 33 C. L. "Tim'7Rovenstine 108.33 J. Gerald wqllace 108.33 Merl H Wertenberger 108.33 Harvey Anglin 315.00 Fredrick W Gilliam 315.00 Maurice Dorsey 315.00 Edith B Beltz 433 33 EthnA Scott 416 66 Princess Marie F rush 375.00 Frances Noble 350 00 Norma Jean Messmore 333.33 Kathryn M. Teel 433.33 Hazel Harman 416.66 Mary Beth Miner 375 00 Catherine B Gonya 350 00 Olga J. TuSing 333.33 F Bonita Freeman 375 00 Margaret E. Garman 358.33 Evetyn Adams 366.73 Sharon Romine 183 80 Janet Wise 9100 Idlee Armey , 433.33 Phyllis Munson 416 66 Rita Milter 375.00 Lucille McCleary 350.00 Margaret Menzie 333 33 Nancy Belcher Rita Golding , 315.70 Ruth Hoppus 433.33 Helen Goshert 416 66 Roger Fellows 585 66 Stanley 8 Holderman 569.00 Ronald Robinson 533.33 H Earl Boggs 400.00 Cassius Alan Rovenstine 533.33 Randy Lindzy 433,33 Mike Brower 415.12 Avis B Gunter 433.33 iva L Carpenter 416.66 Alice R Randets 375.00 Thelma J Leedy 416.66 Jesse Rice 19.50 Janet I Wise 172.60 Robert Eugene Hartzell 180 00 Eileen Lavon Klotz 174 00 Helen R Baker 300 00 Virginia Spry <• 300 00 Educational Map 4. Service 276.00 A A. Pfingst 276.00 Claudette S. Himes 263 00 Billie F Andrews 283 33 Bernard T Minear 383 33 Henry Hackworth 512 50 Ralph Whitesell ■ 5*4.00 Beatrice Weller 183.33 Edward B Funk 316.66 MiloE Ciase 50 00 Maxine Clase 18.75 B James Baker 833 33 George A Nye 416 66 Georgia U. Nellans 445.83 James O Tuttle 120 00 Fred Wright 90.00 Robert L Rasor 308 33 Charles E Hively 100 00 Shelman Marshall 100 00 Maurice Lewallen 100 00 C W Weaver 85 00 Marguerite Hoerr 200.00 A E. BqweCo. 351 50 Bus>nes\Equip Co Inc. 89 81 Ft. Wayne Med. Lab Corp. 450.00 R Steven Hearn 404 7 2 NIP.SCO 496 91 Plymouth Clean Twl Serv. Sewage Treatment Office 55 10 United Telephone Co 756 40 Waddell Printing Co. ,131.50 Water Utilities 113 10 Warsaw Indiana Post Oft 200 00 O. 8. W Off ice Prod A 90 00 Service Electric Inc ' 510 Bobbs Merrill Co 59 15 Wm. Ellis, Treas 4 26 Int Bus Mach, Corp 58 98 Bankers Dispatch Corp. 4 60 Lincoln Graphic Corp 74 67 David E Andrews 202 11 Bledsoe Buick-Pont. Inc 36 43 Ford's Auto Supp 26.25 Motorola Comm A Elec Inc. -34 70 Schraders—Warsaw 6 61 David E Andrews 536 90 Gast Fuel A Service 375.55 Shell Oil Co 15 33 Texaco Inc 7 69 Wholesale Elect Serv Inc 19 35 Carl T Zimmer 24 60 Gene B Lee 112 00 David M Harshbarger 40 00 Thomas R Lemon 100.00 Doris R Camden 64.00 Lake City Wholesale Co 8 42 Owens Super Market 20 28 Barnett A Patton . 22 50 Bobbs Merrill Co 208.15 Shephard's Citations 45 00 West Pub. Co- 266 00 Allan A Rasor 70 00 Paul Grimme 45.90 Nick’s A Joe's TV 2 25 Warsaw Print Co 131 05 Warsaw Off Supp 14 95

RHONE: IMV II Mlf9 fl SYRACUSE I ■ w SYRACUSE 457 335 ■ ■ SUPER MARKET W n EVERYDAY LOW PRICES SALE: AUG. 6 thru AUG. 10 Inclusive: null ITV MEATC Seedless or Regular -12 Oz. AH Flavors UUAUIT MlA I j smucker’S 3 jars sealtest Standing I STRAWBERRY slo o IfE 4/1 Rib QOC preservb 1 CREAM 79‘ Roast cocktail cn D .i PEANUTS 3UC SANDWICH COOKIES KID $|V7 channin 4 Roll Pack CHOC. FUDGE 2 Steals 37( =. 79, Taßoilfi CflIQ Kraft 18 Oz. JT* 10c l I lb BARBEQUE General Mill. Steaks 1 SAUCE Jjj i cheerios i — * 10 OZ. PKG. - ■ New Crop » With Coupon T rOrternOUSe AH-Purpo.e WLb. Bag Without Coupon 39e pkg. ■ C. L $139 HSfIUS, CQr i «SSX. StCdKS I ,b POTATOES J Uaiiw>. Sunday Mon. - Thurs. Fri. & Sat. Store flours. 9 a.m. - I P.m. 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. 8 a.m. - 9 p-m. We Reserve The Right To Limit Quantities

Cox Studio 2 00 Fifers Fire Ext 5 50 Fitzpatrick Pt Mfg Co 88 34 Hall Hdw. Inc. 5.66 Lake City Wholesale Co 9 65 Arab Term A Pest Cont Co. 5 00 Rife Electric 509.71 Ace Hardware 1148 Correlated Prod Inc 50 40 Lake City Wholesale Co 33.60 Rochester Germicide Co 49 32 Simon Bros Inc 64 05 The U S Chem Co 47 35 Coverall Rental Serv 112.35 Warsaw Dry Cleaners 62 25 Glass Servos Warsaw 8.77 Sharp Hdw Co 3.09 Kelley Tile A Floor Cov 15.60 Harvey Anglin 250 00 Maurice Dorsey 175 00 Fredrick Gilliam 225 00 Times Union 2.11 Milo Clase 6 00 Noble Blocker 8.00 Hubert Hammons 10 40 Tony Heiman 8.00 Walter Koher 8 00 Charles Lynch 1 10 00 Fred Rosnagle 1 8.00 Adrian R. Howell fc- 200.00 Carl Klotz ’ 60 00 The Mail Journal 225.11 Times-Union 233.64 Henry Hackworth 20.00 E. H. Stephenson 200.00 Pitney Bowes 172 26 Carl Bibler 3.00 John Boganwright 6.00 Carl Burnworth 3.00 Marjorie Erwin 9.00 Dan Fifer 3.00 Scott Flowers 3.00 Mat Holt 3 00 Bob Kirk 3.00 Basil Miller. 3 00 Jimmy Setser. Jr. 6 00 Gary Snook 3.00 D M Tracy 3.00 Rex Werstier 3 00 Council for Ret of Kos Co 3590 00 Heal2hwin Hospital 2299 95 Logajjsport State Hosp 23.76 Supxmd. St. Farm 104 60 Ind Girls' School 428 07 Whites Institute 484 00 Robert P Clark D V.M 46 65 H LungDVM 32 50 Dr A G Schafer 19 90 Orn Nursing Home 282 50 Walters Drugs Inc U S Dept of Agr Soil Cons 3500 00 William C. Parke, MD 6.00 Paul Deaton • 165.00 Phillip Dierks 234 00 Lorn T Kruger ’ 334 00 Lady of Lakes Seminary 90 00 Cyril F. Likens 334 00 Stanley Scott 420 66 IBM 70.00 Xerox 265 98 Hipskind Asphalt Corp. , 105.545,95 Phend A Brown Inc 56 99 Floyd Rule 58.66 Norman Earl 28 68 Al Heltzel 400.00 Charles E. Copien 572 83 Austin Blickenstaff 33.92 Charles M. Brower * 58 00 Ind. Photo Copy, Inc. 5.42 CO HEALTH DEPT. PAYROLL A ALLOWANCES George M. Haymond, M.D. 400 00 Carroll Sherman 79166 Loren J Pound 666 66 Barbara McClure, R N 562 50 Nellie Van Marcke 416.66 Barbara Olds 208.33 United Telephone Co. 33.85 Warsaw. Ind. Postmaster' 15,00 Barbara A McClure. R N. 68 16

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Loren J Pound 55.68 Carrol I Sherman 97 92 A B Dick Products 3.86 Business Equip Co. 8.30 Cox Studio 1.25 LaMotte Cher- a* n- 358 CO. HWY. DEPT. PAYROLL A ALLOWANCES Charles D Alexander 425.25 Charles Edward Bucher 528 20 Emerson Cain 525.42 Robert Clevenger 444.15 Ermal G Coy 540 71 Robert Danner 540.71 John Davis 525.42 Muri Dawalt J 529.59 John Deaton 394.80 Don Forney 539.32 Harold Gerard 537 93 Gilbert Griffis 528 20 Larry Harter 457 08 Ronald Himes . 536 54 Fredrick E. Kammerer 529.59 Russell Krichbaum 525.42 Donald E Kuhn 533.76 Joe Michaels 472.50 Alvin Miller 530 98 Bobby Miner 533.76 Forrest Mitterling 529 59 John Alexander 644.10 Charles Cotton 547 20 Francis Denny 544.32 Raymond Faulkner 492.48 Merritt Hartman 68139 Lawrence Kindig ~ 544 32 Ellis Koher 551.52 Bernard D Kuhn 560.16 Ralph Linn ’ 544 32 Donald Metzger 561.60 Leo Mosier 548 64 Ronald Norman 550 08 Roswell Robbins 547.20 Glenwood Secor 506.88 Donald Phillip Stiver 547.20 John R Tucker 515.97 Larry Montel 533.76 Paul Randall 526 81 John Shively 448 85 Michael D Stine 425.25 Gary W Teel 444.15 Luther Van Cleave 537.93 Wayne L Wood 558.72 Garl P Young 523.37 David L Baker 678 00 Arthur A. Smith 553.22 Wilferd Fretz 628 49 Max E Brown 285 12 Worley Spitler 544 32 Donn L . Shoemaker 565 11 Claude Christner 750.00 BertonA Retz . 1166.66 Ronald J. Leiter 541.67 Gary Frenger 464 40 Terry Grant Mautner 378.00 Robert Stephans JL . 457 88 'Prudential Ins Co 2084 12 United Telephone Co 74 19 Kos. Co Hwy . Dept 16 91 No Ind. Public Serv. ’ 88.60 Sewage Treatment ' 23 65 Auto Haus 30.00 Crum Garage 74 16 Emergency Radio 423 69 Lemler Machine 9 50 Millington Brothers 13 50 Warsaw Auto Supply 236.92 Bureau ot Motor Vehicles 100 Coverall Rental 59190 Gulf Oil Prod 1324 66 Indiana Texile Co 100 45 Ind Photocopy, Inc. 12 31 Mike Gill Auto Parts 55 00 Moellering Supply Co 25.20 Purity Cylinder Gases 38 43 Safety Equip. A Supply 39 36 Sharp Hardware Co 27 69 Standard Oil Co 95 11 Warsaw Dry Cleaners 17 50 Warsaw Skelgas 43.75 Texaco Inc. 28 60

DeGood Tractor Sales 98 25 Gast Fuel A Serv. 3136.29 Tractor Supply. Co. 69.76 A. E. Boyce Co. 35.10 Business Equip. Co. 41.95 3M Business Products 125.83 R G Roberts A Co. 5.30 Waddell Printing Co. 14.00 Erie Stone, Inc 1913.94 Jack Garman 63.00 J A M Gravel Corp. 4827.17 Ardis Haines 388.50 Mill Creek Stone A Gravel 2487.82 Rex Parker 13.50 Hosea Rosbrugh 12.00 Western Ind. Aggregates ’-72 Hodges Ready Mix 33.75 Pierceton Equip. 31983.55 Johnson Lumber Yard 19.10 Armco Metal Prod. 3855.18 Ward Studio Press 56.00 Allen Co. Tractor Sales 94 .16 Curtis I ndustr ies 131.69 General Truck Sales 21.78 Int. Harvester Co. 15-54 Ind. Equip. Co. 81.97 Jagger Hardware 165 Keriin Tractor Sales 19.50 Korte Brothers 254.93 Mac Allister Mach. 351.62 Pierceton Equip. Co 64.41 Rosco Mfg Co , 19.15 Schraders . 95.78 Smith Ford Inc. 20.02 Stockberger Mach. 48.47 Superior Pipe Spec. . 288.12 Tractor Supply 3 90 Trans Power Inc. 27.02 W. W. Truck SBles 185.35 Walmer Supply, Inc. . 2.70 Yeiter A Ganshorn , 9.65 Warsaw Auto Supply 447.11 Warsaw Asphalt Co. 3741.33 Ace Hardware 43.46 Central Rubber A Supply 18 49 Ind Equip 2478.14 Soiltest, Inc. 183.89 CO. WELFARE SEPT. PAYROLL A ALLOWANCES Howard B. Johnson 750.00 Opal Joy Harman 450.00 Mary Ruth Wilson 450.00 Willie Hugh Nine Beth Ann Atkinson 450.00 Lillian O Davis 400.00 Yvonne Sue England 335.00 Esther B Hoover 325.00 Marjorie E. Himes 345.00 United Telephone Co. , 141.58 Postmaster 56.00 Beth A. Atkinson 19.60 Opal Joy Harman 28.10 Howard B. Johnson 2144 Willie Hugh Nine 83.00 Mary Ruth Wilson 40.70 Business Equip. Co. 13.59 R M. Craig, MD. 55.00 Albert M Donato. M D 20 00 Russell E. Havens. M D 60.00 Indiana Brace, Inc 202.25 Indiana University t 30.85 Lutheran Hospital 10.00 Turtle Creek Conv. Centre . 392.45 Richard L. Carman. O D. 36.00 Council Retarded Kos Co. 4.50 P D Grossnickle, O D. ' 9.00 Key Pharmacy 3.64 J B Mishler, M D 5.00 Walter Drugs. Inc 12.96 Community Hospital 12.00 Ft Wayne Child H ' 330 00 Saint Vincent Villa 840 00 Trutle Creek Conv. Centre 420.00 Warsaw Ins Agency 18.00 I, Lawrence butts, do hereby certify that the above is a true list of allowances presented to the Kosciusko County Board of Commissioners on the 3rd day of Aug.. 1970. LAWRENCE BUTTS Auditor. Kosciusko County