The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 37, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 October 1970 — Page 1

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Bl 881. KT f ]fc pl M IMF J u B^-,.- J <e- ■ * * ADDRESSES UMA MEETING — Congressman John Brademas Sunday addressed the meeting of the newly formed United Mexican American in the Milford fire station. He spoke in Spanish. Shown here from left are Lupe Gonzales, executive director of El Centro in South Bend; congressman Brademas; Father Richard Kauffman; and speaking isOscar Pena.

New Milford Group To Be Known As United Mexican-Americans

A new group has been organized in Milford, known as the United Mexican-Americans, and they held one of their first meetings Sunday afternoon in the Milford fire station The purpose of the organization. The purpose of the organization is to better the Mexican people m the community and to unite with English-speaking organizations of the area. The Sunday meeting was primarily held in order to introduce the purposes and goals of the organization to the people, according to Frank Perales, president of the organization Oscar Pena is vice president Also attending the meeting

New Youth Activities To Be Offered At Lakeland Youth Center

This year the Lakeland Youth Center will offer area students the widest variety of activities of any year since the Youth Center began. Activities for those of high school age include: Intermural volleyball (with three boys and three girls on each team', ping pong, chess, rifle club, billiards, skin diving, basketball, snow skiing, water skiing, folk en tertainment. and weekly dances A competitive schedule between the Youth Center and surrounding youth centers. Y M C.A.’s, and Boy’s clubs is planned for boys volleyball. ping pong, and mixed boys and girls chess High school members will be traveling to the Indiana vs. Wisconsin university football game m Bloomington October 24 and also to the Ball State vs Southern Illinois game in Muncie on November 7 Other travel for high school members currentlybeing planned includes Snowskiing and tobogganing trips into Michigan, seeing both professional and college basketball games, attending a

Syracuse Halloween Carnival To Be In Junior High School Gym October 17

Children in the area are looking forward expectantly to the annual Syracuse Halloween Carnival to be held this coming Saturday evening, Oct. 17, starting at 5.30. in the Junior high school gym The carnival is sponsored by the PTO and is their only fund-raising project for the year. , A new attraction expected this year will be the space walk Another new feature will be skits by the Drama club. Other game booths include the portraits and silhouettes, string pull, fish pond, dart throw, basketball shoot, hat throw, ping pong throw, ring-a-Coke. ring-a-peg. bowling game, pound-a-nail. guess your weight, comic books, and the pickpocket ladies* Food, for the meal or a snack, will be available throughout the evening in the cafeteria Tickets

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were Father Richard Kauffman; Lupe Gonzales, executive director of El Centro in South Bend; Paul Carrasco, president of the UM A organization in South Bend, Lakeland school superintendent Don Arnold. Dean Troup and Arch Baumgartner. Hear Congressman Brademas Third District congressman John Brademas of South Bend spoke to the group in fluent Spanish, talking about the problems of Mexican-Americans not only in Indiana but throughout the United States He also spoke on unity and how it has helped other people The entire meeting was conducted in Spanish

few concerts by big name bands, and next spring and summer trips to the dunes and Indianapolis 500-time trials. A youthfully decorated snackbar. operated by the members, will be open for members after school. For the first time in the Youth Center s history, a complete and separate Junior high <7th and Bth grades) program is also under way. Junior high activities include: Tennis, golf, wrestling, volleyball, ping pong, billiards, chess. sporting movies, basketball (including a summer league) and dances In all of the activities professional instruction will be provided Trips are also being planned to professional and college basketball games, professional baseball games, the dunes and Indianapolis 500-time trials All Milford, Syracuse and North Webster Junior high and Wawasee high school students are urged to become a part of the action by calling the Lakeland Youth Center Tuesday through Saturday evenings

will be on sale at the ticket booth as will PTO memberships. Ways and Means chairman, Mrs Robert Johnson, and her committee. Mrs. Jay Brouwer and Mrs. Joe Hughes, are working on the carnival, with the cooperation of all the room mothers and the school C Os C Meeting Thursday A. M. The Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting has been set for 7:30 Thursday morning A pollution co-ordination meeting is planned with representatives from ; the Syracuse. Wawasee Lakes associations.

£ CPL. HOWARD G. MOSER CpI.H.G. Moser Receives Bronze Star Corporal Howard G. Moser, son of Mr and Mrs. Harold O. Moser of r 1 North Webster has been presented the bronze star medal with combat “V” by President Richard M Nixon The star is for meritorious service with the marines from November 12. 1968 to December 1. 1969 The citation reads, “For meritorious service in connection with combat operations against the enemy in the Republic of Viet Nam while serving in various capacities, including rifleman, fire team leader, squad leader and right guide with Company L, third battalion. 26th marines, first marine division form 12 November 1968 to 1 December 1969 Throughout this period, corporal Moser performed his duties in an exemplary and highly professional manner. Participating in several major combat operations, including operations Meade River, Bold Mariner and Taylor Common, in addition to numerous small unit actions. he repeatedly distinguished himself by his courage and composure under fire. •‘Particularly noteworthy were his actions on 12 February 1969, when his fire team was performing as the lead element of the platoon during Operation Taylor Common and the marines came under a grenade attack and a heavy volume of automatic weapons fire from a large North Vietnamese army force occupying a trench line. Observing the wounded point man fall in an exposed location during the initial moments of the fierce fire fight, corporal Moser unhesitatingly ran across the fire-swept terrain to the sidtpof the wounded picked him up ;/ and carried him to a covered position, where he rapidly administered first aid. Informed that the squad leader had been mortally wounded, corporal Moser quickly took charge of the unit, after deploying his men into effective fighting positions, boldly moved forward and retrieved the body of his fallen squad leader. Then, requesting marine supporting

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1970

Milford Scouts Are Being Re-Chartered Milford boy scout troop 47 is now being re-chartered. Any boy interested in joining or re-joining should be present along with one parent on Saturday. Oct. 17, at 1 p.m. at the scout cabin on Waubee Lake. All persons interested in seeing the boy scout cabin restored to usable state should be present and take tools to begin wrecking out the worn sections. The boy scouts and leaders will be doing the work along with any volunteer adult help they can recruit. Nephew Wounded In Viet Nam Mr. and Mrs. Carl Baldwin of Fascination Place. Lake Wawasee. have received word of their nephew, Sgt. Richard C. Mitchell. 30. and a native of Mansfield. Ohio, being wounded in action in Viet Nam on October 7. The notification said he is currently serving his third enlistment in the service and suffered a head wound from shell fragments. He is in a hospital in Viet Nam and placed on the seriously injured list, however, is in no imminent danger to his life. HOMECOMING TO BE SUNDAY AT FIRST BRETHREN Members of the First Brethren church of Milford will observe their homecoming festivities on Sunday. Oct. 18. Sunday school will be held at 9:30 a.m. with worship services following at 10:30. During the services a dedication will be held for the piano presented to the church in the memory of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Coy by their three daughters. A carry-in dinner will be enjoyed at noon with a program in the afternoon. Members and friends of the church are invited to attend. Mrs. L Deardorff Observes 99th Birthday Mrs. Lydia Deardorff of 401 south Main street. Syracuse, quietly observed her 99th birthday anniversary yesterday (Tuesday) at her home. Her daughter. Miss Ida. also of 401 south Main, celebrated her birthday on the same day. Mrs. Deardorff. a lifelong resideht of the community, was bom in a little log house between Syracuse and Milford She is a member of the Saint Andrew’s United Methodist church and the wm: and WSCS The birthday celebrant is the mother of three daughters. Miss Ida, Mrs Harry (Marjorie) McClintic of Portage. Mich., and Mrs. B J. (Rebecca) Julier of Syracuse and Florida She boasts of having one grandchild, three great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. arms fire, he skillfully coordinated the artillery rounds with the activities of his vastly outnumbered men until a reaction force arrived and the two units joined in an aggressive assault through the enemy line. ‘‘Corporal Moser’s professionalism, aggressive leadership, and steadfast devotion to duty contributed significantly to the accomplishment of his unit’s mission and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and of the United States naval service.” H. W. Buse. Jr., Lt. General USMC. commanding general, fleet marine force. Pacific signed the citation for the President

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HOMECOMING QUEEN — This year’s crowning of the Wawasee high school homecoming queen was dampened by the heavy rain Friday night, causing the event to be postponed until the seventh period Monday. While the postponement robbed the event of its public lustre, the girls didn’t seem to mind, and posed for this photo in their full charm. Crowned Homecoming Queen was Chris Caywood, seated above. Other contestants were, from left. Sue Brower, first runner-up Jill White, and April Schacht. Also postponed because of rain w as the parade of floats. The parade will be held Thursday night between the freshman and junior varsity game, at about 6:30 p.m. The game between the Warriors and Plymouth began a half hour late and the first three-quarters was played in rain, with the Warriors an 18-14 victor.

Robert Stokes To Manage Weatherhead

CLEVELAND, OHIO - The Weatherhead Company has named, Robert Stokes, a broadly experienced manufacturing engineer, as manager of its plant in Syracuse. The appointment was made by Sidney C. Howell, vice president general manager of the General Products Division. Mr. Stokes joined Weatherhead nearly two yars ago as manager of hydraulics manufacturing operations at the firm’s Cleveland plant. He was subsequently promoted to manufacturing operations manager for the General Products Division. In his new position, he will supervise all phases of operations at the 112.000 square foot Syracuse facility, a key unit in the manufacture of fluid power components for industrial applications Mr. Stokes earned a bachelor of science degree in industrial arts from Michigan State university. He is married, with two children, and expects to relocate his family in the Syracuse area as soon as possible. Weatherhead, with ten other plants in Ohio. Indiana. California and Canada, is also a major supplier of hydraulic fittings, hose ends and hose assemblies to automobile equipment manufacturers. Re-Schedule Syracuse Auxiliary Meeting Due to a school function and demonstration luncheon at the school dh the regular meeting night of the American Legion Auxiliary 223 at Syracuse, the meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday. Oct. 20.

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October 20 Set For Hearing On Lakeland’s Cumulative Fuad

The board of school trustees of the Lakeland Community School Corporation has been notified by Carlton Phillipi, State Board of Tax Commissioners, that a public hearing will be held in the auditorium of the Wawasee high school on Tuesday. Oct. 20, at 10 a m. regarding the establishment of a 60 cent cumulative building fund for the purpose of building, renovation and remodeling of schools in the Lakeland Community School Corporation. The hearing is necessary due to the filing of two remonstrances against the proposed cumulative fund. However, none of the remonstrators attended the public hearing conducted by the board of school trustees on June 30. One remonstrance filed with

STOLEN CAR RECOVERED A call to the Syracuse police department helped in recovery of a stolen car found in Wawasee Heights addition early Saturday A 1968 Chevrolet Nova, 4-door, belonging to Robert Spurting of r 1 Syracuse, was reported missing to the police at 12:05 am. Saturday following a homecoming dance at the high school Friday night. Driven to the school by a member of the family and parked at 7:30 in the evening, the car was still there at 10 o’clock. Lawrence Firestone recovered the car around 7 Saturday morning and it was released to the owner following fingerprinting. The car was out of gas and covered with mud but not damaged.

the county auditor on September 16, and received in Indianapolis on September 18, carried the following signatures’: William R. Brammer, Chester Carpenter, James Mench, Jack Maresh, Clarence E. Ruch, George Duckwall, Cable F. Lane and Jay Busscher. all of the Syracuse area; Leon F. Poulson, H. R. Bockman and Eldon Clayton of the North Webster area; and Gale C. Chapman of the Milford area. The second remonstrance filed with the county auditor on September 18. and received in Indianapolis on September 21, carried the following signatures: Gareth Meek, Suzanne Meek, Ruth Meredith, Linda Kistler, George Kistler, Louise Meek, Emory Stetler, Hazel Stetler,

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POLICE TAKE MENTAL PATIENT INTO CUSTODY Syracuse police took into custody at 5:20 Friday, Robert Dipert, 42. of Bristol following a notice by the Elkhart county sheriffs department of a warrant for his arrest. Officers took Dipert into custody near a private residence on Dolan Drive in Syracuse. Officers Sparklin, Thornburg and Earl Money turned him over to Elkhart authorities. The father of 15-year-old Timothy Dipert of Bristol who was indicted for first degree murder Friday afternoon by an Elkhart superior court grand jury, made an unauthorized departure from the veteran’s hospital at Marion after hearing of his son’s arrest. The youth was taken into custody on October 2 following the 20-gauge shotgun slaying of Shirley Ann Watts, 7, in the Dipert home where she was being cared for. She was found near a bathtub with her hands tied behind her back and a stocking stuffed in her mouth. The shotgun was found beside her body. Young Dipert is scheduled for arraignment on October 15 and is being held in Elkhart county jail without bond. The father has been charged with assault and battery|yccording to authorities in a wvil matter but the charge had tjwi dropped after his confinement in the psychiatric ward at Elkhart hospital and his transferral to Marion.

Bessie Stetler, Dorothy Herdrich and F. M. Herdrich, all of the Syracuse area. It is the belief of the board of * school trustees, that having studied the present and future needs of the school corporation over a period of 18 months, the decision to stay abreast of building needs was desirable. During the study period, a survey team from the division of school house planning of the department of public instruction conducted an inspection of all school facilities, reviewed present and future building needs, reviewed the financial structure of the corporation and submitted a report to the board which pointed out the various needs and made recommendations as to possible 'Continued On Page 5)