The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 39, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 October 1970 — Page 13

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14 YEARS AGO. NOV. 1.1956 Mrs. Blanche Lutes, 82, passed away at 3 a m. in the Goshen hospital Saturday. Mrs. Lutes suffered a stroke Friday evening at the home of her daughter. Mrs. P. C. Bartlett at Lake Wawasee. where she made her home. Funeral services were Monday. Mrs. Hattie Ireland, 82, Milford, passed away at her home at 12:45 p.m? Monday. Among the ’ survivors are a daughter, Mrs. William (Letha) Perry of Gary. Services were Wednesday at the First Brethren church in Milford George Bullock was appointed new town marshal by the town board at their Tuesday evening meeting Miss Edna Slabaugh, daughter of Bishop and Mrs. Jerry J Slabaugh of Milford, became the bride of Emil R Helmuth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey R Helmuth of Kalona. lowa. Thursday, Nov. 1. Bishop Slabaugh performed the rite at the home of Mr. and Mrs Monroe Miller on r 2 Milford.. Mrs. Harold Manor was admitted to the Memorial hospital in South Bend Sunday following an automobile accident that afternoon on U. S 31, near South Bend. Mrs Manor received face cuts and a broken nose A fellowship was enjoyed by the invited guests, old neighbors and friends of Hastings at the home of Mr and Mrs Cloyd Heckaman. near Bremen, honoring their silver wedding anniversary recently. The First Brethren church rally day and homecoming at-

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tendance was very gratifying Sunday, and a bountiful dinner was served at the noon hour, following by a musical program in the afternoon Paul Kizer presided over the program. 24 YEARS AGO. OCT. 31.1946 Mr. and Mrs Samuel Beer of Fort Wayne are the parents of a son, Stanley Alexander, bom October 17. Mrs. Beer is the former Emily Brouwer of Monroeville George William Hoppus, first child of Lt. and Mrs. George Wilbur Hoppus, was bom Oct. 24 at Fort Worth. Texas. Mrs. Hoppus was formerly Ruth Leemon of Milford Mrs Marian Crafton, Mrs Dorothy Augsburger, Mrs. Esther Poynter, Mrs. Joan Teeple, and Mrs. Bessie Sunthimer went to Nappanee Friday evening where they enjoyed bowling The Auer family enjoyed a pheasant dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs. Goerge Auer on Sunday The pheasants were provided by Ted Auer, who got them while on a hunting trip in South Dakota. Among those present was Irvin Tom of West Plains, Mo. Forty-one friends and relatives of John Ruch gathered at his home Saturday evening to help celebrate his 80th birthday Bom in Switzerland, Mr Ruch came to this country 1 when he was five years old Most of his life was spent as a watch and clock repairman He operated a garage in Milford for a number of years Mr. and Mrs Farmer Rusk received word Tuesday that Walter Wood, a brother of Mrs. Rusk, had passed away in Chicago Mr. Wood was a grain inspector for the government. Arthur Wise was pleasantly surprised Monday evening at his home in honor of his birthday. The evening was spent playing euchre. Refreshments were served by Mrs Wise. Mrs George Auer attended the regular meeting of the Kosciusko County Mothers of Marines at Warsaw Friday evening. 30 YEARS AGO. OCT. 31.1940 Miss Mary Helen Stuckman heard Wendell L. Willkie speak at Akron, Ohio, at a political rallylast Thursday night She was the guest of Miss Mary Hover in the home of her parents Mrs. Harry

Hover is a personal friend of the Presidential candidate, as ‘ both men belong to the same American Legion Post in Akron. Miss Stuckman said Mr. Hover an ideal seat for her in the Akron Armory where there were 25,000 people to hear Willkie. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for Mrs. Charles Lutes. 62. at the Bethany Church of the Brethren. She died of a heart attack last Wednesday at her farm home on road 6. Lawrence Homan and J. Harold Myers were among the first 50 drawn in selective service draft. \ Mr. and Mrs. William O’Brien-< entertained a number of guests Sunday at dinner. The occasion was in honor of the first Holy Communion Day of their son. Tommy, held at the Sacred Heart Catholic church in Warsaw. Tommy received some nice gifts. Seven scout members of Boy Scout Troop No. 7, sponsored by Saint Patrick’s Roman Catholic church. South Bend, were guests of C. Price Sunday on his motor launch on LAke Wawasee The Milford Christian Youth Union held an outdoor meeting at Roop's Landing Sunday evening Transportation was furnished by Lehman Wemple Games were played after a period of devotions Refreshments were served, including doughnuts furnished by the grocers of Milford About 45 attended. A Halloween masquerade party was given Tuesday evening by Billy Little. Those present were Norma Kline. Lois Fume, Duane Scott. David Martin, Martin Beer. Kenneth Ryman. Floyd Kropf, Harry Doty, and Philip Snyder. Prizes were given to Lois Funk and Duane Scott 40 YEARS AGO. OCT. 30. 1930 Miss Mary Ann Barth of Morton. 111., and Eli Wuthrich of Milford were united in marriage in Peoria last Thursday afternoon by Rev. Clark. The couple was attended by Miss Anna Birth, sister of the bride, and Myron Spinger of Congerville Miss Melba Grace Coy and Dale William Sparklin of Goshen were married Wednesday, Oct. 22. at the First Brethren parsonage in Goshen. The bride is a graduate of Milford high school with the class of 1923. . Mr. and Mrs. Dewev Mow of Winona Lake are the parents of a son. Mr. Mow was formerly a teacher of the Hastings school. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haney are the parents of a baby boy born Thursday at the Elkhart General hospital. He was named Fred Devon . Hastings, compiled byMiss Gladys Oster. Miss Miriam DeFries called at the Edward Klinger home on Sunday. Mrs. A J. Mackey of Logansport, in renewing her subscription to The Milford Mail, said that she will always have a warm spot for old Milford and that there is no place like home, be that little burg ever so homely. The Mackey family resided in Milford for many years. Mrs C. D Barnes and Mrs. Roy Treesh were hostesses at a six o’clock dinner Friday at the

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home of the former. Seven tables of bridge progressed in which score prizes were awarded to Mesdames Charles Druckamiller, Nble Myers, Ronald Brown, and D. W. Hastings. Mrs. Garland Robinson of Leesburg and Mrs. Ted Erick of Elkhart were out-of-town guests. Sharp Hardware Company has one of the display windows nicely decorated in keeping with the hunting and trapping season. Injured In One-Car Crash Thursday A one-car crash at 10:50 p.m. Thursday resulted in $250 damage to the car and injuries to two teenage girls on old Road 13A one-eighth of a mile north of SR 8 in Turkey Creek township. Driver of tbe car. 17-year-old Sharon Bond of r 1 Leesburg, was cited for having an expired vehicle inspection sticker. The car. southbound, went out of control on an S-curve and struck a utility pole after leaving the road. The driver received lacerations to her left eye and was treated in the emergency room of Goshen hospital and released Passenger in the car. Linda Shell, 16, of r 1 Warsaw, was admitted to the hospital for treatment of a large chin and mouth laceration and possible neck injuries.State trooper Richard Reece was investigating officer. ARTISTS PLAN TRIP TO CHICAGO An all day trip to the Chicago Art Institute has been planned for Saturday, Nov. 7, for area art lovers by Martin and Margi Stevens, local art instructors. Buses will pick up passengers at three different towns, with the first loading stop at Syracuse at 7:30 a m. at the Scout Cabin. At 8 a m. a second bus will load at the Middlebury Scout Cabin. Both buses will then proceed to the Cook Parking lot in Elkhart for passengers of that area to load at 8:30 a.m. A special lecture has been engaged by museum expert George Snyder on the subject, “Manet and the Impressionists”. Lunch has been arranged in the Museum cafeteria and a dinner stop will be in Gary, on the return trip. ’ Reservations are necessary and can be made by calling or writing Martin Stevens, r 2 box 200, Middlebury. The public welcome. DRAWS SUSPENDED SENTENCE AND FINE Joseph R Deeter, 30. of r 1 North Webster, drew a suspended one to 10-year sentence at the state prison, a one-year probation term and SIOO fine when appearing in Kosciusko superior court last week on a charge of receiving stolen property. Deeter was arrested by the sheriff's department on November 13. 1969 and charged with second degree burglary and theft in connection with a breakin at the Monteith Tire Co. on SR 15 on the north edge of Warsaw on November 9. 1969. however the charge was later amended to receiving stolen property. He appeared on the charge September 2 with a guilty plea and a pre-commitment investigation by the court probation department was ordered

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MILFORD FIRST GRADERS — First graders in the class of Mrs. Bessie Sunthimer at Milford are shown in the photo above. From left in the front row are Jimmy Rummel. Phillip Ddwty, John Snider, Patrick Hernandel. Bill Bess. Delio De la Fuente and Don Greene. In the middle are Mary Louise Salinas. Lori Kammerer. Jeanie

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MRS. NELSON’S CLASS — First graders in Mrs. Nancy (James) Nelson’s class at Milford are shown above. In front are Steve Nyikos. Ray Stutzman. Johnny Saenz. Blane Biller, Bobby Kinney and Vince Price. In the middle are Becky Wuthrich. Cheryl Hostetler. Ellenore Pischke. Sheli Miller, Sue Curtis. Laura Schrock and Rosella

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ANOTHER FIRST GRADE CLASS — A third first grade class is taught by Mrs. Mabel Young. Members of her class are shown above. From left are Kim Huber. Gary Gerencser. Doug Green, Bill Haab. Dieter DeWies, Roman Garcia and Troy Stephenson. In the middle row are Angie Hostetler, Stacy Wall, Jacklyn

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Dean., Joni Schultz. .Annette Beer. Jill Haab and Laura Joyce. In the second row are Harland Junior Gardener, TerryJackson. Kirk Stickler, Anita Blackburn, Teresa Bailey, Hector Castro and James Bradley. Eric Beer w as absent w hen the photo w as taken.

Hapner. In back are Linda Childers, Eddie DeLuna, Pat Speicher, Dean Anderson. Kurt Meek, Brian Goshert and Norine Sorensen. Absent were Ralph Prater, Ronnie Cope and James Hamilton, Jr.

Dean, Greta Hurd. Lydia Garza, Tammy Ryman and Melanie Miller. In the back row are Michael Graff, Chris Tackett, Nick Johnston, Myra Ruch. Kent Stitcher, Joe DeLuna and Carlyle Lehman. Betty Castro wis absent when the photo was taken.

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