The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 50, Milford, Kosciusko County, 13 January 1971 — Page 7

To Undergo Surgery For Crash Injuries Miss Joni Hawk, 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Hawk of r 2 Syracuse, remains a patient at Goshen hospital, room 216, from injuries received in a one-car mishap at 6:17 p.m. Saturday east of Syracuse. A cheerleader at Wawasee high school. Miss Hawk was nor-

State Bank No. 305 CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF STATE BANK OF SYRACUSE OF SYRACUSE IN THE STATE OF INDIANA AND DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON DECEMBER 30, 1970 ASSETS Cash and due from banks (including $ none unposted debits) ... $1,023,980.82 U. S. Treasury securities z.oar.jvf.oo Securities of other U. S. Government agencies and corporations 650,000.00 Obligations of States and political subdivisions .. 2,304,510.11 Other securities (including $ None corporate stocks) None Trading account securities None Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell Other loans 7,701,487.50 Bank premises, furniture and fixtures, and other assets representing bank premises .... 77,506.13 Real estate owned other than bank premises ... , 37,452.32 Investments in subsidiaries not consolidated .... None Customer’s liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding , a Other assets 63.648.86 TOTAL ASSETS $14,409,948.42 ■ ' i LIABILITIES Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, .and corporations $2,746,689.08 Time and savings deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations .... N<. 7,264,010.39 Deposits of United States Government 252,601.17 Deposits of States and political subdivisions ... 1,640,063.10 Deposits of foreign governments and official institutions None Deposits of commercial banks ...., None Certified and officers’ checks, etc 114.318.58 TOTAL DEPOSITS .* $12,017,682.32 x x x X x (a) Total demand deposits .... $ 4,538.595.55 x x x x x .•(b) Total time and savings deposits $ 7,479,086.77 x x x X x Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase None Other liabilities for borrowed money 1,350,000.00 Mortgage indebtedness . ... <.. None Acceptances executed by or for account of this bank and outstanding None Other liabilities 112,460.84 TOTAL LIABILITIES $13,480,143.16 MINORITY INTEREST IN CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES None RESERVES ON LOANS AND SECURITIES Reserve for bad debt losses on loans (set up pursuant to Internal Revenue Service rulings) ... $ 41,315.85 Other reserves on loans None Reserves on securities None TOTAL RESERVES ON LOANS AND SECURITIES :... $ 41,315.85 CAPITAL accounts Capital notes and debentures , $ 100,000.00 Equity capital, total 788,489.41 Preferred stock — total par value None (No. shares outstanding $ None) Common stock — total par value 183,750.00 (No. shares authorized 18,375) (No. shares oustanding 18,375) Surplus 310,000.00 Undivided profits 259,739.41 Reserve for contingencies and other capital reserves 35,000.00 TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 888,489.41 TOTAL LIABILITIES, RESERVES, AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $14,409,948.42 MEMORANDA Average of total deposits for the 15 calendar days ending with call date $11,304,036.25 Average of total loans for the 15 calendar days ending with call date 7,860,993.56 Unearned discount on installment loans included in total capital accounts C None I, Robert L. Jones, President, of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that this report of condition is true and correct, to the best of my knowledge and belief, j Coirect—Attest: • . ’ ROBERT L. JONES KENNETH W. HARKLESS ® PAUL A. LEVERIER JAMES B. KIRKWOOD CARL R. TUTTLE II Directors - THOMAS M. TUTTLE GAYLORD E. JONES CHARLES M. HARRIS (SEAL) State of Indiana, County of Kosciusko, ss: Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of January. 1971. and I hereby certify that I am not an officer or directoi* of this bank. My commission expires June 4. 1973. JO ANN HOUSER. Notary Public

thbound on road 13-A enroute to a home basketball game when bright headlights from a southbound auto at the B & O railroad crossing caused her to lose control of the car on a slippery patch of road. The 1966 Chevrolet went into the ditch along the roadway and hit a utility pole. The mishap occurred about 427 yards south of the railroad crossing on 13-A. Miss Hawk was taken to Goshen hospital by her father following a call to the home of her parents. Fifteen stitches were required to close a face wound

near the lower mouth area. She also received two breaks to the right arm and a complete arm cast was applied, however, it has been learned she will be undergoing major surgery, on the arm yet this week and will remain at the hospital for another week. Monday evening guests of Mrs. Emma krauter of Milford were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kaiser, Steven Kaiser, Mrs. Marie Kaiser and John Hoerr. all of the Milford area.

gm ks |L ” ■ jri iir I wiL . 'Wk? jHP i . . VISITING FIREMEN — Milford volunteer firemen made a tour of the big Chore-Time Equipment Co. plant at Milford last Wednesday afternoon in order to “check the plant out” as a precautionary measure. - They are shown here talking to several plant officials. Fsom left are John Haines, maintenance foreman. Dave McFarren. maintenance engineer, firemen Leon Newman, Phil Campbell. Oliver Replogle, fire chief Harold Kaiser, and Bill Leemon.

Milford Police Have Busy Year In 1970 Members of the Milford police department have had a busy year with a total of 1.459 calls answered during 1970. A total of 960 miscellaneous calls were answered as were 118 courtesy calls. Members of the police department under chief Don Drake made 153 arrests and four criminal arrests. They gave 68 warning tickets and investigated 14 accidents. They also assisted other units in investigating 14 other accidents. Drake reported 11 thefts had been reported to his office with six apprehensions made. Seven reports of illegal entries were investigated as were three burglaries. Two apprehensions were made as a result of the burglary investigations. Five vandalism reports were investigated. A total of 16 titles were checked and 64 dog calls were answered. The police car was driven 18,134 miles during the year. LAKELAND LOCALS Miss Donna Zook from Clarksville, Mich., spent the week end of January 2 visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Gingerich of Dewart Lake. Harold Gonderman of Syracuse spent Christmas day with his daughter and her family. Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Yoder., Jr., of Community Center. Mr. and Mrs. Doral McFarren of Milford spent Sunday in Fort Wayne, with their daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. James Orn. Mr and Mrs. Jerry Kern 5 and family of r 4 Syracuse have returned from a two and a half week vacation in California where they visited relatives.

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< * Ml HL. hW F WOMAN AT WORK — Mildred Hoover, r 4 Syracuse, took time out from work at her 50-ton punch press last Wednesday to talk to plant manager John Redsecker during a plant inspection by Milford volunteer firemen. „ /

New Officers Installed At Syracuse Masonic Lodge, No. 454, F. & A. M.

Syracuse Lodge No. 454, F. & A.M. met Monday night for installation of new officers for the year. Officers installed were: Worshipful master — Billy G. Cobum Senior warden — Philip Clair Mohler Junior warden — Leonard D.

Kline Treasurer — Everett Ketering Secretary — Christian Koher Senior deacon — John P. Searfoss Junior deacon — William fZ. Cox Chaplain — Lavero MoDenhoyr Senior steward — Robert E. Murray Junior steward — Robert C. Willits , Tyler — George R. Gardner Installing was by past master Joseph Bushong, assisted by past master Carl Myrick acting as marshal and Arnold Pfingst as chajJlain. Shearer Facts’... by Carl Shearer Its a fact that God promises; to supply our needs. In Psalms; 107:31. it says; “Oh that men would praise the Lard for His goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men.” And then the rest of the verses go on to tell exactly what He can and will do. An old legend tells the story of a farmer who was veryproud of his crop and was heard to remark to someone that he knew it would be the finest crop in the whole country, “If God will just leave it alone. I’m sure it will be a bumper crop.” And so the story goes that the crop immediately stopped growing. God withdrew the rain, the sun. & the elements that made it possible for growth. Tragic is that life, and that person that believes he can get along without God. We invite you to the Milford Christian Church.

Wed., Jan. 13, 1971—THE MAIL-JOURNAL

THE EDITOR

Curtrights Leave Milford

Dear Editor: May I take this means of expressing our gratitude and thanks to the town of Milford, the surrounding community, each business establishment, the churches, and each individual who helped make our stay in Milford a most pleasant one. Now we must move on to a new field of endeavor, however, there is a tugging at our heart, and tears in our eyes as we leave

About The Fire Os 1946

Dear Editor: In last week’s Mail-Journal you stated in the story about the Pickwick fire, that in 1946 when thf first Pickwick fire occurred that I “blamed the fire department’’ for this loss. At that time, nor any time since. I did not blame the fire department. The “blame” was on the system used — or any system. Following a Series of articles in The Journal ohen a two-year period, the towtisnip trustee .(Matty Jones) andjnis advisory board and the town board and citizens in general, agreed to set up a partially paid and full time fire department. It exists today much like The Journal advocated and as it started in tho)tf? days. At the time dMhe Pickwick fire in 1946. it is my Recollection that there were only three men on the

More On Syracuse Fires

Dear Editor: First, a pat-on-the-back for your of the Pickwick fire of Jan. 1. Text and pictures were excellent; my favorite picture was of the two sandwichmunching firemen atop the building: At the risk of being appointed unofficial town historian, let me try to straighten out the record on major Syracuse fires. ~ You were correct in that the Pickwick Block — then a twostory structure but not a unitary one since it was several older buildings “tied together” architecturally —>■ burned Feb. 2 and 3, 1946 The fire was discovered about 4 a.m. on the 2nd in the Pickwick Lounge by Night Marshal C. J. (Peck) Kline. Kline went to the phone exchange (now the M-J office) to sound the alarm, then ran two blocks to the fire station to get the community’s only fire pumper, stopping en route to warn the residents of two apartments over the burning building. It was a cold day. and despite Kline’s attempt to gain some time over the spreading flames by having tfie fire equipment at the scene when the firemen arrived, the Maze had too much of a head start. Once again it was thought that the theater —a showplace which included montages of Dickens characters along its walls — was saved, but it was no use. The fire was Nocked just north of the corner room. Later, it started up again, and by the time it was stopped, the entire quarter block was ruined. The quarter-block which burned in 1946 had been constructed in - the mid-30s by refronting and rearranging structures which had been on the site since the early 1900 s. I will not argue with Laucks Xanders that there might have been a fire there in the mid-20s. but I know of none. There certainly was not a major fire in that block in 1939, or any time between its remodeling in 1936 and its destruction in 1946. The old Stiefel Grain Co. elevator burned in October or early November of 1948. It was located directly south■( across the tracks) of the B & O passenger station. It had been abandoned for about a year, following the construction of a new elevator at the Vylactos site. The new elevator, built in 1947, subsequently burned or was razed in the early 19605. The Liberty Coach fire July 11, 1947, claimed the life of Syracuse Hobart Jarrett. It was not known what Jarrett was doing in the plant; he was not employed there Since he lived nearby, authorities thought he might have entered the building to see if he could assist employes and firemen, and became confused and trapped in the flames and smoke. This was a very' spectacular fire, because of the amount of lumber, paint and

Milford. Our new home will be in Burlington. Ind., 1101 Jackson St. box 246. We invite all of our Milford ‘ friends to write and visit us inqnr new home. ( Thank you Milford for a most pleasant four years. . Sincerely in Christ Rev. and Mrs? » Albert O. Curtright

Albert O. Curtright

fire department. There were no drills, equipment was scarce and no encouragement for men on the fire department.. Turkey Creek township, as I remember it. usually had SI,OOO in the annual budget for the fire department. The township did own a fire truck. Most of the cost of running the fire department thus fell on the town. ( This was changed. The property value outside the town. I believe, is five or six times the value inside town limits. The township now pays its fair share. Firemen in past years, and today, have had a sense of community betterment to give the citizens a fire department. The pay they receive is not what makes them work. They really want to help and serve the community. . Bart Cox

varnish involved, andcoming at the height of the vacation season on a Friday night, probably had the greatest attendance of any Syracuse blaze — when the flames cut the electric light lines to a major portion of Wawasee. The fire burned for nearly 24 hours. Certainly the fire which razed the temporary fire station (the former Hoopingarner garage) in 1960 was embarrassing to the community but many other towns have suffered the same plight (including Berkeley, Calif., which lost a fire station and the equipment in it despite the fact that several paid city firemen were on duty inside the building when the blaze began — at midday!) > r ' Liberty Coach had another spectacular fire in 1967 when the paint shop building burned, but the flames were prevented from spreading. Stan-Ray Corp, lost a major building last year in the middle of its boat manufacturing complex, but firemen saved all adjoining structures. If you want to go back into ancient history, the South Shor£ Inn was razed by flames in November, 1964, suffering the same plight as its predecessor, the Vawter Park Inn, many years before. The Cedar Beach Club burned in the 1890 s on Wawasee and was replaced by the Wawasee Inn. In about 1918, the Inn burned, to be~ replaced by the Spink-Wawasee Hotel in the mid-20s. (This building is now the main structure of Wawasee Preparatory School.) In May, 1955, the former Tavern Hotel in Brunjes Park on Wawasee was swept by flames. Firemen saved the structure itself but it was later razed. In the late 1950 s an Indianapolis Star writer told how the old Waco Dance Hall had burned, and I had to remind him it had not — it was simply tom down. Tom down, too, was the Sargent Hotel at the west edge of the Eli Lilly property. % Sometime in 1923, fire started in the abandoned structures of the Syracuse Portland Cement Co., at the foot of Medusa Street. The contemporary accounts of this are fascinating, if you should have time to look them up. Syracuse firemen did not have enough hose to effectively fight the flames, and asked that Milford send help. According to Syracuse newspaper accounts, Milford responded in something less than timely fashion. At any rate, the buildings were lost. Best wishes, Bill Spurgeon Mr. and Mrs. George Auer and Mr. and Mrs. John Hare and family of Milford were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Scott and Dick of Syracuse,

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