The Mail-Journal, Volume 8, Number 9, Milford, Kosciusko County, 31 March 1971 — Page 18

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed.. Mar. 31, 1971

It Happened In . .. Milford. Indiana Item Taken From The Files Os The Milford Mail . - '

14 YEARS AGO. APRIL 4.1057 Those who will graduate from Milford high school cm Friday evening. May 24. will be: Phyllis Baker. Card Beer. Kae Blake. Alice Duncan. Laura Sue FYee. Sally Gerber. Nancy Hall. Patricia Leighty. Joyce Martin. Judith Martin, Nancy Miller. Maurine Smith, Patricia Tobm. Marcia Vanderveer, Karen Widup, Robert Bailey. Lowell Beer. William Blake, Wayne Bucher. Jr.. Robert Bullock. Paul Haab, Terry Haab. Fred Her shberger, Jerry Method. Norman Miller. Orvei Miller. Dennis Sharp. Larry Troup, and Ray Zimmerman The Milford high school juniors will present their class play

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tomorrow evening in the community building The title of the play is “Books and Crooks.” Mrs. Dorothy Williams is the class sponsor and director. Those in the play are Bob Smoker. Steven Jones. Mary Helen Rassi. Mary Ann Williams. Andrea Riffe. Bernard Beer. Joyce Weisser. Larry Slabaugh. Hazel Estep, and Fred Weisser This area is recovering from a severe ice and wind storm which swept the midwest last evening Rain fell which turned almost immediately, weighing heavily on transmission wires, trees, and television antennas A large limb fell over the hood of the Chevrolet belonging to John Perry.» doing considerable damage. Births Terry Lee was born to Mr. and Mrs Herbert Stump March 30 The mother is the former Clareice Kasper Colleen Sue was born to Mr. and Mrs Jesse Beer March 27 The mother is the former Shirley Kegebein

24 YEARS AGO. APRIL 3.1*47 Those who will graduate from Milford high school on May 8 are. Marian Altvater, Margaret Cleveland, Ellen Cunningham. Clara Graff. Evelyn Johnson. Patricia Kline. Betty McFarren. Peggy Miller. Louise Pinkerton. Patricia Wiggs. Mary Jean Wolferman. Philip Beer. Robert Buhrt. Ira Chupp, Jr.. Harry Doty. Rodney McCreary. Gerald Miller. Wayne Riggs. Joe Ruch. John Stieglitz. James Stieglitz. Edwin Stutzman, Keith Troup, and Robert Ruch. In a double ring ceremony performed Friday evening in the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Gardner. Miss Marilyn Gardner was united in marriage to Robert Haney of Goshen Preceding the ceremony*. Miss Mary Lou Good sang “I Love You Truly” and Mrs Harry Good played “Because” and the wedding march Mr and Mrs Leo Schuler of Elkhart observed their silver wedding anniversary Sunday. Mrs. Schuler was employed as a cook at the Milford Hotel when she and Mr Schuler lived in Milford. Services for Mrs. Belle (Felkner) Pinkerton. 83. were held Tuesday at her west Emeline street home. Her marriage to Ashford Pinkerton was in January 1889. He died two years later. A daughter. Miss Eloise Pinkerton, survives. Mrs. Pinkerton was a seamstress. Services were held Tuesday at 2:30 at Saint David. 111., for Mrs Marvin (Bernice Doty) Kelly. 46. who succumbed Saturday afternoon Burial was at Canton. Hl Mr and Mrs Kelly moved from Milford to Saint David in the middle 30 s. where Mr. Kelly was employed in the mines. Among the survivors are a daughter. Dorothy Jean Ewing and a son Junior of Saint David, and five frothers and five sisters. 30 YEARS AGO. APRIL 3.1941 Marion E. Harvey, 12, of Kingman, a brother of Mrs. Robert Groves of Lafayette, died at Riley Memorial hospital in Indianapolis last Wednesday of quick sugar diabetes, where he had been a patient for a day. His serious illness was of only three

days’ duration. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Groves and daughter. Miss Dorothea Groves, spent Friday with the Harvey family at their farm home near Kingman. Miss Evelyn Shirley Widner. Goshen, became the bride of Darrell Aurle Orn. son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Orn. Milford, at 3 p.m. Sunday in the W’idner home. The young couple will reside in Milford. Eugene Sensibaugh. 95. who resides on road 6 west of 6 & 15 junction, was in Milford Tuesday for a haircut. He resides with his daughter and does the chores at his ripe old age. An addition of one light was made to the Milford street lighting system recently when the NIPSCo installed a suspension light on the corner of Maple and First streets in the west end of town. Consent was given by the ullage board after citizens of that neighborhood lodged a complaint about the darkness on the corner. The Young Peoples class of the United Brethren church held a class party last Wednesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bucher There were 14 members -present. Prizes for games went to Carl LeCount. Yvonne Bucher. John Fisher, and Florence Buhrt. The hostess served ice cream, cake, and potato chips Noble Myers has made an imprpvement on his farm at Leland by remodeling the barn. Mr. and Mrs. Mace Hollar went to Fulton. Mich., Wednesday to be in attendance at the farm sale of his brother, John Hollar, who is retiring from active farming. Donald Lessig, architect of Warsaw, must be nearing completion on the plans he is to draw up of the proposed public rest room for the town of Milford Mr. Lessig is to submit his sketches to the town board at its meeting Monday night for recommendation. 40 YEARS AGO. APRIL 2.1931 On April 1, the day dedicated to joke-makers, pranksters, and “charming \fools.” many countries have a special dish they serve in celebration of this mad holiday. In Holland. Hans and Gretel demand pickled herring April 1; in France, a special soup known as Jean Potage. is

served; in Germany, Hans W’urst forms the traditional dishi.and in England. John Bull sits down to a heavy bite of Jack pudding. The holiday originates back to the time of the Romans. Passion Week services, being held this week at the Methodist church under the auspices of the Young Peoples’ Organization, have been well attended. Sunday morning an Easter watch service will be held, followed by a breakfast for the YPO. In the evening the young people will give their program at the Progressive Brethren church for the public. Robert Higbee. Jr., will give a musical recital. Ralph Berkeypile. a former employee of the Ford garage in Milford and now employed at the Conrad garage in Warsaw, was burned about the face at 4 a.m. Monday, when a gas explosion occurred while he was starting a furnace fire at the garage. C. A Sparklin removed his stock of crockery from the ruins of his store building last week and was surprised to find so few of the pieces broken or damaged. Mr. Sparklin carried a very large stock of various kinds of crockery. Herbert Baumgartner has relaid the walk in front of his vacant lots on east Catherine street. The walk was raised to a level of the new pavement George Fowler and Raymond Rhodes may join the United States navy. Fowler is 20 years of age and Rhoades is 18. It will be a good experience for the young men and they will find the training valuable Firemen Extinguish Grass Fire Thursday Syracuse firemen responded to a call from Dale Butt at Wawasee Boat Company for a grass fire along the B & O railroad tracks east of Syracuse at 5:15 p.m.. Thursday. It is not known what started the fire.

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4-H Dog Club Holds Meeting Doritta Wiegand called the Elkhart County 4-H Dog club meeting to order last week. Kim Miller and Sharon Mast led the pledges. Roll call was taken with eleven new members enrolled. Books, bylaws, and records werehandedtythenew members and enrollment cards were handed out to those who did not fill one out before. It was decided a training meeting will be on April 22. The advanced training session will meet at 6:30. The first year members will meet at 7:30. The program was demonstrating for the first year members what their requirements were and demonstrations of second and third year requirements were given. Also, showmanship was demonstrated.