The Mail-Journal, Volume 8, Number 23, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 July 1971 — Page 12

THE MAIL-JOURNAL— Wed., July 7, 1971

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REAL ESTATE C. J)ye Real Estate NAPPANEE. IND. New Listing — Near City — 4 Bedroom — Basement — 2-Car Garage — Nice Kitchen 6-Room Home — Remodeled Completely — Carpeted — Central Air Conditioning — Basement — Price >17,000 2 Bedroom — Northeast Section of City — Hardwood Floors — Fireplace — Basement — Price >18.50® Income Property — Brick — 2 Apts. — Basement — Garage — Hardwood Floors — 3 Bedrooms Each Apt. — Priced Right. Small down payment will buy a 2 Bedroom Home with Hardwood Floors — Basement — Large Shaded Lot. Rural Area — 3 Bedrooms — Remodeled — Basement — Garage — 1212,500 151E. John St. — Need Painting — 3 Bedrooms — Basement — Make us a reasonable offer. In Northwood — 3 Bedrooms — 2-Car Garage.— 2 Baths — Carpeted — Family Room with Fireplace — New Never Live In — Financing Already Arranged. & q DEWART LAKE AREA 2 Bedrooms — Furniture — >B,OOO Small Cottage — Electric Heat — Carport — 4 Large Lots — *IO.OOO Lake front — 3 Bedrooms — 2-Car Garage — .Nice Kitchen ■— 118.500 Lakefront — 2 Bedrooms — 1-Car Garage — Gas Heat — 118.500 Lakefront — 4 Bedrooms — Garage — Furniture — >15.500 Blueberry Island — 2 Bedrooms — Gas Heat — Carport — Nice Kitchen — Pier — >19,750 OTHER LAKE AREA 4 Unit — Income Property -— Furnished on North Webster Lake — Price *23.500 J ! ■ ‘ 12'x50’ Mobile Home — New Well — Lot 75*x184* — Priced >0.500 Leesburg. Ind. — 4 Bedrooms — 2 Story — >15.500 Leesburg. Ind. — 3 Bedrooms >14,000 Cromwell, Ind. — 2 Bedrooms — Large Lot — Price >4,000 CHARLES DYE AGENCY Leesburg Office PhJs3-3308 Nappanee Office Ph. 773-4831 SALESMEN Junior L. Keppen — 834-2008 W. F. ( Bill ) Goba — 453-3088 Charles L. Dye — 453-3208 Richard D. Mishler — 773-4981 Dewey E. Hdp sou er-858-4174

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SCHOOL DAYS — The above photo loaned to us by Joseph Baumgartner of 21160 W. Wagar Circle, Cleveland, Ohio 44116. brings back school day memories for many area residents. The picture is of the seventh and eighth grades at the Leesburg public school as it appeared at that time. In the front row, left to right, are Gladys Bryant, Nellie Sutton. Eloise Hunter. Vera Frederickson and Snowden Harley. ' Center row are Walter Bowser. Margaret Morgan, Esther Kinsey, an unidentified girl believed to be Edith Ryihan, Irene Kohler and Iva Chaney. Those in the top row are Hugh Kinney. Grace Hoover, Earl Ulrey, Mabel Woodard Lippincott, Auldine Fetters (deceased), Loren Funk. Floyd Harley, Harry Baumgartner (deceased), Joe Baumgartner and Wiyiam E. Summy (deceased).

Camping Trip First Aid One of the first items to consider in planning a family camping trip of any duration is a first aid kit. Even a relatively quick trip may produce need for some of the following items: Sterile first aid dressings in sealed, envelopes for small wounds and in the four-inch square size for larger wounds and for compress use to stop bleeding. Blunt-tip scissors, and tweezers. Roller bandages. A roll of adhesive tape. Mild soap. Fahrenheit thermometer with case. First aid ointment. Plastic bottle of 70 per cent alcohol. Large and small bath towels and a bed sheet for bandages and dressings (relaundered every three months, ironed and packaged in heavy paper). Toilet paper, facial tissues, clean newspapers.(The latter for ground and surface covers to protect an injured person from contamination of wounds.) Triangular bandages for slings, coverings and dressings Small packages of table salt and baking soda for ingestion in case of shock. A flashlight. Safety pins. for rinsing. Paper drinking“cups Splints, wood tongue blades (for stirring and for splinting fingers.) Essential personal prescriptions. including those for eyeglasses, and a summary of each person's medical history.

LEESBURG DAYS Friday And Saturday July 9 & 10

North Webster By MRS. F.R. (DELIGHT) SPEARMAN & Mrs. C. J. Menzie New North Webster Postmaster

North Webster's new postmaster is Mrs. C. J. Menzie. She had served in the post office most recently as officer-in-charge and, before that, as clerk. At one time Mrs. Menzie had managed the local telephone office. The new postmaster’s husband is a conductor on the Penn Central Railroad; the couple

Auxiliary Meets Recently The auxiliary of the Herbert Kuhn Post No. 253 of North Webster met this month in the Legion club rooms. Mrs. Alton Kruger, president, opened the meeting in regular form. The secretary’s and treasurer’s reports were read and approved. There were no committee reports given. A motion was made to accept the unit’s new by-laws, after which the nominations for new officers for the coming year opened. New officers elected to be installed on Tuesday, August 3 are: Mrs. Mervin Wagoner — president Mrs- Eugene Baugher — first vice president Mrs. Donna Jernigan — second vice-president Mrs. Virginia Shaeffer — secretary Mrs. Edith Kesterson — treasurer Mrs. Stanley Vanator — chaplain Mrs. Elinor Enyeart — historian Mrs. Joe Kruger — sgt.-al-arms. Elected to serve on the executive board are Mrs. Iva Krouse, Mrs. Harold Barker, and Mrs. Alton Kruger. Delegates elected to attend the state convention August 5 though 8 are Mrs. Altai Kruger, Mrs. Elinor Enyeart, Mrs. Eugene Baugher, Mrs. Mervin Wagoner, Mrs. Joe Kruger. Mrs. Donna Jernigan, and Mrs. Virginia Shaeffer. A motion was made to send a donation to Girl’s school. It was approved to send the money needed to send one girl to camp at Versailles State Park fa a week. Also it was deciAd that the meetings would start at 7:30 p.m. instead of Bpm the year around. A joint meeting will be held with the Legion Post the first Tuesday in July so that reports from the junior boy and girl who attended Boys’ State and Giris’ State conventions may be heard. This meeting will start promptly at 7:30 p.m. and should be very interesting Serving on the food committee ' fa the evening were Mrs. Elsie Taylor, Mrs. Alton Kruger, and Mrs. Virginia Shaeffer. The door prize was won by Mrs Everett Berger. —NW— Meeting Held During Storm The Pythian Sisters second meeting of the month fell on the evening of the severe storm experienced over much of the area. They were fortunate, however, in not having their plans interrupted by it. The meeting was an informal one with six members present and four guests from Gear Water, Fla., formerly of Nath W’ebster. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Vieta Payne and Mr. and Mrs. W’ayne Overman. The organization is to have no meetings during the months of Julv and August -NW— Kiwanis Club To Have Outing FrecLWinebrenner presented a program to the Lakeland Kiwanis club in a recent meeting. Mr. Winebrenner is a 49-year member of the Huntington club, has served as field representative of Kiwanis International fa 15 years, has been the Division's Lt. Governor, and has

have five children. Among her first duties in the new office, Mrs. Menzie served light refreshments to patrons in observance of United States Postal Service Day. Clerks who will also be working in the post office are Mrs. Glen White. Mrs. Cecil Kissinger, and Mrs. Jay Clutter,

helped to sponsor clubs in Columbia City, in Warren, and in Zurich, Switzerland. He spoke of interesting club projects and some phases of building Kiwanis clubs in foreign countries. He also emphasized the importance “of the “Support of Churches” committee as a part of the Kiwanis organization. Several club members and guests have indicated a desire to participate in the club’s outing to see a game between the Cubs and the Mets. This outing is scheduled fa Wednesday, July 21. Attending the Kiwanis In- . temational Convention at San Fransisco were Jerry’ Badskey, John Weeks, and Lorin Badskey. -NW— Second Storm Causes Damage A second storm caused damage in the North Webster area last week. Electrical power was again cut off fa several hours in parts of the town and insurance agents have experienced an especially increased rate of business as claims have been made. —NW— Hi Neighbors To Have Picnic Nine adults and nine children were present for the June meeting of the Hi Neighbors club. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Ercell Wright ; cohostess was Mrs. Clarence Mock. Various games were played and refreshments were served. A picnic is to be held July 25 with Mrs. Robert Busch of Dewart Lake as hbstess. —NW— Local Man Booked At County Jail Booked at the county jail on charges of public intoxication, being without valid driver's license, and driving under the influence of intoxicating beverages was Goerge E. Northrup, 22. of r 1 Nath Webster. Northrup had previously been involved in a collision in which a pickup truck driven by him struck a car belonging to Mary Brown of Warsaw. Damages from this mishap amounted to $1,300. —NW— Former Webster Resident Suffers Heart Attack Tom White, a former resident of North Webster, is hospitalized at the Baptist hospital in Phoenix. Ariz., after suffering two heart attacks, recently. White is a doctor at the same hospital. His parents, Mr. and Mrs Carl White, and brother Rick are now with him in Arizona. -NW— Fire Damages Building A fire one and one-half miles southeast of North Webster at High Banks extensively damaged a pole staage building recently. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Kruger of r 1 Nath Webster are the building’s owners. -4<W— Church of God Being Redecorated Both the maning and evening worship services were conduted in the junia high school gymnasium last Sunday due to the

- ■ ■ A f HfliW* 3£ jbJ?'' y*-*: - THE HARLEY HOUSE — One of the olaest homes in Leesburg is the Harley House shown above. The George Harley family moved to the Clunelte area in 1880 from Sherwood, Ohio. The Harleys were the parents of five children. Eugene. Port. John. Annie and Clara. The family operated three huckster-tvpe wagons and a store under the name of the Harley Brothers. ‘ - ■ About 1900 George moved to Nappanee and soon after to Leesburg, purchasing a store where the laundromat now is located. In 1912 George died and thechildrenfell heirs to the store. One by one they drifted away until their interests were sold in 1922 and a man by the name of John Hall took over with the store being named Jet White. Eugene was hired to work as the store’s manager. • o The store was moved to where the post office is now located and can be seen in a picture to be found elsewhere in this issue. In 1923 or 1924 the store was purchased by Eugene Harley and was operated by him until 1947. The Harley family moved into the house shown above in 1900. They resided in half of the house with a Mrs. Hower living in the other half. Sometime later they purchased Lloyd Harley, son of Eugene, still resides in Leesburg.

redecoration and carpeting of the sanctuary. It is quite likely that the project will not have been completed by the 11th. necessitating that services again be held in the gym. The Women’s Missionary Society held a picnic at the Flowing Well park recently. Rev. Richard Rash is directing the 13-year-old O youth camp at Yellow Creek Lake this Tuesday through Saturday. —NW— United Methodist Church News The church youth completely sold out their supply of homemade ice cream during the afternoon and evening of Mermaid Parade day. The Women’s Society’s supper was also reported as a success. -NW— Church Os The Brethren News “Time for Food, Friends, and Fellowship” was the theme for an all-church picnic held at the home of Preston Gregory. A oneact play was presented by some of the church members. Howard Kiser was in charge. The Women’s Fellowship is to participate in an "Idea Shop” at the Mt. Pleasant Church of the Brethren. July 13. Officers of the Fellowship and other interested women will work on the project of making baby clothes and toys to be given fa each baby sent home from the Bethany hospital in Chicago. Many of the articles are to be hand-made —NW—COMMUNITY NEWS Mrs. Irene Foreman, Mrs. Orva Miller, Mrs. Walter Harman, Mrs. Keith Felton, and Mrs. Sonja Russell attended a business meeting at the Shrine building at Warsaw, Monday afternoon. Miss Susan Stone of Syracuse visited with Mrs. Walter Harman. recently. Mrs. Bessie Acker, mother of Mrs. Carl Kiser of near Barbee, left recently to make ha home in Wisconsin. Mrs Acker formaly resided in Wisconsin. •* Mrs. Walter Harman was dismissed from the Goshen hospital Saturday forenoon and is recovering at home. Barry Reasoner and Judy Clark, forma North Websta residents. were recent dinner guests of the Joe Barrett family. Mrs. Mary Standfield is convalescing at the hone of ha daughter, Mrs. George Staples, after a fall resulting in a borken leg. I photographic specialists no-112 t St. H GwU.. IMum 46526 ■ Commercial * Aerial Industrial * Wedding Phone: 533-3744

J. Anthony Norris Receives Commission Navy ensign J. Anthony Norris, husband of the former Miss Sherry G. Searfoss of r 1 Syracuse, was commissioned to 1 his present rank upon completion of training with the naval reserve officer training corps unit and graduation from * Purdue university in Lafayette. Norris is a graduate of Junction City senior high school. Junction City, Ore. Attend Workshop At Ball State MUNCIE - Saundra K. Cobbum. 313 Benton, Syracuse, attended a workshop in Intellectual Development of the Preschool Child at Ball State university. Dr. Mildred Ballou, head of the department of elementary education at. Ball State, was workshop director. The workshop reviewed recent research relating to the intellectual development of three, four, and five-years-old, with special attention given to activities and experiences which may foster maximum intellectual development.

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HIGHLAND. CALIF. — Dr. Daniel Rothenberger, air guard medical officer for the state of California, haCrtoturned from a meeting at Huston, Texas, fa medical air guard and air face medical officers. Dr. Rothenberger, the son of Mrs. James R. Rothenberger of Nath Webster and the late James Rothenberger. is a former Syracuse resident. ROOFING All Types ROY GREGORY Phone: 269-2767