The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 9, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 March 1972 — Page 1

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OFFICERS INSTALLED AT STAR — New officer* es the gyracaa* Chapter No. 20, Order of the Eastern Star, Syracuse, are shown here following installation Friday night at the Masonic hall. Front row, l-r, are Mrs. Joe Thornburg. Mrs. Lowell Ensinger. Mr*. Robert Murray, Mr*. Larry Haviland. Mr*. William He** and Mr*. Patrich Born man. In the second row are Mrs. Clair Mohler. Mr*. Charlo* Richardson, Mr*. Richard Brown. Larry Haviland and Herman Broeker*. Shown In the bach row are Mr*. Clem Ltoor. Mr*. Frank Bate*. Keith Smallwood, Mr*. Keith Smallwood. Mr*. Rebecca KRaea and Mr*. Herman Broeker*. Photo by Tim Yeager.

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OFFICERS INSTALLED — Officer* of Kaoetesha Chapter IM OES were testa lied te the Masonic temple at Milfad Saturday night Shown above te the frttet row are Mrs. Joe O. Estep, Mr*. Warren Fisher. Mr*. BUI Little, Mr*. Robert Brooks. Robert Brooks, Mr*. D. G. Seely. D. G. Seely. Joe O. Estep and Mrs. Marioe Stackhouse. In the second row are Mr*. Leonard Kltee. Mr*. C. D. Bame*. Mr*. Bobbie Richardson. Mr*. W. W. Free. Mr*. Lenta Purcell, Mrs. Ted Brook*. Mr*. Robert Jessop and Mr*. Richard Felkner te back on the left are Mrs. Stan Scott and William Perry and on the right are Mr*. Doral McFarren and Mr* Robert Reed.

Easter Services At Milford

Communion and Sunrise services as well as special Easter sermons are being planned for this week at the various churches in Milford The churches will join together tonight for the last of this year's Holy Week evening services The service will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the First Brethren church with David Widmoyer delivering the message on "The Thief." Special music will be presented by the First Brethren church with the worship leader being from the New Salem church. Tomorrow (Thursday) each church will hold its own communion service. Friday the churches will again unite for a 1 p.m. service in the First Brethren church. The Milford junior high school choir will present special music and the First Brethren church will furnish the worship leader. Rev. ‘ Ralph Karstedt will serve as speaker for "Mary" and Rev. > Orvil Kilmer will serve as speaker for ‘•Christ." Music

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following 'be interlude will be furnished by the Christian church and the worship leader will be from the Hastings United Methodist church. A list of individual services follow: First Brethren Communion will be held at 7:30 p m. on Thursday Sunrise services will be at 6:30 a.m. Easter Sunday morning with breakfast following. Easter services will include Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and church at 10:30. Christian Communion will be served at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Christian church. Sunrise services will be held at t 6:30 a.m. on Easter Sunday and will feature a play by the junior I youth group. Breakfast will I follow. The regular Sunday school i hour will be held at 9:30 a.m. and worship will be held at 10:30. I Bethel Communion services at the

Bethel church will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday Sunrise services will be at 7:30 am. Easter Sunday morning with several persons assisting with the program. Breakfast will follow Sunday school will be held at 9:30 a.m. and the children of the church and a ladies trio will furnish special music. United Methodist Members of the Milford and Hastings United Methodist churches will join for Holy Communion at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Thursday in the Milford church. The Milford church will host Sunrise services at 7 a.m. with the UMYF'ers in charge of the service. The men of the church will serve breakfast at 7:45. The Sunday school hour will be held at 9:30 a.m. with infant baptism being included in the 10:30 worship service. RETURN TO SYRACUSE Mr. and Mrs. James Kirkwood returned to their Syracuse home last week following an extended vacation in California, Arizona and Hawaii. In Hawaii they met Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gray. The Grays returned to their Syracuse home on Tuesday.

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Good Friday Services At Lutheran Church The community Good Friday service at Syracuse, sponsored by the Syracuse Ministerial aaoociation, will be held at Grace Lutheran church from 1 to 3 p.m. The service will be run in three 40 minute services. .7 : ' Easter Services At Syracuse Church Os God “The Holy Qty,’’ a trumpet solo, by Ralph Bushong will open the Easter morning worship service at the Syracuse Church of God The choirs of the church will also provide special music. The adult choir, under direction of Mark Wagner and accompanied by Mrs. Ralph Bushong, will sing “Why." This group will be appearing for the first time, in their newly purchased choir robes. The youth char, directed by Mrs. Bushong and accompanied by Miss Debbie Grindle, will sing “This Same Jesus." The attendance goal has been set at 175 and the offering goal, which will go into the building fund, is set fa $2,000. The public is invited. Annual H & R Block Dinner At Elkhart The annual H & R Block dinner was held Saturday, March 25, at a restaurant in Elkhart. Nearly 100 H & R Block employees and advertising media of the area attended the dinner. Guests from this area were Mr. and Mrs. Don Coahran of r 2 Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Craven ts r 3 Syracuse and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pittman of r 1 Warsaw. North Webster Lions To Hold Easter Egg Hunt Members of the Nath Webster Lions club under chairman Dave Rieder will conduct an Easter egg hunt at the Mermaid Festival grounds at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 1. Three seperate hunts will be held with special prizes gang to those who find gold eggs. Pre-school and kindergarten students are in the first group with first, second and third graders in the second group and fourth, fifth and sixth graders in the third group. Easter Cantata At Wawasee Heights Baptist Church The Easter Cantata, “Hallelujah, What a Savia,” written by John W. Peterson, will be presented by the char at Wawasee Heights Baptist church on Easter Sunday at 7 p.m. Directed by assistant pasta Brad Quick, the cantata presents the story of the crucifixion and resurrection in an unforgettable musical setting. Accompaniment will be by Miss Carlla Kiser at the piano and Mrs. Robert Mundy at the organ. Soloists are Mrs. Jim Storey, Mrs. Thurston Hassler. Mrs. Richard Mundy, John Groat and pasta Mundy. The public is cordially invited to the service. The church is located across from Wawasee high school Easter Egg Hunt At Milford The Milford American Legion Auxiliary, Ancil Geiger Post, is planning an easter egg hunt at the Milford elementary school. The hunt will start at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 1.

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Kosciusko County Hospital Suit Venued To Marshall County

A multi-million dollar damage suit believed to be the largest ever filed in Kosciusko county has been venued to Marshall circuit court, Plymouth. The suit is a continuation of a lengthy dispute between two groups as to who will provide health care facilities fa county reside nts; Murphy Medical Center, a hospital already in

Church Os God Honors Church Couple Miss Melinda Moore and Gary Firestone, who woe united in marriage on Sunday, were guests of honor at an all-church wedding shower last Friday at the Hex Grange northeast of Syracuse with the Crusaders class of the Syracuse Church of God hosting the event Mrs. Arnold Grindle. Mrs. Ralph Bushong and Mrs. Ted Method were in charge of arrangements with Mrs. Lee Adams serving as chairman. Yellow and white were the colas used throughout the gift and refreshment tables. Program The program was arranged by Joe Hibschman and Gerald Secrist with Ralph Bushong leading in singing of old time favorites and a “sing along with Ralph" segment accompanied by Mrs. Bushong. A “Bride and Groom” story, past, present and future, closed the program portion. A corsage of kitchen items was presented to Miss Mooe. Os the 50 persons in attendance, special guests included Miss Moore's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Moae, Syracuse. ATTEND WISBA MEETING Mrs. Howard Dixon, Mrs. Jerry Lowe, Mrs. Kenneth Knisley and Miss Sharon Gilbert, all of Syracuse, attended the annual meeting of the Women’s Indiana State Bowling Association at Fort Wayne Saturday. They were delegates from the Lakeland Women’s Bowling Association at Syracuse.

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existence, or Kosciusko Community hospital, a proposed new hospital. The $13.5 million damage suit filed by Mrs. Hazel J. Murphy in December charges the defendants "did pursue and are now pursuing a course of conduct and did commit acts and are now acting against the plaintiff and

'Brush In' Held In Syracuse Schools A “Brush In” was held at Syracuse elementary’ school and Syracuse Junior high school on Monday and Tuesday. March 20 and 21. A total of 193 students in grades 2,’ 5,8, and Special Education classes participated in the “Brush In.” i The "Brush In” consisted of self-administered fluoride treatment. Mrs. Clarence Eby, school nurse, demonstrated the procedures to the students, while dentist Dr. Eugene Yoder supervised. The materials used fa the "Brush In" were acquired from the Indiana university school of preventive dentistry in Indianapolis. The cost of materials was paid for by the Syracuse Parent-Teacher Organization. Sherry Zimmerman Not Injured In One-Car Mishap The driver of a 1966 Dodge, Sherry E. Zimmerman, 22,124 W. E. Long drive, Syracuse, was not injured in a one-car mishap at 9:15 p.m. Sunday on old road Bat the Kosciusko and Noble county lines when ha vehicle went out of control and struck a stop sign and a road sign. Damage to the vehicle belonging to Hascal Zimmerman of Syracuse was set at $l4O with S4O to the signs. She told Syracuse police who investigated the mishap that she was faced off the road and skidded on the wet and snow covaed highway strilpng the sign posts.

her hospital, Murphy Medical Center Inc., with intent to harass, to annoy, to persecute, to injure, to destroy and otherwise interfere with the operation of her hospital.” The Murphy suit further charges KCH directors “planned to take over, to control and to dominate" the hospital authority

Milford Youth Collect ’41.95 For Easter Seals

Children from the church school of the Milfad United Methodist church canvassed the town last Saturday and collected a total of $41.95. At noon they were entertained at a pizza party in the home of Mrs. Robert Brown, Milford “lily Day" chairman. Those who helped with the county-wide Easter Seal Society’s drive for crippled children and adults were Tori Custer, Tammi Milla, John Cousins, Andy Brown and Joe Sands, fifth graders; Shelly Dahlstrom, Lanita Stutzman, Tim Weisser, sixth grade; Tarry Weissa, seventh grade; and

Jacalyn Wortinger Uninjured In Saturday Crash Jacalyn Wortinger, 20, and Andrea A. Hile, 21, both of r 1 Syracuse, were uninjured in a two-car crash at 5:10 p.m.’ Saturday on the Elkhart and Kosciusko county line road. Both drivers were eastbound at the time on the county line road when Andrea Hile stopped the 1970 Chevrolet which she was driving, pria to making a left turn onto CR 625 E and the Wortinger auto, topping a hillcrest, was unable to stop in time to avoid ramming into the back of the Chevrolet. Investigating officer, Lowell Miller of the Elkhart county sheriff’s department, set damages at $l,lOO.

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as well as its formation last summer by Kosciusko circuit judge Gene B. Lee. The brief alleges that certain KCH directors handpicked the five-member hospital authority, which eventually handed down a decision last summer favoring KCH to issue $5 million revenue bonds for the construction of a new hospital.

Leah Stutzman from the high school group. These young people hope to top this amount next year when they will again participate in this community drive. The money collected will be used in Kosciusko county to help people who need financial, diagnostic and orthopedic help when they have no other resources to aid them. Anyone is eligible for this help and can obtain more information by calling Steve Hearn at Syracuse. Mr. Hearn is president of the county Easter Seal Society’s board.

Revival Meetings Set At Syracuse Church Os God Starting on Sunday,'April 2, at 7:30 p.m., one week of evangelistic meetings will begin at the Syracuse Church of God with Rev. Walter C. Burcham, pastor of the church, to be the speaker. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bushong will be song evangelists and will also lead congregational singing and provide specials, including gospel style music. Mr. Bushong will also be using his trumpet in the services. For the children, there will be an object lesson each night. This will be an old-time revival with members of the congregation participating in various ways.