The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 27, Milford, Kosciusko County, 2 August 1972 — Page 3

OBITUARIES

Mrs. James Comstock Funeral services were held Sunday for Mrs. Clara Edna Comstock, 72, Goshen, and mother of Mrs. Carroll (Thelma) Walton of r 3 Syracuse. She died at Goshen hospital last Wednesday afternoon where she had been a patient for three days. Mrs. Comstock was born on October 11, 1899 south of Syracuse and lived most of her life in the Goshen area. She married James Comstock May 14, 1916 and he survives. Mrs. Comstock was a member of the German Baptist church. In addition to the husband and Syracuse daughter, she is also survived by four sons, Elmer of New Paris, Earl, Goshen, Edwin of Howe, and Joseph, Scotts, Mich.; one other daughter, Mrs. Louis (Lucille) Clark, r 6 Goshen; 24 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; three brothers and one sister. Burial was in West Goshen cemetery. Mrs. Kenneth Goldy Funeral services were held Saturday for Mrs. Karen Z. Goldy, 32, r 1 North Webster, who died at 3:20 Thursday afternoon in Goshen hospital following an extended illness. Bom on August 31, 1939 at Lapel, she was married June 19, 1960 to Kenneth Goldy and he survives. A member of the North Webster United Methodist church, she had been employed at CTS Corporation of Elkhart for two years. The Goldys moved to the North Webster community five years ago from Indianapolis. Also surviving are two sons, Jeff and Rodney, both at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Russell of Lapel; and two brothers. Burial was at Lapel. Lynn Edward Pierce Lynn Edward Pierce, 60, r 2 Leesburg, passed away at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the Murphy Medical Center. He had been in failing health for three years. Mr. Pierce was born January *12,1912 at Jonesboro to Bruce and Olive (Schreiber) Pierce. He had been a resident of the Leesburg community since 1927. On December 12,1937 he was united in marriage to Mildred V. Evers and she survives. Mr. Pierce was owner and

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manager of the Tippecanoe Boat Co., a veteran of World War II as a lieutenant with the U.S. Navy, he was a member of the Warsaw Presbyterian church and John C. Peterson Post 49 of the American Legion. Surviving with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. George (Diane) Seybert, Indianapolis; a son, Bruce Pierce, Bloomington; five grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Bruce, Pierce, Warsaw'; one sister, Mrs. Virginia Pierce Scott, Leesburg. Funeral services were conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday with interment in the Oakwood cemetery. Shirley Drake Mrs. Wilbur Knepper has received word from her brother, Emery Drake of Orlando, Fla. (formerly a Milford resident) of the death of his son Rodney’s wife, Shirley, on July 29, following a car — motorcycle accident in Fort Lauderdale on July 21. Both Rodney and his wife were critically injured. Rodney remains hospitalized in serious condition suffering multiple injuries and at this time one leg remains paralyzed. Their two year old son was with his grandmother at the time of the accident. Forrest Bowman Forrest Bowman, 75, r. 2 Shipshewana, nephew of Jacob Rink of Milford, passed away at 1:30 a.m. Saturday at the Goshen hospital. He had been a patient in the hospital for one day and had been ill for several weeks. Mr. Bowman was born on March 19, 1897 near Middlebury living most of his life in that area. He was united in marriage in 1929 to Mildred Sigler who preceded him in death in 1950 and then he was married to Nina Bontrager in 1954 and she survives. Mr. Bowman was a carpenter and farmer and had been employed by Martin's Feed Mills at one time. Surviving with the widow and uncle are three daughters, Mrs. Norma Dulaney, Goshen, Mrs. Eli (Donna) Mast, Shipshewana and Mrs. Rollin (Montey) Schrock, Howe; 15 grandchildren; two brothers, Owen, Middlebury, Rev. Noble, New Paris; four sisters, Mrs. Vernon (Helen) Neff, Elkhart, Mrs. Lottie Grosse, Goshen, Mrs. Hazel Ireland, Bristol and Mrs. Bessie Carper, White Pigeon. Funeral services were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday with Rev. Israel Gorden officiating. Burial was in the Keightley cemetery. Mrs. Harry Baugher Funeral services were held today (Wednesday) for Mrs. Blanche Esther Baugher, 76, r 1 North Webster and sister of Mrs. Guy (Florence) Ott of Syracuse. A lifetime resident of the North Webster area, she died at 7:45 Monday morning in the Alfran Nursing home, Warsaw, of complications following an illness of five years. Mrs. Baugher was born on county to Perry and Rose (Dorsey) Stocker. She was united in marriage in November of 1917 to Harry Baugher and he survives. Mrs. Baugher was a housewife and attended the North Webster

y . . Church of God. In addition to the husband and Syracuse sister, she is survived by two sons, Paul and Eugene, both of North Webster; one daughter, Mrs. Howard (Donna) Grove, Wakarusa; seven grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren. One son, Arthur, preceded her in death. Burial was in North Webster cemetery. Court News Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses at the office of county clerk Bessie I. Himes: Conley Barkley, 23, r 1 Claypool, machinist and Janet Lee Robertson, 20, r 2 Leesburg, secretary. Robert Leroy Jefferson, 34, Syracuse, factory and Glenna Marie Regenos, 26, box 13 Pierceton, office worker. John O’Conner Leonard, 26, r 2 Syracuse, investment analyst and Julie Ann Flory, 23, 6510 Covington road, Fort Wayne, teacher. Carl Frederick Nickel, 69, r 3 box 30-A Syracuse, retired and Mary Elizabeth Auer, 48, 907 Georgia road, Goshen, Kale Island Beacon. Fined The following persons were assessed fines and costs when they appeared before city judge Robert Burner recently: Elbert L. Campbell, 18, r 1 Leesburg, S3B for driving while suspended and $53 and six months suspended sentence for unreasonable speed. The following persons were assessed fines and costs when they appeared before jp Milo Clase: Harold D. Martin, 43, r 1 Leesburg, $22 for exceeding 10 mph speed limit on Little Barbee Lake. Leslie L. Mauk, 19, box 393 Milford, $35 for unreasonable speed. Mildred D. O’Neal, 80, Syracuse, $25 for wrong way on one way road. David Griffith, 20, r 1 Syracuse, $46 for illegal consumption and $49 for driving under influence. Note Complaint Mary Lee King vs John K Husted, et al of Milford. Plaintiff demands judgment of $2,480 for a note. Divorces Granted Patricia Wong of r 4 Syracuse from Corwyn Wong of r 4 Warsaw. Former name of Doyle restored. Divorces Filed Carla Sue Metcalf vs William Douglas Metcalf of North Webster. The couple was married May 27, 1967 and separated July 8,1972. Plaintiff asks for divorce. Jeffery A. Dippon vs Carol Lynne Dippon of r 1 Milford. The couple was married December 6, 1969 and separated May 13,1972. Plaintiff demands divorce and judgment of property interests. Gerry S. Dye vs Charles R. Dye of Leesburg. The couple was married August 6, 1971 and separated July 8, 1972. Plaintiff asks for divorce. Anna L. Moore vs Lloyd H. Moore, box 244 Syracuse. The couple was married January 13, 1963 and separated July 9, 1972. Plaintiff asks for divorce and division of property. Fined Cathy Fox, 19, r 1 Milford, was fined S3O for speeding in a posted zone when she appeared in

Elkhart township justice of the peace court of Austin Swihart last weds. Walter E. Miller, 48, Syracuse was fined $29 for speeding 51 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour speed zone when appearing in Goshen city court Monday. He was stopped in the 400 block of Lincoln Way East in Goshen. License Suspended According to the latest report received from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles at Indianapolis, the following persons have had their drivers license suspended: Robert B. Graff, 31, r 3 box 35 Syracuse, from May 5, 1972 to July 5, 1972, for drunken driving. George E. Northrup, 23, r 1 North Webster, from April 28, 1972 to April 28,1973, for drunken driving. Hospital Notes Murphy Medical Center SUNDAY, JULY 23 Emergency Room Miss Jennifer Lynch of Leesburg. MONDAY, JULY 24 Emergency Room George Alberto of Milford. Miss Sylvia Zamara of Milford. TUESDAY, JULY 25 Dismissals Mrs. John Stapleton and son of Leesburg. Michael Calabrace of Leesburg. WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 Admissions Charles Scott of r 1 North Webster. Emergency Room Allen Drabenstott of Leesburg. Dale Hinesley of r 1 Leesburg. Dismissals Charles Scott of North Webster. SATURDAY, JULY 29 « Dismissals Wayne Phlegar of Syracuse. * Goshen General TUESDAY, JULY 25 Admissions Lettie E. Fisher of r 1 North Webster. Jeffrey A. Schmahl of r 1 Syracuse. Dismissals Arthur S. West; r 1 Leesburg. Ramaro Castro, box 44-G Milford. Florence Burns, box 267 North Webster. Leo R. Ulery of North Webster. Mrs. Joseph R. Secrest and daughter of r 1 North Webster. Hattie H. Byers of r 2 Syracuse. Eunice L. of r 3 Syracuse. James E. Payton of r 2 Syracuse. George D. Strohm of r 4 Syracuse. Mrs. Daryl Umbower and daughter of r 1 Syracuse. WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 Admissions Lloyd Moore, box 244 Syracuse. Toni Flowers of r 4 Syracuse. Dismissals Jeffrey Allan Schmahl of r 1 Syracuse. Jacqueline L. Taylor of r 3 Syracuse. Wanda Sue Gall of r 1 Syracuse. THURSDAY, JULY 27 Dismissals Mary J. Lehman, box 251 Milford. J. William Peters, 700 South Front St., Syracuse. Toni Flowers of r 4 Syracuse. Sharon Joyce of r 3 Syracuse. Debra K. Clayton of r 1 North Webster. "FRIDAY, JULY 28 Admissions Theodora Martinez, box 533 Milford. Betty Lindzy of r 1 North Webster. Ray Fleischauer, 312 Branch St., Syracuse.

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Alice E. Karesh, 712 South Lake St., Syracuse. Elsie Free, box 242 Milford. Mrs. Alta Evans of r 1 Milford. Dismissals Mrs. Bennie Shettles and son, box 541 Milford. Max A. Grady of r 2 Syracuse. Delma Yoder of r 2 Syracuse. SATURDAY, JULY 29 Admissions •• Emma Jernigan of North Webster. Dismissals Brad Stidoms of r 1 North Webster. Evelyn Maxine Smith of r 2 Syracuse. Ruth A. Cobbum of r 4 Syracuse. Nora G. Mediano, 318 North Harrison St., Syracuse. Faye Shannon of r 2 Syracuse. SUNDAY, JULY 30 Dismissals Pauline Ratliff of r 1 Milford. MONDAY, JULY 31 Admissions Sheryl Eastlund, box 301 North Webster. ¥ Carla Eastlund, box 301 North Webster. Dismissals Randall A. Beer of r 1 Milford. OTHER HOSPITAL NEWS Melanie Carr of Leesburg was admitted to the Whitley County hospital, Columbia City, late last week. Charles Clark of North Webster was admitted to the Whitley County hospital last week and released over the week end. Everett Blood, 45 North Shore Dr., Syracuse, was taken from the Goshen hospital by ambulance to the Greencroft Villa Saturday. Mrs. Lucy Kegg of Syracuse underwent major surgery last week at Goshen hospital and remains a patient in room 214. Minnie Decker, a former Milford resident now living in the Marion area, has suffered a slight stroke and is a patient in the Marion hospital. Her room number is 236. BIRTHS M RATLIFF son Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ratliff of r 1 Milford are the parents of a son bom Saturday, July 29, at the Goshen hospital. SHETTLES son Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Shettles, box 541 Milford, are the parents of a son bom Thursday, July 20, at the Goshen hospital. TUSING, Jacob Anthony Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tusing are the parents of a son, Jacob Anthony, bom July 29 at 2:21 a.m. Jacob Anthony was boro at Murphy Medical Center, Warsaw, and tipped the scales at seven pounds, five and one half ounces and was 19% inches long. Jacob was welcomed home by a sister, Mary Beth, 3. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jim Heiman of Warsaw. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Tusing of r 1 Leesburg. Maternal greatgrandparents are Tony Heiman of Warsaw and Harvey Shafman of Friendship, Wis. Paternal great-grandmother is Mrs. Byron Grubb of Syracuse. HAMADA, Angela Victoria Mr. and Mrs. Vince Hamada of 1902 North Main street, Valrico, Fla., are the parents of their first child, a six pound, four ounce daughter, Angela Victoria, boro on July 28. Mrs. Hamada is the former Victoria Smith of Syracuse. Grandparents of the newborn are Donald D. Smith of Syracuse, Mrs. David Payne, North Webster and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamada, Channelview, Texas. Mrs. Fletcher Marsh of Syracuse and Mrs. Camilla Smith, Berrian Springs, Mich., are maternal greatgranefrnothers. 2

r f CARDS THANKS CARD OF THANKS I would like to thank my friends and relatives for the cards and flowers while I was in the hospital. Mrs. George (Jackie) Lehman Fresh Market Vegetable Outlook LAFAYETTE — Production and acreage of fresh market vegetables in Indiana as estimated July 1 by state-federal agricultural statisticians at Purdue university: Cabbage — Production of 207,000 hundredweight, 26 per cent smaller than the 1971 crop. Acreage for harvest is down 200 acres from last year and yield at 230 hundredweight per acre is off 25 hundredweight. Strawberries — A crop of 24,000 hundredweight, 1,000 fewer then last year. A 100-acre drop in the acreage is nearly offset by an increase in yield from 31 to 34 hundredweight. Cantaloupes — Expected production of 238,000 hundredweight is 12 per cent smaller than in 1971 as a result of a drop in both acreage and yield. The expected yield of 125 hundredweight per acre is 10 per cent below the 1971 average. Tomatoes — Growers expect to harvest 2,200 acres, 100 acres fewer than last year. Watermelons — Production of slightly more than one million hundredweight is three per cent larger than the 1971 crop. Cold weather delayed development and localized areas experienced rain and hail damage. Whitko High Sets Enrollment Hours j Whitko high school principal and guidance offices will open Monday. Aug. 14, daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for any high school student who needs to enroll. Any new student who will be in high school should report to the high school guidance office prior to August 29. Any parent who may have any questions concerning .their children in school are encouraged to use the guidance facilities during the two weeks prior to the opening of the new school year. All Whitko high school students who enrolled last spring can pick up their class schedule, locker assignments and pay book rental between August 16-25. The high school bookstore is located in the commons of the high school building and will be open for student or parent to pick up rented textbooks and pay rental fees. Bookstore hours will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily August 16-25. High school students should make some arrangements to pick up books and pay rental fees between these dates. Recovering From Injuries * In Bike Mishap Eleven-year-old Toni Flowers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Medeiras of Wawasee Village, Syracuse, was admitted to Goshen hospital around noon last Wednesday and released on Thursday after suffering a minor skull fracture in a fall from a surrey type bicycle. The mishap occurred around 11:32 a.m. Wednesday as the speeding surrey crashed while going downhill on Chicago avenue, coming to a halt near the entrance of Precision Automative. Sustaining minor bruises and abrasions in the crash were occupants Scott Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Johnson, and Tami and Tonia Flowers, sisters of Toni. The youths reported that as the surrey, rented from the Palace of Sweets, began to wobble when going down the incline prior to the crash and Toni was thrown to the cement. The Syracuse first aid unit responded to the emergency call and Toni was taken by private ambulance to Goshen hospital. Ancil Geiger Auxiliary Has August Meeting Ancil Geiger post, 226, American Legion Auxiliary met last evening (Tuesday) in the Legion hall at Milford with Mrs. Oliver Replogle presiding. The song of the month “Look for the Silver Lining” and hymn of the month “I Need Thee Every Hour,” were reviewed. Mrs. John Hare, Junior Auxiliary chairman, stated the juniors would begin meeting in the fall and she would report a date at a later meeting.

Wed., Aug. 2, 1972 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL

Mrs. \ Stanley Scott, Americahirin chairman, read the poem, “Hat’s Off.” Mrs. Russell Ruch presented the budget for the new year. Entertainment for September will be centered around games. Each person attending is asked to take a white elephant gift for prizes. “Happy Birthday” was sung to five members. The September committee is Mrs. Bob Rassi, Mrs. Mervin Mishler, Mrs. Mike Ostendorf and Mrs. Joe Ostendorf. Saving Our Children's Lives By Senator VANCE HARTKE Each year, nearly 1,000 children under the age of five lose their lives in automobile crashes. Another 60,000 young children are injured while riding in cars. Just as seat belts and shoulder harnesses have helped to cut down on the number of severe injuries to adults, children’s car seats and other similar restraining devices are intended to substantially reduce J -the number of deaths and injuries among children. In the very interest of child automotive safety, the federal government issued a minimum safety standard with which all children’s car seats manufactured since April, 1971, must comply. That standard requires, among other things, that children’s car seats be held by the adult lap belt, and that for-ward-facing seats be able to withstand a certain amount of force against them. Since the standard went into effect, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which has the responsibility for seeing that manufacturers meet the minimum federal safety standard, reports that it has managed to get “ineffective” children’s car seats off the market. Therefore, parents, with safety-for-the-children in mind and the assurance that the product they buy meets minimum federal standards, have been eager to purchase car safety equipment for their young — to the tune of over one million children’s car seats a year. As it turns out, what most of these parents bought to safeguard their children is not really safety protection at all. The truth is that most of the children’s meet-federal-standards car seats and car safety devices on the market today are incapable of protecting a child in a 30 mile per hour barrier crash (a test condition where a car is rammed into a solid object such as a brick wall). The truth is that the federal minimum safety standard for children’s car seats, which was designed with the best of intentions, has numerous weaknesses and is therefore shockingly inadequate. The main weakness is that the minimum standards manufacturers must meet are set according to how the car seat tests in what is called a “static” situation. This “static” method of testing involves gradually placing as much as 1,000 pounds of pressure on the car seats. Unfortunately, this method does not subject the car seat to the kinds of forces that occur in real crash situations. Another major weakness of the standard is that it does not require the restraint system to protect the child in the event of a side crash. Thus, the standard ignores requiring protection for one-half of all possible automobile accidents. The standard also allows adult seat belts, in conjunction with the child seat, to be used directly to restrain the child when medical data shows a young child’s body is not physically able to withstand the forces of an adult lap belt. A further weakness in the standard is that there are no safety requirements for car beds, infant carriers, and harnesses — all devices in which children are transported. These weaknesses, particularly those in the “static” testing method used to set the standard, have been known to the Department of Transportation, under which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration operates, for quite a while. As long as four years ago, a University of Michigan research group — with government funding — was testing child car seats under actual crash situations. And in the October, 1970 report that the Michigan group sub- , mitted to the Department of Transportation, it was recommended that child car seats and similar car safety restraints be tested according to actual crash situations in order to determine if they are safe. Last week, at Senate hearings on automotive safety which I chaired, the Department of Transportation and its National

TO STUDY IN FRANCE — Miss Jeannine Amos, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Amos of Syracuse, has been selected by the University of Pittsburgh as one of 23 students to study next semester at the University of Rouen, France. Director of the program this year is Phillip Koch, chairman of the department of French and ’ Italian at Pittsburgh. Miss Amos will sail on the S. S. France on August 31. When she arrives in Rouen, she will live with a family there while following a course of French language and culture at the university. She will also be involved in a program of observations in the French elementary schools. The program will make two expeditions as a group, one to Versailles and one to Mont-St. Michel. Miss Amos is an Elkhart high school graduate and received the 1970 Elkhart high school French language scholarship. She also was a semi-finalist in the 1969 Indiana university honors program in foreign languages for high school students. She has now completed her sophomore year at Grove City college in Pennsylvania where she is majoring in French and elementary education. Highway Traffic Safety Administration, had to face the weaknesses and the inadequacies of the federal standard publicly. The testimony at these hearings left no doubt that a revised federal standard is long overdue. I intend to see that a more realistic standard for safety is put into effect without delay. Only when the standard is representative of real accident situations will it be safe for parents to buy car safety devices for their children on the strength of government certification. Cleaning Clogged Drains LAFAYETTE — You’re not a fully initiated homeowner until you’ve experienced a clogged I drain. Objects carelessly knocked into a drain or dropped there by a youngster can cause hours of trouble. So can an accumulation of grease, dirt or other foreign matter. Simple grease and soap clinging to a pipe can be removed sometimes by flushing with hot water, points out W. H. Friday, Purdue university extension agricultural engineer. Lye or lye mixed with a small amount of aluminum shavings may also be used. When water Is added to this mixture, a violent gas-forming reaction and heat production takes place. This loosens the grease and soap so that they can be flushed away. But always be sure to use cold water only with this procedure, stresses Friday. Also, if lye is spilled on the hands or clothing, wash with cold water immediately. If any of the mixture gets into the eyes, flush with cold water and consult a doctor. Chemical cleaners should not be used in pipes that are completely stopped up, cautions the agricultural engineer. For to be effective, these cleaners must be brought into direct contact with the stoppage. Always handle such material with extreme care and follow directions on the container. Sometimes small obstructions can be forced down or drawn up by use of an ordinary rubber force cup, called a “lumber's friend.” When the obstruction is in a fuxture trap, remove and clean the trap, if at all possible. Obstructions elsewhere in the pipe require other means. Cleanout augers — long, flexible, steel cables called “snakes” — can be inserted into drainpipes to break up the impasse or hook onto and pull out objects. Augers come in various lengths and are available at most equipment rental stores. Often the problem is beyond the homeowner and a plumber with a poweF-dtiven auger must be called.

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