The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 52, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 January 1973 — Page 1

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Activites planned at Lakeland Youth Center

A pool tournament is being planned at the Lakeland Youth Center in February, according to Frederick J. Laskowski, center director. Participants will be local youth center members, the Baker Boys club at Warsaw, Goshen Boys club, Elkhart Y.M.C.A. and Life Line in Elkhart. Three senior high students and three junior high students, will represent the youth center. A team trophy and three individual trophies will be awarded. ‘ Senior high competition will start February 6at 6 o’clock with the local youth center team playing Goshen. The junior high team will then travel to Goshen for game play litter in the month. A preliminary tournament is planned at the center on January 30 to determine who will represent the senior high team. Junior High Night On junior high night set for January 27, junior high students only will be admitted at the center. Another preliminary tournament will be played on this night to determine the three

I * 1 L i /1 f if I A Jb* b L !. ". I iJK HHhv ' , TO PRESENT CONCERT — The Singing Jenness Family will appear in concert on Sunday, Jan. 28, at the Milford Christian church. Concert time will be 7 p.m. Bob, Jeff and Jim. join their voices together to present a thrilling blend of harmony in a variety of gospel songs. Phyllis accompanies them on the piano and on many songs Jeff plays his electric bass guitar and Jim presents'a good rhythm on his drums. Formerly Bob sang with a group known as the Gospel-tones. His wife, Phyllis, accompanied the group on the piano. That group has disbanded and today the Jenness family has its own singing group. The past few years have found the Jenness family traveling throughout Indiana anti the Midwest States presenting the gospel in music. I They have been featured on various radio stations and on television as well as having produced two long play record albums.

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junior high players for the team. ' Junior high students interested in forming a chess club are urged to attend the junior high night. Students will be able to play ping-pong, pool, chess, checkers and just plain socialize. A euchre tournament is now in progress and a dance featuring the Ethos (Atlantis) is set for 9:30 on Friday, Jan. 26. To leave Friday for South Pacific Mr. and Mrs. Arch Baumgartner of Milford will leave Friday noon for a fourweek trip to the South Pacific with members of the National Newspaper Association. It will be their third such trip. They will fly from Los Angeles to Honolulu, then to Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, and return home via Hong Kong and Guam. Mr. and Mrs. Baumgartner are co-publishers of The MailJournal and other publications in the area.

Sorority chapter meets Thursday Mrs. Steve Crow was hostess for the Thursday night meeting of the Kappa Omicron chapter of Beta Sigma Phi at Syracuse. Response to roll was a pet peeve. Mrs. Richard Keim presided for the business meeting at which time a February bake sale was discussed and the March 1 ceremony for the Ritual of Jewels instead of the Nu Phi Mu ritual. It was decided the sorority sisters and husbands would celebrate Valentine’s Day with a dinner party on February 17. Program For the evening program, two talks were given. Mrs. Crow talked on “Friendship” in which she included a poem and a short story. Mrs. Tom Hoover talked on “Voice and Vocabulary Reflect the Inner You.” Mrs. Steve Solina served the evening lunch. Mrs. Keim will entertain for the next meeting which will include prospective members. Report theft of gun, shells Jack Hamilton of Milford reported the theft of a 20-guage shot gun, shells and army bayonet from his property. The items were all in a truck which was parked in the family garage. They were taken sometime last week. Don Drake, Milford town marshal, is investigating. He listed the items as valued at $75.

36th President — Heart attack takes life of LBJ

For the second time in less than two months the nation is saying its good-bys to a former President. Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President of the United States, died Monday of a heart attack. He was 64. Former president Harry S. Truman died on December 26. There are currently no living ex-presidents. Unexpected Death While Johnson has had a history of heart attacks his death was unexpected. Three secret service agents who were with Johnson at his ranch in Texas at the time he was stricken administered emergency aid. Johnson was flown some 80 miles to Brooke army medical hospital where he was pronounced dead. Lady Bird, Johnson’s widow, was at her offices in Austin when she was notified her husband had

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1973

Viet Nam war over!

(An Editorial) The war in Viet Nam appears to be over. All of America welcomed the words of President Nixon on television Tuesday night that all fighting would cease as of 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Saturday night. It brings a huge sigh of relief to the American people, and for that matter to the peoples of many nations involved in that tragic war. It certainly is a capstone for President Nixon whose most ardent wish is to conclude the war that has taken the lives of nearly 45,000 American boys. The President would very much like to be remembered as a President of Peace, and it would appear that the months — yes, years — of arduous negotiations have paid off. Perhaps the happiest of all are the wives and relatives of the hundreds of Prisoners of War who will be coming home within 60 dayk, according to the President. Some of them, prisoners for five and seven years, will be coming home to a much changed land and to children they will hardly know. The irony of events is that the announcement of peace comes » just one day after the death of

Storey resigns coaching job, other Lakeland news

Members of the Lakeland school board accepted the resignation of Wawasee high school football coach Don Storey when they met in special session Tuesday evening. Storey has served the corporation as head football coach for the past five years. Prior to that time he coached football and taught at the school in Milford for two years. In his resignation Storey said he was resigning due to the pressures of being head football coach. He desires to remain on the Wawasee high school teaching staff, and expressed his appreciation for the support he has from the community during the past several years. After the consolidation of the three high schools into Wawasee high school, Storey took boys from Milford, North Webster and Syracuse and built an outstanding football team from the ground up. He has been totally dedicated to his team and the sport and held the respect of both players and fans alike. When the seventh and eighth graders he first started working became seniors Storey led them to second place in the Northern

been stricken. She flew immediately to the hospital. Johnson had been taking his traditional afternoon nap and at 3:50 called the switchboard to report he was ill. Secret service agents rushed to the bedroom where they found the former President on the floor. “Agent Ed Nowland said he appeared dead. He was dark blue in color. They administered oxygen and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. He also gave external heart massage.” The attack that killed the expresident was his fourth heart seizure. His last public appearance was an Arbor Day tree planting ceremony a short distance from his ranch. He appeared in good health at that time. ‘Great Society’

Johnson was thrust into office on November 22, 1963 when

former President Lyndon B. Johnson, whose political career was cut short by the quagmire of events brought about by this war. There are serious doubts that this peace will be as final and allconclusive as we Americans would wish it to be — and many analysists inside and outside the government are waiting to read the fine print. Dealing with communist countries has always been a tough assignment for U.S. negotiators. But at the risk of taking them at complete face value, we must take this important step toward the peace we have all waited for so long. It’s an understatement to say that the Viet Nam war has been one of the most divisive events in the history of the United States. It has brought young against old, Hack against white, race against race — and many of us have found ourselves changing positions on a war from which we found it hard to extricate ourselves. The country now should be able to turn its attention to domestic affairs, to address itself to the enormous problems we face here at home. There are few Americans who don’t wish the President well in these final hours of concluding this war. If there are any, we don’t know who they are.

DON STOREY Lakes Conference. A number of the boys he has coached have played on college and university teams, many have athletic scholarships. Roger Korenstra is at Anderson, Dave VanLue is at Wabash, Tom Fribley is at Purdue, Rex Huntzinger is at Manchester and Bill Pipp has been a standout defensive end at Indiana university. Kim Cripe, ?,too, should walk away with an (Continued On Page 14)

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Johnson defeated Arizona’s Barry Goldwater in a landslide victory to win the Presidency in his own right in 1964. He chose not to seek re-election in 1968. As President, Johnson worked for what he called a “Great Society” with a war on poverty, disease and illiteracy. The former President was born near Johnson City, Texas, on August 27, 1908. He graduated from the Johnson City schools and worked his way through Southwest Texas State Teachers college. He taught for two years before going to Washington in 1931 as secretary to Texas Congressman Richard M. Kleberg. In 1934 he met and married Claudia “Lady Bird” Taylor. (Continued On Page 14)

JI Mk**i * m ” s ■ I "*** j M c nl ■ ' M ' M. JM ® “V ’■ HONORED GUEST — Turkey Creek township assessor and recently reappointed building commissioner Harry VanHemert, along with his lovely wife Zora and Charlene (Mrs. Loren) Knispel, gal Friday in the assessor’s office south of Syracuse, are shown here at the reception table Friday afternoon for a surprise reception open house in observance of the 75th birthday anniversary of VanHemert. Also greeting guests were clerical assistant Lloyd Disher and wife Adelaide. Among county officials attending were Wayne township assessor Garald Horrick, count) assessor Carl Zimmer, county recorder Mazie Alexander, county auditor Lawrence Butts, county treasurer Kathryn Teel, and president of the county council Merl Wertenberger.

Notice of meeting of Genealogy group A get-together of all those who participated in the genealogy course, sponsored by the Kosciusko County Historical Society, will be held Sunday, Jam 28, at 2 p.m., at the Cardinal Learning Center, 504 North Bay drive, Warsaw. Anyone interested in genealogy is invited to attend. Reservations can be made with Mrs. Herbert Stier. Minor damage in one-car accident A 1965 Chevrolet driven by Betty J. Hanshew, 26, r 3 Leesburg, failed to negotiate a curve on Logan St., north of Monroe St., Goshen, and went down a steep embankment. The mishap occurred at 8:48 p.m. Friday. She sustained a whiplash injury and a passenger in the car, Richard Stengel, 18, 501 South Ninth St., Goshen, sustained a bump on the head. Damage was set at SIOO to the car.

"" 111 “rs dp •ML ~ r ' fl dW k ... JOHNSON AT DUNLAP — Many area people remember President Lyndon B. Johnson when he appeared at Dunlap in April 1965 to view the damage done by the Palm Sunday tornado. Here he discusses the disaster area problem with congressman John Brademas, Senators Vance Hartke and Birch Bayh, in a Mail-Journal photo.

Jr. Girl Scouts hold investiture ceremony

Members of Milford’s Jr. Girl Scout troop 225 held an investiture ceremony in the fire station at 2 p.m. Sunday. Invested were Chris and Lisa Golden and Mrs. Wayne Bucher, Jr. Mrs. Bucher will serve as an assistant leader. / Elect Officers At the troop’s meeting held on Wednesday, Jah. 17, the girls elected the following officers:

Four injured in three-car accident Four persons received injuries in a three <jar crash Friday afternoon at the intersection of South Buffalo St. and Prairie St., Warsaw. Autos driven by Ruth C. Shively, 34, box 233 Leesburg, Dallas R. Dinges, 24, 124 West Prairie St., Warsaw, and Russell L. Milner, 69, r 2 Warsaw, collided while the Shively auto was northbound on South Buffalo St., and the other two autos

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President — Penny Fifer z Scribe — Kim Coy ' Treasurer — Brenda Bucher Patrol — Kim Charlton, Deanna Dean and Christy and Brenda Bucher. The girls meet each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the scout cabin on Waubee Lake. Mrs. Charles Greene is troop leader and Mrs. Lloyd Coy and Mrs. Bucher are assistant leaders.

operated by Dinges and Milner were westbound on Prairie St. Ruth M. Hess, 56, box 222 Leesburg, and Cristy Shively, 2, Leesburg, passengers in the Shively auto and Dallas R. Dinges, 24, and Loretta Dirfges, 21, passengers in the Dinges auto were all treated for lacerations and bruises at Murphy Medical Center, Warsaw, following the I crash. Damage was set at $l5O to the Milner auto and the Shively and Dinges autos were both total losses.