The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 5, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 February 1973 — Page 7

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Methodists hold family night; talent 1 The family night prograrrrneld at the North Webster United Methodist church Sunday night drew a record crowd. Following the carry-in dinner, a talent program was held with Jim Kline and Greg Smith sharing MC duties. A number of individual and group acts composed the program. Chuck Scott, Ron Richey, Stu Walker, Andy Root and Matt Minnick joined in a “Laugh In” type skit and Mrs. Stu Walker impersonated the character Edith Anne. Kevin Walker gave a recitation. Rev. Henry Miller read a poem and sang a cute little song. A vocal duet by Kim Shipley and Lynn Gray and one by Mr. and Mrs. Ron Owens with guitar accompaniment were well received. Johnny Weeks was “upstaged” by his father, Rev. John Weeks’ accidental fall from his chair but recovered almost as quickly as his father did and performed perfectly his pantomine, “If I were 10 Feet Tall” with recorded accompaniment. A piano solo, “Polynesian ’Nocturne” by Cindy Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Wood of Kokomo, was enjoyed by all. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kline and family did a family skit in which the talents of father on piano, children singing and dancing left mother feeling rather inadequate until all realized what a talent she had for cooking.. Several other numbers were equally entertaining and all enjoyed the group singing. Mrs. Jay Wood and Mrs. Glenn Bowen were in charge of the program. Mrs. Jay Boyer was in charge of the dinner. Mrs. John Weeks was described as general assistant, helping anyone and everyone anywhere and everywhere her efforts were needed. God's Children plan for spring vacation tour The youth group of the North Webster United Methodist church has agreed to purchase a 73 passenger bus and is planning an extensive tour during the spring vacation which will be the first week of April. The singing group, known as God’s Children, has already scheduled appearances at Huntsville, Ala.; Columbus, Ga.; and Saint Augustine, Kissimmee, Sebring, Lake Placid and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. God’s Children sang in morning services at the First United Methodist church, Warsaw, Sunday. Township assessor presents program for Kiwanis club Invocation was given by Ray Finkbiner at the recent Kiwanis meeting. Garrett Eppley, Lewis Brainerd, Glenn Beery and Ernie Eichbach were guests and interclub from North Manchester. John Weeks received a citation for- sponsoring a new member. Those attending the international district dinner at Indianapolis Saturday honoring Loren Badskey were Don Martin, Jerry Badskey, Ralph Akers and

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Chris Koher. The following committees were appointed: Ladies night, April 23 — Bob Day, Dan Watson, Pat McCarty and Walt Corbin. Nominating committee for 1973-74 — Don Arnold, Chris Koher and Jerry Badskey. Make-ups reported were Bob Morganat, Nappanee on February 12 and Goshen on February 13; Ernest Lawshe, January 31 and February 6, Sarasota South and February 2, Sarasota; Devon Phelps, Michiana, South Bend, January 31, February 7 and 14. John Weeks led “Happy Birthday” sung for Devon Phelps and Maurice Howe. The program was given by Harry VanHemert, assessor for Turkey Creek township. He explained the duties of an assessor, reasons and results of taxation, equality and fairness of taxes and of taxation, equality and fairness of taxes and assessments and guidelines for assessing. New Life mission at United Methodist The North Webster United Methodist church is planning a New Life mission to be held March 25-29. This is a contemporary program of evangelism that is designed to awaken faith in persons and to renew churches for mission. The “mission” is geared to meet the people where they are and communicate the gospel in contemporary language with genuine feeling for understandihg, response and renewed fellowship that leads to service and community mission. Rev. Bob Ochsenrider, New Life missioner, will be preaching in the March 25 morning service and each evening, Sunday through Thursday. He will also be involved in small group discussions concerning the problems and questions of the youth each day. Rev. Ochsenrider will be interpreting the basic of Christianity and its good news for today and challenging people to follow Jesus and seek his kingdom in the world. Attend teachers training workshop Several church school teachers from the North Webster United Methodist church attended the quarterly workshop held Sunday in Bristol. It was estimated approximately 100 persons attended the workshop, the purpose of which is to familiarize teachers with the quarterly instruction material. Those attending from North Webster were Mr. and Mrs. James Kline, Mrs. Verle Wilkey, Ron Richey, Mrs. John Dipert and Greg Smith. Miss Card Calloway of North Webster was an instructor at the workshop. Greg Smith is church school superintendent. MINISTERS AND WIVES BANQUET A banquet for the Elkhart district United Methodist ministers and their wives was held at the North Webster church last Friday night with the youth of the church serving. There were 64 ministers and wives present for the fellowship type programs.

ATTEND DISTRICT COUPLES’ RETREAT Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ritchie attended the Elkhart district couples’ retreat held this week end at Winona Lake. Vance Archer of Nashville, Tenn., was resource leader. YOUTH ATTEND MICHIGAN RETREAT Young -people of the North Webster Uijited Methodist church attended a retreat at Sturgis, Mich., last week end. There were 30 youth from North Webster and young people from Angola and Bluffton brought the number to 75. Nine counselors also attended. For study purposes, the young people were divided into junior and senior groups with the former group studying interpersonal relationships and the latter group studying death. ATTENDANCE GOOD FOR FfLM SERVICE The bi-weekly series of films by Dr. Ed Baerman have drawn very good attendance at the United Methodist church. The first showing had an audience of 103. Anyone interested should attend the church school hour on alternate Sundays. Goshen man hit by Syracusean Rev. Andrew L. Hardie of Goshen was taken to Goshen hospital around 4 o’clock Friday afternoon for injuries sustained when he was struck by a vehicle operated by Gregory Alan Ummel, 18, r 4 Syracuse. The accident occurred as Hardie walked in the crosswalk at Main and Washington streets in Goshen. Rev. Hardie was later released from the hospital following treatment for contusions and abrasions of the back of the head, back and left leg. Investigating officers reported Ummel, driver of a 1968 Ford, was stopped on Washington and attempted a left turn south onto Main as the light changed. His vehicle struck the minister of the First Presbyterian church as he walked west to east on Main with the walk light. Ummel was cited for not exercising due care to avoid a pedestrian. Revival times set at Church of God A week of evangelistic effort will begin on Sunday, starch 11, at the Syracuse Church of God. Services will continue through March 18. The church is located at 113 East Washington street. Rev. Fred J. Landolt, pastor of the Mount Carroll, 111., church, will be speaker for the meetings. A native of Missouri, he has held pastorates in the Missouri, Ohio and Illinois conferences of the Churches of God in North America. In addition to his pastoral work, he has done extensive evangelistic work throughout the mid-west with great emphasis on youth as a mark of his pastoral program. Utilizing a successful bus ministry, his church reaches many unchurched youth and has enjoyed a fine numerical growth. The public is invited to attend the services with the Sunday evening worship at 7 o’clock and week nights at 7:30. Each evening the program will feature a time for children and music arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bushong. Walter C. Burcham is pastor of the church. 100 per cent attendance at officers school The Milford Junior Merry Maidens, Milford Senior Homemakers and Milford Senior Happy Bachelors 4-H clubs were recognized for having 100 per cent attendance at the 1973 officers training sessions at the Warsaw freshmen school on Wednesday evening, Feb. 21.

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Primary church presents program The primary department under the direction of Mrs. Robert Hurd, sang three choruses during the morning worship hour. The choruses were “Isn’t He Wonderful?” “Something Wonderful Can Happen to You” and “Happiness.” The children were accompanied at the piano by Elaine Kilmer. Pastor Chad Woodburn’s morning message was “Faith, Hope and Love” and used I Corinthians 13:13. Rick Rapp led the evening singspiration and was accompanied by Elaine Kilmer and Cindy Rapp. Pastor Woodburn’s message “Walking in the Truth” was taken from 111 John. •—NS—COMMUNITY NEWS Mrs. Charles Bryant of Pierceton and Mrs. Ray Ferverda Young — (Continued From Page 1) since Rev. Karstedt has been blind since his high school years. He said, “Milford is not a postcard town... it’s real, where people are born, get married and where they make their homes.” He said the impact of the “goodness” of the people of Milford came home to him in August 1968, shortly after he had moved to Milford with his family, when Mrs. Karstedt became critically ill for a period of two months. “We had by actual count 49 families to assist us in many ways. They cooked for me and drove me on my appointed rounds and to and from the Goshen hospital,” he added. Rev. Karstedt said we should be proud of our town, to recognize its faults and try to do something about them. He has been an active MAD member since its beginning in January 1970. MAD A Catalyst Arch Baumgartner, new president of MAD who served as master of ceremonies at the Saturday night meeting, told the group “MAD has proved a catalyst to a considerable number of community improvements over the past three years.” “It could not take credit for all improvements, but it set the tone in a good many instances,” he said, then listed a number of things that have occurred during this three-year period as follows: A new bank building, remodeled post office, new Ralston-Purina plant, new Chore Time-Brock building, remodeling of Brittsan building, enlarged and remodeled Campbell’s Market, new El Ranchito restaurant, The Barn auction, doubling of The Mail-Journal printing facilities, new Towne House apartments, fellowship halls to Apostolic Christian and Christian churches, new Catholic church and Milford Chapel, new street signs from monies received from a community chicken barbecue, new house numbers available at the post office. He said there is good reason to believe the community will soon have a new restaurant to seat 150 patrons, plus two four-unit apartment houses within the city limits. To Open Bids Baumgartner called attention to the joint meeting of MAD and the Milford town board to be held at the fire station Monday, March 12, at which the public is invited to witness the opening of bids for the town’s new sewer project. Current officers of MAD besides Baumgartner as president are Phil Beer, vice president; Mrs. Darrell (Evelyn) Orn, secretary; and John Clay, treasurer. Rev. Gerald Radcliff, pastor of the First Brethren church, gave the invocation at the meeting, and Rev. Theo Beer, pastor of the Apostolic Christian church, the benediction. C. J. Myers and Paul Brembeck served on the committee for arranging the affair.

of r 1 attended memorial services on Friday afternoon in Fort Wayne for Charles M. Nevenschwander, husband of a cousin Mrs. Mabie Nevenschwander. Mrs. Dale Morehouse and Mrs. Glen Pinkerton attended the Albion study club at Albion on Wednesday night. Mrs. Morehouse was guest speaker and showed her thimble collection. Mrs. Virginia Bockman of North Webster spent Wednesday with Mrs. Ruth DeFries. Steve and Vicki Holloway of Mentone spent the week end with their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Dale Mdck. Mrs. Lydia Morehouse ad Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Morehouse called on Mrs. Lou Tyler of Goshen Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Agnes Hurd and granddaughters Brenda and Rhonda left Saturday to spend several days vacation in Florida. WCSC meets in Hamilton home The Women’s Christian Service council of the Syracuse Church of God met last Thursday in the home of Mrs. Ethel Hamilton. The missions committee was in charge of the program. Mrs. George Yerger, president, conducted the business meeting. Mrs. Jack Elam assisted the hostess in serving refreshments. The next meeting will be in the home of Mrs. Everett Edgar on March 22 at which time the group will sponsor a council project. Crusaders class meets in Walker home The Crusaders class of the Syracuse Church of God met last week in the home of Mrs. Larry Walker with Gary Firestone, vice president, presiding for the business meeting. Devotions were by Mrs. Walter Burcham entitled, “EnthusiaSfn Knocks out Fear and Worry.” Refreshments in the Valentine theme were served to the 18 adults and 12 children present. Car loses wheel and damages yard James Metko, 20, r 1 Leesburg, was involved in a single-car accident Saturday at 2:30 p.m. which resulted in $175 damage to his auto. Metko went off the Armstrong road at Oswego and ran through a lawn. Metko reported to deputy sheriff Jeff Bronsing that as he crossed the Tippecanoe River bridge on the Armstrong Rd., another car crowded him to the right and his car spun on loose gravel at the Dewart Lake Rd. The car reportedly struck some curbing in front of the home causing a wheel on the car to break as it skidded into the yard. No injuries in three-car collision Marvin W. Chupp, 22, r 1 Milford, was cited following a three-car collision Monday at 5:15 p.m. at the intersection of Main St. and Lincoln Ave., Goshen. Chupp was northbound on Main street when his 1972 Ford was struck by a 1969 Chevrolet being operated by Cynthia A. Stringfellow, 17, New Paris. She was westbound on Lincoln avenue at the time of the accident. Chupp’s vehicle then spun around and hit a 1971 Oldsmobile operated by Julio C. Rivera, 28, Lansing, Mich., who was stopped on Main street headed south. Damage was set at SBOO to all the vehicles and Chupp was cited for disregarding a traffic signal. Parked car damaged Damage was estimated at $275 to a parked 1970 Oldsmobile belonging to Larry Don Walker of 113 South Lake street, Syracuse, after being hit by another vehicle at 2 p.m. last Wednesday. The other vehicle was a 1970 Lincoln belonging to Belmont Pinney of 112 South Lake, Syracuse, which sustained no damage. The mishap occurred as the Pinney auto was backed from the Pinney drive into the Oldsmobile parked on the west side of Lake street.

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LINE’S 1964 RAMBLER

Syracuse man dies in Wednesday p.m. crash

A crash at 4:50 p.m. Wednesday about two miles south of Syracuse on Indiana 13 took the life of 82-year-old Joseph Merl Line, Sr., of r 4 Syracuse and sent the driver of the other vehicle to Goshen hospital for emergency room treatment. Line, driver of a 1964 Rambler station wagon, was pronounced dead at the scene by county coroner Kenneth Wyman after suffering a broken neck and crushed chest. En route south on the state road, Line reportedly stopped prior to making a left turn into his driveway, and turned in front of a northbound Zook semi-rig which had rounded The Rambler was struck on the right side in the northbound lane and pushed into the ditch. The Kenworth truck belonging to Zook, Inc., and operated by Walter Keim, 29, Goshen, was loaded with gravel. It struck an embankment and jackknifed as the load shifted and flipped on its side. Heavy skid marks were evident throughout the area after the big rig braked. T. L. Kline of Syracuse was called to the site to remove the gravel on the highway. The Syracuse first aid unit responded to the emergency call and Keim, reported as wearing a seat belt at the time of the mishap, was taken to the hospital for emergency Time for 1973 feed grain and wheat program sign-up No doubt a number of farmers do not realize that half the allotted period for signing to participate ifi the 1973 feed grain and wheat programs has gone and that March 16, 1973 is the final date to declare intentions for participation. This information was reported today by Scott Horn, chairman of the Kosciusko County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee. There are two options for participation in the feed grain program and one of the plans will fit almost every farm in the county having a feed grain base. Option A requires 25 per cent of base set-aside but offers the higher per acre rate. Option B limits the producer to last years plantings of feed grains but no set-aside land is required. Under both options, soybean acreage will substitute for feed grains to protect the program history. With export of millions of bushels of soybeans in 1972, the carryover of the commodity has been reduced appreciable. Most experts are predicting that soybean prices will remain high because of added use for the grain. Elevators are contracting 1973 crop soybeans at attractive prices. Also, in order to increase soybean and feed grain production, the department removed the 86 per cent set-aside required earlier for 1973 wheat program. Enrolling in the program and maintenance of the conserving base acreage for the

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room treatment. Damage to the Zook vehicle was set at SIO,OOO and the Rambler was demolished. Syracuse police stoo<l by for state and county officers who investigated. Services Saturday Funeral services were held Saturday at the funeral home in Syracuse with Rev. Marvin Jones of the Saint Andrew’s United Methodist church officiating. Burial was in the McClintic cemetery. Line was born October 25,1890 in Whitley county to Clement and Chloe (Bowlby) Line and had lived most of his life in the

farm is required. New for the 1973 program is the option to pasture or make hay on the set-aside land at approximately 30 per cent reduction in pay. Making plans soon is important — waiting lines will increase as the time grows shorter. Unemployment claims drop The number of people filing unemployment insurance claims dropped eight tenths of one per cent last week from the week before, according to the Indiana Employment Security Division. John F. Coppes, division director, said today that although scattered layoffs and recalls occurred, an increase in initial

KCH RECEIVES CONTINUED SUPPORT — Al Lippencott, Jr., right, plant manager of Kimble plant of Owens-Illinois, located at Warsaw, is shown presenting Milton Holmgrain, administrator of Kosciusko Community Hospital, Inc., a pledge for $25,000 toward the construction of the new Kosciusko Community hospital. KCH Founders* Fund goal was $1,500,000 and to date $2,090,257 has been pledged toward the total cost of $7,500,000. The balance of the fund for the new hospital will be through the issuance of revenue bonds. The architect and engineers have been working on the final plans and specifications for the past several months, and are now ready to put the project out for bid. Groundbreaking is scheduled for early spring and it is anticipated construction will take two years.

Syracuse area. He was married to Carrie Stump who preceded him in death in October of 1954. On July 25, 1955 he married Kathryn Palmer, who survives. He was a retired painter. Surviving with the wife are one son, Joseph M. Line, Jr., North Webster; one daughter, Mrs. Everett (Louise) Crow, Syracuse; one step-son, Bill Palmer, Columbia City; four step-daughters, Mrs. Leonard (Betty) Kaufman, Syracuse, Mrs. Fred (Carol) Clayton, Syracuse, Mrs. Warren (Ida) Alwine, Goshen, and Mrs. Bert (Ellen) Thompson, Wheaton, Ill.; 23 grandchildren and 15 greatgrandchildren.

claims and a decrease in continued claims were both small and of little significance. The total of all claims was 37,085 last week compared to 37,387 the week before, and 59,718 a year ago. Veterans claims, at 1,054 last week, were over 68 per cent below last year’s figure. LAKELAND LOCALS George Nordman and Mrs. Bill Johnson and son, all of Syracuse, were Sunday evening callers at the Robert Johnson residence in Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Miller are spending the winter in Arcadia, Fla., with plans to return to their r 2 Milford home in April. They report warm days and cool nights.

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