The Mail-Journal, Volume 11, Number 8, Milford, Kosciusko County, 20 March 1974 — Page 5

OBITUARIES

Mrs. John (Al) Graf Graveside services were held here this morning (Wednesday)* for Mrs. Agnes Graf. 69. of In’dianapolis and formerly of Syracuse. She passed away Saturday at her Indianapolis home following an extended illness Mrs. Graf was born in Wisconsin on April 25. 1904 a daughter of Andrew and Malena Larson. She moved to Indianapolis from Syracuse four years ago. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin and Western Reserve university at Cleveland. Ohio, where she became a social worker, she was united in marriage July 9,1931 to John (Al) Graf. He preceded her in death in 1970. Mr and Mrs Graf developed, owned and operated the Wawasee Lakeside Trailer court on Wawasee’s east side Survivors include one daughter, Miss Mary Kathryn Graf of Indianapolis; and one brother, Arthur Larson of Wisconsin Interment was in McClintic cemetery south of Syracuse. Howard Earl Howard Earl. 78, 1101 East Winona Ave . Warsaw, father, of Mrs Mary Lou Sroufe. Leesburg, passed away Tuesday. March 12, at 8:45 pm. at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been in failing health for the past five years Mr Earl was born on August 25,1895 toCarvin and Liza Earl at Arthur. Tenn He was united in marriage to Lottie M. Stanifer on June 10. 1932 at Tazewell. Tenn. He was retired from the Brunswick Boat Co , a member of the Missionary* Baptist church and the Free Will Baptist church at Packerton. He had been a resident of the Warsaw area since mixing from Tennessee 18 years ago Surviving with the daughter of Leesburg is the widow; three sons, Frank, Mentone. Arville, Plymouth. Ray. Warsaw; seven other daughters. Mrs. Gerald Ream, Mrs Elmer Johnson, both of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Lloyd Smelser, North Mane hester. Mrs.

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Maynard Lambert. Flint, Mich., Mrs Donald Drudge. Mrs. Jim Cormican, Mrs. Lucille Cramer, all <)f Warsaw; 30 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; one brother. Alvin Earl, Blaine. Tenn. Services were conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday with Rev. Chad Burkhart officiating. Interment was in the Oakwood cemetery Mrs. Dorothy Giebel Services for Mrs. Dorothy Giebel. 70. Lehigh Acres. Fla., and aunt of Mrs. Don (Gretchen) Watkins, r 2 Leesburg, were conducted at a Florida funeral home. Mrs. Giebel passed away Wednesday, at 6:45 am. at a Florida hospital with death being caused by complications following surgery. Mrs Giebel was born December 8. 1903 to Karl and Wilhelmina (Yost) Schreiber at Walcott, lowa. She was a retired concert pianist and piano teacher and had been a resident of Rochester. N Y . before moving to Florida three years ago. Surviving with the niece are the husband, Harry; one sister. Mrs. Henry (Lenora) Seiffert, Warsaw; two other nieces. Mrs. Dorothy Hodges and Mrs. Ardis White, both of Warsaw; two nephews. Eugene L. and Eric S. Seiffer, both of Warsaw. Dana Hartzler Dana Hartzler. 80, r 2 Topeka, stepbrother of Mrs. Ernest Patterson and Mrs. Clarence Metzger, both of Milford, passed away Tuesday, March 12. at 4:3C p.m. Death came at the Greencroft nursingc enter where he had been admitted the day before. Death was attributed to complications from pneumonia. Mr. Hartzler wbs bom April 12, 18931 in LaGrange county and vas united in marriage to Dorothy Zimmerman October 11,1919 and she preceded him in death on June 1, 1963. He was a farmer moat of his life. Surviving with the stepsisters are two sons, Nolen and Cleo Hartzler, both of Topeka; one. daughter, Mrs. Leonard (Carolyn) Leichty of Auburn; six grandchildren; one brother, Leland Hartzler. Goshen He was

preceded in death by one daughter. Services were held Friday at 10:30 a m. with Rev. Joe Swartz officiating and interment was in the Maple Grove cemetery. Mrs. Merton Hinesley Funeral services were held Saturday for Mrs. Pearl Hinesley. 89. of North Webster. Death came last Wednesday of complications following an illness of three weeks. She was bom at Brookston on September 30. 1884 a daughter of James and Viola (Jarrett) Allison, and was united in marriage to Merton Hinesley on October 5, 1902. He preceded her in death in 1951. She was a housewife and moved to the North Webster community from Rochester in 1945 '" Surviving are one son. Vaughn Hinesley of North Webster; four grandchildren; five greatgrandchildren. and one sister. A daughter preceded her in death in 1973. Interment was in North W’ebster cemetery. Col. Gerald C. Baker Funeral services were held on March 9 for Col. Gerald C. Baker, 52, of Bradenton. Fla., and brother of Mrs. Bud (Bake) Cripe formerly of Syracuse A retired pilot for the air force, he moved to Bradenton nine months ago from Pope air force base. N.C. Mr. Baker was bom in Albion and attended Cromwell high school. His first wife, Helen (Cookerly) Swager. was a teacher at Cromwell and preceded him in death. He was a member of the Methodist church. Elks club of Sarasota, Fla., and a veteran of World War IL in Korea and Viet Nam. He is also survived by his wife, Christine; two daughters, Miss Suzette Baker of Bloomington, and Miss Sharon Baker, Kissimmee, Fla.; and two brothers, Vernon of Loogootee and Russell, Jasper Burial was in Arlington cemetery Eli Whirledge Eli Whirledge, a former Syracuse resident, died early Sunday morning in Sun City, Ariz., after a brief illness. He was 83 Mr. Whirledge was born in Clinton township, Elkhart county, on September 23, 1890 to Noah and Elizabeth (Growcock) Whirledge. On October 7, 1914 he was married to Amelia Grabill. Except for the 20-year period when he lived near Syracuse, he lived almost his (entire life in Elkhart county, moving to Sun City in 1971. Survivors include his wife, Amelia, 10038 Alabama Ave., Sun City, Ariz. 85351; three daughters, Mrs. Claudius (Ruth) Kelly, Sun City, Mrs. Lowell

(Betty) Bechtel. Goshen, and Mrs. Paul (Carol) Selman, Elkhart; two sons. William of Millersburg and Phillip of Paso Robles. Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Clara Stump. Mount Dora, Fla.; and a brother, Orlando, of Millersburg; and 15 grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren. One soi. Edward, preceded him in death. Funeral services were held today in Chapel of Sun Land Park. A memorial service will be held in the Eighth Street Mennonite church at Goshen on Sunday at 2 p.m. A memorial fund in his name has been established at The Window in Goshen Births ANTU son Mr. and Mrs. David Antu of Milford are the parents of a son born Thursday, March 14. at the Goshen hospital. McAFOOSE daughter Mr. and Mrs. Russell McAfoose are the parents of a daughter born Monday, March 18, at the Murphy Medical Center in Warsaw. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Harold Tenant of Warsaw and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McAfoose of Leesburg. • BEST. Benjamin Clark A son. Benjamin Clark, was bom to Rev. and Mrs. Randy Best of Ashland. Ohio, on February 25. He tipped the scales at seven pounds, two ounces and measured 19 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Max Clark of Upper Arlington. Ohio, and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Richard Best of Nappanee. Maternal great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hicks of North Canton, Ohio, and paternal great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Vem Neterer of Syracuse and Mrs. William Best of Nappanee. Benjamin Clark has one brother Matthew Richard, 14-months-old. Hospital Notes Goshen Hospital TUESDAY, MARCH 12 J Admissions Frederick E. Carnes, r 1 North Webster WEDNESDAY. MARCH 13 Admissions Goldie Kershner, r 1 Milford Owen E. Richards, r 1 Milford Dismissals Mrs. Howard Beer, r 2 Milford Gabriel Johnson, r 1 Milford Glenda Zook, r 1 Milford THURSDAY, MARCH 14 Admissions Barbara L. Butcher, r 1 Leesburg Dorothy Steffen, r 1 Syracuse Rev. Ralph E. Davidson, Epworth Forest, North Webster Dismissals Charles Waggoner, r 1 Syracuse Mrs. Steve Solina and daughter, r 4 Syracuse Mrs. George Burns, North Webster FRIDAY, MARCH 15 Dismissals Loris Clark, r 3 Syracuse

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SATURDAY. MARCH 16 Dismissals Loyal D. Haney, Leesburg Theodore C. Pauls, 631 Front St., Syracuse Mrs. Dotis Mohler, 525 S. Harrison St., Syracuse Frederick E. Carnes, r 1 North W’ebster SUNDAY. MARCH 17 Admissions Glenda J. Zook, r 1 Milford Dismissals Mrs. Clinton I. Butcher, r 1 Leesburg Laura Hyndman, r 4 Syracuse MONDAY. MARCH 18 Admissions Howard R. Kline, r 4 Syracuse Barbara Jean Grumme, Syracuse Fay Dewart. Milford Beverly A. Spry, North Webster Dismissals Owen Richards, r 1 Milford Murphy Medical Center SUNDAY. MARCH 16 Emergency Room Charles Coburn of North Webster MONDAY. MARCH 11 Admissions Mrs. Pansay McGinnis of Syracuse Dismissals Miss Robin Huff of Syracuse TUESDAY. MARCH 12 Emergency Room Thomas Stump of Syracuse WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 Admissions Mrs. Charles Teeple of r 1 Leesburg Emergency Room Robert Heckaman erf Leesburg Michael Donahue of Leesburg THURSDAY. MARCH 14 Dismissals Mrs. Pansay McGinnis of Syracuse Miss Mary Brubaker of Leesburg Emergency Room Frederick Harwood of Syracuse FRIDAY. MARCH 15 Emergency Room Virgil Edwards of Leesburg Miss Janet Morgan of Leesburg Jennifer Corn of Syracuse SUNDAY. MARCH 17 Dismissals Frank Mosier of Leesburg OTHER HOSPITAL NEWS Mrs. Mabel Brake, r 4 Syracuse, was admitted to the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne on Monday and will undergo ortheopedic surgery on Friday. She is in room 795. Ronald Harris of North Webster was admitted to the Whitley County hospital at Columbia City late Last week. Norma Beauchamp, 46, r 2 Syracuse, was treated at the Goshen hospital Wednesday, March 13, after suffering a nosebleed at the Proof Co. in Goshen. She was later released. Albert Bird of Milford was released from the Goshen hospital Tuesday morning after being admitted on Sunday. He is recuperating at his home in Milford. MERRITT RICHHART TAKEN TO HOSPITAL The Syracuse fire department’s first aid unit was called to the Merritt Richhart home at 110 North Shore drive, Syracuse, at 10 p.m. Monday when it was reported Mr. Richhart had trouble breathing. He was given first aid, then taken to the Goshen hospital in an ambulance.

Court News KOSCIUSKO COUNTY Marriage Dissolutions David Johnson vs Karen Johnson, box 278 Syracuse. The couple was married July 20,1969 and separated January 15, 1974. Plaintiff asks for divorce and division of property. Promissory Note Local Finance Corp vs Marilyn Coquillard. r 1 Syracuse. Plaintiff asks judgment of $1,412.90 and costs fa* promissory note Check Suit Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company vs Schwartz Developers. Inc., Syracuse. Plaintiff asks judgment of $4,215.18, interest and cost of action for bad check. Account Suits Bailey’s Beauticians SupplyCompany vs Ruth Pounds dba Ruth’s Styling Salon, 113 South Huntington street, Syracuse. Plaintiff demands judgment of $326.38 and interest for merchandise delivered to defendant by plaintiff. Account Adjusters, Inc. vs Jesse Avalos, 115 East street, Milford. Plaintiff asks judgment of $2,409.34 and costs of action for promissory note. Fined The following persons were assessed fines and costs when appearing before JP Milo Clase recently: Eugene Ousley, 26, r 1 Leesburg, $35 fa public intoxication, $35 fa driving left of center Danny May, 27, r 1 Milfad, S3O fa public intoxication Alice Hedgepeth, 24, r 1 Syracuse, S3O fa driving left of center Willard Paymar, 18, r 1 Leesburg, S3O fa disregarding stop sign Wayne Mock, 17, box 154 Nath Webster, S3O for driving left of center Allan Robinson, r 1 Leesburg, trespass charge dismissed authority of plaintiff ELKHART COUNTY The following persons have been assessed fines and costs while appearing before Goshen JP Melvin E. Troyer: Clarence G. Medeiros, 42, r 4 Syracuse, $54 fa driving under the influence Douglas E. Ringler, 21, r 2 Syracuse, S3O fa no vehicle inspection The following person was fined while appearing before Goshen city judge James A. Simpson: Florence Henry, 66, r 1 Milfad, sl7 fa failure to have vehicle inspected DEAN SPEICHER ARRESTED TUESDAY Dean Speicher, Milfad, was arrested last Tuesday by deputy sheriff Richard Fehnel on a “body attachment” warrant from the circuit court in Warsaw. Speicher was to have appeared in court last Friday fa judgment on charges filed by the Peoples State Bank. When he failed to appear the bench warrant was issued. License Suspended William L. Kruger, 38, general delivery, Nath Webster, has had his driver’s license suspended from December 14, 1973 to June 14, 1974 for drunken driving and from June 14, 1974 to December 14,1974 fa leaving the scene of an accident. This report was received from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles at Indianapolis. Cards of Thanks CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank my many friends fa their cards, letters, flowers and acts of kindness during my stay in the hospital. Doris Mohler CARD OF THANKS The family of Melvin Markley wishes to thank all our friends and neighbors for their thoughtfulness and kind expressions of sympathy at the recent death of my husband and their brother.

Ray Buhrt GENERAL CONTRACTOR Resideatiol & Commercial Buildinp Phone: 457 3431 Road 13,Syracuse

Wed., Mar. 20,1974 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL

& THE EDITOR

Come to a conclusion

Dear Editor: After completing a season of watching at least 30 high school basketball games at home, away and elsewhere. I have come to the conclusion that something must be done about the officiating. I would like to make a few suggestions that would benefit the schools, coaches, referees, players and mainly the fans who pay to see this so called officiating. because without them there would be no basketball program. The officials are not at fault. It’s the school politics that are implied that gets them their job. Why does a coach or athletic director have the right to excuse a referee, for any reason? Every one knows that answer. If he calls a questionable game against a school, he will never referee there again. How many times do you see twenty fouls called on the visiting team and five a six on

Candidates file with county clerk The last day to file fa the May 7 primary election was Monday, March 18, at 12 noon. The following persons have filed their declarations of candidacy with the Kosciusko county clerk’s office for maja offices in the U.S. Congress, State Legislature and Kosciusko county: REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT Representative in Congress Earl F. Landgrebe Floyd J. Fithian United States Senate Richard Lugar Birch Bayh Joint-State Representative Thames L. Mauzy Merle Holden State Senate Gene Snowden Eldon Johnson Dale Barnett Kosciusko County Sheriff Burdell Blackburn John E. Hammersley C. Alan Rovenstine Ronald L. Dirck Bruce M. Frey Patrick J. Gallagher Lewis B. Goshert Burdette G. Strombeck Roger Fellows County Auditor Jean Northenor County Assessor Avis Gunter Joe Thomas Shephard Richard McCleary County Recorder Ruth Hoppus Cliffad Prater County Council Second District Ralph Oyler William Fackler Carl Latta County Council Third District Norman DeGood Richard Snodgrass County Council At Large Wayne Tombaugh Lionel L. Harmison Ronald Sharp Gerald Romine Gene Pratt Hoover James Culp Dr. Robert Schneider Keith Horn Malin Watenberger Thomas Anglin O. B. Deaton

Turkey Creek JP fines four Turkey Creek township justice of the peace Christian Koha repated the following cases: On March 2 Winifred M. Frederick, 62, r 2 Syracuse, was fined S2B fa failure to have his vehicle inspected. Arresting offica was state troopa Don Sand. On March 16 Mark O. Grady, 18, Syracuse, was fined S2B fa failure to yield the right of way to oncoming traffic in an accident on the Bowser road and the Dewart Lake road on March 14 which totaled both vehicles. Arresting offica was deputy sheriff Jerry Johnson. Also on March 16, Craig E. Echert, 20, Syracuse, was fined $29 after being arrested by offica Robert Houser for failure to have his vehicle inspected. On March 18, Jeffrey E. Miller,

the hone team?? I could go on and on about the so called “Homer” referees. Is this fair fa the high school athletes? What is the IHSAA ° doing about it? NOTHING! Here is my suggestion; used or not it would be an improvement ova the present system. Have the IHSAA assign officials to every game before the season begins, with an alternate to every district in case of illness. This way an official will call them as he sees them and will not be intimidated by coaches and school officials who have no business in that area of sports. I’m quite sure he would concentrate on calling an all around better game. Why do we have a commissioner? Isn’t this part of his job? Thank you kindly, A rabid fan, Gene H. Stoffel

18, Syracuse, was fined $29 on a charge of making an unsafe start. Arresting officer was Lawrence Firestone. QUEEN EXCOMMUNICATED On Feb. 25,1570, Pope Pius V excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I, bringing on antiCatholic legislation in England. LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF INDIANA DOCKET NO 3M25 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION A OF UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY OF INDIANA. INC . FOR AUTHORITY TO ISSUE AND SELL 512.000.000 OF ITS FIRST MORTGAGE BONOS, SERIES T. AND FOR A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY TO ISSUE AND SELL SUCH BONOS. Nolle* is hereby given that th* Public Service Commission at Indiene will conduct a public hearing in this cause in th* Rooms of the Commission, W State Office Building. Indianapolis. Indiana, at 100 P.M., EST. on Thursday, April 11, IW4. Public participation is requested PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF INDIANA By: W. W. Hill. Jr., Chairman Indianapolis. Indiana. March 14, IW4. M. 20

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