The Mail-Journal, Volume 11, Number 23, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 July 1974 — Page 12

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., July 3,1974

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It Happened In . .. Milford. Indiana Item Takeri From The Files Os The Milford Mail ft

14 YEARS AGO. JULY 7.19 W All farmers in the second Farm Bureau district are cordially invited to attend the regular district meeting to be held on Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Korenstra are the parents of a son, Joel Craig, born July 4 at the Elkhart hospital Members of the Busy Homemakers club met Wednesday at noon for a pot luck dinner at the home erf Mrs. Glen Treesh at Milford lake. The 1959 Pontiac belonging to Harry Beer caught fire while Mrs. Beer was driving to Fort Wayne at noon Friday. The members of the Town and Country club and their families enjoyed a baked ham and carry in picnic supper at the Birch Lake cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Don Milla- last Friday Milford’s Main street has been blocked off while workmen Iput new water lead-ihs from the large water main into the business houses 24 YEARS AGO. JULY $, 1950 Captain Eldon R Hurd. who « with the dental corps at Fort Bliss. El Paso. Texas; has been notified that he will scion be sent to Fort Knox. Ky. George Hastings was on the scene about 12 miles north of Benton Harbor. Mich , when divers brought in parts of the plane which was wrecked in Lake Michigan about five miles out from the shore. Mr and Mrs. John C. Reed entertained at a family dinner Sunday honoring the fourth birthday of their youngest son. RandyMiss Beverly Jane Klopenstem and Adolph Stieglitz were united in marriage Friday evening in a double ring ceremony at 8 p m. at the New- Salem Church of the Brethren BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs Lewis' Sffecher are the parents of a son, Ted/Carl. bom Wednesday, July 5. m the Goshen hospital; Mr and Mis Wayne" Riggs are the parents of a son. Marcus Wayne, bom Monday, July 3. at the Goshen hospital; Mr. and Mrs John Krauter are the parents of a daughter, Kimberly Kay, born June 29 at Lafayette 39 YEARS AGO. JULY «. 1944 More than 200 members of 4-H clubs from Elkhart and. LaGrange county attended the annual 4-H camp at Waubee Lake near Milford last week Closing day for the pupils of the local kindergarten was made gay when Miss June Coy entertained her pupils at a Jawn party at her

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home on West Emeline street Friday morning Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Busche and son Freddie of Nappanee moved to Ann Arbor. Mich., last week where he will attend Michigan university and be assistant band instructor Glennis E. Om was united in marriage to Dale R. Stump on June 6 at Los Altos. Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Anglin spent Tuesday evening in the Wayne Bucher home Mrs Joe A. Tribble returned home Friday after spending two weeks with her sister. Mrs. Vernon May. ~ ( A busy man will seldom meddle in the affairs of his neighbors for he never has the time. 40 YEARS AGO. JULY 5.1934 Farmers of Kosciusko countyare warped to be on the w atch for the approach of the chinch bugs, which Already have attacked fields in this vicinity. A gang of gasoline thieves early Sunday morning broke locks from the tanks of the Anderson bulk plant at the extreme north edge of town and stole a large quantity of gasoline The Missionary society of the ME church met with Miss Maude McLaughlin Thursday afternoon A total of 8,060 barber licenses. 1.343 hair cutting licenses and 122 apprentice cardsyhave been issued by the Xtate board of barber examiners since October 15. 1933 / Charles Purdum is attending summer school at the Culver Military academy. Bert Dausman. chairman of the county board of review, stated last week that mortgage exemptions checked and approved total approximately £1.500,000 ■'J ' 1 Driver-Training auto involved in accident A driver training automobile driven by Joe Gerenscer, 15. of r 1 Milford was involved in a one car accident at 10:30 am. Wednesday, June 26. Gerenscer was driving north on CR 1300 N when the accident occurred He dropped off the road on the east side, lost control and went into a deep ditch. Damage to the vehicle, which is titled to C. S. jMyers Ford at Milford, was estimated at $l5O There wereno personal injuries Driving instructor with the youth was Terry E. Frank The mishap was investigated by state policeman John Hunv mell from the Ligonier post.

Festival—(Continued from page 1) from the Milford Christian church was first in organizational floats, with St. Peters Lutheran church of Huntington second and the New Paris Lions club third. In oueen conveyances. Miss Triton Band, Eve Welty, was first; Miss Mariner Drive-in, Debbie Miniear. second; Miss Hoss Hills Bowmen. Shannon Hall, third; Miss Beta Sigma Phi, Angie Mock, fourth, and Miss Augsburger’s. Sandy fifth. Bands of schools with fewer than 600 enrollment winners were Central Noble first; Southern Wells, second; Westview, third; Adams Central, fourth, and Cowan, fifth. Winning bands from schools of more than 600 enrollment were Norwell.. first; Yorktown, second; Portland, third; Fort w Wayne Bishop Luers. fourth, and East Chicago Washington, fifth. In junior high bands, it was North Webster, first; LaGrange, second, and Hunting ton Riverview, third •‘Cutie conveyance” winners were World on a String, with Derek Bowen of North Webster, first, and Robin Hood with Todd Guift of Pierceton, second. Other parade competition winners included Huntington Eagles Lodge 823. walking units: M & M Restaurant, North Webster, novelty units; Marshall County Sheriff s Posse, mounted units; John Hayes of Anderson, 1929 Chevrolet, best old car; Warsaw VFW Post 1126, senior walking color bearers and guards; Marion Highsteppers, senior- baton group; the Wranglerettes Drum and Baton Corps. Junior baton group, and the Marion Police Department Motorcycle Patrol, best police unit. Augsburger named to study transportation State Senator John F. Augsburger of Milford and Syracuse was one of the senators appointed to the study committee for Indiana transportation laws. Appointments were made by Phillip E Gutman. Fort Wayne, who is president pro-tempore of the Indiana State Senate. Other members of the com1 mittee are Senator Clarence R. Kelley of Mishawaka who was named chairman and Senators Leo Sullivan. Peru, Angeline Allstatt. Indianapolis, and Barnett C Bauer, South Bend. Gutman also named senate advisory members to the State Budget committee They are Senators James A Gardner, Fort Wayne. Adam Benjamin Jr., Gary and Merton Stanley, Kokomo.

HOLDS RARE DEED Yoder, associate director of college relations at Goshen holds a deed signed by President John Quincy Adams, which is part of a collection given to the Goshen College Mennonite Historical Library by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Baumgartner, formerly of Milford. The Baumgartner collection is on display at the library and is open to the public week days. The display includes 32 letter autographs by famous Americans, many first-day postal stamp covers, and other historical documents dating from the Civil War and earlier.

Baumgartner collection in Goshen College library

A collection of historical documents, rare-autographed fir A-day postal £tamp covers, and many autographed letters from famous Americans were given to Goshen college this spring by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Baumgartner, formerly of Milford. The Baumgartners, now retired, live in Rocky River. Ohio. Mr. Baumgartner was a social studies teacher in the Cleveland school system for many years. ’ Mr. Baumgartner graduated from the Goshen Academy in 1921 and is a member of the class of 1925 at Goshen college. Included in the gift to the college is an original deed on sheep skin signed in 1828 by John Quincy Adams, then president of the United States. Other historical documents are two receipts for Negro slave Also in the collection is a first-day postage stamp cover commemorating the inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower aS president in 1953. The cover is autographed byPresident Eisenhower. Also in the collection are a number erf mint condition stamps and paper currency from the Confederate States erf "America and paper ‘‘Gjyitinental Currency” from the? original American colonies. The collection includes six other postage stamp first-day covers postmarked between 1930 and 1972. Thiry-two autographed letters from well known Americans dating from 1930 are among -the Baumgartner collection. Os the signatures are Helen Keller; Abram Garfield, son erf President Garfield; Estes Kef a u ver, candidate for vice-president of the United States; Norman Thomas, candidate of the Socialist Party for President of the United States, and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Other autographed letters were written to Mr. Baumgartner from John Gunther, world traveler; Albert Einstein; John Dewey, famous educator; Harry Emerson Fosdick; J. Edgar Hoover; and Senator Robert Taft. Sr., of Ohio. Many pieces of the collection are on display in the Goshen College Mennonite Historical Library, and other pieces will be on public display from time to

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time in the library The library is part of the Goshen College Good Memorial Library on the Goshen campus and is open to the public on week days throughout the summer. Mr. Baumgartner is the coauthor of “The Challenge of Democracy” and “The Family”, and author of “Housing the Nation.” In 1971 he published a genealogy of the Baumgartner family, the descendants of Benedict and Anna Hofer Baumgartner. RELUCTANT MEMBERS Only three out of every 10 people in Britain are in favor of British membership in the Common Market, according to a recent opinion poll carried out at the request of the EEC Commission.

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Syracuse town board considers sanitation pick up proposal

Harold Renner of Renner Sanitation service in Ligonier presented figures to the Syracuse town board for garbage and trash pick up for the town at their Tuesday night meeting. The Renner company has had the contract for Syracuse since 1968 but feels some major changes need to be made before renewal for the 1975 year. Syracuse has undergone many changes since the original agreement and it has become necessary, partly because of state laws, to haul more and more trash. Renner is asking for $1.20 per residence per month in the new agreement. He is also asking for $2.00 per month per two yard container for the businesses in the town. The business men would need to rent their own containers but the town would pay for the pick up. Containers lease for $lO per month for the one and one half yard size up to $lB per monthfor the six yard size. About 80 per cent of the business men need to accept this offer to make it feasible. . At present many businesses do not have covered containers of any kind and the alleys in the business areas are a mess. Renner would provide the town with containers free for use at the city park, railroad park and the scout cabin if they are placed where his men can back the truck up to them and pick up the container. At present Renner is making a count of businesses and residences within the new corporate limits of Syracuse. There arfe''over 125 businesses in the area and at least 800 residences in an unofficial count. The town board asked Renner to get back with a final count next meeting. At present Renner receives $7,200 per year for pick up in Syracuse. Resigns From Board Mrs. Ralph Thornburg, Jr., resigned from the City park board. The board, according to Dale Sparklin, is very sorry to lose Mrs. Thornburg because she has been such an active, helpful member. The town board accepted the resignation regretfully and asked the park board to submit a name to them for approval to replace Mrs. Thornburg

Early jn he meeting in a motion by Carl Myrick and seconded by Christine Clodfelter the board voted to purchase the radar speed guns which were demonstrated at the June 18 meeting of the board. Chief of police Sparklin was told to apply to the Indiana State Highway Safety office for the 70 per cent of the cost which they are to defray. The other member present when this decision was made was town board president Darrel Grisamer. Sparklin announced that "no parking” signs had been placed along W. E. Long drive as per the decision made by the board at the last meeting and advertised in ordinance N 0.74-10. He stated that it will take some education but does not think it will be too great a problem to enforce the parking restrictions. Street commissioner Harley Conrad was not present to present any business before the board. The plan commission did not have anything to report according to representative Wilbur

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Smith, who was present for the meeting. Disperse Revenue Sharing The board requested town clerk Betty Dust and town attorney Robert Reed to draw up an authorization for $6,000 of the town’s revenue sharing funds to go for needs in the fire and police departments. Among the items on the list of expenditures will be a sander-spreader for the street department at an approximate cost of $2,300. Reed and Mrs. Dust are to present this legal notice before the board for approval at their next meeting. Myrick reported that cost on renting radio equipment for the police and fire department would be as follows. For the fire department a base station, mobile units and other equipment would cost $50.20 per month, or a total of $603.40 per year. The appropriation for this equipment for the firemen was S6OO, so this is a feasible amount. for the police department base (Continued on page 13)