The Mail-Journal, Volume 12, Number 1, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 January 1975 — Page 10

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, FIRST DEPOSITOR — Charles Harris. Syracuse funeral director, was the first customer at the new Fish Hatchers* Branch of the State Bank of Syracuse Saturday morning. Jan. IS just moments after the 19:30 ribbon cutting. Waiting on him is Mildred Savage, assistant cashier.

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14 YEARS AGO. FEB. 2.1951 . Mr. and Mrs. John Perry honored the birthday of their daughter Diane and that of Roy Schultz at their home Sunday evening Diane was two years old and had a good time opening her gifts Mrs Herbert Baumgartner will leave Friday by jet fnpm Chicago for Glendale, Calif , where she will visit two sisters for a month She will be a guest of Mrs Gail Culp and Mrs Pauline Moon, both of Glendale. A daughter. Lizbeth Ann. was bom to Mr and Mrs Frank Scott of Dewart Lake at Goshen General Thursday. January 26 Mr and Mrs Phillip Mohler of r 1 Syracuse are the parents of a daughter. Lisa Mane, born Tuesday. January 31. at Goshen General hospital. ? Mr and Mrs K D Jessop are hosts at a turkey dinner this evening for their daughter Angela’s 3d birthday Guests are Mrs Helen Funk, Miss Edith Baumgartner. Joseph and Deborah Jessop. 24 YE ARS AGO. FEB. 1.1945 A house warming party was held at the home of Miss Hilda Ruch on Tuesday evening. Contests, canasta, and euchre were played, prizes going to Mrs Harold Crafton. Mrs John Method, Mrs Esther Poynter, and Miss Lea. Ruch Mary Helen Rassi celebrated her Uth birthday Thursday after school, with the following guests present Esther Lantis. Jeraldine Bushong. Carol Holderread. Anna Lou Hepler. Hazel Estep. Joyce Weisser. Dolores Mock. Nancy Wise. Gelana Young. Landa Rassi. Robert Ahrns. Steve Jones. Tommy Pinkerman, Larry Slabaugh. Bernie, and Lowell Beer Billy Musser. 7, who was injured when struck by an automobile Jan 16. was dismissed from the McDonald hospital on Sunday and returned to school Tuesday. Miss Jacqueline Lee Bushong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Joe Bushong, of Elkhart, formerly of Milford, has been pledged to Pi Kappa Sigma sorority at Ball State Teachers college at Muncie. 3* YE ARS AGO. FEB. 1.1961 In an impressive ceremony

Notice To All Persons In Recently Annexed Areas Os Syracuse A public meeting concerning water service extension into recently annexed areas of the Town of Syracuse will be held on Wednesday. Feb. 5. 1975. in the auditorium (old gym) at Syracuse Junior High School. The utility specialist and engineer for the project will be present for participation tai the meeting. AU residents wit hin the recently annexed areas are requested to Board of Town Trustees Town of Syracuse American Legion Post 223 Fish Fry February 1 5-8 p.m. Donation: •1” per Adult •1” Children under 12 CARRY-OUT AVAILABLE

taking place Sunday afternoon in the Apostolic Christian church at Qssna Park. 111.. Miss Katherine Dorothy Kupferschmid, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Joseph Kupferschmid. of Hoopeston, 111., became the bride of Pfc Levi Jesse Beer, son of Mr and Mrs Frank S. Beer of Milford, Ind A daughter was bom Wednesday night, January 31, at the Goshen hospital to Mr and Mrs James Fuller, Jr. Mr and Mrs Jesse Dippon announce the betrothal of their daughter, Hilda Lenora, to Ensign Faui E Seybert. son of Mr. and Mrs. L E Seybert. of Goshei No date has been set for the wedding 49 YEARS AGO. JAN. 31.1935 Approximately fifty per cent of the pupils of the Miller school in Jefferson township were absent the latter part of last week with measles and flu The baseball boys have elected new captains for the teams. They are. first team. Bill Eherenman. captain and Louis Hamman vice-captain. Second team. Donald DeFries, captain and Joe Tribble, vice-captain. After two years of patient effort. Henry Hum. Meaford <Ont > watchmaker, has succeeded in drilling a hole through a common pin from end. to end without damaging it. The hole is just large enough for a hair from a man s head to pass through Credit union dinner meeting we 11-attended The 23d annual' credit union dinner-meeting of the Weatherhead company. Syracuse, was held Sunday night at North Webster with 236 persons in attendance Following the family-style dinner, an election was held with die following results: William Charlton and Roger Fetters were re-elected Jo the board; Feri Rhoads and Gene Stutzman were new members elected; and Jack Can*. John' Zimmerman, and Larry Weisser all will remain on the board for another year. Gail Smith was re-elected to the credit committee to serve with Leo fiery and Roy Caywood. Jr,

Fithian's day — (Continued From Page 1) more than five minutes with each, going over their schedule for the day. By 11 am., refreshments for the afternoon reception he is hosting have arrived. Guests begin to arrive. One is unexpected, but not totally unwelcome. He is a job seeker, a graduate of Notre Dame with a law degree, and unemployed. Janet, the office manager, politely accepts his resume but makes no promises “You know,” she remarks later. “We received nearly 2.000 job applications for 16 openings ” Twelve minutes’ before noon. Fithian, his wife, two daughters and son make a forced march to the Capitol subway, just another family amidst a s virling. smiling sea of faces Fithian enters the House chamber with his young son. For nearly two hours, they sit through roll calls, speeches and assorted ritual. About 1:50 p.m.. Fithian and all his colleagues finally complete their campaign odyssey, rising in unison, right hand uplifted, to say a simple. “I do. ” They have been sworn in Fithian wheels to the left, a broad smile on his face, and shakes hands with Rep Barbara Jordan, the Wack congresswoman from Texas. He places an arm around his son Back at the reception, nowoff ic tally a member of Congress. Fithian mingles with his friends, "pressing the flesh” as the political euphemism goes Then, like an air raid warning, the ear tingling buzz announcing a roll call vote sounds, startling several of the Fithian merrymakers. The new congressman, an hour and twenty minutes into his term of office, grabs up a piece of yeuowish cake crumbling on a white napkin, and. escapes the merriment to a waiting elevator. His duties as lawmaker had begun.

Break-ins and thefts reported to authorities Reports were received at the Syracuse police station last Thursday night of several fishing houses broken into near the Slip with items taken from the houses. Charles Clevenger of East Main street reported his auto parked at his residence last Wednesday night was ransacked, however, nothing was thought to be missing In attempting to roll up a window of the vehicle on Thursday morning, the window broke causing some damage he reported One meter head, valued at $35, was damaged over the week end m front of the Palace of Sweets and was replaced A jias discovered by Richard Lehman, owner, at Gas for Less when opening the business around 6:41 Monday morning Entry was gained by a circular cut of the upper panel in the bathroom window and unlocking of the window proper Desk ckawers were ransacked as were file cabinets The only thing missing was a gallon of antifreeze valued at $6.

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Wawasee music students receive 74 medals in music contest

There were 18 first place ratings and 15 second place ratings brought home to Wawasee high school by band students who entered the district contest at Culver high school on Saturday. Jan. 25. The students received a total of 33 gold medals and 41 silver medals Individual results are as fallows: Concert band solos, first place — Greg Smith, clarinet, group I; Debbie Enbelberth. trombone, group II; Tim Hamman, trumpet solo, group II Concert band soles, second place — Brent McMillen, alto sax. group III; Julie Conley, tenor sax. group I; Steve Badskey, trumpet, group 11, Kelly Davenport, trumpet, group III; Juan Carvajal, snare drum, group II Concert band ensembles, first place — Karen Moore and Ann Kaiser, alto sax duet, group III; Greg Smith. Jane Wilson and Pat McQuillian, clarinet trio; Pat Hougey. Susan Shank and Marcia Pifer. flute trio, group II; Pat

Syracuse men being tried on armed robbery

Two Syracuse men. Gerald Eugene McDonald. 36. and John Brown Christian. 25. are being tried in county superior court in connection with an armed robbery and mugging of a Syracuse man last November. The man in whose home the incident occurred was Milo Sprunger of Bay Shore drive. Lake Wawasee. Taken in the robbery yere Canadian coins in the amount of approximately $lO. $3 in bills, two rifles, a shotgun, and a pocket watch. The Syracuse men are alleged to have been afmed with a knife. Testifies Sprunger. 77, testified on the stand Monday of seeing a light colored vehicle drive by his residence several times with two men in the front seat. When answering the door, he said, the two men “busted in” and used Mace in his face, however, he could still determine the men were wearing plain ski masks and blue nylon jackets with one wielding a 12-inch knife. In attempting to get the knife, Sprunger was wrestled about, then tied and gagged before the intruders left home. Sprunger, after freeing himself. went to the home of a neighbor Chester Rowland where a call was placed to the Syracuse police station for help. Mrs. Thomas Gilbert. Syracuse dispatcher, was on duty at the time of the call around 7:44 p.m. and testified Monday afternoon to receiving the call for help. Rowland also testified that he and his family had just returned from Syracuse prior to the incident. GRADUATE — Navymaa Mark S. Wallace, tea of Mrs. Jacquelyn Wantuch of 391 E. Lincoln. Nappanee. has graduated from recruit training at the naval training center. Great Lakes. 111. The training included instruction In seamanship, military regulations, fire fighting, close order drill, first aid and navyhistory.

McQuillian, Sue McQuillian and Mary Muhamet, clarinet and bassoon trio, group 111 . Doug and Dennis Troyer. French horn duet, group III; Kathy Steffen. Jayne Helvey, Tim Hamman and Steve Badskey. coronet quartet, group I. Concert band ensembles, second place — Pat Hougey and Sue McQuillian. flute and clarinet duet. group 11. Connie Hoopingamer. Mike Lantz and Julie Conley, sax trio, group I; Tim Hamman and Jane Helvey. cornet duet, group III; Doug and Dennis Troyer and Anne Mangas. French horn trio, group 111. Kathy Steffen. Kelly Davenport. Bob Jones. Doug and Dennis Troyer. Ann Mangas. Debbie Engleberth. Don Dieterly. Mark Amos, Jeannie Dye and John Schacht, brass choir, group II: Jane Wilson. Pat McQuillian. Greg Smith. Kim Gardner. Debbie Burchard. Tammy Schumm. Johnna Gansert, Dorothy Mock. Christi Beer. Leisa Napier, clarinet choir, group 1. Cadet band solos, first place —

Ski Masks Several other neighbors also told of happenings about the time of the robbery including Mrs. John Pusti of r 3 who foimd two ski masks in her drainage ditch when it became clogged and she went to investigate. She, however, had placed the masks on a planter at the home thinking they belonged to neighborhood children and that they would be returning for them. Sprunger testified as to recognizing the voice of one of the men as someone'he had met when fishing at the lake about a month prior. Jurors hearing the case are Beverly Butt, Syracuse; Rebecca Murphy, Jerry Kelly. Jan Lackey-, all of Warsaw; Robert Lantz of Nappanee; Lamar Sechrist, Etna Green; Mary Taylor. Linda Ault. Barbara Hudson, all of Claypool; Rex Mort of Pierceton; Eric Yoder. Silver Lake; and Jo E. Gamble. Mentone.

Nomination Certificate „'' ’ e For Milford Man Os The Year — Woman Os The Year I am greatly honored to place in nomination for the MAD Council annual Citizen of the Year award the name of —________ Add ress . who has contributed so greatly to the improvement and the development off our city as a better place to live, to work and to play through the following achievements: ■_ < _________ i - ■ ■ ■■-■-I—— 1 I am willing to the best of my ability, to furnish to the committee additional information concerning this nominee. M4MF ■■■- ADDRESS ; PHONE (Note: To insure complete secrecy, please return this ballot in an envelope addressed to the attention of Man-Woman of the Year Award Committee, MAD Council, Box 44, Milford, Indiana 44542.) Deadline Date: Friday, February 21, 1975 At 12 Noon

Lydia Tucker, alto sax. group III; Mary Midiamet. clarinet, group III; Kim Glins, tuba, group 111 Cadet band solos, second place — Bob Johnson, trumpet, group HI Cadet band ensembles, first place — Sandy Mullet, Kathy Bagnall, flute duet, group III; Susan and Mark Krug, MaryClark. Paul Schrumpf, sax quartet, group III; Mary Muhamet. Cindy Sprague, John Naab and Debbie Bailey, clarinet quartet, group 111 Cadet band ensembles, second place — Linda Aleman and Kim Hively. flute duet, group 111. Workshop set for February A workshop on modem grain crop production will be held at the’Hanna United Methodist church on February 4, 11, 18. Hanna, located about 60 miles west of Warsaw on US 30 is the nearest place at which the workshop will be offered in 1975. The program will allow farmers to study the cropping system on their own farm with emphasis on com. soybean, and wheat production. The workshop will consider questions like whether farmers should consider bigger equipment, work longer hours, hire more labor, etc. The registration fee includes workshop materials and supplies, use of the computer during the workshop and two computer runs for your individual farm. If interested, contact Vic Virgil, at the county extension office before January 31. Feeding Poultry Waste to Beef Cattle is the subject of an extension winter school to be held at Teel’s Restaurant in Mentone on Thursday. February 6, 6:00 p.m. Reservations for the meeting should be turned in to Vic Virgil, County Extension Office. byFebruary 4. Lu-Ta-Lo-La girls tour post office Bv DENISE BJELLA and DEBBIE BARTOW We met on Monday at 3:15 at the scout cabin in Syracuse and

then walked to the post office where a totr was held. The girls were shown how mail is received and what takes place after mail is received. We found the way routes were sorted most interesting. Each girl had to find where her name was in their section. Many questions and answers were given. This proved to be a trip worth going on. We then went back to the semft-eabin for a short business mating conducted by Julie Bushong, president.

TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE’S (ABSTRACT) REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS A For The Calendar Year 1974 Plain Township. Kosciusko County

Balance FUNDS— Jan. 1 Township S 1.462.16 Dog 583 00 Fira 2.547 34 Recreation 619 03 Federal Revenue Sharing 18.59 Totals I 5.230 12 DETAIL OF RECEIPTS Source Amount TOWNSHIP FUND Taxes-r June $ 1,905.61 Taxes- 1 -December 1,457.23 Phillips S. S Adjustment 3.41 Strayers Bond Refund 67.00 Total Township Fund $ 3,433 25 DOG FUND Dog Tax from Assessor $ 643.10 Total Dog Fund $ 643 10 FIRE FUNO Taxes —June $ 1,372 32 Taxes — December 1,321 65 Certified A Local Option Credit 3.172 00 Town of Leesburg Fire Contract 570.00 Total Fire Fund $ 6,435.97 RECREATION fund Taxes —June S 97152 Taxes — December 1,143.36 Total Recreation Fund S 2,114 88 FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUND FromFRSTF $9.120 18 Federal Gov 6,467 00 Total Fed. Rev Shar Fund $15.587 18 DISBURSEMENTS TOWNSHIP FUND Classification of Expense and To Whom Paid No. 1 Trustee, Rent, Travel And Clerical Pay .Darrel Phillips $ 302.50 J Marilyn Phillips 58 34 D J Boggs 1.512 50 J F Boggs 291.66 Total $ 2.165 00 No. 2 Books Printing And AdVC Lakeland Printing $ 113.40 Leonard Supply 24.63 The Paper Inc 138.53 Reub Williams A Sons 131.00 Warsaw Office Supply H 32 Leesburg Post Office 33.00 Total $ 460 88 No. 3 Care of Cemeteries Jim Garner $ 400.00 Bill Gross 300.00 Alton Franti 75.00 Total S 775.00 No. 4 Memorial Day Expense Leesburg American Legion Aux $ 44.50 Total $ 44.50

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct statement of the receipts and disbursements of the above named township, that a complete and detailed annual report together w.m all accompanying vouchers showing the names of persons having been paid money by the township has been tiled as required by law in the office of the County Auditor, and that acopy of such Annual report is in custody of the chairman of the township advisory board Said report is subject to inspection by any taxpayer of the township. DONALD J BOGGSATrusfee

Misses curve and hits pole State officers investigated a one-vehicle mishap at 10:30 Monday evening when an auto driven by Kimberly S. Kern, 17, r 4 Syracuse, went out of control on a curve on old state road 8 near Papakeechie road and hit a guide wire and utility pole. Damage was estimated at S3OO to the pole and SBSO to the Kern car.

Balance Receipts Disburtamanfs Dec. 31 $ 3,433.25 * 4.191 88 703 53 643 10 567 00 „ 659 10 6,435 97 9,575.02 591 71 2,114.88 1.783.00 950 91 15,587.18 14,348 80 1.25697 $28,214.38 $30,465 70 $ 2,978.80 No 5 Civil Township Expanse Strayer Agency 5 80 00 UTS 191.85 Peoples State Bank «•<» Norm Hagg 240.00 Social Security 125.13 Doris Mills 10 00 Ind Dept Revenue 3.50 Max Shively ’OO.OO James W. Heirman 100.00 Thomas B Buskirk 100.00 Total S 746.48 Total Township Expenses S 4.191.88 DISBURSEMENTS FIRE FUND Classification of Expense and To Whom Paid NIPSCO $ 423.68 UTS 507.19 Leesburg Lumber Co. 96.69 Leesburg Oil Co 248 81 Strayer Ins. Co. 352.00 C. Dye Agency 161.50 Bureau of Motor vehicles ’0 50 Brotherhood Mutual I rs. 55.00 Custom Fire A Safety Co. 4.155.90 Co Treasure 3.00 Vol. Fire Disbursements 2.160.00 Dicks Shell Serv 316.07 Mitler Safety Equipment 299.68 Wayne Safety Equipment 85.00 Total Fire Fund $ 9,575.02 DISBURSEMENTS FED. REV. SHARING FUND Clessificetion of Expense and To Whom Paid The Papers inc. S 8-22 Reub Williams A Sons 65 51 W A W Truck Sales, Inc 6,500.00 Custom F ire A Safety Co 11,824.00 Replacement Fund 1,208 00 Total Fed Rev Shar Fund $14,348.00 DISBURSEMENTS DOG FUND Ciatsificafion of Expense and To Whom Paid County Auditor $ 483 00 Mrs. Richard Allen 84.00 Total Dog Fund 567.00 DISBURSEMENTS RECREATION FUND Classification of Expense and To Whom Paid Leesburg Little League $ 1,000.00 Leesburg Post Office 8.00 Miss Kay Murray 525.00 Mrs Mary Smoker - 150 00 Mr Larry Kammerer 100.00 Total Recreation Fund $1,783,00