The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 49, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 December 1976 — Page 7

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Mr and Mrs. Ralleigh Halsey Ip- of r 2 Ligonier and Mr and Mrs > Larry Ryman and three children of Milford were Christmas day guests at the home of Mrs Clinton Gilbert and Miss Sharon Gilbert of r 1 Milford Mr and Mrs Larry Ryman. Tammy. Tracy and Terry of Milford were Christmas Eve J guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Ralph Wakley of r 1 Naps’ pa nee Mr and Mrs Don Ryman Ilf of r 1 Nappanee, parents of Mrs B Wakley and Mr Ryman, were H also present K Terry Zimmerman, son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Zimmerman of near Milford, is spending the B holidays with his parents He is in B the armed services and will be &■ stationed tn Germany upon B returning to duty ■ .. B Mr and Mrs Ronald Zartman til of Milford spent Christmas day ®‘. with Mr and Mrs Harold Myers B tn Kokomo B Mr and Mrs Donald Bice and & family of Milford visited Mr and / Mrs Mike Nowicki of South Bend v on December 26 B Mr and Mrs Fred Weisser and I family. Mr and Mrs Walter » Miller. Miss Donna Miller and B Lee Cory were guests of Mr and H Mrs Neal Cory on Christmas B day. Others visiting at the Cory home during the holidays ™ were Mr and Mrs David Cory of . Evansville and Mr and Mrs enms Cor) Marburg. Ger ' many I B Alice Baker of Milford enB tertamed December 26 for Mr and Mrs Gordon Blauser and family of Milford. Mr and Mrs Douglas Baker and family, Huffman Lake, and Mr and Mrs B Jerry Grose of Mentone Mr and Mrs Virgil Zim- •; merman of Milford entertained •I; recently m an area restaurant for B a Christmas dinner honoring B their employees B Mr and Mrs Raymond Bess of » Milford entertained on Christmas X Eve for Mr and Mrs Donald H Bess of Anderson B Forty two members of the H' Orville C Nealis family met at ■ the home of Mr and Mrs Art & Harris of Fort Wayne for a B Christmas night dinner Those J.’ present from Milford were Mr and Mrs. Richard Smith and Mr K and Mrs Ron Smith and family H Others attending were from 3 Kokomo, Wabash. Mahon and I ( Valdosta, Ga. f Mr and Mrs William Berkey || of Milford entertained December U 36 for Mr and Mrs Larry Berkey B and family of Middlebury. Mr i and Mrs Calvin Berkey and I family of Bristol and Rick B Berkey. Hawaii Mr and Mrs Lloyd Kammerdiener. Cathy and Amy of Syracuse entertained Christmas Eve for Miss Marie Martinez. § Chicago, from the Erie House Project. Mrs. V. G. Kammerdiener. Mrs Catherine Babcock and Miss Tonda Miller, all of Syracuse I Guests of Mr. and Mrs Raymond Bess of Milford on December 25 were Mr and Mrs. Bill Bess and family. Milford. Mr and Mrs Russell Bess and family. Elkhart, Mr. and Mrs. « David Bess. Milford. Mr. and Mrs Dan Beas. Fort Wayne, Mr and Mrs Larry Weaver and family and Warren Bess, all of Syracuse

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Mr and Mrs. Michael Yoder and Jason of Indianapolis were in Milford over the holidays They visited in the home of Mrs. Yoder’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. .Arch Baumgartner Christmas day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kammerdiener. Cathy and Amy, Syracuse, were Mr. and Mrs George Lewallen, New Paris. Perry Miller. Bradenton, Fla . Miss Marie Martinez. Chicago, Mrs. Catherine Babcock and Miss Tonda Miller, both of Syracuse Mr. and Mrs Donald Bice and family of Milford spent December 26 with Mr and Mrs Walter Trytko of South Bend. Others there were Mr. and Mrs Ben Trytko. Mr and Mrs Phillip Trytko and Eric, Mr. and Mrs Arthur Trytko and Mike. Mr and Mrs Tom Szabo, Mr and Mrs Joseph Nowak and Anne. Clem Trvtko and his children Suzanne. Tim, Greg. Peggy. Cindy and Pamela, all of South Bend Mr and Mrs Kendall Biller of Milford entertained Christmas for Mr. and Mrs Dallas Wyman, Nappanee Mr and Mrs. Donald Bice and family of Milford entertained Mrs Rose Bice, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Nowicki. Mr. and Mrs S. Kubacki and Mr and Mrs Don Paul and family, all of Mishawaka, on December 25 9 Mr and Mrs Dan Smith of Gravelton entertained on Sunday at a post-Christmas dinner for Mr and Mrs Phil Smith and sons of Three Rivers. Mich.. Mr and Mrs Richard Smith and Mr. and Mrs Ron Smith and family, all of Milford. Henry Biller, Mr and Mrs Donal Rumfelt, all of Milford. Mr and Mrs Dane Rumfelt of New Pans and Mr and Mrs Dennis Rumfelt of Syracuse held a Christmas gathering on December 25 Mr. and Mrs Robert Beer of Milford spent Christmas day w ith Mr and Mrs. Elmer Anliker, Francesville Mr and Mrs. Oscar Bjella of Goshen entertained Christmas Eve for Mr. and Mrs Dallas Bjella and family of Milford, Lewis Meyer of El Monte, Calif., Mr and Mrs Dennis Bjella and Ardena Grissamer, all of Syracuse Mr and Mrs Ralph Biller of Milford entertained on Christmas day for Mr and Mrs Jack Baker and family, Milford, Mrs Patricia Bryant and daughter, Goshen. Mr. and Mrs Richard Baker and family, Cromwell. Mr and Mrs Douglas Koher and family Warsaw, Greg Biller. Goshen. Rick Hamsher. New Paris, and Mr and Mrs Michael Baker. Edwardsburg, Mich. Lewis Meyer of El Monte. Calif., visited with the Dallas Bjella family of Milford from December 20 to 28 Thursday evening of this week Mrs Beth Brunjes of Milford will entertain for Mr. and Mrs. Allen Brunjes and Steven. Mr and Mrs. Richard Smith, Mr and Mrs Ron Smith and family and Mrs Evadean Overholser, all of Milford, and Mr and Mrs Dan Smith of Gravelton. Christmas Eve Mrs. Taylor Bhton of Milford entertained for Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Richardson and family, Milford. Mr. and Mrs SUn Shaw and son, Syracuse. Mr and Mrs David Linville and son. Nappanee. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Cannon, Nappanee. Jennie Linville. Milford, and Mrs. Gladys Miller, Milford. They also attended the candlelight communion at the Christian church in Milford.

Mr. and Mrs Robert Cline of Milford were in Cincinnati, Ohio, from December 22 to 25 where they visited with Mrs. Cline’s mother. Mrs Walter Myers, and Aunt Ellen The Ezra Beer family held their family Christmas gettogether on Thursday. Dec 23. at the Apostolic Christian church Fellowship Hall. Mr and Mrs. Jeffrey Dippon and children C.W.. Chad and Crista, of r 3 Syracuse entertained at a family Christmas Eve party on Friday for Mrs Earl Treadway, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Searfoss and Mr. and Mrs. Guy W. Fisher, all of Syracuse Amy Purdum, a sophomore majoring in economics at Hanover college and daughter of Mr and Mrs. Charles Purdum of Syracuse, spent the Christmas holidays at home. She will return to Hanover January 1 to help her sorority. Kappa Alpha Theta, ready for the second semester rush program The Joe M (“Doc”) Karesh family of Syracuse were together for Christmas. Syracuse residents Mr and Mrs Milt Karesh and children Jimmy. Elaine. Joy and Johnny were joined by Joanne Karesh from Tustin. Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Steven Yoder and children Lori, Michelle, and Matthew of South Windsor. Conn Also present for the Christmas day festivities were Mr. and Mrs Otto Karesh erf Arkansas. Tillie Karesh of Chicago and Hank Brunell of Chicago Mr and Mrs. Ralph Thornburg. Jr., of North Shore drive. Syracuse, were joined by their four children and their families and Mrs. Ralph (Blanche) Thornburg. Sr., for Christmas dinner Mr. and Mrs. John Thornburg. Courtney and Cassie of Okemis. Mich., were home Thursday till Christmas day. Jill Thornburg of Denver, Colo., arrived December 19 and will leave Thursday. Dec 30 Also at the dinner were Mr and Mrs. Tom Thornburg of Syracuse and Mr and Mrs Bruce Rowland. Amy and Tracy of Syracuse Mr and Mrs David Rials traveled from Battle Creek to spend a few days during the holidays with their parents Mr. and Mrs Jay Peffley of Syracuse Mr. and Mrs Bill Zimmer of Warsaw joined the family for Christmas day. Karen Allen, a math teacher at North Central high school in Indianapolis, and Larry Allen, a freshman engineering student at Purdue university, were home with their parents Mr and Mrs Dale Allen of Syracuse, for the Christmas holiday. Karen will return to Indianapolis December 29 and Larry will go back to Purdue January 10 Mr. and Mrs Jack Alf“*y of Syracuse entertained Mr and Mrs Carl Alfrey and children Sara and Dema of Elkhart and Mr and Mrs Harry Alfrey of Syracuse for Christmas dinner. y ■ Mr and Mrs, Harold Arnold of Syracuse spent Christmas day with their daughter s family. Mr. and Mrs. Gorden Holley. Mandy. Matthew. Shelly and Cindy of Dunlap. Mr and Mrs T R Brooks of Milfcrd had their son Kenneth from Fort Wayne and their daughter and son-in-law, Scott and Susan Crist, and their grandchildren from Ohio home for Christmas.

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Brown of Milfcrd are enjoying a visit from Glen and June Brown from Milwaukee Glen is Ronald’s brother and they are visiting over the Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brumbaugh of Waubee Lake had a brunch on Christmas day. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Miller and Kevin of Nappanee Milford residents who attended are Mr. and Mrs. Richard Widup and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brumbaugh and Shelley. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Anglemeyer of Syracuse were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Sellers of Goshen on Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. John Bomtrager of Milford entertained December 26 for Mr. and Mrs. Harold Miller, Goshen, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bomtrager and family, Goshen. Mr and Mrs. Mark Miller and daughter. Milford, and Mr. and Mrs Paul Miller, Leesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fisher of Milford entertained Christmas Eve for xMr. and Mrs. Greg Bowser and son, Milford, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Mathews and son. Milford. Mr. and Mrs: Larry Speicher and son. Milford. Mrs. Carl Hosier, Churubusco, and John Fisher. Milford. •S December 19 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bowser. Dewart Lake, entertained for Mr. and Mrs. Owen Lindsey, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Miller. Janet Bowser and Brian, Mrs. Glendora Howard and Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, all of Dewart Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Beer and Tammy of Milford entertained at a noon meal on December 25, for Mr. and Mrs. Tom Beer, Middlebury and Jan Beer, Syracuse. Is your family’s news in this column? If not, why not call either the Milford or Syracuse office. Mrs. Larry (Debbie) Mast and infant son of r 2 Milford were released from the Goshen hospital on Christmas day. Members of the Rudolph Yoder family will gather in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Yoder near Milford on New Year’s day Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith were guests of Mrs Karleen Felkner and children at Fort Wayne for a Christmas brunch. Also present were Mrs Felkner’s older son. Mike of Syracuse and Connie Carr, also of Syracuse Mr and Mrs. Larry Snider and family of New Paris entertained at breakfast and dinner on Christmas day for members of the Marshall Miller family. Present were Mr Miller, Mr and Mrs Don Wuthrich and Douglas. Mr and Mrs. Elmar Sorensen. Mr and Mrs. Floyd Yoder and Sue, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bultemeier, Mr and Mrs Tom Sorensen, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Olsen. Mr and Mrs Dennis Wuthrich and Dawn and Larry Mast The Michael Zimmermans, Sr., of Milford entertained at an area restaurant on Sunday for members of their family Family members were present from Paulding, Ohio; Fort Wayne; Warsaw; and Milford. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith of Milford entertained Mr. and Mrs Elmer Sorensen and Mr. and Mrs. Donn D Kesler, also of Milfcrd, for dinner on Christmas. Mr and Mrs. Marion Acton of Milford entertained on Christmas day for Mr. and Mrs. Dan Acton and Rachel of Battle Ground, Mr. and Mrs. Don Acton and sons. Saint Charles. Mo , and Mr. and Mrs. Jay Smith of Goshen.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pickerell and Heather of Plymouth and Darcy Wolferman of Ball State university arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Wolferman and Doug on Christmas Eve to spend several days with their parents. Mrs. Pickerell is the , former Debbie Wolferman. Other holiday guests in the Wolferman home were Don Clemens of Warsaw. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tom of Elkhart and Otto Wiggs of Milford. Members of the Carrie Peffley family gathered in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Zimmerman and family of near Milford on Christmas Eve for a family holiday celebration Barbara Zimmerman, daughter of the Melvin Zimmermans of near Milford, is spending the holidays with her parents. Barbara is attending college in Hollywood. Fla. Mr. and Mrs. William Barclay of Milford visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lynch of Swayzee on December 24. Mr and Mrs. Charles Bird of Milford entertained on Christmas for Mr. and Mrs. William Barth and family of Milford. Mr. and Mrs. James Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Wilder Thompson, all of Warsaw. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Baumgartner of Milford were Christmas day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Sorg of Goshen. Others present were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Miller of Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sorg and Mr. and Mrs Ken Coffman, all of Goshen. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis B. Eby of r 4 Goshen and formerly erf rural Syracuse, had as houseguests last week, Mr. and Mrs. John Larson and children of Camp Verde, Ariz. Other visitors in the Eby home included Mr. and Mrs. Donald Davis and son of Syracuse. All were entertained on Wednesday in the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Tom, Jr., and family of Leesburg, and Mr and Mrs. Clarence Eby and family of Syracuse. Mr and Mrs. D. G. Seely of Milford spent Christmas day with his sister and family, Mr. and Mrs Herbert Sturtevant and Adam at Tecumseh, Mich. Others present were Mr. and Mrs Glen D Seely and Susan of North Adams. Mich.; Jim Seely and Mr and Mrs Greg Sturtevant and Anthony of Tecumseh; Mr and Mrs. Stephen Sturtevant of Fort Wayne; Mr and Mrs. James Shaner, Jimmy. Pat and Lori of Marshall, Mich.; and Dennis Shaner of Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Enoch of Lake Wawasee have returned from Salt Lake City where they spent the holidays with their family. Dr. and Mrs. J. PPeterson and Rony. On December 24, Mr and Mrs Carlton Beer. Steve and Ronn, Milfcrd. entertained for Mr and Mrs. Russ Mikel and daughter. Oxford, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Beer and family, Syracuse, Mrs. Carl Shearer, Georgia, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beer, Milford. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Beer of Milford, entertained for Mrs. Eva Smith, Syracuse, Mr. and Mrs Dane Rumfelt, New Paris, Miss Joy Beer, Lafayette, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Beer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Beer and Mr. and Mrs Don Beer, Jr., all of Milford, on December 26.

Mr. and Mrs. Glen Price, Jr., and three daughters of 3206 Vincent Ave., Sarasota, Fla., are leaving today (Wednesday) after spending a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Price, Sr., and other relatives and friends in the Milford area. The Junior Prices have resided in Florida for the past two years with Mr. Price being a manager of a fire extinguisher sales and service firm. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Amsden of Milford entertained on Christmas day for Mr. and Mrs. William Pease and family of New Paris, Mrs. Grace Pease and Tomas Pease and son, all of Goshen, Mrs. Roberta Nethercutt and Cathy Stockey, both of New Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Blair of Los Angeles, Calif., arrived in Syracuse Tuesday, to spend a week with Mr. and Mrs. Jay* Peffley, residents of Syracuse Lake. While in the area the Blairs will visit friends in the Goshen area, where they were former residents. Dr. and Mrs. Leo Anglin, Jr., Kent, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Santner and son. Crawfordsville, Mrs. Lena Kuhn of Akron and Harlan Hursey, Cromwell, were entertained on December 26 by Mr. and Mrs. Leo Anglin, Renee and JW of Milford. Mr. and Mrs. George Auer of Milford entertained out-of-town guests for Christmas dinner. Those present were Marietta Thwaits of Marion, Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Roberts, Sidney, and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Whetten of Michigan. Steven J. Yoder of Milford and Mike Shenefield of Syracuse are spending two weeks vacationing in Florida. Members of the Hubert Krull family of near Milford, including two-year-old Shane, spent Christmas day together for the first time. Last year young Shane was in the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wolferman and family of near Milford entertained Friday evening for theWolferman family. Present to enjoy the evening were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wolferman, Morrie Wolferman, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wolferman and family and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Vanlaningham and family. Mr and Mrs Walter Nyce and Vicki of Milford were Christmas day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Avery and family of Syracuse. Mrs. Otto Beer and Evelyn Beer, New Paris, entertained Christmas evening for Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Beer and Tammy and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Mikel, all of Milfcrd, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Beer, Goshen, Mr. and Mrs. Don McGowan, New Paris, and Harlan Beer, Tracy and Tyra Anna of Nappanee. On Christmas Eve the Howard Beers of Milford entertained for Mr. and .Mrs Nelson Beer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Stan Wuthrich and family and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Templin and family, all of Milford.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Beer, Milford, Eva Smith, Syracuse, and Joy Beer of Lafayette were all Christmas day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Beer and family of Milford. The Apostolic Christian church Fellowship Hall of Milford was the setting for the Christmas day gathering of the Theo Beer family. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Beer of Milford entertained on Christmas f Eve for their children and friends. Those present were Teresa, Jan, Peg, Chris, John, Philip, Heather, Heidi and Benjy Beer, all of Milford, Jenny Boyer, Syracuse, and Curt Davis, Farm dale. # I Mr and Mrs. Virgil Zimmerman and family of near Milford entertained on Christmas day for members of the Michael Zimmerman family. || Mr. and Mrs. Deloss Harman ■ of Leesburg were December 26 guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kendall " Biller of Milford. 4? Christmas day Mrs. Taylor W Bliton of Milford entertained for Mr. and Mrs. David Linville and son and Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Cannon, all of Nappanee. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Replogle of Milford entertained on Christmas day at a dinner for Mrs. Replogle’s ♦ relatives. M Present to enjoy the day were the families of Mr. and Mrs. Noble Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dale Doty and Mr. and Mrs. Dean Dow ty. During the afternoon they received a telephone call from % Earlene Tatro of New York city. Mrs Tatro is the daughter of the Noble Fishers. ■ i The Bob Insley family of Syracuse received a call from Cliff Cripe of EauGallie, Fla., Monday, Dec. 20. Cliff said all is well with his family and enjoyed catching up with the news of the area Mark Koble, a freshman prepharmacy major at Purdue university, is home for Christmas vacation. Mark enjoyed a Christmas day spent with brothers Steve and Craig, parents Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Koble, and grandmother Mrs. ? Joe (Martha) Koble. Mark will return early to Purdue, January 7, for Glee club camp.

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