The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 46, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 December 1977 — Page 18

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed.. December 7, 1977

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It Happened .. .|n Syracuse

1 YEAR AGO. DEC. 8.1»?8 Final cuts have been made to the 1976-77 Tri-State University fencing team. Named to the team was Anne E. Kortenber. a graduate of Northrop high school, Fort Wayne. Anne is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Kortenber, r 3 Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Stuckman, r 2 Syracuse, will be honored on their 50th wedding anniversary withan open house given by their children on Sunday, Dec. 12, in the Turkey Creek Conservation club on SR 13. Ground has been broken and the super-structure is in place for the building which represents the latest in a series of expansion programs undertaken by the Vega Corporation in Syracuse. Expected to be completed soon, the facility will be 24,000 square feet in size. Gulliver's Travel Agency has moved downstairs into the former “Little People Shoppe” location They simply needed more room in which to operate their very versatile business. 5 YEARS AGO. DEC. 8, 1872 Leisurely taking a stroll on Indiana 13 north of town in the fast fall and slippery snow Friday around noon were two ponies and a horse. The trio got as far as the county line road but were later returned to their home just north of road 6 A group of interested snowmobilers in the Syracuse area met Wednesday evening at the Syracuse Ore station meeting room at which time the Wawasee Snowmobile Association was formed. Mr and Mrs. Douglas Kunce of r 2 Syracuse are the parents of their first child, a one pound, six ounce premature child, Timothy James, born on Monday, Dec. 4, at Goshen hospital. Rev. Robert Shiedly officiated for the November 18 wedding uniting in marriage Miss Kim Bean and Joe Richards at 7:30 o'clock in the Syracuse Church of

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the Nazarene. A reception followed in the home of the bride’s parents. !• YEARS AGO, DEC. 8,1887 Testimony from three local witnesses was heard Tuesday in a four-hour hearing here on a petition by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to discontinue two passenger trains. None objected to the railroad’s proposal. A 25th anniversary party for Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Yoder, Syracuse, was given by their children at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Shirley Lusk, at Daleville. A three-tier anniversary cake was served. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shannon and daughter Betty of Syracuse and son Robert of Millersburg have returned home after spending a week deer hunting at Williamsport, Pa. Mrs. Shannon visited with friends and shopped. Betty and Robert each got a deer. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wells and family, former Syracuse residents, have moved back to Syracuse from Lake City, Fla. and are living in the James McCullough property? 2® YEARS AGO. DEC. 5. IN? Mrs Blanche Grissom and Edgar Kuhn, r 1 Leesburg, were married Friday afternoon in the parsonage of the Calvary E.U.B. Church by Rev. Kenneth Foulke. Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Susan Klink, daughter of Mrs. Robert Clevenger and Orval L. Klink of Syracuse, to Jay Brouwer, son of Mrs. Orrin Smith of~Syracuse Lake and Lester Brouwer of Fort Wayne. Sixty-five members of the William Geiger family enjoyed a family reunion Thanksgiving Day at the Legion Hall. This was the first time in several years that the whole family was able to be present. Mrs Charles Dietrich arrived Tuesday from West Palm Beach, Florida, to spend several weeks with her daughter, Mrs Marvin Shock, and new grandson.

45 YEARS AGO, DEC. 8,1832 M. M. Smith, C. H. King, L. T. Heerman and Don Routsong played 18 holes of golf on the South Shore course Monday, Dec. 5. Friends received cards yesterday, from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown, in Van Wert, 0., announcing the birth of a daughter, Barbara Ann, on Dec. 5. The baby, a grand-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Ingalls

Successful Farmers elect new officers

By TIFFANY GALLOWAY The meeting of the Leesburg Successful Farmers took place at 7:30, November 22, in the home of Tiffany Galloway. Pins for the year were awarded to the following young people: second year pin - Scott KamJOINS SALES STAFF — Jack Reece has joined the sales staff at McCormick Motors in Nappanee. Mr. Reece has had over 15 years experience in the truck business as branch manager for International Harvester in South Bend and general manager for R and R Truck Sales in Goshen. McCormick Motors is the only combination Chevrolet — Mack truck dealership in the United Slates.

weighed seven and one-half pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gray of Nappanee, Sunday, at a party celebrating Edgar Gray’s birthday. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Wilbur from Michigan City, who bought their summer home from Roscoe Howard this summer, spent last Thursday at their cottage on Kale Island.

merer, Tiffany Galloway; third year pin - Gina Stookey; fourth year pin - Gary Polk, Rick Rookstool; fifth year pin - Kevin Everest, Jeff Stookey ; sixth year pin - Holly Rookstool; eighth year pin - Brian Money hoffer; ninth year pin - Melany Rookstool. New members. Todd Kammerer, Tim Frieburger and Brenda Frieburger, were welcomed. Officers for the new year are as follows: Holly Rookstool — president Gary Polk — vice president Tiffany Galloway — secretarytreasurer Gina Stookey and Rick Rookstool — songleaders Tim Frieburger, Scott Kammerer and Brenda Frieburger — recreation Kevin Everest — reporter Jeff Stookey — health and safety Any children in the Leesburg area interested in joining the club should contact Mrs. Larry Galloway or Kerry Rookstool. Meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month. The first radio broadcast in the U.S. was made on Christmas Eve, 1906 by R. A. Fessenden.

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