The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 5, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 February 1978 — Page 12
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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., February 22,1978
Milford's Main Street
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WE COULDN’T resist blowing this photo up — it was taken following the “Blizzard of ’7B” as the youngsters enjoyed the manmade mountains on Milford’s Main Street. The expressions on their faces tell the story! PEOPLE DRIVING down Section Street had a chance to view the huge sign the Richard Roose family has over their front door. The sign denotes the Milford Junior High girls basketball team’s championship which was gained at the recent Pierceton four-way invitational tourney. Roose is coach of the team and both he and Mrs. Roose are proud • of their girls!
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SPEAKING OF basketball, bouquets go to the young ladies who sang the “Star Spangled Banner” prior to Wawasee home basketball games this season. They did a great job. MRS. DONN (Mary) Kesler is in need of old hose to work with in her classes at the Cardinal Center in Warsaw. Any woman in the community with a supply of old hose they would like to donate to this project is asked to contact Mrs. Kesler. It was a long trip for some who went to Indianapolis for the unsafe building contempt of court hearing Friday —about a 15-hour day. Our tale begins when Mrs. Glen Treesh, town board member;
Mrs. T. A. Miller, wife of the town board president; Bessie Sunthimer and a Mail-Journal reporter left for Indianapolis at 8 a.m. There was to be plenty of time to reach the destination. About 9:30, near Rochester on U.S. 31, the car began to lurch and make noises, caused by what was believed to be falling chunks of ice. After the second fit, the car was stopped to see what the trouble was. All four persons got out and could find nothing wrong. As the key was turned in the ignition, the engine did not start. Mrs. Treesh took action, putting the car’s hood up to signal for help. A couple of minutes later a pick-up truck stopped and the driver was informed of the problem; he attempted to find the cause and called for help on channel 9 of his CB before driving off. An 18-wheeler (semi) stopped and its driver, in cowboy hat and boots, offered help. He said he could take someone up the road to call for help and was told all four had to go. Between him and a fellow driver, they thought they could squeeze in the people, on their southbound run. But a fourwheeler (car) was called just in case. All four persons were out on the road with the “cowboy”. Mrs. Sunthimer commented it might be an experience to ride with the “cowboy”. A car stopped and the driver offered a ride to Indianapolis. So Paul and Mary Weaver of Goshen, headed to Evansville for an accounting meeting, picked up four hitchhikers. A call was made to Mrs. Treesh’s husband about the car and he was coming to Indianapolis that afternoon to pick up the stranded group. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver dropped off the people near the CityCounty building and proceeded to Evansville. Following the hearing, the group waited in the City Market for Mrs. Treesh’s brother Gordon Geiger to take them across town to his house, so they could catch a
ride home with Glen Treesh. Two hours after the appointed time, the group piled into a taxi and went to the southside Geiger home. Glen Treesh was there, the car had been taken to a garage for repairs, and dinner was the next concern. About 8:30 p.m., the group left a restaurant and returned to Milford about 11:30 p.m. SEEN SATURDAY on SR 15 going north out of Milford: A pick-up truck loaded to the top of the bed with snow with lawn chairs perched on top of the snow! AREA RESIDENTS are reminded to purchase tickets early for next Monday’s MAD banquet. « Who will the 1978 Citizen of the Year be??? HERE’S AN unusual situation that we promised to see if we could help out with. A pretty young Miss in our town is looking for homes for a litter of unborn kittens. Anyone who would like to have a kitten in a month or so is asked to contact Sherry Young and she will make arrangements for the young animals’ adoption. Sherry is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Leon Young of Our Town and is very concerned about these unborn animals and their place in our world. RICHARD SLABAUGH of out west of town stopped by the other day to help with the identification of the people in the photo of the old church of the Nazarene which we ran several weeks ago in this column. Louis Ritter is shown third from right in the front row. Rev. Engles is on the far right in front. His daughter, Mary Jo, is on the left in the second row and his son, Fred, is on the left in the back row. Our thanks to Richard for his help.
MEMBERS OF the Basketball Boosters Club of Our Town are asked to meet in room 105 at the junior high school at 7 p.m. on February 23. An election of officers will be held and plans will be made for the coming chili supper and for the summer. MR. AND MRS. Howard T. Beer of rural Milford will observe their 40th wedding anniversary Sunday, Feb. 26. No special observance is planned. Beer and the former Eleanor Kaiser were married by the late Noble Neff. Mr. Beer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Beer, r 2 Milford. . The couple’s children are Nelson Beer, Robert Lee Beer, Mrs. Jerry (Mary Jane) Templin and Mrs. Stan (Linda) Wuthrich. Kosciusko CROP second in state For the third year in a row, Kosciusko County CROP has ranked second in the state, with the best year in its history—- — $20,689. Last year’s total was $17,447. About $6,500 was raised in the bowl-a-thon in November, led by Leßoy Wise. Contributions came from may townships in the county and were both large and small, but all important. The Friendship Farm in Jefferson Township raised $1,200 in wheat but will not be available until next year. Another 20 acres to farm on halves is being south. April 29, at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds, Goshen, the sixcounty CROP Friendship Auction will be held. Interested churches are asked to contribute items. Car catches fire A car owned by Chester Reed of Ligonier, which was parked at the Old Jones Dairy in Syracuse, was damaged SBOO when it caught on fire at 5:09 p.m. February 21. Cause was a backfire with no breather on the carburetor. When Syracuse firemen arrived, they found the owner throwing snow on the blaze. They extinguished the fire and returned to the station at 5:55 p.m.
January activities released by police
Syracuse police department has released its activities for the month of January. A total of 159 calls were answered by the department. Total mileage was 2,351 while 34 courtesy calls were answered and three gun permits issued. A total of 14 fire and ambulance calls were assisted and there were 21 license branch checks for the month. As far as accidents were concerned, there were eight public and three private for January. A total of 10 property damage accidents were investigated involving 20 vehicles causing $5,345 in damages. Only one personal injury accident, involving two vehicles, was investigated resulting in $2,700 damages. Concerning complaints, eight thefts resulting in loss of $6,153.74 were investigated. Os this amount, $4,580 was recovered. A total of six vandalism reports were received involving loss of $l7O. Other complaints received
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included: city ordinance, two; missing person, one; lost and found, seven; dogs, seven with one dog impounded; and miscellaneous, 54. For arrests, five traffic arrests were made. A total of two misdemeanor and two felony arrests were made. There were no juvenile or warning arrests made. No parking citations were given. Regular officers worked 111 and one-half hours overtime, with one and one-half being spent in court. A total of 33 reserve officer hours were worked. Officer Jack Zimmerman was in the police academy for 10 weeks. Booked on charges Raymond Cassidy Howell, 33, of North Webster, was booked at the county jail over the week end on alcohol-related charges. He was charged with furnishing alcoholic beverages to a minor. He was released on $l5O bond.
Firemen respond to dryer fire Syracuse firemen were called to Brown Vylactos Laboratories, 801 South Huntington Street in Syracuse, at 11:01 a.m. February 18 where a fire in a dryer caused $4,000 in damages. Cause of the blaze was an overheated dryer. When firemen arrived at the scene, they found the fire in the leg and blower from the feed dryer. They extinguished the blaze and returned to the station at 1:15 p.m. Sgt. Ward Miller at Castle AFB ATWATER, Calif. - Sergeant Ward S. Miller, son of Mrs. Ethel P. Miller of 402 E. Jefferson, Cassopolis, Mich., has arrived for duty at Castle AFB, Calif. Sergeant Miller, a security specialist with a unit of the Strategic Air Command, previously served at Clear Missile Early Warning Station, Alaska. The sergeant is a 1972 graduate of Union City (Mich.) High School. His father, Herbert A. Miller, lives in Syracuse.