The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 14, Milford, Kosciusko County, 26 April 1978 — Page 12

THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., April 26,1978

It Happened ... In Syracuse

1 YEAR AGO, APRIL 27,1977 Jack Wells and James Fry have announced plans to form a new real estate agency in Syracuse, to be known as Fry and Wells Hometown Realtors. Mrs. Clem (Suzanne) Lisor of Syracuse Chapter Order of the Eastern Star will assume the responsibilities of the highest office in the order in Indiana on April 27, when she is installed as worthy grand matron of the Indiana Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. Wedding plans are set for August 20 at Saint Andrew’s United Methodist Church, Syracuse, for Cindy Kay Earnhart, r 1 Kimmell, and Roger Lee Niles, r 1 Syracuse. Mrs. Ada May Birch, a resident of Syracuse, will be celebrating her 90th birthday May 3 with an open house at her daughter’s house on Papakeechie Lake, r 2 Syracuse. 5 YEARS AGO, APRIL 25, 1973 Todd Realty, owned and operated by Joe and Barbara Todd, have announced the purchase of property known as the George Lamm residence on road 13 south of Syracuse, and have named the property “The House in the Village.” New members welcomed into the Kappa Omicron Chapter of

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THE WE A THERHEAD COMPANY Subsidiary Os The Dana Corporation SYRACUSE • INDIANA . ft Congratulates Six Os Its Longtime Employees On Their Retirement.

RETIRE FROM WEATHERHEAD - Six longtime Weatherhead employees were feted at a small retirement party at the company canteen area on Friday, April 7, 1978, by their fellow employees and management of the company. They have either retired jo since April 1 or will be retired in the near future. || Those honored and their years of service and their supervisors include, from left, Ben Valentine, 26 years and one month; Lee Owen, inspection supervisor; Keitha Smith, 25 years and eight months; Robert || Penick, maintenance supervisor; Evelyn Sprague, 25 years and eight months; Charles Sweetheimer, t production foreman; Loren O’Dell, 11 years and one month; and Laurel Harlan, 25 years and 11 months. Not pictured is Matt Kissane, with 26 years and one month service. H These employees represent over 140 years of faithful service. The management of Weatherhead wishes to congratulate these fine employees for their years of service to the company and sincerely wish them well in their leisure years. The Management

Beta Sigma Lio sorority at Syracuse were Mrs. Rodger Brown, Mrs. Carl Freel, Mrs. James Berkey and Mrs. Charles Kosher. Jesse E. Metzger, Syracuse, construction crew supervisor with Northern Indiana Public Service company, has attained 25 years of service with the utility. Robert Slavens, principal at Syracuse High School before the Lakeland Corporation became one high school, has resigned as principal of Wabash High School, a post he assumed when he left Syracuse. 10 YEARS AGO. APRIL 24,1968 Jon Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bernard Roberts, r 3 Syracuse, has been elected to the position of managing editor of “The Purdue Agriculturist’’ for the 1968-69 school year. Members of Syracuse Lodge No. 454, Free and Accepted Masons, planted a Tulip tree, Indiana’s state tree, in the ground at the rear of the Syracuse public library at 2 p.m. Sunday. Syracuse High School seniors, Michael Lee Brower and Gregory Charles Smith, were awarded $2,000 scholarships by SyracuseWawasee Education, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Stuckman, r 3 Syracuse, announce the

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engagement of their daughter, Gayle Ann, to Robert Ferguson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Ferguson, r 3 Warsaw. 20 YEARS AGO, APRIL 24,1958 Phyllis George, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert George, Syracuse, will be crowned Queen of the May during this year’s annual May Day festivities at Manchester College, North Manchester on May 3. Thomas M. Tuttle, son of Mrs. Morris Parker of r 1 Syracuse, was scheduled to complete training April 18 at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego,

It Happened ... In Milford

14 YEARS AGO, APRIL 30.1964 A Monday afternoon caller of Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Manor of Milford was Florence Pferffer of Warsaw. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Walker of Milford were Wednesday evening callers of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Buhrt of Milford. Wayne Clark of r 1 Milford visited his father, Charley Clark and his aunt,- Alma Marion, Sunday at the Kilgore nursing home near Pierceton. 24 YEARS AGO. MAY 6, 1954 Mr. and Mrs. Evertt Butrick gave a family dinner on Sunday for the following guests: Mrs. Leota Brusman, Mrs. Verla Smelzer, Mrs. Sam Tenick, Mrs. Irvin Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Shanholt and children, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brusman and children, all of Elkhart, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Curran and children of Niles, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haney and children Goshen, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Gardner, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Rapp and children were evening visitors. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Good on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ganger and children, Goshen. 30 YEARS AGO, MAY 13,1948 Mr. and Mrs. Ted Cunningham received a cable from their daughter, Miss Betty Ann, that she arrived safely at Hamilton, Bermuda, cm Tuesday, May 4, at 2 p.m. She had left New York City on the preceding Saturday. Miss

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Calif. Grace Stutzman of Warsaw and John Cripe of Wawasee Lake were married Saturday at the First Brethren Church in Warsaw. Sharon Byrd and Ed Anglemyer, the senior candidates, were crowned King and Queen of the annual King and Queen Dance Friday night, April 18, at Syracuse High School. 45 YEARS AGO. APRIL 27.1933 Announcement is being made of the marriage of Miss Annabelle Utter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Utter, of Hun-

Cunningham a certified public accountant, is employed by an English firm in New York which uses the English monetary system. Her home is with an English family, Mrs. Cunningham said. The Milford Iron and Welding Shop, which has been owned and operated for several years by Earl J. Miller, has been purchased by Hoy Jones, of Elgin, 111. Mr. Jones expects to take over about July 1 but Mr. Miller said he would stay on for a few months. Mr. Jones with his wife and two children expects to move to Milford soon. He is the son of Weatherhead calls fire department Syracuse firemen were called to a fire at the Weatherhead Company in Syracuse at 8:26 p.m. April 22. The fire, on the monorail track, was caused by a possible short. When firemen arrived, the fire was out. There was no damage. YOUTH ARRESTED Timothy Wayne Jefferies, 19, r 2 North Webster, was arrested for illegal possession of an alcoholic beverage and booked at the county jail Monday. He was released on his own recognizance. . “Thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities.’’ —Psalms 31:7

tington, and William Graham, Jr., Fort Wayne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Graham, Sr., of Bloomington and Lake Wawasee. A surprise party in honor of Court Slabaugh was held at the high school, Wednesday noon by teachers of the Syracuse faculty, and their wives or husbands. Mrs. C. H. King entertained 16 guests at a luncheon-bridge party at her home on Kale Island, last Friday. Monday evening, trolling near Mel Rapp’s home on Syracuse Lake, Wade Zerbe caught a three and one-quarter pound bass.

Rev. and Mrs. Emeral Jones. 60 YEARS AGO, MAY 9,1918 Mr. and Mrs. Othar Miller came to Milford Sunday and spent the day with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Closson. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene LeJuste of Jackson, Mich., spent Sunday in Milford with the parents of Mrs. LeJuste, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Higbee. Jesse Smith and daughter, Wilma, of New Paris were in Milford Wednesday of last week on business, and also visited with Richard Vanderveer and family. Booked on alcohol charges Several area residents were booked at the county jail over the week end on alcohol-related charges. Jim Edward Kiwetkowski, 28, r 1 North Webster, was charged with public intoxication, resisting law enforcement and driving under the influence of intoxicating beverages. He is being held in the jail in lieu of SI,OOO bond. Jimmie Dean Stout, 21, r 1 North Webster, was booked on a charge of public intoxication. His bond was set at SIOO. Also booked was Peggy Ann Slusher, 19, r 1 Cromwell, on a charge of deception. She was released after posting a bond of $l5O.

4 Ji RECRUITER AIDE - Private Debra S. Darr, r 4 Syracuse, has completed Army training as a Good Services Specialist at Fort Lee, Va., and has been selected by the Army to be a Recruiter Aide in her hometown area, Warsaw, assisting Army recruiters, for the next 30 days. She is a 1975 graduate of Wawasee High School and is the daughter of Mrs. Donna Belle L. Darr and the late Harold W. Darr. Private Darr entered the Army’s Delayed Entry Program last August and went on active Army duty December 28, according to her Army recruiter. Staff Sergeant Ricky Brennan, W'arsaw. Her next assignment will be to Fort Eustis, Va. Her reasons for joining the Volunteer Army? “Travel . . . training and the chance to see some things beyond Indiana’s borders,” admitted the 20-year-old soldier. The soldier will be talking to old friends and the juniors and seniors at Wawasee High School about the new opportunities, especially for women, in the Army. Benjamin Deatsman honored at shower A baby shower was held on Sunday in the home of Mrs. Robert Buhrt, r 1 Syracuse, in honor of Benjamin Ross Deatsman, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Deatsman of Leesburg. Benjamin Ross was born on March 5. Miss Pat Buhrt served as co-host ess for the event. Decorations, in yellow and green, followed a bib and bootie theme. The centerpiece was a cake made in the shape of a baby’s bib. Individual cakes, in the shape of pinafores decorated

with baby booties were served with chicken sandwiches in the shape of baby bibs, mints, lime sherbert and pineapple punch. Games were played. Guests were the baby's mother; Miss Kim Beezley and Mrs. Ray Buhrt, Syracuse; Mrs. Herman Lutes, Mrs. Robert Lutes. Miss Teresa Lutes and the maternal great-grandmother Mrs. Ralph Newcomer, all of Nappanee; Mrs. Richard Buhrt. Miss Pam Buhrt. Miss Vicki Buhrt and Miss Karen Buhrt, all of Goshen: Mrs. John Buhrt, Mrs.

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Dennis Buhrt and Miss Jennifer Buhrt, all of Warsaw; Mrs Larry Eberle, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Fred Waldbeser, Mrs Joe Neimeth. Mrs. Mike Buhrt and maternal great-grandmother Mrs Paul Buhrt, all of Milford; paternal grandmother Mrs Walter Deatsman. Mrs. Charles Marshall, Miss Kim Marshall, Miss Trishall Marshall, ail of Leesburg; Mrs Ralph Newcomer. Jr. Bremen; Mrs. Tom Currier. Fairview, Mich.; Mrs. Bruce Smith and Miss Heather Smith, Spring Lake, Mich.

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