The Mail-Journal, Volume 17, Number 50, Milford, Kosciusko County, 31 December 1980 — Page 14

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., December 31,1980

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THIS WEEK’S photo is of a Milford football team of yesteryear. Taken about 1905, it is another of Eugene Felkner’s photos. Shown are Clayton Reichard, Lloyd Felkner, Comp Scarlett, Veriy Miller, Tom Davis, Dan Davis, John Stotler, Scott Stiffler, Charles Druckemiller, Don Kleder, George Ogden, Bob Higbee, Fred Farnum, Frank Homan and manager Arba Ogden. t - —o— OUR HISTORICAL diggings took us to school. History does not tell us exactly where or when Milford High School had its start. The first Milford school building was located where the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Richardson now stands on South Main Street. Later, a little red school house was erected on the lot north of the house now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Young, also on Main Street. The little red school house was torn down, and what was known as the white school house was erected on the lot north of what is now the United Methodist Church site. The next building to be used was on the corner east of where Campbell’s . Market is now located. That building burned to the ground and in 1878 a two story brick building was completed which remained until 1914 when the present building was erected. It was in 1878 that Milford's school was graded. And, through the untiring efforts of superintendent James Shepard a commission was received in 1911. Dedication ceremonies for the new building were held on December 18,1914. The following

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spring the whole town turned out for the laying of.the corner stone. It was May 15 and the Masons were in charge. It was a very impressive ceremony and was on the school grounds with a stage being constructed to accommodate the officers who had charge of the activities and the ladies who sang. The crowd gathered uptown and marched in a long procession to the school, being led by the band. The first high school commencement was held in the building on May 1, 1915. Before that time commencement exercises were held in the Methodist Uhurch. The first basketball games played in Milford were in the school.“gymnasium" located in the basement of the present junior high school building. The gym floor was about four feet lower than the present floor in that k area. The “gym" now serves as the school’s cafeteria. Milford's high school chorus began its existence as a department of the school in 1908. It’s chief motives were the advancement of musical knowledge among the students, and through public concerts the cultivation of music appreciation in the community. ’ The first concert in 1909 included the “Gloria” from Mozart’s “Twelfth Mass.” In 1924 work began on the new Milford High School gym. At first bleachers were only on the east side of the gym, but were later added on the west side, too. In 1925 the county tournament was played in the new Milford gym. That, incidentally, was the year MHS had its first good team, winning the county, sectional and

regional tournaments and joining the fabled “Sweet Sixteen” at Indianapolis. Vincennes upset Milford in the old fairgrounds cow barn at Indianapolis. Score: 26-31, with Birch Bayh, Sr., father of U. S. Senator Birch Bayh, officiating. The game was the state tourney opener, and the Indianapolis newspaper, new at carrying photographs, showed tall, six foot, three inch, Clayton (“Si”) Hollar jumping center. Hollar was considered among the state’s tallest that year.

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Members of the longremembered team include Harry and Roy Schultz, Eldon Miller, Royal Sechler, Harold Burns, Noble Miller and James Hammon. Noble W.. Neff was the team’s coach. The Milford High School Band was organized under the direction of Lloyd Ehernman during the 19205. Mr. Ehernman was the director of the band until 1935. The class of 1929 was the first class to have the school’s emblem, the wheel of progress and the book of learning, on their class rings. This crest was used the last time on the rings worn by the Wawasee High School class of 1969. In 1946 Milford basketball coach Arlo Beiswanger put together what was to become a winning team. With Carl (‘‘Bill”) Speicher and his brother Louis and Donnie Wolferman, all three sophomores, spearheading the team, the Trojans won the sectionaltournament. This winning trio, with Dick Kaiser and Phil Beer, won the sectional in 1947. The three, Bill, Looie and Donnie, were juniors and their fans thought they couldn’t be stopped. However, they were stopped and a near riot followed. They met a determined team from New Paris on the New Paris gym floor. The Cubs took an early lead and never let Milford catch up. Milford fans followed • referee James Eaton, a former New Paris teacher and coach, to the dressing room. Someone struck Eaton and he for a time threatened to have Milford suspended from the IHSAA. Such was the fervor for the hardwood sport in the year 1947 at Milford. The three returned as seniors in 1948 and had as fellow regulars Dick and Ben Kaiser. Substitutes that year were Jack Klopenstein, Duane (“Skip”) Graff, Harry Orn and Ralph Clawson. . At any rate, this made a

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fascinating combination and success was theirs. They won 25 straight games, rolling over opponents in scheduled play and in both the county and sectional tournaments. They met their nemesis in the first game of the regional at Fort Wayne’s North Side gym when they met Monroeville. Monroeville came away with the win: 51-47. Robert Bushong coached the Milford team in 1947-48. The Future Farmers of America organization med at MHS during the 194849 school year. It was an organization of vocational ag boys and was upder Marion Stackhouse. Stacknouse is now president of the state Farm Bureau organization. Eldon Morehouse was the organization’s first president. The class of 1967 was the largest to graduate from Milford High School. On June 1, 1967, a total of 50 students marched across the stage to receive their diplomas from Charles ' H. Purdum, Jr., a member of the Lakeland School Board and a 1938 MHS alumni. And, then Milford High School came to the end of an era. Wawasee High School became a step into the future —a future full of better things. Just as the new school was built on SR 15 in 1914 and a gym added 20 years later, progress was made through the years at Milford and educational facilities improved for the best interest of the students ... so Wawasee High School was built. Looking toward the future, toward better education, this reporter sees the end of the current Milford Junior High School (the old MHS building) and the building of a new, modern junior high school at the elementary school site. . . yet another step toward the future and toward better education. Man not hurt when train hits car a Jeffrey W. Abrams, 30, r 3 Syracuse, escaped from his stalled vehicle shortly before it was struck by a Conßail train at 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24. Abrams was westbound on CR 900 N at Old State Road when his auto stalled on the railroad tracks. He got out of his vehicle just before it was hit by the train traveling an estimated 25 miles per hour, according to Kosciusko County Police Capt. Ron Robinson. /' The 1980 Audi was knocked into a ditch and jwas demolished with damages set at $10,500. The driver told police he failed to see or hear the train approaching. Damage to the train was an estimated SI,OOO. J.P. Ferguson, 31, Fort Wayne, was the engineer and conductor was W. W. Boleyn, Auburn., Milford man injured, arrested Mario Rodriguez, 23, Milford, was injured and arrested on alcohol charges following a onecar accident Saturday, Dec. 20, on CR 23, south of US 6 in Elkhart County. Rodriguez sustained a broken nose, separated shoulder, laceration to his right eye and complained of back pains. He was treated and released at Goshen Hospital. He was driving north on CR 23 when his auto ran off the west side of the road and sheared off a utility pole. The vehicle flipped on its side and stopped when it struck a second utility pole. Damage was estimated at $2,500. | He was arrested for driving while under the influence of alcoholic beverages. Syracuse youth booked at county jail Rusty Dale Smith, 18, r 3 Syracuse, was arrested and booked in the Kosciusko County jail from a county court warrent for unlawful possession of marijuana. He was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 24 and released on his own recognizance.

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