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SALLTETHEDEAD AT THE MILFORD CEMETERY Reach financial goal, burn thermometer —

Full week end of activities at Milford

A full Memorial Day week end , of activities in Milford included a bazaar, a MAD Dash, an open house at the First National Bank of Warsaw's Milford Branch, an American Legion-sponsored parade with services following at the cemetery, a Youth League tourney, and the burning of the community .building ther mometer The bazaar and the annual MAD Memorial Day chicken barbecue along with other community money making projects, culminated the raising of $12,000 needed to complete the community building and saw the burning thermometer which especially for the fund raising /vent’ Spearheading the fund raising project wereTleJNi Treesh and Man y Haab ) Work to be doiiefwith the money raised includes (the suspended ceiling and ceihngftghts. kitchen cabinets aM appliances tile for foyer and\kitchen /and floor coloring for room The burning of the thermometer insures this work can now be done Events began early Saturday morning with a bazaar and bake sale being held in the community building The event began at 9 a m and continued until.! p m Hundreds of baked items were on display along with plants, silk flower arrangements and hand crafted items made and donated by the citizens of the community who also turned out to purchase items and support the event An estimated $2,000 was raised through the bake sale and bazaar

68.8 average for June The warmest June temperature that Goshen College weather observer Lores Steury has on record occurred on June 1.1934, with a reading of IM degrees The coldest temperature was on June 23.1918. with 32 degrees. The average temperature for the month is 68.8 degrees June 1 has an average of 66 2 degrees and June 39 has a 7XI degree average, an increase of 5.9 degrees Steury reported that the June precipitation average is IM inches The wettest June on record was 1981 with 8.86 inches. The dryest month came in 1966 with 1.38 inches * ”

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, The open house at the First National Bank’s remodeled Milford Branch took place between Ham and 2 p m with over 1,200 persons tounng the bank and t;n joying the special events which took place in the bank s parking lot See detailed item on the bank on page 2 Sales were also to be found in the stores of the town throughout the day and MAD Merchants' giveaways, with no purchase necessary to enter, were held at 1 pm. 2pm and 3pm in the community building Jean Treesh. co-chairman of the fund-raising activity said it was. •'Unbeheveable' The people have been so supportive," she said "Just think, ’ she continued. "We’ve raised $12,000 since Easter ” Marcy Haab. co-chairman, said it was. "Tremendous”’ She went on to say she appreciated the cooperation of everyone, the* people who gave and the people who bought She commented on the fish fry. noting that before the fish fry they thought they might possibly have to have one additional project to reach the goal The first project to raise the $12,000 was a garage sale and bake sale held the week end prior to Easter Mrs Treesh said she would like to name names of people who helped but was afraid she would leave someone out She did. however, comment on the fish fry held by the Milford School staff, noting, "Many of the teachers and school personnel don’t even live here " MAD President Karl Keiper said he felt the week end was a

"Huge success”’ Keiper commented on the projects, the contributions and pledges all helping to reach the goal needed and said the work should be completed this sum mer He continued by saying now he is looking to volunteer help to help with the electric work, the plumbing and the cabinets MAD Treasurer Darrell Orn stated Tuesday noon he could not give a total figure but it is well over the $12,000 being sought by May 31 in order to burn the thermometer Orn stated the barbecue cleared $756 Final figures are expected to be available at the MAD meeting slated to be held on June 12 in the community building The only activity on Sunday was the start of the boys' Youth League tournament at the Milford Elementary School The tournament continued on Monday with champions in both bpys and girls play Shee article and photos on page nine The traditional Memorial Day

Milford church to begin construction of new gym

Rev Paul Tinkei of the First Brethren Church in Milford has 1 announced that construction will soon begin on the church’s new gymnasium The gym will include a shower room and equipment storage area ”We hope to haw a final cleanup day on June 5 and after that to begin on the back building that will be the gym,” said Tinkei The center portion of the church- \ owned building, the former C S Meyers garage, was recently burned in a late night fire that also consumed several uninsured vehicles stored inside Pete Gross of Warsaw, general contractor, will tjegin th? masonry work on the 24 by 36 foot structure and it is planned to use the existing back wall that was not involved in the fire. A new floor will be poured and new lighting and heating will be installed "Hopefully, by early fall we'll

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breakfast began in the Masonic Temple at 5.30 a m Monday and continued until 9:30 a.m. with pancakes, sausage, eggs, coffee and milk being served Parade On Monday The town's citizens paused Monday morning to honor the war dead with a parade and service at the cemetery The parade, which lasted approximately 15 minutes, moved out from the junior high school at 10 am. It moved east from the school on Emeline Street to Main Street and north on Main to the monument at the town hall There the parade was haulted while Legion Commander Stanley Stump introduced Rev Paul Tinkle of the First Brethren Church of Milford and Tinkle led the large crowd assembled in prayer Following the prayer, the parade continued north on Main Street to the Milford-Syracuse Road where it went west to SRIS. Parade units were loaded into cars and buses to make the trip to.

get the direction on the front part of the building.” says Tinkei who added that the church had planned to build additional classrooms, a kitchen, and a new fellowship hall on the front part of the building before the fire. The insurance covered only approximately half the cost of the actual damage caused by the blaze and the church has had to review and reformulate its plans and goals for the badly needed church addition. "We have to do something, we don't have room in the little church building.' says the pastor Because of the fire and water damage it may now be necessary to reroof the front portion of the building and it is not known whether or not the existing walls are structurally sound enough for an addition As soon as the first goal, the gymnasium, has been completed, the church will formulate a plan of action on the front building.

the cemetery for the service there Rev Tinkle presented the address at the cemetery and the list of war dead was read by Robert Brown A wreath was laid on the tomb of the unknown soldier and a three-vol ley salute was given by the Legion firing squad, which also gave a salute following the prayer on Main Street The Milford Area Development Council’s traditional chicken barbecue began at 12 noon and 900 chickens were sold out by 1 pm

* / • lv ~v T 'i 1 t 1 ;.1 nx: Ep BM,’ .—J ./• -r - —, —*— IS - 1 —r—J—.——r—> —w y* ' ~ 10 n nnWWti NEW ENTRANCE - Participant* in the Syracuse Memorial Day activities are shown above at the new entrance way into Syracuse Ceß> Shown above are Tim Stouder. commander of the Syracuse Sons of the American Legion: Dan Jones. Commander of the Syracuse American Legion; Betty Broekers. president of the Syracuse American Legion Ladies Auxiliary: Paul Stouder. vice commander second district of Sons of the American Legion: James Kaufman and Don Schlabach. Millersburg American Legion; George Coquillard, Syracuse American Legion; Marshall B<tyer. Syracuse American Legion; Loree Mench. Syracuse American Legion Auxiliary; Elaine Darr. Syracuse American Legion Auxiliary; and Ann Schrock. Syracuse American Legion Auxiliary. (Photo by Deb Fox) #

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New Syracuse Town Hall to be built on present hall site

The Syracuse Town Board held a meeting on June 1 for the purpose of discussing building of a new town hall. It was decided by the board that a new town hall would be built on the present location and a budget was set for the new building. President Carl Myrick told the board that in 1981 of maintaining the present building were $1,299.53 per month He stated that the building leaks badly. William Hess said he believed the cost of renting a building would be less than remaining in the present facility Joe Morganthaler then asked town attorney Robert Reed to explain to the public why funds that could be used for a town hall could not be used for other needs, such as

Syracuse memorial services honor deceased war veterans

By DEB FOX Cloudy skies turned to bright sunshine in Syracuse Sunday afternoon for the annual Memorial Day Parade The parade stepped off promptly at 1:30 p.m. from Syracuse Railroad Park and proceeded up Huntington Street where people were lined along the street for the procession At the Huntington Street Bridge a brief ceremony was held in memory of those who lost their lives at sea. The parade units turned west on Main Street and moved towards the Syracuse Church of the Brethren and then down Mill Street to the cemetery. Leading• the parade were Syracuse and Kosciusko County Police Department vehicles and the Syracuse Fire Department tanker, the grass fire truck, the Turkey Creek Township tanker and the town and township

paving streets. Reed said that funds used to pay the indebtedness of a new building did not come from funds frozen by higher government and he felt that a building with cheaper operating costs might make funds available for other needs. It was explained that such expenditures as buildings are not frozen funds, where the funds to pave streets are not readily available. Reed said the availability of financing, such as FHA or bonds, would have an effect on the cost of the new building The motion to proceed with the project of building a new town hall on the present site was then made by Hess and seconded by Morganthaler The motion

ambulance Marching "nits included the Syracuse American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, Sons of the American Legion. Veterans of Foreign Wars and Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary; Millersburg American Legion; and Nappanee American Legion. There were also representatives of the Women's Relief Corps and several veterans of World War 1 and World War II Other units participating included the Syracuse Junior High Band; WawaseeDrum and-Bugle Corps ; Syracuse Girl Scouts. Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts: a Grace Lutheran Church float; Pedal Power unit; and cars from a Nappanee car dealer. Cemetery Sen ices Following the parade a brief service was held at Syracuse cemetery. Danny Bill Jones, commander of American Legion Post 223 served as master of ceremonies

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passed by unanimous vote. Steve Butt was absent from the meeting. The space needs study, previously given the board by Schmidt and Associates of Indianapolis, was then reviewed by the board. The possibility of putting in additional space, not presently needed, for use in the future was discussed With the inflation rate, the board discussed the additional costs that would be involved in adding on to the building later. Moving the dispatchers into the new building, when it is completed. or leaving them iri their present location was discussed. The point was made that they are near the fire department when (Continued on page2>

and welcomed those attending the memorial services Also speaking briefly were Ray Kehr. VFW commander; Ruth Pounds, VFW Auxiliary president; and Betty Broekers, American Legion Auxiliary president. Rev. Frank Barcus. pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, Syracuse and Calvary Lutheran Church. Cromwell, was the guest speaker He is a veteran of World War II and a member of the American Legion. A list of all deceased Syracuse veterans from past wars were read by Rolland Wogoman of the American Legion and American Legion Chaplain Gus Liske gave the benediction. A salute to those who gave their lives was given by the. American Legion firing squad and the colors were posted by the Syracuse VFW color guards Taps were played by Loree Mench, American Legion Auxiliary member and director of the Wawasee Drum and Bugle Corp.