The Mail-Journal, Volume 19, Number 44, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 November 1982 — Page 13

It happened ... in Milford

10 YEARS AGO. NOV. 15.1072 Extensive damage has been reported to the Henson apartment building located on Main street in Milford last Thursday night when fire swept through the upstairs. Estimates have not yet been made and are not expected until later in the week. The fire was caused by an exhaust fan in the attic. The four upstairs apartments, two of which were occupied, and, the attic were destroyed by the flames. The two downstairs apartments received heavy smoke and water damage The building, known as the old Milford hotel, carries a plaque which dates it in 1890 It is owned by Robert (Tom) Henson Mr. and Mrs. Henson and family reside in one of the first floor apartments with Mr. and Mrs.

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Jim Henson residing in the other. Living in the upstairs apartments at the time of the fire were the James Parker and Henry Sizemore families. The Syracuse fire department was called to assist the Milford department. Vicki Nyce of r 1 Milford and Dave Bess of r 2 Milford were among those who attended the wedding Saturday afternoon at the Dutchtown church for Barbara Hummel of r 1 Leesburg and Glen Davis of r 1 Milford 20 YEARS AGO. NOV. 15.19«2 Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Myers have moved from their home on Henry’ street in Milford to 306 Front street in Syracuse. Their new

telephone number is 457-4162. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Myers and daughters, firmer residents of the house now occupied by the C.S. Myerses, have moved into their new home located just north of the C.S. Myers property. A serious fire was narrowly averted on the stage of the Milford school gym at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday when Bth grade students turned on stage lights close to the backdrop curtains, catching them afire. The fire was extinguished by the quick action of custodian Levi Beer who used a fire extinguisher to put out the consuming flames. One of four girls will be chosen Milford high school's basketball queen for the 1962-1963 season The new queen will be chosen by

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the student body of the high school. She will be crowned Friday evening before the Milford-Etna Green varsity game by Milford's coach Jerald Van Meter. The contest is sponsored each year by the school’s Rekamemah club. Queen candidates are Carol Beer, sophomore; Gloria Seirk, senior; Debbie Levernier. freshman; and Carolyn Biller, junior. 3® YEARS AGO. NOV. 13.1952 Rebecca Beer, Milford high school senior, was elected Good Citizenship girl for the contest held annually by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Runnersup were Frances Stieglitz and Virginia Hartter. Milford firemen were called to the farm home occupied by Mr. and Mrs Richard Lee Wester man. about 4 miles southwest of Milford at 7:45 p.m Sunday, to extinguish a fire that could have consumed the entire house Mr. and Mrs. Roy Schultz. Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher, Mr. and Mrs Claude Hamilton, and Mr. and Mrs Wayne Bucher attended the National bam dance held all day Saturday in the Chicago Amphitheater Forty-three states were represented Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Lentz, of Mishawaka, were week end guests of their son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Replogle Guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. E.

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Slabaugh at dinner Sunday were Mrs. Slabaugh's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Eash, of Topeka, and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Gerber, of near Leesburg. 50 YEARS AGO. NOV. 17,1932 The southwest corner on Road 15 and 6 was sold by Bert Neff to Wm Rogers of Warsaw and the northwest corner owned by Robert Vail was sold to John F. Flowers of Chicago. Mr. Flowers is a former Milford boy, having lived west of Milford several years ago. Mr. Flowers will erect a modem filling station in his newly acquired property, the work having been started this week and will be completed as soon as possible. A capacity crowd filled the community building Thursday night where they witnessed a varied program put on by the grades of the Milford school. The first six grades participated and the program consisted of drills, songs, tumbling and musical acts. For the last ftw years these programs have been a huge success. They have attracted the attention and drew bigger crowds than other social entertainments put on by members of the high school 50 c. Combination cough and cold tablet package for 39 c. Milford Drug Co. The annual Thanksgiving party of the Good Fellowship Club will be held Tuesday evening at Hotel Milford. All the business men of Milford are invited to attend.

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'Trail of Truth'

(EIGHTH IN A SERIES) By DALE W. PARKER One 5 ’ of the most dangerous systems to political and spiritual freedom is that of communism. A university student discusses this diabolical theory with her professor following a classroom session. Let us think through this threat with our conversants. Student: What is MarxismLeninism? Professor: Marxism is a doctrine of the universality of class warfare, and Leninism is the doctrine of the historic roll of the communist party to consummate the universal class war in world communist victory. S: What is the basic doctrine of Marxism-Leninism? P: It is that a so-called state of war exists and that the communist party has been created to win this war. It is between basically, two classes of society whom they call the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie is the class who owns private property and owns the control of production. The proletariat is the class of waged labor. Karl Marx taught, without explaining the reason why, that the bourgeoisie is the established class in capitalist society. Inaccurately, he claimed it has created the state as an in-, strument to oppress and exploit the proletariat. In reaction, the proletariat creates the communist party to wage war against the state. This class war manifests itself as war between

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the communist party and the state. This war is historically declared; it is universal; it encompasses every aspect of society according to Marx. S: What do communists feel is their duty? P: To prosecute the war to total and complete victory. S: Where do weapons fit in? P: The weapons of this warfare are not merely guns, tanks, bombs and aircraft, though these too are absolutely essential. Education is a weapon; and cultural interchange is a weapon. Trade is a subtle weapon. S: We watch and observe their military expansionism, their brutal repression of any attempt by captive nations to secure freedom and then hear them talk about peace. What is their definition of peace? P: Peace is the golden consummation when the progressive force of communism totally overwhelms the American way of life and Western democracy and climaxes in communistic world conquest. S: I understand. In other words, when the armies of the communist Chinese encompassed the Tibetans, robbed them of their land and food, stimulated them to frantic terror, hopeless revolt and then massacred them, they were consummating peace? P: Absolutely. W'hat have you discovered in your research about their methods of attaining peace? S: Congressional committees who have interviewed refugees from at least 20 countries where communism has taken over, have documented evidence that horrifies thinking people. For instance, the House Committee on Un-American Activities was briefed on what happened to the individual when communism took China. The family unit was broken up. Husbands and wives met only once a week for two hours. They had no other contact. The parents were allowed to see their children once a week under the condition they show them no affection. Names were taken away from children and numbers were given to show to them. They were placed in state nurseries. All the elderly people 60-years-old and above who couldn’t work were put in old people’s “Happy Home.’’ After they were placed in the homes, they were given shots. They were told these shots were for their health. They died within two weeks. After they died, their bodies were placed in vats until decay set in. After maggots became active, those were used to feed the chickens and the remainder of the body of the individual was ground up for fertilizer. Previously untold and unprinted atrocities are constantly leaking to the free world. In Korea, a believer in Jesus Christ who had made an attempt to publish the Bible was stripped naked, bound, then put in an empty pool. It was 17 degrees below zero as the pool was filled. After freezing to death, the Christian s body was exhibited publicly in order to horrify any other who might attempt such a criminal offense to the communist government. In January, 1951. 250 pastors were shot in Seoul. Korea. One month later, Red soldiers entered a church and burned 83 believers to death using gasoline. I could have written volumes that are leaking out to the free world. P: Those facts are kind of nauseating. S: Nauseating and accurate. My paper will reveal the truth that communism is an ungodly, atheistic system that Satan has used to enslave over a.billion people during this century. P: In spite of its hatred for God, the Bible, justice, mercy and freedom of thought, it doesn’t even work economically. The West has to continually support

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the weakness of its technological, agricultural and educational production deficits. S: What is one basic issue that contradicts God’s revealed truth in the Bible? P: The nature of man and his perfectibility. Marx taught man had no nature. He was simply matter in motion. Any good or evil seen in man was simply a reflection of his environment. Along with this, he taught the unbiblical idea that the system we call capitalism is the cause of all the greed, selfishness and strife in the world. In other words, man is not a sinful creature responsible for his actions before a holy God and desperately needing to be saved and forgiven by God for his sins. There is no God and there is no such thing as sin. There is also no future judgement. Marx’s tfflftaken and murderous philosophy was man would become perfect and an utopian society would develop as soon as capitalism could be annihilated and replaced by communism. S: In my reading I've perceived a powerful message from Christians in communist lands. We dare not take our freedom to worship and teach for granted. We must use the opportunities which are denied many Christians to obey Christ’s commission for world evangelization and discipleship training. Understanding the communist plans and strategy to destroy the truth of the Bible and enslave the world, we can't be beguiled by communist talk of peace, good will and cooperation in coalition politics. We must remember the French philosopher who came to America and looked for . her greatness in her harbors, fields and natural resouro** After studying schools. Congress and our matchless constitution, he said not until he went into churches and heard pulpits aflame with righteousness did he understand the secret of her genious and strength. P: To the communist leadership, I would say you have not and will not produce a “new man ” through your ideology. You mistakenly assume that man is perfectible and will become honest and altruistic in a system working for economic equality. The record shows that members of communist societies act like sinful, selfish individuals everywhere on earth; greedy, proud, full of vice and selfishness. Their prisons demonstrate this. Yesterday’s party functionary is today’s criminal. The back-stabbing and string-pulling that is rampant in every communist bureaucracy is further proof that there is no salvation in materialism. They have assumed that matter is all that matters. That man is flesh and bone, a creature of instincts and desires, devoid of eternal spirit. You have seen that man cannot live by bread alone, that he hungers for the presence of God; that he cannot find meaning in life apart from God’s presence and direction and purpose. You have discovered that your ideal of the new man is best exemplified by the Biblical Christian. He or she is honest, chaste, loving, caring, disciplined, unselfish. and hard working, while the serfs of communism lie, cheat, steal, and seek basic need within the heart of a sinful human being. Jesus Christ can and will give new life and character to those who receive Him through faith.

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