The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 35, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 September 1983 — Page 7

Community Comer

Milford's doctors remembered: Many have served the town

(EDITOR'S NOTE: In view of the fact Milford is welcoming two new doctors to the comm unity this newspaper called on the memory of Kosciusko County Senior Citizen Queen Vera Schell to bring to light information on doctors who have served the town over the years. We are indebted to Mrs. Schell for sharing these articles with us.) FIRST IN A SERIES By VERA SCHELL My mind goes back to the times my mother and father, John V. Crabb, talk of the good day when Milford had several doctors. They were on call day and night. They hitch up their old horse and buggy to drive many miles thru mud or snow to save a life or bring a new one to the Milford Community. The first one I remember was Dr. Kheine who lived on the corner of Catherine and James Streets. He was retired and I never remember seeing him. Later his son Frank Kheine lived there. Frank was a well known musician. I found in an old Milford Mail, Dr. Camack was in practice for 56 years. Had his office on the east side of Main Street. In the Cammack and Son Drug Store. This I remember as the first telephone switch-board in Milford was located in the back room of this store, the year was 1902, Mae Wherley was the one operator. Dr. J. J. Becknell’s office was on Main Street. Office hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday each week 9-11 a.m. he also had an office in Goshen. Later he moved to Milford and lived on

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West Emiline Street. There is an addition named after this doctor. It’s been told half of the babies were brought into this world by this doctor, including little Vera Crabb in 1890. Dr. Patterson; physician, surgeon, eye, ear, nose, and throat, also fitted glasses, all this is in an ad in the Milford Mail in the year 1898. His office was in the Juesso Building, this as I remember was on the east side of Main Street in the block where The Mail-Journal is located. His residence was in Schrickiscrost Dwelling, now the Mishler Funeral Home. I remember this doctor very well as he made many calls on my father and always had a sucker for me, who was five years of age. At this time Dr. J. E. Potter, a young man who had just started his practice was Ipcated above Sparklin’s Store. After the big fire on the east side of Main Street Dr. Potter had his office above the Cammack Drug Store. Later he bought the building and continued his practice until his death in the early 1900 s. He lived on North Main Street. He had a daughter, Mary Ellen and a son. Dr. C. C. Mathews, homopathist office and residence, two doors north of Henry Brothers Store (now Evans Family Store). He moved to Chicago. All these dates were taken from the mail. Dr. Patterson and Potter were practicing when Dr. Stockberger came from Mentone to Milford. His office was on the east side of Main Street in the Renolds Drug Store. His home was a lovely brick on the corner of East Fourth Street and East Street. He died in early 1920. He had two sons, Dr. Stockberger, Jr., was a dentist, and had an office for many years above Milford Drug Store on the West side of Main Street, now the Ist National Bank. All of these doctors except Kheine and Cammack were practicing at the same time. Now we have Dr. Benson. His office was upstairs on Main Street, now The Mail-Journal building. Later he moved to the first house on the south side of Emeline Street until his death about 1918 or 1919. He had two girls. Many will remember these girls as they went to Milford School, one was Grace. Dr. Forrest Young came after Dr. Benson’s death. His office was where Pat Speicher’s office

is on Main Street. He practiced until his death in the early 19205. He was married to Jessie McDonald and had one daughter. Dr. Hursey was the next to come to Milford and had his office in the same building on Main Street, until he bought the brick house on Main and Fourth Streets, which was known as the Pret Miles Home. At this time he was the only practicing doctor in Milford until his death, October 19,1961. Dr. Charles Gorham came to Milford after the death of Dr. Hursey and had his office in the same location. He began his medical practice in New Paris in 1962 and spent three days a week at Milford. On September 14, 1971, he was driving to his home in Goshen in a heavy rain storm. He hit a tree. Death was caused by a neck fracture. Survivors included his wife and three daughters. Dr. Gorham was 37 years of age. The same year of Dr. Hursey’s death, Dr. Rheinheimer came to Milford and then Dr. Snyder’s building was bought for Dr. Rheinheimer’s office, on the first floor and his family lived on the second floor until they moved on a farm east of town. Dr. Rheinheimer is still at this address on Main Street. His practice has grown until the present time, the report is the good doctor is taking Dr. John Dick as an associate beginning in September. Dr. Rheinheimer is connected with the Goshen Hospital and it is hoped he will continue his practice here for several years. There were other doctors who stayed a short time and left Milford for other towns. Welcome Dr. Dick and Dr. Percy, who came to Milford in August. You are following in the shoes of many good doctors of yester years. This is partly by memory and dates and places were taken from a Milford Mail dated September 1898, J. P. Preckett, publisher, 10th edition, subscription $1,50/one-year. K *• W * ./ I ( * ■ PLAN FEBRUARY WEDDING — Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Zurcher of r 1 Leesburg have announced the engagement of their daughter, Melanie R., to Brian L. Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Williams, 1057 Beechwood Drive, Nappanee. Miss Zurcher graduated from Wawasee High School and will graduate from Taylor University, Upland, in 1984. Her fiance graduated from North Wood High School and works at Star Machine Inc., Elkhart. A February 25,1984, wedding is being planned.

Milford UMW elect officers, make plans

Berniece Ahrns served as hostess for the September 8 meeting of the Milford United Methodist Women where announcements were made of the Northern Indiana annual conference and the district annual conference. Interested people are encouraged to attend these meetings via carpool. The Northern Indiana conference will be held on Saturday, Sept. 17, at Huntington High School and the district conference will be held Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the Ligonier United Methodist Church. Edith Baumgartner presented the following slate of officers: President — Violet Miller Vice president — Lora Buhrt Secretary — Margaret Cousins Treasurer — Mary Duncan Christian social envolvement — Berniece Ahrns Program resources — Marilyn Brown Global concerns — Virginia Cain

| LOUISA’S LETTER

Dear Louisa, 1 am a widow forty-five years of age and my husband has been dead for five years. I am not unattractive, or so I have been told, and several gentlemen have tried to date me during the past years. 1 did not encourage them as 1 had two teenage children who objected strenously whenever any man showed an interest in me. However, both children are in college now—we had put aside money for their college education--and a good friend of ours, whose wife died one year ago, has asked me to marry him. 1 like this man very much and we have nice times together and seem to have ’ many things in common. My only problem is my children. i I feel sure they will soon < have homes of their own and my only outside interests will I boil down to that of being a l baby sitter. « What would you advise i me to do? Lonely-Kentucky Answer: ' If the man who has pro- ’

Milford girl babysits in Germany

By CATHY BRILL Kathy Weisser, a junior this year at Wawasee High School, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weisser of Milford, visited Germany for approximately four weeks this summer. Kathy stated the reason for her trip as babysitting. “They, (her aunt and uncle) run a blind camp in the summer and needed someone to watch their little boy, Benjamin,’’ Miss Weisser explained. Kathy’s uncle, Dennis Cory, of Hamburg, Germany, who was visiting with his parents in Milford, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Cory, at the time of the interview spoke of his life in Germany over the past 14 years. He has lived in Germany off and on since he initially went to the country to study language at the University of Marburg. Prior to this time he had studied the language in college for two years. Cory and his wife, Pam, both are fluent in German. The Corys run a school for the blind in Hamburg in the northern part of Germany. For four weeks in the summer they offer a rehabilitation camp for blind youth 12-18. The campers come from all over Germany to learn orientation mobility and adjust to daily living by acquiring the skills necessary for such daily tasks as cooking. Cory relayed some of the cultural differences between the US and Germany. One difference he stated was diet. German families eat just one warm meal a day. The breakfasts are usually a hard roll, as there are few cereals available and the evening meal is usually composed of coldmeats and cheeses. Kathy said of her trip, she most enjoyed seeing the castles on an excursion they took to Haidelberg. When asked her least favorite part of the trip, she quickly responded, TV. When she went to Germany this summer she spoke no German which made the television programs there impossible for her to understand. Kathy stated that her aunt, Pam Cory, tried to teach her some German, but she did not learn very much. She was sur-

Nominating committee — Ann Brooks, Evelyn Anderson, Melinda Roose Membership — Margaret Brooks Christian personhood — Sara Greenwood Local church activities — Jean Treesh, Wilma Ruch, Nancy Zimmerman, Jean Purcell, Evelyn Anderson, Ann Brooks Wedding reception — Magaret Brooks, Sally Cline, Mary Duncan Wedding gifts — Julia Myers Baby gifts — Sally Cline Supportive community — Sue Smith Sara Greenwood was lesson leader of a topic from Hebrews and all present were reminded of the two tables reserved at the Lions’ auction for bake sale and flea market items. Refreshments were served by the hostess and her assistant, Ann Brooks, with Kathleen Heath scheduled to host the October meeting.

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y **— _ _ —' * 1 * Lt 1 posed to you is a man of good character and you like each other I should marry him if 1 were in your place. You are in the prime of life and possibly have many more years before you. If you and this man are congenial you will find that it means a great deal to a woman to have an escort when she goes out for an evenings entertainment and it is nice to have someone in the home instead of being there alone. You may be surprised after talking the matter over with your children. After being away from home they may realize that you can be very lonely with them away. They, themselves. may also be finding interests in members of the opposite sex. 1 think, that unless they have good reason to dislike this man, they would be very selfish to object to your marriage. Louisa Address: Louisa, Box 532, Orangeburg, S. C. 29115

prised, she said to meet so many German teenagers who spoke English, however. One of the girls she met during her stay invited her to travel to Berlin, but she had to decline the offer.

Other similarities and differences in the two cultures were related by Kathy and her uncle. They stated one major difference was that the stores in Germany all close at 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and at noon on Saturday. “You have to get your shopping done or you’re stuck,” said Cory. Another difference is that the length of the average vacation there is four weeks com-

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CORYS VISIT MILFORD — Shown above are Pam Cory, 17-month-old Benjamin and Dennis Cory. The family resides in Hamburg, Germany, and visited Dennis’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Cory of Milford, for two weeks this month.

Astronomy presented

Grandparents Day was the theme used for the monthly meeting of the Milford Senior Citizens on Sunday at the Community Building where 33 members and seven guests were present for a carry-in dinner at 1 p.m. Following the dinner, Darrel Orn, president, opened the meeting with a prayer which was followed by the pledge to the flag. During the business meeting, various reports were given. Darlene Miller introduced Jim Tague of Warsaw who is a member of an astronomy group and explained how the universe looks through a telescope.

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Milford woman sees cousins after 60 years Kathleen Heath of Milford had over night visitors last Wednesday and Thursday, cousins whom she had not seen in more than 60 years visited her. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Biall from Wenatchee, Wash., and Mr. and Mrs. Gail Biall from Greenmore, Wash., visited during the course of their travels, which have included stops in Arizona, Minnesota, lowa and Indiana. During their visit, Thursday evening the foursome and Mrs. Heath were joined by Mr. and Mrs. John Stump and child and Mrs. Pat Hygema and sons of Warsaw and Mrs. Heath's daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Huffman of Edwardsburg, Mich. The Bialls who are traveling in mobile homes are visiting relatives while attempting to trace their family trees. The group will continue their travels with stops in Toronto, Canada; Ohio; Kentucky; and Tennessee before making their way back to Washington. The families of Mrs. Heath and the Bialls are formerly of Brookings. S.D.

pared to the one or two weeks in the US. “There is not as much to do there.” related Kathy when speaking of the German teenagers’ activities. The two said that the overall feeling of German people was very favorable toward the American people. When speaking of this Cory mentioned the USA’s soon to be location of the Pershing missel in West Germany. He went on to say, “Over the years we’ve run into very few people who don’t like Americans. I hope the dislike of the political situation isn’t confused for dislike of the American people.”

Nappanee Senior Citizen members attending the meeting invited all Milford members to their next meeting on October 6. A home talent show will be presented in Nappanee. Mrs. Cornelius Reuter, Lora Hamilton, Arloine Schoomaker and Darlene Miller won the door Jean Purcell and Evelyn Anderson were responsible for the table decorations which followed the Grandparents’ Day theme as well as a back to school theme. The next meeting will be a carry-in dinner on October 9. All area seniors are welcomed to attend.

BBIH

Wed., September 14,1983 - THE MAIL-JOURNAL

CALENDAR Week Os September 14 To September 21 WEDNESDAY Ladies Aid 7 a.m., Syracuse Church of the Brethren Goodwill Club 1:30 p.m. — House of Friendship Eagles Auxiliary Meeting Aerie 3760 7 p.m., Eagles, 404 Sycamore Street, Syracuse Alcoholics Anonymous 7:30 p.m., at Wawasee Episcopal Center, All Saints Episcopal Church, south shore of Lake Wawasee, one-half mile east of South Shore Golf Club on Vernon Road Al-Anon 7:30 p.m., Sacred Heart Church, Warsaw Al-Anon 7:30 p.m., Saint Andrew’s United Methodist Church Syracuse THURSDAY Al-Anon 9:30 a.m., Saint Andrew’s United Methodist Church, Syracuse Ebenezer Ladies Aid 2 p.m. North Webster Lady Lions North Webster United Methodist Church Milford Volunteer Firemen 7 p.m., Milford Fire Station North Webster American Legion Auxiliary 8 p.m., Legion Hall A FRIDAY Milford Kiwanis 6:45a.m., Milford Community Building Alcoholics Anonymous 7:30 p.m., Wawasee Episcopal Center, All Saints Episcopal Church, south shore of Lake Wawasee, one-half mile east of South Shore Golf Club on Vernon Road Alcoholics Anonymous 8 p.m., Saint Andrew’s United Methodist Church, Syracuse SATURDAY Wawasee Kiwanis 7 a.m., Gropp’s Syracuse Turkey Creek Senior Citizens 12 noon, Scout Cabin SUNDAY Alcoholics Anonymous 10 a.m.. North Webster Fire Station MONDAY Lakeland Kiwanis 7 a.m., Church of God meeting room, North Webster TOPS 4:30 p.m., Calvary United Methodist Church Milford Lions 7 p.m., United Methodist Church North Webster Chamber of Commerce 7 p.m., Classic Restaurant, North Webster Al-Anon 7:30 p.m., United Methodist Church, Milford North Webster American Legion 8 p.m., Legion Hall TUESDAY Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary 12 noon. Beacon Restaurant Aloteen 7:30 p.m., Church of God, Syracuse Syracuse Town Board 7:30 p.m., at town hall Refunder’s Club 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY Ladies Aid 7 a.m., Syracuse Church of the Brethren Syracuse PTO 12 noon, Syracuse elementary library Syracuse Lions Club 6:30 p.m., Beacon Restaurant v Alcoholics Anonymous 7:30 p.m., Wawasee Episcopal Center, All Saints Episcopal Church, south shore of Lake Wawasee, one-half mile east of South Shore Golf Club on Vernon Road Al-Anon 7:30 p.m., Sacred Heart Church, Warsaw Al-Anon 7:30 p.m., Saint Andrew’s United Methodist Church, Syracuse Twilighters Bunco Club 7:30p.m. Lutheran Church Women 7:30 p.m., Syracuse Grace Lutheran Church Psi lota XI 7:30 p.m.

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