The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 5, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 January 1986 — Page 18

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., January 29,1986

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Milford's Main street

DEBBIE (Mrs. Dan) Beer says “everyone” is asking about what they are doing to their house, located on the Stringtown Road, a mile and a half from Syracuse. Their growing family needs more room, so they are building a large family room on the west side of the present structure and a two-car garage on the east. They own what is remembered as the Nate Insiey farm of 240 acres, where they milk. 95 registered Holstein cows each day. Their growing family amounts to: Jenny, 11; Barry, 9; Neal, 6; and Julie, 3. Debbie is the daughter of former Milford Christian Church pastor Carl and Grace Shearer. Dan is the son of Carlton (“Cap”) and Mary Ann Beer of near Milford. AFTER UNUSUALLY mild weather for several weeks, Milford residents were surprised to see the snow and driving wind that plagued the area Sunday morning.

Some were reminded that it was just eight years to the day that Milford (for that matter the entire state of Indiana) was paralyzed by one of the worst storms in memory. On the night of Wednesday, Jan. 26,1978,30 inches of new snow fell, accompanied by 40 to 45 mile per hour winds that closed all businesses, factories and schools. Eight to 10-foot drifts made roads impassable. Milford librarian Mary Jurss looked up the issue of The MailJournal reporting the unusual snowfall. She said The MJ headline screamed, “They call it ‘the Blizzard of ’7B’.” It was several days before traffic could resume. The paper ran a number of photos of high drifts, one of a Penn Central train plowing, through town with a big snow blade in front of the lead engine. A snow emergency was declared. The article recalled a similar snow storm just 11 years earlier — on January 26, 1967, but not of the same paralyzing nature. TONI PARRISH of out Tippecanoe Lake way reports seeing an eagle fly down to the lake and take a fish out of a hole in the ice. An unusual thing to see! We would agree. THE EDITORIAL staff of this newspaper received a letter last week from former staff member Jim Broderick. Jim, until a couple of months ago, covered the Milford Town Board meetings and the Milford Sesquicentennial meetings. He is now a reporter for an Ohio newspaper. Jim writes to tell us a new use for a blender. You fill it about half way with hot water and put

in a spoonful of detergent. Then, he says, you can wash a pair of socks in 30 seconds. ♦ “The paper I write for is about the same size as The MailJournal. There is a fellow at the paper who used to work in Columbia City. We swap stories about life in Northeast Indiana. He got lost a lot, too. “How are things with the sesquicentennial committee?” THAT’S A good question. How are things with the sesquicentennial? The next meeting of the committee is slated for next Tuesday night, Feb. 4, in the community building at 7:30. Why not plan to attend and find out! MRS. ANDERSON’S third grade class members at Milford was asked to write their definition of snow. The students answers were: Snow is very little pieces of fun. —JayHaab Snow is soft and white. — Bethany Cockburn Snow is white fluffy like a blanket. — Scott Mathews Snow is a thing that falls from the sky on a winter day. — Karena Zimmerman Snow is little white flakes that falls down from the sky. — Charisse Barley Snow is a pretty thing to play in. — Shelly Kidd Snow is frozen rain water that comes from the clouds. — Becky Hauptli

Snow is white and fun to play in too! — Gloria Castro Snow is white as a cloud. — Renee Wuthrich Snow is frozen snowflakes that drop from the sky. Snow is frozen rain drops from the sky. — Eric Hamman Snow is cold weather. — Lisa Gibbs

It happened ... in Milford

10 YEARS AGO, JAN. 28,1976 The 1976 “Citizen of the Year” will be named at the Milford Area Development Council’s annual banquet set for 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, in the M & M restaurant at North Webster. Word has been received that Andy Shearer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Shearer, of Athens, Ga., has joined his brother Mark in following in father’s footsteps. He cornpleted his high school education and will begin his study for the ministry. The Shearers are also the parents of Mrs. Dan (Debbie) Beer of near Milford. Ladies from the Milford Christian Church met in the fellowship room of the church on Tuesday, Jan. 20, for their first meeting of the new year and to honor Denise Replogle, infant daughter of Mr. qjid Mrs. Dennis Replogle. Former Milfordian Jan S. Widup, son the the Dick Widups, spent several days in Milford recently. Jan, who now resides in New Hope, Pa. and friend, Jerry Giardell, held a formal opening of the new decorator furniture and antique shop on Friday, Jan. 23. The name given to the shop is “Nana’s Radish.” At the 28th leaders’ award banquet of the Midwestern United Life Insurance Company, held in Fort Wayne on Saturday, Dan Levernier of Milford was honored. 20 YEARS AGO, JAN. 26,1966 The Milford Boy Scouts held an awards night Thursday in the Masonic hall with several boys being advanced in rank. The evening was highlighted with a pot luck supper for parents, scouts, organization officials and invited guests. Around 50 persons attended. Mrs. Forrest Ramser of Milford has listed the following mothers to participate in the Mother’s March of Dimes this year: Mrs. Paul Matthews, Mrs. James Allen, Mrs. Fred Waldbeser, Mrs. John Replogle, Mrs. Roger Baumgartner, Mrs. Joe Gerenscer, Mrs. Dean Troup and Mrs. Robert Cullert. Mr. and Mrs. Manis Miller of Milford entertained Sunday in their home for the 34th wedding anniversary of Mr. Miller’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Linden Miller of Warsaw. Richard Allen Brunjes has been accepted for admissions at Indiana Institute of Technology, Fort Wayne, beginning with the start of the fall quarter. He will

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Snow b what conies from the sky.—Kari Sterieby Snow is something that falls in the winter time. — Matt Hurley Snow is cold water vapor from the clouds.—Juan Olivo Snow is cold. — Holly Beer Snow is some white stuff. — Jaime Levernier Snow is granyls of dust and water. — Michael Shafer

be enrolled in the department of aerospace engineering. Allen is a senior at Milford high school and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Brunjes of Milford. 30 YEARS AGO, JAN. 26,1956 Mrs. L.B. Rassi, daughter, Mary Helen, and Miss Maude McLaughlin were at Elkhart Saturday and had dinner at the YWCA. Mary Helen took her weekly flute lesson of Mrs. Betcher. On the way home they stopped to see Mrs. Harold Yea ter and daughters, Paulette and Jacqueline. Mr. and Mrs. O.C. Nealis and son, James, of Marion, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith. Dewey Fox has recovered from painful injuries received when he and his father, Roy Fox, were blasting stumps with dynamite, Jan. 2. He returned to work at Coppes, Inc., last week. Steven Ray, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Replogle, underwent a tonsillectomy yesterday at the Goshen General Hospital. z Mrs. C.D. Barnes, Mrs. Delbert Dippon, Judy and Jeffrey, and Mrs. Wayne Bucher, Cynthia and Donald, attended a birthday party Saturday for six-year-old Brent Barnes Saturday at the

4-H program over 75

By RONALD W. HOYT Extension Agent, 4-H and Youth The 4-H program has been an important part of Indiana agriculture for over 75 years. In 1905, Indiana’s first Corn Club was born in Hamilton County. The idea was popular and these Corn Clubs began appearing in other areas of the state as well. A typical program year for one of these early Corn Clubs would include growing corn, planting a garden, soil testing, corn plot visits, and of course, the club meetings. These Corn Clubs were primarily for boys, teaching them more about corn production. The girls were also getting involved in the “learn by doing” process. They were participating in the Girls Canning Clute that were beginning to appear. By 1912, these Corn and Canning Clute had expanded to the point that state supervision was

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Snow is frozen water. — Jamie Letro Snow is some white stuff that falls from the sky in winter. — Trent Beer Snow is rain that has frozen and it only comes in winter time. — Jeremy Brock Snow is something that falls from the sky in the winter. — Amy

home of Mr. and Mrs. James Barnes, Mishawaka. 50 YEARS AGO, JAN. 30,1936 Rev. and Mrs. Manly Deeter were recent dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Neff of New Paris. Roy Jackson is now at his home west of Milford and making the desired improvements. Mrs. Virgil Hursey-is still caring for him during the day. Miss Blanche Vail had as her guest last week her aunt, Mrs. Kate Mathews of Goshen. Mrs. Mary McClure of New Paris, spent the preceding week with her. Coach Noble Neff of Milford H.S. holds the distinction of being the oldest high school athletic mentor in the line of service in the county. He has coached the MHS teams for 13 consecutive years. The 20 below zero temperatures here last week may have felt like the heavy, hand of winter at its worst but residents in northeastern Siberia coldest spot in the world might have thought it rather balmy as their mercury reading was 90 below. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wilkin of New Carlisle, spent the weekend here with relatives.

needed to fulfill the goals and potential of the program. The 4-H program was on its way to becoming the vital youth program that we know today. Today in Kosciusko County, the 4-H program is organized into some 50 clubs under the direct leadership of over 120 volunteer adult leaders. Also providing leadership to our clubs are the 108 junior or teen leaders. Combined, these leaders manage a program that involves over 1,000 youth and 350 adults here in the county. The youth members participate through 64 different project areas and may choose from 50 different educational activities to fulfill their needs and goals through the 4-H program. It is easy to see that we have come a long way from the Corn and Canning Clubs of the early 1900 s. It is important, however, to mention that 4-H has maintained its strong ties to Indiana agriculture and the home econqmics subject areas. Today, in addition to agriculture production, 4-H has* developed projects in the areas of consumerism and commodity marketing, the 4-H program has expanded to include approximately half of our membership coming from rural non-farm, towns and city enrollment. Agriculture affects each of us every day, from the food on our table to the clothes that we wear. The 4-H program is proud to have been the product of an idea born because of American agriculture. 4-H CALENDAR February 3 — Achievement Record Books due in Extension office 3 — Enrollment deadline for 4-H beef heifers and county born and bred classes 3 — REMC trip, National 4-H Conference, Plant Science Workshop and achievement Award forms due in Extension office 3 — Lamb club meeting, 7 p.m., Justice Building

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