The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 24, Milford, Kosciusko County, 11 June 1986 — Page 2

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Alumni gathering draws record crowd

The annual Milford High School alumni banquet was held in the junior high school gymnasium, using as its theme “A Time For Remembering,” and paying tribute to a large group of Milford school teachers and support personnel. Serving, as it were, as a climax event of a weeklong Milford Sesquicentennial Celebration, the banquet drew the largest crowd ever to attend an “old grads” gathering in its 62-year history. There were 391 graduates and friends to attend the banquet. Harold Young Collapses Long-time Milford High School principal Harold Young, a center of focus for his long tenure as teacher and principal at the Milford school, was responding to laudatory remarks when he collapsed and fell to the floor. Dr. John J. DeFries of New Paris and Florida and a number of Milford EMS members quickly came to his rescue. They were able to revive Mr. Young and he was taken to the Goshen General Hospital where he remains in critical condition. It was the consensus of those in charge of the program to continue as planned. Keith Jones, of the graduating class of 1928 and a retired Wethersfield, Conn., pastor, introduced a long list of speakers. He introduced Dr. Kenneth Webster, superintendent of the Wawasee School Corporation, who praised those Milford graduates who went on to be a part of the area educational system. He mentioned WHS school board president Billie G. Little, board member Marguerite Hoerr, principal Ned Speicher, Robert Ahrns, Sue Coburn and Ann Lang, ,and others. Dr. Webster said 21 Milford High School graduates have continued as members of the school’s supsport staff in one way or another. At a later point, Rev. Jones paid tribute to the long list of dedicated teachers and office personnel, custodians and school bus drivefs. Jones said he “had been away from Milford more than half of its sesquicentennial years.”

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ONE INJURED — Matilda Hasse, 78, r 5, Syracuse, was treated at Kosciusko Community Hospital after complaining of neck injuries due to an 8:31 a.m. accident last Thursday, June 5, Mrs. Hasse was a passenger in the 1978 Ford station wagon (shown above) and driven by her husband, Louise Hasse, 80. The couple was southbound on CR 200E when they failed to stop at the Armstrong Road intersection, colliding with a 1978 Chevrolet Camaro, driven by Tracy R. Ostendorf, 17, Milford, who was traveling east on Armstrong. Mrs. Hasse was dismissed in good condition from KCH yesterday morning, Tuesday, June 10. No other injuries were reported, although both vehicles were totaled. . The Hasse vehicle was hit broadside and came to rest in a ditch on the southwest corner of the intersection. (Photo by Mark Huffman)

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Bernice (Hollar) Dwyer, a member of the class of 1936, read the minutes of last year’s meeting and of the alumni meeting of 1936 when her 50-year class graduated. She also noted that her class was the first class to receive diplomas from Harold Young. Mr. Young was principal from the fall of 1935 through 1968 when school consolidation became effective. In this honored list were Dorothea (Groves) Kerlin, a 1917 graduate who served 47 years as Milford librarian and was Milford’s 1976 Citizen of the Year; and Bertha (Neff) (Wehrly) Gilbert of the class of 1919, Milford’s 1975 Citizen of the Year. Both Mrs. Kerlin and Mrs. Wehrly were commended for their support rolls to the school. Commend Mr. And Mrs. Judkins Dennis Rumfelt,' class of 1959, and a counselor in the Whiteman Junior High School of Goshen, remembered the strong influence of Joseph and Mary Judkins on him during his high school years. Mr. Judkins came to Milford in 1937 and taught several subjects along with music and band for 31 years. Mrs. Judkins taught five years in the Milford Elementary School and 26 years in the Goshen Junior High School. In all, Mr. and Mrs. Judkins taught 62 years and now reside at Venice, Florida. Rumfelt said, “Mr. Judkins brought a quick smile and a hardy laugh to teaching,” and commented on his “Living Christmas Tree,” an annual feature at holiday concerts, continued by the Milford Christian Church. Connie (Biller) Smith, class of 1966, honored Donn Kesler who served first as teacher, later as vice principal, then principal, and continues as vice principal of the new Wawasee High School. She said Mr. Kesler came to Milford in 1953 and continues in local education. Honor Ralph Neff Dr. Edna (Hollar) Barbour, class of 1940 and a resident of White Water, Wise., paid tribute to Ralph Neff as a long time bus driver to and from the Milford school, serving 48 years total, and was selected Milford’s 1982

Citizen of the Year. He originally pulled his school bus with a team of horses. Dr. John J. DeFries, retired New Paris physician and of the class of 1936, spoke for his class. He stated there were 25 in his class of which six are deceased. He recalled many humorous incidents of his years in MHS. Dr. Brad Beiswanger, of the class of 1961 and now a doctor of dental research in Indianapolis, introduced his classmates who were observing their 25 years since graduation. He said the Milford school was chartered in 1911, and so his was the 50th class to graduate, and he spoke of the technological advances since his 1961 graduation. Dr. Beiswanger’s parents, the late Arlo Beiswanger and Mary Jane (Helminger) Beiswanger were long time Milford teachers.

NIPSCO files rates with PSC

Northern Indiana Public Service Company filed electric rates with the Public Service Commission of Indiana on Wednesday, June 4, which replace those filed with the commission on May 30. On May 30, NIPSCO filed rates with the commission, responsive to the May 28 decision of the Supreme Court of Indiana, to reduce the company’s annual electric revenues by approximately $12.6 million or about 1.32 percent. The commission refused the May 30 rate proposal on the basis that NIPSCO’s plan would have reduced customer rates equally “across-the board.” The commission directed NIPSCO to refile rates which would redistribute the $12.6 million in varying percentages among customer classifications. As a result of the rates filed June 4, and approved by the commission, a NIPSCO electric customer using 500 kilowatthours a month of electricity will realize a reduction of 58 cents, a month. These new rates tive June 5.

Bernice Dwyer paid tribute to those who served with her and president Dan Brown for their work: Mr. and Mrs. James Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Brunjes, Ted Speicher, Randall Dewart and Robert Auer. It was noted that Ted Baumgartner was present, and he is the only Milford High School alumni who has attended all 62 alumni banquets, the first being held in 1924, the year he graduated. Special recognition should be given Dan Brown as alumni president and to Keith Jones as master of ceremonies, for the work they put into the successful meeting. Dave Knispel of Syracuse provided recorded “Golden Oldies” for the dancing pleasure of the guests following the dinner and program.

Bicycle Safety at Syracuse on June 19

The Syracuse Police Department will begin its Bicycle Safety Program Thursday, June 19, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Wawasee Baptist Heights Church parking lot in the Wawasee Heights area. The program is free to all Syracuse residents. The program will consist of an obstacle course each child will be required to ride through, with license plates given for bikes at the completion of the course. Each bicycle will also be registered, while books on bicycle safety will be distributed. Officers Calvin Kline and Danny Gallmeier, of the SPD, will be in charge of the summer program. which will be moved weekly into all areas of the city. Os- * ficer Kline is asking parents of small children from other sections of town not to bring them to the Wawasee Heights area, but rather, wait until the program moves into their own area. Police Chief Robert Ziller commented, although the program was initially intended for children riding two wheel bikes, smaller children with tricycles and older adults who own bicycles are also welcome. The adults will also be given a license and their bikes will be registered, although they are not required to go through the obstacle course. Other locations and times for the program include: Thursday, June 26, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Syracuse Junior High School playground and Wednesday, July 2. from 9 a.m. to noon, at the north end of the St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church parking lot. Future locations for the rest of the town will be announced at a later date. Citizens are urged to participate in the program nearest totheir neighborhood.

Auction June 28 for day care center

The Lakeland Day Care Center will be having an auction on Saturday, June 28, to raise funds for the center. They are in need of items to be auctioned off. If you have items you wish to donate to the center, contact Susie Brouwer at the State Bank in Syracuse or Carol Hurt. $3,000 damage in car fire Syracuse Firemen were called to a car fire at 6:42 p.m. Monday, June 9, at the intersection of South Shore and Brown Street. The car owned by Kim Evans, Brown Street, Syracuse, sustained $3,000 damage. Firemen report when they arrived the front of the car was engulfed in flames. Mrs. Evans told officials the car stalled, backfiring through the carburetor, when she observed smoke.

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MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL. CLASS OF 1931 — Observing its 50th year since graduation from high school is this cl ass of 1936. Front row from left are Lucy (Biller) Hollar, Donna (Doty) Fisher. Geraldine (Steffen) Laukhum, Mabie (Buhrt) Waldbesn, Esther (Leemon) Weaver, Bernice (Dippon) Anglin and Althea (Beiswanger) Johnson.

School board awards bids to First National Bank

The Wawasee Community School Board met Tuesday night in regular session at the administrative center in Syracuse with the board of school trustees paying special recognition to Wawasee High School valedictorian Steve Galegor, and also to Traci Beaty, a state DECA winner. Bids for a tax anticipation war-* rant were opened and was awarded to the First National Bank of Warsaw. The bid was for $1,150,000 at a six-month interest rate of 5.625 The board also awarded bids for building renovation and remodeling for Wawasee High School and North Webster Junior High School. The general contractor which ’ submitted the lowest bid was Simerman Construction of Fort Wayne. The total amount of bids awarded was $379,189.

A special presentation was made by S teven Bailey, director of choral r lusic at Wawasee High School. He showed slides of the Wawasee High School choir and orchestra rip to New York city. The boa d approved a field trip request so: ■ Wawasee High School Spanish class students for a field trip during Spring Break of next year to Mt xico for seven days. The next meeting of the board was changed from July 8. The board wil meet at 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 15, at the adminstrative center. MAD iv meet on Saturday The Mil :ord Area Development Council v ill meet on this Saturday, June 14, at 9 a.m. in the community nrilding. Persons interestec in attending are welcome

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Middle row are Howard Haab, Richie Hollar, Nelson Morehouse, Bernice (Hollar) Dwyer, Ellen (Davidsen) Monahan, Dewey Fox and Dr. John DeFries. Behind from left ar R. Evard Tusing, LZ Lambert and Randall Dewart.

Weather report for May

By LORES STEURY Goshen College Weatherstation The first seven days of May were warm and dry. Normal temperature is 59.1 degrees. The average for May was 60.7 degrees, 1.6 degrees above normal. The highest temperature for the month was 86 degrees on May 31, coolest temperature was 33 degrees on May 3. Normal May precipitation is 3.46 inches. May of this year recorded 2.91 inches, .55 inches below normal. The average precipitation January 1 to June 1 is 13.07 inches. So far this year we have received 9.69 inches, 3.38 inches below normal precipitation level. In May in Goshen there were eight clear days, 11 partly sunny, and 12 cloudy days. The average temperature for the month of June is 68.8 degrees. The warmest average temperature recorded was in . 1934 at 74.6 degrees and the coolest average was in 1926 and in 1928 at 62.8 degrees. The warmest temperature recorded was June 1, 1918, 104 degrees, and the coolest was 32 degrees on June 23,1918. For the month of June 3.64 inches is the average level of precipitation. The wettest average was 18.8 inches received in 1981 and the dryest was 1.38 inches in 1966. No snow has been listed for the month of June in the Goshen area.

183 complaints received at Milford

Milford Marshal David Hobbs submitted the following sum-, mary of activities for the Milford Police Department to members of the Milford Town Board Monday, June 9. The summary includes activities between May 12 and June 9. There were 183 complaints received, three traffic accidents investigated with damage estimates of $1,500, four traffic arrests, two misdemeanor arrests and 12 warnings issued. Officers recovered one piece of stolen property valued at $75. Officers received four dog complaints, impounded three dogs, ran five record checks and answered eight alarms. There were 14 courtesy services given and one vandalism report made. Title checks totaled six and there were five messages delivered. The police car was driven a total of 2,176 miles and used $140.70 in gas and oil with the miles per gallon totaling 18.6.