The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 51, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 December 1986 — Page 16

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., December 17,1986

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The Milford Elementary School s second grade class of 1926-27 is featured this week. The photo was loaned to us by Marybelle Sharp. From left in the front are Lawrence Lmgofelter. Robert Timmons, Harlan Hall, Vernon Reuter Walter Steffen. Robert Irvine. Glen Morehouse, Junior Arnott. Eldon Zimmerman and Harvey Speicher. In the second row ar» j Eleanor Kaiser. Eunice Brouse, Mildred Silveus, Harriet Kaiser. Mildred Gratf. Ruth Hoover. Virginia Fuller. Katherine Ham-

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Give members of the family a gift that will keep them growing. Good gardening tools often head the list for gardeners. A sturdy new rake, hoe or spade can save both tired backs and time for the busy gardener. Small hand tools, such as trowels and cultivators, are also hand' both inside and outside the house For bulb gardeners, a

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Holiday gifts for gardeners

long-handled bulb planter can make the job easier. Indoor gardeners would surely appreciate a lighting system to help their houseplants through the dreary winter months. Lighting systems can be as small as a flourescent tube or as long as a muitipie-shelved unit. Many garden suppliers carry flowering bulb packages for fore-

man. Betty Traster, Cecil Marie Overleese and Charline ()rn In the third row are Mary Jane Fowler. Jessie McDonald, Edna Ruch, Leliah Smith, June Pinkerton. Bernice Kuhn, Elizabeth Vanderveer. Doris Magee, Mildred Troup, Virginia Crum and Betty Eherenman In the back row are Herbert F'elkner. Chester Fowler. Leonard Overleese. Annabelle Silveus, Beatrice Perkins, Robert Speicher. Neal Cory. Daniel Stout and Robert Bushong.

ing into color indoors Amaryllis, tulips, hyacinths and paper-white narcissus are among the favorites. Gardening books are available on a wide variety of subjects and can help that special gardener improve his or her gardening skills. Or. send them a subscrip

Car no-no's for Christmas

Planning to buy brother or Dad something for his car this Christmas? Here are a few suggestions on what not to buy: An aerosol fire extinguisher. Most of these don't have the capacity or range to smother an automobile fire. Since car fires are basically cloth, paper, flammable liquids and electrical fires, a dry chemical, multi-purpose fire extinguisher is needed. Look for the Underwriters' Laboratories or a Farmer s

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tiou toa horticultural magazine. It still undecided on a gift for that favorite gardener, try a gift certificate from his or her favorite seed company or local garden shop Or. give a pair of rickets to a nearby botanic garden, conservatory of arboretum.

Mutual approval sticker. A cosmetic, or note pad set that fits onto the sun visor may be so heavy that it brings the visor down when the roads are rough or prevents the driver from adjusting the visor a full swing forward. Hard objects attached to a visor may injure someone should there be an accident. Before buying an auto item, consider the owner’s character. Will brother like a flowered vanity set or Dad like racing stripes!

Milford's Main street

RALPH OWENS, the 76-year-old Milford sign painter and artist, was the subject of a page 1 picture and story in Dick Keller’s Decatur Daily Democrat on November 29. Owens has appeared in Decatur for the past 20 years and has painted as many as 25 store windows with Christmas scenes. The Decatur Democrat article by Eric Mann tells of Owens’ wide experience with Will Rogers, Bing Crosby, Vincent Price, Cesar Romero, John Philip Sousa, "Buffalo Bill" Cody and others. Owens is well known in the Milford area, inasmuch as he has his shop on Higbee Street (SR 15) and does considerable sign painting in the area. Owens works with 21-year-old Randy Peterson, a Syracuse artist who serves as an apprentice to the man who studied under the famous painter Norman Rockwell. (Note: Owens was the subject of ‘ Profile' ’ last spring.) —O'FRIENDS HAVE been asking about the Jacob Buchers of Waubee Lake. Jacob, the oldest resident of the Milford area at 97, resides at Miller’s Merry Manor, r 2. County Farm Road, Warsaw. His wife, Dorothy, is at the Fountain View Nursing Home, Room 232. Goshen. Both would enjoy hearing from friends during the Christmas season. THE MILFORD Post Office announced changes in its mailing system after receiving orders from the office’s sectional center in South Bend concerning the handling of mail. Formerly responsible for the sorting of mail, the South Bend office handed those responsibilities to the local offices, necessitating measures to lessen the load on Milford personnel. "It (sorting) proved to be too large of a job for the small offices to handle so we’ve asked the customers to help." explained Nancy Kurzahl. Milford postmaster. ()pen boxes have taken place of slots leading into the office, with people being asked to place their respective mail upright in the boxes, according to type (local, out of town). "This system will improve the efficiency of the office,” commented Kurzahl, noting that they are responsible for the facing and canceling of mail in addition to the sorting. The postmaster also assures the public that tampering of mail will not be a factor in the new system. ”We always have someone standing at the inner of-

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The legend of A Christmas Carol

The famous story of Scrooge and Tiny Tim first gladdened the hearts of its readers in 1843. Charles Dickens had been engrossed in another long story when he stopped for a “Breather” and started the famous story. Just like he had fallen under the spell of his longer story, Dickens concentrated on

fice window so people using the office can be watched,’’ she said. FROSTY IS still missing. We know that someone out there knows where he is ... please bring him home before Christmas. For those who don’t know. Frosty, a snowman, was placed by the sign on the treelawn at the printing plant of The Papers Incorporated in Milford to greet customers and townspeople alike. He was only there one day when he disappeared. —o— THE HISPANIC people of the area, who feel they are discriminated against, feel they won a small victory, too, when Lincoln National Corporation of Fort Wayne was ordered to pay a former employee, who is black, SBB,OOO in damages and lost wages by U. S. Judge William C. Reed last week. The judge ruled the company has discriminated against the woman and fired her on a pretext. Many Hispanics feel they are discriminated against but feel they can do nothing about it. The ruling gives them new hope. —o— A MILFORD friend of Clara Overleese received a Christmas card from her and it was learned that she had a stroke six weeks ago which left her left side helpless, although she is able to walk a little with help. Miss Overleese plans to spend Christmas with her nephew. Ronoid Tusing, a pharmacist, and his family in Culver. —O'KATHY BEER confirmed the fact the photo printed last week in the Sesquicentennial Memories column was of the class of 1921. Her grandfather, Earl Wolterman, is in the back row of the photo. —O'MIKE ZIMMERMAN has been named Farm Bureau District 2 director. He will oversee Farm Bureau operations in an eightcounty area. Mike farms 700 acres west of town with half of the area in corn, the other half in soybeans. He also has a small farrow-to-finish hog operation and drives a school bus. A graduate of MHS, he has been associated with Farm Bureau for a number of years. He is a charter member and past president of the local Kiwanis Club and has been PTO chairman. He and his family belong to the United Methodist Church at Hastings.

this new classic. Everyone who has laughed at Mr. and Mrs. Fezziwig and cried for Tiny Tim, did just as Dickens did as he put these people into his story. Dickens would walk the black streets of london many nights after households were asleep, putting the story together.

- Mike is married to the former Carolyn Biller. The couple has three daughters, Kara, Kris and Karena. OBSERVATION: THE following comments were written by Rich Rhodes, secretary of the Milford EMS unit: The question has been asked many times, just who is on the Milford EMS and what exactly do they do? For one thing, the Milford EMS is usually among the flashing lights when there is an accident that is within the Milford coverage area. Besides Milford, they also serve the Dewart Lake area and Leesburg. When the EMS phone rings, it is heard in approximately 25 homes. Day or night when that phone rings people scramble; whether it be scramble for clothes in the middle of the night or leaving a job in the middle of the day. The Milford EMS covers a variety of calls besides accidents. It can be anything from a bad fall to a cut hand or a heart problem. Absolutely no call is the same as the last or any that an EMT has gone on before. They never know what they are getting into. Thanks, Rich, for this information and for the photo at the bottom of the column. Thanks also go to the EMS members for their service and to the people of the community who support the EMS. They are currently in need of additional volunteers. As of now they are averaging two nights per week and one weekend each month. If they get more volunteers this work load can be lowered. A class will start at Goshen Hospital January 19, with registration needed as soon as possible Persons wanting more information should contact Cheryl Brunjes at 658-4726. Pictured from left in front are Bobi Doll. Barb Richardson, Joe Gerencser, Jr., Jo Hepler and Rich Rhodes. In back are Dave Doll, Rick Krull. Margi Brooks, John Corbin, Natalie Stump, Cheryl Brunjesand Joe Walker. EMT’s not pictured are John Murphy, Vicky Wilson. Noe Gonzales, Bruce Hunsberger, Jon Cousins. Randy Veach, Jean Lynch and Carol Shively. The Milford EMS crew does its best to serve Milford andrthe surrounding community and wants and needs the continued support of the communitv.

“A Christmas Carol” hit the stands just a few days before Christmas and on that day 6,000 copies were completely sold out. Add lace Add bits of lace, rickrack, beads and glitter to last year’s Christmas tree balls for new and interesting effects