The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 22, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 July 1989 — Page 13

Summer

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It happened . . . in Milford

10 YEARS AGO, JULY 4,1979 Norman and Lou Lovell, N. Henry St., Milford, keep in touch with their past through what Mrs. Lovell calls “something we mutually enjoy.” This mutual tie with time gone by is achieved via their efforts in restoring antique • cars, specifically the world ' reknown Hudson. Marion Stackhouse, r 1 Westfield, a former Milford resi- ’ dent and a hog and crops farmer, has been named a director of the National Livestock and Meat Board, serving the US livestock and meat industry. Maurice Beer, a well known member of the Milford cornmunity is now actively representing Beer Realtors in real estate sales and listings. He lives with his wife, Betty, on a large farm south of Milford. E. C. Bailey, Jr., has taken over the Sunoco fuel route previously handled by Ron Smith. Both men are from Milford. When the Milford Town Board hired David Hobbs on June 16, 1978, to replace former town marshal Lou Mediano, who moved on to the Syracuse Police Department, they were getting a man with very little actual experience. Now, 13 months later, the town has a fully trained marshal in David Hobbs, who graduated Friday, July 6, from the Fort Wayne Law Enforcement Academy. A flat bed of straw owned by Howard Beer, r 2 Milford, was completely engulfed in flames in an accident which occurred late Friday on SR 15 in Milford, the result of an ignited spark from a tractor’s exhaust pipe. Two trucks and eight men from the Milford Volunteer Fire Department responded to the blaze, but , were unable to save the load. New wheat began coming into the Milford Grain & Feed Company and continued the rest of the week, according to Don Ahrns. Maurice Beer, a perennial early bird when it comes to combining his wheat, was again first with a small load on June 30, Mr. Ahrns said. I• ■ • 20 YEARS AGO, JULY 2, 1969 Ann Kaiser and Cynthia Rapp, both members of the Junior Merry Maidens 4-H club at ■ Milford, won first place honors at the Kosciusko county demonstra- ' tion contest held in the women's building Saturday. Max Beer, son of Mr. and Mrs. • Henry Beer of Milford, has arrived home after being discharged ‘ from the United States army. Max had been stationed with his company in Berlin, Germany, for about five and one-half months prior to his return. ; Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Cory, who • have resided in Houston, Texas, ; the last two years, spent this past ’ month visiting relatives in Milford and West Milton, Ohio. , On July 3 they will leave from . Cincinnati, Ohio, and arrive in • Hannover, Germany, July 4. There they will work in Brethren • Volunteer Service for two years. ' Two birthdays were observed - recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Wuthrich of Milford Ryan Wuthrich, son of Mr. and • Mrs. Glen Wuthrich of Milford, ■ and George Knees, brother of ’ Mrs. Harlan Wuthrich, have the same birthdate.

John Custer, Byron and Patty Myers, David Brown and Lark Ruch of Milford are attending the Methodist Senior Institute, Elkhart district, at Epworth Forest, North Webster, this week. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoerr and sons. Doug and Jeff, returned on June 25 from a week’s vacation. They visited several days with her brother. Dr. Alan Beer, and family at Philadelphia. Ten members of the 1949 Milford high school class and their husbands and their wives met at the fire station in Milford for a 20-year reunion Saturday, July 5. The class prophecy was read with some of the predictions coming true. Daryl Kaiser, (deceased) son of Joe Kaiser of Milford, was among the 30 students to graduate in 1949. Mr. and Mrs. Steven Baumgartner and five children of Milford left Friday for a ten-day vacation trip to Colorado. They plan to visit an uncle of Mrs. Baumgartner at Gridley, Kans. Misses Sharon Levernier of Syracuse and Debbie Levernier of Milford left Saturday for a trip to Oskaloosa, lowa, and Kansas City. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berkeypile of Milford are the parents of a daughter, Denise Marie, born Saturday, July 5, at 3 am. in the Goshen hospital. Denise tipped the scales at five pounds, 11 ounces and was 18 inches in length. She has one sister, Danae Dee, who is four. 30 YEARS AGO, JULY 2, 1959 The Milford Lions club’s queen float in Saturday's Mermaid Festival parade won first place and received SIOO cash award. Those instrumental in the decorations of the beautiful float were Mrs. C. S. Myers, Mrs. Walter Ritter. Mrs. Don Ahrns. Mrs. Arlo Beiswanger. Mrs. Ray Bray, Mrs. Frederick Wolferman, and Mrs. Leon Newman. Jo Ellen McClintic, 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McClintic, fell on the toboggan slide at Pokagon State Park recently and broke her fight arm just above the wrist. A cast was put on by Dr. Rheinheimer, but Jo Ellen will be out of baton twirling camp for several weeks. Outdoing Milford Lions club president Paul Kizer, who was in charge of the refreshment stand at • the Mermaid Festival last week, stated that they took in $1,796.34 during the week. The 1959 "Cutie King and Queen” chosen at the Mermaid Festival last Friday were Rand E. Gossett, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gossett of Leesburg, and Pamara Joan Simmons. 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Simmons, Milford. , Norman Hunsberger has been presented a Certificate of Merit in Farm Mechanics, awarded by the Thor Research Center for Better Farm Living of Marengo, 111., for showing the greatest farm mechanics ability among the graduating seniors of Milford, Ind high school. Among the men who placed in the 7.9 mile Flotilla Road Run last Tuesday was Ron Baumgartner, second in 30-39 age category. Among the runners were U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar of Indianapolis and State Senator Richard Shank of Goshen.

Our town’s Jay Kaiser took top honors at Wawasee High school recently in the baseball program. Jay set seven records while on the Warrior baseball team. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kaiser of north of Milford, Jay was named Wawasee’s most valuable player this year. He carried a batting average of .362 and served as cocaptain of the team. Even though he’s almost 90, Jacob Bucher, Waubee lake, Milford, still cuts wood and keeps busy. That 90th birthday will be celebrated on July 30. Mr. and Mrs. Randall Dewart entertained bout 50 members of the Gardner family Saturday evening at a cook-out picnic supper. The honored guests were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gardner of Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hurd and family and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith and sons were Wednesday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. Ray Eberhard near Millersburg. A delicious chicken and hamburger barbecue was enjoyed by the group. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Jackson, r 2 Milford, are the parents of a 5 pound, 6 ounce daughter, Sue Dianne, born at Elkhart General hospital, Wednesday, July 8. Merle Holderread is the paternal grandfather. The Golden Rule class of the Bethel church had a “hoedown” last night on the Neal Cory farm. The class had planted popcorn there this year for a money raising project and needed to get after the weeds. The group enjoyed a wiener roast after the hoeing was done. „ Mr. and Mrs. James Cecil and family arrived in Milford last week end from Tucson, Ariz., where they are now making their home. Jim said that they had a very pleasant and warm winter and will return to Tucson in time for school at Labor Day.

JAYCEES ACTIVITIES — Taking a breather from the Syracuse Jaycees chicken barbecue, held Saturday, July 8, at Crosson Mill Park, members of the Detweiler family. Seated in front from left are Crystal. Karrie, Faith and Joshua Detweiler. In back from left is Sarah Bowers. Sarah Detweiler, Kent Bowers, and Trudy Detweiler. The barbecue began at 10:30a.m. and the 500 chicken halves were sold out by 1:30. Proceeds from the barbecue will be used for the chapter, while other special activities were held throughout the day to raise money for the March-of Dimes. < Photo by Stacey Lesch)

Summer reading programs offer excellent option

By JEREMY BEER

Children have to do something to keep themselves occupied during the summer besides drive their parents crazy. The summer reading program at the Milford Public Library, which is headed by Jewel Bregel, offers them an intelligent option to watching television all summer. The program, the theme of which is “Dig-up a Good Book,” is divided into two levels — preschool, which includes three-year-olds through kindergarten, and school age, which includes first grade through fifth grade children. The preschool program takes place every Tuesday at 10:30 and lasts about one hour. Bregel provides the entertainment, which is usually stories, puppet shows, finger plays, or other games. Bregel invited speakers or performers to the library for the older children, who meet on Wednesday at 1 p.m. These special guests have included the Lee Ann Stewart Dance School Performers, Hank Fincken, a professional actor who performed Johnny Appleseed for the children, and Tony Meyers, who donned his “Fluffo the Clown” costume for the kids. These elementary schoolers also are looking forward to today’s session, where they will taste

i •• wWwn fl IB i fl I ’ Hfltf'MMii4 READING FUN — Milford Children’s Librarian Jewel Bregel is shown above as she helps Rosalyn Chamberlin find a book to read. Many youngsters are taking advantage of their library this summer as they participate in various reading programs. (Photo by Jeremy Beer)

Apostolic Camp at Oakwood Over 500 people are expected to attend the Apostolic Christian Church camp at Oakwood Park this coming Sunday. •, Oakwood records show this is approximately the 20th camp held at the park. Because of the large crowd expected no lunch will be served to the public. Oakwood Center is a retreat and family center owned and operated by the North Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. It is located on Lake Wawasee.

microwave snacks, and next week, where they will receive free popcorn and watch a movie. The theme for the summer reading program this year is “Dig-up a Good Book.” Bregel believes that the goal of the program should be to motivate each child to read. She doesn’t believe that the child is best served if compared to other children (such as comparing book totals), so she doesn’t keep track of who has read the most books, which might encourage a reading war. Instead, each child has his or her own goal. For preschoolers, which, of course, must be read to by their parents, the first goal is 15 books. If they reach this goal they get free ice cream from Frosty Delight. After another 15 books are read to them, they have reached the second level and receive a book mark and a book bag. The third level’s prize, which is attained by listening to another 15 stories, is a free hamburger, fries, and drink from Hardee’s. Elementary school age children receive the same prizes but have different goals. For first through third graders, 12 books must be read to reach each level. Fourth through fifth graders must read only nine books for each level, but of course their stories are longer and more difficult. The entire summer reading program ends on July 19th.

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■HM MBKKF I - BBBSBI VMKb FLUFFO VISITS — Fluffo the Clown visited the Milford Library’s Summer Reading group recently. He is shown with Jennifer Rogers, left, and Melinda Garber, right. (Photo by Jeremy Beer)

Serving our country

MATTHEW G. ADAIR Marine Pvt. Matthew G. Adair, a resident of r 1, Cromwell, recently completed the Motor Vehicle Operator Course. During the five-week course at Marine Corps Service Support Schools, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C., Adair received classroom and behind-the-wheel instruction on the operation and capabilities of Marine Corps’ vehicles, defensive driving techniques, “rules of the road” and user-level preventive maintenance. He joined the Marine Corps Reserves in October 1988.

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