The Mail-Journal, Volume 29, Number 5, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 March 1990 — Page 13

It happened .in Syracuse

10 YEARS AGO, MAR. 12,1980 Friends of Tom and Sheryll Donley will be happy to note that they have moved back to Lake Wawasee from Cleveland. Tom is Dana’s plant manager in Columbia City. They are living at Natti Crow Beach that was once owned by Sheryll’s grandfather, Natti Crow. Dot and Dee Stiver, who reside just off North Shore Drive, home from a six-week winter vacation in the Brownsville, Texas, area, are looking ruddy and tanned. They left these parts in midJanuary and arrived home Sunday, March 2. WHS wrestling coach Rick Welborn is now attending the National Collegiate Athletic Association wrestling finals and national coaches’ clinic March 10 and 15 at Corvalis, Ore. He will also visit his brother Stu and his family in Portland, Ore. Jay and Lucille Peffley, East Shore Drive, left Friday morning for a brief vacation trip to Florida where they will visit their long-time friends, the Lawrence Blairs, in the Fort Lauderdale area.

Remembering the Jones Dairy Farm

I By VICKI RYMAN Guest Feature Writer Sometime back, when Syracuse phone numbers were three digits, a dairy farm was operated by W. A. Jones and Sons, north of Wawasee Airport. Danny Jones, the oldest son, recalls they had just received a semi load of milk bottles with the phone number 254 on them when the phone company changed over to four digits. When asked what they did with all the bottles, he laughed and said, “We used them anyway.” They started with 32 cows and milked them by hand. The milk was then cooled in a tank with running cold water. A handcranked cream separator was then used and the remaining cream and milk were ready to be bottled and delivered. Filing documents I keep many important documents in a wall safe and found it very difficult to organize these papers for easy access It is no fun to have to unfold each document to look at the contents. Now all I do is refold the documents so the letterhead is facing out and use a paper clip to secure the fold. When I need a document, I thumb through the file and the document is easy to recognize. Carolyn E., Ft. Bragg, N.C.

Leesburg Lions learn about the Pound Store

Leesburg Lions Club met Thursday, March 8. at 7 p.m. in the Leesburg Lions Community Building. There were 36 members and nine guests present. The meeting was opened in usual form by the club's president, Robert W. Bishop. Following a meal served by the ladies of Leesburg United Methodist Church and a short business meeting, program chairman Jim Tinkey presented Neal Carlson, Don Frantz and Kenneth Fawley from the Kosciusko Historical Society.

- BLUE SPEAKS ON RECYCLING — Courtney Blue, program chairman of the month for the Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary Club, was speaker at the Tuesday noon meeting at Gropp's, March S. Blue talked about recycling and the landfill crisis. He discussed items that can be recycled, biodegradable products, incineration methods, and problems with landfill. Pictured are Tom Jackson, president of Rotary, with Courtney Blue. <Photo by Lewis Immelt

Larry Cook has taken what was once just a hobby and turned it into a profitable business. Syracuse residents, Larry and Jacqueline Cook, opened Cook’s Rare Coins Saturday, March 1, in Pickwick Place, Syracuse. The Wednesday Afternoon Club met on March 5 in the home of Mrs. Stan Emerick at Syracuse. Mrs. Ray Buhrt introduced Arch Baumgartner who, with slides and comments, practically transported club members to the Peoples Republic.of China. 20 YEARS AGO, MAR. 11,1970 “A Wee Bit O' Irish” was the very scenic slide presentation given by Mrs. Robert Jones at the meeting of the Ladies of the Round Table of Syracuse on Monday evening, March 9. Mrs. Ralph Clingaman was hostess.for the March 3 meeting of the Syracuse-Wawasee Garden Club with Mrs. Harry Appenzeller as moderator for the program, “Planning Your Garden.’’ Mr. and Mrs. Earle Waltz of Lake Wawasee have returned

Two horses and a wagon, made from the back of a car. were used in the beginning. They covered the area from the Spinx Hotel to Willow Grove (Wawasee Boat Company area). Eventually the business stretched out covering Syracuse and Wawasee Lake, North Webster and Cromwell. Later they went to paper cartons and other products such as chocolate milk, cottage cheese and orange juice, selling them for a company out of Warsaw. Danny says this is what eventually killed their business.

Wire wheel covers taken from vehicle

Syracuse Police investigated the following incidents this past week: Vera Craven, Syracuse, notified police on Wednesday, March 7, that someone had removed four wire wheel covers from her vehicle while parked outside of her home. The theft had occurred over the past several days. The thief or thieves replaced the wire wheel covers with plain covers. Value of the covers were estimated at sls. Police investigated an accident Wednesday, March 7, when a 1990 International truck struck the

In their presentation on the Pound Store and Museum in Oswego, the society members told of what was needed to restore it to its historical value. Guests of the club included Dick Runyan, zone chairman; and Wallace Huffman, Don McDermit, Jeff Hall. Jim Hearn and Terry Schlotterback Two new members, David Clay and Larry Ritchie, were installed by J. Robert Bishop. As this was “Hawaiian Night," the Lions wore colorful shirts and the waitresses wore grass skirts. A fun time was had by all.

home after spending several weeks vacationing in Lake Worth, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buhrt and family of r 1, Syracuse, were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Ryman and family of Milford. Patricia Bryant, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Sidney Bryant, captured the 1970 Syracuse Spelling Bee title last evening at Syracuse Junior High School. The sixth-grade student won the coveted title by spelling the word "diptheria.” Mrs. Willard Nusbaum was hostess to the Unity Circle of Syracuse Saint Andrew’s United Methodist Church on March 5, with Mrs. Jay Peffley assisting. Mrs. Paul Warner, assisted by Mrs. George Kleopfer and Mrs. Merton Meredith, entertained for the March 4 meeting of the Wednesday Afternoon Club at her Lake Wawasee home. Mrs. Ralph Thornburg, assisted by Mrs. Vern Brinkman, entertained for the Trinity Circle of Saint Andrew’s United Methodist Church on March 5.

Milk bottles can still be found in the area with the W. A. Jones & Sons embossed on them along with the 254 phone number. Divers have brought up some of these from the bottoms of our local lakes, as this is how people used to discard some of their garbage. Danny says there is also about 30 milk cans unaccounted for with their insignia printed on them. Guest feature writer Vicki Ryman is a Syracuse resident

sign at Wawasee Service Center. The accident occurred at 12:26 p.m. Lawrence G. Jones, 44, Elkhart, pulled his 1990 International truck, registered to Econ Mills, Inc., Elkhart, into the service center and was attempting to drive up to the gas pump area. He stated he did not realize the overhead canopy was as low as it was and as he was watching as to not scrape the top of the truck against the canopy. He did not realize he was close to the sign until the truck hit it. There was no damage to the truck and up to SI.OOO damage to the sign.

The upcoming community event is a fish fry on March 22 from 5-7:30 p.m. Persons will be able to eat in or carry out. Area residents booked at jail The following persons were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail recently: Margo Ruth Wright. 31. r 1 box 139, North Webster, was charged with conversion and held on $350 bond. Tina Marie Fultz. 22, r 1 box 5958. Leesburg, was arrested and charged with driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and held on $350 bond. Stephen Charles Reed, 31, 436 Dolan. Syracuse, was charged with driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and held on $350 bond. Mark Kelly Kissell, 28, r 1 box 356, Leesburg, was charged with driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and held on $350 bond. Lane D. Doster. 28. r 1 box 2101A, Syracuse, was charged with two counts of forced entry into a business and two counts of theft. He was released by the courts

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30 YEARS AGO, MAR. 17,1960 Two bids for the repair of town streets including supplying asphalt and application were opened at town board meeting Tuesday night. Reith-Reilly of Wolcottville and John L. Lewis Company of Fort Wayne bid on the job. Miss Judith Lynn Kline, 501 South Lake Street, graduated from the private secretarial school of International College March 10, 1960. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Kline, she graduated from Syracuse High School. Her extra-curricular activities were centered in dramatics, publications and music. Mrs. Nancy Ray and daughter moved into the George Apartment on Main Street this week. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Amsler and son, Bob, visited relatives in Ohio last week while Bob was home from Ball State for spring vacation. Mrs. May Kindig had as guests Sunday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Max Snavely of Elkhart, Mrs. Henry Grieger of South Bend, also her son, Joe Kindig and children, Margaret and Carl, of Nappanee. Mrs. Sarah Rex was in North Webster Sunday with her son, Bill, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Herbison and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hubartt were in Goshen Saturday evening for dinner at the Pagoda Inn and later attended a movie in Elkhart. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Campbell of Garrett were Sunday guests of his sister and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Buchholz.

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50 YEARS AGO, MAR. 15, 1940 Mrs. L.O. Oyler, Mr. and Mrs. E. Geiger and Rev. J.C. Bailey were in attendance upon the midyear session of the St. Joseph Conference held in the First United Brethren Church at Warsaw on Friday. Bishop H.H. Fout of Indianapolis presided. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wysong, of Detroit, Mich., were the weekend guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milt Wysong. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Rigdon left Thursday on a business trip to New York City. They will spend several days in Washington, D C., with the former's mother. Mrs. Harriett Rigdon, before returning home. Charles Kroh, Noble Myers and Charles Bachman Jr. attended a hockey game in Chicago Sunday evening. Mrs. M.D. Cohan of Chicago spent the weekend with Mrs. Frank Bornmann at Lake Wawasee. She was accompanied home by Mrs. Bornmann. who spent several days there with her son Martha Jane Kern of Fort Wayne and Jacob Kern of Detroit spent Sunday with their parent. Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Kern. Jacob Outland has sold his property on Huntington Street to Mrs. Elwood George. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thornburg arrived home Saturday after spending five weeks in Phoenix. Ariz. They also spent a few days in Old Mexico and California. Mrs. Ella Arnold, Mrs. Mary Nine, Mrs. Gertrude Tyler and daughter. Lindy Lee. spent Friday afternoon in South Whitley.

BW|. 1 I r’’ Fra '. ; t —..-i., aSH ACCREDITED CAMP — Camp Alexander Mack. Milford has again received accreditation from the American Camping Association (ACA) for its outstanding facility. Camp Mack has earned the ACA status several years.-Also, this year. Becky Ball-Miller, associate director at the camp, received certification as a Certified Camp Director (CCD), the highest professional certification available in the 1 field. (Photo courtesy of Camp Mack)

Camp Mack earns continuous accreditation, director certified

The American Cam pi ng Association (ACA) has announced that Camp Alexander Mack. Milford, has earned the distinction of being designated an ACAaccredited camp. Currently, approximately one quarter of all camps in the United States have this designation. Camp Mack has been fully accredited by the ACA for many years. Every three years trained camping professionals, not affiliated with the camp seeking accreditation, observe the camp while it is in operation, comparing its practices with the standards of the industry. The accreditation process consists of nearly 300 questions that

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can be applied to every aspect of a camp’s operation. The camp must comply with 14 critical mandatory standards affecting the health and safety of campers. While many states may have some regulations regarding basicsanitary and food service concerns. ACA's standards go a step further in addressing the areas of programming, personnel, health care and management practices related specifically to camping. Camp Mack joins the “Pioneers of Camping" with the ACA. This group is comprised of camps which have been fully operational for a minimum of 40 years. Membership in this group insures an archive of history for

Camp Mack at the National headquarters of ACA. Camp Mack is owned and operated by the Church of the Brethren in Indiana and was founded in 1925. The camp’s officials are members of the Church of the Brethren Outdoor Ministries Association, Christian Camping International, and the International Association of Conference Centers Becky Ball-Miller, associate director at Camp Mack, also received certification as a Certified Camp Director (CCD). This certification is the highest professional certification available in. the field of professional camping.

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