Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 68, Number 29, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 14 February 1946 — Page 1

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pleased by Western Newspaper Union. BRITISH LOAN OPPOSITION WASHINGTON. At approach of tte British so-called “loan” dispute

most popular British figures are suddenly arriving in this country Mr. Churchill, Lady Astor, Labor Party Floor Leader Herbert Morrison (who addressed the press club here sotto voce), Fo,od Minister Sir Ben Smith, and a rumor was started that the

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weight of Princess Elizabeth might be added to this homely, friendly appeal. The administration is bestirring itself, in a fearing way also. Messrs. Vinson and Acbeson have belabored the air waves with demands for congressional approval, implying that civilization depends again on this question, as it has so many times on agreements negotiated by • the administration in the recent past. They are all scared. The reason is a vast popular antagonism to the deal which is being made apparent to senators and representatives in letters, telegrams and otherwise. The careful Twohey analysis of newspaper opinion reported Decern--her 15 that 57 per cent of the press supported the loan and 29 per cent disapproved, but by January 12 this press barometer had turned around to the point where fi2 per cent condemned it. ARGUMENT FOB LOAN The defenders are having a hard time to justify the program in the preliminary debate. The defense theory is that the loan is necessary to establish credits for Britain to buy in this country, but the agreement allows the British to do whatever they wish with the money. They can buy here or not. The second major point of the de-' sense is that the deal represents a legitimate loan with interest. But the agreement provides no interest will start for five years by which time anything may nullify the obligation; and after that no interest will be paid unless British trade reaches prewar levels (specifically 1936-38 average). It plainly indicates Britain must get back her trade if, she is to pay any interest.

The only point the defense has thus far proved for sure is that Britain wants the money to reestablish herself financially. Against this contention, critics see the British Socialist government has already bought the Bank of England, and is coming , forward now with a plan to buy [ the coal mines. To buy the bank, the government gave the stockholders hew special government bonds which seemed to guarantee the high value of the stock. But the trick in that was the bonds were given a special category, which will enable the government to treat them in any special way,, apart from the government ( debt, in any future financial pinch. The plan for government purchase of* the coal mines has not yet been .defined. -No one has said definitely how .much they will cost, but special bonds are to be issued, sod kept ih a special category, tbeir value depending on Britain’s future financial condition. BRITISH PURCHASE „The people, through their government, already control the Bank oi England, direct interest rates and *ll financial matters of the nation. They also control the price of coal, tbe wages of the miners, collect kxes from that business. Thus the People are buying what they alKa dy mastered in their own interest. This is the basic absurdity of the tew British type of labor socialism, * s many of our reasonable people •ee it. it forces the peoples’ govern®*ent to assume added obligations buy something they can already < “ rect for their own best purposes. C°al is about the only natural resource Britain has. Its productlon has never been especially Profitable and Its wage scale has been woefully deficient as com Wred with ours (some recent “gures suggested our general a * a ?e scale may be two and ' one-half times that of the British), Jf British could not give us ck a tank for one of ours whicl J had used, they could give us "mething else —some of those raw Phials of their far-flung empire which we are so deficient (ths of strategic materials of whid J ave no stockpiles). - e most important part of thf l a j* re ement, then, is that then l be no repayment ‘Tn kind’ et ia-lease, or any other paymen , e Pt 50 million dollars to 700 mil . dollars of additional assumec . by the British which may oi not be, paid years hence.

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INTERESTING ITEMS REGARDING THOSE IN THE ARMED FORCES Help us keep this column an interesting one in the paper by giving us items regarding those in any branch of the service. Phone 27. Wade R. Culp, ARM2c, received his honorable discharge from the navy at Great Lakes last week and returned to Nappanee. The correct address of Pvt. Philip E. Cripe who was inducted recently into the armed forces is Cos. D., Reception Center, Camp Atterbury, Ind. Pvt. Robert Lloyd, 15347012, is now stationed at Keesler Field, Miss. His address there is 3704th A. A. F. Base Unit, Sqdn. X, Flight 626, Keesler Field, Miss. Margaret Rehrer, Y2c, in the Waves, is spending a two weeks leave of absence in Nappanee with her father, Frank Rehrer and with other relatives and friends. She is stationed at San Francisco, Calif. Two Nappanee men received honorable discharges at Great i Lakes on February 10th, those being so favored being Richard E. Arnott, Sl/c and Carl F. Hoffer, Yl/c. Pvt. Wayne Walters, of Keesler Field, Miss., will leave Feb. 19th for Greensboro, N. Car. after having spent a 15 day furlough here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Walters and family. Pvt. and Mrs. Donald Wagner and children of San Antonio, Texas, are spending a number of days visiting here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Wagner and family and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bixler and family, and with other relatives and friends. Marine Pfc. Dick Silberg arrived home Saturday night after having been discharged the same day at Great Lakes. Pfc. Silberg has been in the service for the past 2 months, 24 of which have been served overseas. Most of the overseas time was spent at Peleliu in the Pacific area. Merle Dunnuck received his honorable discharge at Camp Atterbury last week and arrived in Nappanee on Friday. Merle was recently from the southwest Pacific where he spent 22 months on active duty. Mrs. Dunnuck has been making her home in Goshen while he was in the serviec.

—IS. group of seven men left this area for induction into the armed forces on Tuesday and in this number was Merrill Dale Pippen, of Nappanee. His brother, Carlyle, was only recently discharged after serving in the Southwest Pacific. Others from this vicinity in the group included: Norman Phay Holland and Charles William Husband, both of Wakarusa. Sasebo, Japan, - February 1, 1946 Citizens of Nappanee: I want to express my thanks for the Christmas package I just received. It arrived in very good shape and those “stateside cakes really hit the spot. The package served as a farewell party as I’m leaving for the States tomorrow. Yours Truly, •r Oliver Stutzman, Rm 2/c U. s. S. Sprig (AM-384) c/o FPO San Francisco, CalifSasebo, Japan February 2, 1946 Dear People: I wish to thank, you for the contents of the Christman box I received the other day. I enjoyed it and so did all the fellows who crowded around when I opened it. It was great but nevertheless I hope you don’t have to send me one next year. I prefer to be home and chase Santa Claus around and catch candy kisses like I used to. , Max Gwin Sl/c U S. S. Hanson DD 832 - Div. C., F. P. O. San Francisco, Calif. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Carl Housour are the parents of a daughter, bom Feb. 9th. . . Mr. and Mrs. Earl Linn, of Argos are the parents of a daughter Janice Marie, born Feb. 7th. 1 Mr and Mrs. Willard Herr are the parents of a daughter, Carol Alice, bom Feb. Bth. UNDER DOCTORS CARE The condition of Mrs. Woodie Slabaugh who suffered a broken leg last week is much improved.

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MISS ROSEALENE METZLER AND PVT. WM. R. LONG MARRIED LAST SUNDAY Miss Rosealene Metzler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Metzlar, of Goshen, became the bride of Pvt. William R. Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Long, in a ceremony read at 2:30 p. m. Sunday in the Bethel M. B. C. church. Rev. Paul F. Kreiss read the ceremony before the candlelighted altar which was decorated with palms, ferns, and an arch of gladioli. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a bridal satin gown of Victorian design. Her finger tip veil of net was held by a tiara of orange blossoms. She was attended by ! her sister, Miss Norma Metzler, who wore a gown of pink chiffon. Nuptial music at the piano was played by Miss Pauline Ummel, of Wakarusa. Marimba numbers were played by Miss Lenora j Wigent, of Columbia City. Vocal l*selections were sung by Mrs. | Harold Weldy. Following the ceremony Mrs. Walter Wogoman, sister of the bride, received at the home, where a reception for sixty guests was held. Mrs. Claris Thews was in charge, and was assisted by the Misses Mary Alice; Long and Beulah Bollman, of Nappanee, Margaret Stutzman and Mildred Hess, of Goshen, and Annalee Smucker, of Buda, 111.

MOTORCYCLE CRASHES INTO AUTO AT CORNER OF MARKET AND ELM ST. Henry Hamsher, Jr., of east of Nappanee, riding a motorcycle, crashed into the rear left wheel of an auto driven by Kenneth Stump, a neighbor, at the inter-j lection of Market and Elm streets at noon Wednesday. Stump had) come to a stop on the south side of Market street and then start-j ed to drive across on Elm street! northward. Just as he was about; across the intersection something struck his car and Kenneth landed; in a water puddle on the paving. I He did not know what had. caused! the accident up until that time, j Hamsher was coming west on; Market street on the motorcycle, and the front wheel of his ma-j chine struck the Stump car on! the rear axle and he also landed in the street. Both men received j minor injuries. Damage to the car was estimated at SSO and to the motorcycle at $75. Speed as] shown on the police report gives, that of the auto at 10 miles and’ the motorcycle at 20 miles, a.t the time of the accident. The motor-; cycle is owned by Joe Hamsher. Henry is in the service and home; on furlough. CAR SIDESWIPES TRUCK ON STATE ROAD 19 EAST OF WAKARUSA Edgar M. Stahly, of 555 South Elm street, had the side of his Plymouth coach stove in when he sideswiped a Ford truck at the intersection of U, S. 19 and | the Wakarusa road, 7 miles north of Nappanee, Saturday evening at 6:10. Stahly was headed toward Nappanee when a truck, driven by Wijliam Brubacher, route 3, turned out of the drive at the Hahn Service station. The driver of the truck is said to have started out of the drive in a sweeping curve, intending to go northward and when v doing so Stahly swung out to miss him but not far enough and the bumper of the truck, cut a swathe in the side of coach, doing damage estimated at $250. The bumper of the truck and the front fender were damaged to the extent of $25. No one was injured. J ; ■HnT- THHM.

SOMETHING WRONG There is something wrong with a system which denies pupils in the schools admission to a school activity. Such a case developed this week when tickets to the basket ball tourney were allotted to fans of the community and tickets denied to about twenty of the pupils. Basket ball is just as much a part of the school activity as is reading, writing and arithmetic, and no one would deny a place in class to a pupil taking one of these studies. School officials are supposed to fight for the rights of their pupils but here is a case where this was not done and an injustice results. Every pupil desiring a ticket should be supplied before a single ticket is sold to anyone else. The pupils should get first consideration and even now it is hoped there may .be some plan whereby the wrong can be righted. A drawing was held to decide the lucky winners of tickets and this plan was all right for out-of-school fans but at no time should the pupils have been slighted. If basket ball is to be completely commercialized then this plan might be right but let’s hope this will never be the case. We believe we are safe in saying that not a sport in Nappanee would have purchased a tieket if by so doing he thought a student would be kept from a game- which is, first in the minds of every high school student.

COMMUNITY WIDE VISITATION TO BE HELD MARCH 3 TO 10 A community-wide effort of of visitation evangelism is the program for which the groundwork was laid at a recent meeting of the ministerial association. This effort to bring the message of Christian Gospel to every unchurched home in the city is scheduled for the week of March 3rd to 10th. According to plans each individual church will be responsible to make up its own constituency or prospective list fro mthe contacts of its own organizations. The various pastors will be responsible to recruit helpers to contact the prospects and train them for the task. This,, will not be a church attenddance campaign but a direct effort to win men to Christ and secondly, to,church loyalty. The cooperation and prayers of every earnest Christian is hereby solicited.

CARS DAMAED IN CRASH ON STATE ROAD 19 WEDNESDAY MORNING Cars belonging to James C. Ffird,, route 1, Plymouth and Dan Johnson, route; 3, Nappanee, were damaged to the extent of an estimated SIOO at 6:30 o’clock Wednesday morning when they collided on State road 19 two and a half miles, north of Nappanee, Both drivers Said they were blinded by the lights of the otherl car and the two crashed into one another, the left front fender and wheel of both cars being damaged in almost identically the same spot. Fortunately neither driver was hurt. ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT OF BONNIE JEAN GRIMM TO PVT. ALFRED HEPLER Mr. and Mrs. George F. Grimm of Nappanee, announce the engagement of their daughter, Bonnie Jean to Pvt. Alfred E. Hepler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hepler, of Nappanee. No date has been set for the wedding. i

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INDIANA LEGION HIRES SURGEON Indianapolis, Feb. "14 —Indiana has become the first- American Legion department to retain a paid medical consultant. He is Dr. Charles R. Bird, widely known Indianapolis physician, who has been appointed as department surgeon on a salaried basis. In that capacity he will advise the Indiana Legion service department in regard to claims for compensation and hospitalization of veterans. “Most disputed or rejected claims present 80 per cent a medical problem and 20 per cent a legal one.” Dr. Bird said. “My job will be to give expert medical testimony in such cases.” Retention of Dr. Bird marked another step forward in the expansion of the Indiana Legion Rehabilitation Division under Department Service Officer Oscar R. Brown. He haS'*already added five field service officers to his staff three of whom are World War Two veterans. The Indiana Legion now has one of the best service departments in the organization. A Legionnaire for 27 years. Dr. Bird is well qualified for his new duties. He served as a captain in the medical corps of the British Army during World War 1, being on duty two and onehalf years in hospitals in England and Italy. He is a past department vice-commander of Indiana, served as department rehabilitation chairman for ten years, and helped to. draft much of the federal veterans, legislation in the early days of the Legion. lie is a member of Memorial Post 3 in Indianapolis.

COUNTRY HOME BURNS LAST FRIDAY MORNING

The farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra * Stauffer, one mile south of five corners, about ten i miles northeast of Nappanee in Harrison township burned to the ground Friday morning, resulting :in a loss estimated at approximately $5,000. A Wakarusa volunteer fireman, George-Doering, 30, was injured while fighting the blaze, falling to the ground when a ladder on which he was standing slipped ! off the rear porch roof. Doering was taken to the Goshen hospital in the Culp ambulance. X-ray pictures of an injury to his lett leg between tiie knee and hip revealed no frac-

tures. | The fire started,on the roof ol the eight-room, two-story home ' and fanned by a strong south wind,the blaze was soon out ol control. Wakarusa and Foraker j fire trucks answered calls to the f | farm. The fire was discovered übout 10:30 a. m. and an hour and a half later but the summer kitch- j en had been leveled. Most of the contents of the j house were carried out of the i j home by neighbors and voluti- ! j leers. Hundreds of cans of food- [ stuffs were carried" out oT~ The i basement, even while the flames were raging through the struc-j ture. ' x.-' Mrs. Stauffer, who has not been j in good health recently, was ! taken to of a neighbor. ! Mr. Stauffer/ directed volunteers j in salvaging household goods. ,

TROOP 33 BOY SCOUTS DISPLAY HANDICRAFT IN TWO STORE WINDOWS Jhe handicraft of the boys in Boy Scout Troop 33 is on display in the window at the Hatfield & Hostetter and the Schultz Bros, stores. In the latter place the boys have on display seven bird houses which were made by the boys,- while in the Hatfield & Hostetter window are models of two type bridges as made up by the. boys, as well as a forest , scene, etc. The display improbably not as great as it could be hut shows the boys are going in the right direction under the guidance of the leaders, ifhe "’displays will be left there over this week end, though National Scout week officially comes to end this, evening. DRs (O. F. NOLDE TO SPEAK AT LUTHERAN RALLY AT SOUTH BEND ! The Lutheran Church of Nappanee along with other churches of this vicinity will sponser a rally at the Holy Trinity Luthern Churchof South Bend on Wednesday Feb. 20th, to launch the campaign of a nation wide appeel for $10,000,000 to be used ,for relief and rehabilitation in this country and abroad. Dr. O-i F. J Fredrick Nolde wil be the speaker. Dr. Nolde is the Dean of tbe Graduate School of Lutheran' Theological seminary at t Philadelphia, Pa.

WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Seek to Avert Mass Starvation In Europe; New Wage-Price Plan Seen as Spur to Production

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MISS WILMA NETTROUR BECOMES BRIDE OF HAROLD HOLMES Mr. and Mrs. Harold Nettrour have anounced the marriage of their daughter, Miss Wilma Nettrour to Harold Holmes, son of Mrs. Bertha Holmes pf Wakarusa. The wedding ceremony was read at 5 p. m. Saturday afternoon at the home of the brides parents bv the Rev. L. A. Hatch of the Cnurch of God, in the presence of around twenty-five guests. The bride was attracUve in u street length dress of melon color with black accessories. She wore a shoulder corsage of gardenias. Her only attendent, Mrs. Kenneth Myers of Elkhurt wore a pink street dress with black accessories. Her corsage was of white carnations. Kenneth Myers attended the groom. The couple are planning to make their home at 156 South Locke street. SCOUTS TO HOLD ANNUAL BEAN SUPPER MONDAY AT LEGION HOME All scouts, scouters, and dads of scouts are invited to attend the annual bean supper to be held at 0.30 o'clock on Monday, Feb. 18th at the Legion Home.

STATE BASKET BALL OFFICIALS DECIDE ON LONGER PERIOD FOR GAMES Instead of the usual hour being set over for each game during the basketball tourneys state IHSA A Commissioner, L. v. Phillips announces that the tie for games will be set to allow one hour and fifteen minutes for each contest. This means that all tourney games will begin at 7:00 o’clock on Thursday and Friday nights and the Friday afternoon session will begin at 1:30, with the following games being played at 2:45 and at 4:00. The change in playing tin it' gives the many teams an opportunity to warm up and keep playing at scheduled limes which had been a physical impossibility | under the attempt of the state | officials to keep both game and | warm up periods to an hourly schedule. ■ Drawings of the pairing in the I tourneys will be made on Friday night of this week hut no anI nouncement of the pairings will Ibe made until Saturday morning , when the state officials permit I the press and radio to announce the schedule at 8:00 o’clock.

’BROTHER OF EDWARD STROPE DIES AT HINES I HOSPITAL ON SATURDAY ( I John Strope, aged 49, of rural (route No. 4, Niles, Mich., a ; former resident of South Bend, I died in -the Hines, 111,, veterans I hospital at 8:25 a. m. Saturduy | after two months illness. He was I born in Madison township, St. [Joseph county, Feb. 10, 1896. | Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Mary Nichols, of Mishawaka; and three brothers Edward oT Nappanee, Daniel P„ of North Vernon, Ind., and Walter J., of South Bend. The remains were taken to the Hartman Funeral Home at Lakeville and funeral services Were held there Tuesday afternoon with burial being in jNorth Union cemetery. MRS. ED EICIIENBERGER TO ENTERTAIN MEMBERS OF METHODIST GUILD Members" y ’ of the Methodist Service Guild will lie entertained on Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Ed Eichenberger. Assist-1 ing hostesses will be: Mrs. Louis! Habegger, Mrs. James Miller, Mrs. Ron Bid Kingenberg. Topics will be given by Mrs. Robert Woodhams, Mrs. Phillip Quigley; and Mrs. Ira Phillips. J)evotions will be given by Mrs. Waltei' Ulery. JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP PUPILS GIVEN “SHOTS" FOR SMALLPOX AND DIPHTHERIA Children of Jefferson township, Kosciusko county, received treatment against smallpox and diphtheria on Tuesday of this week, according to word from Milton Burger, trustee. The “shots” were administered on Tuesday morning by the County Health Officer Schultz at the Hall school.

WORLD RELIEF: Need Great In calling upon the American people to pull In their belts and get along on a smaller and less varied selection of meats, cheese, evaporated milk, lee cream, margarine, salad dressing and beverages, President Truman declared that the threat of starvation overseas was greater today thim at any other time in history. While Americans have been consuming about 3,300 calories per person, he said r more than 125 million people In Europe will have to subsist on less than 2,000 calories a day; 28 million will receive less than 1,500 calories a day, and large groups will get ns little ns 1,000 calories.

In shaping a nine-point program to enable this country to meet relief requirements overseas, the administration placed emphasis upon conservation of dwindling wheat supplies to assure fulfillment of export goals of 225 million bushels. No less than 25 million bushels of wheat were expected to be saved during the first half of 1946 by raising the quantity of flour produced from a bushel of wheat to 80 per cent. As n result, more dark bread will be made. Another 20 million bushels of grain are to be conserved by discontinuing the use of wheal In the direct production of alcohol and beer and limiting the use of other grains for beverage Hlcohol to five days’ consumption per month. At the same time, the department of agriculture will seek to cut down on use of feed grains by encouraging the speeding of market lng of hogs and beef cuttle and culling of poultry.

The other provisions of the administration’s nine-point, program Include the acceleration of rail shipments of wheat, corn, meat and other foods; exportation of 375,000 tons of fnts and oils, 1.01H1.000.001i pounds of meat, and increased 'supplies of canned milk and cheese; establishment of wheat and Hour Inventory controls on millers, bakers and distributors; and efforts to move more copra for coconnut oil from the Philippines. WAR CRIMINAL: Wo Hoprici’o Having been convicted by an American military commission fo r countenancing' atrocities In ITic Phil-

ippines, Gen. Tornoyuki Yamashito's life rested in the hands of President Truman after the Supreme court had validated Ills trial and Oen. Dougins MacArthur refused to mitigate the sentence. As the Presldent considered clemency there was resentment in Jap-

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nnese circles over MncArthur’s orders that Yamashlta be stripped of his uniform, decorations and other army accessories In being hunged. Declaring that Yamashlta was an adherent of the ancient Samurai warrior tradition, Nipponese generals said he \vk entitled to a soldier’s rather than a common criminal’s death. In ordering Yamashlta’s hanging In dlßgracc; MacArthur asserted that the Jap had dishonored the military profession by countenancing troop rapacities instead of Insisting upon their protection of IIu: weak, whether friend or foe. Scaring the Japanese suck of Manj|a, MucArthur compared the destruction with American respect for the city in 1942 despite its impending loss. CONGRESS: Labor Curb Despite quick house aetiotffin passing the drastic Case bill with its restrictive labor legislation, the senate was expected to proceed more slowly In considering the measure. Holding their lines solidly throughout the week-long debate on the bill, a coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats beat down all efforts to take the teeth out of the legislation by modifying provisions or eliminating all enabling clauses to reduce the measure to a mere declaration of policy. While liberals assailed the bill as one of the. most vicious anti-strike laws to come before congreas, proponents clung fast to provisions setting up a mediation board to consider dleputes; requiring 80-day cool(Continued cm Pago 7, Col. I)

OUR OBLIGATION Though you may disagree with as regarding something you may read in the Advance-News it is our duty to do our best to arouse you to the serious part each ome plays in today’s affairs. Think things through and then criticise if you wish —but think things through. j.

HARVEY FIELD, PUBLISHER

MASONS TO BUILD TEMPLE

The Nappanee Masonic Temple Association, by the action of the stockholders at a meeting held, at the Masonic Hall last Thursday .evening, has taken the initial i step towafti the erection of a Masonic Temple in the city ol Nappanee. Authority was given to the Board of Directors to purchase the lot on the corner ol Elm and Walnut streets from Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tobias, tills having been considered a suitable site for the erection of such a building. This association has been working toward a definate goal for several years and has now taken definate steps toward the realization of having a single purpose Masonic building. Although building materials and labor are not available at the present time the selection of a site was deemed important and of first consideration. The building in which the Masonic Hall is now located has been much too small for their activities during the last ten or fifteen years and by the erection of anew building the Masonic Bodies of Nappanee can be uecomodated more closely to their needs. The type of building to be erected will be determined when building materials are available.

MRS. ELIZABETH STICKEL DIES AT COUNTRY HOME LAST SUNDAY Mn. Elizabeth Stickel, 63, wife of Lloyd Stickel, died at her home, 5 milea south of Elkhart on Tnd Ift, at 4 p. ni. Sunday. She bad been ill 2 years and | bedfast 8 weeks. She was born in Elkhart county Dec. 17, 1882, the daughter of Jeremiah and Kathryn Wise. She ! and Mr. Stickel were married | March 8, 1906. Surviving besides the husband are 2 sons, Lamar j and Lowell, both of Elkhart route 4; u duughter, Mrs. Robert Martin, j Chicago; her stepmother, Mrs. (Jeremiah Wise, - Nappanee; fllx j grandchildren; 3 sister s, Mrs. i Vern Stickel, Elkhart; Mrs. Alvin j Bollinger, Wakarusa; and Mrs. Dwight Stickel, Osceola; and two brothers, Edward and Irvin Wise of Nappanee.. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday at the i homo und at 2 at the Olive Mcnnonite church, with burinl in the adjoining cemetery, in charge of the Revs. Frank Kreider and (Charles Stouder, Jr. of the Elkhart Valley Church of the Ilrethren. p —? -j, PARENTS OF LOCAL MAN TO CELEBRATE ■ GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY i Mr. and Mrs. Adam Kuhn of ; South Bend will celebrate their j 50th wedding witli an open house ; Sunday in the home of their i daughter, Mrs. Ralph Pritsch, j four miles .south-east of Bremen I Relative sand friends are invited ! to call from 2 until 6 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhn were married on Feb. 13, 1806 in Wnrsuw, Ind. and have spent most of their lives around, Nappanee and Bre-men,-moving to their present | address a short time ago. They are- the parents of ten children, j eight of whom are living .They are Mrs. Milton Kern, of Mishawaka; Mrs. Pritsch and Mrs. Hilbert Soese, of Wyatt; Lester Kuhn, of Bremen; Charles Kuhn, of Nappanee; Ray Kuhn, of Winnie, Texas, and Floyd Kuhn and Mrs. Alvin Hiatt, of Plymouth. They, also have 23 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The children and grandchildren gathered; at the Kuhn home last Sunday for a family party in honor of the wedding anniversary.

STUDENT COUNCIL IN MESSAGE TO | HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS - Students of Elkhart County: The Nappanee citizens are happy to welcome you to their i city again this yea/ for tourment. In the past few years Elkhart | County high school students and adults fans have coorperated j wonderfully with the tourney | management in producing successful tournaments . The Nappanee Students Council would like to ask the continl nation of such spirit. Your for a successful tournament. Nappanee Student Council. CONSERVATION CLUB DIRECTORS HOLD AN ORGANIZATION MEETING , The recently elected directors of the Nappanee Conservation club held an organization meeting last week end and named the followipg officers to serve for the coming year: President Kenneth Culp. Vice-Pres., John Geyer. Secretary and treasurer, Freed A. Miller. County representative, Harold Sechrist, alternate representative Mel Culp.