Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 82, Number 5, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 14 August 1958 — Page 1
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Roger Hahn, shown with one of his prize winning' Holsteins, Bessie, was host to the recent Elkhart County Holstein Association picnic, attended by 40 Holstein farmers from all over the county. Roger farms 355 acres and raises cattle and hogs.
PLETCHER IS BUILDING NEW VILLAGE SHOP
Ground has been broken by LaVern Pletcher for anew Village shop at the NE corner of Market and Locke across from DX gas station. The new Colonial-Front building will be erected in front of the house, formerly owned by the late John Becknetl, LaVern states and the house behind the porch will be remodeled. This is another move of shopping improvement west of Clark which will extend Nappanee's shopping district one more block. If more business improvements follow. Nappanee's dowmtown shopping district will be enlarged in frontage by about 25%. The event marks an advancing step for Pletcher furniture now' in its 251 h year, silver anniversary. The new Village shop will be managed by Mrs. Pletcher who is now managing the present Village shop on N. Clark. When the new' shop is opened, the present Village shop will be used for storage space to support increased business operation. The new shop will have more floor space than the old and several upstairs rooms. Remodeling calls for glass front with an interior view that will carry the eyes of passers-by deep into the shop and to a fireplace, centered in a second level room to carry-out the Colonial atmosphere established in the proposed twostory front with Colonial trim and wrought iron decoration. Pletcher furniture was established 25 years ago by the late Clayton Pletcher in the store now occupied by Boston Store. The building at 152-154 W. Market was later purchased and will continue to be the main Pletcher store. LaVern joined the furniture business with his father, after college and continued until he went into the Nkvy--after".which he returned again to the furniture store. The Becknell house was erected about 50 years ago and was first owned by Ike Jacobs,.Mrs. Mervin Stuckman, sister of the late Mrs. Becknell states. Its second owner was Ananias Ipes. Becknell bought it in about 1923 from an inheritance he received idom his lather and from property he owned and sold on Walnut street. The block west of Clark to Locke, is already established as a business district. Kacy Calbeck bought the NW corner of N. Clark and Market and made it into a used car sales lot with signs and lights. Next west on the north side of Market is Mel Hahn's well drilling and plumbing office, next is Bob Callander insurance and between the new' Pletcher Village Shop agd Callander are the offices of Forest Kendall, physician,' * and Russ Bolyard, optometrist. , John L. Swartz Amish church was at Gilbert Millers last Sunday.
UNCLE EB from EBENEZER says:
DEAR MISTER EDITOR: I would like to write my piece this week on the subject of jackasses and I hope you city folks will keep in mind that there is two kinds of jackasses, the animal and the feller that acts like the animal. I’m confining my remarks this week to the animal on account of the fact that as a usual thing I write about the other kind. I see by the papers where the Horse and Mule Association of America is predicting that in another five year there won't be no mules left in the country. The trouble, this piece says, goes back to .the jackass, father of the mule, There ain.t enough jackasses in the country, it says, to keep the mule family moving. In other words, Mister Editor, the jackass situation is facing a national crisis. I remember a few year back when Senaor Wayne Morse of Oregon and Senator Sherman Cooper of Kentucky called a conference in Washington on this same situation. They has had a lot of jackass conferences in Washington but that was the first time they ever had the genuine article. I don’t recall how the conference come out, but I see where things has got worse. One thing that worries me about the situation is that the Democrats might have to.changed their party emblem from
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Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Miller, 652 E. Market announce the engagement of their daughter, Carol June to Ray Slaubaugh, son of 4r. and Mrs. Revie Slaubaugh, Elgin, 111. Carol is employed at Nappanee State Bank for the summer. They will both be juniors at Manchester college this fall. No date has been set for the wedding.
BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mike-1, R 2. Milford, daughter, Peggy Lynn, Elkhart hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ovcjrmyer, daughter, Catherine Michelle, July 25, Elkhart hospital. Mr, and Mrs. Jack Arnott, son. Gregory Allen, Aug. 10. Ball Memorial hospital. Muncie. Mrs. Arnott is tlie former Kenlyn Calbeck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kacy Calbeck, sr„ and Jack is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Arnott. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Welborn. daughter. Cynthia Sue, Aug. 11, Elkhart hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Helmuth. RR Nappanee, son. Aug. 10, Elkhart hospital. Will Burkey, 81, Beaten With Iroii Bar by Thug’s William 11. Burkey. 81, of Edvvardsburg. Mich., former Nappanee area resident, credits God for his amazing escape from death when he was brutally attacked by two men. one an ex-convict, at his home July 24. He was struck over the head three times, with a piece of iron pipe in his yard and, streaming with blood, managed to reach his house where he had to wait 10 hours for medical attention because of not having a telephone. Burkey told his neice. Mary Burkey of Locke Sunday, “I don't think (Continued on page 2)
the mule to the Fordson tractor come the election in 1960. It shore looks like the country is on the brink of disaster on account of the shortage of jackasses. I never though I’d live to see it. The fellers up at the square Saturday night was arguing about a picture one of them saw in .a magazine of a pretty girl setting down in some soft clay to git. her contours ter making a comfortable chair. About half the fellers said it wouldn’t work on acount of no two people had the same rear axle measurements and that a chair that would fit a good looking gal might be torture fer a broadaxled farmer used to spreading oift in a tractor seat all year. I argued that a feller could git his rear axle measurements coded like they type blood and then the furniture manufacturer could make chairs fer all types. If you wps a skinny old maid with a narrow axle you could go in and call fer a chair A-2, or A-3 depending oh the situation. If you was of more comfortable proportions you could call fer a chair DD-2, or somepun. I’m positive they’ll hit on something sooner or later, because up to now one of the greatest drawbacks to the human race is that in 2,000 year we ain’t invented a comfortable chair. Yours truly, Uncle Eb
Dorwin Cox Not Bill Froom is ‘Buckethead’ In a recent fish story, it appears the wrong man w'as identified as “Buckethead” and Walter McDonald has sent in this highly legal “notarized” affidavit in order to get the facts straight. Know all men by these presents. , That William W. Froom did appear before me and solemnly swear that he relinquishes all claims to the sobriquet or name “Buckethead.” Further, he doth swear that this name does, did and forever will be the property of one Dorwin A. Cox, also known as “Darwin” or “Dar” and that D. A. Cox did rightfully earn this name on or about July 24th near the hour of 4 to 5 p. m. in the vicinity of Maynard Lake, in the province of Ontario, of the Commonwealth of Canada, being a part of the British Empire under the august and just rule of Queen Elizabeth of said Empire. It has been duly noted that said D. A. Cox, that he did place about his head, one beer bucket in order to fend off the rain and hail, and in this salutory act, earn the right to have and to defend the sober name of “Buckethead.” Affiant further declares that he did not seek to appropriate the name, but rather, it was through ■a series of editorial errors that the name was ascribed to him. He herewith apologizes. Further, affiant sayeth not. William W, Froom Suscribed to before me, a notorious republican in and for the country wherein it is written. Wm. F. Baker. Bill Beemer Wins a Bermuda Trip In Contest William “Bill” Beemer, 651 E. Broad, has won a trip for two for one week to Bermuda, by topping all representatives of “WoodMode" kitchen cabinets of Kreamer. Pa. Mr. Beemer. kitchen specialist for the past 11 years, three of them with Mutschler Bros., is midwest representative for WoodMetal Industries. Although the newest salesman on the staff, he topped everyone ■else in sales during the six-month contest.
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Max D. Slabaugh, son of Mr. & Mrs. Willard Slabaugh, R 2, Nappanee, graduated Aug. 8 with a degree of Bachlor of Science in Education at Ashland college. He majored in health and physical education and was a member of the chapel choir, Ashland college band, student council and Footligliters club. He will enter the field of teaching and coaching.
Library Board Buys House and Lot Behind Bldg Nappanee library board has bought the Ida Geiser house on the 44-foot lot in back of the library facing Walnut street, gaining possession after 38 years of the entire quarter block in the original plans. The land was first purchased for a library in 1920 and the present building was built in 1937. Mrs. U. J. Shively, a longtime member of the board, now retiredsaid Tuesday that the board had always wanted to complete the square lot in order to give the building its proper setting. The Geiser house will be offered for sale jo someone who will move it off, the basement will be filled in, and the lot will be landscaped. Mrs. Shively added that it might also be important in future years to have the land for expansion of the building itself. “When we built the present building 20 years ago, it seemed it would be plenty large for the future, but already it is possible to see a need for expansion.” Dan Metzler is president of the library board. * 9 New Residents or Changes of Address Iu City Nine new residents, or changes of address are reported by Npppanee Utility for the month of July, all in the city. They are: Loren McMillen, 205,1/2 N. Highland; Bill B. Jones, 504 E. Broad; Robert Averill, 408'/*! E. Market; Bill Herrick, 706 S. Elm; Mrs. F. E. Miller, 351 W. Indiana; .Walter Isley, Johnson apt.; Bill Hood, 354 S. Locke; Merle Spichier, 156 N. Elm; and Frank R_ Kay, 152 N. Main, • -
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Sharie Hoyt, standing second from right, 258 N. Locke, Nappanee, editor of Nappanee high school yearbook, attended the yearbook division of High School Journalism Institute at Ind. U. thru Aug. 9. Others in Ernie Pyle lounge are,' left to right, seated: Mrs. Irene Arndt, publications adviser at Penn Twp high school, Mishawaka; Virginia Bell and Judy Goldsberry, both of Elkhart; and standing: Alice Keffer, Sidney; Karan Overholt, Goshen; and Marilyn Null, Wakarusa. Janice Oster, R 3 Nappanee of Madison Twp high school (not shown in picture) was among award winners at the closing banquet Saturday night.
TEN LETTERMEN BOOST BULLDOG WIN TRADITION
FIRST FALL PRACTICE THIS FRIDAY AT 6 P.M. First football practice this Friday will bring out 10 lettermen and about 50 candidates for the Bulldog squad. Coach Joe Springer announces. Helping Nappanee continue its winning football tradition, will be five juniors and five senior lettermen, giving Springer experienced boys at every position but center. Jim Stouder and Larry Stutzman return at ends, Veterans Larry Nunemaker and Phil Arnott at tackle. Steve Hockert and Tom Richmond, guards. Garry Stutzman, quarterback, and, Dick Pletcher, Mike Mitchell and Phil Evans, are backfie-ld candidates with expei’ience. , Springer states that positions are wide open and he expects plenty of competition for starting assignments for the season opener Sept 2 against Knox at Memorial Field. Physicals were given Wednesday night and equipment was to be issued Thursday, -with the gruelling two-a-day drills commencing Friday. Practice sessions arc scheduled for 8-10 a.m. and 6-8 p.m. six days a week. Aug. 27, an intrasquad game will be played at 7:30 p.m. After the Knox opener, fans will see the Bulldogs in action against Warsaw, Kendallville, Plymouth, and Jimtown on the home field. Adult reserved season tickets go on sale at the high school principal’s office Aug 19. Mrs. Bolyard Gets 4 lb. Bass Wound lip iu Lily Pads Russ and Jean Bolyard and children, Martha, Emily and Tommie, have returned from a visit to the cottage of her folks at North Sand lake, Wis., near Duluth. Jean caught a four-pound bass after a struggle nearly as bad as a deep-sea fisherman going after a 400-pounder. Her strike came among some lily pads and the bass went round and round, winding the line in the tough underwater stalks until iit couldn’t be moved. Russ finally slugged down ,the stalks with an oar and an exhausted Jean got her fish. The children protested -the use of live frog bait, but subsided when they were each given a little box with a frog of their own in it to protect. ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. George Walters announce the engagement of their daughter, Beverly Kay to Herbert James Gill of Mishawaka, son of Mr. and Mrs. Noble Gill. The wedding is set for Aug. 23.
National Denim Week starts Monday and is celebrated in Nappanee by Blue Bell plant, which adds to the prosperity of the city and surrounding area by the making of kiddies, girls and misses wranglers. Bine Bell Inc is the largest maker of sports and work clothing in the U.S. Phil Frick is superintendent of Nappanee sewing plant and Roy Duncan, at the Columbia City plant, is district manager. There is also a Bine Bell sewing plant at Warsaw. In Nappanee, Shively, Boston Store and Stillson carry Blue Bell garments, and Wolf bergs In Wakarusa also, carries an .egtensive Blue Bell line, Mr. Erick states.
THURSDAY. AUGUST 14. 1958
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Mr. and Mrs. Ted T. Tobin, JKfedmon Park, Dewart Lake, Syracuse, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Patricia Ann, to Richard Allen Coppes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Coppes, 705 W. Walnut, Nappanee. An August 31 wedding is planned in Milford Methodist church.
Plan Commission Public Hearing Set for Aug 29 Nappanee Planning Commission met Friday and agreed on a public hearing on the Subdivisional Central ordinance, Aug 29 at 8 p.m. in City Hall. The commission voted unanimously to recommend the vacation of West street to the city council. Paul Miller, representative of Community Planning Consultants, stated that the street was insignificant in -its effect on the master plan of the city. He added that a major factor in community planning is to limit the number of streets and alleys, which are costly items to the city from the standpoint of maintenance. and loss of land taxes. David Widmoyer, president, reported that a copy of the Territorial Jurisdictional Resolution has been filed with the Recorder of Kosciusko county. He met with Judge Rowabaugh of Warsaw, who has stated that appointments will be made of persons to represent Kosciusko counity on Nappanee plan commission. Mr. Miller reported on progress made by -the county plan commission. Others present were James Newcomer, M. H. Hostetler, Joseph Kin-dig, Ira Phillips, Dr. R. A. Fleetwood, David McGrew and Mr. Slahly.
Tornado Downs Trees & Phone Lines at Locke A small tornado hit the main street of Locke village shortly after 8 p. m. Sunday downing several venerable maple trees, knocking out telephones and blocking the road so that traffic had to be directed a block south. No houses were damaged. A few persons saw the funnel-shaped cloud approaching and one family in the direct path took to the basement. The old trees, known to have been growing along the street for more than a half a century, were blown into telephone wires, knocking the phones in the village out. Mary Burkey, Locke correspondent for Advance-News, did not have service restored on her phone until Tuesday morning. Nappanee got the edge of the tornado on a burst of wind and a heavy rain squall that sent down more than an -inch and a half of rain in a short time. Last Thursday’s storm and Sunday’s tornado damaged about 100 telephone lines LaMar Stoops reported Tuesday. Most were repaired within 24 hours, he states, though in one area south of town, farmer/ could make calls but not ieit any calls in from Thursday to Tuesday morning. Most of the damage was due to lightning and none of the big phone cables were harmed. In Sunday s storm, the Isaac D. Yoder barn in Grimm community was hit by lightning at 8:30 p. m. which ripped from the roof to the ground. A small fire was extinguished in the hay before it did any great damage. A wind squall in the previous week hit south of Nappanee in Hastings community, damaging the roof of the Harvey Hollar barn and flattening his oats. Amateur weather prophets are predicting that Indiana will have a hot, dry August and September because of the cool, wet June and July. So far August has been hot, but also humid and damp. Humidity was said to be 99 degrees Tuesday morning. It is estimated that the July rainfall was the heaviest in history for the country as a whole. Central Indiana, which usually has 3.34 inches of rain in July, this year had 12 inches. Only dry areas are in central Wisconsin and Michigan. Early Birds Now Shopping Back to School Buys AD COPY DUE NOW FOR THE NEXT BIG SHOPPER School opening specials have already started in the stores and next week new merchandise arriving will be added to the school promotion with all stores presenting their best for shoppers. Copy for ads is due now for those using next week’s grand splash shopper on everything the merchants have for the back-to-school-time. Shops are displaying their specials already and this week-end will be a big time for early-bird shoppers. Union Service Sunday Night at Presbyterian Summer Union service this Sunday at 7:30 p. m. will be at First Presbyterian church with Rev. Virgil Ingraham of First Brethren church as speaker. The final summer service will be Aug. 24. Bonnie Cain Wins Scholarship to S.B. Memorial Bonnie Cain, who was salutatorian of NHS class of 58. ihas received a full nursing scholarship to South Bend Memorial hospital school of nursing and will start training Sept. 2. She has also won another scholarship from the National Nurses association. Bonnie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Cain, R 2.
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A pole type 20x64 growing - fattening hog shed will be shown farmers on Eikhart County Farm Management Tour Thursday, August 21. Ray Leatherman, R 5, Goshen, is pictured showing how the front of the shed can be raised or lowered according to weather conditions. Ray will raise 85 litters in 1958. These and many more practices will be observed and discussed at the Tour. Ed Carson of Purdue will conduct the farm interviews. The tour will start on the Leatherman farm at 10 a.m. then go to Memorial park, Goshen for noon basket dinner and spend the afternoon at the Gerald Yoder farm, north of Goshen. All farmers and their families are invited.
RAIN SPROUTS WHEAT IN SHOCK AND ON STALK
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Shively’s is now flying the American flag every clay. Picture shows Warren Shively hoisting the flag on East Market with the extra star for the new state and a banner saying “48 and one for Alaska.” Mrs. Surelda Harter of the big store made the two small pennants.
One-Way Signs Posted at Three Downtown Alleys PROWLERS TRY BREAK-IN AT NAP UTILITY OFFICE Police have posted signs making the first alley west of Main street, both north and south of Market, one way, (going north), and the first alley east of Main, south of Market, one way (going * south). So far. the east alley, north of Market is still two-way. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hershberger discovered an attempt to break into Nap. Utilities Friday at 10:05 p. m. when they arrived to do the office cleaning, police report. Entrance was gained by forcing the window at the rear of the building and then prying the rear office door open. Nothing was taken, and it is believed whoever broke ’in, was scared away. William Y. Hochstetlcr. Nappanee, paid fine and costs of $17.75 for speeding in a truck and Lynn J. Kline, Bremen. $16.75 for improper license plates.'Clifford E. Price, Elkhart, paid $19.75 for reckless driving, and Willis W. Wakeman, Elkhart, $18.75 for passing on a hill. Running a stop light cost Ilarold W. Chapman. Mishawaka, $16.75 and the same amount was assessed Lila J. Campbell. Culver, for passing within 150 ft of an intersection. Marvin E. Eastman. Wauseon, 0., paid $18.75 for following too close, and James F. Cook of Kimmel $17.75 for speeding in a 30 mile zone. Speeding truckers, who paid paid $17.75 each, were: David L. Boren, Darlington, Pa.; Carey V. Garwood. Collins. O.; John L. Hettiger, Cleveland; Raymond J. Oakes, Momence, 111.; Forrest D. Endsley. Nonvak, O.; Gene H. Myers, Memphis, Ark.; Floyd* C. Kame, Arkport, N. Y.; Ernest B. Hill, BeallsviMe, Pa.; Howard P. Delp, Langhorne, Pa.; Oliver T. Berg. Wanamingo. Minn.; Leon D. Teegardin. Hamilton;; and Glen L. Summerlin, Chicago. ■ .ii. - In —i ANSWERS TO ADS WAITING AT OFFICE There are several answers to classified box ads waiting at Advance-News office for Boxes A, M, and R. Sunday. 39 young people of First and Grace EUB Youth Fellowship went to Pokagon State Park, near Angola for a swim and picnic. Drivers were the Cl ell Hartmans, Oscar Heckamans, Clifford Holdermans, Joan Knepp, Jesse Berger and Rev. and Mrs. Frank Closson.
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When the recent rains started, it appeared at first as if the Old Order Amish, who cut and thresh their wheat were ahead of the modern combines which couldn't get into the muddy fields. Now, although the Old Order farmers got their wheat cut mostly before the latest rains, they haven’t been able to thresh it and some of it is sprouting in the shock. Some of it. Glen J. Miller says, is sprouting on the stalk. Glen’s wheat was in last week because he had first turn this year of the threshing rig that works south and west. Raymond Slabaugh has the record yield so far of 91 bushels to the acre. The 1.200 acres of corn managed by Bill Erwin, last year's national JC farmer of the year, is in water trouble. Miller reports. It is near Rt 30 along 19 in the Fribiey narsh. Corn is only four feet high md the fields appear badly spotted in color and growth from the rains. Walter Borkholder and Willard Slabaugh are reported to have rain roubles, also Edwin Yoder, near Bourbon. Sunday night’s rain squall dumped another inch and a half of rain on the fields. Forrest George says that one Old Order family, west of him, has been going out every morning, with all the children taking off caps of thg wheat shocks to try and dry the shocks during the day and putting the caps back at night to keep the dew off. Despite.the rain, Nappanee farmers cashed in on nearly $200,000 and yield was at least 25 percent 'more than last year; a long-time record. Etna Green, Milford, New Paris. Bourbon, Wakarusa Goshen and Bremen reported a golden flow at the same time Nappanee had trucks and trailers lined up at the mills. UNDER DOCTORS CARE Mrs. CTiester Richmond is in South Bend Memorial hospital and reported getting along very well after an operation for cataracts last week. Dr. Donald R. Hinton returned from South Bend Osteopathic hospital Monday following surgery Aug. 4. Mrs. John Kendrick returned home Saturday from 10 days in Angola hospital and a four week stay at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dale Nichols in Hamilton. Mrs. Ida McDonald was admitted to LuAnn nursing home last Wednesday for treatment for injuries suffered when she fell from a ladder the day before. Mrs. R. C. Copeland returned from South Bend Osteopathic hospital Tuesday following surgery Aug. 8.
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Pvt. Myrtlene J. W'est, daughter of." Mrs, Verna M. Shcrk, R 2, Bremen, recently completed eight weeks of basic training at W'oinon’s Army Corps Center, Port McClellan, Ala. She attended Central high school in South Bend.