Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 86, Number 21, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 22 November 1962 — Page 1

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Services For Doctor i. S. Slabaugh Wednesday

Dr. Jancy S. Slabaugh, 88, died at the Elkhart General Hospital Sunday evening a week after he had been in an automobile accident in front of his home. The funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p. m. at the First Mennonite Church and will be conducted by Rev. Jacob Enz, former pastor, assisted by Rev. Gordon Dyck. The doctors of Elkhart County will be honorary pallbearers. Acting pallbearers representing the Bluffton College Board, Stats Bank of Nappanee, and the First Mennonite Church, are Elmer Baumgartner, Berne, Jerry Souders, Grabill, George Rose, Freed Miller, Daniel Metzler, Earl Nunemaker, Gerald Stahley, and Eldon Schrock. The burial will be in Vioi ell Cemetery, Goshen. Dr. Slabaugh was born in Howard County on September 24, 1874, the son of Samuel Slabaugh and the former Lydia Schrock. He married Delilah Mast on July 14, 1900. She died in 1948. He married Lulu Ann Summer on November 17, 1949. She survives. Dr. Slabaugh’s son, Dr. Lotus Slabaugh, who maintained an office with his father, preceded his father in death on May 21, 1948. Surviving are three grandsons, JEugens Slabaugh, Bloomington, TJernell Slabaugh, Indianapolis, and Bryce Slabaugh, Bloomington. Also surviving are two step-chil-dren, Peter Summer, Wichita, Kansas, and Mrs. Harold Taylor, Midland, Michigan. He also had a brother, Albert in Alto, Michigan, and a sister, Mrs. Simon Birkey, Amboy, Indiana. Dr. Slabaugh received a teachers degree from Indiana State Teachers College in 1901, taught and became superintendent of schools in Flora, Indiana. In 1905, he graduated from Indiana University and in 1909 graduated from the Hahneman Medical School in Chicago. He started then the practice in Nappanee and was still practicing at the time of his accident. Dr. Slabaugh was honored with a 50 year pin for medical service by the Indiana Medical Society in 1959. He was a member of the Bluffton College Board of Trustees for 25 years and Chairman of the Board for the past 13 years. He was chairman of the First Mennonite Church Board of Trustees for 30 years and a Sunday School teacher for 60 years. He was President of the State Bank of Nappanee Board of Trustees and a member of that Board since the Bank’s organization. Dr. Slabaugh was a past president of Nappanee Kiwanis Club, having served in 1936.

Mt. Tabor Revival To Begin Nov. 26 Rev. Hubert E. Miller will be the evangelist for the Revival Meetings at the Mt. Tabor Church of God November 26-December 9, Rev. Walter C. Burcham, pastor, announced today. Rev. Miller is pastor of the Oak Grove church near Columbia City, Indiana. A native of lowa, he has ied the Oak Grove church forwai until it is the largest rural church in the state and one of the most progressive. Rev. Miller was formerly President of the Indiana Eldership and is at present Ministerial Advisor for the General Eldership CGYA Youth Movement. Services will be at 7:30 p. m. each evening during the two week period. Music Director for the campaign will be Mrs. Buell Hoffer. Special Music solos, duets, trios as well as choir singing will be presented at each service. A special time will be observed for the children each evening. The public is invited to attend these services it - was announced by the pastor. Holiday Festival f At Methodist Church Dec. 1 The Nappanee Methodist Church women plan their annual Holiday Festival Bazaar on Saturday, December 1 in the church basement. Lunch of sandwiches and soup will be served. Featured in. the annual sale of Christmas items will be pies, cakes, cookies and candies as well as nuts, fruitcakes, decorations, and gift items. There will be games and movies for the children. __ SHOP IN NAPPANEE!

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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Saturday Dec. 1. Santa Claus will come to Nappanee on Saturday, December 1. He will arrive by helicopter, landing at the parking lot at Nappanee High School at 2 p. m. He will then be escorted downtown where he will have his headquarters in front of the Bank. He’ll be there every Saturday until Christmas from 1 to 5 p. m. to talk to the children and dispense free candy. There will be free parking in Nappanee each Saturday. In addition to the two parking lots already provided by Nappanee mer chants, there will be no meter money collected on Saturdays as a donation of the retailers. Entertainment for the children is planned for the Saturdays before Christmas, full details of which will be announced. Most Nappanee merchants will start staying open Thursday afternoons on December 6 and until 9:00 p. m. each night on December 7. The stores in Nappanee are preparing big inventories for Christmas shopping and will emphasize shopping center convenience with downtown versatility. Thursday Club Entertains 55 Club Women

The Thursday Club entertained local club women as their guests at a tea November 15 in the Methodist Church. Approximately fiftyfive were present including guests from the Junior Women’s Club, Current Club, Lyceum Club, Women’s Club and Child Study Club to hear the speaker, Mrs. W. Stanley O’Hair of South Bend. Mrs. O’Hair is the second vice-president of the Indiana Federation of Clubs. Mrs. O’Hair is a very spirited lady with a good sense of humor as she must be to have covered all of Indiana in October accompanying the president of the federation. She told of the federation and its many member clubs from the United States and fiftythree foreign countries and the many services offered free to member clubs. Mrs. O’Hair was introduced by Mrs. Russel Bolyard, president of the Thursday Club. The hostesses for the tea were Mrs. A. E. Wright, Mrs. James Miller and Mrs. Harold Hoffer. NOTICE The State Bank of Nappanee v/ill close at one Wednesday afternoon in tribute to Dr. J. S. Slabaugh, whose funeral will be at two p. m. Most Nappanee stores will close during the funeral. The Bank will not reopen Wednesday afternoon.

An ordination service will be conducted for John E. Miller on November 29th, Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. at the Grace Brethren Church of Glendora, California. Mr. Miller, 30, is the son of Theodore E. Miller, formerly of Nappanee. He is a graduate of Wheaton College and Fuller Theological Seminary. He has recently been appointed as missionary tp Mexico by the Central American Mission and expects to leave soon. The ordination message will be delivered by the Rev. Harold Lindsell, Ph.D., vice-president of Fuller Theological Seminary. Mr. Miller, who has acquired a speaking knowledge of Spanish, has dedicated his life for the cause of Christ in Latin America. His obiective now is to establish churches in remote and unreached areas of Mexico. He seeks the support of Christian people in America. He now lives in Upland, California at 879 Vernon Drive with his parents.

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Alma Slabaugh Killed In Auto Crash Thursday Services for Mrs. Edward Slabaugh were Sunday at the Henry Yoder home. Bishop Eli Yoder assisted by Rev. Eli Chupp conducted them. The burial was at Weldy Cemetery. Mrs. Slabaugh was killed Thursday evening in an automobile accident on U S 6 three miles east of Nappanee. Her husband, Edward, son Glen, son Owen, and daughters Kay and Eleanor were injured in the crash. Injured in the second car involved in the accident were Albert Robison and his wife Louise of R 1. Mr. Robison is an employee at Vitreous Steel Products. The Slabaugh car, in the process of turning onto County Road 11, was struck by a car driven by Willard Throop of Fort Wayne and spun into the path of the Robison car. Both the Robison car and the Slabaugh car were total losses. Mrs. Slabaugh was born July 18, 1910, the daughter of Rueben Yoder and the former Fannie Farmwald. She married Edward T. Slabaugh on January 10, 1935. Mrs. Slabaugh is survived by her children Allen, Larry, Glen, Owen, Mary Ellen, Eleanor, and Kay Slabaugh, and Mrs. Lorem Troyer. She is also survived by a brother Melvin Yoder and sisters Mrs. Sam Staltzfus, Gap, Pa., Mrs. Harvey Hershberger, Bremen, Mrs. Irvin Miller, Mrs. Ray Chupp, Mrs. Harvey Stutzman, Mrs. Martin Blucker, Nappanee, and Mrs. Emery Mast, Goshen. Her father also survives. Mrs. Slabaugh was a member of the Amish Mennonite Church. Jaycees Attend Region B Meeting In Elkhart The Nappanee Jaycees will attend a Region “B” Orientation meeting at the Hotel Elkhart, for the purpose of having new members orientated and attend a regional meeting. Also on the program, for the enlightment of region members, the Past National President from Indiana, Chuck Shearer, will speak along with the President Ajax Arvin. This meeting will draw jaycees from all points in the Northeastern part of the state. Those attending from Nappanee are: Herb Cripe, Jr., Don Guckenberger, Frank Hartman, Paul Dougherty, Ned Hoover, Jerry Henke, Bob Schmeltz, Keith McQuen. The new Jaycees attending, and will be orientated, are: Ron Dean, Don Rink, Jim Fields. This is one of the largest meetings to be held during the year for the Region. GO TO CHURCH OH SUNDAY

NAPPANEE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1962

We have much for which to be thankful. We have peace. Our prayers seem to have been answered, since a major conflict has not yet There is nothing for which we should all work more diligently than for peace among men. This is not merely the wild dream of idealists. Peace in the world is the only practical and sensible course we all can take. There is no alternative. If we are to admit that there is any situation which cannot be settled without war, then we admit that our whole civilization is not worth saving. If our religious faith is not capable of bringing about a world at peace, then those tenets which we uphold will be proved false. The day the lion will lie down with the lamb must be soon. The terrible weapons which countries now aim at each other render obsolete the use of war to determine anything. At the moment we are between crises. We will have more. But let us conduct ourselves in such a manner that we rise to each crisis with dignity and honor and in the Christian way by which most of us were reared. Let's give thanks for our peace and our plenty. Let's pray that all Thanksgivings to come will find us at peace.

Arthur McCuen Dies Monday Rev. Herschel McCord will conduct services for Arthur A. Me- I Cuen, 84, Wednesday at 2 p. m. I at the Wright Funeral Home. Burial will be at Union Center 1 Cemetery. ' Mr. McCuen died at his home at 458 E. Walnut Monday morning after an illness of a year. Mr. McCuen, a retired painter, was born in Nappanee on October 7, 1878. His father was John McCuen and his mother was the former Adeline Anglin. He married Lillian Jackson on July 22, 1907. She survives. i Also surviving are children : Gerald McCuen, Mishawaka, Mrs. Charlotte Wiseman, Elkhart, and Mrs. Dorothy Forsythe, Nappanee. His brother Harold McCuen, Hobe Sound, Florida, also survives, THANKSGIVING GIFTS If anyone knows of any needy family in the Nappanee area who could use Thanksgiving help, please contact the Advance-News or any of Nappanee's ministers. Several people have called to see if there is anyone here to whom Thanksgiving gifts might be given, and no one is aware of needy cases at this time in the area.

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NOTICE Nappanee License Branch will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 22 and 23. N. Main Church To 1 Stress Spiritual Renewal The N. Main Street Church is planning a special emphasis on “Spiritual Renewal” for Nov. 25 to Dec. 2. On Sunday morning at 10:30 a panel of lay-members, with the pastor as chairman, will discuss the Christian Life as a per sonal experience. On Sunday evening at 7:30, Wayne North, son of the former pastor Homer North, will be speaking on the theme for the week. Cottage prayer meetings are being planned for Monday evening in which small groups will be meeting in homes for spiritual sharing and prayer. Begining Tuesday evening at 7:30 and running through Sunday evening the speaker will be Newton Gingerich. Rev. Gingerich is a pastor in Ontario, a teacher in the Ontario Bible Institute, and serves as the Moderator of the Ontario Mennonite Conference. The community is invited to participate in ahy or all of these services.

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United Fund Reaches 97% Contributions in the Nappanee Community .United Fund have reached a total of $12,570.51. This represents approximately 97% of the original goal of $13,000.00. The following division captains have made their final report. Industry Robert Coppes; Industry Employees Herb Cripe, Jr., Phil Frick, Joe Unrue; *Downtown Business Paul Dougherty, Joe Lape, Wendell Metzler, Don Sheets, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Rosbrugh; *Outlying Business Tom Kane, Keith McCuen, Glen Stump; "School Employees Carlyle Frederick, Sel Copeland, Mrs. Guy Conrad, Mrs. K. P. Wright; Ser vice Stations . Bob Schmeltz; *Fuel Oil Distributors Dale Christner; * Professional Division Dr. Walter Anglemyer, Dr. Russel Bolyard; Real Estate and Insurance Alva Van Dyke; Auto Dealers and Garages Joe Stillson; *Beauty Shops Mrs. Marie Miller; Rev. Walter Burcham, Rev. Lela n and Emrick; Residential Ward 1 Dr. and Mrs. James Zimmerman, Ward 2 Mrs. Dale Truex and Miss Lola Feldman, Ward 3 Mrs. Glen McMurray, Ward 4 Mrs. C. R. Blevins; Rural Mrs. W. D. Ganshorn, Mrs. Kenneth Culp, Mrs. Kenneth Middaugh. * went over last year’s total.

Verna Roose Dies Friday Mrs. Verna Roose, 73, of R 1, Nappanee, died at Elkhart General Hospital Friday evening after an illness of three weeks. Mrs. Roose was born in Kosciusco County on October 26, 1889, the daughter of John Archer. She married William Roose on April 13, 1905. Mr. Roose passed away on February 25, 1958. Surviving is her son Russel Roose of Nappanee, brother Charles Archer, El Dorado, Kans., and a sister, Mrs. Lottie Lemler, Warsaw. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Charles Pletcher, Jr., at South Union Church Monday. The burial was at South Union Cemetery. Freed Miller Named To Library Board Freed Miller, cashier of the State Bank of Nappanee, has been appointed to the Nappanee Library Board by Judge Aldo Simpson. He replaces Daniel Metzler who has served on the board more than 10 years and resigned because of his recent election to the office of trustee of Locke Twsp.

Introduce Ordinance To Appoint Utilities Board

The main order of business of the Common Council Monday was the introduction of three ordinances on first reading. The first ordinance (number 274) had to do with the directors of the Utilities Company. The City will soon own all 500 shares of Utilities Company stock. There has never been a clear cut policy on just how to appoint the members of the Board to vote the City’s stock. This ordinance would have the Mayor designate the persons to vote the shares and in effect be the directors of the Utilities Company. So that the appointments would not be completely political, the ordinance states that no more than three of the five directors would be from the same political party. One of the directors would be a member of the Common Council. Also passed on first reading was Ordinance 275 which amends the Zoning Ordinance. Several changes in phraseology and terminology are included. There is also one point which would eliminate the necessity for setback lines for areas devoted to parking lots. Ordinance 276 is designed to clear up a few technical difficulties. For example, in former separate ordinances there was a discrepancy of requirements for the drawing of plats by subdividers, so an effort has been made to standardize these requirements. Also there were in the wording of two different ordinances a different specification for the widths of new streets and thoroughfares. This ordinance would merely amend the former Subdivision Ordinance and standardize certain points. The Council also voted to add two street lights in the West Indiana Street area, at a request made by Guy Loudermilk. They informally approved Chamber of Commerce Seccretary Jack Arnott’s request that the merchants purchase the parking meters for four Saturdays to allow shoppers free parking during the Christmas season. One innovation planned Is to place bags over ”kll the meters so that shoppers will remember that parking is free.

School Board Members Attend Conference Members of the Board of School Trustees of the Wa-Nee Community Schools attended the thirteenth Annual Convention of the Indiana School Boards Association in Indianapolis, last week. William Jessup, delegate, and Haskell B. Osborn, Superintendent of Schools, attended the delegate assembly on Thursday evening. In this meeting the delegates discussed and adopted a legislative program which the Association will support in the coming session of the General Assembly. The major item of discussion for this meeting was school finance. It was unaminously agreed that state support for schools must be increased through the levying of state wide taxes to relieve the constantly increasing tax burden which is presently being imposed against local personal property for this purpose. It was also agreed that state support should be extended to include maintenance and operation, capital outlay and indebtedness, and kindergartens. The Delegate Assembly also approved a proposal which, if enacted in law, would establish a lay State Board of Education to replace the present General Commission, Commission on Teacher Training and Licensing, and Textbook Commission. It also favored the removal of the selection of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction from partisan politics through an amendment to the Indiana State Constitution. The Assembly voted to support the extension of the School Reorganization Act for another four years. Other matters discussed and acted upon were school transportation, employment of school bus drivers in the same manner as other school employees, the matter of releasing teachers from their contract, use of the duties and responsibilities of the County Tax Adjustment Boards when reviewing School Budgets. Local School Board members, Dr. Robert Abel, Richard E. Ber ger, W. Dale Christner, Ray S. Pippenger, and Kenneth Smith ar rived on Friday morning for the regular program of the Convention, the theme of which was, The School Board Member and the Curriculum. The Convention keynote address was delivered by Dr. Hanne Hicks, Director of the Division of Curriculum Instruction, School of Education, Indiana University. His ad-

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dress, “The Foundation, the Ceiling, and the Sky,” dealt with the demands of the times for a Board Curriculum geared to Che capibilities and needs of all school age children. The Friday afternoon meetings consisted of a number of panel discussions on some of the subjects which make up the school curriculum and on some of the ideas and agencies which exert an influence on curriculum development in the schools. The program was so scheduled that each Board member could attend two panel discussions and the Board members from the WaNee Community Schools divided into groups so that it would have one or more members in attendance at each of the eight scheduled meetings. The topics considered by the the panels were Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, The North Central Association, Foreign Languages, Language Arts, Team Teaching and Teaching Machines, and Adult Education. Each panel was made up of a School Board member who acted as moderator, a college representative, a teacher or school administrator, and a specialist in the area with which the topic under consideration dealt. The Convention banquet was held on Friday evening. The speaker of the evening was Dr. B. Frank Brown, Principal, Melbourne High School, Melbourne, Florida. His topic was “The Ungraded Secondary School.” He pointed to the fact that the grade organizational structure of the schools of today are basically the same as they were in the days of Plato. His address dealt with the urgent need for change, both in the concept and structure of our Public Schools, so that they might prepare their students for the role of contributing citizenship' in the space age which they must assume. In the first meeting on Saturday, reports of the various committees were heard and the officers for the next year elected. The program for the second session was a panel discussion of the topic, “Should Public Schools Curtain Interscholastic Athletics?” Both sides of the question were very ably presented by the panel members. The conclusion reached was that the (nterscholasUd athletic policy of the school should be closely and directly supervised and controlled by the Principal of the School, that the program should serve the greatest possible number of students both in spectator and non-spectator interest activities, that the coaches should be good classroom teachers interested in and contributing to the total school program, and that it is the responsibility of the Board of School Trustees to see that both in policy and practice the interscholastic athletic program does not interfere with, displace or overshadow the main and basic instructional program of the school.

Lions Host Football Team As per annual custom, one of the Lions highlights during the fall season is “Varsity Footb. ll Nite” and last Wednesday at the B & B was no exception. The guests included the high school football lettermen, Coach Paul Gunderman and his staff, and the principal speaker— George Gulyanics of Mishawaka, former half back on the Chicago Bears and present Penn Township Assessor. Gulyanics’ talk with an exhibition of body movements on the football field and as played by professionals, was most interesting not only to the high school boys but the adults as well. Many felt after hearing Gulyanics they now have a better understanding of the finer points of the game and will view future games with an insight of what it takes to make a good football player and team. For this night regular business has been suspended, with the exception of an announcement the Lions annual Christmas Party this year will be on December 12th (regular meeting night) at the Yellow Banks Hotel. With a private room reserved, a Smorgasbord dinner will be served, followed by free bingo. CHILD STUDY CLUB Child Study club will meet with Mrs. Aleta Bollman instead of Mrs. Velma Miller Monday, Nov. 26, at 8 p. m. Roll call is a favorite Bible story, Rev. Herschel McCord will bp guest speaker. READ THE CLASSIFIEDS