Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 67, Number 30, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 22 February 1945 — Page 1

* OUR OBLIGATION Though you may disagree with us 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 one * plays in today’s affairs. Think things through and then criticise if you wish —but think things through. '

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TOWN AND FARM IN WARTIME The government needs and asks its citizens in this 168th week of the war to: 1. Hold series “A” Bonds (the • '•'Baby Bonds” that went . sale in 1935) and reinvest the proceeds when they begin maturing March Ist. War bonds offer the same interest: $4 for every $3 invested. 2. Look for dollar-and-cents price ceilings in your shoe repair shop i Such .services are noW under OPA price control. 3. Place specific orders for fertilizers and insecticides for farms and victory gardens. Transportation and manpower shortages * may - seriously delay deliveries. 4. Use V-Mail and help share . cargo space. Shipments of typhus vaccine and whole blood urgently need the plane facilities V-mail will save. REMINDERS Meats, fats —Last date for , use red stamps-Q5, R 5, and S5, March 31; T 5, U 5, V 5, W 5, and X 5, April 28; Y 5, Z 5, and A2, 82, C 2, D2, June 2. Processed foods —Last date for use blue stamps X 5, Y 5, Z 5, and A2 and 82, March 31; C 2, D2, E 2, F2, and G 2, April 28; H 2, J 2, K 2, L 2, and M 2, June 2. Sugar —Last date for use stamp 34, Feb. 28; stamp 35, June 2. Fuel oil —East, periods 4 became good Feb. 5, 1945. Midwest periods 4 and 5 became good Feb. 5, 1945. Far west, period 4 became good Feb. 5, 1945. South, periods 4 and 5 became ; good Jan. 29. Shoes—Airplane stamps 1, 2 and 3 in book three, good indefinitely. t Household Fats To Rescue — Homemakers of Town and Farm again are asked by the War Food Administration to come to the resctfe of a wartime program. WFA states that it is looking largely to .the people in agricultural areas to increase the quantity of salvaged fats this year* to the 250,000,000 pounds needed to meet United States military, industrial and civilian requirements. Last year housewives turned in 170,000,000 pounds. M. L. Wilson, Director of the Extension Service, has called upon all. state directors of the service to enlist the aid of their field forces in helping speed the drive for used fats turned in from rural areas. WFA advises and asks all housewives to keep a tin can in a handy spot in which to pour used cooking fats. When the can is full, the fat —can and all —should be taken to the local market where the butcher or grocer will pay two red points and up to four cents a pound for every pound turned in. Salvaged fats are used to help make munitions, medicines, synthetic rubber, military and civilian soaps, parachutes and a score of other wartime necessities. : Tax Exemptions Explained — In response to numerous inquiries arising from new provisions of the individual income tax law relating to exemptions for husbands and wives, and the income of minors, Joseph D. Nunan, Jr., Commissioner of Revenue, made, the following statement today: “Husband and wife exemptions—The new law requires that if a husband and wife file separate returns, each must take his or her own return. Both exemptions can be claimed on the same return only if (a) they file a joint return, or ‘(b) if one of them had no taxable income and was not the dependent of another taxpayer. In applying this rule to wives of men in the arm*ed forces, it should be borne in mind that the tax laws exempt i and disregard the first $1,500 of t active service pay received each year by a "member of the armed forces. The result is that most members of the armed forces have no taxable income,—irt which case their exemptions can be claimed by their wives. '• “Income of minors: The new law provides that the earnings of children shall be considered to belong to the children, and not to their parents, for purposes of the Federal income tax. Asa result, minors who had SSOO of more income last year must file mx returns the same as adults. Therefore, parents need no longer include in their own income fax returns the earnings of their children., * * "Income under $500: Persons whose incbaie last year nras legs ♦nan SSOO are not required iff file income tax returns, but frequently will find it advisable to file. In the case of a single person who had less than SSOO income from which tax was withheld, the filing of a return will bring a refund of the tax which Was witheld. In the case of a uiarried person who had less (Continued on Page 7, Cot 2)

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INTERESTING ITEMS REGARDING THOSE IN THE ARMED FORCES Space permits the’ use of only part of the letters of those in service. Others will be published next week. Eugene Stuuder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ferril Stouder, who is Stationed in France has been projjipted to. TJie rank, qf sergeant. _ Among the group of registrants passing pre-induction physical examinations from Nappanee last week were: Russell Arthur Warren, Charles F. Weygand, Jacob H. Mitschelen and Willard Ingle. F 1/c Keith Fowler arrived home' Saturday on a 20 day furlough after serving in the Southwest Pacific for the past eight months..-He .is. visiting with hisparents, Carol-and" Daisy "Fowl-' er. > Pfc. Forrest Stahly, stationed j in France, and T/C Ralph Stahly, stationed in Belgium, recently spent a day and a night together in Belgium. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stahly. Pfc. Robert Rose of Camp Howzie, Texas, wishes to express his thanks and appreciation to the citizens of Nappanee for the Christmas package he received. It was very much appreciated. Cpl. Donald Johnston has received his wings as an aerial gunner according to word received from the Army Air Field at Harlingen, Texas. He is the son j of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Johnston, of Nappanee. Sgt. Everett 'A. Stouder of Nappanee, a member of the “Lightning” Division now fighting in Germany, has received the Combat Infantryman’s badge for “exemplary conduct in action against the enemy.” . — . . -S ft —- Pvt. John Kuhns left on Monday for Camp Beale, Calif., after spending a fourteen day furlough with his mother, Mrs. Fannie Kuhns and family. Pvt. Kuhns had previously been stationed at Camp Lee, Va. Pfc. Harold D. Ryman, formerly of this city has been slightly injured in action in France, according to word received by relatives. He is the son of Mr. | and Mrs. Guy Ryman, of Etna; Green. He went overseas shortly after the first of the year. Mrs. Max Ganshom received a letter on Tuesday from her husband, Max Ganshorn of Santa Maria, Calif., stating that on Friday he had been working on a plane when it exploded. He received first and second degree burns about the face and hands. Pfc. Owen J. Hfepler, who has been hopie on a convalescing furlough became , quite ill and had to be moved to Baer Field hospital, Fort Wayne, -in an army | ambulance Sunday. As to datehis condition is /satisfactory. His post is Thayer j Gen. Hospital, Nashville, Tenn.,

Mrs. Jesse Miller, of R. R. 1, has received from the War Department the Purple Heart which was awarded her son, Sgt. Devere Miller, who was wounded in action in France last Nov. 12th. Sgt. Miller is recovering from shrapnel wounds in a hospital in England. Robert J. Penrose, now stationed with the armed forces ip Europe, has been promoted from Tec. Tec. 4. He is serving as a radio operator. Tec. 4 Penrose is the son of Mrs. Vera C., Penrose of 313 S. Main St., Nappanee. Robert was recently promoted from the rank of corporal to sergeant. Germany ' Dear Friends: I want to thank you for the splendid - Christmas box. It arrived in fine shape and I enjoyed every bit of it, especially the book, which is the finest gift we could receive- over here. Sincerely Bill Muntz Feb. 7th, 1945 To the Citizens of Nappanee: I want to thank you very much for the Christmas package. Everything in it will come in very handy. I liked the, “Greetings from Home”, especially Veil. I can look at the pictures and bring back many happy memories. Sincerely Dale Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Henry Watkins of near Bourbon received a telegram last Wednesday from the war department stating that their son, Cpl. Dale E. Watkins had been slightly wounded in action on Luzon on Jan. 23rd. Cpl. Watkins was presented the purple heart which Is being sent to (ContfeNMd on Page 8, CoL I)

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COUNCIL ACTS TO BETTER GARBAGE AND RUBBISH COLLECTIONS At the regular session of the city council held Monday evening the Council instructed the j City Clerk to advertise for bidders for the hauling of garbage and rubbish. Bids will be received at the office of the clerk up to the time of the next meeting on March sth, at which time the bids will be opened. For a .number of years the garbage hauling has been a headache for the city officials and every effort is being made to get some dependable person interested in the job. An appropriation of $950 has been made to take care of the garbage contract. This amount is large enough that anyone desiring to take the job can make a good [thing of it, as many farmers are [willing to purchase the garbage jat a good price to feed their I hogs. The rubbish collections [are made twice a year and the [Council has S3OO appropriated :to take care of that job. Fire Chief Mel Culp reported to the Council that an inspector from the State Fire Marshal’s office had been in Nqppanee last Thursday to inspect several buildings. One building in particular was given a thorough check as a number of people reside in it. The Inspector ordered many corrections which would greatly reduce the fire hazard and make for greater safety of those living in the building. Chief Culp also reported that a regular emergency fire squad was bepig organized at the Vitreous and would be subject to call in case of bad fires. Asa result of the fire -last week which destroyed the First Brethren church, the Council deemed it advisable to make inspections in all buildings where public gatherings are held. A motion was passed instructing the Fire Chief to inspect all buildings at least twice a year. These inspections will in no way alter the monthly checkup in the fire zone. Another matter which was brought before the city officials was the placing of ashes in the alleys. A great many people keep putting ashes in the alleys which make them rough, and build , them up to a place where they are much higher than adjoining., properties. Then these same people complain because water stands on their lots. The police department was asked to have several junk cars removed from the streets where people have been abusing parking privileges. Other business to come before the Council included hearing reports of • city officers, 'granting a plumber’s license to Mel Hahn and allowing claims of $810.89.

MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH ' LEHMAN RECEJVE THE PURPLE HEART AWARD ' Mr, and Mrs. Joseph tehman received the Purple Heart and several campaign ribbons recently in honor of their son, Dean Lehman, 23, who was killed in Germany on Oct. 12th, last. Included in the remembrace to the parents of the soldier were certificates from the Secretary of War and the President. -•——; Dean had participated in engagements in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. fire department called The Nappanee Fire department answered a call to the Martin Iflert hpme about 7ioo o’clock Wednesday morning near .Union Center. The fire had started on the roof of the home but had been, extinguished by the time the department arrived.

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MRS. SUSAN HECKAMAN DIES AT HER HOME TUESDAY MORNING Mrs. Susan Heckaman, 95, died of complications Tuesday morning following an illness of about a jveek. , She made her home with her daughter, Mrs. J. Elmer Gall, on West Market street. She was the daughter of Henry and Susan (Frick) Yockey, and was born in Marshall county on

MRS. SUSAN HECKAMAN

March 24, 1849. She married Philip Heckaman in 1871. He preceded her in death Dec. 13, 1918. Surviving are three sons, B. F. Heckaman, of South Bend, James A. Heckaman and Lewis A. Heckaman, of Nappanee; five daughters, Mrs. Philip * Huff, Mrs. W. A. Phend, Mrs. Oliver GeOrge and Mrs. J. Elmer Gall, all of Nappanee and Mrs. John Bowman, of Elkhart; 27 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren also survive. Two sons, Walter C. and Jesse R., preceded her in death in October,^lß9s. Funeral services w'ill be held at the Evangelical church Thursday afternoon at 2:30 under the direction of Rev. I. G. Roederer. Burial will be in the Hepton Union cemetery,

NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE AT KIWANIS MONDAY * A1 McDonald, a director of. the national Izaak Walton, conservation organization, and" president of the McDonald-Cook Agency of South Bend and Chicago, brought -an illustrated talk to Kiwanis members at the meeting Monday. Colored slides depicting scenes alpng the Kankakee river were .shown. Pictures of the stream were shown from the vaious sections comparing portioßS of the area where conservation programs were in effect with those which were depleting the natural resources by carrying away valuable top soil. Most of the Kiwanians are either hunters or fishermen and the talk was bf interest especially to- them. Elmer Mishler, Robert Miller and Eugene Roose were military guests of the club. Wilbur Nay lor was also a guest at the meeting. Ulery Shively was inducted into membership during the business session. The door prize was won by Russell Bailey. JURTH9 . • Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Lambert are the -parents of a son, Jerry Lee, bom on Sunday at the Elkhart General hospital. A son, Michael Leßoy, was bom on Monday, Feb. 19th at the Goshen hospital to Pvt. and Mrs. Dewey Hall. - Pvt. and Mrs. Carlyle Pippen are the parents of a son, Patrick bom on Feb. 22nd.

BULLDOGS MEET NEW PARIS IN SECTIONAL Basketball ' fans of Elkhart j county will meet at the Elk|hart high school gymnasium on j.Tlmrsstaji,..,Friday • and Saturday, jto watch their lavorites play in 1 the annual sectional meet. Pair--1 ings were announced last week jfrom the oilice of commissioner | Phillips of the IHSAA. As has i been the custom for the jast I j few .years - play will get under- , way -in this county on -Thursday - j evening- at 7 o’clock. Two j gapies are on the schedule for (Thursday, three for Friday afterj noon, two for Friday evening, : two on Saturday afternoon and the final on Saturday evening. The drawing pitted MillcrsbUrg against Jefferson in the opening game. Jefferson is boasting a better team than usual this year and many expect the Tigers', to win u sectional jgame for the 'first time in history. At 8. o’clock, Thursday, I Elkhart, and Wakarusa meet. The Wakarusa Indians are perennially tough tournament foes are. expected to give the Blue Blazers plenty ot trouble before finally losing out. GoshenBristol open the Friday afternoon schedule at 2 o’clock and Goshen’s big team is not expected to have too much 4 trouble with the Pirates. One Os the hottest contest in the tournament is scheduled for the second game of the session when the Middlebury quintet tangles ! with Jimtown. Only last week these two teams ended the regular season play with an overtime contest. Middlebury was eventual winner getting 8 points in o the overtime period. The boys from. Baugo township will put verytliing into this chance to get revenge. At 4 o’clock Nappanee and New Paris meet. The Bulldogs hold an early season victory over the Cubs but are not taking the New Paris quintet too lightly. Concord drew the first round

Concord ——^ 4 Fri. 7:00 Millersburg'l Th. 7:00 \ —J . . •* • Jefferson J Sat. 2:30 Elkhart ] Th. 8:00 V ~'l Wakarusa J ( Fri. 8:00 -- Goshen "1 Fr. 2:00 Sat. 8:00 Bristol J • -i ■g 2 Middlebury I- * ’ • - 0*.2 Fr. 3:00 \— • -i . *& Jamestown J & B Sat. 1:30 t W £j Nappanee 1 Fr. 4:00 L New Paris '

schools in either Middlebury or 'Jimtown. The results of the game are pretty much of a tossup but the Bulldogs have been in much better competition than the other two schools and should work their way into file final game. In the upper bracket it should be Concyrd against Goshen or Elkhart. The McCuenmen_ arc planning to surprise someone but it looks like too big a job for them to upset either of these better clubs. Finals are scheduled for 8 o’clock on, Saturday avening and if the charts run true to form it should be Goshen or Elkhart meeting either Middlebury or Nappanee in the final. If any real upset is in store it _.will probably not appear until the final game where the team in the lower bracket should be in much better condition and wjll haveyta good opportunity to outlast any

NAPPANEE-BREMEN BANDS AND CHOIRS TO GIVE CONCERT

On Friday evening, March 2 at 7:30 p. m. the Nappanee and Bremen High School Bands and Choirs will give their annual joint concert in the Community building. The concert will be under the direction of Robert Schnar, band director and Miss Justine Baker, Choir director, from Bremen high school and Lewis G. Habegger, band director, and Miss Feme Lantz, Choir director of die local schools. There will be approximately one hundred and twenty players in the band and about one hundred voices in the choir. There will be no charge for admission, but a free will offering will be taken to help defray expenses. The same concert that will be given here will be presented the following Sunday Mar. 4 at the Bremen high school.

WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Harmony Note of Big Three Meet Mighty U. S. Aerial Blows Carry War to Heart of Jap Homeland Released by Western Newspnper Union. (KDITOICft NOTK: Whrn opinion* ore e*preMed In llitue columns, ihey lire Ihoae of Western Newspaper Union’** news unnlyotN und not neoCNNarlly of this newspaper.) Freed by daring U. S. Ranger attack on Cabanatuan prison camp, liberated Yanks joyfully make their way back to American lines for transfer to evacuation hospital in Philippines.

bye and meets the MiilersburgJefferson winner at 7 o’clock Friday. The green and white from Concord should be able to i win over either opponent and advance to the semi-final round. Elkhart and Goshen are. expected to be the opponents in the game .scheduled for 8 on Friday. Elkhard already holds a pair of close margins over Goshen jind Goshen has the bad breuk of playing two games on Friday, so it looks almost as if the cards were stacked against the Redskins. In the first game of the Saturday afternoon semi-final the Mid-dlebury-Jimtown winner meets the Nuppanee-New Paris winner. If the Bulldogs survive the first round, us expected, they will run into the best of the county

opponent they might have to meet. 2___ Officials named to officiate the games are Elmer Millbranth of Michigan City and Philip Eskew of Wabash. ' Winner of the Elkhart county sectional will go to the regional at John Adams high School in South Bend the following week. Culver is expected to come through the Plymouth sectional and meet the winner of this sectional. The winner at South Bend will meet the winner from Rochester. On Saturday, March 16th the semi-final games are scheduled and the four regional winners at. South Bend, Hammond, Lafayette and Logansport' will meet at the Prudue field house. Other semifinal games are.to be played at Bloomington, Muncie and Indianapolis. The state final will he played at Indianapolis on March 17th.

BETA KAPPA GIRLS TO PRESENT MUSICAL AT COMMUNITY BUILDING The Beta Kappa chapter of the Lambda Chi Omega sorority will present' a three.rscene musicale, “Our First Chance” at 8 o’clock, Wednesday evening, Feh. 28, in the Gommunity building. The all-girl cast has been rehearsing the past several weeks and making final arrangements. Proceeds from the entertain-ment-will go toward various charity benefits as one of the philanthropic projects for the year. Part will go to the Riley hospital in Indianapolis and to the national sorority’s project in the children’s hospital in West Virginia..' Tickets majf be purchased from any of the chapter members- , vv _'.■ .

EUROPE: Postwar Pattern Their historic conference ut Yidln having ended in agreement, the Big Three departed from the balmy Crimean watering resort determined to maintain equal harmony on the Implementation of the new course they struck for trodden Europe, envisaging the return of democratic government nnd obliteration of Nazism imd Fascism. Thorniest problem In Allied relations before the conference, the Polish question was. met by U. K. und British recognition to Russian annexation of purl of eastern Poland, und the agreement to Include independent democratic leaders into the Red-sponsored provisional government until the people themselves can name their own regime in a free nnd open election. In respect to free elections, guaranteeing the people of all tiie liberated' countries the right to pick their own governments, the Big Three pledged their support to assist any nation In measures designed to bring about such polls. With agreement on the vexatious Polish problem and restoration of democratic government in the new

Dnlurinn that l/ie /fig JWirce’j terms for it\ people /rom tilt moral trruplrs o/ nurture, Nilzi itroiHiKimtlitilii mini: “livery enemy will be met liy luniilieiil men, women anil children, who know what treatment is in store for them, and, therefore, wish to kill, murder und liaison all who atlemiil In uppress them. ...”

Europe, tlftf llfg Three also moved toward maintenance Of.such an fir dec by further discussion of step:; on a postwar international security organization, with the talks at Yalta designed to meet Russian objections to the Dumbarton Oaks plans for prohibiting nriy nation charged v.illt aggression from voting on measures to bring it in line. Overwhelming agreement was reached on treatment for a defeated Reich, with Messrs. Roosevelt, Churchill nnd Stalin determined to crush German militarism by dissolution of the wchmiaqht, breakup of its general staff, elimination of all Industry thut could be used for war production, nnd complete eradication of all Nazi and Junker Influences In the nation’s life: Further, Germany would be made to pay for war damage, with an Allied commission sot up In Moscow determining on the extent of reparations, probably in terms of manpower and goods. 'AUimAdvftnce g With their hopes of an Allied division blasted at Yalta, and with the combined weight of the U. S., Britain and Russia drawn up against them, the Germans maneuvered in both the west and east for a lastditch struggle. In the east, so-called “alarm units” and the "people's army” were thrown into breaches to hold open avenues of retreat for German forces falling back from Silesia to Saxony as the Russians drove on this. all-Uriportant Nazi Industrial district. A* the Reds pushed ahead, one * wing of this offensive nosed northwestward toward Berlin* sorely pressed by a frontal assault of Marshal Zhukov’s forces. In the west, the Germans fought hard to thwart the Canadian and Brltlah attempt to turn their far northern flank, drive into the industrial Ruhr and trap Nazi forces guarding the Rhineland from the rear. * ILoiiuuueu uu rage i, cw. •/

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WAR BEING CARRIED TO ENEMY

American marines, flaunting \ the Japarfe'Se" imperial navy, arrived in the shadow of Japan -iff..- < attack on Iwo JLma, one of Japan’s strategic outposts. A I tiny island of only about eight or ten square miles, and yet these hard- lighting- Americans are going out to win it. in true American fashion. 30,000 Leath- \ ernecks from eight hundred assault craft stormed the beaches in the face of deadly ‘machine : gun and mortar lire: Marine ! headquarters list this undertak-ing-as one of the most costly in its history of T6B years. . What is it that drives the j marine on into the. face of sudi den death? It is not a desire for individual bravery for where twill you find a braggart telling his part'in any of lliese assaults.,11 is evident that this little volitmic isle is of insignificant j value • exeept as it acts as a stepping stone or ah outpost in ,tiie onslaught of Japan. The | will to win to succeed u goal jot every American is the drivI ing force impelling these lnave linen to challenge the daps in | their caves and pillboxes on this - little island. I This invasion is one of muny i battles taking place throughout the- world- American forces have breached unother barrier ID probublws its toughest section the Siegfried Line Today gains of up to six miles are reported on a front between fifty und sixty miles in length. This “will to win" is the hope of the American homeland as well as the battlefront. An Iron hand may be used by government officials in compelling mI dividuals to comply with rules land regulations, but in the end | the individual will rule. This very thing is evident in Germany. The Nazi officials are on their way out, and sooner el" later the I civilians must set up their own ! government. Huy bonds to help the hoys get everything they need on the batllefronts. Keep in topcli with ! your ejected representatives in the government in order - -that j they may know what you want | here at home. To win a war costs money to lose is to lose more than money. Buy bonds as an investment keep them until maturity. I Sales reported for the Nup-panee-Wakarusa area for the month are us follows: Wakarusa- $21|281 . 00 Nappanee— 9 ~( ) Coppes v’inorl! Mutschlcr’s - - 1<™2.60 * Vitreous -Post Office. ■ <’242.15 Bank H, 149.25 $42,090.15 This area has met every bond drive and every monthly quota J according to Roy Ituckman, tiie area chairman. . I JOHN H. CULP. 70, DIFS AT HIS HOME i FRIDAY AFTERNOON I* John H. Culp, who had folj lowed the trade of a painter and paper hanger for the past forty years died at his home Friday afternoon about 2:30 p. m; after , an illness of about twff weeks of j heart disease, He. had been a member of the First Brethren j church for the past twenty I years. He was shorn April 25, 1874, about four miles east of Wakarusa, the son of Mr. and Mrs." Henry B. Culp. He married Nora Weiss, April 11, 1900, at Nappanee. Surviving relatives include the wife and two brothers, Enos Culp, of Indianapolis, and Frank Culp, of Goshen. Funeral services were held at Jjdie Evangelical church Monday afternoon under, the direction of Rev. J, M.' Bowman of the First Brethren church. Burial was in ,the Bremen .cemetery. BKNDIX MEN’S CHORAL CLUB TO PRESENT MUSICAL PROGRAM SUNDAY EVENING f Members of the Bendix Men’s Choral club of South Bend will present a musical program on Sunday evening, Feb. 25th, at 7:30 p. m., at the local Unijgd Brethren church. This group is coming to Nappanee under the sponsorship of the Nappanee Ministerial Association, and all churches of the city are cooperating in this union meeting. This group of singq££ represent both factory and office personnel of Bendix. They have been a very popular group of singers and very milch in demand through Northern Indiana. The majority of their programs have been before church organizations. Miss Virginia Goebel is director of the group. The accompanist is Mrs. Helen Bodie.