Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 86, Number 46, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 16 May 1963 — Page 1

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Issue Is To Plan For One Or Two High Schools

The matter of what to do about the Wa-Nee Community School District’s immediate classroom needs and long range plans are of major concern to the School Board, as evidenced by the long meeting Monday. Everything must fit together like a complicated puzzle. If Wa-Nee is to ultimately have a central high school, then certain steps must be. taken now to relieve immediate needs and yet leave the District financially able to support a large unit. If it is decided that a two high school plan is more feasible, then the Board has other problems to meet. Monday night, members of the Wakarusa Chamber of Progress were guests at the Board meeting. They registered concern over the possibility of taking their high school out of Wakarusa.

Superintendent Osborn had some suggested proposals to put before the Board to do something about immediate classroom needs. These included a building joining on to the Wakarusa School which would include two elementary classrooms, a kindergarten, and possibly offices for the nurse, speech, guidance, etc. For Nappanec, there were two ideas. The first would be a small building on the southwest corner of the football field to include rooms for auto mechanics, electrical work, and drafting. The other idea would be to add another wing, as originally planned, along the present corridor, for six classrooms and office space. Board member Jessup from Harrison Township said that he doubted that the crowding was as critical and that he favored putting off doing anything for a while until the whole thing could be done right. Mr. Osborn, with figures of the next year’s enrollments, said that the classroom situation was most critical in Nappanee. On the matter of the one high school plan he reminded the Board that the Ball State survey pointed out that a central high school system would be the most economical in the long run. Mr. Ferguson, administrative assistant, said that it is always a bad idea to duplicate facilities. Kenneth Smith from Union Center said that he felt that the South Elementary School in Nappanee should be given more attention. Dale Christner &as inclined to agree and stated that, in his belief, the total Wa-Nee Corporation was not ready to accept a major building program but would accept measures for temporary relief at this time. Mr. Ray Pippenger from Locke also agreed that the District wasn’t ready yet for any immediate action on a centrally located high school. There was much discussion from the persons present. One man from Wakarusa said that he felt that the voters had been sold a bill of goods on the whole idea of reorganization. Mr. Richard Berger read a paragraph from the booklet which had been used to sell the reorganization plan to the voters. It said, “It would seem that the Board for a newly formed Elkhart County Southwest School Corporation would be in a particularly favorable position in that it would not be faced with the immediate need for engaging in a major building program.” Mr. Charles Lehman was an observer from Nappanee. When asked to express his opinions, he said he couldn’t see why the addition of six rooms on Nappanee High School, as was originally planned, wouldn’t be the best and cheapest solution. The ultimate result of the meeting was the decision of the Board to meet next Monday, May 27 and to invite township trustees and their advisory counsels and the Common Council to join in their deliberations. Each member of the School Board seemed eager to determine the thinking of as many responsible citizens as possible before coming to any definite conclusions. OPEN HOUSE Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Hamlin will have open house Saturday afternoon, May 18th, from four to six for members of the 1913 graduating Class, of the Etna Township High School, before attending the Alumni Banquet at the High School Gym honoring the 1963 Class. The Class of 1913 was the first 4 year graduating Class at Etna Green and because of the Tri Township Consolidation the Class of 1963 will be the last. A teacher of the 1913 period, Sharon Ulery will be present. It is also hoped that another former teacher, Mrs. Willard Elkins will be able to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Ulery of North Manchester and Mrs. F. E. MC Lucas of Fort Wayne will be week end guests of the Hamlins following the Banquet.

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School Board To Ponder Cumulative Building Levy When the new Wa-Nee School Corporation was formed, the new Board decided not to ask for a cumulative building fund levy at ■first. Nappanee and Harrison Township had accumulated building funds. The rest did not. So the new Wa-Nee School District had $62,279.90, some $50,541.72 coming from the Nappanee cumulative building fund. With building needs both for immediate relief of urgent classroom conditions and also for long range planning, the Wa-Nee School Board deliberated the need for a cumulative building fund levy. The amount of the levy is yet to be decided. A levy of .50 would raise approximately $120,000 a year or $600,000 over five years. A levy of .60 would raise about $144,000 in a year and $720,000 in five years. A .75 levy would raise SIBO,OOO annually and $900,000 in five years. Monday night the Wa-Nee Board took no action on the cumulative building fund levy although there was considerable discussion as to the amount. Action was deferred until a later meeting.

Five Teachers Resign From Wa-Nee Schools Five teachers tendered their resignations to the Wa-Nee School Board Monday night. Edith Shively, from South • Elementary, has accepted a position with the Bremen School. Marilyn Begley from Harrison School resigned because she is leaving the community. Robert Mishler from Nappanee High School is going to work on his masters degree. James Snell, teacher of vocal music in Nappanee, resigned because of obligations at home. Diane Blizzard from Wakarusa is moving from the area. All of these resignations were accepted with regret by the WaNee Board. Mr. Snell was congratulated by the Board for his outstanding choral concert recently. Other actions pertaining to teachers was the Board’s acceptance of a request by Mr. Fred Webb that he be relieved of some of his summer obligations to enable him to attend summer school at Ball State. The matter of teaching contract signing by the Board members took up a considerable segment of Monday’s meeting. Evelyn Culp Dist. President Os Ind. Library Assoc. Librarians Marjorie Sechrist, Nelle Playne, Irene Anglin, and Evelyn Culp, and Library Trustees Paul Dixon and Barbara Stalnaker attended the Indiana Library Association District n Meeting at Auburn Thursday, May 10. The theme “How to win your public by really trying”, was discussed by Victor Tannehill of Ft. Wayne and Mrs. Lucy Emerson of Tri-State College, Angola. The topic “What are we selling?” was discussed by the new director of the Indiana State Library, Robert McClarren. Officers elected for next year are: Evelyn Culp, Nappanee President, Mrs. Virginia Lillich, trustee from Columbia City vicepresident, and Mrs. Dale Amglemyer, Wakarusa, Secretary-treasur-er. Thelma Felts Weds Robert Lutes Mr. and Mrs. Roy Felts of Ft. Meyer, Florida, announce the marriage of their daughter, Thelma Lucile, to Robert G. Lutes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lutes of Nappanee' The ceremony took place at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the home of the Ron Kiesters, with Justice of the Peace G. Glenn Weldy officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Kiester were the attendants. The bride chose a street length suit of white net with jacket and white accessories. She wore a pill box hat with small veil, and a red rose corsage. Mr. and Mrs. Lutes are making their home at B S 1, Nappanee.

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SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL Sponsored by Nappanee Recreation Dept. Church League Slow Pitch Jamboree Friday Nite May 17 All 18 teams will participate in a 3-inning game as follows: 6:15 Church of Brethren “B” vs. St. Johns 6:35 Church of God vs. EUB 7:00 Locke vs. Turkey Creek 7:25 Presbyterians vs. Nazarene 7:50 Central Amish vs. Methodist 8:15 So. Amish vs. No. Amish 8:40 Ist Menn. vs. Mt. Tabor 9:05 Waka. Christian vs. Millwood 9:30 Church of Brethren “A” vs. Ist Brethren If Jamboree is rained out it will be played on Saturday nite, May 18th. League play will start Monday nite, May 20, with 9 teams in Class “A” and 9 teams in Class “B”. INDEPENDENT FAST PITCH SOFTBALL LEAGUE Sponsored by Nappanee Recreation Dept. 5 teams entered Will play 4 rounds Total of 40 games. Starting Tues. nite, May 21, and ending August 15. Ayre Merchants defending league champions. Schedule for Ist week (Tues. May 21) 7:00 Coppes Inc. vs. Nappanee Telephone 8:15 Ayre Merchants vs. Bremen Jay-Cee’s (Thurs. May 23) 7:00 Ayre Merchants vs. Nappanee Telephone 8:15 Coppes Inc. vs. Marty’s Body Shop

Advance-News Launches Jenkin Lloyd Jones Column Jenkin Lloyd Jones, dynamic, globe-trotting editor of the Tulsa (Okla.) Tribune, will share AN EDITOR’S OUTLOOK with readers each week as a columnist for the Advance-News. Beginning in this issue, Jones’ column promises to examine and clarify a cross section of issues, problems and events that cross the desk of a busy editor during the course of a newsmaking day in his life. Jones declares that partisan politics per se are OUT as far as his column is concerned. So is anger, just for the sake of creating controversy. “I think we overdo our viewing with alarm,” Jones says. “The ‘professional angry man’ is soon reduced to studiously misinterpreting the motives of others, which leads to cynicism and eventual dullness. If you go through life with your whistle cord tied down, people will find you merely noisy and eventually you’ll run out of steam!” Jones doesn’t intend to run out of steam. “There are a lot of good things going on in this world and I’m going to try to find a lot of things that I think are worth cheering over.” This doesn’t mean that Jones won’t nurture a good strong “beef” once in awhile. “I’ll call ’em as I see ’em,” he declares. “An independent press continues to be our greatest asset in protecting all the other freedoms so important to the future of mankind. Without an independent press leading the way for a free and informed people, our democratic principles could not long survive.” When Jones does take up a cause, the results are often far flung. A few months ago he received wide acclaim for his keynote speech, entitled “America’s Moral Crisis,” at the annual meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. A reprint of this speech in the Reader’s Digest is said to have received more requests for copies than any other article the magazine has published in years. In 1958 he won the William Allen White Citation for Journalistic Merit, considered one of the highest honors in the field of journalism. When Jones isn’t tied to his news desk in Tulsa, he’s off to far places, whipping out columns on his travels. Recent trips have included two circles of the globe and two above the Arctic Circle. He has toured Russia many times and has explored the jungles of Central and South America. On tamer missions he (and his typewriter) spend good portions of their time on planes, trains and ships. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Jones served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy in World War n where he was stationed in the Pacific and saw action at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He is active in the American Society of Newspaper Editors (serving as president in 1957,) the International Press Institute and the Inter-American Press Association.

NAPPANEE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1963

Seniors Prepare For Busy Week

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Nappanee High School wraps up another year with the usual full schedule of events. Baccalaureate will be at the Church of the Brethren this Sunday, May 19 at 3 p.m. Rev. Herschel McCord will give the address. Rev. Warren Sherman will give the Scripture and Rev. Jack McGlasson the prayer. Benediction will be given by Rev. Robert Fields. Mrs. Leland Emerick will be the organist. The High School Choir will sing. On Tuesday, May 21 at 8 p.m., Senior Class Night will be in the All-Purpose Room. The program will be planned by the seniors themselves. Recognitions, some awards, and some scholarships will be given at this evening which will honor the seniors. Commencement is Thursday, May 23, at the High School Gym at 8:15 p.m. Joseph C. Wagner, vice president and treasurer of Ball State Teachers College, will be the speaker. Mr. Wagner graduated with distinction from Manchester College. He received an MA in Economics, cum laude from the University of Michigan. He served ten years as superintendent of schools at Hartford City and Crawfordsville. He was appointed business manager at Ball State in 1946 and vice president and treasurer in 1961. Serving as a radio speaker, he has also delivered commencement addresses extensively throughout Indiana. At Commencement, Rev. Richard Yoder will give the Invocation, and Rev. Ross Noffsinger the Benediction. The High School Band will play.

WE'RE REORGANIZED! When the nations of the World formed the United Nations, there was fear of individual powers losing their sovereignty. In. a smaller way, that is the fear of individual units in the reorganized Wa-Nee Community Schools District. We now hear people in Wakarusa and in Nappanee asking, with reason, were we sold a bill of goods on School Reorganization? The main reason many of us supported the reorganization plan was that we were told that if we didn't reorganize, the alternative might be far worse. Many of us look about the districts who did not reorganize and see little changing their situations. Actually, upon investigation, that argument is still a valid one. Everything points to the cold fact that smaller school units will eventually have to organize into larger ones, whether they like it or not. All we could have done by voting down this present reorganization would have been to delay the inevitable a few years. The Wa-Nee Board, in attempting to produce what is best for the whole District, is faced with the local pride and local prejudices of each community. Nappanee people, for example, are justly proud of the High School and elementary schools they have developed. Wakarusa people, on the other hand, want to hold on to what they have. The people in Harrison Township can't understand why the fact that Nappanee's schools are crowded should be of concern to them. Let's face it. Whether we like it or not, we're reorganized. But this doesn't mean that Nappanee people, for example, who have a tremendous stake in the whole program, shouldn't involve themselves in the futjure planning of our schools. Many more than have yet done so should acquaint themselves with the Wa-Nee Board's deliberations, offer constructive suggestions, and keep themselves informed on what is being planned for their children. Nappanee's parents, teachers, taxpayers should all be sure they know what is going on, because the far distant future of our schools will depend on what is decided in the next year or so.

IN ACCIDENT Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller were involved in an accident early last Tuesday morning when their car hit an abutment on Rd. 13, coming from Syracuse. Mr. Miller was treated and released from the hospital, but Mrs. Miller will remain in Elkhart Hospital for some time. She would appreciate cards and visits. Mrs. Miller is the former Jeannie Rhodes. Parade Is All Set For Memorial Day There definitely will be a Memorial Day parade in Nappanee. Some 18 units are expected to march in it. Each unit is asked to assemble at 9:15 a.m. on W. Lincoln near Pletcher Motors. The parade will start at 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, May 30. j The route of the parade will be i north on Main Street to Centennial and east tp Memorial Field. Rev. William Heimach will conduct memorial services at the Field, and the Legion and VFW color guard will participate in the : service. Any units who have not been I contacted and would like to be in the parade should contact Marty ■ Miller before Tuesday, May 21, so I that final arrangements can be made. | VFW Poppy Days Friday And Sat. May 17 & 18 This Friday and Saturday, May 17 and 18 have been designated as VFW Poppy Days in Nappanee. Members of the VFW Auxiliary will sell poppies on those days to raise money for fcfc* benefit of needy and disabled Veterans and for the relief of widows and orphans of veterans. Special emphasis of VFW Auxiliary work here is for the National Home at Eaton Rapids, Michigan. | All VFW Poppy Funds go to local and state as well as National relief. j In proclaiming Friday and Sat- . urday as VFW Poppy Days, Mayor ; Ralph Greene urged all patriotic j citizens to wear a poppy as evidence of their gratitude to those who risked their lives in the deI sense of our Country.

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ZILIAK FORD EXPANDiNG Ground was broken Monday for an additional structure at ziliak Ford bales on U.S. 6 East; Nappanee. The bunding, approximately *u x 6d located in tne rear, win oe constructed of steel and masonry to match the main Dunding which was completed last year. Nevil Spicher To Be New VFW Commander The FW Post 6638 will install officers Thursday (tonight) at 8 p.m. John Eismger, commander or the uoonen r-usi ÜBS, and the aid mstnet bgt. at Arms win oe ms tailing officers. Nevei Spicher will be the new Commander. Oscar Weaver will De mstaneu as senior vice-commander, james Messner junior vice-com-mander, Marty Miner 'quartermaster, E.vin f using cnapiam, noger V erstraete surgeon, Maynard oniocK judge auvocate, Maisnarr norrer o year trustee, Marty Miner a year House commuieeman, Ban fronar one year nouse committeeman. New Cheerleaders Are Elected At High School Nappanee High School had their cheerleader elections Thursday under the sponsorsmp of me student council committee on cheeneading and under the direction of sponsor, Mrs. Fred Arnold.

Cheerleaders are elected by representatives wno are in turn elected from each class, the student council committee, and three faculty memoers. Each contestant is given the opportunity to lead two yens before a representative group of students and to demonstrate her special skills. The contestants are then rated by the representatives according to various personality traits ana anilities. it was decided to increase this year’s varsity squad to five. cheerleaders elected on the Varsity were inane Meyer, Betty Hawley, Deobie Tobias, Peg Masterson, Cheryl Mullett, alternate Jackie Fletcher. Cheerleaders for the B team will be Linda Lehman, Judy Stoops, Nancy Berger, and Becky Miller, busie Metzier, alternate. Jaycees Erect Home Run Fence The Nappanee Jaycees substituted a work night for their regular

meeting Monday. At Stauffer Park, they erected a home run fence for the ball diamond and painted the concession stand in preparation for the summer softball sea-

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son. The Jaycees have volunteered to install a bump at the entrance of Stauffer Park and have received permission from the Common Council to go ahead with this project. They hope in this way to slow down traffic entering or leaving the park and to create an extra safety feature for the children and adults who use the park facilities.

Sidewalk Days To Be July 26 & 27 Retail Merchants Committee of the Chamber of Commerce met Thursday at the B&B Restaurant and announced that Nappanee’s annual Sidewalk Days will be held Friday and Saturday, July 26 and 27. Dave Widmoyer of B&B was named general chairman of the Sidewalk Days promotion. Other committee chairmen appointed were: Bill Metzier of Metzier Shoes, fund raising; Gil Jenkins of Kacy’s, advertising and publicity; Frank Ball of Schultz Bros., co-ordination of planning and mapping of concessions and amusements; Glenn Weldy of Weldy Paints, liaison with the Chamber of Commerce, Utilities, Street, Police and Fire Departments. The general committee and the sub-committees will be meeting regularly shaping up their respective plans. Sidewalk Days annually has been the outstanding promotion of the year in Nappanee, and draws people from distant surrounding areas. Mrs. Arnold Miller and Mrs. Minnie Rittenhouse were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hively, Thursday, May 9, when the Hivelys celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary. Rev. McCord also called. I

Men From Here Take Part In Defense Program Saturday, persons from all over Elkhart County participated in a civil defense exercise designed to present a defense problem for study to all units of civil defense in the area. A target area of Waterford near Goshen was designated and was “attacked’ 1 - by jets from Glenview Naval Air Base. Actually weather delayed the mission, and the target time was about noon. Helicopters were on hand to simulate actual evacuation procedures. From Nappanee, Civil Defense Director Bill Muntz along with Herb Cripe Jr., Paul Gunderman, Bob Woodhams, Bud Miner, Dean Middaugh, and Don Nichols took part in the exercise. They were to rendevous with a larger unit from Elkhart, proceed to a stand-by area and await the attack, at which time they were to proceed to the “ground zero” or target area. When the attack came, units from all over an eight county area converged with available civil defense equipment. The various persons were given problems in first aid, radiation detection and general evacuation procedure. Civil Defense Director C. S. Remmel was in charge of County operations. David Stalnaker, President of the Citizens Civil Defense Advisory Council, was present at headquarters at Goshen Air Port observing defense techniques and aiding in the general coordination of the exercise.

By performing during and after a simulated nuclear attack, an attempt could be made to evaluate the capabilities of Elkhart County Civil Defense Forces and of local units. Those in charge reported that most matters having to do with communications and the handling of traffic went smoothly. | Although the jets were clearly visible in the Goshen area and made several passes over the tari get area, no one reported seeing them near Nappanee. What If Bombing Saturday Had Been The Real Thing? If the Attack on Waterford were real instead of a test, the out-of-town papers would probably read: “17,000 DIE IN GOSHEN, IND.” May 11, 1963: An enemy plane slipped through ou? defenses to drop a hydrogen bomb on 5 a strategic radio target at Waterford Mills at 10:00 A.M. this morning. The bomb, believed to be the 15 megaton range, completely leveled the city of Goshen and surrounding towns, killing an estimated 17,000 persons. Aerial reconnaissance indicates that no buildings were left standing in Goshen, New Paris or Waterford Mills. Fires are still raging in the area. The heat was so intense in Dunlap, nearly 10 miles away, that autos were observed to have been partially melted by the heat. In Elkhart, about 12 miles from the explosion, a fire storm has been touched off. It is believed that as few as 100 people may have lost their lives in Elkhart from the effects of the blast, but it is feared that casualties may run as high as 10,000 to 20,000 due to the combination of fire, radioactive fallout and panic. Early radiation measurements indicate that the total radiation in Elkhart will likely not exceed the amount that causes immediate illness, but residents have not attempted to fight the fires due to fear. The number of fires is such that it is doubtful if anything can be done to save the city. ways leading west and north of Elkhart are completely jammed. Many have abandoned their cars and are escaping on foot. Most of these are expected to make it to safety, but a major refugee problem is foreseen. Many others fearing the effect of radioactivity remained in basements and are likely perished from fire, it is feared. Ft. Wayne has escaped damage from fire and the explosion, but a major evacuation is in progress to escape the expected lethal dose of fallout. Ft. Wayne, being downwind from Goshen, is expected to receive a far greater dose of fallout than many closer cities. Panic and traffic jams have completely cut off the possibility of escape by auto. The expected radiation dose in Ft. Wayne is about 2000 Roentgens. Persons who take shelter in basements will likely survive this dose although it is estimated that 50,000 to 100,000 may suffer from radiation sickness. South Bend appears to have escaped much damage, although all j available fire fighting equipment is busy putting out fires that oc- j

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curred in the east end of the city and in neighboring Misnawaka. Radiation has been negligible in South Bend. Major rescue operations are being organized in South Bend to aid the stricken areas on the perimeter of the damage area. Dr. Henry Weaver, Jr, Science Department Goshen College Radiation Officer Elkhart County CD Boys Caught In Nappanee After Wild Chase Early Saturday morning, Nappanee became the .terminus Oi a wild chase. Three boys, aged 15, 13, and 10 had stolen a car in Chicago and had gotten aimost to Kendallville, where they were pursued and turned back west. They first got by a Kendallville roadblock, damaging a Kendallville police car in the process. They eluded a roadblock near Ligonier. The thirteen year old was driving the car. The State Police had a roadblock at alternate 13A which they also got around.

Nappanee police were alerted, and Officer Dean Middaugh set up a road block east of town by putting a semi across the road by the bridge near the Corl Boat Company. This was about 2:30 a.m. When the car came near N tppanee followed by police cars, he driver apparently contemplated eluding the semi and attempt.ng to go around it. He later said that he had even thought of trying to go under it. Police estimated that the car was going 105 miles an hour at certain points. Officer Middaugh, afraid of killing the boys if he fired h.s pistol, used a shot gun and aimed it near the car’s fender. His shots brought the car to a stop. The boys were taken back to Chicago to face charges for their wild escapade. New Pastor For Nappanee Church Os The Nazarene Rev. Eugene Sommers of Monticello, Ind„ has accepted a call to pastor the Nappanee Church of the Nazarene. * Rev. Sommers is a graduate of Marion College, Marion, Ind., and holds an A.B. degree. For the past four years he has taught the 6th grade at Monticello, Ind. Rev. Sommers has held pastorates at Portland, and Lebanon, Ind., and is a Commissioned Evangelist of the Church of the Nazarene. Rev. Sommers, his wife, Betty, one daughter, Diane, age 14, three sons, Stephen, age 9, Michael, 7, and David, 2, will be moving to Nappanee at the end of the school year. Rev. Sommers has also accepted a position as a teacher in the Wa-Nee Schools. In the interim they will be with the church each Sunday in both the morning and evening services. The public is invited to come and worship with us if you have no church which you are now regularly attending.

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Mr. and Mrs. Virgil W. Huff, 220 North Huff St., Bremen, announce the engagement of their daughter, Judy, to Michael Mitchel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell of Nappanee. Miss Huff graduates from Bremen High School this month. Michael is a 1960 graduate of Nappanee High School and is employed by Donnelly & Sons, of Warsaw. No date has been set for the wedding. TO ATTEND CONVENTION Dr. and Mrs. O. N. Lentz and Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Lentz will attend the annual session of the Indiana State Dental Association in Indianapolis at the Claypool Hotel, May 19-22.