Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 121, Number 35, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 2 September 1998 — Page 14

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Nappanee Advance News Wednesday, September 2,1998

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HISTORIC TOUR—Hank and Sheila Ullery, pictured with their children (top to bottom) Maxx, Paige and Bennett, will open their historic Main Street home in Bourbon to the

Boosters 4-H members support local

The Nappanee 4-H Booster Club bought livestock from the following 4-H members this summer, in support of their hard work and dedication to the organization. The youth represent both Elkhart Morning toddler times scheduled at library Parents, grandparents or sitters —bring a two-year-old to the library for fun with finger plays, stories, songs and a simple craft. Toddler Time will begin Wednesday, September 2, from 10-10:30a.m., at the Nappanee Public Library. The series will continue September 9, 16 and 23, from 1010:30a.m. Please phone the library, 219-773-7919, by Tuesday, September 1, to pre-reg-ister.

4-H gives the young folks of this community a broader out-look of the world around them... and gives us a community of responsible, self-assured young people. We are proud of the work they do. Thank you Nappanee 49ft 4-H Booster Club Anglemeyer Clinic L.J. Wagner Home Int. Persing & Cos. Louis Bonacorsi Lake City Bank Phil Hahn & Associates Book Corner Lassus Handy Dandy Ed & Marrietta Pippenger Buss Excavating Marty & Ted R. Yoder Construction Clipp Auto Supply Mayor Larry Thompson Rite Choice Foods H Digger Specialties Mikel Farms Ropp Show Lambs Eby Ford Mike’s Fencing R.A.M.E., Inc. Elk Cos Farm Bureau, Inc. Mahlon Miller Sellers Mfg., Inc. Fales Marketing, Inc. Larry & Rose Mullet Sheets Farms (Scott Sheets) H Farm Bureau Insurance Nappanee Advance News Sheets Farms (Amos & Sam Sheets) Fervida Farms Nappanee Auto Sales Todd & Tina Stutzman GCI Nappanee Chamber of Commerce Ray & Tracy Stutzman George Buildings Nappanee Noon Kiwanis Supersweet Consolidated Nutrition, Inc. Georges Grain Nappanee Vet Hospital Supersweet Farm Service Heckaman Shively Insurance NBD Bank Templeton Oil Cos. I Holmes, Hayes, & Walter New Attitudes The Millwood Window Store I Hoosier Fence Cos. Newcomer Service Larry & Linda Thompson ■ Jenkins Automotive North Central Co-op Thompson, Lengacher,Yoder Funeral Home H I John’s Butcher Shop Northwood Family Dentistry Tom Loucks, CPA Kindig & Sloat Northwood Monuments Mr. & Mrs. William Wilson I Keith & Ronda Klotz Anonymous for buying our 4-H animals!

public, Sunday, September 13, during the Bourbon Tour of Homes. See related article for further information. (Photo provided)

and Kosciusko Counties. Beef—Brittney Gillam, Laura Gillam, Beth Mattern, Renee Jensen, David Mattern, Whitney Kirkdorffer, Kristin Kirkdorffer and Jared Hershberger. Dairy Beef—Suzanne Moudy, Justin Moyer, Layne Trinkley, Chad Kirkdorffer and Valerie Mast.

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Goat—Brandon Martin. Sheep—Tiffany Dull, Travis Dull and Bret Hershberger. Poultry—Andrew Heckathom, Kaley Correll, Valerie Mast, Star Watkins and Hope Watkins. State Fair—Robert Bedward. Swine—Peter Rummel, Travis Ecklebarger, Beth Mattern, Andy Rummel and Brad Yoder.

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Bourbon hosts tour of homes

The historic Main Street home of Hank and Sheila Ullery is one of five sites on the 1998 Bourbon Tour of Homes, set for Sunday, September 13, l-sp.m. The home is an imposing edifice which the Ullerys purchased last year, moving in with their three small children. Located at 901 N. Main, the Italianate-style house was built in 1875, for Margaret Slough, a widow. She was a busy mid-wife and a prominent citizen of Bourbon. Her fondness for children was displayed in a pony-pow-ered merry-go-round she kept in the back yard. The home was built for the grand sum of $2,000, by David Kehler and Robert Spencer. Once a co-owner of the Acker and Slough Lumber Manufacturers, Margaret’s husband, Jacob Slough, was killed in a tragic accident at his business in 1871. Like many other large, late 1800s houses in and around Bourbon, this one was built for a family in the profitable lumber business. Early photographs show a full front porch once graced the east side of the house. That was replaced decades ago with the current arched roof supported by several columns. Tiny window panes are found in the arch, spilling light onto the porch. “When we first bought the house, we were aware of its size and age, but now it’s just ‘our house,”’ says Sheila Ullery, who runs a child care business in the large rooms and big back yard. The wood shutters are all original to the house, as are most of the doors and windows. The long windows have an arch at the top and the upstairs windows go to the floor. Mrs. Ullery points out a door, looking very much like another window, at the end of the hallway upstairs which opens to the roof of the front porch. Massive old doorstops may be found behind the bedroom doors, and the baseboards are a wide substantial trim. Open transoms top each bedroom door. “An upstairs walk-in closet was converted to a bathroom when we lived there,” says Sharon Stine Mason, who grew up in the house. Gerald and Lamora Stine owned

the home from 1939-1964. The stairway bannister is original, as are the French doors leading to the parlor. A large cupboard was built into the north wall of the dining room. The walls were finished in plaster and lath, and decorated with wainscoting. Exposed beams in the living room were in place when the Stines bought the house, and they added the living room fireplace. The house was originally heated with a coal-stoked furnace, which has since been upgraded to a gas furnace and central air conditioning. Rough-hewn beams support the structure of the house, which sits on a full basement. The merry-go-round is long gone, but a fish pond has been a part of the back yard landscape for over 60 years. Mrs. Mason says, “It was always there,” as far as she

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can remember. The Ullerys and other home owners readily agreed to participate in the tour of homes fundraiser for the Triton Education Foundation Scholarship Fund; Tickets are priced at $5, and maj? be purchased ahead at the First State Bank or on the day of the tour at any of the homes, or the United Methodist Church, where old historic pictures of Bourbon are on display. * Other homes on the tour are the Miller home, 304 N. Washington; Sautter Home, 506 S. Main and the Bowers home, 206 E. North. Parking will be available at the United Methodist Church, and on the side streets near each home; Tour participants are reminded that there is no parking on Main Street in the residential areas. ;