Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 121, Number 48, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 2 December 1998 — Page 4

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Nappanee Advance News Wednesday, December 2,1998

Years Ago... Punish rowdy youth

(Note —Information for the 1 GO--75 and 50-years ago segments has been researched and posted by Mary Knobel. The Advance-News staff wishes to thank her for her contribution to the column) 100 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 30, 1898 George and Frank Penrose, ages about 16 and 13 years, were each given the minimum fine of $5 and costs in Justice Corm’s court on the plea of guilty to disturbing a religious meeting. The Dunkards have been holding a series of meetings at South Union and the boys reside in that neighborhood. It seems that the good nature of the church —going people had been shamefully imposed upon by quite a number of young people until forbearance ceased to be a virtue. $9 bad did matters grow, that some advised that the meetings be discontinued. But others thought that would simply be inviting a continuance of the rowdyism. The church people held a conference, and it fell to the lot of a neighborhood brother to make an example of the first individual who disturbed the meeting after being remonstrated with. On Friday night, the Penrose boys were there for the fun of it. The preacher stopped twice in his sermon and spoke about the undue disturbance. When it did not stop, the good brother came to town and caused the arrest of the young men. There were others who were even more guilty, but they were not caught in the acts.

Crime Stoppers This week’s Crime of the Week comes from the files of the fraud unit of the South Bend Police Department. November 17, an elderly female South Bend resident was approached by a white male who posed as an employee of the City of South Bend. The man talked his way into the house, and told her that she needed some extensive work done around the house. He then walked her into the kitchen area, where he explained for a lengthy period of time what types of work she needed to have • done. After the man left the house, the woman went into her bedroom, and noticed that someone had come in and ransacked her bedroom, throwing items all around, in an attempt to find money or valuables. The police feel that a second subject entered the home,while the woman was talking with the other man in the kitchen. There are several frauds which are being run on elderly persons in the South Bend area. Be suspicious of people who come to your door and ask to do work which you have not ordered. If you have information regarding this fraud or any other fraud involving the elderly, you can call Crime Stoppers and you could receive a cash reward of up to SI,OOO, if your information leads to the arrest or indictment of the suspects involved. Call toll-free, 1-800-342-STOP. You will be given a caller code number, and Crime Stoppers won’t ask your name. Crime Stoppers does not have Caller ID. Crime Stoppers...it works!

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75 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 29, 1923 December 2 is to be observed as Golden Rule Sunday in Indiana, as well as all over the nation, and in fact in fourteen countries. In every country, every town and village, charitably inclined folks will be asked to dispense with the usual “big dinner” and serve a sacrifice meal. The difference in cost between the two meals will help feed 100,000 orphan children this winter in Near East Bible lands. Candyland is making preparations for the Christmas trade with a fine line of home-made candies put up in from one to five-pound boxes. This will be of interest to churches, Sunday school, clubs and lodges. The Ministerial Association, wishing to comply with President Coolidge’s proclamation, has made final arrangements for the annual Thanksgiving service on Thursday, November 29, at 10 o’clock in the First Brethren Church. 50 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 25, 1948 The local 4-H com club members “did right well by themselves” the past season. Evidence to prove this statement was produced at the Elkhart County 4-H Com and Potato Show, held in Goshen last weekend. Over 30 members exhibited com. James Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Reed, was the top boy in the contest and was duly crowned Com King for the year on Saturday evening. He received a large trophy to keep for one year. If he wins again next year, the trophy will become his property. Rabies disease has again appeared in the vicinity of Nappanee. A large yellow shepherd attacked three dogs west and south of Nappanee and was caught in a muskrat trap. The animal was destroyed and its head removed by Dr. Mackenzie. It proved positive for rabies at the state health laboratory.

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by Indiana University Astronomers £ After the uncertainty and excitement of the Leonid meteor storm, December will offer the much more predictable Geminid meteor shower, normally the best of the year. The Geminid shower annually produces 100 or more meteors per hour in a clear dark sky. This year it will peak on the night of December 13-14. The particles that cause these meteors may have come from an asteroid, and they are bigger than the comet dust that usually forms meteors. The Geminid particles also move somewhat slower than usual, so the meteors last longer and are often brighter than the bet-ter-known Perseid meteors of August. The meteors or “shooting stars” will seem to be coming from a point (the radiant) near the bright stars Castor and Pollux in the constellation Gemini the Twins, which gives the shower its name. Meteors will be visible in all parts of the sky. The radiant point will be well

25 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 29, 1973 Mayor James Newcomer reads proclamation declaring next August 11-17 as Centennial Week for the Nappanee area. Resurface Stauffer Park tennis courts, at total cost of $23,055. Ground broken Sunday morning for new addition to north end of Mt. Tabor Church. Approximately 1200 persons visited Fred’s Flowers last Saturday and Sunday, during the annual Christmas Flower Show and Open House. Panthers lose basketball opener to Fairfield, 71-54. 10 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 30, 1988 Nappanee Street Supt. Bill Mishler reports that residents must now bag leaves for pickup by the city. South Elementary School presents first evening Christmas concert, “Christmas Greetings.” Amy Berger is the music teacher, and Jenny Shaw, art teacher. Dave Slabaugh successfully completes, passes FFA Pilot/Instrument Rating Course. Jon Stepp, Evangel Press manager, takes a turn at the shovel during recent ground breaking ceremonies for new Brethren In Christ Church publishing house. Ruby Miller, of Farmwald Lumber & Home Center, earns Certified Wallcovering Consultant title, designating her an expert in this area. Coach Phil Lechlitner and Panthers open with 62-46 victory over Jimtown. 5 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 1, 1993 State awards $500,000 grant to Nappanee for purchase and renovation of two presently-vacant buildings located downtown.

above the eastern horizon only a few hours after sundown and will remain high in the sky the rest of That means the shower will be visible a couple of hours blTore midnight. Because the Geminid shower produces frequent bright meteors, those who wish to stay close to home, near artificial lights, may still be able to see 15-20 meteors per hour. Jupiter is gradually losing brightness, but it will still be the first bright object to appear each evening, high in the south-south-east, after sunset, at the beginning of the month, and due south by month’s end. It will set in the west around midnight. The sun will reach its lowest point in the southern sky, called the solstice, at 8:56p.m. EST December 21. This will mark the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere. For the next six months, the days will be getting longer in the Northern Hemisphere. The moon will be full December 3, at third quarter December 10, new December 18, and at first quarter December 26.

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CLASS CELEBRATES—The Nappanee High School Class of '34 met for a reunion this past summer, with 12 members attending. From the 42 graduates, 22 still are living. The class plans to meet again in two years, Class members also get together several times each year, for breakfast. Front, from left,

Kids join gangs

TO THE ADVANCE-NEWS: Kids join gangs. It’s only natural, this desire to associate with peers who share common gbals, who face similar obstacles, who emulate the same people and lifestyles. Sometimes those gangs wear Boy Scout uniforms, sometimes shoulder pads and jock straps, sometimes tutus and toe shoes. No matter what the form —kickball team, high school band. Brownie troop. Junior Achievement club, etc. —young people WILL join gangs. Where there is no form or structure to help in the positive formation of gangs, where kids are left to fend for themselves and create their own alliances and associations, and where criminal elements stand at the ready to exploit youth —the wrong kinds of gangs emerge.

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These are the gangs that serve as lookouts for seasoned crack dealers, or learn to peddle the stuff themselves. These are the gangs that scribble graffiti on buildings and overpasses, that liberate our cars of their radios and that terrorize neighborhoods with drive-by gunfire from weapons even more brutally sophisticated than those carried by police. Gone are the days when folks in the rural areas of Elkhart County only read about such problems in the newspapers. Now, you see gang graffiti everywhere. Now, drugs previously circulated only in big cities have infiltrated even the remotest parts of Elkhart County. Now, these are backyard issues for nearly everyone. And they result from our failure to provide our children with opportunities to participate in the RIGHT kinds of gangs.

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The right kinds of gangs, or social organizations, foster youth development and engage kids in constructive, healthy activities. They remove kids from harm’s way, and give them opportunities to thrive educationa’ly, recreationally, and artistically. As one of Indiana’s 32 youth service bureaus, The Elkhart Youth Service Bureau deserves local support, as well as the meager state support it gets. In the next session of the Indiana General Assembly, Indiana’s youth service bureaus will work to increase state funding for their efforts. These efforts deserve everyone’s support. If we must have gangs —and it appears that we must —let’s opt for the right kind. Sincerely, Jim Kilien, Director Indiana Youth Services Association