Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 18, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 5 May 2011 — Page 2

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April 24, 2011 CULVER Hershel D. 'Pete' Bickel, 84, of Culver died at 2:50 p.m. April 24, 2011 at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. He is survived by sons: Richard Bided of Knox, Michael (Bitha) Bickel of Knox, James (Nancy) Bickel of Rochester; and Robert Bickel of Nappanee; and daughters: Betty (Harry) Busam of Plymouth, Elsie (Dale) Morgan of Okomogee, CHka. and Patty (Art) Justice of Owasso, CHka.; 11 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Visitation took place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 28 at Odom Funeral Home, Culver. Funeral services took place at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial followed at Burr Oak Cemetery, Culver. Memorials may be made to foe Diabetes Association or foe Alzheimer's Association. Condolences may be made to foe family via foe funeral home's website at www.odomfuneralhome.com. Mattie Schmucker April 29, 2011 NAPPANEE Mattie Schmucker, 88, of LuAnn Nursing Home, Nappanee, died at 7:05 p.m., Friday, April 30,2011 at Elkhart General Hospital. She is survived by sons: Robert (Freida) Schmucker of Milford, Harley W. (Linda) Schmucker of Anderson, Jerry L. (Sarah E.) Schmucker of Nappanee, and Marvin R. (Cathy) Schmucker of Peru; daughters, Joan (Mervin J.) Weaver and Rosetta (Devon) Troyer, both of Nappanee; 41 grandchildren; and 91 great-grandchildren. Visitation took place Saturday, April 30 at Jerry Schmucker's residence, 6044 W 1350 N. Funeral services took place at 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 2 at foe Schmucker's. Burial followed in West Union Cemetery. Thompson-Lengacher k Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, assisted with arrangements. Local Humane Society in need of dog food BRISTOL The Humane Sorietyof Elkhart County is in need of dry dog food due to a small water leak at foe facility that knocked out three quarters of foe shelters supply. The organization is asking foe community for help to restock. In addition, foe Humane Society has had to halt its Pet Food Assistance program. The Pet Food Assistance program is available to only Elkhart county residents that need help feeding their pets. There is an immediate application process that can be done in person at foe Humane Society. Just this year, foe Pet Food Assistance program has helped more than 200 residents that have faced financial hardships. All types of brands of dog food are accepted, however, foe shelter is asking for Purina Dog Chow to help keep a brand consistency at foe shelter. Residents are asked to drop off items to foe Humane Society of Elkhart County, 54687 CR 19, Bristol, IN, 46507 from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

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nected by foe roof and porch but offers all foe basic amenities outhouses did not. Dave tried to keep things "as authentic as possible" with the structure itself. The porch posts are foe log cabin's original floor joists. The front door is foe original and foe back door was once a door to foe master bedroom upstairs. He added foe porch to protect foe outside walls of the structure, walls built with foe original logs. The stairs to foe second floor are foe originals though foe upstairs, once three bedrooms, is now a loft with three sleeping areas that wood be favored by The" Three Bears. One antique a large master bed, a smaller bed blanketed in a quilt created by Dave's grandmother is quite soft, and a third, foe smallest bed, was one referred to as a "hired man's bed." What wasn't salvageable of foe log home, Dave

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removed and replaced with history of another kind. "The ceiling is made from logs from an old bam," Bets said. 'He tried to keep it like it wouldn't been." And she tired to keep in form by decorating it with antique toys and tools, and pictures that include not only an original of foe property, but with an time-weathered album found inside the home. Other photos are included in foe book that tracked foe progress of foe Hahn's project given to them as a gift by their son and his wife. Another publication, Living foe Country Life,fea-. tures the home in a different way, as described by Karen Berrick in foe article, "A Log Cabin Saved" and captured by photographs by Mitch Kezar in 2009. The cabin's decor includes a fruit press, axes, rocking chairs, a church pew, and an oversized table that

looks fitting, though it was an antique salvaged from North Wood High School. In teaching and keeping things authentic for the grandchildren and others that visit foe log cabin, Dave makes waffles over a fire in a tool that gives new (or rather, old) meaning to the words "waffle iron." He also makes popcorn rat occasion in a large kettle, stirring it with a homemade ladle before scooping it into a gargantuan antique serving bowl. "We have holiday gatherings here," Bets explained. "It's a nice place for all of us \; toiget together" She Added wtfo a laugh, "It's probably the most expensive 'free' thing we've ever gotten." Opened to family members, friends and 4-H and church youth groups (both Hahns are on foe Elkhart County Fair Board and Dave is a Union Township leader) in foe past, foe cabin

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was featured in foe Garden Gub walk and foe Psi lota Xi sorority's "House of Holly, 'it will now be available for foe public to take a peek at during Nappanee's Second Saturday event May 14. Visitors can see foe farm between 1 and 4 p.m. Tickets are $5 each, available at foe door or at L.J. Wagner, Antiques on the Square, Downtown Design and Consign, Veni's Sweet Shop, Metzler's Shoes and Everlastings or foe Nappanee Chamber of Commerce office. To find the home, travel north on S.R. 19 from downtown Nappanee to foe Beat s stop light north of down- ’ town. Turn right at C.R. 52 (Woodview Drive) and travel until C.R. 7 then turn north (left) and drive to C.R. 48. Turn right (on C.R. 48) onto foe dirt and gravel road and foe cabin and farm can be seen on the left.