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WOLCOTT, WHITE COUNTY, INDIANA, TIIURSDAY, MAR. 31, 1966

Number 47

WOLCOTT SCHOOL NEWS By Barbara Hanna Mrs. Joyce Pothuisje, business teacher, attended the business education workshop held at Indiana State University March 18 and 19. The principle topic of discussion was the making of high school business educatian departments into truly vocational schools that would more nearly equip students for employment immediately upon graduation. A girls 4-H meeting will be held Monday after school iu the cafeteria, All 4-H enrollment cards should be turned in to Mrs. Byers by Friday, April 1st. The senior Pep Club members will sponsor Wolcott's annual All-Sports banquet on Tuesday, April 5 at 6:30 p.

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FPA MEETING HELD MARCH 21st On March 21st the Wolcott FFA met in the Ag. Room, with 25 members and ' one guest present. The minutes were red and approved. The treasurers report was given, showing a balance of f 285.10. Several committee - reports were given. . Banquet plans are being made and committees are starting to work on the acti

vities of the banquet which will be held April 11th. A corn plot report was given by Lynn Klopfenstein. Mike Mathew has offered the use of his planter with the granular herbicide attachment as long as it doesn't conflict with their farming at home. Bob Swyman has offered their sprayer on the same terms. A discussion was held on

Everyone attending should whether to pay the boys for

bring a covered dish and his (working at the corn plot and

own table service. after a very lengthy discus

The cast of the senior play sion Dave Schwab suggested "The Marriage Machine," ft ; not to pay the boys but pay uoinedy-satire, has been an- (the present rate for machin-

aiounced: Marsha Dismore, ery use. The motion carried

Cathy VVeisenberger, Fred Overmyer, Susan Guingrich, Angie Rosen treter, Craig LeBeau, Joe Cain, Craig Oberlander, Linda Mills, Greg Mathew, Marilyn Maxwell, Phyllis Schneidt, Jim Provo, Mark Young, Steve Smart and Sandra . Sell Directed by Mrs. Helen Correll line lay wilj

be given May 13th.

A motion was also made to

use the ., 1966 Purdue Custom Rate Manual and to pay Lynn

Klopfenstein 4 for keeping records and setting up the

corn plot Both motions car

ried.

Plans are being made for

the July Chicken Bar-B-Q

Plans are bing . made- for

lights for the athletic field.

An Adult Farmers Meeting The FFA and Young Farmers

"will be held next Tuesday at organizations are working

7 :30. FFA slave auction will ' jaintly to achieve this goal, be a feature of the meeting Any donations will be greatly

at 9:30. FFA will hold their appreciated. banquet Monday night, April :'v-- -. 11th at 7:00 p. nu in the gym. PLAN TO ATTEND Invitations have been issued. I SEMINAR APRIL 4-6

Latin students sponsored a foreign .language banquet last Thursday ; members of the French and Spanish classes and their teachers were .guests. Each was dressed in the native costume of the country represented by the language he studies. Special dishes for each country were brought, a pinata, a paper-mache fig

ure filled with candy, was made by Greg Crosby of the

Spanish class. The Honor able Bill Antony (Bill Cham

berlain) gave an updated ver

sion of Mark Antony's funeral .; oration, . .- " Wolcott school has entered two teams in the Tourna

ment of Knowledge contest

sponsored by VVRLN radio in ltensselaer. The first team, composed of Marilyn Maxwell, oleen Clauss, Marsha Dismore and Barbara Hanna, competed with Medarjville on March .20, defeating ; the latter, 277-148 ; they will meet DeMotte, Saturday, April 30. The second team, composed of Gail Sutton, Helen Forbes, Catbj Weisenberger, and Jerry lien dress competed with North White last Sunday. These matches can be heard on WBLN .radio at 3:30 on Sundays .or at 2 :00 on V Saturdays,, all daylight . time. Most area schools are parti--oipating. '"'' Mean April 4,' 5, & Monday , . Smokies, .candied sweet potatoes, buttered vom, jello

Mrs. Madge Jackson, libra-

ian and Mrs. Lena Welsch, trustee of the Wolcott Public Library, plan to attend a seminar on Indiana history in Indianapolis April 4-6. The

'seminar is sponsored by the

Indiana State Library in co

operation with the Indiana

Historical Bureau, the Ses

quicentennial Commission and

the Indiana Historical Soci

ety- '-'..

The purpose of the seminar

is to provide librarians,

library trustees and represen

tatives of local historical so

cieties with a brief history of the state and instruction

in the identification, collec

tion, preservation, organiza

tion and use of historical

items. These skills will pre

pare them to relate library activities to the Sesquicentennial project and to maintain

a good local history program

in the future.

Phil Gets and- infant Kerry Wayne Anker have been dismissed from Lafayette hospitals.

and- bananas, milk

Tuesday Chili and crackers, peanut

butter sandwiches, carrot A celery strips, peach cobbler, milk

Wednesday , Tenderloin" sandwiches, but.

tered peas, perfection salad,

applesauce, cookies, milk.

TO PRESENT EASTER PROGRAM SUNDAY The Celestial and Adult Choirs of the Wolcott Christian church will present an Easter Cantata and Tableaux next Sunday, April 3 at 7 :30 p. m. They are singing selections from three cantatas. Soloists are Mrs. Oscar Baer, Scott Cantlon, Mrs. Charles Watson, Ruthie Thomas and Ron Wilder. The tableaux cast includes Joy Crosby, Ann

Kroegher, Nancy Flora, Kim ..

Mills, Ann Watson, Maria Sue Dismore, Jane Hickman, and Billy Bavnes. Rod Nesius

will be the narrator and Mrs. Harold Jordan, the organist. Other services being planned is the combined Christian Women Fellowship groups worship service to be held on Monday, April 4 at 7 :30 p. m. The CWF has also planned the Easter Sunrise Service which will be held at 6:30 a. m. There will be an intrumental prelude by Susan Foster and Lew Baynes and Mrs. Harold Jordan on the organ. "v": Four of the women of the church will give brief meditation, they are : Mrs. George Crosby, Mrs. Rod Nesius, Mrs. Paul Schwab and Mrs. Roy Keller. Others having a part in the service are: Mrs. Lowell rinaa Aft-a tfactiAl TViiiltw ntiri

Mrs. Charles Koebcke. I

BROTHER OF LOCAL RESIDENT DIES IN VIET NAM Mrs. Glenn Oberlander of Wolcott has learned that her brother, Sgt Claude Bobbitt, 32, a Marine, was killed in action on Thursday, March 17 in Viet Nam. His body will be shipped to his hometown, of Knoxville, Tenn., where he will be buried. His widow and four children survive.

Sgt. Bobbitt had served in

Laos, Korea and and also at Camp Lejeune, N. C, and had been in Viet Nam for only a week.":' '. Mrs. Oberlander was also notified of the death of a 16month old nephew, Michael Bobbitt, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bobbitt of Goodland. The baby died of

virus pneumonia. n. D. CLUB HOLDS FAMILY NIGHT About thirty-five members and friends of the Princeton Township Home Demonstration Club met at the Wolcott House March 21st for thenannual Family Night with a carry-in supper. After supper, Mary Alice Gobs very graciously showed pictures and told of her trip to Europe

on the Good Will Tour she

took last summer.

Central States News Views

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VISIONS of two weeks with pay, i ') ' a new beach hat and all those "bon II " voyage" cards by Hallmark that ' ? say "livs it up" and "have t swell trip" bring a dreamy smile of I ' anticipation : to . the face of I this pretty, vacation-prone miss. i:-..-,.,,,...

YOUNG AT HEART HOLDS MARCH MEETING Young At Heart Home Demonstration Club miet at the Wolcott House for their March meeting. Mrs. Ktuwll Byroad was hostess and Mrs. William Misch, co-hostess.. Mrs. Harold Shanklin led in repeating the creed; Mrs. Robert -DeMoss led the flag salutes, and Mrs. Sam Alttnan gave 'de.votions, . . reading an interesting poem and some inspiring thoughts for the day. Mrs. Marvin McOollum and members sang the song of the month. Mrs. Robert De-Moss gave the health and safety lesson on "Tetanus." This is

one of the. most dangerous diseases that can strike a human being since no antibiotics or other drug can halt a full develojed case. About 68 of those afflicted by the. disease die, even though by means of immunization tetanus is almost completely pre-, ven table. County .-president. Mrs. Noble Benjamin and County Extension Agent, Home Economics Mrs. Alice ('bitty, were guests. Mrs. Chit ty explains and helps get the club members started on interviewing the young home makers of Princeton Township they will call before April 1. Mrs. Rex Wright gave program planning. Her theme was: Things you need to study and things you want to study. Lessons the members voted ou for 1967 were: one dish meals; storage problems and solutions; selection of Icisic accessories. How to teach self confidence ; exercising (physical fitness) ; and Indiana history and facts. Mrs. Denzell Iear had

craine for social hour with

j Mrs. William Primmer wini ning the prize. Mrs. Melvin

Mvers won the hostess gift.

GEORGE' TIMMONS PASSES AWAY ftanriro Wflsliinirlon Tim-

mons. of "Wolcott passed away tit ihf Rochest er Xurslhff'iV

Home, Sunday at 4:13 p. vLfy He had resided there for 10' years, and was seriously ill for three months. Eighty-seven years old, he was born October 17, 1S77, in Sheridan to Lewis and Amma (Cody) Timmons." He was married to Gertrude Schuyler in Round Grove Township on December 20, 11)01, who preceded him in death in 1 !r6. Survivors include a son, Newell Timmons of Monticello ; two grandsons. W. Glen Timmons and Donald Newell Timmons; and one great grandson, Thomas Newell

timmons. A daughter preced

ed him in death. The deceased came to Round

Grove Township in 1900, and moved to Wokott in 1950, when he retired from farm

ing. He was noted for hold

ing some of the largest horse

sales in the Midwest.

A member of the Wolcott

Methodist, services were held

there Tuesday at 2:00 p. m., with Rev. H. D. Searcy officiating. Interment in the

Remington cemetery.