The Mail-Journal, Volume 2, Number 27, Milford, Kosciusko County, 15 August 1963 — Page 4

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SMORGASBORD ON SUNDAY — Pictured here is Dick Madden and his daughter Candy who operate the Indian Hills club lounge on Tippecanoe lake. Mr. Madden of Warsaw and Howard Wood-

Scuba Diving Safety Tips; With skin and scuba diving becoming so popular in the lake area, local water safety chairmen, Arch Keffer of Warsaw and Earl Money of Syracuse, have found it necessary to make the following list of safety suggestions: 1. Be sure you are in good health. 2. Be sure that you are a fetter than average swimmer. In fact insure that you can pass these five tests: a. swim 300 yards b. tread water for three minutes c. tow an inert swimmer for 40 yards d. stay afloat for 15 minutes e. swim under water 15 yards. 3. If you are new at the sport, enroll in a class for skin and scuba diving. 4. Use good equipment whether skin or scuba diving. 5. Always dive with a companion and know his location at. all times. Establish a system of communication beforehand. 6. Wear an inflatable flotation devic*.

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ward of Dewart Lake own the business together and are in their first season. The Indian Hills club lounge consists of a bar, dining room and coffee shop. It is open daily at 8 a. m.. Friday even-

7. Always use certified air when filling scuba tanks. 8. Use a diver’s flag to warn boats that a diver is down. 9. Know the area where you are diving. Know the limitations of your physical ability, skill, experience, and confidence. 10. Keep your weight belt uncovered and use a quick release for it. A good rule is “on last, off first, and always fastened by a quick release buckle for one-hand operation.” 11. Ascend slowly and look up. Always exhale when ascending. 12. Descend at a rate that permits equalization of pressure in ear and sinus spaces. 13. Never dive with a cold. 14. Develop emergency procedures, learn simple lifesaving carries for rescue work and no stops in first, aid. 15. Plan your dive carefully.

ing is “all the perch you can eat,” Saturday is spaghetti night, and smodgasbord is the feature every Sunday from 12 to 3. A MailJournal staff photo.

Enchanted Hills Review ’Gypsy’ By JERI SEELY I A large audience braved the cold weather Tuesday night to see the opening performance of “Gypsy” at the Enchanted Hills Playhouse on Lake Wawasee. Phyl Baisch turned in a marvelous performance as Rose, the stage-door Mama who pushed her daughters into the theater with great enthusiasm. Many of Tuesday’s theater goers will long remember her vocal numbers such as “Some People” and “Rose’s Turn.” Linda Griffin, a newcomer to the Playhouse this year, gives an exceptional performance in the lead role of Gypsy Rose Lee; Ann Ossewaarde, a teenager from Greenwich, Conn., is outstanding as Rose’s favorite daughter, Baby June. The play’s male lead is played by James Maltfon. Maloon, as Herbie, falls in love with Rose and travels all over the country with her with the hopes she will marry him. The first act jumps from a Vaudeville theater stage in Seattle, Wash., to such places as a hotel in Akron, a Chinese restaurant in New York, an alley in Buffalo and a railroad platform in Omaha. It is when Baby June marries Tulsa, played by Don Wennsten, and leaves the act that Mama Rose decides to rebuild the act around Louise, her other daughter. In the desert country of Texas they change Louise’s name to Rose Louise and in a burlesque house in Wichita it is changed again to Gypsy Rose Lee. . -- A hilarious scene in the play is when Gypsy meets three genuine strippers in a shoddy burlesque house in Wichita. The girls teach Gypsy the art of stripping in a musical number “You’ve Gotta Get a Gimmick.” The strippers are played by Stefi Stein, Miss Mezeppa; Julia English, Miss Electra; and Sasha, Miss Tessie Tura. “Gypsy” runs through Sunday and provides a very delightful and entertaining evening. !

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Water Show Planned For Saturday Afternoon

The Syracuse-Wawasee Water Safety council’s second annual sponsored water show will take place Saturday, Aug. 17, at 2 p. m. in front of the South Shore Inn on Lake Wawasee. This year’s gala show promises plenty of activity during the two-hour performance. The purpose of the show is to demonstrate to all interested persons some of the things that the local children have learned in their summer swimming classes. Their will be races, exhibitions, life saving demonstrations and a

Swimmers Set Notional Record

Susie Kirkdorfer, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert kirkdorfer of Syracuse lake; Tona Meredith, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Kimes of Syracuse lake; Lu Ann Mock, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ryland Mock of r 1, Syracuse; Kathy Murray, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Murray of Lake Wawasee; and Marilyn Woodward, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Woodward of Dewart lake are five very famous girls at the present time. On Thursday, August 8, they swam 15 miles from the Wawasee Plaza to the Syracuse city park in six hours and 32 minutes. This is a national Red Cross swimming record for that age group. Jim Rassi of Nappanee, their very able instructor, should also receive a great deal of credit. A 1963 graduate of Ball State teachers college, Mr- Rassi could have probably accepted one of many summer jobs but chose to return to the Syracuse-Wawasee water safety council for his third season. Mr. Rassi has spent hours in practice and training with these five girls and swam every bit of the 15 miles with them. Swim Brings Executive This swim was of such importance as to bring Lou Gillespie, the Midwest representative of the National Red Cross, to the lake area from Muncie with his boat. He not only gave the girls a speech in honor of what they were* about to accomplish beforehand, but he kept his, boat constantly near the 'swimmers at all times. Earl Money, local water safety chairman and . conservation officer was also present in the escorting boat. Clair Mohler and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Kirkdorfer also kept their boats in close proximity. Mary Kimes operated the rowboat that must always be present in a swim of this type. The five girls had to swim in diagonals across Lake Wawasee in order to have a total distance of 15 miles. Thus their path was from the Wawasee plaza to Morrison island to Ogden island and then to the Waco paint down the shoreline to the Wawasee yacht club and across the lake again to the channel, through it and across Syracuse lake to the Syracuse city park. The group left at 10:40 a.m. %and arrived at the park at 4:12 p. m. They were never allowed to “hang onto” or get in any of the escorting boats. Much Involved A great deal of practice and training and planning went into

synchronized swimming display. Several members of the long distance swimming classes will take pare in a lengthy swim that is planned to last the entirety of the show. Other students will conduct a splasketbair tourney to be completed by the end of the show. Generally in charge of the show are the four water safety instructors, Jim Rassi of Nappanee,, Creighton Bums of Cromwell, Sue Balsley of Bremen, and Bonnie Brouwer of Syracuse. Their water safety aids also share the responsibility of the planning. They

this swim, not only the day of the race, the week preceding the race but during the whole summer. Jim Rassi seemed to have a very well planned training program in operation at all times. The morning of the race the girls ate a special breakfast of a commercial nutrient that contains ’4OOO calories and tastes some what like malted milk. In preparation for the swim they had their ankles taped, three tubes of honey taped to them on each leg and one to their right arm. They had a capsule of amonia around their neck, grease paint smeared under their eyes to cut the glare of the sun and vaseline applied to allow for ease i i swimming. With all this they were on their way. But what probably made for the success in their swim was the really intensive training the week preceding this record-breakng jaunt. They met daily for a practice session and many times twice a day. In these practices they rode bicycles for several miles, did push-ups, sit-ups, and jumping jacks. They wore sweat shirts and sweatpants while swimming for one and a half hours daily. Two to four times a day they ran on and jumped off the 50 park benches. During that strenuous week the girls, and instructor as well, ate mostly fruits and vegetables, took vitamin C capsules and went to bed at 10 pm. nightly. They were not allowed to water ski during that week. Every girl was present at every practice. After this record swim the girls and their instructor were all invited to Howard’s Restaurant where they were told to eat all they could. Their young instructor, Mr. Rassi, was questioned as to whether the girls were really hun-

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are Alice Alfrey, Cambie Brann, Mary Kimes, Cindy Jones, Nancy Kinder, . Susie Kirkdorfer, Betsy Liniger and Marinelie Meredith. The officers of the SyracuseWawasee water safety council are: Bob Rule, president; Leila Connolly, vice president; Mrs. Vernon Beckman, secretary; Mrs. Clair Mohler, treasurer; and Earl Money, program chairman. A. phone call to any of the above persons will provide answers to all questions concerning the forthcoming water show.

gry any more after so many hours in the water without food- “Were they hungry. They’re cannibals!” he commented. This week Howard’s restaurant is going to treat the swimmers to a steak dinner. Last Previous Swim , In reminiscing over the summer, Mr. Rassi gave swims and tiime records of the girls. The five long distance swims for the Syracuse-Wawasee water safety council summer program were: the length of Syracuse lake in 56 minutes, (this was a record); a six mile swim in two hours and 28 minutes; and eight mile swim in. four hours and one minute (very rough water); a ten mile swim in 4% hours: and the final climax, the 15 miler in six hours and 32 minutes. Mr. Rassi added that after all the exercise and excitement of last Thursday, a couple of the girls went home and went water’ skiing. Guess they just can’t be worn down. After all this what next? A rest for rne remainder of this summer. But plans are being made for bigger and better things for next summer and that will undoubtedly take the girls and their ambitious instructor out of the state.

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SCUBA DIVERS — These are | several members of the volunteer rescue unit of the Syracuse Civil Defense. Shown here in their div-1

Scuba Divers A Civil Defense Unit

One very important unit of the four unit Civil Defense of Syracuse is the rescue divison. Formed in 1962 by conservation officer Earl Money, the members devote their time to rescue, salvage: and recovery work. Therefore their training and duties deal with scuba diving which is fast becoming a popular sport in this area. There are 17 persons over 18 years of age involved in this program. Many more persons could be added to the program as four persons are needed on the water’s surface for each diver that is in the water. The recent drowning at High lake brought in this unit of the Syracuse civil defense. Over the week end several of the divers helped to recoved stolen property for the Syracuse police department- Purses, eyeglasses and checkbooks were among the objects recovered. In fact all of the stolen objects that had been dumped into the lake by the vandals were recovered by the scuba divers except for one pair of glasses. At other times they have recovered class rings and outboard motors. Junior Civil Defense This summer a Junior civil defense program has been added for persons from 12-16 years of age. A training program will be given later this month to this group in scuba diving. After this, they will be qualified to handle the surface tasks during a rescue dive. These 'persons are responsible for dressing the divers, checking their i tanks, logging the time and gauging the tanks. The divers use

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ing equipment they are going through procedueres that are a part of their training for the recovery work they do.

pontoon boats during a dive andthe Junior civil defense workers remain on the surface to insure; that all is running smoothly. Money Problems The main problem that faces the rescue unit is the of lack of funds. AH the boys participating must buy their own equipment which amounts to S2OO. At- least S3O is involved int heir training procedures. There is an, additional charge of $1 each tijne they; have their tanks filled with compressed air. Dave McFarren £>f New Paris who owns and operates O'. K. Divers Supplies is the only person in this area who offers this service. Each tank must have [22502400 pounds of air. A Special: compressor with seven filters must be used. The civil defense is, therefore, in great need of an air compressor to sajve them the time and expense involved in this operationThe average cost of such a mechanism is between SIOOO to SI4OO. The unit already has portable generators to enable the iben to dive at night. All the divers have exposure suits which are used for diving under ice. Officer Money made a [special plea that persons seeing the official divers flag which is red with white diagonals, stay 300 feet from that place. This means a diver is down and no one is to approach the area. . ; The Volunteer Those persons who are I volunteer members of the rescue division are as follows: officer Earl Money, Kent Hare, Arnold Grindle, (Continued on next pa[ge)