The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 3, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 February 1965 — Page 1

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VOLUME 4

Plain Township Seeks Release From Lakeland Corporation

Snow Blizzard Ties Up Midwest, No School

one of the midwest.'s worst saw blizzards is. upon us! The continuing snw has snarled ” to .. virt . 1 standstill, and has forced the dosing of. all schools, in this area. The storm, which, began early Wednesday evening, has been aggravated by howling wands and anks <>t snow Most roads ■ try roads have become so treacherous ti t‘ kmtry .residents, are showbound:

Tourney Play Postponed, Webster, Warsaw Winners

The sectional basketball 'toumaxnent being held at Warsaw, ground to a halt this morning: There w ill be no tcHinuiment |ila)’ This word came'from the office of toun..r • ■ co:'-: pa William f)a\is ? •Warsaw. Tin- morning (Thursday)* pnim-. pal I'a;. i'-' 'office, receivcxi a telegram from the x>(fice of Phil Eskew, romniissionrr <4 :he Ind ana High School Athletic A.xst*iauon, ■ that tournament center principals should dtx ai- ' ■ : i <■ of tournament | Warsaw commumty school superintendent Carl Burt commented that the future of the tournament would . be predicted on eather condition*. All Kosciusko county schools were dismissed this morning. ’ Mr. . Bttrt told Tin* Mail-Journal the snow bhzzard has blanketwi

Steps To Take In School Action 11, may be presumed that the follow int; Meps need to be follow. ed in bringing about the action that was pn»j>oseti by the Lakeland Community Schools Hoard of. Trasters mUh regard to the releasing of Plain township to the Warsaw Community School Corporation: ■ 1. C ontact be made with the Warsaw Hoard,, telling them of the action o( the liakeland Board and asking them.to give the matter consideration; 2. If the Warsaw Board agree s to consider the matter, rrpreM-nt-atives of the two boards and/or the entire membership of the two boards will engage in a series «rs discussions concerning the division of the assets and liabilities Which shotild accompany Plain township to the Warsaw Community Schools. 3 Upon coming to terms, identical resolutions'would be adopted by both boards and published jointly in two newspapers within the arras of the corporations involved. 4. After the publication of the sec<md notice a remonstrance period of thirty (30) days must elapse. 5. If no remonstrance is filed the action becomes effective on the thirtieth (30th> day after the appearance of the second notice or at a date specified in the jointly published resolution: whicheier .date Is later.

Christian Scien'ce Lesson For Sunday At Christian Science services this Sundav. the BWe Lesson on a Jesus will include the promise recorded in Mark (»»: And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my -name shall they cast out devils . . > They shall take tip ser- - penis; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay band/ on the skk. and thev shall recover”. Also to be considered is a related passage from the Christian Science textbook: "Jesus established in the Christian era the precedent for all Christianity, theology, and healing. Christians are under as direct orders now. as they were then, so be ChristUke. to possess the Christ-spirit, to follow the Christexample. and to heal the sick as well as the sinning". (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 138).

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At Ihlts writing - Thursday noon .- there ° appears no let-up. Radio broadcasts were beaming announcements of closing of most The set sketball tou meats in Kosciusko: county and nei- ■* .cded. and may be delayed an entire week Basket ,r Phil Es- -■ .< w’ired tourney center pi j' it by eat nd ust their'.

wdl LD RATHER FIGHT A group of Claypool girls appeared at the tournament with black < painted) eyes and w earing big lapel badges stating. ‘Us Knights Would Rather Fight Than Lose”. neighboring counties, and that the entire tourney play could be delayed one weeL I doubt if we could even get teams to the tournament today", superintendent Burt .stated.. He s<»!d, "We will operate a half .day at a lime”. Webster. Warsaw Win . I_ t st night, in the first round of the set tional ,tourney . at -Waiww, North Web'tiT and Warsaw were winners. Xorth Webster defeated Lirwill 78

Sorosis Club Has Program On Mental Health A program ’dealing with mental health was presented Monday evening. Feb 22. at the Sorosis club meeting heldr at' the home of Mrs. Parker Phend | Mrs Otto Wiggs, president, called the meeting to order and in Accord with honoring' George Washntgoti's birthday read the .American Criss! Roil call response was c-<|uc*:ifes concerning the goye;!iment. of txir*country. At tae c of the svsoin V! - ggs.tu red t ■ .< r chairman for the evening. Mrs Brown introduced Byron maker of-. Warsaw, a- former' sixth grade teacher at Milford, and Rev. J. F. Bright of Leesburg, ■■ ■ ‘ • K Chapter of Mental Health Ass tion Mr Shoemaker showed a fam prepared by Indiana I'niversity dealing wtih mental health. Rev Bright, spoke of some of h.s experiences in his work in the Mental Health Association He stressed 0 need for more volunteer help and money to support mental hospitals and schools. Refreshments of Hershey’s do ’i»ht and coffre were, served ■ Mrs Phend to t members and program guests The next meeting will be held March 8 at John Snell’s in Warsaw Members taking guests should inform Mrs Burris Sharp, so that car be arranged Drivers wtH contact members. | .. — —• MRS. AMOS ORX BURNED THURSDAY Mrs Amos 'Mary 1 Orn of the Om nursing home at Mdford received bums last Thursday when steam ' from a very hot faucet sprayed her

Annual World Day Os Prayer To Be Held March 5 At Syracuse Church Os God

The Annual World Day of Prayer sponsored by the Women’s Council of Churches will be held Friday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Syracuse Church of God. The theme this year is "What Doth the Lord Require?” The featured speaker will be Dr Alien Deeter. a professor at Manchester college. The service was prepared by Mrs. < Jesse Jai McNeil of Pasadena. Cal-

Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)

The amount of snow that fell is in doubts but estimates range from . four to eight inches. The drifting has created the hazard. Luckily, ad power has remained on. There has been no interruption ■ ■> lines are out. and most crews could '.report to work, b.as been uninterrupted. / • Ed tor s Note Where was .at least a little of thisSsnw ( trie holidays'’ 1

Assessing To Begin March 1 Kosciusko county township trustees and their assistant met at the court house in Warsaw . . two members of the state board of tax commissioners to receive supplies and instructions for assessing. Forty-seven attended the meeting according to auditor Noble < Meeting with the group wer® the county, auditor, trea-urer Carl -Lein-inger-of Columbia City, and Durwood Strang of Plymouth. ksst -- ■ g is to start March 1 and be concluded in about six weeks. - .Assessing in Van Buren township w ill begin just as soon as possible to John Davidsen. trustee Assisting Mr. Dav dsen will be Ed Cain. James Sluckman. Mrs Joseph Beres and Don Davidsen. The Turkey Creek township trustee Madison F. Jones reports as-; . sessing of personal property wdl bv*gin on- March 1. Assisting him will be Carl Franks. Vivan Disr--Arnold I'fihgst and Mrs. M. A. 1 ■•y • ■' I NEW SIRSt RIBERS TO THE MML JOURN AL J Chub Oa> s. 617-619 S. Buffalo. War^as^ 1 Mrs. John E. Lehman, Box 177 r 2. Pierceto® I Robert L Baugher' SA 775-14-50. Billet .'268 Bklg, 311 Class 09-3. RD-A Service School Command, \ Great Lakes. 111. 60088 - Bill Bammer. Box 21*. Syracuse Mrs Aiiren Poe. r.l Box 137A. Milford !, , .

ifornia. She was listed in the first edition of Who’s Who of American Women, was a delegate to the. 1960 > White House conference on Children and Youth and the first negro to ; be named “Laymen of the Year" . by the Detroit Council, of Churches. , * Family attendance is being urged and babysitters will be available . with a separate service planned for -1 the children.

!.-> 77 .ci.i W orsuw defeated 73 to 29. ' f Larwill led North Webster 21 to 16 at the end. of the first quarter, thea i .e.{ Hs lead and never came back. St ore a’ quarters were: ' North -Web-ter 16 34 49 78 ' Larwill ' . 21 33 42 57 Syracuse Toppled Unlucky in its draw, the Syracuse Yellow Jackets were easily toppled to five giants” from Warsaw. They held the Tigers well through the first ' half, podng as 'he “Davids” among -' the "Goliaths ", but lost badly in the la-t half.- . ' The quarter scores were: ! Warsaw to 26 48'73 Syracuse 4 19 26 29 It was the judgment of this writer that Warsaw is the tail team in this ' toumty. but not necessarily the most able Time wilt tell.

Asks To Join Warsaw Community School. In a spectacular move, the Lakeland school board voted unanimously in a special meeting Tuesday evening to approve a motion submitted by member Ralph Brubaker seeking the release of Plain township from the Lakeland school corporation. The motion is as follows: 1 move that we rfrake contact immediately with the board of trustees of the Warsaw school corporation to initiate discussions regarding the feasibility. of releasing Plain township in its entirety to Warsaw school corporation. Mr. Bn . Lakeland board from district 1. or Plain township. The motion was part of a statement read by Mr. Brubaker. It was seconded by Charles W. Kroh and approved by every board member. The move was not a total surprise to those close to the school board and to the thinking of at least one faction of Plain township sentiment. The sentiment-to leave the Lakeland school corporation and join the Warsaw Commui followed an impasse by the board in settling on a site location favorable to Plain township. Brubaker Statement Mr. Brubaker's complete statement follows: “Members of the board we are bearing a st ile- • garding the location of the iww high school, Residents of Plain township, wl en tl ■ into this corporation in May. 1962, were given the understanding that the future high school was to be \ located .Dear the geographic center of the corporation with, also, some regard to the student popula- . tion cei ter. Lately, it has appeared that other members of t’ne board fav >r a site more towards the opposite direction from the two centers here mention- < < essitates nearly . a ten-mile drive from the Leesburg school, as compared to a distance of 3.S miles for the Syracuse'pupils. North Webster lies about four miles to the same site. It is true that these students will comprise a majority at the new school and their feelings and .T<eds should be considered as welt. "Now. it has come to my attention that residents of Plain township are considering" another plan for the education of their children which will be more in keeping with their desires. “This proposed plan, if adopted, will greatly relieve the present strain, and will assist the other board members in a site selection of their -own closing. “Therefore, Mr. President, I make the following motion: -— "1 move that we make contact immediately with the board of trustees of the Warsaw School Corporation to initiate discussions regarding the . feasibility of releasing Plain township in its entirety to tlie'Warsaw. School Corporation". Mr. Brubaker told the board a Plain township citizens’ committee had been formed, headed by la?esburg insurance agent Emil West, to seek release from the I.akeland Schoof cprjx’ration. He said Mr. West iiad "•'>•’ families” interested in this action. When The Mail-Journal contacted Mr. West on Wednesday he issued the following statement ' for publication: * . "Speaking for the Plain Township Citizens Committee, we are very grateful for the action taken by the Lakeland School Board on Tuesday evening.' It has it-en the general feeling throughout outtownship that t’ne residents, especially the favor annexation into the Warsaw Community ' School system. This matter was discussed recently by our group and they in turn have talked with many oth.er people-in our area. We are of the impression that a great majority favor the Warsaw District. This change in thinking is very timely. The Lakeland Board is in the process of considering a site for their modern high school. If we are approved by the Warsaw officials, then our withdrawal will'greatly affect the ultimate decision of . the high school site location. Further. Warsaw is arranging an addition to their school. If we are annexed then they need to know now in order to make plans accordingly”. Mr. Kroh said this action would certainly not short change Plain township student>. tor they could go into a good sei m right away. . , Mr. Brubaker said the action was in liehalf of Plain township people as expressed in several n Superintendent Immel said such action is provided for in Chapter 296 of the Acts of 1963. --Meet With Supt. Burt On Wednesday m orn i n & superintendent Immel spoke, to the I>eesburg teachers at the LeeSburg school, informing them of the action taken by the school board. He assured them thej* would be treated as part of the Lakeland school system until definite action has been taken in this matter. Wednesday morning he spoke to Warsaw community school superinter lent Carl Burt, requesting he bring the matter before his school board that a joint meeting of the two boards could be worked out. Mr. Immel said this would mean a drop of about 500 ' students for the Lakeland school corporation, if Plain township becomes a part of the Warsaw system—from about 3,200 students to 2,700 students. 'Continued on page 12)

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TAPPED FOR MEMBERSHIP — The 14 students of Syracuse high school pictured above were tapped for membership in .he Laurel Chapter of the National Honor Society during the society’s academic con-

14 Students Tapped For National Honor Society Membership

Tiie annual National Honor So..u.y —'Laurel Cnapler — Syr.. was held last Thursday with nine iemie letters and nine senior pins being, presented and 14 students being tapped for membe’rsh.p The program which is termed, as the most important convocation of the year was held in the old high school gymnasium at 2:45. The opening remarks were given |by high school principal Milton . Brice who welcomed the parents ' and visitors present and told of membership in the National Honor ■ Re<]uirenients for jnernbership are based on scholarship, leadership, service, and character. Letters Presented Phillip Fawley, sponsor of the society, stated this is the fourth year the chapter, through the teachers. has presented the. academic betters. It is po-sible to awa’rd as many as 14 letters; however, this • is not always done as a student may receive only one letter. If ■ eligible for two or more letters the ' student must choose which subject he or she ail! receive a lefter in. Mrs Max Ellen Wagoner introduced the teachers as they presented the- letters to the seniors The following letters were presented: Agriculture letter to Fred Green . by James Alford in the absence of vocational agriculture teacher Richard Edwards. , Business letters to David Kline and Janis Perry by Eldon Ummel. : commerce teacher ; English letter to Cassie Wells by Mr. Fawley of the English depart-. - ment. / Industrial Arts, letter 'to Robert Stifiler by Mr Alford of the industrial arts department Social Studies letters to. Bril Clune and Rosemary Bushong by R< hard R. Crampton, social studies Science ’ letter to Tom Clayton by Mr Neff Pins ’ Mrs. Wagoner then read the n:unes I of seniors who received their Na-: tional Honor Society gold membership pins and Mrs. Janice Baumgartner and Mr. Fawley pinned them. These sen'ors follow: Ger; -Lou ‘Bauer. Rosemary Bushong, Jane Cecil. Linda Pilcher. Casts, Bessie Wolfe, DavidJones. Lynn Pittman and George i ' Principal Brice then presented j the speaker, Donn D Kesler, principal of Milford high school, who , delivered a short message. Principal Kesler offered his congratulations to those who received letters and pins and stated it was 1 an honor for him to speak for the occasion. Mr. Kesler.. hot knowing at the time of.his talk who the new members would be. asked each person to rate himself as he spoke on the ! qualities for membership in the society. Those qualities as mention-1 ed before are . service, leadership, | scholarship and character On the subject of service the Milford administrator stated that most j anyone would be willing to do a big service, but what about the lit- . i tie things and does them. He asked the question. "Does what you plan and dream serve a useful purpose?’ As for leadership a leader is some,one who doesn’t wait for someone to tell him what to do To be a leader you must be an individual and vou must set your goals and objectives. Mr. Kesler stated 'scholarship was easy to ev akiate. all a teach- ' Continued on page 5)

vocation held last Thursday. Seated, left to right, in the front row ’htc Rebecca Thomas, Joan Buhrt. Cheryl Peffley, Donna Huff. Kathy Dorsey, and Rebecca Smith.

220 Sees ’Crime Skit' By State Prisoners Two hundred anti twenty members and friends of the Syracuse Church ; of the Brethren saw six prisoner's of the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City present a' "Crime Prevention Skit" Sunday evening at the Syracuse church. This program was sponsored by the Helping Hands class. . Stanley Barnhart, teacher of the Helping Hands class, opened the service with the welcome. Devotions and scripture were, read by Lc ry Simon and Gilbert George : offered prayer. Sandra Kern led in 'group singing. Special music during the evening service was presented by Mrs. Ellis Eby of r 1 Syracuse and Dale .Mikel of r 2 Mifford John Joseph, a counselor at the prison, introduced the six prisoners.. escorted by two guards, as they marched to their cells on the platform in front of the church. The cells wers made of wood and paint- . ed ‘o represent cells inside -the pro son. The men presenting the skit . were either serving a life sentence murder or 35 years for armed I robbery. It was staled during the. skit that two men are confined- to a cell . the prison. Each cell contains a double bunk bed. a wash basin with cold water and a Comode. The avj erage time spent in the cell by an inmate is 15 hours a day. The audience heard the prisoners ; talking to each other as they usually -.’.hen there.'is no audience. Each man told' of his experiences and mistakes which led to his imprisonment Some of the things stated : leading to a life in prison were lack of education, rejection of parental I and constituted authority, of being called a rehicken, wanting to be a big shot, lack of religious training

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TO CONDUCT REVIVAL — Evan-gelist-artist Leroy Sheveland will conduct a revival crusade at the Syracuse Baptist church from February 25 through March 7, Services will begin each evening at 7:30. (No services Saturday evenings) Art demonstrations will be given each evening with hi-fi stereo background music. Evangelist Sheveland is a gradu-

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In the back row are David Kline, John Kramer, Brad Bauer, Bill Clune, Robbie Smith, Mike Buhrt, Robert Stiffler, and Tim Yeager. — Photo by Keith Huff.

during youth and little crimes, ■ such as stealing money from parents, pencils from teachers, candy bars, and etc. The prisoners also told of their life in’prison. By giving these skits the prisoners hope they will be able to help boys- and girls and their families to recognize mistakes in time to avoid a tragic circumstance as serving a sentence in prison. Norman Geible Wins Syracuse Spelling Bee Norman Geible, eighth grade student of Mrs. Gladys Preston, and son of Rev. and Mrs. Merrell Geible. ( correctly spelled the word “colonel’ and the next word on the pronouncer’s list "besmirched” to become the„ 1965 Syracuse schools spelling champion. Karen Allen, fifth grade - ; student of Miss Patricia Forrester. ’ and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ahen. was the Syracuse schools runner-up. The contest, an annual event sponsored by the Turkey Creek Town- , ship PT. A.. also determined the I first, secondhand third place positions in both the junior high school and the elementary school. In the : junior high school Norman Geible placed first, . David Webster, son ■ of Mr and Mrs. R. Reyburn Web--1 ster. placed second, and Pam Troy--1 es daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Troyer placed third. The ’ele1 mentary school winner -was Karen Allen while Joel Burkholder, son’ ’ . of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burkhold-- ! ’.er placed second, and Mary Ellen >. Clayton, daughter of Mr. and 1 Mrs. 1 Frederick Clayton, placed third. . Karen Allen will compete in the * Kosciusko county fifth and sixth ■ grade spelling contest in Warsaw 1 on April' 3 and Norman Geible will 1 compete in the Kosciusko County I 1 ~ ; Continued on page 5)

ate of Northwestern school, Minneapolis, Minn. He has been in evangelism work for 16 years and has appeared on statewide television for seven years in South Dakota, Nebraska, and Minnesota. ’ ' The public is invited. Nursery facilities will be available at each service.

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