The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 8, Milford, Kosciusko County, 31 March 1965 — Page 1

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Plain Twp. Overwhelming For Joining Warsaw School

The residents of Plain township -voted overwhelmingly m favor, of joining the Warsaw community school corjx>riit:on in - its opinion poll token from 10 ::’T : 9.15 pm. Saturday at the Leesburg school building. / . . ■ vor Os joining die Warsaw com-, munity school corporation, and X’s per cent in favor of remaining in the Lakeland school c<>rjM>rati<<. 831 Vote A total <>f .■r> voter- registered the.r - preference, although two ballot* were .put in the ballot box uniharked and two votes were challenged. leaving a total of 831 who to- Warsaw, and 270 to remain in Lakeland. The vole was 163 more than ballots in the May 5. 1964, vote. -■ ballots, it was noted. - ' ’ On Monday morning Lai the vote figured 67.-4098' per cent favored the W.c M * , system, and 32.5302 per cent favor-, cd remaining ;n tlx* Kikei-md school system The polling place was kept open than originally planned > • The ■ en‘ : s were .! ./ i the Lakeland board member Ralph Bru baiter of Leesburg made a motion to accept the figure, and that no < further polling would be necessary. | The motion was seconded by member William Pearl and Unanimously ajiproved . Half <>: the ballots were marked with aap “A" and half with a “B". Half of them Listed a Warsaw pre-1 ferer.cv as first choice and the other half listed lire lakeland prefI School officials said the keen in i terest in' the issue. pirns the fact ; that a PTA. sponsored fish fry was being held in the school's gym. accounted for the heavy vote turnout. ’' I Fou n in front | of the Leesburg school bearing I signs, urging voters to “Vote Warsaw.” attesting to the amount of organlzation behind Plain Township > Citizens Committee which favored secession from the Lakeland school j corporation I No Decision Members of the Lakeland school board would not say early this .week | what steps wdl be taken in light of I the Saturday opinion poll. It is ap- ' parent, however, that they will I meet with, the Warsaw community I school board to consider what steps] to take. The Saturday vote was the result v of an inpasse reached by the board i over the selection a school site for the new Lakeland school. It I was pointed out at the Lakeland I school board meeting last Thesdav night that tin* issue became clouded. that Plain township residents felt they* were forced into a “Warsaw or Syracuse” decision. The Lakeland board emphatical- J ly stated it held no Syracuse site • options, that Richard Miller, e< al. had submitted an option on a piece of ground just west of Syracuse, but that it was never signed nor . accepted by the Lakeland board. A vote was taken to destroy the Miller paper at that time, and it was done. I The only sites under option are j sites known as the Kline site, Sut- J ton site and Ritter site. Shelley Kaiser Celebrates Birthday Shelley Kaiser of Milford celebrated her eleventh birthday test Thursday. March 25. with a party at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kaiser. Games were enjoyed and a lunch was sew*, ed. Those attending were Vickie and Judy Little. Peggy Doty. Pam Kaiser Annabeth Arthur, Gloria Mehl. Seaßetewri Sue Monetfrffer. aU of Milford. ATTEND MOTHER S DAY ACTIVITIES AT MANCHESTER Mrs. Maxwell Simon of Syracuse attended the Mother’s day activities at Manchester college. Saturday, March 27. She attended the tea and banquet. She also visited the Calvin Ulrey dormitory where her son Richard is residing

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COUNTING BALLOTS — Lakeland school Saturday night, following balsrhool board members, Kuperintmd- loting on the issue of Plain township •nt 1 • wis InniH-l. and business man | -receding from the Lakeland school ager IMm Arnold are shown here | orporation to join the Warsaw Comcounting ballots at the Ix-csburg munity school system.

Escapes Injury In Freak Accident Last Night

James- Chambers, Milford, was reported to be in a dazed epnditkm after oyerttffnittg his 1957 Chev- ■■■.-■ • .•:• L"; k.v <'rec-k south of Milford around 11 pm. Tuesday;) According to Milford chief of police Vernon Wolf. Chambers was btifidcri by bright lights from an • wH-om ng car and h:t the west ..- •nt of the bridge with the SEVEN MHS STUDENTS ENTER REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR : Se\en Milford high school stu- : ) dents have entered the Northern Indiana Regional Science Fair! which will be held at the University ; of Notre Dame on Saturday, I X nTe Milford students who have [entered the fair all received eith-1 era first, second or third place I . rating at the Lakeland Community School Corporation Science Fair. j The Milford students who have [ entered the fair are as follows: Dan | , Beer. Lqo Anglin, Alien Brunjes. D.irrvll Custer. Larry Ikswer, Alan-; na Ont, and Jerry WSsoa . T: -'r’.vvor. to the fair w:H be pro\ ided by I-eo Anglin Sr. FUTURE BUILDERS PLAN CAR WASH Members of the Future Builders ; class .of the Milford Christian : church met last Thursday night in • the home of Mr. and Mrs John > Yeater at Nappanee and discussed | plans for a car wash. | | - The car wash will be held at C. S. Myers Body shop in Milford from :? to 6 pm on Saturday. April 10 Also discussed at the meeting , were a bulletin board and. maps for the class room. .And the pcssibilities i-of selling stationery' with the picture | of the church on it. ■ The April meeting will be held | at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roger ’ Graff following communion servI ices on April 15.

Don Gonsoski Presents Demonstration On Knot Tying

Don Gonsoski of Elkhart presented a demonstration on knot tying at the Alondav evening meeting of the Milford- Cub Scouts Pack 47. “South of the Border” was the theme of the meeting. Den 7 presented the colors. Mrs. diaries Boddinger is den mother of den 7. A skit on fiesta time was given by den 4. Mrs. Glen Treesh is den mother for this den. A large pinata filled with candy was broken by the boys and each received a treat. Den 1. den 3 and den 5 had displays centered around the theme. Den mothers are Mrs. Carl Speicher. Mrs Forrest. Ramser and Mrs. Alvin Waldbeser, respectivdy. A skit entitle “Ferdinand the BuH” was presented by den 6 Den mother is Mrs. Robert Spearman. T*ie following awards were presented: Den 1- John Fisher, wolf badge;

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left front fender of his car, which j ■ preceded on into the creek The driver of the other car did | not stop Chambers walked home. | Acrording to the chief Chamb- j ers suffered a rather bad bump on i the head, and was still dazed this morning- (Wectaeeday The car is listed as. a total loss. I Mrs. Hursey Uninjured In Accident Mrs V. G Hursey was uninjured when !x*r car struck a cement block-j winch had been pulled into the road.! The accident happened in front of the Pure Oil bulk plant on the Mil- : ford-Syrac.use road. It wxs bc-liev txl the block had been pulled onto the! road by a truck leaving the plant. According to Milford police chief , Vernon Wolf. Mrs. Hursey thought, the block was a chunk of ice until: ■ after she hit it J Considerable damage was done to her 1962 Cadillac convertible. Christian Science Lesson For Sunday How the power of God operates ;n human affairs is explored in this week's Bible Lesson to be read at; fall Christian Science churches The ■ Gotdea Text is from Luke (18-27 ■: ■ The things which are impossible ’ with men are possible with God." Several dramatic examples witt be read from the Bible, illustrating the availability of divine power in : overcoming the discordant condi- i tions of material existence. The ■ subject is "Unreality.” Citations) from the Christian Science textbook ■ will include these lines: “From be-| gmning to end. the Scriptures are (uh of accounts of the triumph of Spirit. Mind, over matter ...When man is governed by God, the everpresent Mird who understands all things, man knows that with God : all .things are possible” Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 139. 180

Joe Hickman, gold arrow; Larry Speicher, gold arrow Den 2 - Kerry Scott, wolf badge; Douglas Hoerr, woif badge and gold ■ arrow. Mrs. Frank Scott is the den I mother. Den 5 - Rick Neff, wolf badge and gold arrow; Kent Sawyer, wolf badge and gold arrow; Stewa£ Coy wolf badge and gold arrow; Brad Taylor, wolf bodge; Mark Dean, ! woif badge. Den 6 - Steve Blauser, wolf badge; ■Jeff Housouer, wolf badge. Den 7- Matt Roudabush. wolf badge and gold arrow; David Ham- : ilton, wolf badge. . I The attendance award was won by den < Den 2 closed the meeting » with the Grand Howl. i The next pack meeting wiH be held April 36. A committee meeting wfll be held tonight (Wednesday) at 7:30 pan. ; at the home of Mrs. Uoyd Mynhier.

From left are WUliam Pearl. Mr. Arnold. Mr. Immel, Lakeland board president Janies C. Stucky, Glenn Brown, and Ralph Brubaker. Member Janies Kroh was absent.

H. Baumgartners To Mark 25th Anniversary Mr and Mrs. Herbert W. Baumgartner of Milford will observe their 25th wedding anniversary Sunday. April 4, at open house from 2. 30 to 5 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Baumgartner, Mr. and Mrs. Baumgartner were married April 6. 1940, at the Saint Patil Methodist church I at South. Bend Mrs. Baumgartner is the former Edith Rodgers of.South Bend. Friends are invited to call at the Baumgartner residence during the open house. The open house will follow a famdy dinner at the Arch Baumgartner residence for the honored couple. Neal Cory To Observe 25th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs Neal Cory of near Milford will observe their 25th wedding anniversary’ next week They were married on April 7, 1940, at the Silver Street church near Goshen They have three children, Mrs. Fred < Dame 1 Weisser of r J Milford: Dennis, a junior at Phillips university in Marburg. Germany.; and David, at home. There are two grandsons, Douglas and Gregory ■ Weisser. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Walter S Miller and Rev. and Mrs. Lee R. Cory, all who reside on r 1 Milford. DR. C. E. GORHAM SPEAKS TO MILFORD METHODIST MEN Dr. C E Gorham, Milford and New Paris physician, spoke before a dinner meeting of the Milford Methodist men’s group at the church dining room Monday night. He spoke on what is new in the | medical field and answered ques- : tions posed by the group. I The church WSCS served a chicken dinner. PYTHIAN CLUB HAS POTLUCK DINNER The Syracilse Pvthian club met Thursday, March 25, in the home of Mrs. Elva Connell with Mrs. Estella Swartz and Mrs. Sam Searfoss as the cohostesses. A potluck dinner was served at I noon to 12 members. In the after- ' noon Mrs. Ella Unrue, president, presided at the business session. Games were played as a feature of the entertainment, with prizes going to Mrs. Ethel Grubb and Mrs. | Clarence Snyder. Mrs. Oriie Brown : won the door prize. The next meeting will be held .April 28 in the home of Mrs. Maude deiger. j. ' ' ' — STORY HOUR AT LIBRARY IN SYRACUSE There will be a story hour at the Syracuse puHic library, children’s dtpartment. on Saturday, April 4. from 1 to 2 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1965

LCSC CALENDAR FOR .APRIL Following is the Lakeland Community School Corporation’s calendar for the month of April : April 6—LCCTA at Syracuse. April B—County school principals’ meeting. April I’4-18— Easter vacation ■ both dates inclusive). April 23—End of fifth attendance period (27 days). April 29-30—County track meet.

Buz Sessions Planned By County Red Cross Mrs Cleo Flowers and Neil Bennett. first aid chairman for the Kosciusko county chapter American Red Cross, announced today plans for the first of several planned buz ■ sessions to be held at different locations throughout the The first meeting will be ’held Thursday. April 1. at. 7 :30 p.m. at the, chapter house Tins is for safety service instructors authorized to teach in Kosciusko county. Techniques, skills, demonstrations. etc, will be main topics discussed and Worked on. The first session will be a train: inc and instruction on the use ,of two Resusci Annies, which have been contributed by Gerald McHatton. Tri-Kappa and Delta Theta Tau sororities of Warsaw It is planned that demonstration teams will be set up to provide safety programs for any grouos or organizations wishing to avail themselves of this knowledge. Contact your . Kosciusko county chapter. American Red Cross, a linked fund agency, to schedule programs. LCW OF GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH SEES FILM The Lutheran Church Women of the Syracuse Grace Lutheran church met on Wednesday evening. March 24. with 12 members present. The president. Mrs. Wallace Liniger, presided at the business session. Mrs. William Bailey was chosen as a delegate to the Indiana-Ken-tucky LCW convention to be held in Louisville. Ky.. on April 21-22, The mother-daughter committee co n--ists of Mrs. Hilary Bachman, -M; - s. George Haney and Mrs. Eva Brunner. I: was announced that coffee will be served following the Sunday morning service on the fourth Sunday of each; month. Rev. Carl H. Satre, pastor, presented the lesson and showed a film entitled “Helsinki Viewpoint" which concerns the International Lutheran World Council convention held in Helsinki, Finland. The next meeting wall be held April 28 with Mrs. Charles Miller and Mrs. Alma Laine as the hostesses. PET DOG WARNS FAMILY OF FIRE The pet dog at the'home of Mr and Sirs. James Hann awoke the family by barking at 6:30 a.m. Sunday. March 28. The family found the house filled with smoke and going into the kitchen they, found the cabinets ablaze. Mr Hann called the Syracuse fire department, then started using water to put out the fire. ; The fire was out when the department arrived. The house is owned by Mrs. Dale Grimes who was also in the house at the time of the fire. There was no estimate given as to the damage to the wall paper, cabinets and door, which will have to be replaced. Syracuse Man Escapes Injury In Auto Mishap Richard Wooten. Syracuse, escaped injury early Monday morning when he lost control Os his 1960 Mercury and skidded off the road and into a fence, on the MilfordDewart Lake road, C. R. 300 E and 1300 N. Mr. Wooten was driving north on the Milford road and attempted to apply his brakes at the road junction.’ The roads were icy and he tost control of the car, it skidded across the road, hit the fence and a tree. The accident occured about 6 a.m. State trooper Herschell Harper, who investigated, reported SSOO damage to the vehicle. SERMON FOR MILFORD METHODIST CHURCH “Make Your Days Count” is the title of the sermon to be delivered Sunday morning at the Methodist church in Milford by the pastor, Rev Richard Sumner. Scripture wdl be John 19:17-18.

110 Donate 104 Pints of Blood At Syracuse Friday

One hundred and ten residents of Syracuse and neighboring areas donated 104 pints of blood at the mobile unit in operation at the SyTacuse gym Friday, March 26. Twentytwo were first time donors and 30 donors made replacements for friends or relatives who have received blood. George Weybright of r 2 Syracuse and Ralph Frantz of r 2 Warsaw, the two top donors in the Kosciusko County Red Cross blood program, gave their 53d and 52d pints of- blood, respectively. Both hope, to become members of the seven gallon group and have given consistently throughout t'ne 14 years the blood program has been in operation in the county. Receive Pins Father Ignatius Lempart and .An-, ton J. Schik received their three gallon pins and Rev. W. A. Straka his two gallon pin. They are all from Our Lady of the Lake Seminary at Lake Wawasee. Noble Holderread of Milford . also received his two gallon pin. Sylvanus Miller of Nappanee, Harvey Hollar and Dennis Rumfelt, both of Milford. Mrs. Gerold Kline. Nedra Jones, and F. A. Bud 1 Smith, all of Syracuse, received their one-gallon pins Mrs. Charley F. Kroh and Mrs. E. W. Hall of Syracuse were in charge of all arrangements. The Primary, Intermediate, Junior and Senior Mothers clubs, the Women’s Relief Corps, Newcomers club. Lions, Syracuse American Legion Auxiliary, Rotary. Business and Professional club. ETB church circle, WSCS of the Methodist church, and others met all canteen needs and assisted with, the recruitment for the visit of the mobile unit.

In This Issue • Oral vaccine Sunday - pages 1 and 5, sec. 1. • Piain township vote - page 1, sec. 1. • Easter coloring - page 3, sec. 1. • Letters to editor - pages 2, sec. 1, and 3, sec. 2. • Editorials - page 8, sec. 1. • , ■ RETURNS TO CANADA Mrs. Edna M. Norris who visited her sister, Mrs. Tom Schlecht in the Treadway apartments at Syracuse, returned last week to her home in Preeceville. Sask., Canada.

Hey, Boys And Girls! Enter The Easter Coloring Contest — Prizes!

This year an Easter coloring contest is being held for boys and girls in the Lakeland area. You may enter with the cartoons featured on a full page in this issue of The Ma lJoumal. Prizes will be awarded to a winner for each firm sponsoring a cartoon and grand prize. The contest rules are as follows: 1. Contest open to children in this area kindergarten through fourth. 2. Paint, pencil, or crayon may be used for coloring. 3. Entries must be received at each sponsor's firm not later than Saturday, April 10 at 2 p.m. 4. Accuracy and appearance

Teacher's Welfare Committee Meets With Lakeland School Board

Members of the teachers’ welfare committee of the Lakeland Community School Corporation met Tuesday evening with members of the school board for preliminary' discussion on salaries and benefits. Members of the committee are Joseph Judkins, Milford, chairman; Philip Fawley, Syracuse; David Wingard, Milford: Virginia Ditmer, Syracuse; Paul Royer, North Webster; Hazel Snyder, Leesburg; Roger Bower, Leesburg; and Lois Royer, North Webster. All were present for the meeting except Mr. Bower and Mrs. Royer. Also attending the meeting was Mrs. Nellie Gooch of Leesburg, president of tiie corporation’s classroom j teachers association. 3 Ballots Following Saturday’s referendum at the Leesburg school three ballots had been questioned. Mr. Immel reported to the board stating one was-

Workers Workers for the day were: Gray Ladies, Mrs. Carl Penn and Mrs. Vernon Beckman, both of SyTacuse, and Mrs. Irene Disher of Milford; staff aides. Mrs. R. M. Whitney, Mrs Emerson Moser. Mrs. Lee H. Pattison, Mrs. Gary Groninger, Mrs Scott Flowers, all of Warsaw/ Canteen. Mrs. Charles Barringer, Mrs. Otho Piperi Mrs. Norman Clay, all of Warsaw. Mrs. Floyd Smith of Leesburg. Mrs. Jesse Miller, Warsaw; nurses, Donna Johnson. Mrs. John Kroh. Mrs. Ralph Atkinson. Mrs. Hugh Neer, all of Syracuse: Mrs. Dean Dowdy of Milford: motor senice. Mrs. Russell Creighton of Warsaw. Nurses aides, Orta Koontz and Mrs. Frank Montel, both of Atwood, Mrs W. A. Gasaway of Warsaw; doctors, Robert Craig, E. L. FoSbrink. Jack P. Clark, all of Syracuse, G> W. Stalter of North Webster: volunteers, Mrs. H. A. Burson. Mrs. Blanche Kline, Mrs. George Myers. Mrs. G. H. Schaeffer. Mrs. Frank Bieber. Mrs. Dale Plumrper. Mrs, Loren Longenbaugh, all of Syracuse, and Mrs. Wilbur Baumgartner of Milford. Other area recruiters were Mrs Herbert Baumgartner,. Mrs. Robert Rumfelt. Mrs. Harlan Wuthrich. Mrs. Donald Ahrns, Mrs. John Replogle, Mrs Roger Graff. Mrs. Harry Doty, Mrs. Robert Hurd,- Mrs. Herbert Stump. ’ all of Milford, Mr. and Mrs. Buri Silver. Mrs. Earl Teghtmeyer of North Webster, and Mrs. Loren Hahn of Scott township. The Syracuse high school students set the unit up and Our buly of the Lake Seminary students took \it down.

Moonlight Madness Sale To Be April 9

The Syracuse businessmen met today (Wednesday) at 7 a. m. at the Bon-Len Snack Shop and made plans for a Moonlight Madness Sale to be held April 9 from 9 p. m. til' midnight. The uptown stores and businessfeature sales and door prizes for the event. Several forms of advertising were discussed for tlw sale. Dues were decided and a regular meeting date was set for the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 a. m. at the Bon-Len. Holmes President Officers elected were Thornas

- count. Judges decision will be final. 5 5. Mount each entry on an 8 and - one half inch by 11 inch slieet Os i paper which you have labeled with - your name, address, phone num- > ber, school and grade. jp 6. Take, each cartoon to the firm which sponsored it before the deadline for entries. > Some of the entries will be on display by the various sponsors and arrangements are being made to | have them judged and the winners announced in The Mail-Journal the i week preceding Easter. Sponsors of the Contest and the i : prizes to be given to the winner s

n’t registered, one used to be registered but had moved, and one was acceptable. Mr. Immel opened th£ ballot declared acceptable and read it. The ballot favored joining the Warsaw schools. The other two ballots were destroyed unopened. Upon completion of a school opinion pool anjdysis results will be sent to the Warsaw school board. Lakeland school board members stated manv Plain township residents still don’t understand The referen- • dum wasn’t the deciding factor. The two school boards, Lakeland and ; Warsaw, must make the final deci- • sion. ’, ! t Sewer Repair A problem with the sewer at the North Webster, school was reported i by business manager Don Arnold ; and discussion was held. It had been recommended a dry ■i well be put in at the school as a

Donorg ; Others donating in addition to those . mentioned before are as follows: Bob Bosstick. Carlton Beer, Maur- ; ice Beer, Harold Hostetter, Bernard . Gonda, Clariece Stilmp, Jill Beezley. . Joe Hughes, Paul Haab, Clyde Butt, i Jean Rogers. "Jane Buster, Robert St'arls, Priscilla Juday, Kenneth . Elson. Helen Frushouer. Steve Kerr. , Juidth Kistler. Lucien Jones. Janet f Ejam. Carol Koble, Roxanna Hadley, - Howard Beer, Leona Buhrt, Melvin . ’ Miller. John Kroh. Steve Smith, , Vera Hall, Ray Yoder, Lois .Allen, : Rev. Robert Mundy, Martha Arnold, r Paul Moore, Lois Schoeff, Jerry f Rogers, Laurence Griffith, Chet McCuen. John Clingerman, Edith 1 Sands. Donna Hostetler, Don Arnold, , .Edith Welty, Rev. David Haifley, ; Ronald Strieby, Marylee Clingaman, - Doris Dorsey. Geri Bauer, Betty - Kowallik, Esther Weaver, Helen : Knapp, Olive Hart. Art Mabie, Nor- . ma Copeland. Pat Sanders, Everett . Welty, David Nulf, Jesse R. Haab, j-Wymbnd Luttman. Blanche Rhoades,. . Paul Beezley. Dean Troup. Ida . Troup. Jack Wiseman, Doris Jones. : Rev. Jason Martin. Larry Scheiber. ’ Rev Marvin Tellers. .Dennis Kennedy. Charles R. Teeple. Mrs. Keith : Koble, Mrs. Norman Robie, Darlene Hire. Gene Hall. Wilma Allen, Elly Blakesley, Carl Myrick, Joe Ba?tith, Charles Searfoss. Don Novy, Eleanor Denny, Leon White, Sue Firestone, Maurice Crow, Thelma CroW, Dale Allen, Warren Benson, Howard Hummel, Lowell Stidham. Ray Haab, Paula Haab, Leonard Stump. June Cripe. Bea Brown, Elmer Hostettler, Voyle Osborn, John P. Connolly, Clay, and June Davis.

Holmes, president; Terry McClintic, i vice president; Robert Burkholder, ; secretary’; and Mrs. -Georgia Buster, i treasurer. The name “Uptown Businessmen’s Association of Syracuse” was ap- • proved by those attending. The next meeting will be April 14. i Attending today’s meeting were ? Byron Connolly, J. B. Cox, Eldred Mabie, Robert Burkholder, Terry • McClintic, Everett Crow, Thomas I Holmes, Nelson Mier, Jack Elam, . Douglas Pilcher/ Al Dobson, Miss Rosina Baumgartner, and Mrs. Georgia Buster. , • 5

from' each place are as. follows: 1 Augsburgers IGA, Milford, $5 gift; : First National Bank of Warsaw, i Milford Branch, $5 savings account; ■ certificate: Campbell’s’ Market, -Milford, $5 bill; W. R. Thomas 5 and i 10, Syracuse, $5 gift box; Wa- ■ wasee Village Hardware, Syracuse $5. merchandise certificate; Burgers Dairy Store, Wawasee Village, Syracuse, $5 gift and Foo and Faye, Syracuse, two dinners." A grand prize of .$5 will be awarded by The Mail-Journal. Contestants are urged to get their i entries in early and we hope all boys I and girls in the area will enter.

temporary measure. A 10 foot deep by six foot well was estimated to cost $312. It. was thought two such wells would be necessary. These could be used later. A motion was made by C. W. Kroh and seconded by William E. Pearl that the two dry wells be installed. Discussion was also held on the possible renting of the Herman building in North Webster for additional classrooms for the 1965-66 school year. Four or five classrooms could be housed in the building. Proper authorities are to be contacted to look at . the building and make recommendations as to what improvements must be made if the building is used for classes. I Present at the meeting besides the teachers and board members listed above were hgard president James |C. Stucky, Glenn L. Brown, and Ralph Brubaker; and elementary coordinator Edgar A. Speer.