The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 15, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 May 1965 — Page 9

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Lakeland Corporation To Have Four Junior High Centers

Drop Options On Ritter-Sutton Sites

The four communities in the Lakeland school corporation — Leesburg, North Webster. Milford and Syracuse — will have junior high school centers, composed o.f seventh, eighth and ninth grades, it was announced by the Lakeland school board this week.

The necessity for the decision Came about when the board studied enrollment problems and the need for a strong junior high school program. especially.’in L’<e .■.’•a- of music. dramatic:.*. and" athletics. Three-Year High This means, of course. , that the Lakeland school board has decided on Constructing a three-year high school high school program. Such a junior high. school, would allow more youngsters to participate ■ when they need to be finding themI‘s n }n addition,.-such schools can be a credit to their community in the de* B. . ... ,*ma , >up' cout -1.ling guidance, .and education direction winch is so important fat prehigh ■ readii. available T:< ■.■<!!>'!? ■.t .. minimum a- ■ ■.■ ' . ■ to an outstanding junior high school. T:'< l»oard dcd on a grade level , >of kinder: -n throu the-s yiiktgrade; a junior high school, ■ High nme 11 i of the communities-Of the corporation; h ten ti '■ • - r Tire. iecisiep was reached following, recommendation by admitiistrators as .i stud fti ■ Insofar a* community needs, eduthought by the bo; : that when these pro-high a ten through twelve high school they will be much Wter prepared to give diir social ' ■ - rr ' ' •■■■ ,■ ' ;• ren will require, remodeling antL additions, to all present bin •:’. . - .re-1 wU- • '■.! o’., r a * this wo> mean a ■. ■ - . . ... . . acuse in the 1967-68 school year This i . . In ether action, the board agreed to drop the options on the Ritter and Sutton sites which had been under < or.-id< ration The Kime site is, to remain under option on a mom.htomonth basis. ’. ’ : . , SOX OF FORMER Mil FORD MI RCHAXT VISITS AT M\ll lot RX \L OFT nr Larry Oppenheim, South Bend id ,son of the late Wil liam Oppenheim. . former Milford men - l;.m‘. visited The ■ Mjl-Jour-nal office at Milford on Friday in an of The times his father 'lived in Milford. His f.mrer buiit and operated a pan- , . ■ - mpbeU's Mike! is now located The name “Op appear* on the building Mr Oppenheim dux! in Apr The Oppenheim* have three chi! ■ VISITS IX SYRACUSE Marsha Trimmer of Goshher grandparents, the Merl I.mg!; lies. Syracuse, on Sunday. May 9.

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,i —y,, oajziNA AROUND jF*d/? V •_< 1 Atf* CUStffi ; - —i i' [MP U ■■k ■ ■ L —I i ' I.*-»k for work to begin soon on al - Burgerland store to go up in the Vil-; lime. The building will go up on! - l.tmm ami Howard land across road j - 15 from Country Corner Gifts The -■ bystaess will be established by Bill I ’ Craig of.South’Bend and Sixudon Me L . Ciain-. McClain is from Millersburg 1 ( ■ .... j The duo has e*tahlish«'d such a ’ store in Goshen on road 33 west I’ and it s going great guns. (i Hie store w ill handle a 15c ham-1 'burger, use no car bops, and f ate on the order of the popular Me |< Donald stands. Welcome to the com-1 . munity, folks! ' . .* ’ I •• • I This article appeared under 2d District new s of the May 1%5 Hod- J sier Leigonnairc: While sitting around chinning after ■ the me’ ting at - Post No. 223. t!:r «?:ii<T night we ran into a ■ ’ ’ ting i 1 Sarjent, who jeered The American 1 Legion' at. the caucus in Paris in 1919, «■ 1 was a charter member of Gddien L ■ Post, then a charter member at Syr- ’ acuse He is a past Commander of . During !:i- rnemtHT-h.p at Milford. s ' • ' ■ 1 Quite a record and he’s still a very met r. . ■,. I akcl.ind srhool Board president James Stucky, at the last board meeting said." The hot lunch program in Indiana runs into millions of dollars *!2.'So.*»‘i in the l akeland schools last month l , and laws governing the program are often ( onfli, ting. It’s time there was some legislation in this. area ". He added no Lakeland school hot lunch program operated in the red this ‘ . J car. • - ■ • • T’.e newly rexictivated Syracuse ; Chamber of Commerce has named 1 - Clem Lisor chairman of i’.s putdk 'y ' ■.c raniiltee i Five local men became Shriners at the Fort Wayne ceremonial at Fort Wayne on Saturday. M.w S. n They were Laucks Xanders. George (> Pippinger, John Kimble. Tom e Prickett, and Willard Noel. It has been confirmed that Mke ■" cdach at Gary Froebs-l. w T ’ be the Syracuse alurmi speaker at v the lush school Iniilding on Saturday,. ’ May 22. He's a good speaker and u- , sually gets $1004150 per appear- * ance. 5. A new book just out: Early,Wawasee Days by Eli Lily. The book fat ou sale at the Syracuse public ’ librarv for a nominal fee. 1- j Bob Wilsixi of Millersburg, an arid

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

golfer, found a wrist watch on num- ; her 3 tee-off at Wawasee golf course, turned it in at the club house. Don j Byrd had the watch; cleaned . and * ■. .i!!', f >-someone to claim it. Later. : Wilson called Byrd, red-faewi. and I said he thinks the watch he found I was the one he lost last fall. I Syracuse Dehydrated Products is J completing the installation of new equipment, which will give the plant all new equipment, according to general manager Gene Ludwig, The plant is aiming at control of all dust in the area, a thing that gave the old Stiefel Co. plant a "bad name" in the community. Plant's “new look” includes landM’aping of front facing *outh Hunt- , ington. If Ernie Rogers ever wants to ran fog public office: he has a built m campaign manager , Son Scott. 6. found some of dad's old name cards, preceded to dress up a bit and pass , them on* m n< .ihs-g Xc’-h Shore .Drive. Old Ern tells this one on himself. Tn an attempt to back a truck out of Lakeland Motors garage one day last week, the engine backfired, then caught afire. He made a hasty retreat for the company's fire extinguisher and didn't realize until then he didn't know where it was. When he finally found it. figured out how te use it. the fire burned itself out. Kale Island reside!’!.-, plagued with ‘ mosquitoes, heard of a small town m Illinois that put up Martin boxes. They heard a Martin will eat 1.500 mosquitoes a day. equivalent to its ,>wn weight. Islande’’s are busy reading up on‘homing habits of the bird ■■ ■ r Legion post commander Harry , Van Hcmert is busy trying to present the focal Legion post in the b.M light po-sihli*. to restore it to it- dedicated principles of Ameri- < anism. the jvo-t is purchasing a j flag to be ffown on Memorial Circle at the -Syra- as ( - cemetery on all national holulavs. during military funerals. .and similar such: <M’< asiofts, A nice note arrived on our desk v -the Austin, campus papet* of College of St. Thomas. St. Paul. Minn. A Syr*, aense grad and son of the Albert - ’ his note included this paragraph: You know I think it b tremendous that you are willing to give voung people a chance to express , themselves and their ability through your paper. A good example of this is vmr School Xews section which is written primarily by local students. Not only do you fulfill a public service need, but you help the student and teacher. I like it. and I'm glad to see that it is happening in the Milford-Syracuse area. MANAGER MOVES TO MHFtHtD MAY 7 Lakdand schools business manager Don Arnold and Mrs. Arnold moved to-Milford Friday, May <, into a home they purchased and re- ■ ■ ,t . treat

SCMMF.R HOURS FOR LAKELAXD YOUTH CENTER The summer hours for the Lakeland Youth Center at Syracuse are as follows:. Senior members. Tuesday through Satur. day. 2:30 to 5:30 and 6:30 to 10:45. Sunday 2 to 5 and closed Monday. For the junior members the hours are Tuesday through Saturday. 2:30 to 5:30 and 6:30 to 9:30. Sunday, 2 to 5 and closed Monday. Hours go into effect June 19.

“500” Drivers Begin Record Assault Saturday

Members of the. racing fratem- ■ ity today predicted new track I records in excess of 160 miles an I hour when official time trials get | under way Saturday at the I Indianapolis Motor Speedway in I preparation for the 49th annual I 500-mile race on May 31. ? Jimmy Clark of Scotland is ex- I pccted to lead the record-break- I ing assault with the hope of I becoming the fourth driver in I Speedway history- to win the No. I 1 starting position for two con- I secutive years. The others are I Parnelli Jones, a strong con- E tender again this season, and I Rex Mays and Eddie Sachs. Clark set the current one-lap and four-lap records of 159.337 and 158.828, respectively, last Ma ?- , He and Jones are the only former pole position winners in the field of 63 this year. But Rodger Ward, Don Branson and Jim Hurtubise will be seeking frontrow starting positions again and A. J. Foyt also is regarded as a strong contender for the No. 1 spot. All will be driving rear- ■ engine cars.. -I Billy Foster of Canada, first rookie to pass his drivers test' this season, heads the contingent of more than a dozen newcomers. | Speedway officials expect a tremendous turnout of race fans for Saturday s program and all - gates to the grounds will be 1 opened at 7 a.m. Contestants will be permitted to start practice at 9 o’clock and official lime trials

Lakeland Schools To Open September 8

According to. a caLander now bis* ;p hg disc j b icials in this area, school will open a Vednesday. Sept. & i r The calender was discussed at f he board mwt;ng held Tuesday I 0 May It. in the office of the super-; e ntendent. This Tuesday board mem- ;. xts attended the Turkey Creek town(hip Parent-Teachers meeting and mswered questions voiced by . par- , ' |ti The colander lists December 23 p vacation. It sets May 29 for the bac-ip .■aktureaie >ei'vices and commence- v MAS uoiikl be the next to lay in • the: i on leaving j vacation with the E. er vacation er moving it to the last |. ( •■ovs. in March ( y coordinator E d g a rat A. Speer gave two reason, for hav-J t ... vacation earlier in i< the year He said other area schools e spring ■ vacations then I and the elementary children need a vacation then. • • I If the spring vacation were moved up students would be disced al noon on Good Friday.. L Board numbers felt superintend ent Lewis S. Immel and the pr.n- , cipals of the six corporation schools should discuss this before any action is taken. Summer Program Superintendent Immel reported on the summer program at the several schools in the corporation. Arrangements have been made for the var ous baseball, summer playground. Pony League and Littie League at the several schools I J in the corporation.Donn D Kesler, principal of Milford high school, who will be in charge of the summer school. is s : reported to be working on thisl year’s school. Driver training, heal- , ( th and typing will be offered where I , their are enough to fill a class. | 1 From 12 to 15 are needed for one ■, class. Speech therapy and a- reading • A speech class was held last year under the direction of Robert Ahms of Indianapolis and drew very good responses from parents who had children enrolled Board members agreed the elementary coordinator and superintendent should go ahead with plans for a .speech therapy class. will be necessary to find another teacher as Mr. Ahrns will not be available this year. * Principal's Report Principals’ reports as read by the superintendent contained meeting attended bv each corporation principal ami of year end activities at the several schools. They told of classroom visitations. faculty meetings, field trips and , scholarships awarded. Wendell Brvant. principal at the North Webster school, also reported on the king and queen dance, the awards banquet and the musical presented, Syracuse high school principal Milton Brice reported on the East/von tvw* nfi/irv CISSS

WEDNESDAY. MAY 19, 1965

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Two veterans and a rookie "clock” their rivals during practice for the Indianapolis “500.” From left to right are Chuck Stevenson, Rookie Billy Foster of Canada and Roger McCluskey.

' will begin at 11 o’clock, following ’traditional ceremonies on the main straightaway. ] Sunday’s schedule for the seci ond session of time trials calls for the opening of gates and ’start of-practice simultaneously

play, the chili supper sponsor© 1 by die National Honor Society as 1 a benefit for Bessie Wolfe who lost members' of her family in the Palm Sunday tornado and of ■ new officers being elected by the classes. ■ ' Charles Gamer, principal at Leesxirg, reported on the prom and pro.trams given. His report al-o told of Leesburg placing third in the county D rack meet and the junior high team w placing. first in the meet. Jack Stoo-. :‘- <ey won the be-t athlete trophy He P l 'old. of purchases'made by the Paricivrs A<MKiat,:on for ’.he school. r Milford high school principal Dunn 1) Ke-ar rqwred on the’ spring concert and the algebra P class meet ng in the evening for ’■ extra study. He told of fire and gtornado drills T’ne Noble Net: be presented at ( commencement , In his principal’sreport Ed A Speer told of a meeting with the bus drivers on special problems[■ and i meeun,’ he and high school - ■principal■-Brice had with the exploratory teachers at Syracuse. He also told of working with t’ne PTA and of the safety patrol shifts. ! As elementary coordinator he .told of meeting with the kindergarten tea' and of a i bound student — ■ ' i ORGANIZE PARENTS ! ASSOCIATION AT SEMINARY I The first general meeting of Our • -f the Lake Seminary's newUy ’organized Parents. .Association was held Sunday afternoon at the | seminary Dav d Smith, Mishawaka.- was named president: Wasil Lengyel. Munster, vice-president: Mrs Edward Sullivan. .Fort Wayne, secre- i tary: and Mrs. John Northrop. I Kalamazoo, treasurer. Father i Clement Gustin, moderator, in in- i augurating the organization stated that he hoped it would be a means of greater cooperation between parents and the seminary. But he added that he also felt, that a good parents organization would prove to be an effective means to promote vocations. The seminary rector. Father iMarven Tellers.'in his talk frankly discussed the role of the minor seminary. He pointed out that contrary to popular parlance, the minor seminary does not take the ■ young man out of the world. For i; the world remains a part of rem- . ! inarv life as it must. But the minor , ■ i seminary helps to put all the var- j . I ious forces acting upon a young ■ II teenager today under control. .After the meeting the seminary ? Choristers, under the direction of • Father Richard Ohlemacher. pre- . sented their annual concert, which ! was followed by a parents-stud-ent banquet. In the evening the 1 junior class presented the witty i- political satire. "The Mouse That s Roared.”

at 9 a.m., with the first official qualification attempt at noon. Sixfy-eight cars are entered this year and only the fastest 33 qualifiers will be eligible for starting positions behind the Plymouth pact ear on Race Day.

Along Main Street By JERI SEELY Did you know Lowell Rassi and . )aie Mikel, both of r 2 Milford, s .ith the Menno singers during the ast' season. The last concert was j resented in Goshen recently. ' ? Mho can yiHt find at Our Town’s ’ basehaH diamond on Sunday afterBOOB? What are they doing? You might find the’ young - men I iracticing baseball or a youth group boys and girls alike 1 playing a very ball. Then again, you might .find a father with' his young sons or daughters flying kites in the warm May sunshine. golfers practicing their game. It is possible you might discover a ball game, three kites and golfers all at the same time. Whatever, we should be thankful we have such a place in Our lown where we can have all these varied activities. . Confiratulationis to Rhe-.ama on its recent productiofi of ’’Our Miss Brooks ’. I heard quite a few comments about it and. they were all very good. ’ The senior girls’ tea was held Sunday afternoon. It begins a round of very exciting times for the members of the MBS senior class. Our congratulations to all the seniors and to the valedictorian, Pame Phend: and the salutalorian. Becks Hoerr. Mu-hroom fever has struck the residents of Our Town. Many have . some io tb.i.s area and many residents have gone to Michigan looking for them. The Thursday Night Ladies bowling league finally ends with tomorrow night's games With Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s all coming on this day of the week it made the season longer. Congratulations to Carwile TV who is league champion. Have you noticed the building going up on state road 15 across from the drive-in’’ It wiU house the Little and Clark Insurance office when finished. What will happen to the Main , street ofifce? The paper received a very nict -hank you from the Kosciusko county medical auxiliary this week. It fol lows: A special thanks to Mr. and MrsArchibald E. Baumgartner and The Mail-Journal staff for the courtesies extended to the Kosciusko county medical auxiliary during the re- | cent nurses’ scholarship tea. The tea was held at Ruble’s las

Are Governor Press Conferences Necessary?

By FRANK A. WHITE I I • HOW IS GOV. Roger D. Bramg- j j in setting along- with his press re- ( .. ’ ii Are. Governor Press Conferences v encessary? Gov. Branigin and his immedi- . t ; ate staff present an entirely new 3 I cast of characters in the front of- 1 1 if ice of State Government. < I They constitute people who dis- ! . fer from those of out-going Gov. ; Matthew Welsh. AU people are different and have different methods, h Gov Branigin is 62. cannot sue- ; i ceed himself.' has ho ambitions to . , ibe a tele-. :sion performer. He has < Ino further political ambitions. t i If he has' any interest in what > ■has become the commodity of news, n it :s from the angle of the six w eight news staffers who daily “cov-.ri er" the State House “beat.” jl Under Branigin the format Press - 'Conference of which FDR. JFK. and ■ i Gov. Welsh' made so much, is out. j ■ He held one when criticism ■. 1 mounted in the interval between , tne November 3 election and his be* ing inaugurated that he was inaces? ' the press .. ■ J He reniihded newsmen that he. : 1 held a lifetime ed !>v the Indianapolis Press C.ub : and had no intention’ o.f relin- ■ quishing it Prior to election. ( | Branigin had been ■ toastmaster at ■] press Gridiron and was . -nerallv liked bv scribes. j • ■ Richard (Dick) Vandiver fleft-the 1 1 staff- Os an Indianapolis paper to join i Democratic campaign publicity. He ‘ was assigned to travel with Branig ” .. He is the Governor’s fulltime Pre** I Secretary. . . i While Branigin cannot be accus- » Led of peddling news, by the same, q token there has been no news sup- t ' pres*ion, as hr I -can judge He ,]. : frowns upon . department heads .striving for too much exposure in -v press and on the air. , . f During the legislature there were. d popping up issues that needed C fiea'ion by 'the Governor. Branigin i saw newsmen in these “quickie, ij conferi‘rices An effort . was made c • the Associated Pre-*. . Four Sites Suggested For Wa-Nee H.S. ; The Wa-Nee Community Schools ; ‘ iboard of trustees met Monday even- L ing,. May 10. and approved a motion ;, : ward the establisiunent of a cen- ( II tral high school for the Wa-Nee cor- - poration. . L ’ The lorfg range motion included ’, t a number of proposed sites which are to be checked by the school of-; T’-rese include the John Dirks-' t property at the northeast edge of ■ . Ntmpar.ee. the Andy ” Hostetler t farm a mile and a ha’ 1 north of Nap-: . : panw. tind Dr. L. F. Wdmoyer ; farms, about two and a half -miles * j north of Nappanee. j The time involved in ’forming a 1 ; central high . school was discussed - by s»me officials .indicat ng it may be j -ere ral such a program , lis . rompleted. ; - . | LOCAL FARM YOUTH RECEIVES HONOR Robert Stiffler has been am! siuunced as the winner of the 19651 ” DeKalb agricultural accomplishment e award given to outstanding seniors f. in Aocational agriculture depart- ' ments. To receive this award he exi celled in scholarship, leadership, and form program activities during his 1 four years in high school. I Bob is the son of Roy Stiffler of Syracuse. He attends the Syracuse high school and has been president, i vice president and secretary of j FFA, and a member of the National } Honor Society. His fanning program consisted >- of raising dairy heifers and crops, n .After hiah school. Bob plans to' ent- list in the U. S. Army. Bob is the “U 15th DeKalb agricultural award winner from Syracuse high .school, and as such his name will be en--1 graved with the other winners on a special honors plaque provided » by the sponsor. ty ’f" Wednesday. | Say, doesn’t the corner building t- look nice since they put the rede wood on it It really improves Main i- street. i- !- j Not much news. The town is quiet Telephone has not sounded more than once all day. Whoever I call—not at home.

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! United Press International wire I services, were represented. Think* : ing was, other press media, in'i eluding television and radio, as well as all daily papers, take the ' wire bureau reports. Branigin admits he did not want :to see the press between November 3 and his inauguration. However, he did not hide away in Florida, as have. , some governors in that difficult period; He bluntly told newsmen’ he did not want to talk to them. Newsmen to whom 1 .have talked, i'say Branigin protects their exclusive stories He seems to enjoy strolling into the office of his press secretary with members of the regular state house news staff. He is a wit and enjoys exchanges with reiporters. | HE SEEMS UNPERTURBED by . the "floating” population of over : 100 cameras and newsmen who show up . from time to. time for- a story. He is not impressed by the idea of losing millions and millions of dollars worth of free newspaper and air space that could be had to inform the public of governmental affairs. Dick A'andivier. Branigin’s Press Secretary; is youthful! alert, flendrer, and can make instant decisions He is the quickest route . for newsmen to see the Governor. A'andivjer has a reputation Among State |k>u*e itewmen as Ix'ing himself an ■ able reporter. ' . . . - It Js too early yet. to pass any hisforfc appraisal of Gov. Branigi igin's press relations. It can be said he is “different.” from pre- : ceding Governors in this regard; L It must be admitted that some of Welsb.'s regularly, scheduled press conferences got rather sterile There were handouts but few questions. Yet. Welsh had good press relations' overall ' ' If Branigin’s press relations wean many present day reporters from handouts and induce them to - - dig up their own stories, it will be a worthwhile contribution.. PersonalI .ren not enthused about. Branigin’s press relations nor am I over, critical. CHECK BOAT REGISTRATION A reminder to Hqosct boat owners — b>ret l:re n-e registration vomes due. ..At- v tiiree-years on the anniversary date" of the original registration. In • r. anxiety to be put on Indiana’s- ■ rivers and streams, owners- sometimes forget to check their registration certificate and place themselves ' In jeopardy of arrest by the Enforcemwt Division of 1 the Department of Conservation. Time, money, and trouble will be eliminated by a quick ‘check of the date of original registration . ; . a small effort early'will assure boat owners .of .a pleasant j summer boating season. VICKI FULLER-JO ANN ROYER RECEIVE JOURNALISM AWARDS MUNCIE — Two Kosciusko county students at Ball State university . have received "distinguished service in journalism" awards at the university for their work on student tcations during the last ye.ir.. ‘ Vicki Lou Fuller, sophomore, re{ceived her award for work with the student yearbook, the Orient. Sh< s laughter of Mr. and , Mrs. Arlo Beiswanger, 1250 North road. Mihord. and is an elementary , education major and psychology minor at. the university. . Jo Ann Royer received her a- ! ward for performance with the Ball State News. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Royer, ! Box 184. North Webster. She is an elementary education, major at Ball State. The awards were announced at the Journalism Honors program climaxing journalism week on the [ i campus. 1 <■ ' * at \ \