The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 49, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 January 1966 — Page 7

Syracuse Mothers Object To Test They Consider To Be Objectionable

Several mothers of students in the Syracuse school appeared at the Lakeland Community School Corporation's board of trustee’s meeting Tuesday night to object to a test they considered to be "questionable” and invading the privacy of the home.

The ladies were objecting to a test I: given by a Manchester college student, who is a graduate of Syracuse high school. The test was given just prior to the Christmas vacation and was necessary for the college student’s course in sociology. Test A section of about 30 eighth grade students and a section of about 30 juniors were tested. Mrs. Betty Dust presented board president James C. Stucky with a, copy of the test. Board member i Charles W. Kroh had received a. copy earlier, however, had not pre- 1 sented it to the board. Mr. Stookey stated he had seen the test for the ‘ first time Monday night ! Mrs. Dust said she had attended a meeting a few months ago when 1 testing in the corporation schools; was discussed. She continued that she had been reassured when she left the meeting that her children weren’t being asked questions that were an invasion to the privacy of the home. Mrs. Dust was told the test given and in question wasn’t a scheduled, test but was given as an exception to the rule so the college student • could finish an assignment in sociology and receive a grade. Inventory Syracuse high school principal ; Robert Slavens stated he had read the test before giving his pemiis- i sion for it to be administered. He stated the test in question wasn’t really a test but an inventory. No

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'names are given and it isn’t scored. The main reason for giving the test is to see how the community rates with the text books used in college, i The ladies asked why such questions as “What do you think your father earns in a week . . . month |. . . year . . .” and “Do you have conflicting moods of love and hate for members of your family?” were on the test. And asked if their child; had to take a test such as this when it was given. One mother asked to see a test her daughter had taken last year. 1 Mrs. Dust read excerpts from an article-published in a Chicago paper in November regarding testing in schools. Some discussion followed. Mrs. Dust stated she did not want ‘any test that pertained to invasion of : the privacy of the home given to her children without her permission. , In answer to the question on love and hate, one mother asked what child doesn’t have days that he or she gets mad at his or parents. She ’was told this proves the child is normal. Mr. Slave!® asked where the college students could go if the school corporation shuts the door on their own graduates. I Again Mr. Slavens stated he had I read the test and didn’t feel their | was anything wrong with it or it was detrimental to anyone’s character. When asked why the same question was asked over and over in different wording the principal said he didn’t know’ because lie wasn’t a test expert. Near the close of the discussion parents were told no more unlisted tests would be given without superintendent Lewis Immel’s permission. Board member Jerry Helvey stated all of “us” can make poor deciI sions and good ones. The board can’t strap teachers down. Mrs. Dust stated she had showed i the test to the personnel manager of a factory who stated he couldn’t use NOTICE The Syracuse Newcomers Club Asks That All Newcomers To The Community Contact Mrs. Gerald Schaefer For Information Regarding Membership. The Club Has No Way Os Knowing The Perspective Members Unless They Make Themselves Known. They Would Also Like To Have The Cromwell Woman Who Wrote The Unsigned Letter To The Club To Contact Mrs. Schaefer. ' - ——J I

it Following additional discussion the subject was dosed. Objects to Letter Mrs. Jean Rogers was present at the meeting and questioned the board on a letter dated September 15 and signed by Syracuse elementary principal and Lakeland coordinator Edgar Speer. According to the letter Mrs. Rogers would have to schedule all parent-teacher conferences through him. She stated she wanted a conference with a teacher, however, she wanted a private one. She stated she wanted the same privilege as other parents and stated Mr. Speer helped create the problem. I Mr. Immel stated he had seen the letter and approved it. | Mrs. Rogers also asked to see the | accumulative file on her daughter, {when denied she wanted to know what was in the file she couldn’t see and why she. as a parent, didn’t have the right to see it Present at the meeting’ were board members James C. Stucky, Jerry L. Helvey, diaries H. Purdum, Jr., and C. W. Kroh; superintendent Immel, attorney Robert Reed, business manager Don Arnold and coordinator Speer. Also, Robert Slavens, Mrs. Charles Searfoss, Mrs. Jean Rogers, iMrs. Betty Dust Mrs. Wallace HuffIman. Mrs. Everest Crow, Mrs. Donna Hostettler, Mrs. Carl Hepler and iMrs. Arch Baumgartner. I MILFORD TOWN BOARD TO MEET MONDAY EVENING The Milford town board will meet Monday in the town hall at 7:30 according to an announcement this week. | Board members did not meet on January 3 as planned. rWANTI

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS Notice is hervby elven to the taxpayers of Kosciusko County. Indiana, that the proper lesal officers of said municipality at their regular meeting place in the Court House, in the City of Warsav. Indiana, at 9:00 A. M. EST. on the 17th day of January. 1966. trill consider the following additional appropriations, which said officers consider necessary to meet the extraordinary emergency existing at this time. Ceanty General Fund CAA lOtd - Addition'*! Salary. Secretary MM.tO CAA IWte - Additional Salary. Assistant Secretary 218.00 Rec lO2a - Additional Salary of First Deputy 288.00 Ree 102 b - Additional Salary of Second Deputy 264 00 TOTAL .. ... 51,088.00 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT TAXPAYERS APPEARING AT SUCH MEifUNO shall have the right to be heard thereon The additional appropriations as finally determined will be automatically referred to the State Board of Tax CoDunissloa<rs which Commission will hold a further hearing within fifteen days at the County Auditor's office of Kosciusko County. Indiana, or at such other place as may be designated. At such hearing taxpayers objecting to any of such additional appropriations may be heard and interested taxpayers may inquire of the CountyAuditor, when and where such hearing will be held. Dated January 5. 19b<5. • NOBLE C. BLOCKER : Auditor. Kosciusko Counts. Indiana MJ — J. 5 * 12

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' Farm Bureau Leaders To Meet Wednesday : FORT WAYNE — Farm Bureau leaders from an area in northeastern Indiana will meet j on Wednesday, Jan. 19, for the , district two Farm Bureau meeting. The program will begin at 10 a. m. * at St. John’s church, south of Fort Wayne. Addressing the farm leaders will [ be George R. Harvey, secretarytreasurer of Indana Farm Bureau, who will discuss the policies on pub- (| lie issues adopeted by the organizaj tion for 1966. He will explain Farm , Bureau’s “Marketing Food for ! Freedom” program, a new ap-j , I proach to improve America’s food , aid program to foreign nations. I The program is designed to strength-, 'i en the income position of U. S. I: farmers and to assist less-develop- , 'ed countries in the solution of their economic problems. Other topics reapportionment, compulsory unicm j membership and the inclusion of ~ farm workers under the minimum wage law. •' Marion Stackhouse, director, FB , commodity department, will analyze the farmer’s role in marketing. j The women's public speaking I ; contest will be conducted in the afternoon with a winner chosen to represent the district in the state contest during the Farm Bureau Woman’s conference at Indianapolis in February. In charge of plans are district 1 Farm Bureau director George Neff, t Goshen, and district woman lead- . er Mrs. George Felger, Churuj busco. i Counties included in Farm Bureau district two are: Elkhart, LaGrange. Steuben, Kosciusko, Noble, DeKalb, Whitley, and Allen. VISIT DAUGHTER IN CALIFORNIA Mr. and Mrs. Don Ahms returned to Milford recently from a visit ;with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ulrey at Whittier, Calif. Mrs. Ulrey is the former Judi I Ahms.

Wool Growers To Bring In Receipts For ’65 Year Scott Horn, chairman of the Kosciusko Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation county committee reminds all wool growers the 1965 marketing year ended December 13, 1965. In order to receive the incentive payment under this program all receipts from sales of either wool or unshorn lambs sold in 1965 must be in the office on or before January 31. All receipts, either for wool or lambs, must have an original authorized signature of the buyer. Wool receipts must indicate number of pounds sold and price. Lamb receipts must indicate the lambs were unshorn and their weight. The WSDA has announced the shorn wool incentive price of 65 cents a pound for the 1966 marketing year which represents an increase of three cents a pound over the present level. Any wool or I lambs sold beginning January 1, J through December 31, will be re- ; corded for the 1966 marketing year. ,As in previous years, shorn wool payments will be equal to a per- j centage of each producer’s cash | returns from sales. The percentage | will be that required to raise the 1 national average price received by 1 all producers for shorn wool up to the announced 65 cents a pound incentive price. The chairman explained the support price for wool for 1966 is fixed by a formula in the food and agriculture act of 1965. This j legislation amended the national' wool act of 1954 and extended the wool payment program through ! 1969. I The chairman also reminds the j producers of the new location of the A9C office. The new address is 105 east Main street, Warsaw. Mr. And Mrs. Joe Bushong Attend Retirement Dinner As guests of Mr. and Mrs. Landis Pressler of Fort Wayne over the week end, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bushong * of Syracuse attended a dinner party Saturday evening at the Gas House, honoring the retirement of Mr. Pressler. He was business agent of the International Association of Machinists for 21 years. The party was given by district lodge 113 and attended by 175 local, county and state officals. The management was well represented, i The guest of honor was presented with a treasurer chest overflowing with greenbacks. Mrs. i Pressler is the former Elizabeth Bushong of Syracuse. The Hoosier Honeys, quartet of the Sweet Adelines of Fort Wayne, i entertained The Presslers plan a. Florida vacation. — HOME FROM TEXAS Mr. and Mrs. Joe Graber of North Shore Drive, Syracuse, have returned home from a vacation I spent at Fort Worth, Tex., as a | result of Mr. Graber’s sales for Texas Refining Corporation.

Do You Know The Law? From Burns Indiana Statutes our law lesson for the week is on reckless driving from number 224 (c). “Any person who drives a vehicle with reckless disregard for the safety, property or rights of others shall be guilty of the offense of reckless driving. Any person convicted of reckless driving shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1 nor more than SSO, or by imprisonment in the county jail or state farm for a determinate period of not less than 10 days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and such imprisonment. “The offense of reckless driving,' as defined in this section, may be based, depending upon the circum-, stances, on the following enumerated acts and also on other acts which are not here enumerated but are not excluded and may be within the definition of the offense: “(1) Driving at such an unreasonably high rate of speed, or at 1 such an unreasonably low rate of speed, under the circumstances, as •to endanger the safety or the projperty of others, or as to block the proper flow of traffic; j “(2) Passing or attempting to pass another vehicle from the rear i while on a dope or on a curve where vision ahead is obstructed for a distance of less than 500 feet ahead; “(3) Driving in and out of a line iof traffic, except as permitted elsewhere in the laws of this state; | “(4) Speeding up or refusing to i give half of the roadway to a driver overtaking and desiring to pass; “(5) Failing to dim bright or blinding lights when meeting another vehicle or pedestrian; I “(6) Driving recklessly against another person or against the car lor other property of another; “Or driving in any other specir fied manner in which the driver ■ is heedless of probable injury to the safety, the property or the rights of others. (47-2001.)” Alcoholic Beverages i “Possession by Minors (Bums 12-643': It shall be unlawful for any minor to possess or have on his own use or to transport on any public highway when nd accompanied by at least one of said ! minor’s parents or guardians any alcoholic beverage of any kind or description. . . Penalty, fine $5 to SSO plus possible five - 30 days imprisonment.” » I “Sale to Minors and Habitual Drunkards (Bums 12-610): No alcoholic beverages shall be sold, bartered, exchanged, given, provided |or furnished, to any person under the age of 21 years, or to any per|son known to be an habitual drunkard; nor shall any alcoholic beverlages be sold, bartered, exchanged 'or given awav, or kept with the j intent to be sold, bartered, exchang|ed or given awav, in any house of ill fame . . . Penaltv. fine from S2O to SSO plus possible imprisonment order and damage of $1,175. HONORED AT DINNER JANUARY 8 Employees of the Syracuse post office and their wives enjoyed a delicious family style swiss steak and chicken dinner Saturday evening, Jan. 8, at the M and M restaurant south of North Webster in honor of Russell Hinderer of Syracuse. Mr. Hinderer retired from the “postal senice after serving with it for 32 years and eight months. I Mr. Hinderer was presented with a lovely transistor radio and Mrs. Hinderer was given the floral centerpiece which graced the table. (Frank Nyikos, who has taken over the Hinderer route on one, won the door prize. Professor Stinebaugh of Manchester college and several of his students concluded the evening with a musical program.

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Wednesday, January 12, 1966 THE MAIL-JOURNAL

Loretta Raye Chupp And Joe Michael Ostendorf Wed In Milford December 31

Miss Loretta Raye Chupp, daugh- i ter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi I. Chupp of Milford, became the bride of Joe Michael Ostendorf, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ostendorf, Jr., of Milford, on Friday, Dec. 31, at 7 p.m. at the Bethel Church of the Brethren in Milford. Rev. Robert Perkins performed the ceremony in the presence of I the immediate families. Mrs. Ray- : mond Hoover played the nuptial ( music which consisted of “The ’ King of Love My Shepherd fc,” j Ode to Joy” and “The Lord’s { Prayer.” : Escorted to the altar by her I (father the bride wore an ivory street length dress. She carried a bouquet of white carnations cen- I tered with pink roses and pink streamers. Miss Rosetta Faye Chupp, twin I sister of the bride, was the maid {of honor. She wore a navy blue street length dress and carried a bouquet of pink carnations and •white streamers. , Denny Corl of Nappanee was the I best man. The mothers of the newlyweds each wore blue dresses with black accessories. They wore corsages of pink carnations. A dinner was held at the M and M restaurant at North Webster following the ceremofiy. The bride attended Milford high school. Mr. Ostendorf is a graduate of Milford high school and is ; presently employed by the Holiday i Rambler Trailer Factory at Wakarusa. The newlyweds are making their home at Dewart Lake. District Cirange Conference Held The northern district grange' ' leaders conference, including subi ordinate and Pomona granges, was {I held at Wawaka Grange hall, loI cated east of Ligonier Saturday, Jan. 8. A total of 165 representatives attended from 25 different granges. Special sessions were held for the various offices, with the following state officers presiding: | Jerome Davis, for masters; Wi- { ley Stone, lecturers; Woodrow Valentine, secretaries; William Thom-1 as, director of youth chairmen: I Mrs. Carlisle Detwiler, junior super- ■ in ten dents; Mrs. Harold Gain, home 1 economic chairman; Wendell Shire-' man, agriculture committee chairman. • ( ( Deputy Ralph Tilton, who has I been appointed as chairman of the centennial membership committee discussed the program which is being planned for the national Grange session to be held in the fall of 1967, in observance of the 100th anniversary of the grange organization. The noon meal was served by the ladies of the Wawaka grange. Those from Waubee Grange of Milford who attended were Mr. land Mrs. Ray Bray, Mr. and Mrs. 1 Raymond Pinkerton, Mr. and Mrs. I Earl Wolferman, Mr. and Mrs. > ' Max Anglin, Mr. and Mrs. Alva jKetering and Mrs. Herman Miller. > Syracuse Locals j Mr. and Mrs. Alva Ketering of I Syracuse and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Huff of Mishawaka were recent guests of Mrs. Sylvia Miller at i Kimmell. ' Eddie Robison of r 3 Syracuse I has returned to his home from ! Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He had been called to Florida by the death of .his brother-in-law, Dewey LeCount, in December. i I Mr. and Mrs. James Hamman, i Syracuse, have returned home (from Maicon, Ga., where they visit--led their daughter, Mrs. Ted Williamson, Mr. Williamson, and daughi ters. 1

MRS. JOE M. OSTENDORF HOMEMAKERS CLUB MEETS Members of the Busy Home-, makers club held their first meeting of the 1966 year on January 5 at the home of Mrs. Vernon May. Hie new president, Mrs. Glen Pinkerton opened the meeting with the pledge to the flag led by-Mrs. Glen Treesh and the creed led by Mrs. Harvey Hollar. Mrs. Treesh read the poem. “Don’t Quit,” for meditation time. New Books Mrs. Charles Teeple, chairman of the book committee, distributed the new club books and collected dues for 1966. History of song of the month, "When You and I Were Young Maggie” was given by Mrs. May followed by singing of the song in addition to “America the Beautii ful.” Health and Safety remarks i were given 'on “Overweight, a Problem” by Mrs. Ralph Tusing. 1 Mrs. Frank Charlton presented the I garden remarks on starting gladiolus in the house and also on buying your garden seeds. Roll Call The 14 members answered roll call with a safety hint for the ; home. Mrs. Zerola Zook of New , Paris and Mrs. Gladys Miller were I guests. ( Mrs. Zook showed gifts she had. I made from items in homes such {as plastic containers, coffee cans, ' coat hangers, bath towels, .'ash cloths and nylon net. ( Refreshments were served by the hostess and 'Mrs. Charlton. The February meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Herbert Stump on the 2d. KOSCIUSKO EASTERN STAR IN JANUARY MEETING WEDNESDAY Members of the Kosciusko Order , of the Eastern Star met in the Masonic Temple at Milford on Wednesday, Jan. 5, for the regular stated meeting. ( The east was decorated with two snowmen and snowballs and ip . the west was a big snowball and snow 1 shovel. j In the dining room tables were centered with red and white flow- ' ers. | Following the meeting apple pie, cheese, coffee and candy were served by Mrs. Herbert Baumgartner, Mrs. Jean Parcell, Mrs. Evelyn Anderson, Mrs. Harriett Bren- - ner and Mr. and Mrs. Don Rock. The February 2 hostesses will be Mrs. C. S. Myers, Mrs. Charles Purdum, Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw, Mrs. Hazel Vanderveer, Mrs. Roy Treesh, Mrs. Harold Young and Mrs. Claude Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nicolai of Syracuse are spending a vacation jin Florida. Mr. Nicolai will get in 'some fishing while there.

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