The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 16, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 May 1967 — Page 36

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Frontier Trading Center Is Preserved As Museum

The frontier trading post settlement in Hamilton county which might have been the capital of Indiana has now become a historical museum. As such it is increasingly attracting Hoosier visitors and tourists from all over the world who have learned of its picturesque charm, and its hatoricaH and romantic background In th? 165 years since it was founded. the Conner trading post and the handsome bnck mansion which* supplanted it have been the scenes of some of th? most unusual events in pioneer Indiana. A Shawne? Indian raid into the Lehigh Valley of Eastern Pennsylvania during the French and Indian war led to the capture of six-year-old Margaret Boyer. Exploring in eastern Ohio in 1867. a young list erman named Richard Conner found the littl? white captive and paid the Shawnee S3OO far her re-! lease. But he also was compelled to promise that ttoir first-born son would be surrendered to the Shawne? for adoption I After conducting a sort of frontier inn. among the Shawnee, the Conners spent the winter of 1774 at Fort Pitt Pittsburgh . at that time a small Pennsylvania settlement of I 30 houses They immediat:ly returned to the Tuscarawas anil upper Musk ngum Valley tn Ohio to help found Storavian missions -for I conversion of Delaware Indians to Christianity. Their son. James Conner, was restored to them in 1776 for S4O ransom John was born in Ohio in 1775. and then WiKiam was bom. probabtv in 1777. By 1750 the Ohm Valfey and the country around the Great Lakes had become the refuge of many Indian tribes. They had been pushed westward across the Alleghenies by th? coastal colonies. The Delaware and Shawnee sought new lands in the open country. After being driven from the Susquehanna. the Wyandots occupied the western end of Lake Erie Th? British were determined, after losing the American Revolution, to erect a stockade of terror and harrassment which would confine the American colonies to the Atlantic seaboard Thev hired Indian Mercenaries: and renegades to conduct this campaign, and no frontier cabin or settlement was safe.

The Conner family was captured at Salem. Ohio, in ITBI alone with < 400 Morav tan-converted Indans.: ] They were taken on a brutal march I to Detroit Accused of giving aid to |1 th? Americans. they were tried by ] a British military court, which de- t cidcd to divide them The Indians | were pTnvtted to filter back into , Ohio The Conner family was trans- | ported north of Detroit on the Clint- : | on River, near the pres.nt com- ; munity of Mt. Clemens j The four Conner sons and their sister grew up in Michigan among j, the Chippewa. They learned the ] three Delaware directs and also | Chippewa. Shawnee and Wyandot, j They were accepted by numerous | ; tribes as virtual Indans. and were ( formally adopted by the Shawnee. , In 1796 John and William Conner ■, ventured into the wild Saginaw re-L gion as fur traders. They were quickly successful But there were more Indians and therefore more furs farther south In 1800 William went into Indiana. The next year he married Melanges, daughter of the Delaware chief William Anderson, who lived near the present Madison county seat of Anderson. Instruction to young William Henn’ Harrison as Governor of the new Indiana Territory were to roll back all Indians, to exterminate hostile Indians, and to make the expanding frontier safe for setdement. He was to use persuasion instead of force whenever possible The federal government hoped that the Treaty of Greenvffi?, negotiated in 1795 after Waynes victory at Fallen Timbers, would be recognized by all Indians as the better course. Fur trading eventually gave way to settlements But since fur trading was essential to good Indian relations. Harrison fek it was better to have more of the fur trade in American hands instead of British. When William Cornier asked for a trader s license Harrison promptly granted it. He already knew John Conner and had used him to sound out Tecumseh, who had become leader of the Miami Confederacy after Pontiac and Little Turtle. Now Harrison could utilize also the special position which William Conner wvuM occupy as Chief Anderson s son-in-law. Harrison between IM® and 1809 negotiated treaties with various tribes.which prawned to trarcfer kgal tide to most of Indiana.

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- Younger and more belligerent Indii ans objected to this loss of millions -1 of acres. They were particularly I i aroused by the Treaty of Fort r Wayne in 1809. charging a ‘•sellout" .* by their chiefs. > Tne British continued to incite the > | Indians to frontier terrorism. Two Shawne? — Tecumseh and his halfbrother. The Prophet — became convinced that war was inevitable. Tequmseh so informed Harrison when he mad? a special trip to i Vincennes for a showdown. v.vihzatior.. In all this the two Conner broth-1 ers played an almost unique role, [ William now referred to himself as a Delaware. They both spoke the Indian languages and could look like Indians and think like Indians. Yet they were devout Moravians and ard nt Masons and regarded themselves as outposts of white After a trip to Washington. D. C.. th? year b.fore, John Conner in lt'o3 established a log store at Ce-.j dar Grove, south of the present city of Brookville. Like William, he too I had an Indian wife and halfbreed children. John ak<o built a log j . hous?, gristmill and sawmill in Franklin county. A route known a- The Conner Trail was established from William's post four miles south of the present Nobles’. i'.e to Join's store ors Cedar Creek Ponies carried furs via the present communities of And non and New Castle, and then they would be s;nt by water from CraMT Creek to Cincinnati and New j Orleans. The return cargo was goods from John’s store to be traded by brother William. | Another branch of The Conner Trail led from William’s post to Fort Wayne and Detroit As Brit-' ish pressure mounted it declined. The Treaty of Grouseland in 1805 i opened up the Twelve Mile Purchase. John moved to the present site. of Connersville in 1806 being one of th? first five settlers in the J neighborhood. He opened a second store there to provide necessities for westbound pioneers. By 1815 Franklin county, with 7,370 poixilation. was second only I to Knox in size John Conner ownid the buildings and 33) acres at Cedar Grove. 130 acres at Laurel i on the west fork of the Whitewater where the famous Wetzel Trace started*. and the Connersville cabin. stor? and blockhouse.

William Conner built a two-room' ‘ cabin and trading post in 1802 on ‘ land given to hen by Chief Anderson. It was between the Indian vil- ' lages of Upper Delaware Town and J Lower Delaware Town, on the east 5 bank of White river where periodic I high waters had formed a prairie ‘ amid the heavy wilderness forests. 1 He quickly built up a prospering ] fur trade, and also sent as far as ' New Orleans the corn whisky made 1 in his two-story log stillhouse. It, ‘ was far easier to transport whisky j than bulky corn, and throughout | pioneer Indiana whisky was an important export Conner was known by the Indians • as the most honest of all the trad- < ers This was in contrast to the 1 many cheats and swindlers who robbed the Indians. abused their < women. and drove them off thair land. A schedule of prices paid by William Conner indude these items: raccoon stare 374 to 40 cents: wildcat. fisher and fox 50 to 67 cents; mink 50 cents; deer or buckskin $1; bear or otter M to t$ Conner and his helpers dressed, stretched and bundled the furs, and then packed them off on ponies on The Conner Trail. William Conner continued in the fur business from 1802 until 1823. when the supplying of settlers’ wants became more profitable. The Pioneer advance affected everybody. The Conner brothers gradually changed from sore of the wilderness to fathers of the new State of Indiana. Their advice and friendship were eagerly sought They acted as interpreters when another treaty was negotiated at Greenville (Ohio) in 1814. when the four treaties resulting in The New Purchase were executed at St. Marx’s (Ohio 1 in 1818. and when the two Treaties of Mississinewa were ' negotiated in 1826 William Conner helped Chief An--1 derson persuade 400 Delaware i braves to reject Tecumseh’s pleas ’ that they join Ins preparations for I the War of 1812. John Conner was ► Harrison’s scout at the Battle of I Tippecanoe, <1811) and William Conner was Col. John Campbell’s chief scout at the Battle of Missisi sinewa (1812) near the present city s of Marion. William Conner also was with • Harrison at Fort Meigs in 1813. He ; helped to identify the body of Te- - cumseh when Harrison broke the power of the Northwest Territory

Indians at the Battle of the Thames in Ontario on October 15, 1813. These operations on land by Harrison and Joimson’s Kentuckians, and Admiral Perry’s marine victories on Lake Erie, did much to secure the west for the new nation. The Conner brothers were at Greenvill? when the United States made its major peace with the Indians on July 21 1814. The War of 1812 was formally concluded at the Treaty of Ghent on December 34. 1814. When John Conner’s Indian /wife; died, he married Lavina Winship (he was 38 and she was 25* on March 13. 1813. He built a new two- i room cabin for her at Connersville, j 60 miles up the Whilewater Trail from Cincinnati. When William visited John he was astonished at the different atmosphere when the housewife was not a squaw. Franklin was one of the seven original Indiana counties, and with Wayne and Dearborn counties it formed the Whitewater Coalition that helped Jonathan Jennings win as the State of Indiana’s first Governor. Just as the Conner brothers were able to retain the friendship of both th? Indians and the white settlers, so they were friendly with both Jennings and Harrison, who were arch political rivals. John Conn.r was elected from Franklin county as one of die 10man Indiana Senate when it first convened in 1817. When he succeeded in getting Fayette county formed from Frank!m in 1818, he' was appointed Fayette’s first sheriff. And the new county seat for Fayette was Connersville! The Delaware had agreed bytreaty in 1818 to sell all their lands to the State of Indiana. M.kinges 1 and her six Conner children decided to accompany them westward to Missouri. Wtiiam Conner had been unable to get clear title from the i American government to his con-1 sideratrfe Hamilton county hold-1 mgs. What could he give her* Fin- 1 ally it was agreed that he buy 601 ponies for his departing Indian! wife, and she in turn promised to send their children back to visit him I at intervals.

The Delaware started their pitfid departure m September. 1820. Turning his back at least part way on the past. William Conner on November 30, 1820. married 17-year-old Elizabeth Chapman. She was I 30 years his junior. It was a civil ceremony, and one of the first marriages in the New Purchase. There was a big wedding feast, and not only the settlers but also Indians attended and remained i at the Conner homestead several days. The new white wife had been bom in New York, and then moved with her family to Connersville. In 1819 several families moved on to a prairie sate between the Conner cabin and what is now Noblesville, travelling on horseback and by ox cart. William Conner immediately befriended the newcomers, and it was natural that he became acquainted with the Chapman girt. In 1833 William Conner built a brick house for his young brid?. It was two stories high, the; first such mansion constructed in the New Purchase. In due time 10 children were bom to William and Elizabeth. The Indiana Legislature appointed a 10-man commission on Janu-1 ary 11. 1839. to proceed to the geographical center of th? new state and establish a new state capital. On the 10th day thereafter tiiey arrived on horseback from Condon at WiKiam Conner's cabin. John Conner was one of the 10. So was Governor Jennings. Why was the Conner brothers’ influence unable to maneuver selection of William Conner s settlement —by that time including a post office among its several buildings — as the new state capital site’ The answer is that Conner did not as yet have dear legal title to the vast holdings which be had obtained from the Indians. .Although W - liam Conner did receive American patents to 648 acres in 1823, he finally obtained unquestioned title just three months before his death in 1855.

The first state capitol — at Corydon — is now preserved as a state memorial by the Indiana department of natural resources. It was used from 1816 to 1825. when the government moved to Indianapolis. The first Indianapolis statehouse was completed in 1835. The present statehouse was begun in 1828 and completed m 1888. John Conner dosed his Connersville store and moved to Indianapolis in June. 1823. For the third time he was a frontier merchant. He was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives and sat in its first Indianapnlis aassirm in 1825. Twice he had made a “legislative first**, for he had been a state senator in Cbrydon in 1817. After a trip east for wares in the winter of 1836 he died unexpectedly in Indianapolis in 1826. They gave him a funeral

Robert Lee Penick II To Greer Tech. Among the plans for Robert Lee Penick II fotowing his graduation from high school is a tour of Europe and fathering his education at Greer Tech. He also named the armed forces in his future. Bob is the son of Robert and June Penick of 618 south Harrison, Syracuse. He has majors in math. English, history and minors in science and band.'Math and music are his favorites. He belongs to the Tri-M and was in the dance band for three years. For the past two years he has been a member of the Golden Blues. Bob also sings in the church choir. Young Penick has won first place ; honors in the district music contest and second place honors in the state. He also received the Arion | award this year. John Wortinger Will Enter Manchester Following graduation from Syracuse high school John Phillip Wortinger wifi enter Manchester college. John is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marland Wortinger of r 1. He has majors in math, history and psychology. He is a member of the Lettermen’s dub and was on the allcounty basketball team this year. i

Cathy Wiggs Enjoys Home Economics Cathy Leann Wiggs lists home economics and physiology as her favorite subjects She lists work and marriage as her plans for after graduation. Cathy is the daughter of Robert and Carol Wiggs of r 3 Syracuse. Her majors at Syracuse high school are English, tome economics and social studies. Her minor is math. Cathy belongs to the Future Teachers of America, the Spanish club and the annual staff. She also is a member of the Zion Chapel band. [ David Wickstrom Attended School In West Africa David Lee Wickstrom spent two years at Hillcrest high school in Jos. Nigeria. West Africa, before ent .ring Syracuse high school. He is the son of Rev. and Mrs. Loyd Wickstrom of 112 W. E. Long Drive. Dave favors English above all his subjects. He will graduate with majors in math. English, science and social studies and minors in language, physical education, typing and Bible study, the latter gained while in Africa. He is president of the Youth for [Christ club and president erf the ■ senior class, vice president of the student council, secretary of the [Lettermens dub and a member of the National Honor Society. Dave also participated in varsity [ basketbail, track, cross country, soccer and volleyball. He is. a member of the Baptist I Youth Group. He has received the citizenship i award, the Syracuse-Wawasee Ed- ' ucation, Inc., scholarship and a Estate eotmnission scholarship.

procession down stump-filled Washington street. William Conner also served in the Indiana House as a Henry Gay Whig, from 1829 to 1832. and again in 1836 and 1837. He helped to found both Noblesville (1823> and Alexandria (1836>. The first Hamilton circuit court was convened at his red brick mansion. He helped build the road between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, and was a principal promoter' of the Lawrenceburg and Indianapolis Railway and the Peru and Indianapolis Railway. When the Sauk chief Black Hawk seemed to be threatening new frontier terror in 1832. William Conner led 300 militia from Marion. Johnson and Hendricks counties to Fort Dearborn •Chicago l . The flareup ended quickly and they saw no action.

In 1837 William Conner sold his mansion and fur business and moved to Noblesville to administer the 3,000 acres he owned in Marion. Hamilton, Cass and Wabash counties. He spent his final years in Ind-anapohs. bang particularly interested in libraries, public education. and the Indiana Historical Society, of which he was a charter member in 1830. In 1985 Eli UHy. Indianapols ’drug manufacturer and philanthropist. bought the old Conner propertv and raised blooded livestock at Conner Prairie Farm. He authentically restored and furnished the brick mansion, the distillery, the loomhouse and the log He also erected a pioneer bam. tog cabin and a reproduction of the trading post In 1964 Mr. Lißy gave Conner Prairie Farm to Earlham college. Conducted tours now show visitors throufdi the new pioneer museum (the former stock barn>. the mansion. and the dependent buildings. There also is a picnic ground overlooking the valley. The most unusual item in the museum is a well-preserved Indian canoe, made out of a log. which was dug up in the river bottoms nearby recently. Conner Prairie Farm is four miles south of Nobtesvifle on former state highway 37, now known as 37A. ft also can be readied by U. S. highway 31, and state highways 32, 37. 38 and 134. Comer Prairie Farm is not far away from the new state park which will be btolt north of Zaonsviie in Boone county, ft is historic and beeutiftd coftry and merits its growing popdarity.

THE HOOSIER DAY By RANK A. WHIR

! By Frank A. White How are we doing on Indiana's . news story of greatest concern — the Viet Nam war? t It could be answered by a quotation from Chapter 4 of H Corinthians of the Bible written more than 1,000 years ago. It reach: “We are troubled on everyside. yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair.” Wars have affheted the human race far back of written history. George Washington had a picket line 100 miles around heights of New York and one keg of powder. Lincoln couldn't get his generals to stand and fight — except Grant — and he had difficulty in keeping a qiwrum in Congress as the battlelines swayed toward Washington. "Robby" Robinson, one of my | favorite cartoonist stowed Indiana bora National Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey, aknost on the ropes with boxing gloves, with Cassius i Mohamed Ali> Clay, knocked out. The caption of Hershey speaking in the microphone was: “A tough fight. Mom, but I won." Clay failed to convince his Louisville draft board that he spent only j 10 per cent of his time boxing and 90 per cent as a Black Muslim minister. The Rack Muslims have a record of violence. Ali is hard pressed trying to convince a draft board Muslims are a tonafide group of religious conscientious objectors. > < I had begun to wonder whether death or old age would catch up with Ali but to has lost his appeal : to stay out of the military service! and is due to be inducted yet this i month. From the thick of the open I bousing figirf in Louisville, his hometown, day publicly asserts to ; wij not take oath of sweaiing in or go to Viet Nam. History repeats it- . self. World War I veterans retimed : bitter because i Jack Dempsey. . heavyweight champion, had escap- : ed military service. Indiana’s Selective Service draft quota for April was 235 and it is 441 [ for May. The order of taking is volunt.ers first, some inducted who had short deferments, some who ( have now qualified under lowered , mental siandhnis. and then reaching into th? other eligibles. Overall of those drafted the average age will be about 21 1 2 years. It is anticipated that Congress wtl make few changes in rewriting the draft law that expires in June. Local boards are expected to continue.

Th? spring Mobilization Anti-Viet Nam Week turned out about 125.000 protestors in New York and 75,000 in San Francisco. There were draft card burnings. Viet Cong flags, “peace” balloons and draped coffins among the floats. The affair was about as spontaneous as the invasion of Normandy. Dr. Martin Lutiier King got only a handful of demonstrators from Harkm Efforts to wed the Viet Nam war protests with Gvil Rights has split King's followers. Secretary of State Dean Rusk said not all who demonstrated were Communists but they played into the hands of Communist propaganda around the world. American disunity in Congress and elsewhere contributes to Hanoi grimly holding on. thinking the American effort will lessen with the 1948 election of a president. Reliable polls everywhere show more than 60 per cent of Americans endorse the adminstration policies

m Viet Nam. For instance, the Associated Press, took a ranefcm poll of those attending the 1967 convention of American Society of Newspaper Editors. It showed 103 voiced general, enthusiastic approval of President Johnson’s handling of the Viet Nam war. Nine urged a stepup of pace in the war, and 15 called for end of the bombing. Editors criticized the Pressdent for not doing a better job of informing the public about the war. Soviet party leader Leonid I. Brezhnev and Red China patched 14) ideological differences enough to pledge more aid to Hanoi to defeat the USA in Viet Nam. Our command in Viet Nam met this with bombing major power plants in Haiphong. ft is a port through which 80 per cent of war supplies for Hanoi come from Russia. Why the Soviet wwdd prefer approval of North Viet Nam rather than the American people, is hard to figure. In the face of this hostility several prominent Washington Doves have defected and become hawks, calling for support of military effort to bring Hanoi to a peace conference.

Susan Kitson Plans To Be A Nurse Susan Jo Kitson. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Kitson of 83 east Shore Drive, Syracuse, plans to enter Indiana Central ccflege for nurses' education following graduation this June. Susie has majors in English, science and math and minors m social studies, home ec and music. Her favorite subjects are home ec and nhvsiotoey. She is treasurer of the National Honor Society, a member of the annual staff, an exploratory teacher, aid belongs to band, chorus, Tri-M, GAA and the cheerblock. She was alternate to Girls’ State last year. Susie has won the Betty Crocker award this year and has a state commission scholarship and an Indiana Central college scholarship.

Ronald Hertenstein Will Be An Algebra Teacher Ronald Wayne Hertenstein, son of Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Hertenstein of 200 east Main street. Syracuse. plans to work this summer, then attend Ball State university to become an algebra teacher. Ronald has majors in math, English. social studies and science and a minor in Latin. Math and English are his favorite subjects. He is a member of the boy’s cheerbiock and the annual staff. He is also a member of the Grace Lutheran church and employed at Augsburger’s IGA.

Taylor University Is Choice Os Kermit Welty Following graduation from Syracuse high school the next step in the education of Kermit Lynn Welty will be Taylor university. Kermit is the son of Everett and ; Edith Welty of r 2 I English, math and social studies are his majors and business, science and language are his minors. English lit and bookkeeping •are his favorite subjects. The Wawasee church Y’outh group vice president is also a member of the news staff. He is an audio visual monitor and a member of the intramural basketball [ teams. Kermit belongs to the sci;ence club too. Kermit is president of the Let- i termen's club and belongs to the! cross country team and the track team. Ronald Douglas Will Join The Navy Ronald Corman Douglas plans to enlist in the United States navy following his graduation from Syra-: cuse school. Ronald's guardian is Vera C. Richardson who resides at 425 south Lake street, Svracuse. He a member of the track and cross country teams and is a member of the Lettermen s dub. Ronald was a member of the junior class play cast. He names English, social studies and business as his majors and math as his minor. Bookkeeping and government are his favorite subjects.

Physiology Is Favored By Karen Juday Physiology is the favorite subject of Syracuse high school senior Karen Elaine Juday. Karen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Juday of r 3. She will graduate with majors in English and science and minors in band, language and math. Karen is a member of the band, chorus. Tri-M and the National Honor Society. She plans to attend Indiana State university. Douglas Wells To Attend Tri-State

Next fad Douglas Charles Wells, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Weils of 207 west Main street. Syracuse, will be one of the freshmen students at Tri-State college. Douglas will graduate next month with majors in math. English and history and minors in science and language. He lists math and language as his favorite subjects. Young Mr. Wdils is a member of th? Spanish dub and president of th? boy’s cheerblock. He was also a member of the intramural basketball program. Ulf Postulka Is An Exchange Student Ulf Werner Postulka is an exchange student from Germany who is a member of the graduating class at Syracuse high school. Ulf makes his home with Mr. and Mrs. James Hershberg.r on r 3. His favorite subjects include U. S. history and physiology. He is a member of the chorus, cross country, track. Lettermen’s chi?. Golden Blues choir and Youth for Christ. He is a member of the EUB Youth Fellowship and sings in the church choir. The exchange student plans to attend high school for another year after returning to Germany and then attend college in Aachen, Germany.

Steve Sheline Has A Letter In Mathematics Steven Howard Sheline, a senior 1 at Syracuse, received an academic letter in mathematics this year. Matti is his favorite subject and one of his majors. Steve is th? son of Gordon and Phyllis' Sheline of r 4. Other subjects he is majoring in-I are social studies, science and English. He has a minor in Spanish. Steve is a member of the Spanish club, science dub and the intramural basketball program. He also belongs to the Youth Fellowship at the North Webster Church of God. After graduation he plans to enter Mary Martin Likes The Subject Os Physiology Physiology is the favorite subject of Mary Joan Martin, called “Martini” by her friends. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ddos Martin of r 3 Syracuse and attends Syracuse hisi school. Martmi lists English, home ec and science as her majors and foreign language, math and social studies as her minors. She belongs to the Spanish club, GAA, the Future Teachers <rf America and the annual staff. She is an exploratory teacher. Martini plans to attend Indiana Central college m

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HONOR SOCIETY OFFICERS — Second semester officers of the Laurel Chapter of the Natoinal Honor Society of Syracuse high school are pictured above. Standing are John Kramer, presi- !

Bill Appenzeller Will Attend Indiana U. One of the many freshmen at ! Ind ana university next fall will .be Bill AppenzJkr, son of Mi-, and Mrs. Harry Appenzeller of Syracuse. Bill, a senior at Syracuse, will graduate with majors in math, social studies and English and minors in foreign language and science. His favorite subjects are English and Spanish. He is a memb.r of th? Letterman’s club, the baseball team and the track team. He> participates in the band and chcrus and belongs to the Sci?nee club. Melanie Walters Will Attend Ball State Melanie Walters will enter Ball State university in the fall where she plans to major in English and minor in psychology. After graduation from Bad State she hopes to do some writing or possibly teaching. Melanie is the daughter of Mrs. ' Geneva Waters of r 1 Syracuse. She will graduate from Syracuse , high school with majors in English, i social studies, music and will have minors in language, and advanced science. English, Spanish and psyI ehology are her favorite subjects. Melanie is president of the Spanish club, a member of the Future Teachers of America, president of I the cheerblock, a member ol the madrigals and choir, an annual staff member and a baton corps leader. She also stared in St. Joan at Our Lady of the Lake Seminary tliis year. Bradford Bauer Will Enter Law

At the present time Bradford Bauer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Bau-er of 118 north Lake street, Syracuse, plans to cater law. He will enroll at Notre Dame university in pre-law followed bylaw school at Notre Dame. Brad has majors in English, social studies, mathematics and science and a minor in language. He lists social studies and music as his favorite aibjeets. H? is a member of the Syracuse science club, the chorus, baseball team, basketball team, golf team, National Honor Society and the Lettermen’s club. .on active young man. Brad is organist and vocalist for the Tikis. Belongs to the CYO and is a member of th? Lakeland Youth Center board. He has received an award from Indiana university for competing in a history’ test.

Robert Carlson Favors Literature And Business Robert Allen Carlson, a senior at Syracuse high school, lists hterature and business as his favorite subjects. He has also stated he plans to enter Ball State in the fall and continue his studies in .literature and bustiness. Robert is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Carlson of 401 John street. His majors include English, social studies, and science and his minors include math, business and language. He is a member of the student council, secretary of the senior class, a member of the Spanish club, golf team, letterman’s club and played intramural basketball. He is also vice president of his bowling league. After Graduation Joe Brown Plans To Work Work is in the future of Joe Steven Brown, a senior at Syracuse high school. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Brown of r 1 Syracuse. Joe, who names typing as his favorite sdßgct, is a member of the Future Fanners of America.

| dent; and Brad Bauer, vice prest- ! dent. Barb Fisher is treasurer and Susie Kitson is secretary. Photo by Tim Yeager. I

Stephen Reed Has Future In Electronics

Stepton Ernest Reed plans to take up electronics in the U. S. air force following his graduation from Syracuse this spring.

He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Bish of r 1 Cromwell. Reedie. as he is called, is amemher of the band, track team, chorus, pep s band, dance pand and 4-H, Re is president of th? Trinity Lutheran Youth Group and has a trophy for electricity in 4-H. Shphen has majors in business and English and minors in history and shop. English is his favorite subject. ITI Is Choice Os Karen Fuller Following graduation Karen Kay Fuller will enter Indianapolis Technical Institute. She is the daughter of Ray Fuller of New Paris and Mrs. Betty Fuller of Syracuse. Her majors are in math. English, science and social studies and her majors are in home ec and business. Her favorite subject is physiology. ■ Kay is a member of the GAA and p. p club. She is ailso a member of the bowling league and the . EUB church. Connie Wright To Fascination • Connie Lou Wright, daughter of I Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wright of '619 east Pittsburg street. Syracuse, will attend Fascination Career college for business. S.ie has majors in English, social studies and business and minjors in home ec and math. Connie’s ! favxrit? subjects are psychology, English and typing. She is a member of the pep clii), i GAA and Methodist church. Connie has received a typing a- | ward. Typing And Home Ec Favored By Diana Smith Typing and home ec are the favorite subjects of Diana Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Smith of Syracuse. Diana, a Syracuse senior, plans to enter Ravenscroft beauty school. She is a member of the GAA, ch.erbtock. girls bowling league and was a B-team cheerleader during her sophomore year. She has a pin and letter in GAA and a B-team cheerleading letter. The young lady has majors in business, history’, han? ec and English.

Industrial Arts Is Favorite Os Max Broekers The favorite subject of Max Leon Breakers is Industrial arts. Max is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Broekers of Syracuse and a senior in the high school there. ’ His majors are English, industrial arts, social studies and business administration. Max belongs to the Lettermen’s club and participated in baseball, basketball and track. In 1965 he received the trophy for the most runs batted in. After graduation he plans to join the armed forces. Gary Ringler ' Will Be A Marine Following his graduation from Syracuse high school and the passing of the coming summer Garry Ringler plans to enter the marines. Garry is tha son of Norma and Fred Personette of 419 east Boston street, Syracuse. He has majors in English and business and minors in science and history. His favorite subject is literature. Garry was in the junior class {day and as a junior was on the varsity trade team.