The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 32, Milford, Kosciusko County, 11 September 1968 — Page 8

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., Sept. 11, 1968

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Labor Day Celebration Here A Big Success; Parade Held

The annual Labor Day celebration in Ligonier proved a big success with members of organizations, townspeople, area residents, and sVen the weather, co-operat-ing. Lions club members fed a record breaking number of hungry people, around 1,550, at the free pancake and sausage breakfast. The Rotary club fish fry in the afternoon was attended by around 1,100. Winners in the big evening parade were: Floats: First, Joe Guyas, Cromwell; seccnd, Ligonier Girl Scouts; and third, Noble county N. F. 0. Horses Single Mount: First, Charles Caskey; second, Kathryn Caskey; third, Jim Wellman. Horses Single Hitch: First, Karla Lambright; second, Woody Hawk. Tandem Hitch: First, Corias Skeels; second, Vance Keister; third, Wilson Ewers. Horse Clubs: First, Mizpah Shrine Horse Patrol ;_second, The Dudes; third, York Township, Bands: First, Fairview Apache Band, Sherwood, 0.; second, Tinora high school of Defiance, O.; third, West Noble high school. Marching Units: First, Rosettes Twirling Group of Middlebury; second, Drillettes of Elkhart; third, Starettes Twirling Group of Fort Wayne. Drum and Bugle Corps — East Chicago Group. Antique Cars: First, Wayne Moore; second, Charles Winebrenner; third, Helen Fuhrman. Decorated Cars: First, West Noble high school queen; second, Hoosier Girls’ State and Boys’ State; third, United Methodist church of Wawaka. Hobby Show First placings in the hobby showheld in the city Kall were: Baking: Cakes — Mrs. Edwin Lengacher; pies, Mrs. Lois Replogle; cookies _ and rolls, Mrs. Preston Wright. Flower Arrangements (Real) — First, Mary Jane Lepird in large arrangements; and Mrs. Preston Wright, small., Flower Arrangements (Artificial)—Katy Lohrei, large and small. Crocheting (Large)—Mrs. Mildred Miller; (small' Miss Thella Shisler. Embroidery (Large)—M rs. Clara Couts; (Small) Mrs. William R. Simmons. Painting: Oil—Rose Cunningham; watercolor, Rose Cunningham. Pencil and Charcoal — Robert Miller; Ink, Robert Miller; Portraits, Robert Miller. Rugs (Crocheted) — Mrs. Helen Harper; (Braided) Mrs. Agnes Grissom. Hcbby. Craft (Children’s Div.) — Pia McLallen (adult) Walter Rex, Jr. The best of show trophy for the 1968 show was awarded to Walter Rex, Jr., for his wood carvings. United Missionary Church Merges The United Missionary church on West 6th. St. has been merged with the Missionary Church Association and will be known as The Missionary church. They are now in the process of installing new pews, altar rail and pulpit, and will be redecorating the auditorium. The pastor, Rev Devon Stump is attending evangelism school in Pittsburgh, Pa.

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West Noble Board Votes To Sign School Lease At last week’s West Noble school board meeting it was unanimously agreed to sign a lease with Southern School Builders, Inc., as the first stage in the construction of a new high school at the Stone’s Hill site, south of Ligonier. Members also voted to terminate their contract with Mulhaney Wells, a Fort Wayne bonding Company, that has served as financial advisors to the board. Charles LeMasters, the board’s attorney, was instructed - to negotiate a settlement. Mr. LeMasters reviewed the lawsuits and remonstrances and stated that they now had petitions with an adequate number of signatures to encourage the board to proceed in exploring the lease further. He also stated that the board had current approvals from all State agencies. John Voyles, vice president of Southern School Builders and Steve Duncan, from Mulhaney Wells, were both present at the meeting. The lease will now be submitted to the state tax board for its approval and a performance bond in the amount of SSOO will be furnished. Howard Heckner, city attorney was present with a petition to remonstrate in connection with public financing being available and less costly and also asked that the board withhold action on the lease until after the November election, as the matter of a possible merger of East and West Noble school districts. The Central Noble school board recently voted against this merger which automatically placed the matter on the November ballot to be decided by the people. However, the board proceeded to sign the lease with Southern School Builders. sgt. major McDonald and FAMILY GUESTS OF HONOR Sgt. Maj. Merle McDonald and his family were guests of honor at a family dinner on Labor Day at the home of Mrs. Frank Gage. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Tully and daughter Patricia of Marion, Ralph Fry of Whitehouse, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. John Jorg and family, Mr. and Mrs. Darold McDonald and family and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Musselman and family. Home Ec Club Meets Wednesday Perry Township Home Demonstration Club met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles Moser with Mrs. Forrest

NOTICE Water will be shut off in Syracuse, south of the railroad, Sunday, Sept. 15, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. for water line repair. HARLEY CONRAD, Utility Superintendent

LIGONIER NEWS By Rose Cunningham Slabaugh as assistant hostess. The group answered roll call to ’’My Pet Peeve”. Devotions were in the charge of Mrs. Florence Roe and a very interesting projection lesson “Cheese” was given by Mrs. Robert Duesler. A committee was appointed to purchase articles for ditty bags for the boys in Viet Nam. Wawaka Church' Has New Pastor The Church of the Brethren at Wawaka has announced that Rev. Robert D. Ebey, formerly of Argos, became the pastor of that church effective September 1, 1968. Rev. Ebey, a native of Pontiac, Mich., attended Manchester college, North Manchester, and Bethany Bibical Seminary, Chicago, where he received his bachelor of divinity degree. He has served Churches of the Brethren in Michigan, Puerto Rico, Central Indiana and the Walnut Congregation in Northern Indiana. He has been active in Migrant Workers’ movements as well as serving in many capacities for the Christian Rural Overseas Program. Rev. and Mrs. Ebey are parents of three daughters, Mary, of North Manchester, Alice, a former teacher in the Tippecanoe county school system and presently furthering her education, and Esther, a student at McPherson college, Kansas. Mrs. Ebey is also a teacher. When Rev. and Mrs. Ebey moved into the Wawaka manse recently they began living on land formerly owned by Rev. Ebey’s grandfather. Many years ago he had donated land from his farm for the construction of a new church-house. The former Ebey Farm is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Becker and is located along U; S. 6, just east of Wawaka. First In FFA Contest At State Fair Jim Rosenogle, Bob Davidsen and Steve Davidsen, of West Noble high school, placed first in the Future Farmers of America division of horticultural judging, knowledge and identification contest at the Indiana state fair. Thev will now be eligible to go to Atlanta, Ga., in December to represent Indiana in the F. F. A. division at the national contest. Dennis Wolheter, vocational ag teacher at West Noble is the coach of this team.

Also 'winning a trip to Atlanta, were three boys from Wolf Lake, bv being the highest three indiv-

iduah in the F.F.A. division but not on a winning team. They are Steve Geiger, Jerry Kiester and Gary Keister. Coach of this team was Ron Roberts. These contests consist of identifying 125 different vegetables, fruits, flowers, ornamentals, insects, diseases and weeds. The fruit, vegetable, flower, plant, or a plant part may be used for i- . dentification. They also judge for quality. A knowledge section includes a 100 question test relating to the different phases of horticulture. Visits Parents Before Leaving For Viet Nam Army Pvt. Harold D. Targgart spent several weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Targgart, on r 3 Ligonier, He has now reported for duty and will be sent to Viet Nam. Pvt. Targgart entered the army in April 1968 and received his basic training at Fort Campbell, Ky. He was then sent to Fort Lewis, Wash., where he received specialized instruction in small unit tactics and firing. He is a 1965 graduate of Ligonier high school and attended Vincennes university. —L COMMUNITY NEWS Mrs. Alta Wolf had as her guests on Labor Day, her brother, Lewis Palmer Mrs. Eleanor Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Palmer and sons, all of South Bend. Mrs. Bea McCormic, Mrs. Elda Mann, Mrs. Gerry Allen, and Mrs. Hilda Cowan of Dayton, Ohio, spent last -week in northern Michigan. Mrs. Charles Simmons is a medical patient in Goshen hospital. FORMER RESIDENTS RETURN FOR VISIT Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cormican, former Ligonier residents, are now residing in Norton Village, Ohio. They spent several weeks recently with Mrs. Cormican’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. DePew, and also his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aria Cormican. ATTENDS BANKING SCHOOL IN WISCONSIN Kent L. Cunningham, r 1 Ligonier, was among the student bankers from 33 states, Puerto Rico and Honduras who spent the last two weeks attending the annual two-week residence session of the Graduate School of Bank-

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bushels, down 40 per cent from the July 1, 1967, total. Off-farm stocks of 635,000 bushels were down 27 per cent from a yearearlier. Soybeans — Stocks in all positions totaled 12.8 million bushels, up 17 per cent from July 1, 1967. Off-farm stocks of 8.9 million bushels were 36 per cent larger than a year ago. Barley — The 40,000 bushelsof old crop stocks in all storage positions were down seven per cent from the previous year. Offfarm stocks of 10,000 bushels were 47 per cent smaller than a year earlier. Rye — Old crop stocks in all positions amounted to 26,000 bushels, down 42 per cent from July 1, 1967. Grain sorghum — Stocks in all positions totaled 89,000 bushels, up 27 per cent from a year ago. Mrs. Dan Lewallen of Sebring, Fla., was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ellis and daughter at Syracuse last week.

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Larger Soybean Crop In Prospect LAFAYEttE — Indiana farmers likely will harvest a larger soybean crop this year than last, report state-federal agricultural statisticians at Purdue university. In their first production fore, cast of this year’s soybean crop, the statisticians estimate a crop of 81.3 million bushels. This is 16 per cent larger than the 1967 Indiana crop and 10 per cent above average. Estimated yield, at 27 bushels an acre, is 2.5 bushels an acre larger than last year’s yield. The state’s com crop, as of August 1, will be slightly smaller than in 1967. The statisticians forecast a crop of 431.5 million bushels. Yield, however, is estimated at 92 bushels an acre, four more than the July 1 estimate, and eight bushels larger than the 1967 average. However, the wheat crop at 40.1 million bushels is 17 per cent

smaller than last year. Estimated yield, at 37 bushels an acre, is the same as in 1967. A bumper oat crop of 24.1 million bushels is 68 per cent larger than last year. The August 1 yield forecast, at 64 bushels an acre, is 16 bushels an acre larger than that of 1967. Indiana’s hay crop is estimated at 2.1 million tons — 14 per cent larger than last year. Tobacco production is set at 13.9 million pounds with a yield of 2,400 pounds an acre. Hoosier dairy herds produced 213 million pounds of milk during July, three per cent fewer than in July of last year. Egg production amounted to 244 million eggs during July, 19 per cent more than in July, 1967. Miss Anita Mock of Middlebury spent last week with her grandparents. Rev. and- Mrs. Clayton Mock, Syracuse. On Sunday her father Gordon Mock visited his parents.