The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 38, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 October 1969 — Page 6

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., Oct. 22, 1969

Leesburg-Oswego News By Mrs. Pearl Lyons Phone 453-3921

Annual Halloween Parade, Leesburg The Halloween festivities, sponsored by the Lions club, will be held Friday night, Oct. 31. The parade will form at the school at 7 p.m. and the judging of the costumes will be at the firehouse. There will be a pie eating contest, a sack race and a penny scramble. There will be refreshments for everyone. Serving on the committee are Mark Gosser, Rev. David Gosser, Frank Radar and Dale Morehouse. » Oswego Baptist Church To Have Wiener Roast Members of the Oswego Baptist church will have a wiener roast at the church Thursday evening, Oct. 30, at 6 p.m. The children will come in costume. There will be treats for everyone. Mrs. Maurice Neibert is chairman for the event. Calvary Baptist Church Group Has Party The youth group of the Oswego Calvary Baptist church had a party at the church Friday night with 12 attending. Games were played and refreshments served. Miss Lois Dausman is sponsor of the group. WSCS MEETS WITH MRS. GINTHER Mrs. Herman Ginther was..hostess Thursday afternoon to the Martha circle of the WSCS with nine members present. Devotions were given by Mrs; Helen Zimmerman and the program by Mrs. Herschel Albert and Mrs. Ruth Deatsman. Mrs. Albert, president, announced that the women were invited to be guests of the Clunette ladies for their November meeting. Refreshments of apple crisp with whipped cream, coffee, tea, candy corn and nuts were served by the hostess. Club Dresses In Hard Times Costumes For Meeting Members of the Tippy Lee club came dressed in hard times costumes for their meeting Wednesday night at the home of Mrs. John Flory. Mrs. Myron Tschupp was co-hostess. Roll call was answered by giving short notes on his favorite topic. Meditations were given by Mrs. Tschupp and health and safety remarks by Mrs. Raymond Hartman. Mrs/Robert Allen reviewed the song, “Let There Be Peace On Earth,” and all joined in singing the song. Games were played and the mystery prizes were won by Mrs. Raymond Custer and Mrs. Gerald Murphy. Decorations were in keeping with Halloween and refreshments of cider and doughnuts were served. MASONS HONORED AT EASTERN STAR MEETING , The Order of the Eastern Star met Tuesday night for its regular meeting. Mrs. Catherine Bouse, Mrs. Evelyn Hall, Mrs. Maxine McMillan and Mrs. Dorothy Ferverda received their 25 year pins. The organization also honored 16 masons who are members of the Order of the Eastern Star and each was presented a gift. A memorial service was conducted for Vera Hansing, grand secretary, and for Luther McCully. The East was decorated with fall flowers and leaves. The OES is selling candy and it may be obtained from any* member. Friends’ night will be observed October 28. Sandwiches, potato chips, and coffee were served by Mrs. Chris Ryan and Mrs. Leora Stookey. RUTH MISSIONARY CIRCLE MEETS AT CHURCH Mrs. Fred Stookey presided at a meeting of the Ruth missionary circle held at the Oswego Baptist church Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Mabel Lippincott gave a review from the booklet, “A Call to Spiritual Advance,” by Frank Laubach. All united in repeating The Lord’s Prayer. Mrs. Esther Harmon gave the lesson on, "One God, One Humanity, One World.” She told of the Hunger in the world, of the church service, of the United Nations and the UNICEF program. An announcement was made that

calendar towels and stationery were for sale. Mrs. Harmon closed the meeting with prayer. BRIDAL SHOWER HELD FRIDAY AT KAMMERER HOME Mrs. Andrew Kammerer, assisted by Mrs. Earl Kammerer, entertained at a bridal shower on Friday night in honor of Miss Susan Brooks of Goshen, who will be married to Scott Crist of Ohio on November 1, in Milford. The home was decorated in fall colors. A miniature bride and bridegroom centered the gift table. Refreshments of angel food cake with pineapple topping and orange punch were served to 25 guests from the Milford area. Miss Brooks also received the door prize, finding the lucky number on her napkin. —L— j RETURN FROM TOUR OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Mr. and Mrs. Albert Heierman have returned to their home after enjoying a three-week tour of the Hawaiian Islands. While there they attended a bankers’ convention held at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel at Waikiki. The island of Hawaii is known as the orchid island. They visited the islands of Maui, Kauai, the Polynesian Cultural Center, located on Oahu, Kona, and Hilo on Hawaii. They also took a boat trip to Pearl Harbor. One of the outstanding attractions on the islands is the many beautiful flowers. THREE ARTS CLUB IN MONDAY MEETING Mrs. Robert Ferverda was hostess Monday night to 12 members of the Three Arts club and one guest. Roll call was answered by telling of his favorite TV program. Mrs. Ferverda read a poem for devotions and also gave the program. All took an IQ test. The mystery prize was won by Mrs. Jerry Kafnmerer. The next meeting will be November 3 at the home of Mrs. Mike Cox. Refreshments were served. WMC MEETS AT WINONA LAKE HOME Members of the Leesburg WMC met recently at the home of Mrs. Bob Wilson at Winona Lake. Mrs. Ron Jarvis served as leader and Mrs. Edith Young gave the Bible study. At the next meeting, which will be November 10, members will meet at the church from 5:30 to 6 p.m. to work at the church before having their meeting. New rules were set up for the nursery. Refreshments were served to the 20 members attending. MARY MAGDALENE CIRCLE MEETS AT CHURCH There were six women present at a meeting of the Mary Magdalene circle of the Oswego Baptist church which met at the church Wednesday night. Mrs. Maurice Neibert gave the devotions., The evening was spent on working on the recipes for the cook book which the circle is going to publish. Foldover notes are also for sale. Homemade apple and blueberry pie with ice cream was served by Mrs. Neibert. WESLEY CHOIR TO Have unicef drive Members of the Wesley choir will meet at the United Methodist church for a supper at 6 o’clock Wednesday, Oct. 29. They will then go trick or treating for UNICEF. They will return to the church for refreshments. Mrs. Robert Allen is director of the choir. COMMUNITY NEWS Dr. James Taylor is taking training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He expects to be sent to Viet Nam in the near future. Mrs. Taylor and two children are making their home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Andres. Mr., aijd Mrs. Roger McConnell were Saturday afternoon guests of the Fred Haney family of Beaver Dam. Miss Doris Black spent Sunday afternoon and evening with Mrs. Larry Hartman. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hunter visited their granddaughter, Lisa Hunter, Sunday afternoon. Lisa is ill with the measles. Ray DePlatt of Fort Knox, Ky., spent the week end with the Ed

Blue family. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Joy and family of Winona Lake spent Saturday afternoon and evening with the Blues. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Popenfoose spent last week touring in Ohio. Pennsylvania, Washington, D. C., Virginia, and West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hunter visited at the Allan Ramsey home in Warsaw Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Florence Crow and Miss Joy Crow of Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Glassburn of Fairmount spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Irvine. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Glassbum and children of Huntington were Saturday supper guests. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Popenfoose and sons of Fort Wayne visited the Walter Hunters Saturday. Angie Yergler of Wellington, 111., is spending some time with the Andrew Kammerer family. Mrs. Larry Hartman and daughters spent Saturday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tumbleson at Atwood. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ervin spent last week in southern Indiana. They visited Santa Claus. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Byrer spent Sunday in Decatur visiting the Paul Somnerses and to see their new great-granddaughter. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Zimmerman of Milwaukee spent Friday night with Mrs. Helen Zimmerman. They were en route to Washington, D. C., to attend an insurance convention. Mrs. Helen Zimmerman accompanied Mr. and Mrs. James Zimmerman of Nappanee to Fort Wayne Sunday where they attended the 48th wedding observance of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Haller. The party was given by their daughter, Mrs. Bob Stahn, at the Gaberhaus. Mrs. Haller and Mrs. Zimmerman are sisters. STATE TAKING ORDERS FOR SEEDLINGS The division of forestry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources is now taking orders for pine and hardwood seedlings and transplants as long as the supply lasts. The stock is available to all Hoosier landowners needing trees for reforestation, erosion control or windbreak construction. Anyone ordering stock from the division of forestry must sign an agreement to this affect, and also agree not to resell or give away rooted stock or to use any of the trees for ornamental or shade purposes. All planting sites are subject to inspection both prior to and after planting by the state forester’s representative. All stock is sold on a firstcome first-serve basis. Tree order blanks and price lists may be obtained from the Indiana Division of Forestry, 613 State Office Building, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204, or the Jasper - Pulaski State Nursey

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(Continued From Page 1) asked the board to consider making the town’s only stop light a blinker light after 10 p.m. He said it is "asinine” that the light should be on stop and go after that hour. He challenged a statement by the board that this is a matter for the state highway department, adding "they could not care less less” if the town instructed the police department to “flip it on blinker” after 10 p.m. Board president Connolly said the board did not plan to discuss annexation at the Tuesday night meeting. Mrs. Kenneth Knisley said she came to the meeting just in case annexation came up. She had expressed her opposition to annexation earlier in a Letter to the Editor which appeared in The Mail-Journal. Fire chief Tom Strickler told the. board he and fireman Ron Robinson planned to take the town’s fire truck to Battle Creek, Mich., on Monday, Oct. 27, for an annual check up and was given permission. Sign Power Contract Jay Peffley, manager of the Syracuse NIPSCo office in Syracuse, John Askew, NIPSCo industrial power salesman and Don Heiden, Mr. Askew’s assistant, presented a contract to the board for signature; covering the 50 hp motor at the new pumping station east of the Vega Homes plant. The motor will service the 8-inch well, and the contract was for 2Ms cents per kilowatt hour. At the same time the NIPSCo folks discussed the towns overall power structure with members of the town board. The board members present were Byron Connolly, Mrs. Frank Bates, Willard Nusbaum, Vernon Beckman and Loren Longenbaugh. Clerk-trea-surer Ronald Sharp and attorney Robert Reed were also present.

at Medaryville, the Vallonia State Nursery at Vallonia, Service Forester Offices, Conservation Officers, Extension„ Foresters, County Agricultural Offices, Soil Conservation Service Offices, Purdue Department of Forestry and Conservation, and County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Offices. The minimum order for trees is 200. Trees in any one species must be ordered in multiples of 100. A wildlife packet or an order of stratified black walnut seed would also constitute a minimum order. After the tree order blank has been completed, it must be mailed with the remittance directly to the State Nursery that ships to the county where the planting will take place. Instructions are on the last sheet of the tree order blank for specific information.

Mr. and Mrs. John Gardner, Sr., Milford, spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. John Gardner, Jr., Milford. Other callers were MT. and Mrs. Marvin Rapp of Milford and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haney of Goshen.

MRS. MILLER ENTERTAINS FOR HOME EC CLUB Mrs. Herman e Miller was hostess for the Busy Bee Home Economics club on Friday, Oct. 17. Mrs. Ralph E. Miller, president, presided at the meeting and lead the group in the pledge. Mrs. Delbert Moneyheffer led in singing* the song of the month, "Let There be Peace on Earth.” Mrs. Everett Butrick read a meditation entitled, "Which Are You?” President Miller read a poem called "What would you do with a minute?” Health and safety remarks on lung cancer and a reminder that all women should have a pap smear taken annually for early detection of cancer was given by Mrs. Butrick. She gave the garden remarks, stating that one should be sure and clear her garden of weeds each fall, to rotate crops planted therein and informed the ladies that limestone was harmful to shrubs if used to keep weeds from growing around shrubbery and said one should use washed gravel or crushed stones. The 10 members present responded to roll call with “A secret ambition I once had.” Mrs. Miller reminded everyone of achievement day to be held at 7:30 p.m. on October 29 in the Shrine building at Warsaw. She also said the bazaar and Christmas workshop would be Friday, Nov. 7, from 2 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 8 from 9 a.m. til noon. On display were several items made by the members for the bazaar. Mrs. Cleveland Shuder gave a report on the flower fund and a card was sent to Mrs. Guy Fisher who has been released from the hospital. Mrs. Moneyheffer, chairman of the trip committee, said a trip was planned Saturday, Nov.

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* . . A 1 — WORK CONTINUES — Work continues on the West Noble high school being constructed on U. S. 33 in Noble county. The school is expected to be ready for classes in the fall of 1970. Students from Ligonier, Cromwell, Wawaka and Washington township will attend the new high school.

1, for members and their husbands with dinner out and the ice follies in Fort Wayne. Those planning to go should meet at the Doral McFarren home at 5 p.m. Due to a change of meeting nights for the Waubee grange it was decided to change the club meeting night from the second Friday to the third Friday of the month, in effect the first of the new year. Mrs. McFarren and Mrs. Butrick were appointed to purchase Christmas gifts for the mental health project. Those who are to serve on the Christmas committee are Mrs. Ray Bray, Mrs. Erma Chambers, Mrs. McFarren, Mrs. Herman Miller, Mrs. Mervin Mishler, Mrs. Raymond Pinkerton and Mrs. Alvin Waldbeser. Officers were elected as follows: President — Mrs. Chambers Vice president — Mrs. Bray

Secretary — Mrs. Mishler Treasurer — Mrs. Herman Miller Mrs. Ralph Miller and Mrs. Alvin Waldbeaser presented the lesson in the form of a film strip on cheese. PLANS FOR 1969 CROP DRIVE ARE ANNOUNCED Russell Creighton of Atwood, chairman of the Christian Rural Overseas program for Kosciusko county, has announced officers and chairmen for the 1969 CROP drive. William Orr is vice chairman and Rev. Herbert Edwards is secretary. Ross Sittier, senior vice president of the First National Bank, is treasurer. Lloyd Rummel of Nappanee is campaign director for the north part of the county and Samuel Knoop of Claypool for the southern half. Don Frantz of Warsaw

is publicity director. Directors of promotion are Harry Lozier of Warsaw and Rev. David Gosser of Leesburg and Frank Sanders, Sr., of Claypool is in charge of advance gifts. Verl George of Nappanee and Wilbur Pyle of Jackson township are directors of the Friendship Acres program. Joe Barrett of the Farm Bureau Co-op is commodity manager. The CROP program is the rural relief agency of the World Council of Churches. Drives for food are made annually in rural areas and are admnistered through church groups. The principle recipients in recent months have been the children in Biafra. Mr. Creighton has announced that the drive will begin November 8 and that township directors will be announced soon. Envy is the conclusive evidence of a little mind — and you can give yourself a mental test.