The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 11, Milford, Kosciusko County, 15 April 1970 — Page 5

Leesburg-Oswego News By Mrs. Max (Chearyl) Miller Phone:4s3-3792

TO DIRECT CHOIR — Don Odgen will direct the Grace college choir in concert at the Calvary Baptist church of Oswego on April 26 at 7 p.m. The choir w ill present a service of song and testimony. The public is invited to attend this special service. Leesburg Lions Observe Ladies' Night Thursday The Leesburg Lions met last Thursday evening to observe ladies night. They went to Fort Wayne. James Heierman showed slides on his recent trip to Hawaii There were 90 iti attendance. During the business meeting they set July 11. as the date for the chicken bar-b-que to be held during Leesburg Days. The cosponsors will be the Leesburg firemen with the proceeds going to the firemen The fair queen was chosen to represent Leesburg. She is Candy* Furnas, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Chase R Furnas The election of officers was held for the coming year. They follow: President — Ixiren Pound First vice president — Bob Shroyer

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Second vice president — Hal Strong Third vice president — Jerry Kammerer Secretary — John Miller Treasurer — Robert Feverda Tail Twister — Robert W. Bishop Lion Tamer — Reva David Gosser Two year directors — Chet Albert, John Buhrt and Ben Stout One year directors — Elmer Martin, Steven Davis, Ralph Hughes Fred Stookey Receives 50 Year Pin The Leesburg Lodge 181 F & M held a special meeting last Saturday evening with a pot luck dinner. This was to honor Fred Stdokey. Master Frank Rader presented Mr. Stookey with a 50 year award and the past master from North Webster Square and Compass No. 747 presented him with a Masonic Bible. Mr. Stookey s family was present as guests. Mrs. Stookey {resented her husband a gift. The Land of Lakes chorus from Columbia City presented the entertainment for the evening There were 125 present. New Officers At Baptist Church The officers for 1970-1971 will be taking office the first Sunday in May at the Calvary Baptist church of Oswego. The officers are as listed: Deacons — Ron Taylor. Doug Hoffert and Charles Hunter; trustee. John Teeple; treasurer. Jerry Teeple; clerk. Harold Ginter; auditors, Bryon Myers and Walter Hunter; Sunday school superintendent and assistant, Sam Popenfoose and Walter Hunter Mrs Harold Ginter is Sunday school secretary; head ushers

are Walter Hunter and Ed Teeple. Juanita Blue is in charge of the home department and flowers and Ann Popenfoose is in charge of the cradle roll. PAST MATRONS MEET WITH MRS. ED CHARLTON The past matrons met with Mrs. Ed Charlton on April 7. The 16 members present answered roll call to the “Easter hat you most remembered.” A short business meeting was conducted by Mrs. Darrell Phillips. The rest of the evening was spent playing games and refreshments were served by the hostess? HOMEMAKERS MEET IN MILLER HOME The Leesburg Homemakers club met in the home of Mrs. Kenneth Miller last Wednesday. The meeting was opened by saying the pledge to the American flag and the club creed was recited. The history of the song of the month “In the Gloaming" was given by Mrs. Dale Morehouse. It was sung in unison. Mrs. Josephine Hopkins gave a lesson on selecting patterns and roll call was answered by “A favorite pattern you like.” President Mrs. Chet Albert conducted the business meeting. A donation was given to the cancer society. The spring luncheon will be in Warsaw on April 29. The conference will be at Purdue university on June 10. 11 and 12. Mrs. Chet Albert will be a delegate from the club. The club collect was repeated and the meeting was adjourned. There was a seed and bulb exchange by the members present Mrs. Chet Albert and Mrs. Everett Tom. Sr., were the cohostess. The door prizes were won by Mrs. Mabie Krouse and Mrs. Hazel Kline. Refreshments were served. TOWN MERCHANTS HOLD MEETING The Town Merchants met last Tuesday at the town hall. There were seven members present. They set Leesburg Days to held July 10-11. Plans are being made to contact the clubs who par-

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ticipated in some way last year. A couple of items were recently donated to the antique collection at the Town Hall NAME EASTER EGG HUNT WINNERS Winners for the recent Easter egg hunt which was held April 4 at 1:30 hive been announced. The winners of the prize eggs were: Pre-school, Terry Roberts; kindergarten-third grade, Kathy Fox; fourth-sixth grades, Holly Strong. The winners for finding the most eggs were: Pre-school, Steve Gagnon; kindergartenthird grade, Tracie Klopenstein; and fourth-sixth grades. Tammie Klopenstein The pre-school children met at the town hall and the kin-dergarten-sixth grades met at the school grounds. The hunt was sponsored by the 'town merchants. MARY MAGDALINE CIRCLE MEETS The Mary Magdaline Circle of the Oswego Baptist church Missionary Society met on April 8 at the church. Mrs. Lunetta Metcalf gave the lesson and Mrs. Nora Brockhoff had the devotions. Several women from the church attended the spring conference meeting at Pleasant Lake on April 14. On May 13 the ladies will be attending the National Baptist Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio. The meeting was closed by the president, Mrs. Millie Engle. W. M. C. MEETS IN STAUFFER HOME The W.M.C. of the Leesburg Brethren church met Mondayevening at the home of Mrs. Glen Stauffer. There were 20 present. Mrs. Ron, Jarvis was the leader. Mrs. Edith Young presented the Bible Study. The business meeting was conducted by Mrs. David Willett. Business discussed included the mother-daughter banquet, tentatively set for May--11. The Indiana Brethren District Conference will be held on April 25-26 at the Winona Lake Brethren church. Delegates from the Leesburg church are Mrs. Judy Rose and Mrs. Janet Foreman. CELEBRATES 87TH BIRTHDAY Mrs. Sam Hartter of Milford celebrated her 87th birthday with her family Sunday evening. Those who helped her celebrate were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Randall, Mr. and Mrs. James Randall and family, MrS. Maxine

RAY 0. ECKERT Republican Candidate FOR COUNTY Councilman-At-Large •J Member Harrison Tvvp. Advisory Board 4 years: Trustee of Harrison Twp. 8 years; member Kosciusko Co. Welfare Board. PAID POL. AD

Music Festival Plans Under Way

Lakeland Community School Corporation’s administrative staff is making final {dans few its corporation-wide Music Festival. Over one thousand students, in grades four throughrfwelve, will participate in this musical endeavor being held on April 24 at 8:00 p.m. in the Wawasee high school gymnasium. Students from Milford elementary and junior high,

Robinson and Joanne, and her husband, Mr. Hartter. COMMUNITY NEWS The Howard Immel family went to Columbus, Ohio, over the week end to visit with Mrs. Immel’s sister, Mr. and Mrs. David Canady and family. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Williams and family from Dunkirk, Ohio, visited over the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Don Puckett and family. Mrs. Jo Yocum was dismissed from the Goshen hospital on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Timmons and family, and Debbie Armey went roller skating on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Esta Yocum visited with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Longbrake of South Bend, also with Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Longbrake of Bremen on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moles of Carpentersville, 111., visited with her mother, Mrs. Esther Lloyd over the week end. On Sunday afternoon they visited Harold Remy at the Rochester hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hunter and Mrs. Helen Sellers visited" Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Anna Hartman. Paul Popenfoose is in the Murphy Medical Center for tests. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Garman and Judy had Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Keitii Garman and family of South Bend. Max Miller and Mike attended the father-son banquet of the Pleasant View Community church. It was held at the Cardinal Learning Center Saturday evening. Everett Tom, Jr., was the guest speaker. He showed slides on his trip to Haiti. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Davis celebrated Mr. Davis’ birthday with cake and ice cream served to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Vanator and Barb, Mr. and Mrs. DeVon Davis and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Armbuster and Miss Ruby Kern. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hartman were Sunday afternoon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Roberts at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Yeager of South Whitley. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Roberts and sons were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hartman. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Klopenstein had Sunday dinner in honor of Chris Kammerer’s birthday. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Gene Kammerer, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kammerer, Tammie and Tracie Klopenstein. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kammerer and family returned recently from a vacation to Anaheim, Calif. They visited with Mrs. Kammerer’s sister, Mr. and Mrs. Junior Bliele. They also visited at Disneyland and stopped at Las Vegas.

North Webster elementary and Junior high, Syracuse elementary and Junior high will blend their talents to form a corporation wide elementary choir, sixth grade choir, sixth grade band. Junior high choir and Junior high band. The Wawasee high school bands and choirs will also combine their talents for the program. Musical selections of various

Mr. and Mrs. Barry Beatty celebrated the first birthday of their daughter, Heather, last Friday. Those helping her celebrate wefe Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rader and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Beatty and Bunni, Janet Marvel, Larry Fifer, Mr. and Mrs. Jim tingle. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Tribble and Patty Lackey. Mrs. Bernice Watkins. Mrs. Ruth Deatsman and Mrs. Herschel Albert, attended the annual W.S.C. conference at Valparaiso United Methodist church last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Albert went to the Indianapolis airport last Friday to pick up Mrs. Dan Albert from Elpos, Texas. From Indianapolis they went to Franklin to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Adams to celebrate the fifth birthday of Greg Adams. They returned home on Saturday. Mrs. Albert will be visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hollar of Warsaw. Betty Murphy arrived home recently from her missionary work in Israel. Ric Stanfield Resigns From Warsaw Force Patrolman Ric Stanfield turned in his resignation as a member of the Warsaw police department on Friday following a meeting of the department hearing board recommendation that the officer be dismissed. A graduate of Syracuse high school and a former serviceman, Stanfield served on the Syracuse police department following his eight week training and graduation from the Fort Wayne police academy in 1967. Stanfield joined the Warsaw police department on November 27, 1968. The hearing board recommended “Stanfield be dismissed from the department for conduct unbecoming an officer. It is the feeling his actions are damaging to the public image and the relations of the department and members of the department personally.” The resignation was turned into chief of police Eugene Brumfield, effectively immediately. ITEMS MISSING FROM BARTH Milford police officers received a call at 10:30 a.m. Saturday from Barth, Inc., south of town, that a number of parts had been stripped from a GMC truck on the company’s lot. Damage was also reported to the gas line and the radiator hose was cut. Later two stacks of metal were also reported missing. Members of the county sheriff’s department are investigating. LAKELAND LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. William Perry of Milford have returned home after a two and one-half month stay at Sarasota, Fla., with Mrs. Ruth Potts, sister of Mr. Perry. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Rapp of Milford had as their Sunday afternoon guests, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haney of Goshen, and Misses Judy Rapp and Beverly Thompson of Fort Wayne.

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types are included in thi% program. Patrons and friends of the Lakeland schools will hear the vocal, instrumental and string groups performing patriotic, popular, religious and classical selections. Personnel responsible for the organization of the festival include: Don H. Arnold, general chairman; Varner Chance, directing chairman; Henry

Music And Art Evening At Webster Friday

An evening of music and art will be [resented by the students of North Webster school on Friday, April 17. Patrons and parents are invited to come at 7:30 to view the various displays of work by the art classes of Mrs, Jean Coverstone. A concert by the orchestra, choruses and bands will begin at

SJHS Inducts New Members Into National Junior Honor Society

Nine students from Syracuse junior high school were inducted into the Syracuse Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society at a school convocation last Friday afternoon. Mrs. Dave Stoops, National Junior Honor Society sponsor, presided at the school assembly. The following seventh grade students were inducted into membership of the Syracuse chapter: Cynthia Conn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs/ Bowen Conn; Sarah Coy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carol M y rick; Patricia Holtzclaw, daughter erf Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Holtzclaw; Sally Shively, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Shively;

Purdue-Indiana Players To Present 'Reynard The Fox*

Tri Kappa will present the Purdue-Indiana theater players production of “Reynard the Fox” at 2 p.m. Saturday,. April 18, at the Warsaw community high school auditorium. This delightful children’s play is about a fox named Reynard who is always tricking all the other animals of the forest and

New Officers Preside For OES Meeting Syracuse chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held its April 8 meeting with new officers, Mrs. Cherrie Caldwell and Mrs. Douglas Yoder, presiding. Miss Linda 1 Caldwell was installed as Ada and Mrs. Patrick Bomman as Esther. An April shower theme was used as decor for the dining room with Mrs. Joe Thornburg in charge of arrangements. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Murray served refreshments. SURPRISE PARTY FOR MRS. HARTTER A surprise birthday party was held Sunday, April 12, for Mrs. Sam (Elzina) Hartter of near Milford. Mrs. Hartter was 86 on April 11. Members of her family who called for supper were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Randall,‘Mr. and Mrs. James Randall, Huntter, Eric and Shanna and Mrs. Maxine Robinson and Joanne, all of the Leesburg area. Mrs. Lawrence Randall is Mrs. Hartter’s daughter.

RE-ELECT Dave Andrews Sheriff Kosciusko County

Smith, building and" ushers; Marion Lantz and Donn Kesler, parking and equipment; John A. Naab, publicity; Lewis Immel, Gorman Miller, Wendel Bryant, Robert Hamman and William Dorsey, transportation and student supervision. The public is invited to attend this concert as guests of the Lakeland Community School Corporation.

Featured on the program will be a girls’ sextet, and The Cosmopolitan Five, an instrumental group styled after the small “German” bands of earlier years. Miss Pauline Cork directs the string orchestra, and the choruses and bands are directed by James Turner.

and Polly Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fitzhugh Turner. Eighth grade students qualifying for membership were as follows: Mike Bitner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bitner; Susan Connolly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Connolly; Matthew Gray, son of Colonel and Mrs. Joseph Gray; and Teresa Ummel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Ummel. Following the tapping ceremony, principal William E. Dorsey spoke of the significance of membership ‘in this national honorary organization. Students selected for this high honor have shown accomplishment in the areas of scholarship, character, leadership, citizenship, and service.

their attempt to stop his trickery. This play shows that children’s theater need not be slapstick comedy to be enjoyed. Tickets may be purchased from Tri Kappa members, at Judd or Walter Drugs in Warsaw or by calling Mrs. John Hall at Warsaw.

Junior High Hi ytes FIRST TRACK MEET By Sue Blue The first track meet of the year for North Webster junior high was April 9. Three schools participated in the meet and these three were Concord, Jimtown and North Webster. It was played at Concord. The final standings were: Concord, first; North Wester, second; Jimtown, third. Kindergarten Registration At North Webster Kindergarten registration for “North Webster school will be Monday, April 20, at in the gymnasium. Students must be five years of age on or before. September 1 to attend kindergarten class. Certification of a student’s age by means of a birth certificate is necessary at the time of registration. > Kindergarten teachers and the school nurse will give preliminary instructions with regard to preparing children for kindergarten class. Parents and prospective students are encouraged to be [resent. LAKELAND LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rogers of Warsaw and Mrs. Hazel Kline of Milford attended the funeral <rf their cousin, Mrs. Helen Huss at Niles, Mich., last Friday. Mrs. Robert Neibert of r 1 North Webster was a Monday afternoon caller in the home of Mrs. Walter Nyce of c 1 Milford.

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