The Mail-Journal, Volume 8, Number 35, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 September 1971 — Page 6

I THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed.. Sept. 29, 1971

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Lakeland SCHOOL NEWS ■HMMIIMHNfIMEHEEENBENHHNEENEEMEI fit Tn im*.' jflß rJr fW liE ’’ ’ 111 ; .-*- I . r l I Jk u ie I f 'La \ I I 1 ■ »- J - W I* **7 .- >H *f*' f 4\ F /r «< f l '.{» iiwwo.aFyJ.l - " * SCENE FROM ‘OCR TOWN’ — Tim Henning as the stage manager in the play “Our Town” points to the members of the Gibbs family — Shelly Kaiser. Larry Stidham. Don Thomas and Gretchen Love, i

'Our Town' To Be First Senior Play

The senior class of Wawasee high school will present a senior play for the first time in the history of the school. The play is Thorton Wilder s “Our Town" It will be given on the night of October 23 at 7:30 in the Wawasee auditorium Each act of the play presents a phase of the human experience. Act I involves the daily life in Grover's Corners, a small New Hampshire town After the history of the town and of its citizens is traced, the audience is carried into the home of the Gibbs and Webb families where the routine of daily life is shown. Act II concerns the love affair between young George Gibbs and little Emily Webb which leads to their marriage The setting of Act 111 is in the cemetery on the hill above Grover's Corners where many of the townspeople seen in Acts I and 11, are patiently and smilingly awaiting not ‘’judgement’’ but greater understanding Emily Webb discovers that the true value of of petty concerns anditasensitivjty The mam characters of the play are Tim Henning, portraying the stage manager; • Connie Plank as Emily Webb; and Larry Stidham as George Gibbs The main supporting roles are played by Don Thomas and Shelly Kaiser as Dr. and Mrs Gibbs and Mark Steury and Peg Doty as Mr. and Mrs Webb Other actors include Ed Hart, Lyn Gray. Gretchen Love, Tony Mohler, Mark Treesh, Tami Gallahan, Rhonda Huffman,

Something For Boys And Girls To Do I By CYNTHIA RAPP Are you looking for something to do? If you’ll be 10 in 1972 and not older than 19, you are eligible to join 4-H. 4-H is an organization not only for rural young people but also for urban youth. There are boys clubs and girls clubs. These clubs have numerous activities. 4-Hers enjoy campouts, talent programs, and demonstration and judging contests to develop their skills. It also provides community services and there are state wide activities that give 4-Hers a chance to make lasting friendships with other 4-Hers from all over the state. There is a wide variety of 4-H projects and you can select the ones that interest you. For those who enjoy working with animals, there is a large selection of animal projects. If you like to work with your hands there are crafts and clothing projects. Flower and garden projects are available also. Another popular project is foods For those interested in ecology there is wildlife, soil conservation and geology. These are just a few of the many projects offered 4-H club work not only develops skills but also helps develop self confidence and ability to work with others, as well as to do the best job possible, which goes along with the 4-H motto, “To Make The Best Better " The organization has local clubs which work with the county extension office in Warsaw “ There are many opportunities, trips, honors and awards available to outstanding 4-Hers Enrollment is open and new members are encouraged to contact a local leader or the extension office. National 4-H week is being observed October 3-9.

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'- • I f I 17 jL IN MEMORIAM — Beth Beer, president of the Milford junior high school student council, is shown above presenting a check to Mrs. Ronald Sharp, school librarian, for books which are to be placed in the school library in "memory of Larry Sherman and Randy Neff, who died in a lake tragedy earlier this month. Students contributed toward the fund which was used to purchase flowers for the boys and decided to set aside the greater share of the money as a memorial. Since both boys enjoyed reading, the council decided to give the money to the library for the purchase of books. Photo by Tim Yeager.

Mr and Mrs Mike Ostendorf and family of Milford moved into the formerly owned William Martin residence, Milford, recently.

the senior class of Wawasee high school .and directed by Mrs. Max Ellen Smith.

(STlunch ti/5 R MENUS L MONDAY — Country fried steak sandwich, creamed potatoes, chilled plums, blonde brownie and milk. TUESDAY— Pigs-in-blankets, buttered spinach, fruit jello, bread and butter, orange juice and milk. WEDNESDAY — Tacos, shredded lettuce, com. fruit, yammy muffins and milk. THURSDAY - Ham salad sandwich, cottage cheese, fried potatoes, fruit, cake and milk. FRIDAY — Macaroni and cheese, deviled egg, buttered peas and carrots, bread and butter, strawberry shortcake and milk. LAKELAND LOCAL Mrs. Waneta Blackbum. r 3 Syracuse, was visited recently by Don Mock of Kissimmee. Fla. On Sunday, she Visited her brother. Dale Mock of Milford

Meet The Wawasee Seniors

DEBORAH RICH Our first senior of the year is Deborah Lynn Rich, daughter of Lawrence E. and Helen M. Rich of r 1 Leesburg. Debbie is taking government, advanced typing, band and a three-hour course in office lab this year. Office lab is her favorite subject. She is drum majorette erf the high school band, having been a twirler last year. She is a member of GAA. the girls sports club and the national honor society. She represented North Webster in the Kosciusko County Fair Queen contest last summer. After graduation Debbie plans to work as a secretary. She has an older brother Michael who is a senior at Ball State university and two younger sisters and a younger brother. Cynthia is a freshman at Wawasee while Karen is in the seventh grade and Brian is in the fifth grade at North Webster. Swimming is this senior’s favorite sport. Her hobbies are water skiing and baton twirling. —WHS—LYDIA SHEARER Lydia Jane Shearer is taking government, choir, music understanding, music theory, band, senior math and English this year. Math and music are her favorite subjects. * Lydia is the daughter of Carl and Grace Shearer of Milford. She has been in the choir and band for four years and has been in the Latin club, GAA and FTA for two years. She is also a 4-H club member. After graduation Lydia plans to go to Bible college. She has one sister, Debbie, who is getting married in the near future and two brothers, Mark, 15, a sophomore at Wawasee and Andy, 13, in the eighth grade at Milford. She works at the Twentieth Century Restaurant and at Carl's Drive-In. Softball is her favorite sport. She collects coins for a hobby. —WHS—PATRICIA WONG Mrs. Corwyn (Patricia) Wong has been active in art for three years, music two years, cheerblock one year, home ec two years, physical education three years and math for two years This year she is taking general business. government, psychology and senior English. Psychology is her favorit subject. Patricia is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee H. Norris of Bristol. She is the daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Foo Wong of Syracuse. She is currently working at Foo and Faye’s as a hostess and plans to continue working at the popular eating establishment after graduation. She has one brother, Mike, who is a freshman at Bristol. Basketball is her favorite sport. She lists “Gone With The Wind.” “They Die So Young” and all of Pearl S. Buck's books as her favorites Painting, reading and swimming are her hobbies. ’ —WHS—KENNETH TURNER Kenneth Bruce Turner plans to "become my ownman in my own way” after graduating from Wawasee high school next spring. He is the son of James H. and Elmyra P. Turner of r 1 North Webster. He is taking government, physical education, English and drafting at Wawasee this year. Drafting is his favorite subject. His older brothers are James M. 27, and Charles A. 24. Motorcycling is his favorite sport and Bill Maldon's “Up Front” is his favorite book. Motorcycling, skiing, playing guitar, piano, organ and flute are his hobbies. —WHS—CYNTHIA BUCHER Cynthia Ann Bucher is the youngest child and only daughter of Wayne and Irene Bucher of r 3 Syracuse. Her brothers are Wayne, Jr., who resides on r 1 Milford with his wife and three daughters and Don of Indianapolis. Cindy is taking government, personal finance, band. English and psychology this year. Psychology is her favorite subject. She has been a majorette for four years and has several J twirling awards. Cindy is a member of the Milford Christian church.

After graduating she plans to work. During the past summer she was employed at Sharp Hardware in Milford. Water skiing is her hobby. —WHS—JOHN AUER John Lee Auer lists hockey and hunting as his favorite sports. His hobby is working on his car. JA, as he is called, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Auer of 131 West Boston street, Syracuse. This year he is taking government, business law and building trades. Building trades is his favorite subject. Baseball and golf are the sports he is participating in. He has low medalist honors in golf. After graduation from high school John plans to join the air force. He has one brother, Tom, 28, who works at Cambridge. John works at Vega. -WHSDALE FREEMAN Dale Eugene Freeman is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Freeman of Dewart Lake. He has a twin brother, Darwin, who is also a member of the senior class; and an older sister, Ellen, 19, who works at Thornburg’s in Syracuse. Government, band and auto mechanics are his subjects. After graduating he plans to work as a mechanic and lists auto mechanics as his favorite subject. Dale is a member of the Letterman’s club and has participated in track for four years. He works at Barth, Inc., at Milford. Water skiing is his favorite sport. Another favorite is “Hot Rod” magazine. His hobbies are working on cars and snowmobiling. -WHSCOLLEEN ANN COY One of the busiest seniors is Colleen Ann Coy, daughter of Peggy Coy of 313 S. Lafce St., Syracuse, and Harry COy, also of Syracuse. This year she is taking government, business law, shorthand and the three hour office education lab course. Shorthand and office lab are her favorite subjects. She has participated in the music organizations of the school for three years, health club for three years and is a Candystriper at the Goshen hospital as well as club secretary. She is also a member of the Girls sports club. Future Homemakers of America, the national honor society and the cheer block. Colleen is also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and attended Girls* State. She has a letter for health careers, for being a pompon girl and in music. After graduation she plans to attend business college and become a private secretary. She has one brother, Barry, 14, and eithth grader at Syracuse; and a sister, Mrs. Dave (Nancy) Galloway of r 2 Syracuse. During the summer this senior works at the Wawa Drive In. Tennis and football are her favorite sports. “Love Story” is her favorite book. Swimming, golfing, reading and skating are her hobbies. - WHS — VICKI SUE PRICE Vicki Sue Price is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Everett Price of r 2 Leesburg. She is taking government, personel financial management, bookkeeping, office machines and home ec this year and states she likes all of them. She has been a member of the cheerblock for one year, Y-teens for three years, Future Homemakers of America for two years and the Smoke Signals (school paper) for two years. ~ She won the 1971 Crisco award for the outstanding student in home ec. r Vicki is engaged to Stephen Greer of Goshen and plans to be married after her graduation. She is the youngest of four children. Her brothers are Ron, 30, of Lacoochee. Fla.; and Tom, 28, of Warsaw. She also has a sister, Mrs. William (Anne) Troup, 25, of Leesburg. Her favorite sports include horseback riding, motorcycling and auto racing. Painting is her hobby.

< V 111 I 'V* abm L f- i 9 fth <■# - JF4MM y STUDY STATES — Rex Fisher and Steve Yoder, students in Mrs. Dorothy Williams 6-C English class are shown above with a map of the United States. Students in the class were required to study states and report on 10 facts relating to one of the states. Photo by Tim Yeager.

Lakeland Vocational Committee Meets The Lakeland Community Schools Vocational Advisory committee held its second meeting of the 1971-72 school year on September 23. Chris Koher is president of the committee and Mrs. Pat Huber is secretary. Other members of the committee are: Arlen Bobeck, Robert Strombeck, Don Arhns, Edwin Washier, Mrs. Arnold Doll, Mrs. George Bushong, Mrs. Bill Metcalf, Mrs. Janice Baumgartner, Mrs. Claude Hamilton, Larry Teghtmeyer, C. S. Myers, Eugene Coverstone, Bill Eyer, Thomas Robinson, Dave McGrew, Don Arnold, and Henry Smith. Guests at the meeting were John Naab and Paul Ridenour. The function of the committee is to study the present vocational program in the high school and evaluate it. The committee will make suggestions to insure that the program is meeting the needs of the students. The present vocational areas in the high school are: Occupational foods, occupational clothing, building trades, auto mechanics, drafting, agriculture, occupational machine shop, distributive education, and office education. The will also be exploring that may be offered and the facilities for each area. They will be concerned with the coordination of the guidance program with the junior high schools as it will affect the future planning for the vocational classes in the high school.

NEXT WEEK IN THE LAKELAND SCHOOLS Today 4 p.m. — WHS cross country at Goshen WHS tennis sectional at Goshen Thursday 5 p.m. — WHS freshman football vs Warsaw at Wawasee 4:30 p.m. — WHS crosscountry at Columbia City. Friday 7:30 p.m. — WHS varsity football vs Fairfield at Wawasee. Homecoming activities with dance to follow the game. Saturday 10 a.m. — WHS junior varsity football at Fairfield WHS tennis at Goshen, sectional Monday 3:30-5:30 — GAA at Syracuse junior high school Tuesday 4 p.m. — WHS cross country at Fairfield 4:15 p.m. — WHS tennis at Howe Military 4:30 p.m. — Syracuse junior high football vs Fairfield at Syracuse 4:30 p.m. — Milford junior high football at Wakarusa

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t 7 PRINCIPAL BUYS BADGE — Milford junior high school principal Marion Acton is shown above buying a Trojan Power badge from student council member Jeff Auer. Money from the sale of badges is used by the student council for its support of area service organizations.

6:30 p.m. — LCTA dinner at M 6 M 7 to 9 p.m. — Open swimming at Wawasee high school 7 p.m. — WHS adult class — machine shop in room 303 Wednesday 4:15 p.m. — Milford junior high football vs Syracuse at Milford 4:30 p.m. — North Webster junior high football at West Noble Swimming Starts At Wawasee On Tuesday, Oct. 5 Open swimming will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at Wawasee high school. From then until notice residents of the Lakeland area may enjoy the pool facilities from 7 until 9 p.m. on Tuesdays. Pre-school children may swim free with students being charged 25 cents and adults 50 cents. Ta-Wa-Ao-Wa Group Meets Wednesday By LAURIE KERN The Ta-Wa-Ao-Wa Camp Fire girls met September 22 at the scout cabin. Treasurer Linda Lowe gave roll call. We worked on Camp Fire rank with most girls completing their rank. Joni Denny brought refreshments and we worked on tags for our Camp Fire books. A new girl, Robin Snowberger, joined our group.

Boys Ages 8 ■ 13 Eg 7" lts PP& K Time lO* ALL I >) Competition This Week End Sat., Oct. 2—lo a.m. WAWASEE HIGH SCHOOL Mom and Dad — Be Sure To See the 1972 Fords This Week End Full LineOf72's i C. S. Myers Ford Milford and Syracuse

Unemployment Claims Decrease A lack of significant new layoffs caused initial unemployment insurance claims to decrease 14.8 per cent last week, according to John F. Coppes, director of the Indiana Employment Security Division. He said initial claims were down to 4,987 last; week, compared to 5,850 the week before. Mr. Coppes added that continued claims increased 2.8 per cent, however, to 33,118 last week from 32,215 the preceding week. He said that continued claims increased because previous layoffs in various industries overshadowed recalls and benefit exhaustions. Mr. Coppes said there was a slight overall gain in total claims. The 41,961 total was up 351 from the previous week.

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