The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 20, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 June 1972 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed M June 14, 1972

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COME ONE COME ALL — 'HiMe three beauties are Joining in their invitation for one and all to attend the 27th annual Mermaid Festival June IS-24 at North Webster. Shown in the center is 1»71 "Queen of Lakes" Debbie Greiner of

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North Webster. On the left is first runner-up Jill White and on the right is Kathy Berghorn.

Mermaid Festival Set To Open Friday

The North Webster Lions club is hard at work once again preparing for another Mermaid Festival week to run from Friday June 16, to Saturday, June 24. This is a fun filled week with many activities planned for vacationers and visitors to the northern Indiana lake area. The sponsoring Lions club hopes to make this annual event the biggest and best in the history of this friendly Indiana community. This year to kick off the week long festival, a colorful Mermaicf Ball is planned for the evening of Friday, June 16. Lee Castle, conductor and star of the fabulous Jimmy Dorsey orchestra, will provide dance music for the Mermaid Ball. The dance will be held in the new festival building on the mermaid festival grounds from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. Honored guests during the evening will be the reigning "Queen of Lakes" and queen contestants in this year’s "Queen of Lakes" pageant. Other activities throughout the festival week include a chicken barbecue on Saturday, June 17, at the Lions festival building. A week long horseshoe pitch contest and basketball tournament also get under way on Saturday. Sunday, June 18, snowmobile drag races and a waterball contest will be held. On Monday. June 19. the Key City Shows open a large midway featuring 18 rides and various interesting shows. At 7 p.m. that evening a giant treasure hunt from the sky will be conducted. Free ride coupons and many other free values will be dropped from a helicopter. Also on Monday of festival week a popular talent contest will begin on the festival grounds and continue through the week. Tuesday evening will feature a greased pole contest for all kids, young and old alike. Wednesday evening of Mermaid Festival week is a favorite among many people. The famous children's parade will be held at 7 p.m. on the main street of North Webster A Cutie King and Queen contest for boys and girls ages four to six will be held in the school gym immediately following the cutie parade. On Thursday at 6 p.m. a pony pull contest will be held on festival grounds. Also, that same evening all children are invited to participate in a coin hunt in a huge pile of sand. The swim suit competition of the "Queen of Lakes" pageant will be held at 8 p.m. in the North Webster school gymnasium. This z/«r “ M/r PETERSEN KALE ISLAND BAIT HOUSE

event is open to the public. Saturday, June 24, is parade day for the Mermaid Festival in North Webster. At 1 p.m. a tournament of Knights will be held and sponsored by the International Palace of Sports Foundation. This is an opportunity for young men to compete in athletic events for top scholarship prizes. At 4 p.m. the famous Mermaid Festival parade will step off with Lorin J. Badskey, President-elect of Kiwanis International, as Grand Parade Marshall. Mr. Badskey resides in North Webster and will take office as President of Kiwanis International October 1, 1972 serving until September 30, 1973. This year’s festival parade will be announced by Jack Underwood, the famed WOWO radio station personality. The annual parade, a procession of queen contestants bands, floats, marching units, clowns, old cars, etc. is scheduled to start at the south edge of North Webster and proceed north on Indiana state road 13 through the town, taking an estimated two hours to pass in review. Estimates of 50,000 persons have viewed this well known mid-west spectacular event. The festival activities will be down to a close with the selection of a 1972 Queen of Lakes during a program at 8 p.m. in the North Webster school gym. Jack Underwood will serve as Master of Ceremonies during the Queen of Lakes pageant and 1971 Queen "Miss Debbie Greiner” will

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Vacation time

Boating Safety Racing shells and sculls will be given some relief from the recent federal regulations concerning lifesaving devices. On April 17 all recreational boaters, with a few exceptions, were required to carry Coast Guard approved lifesaving equipment in a readily accessible location while on the water. The new requirement, an interim regulation to the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971, excused the racing shells and sculls from carrying lifesaving devices provided that an accompanying boat carried enough life saving devices for all of the participants. The Coast Guard lessened the regulations when it was seen that the accompanying boats experienced very great difficulty in carrying the required number of lifesaving devices. Also, since many of the racing shells are over 40 feet, the accompanying boats were required to carry the even larger ring buoys or life preservers. The requirements for racing shells and sculls now are as follows: (1) Any Coast Guard approved flotation devices are satisfactory regardless of the racing vessel’s length. (2) There need not be one lifesaving device on board per person if an accompanying vessel remains in close proximity and carries one lifesaving device for everyone in the two largest racing vessels. For mere than four vessels, in addition to the lifesaving devices required fw the two largest vessels, the required number of lifesaving devices can be found by using this simple formula: Take the total number of vessels, subtract four, divide by five, round-off to the nearest whole number and multiply by the average number of persons per vessel.

Snowmobile Grass Races Planned For June 18

The Lakeland Snowmobile club of North Webster will sponsor an ISA sanctioned snowmobile grass drag race Sunday, June 18. Races will be in all classes on the mile drag strip. The race track is located on highway 13, 4 miles south of Nath Webster. Racing on grass with snow vehicles is not like doing the job on the genuine article because steering control is greatly diminished. Hence, straight-out dragging is the most practical. Nevertheless, grass racing is fast becoming as popular as racing on the snow. The drivers can use their machines 12 months of the year. The snowmobiles are broken up into classes according to displacement in stock or concede her crown to the new queen. All festival entries for the various contests and parade should be made in advance by contacting Mermaid Festival headquarters in North Webster. Deadline fa entries has been set fa Saturday, June 17, at 6 p.m.

V / j o IfUl Send A Boy To Camp Are you interested in training young people to deal with present amd future conservation and environmental problems? How to enjoy nature? Teaching them about laws dealing with the preservation of our natural resources? Then you’ll want to send a deserving boy to one of the conservation camps in July. Limberlost camp at Oliver Lake near LaGrange will be held July 9-13 for boys 13 to 14 years old. A $17.50 donation from an interested individual or sponsor is a very small investment in our future and will pay large dividends in pleasure and satisfaction for the dona. This is the amount needed to sponsor a boy to this camp. TheC. 0. Mollenhour Memorial Conservation camp at McClure Lake in our county is scheduled fa July 23-28. Boys 11 to 15 may attend this camp if a sls sponsorship fee is donated. Contact the soil conservation office any. morning Monday through Thursday. Invest in the future of America by sending one of our Kosciusko county boys to a conservation camp and give him a week of fun and education.

modified categories. The modified class operators are permitted. within certain limitations, to modify their machines into highly-tuned racers. The stock classes are the snowmobiles ordinarily seen in the dealer’s showrooms. The larger modified and open class machines will be turning in speeds around 75-80 M.P.H., with sound, fury, fumes and dust to go along with the pace. The summertime sprints will be the first race of the season sponsored by the Lakeland Snowmobile club, with additional races planned fa Sunday, Aug. 27, and Sunday, Oct. 22. The winners will earn points toward the championship awarded at the end of the season.

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Soccer Camp Set At Prep Directa of camps at Wawasee Prep, Phil Jones, Syracuse, has announced the second annual soccer camp fa young soccer players from the midwest will be held from June 18 through 24 with Bob Guelker of Southern Illinois university, U.S. Olympic team coach, as head coach. The USA team will be one of the 16 teams to compete at Munich, Germany, in August. Assisting coach Guelker will be Jerry Yealey, head coach at Indiana university, Bloomington, and Bob Dowdy, IU graduate and recent coach at Wawasee Prep. Further information on the soccer camp and coming camps at the Prep school can be obtained by calling or writing the Wawasee Prep Summer Sports Camps at Syracuse. Miss Roberta Rater of Milford is spending 2 weeks in Tampa, Fla., visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lea Campbell.

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•MISS ETNA’S LADY LANA’ — Lana Maureen Welty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Welty of r 1 Etna Green, has entered the "Queen of Lakes” contest as "Miss Etna’s Lady Lana.” She is a pretty brown haired, blue eyed miss of 19 who stands five feet, six inches tall and weighhs 114 pounds. Lana is sponsored by the Etna Green Junior ONO.