The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 22, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 June 1972 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL— Wed., June 28, 1972

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In the year of 1904 the Church of the Brethren recognized the need for giving special attention to the youth of the church and the Christian Workers’ Societies were termed. By 1921 a national youth director was appointed and young people s conferences came into being. From these conferences came the camps of the Church of the Brethren, including Camp Alexander Mack on the eastern shore of Waubee Lake which opened on July 27, 1925. The name of the camp comes from Alexander Mack, founder of the Church of the Brethren Mack was born in 1679 at Schriesheim an der Bergstrasse Having been raised in the Presbyterian (Reform) faith, he became dissatisfied with the ecclesiastic domination of the state of religion and became a Separatist. Mack moved his family to Schwarzenau. Germany, where he

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TRANQI ILITY — This peaceful hillside scene is of Vesper Hill at Camp Mack. The hill is a popular place for earh morning and late evening services at the camp. As you look out over the waters of Waubee Lake from this spot tranquility is a word that comes to mind. The stone work in the pulpit, marker and bell stand is from the original stones gathered from the camp grounds when it was first started. The hillside bleachers have been re-done in recent years. The building in the background is Sarah Major hall where group camps using the east end of the overall camp are headquartered. The hall has had much work done to it and the dining facilities have been changed in the past few sears.

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founded a new church in 1708. Buildings The first main building on the camp grounds was the W. R. Deeter cabin, built in 1925. It was named after one of the church’s leaders. Deeter was born in 1840 and died in 1917. His son, Manley, was a member of the camp location committee. The log cabin is 30 feet square and consists of two rooms. From 1925 until 1936 it served as the camp office and store, then as the camp museum and today serves as a crafts center. The second building on the camp site was Sarah Major hall. It too was constructed in 1925 Sarah (Righter) Major was the first woman preacher of the Church of the Brethren, This building was completed just in time for the camp’s opening on July 27, 1925. The building has served as an

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assembly room, dining hall, girls’ dormitory, class rooms, boys’ dormitory and for several other purposes. Becker lodge was named for Peter Becker, the man who led the first group of the Brethren from Germany to the USA in 1719. Construction of Becker lodge began in 1931 with the building not being completed until 1936. It is the camp’s largest and most used building. The Quinter-Miller auditorium was opened in 1940 and was named for elder Robert Henry Miller and James Quinter who were two outstanding preachers of the church. Ulrich House, named for the families of the church with the names of Ulrich. Ulrey, Ulery, Ulry and Ullery, was opened in 1948 to house the camp staff. One of the most beautiful spots at the camp is Vesper Hill which

Dewart Lake Ski Club Mans Show The Dewart Lake ski club is planning a show for the Fourth of July at 2 p en. The show can be seen from the Redmon park beach. It is a practice for the event the club will present for the Indiana State Show tournament in August at the same location. The public is invited to watch this performance. The club also has arranged ski lessons for anyone who is interested. The next session will be held at the lake on July 8 at 9:90 a m Teachers are available for both beginners and advanced students. Officers of the club this year are Don Bucher, president; Harley Chalk, vice president; and Mrs. John L. Miller, secretary-treasurer Wawasee Property Owners To Hold Spring Breakfast Members of the Wawasee Property Owners Association, their friends and guests, are invited to the organization’s first 1972 pancake breakfast from 8:30 to 10:30 am. on Sunday. July 2, at the Lilly Pavilion (former Sargent hotel annex) on the north shore of Lake Wawasee. For a number of years, the association has held two such breakfasts annually on the Sunday closest to July 4 and Labor Day. The menu will include, juice, milk, pancakes, coffee and sausages. Officers and directors act as hosts, waiters, and kitchen hlep. There is no charge and dress is informal.

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overlooks the lake and allows for out of doors services. In 1948 the Shultz Memorial chapel, named for L. W. Shultz who was camp director for a number of years and now resides in North Manchester, was built. The picture window over looking the lake contains no glass but offers a commanding view of the waters below. The Camp TodayTwo different camps are held on the grounds each week. When this reporter visited the camp the Kosciusko county 4-H camp and the North Indiana Junior 1 camps were in process. While the Church of the Brethren camps are underway at the west end of the camp grounds other groups quite often occupy the east end. Among those scheduled at the camp this summer besides Church of the Brethren campers are other county 4-H groups, the Church of God national youth, the Community Gospel church of Bremen camp, the Shull family camp, the Apostolic — Christian youth camp and the Elkhart county homemakers.

Magazine Foods Editor Visits Dean Cousins

Farm Journal foods editor, Elise Manning, is visiting the Dean Cousins, r 2 Milford, today. Editor Manning has been at a Detroit convention the past few days and will visit two Indiana Farm Journal families (Dean Cousins, Milford, and Paul Kile, Larwill) before she returns to the Farm Journal office in Philadelphia. Purpose of the editor’s visit is to talk about food with the Cousins and their farm neighbors. She wants to find out what recipes and food ideas readers want in the Farm Journal. Approximately 12 Milford homemakers are invited to the Cousins’ house today for a 2:30 p.m. chat with the foods editor. The ladies will swap recipes and discuss what foods they cook most often and what foods their families like the most.

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IHIKD IN QUEEN CONVEYANCES — Winner of third place in the Queen conveyance category at the Mermaid Festival was this huge Mack truck and decorated trailer entered by the South Shore Golf club. Sitting atop the truck is Pam Knispei entered in the queen contest as “Miss South Shore.”

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Raymond Hoover serves as resident director of the camp. The Lores Steury family is caretakers and Mrs. Steury serves as head cook. An additional 20 persons serve on the summer staff of the camp as office workers, cooks, cleaners and maintenance men. Program personnel change with the various camps. Two years ago an addition was made to Ulrich house. This addition provides office space for Mr. Hoover and his personnel and living quarters for the Steury family. The Steurys live at the camp throughout the yaar. During the winter months various organizations hold week end retreats at Camp Mack. Week end retreats have become so popular that only a half a dozen or so week ends are open each year. All retreats are held at Ulrich house until the weather moderates enough to allow use of the unheated cabins. Total attendance at Church of the Brethren camps during the year runs slightly over the 1,000 mark with most of the camps being small group sessions.

Thursday Mrs. Cousins and the foods editor will visit the homes of Mrs. T. A. Miller and Mrs. Vernon Stutzman, both of Milford. They will gather more food idesas and recipes for the farm magazine from the women. Cousins were chosen at random for the visit, according to Mrs. Cousins. The Farm Journal editors merely thumb through Farm Journal test group files and pull names out as test families to interview. Farm Journal family test groups answer questionaires (such as what brands of dog food are best), try new recipes (such as yeast roll mixer methods) and food products (such as new sugar substitutes) sent to them by the magazine and then report their opinjon of the recipe or product back to the journal. Cousins have been a test family for the magazine for the past five years.

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CRAFTS ARE FUN — These girls and their house mother Nancy Pike of Plymouth enjoyed crafts while at Camp Mack last week despite the cold weather. In front are Laura Losee of Pierceton. Anita Ecker of Walkerton and Cathy Method of Milford. In back are Tane Shurtz of Millersburg, Linda Kagarise of South Bend. Retha Burkholder of Nappanee and Mrs.- Pike. The group is in front of Jacob's well, a popular spot on the camp grounds. For years the well was flowing with the water being cool and refreshing. This and other wells on the camp grounds have stopped flowing, however, a water cooler still offers water for all who visit the well.

Historical Society Will Hold Genealogy Session The Kosciusko County Historical Society will hold a session devoted to genealogy Monday night, July 3. The speaker will be James A. Foerster of Larwill, LDS church member, who has conducted many courses in ancestor searching. At the meeting, to be held at 7:30 p.m., in the Shrine building at the fairgrounds in Warsaw, plans will be discussed for the formation of a genealogical section of the historical society. LAKELAND LOCAL Mr. and Mrs. Dan Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith, Milford, camped over the week end at Twin Mills near Howe. Also spending the week end there were Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Smith and three sons of Three Rivers, Mich. Sunday campers were Mr. and Mrs. Ron Smith and family and Mrs. Richard Brunjes and Alan Brunjes, all of Milford, and Miss Cheryl Overholser of Fort Wayne.

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