The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 26, Milford, Kosciusko County, 26 July 1972 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., July 26, 1972

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Webster Lake Is Home Os Epworth Forest And Epworth

■oßi * '. * > Ji ' YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW — The top photo reminds one of how all of the lakes in Kosciusko county must have looked years ago before the white man came to the area. Yet, all one has to do is turn around and focus the camera in another direction and today’s modern homes come into the picture. What will tomorrow’s space age bring? We don’t know but we do hope some of yesterday’s unspoiled nature and a little of today’s beauty will be kept for other generation’s to enjoy.

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Webster Lake could be termed as beautiful, enchanting and in several areas almost a wilderness. It is also the home of Epworth Forest and Epworth Heights, both owned and operated by the United Methodist church. Epworth Heights, former Camp Adventure, is used by junior high age groups and includes youngsters from the entire North Indiana conference of the church. The south boundary of the conference is Indianapolis while the northern boundary is the Michigan-Indiana state line. The camp was originally a» complete farm. It now has lodges and a dining hall as well as a swimming pool. It is used June through August. Drive Around Lake A drive around Webster Lake proves interesting. Hie first thing one finds when turning off state road 13 on the north side of the lake is the sign inviting all to Epworth Forest. Here at Epworth Forest, which was established by the church in 1924, life is much like it is at other lakes in the summer. Swimming, boating, tennis and baseball are but a few of the activities underway when one pays a visit to Epworth Forest on a hot summer’s day. The big difference in the activities at this United Methodist church center is the fact that all of them are done in a Christian setting. The Epworth Forest auditorium, where services are held each Sunday, is located across the road from the famous Cokesbury Inn. Back out on the county road which goes around the lake we find modern cottages and homes, a few of which are for rent, as we wind our way along the curves of the lake. As one twists around the curves it’s almost like being in the woods at times as the trees are found on both sides of the road and wild flowers show their beauty through the brush. Here and there a farm dots the country side. A riding stable is also found on the jaunt around Webster Lake. Continuing around the lake one finds beautiful homes and marsh areas along the lake’s shores. Still farther one comes to a point where Webster Lake is on one side of the road and Backwater Lake is on the other. Here too (Hie finds the Bigler public fishing site. Looking east one can only see nature at it’s best while on the western shore of Backwater Lake one finds more homes and cottages. A little farther down the road one finds the roads leading to the Yellow Banks hotel and soon you are back on state road 13. Turn north and you are in the small Lakeland community of North Webster. The town is situated on the western shores of Lake Webster and offers an ideal setting for the now famous Mermaid Festival sponsored annually by the Lions club. Truly it is a delightful drive around Webster Lake and one this reporter highly recommends. Struck By Car Near Middlebury A route 1, Syracuse youth, Donna Clay, 13, sustained abrasions to the face and chest early Sunday afternoon when being struck by a car six and onehalf miles northeast of Middlebury. Authorities reported she ran onto the county road from the yard of a private home and was struck by the auto operated by Carleson Miller, 40, Sturgis, Mich. <5 x -■ 4-H Camp Held On June 22-24 The 1972 4-H camp for Kosciusko and Marshall counties’ 4-H’ers was held June 22-24; the camp was held this year at Camp Mack at Milford. Those attending from the Milford 4-H clubs were Renee Anglin, a camp counselor; Tammy Miller, Kathy Beer, Beth Beer, ‘ Ann Kaiser, Lori Kleinknight, Don Buhrt, Phil Buhrt, John Kaiser, Joe Sands, John Cousins and Doug Weisser.

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iff- | -wn. r - Jj ACTIVE PLACE — Epworth Forest at the site of Cokesbury Inn is a very busy place in the summer time, especially on days when the temperature sores into the 90’s. Here one finds swimmers enjoying the refreshing waters of Webster Lake or just soaking up the sun on the sandy beach. Here too the lake’s cool breezes offer a new lease on life when the thermometer begins to climb.

SOLITARY FISHERMAN — This lone fisherman was relishing the peacefulness of Backwater Lake at Bigler’s public fishing site on Monday of this week when this reporter made a jaunt around the lake. b Since he was some distance from the shore we didn’t get his name and don’t know whether or not he caught any fish but he seemed to be so relaxed and enjoying himself so much we couldn’t resist catching him in the lense of our camera.

MILFORD Library Notes By MRS. DONN KESLER The summer reading program has been enjoyed throughout June and July, and will close Thursday, Aug. 3, with a party being held in the children’s room at 10 o’clock, for boys and girls who have read ten or more books. Also included will be those preschool children who have had ten or more books read to them. Parents — please remember the date, and arrange to have your children attend. They probably will be ready to leave the library between 10:45 and 11 o’clock. Suggestions for adult reading include: REMEMBER THE DAYS by

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Kenneth Sollitt, is a hovel set in northern lowa during the homesteading period of the 1880’s. MANY LIVES, ONE LOVE by Fanny Butcher is a delightfully chatty memoir of the former literary editor of the Chicago Tribune. She traces her personal experiences from rural Kansas as a teacher, to her chosen career in literature, and newspaper work as a reporter. IN THE NAME OF PROFIT, by Robert L. Heilbroner and others, contain true stories of executives whose desire for profit leads them into shameful decisions. The authors name actual executives who yielded to ambition, avarice or corporate culture. Fully indexed. A HIGH OLD TIME, or HOW TO ENJOY BEING A WOMAN OVER SIXTY, by Lavinia Russ. Here is a practical yet highly amusing guide to life after the

age of 60 by a woman who has arrived there. Life runs as fast as a chariot’s wheel. —Anacron. Life is not truly life, but only misery. —Euripides.

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Enchanted Hills %' Playhouse Opens B

Enchanted Hills Playhouse will open tonight, July 26, with “The Odd Couple”, Neil Simon’s comedy hit. The theatre is opening, under it’s third new management, with the Thunder Bay Players. The Thunder Bay Players consists of eight members just finishing a successful season in Alpena, Mich. All eight members have college degrees and experience in theatre. There are also 20 North Side high school apprentices from Fort Wayne. Some apprentices are building sets, doing choreography, orchestrating, business affairs, and set designing. Os the Thunder Bay Players, Barbara Green Gosset of Wabash is the only one other than Douglas Stark, from this area. Douglas E. Stark is artistic director and coordinator of the company. A graduate of Fort Wayne’s Snider high school, Stark was in the chorus for “Oklahoma”, “King and I”, “Carousel”, and “Camelot” in The News-Sentinel Outdoor Theatre. He played the announcer in “Gypsy” afid Daddy Brubeck in “Sweet

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Charity.” |i ’ At Ball State, Stark won tHk Royalty Award, the highest giveireg. in the theatre for actingM technical, and promotional work. 1 In Thunder Bay Summer Stock, he played Sancho in “The Man of La Mancha”, Doolittle in “My Fair Lady”, Henry in “The Fantastics”, Snoopy in “Charlie Brown”, Sir in “Roar of the Greasepaint”, and other leading roles. The company has been getting varying degrees of support from the Lake Wawasee community and from the Fort Wayne area. The Enchanted Hills Playhouse summer of ’72 season consists of “The Odd Couple” July 26-30, “My Fair Lady” August 2-6, “Luv” August 9-13, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” August 16-20, Wednesday nights through Sunday at 8 p.m. with Saturday performances at 7 and 9:45 p.m. My wife has been reading * horoscopes for the last ten years and as far as I’m concerned, they’re a lot of Taurus.