The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 13, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 April 1973 — Page 10
THE MAIL JOURNAL — Wed.. April 25,1573
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J North Webster | I By CORRINE STAPLES [ Phone: 834-2608_ [
' 80881 RHODES
North Webster auxiliary selects Girls' State delegate
Officials of the Herbert Kuhn Unit 253 American Legion Auxiliary have announced selection of Girls’ State delegate and alternate. Bobbi Rhodes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rhodes has been selected as the delegate. She is a junior at Wawasee high school, a member of the National Honor Society, foreign language club, Y-Teens, student council. She plans to attend Ball State college after graduation. She has been active in band and the girls sports program and is the official bugler • f Lakeland Kiwanis see Passion play slides Stu Walker gave the table grace at the April 16 meeting. Inter-club from Columbia City included Walt Biner, Dave Martin, Paul Fry and Robert Pontius. Make-ups have been recorded for Merlin Cassel, Don Martin, J. R. Koher, Sherm Bryant and Jay Boyer, April 9 at Nappanee; Bob Morgan, April 10 at Goshen; and Ralph Akers, April 2 at Hammond. The last travelogue of this season is April 26, “Africa, Timbuktu and Beyond”. This will be at the Wawasee high school. Candidates for the up-coming election are as follows: President — Bob Day; president-elect, Pat McCarty and Bob Ritchie; vice-president, Sherm Bryant and Maury Crow; treasurer, Dave Everts and J. R. Koher; directors for three year term (’74-’77), Ralph Haynes, Theo Thomas, Tom Gronendyke, Dick Long, Ernest Lawshe and Cecil Kauffman. Inter-club credit will be recorded for all who attend the division II banquet and Ladies’ Nite at Amish Acres on Friday, April 27, to be hosted by the Kiwanis club of Nappanee. Governor Chuck Havill and Jan will be honor guests. Those interested should call Don Martin. International president, Lorin Badskey was present at this meeting after a six weeks around the world tour, travelling on 27 airlines, visiting 22 countries. He presented citation cards to Stu Walker, Jerry Badskey, Chris Koher, Russ Churchill and Tom Willman for recruiting a new member each. On Tuesday, April 17, Lorin was received by President Nixon. The world-famous Oberammergau Passion play was presented in color slides by Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Hunt. Given every ten years, the last performance was in 1970. The gigantic and colorful pageant is based on the events in the last week of our Lord’s life on earth and is presented by the villagers of Oberammergau. The slides were enjoyed particularly for their timelyness in this Holy Week meeting.
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TOBY HUNZIKER
for American Legion Post 253. Toby Hunziker chosen as the alternate, is the 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hunziker, r 1 Leesburg. She is a junior at Wawasee high school with majors in English, math and business. Toby serves on the student council, is active in girls '‘sports club, girls athletic association, foreign language club and works on the yearbook staff. She is interested in music, travel and meeting the public. Her future plans include some traveling and then college to major in foreign language. African Violet auction at club meeting Mrs. Ray Biltz was hostess for the. April meeting of the Tippecanoe Township home ecnomics club last week. She was assisted by Mrs. Robert D. Williamson. The meeting was opened with the club song, “America, the Beautiful”, the pledge to the flag and the club creed. All joined in singing the song of the month, “The Easter Parade”. Mrs. Hayes Hidy, health and safety leader, discussed animal roles in human environment. Garden remarks by Mrs. Rhue Hunnicutt concerned caution in use of lawn mowers and the story of the violet pansy. Mrs. Russell H. Mickley gave the citizenship lesson using the last half of the article on the United Nations included in material from the extension office. Two leader training lessons were given. Mrs. Biltz and Mrs. Williamson showed slides to illustrate cookery bags and wraps. Mrs. Russell Mickley gave the lesson on accessories and putting together. She stressed the thought that this is the year of “do your own thing” and that the older group from 40 to 60 should not dress like the 14 to 16 year old. Members answered roll call with “my pet peeve”. An auction of African violets was held with flowers supplied by Mrs. Hunnicutt. The hobby club will meet at the home of Mrs. Hunnicutt April 25. A carry-in luncheon was enjoyed at noon by the 11 members and one guest, Mrs. Frank Kurth of Hobart who attended the all day meeting with Mrs. Hunnicutt assisting. The meeting closed with the club collect. Plan family fun night at Methodist church Family fun night at the North Webster United Methodist church will be held next Sunday night, April 29. A carry-in dinner is scheduled at 6 p.m. There will be all kinds of special music, from God’s i Children, the Junior Choir, Chancel Choir and solos. An all around fun night for the whole family is being planned.
Easter meaningful at nursery school Pre-Easter activities of the nursery school students at the United Methodist church proved delightful. The children engaged in making Easter eggs and bunnies. They presented a drama in which they pretended to be hatching from their eggs and hopped around like bunnies. When they said their prayers, they talked on the telephone to God. Each child chose the prayer he or she used. In this way the children demonstrated that he understands that he can talk to God in prayer. The children have been studying and observing nature and its changes. Backwater Friends have dinner The Backwater Friends home extension club enjoyed an “Into the Past” anniversary dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Martin at their Pennsylvania Dutch farm home near Nappanee Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Martin served a turkey dinner with a variety of home grown and home prepared vegetables, pickles, breads, jellies, etc., to the 23 members and their guests, Mrs. Robert Fidler, Mrs. C. F. (Bus) Likens, Mrs. Harold Humbles, Mrs. Thomas Kruger, Mrs. Richard Mvers, Mrs. Bill Charlton and Clifford Rider. Tables were decorated with large Easter egg centerpieces and aluminum ifrivets with Easter eggs at each plate. The centerpieces were awarded as door prizes at the close of the meeting with Mrs. Fidler, Mrs. Bert Rhodes, Mrs. Joe Kruger and Mrs. Wanda Moser the lucky recipients. Mrs. Norman Rhodes, Mrs. Gloria Miller and Mrs. Mama Hoffer composed the committee in charge of all arrangements. ‘ Secret sister gifts were exchanged. A surprise baby shower was held for Mrs. Bert Rhodes in honor of her eighth child, the first one to be so honored. Mrs. Glen Vanator will be hostess for the May meeting at her home.
CALL MEETING FOR METHODIST WOMEN A special meeting of all women members of the North Webster United Methodist church has been called. This meeting will be held April 29 at 10:30 a.m. in the church office. BIRTH MINNICK. Michael Eugene Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Minnick are parents of a son born April 11 at 2:21 p.m. at the Whitley County hospital. The baby weighed six pounds, 10 ounces, was 18 inches long and has been named Michael Eugene Minnick, Jr. He is the couple’s first child. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Minnick of North Webster. Mrs. Michael Minnick’s parents are the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mcßride of Dundee, Scotland. Lisa Michelle Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brindle are parents of a daughter born at Murphy Medical Center April 14 at 2:17 a.m. Lisa Michelle weighed eight pounds, two ounces, and was welcomed home by one brother, Bradley, age 6. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Noah Leichy of Fort Wayne and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brindle of r 1 Warsaw. COMMUNITY NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Royal Kline of South Bend spent Easter Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Orva Miller and her daughter Sally. Mrs. Don Kuhn is expected home this week from Goshen hospital where she had surgery last week. Stanley Miller is reported to have returned home from Whitley County hospital where he was admitted for treatment in the intensive care unit last week. Earl Shepherd has been hospitalized for observation. Mrs. George Burns has returned home from the Goshen hospital where she was recently receiving treatment. Thursday night dinner guests of Mrs. M. A. Stanfield were Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Stanfield and daughters of Whiteland, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stanfield of New Paris, Miss Debbie Stanfield of San Marcos, Calif., Roger Johnson of Logan, W. Va., who is stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif., and George Staples. Mrs. Orva Miller and daughter Sally were Thursday night spaghetti dinner guests of Mrs. Robert (Norma) Roose and Mr. and Mrs. Don Guy. —NW—LAKELAND LOCAL Week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Zimmerman and family of Syracuse were Mrs. Barbara Henry, Richton Park, Dl„ Charles Zimmerman, Jr., Arlington Heights, 111., Jim Zimmerman. Calumet City, 111., and Miss Paula Peterson of South Holland. 11l
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14 YEARS AGO, APRIL 30,1959 School will be dismissed at 11:30 Friday for a county track meet at Syracuse. A tractor shed on the Mario and Howard McDonald farm caught on fire from defective wiring at 7:15 p.m. last Saturday evening. Mrs. Charles Dressel was hostess to the Sorosis chib Monday evening. Three of Milford’s young men were arrested late Saturday night and charged with illegal possession of alcoholic beverages and fined sl7 each. The West Side Merry Maidens 4-H club met recently at the home of Nancy Ahms. An American Red Cross First Aid class will be given at the American legion hall in Milford starting May 6. The second organizational meeting of Kosciusko county citizens aimed at getting a medical and health survey of the county was held at the Lake City Bank basement in Warsaw Wednesday evening. The Milford Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday evening at the Melody Case. The Columbian Reading circle met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Robert Hurd. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Om entertained Circle 4 ladies of the Milford Christian church and their husbands Wednesday evening of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nyikos are the parents of a daughter born April 22. Her name is Mary Margaret. 24 YEARS AGO, APRIL 28,1949 BIRTHS: Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Scott are the parents of a daughter, Janice May; Mr. and Mrs. Donald DeFries are the parents of a daughter, Jayne Marie; Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Good are the parents of a son. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hurd have purchased the Neff property at Waubee Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Haney celebrated their 23d wedding anniversary with a dinner at their home on Sunday. Next Saturday has beeirket by the Lions club as the time to clean up West Side park. The all girl baseball game to be played Sunday afternoon at West Side park will be one of the outstanding events of the baseball season. The annual Mothers-Daughters meeting, sponsored annually by the Women’s Missionary Society of the First Brethren church, will be held on Thursday evening at the church. Instead of taking off the Big Four passenger trains passing through Milford as had been considered by the officials, a change in schedule has been made. Mary Baumgartner, Milford high school student, is one of the Kosciusko county regional winners in the English contest who is entered in the finals to be held at Indiana university Saturday. The families of John Biller and Kendall Biller enjoyed homemade ice cream at the Deloss Harmon home Saturday evening. 30 YEARS AGO, APRIL 29,1943 Mr. and Mrs. Joe Grove and daughter of South Bend spent Easter Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Grove. Miss Mary Reynolds of New Paris has received orders to report to Daytona Beach, Fla., May 6 for training with the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. The date for the beginning of kindergarten has been changed from May 3 to May 10. Mrs. Harry Phend spent from Wednesday until Saturday in Indianapolis with her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Remy. The annual Easter morning service of the Milford Christian Youth Union was held at the Bethel church at 6:30 with 40 in attendance. Chorus pins were awarded to Joan Bushong, Annabelle Doty and James Barnes at the end of the school term. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lecount and son of Fort Wayne spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rial Troup Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sponseller entertained at Sunday dinner in honor of his brother Pvt. Robert Sponseller. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Cain spent Monday evening with their son Billy Cain of Warsaw. Mrs. Anastasia Krider left last Thursday for Tracy, Calif., where she will join her husband, Capt. Walter W. Krider. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gawthrop of Gary spent Saturday night and Sunday with Milford and Syracuse relatives. The first graders enjoyed a trip to the greenhouse the last day of school.
40 YEARS AGO, APRIL 27,1933 In a meeting of the town board at Syracuse last week E. D. Anderson stated that the light rates in all towns the size of Syracuse will be reduced. It has been announced that Monday, May 1, is the last day to pay taxes and after that date taxes will be classed as delinquent. Few have been fortunate enough to find mushrooms in this locality the past week. According to James Durham five counties in this vicinity are without game wardens due to the reorganization of the department. In the forestation project promoted by the U. S. government the quotas have been given out for the various counties and states. Members of the Milford Cemetery Association and all property holders held a meeting at the public library Friday night. Approximately 1,000 licenses out of an expected 10,000 to 20,000 have been issued. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sanders entertained the members of the Young Married People’s bridge club at their home Thursday night. Eleven members of the Busy Homemakers club and four guests met on April 20 at the home of Mrs. Fred Haney. The Shively family reunion was attended by 30 relatives and friends at the John Shively home in Nappanee. Fifteen Columbians and seven guests enjoyed a very delicious six o’clock dinner at the Baumgartner Case Thursday evening. Rinehart completes assignment in Mexico Ivan D. Rinehart and Mrs. Rinehart of r 2 Syracuse have returned to their Wawasee home from Monterrey, Mexico, where the former has just completed an assignment as a volunteer executive for the International Executive Service Corps at Power Electrica S.A. of Monterrey. Power Electrica S.A. is a manufacturer of fractional horsepower electric motors in Mexico. The company has asked IESC for assistance in the solution of several management and production problems. Rinehart was selected for the project which began January 15 of this year and which was completed on March 23. International Executive Service Corps is a non-profit organization formed by a group of public spirited United States businessmen for the purpose of offering services of executives, managerial and technical experts to commercial enterprises in the developing countries of the world where services are needed for economic growth. The Syracuse man is a retired manufacturing executive of General Electric where he served in various manufacturing capacities. He also served in employee, community and labor relations capacities during his 43years of association with that company. His assignment at the time of retirement four years ago was as manager of manufacturing for the appliance motor department. He is presently vice president and secretary-treasurer of the northeastern Indiana Distributing Company, Inc. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rinehart are enthusiastic in their praise of the Mexican people with whom they worked and were associated during their stay in Monterrey — finding them unusually friendly and gracious, plus especially eager to learn. Reports theft from locked car Sunday Cleo Bateman of r 1 Pine Crest Park, Syracuse, reported to Syracuse police Sunday at 7 p.m. of the theft of two rods and two reels, a smoking pipe and a 16’ telescoping pole from his parked auto. The vehicle was reported as locked and parked in the 100 block of South Huntington street, Syracuse, where entry was gained by breaking a wing vent and unlocking the auto. LAKELAND LOCAL Easter Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Zimmerman and family of Syracuse were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zimmerman, Sr., and Bob Zimmerman of Calumet City, 111., and Mrs. Marie Zimmerman, Richton Park, 111.
Easter sets theme for Barbee club Miniature Easter baskets and flower center pieces were used to decorate the tables for the Barbee Lakes Conservation club carry-in supper on April 17. The meeting was held at the club house with 68 persons attending. The meeting opened in usual form. President Stacy Davis, Jr., presided during the business session. Committees were appointed for the chili supper to be held on April 28 at the club house Guest speaker for the evening was Bert Moser, educational director from the Indiana state fire marshal’s department. The committee in charge of arrangements for the evening was Mr. and Mrs. Ivar Langden, Mr. and Mrs. Oria Fortress, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Miller, Ruth Karnes and Addie Bemmis. The next meeting will be May 15 with Mr. and Mrs. Don Cunningham as chairmen. New Salem By MRS. HERB MOREHOUSE Easter services at New Salem The young people were in charge of the 7 a.m. sunrise service. Miss Debbie Plank led the group singing. A large number of the young people read different scripture portions of the resurrection story. Breakfast followed in the church fellowship hall. The New Life trio sang “Because He Loves Me” during the morning worship hour. The trio is composed of Miss Elaine Kilmer, Miss Georgina Morehouse and Miss Rhonda Hurd. They were accompanied by Mrs. Robert Hurd. Pastor Woodbum delivered the morning message “The Resurrection of Jesus Christ” and used scripture II Corinthians 15:12-20, 51-58. The hymnsing in the evening was led by Max Shively after which Lowell Johnson of Elwood showed pictures of his trip to Haiti. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were priviledged to visit Haiti last July. —NS—COMMUNITY NEWS Mrs. Zona Deeter entered the Goshen hospital Sunday for tests. Max Rarick spent several days visiting friends en route and in Texas recently. He also spent some time with Doug Shively in Longview, Texas. Mrs. Edna Tom, Mrs. Emma Cripe, Miss Doris Tom and Mr. and Mrs. John Mullinix and daughters were Easter Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tom and Julie of South Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Don DeFries of St. Joseph, Mich., were Easter Sunday guests of Mrs. Ruth DeFries. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Newcum of West Lafayette spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Morehouse and Georgina. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Tyler and sons of Nappanee and Mrs. Bessie Tyler of Nappanee were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Morehouse. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mathew entertained Sunday for Ed Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Vere Wildman and sons of Warsaw. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Morehouse and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Walter, r 5 Goshen, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Walter, Tina and Travis of New Paris. The Levi Beer family will be guest speaker at New Salem Sunday evening, April 29, at. 7:30. Mr. and Mrs. Beer were
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Mental health ass'n sponsors adopt-a-patient program
Mrs. Larry Hemmer, the county chairman of the Adopt-A-Patient program and Mrs. Herman Detert, the faculty chairman of the Warsaw Nursing Home are looking for other women like Mrs. Eugene Zale to volunteer for the program which is beginning in Kosciusko county and is sponsored by the Mental Health Ass’n. Adopters assume the role of a concerned relative or friend and send greeting cards, remember them on their birthday, at Christmas, and other holidays and send friendly notes while they are traveling. Adopters are urged to write regularly, telling
priviledged to visit an orphanage in Brazil, South America, in January where their daughter Virginia and Mrs. Beer’s sister are assisting. The public is invited. New Salem will be having its fifth annual Missionary Conference on May 4, 5 and 6. Each service is at 7:30. Dr. Wilson speaker at TB and RD meeting “A Shorter Name For a Wider Aim” will be the topic of Dr. William C. Wilson, for the annual membership meeting of the ’tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease association of north central Indiana, Monday, April 30, at 6:30 p.m., L.H. Inn, Mishawaka. Dr. Wilson is managing director of the Indiana Lung association. His speech will highlight the proposed name change for the local group to “American Lung association”, to become effective April 30. President Leßoy F. Ott, Elkhart, will report the regional association’s first year of work in Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshal, and St. Joseph counties. The four previous county TB associations began programming as a regional organization on April 1, 1972. James E. Pender, managing director of the Christmas Seal
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about their families, pets, work, hobbies or any other normal happenings in the family. Patients included in this program are those who have no relatives or who have relatives unable to visit, or who have a special need which can be met by an adopter. There is no legal obligation, but the adopter attempts to fill the void in these patients lives. Mrs. Hemmer and Mrs. Detert are hoping to have volunteers for all of the nursing homes in the county in the very near future so that every patient who is forgotten now will J|e included in his own “new family” soon.
organization, said reservations for the meeting may be made through the office, 319 S. Main street, South Bend. Dr. Wilson received his BS and MS degrees in health education from George Williams college in Chicago; master public health at the University of Michigan; doctorate’ of health science at Indiana university. He was elected to Kappa Delta Pi, National Honor Society and received the distinguished service award, “Young Man of the Year”, city of Elgin (1959). Blind school to hold open house The Indiana School for the Blind, 7725 N. College avenue, Indianapolis, will hold its annual open house Sunday, April 29, from 2 to 4:45 p.m. A “family field and play day” is scheduled and the public is invited to come in casual dress and ready to participate in relays, games and contests along with ISB students. Track and field sports adapted to the blind and partially sighted will be demonstrated, tours of the school will be available, and mixed recreation and games conducted. The open house will conclude with a musical program by band and chorus members of the Indiana School for the Blind.