The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 22, Milford, Kosciusko County, 27 June 1973 — Page 19

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VOLUME 10

Rules given for ‘Queen of Lakes’

Have you ever wondered what kind of rules are set forth for the “Queen of Lakes” contestants? Or, what the cohtestants and winners receive for their participation? The contest is open to any unmarried young lady between the ages of 16 and 26 inclusive as of July 1, 1973. Each contestant will be known at the festival by the name of her home town, lake, school, sorority, etc., as designated by the Mermaid Festival committee and her sponsor. Contestants will appear in formal dress and in bathing suits. Formals may be the color and design of the contestants own choosing. .The rules, however/ state the fact that bathing suits shall be of one piece and no cutouts. Judging is done by experts on a point system of 1-10 on each of the following 10 classifications — beauty of hair, eyes, neck, shoulders, bust, waist, ankles, feet, carriage and personality. Preliminary judging was done last evening at an informal reception for the contestants. Swim suit competition and naming of swim suit winners will be held on Friday, June 29. The 1973 “Queen of the Lakes” will be crowned at the conclusion of the festival Saturday. Prixes The winner will reign as Indiana’s “Queen of Lakes” for one year. She will ride in the annual Mermaid parade in 1974 on a specially prepared queen’s float and will preside over the 1974

5 5,000 in awards to be presented at 1973 festival The North Webster Lions club, annual sponsors of Indiana’s famed Mermaid Festival, is pleased to announce the International Palace of Sports public foundation has made a grant of $5,000 in Lady of the Lake awards to sponsors of the 1973 winning contestants. The money is to be used for civic, / charitable or educational purposes, as the winning sponsors so desire. In the festival parade band contest there will be trophies and cash prizes given in two cagetSries"— for schools (grades nine, 12) with enrollments of 600 or less and for schools with enrollments of 600 or over. First prizes will be trophies and SSOO cash for each school. The second place school in each category will receive S2OO and a trophy and third, fourth and fifth [daces will be a trophy and SIOO. The sponsor of the “Queen of Lakes” will receive SSOO while the first runner-up’s sponsor will receive S2OO and the other princesses’ sponsors will receive SIOO each. The sponsor of the first place winner in the tournament of knights will receive SSOO with the second place winner’s sponsor receiving S2OO and the third, fourth and fifth place winners receiving SIOO. The sponsors of the best

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coronation ceremonies. She will have possession of the beautiful rhinestone Mermaid crown during the year of her reign. The new “Queen of Lakes” will receive a beautiful trophy, S2OO in cash and a lovely engraved wrist watch. First runner-up will receive SIOO in cash and a trophy, second runner-up SSO and a trophy. Two princesses will be chosen and will receive $25 each. The first five place winners will be named Mermaid Princesses for 1973 and each will receive a Mermaid princess ribbon, princess crown and charm to keep. From those five the queen will be chosen. All will ride in the 1974 parade. The sponsor of the “Queen of Lakes” will receive SSOO with the first runner-up’s sponsor receiving S2OO. The sponsor of the second runner-up and the two Mermaid princesses will receive SIOO each. The sponsors will also receive SSOO for the first place convertible or decorated float and S2OO for the second place conveyance. Third, fourth and fifth place sponsors will receive SIOO each. Each contestant will ride in a decorated convertible or float in the Mermaid parade on Saturday afternoon at 4. The convertible or float must be furnished by the contestant or her sponsor. The name by which she will be known at the festival must be on her conveyance. If a winner’s sponsor is jnot a non-profit organization, 4he sponsors’ jarize will be awarded to the charitable organization of their choice.

decorated knight and-or lady float or convertible will receive like prizes — SSOO for first, S2OO for second, and SIOO for third, fourth and fifth. jfli MISS MARINER — Cynthia Willits, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willits of Lake Wawasee, has been named Miss Mariner for the Queen of Lakes contest. Cindy is being sponsored by the Mariner drive-inn on Kale Island. She will be a junior at Wawasee high school next fall. Cindy is 16-years-old and has blonde hair and green eyes. She weighs 110 pounds and stands five feet, three inches tall. She is interested in cherrleading, skiing, girls track team and boating. Cindy’s entry in the queen contest makes a first for the festival since her sister Lee Ann is also a contestant. Lee Ann is Miss Kappa Omicorn.

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28th Mermaid Festival — June 22-30 In Jb&W North Webster 'Sponsored By * North Webster Lions Club ft Rsft F The Heart Os The lakes Ragtai ? W f INDIANA'S im / jV "QUEEN OF LAKES" ft ft 1 \ Miss Rhonda Butts, Bremen, Indiana MERMAID FESTIVAL PROGRAM Wednesday, june 27,1973 kiddies day JUNE 22>30, 1973 Ipm. to4p.m — Reduced prices on midway far children. 6 pm. — Youth League eliminations. FRIDAY, JUNE 22, IW3 WMWWWMMWWWWWWWWWWMWMMWVAAAAAMAA, ” .. SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1973 THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1973 Th 3 h rishS2 r st^ hantS featUre itemS f<r ’ Spedal AssSSrtfon. ANYONE IN 2:30 pm.-Horseshoe Pitch Contest held on festival grounds ? Youth Lewnie Finals 4 pm. to 8 pm. - CHICKEN BAR-B-Q sponsored by North Webster Lions and 7 p m _ Baskettali Turney eliminations at school /pm. M«w*wan rournamenc Dogma » norm ena vise w**h nranMT 7 p.m.—Cain Hunt In The Sand held at festival ymmvH 7:30p.m. — Horseshoe Pitch Finals at festivalgrounds. SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 1973 FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1973 2 pm.—Fireman’s WaterbaU Contest on festival grounds « ~ ope, L , . , 7 nm. — Basketball tournev eliminations at school 7 P m ~ Basketball Tourney Finals at school. 8 pm. — Swim Suit Competition — Queen Pageant, School Gym (JACK UNDERWOOD — M.C.) 8:38p.m. - Indiana State Professional Short Track Championship Motorcycle Races. lYojan Race MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1973 FAMILY NIGHT - _ 1 . , 4 p.m. - KEY CITY SHOWS opens on the midway with the best carnival in the midwest Special rates on some rides; 3 rides for 81.00 and coupon. Coupons SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1973 available at all area merchants _ . 6p.m. - Merchants Building will open. Stop in and see the displays. p “ m 6p.m.—Youth League eliminations. Held on ball field north of festival grounds. J^E2* NIGHTS THE MIDDLE KINGDOM WILL PERFORM AT 7 7pm. -TalentContesteliminations.tf«Uvalgroundß. 4 p.L - Parole units win move out in one of the states biggest (md most exciting /'ST: . parades. Secretary Os State Larry E. Conrad is Grand Parade Marshaß. Awards totaling 33,750.00 will be given for best bands, best decorated floats or cars, best walking unit, oldest car, Color guards, mounted units, baton corps, down, novelty Tl (CCnAV IIIME OA lO7t *“* Cutie <JACK UNDERWOOD - M.C.) TUESDAY, JUNE 26, lv/3 7pm.—Ski show for your entertainment. Same location as afternoon show. 6p.m.-GroasedPolecontest.Byagegroupsfarcashprizes.Festivalgrounds. Wi " Oe ” presentatko 00 I n m - Youth League diminations festival grounds at Lions Bidding. 7p m - Basketball tourney riiminath™ at school. 8 “ Queen 01 Late ® PM®"* BY™ Selection and coronation of 7p m -Talent Contest diminations at festival grounds. Ae 1973 9“*®° L ® k ®*- 1972 0“®®” Rhonda Butts terminates her reign and wiß 7:30p.m — Horseshoe Pitch Contort at festival grounds. crown our new Queen. (JACK UNDERWOOD — M.C.) — ' 111 1 111 " ' Mermaid Ball — Fri., June 22 — Festival Bldg. FEATURING THE MOCK TWINS ORCHESTRA Chicken Barbeque — Sat., June 23 — 4-8 p.m. — Festival Bldg. Adults • ‘IT, ChHdrM - »1", Csrry-Ovts Available ’ Fre,or«J Sy Th, MM-liku liant Chb iffiH

Community Resources Workshop is offered to county teachers

FORT WAYNE *- Elementary and secondary school teachers living in the Kosciusko county area, particularly those interested in earning a quick three credit hours toward a master’s degree in education, will have an opportunity to do so on the Purdue university Fort Wayne campus between July 16 and August 3. The three-week “Community Resources Workshop” is co-

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sponsored by Purdue and the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce and consists of a series of tours and classroom sessions which will be conducted five days each week from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Enrollment is limited to 25 participants. Purdue and the Chamber of Commerce emphasized that the objectives of the course are to give teachers (anyone K through 12) added insight into govern-

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ment, the courts, social services, business and industry. Further, it will equip teachers to relate textbook materials to real life situations. Dr. Arthur W. Friedel of the Purdue faculty here, who will direct the workshop, noted that the program this year would be divided as follows: First week — government and social services.

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Second week — business and industry. Third week — educational opportunities other than programs leading to fouryear degrees. Additional information about the community resources workshop may be obtained by contacting the Purdue office of continuing education on the Fort Wayne campus.

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18 pretty girls vie for 'Queen of. Lakes' crown ■

A total of 18 girls are entered in the “Queen of Lakes” contest this year at the North Webster Mermaid Festival. Each of these girls is hoping she will be crowned queen on Saturday night. The reigning queen Miss Rhonda Butts of Bremen is overseeing the festivities of the week and will concede her crown to her successor after final judging on Saturday. The girls attended the Mermaid Ball on Friday night of last week and a reception held in their honor last night. Swim suit competition will be held on Friday night with each queen contestant riding on a float w decorated convertible in the parade on Saturday. Finals of the queen contest begin at 8 p.m. Saturday. Queen contestants are as follows: “MISS WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL” — Nancy Almason of East Chicago “MISS DELTA GAMMA” — Debra Ingram of Hebron “MISS MONROE CENTRAL” — Janice Mills of Farmland “MISS MANCHESTER HIGH

Augsburger's to re-open Webster store July 3

Augsburger’s, Inc., owners of retail grocery stores in Milford, Syracuse and North Webster, will re-open its burned-out North Webster store on Tuesday, July 3, according to present plans. The North Webster store, the newest in the three-store chain, was robbed and burned out on Tuesday, April 24, according to Larry Kinsey, manager of the North Webster store. He said 95 per cent of the shelving and equipment in the store is new. Planned in the re-opening, the office is being re-located in the front of the stere and the safe is visible from outside the stote. Also, the latest in burglary, fire

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SCHOOL” — Judy Lauer of North Manchester “MISS GOSHEN NEWS” - Kim Handgen of Goshen “MISS SKI BEE” - Karen Moore of Muncie “MISS DEWART SKIER” — Cindy Foyle of Palos Heights, 111. “MISS LAND-O-LAKES” - Kim Trobaugh of North Webster “MISS MARINER” - Cynthia Willits of Syracuse “MISS KAPPA OMICORN” — Lee Ann Willits of Syracuse “MISS MILFORD” Teresa Beer erf Milford “MISS WAWASEE HIGH SCHOOL” — Sonja Leigh Whisler of Syracuse “MISS WABASH HIGH SCHOOL BAND SWEETHEART” — Kristina Perry of Wabash .“MISS ETNA GREEN” — Terry Kaiser of Etna Green “MISS SOUTHERN WELLS” — Sandy Myers of Keystone k “MISS YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL BAND” r Teni Annette Branson 1 “MISS SOUTHWOOD” - Sabrina Cain of LaFontaine z “MISS LaVILLE” - Barbara Herbster of Lakeville

and smoke detection devices are being installed in the new store, Kinsey stated. Loss in the fire amounted to $115,000, partially insured, not including building damages, while the burglars received only $103.84. Polar bears need Greenland reserve A Danish expedition recently reported the need for a polar bear reserve in Greenland to save the bear population from extinction.

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