The Mail-Journal, Volume 12, Number 44, Milford, Kosciusko County, 26 November 1975 — Page 9
"Walk a Mile in My Shoes"
SWAP Day chalks up credits again!
By JEANNE GARDINER The first clue that SWAP day was going to be a tremendous success was having to wait in a line of cars (bumper to bumper down Chicago street to Precision Auto!) to park in the school's overflow lot. Grinning sheepishly at each other, the adults dispersed to their assigned classrooms, clutching their lifelines — the maps and class schedules filled out by each SWAP student. At strategic points along the halls, student guides were ready to redirect those who were hopelessly lost. The community was well represented in the form of fathers, mothers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, neighbors — and employers! These representatives valiantly ran the gauntlet from riding the school bus to taking tests and performing experiments in lab situations (amid the tinkling of breaking test tubes and strange odors). It is important to meet the people who have the task of implanting information in children’s heads — and see them in their own territory SWAPers were impressed with the quality of the teaching staff — their knowledge of subject matter and their desire to understand why a particular student might have difficulty in order to find the key to unlock the door to full enlightenment Most participants agreed that today’s students are learning oh a higher level than their predecessors and a greater respect for their capabilities was developed as the day progressed Wawasee high school has probably never before had such a great interest exhibited in the location and inner decor of the boiler room (the only place where smoking is allowed). Coffee was available, if one s schedule allowed, and it didn't allow nearly the quantifies that
Honor Rolls listed at junior highs
Honor rolls have been released at the Lakeland junior high schools for the first mneweCk grading period To be a member of the distinguished honor roll, a student may receive no more than one B, with the remainder of the grades being A’s The student must also have a satisfactory grade in citizenship To be a member of the regular honor roll, a student must receive B's or belter and must have a satisfactory grade m citizenship The rolls from the several schools follow Milford Distinguished Eighth grade — Beth Burke. Angelique Farrington. Todd Grove. Arlene Lehman. Linda Perry. Ted Tobin and Jeff Virgil Seventh grade — Angie Augsburger. Heather Beer. Shawn Lowery. Paul Steury. Kathy Stichter. Jeff Sylvester and Tom Troup Sixth grade — Jill Haab, Lon Kammerer. Shell Miller. Myra Ruch. Susie Schmucker. Norine Sorensen and Laune Virgil Milford Regular Eighth grade — Greg Adams. Carl Bice, Annett Burt, Tracy Campbell. Lori Clark. Debra Dove. Pat Greene. Kevin Haines. Andrea Henson. Kay Kammerer. Brenda Martin. David Meade.
An Extra Bonus For You IT'S Next Christmas TIME As TO JOIN J? st a t e Bank Os Syracuse OUR ■ Jx 0». 3 Locations To Serve You z Downtown Syracuse — Wawasee Village Fish Hatchery Branch CHRISTMAS ( 1 We will make your last weekly payment for you, if your club is up to date at the end of the year. CLUB ■ ' . . pick the one that fits you best E/xn ,*A> y(jK ■ i S ;50 a week pays you $ 25.00 ■ ‘ v $ 1.00 a week pays you $ 50.00 ■ **'>* $ 2,00 a week pays you 5 100.00 , IfITFJL ■ $ 3.00 a week pays you 5 150.00 I J/ O S 5.00 a week pays you $ 250.00 SIO.OO a week pays you $ 500.00 $20.00 a week pays yoy $1,000.00 Member F.D.I.C.
4>rEJ '■ ? r H ME SV A In 1 * I ■■ . .'TO—i ■■ <*flfl » ADULT SCIENCE STUDENTS — A number of adults from the Lakeland area who participated in the SWAP day activities at Wawasee high school this year are shown above as they were caught by our photographer during an experiment in science class. From left are Mrs. Don Tatman, Mrs. T. A. Miller. Mrs. Everett Tom, Jr., and Mrs. Glen Treesh. * jr ENJOYING .ART — Mrs. Kenneth Moser. Jane Kuhn and Mrs. Eldon Beer are shown as they enjov art class during SWAP day.
most of us required to keep functioning — students have endurance After reporting in at study hall, SWAPers gathered in the auditorium to be welcomed by Mr Smith, the principal, who introduced us to Mr Kesler, the vice principal. and Mr. Grabowitz. the new dean of
Amy Speicher and Janet Wall • Seventh grade - Tammy Beer. Kim Charlton. Karen Howard. Sandy Lozano. Rose Pamer, Mara Leigh Peterson. Doug Rheinheimer. Shelley Traver, Greg Weisser, Sherrill Wisa and Chris Wolterman Sixth grade — Teresa Bailey, Gary Gerencser. Cheryl Hochstetler. Nick Johnston. Julie Laird. Vince Price, Paul Siegfried. Kent Stichter and Becky Wuthrich Syracuse Distinguished Eight grade — Cam Boyer, Julie Brandon. Laurie Brouwer. Lynn Brown. Jane Haffner. Lisa Meek, Sharon Meek. Mike Murray. Carol Phillabaum, Tracy Rinker and Michelle White Seventh grade — Tim Butt, Margie Gans, Andrea Lindsay, Susan Naab and Michael Vanderveer Sixth grade Ronnie Cnpe. Bill Harting and Portia Price Syracuse Regular Eighth grade — Fred Avery. Candy Bomman. Mike Brannock. Roberta Busch. Greg Carpenter. Carla Darr. Rose Easley. Rod Hamman. Raymond Hively. Tim Kaufman. Vickie Laid). Cathie Leonard. Margie Pittman. Terry’ Rinker. Mary Simpson and Kathy Stewart Seventh grade — Chris Born-
students. Mr Smith stated that, from a total enrollment of 1,019 students. 507 had found SWAPers — just about half of the student population and the best turnout ever According to Mr. Smith, the attitude of a group sets its pace — and Wawasee high school’s at-
man. Julie Bushong. Robin Coe, Mark Crum. Robin Coe. Steven Deck. Diane Dieterly, Tammy Goodspeed. Julie Hepler, Cindy Hoover. Ellen Meek. Tammy McCulloch. Kim McDonald. Teresa Ogden, Brian Roberts,
Warrior wrestlers begin season
By JOAN BU LETTY The Wawasee wrestling team, coached by Ray Reid and Dave Matz, began their 75-76 season last Thursday in a match against Lakeland. Although there was a tie score most of the boys performed well for the amount of practice time they had. In the 119 class Steve Hoopingamer pinned his man in just 1.21 and in the 132 class Vince Gronendyke pinned his opponent in 2.27 Ron Beer also got a pin in 5 47 to win his match in the 138 class Mark Wilkey won by decision 8-2 in the 145 and Phil Korenstra pinned his man in 5.16 in the 177 class Mitch Ousley set a new school record when he pinned his opponent in only 15 seconds. This was in the heavyweight class The junior varsity won their
titude is positive. He stated that, although moral education is not taught as a separate course, it is incorporated into each classroom situation. He told the group that, if he could leave them with oily one thought, it would be, “Please do not lose sight of the goodness that surrounds you in the young people.”
Rusty Smith and Troy Webb Sixth grade — Cynthia Barney. Brian Brannock. Darla Brown, Anita Hasse. Elaine Karesh. Angela Laub, Cynthia Myrick, Nancy Norman and Steve Slabaugh
meet against the Lakeland B team. 36-26. The most outstanding pin was made in just 50 seconds by Mike Clark in the 155 class. Mike Strausberger and Jim Shock also won by pins. In the 119 class Kevin Marose beat * his opponent 11-1 by decision, Dan Andrews in the 132 by a score of 16-4 and Scott Moore in the 167 class won 6-0. Emergency runs made The Syracuse emergency unit made a run at 8:29 p.m. Tuesday to the Paul Kline home on r 3 Syracuse, where Mr. Kline, 70, had the bathroom He was treated by a local physician and taken to Goshen hospital
FFA livestock judging team places at Goshen The Wawasee FFA livestock judging team competed in an invitational judging contest at Goshen last Saturday with the junior division team of Mark Sumpter, Mike Tom. Mike Barney and Jeff Hall capturing the third place trophy. In the senior division. Max Sumpter, John Kaiser. Steve Tucker and Terry Richards placed seventh. The contest was sponsored by the Fairfield FFA and was held at the Elkhart county fairgrounds. The junior group compiled a total of 849 points of a possible 900 for the win. Other Wawasee FFA members competing were Sam Baumgartner, Keith Beer, Roti Aaron, Joel Korenstra and Doug Weisser. Randy Warren, FFA advisor, accompanied the group.
NEXT WEEK ; IN THE LAKELAND ’ SCHOOLS
Today 6:30 p.m — WHS adult education classes 7 p.m. — WHS intramurals, gym 7:30 p.m. — WHS FCA sponsored convocation, auditorium Friday 6:45 p.m. — WHS basketball vs Mishawaka, here
OS® EIGHTH GRADE TEAM — Members of the Syracuse eighth grade basketball team are shown above. They are, from left to right in the front row. Daryl Hoover. Mike Brannock. Cam Boyer, Jeff Beezley. Tim Kaufman. Greg Carpenter and Mike Murray. In the back row are, coach Tom Stiver. Fred Avery. Jeff Spitier. Shaun Stevenson, Todd Hardy. Lon Godfrey and Dean Culbertson. ■■■■■■■■■■■■l■■■■■ - - -.— ■■ — r ■ - SEVENTH GRADE BASKETBALL TEAM — Members of the Syracuse seventh grade basketball team are shown above. From left to right in the front row are. Mark Crum. Tim Kroh and Steve Koble. In the second row are Tony Miller. Mike Grady, Daren Grisamer, Scott Heady and coach Galen Hershberger. Mike Martin. Randy Armstrong. Brian Roberts. Ed David. Tim Butt and Tod Eyer are in the back row.
Syracuse defeats Pierceton
The Syracuse eighth grade basketball team came from behind last Tuesday to defeat Pierceton 30 to 29 After trailing by fotr points with a minute and 20 seconds left in the game, the Yellow Jackets' Cam Boyer sank a shot as the buzzer sounded to win. Little girl and dog cause collisions A little girl and a dog walked into the street in Goshen Thursday afternoon,' and were uninjured, but caused a threevehicle collision involving a Syracuse driver. City officers reported Richard Bowen. 19. Goshen and driver of a 1964 Oldsmobile, stopped to avoid tutting the girl and dog. however, the 1976 Ford pick-up truck driven by Seth Hoover. 63. Syracuse, was unable to brake in time to avoid hitting the Bowen vehicle. John Stellingwerf. Goshen, in turn rammed into the back of the truck with his 1971 Dodge truck. The pavement was slippery at the time. Damage to the vehicles was estimated at S6OO. The accidents occurred on Main street near South Sixth and Jackson streets.
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I 3 Lakeland Js | School S |Luncß|l I Menu December 1-5 MONDAY — Hamburger sandwich. French fries, buttered peas, brownies, chilled orange juice, milk TUESDAY— Pig-in-a-poke, scalloped potatoes, fruit salad, bread and butter, ice cream, milk WEDNESDAY - Chili or goulash, lettuce salad, fruit, peanut butter sandwich, cookie, milk THURSDAY - Fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, buttered green beans, fruit, bread and butter, milk FRIDAY — Submarine sandwich, lettuce and pickle, potato soup and crackers, apple, milk
Jeff Spitler led the Yellow Jackets in scoring with 10 points. Jim Tenney paced the Pierceton Cubs with 18 points In the seventh grade. Pierceton led all the way in winning 38 to 29. Scott Heady scored 18 points for Syracuse but no other Yellow Jacket could reach double figures. Tinkey led Pierceton with 15 points. 11 of which came in the last quarter Sunshine Bluebirds held weekly meetings The Syracuse Sunshine Bluebirds put on a play for their parents on Wednesday. Nov. 12. At that meeting, awards were given to some of the girls. There were 18 girls and 16 guests present. The girls were split into five groups on Wednesday, Nov. 19, and made different things for the Youth Center bazaar which will be held December 6. BONNIE, CLYDE AMBUSH Arcadia, La., was the site of the famed ambush of outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. The couple was killed on a road just off U.S. Highway 80.
Wed., Nov. 26,1975 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL
I i > r A * fl ELECTED TO OFFICES — .Three Wawasee high juniors and members of the Wawasee chapter of future educations in action won elections in the regional FEA conference at Culver high school last Saturday. Shown here in front of Chief Wawasee at the high school are left to right J. C. Schrock winning title of Mr. FEA for area two; Brenda Rhodes. Miss FEA from area two; and Dan Martin, taking the office of area two vice president for the 1976-77 year.
Wawasee FEA group takes regional honors Saturday
Three W’awasee juniors. Dan Martin, Brenda Rhodes and J. C. Schrock, won elections at the regional Future Educators in Action conference last Saturday at Culver high school. Debbie Engelberth. Wawasee senior and area two FEA vice president, presided at the conference. All four are members of the Wawasee chapter of FEA. Martin won the office of area two vice president for the 1976-7/ year. He will co-ordinate next year's regional conference, Serve on the FEA state executive council, and preside over the conference in the fall of 1976. Brenda was chosen Miss FEA from area two and will compete with seven other area finalists in the spring for the title of Miss FEA of Indiana. J. C. won the title of Mr. FEA for area two, and will also compete for the state title next spring at Indianapolis. Both the Miss and Mr. FEA candidates gave speeches on their enthusiasm for FEA and how they would promote its programs. Cheryl Brazel of Central Noble high school won the nomination for the office of state historian and will campaign for that office at the spring state convention. Attend Workshops Besides the election, FEA members attended workshop sessions which included pros and cons of the open classroom, college information, the nongraded school, medial production. censorship in the classroom, and students rights and responsibilities. Wawasee FEA members participating in the convention program included Amy Vanlaningham, state FEA president who presented the state FEA programs and state theme for 1975-76. Angie Jessop and Amy led the singing of the national anthem
-USOV'-'*** - "A JtL <■ I J w A "CT PREPARING FOR HOLIDAYS — The North Webster junior high band practices an old familiar tune in preparation for the upcoming holiday concerts. Preparation for a musical holiday season includes all the groups in the North Webster music department this year. The eighth grade choir is adding a few special notes to its holiday activity. The choir is going to tape a choral presentation for the Homemakers Time program on WSBT-TV (channel 22). The program will be aired December 11 at 9 a.m. The choir has also been asked to sing at River Bend plaza in South Bend. The sixth grade band and choir, the seventh grade choir, the eighth grade choir, the junior high band and the junior high orchestra will join forces with all of the elementary musk classes in the traditional Christmas program in the North Webster gym December 15 at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Karilyn Metcalf is the director of elementary music. The junior high groups are also presenting a Christmas program for all the North Webster schools Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 8:45 a.m. The junior high musk groups are under the direction of Jim DeLay and Steven Bailey. The students at North Webster schools invite one and aU to job with them in this year’s holiday musical events.
and the state FEA song during the morning session. They were accompanied on the piano by Kathy Koenigshof. Wawasee high sponsor Terry Iden, also sponsor of area two, helped co-ordinate the day’s activities, chaired the area two caucus, and conducted the workshop on the non-graded school. The 12 Wawasee FEA members attended the confab with Angie Jessop and Mary Millbem serving as Wawasee’s voting delegates. •Others attending were Deb Hartman, Ju’lie Method, Stephanie Davenport and John Naab. Junior Merry Maidens met last Tuesday By JUDY WALL The Milford Junior Merry Maidens met Tuesday, Nov. 18. The American pledge was led by Beth Burke and the 4-H pledge was led by Mandie Slough. The health and safety leader, Stacy Wall, gave a report on wounds Angie Johnston, song' leader, led in the Singing of “America” and “Pick a Little — Talk a Little.” A demonstration on "How to Give a Demonstration” was given by Stacy Wall for the first year members. The club discussed a cookie sale which will be held by the first and second year members at Amazing Motors from 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20 and a Christmas party which will be held at the Milford Christian church athletic center on December 13. The refreshment committee for that party is Stacy Wall, chairman; Tammy Ryman, Beth Burkey, Tracy Campbell, Judy W’all, Janet Wall and Debbie Bell. Refreshments were served and the club was dismissed.
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