The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 9, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 March 1976 — Page 7
Dy HD inßrii i ■f i f t Ml • <Z . ...j3 L t :ji : ft MHHHI ■ k , ;.. • SINGERS ALL? — Wawasee high school s Music Man barbershop quartet is shown in the top photo rehearsing for the upcoming production on April 23 and 24. In the bottom photo are the girls preparing for their roles, the Pick-a-Little Indies. The barbershop quartet consists of Steve Badskey. Craig Koble. Mark Koble and Joel Popenfoose. A The Pick-a-Little Ladies are Hollie Barrett. Chris Lacas. Kathy Iden and Joe Hammel. Kathy Iden is standing-in for Stephanie Davenport who was ill.
Singers introduced in 'The Music Man'
Two smaller vocal groups who add much to the fun and theme of the play. “Music Man”, are the barbershop quartet and the Pick a-Little Ladies • The barbershop auartet is introduced in the play as the school board members whose latent talents are uncovered by ‘ Musk- Man” Jfarold Hill The members ,of this quartet for Wawasees production are Joel Popenfoose. Mark Koble. Craig Koble and Steve Badskey While the school board, quartet members. is kept busy protecting the River City children's education, the Pick-a-Little Ladies are actively cen soring their reading material and performing their civic duty by guarding the children s literature and knit picking on minor issues These goodhearted. well intentioned souls of River City are Wawasees Holly Barrett. Jo Hammel. Chris Lacas and Stephanie Davenport Amy Purdum initiated into Alpha Lambda Delta HANOVER — Amy Purdum of Syracuse was one of five Hanover college students recently initiated into Alpha Lambda Delta, a national honorary scholastic fraternity for freshmen She joins the 18 students ‘ uho are currently members in the campus chapter The daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Purdum. Amy is a 1975 graduate of Wawasee high school
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Mayor Shinn s wife. Eulalie. played by Liz Davenport, is the self appointed monitor of the aesthetic development of River City’s youth To. promote her project she enlists the help of the Pick a Little Ladies The well meaning, but gullible school board members are easily conned by Professor Harold Hill into forgetting school board problems and concentrating on their own new-found singing talents Syracuse student wins scholarship BLOOMINGTON Six home economics students at Indiana university Bloomington were awarded scholarships at the home economics alumni spring institute recently One of the recipients was Claudia U*e Weed, r 2 Syracuse, a junior at IU The Ruth M Griswold scholarships a,re funded by a bequest from the estate of Miss Griswold, who taught home economics at It’ from 1951 to 1966 Miss Griswold wrote two fax! textbooks along with many journal articles The security and royalty rights to “The Experimental Study of Foods'' supports the scholarship fund Others receiving the scholarships were Mary Ann Kenar. senior. Hammond. Connie Sue Kincaid, senior. Cannelton, Daphne K Moloney, senior. Lombard. III.; Donna Owens, junior. Bloomington.
NEXT WEEK IN THE LAKELAND ! SCHOOLS WEDNESDAY. MARCH 24 4-5:30 p.m. — North Webster junior high GAA bowling at Syracuse / 6:30 p m. — Adult education at Wawasee THURSDAY. MARCH 25 6:30 p m. — Adult education at Wawasee FRIDAY. MARCH 26 6 p.m. — Gymnastics regional at Portage SATURDAY. MARCH 27 All Day — Speech state finals at Logansport MARCH 29-APRIL 3 Spring vacation Wee Webster Workers meet at Ferverdas By JUDIFERVERDA 1 The Wee Webster Workers held a meeting in the home of Kay and Judi Ferverda on March 16. The meeting was called to order by president Kevin Gilbert The 4-H pledge was led by Lyle Haney and the pledge to the flag was led by Mike Tom Singing was led by Stuart Bryant The song was ‘ Yankee Doodle Dandy.” Kevin Gilbert presided over the business. Roll call was “Have you seen any robins yet’” The minutes were read by Kay Ferverda. secretary It was decided to give a donation to Lisa Waggoner for her trip to Europe An initiation committee was chosen Committee members are Kevin Gilbert. Kay Ferverda. Mike Tom, Carman Bryant. Stuart Bryant. Carman Bryant gave a health and safety report on "Your day dreams”. She also gave a demonstration on squirrels. Stuart Bryant gave a demonstration on first aid Lyle Haney was in charge of recreation Refreshments were served to 15 members and four guests. The next meeting will be held in the home of Mike Tom on Apnl I*. at 7:30 p.m. FHA holds date night The Future Homemakers of America held their annual Daddy-Date Night on Tuesday of last week with 33 members and dates partaking of a supper in the Wawasee high school cafeteria annex Following a short business meeting. Ann Kaiser gave a report on the youth power conference which she attended The program was a success and the fathers of the senior members expressed regrets that this would be the last time for them to attend this annual event The next activity will be April 26 at which time the members will entertain their mothers at a salad bar and style show of projects made in the clothing construction classes.
Wawasee FFA chapter competes at Fairfield
Members of the Wawasee Future Farmers M America chapter of Wawasee high school competed in the annual district two leadership contests held Saturday at Fairfield high school. District II is one of 12 FFA districts in the state of Indiana and consists of a five-county area in north-central Indiana. There are 15 chapters within district 11. The contests are primarily designed to develop leadership abilities among the contestants. Winners advance to-I the state competition in June at the state convention. Results Results of those competing from the Wawasee FFA are: Public speaking. Keith Beer, fourth. _ freshman public speaking. Doug Weisser. fifth; quiz bowl. Ed Clayton and Mike
Kindergarten round-up set at North Webster
The kindergarten found-up for 1976-77 school year for the North Webster elementary school «Tippecanoe township residents) will be held on Tuesday. April 13. at 7 p.m. in the school cafeteria Students must be five years of age on or before September 1 to attend kindergarten class. Certification of a students's age by means of a birth certificate is necessary at the time of
Girls' Staters are named at Leesburg
The Leesburg; American Legion Auxiliary unit 320. has selected Miss Sherry Heierman as their Girls’ Statp delegate and Miss Kim Long as alternate. Girls’ State will be held in June at Indiana State university at Terre Haute with approximately 800 girls attending. Sherry is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Heierman of Leesburg and iS a junior at Warsaw Community high school. She is a member of the girls cheerblock/She attends the Redeemer Lutheran church and is a member of the Ongoing Ambassadors for Christ. After graduation she plans to attend Ann Arbon junior college in Michigan. She also, works part time at the Peoples State Bank in Leesburg.
Wawasee speech team has first regional championship
Dan Martin became the first Wawasee speaker to become a regional champion when placing first in the Fort Wayne Elmhurst speech regional last Saturday. Right behind Dan was Roti Wuthrich who placed second in the same radio event. Both Dan and Ron are juniors at Wawasee high school and both
\ | 1 PW I y l K J f JI 1 a » JUNIOR OLYMPICS PARTICIPANTS TO STATE MEET - A number of youngsters from the greater Lakeland area will be participating in the 1974 Junior Olympics state tournament to be held on March 27 at the fairgrounds in Indianapolis. » H aWasee coaches took 12 youths to the sectional meet and qualified 10 for the state. Shown in the front row are Tad Frank, Leesburg; Neil Wilkey. North Webster; Kelly Frank. Leesburg; and Brett Traviolia. Syracuse. In back are Lance Lantz, Syracuse; Brad Traviolia, Syracuse. Bruce Wilkey. North Webster: and Jon Vitaniemi. Syracuse. Npl pictured are two 14-year-eMs, Hal Hammaker who won first in the sectional and Greg Luttman who won second. They too will be going to the state meet.
Tom. fifth; horticulture demonstration, Ed -Clayton, third* Also, agriculture mechanics demonstration, Roy Teeple. third; agriculture sales. Sam Baumgartner; fifth; production ag demonstration. Gary Mast, third; creed contest. Jeff Hall, ninth. And. impromptu speaking. Kevin Coy. seventh; chapter meeting contest. Wawasee. fifth. Members of the chapter meeting team are Kevin Coy. Ed Clayton. Keith Beer, Mark Sumpter, Doug Shock. Roy Teeple. Sam Baumgartner, Doug Weisser, Mike Tom, Gary' Mast. Jim Shock and Terry Richards. An awards banquet followed the contests. Rick Crum, state FFA sentinel and Henry Beer. Milford, were among the guests speakers.
registration. Kindergarten teachers and the school nurse will give preliminary instructions with regards to preparing children for kindergarten class. Parents and prospective students are encouraged to be present. Richard R. Long is principal of the North Webster elementary school.
Kim is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Artie Long. Jr., of r 2 Leesburg. She is also a junior at Warsaw Community high school and is active in the cheerblock. She is majoring in math, business and art and has participated in several drama productions. After graduation she plans to continue her education in the business field. Kitten Blue Birds meet The meeting last week of the Kitten Blue Birds was held in the Scout cabin with a short business meeting after which the girls went outside for exercises. The girls are making embroidered handkerchiefs for their parents for Easter.
will advance to the state finals this Saturday at Lafayette Jefferson high. Fifth in Team As a team, the Warriors placed fifth overall, losing to Manchester, Columbia City, Fort Wayne South Side, and Fort Wayne Elmhust.
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t Ab ■Hr J.iik fillß LEARNING ABOUT AFRICA — About 120 third and fourth grade students at the Milford elementary school gathered Monday to hear Dr. Jim VanCuren of Goshen talk about his experiences in his three-year stay in Rhodesia, a South-Central country in Africa, which is very much in the news today. Dr. VanCuren. who is an obstetrician and gynecologist at Goshen hospital.‘worked in Rhodesia as a medical missionary. The children were amazed and amused at the stories he told of life in this far-off place. Along with slides, the students saw some of the handcrafts and hardware typical of this African country. In the picture. Dr. VanCuren is shown displaying a zebra skin. Holding the skin are. left to right. Tony Blackburn. Dr. VanCuren. Tony Troup and Lori Richardson.
BZA to hold April meeting night Notice is given this week of a meeting of the board of zoning appeals of the town of Syracuse to be held on Thursday. April 15. in town hall for considering of several petitions. Included on the docket will be the petition of Gary W. Green for a variance in the use of land to permit placement of a mobile home for residential purposes on 5.15 acres, more or less. Also, a petition of Tom McClain for variance of lot 46 in the Howard and Lamm plat. Village of Wawasee. to allow the use of the residential dwelling building there for office purposes. All interested persons should appear at said time and place for an opportunity to be heard. Charles F. Kroh is secretary for the BZA.
Others locally in competition but not advancing to state finals included Mary Clark, Cary l Coy, Karen Cooper, John Naab, Liz Davenport and Sheri Long. The state finals will close out the most successful speech season ever at Wawasee. according to speech coach Alan Zerkel.
Wed., March 24, 1976 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL
I Linda Perry county I I spelling champion! I • Linda Perry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Perry. Milford. I and an eighth grade student at the Milford junior high school, J won the county spelling bee last Thursday night at Warsaw. 4 1 Linda defeated Paula Calhan, a sixth grader at Washington I I school in Warsaw. Paula is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j ’ Richard Calhan. 240 Gilliam Dr.. Warsaw. )The winning words were "ballast” and "admonitory”. It A was in the 69th round of the contest that Paula missed "ballast” I and Linda correctly spelled it and "admonitory" to win the Icontest. ■ Linda will represent Kosciusko county in the district contest I to be held at Snider high school in Fort Wayne oh May 1. "
Kindergarten survey is underway at Syracuse
A survey is presently underway. by officials at the Syracuse elementary school, of families in Turkey Creek township to determine their kindergarten enrollment for the 1976-1977 school year A survey letter has been sent home with elementary students, but this letter would miss families with no children in school unless passed on by others. Parents of children who will attend kindergarten at Syracuse in September should complete a survey letter and return it to the school office. Copies of the letter are available in the school office. Eligible Children are eligible for kindergarten at Syracuse if they live in Turkey Creek township, and if they are five years of age on or before September 1. Parents of children who did not attend kindergarten this year, but who plan to enter the first grade in September, should Eric Schang is graduate DENVER — Airman Eric P. Schang. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Schang of r 1 Leesburg, has graduated at Lowry AFB. Colo., from the U.S. Air Force supply inventory specialist course conducted by the air training command. The airman, trained to inventory supplies by use of electronic data processing machines, is being assigned to Gnssom AFB for duty with a unit of the strategic air command. Airman Schang is a 1975 graduate of Wawasee high school. Syracuse.
WAWASEE HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS THE MUSIC MAN h Meredith Willson APRIL 23 AND 24 Admission: Adults S 2 OO , Students $ l 5O
contact the school to arrange for a readiness test. The Syracuse kindergarten round-up will be held on Monday, April 12, at 7 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Pre-enrollment procedures will be taken care of at the round-up. Robert D. Hamman is the school principal. By CAROLYN GROVE. New books at the library: “The Majestic Rocky Mountains” by William S. Ellis. “They" Came to Stay” by Marjorie Margoiies and Ruth Gruber. “Enterprising Women’’ by Caroline Bird — Stories of women who have contributed to the economy from 1776 to today. Given by the Senior Citizens in memory of Clara Skogsberger. “Born Again” by Charles Colson — This is the first book to appear by one of the five men closest to Nixon. “Moncrieff” by Isabelle Holland — A novel of romantic suspense. Antonia Moncrief inherits a house and danger. “The Trap” by Jenifer Beckett — An English novel of manners. “Expendable” by Willo Davie — A chilling tale of murder and business deception. “Adventures in Prayer” by* Catherine Marshall. "Stranger and Traveler” — The story of Dorothea Dix, American Reformer, by Dorothy Clarke Wilson. “Current Biography” 1975
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