The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 23, Milford, Kosciusko County, 30 June 1976 — Page 2

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., June 30,1976

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■ ‘‘RUB r QnßP>l o raW *■ **Kp* ■■■—»* g • w. ,jn r I iW" V • ad’t - ®* -*Ss3sffi - WINNING QUEEN CONVEYANCE - The winner in the queen conveyance dnso.un in last Saturday’s Mermaid Festival parade is a Thunderbird with sunroof owned by Chuck Myers. Milford, decorated with 23© tissue paper flowers, carrying Miss Milford. Joann Rassi. Priscilla Myers. Milford taught others to make the flowers to complete the idea she had for the conveyance. Several afternoons and one evening were spent by Priscilla Myers, the Frank Beer family. Kelly and Kim Beer, and Tillie Kasbaum and Mary Gerber. Sandy Gerenscer made the signs on the conveyance.

Queen Joann — (Continued from page 1) both awards and the previous year Miss Terri Branson as “Miss Yorktown” also won both awards Queen's Court First runner-up m the "Queen of Lakes" contest was Miss Linda Bradbury, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Bradbury of Warsaw. entered as “Miss Warsaw She received a tiara and charm. SIOO and a trophy, plus S2OO for her sponsor, the Praine View Rest Home of Warsaw , Second runner-up was Miss Cynthia Haney, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Richard Baney of Bourbon She was entered as “Miss First State Bank She received a tiara and charm. SSO and a trophy, plus SIOO for her sponsor, the First State Bank of Bourbon The two remaining Princesses were Kilhe White, daughter erf Mr and Mrs Charles White of Syracuse, sponsored by Wawasee High School She was entered as Miss Wawasee High School' and received a tiara and charm. $25 and trophy, plus SIOO for her sponsor; ° i And Miss Paula Beil, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Dester Bell of North Webster She received a tiara and charm. $25 and a trophy, plus SIOO for her sponsor, the Fix Fire Square of Warsaw Miss Bell was entered as "Miss Tippecanoe Lake " Presentation Jack Underwood, the popular WOWO radio announcer, was in charge of activities at the North Webster gym on Friday and Saturday nights On Saturday night each of the 14 queen con testants was escorted to the stage to make her appearance before the panel,of judges. Indiana National guardsmen, Tn smart uniforms, served as escorts for the contestants The school gymnasium was packed with parents, family members of contestants and fnends of the festival to witness the crowning of the queen It was a moment of misty-eyed expectation for a 10l of people, in one of the most well run competitions of the festival’s history

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Rebring Queen Terry Kaiser crowned the new “Queen of Lakes" before the large patriotic mural painted by North Webster artist "Dutch" Mullett especially for this occasion Other Winners A complete run-down of other winners m the hour and-a-half parade that drew a wide array of entries, including major political figures from both parties, follows: Commercial and Municipal Floats — First, $125 and trophy, Bremen Community Float; second. $75 and trophy. The First National Bank of Hunbngton; and third. SSO and trophy, Schacht Rubber Mfg Co. of Hunbngton Organizational Floats — First. $125 and trophy. Nappanee fire department; second, $75 and trophy. The Betsy Ross club of Bourbon; and third. SSO and trophy. Kosciusko County Fair Queen of Warsaw Novelty Unit — The Missouri Coon Hunt, trophy Mounted Unit — Commancie Cogent and Smokey. Diana Uhl of Albion, trophy. Best Old Car - 1930 Model "A”, Ralph Sells of Fort Wayne, trophy "A" Bands — First, SSOO and trophy. Jay County high school hand of Portland, second. S2OO and trophy. North Manchester Marching Squire of North Manchester, third. SIOO and trophy. Bellmont Marching Braves of Decatur; fourth. SIOO and trophy, Roosevelt high school band of East Chicago; and fifth, SIOO and trophy. East Chicago Washington of East Chicago "B" Bands — First, SSOO and trophy. Triton high school of Bourbon; second. S2OO and trophy. South Adams Starfires of Berne, third. SIOO and trophy. Central Noble Marching Cougars of Albion, and fourth. SIOO and trophy. West Noble high school of Ligonier Queen Conveyances — First, "Miss Milford” (see above); second. S2OO. “Miss Camelot Square." sponsored by Fee's His N Her; third. SIOO "Miss Yellow Banks Hotel,"; fourth. SIOO, “Miss Jaycee-Ettes. sponsored by- Warsaw Jaycees, and fifth.

SIOO, "Miss Lake Webster." sponsored by Lake Webster Ski Cycle unit — Frankton Knights of Krorassan of Frankton. Walking Color Bearers and Guards — Senior Division, trophy. American Legion of Albion. 246 Men. Baton Corp — First, senior division, trophy. The Marion Highsteppers; first, junior division, trophy. The Marion Highsteppers; second trophy. The Branson Beauties Cube Conveyances — First, trophy. The Sprit of 1776. Mr. and Mrs Danny Boggs, Warsaw; second, trophy. God Our Captain. Paddle on America. Mr. and Mrs. Don Hall. Etna Green. Junior High Bands — First, $125 and trophy. LaGrange junior high; second, $75 and trophy, Avilla middle school; and third, SSO and trophy. North Webster junior high Flotilla — (Conbnued from page 1) Church Services The boat-in services will be held at Oakwood Park at 8:30 a m with the speaker being Rev Harlan Steffen. Music will be by Mrs Ralph Bushong The sermon title will be "The Impossible Dream” with the scripture being from Hebrews 11:30. The final event of the Bicentennial celebration will be the Chamber of Commerce sponsored fireworks at the Syracuse city park at dusk on Sunday. Two bikes stolen James and Betty Hite of North Webster reported the theft of two boys’ 10-speed bicycles Sunday, June 27. from the Cokesbury Inn beach at Epworth Forest in North Webster One bike was light blue and the other red, white and blue Police stated there were witnesses to the theft and that two youths are suspected Several past queens from Milford Milford has had several other Mermaid Festival Queen of the Lakes queens in past years. Bette Yeater. the 1948 queen is now Mrs. David Coppes. Phoenix, .Aril. And the 1951 queen was a Milford girl. Betty Bray, now Mrs. Charles Myers. Syracuse. Last year Darcy W olterman was selected first runner-up in the contest. Darcy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Wolterman. Milford.

Profile of new 'Queen of Lakes'

By SUSAN BENNETT "I wasn’t worried about winning,” explained new "Queen of the Lakes" Joann Rassi, “just having a good time.” Joann entered the contest as “Miss Milford" after some prodding from local folks and says she did it, "For the community and family.” But Joann added. "Once I decided I would. I put my whole heart into it.” Before getting involved in the "Queen of the Lakes" pageant, Joann was a junior at Christian Heritage college. San Diego. Calif, majoring in Biblical psychology and thinking about getting her master’s and later doing some counseling work A liking for working with people on a one-to-one basis had lead her to the decision. The 21 year old Milford native enjoys life in California. < especially the diverse climate < changes from the mountains to I the seashore which can be found within a few miles around San Diego. “Its the place to live,” ' declares Joann. "But I’ve found out its not where you’re at but i who you're with " < When in California. Joann s played tennis every day and I would go snow skiing on some week ends. But the blonde title holder likes all sports, besides s her number one favorite, tennis. < Another aspect of Joann's life I began in California where she j became a “health food nut " Now : no white sugar passes her lips, i and she thrives on carrot juice, yogurt, raw milk, fruit juices, | steak and liver “I feel very ;

4 Rotarians receive 25 year plaques

The Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary club, at its Tuesday meeting, presented 25-year plaques to Nelson Miles, Ken Harkless,. Harold Wantz and Paul Lever nier In rpaking the presentation, club president Bill Cable noted that Miles. Harkless and Levemier joined the club in 1951 and that Wantz boasted a 29-year club membership. 25 of which were with perfect attendance. New President President Cable said he was presenting his ‘'swan song” and reviewed club happenings during his tenure. He later turned the gavel over to incoming president Rick Pinney who will serve with new directors Rex Yentes, Howard E. (“Red”) Long, and Dan VanLue. Club secretary presented Cable with a past president's pin. Mrs. Kenneth Elson thanked the club for the SSO which helped make possible the entry of three local youths in the Special Olympics held June 24. 25 and 26 at Terre Haute. They each brought home a medal they won. President Cable noted that on July 22 the club would attend the Finale Concert of the Sounds of Hope at the high school, and Lewis Immel told the club that almost all tickets have been sold for the program sponsored each year by the Rotan - club. And on July 27 the club would meet at South Shore club then return to its regular meeting place. John Call reported on senior housing, stating we are "progressing slow but sure," with two sites in mind. He asked club members to support the effort and help seek other sites, a walking distance from stores. A program on "Oil From The Earth." offered by the Midland, Tex., chamber of commerce, was shown by Walt Spangler. Guests were Rick Ruddell of Indianapolis. Joe Norris and Roy

strongly about what you feed your body,” Joann says. “You are what you eat." Joann had wanted to just get through the swimsuit competition last Thursday evening, but survived it so well she won the part of the pageant. She had worn the bathing suit in California and was comfortable wearing it. But the swimsuit part erf the pageant turned her off because of "the focus on the physical.” “It was such a focus on outward appearance.” explained Joann. The best part of the pageant for Joann was the judges interview. “That's when they get to know you as a person.” described Joann One of the questions she was asked was who should win the contest. She replied that when she came to the pageant she saw a girl with a beautiful face, but explained that should not be the only consideration and backed up her answer with an illustration of beauty being only skin deep. At her crowning. Joann was so tired she "couldn’t be genuine,” "I was just physically exhausted, nerves and everything," she defined. Her one thought was that she had shared what was in her heart with the people at the Mermaid Festival. As for life changing, she forsees "no difference" Joann explained that God controls her life and that during the pageant she had "The opportunity to share what He can do for anyone's life.” Looking back over the experience she said "I’m honored and grateful.”

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| Elder served — | (Continued from page 1) x claims his fill operation that began the ongoing controversy has been completed, have issued Letters to the Editor which appear elsewhere in this issue of The Mail-Journal. Both claim their constitutional rights have been abridged. § $ In Mr. Elder’s letter, he claims information given the news media has made developers “look like villains instead of property owners with constitutional rights. ”He continues, x “I feel that the news media injured the developers in creating S a false image of our rights and characters both as property x owners and friends and business associates.” Threatens Libel Action :•! In the case of Donald G. Byrd, the third developer, he has S responded to the June 16th article in The Mail-Journal by $ X threatening a libel suit if certain retractions are not for- $ thcoming. He does this in a letter from his attorney Philip J. Harris. ¥ Ute Harris letter asking for the retraction refers to Mr. Byrd £ as "Ronald G. Byrd” and so it is assumed by the publisher of ;j; 'The Mail-Journal that the party in question is Donald G. * Byrd. But there is no absolute assurance this is the case. The Harris letter states. .. . “as appears on the court $ ;£ records, the State of Indiana on two occasions attempted but <• ;£ failed to obtain restraining orders against Mr. Byrd. $ :< Moreover, it has never been determined that the area in S question was wetland .” Further, “There has been no determination of any kind that tlje land in question was anything other than land to g which Mr. Byrd held the fee simple title without the state $ £ having any rights or interests therein. In fact, the county records will show that Mr. Byrd holds title to the real estate >: and has paid taxes thereon. The records of the Indiana :£ Department of Natural Resources will show that on ap- $ :< plications of previous owners of the real estate the State has :< issued permits acknowledging that the land in question was privately owned and not a part of Lake Wawasee. The X; Department of Natural Resources also has on file a survey made by a registered engineer which shows that the land in question is above the legally established lake level of Lake •S Wawasee.” $ S The Harris letter further states the article of June 16 in The Mail-Journal is "false and libelous” and “is in furv therance of many similar false and slanderous statements $ which are being maliciously made by others and resulting in $ very substantial damage and losses to Mr Byrd.” * Arch Baumgartner, publisher of The Mail-Journal, said $ today that there has never been an effort to malign Mr. Byrd £ (or Ronald Byrd, if the Harris letter is correct'and that he regrets this interpretation of stories that appeared in the news columns of The Mail-Journal in the June 16th and other issues Attempts to contact Mr. Byrd by phone have failed. Mr Baumgartner stated, and he has failed to return calls to clarify points in dispute. The newspaper centainly regrets $ any discomfiture news stories have caused Mr. Byrd and $ others, Mr. Baumgartner stated, but this appears to be the $ offals of such a controversial topic of local interest.

ASSUMES DUTIES — James R. Wilson. 1651 East Market street, Nappanee, has assumed duties as production manager at Ralston Purina. Milford, since April 1. Wilson has been with the Ralston Purina company for approximately four years. While working for the company, he has resided in Harrisburg, Pa.. Richmond and Lafayette. Milford man held on rape charges A r 1 Milford man. Paul Fish. 22. was arrested Monday night by Elkhart county officials at his residence near Milford. He offered no resistance. Fish is charged with the rape of an Elkhart girl on June 22. From a description of the assailant and his car. the warrant was secured and bond was set at SI,OOO. Fish was booked earlier in the month on charges of sodomy and released. THE MAIL-JOURNAL Published bv The Mail Journ*! every Wednesday and entered as Second Class matter at the Post Office at Syracuse. Indiana «*s*7 Second class postage paid at 101 E. Mam street. Syracuse. Indiana U 547 and at additional entry offices Subscription: St per year in Kosciusko county; SO outside county. XScugSX