The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 7, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 March 1977 — Page 1

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VOLUME 14

On to the regional at Elkhart, Warriors!

By FRED POWE LI. The Wawasee Warriors put on their war paint and traveled to Triton last Saturday evening where they uphanded sectional defending champions. the Warsaw Tigers 70-66 in overtime action to become the 1977 Triton sectional champs Many spectators and Tiger fans thought it was just a matter of playing the game before the Tigers would gain the crown, but in a performance of enthusiasm and confidence Coach .Merry Lambert's tribe brought home their first sectional championship ever since the school came into existence in 1968 4 TICKETS ON SAI E Non-season ticket holders may purchase regional basketball tickets today from 8 am until 4 pm and from 5 to 7 p m tonight. Thursday, anyone may purchase tickets from 8 a.m. . to 12 noon and again on Friday from 8 a.m. until 12 noon. The tickets are 84.58 each. Game limes are 12 noon. 1:38 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Saturday inside the regional site, the Elkhart Central High School gym. A caravan of police cars and fire engines met the Warrior team bus near Leesburg and escorted them to the Wawasee High School gym via Milford, with sirens screaming and cheert bursting the ■ air. A highly enthusiastic crowd awaited the Warriors at the gym where a brief, but very emotional ceremony was held m honor of the Warriors In short speeches before the crowd made by team members and school officials all agreed that the fans that had backed the Warriors were as much of the triumph as the players themselves • The game that won the championship wasn't easy by any means as the Wamors held off a strong Tiger- press in the early stages of the first quarter and led 18-13. In the second quarter of action the Wamors maintained their lead of five points with Warrior Bryan Smith scoring a field goal after stealing the ball with only- four seconds remaining. The Warriors- then found themselves in a bit of trouble in the third penod as time after time their shooting attempts failed to find the hoop and Warsaw pulled into the lead 41-39 for the first time with 3:51 left on the clock The Tigers advanced to a 48-43 lead at the end of the period But the Wamors were not giving up their long awaited title yet and by quickly grabbing the Tigers by the .tail in the fourth period forced the game into overtime A field goal by Ken Patton tied the game 62-62 only a couple of seconds before the final buzzer was to sound In the overtime penod the Warriors couldn't have looked better as Ken Patton brought them to a 66(Contmued on page 2)

A / You soy you never heard of Club Mediterranee ?

By DELLA and ARCH BAUMGARTNER ’ You say you never head of Club Medeterranee? Think nothing of it; we didn't either until a couple months ago But when we did our curiosity was aroused to the point where we wanted to know more We have enjoyed a number of vacation trips, some of them overseas and some even bardering on the exotic, but the vacation lifestyle of Club Med. as we read the firm’s literature, sounded hke something new We asked Norma Stolz at the travel agency . She touted it. said, . “Try it, I think you'll like it." Norma hadn't vacationed at a Club Med. but had talked to some who had. and they recommended

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’ NUMBER ONE — Signifying they’re number one are the team members, coaches, school officials and cheerleaders from Wawasee High School following their winning of the Triton sectional last Saturday. They defeated Wnroaw in overtime. 7846. Back, left is Ken Patton. Worth Packer. Mark Simpson. Norm Vanlaningham. Mark Lantz. Mark Francis. Eldon Vmmel. athletic director; and Jim Alford, statistician.

Propose cumulative firefighting fund for Turkey Creek Township

A proposal to establish a cumulative firefighting fund m Turkey Creek Township is to be the mam topic of a Township .Advisory Board meeting at the Syracuse Town'Rail on Monday, March 21. at 10 a m The purpose of this fund would be “To provide funds for the purpose and replacement of equipment and necessary sup-

Business as usual for 'Citizen of Year'

Now that he has become Milford’s Citizen of the Year. John Perry says he hopes to continue with normal business activity for the year He is planning a trip and his daughter Diane's graduation from high school to keep him busy part of the time Mr Perry also says he is working on a business promotion of some kind, but is unable to give

it. "If you know Harry Bishop over on Lake Wawasee. ask him,*' she said. We took her advice and called Harry He has visited the chib at Martinique and sang the praises of his vacation there "Don't oversell us. " we said, "because we re sure to come away, (fisappointed *' By now we had to find out about Club Med for ourselves. Monroe. La.. Revisited We decided to he in our Mexican vacation with a motor trip to Monroe. Ld.. where we spent the first years of our married life, and where our son Ron was born Our years at Selma Field seemed idyllic at the time, and we wanted to recapture a bit of it.

plies required by the firefighting force of such township.” Along with this fund, the levying of an additional tax to provide money for the fund will also be discussed. Five cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable real and personal property would be levied if the proposal was adopted. This tax would first be levied in 1977. payable in 1978 and annually

any details The reason he gave was that it is still in the planning sUges John Perry did give some views on his being chosen Citizen of the Year and the town of Milford, however. He says the award came as a "very, very pleasant surprise.” ami that it made him “feel like I was working towards specific goals ” Concerning Milford, be says

This was. perhaps, a mistake, for Monroe looked like nothing we remembered — tail buildings, shopping centers, superhighways, running overhead. Even the old St. Francis Hospital where Ron was born 33 years ago has been modernized and looked not one bit hke we remembered it all. The fellow who wrote “You Can t Go Home" certainly knew what be was talking about It wasn't all lost, however, as we did visit our niece. Mrs Murphy Rosetta) Dreher, and her husband and family at Bastrop. La . and spent the night with them Murphy, a verysuccessful contractor, showed us the city, and we visited and saw the Bastrop newspaper plant of our friend Nathan Bolton who

WEDNESDAY. MARCH S. I»7T

Middle, left, is Kent Trobaugh. Bob Sylvester. Doug Rassi. Keith Cripe. Jerry Lambert, head coach; Ted Mahnensmith. assistant coach.

Also principal Henry L. Smith. Bryan Smith. Logan Jones. Richard Steele, managers; J. D. Carl, Barb Yoder. Kim Beezley, Andrea Griffith. Kathy Brouwer. Rhonda Byrd and Vicki Hoiderread.

each year thereafter This proposal will be in the form of a / resolution or ordinance If adopted, it will then be submitted to the State Board of Tax Commissioners for its approval Taxpayers of Turkey Creek Township are invited to be present at the meeting and air their views

the town has came a long way recently, but could go a lot farther if everyone would contribute. “Instead of standing back and criticizing, if everyone would pitch in we could really go places in Milford” A few things have been accomplished in Milford though The emergency ambulance service, an active park board and an active summer program are a few of the examples Mr Perry gave

runs a travel service on the side In addition, we spent the night at Shreveport. La. and had dinner with our traveling friends. Doug and Manon Attaway, who had just sold their Shreveport Journal »cir. 40.000). We welcomed the renewed acquaintance From Shreveport we drove to Houston. Texas, from which point we flew into Mexico But in Houston we had a day to spare and took a tour of the fabulous Astrodome and the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center. Both proved exciting and illuminating experiences OnToChibMed But what we want to tell you about is Club Med. not a motor trip across the country.

Lions to support park board: *SOO The Milford Lions Club. Monday night, pledged its financial support to the town's park board to the tune of SSOO. to purchase needed equipment for the Lakeside Park at Waubee Lake The Lions hope to get the money from its animal calendar sales in the community This year's calendar sale is headed by Lions Richard Smith and Elmer Sorensen, with assignments being handed out at the Monday night meeting. It was noted that the community calendar has been one of the club's most successful projects Nomination Committee Club president Dean Cousins named a nominating committee, consisting of himself and former club presidents Karl Keiper and T. A. Miller Important Lions dates were announced as follows: Zone meeting. Tuesday. March 15* at the Inn Between at New Paris; district convention, Sunday, March 20, at Argos High School; and state convention, April 29. 30 and May 1 at Fort Wayne

At 9 p.m. on Friday. Feb. 18. we boarded an Aero Mexico jetliner at Houston's huge Intercontinental Airport for a trip of two hours and 15 minutes to Manzanillo. Mexico, a quiet city on the Pacific coast in west central Mexico, with our planeload of Club Med-bound lillywhite Americans who had gathered for the trip. Excitement buzzed about the plane and questions like "What's this place really like?” flew between passengers, some quietly, some feigning bravado. All at once we realized no one knew much more about Club Med than we did — and this was precious little. An ill-equipped Mexican bus (Continued on page 2)

Pep session on Friday There will be a pep session at Wawasee High School this Friday. March 11. to honor the Warriors and spur them on towards victory in Saturday’s regional tournament. The public is invited to attend the session which will be held from 2:30 until 3 p.m. Painted windows show 'spirif Community involvement in the upcoming regional basketball tournament took on a new look, as “spirit" messages for the Warriors are being sported by Syracuse store and business windows. Art students from Wawasee High School volunteered their services and began painting the sayings Monday evening in the uptown area. Tuesday afternoon, more students began decorating the Wawasee Village store windows. And some store owners used their own signs to spell out Jtheir wishes The following are a few' of the messages painted in Warrior colors on windows . Let’s make this one six in a row Butcher Pilgrims Good Luck at the Regional (with player s names> One More Time Be Hip (plus player's names' Beat ’Em Defeet 'Em Go Fight Win Get Rowdy Victory Beat Plymouth Bad 1 Seniors Say Win Go Big Green — Wawasee Warriors are number one Warriors Have Landed This is Warrior Country Crush Rockies Clean ’Em Up — Warrior Spirit Shine Warriors Shine LOVT those Warriors Go Warriors — Win the Regional Ruff Tuff Warriors Plymouth’s Heading for the Rocks Victory for Wawasee Plant hit by fires Brown-Vylactos. 800 South Huntington Street. Syracuse, was the site of two fires last week, but resumed operation yesterday morning Syracuse firemen were called to the plant at 10:50 p.m last Thursday, when a substance left inside a shipper hopper car holding peanut meal ignited when coming into contact with moisture The fire then spread into the storage bin area of the (Continued on page 2)

PLAYA BLANCA — WHERE GOs MEET GMs

| Congratulations, Jerry! | 3 (Editorial) § x Right now Jerry Lambert appears to be $ Lakeland's Number 1 citizen, having won the § 5 sectional tournament Saturday night. $ $ We want to join this growing crowd of sup- $ $ porters. $ It should be noted, however, that an eager team | of determined Warriors actually won the Saturday % § night game over Warsaw against what appears to £ •j be big odds, but Lambert provided the leadership £ and "go-power" that made the boys want to win. $ Lambert, a home town boy, didn't have the v S unqualified support of all sports fans when he was g $ given the job of putting together a basketball team this year. But he accepted the challenge and set to £ work moulding a bunch of raw recruits into a 5; fighting team. His efforts paid off Saturday. Actually, his record didn't look all that im- | S pressive during scheduled play: His Warriors won $ seven and lost 11 in season play. £ The actual scores show the Warriors lost three S games by one point, one game by two points, one £ x game by three points, one game by four points and x two games by five points. £ § In a moment of we-told-you-so euphoria, we'd £ £ like to mention we've been for Lambert all along. "Give the fellow a chance," we told several, "and If £ £ he doesn't produce then we can throw him out." £ He did produce, giving Wawasee High £ £ its first sectional championship. | £ HIS laurels are high right now, and the entire £ £ community wishes him and his Warriors well in the £ £ regional tournament at Elkhart's North Side Gym £ £ Saturday afternoon.

Barbara Mort is S & L manager

Barbara Mort, a native of Nr: ih Manchester, has been appointed branch manager for the Syracuse office of the First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Wabash The announcement came from Nick George, president of the association. Mrs. Mort, past member of the board of trustees of the United Methodist Church, has been employed at the North Manchester branch office for the past years. She has also served as Wabash County chairman of Girl Scouts, United Fund Drive, North Manchester education chairman for the American Cancer Society ancf is a member of Tri Kappa sorority. Mrs. Mort has three children. Greg. Kathy and Penny. Greg is married and is an agent for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. He will also graduate from Manchester College in May. His wife, the former Sandra Amiss of Silver Lake, is a student of medical technology and is employed at the Wabash Hospital Lab. Kathy is a floral designer at the North Manchester Greenhouses and Penny will graduate from Manchester High School in May.

NUMBER 7

BARBARA MORT Forced from roadway TammaraS. Wagner, 16, North Webster, told investigating officers last Friday evening, that she was forced from the roadway on CR 400E about five* miles northeast of Warsaw causing the car, owned by Marlene Black of North Webster, to hit a fence and go into the ditch. Damage was set by officers at $75 to the fence and $l5O to the auto. The mishap occurred about 10:30 p.m.