The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 6, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 March 1978 — Page 3
Leisure Time
It 1 <B»rSpSgS'.'l. ~,, ,J •’ l g l — F «=■ wi v 1 j •&$ . *^-'7IF \ ■•* £ Bk^ r X’., jf / - -W\ / -a" raM kraKkJi .-r 1 . B U < JM in? ? 1 Fll r ■ '•• w &U HLaiwl wfir jui iw 1 bJL wS Bb b BBE ly.ffijfif '■ . 3 1 ‘ < CHESS WINNERS — Shown above are the four division winners in the 1978 Milford Junior High School Chess tournament. From left are Vince Price, Mike Patty, Greg Baumgartner and Brad Weisser. Tournament sponsor Ned Speicher is shown behind the boys. Each boy holds the poster showing the division he won and chess set that he won. .101 participate in chess tourney
By MANDY SIEGFRIED AND MARLA HOCHSTETLER During the last few weeks, Milford Junior High School has been having an all school chess tournament. The tourney included fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade students — in all,
MARYANN DRIVE-IN tfiNra IS 4 AMERICAN FOOD / I ’ Call Syracuse 457-4322 EAT IN or CARRY OUT ST RD 13 S WAWASEE VILLAGE SYRACUSE
I" Open After The y Vs. Franklin Game I IJnTTTVAt Wawasee For Your Convenience Sundae K: Sandwich & Fries Or [ J Basket Order i Must Present T * ,e A< * From T * ,e i 1 7/ Game Pr0 9 ram ® r Th’ s Ad I One Per Order Ju w —Good Only March 6 — I j \ 1 WAWASEE VILLAGE SYRACUSE Sandwiches: Baskets: . Roast Chicken Ham Fish Our Regular Burgers I 4SK IW¥ I ■■l ■r~< - I By 4ILI gT| jar. lj|B 1/ 4T aF 11 MEgmgk< 11 Bl FIRST TIME 11 ff IN THIS AREA! <1 Bl THREE DATS ONLT KI Fri. A Sat. — 7:00 & 9:00 W3L f ■ KI Sunday - 3:15,5:00 & 7:00 W AH Seats $1 25 T.ll 400 Or Sold Oof Km CHARLES BRONSON ■ REMICK mA SIEGEL FILM Jib B Mkye.
101 persons participated. Ned Speicher, a fifth grade teacher, organized the tourney. There were four divisions, averaging 25 people each. The winner of division one was Greg Baumgartner. The winner of division two was Vince Price.
The winner of division three was Brad Weisser. The winner of division four was Mike Patty. The four division winners each received a new chess set. Division winners then played for the school championship. The winner was Vince Price. The runner-up was Mike Patty. Mr. Speicher will take the top eight persons to the state junior high tourney on March 4 at Miami Junior High School in Fort Wayne. Joining the four winners will be Carlyle Lehman, Sharon Bohnstedt, Mike Hernandez and Mandy Siegfried. The eight winning schools at Fort Wayne will attend the tourney at Indianapolis. I '* l-gmal Frank James, outlaw and brother of Jesse James, was acquitted when finally brought to trial.
Drama is important part of musical
By LESLIE WHITMAN Once a musical is picked and the costumes and props found, the next step is rehearsing. For the musical, “Hello Dolly,” to be presented April 21 and 22 at Wawasee High School, three different areas are rehearsed before the final curtain comes up — drama, music and choreography. This week we will deal with the drama angle. The next two weeks we will deal with music and choreography. Terry Iden is in charge of the drama side or the spoken word in the musical. Besides drama, he is also in charge of tickets and publicity. The English teacher said he doesn’t have any set way of deciding how a character should act on stage, he just tries to visualize it when he reads the script. “When I read a play, I hear it. The problem is then trying to explain it to the student.” Iden said he is having a few problems with “Helly Dolly,” because he has never seen it performed on stage and has oily seen parts of the movie. The script doesn’t help much either; usually only the exit movements are specified. Students received their lines when the casting was done in January. They were then told to have them memorized when rehearsing begins. Rehearsing for “Hello Dolly” started February 20.
Playhouse Guild begins season
The Enchanted Hills Playhouse Guild began its fifth season February 23, with a meeting held in the Lakeland Youth Center, Syracuse. A total of 16 members and four guests were present. Officers for GrancLßuth at Milford The Kosciusko Chapter 160 of the Order of the Eastern Star honored Perrietta Appleton of Camden, who is Grand Ruth of Indiana Grand Chapter O.E.S. She gave a rendition of the Biblical story of Ruth. When she was introduced, Worthy Matron Gertrude read a poem to her. Other honored guests were Harriet Ladd of Warsaw, Grand Warder; Christine Rowe, Lakeville, District Deputy of District 20. There were guests from Syracuse, Goshen, Starlite Chapter of Elkhart, Bremen and Warsaw. After the meeting refreshments of cake, mints, nuts and coffee were served at tables decorated in colors of yellow and white. The social committee was Mrs. Hattie Becher and Mrs. Agnes Hurd. "Games lubricate the body and the mind." Benjamin Franklin The earliest jigsaw puzzle was a dissected map of England and Wales appearing in 1767. Human hair provides warmth and protects the skin, but did you know that it is also used to predict the weather? According to The World Book Encyclopedia, meteorologists use a device called a hair hygrometer, which measures relative humidity through the changing length of hair as its absorption of moisture increases or decreases.
Wednesday Special SENIOR CITIZEN SMORGASBORD Includes Drink B Dessert And Salad Bar Open Every Wednesday 12-8 Eby's Pines Family Restaurant 848-4520 3 Miles East Os Bristol On SR 120
Iden feels it is important that a student know his or her lines before rehearsal, so the time can be spent on how that character should move and not to see if the lines have been learned. He added .that when the parts are given out, an explanation on how a particular character acts is also given. Because of the expense of copying the entire script, students only receive their particular lines with cue words before and after. This creates some problems, because often a student doesn’t know how to react because he or she doesn’t know what the other person is saying. “Os course, some kids are familiar enough with the play,” Iden added. Tm Surprised’ The drama director said he is surprised how the rehearsals are going so far. “Everybody seems to want to do a good job and not mess up. I’m surprised at bow well things went from the beginning. So often play rehearsal can be a goof-off thing.” Iden especially likes the way Shelly Dahlstrom, “Dolly,” is rehearsing. He said she is really acting her lines, not just saying them, which has been an incentive to the other cast members. Os course, the main incentive is the audience itself. Iden says the cast often performs better for a live audience. To teach how a student should say his or her lines, Iden tells him to study movies and television
1978 were introduced. These include: President — Kay Franke Vice president — Jane Naugler Secretary — Arlene Berkey Treasurer — Linda Eastman Plans were discussed for the spring style show. Chairman of the show is Joanna Gans. It was reported dues are due by June 1 and that most of the chairmanships in the guild have been filled. The next meeting is Thursday, March 16, at 1 p.m., in the home of Kay Franke. For more information, contact any guild member. Halley's Comet will next be seen in 1986.
Family planning a Bangladesh imperative
(Continued from page 1) the present world population living in Continental U.S. All this in a land area the size of the state of Wisconsin.) The areas around Daccgi and Comilla are the most densely settled; the Chittagong Hill tracts and the Sundarbans forest areas in the southwest the least. A whirlwind tour of the old, most poor section of Dacca which our group took on Friday afternoon (Feb. 10) proved that President Rahman knew from whence he spoke, for here we saw another section of teeming throngs. It reminded us again of Calcutta where the ebb and flow of people seemed unending. Here was more begging, but nothing like Calcutta — more subtle, quieter, less brazen and demading. President Rahman, who is also a Major General and is Chief of the Army Staff, wrapped up his remarks on his country’s attempt to reduce its population by saying
- " I ■ B ■ B lb. JF J JM jr jm
LEARNING MOVES — Learning how to move in one of the scenes for “Hello Dolly” are the characters Cornelius, played by Tracy Bartow, middle, and Barnaby, played by Mike Wakeland, right. Showing them how to move is Terry Iden, drama director, left.
and how a professional actor reacts. He said, “You sell the song by facial expressions. I want the kids to realize you have to work on it. Actors have to be smart and serious.” Once a student knows what expressions and movements have to be made, Iden stresses that the movements be performed naturally. “I want it so the kids don’t have to think about where to move and so on, they just do it.” Scene By Scene Rehearsing is going on every week day until the final production. The musical is taken scene by scene from the begin-
It Happened ... In Milford
14 YEARS AGO, MARCH 5,1964 Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Smith of Milford and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gordy of Osceola returned Thursday, after a two week vacation in Florida. They visited friends and relatives in Punta Gorda and Sebring, Fla. Sunday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mace Hollar of Milford were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gawthrop and Jan, and Mr. and Mrs. James Gawthrop and daughters, Jama and Jennifer, all of Etna Green. Sunday dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bailey and daughter at Milford were Mrs. Lillian Dye and children of Cicero, 111., and Mrs. George Dye of Dundee, Miss. The dinner was in honor of Mrs. Bailey.
it is their aim to have not more than 100 million people by the end of the century, while, if the current trend is not slowed, the population will reach 160 million by that time — an unbelievable figure for a country so small! Problem 2: Raise Food He said the country’s second problem is to raise more food to feed its people. At the present time they are not doing this, but are living at a sub-standard level, eating about 300 pounds of rice per person per year. He added that his government is taking positive steps to increase its food production, plus introducing a wide variety of foods into the country, one being potatoes. At our hotel one morning we paid $2.50 for a glass of orange juice, an indication that this precious commodity has to be imported. Part of this food production increase will come about by organizing assistance from many foreign countries, the handsome President told us. “As your country is the richest country in the world,” he said, “I hope you will help me get this • message through to your people.” Another problem President Rahman pointed to was to get “our huge manpower into productive work. In spite of what other countries think,” he said, “our problems can be solved.” He gave us an interesting quote when he said to many people of the world his country is a “bottomless basket case.” He said he wanted to see his country be a three-crop country — “It is possible,” he emphasized. He also said they should preserve and increase their very dear water supply.
Wed., March 1,1978 —THE MAIL-JOURNAL
ning with continuous reviewing. Once the first act has been rehearsed scene by scene, the entire act is performed. The same is then done for the second act.. The whole musical will not be run through all at once until two weeks before the curtain. Besides rehearsing the spoken word, students are also rehearsing the music and dancing. Iden says, “It gives kids a sense of continuity. They can see where the stage movements come in. The more you can do right at the start, the less you’ll have to redo later.” Iden also says rehearsing the
24 YEARS AGO, MARCH 11,1954 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dale Doty and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Yoder were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Good, Jr., at Valparaiso. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schori were visiters Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schori at Etna Green. Mr. and Mrs. 1110 Stackhouse of Etna Green, were guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Stackhouse. 30 YEARS AGO, MARCH 18,1948 Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Atkinson at dinner Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nusbaum, Ray Nusbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Nusbaum, Rev. and Mrs. Christian Metzler, Wakarusa, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pletcher and daughter, Marcia, South Bend and Mrs. Alice Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Poe were
While Bangladesh is pitifully poor, there is a rich natural gas supply, we were told by the president. This can be used to produce more electrical power. And he pointed to the search for offshore oil in the Bay of Bengal. “We want to see our country export more timber,” and noted this is the first year this has been done. He said the timber is of high quality. Fish and jute are other products they are now exporting, and want to increase this. Bangladesh is digging itself out — “bootstrap operation,” the president called it, and noted they are remodeling their foreign policy. Crime is on the increase slightly, but a small standing army has been called up to handle this vexing problem. He failed to answer the question put to him concerning, dope, alcoholism and suicide figures. We had no feeling he evaded us, but got into another subject instead. Two years ago they had no police force at all. (Note: We were all located on the 10th floor of the InterContinental Hotel in Dacca and an armed soldier was present in the hall day and night during our stay. A “guide” who was with us at all times informed us the soldier in our hallway is there “for our protection.”) President Rahman said his country purchases arms on the open market, and said they have “normal relations” with the Soviets. The country has 18 political parties, we were told, and President Rahman said “our women are coming up very fast and taking a place in our society.” Hesaid this is because
music along with the drama is important because there is so much timing involved in “Hello Dolly.” “This musical is going to take a lot of coordination from scene to scene. There are 87 kids in the play and crew which is an awful lot of people to coordinate. It’s not like a choir when everyone sings the same song. You have to be in different places.” ' Helping Iden coordinate the students is David Blackwell, director, and Mrs. Maxine Robinson, chorus and music. Also, Mrs. Lee Stewart, choreography. Next: Music, anyone?
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Dippon Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Max Anglin and daughters, Sharon and Arlene, of Leesburg, were afternoon visitors. The day marked Mrs. Dippon’s birthday. 60 YEARS AGO, MARCH 14.1918 Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bechnell #re. now enjoying a visit from their daughter Frances, who lives in San Francisco, Calif. Mrs. Hattie Ireland of Gary, returned to her home on Monday after a several day’s visit with her mother, Mrs. John Bartholomew. Clyde McDonald Os Milford and Prof. Geo. Roscoe of Goshen, left Monday morning for the state of Georgia, expecting to remain for several months. Both of these men are fine musicians and that will be their calling after arriving in the old state.
of women receiving more university training than in the past. He said his small country has been grossly misunderstood in the world, and that his welcoming our group to Dacca was part of an effort to tell the world about his country and its aspirations. No one could find much fault with the spirit and hopes of this young leader to find a place in the sun for his country of 85 million people, where illiteracy, inadequate diet, and lack of job opportunity abound. And so if some of the personal freedoms are lost in this “bootstrap operation,” so be it. Meet The Press Prior to our press conference with President Rahman, we were guests of the Jatiyo Press Club where we were welcomed and our tour leader Westerfield responded. We had an opportunity to meet members of the Dacca press informally to share ,in some of our common problems. We were served a sweet, sugary apertif, along with cheese and a banana. Following our meeting with President Rahman we were guests at a dinner at the Presidential Guest House (similar to our own Blair House in Washington) where we again met members of the local press and government officials, and had an opportunity to taste some of the fine native cuisine. We were highly impressed with the pride of these fine people and the spirit in which they are tackling an overwhelming task of revitalizing their young nation. This sentiment was put into words at the press reception and to President Rahman by Mr. Westerfield.
3