The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 26, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 July 1979 — Page 11

SUMMER

•/ jLz - '• , _ - ; TfEw j RECEIVE MOTORHOME KEYS — John and Judy Burns of Neenah, Wise., are shown receiving the keys to a new 21-foot Barth Motorhome from Bill Bucklew, Barth's director of marketing, the result of a national contest sponsored by the national magazine Chain Store Age.

Wisconsin couple happy, A? - ■ , win Barth in contest

John M. and Judy Burns oi Neenah, Wise., (pop. 18,000) are two happy people. They just won a 21-foot Barth Motorhome in a national contest sponsored by Chain Stope Age, and were in Milford Saturday morningfto pick up the keys to the\hat/dsome. $25,830 unit. \J ‘‘l'll make gixid use of that unit,”, beamed Burns, who travels to Daytona, Fla., each year in March for the motorcycle races. “This year.' he added proudly, “the difference is 1 11 be going in my new motorhqme. ‘Couldn’tjßelieve If Judy Burns said, "I just couldn't believe it when my husband called me ' Mr. Burns received the good word from a representative of Chain Store Age in New York. Judy said she entered ticket in her husband’s name at the Stein Drug Store, a Walgreen

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affiliate, in Neenah, located about 1 30 miles south of Green Bay. “I never won anything before,” she added, and her husband said, “I won a flashlight once and it didn't work!" . The Burnses drove from their home Saturday morning with two daughters Marianne and Patty, to pick up the ‘new unit. Mr. Burns, a truck driver for a local Neenah firm, understands all about the workings of trucks and motorhomes, and he was quick to show anybody who would listen how the various appurtenances worked. The proud couple was the subject of a lot of attention in their home town, they commented, with'a reporter from the area Appleton newspaper coming .out to take their picture and all. The handsome Barth unit was the top prize in the 1979 Sweepstakes Promotion involving

11,000 stores' with advertisements on 33,000 giant banners and window posters and 44,000 counter cards. Barth's participation in the Sweepstakes Promotion is only a part of the Milford firm’s efforts toward national recognition for its motorhome line, which is conisdered tfje Cadillac of motorhomes, according to Bill Bucklew. Barth is also sponsoring the SIOO,OOO Ladies’ Professional Golf Association tournament at the Plymouth Country Club August 15-19th A Japanese Proverb says, "Adversity is the source of strength."

Rockville, Shipshewana, Remington festivals set

Residents are preparing for the annual Steam Harvest Days July 20-22, at Billie Creek Village in Rockville. Visitors will learn how to thresh wheat and oats, bale, grind and flail using machinery powered by steam. Shipshewana, in the heart of Indiana’s Amish country’, will host Shipshewana Appreciation Day on July 21. This community affair will take place at the local auction grounds with displays by local businesses, a parade, contests and barbequed chicken. Original watercoldrs, oils and acrylics, pottery and sculpture as well as jewelry and crafts will be featured in A Park Full of Art in Griffith, July 21-22. The town’s Central Park will be the center for merchandise available for viewing and sale. The complex of shops, restaurants, theaters and galleries now located inside the restored Old Kamm's Brewery will be the scene for more than 150 exhibitors to display their arts and crafts. Visitors will be entertained by live music and refreshments such as sausage and beer can be enjoyed during Kamm’s Brewery Arts and Crafts Festival in Mishawaka. July 21-22. Nostalgia is the setting for the Fountain Park Chautauqua in Remington, July 22 through August 5. An old-fashioned square dance, lively musical entertainment, an auction and inspirational devotions will be part of the 85th consecutive Chautauqua. The Aurora City Park will be the stage of the Cincinnati Symphony Pops Orchestra and guest artists July 24-25. A softball game between local volunteers and symphony performers and a community pitch-in picnic complete the activities of the Hoosier Mini-Festival in Aurora. Swiss Days in Berne, July 2728, by the residents of Berne, founded more than 125 years ago by Mennonite immigrants from Berne, Switzerland, celebrate their heritage with a variety of “old country” activities. There will be yodeling demonstrations, Swiss food and music, pony pulls

and a 100-mile bicycle ride to various historic points of interest in Adams County. An assortment of antique agricultural equipment, steam engines, gasoline-powered tractors and engines highlight the Antique Steam and Gas Engine Reunion at Rockport, July 27-29. Old-timers can reminisce while young farmers marvel at the difference time and technology have made when they visit this event. Over 50 traditional folk musicians, most of them Hoosiers, will be among the major highlights of the Arts & Folk Music Festival in Indianapolis. July 28-29. Eagle Creek Park, the largest city park in the nation, will set the scene for the outing. Other activities include the display and sale of original arts and crafts. In the WNAP Great Raft Race in Indianapolis, on July 29. some 7,000 people who completed attempts of building a raft will paddle down two and one half miles of the White River from Keystone Ave. to Broad Ripple Park in a raft race. The Kosciusko County community of Warsaw celebrates its 125th Anniversary July 17-22; Fremont holds Pioneer Days activities July 19-21; and New Carlisle hosts Historical Days ’79 July 27-29. Milford man in accident in Goshen Jesse G. Hernadez, 38, r 1 Milford, driving a 1964 Oldsmobile struck from behind a 1971 Oldsmobile operated by Lila K. Kurtz. 46, r 1 Walkerton. It was reported she did not signal before attempting a turn at Main and Jackson streets. Goshen, at 4;57 p.m., Sunday. Estimated damage was set at SI,OOO to the vehicles.

Tippy owners set open hearing with DNR

The Lake Tippecanoe Property Owners have announced that an open hearing with the Department of Natural Resources will be held at 8 p.m.. on Friday, July 20. The subject of the hearing, which will be held in the Oswego Community Center, will be the request of the association to be given the option of lowering the lake in the late fall for the winter months, and raising it again in the spring. In this manner, the possibility of flooding of low lying homes when the spring rains and snow melt normally raise the lake level will be markedly reduced. Several years ago the lake level was. so controlled, but in the absence of a legally controlled level, there was enough controversy and argument that the present single level was ordered by the court. The last three years in particular have been bad as far as the flooding is concerned. Kenneth Davidson/ the association’s chairman of the dam committee, has negotiated with the DNR over a few years’ time to try to accomplish this change, William J. Andrew, deputy director of the Department of Natural Resources has informed the association that Victor Wenning, assistant chief, division

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r SL •. &j» ‘ ' e iWHUnji PALACE OF SPORTS — The International Palace of Sports is located at North Webster. The hours of the palace are 12-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 12-5 p.m. Sundays. It is only open during the week for those who make appointments for a tour. Inside are 23 wax figures of past and present sports greats, 80 oil portraits of past and present sports greats along with paintings of the past Queens of Lakes.

' — .V * H j p Ir 11 i - aTf / v ’ Ji BL? -Wr • TEEN CHORUS IN “BIRDIE” — Participating in the teen chorus of Enchanted Hills production of “Bye Bye Birdie" are several area young people. From the left are Carla Yoder, Vickie Leinbach, Erin Grandstaff, Michele Wakelend, Debbie Barton, Bill Dixon. Benjamin Reed, Margie Gans, Janie Tuttle, Chris Blackshire and Karen Koehlinger. ;

of water and Paul Chester of the Department of Natural Resource’s staff will represent the department’s position on the lake leve. After the introduction, the meeting will be open for the lake residents to present their opinions and to ask questions. Following the meeting the DNR will consider all sides of the matter and will render a decision at a later date. BEST Os PRESS Has A Point What is known as congestion in a subway is called atmosphere in a nightclub. * -Nuggets. Not Always Confession is not onlygood for the soul. In Washington, it can also be turned into a best seiler. -Press, Pittsburg Numbers One robin doesn’t make a spring, but one lark is often responsible for a fall. -Time, Los Angeles.

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KrvWBIML „> ‘‘PUT ON A HAPPY FACE” — Doing a scene from “Bye Bye Birdie” at Enchanted Hills Playhouse are, from the left, John Corona of South Bend, Sallie Stover of Nappanee, and Shelley Sanders Os Milford.

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