The Mail-Journal, Volume 19, Number 8, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 March 1982 — Page 4
THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., March 10.1982
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Editorials
On to the regional The Wawasee Warriors under Coach John Wysong will be out to win the school’s first ever regional title on Saturday with a host of Warrior fans behind them. ....... They entered the Triton sectional last week as the dark horse and came home the victors, becoming the first Warrior team ever to beat a Rochester team in a sectional game and then defeating Warsaw for the second sectional crown in boys’ basketball in the history of the high school. The Warriors defeated the Tigers in 1977 under coach Jerry Lambert for the school’s first sectional championship. Now, it’s on to Elkhart and the regional tournament. Wawasee will meet Elkhart Memorial at 12:30. Manchester and Plymouth will open the tournament at 11 a m. While the Warriors have not played Manchester this year, they were defeated by both Elkhart Memorial and Plymouth during the regular season’s play. However, both games could have gone either way. The Warriors played Memorial in February and lost 75-71 after leading by one point going into the final quarter. They played Plymouth in January while senior Kent Stichter was off the team because of illness and lost 66-55, Stichter would have made a definite difference in the final quarter of that game as the Warriors were only down by one point with eight minutes remaining. Keeping this in mind we would say if the boys play ball they have as good a chance as anyone for another victory celebration Saturday night. Let’s all get behind the Warriors Saturday and attend the regional. Wear your green and gold to show the other schools you are from Wawasee and to show the boys you are there to back them on to victory. A caravan is being planned — if you want to join beat the high school at 9 am. Go Wawasee! Beat Memorial! Win the regional! Music Festival Friday In all the excitement of the sectional victory and coming regional we must not forget the musicians of the Lakeland Community School Corporation. Their annual music festival is this Friday, March 12, at Wawasee High School. This year's theme is “Anything Goes. " Set to begin at 8 pm.. the program will include vocal and instrumental students in grades four through 12 presenting hit music from the past. Syracuse Rotary Club poet David Hyndman will serve as guest announcer for the program. Groups participating include an elementary chorus, sixth grade band, junior high band, combined sixth through eighth grade choir, combined sixth through 12th grade orchestra and the Wawasee High School band and choir. The list of persons involved in the planning of a program like this is endless. All deserve praise and thanks for the time and work. Students too deserve the support of the community for the hours of practicing that have gone into the preparation of the program. Be there Friday night for a real musical treat. Garden time This is the time of year we dream visions of grandeur looking through seed catalogues The pictures of full-grown fruits or vegetables make the mouth water. We anticipate great things. Great expectations often come down to earth as the season gets underway and insects, weather and weeds do their natural part. On the other hand, sometimes we are amply rewarded. Growing flowers or vegetables, like just about everything else, is a science. If one approaches the process with the latest scientific knowledge and know-how, results can be quite good. A garden is both good exercise and fun, if one doesn’t make it too large on the basis of spring enthusiasm. The time may come when a knowledge of gardening will be important to your survival. Old car fantasy At a recent classic car auction, the Mercedes Benz 540-K roadsters that belonged to Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were auctioned off at a fabulous price. Miss Braun’s was painted gold and was the subject of a publicity flap. The auctioneer some months back responded to a theory (not generally accepted by serious historians) that Miss Braun was still alive. He offered to give the car to her if she would come in person to pick it up. Though the auctioneer got several calls from women who said they were Eva Braun, none would come for the car. Eve Braun died with Hitler on the last day of April, 1945, taking her own life in a room in Hitler's private bunker beneath ground in Berlin, and there are witnesses to the burial. Their bodies were carried to the grounds above the bunker and burned —by Hitler’s specific order. (Also choosing death to surrender to the nearby Russians were Dr. Josef Goebbels, his wife and all their children, and others in the bunker.) It may be true that the Mercedes 540-K roadsters were, as classic car fanciers say, among the most beautiful works of art ever designed and built by man. Still, it’s hard to see how these cars have such value — since they are not operational today. One that is, given by the late Barbara Hutton to a Russian prince as a wedding gift in the 19305, is in running condition. That 540-K would be a nice week end drive third car. though its cost would be well over a million dollars. It’s a gas guzzler, but after paying a million dollars, that wouldn’t bother the buyer, one assumes. The days February is the last full month of winter, and this year was milder than January. The perceptive observer can see in the longer days, and in the slowly changing angle of sunlight, the approach of spring. At the end of February, longer days and sunlight bring the first flowers. In more northerly states, the earth may still be covered with ice or snow, but the days are growing longer and one can see hints of change in nature’s signs. They are most welcome after a winter of record cold. As hard as it may be for some people to believe, many readers have reported tulips, jonquils and other early spring flowers are beginning to show their leaves above the ground in areas where the snow isn’t several inches deep. If you look for them, you can now start to see signs that spring is on its way to Northern Indiana. When 'gratest' is best A newly hired traveling salesman wrote his first report to the home office of a giant corporation. It stunned the brass in the sales department because it was obvious the new man was a blithering illiterate. Here is what he wrote... “Dere Boss — I have seen this outfit which ain’t never bot a dimes worth of nothing from us and I sole them a couple hunerd thousand dolars of guds. I am now going to Chicawgo.” Before the illiterate could be given the heave-ho by the sales manager, this letter came from Chicago: “I cum hear and sole them a haff millyon.” Fearful if he did and fearful if he didn’t fire the illiterate, the sales manager dumped the problem in the lap of the president. The following morning the ivory tower members were amazed to see the two letters posted on the bulletin board . .. and this memo from the president above: “We ben spending two much time trying to spel insted of trying to sei. Let’s watch those sails. I want everybody shud reed these leters from Gooche, who is on the rode doin a grate job for us, and you shud go out and do like he done.” — THE FAIRFIELD BLADE
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The Wawasee Warrior basketball team members were ecstatic over their victory over Warsaw on Saturday and sectional championship. Both the sectional trophy and game ball are high in the air for all to see. The Warriors are now preparing to meet Elkhart Memorial in the regional tournament this coming Saturday.
Letters to the editor
Show your support
Dear Editor : We are writing this letter for two reasons: One to thank everyone who was at the game Saturday night for their support for our fine team and for everyone’s support at the rally. The second reason is to see if we can get more people involved in showing the good old Syracuse, Webster and Milford spirit.
Unsung heroes —
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Bill Pipp thinks more young people should become firemen
Bill Pipp says he has been on the Syracuse Fire Department 29 years this month He came to Syracuse in 1952, where he began working at Weatherhead Company and shortly thereafter joined the fire department. "Because I liked it,” is Bill's answer to why he joined the department and has stayed with them for 29 years. He was once captain of the department, he said. He is still very active on the department, even though he is retired from Weatherhead. He is also a driver for the Syracuse Emergency Medical Service. He works on Crew Five and on Crew Two. Crew Five is on call 16 hours a day and Crew Two is on call every fifth day, according to Pipp. The fire department is on call <.24 hours a day, but Bill is glad to be a fireman and says his wife has always been happy with it, never minding the odd hours. He came to Syracuse from Chicago in 1952. He says he came to the lake on week ends since 1932, and after meeting his wife moved to this area where she was born and raised. They now reside on Front Street in Syracuse. Bill has one son who lives in Minnesota where he is regional manager for Bristol Myers Drugs When asked about a moving experience he had as a fireman. Bill said. "Once, at the Kitson fire, one of the firemen got into
When we were in school, we remember people really got involved, everyone painted their car and house windows. We have seen some signs out on store windows and would like to thank those stores for their support. We would like to get a very large caravan started to follow our team to Elkhart. We already (Continued on page 5)
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the burning home, ran out of oxygen and we had to pull him out.” It would be a good idea to have more younger people on the fire department says Bill. "A lot erf the older ones are going to retire and the younger ones should do a better jci)” Asked if he has any plans to retire from the department. Bill said, “sometime in the future.” However, he certainly did not indicate that it would be in the near future. Many people have found that it is easier to locate Bill at the department than at home. THE MAIL-JOUIHAL (U.S.P.S J 25-440) Published by The Mail-Journal wary Wednesday and entered as Second Class matter at Ww Post Office at Syracuse. Indiana 44547 Second class postage paid at 143 E. Maia Street. Syracuse. Indiana 44547 and at additional entry offices. Subscription >ll per year in Kosciusko County. >l4 outside county POSTMASTERS Send change el address terms to The Mad-Journal. P.O. Bo* IM. Miltord. Indiana 44541.
"CRUZIN
AROUND 'CUSE"
A BIG thank you from this column to four substitute columnists during the past four weeks for ably filling this space with a variety of interesting topics. It was all so well done, leaving us with the comforting feeling that the lights should never dim in the Syracuse area insofar as good journalism is concerned. The four substitute columnists we have in mind specifically took on the assignment with considerable trepidation, but came up feeling better for having made the effort. One, Phyllis Louden, said, “You’ll never know how I sweat that job out! ” As president of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce, she actually had a lot to address herself to. She scoured the old chamber records, and wrote of its past and prospects for the future. Rev. David Haifley, pastor and administrator of the Syracuse Christian Schools and Grace Bible Church, said, “I don’t do much cruzin’ and wouldn't have much to write about ” He said he keeps himself close to his administrative and pastoral duties and couldn’t possibly fill this assignment. But anyone who read his erudite column knows better. Not only is he able, but is given to a wider window into community affairs than first seemed. On the other hand, Wawasee High School’s new principal, Dr. Howard J. Hull, Jr., seemed eager for the assignment, to reach a rapport with citizens of the community. It gave him an opportunity to express to a fairly wide community audience his “open door” policy. Dr. Hull proved a facile writer, fully able to express himself on paper as well as on his feet. Jean Rogers, co-owner of the uptown Stout Boutique, began with, “During this long, cold and snowy winter, my travel has been limited. I haven’t ventured any farther north than the corner of Huntington and Main Streets or visited anyone south of the new Red Door Inn. This doesn’t make news.” Maybe not, but she was smart enough to enlist the help of Card Hurd, Lakeland Day Care Center Director; realtor Nancy Dalton; bank receptionist Jeanne Gardner, and an anonymous opinion on Betty Dust as a conscientious politician of considerable note, and was able to capture the opinion of Linda Crow of the retail community. The Jean Rogers column proved expertlydone. She ended by writing. “I know my appreciation for the written word has increased 100 fold after organizing this article. I’m glad that this job is now someone else's.” Our thanks to you all. —o— WHEN AN article appeared in this column several weeks 'ago concerning Harold and LaDonna Agler’s visit to the fabled “lost city” of Machu Picchu, in Peru. South America, Syracuse optometrist Dr. Wendel R. Shank re-read it with more than casual concern. Then he sat down and typed us this note: “I read with note with interest in ’Cruzin’ from LaDonna Agler about Machu Picchu. In 1971, while in Peru visiting missionary friends who are with Wycliffe translators, we took the train from Cuzco to Machu Picchu. After exploring for the afternoon, we spent the night in the modern hotel nearby. I arose before daylight the next day and climbed up the heights and sat down to watch the sun come up over the Andes. The Inca people who had lived here were sun worshippers and in the ruins is a room containing a large stone table with a vertical shaft in the center where the first rays of the sun hit and where a part of their worship took place. I sat there for a couple hours entranced by the awe-inspiring sight and watched the sun’s rays creep to the vertical shaft. While I was seated there, three young European girls who were stewardesses for Air Canada (and who use their vacation time and discount air tickets to travel all over the world) climbed to me. I spent a delightful time talking to them and sharing stories. My time there in the presence of the natural and feminine beauty certainly stand out in my memory. “I certainly agree with Mrs. Agler, these ruins high up in the heart of the Andes have got to be one of the wonders of the world. ” —o— EDUCATORS, AMONG others, will be interested in a Reader’s Digest article. SELFAPPOINTED CENSORS: NEW THREAT TO OUR SCHOOLS (February issue. p 88) in which Warsaw is prominently mentioned in the second paragraph, as follows: On a raw December day, a handful of elderly men and women warm themselves around a bonfire in a Waraw, Ind., parking lot. They are burning 40 copies of “Values Clarification,” a state-approved high school text that encourages teen-agers to think for themselves about such controversial subjects as premarital sex. divorce and alcohol. When several parents had complaints that the book might turn their children against family, church and country, the school board not only banned the book from the classroom, but gave the school’s 40 copies to a Warsaw senior citizens chib for a public book burning.” The Warsaw book burning incident has attracted national media attention for well over a year, and has had far-reaching effects. In fact, Jerry Wallace of Warsaw, president of the Kosciusko Community Hospital board of directors, has commented that part of the difficulty of attracting more qualified doctors to the Warsaw area lunges on the widespread publicity the book burning incident has had. —o— A NICE letter from Nell Mishler, former Syracuse resident who is spending the winter months with a daughter at Monterey. Ind., had good things to say about our local school system, She writes in part, “I’ve been a citizen of Syracuse over 34 years now, and one thing we admired when we first came was the excellent
school system and the way The Journal backed them in tjieir sound doctrine. “We raked five children and they attended many different schools while growing up, and the teachers were (in Syracuse and at Wawasee High) the best. They had a mind and the ability to teach knowledge and the way of life, my greatest concern is for our teaching staff still, and the citizens of Syracuse and those in authority in our town. Keep up the good work.” Nice to.hear the positive side, Mrs. Mishler. —O'GENE SMITH of Marise’s Town and Lake Shop in the Village, tells friends, he’s “had it” with Ed Asner, the actor who plays Lou Grant, the ftrey editor of the fictituous Los Angeles Tribune, a top-rated Monday night feature on CBS. He has turned the knob on the Lou Grant program since Asner, head of the Screen Actors’ Guild, has proposed raising funds for the rebels in El Salvador. Smith is not the only one put out by the Asner action; fact is, his fellow actor members of the strong union feel just like Gene does. —oTHE OLEAN (N.Y.) Herald features a column similar to this one and on occasion has items under the heading of “Boos” and others using the heading “Bravo.” We like that idea and might just use the idea occasionally here. We expect to receive a lot of contributions on this one. Our first one is a “boo.” and it has to do with the failure of a large number of local merchants to clean their sidewalks during the heavy snows we’ve been having. There’s no real excuse for letting ice pile up on steps leading to door fronts of business houses. And what’s more, it’s perilous to life and limb and could result in a good law suit. And no one wants that. So “boo” to you fellows for not cleaning the snow and ice from the front of your stores. —o— IT’S A fact that snow has piled up this year in unprecedented quantities, making the job real tough for town street departments in our Lakeland communities. On the whole a splendid job has been done to keep up with the recurring week end snows. And a “bravo” for that to these folks. —o— A REAL anamoly has occurred in this regard-. The snows and freezing and thawing has caused roads to break up horribly throughout the midwest. Right here in Kosciusko County they are particularly bad. On SR 15 south of Silver Lake a five to 10 mile strip will have to be completely redone. “This should been done a year ago,” so says Bob Brown of Milford contracting firm Phend & Brown, but the state said it had no money then.” Problem is. will the state and county have money to do the necessary road work when spring rolls around? —o— IN ANNOUNCING the appointment of Jeanine Schrock as a new sales associate, and noting that Lelani Nemeth is a part time salesperson, Ernie Rogers of Logan-Rogers Realty, said, “I call them ‘Ernie's Angels,’ ” a take-off on TV’s “Charlie's Angels.” -o-
4. .* u, / / PERHAPS THE youngest and newest fan of the Wawasee Warriors is 15-month-okl Emily Hull, daughter of WHS Principal Howard and Lisa Hull, who are now making their home on Waco Drive. Little Emily was sporting an outsized letter “W” on her shirt Saturday night to watch her (Continued on page 5)