The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 6, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 February 1983 — Page 12

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., February 23,1983

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Kenneth Haney named outstanding conservationist

Kenneth Haney, a Jefferson Township farmer and woodlot owner, received the “Outstanding Conservationist Award” at the Kosciusko County Soil and Water Conservation annual dinner at the Shrine Building, fairgrounds. Warsaw. Haney was recognized for longterm stewardship of the natural resources on his farm and woodlot. His dedication to the management, fertilization and harvest of the woodlot has drawn the attention of many DNR state foresters, who cite his recordkeeping and stewardship as “unsurpassed.” Hubert Krull, assistant supervisor with the SWCD. presented the award. Sellers and Sons, equipment dealers in the Pierceton area, were also recognized with a “Distinguished Service” certificate for their contribution to the initiation of a no-till program in Kosciusko County. This certificate was presented by Myron Metzger. SWCD supervisor and former chairman. * The Wawasee FFA soil judging team was given a plaque in recognition of highest points received in the county soil judging contest. Team members Troy Reith. Randy Beer. Shelton Parsons. Marie Schafer and their advisor, Randy Warren, accepted the award from Eldon (“Bud") Watkins, SWCD supervisor. Jeryl Baker, Pierceton, gave an action filled report of the week she spent at Oliver Lake Conservation Camp last summer. Eight boys and girls were the recipients of scholarships to this camp in LaGrange County in 1982. Richard Sponseller, a Harrison Township farmer, was elected to the board of supervisors for a three year term. Robert Norris, who previously served in that capacity, has dedicated 25 years to conservation work and will continue to serve as an assistant to the board. Mauri W’illiamson, executive secretary for the Purdue Alumni Association, entertained the 125 persons present with a humorous and sentimental slide presentation. Williamson's talk took the audience back into time as he described life on the farm when walking plows and hand reapers were new inventions. He stressed the value of love for the land and the pride of stewardship.

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Others contributing to the evening meeting were Kosciusko County extension agent, Victor R. Virgil, who served as master of ceremonies; Perry Hathaway, SWCD chairman, reported on district activities; Larry Staley, soil scientist with Soil Conservation Service, gave the invocation preceding the dinner buffet; Steve Boeder, district conservationist in the Warsaw office, presented a slide talk showing conservation methods used for the past 25 years in the county.

I I ARDENT FORRESTER — Kenneth Haney, r 2 Milford, was honored at the annual Kosciusko County Soil and Water Conservation dinner held recently at the Shrine Building in Warsaw. Haney owns 31 acres of classified forrest where he fertilizes and closely monitors tree growth. Types of trees grown in his forrest include walnut, white oaks and vander trees. As his motto. Haney has adopted the saying of a Danish immigrant, “I’d like to leave the world better than 1 found it.” (Photo by Gail Widmoyer) Kosciusko CROP returns announced

A total of $16,912 was collected in Kosciusko County to benefit CROP, local efforts at hunger education and fundraising for Church World Service. According to Larry Haney. Kosciusko County CROP chairman, the figure is not record-breaking, but does place the county third highest in the state. Funds were collected in the county through gifts, canvasses, bowl-a-thons and a Friendship Farm in Van Buren Township that netted $3,817. Many donated seeds, machinery, fuel and time through Christian love. Another effort, the Wawasee Bowl-a-thon, saw Tippecanoe Township turning in nearly $2,500 and the Syracuse area contributed $750 with its bowl-a-thon and Thanksgiving service offering. Etna and Scott Townships continue to support the Christian

Supervisors for Kosciusko SWCD in 1982 were: Perry Hathaway, Robert Norris, Myron Metzger, C. F. (“Brick”) ' Meinert, and Eldon (“Bud”) Watkins. Assistant supervivors serving the SWCD were. Max Weller, Don Goon, Leon Tucker, Howard Workman, Hubert Krull, Richard Sponseller, Duane Moore, and i Wayne Sholtey. Marguerite Hoerr is the office secretary. The office is located in the Agriculture Service Center, 303 E. Gilliam Drive, Warsaw.

mission with approximately SBOO and $950 donated Also represented in the county were Jackson, Clay. Monroe. Jefferson, Plain, Prairie Townships and Warsaw.

Community Health Fair at Concord Mall in April

Elkhart Hospital is sponsoring a community health fair at Concord Mall on April 22 and 23, 10 a m. until 9 p.m. on both days. The effort is being coordinated by the hospital’s education depart ment and has a theme of “Lifestyle Awareness: Key to Health ”

65th GFWC convention to be held at Oakwood

Mrs. George (Paz) Ros will conduct the annual convention of Kosciusko Women’s Clubs, Wednesday, March 16, at Oakwood Park, Kimel Hall, 2nd floor, Syracuse. Ladies of the Round Table and Wednesday Afternoon Club of Syracuse and the Columbian Reading Circle of Milford will host the convention. ' Program theme is “International Women and Com-

ADULT HELP NEEDED — The Lakeland Youth Center always puts on a spring play and this year, adults to help direct and produce the play are needed. Kay Franke is shown above helping the kids prepare for the “Alice in Wonderland” production, which was presented in May 1982. There are many kids who would like to work hard to prepare for a spring plav. All the help and community involvement that is possible ,ls needed. If you have some time each week, love drama and want to help and work with kids, please call the Lakeland Youth Center at 4573055. ; Smoke damages Dewart Lake home

“It could have been a lot worse.” commented Milford fireman Sam Baumgartner. That seemed to be the general feeling following last Friday s fire at the Mike Grevenstuk residence near Dewart Lake Grevenstuk s wife and their two children were inside the house when a fire, believed to have been caused by an electrial problem in a portable heater, started in a bedroom One of the neighbors in the area. John Mast, happened to stop by the house to check in on Mrs. Grevenstuck who is eight months pregnant Mast smelled smoke and got the Grevenstuk family outside Milford fire chief Max Duncan said no estimate was made on the damage to the house, but he did say there was no structural damage. All of the damage was done by the heavy smoke in the house. A portion of a mattress caught fire and was dragged outside and extinguished by the firemen. The fire was reported to the Milford fire department at 3 10 p.m. Mike Grevenstuk was working at his job in New Paris when firemen arrived. Several items lost in the fire are needed by the family. Anyone able to donate any of the following items should call 6589303; a mattress for a double bed; sheets, blankets and other bed linens; towels and wash rags;

Area non-profit health agencies are invited to take advantage of this opportunity to offer the community information on im portant health issues. Numerous departments of both Elkhart and Goshen hospitals, the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association.

munity Involvement.” Mrs. Osborn Fisher. 13th district president, will be the special guest. Registration and coffee hour is from 3:30-4 p.m.

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boys’ and girls' pajamas, size four; and children's socks, size 68. Knispel joins county police force Steve Knispel. 25. Syracuse, will become a probationary patrolman on the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, beginning March 1. Kosciusko County Sheriff Al Rovenstine stated his salary will be around $13,000. Knispel has been a patrolman on the Syracuse Police Department for "the past three years and graduated from the Indiana LawAcademy in May 1980 and has attended" many police seminars. He is a graduate of Wawasee High School and has four years as a reserve for the National Guard. The Syracuse resident was hired from the northern part of the county as a continuation of Sheriff Rovenst ine’s and the merit board's policy to hire patrolmen from throughout the county, since emergency and offduty calls can be answered quicker if there is a patrolman living nearby. Applications will be taken by the Syracuse Police Department to fill Knispel’s vacancy.

and Oaklawn Center will be among the 60 to 70 displays featured at the health fair. Participants are requested to contact June Berkshire. RN, coordinator of community health education at Elkhart Hospital, to reserve space at the health fair. The deadline to register is March 7.

Dinner reservations are in charge of Mrs. Paul Rush. P.O. Box 566 Syracuse, telephone 4572617. Reservations for dinner are accepted through March 13. All GFWC members and guests are urged to attend.

It happened ... in Milford

!• YEARS AGO, FEB. 21,1973 Milford’s third annual “Citizen of the Year” will be named at the Milford Area Development Council’s annual banquet set for Saturday night. The banquet will be held in the M and M Case in North Webster with starting time set at 7 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Kendall Biller of Milford entertained Sunday for their son, Blane, who celebrated his 11th birthday. Others attending the party were Mr. and Mrs. Denise George and family and Hudson McCuen, all of Nappanee, Mr. and Mrs. Ronn Smith and family, Henry Biller and Jay Rumfelt, all of Milford. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith and Mrs. Richard Burnjes, all of Milford, went to Marion Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Orville Nealis, who is Mrs. Smith’s father. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sheets of Milford had Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hosea Martinez of Goshen. They also had afternoon callers of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hess of Goshen and Miss Sue Thomas of Nappanee. Dave Bess of r 2 Milford was a Thursday evening visitor and supper guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nyce and Vicki of r 1 Milford The evening’s events honored Vicki’s 18th birthday. 20 YEARS AGO, FEB. 21,1963 Milford high school students won 17 superior medals at the Northern Indiana Band and Vocal Association contest that was held in Indianapolis last Saturday. Yeoman second class Mary Ann Williams, daughter of Mrs. Dorothy Williams of Milford, has been released from active duty by the United States Navy and is now visiting her mother in Milford. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Duncan and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Stump, all of Milford, left Monday to spend some time with their sons. Pvt.

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Max Duncan and Pvt. Dale R. Stump, at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Mrs. Clyde Godwin of Marion and Mrs. James Nealis of Montpelier were Sunday afternoon callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith and sons at Milford. “The Nu-Tones,” a Milford rock and roll band consisting of Jerry Bray, Stanley Hollar, Greg Biller and Jim Jonasch, will be playing at Ligonier Friday night for the community sock hop, starting at 9; 30 p.m. 39 YEARS AGO. FEB. 26,1953 Janice Rapp, eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Rapp, was awarded first prize, ten dollars and a tropy, for having written the best letter on “What I liked best about the Shrine Circus.” The first round of the sectional basketball tournament got underway with Syracuse playing Etna Green at 7 o’clock and Atwood playing Sidney at 8:45 o’clock. Syracuse won over Etna Green 54 to 48. in a good game and Sidney trounced Atwood, 75 to 53, in a lopsided match. Guest of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred D. Wilson over the week end were Mrs. Margaret Evans and son, Robert, of Wellington, 111. Their Sunday dinner guests were Mr. and Mrs. Harold. Wilson and daughters. Brenda and Nancy, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Morningstar, of Elkhart. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Beer and two children and Miss Esther Getz returned home Sunday evening from a several week’s vacation at Palmetto, Florida. 56 YEARS AGO, FEB. 23,1933 Don’t fail to take advantage of the opportunity that you have on the inside page of this week’s paper as here you will find a shopper’s guide that includes the biggest portion of the business houses in Milford and some astonishing prices will be quoted. The parking space on Main

street was nearly all filled Friday afternoon by autos belonging to people who had come to attend the Tom funeral Robert' Groves attended a district meeting of the Young Peoples organization of this county at Burket, Wednesday evening. Harriet, Robert and Gwendolyn Gerrett, children of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Gerrett, of Butler, spent the week-end with Mrs. C. E. Harlan and the Harry Good family. Mrs. J. H. Barnes, Cecile Brumbaugh and D. H. Barnes motored to Berrien Springs, Mich., Sunday where they visited relatives. Tranter honored at Dallas ad convention Jim Tranter of Tranter Graphics Inc., a specialty advertising company at 507 North Indiana Avenue in Syracuse, recently returned from the 1983 Winter Showcase of Specialty Advertising Association International in Dallas, Texas. From February 15-18, the Dallas Convention Center was transformed into an advertising marketplace for more than 8,500 registrants. Thousands of items were on display in 1,250 booths. Tranter Graphics was honored by being presented with The Supplier of the Year Award which is given annually to five suppliers from a field of 1,400 in the advertising specialty industry. Tranter received a placque which is hung in the front office. Advertising industry billings for 1982 are estimated to total more than $4.2 billion. Held At Jail A 17-year-old Syracuse boy was held in the Kosciusko County Jail, Saturday, Feb. 19, on a bench warrant.