The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 39, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 October 1984 — Page 20

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., October 10,1984

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SHIRLEY CONNOLLY of Syracuse, daughter of Mrs. Fay Hollar of Milford is shown with Ginger Beer as the women look at the afghan that Mrs. Connolly recently won in a no purchase necessary drawing at The Ginger Jar in Milford. Mrs. Beer recently opened the Ginger Jar at Beer Nursery on West Catherine Street. It is filled with all types of ready made craft items for all occasions. Mrs. Beer stated the craft shop is open on Thursday. Friday and Saturdayje Os PEG BEER of Nappanee has resigned from the Nappanee Common Council effective November 1. She has served on the council and on related committees for the past five years. Her reason for resigning is the fact she is moving out of her district Mrs. Beer and her husband.

Investigation by County Grand Jury

A Kosciusko County Grand Jury met at 9:30 a m. today (Wednesday) in Kosciusko Superior Court to investigate |he relationship between tpe deatn'bf a Warsaw teen-ager and the faith'healing religious group to which her parents belong This is Kosciusko County’s first such investigation. It involves the Sept. 16 death of Pamela Margaret Menne, 15. a victim of kidney failure, according to County Coroner Gary Eastlund Menne’s parents are members of the Faith Assembly, which shuns traditional medical attention in favor of faith. This is the county’s first case to violate the state law that individuals must inform the authorities of thSir children s illnesses. “We knew it was going to come.) We just didn’t know when." Eastlund said. Menne had been sick for about three months with a chronic illness that did not show up until this summer According to Eastlund, she suffered from chemical imbalance, swelling, lethargy, seizures and pulmonary (edema, but her kidneys were “the root of a 11'the problems." She had not seen a doctor “Her whole system was out of whack because of the lack of output of the kidneys. It was a treatable condition. We can’t say how successful it would have been. It was a treatable condition

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Bernie, have sold their home on US 6 in Nappanee and are in the process of moving into a newly purchased home in the Northwood Addition in Nappanee. Bernie is the son of Rev. and Mrs. Theo Beer of rural Milford. LAST WEEK this newspaper carried the obituary of Grace Jane (Benson) Brebner, 81, of Twentynine Palms, Calif. Mrs. Brebner was a Milford native and an avid reader of and contributor to this column. She was raised here and her father, William O. Benson was a country doctor. Her mother, Alpha (Banta) Benson was a high school teacher. Mrs. Brebnermoved to California in the 192(1? to be near her sister, Helen (Benson) Gilbert, after the death of their parents.

that no one did anything about," said Eastlund. This is the 12th Faith Assembly related case Eastlund has had in three and one-half years as coroner, six of them coming this year.. This is the first case, however, in which criminal procedings have been considered. Kosciusko County Prosecutor

Hook's to participate in PADA campaign

Hook’s Drug Stores in Indiana. Ohio. Illinois and Kentucky are participating in an anti-drug abuse public information cam-paign—-this fall called Pharmacists Against Drug Abuse (PADA). The campaign is designed to help educate parents on the health dangers of the abuse of drugs by children. "Now that kids are back in school and PTA’s are renewing their activities. Hook’s Drug Stores will serve as key community resources on drugs in drug abuse.” said Keith D. Johns, assistant vice president of professional service&Jor Hook's. “Each of our stores has available two free brochures entitled The Kinds of Drugs Kids are Getting Into’ and ‘Parent Guide to Drug Abuse’. Hook’s pharmacists in green by

She lived in Twentynine Palms for the past 36 years, 20 years of which she worked as an insurance agent and broker. She was a member of the Little Church of the Desert, a Presbyterian church, where she served as a ruling elder - for several terms and was the president of the May Carle Guild. She also served as president of the Twnetynine Palms Hospital Guild. Memorial services were held in the church in Twentynine Palms on October 2 and graveside services were held in Milford on October 5. She is survived by a daughter, Rev. Linda B. Brebner of Rochester, N. Y.; a stepson, Scott W. Brebner of Tustin, Calif.; and two granddaughters, Carla and Anne. Memorials may be made to the Milford Public Library.

Michael L. Miner said he could have filed charges, but wanted to test the community’s thinking. The six-member grand jury will assess evidence provided by Miner, including testimony by Eastlund, Kosciusko County Sheriff Al Rovenstine and Dr. Daniel House, a pathologist at Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, who did the autopsy on Menne.

academic training and professional experience are experts on drugs and a good source of information on drug abuse,’’ he added. The PADA program is sponsored by Pharmacists Against Drug Abuse Foundation and focuses on alcohol and marijuana which, according to Johns, are the two drugs school age children are most likely to use in entering the drug scene. The campaign also focuses on cocaine, the fastest growing drug of abuse in America. Serving our country JAMES W. SHANES Marine Pfc. James W. Shanes, son of James T. and Barbara E, Shanes of r 6, Leesburg, has reported for duty with 3rd Force Service Support Group on Okinawa. Prepare pumpkin pie To properly prepare a pumpkin for a pie, cut it in half and remove the seeds and fiber. Once that is done, place the flat side of the pumpkin down on a pan and bake in a 400 degree oven for 20 minutes. The pumpkin will scrape out easily and needs no mashing.

Dr. Benson, Grace’s father, it will be remembered, was a member of this town’s library board in May of 1916 when the ground where the library now stands was purchased for SI,BOO. la November of that same year, the board was finally assured of $16,6M from the Andrew Carnegie Fund, and a contract drawn up with Milford, Van Buren Township and Jefferson Township, whereby all future maintenance and support would be provided by these taxing units. The Carnegie obligation ended with the building fund. The cornerstone of the present library building was laid on April 12, 1918. The building was ready for occupancy in January 1919. BASEBALL FANS are glued to their television sets this week as they pull for either San Diego or Detorit. As we understand it, there are quite a few very\sad Cubs fans in Milford. ;

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A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER WED % a OCT O W 7-13 X o> 1984 gp WSk /■ OBSERVATION: THIS is National Newspaper Week — time to take a look at the objectives of this paper. Do people find what are looking for in The MailJournal? We think so, at least for the most part. It’s hard to tell for sure and it’s hard for a weekly paper to cover everything. We stick close to home, trying for the most part to leave the state and world news to the daily papers and the television reporters.

Our news coipes from staff members attending meetings, visiting schools and interviewing people. Club news and other events come from individual club reporters who call us faithfully to report on their club’s activities. And, we get lots of press releases. Someday this reporter would like to do a column on press releases! In news stories, our goal is to be factual and except on our editorial pages we try our best not to take sides. We try and get as many news items in each issue as time and space will allow. We try our best to get as many places during the week as possible. We are sorry that we can’t always say yes when someone wants us to drop everything and cover this or that event. We realize every event is important to the people involved and we want to print the information, however, we can’t always cover it personally. This is the main reason niost major organizations have public relations chairmen — along with other duties, the public relations chairman types

news releases and sends them to the newspaper. I believe we publish a good newspaper. We try our best to keep our readers informed. From time to time we goof. One reason for that is because much of the work a newspaper reporter does is under the pressure of a deadline. When we make mistakes, we feel bad and we try to correct them. It’s embarrassing. We hate it. But, it happens whether we like it or not. Everyone makes mistakes — our only problem is ours usually end

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