The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 19, Milford, Kosciusko County, 8 May 1985 — Page 20

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., May 8,1985

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Milford's Main street

ROBERT BISHOP, lifelong resident of r 2 Leesburg, was completely surprised last Sunday night when the tables were turned on him and he became the subject of a “This Is Your Life” program at the Leesburg United Methodist Church. This is the type thing Bishop enjoys pulling on others. There were approximately 140 guests and friends present. Bishop has been choir director of the church for “about 40 years,” he said, and has held most all the offices in the church. He is also a charter member of Leesburg’s 41-year-old Lions Club, where he has a perfect attendance over that long period of time. —o— ANOTHER SURPRISE came Sunday morning during the afterservice coffee hour at the Milford United Methodist Church. Someone leaked the information that Bill Motts, now a resident of Elkhart, was 83 that day, and so the congregation sang “Happy Birthday” to him. He confided that he and Garnett have been married 63 years. I —o— A THIRD surprise came in Rochester on Monday night as D. G. Seely and his wife, Jeri, were attending the 12th anniversary charter night of the Grass Creek Lions Club.

Growing our heritage

By JERRETH McLAUGHLIN Guest Feature Writer About this time of year, many of us are avidly searching the seed catalogs for that extra special seed which will produce that “perfect” vegetable for the home garden. Remember the trips to Grandma’s when the tomatoes and other vegetables seemed so much tastier than those at home? Somehow, your home-grown vegetables just haven’t rated as high. If you started asking around, you’d doubtless find that Grandma’s seeds aren’t even available through seed catalogs today. Those seeds are known as heirloom seeds . . . seeds that aren’t sold through catalogs . . . sees that may be near extinction . . . seeds that likely grow a tastier though not quite so uniform vegetable. “Well, why bring up something that I probably can’t have?” you? ask. There are two reasons, the

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Charter president Joe Dague presented Seely with a clock for having been district governor at the time the club was chartered and for having supported the club since that time. The clock is in the shape of the state of Indiana with a Lions emblem. It denotes the club’s name and the year it was chartered, as well as Seely’s name. It was handcrafted by Dague and now hangs on a wall in the Seelys’ den. —o— DON’T FORGET the annual fish fry will be held at the Milford Junior High School on Saturday, May 11. Tickets may be purchased from any junior high student. Fish will be served from 4:30 until 7:30 p.m. with carry-outs available. Carrots, celery, dessert, chips and drink will be served with the fish. —o— WATCH FOR a new store to open in Milford on May 21. Bonnie Newman is holding a grand opening for her craft shop on that date. THERE HAVE been two holes-in-one at Big Boulder thus far this season. Di-. Douglas Strycker hit a hole-in-one on the 112-yard number two on Sunday, April 28. He was golfing with his father-in-law.

first is to let you know how you can go about finding some of those exceptional vegetables like Grandma used to grow. At the present time, there is a national organization known as the Seed Savers Exchange (203 Rural venue, Decorah, lowa 52101), that is dedicated to the preservation and prepagation of heirloom seeds, or other seeds that may be on the endangered seeds list. SSE is NOT a seed company, however, they do make small samples of seed available. In return, you are expected not only to grow the seed, but to save the seed from year to year and reoffer it through the SSE. “Saving seed is a nice idea,” you say, “but that sounds like a lot of work, and I haven’t got the foggiest notion of how to go about doing it.” There are at least two men in the Northern Indiana area who would be happy to explain the simple process of how to save your seed (its less work than you probably think); John Edgerton,

And, on Sunday, May 5, Ralph Gose of Cromwell aced the same hole. He was golfing with Rick Freeman of Syracuse and Billy Gose of Syracuse. Both men received trophies from the golf course owners, Stan and Phyllis Custer. MILFORD SMALL animal veterinarian Jay Zehr and his wife, Carolyn, are discussing plans for a three-week trip to China they hope to make in October with Dr. Lawrence Burkholder, retired president of Goshen College, heading the group of over 30 people. A BAKE sale will be held by the MVP volleyball team on Saturday, May 11, in front of the community building. In case of rain the sale will be held in the EMS building. Proceeds -from the bake sale and from a Memorial Day Tournament being held by the team will be used to support the Milford Junior High Sports program. THE CLASS of 1965 of Milford High School is planning a reunion this summer. Postcards will be

r 2, box 75, Avilla, 46710, and George McLaughlin, Box 277, Winona Lake, 46590. If you write, please, include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Possibly SSE just seems too overwhelming to you, but you’d still love to try some of those tasty heirloom varieties. Seeds Blum is a small company that specializes in heirloom varieties of seeds. They would be pleased to help you in your quest. Their address is Seeds Blum, Idaho City Stage, Boise, Idaho 83707. Interestingly enough, if you could look at a seed catalog from the year 1902 to 1903 and compare it with what is available in this day, you would discover that we have only three percent of the genetic stock that we had then! Nowadays the market is full of hybrids that can’t reproduce themselves. In the mad rush to switch to hybrid vegetables, most of the good old-time vegetable types we had, have been lost. This greatly reduces the stock that we can even make hybrid vegetables from. Disease and insects progress at such a rate that the average life of a hybrid variety is short because a hybrid variety is not adaptable to disease changes. One of these days, if things continue to advance the way they have been, there will be very little left to make a hybrid from. The second reason for bringing up the topic of heirloom seeds, is that perhaps you are one of those unique gardeners who has saved seed from year to year and hasn’t realized the value of what you have as an heirloom vegetable. Maybe you would like to keep that certain vegetable in existence, but no one in your family is terrifically interested in gardening. If you send a sample of your seeds to SSE, they can preserve and propagate them. When you do send a sample of your seed to SSE, be sure to include; where you got the seed, how long you’ve had it, a description of the plant, and at least 15, preferrably 25 or more seeds. Remember, you can have an important part in saving some vegetables from extinction. This summer, why not grow a piece of history?

mailed within the next two weeks. Anyone from that class who does not receive a card by the end of the month should contact Alan Coy at 658-9194. A MILFORD student is living in the Central American nation of Belize this summer as a participant in Goshen College’s StudyService Trimester program. Kendel R. Martin, a junior business major, is the son of Ellis and Rosemary Martin, 218 4th Street, Milford. He is a 1981 graduate of Wawasee High School. The 21 Goshen College students and their two faculty leaders will spend 14 weeks in Belize. The first seven weeks will be spent in Belize City, the capital, studying the nation’s history and culture through lectures, field trips and interaction with host families. During the last half of the trimester, students live with new host families in other parts of the country and perform work or services without salary. Jobs may involve manual labor, work with government or health agencies, teaching or assisting missionaries. The group left Goshen April 25 and will return to the USA on July 28. SUNDAY IS Mother’s Day and students in Mrs. Hand’s second grade at Milford wrote pargraphs on “My Mom is Speical.” They follow: My Mom is nice. — Scott E. My Mother does my ears for me in the morning, (ear rings) — Renee W. My Mother gives me food to eat and nice clothes. She’s a nice Mom. — Stephanie B. I love my Mother 1 live with who takes care of me. — Michelle E. My Mother takes care of me and my sister. She takes me to the Dr. when I am sick. I love her. — Trent B. I love my Mom because she cares for me. I love my Mom because she loves me. — Rhonda R.

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I love my Mom. She is a nice Mom. — Lupe C. — I love my Grandma because she is nice and I love Mom because she cooks supper. — Jesse C. My Grandma takes care of me. She takes me to the store. She feeds me. — Cathy H. I like my Mom because she buys me new clothes. — Gloria C. I love my Mom because she washes my clothes and makes my supper and takes me places. I love my Mom. — Brandy L. I love Mom. She makes pies, cookies and cakes. — Lisa C. I love my Mom. She brings me to the store. She is the best Mom. — Kari My Mom loves me and I love her better than she loves me. — Kathy R. My Mother is everything in my life. — Danny I love Mother. She loves me. — Branden B. I love Mom because she loves me very much. — Bethany C. My Mom buys me stufffshe takes me to eat. — Brandon Z. My Mom loves me and cares about me. — Jeremiah B. I love my Mother because she takes me to stores. — Alicia F. My Mom is the best. She makes my dinner, supper and breakfast. — Barry I love my mom because she does my clothes. She cares for me. — Jeremy B.

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I > 0 - TIfSV NEW CAR DEALERSHIP OPENS — Rice Ford-Lincoln-Mercury, SR 15N Warsaw, is now open to serve the automotive needs of Kosciusko County. Pictured, from left to right, are: Dan B. Rice, vice president; Buck Buchanan, vice president and general manager; and John D. Rice, vice president. (Photo by Kip Schumm)

Rice Ford-Lincoln-Mercury opens on SR 15N, Warsaw

Rice Ford-Lincoln-Mercury. SR 15N, Warsaw, is Kosciusko County’s newest dealership. According to company officials, Deep burns are dangerous School will end soon and the rush for the beaches and lakes will begin. Get your summer tan by degrees and use a reliable lubricant on exposed areas. Deep burns are dangerous to your health and painful. Runny pies When making apple pies, if you put a layer of apples in your crust then your sugar, cinnamon and lemori juice or whatever you use. then apples on top of the sugar again, your pies will not run over in the oven.

grand opening festivities for the dealership are planned for the near future. Dan B. Rice and John D. Rice, vice presidents, grew up in the Fort Wayne area and are currently residing in Warsaw. Both have been around car dealerships most of their lives, involved in all aspects of a car dealership. They are both graduates of the Northwood Institute, a four-year business college specializing in dealership management. They also received a Certified Automotive Merchandiser certificate. Vice president and general

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manager of Rice Ford-Lincoln-Mercury is Buck Buchanan. Buchanan is the former bwner of Buchanan Ford in Columbia City and brings over 39 years of experience to the new dealership. He and his wife, Valena, are the parents of five children and reside in the Warsaw area. In addition to a full line of Ford, Lincoln and Mercury automobiles and Ford trucks, Rice will also offer fully-equipped service and parts departments. According to Buchanan, “Guaranteed customer satisfaction will be a part of every purchase.”