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HALLOWEEN CHARACTERS EVERYWHERE — The Hallo- of the winners in the various categories are pictured above. (Photo by ween judging at Campbell’s IGA in Milford last Saturday night was , Glen Long) well-attended by all manner of spooks, goblins and little people. Most

100 in contest — Halloween festivities in Milford

By GLEN LONG Staff Writer The weather was warm and the crowd was large last Saturday night at Campbell’s IGA in Milford. Included in the festivities were a free chili supper, a decorated cake contest and a costume contest. At least 100 boys and girls donned costumes which were judged in 11 different categories. Milford community service clubs helped with the festivities. This included keeping the contestants sorted in the proper categories and escorting them to and from the judging stand. The master of ceremonies for the costume contest was Dennis Wuthrich and the judges, who exclaimed several times during their judging that the choice of winners was truly difficult, were Robert Groves, Glennis Stump and Vi Miller. The grand prize winner was Molly Hare, Syracuse. Other winners in the judging categories were: Cartoon characters — Brooks Kuhl, Syracuse — first; Jainane Berkey, Leesburg — second; Becky Berkey, Leesburg — third. Witches, ghosts and goblins — Jennifer Moran, Warsaw — first; Leticha Powell, Milford — second; Tasha Evans, Milford — third. Space people — Chad Campbell, Milford — first; Brandon Zartman, Milfordt— second; Camron Beer, Milford — third. Clowns — Matt Mast, Milford — first; Mandy Sawyer, Milford; Tiffany Bohnstedt — third. Hobos — Renee Morgan, Milford — first; Josh Bess, Milford — second; Brent Zartman, Milford — third. Storybook, fairy tales and

First in a series:

Helsinki, Finland, first stop on trip through USSR

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series of articles written by Della and Arch Baumgartner, publishers of The Mail-Journal, concerning their month-long trip to Finland, the Soviet Union, Mongolia and Japan. The trip took them to the Kremlin, to the fringes of the Gobi Dessert, and on a long, 1,850-mile, two day, three night train ride on the famous Trans-Siberian Railway, and gave them a close-up look at the world’s first socialist state, and to judge for themselves how a highly structured society works to feed, house, clothe, educate and inform its 270 million people.) HELSINKI, Finland, Saturday, Sept. 28 — We’re just two days out of the United States and well on our way to the 30-day world tour with the National Newspaper Association. It’s a tour that is Scheduled to take us to Finland, across much of Russia, Outer Mongolia, a long train ride across Siberia, and finally to Japan and homo. \ We began these tours in 1971 and almost each year have taken a similar tour to some far-away part of the world. The big plus in traveling with the National Newspaper Association, is that it’s a door-opener to foreign offices and heads of state. It provides an introduction to a country and its political inner workings that the ordinary tourist will never find.

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GRAND PRIZE WINNER — Molly Hare, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hare, Syracuse, was judged the overall best contestant at the Milford costume competition at Campbell’s in Milford last Saturday night. She was entered in the story book, fairy tales and nursery rhymes category and received a cash prize of $25. (Photo by Glen Long)

nursery rhymes — Amber VanLue, Milford — first; Amy Villalovos, Milford — second; Travis Coy, Milford — third. Movie Character — Joe Beer, Milford — first; Chad Zartman, Milford — second; Mike Davis,-

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Milford — third. Animals — Kimberly Bohnstedt, Milfordt— first; Justin Bice, Milford — second; Katie Brown, Milford — third. Cowboys and Indians —

Having done this for a number of years, we are now traveling with journalists we’re well acquainted with. When we told friends about this impending trip, the response was wide and varied — from “we’re always glad to read what you write about your trips” to “no, not again! ” Indeed the world is getting smaller, or so it would seem. We flew from Fort Wayne to Cleveland in just 45 minutes, to change planes, and we quickly found ourselves in the JFK International Airport in New York. It was the time when hurricane Gloria was swirling around the coastal waters in the southern part of the United States, and the uncertainty of it all was enough to keep us on the ground an extra two hours. And when we did take off, it was for a 55 minute flight to Montreal, Canada, where we picked up 40 other passengers, then on to Helsinki. The long leg across the north Atlantic took us just seven hours. It was a short night, and suddenly here we were in a small Scandinavian country just the size of California with its 60,000 lakes. Some Finnish Facts Finland is a peaceful country, everyone was quick to tell us, and well it should be. The entire country has only 4.8 million people, with some 750,000 making up what they call Greater Helsinki, its capital and major city. Peace comes, it would appear, due to the fact that this small Nor-

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Christopher Stump, Milford — first; Heather Laßlanc, Milford — second. Miscellaneous, seven and under — Staci Weisser, Milford — first; Allison Morgan, Milford — second; Gary Davis and Luke Sawyer, Milford — tied for third. Miscellaneous, eight and older — Kim Hollar, Milford — first; Renee Wuthrich, Milford — 'se~ cond; Mark Bowser, Milford —* ■thfrd.'*’ fe ' ,^'a ’ v "' :

Halloween Madness winners are named

Syracuse Halloween Madness, consisting of sales, community costume party and pumpkin contest, sponsored by the SyracuseWawasee Retail Merchants Association was well received by the community. A number of entries were received in the pumpkin contest and the community costume party was well attended with a large number of children present. It’s hoped more will attend the community party next year. The Halloween Madness began with retail merchants offering sales during Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Employees participated by working in costume. Visiting any of the merchants during the event one was sure to believe he or she was in the wrong place. During the community Halloween party the winners of the pumpkin contest were announced in the five age divisions. Those winners are: Six and under — Daniel Cone, first; Whitney Pilcher second Seven to nine — Pat Gargett, first; and Matt Stoll, second 10 to 12 — Amy Bradley, first and James Bell second 13-15 — Lori Gargett, first; and Deanna Richardson, second 16 and up — Brenda Greuter,

Speicher named Wawasee principal

By DAVE STRAUB Staff Writer After five months of searching for qualified candidates, the Wawasee School Board officially appointed Ned Speicher as the new principal of Wawasee High School at last night’s meeting. Speicher, a native Milford resident, will begin his duties as principal on Nov. 4. The position was vacated when former principal, Dr. Howard Hull, was appointed as instructional services director. Hull, along with Vice Principal Donn Kesler and Dean of Students Myron Dickerson, shared the duties as principal when the board decided to search for more applicants after interviewing four prospects at its July 30 screening. Speicher has served as principal of the Milford schools the

first and Jenny and Marilyn Michael, second The best of show award was given to Bobbie Laughlin. All pumpkins were on display at Augsburger’s Super Valu, Syracuse. Winners received cash prizes donated by local merchants. A costume contest was the highlight of the evening on Friday as merchants and residents of the community competed for honors in the five categories. There was even an award for the best group represented in costume. Those winners are: Wittiest — Steve Butt, first; and Alice Karesh, second Scariest — Bob Pilcher, first; and Deb Pilcher, second Most authentic — Mike Skevington, first; and Deb Skevington, second Best group effort — Pilchers Shoe Store Children’s division — Brandon Zartman, first; Brent Zartman, second; and David Cone, third. Winners from the costume party received cash and other awards as prizes. There were 14 area merchants participating this year donating cash, certificates or items as prizes for the contests.

die country shares a 600-mile border with Soviet Russia. While the two countries get along well with their politics and economics, there seems to be an accommodation that would dictate a spirit of cooperation. The Finns saw what happened to tiny Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the independent Baltic countries with the World War II settlement. They were swallowed up and are now a part and parcel of the Soviet Union. For the first three years of World War II Finland fought on the side of Nazi Germany, but in the final year they “saw the writing on the wall” and signed a peace treaty with Russia and concluded the bitter struggle alongside Russia. But during the time when the small Finnish forces fought on the side of Germany, they gave the Russian troops fits. They still talk about the “Winter War” with Russia (which lasted about three months) when the Finnish troops in the cold Lapland north doned white suits and skis and came down the wintry slopes to attack unwitting Russian troops. Helsinki is on the 60 degree latitude on the globe, which is about on a par with central Canada, so you can see that the winters are long and cold, and in the summer the nights are short. We were surprised that at late September how the season had changed, and we got out our heavier clothing.

past six years. During that time, Speicher has been an administrator of elementary and junior high school programs. He has coordinated the migrant tutorial program and grant application, assisted in the development of the gifted and talented program, instituted the first volunteer program for parent involvement in the schools and has brought forth the peer ahd cross age tutoring program. In addition, Speicher has served on various task force committees concerning textbook adoption, building for the new junior high school at Milford, inservice training and budget and finance. Prior to becoming an administrator, Speicher was a teacher at the Milford schools for four years. Before that, he taught four years at the Syracuse schools. Speicher earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Manchester College. He com-

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SYRACUSE COSTUME WINNERS — Judging of the Syracuse Halloween costume contest was done at the custume party in Syracuse last weekend. These winners emerged victorhis from the many who dressed for the event: From the left in front are Brent Zartman, Brandon Hartman, Daniel Cone and Deb Pilcher. In the back, from the left, are Deb Skevington, Mike Skevington, Alice Karesh, Steve Butt and Bob Pilcher. (Photo by Jeanie Gardiner)

Bp" W- \ I NED SPEICHER pleted his administrative specialist degree at Indiana University. Speicher was named Milford’s 1979 “Citizen of the Year” by the Milford Area Development Council. He and his wife, Debbie, Speicher are the parents of four children: Dawn (14), Kerri (11), David (8) andKasee (6). Speicher was chosen over 40 applicants for the job. The corporation is now seeking prospective candidates for the principal position at the Milford School. Temporary Busing Solution Two concerned North Webster

Daughter Os The Baltic Finland is called the Daughter of the Baltic, and one can see why when he sees their pretty ladies. The women and men are tall, lithe and usually blond. They compare in physical characteristics with their Norwegian and Swedish neighbors. The country is predominantly Lutheran in religious persuasion, with an estimated 90 percent being Lutheran and the remainder made up of other religions. Roughly, IS percent of their people speak Swedish. In fact, Swedish is their second language in the public schools. It’s amazing how many Finns can speak English, but this, too, is a common language taught in the schools. , One late afternoon we witnessed a large parade of some 2,000 people of all ages marching through the center of town holding crude banners. They told us they were marching “for Jesus,” and that they were Episcopalians. This would note the diverse religion of this small country. Finland has no oil or coal, but plenty of timber. Os this they sell some 20 percent to Russia and some 60 percent-plus to the West. The country is a heavy importer, some 80 percent, with 20 percent exports. They tout their small wood carvings to tourists in the shops. (Continued on page 2)

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families voiced complaints about their children not being picked up by buses at the Oct. 15 meeting. After hearing these complaints, the board labeled the issue and last night, decided that the children of Bob Jaress and Dean Anderson will be provided transportation to the North Webster schools. The Jaress’s were granted full transportation privilege while the Andersons will have transportation for the balance of the year. Assistant Superintendent for Business Roger Kryder examined the issue since its discussion at the Oct. 15 meeting. He showed, by use of an overhead projector, the corporation’s written policy concerning busing and showed maps of the city limits for Milford, Syracuse and North Webster. He also showed annexation areas and reasoned that the Jaress family lived in a newly annexed area of North Webster and thus, should be included on the bus route. % On the other hand, Kryder explained to the Andersons that (Continued on page 2) Syracuse merchants meet this week The Syracuse-Wawasee Retail Merchants will be holding their November meeting this Friday, Nov. 1, at 8 a.m., on the second floor of the State Bank of Syracuse. All meetings are open to any Syracuse merchant. Attendance is encouraged.