The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 49, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 December 1986 — Page 13

It happened ... in North Webster

10 YEARS AGO, DEC. 1,1978 Dixie Likens, president, was in charge of the recent meeting of Backwater Friends home extension club. The meeting was held in the home of Mrs. Arden Rider, Pierceton. Dee Vanator assisted the hostess and read the meditation. A farewell party was held for Rita Shock and daughter's. Dawn and Andrea, on November 21, in fellowship hall at North Webster Church of God. The Shocks left November 22, for Warmer Southern college. Lake Wales, Fla. North Webster United Methodist Women will hold their Christmas meeting on December 7, at 1 p.m., in the church. Elnor Bieber will be explaining and demonstrating "Chrismons. The Beautiful Symbols of Christmas.” Mr. and Mrs. John Hidy, Ridgeway, Conn., spent the Thanksgiving holidays visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Hidy, Leesburg. The annual anniversary dinner party of Efficient Homemakers home extension club was held recently at an Amish home near

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Nappanee. Co-hostess for the party were Sue Niles and Cindy Heckaman. 20 YEARS AGO, NOV. 30,1966 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Neibert Barbara and Mary Jo, of r 1 North Webster were Saturday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nyce and Vicke Sue of r 1 Milford. Col. Ed Enyeart, Craig Kemper, Jack Heiler and Elinore Enyeart spent the week end in Toledo. Ohio, as guests of Mrs. Enyeart’s brother, Emmett Akerstorm. Mrs. Enyeart and her brother celebrated their birthdays together for the first time in their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Scott entertained at Thanksgiving dinner Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Stanfield and family of Whitestown, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stanfield of Goshen, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Stanfield and family of Etna, Mrs. M. C. Stanfield of Papakeechie lake, Mrs. Marvin Coy and son Jimmy of Wilmot and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Brower and sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Staples and son, Joe, of North Webster.

Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Marvin of Barbee Lake spent Thanksgiving day and the week end visiting friends and relatives in Indianapolis and Lebannon and Champaign and Sheldon, 111. Mr. and Mrs. David Richards and children. David, Terry, Larry, Donald, and Susie, of Monticello were Thanksgiving guests of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Richards and Karleen. The David Richards family returned to its home Saturday. 30 YEARS AGO, NOV, 29,1956 Mr. and Mrs. Levi Miller, lifelong residents of North Webster community celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary at their home in North Webster yesterday. Mr. Miller, 91, is the son of the late Manuel and Nancy (Mourer) Miller, of west of Wilmot. His wife, 86, is the former Clara Winfield. Married at the home of A. H. Puterbaugh, south of Oswego, 28 November, 1891, they lived at Wilmot’ for 29 years and the following 20 years on their farm one and a half miles west of Wilmot, which is now owned by

Dr. G. W. Statler. North Webster physician. In 1950, the Millers moved to North Webster, where they live an active life considering their ages. The Millers have four daughters, Mrs. H. F. (Eva) Mock of Route 1, Pierceton; Mrs. Garrett (Blanche) Grissom, of Syracuse; Mrs. Ivan (Jessie) Spencer, of Goshen; and Mrs. Ralph (Inez) Burt, of Route 2, Pierceton. Their only son Stacey, died in 1947. There are ten grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren. 50 YEARS AGO, DEC, 3,1936 Those who spent Thanksgiving in the Simeon Lewallen home were Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Shock and son Charles Richard, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Milford Gose. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kuhn and baby spent Thursday evening with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Shock. Jonas Cripe and Elizabeth Shock visited in the Frank Mock home in North Webster, Thursday. Miss Betty Shock is working in

Willards Variety Store in North Webster. Mrs. Ella Brown of Indian Village and Noah Shock of Ligonier visited their mother Elizabeth Shock Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Workman

Serving our country

WILLIAM J. BESS William J. Bess, of 2101 E. Michigan St., Indianapolis, has enlisted into the Navy’s Delayed Entry Program. The Navy’s Delayed Entry Program allows young men and women to enlist on inactive duty up to a year prior to receiving their initial training. Bess, a 1982 graduate of Wawasee High School, is scheduled to receive recruit training at the US Naval Training Center in San Diego, Calif., in December. Following recruit training, he will enter the Navy’s Fireman Apprenticeship Training Program.

visited in the Elmo Shock home Sunday evening. Sunday dinner guests in the Clarence Lewallen home were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weimer, Mr. and Mrs. Will Tooley and Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Shock and son Joe.

MARTIN R. BROWN, JR. Army Private Martin R. Brown, Jr., son of Sally A. Brown of r 5, Syracuse, has completed basic training at Fort Knox, Ky. During the training, students received instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, first aid, and Army history and traditions. Brown is a 1986 graduate of Wawasee High School, Syracuse. MARK A. WEST Marine Lance Cpl. Mark A. West, son of Mike A. and Judy > West of r 1, Milford, recently ’ deployed to Twentynine Palms. Calif., to participate in exercise Gallant Eagle 86. During the three-week exercise with . 2nd Light Anti-aircraft Missile Battalion, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz., West provided general support surface-to-air missile defense to marine Air Ground Task Force elements deployed in the vicinity. A 1983 graduate of Wawasee High School, Syracuse, he joined the Marine Corps in September of 1983. Interest rate * set by FmHA for emergency loans The Agriculture Department’s Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) has announced a special interest rate for farmers seeking emergency loans as a result of drought, flooding and other weather-related crop loss during calendar year 1986. Effective immediately, qualifying farmers who file for such loans will receive an interest rate of 4.5 percent, according to Oscar T. Blank. FmHA state director for Indiana. This replaces the regular two-tiered rate of 5 percent for loan amounts up to SIOO,OOO and 8 percent for the remainder up to the maximum of $500,000, applicable to prior loans. "This will benefit the farmer in two ways," Blank said. “In addition to reducing the over-all cost of repaying the loan, it will make it easier for the applicant to qualify for the loan in the first place under our cash flow requirements.” The action was taken in response to a provision in the omnibus Continuing (Appropriations) Resolution enacted by Congress just prior to its adjournment in October. The reductions represented by the uniform rate place interest on emergency loans on a par with interest charged on direct farm operating loans made to “limited resource" borrowers. Blank said the emergency loan funds can be used for restoration or replacement of damaged property, payment of production costs for the disaster year or the next year, payment of delinquent debt installments, living expenses, purchase of machinery, equipment and foundation livestock, reorganization of a farming system, and refinancing of short, intermediate or long-term debt. He added that the applicant must meet regular eligibility requirements: be an established family farm operator; be a citizen or legal resident alien; have ability to repay the loan; be located in a designated county; have suffered a minimum 30 percent crop loss; be unable to obtain suitable credit elsewhere; and be able to produce adequate security. Applicants may obtain further information and apply for an emergency loan through FmHA offices locally. NIPSCO pays $534,361 in county taxes Northern Indiana Public Service Company paid $534,361 in local taxes in the Kosciusko County area this year, according to Robert F. Westfall, NIPSCO Syracuse local manager. Os that total, $29,655 went to Syracuse; $25,531 to Turkey Creek Township; $15,717 to Van Buren Township; and $13,583 to Milford. NIPSCO paid $35.1 million in state and local taxes during 1986, making the utility one of Indiana’s largest taxpayers. About half the taxes were paid in a spring installment and the remaining half were paid in November, the utility said. Walk briskly Walking briskly is an excellent exercise. It can be most enjoyable at this season when mother nature has displayed so much beauty.

Wed., December 3,1986 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL

1 j 'Jww' ‘ I ADOPT-A-BOOK PROJECT — The Genealogy Section of the Kosciusko County Historical Society is engaged in a project called “Adopt-A-Book.“ The program was begun in an effort to refurbish and repair many of the old courthouse books located in the Kosciutko County Jail Museum, 121 N. Indiana St.. Warsaw. The Genealogy Section saw a need to restore these records when members started working with these books as many of them are falling apart and badly in need of repair. Some of the records involved are marriage, tax assessment, plot books and agricultural product listings. Some of the books date back to the 1840 s. Carl Pittenger, pictured, is the chairman of this project, which was started approximately a year and a half ago. Persons wishing to donate to the project are asked to contact him by writing: Genealogy Section. Kosciusko County Historical Society. P.O. Box 1071 Warsaw. Ind. 46580: or by phoning the Jail Museum. 269-1078. A commemorative record is kept in the front of each book with the donors' names. Books may also be rebound in memory of a loved one.

Riding mower and tools stolen

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Crime Stoppers, a non-profit organization involving the police, the media and the public in the fight against crime, offers anonymity and cash rewards to persons who furnish^information leading to the arrest and the filing of criminal charges against felony offenders and to the capture of fugitives. The following “Crime of the Week" was furnished bv the

Trees — our oxygen

By H. L. ZIMMERMAN I Guest Feature Writer Fall is upon us and our minds are on the winter to follow. Our bodies want the comfort of warmth in the cold of the winter. The news media tells us to purchase wood stoves to supplement our utility bills. There’s a lot of scrap wood behind every small and large factory and in every local dump — most of which the average person has no access to. So trees get cut down. Trees are not only being cut for the sake of fuel to supplement your home’s heating system, but supposedly they need to be “thinned” out to take advantage of solar heat. What is really happening when, our trees are cut down? We are robbing the earth — our air surrounding us — the only air we have to breathe —of the very oxygen which allows us life. Nothing lives without it. In Indiana, the second Friday Juggler John Who is Juggler John and how did he get into the European Bethlehem scene? It seems Saint Francis introduced his living-animal manger scene in a village near Assissi. Soon, during the long and hard winters, workers started carving the manager scene. Along with the devotional figures there soon appeared ordinary folk, one of them a juggler. Later, in Anatole France’s short story, “Our Lady’s Juggler,” he appeared as the central figure. The poverty-stricken juggler, John, according to an old French legend, spun his golden balls for the crowas. As so often happened with the poor, he became the target of mockery and cruel jokes. In order to flee his tormentors, John became a monk. But his desire to please the Virgin frustrated him as he still felt sb inferior. One day John put on his old costume and juggled some oranges in front of the Virgin statue. The friars rushed in to stop his sacrilege but the story goes that they suddenly stopped as they saw the statue smile. The moral of the legend: No matter how humble the gift — it’s always acceptable when given with a pure heart. Fruity Christmas tree is fun Turn a trellis upside down and attach to a wall with a pretty green or red plastic wastebasket underneath. With plastic fruit and greenery fill the spaces between the trellis bars. Place pretty wrapped packages in the wastebasket and attach a bow at the top.

Kosciusko County Crime Stoppers organization: The theft of a riding lawn mower and some tools is the "Crime of the Week. ” Sometime within the last two weeks, unknown subjects entered a garage located on CR 200N, west of the Barbee Lake Road. Once inside, they removed a 12 hp John Deere riding lawn mower, a green tool box with assorted sockets and wrenches, and two 14-inch snow tires. Persons with information regarding this theft are asked to contact Crime Stoppers, toll-free, at 1-800-342-STOP. Crime Stoppers will pay up to SI,OOO if the information leads to an arrest or indictment. Callers will be assigned a code number and will not be asked to give their names.

in April is always Arbor Day. The news media tells us to plant trees, to replenish the ones that have been lost in storms, or cut down for landscaping purposes. What is really needed are more warnings against cutting trees unnecessarily. Why? Trees are “the lungs of the earth.” There is no way that man can invent a substitute for the most valuable gift a tree has to offer — the oxygen it produces. Every individual needs to bring himself to this awareness. We need to teach our children that trees are the primary source of the oxygen we all need in order to breathe. We read how extreme portions of forests worldwide are disappearing on a daily basis. There is no way that tree planters can keep pace with bulldozers. You may think that the disappearing forests in South American have nothing to do with the oxygen we breathe in Indiana. Think again. It’s a small world. The wind patterns do indeed allot us oxygen from far away places. However, the only control we can have basically, is right here at home. We need more warnings about the fact that the earth’s atmosphere is at risk due to the rapid imbalance of oxygen because our trees are disappearing. In this county alone, due to “progress” in the form of industrial parks, how many trees, some 100 years old. have fallen to man’s destruction in the last five years? Trees not only provide oxygen. Tree/earth chemistry create our humidity. For instance, it has been figured that when the temperature is 80 degrees, and the humidity 50, an average-sized open grown white oak gives off a ton and a half of water every 24 hours. Among other facts accumulated in my files, one says that a mature apple tree will evaporate 100 gallons of water into the air on a very hot summer day. We read much about the quality of the air we breathe becoming poor. We read little about the natural nutrient cycling system wherein leaves help clean the air of carbon monoxide. Man is unquestionably destroying man through destruction of earth and its gifts to us. There are fast growing trees which could be grown as crop trees for firewood, such as the black locust, available every spring from the state nurseries through the county agent’s office. Each of us, though, needs to help save every individual tree that we can. All it takes is a good windstorm to prove that the natural forces of nature periodically thin out trees. Isn't it ironic that when such events occur, much of the downed wood is burned uselessly to get rid of it, or hauled off to dumps. It's another example of nature giving to man, and man wasting nature’s gifts.

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