The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 11, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 April 1987 — Page 5
Geni from old iron kettle
ByDONKiME Regular Contributor To The Mail-Journal This morning I remove the cast iron kettle from the original corrugated paste-board carton. The kettle with the three stubby legs is qgrefully wrapped in cheese cloth saturated with vegetable oil. Tenderly I rub the grey side. The Geni appears out of the mist of the past. He angrily exclaims, “You have nerve to summon me this morning, — and with that familiar aroma in your kitchen, I know what you are doing!” Your old friend, the iron kettle, is deeply hurt by the preparation you began in die in the crock pot last night. Before you retired for the night you put a beef bullion cube intp a measuring cup filed with boiling water, once dissolved,, you poured it into that big crock pot sitting on the kitchen counter. Then you added one and a half pounds of chuck roast, cut in one inch squares. To this you added one cup of diced onion, one cup of sliced celery. Then you took nearly a table spoon full of sweet basil and sifted it over the contents of the pot as you continued to thoroughly stir the ingredients. You set the switch on the crock pot on low as you carefully placed the lid on the pot. Then off to bed you went. Ah, ha, ha, — the sweet basil is the secret. Hence the tempting aroma that permeates the kitchen this morning. You stir the contents in the crock pot once more. The meat, onions, and celery are tender. Now, you add a can of stewed tomatoes, — making sure the tomatoes are cut in sections. Then you add a can of mushrooms, — stems and pieces. Be sure you pour off the juice from the mushrooms. Now you are ready to add two cups of potatoes, and two cups of carrots, cut
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Our duties as Christian Americans Dear Editor: These suggestions ajqe from a John Birch Society’s new publication, “The New American.” It is full of suggestions that we might do: 1. Oppose the media and government promotion of the African National Congress (ANC). Key facts of ANC show 19 of the 30 executive council members are of the (SACP) South African Community Party. The ANC president, Oliver Tambo, was decorated by Castro, which tells you the ANC is controlled by the Soviets and to make the Soviet control more obvious Joe Slovo SACP, chairman is on ANC, excouncil and is chief of staff of the ANC, military terrorist arm and is serving the Soviets a victory in thesouthAfricansituation, a— Write to your local newspaper to alert your local friends and neighbors as to how the Soviets are strengthening their clutches all around us. Write to President Reagan and ask why Secretary of State Schultz met with Tambo? 2. Oppose the media and government cover-up of the AIDS epidemic. The key facts reverted homosexual “life style” is the major cause; casual contact can transmit Surgent General Koops report treats homosexualities, respectable and advocates “AIDS education” in elementary schools. This is wrong and should call it a sin to be avoided. 3. Support HR 175 to require a roll call vote on any congressional pay raises. Politicians are greedy for pay raises but hate to be caught voting for it. This bill HR 175 will catch that attempt. Write your congressman indicating your position and asking him his position. 4. Support HR bill 23, requjre a roll call vote on all revenueappropriation bills. Facts are most politicians hate to publicize their vote if it will profit them greatly. Write your congressman, suggesting his support and asking his position. 5. Oppose any state legislatives. Call for a constitutional convention for a balanced budget or other amendment now. Key facts: Any CC meeting would fall prey to diverting funds to the wrong source. If your state has already passed a resolution, you oppose. Write your state representative to urge rescinding. 6. Support abolishing the Federal Department of Educa- • tion. Key facts: It has no constitutional basis. It was created by powerful and wealthy heftiest NEA. You may know it is in opposition to the Christian principals that used to be taught in our schools before they removed
in small sections. If you want ynu can add a cup of fresh like peas, or fresh like baby, lima beans. Turn the switch on the crock .pot on high. Add some more sweet basil and stir occasionally. When lunch hour arrives you can call, “Come and get it”. This stew has been taken to many a pot-luck dinner with never a teaspoon full coming back. “But you have insulted the iron grey, spider legged kettle, with-in whose wall I dwell. ¥'”■ broke in that kettle by filing it with lard, keepmg the kettle filled for half a day as you let it bubble over on the sides of an open camp fire. Then you carefully polished it inside and out. It would never rust again.” On many a Saturday morning you took this kettle with the same ingredients as you hiked with your friends to the river. There you dug a hole being careful to lay the piece of sod aside so you could replace it when through with your cooking. You lined the hole -with stones bigger than your fist, then you carefully rested the kettle on the bed of hot coals after the fire had burned down. You covered the coals with a layer of dirt. The morning was free for you and your companions to fish or play One Ole Cat Bat until noon. Your dinner was awaiting you ladled out from the cast iron kettle. The Geni said as he faded from sight, “Is that away to treat an old friend, — cooking your famous stew in a crock pot? How much iron do you get from a crock pot? Use me if you even have to dig a hole in your back yard, or you risk the neighbors calling the fire department!’ There will be no more tales from the past stored in these hidden walls! I took a spoon and sadly turned the delicious stew in the crock pot . . . Something was missing! It was the iron I needed.
the Ten Commandments and started teaching evolution in place of the Godly creation theory. Now the NEA is promoting the atheistic idea that Theological Humanism is a religion which leaves the God of creation out of our schools’ curricula. President Reagan promised to abolish the NEA in his 1980 campaign but the wealthy Democrat Leftiests have kept it alive on the back burner while our schools have gone hog wild on sex, dope, and sports to the neglect that some schools are turning out ~ graduates that cannot even make out an application for a job. Source: John Birch E'd Magazine and The New American. V Sincerely, Byron Ulrich Advise residents to research Dear Editor: The recent story in the paper on the “Milford Storm Project Revitalized,” had me wanting to find more about this project. After several phone calls, I found the 200-foot open ditch, which is part of this project, is, so far, not to have fence or protective covering around it. Yet, it is to run between houses in the city limits, .some of these with children. jCan’t this run outside the city limits or where there is no housing? That would be too much of a cost. There are to be no investigations into water backing up of flooding downstream. That was one of the reasons they liked this particular plan. I feel there should still be someone looking into its effect on the surrounding area. Yes, we need to separate our sewer and storm drains. Let us seek another alternative. Let’s beautify “Our Town” as Jean Treesh has been known to say. • Let’s not create an eye sore, endanger our citizens and drop land value, so the town has less money to spend. Let’s go that extra mile, town board, and use those funds wisely. We neqd a solution “all” can live with Alt will be worth your time to research this in the long run for “Ous Town. ” If you also wish to voice your opinion pn hownhis money should be spent, a county commissioner as they will be distributing some of the grant.
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Call or write to Bonar & Fort Wayne, Greg Smith in charge, phone 424-0318; or write Indiana Department of Community Development Specialists, c/o Frlank Ryan, 1106 S. Twyckenham,: South Bend, I”d. 466’5. An interested citizen Save our town Dear Editor: Again, the people of Milford have been “hornswoggled” at our expense. I am not fighting the past due drainage and sewer lines. I am only saying there was a much better way to do this. Free money . . . everything has its price. We are looking into the future . . . they are only living for today. That’s why Milford has a cobbled up mess with water and sewer in this town. Your forefathers did this for you and the present board is not doing any different. History does repeat itself. “Beautify Milford” comes out of this woman’s mouth at every turn and angletehe presents. Or, why were you not at the meetings.? No one has been to more town board meetings in the last 12 years than I have except Della Baumgartner. There was not a larger group at any town board meeting than when this was to be considered last year. Part of the people who wanted to protest were held in the back at the EMS room until it was over with. Why? I can count eight promised projects in 12 years. Why another one that will only be partially completed? Free — nothing is free. Now she has taken the most beautiful piece of ground in Milford. Drive by and look at it because it will not be like that for long. Is beauty taking a beautiful wooded area just south of town and uprooting trees and leave them, along with unfinished landscaping, at the new well site donated by Buzz and Maryann Rassi? Is beauty damaging the whole creek area to get dump trucks and earth moving equipment down to the new open ditch drainage area? ' Thank God I was not born with her eyes. Oh, yes, we have been there by the numbers. They are not listening to the people they are to represent. Maxine J. Pifer
CPAs honor David Thwaits The Indiana CPA Society recently honored David E. Thwaits as an award recipient for the outstanding senior accounting major at Marian College. Thwaits, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Thwaits of Syracuse, was graduated in 1983 from Fairfield High School in Goshen. Thwaits has been a candidate for dean’s list seven semesters and played varsity basketball four years. Pending graduation, Thwaits will be employed with Crowe, Chizek and Company. Stingers used MOSCOW - Lt. Gen. Mikhail Sotskov, a Soviet general, confirmed that U.S. Stinger missiles are being used against his forces in Afghanistan by Moslem rebels
From the Syracuse Police log — Bomb threat reported
The following information was obtained from the log of the Syracuse Police and Fire Departments: APRIL 22 7:51 a.m. — Call received conning a’n accident last night 10:10 a.m. — Kosciusko County requested a check to see if a person was in town 10:25 a.m. — Report of a dog running loose; Lakeview 11:06 a.m. — Request to tour the fire station 7:10 p.m. — Woman reported an intoxicated person at her house APRIL 23 7:36 a.m. — Bomb threat reported 8:29 a.m. — Lock'out at a business 10:03 a.m. — Call received concerning ambulance bill 3:53 p.m. — Report of an old white Datson knocking down mail boxes' on Waco Drive; went through two or three yards APRIL 24 12:16 a.m. — Property damage accident; East Shore and North Shore 5:56 a.m. — Sign stating doctor s parking only, found at junior high 8:15 a.m.— Report of a deer being hit 5:19 p.m. — Accident reported in front of Love Furniture 11:18 p.m. — Emergency room reported a Syracuse subject was involved in an altercation, came in for stitches APRIL 25 12:10 a.m. — Officer requested concerning battery 12 p.m. — Report of a property
Grace Orchestra concert to feature soloists
The annual spring concert of the Grace Community Orchestra will feature Dr. Vance Yoder on the organ and concertmaster Vernon Stinebaugh and Yang Xi on the violin as soloists. The concert will be held Sunday, May 3, at 3 p.m., in the Rodeheaver Auditorium, Winona Lake. Admission to the hour-long concert is free. Yoder, academic dean and professor of music at Grace College, holds a Ph D in music from Ohio State University. He also has a
Bunco Club meets at Eyers
The Twilighters Bunco Club met recently in the home of Mrs. Bill Eyer with 13 members and one guest, Dorothy Kitson, present. Plans to attend the Enchanted Hills Playhouse one evening were made by members.
Antique engine and tractor swap meet
The Kalamazoo Valley Antique Engine & Machinery Club, Northeast Indiana Steam & Gas Association, St. Joe Valley Old Engine Association, and the Van Buren County Flywheelers Club will sponsor an antique engine and tractor swap meet. The event will take place on Saturday, May. 2, and Sunday, May 3. It will be held at the Boot Hill —Ranch, —P 2 mites cast of Jones, Mich. There is no admission charge. However, there is a small fee for setting up. All exhibitors are welcome. Free primitive camping will be available on the grounds. Commercial camping is also available at the Boot Hill Ranch Campgrounds. There will be food concessions on the grounds. Restricts travel The Reagan administration has restricted travel by Americans to Lebanon and acknowledged that it has increased U.S. naval forces in the Middle East in response to a rash of kidnappings in Beirut and recent Iranian advances in its war with Iraq.
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damage accident uptown 2:23 p.m. — Breaking and entering reported in Wawasee Heights 3:29 p.m. — Report of a car in the ditch on CR 800E 6:50 p.m. — Report of three kids on the junior high roof I APRIL 26 B:§tQ,m. — Officer requested to get into a house for medicine for children 9:10 a m. Report of kids shooting fireworks on Lake Street 12:38 p.m. — Call concerning a boat motor that won’t start on the lake 9:38 p.m. — Report of shooting going on in back of Branch Street APRIL 27 9:11 a.m. — Report of a dog attacking another dog by the scout cabin 11:22 p.m. — Report of a street department cone in a yard 3:25 p.m. — Accident report picked up 3:46 p.m. — Request to knnw. if anyone found a set of keys APRIL 28 a.m. — Telephone company requested information on the phones 3:07 p.m. — Billfold brought or station 4:09 p.m. — Property damage accident at Rinker Boat Company parking lot 4:22 p.m. — Report of water coming out of a fire hydrant on Chicago Street 9:24 p m. — Report of air let out of a man’s tires 9:58p.m. — Report of kids ringing door bells on Boston Street
DR. VANCE YODER
1 Prizes for. the evening were awarded to Mrs. Billy Coburn, high; Mrs. Gene Henning, low; Mrs. Stanley Grimes, travel; and Mrs. Henning, door prize. Jean Niles, Mrs. Charles Searfoss, Mrs. Henning and Mrs. War-
Anyone needing further information should contact Roger Wagner, (616) 435-7403 or Charlie Forster, (616) 476-2283. National Volunteer Week There is no problem nor issue today which is not in some way being addressed by volunteers, providing direct services, creating self-help groups, serving on boards of directors, advocating for the powerless and on every side of every cause. National Volunteer Week traditionally recognizes the nation’s 93 million volunteers for their service. It is a week of reflection on the importance of volunteering. It’s a celebration for the volunteers’ accomplishments and a time for renewing the spirit of volunteering in each individual Today, men and women, young and old, healthy and handicapped, serve their communities in ways as varied as the individual themselves.
—»Sesquicentennial Memories — , Jit Ml • L 1 I s ' ■Pf. * * + jit X* iSt AO4ji> 173 > jSSS? j pt it *** >■' , ** ■ Early street work in Syracuse % ■ , This photo shows Harry McClintic driving Jip and Jewel, two mules, on what appears to be a street in Syracuse. The year of the photo iS unknown as is the identify of the other persons in the photo. It is possible this photo shows the paving of Huntington Street from Washington Street to the railroad tracks? McClintic, Cowell and Gordy were the contractors who paved that street. Mrs. McClintic, the former Margery Deardbrff, provided us with this photo. Mrs. McClintic is the daughter of J. W. (Romie) and Lydia Deardorff. She lived at 401 South Main until her marriage in 1920 to Harry McClintic, son of Eston and Blanche McClintic. The McClintics resided on Huntington Street. If any other information about this photo or the identify of those in the photo can be given, persons may contact the Syracuse office of The Mail-Journal, 103 East Main Street, or call 457-3666.
master of music degree with a specialty in organ from Indiana University, and a bachelor’s degree in music education from Manchester College. He has taken advanced organ study from Harold Gleason and Catherine Crozier at Northwestern University. He holds professional memberships in a number of organizations, including the American Guild of Organists and Phi Delta Kapa, and has been honored in the
ren Benson received birthday gifts. Anniversary gifts were given to Mrs. Eyer. Hostess for the evening was Mrs. Eyer, assisted by Mrs. Gene Kitson, co-hostess. There were 13 members and one guest, Dorothy Kitson, present. The May meeting of the club will be in the home of Mrs. Gerald Bitner.
V. SCOOPS MAYORAL bah K|PWi sO’s-6O’s & HHBnsmllH Early 70’s Music Lu2»bbb£Jl American Legion SYRACUSE Saturday, May 2,1987 — 9-12 Tickets At The Door $5.00 Donation Per Person CASH BAR - DOOR PRIZES JOIN THE FUN! No Purchase Necessary Need Not Be Present To Win • Limbo Contest • Hula Hoop Contest • Twist Contest • Best Dress Costume Os The 50s Challenge Scoop To All! All Mayoral Candidates Welcome Proceeds Go To The Syracuse Sesquicentennial Committee
Wed., April 29,1987 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL
World Who’s Who of Musicians and is also named in the Personalities of the West and Midwest. This will Dr. Yoder’s final performance with the Grace Community Orchestra, since he is moving from the community. IX ' | gw* » YANG XI Professor Vernon Stinebaugh, for 11 years the conductor of the
Manchester Symphony Orchestra, and for 20 years first violinist in the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Symphony, has had a significant part in developing the Grace Community Orchestra. He is listed in the Who’s Who in the Midwest and the International Who’s Who in Music. Yang Xi, violinist from mainland China and former student at Grace College, is now in his third year of graduate studies at Indiana University School of Music in the Artist’s Diploma program. He wiii be bringing with him from lb several outstanding string players to participate in the concert. Becoming to this country in 1983, Yang Xi was concertmaster for the Beijing Conservatory of Music during its travels. The Grace Community Orchestra is composed of musicians from Warsaw, Winona Lake and surrounding communities, joined by Grace College faculty and students, Professor Vernon Stinebaugh of North Manchester, and invited musicians from Indiana University and Ft. Wayne.
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