The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 18, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 June 1987 — Page 42

YOUR LAKE PROPERTY SPECIALISTS Home Phone Numbers Chuck Lowrance 834*2518 Donna Grim 834-2976 Or Jack Maule, GRI 834-2980 Linda FarmwaM 856-4479 .. ... , . ... Charles Spillman 594-2015 Or North Webster, IN 834-7728 Phone: 834-2660 Jayne ah*,, ......... 834-2386 Johnny Sue Herriman ... 457-2501 Leo D. Kerber, Sales Mgr. 453-4440 Barbara Beavers...... 834-4028 Steve Beavers, GRI, CRS 834-4028 STATE RD 13 — ACROSS FROM AMUSEMENT PARK Features: ir New Speed Queen Equipment ★ "Fluff'N Fold" Drop Off Laundry ★ Professional Dry Cleaning — 24 Hr. Service Available ★ Soft yVater ★ Open 7 Days A Week For Your Convenience

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/ '* i n^v 3 ' v && • V \/w' -\ m . ... . ' ' - / i h : m «6 ; sJX / . . v ALL-PURPOSE BOAT —Weimer’s Landing service boat was built in 1906 by Captain Joe Breeck of Madison. Named “The City of Webster,” the boat was used to deliver groceries and the mail. Sometimes the service boat served as a floating blacksmith shop and on Sunday afternoons, it took sight-seeing passengers around the lake. (Photoprovided by Loren Kruger)

Visit The 1987 Mermaid Festival And Help Celebrate North Webster's Sesquicentennial

the PAPER - Tuesday, June 16,1987

Tippecanoe Township organized in 1838

Originally a part of Plain Township, Tippecanoe Township was organized on March 8,1838. The township is a square, six miles each way and is bounded on the north by Turkey Creek Township, east by Noble County, south by Washington Township and west by Plain Township. Most of Tippecanoe Lake is within its borders as are old Boydston (now Lake Webster) and the Barbee Lakes. Here one finds the headwaters of the Tippecanoe River. The first settlements in the township were made between Tippecanoe and Boydston’s Lakes. In the spring of 1835, Benjamin Johnson from Harrison County, Va., settled on section 9. The following fall, he acquired 160 acres of land which he made into a homestead. Ephraim Muirhead from Virginia was the next permanent settler to the area. He built the first cabin in the winter of 1834-35. The following spring he returned to his old home in Virginia. When he came back in the summer he found that his kinsman, Johnson, had moved into his own cabin. In 1836, Muirhead built a saw mill near his cabin *hd added a grist mill the iicai jear. It was remodeled in later years and was in good running order in the early 1880 s. In 1837, William Barbee also built a saw mill near the outlet of the lakes that had taken his name, Barbee Lakes. In 1835-36, William Divinney from Ohio, settled on section 9 near Johnson. Henry Warner, also from Ohio, joined them. As the settlements grew, a school was started in the winter of 1838 and 1839 with Thomas K. Warner from Cincinnati, Ohio, as teacher. He taught a subscription school in a cabin that had been abandoned by Warren Warner. A few years later, free schools were

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established and there were 517 scholars enrolled in the 10 school districts. In 1835, a road was surveyed through the township that ran from White Pigeon, Mich,, through Goshen, to Huntington. The first recorded marriage in the township was between Rev. Samuel K. Young and Amelia A. Warner in 1840. They were married at the home of her parents with Rev. Aaron Wood, presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church, performing the ceremony. Greased pole climb could be a slippery event The greased pole climb will be sponsored once again by the Lake City Bank on Monday, June 22, at 7 p.m. during the festival. The event is for kids of all ages and simply consist of participants attempting to climb a 15-foot greased pole. As each contestant climbs he will be able to procure money taped to the pole. No prior registration is needed for the event, participants must only appear at the pole on or before 7 p.m. Water ski show Water skiers will take over North Webster Lake on Saturday June 27 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. as they perform a variety of feats for the festival audience. The performance will be sponsored by North Webster Lake Ski Club and may be best seen from the west side of the lake, or near the Dixie Landing. Water conditions will partially determine the length of the program which is expected to last a little over one hour, and will consist of acrobatic type stunts.