The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 21, Milford, Kosciusko County, 8 July 1987 — Page 14

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., July S, 1957

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North Webster News

■ BY MARY LEE WILLMAN .. . Readers living in the North Webster area are encouraged to call their news items to Mary Lee Willman at 834-4544 for publication in this column. **

Remembering crank-type telephones

In the early days around the lakes, it was great fun to stand around a telephone while someone from Chicago or Indianapolis tried to complete a call home. After shouting, shaking and pounding on the old wall-hung, crank-type phone, the visitor »«quic«ntennial 1837-1987 would finally retire to have a smoke and restore his temper. About that time, some local resident would give the crank a short

Barbee Lakes Property Owners hold meeting

The Barbee Lakes Property Owners Association met recently at Grassy Creek Hideaway. Mary Patten presided at the meeting. Earl Hanlin reported that Bob Johnson, an aquatic biologist, would supervise the follow-up on water weed spraying of the lakes in August. Guests present at this meeting included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kurth, Ben Mazzillo, Jane Nave, Joe Bryant, John Blake, Dave Pippenger, Roger Allen, John Dewill, Jack Maule, Paul Thornburg, Carol Downing, Kathy Warner and Robert Bell. Betty Witmer announced the need for volunteer area representatives. Her comments were followed by a group discussion of EMS lanes and house numbers. George Applegate presented three amendments to the by-laws that were accepted as read. Wahneta Gabhart stressed the importance of property owners supporting the association.

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turn and say, "Elsie (Minear), gimme my Mom.” No number, just quick service. Then, as now, people took for granted the successful calls and stormed about the others. In case of a fire or other emergency, everyone’s phone rang many short, frantic rings, and the operator would announce the nature andSpcation of the trouble. At noon, there was a similar common ring when items of interest to the area were advertised. A short commercial might say "Bockman’s Grocery was having a special sale” or “Garber and Phelps was offering an over-supply of sugar at bargain prices.”

A report of the Indiana Wildlife Association meeting was presented by Joe Postrack. He mentioned boat titles, computer program tracking of wetlands, the T-2000 program and Tippecanoe River clean up. Mrs. Nave announced the new Property Owners Membership Directory will soon be available. Everett Sowers asked that any problems regarding signs and buoys be reported to him. Gene Rinehold reported Barbee Lakes will be stocked with fingerlings after July 15. The association's annual meeting is scheduled for July 11 at 7 p.m. at the Barbee Conservation Club Building. New board members will be elected at this meeting. A carry-in supper will be served. Guests are welcome, but only paid-up members of the association will be allowed to vote. The next board meeting will be held at 8 am. on July 18 at

Wall phones were hung high on the wall for several reasons, Small children could not remove the receiver or reach the crank. They had to be big enough to carry a chair, before they could use (or misuse) a phone. Mary Morton ran the exchange at one time and the switchboard closed at 10 p.m. daily. Callers could ring on their own line all night. Imogene Menzie ran the board for some time, and as a boy, Harold Gaskill would sit before the switchboard and getpaid an easy 10 cents an hour. Information for this article was ob tained from Kip Sullivan's History Book of North Webster.

Grassy Creek Hideaway. The association's officers include Mary Patten, president; John Weyler, vice president; Martha Crawford, secretary; and Frank Warner, treasurer. Serving on the board of directors are Bob Friddle, Banning Lake; Earle Hanlin, Larry Ling, Frank Wall, John Weyler (594-5662), Betty Witmer and Carol Yeiter, all of Big Barbee Lake; John D. Crawford, Donald H. Miller and Everett Sowers, all of Irish Lake; Mary Patten (594-5289), Joe Postrack and C Frank Warner, all of Kuhn Lake; Martha Crawford. Bill Gentis and Rex Nave, all of Little Barbee Lake; Sadie Reynolds, Sawmill Lake; George Applegate, Ruth Dunker, Lawrence Gaston, Wahneta Gebhart, Gilbert Hamilton, Gene Rinehold and Ron and Diane Wichern, all of Sechrist Lake.

Auxiliary holds meeting July 1 The Hoosier Auxiliary of Barbee Conservation Club met July 1 at the Barbee Conservation Club Building. “Happy Birthday” was sung to Jean Achey and Pat Friddle. Marjorie Penrod opened the business session. Minutes of the June meeting were read by Maxine Gaston. The group voted to buy 12fnew sugar bowl and cream pitcher sets and new tea towel and dish cloth sets for the clubhouse kitchen. A carry-in dinner was served at noon. Tables were decorated with assorted, colorful bouquets of fresh-cut flowers. Those who served on the dinner committee were Miriam Mason and Wahneta Gebhart. During the afternoon, games were played. Joan Pettit was presented with a gift. Guests present were Carol Studebaker, Beverly Anderson, Carol Downing and May Grodrian. Dot Kurth and Margaret Welker will be hostesses for the August meeting.

It Happened in — King Arthur's Town

BOUQUETS TO Brian Goodpaster, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Goodpaster, North Webster. Brian and his sisters, Suzi and Lindsey, and neighbor, Christa Richey, took first place in the Mermaid Festival Cutie Parade walking unit division. Brian and his mother thought up the theme, “Bag Ladies of North Webster.” Then Brian made all the costumes, made the necessary phone call to get his group entered in the Cutie Parade and went to Augsburger's to make arrangements to borrow grocery carts. Brian's mother told this reporter, “I thought it would be a good learning experience for him to handle all the details. —o— LORI SMITH, from the Kosciusko County Historical Society, told about Indiana Pioneers this morning, July 8, during the story hour at North Webster Library. A pioneer party for children will be held at the library on July 15. Arts and crafts kits may be ordered at the library— now' through August 1. All proceeds will to ward supporting the library.

Scandinavian program for Kiwanians

Jerry Badskey. North Webster realtor, presented slides of his recent tour of Europe for the Kiwanis Club of Lakeland, North Webster, on Monday morning, July 6. The slides showed Scan-

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FOL accepting donations for local library The North Webster Friends of the Library met July 1 at the library; Betty Clark presided. Betty Hinton was named as vice president of the organization for 1988. Imogene Palmer read minutes of the June meeting, and Ruth Dunker gave the treasurer’s report. It was announced “Help Your Library” donation canisters are being placed in local businesses. FOL members are also distributing “News From Our Library” brochures. Mrs. Duker displayed a bow tie quilt top which was donated by Arleen Schaeffer. The quilt will be completed and used to raise funds for the library. Anyone wishing to make a donation to the library or wanting further information should call 834-7122 during the business . hours, or call 834-2173.

BARBEE CONSERVATION Club is sponsoring a tractor pull in honor of the North Webster Sesquicentennial. It is scheduled for Saturday morning, July 11, in front of the North Webster United Methodist Church. Waldo Bostel is chairman for the event. —o— BOUQUETS TO Derek Bowen for receiving an award as the most outstanding male musician at band camp in Muncie. —o— NEW CHILDREN'S books at the library: “There's a Wocket in My Pocket,” and “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back,” both by Dr. Seuss; “ ‘Time for Bed’ the Baby Sitter Said,” by Peggy PerryAnderson; “The Berenstain Bears on the Moon.” by Stan and Jan Berenstain; “The Very Busy Spider,” by Eric Carle; “A Place for Ben,” by Jeanne Titherington: “The Whipping Boy,” bySid Fleischman; “Sister of the Quints,” by Stella Pevsner: “Everything Is Not Enough." by Sandy Asher; "Icebergs and Glaciers," by Seymour Simon; "Old Bear," by Jane Hissey; “New House." by Joyce Maynard; "The Patchwork Quilt," by Valarie Flournoy; "One More Time.” by Lewis

dinavian scenes taken while he was with a group that accompanied the Purdue Glee Club on its European tour. Badskey's son. Scott, is a member of the glee club. One of the concerts was

Jan Bowser hosts Hi Neighbors The Hi Neighbors Club met June 25 at Mock School House with Jan Bowser as hostess; Theda Davis was co-hostess. Roll call response was “a strawberry recipe. ” Cory Green was a guest. It was decided to cancel the annual July 12 picnic and to reschedule it at a later date. An auction of birthday items was enjoyed. Discussion was held pertaining to maintenance for the Mock School House. Mrs. Bowser gave a lesson .about the many ways to prepare strawberries. She served a strawberry dessert made with cream cheese and pretzels. During the afternoon, games were played. Betty Jo Roberts will be hostess for the July meeting.

Baum; and “Ride a Purple Pelican," by Jack Prelutsky. Adult non-fiction: “Heiress,” by Jane Dailey, and “The Timothy Files.” by Lawrence Sanders. —o— STOKER, THIS reporters 18'j-year-old cat, departed this life on May 31. She died of old age and we miss her. Stoker was a tiny kitten when she came to live at our house. Any dog that tried to chase her, quickly found out she wasn’t afraid and that she had very sharp claws. Stoker had her one and only litter <of three kittens) in the laundry basket upstairs. Our daughter kept one of the kittens and named her "Mrs. Beezlee.” Mrs. Beezlee was a treasured member of this household for 15 years. We still have Fooler, our two-year-old male cat. and he is a joy! But, 18'■> years is a long time, and we do indeed miss our dear old friend. —o— TILL NEXT week .

presented in Bergen, Norway. Badskey’s slides included Oslo, ski slopes, resorts, mountains, fiords, waterfalls, roads and the most modern buses in the world for travel on mountain roads. He said the best word to describe the scenery of the Scandinavian Peninsula is “Breathtaking." During the business session. Dr. Cecil Fitzpatrick was installed as the newest member of Lakeland Kiwanis. He was sponsored by Howard Locke. Sherman Bryant was in charge of the installation. Chairman Roger Coldren also outlined plans for the annual corn and sausage roast to be held Saturday, Aug. 1.

i aS i : jp , _ , i* * = I Nr * ijL uWL.■?~ =l POPULAR MALE QUARTET - This popular North Webster male quartet was in much demand to sing at funerals. The picture, dated 1912, features, left to right. Ray Kuhn, Carl Bockman. Howard Bockman and Elmer Baugher. (Photo submitted by Virginia Bockman)

It happened . . . in North Webster

10 YEARS AGO, JULY 6, 1977 North Webster Theta Sigma Chapter became the 150th chapter of Psi lota Xi Sorority on December 9, 1973, at North Webster United Methodist Church with 22 charter members. ,-The idea for a new chapter originated when Psi lota Xi members Peg Cline and Becky Rhoades moved to the Lakeland area. Gamma Phi Chapter of North Manchester assisted with the organization. Charter members were Beckie Rhoades, president; Terri Brook, vice president; Janet Allen, corresponding secretary; Linda Hoy, recording secretary; Peg Cline, conductress and Norma Boyer, treasurer; Julia Badskey, Barbara Clouse, Carolyn Cripe. Stephanie' Esenwein, Sally Gillum, Ruth Koher. Donna Long, Wanda Luke. Annette Mock, Sue Mulligan, Karen Richardson, Carol Ritchie, Gloria Shipley, Nancy Vanator, Diana Walker and Mary Waltz. The organizational installation and initiation service was conducted by Mabie Alice Robertson, national vice president; Joan Kretschman. North East district officer; Carol Weiss, North West district officer; and Peg Burns, national conductress. 20 YEARS AGO. JULY 5. 1907 Committee chairman Mrs. Howard Kiser reports the mural is nearly completed in the entrance to the Brethren church. Others who worked on the painting are Tom Mishler. Joe Barrett and Mrs. Glen Whitehead. A dedication service will be announced when the work is finished. Plans are being discussed this week. Fredrick (Rick) Strombeck and family from Cayman Island,

Equal Access to begin at North Webster

June 9 was the deadline for United Telephone customers in North Webster to return their first equal access ballots. Nanette Vetor-Frantz, community relations manager for United, reports that 83 percent of the customers selected a long distance company either by returning the official ballot or pre-subscribing directly with the company. That figure is one of the highest for the return of the first ballot among the 19 United exchanges that have gone through the equal access process this year. On June 29, the mailing of the second ballot began. Those customers who have not already selected a company will be assigned to a company and the name of the company will appear on the second ballot. The assigning of companies to customers is done by an independent marketing firm hired by United. It is a random process based on the number of customers who selected each particular company on the first ballot.

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British West Indies, were guests of his grandmother, Mrs. Virginia Bockman this past week. On Wednesday evening at the Church of God Mr. Strombeck showed color slides and told of life on the island. He and his wife are both teachers there. The North Indiana conference school of Missions was in session at Epworth Forest last week. This was training in leadership for members of the Women’s Society of Christian Service; and a concentrated study of mission subjects to be used this year. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Barrett and family are in Eugene, Oreg., attending the annual conference of the Church of the Brethren. In celebration of his ninth birthday, Jerry Rhodes had as an overnight guest Mark Bowser. They were guests on a field trip after which they were accompanied by Jerry’s brothers to a movie. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Martin from Ashley, Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs. Don Paul were overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Piper last week. Neil Denbo and family from Italy are visiting his mother. Mrs. Romana Denbo at Papakeechie lake. They also visited his aunt, Mrs. Mabie Denbo in North Webster. Mr and Mrp. Arthur Iden and family were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Hursey at Cromwell Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Gard and Rev. and Mrs. Marion Hickman and family. Marilynn Reiff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reiff, left early Tuesday morning for Purdue university. She will join other 4-Hers at the Junior Leaders conference held there for one week. This is a training session in leadership.

For instance, if on the first ballot, 40 percent of the customers who selected a company chose company B. 25 percent chose company A. 20 percent chose company D and 15 percent chose company C, then during the allocation process, 40 percent of the remaining customers will be assigned to company B, 25 percent to company A and so forth. In addition. ITT, another long distance carrier will appear on the second ballot as an additional choice. Although they will not be assigned to any customers since they did not appear on the first ballot, customers may indicate ITT as a choice at this point. Customers have until July 19 to return the second ballot if they wish to choose a company other than the one assigned if they wish to keep the company assigned to them, they need not return the ballot. The actual conversion date is scheduled for August 8, at which time customers will be able to use the company chosen or assigned by dialing 1+ the number they are calling.