The Mail-Journal, Volume 27, Number 7, Milford, Kosciusko County, 30 March 1988 — Page 18
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KELLY WOOD has joined the staff at the Milford Small Animal clinic as receptionist. She is a native of Swayzee and now resides in Warsaw with her husband, Paul, who is an employee of Northern Pride Car Wash. She enjoys the company of her two cats, horseback riding and reading when she is not at her new job. —o— DAVE DOLL, his father, Pete, and others were busy last Saturday working on the old Rheinheimer building which the Dolls purchased a short time ago. Remodeling plans are in the works and Dave’s wife, Bobi, who operates Bobi’s Shear Success, has some exciting plans for the new building. —o— MILFORD WILL lose another business come April 1 when Dennis Newcomer closes the doors on Denny’s Phillips 66. —o—- — YOU have a young child, kindergarten age or younger, you will want to take them to the Milford Kiwanis Club’s Easter
egg hunt on Saturday. The event begins at 10 a.m. on the grounds at the elementary/junior high school. No more than six eggs per child will be permitted and prizes will be awarded for the number and color of eggs. This year, parents will not be allowed to hunt with their children. For the younger ones, a Kiwanian will help. —o—- > SPEAKING ABOUT Easter eggs, a news release crossed our desk this week from Paas on the subject of Easter eggs. We found it interesting and decided to share it with our readers: More than just an Easter custom, egg coloring is a time-
To The Northern Indiana Public Service Company Line Crews That Helped Indianapolis ; - »-> -. JL iv I&tHk h MKTlLjsSkjjjjf- * \ JH Thank You On March 3 the most damaging ice storm in Indianapolis Power & Light Company’s 61-year history struck, disrupting electric service • to some 150,000 customers. To restore the thousands of downed and damaged power lines required the assistance of line crews from utilities from four states. To Northern Indiana Public Service Company linemen William Baker, Gene Brems, Steve Campbell, Doug Cheatham, Richard Cygan, Glenn E. Dee, Jr., Greg Dolezal, Ed Drudge, Kevin Dwyer, Mark Easterday, John Faulkner, James Fuller, Dennis Gonsorek, Mike Harney, Leroy Highlan, Robert Hommey, Donald Jones, John Laws, Joe Lazorik, Bill Lewis, Gerald Morrison, Robert Niles, Adis C. Patrick, Jr., Ted Pliske, Dennis Pogar, John Roque, William Ryan, Jeffrey Taylor, Charles Tucker, Richard Van Loon, Roger Van Schoyck, Newlin Walters, and Keith Yoder we again say “Thank You” for your expertise, dedication, and long hours that helped us overcome this emergency. n Indianapolis Power & Light Company This message paid for by shareholders of Indianapolis Power & light Company and not by the rate payers.
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honored tradition dating back thousands *of years. In ancient times, many people believed that the world was hatched from an enormous egg. Pharaohs exchanged decorated eggs as gestures of goodwill, Greeks colored eggs to honor their gods and the Romans used decorated eggs to celebrate their spring festivals. According to the makers of Paas, the United States’ oldest and largest brand of Easter Egg Coloring Kits, the custom of decoratutg eggs probably was introduced to Europe in the 15th century when missionaries and knights brought colored eggs back from the Crusades. Back then, the coloring process was an elaborate and painstaking event. Yellow was made by boiling onion skins or hickory bark. Brown came from walnut shells or coffee, and light red from madder root. Each color had its own significance: red represented the joy and blood of Christ; greens, and yellows, the sunshine and radiance of spring; purple, obtained in minute amounts from Mediterranean shellfish, was so expensive to make that it became a symbol of royalty. The Pennsylvania Dutch introduced decorated eggs to the New World as part of their custom to present brightly colored eggs as tokens of promising farming seasons ahead. Modern egg decorators can thank New Jersey druggist William Townley for greatly simplifying the Easter custom with his invention of Pass egg coloring powders in the late 1870 s. Today, the company continues to offer a full array of easy-to-do coloring kits, certain to deliver hours of fun and creative activity. Why not hold an eggdecorating party for the whole family this weekend and continue a 5,000-year tradition?
AND, WHILE we are on .the subject of Easter, we hope everyone with take the time in the next few days to reflect on the meaning of the celebration and attend the church of their choice. Members of the Milford Ministerial Association have
Boating safety classes at youth center
A boating safety class will be presented at the Lakeland Youth Center, Syracuse. It is for students in grades four through eight and is designed to teach safety on and around the water. Sue Gaugler is a certified state instructor and teaches boating safety throughout the area. Students of this class must be able to read well and comprehend the safety rules taught. There will be a written exam at the end of the course to become a certified safe boater. The times and dates are to be announced. Pre-registration should be done by Friday, April 1. The fee for this class will include a book to keep plus the six lessons. Gymnastic classes will be starting soon at North Webster School for grades K-5. Tracey Sumpter will be instructing this after school program which will be held Mondays and Wednesday for four weeks beginning April 11 and continuing through May 4. More information may obtained at the school. Carolyn Baker will also offer an after school gymnastics class gt Milford School. Dates and times for these classes will be ar-
worked hard in planning meaningful services for their several churches this week and in planning a community Good Friday service. The Hastings-Island Chapel Church will host the service which is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. The service will feature persons from the several churches of the Milford community and all are urged to attend. DON’T FORGET to mark your calendar and plan on attending the EMS pancake and sausage breakfast which is set to be held on Saturday, May 7, in the community building. More details will be available later on times, menu, etc.
ranged for April and May. More information is available at the school. Three injured in truck-buggy accident Three Milford area residents were injured Monday afternoon, March 28, when their horsedrawn buggy was struck by a pickup truck. Police said a truck driven by Marc A. Evans, 17, r 2, Milford, rear-ended a horse-drawn buggy being driven by Donald R. Helmuth, 32, r 1 Milford. Injured were Carol K. Helmuth, Neil Adam Helmuth, six, and Thomas L. Helmuth, 18 months, all of r 1, Milford. They received minor injuries and were treated by their doctor. The accident occurred on CR 1350 N, west of CR 500 W near Nappanee. Kosciusko County police investigated.
Syracuse mother, son on 'Who's Who' college list
(By NEVIN DULABAUM Staff Writer | Like mother, like son. True, that is not how the old saying goes. Then again, Judith Deck and Kurt Gregory are not like most mothers and sons. Both Deck and Gregory have a lot in common in addition to being related. They are from Syracuse. They both started attending IPFW in May, 1985, and both hope to graduate with their undergraduate degree during this calendar year. They have also been very involved in extra curricular activities while in college, and, as far as IPFW officials know, are the first mother and son from the same family to be honored by, “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges,” in the same year. Deck and Gregory are also different in many different ways. Deck is 41 and Gregory is 21. Deck is an elementary education major while Gregory is studying psychology. Deck attends the Indiana branch of the college, while Gregory attends Purdue. Deck has been an active member of the IPFW Handicapped Persons Advisory Committee on Aging and the Aged, the Fort Wayne Area Council, the International Reading Association, the IRA Young Authors Conference, and the Fort Wayne Community Schools Science Fairs. Gregory has been active as IPFW student body president, which has meant serving on 14 various committees. Gregory has also worked with the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce. Deck, currently a student teacher in Syracuse, said her four-year-old daughter, Jennifer, was the catalyst in getting her to return to college. She said, “After having her I started reevaluating my life. Years ago I wanted to be a teacher, but then I was sidetracked. For 20 years I really never thought about it. I then reached the time of my life where I was able to sit down and
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18 v j f - I* t ' I- - |||| ji||| J l ® - ’y" c u SLIPPERY ROADS CAUSE ACCIDENT — Marcella Miller, 18, box 414, Syracuse, driver of the 1986 Toyota Tercel, shown at the bottom, collided with the 1982 Dodge Ramcharger, top, driven by Lloyd Holderman, 30, box 637, Syracuse, at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of West Chicago Street and Syracuse-Webster Road, at the parking lot at Wawasee High School. Miller stated she was driving west on West Chicago Street, when she £>proached the intersection and couldn’t stop because of the rain-slicked road. She slid through the intersection and struck the Holderman vehicle on the driver’s side. Holderman and a passenger, Jenia Holderman, four, were transported to Goshen Hospital by Syracuse EMS where they were treated and released. Miller and her passenger, Brandon Miller, three weeks, were uninjured. Syracuse Police Officer Robert Houser estimated damage at between S2OO-$ 1,000 to Holderman’s vehicle and Miller’s vehicle was listed at a total loss. (Photos by Linda Musselman)
reevaluate my life, and the circumstances were such that I could do that (return to college).” According to Deck, anyone contemplating a return to college should do so by going into it blind. “If you realize the amount of stress, pressure, and energy that it takes, you’ll talk yourself out of it. You have to have the commitment, but you don’t really know how hard you are going to work, which is an advantage.” Deck believes attending classes for older people is both harder and easier. “I have many more responsibilities with an entire household to take care of, and I have to study harder, and read faster. The advantage is that I know what I want to do, and so the commitment is there.” Although Deck and Gregory have taken several of the same courses during the same semester, they have never had a class together. Gregory said, “I can definitely see where if a mother and son had the same last name and had a couple of classes together where there may have been a bit of a problem. I think having different last names really helps the situation out a lot. 0 In fact, until Gregory became student body president, most students were oblivious of the relationship between the two students. They drive to Fort Wayne separately, and they only rarely see each other in the college union. However, there was one particular circumstance when people found out Deck was Gregory’s mother. “I wrote the most beautiful letter to the editor of the newspaper regarding the student senate,” Deck said. “However, they wouldn’t print it when they found out I was his mother because they said it wouldn’t be critical.” Was Deck upset? She said, “I felt discriminated against.” Was the letter printed? On the record she would not answer; she only smiled) With mother and son both being in college, there has been a lot of pressure put on the family. Liv-
■ f!p ’ . .•■ n THEY’RE VERY ACTIVE, RELATIVELY SPEAKING - According to IPFW officials, Judith Deck and Kurt 3 Gregory are the first mother and son to be listed in, “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges” in the same year. Both received the honor by through their participation in extracurricular activities, by their potential for continued success, and for their academic achievement. (Photo by Nevin Dulabaum)
ing with Deck, Gregory, and Jennifer, is Kris, a WHS senior, and Kevin, a Vincennes University senior. Gregory said everyone, •but Kris and Kevin in particular, have pitched in around the house. “The responsibility that a parent has has been takeh over by family members. It does take pulling To flush hydrants in Milford Thursday Milford Utilities Superintendent Dallas Winchester II announced that the water department would be flushing hydrants within town tomorrow (Thursday). Residents are reminded not to wash clothes that day to prevent any discoloration the flushing may cause.
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together from the entire family.” With all of the similarities and differences between Deck and Gregory, are they proud of each other’s accomplishments? You bet. Like mother, like son. Charged for DWI A Syracuse man was booked in the Elkhart County Jail on Saturday, March 26, at 4:54 a.m. after being charged for driving while intoxicated. Bret E. Stahly, 27, r 4, Syracuse, was charged after his 1982 Oldsmobile crashed into a utility pole along CR 21 north of CRI3B in Elkhart Township. Elkhart County Sheriff’s. Ptl. Bobby Kerwood set damage at more than $2,500. Stahly was not injured.