The Mail-Journal, Volume 27, Number 31, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 September 1988 — Page 7

Community corner

Reunion at Pioneer Trails

A unique reunion was held on August 7 at Pioneer Trails Camp near Cromwell. Descendents of Augustus and Emma Seehawer, who raised their seven children near Syracuse, gathered at the camp to meet some relatives who came from Amburg, W. Germany, for the event. Os the Seehawer children, only Meta (Seehawer) Bushong of Syracuse and Martha (Seehawer) Wilson, of New Stanton, Pa, were able to attend. The other children of the family are Margaret Seehawer, Ida Ernsberger and Erna Seehawer, all of Orland; Milton Seehawer of Fremont, and Olive Steinmetz of Canon City, Colo. , In the 1890 s, Augustus Seehawer emigrated from Germany to the United States, leaving his family behind. In America, he met and married Emma Winkenwerter in Wisconsin, and later moved to the Syracuse area. Heinrich Seehawer, a younger brother of Augustus, was left behind in Germany. There he niarried and raised his family. At this reunion Jn Northern Indiana, the descendents of these two brothers finally were able to meet. . Herbert and Elizabeth Spletter, with their daughters, Annette and Jtuth, were on their first visit to the USA. Herbert is the grandson bf Heinrich Seehawer, the Kiwanians learn about Well Child f f Georgia Fisher of Home Health jCare’s Well Child Health Services, described the work of this •Kosciusko County agency for ?Kiwanis Club of Lakeland, North Webster, on Monday morning, 'Sept. 12. ’ Fisher pointed out that the Well Child Health Services works with 700 children annually from the bounty. It carefully screens each 'child to determine how much "health care service is needed. 1 She pointed out that Well Child Wealth Care Services believes., |hat “A Healthy Child Is a Happy Child.” The major support for Jhis service comes through the funds of Kosciusko County United Way. During the Monday morning meeting, Mark Whealy of Epworth Forest, and Bob Williams of Willis Park, were inducted as new members of Lakeland Kiwanis. Sherman Bryant conducted the induction ceremonies. Women of Today hear bylaws The August meeting of The Women of Today was held in the home of Julie DeLuceney, Syracuse. The celebration of Kim Tucker’s birthday started out the evening. New bylaws for the club were read and approved during the business portion of the meeting. The group will be having a golf scramble on the evening of September 24. Special guest, two-week-old Adam DeLuceney, was present at the meeting.

The date set for the club’s next meeting is September 26. For further information about The Women of Today and the nextmeeting, call 658-9515 or 658-9173. New members are always welcome.

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Thank You! Milford Area Development would like to express their gratitude to the businesses, organizations and individuals who supported the Christmas Light Project. To date we have received $1,660 from 85 contributions. Any money received over the cost of the new Christmas Lights will be used for maintenance and replacements in years to come. A special thanks to the Milford Kiwanis Club tand their president, Paul Tinkel, for handling the fund drive. John Replogle, President of M.A.D. Dallas Winchester, Utilities Commissioner

younger brother of Augustus. During World War 11, the German relatives suffered greatly under the Nazi regime, and the Indiana Seehawers were able to provide clothing and food needed to keep the German cousins from starvation. The two sets of relatives have kept in touch over the years, often requiring a translator to interpret the messages. Local grandsons of the Seehawers are Emerson Bushong, Cromwell and Ralph Bushong, Syracuse, who attended the reunion along with their wives, children and grandchildren. Attending from Dallas, Texas, was their brother Merton,

Food program

in Syracuse

Lakeland Community Services, Inc., announced recently sponsorship of the Child Care Food Program. Meals will be available at no separate charge to enrolled children without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age or handicap at the following sites: Lakeland Community Daycare Center and Syracuse Elementary School Latch Key Program. Children who are members of AFDC assistance units or food stamp households are automatically eligible to receive free meal benefits. This program, administered by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Indiana Department of Education, Divi-

Missionaries speak at area churches

Carl Thomas, son of Milford residents Marion and Hazel Deeter, was guest speaker at Wawasee Community Bible Church on Faith Sunday, Sept. 4? He and tjis wife, Phyllis,, are on furlough alter li' years of missionary service in Kenya, Africa. They have two children; Michelle, 11, and Matthew, 7. Carl will next speak in the area Baby shower for Robin Riggen Friends and relatives gathered recently at the home of Lera Rinker for a baby shower to honor Sheree Riggen and infant daughter, Robin Renea. Mrs. Riggen is the daughter of Mrs. Rinker and Robin is the first grandchild. Following the opening of gifts, refreshments were served to Virginia Ditmer, Donna Workman, Mary Jane Neff, Donna Burdick, Deanna Ott, Barb Howell, Carolyn McDorman, and Tena Larner. Mrs. McDorman and Mrs. Larner assisted with the arrangements and serving. Lakeland Bridgerama kickoff held The Lakeland Evening Bridgerama will officially begin its season with a meeting and bridge Sunday evening, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m., at the Beacon. At that time money will be collected for entry fees and 1988-89 parings will be distributedThe Evening Bridgerama is for area bridge players who enjoy „ playing bridge, meeting new people, and making new friends. New members are welcome. Co-chairmen for this season are David and Sallie Maish, Jacqui Kuilema, and Charlie Taylor. Call Taylor by Sept. 18 to be included in this year’s pairings or for more information. -

and his wife, Carolyn. Other children and greatgrandchildren came from Shrewsbury, PA, Baltimore, Md., and Lynchburg, Va. Two Seehawer granddaughters, Carol Bickle and Lorraine Deller, from Orland and Angola, attended with their husbands. There were 57 in attendance at the dinner, followed by an afternoon of visiting, swimming, piano and guitar playing, singing and picture taking. Planning for the reunion back in March, with invitations from Texas, suggestions from Pennsylvania, and w ? ith local arrangements and housing plans being handled by Marjorie and Ann Bushong.

sion of School Food and Nutrition Programs gives financial assistance to child care centers so that nutritious meals can be integrated with nonresidential child care services for children. The goal of the program is to improve the diets of young children and increase the opportunity for children to eat a variety of nutritious foods. The meals and snacks served meet standards established by the United States Department of Agriculture for the Child Care Food Program. For further information contact Lakeland Community Daycare Center, P.O. Box 122, Syracuse, 457-4983 or Latch Key Program 457-4929.

at Wawasee Community Church of the Nazarene on Wednesday, Sept 28, at 7 p.m. Phyllis will also be speaking on Oct. 12 at Living Gospel Church in Nappanee. This will be an evangelistic -hmcbeon at which she will demonstrate her water color art. The missionaries left Nairobi, Kenya, on June 18 and arrived in the United States on June 26. They reside in Roanoke and will return to Nairobi, a city of over two million people, in December. In that city, they are members of Parkland Baptist Church, which has a Campus Crusade for Christ school that teaches young men from ages 18 to 25. While on furlough they are available to speak at other area churches. They can be reached by telephone at 672-9014.

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A HAPPY SCHOOL BUS DRIVER — W.K. “Whitey” Bell was the speaker at the Saturday morning meeting of the Wawasee Kiwanis club held at Gropp’s in Syracuse. Although his principal business is carpet cleaning, his subject was school bus driving. Bell likes being a school bus driver. He is one of 35 who drive for the Wawasee Community School Corporation. That calls for 35 drivers morning and evening for a total mileage of 128,000 per year. It does not include special buses for other than going to and from school. They carry approximately 2,300 students. Drivers are safety minded and insist that the children be orderly as they wait for the bus as well as while they are on the bus. He emphasized the importance of observing the rule requiring drivers of other vehicles to stop and remain stopped whether meeting a school bus or passing one. When the red light is flashing and the stop sign is out, thatjneans stop, and remain stopped until the stop arm is retracted.

LOUISA'S LETTER J g==S

Dear Louisa, I read some of the letters about people who work outside the home and the ones who work at home. They were very interesting and now I would like to hear what some of them think about this problem. I have a neighbor who is what I call an all-out do-gooder. She helps everybody. If any one is sick she is the first to come; if anyone dies, she is there with food; if anyone needs a child taken care of she carries him home. Now this sounds very Christian-like but what happens whjle .sheis doing all these thins V~- -Hssif-■ i’.ferMteissfi Mobile Meals Drivers Volunteer drivers for Syracuse Mobile Meals have been scheduled for the week of Sept. 19 — 23. They are as follows: September 19 — September 23 MONDAY — Jack Fawler TUESDAY- Arnold Naff WEDNESDAY — Win Sroufe

for other people? This is the situation: her own three children are thrown out of their schedules and are running about over the neighborhood. Her helper is probably at the telephone or watching television. She is not home when her husband comes for lunch and he has to forage for himself. . Don’t you think she would do better to attend to her own family before she looks out for the community? Neighbor — N.C. Answer: , I should like to hear what some of my readers think about this. Perhaps a person who loves to help people could do so ? wjthout overboard with the idea. <■>‘*l t ; Louisa .-. J Address: Louisa, Box 532, Orangeburg, SC 29115.

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Milford Library Board plans new side entrance

A tour of the building, especially to see the back door, and the site for an outdoor shed was taken by members of the Milford Library Board during the September 6 meeting. Bob Brown will contact Dan Richards of the County Planning Commission as to permits and codes needed for correcting the situation. The board is looking into the possibility of a renewed side entrance with storage shed attached. Mrs. Jurss announced that Adult Basic Education classes were to be held in the library commencing Monday, Sept. 12, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. A grant of $3,000 was requested for’PBS videos from the MacArthur Foundation. Members present were Terry Darla Moore Bruce Rouston honored Sunday Darla Moore and Bruce Rouston were the honored guests at a wedding shower Sunday afternoon, Sept. 11. The event took place in the backyard of the bride’s parents, Jim and Carole Moore, Milford. Mrs. Stewart Coy and Mrs. Nicolas Mark hosted the affair. The 35 guests attending were seated at tables decorated with baskets of baby’s breath and royal blue hearts. » The couple will be married October 14 in the Milford Christian Church. Gravelton School benefit supper on September 17 There will be a Gravelton School Benefit Haystack Supper Sept. 17, from 4:30-8:30 p.m. at Slabaugh’s Canvas Shop, on CR 1350, west of Milford. Homemade , ice cream will be served, and a bake sale held.

Wed., September 14,1988—THE MAIL-JOURNAL

Beatty, Lynne Beer, Della Baumgartner, Bob Brown, Julie Gunden, Julie Myers, and Mary . L. Jurss, librarian. The minutess of the August 2 and August 29 meetings were

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POLIO PLUS PROGRAM — Bob Westfall was the guest speaker for the Tuesday, Sept. 13, meeting of the Syracuse/Wawasee Rotarians, held at the Beacon Restaurant. He presented a slide show to members that detailed the 1988 Rotary International Convention that was held in Philadelphia, May 22-25. It was announced at this convention that Rotary International was donating $220 million to the Polio Plus Program to help immunize children around the World against polio. It is estimated that this money will help approximately 100.000 children. Pictured left to right are Bob Westfall, program chairman, and Dick Conroy, club president. (Photo by Bob Troutman)

read and approved. The treasurer’s report was given and claims in the amount of $3,518.62 were signed. Librarian Jurss gave her report which was filed. The 1989 budget was adopted and signed in the amount of $66,000.

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