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Alysha Aalbregtse and Abby Weiss have been chosen by the North Webster American Legion Auxiliary Unit 253 to represent Wawasee High School at the 55th annual session of Hoosier Girls State.
It's barely there, but there's not a mistake. There is marijuana growing outside the Kosciusko County Jail. Officials speculate seeds were dropped between the cement and the asphalt outside the jail garage during the many times the substance has been confiscated and brought into the jail.
Ever try to get an autograph of a famous comedian, such as George Gobel? Ask two local our towners, women, of course, how bone-crushing this ordeal can be. George was in Chicago for his premier of "The Birds And the Bees." The shorter of the two forgot Amy Vanderbilt's suggestions on how to be a lady, and used the old elbow-gouging technique and also ducked under a few hundred arms. She got through only to see the newsmen whisk Gobel away to a luncheon. No autograph for her. "Just three or four specs of dandruff from Gobel's shoulders," she said. This she carried around in her tote bag the rest of the day.
Piano pupils of Nellie Kilian gave an informal recital at the home of Mrs. Merl Funk on Indiana Street Wednesday evening. Those playing were Evelyn Baker, Mary Cree Riddle, Robert Ellison, Margaret Bartol, Donella Cochran, Sybil Saylor, Martha Bartol, Arden Sira, Ruth Newlins, Jack Riddle, Helen Jeanne Richer, Mrs. Leroy Bartol, Ruth Jane Arnold, Barbara Dickey and Winona Norris.
