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Volume 19, Number 50 Thursday, December 18, 2003 Festivities Capture Spirit of Historic House by Barbara Stodola

The clean lines and shingled exterior of the Barker House are features of the Arts and Crafts style of architecture.

Holiday decorations and festive events are bring- ing to life the historic character of the house on Barker Road, where Marjory Barker lived for 72 years. Set in the midst of a 35-acre wooded site, the Barker House is now owned by the Save the Dunes Council and Conservation Fund. The house is being decorated for special holiday events, culminating in an open house on Saturday, December 20, from 1 to 4 p.m. The public is invited to see the progress the organization has made on restoring the house to its original appearance. Boughs of holly, over-mantel wreaths, nutcrackers and other antique ornaments recreate the atmos- phere the Barkers would have enjoyed during their first Christmas season in the house, in 1902. Out in the yard, a new roof is being installed on the private dance hall, one of few such structures remaining in the state of Indiana. Carol Cook, who designed the holiday decorations, peeks through the Barker House Continued on Page 2 stairway arch overlooking the living room. THE Page 2 December 18, 2003

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A parade of nutcrackers captures the spirit of the season.

The Barker House is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its historic character has inspired the holiday decorations designed by artist Carol Cook, who is the new adminstrative assistant for the Save the Dunes Council and Conservation Fund. “Marjory was a Save the Dunes Council board member and we are trying to keep her spirit alive,” Carol said. A holiday tree on the front porch welcomes visitors The cultural life of Michigan City had been marked- to the Barker House. ly improved when Norton Barker, nephew of the industrial magnate John H. Barker, brought to town his bride, “the lovely Marjory Clark of nearby LaPorte.” Carter H. Manny, most observant chronicler of the turn- of-the-century period, admired her style. “Mrs. Norton W. Barker drove a small bay,” Manny wrote, “which was hitched to the only governess cart in town; one of those willow basket type carriages that you entered from the rear and sat somewhat sideways up front... undoubtedly the proper equippage for the younger Barker lady.” Norton Barker, who worked for his uncle at Haskell- Barker Car Company, had built a beautiful brick home at the southwest corner of Washington and Ninth Street, which was the most fashionable neigh- borhood in the 1890s. However, he and his bride lived there only a short time, as they preferred to move out to “the country,” to a wooded property on what then Work is progressing on the dance pavilion at Barker House. When became Barker Road. completed, the building will be used for conservationist meetings. THE December 18, 2003 Page 3

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www.littlehousefashions.comElegant Apparel for the [email protected] Conscious Woman Women’s Apparel STOREWIDE Tom Anderson is executive director of the Save the Dunes Council, which now occupies the historic house on Barker Road. Their country house was an Arts and Crafts style, much more modernized than other houses built in Michigan City at the time. Some architectural historians SALE believe it was designed by Allen and Irving Pond, col- leagues of Frank Lloyd Wright. It has the shingled exterior which was the newest style along the Eastern seaboard and was also used by Wright for his own home in Oak Park. The interior has simplified wood pan- eling and beamed ceilings, rather than the ornate plas- 25% ter ceilings and carved woodwork of the Edwardian period. Norton Barker died quite young, in a yachting Off accident. Marjory, however, who had been born in California and educated in Andover, Massachusetts, continued living in the house on Barker Road until her death in 1974, at the age of 98. She donated 30 acres of the wooded property to the Nature Conservancy, and was described by Manny as “the undisputed lady bountiful of our present city.” The Barker house and five acres of land remained as the home of her daughter Marjery (note spelling difference). Marjery worked for the LaPorte County Juvenile Court, and later became a partner in Hamil & Barker Antiquarian Booksellers in Chicago.

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Meet Us For Lunch And A Style Show THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18 - ROSKOE’S, LA PORTE 409409 AlexanderAlexander StreetStreet LaPorte,LaPorte, IN IN 326-8602 OnOn Hwy Hwy 35 35 - - 55 BlocksBlocks South of of Lincolnway Lincolnway TurnTurn RightRight on Alexander Finishing touches are placed on another Barker House tree by Sandy Monday - Friday 9:30 to 7 Saturday 9:30 to 5 Wilmore (left) and Carol Cook, both staff members. Monday-Friday 10 to 6 Saturday 9:30 to 5 THE Page 4 December 18, 2003

Barker House Continued from Page 3 She continued living in the house until she died in 1980, at the age of 79. Her brother Wallace had moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. The Barker House, occupied for some years by the Audubon Society, must be maintained for conservation purposes. The Save the Dunes Council and Conservation Fund, present owners, have begun fund-raising efforts to restore the house to its original condition. They have a matching grant from the Indiana DNR, which distributes funds from the U.S. Dept. of the Interior. The holiday dinner is to be followed up in the spring with fund-raising events appropriate to the season and the historic character of the house. Committee members are Jeanette and George Neagu, Sandra Henderson, Ruth Osann, Anne Norton, Peg Mohar and Charlotte Read, assistant director of the Save the Dunes Council, Marilyn Spencer. is pictured beside a tree decorated with antique ornaments.

Sandy Wilmore, director of the Conservation Fund, Above the Barker House doorway is the motto of the places an ornamental deer on the living room mantel. Save the Dunes Council, present owner of the house.

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by William F. Keefe

The truth about the Rouse Simmons Christmas story has mellowed into legend. The reality of the Chicago reenactments may some day enjoy the same enviable fate. The story begins with a ship captain, Herman Scheunemann, who made a business, a century ago, of cutting fir trees in northern Michigan and hauling them to Chicago. Docking at Clark Street on the Chicago River, the captain and his crew would sell the pine-scented cargo at discount prices. The buyers were the dozens of people who annually awaited delivery of their Christmas trees. In late November, 1912 Captain Scheunemann loaded his ship, the Rouse Simmons, with some 5,000 trees. In defiance of ominous weather reports, the captain gave the order to sail. His buying public, many of them needy, would be waiting for their precious trees. Research has indicated that one member of the crew, Snowflakes drift to earth while crew members of the frightened by the sight of rats leaving the schooner, “Christmas Tree Ship” hawk their wares on Chicago’s Clark Street dock. The early-1900s scene was captured in disappeared before the ship started its voyage. The a painting by the late Charles Vickery, famed marine artist. Rouse Simmons was hardly under way when a snow- (Used by permission of Clipper Ship Gallery, LaGrange, Illinois) storm struck. a deeply moving drama in the Ruth Flesvig story. “Buried under snow, the trees froze,” notes Capt. Diver/writer Chet Childs of the UASC wrote a David Truitt, president of the Chicago Marine Heritage play in which the sentence attributed to little Ruth Society. “Possibly borne under by the weight of the trees, Flesvig played a critical role. “Daddy,” the girl report- the Rouse Simmons sank with all hands off Two edly said, “without a Christmas tree there is no Rivers, Wisconsin. Seventeen persons died.” Christmas.” A day later, Thanksgiving Day, Captain “There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when we got Scheunemann’s wife Barbara waited in Chicago with to the highlight scene,” recalls Captain Truitt. “We were her three daughters. When the Rouse Simmons failed presenting the play in the North Pier Terminal. The to appear, the family assumed that the captain had date was November 30, 1990. Taking the role of taken refuge in a port on the Wisconsin littoral. Captain Scheunemann, I said, ‘Ruth, here’s the tree Also waiting that day were a 12-year-old girl, Ruth I couldn’t give you earlier.’ Flesvig, and her father. Devastated when the “Christmas “Imagine our shock. At that moment a woman Tree Ship” failed to show, the pair finally gave up and stood up in the back of the theater. ‘Ruth is here went home. Over the years, the Rouse Simmons tonight,’ she said. ‘Ruth is my mother. The story is true.’ became a modern re-creation of the elusive Flying Reality had met dramatic illusion. As Captain Dutchman, the lonely ghost ship of salt-seas folklore. Truitt says today, “I was able to present the real In 1971 a Milwaukee diver found the wreck of Ruth Flesvig with a real Christmas tree—before an Captain Scheunemann’s schooner. Seventy-eight enthusiastic full house. years after the Christmas Tree Ship disappeared, a “None of us will ever forget it.” group including members of the Underwater With the ready collaboration of the United States Archeological Society of Chicago (UASC), the Chicago Coast Guard, a new chapter in the saga of the lost Marine Heritage Society, and other groups discovered Christmas Tree Ship is currently being written.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw rests at Chicago’s West Wall dock while awaiting the ceremonies in which some 1,000 Christmas trees will be distributed to lower-income families in the Chicago area. The 1903 ceremonies took place Saturday, December 6 in the fourth annual reenactment of a tradition that flourished a century ago. THE December 18, 2003 Page 15

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In “The Arrival,” the Rouse Simmons enters Chicago’s bustling harbor in 1902. The ship was about to dock with its cargo of n freshly cut pine trees—Christmas trees for the city’s needy— in the painting by the late Charles Vickery. (Used by permission of Clipper Ship Gallery, LaGrange, Illinois) t Annually for the past four years the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw has brought a token number of Christmas trees to the West Wall dock adjoining Chicago’s Navy a Pier. With the aid of volunteers who deliver other trees, to a total of about 1,000, the evergreens are distributed to Chicago’s needy. The recipients are chosen by g United Way selected charities. The fourth reenactment of the Chicago Christmas Ship Event took place Saturday, December 6, 2003 at e West Wall. Navy Pier was alive with bands, carolers, and chantey singers commemorating what has become a holiday tradition. As principal participants in the annual reenactments, the recipient families attended with escorts representing C the Salvation Army and other organizations. Three members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary supervised the distribution while the Navy Brass Band played o music appropriate to the season. Open to the public, the ceremonies started at 9 a.m. and concluded after about an hour. Youth partici- t pants included members of the Young Marines, the Sea Scouts, and the Sea Cadets. Thrilling the crowd gathered on the dock, a Coast t Guard helicopter flew overhead carrying a wreath of remembrance. The copter descended close to the water of the harbor and a member of the crew dropped a the wreath in commemoration of all those who, “like Captain Scheunemann and his crew, have gone to their g Warm pine walls and ceilings eternal rewards in the Great Lakes.” corner cabinets, stone fireplace, garage, sun porch, deep lot, Fulfilling its mission, the Mackinaw welcomed the 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, basement public for orientation talks and tours throughout the e …and only 3 blocks to afternoon on Saturday and again Sunday afternoon. $ GREAT BEACH! 289,000 The ship was scheduled to leave Chicago Monday morn- ing. The Chicago Christmas Ship Committee, representing the Chicago Marine Heritage Society and the city’s selling homes inc entire maritime community, charitable organizations, and concerned individuals, has begun to lay plans 219.874.1180 T for the fifth tree presentation ceremony, to be held on 888.500.0492 pager Chicago’s lakefront in December, 2004, Captain Truitt Licensed IN/MI 123 said. THE Page 16 December 18, 2003 Language Courses Offered at PNC ANTIQUES Purdue University North Central’s Office of STOCKING BALE Continuing Education is breaking down language barriers by offering classes in Spanish, Italian, and Chinese. GOING OUT Beginning Conversational Spanish focuses on inflection, vocabulary and sentence structure used in OF daily conversations and will be held at PNC’s Valparaiso BUSINESS Academic Center at 600 Vale Park Road South, and Sold the Building is taught by Cynthia Grindlay, Continuing Lecturer SALE of Spanish at PNC. This course will be offered Tuesday nights, Jan. 20-March 23, 6-8 p.m., fee $199. Italian the Easy Way is designed to teach basic conversational Italian so that the student will be prepared to communicate in common situations such 20% off as shopping, going to restaurants, taking public transportation or just chatting with Italians. This course will be taught by PNC Instructor Aldo Durazzo and Everything in the Store will be offered Thursday nights, Jan. 15-March 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. The fee will be $199 which includes the cost for textbooks. Huge Savings Beginning December 18 More Italian for Your Enjoyment picks up where Italian the Easy Way leaves off and is designed to increase conversational skills by adding more 227 West 7th Street • Michigan City 873-9270 vocabulary and introducing more advanced gram- (across from Prime Outlets) mar. This course, also taught by Aldo Durazzo, will be offered Thursday nights, March 25-May 27, from 7 to 9 p.m. The course cost of $199 includes textbooks. Beginning Chinese is a new course and will begin your exposure to the Chinese language. Class will work on conversational skills, explore the art of Chinese writing and discuss Chinese culture. This course is taught by PNC instructor Chun Wang and will be offered Tuesday nights, Jan. 20-March 23, 7-9 p.m. The course fee is $199. To register for these courses or other non-credit courses available this spring, call the Office of Continuing Education, (219) 872-0527 ext. 5343 or visit their website at http://www.pnc.edu/ce. Persons with disabilities requiring accommoda- tions should contact the Office of Continuing Education.

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Amanda Cupples, Starla Collins, Jenna Bentor & Sarah Durham Representing the Miss Duneland pageant are Young of MCHS Wolves Color Guard. Miss Duneland Shelbi Moore & Little Miss Duneland Demie Johnson.

Santa rides in a wagon provided by John & Sue Knoll of the L.P.Cty. Draft Horse Association. Anastasia Keelor, an angel from Queen of All Saints.

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Gumdrop the Clown (Pat Steele) & Shadow (Brooke Pissarski) with parade helper Nann Nietupski. Handing out much welcomed hot chocolate & cookies are Loretta Anderson, Jonathan Hadtke, Devin Hadtke, Shay Heddens, & Andrea Cox. Sheriff Jim Arnold and wife Lauren. Brad Anderson looks on as Tyra Fields, Essance Timberlake, Angelica Anderson cuddle up to Mrs. Claus.

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Cpl. Ken Havlin of the MCPD on the motorcycle and Captain Greis of the MCFD, with his dog, Max, have a chat before the parade begins t takes 4 people to make up for the absence of the Mayor who was home with a bad virus. Linda Milzarek, Barbara Rooney, Mrs. Stimley’s are promoting their Halloween Bed Race for charities. Bill Lowe, Fran Oberlie, & daughter Stephanie. Hope Autumn Kinney is ready for Savannah Lowe, Shelby Lowe and Michael Piskor. you are better by now, Mr. Mayor! Quality T.V.’s train chugging along and a real sight to behold. the parade to begin. THE Page 26 December 18, 2003 Babysitter Clinic at Hospital AFFORDABLE Michiana Shores Property A Babysitter Clinic for young teenagers will be A Stone’s Throw to the BEACH! 1 held at St. Anthony Memorial Hospital during the • ⁄2 block to Lake Michigan Christmas break. Clinics are scheduled for Tuesday • Master Suite with or Wednesday, Dec. 30 & 31, from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., private deck either day. • 4 Bedrooms/3 baths The clinics are appropriate for young people 11 • 3 Decks and 4 skylights through 15 years old. There is a $7 fee payable at the • Oak flooring/marble session. It covers all supplies and lunch, and will be tile/ceramic tile donated to a charity of the student’s choice. • Oak Staircase to 2nd Cindi Lungren, R.N. and LaToya Webster, R.N., pedi- level atrics nurses, will facilitate the sessions. Child are and • Seasonal Lake Views emergency measures will be taught. For more infor- • $610,000.00 mation, and to register in advance (required), phone Call 219-861-2073 or 219-872-4945 St. Anthony Memorial’s pediatrics unit, 877-1560. Agent owned interest Harbor Country Book Club The Harbor Country Book Club will next meet on Tues., Jan. 27, 2004, 7:30 p.m. (EST), Harbor Grand 10% Off Hotel, New Buffalo. New members are welcome to attend. You do not have to have read the book before- through hand. There is always a brief biography of the author January 31 and a book review before the book discussion. inci CodeSelections by Dan for Brown, the month and non-fiction,are: fiction, The DaVGate by Francois Bizot.

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foodstuff by carolyn mcconnell Cooking with spirit, cooking with spirits

In a recent Chicago Tribune food section, there was the following request, “Now that Christmas is approaching, I’m looking for a recipe for Irish whiskey cake.” And she got one, dating back to 1985. Cooking with spirits is totally different than drinking spirits, sitting at a bar. A New Way to Cook by Sally Schneider tells us: Wines and spirits are indispensable in cooking; when subjected to intense heat, they lose most of their alcohol content and calories, leaving only flavor behind. Brandies, whiskies and eaux-de-vie, such as cognac, bourbon, kirsch and Calvados come in handy for flavoring desserts, especially those made with chocolate and fruit. And here is the fantastic recipe that started all this. KAHLUA MOUSSE Pat Latchford’s 2 egg yolks 2 T. Kahlua liqueur BOURBON NUT BREAD 1/4 c. sugar 2 c. (1 lb.) unsalted butter, room temp 3 oz. semi-sweet chocolate 2 c. sugar 1/4 cup butter 8 large eggs 2 T. Kahlua liqueur 3 c. sifted flour 2 egg whites 1 tsp. baking powder 1-1/2 tsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1/3 c. bourbon 1 c. whipping cream 2 tsp. vanilla mint leaves for garnish 2 tsp. almond extract Beat egg yolks and 2 T. Kahlua in the top of a 2 c. chopped pecans. double boiler. Beat in 1/4 c. sugar and beat until Heat oven to 350º. Cream butter with sugar in slightly thickened and color lighter. Place pan over large bowl until very light and fluffy. Beat in boiling water. Cook and stir until thickened, eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addi- about 10 minutes. tion. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Set top of double boiler in a bowl of cold water. Beat flour mixture into egg mixture, alternating Beat until mixture is thick, 3 to 4 minutes. Melt with the bourbon, mixing well. Stir in vanilla, chocolate and butter together Stir in remaining almond extract and nuts. 2 T. Kahlua. Add to egg mixture. Spoon into two well-greased 9” by 5” loaf pans. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Add Bake until wooden pick in center is withdrawn clean, remaining sugar. Then beat until stiff peaks aboutThis 1 is hour. Schneider’s Cool on recipewire rackfor WHISKEY 10 minutes. & form. Add to chocolate mixture. Beat whipping RemoveWHITE PEPPERCORNfrom pans. Cool SYRUP,completely wonderful on wire on rack. top cream until it, too, is stiff. Fold into chocolate mix- of orange sections, sliced bananas and fresh cher- ture. Spoon mousse into parfait glasses or dessert ries cups. Chill 3 hours before serving. Serves 4. 1-1/2 cups water 1/2 moist vanilla bean 16 white peppercorns simmer until reduced to 1 cup, then add 1/4 c. slivered lemon zest simmer for 2 minutes longer. Add 1 T. Irish whiskey Cool to room temperature and remove the THE CLIPPER SHIP GALLERY vanilla bean • Paintings • Limited Edition Prints • Custom Framing • Nautical Gifts & Accessories CANDLE & LACE SHOP Specializing in Marine Art by Charles Vickery & other artists. Yankee, Village, Colonial & Old Virginia Candles See our fine selections of Wildlife, Florals, Landscapes & Contemporary Art 116 North Whittaker Street Mon.-Sat.Heritage 10-8 •Lace Sun. 11-5 ta New Buffalo, Michigan 4325 Franklin St., Michigan City iw(269) 469-2590 Wal-Mart Plaza 219-871-0336 THE December 18, 2003 Page 29

BEEF AND TOMATO STIR-FRY WITH SPICY BLACK BEAN SOUP WHISKEY AND BLACK BEAN SAUCE 2-1/2 c. black beans This has been a favorite of mine for years. 1 T. olive oil There’s only a tiny amount of whiskey, but if 2 red onions there’s none on my shelf, I’ll go buy a pint just for 4 garlic cloves, minced that precious 1 teaspoon. 5 T. brandy Marinade: 6 c. chicken broth 2 tsp. kosher salt bouquet garni (bay leaf, thyme, parsley, 3 cloves, 1 T. soy sauce 4 peppercorns) 1 tsp. whiskey 1 tsp.ground cumin 1 tsp. cornstarch 1/4 tsp. dried oregano 2 tsp. peanut oil 1 T. tomato paste 1 lb. lean flank steak, cut into thin slices across 3 tomatoes, seeded and chopped the grain salt and freshly ground pepper 2 T. black bean garlic sauce (available in the eth- 6 T. sour cream nic aisle of most grocers) lime 2 T plus 1 tsp. peanut oil cilantro leaves for garnish 1 green onion with top, finely chopped Pick over the beans to remove any small stones, 6 medium plum tomatoes, cored and quartered cover with cold water and soak for 6 hours. Drain 1-1/2 tsp. sugar beans, place in a saucepan with fresh water to cover. 1/2 c. chicken broth Set over high heat. Bring to a boil, lower heat and 1 T. oyster sauce cook for 45 minutes. Drain and rinse well. 4 cups cooked white rice Heat oil in large, heavy saucepan over medi- In medium bowl, combine marinade ingredients. um heat, add the onions and garlic and cook Add steak slices and rub the mixture into the meat until softened, 3-4 minutes, stirring frequently. with your fingers. Cover, and set aside to mari- Add the bouquet garni, cumin powder, oregano, nate for about 20 minutes. Heat a wok over medi- chopped tomatoes and the brandy. Cook until um-high heat and add 2 T. of the oil. Add the green the mixture begins to bubble. Stir in tomato onion and stir-fry for about 30 seconds. Add black paste and cook over low heat gently. Add chick- bean garlic sauce and stir-fry for about 15 seconds. en broth and the cooked beans and simmer gen- Add the meat and cook, stirring, until it begins tly for 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 hours. Remove the bouquet to lose its pink color, about 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer garni, ladle the soup into warm bowls. Squirt the meat to a bowl and set it aside. fresh lime juice over the soup, top with a dollop Add an additional teaspoon of oil to the wok and of sour cream and then sprinkle with chopped reheat, then add the tomatoes. Stir-fry a minute cilantro. or two, just until they begin to lose their shape, sprinkling them with the sugar to hasten the browning. Add the broth, cover and continue Hours: 10:30 to 6 269/469-6151 cooking until the tomatoes are thickened, about two minutes. Return the meat to the pan and add The the oyster sauce. Stir-fry for 1 minute more, then serve with the rice. (If you half-freeze the flank steak, Villager you’ll find that thinly cutting it against the grain GIFTS • ACCESSORIES easier.) 100 N. Whittaker Street New Buffalo, MI

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A curious elk bull wants a look at the Beacher’s digital camera. His antlers were cut before rutting season. Since that time, the Wynder’s and Schulze’s have assisted in at least 13 calvings. “Newborn calves are up on their feet within minutes,” Scott said, adding that they resemble deer fawns with spots. A 4-month old elk can weigh as much as 200 pounds. Adult bulls can top the scales at up to 1,000 pounds. The Wynder’s make sure that the elk antlers are cut back to stubs before rutting season, in order to min- Gwen Wynder feeds some female elk a snack of dried leaves imize injuries. while husband Scott looks on. “It’s amazing to realize how aware the bulls are of While many people think that elk are exclusive to (the size of) their racks,” Gwen said, explaining that Jackson Hole and other mountainous areas, the the bulls can go through a narrow fence lane and tilt Wynder's said that at one time elk roamed everywhere their heads instinctively so that no part of their across the country. They are foragers, so feeding is not antlers touch the fence. a problem, they say. With Gwen’s nursing back- The Wynder’s, members of the Indiana Elk Breeders ground, giving the required shots has not posed much Association and the North American Elk Breeders of a problem, either. And they can count on Dr. Larry Association, sell the antlers, as well as market elk meat. Smith, a traveling veterinarian from Rolling Prairie Next year, the Wynder’s plan to teach a class on elk to perform the more difficult routine medical proce- hide tanning. dures. The Wynder’s said that for the most part, elk The antlers are used for decorative purposes, which are “easy to take care of.” is Mike Schulze’s specialties. Others purchase the elk The Wynder’s’ first experience pulling calves caused farmers’ crop of antlers for alternative medicine for- them a little tribulation, however. mulas, such as in traditional Chinese medicine. “We fed the mom’s too much, and they were first- Gwen said that elk antlers are (often) ground into time calves,” Scott said. But the first spring calving a powder and used in glucosamine chondriton, a pop- experience taught them a lesson about overfeeding. ular over-the-counter arthritis relief medicine. THE December 18, 2003 Page 33

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City Public Library. Part 1 of Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope to be discussed. New members Dimensional Stone, Inc. invited. January 5 — Long Beach Town Council public meeting. 7 pm at Town Hall. January 10 -- New Student Orientation at Purdue University North Central. 8:30 am-12:30 pm. Custom Granite Continental breakfast followed by informational sessions. No charge, but registration is necessary: 872- Counter Tops 0527, ext. 5505. Places to Visit: Barker Mansion, 631 Washington St., Michigan City. Guided tours on Mon-Fri, 10 am, 11:30 am. Adm. $4/adults, $2/kids 18 and under, free/kids under 3. “Christmas at Barker Mansion” Open House Dec. 6- 21. Hrs. Mon-Fri noon-3 pm; weekends noon-4 pm. Door Prairie Auto Museum. Located one mile south of LaPorte on US 35. Hours 10 am-4:30 pm, Tues-Sat; noon-4:30 pm Sun. 219/326-1337 or www.dpauto- museum.com Great Lakes Museum of Military History, 360 Dunes Plaza, Michigan City. Info 872-2702 or on the web at www.militaryhistorymuseum.org International Friendship Gardens. Hwy. 12 just east of Liberty Trail, Michigan City. Featuring gardens of many nations and wooded foot trails. Open May- Oct., Sat. & Sun., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. No adm. charge, however, donations accepted. 878-9885. 7635 West 100th Place Bridgview, IL Tel: 708.598.6695 Fax: 708.598.4515 web: www.dimensional-stone.com LaPorte County Historical Museum, county complex in downtown LaPorte, Indiana. Current exhibit: “Home for the Holidays.” Hours 10 am-4:30 pm, Tues- Sat. Adm. free; donations welcome. 219/326-6808, ext. 276 or www.lapcohistsoc.org. Send a Copy of Lubeznik Center for the Arts, 720 Franklin St., Michigan City. Interim location until new building is THE ready. Tues.-Fri., 10 am-4 pm; Sat. 10 am-2 pm. Phone 874-4900. New exhibit: Sculptural Memory. New Buffalo Railroad Museum, 530 S. Whittaker St., New Buffalo, MI. Open Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm; Sat-Sun, 10 am-3 pm (MI time). Info 269/469-5409. Old Lighthouse Museum, Washington Park, Michigan to a Friend or Relative City. Open Tues-Sun, 1-4 pm. Adm. $2/adults, $1/kids grades 9-12, 50 cents/kids grades 1-8, free to preschool- ers. Group tours available, phone 872-6133. Closed BEACHER SUBSCRIPTION RATES January and February. Rag Tops Museum of Michigan City. 209 W. Michigan Six Months ...... $16.00 Blvd. A collection of classic, antique & unusual vehi- One Year...... $28.00 cles & memorabilia. Open Tues-Sun, 10 am-5 pm; closed Monday. Adm. $6/adults, $5/sen.cit., $4/kids, free/under age 3. 878-1514. THE

Vanessa Holecek Home Office 269-469-3293 911 Franklin Street Cell: 269-612-1002 115 N. Eagle, New Buffalo, MI 49117 Michigan City, IN 46360 Beach Combers Phone: 219/879-0088 Fax: 219/879-8070 MICHIGAN • INDIANA E-mail: [email protected] Home Cleaning Specialists, Dedicated To Making Your Life Easier THE Page 38 December 18, 2003 Travels with Charley: Setting Sail with the U-505 in Chicago by Charles McKelvy Alert readers will That’s because I was recall my dispatch in the taken by my parents March 1, 2001 Beacher in and their friends a short which I reported that way to the Museum of plans were underway at Science and Industry the Museum of Science where they were in the and Industry in Chicago process of rolling the U- to bring the battered old 505 across Lake Shore U-505 in out of the Drive. weather. I remember hearing Well, guess what? my parents and their The German subma- friends joke about the rine that the U.S. Navy “Submarine Crossing” captured on June 4, 1944 sign they had posted off the coast of West along the Drive, and I Africa is going to be distinctly recall one of closed to the millions the adults solemnly who visit her annually on telling me that “the January 4, 2004 and relo- Germans were invad- cated in a climate-con- The U-505 rests up before her big move. ing Chicago” and that trolled, indoor exhibit scheduled to open in 2005. “there were German sailors hiding aboard that U-boat.” If you have driven past the Museum of Science and Alarmed, I told my parents we had better high-tail Industry in recent weeks, you no doubt have noticed it out of there. a large hole being dug in front of the Museum. That They laughed and reassured me that their friend hole, which is well on the way to completion, is where had been joking with me, but I wasn’t so sure. the popular U-505 is going to be permanently displayed. In fact, when the Beacher’s own Don Montgomery As I reported back in 2001, it’s all part of the and I paid a recent visit to the U-505, I looked behind Museum’s $35 million project to restore and relo- every bulkhead to be sure the boat was truly free of cate the U-505 which has had to endure the vicissi- “Marinsoldaten.” There were none as far as I could tudes of Chicago’s brutal climate since it crossed see, and I saw after departing the submarine that the Lake Shore Drive in 1954 and was put to what was account of its capture by a carrier-destroyer task then thought to be permanent rest on the east side force commanded by Chicagoan Daniel V. Gallery of everybody’s favorite museum in the whole wide world. was as compelling as ever. Mine at least, because I thought we were still at war According to the Museum of Science and Industry, with the Germans back in September 1954 when I was Captain Gallery and his hunter-killer group of six ships all of four years old and living on the south side of on patrol off West Africa hit the jackpot just a month Chicago. after sailing from Norfolk. On June 4, 1944, the destroyer escort Chatelain made sonar contact with

U-505 Program Interpreters Bob Brown and Sarah Kagel Keith Gill is Curator of the U-505 exhibit. prepare to lead a tour of the “old” exhibit. THE December 18, 2003 Page 39

The new underground exhibit takes shape in preparation The U-505 will only have to endure Chicago’s weather for the big move in early 2004. for a few more months. the U-505, which in its 404 days of service, had In capturing the U-505, Gallery’s men also seized become a terror of the sea by sending eight freighters the submarine’s addressbuch, or address books, which to the bottom of ocean. provided the Allies with the information they need- The Chatelain fired again and again at the sub as ed to keep the shipping lanes open in preparation for Wildcat fighters from Captain Gallery’s aircraft car- D-Day, just 48 hours later. And because the seizure rier Guadalcanal circled overhead, marking the sub’s was kept secret until the end of the war (the U-505 position with machine gun fire. Six and a half min- remained under wraps in Bermuda), the Germans never utes after the Chatelain’s first attack, the U-boat changed the codes. surfaced and its crew surrendered. According to Top Secret Naval Department memos But the capture, according to the Museum, was far that were declassified only seven years ago, this from over. The attack had jammed the U-505’s rud- saved the Allies more than 13,000 hours of work in der; the sub was out of control, and the German crew decoding German transmissions in the first two jumped into the water. Waves washed over the sub’s months after the capture of the U-505. deck as it slowly began to sink. After the war, Gallery led an effort to save the The Americans didn’t know how long the U-505 would 252-foot-long, 37-foot high, 800-ton piece of history from stay afloat, or if it was booby-trapped inside. Undaunted, the scrapyard. Thus, Congress authorized transfer of a volunteer boarding party of nine mine from the U.S.S. the ship’s title from the U.S. Navy to the Museum of Pillsbury — only one of whom had ever been in a sub- Science and Industry, and Chicagoans contributed marine before — tumbled down the hatch. $250,000 in gifts and services to move the sub 3,000 Water was pouring in from a ten-inch sea strain- miles from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to Chicago. er. Now, Keith R. Gill, who has the pleasure of serv- Thinking quickly, Engineer’s Mate Zenon Lukosius, ing as the Museum’s Curator of the U-505 and who is actively assisting with the relocation effort, Transportation, says that preparation for the move searched for the scuttle valve and secured it. began months ago. For the first time in 129 years, Americans had Mr. Gill was kind enough to take time from his busy captured an enemy man-o’-war on the high seas. schedule to converse with Don and I at an existing exhib- U-505 Continued on Page 40

Visitors bid bon voyage to the U-505. The aft torpedo room. THE Page 40 December 18, 2003

U-505 Continued from Page 39 it that has been visited by more than 24 million people since 1954. He became quite animated as he explained that preparations for moving the 700-ton vessel will begin immediately after the January 4 clos- ing. He first noted that the new underground exhibit space was designed by Lohan Caprile Goettsch Architects of Chicago. Working with W.E. O’Neil Construction, the Museum broke ground in February 2003. The exhibit space will be 35,000 square feet and will extend 40 feet below ground. Once complete, the exhibit will not be visible above ground. Gill said the construction team faces the daunting task of relocating the 252-long and 37-foot-wide submarine nearly 2,000 feet from its current mooring at the south end of the Museum to the northeast corner An essential part of any ship or boat: the galley. of its front lawn. After an extensive search, the Museum contract- ed NORSAR Inc. to move the U-505 into its protec- tive enclosure. The move, which will begin when the weather breaks in March or April, requires the attachment of a sophisticated support system to the submarine so that most of the load will be transmitted to the keel of the boat where the stresses of the move can be even- ly distributed. NORSAR will fabricate the lifting frames specially for this project. “It will probably take three to five days to move the submarine, and then two weeks to lower it into the underground exhibit, but it might be a day here and day there because of the weather,” Gill said. He had, as you can imagine, much to say about what the Museum is calling “the New U-505 Experience.” Visitors to the new exhibit will not only be able to Valves and more valves. tour the inside of “das Boot”, but have the opportunity to see a sweeping view of it and view the real tor- pedoes, torpedo shafts, and periscopes up close for the first time as visitors walk around the submarine. The new exhibit will feature historic items that have not been displayed before. They include: 12 medals from the U.S.S. Guadalcanal Task Force crew; personal effects such as clothing, the Captain’s foun- tain pen, German medals, binoculars and cigarettes; two U.S. flags and one German flag, and a T5 acoustic torpedo, which allowed the U.S., for the first time, to understand how the U-505 operated. Visitors will even be able to crawl into a recre- ation of a U-505 bunk, wedged into the mechanical workings of the ship. Thus, we will all get a true sense of what life aboard the U-505 was really like. Again, you have until January 4, 2004 to see the U-505 as millions have seen her since 1954. The Museum of Science and Industry is conve- niently located in relation to Michigan City at 57th Charlie gets in a last photo in front of the U-505 before the big move. Street and Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. Take I-94 to parking garage. the Indiana Tollroad to the Chicago Skyway, get off For more information, please call the Museum at: at Stony Island and drive north on Stony through beau- 773-684-1414, or visit them on-line at: www.msichica- tiful Jackson Park to the Museum’s underground go.org THE December 18, 2003 Page 41 Scenes of the Season by Paula McHugh Just as the Carol goes, “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… everywhere we go.” The photos here were taken around the area. Salvation Army Bellringer Debbie Combs (photo #11) bundled up to protect her- self from the chill. And Van Gogh’s View of Arles takes on a wintry touch with bare-limbed trees reflected in the window (photo #12) See how well you can identify where we snapped these shots. (Find their correct locations at the bottom of the page).

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the woods. But the swirling snow soon blinded the boy Off the Book Shelf and he lost his direction until....Evan staggered anoth- by Sally Carpenter er step forward, and suddenly he was falling, tumbling end over end like a human avalanche...... Where has the time gone? Here we have Christmas Evan woke with a headache, looked around, and did- staring us in the face and I have soooo many more books n’t recognize the street he was in. This was surely I wanted to tell you about! Here are several titles I not his home town of Holidayle. hope you will consider for holiday gift giving or to put What follows is an adventure that makes Evan under- on your own list: stand why we keep Christmas traditions and what Mannheim Steamroller Christmas: A Night Like No can happen when people let greed takes over and rule Other with story by Chip Davis and written by Jill their lives. Stern. This is a heartwarming story, great for any age, and, A very long title but a very tidy story. Ala Shakespeare, it holds a Mannheim Steamroller CD in the inside back this is really a story within a story. Christmas cover. A lovely story and music to boot. It just might approaches at the Darling family home. The chil- make you want to sit the children down and explain dren, five year old Lily and nine year old Daniel, your family traditions, too. don’t want to go out with Dad to cut down a Christmas The Snowflake-Winter’s Secret Beauty with text by tree, one of the family’s “traditions” for the holiday. Kenneth Libbrecht and photography by Patricia In fact, they don’t understand why the family does the Rasmussen same things every year: the decorations, the music, This is a fantastic cocktail book that family and friends cutting down the tree, even eating the same food. But alike will be sure to pick up. We’ve all tried to exam- now I realized that I’d never actually told my children ine a snowflake on our glove before it disappeared, seek- why the traditions were so important to me. Why they ing out the unusual pattern that is different in every were so important to all of us. So Mr. Darling sits the frozen crystal. children down and begins to tell them a tale he’d been Author Libbrecht grew up in North Dakota, certainly holding inside for thirty years..... a really good place to study snowflakes. He admit- The story opens with ten year old Evan trudging ted though, that in his younger days the real beau- home from school two days before Christmas. He’s ty and marvel of snowflakes eluded him. Perhaps bummed out. He doesn’t understand the adults’ we just had too much of a good thing—it can be dif- obsession with Christmas and all the traditions that ficult to appreciate the inner beauty of snowflakes go with it, like the dreaded ball of mistletoe. The when the driveway is piled high with them and you only thing he likes about the season is the music, but have a shovel in your hand. So true, so true. his fifth grade teacher has even ruined that. It seems This book has the most amazing photographs of that for the annual Christmas pageant, Mr. Shariff snowflakes showing the graceful beauty and math- has decided to be “hip” and write a rap version of an ematical precision of these winter wonders. old song—”Yo, Little Town of Bethlehem.” But Evan First there is semantics to consider: a snowflake is even had problems with some traditional Christmas really a snow crystal. Snowflake is a general term that songs, like “Here We Come a’Wassailing.” He thought can include single snow crystals or a cluster of same. that maybe wassailing was some winter sport, like para- Did you know that stellar snow crystals usually have sailing, only in the snow. six primary branches which support sidebranches? They Then there was the mistake he made at school rarely have eight sides. And did you know that there when some other boys heard him say he hoped “Santa” are also snow crystals that are long or columnar in would bring him a CD player....he got laughed at shape? Perhaps you have been in a blizzard in which and thrown into a snow pile for that one. Poor Evan, a number of these sharp crystals were blown in your this is one boy with some serious issues. face. Remember, you can make all the ice you want, Evan stops at his friend Leon’s Christmas tree but you will not make a snowflake that way. A lot. Of course, Evan’s dad never bought a tree there snowflake forms when water vapor in the air condenses because it was “tradition” to go out in the woods and directly into solid ice. More vapor on the crystal, cut one down on Christmas Eve. The two get to talk- more fancy patterns occur. And, as Libbrecht says, they’re ing about the holiday and Leon gives Evan the most fun to catch on your tongue! beautiful snow globe that the boy had ever seen. For you history buffs out there, the oldest account Inside, a perfect Christmas village sat at the foot of a of snowflake studying was done by Rene Descartes in great castle. ...The scene looked so real, he swore he 1637 (he of “I think, therefore I am” fame). Then in could see smoke coming from the chimneys and drift- 1864 there was a book published by the wife of a Maine ing past the red roofs. There was even a railroad minister that was entirely devoted to snowflakes. I train on the outside of the globe which ran around the guess with the long New England winters, she had globe and played music. Evan said, It’s like holding plenty of time to study them. Christmas in my hands. This book is totally different and is guaranteed to Leaving Leon, Evan notices it is beginning to snow prompt many oohs and aahs. harder. He decides to take a short cut home through Till next time, happy reading! THE December 18, 2003 Page 47

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