The Independent-News, Volume 86, Number 28, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 July 1962 — Page 2

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THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS — July 5,1962

E-D-I- T-O-R-I -A-L In the past few years much lias been said and tried to put ^<>me life into many towns. This is true in this area as well as many others around thr country With Stadebakers. Bendix ainl Oli . H's mplo.ving considerably less n >w than ten and fifteen yeais a jo. things aave changed considerably With continual layoffs foiling more and more men fr< in their jobs, work was scarce as hen's teeth. Many persons had to find employment in other plates Some i miilies moved, others managed to find other jobs in this area hot not always at the prices the car industry and other big plants pay. All this took life out of the communities such as ons as previously a good per<entage of the men worked in these plants. As a result, much less money v is spent in our towns as well a- the cities. People were doing without things they used to have. Building this economy back up is a real job. New industry is tlic main answer to this pi-oblem and attracting new industry is not an easy task. A story that came in our mail discussed what two towns did in s nations where “new life" was n- i ded. We quote this story; New Life for Old Towns What can a town do to overconie the economic troubles that f< How the loss of a major industry? Sometimes a great deal K nl De’zcr tells in the July issue of Beader's Digest what two Washington communities. Chehalis and McCleary, accomplished w ill the help of expeits from tl. • University of Washington. At Chehalis, a place of 5000 j’ pulation, the professors called Tri-Way Drive In 4 Miles North Os Plynioulh On U. S. 31 Your Friendly Family Theatre, Yours To Enjoy, Our Pleasure To Serve You. Children Under 12 Always Free Free Kiddie Playground Teenagers Get Your Proof Os Attendance Cards At The Box Office Med. Thur. Fri. July 11-12-13 $ $ Buck A Car Night $ § Car With Most Passengers. Free Passes IIKHh Car 10 Gallon Free Gas Wed nesday On The Double Danny Kaye Dana Wynter Bachelor Flat J erry Thomas Tuesdax Weld Saturdav. Juh 11 Big Thriller Triple Feature Hot Rod GangGhost Os Drag Strip Hollow Goliath & The Barbarians Sun. Mon. l ues. July 15-10-17 the Big Picture 01 The Year I he Hustler Pan' Newman Piper I aur ie Jackie Gleason The Purple Hills Gene Nelson Joanna Barnes

for an inventory of resources and needs. Schools. churches, banks, garden clubs. PT A , Boy Scouts and business and professional nun volunteered for assignments ai I later a thousand people bought SSO shares in the new industrial Ci mmissmn With the money 137 acres wt re bought for an industrial park and a new water system ins ailed. Local residents extended railroad tracks by buying ties and laying the rails themsel.es, working nights and week ends. inexpensive sites were offered to industiy. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company put up a $1.2 million plant. Several other manufacturers followed. At McCleary an old lumber town, residents had nothing to brag about but were able to diaw up a list of 116 goals. One road block to community progress, it was discovered, was the lack of a bank. So 250 McCleary residents organized the McCleary State Bank with $l4O thousand capital. It took in an additional $150,000 in deposits on the ‘lay it opened in 1960. Other structures went up. The citizens raised cash to finish a hospital. Parks, playgrounds, a lighted ball park and athletic field were built by volunteers with donated materials. Now 90 of the 116 goals have been realized! No two communities are exactly alike, but the happy stories of Chehalis and McCleary present a common pattern of study and action. Civic minded citizens everywhere will want to read Detzer’s thought-provoking article, however, if only to find out what it takes to got a whcle town moving and how, once it is on the march, it doesn’t want to stop. “For as he thinketh in his hear’, so is he,” says the Good Book of man. And the same would seem to apply to the congregation of men that is a city. End quote. This story reveals what can be done but as one can see, it is only done through a combined effort. This will not be done by a few persons. Their efforts can continue almost indefinitely, but will not show results that a large combined effort can offer. Let us follow the train of thought that maybe this is not exactly the one thing needed in cui case, but something hke this to stimulate the economy is certainly needed. A little action can replace a lot of talk when it comes to making progress. REES Air Conditioned Thurs. Fri. & Sal. “Ride The High Country” In Cinemascope A Color Randolph Scott Joe! McCrea Mariette Hartley Two Giants Os Adventure Teamed For I he First Time On The Screen! Color Cartoon A News Sun. Mon. A sues. “Safe At Home” Mantle Maris Bryan Russell Don Collier Its A Basehall Story Os The Little League With I’he Big League Added! < "lor Cartoon A News Starts Wednesday July 1s “The Counterfeit Traitor" .Mondav Thru Saturday 7 A 9 P. M. Sundax Continuous

Beware Os Fogging Dangers A word <f caution is extended by those of the Walker'on utilities departments who are in charge of the fogging of Walkerton for mosquitos. This operation is done from the back of a truck which travels up and down the streets and alleys of town to cover the town as thoroughly as possible. The mam danger of this operation is the kids that follow the truck in the heavy fog. making them completely hidden from traffic that travels the streets of town. Drixing in this fog cuts visibility to zero for a few seconds and the danger is greatly increased if playing by children persists. f AMPFIRE NEWS For the Ith of July, the North Liberty Ka Wa Spe Campfire Girls weeded the Park flower beds and steps. In the parade, the Campfire Girls had a bicycle formation for which they received a first place trophy and ribbon. Merita Bergland. Sei ib e Legion Team Wins 3 Games The Walkerton American Legion Baseball Team won three games in the past week to raise their season’s record to nine wins ami ten losses. The most recent and only road game was played Tuesday in South Bend as Post 284 was defeated in a good game 2-1. Geny Whauton pitched the 2-hit game for Walkerton. Walkerton scored two times in the top of the second inning on a walk, successive singles by Ludwig, Wharton and a double by Shuppert Tins all came after two were out. In the bottom of the second, Post 284 scored their lone run on two walks and a hit. Wharton kept the South Benders in check from there on out as he allowed only one more hit and three walks. He st nick out six. Walkerton totaled six hits in the win. "Fi Last Saturday night. Grover - town’s High School team was solidly beaten 15-5 by Walkerton. Rex Stull and Don Ludwig combined to pitch this game and everyone helped out offensively On Thursday night, LaPoite visited and was beaten by a 4-2 score as Mike Holloway pitched the game. Both teams had six hits, but Walkerton made better use of theirs in the victory. Two more home games remain on the schedule for this year, both coming Uns week end as Goshen visits Saturday night and LaPorte Sunday night. Both Thur. Fri. A Sal. July 12-13-11 George Montgomery In The Steel Claw 2nd Feature The Mask Sun. A Mon. Sunday A Monday July 15-16 BODGE h’S & HAMMERSTEIN S FUJWERi DRVM^ SONG < "A .. 'J NANCY KWAN JAMES SHIGETA juAun* •Mi ► :> IM n Diu MIYOSHI UMEKI • I- o

*7^ - Hum Robert E. Urbin, Editor PUBLISHER Independent - News Co., Inc. Walkerton, Indiana Pl PLK ATION TIME: Thursday Os Each Week. Second ('lass Postage Paid At Walkerton, Indiana SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.00 Per Year -50 c Additional If Mailed Out Os State.

g ones will start at 7:00 p.m. On Saturday. July 21, the Legion team will participate in the annual tourney. This will be held in S tilth Bend with the particulars still unknoxxm. Libery Team Loses Two Games Madison and Penn both defeated the' young North Liberty High School baseball team the past week. Madison won 14-0 in a game where they collected 9 hits and made two errors to North Liberty's one hit and 12 errors. John Fannin got Liberty's lone hit. Penn had 9 runs, 12 hits and no errors to North Liberty's one run, 2 hits and 6 errors. Holloway had both Liberty hits and scored the lone run. The coming schedule reads: Friday. July 13, Rolling Prairie here at 6.00. ( Monday, July 16. Lakeville at Lakeville at 6:00. Wednesday, July 18. Clay nt - Clay at 6:00 p.m. Thursday. July 17. Greene, here at 6:00. Johnson Twp. Minnetonka 4-H On July 6, the Johnson Twp. Minnetonka 1-H Club was called to order at 8:00 p m by the president, Janice Dipert. Pledges were led by Alta Duensing. Songs were led by Myrna Dipert. Gerri Stlckley gave the secretary and treasurer's report Recreation was led by Sharon Knowlton. I demonstrations were given by Valerie Shoemaker on “Fruit Salad:" Debra Anderson, “Orangeade;" Janice Dipert on “Reeonl Sheets;” Cathy Kissinger on “Pineapple Desserts;” and Alta Duesning on “Chocolate Milk Floats." The meeting was adjourned foi refreshments served by Cathy and Patty Kissinger and Connie and Alta Duensing.

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"Flower Drum Song" Furnishes Top Music Score Eight-time Academy Awa winner Alfred Newman, sup< vised and conducted the Rodg. and Hammerstein music for ti film version of the smash Bn?' way hit, “Flower Drum Song coming to the Rialto Theatre • » Sunday. The color product:™ produced by Ross Hunter, sta Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta ai Miyoshi Umeki. Ken Darby, winner of two O cars, was associiwted with tl famed musician in supervisin the “Flower Drum Song” mush Newman has supervised tl musical scoring of many of Holl wood’s most important films sin as “South Pacific” and “Tl King and I.” Darby was assoc ated with Newman on “The Kin and I” and with Andre Previn o “Porgy and Bess” and “Elm< Gantry.” "Flower Drum Song.” filmed . color, was directed by Hem Koster. The screenplay was b^ Joseph Fields W’ho collabora’t with Oscar Hammerstein. 2n<' on the book for the stage pr duction for which Richard R< < gers wrote the music, PREBYTERL^N SR. HIGH The Presbyterian Senior Hig has been growing. They ha\ many plans for coming mcntl such as; hay ride, skating, goim to Silver Beach, etc. Last Sunday the lesson v given by Janice Dipert and i freshments were seiwed by Da\ Skinner. Bertha Watts was reelected . secretary and reporter. Next Sunday they will meet tire church at 5:30. The lesswili be given by Betty Reed ai Ten-y Mayfield is in charge < ref reshments. If you need a closer walk wk your Lord, come join us in w< ship, prayer, fellowship and f