The Independent-News, Volume 86, Number 39, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 27 September 1962 — Page 1

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North Liberty Homecoming To Be Big Affair North Liberty Meets Rolling Praire Saturday The Homecoming festivities for North Liberty promises to be another large affair. Plans are completed for the three days of activities that includes the crowning of the Homecoming Queen, the football game with Rolling Prairie, and other activities such as dances, bonfire and pep rally. The activities are sponsored by the High School and the Football Boosters Club. On Friday, September 21. Ramona Buss was selected as the homecoming queen for 1962. She was chosen by the student body from a group of twelve candidates. Ramona is a senior The members of her court are Sharon Stump, senior; Carole Batsleer, junior: Susie Aiward. sophomore; and Diana Stoner, freshman. Ramona will officiate over the week's activities leading up to the Homecoming dance where she will be officially crowned. The activities include the following schedule. Thursday, September 27 — 7:30 p.m., Ben fire and Homecoming pep rally at the Not th Liberty High School Pep musk will be furnished by the High School Pep Band, yells and chants led by the Liberty cheerleaders, and the lighting of the bon fire. Coaches and players will be introduced. Mr. Cain, Football Booster club president, will say a few words. Tlie queen and her court will also be introduced to the student b-xly and those attending the rally. Saturday. Homecoming Parade and game — 12:30 Assemble at the school building. 1:0O Parade leaves the sch<»ol and travels the downtown area. Band leads. Queen's Float, class floats, cheerleaders and stud* nt body. 1:30 Return to School Field. 1:35 Cross Country Meet begins (North Liberty vs Greenei. 1:50 Introduction of the players and their fathers. 2:00 Football Homecoming game (North Liberty vs. Rolling Prairie). Half Time Activities Homecoming decorations winner to be annouced. High School Band to present half-time show. Introduction of the Homecoming Queen and her court. Eveniny Activities Saturday night, Homecoming dance in the Elementary Building from 8:90 to 12:00 pm. This dance is sponsored by the Football Boosters. The Queen will b- crowned nt 10:00 p in. Bob Balsley's Dixie Kat will furnish the mush for the North Liberty Football Homecoming Dance, Saturday evening,. In case of extremely inclement weather the Homecoming progran w ill b<- pustroned until Saturday, October 6th Disuniting Contest The ent in town is taking on the Homecoming an as 3<» merchants have cooper Ued in the project by decorating their places of business in line with the oc> asion. On Saturday morning the de. ■rations will be judged by a com-

Indians Win Over Plymouth B's By 26-7 Walkerton Statistics Plymouth 10 First downs 1 231 Yards gained 71 149 Rushing 46 82 Passing 25 11 Passes attempted 12 4 Completed 4 1 Had intercepted 0 2 Punts 6 32'2 Average yards 27b. 0 Fumbles lost 0 35 Penalties 0 Walkerton's Indians won then first football game of the season Tuesday afternoon as they dropped Plymouth's B Team by a 26-7 spore. Scoring in all four quarters, the Indians never trailed as they didn't allow the Plymouth score until less than a minute remained in the game. After the ball had been exchanged four times, the next to last play of the first quarter opened the game scoring as on the fourth exchange of the hall. Plymouth punted to John Nylander on the Plymouth 48 yard line. He raced down his left sideline into the end zone, getting hit as he crossed the goal line. Rcggi > Williams ran the extra point to nake the score 70. It took Walkerton four plays the next time they got the ball to score ax they mover! 56 yards in these four plays An 18 yard screen pass from Carlos Arce to Ernie .Morrison followed a penalty and gave the Indians a first down on the Plymouth 45 yard line. Arce then hit Nylander with the home run pass to make the score 13-0. Nylander scored his and Walkerton's thud touchdown in the third period as he raced 13 yards into the end zone M mrison crashed six yard.- for the final score and this point after was good on a pass from Arce to Frank Earner. Plymouth scored late in the game following a 73 yard run hv Franklin to set up the - or* ( ley caught a 6 yard pass n,.m Harvey for the TD. Dih.se ran the point after. Ernie Morrison was the big gun in the Walkerton attack gaining 100 yards in 12 * arries Nylander ended with 46 yards in 5 carries an three touchdowns. Knox Game Is Moved To Knox Field Walkerton's game with Knox, scheduled for Friday. O< tober 5, has been transferred from the Walkerton Field to the Knox field. More details about the very recent change will be given next week along with thlot information. TEEX I) \X< E SUH TEI) to s\ 11 rd xh.m The Teen D m for 'his week will be held on Saturday nm'ht a,y• ; • • by tlw S out on En ’ay nmM The rest of the plans are the same, with tlie lance running from 8:2o f<j 11 no p r v it' music Ivroi le.! Ti * ! ■ ■id adm <sion at the door will be chaig-d as usual and the ch ipcr< n< s are taken care of by G. rpe Parks. mittes from the F, >tbaH B‘ ters Club who will providi 1 n - voicing trophy which will give th. proper ret ignition to the winm r.

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An open house in honor of the ■ golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Buss. Rt. 1, Quince Rd., Walkerton, will be hold ft mi 2 until 5 p m. Sunday, Sept. 30. in their home They were married Dee. 14 1912, but will cehbratq their anniversary a few months early so that their daughter. Mi . Agnes Keiser, of Puerto Rico, who is hi re visiting, will be present fog the occasion. Thy also have a son, Orville, of North Liberty; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren No ivitations have been issued but al! relatives, friends and neighbors are invited. Shamrocks Stay Unbeaten As Concord Falls ST\TISTI( S North Liberty Concord 8 First downs ' 5 154 Rushing yardage 7 15 Pa ssing yardage 17 5 Passes attempted 10 2 Passes completed 4 0 Passes intercepted 0 3 Punts 5 23 Punting average 26 4 1 Fumbles lost ] 50 Y irds penalized 28 North Liberty 77 0 o—l 4 Coneord 0 0 6 0-6 North I. Ixrty scoring: ^uuchdowns Holloway i2O-yard run). Mlekodaj (20 yard reverse). Extra points Holloway 2. (' *n. ord s< .ring: Ton hdown Youngman 12-y nd sneak i North Liberty's Shamrocks remaim'd undef. i'ed m the 1962 football -•■.ison with a 14-6 win o\e> C< ncord Friday night in Elkhart Thi‘ bs-ts the season r. cord t, 3 .' :n - i>: I ■ :>* ti T! eSI amiock" played a string tir t half mo' mg ah* ad to a 110 b ad and then watched C m ord 'urn a fumble en th.- Mio-'d half kick if mla a drive that netted then I ne S< < a e. The Sha: r■< ks s. red in th< fust quartei 1011-wing a punt t the Con. ord 16 yard line It to , only five plays to ent up this yardage with a pa>.s from 11 liu-

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way to Lambert setting a first down on the 28 After an 8 yard gain. Holloway took off and s<ootrd the 2o yards for the touchdwn. He kicked the extra point to make the scor< 7-0. The second North Liberty touchdown came following a break as a bad pass from center forced the Concord punter to run the ball and was creamed on the 6 yard line Holloway pranced into th> end Zone on the third play but a penalty moved the ball bark t< the 20 yard line from when MP-kodaj took the ball ,n a reverse and with some good blocking. moved the 20 yard for the score. Holloway again kicked the point after b m hdown. Concord was the re. ipient of a break at the start of the >< । nd half as they mowie.! a Sha.u n> k fumble on the 28 yard line It to >k eight p ; iys to grind out the yards and the Tl' with Youngman storing from thr 2 yard hm An attempted run for the point failed and this ended the Storing North Liberty was \ery strong on defense holding the Mfnutem< n to very short vardage a- they time and time again rushed in to throw the Cone< rd backs f n los--es. Jerry Gorby was the leading tat kier with 7 tackles and Jim Davis had six Quarterback Ray Dillon was outstanding also tn his blocking along with his < ailing of plays. i Two Businesses Entered Monday Two W.io ' "’on I i- ' ess. s Wen burglarized e •1\ M nd;, n • r n.' with ! s.- t । l.i . .-d b' the a l . o! nien hand r aid to 1 . I’d Baker s St n d arm ,md Verkl< r A S' : > i *• -, ‘ across the alb . tr m <a ■ ahei wer<• is>th ■"t • • I L >o’ B.oa er'" am >unt<s. v '3^ co and at Vt ikb i Sl6o no I. ; md polite ait work ng on this case. XOTK 1 \y Ete,*A C(>! t b' I 1.1 I!■ I ' will raise 25< Walkerton P. ■ b r Know todav what you p in t do tomorrow it's or Iv tn* fr t: cd pi,.dud that count-

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Accident Occurs On New Road Saturday A hit-and-run accirient Saturday evening north of North Liberty took the life of Bernard Abb. tt. 17. of 225 W. Oak St.. LaPorte. The accident occured at th<* corner of New and Thorn Kt.ad- at 5:05. Abbott, who was dead on arrival at Memorial hospital in South B- nd. wa- riding v. ;th his brothel. th< driver, his parents an<l sister Their eastbound < ir was tav* ling on New Road wlmn a nor’hbound car, driven by William E. Masterman, 21. of Bremen struck the Abbott car in the left rear section Masterman then fled the scene of the a< cident The impact caust d the Abbett car to go out of control and sk.d sideways. Mortensen said. As the car was skidding, the right front door flev op* n causing B» r: nd and Yvonne to be thrown fmm the ear, Trie auto then struck a utility pole off the side of thfl highw iy and boiin. * d ba< k on top of th* boy and girl, pinning them under the car. The Al*b*‘tt children's parents, Mr. and Mrs Virgil Abbott who were also in the ear. assisted Loins in pulling Bernard and Yvonne, 14. from under the wreckage. 'Die victims were taken to the hospital in a private ambulance. Yvonne was discharged aJter treatment for abrasions of b*'h hei arms and a <ut left leg. Trooper Robi 11 Mortensen, who Investigated the accident, along with Tioopm Forest K*nt and the North liberty town marshal, was told bv the witness that Mastermau -lowed down after the cra>h then accelerated sharply and sped down the road f"F a nub' an! a half before tlie motor quit. He then jumped out of the c. r, telling the .'.ilne<s, a 15-year old boy wn<. was riding with him, t run away and th<n fled mn -lt through a fwid the bov aid. The !>oy d*N l ied to give himself up instead b« . aust he hei done nothing wrong. Mortensen said. He identified Masterman a the drivi of the < ar and tri osiers pi< ked M i-ti iinan up later in the evening w!.*n he returned to his parm’s home The \bb-tt boy, am of Mr an! Mrs. Virgil Abbett. wa- born on Jan 1' 194,’> He had resided in LaPorte for 14 year.", moving there from Kiniman He was a seni r at K.nm-bury High School. He was presid nt ■ : the Sot ’h Bend District of t!.e Methmiist Youth Fellowship and ihair <>f tile Wdne.-s Commission i f th > N<>r!hwtst*‘rn Indiana Confer, me of the M*th< Us! Chinch He aa- a mend* i of h.< high s. h "I’ ti.u k Paschall and baske'n.dl teanm Surviving in addin m t- h s patents ami "Hter are i brother Lou at home .md hi" gran 1pa* r' \r, f! p rl , Kia ,'- lev < 'aiif and M: .m i Mr- W ilii Abb- ' ’ K .' Funeral services were h d Tuvsdav m th* Ti v Meth a-t Chun h. where the youth wa- a membi r lb v J seph N* a t m md Rev Hl ! ‘ ft G Wm- T'! ffi(lated B u • i" m L i \m me Ccmvtt i v. < \RI I ) ^8 Them Would be fewet trc‘ a । .d'-nt- .' im re . loii-t- b ■ .- ci in hmhwiy signs