The Independent-News, Volume 87, Number 4, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 January 1963 — Page 1

Volume 87; Number 4

$40,000 FIRE HITS PLAS STEEL

North Liberty High School Initiates New Members Into Honor Society

The J, W Gent y Chapter . ; the North Liberty High S h 4 Honor Society held then- annua Initiation on Wednr day. Janu. nry 16 at 2.<xi pm, in H . ch ■ l gym I-arry Kar r acted a the preaiding officer He pic.Mnrd the speakers whore t. pi< m were the four concepts of the National Honor Society. Scholarship, Martha RudynKki, Ch.ua. ter Mike Holloway; Leadership, Charles Carry; Service, Steele The guest speaker war Donald Dake. A.sal* tan t Superintendent of the South Bend S< -ho*4* who spoke of the great nerd of higher education because O s the increase of white collar jobs and clrcrea.se of unskilled labor d< ■ nmnd. Hr spok*- of the r.ed f mote people in service job White skilled labor job will r« main cotuitant Hr named < the five ba ic areas of futui* j..b openings: Krsearrh im« th » ,n---ginremg and military'. Health (doctor*. nur«e?«. tc< hnh ians i. Engineering and Te< hm al Sup Vlsory and Teaching in all fi-lda Mr. Holmgren, faculty o>iiim|. or, explained the n .'hod of ar. lection to secure new men ber*. S<» per cent of the *tud,-nt. being eliminated by grade requirements Os the rematnmr 'A* per cent, the •election was made by the faculty. Their selection was baaed on the three remaining curcpt* of the acadety. New members are s« r.: >n< David Beckwith, Bonmc Fri’z, David Solmoa. Juniors Sheryl Beran, Janet McEndarfrr Gordon CUik, and Wayne doodling Sophomores Dale Nat agon, Gloria Dalke Liny H ■.tdkr, Cliarlenc Lu hb %l Th* induction ph- Ige wu -d by iairrv Kane Pm* ac.q n-m---berthtp cards were pre nted by Mr l>nvi* and Mr Dake Cpon receiving their p n.«t. the irt mh-i * lighted a *mall candle from the single taper in the center of the speakers table then placed them or. a candelabra Mr Div. extended congratulation* tn the new members and their parent* The prur«MMijonal and r« o **.onal were played by the High School Rand under the direction Os Mr. Porter The stag- wa d* . . orated in blue and gold with a large gold ahiaid, the emblem of the society at the ba* k. A tea for members and their parents waa held following the ceremony Gueata were Mr* lx--roy Kemble M;s John Kemble, Mr» John Sobnoa, Mrs Leo H*»tetler, Mra. Jack Holloway, Mrs Joseph Joachim. Mr. and Mra Marvin Kane Mr. and M * H C Beckwith. Mr an*! Mrs Durwood Clark. Mr. and Mr Herb, ert MdEndarfer. Mr and Mr* Hamid Goodling Dr and Mi* Martin Lu*hbough, Mr and Mr John Beron. Mr am! Mra Ed Dalkc. Mr. and Mr* Ri<ha rd Feitx and Mr and Mra Raymon 1 Naragon. TEEN DAM E S UI RD tY AT YOl TH HI II DIM. The w -ekly Teen Dam e wil be hold Saturday night at the Mons Club Walkerton Y< uth Budding Dancing to recorded music starts at 8.30 and continues until 1! uv o'clock The u*ual ten rent udn.i*•ion wdl be charged.

WALKERTON, INDIANA

Mrs. Robert Lidy Selected As The / Mother of Year At th- Walkerton Lion. Club m,*'ting for .January at who h • • a "Mother of the Y. u" aA.i’d is p;,., Mt . R ,be: t Lily wa- m<> honored Tuesday night by the local club. Georg** Parks prohlrnt of th,. Walker ’ >n laon.s Club, made the p-rsenta-tion <>! i plaque in honor of being S* lc< te*i sot her work w ith the youth of the community m addition t.. het fan.ilv^Thr lady . have two daughter?. Bm‘ im D. an I Catherine 6 Tire plaque wan Inscribed; "HM2 Walkerton Lt >r * Club Mother of the Year A ward pi evented tn Irene Lldy for her warm and kind mid. r landing of our Youth T'-day Mr lady m* the font th to win this honor since it . ndop tmn if. IW<i, the others being Mi John Pou Hl, Mtn. Robert ilardner and Mis Jame. Lee Th** main program of the evening. a Ladies Night that wa* well •ttemled in spite of the bad weather, waa presented by Don Hoover a member of the Peru Lums Club. Hoover is a director of the Indiana Eye Bank and travels all over DixtYlct 2foG presenting thrMe programs In addition to explaining the start th*' problems of the past few years of ration at *1 the trcim rvloUM job that has begun and will con. tinur thru this program, H s»ver whtnvrd a film that is sub)*-* ••<1 to th** cm< a tear plant that restores ight to blind p< non* with * >rn* a ’r übh" Pledg,. < t*.ls a t. <-ir. il.it. ■! to the group p:e * .t and a!**-o!'. almod Ju have L« i f.k* I <’ ard ncnt in willing «ve.s aft. death for this tremendous pf gram. < ithr? featur* • f the «■ enu z w< re the dm: * r the usual lusty Lon singing, and the pr*--« at.*m of the attendan.-r award, th** Lmn* gout to Jark Rizek He won the honor by not b* mg pre* ent Turs'Uy night Tho next Lions meeting will be held on Tuesday. February This is the Scout A ppi e« lit ion N.gtV with entire families Invite*! to the carry m meal More detail* will follow in the future <THI.| SVFPFK FERRI ARY 2 The Walkerton DeMolay is going to have a ChU. and Veg etable Soup supper Saturlav February 2, from 5 tn R pm at the Masonic Temple Dtiatior adults 7S< children ur.'kr 12 40' Pl NOTH I A photography n r.t eg w-t Ute held February 1! in Mr Matteson m room at 7 ‘Mi p m Member* arc to have their animal pictures taken and are to bung them ad- rg STAR NEI<*IIB<»RH<M>I> < I t H The Star Nrighb irh»M*i It >me Demonstration Club will mr«t Wedn«- lay, January 30 at th® home of Mr» Chester L Ed - A3 ISA Redwood Hood North lab. erty.

Shamrocks Fall In Overtime Thriller 62-61 NoCh l.ib« rf\ i Shamr * k wei* edged by Gi e e in the opening game °t th*' S Jo* ph (’out ty Tourney We.in*’ day night in a ba 1 game that fur’ ished all tl>' thrill* ne,■<!•'’! tn a tourney, but was only the ins of Mcv» ial very exciting game*. The Bulldog* ovei’amc a five point deficit, with 131 est o: the el°ck in regulation time to ti P the more ar.d fore an overtime perl*xi. Gre«-n c th*’n came out on top 62 61 i th • ten c ti iggle. White Min. I fir in a game that was nip ai. I tuck all the way Mike H >Ho»*. iv V'* J h*‘ M "te witl a bask't a ' I t' A ’ fie*' •hrow* by Denny Smith put tm Shamrocks in the wad Burkus ti«d the sore for Groyne but Dave SolmoH hit hi. tirat ba-ket of the night for tlv lead again. Max Fei z an*l Smith hit free throw * before Jm k Edison g«n hl* frrnt basket of th*’ night for Greene .'mt r bit a ba.*k, t to keep ’h< Shamrocks more than a basket ah id. but All-op a !d< <i two foul ihnt.s t (l (J. <',u.Cs total. Smith hit again only to have Botlurfl >w ~.h on*' fur Gnrene. Holloway loused in another IS footer and J4«dmos added two from the 15 fool strip-. Ail*«>p and Edison ended lh»- quarter st oring with baske m and Edison had another fr^c throw to make It a d.m 16 15 cad at the end of nue pertm! Bottom tir.i u- scoic with a • >nc jh.mtt r but the lead wa.* returned to i..' Shamrot ka as a t i!u 1 j. mts I • gan. S* i ii ■' hit ’ i it then Rottoiff Hol- !< u\ got in the a, t „r.|y to hiv v As■ q» • o > in tw o ii i G Sohr.oH *. /ied again and tiie Shai).n»cks held the I* u! a.* White added one free thro* \ basket by Smith I: ide It 21-21 !>••! J ShupjM rt bagg *1 on** fm th«' Bulldogs. Fictz wa ■ the next to scob* ae tins turned out to be a big pi.iy AA he made h« ba kd. Hollow ty wa* pu hed anti wa* award- I a one and one, which he .ashed m on both free thr ws for a 2M 23 lead Guhs** u* d for Green® and But lor ff tied thr •core shortly after on a three point plav Sou-nos made a fine turning jumper for a 3<>-2b lead a.*t the naif ended. Ho loway started 'he ar< ond half scoring with a basket and after White again hit for Greene Solmos loaaetl m another basket Gieene tied tiv- won- with Ikt»krta back to ba k by Edi-Min and Burku: bu’ North Liber y matched thia a-s Smith and S«dmt>s .orx-d in suc.r-sion, Thr four points seemed to be popular as Botturff hit two himst j to knoi thr sct.rr ortv moic > m i broke the tie but W| tr hok* pushed thr Bu I log to the had 40-39 Smith tird th*' .otr on thr third <»f three fru* throw* when a Grrrnc p!av.-r w h drtr, t t m the foul arm too qtm kly P i ter * basket was followed bv one for th** Shamrr* k> by Kane to grab a 44-40 lead Edison then hit two free thr< *.va. J Bhirpprrt one, and then Ertl^n ended thr quarter with a basket giving Greene a 45-44 lead tCvnimued on page t v t >i

JANI’ARY 21. 1963

I’our Accidents Occur In Past Week The W a.> -i * r I ’ N« this w- • a q; • •<1 * i ■ • . . . four t -.U’ . t. b. .\I -t I I Januar , 15 at * I * ; . It . , CYaveiin Ji . loute 2 W ilk. • • lost control of Ins cai < n .• g ulto W ilnert> n ’ T. ^a: n Road, and truck i fr- . • , ; । utility i>olc at th*- *'nd <>: Hur. n.son Street making i t t.d I .. of hm cat and injuring hm **'lf and a passenger. Dave Kautz, also route 2. ai. hospita .z« d with a skull fracture face and head la. » ration Cia..'! * .ufr. i- • d face and h- id U it m He ua t arrested for r* rk!. — dr.virg and jxiid a fine and c st t >talmg $22 75 On January 16, at. 2 15 ; m . William Hay.' route 1. Ha ht. ma le an imp! q>*u turn fr Ohio Slwt into thr a.!*", north of Roosevelt Road a d .’m k a tru> k teuongiug *• M- f a: ; Heating, drive: by William Telia ida of Piyrno ith. D i.u.ig t • Haye * u amounted IJl'tu*. md $175 no t,. M. ‘ tiling tt i. H \» * w o arr»vdrd for an unproj** r tui: and paid a fine and costs totaling sl* 75. On January 17. at 5 25 pm another angle parking act ident <MTure<i or. Mcb gan Street in Walkerton &• Harley Rm * mute I. w.c* backing from an angle spot And struck a car drivrn hy Corinne Smith, route 2. Damag.w amounte*! to $lO 00 to the Roam vehicle and $l5O 0<) to the Smith car. Tuc-xiay. January 22 Darr, I Pratt, route 3, Walkerton, slid through i stop sign at thr *«*r. •a ; f Vdan.* Strrvt and 111 ;i<> * S':,-t and struck a car driven by B b I’rbm The a. i idr; • orcut cd it !•) 15 pm Damage* anmunlvd to S‘*o 20 on t*ibi: C.t and s2t» 00 to I t itt \. !m l. Name Board For Industrial Fund Committee At th*' annual meeting of th, Wah • r’on Industrial Fund Co n Her Monday night six b >ai ! mcmbct » for th,* coming year were elected Thr mx mrmbrt* arr Wavrr Bun'h. N, wt.>n WdIlan « Drmslow Dill, R N Lt Fiber, Bob Hiier and Bramam Hiatt Thia group will meet an I elect their own chairrnar and m*« relary trra*urer A dl ru %*it.>n of thr present -Ute was held but no deciMiumi were rea* hed by thr group It wa* felt that the org mizatioe ■ ' th” commillc,’ d»”Ul*l br completed before making any dc isions Tw additional donor ,« err gaii .d Monday is ti - * '• '■ t* ’-H • P»’’ to any inter t,»! p- rx» ho would like to . .’rioul The »- nat ■>- ,* . iv i ;*< r«, • or bUMina** a voir in til matfei* Shamrocks Host Indians Friday W t'kerton - I*i •a* * wd; u , ' North I.ibettv Pi night a they well be -reking thee <• cd win over thr Shamro k- this »ea non North LiKrty ha, h v»r mu h impnv emrnt since thr fl; *t meeting whu h Walkrit^- a.u t>* a latj.c Mure.

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