The Independent-News, Volume 87, Number 17, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 25 April 1963 — Page 2

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-- Uli: INDEPENDENT-NEWS — April 25, 1963

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THE STAHT OE THE 1963 M i'i iwagui ; aces has found one tlinig that is unusual. Usually "t* club jumps ahead of the bunch am; gets out to an early lead thut makes it seem they will tun av m with the league Sometimes t) . had is good for a month or ii w. This could h v a team that by Ihe end ot the sea - •• v. ill be in 'he lowri s< * and division A ng wth a team gelling a fast bi i pi there is u> lally ;< i -uple m oiokies that stall oft 1 he they we ■ a Tv (’abb or Walivi .J hnEon. HIS YEAH Till- PI it HlN< ; h.. fol the most p>t had Hie i.Pi <rP i u T . w • । <•> zt>m-Sis-ms 1,, have Im « i a’, a.d to the l.c wi s ana g i> ab * . t.•. • E\ >•- rvt arc that has ku. done m fa ’ball rides ovei ti. yea! was di'iw tor the bath I'? - biought uHa it tin hig! . ;• d higher i doflame iu. . <; i beeaim -m i scoring and longci The ;> H|.< lengh of a game Vas inci< ising .ill the tm • to the point that a game played under tw* 1 rs was the ext option where bit l<m many years an- it was a < emm n thing U >R THE OPENIN'; < >E TH}-:

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season, the weathet ha - been mm, favorable on most orcas; ns Many times teams miss half of their opening two we< ks play dmt<. the inclement weather of Api i! This year, postponements haven't be< n on a large scale at all. Hut ewn with some things like tln-diff-ment. baseball is still basci a: and the 20 teams could be cf! • •one of tb.e best races in year Or. on the other hand, the ;ennaat races could b- omr lopsitbii and by the EourUi of July, tv... teams could have an m-m m m ' able lead. ON TICE EO AL SCENES not t<>o much emphasis is put on spring ba-e^all m many - hools fne small , ho Is used t> play s 'f’b 'll and tins was done m the full while the big city schools had b tball This changed a dozen years ago in St Joseph Count', and baseball was played m the fall Then slowly. <im- by one, th< si lio-ds began c. angmg to football. Pii ,t it was sthu'ls the sizof Washington-Clay, then New (.’arlusle Now it is to the poirft that with N.-rth Liberty and Walkerton playing varsity schedules, size can't seem t<xj much as Walkert m is one of the -mnlh 4 ugh ch* Is in tha ornnty THE EOOTP.ALL HAS TAK • . ovei in the fall and with this, s'.rmg ba obeli never has gamed tr ng , toothol I Track has i :w been a popular sp rt m this >e< and b ;. b ill just didn’t get i’- ■ ' m the do i fai enotigi

I riday A Saturday \pril 20 A 27 Sparta cus I echnicohii \ new kind of m<»\ ir v ith -pirtl ml \ itaiity and nr nd f<»i<-e!*’ Box Oli ice ( Li-es \ | 9:0(1 Sunday. \pi if 2s A \ cry Private \ ffair Brigitte Bai dot Hatc ’Jn 'la-11 aann. In < ohu Impos-ild?! I rndri ! I: mperanwnt d!

United Telephone Stock Listed On New York Exchange K JKilKfrlM r IgbaHj&w mt >-, i» * • ■ <,< itsHR

Cfli* ials <>f the United Telephon - Company of Indiana, Inc announced today that the comm n stock ot United Utilities. In* < rpmated, its pan nt firm. Is now Ij. ted on Lite New York Stock Exchange Shown at cercmoniv* <>n the Big Board’s trading fl 001 are c A Scupin (left), president of United Utilities, Inc.; Excharge president G, Keith Funston (center;; and William R Haffner of Wilcox A- Company spe< inlistH in the stock. Mr. Scup;n purcha aal the first 100 shares ■tn ket - ymbo! UT * at 37 to pen tituitng. United Utuitii s. Im <upointed is Ilie nation's second largest mdepeudi nt telephone system and serv< i ovei 534,000 telephone in it 15 state operation Listed on the eXch Bge Well 5 361 23S shaies of the company's commit, stook which prcvkm.sk was traded over the counter. Tili n' currently are 5.2fm I3tj shares outstanding United Utilities, L.c .rp i .iti-i 1- a Kansas alia it ered hJ hng company, owning, vdJi minm ex ceptions, the common stocks of fuurb'en operating telephone c. mpames. a gas ami electric cumpany, and a meri handling sum Its property, plant and equipment aie valued at nearly $2lO million Total revenues fm 1902, ovei 90* < of which were derived from telephone operatiois were $55 673.4 S 6

to take ovei S-me areas pja\ then high school ba,ec t Ul in the bummer trying to offset tins cun flu t of sports. Some schnojs hav. b L. North liberty t"i exampl. Howewi. with both sports being pushed one is going to suffer ns even in the large scho !> many a boy usually plays ami even stands out in more than one rpcit Pi per emphasis conn t be given both trac k and ba««eb.dl it some ui. (■ mpvtmg in hot', sports A LARGE PART Amei lean Legion baseball has lepluced the need lui high sdiooj teams but not al] have an upp itum', \ to participate in this program m.<> game ot Kail in th<- ojnm 1 t during the tar. weather months has vanished to some exumt a v ith the fol mmg 1 the latth Leagues kids get the organized idea oi ball which is g -od m man' leapt- Is but Still takes a little of the fun from i ho. sing up side and going at it with i ball that has Ixs-n taped seV. lal tim« attei the < o\t 1 . ame loose Till t> J*e o! all --m nev ei tn- r< pui< ’ d a' r- k piece- . i chid b-M! ‘o! hare sj» ' wrv ea . th«hi «‘.-i and once m awhile that tinkle of broken glas from a ig! !' h U-e is hl II I Til' is the way many used to l< tin the g me f ba •ball rafhei than on !L< hted Little 1 (• |i- j o

On March 30. the eompnny paid its seventy-second ccrmerutiv. cash di\ idem! to more th in HOhmi shareholders, the late t disbuiM'ment setting an annual indicated rate of $1.12 a .share Earnings for the year of 1962 totaled $H,373,531 as cornjuuvl to $7,053,213 for the previous twelve months. Equal to $1 61 a share, the 1962 earnings were Ith r higher than those of the preceding year. In commenting on his company’s listing. Scupin said. This . is a natural step we take m CUB tmuing the growth and development ot United Utilities Stockholders. customers and employee alike, deaiunstrating their faith in the free enteipri^ system have cuntributvd to mu rea hmp this significant point m the com pany s history Operating headquart t l , f<> t the Indiana and Ohio subsidiai u x ai. located in Warsaw Indiana Umted Telephone Uompanx of Imhan.c Inc . currently seiwes over 91.(Mm telephones thr mgh cxchangi <>hi*> Telephone Servn e company selves over 31.0U0 telephones thru 19 exchanges With the exccptim of a newly acquired ex< hange u Indiana, ill .ire 109 p-i cent dial operated Walkerton Lists Fifth Term Honor Roll sth Six Uecks Straight A’s Seniors Kilo Bierk Juniors Sharon Smith Maiv Ann Stepi * Sophtrtiiore* 1 lob, 11 I.ute

KNK ■ - iHIHH - BHH OPENING Friday, May 3 WAGON WHEEL g Minature Golf — Pony Rides g Added Attraction ! “Shuffleboard Courts" t Hours Till June sth £ Friday 6:00 P. M. g Saturday. Sunday & Holidays g • 1:00 P.M. ’ | him hon-: M t | e East Os Hoad 23 On GOO North g 1 Mik North Os Kwad 30 — (irmpiloun, Indiana |

No grade lower than “B”’ Seniors Linda Frailey Joan Nylander Juniors Sally Beagles Sharon Savoie Sophomore* Patricia Baker Carolyn Bedford William Bierly Terry Keck Terry laite Freshmen Ann Clark Tim Gardnei Walter J >hnson Anita Karrcher Lairy Schmeltz I'o- rm Smith Eighth (<r«dr Lari', Ka er Linda Keck Jennie Has ir Barbara Wilson Honorable M ntioii Senior^ 1 I’at ru ia < kuldis Juniors E ‘n.i J« tn Ei y i Sophomore* .1 ames I >i a ke X! trdyn H att Freshmen Daniel Charles Denny Jotui.-on K y Vandal! Eighth (.rfule Mulje.m Cole William Hiatt JatneH Nai agon Collette WeUer < OCNTY LINE CIA B TO MEET The legnlar meeting of the County Line Club will be held next Tuesday. April 30. >n the home of Mrs Hazel Barden at 7 3 1 She will be assisted tv Mne. Mir me Mikesell