The Independent-News, Volume 87, Number 37, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 September 1963 — Page 1

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Volume 87; Number 37

SHAMROCKS TOP JIMTOWN IN OPENER

Surprise Party Honors Nick 4/ For 50 Years Thursday. iSej tember sth 1963, will go down as one day that Ralph "Nick’' LaFeber will not forget. On this day many of his friends gathered at a party for him at the store in honor of his retiring after fifty years of business. The party was a surprise and when Nick returned from the bank, a large group, including the high school band, were pi esent to greet him. 1 Taken completely by surprise, Nick listened while the band played Foi He s A Jolly Good Fellow’* and another march. Nick was then asked if he would lead the band in a number, which he gladly accepted. Nick has asaisti'd the high sch' <»1 band over th’ years in addition to organizing and directing a town band for many years in Walkerton. Arthur Hrn .m, president of the Chamber of Commerce, then ; resented Nick with a gift of a gold wnst watch inscribed "50 Years, Nick 1-nFebvr, 9-5-63". A poem was read that had been written for this occasion as the crowd looked on. Fifty years you’ve labored. worried, fought and won There’s nothing we can say except It s a good job you have done. You found success, yet tempered it with head, heart and hope. And helped the town of Walkerton to grow in size and scope. So nothing we could say would do the job of thanking you. We only hope that happiness will follow what you do. The group then went inside the store where further to Nick’s surprise, a large cake complimenting the suth anniversary centered a table for refreshments for the group and the cu 'omers Ice cream and coffee were also served as the crowd then congratulated Ni< k individually and many pictur- were taken of the proceedings. Ni< k was al o presented with a gift by hi employees at this time and a large bouquet of brorz- 1 urn were given to Mrs. LaFeber. The party was planned by the Walkerton Chamber of Conxmerer Present for the : irtv "a ; the I aFeber son Waiter and his wife. Sandy and sin, Scott Walter is an 1 ।< 1 d«- prof«---.r in American history an ! diplomatic history nt Corn* II I’niverFity in Ithaca. New York The grocery busm-s slatted in 1913 for Nick as hi- father. Walter luiFeber. purchased a general st re m W dkm ton Ni> k was 17 years of ag«- at tins time and assistr 1 his f dher with otdy a perax! of service in the first World War interrupting Following hi* fathers death in 19 l. Nick had complete charge of “LaFeber and Son" store anil operated on the Main street until building the present m.-im-supermarket in 1957 The name was changed to ' Nick s Supermarket” at this time The business was sold to Dave Mellin and Ray Chapman, who have operated Dave and Ray’s for the past 11 years in Walkerton and also a store at Koontz laike for six yean Nick nowplans to just take it easy, travel and enjoy some of the things that business has kept him away from her these many years He and his wife. Helsn left Twsdav for a vacation trip » the Ozarks

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Th<wn|w<m - Cllngrnped Nuptial vows were spoken by Mias Carol Ann Thompson and Jerry L. Clmgcnpcel in a 2 p m. ceremony Saturday in C><lar Road I’nitrd Missionary Chun h Osceola. Rev George William F‘hillips. director of the St. Joseph County Youth for Christ, othrt it ing assisted by Rev Pan Thornhill of Aut n <’h ipd. Rev. I-arry Whiteford. vocalist a: dMi Whihfor 1 o ^ ini: ’. pior :< d the mu i< in the dutch wlu h was decorat.d with candelabra nnd two Iw.uqrer ( ,f white fl w.-’ a u >th b! : :n m* Parents of tic cr up!' ,r • Mr a' ' Mrs John Th mp on 5M78 Main St . and Mt nd Mr I^ ndci H Chnv nn.. ' Rt 1 N -th Liberty M» ’ Kiv T 5 r • n was n id of honor for let inter. Brid \smaid we> • M ses Tody Van Slot to nnd Sh.tr n Cmt.s Reeky Bn ol e was fl< ver gift James Clingcnpe- Iwn H f nan for his brother Sen’mg gw U were Alden Bartz Rtrrv Wilson Alfred Reninger of Mishawaka am! D<*ig'as ! Brian Brook« was ring barer The bride given In marriage by her father chose n gown o' Chantilly lace and tulle s’vltd with a fitted bodice, a scalloped Sabrina neckline. long sleeves coming to bridal points at the wrists and a bouffant skirt with tiers of lace and tulle The «kirt featured handmade roses and n small brush train Her crown of pearls held an elbow-length veil. She carried a bouquet of white roses and streamers with a corsage The adult bridal attendants wore dresses of French blue broNick will continue to participate in the various activities and prejecta that has held bis interest In Mh« betteraseat at the town and are*

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cade styled with fitted bodices, scoop necklines, short sleeves and controlled .skirts with bows The mAid of honor earned a bouquet of yellow sweetpeas and streamer with net centered with a carnation corsage The bridesmaids carried similar bouquets with blue HWee(|ieas and white carnations. The flower girl wore a pink cotton dies- with a mown ho! mg a white veil. She <an;< d a basket decorated with ribbon and flowers winch held petals. Tb.e bride's mother wore a dre-s of blue denim Tin bridegroom's mother w> re a blue lace over taffeta with n ivy blue ,n - cr* >rie Both wore Corsages of carnat ions. The wedding roe* ption w m held in the church .octal n The couple will be at horn” nt Pru.gan m Apt . Yorktown Ind. aftci this week. The br de a graduate of Riley High S<h<ol is a member of th 1 St Joseph County Y<uth for Christ Mr Cling<npee| is a gr 1uate of Greene Twp. High School an I the National Si honk of C,instruction H • is a member of ’he Y uth For Christ and -orved five years in the N ivy. Teen Dance Features Band Saturday Night The first Teen Dance since the paint-up and dean-up campaign ’ at Walkert >n s Y -ath Hid Hr. will be held Saturday night with > the "Sting Rays' fi'rm-hu’g the music Admission chatg- will he 25c per person for this dance । and free refreshments will be furnished by the IJons Club This Ls open to the Teen Agers of this area and will br held from 8 30 i to ll:0n pm. A big apardec rqputaUoa is good oaiy a* kmg a* ths money

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Polk Lincoln Reports On Enrollment The enrollment figures for the Polk-Luu oln Metropolitan School Corporation . how a total of 1210 atud nts enrolled not including the Walkerton Kindergarten i lass These are housed in three buildings. an elementary mlioul with grades one through seven having ■llO in W alkertun. the high si hool in Walkerton with grades eight through 12 with 290 student. , and tli? Tyner School with ISO in the 12 grades there. The figure on tiie Kindergarten at Walkerton lists 5x students Grade by grad-- foi Walkerton is: Grade 1, 79 Grade 2. 36 Grade 3, 61 Grade I 61 Grade 5. 52 Grade 6. 67 Grade 7, 65 Grade S. 33 Grade 9, SI Grade 10. 54 Grad- 11. 59 Grad.- 12. 13 The breakdown at Tyner is; Grade 1. 36 Grade 2. 4 7 Grade 3, 36 Grade 4, 39 Grade 5. 39 Grade 6. 49 Grade 7, 40 Grade 8. 46 Grade 9. 37 Grade 10. 39 Grade 11. 42 Grade 12. 30 These figures show an increase in both schools, part of Walker ton’s coming from a few students atteivling school in Walkerton that attended Tyner last year. The Tyner number has inclmk- I with it. the Tevgard -u students of last vear of the school tha* hn. Iws-n closed. Chamber Group Meets Today T' 1 ' Walkerton (’l imb' i of (Virnn er> •• ;..■•••: t .av >' m o-i at Heil s lb staura: ’ If V" i h i <- made a reservation, us • tins as a reminder a several iter.; of imr-ortant hu-im ss will be di - cus -d A3 >, any member who h i ye* purchased their m-o n ’ 1 st< re display ign of n •■n t” ! ship in th<‘ itroup, these will he iv ilable at tins meeting for <1 "mi Display this sign and take an active part in the Walkertoi Chamb* r of Commerce Rer. emb* r "It Tak.- Two, the Chamber nnd Y.u ” Football Game Added To Schedule Anoth -r football . ime has t»een added to the Walkert n S' h<-dul»' for this vear filling ar open date On October 30, a Wednesday night. Bourbon s new < onsolidated School will bring their team to Walkerton for a 7 30 game. This will not appear on any schedules a« they have all been printed HMITBMJ. BOOSTERS TO MEET MONDW The North liberty Football Boosters Club * ill meat M»ndav Oepumtwr 16 at the Hag* School butiduw it ’ M p a.

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Will Battle At Three Oaks Friday North Liberty’ Shi rocks opened tl.'ir 1963 f.s.tbdi reason with .•>. convincing 31-7 vr -ory over Jimtuwn Saturday afternoon on the Shamrock’s Fie! I Th” score wa< tied 7-7 at the half after a pretty ev.-n first half, but the Sharnro. k~ be- ir - ro ’_’ running of Lm Mlek< daj md E i Petz. ripped the gan • w?;- open in the last h df. N. Liberty Statistic’* Jimtoun 9 Fir t Downs 8 345 Rushing Yardage 113 79 Passing Ya- iage 46 10 Pa -os Attemp*. d 10 5 I’a-ses Compk ted 5 1 Intentp’vd By 0 65 Y'• Is P.» t I: bp. 0 0 Pints 6 0 Av- rage 3 at !s 27 3 F.imbhs LoM 2 75 Yards Pt-naliz» 1 25 Jimtow:’. s. :t ; fu-t as they nioe i m fi :u t • 1.5 on a pi.-s from (T i.g Sn !h t > R n Moore, g > 1 t r fifteen yat - Tile Jimi: • > had taker, p >s-es-sion f t v ball after a North Liberty fumble as the Shamrocks fumbled the first two tin 3 they had the ball Smith then ran the extra point as a 7-0 lead was enjoyed. Late in the first quarter the Shamrocks began working together a little more and started the drive that earned them in for their first wore. Ray Dillon ended the 40 yard drive with a quarterbau k sneak for the TD Mlekdoaj ran the extra point As the first half caw to a close, the Shamrocks displayed more power as the blocking for the runners began to function better The second halt f. und the game turning into a rout a.- the Shamrocks ■.ormi onee in the thir i period md thr.-e more times in the last Mlek daj wis the s'r ; g runner and picked up the tiebreaking .- -iv on a 2’> yard scam|>er around right end. F. »n I»ivis ran the .X - a p in*. .mJ the ore was 1 1-7 M -k.-Lij th n sored ag -m .-c a 37 ya: ! s m tier ir ..-d i ig’ t ' is the blockers were -pri.iging th- rmr rs at the line of snn ige <nabhng - •• ■ to get into the s con 'ary where their «; d t ■'«* over Ti e fourth touchdown < a ■< on a 67 yir i run by Petz He broke through the In * on a q ;u k opener and snnnted all the was. The final TD line on a 65 yard pas- interv-ptiun >v Mike Kn-pp. He grabbed i pass off the Jimtown left ile and ran untouched for the score. Th.- Shamrocks rolled up a strong 34’. vards on the gr und as this rroved to be their strong point Tin-v never were forced to pun’ m tl»- g ime b it did I -e the hall three times on fumbles. The Shamrocks travel to Three Oaks Mu hignn thi Friday for their second gams* Gan vtime is Bhd pm at Three Oaks Mlekodaj was the game’s outstanding rusher as lx* tore loose for IX3 vards in 10 carries for the w inners Petz also gained over 100 yards as he totaled 103 in nine carries His was greatly boosted bv his one king touchdown run Dtllon carried sM times from his quarterback spet for 34 vards and also completMl nvs out of ten pass st tamp t* (Csntwimd to ?j<e !•>