The Independent-News, Volume 88, Number 18, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 April 1964 — Page 1

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Volume 88; Number 18

PRIMARY ELECTION TUESDAY, MAY 5

North Liberty To Gain Greene Students In 1965 The Board oi Trustees of the South Bcrul Community School recently made a decision which is of great importance to the North Liberty High School. The board ruled that in the fall of 1965 the Greene Township High School students would be divided geographically between North Liberty High School and the New Jackson High School. The community and students should bo very appreciative of this decision as the future of the high school in North Liberty was at stake. The prospects are good for a high school of about four hundred students in the next few years With the enlargement of the school enrollment, the feasibility of the broadening of the curriculum is much more realistic. Tn the past several years a number of new courses have been added to the curriculum, with most of it geared to the collegebound students. It is the feeling that much more should be done for the non-college bound student. The school is currently working with the vocational supervisors of the South Bend Community Schools relative to the possibility of the establishment of a diversified cooperative program for our senior students. Under this plan, students go to class in the mornings and are given regular classroom instruction. In the afternoons. they are placed in a work situation as an apprentice with pay. Students who expressed an interest in this program have been interviewed relative to their interests and wo are hopeful that the program will get underway next year. If the program is successful, it is felt that it will contribute greatly to the objective of providing a program that most nearly meets the needs, abilities and interests of the students served. Chamber To Meet Thursday Noon The Walkerton Chamber of Commerce is having a luncheon meeting today (Thursday) at Heil's Dining Room. All who made reservations are reminded of this meeting. Indiana 23 will be one of the main topics as an important hearing is coming up next week, at which time the various organizations such as the Chamber, is to be heard. The lunches will start at 12:00 noon. TEEN DANCE SATURDAY AT YOUTH BUILDING Saturday night will be the weekly teen dance at the Walkerton Youth Building, with dancing from 8:00 to 10:30 o’clock All teens are welcome. Ray Kaminski is in charge of chaperones NOTICE The office of Dr. Burton L. Furst will be closed from April 29th thru May 13th for remodeling. 3tm< True peace comes from the heart, so don’t expect it to be established by police action. Some citizens • on't file income tax returns they just chisel.

WALKERTON, INDIANA APRIL 30, 1964

P-L-J Board Offers Teachers New Contracts Polk-Lincoln-Johnson Board of School Trustees signed contracts for the following teachers at their meeting in the office of the Superintendent of Schools, April 27, 1964. Walkerton High School: Sylvester E. Amsler, Principal; Francelia Bewley, John Bingaman. Carol F. Braunsdorf, Phyllis Dowling. Patricia Geeseman, Jeanette Guttman, John Harsha, Janiece Helm. James Ridenour, George Robinson, and Fred K. Stettbacher. Walkerton Elementary School: Jacob Hartman, Principal: Mary Jane Beaty, Weltha Burnside, Genevieve Dailey, Olive A. Farrar, Lucille Gardner. Erma Hall, Anna Rose Heim, Richard Kickbush. Bruce Keiser, Mary Miller, Glen Petry, Eleanor Robinson, Christine Shirley. E. Eilene Travis, and Helen Wright. Tyner Schools: Harold R. Muncie. Principal; Alvin C. Boise, John Davis. James Drews, John Hans, Mary Ellen Hission, Carol Hoover, Linda Langfeldt, Wray Ricciardi, Arthur Brock, Nellie Dunkin, Wilma Huffman, Ellen I^ehman, Wilma Martin, and Norma Jean Nye. Walkerton Police Apprehend Armed Thief The Waixerton Police Department, with the aid of an Indiana State Trooper, apprehended at gun point, John Gordy, 506 Illinois St., following a daring daylight robbery of a Kroger Supermarket in Elkhart last Thursday. Officers Lidy and Snyder took Gordy into custody at 12:20 a m. Friday, April 24, after word was received that a man of his description was the object of a seven hour manhunt in the area from Elkhart to Walkerton. Gorily was armed with two revolvers when he was apprehended. Over S7OO was taken at the Elkhart Supermarket by Gordy and he fled in a stolen car which was found in a field nearly three hours later. He was driven from that point to Walketon by two Elkhart men who later identified Gordy along with two employees of the Kroger Store. Gordy, 27, admitted the holdup at the Elkhart store as well as at a finance company in South Bend a couple of weeks prior. He will face charges of armed robbery. and car theft. Gordy also admitted having a record in Houston, Texas. He came to Walkerton several weeks ago from the Fort Wayne area. Little League Tryouts Reset In Walkerton The Walkerton Little League will hold tryouts Monday and Tuesday, May 4 and 5, at 6:00 pm. at the Town Park. Registration wall also be held for those boys eligible who have not yet signed up. AH boys seven through 12 living in Walkerton, Koontz Lake and Tyner areas, are eligible to play. Parents or guardians must sign for boys and $2 50 insurance fee is required.

ENGAGED HF Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holloway, of Rt. 2. North Liberty, announce the engagement of their daughter, Nancy, to Frank William Link. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Link. Rt. 1. Michigan City. Miss Holloway is a senior at Indiana Universty, Bloomington, and is a member of Kappa Delta national social sorority. Mr, Link is a graduate of the Vandercook College of Music, Chicago, and is now the vocal and band instructor in Boswell. Ind. A late summer wedding is planned by the couple. Post Office Services Are Adjusted The Post Office Department announced certain service adjust* ments have been determmed as necessary to substantially reduce employment and cost in the postal field service. This is in line with the post office department's desire to furnish the most efficient service possible at the most economical cost to the people of the United States. Tins change will be effective on and alter May 4, 1961. No money orders will be issued at the post office on Saturdays. Rural carriers will not accept money order applications on Saturdays No postal savings business will be transacted on Saturdays. No parcel post deliveries in the town of Walkerton by City Delivery carriers on Wednesdays. All windows such as inquiry and claims, information, meter settings, trust funds, deposits, box rent collections, etc., will be closed on Saturdays. The Walkerton Post Office has a stamp vending machine in the lobby available for the convenience of the patrons. No essential major sen-ices are affected under the change. No change in home delivery or special delivery handling is involved. Regular business mail deliveries will continue as usual. Letters and other first class mail will be handled as in the past. This change in service will be in effect at both the Walkerton and North Liberty Post Offices. COKE DANCE AT N. LIBERTY The North Liberty Lettermen’s Club is sponsoring a Coke Dance, featuring Bruce Shuders, in the North Liberty gym from 8 to 10:30 on Saturday, May 2nd. The admission is 50c for students and 75c for adults. A hi-fi will be given away and there will be free Coke for everybody. Boys and girls from neighboring towns are also invited.

Hearing Date Is Important To All Residents A major highway improvement to a 15.4 mile section of SR 23 in St. Joseph County will be discussed at an Indiana State Highway Commission public hearing at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 7, in the High School gymnasium in North Liberty. The discussions will involve the widening of the present 20 foot surface to 24 feet with the incorporation of 11 foot wide shoulders throughout the rural areas. Also involved will be a complete new construction for 0.65 mile of the routing in order to implement the necessary horizontal corrections. 'Die Hearing will be conducted by Oral S. Craig, Chief Hearing Officer from the Planning Division of the Indiana State Highway Commission. The public is invited to appear at this Hearing and to make economic effect statements regarding the proposed general improvement plans. The route section to be discussed will extend from a point 0.19 mile north of US 6 in Walkerton, northeasterly for 5.37 miles to about 0.2 mile south of SR 4 in North Liberty. Proceeding from SR 4 in a north and northeast direction for an additional 10.018 miles, the proposal terminates in the present junction of SR 23 With SR 123. The point of termination is about 1.5 miles south of the proposed US 20 bypass of South Bend. It is also the west terminus of the East-West Ireland Road earmarked for improvement by St. Joseph County Commissioners. A Highway spokesman indicated today that the SR 23 project. estimated at a cost of near $1,000,000, has been established in the Commission’s current 19631965 biennial program for completion of all preliminary engineering with actual construction to start as soon as the needed right-of-way had been acquired. It was further stated that 9 description of the US 20 bypass route from about Locust Road eastward to US 31 would be given to the public on the occasion of the Hearing. VFW Drive For Cancer To Be Thursday The Walkerton V.F.W. Post 8862, with the aid of the Rainbow Girls, will make their appeal in behalf of the annual Cancer Drive Thursday evening. April 30th, between 6:30 and 9:00 p.m. The money you contribute will be used in direct relationship to the advancement of Cancer Research. Your full cooperation will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. / , William Zimmerman, chairman OPEN HOUSE TO HONOR 80T11 BIRTHDAY Open house will be held Sunday. May lOth, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. at the Sumption Prairie Methodist Church in honor of Mrs. Lena Edison's 80th birthday. Relatives and friends are invited to call. No gifts, please.

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Important Issues To Be Decided Tuesday Tuesday is Primary Election Day in Indiana. This year i- i presidential election year ant added to this fact are a couple of spiced items of interest to this area to make an expected high turnout of voters at the polls Tuesday. In the Walkerton area it is the school election for the new board of the Polk-Lin< olnJohnson School Corporation, the first such elected board in the district. Also entering in the picture is preference election-- on both sides of the ticket as far as the presidential election Is concerned. The election is set for 6:90 a m to 6:00 p.m. Central Standaid Time, or 7:00 to 7:00 on our present time. The voting places are as follows: Walkerton, Precinct 1, Powell-Mann Chevrolet Garage; Precinct 2, Community Building; Precinct 3. Town Hall Buikling. North Liberty, Precinct 1, Town Hall: Precinct 2. American Legion; Precinct 3. Russ Garage. Polk Townshp, Precinct 1 Grenerts Store, Teegarden; Precinct 2, I. O O. F. Hall, Tyner; Precinct 3, Tyner High School gym. Johnson Township, Johnson Township Community Building Os Interest in the Walkerton area, Including Polk Township. Marshall County; Uneeln Township, St. Joseph County; and Johnson Township, LaPorte County, is the school board election The candidates for Lhla election are: Polk Township (Two to be Elected} Joseph Holm C. Jerry Rains Robert T. Rees Wayne E. Rosa Earl D. Smith Carroll E. Zartmart Lincoln Township (Two to be Elected) Melvin Alwine William D. Carter Denslow W. Doll William Ochs George S Parks Johnson Township (One to be Elected) Charles Daube ®bert F. Place Reservations Due For N.L Alumni 1 May 15 All the aTrarnnl of North Liberty High School who have not made reservations for this year's Alumni Banquet, are urged to do so not later than Sunday, May 10. The banquet will be held Saturday, May 16, starting at 6 00 p.m. at the North Liberty Elementary Stehool. The Stan John's dance band will provide the music of your request at the dance and in adu. ”, there will be entertainment by the • Phonies”, a male quartet from North Liberty High School. With a no money back guarantee, how could yon g 9 wrong? Extra HißTratlon blanks can be picked w at Mary Kay’s Restaurant BAKE SALE The Worth Liberty American Legion Auxiliary Post 365. is holding a bake sale Saturday, May 2 starting at 9 a m., at the guloM Wash Laundry.