The Independent-News, Volume 88, Number 22, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 28 May 1964 — Page 1

Volume 88; Number 22

TOWNS TO OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAY

Breaks Ground For New Plas Steal Plant Friday a I S Q m ' 'Ma iy- 4^4 *

Ground was broken Friday morning at 10:00 am. with Shobert and George Parks, secretarytreasurer of Plas-Steel, taking part with the members of the Board of Directors of the Walkerton Industrial Fund Committee. R. N. LaFeber, president of the Industrial group, was presented a gold shovel by PlasSteel and asked to turn over the first shovel full of dirt. Construction of a new plant that will double production capacity for its several lines of GlasLite and Zip-Pole recreational products has been started by Plas-Steel Products, Inc., of Walkerton. Indiana. It is scheduled to be in operation by early autumn. The expansion is necessitated in order to meet requirement* of constantly rising sales volume, according to S M. Shobert, president. Plas-Steel’s recreation products used in fishing, archery and skiing. are all made of the hieh quality epoxy resin reinforced with longitudinal filaments of glass by' exclusive, patented processes. The Glas-Lite fishing rods come in hoth clear solid and the lighter but stronger .tubular types. Fourteen different models Cover casting, spin-casting and spinning. An exclusive feature is ithe Hex-Lock foul-proof guide fused permanently to the rod with just one point >f attachment ZipPole telescopic fiberglas rods come in 12 models wi’h solid or tubular tips The complete line of True-flite Glas-Lite arrow has hunting, fishing, field and target models. Newest in the Plas-Steel family arc high strength Glas Lite ski poles in five lengths and colors. This company was founded in 1919 with three employees for the manufacture of fibergla- r-xl blanks for the tackle manufacturing industry. Since that time the activities have been extended until at the present time their Polygon Plastic Company Divisi >n sells world-wide, supplying reinforced fiberglas rods, tubes, shapes and fabricated parts for Industrial applications. Some of the varied industries using these material* are manufacturers of motors, electronic organs, televi-

18 Cars Derailed in Walkerton Friday

Eighteen cars of a 27 car train were derailed in Walkerton Friday afternoon as a westbound B & O freight train ran through an open switch and hit the derail switch, causing the cars to derail just east of the tower. The accident injured two men, one who was hospitalized, and the other who was treated in Walkerton and released. According to authorities, the train, engineered by James D. Kamey. 49, of Willard. Ohio, came through from LaPaz after failing to stop and pull on a siding at that point. It continued through to Walkerton and again a stop signal was not observed and the train hit the open switch A caboose, immediately behind the engine, and the next 17 cars, were derailed with the caboose traveling several hundred feet down the track while the other cars piled over the three lines of the B & O at that point. One car barely missed crashing into the tower while the mostly empty cars spilled over the area. Damage wasn’t as heavy to the tracks as would have been the case had the cars been loaded, but the B & O, NYC and Nickel Plate lines were closed to traffic the rest of Friday. Tracks were open on all three lines by Saturday. Kamey was taken to the Walkerton Medical Clinic and then to the Holy Family hospital. LaPute. with back, shoulder and aion. c- >il forms, sue tubes and many miscellaneous items. They also maintain a half-interest in a plant in Australia. Four salesmen travel direct from the factory along with seven representatives covering the entire United States. Expert engineering guides progress of applications for the various manufacturers. Air travel by company plane also accelerates the liason between factory and customers With the new plant expansion, estimated employment will be for 150 men and women.

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leg injuries. Paul Bloom, 36. the conductor, was shaken up in the caboose Immediately behind the engine and treated at the clinic and released. Three others in the caboose escaped injury. The derailment was the second

in Walkerton on the B & O line in less than a year as 46 cars were derailed just a few hundred feet from this wreck in August in an accident that caused many times more damage than Friday’* derailment.

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North Liberty To Start Parade At 11:00 The North Liberty American Legion Post 365 will present the Memorial Day program in North Liberty beginning at 11:00 am. Saturday morning The parade will form at the North Liberty High School and will move from there to the cemetery where the special services will feature the address by Rev. Charles Patterson. pastor of the North Liberty Methodist Church. The parade to date has included in it the North Liberty High School Band. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts. American Legion and their color guard Walkerton Parade To Start At 10:30 A.M. Orville Ea -teiday Po>t N->. of the Ameru m Legion in Walkert >n, will sp»r.s<u- Mcmcial Day Services on Saturd ly, May 30, at Woodlawn Cemetery. In extending an invitation tc the residents of the community ol Walkerton to attend these rites, Commander Richard Verkier reported that the services would begin at 10:30 a.m. at the War Memorial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Rev. Paul Loucks of the Koont* Lake United Missionary Church will deliver the address. Those interested in marching with us to the cemetery will assemble at 10 a.m. at the High School parking lot. There will be refreshments for all the youngsters marching following services at the cemetery. After the parade has arrived at the cemetery, the High School Band will play the National Anthem. Tlie assembly will then be asked to give their pledge of allegiance to the Flag of our country. After the opening ceremonies, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address will be recited by Miss Terry Keck Rev Paul Loucks will the give the day’s address. The Auxiliary and the American Legion will then place a floral t. bute at the monument and the Junior Auxili try will place a wreath of poppies at the monument The Junior Auxiliary girls will strew the area with poppies. The Legion firing squad will salute the dead. The bugler sounding Taps, will conclude the program. Legionnaires of Post 189 will decorate graves of all known Veterans with flags. The first order for the observance of Memorial Day was issued in May 1868 bv Gen. John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic “for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrade- who died in the defense of their country - For many veir< after the Civil War, the GA R in the N >rth and the Confederate Veterans in the S■’ ' M Day in th ir respective communities k, g to the following ex .eDt f’ m Genera! Dean’s on „,, o. - err for the observance of M m« i a’ Day. “Let no . . avarice or reject no ravages of time te tify to the present or comine generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.’ G onumied on Page io>