The Independent-News, Volume 88, Number 26, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 25 June 1964 — Page 1

Volume 88; Number 26

TOWNS PLAN JULY 4TH CELEBRATION

Parade Tc Feature Naiih Liberty Program The plans are complete and the day of the 4th of .July is only one week away. North Liberty's program will start at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 28th, at North Liberty High School. This event will be a waterball tournament between the various volunteer fire departments of this county and surrounding counties. Saturday, July 4th. the day’s •vents will start with the annual parade. This promises to be our greatest parade yet, don’t miss it. Starting promptly at 2 p.m. Following the parade, events will move to Liberty Park where there will be racing for the childrert. boxing and other contests. The Eastern Star will again have the lunch stand. In the evening, at approximately 7 p.m., we will have an Indian show again that the people enjoyed very much last year. At dark, as in years past, enjoy our grand display of fireworks. , Chamber Urges Your Help In Directory Lists The Walkerton Chamber of Commerce is urging all people in Walkerton or on the Walkerton rural routes to complete their blank for the listings of the directory and either send them in or deposit them in one of the mentioned stores in Walkerton. Many people have responded to the plea already, but there are many more who have simply put it off or overlooked this few minutes job Your cooperation will make the listings much more complete and

Couple To Celebrate 50th Anniversary

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Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hittie will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary June 28th with open house at their daughter and son-in-law’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Manford Robinson, State Road 23, from two to five p.m. They were married June 27th, 1914. by Rev. C. V. Mull. Besides Mrs. Robinson, they have two daughters and one son,

ENGAGED > &" Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Seider of Walkerton, announce the engagement of their daughter, Lois Mae, to Gene Miller, son of Wamie Miller of Walkerton, and Mrs. Lillie Schmidt, of Walkerton. Miss Seider is a 1963 graduate of Grovertown High School. Mr. Miller attended Tyner High School. An August Bth wedding is planned. NOTICE Dr. Frash, Optometrist, will bo out of his office from June 29th through July Bth. 2t j 25 Slow down and live! much faster for the listing committee as they will have to complete the listings personally in the near future. The other oommittees are also busy now completing their information also for the directory. Your cooperation on any information asked of you will be greatly appreciated.

Miss Maxine Hit tie, Mrs. Richard Roush of North Liberty, and Ronald Hittie of South Bend. Also eight grandchildren. Mr. Hittie retired eleven years ago from South Bend Dowel Works, after thirty years of service. No invitations have been sent, but friends and relatives are invited to attend.

WALKERTON, INDIANA JI NE 25, 1964

Chicken Bar-B-Q Postponed Til This Sunday The Walkerton Lions Club annual Chicken Barbecue was postponed Sunday due to the heavy rain in the morning. It will be held this Sunday, June 28th. at the Walkerton Youth Building with everything the same as set previously. Cooking operations must start a little before nine o’clock and the weather prohibited the outside fires. George Parka, general chairman, has asked all Lions to assume the same duties they had previously been assigned. Farm Bureau And NFO Meet Together A group of St. Joseph County farmers attended the joint Farm Bureau and NFO meeting sponsored by Whitley County Co-op, Farm Bureau and NFO at Columbia City Saturday night, June 20th. There was a large crowd in attendance. Panel speakerwere Marion Stackhouse from the marketing department of Farm Bureau and Glen Utley, NFO State Director from Indiana, speaking on farm conditions and how each organization was attempting to solve their farmer problems. Os which, a question and answer period followed. There were farmrs from LaPorte, St. Joseph. Jasper, Marshall. Elkhart, Noble, Kosciusko, and Whitley counties asking questions. Also counties from Michigan present. Each speaker agreed that the American farmer had a very serlous price problem and agreed that what the farmer must pay in operating cost was out of line with what he receives, and the farmer only has a 7 per cent vote of the people, making it hard to get action thru Congress. Stackhouse says that "supply and demand” will have to control our prices and farmers must be more efficient, and not overproduce, and thru promotion of meat and selling farm produce abroad, they will attempt to solve the farmer’s problems. Utley says that supply and demand can never get a price for the American farmer as long as someone besides the farmer has control of the prices. Stackhouse suggests we control over production, market cattle at lighter weights. He also expressed concern that the government would take over agriculture. Utley states that he is not nearly so concerned about this, but if the farmer doesn't do something to ‘Corporate Farming' owned and controlled by the big chain stores and packing houses, they will take over agriculture. They are controlling our prices and pushing more and more farmers off farms due to depressed prices. The farmer turns to the citv. thereby increasing unemployment there. If farmers were getting a fair price, she whole economy of the country would be greatly improved. NFO Is making progress bargaining for a price and signing master contracts. Limit your speed, motorists—not your chances to live.

ENGAGED ■ Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Reichard. 1120 E. Broadway, South Bend, announce the engagement of their daughter. Paula Ann, to Jon K. Hanley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hanley of North Liberty. Miss Richard graduated from John Adams High School and attended South Bend College of Commerce. Mr. Hanley graduated from North Liberty High School and attended Indiana College of Mortuary Science at Indianapolis. He is now serving in the U. S. Army and is stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash. School Hearing Gets Little Accomplished The public hearing held Monday night in connection with the request to rescind the present Or-egon-Davis Metropolitan School District did little to settle the issue. The subject came about recently when a group of Oregon Township people requested the hearing as they expressed displeasure with the sub-standard school district. The present metropolitan school district is below the standards set by the state committee and this was the reason for tire request to dissolve the district formed last September 1. A crowd of around 300 persons attended the meeting which had arguments both ways by those present. Two petitions were presented, one to dissolve the school district and one to leave it as it presently is. Those seeking to dissolve from Oregon Township asked to be released to the Polk-Lincoln-Johnson School Corporation. Dr. J. B. Kohlmeyer, executive director for the State Commission, was present at this meeting and explained that a plan must be submitted to the state for approval or disapproval. This is done by the county committee. The state commission cannot rescind the interim approval that is now in effect. The county committee is planning to meet Friday night with the present newly elected board members to further diesuss the matter. But, as it stands now. the state will not act on this matter until the county committee submits a plan for approval or disapproval. NOTICE J The Koontz I-ake Lions will hold their annual ice cream social Sunday, July sth. at Anderson's Hotel, following the boat races See you there’

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Full Schedule For Walker'on Will Begin Ai Noon Walkerton again has planned a big day on the Fourth of July as activities start at noon and continue throughout the evening hours until late Saturday night. A full schedule of activities are planned for everyone’s enjoyment again this year with the activities centering in Place Park. A midway will set up and start operations on Monday, June 28, and continue through the night of the Fourth. The Drago Shows again will be in town for this part of the program. A highlight again this year will be the balloon ascension and parachute drop, scheduled for approximately 6:30 to 7:00 o'clock. This is performed by the Claude E. Schaeffer troupe of Indianapolis. The activities will start at noon with the Kiddies games and contests getting underway with Jim Ridenour, park recreation director, in charge. At 2:00 p.m., the American Legion Baseball team will battle Post. 357 of South Bend in a big ball game. Following this, at approximately 4:00, the Walkerton Little League All Stars will play a game. The inflating process of the large balloon will start sometime around 5:00 o’clock and the ascension and parachute drop will come in the neighborhood of 6:30, the time really being determined by the weather. At 7:00 p.m., the Walkerton Red Sox will have a softball game against a good opponent. Following this, approximately at 8:15 or 8:30, the Walkerton High School Band will present a band concert and the American Legion Color Guard will have the flag retreat. The giant display of fireworks, always a fitting climax to the program, will start around 9:30 and will last for almost an hour. The entire day of the Fourth, from 12:00 noon until midnight, the three sponsoring organizations the Chamber of Commerce. Lions Chib and American Legion, will have a refreshment stand in the park shelter. The Chamber will work the stand from noon until 6:00 when the Lions take over until midnight. The legion will again set up and clean up. Plan now to spend the Fourth In Walkerton. Little Leanne Benefit Dance Saturday The Walkerton Little League Benefit Dance will be held this Saturday at the Walkerton American Legion Post 189 This dance Is always instrumental in raising money for the Little League Program. Music for dancing will be furnished by the Dixie Kats and admission for this night is SI.OO. GEAR4IEART SCHOOL REUNION All former pupils, teachers and families, please come to the Gearheart school reunion Sunday. June 28. at the R >bert Kane home on Redwood road. S.E. of North Liberty. Self-admiration is proof there’s no ac*. junting f r tastes.