The Independent-News, Volume 89, Number 8, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 February 1965 — Page 1

Volume 89; Number 8

P L J BOARD NAMES SUPERINTENDENT

Indians Meet Argos In Good Draw While Shamrocks Face Washington

Walkerton received a break and North Liberty bad news in the drawings Wednesday to determine the opponents for the 1965 Sectional Tourney. Walkerton, of course, plays at Plymouth while North Liberty again enters the very strong South Bend site. At Plymouth, an eight team center, the pairings went like this: Wednesday night will find I-a-Paz and Plymouth meeting m the first game and Triton and West in the second battle. Those two winners /will make up the opponents for the first Saturday afternoon game. Thursday night it will be Walk, erton and Argos in the first game and Bremen and Tyner in the second battle. These winner! advance to Saturday’s contest. In all sessions mentioned, th< first game begins at 7:00 and the second i. tentatively set for 8:15. or as soon as possible after the conclusion of the first game At South tsend, another lopsided diaw has re u!ted Most of the city schools are bunched in one bracket which makes action as well as tickets unbalanced. On Tuesday night, the upper six team bracket starts action with Central meeting Mishawaka in the opening battle. ROy and St. Joseph will piay the second game. On Wednesday, still the same bracket, Adams meets Clay in the first game and the tfwo Tue day winners battle it out in the seeond contest The two Wednesday night winners wiM meet in the first game Saturday afternoon. Thursday night. North Libeity will meet the strong Washington team and Ijakeville and Greene will be in the second conte t These winners wt»l be opponents in the second game Saturday afternoon. Just briefly mentioning a few other close centers and their more outstanding teams, at Michigan City, the ho«t team and LaPorte meet in a first round game on Friday, while the undefeated Union Twp. team battles Westville In their opening round. At Elkhart, the host team and Goshen, the usual ^eo strong teams meet Tuesday in an open ng round game Penn, the St. Joe county entry, plays a much leader opponent later in the meet. Indians Complete Regular Season On The Road Walkerton’s tnxTlane will end their regular 1964-65 basket bail season Froiny night at Argos against the Dragons The game is sheduled to begin at 6 45 with the preliminary contest The Indians are taking a 10-9 record into this contest, trying to end the season above the 500 mark NOTICE St Patrick's Federal Credit Union will hold Ils annual meeting at St. Patrick's School Hal! Saturday evening. February 20. at 7:30 pm. There will be an election of officers reports of committaes and an adlreas on the History of Credit Unions by W B. Hawkins treasurer and manager of the Teacher s Credit Union of South Bend. Refreshments will be served

ENGAGED ... fl 'Si Uy SI Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Boyke, B<)2 Fox Street, LaPorte, announce the engagement of their daughter. Deanna Diane, to Gale Wayne Wolff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion C. Woiff, Rt. 2. Walkerton. Miss Boyke is a 1964 graduate of the LaPorte High School and is employed at. T P. Laboratories in Westville. Mr. Wolff is a 1964 graduate of Mill Creek High School and is presently attending the South Bend College of Commerce. He is employed at the Express Freight Unes, South Bend No date has been set for the wedding. Public Invited To Program At High School "My Own United States” is the title of the program to be preycnled at the Walkerton High School, 7:30 pm. Monday. February' 22 Freedom Foundation winner and popular speaker, Gerald Moyer, grade School principal of Chandler School at Goshen, has become well known for his presentations on many subjects, given with 200 colored slides Narrator is Donald Landis and. background music m provided by Mrs Dan Ecklebarger both of Goshen Thars is no admission charge Ths thirty minute program will be spued with several prenentations by our own Walkerton high school band and chorus The band will play Hymn of Freedom, Stars and Stripes, and God Bless America The chorus will sing No Man Is An Island, This I^and Is Your I.a nd, and America the Beautiful. The American legion will pre. sent the colors in their Color Guard presentation The program has been arranged by Mrs Robert Wardman of the Auxiliary with the cooperation of the Walk, ertan Parents Teachers Association and the American Legion BETTER HOMER CLUB The Better Homes Demonstration Club will not meet for their regular masting Feb. 23 so that members may attend the AmerkMihm program at the high school The chib will meet Monday March 1, for their cancelled meeting.

WALKERTON, INDIANA FEBRUARY 18. 1965

Fish Fry This Saturday At Walkerton School Everyone is invited and urged to attend the Ikon. Club Fish Fry this Saturday night at the Walkerton High School. A fine meal will be waiting for all thaw who come, with serving beginning at 5:00 and continuing until 8:00 pm. The Lions Club members have been assigned their duties and shifts of work. The first shift /will begin prior to the serving time and work until 6:30 and the second shift will carry on from 6:30 until the work is done. As always, the Lions use the pr<cee<ls from such activities as this in the local community. Much of their work goes unnoI red by the public but is serving a much needed facility. Walkerton School Announces Tourney Ticket Sale Plan A different arrangement for Sectional Tourney tickets will Im* involved for the Walkerton fans this year as they enter the tourney, but by smsions only. Walkerton will get tickets for the evening session in whk h they play only. This means th. t fans wanting tickets will receive them for Thursday night only They are goiqg on sale at the principal’s office Friday morning and wip be sold until Wednesday afternoon The price is 7.'*’ fur the session. Distribution of tickets for Saturday’s play .will be almost similar. The four competing schools will receive most of the tickets after the final Thursday night game If Walkerton advances to Saturday’s play, the tickets will be available on that Friday Saturday. tickets will be good for both after noon and evening sessions for SIOO. Session tickets will be sold at the door the night of the games inth doors opening one hour prior to the start of the first game They will only be sold if tickets are returned by the schools, as all seats are reserved for the threeday meet. North Liberty Plans Tourney Ticket Sale Principal Keith Daw has announced the ta-ket plan for the North Liberty fans ,whch anticipates no problem due to the draw Tickets will be available on Thursday at the » huol for students and the public may purchase theirs on Friday. These tickets will be good for the Thursday night bracket only and will be prill'd at 75 cents They will be available through Thursday. 1 The school receives a very limited amount of seats for th>other brackets, and anyone desir. ing those should leave their name although there is n<» promise of tickets being available The Tues, day and Wednesday brack er finds tickets pri< rd at $1 50. while Saturday's tickets will be $1 00. PONT OmiVA TO < FEBRUARY M The Walkerton and North Liberty Poet Offices will be closed Monday. February 22. in observance of Washington s birthday No delivery of mail will be made

Lions To Meet Tuesday Night The Walkerton Lions Club will have their month's - meeting on Tuesday, February 23. at the Community Building Dinner * ill begin at 7:00 p m. John Wathen is program chairman for the month and is expecting to show films of the 1964 Indianapui.s 500 Mile Race Reservations should be made with the calling committee as soon as possible. Shamrocks Host Two Final Opponents The North Liberty Shamn* ks will end their current basketball regular reason schedule at horm with tXvo gamoi this week end On Friday. Lakeville will visit for their so'ond meeting of the scheduled season and they al u o met in the four-way tourney m January. Ijikeville holds two win< over the Shamroks this year. This is a split gate game and does not appear on the sea son tickets On Saturday, the finale wi'l be with Smith Central, of Iji Porte County. This Is a consolidated whool located near Hanna. Both nights have 6:30 as th* starting time for the B Team game. IHSAA Changes Eligibility For Athlete? The Indiana .High School Athletic Ass< viation, the governing body of athletks in Indiana, ha* set down a new rule concerning the scholastic eligibility for the high school athletes. This rule was amended m May of 1964 and went into effect M of the start of the so-ond semester for all Indiana High Schools. Division V. Section B. Rule 1 now reads: "Earh Contestant must have ami be maintaining for the current semester, a tossing grade tn each of four or more subjects requinng a minimum of twenty regular high school recitation’ per week, exclusive of rhetoricals physical training. mi’Uary drill •nd deportment. in his last preceding semester in school, he must also have met the same requirments throughout the entire semester. ...” Thia is the first change in the eligibility ruling of athletes for many years. It also requires that anyone participating m athietid< of any kind must also be carrying at least four solid •objects. OUR I’OI.K’Y We fee! it is time to make oupolicy on noti es clear to everv one Many groups and orgamza tions Consistently are asking us to publish for them advertising on coming events free of • harge To some extent this is done, but for the notices and such v«mceming this type r.eus we have a policy that must tv followed, It is smuply: "If you charge we charge ” A service orgumaation does use their money for other than their own use but this the policy almost evary newspaper follows and we are no exref»tion Please don’t ask us to run each advertising free The Independent-News Co

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Max E. Hobbs Is Named By Board At an» ent meeting of the Board of Sctv*'! Trustees of Polk-Lmcoln-.h hns^n hool Corporation. Tyner. Indana, Max E. Hobbs, of B'onmington. Indiana, wo appointed Siirxrintrndent nf Sch<x>ls Mr Hobbs assistant Io the Dim tor of the Placement Bureau at Ind ana University, will succeed Maude V York, who is retiring ■MI jH Wi J *w Agra tu ite or - rterson Township Hirh S» hool in Tipton County. India: i. Mr Hobbs began his teaching career at Burr Dak. Michigan, m 1957 He taught social science and <<«chrd football. ba.sketba‘l. and ba'ebalL He became pnn< :p-i! there m I*sß. Mr H bbe is a member es the Ma son ic I/ «Ige, Nativnal Edwcation As*’iation National Ans«>ciatJon of Secondary School Principals, and Phi Delta Kappa. Mr Hobbs hi wife Carolyn a registered nur*. and their three sons. Danny 13 David, 11: and Todd 5 » xpo t to m, ve to Walkerton «arly in June William Yanncy To Speak At Community ( iub William Yanney of I^Grange. Ind. will be the speaker at the Men's and guest night at the Walkerton Wunvr.w Community Club Friday evening Febi-uary 19 at the Town dub at 7:30 p. m Mr Yanney ,s appearance tl Walkerton * II b* one of the ®ut•landtng programs of the weaf for this community His lepie I* "Gold in Ko ea ami will impress <«n the A me-u an the courage and detenr.tnation of the Korean people to remain free. He served as a soldier in Korea in the year of 1947, returning there in 1960 a- an Army Chaplain The past vear he has sened as president cd his community ITA, and ; rv .ident of his county Mm .stcn.il A-sociatiun He is pastor of the UiGrange, Indiana Presby ten a n Chun h. Adult Farmer ( la? * To Meet Dr Ralph Greene at the Department »»f Plant Pathology, will b< n gm t at the Adult Farmer r. ’.' gon Monday, Feb. 22 a 7 30 ■ ni FST at the Wa k. erton H 'h .•hoi Hr will discuss pis’? • aes with ernpfiamls on t! r mi t crop He has wry intere tr g s'hks and it will be wel wo-th your time to attend. Isk - prtr*s compliments es J«a M* • - v ‘ Sons "UI be awardect Ref. s n <' » • will be served