The Independent-News, Volume 89, Number 10, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 March 1965 — Page 1

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Volume 89; Number It

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SERVICES

Methodists Host Chuiches Os Walkerton World Day of Prayer in its 79th yearly observance will, on Friday, Manh ft, 1965 unite the community of Walkerton with the world community in prayerful supplication. An invitation to all persons interested in being part of this Christian fellowship has been extended by Mrs. Devon Smith, chairman of the local World Day of Prayer, and her cooperating committee of United Church Women. The service will be held in the Walkerton Methodist Church, at 8:00 p.m. Rev. Donald Taylor, a professor at Bethel College in Mishawaka, will give the message. It has been the custom for many years, for all the churches of the community to take an active part in this service, with the different churches being hosts. Uniting six continents ana more than 12ft nations, this first Friday of the Lenten Season has been set aside as a time for prayers for peace and brotherhood on the theme. ' What doth the Lord Require.” In writing the service, Mrs. Jesse Jai McNeil of Pasadena. California, called the church “to a radical and deep involpevent in affairs of the world in the name of Christ.” Mrs McNeil, wife of Rev. Dr. Jesse Jai McNeil. author and minister, has an outstanding record in church leadership. having served as a member of the National Board of Manavers of United Church Women since 1957, and as a member of the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc While a resident of Michigan, she was the first negro to receive the citation “Layman of the Year" from the Detroit Council of Churches and the second woman to be so honored. In a world b -t by the agony of rebi’th where acceleration, overskdl an I grcgntion are a cold reality, this service of the World Diy of Prayer, consisting of familiar passages from the Old and New T> st aments entwine with hymns and prayer tn offer each participant the warmth of fellowship through Jr us Christ which transcends nil barriers. As a service of the laity, for seven! y-ntm years this day of prayer hius given Christian witness through re-dedication and mission, person to person, race to rare, and nation to nation The churches partaipsting are Teegarden EUR Tracy Methodist, Koontz Like United Missionary. Holiness Walkerton EUB. and Presbyterian. uses IIAM AND BEANS SI ITER URDM.MHV The Walkerton Woman s S' le ty of Christ m Servi c will . pon•or a Cornbread amt Ham and Beans Sup'er on Wednesday, Marc h 10th Sen .ng vH L from ft to 8 p m. Tickets arc $1 uO ft r adults; ftOc for children under 12. and pre-schoolers are free Proceeds to go t"w ird Capital Find project a NOTICE Prize Shoot at Koontz Like Sportsman’# Clubhouse first Sunday of every month at 1(1 00 a m COMING SOO?? Scmi-annua’ Pancake and Sausnge Supper, Anr.! 3 S; c >•« d by the Prespyter .n Cvupb e Club

Indians Drop Overtime Game In Sectional In a very exciting game at Plymouth Friday night in the Sectional tourney, n. very .small, but « ell-coa* hed Argos team topped Walkerton 65-63 in an overtime to eliminate the Indians from the 196 ft state tourney play. Using a very important weapon to great advantage, the free throw. Argos came back strong in the three minute extra period to win after Walkerton had made a good comeback in tymg the score in regulation time. The Indians scored first in the overtime as Adam Mann hit one of two free shots wtih 1:49 remaining after Argos twice had lost possession of the ball This lead was short lived as Cox a ft 9" hust mg guard, tipped in a missed shot to boost Argos back in front with 1:32 to play At 1:19, M inn missed two from the foul line as once again Walkerton had a chance to move ahead. From here on out. it was Argos hitting free throw# to ice the game Playing cautious with the ball. Patton was fouled with :33 ahqwing on the clock and this lita*e guard hit both ends of the, one-and-one situation. With :23 meonds, it *as Patton again, this time hitting one of two free throws and the lead was 63-59. Kelly Powell kept the Indians' hopes alive with both ends of a one-and-one with :15 showing, ' but Cox was fouled as soon as the ba! was passed in bounds > and he calmly hit both free ( throws again boosting the lead to four. Ron Williams hit a short jumper with four seconds to play , as Argos was playing it smart and let him shoot without a chara e of folding Th nq ; n then h< Id ti bill out of txunds whir th»- cio k ticked off the time, , giving the Dram ns their >.«■ ond , win our W.dkerton in a we k . Cox. th< big gun for Argus in . the first meeting opened the . scoring with a 17 footer after just 12 s nmds had passed The pact- vas slow a.- John Westhurs tud the count on a tip in . 20 swon 1# later Williams pushed ’ the Indian' ahtad with a rebound shot with 6 21 left in the quarI ter. but Cox hit again to tie f the st ore as ho was in that favorite spot out front. With 4 48 showing on the clock, Thompson broke the tie with two free throws Mai n dole the ball and hit a lay in for a 6-6 count, but Thompson again broke th«* tie with a free throw and then ad ded a basket on a rebound as this s'B” boy plays very well among the much taller boys. With 3 23 on the clock, Williams hit from behind the foul line, but O Dell idded one point to keep Argos two ahead Westhues toil the score with 1:19 in the quarter as he hit two free throws, making it 10-10. Cox pushed Argos ahead with :27 seconds left and Thompson hit a lav in with one s« cond on the • lock to give Argos a 14-10 lead at the end of 1 the first quarter. , The second quarter developed into a beauty Argos had their had threatened «• veral times as neither tram could score any string of point- With half the period gone, the Dragons stdl (co^tuimd on pige 11

WAUUQVTON, INDIANA

North Liberty Drama Club Presents . . . The North Liberty Drama Club will present two one-act plays on Saturday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. "The Open Window” is a fantastic tale of tragedy and delusion. A stuffy young man is so completely i. that by the time h.s h< toss a >»ars. the quiet English, afternoon is charged with an air of doom. Her commonplace remarks as she serves him tea fit well into the pattern that the audience watches with mounting amusement the increasing terror of the young man., right up to the engaging climax and even more delightful conclusion to this famous tale For a time, in "Egad, What A Cad.” it looks as if Constant Hope, our beautiful young heroine who is haunted by a tragic past, is about to fall into the clutches of that black-hearted cad, Bertram Oeander. But by a strange coincidence (?). Manly Rash, our noble hero with the manly boson 1 arrives in the nick of time to save Constant from a fate worst' than death. Gadzooks, what a time the audience has hissing the villan. and applauding the hero ■ 1 reroine The Casts: The Open Window Framten Nuttei, Bruce Vernon Mrs Sappieton. Kathy Zook Vera, Nancy Mangus Mana. Shirley Dove Egad. What A Pad Constant Hope. Glorm Dalke Manly Rash. Stan Buss Augustus Greystone, Murray Moon Ursula Greystone, Janis Clark Fowler Jeanne Rudynski Bertram Oeander, Paul Humphries Milly Smith Christine Vincent Nc; h Liberty F.F.A. To Hold Stave Avciion A Slave Auction is being sponsored by the North Liberty FFA Chapter in th< Hgh School gym on Frtd ty, Minh 12 FFA members will go >n the auction block to be auctioned to the highest bidder between halv< of the exhibition basketball game between the North Liberty faculty and the Michigan City Prison Tam. FFA members will be slaves to their masters for a : eriod up tc eight hours between March 13 and April 10 Since the funds received wd’ be used to help defray expense for sending FFA delegnb s to th* state FFA convention md leader ship camp it is hoped that trw bidding will be active and genreOUS TEES DAN< I I RID \\ XB.H 1 There will be a Te**n Dane t. uFriday at th. Walkerton Vo: Budding fmm s 00 to 11 <m) f The "Mu-tar. ' ” will furm-h th' mu for the night HAM AND BEAN St ITER A Ham and Bean Supper will be served Saturday. Man h 6 at the N nh L berty American L - ion Hall by the Auxiliary fr< m 4 30 to 7 30 p m NOTK’E The office of Dr W titer Den wip be « |o-rst until March 13

M AR4 H 4. 1965

Washington Is Way Too Much For Shanrocks North liberty's Shamrocks ha< the misfortune of running mtn Washington in the first round of the 1965 Sectional and the Shamrocks were the first stepping stones on their way to the championship. Th# Panthers jumped to a 6-0 lead and were never seriously threatened in the game as they moved to the 73-46 win. This ended the season t r North Liberty with an overall 11-10 mark. The scoring didn't s’art fast as Bob Johnson hit first for the Panthers after almost a minute had elapsed. He then scored again about 50 seconds later and <Jeorge Johnson's basket with 5:12 show ing in the period made it 6-0 before Porter tossed in the Shamrocks first two points with a jumper at the 4:06 mark. Baskets by each of the Ken- twins made it 10-2 before the only threat of the game by the Shamrocks developed. Jackson hit a jumper, Koselak a lay tn. an I Hostetler a free throw, cutting the lead to 10-7 before back-to-back baskets by Lloyd Kerr and George Johnson opemxl the door again, pushnig the Panthers ahead 14-7 They advanced this to a comfortable 20-10 lead by th# end of the quarter and it was apparent that the Washington team was much too strong for the Shamrocks. < Washington hit the first ten points of the second quarter as well as Jackson finally broke the spell with 4:29 to play in the half. By this time, it was just a matter of playing out the time as the Panthers were on the.r way Th-v led 36-21 at ha'Cime as the Sh tmr • ks d: 1 man ge to score th last eight point of th. half (' ,a< h Swbby N >wk k> o I subs very sparingly as the Panthers now fa d th«‘ tt f three games in about 26 h due t > the post; -m ment o 'h game. Thursday rugl ’ Th« • oved < n । to a 52-35 lead b- threequarters mark on th y t the 73-46 victory Kerrs Lad the May IJoyM ami Floyd Kerr pa-• • the Panthers as they c ntnbute I 18 to 16 points re-t- 'n- 'v for the 1965 (hampions The John- । sons. George and Bob ea< h’ - ped in with 11 as nine of i • 1 ten Panthers -core tin this t Porter topped the Sh imns l < he finished his 1, gh ■ hool . ~-. e with 15 m this game B<»\ Score A^ a-hingion fg ft p G. Johnson ft 1 2 F Kerr 6 4 1 L Kerr 7 4 1 R Johns n 5 1 0 Nowkki 1 9 McElhaney 2 1 M ijewski 3 0 1 Balogh 0 9 I Gillen 10 0 Chapman 10 1 Totals 31 11 13 North Lit»rrty Porter 7 12 Peterson 3 0 3 Hostetler 2 3 0 Jackson 2 0 I Koselak 2 2 2 Fannin 0 0 <> Fraser 200 Knepp 0 2 Cam 0 0 0

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Noiih Liberty Services Set For 7:30 Tlie North Lb»rty Community World Day of Prayer Service will be held at The North Liberty Methodist Ch irch on Fndajf evening March 5 at 7:30 pm. Rev. Charles Patterson., host pastor, will a* t as chairmar X tne seiwu e Roy Perry Huffaker will direct the congregational hymns. All of the North liberty community Chur, hes have been Invited to participate in the service. The following program is pla** ned: Cal! to Prayer Organ Prelude Invocation, Rev. Charles Patterson. S» rapture Reading Rev. Jack McDaniel. Special Munic. Christian church Offertory’ Special Musw. Pine Creek Church of the Brethren Mcs-wge. "Ask and Receive.'* Rev Dean Kneg Hymn. Congregation Message, "Believe and Receive.” Rev A P Wenger Special Music, Beaver Creek Church Message, "Abide and Receive.* Rev. Clarence Newcomb Bened • tior. Rev Perry Huffaker Building Group Plans Fish Fry' March 13 The North xJberty Community Building Association met on Monday evening Man h 1 with the chairman, Maurice Quigley, presiding. Among the items of business for the evening ut> making of final plans for the Benefit Fish b r h< d d* I • > . . day eveng Mu« h 1' Tr • Association i . i; : . itu . ft » : g ibout 800 that «-• rung Donations of pies u .d '»■; ' her t -»d is bring n. de by mdn hu All the d<>n ith ns are b • g n t the mterest of ir C me. Budding which is already <n mg many m >'s of the c. mmunity c. . It n ,r r 6 will be given a fre • r .ca! The donation for children to 12 .s 7 »c and adults are |1 50 Mr Dan R -«• r i-urer. report’d tbit idthtumal :ts have L ’n'.'c. V d ti - Tabb Fund. Ten n«'A f< - img tabi s have been onterr! Dus will help meet the nerth for the first fl»or Other tables and chairs are st. 11 needed for the s<« end floor 1! '< >< •' rrd t it many cine group- are already ti” ng the fa- < diUrx f t i’-d by ■ C >mmumty Building There t a minimum chanre of S 3 «o so- adult civic groups using the budding NOTH E The S’’ . Dr. si Sh >p is contimung its ("rarame .'vile thru Saturday March 6th Fields 1 0 1 Totals 19 8 14 Wa d ngt n 20 36 52 73 North L tv 10 21 33 46 Free tl a misaed Washington (8i <; Johmum 3. F Kerr 2, L Kerr R Johnson Cha: man North l berty ’" Porter 4, K •“ k 3. Knepp t, Is J Ri.rt F. rt W ivne, rm 1 ’» ' - raiggart, LaGrange.