The Independent-News, Volume 89, Number 35, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 September 1965 — Page 1

Volume 89; 35

LOCAL SCHOOLS OPEN NEXT WEEK

Students Report On Wednesday At PLJ Schools Students attending the Polk-Lincoln-Johnson School Corporation will report to their respective buildings at 8:50 a.m. Sept. Bth, for registration. Time will be spent enrolling, di;-cfussing school regulations, and checking for final conflicts. Students will be dismissed at 11:15 a.m. The following day, Sept. 9th. students will attend classes for the full HP Kindergarten Enrollment For P-L-J School opens for Kindergarten youngsters on Thursday, September 9, 1965. All kindergarten students that ride a bus u dl be picked up on Thursday and Friday mornings of Sept. 9 and 10, for the morning session from 8:30 to 9:30 a m. Polk Township kindergarten students will be transported from the Tyner school to the Walkerton building. Parents should arrange to pick up their children at 9:30 on September 9 and 10. Kindergarten students living in Walkerton will attend the second session from 1:20 to 2:20 pm. for September 9 and 10. Parents will be notified by letter on September 10, concerning the final arrangements for the kindergarten schedule, increased enrollment may necessitate three sections rather than two. Explains Plans For Special Education A meeting was held at the Walkerton elementary building Monday, August 30, so parents having handi< apped children. The superintendent of Polk-Lin-coln-Johnson School Corporation explained that due to the small school enrollment and limited school facilities, the corporation offers no clasps for special education students. He explained, however, that the Board of School Trustees would provide tuition for transferring sp'cial education students to the South Bend Schoo! Corporation for a qualified special educational program. The board would also provide expenses for transporting students if transportation can be arranger!. Mrs. Lillian Peterson. county nurse for the Walkerton area, explained the sp<Hial educat ion programs should contact the superintendent's office. N. U Firemen To Have Auction Sale Saturday Saturday, September 4, is the date of the North Liberty Fire Department’s Auction Sale to lie held at the North Liberty Community Building. The .sale will begin at 10:30 am with Dick Palmer, of Koontz Lake, doing the auctioneering. Lunch will be served at the sale. The firemen are still seeking articles to toe donated for this sale. Anyone with items they would care to give, are asked to phone 656-8362. 656-8231 or 6568954. or contact any member of the Fire Department. Classified advertising pays I

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Putman - Phillips The Patoka Grove Method t Church. Patoka. Ind., was th.‘.c< ne of the wedding Saturday <>f Mi Janet Sue Phillips and Jerry Dean Putman. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Cha H Phillips. W ndow. Ind Mr. and Mrs. Sidney A. Putman, 1310 Ohio St., Walkerton, are the parents' of the bridegroom. Dr. Oni« G. Chapman perfomed the 7 o'clock candlelight double ring ceremony before an altar flanked by palms, baskets of white mums and candelabra Mrs. Emma Hurt, aunt of the b ide, was the organist, and Rev. William Minnis, vocalist. Given in marriage by her father. the bride wore a gown of white peau de sole, fa hinned with a scoop neckline. Appliques of Alencon lace were on the fitted bodice and fiont of the skirt. Lace motifs outlined the bouffant detachable train which was fastemd at the front with a narrow self bow. A full veil of silk illusion was attached to a forward rose of rayon peau anti trimmed with Ah neon lace, highlighted with a tiny otchid of the lace. The bride carried a cascade of white bridal roses mixed with stephanotis and ivy. Mrs Jerry Phillips, sister-in-law of the bride, was matron of honor, anti Miss Connie Perry and Miss Peggy Bean were the bridesmaids The attendants wore identical floor length gowns of sata peau fashioned with necklines. The skirts were styled with high rise waistlines and a bow at the back. They wore

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matching bows with full circlet veils and each carried a cascade bouquet i f blue and white mums. Lcßoy Carry, brcther-m-law <>t the bridegroom, w i Icd ma:. Groomsmen were Jer y Phillips br< ther of the bride, and Ronnie Putman brother of the bridg oom. Mi Robin Phillips, ni c< of the bride, was flower girl and wore a dress identical to these of the other attendants. The mother of the bride chose to wear a light blue Ciepe and lace dress with white accessories. B< th wore corsages of white carnations. A reception was held following the ceremony. The couple will live at 7-2 Ro-m Ade Dr., West Lafayette, Ind. The bride was graduated from Winslow High School and Oakland City College. During the past year, she was employed as an elementary teacher in the Mt. Vernon, Ind., school. The coming year she will teach in Lafayette. The bridegroom Ls a graduate of Walkerton High School and is a senior at Purdue I’niversity, majoring in conaeivation education. Season Tickets On Sale At North l iberty School Principal Keith Davis has announced that football season tickets are now’ available at the high school office. Adult prices for the home games are $3.00 and student prices are $1 50. Four home games are covered by the tickets this year, starting with Saturday’s game with Walkerton.

HEFT EMBER 2, 1965

St. Patricks To Begin School On September Bih Opening day of school for children of St. Patrick Parochial School will be Wednesday. Sept. 8. according to Rev. Father Anthony Letko, Superintendent. Classes will convene with a full day of school with a noon lunch program at noon I Sister Mary Raphael will be principal for the sec nd year and will teach grades 7 and 8. Sister Mary Dulcianne is returning as teacher of grades 1 and 2 Two new teache s are Sister Mary Stephen, grades 3 and 4, and Sister Mary Redempta. grad’s 5 and 6 The sisters were feted at a silver tea Wednesday evt mng. Sept 1, at the school by the St Patrick 'Women's Chib when they were introduced to all the parents Room mother? announced wer* Mrs R< y DeSimone, chairman, and room mother of grade 8, Mrs Harry Mal it«ff. grade 7; Mrs John Garab Jr., grade 6; Mrs. James Lynch, grade 5; Mrs. Joseph Krol, grade I; Mis. Robe t Futa, grade 3; Mrs. Jerry Rams, grade 2; and Mrs. Kevin Huffstetter, grade 1. Walkerton Man Found Dead In His Garage Hans Richard Golhofer, 36. 1017 Illinois St., was found dead in his garage at 303 Michigan Street last Wednesday night, th* victim of carbon monoxide poisonin. Investigating officials ruled the death accidental as a hose running fiom the exhaust of a cai he was working on became di.sco"ne< ted from the do >r causing the death. Golhofer was found shortly before 9:00 pm W'dn.sdav ni o ; * by Pie-ton Con wei’ f Wdk- iton. when he wnt to t"c _ > ;lf Investigation, officials fated al o that Golhofer apparently ti u k his head when he fell e ui-mg head injuries and ble. ding. Dr Stanley M. Koscielski, deputy coroner. assisted the Walkerton and Indiana State police in the mv- stigation and ordered the autop y that based the cause of death Gollhofer was born .June 15 1930, in Chicago His fust we, Carol Sue, died Apnl 15, 1960 He was married Oct. 26. 1962, to Mary Bulington, who survive,. Also surviving are a daughter. Lsia Ann; two stepsons, James and Thomas Bulington; a brother. Richard, (Chicago; a sister, Mrs, Margaret Weber, Fort Wayne, and his mother, Mrs Mary Gollhofer, Walkerton. Funeral services were held at 11 am. Saturday in the Hairy Price Funeral Home, Knox, with Rev. Harold Williams of the Walkerton Methodist Chun h officiating. Burial was in Crown Hill Cemetery, Knox. NOTICE The Walkerton anti North Liberty Post Offices will be closed Monday. September 6. in < bservance of Labor Lay. No deliveries of mail will be made. 23 CLUB TO MEET The 23 Club of North Liberty will meet at the home of Mrs. Mable Worster on Tuesday evening, Sept. 7. Mrs Caolyn Singleton and Mrs. Manne Houser will be assistants.

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North Liberty To Assemble On Tuesday Students of the North Liberty Elementary and High School will report next Tuesday, September 7, at 3:15 a.m. for registration. The buses will be on their regular runs, with students to be returned to their homes, with buses leaving school around 9:15. Bo< k rental fees may be paid throughout the remainder of that day, until 4:00 p in. All regular fees remain the same as last school year, and may be paid either by the semester or for the year. Fees are to be paid during the first week at school. Classes will t> on the regular schedule beginning < n Wednesday, September 8. with the exception of kindergarten, wheie classes will not begin until Friday. September 10. Kindergarten registration will take place on Tuesday. Wednesday and 1 hursday, September 7, 8 and 9. with each child and parent scheduled for an appointment for the completion of registration. Far-nts have been notified this week of their appomtnient time. Any parent, not notified, who has a child in kindergarten this yt ar. should call tiie school fi r an appointment. Immunization records and birth certificate must be presented at this time. A week of orientation tor all teachers in the S< uth Bend Community Schools is being held this week Meetings were held in South Bend < n Monday afternoon, ad day Tuesday and Wednesday. Meetings and planning in the individual buildings are scheduled bn all teachers today ana Friday, Sept. 2 and 3. The Norm Liberty Ecltmentary staff has seveial Cnanges this year'. Mrs. David Filer has been hired as the kind* rgarten teacher, M« Eder is a giadtud of Indiana Centra! College M s. Eder's husband is Re\ Dv. i Filer, pastor of the EUB Chun h in Walkerton. J an Cole returns after a year's absence Richard Vander Hage n is the instrumental music direct! r for- both schools, as well as for Greene. The other new teacher on the full-time staff in the elementary school is Mrs Elmer Halt, of North Liberty, graduate of the North Liberty High School and Bethel College, graduating last spring Mrs. Halt completed her work last winter, and finished the school year as a teacher at the O'Brien School in South Bend. She will be one of the sth grade teachers. The remainder of the elementary staff at North Liberty remains the same as last year in the regular classrooms as follows: Grade 1: Mrs. Irene Fraser, Mrs Winifred Mobley and Mrs. Elta Steele Grade 2: Mrs Madehne Bonham, Mrs. Faye Mangus md Mrs. Gleo Stump Grade 3: Mrs Eldonna Donathen. Miss Thelma Hay and Mrs. Bernice Mangus Grade 4: Mrs Mildred Lane and Mrs Magdalen Wilcox Grade 5: Miss Bla che Jackson and Mrs. Catherine Theis Grades 6,7 and' 8: Forrest Dunnuek. math and jr. high coach; Tom Chamberlin. science and elementary athletics: Jun Jenkins, social studies; Mrs Anna lam Houser, girts physical education and language (Con‘int'ed or page 16*