The Independent-News, Volume 89, Number 41, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 14 October 1965 — Page 4

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The cry There’s Oil in Them Thar Hiils" may be heard in this area quite a bit now with the recent drilling and f nding of oil in the Fish Lake area. Along with tins is the talk now that mm h area around here may have oil and already many farmers have been contacted and have "signed" their obligations to one company for the exclusive rights to drill on their property for the next two years. " Four wells are now pumping a in the fish lake area and are , producing regularly at the maximum rate for shallow wells. * This all began when the North- * em Indiana Public Service Co. made test drillings several years ago in search of a possible storage of gas. This is done in several locations where it is • feasible to pump gas underT ground for storage but oil was .< discovered instead. Oil Is not new to the general * area although it is new to the v immediate area. For many years there have been oil wells r around Pern. Indiana, and a lot of them in Michigan. Illinois * has also had oil wells in several 7 locations in that state - The reports out by the company drilling in the Fish Lake area, state that the recent s 1

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YEAR OF 1964 llalloween Party Pkins Now In Yrogreee Plans for the Halloween party for the children of the community were discussed as the annual parade and judging of costumes will take place on October 31.

Robert E. Urbln, Editor PUBLISHER Independent-News Co.. Inc. Walkerton, Indiana 46574 > PUBLICATION TIME: Thursday Os Each Week Second Class Postage Paid At Walkerton. Indiana ' SU3SCIPTION RATES: $3.00 Per Year -50 c Additional If Mailed Out Os State (*LAFF OFTHE WEEK 1 i I y " J I rrzi i J - & —nW ■ WB - H JjZx I * । \ Vx / tZ -Yen Sir, really u« some awesome sight* this )<ar on cur vacaliaa—including Mollie * mother in a bikini"

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strike was large enough to merit at least 40 wells. The wells to date are only about 300 feet deep. but it is thought that other wells in the area will be considerably deeper. The signing of the land in the Walkerton area restricts the owners to only the one company for two years time. It doesn't mean that oil wells will be popping up all over the area, just simply that no other firm has the right to drill on this land as long as the lease is valid. The Walkerton and Kingsbury area has been targeted as prime areas for the deeper wells. The discovery of oil in this area could be very good for the area if they are satisfactory. Northern Indiana is untapped simply because people did not know where to look. There is thought that this could lead into a large area in the future. With all this news circulating rumors are moving faster One should be careful before he signs anything along this line with a complete knowledge of what he is signing The rum r market could motivate roonk into making a decision before they are fully Os the future of the project.

The Newspaper A Sen ant To You We have the joy of giving you the local news of our area. In our area are many churches, clubs, civic organizations, veterans’ groups and so on, and they are the ones that interest us.

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Their activities and project.- are very instrumental in the lives of everyone in this area Tins is 1 what we need from you. records of these activities. Auxiliary Plans Party At The Beatty Hospital The Walkerton Legion Auxiliary is sponsoring a party for the men in the Maximum Security Ward at Beatty Hospital, Westville, on October 30 YEAR OF IBM Children Busing Savings statnjp ' The local post office reported bn k business in I'. S Savings Stamps. Po>i<*e News A delinquent 16-year old girl listed as a runaway from Chi- ' cago wa« anprehended Sunday by Marshal Hanley and also a 15-year old girl, wanted by the St Joseph County Welfare Department who ran away from a girls' school, was taken into custody. Safety Foumiation Opens Campaign A state-wide campaign to increa^e participation in organized safetv activities was started last Saturday by the Indiana Traffic Safety Foundation A statement issued by the Foundation points out that traffic accidents affect everyone either directly or indirect’v and that everyone wants to do something about them World’s Bigge t Pumpkin At Show The Worki's Rig”e<t Pumnkin" will be on dlsnlay during Norti'crn Indiana’s annual Muck Or, »p Show YEAR OF IMS Farmer* To Meet In Walk°rton October 2? Farmers in St Joseph Elkhart and Starke counties of the K < n a-ikee river watershed Rre aske<' tn n eet tn consider the fen* ih‘Htv of organizing a soil conservation d'«t net Consider Plan,* To Dispose of ll<Hi*e* an*t Dorm* William Db em nnd Orville R Olmstead of the Federal Housing Authority offices in Ouca"^ me* with a comnanv of about 2 r » rep-re-entstive hiudnexses nod members of the Town Council tn rn«. ^wler future plans of di’nosing of ts>e PHA housing nrnlert in "Valkerton. known as West York and the dormitories S-mnl <»r*de. Mr*, l^-hman T* <■ e po—ons had perfect n l’in** ic ,ri ■ Frl'lgv Maltha F.rverd. J-'O R-cker o.v.r r*r| «hivelv h-tv S»o|th q rl«.k Hurrv Srneft ' Ann Mechllng and D ndd M re

We are making a book about Indiana. < orn Yield Will Top AU R cords Indiana’s 1945 corn crop estimated at 243,376,000 bushels, is the largest ever produced in the state, it was revealed by Purdue I’nivcrsity and federal statisticians. Food Shopping Will be (’hanged Find shopping should take on something of a change m coming months or just as soon ns wartime developments in food can be provided for civilian con--umers Greater convenience and better quality foods should be the results. YEAR OF 1940 Railroads l*ay Tax Figure

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