The Independent-News, Volume 90, Number 1, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 January 1966 — Page 1

Volume 90; Number 1

Indians Win Over Bobcats 75*55 Tuesday Walkerton's Indians started the New Year otf with a win as they tojqwd the Oregon-Davm Bobcats in a wild and woolly one that found a rather loosely played game being the result of the vacation break The difference in the game was the percentages of shooting as the Bobcats had a real cool evening while the Indians hit at a much better percentage of their shots. The win was the fourth in nine games for Wakerton. The game started tight, but didn't take too long for the Indians to grab a lead that was safe throughout the game. Lute /lit first on a free throw after almost a minute and a half Huff picked up a basket-hanging lay in to make it 3-0 after another half minute had passed and CD's first score came with 6:03 showing on the clock as Schwenk hit a jumper from the right side. Wallace picked up a lost Walkerton ball and raced for a lay-in just nine seconds later to make the score 4*3. Huff hit again on an 8-footer to make it 5-4 but Wallace came back with a 13* footer giving OD the lead again, 6-5. Huff added two more on a layin at the 4:14 mark, but Lipke tied the score with a lay-in after tied the score with a free throw with 4:09 left in the opening period. A string of Walkerton joints then boosted the Indians to a aafe lead as Johnson broke the tie with a lay-in after taking a long pass under the basket with 3:41 to play in the quarter. He hit again on a jumper from the foul line and Mann added a lay in for a 13-7 lead before Wille hit a free throw for the Bobcats. Mann hit another lay in but Schwenk swhhed another from ths right aide. Norris hit a pair of free throws with four seconds left to give the Indians a 17-10 lead after one period. The shooting percentages were already telling the story as the Indians had seven of IS at this point u'hiie the cold OD team hit only four of 19 The second quarter went just like the last half of the first with the Indians increasing their lead all the time. Hitting on six of 14 tries from the floor plus six free throws, they moved to a 35-23 halftime lead as OD added only three of 22 shots in this period with seven free throws. This left the OD first half shooting percentage as a very* thin 17 per cent. This was about the story of the game. The Indians moved to a 52-35 lead in the third period and the scoring picked up considerably in the last by both teams as they moved to the 75 to 55 final score After piling up leads of over 20 points, coach Ridenour finally gave some of his bench acme actum the final minute. In all. Walkerton hit 27 of 70 at temp's from the floor for a 37 percentage while the Bobcats. with a much better la-t half, finally ended up with 20 out ■•f M attempts for a very’ coo» 24 jwn <nt oil their shots. Huff Pace* Mcorrra Dave Huff ended the night with 23 points on nine baskets and five of nine free throws Lute died 16 and Johnson 15 for the Indians None of the Bobcats hit Uie double figures in this gamr It Tram M In* The Walkerton R Team won ' *lr third game of the reason i’h a 36-26 triumph over the *>h reserve*! The Indians pulled hm | early and led the rest of 'he gam** in registering the win

ENGAGED lllgllllgw wH JMp B Mr and Mrs. James T. Hughes Sr., Rl. 1. North Liberty, announce the engagement of their daughter. Irene Renee, to A 3c David Slaven, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joel T. Slaven Sr. 55976 Elder Road, Mishawaka. Miss Hughes b» a senior at North Liberty. Her fiance is a graduate of Penn High School and is now in the Airforce. He has graduated front Sheppard Air Force Base and will be stationed at Clark AFB in the Philippines The marriage will take place on hm return in the summer of 1967 Chamber To Meet Thursday January 13 The Walkerton Chamber of Commerce will have their first meeting of the 1966 year under the direction of Branson Hiatt, newly elected president. The meeting will be held at Heil's Restaurant on Thursday. January 13. at noon The membership drive for 1966 is mm- underway. Individual due* are 15 00 per person with company memberships being available for 125 00, with no limit to those bring represented A strong plea is being made for good attendance st this meeting and all members and prospective members are urged to make a reservation. Take just a minute to call your reservation to Bob Urbin, secretary, or Branson Hiatt, president, before you an' contacted. We will be seeing you on January 13 for Chamber of Commerce. Remember. "It Takes Two. The Chamber and You.” SAFSAGE & PANCAKE SUPPER JAN. 19 Sausage and pancake supper at St. Patrick School Wednesday. January 19. serving from 5:30 to 7:30. Box Score Walkerton fg ft ftu p Huff 9 5 9 2 Westhues 114 3 Johnson 6343 Mann 4 0 0 5 Lute 5 6 10 1 Norris 2 4 6 2 Sheaks 0 0 0 1 Huffstetter 0 0 0 3 Totals 27 21 33 20 Orrgun-Davi* Lipke 4 13 1 Wille 16 8 4 Schwenk 4 0 10 Wallace 3 2 5 2 Dominick 3 3 4 4 Swanson 0 13 1 Anderson 2 2 3 0 , Turner 10 0 1 Harness 0 h I Bhu kman 0 0 10 McMahn 2 0 2 5 Torah 20 15 30 22 Walkerton 17 35 52 75 I Oic. .n-Davn 10 23 35 55

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Industrial Fund To Elect Board For 1966 A meeting has been set for Monday. January 10. at 7:30 pm., at the Walkerton Community Building for a very important meeting of the Walktrton Industrial Fund, Inc. Ail stockholders should be represented at this meeting as the annual election of the Board of Directors will be held at this time. One vote is allowed for each $25.00 share of stock and a majority of the stick must be represented at this election. Six Board members are to be named at this time to handle the business of the group for the coming year If for some reason it is impoasible for you to attend and you have voting stock, be sure your proxy is given to another person to vote for you. Bi County Meet To Be Held At LaVille A Bi-County Tourney to be played at the new LaVille High School gym. will take place on Wednesday. Thursday and Saturday, January 19, 20 and 22. This will replace the long standing St Joseph County Tourney and the Marshall County Tourney as a few Os the trams in these counties have gone their separate ways and reorganization has taken toll of several more of the schools This will be a one-year meet as four of the school^ involved will be in the new conference being formed in this area and at least one more will be dissolved by reorganization. The eight-team tourney will consist of the following teams: Walkerton. North IJberty. New Carlisle. Argos, LaVille, Tyner, Culver and Triton. Os these schools, the new LaVille school, a combination of Lakeville and luiPaz. is the largest, boasting an enrollment of 484 while Tyner, in their last year to become part of the John Glenn High School is the smallest nt 142. The total enrollment of the eight schools is 2520 ami with the ticket distribution planned on a basis of a flat allotment and then a prorated total of atendance, 2516 tickets will be given the eight schools and 84 will be used by the tourney officials for press, officials, etc. Tickets win ne going on sals after January 13, as this is the distribution date for schools to pick up their tickets A season ticket allowing one to see all four sessions, will be $3.00. while single sessions will cost $1 00 per person. One other note of interest is the naming of the officials The tourney games will he worked by Gene Butts. Vic Griewank and Gene Marks. A special presentation will be made to Grew rink at this tourney as he Is retiring from the work after many years of very fine officiating Community Chib To Meet Friday The Walkerton Women's Community Club will meet Friday, January 7 at 1:30 at the Town Club Answer to roll call will be "Favorite New England Foods" For the program Edward Wa'z will show pictures of scenic views of th,- New England States Bndewi will be Mrs Minnie Mikesell, Mrs Harry Steinke and Mrs Roy Nowell. Do your best at any task you bog»n that way you will be a sue ess, even though you full

JANI ARY 6. 1966

To Speak On Juvenile Delinquency Tilt The publid is urged to attend a program on juvenile delinquency tonight. Thursday, January 6, at the American Legion Post Home, a project of the Auxiliary. Legislation chairman, Mrs. John Peterson, has Judge John S Gonaa, judge of probate and juvenile court, as the speaker who will show movies and conduct a question and answer period. The judge has always been dedicated tn youth programs and juvenile problems, having been accorded honors in the development an<i treatment of child welfare programs. An account of his educational degrees and other accompiiahmenU appeared in last week’s issue of this paper. He is well qualified to speak about youth and discuss their problems and better acquaint parents with their everyday occurrences. The program will begin at 8 pm. EST. followed with refreshments served by Mrs. Roliie Hess and her committee The Auxiliary will then have a brief business meeting. Shamrocks Play Twice This Week The Norm Linerty Shamrocks will meet two opponents this coming week end as they travel to Jun town for a Friday night game and then return home to play Argos on Saturday. The Shamrocks will be seeking to get back on winning ways again after suffering their first loss in an upset to Westville prior to the holiday vacation. Indians To Host Wanatah Saturday Walkerton's Indians will be seeking victory number five Saturday night as they host Wanatah in the Walkerton gym. The Saturday night games will begin at 6 45 for the B teams ANNTAL LEGION TEEN DANCE RATVRDAY The Annual Teen Dance sponsored by the American Legion, for teenagers of the Walkerton area, will be held Saturday, Jan 8. 8 to 11 pm. in the upstairs of the legion Home Walkerto” Bruce Saunders of WSBT will be present with music nn records Free refreshments will be served Admission is also free Athletic Boosters To Meet Monday The Walkerton Athletic Roosters will meet on Tuesday. January 1! at the High School lahmrv st 6 OU pm President John Powell strongly urges all members to attend Ft th and confidence Is the f^umhit on of any busier %

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Sectionals Are Reset Affecting Area Schools The announcement out of Indianapoiis late Monday gave a decided change in the area for the Sectional Basketball tournies to be held in 1966. With school reorganization clearing more and more schools out each year, the acene changes rapidly' for the tournies. This year, both Walkerton and North Liberty are facing changes again. This is not new for Walkerton, the state's most moved school when it comes to sectional tourney sites, but for North Liberty, it will be the first time they have been out of the annually strong South Bend Seo tional, certainly putting the Shamrock* in a much better position as far as winning a title is concerned. Walkerton has been shifted again to Knox. The annual nomads move to a different site each year and certainly should not be • hocked by another move. The big news for the area is the shift of North Liberty to LaVille. LaVille will host what used to be the Plymouth Sectional, but with the old Centennial Auditorium being an outdated gym for such a mc-et, the new I^aVille School will be the hoot So much moving has been done in tills area, that only a few of the same school* will be meeting in this tourney, with South Bend Jackson also traveling south to LaVille for the meet. This will pair up these teams at LaVIUe: North Liberty, South Bend Jackson and LaVille from St. Joseph County; Plymouth, Argos, Tyner. Triton and Bremen from Marshall County. At Knox, a multiple county situation exists with the following achooto involved in that tourney: Walkerton, for St. Joseph; Knox. Orevon-Davis and North Judson from Starke county; Aubbeenaubbee and Rochester, from Fulton county; LaCrosse, Laporte county; Culver. Marshall county: and Monterey and Winamac. from Pulaski county. Another big difference that will be seen by the North Liberty fans is the Sectional winner will go to the Ixjgansport Regional. This will change the path the entire way to Indianapolis This will feed the Knox winner as well as the Chesterton victor Into this regional as well. N. L Rainbows Elect Officers Nurth liberty Assembly No 52 of Rainbow for Giris held their regular meeting at 7 <M) pm. January 3. Linda Fisher, worthy advisor, presided. The charter was draped for Mrs Madge Waymire. Grand Chairman oC DI trict 3 who passed away Aug 27. and Mrs Laura Stephenson. Grand Deputy of District 15, who passed away September 12 An election of officers W’as held as follow Worthy Advisor Shery l Haun an; associate advisor. June Wolfe; Charity, Kathy Nelson. H >pe. Betty Ulbrirtit; Faith. Kathy Zook: recorder Julie Ltmertek am! tn asurer. Martene Cibrtrht Worthy Adv .sor. Linda Fisher, announced Rainbow Church will be Innuarv 16 I<>66 at the Chn* tian church. North IJberty at ) i 3d < ni. Mrs !» ana Hulhnv* r filled in f ur Mr Mar e Ob-on as Mother Advisor Freedom is part of y ur job tn life pr ”.t*o' it dally