The Independent-News, Volume 90, Number 9, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 3 March 1966 — Page 4

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— THE INDEPBNDBWT NEWS - MARCH S, IM6

* ' It finally happ ne 1! ' A contract Iml-* l>aen let for Um> r> irfacng of State K/»< 1 I" 23 from the com r <i< In !*>. ■ 4 t<» M yflower K <i 1 This word wiv received frun th ^‘a 1 ■ Hig.way < hmme, mci this past Week end. Thl* mutt QTer-ilu*' project call.* for jnirfac* ta-* V M7 m!la^ on SR 23 from th* junction With SR 4 in North Liberty to । KR 123 <Mayflower Road) at Hou t h Rend. I For y ars and years Ws has • (beei fought for H irbjro have * been held, letters written and

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( YEAR OF 1963 Aaae^or Aska Help In Annual A Maying • Within a few days my deputy Township Assessor will fall on you to ass ss you. With your ■ cooperation, it will facilitate the assessor's work a great deal and Will be greatly appreciat >d. North Liberty Drama Club FreTlie North L berty Drama Club will pres nt two one-act p’ays on Saturday. March 6, at 7:30 p.m. The first play will b ■ “The Op *n Window,” and the s cond will be "Hgad. What A Cad.” Weather It is news to no one that last Week end found a from t.'ous blizzard hitting not only our ini-

7*^ Robert E. UrbLh Editor PUBLISHER Independent-News Co.. Inc. Walkerton, Indiana 46574 PUBLICATION TIME: Thursdav Os Each Week Second Class Postage Paid At Walkerton. Indiana SU3SCIPTION RATES: $3.00 Per Year -50 c Additional If Mai’-ed Out Os State CROSSWORD PUZZLE

\ ACROSS l.Hack Musical work S. Large wading bird fO. Name, sakes of Miss Smith 12 Another . wading ’ bird 13. Wideawake i 14. Twilight J 5. Open: poet. 16. Ruthenium: symbol >7. Chinese mile JB. Divided country 11. Thespians 23. Toward 24. Weird 15. Game of chance 28 At home 29 Actress Rogers 80 Siege 83 Compass point 84. Hawaiian bird 85. Island in Aegean Sea 86. Support 87. Longshafted weapon 89. Egyptian capita! 41. Hair dye 42. Unnerve

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about ovorvthing el** has b^»n in.*! bit Uns ,stn ‘( h w w just c -npA !ly nglettd. N*w the 1' . oy C> >nstr’i t. »n Co., ]•’ O r n, Ind., has received th- contract for a tot^vl of $i 2.X12 30, nms<l r< cy Ixdow t.Lf eng n^T’s estimate of $',■'3,151 fl:). J ♦ when the work will bit started isn’t known. but it shouldn’t bo too 1 »ng into the r-xa! , ork **.L*>n. E.-er though long overdue, everyone nuwt be appreciative of th ■ct that f naiiy the stab' highway commb ; >n has taken ths action.

nodiite ar a. but all the areas around. This paralyzing storm kno k d out about every road in the area. YEAR OF 1946 Dormilorb* Coming Dow n Work of dis-mantl ng the FHA dormitories which wer built in Walkerton during the war to house s ngle workers at the Kin" -^u—' Ordnance Plant, was । begun th.s w ek. Fifiy-Tl.n e Ixaals Attend H<**key Gam,< Fifty thr e men and wom n of W ’k r'on joined with a train Jor d of p op’e from Northern Ind ana Fund ay in asp c ; al excursion to Chicago, conducted by tl S' *' ’hR te hopes of South B nd Events of the day included

18. Small tropical tree 19. Verb form 20. Chinese secret society 22. Triad 25. Offer

43. University officer 44. Semitic deitv DOWN 1. Fissure •2. PvOdent 3. Biblical name 4. Coop 5. Giraffelike animal 6. C.iraan 7. Sho.-hone an B.Jun.pero :Sp. missionary 9 Claws of a crab, lobster, etc. 11. Stupefy 15. Approves

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IHSAA STATE BASKETBALL TOURNEMENT y wr W r 4 z Tn. r r Regardless Os wgOMP /r 4 Kr Ih e Outcome, & They Are -Jg / All Winners

a Shrine Circus, dinner, and a hockey gam v in the evening I^rge Cat Os Walkerton Y’uth Will Ik* The Ke n Teen Follies, a Teen Ag<‘ cast of Walkerton and com- । mmi y. will make th ir d« but on the Walkerton high school stage next Thursday. A cast of 50 b >ys and girls has been under the trdn ng and suj^rvi ion of Mrs. Fost r Rearick ajrd Mrs Ed Atwood for the paat six weeks in preparation of this great event which promise* to surpass any teen age production ever staged here. u YEAR OF 1941 B A <> Pik* I p 15 Freight Cam The Baltimore and Oh o Railroad piled up 15 merchandise freight cars and their contents and burned up one caboose early Sunday night, about ten car lengths east of the Road 23 crossing in Walkerton. l)r. John Ho land Speaks For REMC Dr. John Holland, pastor of the Little Bi'jwn Church of the Air. radio station WLS Chicago, will apeak at the annual meeting of the REMC at Hanna high school gym Monday. Gum* B-oiher* Buy Valley View Farm Gumz Brothers of North Judson. known as the worlds larg st potato raisers, who farm 6,000 tu-nK-, ha.e purchased th Valley View farm three in les northwest of North Liber y. from Short Brothers of Hamlet, who have owned the farm tor several year... Seventh Grade On March fourth, the band members were measured for their uniforms. YEAR OF 1916 "Bone-Dry” Bill Is Fa*»*ed Washington, Feb. 21 — The Senate ’•Bone-Dry” amendment to the po tai bill, prohibiting shipments of liquor into states which have prohibition laws, was accepted W dnesday by the house 1 321 to 72. It Ls counted as one of the must far-reaching prob bition measures In y -ars. because it will make ab./flutely dry states which now p< rmit shipments in limited quantities. Indiana Women Win Vote Indian a polis The House of Representatives on Thurwlay puasi-d thu Maston Woman Sufforage Bill by a vote of 67 ayes and *24 noes. Under th- terms of the measure, women poaseeaing

the qualifications fixed for men voter; will have the right to vote for candidates. Food Tieup Hit** BusincMH Chicago — Thousands of work-ingm-n employed by Chicago firms have b«en laid off from their work or put on "short time” pry, th<Misands more are threatened with th • .same fate and industry of all kinds, particularly the grain and cereal trade, is facing paralysis as a result of the railroad car shortage. Gotham Origin New York City was first referred to as Gotham in an 1808 book of essays by Washington Irving, his brother, ‘William, and James K. Paulding. The name was taken from a village in Nottinghamshire, England, which became famous in tne Middle Ages as a residence of fools.

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Voice Os The People I> ar Mr. Fdttor: I'm very 1 downcast. I searched last week's pajw from first page to last. My p ncil whs sharpened and I was all sot; but no crossword puzzle! How could you forget? They are a welcome addition. So please bring them back. We crosaword puzzle fans ara i feeling their lack. , Nadine Kelper (Editor’s Note: We are sorry about missing the croiwword last week, but the mat sei*vice we subscr be to was tost in rfiipment and we n«ver received it for the bust issue.) the United States had 21 million aorses in 1915, but the number dwindled as automobiles became popular. Horses numbeied 12 million in 1935 and two milhoo in 1960.