The Independent-News, Volume 92, Number 39, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 February 1967 — Page 1

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Argos Basket In Last Minute Drops Falcons A short one-hander from the right side with 54 seconds to play by Argos’ Keith Hardesty, pushed Argos to their victory in 15 games Friday night and handed the John Glenn Falcons their 12th defeat in 19 games as the Falcons fell 60-59 in a real cliff hanger. This basket and a rebound shot by Stevo Warstlcr overcame a three point lead the Falcons had gained late in the game that seemed to be much with the Falcons in serious trouble once again caused by fouls and by nudux re foul shooting. This end<xi the regular season for the Falcons and extended a losing streak of theirs to five in n row after their last win over Aubbeenaubbee three week ago. The secti- nal act. n for the Falcons begins tonight against K<ut- p cesser. ..f a 5-14 re< rd this year. John Glenn op. nod this game with man-to-man defense and this looked hke it might Solve Seine of the probb ms thex have b< • n having if the’, could combine an < ffen^e with the defense. V anDerWeclc hit the first basket of the game on a 13 footer but Mike Westhu,* came right back with n 11 footer from the side tn tie it at 2-2 with < nly 48 s- tonds gone. Then the parade of free throws began and not another basket was scored bv either t. am for over four minutes. Overmyer hit the first one-pointer, then Jack Ross. Hardesty was next and Westhues hit one before Hardwtv added another giving Argo# 5-4 lead in the early stages where defense was the out standing factor. Ross tossed in a 19 footer with 3 0.3 left in the opening quarter to break the string of free throws. Hardesty tied it with his third one-pointer, but Overmyer hit a three poin’ play on a lav-in and foul, Good t »ed in a 16 foot jumper and Warstb-r a pair of free throws sot a I*6 lead Westhuex broke the Dragon streak with a turn-around shot to have Overmyer come ba< k with a lay-in Gonce a 5’4" guard who entered the , mu set Argos on a stung of points again, mainly from the foul line as he hit a pair Greg Anu r hit ho first basket of the night but Gonce added three more charitx shot# as the quarter ended 20-12 in favor < f the host Dragons Roger Norris opened the second period with one of two free throws, but Gonce once again flipped in a free throw for the Dragons. Overmyer followed with a rebound shot and the lead was built to 10 points, 25-15, at this time. Norris hit a 21 foot het shut and Overmyer hit a pur of free throws Norns matched this, but Good then added two more one pointers. Amor hit from the baseline only to have VanDerWevle hit fnwn 14 fool out Am<>r and VanDvrWeeb traded five thn w and I>s Calle hit one of two attempt* Amor then got two baskets uith-tn 20 seconds as he really caught fin in the Falcons effort to get biu k in the game. Brown hit tw > more free throws, Argos main source of scoring it this p ml but Cable again added one of tw< from the foul line Hardesty hit a short one-hander in the foul lam and Amor finished the first half with a basket as the time ran out and the Argos lead was cut to 36-32 half time The story of the gam» included more than the point spread at this lime as two of the Falcon started had picked up four p-r---sonah and Am r was carrying three at this turn In a11.20 of (continued un back pager

Arts And Crafts ( entest Planned It’s time to start thinking and planning for the Arts and Crafts Contest May 7, 1967. Introduced tn nur communitv last year through the Tri Kappa Sororitv and the IT J PT \ groups, the contest was a tremendous success with 371 entries displaved and judged. The Tri Kappa, the Polk-Lincoln-Johnson PTA’s and the St. Patrick Mothers Group are the sponsors this year. The parents are asked to encourage their children's talents. Interested adults who would like to enter and do not belong to a PTA mav do so by joining their school’s I*TA . Serving on the comniitte are Mrs. Jack Toxic Mrs Robert Bauss. Mrs. Brvce Rohrer. Roger Beehler, Mrs. Darrx Tivlor, Mrs George Robinson and representatives from Tyner and St. Patrick schools. Adults in the communitv who would like to exhibit then Work but not be judged are invited to do so. The Arts and Crafts C ntest Rules are: 1 The context will be h« Id in the Eli nu ntarv School gym on Sunday. Mav 7 1967 betwi. n 2 txt p m and 4 00 pm. 2 All work submit ted must he done hv the contestant thems< Ives since Mav 1966 3. Consultation is permissible as long as the art submitted is the contestant’s own work 4 Painting bv numb,” tracing. kit or anv other direct copying will not be permitted 5. Contestants are limited to three entries. 6 Each entry should have conteMant's name xddrr«r« and ph- n<- number on it. 7 Each grade will be judged separately. R Adults will be judged seperately from students. 9 All Polk-Lincoln-Johnson and St Patrick school-age children and adult ITA group members are eligible. 10. Judging will be done on the basis of originality, composition. color and neatness 11. Prizes will be awarded to the winners and recognition will be given to outstanding entries re< riving no prizes. 12 Entry blanks, obtained in the school offices and published in the local newspaper are to be returned to the art department of anv of the four schools by Friday. April 21. 1967. 13 Entries should be brought to the Walkerton Elementary m hool gvTn on Saturday morning before 12 noon Mav 6. 1967. 14 Entries should be claimed immediatelv after the public showing Sundav afternoon, May 7. 1967 15 The art Committee is not responsible for work lost or damaged although a committee member will be present from the time the work is brought on Saturday unttl after the showing on Sundav or the building will b« locked 16 Entries will be iudeed and labeled for prizes prior to the public showing on Sunday. Mav 7. 1967 17 With the permi'-i-n of the contestants prize-winning entries from each school will g" on display at the schools for ne week fob wmg the contest LIBERIA TOUXsHIP ( LI B TO Ml FT The Libert’. Twp H n I>«nionstrati'n Chib is to n •’f ran all dav meeting Ibn h 2 with Mrs Harold M< Gwm Benefit ( ar<l Fartx Saturda\ F'bru’x 25 at sO> at Johnson Township C mownttv Building Benefit M irch of Dimes and Heart Fund I' nation SSO Public invited

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Steve Peterson To Represent Hi-Y At '67 Conference ... *• I A V wk WT ' I / A K A J<>hn (nn High S< 1 > 1 senior. St< phen Lynn Pi ter- n R R 1 Box 2U| Walkc-t n will be <ne of the representatives < t the Hi-5' at the 1967 5 i’hpw. t Conf* rt ncr to be hel i in In lianap li on March 2 and 3. l‘«'>7 The state-wide c< nf« r< n< o. whu h will b« attend' d by 120 teenage leadt Is of eleven VOUth organizations, is sponsored tach year by the food prt*lu mg and pr-tssing industries The program will combine group and panel discussions with food industry aruf an < p» nmg < hallengc pres»nte<l bx a teenag' delegate who participated in a previous Conference Those attending the Ct n^vrem c will report to th<ir home clubs and whtMtls concmnmg their participation in it and will be provided with information which will enable them to share what they have learned with oth« i le* nagers in their communilie.s. Stephen i.s a son of Mr and Mrs. Charles E P« ter • n Ixical Teams To Play Thursday In Tournies Both the North Libertx Shamrocks and the John Ghnn Falcons will be in action tonight iThursday i m their first round •iectional tourney games North Liberty will meet Jackson High Sch sd at 7 <K) pm. at the UiV’ille sectional. The Shamrocks hold an 11 p mt win over Jackson in then m ason meeting two weeks ago John Glenn will meet Kouts, also at 7UO pm in the Knox tourney Kouts is a new* Miner to this meet and a team that has a poor won and lost n*cord this seas<.n even though their opponents include very few common foes of the Falcons. If victorious, either one or both of the s< hoois will plax again Saturday afternoon m th»- semifinal action of the sectional tournil’s. See You in Church Sundav

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DEATHS □ — — Roliert I). Lilly Robert I). Lidy. 46. of 56S Georgia St . Walkerton, du d about midnight Friday at the E St. Division Hospital, Diporte where he had b« i n admitted Tuesday. He had been a member of the Walkerton police for., for 10 years. He was b< rn July 13. 1920, in Tvner. On De< 25. 1942 in Walkerton, he married Irene Gouker who survives along with two daughters Miss Barbara Lidy of Columbia City md Kathy. at home; a brother. James Lidy, of Michigan City: two stepbrothers David Hall and B-rt Cudney b< th of South B> nd; two sisters Mr-. M ine Purcell . f South Bend and Mrs. Reul th Jones of Cnion Mills; and Iwi step-isteis. Mrs. Sara R mi an I Mrs B« ssje da • both of Knox Servici s w< re at 2 p ni. Tu« s j.ix in the I’mted Methodist Chun h, Walk’C >n, Rex H I' Id Wdliam pa ' : n i < i itmg Rui id w t ? Ty n , , C< metery He was veteran <i World War II Mrs. Inna < I dl e) \\ esob k Mis 11 m । i Tilln \\ l- k 69 of Rt. 2. Walkert .n di. 1 Thur - day in Cave City Ky.. oi a h< irt attack She was <n hv xvax to Florida for a vacation Shi xx born Aug. I 1R97 m Bremen On July 3. 1915. in South Bend, he was married to Ford We.sobk who dud in 1963 Surxivmg ih two daughters. Mrs. Goldie Matz and Mrs. Leila Whitake t th of Walkerton, nine gran 1< dnldnn 11 gieat-giandt hildren a brothci Cecil Hardy, of Brei icn; and a sister. .Mrs. William Khng. of South Bend Funeral services wen- held at 2 p m. Sunday in the Nusbaum Funeral Home Walkerton with Rev Anthony ladko of St. Patrick s Catholic Church Walkerton officatmg. Burial was in Eastlawn Cemetery, North Liberty. Liens To Meet Tuesday Night The Walkerton Lu ns dul wdl have an important mutm. of the club on Tuesdax Februarx 2> at the Walkt rton Commund Bud 1tng Marvin B< um- i- program chairman for the m< nth. but in addltu n t < what hr has planned some important Lion business on the local level will be taken care of at this time. Every member is rt p nsib! for a reservation unless he cancels with the calling committeeman listed in his yearbook Please make any cane, 11 iti<»ns that are neressarx’ bx Sundav so we can plan the dinnv ac< Ttiin ’- lx Monday morning The dinner will begin promptly at 7 00 p m NOT I < E The Walkerton License Branch will be op-n all dax Saturday February 25th 800 am until 5 00 p m. 2tf23p

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Shamiocks Rap South Central To End Season Paced by Joe Ginz<r and La« Mir \\ • • lek the N rth Liberty Shamrock display'd i.a hit shooting to han I th, S< utn C ntral Satellites an 87-73 defeat Saturday night and fin: h t?w regular season with 15 wins •’»! six losses. Gmz'i and W> - d-dc combined for 52 points for ttje Shamroi ks many । nung from outside a.s they n» x • r ’ ra.b d in defeating the high I inked Satellites. Combin'd w’th ’ ;s great sho< t was th> d i>n iv. x. rk <ai Niksch t I ._ti scoring junior to p ;n - . rw j a decisive win v. i- r< rd. lax a result. The Shamrock' jump- I t> a safe lead m th> fir- p. . 1 ax Kerry Kan»‘ ■’ uh 1 tr. •mg wath a lay-in ju t rt r penmg tip Ginzer hr mx' fi m the outsid- befo: K t -xl in a jumper b r th. S r Ihte.s. Nik ch wh' xx :- • ■ n, over 27 point • । g !(.- t rung mt the contest, hit a fr»e throw but Ginzer . >m. bio k arh an ther from over the t p : tie SC z ne defense Kll - addeii tw tr»je throw but W. s. |. k hr hi- frit basket f th.- _ mi- G nz< r idded a pair from th- ful line for a fix,- p unt ba 1 but Kuss again tossed in a jump r cutting it to 10-7. Jim Fraser and W> <ob k combined f r f- ur st i lit baskets with ea<h getting two field goals t" jump th. 1 id to ls-7. From here the teams ju%t traded pants until the Sham* rocks 1.-d 22-11 at the end if the quarter with Ginzer twating ti*e clock by a second on a rtbvutjd effort. The second quarter found the pace pu king up < • nsiderably ax a total of 54 pants were sC< red in this eight minute >pan Wvsolek pushed the |-ad t< 13 with a junip-r but Kuss and CAinningham came back with quiok baskets The had was then mrre.i- l again as Ginzer hit txvu m< i< outside shots with Kane getting t tree throw inbetween. The Satellites wen n t abut to gx. up is Nik h got ht- first basket of the night ant Nehl tossed in a jump s Ginzer hit a la\-m but Cunningham ; dded a mgl ' p mt t the S< uth Central total Ginzer th’n htt two free shot# ant Steve Mlekodaj added a shft from the side South Central was pressing ani the next mtn* ute and 20 seconds was as fast a.s any priod of basketball c«n be With 2 51 showing nn 'ba dock in the first half, the Sham* rocks heli a 35-19 lead and the action reallx picked up Kus# startcl it with txvo free throws. Wes lek hit two for the Shamrocks Nehl hit a lax-m blit Fra-ser was fouled getting the ball in P>unds and added twp nu re charity shots Punningham hit a pair of foul shots and Niksch added a basket . n a jump i Cunningham -eor<! again and ’hen Niksch hit tx<u free thr xx s Huhnke t< *-. dm a jumper xxith 1 37 showing -n the bu (d'xk md the score suddenly re id 39 '3 The press was having in affect on the Shamrocks ns thex g. t a little wild and m id. mistakes under th, pressure of tht hard-working South Centra! def.ns, Ginzer bruke the streak xxith four straight p mts two fr^m the t ul l'i. and tw. fr. m the fl ■ N k h rd Ku s ’ bk-to-t ick tit Kane c.nx rted a th' • p ’ t p! ix forth ■ Sharur 4-ks B ket bx- Nehl nl Kun rn ted th-- hi h se -:n nen id with th- Sha-’i’ sks still । l.r.gIng t the lead 46-41 i nt nue ! . n t o k pa gel