The Independent-News, Volume 93, Number 39, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 February 1968 — Page 4

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- THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS — FEB. 22, 190 S

A Very Necessary Drive!

The Lil’ rte ami is building i >’ (' mt ’ wtv 'H hasn t started yvt tut the m-d is nt just a nrw thing, it is way past dut. Th- LUorte h p tills serve i lot of p< ph in >ur area. In iV^Do rt n upwards to 90 per <qt use the LiPorte facilities vhile North Liberty’s usage is much haver <n a percentage 'n*ih. still a 1<»1 of people in ind around North Liberty use h«n two present hospitals. This is the mis n the drive o r financing which <f course •m* to pre- ct d th« C' nst ruction n< ludt s W ilk’ ’L n North Librty and New Carlisle, from St Joseph Count x in addition to a mall p Ur n >f Stark- County mJ . .> sm 11 ar a of Mi< hgan 1.-r :t- County will be •nfiid. in- lud-d with the -x----pt । n "f tw- t -wnships that -re served almon-t cxxclusivelj jy Michigan City. A (on.}ko canvass will be nad- in this area, business, inlustrc and p-rs-n.d Donations in • p d to bring $3 milh<-n nrotigh on'right gifts and tin •h d < t- < ver tlir- <• years. If ms - unds like a lot of money, is jus’. I « use it is. r he t * d cost will be *>meriiiiiiiiititti'HiiiiimiiifiiiiiiiiiiHimiiii

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- i ii i ■ • i inn i non m>i ii i mini no' 1963 iiH* North Liberty Development Association wishes to anoume tha* th-y are once again anticipating in an additional uildin_ program forth- Wells x ummum Corp- ration. This parCpation is in form of a loan .■.nuj; pm v;d< . d< posit amounto.g t-> in . ■<( th- building cost, i < Man lard Lif« Insurance vompm of Indiana, present an- i and 1 ssor of Well s Plant o 2 will build and lease back the new addition. i wo Walkerton Seniors Serve .am L-gjMature Pages jack Watkins and Larry Hiler .ow b- en appointed to serve as • ge.- it the L gislature Februtx 25 and 26. Jack will be spon- • «o by Joint State Senator .Marshall Kizer, of Plymouth and ci 1 serve in the Senate on Monlay and in the House of Repre- ■ ntatixa s < n Tuesday. Larry mo:, sored by Otto J. Pozgay, one •f our representative® from St * --ph County, wall act as page in

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where around eight million d-l---1 !- w th Federal Funds taking <.! of some S 100,000 <-f thia:. I final ing to assume the bali after the fund drive. Th- need of new hospital fa- < ihti- s is so great, that LaPorte has been put right at the top of the list in Indiana The two present hospitals, E Street and Pine Like divisions, can't begin to handle the needs plus the fa< t neither of the old structures are any longer adequate for su< h use. L« al people will be doing the 1- al contacting. Th-’ gifts that are being asked might seem to man-, t - be high, but consider two thing; this is for a three M-ar p< nod. and most important what does a hospital mean t you when your family needs one and possibly needs it in an emergency. The drive is about to begin and now a good part of the success i< up to the outlaying anas such as our own. The group conducting the drive is sc eking much less from our area than is being asked in LaPorte. but the same Use is still our priviledge. A little forethought and study of this matter might help you in your decision. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiNfiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiimr*

the House on Monday and in the Senate’ on Tuesday so that each boy will have an opportunity to see h<>w each house functions. North Liln rixyHas Elementary’ Science l air. The first elementary science fair of its kind was held Friday, F- bruarv 15. in the North Liberty El-mentary S-h-ol gym. There Were a total of 98 projects entered by boys and girls four thr seventh grades There were no entries fr m grades 8 and 9. 1958 Kindergarten Sets Ke-Opening The second semester of the’ Private Kindergarten will open Monday. March 3. in the basement of the Methodist Church. IJl»rrty Ends Season with Thrilling One Point Ix’sv The North Liberty vs. Madison game was played at Liberty as the last scheduled game of the season. The final score was Liberty 54 and Madison 55. Toll Road Does Reword BuMucmm

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During Snowstorm. With many parallel roads dosed by snow and ice. commercial (truck and bust traffic on the Northern Indiana Toll Road hit a new single day peak during the height of the- snowstorm which struck northern Indiana last w<s k. Toll road officials disclosed here that a recordsmashing total of 4.057 trucks and busw.s rolled across the Hoosier superhighway on Tuesday. Feb. 18. to produce $15,686.55 in commercial tolls, the highest single day receipts for commercial traffic since the road's opening on August of 1956. 1948 Quality Dairy Buy* Walkerton Motor Sah** («arage. The Quality Dairy has purchased the garage building on Illinois street which has served the Walkerton Motor Sales agency for the past several years. The building, when vacated by the present owners, will be remodled to take care of the needs of a dairy and give the dairy owners. David Lawrence and Sam Frame, a completely modern plant. The Walkerton Motor Sales expect to vacate their present garage just as soon as they can move into their new ouilding under construction on R>-ad 6 at the east edge of Walkerton. Discover Fire In E.V.B. Church. A- fire was discovered in the basement of the Evangelical United Brethren church Saturday night near midnight which might have proven very disastrous. A broken adjustable elbow was the cause of the trouble. Rev. Cecil R. Smith, pastor, had attended the fire in the furnace at about 1100 o'clock and had opened the draft slightly. He returned in twenty minutes to fix the fire for the night when he discovered the < I-b<-w broken. Neu IJcenM- PUtcs Due By Malurday. Saturday, February 28 D th<> dead line for Installing the new 1948 Indiana license plates on y<»ur aut- mobile, according to Mrs Sarah Fre«‘h manager of the autom-j-bilv license bureau at 732 S Michigan St., South B< nd. 198 T Lorul Bakery Changes

Ou-nership and Name. E. S. Brouillette, of South Bend. an«l his brother, Alfred Brouillette, of Hammond, both exp rieni - d in managing and operating bakeries, have purchased the Acme Bakrry in Walkerton and are operating the same. The name has be< n change to the Home Bakery, thr same name they us--d for their bake shop in South Bend. W orker* Alliance Going Strong Here. Thr Workers Alliance of Indiana, Walkerton and North Liberty Local 100, has organized strong in this vicinity. Many new members joining this organization at this time receiving benefits as others have. Several families have been given aid by the Township trustee of their township where other wise they W'-uld have been forced to starve. Another p-r*»n received medical care that was necessary and refused that cure by the township trustee. Through the Alliance persistence, she receive this medical aid through township funds. The Workers Alliance at all times works to help better working conditions on WPA pn-j^ts and have been very successful in doing so. Many unemployed and destitute persons have been recommended by the Alliance and given employmi nt. “Commedity Dollar” Was Invented Many Year* Ago. The “commodity dollar” was actually in use in Hingham a century age states a writer in the Boston Globe. Manuscripts uncovered in the Walkerton Public Library by the Federal Historical Society Sources Survey show that Hingham paid its minister on a commodity dollar basis in 1803. The minister was Rev. Henry Ware, afterward tho first Hollis professor of divinity at Harvard. Rev. Henry Ware went to Hingham in 1787 and the intercnee is that his sugary was S;>(KI a year, enough and plenlx in a period of low prices. But during the late M-venlecn-mnrtn s there had tw - n a ‘‘very grnt d< mand and high prices f<<r all the m < essaries of life” and the minister was at his wits’ end to mnk* both ends milt, for his salary remained stationary. The remedy ad- pt«M by the parish wa* to adjust this on the

basis of the average prices of th great staples between 1778 nn : 1803, and this settlement of tl, pr< blem was accepted by th minister. THE LEGION COR N E R Lending Stature and Prestige to the 50th Anniversary is th • objective of The American L gion's national programs. Tw blue ribbon committees have be- r. formed — The Committe of of One Hundrad. an advisor group of nationally prominent men nnd women, and thNational Entertainment Committee, a committee of well kn<>w personalities from the stage screen, radio, television and the world of sports. Both committee will help bring rvuignition to thanniversary observance. Other anniversary project > such as a 50th Annivcrsai medal, a United State commemorative postage stamp postage meter adverlisemnts. a special 50th Anniversary postal cancellation and outd<x»r billboard posters are new in various stages of development. Meredith Wilson, noted composer of Broadway musicals, hv written the 50th Anniversary March for The American Legion A nationwide campaign to plant and dedicate "Freedom Trees” is in the planning stages by your national 50th Anniverary Committee. Buch of the national program’ mentioned here and others to h announced later, are spcclfieall} designed to allow "tie-in" participation by the Legion post In its community. Posts all over the world are working together, forruslng the public's attention on the achievements of The American Legion. Tn your own town, your post is The American Legion. Your friends and neighbors will jud e the L gi<»n by what you do durin our big year. Any Questions? Jack was wheeling his infan’ twins down the street when a woman stopped nnd gushed ove' them. "Arc they twins" she asked. "Uh. no." said Jack, ‘T've g l * l two wives."