The Independent-News, Volume 93, Number 40, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 29 February 1968 — Page 4

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Thank You And Good Luck

An announcement appearing’ on the front page of today’s issue is one of those that a person hates to make, and yet is happy to announce in another way. Dr. Max Hobbs, superintendent of the IMk-Lincoln-Johnson school corporation for three years, is leaving this area to assume a similar position in Rensselaer. His loss by the PU *" School Corporation will be felt greatly as his work in this basically new school aera has been a real credit and asset to the area. Taking a position in a re-org-anized school district has to aut- * omatically have its problems let alone the task of his duties with the board in building a new high school. In both of these cases, along with the job of properly expanding the curriculum to the needs of the school and doing the leg work on keeping a good, up to date faculty in the system to instruct the students, his ’ efforts and the results of the same have been the best possible. Molding a three township area from three different counties into one new school corporation has to present problems. This is especially true when two or more high schools are put into one. Petty jealiusies. unbiased arguements, much discussion of matters that really aren't important. and other discouraging problems arise. Despite the fact that these decisions are made by the school board, the superintendent is the trouble-shooter that the actual leg work plus criticism falls back on. This is • just one place where Dr. Hobbs has been outstanding.

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1963 North LHvertv Students Appear On TV. Larry Kane a student of North Liberty High School.participated In a panel discussion. “Youth Looks at Communism,” last Sunday afternoon on WSBT-TV. Larry is president of the North Liberty Student Council and a member of the National Honor Society. Susan Steele and Marti Rudynski represented North Liberty High School in the debate With St. Joseph High School The program was heard on WSBT Radio Tuesday evening. Marti And Susan are also members of the Honor Society. Mary |j*e lawks Is N. 1.. Betty Crocker He memaker. Marv Lee Loucks is the winner from North Libert v hirh sch »< *1 in the 1963 Bettv Cnxker S arch for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow. She thus bi-comes eligible for one of 102 scholarships with a total value of SIIO,OOO. Indians W»n Tenth Over Argos 66-51. Walkerton’s Indians completed the regular season Friday night St Argon and won their game Against eight reason losses. To Obwrvr Wsrid Day Os Prayer. Prayer will be the invisible ■pace ship which will orbit the World (*n Friday, March 1, the T7th World T>ay of Prayer, in Which women of the Walkerton and North Liberty area, will join With hundreds of thousands in Services around the world. Wnjhertoa To Hold First SrisiMv- Fair on March M and 9. T^je Walkerton Science Department will hold Its first Science Fair on March Bth and 9th at the Walkerton High S' ho-l Entries will ix submitted fr m the phvsics chemistry, Wok^x ■< n< t J ri< nee and home eron^rni'- department* The judg- util b. o tuired from the University of Notre Dime To date th. re arc ppi' ximateh 100 entries. Indiana Fann Prirr* Ip 1%. Indiana farm pru n increased •nt pei cent from mid-Dec«anber, 1962 tn mid-January', report Pardue Umvernty agricultural

Having the ability to handle such situations is one thing, but having the personality and temperament to do this as a gentleman and get the job done tactfully is something else. It is such traits as this that makes this man superior in his field. Dr. Hobbs has improved the curriculum to a degree that the students in school today have so much the better chance to learn that it would shock mnny adults in comparison to their education. His ability to acquire an outstanding faculty for a school this size. has added to the smoothness of the present I’Ll school district. The most appreciated asset Dr. Hobbs has given the school system has to be his tireless efforts of handling many large and small problems that has given the school board a much easier job. No doubt, a fine replacement wdll be found to take over the position of superintendent. but the job that has been done and will continue to be done by Dr. Hobbs until his departure date, has been a very important part of the Polk-Lin-coln-Johnson School Corporation in its all-important first years. The people of this school district. whether or not 100 per cent satisfied at al! times, must admit a terrific amount of respect and thanks for the job he has given our schools. This truly will be PLJ’s loss, and RensclWill be PLJ’s loss, and Renselaer’s gain. We join with many others in wishing the greatest of success in his new location and work.

economists and state federal agricultural statisticians. They fell 1% during the previous 30 days. 1958 Maia Street <i—ip. Well, you cold folks up North certainly stole the weather headlines from the freezing southland last week! Dave Garra way’s program showed pictures from Michigan City on TV. and all weather reports mentioned your record snow. Right now. Daytona Beach is the car racing capitol of the U.S. All week, cars and racing drivers fr« m —ill over the states have be-n here competing in various events. The big attractions come up this week end when the professional racers take over the beach-road course. This cource. which measures 4.1 miles, is laid out on Daytona Beach’s famous wide, sandy beach, which packs hard and smooth every time the tide ebbs and flows twice in 24 hours, together with a stretch of worn-out blacktop r«»ad. Dangerous curves are banked at either end of the beach st might-of-wav. but the racers have to slow down from speeds of 120 to 140 miles per hour on the beach run to about 60 miles per hour to make the turns. This beach course is said by some racers to be the world’s worst. Unless you happen to be lucky < nough to get out In fnmt. you go up the beach blind, as the cars ahead of you spin sand and water on your windshield. But this U the last race for the beach road cotirM. Work has already been started on building a new 2*i mile cdurre ready for 1959 races next February'. This new track will probably rank wcond to the famous Indianapoils track in importance It will be an asphalt course, with good banked comers milking for the best p^sille sp ed There will Im- two straight w*i \. 1e o and 4,000 tr< t m length with thirty degree banked turns <n the corners. The annual motorcycle races will be held bore March 4-9 with dnwn from aU over the Matra competing.

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1949 Main Street Gawip. And again cornea the Walker ton Postmaster, Arthur Edwin Shirley, with a request for a bit of “free” publicity for his deparment. It seems that there’s a "Spanish Swindle" operating through the mails whereby certain picked "easy Marks” receive letters wherein the writer represents himself to be in prison in Mexico City sentenced for bankruptcy. He requests the addressee to help him save the sum of $375,000 which is in bank bills hidden in a secret compartment of a trunk is in a Customs House in the U.S. A reply to the letter is supposed to bring undeniable evidence of the imprisonment and the ex i stance of the sum of money involved. When that evidence has been furnished, the addressee is required to go to Mexico City and pay the expen e incurred in connection with the bankruptcy proceedings and the lifting of the embargo on a suitcase which contains a baggage chick for the trunk containing the money. The addressee of the letter Is then to receive one-third of the $375,000 for his trouble. Ordinarily, reply to this letter will bring a three page letter, together with fake newspaper clippings and legal papers, intending to substantiate the story and arrange for release of the victim in Mexico. So, Sucker, if you want to make an "easy” $125,009. help this poor guy out of jail and recover the trunk full of money* 1937 A Chain Os Ants. A species of ant joins distant Raves to make its nrat. first establishing between them a chain of ants several inches long, gradually shortening the chain by* removing individuals without dia-x; turbing the connection, and finalIv c< menting the leaves where they touch with glutinous mutter exuded by voting larvae. Milady’s Affairs. Women are employed to del i n -il in Naph 1 , It ly. There are twice as many aged women as men in English and Wales. By ft new statue women are excluded from the study and practice of law in Hungary. Women are relatively rerarce in India. In every province mure bvya.liMUtr girl* are born. Herr and There.

The Los Angelra etty hall building is <3B feet tall. Neveda has a population of less than one to a square mile. Tennis fans remained In line nearly 24 hours to witness a ctumspiotvship match in Wimbtedon, England. NOTES (D 0007 USS PERKINS (DD--877) (FHTNC) Feb. 6 - Machinist Mate Second Class Michael L. Murphy. USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gale L. Murphy of Rte. 3, Bremen. Ind , and husband <>f the former Miss Micky L. Sumpter

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of 60910 Ctumatown Highw North Überty. Ind., is at Suh Bay, RepubMc. of the Philippi: aboard the destroyer USS P< • kins. The Perlrtna has just com pie l a deployment off th* eoast Vietnam tn support at U.S. an Allied ground forcea in Vietnai During the deployment Pe kina, a wait of the U.S. Seven' Fleet, was credited with L enemy killed. 20 enemy structun destroyed or damaged, hrimort positions silenced and 26 bunk< and fox holes destroyed. "When is your sister. All* Ann, thinking of getting mar ried?" asked Boris. Answered Alice Ann’s htH brother "Cohstantlju".