The Independent-News, Volume 93, Number 49, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 May 1968 — Page 1

VOLUME 93, NUMBER 49

Robert R. Awald Named Acting Postmaster ' ' ' r ' * * > 4 Robert R. Awald has been named acting postmaster of the Walkerton Post Office following the retirement of Arthur Shirlev. The move, announced Monday morning, took place Monday night with the swearing in of Mr. Awald to the new position. A life-time resident of the Walkerton area, Awald leaves the employ of Dad & Lad’s, where he had been employed since the start of the clothing store some 20 years ago. Previously to that, he had worked at Globe Clothiers in Walkerton and also served in the U.S. Army in World War 11. He was a graduate of Walkerton High School. Mr. Awald and his wife Wilma, have two children, both at home, Richard and Wanda. Mrs. Awald also has the Walkerton License Branch in Walkerton. Summer School Classes To Be Held At "NL A remeial reading class is .schedul' d to be held this summer at the North Liberty Elementary Schixtl. The registration fee is $3 for the six week period, and children who should take part m this program will be given inn imatmn sheets to take home to their parents. Registration i. to be completed in the element ary .school office by May 31. 1968, according to an announcement by the sch'xd principal, Gary G. Nelson. Tyner Alumni To Meet On June Ist The Tyner Alumni Associate n Will meet on Saturday, June It at 6:30 p.m. in the Tyner Gym. There will be a short progi am, door prizes and special recognition ' f the 25th and 50th years. Anyone who has not received tickets can make reservations by calling the Pres. Donald S<holberg al 936-9120 or Sec. Jaxne C ‘lvin at 936-9956 or Zelma Saxton at 356-259 X. Come and enjox an evening with former da - mates and friends. ENGAGED Mrs. Katie Pike, 829 N >rth Broadway, Plymouth, Ind., anbounces the engagement of her daughter, Delons Kay to Lewis Wayne Dipert, son of Mr and Mrs. Floyd Dipert. R.R. 2, Walkerton. Mess Pike is a 1961 graduate of Plym< uth Hi h School and is employed . t Wagner Industrit ■ Pl ni' 'ij'' Her fiance, is empl • I at the Km: sbury L ckei Plant in LiPorte. No date has been st f > lib Wedding.

Walkerton’s Summer Festival June Sth - 9th A clean-up, paint-up week to beautify Walkerton will proceed the Summer Festival here with a big auction held on the Town Lot on June 1. Sponsored by the Walkerton Chamber of Commerce, the entire community is asked to cooperate by cleaning up their area, paint where it needs it, and then after putting everything in order to donate all items no longer wanted around to the auction. Mahlon Jacob, Chambei president is chair-man and may be called for pick-up on the Saturday proceeding the Sale. If it is desired, items not for donation of the proceeds going to thi may still be in the sale with 15G Chamber of Commerce. Part of the beatification project for this community has been to have planters* made, and according to Ervin Stuntz, chairman of the project, they will decorate Walkerton streets real soon. Mr. Stuntz is donating fir trees and will plant all 18 planters as soon as they are completed. Dates for the Summer Festival are June 6 through 8. Mr. Stuntz, festival chairman coordinated his committee heads at a meeting Tuesday with nearh every organization in town repre sented. It is shaping up for thi •'best festival Walkerton has ever had," as reported Tuesday nigi. Newton Williams has prepar the street decorations and Grover Oplinger is chairman of dec tions tor the business houses. James Reed is in charge of the public address system for the entire festival. A kiddies parade will launch the festivities on June 6 with Loyd ("lark chairman. He wants youngsters 12 years of age and under to register by May 30 if they plan to march, ride bicycles, pull wagons, etc. A treat will be given each entry with a tr< phy for the original, most attractive and most humorous. A cake contest will be conducted that afternoon with all the cake artists competing tor a tr ph} !■ r the best decorated cake. Better Homes Extension Club with Mrs. Thomas Anspaugh is in charge. She would appreciate entries soon as available. Opening that date is the Tri Kappa Sorority Art Potpourri to be held at the former lecreation building on Roosevelt Road. All local artists and hobbiMs arc invil d to end then entries to Mrs. John Powell b} May 20. Mrs. Roger Rcebd r and Mis. Richard Masterman are chairman of the pn iject. Then at 7:30 the same evening of June 6, a band concert and barber shop quartette entertainment Will be held. Mahlon Jacob Would appreciate hearing from am barber hop quartette who would be avaialablc to sing that night. (m Friday June 7 a most < >mpetitive garden tractor pull and driving contest will bi i ndiutid by Ralph N<;wilder and hi . mmitt' Entries will be re-vavi-d at the Town nd Country St re for this real fun event. That night the Dixie Walker Square Dane Club will stage a five Ho-down and west an square darn at the bank parking I I. Mr. uid Mi Clyde Slickly are chauman and have planned an exciting i v» mng. The gran 1 parade will feature the b Itv 1 < n Saturday Al R< i e and his < •mmittee have been scouting •nt t ics tr in all par' • f Indiana with 16 registered t dull It will uulud- bands gt nuiib In 1. ns, youth gioiip .. ।C n into i*n p ■ • 2

WALKERTON, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1968

Candfdates In Tuesday's Primary The vrttnT machines for Walkerton (Lincoln Twp.) and North Liberty (Lbe-.ty Twp. i will have the following names on them for the Primary Election on Tuesday. May 7. In this election you have to choose a party and vote only for those in that patry. The Township offices that will be seen only on the respective machines in those townships are listed at the completion of the list. Also, in Walkerton and Lincoln Twp. three non-political names appear at the bottom for the I’Ll School Board, but as three are to be chosen, there is no i pp isitmn for this spot.

REPUBLICANS For Presidents of the United States of America (vote for One) Richard M. Nixon For Representative in Congress Third District (vote for One I David M. Barrett William W. Erwin For Judge of the St. Joseph Probate C ourt (vote for One) Dan Morgan For Joint State Senators (vote for Two) Joel Bullard John J. Hutchings Edward J. Malo For State Representatives (vote for Five) Ernest F. Greenwood Joseph John Guentert, Jr. Gregory Alan Hacker Mary R. Hunt William L. Kline Phillip W. McGary Theodore T. Roussey Russell M. Thomas Thomas R. Veith For St. Joseph County Treasurer (vote for One) James Borror Donald R. Niezgodski For St. Joseph County Recorder (vote for One i J. W. Adamson Ralph J. Andreae, Sr. Henry Kubiak For St. Joseph County Corner (vote for One) George E. Midla For St. Joseph County Surveyor (vote for One) Lawson B. Thompson For St. Joseph County Commission Eastern Di st ri st i v«>tc for ()nv i Clarence R. Kelley Floyd B. Phillips Da k R. Stanley For St. Joseph Ccunty Conimissionrr-Middlr District (vote for One) Charles F. Bowers James J. Casper John Zrinyi, Jr. For Prineinct Committeeman (Vote for One) Liberty Township Linder A. Williams Lincoln Township Robert w. Northam 1 or Delegates to state Convention (vote for Two) Liberty Twp. Dale J. Nelson Linder A. Williams < Vote for One) Lincoln Township Claude E. Houser Fred Fitzke Chosen To Head Legion Post 189 Newlv < lect* d officers of the W.ilkiit n American Legion Post IS9 to be installed m June are: Commander, Fred Fitzke; Ist Vice Commander, Linder S'hnieltz; 2nd Vice, Cecil Edwards; Finance officer, John Clark Adjutant. Edward Klopfenstein; Sgt - at - Arms, Larry Groves; Chaplain, Charles W," lev; Historian. John Sheaks; Service Offieei Harvey Steffen The Executive olfic. rs will b the rrtning C. mman ier, William Flaugher, Robert Wardman and Chai 1- Bi iggs. Tl par im> uni i -lie at this tinit 1 year . n t. <enter aroun 1 th. t nuh 1 u R t.

DEMOCRATS For Presidents of the United States of America (vote for One) Roger D. Branigin Robert F. Kennedy Eugene J. McCarthy For Representative in Congress Third District (vote for One I John Brademas For Judge of the St. Joseph Superior Court (vote for Onei Norman Kopec For Judge of the St. JoM'ph County Protmte Court (vote for One) Frank X. Kopinski For Joint State Senators (Vote for Two) John J. Frick John S. Gonas Marshall F. Kizer Herman N. Light Anothony J. Sabo For State Repn^ntativen (vote for Five) Robert M. Baer Joe Barber Charles A. Barkley Burnett C. BauerDan Bolerjack John A. Derkaen Owen W. Garner Elmer S. Joseph John J. Loughlin Samuel Meiuuitihi Stanley E. Thomas Bernard L. White, Jr. For St. Joseph County Treasurer (vote for One) Eugene A. Basker George Bernath Emery Louis Gulyas James H. Smith For St. Joseph County Recorder (vote for One) Clayton L. Eby Edwin A. Kalczynski Edward B. Nowak I or St. Joseph County Corner (vote for One Harry A. Ludwick For St. Joseph Count} Surveyor (vote for ()ne > Forest S. Schneider For St. Joseph County Commission Eastern Distrist (vote for One) Edward Bhxk Kenneth Freshley Mam 1 C. VanDeWalle i I'or St. Joseph County Commissioner-Middle Distri< t ( vote fi >r One) Richard C. Dombrowski Jerome T. Ewald Clement Fiwek J-iseph L. Gawrvsiak Gene T. Meert Jerr\ J. Miller I or Precinct Committeemen (vote for One I Liberty Tnwnship Mildred L DeVos Lincoln Township Leon W. MeKess n 1 or Deh-»ates to State- < omentum i vol - fi r One > Libetr} Township Mildred L. beVm Lincoln Township Rax Nusbaum i O II OSPI TA L NE W s ’ □ E Street Division Hospital Elmer Hunt of North Libert} I an! Michael Ryan. M;,. Opal Wild t iker and Mi , Ch . R tli all of Walkerton Pine Lake llosp'tal Miss 1 1. atn, Leß<>\ , t |k i ti n.

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JGHS Names 1968 Valedictorian And Salutatorian . I Nancy Chapman, daughter o< Mr. and Mrs. Ray Chapman, Walkerton, and Tom Mellin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Mellin, Walkerton, have been announced as the valedictorian and salutatorian respectively of their J"hn Glenn High School graduating claso. Nancy has been very active in Sunshine, Annual Staff, school paper, stage band. Honor Society, Spanish Club and GAA for the past four years. She plans to attend Indiana University in the fall. E' । v u 1 KB f t. j Tom, vice-president of the Senior Class, has participated in basketball, football, track and golf. He has been a member of the Honor Society, annual and school paper Malt, student r uncil and < 1a.,-. pla\. X, x t f ill Tom. will attend Dal’auw I'niveisit}. POLiCE NEWS An accident on Thursdax April 25. was rep uted b the Walkerton Police a, a । driven b. Mrs. M txine Whitman, r utt 2 Plymouth. was struck b\ a < u driven by Ronald Renz. Rt. 1 Walkerton. The accident otaured at the coiner of Haina n ind Georgia Streets. Damage t > l! Whitm m car \x i . < anatt d $950 and Renz's iuto suffered $275 damage. N injuri -, r -ailed and n > arrest, xx. re ma !• KL Association To Hold Their Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Ki ■ t.tz La. A 'i itr n will be held at 2 p in 'h l< n'z Like C n x n Club n Sanday. M *» ' 1 *i p :n .p 1 of th . . • fi three 1