The Independent-News, Volume 94, Number 16, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 September 1968 — Page 1

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Wells Aluminum Returns Funds To Investors In Building Program In North Liberty ** ■* -yw- * r__ JSrAA swa £ W fl^l ' ‘V- M iHI Mt-' V>| * *% Sc “W^i wbr* ^?S t' ' ' ~r $ 41 ’ jle * atffyajri^igw Mm gw * ■ S&

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I^-e Ann Hock r is pictured re. ceiving her ch *ck from Rob. . t Overnmr in i Harry Wade in the Friday monies at Wells Aluminum. Local resid) nts who inv st d in Program 2 for the expansion of the Wells Aluminum Corp) atn.n plant on Tamarack Road Were recognized in a bri d ceremony at 4:00 p.m., Friday. September 6th, on the lawn in front of the office of that facility. Returns wenmark* on the Certificates of Participation issued to those who advanced funds in 1963 ns un investment from the community. This was a promotion of the North Liberty I hvelopm’nt Asaociation and ma le possibk* the full completion of an 80' x 100' Warehouse and shipping dock addition. This is the gecund of three such programs the original of which was the n ‘w plant anl office facility cumph ted in 1960 and was flnane d on i tw -nt\ year term. The third air I lated addition. compK’ted in 1966 is for a ten year t< rm Th- •xpnine five yea trim program is the first to be fully aim 111. d an ! n turned a 6 p r annum int. est rate. Mr. Harry V Wade of the Standard Life Insuarm ■ Company of Indiana. Inliun p »os wh — company also financed the j

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m>ny to give (hecks to th* investors <>f th Weils Expansion p-ogram. The ct . । mony was held

gram, and his wife, Ronni”. were present for the ceremony. Mr. Wade, ab>ng with Mr. Robert Ovennyer of th- Community state Bank. North Liberty, who s- r\ d i • the । ■-< ->w agent, made th" return by pres-enting the checks to Ure North Liberty inve^to Mr. Overmwrs wife, Dorothy, an employee of W ells in ii Sales Department, was also present. (I'lnials of Weils Aluminum and W-Ils Inion, I’AW Dxal 191 represent. 1 th.- Company and its . niph>y-f->. Shaking for- the Company we:> : 1. C. Laderer, President and William H Strycker Treasurer, who >--rved as Mast, r of C. r. im nies. Others parti. Ipatrng were Evrett E Hanais. Plant Manager; Mis. Marian Bulla. Purchasing Agent; John Melton and Alfr.-d Heim. Pre> dent and Va -President resp.u Hvelv of I’AW laical 191: and 1> ivid Spellman P i nnel Manager. Th. W. Is N rth Lib ty operati n. foil, wing th. • latest addition m 1966, now hus over 111 (Mi<) aqua e iet o manti facturing spar. anl p ovide i complete services for the -x---11 u-;. n in l "di. ng md f tbn< tt.on ■ t extiud d iluminum. The extru . n nd mv<l zng run. tion* are mth ■ Plant 2 ’m 1'1!\ an 1 I » 4 ant 1 n 1b n > St. < t h< u -

on the W 1! ; lawn and honor. 1 all participants in the program mane noted in 1963. tlbe fabrii ition division. In speak ing lor W Ils. Mi, Lad* < i sta' 1 thot the ('* mpany an ! it . ,aploy et s \x e p’- "d I ha* tir >.e participat ng in the financing prog ram had th. ci nt bh n • m the sure of th-- business tv have made the invch m< nt ; and that • !•■ w* re c< nt nu n . which would tin th t upport th., con tid -nee. i !>■ nn nt >< in- I 11 - * tin Wvll.h ni> ig< with 11- x n ( j- r X- Br a-. . ln< . in .1 mu i \ of this year. whim n king n- d. । mat:. < iunue mt In \\ . 1 <p ■ - at ion w. at I add io it ! - ibiht in the aluminum mdu t r . M Stryker also comm n . d . n the t n y । o gnax ' h .ir w n by 11 ('■ mp.m , mil > < mpb »y< e an I pavr 11 giowih. 11 om .^aics ot S2,GOOG()O, • inploym« nt o 87, and un annu d payroll of ov. i $600.0u0 m 1H is to a pt <nt '-m ploy im nt < t I*6 with mnual sil< running 4’ 2 million -lolms and a payroll us $1,100,000. The employment increase since the addition of Pkmt 2 in 1960 has been seventy people. Special recognition was given the youngest participant in th* prog-am. Liv Ann Hocker, daughter of Mr. and M. . Robert Hocker r>f North Liberty. Refreshments were wrved following the distribution of checks -and the facilities wvre op n for the visitors to tour. North Liberty businessmen who form the INwelopment Association are: Mr. Fred iX’oudres, president; Mr. Rvbert Balsley. Mr. Robert Hockvr, Mr. Robert Owrmv-r. and Mr. Roy Wilcox. Residents and employees who participated in the progrum arv: Homer Balsb'y, Robert Balsley. Ray Bergland, Charles Bonham Dr. Otis Calvin, Paul Aldrich, Fred DeCoudrvs, Lee Ann Hocker . Milderd Hock -r (Wells 1 and Wilbur* H s ker, Lumbt Company H< h-n Loucks, Kennvth Murphx James Newcomb, Hd -n N‘idling ■ er. Lonzo Oil Comp tin , John Priest'r, Lynn Ann Poynter, Robert Ja net hni. R- b ’ Wh t nr-r (Wells) Ear 1 Whitn.-r, HarWhitmer, Linder William Paul Williams Sr Madelm * and M i ae Stw< nson i Wells t tin-ii, Richard Zo-k, Charl-s Wynn Ge< ge Sher. ,-man i Wells i Lurry Wdc \ Will-am Strycker । Weils i. Car roll Wha t n.

Falcons Defeat Shamrocks In Opener 14-7 John Glenn's Falcons made football history Saturday night as they opened a new field at a new school and hand J North Liberty’s Sh-amns-ks a defeat all in the same evening. A third period touchdown broke a 7-7 ti ■ to account for th' win for the Falcons in the season opener for both teams. The final score was 14-7. JG Statistics NL 11 First Downs 7 100 Rushing 103 27 Passing 29 12 Pass -s Attempted 14 3 IMsses Completed 3 1 Intercepted By 1 26 Return Ya dage 78 4 Punts 4 33.5 Average Yai is 29 2 Fumbl 's Lost 1 13 Penalties 20 A fumble on the s'cond play from .scrimmage of the set uni half gave the Falcons th ■ ball a * s-'nior end Gary Trost t -11 on tie loss pigskin. From here the Glenn team ran nine plays in thline with Ci I’g DeMyc sneaking over for the fnal thr e b-hind a very hard chargng lin *. Lar y Mueller ran the extra point and th- 1 Farons gamed th' 14 7 margin that ended up th- final sco । Th- .game started with Nor*h Liberty kicking to G1 nn. but an interc"pti-l long pa-s from I* - My er resulted in a quit k change of pos>: ssion as fr -thman Mike Wvsol -k gather in the overthrown long at'"i-il. Neither team could su tain i dri\ ■ until a h< r t Shamroi k punt fn>m in tin rr own tci rtory Ide in the f n st p-r i 1 gav-' the Falcons a first and in on the Slsimrock 35 y: rd Inn From In n- a c-ri's of unn n p! iv rm i- I into the - I quarter a. fullback Lar \ d pace ! the drix.' nn-i carr; 1 th-fin-al 14 y I * * : L TI 1 m - off hi own left tuekb . I’ < < r • d tour turn m 'h • play driV'- totakng 2> ot !' yards himst If. lb al- . rm tn extr * p int to mal: • it < n w. I, 11 40 bft in th-- fi: st hal*‘. Things rtn.<iin-'a about even again until a sustained drixu by th" Shamrock’ fizzled out in the G!"nn 16 yard hne with Jr than foui minutes bast in the h ill On the second play * om scrim mag'* u fumble wa - rec. vei d b . Wes Pei-.-rson and the Fa mi -i had tin- break th v needed with a first and 10 on th > Falcon 21 After a fiv-' yard pei W against the Shamrock • et I.' back five yards, a pass in’ -rf< fence penalty guv,' them a if down on the Falcon 13. Iwo running plays netti-1 only two y ird and after an im-ompl te pass on their down. Wv.-vlek calmly com ptefed a foirth down piss to Devon Ross for 12 yards and the touchdown. Ross then Exited th extra point that hit the h'tt upright but went through f or the tying point. This occured with 1 10 heft in the hal f . Aft*'- the score, thv Falcons moved to the Shamrocks 31 be fore the Liberty- ch'f 'iw' thr. w TV-Mxer for two long losses before time ran out. After th" Falcons scored th> go ahead touchdown, the gam was pretty much in th- hand. ■ the defenses and nuth -r te mi was able to pen-t rate d - p m’ ■ th" others territory. The game, the fi st confer 'n<-. game for bot h team i wis a hard-pla ved ind go<xt game witn s.-"d by a large c av i thy- new Glenn field Added to the guy 'wstivitie> wis i finhalftmi music il ih w by tl - Glenn bind and add d to the victory, tin- fi*-t -very ov. th

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PLJ Schools List 1968-69 Enrollment The enrollment in kinde-gartvn through grade twelve for the Polk - Lincoln - Johnson schooh totals 1299 accor<lmg to figures released Tuesday by Sup. rintend-t-nt Bob Hanni. Hanni gave the attendance breakdown -during a board no ting and stat'd that the total high school enrollment is 399, three b » than at this time last year. Th" Walkerton Eb-nvntary, grades kindergarten through grade 3 now has 419 students, the Tyner El rmntaiy g ades 4 and 5 has 170 an 1 th H irold C. Urey Middle School, grades 6 through 8 has 311 students. Enrollment by g ade is a.s follows: Kindergarten 108 Grade 1 96 2 105 3 no 4 90 5 80 6 HO 7 , 106 8 95 9 97 10 98 11 103 12 101 North Liberty Elementary School Lists Enrollment Gary Nelson, p.iniq d of the North Liberty Eh im n'arx Si hi 01, has released the -nroilnunt figures so ■ this h" I ’ i' A total of 6s? s‘ud nt ire in gr ades Kind-rg irt n thr ugh eigth grade. Th- break Irnvn of (-1 -e.. i .IS foroWs K n !•■ ’। n 60 Fi -t G id “o Ti :rd G- «de ^9 Fi n’ h G ch s', Fifth G- "I X 1 Sixth G s.y Sev nth G • 72 Eighth G ub .3 ( HAMBER FO M! ! 1 TOD \y \ r NOON The Walk'll, n •* i of Commerce hax th- vular Sept-mbei n. * n * ’iy n n (Thursdux > at th. I’m. i* Whi 1 Rest aurant. The t itured par*. --f the program will > mi n airports and nr strips and what they nv-an to i community. Any memb-r who htm made a reservation hould cintact the secretary. Bob I rbm, a> -oon aa possible foi al i* ! e-ei vall>-n. PORTER < EMf I I R 4 TO MEET Mim.MBHl II A special mt -turn I n -mbtrs and any interested per "ns of Porter Cerm t-ry A- :it ion to be held Saturd iy aft- n -on 2 00 p.m., Sept. 14. 196 Sal TiborUnited Methodist Ghu <h Corner County Road 1 and Fin - R' id. Shamrocks, a verx jovous night for the Gb nn student, and fan-. The Shumi'Hks showed the serious aba-ni • of fullback Kevin Hostctle- as th- doubl • threat vs Hostetler and Joe Fish 'r w u gone. Th Falcon det ns - keyed on Ficher an I x\ i> if .r *o prettywell contain th Shamrock spe-dster. The Scoring John Gb m L.u Groves, 14 yard run: I’AT. Gi >x s run North Libi rty l x n R m 12 yard pis. f ;n Mike Weso’.ek; PAT Ros- k k John G’ nn Cr DeMxer, 3 ynd sn । l'A La 'x Mueller, run. John Gtenn 0 77 0 14 No Lbe ty 0 7 0 0 7