The Independent-News, Volume 94, Number 19, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 3 October 1968 — Page 1

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VOLUME 94, NVMBER 19

Model Os Gemini Spacecraft Will Be In Walkerton On October 18. 19 And 20

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A model i>f the worlds most succvhsul sjMC“craft. the 7 uoo p<»und G mint, is being provided by tlv National Aeronautics an 1 Spue** Administration tor di play at the John Ginn High School Walk, Eton II) Filday, Sitln.ii and Sunday. Octobet IS 19 nd 20, with Sunday being the Indication Day with 0 rmvi a tro naut Col John Glenn t.. tuutUied rpeakvi. The model IS a full-seal* r»phta of th<- Gemini < att th ■ tosk U.S. autn»nauts i n histoiu «p u« flights and s- t many rmii Ui tor manned noompl.shments n mbit. Accompanying th- Gemini model will l>- 10 colorful pan I di spay a. picturing the laui. a t the spacer aft atop its Tit m II lauch vehicle from the K-nn-d.' Space Center, Florida Pictures of G num astronaut prior to launch, during High' and rvcove y are also include ! on the display panels Places as divine as the blue cast Mrditerrani an and the Ar ibian desert are pictu. d as *•• n through the cameras < i tied by orbiting astronaut* hundr ds of miles above th*- earth The 10 manned Gemini -pm e craft hold 20 records in all a. as of rmiuml spaceflight. Am r the accomplishments of the Cast and its astronauts are the longest mannd space ‘Hrht (330 hours. G- mini 7); ‘ >ta’ man hours in space few one nation (1940 man hoursi; most miles traveled on a mann 1 flight (5 716 I*oo mihs. Gemini 7) Th" Gemini Proj< < t also brought records so- dual r« n dezvous with another whu 1 ,

first tethewd flight oi two spare vehicles; the highest h ht iso<i 1 miles, Gemini Hi and sing EVA (aeronaut Edwin Aldrin Jr.. Gemini 12. two h>u s ml nine minutes.) The Gt mini model pm I di play is being us*d at expo -J ion fan >. i nferem s symposium and a variety of oth r public < specialized events The Walkerton Chamber o’ (’ommerc-* is responsible f> r th. display being set in Walkertn at the time o' the dedication of th • Jolin Gh nn High Schix I win n Co. an 1 Mrs. John Gh nn will b* present. Falcons Meet Wakarusa At Nappanee The John Genn Falcons* wi I vis? N ippan •• this Friday night tv play the -ough :nd tm l I Wak tus i Indi ins. Wak inj< • I has ben a high d uring team t. I • at. in Iy ■' tr ng on defen I ns w 11 in tu- their only fu 1 I year of varsity compettion I Game time will I ■ 7 30 p.m. | Shamrocks And I Jackson Will Meet Saturday I Th N ’th Lbertv will me t Jackson s Tiger.-- in I football this week <nd as the' I have a Saturday night en< un* • I with what is pr >b bh H” I strongest Mini on th, ' hedul* I This is t share b- tw n th. -c I • two advils of th- S ti’h Bend I Scho 1 Corporation and ki< k off ■ is set for 7.30. ®

WALKERTON, INDIANA, TH! USDAY, O<TOBER 3. |<MW

Connie Hamess Is Homecoming Queen

Connie Harness, daughter of M*. and Mrs. Charles Harn as, and a junior in John Glenn High School, shows goat merprtte as her name is anmninred aa qu m of the 1968 Homecoming in Foot ball bust Friday night. A candidate of the Junior Glass she is is pictiM"d her with he - escort for the cer-muniw, Tom Bellinger. Aftr the "slux*k” was over, the n w queen slan-D before the f ins after wiying her crown and roses from last years Home coming Queen Janu ■ Harlsuu^a. The 1968 J hn Gl nn Fo< dull Homecoming was i y at sue. -ss last wwk “nd as the <u lent - facult} and outside tans m ! :- gamzations all c nibim d to m tk a very mc<- progiam On I hu: a

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day night th. Hom* coming Parade' wa.s held md u fine parade it was, moving ft :n th« f • y Middle Sclnul t > th J hn Gl un High School. At the High Seb. । p p i illy u s held and c< .< i Lou Kolbas mudt* a ft w remark.' The winning h ats and wm 1 w 1e ralions Wt re annvun. > d and the John Ghnn High School B ird p if ruled ai: 1 tlnn tl. big bonfire climax d the t-v. nt Fid i\ night 1 uml the big gam uni the Falcon Football team < ontinu d the sui.ess nf the Homecoming bv w.nnmg a thrilling 19-9 int-r T.t><L At Halftine the que<n candidates were driven to the lie id and Connie Haines was nail'd 1968 Footbull Homecoming Queen. foiiowtng the victory t.»e Home, oimng Dan. w.s held at the John Ghnn H.gh School qa'eterium With The B< .t<i Creme Fes providing the music. Window Display •• First place prze of $lO w. nt to the Junior class f th. r display al Jacobs S n1 pku* prize of $5 Went ' the Senior class for thetr ti-pliy at Heils. I huts First place p i? of sls went to the Sophom -ce class for their »!o it Using Yu H Md". Second p ace priz“ of $lO went to th, National Hon r S s i- ty for heir flow'-r covered <ar supputin the them- l-.ck Em”. Third plac png- of $5 was a tie tw'tw. en th Ght« ilea Sts and the Lb!’.' Cub f< r th"ir fl-wt “Falcons Soar ..nJ Score Win Ow Tro] ms