The Independent-News, Volume 94, Number 19, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 3 October 1968 — Page 5

Walkerton

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Noon-' find family of Dolton. Illinois spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kollias and son. Steve were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Be hlei and family in Rennssnlaer. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Taylor of Monroy Mi< higan and Mis. Emma Zigler wire recent dinner gut sts of Mr. and Mrs. Ajhos Bierly. Studio Dress Shop just reccived shipment of knit su^.s and dress's in new 'ull shades. Available in junior, regular, B and half sizes. Mrs. David Lawrence and Mrs. Gux Mutchl r returned last week from a weeks visit with the Litters sister and husband. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cotton in St. Petersburg, Fla. While there they attended the wedding of Mrs. Mutchler'a niece. Cann* n J-un Fmzer. Mr. and Mrs. Cotton ivlurned to Walkerton with them for a visit. A carry-in dinner was enjoyed fit the hone- of Mr. and M s. Fritz Skinner Sunday with the following guests present Mr. and Mrs. Everett H-nry of South Bend; Rev. and Mrs. Ruy Kuhn and daughter, Carol of Plymouth; Rev. and Mrs. Harold Williams, Mr. and Mrs. I^cigh R. v Hahn and family, the Rut -rt Barden family and Mira AdelarD Millard. Afternoon guests were Mr. and Mrs. Gal- Sherland. OBSERVES GOLDEN ANNU ERSAKY Mr. and Mrs. George rv-hs celebrated their 50th wedding

anniversary on Sunday, S-pt. 29 with an open house held at the Walkerton Community Building. The hall wax attractively decorated with gold b« Ils and streamers A 3 tier cake with g<ld Nils and topped with a bridal couple centered the .serving table. Cake, coffee punch, nuts and mints were aerx d to relatives and frit nds. Many lovely gifts were received. Cie sts came from Greensbu g, Rushville, Cambridge City, Knightstown, Fountaintown, ShelbyviUe, Lewisville, Raleigh, South Bend, Plymouth. Walkerton, North Libert \ and Koontz Lake, and Niles, Michigan. advice on com- I bining home and auto insurance Let me show you how you can save both time and money by combining your home and auto insurance in One Program. Meridian Mutual’s plan includes coverage for your auto, i home, personal belongings and liability... all in just two policies. They can ba written to fit your needs and budget. , See ma . . . There’s no obligation I Ywr Mattei fttatml AfMt lefifha x HsinL R. W. Johnson Ins. Moniiag —• Hamlet Phone M7-2M24 Afternoon* — Koontz lj»kr Phon. Walkerton S»W-25»a

1 Mrs. Christine ShhUy of i Bladenburg, Maryland is th. , houseguest of Mrs. Roy Miller Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ball and 1 family spent Saturday with her 1 parents, Mr. and Mis. Churles Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Ball attended the Notre Dame football game with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Urbin. ( Mr. and Mrs. Merle Jackson ’>f Jamestown. Indiana wei** guests at dinner Sunday in the home of Rev. and Mrs. John Goodpasture of Koontz Like who w-n- erk’brating their 31th wedding xnm- ; versa ry. CELEBRATED 25th WEDDING ANNB EKS ARY Mr. ami Mrs. Linik r Schmeltz. wv.j guests at a surprise dinner party held in honor of their 25th wedding anniversary on Sunday S ptember 22nd. Eighteen friends । ana relatives of the couple gathered for the party at the Holiday Inn, Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. Schmeltz were marind at Bruwi wood, T- xis on September 23. 1943, while h ' was stationed with the Army nt Fort Bowie. The couple have lived most of their lives in this area. They have two chikhen. Alin at home, and Mrs Wayne (Theresa) Hostetler, Walkerton an done grandchild Laura. On Sunday evening the couple were again surprised when M~s. Schmeltz's brothers and sisters and their families gathered in the Schmeltz home. There were forty present from Walkerton. North Liberty, Union Mills and LaCrvsse.

GM Putting-you-firsts: (A quick tour of some of the thoughtful new features the 1969 Chevrolets offer that other cars in Chevrolet's field don’t)

Headlight washers You push the windshield washer knob and hold it, and your headlights come clean. Fluid is diverted to two jet nozzles at each light lens. (Outer lights only on duals.) The spray removes up to bd 'o of accumulated dirt Ilie feature is standard on TM)9 Corvettes. It comes with the hidden head lights available on Camaro, Caprice and Kingswood Estate Wagons. It is available on all other models except Corvair. Heated glass In a moment your rear window will self-defrost. Because we’ve built onto it a network of tiny ceramic strijis capable of heating the entire surface. Fog and frost disappear quickly and quietly. You just flick a switch. The heated rear window is available on the 1969 (’aprice Coupe and Impala Custom Coupe. Pushbutton tire chains I You press a button on the instrument panel and the rear tires get a shot of "liquid tire chain.” - — _

Putting you first, keeps us first,

Dr. and Mrs. Walter Denaut left this Weik to -pud a two we* ks vac.it k>n in ('.ihfor ma. Mr. and Mrs Marceh. n VanWanz dv . nd Je w. in Wnv • land. Indiana Sunday uh th. y visited tin ir aunt, Mi . Edi 1 Crews'. Mr. and Mrs. Aithui D- Myer an<l ('raig wm- Sunday dmn • gut sts ot Mr. and M. s. Rob"it Live and Robin in Mishawaka. DON'T FORGET "Spoon Rivr Anthology", 8:00 tonight at the John Glenn Auditorium. Tickets 51.25. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Metheny of I Bismark, North Dakota spent Frkkiy evening with Mr. and ■' Mrs. Dwight McKesson. Miss Aliev Guttman and Mrs. I Fella Rilling of Manota, Minnesota ate spending svvi ral days visiting Mi. and Mrs. Jolin Guttman. Miss Jane Powell was hamr ov-r the week end and attended the Purdue-Notre Danie 'o dball game Saturday. Jane is a f eshman at Purdue I'mwiMt}. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Seaholm, and Mr. and Mrs. Aeil Hunt* i were in Des Plain- s. Illinois Sunday as gu-sts o’ their cousin, Mr. and M s. Tom Witzman and adopted baby. and attended th-i baptizmal services < f the baby as its sponsors. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dixon Mr. and Mrs. E D. Dixon and family, Mr. and Mrs, ('ha. Us Dixon and family, and Mi and Mrs. David Bella of North Liberty were in Scottsburg over Sunday to attend the funeral of Paul Dixon who was a b;oth»r to the lo<xil boys. Sunday evening geusts of Mr and Mrs. Harold Pontius wue Mr. and M:s. Paul Haynes and family <»f Plymouth. Mr and Mrs. Jack Bradley and family i f Mishawaka, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Schmeltz and family. Mr an-1 Mrs. Lawrence Pontius and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pontius und family and Mrs. I Vari Stull. Wutch out When its dark out.

You spin your wheels once, wait a moment, and you’re oil - with traction you wouldn’t l>elieve rxistiible on slick ice, or packed snow. Available on all 1969 big Chevrolet!. Steering wheel lock When you own a car as di 1 - sirable as the 1969 Chevrolet, you don’t tike chances. When you leave it, you lock it Not just the doom. You k> k the ignition, steering wheel and transmission lever, too. Our new lock on the steering column tikes care of all that. Standard on all 1969 Chevrolets, Clievelles, Chevy Novas, Camaras and Corvettes. . Sorry, car thieves. v Power steering plus

The 1969 Caprice, Impala 1 . and Camaro are available with a new type of power % steering. Variable-ratio \ powrer steering. What it dot's is give / •jgSgß you fastin’ ' steering with i fewer turns of ! ' the wheel. J /

<MTOBER 3. IfM.B — THE INDEPENDENT NEWS —

PLJ PTA Has Good Attendance At First Meeting Thm was -a large att- naan. - forth- la i PLJ . PTA. Dr. H.mm, Supt .nd that it w- - 'I.first time hi - v r had to hunt h r a parking pla< . ,it a PTA President, Mi >. Gm Sumnims, opened the m-itmg. Dmy lions wt-ie giv< n by Rev. B. ign । of the Piesbytvr.an Chur- a oi Walkerton. He slated th.it parents also want an cdu. ath n ~n 1 ailould be able to have the h- lj of the l- ache! s' questions, "W., as parents, sometimes are n I quite sure what the an "W r i when our children swx ou. h< Ip." Group singing was 1 J m. Mis. Kenneth Klindmsl. The seciv-tary's .-port wa.. given by Mrs. Walt- Jacks, n- n the minutes of the Ex , ulr. Board Meeting. It uis o< id ; that a i. presentativ n-m -.uh school wid also be m lua d or. th- Executive Board. 1.. j-ct.-and plans me in the making onv pioject in mind is the n<« for sidewalks n-ar thy >< h>< 1 for the saftey of the children Mr. William Zimm- nnan of ti. Walkerton Cirmil> i of Com merce asked lor and re< -a j two volume . > fi-mi the PTA to h< Ip with the W-.ilkeit n Hallow n and Christmas part a There is al.*A> a n-ed for paren s to transport sick children home from school. If anyone can help, pkase contact a principal f on ■ of thg schools. Mrs. Daub* presented the Tnusurei s Report and estimated budget lui the coming year and it aa* acted on us read. Dr. Hanni gave a sh it tddress. H- informed us that we have u model educati-u prog-, am which Will be used f< r an ex ample. W«* are using a nongraded program which providi > an individualized concern tor each student; a pilot guic mce program, on" of the few in the

Variable-ratio power steering is particularly helpful in short, full turns. zknd parking Iwo Hues unbelievably easy. You’ll see. Walk-in wagons The tailgate swings open like a door on most of our 19t£‘ station wagons. Which in itself is no big deal. But wait, there s more We’ve built a concealed step into the rear bumpT. You simply step up, over, and in. The way we build our wagons, you can do it without bumping your head, and without acrobatics.) Walk into a wngon soon at . your Chevrolet dealer's. O ’69 Impala Cmtoni Coupe

state; la - used sp-ei h and hearing th. i ipist ; arid m vx< llent ait and mu>i< prog -am. W> -Iso h iv, a vt . go.d pupil-’- i< her * - 1 1io for g- d i ommunn it on. D.. Hmm introdu< -<1 tl p, uu i. P• I ' -m l th \ m tu n m’ f. mi . d Ihe teach- t. . A elu I houi m- -ling wi'h r. fre hm. n t b-- ng s-rved bv the sth go! R on M.-th. rs. T h e Scissors Corps The Scissors Corps of f-g - s ou assix'iation and opportunit- t< ext*nd a helping hand a< . > th., world. It m»es not r-qui- . budget, only a d.sin- to helj oth«-r~ and a pur of s Anyone can join. All you n-e-I to do is < hp < anCelled commemorative -tamps stamps from th lettns you nc- iw. Ask your f :-nd to help y> u. Collu t th< in and giv.- tn m to Mr- T.om Houser yu Ward Awald o f th- Ru n - ■nu Pi ■ b ->i- nal W ni-n (’lui. Stamps ’hit io- clipp -I ‘to sort.-d will bo >»-nt to th- K n' C.-inty 'Michigan । Uh-pt- <i th- S''i"'rs Corps who will market th -m. The m< n-v wid th< n be si nt to th- Int- rn iti na. Union r»n TUBERCULiSIS Ihi money will Is- used to build ungb clinics providing th<u .m-i <t ciuldren the < han< - t r-n m. their h-alth. One hun ir d i • ■- c-nt of the income d- tix--d ' om the sale of the s’ imps will b< us»-d tu help mv. th- liv- ot children with tuberculosis m Asia. Africa, or South Am -ru m. It takes < nlv 25 s'amps t. p <- vide immunization for on- ct -ai. There j s no limit. St imps should be chdppe-1 so as to u - elude the postmark, two m< he vertically. and four meh horizontally. Won't you join the S< is-« Corps?

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