The Independent-News, Volume 94, Number 32, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 October 1968 — Page 1

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VOLUME 94, NUMBER 32

Walkerton And PLJ Schools To Remain On Fast Time

The now mnnotnous time story of this section of Indiana is again having a new chapter written. On Sunday. October 27. some clocks will be turned one hour back and some will remain the same. The confusion th •’ existed last year will be here again, but possibly not quite as serious as last year fur residents of the Polk - Lincoln - Johns >n School Corporation and Walk* - ton. The following statement was released by the I’Ll School Convocation und the Town Council of Walkerton Wednes day morning. "The Walkerton City Council and the Polk-Lhicoln-Johnson Board of Education met in joint session Tuesday, October 22. 1968 tor the purpose of discussing the adoption of a uniform operation time for the town and the school corporation. Following a lengthy discussion, both the city council and the board ot education adopted E.ST as the official time. Both boards are aware that the adopt!* n of ES T. i fast time) will cause some inconvenience, but. it ap|**ars that with the town and schools on the name time many of the problems which existed last school year will be eliminated. Should a uniform time be established for this area of the state, the town and achnols will udopt the uniform time.” Morth Ulirrty Slow The Town of North Liberty and of course the North Libert . Schools will turn their dock tuck one hour this Sunday mo: ning. This will operate for the next six months on Cential Standard Time. St. Patrick Church Slow An announcement by the Reverend Father Anthony L*tko stated that the St. Patrick Church will switch to Central Standard Time on Sunday morning. This will leave the students that ride the North Liberty buses on the same time, but affect those of the school wh ride the PI J buses. All masse on Sundays will also be on slow time. South Bend Slow Fo- those in Walkerton. South Bend will also change to th. slow time This will effect the hours of the county of ices and just What time the pedis Will be op«’n on election day will remain to be seen in Lincoln Township Also af'fected will be the scheduling the television progroms in this area. Those remaining on fast time will find their time schedules one hour ahead of the listings of the South Bend and Chicago stations. New Prairie To Meet Shamrocks At Jackson The North lais rty ShamrockWill host the New Prairie Cougars in a home game at the Jackson Field b n Frilav night at 7:30 pm. This will be the second of three consecutive Northern State Conference games for the improving Shamrocks and their next to I' -t game of the season Falcons Will Visit Knox Friday Night The John Glenn Fahnns will meet the Knox Redskins <n the Knox field this Friday night Al though boasting a big team. Knox had trouble getting start ed this wasun Game time will be 7 30 and a very fine game is ex pected

Dedication Os New School Attracts Many rs * i T"' COL. JOHN GLENN JR. The dedication of the John Glenn High School Sunday was a very well attended and enjoyable affair. The highlight of course was the visit tr John Glenn to officially dedicate the school named in his honor. As stated by ('o| Glenn, this is the greatest honor that could be bent owed on him An estimated crowd of 3(XXI crowded into and around the new Hchords gymnasium for the program They heard brief talk, by variou members of group that were Instrumental in th* building <> r the school prior to the dedication address of Col Glenn. Col. Glenn titled his address. "Pushing Dragons.” He selected this title from old and ancient maps when the belief was still existant that the world was flat. At the edges of these maps, dragons and firey pots sigm ied the end of the earth. Col. Glenn was the first Ame ican to orbit the earth in a space vehicle and certainly one of the pione.-is in the space program that continually pushes the e dragons further away. He stated at the conclusion of his talk that it was his hope and feeling that this beautiful new school would also enable oth* s to gain an education and in the* own wav enable them to also "push dragons” in their chosen fields. Following the dedication program an open house was held for all interested p-rsom to t m the new building. The building, is not quite completed at thi time. but rapidly approaching the final stages. K. L ASSN DIRECTORS I ILL \ M \N( II S At their meeting on October 21 the directors of the Koontz Lake Association elected Wavne Burch and William Michalski as due. to . to fill ut the terms of Frank Kramer and Joseph Smi’lic who resigned n m the beard. Director John Marshall wa.* elected vice president, succee 1ing Frank Kramer MRS BERTHA NORMAN MEZZO SOPRANO IN ('ON< ERT The St John Missionary B iptist Church of South Bend will again sponsor Mrs Bertha Norman. Merlo Soprano in a concert. Saturday. October 26. 1968 at 8 pm. at the Morris Uivn Auditorium Ti kets ire s2’**. $2 50 and SSOO. 024

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NL PT A Meets The North Liberty PT A met in the cafeteria Tuesday evening with about 80 present. Miss Curtis of the South Bend TB League was present with hr children and she and Smoking Sam presented the program. The High School Girls Chorus unde the direction of Mrs. Fauntolb sing several numbers. Rev. A. I' Wenger gave the dev»)ti< ns. Mr Robert Clark in charge o baby sitting. M's. Fisher ep>rt< on the training sessb n .‘he an Mrs. Harley Knowlt* n atten 9at the Smucker school. Mrs. Paul Weldy, chairman announced the Fall Festival to be held, Saturday. Oct. 26th be Un ning with a chicken and noodle dinner at 100 pm. Dinner wil be served as long as the food holds nut. Sandwiches and <hi I will also be available. Costume judging will be at 8:00 pin. I you have not returned your slip please do so. We need every one to donate and help. Mis. Indiana To Be A' Club Meeting Nov. 6 1 * 5 K ✓ The St. Patrick Women sT'lub will be priviledgi 1 t > have as their guest Mrs. John Mary Sla’kosky on November 6. Mrs. Slafkosky is Mrs. Indian i ot 1968. Her husband John is a salesman for Procter and Gambles and they have two children. Mary Veronica, 2’_> and John Charles, 16 months. M 's. Slafkosky has sung pufessionally with Peter Palmer Voices and orchestra and ha ■ worked with such well known personalities as Dennis Dav, Luinon Sisters, Mills Bros, Three Stooges and others. She Is currently president o' the Board of S\mphoni< Choir in South Bend and Y*>uth B<ar<l of Red Cross and a Past Di ectoi of Junior Miss Pageant. She is Guild Member of the Memori il und Womens Symphony Gull 1 member. 'Die meeting will begin at 7:30 pin in the school hall. Guests are welcomed. Koontz Lake Conservation Club Elects New Officers The K’x ntz Lake Conservation Club Officers elected at the annual meeting held on October IS, for the 1968-69 term ire Pre i dent, Mr. Lavis Herb >M VieePresident. Mrs Joseph Quebbeman: Sec. Mrs Wm Muhal ski; Teas, Mis Milton Gerr\ The th directors are Mr. Win Amick Mr IMul Bodeman. an! Mr R v New ill The Conservath n Club has a hospital bed. wheel chair, walker, bedside table an 1 other equipment which is for the free use of anv< ne in the community while they are convelesing. When in iwed contact Mrs Amich or Mr Roy New all The fell, w who k-« ps rowing has no time to rock th ■ boat

$1,000,000 Professorship For Prof. Walter LaFeber At Cornell

K ■* wk: (Editor's Note: Walter Li Feber, was bom and reared in Walkerton. He inished his bs.il schisding in 1931. Still very much a Walkerton Man. His parents reside at 604 Van Bu en The following article is taken as printed in the "Cornell Sun" after Walt«T returned from a mid west spcakim; tour that in clud< 1 Chicago and St. L>uis i Establishment of a life income trust whiih will provide endowment support for ( .rn» ll Vniversity’s first $1 million p ofessorship was announced this afternoon by President James A. Perkins. The life Income trust was created by Mrs Marie Noll and her husband, the late A Robert Noll. Manhasset, N Y. Pr. Walter LaFeber has been named bo fill the chair, the Meir Under-ail! Noll Professoi ship o American History. UrtJer the life income trust arrangement. Mrs. Noll wa'l receive income from the tru ’ throughout her lifetime, with Cornell as the ultimate beneficiary of the principal. Perkins mmmented that thi< relatively little-used method . establishing a < hair "enables th» Unive-sity to award its top academic honor now to a most distinguished professor, with al! of the consequent tea. hmg and scholarly benefits that accrue t that particular academic fiel 1 and its students" He added that It "also permits the donor t enjoy the well-desoi ved pleasure of seeing, during one's lifetime some of the benefits which will be continual into the future Mrs. Noll. the forme Mote Underhill of Fo-t Ann. N Y graduated from Corm*!! in 1926 She is a former high sch<H I teacher of American historv an • I has been active in Cornell Women's Club affairs f< r man-, years. Mrs Noll is pi cm -nt ly a member of the advisory coun. i the College of Arts an i Sciences and is a vice chai m n of the Cornell University Council No!', was director of piten* for IBM He received degree in electrical en ineering 'ron i Pennalvanit State Univ«*: lt\ tn 1929 ani went to work for International Teleg: ipa nl Telephone Co-p ■-ati.>r. In 1933 he joined IBM continuing ai -ht s<h«H>! studies until, m 1936. lie earned a law deg~ee from New York University He was vi"c presiednt and a director of th> I United States Tiadema-k Ass< .nation an-1 a governor the New York Patent LtW A n . Shottly before his death on । Sept 22, Noll was named one of i seven "1968 Distinguished Alumni" by Penn State He an I his wi e also establish* I t chai the A Robert Noll Pi -’. nship in Electu d Engineering it Penn State LiFebe- is a profess r • history at Cornell specializing in

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American foreign policy. His book, "The New’ Empire: An Interpretation of American Expansion," while in manuscrupt form, won the Beveridge Prize of th** American Historic d Association in 1962. The book traces the pheomenon of American empire building 1960 to 1898. A n itive of WalkerL n. Ind he received his bachelor of arts degree from Hanover College in 1955, his master s iegree frun Stanford University in 1936. an 1 his doctor o’ philosophy degree from the Univer. ity o. Wiscon m in 1939. He came to Cornell m 1939 as on assistant profess r, was prom- ted to i -ih rile professor in 1963 and p-ofe^sor in 1967. In 1966. I** icceived the Clark Distinguished Teaching Award for hi- und» g’ iduate teaching. He is currently chai - man of the Department of History. LaFeber also is the author of "America, Russia and the Cold War” and edito- of "John Q. Adams and the Amera in Continental Empire.” He is listed in the Directory of <h"lars and is a member of th** American Historical Assn, and the Organ-iz-athm of American Histo ims. In 1963-64, he was a Soci d Science Research C<»un< i! Fell w and has also received research grants from the Amerr in Philosphical Society and the Cornell Research Fund LaFeber is married to the former Sandia Gould of Mount Carmel, 111. They have two children. Trick Or Treat For UNICEF This Sunday The youth of the c immunity who would hke to help in this worthwhile project are sked to be at the Mulugan Street building of the United Methodist church. Walkerton on Sunday, October 27 at 600 pm. ('ar loads of youth from the seventh grade through high h> 6 will canvas the town and su rounding area. A nickel gives pr-nuillin to cure two children >*t yaws sr 30 vitamin tablets or vaccine to protect four children from TB. On Halloween our own children will bring smiles to less fortunate boys and girK around the world so welcome thes® young ambassadors of goodwill. Open your dors and your hearts. Smile generously. gi\e generously. when you heir, "Trick or Treat for UNICEF.” DEMO<R\TI< RALLY Democrats, bring vour friends and join us for an Old Fi>hi ned Get Togethe Oct 24th Thu sdav Night < 'ommunitv Bldg, from 8 iM) to 930 pm Refreshments Candidates, n t p eviously committed will dr p in SP M F T ILL I Barke r had b en boasting o’’the ; ac c omplishments o his 19 yaurold s>*n whil, his c. i panu n . listem*d quietly "Sav Dtc-s " h said sudden1\ how about vour boy ' IN>esn t he have m*. special t den’s ’" "Well” rtpli-1 Peters grimly - -he hould be quit an authority on intedplunet ir\ tra\ 1. In J -X tbol he took up Sp lee NOT 1 ( E The American L* r n Auxih ir\ of Post 365 N nth Liberty will hive a rummace sale on Situ-dnx Oct.JM’r 26 from 900 am to 4 00 p m Our classifieds nly 75c