The Independent-News, Volume 97, Number 20, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 8 October 1970 — Page 7

Historical Patriotic Calendar October 7, 1916, H. E. Honeywell won the National Ballon Race, starting from Muskogee, Okla., and landing at Cascade, lowa, a distance of 519 miles. October 10, 1923 — the f.rst American built rigid dirigible, the frst of the Zeppel.n type to use helium gas was christened "The Shenandoah.” October 11, 1910 the fqrme. president Theodore Roosevelt, became the first President to fy. He was a passenger in a fl.ght at St Louis. October 11. 1911 a Thor ni ss.e num hed at C pe Canaveral, the second successfully tested exceeded its designated 1.500 mi e range and landed in the Atlantic some 2 000 miles from pi.nt cf launch. October 11, 1968 — the frst manned f ight of the Apollo series, the Apollo 7 was aunehed. The three Ame ican astronauts. Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham,

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orb.ted the earth 163 t mes during the 260 hour, 9 minute sustained space flight. October 12. 1918 — American pilots f.ew the r f.rst WW I night ai r Pt* suit missions The pilots were members of the 185th Pursuit Squadron, based m France. October 12. 1964 the first three-man spacecraft. USSR's Voskhod I, was launched. The f ight lasted 24 hours, 17 minutes. October 13. 1939 — Evelyn Pincke t Ki gore, San Bernard.no. Cal f., became the f.rst woman to receive nn airp’ane instructor's license under Civil Aeronaut cs ru es. October 13, 1959 the Explorer VII sate.lite, launched by a Juno II rocket f om Cape Canaveral. entered an orbit expected to give it a life of 20 years. October 13, 1961 Disc nerer XXXII, a space-radiat on study sate ate was launched into po'ar orb.t from V mdente g AFB. C ilif. The follow ng day the capsu e was successfully recovered in the a.r on the 11 th orbit. October 14. 1917 Capt. E. Yeager. USAF, made the U.S s first faste.'-th^.i-sound airplane

flight in a rocket powered Air Force research plane, the Bell XS-1. Octolic’- 14, 1962— An Air Force reconna ssance flight proved the existence of Russian nuss'.e sites in Cuba. October 17. 1954 — Warrant Officer B. ly I. Weste r established a world helicopter altitude record when he reached an altitude of 24,500 feet. LOCAL GIRLS ATTEND CAMP Proper preparat.on to assume the responsibility of leade.ship in any organization requ res time energy and guidance. Mitzi Knepper, pres dent and Dt bb.e Naragon. treasurer of the John Glenn High School Gii Is Athlet c Association and their sponsor. Miss Barbara Larson, a 1 gave the.r time and energy and ic.eived a great deal of a-sistance when they attended the State G. A A. Leadership Camp at Epworth Forest, No th Webster. Indiana on Sunday and Mondag. October 4 and sth. The tneme oi me camp d rected by Miss Marv Lou Walters of Southport High School was "Under The GAA B.g Top" and was depicted throughout the camp program by chcus animals. The primary purpose of the camp was to teach the new off - cers leadership techniques. The g.rls were involved in discussions centered around dut es of officers. inte. pretation of the State GAA point system and recording points. Ideas were aso exchanged on recruiting new members. spec al events and money raising projects. Teachers who are sponsoring local GAA's for the first time attended an orientation sess on where they learned the correct procedures to follow in directing their own club. Although the weekends events we e designed to develop leadership talents, it was not all work The students and sponsors were provided wth a varied recreational and spo. Ls program, highlighted by presentation of awards at the dinner hour Sunday noon One of the outstanding act cities at camp was a field hockey workshop conducted bv M.ss Eileen Keener, a faculty

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member of Ba 1 State University, M unc.e. Sunday afternoon the group broke camp and headed home fil ed with ideas and enthusiasm for their local club. The weekend camp is sponsored annually by the Indiana League of H.gh Schoo' Girl's Athletic Association Pres dent of the statewide organization is Miss Sally Dill of Tuttle Junio r High School, Craw, fordsvd'e. Adult Enrollment Reaches All Time High The John Glenn High School zXdult Evening enrollment has reached an a.l time high with 158 students enrolled in eleven c'asses. Ten of the eleven classes me subjects which miy be taken b-r credit. Many of the students are

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working toward earning their high school diploma. Some classes were cam elkd due to a lack of interest. If enough interest is shown they will be offered for second semester. Suggestions for class offering for the second semestei are requested. The adult educ; tion program is a flexible one. ti >ing to meet the needs of the community. Please forward '.our suggestion to John Glenn High School Walkerton, Indiana, phone 586-3195. ALL PURPOSE ( 3-IN-ONE OIL Oils Everything Prevents Rust HGULAR-OIL SHUf-lIICTRIG MOTOR

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