The Independent-News, Volume 98, Number 48, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 May 1972 — Page 1

VOLUME 98; NUMBER 48

Operation Red Ball To Begin In Area “Operation Red Ball,” a project designed to help save children’s lives in the event of a home fire, has come to the Walkerton area. Self-adhesive Red Ball stickers will be distributed to children in kindergarten through fifth grade at the elementary schools, St. Patricks School and the Head Start program on Monday, May With the full support of the Walkerton, Koontz Lake and North Liberty Fire Departments, firemen would search first the rooms with the red ball decals, if a fire should break out in vour home. ? Parents are asked to place the Red Ball decal as soon as received on the inside of the window in the left hand corner of the child's room. This would also be a good time for the family to discuss what they'd do in case of a fire and perhaps have a home fire drill. Remember, the Red Ball decals are to be placed on the inside of the window in the left hand comer. If two or more children occupy the same room, apply Balis next to each other. A ’so. if there is an invalid in the home, a Red Ball decal is to be placed on the front door. 'Die Red Ball decals are donated y the WSCS of the United Methodist Church, Walkerton. If additional stickers are ed for pre-schoolers or invalids, or if they are lost or damaged addirional stickers may Obtained at the Walkerton Fire DepamneHt, the City Ckrk , s MO Roosevelt Road, or from Mrs wST* 105 St. art club SPONSORS _ ART fair Art dub cordially invites the public to attend the second annual Frt £ w held iD art Fnday, May sth from 7 p.m. to n nd aH da y Saturday, 9 a m. to 9 p.m. I here will be paintings, drawand crafta least inn ♦ “^ted that at WiH IXI on of all individual sales will g 0 to the art club Come in and browse after atC,aSS Sponßor " urday. ° °°° raCe at 1:00 Sa t-CARRY-IN SUPPER SATURDAY Jack M "" Waltw S"™ Retekah ? -n<l Rebekah Lodges, respectively are HDci s, their family ggsi-stSs X to bring and own table service. The o 70 MEET " ome mer tT* i o ^^ Su ««n Scha“'n so?» Ul> Wln ho,<l “ aucU„. t^J.’ T 1 *" to r ''n |e n'»h ie. to the^o! donating monM„., T'" Davls Stark., r.. ’ Marshallkt Development Center. We m^kc our fortunes and we call them fate.

North Libeily Alumni Banquel Sei For June 10 The North Liberty High School Alumni Banquet will be held on Saturday, June 10 at the St. Peter and Paul Serbian Church grounds. Dinner wdl begin the evening at 6:30 and dancing from 9:30 to 1:30. If you don’t receive an invitation or if you have had a change in your address, call Mrs. Richard Dill at 656-8984. Kite Flying Contest To Be Held Saturday The Walkerton Jaycecs are sponsoring a kite flying contest on Saturday, May 6 at Place Park with the contest to begin at 2:00 pm. Prizes will be awarded for the biggest, smallest, highest and most original kites. In case of rain on Saturday, the contest will be held then on Sunday, May 7. at 2:00 at the park. SPRING TAXES DI E MAY 10 Payment of the spring installment of real estate and personal property taxes will be delinquent after Wednesday, May 10. If payment is made by mail the taxpayer should include a self-addressed stamped envelope for return of his receipted tax statement. Payments will be taken at the Farmers State Bank of Wyatt, Walkerton, with an eight cent charge for the postage of your recipt. NOTICE Smorgasbord will be served at the Walkerton American Legion, Indiana Street, on Saturday, May 6 and Saturday, May 20. NOTICE Flora's Combo from Culver will be providing the music for the Tyner Alumni Banquet on Saturday, May 13 at the Tyner school gymnasium. SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION NAMES 3 NEW MEMBERS The unofficial tabulations show three new members have been elected to the Polk-Lincoln-John-son School Corporation, one unopposed and two in two-man races. In Johnson Township. Leroy Smith, unopposed, replaces Elburt Place who did not seek re-elec-tion. In Lincoln Township, Dr. William Carter .incumbent, was defeated by Marvin Bouse. Joe Bottorff defeated John Davis in Polk Township for the spot held by Carroll Zartman. These three new members will take office Juy 1, 1972, joining present members Earl Smith and Denslow Doll. To Observe 25th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Earl (Buster) Lindsley will be honored with an open house at their home on Sunday in honor of their 25th wedding anniversary. On May 4, 1947, Donna Spaid and Earl Lindsley were married. The celebration is given by their chidren, Mike and Jody, at home, and Steve, in the United States Navy. The open house will be from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at their home just west of Walkerton on U. S. 6. All friends and relatives are welcome. Don’t need It — whv keep it — use our classified ads!

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Mis. Shirky Wisner To Conduct Seminar । I r ■ "kb I % Mrs. Shirley Wisner, of the International Child Evangelism Fellowship, will conduct a training seminar for church workers at the Koontz Lake Missionary Church next Monday and Tuesday. Morning sessions will convene at 9:00 a.m. and run until 11:30 a.m. Repeat sessions at night will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. “Reaching Children for Christ” will be the general theme of the seminar. Sunday School teachers and vacation Bible School workers from many area churches have been invited to participate. Mrs. Wisner, who has worked with the CEF organization for over 30 years, is an instructor at their training institute at Muskegon. She writes a monthly column in the CEF magazine. With her late husband, she served as director of Child Evangelism Fellowship in Great Britain, as well as in various positions here in the midwest. No fee Is being charged for attendance at the seminar. A freewill offering will be received to help Mrs. Wisner's expenses. Mrs. Wisner will use her storytelling abilities and her visual aids when she speaks to the children of the Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. this week at the. Koontz Lake Church. She will be the special guest in the 7:00 p.m. service at the Walkerton Wesleyan Church Sunday also. FAIR TAX assoc. TO MEET The St. Joseph County Fair Tax Association will hold their next meeting at 730 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9 in the Portage Twp. Fire Station on Fillmore Road just west of Mayflower Road. Mr. Lyle Kline will be the principle speaker. The subject of his talk will be "Future Planning for Local School Transportation. Conditions and maintenance of local roads will be discused briefly. Mr. Joseph Gawrysiak, Supt. of the St. Joseph County Highway Department, will be present to answer any questions in regard to county madm, ^QTICE The Philethea Class of the United Methodist Church will meet at the Georgia Street church on Thursday, May 11 at 2:00 p.m. Hostesses for the day will be Mrs. Gus Verklcr and Mrs. Minnie Mikesell. Mariage teaches loyalty, tolerance, understanding, perseverance and a lot of other things you wouldn't need if you stayed single. Safety first does make sense!

Loren Capek Wins Side Art Scholarship Loren Capek, a John Glenn High School junior, was the first place winner of a SSOO scholarship at the Tri Kappa Final Art Competition held at the John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis on Saturday, April 29. with fourteen district winners competing for the schlorships. Loren is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Capek, Jr., route 1, Walkerton. Loren was sponsored by Epsion Chi chapter of Tn Kappa, Walkerton under the chairmanship of Mrs. Wiliam Carter, local scholarship chairman. His entries included "Grandfather'' and ink and water coor; "Elaine’’, acrylic and “An Apple For The Teacher’’ and ink drawing. Stexen A. Smith is the John Glenn High School ait teacher. The second place S4OO winner was Mary Klueb, a senior at Indiana State University Laboratory High School in Terre Haute; the third place S3OO winner was Terry Snyder, a senior at Northside High School in Muncie; and fourth S2OO winner was Dena Snyder, a senior at Chesterton. The judges incuded Dr. Benjamin Deßrie Taylor, Dean of John Herron School of Art, Paul Sweaney, faculty member of John Herron, and Dr. Phyllis Danielson, craftsman and artist. All of the state Tri Kappa schlorship winners (including the art, the general for high school seniors, and the special for college students) and their families will be honored at a tea at the L. S. Ayers Auditorium in Indianapolis on July 12, 1972. SP6 Dennis Morris Saves Girl From Drowning The courage, quick thinking and knowledge of SP6 Dennis E. Morris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Morris, route 1, Walketon, of Fort Clayton, Canal Zone, saved the life of a nineteen month old girl recently. SP6 Morris, a shift leader :n the 4th battalion, (Meeh.) 20th Inf., dining facility, was working on his car port in the 600 area of Ft. Clayton Sunday, April 9 when he heard a woman crying for help. Answering the call he found Mrs. Patrcia Young, a neighbor, in near hysterics on the edge of an eight foot high embankment of a drainage ditch. Mrs. Young’s nineteen month old daughter, Pamela, had tumbled down the embankment into the water. Because of the embankment and shock, Mrs. Young was unable to reach her daughter. Only the child's fingertips and hair were visible i n the water. Realizing that young Pamela was drowning, Morris leaped from the embankment into the three foot deep muddy water. He quickly dragged her from the water and began to administer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. He continued artifical respiration until she regained consciousness and an ambulance arrived. Pamela was taken to the emergency room of the U.S. Army Dispensary and the Doctor stated "that the quick thinking and correct application of the steps of artifical respiration by Specialist Morris certainly saved the child’s life.” Teacher: “How old would a person be who was born in 1899?" Billie. “Man or woman?"

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JG Seniors Sponsoring Falcon 500 The John Glenn High School seniors will be sponsoring a "Falcon 500" on Saturday, May 6, at John Glenn High School. The day will be composed of a “Little 500” bicycle race, kiddie races and games, all topped off by a rock concert given by a wellknown area band at b:00 p.m. The day of events will begin in the morning starting at 10:00 a.m. with activities for children. The kiddie games include sack races, tricycle races, relay races, and ballgames. These games will be topped off by a pet contest; with prizes to be awarded, and entertainment tor the children by a clown. The main event is the “Little 500" where teams of five will race in relay for 20 miles on stripped bicycles, following rules anu regulations established by the college “Little 500". This race is open to boys only. A “Powder Puff 500” of three miles will be held for the girls. Trophies will be given for both races, with refreshments also being sold by seniors. Each team in the “Little 500” will sponsor a girl as the princess of their team. The winning team’s candidate will be crowned queen of the “Falcon 500". In the evening, beginning at 8:00 p.m., a concert will be held in the school gymnasium. All area residents are encouraged by the John Glenn seniors to attend the festivities of the “Falcon 500". COMMUNITY CALENDAR Friday, May 5. 1:00 p.m. — Business meeting of the Woman’s Community Club to be held. 2:00 p.m. — May Felowship Tea at the Teegarden United Methodist Church. 8:15 p.m. — North Liberty chorus to present operetta in the high school auditorium. Saturday, May 6 GAA district track meet at WaW'asee. North Liberty track team to participate in the Brandywine Invitational. 2.00 p.m. — Kite flying contest to be held at Place Park Walkerton, sponsored by the Jaycees. In case of a rain out, the contest at 2 w hCld ° n SUnday ' May 7 Monday, May 8 Indian Guides to meet. North Liberty Band Boosters to meet. North Liberty Lions to meet. lucMlay, May 9 Walkerton Lions board to meet 4:30 p.m. - North Liberty golf teani to travel to South Central . States Conference meet at LaVille in track Wednesday, May 10 Koont* La ke ’ Fl remen - 8 AuxU . lary to meet. Thursday, May ]] noon - Wakerton Cha m . of Commerce to meet L,VUIe a \ h A s° lf team. . ‘ Pm. — The John Glenn baseball team will host North Libcriy, PLJ ATHLETIC BOOSTERS TO HOId) FINAL MEETING The PLJ Athletic Boosters win hold the final meeting of the school year on Monday. May 8 at the John Glenn High School beginning at 7:30 p.m A dime •- -» dollar wuh all the taxe* removed