The Independent-News, Volume 98, Number 51, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 25 May 1972 — Page 1

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W&lkerton Alumni To Meet May 27 The Walkerton Alumni Association will hold their annual banquet on Saturday, May 27, at the John Glenn High School. The evening will begin with registration at 6:00 EST and followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. served by the Eastern Star. Turkey and all the trimmings will be featured. Dancing will be from 9:00 to 12:00 midnight. Reservations are a must and they should be turned in as soon as possible and not later than May 22 to Mrs. Ralph Jackson, Walkerton. Also state what class you wish to be seated with $4.00 per person. De Wayne Pavey is president of the association. Bake Your Favorite Cake For The Festival Try your hand in baking your best cake and it may be better than you think. Try it, you’ll like it. On June 1, the Better Homes Extension Club is sponsoring a cake baking contest in conjunction with the summer festival in Walkerton. Bring your entry to the Farmer State Bank of Wyatt-Walkerton, Illinois St., between 1 and 3 p.m. for the judging which will be held at 3:30. Cakes will be judged on the basis of taste texture and quality by an experienced representive from South Bend office of the County Extension. Categories are angle food, butter, chocolate, miscellaneous and box. Gifts of glass cake stands will be awarded to the top winners in each division with participation ribbons for all who enter. Winners will be announced on June 1 in the evening at the bank parking lot at 8:30 p.m. and the cakes will also be given away at this time. Mrs. Albert Ray is chairman of the contest and she is assisted by Mrs. William Davis, Mrs. Carl Dreessen and Mrs. Richard Anderson, Sr. Entry blanks can be found elsewhere in the paper. Deadline is May 30th for your entry blank to be turned into the chairman. Bake it, it might win. Festival Features Opening Os Local Coffee House The Festival committee has designated each day of the Festival to a certain group and they are as follows. Thursday, June 1, as Kiddies Day; Friday, June 2 as Family Day and Saturday, June 3 as Teen Day. In charge of the teen activities is Mrs. Robert Fenstermacher and her committee consisting of Miss Sue Morris and Miss Jill Carbiener. The teen committee announces the Grand Opening of the Community Coffee House on Saturday, June 3. Co-director of this project and who have put in a lot of time an 1 Mrs. Terry Edison and Mrs. Larry Hiler. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Mr. Ellis Swihart will entertain in the United Methodist Church, Illinois Street building, with a hypnotist act. Admission is 75 cents tickets can be obtained at the door or at Her Place. Immediately following the performance, a street dance will be held in front of the Coffee House. Still Horse will provide the music for the dance.

WALKERTON, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1972

Scholarships And Awards Given At Graduation Seventy-four seniors of John Glenn High School graduated on Sunday May 21. Baccalaureate services began at 2 p.m. at the school with the processional being played by Mis. William Carter. Rev. Norris King gave the invocation and the benediction. The Rev. Paul Mcßride read the scripture and the baccalaureate address was given by Rev. Clyde Wake. Commencement exercises opened the evening at 7:30 p.m. with Pomp and Circumstance being played by the John Glenn High School Band under the direction of Donald Schwing. Rev. Richard Matteson gave the invocation and later the benediction. The class president, Steven Wiktorowski, gave the welcome; Jill Carbiener gave the valedictory address and Alan Bachtel, the salutatory address. The band then played “Joy To The World” and “We’ve Only Just Begun,” for the recessional. Principal Harold Muncie presented the diplomas to the seventy-four seniors. Scholarships were presented with Alan Bachtel receiving the Odd Fellows Award from Tyner, the Walkerton Business and Professional Woman's Scholarship, a State Scholarship from Tri Kappa and a State Scholarship from Notre Dame. Jill Carbiener received the local Tri Kappa Scholarship. Jean Hildebrand received the Tyner Rebekah Scholarship, the Woman’s Community Club Nurses Scholarship, the American Legion Auxiliary Scholarship and also she received a certificate of merit with admission with distinction to Indiana Central College with state scholarship. Diana Daube received the Order of Eastern Star Scholarship given in memory of Miss Connie Verkler. The Connie Verkier Memorial Scholarship, given in the field of arts, was presented to Jackie Tiede and she also received a state scholarship to Indiana University. Randy Schultz received the Veterans of Foreign Wars Scholarship. Judy Huffman received the Thomas Rademacher Memorial Scholarship given by the Walkerton Lions Club and she also received the Vera R. Klindinst Teachers Scholarship from Tyner along with a school scholarship from Marion College. The American Legion Good Citizienship medals were presented to Judy Huffman and Jon Bormet. Linda Holderread received the Ancilla Dominica College scholarship. Other state scholarship reciepients were Anita Albertsen from Indiana University; Jon Bormet from Indiana University and Randy Schultz also from Indiana University. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL IN JUNE The United Methodist Vacation Bible School will be from June 26 to June 30 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon daily. All children from ages three years up to and including 6th grade are welcome. Anyone interested in teaching or helping in any way please call Mrs. Joann Haney, 586-3320. “Did you give the prisoner the third degree?” “Yes. we brow beat him, badgered him and asked him every question we could think of.” "And what happened?" “He said, ‘Yes dear, you are exactly right.’ And went to sleep!”

End Os School Year Schedule For PLJ Students Students of the Polk-Lincoln-Johnson School Corp, will attend school on Thursday, May 25. All employees will have a dinner at the John Glenn dinning commons at noon on Thursday. Students will not attend school on Friday morning, May 26 but will report in the afternoon on Friday to pick up report cards. All bus routes will begin to meet the following Friday schedule. Arrive at John Glenn high school, 1:15 p.m. at Walkerton Elementary School at 1:20 p.m. and at Urey Middle School at 1:25 p.m. Tyner students will go to the Urey Middle School gym to pick up their report cards. There will be no shuttle run. Students will leave Urey at 1:45 p.m.; Walkerton Elementary at 1:50 and John Glenn at 1:55 p.m. NORTH LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHEDULE Due to the holiday there will not be any school on May 29. Awards Day will be held on June 7 at 2:00 p.m. at the school with the DAR Citizen Award to be presented to the Bth grade boy and an Bth grade girl along with honor students being recognized. Parents of the children are urged to attend. Track Day is set for May 31 at 2:00 p.m. for all North Liberty Elementary students participating. Ribbons will be awarded. No School on June Bth but the report cards will be given on June 9th. ADDED ATR ACTIONS TO THE SUMMER FESTIVAL The W.S.C.S. Societies of the Walkerton United Methodist Church will be on hand again this year at the Walkerton Summer Festival, June 1-2 and 3 offering the Papa Dutches Country Store”, concession, in front of the Illinois Street Church Building, corner of Illinois and Van Buren Streets. Home made articles, white elephants, flowers from God’s Gardens, even antiques, may be found. Home made pies from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and from 9 a.m. to closing on Saturday. General chairman this year will be: Mrs. Carl Steinke and Mrs. James Haney. Another new appeareance this year will be the Fellow Craft Club, will be the serving a Fish Fry Dinner in the Masonic Temple on Roosevelt Road, prepared by the noted Oddfellows Lodge of Tyner, Indiana, from their Mobile Kitchen, from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday. Adult tickets will be $1.75; children under 12, SI.OO. Carry outs will be available. This is the first venture of the Fellowcraft Club to appear in the Walkerton Summer Festival, but with the Tyner Lodge preparing the fish, it promises to be a sell out. Ernie Morris, president and his committee invite you to attend. □——•.— — . n BIRTHS □. - — A son was bom on Friday, May 19, to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Klinedinst, of North Liberty, in the E Street Division Hospital, LaPorte. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Dankert, Walkerton, are the parents of a daughter bom on May 12 at the Osteopathic Hospital, South Bend. The type of man wno robs Peter to pay Paul usually causes both of them to suffer.

Name Judge For Horse Show James Reinholt of Winimac will be the judge for the fifth annual Walkerton Festival horse show on Sunday, June 4, according to the show chairman, Donald Wray and Harry Malstaff. Ringmaster will be James Davis. The show is sponsored by the Lincoln township 4-H club at Walkerton and is the sole money making project of the year to sponsor awards, trophies and 4-H trips. There will be 33 classes with a trophy and six place ribbons for the halter classes and an 80 per cent pay back and six place ribbons for performance classes. An additional feature this year is a SSO added purse for the open pleasure state class 30 and also a $25 added purse for open barrel class 22, plus the percentage back. The Mid-American Buckskin association approved show includes refreshments on the grounds and two high point trophies, adults and youth. Donors for the trophies and classes include 8.1. Holser Elevator; Clapper Burger Store, Her Place, Bob’s Bar; Feece Flora! Shoppe; Jacob Drug; Janet's Beauty Salon; Kabelin Hardware; Welco Gas Port; Dariy Queen; Walkerton Body Shop; Dolls Texaco Station; Walkerton Ford Sales, Dr. C. J. Christensen, veterinarian; Dr. Elliot C. Frash, optomitrist; Dr. G. R. Hershberger, D. O.; Walkerton Skelgas; Dad and Lads, Martin Sunoco, DeWayne Pavey Insurance; and Gardner Farm Equipment; piasSteel, Charles O. Hiler and Sons Foundry; Whispering Pines Golf Course; United Telephone and Lorraines Fabric and Clothing store, all Walkerton. K. L Association Elects New Officers Following the recent meeting of the Association at which three directors were reelected for three year term, the Board elected officers for the ensuing year. The new officers are: John F. Marshall, president; James E. Craft, vice president nad Allen Q. Seaholm, secretarytreasurer. The Board of Directors consist of nine members. Terms of three directors expire each year. BIBLE SCHOOL JUNE 12-16 The First United Presbyterian Church will have Vacation Bible School the week of June 12-16 from 9:00 to 11:45 a.m. each day. Classes will be available from children ages 3 through the 6th grade. If you can help in some way, phone Mrs. Joseph Lowry, 586-2247. TO RECEIVE DDEGREE FROM INDIANA STATE William Frank Zlatos, son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Zlatos, Sr., 607 Harrison Street, Walkerton, will receive an A. B. degree in political science from Indiana State University, Terre Haute in the schools 101st commencement excercises on Sunday evening, June 4. CABOOSE ARRIVES Mr. and Mrs. Roy DeSimone, route 1, Walkerton, are the proud owners of an old railroad caboose. The caboose was transferred to their residence on Friday. May 19 and placed on railroad track. The caboose was built in 1921.

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North Liberty 4th Os July Queen Contest The North Liberty Chapter of Tri Kappa is currently making plans for their annual 4th of July Queen Contest. Applicants will be required to be North Liberty area residents between the ages of 17 - 21 and single. Each girl must have a community organization, club, merchant, etc., as her sponsor. There will be no financial obligation to the sponsor. The applicants will meet with the judges on June 15th. The queen will be crowned at the Band Boosters Strawberry Festival in June. Judges for the contest will be Mrs. Mahlon Jacob, of Walkerton, Anthony Luber and Dr. Robert Bonham, both of South Bend. All interested applicants are asked to complete the application located in this paper and have their sponsor mail it to Queen Contest chairman, Mrs. John Peddycord, 201 W. Maple Avenue, North Liberty, Indiana. Deadline for entries is June 10. SELECTED FOR MEMBERSHIP David D. Martin, route 3, Walkerton, and Robert L. Palmer, route 3, Walkerton, were selected the second semester for membership in Phi Eta Sigma, freshman men’s academic honor society at Indiana University, Bloomington. To be eligible, students must have earned at least a 3.5 average, out of an all A average of 4.0, for their first semester in school, or an over-all 3.5 average for their first two semesters. NOTICE The Porter Cemetery Association will meet on Saturday, May 27 at 2:30 p.m. at the cemetery. ~ COMMUNITY -- ^CALENDAR Thursday, May 25 Star Neighborhood to meet. Walkerton American Legion to meet. Finals of the Northern Stales Conference baseball play-offs. Friday, May 26 8:15 a.m. — Spring Sports Awards assembly at North Liberty High School. 2:30 p.m. — North Liberty golfers to meet against St. Joe and Marian at Erskine. Saturday, May 27 Indianapolis 500 Race. 6:00 p.m. — Registration begins for the Walkerton Alumni Banquet to be held at the John Glenn High School dining commons. Serving at 7:00 and dancing from 9:00 to midnight. Monday, May 29 Memorial Day. Yorktown Home Demonstration Club to meet. Better Homes Extension Club to meet. Wednesday, May 31 3:45 p.m. — St. Joe golf team to play North Liberty's team. SBCSC Track meet at Jacksou. Thursday, June 1 Summer Festival begins in Walkerton. North Liberty Masons to meet North Liberty Frosh meet m track at Adams. 6:30 p.m. — Kiddies Day Parade at Walkerton. 8:00 p.m. — Crowning of the Festival Queen, at the bank parking lot. Followed by a concert by the John Glenn high school band and ice cream social.