The Independent-News, Volume 99, Number 51, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 19 July 1973 — Page 1

VOLI'ME 99: MM BEK >1

PLJ Schools Sponsor Free Football Clinic ~- Th PLJ School Corporation is sponsoring a free football clinic at Urey Middle School in Walk, erton. Students entering 9th, Sth, 7th or (3th grades are eigible to attend. The clinic will run front 9:00 am. to 11:00 a.m., Monday through Friday, for three weeks b< ginning July 23. The students only to bring shorts, T-shirts, and shoes. In fraction will lx* under the direction of John Ho.strawser, head football coach at John Glenn. Fundamentals, conditioning, and basic game situations will be thoroughly reviewed. Tri Kanna News The Zeta Pi Chapter of Tri Kappa met in the home of Mrs. Howard Loucks on .Inly 11. Mrs. Joseph Dregits served as co. hostess. The 1972 Tri Kappa State Ait Scholarship recipient, Loren Capek, of Walkerton, presented a short program and exhibited some of his work. » President, Mr 4. John Poddy, cord, read the new committee chairmen for the coming year. They are: Fine Arts, Mrs. Clyde Steele Audit, Mrs. Robert Loucks Parlimentarian, Mrs. James Campbell Charity, Mrs. Audine Manuel Mental Health, Mrs. Paul Will, iams Jr. Music. Mrs. Howard Loucks Nominating, Mrs. Jerry Knepp Yearbooks, Mrs. Udo Radandt Public Relations, Mrs. Jerry Knepp Scholarship. Mrs. James Camp, bell Scrapbook. Mrs Paul Williams Jr. Song Leader, Miss Linda Knepp Sunshine, Mrs. Michael Knepp Telephone, Mrs, Dale Holder, baum Ways and Means, Mrs. Howard Loucks The chapter voted to start pnepa ration of a Welcome Packet containing pertinent and inform, ative material about North Liberty The packets will be pre. sented to all new families moving into the North Liberty ana. A reception for prospective members will be held July 23 in the home of Mrs. John Peddycord. Ladies invited are Mrs. William Hartman. Mrs. Harley Mangus, Mrs Jack Carr. Mrs. Jerry King, Mrs. Alfred Allsop, Mrs. James Plunkett and Mrs. William Millar. The next meeting will be pledging of new members and will be held September 12 in the home of Mrs. Darwin Davis. TO HOLD VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL August 6-17 are the dates set for Vacation Bible School at the North Liberty Chun h of Chrot. It will run from 9:30 am to 11:30 a.m. each day during the ten day period. The School will be held in th? church's new facilities locate, 1 at 65225 State Road 23 North. They invite anyone who is two yea is old up through those entering eighth grade this fall. The theme this year is “One Way With Je. sus ” To pre-register, please call either 656-4632 or 656-3336 by July 31. Transportation will be provided if you are in need ’f it. Ft. Sumpter rail to Confederate troops on April 14, 1861.

OBITUARIKsW I 1 ■■! <*• * ( Mrs. Kathleen Smith Mrs. Kathleen D. Smith, 29, 1125 N. Albert Ave., South Bend, was pronounced dead at 12:48 a.m. July 11 at South Bend’s Mem< rial Hospital as a result of injuries received shortly before in an auto accident on State Road , 23 between South Bend and North Liberty. Born July 29. 1943, at South Bi nd, ihe had resided in St. Joseph County all her life and was a 1961 graduate of the North Liberty High School. She was married in 1962 to Harold Rance Smith, who survives. Also surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sheely, North Liberty: three children, Brian D., 10: Dale A., 8; and Kelley Ann. 5, all at home; and one si-ter, Mrs. Eileen M. Putman, North Liberty. Services were conducted at 7:00 p.m. Thursday at the Harden Memorial Chapel, Lakeville, with Rev. Henry Weber, pastor of the United Methodist Church, Lakeville. officiating. Entombment was at Riverview’ Cemetery, in South Bend. Mrs. Imogene Fanning Mrs. Imogene Vada Fanning, 67, of 210 E. Altgeld St., South Bend, died at 4:45 a.m. Friday, July 13, in St. Joseph Hospital, Joliet, 111. She had been living with her daughter in Romeoville, 111., for the last 10 months. Mrs. Fanning was born in Walkerton on July 13, 1906 and had lived in South Bi nd for 38 years. She was married to Robert L. Fanning who died in November, 1959. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Nancy Cranford, of Romoeville, ' and five grandchildren. Services were conducted at the Forest G. Hay and Son Funeral Home Monday with Rev. Daniel W Fowler, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of South Bend, officiating. Burial was in Westlawn Cemetery, North Liberty. “ONE CAME BACK" TO BE SHOW N \T K. L CHI IM H SI ND IV Captain Mitsuo Fuchida, the man who trained the pilots and led the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, returned to Honolulu five years later as a messenger of peace. Why he came and what he felt are dramatically re- , corded in the 30 minute color motion picture "One Came Back.'' which will be shown at the Koontz Lake Missionary Church on Sunday, July 22, at 6:00 p.m. During the 25 years between the bombing and the captain’s return, a new set of values had > come into his life. During the wav. he hail been strongly anti. » American and anti-Christian. Dur. ing the early post-war years, however, he met a young Am?ri. > can mis ionary. an airman captured after the Dolittle raid on Tokyo. Though, as a prisoner of ; war. the young man had suffered r maltreatment, he returned to Ja- » pan as a missionary. Intrigued by the young American's story, Fuchida began to | ri ad the Bible for him;elf and ■ subsequently became a Christian > believer. The public is invited. Patents wno sleep ai vne switet can expect their children to get off on the wrong track.

WALKERTON, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 19. 1973

New Pastor At i Pentecostal Church Here » r A new pastor has been selected at the United Pentecostal Church, SOO Van Buren Street, Walkerton. The new minister elected by the congregation is Rev. David M. Hud-on. He is formerly of Charleston, West Virginia and comes to Walkerton from his last pastorate in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Mr. Hudson studied and was i educated at We t Virginia State College, and Apostolic Bible In. stitute, St. Paul, Minn., and the Texas Bible College, Houston. > Texas. He has worked in home i mission work in the establishing , of a new church in We-t Virginia. . He has also traveled extensively in the eastern United States en- , gaged in evangelistic work tor three years. i Mr. Hudson and his wife Bren. I da have one son. Nathaniel. They 1 are moved into the parsonage at 802 Van Buren. Pastor Hudson welcomes one and all to their services as fol- , lows: Thursday night Bible Study at 7:30 pm.; Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and Sunday night I Evangeli tic Services at 7:30 p.m. Also this Friday, July 20, at 7:30 p.m., there will be a i special installation service of the i new pastor and everyone Is cordially invited to attend. TO CELEBRATE WITH BIKTHDW Friends and relatives of Cloyd Smith, Walkerton, are invited to the shelter in Place Park, Walk- , erton, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on । Sunday, July 22, to help him <elibrate hi- 80th birthday. CHI IM II TO CELEBRATE TOWN’S ANNIVERSARY On Sunday, July 22nd, the Cal. vary Baptist Church of LaPaz w.ll h> commorating the 100th Anniv. r-ary of the Town of LaPaz by observing "Old-Fashioned Sunday." Tht re will be a display of an. tiqnes and costumes will be judged during the Sunday School hour. 'Hie pa-tor, Dim Deßoer, will be preaching in the morning service, at 10:30 a.m., on the top. ic. "The Old Time Religion." Special music for the day will be furnished by the "Singing Hue. ni Family" of Mishawaka. The congregation and pastor of Calvary Baptist Church invites everyone to join in this special observance of the 100th Anniversary of LaPaz. The wife lay nn her death bed. She pleaded: “John I want you to pmml.se you'll ride in the same car with my mother at the funeral.” “O K." be said, “but u wll •poll my whole dey.”

New Arrivals A son was bom on Tuesday, July 10 to Mi. and Mrs. Ronald Bauer, of route 2, Walkerton, in tin LaPorte Ho-pital. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Robowski, route 1. Walkerton, are the par. ; nts of a son born on July 11 in LaP, rte Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Me. Gwin, 105 N Lafayette St., North Libeity, are the proud parents of a daughter, Stephanie Ann, born on Er.day, July 13, in Memorial Hi -pital. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Spehai, Plymouth, and paternal grandpa!. ents are Mi and Mis, Harold McGwin, North Liberty. Mr. and Mrs. Steven Hipsher, 26257 Rihy Road, North Liberty, are the parents of a son bom on Friday, July 13, in Memorial Hos. pital. A son was bom to Mr. and Mis. Thomas Daugherty, 107 E. Rupel Street, North Liberty, on July 13, in the LaPorte Hospital. NATIONAL FARM SAFETY WEEK The Indiana Farm Safety Council appealed to all farm and rural residents to participate in National Farm Safety Week, July 25 - 31. President Nixon has urged all persons engaged in fanning to consider ways in which they can promote safer practices in work, home and recreational activities. It is e-timated that more than 2.200 persons were killed in work accidents in agriculture during the past year. Falls and motor vehicle collisions ranked high among the typ s of accidents resulting in farm deaths and injuries. Farmers, the slow moving embltrn is your best protection when operating farm equipment on roads. Make certain that your emblem is clean and bright to be fully effective. SOFTBALL STANDINGS The standings of the Jaycee Softball League are as follows: Ridge Walkerton 7 2 Jim's Barber Shop 7 2 Bob’s Bar 7 3 Martin's Sunoco 6 3 Koontz Lake Merchants 5 4 Lloyd's Grocery 4 5 Laßere's Arco 3 6 American Door 3 7 Savoie’s Construction 2 6 Northern Indiana Tool 1 s In last week's action, Jim's Barber Shop moved into a fir t place tie by defeating the K ontz Lake Merchants 15-14 and coleader Ridge Walkerton b\ a 7 to 6 win. Bob's Bar lost a chance at the top spot by losing to Martin’s Sunoco 12-11. In other action Lloyd’s GroceryLast Round-Up won a pair of games defeating Northern Indi, ana Tool 17-11 and the Koontz. Lake Merchants 19-16. Ameri. can Door split a pair of games, beating Sunoco 12 to 10 and then losing to LaßereT Arco by a 1312 margin. Sunoco bounced l»ack to defeat No! them Indiana Tool 15-6. Manager: “Been to the zoo yet New stock boy: “No Mr" Manager: “Well, you should. You'll enjoy It and get a big kick out of watching the turtles Rip by.’’

TEN CENTS PER COPY

Liberty Twp. 4-H Judging On Thursday, July 26 Juugmg of clothing and f < .U in Libeity Town-hip 4-H will be at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 26, at the North Libeity Hgh. School. All clothing and foods will be received from 10:00 air. to noon on Thursday. The local dress review will bg held in the High School gym n Thursday evening, July 26. at 7:00 o'clock. The theme Is "Fas!', ions With Spirit." Brenda Lan . ert and Ellen Carbiener are cochairmen of the event. Thev wi t be a <isted by the other Junior Leaders. Mrs. Jack Vukovits and Mrs. Eugen Puce are in chaigt of refreshments. All 4-H members and parents are urged to attend. Tne pubkj is cordially invited. BIRTHDAYS TO BE ( ELEBILATED The July birthdays of residents of the W dkerton Nursing Home are Max Stepham, Lloyd Killian, Lee Mechlenburg, Gertrude Everly and Lon; McCarty. We wilt have a party for these people (>u Thursday, July 19, at 7:00 p.m. The Joan Brine School ot Dance will give a recital for our pleasure. The Walkerton Rainbow Girls will serve and funusli cakes. Thanks girls. If anyone has any pieces of material, jewelry or plastic contain, ers from Legg panty hose, wed appreciate getting them. The ’ crafts department uses these it. ems. I T If anyone, men or women, have a few hours spare time and would like to do a service, please contact the Walkerton Nursing Home. Men who could help make some simple wood crafts or take 1 gentlemen fi.-hing, many hand* are needed in crafts and sewing. Hi Ip our residents to live a full. 1 er life. 1 NOTICE The Better Homes Extensile Club will meet at Mis. Roy Freeman’s <>n Monday. July 23. aC 6:30 p.m. NAME NEW <>FI I( EKs Michael Kothanowski is the • new Grand Knight of Saint Pat. ! rick Council No. 5709 fur 1973. I 74. Other newly elected offn rs [ of the W<kerton Knights ( olumbus uh hide Kevin Huffst t. , ter, Deputy Gi.tnd Knight; b’d i Zapinski. ( haniellor; John Zc ■n. Recorder; I. o Mehler, Tiea-uirr; ; Harry Webster. Inside Guaid; , Matt Dudy. out ide Guard: Francis Glentzer, Trustee; John Ren. barger, Trustee; and Hemy Sza. dy, Truste Kenneth Huffstetter will conLnue to serve as finam secretary. Installation of officeis will tike Place at a later date ;ui d all new. ly elected offic. n will b> honored at that time. Next event on the calendar is a picnic at the st. Patrick School grounds thi- Sat. urday, July 22. □ hospital ne w c □ RFA’ENTLY admitted to LAPORTE HOSPITAL Mrs. Thomas Dollahan. Jack Wallace, Mrs. Arthur Mann. Mrs. Richard Palmer and Miss Julame Perry, all t »f Walkerton; Mrs. Rhoda Ogle, of North Liberty Josenh Pulitzer, journalist and founder of the Pulitzer Prizes, was bora an April 10, 1847