The Independent-News, Volume 100, Number 2, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 August 1973 — Page 1

VOLI ME 100; NUMBER 2

4-H County Fair Schedule Os Events Lis’.ed The 47th annual St. Joseph County 4-H Fair is underway at Ironwood and Jackson Roads, South Bend. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8 6:30 p.m., 4-H Lamb Club Class — grandstand 7:15 p.m., “Velley Airs" Bar. ber- hop Chorus. 8:00 p.m., 4-H Dog Obedience Demonstration. 8:30 p.m., 4-H Awards Presentation. 9:00 p.m., Home Economics Revue — grandstand. THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 8:30 a.m., 4-H Horse & Pony Judging. 9:00 a.m., 4-H Lamb Judging. 1:00 p.m., 4-H Dairy Judging. 2:30 p.m., 4-H Mid-Day Mini Show — hospitality tent. 6:30 p.m., 4-H Beef Judging — grandstand. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 8:30 p.m., 4-H Horse & Pony Judging. 1:00 p.m., 4-H Swine and Lamb Sale — Hansel Smuts, chairman. 2:30 p.m., 4-H Mid-Day Mini Show — hospitality tent. 7:00 p.m., 4-H Beef Sale — Hansel Smuts, chairman; Romayne Sherman, Argel McDowell and Drayl Ball, Auctioneers. 9:30 p.m., "The Blue Grass Drifters.” SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 8:30 a.m., 4-H Hone & Pony Classes. 10:00 a.m., St. Joseph County Black & White Dairy Show — Show Tent. 2:00 p.m., Grandstand Show — to be announced. 2:30 p.m., 4-H Mid-Day Mini Show — hospitality tent. 7:00 - 8:00 p.m., 4-H Horse & Pony Drill Team Show. 9:00 p.m., "The Blue Grass Drifters.” 9:00 p.m., 4-H Exhibits in Main Building relea.* ed. Come on out and join the fun. ICE-OOE STUDENTS TO MEPT Students enrolled in the John Glenn High School I C E or C.O.E, cooperation education programs will meet at the High School on Thur-day, August 9 at 7:00 p.m, with Mr. Larry Taylor. KOONTZ LAKE GETS FLOOD RELIEF No longer will resident and motorists at Koontz Lake have tp slosh their way throug a flooded section of State Road 23 in front of the fire station every time there is a heavy rain. The Koontz Lake Association directors arranged a mutual project between the State Highway Deparment and Sarke County to install a drainage system which will eliminate this long time traf. fie problem. GLENN WINS F.F.A. SOFTBALL TOUBNEY John Glenn won the F.F.A. District II softball tournament which was held at Plymouth with eight teams competing. Glenn and La Ville went into the final game and it took Glenn 12 innings to claim the championship 5-4. Other scores in the tournament were: Glenn 4. Northwood 2 Rochester 18, Culver 7 LaVille 5, Plymouth 4 Wawa-ee 4, Bremen 3 Glenn 6. Rochester 5 LaVille 4. Wawasee 3 The tournament was sponsored by the Plymouth chapter of the F.F.A.

WALKERTON, INDLANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9. 1978

Foolbal! Jamboree Set For Saturday, August, 25 The 1973 Football Jamboree at New Prairie High School will be held on Saturday, August 25, at 7:30 p.m. All tickets will be sold at the gate with admission set at grades one to six. 75 cent ; grades seven to 12, $1.00; and adults, $1.50. The teams that will be participatingin the Jamboree are South Central, John Glenn, Michigan City Rogers and New Prairie. The first quarter has South Central kicking to John Glenn; second quarter, Michigan City Rogers kicking to South Central; third quarter John Glenn kicking to New Prairie and fourth quarter, New Prairie kicking to Rogers. NOTICE Rep. Richard D. Doyle will speak on “Annexation, Unigov and Property Tax Relief” at the next meeting of the St. Joseph County Fair Tax Association. The meeting will be held at the North Liberty Fire Station on August 14 at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited. 4-H NEWS Local judging for Polk Township 4-H recenty produced the following winners in foods: Division I: honor group, Lisa Schmidt and Pamela Balding; A group, Tonya Boise, Debra Jenny, Cynthia Petry and Jeffrey Balding; B group, Cynthia King. Mary Klinedinst, [Linria Spajkl, Dawn Steinke and Lisa Zartman, Division II: honor group, Thelma Dolph and Annette Allison; B group, Cindy Cole, Helen Schmidt, Tony Sutton and Pamela Zehner. Division III: honor group, Don. na Hardesty and Karen Stone, burner; B group. Dawn Berkebile. Division IV: A group, Pam Hendricks. Divi.-ion V: honor group, Bon. nic Sutton; B group, Angie Sutton. Division VII: A group, JoAnn Dolph . Division VIII: A group, Betty Gardner. HEAD START ENROLLMENT Enrollment of children for the Head Start Class for the 1973-74 school year is continuing in the Walkerton - North Liberty - Lakeville area. Help is needed in making contact with families who have four year olds and who are within the government income guidlines. More children are needed to complete the class. All helpful information should be phoned to Mr. Dean Gilkerson, at 586-3438. NOTICE The Philathea Class of the United Methodist Church will meet at the home of Mrs. J. R. Travis, 702 Michigan Street, Walkerton, on Thursday, August 9 at 2:00 p.m. Assisting hostess will be Mrs. Roy Miller. □ q HOSPITAL NEWS □ n RIX’ENTLY ADMITTED TO LAPORTE HOSPIT,\L Mrs. James Budd. Mrs. Randle Collins. Mrs. Edwin Steinhart and Dr. Robert Ross, all of Walkerton. RECENTLY ADMITTED TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Mrs. Louis Houser, Wakerton. Give a skeptic an inch — and he'll measure it

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Marriage vows were exchanged between Miss Vickie O Connor and William Moyer Jr. Saturday, July 28, during a 2:30 p.m. ceremony in the United Methodist Church, North Liberty, with Rev. Robert Willbanks, of. ficiating The new’ Mrs. Moyer is the daughter of Mrs. Leona O’Connor, 609 W. Maple St., North Liberty, and the late Lawrence (Tomi O’Connor. Mr. Moyer Is the son of Mrs. Melvin Maitland, Michigan City, and William Moyer Sr., of Elkhart. The bride was given in mar. raige by her brotheF, Dennis. Her gown and veil were made by Mrs. Charles Zywczak and it was made of brocade satin with an empire waist, stand-up collar and long sleeves. The bride carried a bouquet of daisies and stephonois. Cindy Solmos, cousin of the bride, w’as maid of honor and she wore a gown of lavendar and it was fashioned after the bridal gown. She carried a bouquet of white carnations and lavendar mums. Saundra Moyer, sister of the groom, was the bridesmaid and she wore a gown of mint green fashioned l.ke the honor attendant and she carried a bouquet of white carnations tipped in mint green. Doug Hooten, friend of the groom, was best man. Verland O’Connor, uncle of the bride, was groomsman. Tyrone Solmos and Roger Moyer were ushers. Mr. and Mrs. William Moyer Sr. held a rehearsal dinner on July 27 at Mr. Smorgasbord, in Mishawaka. The couple Will re ide at 1215 Middlebury St., Elkhart. New Arrivals Mr. and Mrs. Benton Howard, of Walkerton, are the parents of a daughter born on July 30 in Starke Memorial Hospital, Knox. A daughter was born on Sunday. August 5 to Mr. and Mrs. David Henchell. of Walkerton, in the LaPorte Hospital,

NAMED TO LIST OF OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN A young man from this area has been selected as Outstanding Young Men of America for 1973, according to Doug Blankenship, chairman of the board of advisors for the national awards publication. The Walkerton Chamber of Commerce nominated Glenn W. Jacob, route 2, Walk, erton. Nominations for the awards publication are made by civic organizations, college alumni associations and military commandants. Criteria for inclusion in Outstanding Young Men of America are service to others, professional excellence, business advancement, charitable activities and civic and professional recognition. The young men cho en for this distinction are between the ages of 21 and 35. The 1973 edition of Outstanding Young Men of America is scheduled for publication and national distribution in October and will feature the accomplishments of approximately 7,000 young men acro.s the country, NO CHAMBER MEETING THIS MONTH There will be no Chamber of Commerce meet.ng this month for the Walkerton Chamber of Commerce. Watch for further meeting notices. NOTICE The office of the Clerk-Treas-urer of the Town of North Liberty will be closed from August 16 to 26 inclusive. All bills payable inclusive. All bills payable shoud be mailed to the Town of North Liberty. Carl M. Eskridge Clerk-Treasurer SR. FELLOWSHIP TO MEET The Senioi Fellowship group meeting for August has been changed to Thursday, August 23 nt noon at Stuntz Pine Forest. Tills will be a picnic carry-in dinner to be followed by a very interesting program on Indians by Mr. Stuntz. The regular second Wednesday of the month meeting was changed to accomodate the plans for a picnic dinner. Everyone is in. vited to attend.

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PLJ Schools To Begin All students in the Polk-Lin-coln-Johnson School Corporation will attend school on Thur-day, August 30, at 8:15 a.m. Students will be dismissed at 11:00 a.m on Thursday. Friday, August 31, will be a full day. Reg.strat: n for high school . tudents will be August 27 for juniors and seniors from 'W am. to 4:00 p.m.. and August 28 for sophomores and freshmen from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. High school students are encouraged to pay their book rental on the day they regi-ter. Book rental cost is $21.00 plus fees. Principal’s offices will also b« open starting August 27 in the other three build.ng s to accept book rental payment. Book rental costs are $6.00 for kindergarten; $16.50 for grades one through five; and $20.00 for sixth through eight. These book rental charges include fees. Urey Football To Begin On Monday, Aug. 20 Sixth, seventh and eigmn grade boys who are going to participate in football can pick up insurance and phy ical slips from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at Urey Middle School. Equipment will be issued oo Monday. August 20, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. and the first practice will also be on this day. In order to practice a boy must have a physical and the insurance. PLAN DINNER-THEATRE TRIP On August 11 the Liberty Belle-, a new’ North Liberty Extension Homemakers Club and their guests will drive to the Canterbury Dinner Theatre, Michigan City, to attend the showing of Cole Porter’s "Anything Goes.” After the show, the club will have dinner at the theatre. The next regular meeting of the Homemakers Club will be September 4. at 7:00 p.m., at the htme of Mrs. Thomas Oakes. The evening’s lesson will be on the proper construction of custom made draperies. TO CELEBRATE 25TH ANNIVERSARY The North Liberty Assembly No. 52, International Order of the Rainbow for Girls in Indiana, will be celebrating their 25th an-niver.-ary at the August 20 meeting. It will be held at the North Liberty Masonic Temple at 7:30 pm. The meeting will be formal with refreshments following. All Past Mother Advisors, Majority members, Rainbow girs, members of the Order of Ea tera Star and Masonic Lodge are invited. CADENCE QUARTET TO PROVIDE MUSIC SUNDAY The Cadence Quartet from South Bend will be providing music for the morning services at the Walkerton Wesleyan Church Sunday, August 12. They will be singing in both the Sunday School hour at 930 am. and the Morning Worship service at 10:30 a m Pastor Dean Gilkerson and your friend.- at the Wesleyan Church invite the people of this community to hear this musical group ung to the glory of God. The church Is located at Mich, igan and Monroe Streets in Walkerton. A pessimist prefers artificial light to genuine sunshine.