The Independent-News, Volume 100, Number 3, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 August 1973 — Page 4

— THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS — AUGUST 16. 1978

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■Mrs. Noble Sheatsley Sr, re. turned on August 7 from Alexandria, Virginia, where she vis. ite i with her son Noble Sheats. ley Jr. and family for two and a half weeks. Mrs. Sheatsley’s son spent two days here with his mother driving her to Virginia. While there she attended the wedding of her grandson, Donald, and letumei h<>me by plane. Amil Schultz. 717 Virginia St., is in the LaPorte Hospital fol. lowing a heart seizure on August ?. Mrs. Dottie Bourne, of Florida, and Mr. and Mrs. Bud Hunt spent the first part of this week at Beaver Dam. Wisconsin, with Mr. and Mrs. Norris Bmsie and family Mrs. Lois Miller and her grand, child. Pamela, are now Siting ftiends in the South Bend, Walkerton and North Liberty area. Mrs. Miller has been living .n California several years and she is the widow of the late Joda E. Miller, of Walkerton. V’. and Mrs. Duane Rhodes a l daughter. Mrs. Chai les Mart.n and Don were recent guests of Mr and Mrs. Charles R. Martin and son, at Chillicothe. Ohio. os Tromas Ball and three daughters, of Logansport, were h- ie ’t ree days recently with her m ‘ther and brother, Mrs. Charles M «rtin and Don. -> । ummage sale August 24 ano 25 at Masonic Temple. Walkerton, 9 to 5. sponsored by the Order - of Eastern Star. On Saturday, August 25. home made baked goods will be available. Contact Mrs. Jasper Eukin for pick up. Miss Norma Crosley graduate student at Western Illinois Uni. v rsity. Macomb; Mr. and Mrs. Mrs W. V. Valentine, Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs. Ruel McC^Oe, Dowagiac ,Mich.; and Mrs. Beverly Nestedy, Lawton. Mich., ceme to help Mrs. Alice Barney c< a orate hei birthday on August 5. To>y were all guests of Mrs. Koberl Holland. South Bend, for □inner. Dr. and Mrs. Wesley MilIt ।, Fayette, Mo., wre helping uun tne celebration of the 150th Xirthuajr of Fayette. Mo. and came a week late and are guests oi Mrs. Barney. Dr. Miller is a piotessor at Central Methodi.-t College at Fayette. Betty Miller is uirector of music, Extension and h'si<«nt professor at the Uni. versity of Missouri, at Columbia.

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Mrs. Lawrence Taylor, of Monroe. Michigan, was here on Saturday as a guest of Mrs. Esther Kaufman. She also called on Mr. and Mrs. Amos Bierly and Mrs. Emma Zigler. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jackson and daughter will leave on Thurs. day. August 16 for their new home in Fort Myers, Florida. They will be staying in a mobile home at his brothers until a permanent location can be found. .Loren Capek won three honorable mention ribbons at the Nap. panee Festival Art Show held at Amish Acres last week for “Green Field.” an acrylic; “Show Road,’’ 0.l and pastels; and “Practice Hour,” ink drawing. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Beard, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bodeman, Miss Dorothea Brenner and Albert Brenner, of Koontz Lake, were dinner guests on August 9 of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Blossey, in Plymouth. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Nels Hokanson, Plymouth, and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Evanscm, of Knox. Mrs. Pearl Stull was host for the Newcomer-Stump reunion at her home on Sunday with 50 guests present for the day. Her only living cousin was present, and is S 3 years old. She is Mrs. Saloma Knowlton, of North Liberty. Miss Dorothea Brenner and Al Brenn r will serve as hostess and host for the Saturday evening carry in dinner at the Koontz Lake Conservation Club at 5:30 p.m. All members please remember the monthly business meeting will be this Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the club house. There will be no carry in dinner on August 25 on account of the Christmas in August Sale being held all day by the members. On Sunday, August 5. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith were pleasantly surprised when a number of guests came walking in with a carry in dinner to help Mrs. Smith celebrate her birthday. Guests were Mr. ans Mrs. Calvin Kronk, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Stuntz, Mr. and Mrs. Clell Fouts, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Skinner. Mr. and Mr J John Kircofe and daughter, of Ft. Wayne, were week end visitors with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ullery. Sunday evening they celebrated Dale Ullery’s birthday with a cook out at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mercer and sons. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Houser and family. of North Liberty, were also guests for the cook out.

Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Jacob, of Angola, were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Jacob and daughter. Sunday Mrs. Glenn Jacob and Mrs. Wendell Jacob were in Nappanee to the Alts Festival at Amish Acres. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Oetjen, of Evanston, 111., were guests la : t Thursday of Mrs. George Lanphere and her brother, William Bcelkins. Th week before their Thursday guests were Mrs. Mar. vin Metz, Mrs. Ann Patrick, Mrs. Harry Lambert and Mrs. Peter J. M chaels, of South Bend. Sunday Mrs. Lanphere and her brother Bill visited their aunts, Misses Maybelle and Martha Boelkins, in Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Albion Conners of Mulberry, Indiana were callers of Mrs. Roy Miller recently. Mrs. Ruth Bare, of North Liberty. fell in her home last week and broke here left hip and the is in Memorial Hospital. She was still suffering from a broken left arm from a fall a few weeks before. M.ss Janet Bierly came home last Wednesday from a three week trip to the Canada Maritime Provinces. She was accompanied by two girl friends from Chicago. They flew to Quebec and rented a car to tour the Province.- which included New Bruns, wick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. They reported the scenery is beautiful and a wonderful trip was enjoyed. Mrs. Herbert Holsinger and Miss Becky Weber, of Terre Haute, spent last week here visiting Mrs. Holsinger's daughters and their families; Mrs. Lynn Stull; Mrs. Mike Corbett and Mrs. Leßoy Whittaker. Becky Weber stayed with the Stulls as a guest of their daughter, Terry. Miss Laurie Wilson, of Saw. yer, Michigan, spent several days this week visiting her cousin, Miss Joni Back. Mrs. Dottie Bourne, of Coral Gables, Florida, and Mrs. Eugene Hewitt, of Southbury, Conn., were guests of Mr. and Mrs’ Francis Gindelberger last week. Both ladies are former Walkerton residents. Mrs. Louise Houser returned to her home Tuesday from Me. mortal Hospital, South Bend. Mrs. Richard Seager a and three children. Mane, Nora and Joseph, of New Port Beach, California, sp.nt a week here with their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Newell. Mrs. Lucille Ward. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Fitzgerald and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Cover were in Muskegon, Michigan, on Saturday evening, to attend the wedding of Tim Koches, grandson of the late Harold Rensberger and Mrs. Alta Rensberger. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur DeMyer and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Beagles were in Fort Wayne Sunday as guests of Mrs. Gaynelle Stev. ens. Mrs. Arthur McKesson and Mrs. A. J. Daniels are still in the LaPorte Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kattau and family, of Long Island, N. w York, were here for a week visiting with h'i parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hostetler. The 21st reunion of the descendant® of Orra and Sara Hostetler was h Id on Sunday at Stuntz Pine Forest. The re were 80 pres, ent from Union Mills, Valparaiso. Gary, Plymouth, Niles and North Liberty and New York. The reunion will be held at the same place next year and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Heveni, of Union Mills, were elected president and secretary, respectively. Rev. and Mrs. John Goodpasture and Mrs. Alice Ann Griffith. of Anderson, Beth and Doug, returned home Friday from a vacation in the Smoky Mountains. On the way they stopped in Kentucky where they saw the birthplace of Lincoln and the Old Kentucky Home. In Tennessee they made their headquarters at Gatlinburg and enjoyed the recneation center at Gold Rush Junction and attended the Grand Ole Opera. Since arrival home they entertained friends, Bill Griffith, Mr. and Mrs. James Griffith and sons, of Lafayette and Mrr David Jones, of Chesterfield, Indiana.

Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Capek Sr. were Mr. and Mrs. Erl Kopta, of Hinsdale. Hl.; Mrs. May Midwinter and Tony Midwinter, of England; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Capek and family,

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF TAX LEVIES In the matter of determining the tax rates for certain pwposes by Lincoln Township. St. Joseph County. Indiana, before the ’hwnship Advisory Board. Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Lincoln Township St. Joseph County, Indiana, that the proper officers of said township at their regular meeting place, on the 28th day of August 1973 will consider the following budget: TOWNSHIP BUDGET CLASSIFICATION

TOWNSHIP FUND Pay of Trustee, Rent, Clerical and Travel Expense 2695 Books, Stationary, Printing and Advertising 550 Justice of the Peace Salary and Fees 560 Other Justice of the Peace Expense 225 Examination of Records 150 Other Civil Twp. Expenses 1160 Total Township Fund 5340

ESTIMATE OF FUNDS TO BE RAISED FUNDS REQUIRED FOR EX- Fire PENSES TO DECEMBER 31st of Township Fighting INCOMING YEAR: Fund Fund 1. Total Budget Estimate for incoming year. Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1974, inclusive 5,340 2 770 2. Necessary Expenditures, July 1 to Dec. 31, present year, to be made from appropriations unexpended 3,000 3,050 3. Additional appropriations necessary to be made July 1 to Dec. 31 of present year. 4. Outstanding Temporary Loans to be paid before December 31, of present year, not included in Lines 2 or 3 .... 5. Total Funds Required (Add Lines 1.2, 3. and 4) 8,340 5,820 FUNDS ON HAND AND TO BE RECEIVED FROM SOURCES OTHER THAN PROPOSED TAX LEVY 6. Actual Balance, June 30th of present year .... 3,214 2,948 7. Taxes to be collected, present year (December settlement) 1,856 1,550 8. Miscellaneous Revenue to be received July Ist of present year to Dec. 31st of incoming year (Schedule on file) a. Special Taxes 723 440 b. All Other Revenue 510 9. Total Funds (Add lines 6,7, 8a and 8b) 6.303 4,938 10. NET AMOUNT REQUIRED TO BE RAISED FOR EXPENSES TO DEC. 31st OF INCOMING YEAR (Deduct line 9 from line 5) 2,037 893 11. Operating Balance (not in excess of expenses from Jan. Ist to June 30, less Mise, revenue for same period) 2,037 1,842 12. AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAX LEVY’ (Add lines 10 and 11) 4,074 2,740 PROPOSED LEVIES Walkerton 3,082,330 Lincoln Township .... 2,743,740 Net Taxable Property 5,823,070 Levy on Amount t< FUNDS Property Be Raised Township .07 4,074 Fire Fighting .10 2,740 Librarj’ .15 4,114 Total .32 10,928 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TAXES COLLECTED AND TO BE COLLECTED FUNDS To Be Collected Collected Collected Collected 1970 1971 1972 1973 Township 2,878 2,864 2,960 4,163 Fire Fighting 1,623 2.720 2,025 3,234 Library 2,091 2,493 2,833 3,916 Total 6,592 8.077 7,818 11,302 Taxpayers appearing shall have a right to be heard thereon. After the tax levies have been determined and presented to the county auditor not later than two days prior to the second Monday in September, and the levy fixed by the County Tax Adjustment Board, or on their failure so to do, by the County Auditor, ten or more taxpayers feeling themselves aggrieved by such levies, may appeal to the State Board of Tax Commissioners for further and final hearing thereon by filing a petition with the county auditor on or before the fourth Monday of September or on or before the tenth day a^ter publication by the county auditor of tax rates charged, whichever date is later, and the state board of tax commissioners will fix a date for hearing in this county Llovd E Stephenson Trustee Dated August 6, 1973 Lincoln Township

Plymouth; and Mr. and Mrs. Jirfl Capek Jr. and family, of Walker, ton. Virgil Craft is a medical patient in the LaPorte Hospital.

LIBRARY FUND Lincoln Township Library 4114 FIRE FIGHTING FUND Fire Protection 2770 TWP. POOR RELIEF FUND B. Direct Relief 1. Medical, Hospital and Burial 2000 2. Other D.rect Relief 2500 Total Township Poor Relief Fund 4500