The Independent-News, Volume 101, Number 25, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 January 1975 — Page 1

VOLUME 101; Nl MBFR 25

List 1974 Burials In Wocdlawn Cemetery Th- Wo Kl’awn Cemetery com. niittee ho li-te*l .’>7 burials in the ' meten at Walkcrtc n in the calendar ye ir of 1971 They are: Robert Fitzgerald Jesse Litchfield K -nald Cantway Elz *L’th Rudolph Helen Kiehbiel .1 hn Crambert Grace Lambert ('hat le.* Eandend'.stle Stella Dipert Ne«ti r Ktryluk Edna Hefferman E- th* r Piotrowicz Virgil McGhee Rose Brandon Lucy Cilery Irene Neuhaus Ginny Bealor Bryan Miller Mrs. Bush Wood Virgil Kurtz Dan Rice Jr. Mae Johnson Maurice Weldon Frank Ferran Khz 1 eth Robtnson Bertha Thornburg James Wood Pearl Secord Helen Maxine Burch Herbert Hower Juinita Howell John Anapa ugh Susie Fall Roy Sheneman Grace Parker Stella Losocha Elmer Walter Theodore Rhode* Melissa Stahly Kate Newland Mildred Everly Carrie G<xiker ■ Uriah Sheley Harry Casteel Jasper Dill Edith Brenner Jane Adnan Amelia K. Harrison Ernest Adkma Anne Warner Clare O’Brien Wilbur Place Gail Groves I>mald Stafford Myrtle Foley Dorothy Reinhardt PU SCHOOL BOARD NEWS KM Associates of Elkhart was select'd as the architectural firm to make plans for the Walkerton Elementary School adAtion by the PIJ School Board during the meeting on January 7. The board opened bid* for the chain link fence at John Glenn High School but the bids were tabled until the J inuary 21 meeting so furth. er details can be obtained Ilie board hired Mrs Ciril Sar. brr as cook at the Tyner Elementary School and a contract was approved for Mis Charles Shaft*! to be employed as a cook nt Urey Middle School. Also the board approved parti^Mduai by Mr Marilyn Lightfoot, elementary school principal in Walkerton, to attend the North Central A*«»i. alien evaluation team which is scheduled to visit Otterbein ele. mentary school on January 21.24 Dr Wiliam Wilkerson fman. cial consultant fn»m Indiana I'm. venhty, Bloonungt in, will Ie at the January 21 meeting of the board to dincusN methods of fi. naming construction on the addi. tion to the Walkerton Eicrn< ntary budding The farmer tvhoar pig wa- ki 19*1 by an automobile was raving mad ”1 ><»n t worry." said the motor, ist. trying to pacify the Imm- n<d owner "I'll replace your pig "Yuu can't." growled the farm♦r. "You aren't fat cn >ugh

! COMMUNITY CALENDAR Till RSI) \Y. JANUARY 16 6:00 pm. The John Glenn v. >:lmg team w*ll travel to La- \ 1 r NSt’ mat. :ie'. Ti ■ N >rth Lib ity freshman 1 io :b... t» am will ti avel to Argol. in N rth Lib-ity Shamrock W' •!• w.ll ho-t Jimtown in NSC action. i Kiin). jw i \m ix Ihe W i kei 'cn W .man's C >m. mm..tv C.ub will meet. 6 >0 p.m. The North Lb- • t. Shamri ks will host th' - John G nn Falcons in basketbail, this being a NSC game. *\ I I RDU, I \\l \RY IM Ihe N ith Liberty wrestlers will participate in the Brenv n T irney. Norm Liberty I.way Freshman basketbail t 'limey. N >r:h Lib- ‘y Shamrocks I i k. etbill teams will travel to Tnton 10:30 • 11:30 am — Story he ir at the Walkerton Public Library. .MONDAY. .1 IST \RY 20 7 30 p m 4-H enrollment in I- coin Township at the Com. mumty Building. 7 00 pm. The John Glenn girls' bnsketbal] team will host Plymouth. 6 .30 pm. The RTeom por. tion of the Bi-County tourney begins with LaVille playing New Prairie and at 7:45 the Falcons will play the Shamrocks, at th* North Liberty gym. TI ENDAY, MM ARY 21 630 pm — The John Glenn wrestlers to travel to LaLumiere for match*®. Boy Scouts of Pack 293 w.P meet. 7 30 pin. The Junior 1()<)F Lodge of Walkerton will meet 7:00 p.m — TTie B-Team line, ney continues at North liberty. 7:30 pm. The Walkerton .lucres to meet. WEDNTXDKY. JAM IRV 22 630 pm. — The Bi.Coun y Tourney begins at luiVille. Tilt RSDAY, J IM IKV 23 6 30 p m. Bi-County Tourn >y continues at I^aVille. him) pm. — The Walkcncn <»ES pr tdice for inspection. 4 OOKIE N VI Jr. BEGINS FRIDAY The Walkerton Ctrl Scouts will •tegm their annual cook* nale on Friday, January 17 and the sale will run thru January 27. Order today. NOTICE Due to crowded conditions with special features this week, again we have b^n forced to withhold several submit eel articles ami storles. The mt milt'd articles are of past event* and will iqipear in next week’s boue. BLCOI NTY TH KEI'S ON SALE Tickets for the Bi-County tournament are now on sale at the North Liberty High School office w«th the full se.-uiinn ti< ketn at $4 im> rickets, if avau. able at the door, w‘ll be f 1.50 pr ■eradon The eale i<t North Lib. erty will continue until Tuesday of next wt*ek. BUMM NTY TOI BN EV Tl< KEIS ON SALE YT JG Bi-County all.toumey tickets will he on sale at the John Glenn High School office on Thursday and End iy. January 16 and 17. und <>n Monday, January 20 The price w.ll be $4 00 The ticket -ale Will Im* on a first come first s< rv* ba I * Single -eas on tick, ets will have to be purchase I it t’ e J. kt at Li Ville

WUJiEKTON, INDIANA. THI RSDAY JAM ARV 16, 1975

ENGAGED ■J* p? ' M' and Mis. Gene G-i Imt an. r. m«e th* engagement of their daughter, Ro alic Ann. to Bryon Gera.irt, s« n of Mr a:. I Mr*. Gor. di n Gerhart, Lakeville Miss Gerber, a graduate of John Glenn High School, is pie- ntly attending the Michiana College of Commerce, South Bend. Mr. Gerhart, a mi l-term grad, uate of LaVille High School, plans to attend Lincoln 'lech, Indianapolis. The young couple hive chosen July 3 as the.r wedding date. ABI SE OF DRI GS I’ROGKAM SI NDW Mr Raliegh Hoover, wresting coach al Elkhart Central High School, will be the gueMt speak* r at the Walkerton United Metho, dist (thurch on Sunday, January 19 at 9:15 a m. on the use and abuse of dmgs. Mr. Hoover made a thorough study of the problem and attended workshc ps by several organiza. tions since the state requires drug education in the high schuuLs. He is a very qualified speaker and Wv not imly mF te rut urge young people and parents >f young peo. pie to join us. If yuu attrnd church in or near Walkerton you .should b* able to make your worship service on turn Everyone welcome I II ENROLLMENT NIGHT TI F>DAY. J\M \RY 21 4-H enrollment nig'..* for Lin. coin Township will be held on Tuesday. January 21 at the Wak. er>>n Community Building b»q ginning at 7 30 pm., sharp This is also an open house for parents and memb-n. Anyone can join who will be 10 years of age sometime thus year and not more than 19 years of age N* w members are urged to attend. FRENUM IN TUI RNEV SET FOR NATIKDAV AT NORTH LIBERTY A four team freshman basket, bill tourney is set for January 1h at North Liberty High Schml according to athletic director. Chink Johnson The school* that will participate in this tourney include John Glenn. Not th Liber, ty. N-w Br une and I-a Ville Th • game* will Iw played at 9:00 and 10 15 am. and then at I 30 the consolation game and the chimp, ionahip game IM set foi 2 45 mission will b- 75c for adult* and 50 cent* for student* dance FRIDAY AT NORTH LIBERTY There will i»e a dance ^p>ns< r cd by the VI(’A Club at the North J*b rtv H r n Scbo । nK the North Liberty versus J.Jm Glenn baskctiwcl) game for dudents only from the tw.» sch *h The muse W.ll be provid'd iy the *»n I Lake Admis" n is m»’ at Si 25 for singles and $2 00 f - couples The time is fi m 10 *X» to 11:30 p.m.

WALKERTON TOWN BOARD NEWS R-! s II Kuby. Si . -’i *'-<■ -.ver commissioner for th** I wu >t Walkerton the pi-t 22 ii' f ■ non need his resignati n and it. titem-nt to the hiard t t. effe-live April 1 197'* Th* l > ’ ! accepted his resignaN* n with r-. gret. inc boar ! at their January 7 m-* ng authorized th pu- hn>»‘ of a new aerial t ick-1 truck : • th* 1 Town of Walk*! n ut iities departments from Mil.W--’ H:Rangr: C mpany of Fort Wayne w:‘h delivery expected in about 120 days. F* llow* ng the d-livery of the unit the board will take bids on the town’s present buck, et truck, which has r een in sc rv. ice for 12 years. Negotiatii.ns were t n!*-!- I i ■ > with David Andrews, r- present itive of Anieric m.LaF* mt. (’ . for a 1,250 gallon«.per.minute fir-H-’h»i n jr truck phi* additional op. tional accessories Following completion of legal paper work an*! approval, the board plans t * enter a 10-year I* ise.purchase agreem* nt for the new fire equip, ment which will N'p'nce th* 1951 fire truck which will be trad**! in The services of TaylorFalm A Associates, New Carlisle, wen* engaged to conduct eng* neenng requirements at the present mu. mcipal landfill and abn at the propieed future site, on the north side of the BAO railroad in or«L er to me-t requirements of the state board of health. Along with the engineering data and maps required by the state, it will be necessary to conduc t so.l bor. ing tests and analysis i n order to procure an official state per. mit to operate a landfill at Walk, erton. Approval was granted to a loc. al organization to place no smok. ing signs In the Community Building when that group me-ts Dcnn.s Bloomfield. PLJ band director, and Mr* Nedra Will, lams, president of the PLJ Band Br>o-ters met with the board to discuss proposed activities in which the school band will par. tieipate fnr the community dur. mg the year, with perhaps fu. ture discussion to be held before the schedule is approved by the groups. B TEAM TOTRNEV FOK BI COVNTt HLf I P The B teams of the Bi-County Tourney w* 11 swing into action on M >nday r'ght at two dt«s. the St Joseph County half al North Liberty and the Marshall County teams at Argo*. On Monday, January 20, the LaVille Lancer* will meet the New Prairie ('ougars at 6 30 pm with the John Glenn Falcons and North LCerty Shamrock* meet, mg in game two At Argos, Argos will battle Bremen first and Culver C*»mmun. ity and Culver Military Academy will follow* On Tuesday night at the two •t«’.*. the Monday winners will me* t with these two teams gam. ing the find* to be played Sat. urdav, January 25 prior to the v u I v «*tiamiJ*«uhtp game at LtVille at 6 30 The John Glenn B Team Is the defending champion GLENN \S NOKHI ÜBER fl GV MF. TKh EIS Advance tic'ket sales for the (il-nn.N sth Lilierty bcsketball game will be on sale in th- J hn Glenn High Scho | ft »• Thur*, div January 16 Student tick, ets are $1 25 an ! adult tickets ar. $1 75 All ti ket, at th • d> r M. II be $2 00 A K ir. t k et - Les t*»r c lu.L* i - f >r thm ». cme only

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obituaries!^ ■ii i. ■■ । a • 111 1 Marc n \. hi/ r M irv;n A K z r 79 of 2"' 1 " ’ QU • n R *d N ’• • L t-’ty. I > ' Tu-'dty. H" o y I' in Men'HH : }],. w , • ;■n: r - wner m*l orator of the K / r Smd m 1 Gravel C K.z.o! w i ■ rn S p’emDm v 1 * r ’s in St. Jos ph c H’ ty and ha I !iv. cd here all his l:f»' On De em ber 21, 192*. r S ;’h Rend he married Neva L Hein ' vives \ ‘ ' ■' - daughter^ Mr Sharhy W xlLakev ■ try! *n of Tibx n. Arizona: s x grandchildren: two great.grind, children: and three sister’. Mr* Mabel Golden, of South Bnd Mrs. Mane Kinv North Liberty and Mr Martha Engstr-m. f Lagrange Services were held Fridav in the North Lib-rty Church of ChAst, Rev Thoma* Jones pastor. officiating Burial was in Westlawn C* metery North LiL erty. Graveside services were con. ducted by member > of Roa* 36ft American L* g 1 n N >rth Lberty. of which he wa, a member He was also .a World War I veteran and a mend>er of Chapter 6. Ihsabied American Veterans. John H ('roy John H Croy, 59, of 60293 Crumstown Highway, North Lib. erty, was pronounced dead Fi*. day January 10 at 12 40 am in Memorial Hospital after he collapaed in his home He wa* * salesman for the Fcorman Feed Co. Quincy, Illinois. Mr Cn*^ was horn on October 15. 1915 in Starke (' >unty and he had lived in St Joseph County f* r 21 year® On June 1, 1935, in Rochester, he married Al* th.a Feece, who survives Also surviving are three s*>n-s, Robert, of Plymouth: J >hn of South Bend: and Fl chard, of Lakeville; two (laughters. Ma Joanne Rudyn-ki. of North Liberty; and Mrs Jinice Wuzny t>f Lckcville; 10 grandchildren nnd four sisters Mrs Audrey Alth e. de and Mt* Martha Borets. t> th of Culver Mrs Dorothy Person, rtte of Plymouth, a d Mrs. D nna Bennett, of Mkeville. Services were tv Id Monday in the Palmer Memorial Chapel, in Lakeville with Rev Harold F Schram. pa*tor of the fjikevlFe United Methodist c'hurch. offlcisL ing Burial was m the New Oak Hill Cemetery. Plymouth Mr Cr*»y was a member sf Lxlge <36 L»ya| Order of M Goshen the National Rifleman’s AswH-rition end Civil D< fen.*e He was also president of the St Jo. s»|»h County Farm Bureau Credit Utton Charles, tclrian Skerkaad Mr (Aiarles \ Irian Sher anJ ho of Fort Wayne Indiana died January \ at B.crkvtew Mem r. id Hospital F*rt Wayne He w a.* born in Walkerton, Indi i" 1 March 17. laM He was th- sun •f Edwin i Papi aiul Lydia A .n Sherland and was r*titel frem Genet il Elei f nc O»rp Hr I* survived, m addif <>n to hi* w fe It* nr Sheriand. ty tw nephew® IK yd Sheri and 'f H imlet and Gale Sherland f Wilkert*>n Service* were hr!d at D O. MeC mb A S n* Rin.-nl H me January ll it Fort Wayne with tG i G tL 1 Ma t. ■ •» er tn charge Interment wa* at W *►! iwn (’-met* ry Wilke’ a, where gravesid- servers we*® Rev i . t Wak fic.ahng