The Independent-News, Volume 101, Number 31, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 27 February 1975 — Page 2

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7 •' ire- of poise are the above ni fl-' for the Ancilla Scholar, n 'Benefit Fashion Show sched. u, . ; »t March 13. at 8:00 p.m., in Hi * college auditorium. Seated leit •» ught are. Julie Gan imw. yf K ><>ntz Lake; Debra Wille, of Hr 1 let, and Debbie Rayder, of Kn-. ;. Standing is Helene Lenz, «f Walkerton. T " program will also include ente'tainment by the Oregon-Dav. L Swing Choir under the direc. Lon »f Miss Judy Bierie with or. gri iccompamment by Mrs. Gene ^un per, and Ancilla student art ^xh. »it. door prize? and refreshmen.- The program is sponsored |iy Ancilla College alumni and frien Is under the chairmanship Mis. Annie Garrison and Mary yi;u reaa. IIKH-TJIKEAKER-S VIMIT MALAH MX A Ihe Drift. Breakers packed up mid headed north to visit our jie u ilx>nng state of Walhalla, Mu igan This was our third and )t-i trip for this snowmobile sea. fam. u • Mjant the week end at Timbe: i ne Resort. overlooking the Ji «z n Ixing Lake at Wahalla. Th weather was great and there wa- plenty of snow. But, we did nut need the 40 degree tempera, tm ind sun-shine. By Saturday ait-'noon the snow was getting sins v and we rude in lots of Nr at r holes ami mud. But we ^rea ,• found some beautiful trails in the area St nday morning a few of our X’ >t:.> went to breakfast at the Bno. Twisters club house in Mas. on bounty. Their club runs a bi-mfaM special every Sunday. Th ; are located in an old school b<n** out in the sLcks They otter a great breakfast and the pi;.* is hart! to beat. This is for the 'iiowmobiiers who pass thru on t ie trail. At noun we all got back togethWhiskey Creek Recreations to vst ch the snowmobile raoes. The-•'race* were someth.ng else. At' they hail run aL>ut five eve. j the track v. o pure slush, lb' '.ads were sh<>it;ng no-te; ta. us water and ?. . h a out io set .igh |>h.nd them The dnv. era were soaking wet from all thi v. .d-; and sev-ral >t the sl«*4? d * i-^l out 1 n<- • driver ueie Oft 1 Trten either there w wo. .nd even it year old girls. Jf the tune to l< <v- the tuok iw|s hours Ja'er th froz.-n hw had come m or, had all l«h' I to mud and flooded in At had a fx-autiful tr p bom" mill w< hit H । land, M < higan At tint jm.nt mother nature de. ci led she d. I not want to sj»o;l a p< i te< t record. Why sh<«»4d flhe tlli»w u.s to t out of this beautiful st <te without billing us with ran; again? So. she mad« our third trq just complete lik' >ll the others this y< .r, warm am. wet But we always had it good tim< even though ail our memories will Im- wet < ne» W. had • t >tal of 21 memb m

and one guest. They were Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Knepp. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lloyd. Mr. and Mrs. Audine Manuel, Mr. and Mrs. Dave McKesaon, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Orcutt, Mr. and Mrs. (iene Patrick, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Snyder. Mr. and Mrs. Don Slahly, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sailer, Allen Schmeltz, Larry Dill. I-es Cable and our guest Steve Fngle. Our next meeting will be March sat Jerry Knepp's We are taking new members at thia time. Contact Gene Patrick or Kent Bergland if you are interested. All members Your Dues Are Due! NOHTH ÜBEBTY Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Clark and Mrs. May Claik spent Sunday ev. emng with Mr. and Mrs. Larry Clark and children in Mishawaka. Miss Karen Donathen, of Vaipa. raiso University, spent the week end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs Leland Donathen. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kaser have returned from a two week vacation to punts of interest in. eluding Chcrnkee Village, Arkan. sas. and they visited with friends in Birmingham, Alabama, and IndianapoLs. They also visited in Brownsville and with Mr. and Mrs Charles Springman in Rockport, Texas. Mrs. Effie Hammaker entertaincd with a birthday dinner on Sunday in honor yf her son-in-law, Ted Wesolek of Wakarusa Guests were Mrs. Wesolek and children, his mother, Mrs Mary-Wesohk. ar. 1 Mr. Jean Clark. Mr and Mrs Arthur Ba.ley, R bert and Brenda, and Mr and Mn Stephen Bailey and Steve, of G ishen, spihit Monday evening with Mr? Esthei Harman to help het celebrate her birthday. Mrs R »b>-rt Graychowski, of Buchanan Michigan, -qw-nt Satur. day and Sun<iay with her parents M' and Mrs George Krueger Mrs Agnes PeUce and son Jack and daugjitsr Mrs Helen Koegan. as So dM^nti were Sun. d n afternoon atnrfs 4>t Mrs Ella Fair and Marjorie. Mr and Mrs. Glen Wsljace, of F.a?t Lansng. Michigan were week end guests nf Mrs. I^lhan Peterson ami family. Sunday aft. rnvxin callers were Mr and Mis John Pettis- n and .son of South Bend Mrs Rachel Fullmer called on Rev. and Mrs Pleasy Mast, in Bremen la«t Thur.Miav. Mr and Mia Dan N.ik'rson rn. I children, of South Bend w-rr S inliy d.nnrr gueata of M. 3. Ev. elyn B'ephene n

David Renz, of Teegardcn, I spent Sunday and Monday with his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sims, Sr. Mr. Ivo Roush, of Knox, called i on Mrs. Lulu Roush and Pearl on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fullmer and i children, of Mishawaka, spent i Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Ra. chel Fullmer. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sheneman called on Mr. and Mrs. Rich, and Whitmer on Sunday after, noon. Mrs. Martha Taylor was a Sun. day dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Haroki Craft and family, in South Bend. In the afternoon they all went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Maddux and Pat, in Elkhart, to help little Pat celebrate his fourth birthday. Mrs. Dixie Savoie. Mrs. Ethel Sims, Mrs. Lydia Parmley and Mrs. Sharon Renz attended a miscellaneous shower on Sunday aft. emoon at the home of Mrs. Z»-rn Wylie, in Walkerton, for Mias Cindy Naragon, who will become the bride of Ronald Savoie, Jr., North Liberty, on March 8. Mrs. Gert Hide Sheneman returned home on Sunday from Me. monal Hospital, South Bend, where she had been a patient the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Strycker, of Osceola, were Thursday after, noon visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Price, of Literty Trail. SPOTLIUHT ON LOCAL LORE AND NATION’S STORY Paraphrasing from the works of Sir Walter Scott's, "The I^ay of the Last Minstrel”, "Breathes there a woman, with soul so dead, Who never tn herself hath said, This is my own native land!” Mrs. Leonard Beaty, president welcomed members and guests to the Woman's C<nnmun.ty CluD Friday, F< bruary 21. Devotions "Woman's Place in the World,” taken fmm the Priar. ie Farmer. Were given by Mrs. Brooke Bowers. She said semi. nine influence has had a profound effect on mankind from the be. ginning of Lme in the church and other areas of life's endeavor. Roll call was answered with a local historical fact. Cut gass from the factories of Wakerton The Centra) Cut Glass Factory, 1910.1919, and the Hons, ler Cut Glass Factor;, 1921-1920. was displayed. Those exhibiting were Mrs Lucille Ward. Mrs Amos B.erly, Mrs. Fritz Skinner. Mrs. Bow< rs. Mrs Gus Verkier and .Mrs Boaty. Pictures of the Centra) factory were loaned to the club for display by Rumm*U Ruby. Mrs Allen Seaholm repot ted on the organization of the Greater Walkerton Area BKvntentnal Com. mH tee The dub voted an initial donation of siooo to be given to the committee Mr R< aty was do fed ptes). dent for 1975.70 Gueits attend, mg were Mrs Ward, Mrs Frank M

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Dunn. Mrs Ted Lipke, Mrs. Dick Palmer and Mrs. Victor Schmidt. Miss Ethel Rierly reported she and Mrs. Wilder Burnside h id delivered valentine favors filled with h .me made cand; to the RN Nursing Home patients in Tee. garden. Th" pr gram "Your I«and and My Land,” introduced by Mis Dorothea Brenner, program chair, man. w is presented in two parts. First Mis Vt-rkler talkeil at ut local Imhana lor , "The Old Huckleberry marsh." She said in IR7O times were difficult and when it was itscovered money could be made seil.hg hucklebeniea the maish came into proimnance. At first ju t the local people picked and sold the terries Later, however, people came by the hundreds, in all kinds of conveyances, from Whiting, Hammond and South (.hicago. Needing a place to stay they pitched tents and soon restaur, anta, saloons and darning places followed and fluunahed. One season, a girl, "buxsan. blond and beautiful.” arrived from Michigan City with a group of young people. She was later to be known as the "Huckleberry Queen ” Her boiaterousness and gaiety in saloons, gambling places and on the dance floor soon made her a "favorite * of all who frequented the spot. The marsh covered several hundred acres and wa» located midway between Koontz Lake and Walkerton. It was known as the "stomping ground,” because for great distances you could hear the sound of dancing feet. Loud music, shouting and shooting was heard frequently from this swamp, land. It thrived for 20 years and finally one evening during a hot dry spell an outraged mother from Groverlown. whose joung son had been led astray by the saloons and gambling dens, .^et fire to the marsh and ft was com. pletely destroyed. In relating the story Mrs. Verk. ler said her aunt, Emma Goppert, had written about the marsh and a copy of her story was now in the state library in Indianapolis. As a sequel to her tale she told how her grandfather, when in Denver on business, had come acr«w an article in a local paper which told of a "hell-hole" m Indiana. This article referred to the Huckleberry Marsh which was the bane of al] law abiding citL zens in the area. During the second part of the program a pageant was enacted in conjunction with a narration by Mrs. Aal Hunter of "I Am A Nation," by Otto Whitaker. The reading told of the birth of the nation on July 4, 1776 and refer, red to the Declaration of Inde. pendence as its birth certificate. It spoke of freedom of the op. pressed, of all our great men, our forests, our Lelds, our oc. eans, our deserts, our faim lands, our churches, our cities and om people. Th- reading also exprtssed the hope that the nation may always jxxisess the integrity the courage and the strength to keep itwlf unshackled, to remain a citide! of freedom and a bearon of hope to the work!. Those partici|»atlng in the pag. cant were Acil Hunter who sang "God Bless America," Miss Bren, nor, Mrs, Lipke. Mrs. Palmer. Mrs. Evar Peterson, Mrs. John Summer who was dressed as Un. cle Sam, Mrs. Schmidt and Mrs Seaholm. The partici|»ants all can led an American flag and a large letter which when combined, spoiled America in red, white and blue. Mrs. David luiwrence wax the accompanist throughout the entire performance. Contributors to the birthday bank were Mrs Henry Bergen. r> ther and Mrs Carl Stanley. Guest ta' le- carried out the

theme of the program using red, white and blue floral arrangements flanked by the candh s in small drums. Matching table covers and napkins completed the ensemble. Hoste-ses were Mrs Frank C. Kramer and Mr.s. St an. ley >3^ ORITUARIFsW I t I Mrs. Mary Smith Mrs. Mary H. Smith, 62. of Koontz Lake, died at 12:20 a.m. February 18 at the LaPorte Hospital after an illness of one month. Born August 30. 1912. nt Chicago, she came to Koontz Lake 18 years ago. Mrs. Smith was married on April 7, 1934, at Waukegan, 111., to Herbert D. Smith, who survives with nine ch.ldren: Staff Sgt. Herbert Smith Jr. Sawyer AFB. Mich.; James Smith. Thornton, Ill.; George Smith, Chicago; Henry Smith. New Lenox, Ill.; Jerry B. Smith, San Diego. Calif.; Mrt». Mary B. Briody, Thornton. Ill.; Mrs. Arlene Adams. Ewo Bench, Hawai.; Mrs. Christine McCafferty. Yoko Suka, Japan; and Mr». Patricia A. Kr.kr, Hamlet, and 14 grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Thursday. February 20, at Ran. nelis Funeral Home, Hamlet, with Rev. Ernest GUnL, officiating. Burial was at Grovertown Cemetery, Mrs. Virginia Malott Mrs. Virginia Malott, 60 of 4015 York Road. South Bend, died Tuesday, February 18. at Memorial Hospital after an extended ill. news. She was a former employee of the Indianapolis Life Insurance Co. office. She was bom Febru. ary 19, 1914, in Medora, Indiana. She lived in the area most of her life, having come from At. ties, Indiana. Her husband, Charles, died February 16, 1969. Surviving arc a son, Thomas J., of Mentor. Ohio; three grand, children and a sister, Mrs. Doro. thy Buster, of Lafayette. Services were held Friday In the Guisinger Colonial Chapel, South Bend, with Rev. B. C. And. erson, pastor of South Side Church of God, officiated. Burial was at St. Joaei>h Valley Memorial Park. The A. M. Manuel Funeral al Home was in charge of the ar. rangements. 6-YR. OLD KILLED ON STATE ROAD 23 WEDNESDAY Miss Kelly Smith, 6. who re. aided with her grandmother on State Road 23. North, Walkerton, was killed at approximately 7:55 am., tixiay (Wedne.sday I while waiting for the sch<x>l bus to pick her up. Other children were with her also waiting. According to police she was holding hands with the other children and broke away and stepped onto the road and was struck by an oncoming northlound car driven by Mrs. Lester Theis, route 1. Walkerton. The ahool bus was not involved. Further details and arrange, mints incomplete at this time, ^use-HieV (WANT!