The Independent-News, Volume 101, Number 48, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 May 1976 — Page 7

Two Perish In Fire And Father Has Fatal Attack A mobile home fire Sunday morning claimed the lives of Shona Lynn Back, 7, and her stepsister, Vickie Marie James, 12, and caused the heart attack that was fatal to their father, Ollie Back, near Grovertown. The cause of the blaze was not determined. The parents of the girls, Ollie and Carol Back, returned to their blazing home after cleaning their place of business in Knox to find that helplessly there was nothing they could do. Accompanying their parents were Michael and Renny James. The Washington Twp. Fire Department and the Koontz Lake-Ore-gon Twp. Department responded to the call. Relief efforts for the family are underway and being coordinated by the Starke County Red Cross. Mrs. Back and the two teenage children are staying with relatives in Knox. If you wish to help, call for Peggy Brettin at the Red Cross, 772-3343 or Starke-Porter Services, 772-4040. Funeral services for the three were held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 5 in the Braman and Son Memorial Chapel, Knox, with Rev. Earl Hazel, officiating. Mr. Back and Shona were buried in the Grovertown Cemetery and Vickie was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton. Mr. Back was born on June 6, 1929. in Jackson. Kentucky and was 46 years old. He died at 7:15 a.m. of a heart attack. He had lived in Starke County for 25 years. Survivors include his wife. Caroline; three children. Terry Back, Elkhart; Mrs. Sharon Anderson, Arizona; and Laura Back, LaPaz; three stepchildren, Michael James

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and Renny James, both at home; and Mrs. Ladona Kaber, Mishawaka; four grandchildren: five brothers, Angelo and Glaster Back. Knox; Jollie Back. Walkerton; Costalo Back. North Judson; and Roger Back, Walkerton; and four sisters, Mrs. Opal Owens,North Judson, Mrs. Carrie Manns. Knox; Mrs. Shirley Jones, Royal Center; and Mrs. Evelyn Myers, Monticello. Shona Back, 7, was a first grade student at Washington Township School, born on January 8, 1969, in Knox. Her stepsister, Vickie Marie James, 12. was preceded in death by her father, who was killed in an automobile accident in 1967. Vickie was born on February 13, 1964, in Elkhart, and was a sixth grade student at the Washington Township School. 1-Car Accident On St. Rd. 23 Injures Driver A one-car accident on State Road 23, South, caused serious injuries to the driver, Donald Emigh, 36. route 3 box 389, Walkerton, Thursday evening, April 29. The vehicle was apparently traveling at a high rate of speed just north of CR-850N when he lost control and slid sideways into a tree cutting the car in two pieces. Emigh was thrown from the car and found approximately 100 feet from the point of impact. He was taken to South Bend Memorial Hospital suffering from internal and head injuries. NOTICE OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Marshall, St. Joseph. LaPorte Counties, Indiana, that the proper legal officers of said municipal corporation at their regular

meeting place at 7:30 p.m. on the 18th of May, 1976, will consider the following additional appropriations which said officers consider necessary at this time. To be transferred from Cumulative Building Fund: $31,000 (Roof Repair - Walkerton Elementary School) $4,200 (Grade Parking Lot/Install Dry Wells • Urey Middle School) $3,000 (Roof Repair - Urey Middle School) SB,OOO (Air Conditioning Unit - John Glenn High School) Taxpayers appearing at such meeting shall have a right to be heard thereon. The additional appropriations as finally made will be automatically referred to the State Board of Tax Commissioners, which board will hold a further hearing within fifteen days at the County Auditor’s office of said county, or at such other place as may be designated. At such hearing taxpayers objecting to any of such additional appropriations may be heard. Interested taxpayers may inquire of the County Auditor when and where such hearing will be held. BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES POLK-LINCOLN-JOHNSON SCHOOL CORPORATION Marvin L. Bouse, President Earl L. Smith Lynn L. Stull William E. Ochs Joseph D. Bottorff 2tm6 Those Who Blossomed Late “Learning.” the ‘‘magazine for creative teaching,” has a word of encouragement for the parents of a child who just doesn’t seem to do very well in school. “If all else has failed in trying to reach a child who seems utterly hopeless,’’ declares

the educational publication, "don’t give up. Resolve to be patient.” It is also suggested to ponder a list of of school failures compiled by a British pediatrician, Ronald S. Illingworth. In the list we find, for example, that classified by their schools as “poor spellers” were William Butler Yeats, who became one of the most famous of Irish poets, and George Bernard Shaw, whose command of the English language enabled him to become one of the most skillful British dramatists. Felix Adler, who, among other accomplishments, founded the German-American Ethical Culture movement; Carl G. Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist; and Ben Franklin were all classified as “poor mathematicians.” Franklin confessed in his autobiography that as a youth. "I acquired fair writing pretty soon, but I failed in the arithmetic and made no progress in it.” But. as we know, he went on to make a name for himself as a printer, author, publisher, inventor, scientist, public servant, and diplomat. Not bad for a “poor mathematician.” What is one to do when a child not only does poorly in school, but is at the very bottom of the class? That was true of Thomas Alva Edison, one of only nine inventors named to the Hall of Fame, and who went on to patent dozens of inventions, among them the phonograph. motion pictures, and the "incandescent lamp" — now commonly known as a light bulb. Paul Gauguin, the French painter. was dismissed by his teachers as "a dreamer.” James Watt,

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who invented the steam engine and was the very first scientist to apply the technique of "feedback” (in his centrifugal governor) was declared to be “dull and inept.” Albert Einstein, his teachers said, was “mentally slow.” In fact, Einstein. along with Edgar Allan Poe, Percy B. Shelley, Wilhelm K. Roentgen, and James Abbot McNeill Whistler, were all such poor and “hopeless” students that they were actually expelled from school. Whistler, in fact, flunked out at West Point, went on to a very undistinguished career as a draftsman and map engraver with the Coast A Geodetic Survey in Washington, and, even after he became an accomplished painter, went bankrupt in mid-career. So, parents, if you have a “slow” child, don’t give up! There's lots of hope yet! MARTHA CIRCLE MEETS The Martha Circle of the Presbyterian Church met in the living room of the church on Monday evening. May 3. with 10 members present. Mrs. Richard Shaffer, leader, opened the meeting by reading a Mother's Day poem entitled. “Keeping House.” Mrs. Ruby Snyder, secretary, read the minutes. Roll call was answered with your graduation picture. Mrs. Gene Gerber gave the meditation of the Least Coin. Mrs Harold Eddinger gave the lesson on Judas Thaddeus (Jude), the Steady Apostle from the book. "Thirteen Men Who Changed The World.”’ Refreshments were served by the hostess. Mrs. Gene Gerber.

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