The Independent-News, Volume 102, Number 3, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 June 1976 — Page 4

JUNE 24, 1976 - THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

WALKERTON

Mrv. Roy Newell returned home from an eight day visit reeently in Newport Beach. California, with her niece. Mrs. Richard M. Seager. She attended the graduation class ot 4(X) ol her grand niece. Maria, who was solist of the orchestra, also graduated with several high honors of her class. A visit with her cousin who lives at Blue Jay. California; Arrowhead Springs; at Big Bear Mountain with her aunt and had an exciting day at Lion Country Safari. One gets the feeling thev are traveling in an African game preserve, where you can ride w ith a lion on the top of your car. its been a thrill. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Beaty were in Rawson. Ohio, on Tuesday to attend the funeral service of a very close friend. Sunday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wilder Burnside were Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Burnside. Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Burnside. Janet and Larry and Miss Mary Lippelt, all of South Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Klinedinst visited Mrs. Lester Rowland, of Nappanee, but is now a patient in the Elkart General Hospital. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Cole and family were Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Beaty for a Father’s Day observance. Mrs. Minnie Mikesell, who is very ill but is in the home of her son. would enjoy hearing from her friends in Walkerton and the address is 1449 E. Third Street, Mishawaka. Indiana, in care of Mr. Clyde Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Roy Hahn. Sr., and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Roly Hahn. Jr., and family, in Knox. Mrs. Winslow Balluss. of Aurora. Illinois, was a week end guest in the home of Dr. Mrs. Robert Fenstermacher. Mrs. Balluss and the Fenstermachers were both in Nome. Alaska, at the same time while serving as missionaries in that territory. Mrs. Vern Johnson fell in her home recently and broke a shoulder bone and she is now in the home of her daughter. Mrs. Russell Cripe.

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at 2014 Inglewood Place, South Bend. Mrs. Louis Houser is still a patient in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, and Mrs. Emma Zigler was released from the LaPorte Hospital last week end and brought back to the Walkerton Nursing Home. Mrs. Bertha Schmeltz is a patient in the Walkerton Nursing home now. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Webster will serve again this Saturday evening as hosts for the Koontz Lake Conservation Club carry-in dinner in the club house with a social hour follow ing. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Norton, of Ostego. Michigan, spent the day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Kuklinski, at Koontz Lake. Mr. and Mrs. E. Shutan, of Elossmore. Illinois, spent the week end here with Mr. and Mrs. George Pfeiffer, at Koontz Lake. They have sold their home in Flossmore and are leaving for their new home in Leighigh Acres, Florida, this week. For a farewell party the following guests were present Sunday at the Pfeiffer home at the lake, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jerome, of Griffith; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dredzic and Dr. and Mrs. Carl Fioretti, of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Harrison, of Calumet City, Illinois; and Mrs. Dorothy Walsh, of Walkerton. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ullery spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Houser and family in North tyMrs. Irene Baker, of Ingleside, Texas, and Mrs. Esther Shultz were Sunday visitors at Diamond Lake. Michigan, with Mrs. Laura Linton. Dr. and Mrs. Richard Hughes, of Williamsport. Pa., spent several days here with his parents. Rev. and Mrs. William Hughes. Dr. Hughes is a professor in the college in Williamsport and they are vacationing at Lake Wawasee. Walkerton and in Hawaii where they will visit her grandmother. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Beaty were in Argos on Sundav, June 13, to attend the 49’ers Past Matrons and Patrons gathering of the OES.

Dinner was enjoyed in the Harvey s ( ate with the business meeting and social hour in the home of one of the members. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brayer, of Fort Wayne, came Sunday afternoon to visit Mrs. Ethel Hudelmyer, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Walz and Mrs. Garland Lawrence, in the Lawrence home. Mr. and Mrs. Myron Mullet were guests of her sister, Mrs. Fred Rink, Sr., at Lake Wawasee, from Friday through Sunday. Last Thursday night Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bierly, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bierly, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Bierly, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bierly, Mrs. Sidney Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bierly, Gary and Dana, and Mr. and Mrs. Morris Malstaff, all went to the home of Miss Ethel Bierly with home made ice cream, pie and cake to wish and to make a happy birthday for Miss Bierly. At noon, the same day, Ethel had been in North Judson where she was a guest of Mrs. Gladys Gilfoy and Miss Helen Conrad for a birthday dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brenner, of Akron. Ohio, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kemp from Monday to Thursday last week. On Friday Mr. and Mrs. Kemp went to Silver Lake to spend the week end with her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bradford. A family picnic was held Sunday in the Michigan City Park and it served as a farewell party for Pvt. Duane Barden, who is in the U.S. Army and is leaving for two and a half years service in Germany. There were 30 present from South Bend. Mishawaka, Elkhart, Valparaiso, Tyner and Walkerton. In the afternoon all enjoyed a ride on a 34 foot sailboat belonging to Wayne Barden. Guests for the week end of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sheaks were Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sheaks, of Marietta. Ohio, and Ethel Mapes, of Niles, Michigan. Sunday visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sheaks, of Crown Point and Mr. and Mrs. Don Sheaks. of Darren, Illinois. Mr. Dennis Sheaks is a guest this week of his parents, the Harold Sheaks, after being over seas.

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Mrs. Lloyd Smith and Mrs. Ronald Laßere attended graduation open house for Kenneth Growhowski, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Growhowski, at Cassopolis, Michigan, last Sunday afternoon. A delicious buffet meal was served to over 200 people. The birthday club of which Miss Ethel Bierly is a member held their meeting recently in the home of Mrs. Justine Dombrowski. North Liberty, with her daughter, Mrs. Wilbur Plottner, as hostesses for eleven ladies. Miss Bierly was the honored guest this month. Bunco was played and Mrs. Russell Bierly won the prize; Mrs. Madeline Stevenson, high prize; Mrs. Rose Devereauz, low prize and Mrs. Jane Pathe, of LaPorte, the door prize. Monday night Mrs. William DePoy, Mrs. Walter Shores. Mrs. Esther Dearing, Mrs. Ruth Clark and Mrs. Elizabeth Hess were, in Peru, for Friends Night at the Rebekah Lodge. Mrs. George Washington, formerly of Koontz Lake, now of Windmill Point, Virginia, was here on a business trip and spent a few days as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Dickson. LIBRARY HOURS CHANGED The Walkerton Public Library hours have been changed. The usual Tuesday evening opening has been changed to Fridays with the Library closing at 8:00 p.m. The Library opens at 9:30 a.m. and closes at 5:30 p.m. daily except for Fridays when they will close at 8:00 p.m. beginning July 9. Also the Library will be closed on July 1 and 2 in the afternoons. Hours these two days will be from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The Library will also be closed all day on July 3. Come into the Library and use our copying machine —l5 c per copy. TO PERFORM IN AREA PARADES The John Glenn High School band will perform in the following parades in the area. They will be at Bremen on June 30 at 7:00 p.m.; at North Judson on

July 3 at 2:00 p.m.; in Walkerton on July 3 at 7:00 p.m.; July 4 at Place Park at 7:00 p.m. they will perform during the program and on July 5 they will be at North Liberty in the parade set for 2:00 p.m. P-L-J SCHOOL BOARD NEWS Robert Wieczork, currently assistant principal and athletic director at John Glenn High School, has been hired by the Polk-Lincoln-Johnson School Board as the new principal at the Harold C. Urey Middle School, at the June 15 meeting. Mr. Wieczork. who had previously coached at OregonDavis High School, came to John Glenn High School in 1971 for two years as teacher and B-team basketball coach, then left to become head basketball coach at North Newton High School for two years. This past school year he returned to John Glenn High School as assistant principal and athletic director. He will begin his new duties on August 9. The Board hired Barry Claywell to be the new industrial arts teacher at John Glenn High School. Mr. Gaywell taught last year at Rossville High School near Lafayette. Also hired was Mrs. Viola Jackson as a cook at John Glenn High School replacing Mrs. Margaret Baughman who is not returning and hired too was Mrs. Jerry Groves to be a secretary at the Walkerton Elementary School staring this fall. The board authorized the superintendent to advertise for gasoline and fuel oil bids. Bids will be opened at the July 6 meeting. Bids were opened on roof repair to the Walkerton Elementary School and installation of an air conditioning unit at John Glenn High School. Awarding of bids were tabled until the next meeting on July 6 at 7:00 p.m. in the administration building. Conference request was granted for Robert Wieczork to attend a Building Level Administrators Workshop at Indianapolis on Aug. 5 and 6.