The Independent-News, Volume 102, Number 43, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 31 March 1977 — Page 4

MARCH 31, 1977 — THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fetterhoff. of Winona Lake, were dinner and overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Chapman on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ullery were in Dowagiac. Michigan. Saturday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Hoover and on Sunday there were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wisler. in Hamlet. Saturday evening dinner guest on March 19 of Mr. and Mrs. William Dickson were Mr. and Mrs. Lester Jones, of Hammond; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gaughicr, Hammond; Mrs. Ida Davis. Hammond; and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Buckley. of East Chicago. Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Walz came home a week ago from a three week vacation in Florida. Most of their time was spent at Bradenton Beach and on there way home a visit was made with Dr. and Mrs. V. B Wolfe at Sebring. Mrs. Ethel Swanson, of Fish Lake, was in Walkerton Saturday to spend the afternoon with Mrs. Alta Bowers. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Beaty were in New Carlisle on Monday for a business meeting at the Haven Hubbard Home and Mr. Beaty show ed pictures of their trips they had taken to the residents. Mrs. Bertha Urbin was in Kewanna on Sunday visiting with Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Urbin and other relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bierly came home from a Florida vacation two weeks ago. They visited various places while there and saw many Walkerton people with whom they made short visits. Mrs. Georgia Stillson spent a re cent week end in Cassopolis, Michigan. with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stillson.

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Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Slick and family, of Fort Wayne, were here on Sunday to visit with his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Slick, who is a resident of the Walkerton Nursing Home. Last Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Beaty took Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Skinner to New Haven. Indiana. for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Skinner, who is Fritz’s half brother. The Beatys went on to Belfountain. Ohio, to visit a cousin in the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. James Capek. Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. James Capek, Sr., were in Claredon Hills. Illinois, as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Svatek and family recently. Mrs. Dorothy Walsh and Mrs. George Pfeiffer will be hosts Saturday evening for the carry-in dinner oF the Koontz Lake Conservation Club with a fellowship hour to follow the meal. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shogren, of Koontz Lake, spent three days last week with their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. L. Larson, in Pecatonica, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Cine and family enjoyed the spring vacation week with a trip to Florida. They visited with Mr. and Mrs. Wade Stillson in Gearwater, and the family enjoved a trip to Disnev World. Mrs. Judy Ryan. Janet and Julie, and Mrs. Robert Urbin enjoyed a trip to Florida over spring vacation. They visited with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Burch, on Marco Island. Mrs. Glen Jacob and children and Miss Angela Rohrer, went to Angola, Indiana a week ago Wednesday to spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Jacob. Use The Classified Ads!

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Moyer, of LaPorte, spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. John Guttman. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Burch, of Hamlet, and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wray returned home Monday evening from a 15 day trip through 10 states, traveling over 4600 miles. They spent most of their time in Arizona, visiting the most important points of interest, Painted Desert, Petrified Forest, Flagstaff Indiana reservations, Grand Canyon and Phoenix; also Sante Fe, New Mexico. On the return trip they visited the Burch’s daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Barns, in Denver. Colorado. Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. George Pfeiffer had a birthday dinner for their daughter, Mrs. Thomas Jerome, of Griffith, Indiana. Those present were Mr. Jerome, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Voss and family. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Toth and family, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jerome Jr. and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Granger and family, all of Griffith and Frankfort, Illinois, and Mrs. Thomas Walsh, of Walkerton. Bertha Urbin entertained Monday night at bridge. She used an Easter motif for the 11 guests who all had a good time and good refreshments. Mrs. Harold Sheaks, Mrs. Lillian Hanes. Mrs. Ed Sester. Mrs. Newton Williams and Mrs. Ethel Mapes, ot Niles. Michigan, visited Mrs. Sheaks’ stepmother. Mrs. Bertha Niemeyer in the Four Seasons Nursing Home, Westmont, Illinois, on Monday, to wish her a happy 84th birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Whitteberry and Mrs. Newton Williams attended a luncheon and meeting of the O.K.’s group in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hartman. South Bend, on Sunday. The group is composed of matrons and patrons in 1968 of Eastern Star chapters in District 20, when Mrs. Whitteberry and the late Newton Williams served the Walkerton chapter. The Donald Wolfenbergers have returned to their Koontz Lake home after a vacation in Florida with Dr. and Mrs. Harold Koch and family. Visiting recently with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pickavet were Mr. and Mrs. Morris Williams, of Sault Ste. Marie, Canada. Guests of Mrs. Charles Bandcndistel for the week end were Mr. and Mrs. George A. Ruesch, of Walton, Kentucky, and Mrs. Robert E. Finkle, of Indianapolis. Returning with them was Mrs. Edith B. Sicner and she will be staying here with her mother, Mrs. Bandendistel, for an indefinate period. They all visited with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duffey, in South Bend, on Friday evening.

Business And Professional Women Meet Forty-five members and two guests enjoyed a dinner meeting of the Walkerton Business and Professional Women’s Club March 24 at the J&J Restaurant. Vicepresident Virginia Easterday greeted the members and guests, Miss Linda Bouse and Mrs. Manford Bouse. Baskets of spring flowers and the amber appointments brought an atmosphere of the arrival of spring to the dining room. Darlene Beaver reported on the Chamber of Commerce meeting. The Woman of the Year committee reported the recipiant of the annual award will be voted on at the April meeting. Suggestions should be given to the committee at an early date. Myrna Daube will represent the club at a meeting of the Ambulance Committee to be held at the American Legion Hall. Thursday night, March 31. Contributors to the birthday bank were Bess Gindelberger, Retta Williams, Jean Lawrence, Dorothy Myers, Esther Smith, Bonnie Sullivan and Darlene Beaver. Mrs. Beaver received the birthday gift. Myrna Daube received the door prize. Election of officers will be held at the April meeting. Bingo was enjoyed for the remainder of the evening. Mickey Wolfenberger was chairman of the evening, assisted by Mary Sester, Alice Sheaks, Myrlyn Bella, Pearl McConnell, Helen Gark. Eleanor Ludwig, Phyllis Lute, Cheryl Rizek, Lorraine Mercer and Bonnie Sullivan. "Whoever gossips to you will gossip of you." Spanish Proverb

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R.E.A.L. SERVICES NUTRITION PROGRAM APRIL 4 - 8 MONDAY Juice Beef Stroganoff over noodles Harvard beets Pears Rye bread and margarine Milk. tea. coffee TUESDAY Juice Breaded pork pattie Orange glazed sweet potatoes Broccoli Bread and margarine White cake with chocolate frost Milk, tea, coffee WEDNESDAY Beef bouillon chicken ala king over rice Tossed salad with dressing Peaches Bread and margarine Milk, tea. coffee THURSDAY Juice Hawaiian ham Mashed potatoes with gravy Orange glazed carrots Bread and margarine Gelatin with fruit Milk, tea, coffee FRIDAY Juice Macaroni and cheese Green beans Citrus or mixed fruit cup Cookie Milk, tea. coffee There are goats in Tennessee and Mississippi that actually fall into a dead faint at any loud sound -a thunderclap, an engine starting up, even the clatter of a feed bucket. The cause is not cowardice, however, but an inherited nerve disorder. When stacked, 490 U.S. dollars weigh one pound.