The Independent-News, Volume 103, Number 16, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 September 1977 — Page 4

SEPTEMBER 22, 1977 - THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

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Mrs. John Bessler, of Excondido. California, is here for a few days visiting in the home of Mrs. Norma Dill. She is also visiting with other friends and relatives in the area. Mrs. Jack Evans, of Springfield. Illinois, was here on Sunday and Monday to visit with her mother. Mrs. Retta Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Harris Grotenstein and daughter Jennifer Norene. of Coronado. California, came on Friday to spend the week end with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Divine. Other guests on Sunday in the Divine home were Mr. and Mrs. James Petterson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Divine and son. Mr. Amel Schultz, Mrs. Burnadette Davis and Mrs. Nedra Smith. Mrs. William Dickson, Koontz I.ake. entertained eleven ladies at a 12:30 luncheon last Wednesday in her home. Bridge was played in the afternoon with prizes being awarded. Miss Helen Conrad and Mrs. Gladys Gilfoy. of North Judson, were Monday visitors of Miss Ethel Bierly. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Knowlton and Mr. and Mrs Harold Knowlton returned last week from a week vacation near Duluth. Minnesota, fishing. They reported that the fishing was poor but while there they went into Duluth to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Knowlton and family. Mr. Howard Knowlton and Mrs. Gus Verkier are still patients in the Osteopathic Hospital. South Bend. Mr. Robert Wolfe is a patient in the LaPorte Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pogodzinski attended a birthday dinner on Sunda) honoring their two grandchildren, Tommy and Joy Risner, of Knox. The dinner and party was given by their parents. Mr. and Mrs. James Risner. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rosenkranz and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clouse and Kimberly, of LaCrosse. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Henry, of South Bend, were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Henn Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Thornburg will serve as hosts for the Saturday evening carry-in dinner of the Koontz Lake Conservation Club at the club house. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Beagles and Mrs. Arthur DeMyer were in Sullivan on Sunday to attend the 25th anniversary of the ministry of Rev. and Mrs. Clyde Wake in the United Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bierly returned last week after a three week vacation in Petoskey, Michigan. Their daughter. Janet, of Chicago, was also there for a few days. Guests of Mrs. Charles Bandendistel were her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Sharpe, of Muncie, on Monday, and they were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bandendistcl. Fish Lake. On Tuesday, they all went to Mishawaka for a birthday dinner in honor of Alice Duffey, 66. The Sharpes left on Wednesdasy morning for their home. In last week’s local on the guests attending the cookout of the Joe Lowrys on Sunday, September 11 at Yogi Bear Park, Plymouth, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lowry and family were also present. On Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs. Bob Cripe. Jr., and family, of Chicago, called on Mrs. Charles Bandendistel and she accompanied them to the reception for Miss Edith Eilene Travis at the Walker ton Elementary School. Use Our Classified Ads! Happv Ads Make Happy Faces!

WALKERTON

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A thank you from the Walkerton Lions Gub for the support given during our recent fund raising, the Franzen Bros. Circus, and the ham and bacon give-away. The proceeds will be used to help others. Ham winners are Mrs. Leonard Beaty. Walkerton: Mrs. Inez Hoover. South Bend, and Mrs. M. Stanley, Chicago. Bacon winners are Mrs. Gela Northam, Walkerton, and Mr. Norman Driebelbis, LaPorte. Thanks to all who cared and shared with our dear friend Buelah

HM UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of INDIANA. INC. US 30 EAST • P 0 BOX 391 • WARSAW. INDIANA 46580 Telephone System An open letter to United Telephone customers: We sincerely regret any inconvenience you are experiencing as a result of the strike of the 1.8.E.W. against this company. We believe the proposed contract is fair and compares very favorably with other recent settlements around the nation. It includes a wage increase that's atxive the national average over 8% for all employes in the 1.8.E.W. -- plus additional premium pay for certain duties. It also includes a respectable increase in fringe benefits. We must curtail all low priority projects in order to provide and maintain service. Non union personnel, retirees, and other former employes are being used to provide service in our 75 exchanges where these 1.8.E.W. members usually work. We urge everyone to dial their own long distance calls whenever possible and to make these calls before Ba.m. or after 6 p.m . -- during off-peak hours. We also regret the unnecessary loss of service resulting from malicious damage to our property. We are repairing this damage as quickly as possible but with limited manpower resources it sometimes takes awhile. We ask that anyone planning any excavating or digging please call us first so any buried cable in the vicinity can be spotted for you. Cable cuts could cause major outages that can not be repaired in the usual time. We believe that to give in to unreasonable union demands, while it might solve the present problem, would not be in the long range interests of our employes or you as customers. We are, therefore, doing our best to resolve the current dispute in away that is fair to everyone. In the meantime, your patience and cooperation are greatly appreciated, and we will make every effort to keep your service as good as possible. Sincerely, George L. White President

Hilais in the past years. Buelah is gone now and we wish to say thank you, for her, to those who sent cards, gifts and especially visited her in the nursing home for the past two years. We will miss her. A special thanks to the NusbaumElkin Funeral Home, those attending her at the Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home in Plymouth and to Rev. Lloyd George, of Koontz Lake, for his words of comfort. The Francis Laßere Family The Forrest Klinedinst Family Use Our Gassified Ads! BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Leo Savoie, Jr., 101 Grissom Drive, Walkerton, are the parents of a son born on Thursday, September 15 in the LaPorte Hospital. He weighed nine pounds and five ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Alexander, route 2, box 75. Walkerton, are the parents of a daughter born on September 16 in the LaPorte Hospital. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lutz, 1309 Ohio Street. Walkerton, on Tuesday, September

13 in the LaPorte Hospital. A son was born on September 14 to Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Strickland, of 905 Ohio Street, Walkerton, in the LaPorte Hospital. Douglas K. and Sheryl Beron Yoder announce the birth of a son, Kent Edward, on September 9, 1977 at Methodist Evangical Hospital. Louisville, Kentucky. Sheryl is a 1964 graduate of North Liberty High School and is the daughter of John E. and Genevieve Beron, formerly of North Liberty. She and her husband live at 1209 Allison Lane. Jeffersonville, Indiana 47310. NOTICE OF HEARING STATE OF INDIANA, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, ss: IN THE ST. JOSEPH PROBATE COURT. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH RETHLAKE, Deceased. ESTATE NO. 29764 Notice is hereby given that the undersigned personal representative of the above captioned estate, has presented and filed: A final account in final settlement of said estate and petition to settle and allow account. Petition asking for approval of

distribution made. Petition for discharge. and that the same shall be heard in the court room of said Court on the 4 day of October. 1977. All persons entitled to share in final distribution of said estate are notified to appear in court on said date and make proof of heirship or claim to any part of said estate and show cause why such account should not be approved. Norbert I. Rethlake Personal Representative W. Joseph Doran. Clerk of the above captioned Court DeVere D. Goheen. Attorney for Estate. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL Free Lance Photographer WEDDINGS ANNIVERSARIES PORTRAITS CANDID SHOTS MICHAEL PEARISH P. O. Box 153 Walkertori, Indiana Phone 586-3570 After 6:00 p.m.