The Independent-News, Volume 104, Number 38, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 1 March 1979 — Page 1

THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

VOLUME 104; NUMBER 38

Transportation Available For Starke Seniors Do you know that the senior citizens of Starke County now have a 16 seat bus, a 10 seat van and a stationwagon available for your use in the area from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., C.S.T. In the past the Koontz Lake area was allotted Thursday afternoons to go into Walkerton. There are other uses being considered. This service is received through the Starke County Annex Administration Building, 152 W. Culver Road, Knox, phone 1-772-6055. For the present this is what you have to do for transporation. Simply call the Koontz Lake Conservation Club (586-2376) between the hours of 10:00 a m. and 12 noon, C.S.T. for your reservation to use the transporation the day prior to wanting the service. You can be picked up at your home if sou have no wav of getting to the Conservation Club house. Prehaps you can make arrangements for doctor appointments. shopping, trips to the bank, paying of bills or whatever, remembering to call the day before you want to go. There are other plans being considered for the 16 seat bus but if the seniors don't show a need nor an interest in using it. there is no point in wasting time, gas and the salary of a properly licensed driver. So it is up to you. There will also be a bus with a wheel chair lift available in the very near future. This information will be given to you a later date through "The Independent-News". Do not hesitate to call. This is the only way the council knows your needs. Anne Jackson, Alex Kuklinski, Eleanor Knight and Elizabeth Michalski are the transportation committee members for Koontz Lake. The committee is working hard to have these services available. You can also call them for further information. If you know of a senior citizen who could use this service but does not have "The Independent-News" delivered to them, please see that they know about this. Watch for further information. SPECIAL TREAT PLANNED FOR MEETING The North Liberty Athletic Boosters club will have a special treat for their March 12 meeting in the North Liberty High School cafeteria. Ihe meeting w ill begin at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Brent Lea will narrate two wrestling films and this will be followed by Bob Gow in. boy's baseball coach, who will discuss his personnel and the prospects of the upcoming season. Also Miss Myer and Mr. Keel will discuss the boys and girls track season. COUNTY CONVENTION SET FOR MARCH 5 The general Federation of Women's Club. St. Joseph County. Convention, will be held on Mon day. March 5, at the Zion United Church of Christ. Wayne and St. Peters Street, South Bend. Registration is at 9:15 a.m. A salad bar luncheon will be served and lunch is $3.75 and registration 25 cents. Make your reservations to Mrs. Roy Jackson. 586-2489. Walkerton, or Mrs. Harley Knowlton. North Liberty. 656-8003, by Thursday, March I.

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Marriage vows were exchanged on Saturday. February 17, at half past three in the afternoon by Jennifer Jacob and Steve Wentworth in the Walkerton United Methodist Church with Rev. William Hughes, officiating. White roses and baby's breath decorated the church. Soloist was Mr. Jim Green. Oak Park. Illinois, and organist was Mrs. Kenneth Klinedinst, Walkerton. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Jacob, Route 4. Walkerton, and the groom is the son of Mrs. Jane Wentworth. 65 Backman Avenue. Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The bride, given in marriage by her father, chose an ivory organza floor length gown. She carried white roses and baby’s breath. COMMUNITY CALENDAR THURSDAY, MARCH 1 8:00 p.m. — Epsilon Chi chapter of Tn Kappa to meet. 8:00 p.m. — Walkerton American Legion Auxiliary to meet. FRIDAY, MARCH 2 7:00 p.m. — Sectional action at Plymouth pits John Glenn and LaVille. 8:30 p.m. — The winner of the Plymouth and North Liberty game plaved on Wednesday evening and the winner of the /Xrgos and Bremen game, also played on Wednesday. will plav m the sectional. SATURDAY, MARCH 3 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. — Free blood pressure clinic at Community Drugs, North Liberty. 8:15 p.m. — The championship game of the Plymouth Sectional. MONDAY, MARCH 5 P-L J Athletic Boosters to meet.

Matron of honor was Mrs. Rickey Peterson and bridesmaids were Mrs. Bill Brennan and Mrs. Steve Patterson. Flower girl was Miss Cassie Patterson. Serving as best man was Keith Lang. Pittsfield. Massachusetts, and groomsmen were Steve Patterson and Jeff Jacob, of Nappanee. Ringbearer was Adam Jacob. A reception followed at the Plymouth Holiday Inn for approximately 200 guests. A wedding trip to California was taken. The couple is at home at Canterbury Green. Fort Wayne, Indiana. The bride is a graduate of John Glenn High School and she attended Ball State University. The groom is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts. CPR Course To Be Held In Walkerton CPR classes will be held in Walkerton on Monday, March 26; April 2 and 9 in the John Glenn High School library for the public. Classes will begin each evening at 7:00 p.m. To register call Urey Middle School office. Making money go further is no problem. Keeping it within reach causes mos* of the trouble. A hunch is a feeling that makes you certain about something that you know absolutely nothing about. TUESDAY, MARCH 6 8:00 p.m. — Walkerton Order of Eastern Star, advance night. THURSDAY, MARCH 8 Starke County Council on Aging to meet in Knox.

State To Have Tornado Warning Exercise Tuesday At 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 6, the state of Indiana will conduct a statewide tornado warning and communications exercise. Three other area states w ill also be having an exercise simultaneously and they are Kansas. Missouri and Illinois. The exercise is planned with the cooperation of the National Weather Service. the Indiana Department of Civil Defense, the Indiana State Police, the Indiana Department of Public Instruction and the Red Cross. These organizations solicit the cooperation of every community and person across the state to ensure their preparedness for the coming tornado season. Al 11:30 a.m. EST. the Weather Service in Indianapolis will initiate the exercise by broadcasting a message over teletype and the NOAA Weather Radio. The Indiana State Police, radio and TV stations will disseminate the exercise message as they do in the event of a real tornado warning. I his exercise presents an opportunity for every community to take a h»ok at how it receives warnings and how it disseminates them to local residents. Ask yourself tw > important things, will 1 receive it anytime of the day or night?and when a tornado threatens, do 1 know how to protect my self at any location? NOTICE OF MEETING The Senior Fellowship Club will meet on Monday. March 5 at 6 o'clock in the Walkerton Community Building. Hostesses for the evening will be Nora Hahn, Nellie Smith and Mamie Hahn. NOTICE OF MEETING At the regular meeting of Orville Easterday Unit 189, March 1 at 8:00 p.m., several important items will be discussed which is of interest to all members. Final plans for The American Legion's birthday party on March 3 will be made. Members are urged to attend this meeting and participate in the activities. I know a kid who talks two languages — English and back.

UREY STUDENTS PLACE FIRST LJS JI I I I 9^l i U — photo by Michael Pearish These Urey Middle School students received first ratings at the NISBOVA contest held at John Adams High School recently. They are all band and choir members at Urey Pictured from left to right, back row . Fred Krick. Wendy Rohrer, Mike Klinedinst and Tim Pontius. Front row from the left Cary Zartnian, Janet Puntius and Elizabeth Menges.

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Gerald Bole To Deliver Birthday Address Saturday Indiana Department Membership Chairman. Gerald Bole. Van Buren, Ind., will deliver the 60th Birthday anniversary message of The American Legion when members and their guests attend the pot-luck dinner Saturday . March 3. at 6:30 p.m. at the Post Home. Orville Easterday Post 189 is only one of the mans Posts in the Nation w ho will be celebrating their founding during the month of March. Members are asked to bring a covered dish and their own table service. FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC IN NORTH LIBERTY A free blood pressure clinic will be held on Saturday, March 3. at Community Drugs. Mam Street. North Liberty, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Conducting the clinic will be the Liberty I ownship Emer gene, Medical Services. All adults are urged to come Hypertension is a massive public health problem which produced premature sickness, disability and death in the adult population National estimates indicate that 35 million Americans have hypertension. One half of these do not know they have hypertension. St. Joseph County will conduct a detection, education, referral and follow up program on all of its residents through these free blood pressure clinics. BIRTHS mm Mr. and Mrs. John Kissinger, Walkerton, are the parents of a baby girl born on Wednesday. February 21, in the Bremen Community Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Tobias. Jackson Street, Walkerton, are the parents of a baby girl born on Saturday, February 24, in Park view Hospital. Plymouth.