The Independent-News, Volume 105, Number 24, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 November 1979 — Page 1

THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

VOLUME 105; NUMBER 24

WALKERTON TOWN BOARD NEWS The board of trustees of the Town of Walkerton met in regular session on November 19 with all members present. The minutes and claims were approved. Gene Brems, fire chief for the Walkerton Fire Department, addressed the board and the two township trustees. Ted Daube, of Johnson Township, and Lloyd Stephenson, of Lincoln Township. Lhe main concern was the department's equipment. He said the fire department has been asking the town board and township trustees to do something about the equipment for five years and nothing has been done. He stated the department alone has paid out $23,481.50. Brems further stated he has talked to two neighboring departments and both have gotten new equipment through grants or debt service monies. The last major piece of equipment was purchased by the Town in 1974, a LaFrance truck and since that time the town has grown in size through population and industrial expansion. The department has a three-way governing body and Brems feels they must concentrate on some equipment. He stated a new pumper and a new chassis under the tanker is needed. This was discussed further with the promise of exploring the possibilities for raising money to be considered. The chief did thank the town board for their help in the last four years and stated he thought this board had done more for the fire department than any other board. The fire contract was read and discussed for 1980 involving the three governing groups. All points were agreed upon and the contract will be written up and signed at the next board meeting. The town board signed an agreement with Lawson & Fisher to act as the town’s engineering consultant to provide services specifically requested by the board. The number one item on the list is the drainage problem in the Gicnn-L subdivision. Melvin Divine asked that the board, as of January 1. 1980. hire his wife, Norine, in his place. A motion was made, seconded and passed to honor this request. Gail Malstaff resigned his position on the Park and Recreation board due to job complications. No further business followed and the meeting was adjourned. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S REPORT OF UNCOLN TWP. Lloyd E. Stephenson, trustee of Lincoln Township, has completed the Revenue Sharing report RS9B, as prescribed by the rules, the reports is available for public inspection at the trustee's office, 300 Illinois Street, Walkerton. Indiana. GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SALE Lhe Girl Scouts of Troop 81 and the Brownie Scouts of Troop ”8 are currently taking orders for the sale of Girl Scout cookies to be delivered >n January. Anyone who wishes to place an order contact any Girl Scout or Brownie Scout or adult leader. Our classifieds — Only $1.25! It takes 100 years for the leaning Tower of Pisa to increase its inclination by one foot.

WALKERTON, INDIANA 46574 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1979

CUTTING OF THE GREEN AT WORMALD

The new home for Wormaid International was officially opened on Tuesday. November 13, shortly after 4.00 p.m. with the symbolic ribbon cutting. The ribbon was made up of five SIO.OO bills which was then donated to the Walkerton Emergency Medical Service. The new plant is located in the Industrial Park, in Walkerton. The building has 21.000 square feet of floor space and will employ up to 30 persons. The plant manager here is Peter Calkin for the past three years and they have been in space leased from the American Door Company. The plant foreman is Jim Stepro and the new plant manager is Robert Gottschalk. Mr. Calkin is returning to the home office which is in Austriaiia. Wormaid makes mineral cores (non-asbestos) for fire doors which arc supplied to American Door Co. The new facility was built to develop cores not made of asbestos. Wormaid is a multi-national firm and is in the business of protecting life and assets. They have other plants around the world which make fire extinguishers and fire detecting systems. They recently acquired the Ansul Company, a major American fire protection firm, where Mr. Gottschalk worked in the Marinette, Wisconsin plant. Gottschalk is a chemical engineer with 27 years of experience. He has done industrial chemical work for Wormaid in Malaysia. A reception was held prior to the cutting of the green at the J & J Restaurant sponsored by the Walkerton Chamber of Commerce. ST. PATRICK WOMEN’S CLUB SETS CHRISTMAS PARTY The St. Patrick Women’s Club will hold their annual Christmas party on Wednesday. December 12 at Eddie’s Restaurant, South Bend. The dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. A bus will be provided for transportation and will leave St. Patrick parking lot at 5:00 p.m. and from North Liberty at 5:15 p.m. The party is open to all members and husbands. The price is $6.50 per person and there will be a gift exchange. Reservatioins must be made by December 5. Reservations may be made with Mrs. Joyce Legge. 586-3662; Mrs. E. Burkus, 656-3190; Mrs. J. Harns. 784-8855 or Mrs. J. Rush. 867-9595. attention subscribers If you are moving or have moved please notify our office of your new address so that you will not miss an issue of The Independent-News”. Our phone number is 586-3139.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Happy Thanksgiving. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 6:30 p.m. — John Glenn Falcons basketball teams host South Bend Clay. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26 6:30 p.m. — North Liberty girls basketball team to host Bremen. 7:30 p.m. — Walkerton Rainbow Giris to meet. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 6:15 p.m. — John Glenn wrestlers open their season at St. Joe. 6:30 p.m. — John Glenn freshmen to host Mishawaka Emmons. 7:00 p.m. — John Glenn girls basketball teams to host OregonDavis. Evening Star Rebekah Lodge to meet. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 6:30 p.m. — North Liberty freshman basketball team to travel to Oregon-Davis. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 4:15 p.m. — North Liberty freshman basketball team to travel to Clay Middle School. 5:30 p.m. — North Liberty wrestlers open their season at New Prairie. 6:30 p.m. — John Glenn freshman basketball team to travel to LaVille. 6:30 p.m. — John Glenn wrestlers travel to Fairfield. 6:30 p.m. — John Glenn girls basketball teams to travel to Plymouth. LADY KATS GOING TO NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT The Kentucky Lady Kats will be going to the National Volleyball Tournament on December 6,7 and 8 at Southern Illinois University. Carbondale. Illinois. Miss Julie Ryan, a 1978 graduate of John Glenn High School is a member of the team. The University of Kentucky. Lexington, hosted the AIAW Regional Tournament this past week end and came out on top. Entering the tournament the Lady Kats had a 29-12-1 record and finished third in the state at the KWIC Tournament on November 10. BAZAAR THIS SATURDAY IN NORTH LIBERTY The Zeta Pi chapter of Tri Kappa of North Liberty will have a Holiday Bazaar on Saturday , November 24, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Community State Bank in North Liberty.

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Walkerton Chamber Plans Christmas Party The Walkerton Chamber of Commerce Christmas Dinner Party will be held on Saturday, December 15, at the Walkerton American Legion Hall. Tickets are at SB.OO per person. The 1979 aw ards will be presented during the evening. Tickets are available from the Chamber board members, Leo Mahoney, Roy DeSimone, Verda Karn, Regg Williams, Ray Chapman, Tom Bowersox, Leo Savoie, Jr., Craig DeMyer, Ed Walz and executive secretary Betty King. Everyone is welcome. Come and bring a friend. THIRD WORLD HANDICRAFTS BAZAAR THIS WEEKEND A Third World Handicraft Bazaar will be sponsored by the St. Patrick Women’s Gub, Walkerton, this coming weekend. November 24 and 25 at the school hall. Saturday the display and sale is from 5:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and on Sunday morning from 7.00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The bazaar will sponsor the St. Francis Shoppe of the Fatima Treat House of Notre Dame. All the articles are handmade by the natives where the Holy Cross Fathers have their missions in foreign countries. Proceeds of this sale go to the artisans who make these articles. It is their only source of income. There will be items for sale from over 30 countries such as Palestine, Africa, South America. Central America. Mexico and others. There will be onyx, brass, olive wood, jute, ivory and many other Christmas gifts. The prices are less than one-fourth of the prices on the open world market. Buy yourself or someone you like a nice Christmas gift and help the very poor in these countries. The display and sales are open to the public. It will be worthy just seeing this unusual artistic display CHRISTMAS MUSICAL SET FOR DECEMBER 3 The students at the Walkerton Elementary School will present their special holiday Christmas Musical on Monday, December 3, at 7:00 p.m. in the John Glenn high school gymnasium. NOTICE lhe Walkerton License Branch will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holidav.

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North Liberty Season Tickets Now On Sale North Liberty basketball season tickets are now on sale in the school’s office. Adult tickets are $12.00 and student tickets are $6.00. The tickets will be good for eight home games. The first home game will be December 1 against Michigan City Marquette. Other teams on the home schedule are Culver. New Prairie. Argos. Oregon-Davis, La Ville. North Judson and Boone Grove. P-L-J SCHOOL BOARD NEWS The Polk-Lincoln-Johnson School Board met in regular session Tuesday night. November 20. One matter, the cost of school lunches, due to inflationary costs for food, the board approved a request to increase the cost of type A lunches five cents a day effective January 3. 1980, in all three buildings. This increase for lunches is the first one in three years. Superintendent Harold R Muncie announced that the 1980 budget as advertised, will be reviewed by the State Board of Tax Commissioners at a budget hearing on December 12 at South Bend. The board was also informed about a new athletic-academic nil ing prepared by the athletic council at Urey Middle School. The rule state that an athlete making passing grades in all subject areas each week or he/she will become ineligible to participate in activities that week. The board supported this rule. The board also approved the date and location of the 1980 prom. It will be held at the Century Center in South Bend on Friday, May 9. The next board meeting will be Tuesday. December 4, at 7:00 p.m. in the administration building. OBITUARIES MICHAEL E. SCHLARB Michael E. Schlarb, 27. of 26251 Riley Road, North Liberty, died at 3:40a.m. Tuesday. November 20 in the St. Joseph Hospital, South Bend following a lengths illness. He was born on July 21. 1952, in South Bend and had lived m the area all his life. He married Cheryl Wiley in South Bend on October 18, 1975, who survives. He worked as a mechanic for Gene's Sunoco Service in North Liberty . Also surviving are two sisters. Mrs. Jacqueline Imbro, of North Liberty, and Miss Kathryn Schlarb, at home; his parents, Mr and Mrs. Jack Schlarb. of North Liberty; and his paternal grandparents, Mr and Mrs. Herbert Schlarb, of Lakeville. Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 23 at 1.00 p.m in the Palmer Memorial Chapel, 1 akeville. with Rev Richard Smith, pastor of the Sacred Heart ( athohe Church, Lakeville, officiating, along with Rev George Bennett, pastor of Sumption Prairie United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Southlawn Cemetery Friends may call from 7 :00 to 9;(X) p.m. Wednesdav and until services Friday in the funeral home Schlarb was a veteran of the U. S. Army of the Vietnam conflict. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Stx iety.