The Independent-News, Volume 106, Number 27, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 11 December 1980 — Page 1

THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

VOLUME 106; NUMBER 27

Salvation Army Drive Continues This Saturday A new name is being added to those who assist the Walkerton area Salvation Army Drive this year as it continues this Saturday in Walkerton. The Tri Kappas will man one of the kettles for the local committee in this, their only fund raising drive which adds to the joy and needs of area residents at ( hristmas time as well as operating their program year round. The Tri Kappas will ring the bells at the corner of Illinois and Van Buren Streets Saturday from 9:00 a m. to 6:00 p.m. while (he Walkerton Lions Club will again do the same at the corner of Roosevelt Road and Illinois Street. Without the cooperation of such groups as this the fund drive would almost be impossible. The first Saturday, in which the Walkerton Chamber of Commerce was the volunteer group manning the kettles, a total of $253.25 was raised through the kettle donations. The drive will conclude on Saturday. December 20. with the American Legion Post IKM again adding their efforts to the local drive. Add to the time put in by the volunteers in manning the kettles, that of the many people who walk bv and drop coins or dollars into the kettles, and sou have the combined effort of this area to help others at this time of the year. All contributions of time and money are greatly appreciated bv the local committee this and every year. CHRISTMAS DINNER MEETING IS SET The Oregon I ownship Senior Citizens will meet for their annual ( hristmas dinner meeting at the Koontz Lake Conservation club house at 1230 p.m. C.S.T. on Ihursday. December IK. Members are asked to bring a covered dish that will go with ham. Also members who wish to be in the grab bag are to bring their gifts and have them marked cither for a man or woman. The Thanksgiving meeting was a great success with a super dinner thanks to the ladies that cooked the delicious turkeys. NOTICE Dr. Elliott Frash, Optometrist, will be in his Walkerton office on Monday. December 22 and December 29 because the holidays fall on Ihursdavs. 2tdß COMMUNITY CLUB CHRISTMAS LUNCH DECEMBER 12 The annual carry-in Christmas buffet for the Woman’s Community Club will be held December 12 at 12:30 p.m. in the Community Building. Members are to bring a dish of their choice and place setting for self and guest. Rev. Donald B King. Unitarian Church, will bring the story Christmas Is From Every where ”. Hostesses for this meeting will be Marjory Curl, chairman; Dorothea Brenner. Violet Drake. Violi Brcgi and Helen England. WATCH FOR IT! Kiddies, watch for the Free Kiddies Show, in Walkerton, spon sored by the Walkerton Chamber of Commerce. More details at a later date. Sell It Through! The Classifieds

Urey Concert To Be Held December 15 You are invited to the Urey Christmas Concert on December IS at 7:30 p.m. in the High School Auditorium. The choirs and bands will bring many of the popular carols such as Deck the Halls, Silent Night. Angels We Have Heard On High. Here Comes Santa Claus. Rudolph and the famous White Christmas. The Sixth Grade Chorus, the Seventh and Eighth Grade Chorus, the Sixth Grade Band and the Seventh and Eighth Grade Band will be directed bv Cathv Van Duvnc and Carl J. Dohertv. Narrators for Jingle Bells are Jeff Ludwig. Veronica Clark. Vicki Williams. Debra Putman and Susan Small. The Urey Art Classes designed the pro gran’s ADDRESS DiLEMA!!!! For weeks now the Walkerton Post Office has been bcleagured bv phone calls that begin with. "I live in Marshall County and I want to know what my new address is. After assuring them, we refer them to a phone number in Plv mouth for the information. Our dilemma arises if they then start to use that number for a mailing address. The intent of the number arid road name is for location in cast- of emergencies such as fire or injury For the purpose of mail delivery, we have a unique situation in Walkerton of delivering in four (4) counties that mav have four different numbering systems. There fore the best method of delivery for us is bv Route And Box Number. This will continue to be our wav of <k hvering mail for some time. Something that is new, is the method of forwarding mail to customers when they change addresses. Ihe information supplied is now being put on a computer w hich is located in South Bend. The information supplied on the changeof address card must be complete and correct or there will be delays in getting the mail to the correct address It has been said that the memory is the first thing to go. so who can bv expected to remember that John Smith, who is Mabel Jones' exbrother in-law, is now on Route 5 but wants his mail left at his mothers. Use a complete and correct address and help us send the mail w here it is supposed to go. Horace Fields Postmaster Walkerton. Ind. TO PRESENT CANTATA SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21 The choir of the Koontz Lake Missionary Church, under the direction of Mrs Alvin Boise, will present a cantata. "First Christmas". by Joe E. Parks, on Sunday. December 21 at 6:00 p.m. E.S.T. The soloists for the cantata are Phillip Bridges. Leona Bridges. Cmdv Gardner and Matt Peansh. The public is invited to this service at the church located on Highway 23 at Koontz Lake. OREGON TWP. FIREMEN’S AUXILIARY TO MEET I he Oregon Township Firemen’s Women’s Auxiliary will have their monthly meeting and Christmas Partv along with a gift exchange on Ihursday. December 11 at the J de J Restaurant in Walkerton. Members are to meet at 5:30 p m C S.T. at the fire station

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Culver Holiday Tourney Set For December 18 & 19 Ihe John Glenn Falcons w ill once again participate in the Culver Holiday Tournament, a four team basketball tourney to be held on Ihursday and Friday. December IK and |9. Game times will be at 6:30 and 8:00 p.m. each night. The drawing paired for the varsity teams are. Thursday, first game, Argos versus Triton. The second game pits John Glenn against Culver. On Friday night in the varsitv action, the consolation game between Thursday losers will be at 6:30 and the championship game at 8 <M> p.m. I here will also be a B-Team Unirnex in conjunction with the tourney. On Wednesday evening, at 6:30. Argos and Triton will meet, with Glenn and Culver following. The B-Team finals will be at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, before the varsity action. Ticket prices for the tourney will be. season ticket (gixxf for both nights as well as the Wednesday night B Team action). $4.00. These can be purchased at the office at Glenn High ScluxM now. Session tickets at the door, will be $2.50 per night. The Wednesday B Team action can be attended for a SI.OO session price at the door. Doors will open al 5:45 on I hursday and at 4:30 on Friday. Library Moving To New Building December 13-26 lhe Walkvton-I incoln Tow nship Public Library is moving to their new location at 60” 09 Roosevelt Road, formerly Stereo Village, and your help is needed. The library will be close from December 13 to 26 during this moving time. Also if you can donate paint, boxes or your time for packing up the books, please call the library. 586-2933. before December 13. North Liberty Lions To Sell Fruit Saturday Again this year, as in the past, the North Liberty Lions arc selling oranges and grapefruit. These will he on sale in downtown North Liberty on the next two or three Saturdays. Prices are up slightly from last year. The fruit is from Texas again this year. SURVEYS NEED TO BE RETURNED Residents in the Tyler Harrison Street Area. Everyone in your area received an income survey m the mail. This survey needs to be completed in order to apply for a new grant for that area. Please see to it that you complete the form and mail it in. otherwise you and your neighbors will not have a chance to be helped with a nrw grant. ATTENTION SUBSCRIBERS If your mailing address is different than the address on your paper, please notify the subscription department by calling 586 3139. Thank you.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1980

Santa Claus To Visit In North Liberty Santa ( lans w ill make his annual visit to the children in North Liberty on Saturday. December 20. at 1:30 p.m. Santa will be at the Liberty Township Volunteer Fire Department Station and will have treats for all the youngsters. An Old-Fashioned Christmas Planned At N.L. Church On Sunday, December 14. the combined choirs of the North liberty United Methodist Church will present a beautiful cantata. "An Old Fashioned (hristmas". This will be performed during the morning worship period at 8:30 a.m. Arranged and composed bv Don Wyrtzen. the entire works will be accompanied by a full orchestra on instrumental tape track. Mrs. Gary Nelson is musical di rector and will direct the Chancel Choir. Mrs Bruce Weber will direct the Junior Choir. Mrs. Glen Shupert will be at the* controls of the audio background music Fea lured soloists will be Mrs. Du Wavne Burch doing "Silent Night" and Mrs Bruce Weber doing "0 Holy Night". James Johnson. Arthur Heemer and Mrs James Johnson will all be featured on "We re Gonna Ring I hose Christ mas Bells!" The cantata is a combination of music and narration. Ihe nar ration will be done bv a "family" of Mr and Mrs John ( amblin and children and "Grandmother" plav cd bv Mrs Marion Schalliol. The family will be in a natural setting of a living room and will be seated bv the giant ( hristmas tree in the church sanctuary which is uniquely adorned with old fashioned ornaments including stuffed figures, cranberrv garlands and pop corn balls, as well as gingerbread figures and articles. In the evening at 7;00 p.m. the church will observe the annual (hristmas program and partv The children of the church will be presented in various songs and skits and there will be the expected visit by Santa Claus with gifts for all the children Refeshments will be served to all attending. On Sunday. December 21. the church will have a "Birthday Partv for Jesus". Worshippers are asked to come and bring "gifts" for the Christ Child, consisting of non-perisable foods. These unwrapped gifts will be taken to the altar bv the Crib of the Child Ihe worship service will feature singing, the children singing, and birthday cake for everyone. On Friday evening. December 19, the entire church will be Christmas Caroling throughout the North libcrtv area. They will return to the church for hot chili and other refreshments. Christmas activities for the church will culminate on Christmas Eve. December 24. with a half hour service in the sanctuary from 11:30 to midnight, ending with candle light singing of "Silent Night". Dr Gavlord M. Saltzgaber is pastor of the church and invites the public to attend all these services and programs. Classifieds Sell Anything And Everything.

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.umunization Not Complete For 55 PLJ Students At the PI J Sc h«x’| Board meeting on Tuesday. December 9, it was announced bv superintendent Harold R. Muncie that $5 students were excluded from school on December I due to immunization records not completed All of those students except two have returned to school with their immunization data updated Muncie also reported that the lUh | budget was reviewed bv a representative of the State Board of lax ( ommissioncrs on December 3 and the total tax rate payable in lUX| for the four funds was $4 1 "90 per SIOO assess valuation of 0 I cents less than 10X0. Final approval for the 1 OX| tax rate will be made bv the State Borad of lax (ommissioncrs in January. Superintendent Muncie will appear before the State Property lax Con trol Board December 16 asking for additional monies to be applied to the 1 9XI general fund from the cumulative building fund to finance an appropriate educational program for 19h| I he board appointed Pan’ Pear ish as girls varsitv track coach at John Glenn High School for the spring of 19X1 and Rosana Balmer as girls fifth grade basketball coach for the current season I he board approved the laPorte Holiday Inn as the site for the prom io be held on Mav 9 Ihe next meeting of the board will be Tuesday. December 16. at " (X) p.m in the administrative building. A decision on the liber tv I ownship merger will be on the agenda John Glenn Concert Set For December 16 The John Glenn Music Depart merit will present the annual C hristmas Concert on December lb at "30 p.m in the High School auditorium. The choirs and bands will offer a variety of holiday songs and special arrangements includ mg Rudolph's ( hristmas Concert. ( antique de Noel. the Nutcracker Suite, Halleluiah ( horus and a combined choral and band number entitled "A ( hristmas (elebra lion" Ihe high school art classes will help prepare the programs and the Band Boosters will assist with tickets at the door. DONUT SALE DECEMBER 13th The Walkerton Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will be making their delicious yeast donuts again Decem her 13 at the IO O F Hall. 615 Roosevelt Road Homemade vege-table-beef sOUp and chicken with homemade no<xlles will also be sold either to eat there or carry out Donuts will be readv at 1000 a m Soup and noodles bv 11 00 a.m, CHOIR CHRISTMAS CANTATA 1 he Walkerton United Methodist ( hurch Chancel Choir will bv presenting "First Christmas ’, a musical cantata bv Joe E. Parks. De cember 14, during the 10:30 a m worship service Soloists are Glenn Jacob, Mitzi Knepper, ( arl Doher tv and Jeanie Jimerson Please come and celebrate Jr sus’ birth with us through this musical presentation