The Independent-News, Volume 106, Number 34, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 29 January 1981 — Page 1

THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

VOLUME 106; NUMBER 34

Girls Sectional In Action Now Thru Saturday Action begins on Wednesday evening tn the girls 1981 basketball sectional tournev .is the John (ilenn team, the defending champions, get into action in the first game Thev plav I aVille at ” (X) p.m. in the only game of the evening in the five team meet. On Thursday. a very good New Prairie team will meet Plymouth in the first contest, this set to begin at 6:30 p in. The second game will pit North I ibertv against the win ncr of the Wednesday night game between (ilenn and I aVille. The finals and the right to advance to the rcgionals the next week will be played on Saturday night at "30 p.m All the games arc played in the I aVille gym. (iirls basketball has come a long was in the few years it has been a competitive part of the schools' athletic programs. This will be the sixth state tourney and more and more balance and interest is being noticed year to year with more interest as the game itself progresses. Three Walkerton Postal Employees Guests Os Honor On January 21. 39 friends gath cred at the .1 X J Restaurant, Walkerton, for the retirement din ncr honoring three Postal Service employees, louis “Oug" Houser. Stanley Bet/ and Mrs John (Pat) Cow ger. Mr. Houser retired on December 2’’. 1980. after 21 years of service, much of this time as a regular rural mail earner Mr Betz retired on January 17. 1961, after 31 years of service, one year as sub city carrier and Id years as a regular rural earner. Mrs. Cow ger will retire on February 20. with II years as a city earner. These three retirees have a total of 63 years of dedicated service to the Walkerton community . After dinner Mr. Betz acted as master of ceremonies for the evening He introduced our hx al Post master. Mr. Horace Fields and his wife. Phyllis. Also introduced were Sectional Center Manager Postmaster. Mr. John lawecki and his wife. Micki. who were special guests. Mr. Fields presented Service C ertificates to the three retirees. A social hour was enjoyed sharing many past experiences at the Post Office and gag gifts were presented to add to the festivities. Mr. Robert Awald had made several award plaques which were presented in his behalf since he was unable to attend Charles Cripe. Jr., who has been retired for 10 years, was recognized for having served the Postal Service for 50 years. Poems written by Harriett Klinedinst and Shirley Klincdinst were read by Pauline Klopfenstein along with a poem entitled. “Grow mg Old". Monetary gifts were presented to each of the retirees in appreciation of their service. Other guests included Mrs Betz. Mrs. Houser. Mr. Cow ger. Mr and Mrs. Richard Flaugher, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Zchner, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gillies. Mr. and Mrs. ferry Knowlton, Mr. and Mrs. Don Wolfenbargcr. Mr, and Mrs. Charles Cripe. Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lute. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Turner. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harman. Mr. and Mrs. Richard

COMMUNITY CALENDAR Till RSDAV JAM ART 29 b K> p m North I ibertv fresh man basketball team to travel to Bremen. tv 10 p m. John (ilenn girls gymnastics team to host South ( entral. FRIDAY , JAM ARI 30 triO pm. Ihe lohn (ilenn boys basketball team will travel to Marion 'OO pm. - North liberty Shamroc ks basketball team to trav cl to ()regon Dav is SATURDAY. JANUARY 11 " 30 p.m. — Girls basketball sec tional finals at 1 a\ illy 6:30 p m North liberty bovs fiasketball teams to trav cl to I nton. KJ p.m. Walkerton Rain bow Girls to install officers. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 2 (X) p.m Urev wrestlers to travel to I aPorte Boston tor match b 30 p m North liberty fresh men basketball team to travel to K no\ 6 10 p m. lohn (ilenn freshman baskt (ball team to travel to New Prairie. Tl 1 SI) W I I BRI ART 1 I 10 p m. I rev "th ami Sth grade girls basky th.ill teams to host Bremen. " (K) p m. John (ilenn bovs basketball teams to host Knox IHURSDAT. FEBRUARY 5 l 10 p m I rev "th ami 6th grade girls basketball teams to host Plv mouth * (Ml p m I rev "th ami Bth grade b< vs basketball teams to host South ( entral n 1(1 p m John (ilenn girls gymnastics team to travel to South ( entral DR. ELLIOTT FRASH TO EXPAND SERVICES Effective January 2b, Dr. Elliott Frash. Optometrist, will have office hours on Monday afternoons from I 10 to 5:30 in addition to his regu lar Thursday hours of 9:00 am. to * (X) p m. in Walkerton. 2tj29 Rubs. Mr and Mrs Richard ( line, Mr anil Mrs. David Bella. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Klinedinst. Mrs. Shirlev Klincdinst and Mr. and Mrs Ed Klopfenstein Unable to attend but contributing to the happy occasion were Mr and Mrs. Herman Adkins. Mr and Mrs Oliver Rhodes and past Postmasters Mr and Mrs Arthur Shirlev and Mr and Mrs. Robert Awald. These retirees were valuable members of a postal team and have contributed much to the success of our service We extend our best wishes for a future filled with health and happiness

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WALKERTON, INDIANA 46574 THURSDAY, JANUARY 29. 1981

John L. Natali New Manager In Walkerton \ x -1 io John I Natali, operations man••ger at first Bank s Walkerton Banking ( enter has been promoted to manager. Wellington D. Jones 111. vice president Personal Banking Group announced recently. Natali replaces Thomas D. Bowersox, assistant vice president and manager, who was promoted to manager of the Mam Office Banking ( enter in South Bend. He assumes his new duties in mid-Janu-ary. Natali began at First Bank in l l, "b as a teller at the I wing Avenue Banking ( enter He came to Walkerton as a customer service repress nlative and was promoted to his present position in DPR. Graduating from Mishawaka High School. he received a degree from Purdue University. Lafayette, in business finance. He is president of the Mishawaka Tennis Associa lion and is active in Walkerton's Salvation Army . EXERCISE CLASSES TO BE HELD IN WALKERTON Now is the time to get in shape for spring. Join an exercise class. On Monday. Wednesday and Fridays starting February 2 for eight weeks at the Walkerton Community Building To register phone Wilma Huizenga or Margo Brems, 586-2956 or 58b 3’20 by January .10. SENIOR FELLOWSHIP TO MEET AT NOON MONDAY I he Senior Fellowship Club will meet at the Walkerton Community Building at 12:00 noon. on Monday. February 2. for their regular carry-in dinner and program. Hostesses will be Elsie Elder, Wchha Burnside and Virginia Waldron. The dub will now have their meetings at noon on the first Monday of the month until further notice.

NISBOVA Contest January 31 At John Adams twenty students from the Pl J Schools will enter the CompetitionFestival in South Bend at the John Adams High School on January 31. I his Instrumental Music ( ontest is sponsored each year by the scluxils of Indiana. Winners in Division I are eligible to enter the State ( on test at Indianapolis on February 21 Ihe following students have entered from John Glenn High S< hoop I iz Menges. [ isa Jimerson, Danny Brantlev. Dan lea and Mike Klinedinst. Urey School will be represented bv: Renee Knowlton. Karen lasocha. Mark Menges, I vnn Seiders, Jennifer Swank, Jeff Ludwig, Dick Fansler, Angie Sher land, Veronica ( lark, Betsy High. ( athy ( apek. Karen ( hnstensen. Jancen ( lemons and Martha Haz el These students will compete with nearly two thousand musi cians from area si hools. The Piano Vocal String Contest will be held on February ". School Board News I he Polk I incoln-.lohnson School Board met Tuesday. January 2". as they undertake weekly meetings for a while to plan for the various phases of the liberty Township merger, the board heard a report from a representative of the Band Boosters pertaining to the 1981-82 school year. I his concerned the future of the band program. Sup enntendent Harold R Muncie as sured that the high school band program will be a part of the school curriculum, taught during the reg ular sihool hours, and a comen trated effort will be made to com bine the ninth grade band students with the 10th, llth and 12th grade band on a daily basis. Also, a band program for the sixth, seventh and eighth grades will be continued. Ihe board spent considerable time in reviewing the previously planned Urev Middle School renovation with the new members and some revisions were agreed upon. The board will conduct a public meeting on the Urev renovation in the near future. An achievement certificate was granted to Earl Ream. Approval for Brvce Biglev. science teacher at Urev to attend the Hoosier Association of Science Teachers Workshop at Indianapolis on February 13 w'as granted Approval was also given for the Wellness Support ( enter (Memorial Hospital. South Bend, to conduct classes in Aerobic Dance at Urev Middle School start ing in March Ihe Wellness ( enter will be providing informa lion on these classes in the near future. Ihe next board meeting will be Tuesday, February 3. at " (X) p m tn the administration building Bus bids will bv received at this meet •»g WALKERTON ASSEMBLY TO INSTALL OFFICERS I he public is cordially invited to attend the public installation of the newly elected and appointed officers of the Walkerton Rainbow Assembly No. 64. to be held on Saturday evening, January 31. at 10 p m. F S.T. in the Walkerton

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Glenn Girls Win NSC Title With 60 Slate Ihe John (Jenn girls just fin ished another unN ah n Northern State Conference schedule with a bb 18 rout of North I ibertv last Wednesday to give them a perfet t 60 conference record Ihe game featured both great team and in dividual play as the I adv Falcons raced to a big 2" 10 lead behind a tired up pressure defense and a lot of early balanced scoring Pam \itken. senior forward, set an individual school record in this game bv pulling down 22 rebounds to top the old record of 21 bv Juhe Rvan in 19’8. In all. nine girls shared the points for the winners as the game actually was never in doubt after the btg opening quarter lead of 2 10 Iran Florian topped the balanced attack with 1" points while Patti Farrar had 12 and Aitken added 10 lor North I ibertv Kc llv Groves and lennv Maenhout led the Shamrocks with I 1 and 12 respectively Ihewin raised the 1 adv Fakons to 11 1 overall while North liberty slipped to 4-9 on the- season. North Liberty Bees Win I he North liberty B learn won a thriller 28-26 on a last second basket to earn a split for the night Box Score John (ilenn fg ft fta p Aitken 4 2 2 1 Miller 2 2 2 1 Pavey 3 2 " 4 Farrar 522 Florian b 5 " 1 Petry 1 0 0 Tut He 3 0 2 1 Peacock I I Stull 10 0 1 Mann 0 0 0 0 Kcrsh 0 0 2 1 TOTALS 2b 14 2b is North Liberty ((Hldcns 10 0 1 S. Miko 12 4 4 Heim 10 0 4 Groves 5 311 4 Maenhout 4 4"! Viscik 10 0 1 Szynski 0 2 4 0 Bejma 0 0 0 I Workman 0 0 0 0 Jaworski 0 0 0 0 Kelly 0 12 1 TOTALS 13 12 26 |9 Score By Quarter* North Liberty 10 lb 23 18 John (ilenn 2" 3" 4n nb Area Teams Busy Next Week In Basketball Action Ihe two local basketball lean’s will be busy this week end as (he heavy part of their schedules ap proaches North liberty will plav twice on the ro.nl, .it Oregon Davis on Fri dav night the B learn game start mg at " (X) p m and Saturday thev will trav cl to Bourbon to plav I nton with a b 10 p m start I he John (ilenn Falcons will be on the road Friday night to plav at Mishawaka Marian I hvv then will have a Tuesday game on Feb ruarv 1, as thev host the Knox Redskins with a " (X) p m starting time. Masonic Temple. Jodv ( arhon. daughter of Mr and Mrs laverne Carlson, of Rural Route Plvn’outh. will be installed as Worthy Adv isor