The Independent-News, Volume 108, Number 44, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 7 April 1983 — Page 4

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- THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - APRIL 7, 1983

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JUST ASKING FOR TROUBLE At the Walkerton Town Board meeting Monday night, police chief James Van Vactor issued through the Board, a warning to Walkerton motorists about leaving unlocked vehicles, especially with the keys left in, around town. There has recently been a rash of incidents where cars, with the keys left inside either in the iginition or otherwise, taken for “joy rides” and then abandoned and often with thefts occuring of articles inside the vehicles. Leaving a car unlocked with anything of value inside is asking for trouble, but leaving a car locked or unlocked with keys in the ignition is more than asking, it is inviting trouble. The police chief stated that several youths are suspected of taking such cars for joy rides and some have sustained extensive damage before being recovered. One juvenile has been apprehended and admitted being involved in some of the auto thefts and the department is investigating several other youths implicated in the incidents. However, it is so easy to avoid such problems. Simply lock the vehicles and never leave the keys in the ignition. At one time, in small towns, this probably was a much more common occurance with no trouble resulting, but not today. The temptation is offered and even though theft is not on the minds, the results can be as bad in such incidents. The loss and damage to property will result if one allows it to through such carelessness. waL. when... jmsb

1973 The annual Arts and Crafts Contest will be held in Walkerton, sometime in May. and sponsored by the local Tri Kappas. St. Patrick’s Women's Club and the PIO. Playing at the local theatre is Doctor Zhivago, one of the most beautiful movies ever made and the winner of six academy aw ards. At the market chuck roast was selling for 85 cents a pound; swiss steak at $1.09 a pound; franks at 89 cents a pound; chuck steak at 99 cents a pound; minced ham at $1.39 a pound; smokies at 99 cents for a 12 ounce package; a gallon of low fat milk for 79 cents; a 16 ounce can of frozen orange juice for 49 cents; a pound box of saltines for 33 cents; a three pound can of Folger's coffee for $2.27; hot cross buns at six for 69 cents; ten pounds of Idaho potatoes for 99 cents; bunch of broccoli at 39 cents; three pounds of tomatoes for $1.00; and asparagus at 49 cents a pound. Stan and Jan's Drive Inn has opened for the season. 1968 Phase one of the local Presbyterian Church is finished at a cost of over SIOO,OOO. This provides a fine, fully furnished fellowship hall, kitchen, pastor’s study, seven classrooms, two rest rooms, furnace room, storage and etc. The fellowship hall will seat about 200 persons. Phase two will consist of a complete basement, fully finished with 10 class rooms, two rest rooms and complete Narthex, paving of road into the complex and parking lot for 80 cars. The second part of the three-phase program will cost $67,720.00. A fund drive is underway for the second phase and is under the direction of Ralph LaFeber. At the market chickens were selling for 29 cents a pound; pork chops at 59 cents a pound; spare ribs at 49 cents a pound; boiled ham at 99 cents a pound; minced ham at 7 9 cents a pound; a half gallon of ice cream for 79 cents; a one pound box of breaded shrimp for 99 cents; six loaves of bread for $1.00; a pint of half and half for 29 cents and two packages of fig newtons for 69 cents. 1963 On Wednesday, March 27, students in grades 4 through 8 at North Liberty Elementary will be taking part in the school's spelling contest eliminations. Students entered in the contest will be grouped in two divisions, grades 3-5 and grades 6-8 in the second division

1958 I he majority of citizens of North I iberty were probably unaware that any excitement was unfolding around 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening, March 18, near the town, until they picked up the South Bend Tribune last evening. Several people may still not know that two jail breakers from Lake County Jail. Crown Point, were captured after a long chase west of North Liberty. The North Liberty Fire Department was called out on Monday evening about 9:30 when fire destroyed the interior of a home built around a box car. five miles north of tow n on Route 23. 1953 The North Liberty Women’s Club will be host to the St. Joseph County convention on Wednesday, April 8. A great school tragedy was narrowly averted by a matter of minutes Monday afternoon when Ernest C. Ness. 41. Route 1, North Liberty, collapsed at the wheel of his school bus and died of a heart attack at 3:30. He was on his way to Mill Creek to pick up a load of students to take them to their homes. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Williams, North Liberty, members of the Walkerton Presbyterian Church, presented to the church a very beautiful picture entitled "Christ At The Heart’s Door". The picture has been lighted and mounted and hung on the front wall of the sanctuary behind the pulpit for all to enjoy. The North Liberty Alumni Banquet will be held on May 2 with dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the high school gym. 1943 Bill’s Auto Hospital, Walkerton, operated by William Newcomer, of North Liberty, was closed last week for the duration of the war in order that "Bill’’ might answer his country’s call for service. In the year 1942 there were 41 burials in W<x>dlawn Cemetery. A fire thought to have been set by a careless smoker, along Highway 23, spread into the Ford Wesolek nursery between Walkerton and North Liberty Monday afternoon, did damage to the nursery trees planted there. Ray Olson, K<x>ntz Lake, has leased the Walkerton Garage, as of today, April I, from Omer C. Ball, and took over operation.

WALKERTON TOWN BOARD NEWS (continued from page 1) pole. 1 tie poles will be ordered at this price by the end of April. At the second meeting in May. a water loss report will be given by Williams. The Clerk-Treasurer disclosed that a monthly financial report disclosed a bank account amounting to $102.144.50 as of the end of March. Bids for the grain bins and the storage shed were opened and read and then taken under advisement. They were as follows: Fred LaLone. grain bins. $1,751.00. Gene Vermillyer. grain bins. $300.00. William Beaver, grain bins. $“’00.00 charge to the Town; storage shed. $3,000.00 charge to the tow n. Neil Downey, storage shed. $3,500.00 charge to the town. /X resolution was signed by the Board uniting a group of NIPSCO municipal wholesale consumers consisting of Bremen. Winamac. Walkerton. Argos, Brookston. Kingsford Heights. Etna Green and Chalmers, in opposition to the wholesale electric rate increase proposed by NIPSCO. At the meeting on April 11. the bids for new police cars will be opened and read. Ihe regular meeting was adjourned and a work session was held immediately thereafter on the accountant's study of the electric and water utilitiy rates. The work done by Charles Dalton, of H. J. Umbaugh A. Associates, indicated increases in rates were needed and * also it is the ideal time to possibly make changes in allocations of departments with the new sewer project just beginning. The town was given figures of rate increases for the water utility ranging from 18 percent to 33.5 percent. The electric utility increases ranged from 4.67 percent to 8.81 percent. The board will do further study on the reports presented. Any rate adjustments must be filed with the Indiana Public Service Commission and with the normal time for consideration on such requests, it would probably be late in 1983 at the earlies that any rate adjustments could be made.

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MRS. LAVERNE GEYER WOOD Mrs. Laverne Geyer Wood. 92. of Miller’s Merry Manor nursing home. Walkerton, died at 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 5. in the home following an extended illness. She was born on January 14. 1891, in North Liberty and was a lifetime area resident. On April 2. 1919, in North Liberty, she married Chauncey Wood, who died on September 25. 1975. She is survived by a niece and a nephew. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday. April 9. in the A. M. Manuel Funeral Home. North Liberty, with Dr. Gaylord Saltzbager, pastor of the North Liberty United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Eastlawn Cemetery. North Liberty. Friends may call from 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. She was a member of the church and the North Liberty Chapter Order of Eastern Star 290. and was a home demonstration agent for several years. Memorial contributions may be made to the North Liberty United Methodist Church Memorial Fund. LEWIS GOZE, JR. Lewis Goze. Jr.. 65. Rural Route 3. Plymouth, passed away at 2:00 a.m. on Friday, April 1, in Downey Veterans Administration Hospital, North C hicago. Illinois, after an extended illness. He was born on

February 5. 1918. at East Chicago and had lived in the area for 35 vears. He was a retired clerk for the Veterans Administration. Surviving are one son, Kenneth, of Mundelein. Illinois; two grandchildren: two sisters. Mrs. Florence Haug. Plymouth, and Mrs. Annie Garrison, Koontz Lake; and three brothers. Victor. Plymouth. Earl. Grovertown. and George. Arcadia. Florida. Services were held at 1:00 p.m. C.S.T.. on Monday, at the Rannells Funeral Home. Hamlet Chapel, with Rev. Lloyd George, pastor of the Koontz Lake Missionary Church, officating. Burial was in the Grovertown Cemetery. WAYNE D. BATES Wayne DeVere Bates. 66. of Rural Route 1. Walkerton, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday night. March 30. at his home. He was born on September 26. 1916. in Lakeville, and lived in Teegarden for the past 50 years coming from Bremen. He married Jessie Woods, on February 3. 1944. in Liverpool. England, who preceded him in death on January 4. 1981. He was retired as a transport broker for South Bend Freight Co. Surviving are five daughters. Mrs. Harold (Sandra) Hindman. Muncie; Mrs. Dan (Helen) Cutler. Camp Lejeune. North Carolina; Mrs. Brian (Judith) Lutz. Crestw«x»d. Illinois; and Mrs. David (Darcia) Sherwood and Miss June Bates, both of Teegarden; a son. Charles, of Teegarden; eight grandchildren; and his father. Calvin Bates, of Plymouth., Services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at the Nusbaum-Elkin Funeral Home, with Rev. Claude Stogsdill. pastor of the Lorec Brethren Church. Bunker Hill, officiating. Burial was in the Morris Cemetery. Teegarden. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the American Legion Post 365 North Liberty, the North Liberty VFW Post 1953, and the Republican Presidential Task Force. RAY STULL Ray Stull. 90. of Miller's Merry Manor. Walkerton, formerly of Rural Route 1. Walkerton, passed away at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday in the nursing home after a sudden illness. He was bron on June 7, 1892. in Tyner and was a lifelong Walkerton area resident. He was married on September 20. 1914, to Agnes lona Rupel, who preceded him in death on August 28. 1977. He is survived by two daughters. Mrs. Lee (Martha) Clingenpeel. Walkerton, and Mrs. Willard (Garneta) Light. Utica. Illinois; a son. Galen, of Bourbon; 14 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and a sister. Mrs. Howard (Maude) Barts, of Rochester. Services were held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday in the Nusbaum-Elkin Funeral Home, with Rev. Chester Mayflower, pastor of the Walkerton United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was in the Barber Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heart Fund. EARL M. JEFFREY Earl M. Jeffrey. 73, Koontz Lake, passed away at 9:31 p.m. on Sunday. March 27. at Bowling Green. Kentucky, in the Medical Center after having a heart attack. He was born on December 2, 1909, at Budd. Illinois, and came to Koontz Lake 25 years ago from Chicago. He was first married to Edna Walgren. He later married Harriet Banasiak, on January 9. 1971, who survives. He was a retired stationary engineer for Commonwealth Edison. He was a member of the Avalon Damascus Lodge 888, F & AM, Tinley Park, Illinois. Surviving along with his wife are three sons, Thomas, of Palos Heights. Illinois, William, of Washington, D.C., and Earl. Jr., of Glenwood, Illinois; 15 grandchildren; and three step-daughters, Deloris (Mrs. Arthur) Borrelli,

Koontz Lake; Leona (Mrs. John) Stanger, Crown Point, and Mrs. Nancy Ecklund, Houston, Texas. Services were held at 1:00 p.m. C.S.T., on Thursday. March 31. in the Rannells Funeral Home. Koontz Lake Chapel, with Rev. Anthony Letko, pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Walkerton, officiating. Burial was in the Grovertown Cemetery. Walkerton O.E.S. Installs New Officers Recently Walkerton chapter. Order of Eastern Star, installed their officers on Saturday evening, March 26. at the Walkerton Masonic Lodge. Mrs. Daniel (Shirley) Awald was installed as Worthy Matron and Mr. Daniel Awald was installed as Worthy Patron. Mrs. Awald received her vows at the altar, was honored with "You'll Never Walk Alone", sung by Gene Rice. Wanatah, and she was escorted to the East by Marshall Bessler. nephew, of Valparaiso. Mr. Awald was honored with "He". He is also Worshipful Master of the Walkerton Masonic Lixigc. Both were given Grand Honors after introduction. Mr. and Mrs. Don King, retiring matron and patron, opened the ceremonies with the Lord's Prayer, pledge to the flag and the national anthem. Mrs. Glenn Coulter, past matron of the Westville chapter, was installing officer and she was assisted by James Verkier. past patron of the Walkerton chapter.; Vivian Button, marshal; William Elkin, chaplain. Bette Wolfenberger, secretary; and Sharon Klinedinst, organist. Florence Erickson was the Bible bearer. Other officers are Martha Elkin, associate matron; Jasper Elkin, associate patron; Betty King, secretary; Irene Whitteberry. treasurer; Florence Erickson, conductress; and Barbara Cummins, associate conductress. Also Donald King, chaplain; Harold Button, marshal; Vcrice Walz, organist; Sharon Drews. Adah; Becky Reed. Ruth; Dona Tennison. Esther; Carol Clark, Martha; Pam Kaiser. Electa; Gene Whitteberry. warden; and Don Wolfenberger, sentinel. The new patron was pinned with the matron’s traveling jewel. The retiring matron and patron were escorted to the altar and signed the Bible. They were then honored with "You Light Up My Life". The East was decorated with an open Holy Bible, Electa's cup and peach and white carnations. Carnations in the social room carried out the peach, white and silver color theme. Miss Denise Heavilin, Valparaiso, was in charge of the guest book. A buffet supper was served following the ceremony. Assisting in the dining room were Al and Dorothea Brenner. Helen Smith and Delores Niendorf. The spoked wheel, historians estimate, was invented around 2000 BC. + Triaminic®Syrup Triaminicin® Tablets or Triaminic-12® Tablets For Allergy Relief that's notning to sneeze at. e IQM lahufatorrs (Wm* .4 ^arxL ku ' irw.4n NrHrjvLt