The Independent-News, Volume 110, Number 8, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 July 1984 — Page 5

Mr. and Mrs. Orville Klinedinst were Wednesday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Figolah, in Valparaiso. Sunday afternoon visitors of Mrs. Flossie Fitzgerald were Mrs. Pearl Wolff, of Walkerton, and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert LaCounte, of Three Rivers, Michigan. Mrs. Ethel Greene, of Joliet, Illinois, was a guest for several days of Mr. and Mrs. Oren Duthie, at Koontz Lake. Claude and Josephine Nowakowskie will be host for the Koontz Lake Conservation Club dinner Saturday evening. All members and their guests are welcome to come with your covered dish and enjoy a good meal and an hour of fellowship. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Huhnke and Mrs. Hazel Kaiser, of Three Oaks, Michigan, came home Thursday from a week’s visit with the ladies' sisters, in ElPaso, Illinois. Mrs. Alice Sheaks arrived home Thursday from San Diego, California, after having been away for nine months. On the trip home she stopped in Denver to visit relatives. Mrs. Bertha Urbin spent last Friday in Kewanna. At noon she had lunch with a group of friends after meeting several friends on the street in the morning. In the afternoon and evening she was the guest of Mrs. Helena White, a

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school days friend, and other friends came in the afternoon. In the evening she was a dinner guest with five other ladies with Mrs. White as her hostess. The day was a fun day for all. A day of visitation was enjoyed by Mrs. Leonard Beaty and Mrs. Ed Cole when they called on former residents of Walkerton. In the morning they called on Mrs. V. L. Garner, in Rochester. Rev. Garner was minister of the local United Brethren Church for many years. They found Mrs. Garner in good health and the owner of a very beautiful vegetable and flower garden. In the afternoon they traveled to Sheridan for a visit with a former techer, Mrs. John Guttman. She and Jean Cole especially enjoyed remembering former high school students and friends as time passes all too quickly for Mrs. Guttman. She would be happy to hear from any of her friends as she is unable to travel and is very lonely. A car load of her former bridge club members will make the trip this Wednesday to spend the day with her. Mrs. Esther Shultz and Mrs. Margaret DeMyer returned recently from a week stay in Missouri, where Mrs. Shultz visited her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shultz, in Chesterfield, and Mrs. DeMyer visited a friend, Mrs. Jane

Quevereaux, in Kirkwood. Missy and Etta Millice and Marie, Tony, Jimmy Joe and Jodi Ziola enjoyed a wonderful two days in Illinois at Great America and Brookfield Zoo recently. Recent weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Charles, New Road, North Liberty, were Mrs. Leila McNabb and her daughter, Cindy. Mrs. McNabb is a missionary to Guatamala and will be returning there in a few days. She spoke at the worship service at the Southlawn United Methodist Church, South Bend, telling of her experiences as a missionary. Other recent guests were Rev. Rex S. Charles, of Star City, and two youth from his former church of Yorktown. Joyce Cook has recently returned from a trip to Ogden, Utah, where she visited with friends that she met there 10 years ago. While visiting the Bonneville Salt Flats, a galvanized coffee cup was filled with salt and brought home as a souvenir. A side trip was made down into Nevada for a brief stay with the Allen Rushton family. An enjoyable feature of the stay was the absence of flies and mosquitos due to the dry climate and the refreshing coolness of the evenings. The Stuntz and Hochstetler families were one of the approximately 180 Indiana Christmas Tree Growers who attended the summer meeting of the Association, held at Apple’s Christmas Tree and Blueberry Farm, near Culver, recently. Sessions were held for both the large experienced grower as well as the new, just starting grower. Sessions included nutrient requirements, animal damage problems, comparison of Scotch pine varieties and discussion of insect problems, diseases and weed control. Indiana Fresh Christmas Trees is the new promotion concept developed by the Association. It means that anyone living withing driving distance of Indiana can secure a fresh cut Christmas tree. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Beagles spent last Wednesday in Middlebury with their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Heilinga and Tamara, who had just returned from a trip to Phoenix, Arizona. They had gone there to visit their son, Tom, who is a student at the Phoenix Institute of Technology. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Cummins and Rev. Dester Cummins and son were Wednesday evening dinner guests of Mr and Mrs. Clell Fouts last week. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gardner, Koontz Lake, and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Randolph and family, of Goshen, returned home on Tuesday from a camping trip to Warren Dunes State Park Mr. and Mrs. Marion Robison celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday at the Tracy United Methodist Church with KN) attending. Ice cream, cake, punch, etc., were served to the guexts who came from various places in Indiana and Michigan Mrs. Caroline Damelewski had a surprise visit from Plattsmouth. Nebraska, on Monday of this week when her brother, Frank, and his wife, Sylvia Ogarzaly, arrived to spend a couple of days here visiting. Also her sister. Rose Zelznick, of Whiting, arrived to spend two weeks here. They are enjoying a good visit together Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Burnside, of South Bend, were Monday even mg visitors of his mother, Mrs Wilder Burnside and Mrs Frances Peterson was a I uesdav evening caller Mr. and Mrs Claude Sheneman and Mr and Mrs. Donald Teeter pleasantly surprised Ivo Pippenger, of near Plymouth on Tuesday afternoon when they ar rived with supper, birthday cake, homemade ice cream and candles to help him celebrate his 89th birthday. It was an afternoon and evening to remember. For 89 he is doing great. Shop and Save in Walkerton! I

STEELE REUNION The 84th annual Steele family reunion was held on Sunday, July 15 at Stuntz-Hochstetler Pine Forest with 34 members and guests present. Mrs. Grant Steele was the oldest person attending and Trenton Personette, age 3‘/i months, the youngest. John Steele and daughter, Mary Rose, of Mineola, New York, traveled the farthest. Others in attendance came from Niles and Dowagiac, Michigan; Culver, Elkhart, LaPorte, South Bend, Mishawaka, North Liberty and Walkerton. Officers continuing for the coming year are Robert A. Steele, Mishawaka, president; Patricia Johnson, Elkhart, vice-president; and Max E. Steele, North Liberty, secretary-treasurer. Next year’s reunion will be held at Stuntz-Hochstetler Pines on the third Sunday in July. HOLD FAMILY REUNION The annual Dreibelbis family reunion was recently held at North Liberty Park with approx-

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imately 85 family members present. The oldest attending was Lura Dreibelbis, of Walkerton, and the youngest was Trey Bell, son of Kent and Katrina Bell. Family members came from various towns in Indiana including Argos, Mishawaka, LaPorte, Culver, Plymouth and Walkerton. The longest distance traveled was from Mufreesboro, Tennessee Everyone enjoyed a delicious pot luck dinner and the opportunity to be together. TODD WATHEN TO BE INTERVIEWED ON RADIO On Wednesday, August 1, Todd Wathen, of Walkerton, will be interviewed on WLOI’s Showcase, from LaPorte. Todd will be talking about his songwriting career with Jay Scott, D.J. at WLOI. Two of Todd’s compositions will be played on the air. The Showcase airs from 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. WLOI is 97 on the f FMdiaL Use our classified ads!

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