The Independent-News, Volume 110, Number 14, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 September 1984 — Page 9

HAPPY ADS (We reserve the right to limit the wording in the Happy Ads or to adjust the price for long ones. We want to keep the Happy Ads to the intended use . . . sending a message of happiness to people and groups.) Congratulations Kevin Hawk Kerry Johnston Ray Guard Doris Clark Jerry Walter Phillip Bukowski Eric Johnson ON YOUR FIRST SOLO PARAPLANE FLIGHT! THE STAFF AT SKY SPORTS UNLIMITED, INC. Happy Birthday RHONDA KINNEY Love You, MOM & DAD We’re Proud Os Your 15K Run DAWN MOM, DAD, CRYSTAL & KIM THANK YOU KEVIN JOHN LEE NEDRA MARY BETTY LORENE DUECE FOR ALL YOUR HELP AT OUR OPEN HOUSE THE STAFF AT SKY SPORTS UNLIMITED, INC. Happiness Is HAVING My Gandma Home From The Hospital Love, JIMMY

Happy Birthday QUINTIN Love, MOM, DAD & SARA NOTICE WE WILL BE HOLDING OUR ANNUAL YARD SALE ON Friday, Sept. 21 At MILLER’S MERRY MANOR We Would Appreciate Any Items That Are In Good Condition For Our Sale Please Bring Your Items To The Nursing Home Or Contact Mary Jo Or Myrna At 586-3133 Proceeds Go To The Activity Dept. To Purchase Crafts, Prizes, Gifts, Etc. For The Residents Happy Birthday TO OUR SISTER CANDY SEAMAN Love, CINDY, CHRISTINE & WESLEY, JR. IF INTERESTED IN BOWLING IN A Men’s League ON Monday Evenings THIS SEASON PLEASE CALL WALKERTON LENES 586-3850 Happiness Is SUPPORTING JOHN GLENN STUDENT ATHLETES JOIN THE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS $2.00 Adults SI.OO Students There Will Be A Meeting SEPTEMBER 13 6:30 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY THANK YOU LORAINE & BILL WARD THE STAFF AT SKY SPORTS UNLIMITED. INC.

Happy Birthday SHERRY LYNN Love, GRANDMA & GRANDPA Happy Sweet Sixteen CANDICE SEAMAN We Love You, MOM & DAD THANK YOU FOR A FUN SUMMER COACHES TOM & STEVE AND North Liberty Farm Center From The “Phillies” TOMMY KELLY E. DANNY LEAH KELLY H. ELYSE RENEE JACOB RUSTY MILISA SHAWN TOM MARY Happy Birthday MOM & GRANDMA Love, SHARON, DAVE, KELLY, CHAD & SUZANNE Happiness Is Seeing A Demon’s Game And Having OUR FAVORITE UMPIRE ROBERT AT THE PLATE YOUR HOME PLATE FANS THANK YOU ST. JUDE AND THE BLESSED MOTHER FOR FAVORS GRANTED A. J. K. P A. K. SEPTEMBER 9, 1984 Happy Grandparents Day Grandma & Grandpa Rauen Grandma Holmes Love You, KARI & MIKE

SEPTEMBER 6, 1984 - THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS -

HAVE FUN THIS WINTER BOWL JOIN THE Walkerton Youth Bowling League Win Trophies Compete On Teams Have Fun! Instruction And Supervision Provided SATURDAY LEAGUE STARTS 2:00 P.M. (Ages 12 And Under) SUNDAY LEAGUE STARTS 2:00 P.M. (Ages 13 And Up) Cost For Registration Is $3.00 $3.00 Per Week For Bowling And Trophy Fund SIGN UP SATURDAY & SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 8 & 9 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. SATURDAY & SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15 & 16 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. BOWLING STARTS ON SEPTEMBER 22 & 23 Join The Fun At The WALKERTON BOWLING ALLEY A BIG THANK YOU TO THE DEMON S LOYAL FANS The Bradleys The Salyers The Knowltons The Johnsons Mrs. Auman & Jason Dick Dill Mrs. & Mrs. Albert Mr. & Mrs. Clingenpeel Mr. & Mrs. Schmeltz Mr. & Mrs. Dill Mr. & Mrs. Ullery AND A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO DUWAYNE BURCH OUR SPONSOR The Support You Gave Us Throughout The Season Was Greatly Appreciated “A DEMON’’ Happy 21st Birthday JAY SEPTEMBER 9. 1984 FROM KARI’S MOM & DAD & MIKE (Hi! Kari. Stephanie & Brian At S.M.S.U.) THANK YOU WEMSA THE STAFF AT ; SKY SPORTS UNLIMITED, INC.

THANKS TO 3 SUPER COACHES Dick Piotrowicz Jerry Knowlton Birdie Dill FOR A WINNING SEASON Love Ya, #OO Happiness Is ATTENDING THE CRAFTS & BINGO NIGHT September 13 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. At The V.F.W. POST North Liberty 250 Million Year Old Footprints Found In Indiana The footprints of an ancient amphibian that lived during the Coal Age, 250 million years ago, were discovered recently by two Indiana University geologists in an abandoned quarry northwest of French Lick. They are only the second set of animal footprints from that era ever found in Indiana, according to the scientists. Gary Lane, professor of paleontology, and graduate student Christopher Maples found the tracks of three separate animals preserved on the surface of a 500-pound slab of rock. Photographs of the trackways are being studied by one of the country's leading authorities on fossil tracks, Professor Donald Baird of Princeton University. Baird has tentatively identified the animal as a temnospondylous amphibian, for a group related to salamanders and frogs that has been extinct from 200 million years, Lane said. The longest set of prints is 33 inches long and includes the footprints and the impression of a long tail that dragged behind through the soft mud, he noted. “The amphibians lived in areas of shallow fresh water, close to the swamps that eventually formed the coal beds in southwestern Indiana”, Lane said. "Thin coal beds are found above and below the fine-grained silty rock in which the tracks occur. The siltstones also contain the stems and leaves of fossil plants and the tracks and burrows of freshwater worms and arthropods.” The animal had hand-shaped hind feet with five toes, Lane said. "The front feet were smaller, with four round-tipped toes that were turned inward. The animal was long-bodied and front-heavy because the front feet sank deeper into the mud. A large, heavyboned skull and shoulders caused the weight on the front legs.” Baird will make a detailed study of the prints after Lane sends him rubber impressions of the fossils. "This will permit reconstruction of the animal and determination of its length and weight," Lane said. The first set of Coal Age animal footprints to be found in Indiana was discovered in Warren County in 1874 by John Collett of the Indiana Geological Survey. The animal was described in survey reports as a collettosaurus, a kind of dinosaur. Current whereabouts of the speciman are unknown. Lane said.

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