The Independent-News, Volume 111, Number 1, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 June 1985 — Page 4
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- THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - JUNE 6, 1985
I EDITORIALS I
THEY WORK FOR YOU With school now over and the summer season upon us, it is that time of year when a number of people work for you and your pleasure in away that goes almost unnoticed. We are talking about the dedicated people who plan, schedule, raise the money and do the work for the many summer festivals and events that we so enjoy. Especially true at this time is the not too far away 4th of July Celebrations that both Walkerton and North Liberty have long been noted for. Also in the very near future is the Koontz Lake Festival, in early August, the Potato Creek Festival and the local events will climax in October with the Fall Festival in Walkerton. The tireless and time consuming labors of putting on such as this is often overlooked. In particular, the funding of these events is almost a year-round job. There was a day when the proceeds from the carnival and a food stand in Walkerton used to finance the entire 4th celebration. In North Libety, the merchants have very graciously donated in past years, but neither method of fund-raising is adequate by any means in this day and age. To offset the expenses, many events are held from now until the celebrations are here as well as almost throughout the year, to make the expected and enjoyed celebrations a reality. We know that most groups have at one time or another had their problems finding manpower and help. At present, both seem to be stable enough again this year, but do depend heavily on the support of many more people than the working committees. We urge everyone to do what they can, maybe by buying a ticket, by attending a fund raiser, or what ever they can do to help support these programs. As usual, when it is all over, many will again have thoroughly enjoyed the fruits of the efforts of the few who make it possible. Stop now and think, these programs do not put themselves on, it takes people . . . dedicated people who are giving a lot to make it happen. Your support, however little it may be, is needed and appreciated. IML WHEN...
1975 The John Glenn High School baseball team won the sectional championship Saturday by defeating LaVille in the afternoon and Argos at night to claim the title. The Falcons are coached by John Hans and members of the team are Dave Groves, Dave Minter, Randy Schmeitz, Leonard Jaske, Don Ecker, Tom Hall, Barry Heim, Wayne Buswell, Dave Flaugher, Larry Stull, Jim Nunley, Steve Hartsell, Terry Kaser, Russell Bacewic, Jeff Stratford and Bob Cole. The John Glenn High School golf team captured the Northern State Conference golf title on Thursday afternoon, May 29, at the Whispering Pines Golf Course with a total of 315. Members of the team are Nick Berkebile, Brian Schmeitz, Lee Bouse, Gordon Hartsell and Randy Schmeitz. At the market ground beef was selling for 89 cents a pound; blade cut chuck roast at 69 cents a pound; round bone arm roast at 99 cents a pound; beef short ribs at 89 cents a pound; bologna at 69 cents a pound; pickle and pimento loaf at $1.29 a pound; macaroni and cheese loaf at $1.29 a pound; franks at $1.09 a pound; a gallon of ice cream for $1.49; Tony’s pizza at 99 cents each; sugar cream pies at $1.39 each; a two pound box of Banquet fired chicken for $1.99; a dozen large eggs for 49 cents; three packages of eight hot dog buns for $1.00; three pound can of Maxwell House coffee for $2.89; six cans of Vet’s dog food for $1.00; six cans of kitty salmon for $1.00; 10 pounds of Idaho potatoes for 99 cents; asparagus at 59 cents a pound; and large size pineapple for 59 cents each. 1970 The Walkerton Alumni Banquet will be held on Saturday at the John Glenn High School. A dance will follow the dinner, at the same location. The Walkerton Lions Club will have their second annual golf outing on Thursday, June 18, at the
Plymouth Country Club with a dinj ner to follow. A letter was published in this 1 week’s paper inviting all of Walkerton residents to Walkerton, Oni tario, Canada, for their Centennial. At the market chuck steak was selling for 69 cents a pound; rib steaks a $1.09 a pound; smoked pork chops at $1.09 a pound; pork steak at 59 cents a pound; pork tenderettes at 79 cents a pound; rolled pork roast at 69 cents a pound; stuffed sausage at 69 cents a pound; braunschweigher at 59 cents a pound; franks at 79 cents a pound; old fashioned loaf at $1.09 a pound; 16 ounce bag of tater tots for 29 cents; three eight ounce boxes of Booth fish sticks for $1.00; six pack of eskimo pies for 49 cents; celery at 29 cents a stalk; peaches at 29 cents a pound; bing cherries at 69 cents a pound; blueberries at 49 cents a pint; two pound can of Chase & Sanborn coffee for $1.39; cottage cheese at 29 cents a pound; buttermilk at 39 cents for a half gallon; a half gallon of ice cream for 59 cents; and five loaves of bread for 89 cents. 1965 More than 1,000 persons are expected in Walkerton over the two day weekend to view the activities or take part in the 12th annual Third District American Legion Convention which will take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 12 and 13. The annual Walkerton Lions chicken barbecue will be held this Saturday evening at the corner of Roosevelt Road and Illinois Street. Walkerton has been selected for a visit by the tuberculosis X-Ray machine which will be in town on July 15. The first week’s attendance in the Walkerton Recreation program was good with 137 boys and 127 girls in the age group of seven to 12 and 80 boys in the 13 and up age group making a total of 344.
1960 Vernon Law and ’’Smokey’’ Burgess thrilled young and old Monday afternoon as they visited Walkerton to talk and entertain the Junior Leaguers and any other interested baseball fans. Law, the hottest hurler in the majors (until he met with the Cubs Tuesday) was the feature of the day and gave advice to the crowd of 200 or more when he visited the park in the afternoon. Four ponies which were owned by Ted Oller, of Chicago, were killed by lightning during the electrical storm Saturday night at Koontz Lake. They were killed in the field while grazing and were valued at $600.00. Tuesday afternoon, June 7, was the time of the opening of bids for the Water Works improvements for the Town of Walkerton. All bids are opened and read aloud. There were 21 submitted. Postmaster Arthur Shirley today said he has been advised by the Office of the Postmaster General, Arthur Summerfield, that the Post Office department is asking for bids to build and lease to the Department the new post office for Walkerton. Closing date for the bids is July 22, 1960. Sunday morning, June Sth, was a very special program in the Sunday School of the Methodist Church. The occasion was to honor Mrs. Pearl Trost for her many years of service activities in the primary and kindergarten department of the Sunday School. Mrs. Trost has served 26 years in the department. The Uptown Laundromat is now open and located half block south of the fire station in Walkerton. Wash is 20 cents and dry is 10 cents, completely coin operated, open 24 hours a day. The store has 24 Westinghouse automatic washers and eight big and five load dryers. Soft filtered water is to all the machines. 1955 The “Old School” reunion for teachers why had their school days in the old North Liberty school, now burned down and cleared away, will be held at the North Liberty park on Sunday, June 26. Sales representatives of the Garber Co., have been going from house to house this past week selling house numbers. Although there is no mandatory order that each house have a number, the Chamber of Commerce and Town Board urge everyone to purchase one. It will bring the town one step closer to the long sought local distribution of mail in North Liberty. At the market pork roasts were selling for three pounds for $1.00; hot dogs also at three pounds for $1.00; ground beef at three pounds for 89 cents; boiling beef at six pounds for $1.00; spare ribs at 39 cents a pound; fryers at 49 cents a pound; celery at 15 cents a stalk; two heads of lettuce for 29 cents; a dozen oranges for 35 cents; green peppers at 19 cents a pound; four tomatotes for 21 cents; and a 46 ounce can of Hi-C orange drink for 29 cents. 1950 Rev. Loren N. Campbell, who has served the Walkerton Methodist Church so successfully the past year, was re-assigned Sunday for another year by the annual conference in its closing session held in the Trinity Methodist Church, Lafayette. Gifford Ward was elected president of the Walkerton Alumni Association at its annual meeting last Friday evening. There were 283 dinners served at the banquet. Six graduates of the 1900 class from Walkerton High School returned for the Alumni Banquet Friday. There were only six in the graduating class and they are Leonard Smith, Beatrice Steele, Byron Rupel, Sadie Wolfenbarger, L. C. Reinhardt and Elsie Steele. Mr. A. L. Whitmer was principal of the school in 1900. 1945 Martin Mellin, Walkerton groc-
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Speaking The Truth , Mr. Bracich you have nothing to । be sorry for speaking the truth as most of our people in Walkerton and surrounding area want you to know the truth as I will say you and Art Heemer have been trying to help the people instead of hurting । them. Hats off to the person that put that S.O.S. in the paper whoever it was. It was so right. Yes 1 live in that area also and I must say i that I was brought up on a dairy farm and no barnyard or barn ever smelled as bad as this does. Some of the Town Board members think we are ignorant and that we can’t smell when it makes you . sick at your stomach and vomit your food up or anything that is in your stomach. But 1 believe we are smarter than them. When our major sits in a meeting and makes faces and chews on his pencil any two year old could do that. We thought when we voted for these people we thought that they were for the people. But only two out of the five are for the people. I believe the rest only want to draw their checks each month and changing their phone numbers and have it unlisted. We certainly don’t need people in office like that as this shows their quality. Yes 1 am with the person who said maybe the $73,000 computer will solve the stinking dilemna. But 1 don’t believe it will. It’s just another toy for them to play with until they break it down. All 1 can say that the people that come to Walkerton on the 4th of July better bring their gas mask or their barf bag as they will need it or someone should be down at the park selling gas masks or barf bags or the Town giving them out to the people. I have lived in Wakerton about 55 years and never smelled anything so rotten as this. A Citizen of Walkerton Sick of the Stench Happy Ads, only $1.50! er, was named to the WalkertonLincoln Board of Education by the Walkerton Town Council at their regular meeting Tuesday evening. Mr. Mellin replaces Ray Nusbaum. Julius Martinsen, who has owned and operated the Standard Filling Station, on Road 6, just east of the cemetery, has sold to E. N. Reslar, local manager of the Standard Oil Company. Ray Wilson, of West York, has had 13 years experience in the gasoline and tire business before coming to Walkerton, has been employed by Mr. Reslar to operate the station. Playing at the Rialto on Sunday and Monday will be "The Thin Man Goes Home” with William Powell and Myrna Loy and then on Wednesday and Thursday the Walt Disney production of "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs” will be shown. 1935 Thursday, July 4th, will be a big day in Walkerton again this year when all the village and community folks unite to observe Independence Day in a safe and sane manner, yet in keeping with the old traditions of the day. President Garland Lawrence, and his committee composed of Charles Cripe, Jr., Earl Ward and A. J. Kennedy, met this week and named the following committee to arrange for the celebration. Entertainment members of the Walkerton Fire Department; finance Gus Kerchaert, C. E. Houser, Roy Gindelberger and Louis Kiser; fireworks directors of the Walkerton Chamber of Commerce; and parking, Orville Easterday Post American Legion. The businessmen who are sponsoring the celebration appeal to all loyal citizens of Walkerton and community to lend their whole hearted support to the enterprise and help make the day a very enjoyable one.
Walkerton Store Receives Award From Corporation I Local Hook’s Drug Store manager Charles Dobis, was recognized at a special awards banquet in Indianapolis on May 16 with the firm’s Gold Key Award. To earn the prestigious Golden Key Award, the store must have demonstrated year-’round performance in the areas of accounting, merchandising, operations, personnel and public relations. Only 59 stores in the chain were so recognized this year. The manager and assistant manager of each winning store receives an extra week’s vacation as a bonus for this achievement. Hook’s operates over 300 drug stores and 15 Convalescent Aids Centers in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky. The corporation employs nearly 4,000 persons, nearly 700 of whom are registered pharmacists. The chain is ranked 15th nationally in the number of sales units and 20th in overall sales volume. Sales in 1984 were over $350 million. ANCILLA COLLEGE SUMMER OFFERINGS Registration continues for the Summer Session at Ancilla College. Communication and Elementary Algebra will be offered from June 24 through July 19. Classes will meet Monday through Thursday mornings from 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. For people wishing to enroll in evening courses, Accounting, Medical Terminology and Statistics will be offered. The accounting course, which is Accounting I, will meet from June 17 through July 19. Classes are scheduled for Monday and Thursday evenings from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. and Wednesday evenings from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. The same time schedule holds true for Medical Terminology. The Statistics class will run from June 24 through July 26. If you are interested in registering for any of these classes, please call Ancilla at 936-8898 to make sure you won’t miss this educational opportunity. SERVICE NOTES May 9 (FHTNC) — Marine Pfc. Eric W. Shields, son of Gary W. and Sue E. Shields of Rural Route 1, Walkerton, has been promoted to his present rank while serving at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California. May 14 (FHNTC) - Marine Pfc. Keith D. Butler, son of Melvin R. and Carol S. Gee, of 24250 Stanton Road, North Liberty, has been promoted to his present rank while serving at Marine Barracks, Alameda, California. ARMY AND AIR FORCE HOMETOWN NEWS — Airman Terry Schoof, son of Phyllis and Julius Schoof, of Rural Route 2, Walkerton, has graduated from the U. S. Air Force aircraft pneudraulic systems mechanic course at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois. During the course, students were taught to repair and maintain aircraft hydraulic and pneumatic systems. They also earned credits toward an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Schoof is scheduled to serve at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. He is a 1984 graduate of LaPorte High School. The chicle that make* our chewing gum comes from a tropical tree known as the sapodilla It also grows a delicious fruit.