The Independent-News, Volume 111, Number 9, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 1 August 1985 — Page 4

- THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS - AUGUST 1, 1985

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SCHOOL SURVEY This week’s installment of the consultant study for the John Glenn School Corporation, recently completed by Dr. C. William Day and his associates, brings out the basic hard facts that everyone can relate to. This installment is concerned with the future plans of the school corporation, facility wise, and the indebtedness the school corporation has hanging over its head now and for some years to come. This is something that all taxpayers can relate to very easily and with the breakdown offered, one can see exactly how the indebtedness is, where it came from and when it will be retired. In coming to a conclusion after gathering all this material, several things are noted very decisively. Number one on this list is that the current debt does not permit the school corporation to undertake a large capital development program until the outstanding indebtedness is reduced considerably. It also points out what is needed, but concludes that the corporation can go ahead as is for a time under the current indebtedness. In studying this report over the past few weeks, it makes one realize that it is too bad such a comprehensive study as this wasn’t done earlier. Perhaps had this type of study been done a few years ago, the needs of the present wouldn’t be quite what they are today and the considerable expansion work done in recent years could have been better planned and the money spent utilized in a better fashion. Whatever study and work has been done in recent years certainly wasn’t made this public by the school boards at that time. We must compliment this present board on their foresight and willingness to have this consultant study made prior to making any futher moves. It is our hope that all interested people in the John Glenn School Corporation are following along with this consultant study and when the time arrives in a couple of months for the public meetings that will be held for citizen input, that the public will be well enough informed and interested enough in their school system to participate in these meetings. It has to be a step in the right direction and one that should go a long way in the future planning of the school corporation. MMg WHEN...

1975 The assessed valuation of St. Joseph County has jumped up $25 million over last year according to figures released last week by the County Auditor, Stephen M. Egyhazi. The total valuation for 1975 in the county payable in 1976 is $548.7 million. At the market sirloin steak was selling for $1.99 a pound; T-bone steak at $2.19 a pound; porterhouse steak at $2.19; New York stirp steak at $3.79 a pound; smoked picnics at 89 cents a pound; platter bacon at $1.49 a pound; franks at 99 cents a pound; honey loaf at $1.69 a pound; braunschweiger at 69 cents a pound; a half gallon of ice cream at 79 cents; two 16 ounce cans of frozen orange juice tor $1.00; a gallon of Vim for $1.19; 24 ounce carton of cottage cheese for 79 cents; hungry jack potatoes at 79 cents for a 16 ounce box; town house crackers at 59 cents for a 16 ounce box; three pound can of Hills Bros, coffee for $2.79; three heads of lettuce for 89 cents; three pounds of home grown tomatoes for 89 cents; green peppers and cucumbers at 9 cents each; and 10 pounds of Michigan potatoes for $1.19. The Teegarden Elevator burned to the ground on Saturday afternoon, July 26. The fire was discovered by a neighbor when an explosion aroused his curiousity. In

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all 20 units were on the scene and 75 firemen fighting the blaze. Two firmen were hurt in the fire and hospitalized. 1970 Loren Capek, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Capek, Jr., Walkerton, a member of the Lincoln Twp. 4-H'ers is the originator of the 44th annual 4-H Fair title with his entry, “4-H '7O Style”. He was chosen out of 25 other contestants that competed for the theme and program cover ideas for the St. Joseph County 4-H Fair. Tom McGee pitched a no-hitter on Tuesday striking out seven, walking three, when the John Glenn team played Triton in the Marshall County Tournament. Open House will be held Friday and Saturday, July 24 and 25, at Guy Rizek Plumbing-Heating-Cool-ing, State Road 23 South, North Liberty. Their new building was recently completed. At the market a five pound canned Agar ham was selling for $4.69; T-bone steak at $1.29 a pound as well as sirloin at $1.29 a pound; chuck steak at 69 cents a pound; franks at 79 cents a pound; braunschweiger at 59 cents a pound; smokie links at 79 cents for a 12 ounce package; slender sllice meats at three for $1.00; bulk bacon at 79 cents a pound; a half gallon of ice cream for 65 cents; two pound carton of cottage cheese for

59 cents; two bars of Zest soap for 19 cents; two pound can of Maxwell House coffee for $1.39; 24 pak of twin pops for 79 cents; cantaloupe at three for $1.00; and three dozen ears of sweet corn for SI.OO. 1965 The Board of Trustees of the Polk-Lincoln-Johnson Schools selected the architectural firm of Kellam and Foley as school architects for the coming year. The Orville Easterday Post 189 American Legion of Walkerton, will host a flag burning ceremony at Woodlawn Cemetery, on Sunday, July 26. at 6:00 p.m. 1960 The naming of a principal, a coach and three other teachers for Walkerton High School and Elementary Schools, brings the faculty for the coming year pretty close to being complete. Leonard O. Hewitt, presently of Swayzee, Indiana, has been selected to be high school principal at Walkerton. James Howard is the coach for the high school and Miss Janiece Helm will teach home ec. At the regular meeting of the Walkerton Town Board Tuesday night, Howard Clingenpeel was re-appointed to the Walkerton School Board for another two years running from August 1, 1960 to July 31. 1962. Clingenpeel is a Republican from Lincoln Township, to comply with the balance of the board, a Democrat from the town proper and the elected trustee. Paula Divine, Ken Ryan, Mary Tunis, Judy Ullery and Jack Watkins will be at the Indiana High School musicians clinic at Indiana State Teachers College, for two weeks from July 25 to August 5. 1950 Virgil Snyder, North Liberty, has purchased the Welcome Inn Tavern, Walkerton, from Ambrose Jackson and is seeking to obtain a license to operate same. Johnson Township again was fortunate to have two girls win trips to Purdue Round-Up and they are Diana Huhnke and Sue Burch. 1945 "Unless we can get supplimentary red meat points, we will have to close our place for three weeks in August” said Ed Sester, proprietor of Sester’s Steak House, in Walkerton, this week. "We were cut 35 percent in our points for this quarter, and that means we just can’t operate,” he continued. Two other Walkerton restaurants, the C. & M. Case and Adelle's received similar cuts in points and will be hard pressed to have meat to serve. At the present time the restaurants are serving meat only three days a week, since they are observing Friday as meatless day and are closed one day and serve only chicken and fish on Sundays. Observing its fourth anniversary, the Community Church of Koontz Lake plans a three-day celebration, July 27, 28 and 29. A series of services is being arranged to commemorate the occasion of its founding in November of 1940 and the subsequent formal dedication in July of 1941. The managers and owners of local locker plants over the country are getting signatures on petitions asking for relief from OPA requirements which demand grading of a farmer’s own meat when he has the meat animal slaughtered for him and the carcass is temporarily in the possession of the locker plant for storage in the chill room. Likewise, when the locker plant processes the meat by cutting it. wrapping it, quick freezing it and then putting in the patron’s individual locker box, OPA insists that the meat must bear a grade label. Playing at the Walkerton Rialto Theatre on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, July 22 - 24, will be "National Velvet" with Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp, Jackie Jenkins, Anne Revere and Angela Lansbury. Wednesday and Thursday will show "Wing And A Prayer" with Dana Andrews, William Eythe and Don Ameche.

1935 The Nickle Plate Railroad has given notice to five property holders along the right-of-way, between 7th and Bth streets, in Walkerton, that they will terminate their leases for the right to use the alley back of their places of business within 30 days. This action comes as a result of the railroad company’s liability to collect the SIO.OO yearly rental charged dach lot owner along the alley between these two streets. Checks totaling $4,021,600 for payment of teachers' salaries will be mailed this week to schools of Indiana from funds made available by the gross income tax. Schools of St. Joseph county, with 870 teaching units, will receive $174,000 bringing the total for the year from the gross income, intangibles and liquor taxed to $479,013. A very complete survey of domestic and residential electric rates in effect in Indiana January 1, 1935, has just been published by the Federal Power Commission after a study of rates in every town and city in the state. Winamac has the lowest rate of 250 kwh of any town of 1,000 to 2,500 population in the state, the rate being $1.35. Walkerton’s rate for 25 kwh is $1.75; while Lakeville pays $1.63 and North Liberty $2.20 for the

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY 1985 4-H FAIR SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 (‘‘Special Groups Day”) 12:00 noon & 4:00 p.m. — Prenger Singing Duo & Bob Trent and Company, Grandstand 6:30 p.m. — Horse & Pony Contesting 6:30 p.m. — Country Band, Grandstand 7:00 p.m. — 4-H Awards Presentation and Fashion Review, Grandstand 9:00 - 11:00 p.m. — 4-H Dance with live band FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 ( “Auction Day”) 9:45 a.m. — Dairy Goat Auction 10:00 a.m. — Rabbit and Poultry Auction 12:00 noon & 4:00 p.m. — Prenger Singing Duo & Bob Trent And Company, Grandstand 12:30 p.m. —- Champion Dairy Milk Sale 1:00 p.m. —- Lamb Sale 2:30 p.m. — Swine Sale 5:00 p.m. — Antique Tractor Pull, Old Horse Ring 6:30 p.m. — Horse & Pony Contesting 7:00 p.m. — Dixieland Band, Gatehouse to Nilus Arena 7:30 p.m. — Beef Sale SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 8:30 a.m. — Horse & Pony Fun Contest 10:00 a.m. — Bicycle Rodeo, Grandstand 10:30 a.m. — St. Joseph County Black & White Dairy Show 12:00 noon — Prenger Singing Duo & Bob Trent and Company, Grandstand 1:00 p.m. — Cat Show, Beef Barn 4:00 p.m. — Horse & Pony Awards Ceremony 5:00 & 6:00 p.m., Bob Trent and Company, Grandstand 6:30 p.m. — Sawyer Brown Show, Nilus Arena 9:00 p.m. — Sawyer Brown Show, Nilus Arena 1985 MARSHALL COUNTY 4-H FAIR SCHEDULE THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 9:00 a.m. — 4-H Horse & Pony Western Classes 10:00 a.m. — 4-H Dairy Show (arena) 1:30 p.m. — 4-H Horse & Pony Pleasure Classes 2:00 p.m. — Style Show* 4:00 p.m. — Machine Embroidery by Mary Ann LienhartCross* 4:30 p.m. — 4-H Sweepstakes Showmanship 8:00 p.m. — Music by Marshall County Community Choir* 9:00 D.m. — Captain Stubby Show (arena) FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 10:00 a.m. — 4-H Horse & Pony Fun Classes 10:00 a.m. —- 4-H Auction (arena) 10:00 — Poultry 2:00 — Sheep 11:00 — Goats 4:00 — Swine 11:30 — Milk 6:30 — Pork Loins 12:00 — Rabbits 7:30 — Beef 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. — Craft Show & Tell* 3:00 p.m. — Fun with “Vegies” - Kim Stanley* 8:00 p.m. — Music by Midnight Special Country Band* 10:00 - 12:00 Midnight — Release Horses & Ponies After Sale Release Sale and Non-Sale Livestock SATURDAY, AUGUSI 3 6:00 - 10:00 a.m. — Release Horses & Ponies 9:00 - 12:00 noon — Release All Exhibits in Exhibit Buildings 1:00 p.m — Waterball (Argos School) 2:00 p.m. — 4-H Model Rocket Launch 2:30 p.m. — Pedal Tractor Pull (Exhibit Building) 8:00 p.m. — Jr. Leader Dance * To be held in Open Class Building

same amount of energy. In the second division, 100 kwh, Lakeville's rate is $4.65, North Liberty, $5.40 and Walkerton, $5.20. Here Walkerton ranks 16th out of 34. Boggstown having the highest rate, $7.40 and Syracuse the lowest, $4.00 per 100 kwh. In the third division. 250 kwh. Lakeville pays $9 1S: North Liberty SIO.OO and Walkerton $10.70. Here Walkerton ranks 29th with only nine higher rates in the state. Vevay has the highest rate of $13.40 while South Whitley has the lowest, $6.55. Try-outs for the big local Prairie Farmer-WLS Barn Dance Show will be held at the high school in North Liberty at 7:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday, August 8 and 9. The Community Talent Prairie Farmer-WLS Barn Dance Show will be a reproduction of the great WLS National Barn Dance program as given each Saturday night at the Eighth Street Theatre, in Chicago, which has for the past two years packed houses each week. The invention of the first mechanical clock has been attributed to I'Hsing Liang Len'tsan of China, circa 725 A.D.