The Independent-News, Volume 111, Number 24, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 14 November 1985 — Page 4

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- THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS - NOVEMBER 14, 1985

EDITORIALS

4 LET US SAY HELLO! This week we are once again sample mailing “The Independent News”, an annual procedure we are allowed to do through the U. S. Postal Service, in an effort to establish new customers. We are happy to send to some 6,000 residents, a free copy of this week’s “Independent" and hope you will look us over and like what you see. The “Independent-News" is in it’s 111th year of publication with a couple of name changes along the way. It is a second class mail distributed newspaper which is printed weekly with our headquarters at 601 Roosevelt Road, in Walkerton. Our aim is to give you the news of the local area ... we do not belong to any wire or press services, have a small staff and try to give you the local happenings in the Walkerton, North Liberty and Koontz Lake area. We are offering a new subscription offer (new subscribers only), for half price, just $2.50 a year, with this issue. See our advertisement and subscription form on Page 5 for your convenience in subscribing. Simply fill out the subscription form, either drop it off at our office or put it in the mail with $2.50 and you will become a new subscriber for one year. The “Independent" will then be mailed to you and you should receive it on Thursday with your mail. We try to give as much coverage to our local schools, organizations, churches and individuals as possible. We also run the board minutes of the Town and School Boards as soon as they are available. We visit all the schools in the John Glenn School Corporation every week picking up news items and all we ask is the cooperation of the teachers, coaches, sponsors, administration, etc., in helping us gather this news from the many different teams, organizations and such. We never turn down school news if reported in a reasonable length of time. We also are happy to assist each and everyone of you in publishing news items, your classified ads, or any other items of interest in this area you may have. We have a small staff, but welcome any calls or submitted items in person or by mail that you may wish to give us. We do reserve the right to edit and/or restrict any articles that could be libelous or is not approved according to our standards. In accepting “Voice Os The People’’ articles, we require a signed article, or delivered in person to our office. We will withhold the name upon request, but the article must not be anonymously submitted. The success of our newspaper depends on you, the public. We know we must satisfy you and the advertisers in giving the public something they want, after all you are paying to receive it. We hope you like what you see today enough to be a regular subscriber of “The Independent-News’’, at this one time offer of $2.50. Thank you. ME WHEN...

1975 The Walkerton Tri Kappas turned in their Christmas bazaar items on Saturday at the Koontz Lake home of Mrs. Hal Muncie for the Kappa Karousel bazaar on November 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Masonic Temple, downtown Walkerton. Co-chairmen of the affair are Mrs. Muncie and Mrs. Donald Aschliman. The North Liberty Shamrocks ended their 1975 football season on Friday night with a big win over LaVille. 48-0, which evened their record at 5-5. The Town of Walkerton election on Tuesday resulted in a similar party set-up as has been serving the town but with new faces all around. Elected were Gladys Prentis, Michael Corbett, Bill Elkin, 0. C. White and Jack Tiede. Wayne Cover remains as clerktreasurer. Elected in North Liberty to serve on the 7 own Board were John McCaffery, William Limerick, Richard Handley and Robert Zellers with Carl Eskndge as clerktreasurer. 1970 The Grand Opening of the Mini Shop, Walkerton, was held or November 7, with Mae Bowers, owner of the infants, girls and boys fashion store. 1965 The Churches of Walkerton and the surrounding area have completed their plans for the taking of a religious census this coming Sunday afternoon. The areas to be covered will be all of Polk. John

son, Lincoln and Oregon Townships, surrounding Koontz Lake and up to Riley Road in Liberty Township. The Tyner Elementary held an open house on November 2 for the parents of the children in grades one through six. Principals Rolla Baumgartner and Harold Muncie announced that John Glenn has been chosed by the students of Polk-Lincoln-Johnson School Corporation as the new name of the new high school. On Sunday, November 7, a brand new church was started in North Liberty that being the First Baptist Church. On Saturday afternoon a fire on the Glenn Stahly farm, five miles west of Walkerton, destroyed a barn and machine shed along with a tractor, combine, sprayer and com stalk chopper as well as two 4-row cultivators and a set of dual wheels and tires. Walkerton has been selected as the sight of the new home of Weathermate. Inc., a subsidiary of New Castle Products, Inc. 1960 The basketball season opens for the Indians on Tuesday evening in the Walkerton gym when they host Rolling Prairie. The Tyner 1.0.0. F. Lodge is sponsoring a talent show on Friday evening, at 8.00 p.m.. in the lyner School with proceeds to benefit the new 1.0.0. F. Hall in Tyner. 1955 The WSCS of the Maple Grove Church is having an old-fashioned

country store on Saturday at the home of Mrs. Guy Welsh. South Bend, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Members of the music department of North Liberty School will present a solo and ensemble recital on Sunday afternoon. Elmer Kelver. Walkerton farmer. was declared the sweepstakes winner in the onion exhibit at the 23rd annual Muck Crop Show. Something truly different in the line of local talent production will be presented in Walkerton on Monday and Tuesday when Funnybone Follies makes a memorable visit to the high school auditorium. A large cast of local people, including a great many boys and girls will be seen in the hilarious variety show. 1950 Martin and Olga Stevens, of Middlebury, will bring their performances, "The Nativity”, to Walkerton, at the school gym on Sunday, with the public invited. Approximately 200 people came to the annual PTA Dad's Night which was held last Thursday in the high school gym. More than a ton of groundhogs was the record bag this year of a group of sportsmen who hunted in their spare time from early March to the 10th of September, in an effort to rid the countryside of varmits in Madison. Under the direction of William Hawthorne, the high school band and the eighth grade chorus will present their annual fall concert at 2:30 o’clock on Sunday afternoon, in the high school gym. In response to the agitation for the establishment of a school sinking fund with which to erect a new grade school building in Walkerton to replace the present building, the Board of Education has placed the matter on the ballot for Tuesday's election for the taxpayers to vote on the matter. 1945 An interesting educational program for both men and women was held by experts from Purdue University in conjunction with the annual Vegetable and Grain Crop Show at the North Liberty School gymnasium on Saturday, November 3. Frank Clark will offer 27 acres of land, laid off in 125 lots, for sale at Public Auction, on Saturday, November 17, according to Vern Slater, local auctioneer. This is the tract of land adjoining the Town of Walkerton on The Tyner Road, which was formerly leased to the Government as a trailer park site. The tract is laid off in lots with streets, water and sewer system already installed at government expense. costing $30,000. Indiana this week began its presentation of the "Hoosier Story" to the nation in the campaign to attract new industries to the state. On Friday night of this week the North Liberty Shamrocks will invade the Indian basketball court to renew the age-old sued between the two old rival schools. North Liberty suffered a 29-16 set back in their opening game with Madison while Walkerton romped over Tyner 51-28 in their first game of the season. 1935 The Nickle Plate Railroad ran up a white flag and signed a truce of peace with the enraged residents of Walkerton last Friday when certain officials of the company visited town following a telephone conversation with B. I. Holser last week in regards to the closing of the alleyways. The new councilmen and clerk for the Town of Walkerton after the election on Tuesday is as follows: Wayne Cover, clerk, who lead the ticket for the Republicans: Roy Hostetter. D. B. Teeples, Hardenbrook. Fitzgerald and Harold Chaney. Mrs. Gordon McPhee has been named chairman of the Red Cross drive for Liberty Township while Rev. E. R. Armstrong will serve as the Lincoln Township chairman. The annual drive for funds will start with Armistice Day. next

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Weight Control And Diabetes: Closely Linked

Will you be among the 600,000 Americans who learn from their doctors this year that they have diabetes - ’ Weight control is the primary method for both prevention and treatment of Type II diabetes. a debilitating disease afflicting 10 million Americans. Obesity is the most com mon factor to precede Type II or “Adult Onset" diabetes, the most prevalent kind of dia betes Overweight individuals are more likely to develop it and obese diabetics are more likely to develop complications such as heart disease, blindness, kidney disease and difficult pregnancies For individuals at risk. November — National Diabetes Month—is the perfect time to embark on a weight loss program One safe and clinically proven treatment for obesity is the Optifast Supplemented Easting Programs SM A strictly medically supervised outpatient program. Optifast is designed specifically for patients who are 50 lb or more over their ideal body weight A less rigorous program is also available for those with fewer pounds to lose. Patients in the Program replace regular food with Op tifast*. a nutritionally complete supplement Optifast is based on the protein found in eggs and milk and includes vitamins, minerals and trace elements, as well as small amounts of fat and carbohydrate for complete, balanced nutrition During the modified fast, patients receive intensive be-

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