The Independent-News, Volume 112, Number 37, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 February 1987 — Page 4

THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS - FEBRUARY 12, 1987

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DON’T MAKE IT EASIER! In the past year, much has happened to our federal income tax program. Sweeping tax changes in the system was to make it easier to fill out a tax form and further cut taxes for most. What resulted doesn’t always come out as what was intended. The new tax form, supposedly more simple, actually for many people, is more complex. The main difference is fewer tax brackets, but still any taxpayer who has to itemize the various items on their tax forms certainly did not get a simplier tax form. If anything, it is more complex. And then came the law that all employees had to fill out a new W-4. This supposedly simple form, intended to inform the employer how much you wish withheld from your paychecks, also turned into a much more complicated form. The basically 7-line form, has a worksheet and instructions that leave most scratching their heads. And this is important. If one does not have enough tax withheld (you are supposed to have 90 percent of what is owed withheld), they are liable for the additional money, penalty and interest. On the other hand, if too much is withheld, which is more often the case, you simply are giving away your hard earned money to the Government to use for the balance of that year . . . interest free! It is ironic that you always hear people happily saying they have a refund coming . . . and the bigger the better they like it. This actually reflects one aspect of bad business if the refund is any size at all. That is what the W-4 is supposed to equalize. Now we hear that a new W-4 has been ordered as too many people simply cannot understand the new form just released for this year. An employee has until October of this year to fill one out, but if the new form doesn’t appear on the scene soon, many taxpayers may find the present form has led them down the wrong path on withholding, something that could cost the taxpayer one way or another. Maybe the best thing to ask for would not be a simplified form of anything. Everytime we supposedly get a simplier one it turns out more complicated than the previous. Please don’t make them too simple, no one will be able to understand the forms!

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1982 The John Glenn girls carried the newly found momentum right on through the final game of the 1982 Sectional Saturday night as they followed their upset of favored New Prairie with another exciting win, a 35-29 decision over host LaVille. The LaVille team had beaten the Glenn girls twice in the past three weeks in both the Bi-County Tourney and regular season play. The John Glenn basketball homecoming was held last week with the following being named as King and Queen candidates, Alison Keiser, Jody Vicsik, Roxanne Fisher, Kim Perkins, Dawn Swihart, Jeff O'Connor, Don Workman, Roy Kaser, Juan Fontanes and Dan South. The new king was Jeff O'Connor and the Queen is Jody Vicsik. 1972 The John Glenn Falcons, winners of two tournies already this year, were the victuns of a "hard draw" in the 1972 Sectional to be held at LaVille starting Tuesday evening. The Falcons will meet Plymouth, a team who has been a power the past few years and winners of the two previous sectional titles, but a rebuilding squad this year that has had their ups and downs. North Liberty will meet the Bremen Lions on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Also at 8:30 Argos and Jackson will meet. The Falcons will play on Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. The Indian Guides were recently formed in the North Liberty area with the organization to promote companionship of fathers and sons and is sponsored by the YMCA for boys six years and over. No members are allowed to join without their father joining also. Their slogan is "Pals Forever". "Flight to the World of Fashion" is the theme for the annual style show sponsored by Epsilon Chi

chapter of Tri Kappa, Walkerton. Fashions will be shown by Lilly’s, of LaPorte, on March 16 at the John Glenn High School auditorium beginning at 8:00 p.m. The PLJ School Corporation made a fine showing at the music contest held on January 29 with 54 gold medals earned by students in the system. 1952 A total of $971.61 has been collected for the Walkerton-Lincoln Township March of Dimes. Contributions may still be made. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Fraser were in Waukegan, Illinois. over the weekend and enroute home they stopped to have a bite to eat and came out of the restaurant to find their car had been stolen. The sheriff was called on the case and their car was found on Monday unharmed, but out of gas. The vehicle was left along the roadside at Fort Sheridan, just north of Chicago. Fire did considerable damage to the stage and properties of the North Liberty High School building early Tuesday morning. The fire was discovered by William Whitinger, janitor, around 5:30. City mail delivery services for Walkerton has been granted according to information received by Postmaster Arthur E. Shirley this week. The service will start about April first. President Truman will greet 12 outstanding Boy Scouts in the White House during Boy Scout Week, February 6 to 12, marking the 42nd anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. 1942 The Independent-News Co. announces with pleasure the arrangements have been completed for their annual Cooking School to be conducted by Miss Mary Howen, noted lecturer and home economist of the Spry Research Kitchens, Cambridge, Mass. His feature

event will be held March 2 and 3 at the high school in Walkerton. Rural mail service will be established to the residents of West York just as soon as the new regulations set up by the Second Assistant Postmaster are complied with. The first of four dormitories to house women workers at the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant was opened for occupancy on Wednesday. Two units will be ready by this weekend and the remaining two will be completed within two weeks. 1937 A new sewer one block long, extending from 6th to 7th Street, Walkerton, along the alley between Avenues B and C was started last week as a WPA project. The sewer will have seven outlets at the present time, besides three catch basins to serve the town. The project was started on the petition of interested property owners who will be benefitted by its construction. According to WPA officials, the cost of the project will be $2,175.00. of which $1,890.00 is represented by labor. The schedule calls for 10 laborers, one time keeper, one first aid man, one truck, one pipe layer and one foreman. Ora Hostetler has been put in charge of the work. "The American Constitution is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the spirit of the age." Woodrow Wilson

OBITUARIES

GARRY W. WOLFENGBARGER Garry Wayne Wolfenbarger, 44. of 202 Maple Street, Walkerton, passed away at 1:27 a.m., on Monday, February 9, at Memorial Hospital, South Bend, as a result of a sudden illness. He was bom on October 17, 1942, at LaPorte to Virgil Wayne and Laura B. (Nagaron) Wolfenbarger and was a lifetime Walkerton resident. He married Carolyn (Mickey) 1. Friend, on December 31, 1966, in Walkerton, who survives. He was a die setter and hyrdraulics employee at Modine's, in LaPorte. Surviving along with his wife are two daughters. Miss Jodie Wolfenbarger and Miss Tammy Tuttle, both of Walkerton; a son, Kris Tuttle, of Walkerton; and one grandchild. He was a member of the Walkerton United Methodist Church,

ANNUAL TOWN FINANCIAL REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1986 NORTH LIBERTY, INDIANA, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS, DISBURSEMENTS, CASH BALANCES, AND INVESTMENT BALANCES Total Cash Cash Cash (■vestmente Aad Boksee Dtsbarse- Boksee At At lavcstascsta Fud Jaanary 1 Receipts meats Deeeasber 31 December 31 At Dec. 31 General Fund 18,736.01 163,375.15 157.572.35 24,538.81 24,538.81 Federal Revenue Sharing Fund 11,146.92 7,806.56 2,560.00 16,393.48 16,393.48 Motor Vehicle Highway 3,504.69 42,643.25 26,775.81 19,372.13 19,372.13 Local Road and Street 381.60 23,798.00 21,704.00 2,475.60 2.475.60 Parks and Recreation Fund 5,095.03 5,832.74 5,653.40 5,274.37 5,274.37 Cumulative Capital Improvement 435.28 4,602.19 5,037.47 Police Accident Report Fund 176.51 63.00 239.51 239.51 Police Firearms Training Fund 53.60 60.00 63.30 50.30 50.30 Payroll 4,560.48 188,803.56 192,297.00 1.067.04 1,067.04 Water Utility - Operating 3,634.77 157,693.45 160,950.02 378.20 378.20 Water Utility — Bond and Interest .... 22,982.28 63,976.34 60,800.00 26,158.62 107.500.00 133.658.62 Water Utility - Depreciation 19,894.37 15,795.89 25,769.99 9,920.27 9.920.27 Water Utility — Customer Deposit .... 3,744.35 2,342.67 1,274.12 4,812.90 6,000.00 10.812.90 Sewage Utility - Operating 5,996.96 140,814.42 130.665.61 16,145.77 30,000.00 46,145.77 Sewage Utility - Bond and Interest ... 10,476.69 57,352.13 51,582.50 16,246.32 257.000.00 273.246.32 Sewage Utility - Debt Service 36,000.00 36,000.00 Debt Service 6,870.92 10,382.95 11,599.99 5,653.88 5,653.88 CCDF 2,096.51 2,096.51 2,096.51 Cumulative Sewer 648.56 7,339.32 7,987.88 102,000.00 109,987.88 North Liberty Public Housing 1,605.78 320,735.81 319,281.78 3,059.81 3,059.81 Petty Cash 25.00 25.00 25.00 Levy Excess 34,744.37 34,744.37 TOTAL 154,714.17 1,215,513.94 1,208,332.71 161,896.40 538,500.00 700,396.40 A detailed Accounting of Receipts and Disbursements is on file in the Clerk-Treasurer's Office and may be reviewed during business hours. LONG-TERM INDEBTEDNESS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1986 General ObMgatfna Revesse Bonds Bonds Interest Ontstandhag Bonds Outstanding Oatstandiag Paid As Os Retired As Os As Os Duriag 1986 Jaa. 1, 1986 Dwiag 1986 Dec. 31, 1986 Dec. 31, 1986 Water Utility 476,000.00 7,000.00 469,000.00 23,800.00 Sewage Utility 375,000.00 10,000.00 365,000.00 21,582.50 AH Other 16,000.03 10,666.66 5,333.37 933.33 TOTALS 867,000.03 27,666.66 5,333.37 834.000.00 46,315.83 CERTIFICATION This is to certify that the data contained in this report is accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief. Paul F. Williams, Jr., Clerk-Treasurer 118 N. Main St., P. O. Box 515, North Liberty, IN 46554 Telephone: Area Code 219; Number 656-4447 Dale: February 10, 1987

was president of the Walkerton Volunteer Fire Department, was a member of the Friends of the Fourth Committee, a member of the Fish Lake Conservation Club, a member of the union local at Modine's, and a former member of the Walkerton Emergency Medical Service. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, at the Walkerton United Methodist Church with Rev. Thomas Bowman. pastor, officiating. Burial was at Woodlawn Cemetery. Walkerton. The Nusbaum-Elkin Funeral Home. Walkerton, was in charge of the arrangements. DR. G. E. NEIGUNGER Dr. Glen E. Neidlinger, 61, of 10650 Dennis Dr., Plymnouth, died at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, February 8. at his home as the result of an apparent heart attack. He was born on December 14. 1925, at Plymouth. He married Belle Personnette, on November 17, 1967, who survives. Surviving along with his wife are four children, Sandra Jackson, Mishawaka, Lisa Koselak, South Bend, Billy Jo Minnery, Alaska, and Fred Neiglinger, Mishawaka; three step-children, Jill Palm, Knox, Mike McCan, New Mexico, and Doug McCan, Knox; 14 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three sisters, Joan Zink, Culver. Jeanie Miller. Rochester, and Ruth Morris, Plymouth; and three brothers, Ralph, Don and Robert, all of Culver. He was a Michigan State University graduate, he practiced veterinary medicine in Walkerton for several years, in Plymouth and retired 18 months ago in Alaska after practicing 28 years there. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., on Wednesday, at the Johnson Funeral Home, Plymouth, with burial in New Oak Hill Cemetery. Plymouth. EUGENE D. PARMLEY Eugene D. Parmley, 64, of 28800 New Road. North Liberty was dead on arrival at 7:09 p.m. Saturday, February 7, in St. Joseph's Medical Center after suffereing an apparent heart attack. Mr. Parmley retired from Fabricated Steel after 30 years. He was born February 2, 1923, in San Pierre, and had lived in North Liberty since coming from Mill Creek in 1942. On October

30, 1942, in North Liberty, he married the former Lydia M. Sims, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter. Carol Nunley, of North Liberty; two sons, Craig, of North Liberty, and Douglas, of Mishawaka; nine grandchildren; a gread-grandchild; two sisters. Violet Woolf, of Apache Junction. Arizona, and Pat Basker, of South Bend; and four brothers. Robert, of Paw Paw, Michigan. Raymond, of Kalamazoo. Michigan. Ralph of Dowagiac. Michigan, and Louis, of South Bend. A daughter, Sharon Renz, died in 1985. Services were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday in the A. M. Manuel Funeral Home. North Liberty, with Rev. Timothy Davis officiating. Burial was in Eastlawn Cemetery. North Liberty, with graveside services being conducted by members of American Legion Post 365 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1954. Mr. Parmley was a veteran of World War 11, and a member of the 34th Infantry Division Association and the 68th Infantry AntiTank Association. He received five battle stars from injuries suffered while serving in Italy. Memorial contributions may be made to any charity. PURVIS “DOC" NORRIS Purvis "Doc" Norris, 74. of Rural Route 4. Box 427. Watson Road. Walkerton, passed away on Monday. February 9. at 12:58 p.m., at Miller's Merry Manor. Walkerton, following an illness of a year-and-a-half. He was born on September 3, 1912, in Louisana and lived in the Walkerton area most of his life. He married Ada White on October 12, 1940. in Plymouth, who survives. He retired as a tester for the McCord Corp., in Plymouth. Surviving along with his wife is a daughter, Doris Bosel, of Walkerton; a brother. Coley Norris, of Houston. Texas; two sisters. Jessie Carstens and Mary Gower, both of Houston. Texas; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. E.S.T.. on Thursday at the Rannells Funeral Home. Koontz Lake Chapel, with Rev. James Gilmer officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Walkerton. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., on Wednesday and from 9:00 a.m. until time of services on Thursday.