The Independent-News, Volume 113, Number 12, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 20 August 1987 — Page 4

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- THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS - AUGUST 20, 1987

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IT’S HERE AGAIN! It may be hard to realize, but school time is here once again. The John Glenn School Corporation schools will not open for classes until Monday, August 31, but this week is the starting time for some area schools, including the Oregon-Davis schools. In the next few days, all the Indiana schools will be starting their classes. This is a special time of the year. Once again our most prized possessions, the youth of our country, from five-year-olds right on through the college age young men and women, will be traveling to and from their homes and residences to the schools and campuses daily. Add to this the tremendous number of extra curricular activities that are enjoyed by so many, and you have traveling and transportation of students and families alike, going on from almost pre-dawn hours well into the evenings and nighttime hours. This always creates an additional travel hazard. Not only are we to be on the lookout for the big yellow school buses, but more so, for those on foot, on bicycles, driving their own cars, etc. And not only does this happen in the immediate area of a school or campus, but all across the area. The safety of these students, from the youngest to the oldest, is the responsibility of everyone. As anyone who travels at all knows, accidents involving children can happen so suddenly that even being aware and careful of what is going on, that one quick dart between cars, that unexpected move made by a young child who is not always thinking of safety, can happen so quick that even the most careful and good driver can become involved in an accident involving them and another party, whether on foot, bicycle, or in another automobile. Despite the warnings, the flashing lights, the stop lights and extended arms, even school buses are not immune to accidents. We live in an area where buses must travel our main highways and regardless of weather conditions, visibility, knowledge of the fact buses travel these roads, etc., accidents still do happen involving buses transporting students to and from. Being aware and obeying traffic laws especially at the time the buses are running, prior to and after school, is a responsibility all of us must share. Regardless of how much one teaches and preaches of traffic safety, both to the student and the individuals, accidents are “just waiting to happen”. It is everyone’s responsibility, as drivers, parents, pedestrians, etc., to help make it safe for all, especially those who may not be fully aware of the situation at all times. Nothing can be harder to live with than being involved in such an accident with one or more of these young people. We can all learn lessons now that schools are open once again.

1982 The John Glenn Falcons will open their 1982 football season Friday night as they host a good Bremen Lions team. The game will start at 7:30 p.m. at the Falcons field. The ten game 1982 schedule this year only has four home games and six away so be sure to get out and see the Falcons in their home games as well as supporting them on the road this season. LaPorte Hospital is now more conveniently accessible to area residents of Walkerton with the installation of a toll free line. The Walkerton number to call is 5862096. The Better Homes Extension Club met in the home of Gerri Ruby on Monday evening, August 23, with Eva Stickley as the assisting hostess. The club members and their guests will be going to the Warsaw Wagon Wheel Playhouse on Tuesday to see "The Sound Os Music”. Frank D. Hall has been elected as the vice-president and named manager of the Farmers State Bank of Wyatt’s Walkerton office. As Branch Manager he will be responsible for the daily operations of the Walkerton office and will oversee the development of new retail programs and will be responsible for the bank’s overall lending program. Louis W. Gerber, Jr., has been elected Assistant Branch Manager and Linda Relos has been named Corporate Secretary. Also

named was Susan L. Boyd as Director of Marketing and Peggy Kearney as Head Teller. 1972 On Sunday, August 27, the North Liberty Church of Christ broke ground for a new facility to house its worship services and Bible School. During the 65 year history of the church, many changes have taken place and many people have changed due to the teaching of such a fundamental church. The new structure will be equipped to handle up to 300 in the auditorium and class rooms space. The new church will be on State Road 23, just north of North Liberty. At the market turkey drumsticks were selling for 29 cents a pound; chuch roast at 59 cents a pound; swiss steak at 99 cents a pound; boiling beef at 59 cents a pound; bulk bacon at 79 cents a pound; slicing bologna at 99 cents a pound; old fashioned loaf at $1.09 a pound; cole slaw at 39 cents a pound; 25 pound bag of Pillsbury flour at $1.99; a 10 ounce jar of Folger’s coffee for $1.09; butter at 69 cents a pound; six Banquet pot pies for 99 cents; eight 16 ounce bottles of Coca-Cola for 57 cents; 20 pounds of Michigan potatoes for 99 cents; grapes at 39 cents a pound; celery at 29 cents a stalk; and three pounds of onions for 49 cents. The North Liberty Schools will open officially on Tuesday, September 5, at 8:15 a.m. for only one hour. The first full day of school will be on Wednesday, September

6. Rev. and Mrs. Robert Bowman will arrive in Walkerton this week to assume his duties as pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church. The first Sunday that Rev. Bowman will preach will be on September 3. 1952 Beginning on Saturday morning there will be two story hours for children in Walkerton. The first story hour will be for pre-school and primary children at 10:15 to 10:30 and the second for intermediates begins at 10:30 until 11:00 a.m. Freed Waring and his Pennsylvanians will appear in concert on Saturday evening, September 13, under the sponsorship of the South Bend Scottish Rite with two performances at 7:00 and 9:30 p.m. at the John Adams High School auditorium, South Bend. The Walkerton-Lincoln Township School shows an enrollment of 717 students, which is a gain of 70 over the same period last year when the early enrollment total 647. 1942 Well drivers who have already made three attempts to get a satisfactory new well for the Town of Walkerton, were forced to abandon their third attempt this week when they struck the second large rock in as many attempts. They were down 68 feet when the rock was hit. And last week they were down 72 feet when they had to stop operations on account of rock. Omer Ball, who has installed a miniature golf course for the amusement and entertainment of local folks, is now in the process of enlarging his entertainment field by installing seven duck pin alleys in his garage building. A Kiddies Pet Show was held at Place Park on Friday, August 21. Prizes were awarded. Also on this day a bicycle parade and sporting events for the children were enjoyed. Dr. Burton L. Furst, Walkerton dentist, who enlisted in the Dental Corps of the Army as a First Lieutenant last April has been sent to Ft. Bliss, Texas, and then transferred to the 303rd Bombardment Squadron and left for overseas service last week. Ray Cripe, a teacher in the Lincoln Township and Walkerton schools for the past 35 years has retired from active duty to devote his time to his farm. His first experience at teaching came at the Cole School in Lincoln Township where he taught for four years, then he went to the Jordan School, both schools have been abandoned and moved away. In 1912 he started teaching the seventh and eighth grades in Walkerton, a position he held for the past 29 years. Fred Joyal, South Bend, has rented the large cement stone bam on the rear of the Charles Cripe, Jr., lot where he will open a cleaning and laundry service starting on Tuesday, September 8. The B & O’s first main line diesel frieght locomotive made its initial run from Chicago to Philadelphia with 100 tank cars of oil on Monday, August 31. This was a record movement of oil in a single long distance train. The locomotive, first to operate on any eastern railroad, is 5,400 horsepower and was built by the Electro-Motive Corp., at LaGrange, Illinois. The locomotive measures 193 feet from its streamlined prow to its rear coupler and it can pull a freight train at 70 miles per hour. 1937 A severe wind and rain storm which passed over northern Indiana Sunday afternoon, seemed to spend its fury in Walkerton where slight damage was done by falling trees and limbs. Perhaps the greatest damage occured at the Eugene Kerchaert house on Ave. D, just off Road 23, where a large box eider tree was blown over on to the roof, damaging the plaster, etc. The house was empty, Mr. Kerchaert having been making some

repairs on it preparatory to renting it to his brother, Julian Kerchaert. Some other damage was done about town by the wind and rain. Miss Mildred Senour, of Bourbon, has been engaged as the new Vocational Home Economics teacher for the Walkerton-Lincoln Township school to begin her duties in the fall. She will also teach Physical Education. Miss Senour is a graduate of Indiana University, and has had additional work in Manchester College and Purdue University. She has been teaching Home Economics in the LaPaz school for the past five years. Miss Margaret Current, former music and art teacher in the Walkerton school has accepted a similiar position in the school at Michigantown, Indiana. This is 4-H Club Fair Week in St. Joseph County. Lakeville is entertaining a thousand boys and girls, to say nothing of the thousands of parents and friends who will attend to see the exhibits. Your Hoosier Doctor Says . . . “Summer Brings Discomfort Os Chigger Bite*” Chiggers are tiny red larvae of mites, a close relative to spiders which "bite” or hook onto unprotected skin, injecting a substance that softens the tissue. The Indiana State Medical Association warns that red blotches and blisters then form, accompanied by considerable itching. Chiggers are found during the summer, in woods with thorough undergrowth, fields, bushes and swamps. To help prevent chigger bites, use insect repellent on your skin and clothing before exposure to areas of possible chigger infestation. Wear long pants, thick socks and shoes or boots if walking in such an area. Avoid sitting or lying on grass that may be infested with chiggers. If you are exposed to an area that may contain chiggers, bathe with a brush and soapy water as soon as possible. Chiggers usually wait an hour or more before attaching to the body, and prompt cleansing may ward off infestation. You may also want to disinfect clothing with a pesticide. If you are bitten, there are some measures you can take to reduce discomfort. When bathing, leave lather on for ten or more minutes. Dab colorless nail polish over affected areas, and/or apply an ice cube to each spot.

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North Liberty Church Os Christ ■ SUNDAY 9:30 a.m., Sunday School. 10:30 a.m., Morning Worship. 7:30 p.m., Evening Worship. 7:30 p.m., Jr.-Sr. Youth Meeting. TUESDAY 9:30 a.m., Ladies Bible Study WEDENSDAY 7:30 p.m., Family Bible Study. Koontx Lake Mlaaionary Church Pastor, Greg Bentle 586-2267 SUNDAY 8:00 - 9:00 a.m., First Service. 9:00 -10:00 a.m., Sunday School. 10:15 - 11:30 a.m.. Second Service. 6:00 p.m., Evening Service. WEDNESDAY 6:30 - 7:45 p.m., Midweek Service. Presbyterian Church 512 Georgia Street Walkerton, Indiana Rev. Richard Reynolds, Pastor SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 9:30 a.m., Sunday School. 10:30 a.m., Worship Service TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 10:00 a.m., W.I.C. meets in Fel-

lowship Hall. 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.. Community Food Pantry at the Presbyterian Church. 6:30 p.m., Weight Watchers meet in Fellowship Hall. “Whosever will, may come.” St. John’s Lutheran Church Riley & Pine Roads John D. Malzahn, Pastor 656-4744 or 656-3475 THURSDAY. AUGUST 20 1:00 p.m., TOPS. SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 9:00 a.m., Sunday Church School. 9:50 a.m.. Favorite Hymn Singing. 10:00 a.m.. Service of the Word. 4:00 p.m., U.R.C. Custer Corn and Sausage Roast at Pine Creek Church Park. TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 Newsletter deadline. 7:30 p.m., Christian Education meeting at the Church. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 7:30 p.m., Stewardship and Finance committee meets at the Church. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 11:00 a.m., U.R.C. New Pastors event. 1:00 p.m., TOPS. United Methodist Church 1000 Georgia Street Walkerton, Indiana Rev. Thomas Bowman. Pastor THURSDAY, AUGUST 20 7:15 p.m., Agape Prayer Group. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 3:00 - 7:00 p.m., Old-Fashion Days, Ice Cream Social with hot dogs, sloppy joes and homemade ice cream; Craft and Hobby Show. 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Entertainment. 6:00 - 7:00 p.m., Square Dancing. SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 8:30 a.m.. Early Worship. 9:15 a.m., Sunday School. 10:30 a.m., Late Worship; sermon, “The Altruistic Urge”; text. Luke 11 : 5-9. MONDAY. AUGUST 24 7:00 p.m., UMW Executive Board. Gymnastic Classes. First Assembly Os God Michigan And Van Buren Walkerton. Indiana Rev. Larry L. McCormick, Pastor SUNDAY 9:30 a.m., Sunday School. 10:30 a.m., Morning Worship. 6:00 p.m., Youth. 7:00 p.m.. Evening Worship. TUESDAY 9:00 a.m.. Prayer meeting. WEDNESDAY 7:00 p.m., Bible Study. 7:00 p.m., Missionetts Girls Cub. Teegarden United Methodist Church Teegarden, Indiana Tim Davis, Pastor 211 North Main Street, North Liberty Phone 656-8521 SUNDAYS 9:00 a.m., Sunday School for all ages. 10:00 a.m.. Worship Service. THURSDAYS 7:00 p.m., Bible Study at the church. Come and worship the Lord with us! Pine Creek Church Os The Brethren Corner Os Pine & Stanton Roads Dr. Wayne Gerber, Pastor SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 9:00 a.m., Sunday School. 10:00 a.m.. Worship Service and Children’s Church. 4:00 p.m. United Religious Community Picnic and Service, Church Park. Jai alai is often called the fastest game in the world. When in play, the ball can travel at 150 miles per hour.