The Independent-News, Volume 116, Number 7, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 July 1990 — Page 4

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- THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - JULY 12, 1990

iMllfilffirewsliawaHtiaßSS^^ IHhhJmhKJ&MM IT’S CAUCUS TIME There have been some changes in the election laws for the trustee’s jobs in Indiana and consequently, it’s caucus time in Indiana. Both Walkerton and North Liberty will be electing two trustees this fall in the General election and the candidates chosen bv party caucus this year must be selected bv the end of July. Both towns have this staggered election since changes in recent years set up the policy of electing three trustees, the clerk-treasurer and any other town offices that must be filled in an off year election and the other two trustees in a general election a year prior. This guards against a complete board being elected to office at one time, staggering the terms by one year. Also this year, according to the new set-up, candidates must also file their candidacy with the County Clerk prior to the caucus, thus eliminating nominations from the floor at the caucus itself. With July well into its second week, time is getting short to get all this done prior to the caucuses. As of this time, only one of the parties have made public their caucus date. The Republican Party in North Liberty will meet Thursday, July 19 for their caucus. The others probably have selected their dates, but so far have not publicized them, not doing any interested parties any favors by delaying such decisions publicly. Walkerton will be electing the trustees for the Ward I and Ward 11, while North Liberty will be electing trustees for Ward I and Ward V. Those elected at the tteneral election in November will take office for four years on January 1, 1991. The rest of the trustees positions and other town offices will be chosen at a town election in November of 1991. It seems like a long time away, but now is the time for any interested persons to act. Your party leaders for each town can give you information on the upcoming caucuses and public announcement, we hope, will be made in the near future to further aid in this matter, not add confusion to it. Watch for the dates and if anyone is interested in putting their name up for nomination, now is the time to act.

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1985 The fourth annual Koontz Lake Festival will be held on June 28. 29 and 30 with many activites and events planned for the entire family. There will be parades, kiddies games, contests, mud wrestling, arm wrestling, water ball fights, tug of war. pony pull, dancing, good food, the Old Mill Run. arts and crafts, a church service and boat parade as well as concessions, bingo and carnival rides. The Walkerton Chamber of Commerce and area merchants of the Walkerton and Koontz Lake area are combining their efforts in presenting a Coupon Book. There are 118 coupons in the book which is selling for $6.00 each. The BMX Bicycle races are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. July 6. behind the United Methodist Church. Walkerton. The races are open to all boys and girls ages six through 16. 1975 The Freedom Train will be on exhibit on the comer of U.S. 31 and Angela Blvd.. South Bend, on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday. July 14. 15 and 16. On April 1. 1975. a giant steam engine, a colorful reminder from America’s golden age of railroads, powered into Delaware, the first state to sign the Constitution, pulling 25 red. white and blue cars filled with the history of America. Thus the American Freedom Train began a historic 21-month journey in celebration of American Revolution Bicentennial. Following a swing northward through the New England states, the train will zig-zag across the 48 contiguous states westward and eastward. With the July 10. 19' , 5 issue of The Independent-News, the local paper has gone to offset printing from letterpress, making for a cleaner and neater paper. Louts W Gerber was honored on his 80th birthday. June 30. who in the finest tradition of the American

dream, brought us from humble beginnings to continued success and exemplary service to the communities of Wyatt and Walkerton in banking and financial services for 58 years. Mr. Gerber in 1933 opened the first branch banking facility in St. Joseph County. Farmers State Bank of WyattWalkerton. At the market blade cut chuck roast was selling for 77 cents a pound*, chuck steak at 99 cents a pound: beef short ribs at 89 cents a pound: beef stew meat at $1.39 a pound: ground beef at 79 cents a pound: weiners at 79 cents for a 12-ounce package: slicing bologna at 99 cents a pound; hard salami at $1.99 a pound; a gallon of Schenkel’s milk for $1.19; 24 ounce carton of cottage cheese for 79 cents: a gallon of vanilla ice cream for $1.39; a two pound can of Maxwell House coffee for $1.79; three heads of lettuce for 89 cents: three pounds of peaches for $1.00: plums at 69 cents a pound; nectarines at 49 cents a pound: and fresh tomatoes at 48 cents a pound. 1970 Walkerton has scheduled a fiveday celebration that will come to a climax on Saturday. July 4th. Included will be rides and concessions presented by the Midway Amusements at Place Park. July 4th in the morning there will be supervised games for the youngsters; in the afternoon is the Little League All-Star game followed by adult teams battling it out. and in the evening the Dixie Walker Square Dance Club will entertain followed bv the retiring of the flag and then the fireworks. The Indiana Statute provides that the Township Trustee shall make diligent inquiry of each person or taxpaver as the number of dogs owned, harbored or kept by such person in order to collect for the dog tax. These tags must be attached securely to the collar of the dog. A five pound canned ham was

selling for $4.69 at the market as well as meaty spare ribs at 79 cents a pound; cube steak at 89 cents a pound; smoked sausage at 99 cents a pound; franks at 69 cents a pound; bacon at 59 cents a pound; cole slaw at 39 cents a pound; two pound can of Hills Bros, coffee for $ I 49; a gallon of 2 percent milk for 79 cents; a six ounce can of lemonade for 9 cents: 24 pack of twin pops for 79 cents; vine ripe tomatoes at 39 cents a pound: cantaloupe at 39 cents each and 20 pounds of white potatoes for $1.39. 1965 Sunday will be the big fun day in Walkerton for the annual 4th of July celebration. This decision to celebrate this day was made due to some contracts that were signed last year without reference to the calander and so the show will go on Sunday. The balloon ascension and parachute drop with a gigantic fireworks display along with the Drago Amusements will provide plenty of entertainment for all. The North Liberty Fourth of July Celebration will be held on Monday. July 5. with a big day of activities planned again for everyone to enjoy. The parade will be at 2:00 p.m. which will open the festivities then to the park for activities and fireworks in the evening. Pursuant to recommendations of the Purdue survey, the Polk-Lincoln-Johnson School Board has been making every effort to secure services of a school architect, for the new school building. 1960 The Lincoln Township 4-H Club has really been busy. Barbara Lidy won first place in the crafts division and Myrlynn Dixon won second alternate to the district contest on July 7. Sandra Schmeltz and Sue Clark placed first out of 35 girls and boys in the demonstration contest. The newly formed Home Demonstration Gub will meet on Monday night and answer the roll call to the name that they would like to have as the club name. At the market center cut pork chops were selling for 69 cents a pound; chuck roast at 45 cents a pound; smoked sausage at 59 cents a pound; swiss steak at 59 cents a pound; fryers at 2 to 2*/> pound average at 89 cents a pound; hamburger and hot dog buns at 25 cents a package; 12 ounce can of frozen lemonade at 17 cents; 10 ounces of frozen orange juice for 29 cents; a pint of half and half for 29 cents; a gallon of ice cream for 99 cents: a one pound can of Folger’s coffee for 69 cents: and a pound of butter for 69 cents. 1955 Rains which came Monday afternoon and evening and the high winds which accompanied them spoiled the annual 4th of July celebration in North Liberty for the first time as far as local promoters could remember. Roland Hockett was a member of the two choirs from LaPorte who went to Geveland. Ohio, last week to sing at the Kiwanis International Convention. One of the highlights of the convention was the personal appearance of George Gobel. At the meat market sirloin steak was selling for 49 cents a pound: beef roast at 39 cents a pound: three pounds of hamburger for 98 cents; cube steak at 69 cents a pound: swiss steak at 55 cents a pound; T-bone steak at 55 cents a pound; and spare ribs at 39 cents a pound. Rural mail carrier No. 1. at the Walkerton post office, Gaude Stull, comes forward this week with an unusual story from the "National Rural Letter Carrier." his official paper, second in importance only the The Independent. According to the story, taken from the Toronto Telegram, a gasless automobile is about to be sprung upon the public which will run 1.000 miles on a thin dime (meaning at a cash saving of a thin dime). It seems Edgar Ward, of Toronto, has invented a new devise, a kind of a battery of secret design and

construction, which will supply current to operate four electric motors, one for each wheel on the car. There will be no transmission. no differential and no universal joint—and pretty soon, no garages nor filling stations. Be it understood, this is definately no pipe dream. The patent has been disposed of to a well known Detroit automobile firm, who would not accept $5 million for it as it stands, it is claimed. The invention, secretly installed in a heavy passenger car. has been tried out successfully on American highways. From a dead stop start the car achieved a speed of over 80 miles an hour in less than 26 seconds! An just think I bought a new car this vear! 1950 Life Saving classes will be given at Fish Lake this summer by the Water Safety Committee of LaPorte County Chapter of the Red Cross. C.W. Havens, of Gary and Koontz Lake, has leased a part of the building now occupied by Hartung Shoe Repair and will install equipment for operating a cleaning plant. 1945 Starting on June 28. 1945. the Walkerton restaurants will be closed one day a week, according to an announcement made by three eating houses in town. Plans for the arrangement were completed on Wednesda y morning by the managers. Adelle’s will be closed on Tuesdays: C & M Lunch will be closed on Mondays and Sester’s Steak House on Thursdays. These arrangements have been made necessary due to the shortage of help and a new cut of 20 percent on ration points. Also the restaurants have agreed among themselves to observe Friday as “Meatless Day” in conformity with C.P.A. regulations. Most local places of business, including all the food stores, will be closed all day Wednesday. July 4. in observance of the celebration. The usual Thursday afternoon dosing will be observed also. 1940 Five high school lads from North Liberty and Walkerton came home from Indianapolis with Rhea Wright Saturday afternoon after a week's stay at the American Legion Boys State Camp at the state fair grounds. They are Glen Folk and Charles Bare of North Liberty, and Lyle Bumsides. Ray Chapman and Robert Wright, of Walkerton. W.E. Simons, of LaPorte. of the State Auditing Department, made it “two down and one to go" at Harry Doll's Sinclair filling station on Roosevelt Road at 5:30 Tuesday morning. Driving a Chrysler sedan. Mr. Simons claimed his car skidded on the N.Y.C. railroad tracks and hit two out of three gasoline pumps, tearing them off their standards, and throwing them several feet away. A large 3-inch pipe which held the Sinclair sign aloft, was also clipped off. The Muskrats and the Mudcats (formerly the Tigers), are to determine the softball supremacy of the two business blocks along Roosevelt Road in Walkerton 6:30 tonight. Managers Scotchie Little and Chuck Cripe have announced their starting batteries as Bill Baker and Walt Heil for the Mudcats: A.J. Kennedy and Sam Nusbaum for the Muskrats. ANTIQUE STEAM AND GAS SHOW The 4-H Fairgrounds in LaGrange will be the scene for the yearly Antique Farm Power Showon July 19 through July 22. This will be the 9th annual show which is sponsored by the Northeast Indiana Steam and Gas Association. Exhibits will include several steam traction engines. । both full size and scale models, and t up to 200 farm tractors of many types and models. The featured ; brand of tractor this year will be | John Deere and a special exhibit i area will be set aside for all I tractors and engines from the ' Deere line. Many other brands

w ill also be on display. In addition there will be several hundred stationary engines of many types on display, many of which are completely restored to better-than-new condition. Scheduled activities include working demonstrations of threshing wheat, sawing logs, making shingles, and plowing with steam engines and antique tractors. A large Erie stationary steam engine will be shown operating a sawmill. This engine is permanently mounted and will be housed in a newbuilding which is now being erected at the fairgrounds. On Saturday an antique tractor pull will be held and a church service will be held on Sunday morning. A parade of tractors and steam engines will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. A number of local craftsmen will be displaying homemade items in the Arts and Crafts exhibit. These displays vary from rug weaving to wood crafts to baked goods. A large flea market area will also be displaying a variety of wares for sale. Live entertainment will be presented in the indoor pavilion. The Aces High band will present a musical concert on Friday evening. Saturday’s show will be the Country* Sunshine Show, featuring Miss Country Sunshine. Nancy Olson. Both shows will start at 7:00 p.m. A camping area is available on the fairgrounds with water and electrical hookups on most campsites. A number of food concessions will be serving food, including the local chapter of the Fatemal Order of Police, which will be serving full meals in the newly remodeled clubhouse. Dear Betty Crocker. . . Question: I see recipes that call f<»r braising vegetables or meat. What does that mean? J.H.. North Platte. NE Answer: Braising means to brown meat or vegetables slowly on both sides in a heavy pan. Then pour off droppings and season meat or vegetables with salt, pepper, herbs or spices. Add a small amount of liquid, such as water, bouillon or vegetable juice and cover tightly. Simmer on top of range or in over (300 to 325 degrees F) until tender. Pan juices make a flavorful sauce accompaniment. Question: Why do whipped cream frostings from bakeries hold for several days? Can that be done at home? L.M.. Huntington Station, NY Answer: There are commercial products that stabilize bakery whipped cream frostings. Unfortunately. they aren’t available for home use. Some frosting mixes can be added to whipping cream before it is whipped to produce a more stable frosting. For best quality, use these within two days. Question: How can I soften solidly frozen ice cream in the microwave? C.M.. Lusk. WY Answer: For a pint of ice cream, place canon, uncovered, on a plate. Cover with plastic wrap and microwave on high power for 10 to 15 seconds. Do you have a cooking question? Write Dear Betty Crocker. Box 1113. Dept. Bettv. Minneapolis. MN 55440 Tip of the week: Fruit that is frozen either commercially or at home, w ill keep for 8 to 12 months. Be sure to label and date packages. The Amazon is too wide at many points for a person on one bank to see the opposite shore Sweet potatoes were unknown in Europe until Columbus found them in the West Indies and took them back with him. They have turned into one of the world's cheapest food crops.