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other year. Catherine Stone was in charge of the program and she had Martha Cuthbert, of Memorial Hospital, talk to us about how we can stay independent in our own homes. She certainly gave us some good advice and hints to keep us going and stay active. George and Debbie Jackson and son. T.J., attended the annual Recticcl Foam Co. picnic held Saturday, at the Kesling Park, in I aPorte. Over 200 attended and enjoyed a delicious pot luck dinner and then games and bingo were played with lovely prizes given to the winners by the company. Eighteen senior citizens of the Church of Christ enjoyed dinner together at the Around The Clock Restaurant, in LaPorte. after services Sunday. 1 received a letter from the Liberty Twp. Ambulance Service and no doubt you did too. 1 feel we certainly need to say a big “thank you” for a job well done this past year, as they responded to about 40 calls that were cardiac related. 1 don’t know what I would have done without them and their quick response when I needed them for Claude. So lets alt rally now to help them with a donation “for the

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heart.” Thanks again to all of you who serve on the ambulance crew. We love you and God bless you. So glad to report that the former O'Connor Electric building is going to be in business again. The Liberty Electric Motor Service which will repair motors and other things will be in the back. Then Nunley's Trophy & T-shirt and Gift Engraving is having their grand opening Friday. Saturday, and Sunday during the festival and will be giving prizes and serving cookies and coffee, so drop in and welcome them and then in front of the store will be a tax place and home improvement. We wish you all well. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ruff, of near Walkerton, called on June Weber last Thursday afternoon. Our sympathy this week goes to the Marie Balsbaugh family and to her dear friend. Betty Michael of North Liberty. She was 92 and passed away at Miller’s Merry’ Manor in Walkerton, were she had been a resident for some time. She had lived in and around the North Liberty area since coming from Chicago in 1945. Martha McCrosky entertained the following friends in her home

Monday afternoon. Those present w’ere Pearl Newcomb. Iva Pommert. Mae McDaniel. Gladys Shcneman and her sister. Francis Slattery. Lovely refreshments were served before they departed. Don’t forget this Friday. Saturdav. and Sunday is the Potato Creek Festival here in North Liberty with good entertainment, craft booths, all kinds of eats, including some delicious potato soup made bv the Eastern Star ladies and home made ice cream made bv the Methodist Church, along with a lot of other goodies to sample. Forty-four passengers, along with our tour guide. Connie Ullery. and our bus driver. Noel Gerber, took us on a mystery’ trip Wednesday. Those from North Liberty who went were John and Evelyn Harbaugh, Ray and Gloria Helsus, Ariu Smith, Evelyn Hostetler and Gladys Sheneman along with Dwight and Deloris Pippenger and Rmh Ullery of Walkerton. Our first stop was al Highland Park, a beautiful 600 acre park in Kokomo, where we all enjoyed a catered breakfast at a shelter there. We also visited a lovely building that housed a scyamore tree stump that had been moved to the park which had been 100 ft. tall and measured 57 ft. in circumference. We also saw Big Ben. the largest steer ever, as he weighed 4000 pounds when four years old and then died at 8 years old back in 1910. Another tour guide escorted us on a tour of Kokomo and showed us some beautiful homes and store buildings that has been restored. From there we went to Greentown and toured a stained glass factory and watched how they made 22 different colors of stained glass. We ate lunch at the Country Cook Inn. in Gerome, Indiana, and what a delicious dinner we had. From there we enjoyed going through a glass museum, then we traveled to Grissom Air Force Base for a short stop and then on to Peru, where another guide showed us a lot of

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places of interest, including a large recycling plant. On the way to Wabash we saw some beautiful big homes and then was taken to the Honeywell House, and I have never been in such a lovely home as that. Mrs. Honeywell was a concert pianist and did a lot of entertaining. Thev cater to weddings and parties and groups. Thev have 22 different patterns of china which thev use for many different occasions and what a delicious dinner we had there, using that expensive china. Then we were taken to North Webster where we all enjoyed a ride around the lake on the paddle boat. It was 8:00 p.m. when we docked and boarded the bus and headed for Bremen. Plymouth and then. South Bend. I arrived home at 9:45. the exact time Connie said 1 would. It was really an exciting mystery trip and 1

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am ready to go again next year. I would like to thank all my friends and relatives for the cards and pravers while I was in the hospital. Kim Giese 1991 4-H BEEF STEER ENROUMENT The St. Joseph County 4-H Beef S’cer enrollment deadline is October 1. Enrollment and SSO 00 deposit per steer (limit 2) must be made to the County Extension Office bv October 1. For more information and enrollment form, please contact Jerry Gouker. beef superintendent, at 656-8915 or the Cointv Extension Office at 2849604. ’

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