The Independent-News, Volume 116, Number 19, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 October 1990 — Page 4

- THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS - OCTOBER 4, IWO

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GREAT PUMPKIN FESTIVAL This weekend the Walkerton Fall Festival will be held for an expanded three days. Having been tabbed “The Great Pumpkin Festival” a few years ago, this now annual event will be expanded to include Friday, Saturday and Sunday this year. This is not an elaborate festival as far as entertainment, etc. is concerned. It features booths of arts and crafts and usually plenty of food vendors with some scattered activities mixed in. That appears to be the case again this year as the three-day event will unfold Friday morning. For these days, some very slight inconveniences might be witnessed in travel, parking and getting around in the downtown area, but the many out-of-town guests that will visit Walkerton on these three days are welcome and we hope, enjoy their visit to Walkerton. The weather is always a main matter of concern at an event such as this. The long range forecast calls for some very nice weekend weather which would be welcomed by all, festival or not, as good weekends haven’t exactly been the order of the day in the past couple of months. We apologize for the fact we do not have a complete schedule of events for you, but for the past couple of years the local Chamber of Commerce has not been a cooperative element with our newspaper. We do not understand their feelings or lack of recognition, but they for some reason, do not seem to wish to recognize the “only” newspaper in town, and use it as it is offered to the public. They have not submitted any information at all concerning the festival, so consequently all we can give you is a little general information concerning the same. We do wish them and all, another successful fall festival this weekend. WHEN—

1985 The John Glenn High School Foo'ball Homecoming will be held on Fridax evening with rhe following as king and queen candida'es: Michelle Mlekodai and David Fansler. freshman: Tammx Rupel and Willie Hostrawser. sophomore; Amv Kaser and Brian Ruff, junior; Tina Anderson and Chuck Klockow. senior. The new lx completed w as'ew a’er ’rea'men’ plan’ for Walkerton, held an open house on Sa'urdax for 'he general public with a good turn ou' for 'he 'ours, conducted bv Jeff Zehner. superin'enden'. The Chamber of Commerce of Walkeron second annual Fall Fes'ival will be held October 18 and 19. in the downtown business secion This vear the festival has expanded wi'h manx ac’ivites. b<xo'hs. food concessions, contests, etc. in mind for the entire familv. 1975 The Grea'er Walkerton Area Bicen’ennial Committee has worked hard to make plans for the area Bicemennial celebration with many even's planned over the upcoming mon'hs. The presentation of the flag and certificate stating that Walker’on is a Bicentennial Communi'v were held on Sunday. Sep'ember 28. a’ the John Glenn High School gvmnasium. The ceremonies took place a' 3'oo p.m. under ’he direction of Mrs. Amy Wardman. chairman of this program; assisted bv John McGee. Mrs. Delores Dean, vice-chairman of the S’a’e Commission, along with other dtgni’aries Mr. McGee is serving as ’he chairman for the Walkerton committee The groundbreaking ceremonies for the addition to the Walkerton Elemen’arv building were held last Wednesdax afternoon. September 16. a’ 200 p.m. The new addition will include remodeling of the present gvmnasium where the ceremonies w-ere held prior to the ac’ual groundbreaking, which will become the librarv with a loft above and leave ’he remaining half of the gvmnasium as the cafeteria The presem music room and librarv will also rever’ hack to classrooms as oremallx designed. Dale Downex. a scout in Tnx»p 291 Walkerton, sponsored bv the W alker’on Lions Club, was ’he firs’

sc<'U' in ’he Nor hem Indiana Council to cam the new World Conserva’ion Award as announced bx Farl Kubale. Scou' Executive of 'he N<>r hern Indiana Council. The 'ax ra'e for taxpayers of Walkeron jumped from 510.085 to 511.879. and 'he Lincoln Twp. ra’e wen' to $7,135 »o $8,899 Announcemen' was made of the coming of ’he 100'h Anniversarx Fdi'ion of “The IndependentNews." on Thursdav. Oc'ober 9 Wa'ch for i' and sax’e this issue as i' will be packed full of his'orical even's as well as manx of 'he i emsfrom 'he Golden Anniversarx Fdi ion of 1924. The long awaited girls basketball tourney will be held this year for the first time in Indiana with 355 teams to enter the field. The first IHSAA sponsored tourney for girls will be held in February of 1976, in Indianapolis where the finals will be played. At the market chuck roast was selling for 77 cents a pound; chuck steak at 99 cents a pound: Swiss steak at $1.09 a pound: beef short ribs at 89 cents a pound: fresh ground beef at 79 cents a pound stew meat at $1.39 a pound; bacon at $1.79 a pound; beef franks at 79 cents for a 12 ounce package; hot pepper cheese at $1.39 a pound: honey loaf at $1.59 a pound; bra un schweiger at 79 cents a pound: three loaves of white bread for 89 cents: an eight ounce package ol potato chips for 49 cents; large roll of paper towels for 49 cents; tuna at two for 89 cents: butter chip or kosher chip pickles at 69 cents a jar; two 18 ounce bottles of Open Pit barbecue sauoe for $1 00; three pound can of Swifining for $1.39; three ounce jar of instant Lipton tea for 99 cents; a half gallon of ice milk for 59 cents: 24 pak ol twin pop popsicles for $1 19; 20 pounds of white potatoes for $1 69; three heads of lettuce for 89 cents; three pounds of peaches for $1.00; and a gallon of one percent milk for 89 cents. 1970 Newlv elected officers of the Walkerton Javcees are as follows, Don Ludwig, president; Frank Earner, internal vice-president; Jim Manin, Jr., external vicepresident; Dick Awald. secretarytreasurer; and serving on the board

of directors are Dave McKesson. Dave Knowlton and Leonard Northam. At the market chuck roast was selling for 59 cents a pound; swiss steak at 7 9 cents a pound: franks at 69 cents a pound; minced ham at $1.09 a pound: bacon at 79 a pound: three pound can of Swiftning for 6 7 cents; giant size Downy for 59 cents; a gallon of one percent milk for 69 cents; three cans of tuna for $1.00; four loaves of sandwich bread for $1.00: 24 pack twin pops for 7 9 cents; eight ounce jar of Taster’s Choice coffee for $1.39; two reg. size cans of Comet cleanser for 25 cents: 20 pounds of Michigan potatoes for 99 cents; celerv at 19 cents each: tomatoes at 29 cents for a pound: and two pound bag of carrots for 19 cents. 1965 John Bingaman, head football coach a’ Walkerton High School, has announced that all boys in Walkeron High School interested in ming out for the football team can pick up their equipment at the high school. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Klopfenstein. as Bovs and Giris State chairmen, respectively, of the American Legion and Auxiliary , of Walkerton, will be in charge of the special joint meeting at the Legion when the Boys and Girls Staters will tell of their experiences at Indiana University this summer. The delega’es are Tim Gardner. Wally Johnson. Steve Matz. Terry Turner. Donna Smith and Theresa DeVos. Walkerton's Red Sox softball team won the Mishaxvaka City Championship Wednesday night wi'h an exci’ing 2-0 victory of Local 11l Members of the team are Sonny Cripe. Jem Ratns. Dick S'ewar. Bill Snvder. Don Olenna. Darrell O'Dell. John Hans. Bob Wiseman. Don Ludwig. Bob Urbin. Gene Snvder. Jim Ridenour and Jack Tiede. 1960 The water supply of the 47 St. Joseph County public and parochial schools is safe for drinking according to Dr Louis E How. Health Officer. The annual picnic of the American Legion and Auxiliary will be held on Sunday. September 18. a* Lake Maxinkuckee. Culver. Par of the fight against time and acciden* is won in regards to the safex of ’he elementary students a* ’he new building in Walkerton. The Indiana State Highwax Department completed all work asked for bv the School Board and superintenden’ on Wednesday with the painting of crosswalks across Indiana 23 and placing school crosswalk signs up. Sunday. October 2. has been set for the open house and dedication of the new elementary school, in Walkerton. 1955 Justice of the Peace. Harn Moblev. of North Liberty, says that J.P.’s over the county are verymuch insensed over the action of South Bend officials denying them the right to try local traffic violations. It is pointed out that since the J.P receives no salary, if he k»ses the fees from traffic violation cases, there isn't much left and nob<»dv warns the job. The plan to appoint magistrates over the county will cost the taxpayers more money and not do any better job. Mr. Moblev says, the justices receive no salary, whereas the magistrates will. Officials of the North Liberty Chamber of Commerce chicken barbecue committee are trying to line up a kiddies ride as an added a"raction this vear plus a pan in making this vear's barbecue a reallx great affair Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the ham on the Leo Hostetler farm, four miles south of Nor’h Liberty, on Tamarack Road. ar<»und 10:30 on Tuesdax morning. Clyde Brant lev is operating an automobile steering service at his garage on Road 23. just south of Nor'h Liberty. He has installed

the latest equipment but last Saturday he was temporarily put ou’ of commission when lightning struck the garage but no fire resulted. “Recycling” So much is being done in our area regarding recycling that we really do have to be proud of ourselves. But. there still remain areas that need to be addressed. Through someone’s efforts, there is a very large bin behind Larrv’s Quik Mart for re-cycled materials. But. only aluminum and glass - dear, brown and green. What would need to be done for containers to be added for recycling those awful plastic bottles, be they from milk. laundry detergent. oil. or whatever, and also newspapers’ We don't need or want to be paid for these items, but just need somewhere to dispose of them so ’hev don’t end up polluting some landfill for the next manv genera’ions. Anv suggestions’ Jean Beem “First Things First” I've got a lot of things to cover ’<xlav so I had better get moving. First things first. This weekend. Oc’. s<h. 6th. and 7th. there is going to be a festival in Walkerton. The Chamber of Commerce have planned several events for the enjoyment of the people. Several of the local businesses have painted and spruced up and decorated. Barb Burket has been verv busyweaving her pumpkin magic It would be nice if we would all appreciate and not damage the decorations. It would also be nice if the merchants would be around and greet the guests to our favorite town. Walkerton! I know where 1 will be. mv favorite funnel cake waeon ts coming to town. The Chris’mas Shop is going to have 'heir tern along mam street. Maybe 1 can get mv shopping done earlv' There w ill be vollevball and tractor pulls and music Come on ou’ and support your local community. Two weeks ago Johnson Township had their annual reunion Somehow I got on the committee. We had a great time at the reunion despi'e this fact. Sid Smith and Josephine both gave historical reports. Histon is ven facinating. and we can also learn from it. Aber a monstrous and delicious meal. Flovd Dipen conducted an auction of White elephants. I don'' know if it was just me. but I noticed that when Flovd and his helpers promised kisses with the i’em that the price went up. Maxine and Violet played a mean piano and fiddle. We sang many songs, bu' what puzzles me was the request for “Rease Release Me” from a many yeared married person. We had a fun rime and we’ll be back next vear. Last week was the Farm Progress Show in Amana. lowa. Farmers State Bank of Wyatt shipped a bus load of local people and some from South Bend and Wyatt. Joe and Lam were excellent hosts. Tom. 1 want to report that they were well behaved most of the time. We toured the colonies of Amana and then went back to our hotel. We had a bed that was bigger than our bedroom at home almost. The next day we went to the show. Talk about wall to wall people' If vou ever have a chance to a”end one of these shows, do. Thev have farm machinery, animals. lawn mowers, anything that has to do with farming, and more people' Thank you Farmers State Bank for arranging this nice trip. Did vou know that Bill Bacewic is ticklish? He is also onery. We had a grea' time. The Johnson Twp. Benefit for Ket’h Diper’ is still moving along. We have received a donation from

the Johnson Twp. reunion and a gift certificate from The Walkerton Sporting Goods, We would like to thank you for your consideration. I'm still selling raffle tickets. Nita Smi’h. Kav Anderson, and Sandv Thomas also have tickets to sell. Remember the date. October 20th. I must get busy. I’ve acquired a bushel and half of beets from a friend (Who needs enimies). and nex’ week I am getting two bushels of pears to process. The time has now come to end this let’er and get busy. Sincerely. Nedra Williams ST. JOSEPH COUNTY EXTENSION HOMEMAKER LESSONS The St. Joseph County Extension Homemakers will present five different lessons for homemakers on Wednesday. October 10th at the Esther Singer Building located on the St. Joseph County 4-H Fairgrounds. comer of Ironwood and Jackson Roads. The lessons will be: 1. ETHNIC FOODS from 930 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.. Mexican cuisien bv Joan Younce. Extension Home Economist for Kosciusko County. French cuisine by Larry Willoughbv. Charter Hospital. 2 HOME REMEDIES AND HFLPFUL HINTS from 11:15 a m. to 12:00 noon presented bv the St. Joseph County Librarv. 3. HOLIDAY WORKSHOP from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. presented bv Marv Ann LeinhartCross. Extension Home Economist from Elkhart County. 4. COPING WITH CAREGIVING — How to manage stress when caring for elderly relatives. 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. presented by Marrianne Kline, Extension Home Economist for St. Joseph County. 5 HOME DECORATING given a’ 700 p.m presented bv Jill Moser. Interior Decoratpr. There w ill be a lunch break from noon to 1:00 p.m. Participants max bring a bmw n hag lunch or go out to ea’. Regis' rat ion w ill begin at 900 am. A presentation fee of SI.OO is due bv October sth. Late registration (those received after October sth or walk-ins) will be $1.50. The fee allows participants to at'end a!1 ’he lessons and is not reduced for partial attendance To regis'er or for more information contact the S’. Joseph County Coopera’ ive Extension Service. 646 County-City Building. South Bend, Indiana 46601. phone 284-9604. HOSTS NEEDED FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS Open the doors to world peace by opening your hearts and your homes to the brightest students across the globe. Bv hosting an in'emational high school student no’ only will you gain invaluable insight into a different culture, but you will be given the opportunity to educate the future leaders of the । world as 10 wha’ we as Americans believe about our way of life. Additionally. hosting is tax deductible in the amount of $50.00 per month ’ha’ these wonderful teenagers are in vour home. All YES participants are carefully evaluated. insured and bring with them their own spending monex, Share in 'his opportunity to realize world peace bv phone the Youth Exchange Service toll free at 1-800 848-2121. Touch the future today. regu^y v