The Independent-News, Volume 116, Number 39, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 21 February 1991 — Page 11

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE The Walkerton Town Council is accepting sidewalk applications, for work to be done next spring. Five thousand dollars of Local Road & Street money has been set aside for the installation of new sidewalks, on a matching funds basis. The Town will pay half the cost, and the individual must pay the other half. The matching funds program is strictly for residential sidewalks. New sidewalks, where there are none, and applications with the earliest date will be given first priority. Applications can be filled out at the Clerk-Treasurer’s office from now until next March. All applications will be reviewed by, and acted on by the Town Council. The Town Council also reserves the right to make all final decisions in choosing those sidewalks to be done. 4tf2B NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Kankakee Valley Rural Electric Membership Corporation has filed before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission a request for approval of the application of the Wholesale Power Cost Tracking procedures established by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission in Cause No. 34614. This request is being made by reason of changes in Wabash Valley’s wholesale rates to its member REMCs. These changes in Wabash Valley's rates are a result of a request to return to a 100% pooling rates (which evenly distributes Wabash Valley’s total power cost among all members) and other rate design changes. This request, if approved by the IURC, would track the first of a two-step phase-in. The change in Wabash Valley’s rates is based solely on these changes in rate design. Ultimately, these changes have no effect on Wabash Valley’s total company revenues. This action will result in a decrease in the wholesale power cost tracker included in the rates charged by Kankakee Valley REMC. This decrease will result in a decrease to the consumers of Kankakee Valley REMC receiving service pursuant to the schedule of tariffs set forth in Appendix A on file at the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission showing the revised schedules and the rates to the members which will be effective for the first practical consumption period following approval of such revised rates by the Indiana Utility Regulatory commission. Itf2l LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Alcoholic Beverage Board of St. Joseph County, Indiana, at 10:00 a.m., on February 27, 1991, at the City-County Building, 3rd Floor Conference Room 2 in the City of South Bend in said county, will investigate the propriety of holding an alcoholic beverage permit by the following persons and locations listed herein, to wit: RR9982510 Whispering Pines Development, Inc., R.R 2, Box 45 (Fish Lake), Walkerton, IN 465740000; John Niespodziany, Pres., R.R. 2, Box 478, Walkerton, IN 465740000; Mary Niespodziany, Secy, R.R. 2, Box 478, Walkerton, IN 465740000, D B A. Whispering Pines, Beer Retailer's Permit Transfer of Ownership. Said investigation will be open to the public. INDIANA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION By Daniel M. Steiner, Executive Secretary James L. Wells, Chairman LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Alcoholic Beverage Board of St. Joseph County, Indiana, at 10:00 a.m., on February 26, 1991, *t the Citv Hall in the City of

Mishawaka in said county, will investigate the propriety of holding an alcoholic beverage permit by the following persons and locations listed herein, to wit: RR7113378 Roxanne Whaley, 713 W. Jefferson Blvd., Mishawaka. IN 465450000, DBA. Jefferson Pub, Beer and Wine Retailer's Permit Renewal. Said investigation will be open to the public. INDIANA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION By Daniel M. Steiner. Executive Secretary James L. Wells, Chairman NORTH LIBERTY TOWN BOARD NEWS By Pauline Laskowski North Liberty is to host Indiana Department of Environmental Management all day school session for water and waste municipal operators, on March 23 at the North Liberty Community Center, water and street superintendent John Gouker announced at the council's meeting held Wednesday, Feburday 6th at the Town Hall. Local farmers will be invited to this session. Operators need additional schooling in order to renew their licenses. In other business, Gouker said the town waste water discharee permit fee is to be increased from $50.00 to $521.00 per year. Discussions of the state fee increase proposals are scheduled for February 13, in Plymouth. Council member, Dennis Fisher informed the council that the junk clean-up at the old lumber yard and elevator is to begin before March 31. The council agreed to get a cost estimate on opening Washington Street south of State Road 4 and locating and changing water and sewer main and taps near the old lumber yard before repairing East Rupel Street. There are old water pipes and sewer facilities abandoned since the ice house was tom down, Gouker said. The council approved the removal of a large tree on East Rupel Street at a cost of $250.00. Also to investigate set-in and placement of a home being built by Andy Becker on Sylvia Drive in Liberty Heights Subdivision. The council received a report from Lawson and Fisher Associates an engineering firm from South Bend regarding the town's problems at the new sewage plant addition. The council heard a complaint by Dan and Wanda Garrett, owner of the Liberty Lanes Bowling Alley, whose property was burglarized two times with five months. Town Marshall Deimos Burch said the matter is under investigation and in the hands of deputy prosecutor Jane Becker. The State Police and St. Joseph County Police are also investigating the matter. Garrett said in addition to property damage, an undetermined amount of money and over 500 lottery tickets were stolen. The final census show an 18% growth, Tom Daugherty, council member announced. The official count is 1366. This is a 5% increase over the former report. The council heard North Liberty Area Chamber of Commerce president, Keith Shearer invite council members to the Chamber’s 7:00 a.m. breakfast meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 12 at the North Liberty Community Center where the promotion of the North Liberty area and retail promotion will be featured. Michael Edwards was appointed to full time deputy marshall position, retroactive to January 5 and reappointed Pauline Laskowski to North Liberty Economic Development Commission for a four year term. North Liberty received $2,487.72

francise fee from Heritage Cablevision for 275 cable viewers within the town. The council designated Ist Source Bank, North Liberty branch, as the town's public fund depository. The next regular town council meetin will be Wednesday, March 6, at 7:00 p.m. at the Town Hall.

OBITUARIES

HAROLD R. KNOWLTON Harold R. Knowlton, 72, of Route 3, Walkerton, passed away at 8:00 p.m., on Sunday, Feb. 17, in Sebring, Fla., after an illness. He was born on August 26, 1918, in St. Joseph County and was a lifelong resident of the Walkerton area. He married Pauline Marie Kelver on April 9, 1949, who survives. He was a retired farmer. Also surviving are two daughters, Katherine Delaney, of Lafayette and Sharon Drews, of Walkerton; two sons, Gerald (Jerry) L. Knowlton, of North Liberty and Harold (Gene) Knowlton, of Walkerton; 14 grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren; two sisters, Freda Ross, of Lakeville and Margaret DeMyer, of Walkerton and two brothers, Joseph Dean and Kenneth L., both of Walkerton. A son, a sister and two brothers preceded him in death. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, at the Walkerton United Methodist Church, with Rev. Marilyn J. Gebert, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton. Friends may call at the NusbaumElkin Funeral Home. Walkerton, from 6:00 to 9:00 on Wednesday and one hour prior to the service at the church. He was a member of the church, the Johnson Twp. Sportsman's Club, LaPorte Co. Farm Bureau, past 4-H leader and was the Johnson Twp. Trustee for eight years (1960-68). KATHERINE E. LONG Katherine E. Long, 89, of Tecumseh Street. Koontz Lake, passed away at 12:50 p.m., on Saturday, Feb. 16. at Miller's Merry Manor, in Walkerton. She was bom on Dec. 22, 1901, in Dowagiac, Mich. On March 3, 1921, she married Charles H. Long, in Chicago, who survives. She had lived at Koontz Lake for 27 years coming from Chicago. Also surviving are a daughter, Marlene Bischman, of Naples, Fla.; four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services were held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday at the Rannells Funeral Home with burial in the Grovertown Cemetery. RUTH C. DIPERT Ruth C. Dipert, 95, of Miller's Merry Manor, Walkerton, passed away at 11:30 a.m., on Thursday, Feb. 14, at the nursing home. She was bom on July 24, 1895, in Grovertown and was a lifelong area resident. She is survived by a niece and a nephew. Services were held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Rannells Funeral Home, Koontz Lake Chapel, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton. BETTY G. JEPPSON Betty G. Jeppson, 67, of County Road 925E, Walkerton, passed away at 4:28 a.m., on Thursday, Feb. 14, at Starke Memorial Hospital, Knox. She was bom on June 21, 1923, in Hennepin, DI., and lived in Walkerton for six months. She married Albert Jeppson, on Oct. 29, 1988, as Betty Nash. She retired as a registered nurse. Surviving are three daughters, Beverly Miskosky, of Walkerville. Mich.; Linda Faught, of Hoopston, DI. and Susanne Smith, of Walkerton; 10 grandchildren; seven greatgrandchildren; a stepmother, Matilda Nash, of Spring Valley, DI. and a brother, Dale Nash, of Omaha, Neb. Services were held at 11:30 a.m., on Saturday at the Dysart Funeral

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Home, Grandville, IL. Burial was in Grandville Cemetery. The Rannells Funeral Home. Koontz Lake Chapel, was in charge of local arrangements. BENJAMIN ROBERT “BOB’’ BAUGHMAN, SR. Benjamin Robert "Bob" Baughman, 56, of Tippecanoe Ave., Koontz Lake, passed away at 4:45 p.m., on Friday, at his home, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Starke County coroner’s office. He was bom on April 28. 1934, in North Judson. Surviving are his companion, Shirley; five daughters, Debbie Masterson, of Bourbon, Debbie Morgan, of Crown Point, Brenda Joseph and Joyce Freet, both of Knox and Lorie Sprouse, of Amherst, Va.; two sons, Bobby, of Plymouth and Mark, of LaPorte; his parents, Eugene and Alice Ketcham, of Groverton; 33 grandchildren; a great-grandson; four sisters, Vera Singleton, of Grovertown, Pat Singleton and Jean Thompson, both of Knox and Verna Coffin, of Caybum, TX and a brother Vernon Ketcham, of Grovertown. Services were held at 1:00 p.m. C.S.T. on Tuesday at the Rannells Funeral Home, Hamlet Chapel, with burial in Fletcher Cemetery, Hamlet. Memorial contributions may be made to the family. ETHEL R. HARDEN Ethel R Harden, 83, of Winter Haven, Florida, formerly of South Bend, passed away at 4:30 p.m. at Brandywyne Convalscent Center, Winter Haven, Florida. She retired in 1972 after 22 years of service with Indiana-Michigan Electric Co. She was bom on Nov. 26, 1907, in Marshall County and lived in that area until 1926, after graduation from Walkerton High School. As Ethel Ritzman she married John R. Arden, on May 30. 1927. They lived in South Bend until his death in 1984. Surviving are a daughter, Beverly J. Titus, of White Bear Lake, Minn.; a son, John R., of Winter Haven. Florida; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and a sister, Dorothy Grenert, of South Bend. Services were held at Orvis Palmer Funeral Home. Mishawaka Ave., South Bend, at 10:30 a m. on Tuesday, Feb. 12, with Rev. H.C. Kelley, Jr., officiating. Burial was in South Lawn Cemetery, South Bend. She was a member of the South Bend Sunnyside Presbyterian Church and Order of Eastern Star who conducted memorial services on Monday evening at the funeral home. MICHAEL R. HAYNES Michael R. Haynes, 45, of 18139

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U.S. 6. Walkerton, was pronounced dead at the scene of a traffic accident, on Wed. evening, Feb. 13, on U.S. 6 just east of Redwood Road. Haynes suffered massive head injuries in the accident. He was going west on U.S. 6 in a 1979 Chevrolet when he evidently lost control of the vehicle on ice and slid across the center line into the path of a tractor trailer, which hit him head on. Robert Hesman, 48. of Bladen, Nebraska, was driving the tractor trailer and he was treated and released from Holy Cross Parkview Hospital. Plymouth. Marshall County Police were assisted by Walkerton Fire Dept, and EMS personnel and police and firemen from LaPaz Haynes was pronounced dead at 10:23 p.m. as the result of injuries in an auto accident. He was bom on June 16, 1945, in Plymouth, to Roy Haynes and Dorothy (Miller) Rossi. He was a lifetime area resident. Hes married Gloria Replogle, on April 17, 1965, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, April Haynes, of Fort Wayne, a son. Marcus, of Walkerton; two sisters, Fay Klinedinst, of Plymouth and Nancy Haynes, of Florida and three brothers, Dennis, of Plymouth and Robert and Kenneth, both of Florida. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., on Saturday, at Van Gilder Funeral Home. Plymouth, with Rev. David Overmyer, officiating. Burial was in Center Cemetery. ALFRED K. MOORE Alfred K Moore. 80. of 10421 S. U.S. 35. Hamlet, passed away at 6:00 p.m., on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at his home. He was bom on March 30. 1910, in Fulton County to Frank and Nellie (Hartman) Moore and lived in Hamlet for 40 years, coming from Akron. He married Irene Shepherd on April 4, 1932. in Liberty Mills, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, Gene, of Sanford, N.C. and Ronald, of Michigan City; two daughters, Nellie Arndt, of Union Mills and Janet Smeal, of Glendale. Ariz.; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grand-children; four sisters. Mane Berger, of Macy. Rose Marburger, of South Bend. Alice Steininger, of Rochester and Pauline Stanley, of Koontz Lake and one brother. Earl, of Macy. Services were held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday at the Rannells Funeral Home. Hamlet Chapel, with Rev. Edwin Helm, officiating. Burial was in Akron Cemetery. Akron. He was a member of the Tracy United Methodist Church and was a U.S. Armv veteran of World War 11. Shop At Home

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