Walkerton Independent, Volume 50, Number 32, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 8 January 1925 — Page 5

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I No. 161 EDWARD GRIDER, President W. W. PLACE, Vice-President. OSCAR SHOCKNEY, Cashier. W. RAY McDANIEL, Asst. Cashier. Report of the condition of the State Bank of Walkerton, a State Bank at Walkerton, in the State of Indiana, at the close of its business on December 31, 1924. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $201,851.36 Overdrafts 16.39 Other Bnds & Securities__37.492.oo Banking House 6,789.85 Furniture and Fixtures 5,275.50 Other Real Estate 3,904.10 Due from Banks and Trust Companies 28,188.18 Cash on Hand 15,728.19 Cash Items 132.24 Trust Securities 35,850.00 Total Resources 335,227.90

State Bank of Walkerton I NEW PRICES | —on—- | Large Mazda I J Lamps . 100 Watts (clear) 50c 100 Watts (white) 55c 100 Watts (day light) 80c 150 Watts (clear) 65c 200 Watts (clear) 80c 300 Watts, (clear) 81.25 |LAMP HEADQUARTERS | Carter’s Drug Store f e Coal Lime Cement Sewer Pipe Brick Asphalt Roofing Cement Blocks WALKERTON CEMENT PRODUCTS CO. Phone 33 w. S. Rhodes, Mgr. Pay Cash and Pay Less AT THE Walkerton Cash Placket U ( lllllinit!lilt!||||||lti|||||||f||||||||fj{||||||||||||||||j|j||||||||||||(|||||||||| (| ||||(||||| ( ||||^ 10% Off I = | On All Pyrex and Aluminum Ware | = While It Lasts f I FRATER’S HARDWARE | niumiiiiinHiiiiitiiiimiiftiiiiitiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiniiiiiiniiiiimiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiniijfj

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LIABILITIES Capital Stock paid in __25,000.00 Surplus 8,000.00 Undivided Profits—Net 2,512.78 Demand Deposits 99.810.29 Demand Certificates 163,091.08 Savings Deposits 963.75 Trust Investments 35,850.00 Total Liabilities 335,227.9 fr State of Indiana, County of St. Joseph, ss: I, Oscar C. Shockney, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true. OSCAR C. SHOCKNEY. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 6th day of January, 1925. (SEAL) J. Willis Cotton, Notary Public. My commission expires July 15th, 1928.

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Local Nevas' Albert Burke is seriously ill. Hot and cold lunch at all hours. ' SHIRLEY’S. । Mrs. E. B. Pike is improving trom a stroke of paralysis. | Dan E. Blackford called on his I sister, Mrs E. B. Pike, New Year’s day. | Expert Bobbing and marcelling at the Lawrence Beauty Shop, Walkerton. ltwn ' Dim t forget the Waffle supj>er at H mleliny er hall, Wednesday evening Jan. 21, from 5 to « o’clock. Milford Cavin of Eagle River, ,W tsc., was in town greeting old friends a few days this week. । ] The biggest hit at the New York I show, the 1925 Chevrolet. Go to 1 | Beistle’s, North Liberty, and look it ' ov ^ r - ltwn . | H. D. Zinser and son, Robert, ' spent a few days last week visiting i relatives and friends in Remington, Ind. । Orphie Nelson of Hammond, Ind., I was called here this week by the Illness of his mother, Mrs. Jonn Yoder. I Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Knelsley I and children of Garrett are spend-! ing the week at the home of Wes- ■ ley McDaniel. I KILN DRIED (WRX MEAL. [KILN DR IE D BUCKWHEAT I I’LOUR AN D WHOLE W HEAT FLOUR AT HOI,SER’S. C. E. Houser attended his first meeting of the County Board of Commissioners at the Court house In South Bend on Monday. Presbyterian Waffle ftnpfxer, Wednesday evening. Jan. 21, ft to M o’clock. Good waffles, good music,' 50 cents. Hudelmyer hall. , Mr. and Mrs. Earl Thompson at- , tended a twelve o’clock birthday din- I । ner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. । { Wm. Platt In South Bend last Sun-' j day. - I j Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Trost enter- । tained at New Year’s dinner Sunday, I Mr and Mrs. Clem DeCoudres of j North Liberty and Mr and Mrs. H. 11 W. Gohn. )j Mrs. Callie Rensberger and Mr. j and Mrs. Frank Palmer and chlk*c j ren of South Bend were New Years L day guests of Mrs. Helen Goorlch, ' j and son, Charles. 11 Come in and see our Richardson j । line of pretty house dresses. Prices! Grange from $1.95 to $2.50. They are j ] extra nice ones. WALKERTON HAT SHOP, j II Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Sheaks of j Garden City, Kansas, who have been [.visiting Indiana relatives for the !, past two weeks, were guests of । Arthur Sheaks and family. Friday i j ; Audrey Wills, who Is employed a- ; I instructor in the Brooke. Ind, high' j { school returned to his work Friday I after spending the holidays with I his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Wills. Garland Lawrence was the sup* I posed victim of a birthday surprise | at his home last Tuesday evening. A । very enjoyable time was spent play- ' Ing games. Refreshments were served to twenty-four. I'OR RENI or Sale 120 acre farm, 3 1-2 miles jutheast of Walkerton; also house and lot in Walkerton. Attractixe terms to right par- । ties. M. J. Henderson, 325 21st St.. | Toledo, Ohio. wjßtf One hundred Indiana children are i receiving treatment in the James i Whitcomb Riley hospital for children, at Indianapolis. Twenty haxe been discharged after their affliction had been cured. We have a fine line of Richardson house dresses, in novelty cloth and fancy ginghams. Range in price from $1.95 to $2.50. Come in and ; see them. WALKERTON HAT SHOP. Little Joan Johnson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Johnson, suffered a severe accident last Monday at school when she caught her little finger on the right hand in the ven- ■ tllator of one ol the new lockers, making amputation at the first joint necessary. The Christmas season just past l brings out rather vividly that the 1 I nited States has become the world center of the toy industry. While this country still Imports a large i Quantity of toys it has gradually grown in toy manufacturing and now leads all other nations. Miss Regina Denaut entertained .with a New Year’s Eve Watch party at her home last Wednesday evening. Out of town guests were Mlm Louise Brown of LaPorte. and Mrs. Archie Crawford of Toronto,.Canada, who were house guests at the Denaut home during the holidays. । The Warsaw American Legion post may build a home, for the-.organiza-tion at that city in 1925. The members have formed plans for the en- 1 terprise and are agitating for the project. The Warsaw Post is especially active. The new drum and bugle corps is proving quite a success. • Cash paid for false teeth, dental gold and discarded jewelry. Hoke 1 Smelting & Refining Co., Otsego, 1 Mich. wnljl26 A. O. Yerrick and Fred Lidecker, ' managers of the local telephone exchange, with their wives, were hosts to the employees of the company at a 6 o’clock dinner at the Hotel La- 1 : Salle, and a theatre party at the ' ’ Palace in South Bend last Friday night. The party included, Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Masterman, Mr. and Mrs. | George Masterman, Miss Addie । Wolfe, Mrs. Acta B. Ross, Mrs. Marie Danford, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lidecker and Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Yerrick. Phone 84 B.l.Holser&Co. for QUALITY COAL

Home made pies at SHIRLEY’S. Stephen Bows of White Co., Ind.,’ is visiting relatives here. Harlan Balsbaugh of Chicago is making his parents a visit. I See the new 1925 model Chevro- . let at Beistle’s, North Liberty. ltwn । Vivian Fitzgerald of South Bend ! visited with honie folks here Satur- I day. I Waffle supper Hudelmyer hall, Wednesday evening, Dec. 21. 5 to 8 o'clock. Mrs. Claire Sellers and daughter, 1 Nina, spent New Year’s day in Un- | ion Mills, the guests of relatives. । Earl Smith has moved on to the ' Clarence Steele farm recently vacated by Sain Ake, who has returned to town. Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair, Jacob Di-' i l ine, Mary and Vera Norton were [Sunday callers on Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dare. I The Presbyterian Indies Aid Society will hold a pastry sale Saturday, Jan. 10, at Mrs. W. H. Smith’s . Millinery store. I Mrs. Leslie McDaniel and children of South Bend are the geusts of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. E. । Bailey and family. Persons knowing themselves in- [ debted to this store will please call and make settlement at once. Frater Hardware. Mr. and Mrs. Don Flack have returned to their home in Monroe, Mich., after spending the holidays i with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Flack Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hardenbrook returned trom Gary Monday evening where they were the guests of I Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hardenbrook for several days. [ Miss Francis Kyle of Chicago, and Miss Sarah Laughman. a former | teacher in the Walkerton schools, , spent several days last week with i the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. ’ i Win. Kyle. । A. D. Swank has received word from Miss Harriet E. Thomas telling of the death of her sister. Mrs. Linden, which occurred at Chicago. Dec. ; 3. Mrs. Linden was a former Walk- 1 , erton resident and will be remem- ; bered by many friends here. LADIES Do you want an extra nice house dress at reasonable cost? Then come in and see the Richardson dresses. Made of novelty cloth [and fancy tinghatns. You will be phased with them. WALKERTON H \T SHOP. | Tin- sweet corn pack of Indiana ' for 1924 is 400.Q00 cases under 1 that of last year, according to the I Agricultural Foundation. The total j pack tiiis year is 846,000 rases as compared to 1.205,000 cases the year before, while the 1922 jack । was sonn what more than 600,000 । cases. Keepers of ice houses have been I busy the past ten days putting in ' their supply of ice for next sum-1 mer. The ice ranges from 8 to 12 i inches thick and is of a good qual- j ity. although there Is much snow on 1 it Many local fishermen have found i their wav thru the ice for some ■ nice catches of blue gills. Harlan F. Stone, attorney general of the United States, was appointed to the United States supreme court •Monday by Pres. Coolidge to fill j the vacancy created b\ the resigna-1 tion of \ssociate Justice Joseph Me-j Kenna. Mr. stone is expected to take i up his new duties as soon as the nomination is confirmed and a sue- * lessor has been named for him as head of the department of justice. Meri Brown, age 15, son of John I Brown, of near T<egarden. received a portion of a shot gun charge in a knee last Wednesday shortly after noon when the gun was accidentally discharged in the hands of his brother. Virgil, aged 18. The boy was taken to the Marshall county hospital. Plymouth, where an operation was performed to remove pieces of splintered bone. Both boys are students in the Walkerton high school. , Beistle^s, North Liberty, are dis- 1 playing one of the 1925 model Chevrolets on their show floor now. i Go in and look it over. ltwn . I -Mr. and Mrs. Ed Shirley enterj lamed the Pleasure club at a six o'clock dinner at their home last Tuesday evening. Winners at “500” were first. Mrs. W. J. Leßoy and Vern Ake; second, Mrs. B. I. Holser and B. I. Holser; consolation, Mrs. Floyd Sherland and Link Grigsby. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Thomas of Innwood and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Sher- I land of North Liberty were out of town guests. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Houser were hosts to the members of the Board of Education and their wives at a six o’clock dinner at their home last Friday evening, as a compliment to the men with whom Mr. Houser served while a member of the Board. Those present were: Supt. and Mrs. J. B. Munn, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Nusbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Stull, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Spahr, and Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Slick. Rosee and carnations w’ere used in the decorations Th Methodist Epicopal church at t lora was burned early Monday of last week. The fire was first noticed at 5 a. m. and at that time it had gained such headway that the contents of the building could not be saved. The loss is estimtaed at $15.fiOO. part of which is covered by insurance. The fire is believed to have started from an overheated furnace. Diligent work on the part of volunteer fireman saved the parsonage occupied by the Rev. P. S. Stopall. and family. Guaranteed hosiery, samples your size free to agents. Write ror proposition paying $75.00 weekly full time. $1.50 an hour spare time, selling guaranteed hosiery to wearer; must wear or be replaced free. Quick sales, repeat orders. INTERNATIONAL STOCKING MILLS, Norristown. I’a. wn1j103715 With the departure of the stu-1 dents to resume their work at the various schools and colleges, it is quite noticeable how the social life has lulled. Altho they were not entertained in the whirl of dinner parties, dances, card parties or the regular club doings of larger cities, they’ were entertained in the homes of their parents and friends, and on their hasty departure expressed their gratitude to those, who had made their vacation such a pleasant one. We are sorry to see them go, ana shall be glad to see them return at Easter time, which will be their next vacation.

Drink Hot Chocolate at SHitley’s. Miss Ethel Divine of South Bend' spent the week-end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Divine. Mr. and Mrs. John Faulkner entertained the Twilight Club at their home last Monday’ evening. The Hinkle Motor Co., report the : following sales of new Ford cars as | of Jan. 2, Claude Houser, 4-door sei dan; Dare Mann, Hamlet, touring; 1 John Steinke, roadster; Walkerton telephone Co., roadster; and C. | Kerchaert, Mishawaka, truck with cab. I Work on the United Brethren parsonage has been progressing very nicely under the management of the pastor. Rev. Albright. The building has been enclosed, the furnace installed and the first coat of plaster 1 put on. A brick porch will be added I to the front. The house will probably be ready for occupancy about‘ Feb. 15 or the first of March. FOR sale—Empire milker and 1 1-2 H. P. Kerosene International engine, nearly new. Cheap if taken at once. Phone 92 Walkerton. wnltfd24 Leßoy & Tischer. FOR SALE—Alfalfa and Red ' Clover mixed hay and corn fodder, i H W P Jacob Corner. • FOR SALE—A 19 23 Ford touring. $225.00. ltwn Beistle’s, North Liberty. I'OR SALE—Young Holstein cow, will be fresh in a few davs. Phone 107-H. 2twjlsp h. Bricker. FOR SALE —Ton Ford truck, ANo. 1 shape. I. H. C. feed grinder. George Fisher. FOR RENT—HaII over Gus Reiss store. Call B. F. Hardin, Walkerton, or Tom Fair, North Liberty. Itw i FOR SALE—A 1921 Ford touring. A dandy. $125.00. • ltwn Beistle’s, North Liberty. I j FOR SALE—Five five-year old cows. Telephone Tyner, Ind. 3twnlj22p p. w. HAAG. WANTED— Customers for good j country butter. Address T. R. Cline, I Route 3, Walkerton, on lake roaa. I 2tjlwp Have you seen the new 5-tube At- • water Kent Radio? or talked with an owner of one? Arrange for free I demonstration. wt f RHEA WRIGHT. FOR SALE—A 1923 Ford road । ster in A-l condition. ltwn Beistle’s, North Liberty. FOR SALE— 40 acres, Starke County, Onion and Peppermint land. s i of this 40 is deep rich muck; pet fevtly drained; fenced, gravel roaa, i 3 1-2 miles to two good markets, Erie R. R., 7 room house, good barn, i new poultry house, good orchard [ young trees. This is a wonderful o^ | portunity to get a genuine onion ana ! mint farm at a right price. $2850 .takes it. Need SIBSO cash, balance on lont; time mortgage. Address L. j B. 44. Knox, Ind. 3twjß WANTED—Young men and women to learn Morse and wireless telegraphy, and railway accounting. We train thoroughly and procure positions with big salaries. Great oppor- ( tunlties for advancement. All ex- ; penses low; can earn part. Write today for free catalog. School estabJished fifty years. DODGE’S TELEGRAPH INSTITUE, Indiana Avenue, I Valparaiso, Ind. w6tfl2 FOR SALE—A 1923 Chevrolet touring, run less than 4000 miles, a real buy. $325.00. ltwn Beistle’s. North Liberty

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