Walkerton Independent, Volume 51, Number 30, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 December 1925 — Page 5

© & I ®^lr | — | The Joy of Christmas Once more the festivities of the Christmas season are at hand. While everyone is enjoying the giving and receiving of gifts, this Bank wishes L to extend to all of its customers and | friends most cordial Holiday Greetings. | State Bank of Walkerton I X G-10-22 End the worry of Christmas Shopping Nothing you could discover in a month of Christmas shopping would be quite as acceptable to the whole family as a Better Buick. BUICK MOTOR CO., FLINT, MICH. Dicuion of General Motors Corporation W, B. APPLE, I Wishing You A Merry Christmas And A Happy New Tear CARTER’S DRUG STORE ThAy^^QSUL. Start | I | Ingfiatawwpii^jßfgggji^ggggg^igii^Q^gfgiggggjgigygjgigjg^^ I I I I I Is ® B H k a May yoru Christmas be laden with * J joy, happiness and prosperity. | I i I j H. W. GOHN

cal i Fresh Oysters at SHIRLEY’S. Walkerton —Where Smiles and Business meet. Home made pies. „ all night case. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Griffin spent Sunday visiting relatives in LaPorte. i Mr. and Mrs. Ed Allan of South । Bend were Sunday guests of friends | here. English Wialnuts, Pecans, Brazil nuts and almonds at A. L. Dupler’s. Ellis and Ira Place will spend Xmas day in South Bend the guests of relatives. Ray Cripe and family will spend the holidays in Springfield, 111., the guests of relatives. Max Miranda of Beloit, Wise., is । spending a few days here with his । father. Dr. W. F. Miranda. Applications will be received for । sewing machine operators at Southern Mills Products 00. Itw p Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Griffin , spent last Sunday in LaPorte, the guests of the latter’s parents. Some very good buys in used Ford and Chevrolet tourng cars. Itwnl Beistle’s, North Liberty Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Finch will spend Christmas in Hanna, the guests of Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Denison. Harry Gray of St. Paul, Minn., was in town a few days this week, looking after business interests. Mrs. Jesse Wolfenbarger and children will spend the holidays in Michigan City, visiting relatves. i Need a marcel for over the holl- । days? Call 230 for appointment. Mrs. James I^awrence Mr. and Mrs. George Mcl^ughlin :of Hammond will spend the week - end here the guests of Mrs. M. St • John. I Miss Margaret Morrison will spend । the holidays with homo folks near Indianapolis, leaving Walkerton Thursday morning. Miss Anna Belle Tracy of Cleve i land, 0., will arrive here Thursday i to spend the Christmas holidays with i her mother. Mrs. L. B. Tracy. Bev. J. C. Albright had a very so vere fall late Tuesday afternoon I w hen he slipped and fell on his back । on the sidewalk. He will be laid up sot some time. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shirley left Monday for Franklin, Ind., where * they will be the guests of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. LeMast-। t er, during the holidays. Large assortment of Christmas 1 candy at Dupler’s. We have sonic good buys for the last minute shopper. The Globe Clothiers Mr. and Mrs. B. I. Holser and daughter, Marjorie, Mrs. Nora Bru- I baker and Miss Louise Hagen will : be Christmas Day guests of Dr. and I Mrs. Jack Karr at Chicago. 1 Miss Lulu Fleming of Chicago Heights. Ind., and Miss lida Fleming ।of Lafayette, Ind., w ill spend the holidays with their parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. Budman Fleming. > Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Coffin of Detroit will arrive Thursday to spend the holidays with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Shirley and daughter. Hortense, and other relatives.. I Parents—lnstruct the boys and girls to refrain from hooking their sleds on to automobiles or playing with them in the streets. The practice is a very dangerous one and should be discontinued at once. H. G. Brinley, Marshal. Hot and cold lunches all hours at SHIR LE VS R EST AC RA NT. The Polyanna class of the Methodist Sunday school entertained with a Christmas party for some of the 1 little unfortunate children about town last Saturday afternoon in the church parlors. Games were played I and gifts distributed Miss Helen' Goppert. teacher, was in charge. It is a pleasure to drive one of the new Chevrolets. The easiest handling light car on the market, i Itwn The Walkerton high school basket ball team, accompanied by their • coach, Mr. McClaflin. and several! local fans drove to Notre Dame last Friday night where they witnessed the Notre Dame-lowa game, which Notre Dame won 17-16. The game was close and hard fought thru out. Rearick & Divine have signed a new 5 year lease on the Archie Williams store building and will continue to operate their general store in the same old location. Mr Rearick contemplated buying the Roy Thompson Variety store if the Rearick & Divine store .was closed out, but under the present arrangement, the deal has been dropped. The Southern Mills Products Co., the new factory which is locating in Walkerton, has moved their machines here and are getting ready for the manufacture of their line of white goods. Although some time will be required to get everything ready for full operation, yet, the company is ready now to receive applications for sewing machine operators. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Sears, Miss Lois Coy and Mr. W. R. McClaflin left today for Indianapolis w here they will spend the Christmas vacation. The Presbyterian orchestra, which has been playing under the direction of Ralph N. LaFeber, for over a year will give a free Sunday evening concert on Sunday evening. Jan. 3, in the Presbyterian church. This organization is composed of 15 .pieces and will play a program of sixteen numbers, made up of solos, duets, trios and ensembles. The public is invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sager and daughter, Goldie, of Butternut, Wise., arrived here Friday for an extended visit with relatives. On Thanksgiving ' day, just as the Sager family were preparing to leave for the home of a ; friend, fire broke out in the roof of j their home near Butternut and the , building and most of the contents i were destroyed. Mr. Sager, wlho had j been injured between two box cars, ' some time before, made every effort : to check the flames, but his disabled condition, having only one arm,, pre- j . vented him from accomplishing ' । much. Mr. Sager is still a patient in : I the I. C. hospital, Chicago. The j Sagers will live with Miss Sadie I I Wolfenbarger for the present.

Walkerton —Where Smiles and Business meet. I Gifts for Dad and Lad at the , Globe Clothiers. The largest assortment of Candy in Walkerton at SHIRLEY’S. | George Gopperts will be Xmas day guests of Lewis Kiser and family. Miss Grace Engle will spend Xmas vacation with her parents at Bluffton, Ind. 1500 pounds of fine Xmas candy, 20 to 25c 'per pound. A. L. Dupler. 1 Miss Doris Crafton will spend the Christmas holidays at her home near Greensburg, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Denaut of - Indianapolis will spend the holidays with relatives here. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wray of ’ Chicago will spend Christmas with relatives in Walkerton. You will And a bowl of good hot • soup for these cold days. ALL NIGHT CAFE ’ Miss Cleo Dirrim wlill spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and 1 Mrs. Fred Dirrim at Hamilton. Ind. 5 Marcelling, shampooing, etc.—Call 230 for appointment. Mrs. James Lawrence j Donovan Beisel, a student at DePauw University, arrived here Saturday to spend his vacation with his ■ parents. Rev. and Mrs. F. J. Beisel. Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Lawrence and 1 ( granddaughter, Etta Garver, Mr. and ‘ j Mrs. James I^awrence drove to ColI umbia City, Ind.. Sunday, where they 1 । visited with relatives. • j There are always a few gifts to • , buy the day before Christmas. We I ’ realize that fact and are ready to > , care for al) late buyers. Globe Clothiers. ; Miss Regina Denaut of Indiana University at Bloomington, Ind., will 1 spend the Christmas holidays with [ her parents. Dr. and Mrs. M. S. Denaut. and family, here. Harrv Reed is a member of tho Indiana University Glee Club, under the direction of D. D. Nye. The club is composed of 50 members. On last ; Wednesday morning the club appear 'ed at Assembly H ill in its annual home concert. The names of Mrs. Lloyd Tayior and Mrs. Harold Chaney were omitted from the list of commitees for the Community Christmas tree celebration in last week’s issue of the Independent. They compose the advertising committee. A totiil of $52.90 was given by the peaMe of Walkerton and commun- . ity to the Near East Relief This is a .goodly gift coming at this time of ' year and will express to the homeI less orphans of the Near East ou« i sincere interest in their welfare. , Springs are one of the most important parts of any car. Those used ।on the new Chevrolet are of the ' semi-eleptic type, the rear on* 1 under- I ■ slung under the rear axle and is fifty-four inches in length, the front i is thirty-six inches long Both j springs combined makes up 83 per cents of the wheel baae on the new ! Chevrolet. Itwn Mr. and Mrs. P. A. I^wrence will ■ entertain on Christmas day with a family dinner. The guests will in- ! ' elude the following: Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Sweet and son, Eugene, of । Miller, Ind , Mr. . and Mrs. Eber Burch and son. Ralph, of Crumstown. Henry Kaufman and family, । and Mr. and Mrs. James Lawrence of Walkerton. Fruits for your Xmtas dinner. ALL NIGHT CAFFThe Actual Past Masters Associa- । tion of the Masonic lodge met at Lakeville Monday night, Dec. 21. conferring the past master degree on ' x candidates, Earl Leslie. Master of the Walkerton lod ;e receiving the degree. The following Walkerton past masters were present: A N. Trost. Ray McDaniel. John Faulkner, H. A, Anderson, Ed Shirley. Jesse Jackson. Leslie Harmison. Claude I’Oole, Chas. Paale. W. H. Smith. J. \. Barnhart and Grover Oplinger. i Not too late to do your Christmas shopping at our store. We have made larraagements to care for all last minute shoppers. Come in any time. Globe Clothier.-' The Home Economics class of the Walkerton high school entertained their mothers at a three course luncheon and Christmas 'party at the school ; building Tuesday, seven mothers being present. Miss Helen Fults and , Miss Vera Heil sang a duet, accomi paned by Miss Marie Davis at the piano, after which both mothers and daughters sang Christmas carols. A gift exchange was a part of the program. Decorations were in keeping with the Christmas season. Miss Lois Coy is the teacher. Walkerton —Where Smiles and Business meet. FOR SALE— An extension top surrey, pole and shafts. Call 100-H. 3twd24 Chas. McCarty. FOR RENT—Five room house. Phone 98-S. tfdlOw Mrs. Edward May FOR RENT —House on Chuirch street, recently occupied by family of Wm. Place, $12.00 per month. Phone No. 7. i29tf Mrs. Jennie Wolfe FOR SALE—Threshing rig, separator and engine, will sell for $85.00, W. C. Divine, Teegarden. 2twd24 FOR SALE—Fresh cows, 2twd3l Joe Ballinger. WANTED-—Wide awake box' about nineteen, with some high school education. Apply at office. Itwp Southern Mills Products Co. FOR RENT— A 190 acre dairy farm, ten miles from South Bend near the South Bend-Walkerton road. Good Guernsey herd and part of equipment furnished. Tenant to furnish teams and remainder of equipment needed. P. R. Gillin. 712 California Ave.. 2twnld3l South Bend, Tnd. FOR SALE—House and lot, 8 I rooms and bath, all modern. Small barn on back end of lot. Located on i East Center street. Phone 10-S. John Baughman, North Liberty. . 3twnld2 4 FOR SALE —The farm lands of j the late Sameul E. Good consisting of 180 acres and improvements, situated in Liberty township, St. Josenh , County, will be offered for sale ac- . cording to such terms and conditions ।as the courts of St. Joseph county I may request. Inquire of NORTH LIB , ERTY STATE BANK, Administrotor. C. V. DuComb. zkttorney for Administrator. 3twnld2 4

Sensational Overcoat Sale A Great Part Os Our Complete Stock of Overcoats Will Be Sold Regardless Os Cost Or Profit ( !m| V Sensational Suit Sale A Great Part of Our Complete Stock of Suits Will Be Sold Regardless Os Cost Or Profit REISS’ CLOTHING STORE WALKERTON, INDIANA ■ -a a... a...a ....a a’ *b a .^a’xa zar a 'W/a. w.: a '-"B ra-za az bb ■ I --.----T- At the Dinner Table B FA Ar" A Grandfather, past 80 years of age, was talking one day at the 1 table about training children t» handle money wisely. s I fi t f His daughter, a woman past 50 years of age, said, “I will always a blame you father, for a good deal of my troubles in this line. — “You were too good to me when I was a girl. You gave me too ■ much money to spend and you did not teach me to spend it sensibly, | ® To this day I find it hard to make good use of my money—l still a j, want to waste it as I used to waste it years ago.” 1 The old gentleman replied: “Yes, I xvas a fool. I wish I haxi a B chance to do that part of my work all over again.’’ m B Parents—What will you say about this problem |g when you are old? ■ : Farmers State Bank ■ A GOOD BANK IN A GOOD TOWN i 5 B B B B a B B ■ ■ B B B B 8 B ■ ■ 8 8 ■ ■ B ■ B 88 B ■ Bl B BB fl -B ■ B 8 8 J! 3^ Mr. Anchor User I ; ^ a y s: * J - TT doesn’t take much Anchor x ’ =4” I Coal to make the house comA Zs sortable these chilly fall / I \ ;|\\ days, and you’d be surprisedhow 1 K /p. I economical it is in the bitter cold V ' '/ J weather. But what I like best -about Anchor is that it doesn’t i k \ I \ make a bit of work for me —no I | \ clinkers to wrestle with, hardly \ Tu Y- k any ashes, and always a good Wm * \ Ued of coals in the morning. anchor- B. I. HOLSER & CO. THE Furnace Coal Sold by: Phone 84 Walkerton i SMITH & CO. I I I g Funeral Directors, 3 A | LADY ASSISTANT OKI | OFFICH PHONE No. 4 5 RESIDENCE. No- 4. | WALKERTON. INDIANA I Walkerton Os all good times in the year, LUMBER CO. We’re glad that Y r uletide days are . . ] iere Dealer m all kinds oi S° an our friends from everywhere. Building Material May in its happy blessings share. » and Coal We are at your service at all times. J 4 r . F. LaFeber & Son T ~ Phone DC