Walkerton Independent, Volume 52, Number 44, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 31 March 1927 — Page 1

VOLUME 52

WALKERTON MINISTER SERVES fIfTY YEARS Kev. J. Bud man Fleming, Pastor Os The Presbyterian Church, Completes Fifty Years As Minister. Church services of a very unusual character will be observed at the Walkerton Presbyterian church, next Sunday, April 3. Unusual because of the fact that the pastor, Rev. J. Budman Fleming, will at that time complete his fiftieth year as a minister in the church. Fifty years is a long span of life for an individual to serve is any one capacity and that honor comes to but comparatively few men. Rev. Fleming has been pastor of the Walkerton church for the past three years and during that t J me he has not only served "his own church well, but has made his presence CQunt for good in all worth-while community projects. He has taken a keen active interest in the Walkerton Chamber of Commerce and the Walkerton chapter F. & A. M.. where he is Chaplin. , Rev. Fleming was born July IS, 1853, on a farm in Venango Co.. Pa., 5 miles from Franklin, the county seat. He was the sth child in a family of 10 children. At the age of 14 he expressed to his father the desire for an education and though his father told him he could not give it to him, he also said that if the lad could get an education himself, he was perfectly willing he should have it. A wealthy lawyer friend of the family asked for the privilege of educating the boy saying, "I’ll make a lawyer of him.” Rev. Fleming, in speaking of the incident said, “That would have saved me from some very trying experiences but probably would have robbed me of somethings I most needed.” From the public school. Rev. Fleming went to the academy, norma) school and the college, taking Theology privately. He took up his duties as pastor in Pennsylvania on - April 1. 187.7. Other churches served are: Sparta, Ill.’; Rochelle, Ill.; Valparaiso, Hammond, Ft. Wayne, Chicago ! 3 IL -J® • i ■ REV.. J. BUDMAN FLEMING. ISTT. Heights, Rennselaer, coming to Walkerton in 1924. When Rev. Fleming began preaching he was offered S6OO more salary as a school teacher, but he felt that his place iu ' life was in the ministry. He said re- | cently, “My salary has been above J the average but never large and yet j by the blessing of God and the help । of a splendid woman, we have reared and educated four girls and one j son, each of whom has been or is now a teacher.” ; Rev. ‘ Fleming unfortunately lost the statistical records of his ministry some years ago which would reveal some interesting facts as to the total number of marriages, funerals, accessions to the church, etc. He recalls. however, that th e largest number of accessions to his church on a single Sunday, was 93. “The periodical controversies that have swept over the church, during the fifty years of my ministry, have not disturbed me in the least,” said 1 Rev. Fleming. “My faith has assur- I ed me that the truth will stand and j whatever is shaken loose and toppled ( over because of sincere debate will not binder, but aid in the triumph ox truth. “If I have had a life motto it has simply been, not to regret. My aim has been to use my best judgmen* , when facing a decision and then, regardless of after conditions or situations, I have refused to allow myself to regret. As I face the future, at the end of fifty years of service, and i could know that God would give me life and vigor for another fifty years i of service, I would plan to spend ■ every year of the fifty as pastor of a Christian church.” Special services commemorating * the 50th aniversary of Rev. Fleming’s ministry will be held in the Walkerton Presbyterian church on ' Sunday. A church family dinner will be served in the church parlors at noon. Visiting guests are expected i from many of the churches formerly served by Dr. Fleming. Pine Creek Gleaners Attend State Meeting About twenty members of the Pine Creek Arbor Ancient Order of j Gleaners, of Walkerton, attended the! State meeting of the order held at Logansport Wednesday. The Walkerton delegation made the trip fn a Specially chartered Dunnuck bus which was gailv decorated in the colors of the order. Each member of the lodge wore a ribbon with tin inscription. “Pine Creek Arbor, Walkerton.” The Walkerton lodge degree team ,was especially honored at the state meeting, by putting on the full degree work.

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I Boys’ Conference At North Liberty 11 (By Hawkeye) In the first boys’ conference of its kind, nearly one hundred boys and , teachers, representing the schools of Walkerton, Madison Township, North Liberty, New Carlisle and Lakeville met together in the North Liberty school building last Friday, March 25, at 5 o’clock, to discuss vocational welfare and guidance of interest to all boys preparing for future years. J. C. Brunk of the Sduth Rend Y. M. C. A. presided at t e conference. The first speaker of the program was E. C. Bird, county agricultural agent, who discussed problems of farm life in a very pleasing manner. After this address the boys were divided into seven discussion groups under the direction and leadership of Messrs. J. B. Munn. Walkertort; R. L. Metzler, Madison township; Don Ford. Lakeville; E. C. Bird, South Bend; Mr. Murphy, North Liberty; C. R. Young and W. L. Stone, South Bend. Next came the banquet, an appetizing two course dinner servey by the ladies of North Liberty. The North Liberty saxophone band played during the hour of banqueting. The body then adjourned to the assembly, where several special numbers were r^pdered by George Collins, youthful St. Joseph Co., harmonica champion, following which Fred O. Collar ,a Purdue graduate, who lives near North Liberty, gave an address on * Farm Compensation “ Walter Stone guve the main address of the evening, his subject being. “The Underlying Principle In Choosing a Life Work.” Mr. Stone gave some very fine points to follow that were sure to attract any boys’ interest. Following the address the assembly was divided into discussion groups. The last speech oi the evening was given by Mr. B. A. Snell, a rationally known speaker of much repute, who gave a very interesting talk on "Increasing Our Vision.” Mr. Stone gave the closing prayer. All boys voted the conference a gr rat success. Twenty-six boys, including R. O. Bohn and J. B. Munn, attended from Walkerton. ALFALFA Will CUT FARMERS FEED Bill Potato Acreage Will Be Increased i 10% While torn Will L -e 5%. According To Purdue Report*. । Indiana farmers are planning on | increasing their potat^ acreage ten j percent and oats acreage two percent । and reducing their corn «creage five i percent and tobacco 40 percent according to a survey made March 1. ।by the Department of Agricultural ' Statistics of the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station and Department of Agriculture. These are the outstanding facts as revealed in this annual “intention to plant” sur- ' vey. | The barley acreage will be 60 percent greater than in 1926, according to intentions expressed March. 1 and the hay acreage one per cent greater. The acreage of spring wheat will lie double that of a year ago, but as this , crop is of minor importance in Indi- । ana, the large percentage of increase j does not mean much in the total ’ acreage or yield of Indiana wheat, j The sweet potato acreage of the state । will remain unchanged, the reports indicate. For the U. S. as a whole, there is a 1.6 percent increase in spring । wheat; 13.8 percent increase in Durum wheat; 1.8 percent increase in corn; 3.2 percent increase in oats; 14.3 percent increase in barley; 1.8 percent increase in bay; 14.9 increase in Irish potatoes; 32.5 percent increase in sweet potatoes. The fol- j lowing crops reported for the entire nation decreases; tobacco. 3.3 per- ! cent; and flax seed 12.7 percent These facts are given to sene as much as possible in helping Indiana farmers decide on their own cropj ping schedules, in view of intentions Ito plant as expressed by several । thousand farmers in everv county of i the state, March 1. Lakeville Bank Elects Directors — Seven Representative Men Will Head Up Reorganized Bank. Elnt Officers Friday Evening. The stockholders of the Lakeville State Bank which‘is being reorganized met in the bank Wednesday for the purpose of electing a new Board of Directors. The following men were chosen: Lee Wolff, Jacob Smith. F. A. Barkley, Harvey Schrader, John : Eastburn, Henry Shafer and J. T. How. Prospects for re-opening the bank within a few weeks look very good according to the sentiment expressed at th e meeting. Tt is hoped that this can be arranged by the middle of April or soon there after. The directors will meet in the bank rooms Friday evening for the purpose of electing officers. Annual Church Meeting The Annual Congregational meeting of the Presbyterian church will be held next Friday, April Ist, in the church at 7:30 o’clock. Reports will be given from all the organizations of the church and there will be election of elders and trustees. All members of the church and congregation are urged to be present. Card Os Thanks. I wish in this wav to extend mv sincere thanks to all who so kindiv assisted me to win at WLS. Chas. E. Wolff.

JUBILtI SINGERS RENDER fINE PROGRAM 1 Negro Spirituals And Classic Selections Feti'me Excellent Program Given By Colored Artists. The Peerless Jubilee Concert Company scored a decided hit in their program he r e Tuesday evening. Humorous, inspirational, devotional and highly artistic, the program was complete and wholesome musical treat, for the lovers of better music who appreciated real artistry. Most of those who heard them were enthusiastic in their praise of the entertainment an.l fully appreciate that the program was not cheap vaudeville but was kept on a high plane of refinement. The program consisted of two parts. In the first, dressed in old plantation style, they delightfully । rendered the ' spirituals” ami other melodies representative of the old days of slavery in the southland. In the second part, they gave a program of modern classical and wemlclassical music. Their voices are ' clear and well trained. The concert was sponsored by the Walkerton Chayiber of Commerce band which will realize about S3O for their share. C. M. Carter presented the singers to the audience. Walkerton Lads Out To Make Varsity Team Stanley I. Wolfe, and Darwin Apple, of Walkerton, are two of the many candidates for the Indian^ University baseball team which will start South on the training trip March 31. Coach Everett Dean will take a squad of about thirteen players with him on the Dixie jaunt. Five games are scheduled with the University of Mississippi while a pair of practice games are pending with Wisconsin at Oxford, Miss. The Indiana University baseball schedule is one of the best arranged in years. An even dozen games scheduled with Western Conference foes while five are carded with Hoosier nines. The home schedule j will open at Bloomington. April 12, i when DePauw invadee the Crimson camp. Mr. Apple received a telegram from his son, Darwin, Wednesday, stat’ng that he was leaving with the , team Thursday. In the practice games at school Darwin has the highest batting average of anv man on the squad. 515, and he has won , all the games he nas pitched. News Oi The Churches । Metho: Episcopal Uhur< h C. B. Stanforth, Pastor. 9:30 Sunday school. A. D. Winner Supt. 10; 30 Morning worship combined with Sunday school. 2:30 Junior League. 6:30 Epworth League. ■ 7:30 Evening worship and song service. , Notice the change of time for ti e evening service, one-halt hour later than usual. The official board will meet Mor,- i day evening at 7:30. It is desired! that every member of the board be present. The ordinance of baptism will be administered t o children Easter Sunday morning. Parents are invit- ■ ed to present their little ones for this holy service. Please remember the week of special services beginning Sunday evening, the luth, and continuing to Friday evening, the 15th. All our people are called upon to give up their social engagements for that ■ week and attend divine services. United Breihren Church J. C. Albright, Pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. 1 Morning worship at 10:30 a. m. Evening worship at 7:30 p. m. Prayer service Thursday evening at 7:30 p. m. All welcome, come. God is good, and one strong evi- ; dence of his goodness is seen in that 1 he has decided to remove from the I presence of his people forever, “all things that offend, and them which i do iniquity.” Matt. 13:41. Presbyterian Church , J. Budman Fleming, Minister. Sunday school at 9:30. Morning worship and sermon at I 10:30. Junior Endeavor at 6:30. No Senior Endeavor or evening ; service. Today marks the 50th anniversary of the ministry of the pastor and j there will be baptism and reception I into the church. The congregation : will also have dinner in thp church j with a social hour to follow. Rev. J. C. Brackeni idbe, D. D., ot > Winona will be the preacher. ( igarettes And The Boy To Be Discussed On Thursday evening, April 7, at! 7:30 o clock, there will be a lecture) on “Cigarettes and the Boy." at the ! M. E. church by Virgil C. Finnell, a representative of the National School for the No-Tobacco League of America. Mr. Finnell will use 90 beautifully hand colored stereoptican slides to illustrate his talk, showing thrilling fire scenes, comic cartoons, the apalling waste caused by smoking, the deadly poisons of tobacco and the damage done to the mind and body of the user. Pictures will also be shown of noted educators, statesmen, scientists and athletes who do । not use tobacco. There will be no admission charge for the lecture.

WALKERTON, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1927.

The Death Record Jennie Place Wolfe. Jennie Mary Place, daughter of ) Ira F. and Alzina Place, was born in LaPorte County, Indiana, August 21, 1874 and passed to her reward March 31, 19,27, at her home in Walkeraon. On Aug. 5, 1897, she was unit< d in marriage to T. J. Irving Wolfe, who with her four sons and one daughter, survive. She was a dutiful wife and mother, always more interested in making her family happy than iu her own welfare. When her health permitted, she was an active worker in the Presbyterian church and the Order of Eastern Star. The remains may be viewed at the home Friday evening, 7 to 8:30 o'clock, and on Saturda.v morning, 10 to 12 o’clock. Private funeral services will be held at the residence Saturday at 2:00 p. in.. Rev. J. Budman Fleming, officiating. Burial will be in the Walkerton Woodlawn cemetery. Be--ie Knelslcy Clark Bessie L. Clark, daughter of Jacob and Cora Kneisley, was born Nov. 5, ! 1884, and departed this life al the ' Ho 1 y Family Hospital, LaPorte, Maren 26, 1927, being 43 years, 4 ■ months and 21 days old. On June 24, 1901, she was mar ried to Frank C. Clark, and to thu union were born two daughters, Eva. who is married to Theodore Snyder, and Helen, at home. Mrs. Clark joined the Methodist church in early life, and it can truly be said she loved the house ol the Lord. She was permitted to do her i greatest service in the church at La- 1 Crosse, Ind., where she lived most ! all the years of her married life. . She moved to 1-a Porte five years ago since which lim e she lias been an 1 invalid. Funeral -services were held in the Methodist church, Walkerton, Munday forenoon, Rev. A. H. Kenna, of LaPorte. officiating. Burial was in the Walkerton cemetery. Mothers Entertained Last Saturday aftemon the Junior Endeavors of the Presbyterian church entertained their mothers iu the social room of the church. The program opened with soni^ and scripture memory work, then 1 I Juniors in costume, impersonated the ‘ children of the missions which are supported by Junior money. Two travel map talk were given, showing the location of these mission- and the way to get there and back. I Three of the older girls gave a play, “Overheard in Japan,” whicn ( was a picture of a girl’s Christian school in Tokyo. Many amusin.; customs were shown, some of which , the Japanes- girls want to discard. . The climax wa.- reacip d when tie girls all expressed themselves as anxious to go to this Christian school and then enthusiastically joined i: the closing s< ng, “On T; • Way to Tokyo.” This was followed jby an hour with Japanese game--, closing with tea and cookies served by Japanese maidens. DOUAR DAY WAS VERY SDCCtSSfIII Merchants And Customers \ ery Weil I’leased Over Outcome Os Annual Sales Day. Walkerton’s second Dollar Day ' was very successful, according to the reports of various cooperating merchants along Ave. F, and judged by ' the amount of trading done. People generally seemed to get into the spirit of the occasion and the re- j suits were more than gratifying. The day was beautiful, in fact too nice for the farmer folks to leave ! their work during the day to come , to town to shop. However, the towns- । people took advantage of the spring i iatmospheie and made buying gener-j i ally good during the early morning ; i hours. Many real Dollar Day bargains | । were offered by the merchants and few shoppers if any, were disappointed in their attempts to realize marked • savings on their purchases. Profiting ‘ by last year’s experiences, the merI chants had made better and more | preparations for the day, with the ■ result that a larger volume of busi- , । ness was realized than at last year’s i sale, according to some reports. One of the features of the day | was the fire fighting demonstration | at 8 o’clock given by the Walkerton I Fire Department, under the leader- i ship of fire chief H. G. Brinley, ai d night officer, Jesse Wolfenbarger. A large pile of trash and scrap boxes |was made on the lot across from the pump station and this °et on fire. | An alarm was sent in which was i quickly answered by the Volunteer fire fighters, Vern Jackson, James Lawrence and Joe Kerchaert. The chemical and hose truck arrived at the fire exactly 2 minutes । after the alarm was sounded and in 3 minutes more the fire was practically extinguished. Only the cnem« ical was used on the fire but th • water hose was attached and a large stream of water was played on the side of the road. Faste-t Electric Train The fastest electric railroad trail in the country is said to be the) Northland Limited which runs between Chicago and Milwaukee. The train covers the 88.24 miles between the two cities in two hours, making nine stops. Its average speed, stops excluded, is 51-91 miles per hour. Read the “For Sale” Ads. I

INDIANA FARMERS PEAN SPRING PLANTING One Auth uity Estimates Saving Oi Largest I’ail Os Co-t By Growing j Alf.iha On Every Farm, The $213,429 spent annually by I St. Joseph County farmers, as part of Indiana's $19,065,687 yearly teed bill, can be reduced to a mere fraction of that amount if the farmers i of this county will plant alfalfa this I spring, according to the large l hica- j go Creamery Institute. The average farm has less than ! an acre in alfalfa and more than j eight acres j n less profitable fi rage i crops. Alfaila is yielding 2.1 tons to) the acre, the other., only 1.1 tons.; Data compiled by the Institute ■ ists sh< . , alfal* . fa produces as much protein as- three acres of clover or nine acres of timothy. The scarcit • ;■ farm pro lucu protein is c: th _ inuui a i -...tr- ; millis ns of • a year. after piling or every cost item Kucb 'as lab r. .-ithi e- ><.,17 tax. s, and : interest on th. land, it has b- ei I found that bye A-ng alfalfa pr - tein can b» produced at home" for one-t* ire ts cost in certain purcba-< i it v.; th> striking in- ; crease in profits on average farm’ growing alfalfa which led the institute to und.-rtak. the establishment of 10.006 \cre Alfalfa Clubs throughout the Mississippi Valley, in cooperation with leading farmers । bankers and business men. The In- | stitute's experts estimate that one of lthese clubs increases the returns from the farms in the community . where it is established by $300,o0”. Prospects Good For Fishing In Indiana Prospects are exceedingly good for fishing in Indiana waters this season and already some excellent catches of bass are reported. Information reaching George N. Mannfold, superintendent of the fish and tarn,, division of the state conservation department, show that ice (Is out of the northern lakes much earlier th.tn ii 1926 and that in several instances fishermen reaped •xJcdlent reward- for their early activities. Elul t years of continuous propagation o' baby fish in state initcnerhs and planting :n p b’ c waters ' -s made Indiana on. of the best states in the Union ’or this aquatic sport. V ' ' ■ 1 / . better -l-iiiiiL . than vit’-er I -i---nois, Ohio or Kentucky, and the fisherman of these states are beginrina t> realize this, a- dfinoipf: - d in the numb.- ■ of non-resident fishin,: licenses r-a- i. 'n 1918 only 3,876 licens* wer. taken out, while in IK»', > total •! ’ 57 licenses were issued.” In-spit' the fact that the last legislature raised the ron-resi- ; dent fishina lie. ns^ from $1 a yeui to 12.25, conservation officials feel that । the number will not be lessened as (Out-state fisLerm. n have come to de- . pend on Indiana for game fishing. Aged Teegarden Man Killed By B. & 0. Train GeorA 1 Worl, 71 year old farmer living with his son. Bert, two miles northeast of Teegarren, was instantly killed at 12:13 o’clock Wednes- : day noon when struck by the fast westbound Baltimore and Ohio pass- ) enger train No. 7, at the George Dolph crossing one-half mile east of Teegarden. Worl was driving a one-horse wagon, loaded with wood, to his home. He drove from behind a string of box cars left standing on a siding at this crossing, directly in th e path of ' the onrushing train. The rig was j struck squarely and the wagon com- ! pletely demolished. ; Worl’s body was mangled beyond recognition with pieces of flesh scatj tered about the tracks at the scene ;of the crossing. The horse’s body Iwas also severed by the train. Worl’s ‘ body was lying on the pilot of the ) engine when it stopped, so horribly mangled that recognition was im--1 possible. Worl lived with his son. Bert, who is employed in the South Bend postoffice. NIGHT HYMN The mournful singing of the frogs in ) the marsh! When evening lights ar e dying on | the hills, ! And the landscape fades from view and noises harsh, A hymn comes out of the weedy j glade that fills With minor chord -. a night all drugged with music. Their screaming doleful notes, after rain. Like the far-off sacred strains of a । midnight choir. Charge the very airs with a weird ] refrain, That -weeps the soul as a sweet toned lyre. In the cooling, misty midnight of the spring. Sing on through the moonlit mid- j night of the years, To the starry wastes above that smile, till the time. When summer-land, all robbed with green appears, And modest beauty, blushing, draws near to chime Like silver bells, the coming of the flowers. —L. P. Reinhardt, Logansport. Card Os Thanks I wish to thank those who voted for me in the WLS callers’ contest, March 19. Fred J. Wolff.

LOCAL NOTES FOR SALE —Strawberry plants. 3twal4p Wm. Sinclair. FOR RENT—A farm. See A Turner. 3twal4p Chocolate cov-<><l peanuts, 23c a lb., at GORDON S. । Kuh Bag Sale Saturday aftei nocu ' a» 2 o’clock at Gobn's. j Mintie Hostetter of Nappanee w:I a Sunday guest of friends here. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Woodward ol Chicago spent the week end here. John Reece spent Sunday in La- ) Porte the guest of Mrs. F. M. Bonds j FOR SALE Six nice young I Plymouth Rock roosters. )ltwm3lp Horace Woodward. For that evening lunch serve brick ice cream, 45c quart, at ! GORDON'S. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul and ; Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Paul visited i relatives in Chicago over the week ■ end. ' <Lilighter, Dolores Rita, was nor Mr. and Mrs. James Shock- | i'?, in South Bend, Monday, March 21. Pastry sale at Rearick & Divine's store, Saturday. April 9. Your patrenact so.'icittd. U. B. Ladies’ Aid. 2twa7 LOST Key ring and keys. Finder I return to Nickel Plate agent, Walkerton. Reward. 1 twm.3lp I Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Hisey and children of South Bend visited T. A. Prater and other friends in Walkerton, Monday. Loyal Corle, Clinton Corle ana Mr and Mrs. Carl Wisler motored to Cornell. 111., to attend the funeral of J. P. Gourley, an old friend. . i I rotect your Radio set against the damages of lightning by having a Wright protector switch installed. , w tf Rhea Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Spahr and I sons of Plymouth were in Walker- ; ton Wednesda y greeting old friends and incidentally making a few Doi- | lar Day purchases. Want something good to eat from another's kitchen? Then remember the T’. B. Ladies’ Aid pastry sale at , Rearick it Divine’s store. Saturday, April 9. 2twa7 Faun’ Leßoy came home from Holy Family hospital at LaPorte, Saturday, after five weeks’ confinej meat with a severe case of ulcers of t the domach Mr. and Mrs. Norman Fults spent the week end in Loftang, 111.. Visiting Mr. an I Mi \ Chas. Harvey, former MaG “ 'on resid* nt.- On Sunday they vi-i; i starved Rock. Illinois State Park. Mrs. Frank Edwards was a guest at tin banquet in the Gold room of the Black, tone hotel, Chicago, in honor of the ex-Mayor Wm. Hale Thompson H** a’so is nominated for the next Republican mayor. The Ladies' Aid society of the Presbyterian ermreh will held their regular business meeting at the manse Thursday. April 7. At this meeting there will be election of officers and all members are urged to be present. The Pollyanna class of the M. E Sunday school was entertained at au , j April Fools' party at the home of I JVilma and Marie Casey Monday ) eveninz. Alter the potluck -suppei )and business meeting games wert ♦ njoyed. Xhout twelve wore preseu’. Messrs. Frank Opiinger, Dr. Link ‘ Grigsby, W. Ray McDaniel, Ed Shir- I !«y, Vern Hardenbrook. Harold Chaney, R. N. LaFeber and M. B. . ' Slick were among the class of Mas- • | ons to receive advance degree work , to the 14th degree at the Masonic i Temple, South Bend. Wednesday.; ) They will take from the 14th to 18th • degrees in May and will probably ’ finish to the 32nd. Shriner, this fall ) i Grover Opiinger and C. E. Houser i ' also attended the meeting. W. Ray । McDaniel was chosen president of the class of 52 members. Another GRAB BAG SALE at Gohn’s Quitting Business Sale Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Don’t ; miss it. — TEEGARDEN Herschel Bolenbaugh and family i took Sunday dinner with Mrs. Bolj enbaugh’s mother, Mrs. Orval Webb, and sons. Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Sarber were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stout. Vern Maxson and family of Plymouth were Sunday guests of Mui ; ble Maxson and family. Floyd Max- ! son and family and Mr. and Mrs. j { Oren Maxson and sou, Russell. : called in the afternoon. A number of relatives helped John ; Aldrich celebrate his 32nd birthday Thursday evening. A pot luck supper । was served at six o’clock. Thos* present were Mr. and Mrs. Vern Aki rich and son, Billy, Mr. and Mi. Tom Hornsby and sou, Glen, Mr. ami Mrs. Calvin Bates and son Ma ! of Bremen. I Mrs. Arthur Rupe and cl ildren are spending a few days wit her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Domer. ! Mr. and Mrs. Ira Aid i over the week end with their son. Clem, and family of Whiti - Mr. Worl. residing one-half mile northeast of Teegarden. v, s truck and instantly killed by a fast B. and O. train Wednesday. The horse which he was driving was killed and the wagon completely v recked Mrs. Hazel Aldrico and Mrs. J. O. Kesler and little grandson were South Bend shoppers Tlmrsday. James Keck has moved into t Timothy Lower house which he purchased a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Bates . r son. Wayne, of Bremen, called oo John Aldrich and famil Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leh nan and little son of South Bend >; ent Pue-i---day with his parent-', Mr. and -. J. H. Lehman.

INIERESTING NOTES fROM OUR SCHOOL Twenty-four of the boys and two of the no n teachers of the Walkerton high school attended the High School Boys Co»(eieuc» held in North Liberty on last Friday evening. On Monday morning several of the buys made impromptu speeches before the assembly describing points of interest in the conference discussions. The attendance at this first county conference was about one-hundred. The full Hi-Y membership of Walkerton attended with one exception. । Visitors last school week were Mr«. I J. W. Beem, Paulino Hahn, LaVeta Walter, Lloyd Sheaks and Pauline ) Tinkey. j During the past two weeks the ! fourth .grade has had a perfect attendance. The grade is trying to keep up this good record. । Four new pupils entered the elementary grades on Monday of this week. These pupils were Ray, Helen, Pearl and Eva Pearish. Previous to their removal to Walkerton they had attended the Stroud school jin LaPorte County. The first grade has received the new bookcase which they won tn the contest held during February fur r .e , b>- s t attendance record at the Parent ’ Institutes. j We wish to correct an omission made in last week's schoo’ no e-. , The omission was that of Richard Thompson’s name from the Hst or the high school pupils who attended the High school conference held at the Y. W. C. A. Building on Saturday, March 19. In the forenoon of that date Richard, as president of the Hi-Y attended a cabinet meeting of county Hi-Y officials held at the Y. M. C. A. Friday, April 8, is the date set for the Bible study class examination this year. Rev. J. C. Albright has taught a class of thirty-three high school girls and boys that part of , the Old Testament which begins with the “Division of the Kingdom.” On April 8, the class will have com- | pleted twelve weeks of Bible study ( and will write an examination which । may lead to a one-half credit to be applied on the number of credits required for graduation. This is the third successive year for the Bible Study class. W. H. S. Downs Tyner (Hawkeye) The W. H. S. baseball team came ’•:u in fine styi- to win their opening game of the season from Tyner High school 13 to 1, Tuesday afternoon, March 29, at the West Side Park before a fairly large crowd of fans from both schools. Cline, Shetland and Hornung served as pitchers during the sv ea inning fracas, with l.awrence receiving. Walkerton possesses a strong battery this vein nd :11 that is needed is better support on the field, although the team showed up very well considering this was the first game of the season. Cline struck out : 4 men in his term in the box, '■rterland fanned 6 and Hornung who pitched the last inning of the game ’ whiffed 1. The batting ot the team was vuy good ror this time- of season and to all prospects, Walkerton is to be. again represented with a tiara hit- . ting team. McCarty brought across •3 runs, Lawrence, DeMyer, Nusbaum and Beiter 2; and Sheaks and Houser one each. i Tho iineup for Walkerton was as t follows: Lawrence, catcher, Sheaks,- ' first base; Delayer, second base; Mcj I C^rty, short stop; Nusbanm, third i base; Houser, left field , Schultz, eenter field ami Beiler right m id. I Divine also played right held late .n ■ the game. ( The battery for Tyner was Wienger, pitcher and Warner, catcher. Tellkamp made the len< r a for Tyner. Baseball Schedule Following is the schedule of the Walkerton High school baseball ■ tea into date. Besides those enumer- . ated several other games are under 1 discussion, making W. H 9 schedule a first class one for a school of its size. April 1— Argos—there. April s—Madison5 —Madison Township—here. April B—Tynei—there. April 12—South Bead —here. April 15—^outh Bend —there. April 19—Plymouth—here. , April 22 —Madison Twp.—there. May 13—Plymouth—there. Argos, date to be arranged. FISH LAKE ; Mrs. Mali—a Delong left Friday for Rock Island. 111., to make h- r homo v.ith h< r da wiibson. She has spent most of her life around Fish lake. O. F. Winner who h s accejt<d a position with • ref ri gu rating company at Elkhart, wiii move his family there this corni .g week. Sibe Baley’s son-in-1 iw. Milton Antrum, v < very i infully injured, being struck ey a motorist on the Yellow River Road. Th ii da.. •v* ning. He is now in Holy Family hospital at LaPorte. It will b* se^e 1 days before they will be able to t^ll how seriously >e is injured. "be motorist whose car Irak hi > was was goinsr at such speed thenot able to -»t th • *. • * u Wm Holland-is -till on th- ' h k, ,r ot abb- ’o . ’to 4 ’ ’ - Mr. Heitke !» ’his at’mx » I r Chicago, intending to isturn Sunday evening. । Mrs. James Ryan v.o’ to ; T orie • with Mrs. De’ ne a fl :.m- -afeiy on the train for Ks i.d. Friday mornins. b-avin-. •;• : r-> of the conductor. Mw and Mr-. R sn 'ad 1W < ’u'- , day guests, Mr. and Mrs. Erric Hoenel and mother of Han : ond. 1 »L

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