Walkerton Independent, Volume 66, Number 37, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 February 1942 — Page 1

Walkerton independent

Volume 66; Number 37

GIRLS DORMITORIES OPENEDjTHIS WEEK

Cooking School Is Announc’d The Independent-News Co. announces with pleasure that arrangements have been completed for their annual Cooking School to be conducted by Miss Mary Bowen noted Lecturer and Home Economist of the Spry Research Kitchens, Cambridge, Mass. This feature event will Im? held March 2 and 3 at the high school in Walkerton. Every woman reader of the Independent and News is invited to be a guest at each session of the school. There will be classes Monday and Tuesday, March 2 and 3 at 1:30 p. m. A printed program containing all the recipes, tested and approved in the Spry Research Kitchens, will be presented to each person attending. These delicious and economical dishes will be prepared, cooked on the stage, explained step by step to the audiences and presented daily to lucky women by Miss Bowen. Every woman is given an opportunity to participate in the distribution of gifts at each session. Admission is free to all women. No tickets are necessary. The doors will be opened early. There will 1* no reserve# feats.' In addition to other gifts, grocery items will be distributed at each session. /!■ MISS MARY BOWEN Miss Mary Bowen, talented Lecturer and Writer on food subjects, has ai ranged each program with an eye to helping women with their home problems. She turns out delicious light cakes, tender flaky pastry, and a variety of appetizing, economical foods that will delight her listeners. Best of all, she shows you how to get the same results in your own kitchen. Cooperating with the newspapers will be the Walkerton Lumber & Coal Company, who will supply a Round Oak bott led gas range for .Miss Bowen's use in making her demonst rations. Dr. Furst Accepted Dr. Burton L. Furst, Walkerton dentist, has lx»en accepted for service in the Dental Corps of the United States Army after considerable delay in classifying him. Dr. Furst has lieen in the Reserves since his college days, and as such liable to call at anv time, but his family status and some physical handicaps had given him a deferred rating However, he doesn’t know just when he will lie asked to report. He will have the ranking of First Lieutenant. — For Victory: Buy Bond-—•

Consolidated Band Plans Sunday Concert! The Liberty-Lincoln Consolidated school band will play’ a concert at the Walkerton school gymnasium Sunday afternoon, Feb. 22 at three o'clock. The band will be under the direction of Fred Waters, band instructor in the two schools. Featured on the program will be a cornet duet by Paul Wolfram, of Walkerton, and Franklin Sousley, of North Liberty. These boys are outstanding in the band and will give a very good account of themselves in this selection. Another feature number which i gives promise of being highly’ entertaining will l>e a special ar-; rangement of that old favorite, “Old Black Joe,” played by the band as an accompaniment to the mixed chorus from the North Liberty high school, which has been under the direction of Miss Ethel Haas, music teacher. Proceeds from the concert will be; used to defray expenses of the, band to the Spring contest at Whiting on April 28. Your patronage will be appreciated. Masons Plan Work The Walkerton Masonic lodge has a very busy program ahead of it for February, according to Harry Doll, Master of the lodge. There will be work in the Fellowcraft degree Thursday evening, three candidates will take the Entered Apprentice degree on Monday evening, Fei). 16 and two will start work in the Entered Apprentice degree on Thursday evening. Feb. 19. Plan Tourney! For Junior Hi Twelve Junior High teams from) the county will engage in a ' championship basketball tourna-I ment February 11th with the finals to Im* played Feb. 21. The teams are limited Co 7th and Bth grade boys who are under 16 years of, age. The tw’elve teams will be divided into two groups of six each which will meet in two preliminary tour : naments at New Carlisle and ; Madison, lx>th meeting on Satur- ; day, Feb. 14. Two winning teams from each tournament will fight it i out on the next Satuday, Feb. 21, at North Liberty, According to the schedule drawn for the New Carlisle tournament, New Carlisle will n eet North Liberty in the first game at 10:00 a. ; m.; Ardmore meets I.ydick at 11:00 I o'clock; Woodrow Wilson meets Walkerton at 2:00 p m. The win-j ners of the first two games will . meet at three o’clock, while the winner of the Wilson-Walkerton game, which drew a bye, will go into the semi-finals to la* played at North Liberty, Feb. 21. Playing at Madison Saturday, i Madison will meet Greene; Bonar meets Lakeville and Center meets Washington-Clay. This will put four teams in play at Noith Lilnnty on Feb. 21, with the games scheduled for two o'- j clock, three o'clock and seven o'- ' clock. No season tickets will le* sold, 1 hut session tickets will .trii for, ten cents each. A trophy I will la* awarded t<» the county championship team. Returns Home Grant Tank returned home Saturday evening from Florida where he spent several weeks enjoying , (?) the sunny South.

WALKERTON, INDIANA, FEBRI \> 12. 1912

Will Establish Mail Service To West York Rural mail service will be established to the residents of West York just as soon as the new regulations set up by the Second Assistant Postmaster General at Washington, are complied with, according to A. L. Rogers, Walkerton postmaster. These new regulations require that 10 or more residents put up regulation mail boxes on the route selected for the mail carrier. Housing Manager, John M. Sullivan is seeking bids from local firms to furnish and install mail boxes so that all will be uniform. These will be placed on the 10-ft driveways which serve each house at the rear of the lots. This will give free mail service to every resident of the district. The West York homes will be served by rural mail carrier, Claude Stull, after he has completed his country run. Plans call for Mr. Stull to return to the post office, work the mail for West York and then deliver it. This will give West York its mail starting at about 2:30 o’clock. Postmaster Rogers announces, also, that residents living along Ohio street, from its intersection with Road six at the Sam Nushaum earner Vo Woot York homes, may have the same free mail delivery if they will install regulation mail boxes on the north side of the street. Pouch mail service will l»e established for the four women's dormitories at West Side park, Mr. Rogers stated. This sendee will be handled by Charles Snyder, driver of Rural Route two, who will deliver mail to the dormitories’ office in a pouch, to be distributed by their own employees. He will in turn pick up their mail in a pouch t<> take to the post office for distribution and dispatch. DEATH RECORD Burton H. Tryon Burton IL Tryon, aged 75, was stricken with a heart attack and died Tuesday morning in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Faye Rothrock, who lives in the Bose apartments on Roosevelt road. Ihe body was removed to the Berhalter funeral home in Kendallville, where funeral services were held this afternoon. Burial was made in the Orange cemetery near Biimfield, where Mr. Tryon served as sexton several years. James Wayne Johnson. A skull fracture suffered when he accidentally ran into the side of a moving automobile in front ot his home, cost the life of six-year old Janies Wayne Johnson, son ol Mi. and Mrs. Harry Johnson, of LaPaz. The boy died in Parkview hospital, Plymouth, at 12:45 p. in. Tuesday. Born in Plymouth, Sept. 11, 1935. James leaves his parents ami a brother and sister, Harry ji., ami Delores. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Thursday m the Lapaz Union church, Rev. Clyde Joseph, Plymouth, Plymouth, officiating. Bur ial was in the Walkerton cemetery. Visits in Detroit Mrs. Bert StollxTg and daughter. Shirley Mae, are visiting Mr ami Mrs-. Viigd Coffin in Detroit, Mich., this week.

Enjoyable Party The American Legion Auxiliary . was delighted with the response I accorded them Tuesday evening I when more than 150 guests enjoyed the benefit card party which . they sponsored in the Masonic j Temple. Games of bridge, pinoch- ; le, euchre and bunco were in play ; during the evening. Table prizes were Defense Stamps and more than 25 prizes, donated by Walkerton merchants, were also awarded. An enjoyable feature of the evening was a floor show which followed the games. June and Bob Rumsey, popular dance team, of. Koontz Lake, delighted the guests j with a group of dances. They, were accompanied by Mrs. Roy, .Wiliams, of South Bend. Richard i Kramer, also of Koontz Lake, who, plays the accordian with great skill, played a group of numbers and Miss Jeanette Shultz, vocalist, and Denslow Doll, pianist, both of Walkerton, played and sang sever-' al selections for the pleasure of the guests. • A cake walk, was also a feature |of the party. The cake was baked | by Mrs. Emery Flaugher and was a beautiful thing, decorated with red, white and blue icing, with a “V” on the top. The Auxiliary was pleased that so many of the new residents of Walkerton were present. Committees in charge of the party were: Mrs. Foster Rearick Sand Mrs. Frank Kramer, prizes and entertainment; Mrs. Arthur | Grote, tickets; Mrs. J. M. Sellers । and Mrs. R. W. Wolfram, refresh- . menta; Mrs. C. M. Finch, puhlici- । ty. Other members of the Auxi- | liary assisted. Offer Classes In First Aid i j Free classes in two important branches of Civilian Defense will ’lx- offered to the men and women •of this community if they are inI terested in sufficient numbers to make the course worthwhile. They are First Aid and Home Nursing. This is the announcement of , Miss Virginia Little, County Public Health Nurse of South Bend, who was in town Tuesday making preliminary airangements fm the classes. There must be at least 25 men an<l women enrolled in the First Aid class, and a like number of wo , nun, (17 years and older) emolled in the Home Nursing class to in- , SUle their success. Miss Little stated. The classes will meet for two hours each week for 15 weeks, un , der the leadership of competent instructors, and at the close of the 'courses, certificates w ill In- awaid i ed all successful students. All persons interested in either or both courses should register at the school house in Walkerton er North Lilxrty, giving name address, telephone numlxr and the name of the course you want to , take. Open Display House At LaPorte Sunday A Defense Worker house, at La , Porte, of the same general type ;as those at Walkerton, though । differing in details, will be open >to the public for inspection this week-end, according to John M. Sullivan, Housing Manger fol both Walkerton and LaPorte. Mr. Sullivan nvitoM any guests to in--1 sprit the new LaPoite homes at that time.

Price Five Cents

To Build Eight More Dorms In Walkerton The first of four dormitories to house women workers at the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant was opened for occupancy Wednesday, according to Hans Baasch, in charge of the dormitories at Walkerton and Knox. Two units will he ready by this week-end and the remaining two will be completed within two weeks, Mr. Baasch stated. The women who occupy the dormitories are referred here by the Kingsbury plant. They come from all over this territory and are certified to the dormitory management. They must have passed the plant's health examination, have been finger printed and recommended as high type citizens. Single rooms, with everything furnished including maid service, j linens and laundry, rent for ss.o<» per week, while double rooms, with two in a room, rent for $3.50 each per week. There is every accommodation usually found in a good hotel. The rooms are all newly furnished with single beds, dressers and chairs. Bath room faciities with hot and cold water aie ample for the sixty women in each dormitory. Showers and tubs a/e provided for bathing. The rooms are well heated and ventilated, the ! heating system being used as an 1 air-conditioning plant in the warmer months. Each dormitory is provided with a lounging room equipped with easy chairs and davenports, card tables, writing desks and a telephone. Mr. Baasch and his secretary, .Miss Mary Baker, of Indianapolis, have l>een spending considerable time here getting the office equip- ' inent and records ready for the in--1 flux <>f women expected soon. Mal[<om Sutherland, project manager, will be in charge of the Walkerton dminitorie- and he will be assisted by Mis- Laurena Rieschick, of Indianapolis, assistant manager. Mrs. Betty Louise Shcaks, of Walkerton, will lx- the office stenographer. Mr-. Naomi Gollnick, who has been a resident of Walkeiton ’or six months, living in the Gorslme house, is sujieivisor ot the Walkerton dormitmies, in charge of ail supplies anil over the housekeej - er-. Three local women have been employed a- housekeepers, Mrs. Charles Bandendistel, Mrs. Ernest Zahm, and ^!r-. Dellx’rt Devine. Others will be added as needed. Maurice Fitzgerald is rated as Senior Maintenance Mechanic, while Otto Shache and Ben Summers are janitors. I Eight additional dormitories to house 500 more Kingsbury worker* will be erected on the land recently purcha.-ed from John Claik. I:: addition, there will be 300 trailers for families on the Clark lands, Mr. Baasch stated. Standaid trailers to house families of four or less will rent for s<’> a week, while the expandable trailers which really Income three-room houses to care for families of five or more, will rent for .<7.00 per week. Miss Alice G. Keesey. of Oxfordshire. Wise., ha* the distinction of Iwing the No. 1 girl at the Dormitories, having arrived at one a. m. this morning. Teach Men's Class Mr. U B. Bitting* r, a new resident of West York and a worker in the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant, will teach the Men’s Sunday school class at the Methodist church . n Sunday morning. All men of the community ate invit* d to hear him.