Walkerton Independent, Volume 74, Number 1, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 31 March 1949 — Page 1

Walkerton independent

Volume 74; Number 1

CEMETERY ASSN. ADOPTS NEW RULES

Easter Seals Help Cure I Spastic Children Public response to the 1949 Easter Seal distribution will make possible extended services to persuns afflicted by cerebral palsy, commonly referred to as spastic paralysis, according to Kenneth R. Miller, Executive Director of the Indiana Society for Crippled Children. Directed by L. V. Phillips, State Seal Sale Chairman, the drive began March 17 in Indiana. “The Society for Crippled Children seeks for those persons health, welfare, education, recreation, vocational training and employment in keeping with their individual abilities and capacities and to the fullest reasonable extent of our ability to serve them,” Mr. Phillips explained. । Cerebral palsy, one of the foremost causes of crippling, handicaps approximately 400,00’0 of our na- I tion. Speech defects, hearing and sight difficulties and lack of motor control which makes even ordinary activities as walking, eating and dressing a hardship are a few of the results « f this condition. A substantial improvement has been effected for many of these persons. Many more can be helped with additional personnel, resources and special facilities. ; Funds from the sale of Easter seals will help provide for additional trained personnel, new physical plant facilities and will foster research in the causes of this con- ( dition and in procedures and methods in .the care, treatment „aueL training of the cerebral palsied. Your purchase of Easter seals will buy service for these unfortunate children. DEATH RECORD | ■ — ■ Mrs. Ida Aronson The funeral of Mrs. Ida Aronson, aged 72, widow of Fred Aronson, who died Saturday, March 26th in Fairview hospital, LaPorte, was held at 2 p. m., Tuesday, March 29 in Immanuel Lutheran church, D naldson, Ind., Rev. Harold Lundgren officiating. Burial was in the Lutheran cemetery Mrs. Aronson was born in Sweden, Oct. Ist, 1876 and had lived in Chicago and Chicago Heights before moving to Koontz Lake 34 years ago. Surviving are two sons, Fred, of Fenton, Mich., and Irving, of Detroit, Mich ; a daughter, Mm Lucille Moist of Koontz Lake; a sister, Mrs. Annie Nordstrom and a brother, Eric- Hager, of Chicago; two sisters in Bancroft, Idaho, Mrs. Minnie Nelson and Mrs. Tekla James; and a sister, Mrs. Elsie Hagstrom, of Boise, Idaho. • On a beautiful spring day, amid gorgeous tulips, lilies and other spring flowers, Mrs. Aronson was ' laid to rent with hundreds of her relatives and friends by her side. 1 A great tribute to a great lady. Local Boy Graduates In Television Course Harold E. Whitteberry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Whitteberry, 706 Indiana St., was graduated from Valparaiso Technical Institute, Valparai. >. Tuesday, March 22. Harold received his diploma in the department of Radio-Television engineering. After a short visit in Walkerton he will become aTficiated with the National Broadcasting Corporation in Chicago, where he will serve as either a broadcast or television engineer. Prior to attending the Valparaiso school, Harold served in the Army in the Field Artillery, in the European theatre. He is a graduate of Walkerton high school. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Whitteberry attended the graduation exercises. CHICKEN PIE SUITER A chicken pie supper will be served Thursday evening March 31, in the basement of the Presbyterian church, 5 to 8 o’clock. The public is invited. m2l

Will Continue > Parent-Teacher Club At a recent meeting of the Par-ent-Teachers Association, and following a survey made by means of a questionnaire sent to every home, it was voted to continue the organization another year. Lack of interest and attendance on the part of parents and patrons had prompted the executive board to send out the questionnaire, Mrs. Damon Linton, the president stated. Out of -DO letters sent out only 88 were returned, and only 65 of these were in favor of continuing the association. Seventeen people indicated their willingness to hold office, 44 were unwilling; 42 were willing to sene on committees, 20 were unwilling; 25 were willing to sene as chairman of a committee, 34 were unwilling. The election of officers: will be held in April, at which time Mr. Bunge will have charge of the program. I l Band Patrons Ass’n. । Meets Next Tuesday The Walkerton Band Parents Association will meet Tuesday evenino\ April 5. in the hierh school mand room, when matters of importance will be discussed. The most immediate problem is the selection of uniforms ‘for The band Samples of materials from a dozen companies will be on display .at the meeting for the group to ' compare as to texture, color, stability, etc. If a choice is made, it is hoped a majority of the parents will be present to voice their opinions. * A novelty quartette, composed of Dallas Fitzgerald, Walter LaFeber, -Wayne Capek and George Steele, and a 7th grade boys’ clarinet quartette, will furnish music at the meeting. I The Association will sell hotdogs 1 , candy and cold drinks at the benefit basketball game Saturday night between the Lions Club and the- attractive Blue Sox Usher- ' ettes of South Bend. This game should draw a great crowd of fans to see this girls’ aggregation of all-stars play with the locals. Evening Star Lodge Entertains Guests Evening Star Rebekah Lodge No. 165 held their regular meeting Tuesday evening with an attendance of 50 members and guests. Mrs. Lillian Carter, Mrs. Oliver Kunz, Mrs. Helen Taylor and others from South Bend; Mrs. Hazel K. Rimpier and other guests from Goshen were among those present. A social hour was enjoyed at the close of the business meeting, with a potluck lunch, and by celebrating the March birthdays*. The next meeting will be held on April sth. Blue Sox Ball Bout To Benefit Band 1 The Blue Sox Usherettes, a girls basketball team of South Bend, will play the Walkerton Lions club Saturday night, April 2, with the preliminary game starting at 7:00 o’clock The Blue Sox played in Argos last Friday night against an AllStar boys team and were defeated in an over-time game, 42 to 40. This will give you an idea of how well these girls play. The game Saturday night is for the benefit of the Walkerton high school Band Uniform Fund. It’s your band, so come out and give it a boos: 1 . The admission will be 75c and 50c. The Band Parents Assn., will sell candy, hot-dogs and cold drinks at the game. REVIVAL MEETING Revival meetings will be held in the Pilgrim Holiness church from April 3 to 17, beginning at 7:30 i each evening. You will enjoy hear- । ing old-fashioned truth from an 'experienced evangelist and pastor, H. B. Jackson of Ontario, Canada. God has- been giving us good servie; s. We are expecting a good rev\ d. The Pilgrims arc encour- ."< ■l. —Pastor (Fear Felsburg.

WALKERTON, INDIANA MARCH 31, 1919

। Honored H - "tlf ■■ '-Il IL 9 1 • - .JR I & U '■ u Patricia Kennedy and Janet Bierly have been selected as delegates to the Girls State Camp at Bloomington, June 27 to July 7, by the Walkerton American Legion Auxiliary. The girls are Juniors and were selected on the basis of their scholarship standing and participation in school activities. Bonnie Bouse and Sally Penick were named alternates. Club Women to Entertain Husbands “Men’s Night” will be observed at the West York Community Club Friday evening, April Ist, when members of the Woman’s Community Club entertain their husbands: at dinner and an evening of fun. Dinner will be served at 7:00 o’clock, followed by a program which promises to be most entertaining. It will be one of those evenings full of variety and surprises, a real April Fools’ party. Newton Stroup, a student at Notre Dame University, South Bend, an accomplished pianist, will play several piano numbers, and Miss Carbine Whitmer, also of South Bend, singer and tap dancer, will add some spice .to the variety show. Both are very popular in South Bend, and their talent is much in demand with orchestras and other organizations. The committee, composed of the club officers, Mrs. Foster Rearick, Mrs. Orrin Hiler, Mrs. Clyde Walz and Mrs. Gus perkier, have some other features “up their sleeves” which they refuse to divulge until the hour is at hand. A door prize will be awarded. Members are asked to bring a covered dish and table service. Organize Chapter DeMolay Here Twenty-live young men between the ages of 11 and 20, met with a group of Master Masons Wednesday evening in the Masonic Temple for the purpose of organizing a DeMolay chapter in Walkerton. DeMolay is an international organization sponsored by the Masonic Older to promote higher ideals, Stronger characters and better citizenship among young men. Each member must be sponsored by a Mason. Harry S. Doll was named the “Dad” of the group; Richard Lobeck was elected Grand Councillor; Ted Wolfe, Senior Councillor; Dennis Dunn, Junior Counsellor; and Darryl Kanoff, Treasurer.' Other officers will be appointed. The following young men have nresented theij- petitions and have been accepted: Robert Urbin, Lee Mann, John Ecker, Darryl Kanoff, Edwin Campbell, Damon Linton, Richard von Grabow, Ted Wolie, Wade Stillson, George Hockett, Daniel Awald, Roger Walz. Richard Lobeck, Thomas; Frame, Larrv Cole Dalia Fitzgerald, Geo. Dearing, Verb' Zimmerman, Wesley Pavey, Wayne Capek, Dean Anderson, Dennis Dunn, John Garab, Donald Clark. Walter LaFel er, Dennis Tinkey, Eddie Dankert, and Thomas Anspuugh. Union Pre-Easter Services to Be Held The Presbyterian, Evangelical United Brethren and Methodist churches of Walkerton will unite in a week of Pre-Easter services, beginning Sunday evening, April 10. A union Good Friday service will also be held at the E. U. B. church. A detailed Dr gram will be published next week.

O. E. S. Installs 1949 Officers Public installation ceremonies were held Friday evening in the Masonic Temple foi the 1949 officers of the Order of Eastern Star, Mr. and Mis. Leonard Beaty were installed as worthy patron and worthy matron , the first husband and wife to occupy the station in the history of the Walkerton chapter. The five degrees of farewell were given to the retiring matron, and patron, Mrii Raymond McCarty and Mr. Beaty, during which gifts were received by them from the chapter. Mrs. McCarty also received a past matron’s pin. The women officers all eppeared in new white formals, fashioned alike. Mrs. Beaty wore an orchid corsage; the star points carnanation corsages; the color representing their station and the other officers, carnation corsages of all the Eastern Star colors. The effect was one of unity and beauty. I Mrs. Beaty was escorted to the East by eight little girls, all dressed in white, her daughter, Jean, Leigh Denaut, Sally Wood, Kay Farrar, Jean Becker, Martha Ferverda, Judy Cover and Janet Awald. They presented her with a bouquet of red roses. Mr. Beaty was escorted to the East by his daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Freeland, of LaPorte. Miss Marcella Farrar sang “My Task” to Mrs. Beaty and “My God and I” to Mr. Beaty, and concluded the ceremonies with “The Lord’s; Prayer”. Yellow, the color chosen by Mrs. Beaty for the year, predominated in the chapter room and the social room. Large bowls of jonquils were used throughout. The installing officers also wore yellow corsages. Following the ceremonies, a social hour was enjoyed during which refreshments were served from a table centered with jonquils and yellow candles in crystal holders. Mrs. Helen Rhodes McCarty and Mrs. Betty Savage Hague of South Bend poured. i Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Beaty had as their guests for the week end, the latter’s mother and sir,ter, Mrs. C. W. Campbell of Belle (’enter, Ohio end Mrs. Cloyd Felix, of Lorain, Ohio. They were here f< r the O. E. S. installation Friday evening- and to visit Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roberts and daughter of West York anti Mr. mid Mrs. Lloyd Freeland of LaPorte. Davey’s Jewelers To Open Saturday Walkerton’s new jewelry store under the personal supervision and will be open Saturday for business, management of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Davey and their daughter, Gloria. The store is located at 726 Roosevelt, next to HouseUs Hardware. The store space has been completely remodeled and redecorated. Modern blonde cases and shelves have been placed most attractively against lovely blue green walls. The cases are filled with the latest designs in watches, clocks, silverware and jewelry. The service department will include expert watch and clock repair by licensed watch makers. The Davey’s are not strangers to to Walkerton and are attached by close ties to the community. Mrs. Davey is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sam Koontz, one of Walkerton’s pioneer families Her mother is Mrs. Laura Hornbeck, Koontz Lake. They own a’d operate a jewelry store in LaPorte and are establishing a branch store in Walkerton to better serve this area with the finest in their lines. Earl Knowlton Heads Walkerton Merchants Earl Knowlton was elected manager of the Walkerton Merchants baseball team at a meeting held Monday night in the fire station. Mr. Knowlton has already begun to shape things up for the summer and has entered his team in the Western Division of the Northern Indiana Baseball League. Practice will start Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p. m. in Place park, Mr. Knowlton stated. i

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Financial Condition Makes Changes Necessary The Walkeiton Woodlawn Cemetery Ass- ciation has found it necessary to amend th.* hy-laws to make some minor changes due to the fact that the expenditures have exceed! d the income in the past several years. The Association now sells all vaults and has complete supervision on all grave service. The purchase of vaults includes complete grave service, opening and closing graves, tent and equipment. Vaults for an adult can be purchased as low as $90.00. The price of a full lot is $50.00 and an additional $50.00 is collected for perpetual care One-half lot is $30.00 and $25.00 for perpetual care. Lots cannot be purchased without perpetual care. Annual dues for care on lots not havin'- peipetual care has been increased to $3.00 per lot, beginning January 1, 1949. The purchase of lots, vaults, any grave service desired, business transactions, payment of dues should be made through HarryDoll, Treasurer, or if need be any member < f the Board of Directors. It has been brought to the attention of the association tl.at some false rumors aie being circulated, such as a charge of $40.00 to open and close a grave, therefore it was deemed best to give a true statement of facts and extend to the public an invitation to contact any director f< r information they might desire. The directors are Arthur Shirley, H. C. Do’l, Robert Wolfe, Lloyd Thomas and Louis Houser. Masons Plan Big County Meeting 1 Saturday, April 9, 1949 will lx? a red letter dav in the history of St. Joseph County Masonry, when an “All Degree Day” will be pr’sented for the first time. It will be held in the Scottish Rite Cathedral in the South Bend Maso be Temple beginning at 1:30 P. M. with all the Lodg-s in the County filling a differei. st: tion i i ea< h degree. The program opens 1:30 p. in. on the E. A. degree, witl. the F. C. degree starting approximately at 3:30 p. m. The opening on the M. M. degree will be followed by dinner at 6:30 This will be high'ighted by a speech from Carl Hibbard. Grand Master for the State of Indiana. Alter dinner, the second section of the M. M. degree will be put on in full form and costume. Reservations must be made for the dinner at $1.50 per member,. Tickets may be secured from W. M. Cecil Weber or Herbert M' Endarfer and Henry Dittmar at the postoffice in North Liberty or from Ralph Kaser and John Lichtenbarger in Greene Township. They must be in no later than Friday night, April 1. Joy Cotton Wins Algebra Contest Joy Cotton, Walkerton high school freshman, took first place in the regional algebra contest for freshmen students in South Bend recently. Jeannette Beckman, also of Walkerton high school, ranked in the upper half ol the group. Joy will go to the state contort to be held at Bloomington April 30 to compete with other regional winners in the state. “This is the second regional winner Walkerton has had in the p ist three yeais.” Mrs. Bewlev, mathematics teacher stated, “and we are really 'proud of < ur students.” Card of Thanks Wo wish in this way to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for the many cards, flowers and genuine acts of kindness and helpfulness extended during the recent illness and death of our beloved mother, Mrs. Ida Aronson. Mr. and Mrs Frank Moist. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aronson. i Mr. and Mrs. Irving Aronson.