Walkerton Independent, Volume 75, Number 43, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 1 February 1951 — Page 2

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MAIN STREET G-O-S-S-I-P Ih. <h orur 11. Deni-on In .1 ack-omdh-L.h k. m iffan nt fm'i'., we did j •j, il. ~f tin wat» is <1 th* I ede I l ■• • »f V W. X ..I aqiai u" at Ma- . , .• d. Wot h ful ' ight' I- ish! I ... m"r- I "h, and th« ir m I i' !< ' <<!. i . ■P' I’OUt d. \. w, t mv. il< d through .""in' "f , , ... |'i .. d * if ’' I ask'd '■ •■|i, t, t ..x mu ’ p. r at n would • . ■ . 11 ■■ i i • t< • ci : ' /'. )« t v '• • I •-1 . I. ■ ’ I • • ■ 1 1 ’ f i . , i id 'ln ■ • "i'v. • v« i X j. i. i .i 1 ' -. -aid g-'"d* y» t" ai"U ■ । . >d f; . d" at d pr"'' 1 d flit’ll 1 'i ■ ’ x< , tai' -am • -th a < U"। n \ , f>. ison whom w< had ted I s- - tut many yea-". Then ■■■' began to see what W" h; i It. • n look i g for < lange J provi > Arid Dad ni.dz'd one of j l‘ ninb.:i"os, picked an orange; ft mi a tn e. Pass'd up- at y ieresting spots l . ■■ ■ t ■ • • ■ -, • ■ : I . I: lb " o ■. at d mote beaut v i t th* • .<. I ; li. "traight stat'iy R\ a I'j 'i-.<<"■ aut Pal os.a * d I’ • t •' st iee-" and < a i •'• 1; nd cap AI th- ugh ■ : I. id ."poth -I much of the flori, , ti.eie i.- an abundanc' ■ H t Il*dg< af'- i I ide .;■ W । j ’ < j -a. La <d» rdale ami a-*- ■. d Ho! I '. • d t i \x i < ar's M - .1 21 d wa '" and < Mx. ' - a-1 ■dM tn . sav ih .• * । I ' .• . a al. li' l. ; .■ ■ • .■ d i "t I" .uty. • . in-x'. • ’' ■ magnificent • X ■ ft':. I"" tn a it Ju’ d- ' • ’ ' d'S'iihe. \\ < soon < < ■ : t<dl bridge and wo xvete It. ■ I . a < '• f I >n os and h t'ls built on ' -i’y' o islands in Biscaym I' r.. tv .: ty m < f the! b< "g tan made Beautiful 'ltami Beach ft m art inial islami" v.h'r« so<uh d “jdu’iH i ats" I dsu h n ag- ’ f. . ' ■ autifu' h < t" be o <mp • d bq- a f. xx weeks during : ■.eat, at< a grat engineering - at. I’’ "umablv, .!"• Sta’in xxouh! XX " ' : \id !i\ th< xx ax, didr t A 1 • p t live th<-i' f< i axx hile ? \\e"- । prix ile.-ed t" x 'exx thes" i ..i ds" t • jilarx " xin a l"at-rid< ; < • d •!" b.. \■d «• xx I!. t"’d t at x • । < dd le - , at.y an -unt <f • ’ ' ' . f;.e. it tne bax and build I! ' • Vx i S’:-' mi Al < apmie's I.,mt 11 ’ • r ' t . I, M ■ .; : - d d ’■ - ' an "I >r." "ms 'i.tx i. ■ that tier' are few, if a \. <!• ath lb a lx. f ..t . Is < .no j • • • ulx I. th' x ■ d him to S’. I’ete'-shurg. "V elsewhen, to •Ite. <’ . "nr- "h' 'd happ< n to

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to smne other place fm interment. 1 I e.ivini! Miami xx e x 'ed the ♦ .in ill’" Hialeah Ibo-c tra k. Het' a I.:V1 l> developed litmlmape ami • i huildii \I.. ,i i.' • I || ( । mt \ and. "I emu se, a good mo t rack. Hut xx< d dn’t I< t on J the h' t "OS. Hii.' i xrr. the wotneit , wanted ■" put up son ■ mopey on a flock । I ningn oul . <1 Xt day the third, we traveled । xxatd th" n ' Idlh- td the state | . x-> ; \ to lb <h, Batbarx ( ".i. ’ at d Driftx’ d Inn- UriftW" d It ~ bm t aln.' "i ei tiii lx id drift- I i \s. < d ft m th.- S'-a is an mt. resting ' pla*. "r an’iq.i'- hi mils. <h. our ?.x westxvard Highx' ay *io took u* tl o.igh m< re tai ge groves, more pi , u , nd other cxetgreens, more p. "s and sectimi aft* r ei'tion of . • g ,a'pparentl war t < d \ hou ' r■ . • " occasionally a fe'x cattle grazing: ■ n ii d'ng a N' ,i t hern Indiana old t■■■ r of the "Id Kankal'■• marshi s. V. । did S'-e a < nd im in om- place, 'bi! -what it xxas doing wi couldn't 'ell. Had lum h at what was nam- . i ’'h.’ort Inn”. The Orange ( onntrx After crossing Kissimmee River. 1 we s ">n came by a farm house and cattle ranch. More civilization, '■..ore mange groves. Oranges ap* ; patently going to waste. On to I ake Wales, and t'ypress Gardens, j<r<i the The p.ok Singing Tower. Xow there is something t । SING \BoUT. But it must I*- seen to in appreciated. Both the Toxver, f. and the surrounding*- We icar/t Ggin to tell it. Highest - nt in Flori<ia. and <ne of the "H " ghts” of our wb"l< jmtm-y. Oiang. s and more images, and nt t • Orlando tor am'hm- night's t. for the midorman. It was i. i . I belii .e. ti ; t ।u r n - rma’i iw j - "'eld up'' a mi null lon 'o i-d g a 15-mih -a d limit in a -1 zone. He Ind fail' d to ‘ ■ - cii. xi ri '• d . N'. ji. st Di '■ d with a pi' a -a’ ' Smih . < ‘ r y'■ ( ■’ - ainlx i"t a “ pi • d t-. p” Timrsd... . Ith, m to Lake Ap -is li - • . 'i• d. but fail' d ‘ d lb rb. ‘ < hand ir < <>n to Mt. I*ma. W« fo'lowid many tin b ads of i.ranges, some pack--j. . nic loose. Nope fell off, bo I we had to buy seme, luikxs and -note lakes, and mme orange griX'S. Passed a monument Wolks. <S", eV.d'mtly people do die down there.! Then we < ame ", . • d .a■: ’ Hen wa'.- another “highlight." although xv«» look-si loxc down through the gins- bottom and sides of the boat and sm some wonderful sights. (Another that has to be » en to Imappreciated. We passed thr« ugh Gainsville, site "f Floi ida's State I'n-xers ty; then hack to Lake City and back again <n old F. S. 11. i.'fib " m< re and we were again in t"Ge owja”, at \aid"Sta v.h're we ' topped to sh'ep. leaving Valdosta, hurrhd back through Georgia, pass" g jungles a d wi ! d country, peach orchards nd p« a orchards galore, but still p aches. Now and tian "aw a . 11a< >r in a frnld instead "f mu’es. A l< g. long diixt brought us back t< < hattanooga. N.iKhxillv Ha" Intern-sting ."’•'nil... .lan, ♦’•, wiather was . ee't'Ug Cooler. Noted the temper- . ' '•• was 30 <|egn eg. If not al ' i -.-ide dor . time to change to hea .r < iothing although xxewie “Sunr y T< mu Wo le ad

ed toward Nashville. Nashxille, • 'like most cd' the c ities through I 'which we pa.sod, is a rich looking I ; II • . , ’ • . . < i \' ol* liy is The Hermitage, I ome of President \iidn xx Jackson, so nam- I I cd by h m. A scenic drive b’ought । us to this famo' • place. Exhibit^l 1 'there wire many things that would,: rink' any antique fan' eye water. । I Everything' ;• it was when he lived there. An old c< ach. bought in I . |S '.| ai d us< d c onstantly while h" i iwa: Pre sid' >t. Skeleton of a । phaeton that was burned in fits < jcimiati w Iwr, hi" son, < d. Jackson, « I lived. Parl' i . dining room, kit । 'c-hen. bedrooms, with the original furnishings. Again too much to : try to tell. Also in N'a: hvilh- is a building ' that would I" extremely interesting to a student of Mythology. Art, Sculpture or Archftec tury 1 The I Hilding is an • xact duplicate 1 of the I'arthe- op. a temple at Ath mis, Gree-ce, which is regarded as 1 th'- most perfect example of Gn cian Arc-hitee tiir<-. As stated, it ' might be interesting t . some, hut t" this writer it was all “Greek." • Rack in Indiana Leax ing Nashxille, w< were soon again in Kentucky. <*n a different t highway we had not so many hills to climb and made be tter time. We j arrived in Ixmisville. crossed the; I Ohio and were "Back Home in li; : dia l a" in Jeffersonville. Spent ; Saturday night in Scottsburg. . Ktoppecl in ('olumhub. our forme ' home, dn«x-e around some, trying to find s mething 'ha! look, cl fami- ' liar, but found very little,. Howe ver, we» did hav a d< light ' ful Ie union w ith s< m" d'-ar fi ionds of days gone lx. Mildred M; 11 Hai k, i and her mother. Mrs. Marr. ।'l h- n on to Indianapolis for dm n< r. Again on tin- road, through more fan iiiai s< ms. w, o ach'd the h in - "f Pete and Edith xx h" gav< u- »ur >.ipper after a i' \a! 1 wlco' e, .••mi laie i lai d d U" H M«»th< i and l>adi at “Hom< iSwm ' lloim Hl we f. nnd that jP« t»* had tak< n t" • d « ar< < f t' l heating plai t and < th* r items ami ।"• \. ry'hing w■ iv." . Altogether >l was a x< v. x.rx ;d<-l ghtful experience; om- “long to the remembered”; and f-r which both Mother and I’ad hl very, xerx grateful.

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“Oklahoma” Returns 1 to J^ilace, Feb. 11 On the eve of joyful “Oklahoma’s" ;ec nd appearance in South nd it will be pr< -e ntrd foi a single- prrfejrmnnce on th< stag* • f the Palm''' Theatre, Wednesday night, F'Uruaiy 11, at X;2O it is we-ll to point out, for the benefit of th"S'- who have pot seen it, that the roots o1 the fabulou' musical . ucces." lb deep in the soil of the gn at smithwe-sle rn frontie r of the I'nit'd States at the turn of the <-• ntury. Th" sensational niUßical was adapt-d by Oscar Haminerstc in, I? brettist. and Richard Rodgers, composer, from the “folk" play with songs, “Green Groxx- the 1..' steading fanners, who cam,' along ♦ 'larenmi'-, Oklahoma, in the vicinity of which the scenes an- laid. Its background is the celebrated feud betxvecn the cattlemen, whose s'oek had mam'si at will over the • •pen ranges for years, and home steading” farmers, who came along and fenced off great tracts "f prairie lands, thus closing them to the wandering herds. It is. of course, a comedy, although the livalt,. is brought into relief ly the- fact that the hero, Ridge Bond, is a penniless but handsome, dare " devil baritonesinging cowbeey, while the heroine is the lovely soprano daughter of a rich farmer t Patricia Northrop). All ends happily with the farmers anci coxvmen joining forces to give them a grand w'-dding. followa-d by

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lan old-fashioned “shiverec"; nftci I which they start them cm thei honeymoon in the famous "Surrey • with the Fringe on the- Top." It is important for intendint patrons to remeinber that the nigh performance will Ingin at B:2u shai'p. Htte c omers an- likely t miss <>m- or more of the three o the big hits which come during thfirst lx minutes, "Oh!. What : Beautiful Mornin’," “The Sumwith the Fringe on the Top”, an< । last but far from h ast, "Every thing's Up-to-Dato in Kansa City." PINE CREEK ( LI B MEETS Forty niemTiers and guests o the l Pim- Creek Women’s Club at tend'd the potluck dinner an auction on January 2’ith at th T wn Club in Walkerton. Juanit H"W< II was hostess. Mr. Mat conducted the auction very succors fully. Old Christmas cards wer collected and •sent to the Cerebra Palsy F- undation. I Mary Adams and .Marion Font received birthday greetings. Ge well wishes xverp sent to severa p- >plc who are ill. — Hope Kreps, Sec IN GREAT LAKES Deane R. Maxson, seaman recruit. I’SN, son of Mr. and Mn M. C. Maxson of Route 1. Walk erton. is undergoing n-ci-uit training at Great latkes, Illinois. When one begins to turn in bed it is time to turn out.