Walkerton Independent, Volume 82, Number 42, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 17 September 1959 — Page 1

Walkerton Independent

Volume 82; Number 42

NIPSCO REQUESTS GAS FRANCHISE HERE

Walkerion Plants Optimistic Over Walkerton's FFuture The Walkerton Chamber of Commerce met last Thursday evening at the Community Building in the first meeting of the fall session. A disappointing crowd of only twenty members turned out for a very fine meeting. The program, under the direction of Ro,.ert HiTer, consisted of reports by representatiives from the five local industries. Those giving short talks were George Parks from Plas-Steel, Polygon Plastics and Walkerton Precision Grinding; Russell Hartsough from Hartsough Mfg. Co.; Roy Helm from Pyro Electric; B. F. Williams from Arrowhead Engineering; and Robert Hiler from Charles O. Hiler and Sons. | Each man talked about his products, the organizational set up, and the outlook sox 1 the future. Several men had samples of what they make. A note of optism was struck as each plant ig expanding. They all feit confident fox' their future as well as for the future of Walkerton. An interesting statistic is that a total of 173 Walkerton men and women are employed in these five industries. During the business session of the Chamber, president Reed announced that the ti'ash receptacles recently placed uptown would, be painted in the near future. Also the Chamber of Commerce would be payiing h.f f of the cost of a refrigerator badly needed for the Community Building. George Parks reported approximately $200.00 will be given the Chambex- of Commerce from the 4th of July profits. Lastly, the fact was brought out that the people of Walkerton know so little about theix- own local government and what goes on at the Town Board meetings. It seems that the actions of Town Boards in othex* communiities are better known than in our own. All px-es-ent at the meeting affirmed that this is wrong, that the people of Walkerton ai'e entitled to know what is going on, and that the best media for reporting this to the public- is through the local newspaper. j Lions to Welcome Faculty Members The Walkerton Lions Club will follow their established custom next Tuesday evening when they welcome members of the school facul y at a Ladies Night dinnei' meeting, scheduled for- 7:00 p. m. at the Community Building, West York. Dinner will be served and a program of special interest to the teachers will be in charge of Mel Alwine, Township Trustee. The new president, Lee Frailey, will conduct the business meeting and be in general charge. PTA MEETING TONIGHT The first P.T.A. meeting of this year will be Thursday, Sept. 17, at 6:30 p. m. in the Methodist Church Basement. It will be a pot luck supper with the rolls, butter and coffee furnished. Parents are asked to bring a covered dish, dessert and table service. Teacher s will be introduced and a delightful home talent program will close the evening. 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mia Charles Cripe, Sr., will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Sunday, September 20, in their home. Their children and families will be the guests-

ENG A firn ' SB ■SOSMBSHsMsfe 5 '■' Wb' ■<'« MISS JUDY MABSTAFF I Mr. and Mrs. Pete Malstaff an-' nounce the engagement of their daughter, Judy Rae, to James D. Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Martin Sr. No date has been set for- the wedding. Prayer Groups Meet In Homes The women of the local area churches met this week to make plans for regular cottage prayer meetings in the homes of local residents. This is in response to a call from the Walkerton Ministerial Association in preparation for the Billy Graham Crusade for Christ in Indianapolis, October 6 to November 1. Similar groups are being organized all ovor the state in an effort to promote the successful endeavor of Mr. Gr. ’am and hiparty. Great revivals have been conducted by Mi'. Graham and his corps of helpers all over the world, the last being in Australia. Great meetings were held also in New York, San Francisco and London. , England, so that it is felt that the xesults at Indianapolis will be comparable to other efforts elsewhere. The local women will meet sox 1 . prayer on Wednesday and Friday mornings from 9:45 to 10:30, and , on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:45 to 7:30. | While the schedule of meeting . places has not been completed, : these meetings have been determined; Mrs. Fxed Daniels, Tee-gau-den Road, will host a gioup on Fx-iday morning, and Mrs. Robert Shaeffer, Roseland Addition, will ’ entertain the group on Thursday . evening in hex- home. A group will meet also in the E. U. B. Church Friday morning. A full schedule of-meetings may be announced next week. All women of all chux-cheg are invited and urged to attend these meetings each week to pray for the success of the Crusade. The men of oui' community will be meeting with oui- ministers next Monday morning at 8:00 in the Methodist Church. Gym Floor Lumber Still Available At the time of going to press, about three-fourths of the gymnasium floor has been removed by interested persons who can make 1 use of the lumber. The remainder 1 is available until the contractor ‘ takes ovex- and removes it and hauls it to the dump or burns it. With careful removal, there is good salvage. The xequirements for per- , mission <to remove the flooring is ; to protect the sleepei's and to xemove the nails. It is now ‘'first ■ come" for what is left but the • contractor may be in any time.

WALKERTON, INDIANA SEPTEMBER 17, 1859

(School Enrolls 754 Pupils For Decrease of Eight Superintendent of public schools in Walkerton, C. Emmet Eiler, released the official attendance figures for this year as the date of September 15th was the official attendance registration date. The total eni illment of the Walkerton schools was 754, a decrease of 8 students from the 762 figure of last year. The high school attendance remained the same l I Present enrollments in the Walk-erton-Lincoln Township Schools are: Kindergarten, 55; Grades 1-6, 370 with 66 enrolled in grade 1; grades 7-8, 121 and grades 9-12 208. j The following pupils are begin:ning elementary school in Grade 1: Mrs. Gardner's room—Carolyn Allen, Leif Baker, Melladee Bock, Ramona Bowers, Garry Buswe 1, 1 Kitty Cripe, Bobby Dominiack. Kathy Gaddis, Dian Glaze, Billy Haney, Jimmy Hartsough, Charles Havens, Cynthia Huhnke, Connie Krohn, Kenny Lindsley, David Ludwig, Sh;ui Lute, Barbara McGhee, 'Margaiet Mechling, Carolyn Mor- • ris, Rackey Neiswander, Randy 'Ogle, Paula Payton, Kevin Rice, ; Kathy Spaid, Gregory Steffan, J Danny Stokes, Johnny Tarleton, i David Teter, Walter Watts, Roland Weldon, Roxann Whitteberiy and , I Beverly Bird. Mrs .Shirley’s room—- , ■ Kathryn Bussie, Rebecca Clabaugh, David Crosby, Marla Daube, Roberta Dixon, Michael Fitzgerald, | Steven Gorsline, Cynthia Helms, Michael High Wayne Jimmerson, i Deborah Koch, Mitzi Knepper, Laura Lonzo, James Lute, Kathleen McNorton, Hazel Moore, James I Malecki, Charles Minter, Penny .Naragon, Dalisa Newcomer, Sandra Ogle,, Deborah Pittman, Kathy Pugsley, Joseph Snyder, Dianna ■Stevenson, Kenneth Stafford, Daivid Tener, Sharon Thomas, L^von,da Tuttle, James Verkier, Karen । Wardman, Doris Weldon, Deborah Wilson. । The Kindergarten pupils will be published next week. There have

Lions Club Presents Check For Football 1 KJ? . . ■ • ■ - I _ •• wU ’ hUMk i i ' V Ibglii I Lions Cluu president, Lee Frailey, left, is pictured here officially pi'esenting a check for I $768.20 to high school principal O. E. Eib, right, and coach Joe Krietzman, at a brief ceremony I last week. The Walkeidon service club raised the money thxough various projects to get football started in the Walkerton schools. The team consists only of juniox* high boys who axe learning the game from the start undei' the direction of ' Krietzman and Jerry Rice.

Next Polio Clinic Saturday, Oct. 3 ' The third and final Walkeiton Polio Vaccine Clinic will be held at the Walkerton Community Build, ing October 3, 1959 from 2 to 6 p. nx. A]] persons one year and up who need their third polio vaccine injection (eight to twelve months aftex 1 the second) should report at the clinic. Complete and bring the Request Form to the Clinic. Requests for those under 21 years of age must be signed by parent or guardian. Walkerton Chamber of Commerce with the asssitance of proi fessional and lay volunteers and the St. Joseph County Health Department have pi-omoted the series of three clinics this year to give all an opportunity to obtain polio immunization. Donations axe accepted to defray clinic expenses. Epidemics of poliomyelitis have occurred again this summer in various areas of the U. S. A. due to indifference and neglect of the ■ public in obtaining any or suffiii cient polio immunization. Cases of i poliomyelitis are more frequent among children in the one to five , age group, however deaths from the disease occux- more often in ’ male adults and pregnant women. A fourth or booster injection is recommended a year ox- more after , the primary series of three polio [ [ Slow down and live! . been several families who desire to , arrange for children living outside , Lincoln Township to attend. A rule , of long standing is to limit en- , rollment to 60 when transfer pupils i are admitted. By agreement of the i school officials, attendance for pupils within the corpoxation and for i transfers must begin early in the ■ school year when there is no valid . reason fox' delay. It is assumed • that all pupils living in Lincoln • Township are attending whose fam. i iilies desire this to be done. Transi fers will be accepted until and including next Monday with prefer- ‘ ence given in the order of applii cation within the enrollment limit.

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। Final Consideration To Be Given By Cclcber 20 A franchise to serve gas to the people of Walkerton has been requested by Northern Indiana Public Service Company, George C. McLaughlin NIPSCO'S Plymouth district manager, announced today. । ' At a meeting of the Walkerton Town Board, a preliminary resolution was passed setting the exact ! foi m of the franchise and selecting : Octobei' 20t.h as the date when I final consideration will be given the franchise in a public hearing. In announcing the request, McLaughlin said, “This is a part of , a two-year expansion program now , being planned by NIPSCO, and is made possible thiough the obtaining of an additional supply of gas fx’om the Midwestern Gas Transmission Company of Houston, Tex.as. Franchises have already been , ■ granted to NIPSCO by Monticello, , Monon, Portage and North Judson. Etna Green has set September 21, ■ and Mentone November 2 as the date for a hearing on NIPSCO’S . request fox - a gas franchise.” McLaughlin said NIPSCO has a t 20-year contract with Midwestern to purchase 200 milion cubic feet । of gas per day to be delivered in • three primary increments —about > 100 million cubic feet per day the first yeai 1415 million cubic feet per day the second year, and up to 200 million cubic feet per day the third year and continuing there- > after. s “With this additional supply of i gas,” he said, "NIPSCO can now • offer gas service ito many cities I and towns not previously served : by the company, thus opening the ■ way for community growth and ’ new industrial expansion.” ) At the meeting it was x’evealed I that engineering studies are already I, under way by the utility to de'eri'mine the design of a gas distrxbu- . j tion system that will be most suit- ■ I able for Walkert in. It was also • 1 revealed that under the two year •; program^ a gas transmission line ■ I would be laid connecting Walker- . ton to NIPSCO’s present gas transmission system, and a complete gas distribution system would be inj stalled in the community. McLaughlin pointed out at the meeting that NIPSCO can supply 1 gas to thi a and other areas not now sex-ved by the utility without going thx-ough any regulatory chan, nels since NIPSCO’s contract to I purchase gas from Midwestern has ; already received the approval of . the Federal Power Commission. He i urged piompt action by the Walklex ton Town Board, so as to hasten ' the time when natural gas. the miracle fuel, can be made available to the people of this axea, BOOK REMEW PTUDAY The Woman's Community Club will meet Fxiday afternoon at two o'clock in the Community Building. Mis. B. F. Leiser, a county officer of F. W. <1 of. South Bend, will । give a review of the popular book, (Bachelor’s Children. Special music (will be in charge of Mrs. David Lawrence. Roll Call will be an-” swered by “A xecent book I have ! enjoyed.” Mrs. Jo Campbell, M!rs. B. F. Furst, Mrs. C E Eilei' and Mrs. Jack Hannigan will be the hostesses. Moonlight Cabaret Dance to be held at St. Patrick’s School grounds Saturday, Sept. 19, from 9 to 12. Refreshments are offered and the music will be by Paul Futa's Haxmoniex-s. Tickets are available from Father Letko f>v may be purchased at the door, donation 75c pel' parson.