Walkerton Independent, Volume 83, Number 29, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 June 1960 — Page 1

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Volume 83; Number 29

BIDS LET FOR WATER IMPROVEMENTS

Parade To Highlight Convention The big highlight of the Amer* lean Legion’s Third District Convention for the people of Walkerton, will be th e parade to be staged Saturday night at 7:30 p. m. The parade will form around the American Legion Hall, and move' from there to the Walkerton High School Building byway of Roosevelt Road. The parade will be complete with bands, Drum and Bugle Corps, Marching Units, Color Guards, horses, cars, convention cm, Junior Leagues of* Walkerton, floats, and everything needed to make a parade complete. More entries are expected in the closing days to swell the parade to even larger than is now anticipated. There will be five large trophies awarded to five different groups during the parade for the performances in this parade. The Third District includes 34 Post® from Elkhart. St. Joseph. LaPorte and Marshall counties and, of course, is hosted this year by the Walkerton Orville Easterday Post 189. Sunday is the big day for the delegates and Legionnaires as they will have an impressive Memorial Service in the Park at 1:30, which all are invited to view, and the election of officers for the coming year at 2:30 in the Opera Ballroom. On schedule for Saturday Is the registration period from 1:00 pm. on, the parade line-up at 7:00 pm. and the parade itself, followed by a big dance at the Post home at 9:00 p.m. NOTICE Rummage and Bake Sale from 9:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m Saturday, June 18th. corner of Roosevelt Road (U.S. 6) and Tlllinols Street, sponsored by the Order of the Eastern Star. In case of rain, sale will be held in Ford sales building .next door. None® TO MEMBERS OF WOMAN’S COMMUNITY CLUB Everyone who plans to attend the Community Club’s anniversary dinner and theatre party will meet at the home of Mrs. J. F. Spencer. 909 Van Burin Street, Thursday, June 23rd at five o’clock. FADE OUT Have confidence—the troubles you are having today will seem trivial tomorrow.

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Bulla • Knowlton Miss Nancy Jo Bulla, daughter of Mrs. Bail Bulla and the late Earl Bulla, North Liberty, and Gerald L. Knowlton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Knowlton, of Walkerton, were married Sunday. June 12, at 2:30 p. m. The Rev. Charles Patterson officiated at the double ring ceremony in the Methodist Church, North Liberty, before an altar banked with palms and baskets cl white pom poms. Miss Becky Weber sang. Oh Promise Me, The Lord’s Prayer and Because. Miss Opal Murphy was the organist. The bride was lovely in a gown of imported chantilly lace and misty nylon tulle over nylon net and taffeta. Basque bodice, long pointed sleeves of lace, V-neck line studded with irridescent sequins added to the beauty of the gown. It had a very wide floor length skirt of tulle with a lace peplum over an ail ruffled skirt. The veil was of re-embroidered alencon lace with a tiny pear) trim. The finger tip veil and blusher was of imported silk ilillusion. Her cascade bouquet was of white pompoms tied in a shower. Mrs. Darwin Davis, North Liberty, was matron of honor. Her dress was of light blue nylon chiffon over blue taffeta. The bodice was of light blue embroid-

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ery with blue chiffon over it and three-quarter length sleeves. It had a boat neckline with a small V in the back. A satin cummerbund ended with a bow in the back. She carried a colonial bouquet of white pompoms and wore white glcves, shoes and headband. The bridesmaid, Miss Katherine Knowlton, sister of the bridegroom, wore a dress like that of the matron of honor, and carried the same kind of flowers. Lisa NrtdHnger, cousin of the groom, was flower girl and wore a dress of baby blue organza, trimmed in white lace with baby blue buttons. She carried a baset of mixed flowers. Gene Knowlton, brother of the groom, was the ring bearer. Daniel Denaut, Walkerton, was the best man and the ushers were Guy Rizek, Jeff Hevel, North Liberty. and David Knowlton, Walkerton. A reception was held in the church parlors after the wedding. Following a wedding trip to Niagara Falls, the couple will be at home June 15 at 109 State St. North Libei-ty. The bride was graduated from North Liberty High School and ta employed at the Travelers Insurance Company in South Bend. The groom was graduated from Walkerton High School and is employed at Martin's Service Station, LaPaz.

Chicken Bar-B-Q Set For Sunday Sunday is the day for another one of those good Chicken P.r-B-Ques at the Walkerton Youth Building, when the Lions Club will sponsor th e event. The tasty barbecued half-chickens with all the trimmings will be ready far you at 11:00 a. m. Sunday and serving will continue until 3:00 p. m. with the buds coming hot eff the grills all the time. The Youth Fund of the Lions Club is the real winner in this annual project ,as this is the big money-maker for the many activities centered around the many youth of this area. Such is the way the funds are raised for the upkeep and maintanenc e of the Youth Building. The Lions are urged to get lined up for their duties .as 20 men will be needed on the grills and many more inside to handle the large crowd of people who annually attend this event. The barbecuing will begin at approximately 9:00 a. m. as the slow cooking adds that special touch with the sauce used on the chickens tc make them just right. Make your plans now for Sunday's dinner. Bring Dad out on his day. Tickets ard available from all Lion members and will be on sale at the door. Sale-A-Rama Days Coining Another big week end of SaleA—Rama Days is coming up for Walkerton soon and the merchants again will be featuring many values and specials for this big three day spree. Thursday. Friday and Saturday. Juno 23, 24 and 25 are the days designated as the Sale-A-Rama Days for this big event . The cooperating merchants of this program, who are offering this Sale-A-Rama Days event at various times during the year, are asking the people of this area to “Shop in Walkerton First." This campaign with the three special days, offers you a chance to shop home real bargains in a friendly and neighborly atmosphere. Watch for the “Specials” that wilil go along with the everyday savings you can get on the merchandise you need right here in Walkerton. The Walkerton merchants have just about everything ycu desire in your shopping needs. IMPORTANT NOTICE Junior Lincolnettes, 4-H meeting Thursday, June 16, at 2:00 p. m. A guest speaker and seme demonstrations are being scheduled. ,

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Spherical Type Storage Tank Chosen At a special session of the Walkerton Town Beard Friday evening, the bids for the Water Improvement Pregram for Walkerton were let to four bidders totaling $233,793.65. This action came ai’ter the opening and checking of the bids earlier. The bids, divided into four sections, Water Treatment Plant, Well and Pumping Equipment, Water Main Extensions and Elevated Storage Tank, were selected from a total cl 21 bids. Water rates are now being studied and a recommendation will be submitted in the near future. This brings much closer to & reality the clearing up of a longneeded improvement to Walkerton’s water system which just simply hasn’t been sufficient to take care of the expansion and growth of our town. This has been in the making for quite some time, with much of the preparatory work being done by the previous town board which served up until the first of this year when the present group took over. Bids selected for the four different divisions and what the specific committments under these divisions are: Division 1 — Water treatment plant, O. J. Shoemaker, South Bend. $111,429. This division includes the construction of a masonry treatment plant building, a concrete reaction basis, a concrete wet salt storage basin, the furnishing and installation of water treatment facilities for a 500 gallon per minute capacity plant consisting of a degasifier, three vertical pressure filters, two fully automatic zeolite softeners, two horizontal high service pumps, piping and valves, electrical work, chlorinator, metering facilities, field painting and all miscellaneous and appurtenant work as specified. Division 2- Well and Pumping Equipment. Layne Northern company. Mishawaka, $9 877.60. This includes the drilling and development of one 12-inch guaranteed capacity deep well and the furnishing and installation of two, 526 gallon per minute submersible pumping units. Division 3 — Water Main Extensions, Boyd Construction company, Hobart, $41,567.05. This division includes the furnishing and installation of approximately 11,500 feet of eight, six and fourinch cast iron water mains together with valves, hydrants, (Continued on Page 20)