Walkerton Independent, Volume 83, Number 38, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 August 1960 — Page 1

Walkerton Independent

olume 83; Number 38

FACULTY NAMED FOR SCHOOL YEAR

Club Event To Feature Food. Fun and Fashions Final plans for the Fall Fashion Show to be held Wednesday, August 24. in the hign I school gymnasium at Walkerton, have been completed by the Woman’s Community Club, sponsors of the afternoon event of food fun and fashion. The following committees have been working most of the sum- | mer to make this another successful project for the women i of the community and surrounding territory. General chairman, Mrs. J. F. Spencer; entertainment. Mrs. Robert Sill; tickets. Mrs. George Warner and Mrs. Clyde Chayman; luncheon, Mrs. Minnie Mikesell and Mrs. Lloyd Thomas; dining room, Mrs Newtcn Williams; decorations, Mrs. Jo Campbell and Mrs. Sill; music for the style show, Mrs. David Lawrence; models. Mrs. Gus Verkier. Luncheon will be served at 1 p.m, and hostesses for each table have been selected to look after the guests^The decorations will be most attractive and unusual. Several door prizes will be given. Following the luncheon, the United States Steel Company Octette, of Gary, will provide a program of delightful music which should prove another highlight of the program. To make it a perfect afternoon for the club members and their guests, fall fashions will be shown by Bosworth’s of Plymouth. The Bosworth Store carries a line of merchandise comparable to most large city department stores and fashion shops, and is within easy reach of residents of the area Mr. an Mrs. William Laramore, proprietors of the store, who have very graciously shown fashions in Walkerton fcr several years, will direct the show. The models, all local people, will Include Mrs. Arthur Harrison, Mrs. Water Jackson. Mrs. Ewart Farrar. Mrs. V. B. Wolfe and Mrs. Robert Gardner Miss Deanne Mechling will model the teen-age garments, while clothing for the younger set will be shown by Connie Verkier, Bobbie Rhede® and Kathryn Bussie. Tickets are now on sale by members of the club, and all reservations Should be in by Tuesday. Avgust 23. Report of ticket sales should be msde to Mrs. George Warner or Mrs. Clarabette Rager*. NOTICE The Walkerton Medical Clinic announces new evening hears, starting Sept. 1, 1960 —Monday, Tuesday and Friday evenings, 6:30 to 8:00 ,p.m. Other office hours remain the same. wnl SMOKER ’’Let's get acquainted” on Thursday, August 18. at St. Patrick’s School Hall. A Smoker will be enjoyed starting at 8 p.m. This is for men only .and all men are invited to come. TEEN DANCE FRIDAY A Teen Dance Will be held Friday night in the Youth Building from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. with recorded music featured. The admiaslcn charge will be the usual 10c for maintenance costs on the building. Chaperones will be provided by one of the participating organizations on the Youth Building committee.

ENGAGED MISS JANET SMITH Mr. and Mrs. Earl L. Smith, cf Walkerton, announce the engagement of their daughter, Janet Lee, to Roger Allen Nusbaum, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nusbaum, Walkerton. Miss Smith is a graduate of Walkerton High School, and is now a student at Ball Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Muncie. Her fiance is also a graduate of Walkerton High School and is now a student at Purdue University. No date has been set for the wedding^/ Celebrates 50 Years ISI RuuinAag *Bl M’WSSTOSn Claude E. Houser was pleasantly surprised Friday afternoon when a group of over 75 businessmen and friends dropped m to the Houser Hardware Store to help Claude celebrate his 50th year m busmess. The crowd that converged on Claude at this time { was cnly part of the continuous - flow that stopped in to oner congratulations throughout the remainder of the afternoon, with over 150 well-wishers visiting in ail. * A beautiful wrist watch was given to Claude by this group of merchants with an inscription on the back signifying the 50 years of business in Walkerton. Cake, ice cream and coffee Was then served to those present and also to the persons that came in later. Mrs. Houser was brought to the store where she was also presented with a beautiful necklace and earring set for “being able to stand him that long ”, according to Ray ’’Sandy’' Nusbaum, who made the joyful presentation at this joyful event. Claude was raised m Liberty Township and after completing school in South Bend, worked as a bookkeeper and clerk in a hardware store, Price and Houser, the latter his brother, in North Liberty, until he operated a grocery store in North Liberty for two years. He then returned to the hardware store for awhile before opening his business in Walkerton on August 10, 1910. He has served in the same capacity ever since. Claude was elected tc the position of County Commissioner in 1924, serving three years, 25. 26 and 27. Ho also was sheriff of St. Joseph County for two years, 1947 and ’4B. Claude is assisted in the Hardware business by bis son, Loui, also of Walkerton. « ... - ' — ACID TEST Folks who try to maintain a budget today have Iking proof that both ©nd* won’t meet.

WALKERTON, INDIANA AUGUST HB, 1960

Girl Tries To Flee Police Crashes Car Marge Sayles. 606 D St.. LaPorte. had an unsuccessful chase by th e police which ended in an accident as the car she was driving crashed into a couple of trees after some harrowing driving both in town and out. Fleeing LaPorte in a car of a friend without permission as the La Porte Police were seeking a group of six, of which she was a part, she ended up in Walkerton after some wild driving on the road between Walkerton and LaPorte, which resulted in a person tipping off the police of her arrival. The Walkerton police stopped the girl as she approached town, but she tried to flee the police as they came to a halt. When she started off at top speed. She drove the car on Michigan St., turning left at Monroe. She completely ignored the stop signs at Illinois, Indiana and Virginia Streets, and attempted to make a right turn on Virginia St. Unable to control the car, it veered into the yard of .John Clark, barely missing a tree and leaving tire tracks the whole way, and finally crashed into a couple of trees on the property of Mrs. Mile B. Slick on the» opposite side of the street as she attempted to get the car back on Virginia St. A walnut tree of several inches In dlftMtter. was snapped off by the force of her car. which came to a halt against a pear tree much larger in size. The girl was hurt and taken to the Holy Family hospital in LaPorte where sli was treated for bruises and released. The car. a 1957 model, •was damaged to the extent of over SBOO.OO Miss Sayles was turned over to the LaPcrte county juvenile authorities and the other youths involved in the LaPorte end of the episode, were handled by the LaPorte Police. The six, two 15-year-old girls and a 13-year-old girls with the boys aged 21. 20 and 18, wrere having a drinking party in the home of one of the girls a* her parertts were away. A phone call tipped the pdi<* off thus starting the Sayles girl on her wild episode. The other five were apprehended in LaPorte. Register Students St. Pat School To The St. Patrick School in Walkerton has announced the schedule for the 1960-61 school year. The school will begin on Wednesday, September 7. However, students planning to attend the school, grades 1 through 8, are asked to register before Tuesday, August 30. Registration may be taken care cf at any time at the school before this date, but don’t delay any longer than necessary. Firemen’s Ball tX At Koontz Lake Don’t forget to reserve Saturday, August 20th. That is the day of Uie Fireman * Ball sponsored by the Koontz Lake-Oregon Township Fire Dept to be held at the New Anderson Beach Hotel, Koontz iJike. Music £cr dancing will be furnished by a name orchestra, also food and refreshments will be served. For a go< d time —- come, as we will be looking for you.

Rainbow Attends Grand Assembly MISS DIANE GINDELBERGER Another session of Grand Assembly is over and Walkerton has been highly honored by the appointment of Diane Gindelbcrger to the office of Grand Love. She also served as Grand Rose Lecturer pm tern for initiation which she did beautifully.’ Two other girls honored our assembly, Carol Dutcher made the beautiful fans which took Second prize and $lO. They were an open Holy Bible covered with white satin, gold letters gave the assembly's name and number. She sewed narrow ribbens in rainbow colors which were attached to the center of the book as markers. Carol Sue Clark made the lovely scrapbook: which took 2nd prize of SIO.OO. She user! a white leather note book with gold letters and an angel on the front. AH cf her material was arranged by months and tastefully decorated with pictures. We are very proud of our girls. District One also won 2nd prize in the Grand Choir contest. Barbara Lidy and Gloria McKesson sang. Diana Fejes and Sharon Smith were Grand Paged. Seventeen girls attended Grand Assembly. Mom Drews. Mrs. Stanley ,Orcutt and Mrs. McCombs wer e chaperones. Others whom we give our thanks to for driving were Mr. Ritchey. Mr. Steinke, Mr. Drews, Mr. McKesson and Mrs. Dave Mellin. The installation of the Grand Worthy Advisor. Marilyn Smith, and her corp® of grand officers, Ivas beautiful. She made her own decorations of a huge gold horn of plenty which was suspended over the stage spilling artificial fruit and flowers. On the fencing along the stage was her motto of .•Willing Hands for Others.’’ The Worthy Grand Advisor wore a beautiful brown formal and the grand officers wore white, each carrying a colonial bouquet of artificial fall flowers and leaves. After the ball held Wednesday night at the Union Building. the girls had a surprise party for Diane, complete with noisemakers and a beautifully decorated cake with “Grand Lovs” written on It. The girls presented her with a large mirror on a stand for her use in college this fall. On the card was a poem written by Linda DreWs and Pam Stuver: “Diane"— We may be to you a bore And we know your feet are sore So we won’t make you w;uk very much Our hearts for you are really (Continued on page 16)

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Two Vacancies Are Yet To Be Filled It will soon bo time to start back to school and the Walker-ton-Lincoln Twp. Schocl Superintendent, V ngil Gwin, releases the following information. All pupils entering Kindergarten must be five years old before October 31 and parents must furnish a birth certificate and a physical examination — blanks are available at the elementary principal’s office. Ail pupils entering the fust grade who have not attended kindergarten must be six years old by the 31st of October and furnish birth certificate and physical examination report from the family doctor and dentist Registration for all pupils, kmdes’garten through 12, will be held August 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Grades kindergarten thru 7 will meet in the new elementary building and 8 thru 12 at the high school building. The bus drivers will pick up the children on the routes in time to arrive at the school buildings by 8:20 a.m. and return them home by 10:30 on the first day. Members of the P.T.A. will assist in the collection of book fees and will be at the schools Monday. August 29, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, and 1:00 pm. to 4.00 p.m. Book fees ar payable in advance and will be as follows: Kindergarten, SI.OO per semester; grades 1, 2 and 3 will be $7.25 each per year and grades 4,5, 6 and 7 will be $8.25 each per year. No dictionaries will be sold at school this year. The school buildings will open at 8.00 am. each morning and children arriving before 8:20 will go directly to their room and remain in their seats until 8:20. There will be no playing on the playground before school in th* morning. On regular school days the buses will arrive at the school by 8:15 and leave the elementary building at 320 and the high schcol at 3 25. Hot lunches will remain ths same as ’sst year 35c a single day or $1 50 per week, and milk for the special milk program will be 3c per d *y Or 15c P* r we *^- The faculty is as follows: for the high srtiool, L. O. Hewitt, principal; James Howard, head (Continued on page !•) BAKE SALK The Right Hand Class ot the Methodist Church is having a bake sale Saturday, August 30th, at Cello Cleaners. AH kinds cf good food will be available Members please have food at Cello’s by 9:00 a.m. NOTICE The Walkerton Rainbow Girls are having work days on Friday and Satiuxlay, Aug. 19 and 20. Cali 41J5R at any time on these two days and a Rainbow Girl will be at your disposal. She will baby ait, wash windows and dishes. clean house, mow lawn and just about anything else. You pay what you feel she has earned. RAINBOW PICNIC Walkerton Assembly Order of Rainbow will have a picnic Saturday, August 27, at Stone Lake, LaPorte. Leave Temple at 10 o’clock Please phone Carole Ritchey or Mom Drews if you are going. ,