Walkerton Independent, Volume 83, Number 40, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 1 September 1960 — Page 1

Walkerton Independent

Volume 83; Number 40

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New Jeweler To Start HereOn Tuesday, Sept. 6 Leland Welch, who has purchased the Miller’s Jewelry Store in Walkerton, will be in Walkerton in business starting Tuesday, September 5. He will operate the business under the same procedure as has been the policy for the Lime being. Kenneth Miller, who sold the store to accept a position in Coldwater, Mich., will be in the store with Mr. Welch through September 10, before leaving for his new job. n % * ^1 WsW ii 1 K| 5 INLAND WEECH ‘ " MBM Welch was raised in Jerseyvnie. TH, and attended Bradley University at Peoria, 111. He has beds in the jewelry business for almost ten years and is a manufacturing jeweler and a registered watchmaker. He was formerly employed at the O. A H. Jewelry Store in Plymouth, and is presently at the Royal Hawaiian in South Bend. He and his wife, Helen, and four children, David. Beverly. Sandra and Carolyn, will be mevIng to Walkerton as soon as they can find a home. The children have already enrolled in the Walkerton school. He and his family are members of the United Brethren Church. Chamber Ope® Fail Seasea Thunk Sept 8 The first meeting of the fall season for the Walkerton Chamber of Commerce will be held Thursday, September 8. The program fcr the first meeting has not yet been arranged, but will bo announced in the paper next week. Robert Hiler is program chainnan for September - The meeting will begin at the usual 6:30 starting time and Will be held tn the Walkerton Community Building. President Ray Chapman requests that ail possible attend. Reservations can be made by calling Elliott Frash, secretary of the group. TEEN DANCE HUDAT There will be a record dance for the teen-agers Friday evening, from 8:00 to 11:00 pm. at the W’alkerton Youth Building. The usual 10c admission charge will be taken at the door. The Civic Club will furnish the chaperones fcr this dance, the chaperones for this dance. Slow Down and Live!

Reorganization Meeting Shows Interesting Facts The public meeting concerning the school reorganization in the Walkerton area, called by the Citizen’s Committee of Walkertcn to enlighten the St. Joseph County Committee on the feelings of this area, disclosed to those present Monday night some interesting facts that were not knewn by the public. Approximately 120 persons from LaPorte, St. Joseph. Maj'shall and Starke counties were present with five members of the LaPorte County committee and six members of the Starke County committee in attendance. Using a very distinguishable map to study the area in and around Walkerton which may be affected eventually, it was much easier to understand the territory-. Also, the placing of figures on a blackboard as far as the evaluations of schools of this area, average enrollments, and evalua tic ns per pupil, made it much easier to understand the comparisons of the various townships. Clyde Chapman, chairman of the Walkerton Citizens committee. presided and after explaining the purpose of the meeting, turned it over to James McKesson, chairman cf the St. Joseph County Committee. After some briefing of the law which started the entire program, and information given to the county committees on their duties, the floor was epen for questions and discussion. The results gave the County Committoe a little more to work on as they have set September 22 as the date they would like to make their recommendations to the Stats Board in Indianapolis. Thia date is slightly ahead of the committees for the counties surrounding this county These recommendations will be studied by the state committee who has final say in every plan submitted, but will use the recommendations as the desires of the people in this program. 104 Accident Injuries Four An accident on Indiana 104 at approximately 3:00 pjn. Saturday afternoon, hospitalised four persons Saturday. The accident occurred at the curve by the Wabash Railroad crossing as a southbound truck driven oy Clarence L. Spier, route 4, LaPorte, smashed head-on into a car driven by Howard M. Cole, route 3, Walkerton. Spier was headed south on 104 when he crossed the middle of the road while making the turn, moving directly into the path cf the north-bound Cole automobile. The accident was investigated by the LaPorte County Sheriff's Department. Who made no arrests in this case. Damages were extensive to the vehicles with the Cole auto, a 1960 model ,a tclal loss. The injured include Howard M. Cole, possible chest injuries, right elbow abrasions, and mouth lacerations; Mrs. Helen Cole, fractured Aft arm, facial and chest contusions, and left leg lacerations; Jerry Cole, possible skull fracture and facial cuts and bruise®f and Clarence L Spier, lacerated left leg. meuth cuts, and several broken ribs. Read the Classified Ada.

WALKERTON, INDIANA SEPTEMBER 1, 1960

Proposed Home For Walkerton Post Office Np.*"^ —”—"—' —* ——' —~~—" * — 5 I Wt alK • 9 Pictured here is the proposed new home of the Walkerton Post Office to be located at 620 Van Buren Street- at the corner of Illinois. The building is to be completed within six months.

Lions Fish Fry Saturday At Youth Building The Walkerton Lions Club will hold a Fish Fry Saturday evening from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Walkerton Youth Building. This will feature fish fried by the Johnson Township Sportsmen’s Club, with all the fish you can eat phis a well minded menu to complement the fish. Tickets for this event are now on sale, with the adult tickets running $1.50, children 75c, witn children under 6 admitted free. Lions Club members have tickets and they will also be available at the door. Committee* Named Lions Club members have been named to varicus committees and are to help at the given Jobs and times. Tickets and publicity, Bob Urbin, C, Emmet Eiler and Oran Shuler; Ticket takers. John Wathen and Wayne Burch; Kitchen, Walt Johnson, Harry Steinke, Harlan Kepcha and Ray Kaminski. % Clean-Up and Set-up Saturday morning: De Wayne Pavey. Dick Kickbush, Roilie Hess, Lee Frailey, Don Weil, Virgil Gwin, Jim Warren and Jim Lee; Clean-up afterwards: Mel AI wine. Branson Hiatt, Jake Powell, Walter Denaut, and Bob Urbin; Servers and miscellaneous help: Lloyd Bennitt, Bill Blaisdell, James Capek, K. C. Chapman. Pete Daley, Ed DeVoa. Richard Cline, Denslow Doll, Don Dutcher, Robert Flauger, Elliott Frash, Bob Gardner, Russell Hartsough, Bob Hiler, Mahlon Jacob, Harry Mechling, Herb Miller, George Parks. Wally Pickavet, Ruas Rhine, Bryce Rohrer. Bunny 'Williams and Bill Zahrt; Menu ccmmitete, Ray Chapman and Dave Mellin. The Saturday morning committee should meet at the Youth Building at 9:30 a m. The servers and ticket taker* by 5:00 p.m. and the kitchen help by 4:30. Clean-up will start during the meal and following. In addition, all Lions Club members are asked to bring twn pies to the Fish Fry. Ticket money should be turned in by Saturday evening, no tickets. Lions, just money! NOTICE The Yellow Bank School Reunion will be held Sunday. Sept. 11, at 12 o'clock noon at the old Yellow Bank School. Liberty Twp.. St. Joseph County. Safety Makes Sense,

C. Emmet Eiler Heads Town And County UF Drive Appointment of C. Emmet Eiler, superintendent of St. Joseph County Schools, as chairman of the Town and Courttry division of the United Fund Torch Drive, was announced Saturday by Henry Feferman, general chairman. As chairman of the Town and Country Division, Eiler will have responsibility for the solicitation in 17 suburban communities. In commenting on the appointment, Eder said that "people in the community areas benefit in many ways from UF agencies and I'm sure that they will want to do their share in supporting the Torch Drive. Almost every family with children is serviced by some UF agency. Some of the less fortunate use the Logan School for Retarded Children, the Childrens Dispensary and tne Society for Crippled Children and adults. Others have benefited by the Red Cross program in swimming and life saving and many are Boy Sccuts. Girl Scouts, members of the Hi-Y and the Junior Red Cross. Os course, these are only a few of the 36 vital agencies that make up the United Fund.’’ Filer, a resident and former superintendent at Walkerton, has taught in Indiana schools for more than 20 years and served as su peri nt exlent of American Schools in Germany in 1949. He returned to Indiana in 1951 to accept appointment as Assistant State Superintendent of Public Instruction. He is • veteran of World War 11. having served as a communications security officer with the Army Air Corps. The goal of the Town and Country Division is >8,611. The Torch Drive will be October 4 through October 21. Club To Meet Friday Afternoon The Walkerton Women’s Community club will begin their 196061 year, with a co-operative luncheon. Friday, Sept. 2nd. on the lawn of the president’s home. Mrs. John F. Spencer, at one o’clock. Each member is to bring her own table service and a covered dish. Mrs. Spencer will be assisted by Mrs. Albert Schutz and Mt* George Warner. A revirtv of the years program as planned will be given. Drivs Carofuily Always!

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To Be Completed Within Six Months Senator Homer E. Capchart has been advised by Postmaster General. Arthur E. Summerfield, that a contract has been signed for the construction and lease to the Post Office Department of the new Post Office Building in Walkerton. The successful bidder is Millersville Road Realty Corporation of Indianapolis. Ground breaking and construction of the new post cffice is expected to begin immediately, with completion due in approximately six months. The lease will run for ten years, with renewal options up to twenty years, This modern post office will be located at 620 Van Buren Street. It will provide 2,698 sq. ft cf interior space, an outside loading platform, and ample hard-surfaced space for parking and truck maneuvering. Specifications call for new modern lighting and equipment, including a low, open patron-service counter. Postmaster General Summerfield stated, "This is another important step in the Post Office Department's Mcdemizaion Program authorized by Congress to improve postal services for the public by providing new buildings and equipment, designed for efficient and economical mail-hand-ling." He said that, "Under the Post Office Department’s unique Commercial Leasing Program, the Department now is awarding centra^ ts for new postal facilities at the accelerated rate of over five buildings every working day. To achieve complete modernization of the postal plant, a total of 12,000 pest offices must be modernized or replaced due to lack of space and obsclence.” Adding further details concerning postal service today, he noted that, "our more than 36 thousand pest offices are handling a total of 63 billion pieces of letter mail and parcel post annually. This is an all-time record and an increase of mors than 24 per cent above the approximately 50 billion pieces handled annually only 10 years ago.” He printed out that the postal facility to be built in Walkerton is typical of many others going up elsewhere throughout the country. "These new Post Offices," he said, "contain not only the modem patron-service counters and eye-saving fluorescent lighting, but provision is made for patron sei vice after regular business hours.” The Postmaster General also pointed out that the new post office in Walkerton, cne of 1600 new post offices to be built io 1960, will remain under private ownership while leased to the Federal Government and hence will pay local real estate taxes to bear its share of the cost of local government. The Postmaster General Mid, »Mail users will find mail service in the years ahead improved through an unprecedented five year program of scientific postal research and engineering.' ‘-The Post Office Department has under development” he said, "a machine that actually reads addresses CD letters and the* sorts the mail In special slots (Continued on 1«)