Walkerton Independent, Volume 83, Number 41, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 8 September 1960 — Page 1

Walkerton independent

Volume 83; Number 41

LOCAL SCHOOL ENROLLS 697 STUDENTS

Investments Is Topic For C. of. C. Meeting Thursday How tc spend your money will be a part of the Chamber of Commerce meeting Thursday evening, as George Harrison, of the Harrsion and Austin Investments, will speak to the group at their first meeting of the full season. The meeting, to be held In the Community Building with dinner Starting promptly at 6:30, will kick off the fall season and a good crowd of interested members is anticipated. Reservations are due .... to Elliott Frash, secretary of the group. Robert Hiler, program chairman for September, has contacted Mr. Harrison for the main part of the program fcr Thursday. His talk will Center around investing money, what is good and what isn't, how to invest tne money and the stock mariteu, various stocks and grains. It will entirely center around this mat - let of Investments which makes for an interesting program. President Ray Chapman will preside at thia meeting. Ministerial Ass’n. .Visits Winona Lake * The Walkerton-Koontz Lake Ministerial Association observed Labor Day in a unique way. Those who were free to get together drove to Winona Lake Monday afternoon. A delicious picnic lunch was enjoyed with fellowship on the lawn in the picnic area. The last of the season’s services was in the aftemcon in the Tabernacle. Rev. William Kerr, a Baptist Minister from a distant city church, preached a most interesting and enlightening message on prophecy. His was the last of the services in the tabernacle for the Jewish Christian Evangelism week. Before the hill side service a drive was enjoyed by all. Then the service on the hill climaxed the day. It was lovely to watch the setting of the sun as it disappeared into the lake. The hymn "Beyond The Sunset”, was the opening number of Hie program. The speaker impressed the audience of the obligation of the Christian to ths Jews. They have given us the Bible, the law, Abraham and his promise, the prophets, our Saviour in the Messiah. To them we should witness that they turn to the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour, the Messiah. Those attending the outing were Rev. and Mrs. V. L. Gamer, Rev. and Mrs. Kemp Tuma, Mary Carol and CMestia Les Tunis, Rev. John Hall, Rev. and Mrs. Paul Loucks. Rainbow News AU Rainbow members planning to attend installation at Michigan City please contact Mom Drews. We will leave the Temple at 4:30 p m. Saturday, Sept 10. NOTICE Rebekah Lodge 465 win hold their regular meeting Sept. 13th for Memorial. Hear about the cat that escaped from the violin factory? —Didn't want to be fiddled with. SHOP IN WALKERTON!

□ Q DEATH RECORD □ Q Mrs. Josephine Pulschen Mrs .Josephine Pulschen of 602 Ohio St. died at 750 p.m. Wednesday in South Bend Osteopathic Hospital. She was born in LaPorte Ccunty Nov. 17, 1879. She was married June 14, 1917, in St Joseph ,Mich., to John H. Pulschen. He died Aug 17, 1953. She was a member of South Ben J Chapter 2 of the Order of Eastern Star. Survivors are two brothers, Jchn and Benjamin DeMyer both of Walkerton. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Saturday in the Nusbaum Funeral Home, with Rev. V. L. Garner, officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn cemeteryy, Walkerton. Mrs. Joseph Laßadie Mrs. Emma Laßadie, 74, wife of Joseph Laßadie, died at 10:55 a.m. Monday in her home, Rt. 2. Walkerton. Bom in Bay City, Mich., May 23, 1886, she was married to Mr. Laßadie in Bay City Jan. 10 1906 Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ervillc Kaercher, Walkerton. 13 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchil-dren. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Nusbaum Funeral Home, where the rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m Wednesday. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday in St. Patrick’s Cathclic Church, Rev. Anthony Letko will officiate, and burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery. Mra. Emma Maggert Mrs. Emma Maggert. 90. ot 2706 Wall St, South Bend, died at 12:30 Wednesday in her residence. She had been ill two years. Bom in W'alkerton on Aug. 5, 1870, to Jchn and Mary Dare, who were among the very early settlers in the Kankakee Valley, Mrs. Maggert had lived most of her life in South Bend. She was married to Francis Maggert, who died in 1914. Surviving are two daughters. Mrs. Ethel Louthan cf South Bend, and Mrs. Frances Lyons, of Independence, Mo.; a son, James K. of Seattle. Wash., and 12 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 10 a. m. Saturday in the Orvis Funeral Home with Rev. Henry Hackett, pastor of First Church of the Nazarene, Mishawaka .officiating. Burial was in Walkerton cemetery. TEEN DANCE FRIDAY There will be a record dance for the Teen Agers Friday night, at the Touth Building .from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. Chaperones for this dance will be furnished by the Walkerton Chamber of Commerce. The donation of 10c par person, will be charged at the door. Ccme and bring your friends. LIONS BOARD TO MEET The Board of Directors of the Walkerton Lions Club will hold their monthly meeting Tuesday, September 13, at 8:00 p.m. in the Council Room of the Town Hall. All Board members are asked to attend’ NOTICE Rainbow Bake Sale Saturday. Sept. 10 at Skelgas Stere, from 9:30 am. till noon Come in and buy your goodies for the week end Safety Makes Sense, .

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Legion Picnic At Culver September 18 The annual picnic cf the American Legion and Auxiliary will be held on Sunday, Sept. 18. at Lake Maxinkuckee. All members are to bring a covered dish, meat and table service. At the recent meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary, president Mrs. Wm. Zimmeran and Mis. Robert Wardman gave their reports on the department convention held at Fort Wayne, Ind. Installation o( new officers will be held at a special meeting Sept. 22. Mrs. Ed Klopfenstein will be the installing officer. The Third District meeting will be held at Westville on Sept. 14. Sept. 26 is the date for the Third District Parley at Nappanee. editobTal .. School is in full swing now and the new building on Virginia Street is being used by a total of 477 pupils after the first enrollment figures were given. These students range In age from five, in the Kindergarten, through 12 and 13 in the seventh grade. This number of students includes meetly those walking to school, with only a small portion of these coming on schocl buses. A few weeks ago, the situation of sidewalks for these children tc walk on was reviewed. There simply is none available for the walk to school within several blocks of the building. The Town of Walkertcn Is limited to their share of responsibility in this matter beings the school is located on a state highway. The tewn did paint crosswalks across Washington and Adams Streets for the students to walk between, this being parallel to Road 23. However, as far as crossing the highway, the stale has not dene one thing to date. They were scheduled to check into the matter before school started. but it hasn't been dona The situation has also been observed rather closely by the Walkerton Pollc*. reporting that the driving around this area has been very good to date. Patrol beys are again io use around the school, but still the job of getting this large number of students to and from school without walking down the highway, town streets or through lawns, is impossible. The situation now isn't nearly as severe as it will become when the weather becomes a factor. The reads will become sidewalks when snow, mud and rain are scattered about the area. Many parots will drive children to school, this way adding to the traffic problem of cars, where if the proper facilities were afforded, the children would be entirely free of cart lhe exception of at crosswalks. It Icoks like it is time for the interested parents, possibly th? P.T.A.. or anyone Interested tn the children walking to school, to start putting a little pressure in the right direction to aid th? situation. It only takes one incident, one fraction of a second, or cne careless person to turn this type situation into a nightmare! ' _

POLICE NEWS Two Walkerton men were arrested on September 2, on warrants signed by a neighbor, for disturbing the peace. Clifford Bowling. 1109 Ohio St., and Burnell Vance Cole, 1102 Ohio St., were booked on the charges in the early mcming hours following a series of fights and disturbances. Bowling pleaded guilty and paid a fine and costs totaling $26 but Cole pleaded not guilty and was released on $25.00 bond. His case will be taken to South Bend at a later date. Raskc Conley, route 4, Plymouth, and Clyde Whitaker, North Liberty, were involved in an accident at the corner of Illinois Street and Roosevelt Road cn September 5. Whitaker, traveling west cn Roosevelt Road, pulled off at the comer to use the mail box at the curb, when Conley ran the stop sign and crashed into Whitaker's car. Damages amounted to approximately SSOO tc Whitaker's car and $50.00 to Conley’s. Conley was arrested for failure to yield the right of way and not having an operators license. He will come to ccurt Saturday. Robert Tapert, Detroit, was arrested September 2, for making an illegal turn in Walkerton. He paid a fine of SI.OO in cafeteria court. Marvin Wise, Archbold. Ohic-. was arrested for speeding on September 5, to which be posted a $20.00 bond and forfeited ‘.J rather than appear in court. Mrs. Delta Long. 905 Harrison St., reported to the police on September 1, during the previous night someone tock two homemade quilts, a pillow and a rag rug from her car at this address. Virgil Guthrie, route 3, Walkerton, reported that while he was working In Walkerton between 5:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. on August 31, a small tool box two blankets and a boat registration were taken from his car. There are suspects in this case. Winners Listed For Sunday's Boat Baces Winners of the Koontz Lake Water Sports Club annual Boat Races Sunday were as follows Ist race —Dennis Lipke, Dan Waller,, Jan Janovic. 2nd race — Dennis Lipke, Butch Nymberg, Peter De Vee. 3rd race —Chuck Leffert, Bob Carmichael, Eddie Porter. 4th race —Butch Watts, Tom Cam ire. Don Weir. sth race —Stan Marks, Butcn Watts, Tom Pasch. 6th race — Stanley Marks, Wayne War, Tom Cam ire. 7th race —Ladies —Linda Stanley, Arlo Blocker, Nancy Martin. A good crowd attended and enjoyed the races held in front of the Anderson Beach Hotel. ROVING BAKE SALE The Junior High Youth Group of the Presbyter.an Church will be selling baked goods This is unique in that it will be a roving bake sale, coming to you byway of tractor and trailer. The money earned will be used to purchase a new altar set. Donations will be accepted. Drive Carefully Always

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Kindergarten Total Not Included In Figure Figures released from the superintendent of schools of Walkerton, Virgil Gwin, shows that the eiuollmenl for 1960-61 school season is down two students from the enrollment figures of last year. A tctal of 697 students have enrolled to date, not including the Kindergarten. Os this figure, 486 are in the elementary grades. 1 to 8, and the balance of 216 in high school grades 9 thru 12. This figure is higher for the high school compared to the enrollment of last year which was 211. It is seven lower than the 493 in the elementary school at enrollment time last year. The Kindergarten has at present 58 enrolled. The group can be enlarged to 60, thirty in the morning and thirty in the afternoon. This leaves twe openings in the afteroon class, and ciui be filled on a first come, first served basis. The Kindergarten and grades 1 through 7, are housed in the new elementary’ building. This gives an enrollment total of 477 students in the new structure. The eighth grade is stiil in he high school building giving a total of 283 students in that building. Breaking the total down according to classes, they read: First grade, 62; Second grade, 58; Third grade, 57; Fourth grade, 69; Fifth grade, 46; Sixth grade, 80; Seventh grade, 48; and Eighth grade, 67 students. In the High School, the figures are: Freshmen 63; Sophomores, 50; Juniors, 53; and Seniors 50. Water Tested In County Schools The water supply of the fortyseven St. Joseph County public and parochial schools is safe for drinking, according tc Dr. Louis E. HcW, Health Officer. County Health Department sanitarians conducted the water testing program during the past three weeks. The following were included in the program -public schools of Metropolitan Scheel District Clay Township. Christ the King and St Mary's Campus Schools. Harris Township Scheels, Warren and Olivo Township Schocls, Greene Township, Portage Township. Holy Family and St. Mary of Assumption Schools. Also Penn Township and Osceola Christian Day Schocls, Centro Township and St. Jude, Union and Madison Township, Liberty Township, Walkerton . Lincoln Township and Walkerton St. Patrick schools. All the schools have individual Water supplies except these in Neu Carlisle. North Liberty and Walkerton. Annual testing o water supply is required to protect the health cf the 16.500 pupils and more than 600 school tescher* and employees Spot check testing of the water supply is done during the school year and whenever plumbing repairs art made. NOTICE The Speeehcraft Club will hold its first meeting Wednesday, Sept 14th at 7:45 p.m. in ths St. Patrick School. Be Wise — Advertise!