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

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— WALKERTON INDEPENDENT — Sept. 8. 1960

Koontz | Lake I .NEWS I LETTER!’

Koontz l^aJie < nninunlv Church A J Gnmpton, I*astor j' Tillis Stanton Supt, Sunday School 9 30 a in , Morning Worship 10 30 i in. WwnmK Worship 7 30 p.m Wednesday evening 7 30, Bible St uiy and Praye; meeting in the i hirch. St Luke ’> lt>l7. John answered, saying unto them all, 1 ir need baptize > ou with water, b r one mightier th-u: I cometh, th l lat het of whose shoes I am iv> worthy t'» unloose: he shall ba.'tize you with the Holy Ghost ar I with fire. Whose tan is in his hand, an 1 h< will thoroughly purge his fl ior Visit the house of worship vhce ’hue is libe-ty to exercise \ u; talent 'oy the glory of God. Mr .in . Mi s E-iwc d J u quea i - ms. Ri-haid -inu Pail. Roy- • 1 Oak. Mich Mrs May Rundcuist and daiighWi Sandra. X ill Park, 111-, wen- gue>G . f Mi and Mrs Pei« y Selk s ri” the week end. Mrs E. L Heil. Mu si HD < i p.wa, Mr. md Mi D. 1c Heil. Cedar Rapids, lowa vei" guests of Mrs. Doris Blvd'i ? < ver LaSr Day wck end Mr and Mrs Ghailes S-h" WALKERTON M-A-S-O-N-I-C No. 619. F. A A M. MASONIC MEETINGS First Thursday Night of Month All Masons Invited ROBERT SCHAFFER, W. M. MARRY DOLL, Secretary INVESTMENTS SECURITIES < STOCKS I LOUIS C. HOUSER 800 irginia St Phone IOS Walkerton, Indiana I I — — —~

Dr. IL C. Miller Osteopathic Physician & Surgeon OFFICE HOUKS: 8 - 12 anti 1:30 - 5 MTThF 7- 9 Mon. & Frid.iy Evenings 8-12 Saturdays ( Closed Wednesdays I Dr. Walter M. Denaut l Dentist I OFFICE HOURS: 9- 12 and 1:30 - 5 MTWFS } Closed Thursdays i l Dr. Burton L. Furst Dentist i OFFICE HOCKS: 9 - 12 and 1- 5:30 MTWFS 7- 8 Friday Evenings Closed Tlnfruday® Dr. Elliott C. Frash Optometrist OFFICE HOURS: 9 - 12 and 1 • 5 MTThFS Closed Wednesdays Open Evenings by Appointment j Dr. G. E. Neidlingrer Veterinarian , OFFICE HO! RS: 1:00 - 2:00 Monday thru Saturday 7:00 - 8:00 Fridays Nushaum’s Funeral Horae i Day < r Night Phone Walkerton 83

mac her and daughters, Dawn end Wendy, Chicago, were week • nd guests of Mi. and Mrs. Forrest Coupes’ Mr md Mi's I. J Jacoby, Niles, Michigan. Weir guests cl Mr. and Mrs George Meyers Sunday afternoon. M: and Mrs E L Norris, a- - onipanled by Mr and Mr* Gai • rett A White of South Rnd spent the Lib<v Day week < r.d at Free Soil. Mich . its guests cf Mr and Mrs Roy Norns Mr and Mrs Harold Crawfmd and family entertained Mr and Mrs. M ilham Skinner and family of South Bend with an outd' or barbecue on Isibor Day. Gr< rge Meyers is assign’ the Department of Con >• nula n booth during the durat >n of Uie State Fair at Indianapolis. Recent guests of Mr. and Mu E W. Amick were Mrs Adtlai'k Paulson, Hebron, and Mr. and Mrs Edw. Moline of Michigan City. Mr. and Mrs. Jolin KowatG. and son. Monterey, ware Labor Day week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wagner and family Mr. and Mrs. George Dekker and sons. Paul and David, Marian Jensen, of Chicago, spnt Labor Day week end as guests of Mr and Mrs John Turnbull. Mr and Mrs. Arthur Sundakm mJ foui children, Mr and Mrs. Eduard Eaton anil twochildnr, Frank Chqkda and two chi!<ir«n Ja<k McCann and four children, were Labor Day week end guests of Mr. and Mi's Frank Styx and eight cluldren All guests were from Chicago. 111. Mi and Mrs. Glenn Dixon. Maryann, Glen Jr and Danny, of Chicago. spent Labor Day we»’k end at their summer cottage Their guests were George Turner and Susie McNamara. also of Chicago. Mr and Mrs Joe Ferguson and family returned to their homo in Chicago. after spending two weeks vacation al their summ^ cottage. Mr. and Mrs. T M. M olfo o. Huntington. West Virginia, were guc-sta of Mrs. Anna Wolfe «r.d Mrs. C. J- Tetcrson la«t week Mrs' Anna Wolfe is a very pr™ l ’ grandmother tb»w. since her grandson. Tommy Wolftx pitched and batted his Huntington team to the Championship in the Babe Ruth League, defeating lotto, N C . in the final game 30 at St. I‘aul. Minn. Fire INvartinont Notre The regular monthly meeting of the Koontr. I Ake - Oregon Township Fire Dept, will b»' held Monday. Sept 12th. at their fire

station <uid all members are urged to bv present Two emergency fire < alls by the depaitment last we-k a grass fire at the Dam near highway 23. and a trash fire near the trailer ouned by Mrs Pearl Gordon near highway 23 not th of the lake. Race Field Now At 16 The official list of cars and drivers for the eighth annual Hoosut Hundred I'SAC championship race at the Indiana Slate Fairgrounds on September 17, reached 16 with the receipt of four mor/ signed entry forms. They < ame from Lloyd Runy and Ebb Rose both of Hcu^ton, Texas, Jim Packard of Speedway Indiana, winner of the recent Springfield 100 miler; and Don Branson of I'rbana Illinois. Promoter Jee Quinn expects at hast 12 more nominations prior to the 'leadline on September 9 and a field of 30 may compete in tJie-tin.'- trials which w^l determine the is starting positi' ns.

DANCING Round and Square Etin for the Whole 1 aniih B. & E. BARN DANCE EVERY SIND VY — SUP. M. 1 1 » miles south of Koontz Lake on 1100 E. Road Adm. 75c Children 12 and under Erec DOOR PRIZE k

March of Dimes Support Urged by Mother^ Who Lost Birth Defects Baby in 49 Days k

ffdHor'l Nott: Mary Slrout, young laurelviHt, Ohio, mofhor, ttlh in htr ' •wn word* >h« tragic *pry o' whoi 1 Sapponf in a family wh«» a child it bom wdh o strioui birth defect j By MARY SIROVS I ' Our baby Laura was born on i Mother’s Day seven years ago. f We lost Laura seven weeks later on Father's Day. j She gave a soft little sigh as ‘ she died in my arms. My hus- j band and I buried her with the , I rattle to which she had clung , i tightly during her brief life. i But Laura, who died of the I I terrible birth defects known as j I open spine and too much fluid j I on the brain, still lives in the ' ■ hearts of her father Don and ( i myself. When asked by strangers, we always say we have । three daughters (instead of; really only two), and I want to explain why. We Seel that each of us. in-' eluding our tiny Laura, is brought into tire world to serve a purpose, even if our stay on earth is as tragically short ms 49 days. j For years we wane numbed by our baby's passing. But today we recognize tlrat in being asked by The National Foundation to renew our memories ’ of • those despairing sevco weeks, my husband and I are , somehow fulfilling the purpose' Os Laura's fleeting visit with us. t That purpose is to repeat as J forcefully as we can the les- * tons we nave learned 1. Scientists insist that parents should net be ashamed over the birth of an infant with a congenital malformation; instead. fare the situation bravely and seek professional advice. Feelings of guilt aren’t justified. 2. There is no medical evidence that bn th defects are always hereditary; and 3 There is no evidence that because a couple have had one defective baby, they are likely to have another. Doctors at Columbus, Ohio, near our farm •t Laurelville, said our chances of having another malformed baby were something like one 4 .in 40,000. (Donna Marguerite,

• Packard will be o'the wheel -of the West Lake Drive-In Theater Special, which he drove to i his Springfield victory, and Ruby i will lie in the cockpit of the new Agajanian Special built earlier this summer Branson will drive the Estes Special and Kose, making Iris first Hoosier Hundred appearance, will be m his cun car. i Bnuison has driven In three I pre\lous Hoosier Hundred events, । Packard in two and Ruby in one. Branson and Ruby also arc veterans of the annual 500-mi|e race at the Indianapolis Motor SptMiduay. having placed fourth and seventh, respectively, tins year. Other Hoosier Hundred entries inchjdc Rodger Ward. Tony Bettenhausen, Eddie Sachs. Johnny Tliomson Jim Hurtubise. Lr. Sutton. Den Freeland. Bcbby Grim, Pamelli Jones. .Elmer George, Gene Force and Jim Hemmings. Box seats arc priced at $6, Grandstand seats at $5 and rei blea her scats on the main

J’S I ■■■ ■ ,i ' WwSssiiaw i* r < ■' m \ , ( -i, IBtMk SB * Mary ttrav., W Oh*, and 4aughf.rt Juli. Ann, two, and Dpnna Merfvprtta, ^v« f tWy oMktos of youngosl child. Ummi, who died off birth ikoffocH «t Mv*n wooks.

five years old, and Julie Ann, two, who followed Laura after Don and 1 had reflected deeply and sought advice, could -not be healthier or more normal.) But by no means have Don and I foEgotten our hopelessness and indeed our aelf-loath-ing during those 49 days and nights when we took turns holding Laura in our arms, or sat hour after hour beside her bassinet, watching life drain from her eyes. We detested ourselves because of torments that something was wrong with us physically, or that a shametui defect had been inherited from our fine bear 3 (later proved untrue), and that we wire thus responsible for this cruelty to an innocent baby. Never will we forget the frantic drive, while our baby was dying, to our church so that she might be baptized before she left us. In some way

smightaway at $4, including । eral tax and general admis , Mail orders should be addi. to the Hcosier Hundred b<-- i fice, Indiana State Fairgren. Indianapolis 5, Indiana. Need r A New or Used Car or Truck? See I " " i " ■ । . V i •• HARLEY MANLUS —at— POWELL-MANN CHEV.-OLDS CO Ph. 19 Walki i t Hl ]

our congregation had learned of the reason for our headlorg visit, and the tears of those sorrowing folks flowed with ours. Gur Laura was one of babies born each year m ou’ country with significant birth defects; that tragic total i> growing with our increasing population. Our baby was on of 34,000 who in addition dw annually from theesc congenital malformations; and that awful figure is also mounting At last, something constru - tive is being done about birt > defects. With March of Dime contributions, The Nation^* Foundation is directing a bro 1 1 study of this devastating pur zle, just as it fought polio a’i ’ in time found the Salk vaccine to prevent it. With a donaUoa in Januai ' from each of us, m time tht ■. will be many fewer Lauras u» our land.