Births

Andrew and Alice (Hoffman) Tallackson, 326 Oakland Ave., Trail Creek, IN, are parents of a 7-pound, 5-ounce son, William DeVere, born Oct. 2 at Saint Anthony Memorial Hospital in Michigan City. Grandparents are Michael and Judy Hoffman of Flora and Stephen and Judith Tallackson of Ogden Dunes. Maternal great-grandmothers are Martha Hoffman of Rossville and Beatrice Nipple of Flora. Paternal great-grandmother is Bertha Tallackson of Peoria, Ariz.