Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 83, Number 16, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 29 October 1959 — Page 6

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NAPPANEK ADVANCE-NEWS

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by Kenneth Haney Part 7, A day’s journey on US 2, thru eastern Washington and northern Idaho, brings us to West Glacier, the entrance to Glacier National Park. We pass beautiful Lake McDonald, which reminds me of pictures of the lakes of Switzerland. As we drive the sharp climbing cu"'"' < ! and waterfalls are a common sight, and so are bears. j:. .. j_r and higher, snow r "qr ! ?nd waterfalls and trickling water is on every hand. Near Logan’s pass, which is on the ureat uivide, we get out of our car and take a picture of the mass of ice and snow that Old Sol has been whittling at daily since springtime. But summer will soon ce over and the deep accumulations will begin again. DIZZY FEELING In this low pressure atmosphere, nearly two miles up, you get a swimmy, dizzy feeling from the rare mountain air. A person with low blood pressure said he got sort of an exhilirating effect. Anyway, this is the question that I ponder. The distance between the sun and the earth is 93,000,000 miles and yet when you rise up two miles you have perpetual ice and snow. We traversed the central portion of the park in a few hours and traveled the foothills on the eastern slopes of these mountains. We rejoined US 2 at Brownin, and heaved a sigh of relief as we come to the safe level plains where our car passes others traveling 65 mph or more and we feel, in contrast to that mountain driving, as secure as sitting on our own living room. COMBINE AT NIGHT Northern Montana raises a lot of wheat, barley and Livestock and the crops arc good. Darkness brings on the Lights of combines as these farmers stretch the days threshing out the golden grain. Here we see as many as six com-tni'-k'- a"d combines doing custom work. They started in Texas at the beginning of the wheat harvest and have worked nu.vu an summer, ending in Canada. They have their own shops and all equipment. In the plains states of the north, the Farmers Union name on elevators and oil companies is about as thick as hybrid seed corn signs on our corn fields in the fall. By the way, a blind man could tell he was in Montana. We used to sing the ditty, “When I was Single, my pockets did jingle. . and out here in Montana, everyone’s .pockets jingle. Instead of getting a dollar bill in change, you;get a silver dollar or “cartwheel”] Theirs is one of the few states that has real-for-sure money, say the Montanians, and they are right. HEAVY OFFERING I saved my silver dollars that

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CECIL E. STALNAKER A native Hoosier and resident of Nappanee since 1936, “Cec” is a veteran of both World Wars, rising to the rank of Lt. Colonel in the Army Air Force after beginning service as a sergeant in Indiana National Guard on the Mexican border. Purchasing agent for Mutschler Bros. Cos., he served on Nappanee City Council 1948-52! and since 1950 has been vice-president of Nappanee Utilities. His activities include past president Nappanee Kiwanis, past commander American Legion, member of VJ.W., and World War I Veterans, Methodist church, Masonic Lodge, Nappanee Chapter R.A.M., Scottish Rite and Murat Temple Shrine, and for many years a Boy Scoutmaster.

I got in trade and so we made a “'heavier” offering than usual at -hurch several Sundays after getting home. I understand even the banker wanted to know where he unusual number of cartwheels came from. That reminds me of a question I that I heard in the deep South ] when one man asked another if he : believed m Civil Rights. The re~ponse was, “You bet I believe ip Silver Rights—all the silver you can put in your pocket and the right to keep it.” I think all fairminded folk acknowledge that both are needed. At nightfall we st pped for a motel and nearly missed the boat. US 2 is the Canadian highway, the main thorofare from Western to Eastern Canada. Except for the state you are in, you see more Canadian license plates than the other 49 states put together. All motels carry the welcome sign for our northern friends. SLEEP BY THE HOUR 4ft' stoppling at the forty-' j eleventh place, we finally found a vacant room at $1.50 per sleeping hour, When you don’t have Sominex, this makes sheep counting costly! *• The next day, w r e passed a wildlife refuge. Wd saw myriad wild ducks flying while others were diving for food. Here and there, Canadian geese floated gracefully acrossythe water. Soon these peaceful flocks of ducks and geese will ae trying to dodge hunters’ pellets :s they wing their w r ay to the swamps and lakes of the sou hland. Another sight to be long i emembered is the many antelope grazing against the skyline of this immense domain. At Glasgow, it was a pleasure to meet my uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Weaver, whom I had never seen. Their son, Wallace, of ; Okla.. was home for a visit, j They are proud of the large air | going up here and of the huge j aarthern dam which our speedo- | meter clocked as two miles long, across the mighty Missouri. The seven Weaver children, which includes my mother, average over 80 years of age. In the late hours of an August night, my uncle recalled early life on the prairies. In 1901, with the late Frank Geiger and Philip Caris, he arrived in Minot, N. Dak. A few clapboard houses and the U. S. land office comprised this Western outpost. Mr. Geiger and Caris returned to the Hasting vicinity but Mr. Weaver has never been back. Two other Weaver ladies, Aunt Ida Boggess and Aunt Rhoda Summy, also chose the rigorous climate of North Dakota to homestead Uie gift of land. LAND $1.25 ACRE You had to he a resident five years before the land became

For Mayor

PLEDGE The Republican Party of Nappanee, through its re >resentati 7es, pledge to the citizens of Nappanee that if elected to o) ce, they vill administer the affairs of the City efficiently and to the >est interests of all the people within the limits of statutes and finar < al ability PARTY We subscribe to the basic principles of the Repub; can Part; as annunciated by Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln that Government ought not to do what people in their separate < id indivk ual capacities can do for themselves. FUTURE We recognize the present and possible future requirements of this growing City and shall be constantly alert to aid /in its healthful, aesthetic, cultural and economic development. PERSONNEL , Each of the nominees on the Republican ticket has demonstrated his competence to assume the responsibilities of the managemen; of the public affairs of Nappanee for its citizens. . | Appointive offices shall be filled with competent, qualified per ons to assure the public safety, courteous public service to all, and proper technical development. . , (

TOPES. OCT. 29, 1959

For ClerkTreasurer

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RALPH L. GREENE He has found Nappanee a go i place to live and has spent his e - tire 38 years here. A graduate >f Nappanee high school and It. Wayne College of Commerce, s rose to Master Sergeant in Woi and War II during service in Italy ad Africa. Since 1947, he has rep sented The Equitable Life of N'mv York in Nappanee and vicini r. Elected City Clerk in 1947, he ’ s performed the duties of his off e in an efficient and courteous m; iner. Ralph is an active member f the Presbyterian church, Kiwr s club, Masonic Lodge Scottish 1! te 230 and American Legion. He r* and Mrs. Greene are the parents of o children.

yours. Or else, i Iter >ne year, you could have title by paying $1.25 per acre on a qu rter- action. Many a homesteader s oppt and at the land office and got 160 aerjs of land before he looked *. over or got the legal descript on. Sometimes he found, to his dismay, that the land differs there, ju t as it does here, with good land ying next to poor land. The first bleat winter in a sod house with a pi *ce ior the team, was rough. Hay had to be hauled many miles. Th howling blizzard with its dry, pc .vdered snow and the intense cold, tried the spirits of the hardiest pioneer Several years latei, a neighbor, who was a newcomer passed my uncle’s place on the v ay to town about noon. Sno ,v hac begun to fall and my uncle m arne< Che traveler he had better stop off foi shelter, but the man let uncle know that he knew what he was doing. About 10 p.ni that night, an exhausted team at and ha f frozen man was heard above the ‘howling storm coming into th van 1. LOST IN ULILZARD He had bare! left uncle’s place at noon when the elements hit with ‘h n furv of a tiger, v iping out the trail with the fine eye-shutting now. Within minute > he was lost ! n a desolate waste v ith no guideposts. You’ve heard h said, “A .horse finds its way home.” He’d heard it too, so he gave ti e team their lines and they did ji st as humans do, traveling in a h ;ge circle. What saved him t Igst was finding a barbed wirfe fen e. He followed it and saved his Lfe in the 40 to 50 degrees below zero storm. Uncle also reeallec one pioneer who was cruel to his wife. After a few beatings, she fled to a neighbor’s home for hell. The giant, two-fisted husband c ime after his '’ringing wife and wf s told by the r righbor, who appear and in the door with a gun, not to cone any nearer. The furious usbar and paid no attention to th’e warn ing and was dropped in his track:, The sheriff was notified and the nan was buried. QUICK JUSTICE A few days later, ti e sheriff, and Judge drove put to t te home and rounded up the isolat ?d neighbors. They swore in a jury, presented the evidence and n a si ort time the jury returned the V. :rdict of not guilty. The brutal husband got what was coming to hint and he case w'as settled with frontier mstice, all in one day. Now you a id I know it was quick justice and we know that sometimes innocent people suffered. But when we see the cost and delays of trials today it sometimes seems that de ayed t ials turn out to be no justice at at. (to be contii ned ( PAST MATRON S CLUB Past Matrons will n eet with Mrs. Dale Christnet , Tuesday, Nov 3, at 7:30. Mrs. Haskil Osl orn and Mrs. Frank Peace are assistant hostesses. Roll call will be a fa orite holiday recipe. Mr. and M 'S. Har ey DeFreese jr., 'South Berd, Alvii Wisler family, Wakarusa, Nor.n an .Burrises, and Stoffel DeFreese were Sunday guests at the Harvey DeFreese sr, home. I BL Y BON IS

CHARLES LEHMAN With his father be owns and operates The Lehman Hardware Cornpan; and has lived all his 45 years in Nappanee. He has long served the com munity with 18 years as a volunteer fireman. He is a Kiwanian. Charles and Mrs. Lehman are the parents of Phil, Rob, Tod and Linda. He is proud to have been a member of the Nappanee School Building Corporation which made our jeautiful High School possible. Chat les attended North Manchester College.

TAX RATE CUT 4 e FOR HIGHER STATE REVENUE

The state tax board at Goshen cut four cents from Nappanee’s civil city tax budget Tuesday morning, because of additional revenue expected from state motor vehicle and alcoholic beverage taxes. Clerk-Treasurer Ralph Greene and May-or J. Maxwell Clouse attended the hearing at Which two ents was lopped off the general filnd and two cents from the street fund. The rate is now $1.63 compared .to the original $1.67. Greene explained that at the time the city budgets are made out, figures on state tax revenue 'rom the .previous year must be used, because the new figures are not yet known. By October, the state board knows.exactly what the revenue will be. Because there las been an increase in. revenue in the motor vehicle and alcoholic ■v-ve-age taxes, the lower city tax rate is possible. According to figures given, Nappanee next year will get $25,595 from motor vehicle tax and $4, 459 from alcoholic beverage tax. All appropiation accounts were approved, Greene adds, Chas Stouders To Observe 55th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stoudcr will observe their 55 th wedding anniversary Nov. 3. They have lived around Nappanee on a farm most of their married life except 14 years when they lived in Texas. Mrs. Stouder has been confined to Riley Convalescent Home in Goshen. ' Thev have three daughters Mrs. Dean ‘(Elizabeth) Price, and Mrs. Gerald (Lola) Weybright, Nappan_e, and Mrs. Ed (Doris) Miller, Goshen. Mr. Stouder and his daughters will have a dinner at the Riley home with Mrs. Stouder. s Farm Bureau Annual Meet at Goshen Friday Annual meeting of Elkhart County Farm Bureau will be Friday, at 7:30 p.m. in Farm Bureau Community Room. Goshen. Louis Eby, manager of Credit Union, will show pictures of his recent trip to Europe with a Farm Bureau tour. Officers for next year will be elected and resolutions presented by township units will be considered. Refreshments will be served during social hour. All members and friends are invited, Julia Blosser. secretary, announces. Jake Freets an.d son spent Monday evening in South Bend.

For District 1 Councilman

STREETS The street widening movement, begun with proceeds from parking meters in a previous administration, shall be continued. TRAFFIC We recognize that noise as well as traffic is a public health and safety problem. Traffic noises should be abated and the noise ordinance enforced. Speed of through traffic should be controlled and local traffic bottlenecks alleviated. Efforts should be made to secure a truck by-pass. SEWERS Proper storm relief sewers shall be installed no later than concurrent with the installation of the new proposed Sewage Disposal System. TAXES The tax rate for the City of Nappanee continues to be in the lower bracket of all Indiana cities of similar size. We pledge ourselves to protect this relative position consistent with inflationary trends, and demands for public service based on necessary needs for our growing community.

For District 2 Councilman

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DR. R. A. FLEETWOOD Has served Nappanee and Elkhart County as a general practitioner since 1930, except during World War II when he rose to the rank of Colonel as a hospital administrator in the Pacific. He has served as president of Elkhart County Medical Society, on the board of the County Health Unit since 1950, as city health officer of Nappanee, and is now on the staff of Elkhart County Crippled Childrens school. He is past president of Kiwanis, Past Master of Masonic Lodge, a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Methodist church, School Building Corp. and United Fund.

Statement of Principles

200 New Books for Childrens Week Nov 1-7 More than 200 new children’s books will be on display at Nappanee public library during the first week in November to celebrate Childrens Book Week Nov 17. Grade school classes will visit the library during the week to see the new books and hear stories told by the librarian, Mrs. Fred Culp. Some of the older grades will be instructed in the use of the library and the card catalog. There will also be a story hour Saturday Nov 7 at 4 p.m. to which all children are invited. At the end of the week, after school on Friday these new books may be taken out. Os the new books 30 were given to the library by Elmer L. Wisler, in memory of Edwin L. and Grace M. Wisler. VVISLER GIFT BOOKS Time to Play, The Mouse-Gray Stallion, Good Times at the Circus, Indian Two-Feet and His Horse, Pirate Gold, The Dakotas, The West, The Midwest, At the Railroad Station, Colt from the Dark Forest, Let’s Sing and Play, A Trip to Paris* Who’s Afraid?, Canada, The Great Plains, a series of True H Books of Knights, Dinosaurs, Oceans, Animal Babies. Circus, Birds We Know, Little Eskinos, and Moon Sun and Stars. Also another series on I Want to Be A Fireman, Telephone Operator, Truck Driver, Animal Doctor, Mechanic, Train Engineer, News Reporter. OTHER NEW BOOKS Animal Travelers, Story of Schook, How do you Build a House?, Let’s Go to a Hospital, 101 Gifts and Novelties Children Can Make, Swamp Shack Mystery, Otto in Texas, Which Witch?, Peep-Lo Castle, Red Eagle, Magic Ring. Kidlik’s Kayak, Fun with Ballet, Adelaide, Little One, Your Freight Trains, Fairy Tale Book, Wondertul World of the Air, Time to Play, Blaze and the Mountain Lion, Fury, Son of the Wilds, About the Engineer of a Train, The Bobbsey Twins at London Tower, Drag Strip. Jets and Rockets and How They Work, Tenderfoot Trapper, The Pink Dress, Mountains and Volcanoes, Butterflies, Ships, Birds, Wild Birds, Fishes. Cats, Insects, Ballet, The Sea and its Mysteries. Trees. Favorite poems, Sea Shells, Dogs, Coins and Currency, Julius Caesar, Jesus of Nazareth, Chief of the Cossacks, Adventures of Ulysses, Swamp fox of the Revolution, William the Conqueror, The Golden Fleece, The Voyages of Ulysses. (to be continued)

Strikes Reverse Upward Trend In 3rd Quarter Work stoppages in steel and other industries reversed the nation's economic advance during the third quarter, say the Federal Reserve Bank of Ohieago. In July and August, says the Bank, the index of industrial production recorded successive drops from the June high of 155, and a further decline is indicated for September. Steel, though most important, was not the only strikebound industry in the third quarter. Most domestic copper producers also were idled, and some firms in the meat packing and glass industries were down for varying periods. There were few reports of secondary layoffs due to shortages of steel up to mid-September, but since then such reports have occurred with increasing frequency. Signs of a slackening growth in output were apparent before the steel shutdown in mid-July, the Bank points out, as construction activity slowed somewhat and the rate of advance in public outlays moderated. Whatever over-all pattern was emerging at that time now has been obscured by strike-related developments. However, one thing is certain—a resurgence will occur when the steel deadlock ends. Furthermore, the Bank states, encouraging signs of a more lasting nature are present. There is evidence that plant and equipment expenditures are rising and may continue to do so for some time. A Government survey in September indicates capital spending in 1959 will be 9 per cent higher than in 1958; early in the year, no appreciable rise was expected. Other survc.vs inaicate that the upward movement in capital outlays will continue thru 1960. Saturday evening guests of Dr. and Mrs. Donald Rhodes were Bruno WoLski family, Goshen, the Ronald Huffmans, and Joe Hamiltons.

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For District 3 Councilman

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ILYRVEY MILLER JR. The councilman representing the 3rd District was appointed in February, 1958 to fill a vacancy, has also found Nappanee a good place to live and has spent all of his 39 years in this community, except for four years military service during World War 11. Harve was commissioned in the Field Artillery and during his two years overseas was promoted to the rank of Captain of Infantry. He is a Presbyterian, an American Legionnaire and Veteran of Foreign Wars. For 21 years he has been employed by Nappanee Milling Cos. and is Manager of the Grain and Corn Division. Harve and Mrs. Miller are the parents of Rebecca and Kerry.

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KENNETH J. WALTERS A life time resident of Nappanee, 31 years of age, he is proprietor of East Side Grocery. He and Mrs. Walters and their family, Beth, Steve, Wendy and Ron live at 551 South Elm St. Kenny served with the U.S. Marine Corps during World War 11. He is a member of Nappanee Masonic Lodge, Methodist church, a director of Junior Chamber of Commerce and Citizens Building and Loan Savings Association. He also served as president of the South Elementary School Parent Teachers Association in 1957 and 1958.

UTILITIES

Recognizing' the probable economic development to come from increased trade through the St. Lawrence Seaway, either directly or indirectly, the Nappanee Utilities Company, city owned, already has engineering plans for continued development to meet any demands upon it for home, commercial and industrial expansion. The Nappanee Utilities Company, under the direction of a five man bi-partisan board, has made excellent progress since 1950 kn providing necessary improvements which have resulted in a sound financial structure. It has voluntarily begun a program of extending the downtown street lighting system in each direction on Market and Main Streets, a distance of two city blocks per year. This plan shall be supported. OUR GREATEST ASSETS We hold that our Citys’ greatest assets are our children, therefore our greatest interest is in their physical, moral, spiritual, social and intellectual development. We pledge our heartfelt devotion to our churches, our schools and our recreational development for our childrens’ good. , THE TEAM * The Republican candidates for Mayor, City Clerk an'd Councilmen are united solidly and without dissent in support of this, our statement of principle and purpose. We cordially invite the support of every voter who concurs with these principles and who has faith in these candidates to bring about their fulfillment, to vote REPUBLICAN,,

See Christmas Sales This Year As ‘Best Ever’ Christmas 1959 is shaping up ak the best ever for retail sales. The prediction comes from retailer groups across the country as they start, fully two months ahead of the holiday, their Yuletide promotions. It’s made confidently, notwithstanding the effects on the economy generally of the long "teel strike, “tight money” and the housing slowdown. One indication of a happy holiday fdb the tradesmen: Christmas Club payments are expected to

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reach $1.5 ddlion, the most on record. Last year the average check was $lO5. But it turned out that only 31 per cent was actually spent on Christmas shopping, so retailers will start their ad pushes earlier tc snare a bigger portion. Most stores expect to spend more on advertising than last year, and there’ll be more joint promotions, with merchants in both shopping centers and downtown areas cooperating. Their primary target: the first four days after Thanksgiving, wdiich last year accounted for 15 per cent of all Yule buying. Toy industry estimates are for a 10 per cent sales increase over 1958. Nappanee THE Shopping Cente

For Councilman At-Large

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J. D. R. SCHWARTZ A city councilman since 1956, has lived in N a PP anee 15 years. Jack graduated from Ball State Teachers College and taught school 24 years before moving here to be , " - the manager of Neuhauser Hatcheries Inc. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz are Arthur, living at Bloomington, 111; Mrs. Edward Eichenberger, Nappanee, and Mrs. Ned Helmuth, Lafayette Ind. They have six grandchildren. Jack is an active Kiwanian and a past president, a Scottish Rite Mason and an officer in the Nappanee Lodge, and is active in the Methodist church.