The Independent-News, Volume 86, Number 42, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 October 1962 — Page 8

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0. E. S. Observes Post Matron And Patron Night Past mation and past patron night was observe at the meet mg of Walkerton Chapter OES lYiefikiay evening. Oct 16th Tne Chapter room wa-s i surprise to all who entered as bright balloons, stuffed animals and toys one Would find at the county fan wore much in ovplcn e During th* opening session six guests from Chicago and Mi and Mrs Hembree. presiding otlicers of the Doriand Chapter n Umm Mills were introduced Th* - 26 honm guests present were e- orted to tiie west and wen* to. i by W"|l!a Matron Mis Edward U* •••! - n in a clever verse, the sign fieam * of the de<or of the evening \ silver deputy sheriff badg* wa pinned on each gu« t b*f* ie th- \ were escorted ba k to the: seats A new emblem f"i the sta. tion of Martlia was b-da ab d in a ceremony given by the Sta Point othcer-- Ass snate Patron Chaplain and W >rthy Matron Pro terns sot ‘die evening wen Mrs Clarence Reid, organist, and Roscoe Provence as Asso iate Patron. The dining room was gaily decorated with mon balloons and stuffed animals The tables were centered with ball >r. candy apples, candies anti bags of popcorn. Gifts for the honor guests were found at them places. Refreshments were sevd by Mrs Minnie Mikesell. Mrs. Eugene Skinner, Mr and M"- Wamei Clark, Mr and Mrs Manin Williams. Mrs H tzel Barden and Miss Audrey’ Dolph Twelve States Require Hunters Safety Test Twelve stat* s so far have made their woodlands safer by requiring young applicants for hunting licenses to pass gun-safety courses The typical program costs about 50 cents per pupil, and states adopting them have been rewarded by’ a drop of up to 53 percent in accident rates Hunting accidents kill 600 to 800 Americana annually and in- | Sj^UNGWA’ A 1 \ !' \ ADVLFTIS] _

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jure 3500 more. The 16 to IP ago group accounts for 46 percent of all arcidents. and supplies 39 percent of all victims; hence the programs in New York, California, Nt .v .Jersey. Rhode Island. M mtana. Massachusetts, Coiimvticut, South Dakota, Minnesota, Washington Utah and Oregon, are aimed primarily at youthful hunters ^Tw<> years ago. Nejw Y<^l^l^ended its program to cover all ages after scoring a 5i per* ent cut in arcidents by training just the youngsters South Dakota n'duced its volume of juvenile hunting accidents by 5 percent in just three year wit): the ifety C mses Ti'-v consist of four hour-long lessons in ife gun-handlr.g, a se-v-s n . ang fir.ng. f:e’d tripand wi;t Ui md physa al examii. Pion pu cl- with bad *y* । ;■ a coordination. th* sh - - ; .tzy or emotionally instabh’ «h» n it ; iss. The -tabs learned long ago th r they < o ibin t turn everyone ) ( > । । in an iub»mobile w thout di v* m auction. But 38 states still turn boys and men loose with d* idly w < ip»m without a minute of m tru* tion It's no wondt • that each fall an Indiana farmer finds it ms < s-ary to paint COW on the sides of ca- h animal in hi herd Farm Tractors Fake Toll Over Years Farm tr:v toi accidents claimed 263 liv*s in Indiana from 1956 through 1961, r ports F R Willsey. farm safety specialist at Purdue University. Wills*y, who analyzed reconls /ot the Indiana State Boaid of Health and the Indiana State Police, found that 188 of these persons died in accidents on farms and the 75 remaining victims were killed on Hoosier roads Thus six of ten deaths occured on the farm. About one-half, 92 of tile 188 on the farm fatalities, resulted from tractois overturning. Forty of these operators either fell oi M’rro th-own from tractors. Tractors ran over 24 additional persons. Power take-eff mishaps were responsible for ten of the violent deaths. Fatal tractor accidents represent only a small portion of the total accidents invohang farm tractors Willsey pointed out that an exten-ive 1958 survey showed there are about 40 non-fatal tractor accidents for each fatal mishap This suggests that in the six year peiiod tractor accidents m Indiana exce Meil 10.000 Tnousands of personal injuries and large amounts of property d.image, in a Id tian to the loss of 263 lives, resulted. Drive ca 'efully alwnys.

SCIENCE TOPICS Artlultiu which afflicts 12 million Americana costs the nation two billion dollars a year, mcording to the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation. The disease, next to respiratory ailments, is the h ading c i :se of absenteeism in industry Each year irthritis accounts foi 115 million 1* st work days, 9 p*" < « - nt if the « ountry's lost, work ne. It-, victims lose an averaj >! 15 work d ivs and as a gi' ip. $1 Soo.oO ।om m wages. Aluminum foil used in I’ S satellite E ho II । - o »<ns m< h thick, one-fourth the th ckn* ss of regular household foil Stronger hardboai'd can be ia*ie from sugai cane pulp than from the usual wood p .Ip. r* p■ i s Vo it>u . Fibers are > par.it* d from tiie spongy ti'-uc ipi'hi ,i the pulp after the > igar is m oved Mats of dep. led pulp a r e fed into powerful Thermex die > ■ tru caters which dry out ail moisture in about two minut*s A tificial binders aren't needed, tio company says. No American has iad lumbago -ince 1931 B'^caus that - the year the U S d< tors started calling it "s!ipj»ed use." reports the University of J ichigan Medical Center By an other name, its still a pain in the back ami its < hies \ ictims * people who are too fat. too sc ' or too emotionally tense If .on lead a sedentary existence, the medical men say. don’t go on a sudden splurge of .activity and your discs will probably stay where they - should. Pestirides ;uv the concem of a special Presidential committee which will shortly make its report

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on whether government agencies are using anti-bug chemicals as safely as possible. Stronger controls and more research could he results of the report. Loss of sleep does not increase creativity, reports the University of Oregon. In one study, an artist voluntarily painted for 88 hours straight, completing seven paintings. Only two, done early in the period, were afterward judged satisfactory. Biggest beer drinkers in the nation live in Wisconsin where a per capita average of 25.5 gallons was the country's highest in 1961, Nevada follow* d w ith 21 B gmlonand the District of Columbia was tli rd with 21 1 Mississippi was low on the lid wth 5 2 gallons, ac» ordmg to the t’. S Brewers Associat ion Bible babies, babies, says the Population Reference Bureau.

Vote For Robtrt Dwain Whitmer Republican Candidate For Trustee Liberty Township it elected trustee of Liberty Township, I Kobei 1 Dwain Whitme* will support and enforce the provision pf the Indiana law “any able bodied indigent receiving issuance t.) do any work needed done by any got trnmentai agency or unit within his township or an\ id joining township in exchange for assistance given . . provided for by Burns Indiana Statutes anno « tated Section 52-152. I would also coo perate with th* ither township trustees and county commissioners in making available the services relief recipients on ?ounty wide projects.

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