The Independent-News, Volume 87, Number 38, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 19 September 1963 — Page 4

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—TH I: IX HEPEX DEXT XEU S — Sept. 19. 19fi3

Our Towns Are What We Make Them

South Bend and Mishawaka Lave JU I completed wh it they have la? eled as vo ■. m< < ■ •' ful • w<ek long e'irt>ration known as Partners in Plogr-.-s This \as planned a a iibbiation f"i Jhe progt'" - t nd ;i" pci - Ity of the twin < ities over a lone jx rioj of t ii। । Afti r Lhinkmg on this sublet t t\ <n though many may togu" that things have not I- « n the mo • pi" । .unis ..nd pi <d j < siv i m 11 ' an a for • mi- tin it st i o t.s a good a. ek South B- i d isn t >• hat it v a a tea y<;u s ago jus! a. dk'rton and N nth Lm-iu iron t w hat they j.a e Is en in the past m m.u v in dances The first thing the' < oim ■ to nurd is the empty busine-s houses that set on the n un streets in our towns But. compar tins to South Bend and who <an deny a great numbrn ot empty busim s pines then as well Add to this th • fa t that it wasn’t too uony year. •go whan Stue ibakers wet • employing three tunes the people they are now and also big i progn Olivet I Sing.-r plants ver in full swing Their business disttrt used to be < row ded as wed However with tins change alarm need n d b * assoc lated Tile mood ot living has chingc d'Kippin: < <■! teis have taken ox < r in about eviry large town thei ■ is .m weil as in many al cas ! b 'an n t .m h big U . i ■ These sbopp. <. ' tel till puli p< npfe fi -m wei y area n• ' lopoh: । an 1 ■ u al as well, and will con' :mm to do so Evei . thi’ g 1 's < har.-ed since the en 1 “f World W ir JI when prospe ity wm lugh A itomoLi es 1. ive 1 owe ;■ mu< h lai gel part of o’, r lives Anyone now can J m n in a rar an t drive a few mi.es to shop. to see a show in then eats to enjoy a meal in little fancier atmosphere The world has shrunk and will it comes the many chai ges. It would Ue a fine thing if every building that sets ?mpty coi Id be filled with a business of some kind But it would also be nice just to have the many factions working together instead of against each other

Ike » < ] / rV *•«• •al that awkwa d age— old enough to be my father, but youajl enough to want to be my hueband." ‘

P< .pie ate funny People m Walkerton will travel to Noith Liberty to buy things that are available at hmm Y< t they will m et at the same time on the roid people from North Libit ty coming to Walkerton to do exactly the mime thing. The grass always look greenci on the other sid • of the fence One thing that has hurt the small town tn the modern fad, small world we live m. is the constant ttemi fl tough the government to make it just a litth hardci foi the -ma’l bu imss mtn There hasn't been a hr* k for this typo of merchant in v'lrs Th- has aided the । ! -ng of many businesses. Ai nthei thing is the fine credit -ydem of buying that has come into being in the past few years When ] ople used to buy tilings with money instead of an at count card and two years, they still lived as well in many respects It is too easy now* to pit yourself in a hole. All it takes i a means of borrowing the monev ami eyes larger than the stomach like a small child nt a family picnic Instead of partners in progress this immediate area could b'" brothers in business as we are all striving for the same thing to make a good living Not many small businessmen exp* t to g'd rich, but to provide 1 tlvw adves and tb. ir families a ' sjuately And with H little : ■ nse and < ffort. this is > j-ilv ! ' .< h- ! < Mir tv o towns- do r a hint em h other but could with ft little effort, combine to help “U'h other. Between tiw two tl re i« competition Ir ’ t’ i- is stul the backbone < f business Thero is enough money being spent for cvi -yonc to have their share if a mot • <■ n-' niratc < effort on keeping our horn? towns our homes is exerted People live in Walkerton and North Liberty becau- 1 they choose to live here If they wanted the larger city they coulA and would go there It takes all Qf us to make what we havs now for our communities and with a little more effort, wo can all help our communities stay the nlaces we would like them to be.

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Voice of the People Dear Hdito' Om . acam it is apple pumpkin ami mdon stealing . is. a and the age-old game of torn-ent. ing the farmers is on This has h n a po» r jear for the pro' ice farmers, and seeing a portion of their incomes -pread over th highways, does not improve their t -mjiers. I utgc tl'.e parents to help in preventing a jK.ssjble trag.-,v bx keefting the childi n out of othei peoples' proju rty. Thank you. A Mother and Farmer's Wife To the Parents Elsewhere in the paper you will read the notice of a PTA meeting. Ara you going to do what too many of us have done for too many years” Bead it an<i forget it ? They say the American public are the bast ’’gripers" m the world and I believe they are right! How many of us have gone to a PTA meeting, sat thru it remaining sil mt when new business, old business, opinions or question*, were called for, then as soon as adjourned, infmined our neighbor of what should have been done and by

FOR AND ABOUT THNAGFRS • . Bp C. D. SmMi Sometimes Friends Can Be Too Helpful

yPONV YOU THINK^ K: 37 \ HWY WOULD } A MAKE A Nic« /♦ f \ COUPLB? / /TX <n —~ f«^VJI I • R ■■r

THE WEEK'S LETTER: "Last year I was going with a boy 1 liked very much and he liked me I really don't know what happened; but I think he kids at school trying so hard to get us to go steady were to blame for messing things up One of my girlfriends helped so much ha would even cross the street to avoid speaking to her. Anyway, we broke up. He had two girl* friends since, but didn’t go with

whoo <u just simply stayed honi" k e<ause they never d< anvt hmg anyway " This i your ihnnce to b< < >n an active vol.-* in your s liool and home relationship f ’*mc t tb.« meetings, voire your opinion- and listen to what other think. Help us et up th • policy and pr gram of your PTA foi the coming year Will we see you the 19th" Mis Casmie- Ktaxk’

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either of them very long. One day I saw him at the fair and hoped he would tiake the first move He did. Now my problem is to ’ prevent friends from being too ' helpful. He is shy and so am 1, . so things aren’t too easy. Do you , think it would be right for us to > set down together and find out what went wrong? I like him very much and 1 know be likes me, i too.”

• In Sat Fra mi’" • 1 circulating story has to do wit a union ofTlcial who got into argument with his wife and i., d pvalru to a friend to ett|' t > dispute The fn md sld«%l with the wif The unionist thereupon blew I. top ‘'So," he screamed, "you . ’’ gnr over to management, hr. you'" v Drive Safely Alwavw

OCR REPLY: Sit down and And out what went wrong You will probably decide that both of you paid too much attention to other people and what they had to say. it happens all the time: friends, sincerely trying to be helpful, do more harm than good Some people enjoy trying to play the role of "matchmaker." Haven’t you heard them say, "Don't you think Joe and Jane make such a nice couple?” They are sincere They really mean it The important thing, however, is for Joe to suit Jane and for Jane to suit Joe. Apparently, this is true with you and "him," so you really don t ' have a serious problem. Sit down, talk about it, and de- • cide that you aren't going to let • what others have to say bottler either of you. As we said earlier, i the important thing is how Jou । feel about each other. If »a» Sav* • !•••«(• pr«Si*m W««i er aSatrvaliea te maht, aA4raaa rear l«tlar la row AMD ABOt T TXSNAUntL NATIONAL WKMALV NKWSFAFSUa •navies fran a roar mt.