The Independent-News, Volume 88, Number 38, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 17 September 1964 — Page 4

— THE INDEPENDENT NEWS — Sept. 17. 19(11

The School Bus Stops Here

The September issue of the "PTiends" magazine, a publication by the Chevrolet Motor Company. Inc., had an article in entitled ''Tin- School Bus Stops Here." We considered this article worth the time of all people, not just those who receive this magazine, so we are taking the privilege of relaying it on to you. It is an article that everyoiw should read if they at any time drive a car. or have children riding the busses to and from school. "September is the time when . millions of young Americans return to school after three months of freedom from werhty books and Bachers’ looks. To many youngsters across the country, it means lining up at , roadside points to board the familiar yellow buses that daily move tens bf thou^u? is of stu- : dents to and from s hool. Unlike conventional bus stops. s» hool bus slops are not always recognizable as such. One might be located m?i<.r a moss-draped tree on a quiet country road. Another may be outside a drug store in a suburb of a city. Bus riders know where- the stops are. but often mot >rists do not. Because so many young people make the school run every day under these circumtances. it is natural that all of us should be concerned about safety. State governments and school boards have rules designed to protect

GUEST EDITORIAL Your Vote Makes A Difference

The passage of the nineteenth amendment to the U. S. Constitution in 1920. gave women the right to vote The pioneers of the suffrage movement had believed women would appreciate this right and would exercise their franchise enthusiasts ally and effectively. It is a sad comment on the strength and habit and trad.tion that women wei slow to use this new right and accept a citizen’s resp msibility. It is estimated that in the 1960 national election. 33.600 000 women did vote and some 20.000,000 did not. Why? The reasons for non-voting fall into two categories according to the President’s Commission on Registration and Voting Participation. The barriers are both real and imaginary, i, e. legal and physchological. The first would include residence requirements. literary tests, etc . with which we’re not immediately concerned The second would cover apathy. confusion. rejection of everything political all emotional states. The Commission on Registration and V 'ting Participation has suggested that women's organizations can help overcome these reasons fur non-voting. TTiev “can Bike a n rim blew against the Hon that onlv men should be c >’ ■ erned v th politics and " ’ ' ■ vent " M-n a' • ca ’ he’n i ha”ge these att udes Tiv to ren ’■ • •• non !n several of the*" cr- m s wh » r-^eds a boost to her mora’e and a bit of informa*' n The word "anathy" is from two Greek ’•not* rnoo-Ong- “want of feeling " Th s attitude is espe-

Robert E. Urbln, Editor PUBLISHER Independent-News ( 0., Inc. Walkerton, Indiana PUBLICATION TIM’ : Th iiMlav Os Each Week Second < I tss Postage Paid At Walketton, Indiana SI iiS( IPI ION K\ | ES: s.j.hO Pet Year -50 c Additional If .Mailed Out Os State

young pas>ei?gers: but since safety rules vary from state to sta’e. their effectiver.v-s depends upon the common ser.-se of the individual driver. "Friends" asked Harry Porter Jr.. the National Safety Council’s director of traffic safety, for suggestions that drivers can follow with regard to student safety. Porter offered this advice: Probably most youngsters have be» n told by their paren-ts how to behave at a school bus stop. But kids being kids don’t always remember the right way to do things, so it's up to the motorist to be alert when approaching bus stops. First, of * our-e. the motorist should find out what his state law requires him to do when a school bus is loading or unloading: this varies from state to state. But over and above this legal control of driving behavior. the motorist should always bear in mind these suggestions: Be rea ly for the unexpected whenever you’re near a school bus stop. Be prepared for a child to dash suddenly into the street. Give yourself an even- greater margin of safety in rainy or winter weather. Be sure that your car is in top mechanical condition, that it will respond as it should to brake an throttle. It must, for safe operation"

cially prevalent among young people who do not yet feel a sense of personal involvement in government among some minority groups and the poorly educated in persons with no party commitments, new residents who are not familiar with local candidates, issues and registration laws, and elderly ladies of small means poor sight, or limited activity who have stopped trying to "keep it up." They justify their inaction by saying "what I do won't make any difference one way or the other." Confusion is inevitable when issues are complex, the ballot is long and the candidates are strangers. The press of other duties may interfere with reading and discussion that clarify and refine opinion. Confusion is the starting point. The total rejection of politics may be due to a too narrow definition of the word. All government is necessary and desirable. Two hundred years ago, Edward Burke wrote that all that was necessary for the triumph of evil, was that good men < women । do nothing.. Real emotional conflict may be present in women whose mens- Ik disapprove of women’s meddling m affairs the men have always considered their own provi' ce It takes a strong-mind-ed .'. men to differ with such mei? lay aside her habitual loyalty to them and act on her convict ions. So we ve b< < n given Women Voter Week S-pt. 13-19 The immediate aim is to get more women registered and pledged to vote: the long range aim is to promote informed and active participation in government

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Women Voter j Week Sept. 13-18 The week of September 13-18 is to be a special event for women in the U. S. It is Women Voters Week to emphasize the importance of women as voters and participants in government and to focus the attention of women themselves on the large number of their sex who do not vote The event was suggested by the league of Women Voters the Week was proclaimed by President Johnson in May. A non-partisan nation - wide drive is planned to encourage more women to participate in government It has the hearty approval of the National Committees of both parties and the National Heritage Foundation among others. Many national organizations - men's as well as women's have expressed interest and offered cooperation. The American Legion and it’s Auxiliary. PTA. Indiana State Home Demonstration Association, are typical of the many groups, concerned with the social, economic and political problems who realize the voter individually and collectively is the key to solutions. Some groups may have already heard from their own officials of plans for organization effort. A person to person campaign is pr posed by whitever avenue It is likely that every women knows a newcomer, a shut-in. a 21-year-old or perhaps an older woman who has never broken away from the “womans place is in the home" rule. To any of these she can give information, encouragement and the assurance that her vote does count It really does happen that a per precinct determines the outcome of an election Kennedy s plurality over Nixon was less than one voter per precinct. There is no way to tell exactly how many women do nd vote Os course, a lot of men don't vote either The total voter participation in the 1960 national election was 63 8 {ht cent Os these, it is estimated that 34 million were men and 33 million women Os tiw mi-c mg 36 3 per <• nt. the majority must be women, -ince they outnumber the men in roughly 20 000 V .men! How cm there be that many wives, mothers, business women, old-

sters, who let the rest of us have the last word ? In Indiana we do better: our voter turnout in 1960 was 76 9 per cent (Idaho was high with 80.7; Mississippi was low with 2'>.. r >i This means there is a missing 23.1 per cent in Indiana, of which the majority would bo women. Every group women s especially is urged to launch an "Each One Reach One” drive to find inform, register and pledge to vote citizens who are not presently on the poll list. The deadline for registration is October 5 in Indiana.

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