The Independent-News, Volume 88, Number 52, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 December 1964 — Page 4
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What Is Christmas To You?
W hat does Christmas mean to you ? Ask thia question <»f many <• >plr and you will receive as many different answers as you ask jieop^e. ChriFtniaa may mean a time of giving . . and also receiving gifts from loved ones, frit nds and relatives. For the children. it is the day that the once a year visit from Santa Claus comae true. It might mean a holiday from school or work for many, a time when a vacation is enjoyed with relatives and friends in another part of the country. Maybe it means the time that the entire family can enjoy that oix- day reunion as they get together to celebrate Christmas e again a. a family To many it is probably the time for that certain enjoyment <•! the hustle and bustle to shop and get gifts K.idy f >r p* >pie. It is the time tor exchanging ■>f greetings through cards ai i letters to pc op e who you almost loose <untuct with during •he year. The high point of Christmas may be tlic party or parties that you enjoy so much It could be the just staying at home with the family for this time enjoying the time together at home with no special attraction. Maybe it is the time you take time to enjoy the church servb e that you so often neglect the rest of the year. It could 1« the time of the year you enjoy so much because of the beautiful Christmas music that is a welcome change from what is heard so much of the time. The story it teps is often neglected in celebrating Christmas. Christmas can also be the time of tragedy m your family or neighborhood. a part of the season people have to accept with the good. It could be almost just another day of the year as a particu’j»r job calls for work to go on despite the holiday.
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It can be the most lonely time for some who have no one with whom to celebrate, and it makes it all the more lonely for such as these It could be that this Christmas Isn’t the same as others, due to unfortunate happenings that do not allow you to celebrate it In the custom you have in the past. Christmas can be almost anything for you and others It is the time that many people do think of the less fortunate and extend to them some cheer in one form or an »ther. A little act of kindne s on the part of a more fortunate person can give them a warm feeling a* well as the one receiving the kindness. Gifts such as the e cannot lie measured in dollars and cents, but by the true fee ing within. Years ago in a little town called Bctlilehem. a gift was given to everyone. It was not i c ! at that t me and is neglected to be noticed by many today This gift came to all of us from God The gift was in the form of a man . . . one who was to give more, hims.-ls, some t! irtv-three years later. But during hi* stay on earth, the true religion of God was brought to the people of that time and the years that followed brought this to all. This type of gift cannot be given from one to another. It w. . the w gift that could be given to cve yone, young and old, white or colored, rich or poor, one of any rationality. It was the one true gift Take time this holiday to make this gift of many years ago a part of jw life Let it live with y>u not only at this time, but a', the time. This type of gift will reflect more on yourself as it reflects on others. It wi|* refect a feeling on yen and others that can never lx* matched May we take this opportunity to extend to each and everyone of you tl e warmest seasons greetings and wishes for a very hanpy and prosperous New Year.
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Whose Idea - Potato Creek Park
For some time there has been talk about making a new state park in Ul» ty Townahip us the SL Joseph County Committee for Recreational Development ha* had idea* of damning up Potato Creek about three ndles cast of No th Liberty and making a large park with a 360 acre lake in this area. Things settled down to a very serious nature recently on the plan as a meeting in North Liberty last Friday found much opposition from the people living in that area. It strikes as a little peculiar that these people could p.opose such a plan as this without taking into consideration what necessary moves would have to be made concerning the present landowners and residents of this area, Il alao seems that they have no consideration for such aa thia to satisfy their personal deeires. they will stop at no length to carry such a p oject through. This can be especially apprecia’ed when in the last i-niple of years, two a eas where no one lived in the immediate vicinity. has been passed by as such locations. First, there was the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant, cove ing more acres than is needed or planned for the Potato Creek project The Kankakee River flows though here an.l it seema that it could be done much easier than their p esent p’ans. This wasn't pushed hard. Then came the wooded Studebaker Proving Grounds directly west of South Bend, which many claimed waa a natural for a Jiark. This involved over SOO acres of fine land for such with roads th-ough it This was disci sued, but not pushed hanl either. Now. because the suggested area has a lot of hills and low spots, it haa been determined that a lake could be so Tned anil the land would b<- good for this. That might bo true, but aa the meeting pointed out Fridav night, some Wl persons own land In this area and a total of 293 actually live In this tree. The pn-sent n’an** call for this to be presented to the State I^-gialature for action No th«-m Indian* might need addition*’
recreational area, but at what cost. What chance do the people who claim this to be their home have, fighting such and area as South Bend? No mention haa been made or effort devoted to keep this in or immediately adjacent to South Bend where the St Joseph River could be utilized. Nothing has been said to date as to what was to happen to the residents In cases like this, usually dissatisfaction comes when buying begins. Also, where will these people go that arc forced to leave this a - a. W 111 they be forced to leave their farms and read*leixiea just to satisfy the wants and wishes of the city people? These questions are all unamswe'ed, but certainly will come to a head in the ven’ near future as the plans aren't just talk anymore, but serious^' be-
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ing considered. The meeting that discussed thia with about 150 people from the proposed area, turned tntc moas mayhem near the end anc only the fact that they were in a church and reminded of this by one lady, seemed to calm things down at all. The committee had already In their mind* evaluated the land and area to their own feeling# without finding out for sure. This kind of forward action la hard to stop, but is now to the point uh ere careful study muat be made and organized plans laid to settle this situation In the best manner for everyone. A hunter rushed into camp one night and hollered: "la John here’'’ His fellow hunters replied that John waa in camp. "Is Henry he e?" he asked. They said be was. "Is Bill here?” The fellows replied yes, "Then,’’ he shouted, “Hot dog! I’Ve shot a deer."