The Independent-News, Volume 89, Number 1, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 31 December 1964 — Page 4

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It is tone to make your New Year’s Resolution*! .IC you ar* one of Lheaa. you probably will join a large group of guilty people who confess their wnmgdomg* to themselves by making New Year’s Resolutions. and also an almost a* large a group who doesn't stick by them. Let s weigh the New’ Year's Resolutions. What would you say is the most common? (Tiukcs are 99 out of 100 it is something you shouldn’t be <ioing in the first place that you are going to stop in the coming year. Maybe you a e going on a diet' All yes, this is probably number one, especially alter the fancy foods that you have been indulging in ever since Thanksgiving. A few pounds or inches around the waistline are easy to add in this holiday period That diet you ane g ung on may lie here for a couple of days, maybe even weeks, but chances ate, it won't last too long. Then comes the old standby#: quit smoking drinking swearing, getting mad at the wife or children, accusing the neignbors of wrong doings or

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Christmas 19M was one of the most anjoyebie we have ever spent, A certain thrUl comes with* efch Christmas and the I d In us seems to come out every time we open a gaily wrapped present. A great thrill U the beautiful Christmas music which each year one feels they didn't hear or sing enough oWurihg the days of Christmas. Alqp come* a special thrill of t# decorations both Inside and otta The outside lights and displays that people put up can be shared by everyone and this was a good year for the decorationa VII th cash prizes being offered for decorat ions, some may have been motivated to decorate. but most do It simply to add to the spirit of the season. However, something was missing this war that means a lot. That something was snow.

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sticking your nose in other people’s business. Just what good do these vicee do you anyway? Is that cigarette really needed? Or that one little d ink necessary? Did you really need to get mad and blow off at the mouth before thinking the situation out? Was that really any of your business? Stop for a moment and think. When you make your resolutions. you are either going to stop something you didn't need to start or start something ycu neglect to do that you should. Making resolutions is a good idea from this standpoint You a<> real sing the faults you have. Sticking with them is the hard part. Sure it Lakes willpower. or maybe we should say "won'lp >wer" to overcome these things, but even If you don’t atop your bad habits or develop good ones, you have at least evalua’. 1 yourself for a brief time a id it makes you feel just a hltte guilty. New Years is no better lime than the middle of June, the last of Feb uary or the first of October to make a better person of yourself, but if you start now, maybe by this time you have made a little progress along these lines

Yes. the beautiful while stuff that can also be so troublesome, certainly adds something to Christmas. While riding around looking at the various displays, the absence of snow was very ncticabla. How much nicer it would have been if the background of snow would have been present. t , Irving Berlin certainly summed it up good when he wrote "'White Ch totmaa". It would ♦eem vvry strange to one who has lived ail his life in this climate to celebrate Christmas sad the winter season without snow. The weather this year simply was too nice for that real Christmas feeling. It is our wish that every year a few days before Ch?tetmas. that a nice gentle snowfall comes our way and puts that missing element back in the beautiful season Christmas to.

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NFO NEWS The Rev. Al Hoisbauer, the country parson. from Waterloo Indiana, talked on “Tbs Cristo in American Agriculture", at the Plymouth Armory on December 22nd. Be spoke of how ha became interested in the NFO program. Morally, spiritually and ethically, NFO to right and to the only democratic way to Mt at the bargaining table and bargain tor a fair prise for farmers. NFO to the only farm organization bargaining for the farmer. Rev. Holzbauer continued with. “How can the farmer expect the government to solve their problems when the poUlicjpns don’t even understand the farm problem There to one agriculture worker for every 32 farmers. Those workers are living off the farmer and are not making their living off the farm. We need to exercise our freedom or we will lose it. The govenunswt keeps stressing surpluses in agriculture. In case of an emergency, our food supply would last only ei^t days. So supply and demand no longer determine our market." In attending the NFO convention of approximately nine thousand delegates, he spoke of their determination, dedication, and Christian principles The greatest enemy of the NFO is misinformation and ignorance of Its program. goals, and membership agreement. The consumer thinks the packer, processor, and chain store, is the reason their food is so reasonable. Only 18 per cent of the consumer's dollar goes for food, the lowest in history. The harsllers very conveniently put this across to the consumer thru their means of advertising. Uttle do they realize food prices are at the expense of the farmer. In closing, he wished ®*ch and every NFO member a very Merry’ Christmas and joyous New Year and hope that 1965 will be the banner year, and members wou’d achieve proper living standards for the American Farmer Kdith H. Snyder, NFO publicity FOREVFR LOST It’s mush better to be a moral tightwad than It to to squander a good reputation. W». ‘ W—W BUM— I—HI—PAYINO BASIS FruSt ftw your own mlsdak®* and you’ll always have a proap—aus bust nee*.

Lincoln - Liberty Farm Bureau To Meet Ths Liberty-Uncoln Township Farm Bureau will meet January 8, al the North Liberty Community Building at 7:^ p.m Th< pmggded, State Park wiU be diacussed as well as the need for conservation and recreation in this community. Salvation Army Three Week Drive Nets $312.32 The local Salvation Army Extension Ssrvtca ooigmittqe reports that the collecttons thp three Sat-

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urdays prior to Christmas were considered very succ—aful and were as foltows; $27.57 the find week; SM.4SI the 2nd week, and $120.26 the third wa«K g tplgl Os 1312.32. The comnu&tao spent a total «< I2MOS in teKing needy ptaMMNI and famllteei this Chrlstmaa with food, ctothtag an< needed articles The commttee reports that during 1W a total of $65.25 was paid out to furnish meals and other atatotance to transient. The committee |ndh«a to thMt the Chamber of Commerce. Uona Club and American Legion fat their part in this community project which helps the less fortunate at Christmas time and others throughout the year

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