The Independent-News, Volume 91, Number 52, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 June 1966 — Page 1

Volume 91; Number 62

NORTH LIBERTY TO GRADUATE 104

NFO NEWS The members and guests of the St. Joseph County NFO met at the Riley Woman’s C’ubhouee on Monday night. May 16, Loyal Burkholder, president, presiding. Burkholder commented on the letters sent by all farm organization’s members and 'eaders to President Lyndon B Johnson protesting his request for limitations of hide exports, buying of pork for Armed Forces and serving of milk in .school lunch programs. These letters seem to have done some good, keep those letters coming. The whole tenor of economic policy seems to suggest that the country must balance its budget by keep.ng farm prices low. Unless farmers continue to organize, they will find themselves completely helpless. Claude McEndarfer, grain chairman, said that another large .sale of beans and corn was made for export. NFO members please contact Claude and sign up your grain for the 4th selling period. This is working out very well and by bargaining as a group, we do receive a price advantage. Carlyle Buss, area organizer, told the group the farmer is being lulled to sleep. Too many think just because we have a sma.l price increase, prosperity is returning to agriculture. He explained “true parity”. Under the parity principle, as consumer prices rise, the price of farm products should be adjusted in proportion to the increase of things agriculture and areas must buy to operate. Avg. prices for tarm products 19441 - 1950 Com $1.54 bu. Wheat 2.01 bu. Soy beans 1.30 bu. Choice hogs 23.00 cwt Choice cattle 29.90 cwt Prices figuring current parity Corn $2.15 Wheat 2.81 Soy beans 3,58 Choice hogs 32.20 Choice cattle 41.80 Farm prices should be 140 per cent of the 1946-1950 average to •be at parity. The average industrial wage was $1.33 an hour in 1946-1950. Now has moved up to $2 64. Also in 1946-50, society list'd 26% of the national income to buy food and in 1964 it used only 18 per cent. Ln other words, agriculture has subsidized consumers with cheap foods. Wages and interest increased 176 per cent to 1964 or 12 5 per year since 1946-50. Income of private enterprise increase 51% or 3.6'1 per year since 1946-50. While farm net income decreased 16% or a little over 1 per cent per year in the same period of time. These segments should have moved up in balance to avoid a loss of income. To offset the shortage of $570 billion of national income, we added $784 billion to the gross debt, public and private. and economists are now calling it prosperity. Ulnless rural America, farmers, businessmen, bankers, professional men demand a change, there will be none. Farmers must be •willing to make an effort to get a price for what they produce! You must have parity of

□——- — — □ DEATHS □ □ Oscar E. Anderson Oscar E. Anderson. 69, of Gary, died at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday in Gary following a heart attack. A retired supervisor of Illinois Bell Telephone. Mr. Anderson was born in Chicago on April 21, 1897. He was married July 27, 1926 in Gary to Mildred Griffin who survives. Other survivors include one son, William Anderson, Rt. 3, Walkerton; three grandchildren; four brothers, Frank, Lous and Harry of Kooontz Lake, and Elmer of Knox; one sister, Mrs. Agnes Freeburg, Chicago. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday at the Nusbairm Funeral Home, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday with Rev. James McGee, pa tor of the Donaldson Immanuel Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, income. Wake up. Mr. Farmer. Edith Snyder, NFO publicity ch.

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WALKERTON, INDIANA JUNE 2, 1966

RA INBOW INSTALLATIO N Mia-? Gerri Stickley will be ■installed as Worthy Advisor of Walkerton Assembly 64, at a public installation Saturday evening, June 3 at the Temple. 23 CLUB TO MEET The 23 Club will meet vHth Mrs. Helen Loucks on June 7 at 7:30. ATTENTION SENIORS Your pictures are in and may be picked up anytime at the Walktrton High School. Donaldson. He was a member of Telephone Pioneers, Masonic Lodge in Gary and a Navy Veteran of WWI. Joseph Malsfaff Funeral services for Joseph Mal-taff will be held at 10 am. Friday, June 3, at St. Patrick Church Friends may call at the Nusbaum Funeral Home from 2 p.nv Thursday until time of services.

Plan Summer Recreation For Walkerton The summer recreation program will begin on Monday, Jime 6. The first week of the program will meet only in the afternoons, and them full time thereafter until the program concludes on Eri. day, August 5. Groups will meet Monday thru Friday at Place Park, or in case of rain at the high school gymnasium. Boys and girl s will be organized in leagues and tournaments with award ribbons given to winners. Weekly reports. announcements, and standings, will be published in tihe Walkerton Independent. Tie director of the program is Dick Kickbush. The time schedule is: 9:00 a.m. until 12 noon, boys ages 7 to 12 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m., girl ages 7 and up 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., boys over 12 Many Bargains in the Classifieds

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Commencement Set For Wednesday June 8:h On Wednesday, June 8. 104 senior students of Nor h Liberty High School will be graduated at the annual commencement program. The program will begin at 8:00 p.m. in the High School gym. The baccalaurea’e service will also be held in the gym on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 pm. for these students. The recora numoey of students this year was made possible by the discontinuing of th^ Greene Twp. .Ugh school and a'most all the last year's iurfor class of Greene, chose North Liberty for their senior year. '^l tr i HI A H R. Nelson Snider, principal of South Side High sen or *n Fort Wayne will deliver the commenet ment addre s. This well known educator has .eived in the position for 37 y< ars. He received his AB from Bail Stat*?, his MA from Columbia and LLD from Ball State. He was president of the North Central A> ociation of Colleges an<i Secondary Schools for one year and treasurer of this group for 15 years His extra activitie have been numerous over the years. He has also traveled in Europe, Ca^a la, Mexico, Philippines, Japan Korea. Hong Kong and Thailand This fall a new high school is being dedicated in Ft. Wayna, named the R. Nel on Snider High School. His topic for the c mmencement program will be, "Sa It Seems.’’ Rev Thomas Fro 4. minister of the North Liberty Meth dist Church, will d liver the Baccalaureate addre s Sunday en’itled, "Vision of Oblivion". The programs as they are sche uled are as follows: Ban a'atirea'e Processional, "Pomp and Circumstance’’, Elgar Invocation, Rev Donald Miller, United Pentecostal Church Vocal Solo. Margaret Mangus Piano Solo. Yukiko Inagaki (an exchange student from Japan) Addresr. "Vis-on or Oblivion", Rev Thomas Fr st. North Liberty Me’hodist Church Vocal Selections. North Liberty High Schorl Chorus Fauntelle Sp I'man Director (Continued on page 3)