The Independent-News, Volume 94, Number 12, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 15 August 1968 — Page 4

THE I>OEFENDENT-NEWS — AI'GVST 15, 1968

Food For Thought

The middle of August is h re and many signs are pointing b;vk to school forth? students even though it seems that just wt ks ago we were in the midst of last year’s school activities. Vacation* are basically over, some students are getting ready to their s< ho ilmates and friends again, th-* schools ;c making announcements of their plans, mothiTS are getting just a little "Weary of the kids gating in the way around the home ani football practice starts today for the high school teams in Indiana. These are all g<x>d signs that the start of school is just around the corner. This brings to mind, two subjects that go hand in hand with each other. In Indiana in the past 10 years, a tremendous reorganization has been going on in the rural areas. The desired attempt in this entire program was to get schools with a minimum of Average Daidy Attendance of 1000 pupils or more. This has many advantages. The greatest being the fact that larger high schools can offer better curriculum for the stu- ", dents. Coming with the reorganized school districts all over the ’ state has b?en a tremendous building program. With this millions and millions of dollars are being spent on bigger and better schools all over the state. It is a ra:* day that construction can begin on a new school , without involving a couple of million *iollars. Many feel this ,is justified while others fe?l » this might be a little rich for “ the need that b \ But coming along with this hand in hand is a much talked about, but little acted upon subject to date. With the tremendous investment in building and th? material part of schools, why not utilize these building 12 months a year and get mor? for the money. Thi^ thought carries with it som- 1 good ideas, and also some that would meet with great

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f 1963 North Lilierty Legion Plans Flag fuming Ceremony. t Edward Sousley Post 365, Amtican Legion, North Liberty, announced the St. Joseph County Veterans Grave Registration Association 1963 Flag Burning Ceretnonioi to be held at the North Liberty Cemetery, North Liberty, On Sunday. August 11. at 6:00 p.m. Lightning Strikes Barn Friday Night. < . During Friday night's electrical storm, a large dairy barn on the Eldon Burke property, five miles cast of Walkerton, was Struck by lightning, causing a fyi e which, completely dstroyed . b<cn Dean Klopfenstein manag«»3 the farm. What Is A Law?? -• Wharf are laws and what are they for? Laws are mack to establish a right from wrong. Laws

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disapproval with, ^many people. Education today ts a different thing th.m it was-nat b«> many years ago. T\>day, the mo e education h chiki can get. the better their chanceaJ a. ? wh n they leave this phase of their lives and mov? mtn adulthood. There are mhny who would gladly Accept the change to ghin extra learning by attending classes in the summer months of vacation time. The schedules for the students and facilities alike could lie arrang’d wh-re a 12 month program would be handih worked out. This is the time that many teachers continue thsir education as they strive to get additional degrees. It could also work for many students w* • would like additional study. The year could be split into periods that would still leave vacation time and still give the student plenty of time to gain some extra courses or even makeup work if the need be. It woud seem hard to take the vacation period away from children, especially the younger ones. However, many of th-? teenagers would accept a plan like this and they could cut some time from their overall education time or at least add more to their pursued paths of learning in the regular time. Operating a school today is a big business ... a very big business. If you doubt this, simply study the budgets and reports of these schools published periodically forth ? public's benefit. What one really derives from a school is the add"d -experience and learning the students themselves receive. Any plan that would add to this has to haw some merit. We are not necessarily advocating a rapid switch to a 12 month school year, but instead, desire to pass the thought along. Somvb*idy, some kind o* action wifi be taken to make better use of the material a” physical aspects of school to giv? to the children that real opportunity for “bigger and better" education.

are the' governing factors that control many things. We have laws in about every phase of life to abide by, and when laws are broken, someone »3 taking a chance that is figured to be unsafe or dishonest. Did You Know. The Social Security Act was signed August 9. 1935. The Smithsonian Institute was founded August 10. 1846. Alexander Graham Bell ur.ed telephone to spanspan a distanc* of eight miles between Brantford and Paris. Ontario. August 10, 1876. The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) was formfl. August 15. 1534. Will Rogen- was killed on August 15. 1933. U.S. railway mail service was inaugurated August 18, 1864. First advertising used,over radio statinnastations was on August 16. 1922. Gold wa»3 discovered in the Klondike. Alaska. August 16. 1896. • Allied commander

staged a dramatic raid on Dieppe. France, August 19, 1942. Sir Winston Churchill made his famous "Never so few . . .” speech, August 20, 1940. 1958 Bus Drivers' Safety Conference Held In Walkerton. On Tuesday, August 12. Walkerton was host to a district meeting of school bus drivers of this area for a safety meeting. This meeting waa held in two sessions beginning at 9 am. and w running until noon with the second session starting at 1 pm. and running through a demonstration that began at 3 p.m. These meetings are presently »iet up with ones to follow at Marion on August 13 and Evansville on August 20. 4-H Fair Displays Matador Mlsble. A Martin TM-61 Matador. America’s fmst mass production guided aircraft missle was displayed at the 32nd Annual St. Joseph County 4-H Fair, Playland Park, South Bend, August 5-9. 4-H Beef Auction Ha* Special Service Special arrangements were made tn allow small buyess to take part in the 4-H beef auction August 8, in front of the grandstand at Playland Park in South Bend. The auction is one of many feature attractions at the Fair. Professional buyers purchased either whole or half steers for those who did not w^h to do their own bidding. There was no charge for these services. There were about 170 steers. 120 hogs and 100 sheep auctioned oif. 1948 Local Merchant* Underwrite Show. Work on promoting the 16th annual Northern Indiana Muck Crop show to be held November 9. 10. 11 and 12, in Walkerton, han been progressing very w^ll. according to R. N. LaFeber, chairman of the local Lions Club committee. Rhea Wright Buys Maistaff Garage. Rhea Wright, former Chevrolet salesman in Walkerton has purchased the Malstaff Sales and Service Garage in Walkerton He will continue to operate the place as the Wright Motor Sales, handling Kaiser and Frazer can:, service and parts. He has leased the building of Charles Kotz, of Koontz Lake. Open Radio Station In IzrPorte Soon. WLOI. the LaPorte County Broadcasting Company will soon be on the air. The new radio station will operate n>n th" assigned frequency of 1540 kilocy* cles, on your dial. The studios are located in the Rumely Hotel. LaPorte. Coni Crop Estimated At 59 Bushels Per Acre. Indiana’s 275,353,000 bushel corn crop will harvest 59 bushels per acre, or 42,000,000 ni<n-e bushels above the previous high mark Mtablished iw,> years ago. Thursday, Sept. 9 Is Uanner's Day. "Greater Indiana Agriculture” is the theme of the annual Farmers Day program Thursday, September 9. during the Indiana State Fair, Septmber 3 through 10. 1937 I'orvHt DeHotf Resigns As Hatchery Manager. Forest DeHoff, who came to Walkerton «aily this year, han •resigned his position as manager iif the Leichty Hatchery and acceptd a position with the Me Millan Feed Co., of Fort Wayne, makers o' Master Mix Feeds. Install New Drive, Pumps at Gzfillw A new drive way on road six, two additional gasoline pumps, a ladies’ rest room and other improvements are in the profs* us being made at Harry Bellinger’s Gat ill oil stat; in in Walkerton. Stat Reeurfai-e* Grovertown Road. Work was begun last week on resurfacing road 23 in Starke County, from the county hn-- tw« miles south of Walkerton, past Koontz Lake to Grovertown.

' * ■ W alkerton Schools Open Friday, Sept. 3. The Walkmion -, Lincoln township school will Friday, September 3,' according to the new superintendent" of schools. Freeman R. Cox. This will be known Its Organization Day and all pupils both'high school elementary grades will m^et in their classrooms at 8:30 a.m. to receive book lists and lonson assignments. School will be let out at noon. Main Street I Gossip Helpful Hints —On those long, dreary, rainy days, like last Thursday, do you ever wonder how to keep th-.- children and yourself amused? With a little imagination you can turn the depressing day into a fun time. To start, you might giv? each child a bucket and let them bail out the basement. Making mudpies will keep the little ones content for hours and you have only to scoop a pailful from the street. While they are busy why don’t you sit down and write a h?ttvi to the Independent — you can get a h>t of hostility out of you system while doing this. Want to know how to ati^tch your coffo? break? Nope, not with gum (you've been watching T.V.). It's very simple you take a cos ee break in on? end of town and then you hop over tu the other end for another on”. North Liberty kids will be thrilled to know that school will open on Seplemb*r 3, 1968. All the rooster crowing won't end at the Democratic national convention in Chicago this political war. Thore will be plenty <»f it at the Indiana State Fair Rooster Crowing Jubilee. There may even b* a "crow off th equivalent of a basketball overtime — if the competition is closed Rooster crowing contests started as a gambling d«vise among Western miners back somewhere betw the turn of th century. They rapidly are b r- in ing one of the most intriguing aspects of state faks and ai • now sp.ending down to -h‘ county fair level around Indiana. The Indiana State Fair's Jubilee will be h Id each day 'tom Aug. 29 thru Sept. 2. Arn aspiring rooster with hop?* of imposing task. Sam, a game

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bantam rooster crowed'llo tinu in 30 minutes to wui a prelimu. ary contest last'yrai ’at thcFaji. Sam had something, of an oft day in the iinal seksivm bitt str added 35 nio>ie erdws for a lota of 145. * If the crow-off doesuV-appea; to you maybe the sheep-she*, in, contest will. It will tak ; moi than "Sheer" luck to win ti State Fai.- Sheep shearing c< leav to I • heiu on the ua\ the fair, Labor Day, in th l she barn. More improvements have b» made a:-ound town the last we or so. Stevenson's house has ha . some very becoming work donDill's house on Illinois St. ha realty etepped u> and the hou in the maKings on Georgia St. , also coming along very v HI. Doll's Service Station has som new windows and the siding i expected shortly. FLASH — Mr. and Mrs. David Mellin and family moved tt Plymouth. The fellows around thi are. that are in football sure do s*?em to be tired lately. I wonder ii hey are starting to get the hang of it yet? This mAsod ought t< prove interesting to both John Glenn ?nd North Liberty. It's funny a woman who ca: spot a blonde hair cn your coa' at ten paces can't see a pair o! garage doors. A good safety slogan: "Driv. as if a cop wen? looking " Well, Modern Electric an nounced last week in the papct that they wre closing out. It you want a ba. gain, you better get over there real quick Watch out, because strict i enforcement and patrol wa ordeied by the town board, it desired attempt to correct numerous complaints of spexllnk and reckless driving in th.- coni munity. I bet you forgot tv> stud u your clubs meeting dates, flmand place for the Cal mdar of Events that we want to start up Remember to do this to help yotr club and al«o think of all Ui members that won t have an excuse «»f not knowing wiwn and and when* th -y w u to b»s. Alh<> if the school's would like to join in that is A-OK with us. The La Port ? Ca Falf opened Monday and will run thru Saturday. Rod L tter Day on your calen dnr should be October 20. that i. when the new John Gl-nn High School is scheduled for dedication. i Branson Hiatt is making 3 apartments in the house on the f comer of Roosevelt Road and Virginia St:vel.

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