The Independent-News, Volume 94, Number 18, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 September 1968 — Page 4

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— THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS — SEPTEMBER 26. 1968

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f The political campaign is now gamine full n? in ntrum. It has bet n a month sin< the last of the two major jM.tus held their < nvention md ■. d li. ■ mdatd ’ ' :• I 1 for this 196* p: -iden id il <h < - ; tion. A so called third pirty” candidate. George Wallace, has t ben going strong for lune time and it Inks like it will be | a whing-ding affair from now i right through election day. £ 11*68. The year of a pi -id< ntial I election can be a strange one. , The influ nee of thee candidates that evt ryone knows will get support mak -s this < ne the j first real topsy-turvy election in some time. Usually it is just a the Republican and Democratic fighting it out with a coup!" of | ether also-runs on the ballet. This year, Nixon and Humphrey have a real challenger in Wallace in the presidential election. There are probably very few that actually believe that Walao* cun win an election this year, but there are very many that believe h" can draw J enough votes to really upset i the appl ‘ cart for one of the two major candidates. f The much outdated electro! | college syst mos actually mak- | ing the decision on the presiI dent may be comp’tely by--1 passed this year as making the final decision. Wallace could | interupt the elvctrol votes I enough to shove this matter f right back to the House for a | decision to be mad-'. f- The year 1968 will go down in history possibly as a real i turning point in our history. , So much is now at stake through one reason or another ' that decision* made this year could defmately effect the future nf our country. That makes the 1968 election y a ■ a very important one and in a presidential \ ar. there are also many other offices to be I field including of course the entii * Hou.4e of Represent i-

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| 1963 I'nitixl l und Drlxc Now Under Way. The United Fund Drive for this j'ear is now under way in North Libt.ty and Walkerton With th. heal merchants and jndustn > as this is the way fund.- ;i:y solicited for the combinvd dir. of over 30 organization. Employ. t > are ask-d through the workers to distnbut an.ong their < mplox s the pk Ige c' ds and this eliminat* > a house to house canvass to < owr the towns. Those who work ut of town an? ion tacted it the places 'h y work. Continue To Kei p ()ur Streets Tops. With th-, except on o'" a very littl - amount of work t<> b* completed the T<«wn ot Walkrit n unde.- th. dii ti. n and tppr. va! of th< T xxn Bond ha fin -L i W rk on th ’ wn ' reel - '>r this sunin: r W.ik ibn has as fine a '.stem of streets in a town a> < an be tound in almost any town or city. North LHm rs x Wins Again. t Jim Mbkodajs stnmg running and a p ‘'ty stingx def ent" paced the Shamrocks to their third stiuight win in the football S' ason against no Icmch this y* .. as lh< v topped C<*iuord 39-6 Saturday afternix.n 1958 Khaniroi ks Beat laiktailk , Argos and Walkman The North Lit Tty Khamrixks Tuesday evening closed the 1958 Baseball s-ason winning th i last three games ifter an up and down— beginning Liberty Won ov r Lik.-viUc 12 7; Over ! Lake VtDe 12-7; Over Argos 6 2 Bnd over Walkerton 15 3 I IMH BeibWd Band FarmU To

tives. Often candidate tar al ng < n the slmt.nl> of -he presidential candidates duo to kick of ballot .^>litmg. Th ■ thud paty candidate coul 1 have a direct bearing on this. jn* vol - tins year nave an important task . . . select the nxin they feel is right and give him .<trong supp/rt. Th' issues at stake are most important and the candidates views and promises < n these things must b- considered. Law and < rder in the United States has become a very important isr-Jde • • something vry unusual for a presidential election. However, something must b* done. Viet Nam is probably the one most important issue on everyone’s mind also as the wur that no body will win continues taking many lives and millions of dollars. One could go on and on. The farm problem, the rising taxes the tremendous spending, the racial troubles, the strikes and other domestic problems that have direct effects on every one of us are all issues. The stand taken by the candidates must be consid-red. Many ere Saying again this election that there is little to choose from in this ^lection. Wheher this is right or wrong in your mind, a decision dtill must be made and an important one it is. It should be suggested that each and every eligible voter take thh 1968 "lection us serious as any his ever been taken. Listen, read and study th* is sues At hand and give support to the “Man" who you honestly Lyl will tuk- some favorable action on these issues. From the presidential d'etion righ. on down to the county offices many impo tant contests we to be h"ld. You and jour vote will have an important say in deciding this election. But first you must be ready to n ike thin decision and now is th? time to guide yourself along thes • lines.

Organize Club. A mating of all parents of boys and girls taking instiumental music in the Walkerton school, including the pa.enls ot the beginn *rs, will be held al the high school at 8:00 Tuesday, Sept. 28, for the pu pose of forming a Band rannt’s Association. st. Patrick's Club Has Birthday party. St. Patrick's Woman’s Cut cvl* bruted its firs* anniversary evening in the recreational rooms of the church, when th y "ntx'rtamed 100 members and guests at a birthday poly. Voters May Register At Town Hall. Legist-ations '< r voting in Ute November "lection for all thost who have not yet qualified foi that great American priv.lagt may b- dun" hK-iliy in the town hall ne-.t Mon lay, Tuesday an'i W.<m xiav. Setpembi-r 27, 28 and 29. Th.* offiej will I » <>p n from 2 to 9 p.m. Limit "I ” Turns On Highum « No "U” turns will lie permitted on Rooseve’t R< ad (No. 6l t the thn-? main sU»«?l Inter sections >n Walkerton name'y, at Michigan, Illinois nnd Inlima stri Is bv action of the Wale r ton Town Council Moni-iv mghl. This ngulatnm will be mfo.red in the efforts to promob- greater safety on the stmts of th town. Appropriate sirns. givinnotiiv of th- new regulation will b- prixted wißiin a 'ew days' 1937 Stmt Dance Attracts Big Crowd. They came from mil » u ound. good dam—ra, poor danc« s fan dam •th, to are and enjoy the old fashion'd street dance. rtag”d in Walkerton lust week by tlsc merchants of the town.

Thi'ugh arrangement.-. with t?.state highway commission. Avenue F was clos' d off to t.a‘tic for the two business blocks f. r thiv" hours while a crow I estimated at 3.000 mad? merry on the new black-t< p p ivemcn r renHy complet 'd by the sone highway commision. Two band were employed to furnished the music. Originated Railway Guide*. George Bradshaw (1801 53). on English map engraver, was the originator v»f railway guides. In 1839 he published Bradshaw’s Railway Time Tabi s. which later were known as’ Bradshaw’s Railway Champion. Main Street Gossip Are you a wanderlust ? Do lik? Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smita ot Albany, New Yi/rk. They are on a five-year vacation trip to cure th*.*ir wanderlust. "We want to see the things we've always heard about since we were children. And were go ing to see them white we re young enough to participate.” he said last Monday, Sept. 16, before leaving with his wife, dog, car and 24 ton trailer. His wife added: "We really won t be traveling as much as people think. W" plan to stay m Vine area for about a month an work, do a bit of sightseeing an . get to know the peoph.’’ Smith resigned his job as vicepresident of a real "state fi m. His wife's a registered nurs . Both are in their thirties. Their first stop will be Mexici City for the Olympics. From there, they plan a tour of th United States and South Ameri ca. — MSG — How to Save a Horse: Th/re’s more than one way to rescue a hors 1 that has fallen into a 12fixit dwp dry well. Caesar, a 5-year old pal. mine broke through the plank cover of a well on th- fu.m o r M Carla Kuoler last Monday, S pi 16. Mrs. Kooler picked up a telephone and ordei d 20 tons ot gravel. Wink? Caesar munched oat: fed to him by his owner, 17 y i. vM Karl Resting, other neighborhood youngsters filled bu< k ets with grav-d and their parents carried them to the u 11. Two men distributed the gravel strategically in the u 11 and gradually its level row. Finally, after marly ive hourth" gravel was high enough an 1 Karl with a bucket of oats hi cd the pahimino out unscratched. —MS G — Sell your used things through the Indepmd-nt-News want ads. —MS G — James E. Webb, who presided over Amercia's ntry into the agv of manned space flight, is slipping down as head of a U.S. space program he bdieves rank second to Russia’s. Webb announced his retirement and said Dr. Thomas O. Paine, deputy administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration wouM became acting head of the agency. President John F. Kenn-Jdy named Webb to head NASA in Feb. 1961, when it had- 17.00 U emphivees and an annual budget of $999 million. W-bb actually will leave his post home when be turns 62 next m<>nth. he steps out at a time when his budget is about $3 8 billion and NASA -mploys 34,0(8) pt-rsons. —M S G Senate OK’S Gun Mail Bin Senate backers of stmnger gun control laws have won appri of a ban against the mail-ord r Male of ammunition for nil s shotguns and .22 iwhtw weap-

ons. The Senate voted 41-36 last Monday to p-bu f the Sen ite Judiciary Committ v's proposed amendment to rxclult the ammunition from the controls set but in the main control bill. Sen. Vance Hartke. D.-Ind., vot' d with the rr.uj< rity. Sn. Birch Bayh, D.-Ind., did not vote, aa he was campaigning in Elkhart. The vote came as the Senato started work on scop’s of ammendments, to th- bid which, ammt ndment, turned down by the Houk, bars thv mall oiler sab- of guns and ammunition to private persons. Still to tie acted on is an ammendment, turn down by tl. Judiciary Committee and th House, to require the registry tion of all guns and the licensing of thi«T owners. The crowd at the John Glenn football gam* last Friday evening was very pleasing to the eye. The rains came but it certainly didn’t dampen the spi its o r the crowd. John Glenn lost tc the LaVille Lancers bv a sco e t>f 21 to Genn’s 19. The gamo this week on Friday evening is the Homecoming with the Triton Trojan’s as the opponents. This ought to b’ a real good game. (Tome on out to th* new field and watch the boys in action. At half-time th" crowning of the Homecoming Queen will take place and the Ban! will also do another marvelous performance. After the ga ne at John Glenn there will be a Homecoming dance for the teenagers, at th • new school with the Boston Cream Pia'a providing th * music. North Liberty couldn't do it again. They lost to the Triton team by a score 13 6. This coming Friday they will tiav’l to Knox for a Lxilball gam •. Be careful driving out to the new school because the kids have no place to walk but in the st Mts. Thia is very dangerous. Thursday, Jcptember 26 at 1:05 pm. the Role-rt Rock Motorcade will be in Walkerton for lunch and a visit with the townspeople and of course a tour of Walkerton. The motorcade will be rn North Liberty be'or • coming to Walkerttm. The motorcade will leav" Walk’.ton around 2:05 p.m. Remember to come up to Heil's to ch t < n Lieutenant Governor Robct L. Rock. Also on Thursday them is the John Glenn Homecoming Parade that will travel from the Urey Jr. High School Van Bu »n Street to Georgia and on to t i. John Genn Football Field. This starts at 6:30 p.m. A man in a restaurant was being neglect ‘d by a waitress who s'vmed to prefer concentrating on younger customers. Sh ‘ had given him a glass of water and silverware, but forgot to

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come back for his order. Finall h" left in disgust. When th I waitress suddenly rimemben she hadn’t taken his ord r, sh hurried to the empty s.at an found his note: "Out to lunch." Voice Os The People I thought I would write i your newspaper because it usually instrumental in get tin things don-. As I was driving home tl other day, I pissed the n"W hi • h hvxil as si-hool was being dis missed. The stud' nts had n place to walk home except in th street. This is not only a hazac to th"m, but to the school bus. and cars at that busy intersec tion in front of the school drixe way. Could you suggest in an <di torial that sidwalks be built oi Georgia Street from the schoo to Van Buren Stieet? Interested Citizei

> SERVICE NOTES

(NOIOD VIRGINIA BEACH VA. (FHTNC) S‘pt. 13 Avia tion Structural Mechanic Sicon Class Kent M. Clark. USN, soi of Mrs. Ruth J. Clark of Rout* 3, Walkerton. Ind., and husband of the former Miss Jane E Schried"? of 3704 Pinebrook Ave., Houston, has returned to Virginia Beach, Va., with Attack Squadron 35 after completing a tour of duty in Southeast Asia: waters. During the d« ployment th' squadron was embarked a boar! the nuch-ir power'd aircraf' carrier USS Enterprise. Whi in the Gulf of Tonkin the squad ron fI"W more than 1,500 comb it missions over North Viet nan. and delivered in excess of 15 million pounds of ordnance V en^my targets. In recognition or th.» squad ron's achievements during th deployment it has bn.-n iwardi the Navy Unit ( omm nd iti- n Medal. The medei wa *iwa d< d to th" Enterpns* and th? cm barked air group which included Attack Square!.*<>n 35. Crewmemb'.s of the squarion an* currently undergoing inten sivx» training at the U.S. Navi Air Sta’ion Occam, Vii: ini • Beach, Va., in preparation f< i future cruises. TUY HOA. VIETNAM (AHTNCi Army Specialist Four Gerald R. Jahr, 19, son ot Mrs. Ixatrio? C. St • wart, 1719 N. Clark St., Chicago, 111., wa assigned August 20 to the 577th Engineer Battalion n* ar Tux Hoa, Vietnam, as a < i p nt ‘r. Sp*c. Jahr’s father, Robert B Jahr, lives at 905 Ohio St Walkerton, Ind.