The Independent-News, Volume 94, Number 19, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 3 October 1968 — Page 4

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— THE INDEPENDENT NEWS — OCTOBER 3. 1968

1000 PROGRAMS

r In the 13 years since the second H<»"V -r Commission nade its final report, the number of federal civilian em« dox v.s has- grown by half- ainilhon. the Federal budget has doubled, domestic spending has n< vasal by 170 percent, and 'he number of Federal programs has grown by 1< ips and •munds. No one. nnywhcr”. knows exulty how many federal pro. grams there are. No whet is hete a central repository ,vh iv meaningful information m all operating Federal pog'ams can be found. Congress itself does not have avail-able ufficnnt information to d ter. min' whether or not those pro. g ams are effective', or if new ones are needed. similarly the executive .ranch does not have ivailable nough information to determn ■ whether there is overlap triplication or lack of cuoi’dinatn n As many as 10 Crbinetevl departments and 15 Agencies haw programs d”coted essentially to th< same at i of activity. More than 470 programs on education aro Lpe a ted by 25 different de- ’ rartments and apneies At least 211 operating programs for college and graduate stuients are op-rated by 15 departments and agent ics Some 117 programs con ein-

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5 »rwr Night At Walkerton fjichool Tw-Mlay. Ti e Walk -rton High School ♦ J oror Society and Student Count il are sponsoring for the first time, a Carets- Day on .» u day, October bth. The purlose of a Career Day are: to provide information of the students of t’.ie Walk -rton High School Jiat will enable them tv make decisions concerning the futui" more intelligently; to make the -tud nts conscious of the fact that they have a problem of adjustment, in time for them to du something about it; to stimulate interest among students in look»ng and to familiarize the parents with the problems that th“y must assume in providing additional training beyond a high school education. Band Boosters Have Tag Davs 1M Walkerton. The Walkerton Band Boosters are having Tag Days Friday and Saturday. All members of the !*and will take part with door-to-door help as well as the business (li*trict. Worth liberty Fire Dept. House. The North Liberty Fire De-paHm-nt will hold open house on Friday and Saturday, October 11 axxi 12 at the fire station during fin p ■ vention week. 1958 Seniors To Pmwnt Class Play. On F.. lay evening October 10. til* North Liberte Senior class tri i present a play entitled. • Sv. in Your l irtne " by Rx 4» rt St Clair. This will be in the high school gymnasium at o'clock. Met hodist Occupy New ^•fMinage, Rw and Mrs. Ray E Mills Ono family moved into the new MMhodist parsonag • ktst Monday Svf>t 22 The completing of Hm new parsonage Is a pari of lue M-ond phase of the b-ng Cange program being inaugurbted by the church. The building vacated by the Mill- will Ifused as a wuih center and for bunday School class*- until a I—a building can be --ed'-d at a tuUir< date SM Ne« Age Limit for 1 eel Halls. etfc ttv- O' l^r 1 1958, all nano?,- age lb sad under «• - piotobii'd fom ir-ing in any UUiard or p^d i. m b d notice should b t by parents tu anstet in enforcing

ing natural resourc ■« are spread among 12 dep i tments and ugancies. There er- 112 prog ams providing assistant-' to the poor. 43 programs that r< late to child health and welfare. and 74 tlwt relate to economic S2O billion a year. Th« -» arc facts developed by •- Rep t sntativi William V. Roth. Ji and his staff, over a period of eight months. He reported the results of the study in the Congressional Recnrd for Jun*25 and July 16 Now we know why we haw taxes, and more taxes tax -s. and surtaxes. Congressman Roth a Republican from Del iware, has introduced a "Program Information Alt’ requiring’ the Pi >id< nt to present annually to Congress a comp' ndium of fediial assistanct programs. And he strongly urges un "Executiw Reorganization and Management A< t," creating a modern H'*>vcr-type commision. Both proposals have be n cosponsored by more than onefourth of the Hnus< numb rship. and huw the unanimous approval of the Gove nors att« ndmg th- July conference. Maybe these would accomplish something. But remembering th*- "love’s labor s lost 'which attended the two Hoover Commissions we would like to s .- the Congress start tightening the purse-st-ings.

this. Any minor found loitering in any of the places at any time, will be taken unto custody and turned over to St. Joseph County Juvenile Authorities has been giwn to the police dept. I nd Dr< oudn*» Retires As Wabash Agent. Fred DeCoudrvs retired as local Irieght and passugenger agent for the Wabash Railroad Tuesday. S* pl. 30 having wrved the company for 35 yw:s. IMB Top* Chicago Market. Max Wolfe, topped the Chicago market Monday with a truck load of hogs, bv -raging 195 pound*. The hogs went five num ths old. Eoetball Tonight — LaPorte Flay* Here. The Warriors local football team b*-at St. Alberts of South Bend Tuesday night at Place park 20-0 under the lights. Jack Kost took a inml in Ui« first quarter and dashed 60 yards for th-' first touchdown In the second period. K*'Sl Uircw a lung pass to Klaxton who ran 25 yards for the second tilly. He also added the **xtra point. In the fourth quarter Brantley U>ok the baM on a single reverse and ran 15 yards for the third touch down making the final score 20-0. Tvmght the local learn plays host to SI. D lcrs school of LaPorte at 7:30 p.m. 1937 South Bend Follw Clilef To h|M*ak Here. Members of the Walkerton Chamber vs Commerce will be permitt.*d to take a p**k into the inside workings of a detective bur-eu in a big city next Thursday vvenng. October 14. When Larry Une. Chief of Folic* - in South Bend, comes herg to addreas the club m its regular monthly meeting at Fhrrtey a Cafv al 6.30 p m. Fire Chief Give* History of Local Department. The first organised fir - de-partim-nt in Wwlkeri m was m IkxO with Ed Vim-ent undertak'«r and furnitur*- dealer, as the chief of the Department At this time the town did not hav • mu< h fir«- protection except a bin kv* brigad • This d -pariment made hist ry when th y were cal) 1 out at night to fight a fire j in th* Ft tel whe (Aaudr Btun » rt if|ene< now -lands The flrrmm <u' the building into and m l. to BaW hall ul *l.

which was a feat that as yet ha^ never been equall d by any fire department. Mr. Vincent convmc-d the town that they should have bet ter fire equipment so a fourwbi'hd Hook and Ladder wagon was purchased which carried ladders, small chemicals and lots of buckets. This cart passed out of the picture when a tw-o-wheeled cart came into service with chemical tanks ami hand pumps to furnish the pressnrre. This cart was dvirtniyed by fire when Dr. Arlington’s barn burned down which was located where Lippman s poultry house n<»w stands. After this fire, the depurem-nt became "rv-gusb-d" as Andy would put it. and soon broke up. Lati r the town pure ha»*d a two-wheekd hose cart With 200 feet of fn - how and a new Fire Department was organized. Harry Hardenbnxik was the fire < hr-f. Harry a great chief and the organization progressed rapidly of course, bad lu< k had to hit Harry's department when their first fn ■ was at Deßoy's livery stable wh« re the new hosie cart was k«-pt. When the fire whs over the livery stable, a number of valuable hordes and equipment, the new huse cart and hose went up in smoke. This did not discourage Harry and his men soon had another new how cart with hose, obtained by raising money through public subscription. By this time the town dads felt so sorry for Harry and his nu n that a new Town Hall was built that they might have a pla* - *- to keep the new hose < art. This town house was built that they might have a place tx> keep the new how cart. This town huu* was built where the Ckaner hall stands. A few years latrr Harry had to leave town to veiguie inlo th > big tilings and without his leadership the fire department soon dissolvrl. The Town dads contracied "Old N**d" under the able guidance of B< n Pnitt to pull the hose cart every ft>» fur a fee of 11.00. "Old Ned” was th<* first to b-- at the fire station to do this July and som the hose cart was on its way to the fire. FoH"Wing Mr Pratt's death, Sum Baker t>>ok over his duti-s as driver of the Hose Cait No. 1. Ln 1918 the Town Dads thought we ahouki be nmre up-to-date on our fire depurment equipment 80 a model ,- T" Ford chassis was purchased. Vfr n Hiuvk-nbrook who wws a nu-mber t»f the Board, did some very neat underhand work with one of the largest fire manufacturing plauts in Lhe world and siKhervd them out of a set of blue print* of a fire truck and from this the model "T” was built into a regular fire truck. The whoF town was mightly i»roi*d of this job aoU U served well for the next 15 years. With th** town progressing, it was decided that we sh- uld have an organized fire depirtment. Six V'Ung men were selected to comprise the d-partjnent with Jesse \W>lfcnbarg«-r as chief. >-sse claimed he was overworked and was relieved by A. J Ken m*dv who will always be npmemt>*red as a great chief. After serving four years his railroad job was threatened and he was trun»f'*rrt-d to Bremen and the Chie r ’s job was handed down to “Chuck ' Cripe. In 1935 the Town Dads decided w* - needed umre and better fire protection and they purchased a new V 8 with pump and 700 f«et of new fire hos-v In 1937 a new pumper was purchased by Lincoln. Johmam. and Fulk tvwuMup* wluch is housed in the local station and may be us**d for fire in the town limits, which gives Walkerton adequate fire pr«<ec<ion at nil tunes. Walk* rton 1» one of 5.5 towns and cities in the state wMh a paid fire d<-partmenL leaving 353 b»wns solely dependent up >n volunteer fi emen for protection. Today we ur- mighty proud L> have one of the best equipp I smah town fre fighting departments In th state of Indkinn. Find it m the cUmalmmU:

Main Street Gossip The Homecoming parade on SeptemtxT 26 for John Glenn was one of th" best that I have seen. The kids and adults really did a fine j»>b on the floats un-J the window decorations. The band did a sup-rfine job. The first |4ace winner was In the Soph, (lass with a rotating football helmet; second was the honor aociety float and third plac ■ went to the Lions Club and th? cheerleaders. —MS G — The Homecoming Queen was crowned at half time and Miss Connie Ha~n**ss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harness. Walkerton. will wear the crown for a year. —MS G — Progx* - ss, Progress The men working on Jacobs building are really busy. The back part is where a beauty shop is going in but what aboue th- front part? Ried's building is showing signs ”f progress also with a cosmetics shop going in. The town sure is growing. —MS G — With the observance of National 4 H we*«k. October 6-12. Indiana 4-H club members will । commence a n-w ptoject year. Them* - «< the week is "4-H — A World <»f Opportunity” During the week the state's 94.191 members will compete activities and projects o' the past year and participate in an enrollment p-rli/4 for thi- coming year. -MSG Did you Join the Scissors Corps yet? All you need to do is clip canc( 11 -d commemorative stamps from th • letters you receive.. Collect them and give them to Mrs. Louis Houser or Mrs Ward Awald and they will tak*- care of them. Better yet. give them the envelope and they will cut th< ru off. > —MSG । What a gam-" last Friday evening for John Gh-nn The boys really played hard. The Falcons won by a score o f 19-9. MSG Tlie North Liberty Shimrocks must of had a thrill- r alao with Knox, the outcome was 0-0 tic. MS G — The fountain should be completed within a wt- knr so for the town rest park on Roosevelt Road and Illinois Strt- l. M S G DISPLAYING OLD GUFBY REKINDLES PATRIOTISM I am your Flag. I was born on June 14th 1777. I am more than just cloth siiaped into a design. I am the refuge of the World’s oppressed p?ople. I am th** silent sentinel of Freedom. I am the emblem of the gr« atrst sovereign nation on earth. I am the inspiration for which American Patriots gave their lives ,ind fortunes. I hav* led your s^n into battle from Valley Forge to the bltM>dy ridges of Korea. I walk in silvnc* with each of your Honored Dead, to their final resting place b**n<*ath the silent White Crosses, row upon row. I hax— flown through Peace and War, Stride and Prosperity, and amidst it all I have been expected. My Red Stripes . . . symbolize the blood spilled in defense of this glorious nation. My White Stripes . . . signify the burning t**ars shed by Americans who lost their sons. My Bli*e Field ... is indicative of God's heaven under which I fly. My Stars . . . chistr**d together, unPy 50 States as one, for G*»d and County. "Old Glory" is my nickname, and proudly 1 xvave on high. Honor Bte. r sped me, defend me with your lives and xour fortunes.

Never I*l my enemies t me down from lofty posit lest I nev-*r return. Keep alight th-* fires of pati tism, strive earnstly lor strive earnestly for the sp of democracy. Worship Eternal God and k His commandments, and shall remain the bulwark peace and freedom for mankind. I am your Fag. Thomas E. Wicks. Fly me t»n the** days in tril to those who so courageoi defended me and th** freed' for which I stand. New Year's Day Jai Lincoln's Birthday Feb Washington’s Birthday Feb Army Day Apr Loyalty Day Ma Arm-'d Forces Day 5 Memorial Day May Flay Day y June Independence Day Juh Labor Day St; Constitution Day Sept. Columbus Day Oct. 1 Navy Day Oct. J Veterans Day Nov. 1 Pearl Harbor Day Dec. Voice Os The People I would like to compliment t stud*-nts of the John Glenn Hg School for such a good Hoc coming parade, their behax and school spirit. You pro-, yourselves an hon<zr to this v muruty. Mrs. Myron Mui.

service’ NOTES

H.EIKV. Vietnam (AHTN i Army Prvate Douglas B P . la. 19. Hon of Mr. and Mrs. V. inm R. Bulla. Route 1. N Lib*-rty, Ind., recently was sign**d as a communications (- • ter sx-p» cialist in the 43d Su i Battalon near Pletku, Vletnai: . (MD33D GREAT LAKES. I! (FHTNCi Aug 26 - Naval J; .'♦•rxv Seaman Apprentices Chi < J. Shreve, 18, Son of Mr. an I 1 Mrs. Jerry' C. Shreve of 25710 ■>. Layton Road. Mik** R Burkholder, 18. »»n of Mrs and Mm L x D. Bur kholder of 62608 Pine R ! all of North Liberty, has b* graduated from nine wreka Navy basic training at the Nax Training Center here In ttn first w<M*ks of his nax services he studied military sui Jeds and lived and workvd und conditions similar to those he wt encounter on his first ship or a. his first shore station. In making the transition fro* civilian Ilfs to Naval service, 1 received Lnstructxm under vetera Navy petty officers. He studt .seamanship, as well as survix techniques, military' drill an other subjects. NURNBERG, GERMANY (AHTNC) - Army Private Fi -’ Class Dnvid J. Kautz, who is th son of Mr. arid Mrs. Gerald L Kautz. Route 2, Walkerton Ind ami a tank drivr wit-h the 4t! Armored Division, participate: in a seven-aay field t aming ex ercise last w***ek in southen Grmany. The maneuver, named "Schwarzer D>ew»*" or Black Lion, involx-ed West German French and American soldier.According to Lieutenant General Karl Wilhelm Thilo, commander of the LI German Corps, app-ox imately 40,(MM) men. 1.400 Link" and artillery pieces and 12.00* wheeled vehicles took part in th" operation which covered several thousand square miles of Bavari i and Baden Wuerttemburg. LONG BINH VIETNAM (AHTNC) Army Specialist Four J**rry D. Ripper. 18, son of Raymond Ripper, Route 2. Walkertom. Ind.. whs assigned September 3 to the 3d O"dam" Battahon near ixwig Bish Vietnam, as an ammunition storage spt*cinli«t. lives at 1158 McDonald Axv . His mt>th**r, Mrs. Ruby .Muon , Montgomery, 11l