The Independent-News, Volume 94, Number 32, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 January 1969 — Page 4

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1969 Year Os Decision?

Welo>m< 1969' What away t*> break in The new \* <i h now up >n u- nl it promise* to b* qu>t« a year 7-e year of 1969 in iy be a y * . i w • w ; never forget . . maybe one we u n't w nt 1 J* get mn 1“ on* w e ju -t < in t so: get1969 will f >ll w <• u| 5- of vear* that hav* ■* n luppen*ngs that •> i • 1 ‘ 1 -n at an i ibsoiuoA di.,u<.n They have **n full f < onb on both sides of t.ie fen *. TienJs have h< n 1 an d that m*y t ■ >ntr i th* d* my »f our country an 1 -m the world. 11*69 may determine what paths hall l» foi’»>wod in the iming year Th* last tw< y* .r- have been on* ba-;< illy ' tn uhlr, unn -t n America and the world. 3 time f protest and not. a time ilmost <. mpie'e di'reg*rd for law and order. From simple non-vialent pr<4* *ts tn d«.*ln ind d* strut lion all over the nation t • th*- increased seri»usn« O< ti übies ail over th*' world will be th*- m <st rememoered things of the past two ears. On the other hand, some absolutely great feats have been grabbing their share of the -ootlight as well. Such accompishments as heart transplants tre now just a year old. and of ou s* the most re*«nt feat of nan. the flight to the moon md safely back to earth. Some ninds and efforts have t<. be 'renting g<x>d inste id of evil. It is possible that the wir n Vietr. im may end with a settlement ... if such maj r i>Ues as the seating around the onference table can b* work* 1 >ut wh:!e more and more m* n •<.*• dyirm n both sides. Th* ■th* . disturb .nces around th* vorld i. l so directly involving c United Stat* - ■ u. 1 a'.neet some com his; *n in 1969 althou a this ti übled world we »ive in w.ll never be free r»f joul. t > >mewhere. Wil! 1969 foil w the paths •e wish or w .11 our a* t: n • guide fate a! ng line- we don’t want t<> f 'How. Much of the *te of 1969 is up to * v* -y individu It is true that a very nail percentage of the peop'e ire what we classify as troublenakers and perhaps in a sense they have their rights How-

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ever. when I iw and order is n*»t • . ;■*•- i ’. u.m) and I ■।■ •ty di tru ti* n i* ult. it i d • ‘ s’ nn at <v* r; lawn in tla n t■ »n ’I , ■ it Hi* :• wh* re tin n .1. t; e.<• in* ii* nts in mvli. 1 -■*. a pr. l*nt:al elec tin t H pin e Ta- Voters tuna i <>ut in re ■ r l numb* * .id ii •1* their -ct: n for gov* ■ i • • nt il offi i .!< fi m the ; «i t right r dwn N-w t *>i* . ted off’. ia!s ne* 1 the ■ upi it ' th*- pc pl* m-*'o than ev* r Im ' e l’r*"- lent-e'.ect N x r i- m t a nur i* man. h*i- 1 umm bring put into offic* t as*um? the hardest job in ur * luntry. N * doubt he will have m re than his share of problems along with congress as the continuing trend will have t > be reversed *s, ni ct im e ani somewhere. Just huw mu h aithority the federal government should have and must have may change in the next few years. Trouble stems from every town and city in the nation and nipping it in the bud wherever possible may stop a lot of trouble early. The conduct vs college age students, if continued, will make a farce out of the nation if this sm perci-ntage is continued to control things. College education should remain a privih-dge for those wh * want to le irn and not a use of taxpayers money for such acts US we have witnes^d around the nation these pant couple of years. 1969 could Im* a cru* I *1 year It might be the year that additional discoveries will Im- ma 1c in medicine Maybe the curv t<» cancer . . . maybe extended improvements in the re* ently ren *wned field of transplant ’ r m yb* stnle* we can’t yet ax. :<* air possible. 1969 may bring ib -ut furtheu* i mplishments in space, a it i Iready planned to land ni« on the n. on. Additional improvenu nt* in travel c .mmum cations and other fields will bimp“ >ved by this knowledge. Yes. 1969 could be unc *** three things ... a great step forward ... a great step backwards or just another yea of similar life t > that we have known for a while.

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Main Street Gossip We com* t * * N*w Y* a Pi tvidenc** pa t , «-ach of u i new. <l* *n si t* We have the opportunity, du n • the 365 days ahead, to record out own individual «chievem*nt. Thi- is the way w* p ant th* .New Yea* time for a new t irt, with * clean slate. Before w* make our first m t*ke for 1!*69 however, let's not turn completely aside from 1965. Ixd u look backward with an appraising eye. We cannot merely wipe away our uncompleted assignments because the date on the calendar has been changed. The things that needed doing yesterday, if undone. need doing today, or tomorrow. They are still with Us. They won't go away merely because we ignore them. This is as It should be. If we achieve anything in 1969. it shall be due to the fact that our starting p’>int took into *-moderation all our successes, achievements and failures during 196 h. It is a New Year, yet we as individuals are not reborn. We are the aame. with the name strength, with the same weaknesses. So, let us wek une the New Year. Let us welcome the npp rtunity that it provide.** But. at the same time, let us be thankful for the experiences of 196 R. We are not starting from nowhere, or from rmthing. We have things that n* * J d -ing in the year ahead. January First More Than Start Os New Year The first day of the New Year is a time for 1 Hiking ahead, f»>r making pl <ns. for hope and optimism But it is aho a time when most **f us 1* *k back with fond memories, t . days of ya sh rday. With each New Year, we are consensus that time does not wait and that e ich new duy is soon a part of history. I>*oking back through th« pages of time, we find that many interesting events have taken place on January 1. It was. for Instance, the birthday of Betsy Ross 11752), Paul Revere (1735). and Philip Freneau <1752i. The first practical fire engine was tested Jan 1. 1852. President Ab-aham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on the first day of the ycur 1863. The famous Tournament of Roses iiegan Jan 1 1889 The USSR was f rm** I Jan 1, 1923: U S p-arcel p .st service was inaugurated Jan. 1. 1913. On th** first day of the year 1934, the Federal I>eposit Insurame Corporation w;u» inaugurated and th*- Bank Guaranty A t became effective The United Natn.ns lieckiration was »ignr 1 Jan. 1 1942. the U.S Utrwtegi* Air Fon-ee in Europe was formed Jan. 1. 1W44 Mid Japan's Emperor Hirohito disavowed divinity. Jan. 1. IX6 Bose Bowl Oldest Os Bowl Games Quidt now. teow many football bowl games will be played during the holiday eeaaon’’ Rone. Sugar, Orange. Cotton . . . can you name ail of the p**st-seii!»on content a* Probably nit. Chance* are someone 1. aturting a new bowl game and the word hasn't gotten around yet You should know, however, that the 'daddy'' of all the b v 1 game* is the fabul ms R *• B *w| game, which atari* <! * -upph*ment to the T*«um to -nt »< JUiM-a, way back in 1902. On January 1 of that year, barn-sto-mlng Michigan ov«rwhelme<! Stanford 49 tn 0 This lopsided conquest of the

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west representative may or may not have had anything to d*» w*ith it, but the following year chart »t races were substituted for football and it was not until 1916 that collegiate football retume** to the Tournament of R*mes via a contest in which W ishingt >n State defeated Brown University Since that time, the R*»ae Bowl has gained in prestige and annually attra* t* crowd.-* tn excess of 100,000. English Have Long Remembered January First September 1 ~752, ' English .and her c< 1 ntex re- ' girded January 1 with Indif- ' ference New Y* -.r'* Pay was observed *-n Mr. h 25. ani. of cour c. New Year' Eve was M treh 24. Rut. the Engli h have never been tn different about observance ' <*f the N-w Year holiday, whether ' befo-e or after adoption of the 1 Gregorian calendar. The Ihiritan government abolished Chrttamaa and out! iwed any observance of the holiday. s*> the people vented all thetr hoh- l day spirit on the New Year Restoration of the Stuarts 1 brought about a revival of Christ- | mas customa and traditions, yat 1 the return of this great holiday | did not dim the people'-* enthusi- I a*n! for the New Year obaerv- | once. Adoption of the Gregorian I calendar in 1752 iikewi •• only I changed the time for celebrating

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from Mireij 34-25 to December 31-Jonuafy 1. Mummer’s Parade Began In 1901 The first formal Mummers’ Par de in Philadelphia took place January 1. 1901. Before the Civil War, Philadelphia families generally held parties on New Year's Eve. Sometime in the 60s. a group of families made the parties a ma-^quetode and walked through the streets in fantastic costumes, extending the mummery into the next day. Th* Silver Crown Club marched Jan 1. 1877, and two other such clubs were already In existence. One band was lead by Eph Horn, a minstrel . m er. and p.rt of the i utine was "shooting away the old year' at midnight, hence the name "shooters." Business firn - began offering prizes to dubs pacing their pla* ♦ and eventually the parade become a city function. WEIANIME BELU4 Begs welcome the New Year to Japan ringing out 108 times at midnight on New Years Eve, reminding the people of the 10g commandments of Buddha The people of Japan still observe many age-old ettatoms with regard to the New Year. One of the most Interesting is the practice <»f Mattering parched beans ah* ut the house, supposedly d iving away evil Influences and inviting good luck to enter.