The Independent-News, Volume 99, Number 20, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 October 1972 — Page 4

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— THE INDEPENDENT-NEB’S — OCTOBER 26. 1972

Main Street Gossip There are five pending state Constitutional Amendments on tliis year's ballot and often such amendments go unnoticed by the electorate resulting in a vote which does not always reflect the trie intentions of the general electorate. It is the duty of each and every voter as a citizen to consider carefully what is involved in tech amendment Listed are the amendments on the ballot. 1. Shall the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended t) permit the General Assembly to establish the method of selection and tenure of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction? (At present the Superintendent is currently elected by the voters of the state for a two-year term and he is the only official serving a two-year term rather than a fouryear term. This amendment would allow selection by a method other than election; appointment by the governor or by a statewide board of education are two of the major possibilities. Continued election is a third possibility. This would allow the General Assembly to set standards regarding the educational and professional background and experience of candidates for the office a id allow the selecting authority to choose the most qualified candidate on those established criteria.) 2 Shall the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended to permit the Governor to serve eight 1 8) out of any twelve years ? (Under the current provisions the Governor is limited to one term (4 out of 8 years); the Lieutenant Governor an unlimited number of terms; the Secretary, Auditor and Treasurer of State are allowed an unlimited number of terms, and the Superintendent of

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Public Instruction is allowed an unlimited number of terms. The^ amendment would allow the Gov-^ ernor to serve two complete I terms (8 out of 12 years) begin- * ning with the Governor elected in 1972.) 3. Shall the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended to permit the Governor seven days in which to veto legislation and to clarify certain procedures for handling vetoed legislation? (In referring to this amendment, the Governor would be allowed seven days to act upon legislation - regardless of whether the General Assembly were in session or in recess or had adjourned, vetoed legislation would be filed with ■the Secretary of State for pre--sentation on the first day of the next session. This amendment also would give the Governor more time for consideration, at present .the Governor now' has three days during a session and five days at the end of a session in w'hich to veto legislation.) 4. Shall the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended to permit county officers to serve unlimited number of terms instead of tw'o terms and making the coroner a statutory officer rather than a constitutional officer? (Here the offices of Clerk of the Circuit Court. Auditor, Recorder, Treasurer. Sheriff, Coroner and Surveyor are created by the Constitution. Currently only the surveyor may serve more than two consecutive Ic-ms. “ amendment would allow all of these officers to serve as many terms as the electorate of the county desired. It would also delete the Coroner from the Constitution, making his office subject to regulation by law. A schedule attached to the amendment would move election .of all of these officers to the non-presidcntial election year.) 5. Shall the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended to permit the General Assembly to establish by law a method of" filling vacancies in the General As-

sembly? (At present the only methods of filling a vacancy in the General Assembly is for the Governor to call a special election. The amendment would allow the General Assembly to decide how to fill vacancies.) It is the hope of this newspaper that this year every voter as an informed citizen will weigh carefully w’hat is involved in each Constitutional amendment and register his vote as his conscience dictates. By each of us doing this, we will truly have a vote which reflects the wishes of Indiana’s electorate. HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN More than 2000 years ago, before Christianity came to Ireland, people used to build huge bonfires on October 31, the last day of the old pagan calendar and the day on which the souls of the dead were thought to revisit the earth. Legend had it that Samhain, god of the dead, sat by the fire to catch the approaching souls and turn them into animal form. Most wicked of the ghosts were metamorphosed into black cats. In later time, to scare away spooks, people began hollowing out turnips and pumpkins and placed lighted candles inside to scare evil spirits from the house. Why was the result called a Jack O’ Lantern? Tradition says that an Irishman named Jack, too wicked for heaven and expelled from hell for playing practical jokes on the devil, was condemned to walk the earth with a lantern forevermore. Few people realize that trick-or-treating was originally an adult custom. English country folks went "a-souling” on Halloween, begging for "soul cakes” door to door. In Ireland, hundreds of years ago, groups of farmers went from house to house soliciting food for the village Halloween festivities, promising good luck to cheerful givers and threatening tightwads with evil fortune. But it was the kids who origin-

ated Halloween customs after all. It was the custom in some regions for children to dress up in each other’s clothes (boys donning girls’ outfits and vice versa) and go out and play tricks and collect loot. Our Halloween celebrations today keep many of these early customs unchanged. Young and old still gather to hunt nuts and duck for apples bobbing in a tub of water. Grinning pumpkin jack-o’-lanterns, restling cornstalks and white-sheeted figures create an air of mystery, and black paper witches and cats are used for party decorations. □ —. Q CARDS OF THANKS u Mrs. Noble Bheatsley and son wishes to thank all our friends and relatives for the many acts of kindness shown to us in the

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loss of our loved one. Your I thoughtfulness will never be forgoten. | The family of Earl Eldred would like to express our most sincere appreciation for the deeds I of kindness and expressions of I sympathy during the illness and I death of our father. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Eldred Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Smitt Miss Hannah Eldred I especially would like to thank I the doctors at the Wamerton Medical Clinic, the Nusbaum-Elkin ambulance service, those who sent I cards of sympathy and encouragement from my many friends and I relatives. ' * p Mrs. Lawrence Groahana 1 — —— Loa t need it —- why kMp it -— I use our classified adM