The Independent-News, Volume 102, Number 17, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 September 1976 — Page 12

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The Clifton twins. Tom and Tim. and brother Todd, admire a 12 inch large mouth bass that Tom. right, caught in Koontz Lake. Tom says, *' It sure was a good fighter. Thcs fished lakes and streams in Indiana. Ohio and Michigan during their school vacation with their father. Gene Clifton. They ended THE SPIRIT OF 76 Suppose that you could go back two hundred years and spend a few days in the city of Boston. You would find that many things we take for granted today people then not only did not have but did not miss. For you do not miss things you have never even heard of. If you wanted to go anywhere in a hurry, you go on a good horse. Certain people rode about in coaches. gigs, chaises, whiskeys — and all these, of course, are drawn by horses. In those davs there was no

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their fishing vacation in fine fashion by catching a string of 12 fish weighing seven pounds near Augusta. Michigan. Perhaps now their daddy can catch some of the smaller fish which they threw back in the water while the boys are attending school. faster method of transportation. It took longer for a letter to get from Boston to New York than today it takes an airplane to go around the world. Each community lived more by itself than we do today. It grew more of its own food, made more of its own cloth and leather, and knew less about what other people were doing and thinking. Although we may turn on the television or radio and get the news almost any time we want, people then did not even have daily papers. The fact that people had so much less coming into their minds all the time seems to have left them more time to think. What they did get they digested. Most town boys were kept in school (if the family could afford it) until they were fourteen, and then the parents tried to find what trade the boy would like to learn. Would he be a printer or a silversmith? Did he want to learn to salt

fish or be a sailmaker or a sailor? He might be a "soap-boiler” or watchmaker or butcher or tailer. The boy was given considerable choice as to what trade he would learn. Boys were trained early to make up their minds for themselves. Adult responsibilities began sooner than they do today. When the trade had been decided upon, the next thing was to find a master w orkman who would teach the hoy in his shop as an apprentice. This meant that sometimes for as long as seven years the boy would live in his master's family receiving no pay except board, room, clothes, and instruction. Some of these boys were unkindly treated, but most of them had considerate masters. The hours of work expected — they worked every day. from sunup to sundown, except Sunday — would seem impossible for the modern boy. but the work was more leisurely than today and the boys tough and ambitious. Although they often complained that they were not being properly taught or that they did not like the food, the long hours of work do not seem to have bothered them. They looked forward to "setting up for themselves" in their own shops, being master workmen themselves, and making a good living. Many of these poor apprentices grew to be among the richest men in America. Boston was a noisy little town. All day you heard the clatter of horses' hooves on streets paved with "cobble" stones from the seashore. and the rattle and rumble of heavy carts and wagons. All night "the watch" (a group of four or five chosen citizens) would patrol the sleeping town, and every hour they called out the time, for clocks were not to be found in every house nor watches in every pocket. Many things have changed in the world and in the way we live, how we play, what we eat. the time it takes to go from place to place. Then as now people were good and bad — and almost people a mixture of both, ome people were generUnited Way o* St JoMph County, toe a new (Q\ baby? in this world, there’s always room for one more. Call your Welcome Wagon Hostess now.

ous, others stingy but that is human nature, the one thing that does not seem to have changed at all. THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY Article XX September, 1976 NEW HISTORICAL PUBLICATION The St. Joseph County Junior Historical Society, an auxiliary of the Northen Indiana Historical Society; composed of a junior or senior student from each of St. Joseph Count) s public and private High Schools, has a new publication. "Trades and Professions In I he Growth of South Bend and St. Joseph County." This booklet describes the early trades and personal history of some of our outstanding craftsmen. This publication is for sale at the Northern Indiana Historical Society Museum, for SI .50 each. If ordering by mail, please add s()c to cover postage and handling. Send to Northern Indiana Historical Society. 112 South Lafayette Blvd., South Bend. Indiana 46601. “AMERICAN HERITAGE ’76” SCOUT EVENT Mr. Ray Douglas. President of the Northen Indiana Council, Boy Scouts of America, has announced the appointment of Mr. John Prinz as the General Chairman for American Heritage '76. A totally exciting adventure planned for the

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Scouts on October 1-3, 1976. Mr. Prinz is a teacher in the Gary. Indiana School System and has been involved in Scouting for nineteen years. He has served the council in many capacities. Prinz promises an unusual and challenging program for American Heritage '76. This will be the first Councilwide program of its kind here in Northern Indiana. An expected 2.000 Scouts and Scouters will participate in the many planned events. While camping for 3 days the Scouts will have an opportunity to participate in 50 exhibits of bicentennial eras ranging from the conception of our country to present day, an afternoon adventure trail with 50 competitive events, camp fires, friendship hours and many other exciting Scout activities. Schools Are Open — Drive Safely! During National 4-H Week. Oct. 3-9, 5.6 million 4-H members will rededicate their heads to clearer thinking, their hearts to greater loyalty, their hands to larger service and their health to better living. Iced tea was invented in St. Louis, Missouri, at the World's Fair of 1904!