The Independent-News, Volume 102, Number 35, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 3 February 1977 — Page 2

FEBRUARY 3. 1977 - THE INDEPENDENT NEWS

J OBITUARIES LLOYD L. SIX Funeral services for I loyd I Six. 1. of 64509 State Road 23. North Liberty. were held at 2:00 p.m. Lucsday in the A M Manuel FunTai Home. North Liberty, with Res Thomas F Jones, pastor of the Church of Christ of North I ibertv. officiating liberty. officiating Burial was in Westlaw n Cemetery Six died on Thursdav. Januarv 2’ in Manistee. Michigan, after suffering a heart attack He was born on Nos ember 3. 1905. in Greene I ownship and lived most of his life in the North Liberty area He married I olita M Jacobs on January I. 1929, in South Bend She survives along with one son. Don 1 Six. of South Bend; two grandchildren; five sisters. Mrs. Florence Holderbaum. Mrs. Rhoene Shoemaker and Mrs. Juanita Maiko*• ski. all of North I ibertv. Mrs Hazel Reed. South Bend, and Mrs Iva Klecves. Door. Michigan; and eight brothers. Glenn Sr.. John. Charles and Vern, all of North Lib ertv. Ralph, of Lakeville. Roger, of Fish lake. Russell, of Holland. Michigan, and Harold of Lansing. Michigan EDNA FOUTS Funeral services for Mrs. Edna (Rupel) Fouts. KI. of Kingsbury, who died Monday. January 31 in the LaPorte Hospital after an extended illness, will be held at 2:00 p.m Thursday. February 3. in the NushaumFlkin Funeral Home. Walkerton, with Res. Charles F. Adkins officiating Burial will be tn Woodlawn Cemetery. Walkerton. She was born in lincoln Township. St. Joseph County, on February 23. 1895. to Edmond and Daisy (Sncthen) Rupel She had lived in Kingsbury since 1941. moving there from W alkerton On December 24. 192'. she married Elmer Glen Fouts, in Urbana. Illinois. She attended the Kingsbury Baptist Church and was a member of the Victors Bible Class and the Ladies Missionary Society. Survivors include her husband; one brother. Willard Rupel. of Downers Grose. Illinois, one sister. Mrs. Mildren Elliot, of Tucker. Georgia. One daughter preceded her in death PAUL E. HIATT Paul F Hiatt. 76. of 805 E. Bronson. South Bend, died on Thursdas. Januarv 2' in Memorial Hospital South Bend, after a sudden illness. Funeral services were held at 2 00 p m Mondav in the A. M Manuel Funeral Home. North I ibertv. with Rev Gaylord Saltzgabci. pastor of the North liberty I nited Methodist Church. officiating Burial was in Fastlawn Cemeten. He retired in 1963 from the Studebaker Corp . where he had been employed 33 years He was tarn N«n<mbcr II 1400 m Pin dkton Indiana, and had lived in South Bend I' years, coming from N»»rth Ibertv His first wife. Sarah Sf. < ormaiighv died m 1456 Ife then married Mane Sloan, who died September I. 19'6 Surviving are three sons. Branson and James, both of W'alkerton. and C harles R of Augusta. Ga ; a daughter. Mrs Betty Anderson, of Wheatfield, Ind ; 22 grandchildren. and nine great grandchildren. He was a member of Lodge 266. F A A M.. North Liberty, and was past worthy patron us Chapter 290, OFS He was also a member of the St Joseph Valley Scottish Rite SAMUEL J. WESOLEK Funeral services fur Samuel J. Wesoiek. 72, of the I erg ar den

Nursing Home and formerly of route 2. Walkerton, at Fish Lake, will be held Thursday . February 3 at the A M. Manuel Funeral Home Bunal will follow in Eastlawn Cemetery. North Liberty. Wesoiek died following a lengthy illness. He was born December 20. 1904. in North Liberty. He married Mary Krause on October .30. 192 b in North Liberty. She survives along with a son. Ted Wesoiek. of Wakarusa; and a sister. Mrs Sophie Daurer. of South Bend. He was retired from the Wabash and New York Central railroads. Friends may call from ':00 to 900 p m Wednesday in the Funeral Home. Rev Gaylord Saltzgaber. pastor of the United Methodist C hurch. North Liberty w ill of ficiate at the services. IN MEMORIUM In memory of my husband and our father, grandfather, greatgrandmother. brother and uncle, Harry F. Davis, who passed away four vears ago. January 25. 1973. He Is Not Dead Oh! ( all it not death; it is life begun. For the waters are pass'd, the home is won. The ransomed spirit has reached the shore Where they weep, and suffer, and sin no more. He is safe in his Father s house above In the place prepared by his Saviors’ love. To depart from a world of sin and strife; And to be w ith Jesus, yes, this is life. Sadly missed by Mrs. Dora Davis and family CARDS ■ROFIBe^ THANKS I wish to thank all of the kind people in the North Liberty and Walkerton communities who remembered me with gifts, cards, flowers and visits during my stay in the South Bend St. Joseph Hospital. I surely did appreciate every - thing. Mrs. John M (Magdolen) Wilcox If Jack were well enough at this time I know he would like to express his gratitude to all of the people in Walkerton. So speaking in behalf of Jack and myself may I say we have felt the power and strength of your prayers. Kackie I would like to thank everyone for the cards and flowers I received while in the hospital. It made my stay more pleasant. Mazie Hiestcr A special thanks to all my friends and neighbors for their concern and help during ms accident last Wednc sdav . . especially Ralph Cummins. Mike Amor and the Hisehs. DiCk Ku kbush WILDLIFE TODAY By Jim New Wildlife Biologist Winter and the accompanying hard times arc dealt with in many different ways by animals. Some (migratory) simply up and go to warmer climates, these are usualh birds and a few insects. Most animals arc not mobile enough, however, and must remain behind to face the elements. These animals take two different approaches Io the cold. The most obvious ones continue to forage about taking each day at a time.

Others simply curl up and hibernate. These approaches have both assets and liabilities. Regardless, both types of animals are interested in survival; and that means food of some form and keeping their bodies from freezing. The active species have two basic adaptations. First is protective hair, feathers and fat layers. Many animals like the fox. mink, squirrel, and rabbit produce a thick mass of fur which helps insulate their bodies from the cold. Under this fur is usually found a heavy layer of fat. This fur-feather-fat combination will carry the animals through most situations. More protection is needed, however, for the more exposed portions of the body such as feet. ears, tails, etc. Protection for these parts becomes a little more involved. When an animal or its appendages freeze, it is the water in the tissues that causes the damage and death. To avoid this, animals dehydrate (remove water from) their appendages, cars. etc. This is a chemical change, and without as much water to freeze, the animal and his appendages can withstand much lower temperatures. This is easily demonstrated by waterfowl. If you took a duck in the summer (large, water engourged feet) and set him on a block of ice. his feet would freeze. However as winter approaches, water leaves the feet (dehydration) and by winter a duck would be quite comfortable standing on ice or submerging his feet in below freezing, moving water. This even happens in humans. Those of us w ho work outdoors realize we can use our unprotected hands with much less discomfort by winter's end than when the first cold comes in the fall. We actually harden. Hibernation is the other basic type of winter avoidance. To do this an animal has to lower his total body temperature with an accompanying drastic decrease in respiration rate. The animal's temperature will usually be about the same as the cavity in which it is hibernating. In other words, if a groundhog's den is 42 degrees, then his body temperature will be about 42 degrees. This spell will usually be broken only by rapidly raising or low ering of the surrounding temperature. If the den temperature drops to freezing, the animal will usually awaken and rustic about, raising its body temperature and thereby not freezing to death These animals must store large amounts of fat to carry them through, often as much as 25% of their total body weight. If we compated a human that weighed 200 pounds, we would find that he had 50 pounds of fat. His normal heart beat would be 72 time min., respiration 12 • 14/ min., and a body temperature of 98.6 C F. In complete hibernation, the heart beat would drop to 2 to 3 times min., respiration would be once every four minutes and the body temperature would be about 40° F. ATTENTION PRESBYTERIANS! On Sunday. February 13. David Barnett, a candidate for the ministry of our church will be in the pulpit to present the sermon. You arc urged to attend the special called congregational meeting immediately following the service fix the purpose of voting on a resolution to call this man to fill our pulpit. Saturday. February 12, at 7:00 p.m., our church will have a pot luck supper at which time there will be an opportunity to meet this prospective minister and his wife on an informal basis. The dress will be casual. COMMUNITY CLUB TO MEET AT 10:00 FRIDAY The Woman's Community Club will meet at 10 00 a m. Friday, February 4. fix a Social Service meeting at the Walkerton Community Building. Each member is asked to bring their hobby to “show and tell." Soup will be furnished by the hostesses but each

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member is also asked to bring a soup bowl and spoon and a sandwich for lunch and scissors and paste fix the meeting activities. J United Methodist Church Walkerton William E. Hughes. Minister Mrs. James Haney, Superintendent of Study Mrs. Kenneth Klincdinst. Chancel Choir Director Mrs. David Lawrence. Organist Carl Steinke. Head Usher WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 2 7:00 p.m.. Chancel Choir rehearsal. 8:00 p.m.. Cantata rehearsal. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3 7:00 p.m.. Agape Praver Group. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 6 9:15 a m.. Sunday School for all ages. 10:30 a m.. Christian Worship. 7:30 p.m.. Parent Improvement Program. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 8 7:30 p.m.. Ruth Fellowship, hostess. Linda Huhnke. First United Presbyterian Church • 512 Georgia Street Mrs. Robert Ross. Christian Education Chairman Mrs. Durand Johnson. Sunday School Superintendent SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 6 9:15 am.. Sunday School. 10:30 a m.. Church Service. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 7 7:30 p.m., Martha Circle meeting in the Church living room. 7:30 p.m., Bible study prayer group meets at Church. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 8 11:15 a m.. Presbyterian women visit Walkerton Nursing Home. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 9 10:00 am., Mary Circle meeting at Church THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 10 7:30 p.m.. Chancel Choir practice, Lois Ross, director; Verice Walz, ixganist. “Whosoever will, may come.” Express Food And Population Balance Concern Although the world fixxl crisis of the early 1970 s has subsided, there is reason for concern about the food-population balance by the end of the century, a Purdurc University agricultural economist said recently. Dr. Marshall A. Martin, an assistant professor who specializes in food and agricultural policy, made this comment in speaking about “World Grain Supplier — Will They Keep Up with the Population.” His talk was part of the In-

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diana Farm Management Association program at Purdue's Farm Science Days. “World grain supplies are expected to increase more rapidly than population growth through 1985," the economist said. ' However unless some immediate policy actions arc taken, serious cereal gram shortages could occur in parts of Asia. Afrka and Latin America by 1985.'' Earlier. Martin had noted that '5 per cent of the world’s population is concentrated in these three regions and that by the year 2(XX) this is expected to increase to 80 per cent. Bv comparison, only 5 per cent of the world's population lives in the United States. “There is a substantial potential for increasing world grain supplies,'' Martin said “Cultivated area could be increased in most parts of the world (except Asia and Europe) . . . but rather massive levels of investment will be requir cd to bring most of this land into production." But the economist suggested that the highest payoff to society might not come from expansion of area under cultivation but from efforts to increase yields. "Higher yields can be achieved by means that arc already known." he said, “such as greater research efforts in the developed and less developed countries, increased use of modern inputs (fertilizer and pesticides), improvement and expansion of irrigation facilities, and the elimination of government pol icies w hich discriminate against the agricultural sector." Even if world grain supplies arc not increased, the per capita availability of grain can be increased through the reduction of waste, he said, adding: Waste often occurs tn the production and distribution systems in many less developed countries. Ihe improvement of storage and transportation facilities will be required to reduce this loss of gram“Also, if people are willing to change their eating habits — away from grain fed livestock and live stock privducts — more grain can be made available for direct human consumption." the economist said. A significant reduction in birth rates in the developing countries also could improve the per capita availability of cereal grain, he noted. “Ultimately, if current high population grim th rates do not decline (in Asia. Africa and Latin America), even major efforts to expand food production will have only a modrst effect on the per capita availability of food." Martin said. It remains to be seen if the political will exists to give world food and population problems the con tinuing priority required to increase the per capita availability of grain supplies by the end of the century, he concluded. The London “underground” is the world's largest subway system. It covers a distance of 252 miles. Use the classified ads,