The Independent-News, Volume 103, Number 35, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 February 1978 — Page 4

FEBRUARY 2. 197® THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

EDITORIALS

GOOD FOUND IN EVERYTHING Strange as it seems, just last week we were praising the local. county and state highway workers who have been keeping our roads and streets clear w uh their untiring efforts this winter when the storm of this winter and mans others hit. In fact, many of last week's issues of “The Independent-News'' still aren't delivered as we set this when it has been so truls pointed out the great personal sacrifices made by these and just scores and scores of other persons in the time of need. There would be no point in trying to name those who have given of themselves. their time and in many instances their equipment, etc., m an effort to help those who needed help in the blizzard of 1978. The cases run from the smallest of items, maybe just a loaf of bread or carton of milk right on through the life-and-death emergencies that always occur when the area becomes snowbound. One only need talk to almost anvbody to find someone that has been helped by another person who takes nothing but the satisfaction of being able to help some individual or famih in need. You know these tales as well as we do. It is kind of a good feeling to again be reminded, sometimes very harshh. that basically all people are good. Maybe it is that person that people didn't think much of because of their way of living or personal habits, but w hen it comes right down to a matter of help, one doesn't ask what they look like or what their habits are. Out of all the bad such as the weather has heaped on us this past week, comes a lot of good . . . and much of it is simply because it makes one open their eyes to things that are around them all the time but only noticed when the situation is unfavorable. YOUR ARTICLES ARE WELCOME We arc going to try once again, after several years of absence, to bring to you each week in “The Independent-News", an editorial page. It is not an easy thing to do, to find a subject in the small town type of operation, to bring to your attention each week. We are not try ing to'get on a “soap box” about everything that comes along. However, with time and facilites much more available to do this now since the changeover from “hot type" to “cold type" in 1975. we feel that we can again offer this page to our readers. We will encourage your help as well. We w ill make available on this page, each week, as needed, a place for your opinions. We are encouraging “voice of the people” letters, stating your views and comments. This can be your “sounding board" if you have something you want to say . . . whether a complaint or compliment . . . whether just vour opinion on a subject or a matter of fact that needs to be understood. There is one thing we require in this type of article and a few others we always hope for. First and foremost, the articles must be signed. We must know the source of the article, whether brought in in person or coming through the mail. We will withhold signatures if requested, but we must know the author of the article. We do exercise the right to reject any or all things according to our policy. Any article run in our paper is our liability , regardless of what a person wants. Free or paid, an advertisement or news item, we still assume liability and it is us who can be accused of slander or liable. That is why the decision may be made to w ithhold an article. Also, we would like to request that submitted articles be typewritten if at all possible, double spaced, and not all typed in capital letters. Too often people get carried away with the shift key on a ty pewritter, and this does not make for easy reading and typesetting. We also reserve the right to edit such articles or publish strictly as submitted. It takes very little effort to get a voice of the people article published. Just use good judgement in what you say and read it yourself before submitting it... it often looks much different the second time through. We hope to be hearing from you through this source. Our deadline is still Tuesdays at 1 :(X) p.m. for articles, but please help us by getting any new s or anv kind in as soon as possible. - MEMBER^W b-SiL WHEN...

1973 Losing always hurts, but the 56-49 loss John Glenn suffered at the hands of New Prairie Saturdav night had to be extremely painful as it not only cost the defending champions their second straight Bi County title, it ended their unbeat en streak at 14 this season. Miss Terri Kincaid, first Walk erton Area Junior Miss, will leave for the state contest on February 7. at Frankfort. Indiana. Market prices show whole chicken at 33 cents a pound; rolled pork roast. 89 cents a pound; lettuce, three heads for 89 cents; oranges, five pounds for 79 cents; Folgers coffee. 3 pound can $2 39. and ice milk, 49 cents for a half gallon. 1963 The Walkerton Public Library will hold an open house at the library on Sundav, February 10 in celebration of their 50th anmver sary. Fire broke out in the Woodrow Cochran home, three miles cast of Walkerton. Mondav afternixm, while no one was at home The house was completely destroyed The fire department was called

at 11:00 p.m. on Saturday night to the B. I. Holser elevator and found a broken check valve in the boiler used for drying grain and heating, poring steam all over the place creating the fire scare. Walkerton’s B-Team won an invitational tourney last Saturday at Walkerton as they topped Grovertown and Tyner in their two games. Tyner won over Monterey in the first round and Monterey came back to drop Grovertown in the consolation game. This week found the cattle market higher with some extra good calves on sale. A top of $41.50 paid for a 170 lb. holstein. A top on sows of $14.20 paid for 6 head of 293 lb. sows with medium weights bringing $13.00 to $13.50 and the real heavv kind from sl2-sl3. 1958 The Walkerton Lincoln Township school board offers the sale and removal of the house and shed at 905 Virginia Street, the corner of Walkerton Trail and Virginia The latest claim to state and na tionwide fame for the lown of Walkerton broke abruptly in the

news Tuesday evening as the announcement appeared over radio and IV that Walkerton again was full of corruption. The latest trouble stirred up in town is the charges agains the lown Council for purchasing supplies and equipment from the Walkerton Oil Co. and Walkerton Ford Sales, of which one stockholder is a member of the Board. It appears now that maybe the children of Walkerton should take over the job of running things for awhile and let the adults, who evidently need it. go to school and get some of the childish fantasies out of their minds. Maybe sometime in the future, the near future. I hope, the brains and so-called leaders of Walkerton will combine their talents and efforts to do something GOOD for the town and try to expand our community. The efforts put into digging each other and finding out just how much harm can be done certaily exceed the immense thought and actions to help someone else. Os the situation now at hand, if the Town Council was at fault for dealing "beneath the table", it would be different. However, it is very apparent to anyone who will take the time to try to uncover anything that all actions in the above arc justified and strictly on the up and up. The town has nine pieces of equipment that takes gasoline, oil and other services. This service is divided up in rotation of 15 day periods between nine service stations in Walkerton. This has been the policy for quite some time and in all fairness is the one that should continue. Why is it now that someone has to try to stir up trouble over such an incident. 1948 Place Park was squirted with water and turned into an ice rink for those who enjoy ice skating. The floodlights at night make it ideal for night skating and a bon fire to keep your hands and feet warm. 1943 Local employees at the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant must feel a new sense of pride and responsibility in their work since Tuesday when the government awarded Todd & Brown, their employers.

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the coveted Army-Navy "E" foi । excellence in production. The War Production Board has asked housewives to save all their tin cans to be turned in for reclamation. The severest snow storm and blizzard since January. 1918. coupled with sub-zero weather, hit northern Indiana this week, paralyzing traffic and closing the schools. Temperature readings varied from 12 to 22 degrees below • zero, with the latter mark officially i recorded by the South Bend I ribunc when it stated that the temperature was the lowest in this territory in 46 years. A copy of the January 12, 1918, edition of the same paper used the headline, "Worst Blizzard In History,” and • recorded temperature readings of 26 below zero. The assets and business of the । Farmers State Bank of LaPaz have I been purchased and taken over by • the State Exchange Bank of Culver. 4 Men Os God In the icy dawn of February 3, 1943. the S.S. Dorchester, an old ship, hastily pressed into service as a troop transport, was pushing through North Atlantic waters with 900 American servicemen aboard bound for Greenland. She was close enough to her destination that her convoy had left her. But. she did not make it. A Nazi submarine had been stalking her undetected ' and now, with the convoy gone, । sent a torpedo slithering through the murky waters straight for the ' old ship's flank. The deadly missile struck amidship and exploded ' in the boiler room. Many died instantly. Others were trapped below deck. Jolted from their 1 bunks, sleepy soldiers and sailors clambered to reach the decks of the stricken ship. On deck, amid the confusion and 1 terror, four U. S. Army Chaplains were moving about calming frightened men, directing bewildered soldiers to life-boats, and distributing life jackets with calm precision. The supply of life jackets was soon exhausted, but four young soldiers stood waiting. They were afraid and they had no life jackets. Quickly the Chaplains

stripped off their own and forced them upon the young soldiers. Ihe four men of God had given away their only means of saving themselves in order to save others. What is especially beautiful about this epic of herosim is the fact that these Chaplains were of different faiths. Clark G. Poling and George L. Fox were Protestant Ministers, John P. Washington was a Roman Catholic Priest, and Alexander D. Goode was a Jewish Rabbi. Yet. in that moment of decision none of them paused to ask the young soldiers, "Are you a Protestant?”, "Are you a Catholic?" "Are you a Jew?”. It did not matter. Before them stood four human beings in desperate need and they all had committed themselves to serve God and their fellow men. Men rowing away from the stricken ship in lifeboats saw the four Chaplains clinging to each other on the slanting deck. Their arms were linked together and their heads were bowed. They were praying to the one God w horn each of them loved and served; the God । and Father of all mankind. The S.S. Dorchester sank be- , ncath the icy waters of the North ’ Atlantic, carrying with it the Four । Chaplains and some 600 soldiers and sailors. Poet, Joseph Auslander tells the . rest of the story. Four Men Os God Four men of God put out to sea; (Washington. Poling. Fox and ! Goode) Their God was one, though their Faiths were three; And the men who worshipped their God were free Where the Cross and the Star together stood. Four men of God went down at sea. (Washington, Poling. Fox and Gixxic) Bound by a passion for Liberty And a burning Faith that keeps men free In the bond of human brotherhood. So. it is that, on Sunday nearest February 3. special honor and praise is given these men. Will you join us? Orville Easterday Unit 189 American Legion Auxiliary