The Independent-News, Volume 104, Number 30, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 28 December 1978 — Page 4
DECEMBER 2H. 197# THF INDEPENDENT NEWS
EDITORIALS
1979 — A NEW YEAR I lie beginning of .1 New Year is a time for jov and happiness Father lime has pressed into our hands another “clean slate and. with few exceptions, each of us hope to write thereone with a bigger and boldre hand It is the nature of man to plan and hope. Ask anyone sou meet to detail his “hopes" for and even man will give you some kind of an answer No man will tell you that he will be satisfied with the coming twelve months if thes bring the same things that came his was in the season just past It is also the nature of man to be optimistic Each man. whether he will admit it or not. cherishes within himself the belief that one das his “ship will come in." “dame fortune will smile" upon him, and all his dreams come true. We never attain all of our "wants" for if one dream comes true, we immediately fashion another. With these thoughts in mind, it is possible to fashion a happy year in the months ahead. Ihe best beginning is in the simple matter of being honest with ourselves This will help us to be reasonable in our expectations and firm in our resolution to do more than just “dream" and "hope" during |9~9 F^REMEMBER 11 AKI N FROM THE FILES OFTHE INDEPENDENT NEWS)
1973 Pork steak was H 9 cents a pound at the market this week as well as the following advertised items Pork tenderettes. 99 cents a pound; sharp cheese, pound $1.59; stuffed sausage. 99 cents a pound; sliced bacon. $1 19 a pound, braunschweiger at b 9 cents a pound; hones loaf, pepper loaf or barbecue loaf at SI b 9 a pound; canned hams at $4 ’9 for a three pounder; Taster's Choice coffee. 10 ounce jar at $1.99; hamburger buns at three eight packs for $1.00; 1 milk at 99 cents a gallon, orange juice at two 10 ounce cans for $1.00; and potato chips at 45 cents for a ten ounce package. A representative of Unlimited Sen ice of America. Inc., of Colum bus. Ohio, has indicated to the Town Board of Walkerton that 10 waste disposal containers will be delivered within the next month to be placed at various sites in the business district to be given at no cost, but the company has contrasted with local business establishments for the sale of advertising space on the containers 1963 A storv in two parts, one tragic
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and the other happy, unfolded in North Liberty over the week end as fire appeared to wipe out everything belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Beauchamp Saturday. Mrs. Beauchamp, an invalid, was nearly a victim of the fire, being rescued onlv seconds before it would have been too late, bv two members of the North I ibertv Volunteer Fire Department. Ihe second part of the storv began Sundav when the home of the couple was rebuilt and will be readv for them prior to Christmas Dav. this being through the efforts of the North I ibertv I ions Club, the Volunteer Firemen and the American Legion as well as the cornmunitv ( ulcer handed the W alkerton Indians their sixth loss of the sea son bv a score of HI r»2. Ihe final week of the Salvation Armv kettle drive in Walkerton netted a total of $34ti.13 for the vear The total on Saturday was $2Ol 40 collected bv the American Legion helpers. Ihe annual New ears Ive Partv for the Teens of the area will be held at the Walkerton Youth Building on Tuesday. December 31. starting at 9:(X) p.m. and running to
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■ The increasing costs of home heating affect every Hoosier household. but the cost pinch hits hardest our elderly citizens whose incomes are fixed and whose incomes tend to be lower than those of working households I have joined with the legislative leadership in developing a proposal designed to provide relief to this hard-pressed category of citizens The proposal would require action by the General Assembly and could not take effect until the heating season of 1979 Essentially it involves the concept of discounts on the costs of home heating bills whether or not the fuel used is electricity oil. gas coal or propane The discount would apply during the heating season and could amount to S2OO per qualifying household We have not yet settled on a definition of eligibility If we use the federal definition of poverty level income about 50 000 Hoosier families with elderly heads of household might qualify At the present time we are exploring the possibility of
I 2: 30 Ihe Sting Raes will plav for the dancing and favors, noise makers and so forth will be given all those who attend to help bring in the New > ear At the market frving chickens were at 19 cents a pound; 1 Bone steak al HH cents a pound; sirloin steak also at HH cents a pound; ground beef at three pounds for 99 cents; Egg nog at 39 cents a quart: Smorgas Pai lunch meats at ’9 cents for a pound assortment; po tato chips at 59 cents for a pound bag and wieners at 59 cents a pound. 1958 I he entire W alkerton community was shocked earlv luesdav morn mg when thev learned of the sudden and untimely death of Dr ( D I inton. which occured in his office. He had not been feeling too well 011 Monday, and had gone to his office during Mondav night, supposedly to get some medication or perhaps to use the oxvgen machine. When an earlv call came for him 1 uesdav morning. Mrs. Linton found he had left his bed. She went to the office where she found him on the floor in the x-rav room He had been dead several hours, death being due to a heart condition. Services were held at the Nusbaum Funeral Home on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. Rav Kuhn, of Hebron, assisted bv Rev. Harold Hotchkiss, officiating. It is now official that Joe Kreitzman is the- head coach of Walker ton s high school basketball team. Kreitzman replaces lames How aid. who resigned his position last week in order to take another position with a national company. Ihe 195 K project of the Civic Club was completed Wednesday when Mrs Richard Naragon on behalf of the club presented to the Walkerton Nursing Home, a 21 me h table modlc I \ set lim Reed. prominent electrical dealer in Walkerton, was chosen to head the hnal ( hamber of Commerce for the- new vear. 1959. He will be assisted in his duties bv Rav ( hapman. vice president; Dr I I holt I rash, secretary. anil Ken Miller treasurer lames ( apek will be in charge of public its and Mahlon Jacob will have the import aril task of building up the mem bership
Capitol Commentary Governor Otis R Bowen
expanding this program to families above the poverty line Customer service offices of electric utilities would be the contact points for administering the program. in order that we might avoid creating a costly new system to run d Applicants would be required to provide essential information concerning proof of age. their income levels and their suppliers of heating fuel A program affecting 50 000 households would cost about $lO million each year Because of the increased costs of finding new energy supplies escalating prices for new power plants and the control exercised by foreign nations over the world s energy supply and price structure further increases m the cost of energy are a certainty They cannot be avoided m the years ahead This program is designed to ease the impact upon a segment ol our population that is especially vulnerable I am hopeful that during the coming session of the general assembly it will be enacted into law
194 H The Quality Dairv will move into their spacious new quarters next week Ihe interior of the building which the dairv purchased some time ago from Omer Ball and has been entirely remodeled and made into one of the most complete, convenient and modern dairies in this part of (he state. W ithin a few weeks a modern dairv bar will be jilaced in operation In this room will be a soda fountain and facilities for retailing ice cream and other dairv products. Ihe basketball game between the Harlem Legionnairs and the W alkerton I ions club, which was to have been plaved in the local gvm last Sunday afternoon. did not materialize. According to the It ons coach. David H Stachowski. the booking agent for the Harlem team failed to notifv the team the time of dav on which the game was to be plaved The team was in South Bend in the afternoon and could have been here in plenty of time. As it was thev arrived here at 4 o'clock A large crowd was on hand to sec the game. Ihe school band entertained with several num hers and the preliminary game was plaved between New Carlisle and the 110ns “B" team I ih al postmasters are announcing new rates tor some classes of mail which will go into effect on Januarv 1 Ihe 3 cent postage on letters and first class mail remains the same, as do post cards and souvenir cards Air mail letters go up to 6 cents per ounce 1943 Ihe present Lown Board of W alkerton held its final meeting of their term of office in the new town hall council room Mondav evening, proparaton to turning over the affairs of the town management to their successors recently elected to office Ihe new board will take over knowing that the town is debt lice and has a working balance of ov ci SlO.t W w ith w hie h to carry on the necessary work of the town During the past few years. under the adminisUation of the retiring ( ouncil. the streets have been hardsurlaced the water mains and tlic electric lines have been er tended two new water wells have been driven and a well house built, and a new town hall has been pur
chased Ihe limits of the town were extended to include West York tin government housing area of 20(1 units and that many fim families, and utilities provided, not onlv for this addition, but also to care tor 12 government dormitories and ^0 house trailers I he meet mg Mondav night marks the end of eight vears service for Mavor Harold ( hanev. eight vears lor Dr \ B Wolfe, four vears in a previous term of office, ten vears for Rov Hostetter and four vears each lor Frank lewis and Lester Bierlv Ih< business district of Walker ton welcomes a new addition, as I homas I Gordon enlarges his store to become an authorized (>amble dealer \ real honest to goodness lox hunt will be staged on the Kanka kec marsh west of North I ibertv Sundav afternoon Ihe hunt will be in charge of J R Newcomb and Dale Shupert. who have mapped out a plan of attack Ihe weapons to be used w ill be c tubs If vou sec anv ol the dads who live out in the housing project limp mg around with some sore baiks next week you'll know thev were building an ice skating rink lor the kiddies during the holidays. Ihe schools ol St Joseph ( ountv nil hiding North I ibertv and Walk erton. are sjionsoring a community wide paper saving campaign be ginning Mondav, Januarv 3. the schools will receive all paper brought to the school building and will be sorted bv the students and baled right at the school.
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