The Independent-News, Volume 104, Number 43, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 5 April 1979 — Page 4

APRIL 5. 1979 THE INDEPENDENT NEWS

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REZONING IS COMPLETED It is now official The St. Joseph Counts rezomng has been completed which is desciribed as a measure to “protect" farm land from the continuing spread of growth by people trsing to escape the city. Regardless of what the reason given for this rezoning, it still boils down to the fact that people want out of the urban areas and have been looking over the years tor the sites in the outlving areas where peace of mind, proper!) and life itself is a more defmate thing. Ihe rezoning in St Joseph Counts now makes it necessary for one to hase no less than 20 acres to build a residence on in the affected area, which includes almost the entire outlying counts except around the metropolitan area ot South Bend. Backers of this move still state emphatically that os er 32 square miles still exists for residential building without the need for the 20 acres, an area they claim is larger than South Bend itself. Howes er. they do not hasten to add that it is all adjacent to the present cities and that especially the southwestern portions of the counts is now all zoned agricultural regardless of what type of land and lixation is concerned. It is true that os er the years much building has occured in the rural areas, particularly along the major roadways. There are stretches now where open land used to be that now has houses almost side to side for various amounts of distances, some quite lengths. But again, these usually aren't carved out of the good rich farmland and they are alonu the roadways taking footage, not mileage, off the former open land. Ihe rezoning has been completed. It was first recommended by the Area Planning Commission, then passed on to the County Council and finally accepted by the Counts Commissioners. The entire planning has come from mostly scry metropolitan people and now they have their wish. However, their thoughts that this will keep the city alive remains to be seen and sou can rest assured, that annexation is going to have to be the was that South Bend is kept from a continued decreasing population. People just aren't that happy in South Bend and probably the fact that housing continues to climb so rapidly will have more effect on people remaining where they are than the fact they want Io stay in the continually deteriorating inner city. It was stated that keeping the growth adjacent to the present cities made it easier to expand facilities to the new areas, but again this only comes with annexation and from what we hase heard and seen in recent years, that is not always the case in the newly acquired areas whether it be in South Bend or even our own local tow ns. It is over for now and only the future will tell what kind of reaction this results in. You w ill still find that occasional new home going up in the rural area, and now you can be assured that it will be someone who can afford it if they have to purchase 20 or more acres of land prior to building. This in not completely the end of growth, but certainly is a retardent to rural growth in the outlying areas at this time. “HOORAY” ... “I LOST!” As the first of April rolls around, which happened at the start of this week, many really become aware of the inevitable date of April 15. the deadline for paying taxes, or filing even if a refund is due. The last couple of weeks often become hetic for those who haven’t taken care of this obligation and even special postal efforts are made on the night of April 15 to assure the postmark on the late filings. One big misconception and point that effects many on the subject of taxes is the refund. Everyone is happy when a refund is due and many plan their weekly or pay period withholding to assure them a refund. The big misconception about this is that a refund is actually losing the taxpaver money! Over the course of the year a taxpaver has been having a little more than necessary hgeld out of his paycheck, or possibly it is a non-inten-tional act due to situations that arise over the course of the year, but what ever the reason, the money is given to the Government starting with the first paycheck of the calendar year. And all this time, maybe it is just a little, maybe it is a lot. the Government has this money to use. thanks to your generosity, at no interest and with no cost to the Government for the many months they may have it. It is true that small refunds would not affect very much money, but when one takes into consideration the larger refunds or the millions that is “given” for their use all over the country , this is a very big item. There is a little solace for those who don't manage money very well or just “can't" seem to save. The refund does act as a little “windfall” for people in that capacity, but really, it still is costing them money despite the fact the refund check adds a lot of joy at the time of receipt. The good thing about this is that our Government, for many years now has had a national debt and operates at a deficit and if this extra form of income helps a little, maybe it isn't all that bad. However, from an individual standpoint, when a refund is due your first thoughts are "hooray!” . . but careful thought ends that statement ... "I lost!”

( I AKI N EROM THE FILES OF 1974 Ihe Grace Lutheran Church will hold their first church service in their new location, the former ( hurch ot ( hast building, on Harrison Street, in North Liberty Ilie Service will begin at 8 00 am. on April 21 Ihe Board of Trustees of the I own of North I aberty is accepting applications for the position of Water Superintendent 1969 Ihe Independent News, as a service to the area, is conducting a

THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS) poll to find the desires of the people of the area on the very ticklish time situation It is the desire of the paper that everyone use the ques tionaire at the bottom of the front page and either deposit it in a container at the newspaper office or simply put it in and envelope and mail to us either in Walkerton or North 1 ibertv At the market hams were at 49 cents a pound; smoked sausage at 89 cents a pound; polk chops at 59 cents a pound, turkey roasts at 51 99 for a four plunder; ( nsco at

7 9 cents for a three pound can; medium eggs at 59 cents a dozen; Folger's coffee at SI. 19 for a two pound can, straw berries at three 16 ounce boxes for SI .00; ice cream at 13 cents a pint; asparagus at 39 cents a pound and two loaves of Kreamo rvc bread for 49 cents. 1964 A group of 13 men from Polk-Lincoln-Johnson Townships will compete in the May primary election for five places on the above mentioned school board. From Polk Township running are Joseph Holm, C. Jerry Rains, Robert T. Reese. Wayne E. Ross, Earl D. Smith and Carroll E. Zartman. From Lincoln Township are Melvin Alwinc, William I). Carter. Denslow Doll. William Ochs and George S. Parks. From Johnson Tow nship are C harles Daube and Elburt F. Place. A very important public meeting has been called by the Town Board of North Liberty for Tuesday. April 7 at the American Legion Hall and will be of interest to all North Liberty residents. The meeting will inform the public as to what progress has been made to date on the sewer and sanitation plant program . I he annual F.F.A. Slave Auction will be held on Saturday. April 4th at the Walkerton High School gym. Auctioneer is Everett Rockstool and he will settle all disputes. Each slave is to serve for eight full hours of work agreed upon by the buver and the slave. 1959 The Walkerton-Lincoln Township Schools will play host to approximately 300 high school musicians on Saturday , April 4. when the District Band. Orchestra and Vocal Contests sponsored by the Northern Indiana Band, Orchestra and Vixal Association will be held in Walkerton. The V.F.W. sponsored Explorer Post 210 will on Monday night. April 6. at 7 ; 00 p.m., conduct their "Admission" ceremony at the V.F.W'. post home in North Liberty . The purpose of the ceremony is to admit the following new members into the Explorers unit: Tony Price. Jex; Allsop. John Carroll. Bob Bonham. Bill Bettcher, Terry Clark and Chuck Bowers. In anticipation of starting a new North Liberty Lions Club, seven men of North Liberty and two Walkerton members met with George Barmouth, of Fort Wayne, an international representative of Lions International, in the home of Robert Hocker on Monday evening to start plans along these lines. B. F. Williams, a zone chairman of District 25-G and Bob Hocker, both members of the Walkerton Lions Club attended on behalf of the Walkerton Lions Club who will sponsore the new organization. 1949 A monthly check of the oil situation in Indiana reveals that 118 new wells have been drilled in the state since January , and of that number 46 were put on production. Although floods and muddy conditions hampered operations in southwestern Indiana, during the month of March, one rumor which the office recently had was that a white flag on a long pole standing alone in the middle of the oil field was all that was left of a tractor which was resting beneath the surface. There will be no closed season this year on pan fish such as red eared sunfish, bluegills, yellow perch, rock bass and crappies. Ducks Unlimited in lowa will dedicate its second major waterfowl conservation project in Canada to Jay "Ding” Darling, nationally famous conservationist and cartoonist. 1944 Fixxl rationing News — From now on all Exkl stamps will be good indefinitely, unless advance notice of expiration is given the Office of Price Administration has announced Housewives mav budget their food purchases on the basis of three Red 10-point stamps every

second Sunday and five Blue 20point stamps the first of every month. To release cold storage space for other fixxl. all frozen units of fruits and vegetables will not be rationed through April 29. lard will remain unrationed, ready-to-eat hams w ill he one point lower, “dry cured” hams are to be only one point above fresh hams, and other meat point values will remain almost unchanged. Pickles have gone to war. Uncle Sam needs more pickles for the fighting men of the “seven seas" and the men who fight on land and in the air. In addition to their zestful role as appetizers, pickles have a definate nutritional value because they are important sources of vitamins A and B and of minerals. salts and acids. There are plenty of profit making opportunities in pickles, too. pickles are an in between crop and are paid for before the farmer receives cash from other crops. 1929 The Grovertown High School commencement will be held in the high school auditorium on Thursday evening. April 18. at 8 o’clock. There will be 19 graduating and the address will be given by Prof. J. Raymond Schutz, of North Manchester College. After a successful baseball season last year efforts are being put forth by local baseball fans and team officials to put on the diamond this season a baseball team which will surpass the team of last year. Ihe BAO depot in Walkerton, which has served the railroad and its traveling public for about 55 years, has been torn down by the railroad wrecking crew. This action followed the local consolidation of offices of the B A O and the N.Y.C. railroads, which took place a few months ago. Both railroads are now using the N.Y.C. depot with T. J. Fitzgerald as agent. All chickens within the town limits must be confined to the premises of the owner and not allowed to run at large over neighboring lots and gardens. Also all roller skating and bicycle riding is forbidden on the uptown sidewalks. This is by order of the Town Trustees of the Tow n of Walkerton. Mrs. Delbert Stiles, of Teegarden. while looking through some belongings of her mother, who passed away about a year ago. found a very tidy and newspaper. Ihe tidy is believed to have been made over 100 years ago. It is trimmed with the National Emblem, the eagle, the U S. shield and stars. Woven into the goods is the date of the Declaration of Independence and of the election of President Washington. The newspaper is a copy of the New Bedford Mercury, printed December 15. 1820. It was published by Benjamin Lindsey. The paper gives a full account of the Massachusetts Convention being held at that time. Among the many national parks which Uncle Sam has set aside for the enjoy ment of his children, none is more interesting nor has had a more thrilling history than the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania national battlefield park, the latest addition to the list of our national playgrounds. For here was America’s greatest scene of courage, a small section that could be included within a semicircle with a radius of twelve miles, an area that has been appropriately called “The cockpit of America.” where armies maneuvered and more men were killed and wounded than on any other similar area in modern history prior to the World War. This park, which was dedicated late last year by President Coolidge, includes six battlefield, Fredericksburg. Chancellorsville. Cold Harbor. Salem ( hurch, the Wilderness and Sporsylvania Courthouse. Here in the space of nine days of actual fighting 7(X),0(X) men struggled heroically and 100,000 were wounded or killed. No less than nineteen generals were shot down on these fields. Among them were Jack-

son. Longstreet. Cobb. Hays, Bennett, Grey, Jenkins, Daniel. Sedgwick and Wadsworth. It is a curious coincidence that the latter was the grandfather of Sen. James Wadsworth of New York, chairman of the military affairs committee w hich passed on the bill presented to congress last year for the establishment of this national battlefield park. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Spring is in the air and a young man or woman's fancy turns to . . . Like a magical potion, our teenagers begin to flutter their wings and excessive energy, stored up during the cold winter months, is let loose. Similar to nuclear power, “kid power" can produce positive or negative results. True, there are many positive activities taking place in our community for young people — sports, clubs, school extracurricular activities, hoy scouts, girl scouts, etc. But the spring and summer months have a double-barrel effect — not only are our children outdixirs more, but they have much more time on their hands. How can this time and energy be used positively for the sake of our youth and at the same time help the Walkerton community and its residents? Using the South Bend “Rent-a-Teen" Program as a model and guide, we have initiated a “Jobs For Kids" Program in the Walkerton Community. Ihe program has been given unanimous support and backing by the business community. and is indebted to the following businesses for funds to initiate the project: Jacob's Drugs. Mahoney-Mann. Rav's Super Market. Farmers Bank, and “Her Place." We are expecially in gratitude to Mr. Tom Bowersox. manager of the First Bank and Trust Company , for allowing us to set up a calling service at his bank. Many boys and girls, ages 12 to 18, have signed up for the program at Urey Middle School and John Glenn High School. We appeal to you. the residents of Walkerton, to “spread the word." “Jobs For Kids” will handle just about any odd job that can be found in a home or business — painting, sweeping, raking, washing windows, errands, babysitting. etc. We are sure that there are many retired people in the community who could use an energetic and strong boy and girl in their home to handle a task they ’ve been putting off for an awful long time. All that is needed is a flip of the wrist to phone 586-3153 and leave the necessary information. A boy or girl will then be matched up with the job and will phone you back to make arrangements. We urge you to support our youth. They are the backbone of our community; they are our future. Since this is the “International Year of the Child.” let’s put its true flavor into one of the most meaningful and worthwhile endeavors the Walkerton Community will ever support. In appreciation for you interest and cooperation. Jerry Fleischer Guidance Counselor, Urey Middle School (Representing the Council of Min istries. United Methodist Church of Walkerton) A roadside sign near a junkyard read: “Go ahead . . . take a chance. We’ll buy your wrecked car.”

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