The Independent-News, Volume 105, Number 10, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 August 1979 — Page 4

AUGUST 16, 1979 - THE INDEPENDENT NEWS

EDITORIALS

STILL THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE There is no doubt in anyone's mind that inflation has been a matter of real concern for this country in recent years. Sprialing costs are familiar to everyone as food, automobiles, utilities, clothing, everything you can name has gone up and up and up. In this time a lot of jokes have been made about the American dollar at home and abroad its value has decreased in the world market. However, one thing must be said about the good old American dollar ... it has stood the challenge at home of becoming less popular. In recent years, two attempts have been made to replace or reduce the number of dollar bills. First it was the two dollar bill being brought back to life. The thought was that a dollar doesn’t buy nearly as much and the use of two dollar bills would cut down on carrying so many bills, having a higher currency rate to ease the making of change, etc. About the only thing this did was create a lot of jokes among the people and problems for the business world. It seems that cash registers just weren’t made to handle another low denomination of bills. How often did you see a clerk or cashier take a two dollar bill and lift up the tray to put it underneath to “get it out of the way” for the conducting of normal business? Then later, after the rejection of the two dollar bill, came the new Susan B. Anthony dollar coin. The thought again was good . . . the average life of a dollar bill is 15 months and the average life of a coin is many times longer, figuring at least 15 years if it is kept in circulation. This would cut a big expense from printing so many one dollar bills. However, in the attempt to put this new coin in circulation on a large scale, the size wasn’t desired as large as the old silver dollar size we are so familar with. It is too cumbersome to carry a lot of those around . . . so along comes the idea to make it larger than a quarter and smaller than a fifty cent piece. Lo« and behold . . . after the first issuance no one wants these dam things either! The new coins are very easy to mix up with the old standby quarters. They just aren’t different enough in size to make easy and quick discrimination between the two. Consequently these are really being rejected also, not just by the merchants, but by the entire public as well. In talking with a few people who work in financial institutions, they report no one is asking for them and again they are a merchant’s nightmare, but this time they are a nightmare for the public as well in trying to avoid the confusion. So it looks like we are right back where we were before . . . still depending on and accepting the one dollar bill. It just goes to show that regardless of how much things change, they still stay the same!

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1974 School bells will ring on August 27 for students in the Polk-Lincoln-Johnson School district and on September 3 for North Liberty students. The Farmers State Bank of Wyatt-Walkerton were the top bidders on Friday evening at the St. Joseph County 4-H beef auction for the grand champion steer owned by Devon Smith of Madison Township. The 1050 pound steer was sold for 53.75 a pound netting $3,937.50 for the young 4-H’er. The Walkerton Assembly No. 64, Order of Rainbow for Girls and Mother Advisor, Mrs. Florence Erickson, will host a reception at the Masonic Temple on Friday, August 16, honoring the 25th year that Walkerton has had an assembly. The late Mrs. Ewart (Olive) Farrar was the first mother advisor. 1969 The new scoreboard for the John Glenn football field has been ordered and is due in plenty of time for the 1969 season. The Walkerton Lions Club sponsored the drive which is not yet over and to date has netted $1,247. Book rental fees at the Polk-Lin-coln-Johnson Schools is as follows, kindergarten, $4.00; grade 1 and 2, $10.50; grade 3, $9.50; grade 4, $7.50; grade 5, $8.00; grade 6, $10.25; grade 7, $11.25; grade 8, $12.00 and grades 9-12, student rental will be $1.30 per course for each semester. At the market round steak was selling for $1.09 a pound; rump roasts at $1 09 a pound; sirloin tip roast at $1.29 a pound; bacon at 7 9 cents a pound; honey loaf at $1.09 a pound; seven 300 size cans of Van Camp pork and beans for $1.00; Awake orange juice at 29 cents for a nine ounce can; ice cream at 49 cents a pint; Chase and Sanborn instant coffee, $1.19 for 12 ounces; one per cent milk, at 69 cents a

gallon; and one pound of carrots for 10 cents. 1964 North Liberty schools will begin on September 8 with registration for enrollment from 8:15 to 10:00 a.m. Full day sessions will begin on Wednesday, September 9. St. Patrick’s School will begin on September 9 according to Father Anthony Letko. The Walkerton Pony League Team gave a good account of themselves at Rolling Prairie last Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday as they won the tournament behind some tremendous pitching and hitting. The team roster is as follows, Gary Trost, Ron Schrader, Craig DeMyer, Wally Heil, Chuck Stafford, Larry Groves, Mark Groves, Bruce Wharton, John Stasko, Larry Neiswender, Steve Ludwig. Mike Pittman, John Walker, John Vandall and George Powell. The boys were coached by Larry Pugsley and manager was Art DeMyer. John Harness was bat boy. 1959 The Liberty Township Schools will open on Tuesday, September Ist for the new school year. The teachers will meet on Monday at the high school for general planning. Raymond Dillon received the top “Little League" trophy, the William Hass Memorial Sportsmanship Trophy at the annual trophy presentation last Friday night. It was held in the basement of the Church of the Brethren, North Liberty, with 122 leaguers and parents present. The Town of Walkerton, members of the Board of Trustees and the head of the electrical department are being sued for $30,000 by Frank March, 43, Fort Wayne, following an accident which happened on top of the B. I. Holser & Company Elevator on Labor Day, Sep-

■ For years. I have been urging a permanent funding solution for highway maintenance needs in order to protect the state s vital highway transportation system. Recent information from the State Highway Department underscores the intensifying deterioration of the road system Based upon current projections, highway funding for fiscal 1981 will be S3B million below that for the preceding 1980 fiscal year In fact, the disparity probably will be greater if fuel sales continue to decrease as a result of more efficient autos, conservation and the price of gasoline. The 1981 outlook is rather bleak, when contrasted to maintenance needs. At a minimum, the state needs to replace 100 bridges each year, repair 320 others and resurface 1,200 miles of roadway. That level of effort is needed to preserve the quality of the highway system at its designed level. Based upon federal and state funds available to the Highway Department. we will fall far short of meeting these needs Instead of re-

tember 2, 1957. Mr. March, employed by Getz Exterminator, Inc., who were engaged in fumigating a metal storage building. Mr. March alleges that he suffered severe electric burns on the top of his head and soles of his feet, that the later developed neuratic ulcers on his head and feet, that he has been hospitalized on two different occasions, that he had scalp surgery in which a portion of his scalp was replaced by a plate. Mr. March's complaint states that his costs to date are $1,381, and that he estimates further treatment at least an additional SI,OOO and he was unable to work for six months with only partial employment. The complaint was filed August 12, 1959, only three weeks before it would have been out-lawed. A jury trial is asked. The Koontz Lake Water and Sports Club urges the residents of the vicinity to help make the club a success by attending the weekly meetings. The Splash-tacular Ski Show will start at 2:00 p.m. on August 23, at the Anderson Hotel Beach. 1954 Mrs. Alta Griffith has resigned as librarian of the Walkerton Public Library to accept a position as children’s librarian in the LaPorte City library. Mrs. Griffith came to Walkerton two years ago and has made many improvements in the library in that time. At the market beef roasts were selling at 29 cents a pound; pork steak at 49 cents a pound; bulk sausage at three pounds for 99 cents; pork roast at 39 cents a pound; ring bologna at 39 cents a pound; three pounds of ground beef for 99 cents; Heinz tomato catsup two 14 ounce bottles for 45 cents; tomato juice at two 20 ounce cans for 29 cents; three boxes of Jell-0 for 23 cents and Lux toilet soap, four regular bars for 19 cents. 1944 It was a big day for the Orville Easterday Post American Legion Sunday when the organization, ably assisted by a score of willing helpers, collected and loaded 16'/j tons of scrap paper into a large box car ready for shipment to Chicago. Nine trucks were used to haul the salvage materials which were furnished free. Nine of the original 12 dormitories set up in Walkerton to house KOP workers are now in operation,

Capitol Commentary Governor Otis A Bowen

placing 100 bridges in 1980, we will be able to replace only 60 In 1981, the replacement rate will drop to 42 Instead of 320 bridge repair projects. there will be only 200 in 1980 and only 160 in 1981 That represents only half the rate of effort needed to sustain bridges at their designed levels. Although the state probably will meet the target of 1,200 miles of resurfacing in 1980, the rate will drop to 1.000 miles in 1981 Furthermore, in 1981. we will be forced to defer S4O million in construction projects because the state wont have the funds to match available federal dollars. The effect of this continued erosion will be a highway network less able to accommodate the movement of people and commerce Until a permanent funding solution is adopted to deal with highway maintenance needs, deterioration will continue Further deterioration poses more than possible inefficiency or inconvenience; it presents a genuine threat to safe travel on Indiana s roads

according to Harry Schneider, local manager. The other three buildings are being move to the KOP reservation for use there. Sugar stamps 30. 31 and 32 each good for five pounds indefinitely, and 33 good for five pounds after September 1 and remains good indefinitely have been issued. Sugar stamp 40 good for five pounds of canning sugar is good through February of next year. Because of a big war-caused shrinkage in the nation’s high school population until it is now back to the levels of 1934, a national “Go To School" Drive is being sponsored by the Department of Labor and the U. S. Office of Education of the Federal Security Agency, in cooperation with the Office of War Information and with the endorsement of the War Manpower Commission. Three million young people of high school age now are working full or part time in this country. The lure of big money, desire to help the nation, to help an employer, and to help the family, all play a prominent part in this summer work. As important and worthy as three objectives are. they should not stand in the way of young people returning to school in September, says the Department of Labor head, who urges that parents use their influence and authority to make sure that the educational program of their children is not interrupted by the emergencies of war. “Let's not be penny-wise and pound foolish.” the bulletin stated. A job may mean big money now, but after the war, a boy or girl without a high school education will not be able to compete for jobs against war veterans and those who have had schooling. Ralph Persinger and Buri Wickham are the new operators of the D-X gasoline station, comer of Michigan Street and Road 6, Walkerton. Both men are employed in war industries and live in West York. Harry (Dutch) Bellinger, a former operator of the station, is assisting them. 1929 The Lakeville Standard, published by the Independent-News Co., will be discontinued with the publication of the last issue today. Lack of advertising support has made this move necessary. By-laws will be adopted, directors named and officers elected at

the meeting Sunday of the Koontz Lake property owners. Committee members working very hard on this are Brent Rinehart, Fred Harris. Frank Wyland. Dan Rice, H. C. Chaney, Otto Clossius, Mr. Vogel, Mr. Bowles. Mt. Swanson. Charles Leffert and others. Niles, Michigan, will celebrate their Centennial on August 22, 23 and 24. A new deep well pump has been installed by the town of Walkerton at the local water works pump station, the work being in charge of Ted Vitou. The pump has been placed at the bottom of the well and will throw 350 gallons of water per minute. Equipped with pontoons, the Goodyear blimp, "Volunteer” made a series of successful sea landings in the vicinity of Los Angeles harbor with Lieut. Karl Lange as pilot. This is said to be the second time in the history of aviation that such a feat has been accomplished. About ten years ago a similar landing was made by a Goodyear ship. Many bargains in the classifieds. KILLS FLEAS! Skills TICKS! Gentle pump action will not frighten pets. ASaymti C 1979 Mater Morton ConHMmy • k>Urdi*y of A H Rob«nt Co R«<*wnorxl. VwjrfM 23230 Helps Shrink Swelling Os Hemorrhoidal Tissues caused by inflammation Doctors have found a medication that in many cases gives Krompt. temporary relief for ours from pain and burning itch in hemorrhoidal tissues.then helps shrink swelling of these tissues caused by inflammation The name: Preparation H* No prescription is needed. Preparation H Ointment and suppositories Use only as directed.