The Independent-News, Volume 106, Number 45, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 April 1981 — Page 4
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- THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS - APRIL 16, IMI
EDITORIALS
WE NEEDED THAT! The amazing feat of these past few days, the flight in space by astronauts Young and Crippen, and the successful return to earth for an airplane type landing, was something we really needed. For some time now, six years in all, the American space program has been on hold, even though work was continuing all the time, nothing was being accomplished that the public could see and appreciate. The amazing blast-off of the very heavy space shuttle, its 36 orbits and return to land in the desert in California, was more than just a positive step forward for our space program. It was a very positive act by and for this country which was at this time, greatly needed. Over the years there has been a lot of controversary of the space program, the money being spent, the objectives of such a program, etc. Also, in the past few years, since the last manned space shot, a lot of negative things have happened in this country. All we have a tendency to hear is the bad things . . . ranging in time back from the attempted assassination of President Reagan, to the economic outlook, the rapid growth of inflation, the unemployment, etc. In fact, since the big bicentennial celebration of 1976 has little positive come forth to really put anything on the plus side of the ledger. The long lingering hostage crisis, the foreign oil situation, the energy crisis, almost anything you can name was negative and it was time for something positive to happen. We cannot go into detail of the great steps forward and the many various aspects of the flight into space with a return that will allow the spacecraft to fly again and again and again, it is way over our heads. However, it is certainly a step in the right direction to know that the American knowledge and ingenuity is not standing pat, but continuing all the time with the tremendous proof being the 56 hour mission that had to thrill even the strongest critics. Once again we have proven that, with proper work and planning, America is still the number one country in the world in most respects and the space flight means much more than just a journey around the earth a few times, it was a real shot in the arm for America! (Taken From The Files Os The Independent-News)
1971 Members of the John Sheaks family lost all their clothing Thursday night when fire destroyed four bedrooms in their seven room frame house at 702 Indiana Street. Walkerton. Mrs. Sheaks and her four children were not at home at the time. A passer-by sighted flames from a downstairs bedroom and called the Walkerton Volunteer Fire Department at 8:15 p.m. Firemen with four units fought the blaze until 11:30 p.m. The Walkertop Volunteer Fire Department will conduct their annual Easter Egg Hunt at Place Park on Sundav afternoon, April 10 at 2:00 p.m. The Walkerton-Lincoln Township High School Alumni Association will hold their annual banquet on Saturday. May 1. with registration beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the John Glenn High School. 1966 Work is scheduled to start on State Road 23 around May 1 as the North Liberty to Mayflower Road section is scheduled to be widened and resurfaced. The low bid by Rieth Riley Construction Co., has received the go ahead sign for the bid of $432,842.00. Two head coaches have been named for the John Glenn High School for the 1966-67 school year filling the vacancy of basketball and football along with wrestling to the present coaching plans. Roger Beehler has been named head basketball coach. Louis Kollias varsity football and wrestling coach and Beehler has also been named summer baseball coach this summer. The Rialto Theatre is re-opening this week end in Walkerton after being closed for several months. 1961 This past week a replacement well in Race Park adjacent to Well No. 6, was tested, hooked into the existing lines and run for a period
of approximately two days. Tests indicate this to be the best producing well ever in the Walkerton area. The Town Board opened bids for the purchase of a new police squad car and a 1961 Studebaker Lark w ill be purchased. Marilyn Lidy. the five year-old daughter of Mrs. Faye Lidy, 907 Harrison, who was bitten so viciously by one of two dogs running free, has been taking the very painful rabies shots for the past week. She received bites on the face causing a considerable amount of stitches and attention to close the wounds making necessary the scries of 14 rabies shots. Representative John Brademas gave the address at the dedication ceremony of the new Walkerton Post Office, on Sundav afternoon. 1956 On Wednesday evening. April 18. 28 adults met in the basement of the Methodist Church, to hear Miss Harriett Dively, Regional Director of the Camp Fire Girls and Miss Dorothy Denton, Executive Secretary of the Camp Fire Girl movement in St. Joseph County. After the fine presentation the group decided to use the Bluebird Camp Fire and Horizon Club movement. The Park Board of North Liberty extends a greeting to all spring cleaners to bring the results of their efforts to the park and dump the refuse in one pool now being filled in at the south end of the park. Old concrete, rocks, sand. dirt. cans, etc. are welcome. Local Shriners have made arrangements to take the Liberty and Greene ^hool children to the Shrine Circus in South Bend on Saturday afternoon. 1946 Plymouth won most of the points in the races but in field events Walkerton was able to capture several points. Daube won first in
the shot put with 41 feet, nine inches: and Bellinger won second place in the pole vault. The Kindergarten class visited the dairy on Thursday. Mr. Frame showed us how the bottles were washed, the milk pasturized and how they were filled. Each child was given one half pint of milk to drink. A hobo band from South Bend has been billed for the April meeting of the Walkerton Chamber of Commerce to be held at the high school. There were twice as many fires in Southern Indiana during February and March as there were during the entire year of 1945. 1941 Six bus loads of young men and women from Chicago and points west, stopped in Walkerton Friday noon for lunch. None of the restaurants knew of their coming so they had all of them filled to capacity and running over. However. by 12:30 the entire delegation had been served and were rcadv to continue their journey to New York for a hugh National Rally of the American Peace Mobilization. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the American Legion has selected Jean Jones, junior, as their delegate to the first Girls State Camp to be held on the campus of Indiana Central College. Indianapolis, for one week. June 14-21. Sharkskin is still tops for shirts. Middy tops are new in two piece dresses. Skirts have pleats or soft front fullness. Red. white and blue and beige and brown and featured colors this season. 1931 The Walkerton Chamber of Commerce Band which has made such remarkable progress in the last few years, under the able tutelage of Ralph N. LaFeber, is to have a new home. Such was the decision of the city fathers in a recent meeting when they voted to erect an up-to-date band stand. The new band stand, which was planned and designed by Robert Worrell, will be 20 feet by 20 feet square, constructed of brick veneer with a composition shingle roof and will have a six an done half foot basement for storage. Completion date is set for Wednesday, June 3. The band stand will be placed at Place Park, replacing the one there.
Create a confection that’s sheer perfection, based on the symbolic Easter egg This molded fondant-type confection is easy to do and needs no special equipment. Delicate flaked coconut adds texture to a smooth filling covered with a rich coating of semisweet chocolate. Give it a “designer look" with confectioners sugar glaze decoration. Chocolate-Covered Easter Eggs 1 pound unsifted con fectioners sugar 2 tablespoons water 1 tablespoon light corn syrup 1 tablespoon softened butter or margarine 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon almond extract Dash of cream of tartar 11/3 cups (about) Baker’s Angel Flake coconut 4 drops yellow food coloring 1/2 drop red food coloring Easy Chocolate Coating Combine confectioners sugar, water, corn syrup, butter, vanilla, salt, almond extract and cream of tartar in a bowl and mix thoroughly. (Mixture will be crumbly ) Add coconut, mix until smooth and shape into 6 small eggs Cut in half lengthwise, scoop out about 1 teaspoon near round end of each half, and place in small bowl Blend in yellow and red food coloring. Return tinted mixture to egg halves
About 75 trees and a large quantity of shrubber have been set out in Place Park within the past two weeks. The Park Commission wishes to thank Charles McCabe for his generous donation along with the many interested residents for their donations. Members of the commission are William Kyle. Clarence Hudelmyer and William Keck. Residents of Walkerton will be due for another reduction in their electric bills for power heating and lighting within the next few months if the petition to the Public Service Commission of Indiana, drawn up by town attorney Roy Sheneman. gets favorable action by the Indi anapolis powers — that be in atters of this character. If you want a good laugh and forget all about the depression and any other troubles you may have, don't fail to sec and hear. “The Cohens and Kellys in Africa" playing at the Rialto Theatre Saturday night. A Slim Summerville comedy will also be shown. Weekly Senate Wrap-Up From Sen. V. R. Miller As the 102nd General Assembly begins to wrap up business this week, the Senate considered over 100 bills, including four bills that comprise the state's spending plan for the next two years. The four budget bills were debated and voted on in two lengthy floor sessions. Each bill deals with a different area of the budget, such as school funding, the state's operating budget, the construction budget, and funds for transportation and highways. The total biennial budget amounts to about $11.6 billion. Several attempts to increase spending were proposed by the Senate minority, but they were rejected as being too costly. The budget in its amended form will now go to a conference committee where a compromise between the House and Senate versions can be worked out before being sent back to both houses for a final vote. On another subject, HJR 1 has passed the Senate Public Policy Committee as a first step to amending the constitution. The proposal
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would allow corporations to repre sent themselves in small claims courts, instead of having to be rep resented by an attorney. As it is now. it often costs more to go through the small claims process than the disputed claim is worth; this is in large part due to the cost of hiring a lawyer. The consequence of this is higher prices to consumers, and HJR I. by allowing corporations to argue their own cases, would benefit both busi nesses and consumers. If the full Senate passes the resolution, the next elected General Assembly will also have to pass HJR 1, and then the people of the state would have to vote on it in a referendum. A bill that would help local school corporations with temporary financial difficulties has passed the Senate and has been sent to the Governor. H.B. 1654 would allow the school corporations to borrow money from a variety of sources if there is a shortfall in expected revenues, when the shortfall is due to a mistake in calculation or sonic other reason. The bill would also require the corporation to adjust their tax levy in order to pay back the loan and make up the shortfall There have been several cases ot mistaken auditing calculations in the past several years, and school boards that have relied on the esti mated income figures have found themselves without enough money to run the school system. This bill would give the kx?al school corpora tions the ability to react to and cor rect funding problems. At this point, all bills that have not passed out of committee arc considered dead for the session As of Friday, April 10th, there artsix working days left in the session For those bills that do not receive concurrence, conference committees have been or will be formed to iron out the differences. Depending on the progress of the drawing of the reapportionment maps, ad joumment is expected either dur ing the week of April 20 or April 27. Ihe legislature is by law required to adjourn this year by April 30. I always look forward to hearing from my constituents; please feel free to call me at 1-800-382-9467 or write me at the Indiana Senate. State House. Indianapolis. Ind 46204. Happy Ads Only SI.OO
Easy Chocolate Coating. Partially melt 1 package (8 squares) Baker’s semi-sweet chocolate in saucepan over very low heat. Remove from heat, stir rapidly until entirely melted. Let stand until cool (83°). Confectioners Sugar Glaze. Add 11/2 teaspoons (about) hot milk or water to 1/2 cup sifted confectioners sugar in a bowl; blend well.