The Independent-News, Volume 107, Number 31, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 7 January 1982 — Page 4

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- THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - JANUARY 7, 1982

EDITORIALS

LEGISLATURE IN SESSION The Indiana General Assembly is in their annual session now in Indianapolis. According to law in Indiana, this is the year for the “short term”. Until the early 1970’5, Indiana’s legislature only met every other year, certainly not sufficient to take care of the business of running the state properly as easily proved to be the case in the last 10 years or so of such a setup. Then the law was changed, and the legislators now meet ► every year, with the even numbered years being the “short session”, or 30 working days. They held one of these days in late 1981 to organize and then officially went to work on Tuesday, January 5. This does not leave a lot of time for legislators to get their job done even though the short sessions do not carry as heavy a load as the long sessions, the one in which the budget is a matter of extreme importance that always seems to get shoved into the last couple of days. However. 1982, despite being a short session, will be an important one, much of it will be of current problems and much to form patterns of what might be expected a little further down the road now that the federal government, under their cut-back programs, is pushing more and more responsibility back to the states for programs that before were federally assisted or funded and controlled. This will present the Indiana lawmakers with some headaches, as money is not only going to be tight, it is simply non-existent in some cases and the problems have simply been shifted from federal to state levels. One thing we can say in our immediate area, we do have a very sincere representation for our immediate area with Senator V. Richard Miller (R-Plymouth) our senator and the two representatives who represent us in our immediate area and to the surrounding area east, south and west of us, Richard Mangus (R-Lakeville) and Edward Cook (D-Plymouth) as our chosen representatives. All three of these men are sincere and will listen to their constituents. This is a quality that is good and not always found in government today. have in this issue, on page 7, a questionnaire of Sen. Miller's that can be filled out, additional comments put with it and sent to him in Indianapolis. If the representatives also choose to use a questionnaire this year and we are supplied with it, it will also appear in our columns, but time is of importance in returning or making comments or telephone calls to our legislators in a short session. We want to encourage all interested taxpayers and citizens to be concerned, this is your government and on the state level more decisions are made that affects you day in and day out than on any other level. We will also publish the telephone numbers where calls can be made as soon as all this is put together, as this early in the session news out of the state capital has been just a Ittle slow coming. Just don’t forget, these men are your voices and they can only reflect your views if they know what they are. Be concerned and be aware of the happenings of the indiana General Assembly this and every year. You will also want to keep in mind, this is an election year again for all representatives, a matter that certainly will be put before us time and time again before November. WHEN... (Taken From The Files Qf The Independent-News)

1972 I he new officers of the Walkerton ( hamber of Commerce were announced as follows Ed Walz, president. 1 co Mahones. vice-pres-ident; Dr Edward M Powell, secretars and Bill Elkin, treasurer. I he annual membership drive is on with individual memberships at 510 IK) and $35.00 for businesses or rt tail memberships. Registration for the second semester Adult Education classes is being taken at lohn Glenn High School ( lasses offered will be office machines. English. I S Histors Psychology, Government. French. typing I and II bookkeeping 1 and IE industrial arts 1. art. bridge and women and men's rec real ion At the market pork steak was selling for 69 cents a pound, rolled pork roast at 69cents a pound, beef liver at 59 cents a pound bacon at 49 cents a pound minced ham at SI 09 a pound stuffed sausage at 69 cents a pound lOinchcherrv pie for 99 cents, three rolls of Scot towels for K 9 cents two pound can of Eolger s coffee for SI 49. a dozen large eggs for 4^ cents, a pint of ic< cream for 15 cents five loaves of Bonnie bread for S 9 cents, lettuce at 29 cents a head and 20 pounds of Ida ho |>o! a toes lot SI ^9

1952 Markets offered sliced bacon at 49 cents a pound; pork sausage at 55 cents a pound; pork butts at 49 cents a pound; chunk pineapple' at 39 cents for a 2'i size can; two number 2 cans of pork and beans for 25 cents; Alaska salmon at 39 cents tor a pound can; pound bag of noodles for 25 cents, two packages of rice knspics for 31 cents; 46 ounce can of orange juice for 25 cents, two number 303 size cans of applesauce for 23 cents; colbv long horn cheese at 69 cents a pound; grapes at two pounds for 29 cents; and a dozen tangerines for 59 cents. A picture of Cotton Ball, the prize Volpino owned bv Shads Haven Kennels, Walkerton, will appear in the "Harper's Album of Beautiful Dogs 1942 Dip to the- fad that tire rationing has become a realitv and ail retail stores art asked to curtail their deliverv service as much as possible, the lal ebc r store is inaugurating a new police on Mondav lanuai vl2 Ihe v ask three things that their customers refrain from demanding "extra orders when fewer but larger orders will suffice that more time is allowed for dehv < tv service and that all orders for

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Happy Birthday PAUL JR. 1 ose MYRNA A DON ROBERT POWERS THANK YOU FOR 15 Y I ARS OF I All HH I SI R\ |( F On Januarv 5. IMK2 WHIS Al I MINUM ( ORP delivers be placed as early in the day as possible and never later than 4:00 p.m. for delivers the same day. With the federal housing project in Walkerton 95 percent completed Januarv 1. the First two families moved into the West York homes on Fridas. Other families followed in the next fess dass and now. ten have arrised and taken up their residence while employed at the Kingsburs Ordnance Plant I he sub zero could snap which has gripped Northern Indiana for the past fisc dass shows signs of letting up as the mercurs shot up to 10 degrees above zero. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE A Word Os Warning Beware of snows corners on the road' Iwo winters ago an accident happened on such a corner from the Miller s Merrs Manor. Walker ton. half mile west and a half mile south A car with two passengers rounded that courner too fast, just missed an electric pole and mail box post, hit the house and came to rest with a front wheel on the floor of the front room. A television set was tossed across the room bv the impact. Good warning road signs have been installed, but even vet. cars approach the corner too fast Even red reflectors on the lawn, will not avoid trouble for the driver w ith t<x> much speed while turning on snow One Who Know s PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS TO MEET TONIGHT Ihe Parents Without Partners will hold their general meeting on Fhursdav. Januarv T at the State Exchange Bank. Pls mouth All in tcrested single parents are invited to the meeting Orientation for new and prospective members will be held at " (X) p.m and the gener al meeting at ” 10 p.m I he Januarv newsletter will not be mailed but can be picked up at this meeting. The guest speaker will be James Simmons, pastor of the Pine Creek ( hurch of the Brethren, North I ibertv Pastor Simmons has had training and ex penence in the field of counseling as well as ministerial work He will lead an interesting and informalice evening with a chance for group participation. Make it a habit — drive safelv dav bv dav and mile bv mile. Inflation When vou have money to burn and can t afford to buv mate hes In main instances, all an argu merit proves is that there are two people present Watch for our ' ( ountrv I X I RA”