The Independent-News, Volume 108, Number 3, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 June 1982 — Page 4

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- THE INDEPENDENI NEWS - JUNE 24, 1982

EDITORIALS

GOOD NEWS . . . AND BAD 1 he old saying, “ I here is some good news and some bad” comes to hie again with the U. S. Postal Service. After their second increase in postage last year, a total of 33 percent on first class, and adjusted rates in other classes, the Postal Service slated this should handle the situation for some lime to come and not necessitate further increases in the near future. This past week figures have come out that slates the Postal Service is operating in the black, certainly good news as this has been 100 long in coming and consequently, rising rales and often some questionable service left many people more than just a little disturbed Ihe figures since the latest overall increase have shown more income than was projected before the last raise was granted. This is all well and good and shows that the increase was accepted by the public and businesses that choose and have to use the U. S. mail. And then there is the bad news . . . not for everyone, but certainly for any of us that uses second class mail. We have been informed of another increase in mailing costs for second class (newspapers and magazines) effective July 6, 1982. At least this time we were notified before the increase came about but this also makes the filth increase in second class postage in some 18 months, a pill that is getting harder and harder to swallow for those depending on second class mail. We have noticed already an announcement that a neighboring newspaper has planned an increase in rates to handle the postage increase. It is not all that large in one lump sum, but the continual increases have really raised our mailing rales in the past couple of years. We will be paying close to 100 percent higher after the next increase that we were a couple of years ago. This, along with other rising costs, does have a definite affect on all second class mailers. We are glad to see the Postal Service operating in the black, it certainly has been felt for years that this could be achieved through belter planning, control, etc. However, we do have our reservations about second class mailers sharing a lot of the burden. Not only do we have this increase effective in a couple of weeks, there are more second class increases in the plans tor the future, a fact we are going to have to live with one way or the other. ImMsC WHEN...jMI (Taken From The Files Os The Independent-News)

1972 Plans are in the final stages for the gala Fourth of July Celebration in North Liberty according to cochairwoman, Mrs. Howard Perkins and Mrs. Clyde Steele. Over thirty parade entries have been received including three bands, floats, drill and baton teams, antique cars, clowns, equestrian and etc. The crowning of the Queen will be held on June 25 at 3:30 at the Band Boosters Strawberry Festival and Concert. A hog roast at the Legion will kick off the day at 11:00 a.m.; parade at 2:00 p.m.; the National Muzzle Loading Association exhibition at the park will follow along with mans concession stands and things for the kiddies to do are all in the making for a gala affair. A summer recreation program will start at Ure\ on Monda\ for Pl J students Mondays and Tuesdays will be swimming at Culver with transportation provided, luesdays, Wednesdays and Friday afternoons, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., there will be vollevball, ping pong, basketball, shuffle board, badminton, softball, tennis and other activities at the school. At the market pork steak was selling tor b 9 cents a pound; rolled pork roast at 69 cents a pound; semi boneless ham at 7 9 cents a pound; smoked sausage at 99 cents a pound; smoked sausage at 99 cents a pound; cornish hens at 69 cents each, football minced ham at $1 19 a pound; old fashioned loat at SI 19 a pound; three half gallon cartons of 2 percent milk for M cents; whipped topping at 49 cents; three pound can of Hills Bros coffee for $1.99; 96 ounce box of Spic & Span for SI 19; king size bottle of Joy for 49 cents; two quarts of strawberries for 89 cents; five 12 ounce cans of lemonade for 99 cents, three pound can of Crisco

for 89 cents; four eight packs of hamburger buns for $1.00; and celery at 29 cents a stalk. 1952 Dr. Harold C. Urey, world famed atomic scientist. Nobel prize winner and Walkerton’s most famous son. stopped in town on Tuesday morning enroute to his home in Chicago, follow ing a visit with relatives in Albion and Kendallville. Walkerton businesses add air conditioning to the facilities and they are Welco Restaurant. Hershberger's Department Store and Walz Appliance. 1942 Plans for the local registration of all young men between the ages of 18 and 20 years as a part of the fifth selective service registration will lake place at the local high school between ":00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. with persons on hand to assist the men. The peach crop in Northern Indiana which was so good last year, has been cut down to almost nothing this year according to John Haag, who operates the largest orchard in this vicinity . The late frosts are given credit for the damage. IMPORTAMT NEWS FOR BACKACHE SUFFERERS! MOMENTUM- Tablets are 50° o stronger than Doan s Before you take Doans Pills tor muscular backache remember this MOMENTUM Tablets are 50% stronger than Doans That means MOMENTUM gives you 50% mote pameliever pe' Oose to relieve backache To reduce pain soothe inflammation so muscles loosen-you can move more freely m minutes' Theres no stronger backache medication you can buy with out a prescription than MOMENTUM Tablets Take only as directed

KOONTZ LAKE OLD MILL FESTIVAL JUNE 25, 26, 27 SCHEDULES FRIDAY, JUNE 25 12 Noon - Ribbon-cutting ceremony Giant Flea Market & Craft Show With More Than 50 Booths - all three days in the former Bargain Center area Carnival Rides for Kids and Adults from Reed's Greater Shows — all three days Games & Children s Activities All Three Days - times to be posted publicly Noon thru Evening — Bingo sponsored by Grovertown Conservation Club at Lions Club Park Food Concessions Friday Night Dance for People of All ages at Koontz Lake Fire Station — No charge SATURDAY, JUNE 26 9am Booths open Registration tor arm wrestling (11 different divisions) & tug of war (need 8-man team weighing no more than 1,500 pounds total. Some 12 teams already registered tor this event, which will take place over a "huge mud hole ") Registration also for the festival run —a 10 kilometer (6.2 miles) race around Koontz Lake registration fee of $5.00 includes souvenir T-shirt. All Day & Evening — Bingo at Lions Club Park 10 a m WNDU Helicopter Rides ($7 50) 11am OLD MILL FESTIVAL PARADE - Parade starts at the dam, turns at the former Y-Go-By. winds around lake area and returns to State Road 23 and back to the dam Includes floats, antique cars, bands, drill teams and many other entries 1 p.m. Arm Wrestling and Tug ’o War -by Lions Park 2 p.m. Pony Pull at Ray and Evelyn Norris' 7 p.m. Square Dance Exhibition and participation by Public featuring the Dixie Walkers at Fire Station No charge 8 p.m. Dance at the site of the Pony Pull - small fee. SUNDAY, JUNE 27 7-11 a.m. Sausage and Pancake Breakfast at Fire Station 9 and 10 a.m. Church Services at Koontz Lake Missionary Church 9a m. Craft Booths open Registration for events 12 30 Old Mill Festival Run (register at Beaver Real Estate office) 2 p.m. Pony Pull (same site as Saturday) 7 p.m U 93 Dance sponsored by 0-D Girls' Softball Team

JULY 4th July 4, 1776. It has been said that this is the most important date in the history of the United States of America. At Independence Hall in Philadelphia a delegation of wise men from the 13 colonies gathered on this date to sign the Declaration of Independence. This declaration announced to the world that a new nation was born, free of kings and tyrants. Many writers have referred to it as the birth certificate of this great nation. The Declaration of Independence is the finest statement of democratic principles and rights ever penned. It was largely the work of the Virginia delegate, Thomas Jefferson. He read the eloquent statement of principles inscribed on parchment al exactly 12 o'clock noon on July 4. 1776. 1 he closing lines read: “And for the support of this declaration, w ith a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.’’ she signers truly lived up to the pledge they made and paid a terrible price for the decision to bring forth this great nation under God. There have been made accounts of the price paid by the individual signers of the Declaration of Independence and it is important that this story be told to each new generation. Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds of the hardships of the Revolutionary War. What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawvers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners, men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence know ing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter

and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKean was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay. and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him.a nd poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers. or both, looted the properties of Ellery, Clymer, Hall, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Rutledge and Middleton. At the Battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. The owner quietly urged General George Washington to open fire, which was done. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his grist mill were laid waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, reluming home after the war to find his wife dead, his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar) fates. Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had

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security, but they valued liberty more. They were giants who stood tall, straight, and unwavering, they understood the work they undertook. They gave us a free and inde pendent America —a republic of soverign States with equiality, justice, and humanity. The question was put to Benjamin Franklin as “What have you given us?” To which he replied. “A Republic, if you can keep it!" As we approach the birthday of our country, think, of the words written above and try to realize how fortunate we are to have had our forefathers be the determined men they were so we may enjoy the freedoms we have today. Orville Easterday Unit 189 American Legion Auxiliary The New York Herald was founded by James Gordon Bennett in 1835. Although many criticized him for “sensationalism," Bennett is credited with new journalistic techniques and became a highly regarded editor. Cortaid AU YOU NEED FOR MINOR ITCHES AND RASHES.