The Independent-News, Volume 111, Number 5, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 July 1985 — Page 4

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- THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS - JULY 4, 1985

EDITORIALS

NEW LAWS NOW IN EFFECT It may go unnoticed by many, but as of Monday, July I, Indiana has 63 new laws on the books that were approved by the lawmakers in the 1985 legislative session. These 63, out of 372 total bills approved, range from continued initiatives in education to plans to help the counties maintain and repair their highways to various laws to aid special interest groups of individuals through child support, retirement benefits and other factors that will reach many people individually. The educational legislation, although not dramatic in content, is a continued effort to upgrade the educational program in Indiana which in recent years has been harshly attacked on several issues. The expanded Project Primetime is expanded, a program that is designed to improve students basic skills by reducing class sizes in the early grades. A total of 283 of Indiana’s 303 school systems adopted the Project Primetime which will now be expanded to include grades two and three. An effort to improve the caliber of teaching in Indiana by attracting and retaining the best and brightest teachers is the goal of the newly-established Teacher Quality and Professional Improvement Program. These and other educational changes took effect in time to incorporate them in the 1985-86 school year. Under new provisions, counties will receive a larger percentage of funds collected by the state for the construction and resurfacing of Hoosier roadways. The counties will also have the authority to use money derived from county gross income and option income taxes for highway maitenance. Some of this added money will come from an 8 cent per gallon surcharge on diesel fuel used by commercial trucks. Also a $25.00 increase in the trip permit sticker required by truckers traveling on state roads will contribute to the road maintenance funding. A strong effort is now being made to step up the effort of child support collection by utilizing a system of automatic income withholding and/or intercepting state income tax refunds from parents who have become delinquent in their child support payments. This tou^h action was sought when a recent census report indicated that only 59 percent of the single-par-ent familes in this country eligible for court-ordered child support obtained such payments. This brings Indiana in line with federal child support collection requirements. Support and protection services provided to victims of domestic violence and their families also increased July 1 from the newly-created Family Violence and Victim Assistance fund. Training and the use of physical devices to help handicapped workers adapt to various work environments is now provided through a new state Rehabilitation Engineering Program. Residential and respite care is also made available to mentally and physically handicapped Hoosiers through an innovative state leasing program. The needs of unemployed and retired Hoosiers and those injured while on the job received substantial attention in the past sessions of the legislature. A postretirement increase for retirees receving benefits from the Public Employees and Teachers Retirement funds was approved as well as a maximum benefit increase for those receiving workmen’s compensation for job related injuries. These are just some of the 63 laws that took effect Monday. Although they don’t directly reach everyone, they will eventually indirectly affect all Hoosiers along with the special interest groups affected immediately. R^emembeS^^ when... iMaf

1975 The Freedom Train will be on exhibit on the comer of U. S. 31 and Angela Blvd., South Bend, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, July 14, 15 and 16. On April 1, 1975, a giant steam engine, a colorful reminder from America’s golden age of railroads, powered into Delaware, the first state to sign the Constitution, pulling 25 red, white and blue cars filled with the history of America. Thus the American Freedom Train began a historic 21 -month journey in celebration of American Revolution Bicentennial. Following a swing northward through the New England states, the train will zig-zag across the 48 contiguous states westward and eastward. With the July 10, 1975 issue of The Independent-News, the local paper has gone to offset printing from letterpress, making for a cleaner and neater paper. Louis W. Gerber was honored on his 80th birthday, June 30, who in

the finest tradition of the American dream, brought us from humble beginnings to continued success and exemplary service to the communities of Wyatt and Walkerton in banking and financial services for 58 years. Mr. Gerber in 1933 opened the first branch banking facility in St. Joseph County, Farmers State Bank of Wyatt-Walker-ton. At the market blade cut chuck roast was selling for 77 cents a pound; chuck steak at 99 cents a pound; beef short ribs at 89 cents a pound; beef stew meat at $1.39 a pound; ground beef at 79 cents a pound; weiners at 79 cents for a 12-ounce package; slicing bologna at 99 cents a pound; hard salami at $1.99 a pound; a gallon of Schenkel’s milk for $1.19; 24 ounce carton of cottage cheese for 79 cents; a gallon of vanilla ice cream for $1.39; a two pound can of Maxwell House coffee for $1.79; three heads of lettuce for 89 cents; three pounds of peaches for $1.00; plums

at 69 cents a pound; nectarines at 49 cents a pound; and fresh tomatoes at 48 cents a pound. 1970 Walkerton has scheduled a fiveday celebration that will come to a climax on Saturday, July 4th. Included will be rides and concessions presented by the Midway Amusements at Place Park. July 4th in the morning there will be supervised games for the youngsters; in the afternoon is the Little League All-Star game followed by adult teams battling it out, and in the evening the Dixie Walker Square Dance Club will entertain followed by the retiring of the flag and then the fireworks. The Indiana Statute porvides that the Township Trustee shall make diligent inquiry of each person or taxpayer as the the number of dogs owned, harbored or kept by such person in order to collect for the dog tax. These tags must be attached securely to the collar of the dog. A five pound canned ham was selling for $4.69 at the market as well as meaty spare ribs at 79 cents a pound; cube steak at 89 cents a pound; smoked sausage at 99 cents a pound; franks at 69 cents a pound; bacon at 59 cents a pound; cole slaw at 39 cents a pound; two pound can of Hills Bros, coffee for $1.49; a gallon of 2 percent milk for 79 cents; a six ounce can of lemonade for 9 cents; 24 pack of twin pops for 79 cents; vine ripe tomatoes at 39 cents a pound; cantaloupe at 39 cents each and 20 pounds of white potatoes for $1.39. 1965 Sunday will be the big fun day in Walkerton for the annual 4th of July celebration. This decision to celebrate this day was made due to some contracts that were signed last year without reeference to the calendar and so the show will go on Sunday. The balloon ascension and parachute drop with a gigantic fireworks display along with the Drago Amusements will provide plenty of entertainment for all. The North Liberty Fourth of July Celebration will be held on Monday, July 5, with a big day of activities planned again for everyone to enjoy. The parade will be at 2:00 p.m. which will open the festivities then to the park for activities and fireworks in the evening. Pursuant to recommendations of the Purdue survey, the Polk-Lin-coln-Johnson School Board has been making every effort to secure services of a school architect, for the new school building. 1960 The Lincoln Township 4-H Gub has really been busy. Barbara Lidy won first place in the crafts division and Myrlynn Dixon won second alternate to the district contest on July 7. Sandra Schmeltz and Sue Gark placed first out of 35 girls and boys in the demonstration contest. The newly formed Home Demonstration Gub will meet on Monday night and answer the roll call to the name that they would like to have as the club name. At the market center cut pork chops were selling for 69 cents a pound; chuck roast at 45 cents a pound; smoked sausage at 59 cents a pound; swiss steak at 59 cents a pound* fryers at 2 to 2% pound average at 89 cents a pound; hamburger and hot dog buns at 25 cents a package; 12 ounce can of frozen lemonade at 17 cents; 10 ounces of frozen orange juice for 29 cents; a pint of half and half for 29 cents; a gallon of ice cream for 99 cents; a one pound can of Folger’s coffee for 69 cents; and a pound of butter for 69 cents. 1935 Rains which came Monday afternoon and evening and the high winds which accompanied them spoiled the annual 4th of July celebration in North Liberty for the first time as far as local promoters could remember. Roland Hockett was a member of the two choirs from LaPorte who went to Geveland, Ohio, last week

to sing at the Kiwanis International Convention. Oe of the highlights of the convention was the personal appearance of George Gobel. At the meat market sirloin steak was selling for 49 cents a pound; beef roast at 39 cents a pound; three pounds of hamburger for 98 cents; cube steak at 69 cents a pound; swiss steak at 55 cents a pound; T-bone steak at 55 cents a pound; and spare ribs at 39 cents a pound Rural mail carrier No. 1, at the Walkerton post office, Claude Stull, comes forward this week with an unusual story from the "National Rural Letter Carrier", his official paper, second in importance only to The Independent. According to the story, taken from the Toronto Telegram, a gasless automobile is about to be sprung upon the public which will run 1,000 miles on a thin dime (meaning at a cash saving of a thin dime). It seems Edgar Ward, of Toronto, has invented the new devise, a kind of a battery of secret design and construction, which will supply current to operate four electric motors, one for each wheel on the car. There will be no transmission, no differential and no universal joint — and pretty soon, no garages nor filling stations. Be it understood, this is definitely no pipe dream. The patent has been disposed of to a well known Detroit automobile firm, who would not accept $5 million for it as it stands, it is claimed. The invention, secretly installed in a heavy passenger car, has been tried out successfully on American highways. From a dead stop start the car achieved a speed of over 80 miles an hour in less than 26 seconds! And just think I bought a new car this year! The bridge spanning the Kankakee river on the Yellow river road, four miles northwest of Walkerton, believed to have been built more than 50 years ago, is to be replaced by a modem concrete bridge, according to the plans of LaPorte County Engineer, John A. Kelly. The new span will cost $20,000. 1950 Life Saving classes will be given at Fish Lake this summer by the Water Safety Committee of LaPorte County Chapter of the Red Cross. C. W. Havens, of Gary and Koontz Lake, has leased a part of the building now occupied by Hartung Shoe Repair and will install equipment for operating a cleaning plant. 1945 Starting on June 28, 1945, the Walkerton restaurants will be closed one day a week, according to an announcement made by three eating houses in town. Plans for the arrangement were completed on Wednesday morning by the managers. Adelle’s will be closed on Tuesdays; C & M Lunch will be closed on Mondays and Sester’s Steak House on Thursdays. These arrangements have been made necessary due to the shortage of help and a new cut of 20 percent on ration points. Also the restaurants have agreed among themselves to observe Friday as "Meatless Day" in conformity with C.P.A. regulations. Most local places of business, including all the food stores, will be closed all day Wednesday, July 4, in observance of the celebration. The usual Thursday afternoon closing will be observed also. 1935 Seven young men and four young ladies have made a beginning at establishing a Jewish colony a mile and a half west of North Liberty. Eleven young Hebrews, who have confined their education thus far to life to books, have come out from the cities to acquire first hand information from old Mother Earth. The colony is the first step in a movement to re-salvage Palestine. The young folks are living on the Harry Polis farm and doing what they can to exist. They are from Chicago. The Lakeville Ledger made its

appearance in Lakeville and Union Township for the first time last Thursday. The newspaper is a weekly, four pages, seven columns, 21 inches deep and is sponsored by A. A. Watkins. The IndependentNews Company is printing the Ledger. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Show Community Support To all concerned citizens in the John Glenn School Corporation. As most of you already know, there is an area in the southwest corner of Greene Township, whose residents are members of the North Liberty community. Most of them have lived in this area all their lives. A lot of these people helped us merge with the John Glenn School Corporation five years ago. The children in that area, some who started at North Liberty School, are now attending South Bend Community School Corporation. I do not object to the 5.8.C.5.C., if you are a part of that community. These children and their families have strong social and economical ties with "our” community. They are pleading for help from their own community and to turn our backs to them would be a shame. We have known for a long time that they belong with us, but we thought that nothing could be done. We have always rushed in to help any needy family in our area. These people need our help and support. Let’s show them our "Community Support", and stand up to help these people in any way we can. Let’s work together and bring those kids back into our own community, they have been away too long! Concerned Grandparent SERVICE NOTES ARMY AND AIR FORCE HOMETOWN NEWS — Airman Darel L. Frazier, Jr., son of Darel L. Frazier, Sr., of 506 S. Miner St., Plymouth, and Judy Frazier, of North Liberty, has graduated from the U. S. Air Force security police specialist course at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Graduates of the course studied systems security operations, tactics and weapons training and earned credits toward an associate degree in applied science through the Community College of the Air Force. Fraizer is scheduled to serve with the 20th Security Police Squadron in England. He is a 1984 graduate of Plymouth High School. ARMY AND AIR FORCE HOMETOWN NEWS — Airman Santos Lopez 111, son of Santos F. and Sherry K. Lopez, of Rural Route 3, Walkerton, has graduated from the U. S. Air Force security police specialist course at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Graduates of the course studied systems security operations, tactics and weapons training and earned credits toward an associate degree in applied science through the Community College of the Air Force. Lopez is scheduled to serve with 22nd Security Police Squadron at March Air Force Base, California. He is a 1984 graduate of Oregon - Davis High School. The averate combination lock has from 100,000 to 1,000,000 possible combinations. + Keep Red Ooss ready