The Independent-News, Volume 112, Number 21, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 October 1986 — Page 4

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THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - OCTOBER 23, 1986

I EDITORIALS

TIME CHANGE SUNDAY For this year at least, the last Sunday in October is the date for most of the nation to revert to Standard Time. This simply means that everyone but most of Indiana will be moving their clocks back one hour Saturday night/Sunday morning. A lot of effort has been made recently to extend the Daylight Time period for several weeks, but still this year, the last Sunday in October is the time change date. Residents of Indiana, except for the northwestern and southwestern corners of the state, will remain on their present time, Eastern Standard Time. What this simply means is, for the next six months (or perhaps earlier if the boys in Washington can get it done before then) we in Indiana, except the two corners of the state, will be on the same time as New York for this six month period instead of Chicago. Despite the fact most of Indiana does not move their clocks, this does affect the people in more ways than one. In our immediate area, it is due to conflicts with everything west of us but it is also something we have learned to live with over the many years, like it or not. So as a reminder, especially if you have working, school, social or other direct ties with those who will change, the times will be one hour different starting Sunday morning. And of course the television programming will be affected also, as the viewing schedule will reflect the time change for all of us. A JOB WELL DONE The resignation of John Peddycord from the John Glenn School Board ends an era, short though it might have been, one of importance to our school district. John resigned at the last board meeting and his replacement was named at that time. John has been on the board as an appointed member at the merger with Liberty Township, and re-elected twice to the spot. He was instrumental in getting the Liberty Township area incorporated in the then Polk-Lincoln-Johnson School District and out of the South Bend Community School Corporation. This, plus his fine service in the years since the merger have been a very big part of operating the present school district. The people of the John Glenn School District can sincerely say “Thanks” to John Peddycord, for a job well done! , when...

1981 The John Glenn Marching Falcon Band received a first division rating in the Indiana State Music Association District Marching Contest at Troy Field, Chesterton, on Saturday, October 3. The Falcons first division rating qualifies them for state competition at Terre Haute, On October 31. Specialty awards also received were “Best Drum Major” and “Best Rifle Corps”. Friday afternoon the Walkerton Woman's Community Club held their annual Hobo Day with many of the members coming dressed in hobo garb. Mrs. Evelyn Schmidt was chosen King of the Road; Marge Curl, Queen of the Road; and runner-ups were Ruth Ullery and Gertrude Brehm. The Club also planted a flower plum tree at the Community Building in memory of Myra Wireman, state president of the General Federation of Clubs for 1980-81, who recently passed away. The Junior Class at John Glenn High School set an all-time school record this year with their magazine sales. Leading salesmen were Cary Zartman; Ray Miller, second; and Dale Smith, third. Andrea Limerick was the winner of the 50 drawing. Tim Legge and Kris Kopanski were co-chairmen of the sales drive. The Walkerton Jaycees chapter received “Outstanding Chapter” and "Outstanding Local President” for Region 11, first quarter, which were presented on September 29. at the Region II Fall Social, held in Orland, Indiana. Thev were also awarded first place for team enthusiasm and man miles traveled; first place for region softball; first place team and individual for region golf; and first and second

place team for state golf, lom McGee is president of the local chapter. 1971 Homecoming queen candidates for John Glenn have been named. The Homecoming activities will be held this week with a parade on Thursday and the football game on Friday with South Central followed by a danced to highlight the week. At the market pork chops were were selling for 89 cents a pound; loin chops and pork roast at 69 cents a pound; spare ribs at 69 cents a pound; shank half or whole hams at 53 cents a pound; center cut ham slices at 99 cents a pound; a pound of franks at 59 cents; bologna at 89 cents a pound; Folger’s instant coffee, 10 ounce jar, for 99 cents; a gallon of ice cream for 99 cents; two pound loaf of cheese for 79 cents; 38 ounce bottle of Wesson oil for 89 cents; 20 pounds of Michigan potatoes for 89 cents; squash at two for 39 cents; and three pounds of Mclntosh apples for 39 cents. In St. Joseph County there are over 500 pre-school children enrolled in the Head Start program. Volunteers are needed. 1961 An important meeting has been called by the Starke County Committee for School Reorganization for Thursday night, at 7:30 p.m., to be held in the Hamlet Elementary School for Oregon and Davis Township residents. This is in reference to the future of Oregon and Davis Township Schools who were originally listed together by the Country Committee only to be turned down by the state, due to the fact that they didn’t meet the minimum requirements. The Walkerton-Lincoln Township High School Band will be one

of many bands participating in Purdue University's “Band Day” this Saturday, at the Purdue-Miami of Ohio football game. Between 5.000 and 6,000 high school band students are expected to participate. Cities Service is sponsoring an antique car showing on Sunday, October 15, here in Walkerton. The cars will come from South Bend at around 11:30 a.m. to stop and refuel here for about 20 minutes. Lloyd Taylor, formerly of Walkerton, secretary of the tour, will be driving a 1912 Oakland touring car. There will be 20 cars in the parade. 1951 A concerted effort will be made by organized bodies in St. Joseph County asking for a five mile job of resurfacing on State Road 23 near South Bend to be done. Between 50 and 60 Walkerton men will take part in “Everybody’s Here”, to be sponsored by the Walkerton Lions Club, on Friday evening and Saturday, October 26 and 27, in the high school auditorium. The show, by magic touch of rouge, lipstick and powder, some of the local males will be transformed into Charming Maids for the production. The new chapel at Culver Military Academy will be dedicated in special services on Sundav, October 20. There is a total of 240 Walkerton workers employed at the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant. 1931 The National Coaches Association in cooperation with the Rockne Memorial Association, announced today that Rockne Day will be observed on November 14. Arrangements have been made for a fall meeting of the weekly newspaper publishers of Northern Indiana, to be held on Friday evening, at Tyrrell’s Inn, Koontz Lake. The lid was blown off in the “Little World Series” at Westside Park last Sunday when the local independents won an eleven inning tilt from Donaldson, by a score of 4-3. This was the first game of a three game series to be played between these teams to determine the winner of the Northern Indiana Baseball League. At the market Maxwell House coffee was selling for 33 cents a pound; a tall can of salmon for 10 cents; four pounds of raisins for 33 cents; a dozen of bakery doughnuts for 25 cents; devil’s food cakes with marshmallow filling for 22 cents; two pound of frankfurters for 25 cents; a quart of oysters for 69 cents; and two pounds of bologna for 25 cents. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE “A Letter To The People Os Walkerton” On Election Day, November 4, 1986, the voters of Walkerton will have the opportunity to regain a measure of self-determination and local government control over their municipally owned and operated electric and water utilities. At the polling places, a separate ballot will be provided submitting the following question to the voters who live in Walkerton: “Shall the Walkerton municipally owned electric and water utilities be taken out of the jurisdiction of the Indiana Public Service Commission for rate making purposes?” If a majority of the voters respond favorably by voting “yes”, the local Town Board of Trustees will be empowered to act in the best interests of the utilities without going through the long and costly procedures now required by the Public Service Commission of Indiana. The move to exempt Walkerton utilities from PSCI jurisdiction was initiated prim arly to protect the customers and their utility from situations which could potentially jeopardize the financial integrity of

LIONS HONOR LUDWIG AND KING M IwL,

The Walkerton Lions Club met at Lea's House of Pizza Monday night with the ladies of the Lions also present. The United Telephone System, by Mrs. Weidner and Mrs. Music, presented a movie and discussion on seat belts and “Room To Live”. Lion Rodger Smith informed the club of the annual Crying Towel Banquet sponsored by the Plymouth Lions, on October 29, at Swan the utility and service to its customers and to avoid unnecessary costs and time delays associated with the preparation and filing of rate applications with the PSCI. As an example approximately 80% of the electric utility budget goes to pay the cost of purchasing power from NIPSCO. The rates which NIPSCO charges Walkerton are under the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington, D.C. In the past, when NIPSCO has been granted an increase in its rates by FERC, Walkerton has had to file an application with the PSCI in order to pass through that increase to its consumers. This process often times takes several months and can result in a substantial loss to the utility since it cannot collect the increased power cost even though it is required to pay them. Walkerton recently implimented a modification in its power supply arrangement with NIPSCO which has resulted in a reduction in purchased power cost. The utility is in the process of quantifying the savings which have resulted from this modification in order to return the savings to its customers. However, under the PSCI regulations, the utility must first prepare and file an application with the PSCI for approval to return this savings to the customers. If the utility were out from under the PSCI jurisdiction, these savings could be returned much quicker and absent the expense associated with the PSCI approval process. A meeting has been set up for October 29, 1986, at the Community Building at 7:00 p.m. I have arranged to have the following staff of people present to answer all the questions you might have concerning this subject: attorney Ronald Gifford, from Plymouth; Dudley Keyser, superintendent of the Bremen Electric Department; John Courtney, electrical engineer from Sawvel and Associates, in Ohio. Our municipally owned electric utility is a valuable asset to the Town of Walkerton, providing not only good reliable service, but also street and park lighting, electrical service to all municipal buildings, and power to operate the Water and Sanitation Dept, pumps and filtration systems. All this is done at a much lower cost to the taxpayers of Walkerton since we have our own electric utility and are not forced to buy directly from a privately owned electric company. Although we are basically a nonprofit making company, we do need to have sufficient cash reserves to provide for expansion and maintenance of the distribution systems. This is why it is so important that the Walkerton Electric Utility is not forced to lose money when our wholesale power rates

Lake Golf Resort. If interested you are to contact Lion Smith soon. President Lion Larry Taylor presented awards to Lion Don King for 40 years in Lions and Lion Agnew Ludwig for 27 years. The annual Lions Birthday Calendar project, headed by Lion Joe Lowry, is in the making and every Lion is asked to help with the project. Contact Lion Lowry for information on what you can help with. are increased and we must delay raising our retail rates until given permission by the PSCI. Vote “yes" and do your part on election day to place local control of our municipally owned utilities in the hands of those local officials who have the best interests of Walkerton at heart and are elected by the people of Walkerton. Respectfully, Gregory Williams, president Walkerton Town Board Henry Receives Legion Auxiliary Scholarship At a recent meeting of the Third District, American Legion Auxiliary, it was learned that an entry to the Hoosier Schoolhouse Scholarship, submitted by Orville Easterday Unit 189, was one of five winners for the Department of Indiana. Christopher Todd Henry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Henry. Rural Route 4, Walkerton, who is a freshman engineering student at Purdue University, received the scholarship sponsored by the Department of Indiana, American Legion Auxiliary. Each applicant had to be a child of a veteran with a high scholastic standing and deportment for his/her entire high school course. Further, the applicant had to provide letters of recommendation from the superintendent or principal of the school; a minister; and a reputable businessman who knew the applicant in the community and home. Each applicant was carefully investigated by one or more members of the Scholastic Committee on the Department level. The student must also be attending an Indiana school approved by the committee. Orville Easterday Unit 189 was most delighted to learn of this presentation as it is the first winner the Unit has had, especially, since the area covered for applicants is the entire state of Indiana. The membership wishes well to Todd Henry. HOLIDAY BAZAAR NOV. 1 “Happy Holidays” Bazaar will be held at Epworth Memorial Methodist Church, 2408 Lincolnway West, South Bend, on Saturday, November 1, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Featured will be Christmas deocrations and wreaths, taster table, junktiques, woodcrafts, cheese balls, knit and hand sewn articles, homemade baked goods, caramel corn, bread, candy, cider and doughnuts. A pancake and sausage breakfast will begin at 8:00 a.m. and lunch of vegetable soup, barbecues or hot dogs at 10:00 a.m. Be a careful driver always!