The Independent-News, Volume 115, Number 23, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 November 1989 — Page 4

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- THE INDEPENDENT NEWS — NOVEMBER 2, 1989

EDITORIALS

LIFE MUST GO ON Recently the extreme edges of the United States has been racked by natural disastors, Hurricane Hugo on the East coast and of course the San Francisco Bay area earthquake on the West coast. Both of these acts of nature not only took many lives, but also destroyed millions and millions of dollars worth of property, forcing people out of their homes, causing all kinds of problems for the immediate area as well as many related problems in other areas, just simply taking almost everything from many, many people. But life must go on! The earthquake probably drew more immediate attention than most such disastors due to the fact that national television was recording live from Candlestick Park as the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A’s were just about ready to play game three of the 1989 series. Os course, this was postponed and made up some 10 days later, making for a lot of comments one way or the other. In a similar situation, events were postponed and delayed on the East coast during Hurricane Hugo. There has been a lot of pros and cons about whether or not the World Series should have been cancelled or resumed as it was. The same has to be true with any events affected by such disastors. However, the continuation of the events when and where possible, probably is as good a therapy for many people as could come at such a time. Having just gone through such experiences is enough. Rebuilding and putting lives back together is a long and painstaking process. The return to a more normal life could be just part of the tonic needed in such a situation. We feel that the situation was handled as good as can be. Life must go on and what is better than to give back the life ones are used to, not forcing changes here and there, but offering as close to a normal life as possible before the natural disastors occured. We feel some very responsible people made some very good decisions and that this had to be a big boost to those of the afflicted areas. This may just be the help they need to make life go on for them. RP'remember’^

1984 Word has been received of the honor bestowed on Rob Carmichael. a senior at Oregon Davis High School, by being named by "Hoosier Basketball Magazine" to the second team of the Hoosier Basketball's Boys All-State team. Kay Anderson presided at the October meeting of the Johnson Juniors. Debbie Walters, the new vice president, led the pledge and Sands Thomas gave tips on kitchen cleaning. Denise Daube served refreshments to the seven members present. The 59th annual Fall Bazaar of the North Liberty United Methodist Church will be held on Saturday. November 3rd. The church is located at the crossroads of State Road 23 and State Road 4. North Liberty. 1974 An Outdoor "Skills Day" for all Walkerton Girl Scouts will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Saturday at Stuntz Pine Forest. The purpose of the event is to offer scouts a new, exciting learning experience according to Mrs. Keith Betz, chairman. The Wesleyan Church of Walk erton has planned its Homecoming. Dedication and Open House for Sunday. October 27. with a carry-in meal at noon. Dedication service for the new building will be at 2:30. At the market whole frying chickens were selling for 39 cents a pound and cut up fryers at 49 cents a pound; center cut pork chops at 51.29 a pound; sausage links at SI. 19 a pound; bologna at 69 cents a pound; longhorn cheese at $1.39 a pound; salami at SI .39 a pound; a box of saltine crackers at 59 cents; five cans of Fnskies buffet size cat food for $1.00; an eight inch apple or pumpkin pie for 79 cents; two pound box of Banquet fried chicken for SI 89; 18 ounce b«»x of Wheaties bn 59 cents; four tans of green beans, corn, spinach, peas or

mixed vegetables for SI.OO from Freshlike; a half gallon of apple cider for 69 cents; a half bushel of Jonathan apples for SI .99; and cabbage at 9 cents a pound. 1969 At the Town Board meeting in Walkerton on October 21. the Board noted that in keeping with the Federal Time Act that the time here will revert back one hour on October 26 and will continue to then observe Eastern Standard Time for six months or until the last Sunday in April. At the Walkerton Dairy Queen a dilly of a sale is underway until Wednesday with dillies and sandwiches selling for 11 for 98 cents, while supply lasts. The store will close for the winter on November 2. 1959 Another season of Hoosier Hysteria at least as far as the North Liberty Shamrocks are concerned, is well underway at North Liberty High School. Friday night. October 23. approximately 40 members of the chorus, band and music appreciation classes and their guests left from North Liberty to go to Chicago to sec "The Music Man". At the market pork loins were selling for 45 cents a pound; spare ribs were 39 cents a pound; smoked hams ai 45 cents a pound; pork hocks at 25 cents a pound; rib mast at 69 cents a pound; 25 pound bag of flour for $1.79; a half gallon of ice cream for 59 cents; and a head of lettuce for 19 cents. 1944 T he Quality Dairy, in Walkerton, has recentl/ installed a new automatic bottle filler which is a great time saver for the operators. It replaces a hand operated filler which required the operator to place the bottles in the revolving table, fill them and then remove them. With the new machine, the pnxess is continuous, with the operator placing the bottles on the table and re-

moving the filled ones. The machine has a capacity of 30 quarts a minute. I he indiciatcd corn crop for Indiana took another drop, as of September 1. the estimated yield falling fiom 38.5 bushels per acre, as predicted a month ago. to 36.5 bushels. Total production, indicated at 169.286.(XX) bushels was 9.276.000 bushels below the estimated 178.563.(XX) bushels predicted on August 1. and 41.(XX).000 bushels less than last year's crop. A growing interest in the forthcoming national, state and county election, which will be held on Tuesday. November 7, is being manifested locally as the time for voting draws nearer. 1939 John Noblit, that gay young fellow who may be seen tripping along Roosevelt Road almost every day. with his cane beating a rapid and regular tattoo in the sidewalks, as he makes his way up town to do the family shopping, get the mail and stop at Ewing's Barber Shop for a friendly argument of some kind, celebrated his 92nd birthday Saturday. He joined the employ of the H. J. Heinz company in 1883 and worked for them 42 years, retiring in 1925. The Red Cross campaign for memberships in Walkerton and Lincoln Township under the personal direction of Mrs. Foster Rearick. netted a total of $143 in memberships and contributions.

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“To The People Os North Liberty” 1 hope you will read this because you may learn more about our environment and how pollution is wearing down the ozone layers. We have to stop or in 10 years it will be hot all year long. I hope you already. lam doing this for North already. Aam doing this for North Libert v School. Jessica Platz “To Whom It May Concern” I am 6th grade student at North Libery Elementary School. Our class is doing a project called S.A.P. in science. S.A.P. means Students Against Pollution. This project urges people to participate in the cleaning up of our towns by recycling things like cans, newspapers. glass, etc. We would appreciate any support given to help clean up our town. Jeremy Wynn “To Whom It May Concern" Hi! My name is Rachel Lichtenbarger, I live in Walkerton. Probably you already know that we are polluting the world terribly. Well we need to start now and dean it up or who knows. Maybe in 20 years we might all be dead. Our sixth grade class has thought of a lot to clean up our area but we want to know what you think we should do’ Sincerely. Rachel Lichtenbarger R.R I. Box 267 Walkerton. IN 46574 “To Whom It May Concern” We need to clean up our act. If we don't start concentrating and recycling, we are going to use up our natural resources. If people keep littering, rats, mice, flies and maggets will be attracted. More importantly, nonbiodegradeable trash will be here forever. The community will be dirty, smelly and unpleasant. We have a choice. We can continue to pollute, attract unwanted things, fill up landfills, use up nonrenewable resources, keep cutting down and wasting forests and destroying the ozone layer or we could recycle, use more reneewablc resources, use less sprays and paints and car pool, walk ot ride

bikes. We can clean up our world, and live a longer, healthier life. We have the power! Sincerely. Becky Grenert Th the Walkerton-North Liberty area residents. I am an eleven year old sixth grade student at North Liberty Elementary School. I have a concern that 1 feel I should share with you about our communities. My concern is pollution in our community. There is car exhaust pollution. There arc many cars you can see on the mad that are polluting our air. People burn (rash and leaves that pollute our air also. Use of hair spray products and other aersol products are eating away the ozone layer in our atmosphere. If we don't do something about it now, the sun will go through the ozone layer and we will die because of the heat. Another pollution concern is land pollution. You can drive almost anywhere on our roads and see litter that is dumped along country and major roads. People don't seem to care that they litter and dump trash anywhere. There are many ways to help with these pollutions. Recycling is one excellent way to solve the litter problem. Not using aersol products that hurt our ozone layer can help too. Keeping your car in lip top shape and not burning leaves and trash will make our air a lot easier to breathe in too. If we all pitch in now to help the pollution problem we can continue to live in a clean pollution free comminity. Ryan Schmeltz “Telephone Merger” I am sure you arc aware of our recent announcement that United Telephone of Indiana and United Telephone of Ohio have combined strenghts. There seems to be some misconceptions about what this merger will mean for United Telephone of Indiana customers. We anticipate no decline in the high level of service you are used to from Untied Telephone of Indiana. In fact, this reorganization will allow us io belter serve our customers. We will continue io operate in Indiana as Untied Telephone Company of Indiana. The operations in local service communities will remain essentially the same. Uniled of Indiana's sales and service groups will remain in their present locations, continuing to market and service siaie-of-the-an products. Our commitment to providing the highest level of service at the lowest possible cost remains our top priority.

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Wiih the restructuring, approximately 3(X) administrative employees. most of whom are located in the general office in WarsaK. will be reassigned to Mansfield. Ohio. The rest of United of Indiana s nearly 1.100 employees will remain al their present work sues in the slate, continue to do the same jobs and keep providing reliable service. There will be many new challenges in our industry in the 19905. This consolidation of two strong Uniied Telecom companies allows us io meet vour current and future needs. We look forward to continuing our successful partnership. George L. White. President Uniied Telephone of Indiana ilk WAT ER Facts tSc Fancies The water present on earth today is the same water that was formed with the planet itself The amount of water cannot be increased or decreased Yet. while 75 percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water, less than one percent is fresh water and less than three percent of that is usable for humans in its natural state \\ Water, as it flows from the tap. is generally no longer in its natural form It has often been centrally treated in order to make it safe to drink, although the taste or odor may not come up to personal standards To correct difficiencies in their drinking water, homeowners often install treatment systems at the tap to improve the w ater Water treated by a carbon filter can improve the taste, odor and color of drinking water. Carbon filters contain activated carbon, a form of charcoal with high adsorptive qualities They can reduce chlorine taste, as well as musty and fishy odors The carbon filter can cause gases, liquids and, or suspended matter to stick to its surface and in its exposed pores