Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 22, DeMotte, Jasper County, 29 April 1949 — CHURCHES ON D.S.T. ARE NOT BREAKING LAW [ARTICLE]

CHURCHES ON D.S.T. ARE NOT BREAKING LAW

It seems that some people are calling the churches law-break-ers in that they are going on fast time, or if you will, holding services an hour earlier. Desiring to do the right, believing that is what they were doing, and not exactly fond of having himself or his church called a law-breaker, Rev. Paul Holtrop of the Christian Reformed Church of DeMotte decided to try to get proof. A government official and should be the best authority, he reasoned. So he conferred with the County Attorney, Robert Wright, who was very willing to be quoted. Mr. Wright looked up the new ruling of the State Legislature, which reads: ‘'Em- ■ o'ent of the state government, t county.

township, city or town or any other political subdivion shall employ any other time or adopt any ordinance or order providing for the use of any other time than United States Central Standard Time.” lie pointed out that the church is not a political subdivision, nor a department of the state government, country, township, city, or town, (to whom the law was addressed) and hence the church is free to do as it sees, fit on this matter. He also agreed that the ruling was more advisory than-mandatory since it is not to. lie enforced.