Ligonier Banner., Volume 71, Number 5, Ligonier, Noble County, 25 February 1937 — Page 2

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TO CITIZENS OF LIGONIER In a Letter to the Public Mayor Foster _Makes Plea For Children of This City

Citizens of Ligonier: In the years to come where the bistory of this age is written by the impartial thinker, who at that distance of time may be able to gain a rigot perspective ang may thein be ahla to say which were the most strik mmg features in social development, it:may well turn out that he will point to the birth of the interest in child welfare as being among the events of first importance. So let us take first things first. Citizens of Ligonier, you must recognize the obligations we owe to our boys and girls. In the first place, an emergency exists. We have a number of poor children in our city today, who need medical attention: Eyes fitted with glasses, diseased tonsils removed, and a great number of things that they can not possibly have done unless we, as citizens get behind some organization such as the Lions Club, or any {club that will accept the respon-

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sibility, and work. You, as an average parent might say; Well that doesn’t concern me— I am doing my duty by seeing that my children’s health is cared for, they are clothed, and that a proper moral influence is provided in the home. That is true, but have you thought of the situation in this light; that in a few short years, your childlren will be men and women, and will ;be associaing with whom? These same underprivileged—these same children for whom I am appealing—who will have also grown to manhood and womanhood. But their outlook on life will be far different from that of your boy or girl for the influence of unhealthy envirement in childhood drags at life’s larger impulses and hampers and stiffles the desires for higher things. | Therefore, because your children must associate with all children, the welfare of all children is your re-‘ sponsibility.

We have another problem: During the last twenty years 20,000 young men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five years have been ad-

mitted to the Indiana Reformatory now at Pendleton. That seems to be rather detatched statement, but consider this: Ligonier has contributed its quecta to that total, and this very day we have some boys who are being tried in juvenile courts What does that prove? Simply this; we have failed to Trecognize our responsthility.

Hew can we reme:y this critical sitination? Well, two of the foremost arianizations for building irve manrred is the Sunday Schools and the ‘oy Scouts of Ame..ca. Of those 20.70" boys sent to thy Indiana Reforma tory, not a single one had ever been a Boy Scout and only 3 very small percent, were regular attendants at Sunday schools. By giving our support to such an organization we build character rather than prison walls, and detour the boys from the Juvenile Court and the reformatory. The Boy Scout movement leads vouth onward and upward, rather than permit them indifferently to become Sstreet gamis, the Capones and ‘the Dillingers of tomorrow. Give the. underprivileged a chance by giving them a keemer appreciation of life, a stimulating part in affairs that are close to the heart of a boy. A re-ispo-nsibi]ity, friendship and an interest that is real and lasting. Criminal making is a slow process . throughmany years. The place and the time to curb it is early in the life of the underprivileged, by takingi him off the streets and gziving him a Scout Badge. . Two problems must have our attention: 1 TR First—The care of our underprivileged children who are in need of Medical attention. Second An active intarest In the preventive aspect of Juvenile De‘liquence. b I challenge the Lions Cluh-and all similar organizations; to meet these problems which exist right in Ligo- { nier. o . ‘What will be your answer? * Sincerely yours, = ; George D. Foster, Mayor City of Ligonier. C%nyict Hurt, Surrenders. *

Severely injured when he slipped in an attempt to' board an eastbound freight train, Ben Barnes, 39, who escaped from the state prison at Michigan City surrendered to Elkhart county authorities last week. Barnes told Deputy Sheriff Ralph Logan that he was unsuccessful in an attempt to board a train and was so«painfully injured he decided to give himself up so that he might receive medical attention. : Barnes was examined at the county jail by Dr. A. C. Yoder. He suffered a scalp wound on the left side of his head and the fracture of several ribs on his left side:

l ALL RESOURCES ARE EXERTED Farme's Demand Siafe Assume All ~ Social Seeurity Burden to Relieve ; Counties Administration leaders exerted every resource to keep their Dmocratio legislative majorities in line in the face of growing insurgency parricularly in the farm bloc, and to head off measures impaa.gfpw taxes opposed by Gov. M. Clifford Townsend.

Townsend personally interyened in the tangle, appearing before a twohour senate Deq)ocuup caucus to reiterate emphatically that the budget must not be unbalanced and tlat a compromise must be negotiated op the social securing finaygcing and the school teacher’s salary increase. Agricultural areas have been demanding that the state assume a!l the social security burden and that the state’s share of teachers’ salaries be increased from the present $5OO up to $BOO. A bill on the salary question is on second reading in the enate, carrying the $BOO prov.sinn. On the social security, costs now are split 50 per cent from the federal government, 30 per <ent from the state, and 20 per cent from thetounties.

"~ “You can’t pay the teachers $3OO and give the state the whole social security burden.” Townsend shouted. “Either the teachers get $BOO and tbe social security setup remains unchanged, or the teachers get uo increase and the state takes the soclal security burden.” The governor indicated to the -aucus that a compromise may be worked out whereby the countfes’ sociai security cost may be reduced ty 5 or 10 per cent and the geacher’s salary distribution increased to $6OO, a Townsend campaign pledge. A definite step will be taken to appease the farm bloc when Lijeut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker president of the senate, appoints a committee to reconcile the agricultural area demands with the administration’s program.

Awaiting the outcome of this parley are two of the administration’s key measures, the weight tax and the redistribution of highway funds ir the Townsend highway program. Five of the highway bills have passed the house but a quiet check revealed that the other two would have been defeated, and Speaker Ed Stein is still keeping them off theé floor until the storm of insurgency calms down. * Harry Miesse, secrtary of the Indizna Taxpayers association said that there were about 125 bills pending in the legislature which would impose between $16,000,000 and $20,000,000 in new taxes o nthe citizens. . Fortunately, he observed most of these have not emerged from commii tee and any prgbhably will » st under administration pressure. Miesse cited two bills, one giving the state tax hoard power to raigse municipal I+vies and the oth .» allowing citi3 to make additional srpronriations w*honut the approval of the state tax hnard as examples of possible tax increages.

Congress Ges Farm Program

The administration placed before congress the broad outline of a longrange farm program intended to stabilize farm incomes, protect consumers and conserve the nation's land resources. President Roosevelt has given the program his personal endorisrv.at .n messages to-congress. It calls for a five-point legislative farm aid and control program :providing Tor: 1. An ever-normal . granary to store food and fiber in yvears of plenty for use-in years of scarecity. 2. .Crop insurance to protect farmers and comsumers from “disastrons offects of crop failures.” 6% 3. Legislatien to. “improve the intolerable condition” of 3,000,000 farm tenant families. i .4, Protection against disastrous floods and drouths. . z 5. Amendment of the 'sofl consgervation act to expand federal powers of production control. :

Decredge Is Shown.

There has bheen anappreciable decrease ip the list of contagious diseases in the state for the week ending Feb. 13, ‘the ‘weekly report of the Indiana’ Board of © Heaith, reeeived bere shows.: There were 4 cases ‘of smallpox as of §; 5 cases of diphtheria as'of 16;:172 case of influenza as of 194.

Four cases of infiuenza were. reported in Noble county. Yo e Commanicable diseases listed were: Tuberculosis, 40; chickenpox, 90; measles, 4; scarlet fever, 160; small pox, ; whooping cough, £4: diphtheria, 5; influenza 17, pneawmonia , 61, mumps, 28; meningitis, 4.

Shrine Temple Fo't Wayne Sold.

Climaxing a tense auctfou-like bidding, the Shrine auditorium at Fort Wayne was sold to-Peéople’s Church Inc., represented by Rev. E. Howard Cadle, Indianapolis evangelist, on & bid of: $70;,000:in. Allen superior court Friday afternoon. .

Rev. Cadle’s offer was . confirmed by Judge H. W. Mueller “as the highest and«best” of the .16, bids which had been submitted. The original bid of Rev. Cadle was $53,600.

The Shrine:: auditorium, together with its sitg and equipment cost approximately $900,000 it -was. said,

Dies at_Aged. of 91. Funeral gervices, for. Mrs, Sarsh Nelson 91 who died at the hone of her daughter Mrs. Clarence Hoisinger ‘at. Wolcoitville were held . Wriday afternoon... Influenga and .complica-

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o SCHOOL NOTES o

\ The Advanced Shorthand Class held & contest last week for the purpose of iucreasing transcriptiog speeds of the stvdents. The class was divided into two teams, the Speedster s led by Catheleen Stroman' and the Hustler team lad by Marjorie Claudon. The contest covered four days with the Speedster team winning but the Hustlers gave them a hard fight the last two days with only a few points difference at the close of the contest, Perhaps the Hustler team forgot the shorthand motto ‘“He who hesitates is lost.” -As a reward the winning tcam did not have to get an assignment for cne day. Silver pins were received last week by Mary Lou Long, Lavonne Lepird, Bernice Pergrem and Janis Dewey who all typed fifty words or more per minute with 90% accuracy. Bertha Handschy and Robert Fisher raeceived bronze pins for typing forty words per minute with 90% accuracy.

_Awards were also received last week by some of the Advanced Shorthand class. A 100 word per minute certificate was received by Josephine Kline who transcribed her work with 96% agccuracy. Bernice Pergrem and Marjorie Clauvdon both received 80 certificate and Dola Burnheimer Bertha Handchy Janis Dewey, Nadean Yoder Mary Lou Long, and Eleanor Crothers all received 60 certificates twith 96% accuracy. Athletics

Garrett has a good team who can geore -quite consistently. They should give a good account of themselves in the sectional tourney at Angola. R. Vanette sprained his ankle on the first play of the game last Friday but with proper care he will be in shape tg take part in the sectional tourney next week.

New Paris here tomorrow night for the last game of the regular playing season. The Cubs have won {rcm An-

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gola, Milford, Wakarusa, North Webster, Bristol, Millersburg, Syracuse, Concord Twp. and Leesburg. They have lost to Nappanee, Middlebury, Goshen, Bremen and Wakarusa. Coach Eaton will probably start Weaver and W. Hollar at forwards, DeBoer at Center gpd R. Hollar and Rock as guards. The last two men are the only veteran left from Ilast year’s team. Anglemeyer an% Warring will officiate. Coach Fisher will probably start Lough, Drain, VanAman Byer and Chrisman. . The drawing for sectional tourneys will be given to the newspapers nest Saturday a. m. at 8:30. The news ghould be received here shortly after that. Any Ligonier fans who plan to attend the Tourney should purchase their season tickes here before Thurs day evening so that the local school will be given credit for the sa.e. Lena Rivers, a modern versioy of %e popular old time melodrama has tseen chosen for the Senior class nlay It will be given the last week in March.

G. A. A. girls have furnished basketball and are now playing volley ball.

Centralized School News

Mrs. Orlo Troyer of Elkhart a former teacher of Perry Centalized, Mrs, Milo Troyer and Mrs. Roy Miller vigsited the primary rooms Thursday. Donald Meroney withdrew Friday from the Ist grade and will go to the Wawaka sechool.

Ist and 2nd grade hai nerfect attendance for a week. James Rex, Gene Gage, Robert MilJer are absent from the primary room. Grade Four is making a study of the Netherlands. At the ead of the unit they will make a sandtable scene. ~ The fifth and sixth grades gave the following impromptu Washington program: ' . Poem “A Nation’s Hero" '--Elton

Miller. Glography of Washingtoa—John Neufer. A Washington Story--Josephine Hooley. : Poem “How Washington Dressed” Junior Kauffman. 'Washington Story—Frances Chiddister, “Washington Lessop on Selfishness” —Lois Ellen Adair. Clarence Meroney withdrew from the rifth grade last Friddy. Bonnis Meroney left the seventh grade and entered th Wawaka school. Albion defeated us in a poorly play ed game at Alblon Friday evening 6-5. We play Topeka Friday evening.

Natlonal Park s Considered

A plan for the conversion of Gens Stratton Porter’'s famous “Limberlost” at Sylvan lake, Rome City, Into a national memorfal park, is uoder consideration by the national park service of the depaftment of the interior, it was learned.

William Goodall of Omaha, Neb., assistant recreational director of the park service has been in Fort Wayne to conduct a survey of possible locations for a pational park in northern Indiana and it is understood that the “Limberlost” property is being considered.

South Bend Strtke Ends

A four day sit-down strike of employes of the South Bend Bait company manufacturers of artificial fish bait, ended when 260 striking union employes returned to work. Union representatives and company officials signed an agreement recognizing the unfon as bargaining agent for f{is member. Other union demands of a 60-cent minimum hourly widge for men and 40 eents for women employes will be arbitrated later at joint conferences of union and company officials.

Fugitives Seen

Search for three youthful convicts to freedom from the state prison for southern Michigan at Jackson was continued by Michigan and Indiana police ip this area. | A sensational flight, in which the prisoners kidnaped two persons and stole five automobiles, was belleved to have headed them toward the Michigan-Indiana line. The thre fugitives are Joe Scofle 5; Alvin Mott, 18, and Ray Rush 19 all fentenced for armed robbery.

Arrest Counterielter

When Mishawaka police went to the home of Joseph Klarke 54, an amateur linventor, to determine whether he had been using city gas without payment, they discovered instead his latest invention—a counterteiting outfit. Klarke admited he had made coins of melted linotype lead. He was charged with manufacturing possessing and passing counterfeit coins.

Christian Sclence Services

“Mind’ was the subject of the Les-son-Sérmon in all Churches of Christ Scientist, on Sunday February 21. The Golden Text was: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and ing” (Proverbs 3:5). Among the citations which comprised the Lesson-Sermon was the

following from the Bible: “My son {2 thou wilt receive my words, and

hide my commandments with thee: So that thou facline thine ear uato wisdom, and apply thing heart to anderstanding; Yea, If thou cricst after knowledge, and liftest up thy volce for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for per as for hid treasures; Then ghalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and Znd the knowledge of God. For the Lord gtveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh kunowledge and understanding” (Proverbs 2: 1-8). . The Lesson-Sermon also included

the following passages trom the Christian Science textbook, “Sclence and Health with Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy: “Christtan Sclence reveals incontrovertibly that Mind is All-in-all, that the only realities gre the divine Mind and iulu. This great fact is not, however, seen to be supported by sensible evidence, until its divine Principle is demonstrated by healing the sick and thus proved sbsolute and divine. This proof once seen, Do other conclusion can be reached. For three years after my discovery, I sought the solution of this problem of Mind-healing, searched the Secriptares and read little else, kept aloot tromi soclety and devoted time and energies to discovering a positive rule” (p. 109). *“Let us accept Science, relinquish all theories based on sense-testimony, give up impertect models and fusive ideals: ang so Tet us have one God, one Mind, and that one perfect, producing His own models of excellence” (p. 249). Wall Paper—-Knights’ Drug Store

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