Ligonier Banner., Volume 81, Number 2, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 January 1947 — Page 2

A Page of Opinion: | D, ~ The Ligonier Banner

This is our view: Hitting Two Birds With One Stone e Ligonier is to have a civic dramatic organization with a real place to use its money, which in itself is something new in the annals of Little Theatre history. First, the cultural advantages to both participant and spectator afforded by a civie theatre group in manifold. But the fact that all proceeds of the efforts of such a group will be used to further the city’s desire by offering a well rounded recreation program for all age groups makes it worthy of shouting fromr the house tops. .

It has been learned through bitter experience that providing a small group the opportunity of playing soft ball hardly meets the needs of a community’s population. Girls and youngsters can’t always play softball, but there is a whale of a lot of things they can do if the facilities are at hand. Handicraft classes can be established, nature study trips can be planned, organized games can be played, music can be learned and cq(lim&'.less other activities can be provided.

It’s nothing new to see such programs being actively sought by two-thirds of a population, and Ligonier has no reason to be bringing up the rear. Such a program deserves the unqualified support of every citizen. The Ligonier Players can provide the where-with-all, and some enjoyable evening besides. :

It’s the kind of hitting two birds with one stone that should be enjoyed by aIL

Planning, Not Wishful - Thinking Dear Mr. Cartwright :— I read with interest your January 2nd, 1947 issue of “The Ligonier Banner”. Allow me to congratulate you on what appears to me to be a fearless desire to bring the facts before your readers. I wish you success and strength to accomplish your aims. May 1947 and the succeeding years bring you happiness. Just a word regarding your short editorial on a City Planning Commission. You are perfectly right, and I can speak from experience. I appointed a ‘Plan Commission composed of-interest-ed citizens, who now serve their community by assisting the city administration in study and investigation of matters that concern the health and welfare of the community. s

Our Plan Commission has also organized committees of citizens, each committee under a member of the Plan Commission, to study and investigate specific problems. These chairmen then report the results of the study to the Plan Commission and the Plan Commission makes recommendations to the City Council. Our citizens thus have better knowledge of the needs and an interest in seeing those needs fulfilled. The Plan Commission members and members of the committees serve without pay. x I would be emphatic, Ligonier needs a City Plan Commission; so does every city and town, and every county. The President of our City Plan Commission and I appeared before the County Commissioners, and appealed to them to reappoint the County Plan Commission. I think they were favorable. I cannot see one logical objection to planning. Under our form of government, the people are the government, and our well being depends on well planned and well carried out programs, and not being isolationists, we must plan for the welfare of all our people, and plan fogether. Of course, this view would not please the selfish few, who are not interested in the general welfare. I think your newspaper and other publications could serve best by encouraging every citizen to take an interest in his or her community, and its plans for the future, and by bringing to your readers the facts that they should have for intelligent planning. ‘ Sincerely, e A Eugene V. Carteaux, Mayor o City of Kendallville

Ligonier Banner Established in 1867 Published every Thursday by the Banner Printing Company at 124 South Cavin St. Telephone: one-three ' CALHOUN CARTWRIGHT, Editor and Publisher ‘Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at - Ligonier, Indiana under the act of March 3, 1879,

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May I dedicate this first issue of the new Ligonier Banner to my Mother and Father ? Not that it will have any marked significance to our readers, but it does give me an opportunity to make mention of two people, who are very dear to my heart. S What integrity, sincerity of purpose, tolerance and desire for full living I may possess I owe to them. My childhood provides me with a storehouse of pleasant memories—memories of pleasant surroundings, understanding and wise guidance. If I was ever given any wrong advice I cannot remember it. I can remember times in my adolescent years I felt I was getting poor advise, and with the dependant spirit of youth I sometimes followed my own will to find later how wrong I had been. I remember the axioms of living handed me in the course of ouf daily lives that were axioms worth following. By example my parents taught me the honorable way of dealing with my fellow being, and although the going must have been rocky at times I know neither my father nor mother ever transferred to myself or my brothers the condition of the road. When I look back and see the utter devotion of my parents to their family 1 blush for the lack of understanding I possessed at the time, and yet I know they did not want er expect understanding. As I matured and later took on the responsibilities of my own family I realized more completely the desire of parents. It’s to make for their children a life, which will afford them richer rewards. If in the progress-of the children, some measure of this ambition is realized then living was afforded to the donor one of its greatest compensations. If there is hope for the world, that hope lies in that simple equation. The desire of parents to make their children’s life better than their own. Son and daughters have an embarrassment within, difficult to overcome. It is the timidity of expressing to parents the thankfulness they have coming. I, like many thousands, have felt that embarrassment. But I, unlike many thousands, have had this day an opportunity of overcoming it.

I met a man recently of deep intellectual capacity. It was a great evening for me, because I was forced to work my Iﬁl_ind at a good speed to keep up with im, : His eyes betrayed his words, and I was constantly attempting to find the answer to the paradox between his ideas expressed verbally and what I saw beneath the veneer of his flamboyant. He was outwardly soured on life and humanity in general, and spoke with utter contempt of the career he had chosen to follow. Yet with it all I saw in him more humaness and a deeper understanding than even he himself would probably admit in the confines of- his

locked room. , I agreed with many of his criticisms of the world and the human beings that are attempting to run it. But I could not agree with his impatience, for if 1 learned but one thing in the Navy, I learned that a convoy only -moves as fast as its slowest ship, yet convoys generally reach the port they’re seeking. Most literary historians contend that great literature is only written in the spirit of revolt, and I believe it. If it were not for the courageous, the men who are willing to point out the faults of the world, in spite of the condemnation heaped upon them, there would be no progress. : In my limited experience I have found that men who appear soured, ruthless, hard and critical are men with feeling hearts. If their good deeds were counted it would be a sizeable sum for it is only the lack of good they feel should be present in the world that makes them sour. - : Pl x Time and experience cure all evils, and patience is a virtue, for it takes a great deal of patience if a man has understanding and a human heart. & e B sl P i As plants take hold, not for the sake of staying, but only that they may climb higher, so it is with men.—Beecher. ~ ‘The world more frequently recommwmﬁt’“

e & by mf, - . LIS TR ; f‘v;'zf\ 2‘:? D ; P I". ! i LB i ko ; \i'b»w! 2( 250 . AR L 1 e DISPLAY HISTORIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON.—Attorney General Tom Clark is hatching a unique plan for selling civil liberties to the American people. He will send a special train through the 48 states carrying some of the priceless treasures of American freedom. @ It was Clark, working quietly behind the scenes, who had more than anyone else to do with organizing the president’s special ¢ ttee on civil liberties, which o?\?' study - southern lynchings and race problems. ‘ Accordingly he has evolved the idea of sending a special train across the United States containing the most sacred documents of American history which guarantee our freedom. At first Clark proposed. equipping two special cars with showcases which would display the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Constitution and so on. However, he found that the Proclamation of Emancipation by which Lincoln freed the slaves was in the hands of Abraham Rosenbach of Philadelphia, famous collector of old manuscripts. Clark, therefore, called Rosenbach to tell him about his plan and ask for the loan of the proclamation. Rosenbach agreed to cooperate, and suggested an entire train instead of two cars. He offered to help raise the extra money and, as a result, it now is planned to equip an entire special train with showcases in which will be displayed the most cherished documents of American history. Soldiers will guard the train, just as guards stand watch continually over these documents in the Library of Congress. In addition, as the train arrives-at each state border, an extra car will be added displaying the historic documents and civil rights mementoes of the state. Finally, Clark plans to have largesize duplicates of the freedom documents “blown-up’’ as permanent exhibits to be left behind in the high schools of each city through which the train passes.’ s & @

IRON CURTAIN STAYS DOWN Assistant Secretary of State Bill Benton, who has tried desperately to lift the iron curtain, recently’ was prevented by the Russians from visiting Moscow. : Benton was scheduled to fly to Moscow with Chester Bowles, his old advertising partner. But the Russians found Benton had only 48 hours in which to make the trip, let him get as far as Berlin, then stalled him for 48 hours, claiming Moscow weather made it impossible for his plane to land.

Finally, Benton went back to Paris, where he checked by coded cable with the American embassy in Moscow, found that the weather in Russia had been perfect during the time he was being barred from the Soviet capital. N Benton, who is in charge of state department information, has tried to beam radio broadcasts into Russia in order to give the Russian people the real truth about the USA. Many Russians don’t even know that the American army and navy participated in the war against Japan. ]*% » . NEW WAGE poLicY € A new policy line in preventing strikes was agreed on at a secret meeting of Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach and his top advisers. Hereafter, government mediation machinery will swing into action four to five months before union contracts expire in major industries, instead of waiting until union demands and strike threats are in the air.

It is felt that many serious w?rk stoppages can be avoided if union demands are anticipated and negotiations begun well in advance of contract expirations. : First major industry on which the new policy will be tried will be the maritime, which faces another possible work stoppage in June. At that time, union contracts of seamen of the AFL and CIO on the west and east coasts expire. $ @ ® PROBE MONOPOLY The department of justice is trying to decide whether to bring anti-trust proceedings against American Telephone and Telegraph company for freezing out small competitors. Independent would-be manufacturers

of telephone equipment have little chance to break into the market be- . cause of the A. T. & T. policy not only of owning all its own equipment but buying it from its own Western Electric company, a 99 per cent A. T. & T. subsidiary. ' & ; CAPITAL CHAFF i The coal strike may seriously affect next year’s potato and apple crops, according to the department of agriculture. The trouble is that the shortage of coal tar curtailed supplies of in;loe::?a, which are needed to fight such crop pests as _ the chinch bug, the European corn " borer, the coddling moth and the potato bug. . . . James Mead, retiring New York senator, now has _ship of the Democratic national m '

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Readers of The Banner are cordially invited the use of this column for the purpose of expressing their opinions. We must ask that letters be confined to one hundred words, and be free of gossip or malicious slander. Names must be signed to each letter, but publication of the ‘name will be withheld upon request. . The editor reserves the right to delete or refuse publication.

Dear Editor: I just received your Christmas copy of The Banner, and note your editorial regarding this Christmas card nonsense. I wish I were close enough to shake your hand and pat you on the back for that. I had the disease quite badly myself some years ago, but always made my own cards and printed them. But while I was postmaster here under

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‘by Rev. I. C. Windoffer - Zechariah 4:6 “Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.” " This is the word of God for us today. How wonderful to know it is true. We are made to rejoice when we see that God is still on the throne and will certainly care for His own, ; ;

At the time this word was delivered God’s people were in a sad plight indeed. Homeless and friendless among the nations they lived in Babylon and other places as captives, longing for their native land and prosperous freedom. They knew that their own Jerusalem which had been so utterly laid waste be rebuilt.-They realized the time and effort it would take to become a happy nation again. Into this crisis God injected His promise of a home for eyery family and plenty to eat, all in their own country. He also promised them His love and spiritual blessings culminating in »the coming of their Sav.iour and our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Then He plainly told them that after having done all they might do they would be redeemed; “Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,” e

We face the crisis of a thousand years today. Not only do we seek peace in a world of hate, strife and war, but on every hand there meets us problems the like of which this world has never faced before. In our own beloved country the young people have nothing to hold to, few people who love them .and fewer still whom they can trust. Is it any wonder we have Juvenile Delinquency until even Mr. J. -Edgar Hoover, the Chief of our Federal Bureau of Investigation is ~alarmed and working many hours to combat this evil? The average

President Wilson, and had to handle the cards each Christmas season, I became utterly disgusted and from that time to the present no one gets a card from me.

What I do is to write personal letters te those I think will appreciate the letters and try to say something that may cause them to think, and also let them know something of my activities. I desire the same thing from my friends, and this year up till the present moment I have becen having. what I want and reply in similar manner. : 2

As you indicate it is merely convention and our people are so strong on convention. One is presumed to do what others do and

none stop to think about it. , I wish you all kinds of success and feel sure that you.will make it. 7 Fraternally, _ Charles E. Yost ; i © o Igvette, Ohios .

age of a criminal today is nineteen years. Need we be reminded of the teen-age children who murdered 2 state policeman in southern Indiana a few weeks ago? Many other equally important problems are ours to solve. : In our world we find distrust, selfishness and greed many times in control of the situation. So much so that the United Nations Council, without publicly asking God’s help in prayer, find it extremely difficult to agree on anything. They all seem to be trying to get as much as possible rather than - asking, “How much can my country give for the Cause of Peace!”

Some will say we need education, others, strong military forces and still others; a world governmental organization. To these we say we have had increasingly better education and it seems to have taught us better methods of fighting, killing and destroying rather than anything else, very much. Our great military machines only enable us to destroy a thousand where we once destroyed one. Even our more efficient forms of government seem to lead mostly to jealousies and hatred with those of another country and government. : e

We need the Spirit of God in the hearts of men. As George Washington prayed at Valley Forge may we; too, fall on our knees and let God have His way. We shall use: these means of our own when necessary, but only place our trust in God and the life of His Spirit. Not in our own strength nor yet by the help of others shall we win. But in Jesus Christ and the Spirit of God we find peace and glorious freedom from sin. Then, and only then shall we be able to help lead - 3 lost world baekwfoitn Creator. - (Next week: The Reverend EdAwvard Mahoney, OM.I) °

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s c;x(r vitamin- 15 teaspoon ized margarine vanilla : 1 cup sugar 1% cups sifted 2 eggs flour 2 squares un- 3 teaspoon baksweetened ing soda chocolate 1% teaspoon salt % cup confectioners sugar ~ Cream margarine and sugar together. Add eggs and beat well. Add melted chocolate and vanilla. Sift flour, baking soda and salt; add to chocolate mixture and blend well. Pack into 3% inch square refrigerator container which has been lined with waxed paper. (Long ends on the waxed paper make it easier to slip dough out.) Chill thoroughly. Remove dough from refrigerator container and slice in % inch thick

slices. Place on lightly greased baking sheet, and bake in moderately hot oven (375°F.) 8-10 minutes. Cool. Moisten confectioners sugar with water to make a smooth paste. On each cooky use a small paint brush or toothpick to paint num-. bers 12, 8, 6 and 9 in their respective places as on a clock face. Use dots of frosting for missing numbers. Make hands on clock face to reach a few minutes past 12 midnight. Yield: 18 large cookies. ~ Hot Fruit Punch 3% cups boiling 14 cup lemon water Juice 1 teaspoon tea 1 cup cranberry - leaves or grape juice 8 cup sugar 1, lemon, sliced 13 cup orange glce ; our 2 cups boiling water over tea leaves; steep 5 minutes. Make syrup of I'% cups water and sugar; ‘boil 10 minutes.. Combine fruit juices and lemon slices with ten and syrup. Heat to boiling point to serve. Yield: 1% ‘quarts.

HINTS on HEALTH IND. STATE MEDICAL ASSN. Bureau of Publicity INDIANAPOLIS 4, INDIANA

VACCINATION “MUSTS” SOME vaccinations or inoculations for children are practically “musts”. One of these is the vaccination against smallpox—a terrible disease which again will scourge the earth if too many people refrain from being protected against it. It is usually recommended that vaccination against ‘smallpox be done within the first three months after birth. After this vaccination, immunization against diphtheria and whooping cough is usually desirable. These are most often given between six and nine months after birth. Injections against tetanus, or lockjaw, can be given about the same time. These four—smallpox, diphtheria,, whooping cough and tetanus—are probably the most important protective inoculations for children. : el

Ag a rule, children should be-‘ vaccinated again for smallpox when entering school and aboutl at the time of their graduation trom high school. The Shick test ‘ for diphtheria and the Dick test for scarlet fever ought to be done when school age is reached so! one knows whether the child is susceptible to these diseases. ! Inoculations for yellow fever, cholera, plague and some other diseases are available, but do not have to be given unless there is some danger through special exposure. The best policy is to give children protective vaccinations or inoculations -against .infectious diseases as advised by a physician. Jth because two doctors do not give them exactly at the same age does not mean one is right and the other one is wrong, as some differences of opinion are Jjustified. ‘_ '

e Mortgage Holdings At the end of 1945 the entire life insurance industry held mortgages aggregating over 6% billion dollars. Of this, over 3% billion represented mortgages on residential property and it is estimated that of this latter figure well over 1% billion dollars are on rental residential properties. s s ) s Use of Oxygen - A leading use of oxygen is in clearing up the surface of steel before rolling, to avoid imperfections ‘gteel in process. 00